In the palace, the people kneeling on the ground in the courtyard cried miserably and miserably. Jiang Shiyi knelt in the crowd, only feeling a headache.

Half an hour ago, she was still dealing with a murder case on the modern street, but unexpectedly, the murderer suddenly took out a homemade gun from his arms, and with a bang, the fire enveloped her.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself kneeling in a group of maids, dressed in ancient costume. Listening to the steward angrily, the old man was poisoned, and everyone in the kitchen was suspicious.

In addition to the old lady of the Wang family who was in charge of the hall, there was also a row of people wearing official uniforms. Jiang Shiyi listened to the steward just now, the master of this mansion is a doctor of Taixue who is the sixth grade of the dynasty, and he was poisoned in the mansion, which is a big deal.

"Your Excellency." The steward said respectfully: "All the people in the kitchen are here today, there are nine in total. Only a few of them had the opportunity to poison the old man's wine. I asked, and the wine came out of the kitchen and went straight to the old man's room. It was sent by a light rain. ”

A girl beside Jiang Shiyi's face was like earth, and she kowtowed to the ground suddenly: "My lord Ming Cha, although I served the wine, everyone in the kitchen has the opportunity to come into contact with the wine ......"

Xiao Feng was stunned, and suddenly pointed at Jiang Shiyi: "It must be her!" ”

Jiang Shiyi was stunned.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes fell on Jiang Shiyi.

Xiaofeng couldn't take care of herself so much in order to pick herself out, and said in one breath: "We are all in the house all the year round, only she just came yesterday, and she didn't say anything, just said that she was in the capital and didn't know whether it was true or not, there must be a problem, she had an accident as soon as she came, how could it be such a coincidence." ”

As soon as she said this, everyone's eyes on her suddenly turned out to be wrong.

Jiang Shiyi was also on the verge of collapse, and for half an hour and an hour, she was labeled as a murderer before she could figure out who she was.

"I'm Lieutenant Zhou Chen." The man said in a deep voice: "Taifu is an official of the imperial court, and the murder is not trivial. If you are a murderer, you might as well recruit it, and you will not suffer from flesh and skin."

"I didn't, she." Jiang Shiyi blurted out.

There was a young girl in the kitchen, and the man looked at him one by one, and the sound of crying started again, and there was a lot of commotion.

"Shut up." Zhou Chen was very impatient: "Since you dare to poison, it seems that you are not small, and you will not admit it if you don't punish you." Escort them all to me. ”

The subordinates responded, and immediately someone came to pull the crowd.

No one has ever been to the cell in the Lieutenant's Mansion, but it is clear that whether they are innocent or not, they will have to shed a layer of skin if they go.

Jiang Shiyi had already been dragged by his arm, and he was a little anxious, this was the scene of the first crime, the person had just died, and all the clues should still be there, but if she was pulled into prison, she couldn't even tell her name and family history, then it would be really over.

The person who pulled it was an errand with great strength, and Jiang Shiyi felt that his arm was about to break, and at this moment, a gust of wind blew, lifting the white cloth covering the corpse somewhat.

Jiang Shiyi immediately looked over, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said loudly: "The master was not poisoned. ”

Everyone's eyes suddenly focused, and Zhou Chen turned his head violently: "What did you say?" ”

"The lord may not have died of poisoning." Jiang Shiyi looked at Zhou Chen bravely.

Zhou Chen walked over, and everyone immediately separated.

He looked at Bai Yue with heavy eyes: "Why do you say that, what do you know?" ”

"I don't know anything, but I see the master." Jiang Shiyi couldn't take too much care at this time, and he threw off the errand and rushed over, wanting to reach out and lift the white cloth.

"Bold." Someone immediately shouted, and Zhou Chen didn't move, so he blocked in front of Jiang Shiyi, and a steely hand firmly held her wrist.

After a moment of silence, someone in the palace finally reacted, and the old lady of the Wang family shouted: "Catch her, what does that girl want to do......"

As he spoke, a small servant from the palace immediately rushed over, but Zhou Chen waved his hand.

The man who rushed up hesitated and stopped.

