"This is Xia Hou's envoy, our new Taishou of Wuxing County, Ah Ling, what happened? But the evil slave bullies the master? ”

Before Xie Ling could speak, Lang Jun, who claimed to be her cousin of the Shen family, asked.

Qiu Shi heard that something was wrong, so he asked angrily:

"What does Shen Jialangjun mean by this? Do you still suspect that it was my family Langjun who killed her? ”

That Shen Langjun immediately blushed and replied: "Of course not, I just heard that Ah Ling came here to Wuxing County and had an accident, and I was worried for a while, so I came to take a look." ”

Xie Ling looked at him suspiciously: "How do you know that something will happen to me here?" ”

Na Lang Jun was speechless, but another young man continued: "Ah Ling, don't get me wrong, Eighteen Lang He is also concerned about chaos, we have also heard the news of your return from Luofu Mountain, and we know that you will pass through this Wuxing County, and just three days ago, someone told us that you accidentally fell into the carriage on the Songling slope, were injured and fell asleep, and lived in this Drunken Moon Inn, so we came to see you." ”

After saying that, he seemed to think of something, pointed to the two men beside him, and introduced with a smile: "Oh yes, I am the seventeenth lang of the Shen family, this is the eighteenth lang, this is the nineteenth lang, we are the children of the Shen family, it is understandable that you don't know us, but your appearance is somewhat similar to our aunt, so we can recognize you at a glance." ”

This seventeen lang has a handsome appearance and elegant temperament, and there is a kind of calmness and grace of the children of the scholar clan in his conversation, giving people a very gentle and friendly sense of intimacy.

This is the reason why we can know each other even though we have never met.

Xie Ling replied: "I see, cousins of the Shen family, I am glad to meet you." ”

Shen Qilang smiled, saluted with the other two Lang Jun, and said in unison: "Fortunately." ”

The young man here had just finished recognizing his relatives, but Xia Hou Taishou over there laughed: "Who is so-and-so?" It turned out to be the Langjun of the Xie family in Chen County, and I had heard that the children of the Xie family were like a variety of pearls and jade, and the jade quality was natural, and there was Xie Ming, who was the first in Fenghua Jiangzuo, and Xie Guan, who was embroidered with a brocade heart, and Xie Zhuang who was beautiful and jade in Lantian, the Xie family could be described as handsome, and the generations were scholarly, and it was really famous as if it was as good as seeing it. ”

Xie Ling smiled lightly, but from the tone of this Xia Hou Taishou, he had clearly felt unfriendly, no matter how flattering this was, but whether it was her Lie Uncle Xie Ming, or Xie Wei, they were all falsely killed in prison because they were involved in the imperial power at that time.

It is precisely because since the Southern Dynasty that many outstanding children of the Xie family have died in the political and metallurgical vortex of imperial power, and the children of the Xie family have entered the central court less and less, so that the current Chen County Xie family is far less than before.

This Xia Hou Taishou is deliberately exposing their Xie family's shortcomings.

"Xia Hou is too good to keep the reputation, the glory of the ancestors, should be admired by future generations, and my generation can only imagine its posture from afar, taking it as an example."

Xie Ling smiled and feasted, and his answer was perfect, and he also alluded to Xia Hou being too guarded, if he talked about his ancestors, he would only be humiliated.

That Xia Hou Taishou's face stiffened, and he smiled flatteringly: "Yes, yes, but ......" The words changed, "When a certain first came to this Wuxing County to take office, he took over this murder case, and he had to investigate, even if Lang Jun is a child of the Xie family of Chen County, he is not to blame for a certain official matter and handled it impartially, so I also hope that Xie Jialangjun can cooperate with the case and inform the details,

If it is really a vicious slave and a bully to the master, this servant is innocent of death, and he will be decided, and he will not care anymore. ”

Xie Ling laughed secretly in his heart, it turned out that this Xia Hou Taishou deliberately came to trap her, the death of a servant, even if she did it, she would not really want her to pay for her life, but her Xie Ling's reputation will be greatly discounted here, if someone adds fuel and vinegar, and then spreads a fierce and brutal reputation, the future career will be ruined.

"What do you mean by this? You're staining my family's name......"

Qiu Shi's angry words were halfway through, but Xie Ling stretched out his hand to stop him.

"This Chunhua is indeed my Xie family's slave, this time with me back to Jiankang, temporarily live here, last night Ben poured me a cup of tea, I gave her a drink, and then did not meet again, this morning got up, I saw that she had died in the room."

"In this way, this maid was poisoned in the tea, and wanted to poison Xie Langjun, but asked Xie Langjun to reward her for drinking, so she was poisoned and died."

Xie Ling curled his lips and smiled, and asked rhetorically: "How can Xia Hou Envoy be sure that this servant must have died of poisoning?" ”

Xia Hou Taishou's face stiffened again, and in the face of Xie Ling's gaze, which seemed to be able to see through everything, he couldn't find an explanation for a while.

At this time, another man's voice came: "Is it poisoning or death, you can see at a glance that Xie Jialang Jun is glorious and beautiful, and he should disdain to use this poisoning method to punish the wrong maid, why don't you come down and see if the death of this servant is related to Xie Jialangjun." ”

Hearing this sound, Xie Ling's body also stiffened, and he turned his head to find the direction from which the voice came. This voice was so familiar to her, so familiar that every midnight dream after learning his true face in her previous life made her feel cold and biting.

At this time, everyone under the corridor also turned their eyes to this young man who walked over with a clear voice.

