The people of Shu Youtang found the body in the back mountain, which alarmed the Criminal Department, and it didn't take long for the entire Ruoshui to spread all over the place, but the Criminal Department blocked the news, and it was only known that the corpse was Jia Wedge, the nephew of Jia Yushen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the cause of death was a mystery. If the case is passed on to me and I will pass on to you in Shuicheng, adding oil and vinegar, and finally it will be rumored that it is the gentleman of Shu Youtang who committed the murder, which is boiling and outrageous.

Jia Yushen had no children under his knees, regarded Jia Wedge as his own, and learned that his nephew died tragically, but the criminal department was slow to arrest the criminal, so he posted a high reward, and for a while, whether it was the people of the rivers and lakes or the ordinary people, they followed one after another, turning Kyoto upside down.

In the cell of the criminal department, the oil lamps flickered, and one by one they were extinguished. The cramped, claustrophobic cells were infested with rats and insects, and a fishy stench wafted from the prisoners, and from time to time there were several moans caused by torture or psychological torment.

Su Yan, a student of Shuyoutang, was huddled in a cell, and the cold prison made them shiver with cold, even if they hugged each other for warmth, it didn't make much difference.

Ran Ying finally couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded outside, and the voice echoed and lengthened in the corridor, which was very terrifying. The eldest grandson was more frightened and hurriedly hugged Su Yan, and said with a crying voice: "Sir, do you think we are going to die?" ”

Jin Qi pinched her vigorously from a grandson, "Your brain is all paste!" The body was found by us, and the Criminal Department only left us temporarily, and will let us go when we make a confession! ”

Sun Ziliang hurriedly agreed: "Yes, the dignified punishment department, and you are not a robber, how can you kill people easily, you are really worrying!" I was scared, I was so scared by you, I... How can I sleep at night! ”

"But how can there be a record of confessions, yes, to be imprisoned?" The more the eldest grandson thought about it, the more frightened he felt, and Jin Qi kicked at her irritably, cursing and shutting up.

Su Yan hurriedly comforted everyone: "It may be that the gossip outside is too strong, and under pressure, the Criminal Department can only temporarily detain us, and we will be released when the investigation is clear, don't think about it!" ”

The students had been in a state of panic ever since they were taken into prison, and Su Yan's words were like a reassuring pill. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Ran Ying turned her head and blamed Su Yan: "It's all you!" If it weren't for you, how would we have gone to the back mountain! It has caused us to be imprisoned in this place for no reason, and now it is okay, so that the heavens should not be called the earth! ”

Su Yan's head was buzzing with the noise, and according to her previous temperament, she had already scolded back angrily, but she was in prison at this time, and she was too busy to take care of herself, so she was really not interested in entanglement with her. But Jin Qi shouted for her: "You are really unreasonable, if you hadn't made trouble in class, Mr. wouldn't have gone to the back mountain." ”

Ran Ying was not convinced, and raised her voice to scold: "Obviously Xu Ziya proposed it, what does it matter to me?" You can carry it clearly, we are in prison because of her, even if we have the life to get out, we will have to take off three layers of skin! At this time, what kind of sage are you pretending, hypocrisy! ”

Jin Qi was angry with her, and wanted to scold, Su Yan shouted: "Enough! When is this still the time you still have the heart to quarrel? No matter what the reason is, whose responsibility it is, the most important thing now is that everyone works together to get through! ”

As he was talking, a series of footsteps suddenly sounded outside, and the students were so frightened that they hurriedly hid in the corner, only to see two prison messengers coming towards them. Sun Ziliang saw it, cried and howled that he was here to deliver the severed head meal, and then fainted. Su Yan hurriedly asked them, "Two adults, what are you going to do?" ”

The prison messenger led by him unlocked the door, nodded and said, "Mr. Su has worked hard, and the little ones are here to let them go." ”

Jin Qi happily pounced on it and repeatedly verified the authenticity. Su Yan felt that there was something else wrong, and asked: "Is the murderer brought to justice?" ”

The prison messenger hesitated and said, "Murderer, he..."

"What's the murderer?"

The prisoner looked at Jin Qi hesitantly, but he couldn't resist Su Yan's repeated questioning, so he had to explain it to Pan: "Originally, this case was an unsolved case, and it was said that the deceased was about three minutes ugly when he died, and it was in the middle of the night, at that time, there was no one inside and outside Kyoto, and no one saw the murder at all, so the murderer could not be found for a long time, but the spike found in the back mountain was particularly strange, and it was because of this spike that the murderer was pulled out." The prison messenger looked at Jin Qi again, and whispered to Su Yan: "It's Nangong Lin, who was just arrested and brought to justice half an hour ago, and he is also a man, so he didn't let go of his mouth when he was so severely punished." ”

Su Yan frowned, always feeling that he had heard this name somewhere. was puzzled, the Jin Qi beside her suddenly fainted in her arms, and she finally realized that Nangong Fu's surname was not the Jin Qi family!

