This year's winter in the capital must be particularly cold, early in the morning of the first day of October, the first two days have been a few light snowfalls, the streets and alleys are covered in a crystal white, there seems to be a drunk man lying in the shallow snow at the entrance of the Bixi Palace.

"Hey, that man is waking up, he can't sleep in the snow, it's too bad to freeze." An old Taoist aunt held her hands and dragged a broom out to clear the snow, and hurriedly shouted when she saw the man lying down.

shouted a few times, but there was no movement, and the old Taoist aunt guessed that he had probably frozen to death, so she hurriedly called someone to come and see the situation.

When the people came, they first probed his nose to determine that he was out of breath, and then brushed the snow off his body with all their hands and feet, hoping to find something that would prove his identity, so that they could find his relatives.

Rummaging through them, he found a few objects, but a few taels of silver, a fire fold, a brown hand towel, two pieces of letter paper, or anything else could not prove his identity.

"If there is any special pattern on this handkerchief, it is easy to recognize, this kind of brown, gray, and indigo handkerchiefs without patterns are used by many men, and it is impossible to distinguish them......" The old Taoist aunt who found the body held the handkerchief high and looked at it carefully.

"Wait!" Ruan Wenyue suddenly shouted, telling the old Dao Gu not to move at a pillar of light that penetrated into the room, stared at it, frowned, and said, "There is blood!" ”

The handkerchief was dark brown, and it was a little wet from the snow, and it was hard to see the faint two traces of blood.

After discovering the blood on the hand towel, everyone else retreated, and Nguyen Van Yuet leaned over the man's body, opened his collar, and found a thin wound under his throat.

The wound was thin, but deep, and the blood should have flowed very little, and the blood crust had solidified into a purple-red line.

Because he was wearing a crimson robe on the outside, and two layers of velvet and a cotton shirt on the inside, he didn't see it when he was rummaging through things.

Ruan Wenyue's brows became tighter and tighter, and she asked her to quickly ask Qiao Chushi to come back and check it carefully.

After seeing it, he found that there seemed to be a mark on one of the letters, and when he looked at it, he found that the mark was very similar to the palace master token of the Bixi Palace.

A chill penetrated her vest, and she was stunned for a while, and then tried to hide the letter again.

Just thinking about it, before he could put it into action, there was a noise outside, and there was a scream, Ruan Wenyue stuffed the letter paper into her sleeve and ran out in a hurry.

When I arrived in the courtyard, I saw more than a dozen officials pushing and arresting the Taoist aunts, saying that someone had reported the case, and there was a homicide in the Bixi Palace.

"Hugh is presumptuous!" Ruan Wenyue snorted, "Don't you know what this place is?" Even if someone reports the crime, you should show the search papers, and then ask everyone to come out of the house, and then search room by room, this shouting and drilling, what is the difference between it and bandits? ”

She often followed Qiao Chushi into the palace, saw a lot of big scenes, and spoke with aura, and immediately suppressed the chaos in front of her.

A man dressed in the uniform of the head of the Criminal Department walked over, handed out the paperwork that allowed the search, and raised his eyebrows arrogantly.

Nguyen Van Yuet had to cooperate with the search, and they quickly found the body, and then transported the body and its belongings.

The Bixi Palace was surrounded by groups, and except for those who investigated the case, they were not allowed to enter or leave.

Qiao Chushi and Sun Zhanou have feelings buried in their hearts, and they are running for his affairs and his brother Qiao Jishi's affairs, and they are so busy that they are physically and mentally exhausted.

Ruan Wenyue and the others were detained in the palace, and Qiao Chushi couldn't see them if she wanted to go back, so she could only temporarily live in her brother's Qiao mansion, anxiously waiting for news.

People who were frozen to death were found many times at the gate of Bixi Palace, and two murdered people were found, but they were all asked about the situation, and they were determined to have nothing to do with the people of Bixi Palace. Why is the investigation so strict and the management so tight this time? Ruan Wenyue was full of doubts in her heart, and wanted to ask Master, but she didn't have a chance to ask.

Two days later, more than a dozen officials broke into Ruan Wenyue's house viciously, and then Cao Beidao followed.

