"King catcher, king catcher!"

Wang Qi was dozing off in the capture room, when he was suddenly startled by the commotion outside the door, stood up suddenly, and wiped the saliva hanging from his lips in a panic.

"Boss, Li Si of the Xue Mansion is clamoring to see Lord Lin at the yamen, what kind of ghost is blocking the way, let me stop it, you go and take a look!" A young catcher came in and said.

"What the hell is there in the blue sky and white day? Xue Fu... Isn't it their grandfather's funeral today? Wang Qi picked up the knife and followed the young man out of the door.

Li Sizheng was pacing back and forth at the entrance of the yamen with a frightened face, and when he saw Wang Qi, he shouted: "Wang Zhutou has an accident!" Something big happened to Wang Zhutou! The devil has hurt people! You didn't see that it was really the sky and the earth changing color, the sun and the moon were dark, and it scared me..."

"That's it! I'm fine, nothing happens. Didn't your master go to the funeral today, why did he run to hit the ghost again? Wang Qi took a sip and asked angrily.

"Yes, it's the ghost who hit the funeral road!" Li Si cried and said: "I just walked through Wuli Pavilion, and on the way to Yan Mountain, for some reason, thick smoke came out, and it spread in all directions. The pine forest of Yanshan was so dense that we could hardly see anything for a while. Then, in a hazy and hazy way, I saw .." He swallowed when he said this, "I saw so many dark shadows, floating and wandering in the forest, it was terrible! ”

Wang Qi couldn't help but shudder: "And then?" ”

"Then," Li Si said, "I heard a miserable cry, that terrible man, I almost didn't pee my pants." Then I don't know who roared, and the ghost sucked people's souls! When the man who carried the coffin put down the coffin and ran, the blowing team and several Taoist priests all slipped away, shouting and couldn't come back. A lot of little maids have also run away! I and Steward Ying didn't run away. ”

Wang Qi said: "You are all here, and you still say that you didn't run?" ”

"It was Butler Ying who asked me to come back and report the news and find someone to help!" Li Si hurriedly explained, "But our house is gone, and my wife is too sick to get out of bed, so I don't dare to tell her, I have no choice but to come here." ”

"You should go to a Taoist priest for this kind of thing." Wang Qi said, "What's the use of looking for the government!" ”

Li Si immediately cried with a sad face: "Wang Zhutou, the Taoist priest has already been scared and vulgar, who am I looking for!" Butler Ying is still guarding the coffin, maybe he has been sucked dry by the ghosts! It's important to save people, they all say that the official is righteous and not afraid of evil, you hurry up and take someone to run with me, and there will definitely be an expression on Mrs. side afterwards, I will kneel down for you here! "As soon as he said this, he had to bow when he bent his legs.

"Don't bow down, you hurry up with me to report this matter to Lord Lin, as long as the adult agrees." Wang Qi hurriedly supported him.

…

"I took people and Li Si to Yanshan together. But when he got there, there was no one, Butler Ying was gone, and Li Si's kid was paralyzed with fright at that time, saying that Butler Ying must have been sucked by the ghost. We tossed for a long time before he led the way to carry the coffin to the ancestral grave of the Xue family for burial. That's it, my lord. After Wang Qi finished speaking, he exhaled softly.

After listening to Wang Qi's narration, Yin Qianshan pondered for a moment and asked, "Who is this Ying butler?" ”

"It's Yingmin, the housekeeper of the Xue Mansion, who usually helps Master Xue with errands." Wang Qi replied.

"Where is he now?" Yin Qianshan asked again.

"Lord Hui, since he disappeared in Yanshan, he hasn't been seen again. Everybody said.." Wang Qi paused, "Butler Ying was sucked by a powerful ghost. ”

Yin Qianshan frowned: "How much do you know about this Yingmin?" ”

"I don't know too much, but I've met a few times." Wang Qi said, "I only know that he is the housekeeper of the Xue Mansion, in addition to managing the affairs of the Xue Mansion, he also helps Master Xue run errands from time to time, buy things, and is very good at being a person." ”

Yin Qianshan pondered for a moment when he heard this, and said to Wang Qi: "You send someone to bring Zhang Chengjun and the Gong family and his wife." ”

Wang Qi immediately took the order and left, and after a short time, the three of them were brought by the arrester, and Yin Qianshan summoned the Gong couple first.

"My lord, our husband and wife have always been law-abiding, but we are first-class good citizens! Dare to ask us what we have done, do you want..."As soon as Yin Qianshan sat down, he heard Gong Mou's complaint, and Gong Liu beside him also pouted and nodded.

"Your daughter was poisoned?" Yin Qianshan interrupted his complaint and asked.

