"Sister, you look in great spirits today. Jiang Chuzhe returned to Jiang's mansion, and said as soon as he saw Jiang Cishu. Jiang Ciyu smiled and said: "That's not it, I don't know how happy I am to be able to accompany our mother." Feng Lan scratched Jiang Cishu's nose, turned his head and glanced at Jiang Chuzhe and said, "Stinky boy, what did you do last night, your sister was bullied!"

When Jiang Chuzhe heard this, he was shocked and angry, he frowned and said, "Who is so bold?"

Feng Lan said lightly: "It's not the new master of the horse who entered Beijing, his words are very frivolous, and he offended your sister." ”

"Ah!" Jiang Chuzhe cried out in a lost voice: "Sister, can my mother's words be serious?"

Jiang Ciyu hid his face and smiled: "You listen to our mother's exaggeration, in fact, the master of the horse is a little frivolous, but I think it is also due to nature, not for me alone." I'm angry with our father, last night the horse master came to our house to ask you how the case is going. But when you weren't there, my father pushed me out to entertain guests, how could I not be angry. ”

Jiang Chuzhe breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled helplessly: "Daddy too, when this case is over, I will send my sister back to the palace immediately." Feng Lan said coldly: "Then this case is so fast, I still want to guard my precious daughter." Jiang Ci said coquettishly: "My daughter is reluctant to be a mother, but this case is related to several lives, and it can't be delayed because of our family." ”

Feng Lan scolded with a smile: "You are also a little stupid about your mother, do you think that your mother doesn't know which thing is big and which family is small?"

Jiang Chuzhe smiled and said: "Mother understands the righteousness the most, by the way, Mother, the child has something to say to her sister." ”

Feng Lan took a sip and said, "Something without conscience, okay, mother, let's go, don't disturb your sisters and brothers to whisper." After that, Feng Lan rubbed Jiang Cizhuo's face lovingly, and glared at Jiang Chuzhe before leaving.

Jiang Chuzhe smiled and said: "When my sister comes back, my mother won't look at me properly." Jiang Ciyu smiled and said: "The most distressing thing for my mother is you, my sister knows." If you have anything to say, sit down and say, look at your dusty appearance, you must not have slept well last night. ”

As soon as Jiang Chuzhe sat down, Jiang Cishu took out a handkerchief and wiped the dust on his face. Jiang Chuzhe smiled and said, "Sister, a few months ago, the strange girl I saw in the palace was the young lady of which family?"

Jiang Cishu was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Girl? I don't remember? Could it be that the second master is messing around and brought into the palace?"

Jiang Chuzhe sneered and said: "Sister, don't bluff me, you are so strict, how dare you bring a woman into the palace." I remember you said a few words to the girl, and then someone came and took her away. ”

Jiang Ciyu withdrew his handkerchief, his eyes wandered, and said, "Oh, I remember, it was a distant relative in a family courtyard in the palace. Because of the disaster in his hometown, he came to join him, and you suddenly asked what was this for?"

Jiang Chuzhe was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "Sister, I saw that girl again last night." Jiang Cijun couldn't help but exclaim, she was a little at a loss, and said, "What, how did you meet her?"

Jiang Chuzhe didn't pay attention to Jiang Cizhuo's mood changes, and told himself what happened last night. Jiang Cishu listened, her heart sank, and she hurriedly said: "That Linshui Nunnery, it's so unbearable, that... That's not the girl, is it?"

Jiang Chuzhe smiled and said: "What does my sister think, everyone else is fine." Jiang Ciyu was a little relieved, she laughed dryly, and said, "Didn't you fall in love with that girl?"

Jiang Chuzhe clapped his hands and said, "Sister, you really know my thoughts!"

Jiang Ciyu slapped the table with a "bang" and shouted: "Nonsense!"

Jiang Chuzhe was stunned, and after a while, he came back to his senses and said, "Sister, what are you doing with such a big fire?"

Jiang Ciyu knew that she was out of shape, she hooked the corners of her mouth stiffly, and said, "How can you think about the monks like that." ”

Jiang Chuzhe patted his leg and sighed: "That's what I mean, don't you just ask my sister to help me come up with an idea?"

Jiang Ciyu smiled and said, "I can't help you, I advise you to dispel this idea." Take 10,000 steps back, even if you and that girl fall in love, can our father agree? He intends to let you marry the daughter of the Hong Yu family. ”

Jiang Chuzhe's expression withered, and he smiled miserably: "If I were Yan Qing, then I would snatch that girl directly, where would I be so forward-looking and backward, and I couldn't make up my mind." ”

Jiang Cijun smiled and said, "Don't you look down on the second master on weekdays, why do you envy him now?"

