In Kaifeng Mansion, Gongsun had just fallen asleep with his chubby son in his arms when he heard a gentle knock on the door.
Gongsun stuffed the little fourth son into the quilt, got up carefully, put on his robe and went out to look.
Seeing Wang Dynasty Mahan standing at the door, Mahan whispered to Gongsun, "Sir, there is a life lawsuit, Lord Zhan said that he wanted you to go to the autopsy, and said that you know the dead person." ” "What" Gongsun was startled, hurriedly went in to get dressed, picked up the small medicine box, and followed Wang Dynasty Mahan out.
Sitting in a carriage until he reached the foot of the West Mountain, he saw that the Imperial City Army had surrounded the West Mountain, and Ouyang Shaozheng yawned and sat on a stone tablet on the hillside.
Gongsun walked up to him, "What's wrong?"
"It's all evil."
Ouyang held his chin and shook his head, "Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang are in the house." ” Gongsun frowned, and saw that the commander Cao Lan was standing at the opening of the outer wall of the Jin family's old mansion and beckoning to him.
Gongsun hurriedly went up the mountain, Wang Dynasty Mahan helped him over the wall, and saw that a lot of lanterns had been lit in the house, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were checking outside with some officials, and when they saw Gongsun coming, they took him through the front hall and turned the screen.
At this time, two tall air dead wind lamps were selected in front of the screen, illuminating most of the courtyard as bright as day.
Even so, the corpse hanging high behind the stone screen was still extremely terrifying.
Gongsun frowned when he saw it, "Who did this?"
Similarly, due to the distorted face of the corpse, Gongsun couldn't tell which person he knew for a while, and it could be seen that he was not a particularly familiar person, so he asked Zhanzhao, who was standing aside, "Who is this?"
Zhan Zhao handed a fan to Gongsun.
Gongsun opened it and looked at it, stunned.
On the fan, a poem was inscribed, the handwriting was handsome and elegant, and the payment was clear and clear.
Gongsun recognized this fan, and the fan was written by himself.
There are not many people in Kaifeng Mansion who ask for the word Gongsun, not because Gongsun's word is not good, on the contrary, Gongsun's word is too good to be a mess, but Mr.
Gongsun is Langzhong, and he doesn't know how many prescriptions he has to write every day, so it is too easy to ask him to write his words, and it is enough to ask him to see a doctor.
This fan was written by Gongsun to an old man, who was a medicine farmer, and Gongsun often bought medicine from him, and he was very honest.
One day, he suddenly came to him, holding a white fan, and asked Gongsun to help him write a poem, and it was best to make another payment.
Gongsun was a little puzzled, this old man didn't look like a fan, but Gongsun didn't ask much, and still helped the old man write.
The old man thanked him for leaving, and after a few days, Tianzun suddenly came to ask Gongsun, did he give the director of the Freehand Painting Museum, Xie Yiting, a fan and a payment, he was bragging to people everywhere that he had a relationship with you.
Gongsun was stunned, a little inexplicable.
Xie Yiting is a trader in Kaifeng City, specializing in opening art galleries, and likes to make friends with literati, vassal elegance.
This person Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also knew him, and Zhan Zhao knew him because he was a businessman with a head and a face on the ground in Kaifeng, so he would naturally deal with him.
Bai Yutang knew him because Tianzun liked to visit the art gallery, and he would buy whatever he liked, and the people from the art gallery would send it to Baifu and then Baifu would pay the bill.
Originally, this kind of thing was just a good thing, but every time he sent a painting to Bai Fu, Xie Yiting came in person, so Bai Yutang met him twice, and he also saw the fan written by Gongsun in his hand.
Bai Yutang really thought that he was a friend of Gongsun at first, although he felt that this person was a bit of a profiteer, but he was still very polite to him.
Later, Gongsun asked the old medicine farmer, it turned out that the old man's family owed Xie Yiting the silver and couldn't pay it back, Xie Yiting said that it was okay to pay it back if he didn't have any money, and if he could ask Mr.
