Seeing that Leng Linjiang didn't have the slightest intention of retreating, An Qi squinted his eyes and lowered his head quietly, hiding the fleeting haze on his face.

Outside the crowd, Meng Suijie saw Leng Linjiang rushing over, and knew that things would not be a big mess, so he breathed a sigh of relief and took a few steps back, walked to a place where no one was, and then walked back to the east wing, pushed the door in, and said in a slightly cold voice: "There was a maidservant who hanged herself in the room at the westernmost end of the back cover room." ”

"What?" Yao Qi got up suddenly, his face was terrified, and he was frightened like he had never been: "Which room did you say?" ”

Meng Sui's face sank: "The westernmost room in the back room." ”

"W-how is this possible?" Yao Qi's face changed suddenly, and he turned around and walked towards the door.

Meng Sui grabbed Yao Qi's shoulder every other handful: "Leng Shaoyin has passed." ”

Yao Qi suddenly came back to his senses, and slowly retreated, his brows furrowed, and a faint doubt lingered between his eyebrows for a long time.

Yao Qi has been in Jingzhao Mansion for several years, and he has seen a number of murder cases, and today's abnormal surprise made Meng Sui very puzzled: "What's the matter, could it be that the maid who died is the one who stole the four beautiful pictures in the main house?" ”

"I didn't see the body, I can't be sure." Yao Qi shook his head: "But things won't be so coincidental, the maid on the front foot stole the four beautiful pictures from the main room, and the maid on the back foot died in the back room." She slowly breathed a sigh and shook her head with a wry smile: "But if it is really the maidservant who stole the four beautiful pictures that died, then I can't say that I have already been seen by others." ”

Hearing this, Meng Suiqi was also taken aback: "Your kung fu is so good, you can't even find it if you are watched?" ”

Yao Qi rubbed the corners of his forehead: "There are people outside the sky, and my kung fu is not enough to see in front of real masters." ”

Meng Sui's face was distressed: "Then, your painting was discovered, and your identity must have been exposed, so what should I do?" ”

Yao Qi pursed his lips and glanced at Meng Sui seriously, as if he had seen something funny, and a faint smile rippled in the depths of Qing Lingling's apricot eyes.

"......" Meng Suiqi looked at the narrow chuckle, instantly felt stupid, glared at Yao Qi, gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "Is it fun?" ”

Yao Qi couldn't help laughing, pursed his lips tightly and couldn't help laughing, walked to the back window, opened the curtain to reveal a narrow gap, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the back cover room, and then burst out laughing.

Meng Sui grinded his teeth, but smiled helplessly, laughing at his naïve and clumsy tongue, walked to the back window, and looked out of the gap with Yao Qi.

The west wing of the east wing and the back cover room are diagonally opposite, and you can only see the onlookers gathered in the open space in front of the back cover room, but you can't see the situation in the west room.

The many people around the outside of the back room were all holding their breath, and no one dared to make a loud noise, but their eyes widened and stared at the movement in the room.

Such an unfortunate thing is not easy to encounter, and whoever comes out of the way at this time is the first to rot.

The west house is shady, and it is not very spacious, a clay kang occupies most of the room, and the rest of the place is placed with a food table and a bed and three large cabinets more than one person high, as well as three half-person high cages.

Although the room is narrow, it has all kinds of things, and the materials used are high-quality and the workmanship is exquisite, which is not an ordinary thing.

Leng Linjiang looked around, and he didn't know if it was because the West House was in the shade all the year round, or because there was a dead person, as soon as he stood in the house, he felt cold and shivered inexplicably.

He helped up the bed that had fallen to the ground, and the girl's hanging feet did not touch the bed, and there was still more than a foot in between.

He frowned imperceptibly and turned to look at Anqi.

Anqi wanted to pretend to be stupid, but in the face of Leng Linjiang's clear eyes, he couldn't pretend to be stupid anyway, so he had to wave his hand, call a few onlookers over, and put down the girl hanging on the beam.

Leng Linjiang is not an expert in autopsy, he has handled countless cases in the Jingzhao Mansion Office for so many years, but he really hasn't touched the autopsy work, he is good at interrogating and examining people's hearts.