Jiang Chuzhe shook his head and said: "The love word is the head, and the straight teacher is ecstatic." Jiang Cishu patted Jiang Chuzhe's head and said with a smile: "you." ”

Just as the two sisters and brothers were laughing, a small guy suddenly came in and said, "Young master, someone from outside said they were looking for you." ”

Jiang Chuzhe asked, "Who?"

The little guy said: "That strong man is called Lin Sanchuan." ”

Jiang Chuzhe stood up violently and said to Jiang Cizhuo: "Sister, I won't accompany you more." Here comes a friend, I have to get down to business. ”

Jiang Cishu smiled and said, "Go ahead, be careful." ”

After Jiang Chuzhe left, Jiang Cizhuo looked lonely and entangled, and she said in her heart: "Why did you forget about her, how to explain this matter to Guan Shan?"

As soon as Jiang Chuzhe went out, he hugged his fist at Lin Sanchuan who was standing outside the door and said, "Brother Lin, junior brother is still going to rest at home for a while, why did you come so quickly?"

Lin Sanchuan laughed and said: "Hey, if you don't catch that thief, my heart will be like a cat scratching, let's go, let's catch the wicked!"

Jiang Chuzhe smiled and said: "Brother Lin, don't be anxious, let's go to the mansion first to see how the corpses are doing." ”

Lin Sanchuan said with a smile: "Listen to my brother's orders!"

The two walked side by side and came to the Lin'an Mansion. In the morgue of the mansion, they saw Mr. Brother Wan, who was lying on a chair with Erlang's legs drinking tea and eating meat. Lin Sanchuan looked at the corpses in the room, and said with a dry smile: "This gentleman, what a strange person!" Jiang Chuzhe smiled: "That's not it, Mr. Brother is the first work of our Great Song Dynasty." Ge Wan put down the tea bowl, got up and hugged his fists and said: "Jiang Shaoqing praised it falsely, and he didn't dare to be ashamed." ”

Jiang Chuzhe returned the salute and said straight to the point: "Mr. Brother, can the causes of death of the deceased be ascertained?" Ge Wan nodded, walked to a large black cabinet in the house, took out a copper plate and said, "Jiang Shaoqing, please take a look." ”

Lin Sanchuan walked from afar, and said: "A few golden needles as thin as a hair, no wonder the cause of death was not found out at the beginning, Mr. Brother has good skills, and he was able to take out this golden needle from the deceased's body." Jiang Chuzhe looked at it from a close distance for a long time before he saw the appearance of those golden needles.

Ge Wan exclaimed: "Strong man, good eyesight! These golden needles are several times thinner than the needles used in acupuncture by doctors, and ordinary people will never see them." ”

Lin Sanchuan said with a smile: "Don't dare to be, God loves us." ”

Jiang Chuzhe smiled and said, "Brother Lin is modest. However, Mr. Brother, it is not easy to insert such a thin gold needle into the human body and kill people. ”

Mr. Brother nodded and said, "Yes, although this golden needle was hit into the brain by someone from the victim's ear, it is also a fantasy to want a person's life with such a thin golden needle." So what is killing is not the golden needle itself, but the poison quenched on this array. The old man sent a golden needle to Imperial Doctor Yi in the palace, but even Su Qi, who used poison like Imperial Physician Yi, couldn't figure out the origin of the poison for a while. ”

Jiang Chuzhe was shocked when he heard this, and he said, "The poison king back then, he couldn't even see it?" Mr. Brother nodded helplessly, and then he said, "The two of you please come and see this corpse." ”

Mr. Ge walked to the corner on the right and lifted the white cloth on a shelf, and under the white cloth was the corpse of a young woman. The woman's skin was pale, and there was a scar two inches long on her throat, which had not yet solidified, which was obviously caused by a sharp weapon.

Jiang Chuzhe smiled and said, "Mr. Brother, the cause of death of this deceased seems to be a little different from the others, right?"

Mr. Brother smiled: "It's not just different, it's just that the wind and horses and cows are incompatible, but ......" Mr. Brother paused, and his eyes showed a bit of sadness and compassion. He said lightly: "Jiang Shaoqing, you are now investigating the case of a dead person in a big family in Lin'an, right?"

