Of course, Xue Mu wouldn't know that the girl he had just talked to was actually the eldest princess of the Daqing Dynasty.

All he knew was that this girl was quite kind.

If it weren't for her silver taels, she wouldn't have thrown a bottle of condensation into the pot.

Although there was a hosta in return for the back.

But it's all about spending her money.

Therefore, Xue Mu felt that this girl must be the daughter of a member of a family, but she was kind-hearted.

But he didn't care.

After all, the capital is so big, how can they meet casually.

It's like "having time to eat together" is just talking.

Even if you are really free, who will remember the promise you made at the beginning.

So Xue Mu didn't take it to heart.

But Zhao Ruoli is different, just through two or three sentences, she is sure that this Xue Mu is definitely not an ordinary person.

Yesterday, Meng Zhi had already told Xue Mu's general information to the eldest princess.

Zhao Ruoli learned that this god catcher was born as a jailer in the Jingzhao Mansion Heavenly Prison.

In just over a month, two cases were cracked, and he finally became the current god hunting division of Qianhu.

It was a bit of a surprise.

So based on this alone, coupled with the tone and demeanor of the conversation just now, Zhao Ruoli firmly believes that this person will definitely be used by her in the future.

However, she is not in a hurry now, after all, if she is too active, it will arouse Xue Mu's suspicions.

Since this is the case, it is better to create more coincidences to let go of Xue Mu's vigilance.

Start with a friend.

She is now more and more curious about how he learned about the two methods of water production, the two methods of water production and the south-to-north water diversion.

"It's getting more and more interesting."

Zhao Ruoli sighed.

At the same time, the Kampot tribute silver sent to the capital from all over the country was ready.

The capital of the same state is naturally no exception.

As a state capital on the edge of the capital, of course, the He Governor's Mansion must be courteous in front of His Majesty.

So he prepared the kampot and tribute silver early, and waited for the date to be handed in.

However, what they didn't know was that someone had already set their sights on this batch of Kampot Tribute Silver.

The next morning, Xue Mu was on duty as usual.

Haven't returned to the Divine Catcher Division yet.

He was heard in the voice of Liu Xiaodao.

"Your Excellency."

Xue Mu suddenly heard the seriousness of his tone, and he walked into the backyard alley and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Xiaodao, who stepped forward, replied: "Zhang Baisheng and his wife are dead. ”

"Dead?"

"Yes, it was found on the river in Zhangjiazhuang this morning."

"What about the corpses?"

"I'm hiding, I always feel something is wrong, so just in case."

"You did the right thing to do, did you see what the cause of death was? Knife wound or? ”

"I saw that they were purple all over their bodies, and there were no obvious injuries."

When Xue Mu heard this, he replied: "Is that the one who was drowned alive, drowned?" ”

"Yes, only those who drown are purple."

"I'll take someone with me now, where did you hide the body?"

"I hid in the grass at the scene of the crime, and the location of the crime happened to be by the river in Zhang Baisheng's field."

"Okay, I'll go back and call someone now, hide in the dark, don't come out and show your face when you don't have to, I'm in the dark."

"Yes, sir." Liu Xiaodao told before leaving: "My lord, I think the death of this Zhang Baisheng is related to the two of us going to their house, so the murderer is likely to come at us, you must be careful." ”

Xue Mu nodded: "Don't worry, I know." ”

Then Liu Xiaodao left.

Xue Mu immediately returned to the Divine Capture Division.

I just heard Zheng Jun and Chen Baiming chatting in the courtyard.

He immediately stepped forward and said, "There was a murder in Zhangjiazhuang, let's go now." ”

Zheng Jun was a little surprised when he heard this, so he asked, "My lord, are you talking about that Zhangjiazhuang ten miles away from the capital?" ”

"Exactly."

Chen Baiming replied: "My lord, we don't care about that area. ”

Xue Mu asked, "Then if there is a murder, can't we intervene?" ”

"It stands to reason that our Divine Arrest Division is responsible for the cases in the capital, as well as the orders issued by His Majesty personally, and other places are not under our control, but if you want to jointly handle the case with local officials, you can apply to the Criminal Department."

