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The more the emperor thought about it, the more worried he became. In order to be safe, he issued another decree, saying that the case was of great importance, and all the escorts in Beijing should fully cooperate with Dali Temple to solve the case.

At the same time, it was ordered to block the water and land roads from Chang'an to other cities, and anyone with a short stature who intends to pass will be detained first.

With the promulgation of these two edicts, Chang'an and the suburbs of Beijing quickly entered a state of martial law.

Lin Chengyou put his uncle's letter in his arms, and when he left the palace, he carefully planned the whole plan of arresting the murderer in his mind.

All the yamen are working hard, and the Dayin Temple and the Daoist temples are also on the alert. Pregnant women in the city have been searched, even the women who secretly went to the pharmacy to buy abortion pills were not missed. As for the outside of the city, my uncle had already issued an order to the Xiying generals to go door-to-door and check the houses in the villages on the outskirts of the city immediately.

No matter how capable the murderer is, it is impossible for the murderer to find the next pregnant woman faster than him, so the murderer's plan to turn the world upside down by taking advantage of his endurance has come to nothing.

However, before the murderer is caught, he has to do three things: go back to Dali Temple to find the portraits of the two disciples of Qiankun Sanren, clarify the doubts about Xiao Jiang in the third case, and find Naizhong's whereabouts as soon as possible .

With this in mind, he drove his horse towards Dali Temple.

On the way, I received a report from the guarding general of Anhuamen, saying that Shu Wenliang left the city from Anhuamen in half an hour. Apart from his wife and daughter, there was still a lot of luggage on the calf cart. It seemed that he was going to travel far.

The defenders of the city had already sent a large number of people along the road to chase after receiving the message from Lin Chengyou. In addition, all the gates leaving Chang'an have now entered a state of martial law, so Shu Wenliang can't escape too far.

Lin Chengyou replied that he knew it, and after thinking about it, he asked people to send letters to the Sihu in Jingzhao Mansion and Wannian County, asking the officials of these two places to immediately check whether Shu Wenliang had been out of Chang'an last month, and report the results of the investigation as soon as possible give it to him.

After arranging everything, he continued to rush to Dali Temple.

Yan Sizhi has found all the files related to the evil-party case. Although this case has been going on for many years, because the Serious Case Division has been guarded by special personnel all the year round, the files are very complete, especially this case is still a saint in the past. Dali Temple did not dare to neglect those who personally issued an order to supervise.

Those two portraits were placed at the top of the pile of files. Open it, and one of them was a young man in his twenties, with Wenqing Sanren written on the front of the scroll. Some ferocious look, and unexpected short stature.

The other painting is a female Taoist priest, with Haoyue Sanren written on the front of the scroll, and she is only in her early twenties. Haoyue Sanren is petite, with a smile on his face, although he is wearing black clothes and sandals, he has a coquettish demeanor.

Lin Chengyou looked at it for a while, and made sure that he had never seen these two people in the painting. But it's not surprising, based on their sorcerer's cultivation, they must have changed their appearance, presumably the change was extremely successful, and they have fled for so many years without being noticed by the court.

Yan Sizhi found the portrait of Qiankun Sanren and handed it to Lin Chengyou: "This is the head of Wuji Sect. Who would have thought that such a good skin would do so many outrageous things."

Indeed, he is very handsome. Judging from the portraits, Qiankun Sanren was about thirty years old, not much older than these disciples under his command.

This case was jointly tried by the three divisions of Dali Temple, Yushitai, and Jingzhaofu. The whole process was supervised by the sage. This felony, with conclusive evidence, can be called a crime that cannot be punished. The three divisions had no objection to the trial results of the case, and soon sentenced Qiankun Sanren to be hanged. This person has no relatives alive.

After watching the trial process that year, Lin Chengyou turned his attention back to the two portraits.

This time it is the hands of the two people.

Although Wen Qingsan is short in stature, his palms are huge. These two points completely fit the description of Jin Yunpu's owner.

Haoyue Sanren's hand is much smaller, it looks like a woman's hand.

Lin Chengyou stared at the delicate hands of the female Taoist priest and looked again and again, the doubts that floated in his heart earlier slowly sank back. Could it be that he was thinking too much, the murderer was really Shu Wenliang?

