Everybody gathered together and looked at the waist card.

There was such a small place on the side of the table, and there were not so many people crowded, so Ruan Wei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, took advantage of the friendship of the landlord and was the oldest, and sat on the Taishi chair.

Elderly people, eyesight is poor, Ruan Shangshu simply picked up the waist card, signaled the others not to block the oil light, he looked at Guang Zai carefully at the things in his hand.

"From the East Palace?" Ruan Shangshu was puzzled, "Still stained with mud?"

"Shangshu turns it over and takes a look," Shan Shen said, "Look at the back."

Ruan Shangshu flipped as he said: "Geng Baoyuan? Where did it come from?"

"This man has a great background." Shan Shen gritted his teeth.

For a moment, everyone looked at him.

Shan Shen took a deep breath, the anger in his stomach was really big, and he endured it.

Before, on the mountain, he really didn't have any impression of the name Geng Baoyuan, so he listened to the general judgment and introduced two sentences.

hurried back to the city, blowing a cold wind all the way, Shan Shen gradually remembered something.

After the accident in Chenmi Hutong, Shan Shen had heard of this name.

At that time, Shuntianfu questioned the guards of the East Palace one by one, and a guard surnamed Qian opened his mouth to "bite" Liu Xun, and Geng Baoyuan was involved in his words.

"He also wanted to offer beauty to His Highness before, thinking that His Highness liked the smell of his outer room, and motioned to us to have someone and the outer room statue, and let us go and rob people quietly."

"I didn't go, how could I do such a thing! Geng Baoyuan might have listened to it, but anyway, he disappeared later, maybe he missed, right?"

"Who robbed you? I don't know! Anyway, His Royal Highness was very angry after Geng Baoyuan's disappearance, His Highness didn't have that kind of bastard idea at all, it was all Liu Xun's people."

Of course, Liu Xun denied it.

Liu Xun's rhetoric is that he did not signal the robbery, and Geng Baoyuan disappeared because he was hiding gambling debts.

This statement is consistent with the rumors in the mouth of the judge and the neighbors.

But what the facts are, Shan Shen has a judgment in his heart.

Eighty percent of people are robbed.

I heard that Geng Baoyuan disappeared on the eighth day of the first month of January, and Chen Mihu's colleagues posted that it was late spring, and there was no way to start after a few months.

Besides, from beginning to end, no one knew who was going to rob, no family came to report the official, and the Geng family did not come to report the disappearance, what else could they do in the yamen?

At that time, the saint was cloudy for the prince's affairs, and they didn't figure out a bunch of things in Dao Heng and Chen Mi Hutong, and then they didn't mention to the horse's mouth, "A guard in the East Palace may have tried to rob people for His Highness half a year ago", and he was cautious and pressed a horse's mouth on the cow's head!

Therefore, this information of "suspected robbery and disappearance" did not go up in the end.

I didn't think about it, what was pressed down at the beginning, and now I have to turn it out again.

Shan Shen didn't dare to think about what the Holy Lord's reaction would be after hearing the news that was half a year late.

This is really, the good flowers have not bloomed, and the rotten melons are growing horizontally!

Otherwise, how could the bell not be rung without 60 years of skill?

Shan Shen rubbed his swollen forehead, stretched his face, and introduced Geng Baoyuan to everyone expressionlessly, whether it was a debt evasion or a robbery, nothing was missed.

In the whole room, in addition to the sound of Shan Shen, there was also the sound of the oil wick exploding twice.

When Master Shan finished speaking, only the sound of the core sounded.

"What's wrong?" No one spoke for a long time, so Shan Shen took the initiative to ask, "I have lit all the fires, but you have all become squibs?"

Ruan Wei's old face looked dull in the dim butter light.

The waist card in his hand is extremely hot, and he doesn't hold it, and he doesn't throw it away.

"Not really, right?" Ruan Shangshu smiled dryly, "Master Shan, just for the sake of the case that should have been closed, you took out such a thing?"

The mouth mentioned Master Shan, but his eyes looked at Dali Temple, and the meaning in his eyes was clear.

Let you Dali Temple have nothing to do, now it's okay, it's annoying to find out***.

Shi Rong's face was also ugly, and he asked Ruan Shangshu to take it

The waist card, I looked through it carefully: "The real thing? I don't look like I've been buried in the ground for a year?"

Shan Shen said, "How does Lord Shi know how long it has been buried? Geng Baoyuan has been missing for nearly a year, not necessarily dead for nearly a year, besides, death does not mean that he is buried, and buried things does not mean that people are dead."

The reason is this reason, but the case has to pay attention to the ins and outs.

"Well, you want to see people in life and corpses in death, right?" Zuo Shilang smiled bitterly and played a round game.

"Whether it's a person or a corpse, if you want to investigate, you have to make a big fuss," Shan Shen said bluntly, "It's only been a few days before the seal that His Highness said, my lords, our Shuntianfu has limited capabilities, I'm afraid we won't be able to understand it."