Gongsun to help write a fan and settle a payment, the arrears would be written off Gongsun didn't pursue it after he knew, most of the people in Kaifeng Mansion knew about it, fortunately, Xie Yiting was also a measured person, and he didn't take the fan that Gongsun himself carried to deceive, just to brag and raise the grade, and there was a topic of conversation when talking about business with people.
Thank you for this person, it's not good, it's not bad, it's just a delicate trader, and he is also well-dressed and quite stylish on weekdays, why is he so miserable and why did he run to the ghost house in the middle of the night Gongsun walked over, leaned against the wall and looked at the lantern pole around Xie Yiting's neck, surprised, "This murderer should have deep internal strength and strong martial arts."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both nodded, the lantern pole is ordinary wood, if you want to hang ordinary wood and insert it into the stone wall, it is impossible to do it without a little internal force.
Gongsun shook his head, "Xie Yiting offended someone and inserted two paper flowers around his neck, what does this mean?"
Bai Yutang asked, "Is it some kind of custom?"
Gongsun touched his chin and thought, "I've never heard of such a custom." ” Zhanzhao frowned.
At this time, Cao Lan came in and told Zhan Zhao that he had sent people from the Imperial City Army to look for him nearby, and there was no one on the road in the middle of the night in this life, so no one should have seen what happened.
Almost everyone in the neighborhood slept and didn't hear any movement, and I didn't know if the house had been lit up.
Zhan Zhao nodded, which was also expected.
Gongsun asked Xie Yiting's body to be taken down, and after a brief examination, he told Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "There are no other external injuries, just this pole died after piercing the throat, I will take it back and examine it again to see if there are any other clues." ” Zhan Zhao asked Zhang Long and Zhao Hu to carry the corpse and go back with Gongsun first.
At this time, Wang Dynasty Mahan walked over, "Lord Zhan, there are many houses in the back, most of which have doors and windows. ” Zhan Zhao looked at the sky, it was almost dawn at this time, the murderer was clean and neat, and there were no clues left, and as for the huge scale of the Jin family's old mansion, it was a big project to investigate.
This murderer has to let Xie Yiting die in this ghost mansion, and he should also have his purpose, it seems that he wants to investigate the old case of the Jin family.
Zhanzhao asked Wang Dynasty Mahan to go back and report the details to Master Bao, and he went down the mountain with Bai Yutang, wanting to go to Xie Yiting's house to ask.
At the foot of the mountain, Ouyang Shaozheng was holding his arms and chatting with a chubby little soldier.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked over.
Ouyang saw the two of them, pointed to the little soldier, and said, "His family lives next door to Xie Yiting's house." ” Zhan Zhaoyi raised his eyebrows, so coincidentally.
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The little soldier's surname was Wang, and everyone in the barracks called him Wang Xiaopang.
Zhan Zhao asked him, "Are you familiar with Xie Yiting?"
Wang Xiaopang shook his head, "I'm not familiar with him, but I'm familiar with his maids." ” Zhan Zhao looked at the sky, Bai Yutang nodded, and being familiar with the maids usually means that he knows the roots of others "Then do you know any clues related to Xie Yiting's killing?"
asked Zhan Zhao.
Wang Xiaopang nodded, "First of all, Xie Yiting probably didn't come by himself." ” "Oh," Zhanzhao asked, "Why do you infer that?"
"Xie shopkeeper is the most timid, his family must worship God on the fifteenth day of the new year, there are a lot of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the house, and all the women in his family are not allowed to rub powder on their faces" Zhan Zhao was curious, "Why are you not allowed to rub powder?"
"It is said that in the middle of the night, I saw a miserable white face and was scary," Wang Xiaopang squinted, "His maids said that he was most afraid of ghosts, and that day the maids were playing with the dish fairy at night, but they were bumped into by the shopkeeper Xie, so he lost his temper and almost drove them away." ” Zhan Zhao touched his chin, and it seemed that he was really afraid of ghosts.
