Criminal investigation in ancient times

In the palace, Luo Qing held the small package and followed Zhan Qing's buttocks to look east and west.

Zhan Qing: "From now on, you will eat and live with me. I will follow the prince every day, and I will come back at night. You stay in the mansion by yourself, don't wander around." He stopped walking.

Qing Luo continued to look around, accidentally bumped into Zhan Qing, rubbed his head and looked up at him.

Zhan Qing sighed and said: "The palace is not as casual as Mr. Feng's. You must not be too casual, or you will offend the prince, and I will not be able to intercede for you."

Qing Luo drooped her face and nodded, "When will my master come back?"

Zhan Qing: "I don't know about it, you can ask the prince if you have time."

With a muffled "oh", Luo Qing stepped forward and grabbed the corner of Zhan Qing's sleeve.

Zhan Qing smiled slightly, and said in her heart, she is still a child, so she should take care of her as much as she can.

In the hall, the old doctor's expression was either sad or happy. "So... the old man's sons and daughters have come to Beijing?"

Zhou Yin took a sip of tea and said, "Well, your son didn't hesitate to roll the nailboard in order to sue me."

When He Xiangru heard this, he was so frightened that he knelt down and said: "The dog doesn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, and angered the prince, please forgive me."

Zhou Yin said with a smile: "When did this king say he was angry? Your daughter is quite courageous, courageous and resourceful, and the most commendable thing is that she can be cruel to herself. Such a talent, this king wants everything." If you don't come, how can you blame me?"

After hearing this, He Xiangru's expression was not happy, and he frowned and said: "Old husband and children are worthless, so it's hard to be a big responsibility."

Zhou Yin pinched the lid of the bowl, put it on the tea bowl and said, "Doctor He doesn't want the two of you to join in, but I appreciate your two sons and daughters very much, so what should I do."

Sweat broke out on He Xiangru's head, and he thought to himself: Sure enough, you can't deal with the royal family, otherwise you don't even know how you died.

Zhou Yin put down the tea bowl and said: "How about this, your daughter will be accepted into the palace as a maid, and your son will go elsewhere, so how about not getting involved in my affairs?"

Forget it, if you can guarantee one, count one.He Xiangru hastily kowtowed and said, "Follow the prince's order."

Zhou Yin: "Okay, you can go back." This old fox, if he hadn't sent someone to save him, the corpse that was transported back to Liuzhou would have been his corpse, but now he started bargaining with him.

Zhou Yin suddenly remembered that when he separated from Zhang Rui in the morning, the man was still angry.Rubbing his head, how can Zhang Rui apologize so that Zhang Rui can forgive him?Although he wasn't the one who told Fengxuan that he peed his pants... But he couldn't get away from it, who let himself gloat too much, and that little bastard also found out.

"My lord, news came from Dali Temple that someone really went to assassinate the brothers and sisters of the He family last night!" The secret guard knelt on the ground and said.

Zhou Yin: "Is there something wrong with those two?"

The hidden guard: "The two brothers and sisters are fine. Dali Temple sent people to protect them. We did not take action. Dali Temple caught one person, but that person directly committed suicide by taking poison. The other three people have been caught by us. In order to prevent them from taking poison They tapped their acupuncture points, removed their jaws, and are now locked in a dungeon."

Zhou Yin: "Go and call Zhan Qing, you must interrogate these people and find out who is behind the scenes."

"Obey," the dark guard clasped his fists and retreated.

Zhan Qing was called back, Zhou Yin said: "Have you made arrangements for that child?"

Zhan Qing: "Well, I arranged him in the yard where I lived. The child looked a little shy and asked me when his master would pick him up."

Zhou Yin said: "It's best to be afraid of others, if you are disobedient, you can let him go and teach him a lesson, and make him talk fast."

Zhan Qing secretly said: "What's the matter of letting go of the lesson... Just take the child's life with a random kick, okay, my lord, you take care of him like this, what should the master do when he comes back and asks you for someone?"

"By the way, you go to prepare the car. I'm going to Dali Temple. The brothers and sisters of the He family in Dali Temple were assassinated last night. Zhang Rui must be in a state of anxiety. I'll go and see him." Zhan Qing nodded and stepped back.

When Zhou Yin arrived at Dali Temple, he found that Zhang Rui was not there. He asked Jiang Shuo, and it turned out that the Lin family had something to do, so he called him back.Zhang Yaozhi was not there and simply went to the Ninth Prince's Mansion along the way.

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Lin Fu, Zhang Rui and Uncle Han hurried back after receiving the news of the funeral and went straight to Liuxiang Garden.

The Liuxiang Garden has already hung white sails, Zhang Rui glanced at it, and felt that the white was so dazzling, entered the hall, and saw Lin Xiaomin kneeling alone in the hall, burning paper in front of the coffin, and Yun Hong next to him was adding charcoal to the brazier.

Seeing the two of them coming, Yun Hong hurriedly put down the charcoal and said: "Master Biao is here, you... please persuade our young master, he has not eaten or drank all day and night."

Zhang Rui asked in a low voice: "Auntie... When did you die?"

Yun Hong choked up and said: "The night before yesterday was not very good. The doctor told me to prepare for the funeral, and the master sent someone to pick up the third young master from the school. My aunt didn't breathe until yesterday morning."

Zhang Rui nodded and waved her to retreat.Lao Han walked over to clean up the unfinished charcoal fire.

"Xiaomin, don't burn it yet."

Lin Xiaomin acted as if he didn't hear, mechanically picked up a stack of burnt paper and threw it into the brazier, repeating this action all the time.

Zhang Rui sighed and stepped forward to pat him lightly. When his fingers touched his shoulder, he felt like he was being slapped on wood, and his body was so stiff that he was out of shape.