Now that I have dug up such a waist card, I will join you and me tomorrow morning to introduce this Geng Baoyuan to the Holy Lord?"

Shi Rong's eyebrows jumped suddenly when he heard this: "It's a big deal! Shan Lord, this is not necessary, is it?"

After this case was handled, he knew that Shan Shen was holding back his anger, but he would not even burn Shuntianfu in order to spread a fire.

"I asked you for a feather duster, and you just gave me a board?" Shi Rong asked, "It's still a stick, don't count beating me, you even beat yourself?"

Seeing that this was about to start a war of words, Ruan Shangshu also hurriedly persuaded left and right.

With a good word, all parties gave a step, and it barely calmed down.

Shan Shen Huo returns to the fire, and he also understands that he will accept it when he sees it.

Besides, scolding doesn't solve the problem, he came to solve it.

After taking the hot tea, Shan Shen eased his swelling and painful throat, and said, "Two roads, set a set."

Although it was dug up in the same field, it does not mean that Geng Baoyuan's matter is related to the previous case.

Seeing that the New Year is coming, if you don't want to give the saint a "chic" New Year's gift, then everyone shut up, but they haven't dug it out tonight.

The criminal department reorganized the case file, polished and polished more, and the Dali Temple approved it, and the three parties decided together in two days, and the case was closed.

As for Geng Baoyuan, just a piece of waist card, Geng's father is gone, so don't look for trouble.

The other way is to take a closer look.

The three people were interrogated, and after a year, Geng Baoyuan was questioned in Beijing about all possible whereabouts, even if he didn't know who he wanted to rob, so he could find out which gambling debt the bastard owed and whether he was chased and cut.

In this way, there is not enough time, so we can only spread things out, and everyone stands in line to watch the saint and the prince change their faces in the Jinluan Palace.

There was silence in the room again.

Shan Shen stood by the window with his hands behind his back, listening to the sound of the wind outside, looking like "you guys discuss slowly".

Anyway, the broken jar is broken.

There is no doubt that several people in the Criminal Department have chosen the first path.

It was Dali Temple that provoked trouble for no reason, and picked out such a fatal thing.

The case has been closed a long time ago, where can there be such a!

Really give a big gift to the saint, how can you spend this year?

Dali Temple is idle, and their criminal department is not idle.

As long as Dali Temple opens its mouth and loses a big face, their criminal department will also show goodwill and write the case file more beautifully.

Dali Temple, obviously reluctant to lose face directly.

Shi Rong said: "I didn't mean to find trouble, the case did have some ambiguities, so I brought it back for retrial."

Ruan Shangshu looked at him with a cold face.

Shi Rong directly sought Shan Shen: "Master Shan has always been meticulous in handling cases, Geng Baoyuan now has a waist card left, do you really check it?"

"Since I am careful in handling the case," Shan Shen said, "This case is basically investigated by our Shuntian Mansion, and the people are also arrested by us, so the Criminal Department has gone through a field, Lord Shi, why did Dali Temple call back?"

Ladies and gentlemen, this is all three watches, you are not tired, I am tired, I have been digging in the mountains for several hours, and I have not eaten a bite of hot dinner.

Don't push back, the two roads are settled quickly.

I really can't make up my mind, come, show me a third way, and I'll follow you if you don't stumble."

It's about a quick decision, but it's already two quarters of an hour later when it's really finalized.

It's not one, it's not two, it's barely enough, and it's a compromise of three.

The criminal department prepared the whitewashed case file, and the Shuntian Mansion secretly checked Geng Baoyuan's gambling debts, these days in the morning, His Royal Highness does not ask the best, and if he asks, he will be a quail, and before the seal, if he finds out, he will report it as appropriate, and if he can't find out, Dali Temple will directly close the case, and he will hand it over.

Shan Shen picked up the waist card and strode away.

The officials of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department also walked out of the house one after another, looking at the dark and dreary sky.

Just now, I didn't fight for the red face, but I was very heavy.

The matter is related to the East Palace, regardless of whether the prince knows about the so-called robbery or not, it is inevitable that the rule is not strict.

His Royal Highness has been in turmoil for a year, and he doesn't understand how to govern himself, and what he is under control is a "fate".

Lord Ruan let out a white breath: "It's better to fall there by accident, the two things have nothing to do with each other."

Shi Rong also sighed.

Who is to blame?

Blame them for having nothing to do in Dali Temple, and now it's here.

Shame on you, shame on you, as soon as the case is over, except for the few people in the house today, no one knows the inside story.

The next morning.

Shan Shen loaded back the quail, and when he got out of the Jinluan Palace, he was stopped by Wantang.

Commander Wan asked, "I heard that something was dug up, why didn't I mention it?" Didn't find out?"

Shan Shen glanced at Wan Tang: "Lao Wan, don't ask, don't mix, it's really not a good thing this time."