Faced with such a corpse that had just died not long ago and looked very fresh, he felt a little at a loss where to start, but he had always been steady in business, but he hid this helplessness without revealing anything.

At this time, it was close to noon, under the scorching warm sun, the verdant green trees were like washing, and there was a faint half-sound of cicadas sounding briefly.

The footsteps of the hot summer approached unconsciously.

After a moment of silence, Leng Linjiang suddenly spoke, startling An Qi: "This is the maidservant girl in the mansion who died?" What is it called, and who was the first to find the body? How many people live in this house? ”

This series of questions caught An Qi off guard, he was a little confused, and he was really stunned for a moment before he spoke: "This person's name is Shi Chun, she is the second-class maid next to Niangniang, she was bought from Yaxing five years ago, and she is in charge of tea and snacks, there are three maids living in this house, all of them are second-class maids like Shi Chun, the one called Shi Qiu is in charge of the washing, and the one called Shi Dong is in charge of the sprinkling and sweeping, and the first to find the body is Shi Qiu, Shi Qiu," he raised his voice to the crowd of onlookers: "You come here." ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd of onlookers suddenly dispersed, and the girl who was standing at the back of the crowd was exposed to everyone.

She was wearing the same clothes as Shi Chun, her head was lowered, she couldn't see her appearance and expression clearly, and when she heard Anqi call her, she trembled slightly, and walked to the door hesitantly, but she refused to take half a step into the house, lowered her head, and said in a voice like a mosquito and a fly: "Maid, maid Shiqiu has seen it, and I have seen an adult." ”

Leng Linjiang glanced at Shi Qiu up and down, although she couldn't see her appearance clearly, but she could vaguely see that her figure was somewhat similar to the dead Shi Chun, both of them were slender figures, taller than ordinary girls.

Five Generations of Rivers, Mountains and Moons

He withdrew his sword-like gaze and said lightly, "This hour is the time to be on duty, what are you going to do when you go back to your residence?" ”

Shi Qiu seemed to be extremely nervous, his hands hung down at his side, the fingertips that exposed the cuffs were faintly white, and his voice became weaker and weaker: "Maid, maid, when I was washing clothes today, the fragrant pancreas was not enough, the maid, the maid came back to fetch the fragrant pancreas, as soon as I opened the door, I saw Sister Shi Chun hanging on the beam." She covered her mouth and cried out in horror: "Sister Shi Chun, I'm out of breath." ”

"She's still hanging on the beam, how do you know she's out of breath?" Leng Linjiang asked sharply, not giving Shi Qiu a chance to breathe, and grinned casually, revealing Bai Sensen's teeth: "You said that you came back to Xiang Pancreas, and when you saw Shi Chun dying in the house, you must not have time to take any Xiang Pancreas, come, you tell me where to put the Xiang Pancreas, and the official will take it for you." ”

"Servant, servant," Shi Qiu raised his head suddenly, his face was pale, the corners of his lips twitched, and he couldn't tell the beginning or the end for a long time.

Leng Linjiang still had a faint smile on his face, but he became more and more calm, and said coldly: "Anqi, search this room, this official wants to see what kind of fragrant pancreas it is, and it is impossible to hide it!" ”

Hearing this, Shi Qiu knelt on the ground with a "poof", raised his white and bloodless face, and was terrified: "Slave, slave is guilty, slave is guilty." ”

Leng Linjiang sat calmly, and skimmed Shi Qiu with disdain: "What crime, Shi Chun was strangled to death by you?" ”

"No, no, no, no," Shi Qiu shook his head frantically in fear, tears splashing out: "No, it's not a servant, it's not a servant, it's not a servant!" ”

Leng Linjiang flicked his fingers indifferently, and suddenly shouted: "You are wronged, this official sees that you are not wronged at all!" ”

Shi Qiu was so frightened that he suddenly collapsed to the ground, crying tears rippling.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, An Qi stepped forward a few steps, grabbed Shi Qiu's collar, and slapped him with a "snap", Shi Qiu's face was red and swollen in an instant, and he scolded angrily: "Cheap maid, in front of Lord Shaoyin, you dare to hide something, say!" Let's be honest yet! ”

Shi Qiu was so frightened that he took out the purse embroidered with a white background and Dilian from his sleeve tremblingly, and threw it on the ground like a hot hand, making a soft sound of "click".

