Chapter 55 Giving by Kindness
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The firewood room in the west courtyard was originally the residence of the maids, but later because of the death of a person, it has been vacant, and in the past two years, some unused sundries have been piled up, and few people will go to that kind of obscure place.
"Don't, grandmother, father, Wan'er is also a ghost for a while, so she will do foolish things, and she will ...... in the future I don't dare anymore, I beg my father, don't lock me up in that kind of place, don't. ”
Luo Qingwan's kneeling was equivalent to admitting everything, but it was too late, and before she could say the second plea for mercy, she was dragged down.
Lin Qi returned to the house, and sure enough, the brilliance of the red lotus stone had been extinguished, and luck should be due.
Now, the five-petal lotus stone has been shipped, and it is one step closer to opening the Burning Hua Treasure Box, Lin Qi has a faint premonition, once the Burning Hua Treasure Box is opened, the true dragon's qi will be close at hand.
It's just that the matter that the emperor confessed, where should I start to investigate?
Lin Qi had just taken out the tourmaline Buddha beads, and suddenly, a crimson figure flashed by the window, and before she could chase it out, it had disappeared.
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As soon as the arson incident passed, Lin Qi's life could be regarded as idle, and he could wholeheartedly help Xiao Chengyue deal with the disaster relief.
Because of Xiao Chengyue's intervention, King Ning and Yun Shangshu's plan quickly fell through.
Above the court, there was an anonymous person who submitted the last corruption bill to Emperor Sheng Zhi, and this list was exactly the one that Xiao Chengyue gave to Lin Ji that day.
Emperor Sheng Zhi was furious and ordered King Ning to return to the palace immediately to thoroughly investigate the case.
However, within two days, I heard that all the money on this bill was found from a small official of the seventh grade, because he had a grudge with King Ning because of government affairs, so he deliberately stigmatized King Ning.
But on the way to Dali Temple, he suddenly fell ill and died, leaving a suicide note.
But at that time, the news that King Ning was infected with plague in the north of the border came, and Emperor Sheng Zhi had no choice but to put aside the corruption case, and ordered King Ning to return to Beijing to recuperate first, leaving Yun Shangshu to deal with the affairs of the north alone.
In the evening of this day, the autopsy patrol once again circled Lin'an City, and once again brought a major case to the surface.
"Another flower thief case?!"
In the early morning of the next day, Lin Qi listened to the news from outside and immediately couldn't sit still.
How is it possible, King Ning is infected with the plague and is still on his way back to Beijing, no matter how urgent he is, it is impossible to take such a big risk to commit a crime against the wind.
Chouchou stood aside and nodded, "I heard that Master Zongzheng's family, the whole family was wiped out, and no one survived, and when the people who inspected the autopsy went, they saw a river of blood, and the scene was so miserable." ”
"Sosho-sama?"
"Miss, it's Dongjie Fuxiang, Lord Lu Qinglu."
The ugly ugly raised his eyes slightly and looked at Lin Qi's expression, lowered his head and stopped talking, thought about it, and still said, "Miss, now people are talking in private, talking about ......"
Lin Qi came back to his senses and put the book in his hand aside, "What do you say?" ”
"It's all saying that Lord Lu was killed because he had a verbal dispute with the third prince in the court."
Xiao Chengyue?
This is a blatant frame-up!
But who is it this time? The flower thief has already happened once, could someone be so stupid as to continue to use it a second time?
"What's going on with the third prince?"
This time it was not Xiao Chengyue who did it, but it must have something to do with Xiao Chengyue, Lin Qi was not afraid of the tricks of the people behind him, he was afraid that Xiao Chengyue would not be able to hold his breath, and he first rushed to the emperor to apply for an investigation into the matter.
In this way, it is the trap of the person behind it, and this matter can only be secretly investigated, not openly visited!
