Evening.

In a courtyard in the west of the city, a group of people were eating.

Zhang Hu shouted: "Everyone cheer up, eat more now." Tonight is a great job in Chengbitang, and the price of printing this volume is worth half a year's wages. The manuscript will be delivered in a while, and everyone will be quicker. ”

The sky is getting dark, the owner of the village of Chengbi Hall comes out of the back door of Chengbi Hall with a cloth bag, and a person walks slowly along the Dipu River, there is no moonlight at night, across the lively East and West Street, the Dipu River looks lonely and noisy.

Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in the small alley on the side, and a white light flashed through the black night. The master of the Zhuang Hall jumped back vigorously, raised his eyes and smiled: "Good kung fu." Good knife skills. ”

The black shadow man suddenly retreated, and said with some hesitation: "You are not Zhuang Kan? ”

"Hehe, I'm your uncle, Yi Xiaotian!" With that, one got up and threw himself at the shadow, a short sword in his right hand sliding like light and shadow.

The black shadow caught the blade with a knife with his backhand, gently and skillfully pushed away Xiao Yi's strength, and jumped back lightly, he was not in love with fighting, he immediately wanted to withdraw, Xiao Yi sensed his intentions, and shouted loudly: "Come on!" He's going to run! ”

Dozens of torches lit up in response, illuminating half of the street, reflecting the bright light of the Dipu River on the side.

Su Huangzhe walked out from behind and said, "It's finally time for you, Master Li." ”

The Shadow Man didn't answer, and he jumped into the river next to him. As a result, as soon as he went down, he was held down by two people. Yun Pan sneered on the side: "I expected you to swim, and there are ten people guarding the river, so I'm afraid you won't jump." He glanced back. Well, his subordinate Anji shrank behind the crowd like a quail, stretching his neck to look.

Guo Xi touched his beards and said with a smile: "Master Su, you are really like a god." ”

On the second day, the lobby of the Punishment Department.

Su Huangzhe, Guo Xi and others all sat in the hall in official uniforms, and not only Mrs. Cheng and the people from the Qi State Mansion sat in the hall, but also Liang Su, Wang Qingyan's wife, Qin Manyun and others, Dai Fuyin and Lin Shaoyin of the Beijing Mansion, Cai Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Langzhong of the Household Department.

After Su Huangzhe saluted the Duchess of Qi, Mrs. Cheng Shilang and others, he said, "The three cases have been investigated for a whole month, and tens of thousands of confessions have been recorded, and now they have finally come to light. ”

"Next, Anji will tell you about it."

An Ying deliberately changed into a new set of official uniforms and wore her newly bought shoes, because Master Su also handed over the final analysis of the case to herself, she was really excited, apprehensive and scared, and she had been spinning in circles in the official room before. Yun Pan on the side saw her nervous and anxious, and said angrily: "It's also my subordinate, what's there to be afraid of in this scene." I really can't go on, and Lao Guo and I will help you support it. An Ying looked at him gratefully, and then looked at Guo Langzhong, who was smiling, and his uneasy mood finally calmed down.

At this moment, An Ying walked to the center of the lobby and said, "Everyone, make a long story short. Let me start with Cheng Shilang's case. ”

"On the morning of the third day of the seventh month, Cheng Shilang was found dead in his residence."

"At that time, Mrs. Cheng, you didn't report the case immediately, did you?"

Mrs. Cheng, who was sitting in the hall, nodded, and An Yingyou asked, "Why didn't you report the case directly?" ”

Mrs. Cheng looked at the many people in the hall, straightened her waist, and said, "When I found out in the morning, there was no sign of murder in my family. It wasn't until Cai Langzhong came to pick up the master's documents in the afternoon that we found that the study had been turned over, so I quickly sent someone to the capital government to report the case. ”

An Ying nodded and said, "In other words, without the study, you won't report the case at all?" ”

Mrs. Cheng was stunned for a moment, looked at everyone's eyes, and nodded firmly: "No." I have carefully looked at the body of the master, and all the food has been examined, and there is nothing unusual. At that time, I felt that my life had come. Until the study incident, I don't think it was a country that infiltrated the country, and we didn't know about the exotic poisons. That's why I told the Ministry of Punishment to examine the body. Our Cheng family has been on the battlefield, there is no taboo, as long as the truth. There is no room for a slight mistake in military affairs. ”

When everyone heard this, they all showed admiration.