Ruan Wenyue felt that something was wrong, but it was difficult to deal with a room full of people, and Cao Beidao couldn't escape.

In order not to make any extraneous branches, she could only swallow her anger and let the two tall servants twist her arms.

Cao Beidao searched out the stamped letter paper from her sleeve, looked at it with spiritual power, and pretended to lament: "Unfortunate, unfortunate Daomen!" How could Qiao Yuanjun do something indiscriminately killing innocents! ”

When Ruan Wenyue picked up the piece of paper, no one else saw it, and it was impossible for the deceased to say that there were any other objects, how could Cao Beidao search for it? It is likely that it was deliberately planted, knowing that the letter existed.

"On what basis do you conclude that my master killed someone? What does a vague indentation mark indicate? Nguyen Van Yue shouted angrily.

"A single palace master token indentation mark of Bixi Palace can't explain anything, but a lot of evidence is strung together, and Qiao Chushi can't get rid of the suspicion of murder!" Cao Beidao pointed at Ruan Wenyue's nose and said, "You have ruined my reputation as a Daomen, and I, the national teacher, can only eliminate the scum of the Daomen!" You harbor evidence for the teacher, you are also guilty, escort away! ”

In this situation, it was useless to argue, Ruan Wenyue went out with them, but thought of a way along the way.

When he arrived on the side street not far from the Criminal Department, he saw Zhuo Que Village about to get into a sedan chair, and hurriedly shouted: "Uncle Zhuo, I want to see Wu Ao." Uncle Zhuo, Uncle Zhuo......"

She was escorted to the direction of the prison, Zhuo Que Village did not stop immediately, and after waiting for a while, he, who was going to talk to Guo Biezhai who was recuperating from his illness, returned to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to ask about Ruan Wenyue.

It turned out that it had been ascertained that the person who died outside the Bixi Palace was Sun Zhandiao, and after examining his fatal wounds, it was determined that it was consistent with the blade of Qiao Chushi's Cihe Sword, coupled with the vague mark of the palace master token of the Bixi Palace on the letterhead, it was inferred that Qiao Chushi killed him.

and guessed that Qiao Chushi was angry with Sun Zhandiao for making mistakes, so Qiao Jishi and Sun Zhanou went to prison, and if they couldn't overturn the case and save people, they started to kill.

They thought that the mark was that Qiao Chushi had gone to Sun Zhandiao and wanted him to change his original testimony, and he had taken out the token pressure letter paper to ask him to write a new testimony, so he would leave a mark.

The deceased couldn't speak, and no one could tell what was going on at that time, but everyone who heard the case agreed that Qiao Chushi would hate Sun Zhandiao and had a motive to kill him.

There are many doubts in the case, for example, why didn't Qiao Chushi destroy Sun Zhandiao's body? Leave some evidence against yourself. Even if it was inconvenient to destroy the corpse for a reason, it was necessary to throw the corpse farther away. It is not difficult to throw the corpse to the barren mountains and mountains with Qiao Chushi's ability, why is it still thrown at the gate of the Bixi Palace in his charge?

However, under the pressure of Gao Youquan and Cao Beidao, the people of the Criminal Department did not investigate the suspicious points in detail, and prepared to conclude the case hastily.

Few people are willing to speak fairly for Qiao Chushi, her brother is a corrupt silverfish who currently shocks the government and the opposition, and her friends are also corrupt silverfish, and it is benevolent and righteous not to fall into the well for her.

After Zhuo Que Village learned about the case, he walked away quietly and continued to visit Guo Biezhai, who was recuperating.

After going home for dinner in the evening, he went to the study with his son as usual to discuss the Four Books and the Five Classics, and stayed in the dead of night before he said solemnly: "I want to say something, don't be so shocked that you scream." Wen Yue and her master were wrongfully arrested and put in prison, and now even Qiao Ge Lao has an accident, and I can't save them. Think about how to inform Cheng Daochang, the DPRK is going to stir up a bloody storm again. ”

Zhuo Wuao was shocked and angry, gritted his teeth to stabilize his emotions, and after listening, he nodded heavily at his father and turned back to his room.