"Slave, slave is, here to hide this." Although Shi Qiu felt that the purse was very hot, but she really let her abandon it, she was extremely reluctant, looked at the purse again, and sobbed: "This is, this is given by Brother Yuanchen in the front yard today, the maid, the maid saw that this was not an ordinary thing, and she didn't dare to take it with her, so she found an excuse and came back." ”

"You, the rules of the palace, you must not give and receive from each other privately! Shi Qiu, it's not the first day you entered the house on an errand, don't you know the rules! Anqi was furious, there would be such an ugly thing under his rule, his face was blue with anger, and he almost fainted.

Leng Linjiang didn't care whether An Qi was angry or not, he wanted to know what was in his purse.

He bent down to pick up the purse and pulled out a pair of red gold Fu Lu earrings from inside.

The hollow gourd-shaped earrings are filled with a red and a blue gemstone, and the sun shines brightly.

The bottom of the gourd is carved with a shallow "royal" character.

His eyes shrank slightly, this is something made in the palace, in other words, this is something given by Emperor Yong'an.

He handed the pair of earrings to An Qi, and said expressionlessly: "The things rewarded in the palace can be given to each other privately, and your mansion is really generous." ”

An Qi chuckled in his heart, as soon as the pair of earrings was taken out, he felt familiar, and now when he held it in his hand, his heart fell to the bottom all of a sudden, this pair of bold cheap slaves dared to steal the things given by the emperor.

He calmed down his anger a few times, held the earrings tightly in the palm of his hand, pointed to one of the onlookers, and gritted his teeth and ordered: "An Yu, you go, go to the front yard to detain Yuanchen, and then search the house with Ruyu, re-count the things in the warehouse, and count them as carefully, and there must be no omission." ”

An Yu's face changed slightly, and he replied, hesitating: "Then, is there still a search in that side yard?" ”

The side courtyard is the side concubine of the king of Annan when he was alive, and the concubines and concubines they gave birth to live, although these people lowered their eyebrows in front of the princess of Annan and did not dare to say anything, but they were also half of the masters in this mansion, not Anqi who could be humiliated at will.

An Qi pondered for a moment: "Don't alarm the people in the side courtyard first, and then I'll talk about it when I return to my mother." ”

An Yu has nothing to do.

An Qi lowered his eyes and looked at Shi Qiu, who was crying bitterly on the ground, and became more and more resentful, his eyes were like knives, and he slashed Shi Qiu's cheek with a knife: "Take this cheap maid down too, show me a good look, she died and escaped." ”

An Yu answered again, called two helpers over, tied up Shi Qiu Wuhua, and escorted him to the firewood room in the front yard.

There was such a humiliating thing, Anqi felt that his face was gloomy, and when he faced Leng Linjiang, he was also a little weak-hearted, and he didn't know what to say, so he only said to the onlookers: "Shut your mouths tightly for Lao Tzu, what to say and what not to say, think clearly, if you let Lao Tzu know that you have many mouths and tongues, not only will you pull out your tongues, but the men will be sold to the bitter cold land, and the women will be sold to the inferior kiln!" ”

His voice was not loud, but it was cold enough, and what he said was murderous enough, to deter a group of people who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.

In fact, there was such a big thing just now, and the onlookers were all frightened, and they had long wanted to leave without pulling their legs, but in this sensitive time, leaving rashly may be regarded as a lack of heart, whether it is to collude with confessions, or to ventilate the news, so when Anqi did not speak, none of these people dared to leave without permission, and they still watched the excitement hard.

Leng Linjiang didn't speak anymore, he saw it very clearly, hiding a reward privately, even if it was discovered, it wouldn't kill people, even if he killed people in anger, he couldn't be so thoughtful in front of him, that Shiqiu, it can only be said that he was unlucky.

With his hands behind his back, he walked slowly through the not-so-spacious room, carefully searching for it.

He was waiting for an opportunity for all these eyesores to walk away, and he didn't want to meditate on a corpse.

I'll have nightmares at night.

