Early in the morning, Chen Yuan was knocked on the door by Zhang Ju, the family was inexplicable, they didn't know Zhang Ju, or Chen Yuan introduced them to him, in order not to hit him, he only said that he was a northern genius he knew in his early years, and he didn't mention the champion, otherwise others would suspect how a champion could fall like this.

Chen Yuan asked what was going on in the morning.

Zhang Ji said anxiously: "Oh no, someone in Chunhongfang was killed." ”

Chen Yuan frowned: "Murder is managed by local general judgment, let-"

Zhang Juan pulled him over: "Brother Chen, I'm offended, come with me, I'm worried about what will stimulated Miss Zhong." ”

Hurriedly arrived at the painting boat, there was a murder, the painting boat docked by the Qinhuai River, and the Nanjing government had already guarded the surroundings. I heard crying on the boat from a distance, and some people argued loudly, saying that they didn't do it themselves, this voice was very familiar, and Chen Yuan and Zhang Ju could hear that it was Li Qi.

Chen Yuan was very strange, why did he get into trouble.

Zhang Ju wanted to get on the boat, of course he was stopped, moved out of Chen Yuan, Wei Ninghou wanted to go up, the official did not dare to stop, and went to report to Zuo Chuan. Zuo Chuan frowned: Why did this evil star come, it would be very troublesome for him to ask. However, where is the disparity in identity, it can only be asked to invite Chen Yuan on the ship.

"See Master Hou." Zuo Chuan saluted.

Chen Yuan waved his hand: "Ben Hou has only been in Nanjing for a few days, and such a big event happened, so come and see, Lord Zuo is busy himself, and Ben Hou will not bother you." ”

Zuo Chuan smiled bitterly: "It alarmed the Hou Ye, the sin of the lower officials." I'm really ashamed, yesterday Lord Qincha came, drank a few more glasses, said that he was going to the painting boat quietly, and the officials persuaded him, the imperial court system, the officials did not comply with the rules when they went to the Qinglou, but they couldn't rely on the temper of Lord Qincha, so they had to come——"

"Zuo Chuan, you are talking nonsense, you brought the official here last night, and the official did not kill anyone." Li Qi was brought out, dressed in white clothes, and his hands were stained with blood. His eyes were red, and he roared and pointed at Zuo Chuan, "I have Shang Fang's sword, and I want to kill you traitors." ”

Zuo Chuan clenched his fists towards the north, and said righteously: "The Son of Heaven broke the law, and the common people are guilty of the same crime, the little peach girl was killed last night, there is only you in the room, Lord Li, this official is entrusted by His Majesty to manage the Nanjing Prison, and before the case is clarified, he was offended." ”

"You, you hurt me, Zhong Xiao, you slut, you hurt me-"

"Shut up, Li Qi, you are not allowed to insult Miss Zhong-"

"Zhang Zhu, ah, it's you, haha, it turns out that you cooperated to harm me, I'm not afraid of you, I'll kill you all, you adulterer**-"

"Li Qi, stop talking." Zhong Xiao came out, crying red-eyed and scolding.

Zhang Ju also scolded Li Qi for being shameless.

Zuo Chuan ignored him and asked Li Qi to be taken down.

Zhang Ji went to comfort Zhong Xiao, Zhong Xiao came to Chen Yuan's side, glanced at it, lowered his head, his eyes flickered, as if he was a little weak. did not escape Chen Yuan's eyes. made Chen Yuan even more suspicious.

Zuo Chuan asked the person who first saw the crime, and the old bustard came over with a girl with purple lips and blue face.

"What's your name?"

"What are you doing? Your Majesty asks you something. Seeing that the girl was trembling, the old bustard did not answer, but scolded.

The little girl came back to her senses and knelt down and buckled her head: "Minnu, Minnu Hongyan." ”

Zuo Chuan stroked his beard: "You tell me what happened." ”

Hongyan replied intermittently: "Just now...... I went to deliver ...... just now Morning tea ...... The knock on the door has not been answered, very ...... It's very strange, just when the turtle road passed, he had a lot of strength, pushed it, and the door opened, and he found it...... I found out...... Little Pink Girl...... Someone killed in the room...... Master Li was lying on the ground, blood everywhere...... Lots of blood......"

