Qing Xiaonian just walked into the gate, and sure enough, he saw six or seven messengers wearing official uniforms blocking the water around the Lin family's small courtyard, and the gold and silver gods were also among them.

Qing Xiaonian pushed aside the crowd and walked in, only to see a middle-aged man in a bedrobe lying at the door of the lobby, with a very small wound on the back of his back, and a faint trace of blood from the torn in the same place in the bedclothes.

Qing Xiaonian squatted next to the corpse and looked at it carefully, when he suddenly heard a roar coming from behind.

"Qing Xiaonian, what are you doing here?!"

The speaker was none other than Sun Haifeng.

Qing Xiaonian ignored him, stretched out his slender and white fingers and flipped the bedclothes torn by sharp weapons, and couldn't help but bow his head and think.

"Qing Xiaonian, let me ask you, why are you here?"

Sun Haifeng saw that Qing Xiaonian did not respond to him, and he was about to pull out the willow leaf knife pinned to his waist, Chen Bengu was not so angry with Qing Xiaonian, and hurriedly stopped Sun Haifeng.

put on a smiling face and said to Qing Xiaonian's back: "Brother Qing, I don't know what you have to do here." ”

At this time, Qing Xiaonian stood up slightly, and said leisurely to Sun Haifeng: "Why, only you Sun Haifeng are allowed to come, and I am not allowed to appear Qing Xiaonian? I didn't expect Sun Haifeng to be so arrogant and domineering. ”

Sun Haifeng snorted coldly, and said coldly: "Qing Xiaonian, don't be forceful, there are dead people here, it is my duty to come here to handle the case, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere during the government's case-handling period!"

After speaking, Sun Haifeng didn't wait for Qing Xiaonian to speak, quickly pulled out the willow leaf big knife and compared it in front of Qing Xiaonian, and said in a deep voice: "Qing Xiaonian, I suspect that you are now related to this case, and you may also be the biggest suspect in killing the deceased, please come with me to the yamen." ”

Before Qing Xiaonian could explain, Chen Bengu on the side first opened his mouth to defend Qing Xiaonian: "Brother Sun, what we pay attention to in handling cases is evidence, you can't arrest anyone without evidence." ”

Sun Haifeng snorted coldly, squinted at Chen Bengu beside him, and snorted coldly: "Evidence, isn't his sudden appearance here the best evidence?"

After hearing this, Chen Bengu turned his head to Qing Xiaonian and asked, "Brother Qing, do you know this deceased?"

Qing Xiaonian shook his head.

"What about meeting?"

Qing Xiaonian still shook his head.

Sun Haifeng saw Qing Xiaonian denying it again and again, and looked up to the sky and smiled: "Qing Xiaonian, what else do you have to say, since you don't know the deceased but will take the initiative to appear in his house after death, this is your biggest suspicion, it seems that you must go to this yamen." ”

After speaking, he gave a look to the few servants behind Qing Xiaonian, who took out his chain and prepared to move forward.

"Slow!"

At this time, Qing Xiaonian waved his hands and shouted loudly.

Sun Haifeng raised his eyebrows and said, "Qing Xiaonian, what else do you have to say." ”

Qing Xiaonian chuckled, shook his wrist, and said easily: "Then I also want to ask you why Sun Haifeng is here." ”

Sun Haifeng said: "Nonsense, just because I'm a catcher." ”

"Okay! Since you are a fast and impartial case-solver, it just so happens that I was also entrusted by the King of Guangling to investigate the case and found it here, why can't I come?" After speaking, Qing Xiaonian glanced at Sun Haifeng playfully, and continued: "You dare to arrest even the prince's people, Sun Haifeng, you are such a big official." ”

"You...!" Sun Haifeng was speechless by Qing Xiaonian, after all, the prince's affairs are a big deal, if you miss a big thing, you can't afford it with a small catch, so you have to give up.

Chen Bengu saw Sun Haifeng's embarrassment after eating Huang Lian's nail, so he held back a smile and said, "Brother Qing, are you saying that Lin Fugui's death is related to the prince's affairs?"

Qing Xiaonian nodded, and then squatted down to look at the wound on Lin Fugui's back, intentionally or unintentionally trying to avoid this topic.

"It's a mystery. Sun Haifeng snorted coldly and glanced at Qing Xiaonian with disdain.

Qing Xiaonian didn't go to pick him up, but stood up and walked into the house, where two women and a baby were crying bitterly in the lobby.

Looking at the two big bags in the corner of the lobby, Qing Xiaonian opened it and glanced at it, and sure enough, it contained some specialties from the Central Plains, including Hui ink and rice paper.

"You two are Lin Fugui's wives. Qing Xiaonian asked.

The two women nodded and continued to sob.

Qing Xiaonian continued to ask, "When did Lin Fugui come back from the Western Regions. ”

At this time, an older, plainly dressed woman had red eyes and sobbed, "About ten days ago. ”

Qing Xiaonian nodded and said, "During that period, did any guests visit the family?" ”

The woman thought for a moment and shook her head: "No." ”

Sun Haifeng interjected, "Did you hear anything last night?"

At this time, the woman glanced at another brightly dressed young woman holding a child beside her, who also shook her head and said, "Last night I slept in the same room with my master, and I didn't care about continuing to sleep when he got up at night to go to the toilet, and when I woke up in the morning, I found him lying at the door and there was no movement." ”

Speaking of which, as soon as the two of them eased up, they began to cry again.

