Chapter 43: Mengdong
Situ Yimo exchanged a few more words with Qu Fanyou, and when it was time for lunch, she asked people to prepare food, and then prepared two side rooms for them to rest first.
Qu Fan especially wanted to understand the case first, and then eat, but Situ Yimo didn't force him, so he asked Qi Hu to take him to the morgue and the case warehouse, but Bai Zhen didn't follow.
Situ Yimo thought that since they were all women, it was not good for her to eat alone, so he invited her to eat with them. Bai Zhen's personality has always been lively and cheerful, so he did not refuse.
She is used to walking the rivers and lakes, and she doesn't understand the rules of the family, and she didn't think that she could go beyond the rules by eating with the two county lords as a common person.
The county lord of Nirui is enthusiastic, she sees that Bai Zhen has a free and easy personality, and she has a very good appetite for her, and the two of them get along like sisters in a few words, but it seems that Situ Yimo, who has been quiet, is an outsider.
From their chat, Situ Yimo also knew the love story of Bai Zhen and Qu Fanyou, it was a chivalrous girl who saved the scholar in Tsing Yi, the two fell in love at first sight, the scholar wanted to come to the door to propose, and accidentally redressed his father's grievances, Bai's father was grateful to the scholar, knowing that they loved each other, so he promised his only daughter to him.
Although their story is simple, such a warm relationship is enviable. In this world, there are not many people who don't care about the right person.
And Qu Fanyou is such a rare good son, he is the young man of Dali Temple, with a bright future, with his background can marry an official lady, which is very beneficial to his career, but he is only willing to marry a woman from the rivers and lakes, this sincerity is admirable.
Situ Yimo thought of Qu Fanyou, who was at a glance, and his good impression of him deepened a little deeper. And in the past two days, I followed him to investigate the case, and I admired his logical thinking and his sensitivity to judging things, and he really deserved to be the Shaocheng of Dali Temple.
Because the governor was seriously injured by the lord of Nirui, he had been lying on the bed obediently for the past two days, except for scolding, there was no substantial harm, and Situ Yimo didn't care about him, not to mention that with the second lady of Shang Ji's presence, he wouldn't let him make waves.
For the child brought by the county lord of Nirui, she was full of scars, and she was abused at a glance, Situ Yimo was very sympathetic, this is the county government, and she has the responsibility to take care of her, so this child has stayed in the prefect's yamen for the past two days.
Although she woke up, she didn't say a word, and after saying a word or two, it was not clear that Situ Yimo knew that she was bullied and scared, and she was frightened, so she didn't dare to speak, so she didn't force her, but just asked Qi Hu to check her life experience.
I learned that her name was Meng Dong, and she was bought by a middle-aged man named Gao Cong from Renyazi, who was also named in Weicheng, and some big families were maids and slaves bought in their hands.
Meng Dong fell into their hands last year, according to them, Meng Dong was picked up by them in the ruined temple, and the clothes on her body were worn in tatters at that time, so they thought that Meng Dong was abandoned, so they brought her back to Yaxing.
But Meng Dong doesn't know anything, he can't do anything well, it's a stammer, he can't even speak clearly, some big families refuse to want her, and they can't eat and drink for nothing to support her, it just so happened that Gao Cong wanted to buy a maid, saying that he wanted the cheapest, so he fell in love with Meng Dong.
After listening to Meng Dong's life experience, Situ Yimo sighed, Shang Shuwei was very angry and sympathetic when she saw Meng Dong's scars, even if it was a subordinate, such a beating was too much, she asked Qi Hu to catch Gao Cong, and he had to beat him dozens of boards before he could be forgiven.
"And what about this child? You can't keep her in our yamen, right? Qi Hu frowned and said.
Situ Yimo thought about it, Meng Dong had injuries on his body, and he could stay in the government to recuperate, but he couldn't stay in the yamen for the rest of his life.
"Is there a way to find her family?"
Qi Hu frowned, a little embarrassed, "This, in addition to knowing that her name is Meng Dong, the Yaxing side doesn't know Meng Dong's background, they also picked her up in the broken temple, so Gao Cong is even more unclear." Unless Meng Dong says it herself, we don't know where to find her family. ”
"Why don't I ask Meng Dong again?" Shang Shuwei raised her eyebrows and said, "This child is only seven years old, and he has suffered so much, it's really pitiful." ”
Situ Yimo also said, "She spoke inarticulately, that is, we don't understand what she said, let her recover from her injuries first, she turned out to be rescued by the Nirui County Lord, maybe she is willing to talk to the Nirui County Lord, let the Nirui County Lord accompany her more, maybe she can know something." ”
Shang Shuwei felt that it was feasible, so she went to find the county lord of Nirui, and Situ Yimo went to see Qu Fanyou, and after his two-day investigation, he found some clues that could prove who killed the person. He asked Bai Si Jian to bring the people who had disappeared with him after the treasure of that day had been stolen that day to the yamen.
In addition to Bai Si Jian and the people from the Shuntian Dart Bureau, there were also Ou Guanze and Su Hanyu.
Situ Yimo was not surprised to see Ou Guanze, but when she saw Su Hanyu again, she was really surprised, and she came out of her daze when she heard his voice.