Shu Wenliang and Wen Qing Sanren are both men, and they are about the same age and figure. In addition, when the murderer committed the crime, he was afraid of being bumped into by Shu Liniang's neighbors. No matter from which point of view, the murderer was Shu Wenliang.

So it is possible that Shu Wenliang is the Wenqing Sanren who fled back then...

This fake "Shu Wenliang" has been lurking outside for so many years, thinking that the time is almost right, so he returned to the capital in the first two years, and began to deploy his plan in the dark: find evil things, activate formations, and disrupt Chang'an, murdering courtiers and saints... and his purpose of doing this is to avenge his master Qiankun Sanren, as well as his brothers and sisters who fell under the law back then.

In spite of this, Lin Chengyou still stared at the beautiful-looking Haoyue Sanren for a long time, and asked Yan Sizhi: "By the way, Brother Yan, have you got Shu Wenliang's portrait?"

Yan Si said straightly: "I asked Shu Wenliang's colleagues in Jingzhao Mansion to paint, and I don't know if the painting is finished, I asked them to ask, this is Shu Wenliang's life, it has been sorted out, you can take a look first. "

Lin Chengyou took the booklet. Although Shu Wenliang shared the surname "Shu" with Shu Liniang, he was not a cousin. He was actually Shu Liniang's cousin.

Shu Wenliang is thirty-seven this year. He is from Huazhou. His parents died early. Shu Wenliang has a vivid memory and is extremely intelligent. When he grows up, he intends to go to Beijing to take the exam, but he can't get enough money. He borrows money from his cousin, but he is kicked out of the house by his cousin and sister-in-law.

The pair of mean cousins ​​are Shu Liniang's parents.

Later, Shu Wenliang got some money from somewhere, and secretly went to Chang'an to take the exam, and won the Jinshi exam in one fell swoop.

After the election of the official tribe, Shu Wenliang went to Huaixi Road to seek a job. The salary is not low, because Shu Wenliang bought an old house in Chonghuafang as soon as he returned to Chang'an. Although the location is very remote and the size of the house is not large, judging from the land price in Beijing, it is considered a lot of money ( Note 1)

As for Shu Wenliang's wife, he married when he was working in Huaixi Road. It is said that she was the daughter of a local civil servant. His health is not very good, and he basically does not socialize with the female relatives of his colleagues on weekdays, and Shu Wenliang himself rarely mentions his wife.

Yan Sizhi said next to him: "Although Shu Wenliang's wife and daughter are a bit strange, Shu Wenliang's experience over the years has been flawless, his net worth is clean, and he has participated in the imperial court's scientific examination. can also be found.”

Lin Chengyou said with a smile: "Not only is there no flaw, it can withstand all scrutiny. It is a pity that some things cannot be faked because of the year, and the leak was accidentally exposed. Brother Yan, look, the year Shu Wenliang came to Beijing to rush for the exam , which happened to be the time when the evil way escaped from the capital."

Yan Sizhi compared the two files: "Really!"

Lin Chengyou said: "Wenqing scattered people have to conceal their identities for a long time. It is not feasible to just run away blindly. Shu Wenliang, the reason is not only that the two are similar in stature and age, but also because Shu Wenliang's family is simple. You must know that the most brilliant disguise technique in the world cannot stand the scrutiny of those close to him. Shu Wenliang's parents died early, and No brothers and sisters, although there are cousins, the relationship is very bad, for Wenqing Sanren, where can I find such a good target."

Yan Sizhi was puzzled: "But Shu Wenliang also participated in the imperial court's scientific examination back then. If Wen Qing Sanren dared to replace him, wouldn't he be afraid that his words and deeds would be seen as wrong by his peers?"

"That's why Shu Wenliang left Chang'an as soon as he lost the election. He didn't go back to his hometown Huazhou, but went to Huaixi Road, where he was unfamiliar. The more unfamiliar the place, the less worried he would be recognized. Perhaps The money Shu Wenliang went to Beijing to rush for the exam was given by the Wenqing Sanren. After Shu Wenliang successfully obtained the fame, the Wenqing Sanren killed him, and then he disguised himself as Shu Wenliang and went to Huaixi Road to work.