"I see." After Xue Mu heard this, he thought about it.

When he was thinking about how to intervene in Zhang Baisheng's case, Nangong Xue heard their words.

Although Xue Mu wasted a good opportunity to ask her yesterday, Nangong Xue still chose to forgive him.

After all, this guy is indeed a little wooden.

That's not a bad thing.

A man who is not good at feelings, once he identifies a woman, will stay together and love each other for a lifetime.

Therefore, Nangong Xue also thinks that Xue Mu is such a person.

So far, she has to comfort herself like this.

When she heard Xue Mu and Zheng Jun and others chatting, she walked over and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zheng Jun and Chen Baiming immediately arched their hands: "Lord Nangong." ”

When Xue Mu saw Nangong Xue, he immediately thought about it in his mind, and then said, "Lord Nangong, I was just about to look for you. ”

Nangong Xue looked at him, although she was still a little angry, she still said, "What's wrong?" What's up? ”

Seeing this, Xue Mu explained: "Lord Nangong, I want to apply to join Nanhua County to handle the case of Zhangjiazhuang. ”

Nangong Xue was a little surprised, she was curious: "What's the matter, is there a case in Zhangjiazhuang?" ”

Xue Mu nodded: "Yes, I heard that two people died by the river." ”

"This kind of case can be handed over to the local yamen, why do you have to apply to handle the case." Nangong Xue asked her own questions.

Xue Mu guessed that she would ask this, and he was ready to answer.

I saw him explain: "Before, I was entrusted to take care of Zhang Baisheng and his wife in Zhangjiazhuang, but they disappeared yesterday for no reason, and today I heard that they died by the river. ”

"By whom?" Nangong Xue asked.

"When I was in prison before, a prisoner asked me to take care of him, I was thinking that he was a dying man, and his words were good, so I agreed, since I agreed, then I had to fulfill it to the end, and now Zhang Baisheng and his wife are missing and killed, I am very ashamed, so I want to apply to Lord Nangong to handle this case together with Nanhua County."

Hearing this explanation, Nangong Xue also felt that it was reasonable, and even thought that Xue Mu was a person who valued love and righteousness.

It seems that I didn't mistake him.

So she nodded: "Okay, I approved, I'll go write an application letter to the Criminal Department now, you are from the tenth place, then you ask Zheng Jun if they are willing to handle this case with you." ”

After Xue Mu heard this, he waited for Zheng Jun and Chen Baiming's answers.

I didn't know that Nangong Xue's voice had just fallen.

Zheng Jun clenched his fists and said, "Don't worry, Lord Xue, your case is ours, and we are waiting for your dispatch." ”

Chen Baiming also added: "Yes, Lord Xue, we will do whatever you ask us to do." ”

Xue Mu was also moved, and then said: "That is the case, I also owe you a favor, and I will definitely repay it in the future." ”

"Lord Xue, you're serious."

"Yes, Lord Xue."

Nangong Xue was also relieved to see that they were getting along happily, so she urged: "Okay, you guys hurry up, I'll handle the application." ”

"Yes! Lord Nangong. ”

Soon, Zheng Jun gathered ten catchers and followed Xue Mu out of the city gate.

On the other side, after Nangong Xue wrote a letter, he asked a catcher to send it to the Criminal Department.

As soon as she walked out of the door of the room, she saw Cheng Lu.

"Cheng Baihu." Nangong Xue stopped him.

Cheng Lu actually noticed Nangong Xue just now, but he didn't dare to say hello.

Because last night, he found out about the injuries of the three Dou Ziang brothers.

After some interrogation, he learned that these three people had secretly gone to teach Xue Mu a lesson.

As a result, he was severely humiliated by Xue Mu.

The point is that it was even seen by Nangong Xue.

Today, he was like a man in the Shenzhu Division, for fear that Nangong Xue would trouble him, so he stayed in the courtyard and didn't dare to come out.

