Although he didn't ask any valuable information from Xu Wei's mouth, Lu Yan obviously didn't want to let Xu Wei go so easily. went out of the restaurant and went to the yamen of Zhejiang to inspect and supervise the imperial history.

Zuo Xian was seriously ill and returned to his hometown, and this position was vacant, and at this time there was only one old scribe in the mansion to take care of it, and the old scribe took them around the yamen. The yamen is not big, and in less than half an hour, it was over, and Lu Yan asked the old scribe: "What kind of disease does Lord Zuo have?" ”

"It's tuberculosis, I saw a lot of doctors, I took a lot of medicine, but it didn't work, Lord Zuo was poor all his life, and he had no children and no daughters, this tuberculosis is an infectious disease, and only one servant has been taking care of him. After being sick like this for more than a month, Lord Zuo could only resign and return to his hometown to recuperate, which is pitiful to think about! ”

The headless corpse in Fengle County was examined and found to have tuberculosis, which made it even more certain that it was Zuo Xian.

"When Lord Zuo left, how many people did he bring?"

"Just two carriages, one pulling some old salutes, and Lord Zuo sitting in the other carriage, a total of two old servants! Someone else has been an official, three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, and now a Qing official like Lord Zuo is really rare! ”

Lu Yan couldn't help frowning, two carriages and two servants, when they arrived in Fengle County, how could they become more than twenty servants in several luxury carriages? Could it be that he was really kidnapped by gangsters halfway?

With that, they arrived at Zuo Xian's bedroom.

The scribe said: "Lord Qianhu, Lord Zuo is suffering from tuberculosis, although this place has been cleaned, but do you see you? ”

"It's okay" said, Lu Yan pushed the door into the bedroom, the bedroom furnishings are very old, no one lives at this time, and it looks even colder, Lu Yan checked around the house, and saw a white mark on the wall, obviously hanging a painting, and then someone took it away, so he thought of the "Melan Map" in his hand, and asked: "What used to be hung here?" ”

"Oh, here, it's Zuo's favorite Melan, it seems to be given to Zuo by the talented Xu Wei, and there is a poem inscribed on it, 'Mo Jiao Chunguang does not belong to Nong, a fragrance is enough to suppress a thousand reds. The general order is to take off Han Niang's sleeves, not to be a human brain. You also know that Xu Wei has always been arrogant, how many people hold a lot of money and want to ask him for a painting, he doesn't care about it, that is, Lord Zuo is honest and honest, Xu Dacai sent the painting to Lord Zuo, and also wrote a poem to praise Lord Zuo's nobility! ”

After he finished speaking, Lu Yan and Zhu Yixiang were confused, according to Xu Wei, he and Zuo Xian did not have a deep friendship, so how could they give him paintings? Lu Yan took out the "Melan Map" and let the old scribe see it: "Is this the "Melan Map"?" ”

The old scribe took a closer look, nodded and said, "It seems that yes, I'm just a janitor, I don't often enter the bedroom of adults, and I've only seen this painting a few times, so it should be this one!" Senho-sama, how did this painting end up in your hands? ”

Lu Yan and Zhu Yixiang glanced at each other and said, "Lord Zuo was killed on the way home!" ”

Hearing this bad news, the old scribe was full of sadness, "Poor Lord Zuo, who is an honest official, didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing!" ”

"Does Xu Wei often correspond with Master Zuo?"

The scribe shook his head and said: "No, Lord Zuo is busy with official business, and Xu Dacai was hired as a strategist by Governor Hu, but I haven't seen any contact between the two, but Lord Zuo always talks about Xu Dacai, presumably their relationship should be very good!" ”

Coming out of the Imperial History Yamen, Lu Yan went straight to Xu Wei's house.

The fairy-like Xu Dacai, the degree of food and clothing is still in the world, and the Qingteng Book House is just an ordinary courtyard submerged in the bustling market, with cypress and green bamboo in the garden, revealing the elegance of the Jiangnan literati, and there is a couplet hanging on the main house, "A few crooked houses, a person from the south to the north!" ”

At this time, Xu Wei was admiring the two paintings that he had deceived from Zhu Yixiang, Lu Yan suddenly broke into the door, Xu Wei was startled, and was about to get angry, but when he saw that it was Jinyi Wei Qianhu, he didn't dare to be angry, but said unhappily: "What do you want to do?" It's better to just arrest me and go to prison, and save you from harassing me like this! ”