The prison messenger stomped his foot and said regretfully: "I knew I wouldn't say it!" The Nangong family just dizzed one, and this dizzed another, Mr. Su, don't say it to me after you go out. Before the words fell, he was grabbed by his colleagues, scolding him for being nosy, being careful of being heard by adults, and his job was not guaranteed!

Coming out of the prison, Su Yan sent Jin Qi back to her house first, and Jin Qi finally woke up, holding her hand and crying, all about how her brother was kind and humble, and he would definitely not kill anyone. Su Yan knew that there was nothing she could do, but she still gently patted her on the shoulder to reassure her. And this time I also saw Jin Qi's mother, and I was already crying and prostrating. Su Yan didn't know what Nangong Lin was like and what he did in this case, there was no evidence, and it was difficult to say anything.

The Houshan murder case has become the center of Ruoshui, and there are always a few people who don't think it's a big deal to discuss the case in the long street, one said: The one who died was the official's family, and the murderer was also the official's family, and there must be a problem here; Another said: I don't know how many insiders there are twists and turns, but in the final analysis, you can't escape the word interest, this interest... It should have something to do with the court.

Su Yan's ears were sharp, and when he heard this, he stopped and inquired, thinking that these two should have a deep understanding of the cause and effect of this. After inquiring, I learned that Nangong Lin and Jia Yu had a conflict the night before yesterday over fighting crickets, which was just a quarrel, but then suddenly started to move, and then he died. Su Yan couldn't help but think about it: The Nangong family has always been strict with themselves and has never caused trouble, even if Jin Qi is just a small fight, how can Nangong Lin take people's lives for a trivial matter? The eldest grandson Yue also said: "Nangong Lin is a scholar, he doesn't dare to kill chickens, where is the means to kill people?" What's more, Jia Yu often corresponded with him, and the people in the Immortal Pavilion knew that they had never had a grudge, and it was impossible for them to quarrel once and then have murderous intentions! ”

The two grabbed Changsun Yue and asked, "Yes, Nangong Gongzi is a humble person, how can he be murderous!" So we all think that this case is quite strange, I don't know what the girl thinks? ”

The eldest grandson laughed a few times, broke free from his enthusiastic hands and said, "The little woman is shallow, and she doesn't dare to talk about it!" ”

The eldest grandson was very vigilant, and did not dare to discuss the public case outside in the name of the eldest grandson's family, so he pulled up Su Yan's and evacuated.

The murder case went around in Su Yan's heart, and he couldn't think of why, and he returned to the Lonely Luan Pavilion in a daze. Bumped into the Buddha head-on, was looking at her nervously, and in a blink of an eye became an inkstone, puffing out his cheeks, and suddenly a mouthful of cold water squirted out, and he suddenly woke up.

"Yansheng, you are looking for death!" Su Yan wiped his face and cursed. Yan Sheng patted his chest and said reassuringly: "I finally woke up, and this cup of early spring new tea is in vain." ”

Buddha said to her: "This case is a big matter, involving the Nangong family and the Jia family, both sides are court officials, the criminal department can not take care of either side, can only use evidence to enforce the law impartially, if Nangong Lin is really convicted in the end, then for his sentence, the lightest must be exile." ”

This is the first time Su Yan has heard her say such a long talk, but she is really not in the mood to be surprised, so she just cares about asking the bottom of the question: "Because of a spike, it is judged to be Nangong Lin?" What about the reason for the crime, the murder weapon, and the time? ”

"How can I release you without evidence? Naturally, the Criminal Department has collected it all. However, at present, Nangong Lin does not admit it, and it seems that there is another hidden story in this case. Not to mention Nangong Lin, now Shu Youtang has fallen into public opinion, fortunately the murderer has been discovered, otherwise you will not be able to wash it away, and you will have to be more vigilant in the future, and if you encounter such a thing, notify the hospital first. ”

"Sit up straight, what are you afraid of! I think, Nangong Lin is not a murderer at all, you think, he is a weak and unscrupulous son who kills people for a trivial matter, it is too unreasonable, Jin Qi said that his brother is modest, such a person, not like a murderer. ”

Yan Sheng said listlessly: "You are also guessing, what if people kill people impulsively? ”

Su Yan's heart sank, feeling that this was not good. It was decided to return to the scene of the crime, and if it was an unjust case, there would be traces at the scene. Yan Sheng stopped her and reminded: "The murder case involves the sons of two officials, and the impact is significant, and the Criminal Department has no right to decide the case. Now that the evidence is available, Nangong Lin won't last long, and you don't have much time! ”

Su Yan nodded and wrote, "Don't worry, I will definitely help Jin Qi save his brother!" ”

Before leaving, Su Yan repeatedly instructed the eldest grandson Yue to persuade the eldest grandson to delay the interrogation without controversy and buy time for them. Ran Ying watched coldly, feeling that Su Yan was nosy, and sooner or later he would get into trouble!