Half a day later, I was thinking about going out to catch my breath, but I ran into Nangong Xue.

This damn luck!

Even so, Cheng Lu still greeted Nangong Xue respectfully: "Lord Nangong." ”

When Nangong Xue saw his weak look, she understood that he must have known about yesterday's incident.

So she deliberately asked, "Where did Dou Ziang and them go yesterday, do you know?" ”

Cheng Lu knew that Nangong Xue deliberately asked this, and he also understood that if he didn't take the initiative to confess, the consequences would be even more serious.

So he immediately knelt down and explained: "My subordinates should die, they didn't discipline their subordinates well, and I hope Lord Nangong will punish them." ”

Looking at his appearance, Nangong Xue believed that this matter had nothing to do with him.

However, in order to make an example of her, she still said: "You did not supervise well, so that those three subordinates almost injured Xue Qianhu, you must know that Qianhu is a five-rank official, if Xue Qianhu is injured, not only the three of them will be imprisoned, but you will also be the same." ”

"Subordinates should be damned, subordinates should be damned." This time, Cheng Lu was really scared.

He didn't even want to fight for the position of a thousand households now.

I just want to keep my 100 households.

But according to Nangong Xue's words, I'm afraid it's difficult now.

He kept apologizing: "My subordinates should be damned, it's the fault of my subordinates, and I hope that Lord Nangong will be lightly punished." ”

"Lord Xue has already told me that he didn't care about this matter, so he just let those three people punish some physical fitness, as well as two or three months of Yulu."

"Thank you, Lord Xue, thank you, Lord Xue." Cheng Lu continued to kowtow.

"This sentence, you should go to Lord Xue in person and say it, it's useless for you to tell me." After speaking, Nangong Xue left.

Cheng Lu knew that Nangong Xue was killing a hundred people to make an example.

However, fortunately, his position is still there.

It's a blessing in misfortune.

Back in the courtyard of the fifth place, Dou Ziang and the other three were kneeling at the door, waiting for Cheng Lu's arrival.

Cheng Lu returned to the courtyard, looked at the three of them, and finally said, "Okay, get up." ”

"Brother Cheng, we hurt you."

"Our brother made a big mistake on impulse."

Cheng Lu sighed, and then replied: "Okay, let's all get up, Lord Nangong didn't blame us." ”

"Really?" Dou Ziang immediately asked.

"But your last two or three months are gone." Cheng Lu responded: "When the time comes, I will give you half of my money, and you can spend this time." ”

"No need for adults, we still have savings, and we won't starve to death for two months."

"yes."

"Thank you, sir."

Cheng Lu said: "The person you want to thank is not me, it is Lord Xue, he is magnanimous and doesn't care." ”

After hearing this, the three of them felt a little guilty for a while.

They didn't expect that Xue Mu would repay his grievances with virtue.

If it were any other person, it would probably make a big fuss.

Thinking of this, Cheng Lu also sighed: "Okay, let's not think about the affairs of thousands of households, there is no fate if there is no fate, and I think it's pretty good to stay in five places honestly." ”

"Brother Cheng, in the future, our brothers will always stay in the five places, and it is convenient to take care of each other."

"yes, we can't play with them."

Cheng Lu listened, did not speak, and finally walked into the room.

On the other side, Xue Mu and the others had already left the city and rushed in the direction of Zhangjiazhuang.

On the way there, Chen Baiming was amazed by Xue Mu: "Lord Xue didn't expect you to be so attentive to a prisoner's entrustment, you are simply a good person." ”

Xue Mu smiled and explained: "Actually, I'm not a good person, but since I promised the dying person, then I have to fulfill it to the end, otherwise, if I go down, how will I face it?" ”

"Don't worry, Lord Xue will definitely live a long life."

"Yes, that's right."

Xue Mu listened to these words of praise, but he understood in his heart.

Once the status is getting higher and higher.

What you hear is often good words.

On the contrary, if you are depraved.

More people will step on it.

It's like Xu Jie.