"There is no news from the third prince's side yet." Chou Chou knew a little about them, and asked tentatively, "Miss, do we want to help the third prince?" You can't watch the third prince being wronged, right? ”
Lin Qi glanced at the ugly, his brows relaxed, and he picked up the teacup on the side, "He has his own decision on the affairs of the court, and he doesn't have to worry about me." ”
She believes that Xiao Chengyue will be able to investigate this matter clearly, but in the same way, she will secretly help him eliminate all difficulties and harms.
After a long time, Lin Qi put the teacup aside, and a trace of light that followed instantly filled his eyes, "Go to the backyard to prepare food and silver, I want to go out." ”
Ugly no longer asked, obediently prepared what she needed.
The two of them left Luofu one after another, and the people in the courtyard only thought that she was going out to buy medicinal materials for disaster relief, and they didn't pay much attention.
Lin Qi took the ugly and ugly to the turbulent Dongjie Mansion Alley, and saw that the entire Lu Mansion was full of people in front of the door, and at the front of the crowd was the official of the government office, holding weapons to guard the periphery and block the crowd.
A little inside, it was the people of Dali Temple, and one after another the corpses were wrapped in white cloth and carried out from the inside, and placed on the ground one by one, looking terrible and pitiful.
The smell of decay filled the air.
The crowd was mediocre, and there were constantly people coaxing from it, Lin Qi listened carefully and distinguished two voices from it.
One is to say that Lu Qing's family died unjustly, Lord Lu did good deeds and accumulated virtues, always loved the people, and was kind and charitable in the search for the day, and the beggars in the area of Dongxiang Mansion were basically taken care of by him, and he was a well-known good official in Lin'an City.
The other said that Lu Qing was too wronged in his previous life, so he tried his best to do good things in this life, and wanted to make up for his debts, and his unsuccessful bastard son was the best proof of this.
Of course, there are still many people in the crowd who have analyzed the cause of the Lu family's death, and some of them mentioned Xiao Chengyue.
Lin Qi secretly wondered, could it be that Lu Qing really offended someone, and the enemy took the opportunity to seek revenge? But why do you have to use the banner of flower thieves?
Either way, be sure to get close to the corpse and find out!
Lin Qi handed over the silver taels prepared in advance to the ugly ugly, and whispered a few words in her ear, seeing that the ugly and ugly had the order, and disappeared into the crowd with the silver taels, Lin Qi made up his mind and avoided the rear.
"Lord Lu has appeared, and there is silver in the sky!"
Behind the crowd, I don't know who shouted a word, the crowd surged instantly, everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a little beggar holding two white flowers of silver in the same place happily circled, under the sun, the silver flashed dazzling light.
However, the next moment, another voice rose up at the right time, "Catch the thief, the thief who steals the hosta." ”
Lin Qi panted slightly, chasing the so-called thief through the crowd, and the people running back and forth collided with each other, but among such a group of people, the retrograde was particularly eye-catching.
At the gate of the Lu Mansion, Xu Liang, who was dressed in blue, walked out from behind the door with the three people last time, and saw Lin Qi in plain clothes in the riotous crowd at a glance, and a trace of surprise flashed on his plain and impermanent face.
"I'll give you the silver, and you will return the hosta to me."
Lin Qi shouted, and after speaking, he jumped up sharply and rushed forward directly.
Seeing that his feet were slipping, and his body was about to fall to the ground and fall into the feet of the crowd, suddenly Xu Liangjun jumped and jumped directly from the gate of the Lu Mansion, not only walked through two steps to regain the hosta from the beggar, but also caught her steadily in the crowd.
The blue clothes were flying, the ink fragrance was full of sleeves, Xu Liangjun was still staring at her expressionlessly, but there was a little more strangeness in his demeanor.
Lin Qi's eyes bent, and the corners of her lips pulled out an arc at the right time, the time was just right, everything was under her control!
"Why is Miss Luo San here?"
Xu Liangjun let her go without moving, and his eyes kept on her.