His cultivation is not high, and his spiritual power is not enough to send spiritual talismans to Qin Mufeng, thinking about it, he can't find anyone in the capital who can ask for help for a while.

After thinking about it for a long time, he went to the courtyard to set up an incense case, knelt down to the sky, and asked the master to show up.

His forehead was broken, his knees were broken, and his legs were sore, Zhuo Wuao knelt down mechanically, and Long Xiaofeng didn't show up for a long time.

His actions woke up the rest of the house, and Mrs. Zhuo felt sorry for her son and burst into tears beside her.

It was almost dawn, and a magnetic male voice suddenly came from the air, "No arrogance, there is no need to be like this, everything has its own certainty." ”

"Master......" Zhuo Wuao called excitedly, but the clouds in the sky were pale and the morning glow was golden red, and there was no figure of Long Xiaofeng.

I didn't know what he meant by that, Zhuo Wuao was very confused about what to do.

Now that she heard Long Xiaofeng's voice, Mrs. Zhuo didn't care what her son wanted to do, and hurriedly asked people to help him up.

Zhuo Que Village comforted his son that since Long Xiaofeng had spoken, the matter would always be resolved properly. It was not explicitly stated, it must be because Long Xiaofeng had a ministry in the heavenly court, so it was inconvenient to say it explicitly.

He was a little relieved, lying down to drink porridge, Mrs. Zhuo took someone to the kitchen, the father and son were talking, and the relatives of Zhuo Que Village came with the little official to report: "My lord, it's not good, something happened again." ”

Zhuo Que Village was busy asking for details, and he was going to behead Qiao Chushi tomorrow!

The case has not been thoroughly tried, why should you behead someone? It was Cao Beidao who said that Qiao Chushi and Cheng Haofeng were good friends, and they had to prevent crooked demons from robbing the prison and get rid of the root cause as soon as possible.

Zhuo Wuao jumped out of bed in a hurry, but forgot that his legs had not recovered yet, and he fell down as soon as he started walking.

This fall, he was in pain and urgency, and his eyes were suddenly red as if they were about to drip blood!

Even if Long Xiaofeng understood what he wanted, he sent a spirit talisman from the heavenly court to Qin Mufeng, and then Qin Mufeng transferred it to Cheng Haofeng, and waited for Cheng Haofeng to save people, no matter how fast it was, it would take five to seven days, but tomorrow he was already going to kill Qiao Chushi! If Qiao Chushi died, there would be no hope of saving Ruan Wenyue.

Zhuo Que Village patted his son on the shoulder and comforted him, and called people to take good care of him, he couldn't let him do stupid things impulsively, and then went to Qiao's mansion in a hurry.

He thought of a way that was not a solution, and asked Mrs. Qiao to go to the gate of the palace to shout a complaint of injustice and ask the Son of Heaven to try it himself!

Knowing that the emperor is looking for them, why did he still come up with the idea to sue the emperor? Just because the Taizu of this dynasty has set the rules, he can endure the hardships of suing the emperor, and he must bear a strange injustice, so the sentence must be postponed and the case retried.

Zhuo Que Village did not expect a good result in the retrial, but only hoped that Mrs. Qiao would go to sue the royal court, delay the execution time, and give Qiao Chushi a chance.

As soon as the matter was said, Mrs. Qiao immediately agreed. This house was confiscated, the maids were all gone, and it was also a pain to leave her a half-old woman alive, so it was better to fight. As long as the sister-in-law can survive, her husband has the hope of being redressed and released from prison, and her later life will not be too bleak.

She agreed, but Zhuo Que Village was a little worried, and if she wanted to sue the emperor, she had to pass three passes to see the emperor.

The three levels are: nail board, volcano climbing, and oil pot! For the sake of the future, Mrs. Zhuo is willing to suffer, but can her body withstand it?

Mrs. Qiao looked at her resolutely and said, "Whether you can stand it or not, you have to try." ”

Zhuo Que Village told his son about this after going back, and Zhuo Wuao thought about it and said that maybe he could help Mrs. Qiao pass the test smoothly.