The news of the salvage of an unknown female corpse in the Weishui River spread far and wide, and for a time it became the talk of the people of Kyoto after tea and dinner.

It is said that the woman's body was in a state of decay, with no items on her body that could identify her, except for a bright red dress.

Qi Tanying also heard about it, and it was her mother's wife who told her.

She still remembered that Mrs. Qi covered her chest with a frightened face and said: "How long has it been since the incident of the county lord of Yong'an County of the Tanglin Palace, and now another young woman has been killed, which shows how peaceful it is outside." ”

Qi Tanying has never dispelled the idea of moving out, and Mrs. Qi is about to be moved by her, who knows that there is another case of an unknown female corpse.

In this way, Mrs. Qi was reluctant to leave the Jiang family even if she was killed.

Qi Tanying didn't object, in fact, she was also a little uneasy in her heart.

June 29 is the death day of Qi Heming, his coffin was buried in Wuzhou, Mrs. Qi, mother and son came to Kyoto, and enshrined their tablets in the Qingxu Temple outside the city.

In the eighth year of Yuanhe, Qi Heming, who was a member of the Ministry of Works, was ordered to supervise the construction of Tangshan Palace, and when the construction of the palace was about to be completed, the Jiaozhi Hall located in the northwest collapsed, and Qi Heming died in the ruins of the broken wall.

In the same year, Mrs. Qi took a pair of children to Fuling back to Wuzhou to bury her deceased husband, and did not return to Kyoto until the spring of the eighteenth year of Yuanhe.

This year is Qi Heming's tenth year of rectification, Qi Yukun took leave with the husband of the academy, and went to Qingxuguan with his mother and sister to make a dojo for Qi Heming.

On the first day of the death day, Mrs. Qi took Qi Tanying and Qi Yukun to live in Qingxuguan, and according to the rules, they had to stay in Qingxuguan for seven days before they could leave after completing the dojo.

Mrs. Qi attaches great importance to the death of her deceased husband, and Qi Tanying and Qi Yukun are influenced by her, and they will follow her at this time every year to pray for their father who died young.

After the dojo was completed on the last day, Mrs. Qi also specially added 100 taels of sesame oil money and asked for a peace charm for each sister and brother.

After lunch, the mother and son were about to leave Qingxuguan and return to Jiang's house, but the carriage sent by the Jiang family to pick them up had not arrived for a long time.

At first, I thought it was delayed on the road, but I waited until the end of Shen Shi, and I didn't wait for the Jiang family's carriage.

Mrs. Qi was about to send someone down the mountain, when a few uninvited guests came to Qingxuguan, and they were all people Qi Tanying knew.

Wu Han, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Cheng Yan of Dali Temple came to Qingxu to investigate an old case.

This case is related to the collapse of the Jiaozhi Hall of Tangshan Palace, and the old case that has been sealed for ten years has suddenly been brought up today and handed over to Dali Temple for re-investigation.

Qi Heming was not in charge of the construction of the Tangshan Palace at the beginning, but was temporarily transferred to the supervisor when the construction of the palace was almost completed.

A few days before the collapse of the Jiaozhi Palace, there was a torrential rain in Tangshan, which continued day and night, until the morning of June 29.

It is said that after the rain stopped, Qi Heming hurriedly went down the mountain, and did not come back until the beginning of the unitary time, and his face was extremely ugly. Then he went to the Jiaozhi Temple, and stayed in the Jiaozhi Hall for less than two hours, and the Jiaozhi Hall collapsed, and he was also buried under the ruins.

Jiaozhi Hall is the last hall of Tangshan Palace, when Qi Heming was transferred, it had already entered the finishing stage, and the collapse of Jiaozhi Hall was not due to his poor supervision.

The reason is that someone has replaced the original wood with a batch of inferior wood that has been eaten by termites. Therefore, after Qi Heming's death, the imperial court did not hold him responsible, and only killed a few officials and craftsmen with great responsibility, and the matter was revealed.

Like a pebble thrown into the water, when the ripples dissipate, no one will lift it again.

It is precisely because of this that Mrs. Qi has always felt that Qi Heming is both unlucky and lucky, unfortunately, good people were buried in the rubble and died, fortunately, his wife and children were not implicated.

Ten years have passed, but now we have to find the truth about the collapse of the Jiaozhi Temple. Mrs. Qi's heart suddenly rose high, is there any doubt in this?

This made her feel uneasy for a while.

As difficult to calm down as her, there is Qi Tanying, their family of three has already accepted the sudden death of their father, what is the reason for ordering a re-investigation now?

Due to the arrival of Wu Han and his entourage, the mother and son of the Qi family could not go down the mountain for the time being, and Dali Temple temporarily requisitioned several rooms in the backyard of Qingxuguan as office space.

Wu Han suspected that Qi Heming should have gone down the mountain to see someone back then, if he knew who this person was, he might be able to know why Qi Heming drove everyone away and stayed alone in the Jiaozhi Hall for so long.

Mrs. Qi is his wife and the person closest to him, and he may be able to get some clues from her.

At the same time as he was asking Mrs. Qi, Yan Li was also asking Qi Tanying.

But Qi Tanying was only a seven-year-old child at that time, where could she remember if there was anything strange about her father's words and deeds a few days before his death.

Yan Li saw that she was distressed, and comforted her gently: "Don't worry, just think slowly." ”

Qi Tanying smiled reluctantly, Dali Temple made such a big battle, can you give her time to think slowly?

After thinking about it for a long time, she asked tentatively: "Yan Sicheng, my father he... Is there something wrong? ”

Originally, she wanted to ask Qi Heming if he was guilty? But after thinking about it, she changed the wording, although she has only been with her father for seven years, she always believes that her father will not do bad things against his conscience.

Yan Li looked apologetic, "I can't disclose information related to the case." ”

Qi Tanying was a little disappointed, but she could understand his position.

After about an hour, Mrs. Qi and Wu Han came out of the next guest room, Wu Han looked as usual, but Mrs. Qi frowned. Qi Tanying and Qi Yukun, who were waiting outside, hurriedly walked towards her.

Like Qi Tanying, Mrs. Qi did not recall the strangeness about Qi Heming before she was killed, and Wu Han did not urge her, but it was his patient waiting appearance that made Mrs. Qi very uneasy.

She was afraid that her dead husband was related to the collapse of the Jiaozhi Temple, and she was afraid that a pair of children would be implicated because of this, and the string in her brain was tight. Qi Tanying saw that her mother was in a bad state, so she lived with her at night.

In the middle of the night, the mother and daughter did not feel the slightest sleep. Mrs. Qi suddenly said: "Your father cares about his family the most, and he will definitely not do anything that harms our mother." ”

This seemed to be appeasing Qi Tanying, and it seemed to be said to herself.

Qi Tanying held her mother's hand back, recalling that when her father was still there, every time she went out, she would always bring her some interesting gadgets, sometimes clay dolls, sometimes monkey king masks, and even brought her a dice in the gambling house.

All the knick-knacks she put away in a sandalwood box that her father had made for her.

Later, after her father died, no one bought her those gadgets anymore, she followed her mother Fuling back to Wuzhou, and the sandalwood box was forgotten by her in the treasury of the Qi house in Kyoto.

After returning to Kyoto, their family lived in Jiang's house, and Qi's house never went back once.

Thinking of this, Qi Tanying whispered to Mrs. Qi, "Auntie, wait until you get down the mountain, let's go home and have a look." ”

Mrs. Qi didn't make a sound, Qi Tanying turned her head to look at her, and suddenly heard sobbing in her ears.