Pei Heng squinted, he glanced back at Xie Yu who was pondering, "What do you think?" ”

Xie Yu came back to her senses and truthfully replied to Pei Heng: "I was thinking about why the talisman card was obviously hung around the neck of the sixth child, why it could fall by the well." ”

"Are you suspicious of that Chen Daniu?"

Xie Yu shook her head, "The sixth is a gambler, when I got up early and passed by with the adults, I heard the sixth and others boast about the talisman card, and threatened to sell it to others for ten taels of silver, and everyone laughed at him If he was really an heirloom, he would have been pawned and gambled by him a long time ago." Especially Chen Daniu, if I remember correctly, I have seen Chen Daniu among those people. That talisman card is crudely made, it is a broken stone, Chen Daniu will not know that this so-called talisman card is not worth anything at all, so why bother to make money and kill for this thing. ”

She paused, strode to the table, pinched the talisman and showed it to Pei Heng and said: "My lord, look at the rope of this talisman again, it is obvious that it was torn off by someone, so it is very likely that the sixth child accidentally broke it when he fought with the murderer, if so, then there will definitely be other traces left at the scene." ”

Hearing Xie Yu's words, Cui Yun took the lead in moving. Because Xie Yu was short, he was barely a few points taller than Pei Heng who was sitting there, so Cui Yun was able to observe Xie Yu carefully.

He looked at Xie Yu, only to find that the eyebrows and eyes of the person Pei Heng brought from Kangping County this time were very delicate, with a small nose and a small face, and with that small body, he couldn't tell that he was a man when he looked horizontally and vertically.

So he fanned his folding fan, and the wind brought it up had the broken hair that stirred Xie Yu's sideburns, and he smiled when he saw this.

He shook his head in amazement and asked Pei Heng, "He is the one you said?" ”

Pei Heng nodded.

Cui Yun knocked on the table and said, "Listen to what he said, why don't you let him check it?" ”

Xie Yu was stunned, she glanced at Pei Heng out of the corner of her eye, saw him stand up and glanced at herself, and then nodded at Cui Yun and said, "It's okay." ”

At the end, she looked at Xie Yu again and asked her what she meant, "Are you willing?" ”

What Xie Yu was thinking in her heart was that Pei Heng and Cui Yun had both arranged themselves clearly, and now asked her as if she had the right to refuse.

Thinking of the purpose of his trip to Lingnan this time, Xie Yu smiled and said: "It is incumbent on my subordinates to share the worries of the two adults." ”

Cui Yun frowned at this time, the successive murders these days made him a little anxious, he was not afraid of losing his official position, he was afraid that he would have to return to Beijing from now on, Luoyang is a good place, he has been here for three years, but his feelings are deeper than those in the capital.

It was because he felt that no matter what, he had to find out the real culprits behind these tricks and give an explanation to the people.

He ordered Liu Xi to Xie Yu, "If you have any questions, just ask Master Liu, the people in the yamen are for you to send, there is only one request, don't delay your family's trip." ”

Xie Yu had a headache when she heard this, this Cui Yun looked good at talking, but she was not confused.

On the one hand, he pushed this errand to himself, and on the other hand, he blocked himself with Pei Heng's itinerary, which invisibly set a time for Xie Yu, so that she could not refuse.

Sure enough, it was a person who had eaten for a few more years in a high-ranking family.

She replied, "It's nature." ”

was ordered to be in danger in a daze, this is what Pei Heng meant, because she couldn't make Pei Heng lose face. Originally, she asked Pei Heng to copy this road, and she was able to arrive in Lingnan five days ahead of schedule without accident, but now it is very difficult to solve this case within five days.

Xie Yu didn't dare to delay, and Master Liu also understood the priorities, so he hurriedly invited Xie Yu to check the file. Xie Yu shook her head, meaning to go to Lao Liu's house first.

Cui Yun asked her how many people she wanted to bring, and Xie Yu replied: "There are many places to go today, if you bring someone from the government office, I'm afraid it will be easy to startle the snake." And I'm a local face, so it's easy to ask. ”

Cui Yun looked her narrow figure up and down, and felt a little agreed in his heart. After all, whoever sees Xie Yu can't associate it with the government.

Xie Yu changed into civilian clothes and walked out of the city, followed by Pei Heng, who was shaking a fan.

is as prosperous as him, walking on the street really attracts people's attention, but it makes Xie Yu look like a little radish diced in famine.

Xie Yu reminded vaguely, "My lord, you don't need to come out with your subordinates. ”

Originally, she came out alone to inquire and was not noticeable, but following Pei Heng was very different. Some people's bearing can't be covered up even if they are clothed, not to mention that Pei Heng didn't cover it up at all.

Pei Heng glanced at Xie Yu and didn't answer, and only asked her, "Are you sure to solve the case in five days?" ”

Xie Yuxin said that you didn't provoke her about this, and she still said honestly: "I'm not sure." ”

"The current governor of Lingnan is Cui Ziyi's father's protégé, if he is willing to help you, finding your biological parents will be twice as effective with half the effort. I've only been in Lingnan for half a month, but the governor can help you find it all the time. Pei Heng closed the folding fan and looked down at Xie Yudao.

Pei Heng's meaning is self-evident.

If she has the help of the governor of Lingnan, it will really be like divine help.

And let the governor of Lingnan do his best, it all depends on Cui Yun's face, in other words, only if she helps Cui Yun solve this case, Cui Yun will give her this face.

