Criminal investigation in ancient times

In the afternoon, the master reported ten outstanding students on weekdays.Among them was Zhang Rui's name!Zhang Rui was a little surprised by the master's arrangement. After all, except for his good academic performance, he couldn't do anything else.Could it be that the master asked him to compete for endorsement?Even if you win the competition, the emperor may not be willing to listen!

This is Lin Xiaomin among the ten people, Zhang Rui was also surprised.It turns out that Xiao Ze's paintings are pretty good, although he is young, it is rare that he already has the artistic conception.

The master asked them to prepare anything related to longevity, and they will compete in Rong Xuetang early tomorrow morning.

Xiao Min's face flushed with excitement, he tugged on Zhang Rui's sleeve and said, "Brother Rui, Master chose me?!"

Zhang Rui nodded and said with a smile: "Xiaomin has to work hard, and tomorrow he will use all his abilities to compete, you know?"

Xiaomin nodded heavily and said: "Yes! Brother Rui also wants to do the same. But... I don't know what kind of birthday painting to draw. If it's a fairy to celebrate birthday, but I can't control the figure painting well. If it's a birthday peach crane, what else? The students in the class must be better at drawing than me..." Xiaomin wrinkled his bun face, looking troubled.

Zhang Rui suddenly remembered an ancient painting smuggling case that was solved in his previous life. The case involved no less than ten famous paintings, all of which were famous ones. Among them, he remembered very clearly that it was a vivid little cat catching butterflies. And this painting is also the most expensive one.

Zhang Rui didn't understand why such a simple painting was so expensive, so he specifically asked a scholar who specialized in appraisal, and the scholar said with a smile: "This painting is Chen Chongguang's proud work. It not only has a good charm, but also has a better meaning. , homophonic for old age, which means longevity, that's why this painting was auctioned for such a high price." After thinking for a while, I had an idea in my mind.

"Xiaomin, come here." Saying that, he stretched out his hand and pulled him, and the two walked towards a remote place.Zhang Rui whispered the painting and its meaning to his ear, "Got it?"

Lin Xiaomin looked at Zhang Rui with bright eyes and said, "Brother Rui, you can think of this, it's amazing!"

Zhang Rui waved his hand and said, "Shhh...don't reveal it in advance, otherwise if other people also use this as a topic, it will obviously be nothing new."

Lin Xiaomin smiled and nodded: "I know, thank you Brother Rui."

Zhang Rui rubbed the child's head, brother can only help you so far...

After giving advice to Lin Xiaomin, I have nowhere to go. The only poem about longevity that comes to my mind is "Fortune is like the long flowing water in the East China Sea, and life is not as old as the Nanshan Mountain. Cranes stretch their necks and look forward to their birthdays. They are old and famous." I just use this one, it's lucky if I choose it, it's normal if I don't, after all, I don't have those two brushes, even this capital is cheating.

Among the three classes, Class B is the one with the best literature and expertise. Class B is from a scholarly family, and they are very repulsive to the children of other officials. There have been students who transferred from Class C to Class B. I was isolated for a long time, and finally had to drop out of school.

Later, the masters of the school had no choice but to transfer the highly gifted children to Class A, so Class A and Class B were equally good in literature and talent.Only Class C is the bottom of the rope. The students are generally relatively young, and their academic performance is also average. Many of them are bastards, and their personalities are not as generous as Class A. Therefore, this election is basically concentrated on A and B. In the two classes, even though Liu Fuzi didn't show it on the face, he still felt a little embarrassed in his heart.Thinking of the uneven children selected from his class, he shook his head and sighed.

After the students were selected, they were taken out to practice alone. Several children found their own places, some practiced calligraphy, some wrote poems, and some played the piano and painted.Zhang Rui found a back corner to read a book.

In the evening, after class, the students went to the canteen to eat, because the canteen was between the four classes, and the students in the four classes had to eat together.When Zhang Rui and Lin Xiaomin took their bowls and chopsticks to the cafeteria, there were already quite a few people.

The students in Class C have a fixed dining place next to Class D, and Class A and Class B are next to each other.Lin Xiaoze saw the two coming from a long distance, and ran over beckoning. "Rui'er, I heard that both you and Xiaomin were selected!"

Zhang Rui nodded and said, "What about you?"

Lin Xiaoze scratched his head and said, "Hey, there are too many talents in our class, and it's definitely not my turn to count."

Zhang Rui smiled and said, "Both Shaoqin and Zhongxin were selected."

Lin Xiaoze smiled and said: "En! There is also Zeng Zijin, they were all selected, and Shaoqin also said that if he compares you with poetry in the future, he will definitely not be able to compare. I said of course, Ruier is my cousin!"

Zhang Rui laughed dumbly and said, "I haven't even figured out what talent I'm going to show tomorrow, so you're just bragging about me."

Lin Xiaoze smiled without saying a word, turned to look at Lin Xiaomin and said, "Third brother...you...cough...you have to work hard too! Although you are young, our master has said that your paintings are very good."

Lin Xiaomin's face turned red, he lowered his head and said, "Well...thank you, Second Brother."

Lin Xiaoze: "Hurry up and eat, I'll go back first." After speaking, he ran back in a jolt.

Lin Xiaomin raised the corners of his mouth and had two dimples on his face, and his smiling eyes looked like crescent moons.

The two returned to their dining table with the food, and there seemed to be a dispute between Classes A and B.Zhang Rui committed an occupational disease again, put down his chopsticks and walked over there.

"You are so rude. You actually said that brother Yuanyuan's poems are nonsense. You are simply uneducated!" The speaker was a tall and thin boy who was in the period of changing his voice. His voice was a little hoarse. The feeling of the stone made Zhang Rui shudder.