"Also," Zhan Zhao asked, "has he had any grudges with anyone recently?"
"Well, I haven't heard of this, but his family made a thief a few days ago," Wang Xiaopang said.
"What was stolen," Zhan Zhao asked, "calligraphy and painting or money."
"I don't know."
Wang Xiaopang continued, "It was about half a month ago in the evening, when I was eating my mother's wontons in the yard with my father, and I heard the mess in the Xie Mansion next door, as if something had happened, so I went to the door to take a look."
I saw his family coming in and out, but it was soon closed.
The next day, I inquired with his maid, and I heard that Xie Yiting came back from the gallery last night, and not long after entering the study, he suddenly shouted and ran out, saying that the thief asked who had entered his study just now.
The housekeeper said that no one had ever gone in, so he asked him what he had lost and if he wanted to report it to the official.
But Xie shopkeeper didn't let the officer, so he asked them to find it, and asked if anyone had entered his study, but in the end he didn't say what he had lost. ” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both frowned and lost nothing, and they didn't report to the official Ouyang Shaozheng smiled, "Don't be something that can't be seen." “ "Xie Yiting sells calligraphy and paintings, maybe like an antique, secretly helping people sell stolen goods.
Most of this filth is not visible, and it is hidden in the house and unexpectedly stolen.
In this way, they can neither make a public announcement, let alone report to the authorities.
Bai Yutang said.
Zhan Zhao nodded, "So, is it black eating black?"
"Is there any" Ouyang patted the little soldier's head, "You and other people's maids have matured like this, there must be something else, think about it" "Hmm" Wang Xiaopang poked his head and thought for a while, and then clapped his hands, "Ah yes, his maid mentioned it, saying that the shopkeeper Xie scolded a person at home" Zhan Zhao was curious, "Who did he scold?"
"Dean of Taixue, Master Lin Xiao" Wang Xiaopang said.
Zhanzhao frowned.
Bai Yutang was also puzzled, "Why did he scold Lin Xiao?"
"Well, it seems that he wrote to Lin Fuzi to recommend the son of a big buyer to study in Taixue, who knows that the old man said that he would pass the exam if he entered Taixue, if he passed the exam, he would enter casually, and his son would want to enter if he didn't pass the exam."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both wanted to laugh when they heard this, it was indeed the temper of Old Man Lin Xiao.
"His girl said that the shopkeeper Xie had a big temper that day, and scolded Master Lin fiercely."
Wang Xiaopang is quite gossipy, probably asking those maids what Xie Yiting scolded, so he gave Zhanzhao them a lesson, "He said that Lin Fuzi is a wooden fish with a pedantic head for many years, and he also said that the most annoying thing is that he is old and immortal." ” Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang both frowned, they both respected this somewhat "pedantic" old master very much, and even scolded him for being "old and immortal" "Listen to the tone."
Ouyang was curious, "Xie Yiting and Lin Xiao have a relationship, I feel like I've known each other for a long time." ” "Probably not" Wang Xiaopang blinked, "How good can the shopkeeper Xie brag, if he gets the fan written by Mr.
Gongsun, he can blow it nine streets away, everyone knows that he has a relationship with Mr.
Gongsun, Master Lin Xiao is the head of the Tai Academy, if he has a friendship, he can not blow it all over the world."
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, indeed, a little suspicious.
After asking Wang Xiaopang, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang simply borrowed him from Ouyang Shaozheng and took him to Xie Mansion together.
Zhan Zhao arranged a task for him, when he and Bai Yutang went to Xie's house to investigate, Wang Xiaopang took the opportunity to find a familiar maid, and then asked if there were any clues, some of those maids should not tell the official for fear of getting into trouble, but they may not hide it from the neighbor next door.
When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived at Xie Mansion, a few officials were already at the door, and sure enough, Xie Mansion had already received the news, according to the rules, they were going to send someone to Kaifeng Mansion to identify the body.