At the beginning, Xu Ruyan recalled that when her father was an official to the household department, countless people came to visit the house every day.

Once he was demoted, not many people came to visit Xu Jie.

Not to mention that after being imprisoned, even an old friend like Xiao Xun can only choose Mingzhe to protect himself in order to avoid suspicion.

After a while, they came to Zhangjiazhuang.

As soon as I walked to the river, I heard many officials shouting: "Idle people, hurry up." ”

There are a lot of melon-eating people on the side, and they are all discussing.

"Why did this Parkson couple suddenly say that if it didn't, it would be gone."

"Yes, I didn't see it yesterday, and I was still wondering, but today I said I was drowned."

"Alas, it's a pitiful life."

"yes."

While everyone was discussing, the official of the yamen continued to shout: "Okay, let's go quickly, don't wait here." ”

Xue Mu reminded at this time: "Zheng Baihu, you go up and ask." ”

"Yes, Lord Xue." Then Zheng Jun walked into the crowd with a few people.

"This officer." Zheng Jun just spoke.

The official in front of him said impatiently: "Is there an end?" If you want to go, you won't go, believe it or not, I'll take you all back to the prison and wait? ”

As soon as he turned around, he was stunned when he saw Zheng Jun and the others, wearing official uniforms.

I saw Chen Baiming take out the token and look at him speechlessly: "We are from the Divine Capture Division." ”

"God, God Catcher?!" The official was a little surprised.

Zheng Jun didn't want to talk nonsense with him, but asked, "Who are you in charge of?" ”

The official immediately shouted: "Cao catches the head, Cao catches the head." ”

A middle-aged man five meters away turned around and scolded, "What are you shouting?" ”

As soon as he looked back, he realized that something was wrong.

The official pointed to Zheng Jun and the others behind him, with helpless emotions on his face.

The so-called Cao Zhutou realized something, he immediately stepped forward and asked respectfully, "I don't know who these adults are?"

"This is Zheng Baihu of the Divine Capture Division."

At this time, Chen Baiming acted as the introduction of the younger brother, and he explained: "The one behind him is the Qianhu of the Divine Capture Division, Xue Qianhu. ”

When had Cao Zhutou ever seen such a big character, he immediately smiled embarrassedly: "It turned out to be the Lord of the Divine Catcher Division in the capital, and the small one is named Cao Zide." ”

At this time, Xue Mu had already stepped forward.

He looked at the middle-aged head catcher and asked, "Is there a murder here?" ”

"Indeed." Cao Zide immediately explained: "On the side of the grass of the river, two corpses were found, and the preliminary judgment should be drowned. ”

After he finished speaking, he was also observing the situation of Xue Mu and the others.

In fact, he also wondered in his heart.

You know, the time when the body was found and reported was not even a stick of incense.

Why did the people from the capital already rush over?

But he naturally didn't dare to ask anything.

He could only whisper tentatively: "My lord, do you need me to take you to see the corpse?" ”

Xue Mu nodded.

Cao Zide immediately played the role of a pioneer, he walked in front and enthusiastically introduced: "I am our Nanhua County catcher. ”

"Well, I've heard you, they call you Cao Zhutou." Xue Mu responded.

Cao Zide was also a little modest: "Actually, I have been catching faster than them for a few years, and I can't call it a head catcher." ”

Xue Mu didn't say much.

He asked Zheng Jun: "Zheng Baihu, look at the situation of the corpse." ”

"Yes, sir."

Zheng Jun immediately squatted down and began to observe.

Since Xue Mu couldn't see the appearance of the corpse clearly, he could only ask Cao Zide: "Cao Zhutou, are the dead people sure that they are Zhang Baisheng and his wife?" ”

"It should be." Cao Zide nodded.

Xue Mu turned around, and he shouted: "Who is Zhang Baisheng's neighbor?" ”

The crowd immediately became a little more agitated.

But no one seems to dare to stand up.

Xue Mu knew that these people were worried about bringing unnecessary trouble.