Zhou Chen said with a straight face: "Every word you say now must be true." Otherwise, you can't afford it. ”

Jiang Shiyi nodded like garlic.

"You said that the master did not die of poisoning, what evidence do you have?"

Jiang Shiyi took a deep breath, one hand was still dragged by Zhou Chen, and as soon as the other hand was stretched, he directly lifted the white cloth.

There was an uproar, and most of the people in the courtyard exclaimed.

Taifu was about fifty years old, with a strong body, and at this time his eyes were lying on the ground, and he was dead.

The deceased is the greatest, not to mention that the one who died was still an official of the imperial court, and it is absolutely forbidden to desecrate at will with an identity like Jiang Shiyi, but since the capital has been lifted, no one can stop her from looking at it twice.

"Say." Zhou Chen's expression was cold, and he grabbed Jiang Shiyi's wrist: "What did you see?" ”

This strength is really not small, Jiang Shiyi shrank in pain, and then pointed to the ground: "See him." ”

Zhou Chen was a little surprised: "Didn't you see the murderer?" ”

"No, I didn't see the murderer." Jiang Shiyi knew that this person had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "Just now the wind blew up the white cloth, and I saw the adult's face, the face was blue and purple, and the eyes were protruding, which is a typical feature of suffocation, not poisoning. ”

"You still know this." Zhou Chen was a little surprised, but then sneered: "Do you think that I can't tell if I died of poisoning or suffocation?" ”

It is also said that death by suffocation is a very obvious feature, the lieutenant is in charge of the security of the capital, and he has seen countless deaths of all kinds, so he will not make such a shallow mistake.

Zhou Chen waved his hand, which means, take it away.

"Wait a minute." Jiang Shiyi hurriedly said: "The adult is obviously suffocated to death, why are you sure that it is poisoned?" ”

It seems that this is not a secret, and one of the attendants beside Zhou Chen said: "When Taifu was discovered, he was holding a wine glass in his hand, and there was foam at the corner of his mouth. There were blood stains on both the nose and mouth. Immediately we examined the wine in his cup, and it was poisonous, and we put a silver needle into his throat, and it was poisonous. ”

This is indeed a very typical poisoning symptom, Jiang Shiyi was stunned, and always felt that something was wrong.

"Looks like you do have a problem." Zhou Chen's face was gloomy: "Tie her up and take her away for me." ”

The subordinates immediately came up, and without waiting for Jiang Shiyi to struggle, he tied her hands together in three or two strokes, and dragged her out like a piglet.

Suddenly, someone seemed to come from outside the courtyard, and there was a sound of footsteps.

Jiang Shiyi was dragged and stumbled a few steps, tripped under his feet, and the whole person rushed forward.

Just as she was about to hit the ground, a hand held her arm.

"Lord Song." Zhou Chen walked over from behind: "You're here too?" ”

Jiang Shiyi looked up in astonishment, only to see that a young man dressed in black was holding her.

Looking up from the bottom, I only feel that it is indescribably great, this is actually a very good-looking young man. Thick eyebrows and starry eyes, a high nose bridge, thin lips slightly pursed, and a very good face.

The young man's hands are also good-looking, his fingers are slender and his flesh and bones are stopped, it seems to be very light, but he is very strong to hold her up and hold her up steadily.

"Lord Zhou." The man nodded, but didn't say anything anymore, but looked at Jiang Shiyi and said in a low voice, "Are you okay, are you hurt?" ”

Jiang Shiyi shook his head in a daze.

"That's good." The man naturally pulled Jiang Shiyi back and pulled him behind him, and the subordinates who followed him hurriedly untied the thick rope tied around her wrist.

"Lord Song, what do you mean by that?" Zhou Chen, who came over, was obviously dissatisfied, but he seemed to be afraid and suppressed this dissatisfaction.

The young man took two steps forward and said aloud to everyone: "I am the Song Dynasty of Dali Temple, and the case of the murder of Taifu is now being taken over by Dali Temple." ”

Then, Song Chao turned his head and said, "Lord Zhou has worked hard, I will deal with the following matters." ”

As soon as the words of the Song Dynasty came out, Zhou Chen's subordinates obviously showed a look of displeasure, and some people muttered, so the case that is clear still needs to be investigated by Dali Temple, is this not clear to grab credit?