Sun Haifeng continued to ask, "Then where did the eldest lady sleep last night?"

The eldest lady said, "I slept in the side room with my child last night. ”

"I remember that not long ago, Lin Fugui also held a special wedding wine for the child, and the child was born to Lin Fugui and the second wife. ”

Hearing the eldest lady's heart, her body trembled significantly, and then she nodded and did not speak.

Sun Haifeng sneered and said, "Then please ask the eldest lady to go to the yamen with us, I suspect that you are the murderer of Lin Fugui." ”

After hearing this, the eldest lady was immediately stunned, her expression was extremely flustered, and she said in horror: "Why do you slander me as a murderer." ”

Sun Haifeng shouted: "Just because you can't give birth to a child, jealous of Lin Fugui's exclusive favor of the second lady, isn't these two points enough?"

The eldest lady was speechless for a while, and indeed these two points were enough to constitute the eldest lady's motive for killing in the eyes of outsiders.

At this time, the second lady suddenly spoke up to defend the eldest lady: "Blood spews people! My eldest sister would never do such a thing." ”

Unexpectedly, Sun Haifeng was strongly refuted, and he came up angrily: "Then you two are accomplices, the two of you want to make money and kill Lin Fugui together, come on! Lock up these two women and bring them back to the yamen!"

"Reckless. ”

At this time, Qing Xiaonian said lightly.

"What did you say?" Sun Haifeng glanced at Qing Xiaonian and said fiercely.

"I really don't know how you became this gold and silver god to arrest, is it all a guess to judge the case? ”

"Presumptuous! Qing Xiaonian, you don't want to make an inch!" Sun Haifeng roared when he heard Qing Xiaonian ridicule himself like this.

Qing Xiaonian was tepid, and said lightly: "Okay, let's talk about this case, since you said that the two of them are murderers, there is no evidence, the evidence I am talking about, not the motive for the murder in your mouth." ”

Sun Haifeng was speechless for a moment.

Qing Xiaonian continued: "Okay, I know you don't, then let's go back to the victim Lin Fugui." While speaking, Qing Xiaonian, Lin Fugui's corpse walked away. continued: "Everyone, please see, Lin Fugui's wound was pierced through the heart by someone from the back with a very thin sharp weapon, the speed is very fast, and the strength is just right, at first glance, it is definitely the work of a master, do you think these two ladies will be masters with swords?"

Sun Haifeng's momentum suddenly weakened, he glanced at the two ladies, and said, "That's not accurate." ”

Seeing this, Qing Xiaonian chuckled and said, "Since Sun Zhutou can't say for sure, then please take a look at the hands of the two women." ”

Everyone present looked at the hands of the two women, one was a little wrinkled but fair, and the other was even more white and tender, and at first glance they had not done any rough work.

"Is this like a pair of hands of a sword master?"

Chen Bengu nodded, and was once again impressed by Qing Xiaonian's observation, and praised: "Brother Qing is really good eyesight!"

Qing Xiaonian nodded with a smile and said lightly: "Brother Chen has won the award." ”

Chen Bengu continued: "Then according to Brother Qing's opinion, who will the murderer be?"

Qing Xiaonian shook his head silently, Chen Bengu also sighed, and then his face was embarrassed, and he asked: "Brother Fang Caiqing, you said that you are investigating the case, is this also related to the prince's case?"

Qing Xiaonian nodded, and said in a deep voice: "The letter sent to the palace and the letter that was sent to the palace was written by Lin Fugui. ”

"What?!"

Chen Bengu was taken aback, and Qing Xiaonian told Chen Bengu about the information he found out in the past few days and how to find Lin Fugui, because there were outsiders, what Qing Xiaonian said was also very vague, except for Chen Bengu and Sun Haifeng, others listened to it in the clouds.

Chen Bengu's face was heavy after hearing this, he sighed and said, "So it is very likely that the deceased is directly related to this case, and it may also be a direct participant?"

Qing Xiaonian said and gave an ambiguous answer: "I can't completely affirm or deny it." ”

The cause of Lin Fugui's death is indeed unclear, it may be that the spoils are unevenly distributed, and there is also a possibility that he should know some unknown secrets.

"But one thing is certain, Lin Fugui's death is definitely inextricably linked to the man in black who listened to Yuxuan that day. Qing Xiaonian said lightly.

Everyone investigated in the courtyard for a while, and found that there were no obvious suspicious traces, so they carried the body onto a stretcher board and prepared to return to the yamen for processing, just when Sun Haifeng was about to lift the body, he suddenly paused, and then put the body down, and instructed the messenger next to him to carry it.

Qing Xiaonian glanced at Sun Haifeng with disdain, what a big official, fortunately it was for him to be a small catcher, if the official was a little bigger, it was estimated that he would be dragged to the sky.

After the errand dispersed, a sudden gust of wind blew into the lobby, Qing Xiaonian was just about to leave, when suddenly some dust slid from the top of his head, I saw him frown, and suddenly jumped on the beam, it turned out to be fine sand, and then jumped down to see if there were any other clues in the bedroom, but the result was nothing.

Before leaving, Qing Xiaonian threw a few thousand taels of silver tickets on the table and was about to leave, when he suddenly glanced at the eldest lady and said, "The hairpin on the lady's head is so chic." ”

The eldest lady touched the hairpin on her head and said truthfully: "This is what my master brought back from the Western Regions a few days ago." ”

Qing Xiaonian nodded and stopped talking, and walked out.

Western regions.

It seems that this trip to celebrate the New Year will not work.