Lin Xiaomin stopped the movement of burning paper, and slowly raised his head, his chin was pointed out on his baby-fat face.

"Brother Rui...you're here...you sit down, I'll pour you some water." As he spoke, he got up unsteadily, his eyes darkened and he passed out.

Zhang Rui was taken aback, and hurriedly asked Uncle Han to carry him to the bed.According to others, it took a while for Lin Xiaomin to wake up.

Zhang Rui: "Uncle Han, go to the kitchen and ask them to cook some light food for Xiaomin."

Uncle Han: "Hey!" He trotted out.

There were only two people left in the room, Lin Xiaomin stared straight at the top of the bed without blinking.

Zhang Rui: "I know it's useless to say anything to comfort you now, but my cousin just wants to say to you, if you don't want the person you love to be like your mother again in the future, you should cheer up. I don’t ask for anything but hope that you will be successful.”

Lin Xiaoze's eye circles gradually turned red, he blinked, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes to his temples.

Zhang Rui reached out to wipe him, but the more he wiped, he said helplessly: "Cry, it won't be so uncomfortable when you cry, maybe I can understand your suffering. But I remember that the feeling of the sky falling at that time made me almost die." These are the original memories of the body, and every time I recall them, Zhang Rui is overwhelmed and breathless.

Lin Xiaomin closed his eyes, burst into tears and said, "I don't know why mother chooses to do this." His voice was hoarse. "Before she left, she promised me that I would take the medicine well and not torment myself anymore... Cough cough cough... cough... cough cough"

Zhang Rui hurriedly poured a glass of water and helped him to drink it.

Lin Xiaomin wiped the tears from his face and said: "I don't understand why she is like this, can she pave the way for me only if she dies?! Then I would rather not let her pave the way with her life!"

Zhang Rui asked in surprise, "What paves the way?"

Only then did Lin Xiaomin speak eloquently: "A few days ago, Muxiu suddenly found that my mother was so thin that I asked her what was wrong, but she didn't tell me. Later, I asked Yun Hong to find out that my mother had never eaten these days. I was not in good health, so I kept procrastinating. I didn’t allow the fire to be lit every day, and I ruined myself. I asked her why she was like this, and she told me that it turned out that my uncle’s family threatened my mother to let me marry my uncle’s family. One of his prostitutes will be his main wife."

Zhang Ruidao: "How do you marry a wife when you are only eleven?"

Lin Xiaomin smiled bitterly: "Even if you can't marry now, you can make an order in advance, the exchange will be more favorable, and you can directly salute when you are old."

Zhang Ruidao: "Then just reject it, why bother?"

Lin Xiaomin said: "If you can really refuse, that's fine. My uncle threatened my mother. If I don't agree, I will ask my wife. My mother has no choice but to procrastinate day by day. Once I marry a businesswoman as my regular wife, I will be cut off from my official position." Lu, even if you become an official and become a son-in-law in the future, you will be looked down upon by your colleagues."

Zhang Rui was silent, this is the custom of the Great Zhou, no matter what status you are as a concubine, the first wife must be of the same family so that he can be looked up to by others, the husband and wife are one body, one prospers and both prospers, and one loses both.

Zhang Ruidao: "Then she died like this, what if your uncle's family asks for your aunt now?"

Lin Xiaomin: "Mother said...if she dies, my father may put my name in the family tree, and then even my aunt can't make the decision."

Zhang Rui really has nothing to say. For a modern person, a genealogy is like a household registration book. Even black households can live very well, but in ancient times, the bastards who couldn't get on the genealogy were just inferior... This is something he has no ability to change, no matter what. It is the way of the ancients and the way of the ancients, all of them.

Lin Xiaomin came over for a while before he calmed down and said, "Brother Rui... Is it worth it, mother?"

Zhang Rui thinks of that woman who is full of charm in every frown and smile, like a rose, which blooms delicately and beautifully, but withers overnight.How determined was she to decide to trade her life for her son's future.

Zhang Ruijue's eyes were a little sore, and he stretched out his arms to hug Lin Xiaomin and said, "It's worth it, because you are all her sustenance, as long as you are well, your mother can only rest in peace under the Nine Springs, do you know that!"

Lin Xiaomin was stunned for a moment, nodded heavily, buried his face on Zhang Rui's shoulder, and began to cry like a child without fear.He thought silently in his heart, just cry this time, only cry this time, cry this time for the last time, let's grow up tomorrow...

When he came out of Lin's mansion, he met Lin Xiaoqing coming in from the door.

Lin Xiaoqing: "Cousin Rui is going back to Dali Temple? Let's have lunch at home."

Zhang Rui said: "No, I still have some things to do at the moment, my cousin should go back first."

Lin Xiaoqing nodded and said, "Is Xiaomin okay? I just heard the news."

Generally, concubines don't have to pay homage to their legitimate sons after they die, so it's normal for Yuxiu Lingtang to be so deserted, concubines are only half masters, they have more face than slaves.

Zhang Rui: "I persuaded him, I hope he can cheer up."

Lin Xiaoqing smiled: "Sometimes I really feel that Cousin Rui is not so old."

Zhang Ruidao: "How do you say that?"

Lin Xiaoqing: "My cousin seems to be more stable than an adult when he speaks and does things. I feel inferior to myself. I have grown up so many years in vain."

Zhang Rui said: "My cousin is overrated, I'm just a bit dull."

Lin Xiaoqing raised his eyebrows, turned around and entered the yard.

Uncle Han said on his body: "Master, shall we go?"

Zhang Rui looked at Lin Xiaoqing's back and nodded, and got into the carriage.

9 Uncle: Yuxiu came to get the boxed lunch

Yuxiu: The costumes I drew in the later stages are amazing!It looks like a zombie~!

9 Uncle: This...uh...