In the morning, when he was busy outside, Nanling took Qu Qiyuan's old handwriting back from Qu'an. After Chen Chaoyan saw it, he put it aside. At this moment, she was about to reach out to take it, and when she heard his words, she paused slightly, and asked with a smile: "What kind of answer does the prince want to hear?" ”

Hearing that she didn't go to her heart, Xie Xuan no longer continued to tempt, but followed her tone and said, "Then it depends on what kind of answer the princess wants to give me." ”

Chen Chaoyan took all of Qu Qiyuan's handwriting, picked out Zhang's poems and articles that were also written in italics, and put them together with the book, and while motioning for him to look at it, he said: "It doesn't matter if I just appeared to meet the prince, the important thing is that I met the prince, what is the answer?" ”

Xie Xuan looked at the two almost identical handwritings and said, "The answer is good. ”

After Chen Chaoyan smiled, he put away his playfulness, pointed at the book and poems on his chin, and asked, "Is there a difference between these two handwritings?" ”

Xie Xuan didn't answer, but raised his eyes and called the waiter and Wenmo over, "Take a look." ”

The waiter took the book and the poems and put them in front of him, and after reading them word by word, he said: "The handwriting on these two pages is the same whether it is the trend of the strokes, or the pressure of the pen, the strength of the pen, and the stroke of the pen, it should be from the same person." ”

Wen Mo nodded in agreement.

Xie Xuan instructed: "Take a closer look." ”

When Shishu and Wenmo heard him say this, they compared each other more carefully. And this comparison doesn't matter, almost instantly, the two noticed the difference. The waiter moved quickly, pointed to the word 'self' and the word 'I', and said quickly: "Whenever you encounter a similar font like 'five' on the head of the word 'self' and 'wu' in the book of the masterpiece, there will be a slight pen." And the same kind of words on this poem and article are clean and neat, and there is no trace of the pen. ”

Wenmo added: "I don't know if other articles are like this. ”

The waiter immediately took the stack of Qu Qiyuan's old handwriting that was next to Chen Chaoyan's hand, quickly flipped through all the handwriting written in italics, and handed it to Wenmo. The text and ink are arranged in a row. After a while, after the two of them quickly searched, their eyes burned and said: "I'm afraid this letter is only written by forging Qu Qiyuan's handwriting." ”

Chen Chaoyan praised sincerely: "It's really a good eyesight!" ”

The waiter said reservedly: "The two of us found out the difference only after being reminded by the son. Miss Chen is afraid that she will already see it at a glance. ”

Chen Chaoyan covered up rather unintentionally: "I also looked for it twice. ”

In fact, she didn't look for it again.

She used the light screen to scan all of Qu Qiyuan's old handwriting and the master's handwriting, and then enlarged and overlapped the difference between them word by word.

"If you are not as good as people, you are not as good as people," the waiter said with a smile, "Miss Chen doesn't have to save face for us." ”

It's really not that they are inferior to others, it's just that the root cause can't be explained, Chen Chaoyan can only smile, and then reveal the matter and don't talk about it. But she didn't talk about it, and roughly guessed that she was Xie Xuan, who was using the square light screen to cheat, but joked: "The princess just said that there is no guarantee that the case will be overturned." It was only a few moments before the evidence was found. ”

Chen Chaoyan teased: "Does the prince still want to investigate the case?" ”

Xie Xuan confessed: "The princess said. ”

"When I first met the prince, the prince was prominent, rich and proud, and his whole body exuded a cold atmosphere, which made people dare not rely on it easily. Now I know each other, I am laughing and playing, and there is nothing to ......" Chen Chaoyan's ridiculous words were only halfway through, and he suddenly thought that at his age, he would be a senior or freshman in high school in modern times, and when he was young and lively, he couldn't help laughing, and then swallowed back the second half of the sentence, and then turned to the topic, "Does the prince know where the bones of Qu Qiyuan and the widow of Zhou are buried?" ”

Xie Xuan clasped his hands and tapped the bookcase, "What's nothing?" ”

"Nature is a hundred taboos." Chen Chaoyan said.

Xie Xuan was still knocking on the bookcase, "Princess, you might as well tell me in detail, when have I ever had no taboos?" ”

"Calling me the princess when you open your mouth and close your mouth is not a hundred taboos?" Chen Chaoyan looked at him with a smile.

"Although the princess hasn't passed the door yet, but there is a marriage certificate as proof, how can it be considered that there are no taboos?" Xie Xuan said.

