Some people are sad and emotional, and some people will only applaud when they die.

In Li Xiuyuan's view, Fang Shengyu is the latter.

However, he did die a little quickly, I remember that he also met this Lord Fang on the shore of Longyin Lake during the Shangyuan Festival, and Fang Shengyu at that time was full of spirit and was so unhappy.

It's only been a few days, and this Fang Shengyu has stepped into the coffin.

"My lord, on the day of the master's death, can you please not go into the house to disturb it? Please also ask the lord to leave a little cleanness for the sake of the deceased, and wait for the master's funeral to come again, no matter what the adult wants to do, the villain will cooperate with the adult one by one. ”

At this time, an old housekeeper hurriedly greeted Li Xiuyuan and the others when they saw the unkind appearance of the others, respectfully saluted, and then begged Li Xiuyuan and the others not to enter the mansion with euphemistic words.

"Oh, do you know what this official is doing here?" asked Li Xiuyuan.

The old housekeeper replied: "The six doors of Cui Zongjing don't know which person in the capital, who doesn't know, the adult must be the new prefect, coming to investigate the case, but the master has passed away, and the case is urgent, please relax for a while." ”

"What you said is right, your family is doing a funeral, it is indeed a little inappropriate for someone like me to come to investigate the case, but then again, the funeral is not long now, and there are still some clues left in this case, if the time drags on for a long time, the clues are gone, and the official of this case cannot guarantee that it will not be

If you can break it, if you old housekeeper really think about it for your master, please let me go and investigate. ”

"The sooner the murderer is cracked, it can also make Fang Shengyu unjust as soon as possible, isn't it?" Li Xiuyuan said calmly.

"But today's house is full of friends, relatives and friends of the master's life, and the adults will inevitably have some disturbances when investigating the case at this moment, can you ask the adults to come back in three days?" said the old housekeeper.

Li Xiuyuan said: "In terms of human feelings, I should indeed take a few days of hiatus and let you finish the funeral, but then again, Fang Shengyu is dead, what does it have to do with me to mourn today? This official is ordered to investigate the case, and the official family did not say that Fang Shengyu's funeral will not be allowed to be investigated in the next few days, so please get out of the way, and Fang Sheng."

Yu died in the government office, and was assassinated again, according to the court law, the body can only be returned to the family after the autopsy is completed. ”

"Fang Shengyu died on the night of the fourth day, and the body was brought back early in the morning of the third day, and you didn't stay in the yamen for a day, and there was no time for an autopsy at all, which is unreasonable. ”

"If someone breaks the rules first, don't blame the official for not showing mercy. ”

After saying that, he ignored the old butler and strode into the house with people.

This time he is here to be a wicked person, so why should he scruple so much.

"My lord, my lord......" The housekeeper of the Fang Mansion hurriedly followed, trying to stop but could not do anything.

When Li Xiuyuan came to the mourning hall, he saw Fang Shengyu's wife and concubines, as well as his young son kneeling in front of the spiritual throne crying sadly, and from time to time there were people who came to worship to mourn, in addition to the monk's chanting and Taoist practice..... But they don't really have the ability, just do this

A line of craftsmen is just that.

His eyes moved slightly at the moment to look at the coffin in the mourning hall.

Needless to say, the one lying inside was Fang Shengyu's corpse.

"My lord, what are we going to do?" Cui Wei asked in a low voice.

"Post-mortem. Li Xiu said from afar.

Cui Wei looked left and right and replied: "The people who came here to worship are all dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital, and I am afraid that it is a little inappropriate to open the coffin for an autopsy today......."

"What are you doing here without an autopsy, isn't it possible that you are incense to Fang Shengyu? My relationship with him has not been so good. Li Xiu said from afar.

"Autopsy? Who dares to open the coffin for an autopsy, Li Xiuyuan Mo said that you are just a prefect now, that is, he returned to Yangzhou to make a history of assassination, and the official categorically did not allow you to do this, is there anyone in the world who investigates the case like this? Brother Fang just retracted into the coffin, you will open the coffin for an autopsy today, your heart is really so evil

Poison, no mercy at all?"

A literati who came to mourn heard Li Xiuyuan's words and immediately stood up and scolded loudly.

Li Xiuyuan glanced at it and immediately recognized this literati, isn't this the civil official who fought with Fu Tianqiu at the court meeting yesterday?

At this moment, the voice of the civil official immediately attracted the minds of others.

After a while, relatives and friends in the house gathered one after another.

"What? Someone wants to open the coffin for an autopsy. ”

"Who, who is so vicious, if anyone dares to open the coffin for an autopsy, I will fight with him. ”

"Damn dog officer, won't you even let go of the dead?"

These relatives and friends of Fang Shengyu were indignant, and some of them were even furious, looking like they wanted to fight hard with Li Xiuyuan and others.

The Great Song Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, and it was indeed an angry thing to open a coffin for an autopsy in front of relatives.

Li Xiuyuan knew that something was wrong, but he felt that it would be even more inappropriate to dig it up after Fang Sheng was buried.

"Since this lord does not allow me to open the coffin for an autopsy, then let's not open it. Suddenly, he looked at the official and spoke.