So he explained: "Now I need someone who knows Zhang Baisheng to come and ask about the corpse, and the neighbors who know Zhang Baisheng come over, and reward a piece of silver if they answer." ”

Hearing this, several women and old men also came out.

It's not so much about walking out, it's better to walk like flying.

They patted their chests and kept explaining: "I am a neighbor of Zhang Baisheng's family." ”

"Me, so am I."

Xue Mu was not surprised by this, he asked, "You guys go to see the corpse now, see if it's Zhang Baisheng?" ”

"Okay."

One of the women immediately lifted the hem of her skirt and was the first to rush forward, and the moment she saw the corpse, she cried out in fright: "Ahhh!!hh ”

She hurriedly stepped back, covering her eyes with her hands.

Xue Mu asked at this time, "Is it Zhang Baisheng and his wife?" ”

"I, I'm so scared, I can't see clearly."

"Then you don't have any money."

"I'll look at it again."

With that, the woman looked back again.

This time, she nodded in affirmation, "Yes, it's the two of them." ”

"Are you sure?"

"Sure."

Xue Mu then asked the others: "If you dare to look at the corpse, then go and recognize it." ”

The remaining three men stepped forward at once.

Although they were afraid in their hearts.

But the temptation of a silver ingots is even greater.

Eventually, they all looked at the corpses.

Since the time of death is not long, the appearance has not changed much.

So everyone who watched it nodded and replied: "Yes, it's Zhang Baisheng and his wife." ”

After Xue Mu heard this, he took out a small bag of silver taels, handed it to Chen Baiming and said, "Give this to them." ”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you."

Cao Zide didn't expect that this case would cost two dollars.

But it was also fast.

The identity of the deceased was confirmed at once.

Afterwards, Xue Mu looked at Cao Zide again and asked, "What are you going to do next?" ”

"We plan to send these two bodies back to the yamen for examination, and if they accidentally fall into the water and drown, then the case will be closed." Cao Zide faced a thousand households of Xue Mu's level, and naturally had a sentence to answer.

Xue Mu replied: "We will solve this case together with your yamen, so it is good that the body will be examined by our Divine Capture Division." ”

"Huh?" Cao Zide was a little embarrassed for a while.

You know, before he came, the county order reminded him that if he encountered a murder, then immediately send the body back to the yamen.

But now someone is coming to snatch the body.

This made him a little overwhelmed.

Xue Mu was not idle in this process, and he began to ask about the four neighbors.

They had just taken the silver, and you know, this was the first time in their lives that they had received two taels of silver in the hands of the government.

Xue Mu asked them, "Yesterday, did you notice anything wrong?" For example, there are unfamiliar people or strange people wandering around Zhang Baisheng's house. ”

The four neighbors thought about it carefully, and they all shook their heads and said, "We go out early and return late every day, and we rarely pay attention to these things. ”

"Then when did you find out that Zhang Baisheng was not at home?" Xue Mu asked.

"It was about noon yesterday, and I wondered why the couple didn't come to the farm so late, but when I got home, I knocked on the door and found that there was no one inside, so I left." One of the women explained.

After Xue Mu heard this, he thought about it, and just as he wanted to continue to ask more, another voice came from not far away.

"Lord Huang."

"Lord Huang."

A group of catchers immediately shouted respectfully.

At the same time, a middle-aged man surrounded by three or four people was coming quickly with a frown.

When he saw Cao Zide, he immediately asked, "What's the matter?" Didn't I tell you to bring the body back to the yamen? ”

Cao Zide was a little embarrassed, and he reminded in a low voice: "My lord, the people from the Divine Capture Division are here." ”

The Huang County Commander was startled when he saw the people behind Cao Zide, and he hurriedly probed: "Who are these people?" ”

Chen Baiming made another introduction.

When Huang Xian Ling heard that the person who came was the Divine Capture Division, and one was a hundred households, and the other was a thousand households, there was obviously some fear on his face.