Chen Chaoyan laughed twice: "The marriage letter has not been approved by the emperor, nor has it been approved by hundreds of civil and military officials, but it is just a product of the whim of the prince, how can it not be considered taboo-free?" ”

Xie Xuan took a long time, "The princess knows that it is my product on a whim, but why do you want to accept it?" ”

Chen Chaoyan tilted his head and looked at him, "Because although this marriage certificate is not in accordance with the rules, it is true." In the future, even if the civil and military officials do not approve of it, they will always give me some benefits in exchange. The prince is favored by the emperor, and the benefits must be no less. ”

"The princess has a point." Xie Xuan nodded in agreement, "Yes, the princess must take the marriage book well, don't lose it or break it." ”

Chen Chaoyan said: "Do you need to say this? ”

Xie Xuan watched her flow in the autumn waves, inadvertently revealing her smart and delicate, and his heart was slightly warm. Putting aside his eyes, he looked at her pen, and took the initiative to answer what she had just said: "Qu Qiyuan's bones are buried in Qu's mansion, and the bones of Widow Zhou's will have to be called to ask Qu An for a while." ”

Seeing that he was not joking, Chen Chaoyan also restrained his thoughts, and after a 'hmm', he said: "The old case of the Qu family is quite complicated, and it involves a lot. If you want to solve the case in a short time, I can only say that I will do my best. I'll talk about my thoughts first, and the prince will see if it's feasible. ”

Xie Xuan nodded and motioned for her to say.

Chen Chaoyan said: "Let's start with the case of Qu Wensheng's murder of Zhou's widow. From the case file and Qu An's answers, the clues we have so far have: first, the coachman who carried Qu Wensheng to Zhou's house was addicted to gambling; Second, the three friends who are close to Qu Wensheng, one of them is obsessed with collecting antique calligraphy and paintings, and the other is obsessed with women; Third, the side branch of Qu's family in the ancestral homeland has many dissatisfaction with the old lady Qu; Fourth, Qu Wensheng is not greedy for women, or even indifferent. ”

"Let's talk about the coachman first."

Not to mention that Qu Wensheng explained that he was unconscious soon after getting into the carriage, only from the time he woke up. Qu Wensheng killed Widow Zhou, it was Widow Zhou's brother-in-law who went home from the ground, recognized Qu Wensheng's carriage parked at the corner of the courtyard, and then had a bad premonition, rushed to the house and saw Qu Wensheng riding on Widow Zhou's body to commit murder, and then went to the county government to report the case. Chen Chaoyan took the case file, looked through the corresponding description, and handed it to Xie Xuan.

When Xie Xuan looked at it, she also continued, "If the master does bad things, as a subordinate, or a subordinate who is close to himself, he must keep the door sentry." However, Widow Zhou's brother-in-law went from entering the yard to entering the house, and then going out to report the case, no one stopped him. Where is the coachman? What's he doing? ”

"Let's talk about Qu Wensheng's three friends."

"They testified that Qu Wensheng often mentioned Widow Zhou, and at the banquet that day, he also expressed the intention of stealing incense from Widow Zhou."

"The Great Wei Law clearly stipulates that after the funeral of the husband, as long as the mourning period is completed, he can remarry. Qu Wensheng really coveted the widow of Zhou, so he could send someone to propose marriage and take her as a concubine. Of course, it can also be said that Qu Wensheng likes to seek excitement and likes darkness Chen Cang. But the problem is that if he has such a fetish, it is impossible that there is no precedent in the past. Or, there is, but I don't know? ”

"Those side branches of the Qu family...... Tentatively, what Qu An said is all true, then with their relationship with the side branches, Qu Wensheng has an accident, and those side branches are the first suspects, there is nothing to say. ”

"The last one is similar to the second one, so I don't need to go into details, let's talk about the obscene clothes, trousers and belly pockets of Widow Zhou that were found in Qu Wensheng's study. Qu Wensheng is the sister-in-law of Old Lady Qu, and there is no shortage of people around him. Regardless of how Widow Zhou's profane clothes, trousers, and belly pockets disappeared, just saying that Qu Wensheng hid them in the study, and none of the people who served him around him knew about it, but it made sense logically that a subordinate who sprinkled and swept knew about it first. ”

"The second is that it is impossible for Widow Zhou to put intimate clothes such as dirty clothes, pants, and belly pockets casually, so how did it disappear? If Qu Wensheng instructed people to steal, how could the thieves accurately find out where these things came from? If it is not accurately rummaged out, then the house is burglarized, Widow Zhou or his brother-in-law must first take care of money and other valuable things, and will definitely report to the official as soon as possible. ”

"Qu Wensheng's side, he has been perverted to the point of instructing people to steal these things, with what he said to those three friends before that he coveted Widow Zhou, theoretically, it is impossible for him not to show off this result."