Xie Yiting has a group of wives and concubines, five or six wives, all of them crying like tears.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at it, and it was really like what Wang Xiaopang said, they didn't rub powder, and they all faced the sky.
Walking into Xie Mansion, sure enough, there are Buddha statues everywhere, and it is obvious that the family burns incense all year round, and this smell is about to catch up with the temple.
Bai Yutang had a headache when he heard a large group of women crying, thought about it, and asked the housekeeper on the side, "Does your shopkeeper's house have calligraphy and paintings?"
The housekeeper nodded, "The valuable calligraphy and paintings are not in the gallery, they are all in the treasury of the house." ” So, the fifth master went to see the calligraphy and painting, and left Zhanzhao to ask the housekeeper and others.
The treasury of Xie Mansion is not too big, after all, the Freehand Painting Gallery is just an ordinary painting gallery, and the rare treasures owned by Xie Yiting are also limited.
Bai Yutang walked into the warehouse and looked at the paintings hanging on the wall, in addition to calligraphy and paintings, there were several jade carvings in the warehouse.
Bai Yutang asked the guy at the door who helped open the door, "Does your master sell anything else besides selling calligraphy and paintings?"
"Don't sell anything else."
The little guy shook his head, "But the master will help his friend sell something, and these jade carvings are all placed here by his friend." ” "What kind of friend do you know," Bai Yutang stared at one of the white jade Buddha statues.
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The guy shook his head, "The master always said that it is not a valuable thing, and we don't dare to ask more about it." ” Bai Yutang is an expert, especially has a study of jade, and it can be seen at a glance that this jade is an antiquity, quite precious, and definitely not a "worthless thing".
Usually this kind of jade, whoever owns it will rarely sell it, because it can be used as a family heirloom to pass it on.
Even if there is any accident that has to be sold, there are a large number of jade guilds who rush to sell it and trade it in such a secret way as a random art gallery, for the only reason that this jade is not visible, in other words, it is stolen goods.
There are records of theft and lost property in Kaifeng Mansion, and Bai Yutang turned over it earlier, and the fifth master began to think.
Zhan Zhao asked the housekeeper and a few ladies, and the clues asked were not as many as Xiaopang and a few maids to hear, especially a few ladies cried a lot, Zhan Zhao was helpless, and asked the housekeeper to take a few ladies to Kaifeng Mansion to recognize the corpse, and then went to the back warehouse to find Bai Yutang.
When I arrived at the door of the warehouse, I saw Bai Yutang standing in front of a white jade Buddha statue with his hands behind his back, frowning and thinking about it.
Zhan Zhao leaned in, and Bai Yutang suddenly looked up.
Zhan Zhao blinked.
The two looked at each other for a while, and Bai Yutang stretched out his hand to point to the white jade Buddha and said, "It's not in the record of stolen goods in the past twenty years." ” The corners of Zhanzhao's mouth twitched, this mouse's unforgettable memory The two left Xie Mansion, Wang Xiaopang also ran out, several girls were frightened, and they didn't ask anything for a while, he said that he would continue to help ask in the next few days.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang said goodbye to him and went back to Kaifeng Mansion.
The two of them walked on the street of Kaifeng, and at this time, the sky was bright.
Zhan Zhao stretched and yawned, "Toss for another night." ” The two of them didn't feel sleepy, and the nearby early shops were open at this time, so Zhanzhao dragged Bai Yutang and went to Lehezhai to eat fried buns.
Le He Zhai's fried buns are the most famous in Kaifeng Prefecture, and the fried buns are served with mutton bone soup, and you have to queue up every day to eat them.
Zhanzhao always wanted to eat but couldn't always line up, it was early today, and there was no one in the shop, so he pulled Bai Yutang and went in.
The shopkeeper's cheerful greeting, "The fifth master of the exhibition, eat a few rare guests" Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "Fifty, not enough, one hundred" Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao speechlessly.