An Ying admires Mrs. Cheng from the bottom of her heart, she has a firm mind and is calm in trouble.

An Ying continued: "After an examination, it was found that Cheng Shilang was not poisoned or injured, and the cause of death was a broken heart meridian. ”

According to the experience of the criminal department for many years, this situation is more common when the heart is hit by an external force. The force of this impact is not small. Cheng Shilang himself practiced martial arts, and there were more than ten attendant guards outside the house, so it was basically impossible to kill Cheng Shilang quietly under such circumstances. ”

"So we reversed the direction of the investigation and focused on investigating the problem of the study."

"Mrs. Cheng, after Xiao Tao found out that Cheng Shilang had passed away that morning, he immediately reported it to you. You went from the inner courtyard to Qinghui Garden, and then you said that several guards went to the Pixiang Hall, and the study room on weekdays was almost unattended for half a day, so it gave the thieves a chance to take advantage of? ”

Mrs. Cheng nodded, leaned over the crowd slightly, and said, "It's a mess all of a sudden, and everyone laughs." ”

An Ying shook her head, "Mrs. Cheng, you are humble. I carefully checked the dynamics of the guards in Qinghui Garden for a day, in fact, when the study was really unguarded, it was only a quarter of an hour! ”

Mrs. Cheng was taken aback, "How is this possible?" ”

An Ying took out a large drawing and showed it to everyone.

"This is the drawing of Chengfu, after entering from the gate, behind the wall is the water system, and the nine-curved corridor connects the east and west gates. Enter the east gate, and then pass through the wisteria corridor is Qinghui Garden. The guards of the East and West Gates and the Gate are all veterans of the Cheng family for more than ten years, and they have never left their posts when the sky falls. ”

"The wisteria corridor is twisting and turning, and there are a total of six guards in the entire corridor, and the position of each guard station is set by Cheng Shilang himself. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but when my brother and I stood up with it, we found that each position was carefully designed. At each point, you can see two people in front and behind. ”

At that time, Xiao Tao called the guards over, and took three people from the six positions, and the remaining three were in the cloister, plus the guard at the door. The entire Qinghui Garden is actually still tightly guarded. ”

It wasn't until the afternoon that the housekeeper Jiao Ruoyu gathered all the guards of Qinghui Garden for questioning, and there was a hole in the defense of the Cheng Mansion. ”

Mrs. Cheng looked at Steward Jiao suspiciously.

An Ying pointed to the drawings and said: "The guards at the gate of Qinghui Garden and the guards of the inner courtyard have been called, and at this moment, the inner courtyard and Qinghui Garden are unimpeded. The wisteria corridor guards were also withdrawn, and all the guards stood in the open space behind the Pixiang Pavilion, listening to the Jiao steward standing on the steps of the Pixiang Pavilion explain the matter. ”

"Let's see where we are at this time."

An Ying drew a sketch, "The location of the study is at the back of the Pixiang Pavilion, at this time, all the people are facing the study, and only Steward Jiao is facing the study. And only a quarter of an hour after this lecture was the time when there was no guard in the study. ”

Mrs. Cheng stood up abruptly and pointed at Steward Jiao, and said sharply, "Which country are you from?" ”

Steward Jiao knelt on the ground, "Madam, I'm not fine, I am, I'm ....."

An Ying walked over to comfort Mrs. Cheng and said, "Mrs. Cheng, there is no detail in the whole matter. ”

Mrs. Cheng looked back at An Ying suspiciously, and then at Su Huangzhe. Su Huangzhe nodded at her, Mrs. Cheng relaxed her shoulders suddenly, she let out a long breath, and looked at Steward Jiao who was kneeling on the ground.

Facing everyone's suspicions, An Ying said: "Steward Jiao is just helping people. ”

"Help?" Mrs. Cheng was puzzled.

"He's helping Qingniang."