When Wang Wenqian's suspicions had not yet fallen, the next day was the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow was the day when Wang Wenqian got married.

At this time, just after the early dynasty of Shenshi, the courtiers went down to the Qianqing Palace, bypassed the Baohe Palace, the Zhonghe Hall and the Taihe Palace, and arrived at the noon gate.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the noon gate, more than a dozen catchers swarmed up and directly shackled Wang Wenqian, and all the officials were startled.

When Ling Qingyue saw it, she hurriedly walked over and said to Ge Zhou, the young master of the Dali Temple who led the team: "Ge Shaoqing, what does this mean?" Take someone in front of the noon gate? ”

Ge Shaoqing hurriedly saluted Ling Qingyue and said: "Lord Hui Shangshu, this is what Lord Shoufu meant, let us quickly try the case, close the case as soon as possible, if we wronged Wang Siqing, we will return Wang Siqing to a clean house, and the wedding on the day after tomorrow will be as usual; If it is indeed Wang Siqing who committed the crime, then it will be severely punished, and the wedding will be stopped. ”

In front of the noon gate, Wang Wenqing was taken away in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and he was really slapped in the face thoroughly, where is this innocent appearance, it is clearly the evidence is conclusive, and I want to be convicted quickly, right?

Ling Qingyue hurriedly asked, "Ge Shaoqing, what case did Wang Siqing commit?" ”

Ge Shaoqing should not have revealed the facts of the case, but Ling Qingyue is a second-class official, and when people ask about the case, they don't say anything, and Ling Shangshu must think that he looks down on him, and he will definitely be stuck in his throat in the future, and he may not be able to wear shoes for himself when he will not be worn.

Ge Shaoqing lowered his voice and said: "Lord Hui Shangshu, it was Wang Siqing's mother and uncle who brought her daughter to the capital to find Wang Siqing and forced him to marry his cousin as a wife or concubine. As a result, Wang Siqing pushed his relatives out of the door, and this morning, someone found Wang Siqing's relatives with a small house, and a total of eight people all died in the inn. ”

Wang Wenqian, who was still confused, knew what was going on all of a sudden, no wonder the Cheng family didn't trouble him yesterday and today, it turned out that he was dead.

The Cheng family has no enemies in the capital, and with such an accurate killing, anyone who looks at it is the biggest suspect.

Wang Wenqian said to Ling Qingyue with a disillusioned face: "My lord, I am not a murderer. ”

Ling Qingyue nodded and said, "I know, you go first, I will find a way to return your innocence." ”

Even if everyone suspected that Wang Wenqian was the murderer, Ling Qingyue would not suspect that he had dealt with Wang Wenqian for too long, from a rival in love to an ally, he already knew too well.

It is precisely because of this understanding that I firmly believe that Wang Wenqian is not a murderer.

Ling Qingyue returned home worriedly and discussed countermeasures with Xiangling.

Xiangling listened to it and was silent for a long time, and then muttered for a long time: "Xianggong, I think this matter is being manipulated behind someone's back, but I don't know if it's Wang Wenqian or you." ”

Wang Wenqian is Ling Qingyue's confidant, which makes Xiangling think deeper.

Ling Qingyue frowned and said: "Wang Wenqian deliberately concealed the marriage of his family, and he got the information so quickly when he got married, I suspect that someone has taken the military information channel, otherwise it will be blocked to cross the city and the pool, and it is impossible to arrive so quickly." ”

Xiangling looked at Ling Qingyue worriedly, Ling Qingyue also looked at Xiangling with a heavy heart, and involuntarily said the same name---- Chu Zhilian.

Although both husband and wife have a gut feeling related to him, they can't say why.

The urgent thing now is how to prove that Wang Wenqian is not the murderer.

Ling Qingyue hurriedly went to Dali Temple and talked with Dali Temple Qingguang for two hours before leaving.

I don't know how Ling Qingyue and Xing Guang talked about it, but Ling Qingyue got a lot of privileges, for example, she took Xiangling to the Yamen of Dali Temple to inspect the carriage of the family and the corpse.

Walking towards the morgue, far away, Xiangling smelled a burst of aroma, and her stomach rolled uncomfortably.

Xiangling has long passed the month of morning sickness, how can she be so uncomfortable?

Ling Qing Yuehu asked Ge Shaoqing, "How can it smell like sandalwood here?"