Xie Yu is guilty, where do you really dare to ask the governor of Lingnan to find the Xie family with great fanfare. But Pei Heng didn't know about her family's affairs, and it was really good to take this case with him as Xie Yu.

Thinking of this, Xie Yu felt that Pei Heng was not unkind. He has the heart to help himself, and she naturally can't lose face with him.

She hugged her fists with Pei Heng and saluted, "My subordinates have thanked the adults for their kindness." ”

Pei Heng nodded and walked forward, and the two of them walked slowly to the sixth child's house.

The sixth child is a gambler, all the valuable objects in the house have been cleaned by him, and he squandered it in Luoyang City when he won the gambling on weekdays, and came back to eat and drink to the neighbors when he lost the gamble.

The house had been burned to an empty shelf, and Xie Yu went straight to the well to find it carefully.

An overturned wooden barrel was thrown by the well, and the dirt around it was a little damp, leaving a messy pile of footprints on the ground.

Xie Yu squatted down and compared, and found two pairs of different footprints, one of which pressed all the footprints underneath, which should have been left by Chen Daniu later.

Xie Yu's eyes moved, and she frowned unconsciously.

If this is the case, it means that he was the only one at the well before the sixth child died.

But he was the only one at the well, so why was the talisman torn off the ground. The footprints of the sixth child were so messy that Xie Yu couldn't guess what had happened before he fell into the well.

Pei Heng also seemed to notice this problem, he squatted down to look at the pile of footprints at the bottom, and said in confusion: "Why is he pacing back and forth by the well?" ”

"The subordinates don't understand, I thought that the talisman was torn off, and the sixth child should have had a violent conflict with the murderer before he died, and he would definitely leave other traces by the well. But now that he looks, he was the only one at the well before the sixth child died, so why did he tear off the talisman and fall into the well and die? ”

Xie Yu has never been in contact with the sixth child, but with her understanding of gamblers, these people. Most of them have the intention of making a windfall and making a windfall, and they will not easily commit suicide. What's more, he didn't die last night, and he agreed with Chen Daniu to go to the gambling house, so his death must have happened suddenly.

"Isn't their house burned down, how can they have a good bucket?" Pei Heng asked suddenly.

Xie Yu noticed this at this time, the wheels used to draw water on the well were all burned out, and it can only be said that the bucket used to draw water was brought back by the sixth child.

Then she heard a sound of squirming, Xie Yu keenly heard the sound, and saw a figure running out in a panic.

She hurriedly chased after him, but the man tripped over the wood in a panic, and before he could get up, he was trampled back to the ground by Pei Heng, and then heard the man struggling and shouting for mercy.

Xie Yu never thought that the other party was so timid, she asked sharply, "Who?" ”

The man poured bamboo shoots and poured beans and confessed: "The little Wang Ping'an is the neighbor of the sixth child, he has a wife and a daughter in the family, and his parents are still alive, all of them are supported by the little one, please spare your life......"

The more Xie Yu listened, the more frowning she became, and she interrupted him, "Don't talk nonsense, you said that you are the neighbor of the sixth child, why are you sneaking peek at us?" ”

"The little one saw the two of you come in, I'm afraid that someone from the government is coming, so I'll follow in and have a look."

"Good and dignified, why are you afraid that someone from the government is coming?"

Wang Ping'an wanted to cry without tears, lying on the ground and pointing to the bucket by the well and said: "I remember that the sixth child borrowed a bucket from my house before he died, and if the government came to investigate, the misunderstanding would be that I killed the sixth child, so I wanted to follow up and take the bucket back." ”

Xie Yu glanced at Pei Heng and saw that he stepped on Wang Ping'an's foot and loosened his strength, so he said, "You get up and talk back." ”

Pei Heng let go of Wang Ping'an's foot, dusted off the dust on his body, and looked at him coldly.

Wang Ping'an had just been stepped on by Pei Heng, and this time he was still a little scared when he saw his cold eyes.

He swallowed his saliva, and then said to Xie Yu: "Last night, Lao Liu's house caught fire, and we all thought that he died in the fire like everyone else, but we didn't think that he escaped because of, and he got up early and bragged to us at the door of his house that he relied on what ancestral talisman he relied on, and he sold it to us for ten taels of silver." Others don't know, the villain knows the things of the old six family best, he goes in and out of the gambling house all day long, and even knocks down the two town gate stones at the door of the house and sells them, how can he keep any talisman cards, at a glance, he knows that he did it last night, so as to fool others to sell a good price and gamble. ”

"Pick and choose." Xie Yu said coldly.

Wang Ping'an never thought that Xie Yu looked thin and weak, and his words were so terrifying.

He shrank for a moment, scratched his head and recalled, "It was in the afternoon that the sixth came back. In the end, the neighbor for many years, the little one thought that he should not eat, so he asked him to come home to eat together, he told the villain that he had made an appointment to go to the gambling house in the afternoon, and by the way sold his so-called talisman card, so he always had to pick up himself, so he asked the villain to borrow him a bucket, so that he could wash himself and go to Fucheng. ”

According to what Wang Ping'an said, then Chen Daniu did not lie about the sixth child and him making an appointment to go to the gambling house.

But why did he die alone in the well, and the talisman he wanted to sell was torn to the ground.

Xie Yu couldn't figure it out.