Three days later, Pei Jingning arrived at Jingling with Yeats and others.

Four years ago, the head of the Jiang family, the largest medicinal herb merchant in Jingling, was kidnapped, and the murderer asked for 100,000 taels of silver to ransom people.

Since then, the Jiang family, which has no family head, has been defeated.

But Jiang Yunlei, the eldest son of the Jiang family, has never given up chasing the murderer, and has always hoped to avenge his father in his lifetime.

As soon as Pei Jingning took Yeats and others to Jingling, he went to the Jingling Mansion and retrieved all the confessions and interrogation records from four years ago.

Yeats flipped through the pages for a day and a night, and sorted out all the cases about Jiang Haochuan, which was a sensation back then, and the Jingling Mansion handled it very seriously, and all the people who knew that Jiang Haochuan went to Jiming Temple to meet his friends checked at least three times, and there was nothing suspicious, as if it was just an accident that he was kidnapped while traveling.

If it is said that the road is robbed, Yeats feels that the relationship between the bandit and the robbed person is accidental, but in cases such as kidnapping, it will go through the search for the target, stepping on the point, and confirming the behavior and habits of the kidnapped person, and finally start, the process is very meticulous, and the crime is 100% certain, and it cannot be an accidental event.

Judging from the case file, this kidnapping case did not involve internal and external collusion, it seems that the outside murderer found the target and then found an opportunity to do it and finally succeeded.

If this case, as Pei Shaoqing found, may have been committed by a white-bearded middle-aged man, then is he a person from the vicinity of Jingling, or did he wander to Jingling to commit the crime?

Although the Jiang family is a big pharmaceutical merchant in Jingling and has a lot of wealth, there are actually many businessmen like the Jiang family, why did the white-bearded middle-aged man choose the Jiang family alone?

Or did they choose several at the same time, and then the Jiang family just happened to crash into their net?

What did Yeats need to know about what was not on the case file?

"Do you need to ask the Jiang family?"

Before Yeats could ask, Pei Shaoqing, who had been sitting next to her, pushed over the warm tea and already knew what she was thinking.

“……”

Is he too perceptive about people, or is there a tacit understanding between them?

Yeats held the cup with both hands to warm his hands, bowed his head and drank, it must be the first type, although Pei Da Lao is young, but the environment in which he has lived since he was a child has already allowed him to easily gain insight into human nature.

Once Ye Xiaozhi entered the state of investigation, the whole person flashed with a dazzling light, which made people can't help but admire, but once she got out of this state and was caught in her mind, her eyelashes would flutter, just like a little lady becoming confused, which made people laugh.

In the afterglow, Yeats found that the big guy was smiling, and the whole person was gentle, and under the oil lamp, her heart beat inexplicably like the lamp.

"My lord, it's getting late, let's go rest......"

She put down her cup, got up from the desk, and the moment she stood up, she suddenly realized that the phrase 'let's go to rest' was extremely inappropriate, and it made them look like two little bites.

Suddenly, she said very weakly, "My lord, my subordinates will retire first." "It doesn't matter if Big Brother Pei doesn't rest or not, anyway, she is embarrassed to escape first.

Pei Jingning was still smiling, and her eyes kept following Ye Xiaoyu until she ran out of the room and turned into the corridor and disappeared.

The next day, Pei Jingning took Yeats and others to find the Jiang family's son-in-law, Jiang Yunlei.

When he was found, his family was ruined, he was making portraits in the gallery, and when he heard that Dali Temple had come to investigate the murder of his father, he knelt on the ground excitedly and roared, "The sky is open...... What an eye-opener, father...... Children are not filial......"

waited until he had enough of crying before Yeats and others invited him to the teahouse and listened to him tell about the case that year.

"My Jiang family has been running a medicinal herb shop for five generations, and the family has ancestral teachings, does not hoard harvest goods, and does not make disaster New Year's wealth, so my Jiang family has a good reputation in Jingling, business is prosperous, and the family business is getting bigger and bigger...... Or was it ...... the gangsters succeeded."

Whenever he thought that his father was kidnapped by gangsters and tore up the ticket and didn't end well, Jiang Yunlei cried uncontrollably, "Why...... Why...... Knowing what we are doing is right and what we are doing, why should we suffer this calamity......"

Yeats and the others waited again for him to cry enough before he had a chance to speak.

She can see that the sixth-generation Jiang family's sister-in-law is not good at business, and even reads too many books, which is a little pedantic, if nothing happens to the Jiang family, it is estimated that he will not inherit the position of the head of the family!

Closer to home, that's not what she's here for.

Jiang Haochuan went to meet an old friend near Jiming Temple, and by the way, he went into Jiming Temple with his old friend to play two games of chess with the abbot, but he didn't expect that his old friend didn't arrive, and he didn't play chess, and he was tied up halfway.