"Big Brother Su? How did you come? ”
Su Hanyu glanced at Ou Guanze, who seemed to be smiling, a little embarrassed, and then saw the snow jade hairpin on Situ Yimo's hair, his eyes lit up, he was a little surprised, and his heart suddenly warmed.
He thought that Situ Yimo would wear the hairpin he gave, did it mean that her mind was the same as his.
As soon as the heart-warming thoughts came out, he was a little entangled, he just wanted to see her one last time today, and he didn't want to be involved with her, but he wanted to listen to his heart and follow his own heart.
Ou Guanze obviously also saw the hairpin on Situ Yimo's head, smiled evilly, looked at her, and praised it with special interest, "This hairpin is really suitable for Miss Situ, and only this Tianshan Snow Jade is worthy of Miss Situ's ice and snow temperament." ”
Situ Yimo was stunned, a little confused, hairpin? She touched the hairpin on her head in surprise, took it out and looked at it, and was stunned, only to know that the hairpin she was wearing today was actually sent by Ou Guanze.
It must be a pity that Qiu saw that this hairpin was good-looking, so she put it on for her, but unfortunately Qiu didn't know that this hairpin was given to her by a man.
Originally, the matter of dressing up has always been done by Gan Tang, but this girl doesn't know what she has eaten, and now she is still lying on the bed and crying out in pain.
Therefore, grooming her today is Xiqiu, Xiqiu is the niece of Mr. Treasury, and has been in charge of her small treasury, only money, and other Xiqiu does not know. So she didn't know where the hairpin came from.
And she herself has been worrying about the mandarin duck locks sent by Hai Dongqing for the past few days, and she doesn't care about these jewelry.
Looking at this hosta now, Situ Yimo was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know whether to reinsert it back for a while, but seeing that Ou Guanze was a free and uninhibited person, she paused and put the hosta on her head, and said with a chuckle, "This hosta is indeed very beautiful, but it is somewhat similar to the one I used before, no, I admit it wrong." ”
As soon as the words fell, she no longer paid attention to the issue of the hairpin, but looked at Qu Fanyou, who had been silent, and then glanced at the three people who came, walked to Qu Fanyou's side, and said.
"Since Lord Qu can decide the case, then without further ado, Lord Qu will judge the case."
Qu Fanyou nodded, saluted in a regular manner, and asked Su Hanyu and Ou Guanze, as well as Bai Lujian, to take a look.
Situ Yimo also sat on the side, listening to Qu Fanyou recount the process of this case, since this case was tried by Dali Temple, she just wanted to be an audience, and she didn't want to interfere too much, but just did her duty.
“…… The process of the case, the official believes that everyone has already understood, and the official will comb it again, there are two deceased, one is Man Xiang of the Shuntian Dart Bureau, and the other is Qian Fu of Baiyan Village.
According to the footprints left at the scene, in addition to the two deceased, there were two other people, one of whom should be the murderer. ”
Qu Fanyou paused, glanced at the two people standing, and circled around them, making them very unstable.
Seeing this, Bai Xijian frowned, and he didn't want to doubt his brother, so he said.
"Qi Huai and He Cai are both my brothers who were born and died, and Man Jiang is their brother, and our people in the Shuntian Dart Bureau will not kill each other."
Bai Zhen listened to the words, raised his eyebrows and looked at Bai Lu Jian unhappily, and said unfairly, "Cousin Jian, Master Qu hasn't said anything yet, why are you so excited!" Besides, if it weren't for the case related to you, cousin, Master Qu wouldn't have come all the way. ”
"I ......"
"It's okay if you don't appreciate Master Qu, but you have to respect others! After all, Master Qu is an official, and this judgment is his duty, even if you have an opinion, you have to listen to what others say! ”
Bai Xi Jian frowned, looking at her sister who was dedicated to protecting Qu Fanyou, she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, for a while, her sister who was tired of being by his side since she was a child, actually blocked in front of another man one day! Or for him, teach yourself.
Qu Fanyou looked at Bai Zhen dedicated to defending himself, his eyes were smiling, he glanced at Bai Lu Jian, saw that he was silent, and his expression was still a little strange, he paused for a moment and said.
"After all, these two people are Bai Shaoxia's subordinates, and it is normal for them to protect them, but the deceased Man Jiang is also a member of the Shuntian Dart Bureau, I think Bai Shaoxia must want to know who the murderer is."
Bai Si Jian was stunned, he really wanted to know who the murderer was more than this. If it is really his own person, then he will not be soft! There is no room for a traitor in his eyes.
When the two heard this, they also understood what they meant, they were now the suspects who killed Man Xiang, and they immediately shouted grievances, full of grievances.
"My lord, not to mention that I didn't kill Man Xiang, that Man Xiang betrayed the Shuntian Dart Bureau and stole the treasure, and a traitor like this is also innocent!" One of them was resentful, and his name was Qi Huai.
Bai Si Jian just twisted his eyebrows slightly, and asked, "Who said that the person who stole the treasure was Man Xiang?" ”
The two of them were stunned, Tian Gang was puzzled, "The treasure was found on him, who was it if he didn't steal it?" ”
"Yes, the box is clearly on him, isn't it that Man Xiang stole the treasure, but was cut off and killed." The other person, He Cai, was also puzzled.