As the sun sank to the west, the mountains behind gradually disappeared into darkness. Lanterns have been lit up all over the academy, the South Lake is full of all kinds of river lanterns, the covered bridge is secluded, and the water pavilion is lonely. Looking at the back mountain from the South Lake, you can only see a corner of the emerald green mountaintop and the green night.

Xilou appeared on the curved bridge, knocking on the fan leisurely, saw Zuo Qing coming, greeted him with a smile and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, I miss it very much!" ”

Zuo Qing didn't have the heart to talk and laugh with him, and said seriously: "You're not here these days, something happened." ”

"What's going on in Kyoto?" Xilou looked at him with a solemn expression, and his smile suddenly dissipated.

"Jia Wedge, the nephew of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, died in the back mountain, and the Criminal Department suspects that Nangong Lin, the son of the Nangong family, did it."

"Nangong Lin? And Nangong Que is..."

"Lord Nangong's eldest son, Lord Nangong also has a daughter, who is Nangong Jinqi of Shu Youtang."

Xilou suddenly understood: "Do you think there is something suspicious in this case?" ”

"Nangong Lin I've seen a few times, a powerless teenager doesn't look like he can hurt people; Secondly, the Criminal Department had already interrogated Nangong Lin, and Nangong Lin quarreled with Jia Yu that night because he found Jia Yu doing things on the cricket, and Jia Wedge had always been good friends with Yin Yun, so Nangong Lin thought that they were partnering to deceive him. But I don't think that's the reason for the killing, it's ridiculous. ”

"Yin Yun? The son of Yin Zhuo, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple? ”

"Exactly. Originally, the Criminal Department also suspected him, but later the human and physical evidence pointed to Nangong Lin, so he was excluded. ”

Xilou knew what he meant, "You want to check Yin Yun?" ”

Zuo Qing's face slowly relaxed, and he already had a plan for this case in his heart.

The night flew by, Su Yan and the others searched all over the back mountain but still failed to find any evidence, seeing that the sky had already revealed the white of the fish's belly, and the students were physically exhausted, they were defeated one after another, and their faces drooped. Su Yan didn't want to give up and continued to rummage, but it didn't take long for him to lose his strength, and he collapsed under the tree panting.

Xu Ziya complained to Sun Ziliang beside him: "It's useless to look for it like this, what does Nangong Lin have to do with us, why bother so much?" ”

Nangong Jinqi heard this, and jumped to his feet in a hurry, "Xu Ziya, what do you mean?" ”

Xu Ziya shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's your brother and not my brother, it's none of your business." ”

"It's a human life!"

Su Yan dragged Jin Qi back and persuaded Xu Ziya: "They are all classmates, and if you insist on it, maybe the Criminal Department has missed important clues." ”

Xu Ziya said helplessly: "The students are also thinking about Mr. Su, you look at this barren mountains and mountains, all of them are children of rich families, if something happens, can Mr. Su afford it?" ”

Only then did Su Yan realize that the students were so tired that they couldn't straighten their waists. The nerves that had been tense collapsed instantly. I had no choice but to tell everyone: "It's dawn, you guys go home, I and the people of the Nangong family continue to look for it." ”

Changsun Yue and Sun Ziliang looked at each other and said at the same time, "Let's stay!" ”

Jin Qi bowed his hand to them gratefully.

Xu Ziya rolled his eyes, turned to leave, and muttered as he walked: "I also said that it was Mr., pig brain!" ”

Su Yan felt that his behavior was very strange, and hurriedly chased after him, "What you just said, it seems that there is something in the words?" ”

Xu Ziya slanted his lips and smiled disdainfully: "The Criminal Department is the most efficient department in Ruoshui and even in the entire Rongguo, who can search and arrest, judge and judge cases?" They've searched this place no less than three times, do you think they wouldn't find it if there was any evidence? Fools know that it's time for a change of place. ”

"Where?"

"If you go to the most crowded and complicated place, you may have an unexpected reward."

"Cut! What do you think about storytelling? So easy to find the murderer there? Sun Ziliang said loudly, feeling that Xu Ziya was dreaming.

Su Yan thought of a place, Yunlai Pavilion!