Early the next morning, Liu Xin, who had just come to Nanzhen Fusi, was called by Dai De'an.

Dedean gets straight to the point:

"Yulin Wei Baihu died on the street near Huaiying Pavilion last night, you should know about it."

Liu Xin nodded.

He took it for granted that Dai De'an knew that he had been invited to the banquet by the Duke of Qin.

Dai De'an continued: "In fact, there was a case last night, a sentry officer of the 3,000 battalion of the forbidden army also died, at first the two cases were investigated separately, but later it was found that the two people are very close, they are related to each other, and the relationship is also very good on weekdays, and it can even be said that it is irreversible." So the case was connected. ”

Liu Xin frowned and asked, "Where did the sentry die?" ”

Dai De'an said: "Not in the barracks, but in the brothel outside the city, he secretly ran out alone last night, and after preliminary understanding, this is not the first time this person has done this." ”

Liu Xin concluded: "So the murderer found out his travel pattern and killed someone halfway? ”

Dai Dean shook his head: "The sentry of the forbidden army died in a brothel, on the woman's belly, the cause of death was a knife through the chest, and blood flowed into the bed, but the woman was fine, it is estimated that she was hit by the incense." Because it was the old bustard who found the deceased, the old bustard saw that the sentry officer had not come out after three poles in the day, and knew that he was a man in the army, and he was afraid that he would be involved in the brothel, so he went to call him, only to find that the person was dead, and the woman who accompanied the sentry officer last night slept very dead, and was woken up by the old bustard's three slaps.

After investigation, we found that he was pushed down the second floor after his throat was cut, and the cause of death was excessive bleeding, not a fall. But there are no scars on this hundred households, and they didn't struggle and fight before they died, and it is estimated that they died after being hit by the incense. Because of this, the two cases have been merged, and I know that you have a hand in investigating poisons, so I recommend you to investigate this case, and if you investigate it well, it may be helpful for your career. ”

Liu Xin was puzzled: "What do you say?" ”

Dai De'an smiled and said: "The dead sentry officer of the forbidden army, his son is Tan Rugan, the right attendant of the household department, Tan Rugan's eldest son Congwen, is now the Zhizhou of the outgoing state, and the younger son is from the military and has entered the forbidden army. And the hundred households of Yulinwei are Tan Rugan's nieces and sons-in-law, and the father-in-law of the hundred households of Yulinwei is the head of the Ministry of Industry. This case is quite strange, you need to investigate it carefully, but there is less than a month to be Zhengyang Wubi, if you think this case is difficult, don't worry, Wubi's matter is more important! ”

Liu Xin didn't expect that the backgrounds of these two deceased people were so deep, but it was normal to think about it, which one of the imperial capitals did not have a deep background, even himself, now he has one hand in Dongchang and the other hand Qin Guogong, and he has two thick thighs to hold.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that the pro-army side also arranged for someone to investigate this case."

"The pro-army is not responsible for investigating the case, right?"

Dai De'an sneered, looked at Liu Xin meaningfully, and said: "I heard that Yan'an Hou personally went to Wu Guogong to ask for it, and it was his son who was the main checker, and that kid's ability is not bad." ”

Liu Xin suddenly understood, but he could only nod.

Wu Guogong, as the first commander of Zhengyang, the position of Zuo Du Governor allowed him to take charge of the world's soldiers and horses, including the Shangzhiwei and the forbidden army were under his jurisdiction.

Lei Chuanchang is the general of the forbidden army and has the right to investigate the case of the forbidden army, but he has no right to interfere in the pro-army case, but this time because of the strange situation between the two cases, the combined investigation of the case gave Lei Chuanchang greater authority to investigate the case.

Leaving Nanzhen Fusi, he did not go back to the new thousand households that he had already run and built, but went to Yu Linwei first, and he remembered that Ning Yi was Yu Linwei's deputy thousand households.

When he arrived at the gate of Yulinwei, he happened to meet Ning Yi who came out, and Ning Yi greeted Liu Xin happily when he saw Liu Xin for the first time:

"Brother Liu, I happened to be looking for you!"