Jiang Shaoqing smiled and said, "Exactly." ”

Mr. Brother nodded and said, "But that night, in addition to the death of many people in Lin'an, there were also many women from good families who were tragically defiled. Lin Sanchuan said angrily: "This group of straight thieves not only tarnished the innocence of the women, but also blinded their eyes, if Lao Tzu catches them, they will definitely be chopped into meat sauce!" Mr. Brother praised: "The strong man has a narrow spirit. ”

Jiang Chuzhe's mind was lively, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Mr. brother, do you mean that these two cases were done by a group of people." ”

Mr. Brother nodded and said, "Jiang Shaoqing is right, this girl couldn't survive after being defiled by thieves and stabbed blindly, so she had to die." And in her blinded eyes, the old man found two golden needles. This golden needle is no different from the golden needle found in the brains of the dead in between. But the golden needle taken out of this girl's eye was not quenched. Before, when the old man heard the name of the Secret Pestle Wheel Sect, he felt that this sect must be a cult that pursued the doctrine of adultery. After killing someone, splashing the deceased with the blood of the woman's moon is evil. It is adultery to stab a blind woman in the eyes and then commit violence. Of course, this is an old personal speculation, and there is no substantive evidence. However, with this golden needle, the old man can conclude that these two cases were committed by the Secret Pestle Wheel Sect. ”

Jiang Chuzhe said: "This group of people came out too suddenly, there was no sign before, if you want to investigate, it can be said that it is more difficult than ascending to the sky." ”

Mr. Brother stroked his beard and smiled: "Shuzhou bamboo, there is a bamboo called Mao bamboo, this bamboo grows very fast, only a rain, this bamboo can grow many feet tall overnight ......"

Lin Sanchuan grabbed the white and said: "What Mr. Brother means, it's not that there are no signs, it's just that these wine bags and rice bags in Lin'an haven't been found before." ”

Mr. Brother smiled and said: "That's exactly why, Jiang Shaoqing, as long as you are willing to calm down and investigate, you will find clues, and the case will be revealed one day." ”

Jiang Chuzhe said, "Thank you, Mr. Brother, for your advice." ”

Suddenly, Mr. Brother grabbed Jiang Chuzhe's arm and said, "Jiang Shaoqing, what the old man told you today is true and false, you must not listen to it all as the truth." Jiang Chuzhe was shocked when he heard this, and he said, "Mr. Brother, what do you mean by this?"

Mr. Brother smiled, stopped talking, turned back to the seat, ate a piece of cooked meat, and took a sip of tea. Jiang Chuzhe still wanted to ask, but Lin Sanchuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother go, what can you do here!"

After the two of them left the morgue, Jiang Chuzhe's eyes were full of suspicion, and he said, "What kind of dumb riddle is Mr. Brother playing with me?" Lin Sanchuan smiled and said: "Brother, didn't you see that Mr. Brother has been glancing at the plate of golden needles intentionally or unintentionally when he spoke?"

Jiang Chuzhe listened to it and suddenly realized, but immediately, he was cold, "Brother Lin, the younger brother really treats you as a brother, so the younger brother will be blunt when he says something." ”

Lin Sanchuan said: "I didn't treat my brother as an outsider, so it's okay to say anything." ”

Jiang Chuzhe said: "When Mr. Fang Cai said that the Imperial Doctor Yi in the palace couldn't see what kind of poison was quenched on the needle, I felt that something was wrong. Before entering the palace, Imperial Doctor Yi was a prestigious drug king and the first person to use poison. How could he not have any eyebrows at all? Moreover, this case happened in Lin'an, so the younger brother had to suspect that Imperial Physician Yi might have been involved in this case. If this is the case, then the people and things involved are not so simple. So the younger brother implored Brother Lin not to meddle in this case again. After this matter was settled, the younger brother should invite Brother Lin to drink and make amends. ”

Lin Sanchuan sighed lightly, patted Jiang Chuzhe's back, and said, "What do I want to say when I am still a brother, it turns out that I want to fart." To tell me the truth, if there was only one case before, I probably wouldn't have intervened. But what I hate most in my life is raping women, so whether it's with my brother or myself, I have to figure out this case. Kill those thieves. ”

Jiang Chuzhe was silent for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's the junior brother who looks down on Brother Lin, let's go, let's find out this case together." Lin Sanchuan smiled: "Where to go, you have to have a place to go, or you will become a headless fly?"