"Yo?" Wan Tang hurriedly looked left and right a few times, and said in a suppressed voice, "So miserable? Can it be worse than you pit me to Chenmi Hutong?"

Shan Shen smiled.

Wantang: ......

Don't ask, this posture knows bad at a glance.

Shan Shen didn't want to drag Wantang into the water, but he couldn't hide from the yamen, and in the afternoon, Shan Shen could only go to the yamen to find Wantang again.

"I asked all the big and small gambling houses, and Geng Baoyuan didn't owe any money."

"Several families have mentioned that it should be the ninth day of the new year, Geng Baoyuan's father and another person, it sounds like it may be Qian Hu, and they went to look for someone together at night, but no one has seen Geng Baoyuan in those two days."

"I found out that a man named Zhang Cheng, the handlebar of Dong'an Automobile Company, and Geng Baoyuan are gambling friends, and the relationship is not bad, he owes Geng Baoyuan a lot of money."

"Zhang Cheng has been in Beijing for half a year, there are no relatives in Beijing, according to the car dealership, I saw people in the morning of the eighth day of the new year, and an old man came in the evening, saying that his old mother was seriously ill and urged him to go back, Zhang Cheng was in a hurry to leave, so he returned the car on his behalf."

"I don't think it's anything when I look at it, but I don't see anyone on the front and back feet, so it's hard to guarantee that it's not a thing."

"Whether Geng Baoyuan killed Zhang Cheng and absconded to collect debts, or really robbed people and lost his life, I can only continue to investigate."

Wan Tang couldn't cover his ears when he heard it: "I don't want to get involved, what do you tell me?"

"On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the roster of the guards at the city gate of the capital will see if anyone recognizes and remembers Geng Baoyuan and Zhang Cheng," Shan Shen said, "I don't ask you for it, who does it ask for?"

Wantang: ......

Today's wax moon is more than halfway, come to ask about the eighth day of the first month?

If those gambling houses hadn't been approached by other people's fathers, I was afraid that they wouldn't have been able to come.

Besides, where do the city gate guards recognize Geng Baoyuan and Zhang Cheng!

"The roster will definitely be given to you," Wan Tang said, "but if you investigate the case, it is not our business to guard the yamen, so don't cover our heads." We're providing some clues, and we're not even co-investigating."

Shan Shen also understands Wantang.

A shallow investigation revealed that two people were missing, one of whom was a guard of the East Palace; If you dig deeper, you can dig out a pit no matter how big it is.

It's human nature not to want to get involved easily.

Of course, it's hard to check.

The garrisons couldn't even remember the people they had seen on the eighth day of the first month of last month, let alone the eighth day of the first month.

The people sent to Zhang Cheng's hometown to inquire had just set off, and it was freezing cold, so I didn't say much back and forth

For a month, you have to spend years on the road.

After thinking about it carefully, he went to the Fuguo Mansion again.

First, Qian Hu and Liu Xun mentioned Geng Baoyuan that day, and Fu Guogong was present, which was clear.

Second, Fu Guogong suggested digging again, although he probably didn't expect to dig up such a waist card.

Xu Jian still received Shan Shen in the flower hall.

There are no outsiders here, Shan Shen and Xu Jian are also familiar with each other, and they are not so particular about opening their mouths, from Liu Xun to Qian Hu to Geng Baoyuan, they were all scolded by him.

Xu Jian took a sip of tea.

He listened to Master Shan's scolding to listen to fun, and after listening to it, he gave his opinion quite sincerely.

"As for the facts of the case," Xu Jian said, "I don't think the original case had anything to do with Geng Baoyuan's disappearance."

Shan Shen nodded.

When there are more investigations, there is an intuition.

"That Geng Baoyuan still has some characteristics, he has a mustache," Shan Shen said, "I asked the three murderers, and they all said that they had never seen any mustaches, judging by their expressions, it didn't look like a lie."

Xu Jian touched the teacup and said, "Although it is irrelevant, I suggest that Master Shan report truthfully in the court."

Shan Shen was surprised, puzzled: "Don't let the saint have a good year?"

"Master Shan is also speculating about the thoughts of the Holy Lord, so I feel that it is irrelevant, so there is no need to mention it," Xu Jian paused and said, "I also speculated on the thoughts of the Holy Lord to make this suggestion.

I can't say anything specific, I really dare to say it, and I don't want to hear so much about it.

If Lord Shan believes me, he will mention it tomorrow morning, and the saint will be angry, but he will not be angry with Shuntianfu, I can guarantee this.

Of course, be cautious, and don't mention it to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department."

Shan Shen took a breath, didn't agree, and didn't say no.

After a while, he said, "If you really count it, I have been hiding it for half a year before."

"The prince had an accident, and the guards around him were biting indiscriminately, and it was reasonable to say that there was no evidence at the time, and it was reasonable not to report it," Xu Jian smiled, "Besides, I also hid it, the Holy Lord wants to ask, I will go to the imperial study to say."