Liu Xin was surprised: "It's such a coincidence, I'm also going to look for you, what are you looking for me?" ”

After Ning Yi approached, a mysterious color appeared on his face, and he said, "I'll buy a pass first, why don't I guess what Brother Liu is looking for me?" ”

Liu Xin nodded: "Okay." ”

Ning Yi said: "It must be for Lian Jiawen's case, right, he is Yulin Wei Baihu, you are here to investigate the case!" ”

Liu Xin gave Ning Yi a thumbs up, although Ning Yi didn't understand what this meant, but he knew that it must be a good thing, so he grinned, and then Liu Xin said: "Then I'll guess what you're looking for me." ”

Ning Yi was overjoyed and said, "Okay, good!" ”

Liu Xin said: "This is your father who asked you to come to me, because your father is the commander of Yu Linwei, and if his subordinates have this case, he will definitely find someone to ask Jinyiwei, and the most convenient way is for you to come to me." ”

In fact, after yesterday's banquet, Liu Xin's biggest harvest was not only the secret apprenticeship of Qin Guogong, but also the friendship between Ning Yi and his son, that Ning Lao Wei is also a member of Xun Gui, the commander of Yu Linwei, and he has great power, but this person is the same as Ning Yi's temperament, last night the three of them hit it off at first sight, that Ning Lao Wei drank too much, and almost called Liu Xin a brother, which scared him a lot.

However, in this way, the relationship between Liu Xin and Ning Yi has become much closer.

And Liu Xin also asked Qin Guogong about the Ning family's father and son, and Qin Guogong's evaluation was only two words:

Simple.

Therefore, Liu Xin decided that the first person to develop was Ning Yi without the whereabouts of his brother.

Ning Yi was shocked when he saw that his mind was guessed, and his admiration for Liu Xin was beyond words: "Brother Liu, you are so powerful, you deserve to be a detective!" ”

"Detective? Who gave me this nickname? ”

"It's me!"

"Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Your father asked you to find me, what did you say?"

Ning Yi thought for a while, and perfectly recounted his father's words: "You go to Liu Xiaozi to help, he has handled two cases in two months, this smart man, he doesn't lose to your father and me!" It's a pity that I'm busy with official business, and His Majesty also knows about this case, the right waiter of the household department and the head of the Ministry of Works, the two old guys are staring at it, if I can find out earlier, I can also be quieter. That Lian Jiawen is just a waste snack, whether it's dead, it's just a trouble for me. ”

After speaking, Ning Yi asked again: "My father said that you have two cases in the past two months, I only know Chen Nianji's case, what other big cases have you handled?" ”

Looking at Ning Yi's curiosity, after thinking about it and weighing the pros and cons, Liu Xin still decided not to tell him.

The case of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is still in the final deployment, and Qi Ji, the right attendant of the military department, probably thinks that the limelight of this case has passed, but he doesn't know that a big net is being woven.

This time will not be long, and it is estimated that the net will be closed in the next two days.

Until then, it's better not to reveal it, especially a simple person like Ning Yi.

Although Liu Xin didn't tell him, Ning Yi felt a little unhappy, but Liu Xin said that he hoped he could assist Liu Xin in handling the case, and Ning Yi suddenly became excited again.

His father is the commander, and it doesn't matter if he, the deputy Qianhu, is not on duty.

Liu Xin thought that Ning Yi was still holding the money when he didn't work, and his mood was a little low, so he decided to treat Ning Yi as a coolie.

The two of them first went back to Liuxin's Qianhu Office, picked up the people, and first went to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, where the bodies of Yulin Weilian Jiawen and the forbidden army Tan Tingquan were there at this time.

At the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, Liu Xin unexpectedly met Lei Chuanchang, who came with the same purpose.

Lei Chuanchang was followed by three or four people, all of whom were middle-aged, and they didn't seem to be martial artists, and they looked weak.

Seeing dozens of people behind Liu Xin, Lei Chuanchang let out a cold snort from his nose, and his voice was not small, and said: "It takes so many people to investigate cases, does Jinyiwei rely on a lot of people to do things?" ”

After speaking, he directly strode into Jingzhao Mansion with a few people behind him.

Ning Yi's face was slightly cold, and he heard the sarcasm in Lei Chuanchang's words, but Liu Xin's face was as usual, and he just smiled and said: "Outsiders look at the excitement, insiders look at the doorway, Guan Gong plays with a big knife in front of him, and Lu Ban plays with a bolt in front of him!" ”

Ning Yi looked at Liu Xin with a look of surprise and said, "Brother Liu can even compose poems!" ”

Liu Xin smiled and said, "Little Doyle! ”

Then most of the people were left, and he himself took Ning Yi, Guo Yong and Liu Fu into Jingzhao Mansion.

Jingzhao Mansion Yin is a member of the three products, and his official position is actually the same as that of the local prefect, but at a different level. The local prefect is from the fourth grade, and the Jingzhao Mansion Yin is the third grade, which is not a little bit higher.

And except for Fu Yin, the other officials are the same as the magistrates, because Lord Dan Fu Yin is above the court at this time, so it is the prefect who receives several people, and the official of the fifth grade.