But Zhou Chen immediately glared at his subordinates, and said briskly: "Okay, then the rest of the matter will be handed over to Lord Song." ”

The rope on Jiang Shiyi's wrist was untied, and she was moving her wrist, when Zhou Chen passed by and suddenly stopped, pointing at her.

"This woman." Zhou Chen said: "The origin is unknown, it is very likely that he is the murderer, my lord has to check carefully." ”

"No, it won't." Song Chao said: "Someone is a guarantee, she will never be a murderer." ”

Zhou Chenqi said: "Who will guarantee her?" ”

Song Chao smiled slightly: "I." ”

"You?" Zhou Chen was incomprehensible for a while.

Song Chao glanced at Jiang Shiyi gently: "Eleven is my fiancée, and she ran out a few days ago in an awkward manner, which made Lord Zhou laugh." ”

Not to mention that Zhou Chen was dumbfounded, Jiang Shiyi was also dumbfounded, and he didn't know that his wrist was in pain, and he looked at this man named Song Chao in amazement.

Her fiancé is a third-grade official, and she ran out to do odd jobs, what kind of plot is this?

Zhou Chen thought for a while: "Lord Song, why have you never heard that you are engaged?" In the capital, there doesn't seem to be a big family with the surname Jiang. ”

The marriageable eldest lady and young man in the capital are always the object of gossip, who married whom, who fell out with whom, Zhou Chen knew it too well without saying it, and he had heard of it. The Song Dynasty was a famous golden bachelor, as we all know, he had not yet decided to marry, and it was rumored that he was going to choose a horse.

The Song Dynasty had a good temper and explained: "It is a relative of the elders in the family, and Eleven is not from the capital, and has been living in other places, and he has only come to Beijing in the past few days." Except for the elders in the family, almost no one knows. ”

Although it is strange, no one in the Song Dynasty will doubt that he will not joke about his marriage event.

It's just that Zhou Chen was about to leave, but he didn't expect the Song Dynasty to say Bai Yue's identity, so he didn't leave

Zhou Chen explained: "I naturally believe that Lord Song is enforcing the law, but Miss Jiang has been in the Taifu Mansion for the past few days, and she is indeed suspicious. If Miss Jiang is Lord Song's fiancée, Lord Song seems to want to avoid it. ”

"I should have avoided her, but she is alone here, and I must not be at ease alone." Song Chao invited: "It's better to be like this, how about I ask Lord Zhou to work hard again, and help from the side?" ”

One person is private and two are public, since this case is in the hands of the Song Dynasty, it is naturally the task above, and it is not appropriate to hand it over by yourself. But let Zhou Chen supervise, and he will be innocent.

Zhou Chen said happily: "Willing to serve." ”

Song Chao nodded in thanks, and then looked back at Jiang Shiyi.

Jiang Shiyi had not yet recovered from the five thunder bombardments, and he met the eyes of the Song Dynasty, and he didn't know what expression to give for a while.

In front of everyone's eyes, Song Chao grabbed Jiang Shiyi's wrist and rubbed it, leaned over and whispered in her ear.

Everyone saw it in their eyes, and they only sighed in their hearts that it was really a hundred steels to meet their sweethearts, and the Song Dynasty had always been ruthless as a Dali Siqing, but they didn't expect that in front of their fiancée, they would be so tender like water.

Jiang Shiyi was also stunned, and she rubbed her ears vigorously.

Song Chao's words were too quiet, only she could barely hear them clearly, what he said was, if you dare to run around, break your legs.

What a neurotic schizophrenia this man must have been able to maintain such a gentle expression and say such vicious words.

After Song Chao finished speaking, he let go of his hand and walked over to the Taifu and the others: "Old lady, don't worry, the adult has suffered an accident, and he will definitely find out clearly, let the murderer be punished, and let the adults be blind." ”

Taifu and the Song Dynasty were colleagues, and although the two families did not have much contact, they always knew each other. If the Taifu family was worried that the Song Dynasty really had the idea of covering up at the beginning, now that he took the initiative to let Zhou Chen supervise, it would be difficult to say anything.

