Criminal investigation in ancient times

When the two entered the study, they stood aside and dared not speak.

There were two people sitting in the study, one was Master Lin, the other was younger than Lin Cheng, and was wearing a blue Confucian robe.Lin Xiaoze yelled, "Uncle Lu..." The man in Tsing Yi nodded.

Master Lin looked up at the two of them and said: "Rui Er, you are also tired all day, go back to your room first, Xiao Ze, you stay here."

Zhang Rui saluted and retreated from the study room. Before he had gone far, he heard Master Lin's angry voice inside: "Naughty beast! Where did you take Zhang Rui today?!" Zhang Rui couldn't help wondering, could it be... what happened? thing?

Lin Xiaoze: "I... I just led Rui Er... to Mu Guzhai to discuss poetry and Taoism, and I didn't do anything out of the ordinary... Why are you so angry, Father?"

Lin Cheng threw the teacup on the table at him and said angrily, "Don't kneel down yet! You son of a bitch, do you know that you have gotten into trouble today!"

Lin Xiaoze knelt down and said: "Father, my son just went to talk about poetry and Taoism, I don't know what trouble I caused."

Lin Cheng took a few deep breaths and calmed down before saying, "Your brother just sent word from Dali Temple that Sun Hongqi, the son of the Sun family, is dead!"

Lin Xiaoze was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground, staring at his eyes, and said in his mouth: "Impossible, we were talking about poetry together just now, how could we suddenly die? Could it be a mistake?"

Lin Cheng sighed and said: "Who knows how that kid died, your brother is just a master from the seventh rank, and he doesn't know much, just tell me to make you be careful, maybe someone from Dali Temple will call you tomorrow." You two go and ask!"

Lin Xiaoze hurriedly got up and grabbed Lin Cheng's clothes and said, "I didn't kill the person, why did you ask me to ask questions? Dad... don't go? Then Dali Temple is not a good place to go, will you hit the board? ?”

Lin Cheng patted the table and said: "Is it up to you to decide whether to go or not?! You can tell Zhang Rui in a while, don't talk nonsense tomorrow. You will also give me a little noodle, and I will definitely not embarrass you two, don't talk nonsense, otherwise dad can't keep you two, you know?!"

Lin Xiaoze nodded quickly and said, "Understood, Daddy."

Lin Cheng was also tired of it, and waved him back, turning his head and sighing to the people around him: "I made you laugh at my virtuous brother...my ineffective son, eh~ I don't know which one will be unlucky this time...then Sun Zhan got such a son on the forty side, and he was spoiled like a baby. He didn't expect to die so tragically on the street. On the head of the house..."

The surname is Lu Yong, Lu Zhanyuan's father. Lu Zhanyuan is also a young man who went to the poetry meeting with Lin Xiaoze.Because Lin Cheng was an examinee in the same year as Lin Cheng, he also gave Lin Cheng more support. Lin Cheng was able to become the current fifth-rank Taichang Shaoqing. Lu Yong also recommended him many times and helped a lot.

Lin Xiaoze walked out of the study room and was shivered by the cold wind. He still couldn't believe Sun Hongqi's death. The two of them obviously talked about poetry and made an appointment to ride a horse together next time... He is one year older than Lin Xiaoze. He is fourteen years old. He is usually very cheerful. He smiles at everyone and is generous to others. If someone asks him, he will not refuse if he can. Everyone in this group has a good relationship with him.

After listening to Lin Xiaoze's speech, Zhang Rui's heart was pounding, why did he die suddenly?As a criminal police officer, there must be something strange about it, but he didn't dare to jump to conclusions before he saw the corpse. Since he was going to Dali Temple tomorrow, and taking a walk, he could be regarded as knowing about the judiciary of this dynasty in advance.

Sure enough, officers and soldiers from the government came to Lin's house early in the morning to bring them along. Because of Lin Xiaoqing's relationship, the officers and soldiers treated the two of them fairly politely, and they could take a carriage to Dali Temple.

Last night, Lin Xiaoze was caught in the cold on the road, and after returning home, he was frightened again. When he woke up in the morning, his head was dizzy, his limbs were weak, and he even developed a fever. Mrs. Lin was startled and angry, and hurriedly called the doctor Ke to grab some medicine After eating, Lin Xiaoze's face was still flushed when he left, and he hugged his arms and said he was cold.

Mrs. Lin was annoyed by Zhang Rui, if it wasn't for this kid who wanted to come to the Lin family, why would Xiao Ze lead him to some kind of Laoshizi poetry meeting secretly in the middle of the night, and a child of a high-ranking official died in the end, implicating so many people , What a disaster!

Although he was annoyed in his heart, he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he asked Xiao Si to take good care of both of them.Seeing the car slowly leaving the alley, Mrs. Lin couldn't get over her heart, and walked back and forth in the house. "Qiu Shuang, do you think Xiaoze will eat a board when he arrives in Dali Temple? He just caught the wind and cold, if he gets boarded again, then...then...what to do?"

Qiu Shuang was the maidservant in front of Mrs. Lin, and quickly comforted her: "Ma'am, don't be too anxious. The master has already gone out to make arrangements. Our young master is also an official in Dali Temple, so he will definitely not let the second young master suffer."

Mrs. Lin nodded and said: "That's right, with Xiaoqing here, they can't make things difficult for me, Ze'er, but they can only be angry with that kid from Xuzhou. If it weren't for him, how could I, Ze'er, be implicated!" Nodding, she said a few more words of persuasion to Mrs. Lin.