In the gloomy silence, a man hurriedly ran in the back room, about thirty years, looking a little similar to Anqi, he was caught off guard, he was frightened by the corpse on the ground, and what he was about to say was suddenly frightened back, and his face turned pale.

He hurriedly stabilized his mind with Shang Anqi's cold eyes, and said in a low voice: "The chief manager, the secretary of the internal security department handed over the greeting note to Lord Han and visited Niangniang. ”

"Who? Internal Security Envoy, Han Changdu? When Anqi heard this name, his brain buzzed, and his heart jumped suddenly, and he actually gave birth to a sense of ominous that a catastrophe was coming, and the palace of Annan County was going to be unlucky.

They Annan County Mansion and Han Changdu, and the Internal Security Division have never had anything to do with each other, and they have always been how far away they are to hide, he can't understand what this person is going to do when he suddenly comes to the door, but no matter what the person is doing, it must be unruly to hang people at the door of the County Palace, he stared at Leng Linjiang gloomily, changed his flattering smile in an instant, and stepped forward: "Young Envoy, in the house, that." ”

He wanted to speak and stopped, looking embarrassed.

Leng Linjiang glanced up at An Qi, he knew that Han Changdui was coming, but he pretended not to hear it, he didn't know it at all, he waved his hand disappreciatively, very considerate: "You go," he paused, pointed out the door, and looked impatient: "Let them all disperse, make a fuss!" ”

Anqi answered with a smiling face, and glanced at the man who had just come to report the news.

The man understood, walked out of the house quickly, waved his hand and shouted: "Let's go, let's go, let's go, I'm idle and have nothing to do, right, I should be on duty, and I will sell you sooner or later!" ”

Hearing this, the onlookers let out a "buzz" and ran away.

Some people ran out a few steps, stopped, and turned their heads to look at the back room a few more times.

The man's face suddenly sank, his expression was much more serious than before, and he stared at him and shouted: "Still looking, still looking!" Look again, I'll betray you right away! ”

As soon as these words came out, these people didn't hesitate at all, the wind was blowing under their feet, and they ran away cleanly.

The front of the back room became empty and silent.

An Qi arched his hand respectfully towards Leng Linjiang: "Lord Shaoyin, then, the villain will go to the front hall first, leave An Qiang behind, and obey Lord Shaoyin's orders." ”

Leng Linjiang glanced at An Qiang, who was standing next to An Qi, and became even more impatient: "No, no, I don't need to be served, let's go!" Let's go! ”

An Qiang choked up, his face was a little ugly, as the second head of the Annan County Palace, second only to An Qi, he was used to being complimented, where had he ever been mocked and despised like this.

If it weren't for Leng Linjiang's high power, An Qiang would have kicked him out eight feet away.

Anqi knew that his younger brother was an intolerable temper, so he hurriedly pulled his sleeve comfortingly, and said respectfully: "Listen to Lord Shaoyin, the villain will retreat first, if Lord Shaoyin has orders, go to the front hall, the villain and others are there." ”

"Got it, let's go, let's go, don't delay the official's case." Leng Linjiang nodded impatiently, and pushed them away even more anxiously.

An Qi and An Qiang had no other way, it was inappropriate to leave Leng Linjiang here alone, but it was even more inappropriate for them to forcibly leave another person.

The two of them were silent for a moment, walked out of the back room quickly, and glanced back at Leng Linjiang, seeing that he had a solemn face, he was indeed single-minded, selfless in his heart, and had no other thoughts, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and hurried to the front hall.

When the envoy of the Department of Internal Security came to visit, he had to be treated as a guest of honor, no matter what happened.

And now the Annan County Mansion is an eventful time, and there can be no carelessness, if you neglect the envoy of the Internal Security Division, it will cause other chaos.

Hearing the footsteps in the distance, Leng Linjiang looked up and swept over the empty courtyard, and saw that the courtyard was really empty, he stood up on his knees, patted the dust on his clothes, and sat in the bed not far away, crossed his feet, and looked at the door carelessly.

In just a moment, a light figure went around from the direction of the east wing to the back cover room, stopped at the corridor for a while, looked vigilantly left and right, and then quietly entered the west house of the back cover room.