"These doubts ......" Chen Chaoyan paused, quietly swallowed back the second half of the sentence that he wanted to accuse the case-handling personnel of being too hasty, and retracted, "These doubts are the focus of our next investigation." ”

"When will the coachman arrive in Dongyin County?" Chen Chaoyan looked at Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan said: "The day after tomorrow." ”

Chen Chaoyan nodded, "Then before he comes, send someone to check the major gambling houses." It is necessary to find out the gambling house he goes to most often, and all his activities in the gambling house before and after Qu Wensheng's accident. Qu Wensheng's rape and murder of Zhou's widow is not a trivial matter, as the coachman who carried Qu Wensheng to Zhou's widow's house, he is also an existence that cannot be ignored. Therefore, the small things may not be remembered so clearly, but the general memory is not easy to forget. ”

After writing down the various points of the chauffeur and handing them to Xie Xuan, Chen Chaoyan continued: "The same is true for the three friends, although they ask their neighbors about their daily behavior, and then inquire deeply about some of their abnormalities before and after Qu Wensheng's accident. Finally, check again, the person who is obsessed with collecting antique calligraphy and paintings, the source of all his antique calligraphy and paintings; Those who are obsessed with women, the origin of women in the family and the outer room, or the women who have been in close relationships. ”

After handing it over to Xie Xuan, Chen Chaoyan talked about the side branch of the Qu family, "This first look for Qu An, ask him clearly, the list of people who came to the door to find the old lady Qu and the people who went to the capital to sue the old lady Qu, and then check their daily behavior and the people who come and go, focusing on checking whether they have intersections with the three friends and the coachman." It doesn't matter if there is no direct intersection, then check the people who have a common intersection with them, three friends, and the coachman, and then check their relationship through the people who have a common intersection. ”

"In the end, it is to check the Zhou family, and it is still from the neighbors first. Inquire about the conduct of Widow Zhou and her brother-in-law's family, and then check whether her brother-in-law's words and deeds are different from ordinary before and after Widow Zhou's accident. ”

After writing it and handing it to Xie Xuan, Chen Chaoyan put down his pen, "The reasons why Qu Wensheng may be calculated are almost these four aspects. ”

Tsukimi quickly handed over a cup of tea.

Chen Chaoyan took it and listened to Xie Xuan's arrangement while drinking.

To check the coachman's affairs, Xie Xuan arranged for Lingquan.

After checking the affairs of the three friends, Xie Xuan arranged it for Nanling.

Check the affairs of the side branch of the Qu family, and Xie Xuan arranged it for Chonglou.

As for the matter of Cha Zhou's family, because Lingyou had not yet returned, Xie Xuan arranged for Wenmo and asked Qu An to help her.

After the four of them took the paper and took the order, and waited for Xie Xuan to drink a cup of tea, Chen Chaoyan picked up the pen again and talked about the case of Qu Qiyuan's suicide, "Judging from the case file, Qu An's answer and the last book, there are two clues to Qu Qiyuan's suicide case: First, Qu Qiyuan and Qi Wu are close friends; The second is that the book is forged. ”

"But it is more difficult to find out who murdered him than Qu Wensheng."

"The first thing to check is who arranged the trap in distress when Qu Wensheng was hunting; The second thing to check is that the major pharmacies in Dongyin County should check whether Qi Wu had purchased any drugs that can make people eat bad stomachs one to three months before Qu Qiyuan went to the capital, and in addition, the capital should also cooperate with the investigation, check how Qu Qiyuan's residence and food in the capital were arranged, and who he had interacted with in the capital. Of course, the focus is on Cha Qiwu's activities in the capital. ”

"The third thing to check is the relationship between Qi Wu and the three friends, the coachman, and the side branch of the Qu family's ancestral hometown."

"The fourth thing to check is that he went to all the activities of Luyang County after he learned from Qu Qiyuan that Luyang County vacated a vacancy to record the military and participate in the military."

"The fifth thing to check is the process of Qu Qiyuan's activities a few days before and after his suicide."