Di Xue was still thinking about the case in her sleep, when she suddenly thought of something and opened her eyes.

At this time, Chu Ran also finished writing the excerpt, and was quietly looking at the person on his lap.

When the person opened his eyes, he was really startled.

Then I heard Di Xue say: "Chu Ran, do you think my martial arts are good?" ”

How can anyone ask for praise as soon as they open their eyes, Chu Ran thought so but still said dotingly: "Of course, you are the ...... I have seen martial arts"

Before the praise in the second half of the sentence was spoken, Di Xue continued:

"That's right, all three members of the Wang family were killed with one sword, which shows that the murderer's martial arts are excellent, but he must have been restrained by something at that time, otherwise he wouldn't have made a dull sound when the pot was reset!"

"But what is the reason why he can't play his strength!" Di Xue was thinking excitedly, when she suddenly heard a voice:

"Di Xue!"

Chu Ran said angrily, why are you sleeping and still thinking about the case, your "conscientiousness" has ruined me so much tenderness!

Di Xue looked at Chu Ran blankly, but the person opposite just turned his face away, Di Xue thought to herself that the children of the family were different, and their temper was strange!

The carriage stopped smoothly at the gate of Di's mansion, Di Xue said hello to Chu Ran, who was still making trouble, and went back to the house to freshen up and prepare for the court!

As Di Xue expected, the incident of last night was known by the people of the Criminal Department, and Zhang Shilang of the Criminal Department participated in Di Xue's public panic in the imperial city.

As a result, Chu Ran seemed to vent his anger this morning, saying that the case was unclear, and how could the people be stable, and the frightened Zhang Shilang was speechless.

Di Xue is also helping on the side, is Du Shangshu from the Criminal Department still sick? Is the dossier finished?

Hearing Di Xue say this, Chu Ran's expression eased a little.

The emperor also reconciled the mud like a peacemaker, and then Di Xue handed the excerpt written by Chu Ran to the emperor, and the emperor praised it again and again.

said that the son of the world is hard, and Di Aiqing does not lose the pillars of the country.

In short, the early dynasty passed quite smoothly.

After getting off the court, Di Xue cautiously approached Chu Ran's side: "Chu Ran, His Royal Highness the Prince?" Why are you angry this morning? ”

Chu Ran looked at Di Xue's flickering eyes, blinking at herself, how could she still be angry in her heart, so her attitude softened: "It's nothing, I didn't sleep all night last night, and I didn't eat in the morning, and I was irritable!" ”

Di Xue immediately understood when she heard this: "This is easy to do, how about we go to eat now!" ”

On the side of Nanshi Street, in front of a stall with a cage drawer emitting white smoke, Di Xue was sitting at an old wooden table, picking up crab roe and flowing soup dumplings to eat.

Chu Ran looked at it and didn't know how to say it.

Di Xue picked up a small bowl and poured some vinegar, then put some chili peppers and handed it to Chu Ran: "Eat, this restaurant tastes very good!" ”

Chu Ran scholar Di Xue looked like he dipped it, and then put it in his mouth, but he coughed hotly.

"It's okay!" Di Xue patted Chu Ran's back comfortingly, and turned around to be amused by Chu Ran's funny appearance.

"You! I'm! After Chu Ran swallowed it, he looked at Di Xue laughing heartlessly, and he couldn't speak!

The two of them finished their breakfast and left the bun stall.

Di Xue walked in front, and the surrounding merchants were opening their doors to solicit guests, with pots and bowls, and silverware hairpins.

When they walked to the corner of the street, the two of them saw a store full of people blocking the street, and there were some squires and nobles dressed in brocade in the crowd.

When they got nearr, they heard people talking.

"Where is this old Li shoemaker, I gave the money to repair a shoe, people won't run away!"

"No, he is one of the best shoemakers in our Yuanjing, although he has no daughter, but the nourishment of life is definitely not missing for no reason!"

At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly screamed!

Di Xue followed the sound and saw a bloodstained white cat jumping off the roof with a piece of carrion in its mouth and running away along the alley behind

Di Xue and Chu Ran glanced at each other, and knew in their hearts that something should have happened inside!

Then the two of them walked to the door of Li Shi's shoe shop with great difficulty, and Di Xue said:

"Fellow villagers, the next is the temple of Dali Temple to catch Di Xue, the road here is narrow, everyone disperse first!"

After Di Xue finished speaking, she jumped onto the roof, and then crossed the ridge of the roof, and sure enough, she found a tile behind her that had been lifted.

After getting closer, a foul smell rushed to his nose, Di Xue hurriedly opened the white cloth bag he was carrying, took out the sackcloth to tie his mouth and nose, and then followed the hole in the roof into the back of the shoe shop, where the Li shoemaker worked.

The house was in a mess, and the tools and shoes were scattered all over the floor, as if someone was rummaging through something!

Pushing open the inner door, Di Xue saw the kitchen, the stove pit was full of ashes, and there were some paper books that had not been burned completely, Di Xue took out a few pieces, which looked like ledger shoes!

This Li shoemaker loves shoes like his life, and he will definitely not burn his hard work.

It seems that he is indeed more auspicious than lucky.

Di Xue thought about it and pushed open the kitchen door, and then saw the corpse lying in a pool of blood, the body was already decomposed, maggot pus was everywhere, and the flesh and blood on the corpse were also torn by wild beasts, and white bones were exposed in many places.

Di Xue was about to check, when she heard Chu Ran ask outside the door: "Master Di, how is it?" Are you okay? ”

"It's okay, you send someone to Dali Temple to find Han Shu and Zhang Ying, whoever has time will bring someone over, let them bring tools!"

Di Xue said as she pushed open the door of the bedroom and came to the main hall of the shoe shop, the inside of the door was blocked with wood, and it was impossible to enter from the outside.

Di Xue took off the wooden strip and walked in: "But there is a murder?" ”

"Yes, a male corpse was found in the house, and I initially speculated that it was the missing Li shoemaker, but the details will not be determined until after the autopsy!"

"I've already let them disperse the people outside, and now the autopsy?"

After Chu Ran finished speaking, Di Xue nodded, and then handed over the sackcloth, Chu Ran was not polite and hurriedly tied it to his mouth and nose, after all, the smell in this room was too pungent!

Di Xue returned to the bedroom, quickly took out the tools in the cloth bag, put on gloves and began the autopsy.

The corpse was preliminarily determined to be a man in his early fifties, less than five feet tall, with a sturdy build, and a wound on his neck that was fatal, though the wound was incomplete due to the animal's gnawing.

Di Xue was suddenly stunned when he checked again, and after the wound on his neck was treated, some jagged sections could be vaguely seen, could it be ......

Suddenly, Di Xue was stunned and asked, "But what did you find?" ”

"Maybe the murderer in this case is the same person who killed Xu Lai, but I can't figure out how the shoemaker has anything to do with Zhou Huai's case."

After Di Xue finished speaking, she continued to check, and found a sewn cloth bag on the inside of her underwear, Di Xue opened it carefully, and inside was a handkerchief!

"Looks like we're going to go to the Red Sleeves Building again!"

After Di Xue finished speaking, Chu Ran was a little puzzled, so she handed the handkerchief to Chu Ran.

Chu Ran looked down and saw a vivid cyan bird embroidered on the handkerchief!