Yeats asked: "Gongzi Jiang, apart from the people mentioned in the investigation of the case back then, who knew that your father was going to meet an old friend, did anyone else know?" ”

"Other?" Four years have passed, and the events of that year seem as clear as yesterday, but they all seem to be blurred.

"Yes." Yeats reminded him: "The family, the steward, the servant, and the master who drove the carriage, all those who knew about it, are you sure that the people who told the government to investigate the case back then?" Have they all checked one by one? ”

Jiang Yunlei fell into deep memories and chattered: "In addition to my grandmother and mother, there is also my own ......"

Yeats's eyes moved.

He continued: "Even the aunts, concubines and concubines have been examined and checked one by one, and my father went to Jiming Temple even temporarily, and not many people know about it, that is, the stewards, long-term attendants, and small servants who are close to them, and the yamen has already checked them several times, but nothing has been found. ”

"Do you think your father would tell a friend or someone else about this?"

"Father's friend?"

Yeats nodded.

"This ......" Jiang Yunlei was unsure, "I asked my father about the most useful steward, and they said that except for Uncle Mo, who asked my father, I didn't talk about it to anyone." ”

Yeats said: "The case file says that your father's friend Mo Yannian swore by his life and never told anyone else that he had made an appointment to go to Jiming Temple on that day, do you believe it?" ”

Jiang Yunlei was noncommittal, "The people of the Yamen checked him, but they didn't find anything wrong with him, and in order to prove his innocence, he entered Jiming Temple and became a monk at that time." ”

Yeats asked again: "How often did your father meet Mo Yannian, and how many times in a year did he go to Jiming Temple to play chess with the abbot?" ”

Jiang Yunlei replied, "This is the off-peak season of the pharmacy, I see each other once every two or three months when I am busy, and two or three times a month when I am not busy, and every time I see Uncle Mo, the two of them will go to Jiming Temple to play chess with the abbot." ”

……

Yeats asked a few more questions, which were similar to what was written in the case file, and almost nothing useful was excavated.

Today can only ask this first, Yeats got up, looked at the gallery, a medium and inconspicuous small gallery, and did not know how much a painting could sell for.

Out of the gallery, Yeats looked up at the cold swishing sky, "My lord, your purpose now is to find a white-bearded middle-aged man, right?" ”

"That's right."

"I came to Jingling to revisit the Jiang family's case, in order to find clues about the middle-aged white-bearded man?"

Pei Jingning did not deny it, "Just like the case of the Pinghu Lei family, this white-bearded man appeared plainly, and disappeared mysteriously, and there was no trace at all." ”

I asked Jiang Yunlei just now, but there was no clue at all.

Teng Chong was also anxious, "Otherwise, let's go back to the capital, or find clues from the courtyard where the two corpses were found." "This case is fresh and leaves a lot of evidence marks.

Yeats looked at him.

Teng Chong explained, "It's been four years since the Jiang family's case, and there is no crime scene, except for Jiang Haochuan, who has turned into white bones, there is not even a decent evidence, how can I investigate?" It happened recently in the capital, and some people have seen those three people, so it is easier to find the white-bearded middle-aged man. ”

Pei Jingning glanced at Teng Chong.

Teng Chong shrunk his shoulders in fright, not daring to say more.

Yeats smiled slightly, "Brother Teng, Master Pei has already found out that the white-bearded man is in the Jiangnan area, but I don't know where he is hiding in Jiangnan and came to Jingling...... and several cases that occurred in other places, all in order to find the common denominator in these cases and find out the hidden white-bearded middle-aged man. ”

"Then what do the Jiang family's case have in common with the Pinghu Lei family?"

Yeats looked up at the sky again, "It is a monk who casts the spell on the Leiliu clan......"

"You mean, there are also monks in the Jiang family's case?" Teng Chong seemed to have an epiphany suddenly, "Could it be that the middle-aged man surnamed Mo knows the white-bearded middle-aged man?" ”

"He may not have known about the existence of a middle-aged man with a white beard."

Teng Chong was confused, "How can you be so sure, do you ......" He turned to look at the small gallery behind him, "Do you suspect that Jiang Gongzi colluded with the kidnappers to kill his father?" ”

"Brother Teng......" Yeats wanted to cover his face.

"Who told you to say it in the clouds." Teng Chong looked aggrieved.

"Get in the car." Pei Jingning took his hand and reminded Yeats to get into the carriage.

Yeats patted his face, the middle-aged white-bearded man was hiding too deeply, there was no flaw in the two cases, and she was also anxious.

In the carriage, Yeats patted his face again, "My lord, I want to go to Jiming Temple to meet Mo Yannian." ”

Pei Jingning said to Bai Lang outside, "Go to Jiming Temple." ”

"Yes, sir."