Zhang Rui and Lin Xiaoze sat in the carriage feeling uneasy, Lin Xiaoze wiped his nose with a handkerchief and said, "Ruier, don't be afraid, my brother can talk a little bit in Dali Temple, they won't be too embarrassing Ours." Zhang Rui nodded, but his mind was not on this, but analyzing the situation last night.

Last night, after I finished Li Bai's drinking alone under the moon, the one named Zijin left first, then...the one named Zhou Yin left with Zhong Xin, and then the two wearing light blue and lavender clothes left one after another, and finally It was the baby-face who got up and bid farewell to the three people and left by himself. Not long after he left, Zhang Rui and Lin Xiaoze also left together. In the end, only Jiang Tai was left to pay the bill at Muguzhai.Zhang Rui and Lin Xiaoze walked back to the Lin Mansion because the carriage did not wait for them, so Sun Hongqi's death must have happened during this time.

After much deliberation, my head is in a mess, there is no time for forensic examination, no tools to check the cause of death of the deceased, no corpse, no scene of the incident, no questioning of suspects... Zhang Rui rubbed his head, who can tell him How can I break my heart in such a hurry to climb a tree? !

The carriage tick-tocked to Dali Temple, the two got out of the carriage, and a few yamen servants followed them towards the lobby, and a man in his early twenties walked up to him, his appearance was seven to eight points similar to that of Lin Xiaoze.

The man came over and nodded to the two of them: "This is Cousin Rui, right? I'm Lin Xiaoqing. I was busy with work yesterday and didn't go back to see you. Are you used to it in Beijing?"

Zhang Rui nodded quickly and said, "I've seen my cousin, everything is fine in Beijing, my uncle and aunt have taken good care of me."

Lin Xiaoqing nodded and let the two of them go in, then whispered in their ears: "Don't talk nonsense for a while, if Shaoqing asks you, just don't know anything." The two nodded and entered the hall.

A lot of people had already gathered in the hall, basically they were people who participated in yesterday's poetry meeting. When everyone saw the two people coming in, they hurried past them.Lin Xiaoze hurried over and pulled Jiang Tai and said, "Junqing, what's going on? Hongqi was fine yesterday, why did he suddenly...?"

Jiang Tai shook his head and sighed: "I just found out, it's all my fault. If I hadn't organized the poetry meeting, Hongqi wouldn't have..." After speaking, the corners of his eyes were red, and his face was full of anger.

Standing beside Lin Xiaoze, Zhang Rui didn't speak, but observed everyone's expressions, Jiang Tai's sadness didn't seem to be fake, the one named Zijin still didn't have his hair tied up, he was wearing a black robe, he lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, Several other people whispered to each other, all worried about how to judge the case.Only there is no brocade-clothed man named Zhou Yin from yesterday!

Lin Xiaoze seemed to have noticed it too, and quietly asked Jiang Tai why he didn't see the man from yesterday.Jiang Tai shook his head and didn't say anything, but the look in his eyes told him that this person's status was unusual and he couldn't talk about it.

Zhang Rui laughed softly in his heart, sure enough, the one named Zhou Yin was either the prince or the prince, the current emperor has two sons, the eldest prince and the second prince are nine years old.

Among the six princes in Beijing, the oldest one, Prince Lu, is three years older than the emperor. He is already forty-two this year. The fifth prince, Jiang Jun, is also thirty-six, and then there are the eighth prince and the ninth prince.These two princes are twins, both in their early thirties, and the last two princes are left, the twelfth prince is 36 years old, and the thirteenth prince is five years old... Then Zhou Yin yesterday was either the eldest prince or the twelfth prince, no matter who it is It is impossible to get involved in this matter.

After a while, Shaoqing of Dali Temple hurried in.Mr. Jiang is over forty this year, wearing a red official robe, with a thin body and a beard on his chin.Because the identities of these people in the hall are quite special, they are all the sons of court officials, from the sons of the second-rank doctor Yushi to the sixth-rank Fengzhi doctor, no matter which family is not easy to offend.After being Dali Shaoqing for so many years, this is the first time that so many people with identities have been interrogated. The pressure on Mr. Jiang can be imagined.

"I think everyone has a little understanding of why you were called to Dali Temple. Last night, Sun Hongqi, the son of Zhongshu Shilang, was murdered on the road, and you were the last people who came into contact with him. Does anyone see anything or know anything?"

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you and shook their heads, Jiang Tai bit his lips and said: "Last night was the poetry meeting I held, there are no less than dozens of gatherings like this on weekdays, and there has never been an accident , who would have thought that this time..."

Mr. Jiang nodded and said, "Did someone go out with him when the poetry meeting ended?"

Jiang Tai said: "I'm not sure about that. I was the last one to leave Muguzhai. I remember that Hongqi left alone and did not go with other people."

A young man in blue clothes said: "That's true. When Zhao An and I got into the carriages after we went out, we saw Hong Qi coming out of the restaurant alone, and he was walking towards Sun's mansion without any entourage. Didn't pay attention."

The one named Zhao An said, "Brother Zhan Yuan is right. We went downstairs together last night, and then got into the carriage separately. We didn't go the same way as Hong Qi, so we left in a hurry. How can we imagine..."

Mr. Jiang stroked his beard and said, "I just called you here today to find out what happened that day. If you don't see anything unusual, go back first. If necessary, Dali Temple will go to your houses to call for people."

Several people breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and left, and then got into their own carriages and returned home.Zhang Rui thought to himself, it's good if they all go back, if everyone gathers in Dali Temple, they won't be able to ask anything, if they ask one by one, they may be able to find something valuable.