Zuo Chuan asked the turtle to be brought, and the turtle knelt down: "Xiaomin Li Si, see the big master." ”

"What Hongyan said, is it true?"

"Yes, Xiaomin can testify that Chunhongfang has to send morning tea to the guests every morning, one is to wake up the guests, so that the guests will not miss the time and miss other things, and the other is to remind the girl that it is time to rest. Xiaomin happened to pass by, and when he saw that Hongyan was calling and there was no movement, he helped push the door, but he didn't expect it to open as soon as he pushed it, and he saw this situation, Xiao Taohong was killed, and Master Li was lying on the ground and moved his fingers, Hongyan was stunned at that time, and Xiaomin was also scared half to death. ”

"In the room at that time, who else was there besides Master Li?"

Hongyan and Li Siqi shook their heads in unison: "There is no one else." ”

After asking like this, the biggest suspicion is Li Qi.

But Chen Yuan has doubts, Li Qi is already in an official residence, and he has no grievances with a woman in a Qinglou, why kill her, drunk and murderous? Li Qi's usual personable appearance, although he is very hypocritical, his restraint is okay, and the probability of anger and murder is not very high.

Chen Yuan asked, "Where is the body?" ”

One of the guards pointed to a boudoir a few steps ahead, bowed down and replied, "Back to the Hou Ye, the body is there." ”

Gu Wei Chen Yuan walked over and came to Xiao Taohong's boudoir.

Zhang Ju was scared and didn't dare to look at it, his face turned blue, and he squatted aside and retched. Chen Yuan has been on the battlefield, and the dead have already seen too much. Looking carefully, the door was open, the tables, chairs and benches were very messy, there was a large pool of blood on the ground, most of the little peach was naked, and there was blood all over her face, neck, and body.

Suddenly, Zhong Xiao ran over, knelt on the ground, hugged Xiao Taohong's corpse tightly, and cried bitterly.

Chen Yuan was even more strange, Xiao Fengxian also arrived, and explained in a low voice: "Sister Zhong has refused to accept guests in the past few years, and several times, it was Xiao Taohong who helped her out of the siege, so Sister Zhong is very sad." ”

I see, Chen Yuan frowned and looked at Zhong Xiao in the room, paying attention to where the traces might have been destroyed by Zhong Xiao.

Chen Yuan frowned and said: "Miss Zhong, I understand your feelings, but people can't be resurrected after death, come out quickly, you will mess up the scene and hinder the arrest of the murderer!" ”

Zhong Xiao didn't seem to hear it, and still hugged Xiao Taohong's corpse tightly and cried bitterly.

"Master Hou, the murderer is Li Qi, what else can be checked." Zhong Xiao suddenly said coldly.

The old bustard had already gone upstairs, followed behind Chen Yuan, and shouted, "Zhong Xiao, what are you howling!" The old lady has raised you for so long, and you have lost money and goods, so don't you get out of the old lady quickly! Delay the master's investigation, can you afford it! Xiao Taohong died well, if it weren't for her, Zhong Xiao would have picked up customers, I have a lot of income in Chunhongfang, real money, I have fed the dogs and raised two white-eyed wolves. ”

Chen Yuan said coldly: "Old mother, the person is dead, you scold like this, is there Sun Yinde." ”

The old bustard was startled, and hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "Hou Ye forgives the sin, Hou Ye forgives the sin, it is the people's woman who lost her words, and I slapped my mouth." She was so ruthless that she gave herself two mouths in the face.

Zhong Xiao slowly put Xiao Taohong's body on the floor, stood up, and walked out crying.

Chen Yuan said lightly: "Miss Zhong, I just said that people can't be resurrected after death, and I have reminded you not to destroy the scene, you rushed in in such a hurry, and there were bloody footprints everywhere, destroying all the traces that the murderer might have left at the scene, even if you are sad, you can't do it." There is only Li Qi in the room, and he is the most suspicious, but there are still variables, and many things still need to be carefully investigated. ”

In fact, Chen Yuan knew very well in his heart that Zhong Xiao's behavior was abnormal, and it was likely to be like revenge. However, she is a weak woman, it is too difficult to kill Xiao Taohong, the matter is not clear, he is not a judge, he is in charge of the prison, I don't know what he is doing this, and it is not good to ask more.

