After the heavy rain, it was a rare sunny day, and the weather was a little hotter than before, and the trees kept barking, everything indicated that the weather had entered the height of summer.

Flower Boat Building, back alley.

At this time, the government has set up a guard here, checking the surrounding shops and pedestrians.

Seven lives were killed in a row, one of which was still the military department Langzhong, this case is a big case in Chang'an City in recent years, plus the Ming Emperor's dictation, let Jingzhao Mansion, Qin Tianjian, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple four halls meet. This case was known to everyone in the government and the opposition for a while, and more people watched the excitement to see how the situation developed.

Chen Tongzhi, as the young secretary of Dali Temple, is indispensable to participate in this case. Squatting on the ground, Chen Tongzhi touched the corpse on the ground with his hands, carefully probing the wounds of the deceased and the degree of decay of the corpse.

"I have long heard that Lord Chen's ability to handle cases is the best in Dali Temple, and today I saw that it was really extraordinary, and I was interested in corpses. A feminine man in a red official robe held a handkerchief in his hand, covered his mouth, and smiled at Chen Tongzhi.

Chen Tongzhi took off the gloves on his hands, discarded them aside, turned around and looked at the feminine man with a weird yin and yang atmosphere, he was not angry, and said with a smile: "Mu Xiao, I can't see it, you girl can also come here." ”

"You," Mu Xiao stretched out a finger and pointed at Chen Tongzhi, obviously angry, daring to slander himself like this. Mu Xiao snorted and withdrew his fingers, nothing else, he couldn't beat this Chang'an tiger.

Compared with those who once stood at the gates of the major academies and shouted, "Come out and have a few people who can fight", Mu Xiao and Chen Tongzhi are very different, but they can only ridicule a few words in front of him by relying on their current status as a servant of the Criminal Department.

Chen Tongzhi didn't pay attention to this Mu Xiao, but walked to the side of a little Taoist boy standing at the mouth of the back alley, saluted the little Taoist boy, and then asked, "What did the little eunuch see?" ”

After hearing Chen Tongzhi's words, Dao Tong, who was called Xiao Jian Zheng, turned his head, put the index finger of his right hand in front of his mouth, made a shushing sound, and said softly: "Lord Chen, be quiet, otherwise you will disturb the ghosts of the deceased." ”

Chen Tongzhi hurriedly said yes, the little Daotong in front of him was the only person sent by Qin Tianjian, but no one could underestimate him, he was the closed disciple of Yuan Jianzheng, who practiced with his senior brothers in Qin Tianjian, and at the same time he also had this identity, that is, a chess friend who won five games in a row with His Majesty Emperor Ming.

The people present are his most expensive, but this is not the reason why Chen Tongzhi admires him, Chen Tongzhi was deceived back then, and came to the Qintian Prison by mistake to compete, looking at the little Taoist boy who was standing in the courtyard, mistakenly thinking that this academy looked down on himself, and wanted to take the opportunity to make a big fuss, as a result, he was slapped out by the little Taoist boy in front of him, fell to the ground and fell unconscious, since then, Chen Tongzhi has converged a lot, and joined the Dali Temple.

Chen Tongzhi nodded, and he didn't bother Xiao Daotong anymore, but instead went to talk to the person from Jingzhao Mansion who was interrogating pedestrians and shops.

"What do you have to gain from Lord Yan. ”

Yan Zheng also smiled bitterly, and said to Chen Tongzhi: "It's been a morning, there is no gain, yesterday the heavy rain poured, and most of the shops around the lightning and thunder were mortals, and they couldn't hear anything." Where are you?"

Chen Tongzhi shook his head and said: "The same, the murderer is a veteran, and the seven people are all fatal with one knife, there are no extra wounds, it is difficult to see anything." ”

"Whoever said there were only seven people, it was eight people"

Xiao Daotong's voice came from behind them, and the two people turned around, looked at the puffing Xiao Daotong and asked, "Why did Xiao Jian Zheng say that there were eight people, and there were only seven corpses here." ”

Xiao Jian Zheng took the sugar man in the guard's hand, took a big bite, and after being satisfied, said, "There is a person from our Qin Heavenly Prison who has been killed, and the person who can kill us can only be a cultivator, what do you think mortals can know?" ”

Both of them were shocked, if the cultivators were murderous, the few people present would not be enough to see, so they had to ask Qin Tianjian to intervene vigorously.

Yan Zheng bent down and said respectfully to Xiao Daotong: "Please also ask Lord Xiao Jian Zheng to make it clear." ”

"Simple, those seven people did die under the sword, and there is no cultivation power involved in it, you can find out. ”

"But the death of my Qintian Eunuch is not something you can control, and before I came, my senior brother had already gone to divination. ”

After that, Xiao Daotong continued to eat candy man, and then ran out of the alley like a fly, it was difficult to come out once, he didn't want to waste a day here, or go to play around and then go back, anyway, the senior brother didn't have time to care about me.

Yan Zheng and Chen Tongzhi looked at the back of the disappeared little dao tong, glanced at each other, and thought about whether to go to the Qin Heavenly Prison to inform them, when the little dao tong's voice came.

"Don't accuse me of blackness, I'm very vindictive. ”

When the two of them heard this, they had to give up the idea, and then they saw that at the end of the back alley, there was a young Taoist smiling at them, and then it disappeared in a flash, and the two hurriedly saluted.

After making sure that the young Taoist was gone, the two touched the cold sweat on their heads and smiled bitterly. It's really a brother fight, and others suffer.

Chen Tongzhi picked up the results of their investigation, looked at them carefully, and marked the place where the last column of the flower boat building was not enterable.

Chen Tongzhi pointed to this column and asked Yan Zheng, "Lord Yan, this is." ”

Yan Zheng looked helpless: "I just sent someone to negotiate, but they directly told us that the shopkeeper was not at home and could not enter." After saying it solemnly, he stretched out his hands and showed that he had no choice.

Chen Tongzhi looked at the gate of the Huafang Building in the back alley, and then looked at the results of the investigation in his hand, and stepped on the bluestone slab angrily.

All in vain.

Wang Yi didn't know this, he was sitting in the courtyard of Meridian Alley, watching the full moon that was about to be restored.

At this time of the year, there were always all kinds of people around me. There is a father and mother, there is Uncle Qi Wang, and then there is the master and the old man, and there are several senior brothers.

This year is the only one.

Today is the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival. A day of family reunion.

Now there is only Wang Yi alone, and those people around him are walking and scattering. Some will still meet, and some will already meet for the last time.

No one knows why Wang Yi didn't start practicing since he was a child, and no one said that Wang Yi couldn't practice, and when he entered Chang'an City, he just didn't practice.

Back then, the old man gave himself a lot, but he didn't practice this item. Wang Yi also thought about it later, but he didn't ask.

Instead, the old man said to Wang Yi one day, "You are not suitable for practicing earthly exercises, it will make you feel uncomfortable." ”

The exercises that are not suitable for the world, Wang Yi didn't understand it at the time, and he doesn't understand it now, but now if he doesn't practice "Spring Breeze Crossing", then everything about himself will disappear, and he can only go back in disgrace and accompany the old man to fish every day with nothing to do.

Now that he is not unwell, even he will wonder if the old man is lying to him.

But no one can doubt the old man, just because none of the things he said did not develop in the direction he told, and when he went out of the valley with Wang Yi, the old man did not come to say goodbye, but Wang Yi knew that the old man would know the general trend of the world without leaving home.

It's like sending someone to rescue you back then.

I don't know what happened to the old man, whether the monkeys in the back mountain will still go to the spring to stay and play, and the plums in the yard should be almost ripe.

Some people often don't think about their home, but only think about the benefits of home when they are sad or tired.

What about Wang Yi.

Home is long gone, dissipating in the winter of the fifth year of Tianbao. With the departure of Uncle Qi Wang, I don't know what to do. As for the earlier home, the memory has tended to fade into oblivion.

People often say that if you know each other, you will cherish each other, and the bright moon is incomparable.

If there is no place in the heart, everywhere you go is wandering.

Wang Yi has been wandering for ten years, Master, that old man should be fine with the care of his senior brothers. Li Shuyue, the little girl of the year, has now become a disciple of the Sword Pavilion.

So where you are returning, look back, find, find.

A picture appeared in Wang Yi's heart.

A big burly man, dressed in special armor, and on his head, a little boy was clutching his helmet and shouting, "Daddy, fly, fly." ”

The big man, who was a general in the army, didn't care about his son's movements, and listened to his son's shouts, but ran more and more energetically.

At this moment, a gentle woman glanced at the master and the son who were playing, smiled faintly, and then silently bowed her head and threaded the needle and thread in her hand through the torn clothes, and carefully sewed them up.

Wang Yi didn't raise his head, silently crossed his knees, put his chin on his knees, and said, "Dad, mother, I'm fine, don't worry." ”

Wang Yi remembered the day he last saw his father, it was a cold afternoon, and his father was putting on his own armor with the help of his mother. After seeing Xiao Wang Yi running over, the man made a grimace at Xiao Wang Yi. Xiao Wang Yi was not to be outdone and replied, which made the man laugh. After putting on the armor, he picked up Xiao Wang Yi, and because of the cold of the armor, Xiao Wang Yi kept shivering.

"Son, this time my father will bring you a big knife from Northern Qi. The man said proudly, provoking the disgust of his mother-in-law, and even said what the child wants to do, don't listen to your father.

Xiao Wang Yi said: "Dad, I want the biggest one." The man kissed Wang Yi fiercely, and then laughed, saying that this is my son.

Then, he walked outside, and when he approached the gate, he extended his thumb to Wang Yi.

Wang Yi stretched out his immature little hand and gave a small thumbs up, but with a similar meaning. Then the man walked into the snow.

Since then, there has been one more child without a father in the world.

Tears slowly appeared on Wang Yi's face, and after that, Wang Yi silently put his head between his knees, and there was silence around him, as if heaven and earth couldn't bear to disturb this child who had suffered so much.