Until Xie Jinlan came to the master bedroom, Ruan Yezhen still didn't figure it out. But she didn't continue to embarrass her brain:

After all, the matter was resolved relatively satisfactorily, so why did she have to get to the bottom of it and know so much detail?

By the time Master Chen had dealt with the matter at hand and came to the inner courtyard to look for Xie Jinlan, it was already close to noon. Halfway through, he met Mo Yan who was carrying a food box.

Mo Yan arched his hand towards Master Chen, and then said with a smile: "I've seen Master Chen." My family had already guessed that you would come to him, so he had already explained that Mo Yan would take you there directly. ”

Master Chen bowed slightly: "I'm tired." ”

Entering the master bedroom, he bowed to Xie Jinlan, who was sitting at the round table: "Xiaguan has seen an adult!" ”

Xie Jinlan waved his hand casually: "Sit down and talk." ”

Then he looked at Mo Yan: "Let's set the table." ”

Master Chen glanced at the ink inkstone that was opening the food box and took out various dishes from it, and was silent.

Xie Jinlan smiled: "If Master Chen has anything important, just say it directly, you should know that there is no rule here for this official to eat and not speak." ”

Master Chen should claim that it was, and then took out a roll of rice paper from his sleeve and handed it to Xie Jinlan: "My lord, please see, this is the result of Lin Cheng's autopsy on Zhang Xiaomei." ”

Ruan Yezhen, who was on the side, heard this, and also hurried closer to her head.

Xie Jinlan just glanced at her without a trace, and then slowly opened the rice paper in his hand.

I saw that it was written:

'The cheekbone near the left temple of the deceased showed signs of severe breakage, which was caused by a violent blow before his death.

His limbs and ribs were intact and he had not suffered any serious injuries during his lifetime. The bones were not blackened, there were no attachments, and they were not poisoned during their lifetime. It can be assumed that the cause of death was a blow to his cheekbones......

Gently placing the rice paper on the table, Xie Jinlan looked at Master Chen: "In addition to the cause of death, is there anything else found on that white bone?" For example, where can you clearly point to who the murderer is? ”

Master Chen replied lightly, then took out a neatly folded white piece from his sleeve and laid it on the table, and then gently pushed it to Xie Jinlan:

"Even if the adults don't ask, the lower officials are going to take out this thing, please take a look!"

Xie Jinlan gently opened the white cloth, only to see a small white jade earring lying quietly on it.

Master Chen continued: "This earring was found near the chest cavity of the corpse. Because of its similarity in color to white bones, we were not able to find it in the first place. ”

Ruan Yezhen squatted down and got closer to see the earrings, and soon she found something special, and got up quite excitedly and pointed to the earrings and said, "Xie Jinlan, there seems to be words on the earrings!" ”

When Xie Jinlan heard this, his eyes lit up, he picked up the white cloth and took a closer look, and really found that there was an inconspicuous word 'soft' carved on the earrings.

After putting down the white cloth, Xie Jinlan looked at Master Chen: "The engraving on this earring, has Master Chen found it?" ”

After getting a positive answer, Xie Jinlan said again: "These earrings should have a special meaning to Lin Zirou, you go and check." ”

Master Chen said: "The lower officials have asked Li Zhu to quickly and secretly investigate the news. ”

Xie Jinlan nodded with satisfaction.

After lunch, Xie Jinlan went to the county jail alone. Naturally, Ruan Yezhen followed closely beside him.

After taking the set of keys from the jailer's hand, Xie Jinlan went straight into Cheng Sheng's cell.

Looking at Cheng Sheng, who was lying lifeless on the bed with his eyes closed, Ruan Yezhen was startled, and only after quickly floating to his side and sensing his shallow breathing, did she breathe a sigh of relief.

Inadvertently swept her gaze to the untouched nest placed at the door of the cell, and then looked at Cheng Sheng on the bed, Ruan Yezhen suddenly realized something, and frowned slightly and looked at Xie Jinlan who was standing near the cell door:

"Xie Jinlan, Cheng Sheng seems to be on a hunger strike. I guess he may have wanted to go on a hunger strike and accompany Zhang Xiaoliu to die. ”

When Xie Jinlan heard this, he sneered.

This sound is especially noticeable in the quiet cells of the cell. But Cheng Sheng didn't react in the slightest.

Xie Jinlan said lightly: "Zhang Xiaoliu was sentenced to life imprisonment. ”

Before the words fell, Cheng Sheng on the bed sat up and stared at Xie Jinlan with burning eyes: "What the adults said is true?" ”

Xie Jinlan put his hands on his chest and leaned idly against the prison door, not caring about his rudeness: "Believe it or not." ”

Cheng Sheng looked at Xie Jinlan fixedly for a moment, then knelt on the ground and solemnly kowtowed: "Thank you, my lord, for your extrajudicial kindness!" ”

Xie Jinlan said lightly: "It's the people of Lin'an who ask for love, if you want to thank them, thank them." ”

Cheng Sheng kowtowed again: "Thank you, sir!" Thank you to the people of Lin'an! Great grace and great virtue Cheng Sheng is toothless and unforgettable! ”

Xie Jinlan's expression did not change: "This official came to you this time for the dead Zhang Xiaomei. ”

Cheng Shenghu's body was shocked, his back straightened, and he looked at Xie Jinlan with a firm gaze: "My lord, just ask, the grass people must know everything and say everything!" There is absolutely nothing to hide! ”

Don't say this to Xie Jinlan, Ruan Yezhen on the side is also convinced.

Who let this tragic death be the sister of Zhang Xiaoliu's mother!

Xie Jinlan hummed lightly, and then said: "You have been in Wang Yuan's Foreign Mansion for many years, but what do you know about the murder of Zhang Xiaomei back then?" ”

Although it was a question, Xie Jinlan was sure that Cheng Sheng must know something!

At the beginning, Wang Tianci killed Zhang Xiaomei by mistake, even if he had Lin Zirou's help later, the movement between him and Zhang Xiaomei was not small at that time. There have been guards patrolling the royal palace, why didn't the events of that night alarm them?

Maybe it happened that I didn't hear or see. Perhaps, it's pretending not to know.

Of the two possibilities, Xie Jinlan is more inclined to the latter.

Cheng Sheng was stunned when he heard this, and some complicated emotions flashed in his eyes. In the end, all these emotions turned into a touch of firmness: "My lord, the grass people once saw with their own eyes that Wang Tianci wanted to do something wrong to Zhang Xiaomei!" ”

Ruan Yezhen's eyes suddenly widened, she never expected that there would be such a hidden secret!

As soon as the words came out, Cheng Sheng suddenly felt that the whole person was much more relaxed, with a little remorse on his face:

"Because I am grateful to Wang Yuanwai in my heart, and the grass people are not nosy people. So when I saw it, I turned a blind eye and left with the other patrolling guards.

On the second day, after learning that Zhang Xiaomei left the book, the grass people only thought that she was unwilling to stay in the place of right and wrong. If I had known that those things would happen later, and if I had known that Zhang Xiaomei would lose her life because of this, the grass people would have gone up to stop Wang Tianci's evil deeds! ”

Xie Jinlan said: "Those guards who saw with you are still on an errand in the Wang's Foreign Mansion now?" ”

Cheng Sheng shook his head slightly: "Since Wang Tianci recovered from the high fever that time, he has become even more arrogant. Those guards couldn't stand being called by Wang Tianci to oppress the people, and they all left one after another. ”