Zhanzhao held the chopsticks in his mouth, "I want to pack it back for the little fourth son and grandfather to taste, don't look at me like a rice bucket" Bai Yutang innocently drank tea with a teacup, which means that who said that you have a rice bucket, don't be so sensitive Soon, the lamb bone soup and buns were on the table, and the guy ran to prepare the two of them to pack.
Zhan Zhao dipped the fried buns in vinegar while chatting with Bai Yutang, "Maybe it's really black eating black, but the technique is very similar to vendetta." ” "And he died in the old house of the Jin family."
Bai Yutang used chopsticks to poke two holes on both sides of a fried bun, and asked Zhanzhao, "The case of the Jin family back then was considered an unsolved case, did Longtu Pavilion have a file record?"
"Maybe, you can look through it."
Zhan Zhao chewed on the bun, "But after breakfast, I want to go to Taixue first." ” "Looking for Master Lin Xiao," Bai Yutang asked.
"Maybe we'll find something."
Zhanzhao drank the soup and added, "But you have to go back and take a look at Duoduo first." ” Bai Yutang teased him, "This pony is born, or I will raise you in the house." ” Zhan Zhao nodded, nodded, "Okay, let Xiao Wu take it, maybe there will be a king character on the door of his head." ” There is no impermeable wall in this world, and when Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang returned to Kaifeng Mansion with two large boxes of fried buns, it has been rumored on Kaifeng Street that the shopkeeper of the Freehand Painting Museum died in the old house of the Jin family Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang came to the backyard, and saw that everyone was awake, eating raw fried buns and coming around to ask about the case at the same time, Zhan Zhao roughly said.
"Alas, I'll just say that sooner or later, something will happen to this Thanksgiving Pavilion."
I don't know why, Pang Yu, who was in Kaifeng Mansion early in the morning, shook his head while eating fried buns.
Zhan Zhao asked, "Do you know him?"
"I'm not familiar with it, but I've heard people mention that this kid occasionally helps people sell stolen goods."
Xiao Hou Ye shook his head, "But with him being such a shrewd person, he should know how to advance and retreat, don't accidentally get his hands on something terrible, and be implicated." ” "Lao Tan was so scared that he almost peed his pants last night" Bao Yan was also curious, "He really saw the Jin family's granddaughter-in-law" "Didn't his granddaughter-in-law die twenty years ago," Zhao Pu wondered, "Isn't that also forty?"
"So it's a ghost," Lin Yehuo touched his chin, "or some kind of rejuvenation technique" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang thought of what Xiaopang said before, about the theft of Xie Zhai.
Zhan Zhao also asked the housekeeper just now, and the housekeeper said that he had indeed lost something half a month ago, not in the warehouse, but in the master's study.
But what is it, Xie Yiting didn't say, and no one was allowed to mention it, but after the theft occurred, Xie Yiting was suspicious all day long, and it seemed that he had something on his mind.
Zhan Zhao went to Xie Yiting's study and took a turn, but he didn't find anything unusual, most of the account books in it were moved back for people to consult.
After eating, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were going to Taixue to find Lin Fuzi, and Bao Yan and Pang Yu happened to be going to go too.
Gongsun was going to perform an autopsy, Xiao Liangzi went to the Prime Minister's Mansion with Zhao Pu early in the morning, Zhao Pu talked to Wang Cheng about something, and Xiao Liangzi happened to learn to write with Wang Qi.
So, the little fourth son, who had no one to take with him, decided to follow everyone to visit Taixue.
There were also Tianzun and Yin Hou who were not brought, but the two old men chose to go to the monk to play chess.
The aunts went to buy clothes with the money they had won.
Zou Liang went to the dog farm to see the newborn puppy, Lin Yehuo struggled between buying clothes and looking at the puppy, and finally decided to take the mute to see the dog with the dumb man.
Ouyang Shaozheng didn't sleep all night, so he went to make up for sleep.
Long Qiaoguang and Doro went to the paddock to hunt, today the eighth prince is going to enter the palace for a day, and Nangong Ji is responsible for safety, so Doro has to be idle.