Lu Yan ignored his bad attitude and asked, "This painting was obviously given by you to Lord Zuo Xianzuo, why don't you tell the truth?" ”

Now Xu Dacai is really angry, and scolded in a thick Shaoxing colloquial: "Don't flash your tongue when you speak, wow, who gave Zuo Xian a painting?" Nong don't wronged Russia, Nong saw who gave away the draft! Russia is not familiar with Zuo Xian, Russia said, unfamiliar with it, do you not understand it? ”

Lu Yan was stunned by this Wu Yin, and after a while, he realized what Xu Wei was scolding: "The scribe who supervised the Imperial History Yamen said that you have a lot to do with Lord Zuo!" ”

"What he said Nong asked him, what did he do?"

Seeing Xu Wei scolding so justifiably, Lu Yan was also a little puzzled in his heart. "This painting has your seal on it, you can't deny it!"

At this time, Xu Dacai trembled even more angrily, "You carve a jade seal with a radish, can you still issue a holy decree?" ”

Lu Yan was shocked: "You said that this seal was engraved with radish?" ”

"I don't know how you got it, but this seal isn't mine!"

Lu Yan took the "Melan Tu" in his hand and compared it with other paintings of Xu Wei on the wall, each carver has his own unique technique, the seal on the "Melan Tu" and the seals on Xu Wei's paintings on the wall are no different from each other, but the fine distinction is still slightly different, which is to compare together to find, if there is no comparison, the paintings on the "Melan Tu", the poems and texts are all genuine, and almost no one will notice this small seal.

At this time, Zhu Yixiang, who was running behind, also arrived, seeing Xu Wei and Xu Dacai's face red and thick neck, staring at Lu Yan like a fighting, while Lu Yan was depressed.

Seeing the state of the two, Zhu Yixiang estimated that it was his idol Xu Dacai who had the upper hand, and hurriedly comforted him: "Mr. Xu, don't be angry, we can't help ourselves!" Lord Zuoxian, you are involved in this case, don't we also want to find out the truth as soon as possible and return your innocence! ”

Hearing him say this, Xu Wei's anger subsided a little.

Zhu Yixiang made persistent efforts and said: "The two paintings you took in the morning are all in the ink treasure of our Qianhu Lord, a great painter like you, who can fancy the paintings of Qianhu at a glance, must also be like-minded people......"

Hearing this, the flames that Xu Wei had just extinguished came up again, ripped off the two paintings on the wall, threw them into Zhu Yixiang's arms, and said loudly, "Go!" Let's go! Hurry up and ......" Then, Lu Yan and Zhu Yixiang were driven out by the powerless Xu Dacai!

On the way back to the inn, Zhu Yixiang comforted Lu Yan and said: "Lord Qianhu, don't be angry, great talents must have a big temper, but I think that although this Xu Wei has a strange temper, he doesn't look like a big traitor, and we also found out that this painting is Lord Zuo Xian's beloved thing, and it is normal to appear at the scene of the murder, and it has nothing to do with Xu Wei!" For now, let's hurry back to Fengle County, maybe Hu Shibai has found some new clues there! ”

"The scribe said that Xu Wei had a close relationship with Lord Zuo, but Xu Wei flatly denied it, if it was really according to what Xu Wei said, why did Zuo Xian treat a draft as a beloved thing?"

"What's wrong with this, Lord Zuo may unilaterally admire Xu Dacai like me, and naturally he can't put it down when he gets a painting, since Xu Wei said that this painting is his draft, then I think someone may have stolen Xu Wei's draft, forged the seal, and deceived Lord Zuo Xian!"

Zhu Yixiang's explanation was very reasonable, but Lu Yan obviously didn't want to think so, or he didn't want things to be like this!

Seeing that Lu Yan had such an attitude, Zhu Yixiang's emotions that had been suppressed for two days finally broke out, and suddenly said: "You just want to frame him!" ”

The voice was deafening, Lu Yan paused and looked back at Zhu Yi Lane.

Now that he has said it, Zhu Yixiang simply spread out all his words and bask in the sun, "All the clues you have pointing to Xu Wei are very far-fetched and can't stand scrutiny at all, but you just hold on to him, you just want to grab Xu Wei's handle and implicate Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhizhejiang who has been dismissed, you Jinyiwei is really a good means to plant falsehoods, I have learned it!" ”