Under the jade belt bridge in the east of the city, there is a clear clear water river, at night there are flower boats slowly moving forward on the river surface, the talented man recites poems against each other, and the beautiful woman strokes the piano and sings softly.

The restaurants on the banks of the river are always very lively, with the best cooks in Beijing gathering here, and on both sides of the river are lined with large and small courtyards, most of which are inhabited by flower girls, boatmen, small traders and other people who make a living from the river.

"The master himself wants to row, and he won't let us follow." The captain of the ship offered a silver ingot in his hand, and his face was full of fear, for fear that this case would fall on him.

The dead old man was wearing silk and satin, but he couldn't afford to provoke a cheap life like him.

"And then," the judge continued, "how did you find the body?" ”

The boat boss pursed his lips, and his eyes drifted towards the courtyard by the river: "I'm just curious, this old man hasn't come out for so long, and it is possible to succeed." ”

The general judge frowned: "What is successful, don't talk about it in detail." ”

The boat boss swallowed a mouthful, and said honestly: "In the past six months, a beautiful Taoist aunt came to the courtyard by the river, and cleaned up the long-abandoned Taoist temple, many people were curious to go to burn incense and worship, some were to test whether it was effective, and some were to see the Taoist aunt, many people rented a boat to guard the Taoist temple at night, but the Taoist aunt closed the door, and most people lost patience when they saw it, and left.

I saw that the old man had not returned for a long time, thinking that he had made the aunt obedient because of his wealth, and I thought that I would go and see the excitement.

But I didn't think I found the boat in the river, I shouted a few times and no one answered, so I boarded the boat to see, only to see a pool of blood on the bow of the boat, and there was no figure of the old man around, so we thought about going underwater to have a look.

After tossing for a long time, I found nothing, and I was about to report to the official, there were just a few babies playing in the water under the river, and one of them shouted, saying that someone was at the bottom of the river, so I called people to go over and see, and more than a dozen people went down to the river to fish, and then found the body. ”

"My lord," exclaimed him, "this old man's tongue is gone." ”

When it was salvaged, I could see that there was blood on the side of the body's mouth, but I didn't know what caused it, so I went forward to check it, pinched open the mouth of the deceased, and found that the tongue was gone.

"This is a wound before death, and the man cut out his tongue before killing him."

A female voice rang out.

The judge frowned and looked over, only to see a woman walking over with a burden.

"My newly accepted apprentice," the old man said, "She helped with the spy case that was just solved, and she also helped the government to conduct an autopsy when she was in Fengxiang. ”

No one knew about Wang Yun's case, and the general verdict saw that the woman walked over to open the baggage, took out the autopsy equipment, and was already busy on the side without giving orders, obviously knowing everything about the autopsy, so he no longer questioned it.

After a while, the people from the Kung Fu Ding family and the Sun family came to find them.

"What the hell is going on, sir...... Master...... Who harmed our master? ”

Crying and shouting rang out.

Just as he was about to speak, someone had already walked up to him: "Who are you?" ”

The general judgment said: "This official is sentenced by the Heavenly Mansion." ”

The steward of the Ding family was not polite at all, handed over the post in his hand and said: "Our master has just come from Huguang, I don't want to encounter a poisonous hand here, after the old lady heard it, he has already gone to see Lord Yin Tian of Shuntian Mansion, and I hope that the adult will solve the case as soon as possible, if this corpse has been experienced, we will take it away, so that we can take care of the aftermath for the master." ”

As he spoke, the monks had already come and began to recite the scriptures by the river.

Seeing this scene, the general judge immediately frowned, as if his every move was being monitored, and he was afraid that he would be accused if he was not careful, but he still calmed down, looked at the small nunnery on the shore, and ordered left and right: "Go to the nunnery with this official first." ”

This nunnery has been handed down from the previous dynasty.

More than ten years ago, the incense was very prosperous, and I heard that it was a blessed place for children, but unfortunately it suffered a fire later, and the things in the nunnery were burned clean.

