In the middle of the night, there is still a candle on the hall of Dali Temple.

Even Zuo Zhengming has already left, and only Qi Lin of Dali Temple is left in a huge big room.

He had been looking at the candlestick in front of him, not blinking, his brows furrowed, obviously something choked in his heart and could not decide for a while.

"Since you dare to plot this, you can't be a simple-minded person, so why are the hunted cicadas unharmed, there was not much defense in Wan'an Temple at that time, as long as a blow missed, they could have retreated, but they all took poison and committed suicide, what are these things for?" he kept muttering to himself.

The candle flame kept beating, and it was like an indescribable thought at the moment, churning up and down, uneasy.

Since the early pilgrimage was ordered to handle the case, it has only been two days now, and I thought that this matter must be complicated, and the killers have all died, and it must be difficult to find out the context.

However, in fact, he was wrong, at least it was not the same as he imagined, the killers were all dead, but Zuo Zhengming found the key clues from the dead body, everything seemed to become transparent and clear, as if the originally complicated facts immediately became simple and could not be simpler.

He couldn't tell how he felt, but he still vaguely felt that it couldn't be so simple.

Qi Lin took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, he couldn't imagine that he, who had always been resolute and decisive, would hesitate like this, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

At this moment, I don't know where there was a faint sound of flute, wisps, from far and near.

Qi Lin couldn't help but raise his head, the voice was obviously very far away, but it seemed to be in his ears, and it seemed to be vague and confused in the clear, and he didn't know the meaning of the song.

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten all his worries just now, and his mind was clear, so he stood up and walked outside.

Walking out of the lobby of Dali Temple, the outside is already shining with silver moon, a piece of clear.

The sound of the flute is still coming, if there is none, it is really impossible to hear where it comes from, but there is a beautiful sound, so why bother where it comes from, the pleasant ear is better than the suffering of the world.

"Does anyone know the hesitation in my heart at the moment, and deliberately use this flute to solve my doubts?" Qi Lin didn't know why he came up with such an idea.

The moonlight sprinkled on his face, and he closed his eyes, as if bathed in the peace of this moment, as well as the faint sound between heaven and earth.

The former teacher said that whether he was an official or born and left the rivers and lakes, Qi Lin was destined to be an idiot, he didn't know that there were all kinds of different meanings in the eyes of others looking at him, some people hated him, and some people were afraid of him, but very few people really understood him.

This may be the loneliness of life, but what does it matter? Isn't it such a long and lonely road from birth to death? How can anyone ever know themselves and the other, and life and death depend on each other?

Qi Lin suddenly frowned, took two steps back, only to find that he had been unconsciously affected by the sound of the flute, and he who was originally like steel would actually have so many emotions.

"I don't know where the master is playing the flute so late at night, can you come out to meet?" Qi Lin said loudly.

However, the sound of the flute was still there, but no one answered her.

After a while, he could only give up, looking at the bright moon in the sky with his hands, and couldn't help but be speechless.

"Thinking about the bright moon shining through the ages, and how many bizarre things have been staged throughout the ages, why should I be entangled because of a case that I can't see through the results?

Don't add oil and vinegar, let alone speculate too much, just report the facts to the court one by one, and the rest is not within my jurisdiction!"

Thinking of this, Qi Lin let out a long breath.

"It's been a long night tonight, but unfortunately I have too many thoughts and I can't sleep peacefully......"

He straightened his clothes, sat outside the hall, looked at the Dali Temple that he didn't know how familiar he was, and suddenly found that there were many places that he hadn't noticed when he thought he was familiar.

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Tonight, in addition to Qi Lin, who was full of worries, there was another person who had not yet fallen asleep.

Ruan Hongyu was wearing a shawl, standing in front of the hut far away from the people, looking up incessantly, but her beautiful eyes were full of tears.

The body under the shawl was also trembling slightly.

Fluttershy follows behind her, and when she sees her like this, she doesn't dare to talk to her, so she can only listen to the sound of the flute as if it were like bone marrow.

She has been with Ruan Hongyu for many years, and she has long been accustomed to listening to the music she plays, so that no matter how good the musicians in this world are, they suddenly lose their color, and she also knows that although Ruan Hongyu is in the dust, her mind is extremely lofty.

And today, the gaze in her lazy eyes turned into a pool of spring water, and she couldn't care about anything anymore, tears blurred her eyes like a spring, this is her true temperament, even he thought he was hiding deep enough, but he didn't expect it to be unobstructed in this faint flute.

Over the years, she has experienced the hardships of wind and dust, and her heart has long been like a tomb that has been buried for a long time, and there is no trace of the morning sun, even the night of the Oiran that alarmed the whole Lin'an seems to her to be just like a farce, but since people want to live, it is inevitable to go against their will.

The sound of the flute in the quiet night is like the bright moon that can be seen when you look up, penetrating into people's hearts, clearly visible, but never touchable, isn't this just like her state of mind? This is why she exposes her heart in the sound of the flute.

She looked at the moonlight and smiled faintly, even if the tears were on her cheeks, the splendor at the moment was like a peach blossom in spring.