The man was only seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in a very simple scholar's white robe, with an extraordinarily long figure, a handsome appearance, three-dimensional facial features like a knife carving, his eyes were full of water, and there was a touch of melancholy hidden in it, but there was no weakness of many scholars nowadays, and his temperament revealed a kind of wisdom and shrewdness that was easy to convince.

This person is Chen Shuo.

The capital strategists are ruthless, turning their hands into clouds and covering their hands for rain in the midst of the curtains, calculating the hearts of those who are vying for power and profit, but Chen Shuo has no bottom line, he is not only calculating the entire Nanliang Dynasty and the world, but even the lives of 200,000 innocent people in Jiankang City who are powerless.

Thinking of this, Xie Ling couldn't help but clench his fists and said secretly: Sure enough, just like in her previous life, she met this man here again.

In the midst of her extreme forbearance, Chen Shuo slowly walked in front of her, made a very humble salute, and reported his name: "Yingchuan Chen, Chen Shuo, I have seen Xie Jialangjun." ”

Yingchuan Chen's family was indeed a high-ranking scholar clan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it gradually became obscure after crossing to the south, and withdrew from the ranks of the scholar clan, and now it belongs to the Shu clan.

Xie Ling didn't speak, Shen Qilang probably felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, so he continued: "By the way, Ah Ling, this Chen Langjun is the person who saved you that day, and he also told us that you fell from the carriage on Songling Slope." ”

"Really? In this way, this Chen Langjun must have the ability to do things, otherwise how would he know that I would fall off the carriage on Songling Slope? Xie Ling replied with a smile.

"Ah Ling-" Shen Qilang seemed to be very embarrassed to cut off, "It's just a coincidence, and Chen Langjun has indeed solved several murders in our Wuxing County Wukang County, and his intelligence is also something that everyone has seen." ”

Xie Ling smiled, no longer said more, but raised his hand to signal Chen Shuo and said, "Oh? Then ask this Chen Langjun to check, whose hand did this handmaid of mine die? ”

Chen Shuo seemed to feel Xie Ling's dislike for him, and a trace of surprise and gloom flashed in his eyes, but it was only for a moment, he quickly lowered his eyes to hide this confusion, and gave Xie Ling a salute before he walked into the room and examined Chunhua's whole body like Xie Ling.

Xie Ling rolled his eyes, and saw that this man's gaze really paused on Chunhua's palm for a long time before he got up and said, "This maid didn't die of poison. ”

"See? We can all see that this maid is bleeding to death with seven orifices, isn't this poison......"

"It's poison, but what I mean is that she didn't die of poison, because before being poisoned, someone broke her heart, Xia Hou Taishou might as well come and take a look......"

Under Chen Shuo's guidance, Xia Hou Taishou and Shen Shishilang and the others approached curiously, and saw that there were two extremely deep pinch marks on the side of the maid's neck.

"She had a choke mark on her neck, and she was choked by the throat before she died." Shen Qilang said suddenly.

Chen Shuo nodded, and continued: "Yes, and the fingerprint must be the hand of a slightly chubby man, and there is ......" said, raising Chunhua's right hand, "This maid also has blood and dander hidden between her fingers, which shows that she had grabbed the murderer's arm fiercely before she died." ”

"She was choked by the throat, then her heart was shattered, and finally poison was poured into her after she died." Shen Qilang answered again.

Chen Shuo also nodded again, his gaze swept towards Xia Hou Taishou and the others, and finally landed on Xie Ling's face: "So, just look at whether there are scratches on the arm of this Xie family Langjun, you can know that this maid's death has nothing to do with her." ”

"Even if this Xie Langjun has no scratches on his body, that doesn't completely prove that this matter has nothing to do with him? Maybe he arranged for someone else to do it? Xia Hou was too guarded, and explained with a smile, "A certain is just a matter of facts, not a fight against Xie Jialangjun." ”

"Then you mean I did it!" Qiu Shi angrily rolled up his sleeves, revealing his flawless white lotus arms.

At this time, Chen Shuo smiled again: "Xia Hou Taishou, if this matter was really done by Xie Jialangjun, he would not have come to this house to watch after the death of this maid, and was caught by Xia Hou Taishou." ”

After speaking, he specially handed Xie Ling a gentle and friendly look, but saw that Xie Ling did not look at him at all, but looked at the maid thoughtfully.

"Hahaha...... It's very true, it's very true, Chen Langjun is really a genius and a master of solving cases, but I don't know, who is the real murderer? Xia Hou Taishou asked.

Chen Shuo raised his lips and smiled: "Didn't Chen say it just now?" Whoever has a scratch on his arm is likely to be the murderer. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." After Xia Hou Taishou said yes a few times, he suddenly looked solemn, and ordered the jailer who followed, "Why don't you go and check it quickly, search it for me, and see who in this inn has scratches on their hands?" ”

"Yes!"

After the prison guards responded loudly, they turned around and ran, and Xia Hou Taishou turned around and said to Xie Ling: "I'm sorry, it's Ji Long who is ignorant and believes in the villain's words and disturbs Xie Jialangjun." ”

After that, he glanced at Chunhua's corpse meaningfully, and then fled away.

In an instant, the crowd dispersed, and in the end, only Chen Shuo and the three Lang Jun of the Shen family remained in the corridor, silently opposite Xie Ling.

"Ah Ling, don't you want to thank this Brother Chen." Shen Qilang said excitedly.

Xie Ling was at a loss: "Thank him? Why should I thank him? ”