"It's been more than ten years, such a long time is enough for a person's appearance to change. When this 'Shu Wenliang' returns to Chang'an, even the examiners and Jinshi of the same year may not be able to see the difference , so it is logical for the Wenqing Sanren to serve in the imperial court as Shu Wenliang, and he entered the capital hub—Jingzhaofu.”

Speaking of this, a white light flashed in Lin Chengyou's mind.

The person who recommended Shu Wenliang to enter Jingzhao Mansion, will he also--

Surprised for a moment, he quickly recovered his composure, thinking calmly that this conjecture involves a lot, and as long as he expresses his suspicion, it will definitely cause a shock in the court, unless more obvious evidence emerges On the surface of the water, you must not act rashly.

Yan Sizhi said again: "Speaking of Shu Liniang, this is the transcript I made when I went to Chun'an Lane to interrogate the servants of Shu's mansion in the morning, because I was busy going to Dongshi for questioning, I didn't have time to elaborate. Shu Liniang's husband was last year She died in May, and the cause of death was sudden illness. In July, Shu Liniang went to Chang'an to join Shu Wenliang. Zheng Pushe moved to Chun'an Lane. After moving into this house, Zheng Pushe came here every now and then, and the servants said that Shu Changshi also visited Shu Liniang twice, but he hasn't been here in the past few months."

"Several maidservants said that during the six months of serving Shu Liniang, they had never heard her mention her in-law's family and her former husband, but since she became pregnant, Shu Liniang became a little suspicious. Shouting, he was also in shock after waking up, as if he was afraid of something, and for this reason he also said that he would go to the temple to offer incense, which is a bit like Xiao Jiang's."

Lin Chengyou paused, and hurriedly brought Xiao Jiang's itinerary, and compared them one by one with the places Shu Liniang had been to in the past two months.

Looking at it, the faint doubts before resurfaced in my heart.

But no, the person he thought of had an important feature that did not match the murderer.

After thinking about it for a while, when I was about to ask a question, a yamen servant came running over.

"Yan Sizhi, Lin Pingshi, Shu Wenliang did leave Chang'an last month!"

Yan Si came directly to have a look. Due to the hail disaster in Dengzhou and other places in the twelfth lunar month, the imperial court was worried that the local millet grain would be severely damaged in the coming year, so it specially arranged for Jingzhao Mansion to deliver grain to the local people. Judging from the grain transportation route, it happened to pass through Tongzhou on the way.

From the middle of the twelfth lunar month to the seventh day of the third month, this trip took a total of fifty days.

The public inspection was issued by the Jingzhao Mansion, and Shu Wenliang's past, future, and state capitals on the way were all clearly written.

The original plan was to return on the 30th, but Shu Wenliang did not return to Chang'an until the seventh day of March. The reason was that the weather was severe and the food delivery was blocked several times.

Lin Chengyou touched his chin: "The extra ten days are enough for this extraordinary 'Shu Wenliang' to go to Tongzhou to kill people to get a fetus."

Yan Sizhi breathed a sigh of relief: "Even the itinerary matches. It seems that the culprit is this Shu Wenliang. As long as he is captured, the whole case will probably come to light."

But Lin Chengyou urged the yamen servant: "Go and see if Shu Wenliang's portrait is finished."

I waited for another half an hour. Although the colleagues in the Jingzhao Mansion deal with Shu Wenliang every day, they don't have the habit of staring at each other. They draw while recalling, stopping occasionally to discuss a few words, so they draw very slowly.

When the portraits arrived, they were really eye-catching. The officials of the Jingzhao Mansion were very good at drawing, and the people on the paintings were painted so vividly.

Judging from the portrait, Shu Wenliang is indeed ugly. The bones on the left side of his face seem to have been injured, and the entire cheek is sunken. Wenqing Sanren is completely different.

The two people are most similar in stature, because they are both shorter than ordinary men.

The key point is that Shu Wenliang's hands are also very large, which once again matches the appearance of the murderer.

Looking at the portrait, Lin Chengyou thought to himself, so far, except for how Shu Wenliang learned of Xiao Jiang's crimes, all other aspects can be deducted.

It seems that this person is undoubtedly.

