stjorthotic Chapter 8 1 Murder Cases
Chapter 8 1 Murder Cases
As soon as May is over, June rolls in with the summer heat and rain.
Walking on the street, Lin Zhen felt very hot, and his back was wet, so he had to open his clothes slightly, rolled up his sleeves, and showed his strong arms.Qin Yun often said that he was a stove. In fact, he described it very aptly when he thought about it carefully. Although he was discarded in the snow back then, he did not suffer from the cold at all. He was afraid of the heat in summer but warm in winter. He often used it to warm the hands of his juniors. .
Xiao Ling didn't force him to take care of the little ones who could be removed or stayed, but instead he felt that the day was boring, so he offered to take the spiritual master in Xiao's mansion to practice, thinking that at any rate he, Lin Zhen, was also famous in the Lin family village. His elder brother is more than enough to take care of those youngsters in Xiao's mansion.Lin Zhen had a good heart, and got along with those young people happily. When he said this, Chu Bi and the others all had happy smiles on their faces.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ling's face darkened, and he flatly rejected this proposal.Afraid of Lin Zhen's displeasure, he gave him the monthly inspection of the inn and tea shop and other businesses under Xiao Ling's name.
In this way, he became an errand again.
Lin Zhen walked to a teahouse in Dongshi, checked the location and name, and yes, this was the last place he was going today.
At first he thought that Xiao Ling couldn't remember the name of this teahouse, so he had no choice but to write the word "small teahouse" on the list.Now it seems that he was wrong. This teahouse is so ordinary that it doesn’t even have a decent name. The words “Little Teahouse” are written in gold letters on the old brown plaque.Lin Zhen raised her eyebrows and walked in with the curtain lifted. The business was unexpectedly booming.
He found a place to sit on the second floor. After walking for so long, he was already thirsty. He thought that he would go back after seeing this place anyway. It would be a good idea to drink some tea here, so he ordered a pot of Maofeng and leisurely Drink tea.
There is a stage in the center of the tea house, and Lin Zhen's hand is next to the railing. Looking to the right, you can see the situation of the stage below.A general teahouse will set up such a stage, on weekdays some storytellers are invited to play and sing on it, for the tea drinkers to relieve their boredom.
Today on the stage is a girl playing the zither, dressed in white and green, with a touch of coolness in her simplicity and elegance.
Lin Zhen is not an elegant person, so she couldn't tell what kind of song it was, but she just found it very pleasant.Different from the ordinary women's piano sound which is warm and soft like a spring flower oriole, this girl's piano sound is like spring water flowing straight down from the mountain, crisp, cold, and somewhat decisive, reminiscent of the pines and cypresses on the mountains and the red in the snow. Mei, the weeds on the cliff, is firm and indestructible.
"A mouse has skin, but a human has no manners..." The woman's voice was also like her qin, cold and clear, like the howling cold wind in winter, or like a stream in a deep valley.
Lin Zhen was very curious about this girl, but it was a pity that from his angle he couldn't see the person's face, only her back was thin, but it didn't make people feel weak at all.
"Humans have no manners, so why not die?"
Words fall on people's hearts like jade beads, leaving an irreparable collapse.
After listening for a while, Lin Zhen also understood the words sung by the woman, and couldn't help being a little surprised.What this girl sang was not the little songs sung in the world, but folk songs against corrupt officials, with explicit meaning and sharp words.
"Pa——" At this moment, everyone's attention was attracted by the sound of a throwing bowl, and a rough man in his thirties stood up with an impatient expression on his face, "Master is here to drink tea to relieve boredom." , who wants to listen to you talking about these miserable things? What kind of rats are dead or not dead, is there too many dead rats in your teahouse recently or something? "
Everyone laughed and booed: "That's right, listening to this, I can't even drink my tea!"
"Sanniang, let's sing "Pretty Man"!"
"Yes, yes, "Pretty Man"! Hahahahaha..."
Lin Zhen frowned, and wanted to stand up and say a few words of justice for the girl, but unexpectedly, the girl was not disturbed by it at all, and the singing remained the same, with the gurgling sound of the zither, carrying bursts of indifference.Suddenly, the sound of the zither turned and strummed the strings, like thunder and thunderbolts, like a chaotic horse stamping its hooves.
Suddenly stop, this is the end of the song.At that moment, Lin Zhen seemed to hear a helpless sigh, so faint but clear.
The woman stood up and walked off the stage, her back was lonely.
Lin Zhen was quite interested in her, so he grabbed a mistress and asked, "Little Er, who was that girl who played the piano just now?"
"I don't know her very well. I only know that she lives with us and earns a living by playing the piano. Everyone calls her Lu Sanniang." Xiaoer paused, and then said, "This sister is so proud, she doesn't talk to us often. , this is the second time this month that officials have been dissatisfied."
When Lin Zhen heard this, she appreciated Lu Sanniang even more.I thought I would bring Xiao Ling to listen to Miss Lu play and sing next time.
When Lin Zhen returned to Xiao's mansion, it was time to apply. He wanted to find Xiao Ling, but he couldn't find it. When Uncle Qi asked him, he realized that Xiao Ling was no longer in the mansion, so he went...
"What?" Lin Zhen's eyes widened, "You said he went to Zuihualou again?!"