However, she didn't imagine what kind of person the flute came from, because in her heart, if she could get acquainted, it would be a blessing to be born, if not, listen to this song, life is enough, isn't this the fate she has been waiting for all her life?

If he or she really sees that person, and he or she falls into the cheesiness that ordinary people have, how should he deal with himself? Really trust him with this life? Follow him for thousands of miles, even if he suffers endlessly, without looking back?

Fluttershy has been with her for the longest time, and knows her best, so how could the Assassin not know what was going on in her mind when he saw her like this?

"Miss, if you want to see him, I'll look for him!"

She shook her head with a smile and said: "If there is fate in life, even in the sea of people, there is a moment of looking back and glimpsing, if fate should stop tonight, it is forced and cannot be forced!"

The spring breeze is another year of time

The flowers bloom and the white king is late

The night star crept into his dreams

The sound of the flute is unknown

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Early the next morning, Qi Lin entered the palace.

Earlier than him out of Dali Temple is Zuo Zhengming, Zuo Zhengming went around in a circle in Lin'an City, and finally came to Qin Xiang's mansion, Qin Hui asked Qi Lin to inform himself before reporting to the court after the case was concluded, Qi Lin would not agree to such a thing at all, but that time he surprisingly said "do his best", which made Qin Hui feel a little surprised.

Although he had reservations, Qi Lin still did not forget this matter, as soon as he came, this matter itself was related to Qin Hui's family.

It was human nature for him to care, and Qi Lin also wanted to see how everyone reacted to this matter.

He did not go to Qin Hui in person, but asked Zuo Zhengming to go out with the results of Dali Temple on this matter before himself, so that he not only did the "do his best" that he said to Qin Hui, but it was not considered a violation of the rules.

Qi Lin entered the palace gate, there was no morning dynasty today, it was Gonggong Sa who came to see him, brought him to the imperial study, and waited for about a stick of incense.

Gonggong Sa told him that His Majesty slept in the imperial study last night, and before going to bed, he also said that if "Lord Qi" came, he would report it as soon as possible, and obviously he was also waiting for Qi Lin.

When the emperor got up from the couch in the imperial study, he was still a little sleepy-eyed, it seemed that he didn't sleep very well last night, but when he saw Qi Lin, he still asked Qi Lin not to make a big salute.

Gonggong Sa took the fold presented by Qi Lin, handed it over to the emperor, and glanced at Qi Lin, not knowing if he, the "man in the iron mask", would displease him when the emperor woke up, and he was not the only one who suffered at that time.

The emperor took the fold and looked at it carefully, and there was no attitude on his face, but his eyes that had just woken up became clearer and clearer.

He put down the fold and asked, "Qi Aiqing, you only said that everything on the killer's body is something from my army, but you haven't come to any more conclusions, do you have anything else to say to me?"

Qi Lin shook the sleeves of his robe and knelt down, and said: "The minister personally led people to investigate the scene, and the killer should commit suicide, these are all conclusions drawn from the killer's body and the weapon with him, the minister did not dare to assert himself, but just asked someone to find out that these things were originally commonly used in the army, but as far as the minister knows, the things equipped by my Song Dynasty army are also different, so I dare not speculate at will, as long as Your Majesty orders the head of the military department to come, you will ......know it when you ask."

"Ah......h

"It's confusing, it's not your jurisdiction......"

The emperor glanced at Gonggong Sa who was standing beside him, and then said to Qi Lin with a smile: "Presumably Aiqing has also worked hard in the past two days, this matter has been done well, and I will go back to rest first, and then I will summon the military department for questioning!"

Qi Lin bowed and left.

Gonggong Sa looked at Qi Lin's back with a subtle expression.

"How can you lift our Dali Temple?" the emperor asked suddenly.

When Gonggong Sa was asked by him, he immediately became a little panicked.

"Your Majesty, this is a major matter in the imperial court, how dare the old slave talk nonsense?"

The emperor smiled and said: "If you evaluate the major affairs of the court, it has to be a capital crime, I am afraid that you will have died many times!"

Gonggong Sa pursed his lips and laughed, and said, "Lord Wenqi has always been upright, but he is ...... in this matter It's a bit of a loss of ......."

"Why?"

"This matter is very concerned about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, presumably not only about the attack on the Qin Xiang family, most of them actually want to see the attitude of His Majesty, and the result sent by Lord Qi is very important!"

"The objects he said actually need to summon the military department, as long as you find someone with a little common sense and ask, then our Lord Qi just wrote down the direct correct theory that he saw and investigated, but did not say a word at all, not that he didn't understand, but he didn't want to get involved in this matter at all, isn't it not quite consistent with the upright temperament in the past? The minister just thought of this, if what he said is wrong, please don't blame Your Majesty!"

The emperor smiled faintly, but his eyes slanted at Gonggong Sa.

"It is said that people are old and fine, it seems that you have long been an old fox!"

Then he opened the fold on the imperial case slightly, and said: "The head of the Xuanbing Department came to see me, and I really want to know who is responsible for this matter!"

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