For the time being, he suppressed the doubts in his heart, and said to Yan Sizhi: "The culprit has almost been found out, but there are still many doubts about Xiao Jiang's case, time is pressing, I have to go to Fu'an Lane and Xi'an City. Please ask Yan Sizhi to go to Rong’anbo Mansion to verify two things: Shu Wenliang is obviously from the same hometown as Jiang’s family. In the past two years, Shu Wenliang has had contacts with Rong’anbo Mansion. Second, find Rong’an The uncle's mansion is dedicated to taking care of Da Lang and Da Niang's wet nurse, and checked with the wet nurse."

After listening to what Lin Chengyou said, Yan Sizhi immediately showed a look of surprise, but quickly nodded, picked up his pen and said: "Okay, I will cross-examine you carefully."

***

When Lin Chengyou came out of Dali Temple, he didn't go directly to Fu'an Lane, but went to the Zuowei Imperial Army first.

After asking about one thing, he then rushed to Nianzi Building in Fu'an Lane.

Chen Sangu said that Xiao Jiang loved the grilled fish made in this shop very much. In the month before the accident, Xiao Jiang had eaten the grilled fish four times.

As soon as Lin Chengyou entered the store, he called out the owner and the staff, and asked, "Have you seen a very short Hooligan in the past two months?"

The master and the staff were really worried, and they couldn't help being taken aback when they heard this: "Hey, the judges also know that there is such a person?"

Lin Chengyou raised his eyebrows: "That's it. How many times has this person appeared? How does he look?"

The guys rushed to say: "Dirty, nondescript, dressed in short brown, but with a hooded hat on his head, came here about three or four times, sometimes wandering around the door, sometimes Staring at the hogwash in the back alley, the younger ones suspected that he was trying to steal the hogwash, and drove him away every time he showed up."

So many people have seen it.

"Can you see his hands, are they big or small?"

The master and the staff were dumbfounded, presumably they didn't pay attention to a naughty hand.

Lin Chengyou reminded them: "This man is so short, if he has a pair of big hands, don't you think it's strange?"

As soon as the words came out, two guys really reacted: "The little one remembered. This rascal has big hands, because once he came back, he leaned against the back alley to scratch the lice. Eat it by yourself, the little ones feel disgusting, but because of this reason, they look at it a few more times. The reviewer is right, this rogue has a pair of big hands."

Lin Chengyou fell into deep thought, no matter how skilled the disguise technique is, it is impossible to take over the hand bones temporarily. It seems that the murderer really has a pair of big hands. Not only the owner of Jinyun Waterfall has seen this, but also the staff of Nianzilou can confirm it.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the person he suspects can be completely ruled out...

Leaving the Nianzi Building, I hurried to the West Market.

The Fendie Building in West City has been closed recently because of a murder case.

Lin Chengyou saw that the person was almost here, so he asked directly: "Did Mrs. Rong Anbo say why she wanted to buy spices in the store? Did she make an appointment with someone? Did she say who she was waiting for?"

The guys looked at each other in dismay: "I didn't hear that Mrs. Shizi would go directly to the recipe on the second floor every time she came here. She was full of ostentation, but I never saw her ask a female companion, and that day was no exception."

Lin Chengyou looked as usual: "Did Song Shizi accompany his wife to the store?"

The master shook his head blankly: "No."

While speaking, the waiter handed over hot tea, and Lin Chengyou pushed the teacup away: "Your store has been open in Xishi for many years. You can see that Rong Anbo's son came here to buy things in the past."

The master blinked his eyes in confusion, as if he didn't understand why Lin Chengyou asked such a question, but he still thought about it seriously, and pointed to the shop opposite: "Your Majesty, you know the restaurant opposite, the hump roast is really good. It's delicious, the wife in front of Song Shizi loves it very much, Song Shizi used to bring the front lady here, and the villain often saw Rong'an Bofu's calf cart parked in front of the shop."

As the master said, he pointed to another jewelry shop diagonally opposite: "There is also the Zhaixinglou, where Song Shizi also accompanied the former wife."

Lin Chengyou nodded, and suddenly said: "When we first got married last year, Song Shizi didn't accompany his new wife to Dongshi?"

"I don't remember the villain." The master looked back at the guy behind him, "Have you seen it?"

