Guess the Lantern Pavilion is a temporary two-story building with a front entrance and a back door.

The main entrance is very wide, there are steps, you can directly climb the stairs from the street to enter the hall to guess the lantern riddles, the hall is surrounded by all kinds of lanterns, the middle is a nine-story lighthouse that reaches the roof, you can get a prize for each guess the first floor, if you can guess all the lantern riddles on the nine-story lighthouse, it is said that you can not only get three hundred taels of silver, but also go to the top restaurant in the capital to eat a signature dish for free, so many people come in every year to guess the lantern riddles, but it is said that over the years, there are very few people who guess the nine floors.

The most recent time was five years ago, it was the year when Emperor Longqi ascended the throne, and it is said that there was a talented man who not only got three hundred taels and ate a free meal, but also got the jade Ruyi given by the emperor, which is a symbol of identity, and it is simply beautiful.

Yeats looked at the position of the lanterns in the hall, as well as the nine-story lighthouse, the nine-story lighthouse was not in the middle of the hall, but near the back door, and the lanterns on both sides of the back door were large lanterns, all of which were taller than people.

The chief in charge of guessing the lantern pavilion followed behind Yeats, "Lord Hui, for the sake of beauty, it was deliberately placed in a dead corner." ”

If it becomes a dead end, then it will become a quiet place for men and women to meet on a blind date, or someone will not be noticed when they come up from the back door.

"What's downstairs?" Yeats asked.

The director of the Guess the Lantern Pavilion bowed down and replied, "The first floor is actually a hollow, mainly to raise the second floor, so that people can see the Guess the Lantern Pavilion at a glance, so as to attract people to come and guess the lantern riddles." ”

It is equivalent to setting up a temporary stage, and the bottom of the stage is generally empty, and some messy items are placed.

Yeats walked to the left side of the back door and looked at the lantern standing on the left, who had asked Mrs. Shi to do so? Who is this person, in order to see him, she branched out to the personal girl Qiu Xiang.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the people trapped in the Guess Lantern Pavilion were surrounded and suppressed by the City Patrol Division and the Dali Temple's catchers.

Teng Chong and Zhang Jin were questioned one by one and registered in the case.

One person who had been interrogated said impatiently, "If we can't catch the murderer in one night, won't we be able to go home all night?" ”

The hall, which originally only had the sound of interrogation, instantly exploded like a pot, and everyone called Xiang, "Yes, won't you let us go home if we don't find it?" ”

"If we can't find it in a month, can't we go back for a month?"

Those who can enter the Guess Lantern Pavilion are all the children of official eunuchs, and after receiving this grievance, they all began to be restless and make trouble.

Jiang Botao was also impatient, "My cousin's case has been solved by him since June last year, and he hasn't given me the result yet, what do you say?" ”

"Ah......h

Jiang Botao's boys and buddies all widened their eyes, "@#, is it really fake?" ”

Jiang Botao looked disdainful, and looked at Yeats, who was walking around in the distance, "If you don't believe it, then you just wait?" ”

In the crowd, some people looked around cautiously.

It's almost midnight, and it's about to be the time to set off fireworks, Pei Jingning no longer accompanies the elders of the clan, and said goodbye and came out to find Yeats, "Guess what's going on with the case in the Lantern Pavilion?" ”

"Yan Yanzuo just arrived and is undergoing an autopsy."

"Where's Lord Lu?"

Bai Lang said: "Lord Lu has something to do at home, so he didn't come. ”

Pei Jingning strode towards the Guess the Lantern Pavilion, and Zhao Qi'an, the king of Nanping County, followed, "You go to Guess the Lantern Pavilion?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Qi'an was fine anyway, so he went with him.

There was a bloody case on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and Emperor Long Qi was in a very bad mood, so he asked whose little lady it was, "Hurry up and find out for me, and Shi Langzhong, I can't even look good at a child, hurry back to my hometown to farm." ”

Shi Langzhong almost fainted when he heard the emperor's words of degrading the official, and entered the Guess the Lantern Pavilion with a shaking body, stopping Yeats, "Tonight, if you don't catch the murderer, the official will ......" Thinking that the official was demoted by the emperor, he changed his words unwillingly, "Xiaomin will never give up." ”

Yan Yan's corpse has been written, and he was about to withdraw from the scene of the crime, but he was blocked, and the people who thought they could go home were also blocked and couldn't move.

Master Shi said, "I heard that Lord Ye can point out the murderer on the spot, so I will let Xiaomin see and understand it today." ”

Yeats, who was about to pack up and go home: "......"

The blunt instrument that struck Shi Shaoyun had just been found, and it was a hammer that knocked on the ground stake of the Lantern Pavilion.

The hammer is placed on the first floor, surrounded by the foundation pile, after the fortification is completed, some tools are placed in the enclosed first floor, and when the Lantern Festival passes, it can be used when dismantling the lantern pavilion, so it is normal to put the hammer in this.

But there shouldn't be many people who know that there are tools inside, especially the boys who come to guess the lantern riddles, only those who participated in the construction of the lantern pavilion know, and this has to be investigated.

It's already the middle of the night, it's impossible tonight, the people of Dali Temple are preparing to close the stall, but they are stopped by the bitter master's father.

What if the emperor didn't demote him?

Yeats looked at the howling man in front of him, "Master Shi......" She looked out the door, meaning to tell him that it was getting late.

"No, the little girl died too miserably, how could she come out to see a lamp and be killed, Xiaomin asked the adults to be the masters of my daughter and give her justice."

When Yeats was about to reply, Pei Jingning walked in with his hand, "Master Shi ......"

has already lost his official position, and Master Shi immediately interrupted his words and knelt down to the end: "Please be the master of the small people, catch the murderer for the wronged little girl who died, and seek justice." ”

"......" Pei Jingning looked at Yeats.

Yeats sighed, and she asked: "Master Shi, after your daughter stood at the lighthouse, she went to a man's appointment, I want to ask, do you know that she has a sweetheart?" ”

In ancient times, the little lady has always been the matchmaker of her parents, and it is impossible to have any sweetheart in private, if there is, it means that the family style is not right.

Master Shi glared, "You are talking nonsense, my little girl is the most polite little lady, and she has never stepped out of the door." ”

Yeats's face turned pale, "My lord, if you don't cooperate, this case will be tried until next year!" ”

"If you can find out, you can find out, if you can't find out, you can't find out, what excuse to find." The horizontal is not afraid of the vertical, and Master Shi has no official to rely on.

Pei Jingning was about to speak, Yeats walked to his side and gently stopped him.

She asked, "Master Shi, is your little girl engaged?" ”

"Of course."

"Who's the one to order?"

"The third son of Pingbo Mansion."

"Is it a concubine or a concubine?"

Master Shi raised his head: "Marrying a daughter-in-law from a low door, marrying a daughter from a high door, of course, is a son-in-law." ”

Yeats turned his head and asked Teng Chong, "Was there the third son of the Pingbo Mansion family in the crowd just now?" ”

Teng Chong nodded, "There is ......"

"Are you there?"

Teng Chong pointed to a medium-sized young man in the crowd, "Third son, please come out for a while." ”

Everyone looked at the third prince of Pingbo Mansion in unison, his face turned pale, "I...... I didn't kill anyone......"

(End of chapter)