"How did you die?"

Song Kang asked hurriedly.

"The boss was on duty last night, just now he went to ask him to get up, knocked on the door for a long time and no one answered, the humble man climbed over the wall to check, and found that the head had been dead for a long time, and his body was stiff."

"Let's go, let's see."

"Let's go!"

Xu Moyan responded immediately.

This is more like extermination, it seems that he just said that he brought people to bury Wu Tingshi's body, and there was news of the dead over there.

This is no coincidence.

The group rushed to the Lu Mansion.

It is a small courtyard, which is similar to what Xu Moyan lives in.

A small courtyard with a wing room on the left, a utility room on the right, and a main house in the middle.

Lu Zhu was lying on the bed with his head facing up, his mouth tightly closed, and his limbs stiff.

Corpse spots have begun to appear, and the time of death has been at least two hours or more.

There were no signs of a fight in the house, the doors and windows were intact, and acquaintances were inclined to commit crimes.

Xu Moyan found that the bed was neatly made without wrinkles, and all the objects were placed in an orderly manner.

Wrong.

Hiss –

He gasped.

Pei Shilang asked, "Do you see something?" ”

Xu Moyan said firmly: "This is not the first scene, Lu Zhutou was transported after his death. ”

At this time.

He found that Lu Zhutou's lower abdomen was slightly distended, which was similar to Wu Tingshi's death.

He put his hand on his abdomen and pressed it gently, the residual gas in his abdomen pushed his mouth open, and Xu Moyan looked over.

Really.

The tongue was taken away.

Why take the tongue away?

Pei Shilang asked.

Xu Moyan replied: "There is only one possibility, there is a cause of death on the tongue of the deceased, and this reason will reveal the identity of the murderer. ”

He continued: "It is recommended that the investigation of Wu Tingshi's social relations and the accounts of the relief grain be initiated. ”

Pei Shilang moved his gaze to Song Kang and asked, "Are the accounts ready?" This official will have to check. ”

Song Kang said: "The accounts and disaster relief grain are all managed by the warehouse. ”

He shifted the blame to Si Cang.

Si Cang stood up and said, "The accounts were checked by Lord Wu a few days ago, and they have not been returned. ”

Destruction of evidence.

Xu Moyan overturned the murderer's eight generations of ancestors in his heart.

"What about the granary? How much food is left, and how much is sent? ”

Si Cang was a little panicked when he joined the army, wiped his sweat, and glanced at Song Kang.

Song Kang ignored it.

He continued: "It's all distributed, and there isn't a single grain of rice in the granary right now. ”

Irrationality.

The imperial court stipulated that whether it was disaster relief grain or reserve grain, 12/12 should be left as war preparation grain to be stored for wartime needs.

If the enemy suddenly starts a war now, there is no food available in the rear, and the front line will be defeated.

This.

Xu Moyan did not recommend that Sihu be dismissed from his post in the army.

When Sihu joined the army and spoke, he observed Xu Moyan from time to time, and was secretly happy to see that he did not say that he would dismiss him.

After tossing for a long time, it was close to noon.

Xu Moyan suggested: "It's noon, my lord will go back to the post house to eat and rest first, and then go to Lord Wu's mansion to have a look." ”

"It's fine."

Pei Shilang immediately agreed to Xu Moyan's suggestion.

He was not good at investigating the case, and he did not play much role in the scene.

The group went to the post house, and the officials of Luozhou also went to their respective yamen to rest.

However, Pei Shilang has an order first, and everyone promises to be with him.

There was a silent saying that murder was the first to establish authority, and they did not dare to disobey the order.

Everyone waited tremblingly, for fear that the next knife would fall on their necks.

Xu Moyan took Feng Tianqi and Cui Huai to change into civilian clothes and eat local specialty stewed noodles and oil cakes on the roadside.

Duration.

Casually chatted with the vendors about Wu Yichun, the history of Luozhou.

When the vendor saw someone mention Lord Shi, he immediately gave a thumbs up in response.

"Good man! It's a pity! In these years, good officials have not ended well. ”

That's the reason.

When turbidity becomes the norm, innocence is a sin.

Xu Moyan took the opportunity to ask: "I heard that he likes to collect calligraphy and paintings, and he is also drunk?" Would such an official be a good official? ”

The vendor heard that something was wrong, and said impatiently: "Don't ask around, is it a good official, can't we people see it?" ”

"Can you be specific?"

"No time."

Syllable!

A piece of broken silver was thrown on the table.

"Do you have time now?"

The vendor picked up the broken silver and put it in his arms, and said solemnly: "I didn't compromise because I fell in love with the silver, but mainly because I wanted to cry out for Lord Thorn Shi." ”

"Hmm...... I know you are a man of integrity. ”

While the vendor was busy, he opened up the conversation.

In fact, he accepted gifts from those merchants in disguise, and then sold the calligraphy and paintings at a high price behind his back, and used the silver to improve people's livelihood.

It is embodied in building dams and building water conservancy, persuading farmers to teach mulberry farming, reclaiming wasteland to cope with land shortages, and throwing themselves into the people's heaps in the famine years to eat with the people.

The above alone is enough to prove that he is not bad. ”

After Xu Moyan listened, he immediately understood why the second senior brother said that he was a good official in the jade group.

Feelings: This is the voice of the people.

I can also understand why he will die.

Rejoicing with the people is cutting off the way for others to accumulate wealth, and it is not a pity for such an official to die.

Meantime.

It can also prove that His Majesty's dark line has also defected.

After listening to the street vendor's story about Wu Tingshi's deeds, I had a new understanding of him.

The reason why he was able to stay in Luozhou for so many years was precisely because he accepted the invitation to eat and worked for the welfare of the people at the same time.

In fact.

It is equivalent to the officialdom version of killing the rich and helping the poor.

It's pretty smart.

If Pei Shilang hadn't brought people to Luozhou this time, I'm afraid Wu Tingshi wouldn't have received a boxed lunch so early.

From another point of view, they were the indirect factors that led to Wu Tingshi's death.

After eating, the trio walked towards the Thorn Mansion.

Xu Moyan always felt that someone was following him behind him.

When I turned around, there was nothing, it was all extras walking around the road, and I couldn't tell who was spying on them.

This is also normal.

The murderer must grasp his own movements so that he can plan the next step in advance.

The three of them chatted while walking, and after a while, the Thorn Mansion arrived.

An old servant opened the door.

The old servant had a black veil wrapped around his arms and bloodshot eyes, and he must have just cried.

"You are ......"

Xu Moyan took out his waist card and lit it up, and said, "We are from the Secret Disc Division of the capital, and we are here to investigate the case." ”

The old servant looked incredulous and asked, "Are you here to administer justice for the master?" ”

"He administers justice for the people."

"That'...... Then come in. ”

The old servant was wary of them.

This year, bragging is a basic exercise.

As an old servant of the Assassin's Mansion, his ears were calloused when he listened to this kind of official language.

Walking into the Thorn Mansion, what they felt was simplicity.

Without bells and whistles, it seems that Thorn Shi is a pragmatist.

"Gather the subordinates, and the official will ask questions."

The old servant snorted and went down to call someone.

After a while, five people came.

Two maids, two nurses, and an old servant.

"What about the others?"

Xu Moyan thought to himself that no matter how shabby the assassination was, there would not be no servants in the house.

The old servant replied: "There are a total of ten people in the house, and the remaining five people have returned to their hometowns with their wives and sons." ”

This statement is consistent with Song Kang's words.

"Who was the first to find out that Lord Wu was killed?"

"It's her!"

The old servant pointed to a servant girl.