By the time I arrived at Jiming Temple, it was already dark.

When Yeats and others arrived, they were directly led to the guest room to eat a hot meal, and after eating, Pei Jingning took Yeats to meet the abbot.

The old monk was kind-eyed, and played a game with Pei Jingning, and there was a draw, Yeats didn't understand this, looked at the old abbot's meditation room, and for some reason had an idea that this is the real Buddhism.

From the bottom of her heart, she agreed with the abbot and the temple, and she couldn't find anything wrong with the temple or the detective mind that would commit a crime, and before she knew it, she began to doze off little by little while sitting on the side.

Pei Jingning was afraid that Yeats's head would be uncomfortable, so he had already stretched out his palm and let her head tilt in his palm.

The old monk smiled like Maitreya Buddha, "Pei Xiaoyou's little friend is very interesting!" ”

Pei Jingning's expression was indifferent and calm, "The master told me that the middle-aged white-bearded man had appeared, and I came." ”

"The little novice in the temple saw the kidnapper, but unfortunately he was the only one who was carrying water, and he didn't have time to call someone, but he still let Jiang Shizhu die, and he was guilty of ...... crimes" The calm Lord Shaoqing suddenly sighed, "In every case, there is a person who sees a white-bearded middle-aged man, the master doesn't think that this man is deliberately let people see, and deliberately tells the world that he did this case, let us know but can't find it, and simply don't look at the government and Dali Temple." ”

The old monk was not in the mood to play chess, put down the sunspot, and shook his head, "If the sky is mad, it will rain, and if the people are crazy, there will be woe, since Pei Shaoqing has arrived in Jingling, I think you will gain something." ”

"Inherit the master's auspicious words." Pei Jingning also put down the chess piece in his other hand.

Yeats seemed to feel something, suddenly startled, woke up, and glanced at the chessboard, "My lord, master, are you done?" ”

The old monk smiled, "Did Ye Xiaoyou gain something today?" ”

Yeats was completely sleepy by his laughter, "Master, how do you know?" ”

"I don't know."

"......" she wasn't sure, and she didn't even say anything about Pei Jingning.

The old monk smiled and said, "I can look at the face." ”

“……”

"Look at your eyebrows and eyes, and you will get something."

"......" looks at each other...... Yeats said in his heart, then she can also set up a stall to tell fortunes.

The old monk was provoked by Yeats's small gesture of puffing up, "Ye Xiaoyou is really interesting." ”

"......" This is like a monk, why is it a bit of an old naughty boy's tone, Yeats pouted.

The old monk's happy laughter never stopped.

Out of the meditation room, Pei Jingning took his hands and slowly paced back to the guest room with Yeats.

"What the master said is true?" Pei Jingning turned his head to look at her.

Yeats sighed, "As the son-in-law of the Jiang family, Jiang Yunlei must be the plaintiff in the case, the plaintiff is the bitter master, and everyone in the yamen and the Jiang family unconsciously proved to the bitter lord that we have no motive to kill your father, but everyone ignored it, if Jiang Yunlei accidentally revealed his father's whereabouts to whom?" ”

Thinking backwards?

Pei Jingning asked directly: "Why not Mrs. Jiang, or his mother?" ”

"A small meeting, Jiang Haochuan may not tell the old lady and his wife."

Pei Jingning did not answer.

Yeats sighed again, "In the long four years, Jiang Gongzi may have also taken stock of all the people and things around him, and may remember to say in front of someone, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear the choice of memory bias, it is better to let Uncle Qin go to investigate first, and when Uncle Qin finishes checking, even if he can't bear to have memory bias, I will not let him escape." ”

The next day, Yeats met Mo Yannian, who had an appointment with Jiang Haochuan.

He was dressed in old monk's robes, simple and clean. When he saw Pei Jingning wearing the official uniform of Dali Temple, he did not panic, and even stepped forward calmly and politely, "Xiaomin has seen Master Pei." ”

Yeats found that he had a frank and unwavering gaze, a measured approach to people, and a well-behaved manner.

Jiming Temple is different from other Great Wei Dynasty temples that Yeats has seen, this is really a place of self-cultivation and compassion.

"If I hadn't asked Brother Jiang back then, he wouldn't have had this calamity."

"Amitabha!" The abbot master stood behind them at some point, "Heaven's will is like this, why do you have to take it on you?" ”

"That's my providence." He clasped his hands together, was calm and calm, and had the virtue of cultivating his mind.

Another day passed, at noon, Qin Dachuan returned to Jiming Temple from the center of Jingling, "Master Pei...... Lord Ye ......"

Teng Chong asked him anxiously, "Did you hear it?" ”

"There was an inconspicuous vignette."

Everyone looked at Qin Dachuan in unison.