Although whether it is Lei Chuanchang or Liu Xin Ningyi, they are only thousands of households from Wupin, but the identities of several people are different, and the prefect and the governor do not dare to compare themselves with these people at all, so they are naturally reserved and obedient.

Because this Tongzhi received the news and came a step late, Liu Xin had already come in when he arrived.

"Two adults, are you here to see the corpse?" This fellow acquaintance smiled and was very angry.

"Take us to see the corpse!" Lei Chuanchang was unceremonious.

"There is Lao Tongzhi, my lord." Liu Xin was polite.

Lord Tongzhi smiled, didn't say anything, and led the two of them to a side hall at the back, which is a special place to store corpses, because it is summer, so there are large ice cubes specially transported here.

But after all, it was summer, and people had been dead for a while, and as soon as they entered the house, they could smell a foul rancid smell.

Lei Chuanchang is not a boy who has never seen blood, he has also suppressed bandits, killed people, and stained blood, but he has never had close contact with corpses.

Seeing the two corpses covered by two white cloths, he frowned lightly and asked, "Have the causes of death of these two people been examined?" ”

The Tongzhi master immediately brought a booklet and said, "This is the post-mortem record that was made, please check it out." ”

On the way here, Lei Chuanchang and Liu Xin had already reported to their homes.

Lei Chuanchang held the booklet in his hand and went to the door with a cold snort.

Liu Xin didn't care, and took Guo Yong and Liu Fu to the two corpses, Ning Yi covered his nose, he had never touched the corpses, this would smell the smell and feel his stomach churning tightly, especially in the morning, he would be used to drinking a bowl of blood soup, which was the Ning family's unique recipe for replenishing qi and blood.

As we all know, the qi and blood of a warrior are extremely important.

Ning Yi stood at the door, hesitating whether to take a step forward, but as if he was sealed, he couldn't move.

Seeing Ning Yi standing at the door, Lord Tongzhi seemed to be struggling and wanted to move forward, but after his footsteps were raised, he seemed to hit an invisible barrier, so he was so deadlocked, he couldn't help but ask with concern:

"Ning Qianhu, what's wrong with you?"

"I... Not! Ning Yi just wanted to speak, his mouth opened, and a rancid smell penetrated into his mouth, and then came to his nasal cavity, and his mind instantly remembered the blood soup he drank in the morning, covered his mouth suddenly, turned around and ran out.

"Gross!"

"What are you doing!"

Ning Yi's vomiting sound came from outside the door, followed by Lei Chuanchang's angry shouting, I don't know what happened.

Liu Xin in the house didn't pay attention to these, he lifted the white cloth and carefully examined the two of them. Sure enough, the two of them hit the same poison.

"The face is normally yellowish, but it is still so yellow so long after death, and the nails are blue, which is indeed a sign of poisoning. The face is normal, there is no hideous appearance, it may be that he was drugged and then injected with toxins, so he died peacefully. It can be regarded as a painless death. Lao Guo, Lao Liu, you check that body, I'll check this body, and then poison it after being stunned, the poison should not enter the body through the mouth, see if there are any traces on the body! ”

"Yes!"

The three of them began to rummage, the one Liu Xin was looking for was Lian Jiawen, Liu Xin didn't find any external injuries on his body for a while, but he found two additional things.

The first is that this person's physical fitness is very poor, his muscles and bones are loose and weak, and he is not like a martial artist at all.

The second is that this person suffers from flower willows, it seems that he is a veteran of the flower field, and he estimates that he will not go to those flower houses, but brothels.

Although the women in the flower building can't be said to be clean and self-conscious, because most of the people received are high-ranking officials and nobles, the women inside will be checked regularly, and even the four major flower buildings in the imperial capital have a group of doctors raised by themselves.

And those brothels are not so particular, everyone makes quick money, how can there be effort to check the body, even if the examination is meaningless, everyone is sick, why do you still check it.

And this Lian Jiawen's problem is already very serious, Liu Xin estimates that he has been sick for a long time.

I really sighed for the daughter of the head of the Ministry of Works, the niece of the head of the Ministry of Households, with such a husband, I am afraid that this lady will not be spared.

Looking all over Lian Jiawen's body, there were no wounds or suspicious places, Liu Xin focused his attention on the top of Lian Jiawen's head, and finally found a small blood scab behind his ear, opened the blood scab, and found a blood hole, the wound was very small, as if it was caused by an embroidery needle.

Liu Xin came to the side and found that Guo Yong and Liu Fu did not find anything when they checked Tan Tingquan's body, Liu Xin took a shot, and finally found an identical hole in the hair on the back of his head.