The civil official paused for a moment, but he didn't expect Li Xiuyuan to give face so much, and immediately smiled a little smugly, "Yes, the son can be taught, much stronger than your father-in-law Fu Tianqiu." ”

But before he finished speaking, Li Xiuyuan said again: "Then let Fang Shengyu come out of the coffin by himself,"

"What, what?" the civil servant immediately became suspicious.

Before he could react, Li Xiuyuan shouted at the coffin in the mourning hall: "Fang Shengyu, Fang Shengyu ......"

His voice seemed to contain some kind of special power, and immediately after the voice came out, it echoed around three times before disappearing, and as he continued to chant Fang Shengyu's name, the entire mourning hall seemed to be shrouded in his voice.

This voice instantly overshadowed the monks' chanting of sutras and the crying of family members.

The people nearby couldn't help but cover their ears for a while, but they found that covering their ears did not isolate the sound from coming.

"It's a spell. Cui Wei, who was on the side, immediately realized that something was wrong.

It's just that he has limited knowledge and doesn't know what kind of spell this is casting.

As Li Xiuyuan kept shouting Fang Shengyu's name.

The next moment, something unexpected happened, but I saw that the thick coffin in the mourning hall was shaking violently, as if the person lying inside was suddenly alive and was struggling violently, trying to push open the coffin lid and jump out of it.

This scene startled everyone in the mourning hall.

"Fraud, cheating. ”

I don't know who shouted, for a while the people who looked around turned around and ran away, even the monk who chanted the scriptures, the Taoist priest who did the work also lost the wooden fish, dusted it, and left the mourning hall in horror.

And the civil official who scolded Li Xiuyuan before was even less courageous, his legs trembled with fright, and he didn't even have the strength to run.

"Fang Shengyu can't get up yet. Li Xiuyuan's voice suddenly became stern, with a bit of command.

"Bang~!"

Immediately, the coffin lid was lifted to the ground, and Fang Shengyu's body suddenly sat up, half of his body exposed outside the coffin.

"Ah~!"

When the civil official saw this scene, he screamed in fright, rolled his eyelids, and fainted on the spot.

"That's all the guts?" Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly when he saw this.

He saw that those relatives and friends who were mourning were scared away, and it was the time for the autopsy, so he immediately walked over and investigated the body of Fang Shengyu.

But seeing Fang Shengyu's face with indignation, his eyes widened, his gray and silent eyes looked at the front emptyly, looking dead, but there were blood oozing out of his stomach, which should be the fatal wound from which he was killed.

"Did Mr. Cui find anything?" Li Xiu said from afar.

Cui Wei immediately looked at it, and wanted to step forward to investigate carefully, but was stopped by Li Xiuyuan: "The coffin is opened, the corpse will not move, and the eyes can see it if there are clues." ”

"Yes, sir. Cui Wei nodded and gave up examining the body, he said, "Judging from the wounds, the lowly position can determine that the murderer must not be a person who practices martial arts, and if a person who practices martial arts wants to kill, the sword must be on the chest, neck, and neck, and it cannot be on the stomach, because a sword stabbing out of the stomach may not be possible."

Killing people is not in line with the methods of the Assassins. ”

"And there are no other wounds and bruises on Lord Fang's body, which means that he has not struggled before his death. ”

"It is neither an assassination nor an enemy's killing, and the humble position can only judge that Lord Fang died at the hands of the people around him. Cui Wei clenched his fists and said: "Any one of the government offices is suspicious." ”

Li Xiuyuan said: "It's not that complicated, I am also a person who practices martial arts, and the wound in this position can be seen at a glance that it is the work of a novice who is not proficient in swords, and it is also a woman." ”

"How can you see it?"

"Only a woman's height can pierce the sword to the stomach, and the wound is still diagonally upward, which indicates that the sword is stabbed from the bottom up. Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said, "Put the body back and cover the coffin, I know who the murderer is." ”

Cui Wei immediately ordered the two catchers to put the body back and cover the coffin.

"Such a simple case is actually no one in the yamen to solve it, I really don't know what kind of waste the court raises, the struggle for power is so powerful, if you really want to do something for the country and the people, you will be dumb one by one. Li Xiuyuan thought secretly in his heart.

No wonder the country's fortunes are sluggish. Evil is rampant.

This court is lucky, but the time to last is obviously running out.

"Where is Fang Shengyu's wife now? Li Xiuyuan walked out of the mourning hall and asked the old housekeeper.

The old housekeeper was also a little scared at this time, after all, they saw Fang Shengyu's corpse with their own eyes, and at this moment, they trembled and pointed to the side room.

"Thank you. ”

When Li Xiuyuan led people to the wing.

Fang Shi, who was hiding inside, was frightened, her face was full of panic, she didn't know what to do, she wanted to run away but didn't know where to run.

Until there was a loud bang, and the door was forced open.

"Mrs. Fang, we met again today after the farewell of Xiangguo Temple that day, don't you plan to talk about Lord Fang's death?" Li Xiu said from afar.

"Great, what do you mean by that, my lord?" Fang's voice trembled, and his expression was flustered.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I don't mean anything else, I just want to know where Madame hid the murderer, or is it that Lord Fang's death has nothing to do with Madame?"