Chapter 19: The Lotus Pond Murder Case
Shen Lingjun sweated when he heard the voice, a black line appeared on his forehead, he turned around, and sure enough, he saw Tang Tang pretending to be innocent and slowly approaching Manjushri.
This troublemaker, she won't believe that Tang Tang is simply asking for directions, and the way is true, as for what is the way...... Shen Lingjun supported his forehead, most likely because this little girl had taken a fancy to someone else's treasure again.
Shen Lingjun now understands Tang Tang very thoroughly, don't look at her naïve and ignorant appearance on the surface, when she scolds you, she is the real temperament, once she smiles sweetly at you, she has to worry about what she will do.
Shen Lingke didn't forget how Tang Tang laughed at the beginning and gave her a piece of pastry, which almost disfigured her in the end.
Manjushri turned his head and faced a round baby fat face, the girl was delicate and spiritual, her big black eyes blinked and her eyelashes were stirring, as if they were plucked on her heart, numb and crispy.
"Ah, don't you know, little brother?" Tang Tang flattened his mouth, and a pretended distressed look appeared on his face, adding a bit of innocence and agility.
"I know, of course I know......" Manjushri Jian curled the corners of his lips and smiled lightly and wickedly: "Brother, I'll tell you." ”
"Really, that's great." Tang Tang smiled, and no one noticed the cunning in his eyes.
Shen Lingjun glanced at Manjushri Jian sympathetically, take care of yourself, while others were not paying attention, the red shadow moved slightly, a phantom step, a few zhang away, and then a lung, swept straight to the back street.
The back street is called Qinghe Street, and what is special here than other places is that on the left side of Qinghe Street is a whole large pond, with an elliptical shape within a radius of two miles, which divides everything in this place into two. On the right are the households, lined with several high-gate mansions with wide red walls, which are the few residences of the wealthy.
This place is quiet in the middle of nowhere, with the fragrance of lotus flowers in summer, and the ripples of the pond water, which is very pleasant.
When Shen Lingjun arrived, Qinghe Street was overcrowded, and it was densely pressed with three layers inside and three layers outside, and not even a fly could squeeze in. Glancing around, the headache twitched and twitched, isn't this just a group of people watching the excitement by the bridge just now, the action is quite fast, and sure enough, the power of gossip is great.
Looking left and right, she jumped and flew to the tallest tree next to her, so that she could see everything in front of her clearly and avoid others.
Peeling back the layers of people, it can be seen that there is an open space left in the most central place, and one person is wet, his whole body is trembling, his hands are on his lips and yawning fiercely, rubbing against each other to get heat. Even in March, when spring is in full bloom, if you get a body of water like this, you really have to choke on the cold.
On his body is a set of light gray brocade robes embroidered with peach blossoms, a peach blossom from the left waist to the right shoulder, five or six peach blossoms on the branch are bright and bright, but on the contrary, his face is white and blue, his expression is frightened, trance, trembling, and afraid......
It's just that at this moment, the eyes of those people are not on him, except for a kind neighbor next to him who threw him a coat to wrap himself in the cold, the rest of the people looked at the ground.
The crowd was in turmoil, each with its own words, and the originally quiet pond was suddenly noisy.
Shen Lingjun leaned on the thick branch, one foot bent, his right hand was placed on it at will, his index finger was on the bridge of his nose, his eyes moved away from the wet man in the bag, and he squinted his eyes and looked at the ground in the small clearing.
As expected, there was a corpse lying on the ground, with long hair scattered to cover the face, so that it was impossible to see the appearance, but judging from the physique and clothing, it was an adult man, with a little aquatic plants and duckweed hanging on his body, and the soles of his boots were stained with a lot of mud, and his fingers were curled and clutched, and he was blue and purple.
From the gossip discussion of those people just now, Shen Lingjun listened to a rough idea, the peach blossom bag man is a resident here, he drank a little wine at noon, his brain was a little unclear, and when he walked to this lotus pond, the soles of his feet stumbled, and he almost fell into the pond.
Because children often play and fall into the water, the wealthy residents here jointly paid for the construction of a half-person high fence, and the peach blossom bag man hung on the fence and did not fall completely.
With such a knock, his brain just hit the stone pillar of the fence, and most of the wine woke up, and when the peach blossom bag man shook his head and was about to leave, he bowed a handful of water to wash his face, and as a result, he encountered a tragedy.
As soon as his hands reached into the water, his face leaned over and came face to face with the other face.
The peach blossom bag man, who was only halfway awake and still had a clear mind, reacted slowly and glared at the other party for a long time, and suddenly came back to his senses, no, isn't it a pond down here, so how can a person lie down......
And the more I looked, the face was dead white, the eyes were still protruding, and the expression was painful and hideous, not a living face at all.
Oh mom, the peach blossom bag man doesn't need to wash his face at this time, the whole thing is sober, his mouth screams, the soles of his feet are soft, and the person still rolls into the pond.