"Oh Mr. Lin, listen to the old servant's explanation!" Seeing Lin Zhen's expression, Uncle Qi knew that he was thinking wrong, and hurriedly said, "There was a murder case in Zuihualou, Master Xiao rushed over!"
Lin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the murder, but when he heard the murder case, he was shocked again: "Murder case? What happened? Shouldn't the magistrate come forward for such a thing? What did Xiao Ling do? Could it be a demon? ?”
Uncle Qi was dizzy from Lin Zhen's long list of questions, and he could only say concisely: "The one who died was the prefect of Tokyo, and the other old servants don't know. If Mr. Lin wants to know, go to Zuihualou to see Exactly."
Lin Zhen nodded, feeling a little worried about Xiao Ling in his heart, so he went out again.
The prefect of Tokyo is dead, and Xiao Ling will control the overall situation of Baijincheng alone. Lin Zhen thought that she could help share a little bit if she could.
When they arrived at Zuihualou, it was already surrounded by officers and soldiers. Fortunately, some people from the Xiao family recognized Lin Zhen, so Lin Zhen was able to go in, went upstairs, and was taken into a room.
There were no traces of fighting in the room, it was neat and clean, and there was no strong smell of blood, but a faint smell of powder and powder filled the room.Lin Zhen walked around the screen, and saw the corpses - two middle-aged men lying on the bed, their clothes intact, but a little messy, and three enchantingly dressed women lying on the ground, with the two The difference between the two men is that every woman's neck and chin are spattered with blood.
Xiao Ling sat on the stool next to him, thinking quietly, noticing Lin Zhen's arrival, raised his head and said, "Brother, you are here."
He didn't ask Lin Zhen why he came, because he had already guessed that Lin Zhen would come to Zuihualou because he was worried about him.
Because he knew that Senior Brother was such a worrying person.
Lin Zhen asked, "Which of these two is the prefect of Tokyo?"
Xiao Ling pointed to the one in green clothes, "Here, it's him, Wang Yunlei, who has been displeased with me for a long time."
Although it was such a serious occasion, Lin Zhen wanted to laugh, because Xiao Ling's tone was like a child complaining.He held back his laughter, kept a straight face, and continued to ask: "Who is that person next to him?"
Xiao Ling snorted coldly: "The imperial envoy sent by the emperor, Zeng Ze. These two people are probably plotting something dirty when they get together."
Lin Zhen realizes the seriousness of the problem. The death of two court officials in a brothel is no small matter.He asked, "Do you have any idea?"
"Look, senior brother," Xiao Ling got up and showed Lin Zhen the corpse on the bed, "Although we won't know the details until after the autopsy, but I took a look and found that there was no wound on the two of them, and there was no wound on them. Signs of poisoning, most importantly..."
"Evil spirit." Lin Zhen continued, he could feel the faint evil spirit on the corpse, "It seems that the murderer is a demon, it ate the souls of these two people."
"Not necessarily." Xiao Ling squatted down again, pointing at the neck of the female corpse, "Look, brother, what is this?"
Lin Zhen also squatted down and observed the female corpses carefully, only to find that each female corpse had a small hole pierced in the neck, and blood gushed out from the small hole.The small hole is extremely small, if Xiao Ling hadn't reminded him to look carefully, he wouldn't have noticed it.
Lin Zhen turned a female corpse over and found that the hole was symmetrical on both sides. In this way, something passed through the necks of the three women and killed them.
"Brother, if the murderer is a demon, is it still necessary to use a weapon to kill someone?" Xiao Ling asked.
Lin Zhen looked down at the hole again, "Did the murderer use a needle?" If it was a needle, how much internal force would it take to pierce the neck?And there are no needles on the floor of the room, could it be that they were put away by the murderer?
Xiao Ling also didn't know that although he had great ability, he had no experience in the field of homicide investigation, so he was really powerless.
Lin Zhendao: "Why don't we think about it in a different way, why are these two people killed? One of these two is the prefect, and the other is the imperial envoy... What is the emperor's mission for this imperial envoy?"
Xiao Ling thought for a while: "Zeng Ze... I remember, the emperor sent him to investigate the finances of various cities."
"What kind of official is Wang Yunlei? Corrupt?"
Xiao Ling sneered: "Anyway, he always thinks I'm blocking his way to get rich."
When Lin Zhen heard this, she thought that this was a big mess, and it also involved some affairs in the court... But is the murderer a human or a demon?If it was a demon, then why did it leave a wound on the female corpse?If they were humans, why would they take away the souls of Zeng Ze and Wang Yunlei?Also, why would this group of people be killed in two different ways?Is there more than one murderer?
Lin Zhen was thinking so hard that Xiao Ling really didn't want to face these dead bodies anymore, so he said to Lin Zhen: "Brother, let's leave it to the autopsy first, let's go have dinner first."
Lin Zhen rubbed his temples, "No, I still have to think about it...Who will benefit the most from Wang Yunlei's death?"
"I."
"What?" Lin Zhen was surprised.
Xiao Ling said quietly: "Everyone in the court thinks that Wang Yunlei is an important pawn to restrict me. Now that he has died unknown, those who dislike me will probably spread rumors and say that I caused it."
"How come?" It was the first time Lin Zhen heard Xiao Ling sigh about his sophistication in court, but he didn't expect Xiao Ling's popularity to be so bad.
Xiao Ling smiled, apparently not taking these things to heart, "Brother, let's go, let's go eat."