For Zhang Song, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, the knife wound on Meng Huaiyang's body is like a thorn in his heart, especially after Meng Jiangxi was arrested and brought to the water town, this thorn was inserted even deeper.

originally thought that Meng Jiangxi, who had traces of cultivation, was very likely to be the murderer of Meng Huaiyang, but the result was not the case, Meng Jiangxi had not practiced the knife, so there was no possibility of cutting that knife.

Catching the wrong suspect wasn't too much of a problem in the first place. But the strange thing is that this Meng Jiangxi didn't even have the slightest idea of defending himself.

Zhang Song, who has personally experienced many cases, has always had an intuition that Meng Jiangxi is hiding something.

"Could it be that this Meng Jiangxi is covering up for the murderer?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Song's expression suddenly became solemn. If Meng Jiangxi was really covering up the murderer, who would this murderer be? Could it be his relatives and friends?

Just when Zhang Song had a headache, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Zhang Song rubbed his aching forehead, sat up straight, and said "enter".

The person outside the house walked into the house, Zhang Song saw the person, and suddenly laughed, this person is named Guo Chao, is a capable general under him, in the past two months, he has solved strange cases, and a few days ago he cracked a serious case of burglary, like him, he is the mainstay of the government.

Zhang Song looked at this subordinate, who was both a companion and a friend, and said with a smile: "It's not early, why don't you go back to rest, what are you doing here?"

Guo Chao smiled bitterly: "Do you think I am willing to come over?

"See me, at this time?" Zhang Song's expression was very surprised. The adult in Guo Chao's mouth is the Lingshou of Shuizhen, but their Lingshou had been seriously injured once when he was young, and after he reached middle age, his health deteriorated, except for the urgent government affairs that need to be dealt with during the day, most of the time he was lying in bed, and after dark, he had to rest in bed as soon as possible, and rarely summoned them after nightfall, unless he encountered something very big.

When Zhang Song came to Lord Lingshou's house, he suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem, and at this time, in addition to the local Lingshou Liang Shouming, there was also a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows sitting in the room.

The thick-eyebrow man is named Bu Ji, and he serves as the Jianjing clerk in the town of Leanshui. Like all the government offices in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the government offices by the water are also equipped with two documents, one of which is the clerk's document and the other is the Jianjing document.

Different from the clerks who were responsible for assisting the order, the Jianjing clerk was subordinate to the Jianjing Division, which was only responsible to the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and supervised the military affairs of the world.

Speaking of this Buji document, Zhang Song couldn't help but admire, this person is an authentic person from Shuizhen, who has been an official for 20 years and has never slacked off for a day.

Five years ago, relying on the old commander of the water town, he was promoted to the city guard of Jieshui City, and he thought that the position of the commander who was about to be vacated would be in the pocket of Bu Ji, who was still serving as a clerk at that time. never thought that "the divine soldiers descended from the sky", and the old Ling Shou, who had a grudge against Bu Ji, transferred his student, Liang Shouming, who was a clerk and clerk in the nearby town at that time, before leaving.

The suppression of the old boss and the exclusion of the new boss did not discourage Buji. After five years of lying on the salary, he finally gave Bu Ji and the other a chance. In the eleventh year of Chongwu, the Southern Tang Dynasty was restructured and the post of Jianjing clerk was added, and Bu Ji, who was nearly forty years old, used all the connections accumulated in the officialdom in the past 20 years to seize the post of Jianjing clerk in one fell swoop, and Liang Shouming stood in the court.

Jianjing Division supervises the world's military affairs, has the intention of supervising peace, the beginning of the establishment is to manage the world's martial arts, the power is unimaginable, Bu Ji has to be appointed as the secretary of Jianjing, it can be said that one step to the sky.

After several years of hardship, I finally had to exhale and raise my eyebrows. However, what really makes Zhang Song admire is not Master Bu's forbearance kung fu, but the open-mindedness of ignoring previous suspicions after a smooth career. Because of this, the development of the town has been very good in recent years.

Shuizhen is Zhang Song's hometown, and if he can have such stability and prosperity today, his respect for Bu Ji will naturally not be less.

walked into the room quietly, first nodded to the divination clerk who was sitting on the side, and then bowed respectfully to Liang Shouming, who was both the top boss and the mentor.

"My lord called his subordinates late at night, I don't know what is important?"

Liang Shouming, who is nearly fifty years old, but his physique is weaker than that of a seventy-year-old man, looked at this proud disciple and smiled gently: "Something happened, it's hard for you to call you over at this time." ”

Zhang Song lowered his head and said: "It is the subordinate's job to share the worries of adults, and it is not hard to talk about. ”

Bu Ji, who was sitting on the side, slapped his hands and smiled: "What a sincere friendship between master and apprentice, so that Bu can't help but feel envious every time he sees him!"

When he said this, his eyes seemed to be shining, and his tone was so sincere that he was so envious that he couldn't do it!

Liang Shouming, who was proud of this envy, smiled slightly, and did not take this sentence, just because he didn't know how many times he had heard this sentence. Every time the three of them got together, they could almost hear something similar from Buji's mouth.

Bu Ji loves talents, but Zhang Song is a rare talent, his skills, skills and abilities are first-class, and it is not surprising that they are greedy for this Bu book.

Liang Shouming had already expected in his heart that the other party would inevitably be unable to help but say the words that had already been said eight hundred times. Sure enough, I saw Bu Ji staring at Zhang Song, and said with a smile: "Zhang Song, you are willing to go to me, you are also a martial arts practitioner, and your kung fu is good, you will definitely be like a fish in water when you get to me." ”

Zhang Song clasped his hands into fists, and said with a smile: "Master Bu said that he was laughing, Zhang Song is only a shallow learner, and he can't match the four King Kongs under the adult's hand in terms of martial arts, so he won't be embarrassed." ”

Bu Ji smiled, as if he had already guessed this result, hugged his hands in front of his chest, looked at his nose with his eyes, and was speechless.

Liang Shouming smiled bitterly, looked at Zhang Song and said: "You have followed me for more than ten years, you should know my habits, since I called you over late at night, there must be something that cannot be delayed." ”

Zhang Song lifted his spirit and waited for the following.

Liang Shouming continued: "You should know that our Southern Tang Dynasty has always ruled the country strictly, especially paying more attention to murder cases, not mixing any water, and not even allowing the use of torture tools, just for fear of an unjust, false and wrongful case. ”

Zhang Song frowned and said, "I don't understand what the adults mean." ”

The corners of Liang Shouming's mouth trembled slightly, and a wry smile appeared on his face. Bu Ji, who was sitting quietly with his hands around his hands, sighed after seeing Liang Shouming's embarrassed appearance: "Let me talk about it!"

Bu Ji got up from his seat, came to Zhang Song and said: "Our water town has developed well in recent years, the people live and work in peace and contentment, there has been no homicide case for a long time, I heard that in the past two days, a person died in Mengjia Village, yesterday Zhang Zhutou went to Mengjia Village to investigate the case, but what progress has there been?"

Zhang Song said: "The progress is not much, the murderer's knife technique is clean and neat, and I can't find a few martial artists who can use this knife in the entire water town." ”

Bu Ji said: "But I heard that Zhang Zhutou did not return empty-handed from Mengjia Village. ”

Zhang Song nodded and said, "The person brought back is named Meng Jiangxi, and he is the only suspect found in Mengjia Village. ”

Bu Ji smiled and said, "I heard that in order to verify that person's suspicion, you actually invited Ling Zun out. ”

Zhang Song said: "My father's attainments in swordsmanship are beyond the reach of his humble position, and he will naturally not make mistakes if it is verified by his old man." ”

"The result?" asked Buji in a deep voice.

Zhang Song took a deep breath and said, "That person has never practiced swords. ”

Bu Ji's already tense body suddenly relaxed, as if he breathed a sigh of relief, "I haven't practiced the knife, so I can't use that clean and neat knife." ”

Zhang Song hung his head and said, "So that person is not the real murderer." ”

Bu Ji clasped his hands in front of his chest again, and said in a deep voice: "Since you are not a murderer, why don't you let him go?"

Zhang Song suddenly raised his head, and said with a flash of light in his eyes: "Why are adults so concerned about this matter?"

