Chapter 16: The Dead Body at the Bottom of the River
Xu Yun looked at the embarrassed and colluded master and apprentice, and wanted to fight with Zhou Fang, but it was not a man's style, and saw Zhou Qingxi glaring at him vigorously, no matter how angry he was, he had to force the fire out at this moment.
Let's not say that Zhou Fang is an elder, but for the sake of Zhou Qingxi, who usually treats him well, he doesn't give the monk face to the Buddha, and this grievance must be endured.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Flashing ......" There was a rush of horses' hooves, the neighing of whips, and the roar of the groom, followed by a galloping luxury carriage.
A crimson horse driving the carriage, bordering on madness.
The sudden change caused the already crowded streets to suddenly riot, the crowd scattered and fled, and from time to time the screams of women and children were heard, and if they were a little slow, they might be run over by the carriage.
Xu Yun saw that this was because the red horse was frightened, and relied on his good martial arts, and after a few spins, he put it on the horse's back and tightened the reins hard.
In a moment, after the neighing of the red horse, the front hooves were cocked and suddenly stopped, and the carriage was unstable in its center of gravity, and shook a few times, almost in danger of turning over.
At this critical moment, fortunately, a few bold strong men rushed over together and held the rickety carriage in time, which avoided a catastrophe.
At this time, the red horse had also stabilized his mind, stepped on his hooves a few times, and gasped heavily.
After calming down his frightened heart, the groom turned around and opened the curtain of the carriage, and out of it came a middle-aged man with a short beard and thick eyebrows and big eyes.
The middle-aged man tidied up his messy robe, stood up straight, glanced around, and then bowed deeply to Xu Yun and the strong men who were helping: "The horses are frightened, if it weren't for the help of your fathers, the consequences would be unimaginable."
Thank you very much! Thank you...... There are still urgent matters waiting to be dealt with, so I can't delay any longer, thank you! Thanks a lot! ”
After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he returned to the carriage and lowered the curtain, and then, with the shout of the groom, the carriage galloped slowly.
Xu Yun returned to Zhou Fang's front and introduced to everyone who was stunned: "This person is Han Wubin, the right attendant of the household department...... Oh, now it's the head of the household, and I've just been promoted to a level. ”
Liu Ling completely forgot about the entanglement with Xu Yun, stood up from Zhou Fang's back, staring at the back of the carriage in the distance, full of thoughts.
This Han Wubin is too familiar with her, she is an official in the same dynasty as her father, her rank is comparable, and she has been a guest at home many times, how can she be unfamiliar with this person.
Today, unlike in the past, my father is in prison, and others are on the rise, even if there is injustice in the sky, who can I complain to?
As for Han Wubin being able to sit on the Hubu Shangshu, Liu Ling really didn't expect that when she suddenly saw this person, she felt an indescribable discomfort, which also reminded her of the beneficiary of the whole thing......
If his father hadn't encountered today's unwarranted disaster, the power of the Hubu Shangshu would have fallen on his father, which means that Han Wubin would have no chance.
On the contrary, the ultimate beneficiary became Han Wubin......
Liu Ling felt more and more that there was a huge conspiracy hidden in the matter, and Han Wubin should be the first target she wanted to investigate.
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"Oh no! Oh no! It's dead again......" A little catcher ran over out of breath and stopped in front of Zhou Qingxi, and after that, he couldn't go on.
When it comes to the murder case, this is the thing that Zhou Qingxi is most afraid of, the development of the case is closely linked to the black yarn hat, and there is a slight difference, and his ten years of hard work in the cold window are not only in vain, but he also gives an explanation for his small life if he can't get it right.
has not yet recovered from the incident of the frightened horse, and suddenly came out like this, which made Zhou Qingxi look even more panicked.
Zhou Qingxi, who was as gray as death, turned to Zhou Fang: "Dad, you see that the previous murder case has not been figured out, and then there is another death, obviously because you don't want your son to live in peace for a while." If you want to save your son's life, don't lie in bed in the future, okay? ”
Zhou Fang glanced at Zhou Qingxi, who wanted to cry without tears, and reprimanded angrily: "Look at your unproductive appearance!" Did you see a dead person before? How could this be so cowardly? You...... Okay, okay, I can't help you, right? Do I owe you anything in this life, one is you, and the other is your junior sister......"
Liu Ling, who was innocently implicated, couldn't listen to it, and argued: "Master, if you want to count down Senior Brother, don't get involved with me...... Hey, Master, what do you owe me? Don't you owe me money? ”
"Stinky girl!" Zhou Fang raised his slap and slapped it on the top of Liu Lingdi's head without hesitation, "As long as you have no enmity with money, you want to calculate the silver in my pocket every day, by the way, the delicacies and delicacies you promised me today have not been fulfilled, and you must keep it on the account." ”
"I don't know who counts whose money, gluttonous old man." Liu Ling stroked her sore head, her upper lip and lower lip kept colliding, and no one could hear what she was muttering quietly.
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Compared with other states and counties, the size of the capital is dozens of times, or even hundreds of times, and it is not only expected to be a moat without an end, but even the city is a series of big rivers and small rivers.
Although the river is shallow, it is not as deep as the river and the sea, and of course there are no giant boats, but there are dozens of small boats and medium-sized flower boats floating in the river, which are convenient for playing, or driven by people who take shortcuts.
The junction river under the jurisdiction of Dongcheng County and Beicheng County is connected to a very long stone arch bridge in the middle, and the people can come and go freely between the two counties.
At this time, the sky is clear and the sun is shining!
There were many people on the shore, but each of them had no usual smiling face on their faces, and their expressions were serious, staring at a corpse lying not far away.
Originally, the junction of the river belonged to two counties, and the body was found under the water in the largest hole of the stone arch bridge, next to the edge of the wall.
In order to shirk and not want to make such a big trouble, the Beicheng County Order took the center of the stone arch bridge as the boundary, and the location where the body was found was biased towards the boundary of Dongcheng County, and the case must of course be resolved by Dongcheng County.
Zhou Qingxi couldn't argue, he could only admit that he was unlucky, and he had no choice but to accept it.
A young boatman in his twenties, with a swarthy face, dressed plainly, with a short coat and trousers full of wrinkles, and wet from top to bottom, apparently had just crawled out of the water.
The boatman bowed to Zhou Qingxi: "Lord Hui, we are a small boat, and we travel back and forth no less than dozens of times a day, just for the preferences of the guests."
Usually cross the bridge, because the bridge hole is narrow, we are all in order, always in a single row, to prevent collisions, or there are signs of capsizing. Today's weather is good, and there are more guests traveling by boat, so the boats are correspondingly crowded. I didn't expect Xiaomin's fortune to be so bad, but I ran into a master who was in a hurry, and I had to squeeze Xiaomin over from the side.
For the sake of silver, Xiaomin can only violate the usual rules, but the length of the bridge is less than half, but he can't walk, Xiaomin only thinks that it is too close to the wall edge of the bridge hole, and touches the reef, so he personally jumped into the water to check, the result has nothing to do with the edge of the wall, but there is a giant stone underwater.
Xiaomin tried his best to move the stone away from the hull of the ship, who would have thought that suddenly a dead body would float up, and it was because it was in the daytime when people came and went, otherwise, Xiaomin would have been scared to death. ”