Ge Shaoqing hurriedly let people extinguish the sandalwood, opened the window to disperse the smell, and explained: "Lord Hui, the corpse is parked here all the year round, and now it is better in winter, especially in summer, the corpse smells after half a day, it smells extremely unpleasant, so we will learn the method of the temple and light the 'soothing incense', the name is soothing the god, so that the deceased can rest in peace, but in fact, it is to cover up the smell of the corpse." ”

Ling Qingyue asked Xiangling worriedly, "Are you okay?" ”

Xiangling nodded firmly.

The three entered the room.

The corpses of the family were placed together, eight side by side, and there were no less than one.

Ge Shaoqing asked people to lift all the cloths on the corpse, so that Ling Shangshu and Village Master Chu could check the wounds.

Looking at the shape of the wounds, all of them are knife wounds, and there is nothing special, and the blacksmith shop sells a lot of them every year.

Ge Shaoqing introduced the facts of the case and said: "These people died in the inn room respectively, and the assassins were neat and hit the vital point. The silver ticket of 10,000 taels of silver rewarded by the princess is gone, and the other scattered belongings have not been turned over, and they are still there. ”

On the surface, it seemed that he was robbing for the princess's 10,000 taels of silver, but the consensus between Ling Qingyue and the household department was that this person was not a person who wanted money.

Because if he is a habitual offender who wants money, how can he only take a silver ticket and not take a broken silver tael, which is very contrary to the bandits' "professional ethics" ---- the code of conduct for plucking the feathers of the goose.

Therefore, all the signs pointed to Wang Wenqian again.

Seeing that the clue is about to be broken.

When the three of them were leaving, the smell in the house was almost dispersed, but Xiangling smelled a different smell of sandalwood.

At first, I thought that the soothing fragrance just now had not dissipated, but when I smelled it carefully, I found that although the taste was similar, the taste was slightly different.

Xiangling's face immediately became solemn, and after sniffing it carefully, she found that at least five of the eight corpses had this sandalwood fragrance.

Xiangling couldn't help but ask Ge Shaoqing: "These people, have they met with the master of the horse?" ”

Ge Shaoqing looked at Chu Xiangling in surprise, and said with admiration: "The village master is really powerful, these people did see Princess Pingle and the concubine the day before they died, these people reported to the princess that Wang Wenqian had been chaotic and abandoned, and the concubine wanted to cancel his cousin's marriage, but the princess resolutely disagreed, and gave the family 10,000 taels of silver, and the family wrote a letter of guarantee, and never pestered Wang Wenqian again." ”

In this way, the matter has been satisfactorily resolved, and there is no need to kill at all.

The princess took the matter privately, but Wang Wenqian didn't know it, so the biggest suspect in the murder was Wang Wenqian.

Ling Qingyue and Xiangling returned home unhappy, and it was already late at night.

Both husband and wife were thinking about a breakthrough in the case, but there was no progress.

Ling Qingyue hugged Xiangling distressedly and said, "Go to bed early, and think about it tomorrow." ”

Xiangling nestled in Ling Qingyue's arms, and said to herself, "I don't understand one thing. The horse master has been in contact with many people in the princess's mansion, and these people do not have the scent of sandalwood; But Mei Lanzhu has it; Today, these people have only been summoned for a while, and logically speaking, there will be no residual sandalwood fragrance, but several of them have it, what's going on? ”

Ling Qingyue looked at Xiangling in her arms and muttered, "Could it be related to contact?" For example, hugging ......"

Xiangling Fox said suspiciously: "Mei Lanzhu may have had close contact with the horse master; But how is it possible to become a family? ”

Ling Qingyue thought for a long time, and her eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Xiangling, we may have misled ourselves. Thinking that the horse master had seen the Cheng family, he thought about the residual sandalwood fragrance on his body. Is there a possibility that these aromas do not belong to the Horse Lord, but to the Assassin, and it just so happens that the Assassin and the Horse Artist have stayed in the place where the sandalwood was lit for a long time, and the remnants of the sandalwood dare to ......"

A word woke up the dreamer, and the husband and wife thought of a place at the same time: the mysterious temple of the horse master.

Xiangling said worriedly: "Xianggong, I smelled the sandalwood in the morgue and felt that it was at least seven points the same as the fragrance lit in the temple of the concubine, could they also be for -----?"

Xiangling swallowed the last half of the sentence back, because no one wanted this situation to be true.