The guys shook their heads in unison.

Lin Chengyou's expression darkened, it seemed that something happened earlier than he expected.

***

Out of the Fendie Tower, Lin Chengyou went to the shops opposite to inquire again, and after confirming a few things, he galloped away from the West Market.

Rushing back to Dali Temple, Yan Sizhi just came back from Rong'anbo Mansion, before the two of them could enter, a group of generals from Nancheng hurried to look for Lin Chengyou.

"My son! I found Shu Wenliang!"

Lin Chengyou said, "Where is it?"

"In a deserted house in the southern suburbs." The leading general named Zhang Gu, he said angrily, "After chasing for more than an hour, I finally blocked Shu Wenliang in the house, but this man is very good at magic. , got a lot of weird paper figurines to resist at the door, those paper figurines were surprisingly strong, and injured many soldiers on our side, fortunately we brought two Taoist priests with us in advance, broke the formation and broke in, the result was late One step further, Shu Wenliang took his wife and daughter and committed suicide by taking poison."

Dead? ! Lin Chengyou's heart sank suddenly.

"Where is the corpse? Quickly lead the way."

***

The house is located at the midpoint between Chang'an and Wangchuan. It looks like it has been abandoned for many years, and the gates are dilapidated.

Lin Chengyou rushed to the front of the deserted house, and he saw many paper figurines scattered outside the door.

He recognized at a glance that this was a kind of soul-controlling sorcery recorded in the "Soul Scripture", which attracted not living souls, but nearby unjust ghosts. In order to be extremely demanding, at least ten years of mana is needed, because if the caster is not careful, the caster himself will be entangled by these evil spirits, and a special kind of talisman is needed to summon the soul. Qiankun Sanren took this kind of talisman The nickname is "Scattering Beans into Soldiers Talisman".

After checking the situation outside the door, Lin Chengyou quickly stepped into the house. The soldiers did not dare to touch the dead body. Shu Wenliang and his wife and daughter were still lying in the middle hall.

The clothes of the three people were neat and tidy, and their faces were calm, as if their long-cherished wish had been fulfilled, so they decided to die calmly.

Lin Chengyou and Yan Sizhi had only seen Shu Wenliang's portrait before they came, so they immediately recognized the man lying outside as Shu Wenliang.

Lin Chengyou squatted beside Shu Wenliang's corpse, stretched out his arms, and soon found a lot of talismans in Shu Wenliang's arms.

Lin Chengyou put these talismans into his arms, and took Shu Wenliang's hand to look carefully. Although Shu Wenliang was short, he had a pair of big hands, and the right fingertips of the corpse clearly had traces of the talisman burning. You can tell by looking at it that you have just used a talisman.

Lin Chengyou looked at it calmly for a while, and then touched Shu Wenliang's front again. This time, he touched a hard object, and when he took it out, it turned out to be a strangely shaped mirror.

This mirror is in the shape of a hook, one side is red and the other side is black. The mirror surface is dusty, as if it hasn't been cleaned for a long time.

New moon mirror? ! Lin Chengyou showed a strange expression. Presumably Shu Wenliang did not use magic to wake up the monster in the mirror before his death, otherwise the mirror would not be so dim.

Everyone was surprised: "What is this?"

"Don't come here." Lin Chengyou shouted lowly, looked left and right, saw some scattered clothes on the ground, without saying a word, tore off a piece of fabric, and covered the mirror, "This thing is very evil."

He remembered what Zhuang Mu said that day. Zhuang Mu was ordered to find this extremely sinister moon mirror, but the murderer escaped him many times. Even this object was hidden on Shu Wenliang's body. It seems that he is the murderer.

Looking at the icy body in front of him, Lin Chengyou still felt a little weird in his heart. Did that Wenqing Sanren who followed his master commit crimes commit suicide like this? But judging from Shu Wenliang's body, there was no sign of any injuries on his body.

So he explored Shu Wenliang's clothes again, and this time he found a letter with flamboyant handwriting, as if it had been written in a hurry.

The first line of the letter is:

"My long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, and I am willing to die today. I will soon bring disaster to Chang'an, and the faint king and the people will be doomed—"

The letter scolded "faint king", and the lines were full of deep-seated hatred, saying that he had been dormant for fifteen years in the place of "Shu Wenliang", just to avenge his master Qiankun Sanren.