Jiang Chuzhe said: "Go find an old gentleman, he may know something." ”

Walking on the bustling Lin'an Market, Chai Yanqing held a chicken leg in one hand, and he was very happy to gnaw. Suddenly, Chai Yanqing laughed and said, "Young Master Jiang, this immortal has met you here!"

Jiang Chuzhe stepped forward and hugged his fists and said with a smile: "Second brother, you are also having a comfortable life." ”

Chai Yanqing hurriedly gnawed the chicken legs, wiped his hands on the passers-by at will, hugged his fists and said: "Young Master Jiang, I really blamed you last time." Since your sister left, I don't know how comfortable my life is, and I wish my sister-in-law wouldn't come back. Jiang Chuzhe smiled and did not reply. Chai Yanqing glanced at Lin Sanchuan beside Jiang Chuzhe and said, "Young Master Jiang, how did you get mixed up with the people of the Horse Mansion?"

Jiang Chuzhe said with a smile: "Master Ma has a murder case, and Brother Lin specially came to urge me to investigate the case." ”

Chai Yanqing laughed and said: "Okay, so majestic! The Horse Mansion has become the top boss of Dali Temple, interesting, interesting!" Chai Yanqing put his hands behind his back and walked away.

Lin Sanchuan said disdainfully: "Brother, you also give face to this prodigal." Jiang Chuzhe smiled and said: "If you are related to the family, I always have to give him some face." Besides, he's too arrogant, and I really can't afford to mess with him. ”

Lin Sanchuan laughed and said, "Good brother, now they are all boasting that they are powerful." But there are few who dare to admit it, you are a talent!"

Jiang Chuzhe said: "Brother Lin, don't make fun of the little brother, let's go, let's hurry forward." Lin Sanchuan said: "Okay!" The two quickened their pace, and within half an hour, they came to the Zhou Palace.

When Jiang Chuzhe was about to enter the palace, the old money man flashed out first. The old man said anxiously: "Uncle, don't ......" He turned his head and saw Lin Sanchuan, and then took his voice. Jiang Chuzhe said: "Old Qian, this eldest brother and I are close friends, so it doesn't hurt to say anything." ”

The old man bowed his head slightly, and said, "Uncle, do you remember what I told you last time, the two people I saw at night?" Jiang Chuzhe nodded and said, "I came here for this matter." ”

The old man smiled bitterly and said lightly: "I think I know who the person in black clothes and black pillowcase who is next to the Taoist priest is." Jiang Chuzhe's heart froze, and he said secretly: "Last time, Qian Lao said that the Taoist priest originally intended to enter the palace, but was stopped by another person. In this way, that person should have some friendship with the palace, maybe he is from the palace. I just hope that he is not Chai Yanqing, he is not Chai Yanqing......" Jiang Chuzhe raised his heart to his throat, without saying a word, waiting for the old man's next words.

The old man sighed: "That night, I felt that the figure of that person was a little familiar, but I never remembered who he looked like. But just yesterday, Song Chengjun and Song Gongzi came to the house, and I took a look. Good guys, these two people twisted their big fat cheeks when they walked, they were exactly the same! Little Lao'er is sure that Song Gongzi is the man in black who stopped at the door that night!"

Jiang Chuzhe's heart was relaxed for a while, and he said, "What is Gongzi Song doing in the palace?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, but looking at it, that Song Gongzi is quite flustered." Jiang Chuzhe guessed in his heart: "If Song Chengjun is really involved in that case, then he may have come to report to the disgusted youth, after all, the relationship between the two of them has always been good." Immediately, Jiang Chuzhe told the old money to keep the good news, so that Lin Sanchuan could leave together.

Jiang Chuzhe and Lin Sanchuan naturally wanted to go to the Song Mansion, and the Song and Jiang families were not far away, and they were only two miles away. It took a long time to go back and forth, and finally returned to square one.

In front of the Song Mansion.

A little guy couldn't stop apologizing: "Eh, Young Master Jiang, I'm really sorry, my young master is not in the house, you know, my young master likes to wander around, and he doesn't have a fixed place to go." If you really can't do it, the little one will go to the Zhou Palace's Mansion for you?"

Jiang Chuzhe smiled and said, "No need. A few days ago, someone else gave me a pair of grasshoppers, I like it, but I can't raise it, so I'm dying. Song Gongzi knows this very well, so I want to ask him to help take a look. Don't worry, when he comes back, you just need to let him know. ”

The little guy smiled: "Okay, the little one must have passed on the word for you." ”