In the end, there was still a sick scholar Wu Yiwu who was idle and had nothing to do in Kaifeng Mansion.
Wu Yiwu just woke up, Zhan Zhao coaxed for a long time, he barely ate two buns and said that he was panicked, his stomach hurt, and he didn't seem to be very comfortable looking sickly.
Xiao Sizi gave him a pulse several times but didn't touch the whole pulse, and he was so shocked that he sweated.
Wu Yiwu patted him on the head, safe, "Don't worry, you can't die." ” In the end, Zhanzhao and the others went to Taixue, and they also brought sick scholars who took a walk to eliminate food.
Halfway through, I met Ge Qing.
Ge Qing also went to Taixue, Zhao Lan was confined by the Queen Mother, and she was not allowed to go out, she was still worried about the horse name, so she asked Ge Qing to help her find it.
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Ge Qing was overjoyed when he saw Zhan Zhao, but when he looked behind Zhan Zhao and them, he didn't see Tianzun, and he instantly wilted that Tianzun didn't go to the palace for a banquet last night.
Everyone looked at Ge Qing helplessly, this baby was too honest, and all emotions were on their faces, it really didn't matter Xiao Sizi took Ge Qing's hand, "Xiao Qingqing, Tianzun will come back when I have dinner in a while, you can come too." ” Ge Qing's head was like a chicken pecking rice, and everyone was powerless to pity the child turned a corner, and at the gate of General Ouyang's mansion, he met Ouyang Chunhua again, and he also went to Taixue.
Chunhua is a clever ghost, and last night he felt that Ouyang Shaozheng seemed to care a little about the "nephew" next to Lin Xiaozi.
In fact, he was also curious, and always felt that the person didn't look much like Lin Xiao's relatives, and he was not a painter, so he wanted to inquire.
Now it's all right, everyone go together.
In the distance, Taixue with white walls and black tiles has come into view, and occasionally a few young people passing by are looking at each other.
These are probably students who are about to enter Taixue, so this is to take a look in advance and familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment or something.
When everyone came to the gate of Taixue, they saw that there were several imperial city troops guarding, and sure enough, Taixue strengthened his vigilance.
The Imperial City Army naturally wouldn't stop Zhanzhao from them, so they said that Lin Fuzi had just arrived, and he brought a young man he hadn't seen before.
Everyone heard what Chunhua said just now, and they also knew that Lin Fuzi's family suddenly had a "nephew", and they were all a little curious.
Except for Bao Yan and them, it was the first time for the others to come to the newly created Taixue, and as soon as they entered the door, they were really surprised.
The little fourth son turned around with his face up, "Oh, it's much better than the original style, no wonder the emperor said yesterday that he spent a lot of money, let Tianzun look at him, don't let him touch the wall of Taixue" As he spoke, he walked backwards, "bang", bumped into someone, and looked back at the two long legs, so the little fourth son raised his face.
Xiao Sizi looked up at the person who was hit by him in the leg, and that person was also looking down at him.
The hatchbacks look at each other.
Xiao Sizi blinked, this person doesn't know him.
The man also blinked and spoke, "Dango" The little fourth son squinted The man squatted down and stared at the little fourth son for a while, then suddenly "poof", and beat his knees with a smile, "It's so round hahaha, it seems that the sugar of Xiyuanzhai is not shaken."
Everyone silently raised their faces and thought about Xiyuanzhai's sugar is a well-known dim sum, Kaifeng of course has branches, speaking of his sugar is the same as the world's sugar, they are all round, the only difference is that Xiyuanzhai's sugar is not thrown and always pinched out two small pink ears, so it looks like a round fat rabbit.
It is said so Everyone subconsciously went to see the little fourth son, and two words popped out of their minds inexplicably "Poof."
Pang Yu and Zhanzhao couldn't hold back and poofed.
I saw the little fourth son turn around.
Everyone gasped and took a breath of cold air, and there was murderous aura in their eyes: