Criminal investigation in ancient times

Sitting in the car, Zhang Rui felt strange. It stands to reason that Sun Hongqi is the son of a second-rank official. He should be followed by his followers and Xiao Si when he goes out at night. At worst, he must have a carriage. The only person who died was Sun Hongqi. Now, it's impossible for no one to see the murder.He simply told Lin Xiaoze what he was thinking.

Lin Xiaoze said: "Hey, you don't know, there is only one street between Muguzhai and Sun's residence, and it takes less than a quarter of an hour to walk. Hongqi never comes in a carriage when gathering to appreciate poems on weekdays, and the servants rarely bring him. It would be great if he brought his servants..."

It turns out that since the Sun family is so close to Mu Guzhai, the time for the murderer to commit the crime is very short, not only for a short time, but also quietly... In this way, it will not be noticed by others.It's just that all speculations are not counted until the corpse and the scene of the crime are not seen. Must be able to pull a scapegoat to accompany his son.

Forget it, I'm not even a pawn now, and I don't have the ability to manage this case at all. Even if I try my best to solve this case, will the murderer be brought to justice without self-protection?Maybe he can't even save his own life, the only thing to do now is to get himself out of it, try not to have anything to do with this matter.

"Yawn!" Lin Xiaoze covered his nose with a handkerchief and said, "Fortunately, Mr. Jiang didn't make things difficult for us. I'm dizzy now, and I feel cold all over. If I stay here for half an hour, I will faint."

Zhang Rui looked at him, and saw that his face was flushed unnaturally, and he spoke with a strong nasal voice. He probably had a fever. He had encountered such a thing when he first arrived in the capital. I don't know what Mrs. Lin thought of him Woolen cloth.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Lin Mansion. Madam Lin heard the servants report that she had already been waiting at the second gate. Seeing Xiao Si helping Lin Xiaoze walk in, she was startled, and hurried over and said, "Ze'er, what's the matter with you? Hit the board." Is it like this? It looks like this?!"

Lin Xiaoze felt uncomfortable, he waved his hands: "Mother, go into the room and tell me, I'm cold."

Mrs. Lin grabbed the veil and almost tore it to pieces: "Quick, quickly help the second young master into the house!" Zhang Rui, who was following behind, was immediately ignored.

It happened that someone patted Zhang Rui on the shoulder from behind, and Zhang Rui turned around to see Uncle Han standing behind him with an anxious face.

Uncle Han: "How are you, young master? The official at Dali Temple didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Zhang Rui smiled: "Don't worry, Uncle Han. The Shaoqing of Dali Temple just asked us a few questions and called us back. Maybe he will call us again in the next few days. It shouldn't be a big deal."

Only then did Uncle Han feel relieved and nodded, "Second young master is too courageous. He secretly took you out of the house without telling the master, and such a thing happened!"

Zhang Rui frowned: "Uncle Han, be cautious in your words and deeds."

Uncle Han's voice paused before he realized: "I was reckless...Master."

Zhang Rui recruited Uncle Han to whisper a few words in his ear.Then Lao Han looked at him suspiciously.

Zhang Rui pinched his earlobe and said, "Please trouble Uncle Han, this matter must be done well." Old Han nodded and left.

Lin Cheng came back to the mansion just before nightfall, Madam Lin didn't take her heart into her stomach, when she heard the news that the master had returned, she hurriedly dressed and put on a cloak and went to the study.As soon as he entered the study, he saw Lin Cheng sitting in front of the desk and writing rapidly, not knowing what he was writing.

"Master... What did the higher-ups say about Xiao Ze?"

Lin Cheng frowned and said: "Suhua, what are you doing up in the middle of the night, be careful not to catch the wind and cold again."

Mrs. Lin's eye sockets turned red when she heard that, she walked to Lin Cheng's side and patted Shuang on his shoulder and said, "I'm not worried about the second child, you said that this child is usually honest, why did he meet him this time?" This kind of thing."

Lin Cheng sighed and said: "I'm afraid the higher-ups don't want to be kind, but our family and the Sun's family have no feuds, so he won't trouble us."

Mrs. Lin: "If you're not afraid of [-], you're just in case. The Sun family is a second-rank official. In case..."

Lin Cheng was a little annoyed and said, "You don't need to participate in this matter if you are a woman. I have my own discretion, and I will definitely not make Ze'er a scapegoat."

Mrs. Lin's face was not obvious, but she knew that her son was basically not involved in this matter.So he persuaded Mr. Lin a few words to let him rest early, and then went back to his yard with the maid's hand.

Lin Cheng sat on the teacher's chair and pinched the bridge of his nose, but his heart was in a mess.This matter involves too much and too much, and the children involved are all high-ranking officials' sons. Before the real culprit is found out, it is very likely that the anger of the Sun family will be affected. No matter which family it is, Lin Cheng will I'm afraid that the anger will fall on Xiao Ze's head. After all, he has a low official position. Once he is affected, he may find it difficult to protect himself, let alone his son...

In the Sun Mansion, the lanterns at the gate have long been replaced with white ones, and the lions at the gate are all wrapped in white cloth, for fear that the spirit of the child will not dare to go home.

There are coffins parked in the mourning hall, and long burning lamps are lit in front of the coffins, and Sun Hongqi's ranking is enshrined on the table. It is reasonable to say that he was not married and died violently. Master Sun is the biggest, he said that if he wants to enter the ancestral grave, he must enter, even if he is married to send a girl to be buried with him, he must bury his precious son in the ancestral grave!There are more than ten lamas sitting around the coffin, chanting the mantra of passing away, hoping that Young Master Sun will reach bliss as soon as possible and not wander in the world.This ceremony will last until the day when the first seven souls return.

"Master, rest. You haven't closed your eyes for two days and two nights. If you don't rest, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive." The speaker was a woman in her early thirties, wearing a white satin jacket, standing next to Master Sun. Advise.This woman is Sun Zhan's stepmother, but not Sun Hongqi's biological mother. Sun Hongqi's biological mother was originally a daughter of the Duke's Mansion, and she was very affectionate with Sun Zhan. They have been married for more than 37 years and have nowhere to go. Not only did Sun Zhan not divorce his wife She didn't even accept a concubine until Mrs. Sun gave birth to a bead. At [-], Sun Hongqi died of blood collapse during childbirth because she was too old.This stepmother was only adopted in the third year after Mrs. Sun's death. Because she looks somewhat similar to Mrs. Sun, she has always been loved by Sun Zhan.

Sun Zhan sat on the teacher's chair, his eyes were sunken, and his face was covered with mottled wrinkles.Mr. Sun, who was originally in his 50s, turned out to have gray hair all night.

Sun Zhan leaned weakly on the back of the chair, covered his face with his hands, and said, "Guizhi, I dare not sleep. I closed my eyes and saw my son's bloody appearance. He is only 14 years old! I have him forty years old!" This son, from a little thing the size of a palm, to rolling all over the floor, to being able to call me daddy... I thought it would take a few more years, and I begged God to give me a few more years of hard work, so that I can watch him marry My wife gave birth to a child, and I can rest in peace, but why... why just..." Sun Zhan's eyes were red, and tears flowed freely.

The woman also started to cry: "Master, he...he was killed by someone, the master can't collapse first, if you want to collapse, then who will avenge the young master!"

Sun Zhan sat up straight and said viciously: "Madam is right, I cannot be defeated, if I am defeated, wouldn't Qi'er die in vain?! Even if the murderer cannot be found, I will drag those people to be buried with me! "

In the mourning hall, the wind was blowing from all directions, shaking the oil lamp, dancing white gauze, accompanied by the monk's incantation, as if telling the anger and unwillingness of this young man...

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In the early morning of the second day, Lin Xiaoqing hurried back from Dali Temple, and was called to the study by Lin Cheng as soon as he entered the mansion.

Lin Cheng: "Xiaoqing, what's going on at Dali Temple?"

Lin Xiaoqing sat wearily on a chair and took a sip of herbal tea and said, "The situation is neither good nor too bad. I heard from Wu Zuo that Young Master Sun's death was quite miserable. He cut him directly on the neck, so I didn't want him to live. The blood is almost gone."

Lin Cheng took a deep breath, and said after a while, "Then... how was the body found?"

Lin Xiaoqing: "It was a drunkard who was drunk at night. He accidentally kicked it and thought he was asleep. He wanted to steal some silver flowers, but he froze when he stretched out his hand and touched the person. The drunk man yelled in fright. It was only discovered by someone." Sighing, he continued: "The master of the Sun family usually dotes on children very tightly, and when he heard the news, he passed out, and when he woke up, he wrote a memorial and reported it to the emperor, and now..." Lin Xiaoze cupped his hands upwards, "I'm afraid the sky will shake."

Lin Cheng breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that the sky shakes, or we small fish and shrimps are not enough to vent their hatred." Lin Xiaoqing also nodded and said: "I think so too. Recently, Beijing has been too chaotic, and Daddy is the most It's best not to let the second brother go out and run around. If something happens, he is not the only one involved. There is also the child from Xuzhou. I saw him in Dali Temple that day without arrogance or impetuosity. Be calm, I am afraid that he will be above me in the future, since he has defected to our house, father must treat him well, and if this child has great achievements in the future, he will be grateful to you in his heart."

Lin Cheng patted the elder son on the shoulder and said: "You and Wei father think about going together, but your mother may have already annoyed Rui'er, if you have time, go and remind me, the second child is unconscious My heart, the third child is cowardly and cowardly, I never counted on you, this family still needs you to support it in the future."

Lin Xiaoqing said: "Second brother and third brother are still young, so I, as an older brother, naturally have to think more for him. I will ask my mother to ask Yuanying to persuade her. Father, please don't work too hard. This matter will be slow. Watch it later."

Lin Chengdao: "Okay, you go to rest, you have been busy for two days and you haven't had a good rest, so go and have a rest, you don't have to worry about my father, your Uncle Lu came the night before yesterday, we discussed it, This matter cannot be settled by one or two families, if the murderer cannot be caught, then these several families must unite, otherwise it is uncertain which one will be pushed out as a scapegoat."

Lin Xiaoqing: "That's very good, then the son will leave." After saying that, he got up and left with his hand arched. When he walked to the middle of the courtyard, he paused, turned and went to Zhang Rui's guest room.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Zhang Rui had already got up and dressed, and was reading with great interest in a book of Mingfa.Hearing the knock on the door, he hastily put down his book and said, "Please come in."

Lin Xiaoqing walked in with a smile on his face, "Cousin Rui, wake up so early to read, if Xiaoze wants you to work half of the time, then Dad and I don't have to worry about it."

Zhang Ruidao: "I have nothing to do when I get up in the morning, so I just read it casually." Lin Xiaoqing walked over, picked up Zhang Rui's book and read it: "I didn't expect my cousin to study the law. Although I belong to Dali Temple, I don’t like the law very much, and I am really dizzy when I look at the law.”

Zhang Rui had a good impression of this cousin and said with a smile: "Actually, I'm more interested in the cases in the law, so I read it as a matter of course."

Lin Xiaoqing also couldn't help laughing: "You're so funny, you actually read criminal law as a book. Well, it's a way, I'll try it next time."

The corner of Zhang Rui's mouth twitched, thinking maybe his cousin came here not just to see what he was doing. "Cousin... what's the progress of Mr. Sun's case?"

Lin Xiaoqing put down the book, turned to look at Zhang Rui, and said, "Cousin Rui, do you have any opinions on this case? Don't be too scared, our family chats are just chats, regardless of business."

Zhang Rui wanted to discuss it with someone for a long time, and Lin Xiaoqing's words were undoubtedly a pillow for sleepiness. "Cousin, I'm young, so I don't know if what I said is right. If it's not right, you can just take it as a joke."

Lin Xiaoqing nodded: "It's okay, Xiaoze is a bastard, I have nothing to say to him, I just chat with you."