In the backyard of the mansion, in the small green bamboo building, a girl in a plain white silk robe was standing at the window, looking at the chirping birds in a daze.

"Miss, do you have a mind?" The maid on the other side asked.

When the young lady heard this, Yu Onion gently pressed her chest with both hands, turned around and took two steps, like a weak willow supporting the wind.

"Still angry with the master? Miss is not worth it, that Bao Xiu didn't even take a look before leaving! ”

The young lady replied softly, "I can't blame him, it's my father's fault!" ”

"Okay Miss, your body is weak, you can't be so thoughtful, it's not good to hurt your body!"

The maid had just finished speaking, only to hear the sound of a drumming outside the yamen.

"Xiaolan, I'm afraid someone is beating the drum outside, right? Hey, how many years? It's been a long time since I've heard this drum! ”

"Well, I haven't heard of it since my lord became Zhizhou. Miss, I'll take a look for you! ”

After about a cup of tea, the maid Xiaolan panted and climbed up the small building.

"Miss, that Bao Xiu is here!"

"Huh? Are you sure! Quick, help me change my clothes, and readjust the makeup on my face! ”

"Little ...... Sister, ......, it wasn't Bao Xiucai who came here, Fang was the one who beat the drum of grievances from Bao Xiucai, and now the master is going to the court to ask about the case! ”

"What!" Dong Yanran's expression suddenly darkened, stood for a while, and then changed her clothes and went down the small building.

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"Lieutenant Bao, what do you mean by this? You, a long-term county lieutenant, went to the state government to avenge your grievances, and it was for the case of your own government. The Lu Mansion extermination case, this government has its own public opinion, and you don't need to say more. "Dong Guangxiao is extremely angry, this Bao Qing really likes to meddle in things.

"Then I will resign now, you know that the state government will arrest people indiscriminately, and without any evidence based on assumptions, they will arrest people in prison cells. Besides, the Lu family has died a hundred and ten, can you do it with just the few people you arrested? Don't you just want to be framed? I've also seen this, Master Dong, do you dare to call that Dong catcher out and ask. ”

"What does the captured person have to do with you! Why meddle, I'm not afraid to tell you that Lu Fu is a distant relative of Lu Xiangye. When such a big event happened, Lu Xiangye had already sent someone to urge him to solve the case, and ordered the government to solve the case within a month limit. The people of Zhanjiazhuang are bandits, and it is rumored that Zhanzhao, the second master of the Zhan family, is the leader of the Mizhou Xiangma, and the Mizhou government is afraid of its power, but I am not afraid of Luzhou. ”

"What? Is that Zhanzhao Nanxia Zhanzhao? He's the leader of the ringing horses? Bao Qing looked at Dong Guangxiao suspiciously.

"What Nanxia, is a southern bandit, this Zhanzhao was born in Jiangnan in his early years, and he has always been lawless and misbehaving. Claiming to be chivalrous and righteous, he regarded the law of the court as nothing, thought he had made a name, and dared to call himself Nanxia. After committing the crime, he was arrested, so he fled to Michigan and became the leader of the Michigan ringing horse. That Zhanfang is his own sister, do you think I should be arrested! It is better to kill by mistake than to let go. ”

"It's better to kill by mistake than let go, the people are air in your eyes, right?" Bao Qing was very shocked when he heard about the deeds of the Great Song Dynasty. This Zhanzhao is actually a bandit, so what happened to the later royal cat? Bao Qing turned to thought, why do you want to do so much, presumably the books in the previous life were also made up.

"Air? Lieutenant Bao, you have a lot of strange words, and this official doesn't care about you! But you know, just because you called the Southern Bandit Zhanzhao Nanxia just now, this official can detain you. Also, if you retract your resignation, you will resign after less than two years, and you can be punished as disrespectful to the court and sentenced to exile. ”

"Lord Dong still wants to detain me? Do you really want to lock me up for the rest of my life? That Zhanfang does have a relationship with me, but it is my wife who is going to marry the door, and now you say that they are bandits, do you think I should care? ”

As soon as Bao Qing finished speaking, there were two women's Yin Yin cries behind him.

