Chapter 111: Murder
There is not even the Medicine King Valley, it seems that it will take time to detoxify, but Qu Fanyou's situation is not optimistic. No wonder everyone's face is not good.
"Miss Situ, it's late, it's not good for you to stay in Dali Temple as a boudoir woman, I'll let you go back." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rubbed his eyebrows, and when he saw Situ Yimo standing beside him in a daze, he said.
Situ Yimo felt that there was only a limit to what he could do, and it was useless to stay here, so he nodded and returned to Situ Wang's Mansion under the escort of the guards.
Her second uncle heard that Yan Mama said that she was taken away by Gong Bohuai, although she was surprised, but her face was carefree, and she heard that Situ Yimo returned home, but he just let her have a good rest, and did not ask her what she was doing in Dali Temple.
After pounding the spices for a long time, she was also tired, so she rested on the couch after washing. This sleep until the next day, she woke up relaxed, but thinking of Qu Fanyou's poison, she was worried, but she didn't know how to medicine, and she couldn't help anything except fragrance.
I wanted to visit Dali Temple, but I felt that it was inappropriate, and it was raining heavily outside.
I thought that I could stay quietly in the house and raise flowers, but when I saw the county lord of Nirui coming in the heavy rain, Situ Yimo was slightly surprised.
"Do you really come to my house every day for dinner?" Situ Yimo quipped.
"No, I have something important to discuss with you!"
"Big deal? Could it be that it is the marriage of the little prince and Miss Luo again? ”
When it came to the little prince, the county lord of Nirui pouted and was unhappy, "That day, I originally wanted to sign a marriage for the little prince and Miss Luo, but who knew that when the third lady of Cai Guogong's mansion fell into the water halfway, he asked the guards to save people, and Cai Guogong went to the palace in the morning to thank him." ”
Speaking of which, Situ Yimo also understood that Xiaowangfu was going to tie the knot with the third lady of Cai Guofu.
But seeing that the county lord Nirui was so depressed, she asked, "What's the matter, the third lady of Cai Guogong's Mansion has a bad character, which makes you dislike?" ”
Lord Nirui shook his head, "That's not true, I don't know her well, I just met a few times at the banquet, when I saw her in the palace yesterday, I felt that she was a small family, far worse than Miss Luo, and the imperial grandmother didn't like her very much." ”
"What about the little prince? Isn't he very assertive about his marriage? If he doesn't like it, he won't force himself to marry, right? ”
At the mention of this, the county lord of Nirui was a little helpless, "The little prince really doesn't want to marry, although he mistook her innocence, but he is saving people." Cai Guogong relied on the little prince, saying that the woman's innocence is greater than her life, if the little prince does not marry, he can only let his daughter go to the Taoist temple to practice. ”
"Little prince, this is going to agree?"
"Nope. The little prince was reluctant, and Cai Guogong didn't dare to really force the little prince. But that day, the third lady asked the little prince to meet, and I didn't know what they said, so she asked the little prince to agree to marry her, and she also went to ask the imperial grandmother to give her a marriage. ”
Situ Yimo raised her eyebrows slightly, feeling weird, but since the marriage of the little prince has been decided, she thinks about it unintentionally, and she thinks that Miss Luo is such a wonderful person, it is really a pity to marry the little prince.
But seeing that the county lord of Nirui was so lost, she still had to comfort a few words, and the sad emotions of the county lord of Nirui came and went quickly. turned to the reason why she came to Situ Yimo.
"You mean Tobe was killed last night?"
"Yes! Word has spread. ”
"Early this morning, the people from the Criminal Department went to Lord Hu's mansion."
Situ Yimo was slightly shocked, this is Chang'an, how dare anyone kill people at the feet of the Son of Heaven? This is contempt for imperial power!
And her uncle is now a Tobe Shangshu, so I don't know if he will be implicated in this matter.
"What about the emperor? Your Majesty should be furious, right? After all, it was the killing of officials right under her nose. ”
"Not really! The emperor's uncle was angry and ordered the criminal department to arrest the prisoner as soon as possible. The Lord of Ni Rui also spoke with some anger in his tone.
Dare to commit something at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is simply bold!
"What do you want to do when you tell me this?"
As soon as Situ Yimo saw the county lord Ni Rui change her ill-intentioned smile, she didn't have to guess and knew what she wanted to sit on, so she dispelled her thoughts, "Ni Rui, this is Chang'an, not Weicheng, the investigation has its own criminal department, you and I go to join in the fun, it will definitely cause criticism at that time!"
The county lord of Nirui had long expected Situ Yimo to say this, so he took out the token on his waist and said happily, "I was prepared!"
"Tokens?"
"This ......"
"I went to ask the emperor's uncle, the emperor's uncle couldn't stand my verbosity, so he gave me the token, seeing this token is like seeing the saint, how dare the people of the criminal department stop me?"
Situ Yimo had a bad feeling, she had just returned to Chang'an, and she didn't want to be so ostentatious, but she thought that she couldn't stand the verbosity of the county lord of Nirui.
Therefore, the two still went to the scene, which is the mansion of Lord Hu.
Shangshu of the Criminal Department sent his subordinate Master Yin Li Dehuai to Lord Hu's mansion early in the morning, and all those who should be interrogated were interrogated, and those who should be investigated were also investigated, and no suspicious person was found, which made him anxious. The emperor ordered him to investigate the matter thoroughly, and if he couldn't find the murderer, he wouldn't be able to keep the hat on his head.