He also talked about the double-ring bureau that was carefully laid out a few days ago, claiming that he did this not only to frame Zhuang Mu, but also to make Dali Temple mistakenly think that he had caught the real murderer. The city is looking for the next new moon boy.

Unexpectedly, Dali Temple was not fooled by him. Not only did they search the pregnant women all over the city overnight, but they also began to investigate the details of the three pregnant women who were victimized.

He couldn't figure out which part of the bureau went wrong, but such a move by the government would undoubtedly bring him great trouble.

He can no longer murder another pregnant woman, and because one of the victims is Shu Liniang, the government may soon find him out. Apart from these two points, Zhuang Mu's arrest will also alarm the people behind Zhuang Mu The master's family, the government was not fooled by his "moving disaster to the east", and Zhuang Mu's master's family has all hands and eyes, and the two forces are combined to deal with him, and the only thing waiting for him is death.

So he decided to escape as far as he could before the matter was fully exposed. Before he fled, he even released Naizhong.

This thing can summon all the evil spirits and fierce ghosts from the underworld, and Chang'an City will fall into the Shura **** in a short time. Even if all monks and Taoists are dispatched at that time, they will not be able to prevent a catastrophe.

Although he didn't finish all the things he wanted to do, at least he could bring a big trouble to the Hunjun.

Unexpectedly, before they escaped from the territory of Chang'an, the officers and soldiers came after them.

The letter also mentions that his wife was the Haoyue Sanren back then, and the husband and wife have kept their identities incognito for so many years, just for this day, to be able to do so many things before dying, the husband and wife's wish has been fulfilled.

The signature office calls itself "Wenqing Sanren".

All the officers and soldiers gathered around Lin Chengyou and looked at the letter silently. Lin Chengyou read the letter over and over several times, but remained silent.

Although the letter is not too long, it will clearly explain the ins and outs of the future.

The murderer, the evidence, and the motive were all very clear, and even the most important murder weapon in the whole case - the Moon Mirror, was placed in front of them.

The two important criminals who have been on the run for many years, Haoyue Sanren and Wenqing Sanren, also have their whereabouts.

Everything seemed out of the question.

The case was solved unexpectedly smoothly.

The next step is to find Naizhong and suppress him before his yin energy recovers. The murder case that shocked Chang'an will be settled.

***

Lin Chengyou led people to transport the criminal's body back to the city, and he never let go of his brows along the way.

These three cases are not that simple. Not to mention Shu Wenliang's own flaws, the victims are also full of doubts.

I thought that Shu Wenliang would be a breakthrough, but now even this step has been miscalculated. Even if he knew that there was something wrong with that person, the evidence so far is not enough to convict him. It is impossible to stop here, but how easy is it to find a breakthrough?

Unless... unless the soldiers make a dangerous move.

He thought of Zhuang Mu in the prison, this chess piece has been raised for so long, and it's time to make a move, if his design of this chess game is clever enough, maybe he can make the opponent show off.

The problem is, the other party is so cunning, how to arrange to pry the people on both sides.

Lin Chengyou pondered for a long time, and suddenly a thought popped up in his mind, Tongzhou! The origin of this case is Tongzhou, where the Moon Mirror first appeared, and the first victimized couple also died in Tongzhou.

If you want to lure the opponent out, do you have to start from the same state?

It was already the beginning of the Xu Dynasty when we returned to Dali Temple, and the officials greeted them with joy. They just got the news that the three tragedies that shocked the court were finally solved.

"Lin Pingshi and Yan Sizhi, congratulations, you two really worked hard and solved a strange case in just a few days! Especially Lin Pingshi, he is simply a genius."

"Who would have thought that such a humble official would have such a great ability."

"Hey, you and I have been working in Dali Temple for so many years, don't you understand the principle of 'you can't look like a person'?"

"Lin Pingshi, Yan Sizhi, you should be hungry after a busy day, let's have dinner first and then write the case report."

Everyone gathered around the two to congratulate, and the front of Dali Temple was very lively.