First, the bag Liu Wen ran out crying and scolding.

The second is Dong Yanran, who was hiding behind the screen in the hall, after hearing the words, she cried softly and walked out, only to hear her say: "Why do you see each other every time, why do you know ruthlessly and repeatedly, even if there are thousands of turns, the acquaintance is in vain." ”

Dong Guangxiao in the hall saw his daughter crying and leaving from the screen, and he couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, and said coldly: "Lieutenant Bao, there are still seven or eight days left in the deadline for Lu Xiangye to solve the case, and you have solved the case." I let go of Zhanfang and the others. ”

"Good! Deal! Bao Qing saw that there was no way, so he had to agree.

If you want to solve the case, you can't do it on your own. That bag Liu Wen's girl is running away now, it's best to get her back, there are many that still need her help. More than half a month has passed since the murder, and the scene must have been destroyed, but it is still necessary to go to the scene of the murder to check it, and there may be unexpected discoveries.

Bao Qing had no choice but to coax Bao Liuwen again, but fortunately, this girl's surname was lively and optimistic, and Bao Qing didn't work hard.

"Xiaowen, I just said this in the hall, where can I say that I will marry. Besides, Zhanfang and I have only known each other for a few days. As for you, grow up quickly, we get along a lot. "If you want Bao Qing to say some deceitful love words to Bao Liuwen, who seems to be her sister, Bao Qing really can't say it. Bao Qing had already understood this girl's thoughts, but if Bao Qing insisted that her feelings for Bao Liuwen were love, Bao Qing couldn't help but slap herself. Isn't this a beast? Maybe Bao Liuwen would be better when she was older.

Bao Qing took Bao Liuwen and Zhu Daniu to stay in an inn in Luzhou City, and several people discussed it carefully in the house, and they all felt that it was too difficult to solve the case.

One did not obtain first-hand information about the crime scene, which caused great disadvantages to the detection of the case. Second, the body has already been collected and buried, and there is no way to conduct an autopsy, and there will inevitably be omissions in the post-mortem examination. In the end, the most fatal thing is that more than half a month has passed since the murder, and I am afraid that the gangsters have already fled.

"It's so difficult, how can you find out?" Bao Liuwen said with a complaint.

Bao Qing didn't have a clue, but he secretly made up his mind in his heart that he must rescue Zhanfang.

"Let's go to Lu Mansion first." Bao Qing said.

By the time Bao Qing and the others came to Lu Mansion, it was already dusk. In the evening of summer, it seems a little stuffy, and the Lu Mansion at this time has long been out of the excitement of the past. Because there was a murder here, the people avoided it very much, and a street at the gate of Lu Mansion disappeared in the evening. The red gate of Naro Mansion was closed, leaving only two white seals posted crosswise.

"We look like we're going to climb in?" Bao Qing didn't say a word, and climbed the wall of Lu Mansion for a long time, and finally climbed in.

"Brother Bao, the door is not locked!" Bao Qing finally climbed in, and at this time, Zhu Daniu and Bao Liuwen had already torn the seal and strode in.

"That's not early!" Bao Qing was a little depressed, he knew that there was no lock, so why bother to climb in like this.

Bao Qing and the others first looked at the courtyard of the Lu Mansion for a long time, and there were blood stains everywhere on the ground, although the blood stains had long since coagulated, they still showed a splash of blood. As you can imagine, it was a massacre.

"It looks like a massacre, and if the scene hadn't been destroyed, there would have been no trace of a fight. By the way, I also have to check the post-mortem file that was made. Bao Qing's mind imagines all kinds of possibilities.

"Brother Bao, that's called the corpse sheet, and you won't be able to get it until tomorrow morning. There should also be a nursing home in the Lu Mansion, why didn't there be a fight! Let's wait until tomorrow to get the body sheet. Bao Liuwen said.

"Good. Let's go inside! Bao Qing said.

There are many rooms in the Lu Mansion, and it is quite troublesome to check, and it is still difficult for Bao Qing to find the room where the Lu family's family is located.