Seeing Chen Yuan looking at him, Zhong Xiao quickly wiped the corners of his red eyes, sobbed in a low voice, and said, "Master Hou, I'm sorry, the folk girl has lost her temper." ”

Zuo Chuan arrived and coughed: "That's it, Miss Zhong, you are also affectionate and righteous, the official will not pursue it, the person is already dead, and the murderer will be brought to justice, and the girl's mourning will change." ”

Zhong Xiao hummed miserably.

Zuo Chuan asked him to conduct an autopsy, cordoned off the scene, and then took people away. Chen Yuan was a little curious, he always felt a little weird, and when he came to the room again, the guards recognized Master Hou and didn't dare to stop him.

Little Peach's corpse was lying on the side of the bed, the bedding on the bed was very messy, sticky with blood, especially the pair of mandarin duck pillows, which were almost soaked with blood, one of them fell under the bed, and there was a large pool of blood around the neck of her corpse lying on the floor, and this pool of blood appeared, indicating that this was most likely the first scene of the murder.

Little Pink had only some clothes on her body, but it was not in tatters. The fatal wound is obvious, there is only one place, on the left side of the neck, the wound is double-blunt, the wound is open, diamond-shaped, and the wound is closed, which is cross-shaped, indicating that the murder weapon should be a bladeless stabbing weapon. Judging from this appearance, it is likely to be scissors.

Of course, the autopsy Chen Yuan didn't understand at all, he just watched the autopsy and saw the corpse filled in.

Next to the bedside, there was a small pair of blood-stained scissors. After measuring and comparing the sizes, it was determined that it was the murder weapon.

Judging from the wound opening and local inflammation of the wound, it is a prenatal wound, and in addition, the large pool of blood on the ground also proves this, because if it is a postmortem wound, because the heart has stopped beating, there will be no large amount of blood gushing out, only a small amount of blood flowing out of the wound under the action of gravity.

Judging from the location of the neck wound, the angle and depth of the wound, he could not form it, and he was killed.

There were multiple scratches on the floor, presumably from the struggle before death, as well as a mess of bloody footprints. Distributed around the corpse, as well as back and forth from the doorway to the corpse.

The epidermis of the pool of blood had dried up and coagulated, and it was dark red, but these footprints were bright red, indicating that they were left by Hongyan, Li Si, and Zhong Xiao after stepping on the pool of blood when they came in to check on the deceased.

Judging from the distribution of the bloodstains, the little pink girl should have been killed while she was asleep in bed, and the murderer stabbed her in the neck with scissors. According to the old bustard, Xiao Taohong drank a lot of wine last night, and was later tossed by Li Qi and was very tired. She was supposed to fall into a deep sleep, and after being injured, she was powerless to resist, and she was powerless to cry or cry out in a weak voice, and she rolled out of bed as she struggled, and she quickly died of shock due to the sudden loss of blood in the arteries in her neck.

But the more Chen Yuan looked at it, the more strange he felt, and there were many doubts. First, why did Li Qi kill people? The second is that Li Qi is a man, why do you use scissors, and third, there are traces of joy in the little peach, Zhong Xiao said that Li Qi can't do it there, which proves that there are other people who have come. Zhong Xiao's eyes and behavior were a little abnormal, she seemed to know something.

"Brother Chen—" Chen Yuan came out of the room and met Zhang Zhu.

"How's Miss Chung?"

"She's very emotionally unstable, I-ve comforted her for a long time, it's useless, Brother Chen, although I hate Li Qi, but Li Qi can't commit murder, I think, this-" He lowered his voice, "Someone deliberately murdered." ”

Chen Yuan patted him on the shoulder and led him away, his eyes slightly condensed. It is not a secret that Li Qi came to Jiangnan, and he wanted to implement a whip law, which violated the interests of the big landlords and gentry officials.

At this time, Li Qi had an accident, the reform will inevitably be postponed, and it may even die young, the article in this is deep, Chen Yuan originally planned to stand by and watch, but the policy he proposed could not be destroyed like this, he wanted to see how deep the water in the Nanjing Mansion was.

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