Yan Sizhi has always been humble and upright. Facing the enthusiastic boasting of his colleagues, he was a little at a loss. He hurriedly said that all this was due to Lin Chengyou, but when he turned his head, he saw Lin Chengyou still standing in front of the horse thinking, It was as if he didn't hear the noise around him at all.

"Lin Pingshi."

After calling many times, Lin Chengyou turned his eyes to look at everyone. That's right, even if you want to arrange the layout, you are not in a hurry. At this moment, you are hungry after a busy day. It is better to have dinner first, and then go to the prison to find Zhuang Mu. I'm hungry, why don't you go eat first."

While speaking, he threw the reins to the Yamen servant and stepped up the steps.

Suddenly a person came over from the corner, approached him all the way, and said slowly, "Lin Pingshi."

Lin Chengyou was busy going in for dinner, so he didn't have time to pay attention to this person, but he heard him say: "Lin Pingshi, a prince is looking for you urgently."

Lin Chengyou's footsteps stopped abruptly, and he turned his head to see that it was not Duanfu, but he had seen this person following Teng Yuyi last time in Xishi, and guessing it was one of Teng Yuyi's guards, he hurriedly descended the steps and took the man People lead aside.

"Is she looking for me?" Lin Chengyou coughed with a calm face.

The man said: "The prince wants the villain to bring a word to Lin Pingshi: It is said that a lady in the temple behaved suspiciously. She didn't stay in the bedroom in the middle of the night last night and went to the pine forest behind the north wall. She wore a big cloak He hid his face, as if he was going to meet someone, Prince Wang suspected that there was something wrong with this matter, so he tested it today, and it turned out that the person was Mrs. Duan Qingying. The lady said that Abbot Ri Yuanjue did not let Mrs. Duan live in In the temple, it was Mrs. Duan who insisted on living in, and with what happened last night, she suspected that something was wrong with Mrs. Duan, so she specially asked the villain to send a message to Lin Pingshi."

A look of surprise appeared in Lin Chengyou's eyes. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "Got it."

The man left.

Lin Chengyou thought about returning to the gate, Duan Qingying? That day she suddenly came to him to inquire whether the murderer had been arrested, claiming that she was inquiring for her cousin. From this point of view, the matter was not that simple.

Duan Qingying lives in the temple now, if she really has a problem, the people in the temple will suffer first.

Teng Yuyi has been so unlucky recently, if there is any trouble, she will be the first to be unlucky.

Thinking of this, he stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked at the back of the guard: "Please stay."

The guard came over again: "What is your order?"

Lin Chengyou thought about it, he was so busy these two days, he almost forgot about it, that day Teng Yuyi ran into Xiao Jiang's head-on at the spice shop, with Teng Yuyi's memory, maybe he could remember something.

Since you are going to Dali Temple, why not ask Teng Yuyi face to face? After all, Shu Wenliang was dead, and the meeting between Teng Yuyi and Xiao Jiang might be a breakthrough in this case.

He said sternly: "I'll go to Dayin Temple to investigate right away, and I have another very important matter to ask your young master, it's about solving the case, it's inconvenient to send a message, I'll go to Li Baixuan later Let’s go. Hey, I told you son not to prepare food and drink, just ask a few words and leave.”

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Yuyi holds a volume of "Qin Jue" in her hand, and leans against the railing to read the book. Beside the railing is the pear tree in the yard. On the pages of books, on the black hair.

Teng Yuyi picked off the petals and rubbed them casually on her fingertips. When A-Niang was still alive, she would take her to make flower cakes every mid-spring. If A-Niang saw this, she would definitely ask someone to put the petals away for later use. .

It's a pity that she is busy avoiding disasters right now, so she doesn't have the heart to play with these, so why don't you put them away first, and make wine later.

She took off the scarf in the crook of her arm, swept the petals off her head and wrapped it up, then flattened the scarf, and grafted the petals that fell from the heads of the branches. After a while, the scarf took over A small pocket.

While she was busy, she heard the cry of partridges outside the courtyard. She knew that Duanfu had returned, and she was busy rolling up the bag of petals, and said in a loud voice: "Come in."

When Duan Fu came in, Teng Yuyi asked, "Is Chang Geng back?"

"I'm back. The words have already been brought to Prince Cheng. Prince Cheng said that he will come to investigate immediately, and he also said that he has something to ask the lady, and he may come to Li Baixuan later."

