Chapter 1 The Shangyuan Bath in the Sky Lantern Case
In the fifteenth year of Daye, the imperial city of Yingdu coincided with the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, the sky was full of lanterns, the poetic lantern riddle couplets were hung between the pavilions, and the lanterns carried by pedestrians were bustling, prosperous and lively.
Suddenly, in the sky above the imperial city of Yingdu, a huge sky lantern was bathed in flames, like a meteor, falling towards the most densely populated Vermilion Bird Street!
The heat wave with the wind and the bright fire hit the eyes of everyone on the street!
"Qingzheng Division is handling the case, the people in front of you get out of the way!!"
A team of officials quickly arrived to evacuate the people, and they belonged to the Qingzheng Division.
Qingzheng Division is above the three divisions, directly under the emperor's detective agency, the director is a fictitious position, the manager is the division, it is said that the current division is a mysterious person.
At the moment when the sky lantern fell, a young man flew up from behind the crowd and stepped on the shoulder of the official, kicking the fireball-like sky lantern to the side of the open space, and the officials who arrived later quickly worked together to extinguish the fire.
The young man landed, and when he turned around, the golden crown and high ponytail swept in the air, wearing a black and red Qingzheng Si Zheng official uniform, with a slender waist, which stood out in the crowd, but he looked very young.
"Click-"
The flame of the sky lantern was extinguished, the bamboo branches were burned, and the remnants were measured to be eight feet long and six feet wide.
"Jiang Sizheng, there's something in the lampstand!"
The official who finished the investigation found the abnormality and quickly reported it, and led the young man to take a look.
Jiang Xie squatted down to look at the pitch-black foreign object exposed in the lampstand, slashed it with a dagger and found that there was grease, and then turned around and ordered: "Call me over!" ”
Standing in the crowd of onlookers, a young man in brocade inadvertently looked at Jiang Xie, the young man had a fair complexion, his eyes were tough, and there was a trace of coldness and alienation between his eyebrows, his eyes collided, and the other party turned around and left.
"Stop!!" A sharp voice from behind him stopped him.
When the brocade-clothed boy was discovered, his footsteps stopped abruptly and pursed his lips.
Jiang Xie led people to block his way, he held the sword, his chin was slightly raised, and his eyes looked at the person in front of him: "Who are you, why didn't you hide when the sky lantern fell just now?" You didn't know in advance that the sky lantern was going to fall and wait to pick it up, right? ”
This was a joke, but it made no secret of his suspicions.
The young man in brocade looked at the person who was supposed to meet him at the lantern shop on the street at this moment, and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Sizheng is here, I have been waiting for you for so long, shouldn't you give me an explanation?" ”
Jiang Xie frowned slightly, a little dissatisfied: "What are you talking about, answer the official's question!" ”
His eyes swept over the boy's thin figure and finally landed on the white piercings of his ears.
The tone is very cold, revealing the coldness of business.
The young man in brocade didn't say anything for a long time, and found that the other party seemed to have completely forgotten about the incident.
The maid beside him stepped forward and said in an arrogant tone: "My son-in-law is Huo Yijun, the little son of Huofu, you are disrespectful, can you take care of it?" ”
Jiang Xie squinted at Huo Yijun, he looked younger than himself, and his eyes were vigilant: "Even Huo Xiaogongzi is not allowed to leave, and the official will ask questions later, so he will stand aside and wait." ”
"As for making disrespectful remarks, this official will explain to Huo Ge Lao." Jiang Xie turned his head and stared at the maid with cold eyes.
The little maid pursed her lips and didn't dare to speak, hiding behind her master and complaining: "Little boy, they are really too much, they obviously made an appointment with you to meet but didn't admit it, and now you have to be detained here when you pass by, you are not in good health, if the master knows......"
"There is a life case here, as a citizen of Daye, you should cooperate with the Qingzheng Division to investigate the case, just ask a few words, don't say more." Huo Yijun said indifferently.
The maid Haitang tilted her head and looked at him without moving: "Hey? The official of the Seishoji Division doesn't seem to say that there is a murder, why do you say that? ”
Huo Yijun glanced at her, this was just her intuition about the murder in her previous life, and her intuition had always been very accurate.