The Jianjing Division is only in charge of the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and the government affairs in the town are never asked, although this murder has involved the martial artists, but it is not close to the Jianjing Division. Bu Ji has always been conscientious in his duties, neither dereliction of duty, nor transgression, why did he suddenly take care of his affairs today?

Bu Ji smiled bitterly: "I can't hide it, I'm here to repay the favor this time." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Song had a surprised look on his face.

Bu Ji said: "You should know that there is an old mother in Bu's family, nearly seventy years old, and before the winter last year, the old mother was infected with wind and cold, and when she was sick in bed, she just wanted to eat a bite of Mingyangju's crispy bone whitebait." ”

"In winter, where does the whitebait come from?" Liang Shouming couldn't help but interject when he heard this.

The whitebait of the Huaichuan River is famous all over the world, especially the crispy bone whitebait of Mingyangju, which is the first dish in Xizhou. It's just that whitebait likes warmth, only after summer, will swim back with the river, and now it's nearly winter, where can you get whitebait to catch?

"Yes!" Bu Ji sighed lightly, "At that time, it was really difficult to eat a bite of crispy bone whitebait. However, the old shopkeeper of Mingyangju told me a way, and I did it according to his method, and sure enough, my mother ate crispy bone whitebait. ”

Liang Shouming, who is known as a gourmet, his eyes lit up and said, "What method?"

Bu Ji said: "He asked me to find a person, this person went deep into the Huaichuan River for five days, and finally tried his best to net a basket of silverfish for me. ”

Zhang Song, who knew that Meng Jiangxi had the name of the king of fish, smiled dumbly and said: "I guess the person who caught the whitebait is Meng Jiangxi, the fish king of Mengjia Village." ”

Bu Ji nodded heavily and said, "Yes, my old mother was in a happy mood after eating the crispy bone whitebait, and her illness has improved a lot, do you think I owe him a favor?"

Zhang Song said suddenly: "So the adults are here to intercede for him." ”

Bu Ji asked rhetorically, "Shouldn't I intercede for him?"

Zhang Song nodded and said: "My lord is benevolent and righteous, and he is a famous filial son, he should intercede for him, but it's a pity that he can't be let go?"

was so simply confronted by Zhang Song, Bu Ji was not angry, but showed a smile. He smiled and asked, "Since he is not a murderer, why can't he let go?"

Zhang Song said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Although he is not a murderer, he knows who the murderer is." ”

Bu Ji was surprised at first, and then frowned, "This is what he told you?"

"He didn't tell me, but I guessed. Zhang Song, who said this, showed a proud look on his face, showing great confidence in his guess.

Bu Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Even if he knows who the murderer is, he may not know where the murderer is. ”

Zhang Song said indifferently: "That's okay, when I know the identity of the murderer, I can naturally find the murderer." ”

He was right about this, with his skills, as long as he wanted, there would be no one he couldn't find in the hundreds of miles of the water town.

Bu Ji smiled and said, "Even if you guess correctly, will Meng Jiangxi tell you? If he is willing to tell you, you will already go to find the murderer, so why bother with me here." ”

Zhang Songtie blushed and said, "As long as Meng Jiangxi is in my hands, I will be able to know sooner or later." ”

What he wants to know, of course, is the identity of the murderer, which is why he would rather disobey Bu Ji and detain Meng Jiangxi. However, he didn't expect that Bu Ji would suddenly burst out laughing after seeing him so resolute.

Bu Ji's laughter was full of anger, even if it was through a wall, it could be heard clearly, so that Liang Shouming, who had never been in good health, didn't know how envious he was.

The sudden laughter made Zhang Song's face extremely ugly, he looked directly at Bu Ji and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Bu Ji said: "I laugh at you for being willing to go far." ”

Zhang Song was puzzled: "What is the near and far, forgive the humble and stupid, I don't understand the meaning of the adult." ”

Bu Ji said: "Who is the murderer, you don't have to ask Meng Jiangxi, because I know almost everything he knows." ”

Zhang Song was shocked and said in a daze: "Do you know who the murderer is?"

"Of course I do. Bu Ji nodded and said with a smile: "I not only know who the murderer is, but also know where the murderer is." ”