But if you want to rob money, you must go to the room of the head of the Lu family, and the money can only be placed in the Lu family's own room.

Sure enough, it took a long time, and Bao Qing and the others finally found the rooms where the Lu family lived by their own people, and those rooms were turned over in a mess except for the blood stains on the ground. This must have been the work of the robbers.

But this is strange, how did those murderers find the Lu family's room so quickly! Surely I won't be looking for it like I am. Could it be that he first tied up a subordinate, and then found the room of the master of the Lu family?

Such an assumption is obviously not in line with common sense, if the robbers are just one or two people who sneak into the Lu family to commit murder, kidnap a subordinate, and search slowly, this also makes sense. The key is that according to the information provided by the government office, there must be more than one or two murderers in this gang. The Lu family nursing home is basically a good hand, and it is said that there are more than 20 people. One or two murderers are no matter what kind of masters of the rivers and lakes, if they want to kill all the 100 Lu family members, and none of them slip through the net, this is too impossible.

But if a large group of people come in to commit murder, it is obviously not advisable to come to the room of the Lu family's family by holding them hostage, who can guarantee that this person will not shout for help. And judging from the bloodstains in the courtyard, the location of each bloodstain should be the position where the nursing home is standing. That said, it is very likely that the murder was a well-planned homicide. And the person who planned this should be more familiar with the Lu family.

If this assumption is true, the gang killers must be professional killers who act effectively. Of course, this also requires checking the government file on this case.

Bao Qing formed an idea in his mind, that is, someone bought a professional killer organization, and after careful planning and deployment, he carried out the murder of the Lu family. Of course, these ideas can only be concluded by looking at the corpse list and the case investigation file of the government office.

"Brother Bao! You've been thinking about it for a long time! We didn't dare to disturb you, what did you think of? Bao Liuwen raised her head and asked.

"When you go back and look at the corpse sheet, you mainly look at the description of the wounds of the deceased, how many wounds there are on each corpse, where are the fatal wounds. I checked the investigation files of the government to find out who discovered the murder scene first, and the approximate time. ”

"Oh!"

"Let's not talk about that, let's take a look around. Xiaowen, you go and look at the rooms of the other subordinates to see if there are any traces of being turned over. ”

Bao Qing asked Zhu Daniu to follow Bao Liuwen, and he searched around the Lu family's room alone to see if he could find anything.

This should be the room of the head of the Lu family, the whole room is very solemn and luxurious, although it is messy everywhere, but it can't hide the nobility of the owner of this room before his death.

There was a pair of torn calligraphy and paintings on the ground, and Bao Qing couldn't see it clearly, so he took out the fire fold and lit the oil lamp. The light suddenly illuminated the room, although the light was a little shaky, but it was enough for Bao Qing to see the content of the calligraphy and painting clearly. Ink landscape drawing, the inscription is Lu Xiang. It turned out that he was really the head of the Lu family, Bao Qing couldn't help but think of it when he saw the payment.

Hey, why is there no blood here, there was no light just now, and I haven't noticed it yet. Now if you look closely, there is really no blood.

At this time, Bao Qing saw a pitch-red square table lying to the side, leaning against the wall, and something seemed to be pressed on the corner of the table. Bao Qing tried to move the table away. Oh, it's quite heavy, it's really the ancients who didn't deceive me, it's a real solid wood square table, and my thin body really can't move this table.

Although Bao Qing didn't move, he pushed hard and forced the table out of the inch. A small brass ring suddenly appeared under the table. Bao Qing looked up and realized that this was for fixing calligraphy and painting, because Bao Qing also had a small copper ring on his head, and there were torn calligraphy and paintings hanging on the copper ring.

It's really extravagant, I'm afraid this copper ring is worth a lot of money, Bao Qing subconsciously pulled the copper ring, and with a creak, the wall where the table was leaning on turned over, and a secret room that could accommodate two people suddenly appeared in front of him. Before Bao Qing could see clearly, a figure appeared at the mouth of the secret room of the black hole, and rushed directly towards Bao Qing.

"Ahh A terrible and frightened scream pierced the night.

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