If you want to say who is the most suspicious, Lin Qi is the most suspicious, three big cases dispatched by Dali Temple in a row, Xu Liang saw her at the scene, and every time she solved the case by mistake, of course, this time is no exception.
"It's a coincidence that Lord Xu is also here." Lin Qi rarely showed a lady's posture, and he was so stable that Shi Shiran saluted Xu Liang.
"I came here to give disaster and silver, who knew that I would meet a greedy beggar and be robbed of a hairpin, Fang Cai, thank you Lord Xu for saving me with righteousness."
Lin Qi kept smiling at him, but his eyes looked at the door of the Lu Mansion from time to time, pretending that he hadn't seen this scene just now.
Behind him, Chou Chou hurried over with an empty cloth bag and a ball of leftover steamed buns, and when he saw Lin Qi, he immediately rushed forward, "Miss, has the thief who stole the hairpin been caught?" ”
The master and servant sang and harmonized, and it seemed like there was really something going on.
Xu Liang is a Dali temple secretary, and he has read countless people, but he can't understand what Lin Ji is thinking in his heart, she is changing too fast, and every negative side is shocking, and it is becoming more and more suspicious.
Xu Liangjun kept staring at her, and then looked at the bag in Chou's hand, his brows tightened, "There has just been a big case here, so the third lady should go elsewhere to give alms." ”
As he spoke, he turned to leave.
"Hey, Lord Xu, please stay." Lin Qi hurriedly stopped him.
Xu Liangjun turned his head, Lin Qi saw another corpse being carried out, and Yin Guowei of Jingzhao Mansion walked out of front of the door, and then smiled again, "Lord Xu...... My hairpin? ”
Xu Liangjun walked back quietly and returned the hairpin to her.
Glancing at Guo Wei's direction, he said in a deep voice, "Third Miss, this place is too messy, it's better to follow Xiaguan, and when the matter is over, Xiaguan will personally send you home." ”
"Then there's Lord Laoxu."
Lin Qi was secretly happy in her heart, she expected that a person like Xu Liangjun who worked for the emperor would never leave any words for his colleagues, and Guo Wei clearly saw that the two were together, if she didn't take Lin Qi with her and let her go back, maybe there would be some misunderstanding.
This is also the reason why Lin Qi dared to rush forward directly, she was sure that Xu Liang would not dare to bet.
Lin Qi followed, and it happened that the blind old man was carrying a plate covered with a white cloth, and followed two guards carrying the corpse out of the door.
Although the plate was covered with a white cloth, the contents of the plate faintly exuded a smell, not pungent, and with a fragrance, Lin Qi thought for a certain moment, and suddenly turned his head, "Is this a white bell flower?" ”
Because Lin Qi had personally exposed the fact that Lan Ling was not a white bell last time, the blind old man didn't intend to deceive, and sighed directly, "No, it's still Lan Ling." ”
Lanling itself has a fragrance, but Lin Qi has seen it, but it is not this kind of fragrance.
Lin Qi walked over, got Xu Liangji's consent, lifted the white cloth, and saw a bloody white flower on the tray, the petals had been dyed almost red with blood, and the flower path was also stained with a lot of blood in the tray at this moment because it was extracted.
Lin Qi took a closer look, this was an ordinary orchid bell, there was nothing suspicious from the flower to the path, could it be that the blood mixed with the orchid bell gave birth to a strange fragrance?
Just as Lin Qi was about to give up looking for clues from Lan Ling, at that moment, one of the guards suddenly stopped, "Who is there?!" ”
Everyone looked around, only to see a white figure flashing from the beam of the room, and the back Lin Qi looked so familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Because he was frightened, the blind old man shook his hand, and actually knocked the tray to the ground, and when Lin Qi looked again, he saw the other side of the orchid flower, and there was a trace of yellowing debris between the flowers and leaves.
Lin Qi picked it out with wooden tweezers, and was startled, as if he remembered something, and the next moment, he turned around sharply, followed the direction where the person on the roof disappeared just now, and hurriedly chased after it......