Gong Mou was stunned, and nodded for a long time: "Yes, my lord, but that was a long time ago." ”

"How was it poisoned, and what poisoned it?" Yin Qianshan continued to ask.

Gong looked up at Yin Qianshan, as if he was puzzled by his question, and replied hesitantly: "Back to my lord, Xiaomin doesn't know how the little girl was poisoned to death, and I don't know what poison she had. My lord, this matter is over, and Xiaomin doesn't want to pursue it. ”

"Since you don't know anything, how can you be sure that Xue Yingtang is the murderer before?" Yin Qianshan asked sharply.

"This..."Gong Mou saw that Yin Qianshan was angry, so he swallowed his saliva and muttered: "Xiaomin was sad and angry for a while, didn't he withdraw the lawsuit later..."

"Your daughter's death is unknown, and the official wants to open the coffin for an autopsy." Yin Qianshan said word by word.

"I can't help it!" Gong Liu immediately shouted, "My daughter has already been buried in the ground, you can't disturb her peace under the Nine Springs!" We husband and wife do not agree, resolutely disagree! Gong also shook his head: "We will never agree." ”

Yin Qianshan sighed in his heart, he didn't expect that there were really such indifferent parents in the world. According to the laws of this dynasty, unless it is a body without an owner or a living family, the consent of the family must be obtained for the opening of the coffin, otherwise it will be punished with a felony for damaging the body.

In desperation, Yin Qianshan ordered the Gong family and his wife to stand aside, and ordered someone to pass Zhang Chengjun up.

"Zhang Chengjun, Xue Yingtang didn't buy jewelry from you once or twice, right?" Yin Qianshan looked directly at Zhang Chengjun, who was standing under the hall, with a serious expression.

Zhang Chengjun replied respectfully: "Lord Hui, Master Xue is very doting on his wife, and from time to time he likes to buy some hairpin rings and hairpin bracelets to give to his wife, and he can afford my family's exquisite jewelry, and he does frequent it." ”

"Shouldn't regular customers have more discounts? Why do you sit on the ground and raise the price? Yin Qianshan sneered.

"My lord, you can't just wronged the people!" Zhang Chengjun shouted injustice, "How do you say this? ”

"It is clearly written in the account book, the price of the same golden hairpin that you sell to the merchants in the capital is one hundred gold, which is a full half cheaper than the one sold to Xue Yingtang. How do you explain that? ”

Zhang Chengjun's face turned red and white for a while when he heard this: "This... My lord, I..."

Yin Qianshan picked up the two golden hairpins next to the account book again: "How do you see that these two golden hairpins are exactly the same, why is the price so different?" ”

At this time, Gong Liushi next to her made a "hey" sound, only to see her staring straight at the golden hairpin in Yin Qianshan's hand, with a surprised face. Yin Qianshan turned his head and found that she was pulling Gong's sleeve, and motioned him to look at the golden hairpin: "Old man, this is not..." Gong obviously also saw the golden hairpin, and his expression was also surprised, but he immediately pulled away his wife's hand and gave her a look to make her quiet.

"Why, you've seen this golden hairpin too?" Yin Qianshan asked coldly.

The Gong couple shook their heads in agreement, and Gong said, "Lord Hui, I've never seen it... I just think it's good-looking. ”

Yin Qianshan frowned, as if he had thought of something. After a while, he continued to look at Zhang Chengjun: "Explain quickly, Boss Zhang." ”

Zhang Chengjun wiped his sweat, and then revealed the mystery.

It turned out that Xue Yingtang had no financial power at home, and although Xue Miaoren was a slender woman, she inherited her parents' ability to run a business and housekeeper, and she was more courageous than men. Xue Yingtang is just a useless scholar, how can he understand this, so the family's finances have always been controlled by Xue Miaoren. Every expenditure of Xue Yingtang needs to be withdrawn from the account room with a ticket. Since then, Xue Yingtang can't help but think of some means to get the money. So, he discussed with Zhang Chengjun, and he bought jewelry at Zhang's place at a discounted price for a long time, and in return, Zhang wrote twice the book and bill prices for Xue Yingtang to withdraw the silver and pay the audit.

After listening to Zhang Chengjun's narration, Yin Qianshan pondered for a long time. It seems that the relationship between the Xue family and his wife is worth speculating again.

Yin Qianshan looked at the three people in the hall who were pregnant with ghosts, and suddenly slapped the shocked wood hard: "Okay, this official summoned you to question, what kind of crime should you be guilty of daring to join forces to deceive this official!" ”

The Gong couple and Zhang Chengjun were so shocked by the sound of "popping" that they fell to their knees, and they didn't know why they couldn't stop kowtowing.