Traces of the fire can still be seen on the walls outside the hermitage, but the inside has been renovated, and the smell of sandalwood is blowing in the face.

At this time, there are still pilgrims offering incense, and two female Taoist priests are holding ritual instruments and reciting scriptures.

Tong Juan coughed, and the young Dao Gu next to him turned his head.

"This official has passed the judgment of Tianfu, there was a murder not far from your nunnery, have you heard any unusual movements, or seen someone?"

Dao Gu stepped forward, and the general judgment saw that she was really beautiful, like a piece of jade that had not been contaminated with worldly dust, which made people want to take a few more looks.

Dao Gu said: "I only picked up a few pilgrims, everything is the same as usual, and there is nothing unusual. ”

The general judge walked around the nunnery, and the yacha didn't find anything strange, and there didn't seem to be any clue about this case, so he had to turn around and take people away.

Second Master Sun is tall, it is difficult for the two women to attack him, and the nunnery is clean and clean, no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with this case.

The general judge walked out of the door and instructed the yacha: "Take people, check one household at a time, and as long as you find a suspicious person, bring them into the yamen for careful interrogation." ”

This case is likely to keep him busy for the rest of his life.

Tong Juan sighed, and turned his head to look at the small nunnery again.

The pilgrims left, the door of the nunnery was closed, and the old Dao Gu walked in front of the young Dao Gu: "Miss, are we in trouble, those yacha don't know if they will come, let's leave early tomorrow morning!" ”

Jiang Zhiyi looked at the Zhusheng Niangniang on the niche: "How many years have passed, why do they still refuse to let go, can't I just guard it quietly here?" I just want to do my part, and I just have to think about how they died here, and I'm ...... I feel sad in my heart. ”

"Miss," said the old Daogu, "it is no accident that the man found this place, if the yamen continues to investigate like this, it is hard to guarantee that something will be found, you really want to stay here, and there is no hurry for a while, we will go out and hide, and come back when the rumors have passed." ”

Jiang Zhiyi's eyes were scattered, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he closed his eyes and nodded: "Okay, we'll leave early tomorrow morning." ”

The old Dao Gu nodded: "I'll go and pack my things." ”

……

The Ding family was already crying.

Zhang Yucong returned to his wife's house and saw such a situation.

Second Mrs. Sun has been refusing to speak, knowing that Zhang Yucong is coming, she stood up and was about to bow down to Zhang Yucong: "Brother-in-law, you have to help the Sun family this time, someone is eyeing us, this is asking for our lives." ”

Mrs. Zhang San hurriedly stepped forward to help her sister up: "Don't worry, don't worry, you speak slowly." ”

Nothing to say.

Second Mrs. Sun's eyes were blurred with tears: "You all know what the Sun family did back then, this time they killed the master and cut off the master's tongue...... That's the proof. ”

Zhang Yucong's heart sank: "You mean, it was King Wei's people who did it?" ”

……

An Yihou sat in the study and read, but he didn't turn a page for a long time.

The voice of the former emperor seemed to come to his ears: "King Wei intends to rebel, I order you to lead troops to kill him...... Anyone who followed the king of Wei did not leave a single large or small population. ”

An Yihou clenched his fists.

Thirteen years have passed in a blink of an eye, when Qing Huan had just been born, and the Anyi Marquis Mansion was full of joy, he never thought that such a disaster would come quietly.

"Father, what are you thinking?"

A pleasant voice came.

An Yihou raised his head and saw Qing Huan's smiling face.

A bowl of sweet soup was placed on the table.

"It's nothing," An Yihou said, "some trivial things in the court. ”

Xu Qinghuan served An Yihou to clean his hands: "Father is thinking about the case of Second Master Sun, right?" I heard that Second Master Sun had his tongue cut out.

Father, this is not an ordinary case, someone is punishing the Sun family. ”

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