"Lao Tzu is really unlucky...... "The peach blossom bag man's face was wrinkled together, and he was about to cry, the horror in his eyes could not be dissipated, and now when he closed his eyes, it was that dead face.
The crowd next to him shook their heads and sighed, saying sympathy, pitiful, what a sin, but their eyes were full of excitement, and they didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way......" The angry shout came from the back of the crowd, and the place where they walked along was divided into a wide road.
Two rows of government officials with long knives opened the way, pushing the crowd back, leaving a gap within the three zhang range of the corpse, the mighty and majestic officials were chest and belly, and the momentum alone made the people a little afraid, especially at this moment their faces were dark, full of deterrence, and the crowd that was discussing the excitement just now was suddenly silent, quiet and weird.
Some uninformed outsiders nodded secretly in their hearts, Changzhou City is one of the best in Jiangnan City, and the momentum of the government servants is not ordinary, it is too stylish.
If the officials heard this heartfelt words, they would definitely kill each other with a hammer, Fan Er Yarn, they were angry, angry!
God knows that a group of their servants were played by a little woman to lie at the gate of the yamen for a long time, fortunately, recently the people in the city have been busy enjoying the peach blossoms and participating in the Lingbao box, no one came here, if the people of Changzhou City saw it, their first reputation would be gone, and the majesty of the prefect and county government would not exist.
I thought that Lord Zhou should be ashamed before the snow appeared, but I didn't expect Lord Zhou to let the girl in red flicker and forget about them, and lay in the county hall for several hours!
Since entering the yamen, only when they are horizontal, how can they have been bullied, the officials are very depressed, and even more depressed is Yang Tou, his kung fu is also the number one in Yangzhou City, and he can't get through a single move in front of the woman.
What's even more frightening is that they all saw it later, and the woman in Tsing Yi was covered with strange poisonous insects, including snakes, poisonous scorpions and big centipedes!
Good guy, it doesn't matter if the poisonous scorpion has the size of a fist, that centipede actually has a big bowl mouth, isn't this a jing?!
If the other party's kung fu is a little higher than his own, then he can still take the opportunity to find a revenge, but once the other party's kung fu is weird and unfathomable, then she is the ancestor, not to mention that she can't be provoked, and she will have to take a detour if she sees it within a radius of ten miles in the future.
Half an hour ago, their Lord Zhou finally remembered that there was a group of poor subordinates lying on the ground and couldn't move, and detoxified them. I just took two breaths, and before I drank a sip of hot tea, someone came to report the case, saying that there was a dead person on Qinghe Street.
Now, can the officials have a good look, the grievances are all on their faces, and they don't dare to attack Zhou Shaoqing, let alone find the two ancestors, so they can only attack this group of Changzhou people who are not long-eyed.
"Look at anything, let me get out of the way, whoever stays here is suspected of murdering the victim, and all of them will be arrested and sent to the prefect's yamen!" One of the officials shouted at the crowd in an arrogant tone.
Everyone looked left and right, and looked at each other......
"Hula~" There was a commotion, everyone flashed as far away as they wanted, and they ran out a few feet away after a while.
Just kidding, who has nothing to do would want to go to the prison for a turn, don't say it's unlucky, what to do if you accidentally accuse someone of being a murderer.
Shen Lingjun's fingers tapped on the bridge of his nose again and again, and the corners of his mouth slowly hooked up an arc that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, it seems that this group of officials has not learned a lesson, alas, just say that she is still too soft-hearted.
Next time, what should I do?
The servants below shook at the same time for no reason, and felt a cold wind blowing on their backs.
The surroundings were quiet all of a sudden, the spring breeze blew the lotus pond, flooded with a little clear water, from the inside to the outside, and there were layers of ripples.
Except for a few people with excessive curiosity who quietly stayed in the distance to watch, the others almost left, some went to the gate of the Spirit Treasure Box to wait for the latest news from inside, and more went in the direction of the outside of the city.
During the Peach Forest Festival, every day at dusk, there will be a platform at the gate of Qinchun Garden, which may be for wine fighting, guessing riddles, or beating drums and giving orders......
I don't know who the boss behind it is, but it's different every day anyway, but it's fun to keep you playing.
It is also an event that many people enjoy, and they look forward to the sunset every day.
In the middle of the circle, only the peach blossom bag man who didn't know if he was frozen or frightened, and the male corpse.
Not long after, Shen Lingjun changed his posture, leaned back on the branch, folded his feet, and clicked the branch on his toes boringly, and suddenly, his eyes jumped slightly, and a familiar figure appeared in his eyes.
Just as Shen Lingjun straightened up and was about to jump out, a howl and cry came from far and near, and the one who cried shook the sky.
Shen Lingjun stretched out his index finger and rubbed his eyebrows, inexplicably feeling a strange sense of familiarity, and couldn't help but look at the sky, it had only stopped for more than a month, why did she start to miss the feeling of going to the scene of the crime......