Guo Yong and Liu Fu were shocked and complimented.

However, Liu Xin is now immune to these, and he only laughed lightly when he heard it.

Liu Xin already had a preliminary judgment in his heart about what kind of poison was among the two and the method of poisoning.

And judging from the bodies of the two, there is a difference in the time of death, Lian Jiawen died first, Tan Tingquan died later, the difference between the two deaths is not big, it should be within two hours.

But now there is a problem, when Lian Jiawen died, it was close to the curfew, and the poison among them was poisoned immediately, indicating that the murderer was in the inner city at that time. And to go from the inner city to the outer city, and get out of the city before the complete curfew, it is absolutely too late.

But how did the murderer go out of the city and kill Tan Tingquan in a brothel outside the city?

By the way, Liu Xin also looked at Tan Tingquan's body, and Hua Liu's symptoms were milder than Lian Jiawen's.

With a number in their hearts, Liu Xin and Tongzhi thanked him, cleaned his hands in the water tank on the side, and left with Guo and Liu.

Outside the house, Liu Xin saw Ning Yi, who was holding his knees and vomiting wildly, Ning Yi's stomach was empty at this time, and he just kept spitting sour water.

In the distance, Lei Chuanchang's face was displeased, and a middle-aged scholar he brought with him looked loveless, and he was holding the booklet for an autopsy and looking through it, talking to Lei Chuanchang while looking at it.

When Lei Chuanchang saw Liu Xin coming out, he glanced at it and stopped paying attention, thinking in his heart, if Liu Xin asked him for this autopsy book, he would not give it, there was no autopsy book, see how you solve the case.

But to his surprise, Liu Xin first came to Ning Yi's side, and gently crossed some internal force into a few acupuncture points behind the latter, Ning Yi suddenly felt a lot better in his stomach, and after Ning Yi got up, the group of four left directly, and they didn't come to Lei Chuanchang to make an autopsy book at all.

Lei Chuanchang's face sank, and his attention returned to the middle-aged scholar he brought.

The people he brought with him were all veteran officials transferred from various government offices and had rich experience in investigating murder cases. With Yan Yan's ability, mobilizing these people in just one night can be said to be hand-eyed.

Leaving Jingzhao Mansion, Ning Yi asked Liu Xin where to go next, Liu Xin said that he was going to investigate the scene, and then instructed Guo and Liu to go to the death scene of Lian Jiawen in the inner city to see if there were any traces of drug there.

And Liu Xin wants to go out of the city and go to the brothel where Tan Tingquan died.

The reason for this arrangement is because Lian Jiawen's cultivation is too low, and the murderer killed him effortlessly, there must be few traces of the scene, and even Jiawen is not necessarily drugged, or poisoned after being directly knocked unconscious.

And Tan Tingquan is different, he once apprenticed under the city gate of Emperor Wu, and his martial arts are real, and the requirements of the forbidden army for military attachés are much higher than those of the pro-army. In addition to the Jinyi Guard, there are many corpses in the other pro-military guards.

Liu Xin also thought that the military attaches of the Zhengyang Dynasty now relied on real skills, but after listening to Ning Yi, he knew that among the pro-army, only Jinyiwei had the highest requirements, which was also related to Mi Yusong's indirect control of the Nanzhen Fusi. Among the other pro-armies, the situation of the Upper Twelve Guards is slightly better, after all, these Twelve Guards are guarding a critical place.

The situation of the lower fourteenth guard cannot be described as bad, it is simply rotten, according to Ning Yi's words, one brocade guard can clean up the entire lower fourteenth guard.

In addition to investigating the scene, Liu Xin also arranged for someone to investigate what the two were doing before they died, and who they were in contact with, hoping to find clues.

Liu Xin and Ning Yi took a few small flag officers and rode out of the city.

Halfway through, Liu Xin asked Ning Yi:

"When you were in Jingzhao Mansion, Lei Chuanchang looked at you very badly, you didn't have a good relationship with him?"

Ning Yi smiled embarrassedly, hesitated for a moment and said, "Originally, the relationship was not bad, but in the future, it is estimated that it will be very bad." ”

Liu Xin frowned: "Is it because of me?" ”

Ning Yi waved his hand: "It's none of your business, Brother Liu, it's me... When I came out of the morgue, I couldn't help but vomit, and it happened to be sprayed on the autopsy book in Lei Chuanchang's hand..."

Liu Xin was stunned, no wonder the autopsy book was in the hands of Lei Chuanchang's subordinates, and he thought that Lei Chuanchang was there to set up the score.