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency--"
"What, you've caught the prisoner?"
"Not ......"
"It's not shouting!" Li Dehuai roared impatiently, he was depressed to death, and he was still shouting!
"Yes, it's the county lord of Nirui and the county lord of Anhe who are here."
"What?" Master Li was slightly shocked, he also knew about the fame of these two county lords, but he didn't know what they were doing here at this time.
Although he wondered in his heart, he couldn't afford to neglect these two masters, so he greeted them with a smile.
"The lower officials participate in the Nirui County Lord, and the County Lord of Anhe."
"Well, get up."
"Lord Xie."
Seeing that they didn't speak, Master Li tentatively asked, "I don't know if the two county lords are here, but ......?"
The county lord of Nirui clasped his hands on his chest and generously expressed his intentions, "I'm here to help you investigate the case." ”
Master Li's face was embarrassed, "This ,... County lord, this case is under investigation by the Criminal Department, the two county lords are women after all, this, this investigation case is unexpected, I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of the two county lords..."
"What a loss! The lord of this county is in Weicheng, and he often hangs around in the yamen. ”
"That's in Weicheng, but this is Chang'an......"
"What's wrong with Chang'an? This ......"
Situ Yimo knew that the two girls' families would come to investigate the case, which would definitely cause criticism, and she was reluctant to participate in it, but since the emperor allowed it, Ni Rui was persistent and lively, and she had to investigate this case.
So when he saw the rushing appearance of the county lord of Nirui, he stopped her, looked at Lord Li and said, "The county lord has the sword of Shang Fang given by the emperor in his hand, and the county lord of Nirui has a gold medal in his hand, I don't know this case, can we investigate?" ”
When the county lord of Nirui heard this, he snorted coldly, took out the gold medal, and the gold was shining, which made them panic, and they hurriedly knelt down and shouted long live.
Master Li was even more frightened, so frightened that he hurriedly made amends, Situ Yimo didn't want to worry about him, so he went directly to the scene of the crime. Lord Hu's body has not yet been removed, and a preliminary autopsy is underway.
Situ Yimo glanced at the corpse on the ground, looked at the dagger stuck in his chest, and walked over to take a closer look.
Seeing this, Lord Li's eyes widened, and he looked very surprised, I'm a good girl, is this still a woman? Walking around the corpse without blinking an eye!
No wonder it's called a dominatrix, isn't this just a dominatrix?
"The dagger on the chest isn't fatal, is it?" Situ Yimo looked at the servant.
He is an old man of fifty or sixty years old, with rich experience, who has worked in the yamen for decades, and in all dynasties, he is the lowest job, even if he assists the government to handle so many cases, but he can't change the identity under this layer.
The government office also came and went as soon as he was called, and no one had ever been so kind and pleasant to him, with an inquiring tone.
He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then replied, "The county lord of Anhe has great eyesight, and this dagger is indeed not a fatal blow." ”
"Not a fatal blow?" Master Li on the side didn't understand, "Wasn't he stabbed to death by the murderer?" ”
Lord Nirui didn't understand either, she felt at a glance that Master Hu had been killed by a dagger. "Anhe, why do you say that the dagger is not a fatal blow."
Situ Yimo explained, motioning to the county lord Nirui to look at the blood on his clothes and on the ground, "If the dagger is fatal, the blood on his clothes will not be so small, I guess that Lord Hu only stabbed the dagger into it after he died." ”
"What the county lord of Anhe said is that the blood of this living person flows faster than that of a dead person, there is less blood on Lord Hu's clothes, and there is less splashing on the ground, and the villain also speculates that this dagger was only made after Lord Hu died. While this depth can indeed kill people, the killer ignores the flow of dead people's blood. ”
Lord Li nodded, and quietly glanced at the county lord of Anhe, who was checking something, and thought to himself, worthy of Weicheng Yasha, there are still means to investigate the case.
"And what was the cause of his death?"
He replied, "This can only be determined after the villain dissects the corpse." ”
The county lord of Nirui was very surprised, and saw Situ Yimo walking around the house, as if he was looking for something, so he asked, "Anhe, since the dagger was stabbed into it after death, then I don't understand, everyone is dead, why do you need to make another move to get a dagger?" ”
"To hide the real cause of death."
Situ Yimo turned around the desk a few times, the fingers of his right hand were slightly curled, put them under his lips, stared at the placement of the books, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "There is no account book." ”
"Could it be that the murderer's purpose is because of this?"
As soon as Master Li heard the account book, his forehead immediately wrinkled, and he had a bad feeling, he walked over and asked, "Why did the county lord say that?" ”
The ledger on this table is neatly arranged, and it seems that there is no mess, why is there one missing?
Situ Yimo pointed to these ledgers and said, "These ledgers have been turned over, and in order to cover up the purpose, the murderer found the ledgers and placed them neatly, giving people the illusion that they had not been touched, but he ignored the habits of Lord Hu." ”
"What habits?"
Situ Yimo motioned for them to look at the bookshelves, "You see, there are seven books in each pile on the shelves, and each book has a mark, I think Master Hu placed these books according to the mark." ”
"Look at it again, these ledgers on the shelves are also placed in seven books, and they are placed according to the time in the morning and evening, I think the ledgers on the desk should also be placed in this way, but now, they are out of order."