But he still pretended to be calm and said: "It turned out to be Zheng Baihu and Xue Qianhu, Xiaguan Huang Haigui has seen a few adults. ”

"Huang County Order, long admiration." Xue Mu was also polite at first.

At this time, Huang Haigui cautiously tentatively said: "A few adults came, the officials did not take good care of them, and I ask for forgiveness, I don't know if the adults happened to pass by here, and when they encountered this case, they thought about taking a hand." ”

Xue Mu said: "That's the case, we happened to pass by here, and found that there were officers and soldiers around, so we came up to take a look, and found that there was a murder, although the body was purple, there was a high probability of drowning." ”

"But I think this case may be strange, so I plan to work with your county to solve the case."

After hearing this, Huang Haigui was a little surprised, he could only smile awkwardly: "This is just a drowning case, and it doesn't take a few adults to worry about it." ”

"It's not a simple drowning case, I just said it." Xue Mu emphasized again.

Huang Haigui saw that Xue Mu seemed to be prepared, and he also knew that he couldn't be tough, so he nodded in agreement: "Come and hear that the Divine Arrest Division in the capital is handling the case quickly, then we will definitely be able to find some clues that we haven't found, since this is the case, then you only need to go to the Criminal Department to apply for a joint case with the Yamen of Nanhua County, then it's okay." ”

"Let's send the body back to the Yamen of Nanhua County first, and I will let the person do an autopsy, and when the formalities are completed, the adults will be able to know the exact cause of death as soon as they come."

Xue Mu knew that he would say this, and then refused: "Our Divine Capture Division has done countless autopsies, I think these two corpses will definitely be able to detect something, or I will bring these two corpses back, I don't know if the Huang County Order can agree?" ”

Hearing this, Huang Haigui was a little entangled.

Because before that, his cousin reminded him that after returning the body to the yamen, he would give it to them immediately, so that he could be unaware.

But now, a god catcher suddenly appeared.

I don't know what to do now.

"Huang County Order, are you worried that the Divine Capture Division will not be able to help you solve the case in Nanhua County?" Xue Mu suddenly asked.

"Of course not." Huang Haigui smiled awkwardly: "Since this is the case, then there is Lao Xue Qianhu to help us examine these two corpses." ”

"Okay."

When Xue Mu heard his words, he asked Zhou Fu, Chen Baiming and others to carry the two corpses back.

Cao Zide watched them leave like this, came to Huang Haigui's side, and asked cautiously, "My lord, let's"

Huang Haigui didn't want to say more, so he shook his hand and turned back: "Go back!" ”

He is now going to find his cousin Huang Shoucheng.

He wants to find out what happened to attract the Divine Catcher Division in the capital.

If it's too serious, if necessary, he will definitely abandon the car to protect the handsome.

When the time comes, let alone cousins, even if they are nephews, they will "kill their relatives in righteousness".

On the way back.

Zheng Jun and Xue Mu said: "My lord, I think there is something wrong with this Huang County Order. ”

"Well, I think too." Xue Mu nodded, and then he and Zhou Fu said, "Zhou Fu, you immediately go to the Divine Capture Division now and ask him to come to the Divine Capture Division to examine these two corpses." ”

"Yes! My lord. ”

Zhou Fu staggered on his little fat legs and ran away immediately.

Back at the door of the Divine Catcher, Xue Mu heard the sound of the carriage.

So he let his men go in first, and he came to the carriage not far away.

When Nangong Wei's maidservant Yun'er saw Xue Mu, she reminded, "I don't know if Lord Xue is free?" Niangniang wants to call you into the palace. ”

"In a hurry?"

"It should be urgent."

Xue Mu thought that it would take a little time to examine the corpse, so he said, "Okay." ”

He ended up in the car.

On the other side, in the Penglai Palace.

Nangong Wei is waiting for the nephew she just recognized.

said he was a nephew, but he was three years older than him.

However, these three years old, in today's era, is already a big gap.

But what she didn't know was.

Xue Mu is not a person of this era.

He knows a word better.

That's the female junior, hugging the gold brick.

So, he prefers this chasm.

(End of chapter)