The old lady said, "Then it's hard work for the two adults." ”

The Song Dynasty let everyone disperse first, and the other few suspected people in the kitchen were locked up alone, and they themselves walked in front of the corpse.

Jiang Shiyi also hurriedly followed.

She thought about it, since the Song Dynasty could introduce her identity in front of Zhou Chen, it can be seen that he admits this relationship, even if he doesn't like it in his heart, he has to maintain it in front of him. So now the first thing is to clear the suspicion of murder.

Song Chao glanced back at her: "What are you doing here?" ”

"Investigate the case." Jiang Shiyi deserves it.

"You? Investigating the case? Song Chao seemed to smile on his face: "Will you?" ”

Jiang Shiyi nodded.

Song Chao was blocked for a while, and then said good-naturedly: "Don't make trouble, I'll send someone to send you back first, in the past few days since you left, grandpa, father and mother have been in a hurry and are looking for you everywhere." ”

Jiang Shiyi was blinded by this gentleness, and then said categorically: "I am suspicious now, it is not appropriate to leave like this." Or do you want to look at the deceased first, in case you can see any clues? ”

The Song Dynasty obviously didn't approve, but Zhou Chen interjected: "Lord Song, just now Miss Jiang knew that the adult's face was bruised and his eyes were bulging and he was suffocated to death, so it can be seen that he is an expert, it is better to listen to her opinion." ”

The Song Dynasty was full of suspicion, but Zhou Chen definitely wouldn't lie.

Jiang Shiyi fixed his head, and he was indeed an expert.

There were outsiders, and the Song Dynasty had a thousand doubts and impatience, but finally swallowed it.

Seeing that the Song Dynasty did not object again, Zhou Chen immediately introduced the situation.

The facts are simple and clear, and Song Chao said: "In this way, the adult died of poisoning. ”

Jiang Shiyi immediately asked the question in his heart: "Then how do you explain that his eyes are bulging and his face is blue?" Even if the poison can make the face bruise, it is unlikely to cause the eyes to bulge. ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and after a pause, Song Chao said: "There is a possibility, the adult first drank the poisonous wine, but the poison was not enough, and the murderer stepped forward again when he saw this, and directly strangled the person to death." ”

Jiang Shiyi shook his head.

The Song Dynasty was a little dissatisfied: "How is it inappropriate? ”

Jiang Shiyi: "There are so many people in the Taifu family, how can the person who poisoned him keep an eye on him." If you don't die if you are poisoned, you will roll and toss during the struggle, and make a huge movement, and then come up and strangle yourself at this time, it will be too blatant and too easy to be discovered. ”

Zhou Chen agreed: "What Miss Jiang said is reasonable. When I inquired in the house before, the Taifu family said that there were always two small servants standing at the door of the adult's room, and they didn't hear any movement. That is, the adults died, without a little struggle. ”

Jiang Shiyi squatted down, looked sideways at Taifu's face and neck, and suddenly said, "Can you give me a silver needle?" ”

Song Chao was taken aback: "What are you going to do, don't mess around." ”

Jiang Shiyi looked at the smooth and uninjured neck: "Lord Zhou, did the silver needle probe the throat from the mouth?" ”

"Naturally, or else?"

"Not exactly." Jiang Shiyi said: "Can I take a look at the silver needle?" ”

If Jiang Shiyi was still a temporary worker in the kitchen, Zhou Chen would not have looked at her, but now she is the fiancée of the Song Dynasty. And looking at her speaking grace, she really doesn't look like a miscellaneous girl, Zhou Chen thought about it and nodded.

Zhou Chen ordered someone to bring over a wooden box, opened it, and there were some tools inside.

Silver needles of various sizes, knives of different shapes, awls, saws, hammers, Jiang Shiyi took a look: "Lord Zhou is still a fool." ”

This is a set of basic tools for autopsy, although it seems ancient after a thousand years, but Jiang Shiyi still knows it.