The provocateur of the incident was Zeng Zijin who was sitting there eating.

He finished his meal as if he didn't hear anyone shouting, took out his handkerchief, wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a sneer, "I'm just telling the truth, if you think what I said is wrong, I'll see you at the competition tomorrow."

The manly face turned red and put down his harsh words, "We'll see!" Several people left the dining room in a hurry.

Zhang Rui was dumbfounded, it turned out that this boy surnamed Zeng was not only treating himself like this, but he also looked like a dead father to everyone.

Seeing that the matter subsided, everyone around returned to their respective positions to continue eating.

Lin Xiaomin said: "Brother Rui, do you mean that if you compete in poetry tomorrow, can you compare to that person?" He pointed at Zeng Zijin who was walking out.

Zhang Rui shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just heard that he is good at studying literature, and the husband has high expectations for him."

Lin Xiaomin curled his lips and said, "I don't think he can compare to brother Rui. Brother Rui must work hard to win the champion tomorrow!"

"So crazy?" A tall and strong boy smiled behind the two of them with a meal.

Lin Xiaomin stood up in fright after hearing this, only to find that he was just as tall as the man's chest. "I...I...Brother Rui."

The boy said: "You are so arrogant at such a young age, you will suffer from it in the future."

"I didn't..." Lin Xiaomin's face turned pale with fright, because this boy is a student of Class D. In Class C, students of Class D should not be provoked no matter what. Children of military generals are generally irritable, and they will punch their fists if they don't agree with each other.It is an unwritten rule among military commanders that the so-called obedience to whoever fights hard is the same for the sons and fathers, and Ding Ban.

There was once a student in Class B who had two ribs broken because he laughed at the students in Class D who were as rude as savages, and was so frightened that he dared not come to the school.From then on, when other classes saw the students in Class D, they all took a detour.

The young man bent down and looked at Lin Xiaomin with a cold face.Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit stiff, Zhang Rui stood up and said, "My brother is young and speaks freely, please don't take offense, my lord."

The boy didn't make a sound, but stretched out his hand to stop Lin Xiaomin's head, Zhang Rui stretched out his hand to block it, but the boy dodged Zhang Rui's hand, flicked a brain on Lin Xiaomin's head and successfully saw Lin Xiaomin's eyes turn red.Satisfied, he lifted half of the corner of his mouth and said: "Little Rabbit" stuck out his tongue, made a grimace, turned and left.

Zhang Rui looked at the boy, as if he wanted to see a psychopath, and patted Lin Xiaomin reassuringly.

Lin Xiaomin curled his lips, wanted to cry and laugh at the same time, rubbed his hurt head and thought to himself: Be careful what you say in the future, just in case you provoke such a person again and be bullied, don't hurt brother Dao Rui.

***

In Dali Temple, Zhang Yaozhi lost a lot of his beard due to worry these days, and the clues were found to be upright officials, and the clues were cut off. He even sent someone to Jiangzhou to find out nothing.Zhang Yaozhi was so anxious that he had no choice but to ask the person who drank with Sima Zhaoliang that day over and over again.Suddenly Zheng Sen's words reminded Zhang Yaozhi.

"You mean there was a period of time when there was no sound in it?"

Zheng Sen nodded. These days he has been tossed badly too. Fortunately, he is the son of the Duke's mansion. If it were someone else, he would be taken out to vent his hatred.

Zhang Yaozhi: "How long has there been no sound?"

Zheng Sen: "Probably...less than a cup of tea, maybe even shorter, so we didn't pay much attention."

Zhang Yaozhi: "And then?"

Zheng Sen: "Then the geisha yelled. We hurried in and saw that there was no Mr. Sima inside."

Zhang Yaozhi stroked his beard and said, "Is that so..." He stretched out his hand and dropped a few more. "Okay, you go back first, and I'll call you if you have any questions."

Zheng Sen quickly nodded and retreated.These few days, the Duke's Mansion and Marquis of Ping'an's Mansion have been very quiet. The two families hid their sons for fear of being harmed by others, and they were not allowed to go out for half a step unless Dali Temple called for someone.

The case has reached a stalemate and there is no breakthrough. This is not the first time Zhang Yaozhi has encountered such a case, but it is the most stressful one, because the emperor has issued an order that Dali Temple must investigate the case as soon as possible.My head flashed... I suddenly thought of that person, maybe he could help.But the prince has explained that he is not allowed to be involved in this matter, what should I do!

***

The next day, all the students in the school gathered in Rong Xue Tang.

There were forty people neatly standing next to them according to class. Today, the best three people were selected among the 40 people. Only these three people could go to the palace to meet the emperor.

First, the head of the first class wrote down all the talents of the students, and the talents of the same category were the first to compete.

Among the forty people, sixteen actually wrote to celebrate their birthdays.Most of them are fancy tho.One of the most powerful students actually wrote a hundred longevity characters in different fonts in one breath, and compiled them into a scroll of "Hundred Shou".

The husband stroked his beard and said, "Not bad, not bad!"

This student belonged to Class B, the teacher of Class B laughed and his beard trembled wildly, and the teachers of several other classes rolled their eyes.

Another student from Class A was also competing in calligraphy. He was able to write the Chinese characters for longevity with both hands at the same time, and the writing was still in a different font, which was amazing.

In the end, these two people were selected from the [-] people, waiting for further review.The other students went back to sit in their own class dejectedly, and continued to watch the competition behind them.

Next came nine painters.The husband burned a stick of incense, and judged the painting within this time.

Five poets came out of the crowd. Among the other four, two were known to Zhang Rui, one was Zeng Zijin and the other was Jiang Tai.The other two unexpectedly had one from Class D and the other from Class B.