When Teng Yuyi heard the first sentence, she nodded in satisfaction, knowing that Lin Chengyou was as careful as a hair, and would never miss a suspicious point, but when she heard the last sentence, she couldn't help being a little puzzled: "I have something to ask." Me?"

"It's related to solving the case, so I have to ask face to face." Duan Fu delivered the message with a straight face, "The son also said that he would not stay for long, and he would leave after a few questions, and told the young master not to prepare food and drinks."

"Understood." Lin Chengyou would not think of her for nothing, and it was very important to think about it.

Duan Fu said again: "By the way, I heard that the real murderer has been caught."

Teng Yuyi was taken aback.

"Chang Geng heard it?" After thinking for a while, he waved his hand, "Is that Zhuang Mu you're talking about? That's a lie.

"This time it should be true, because the officials of Dali Temple were talking about it just now, and it is said that Prince Cheng caught it with his own hands."

Teng Yuyi's heart was pounding, unexpectedly so fast, she had dealt with the murderer before, he was calm and cunning, and seemed to have a lot of involvement behind the scenes, unexpectedly such a powerful character was caught by Lin Chengyou so quickly.

Excited and curious, she got up and walked around the steps several times, and said happily, "Let's prepare food and drinks."

Lin Chengyou is very capable, her heart that has been hanging for a few days finally fell to the ground, when she meets Lin Chengyou, she must ask what is going on, I hope he will not be impatient by then, then it will be very helpful to prepare wine and food necessary.

After waiting for more than an hour, Lin Chengyou didn't show up.

Teng Yuyi practiced a set of swordsmanship with Duanfu. Seeing that the night was getting darker and darker, he guessed that Lin Chengyou would not come. He was somewhat disappointed. He raised his breath halfway and then fell back to the ground. The second time he made a little progress, but it was only a few inches higher.

Finally using Duanfu's internal strength to climb onto the beam, as soon as he stood firmly, he heard the sound of tiles, and a person rushed in from outside the wall. On the roof beam, there was almost no sound, but he didn't seem to expect that Teng Yuyi was also on it, and he was a little surprised: "Why are you on the roof beam?"

Teng Yuyi was even more surprised: "My son." I thought Lin Chengyou would not come.

"I'm practicing." Immediately, he suppressed his surprise and said with a smile, "My lord, let's go down and talk."

Lin Chengyou glanced at the stone table in the yard, and told her not to let her prepare the food and wine, and it got complicated again.

Recalling his unfeeling Gu, he felt that he should cut off Teng Yuyi's affection for her as soon as possible.

"No need, let's talk on the beam."

Teng Yuyi has been busy for a long time, and has long forgotten the food and wine under the tree, so she nodded: "Alright, what do you want to ask me?"

Lin Chengyou sat on the beam with his robe lifted, and said in his mouth: "I may go to Tongzhou tomorrow, don't send someone to Dali Temple to deliver a letter to me, I can't even receive the letter."

As soon as he sat down, Teng Yuyi secretly felt that she was not respectful when standing up and talking, so she had to sit aside too. Hearing what Lin Chengyou said, she was stunned. Duan Qingying had already told Lin Chengyou, and she would also I didn't plan to ask someone to deliver a letter to Lin Chengyou.

However, she still nodded and said: "Okay, if I find anything in the temple, I will send a message to the prince in two days."

Lin Chengyou turned his head and glanced at her, met her watery eyes, he looked at those two clear eye waves, and sighed in his heart, seeing this posture, Teng Yuyi's thoughts will not be dispelled for a while, forget it , it would be bad if you act too hastily and make her cry.

Why don't we get down to business first.

"I have something to ask you. You saw Xiao Jiang in the spice shop that day, did you hear her saying who to wait for, or who to go to?"

After Lin Chengyou asked this question, he didn't expect anything at first. Before that, he had asked the servants of Rong'anbo Mansion and the staff of the spice shop several times. Few remember these details.

How do you know that Teng Yuyi only thought for a moment, and quickly said: "I heard Mrs. Shizi say: Husband agreed to marry me, why don't you come? I'm tired from shopping, I want to go downstairs for a rest" .”