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On the left and right sides, there are several functional departments within the Qingli Department. After Lin Xiu saw the plaque of "Document Library", she walked through the corridor on one side and walked into the gate of the Document Library.

The document library is very quiet on weekdays, and the other three clerks were chatting and joking. When they saw someone coming in, they looked up and saw that it was Lin Xiu, and they all showed expressions of surprise.

They knew Lin Xiu, and Mr. Chen told them to take good care of him at the time, but after he came a few times, they never saw him again. He blows.

The three of them smiled at Lin Xiu as a greeting, and continued chatting.

Lin Xiu also nodded politely, and scanned the room with her eyes. Apart from the rows of bookshelves, there were four desks in this room, three of which were very clean, and the pens, ink, papers and inkstones on them were also very neat. The last table was full of sundries. Obviously, that table belonged to Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu walked to that table, tidied up the sundries, fetched another basin of water, and wiped the entire table, then sat on the chair and took out a book to read.

His eyes fell on the book, but his mind was not there.

Awakened people like him who are not very talented will not be taken seriously by the School of Different Arts. Apart from receiving a monthly allowance, free access to the Library Pavilion, and asking for advice if they have any questions, they have no access to them. other resources.

And what they do on weekdays, the School of Abnormal Arts doesn't care.

For Lin Xiu, the biggest advantage of entering the Academy of Different Arts is that he can get in touch with people with various abilities. He has to find a way to make more friends. Only after getting to know each other well can he have the opportunity to maintain physical contact with each other for a long time.

This matter needs to be discussed in the long term. At present, Lin Xiu still has to hold Zhao Lingyin's thigh tightly, and his cultivation cannot be separated from her.

As for the Cleaning Department, there is usually nothing to do. Lin Xiu only needs to check in occasionally to avoid being fired. This also has an explanation for Uncle Ping'an and his wife.

Lin Xiu was planning her own future, but the three clerks in the room automatically ignored him. They were just surprised. After Lin Xiu came, the document library, which was still sweltering just now, suddenly became cooler...

Lin Xiu sat on the chair for half an hour, and while she still had time, she planned to try her luck at the School of Different Arts.

He walked out of the gate of the file storehouse and came to the courtyard of the Qing Dynasty Officials Department. With a glance, he found that there were many figures around the entrance of the lobby, and outside the yamen, there were also vague figures.

With a heart of gossip, Lin Xiu moved her steps and moved closer.

In the main hall of the Qing Officials Division, the government servants stood in two rows, and in the middle was a straw mat, covered with a white cloth, and only a pair of feet were exposed under the white cloth.

A luxuriously dressed young man sat on a chair with his legs crossed, looked at the straw mat on the ground, and said, "She hanged herself, why did you ask me to come here?"

Looking at the young man with an arrogant attitude and no panic at all, the official secretary sitting above felt a headache. He rubbed his brows and asked, "Someone saw that Mrs. Wang entered your house yesterday. Today she will come into your house." Hanged at home, do you have any explanation for this?"

The young man shook his head and said: "Yesterday she came into my house, but she took my money and voluntarily went to the mansion to accompany me. After the work was done, she went back. What are you doing?"

Qing Li Silang said: "Since she is voluntary, why did she hang herself?"

The young man said displeasedly: "What is the lord talking about, she hanged herself, it's none of my business, maybe she can't think about it because of other things, who knows..."

The courtroom fell silent for a moment.

At this time, an old man kneeling beside the straw mat wailed and said: "My lord, it's not like this, it's not like this, the little girl has always kept herself clean, how could she do that kind of thing with others, I beg the lord to return the little girl's innocence. The little girl is fair!"

The Minister of Cleaning Officials was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "Wang died by hanging himself, it cannot be proved that he has a direct relationship with Qin Cong. The Department of Cleaning Officials will investigate this case again..."

This is an obvious comforting word. Hearing this, the old man's face turned pale, as if he had been drained of all his strength, he fell limply on the ground and murmured: "I'm wronged, my little girl is wronged..."

At this time, the young man who was sitting on the chair slowly got up, cupped his hands to the official minister, and said: "There is nothing else, I will go back first..."

"Hold on."

He had just taken two steps when a voice came from outside the door.

The crowd outside the lobby of the Cleaning Officials Department made way for a passage, and a figure walked in slowly. He first bowed his hands to the Qing Officials' Lang Zhong, and then said: "My lord, Mrs. Wang did not hang herself, but was killed."

Without waiting for Lang Zhong to speak, he pointed to the corpse under the white cloth, and said: "If a person hangs himself to death, his feet will hang to the ground due to weakness. This corpse's feet are so stiff that it is very likely that she is hanging herself. In addition, the person who died by hanging herself will have the tip of her tongue exposed, and her face will be bruised and hideous, but if she dies first and then hanged, her tongue will be retracted in her mouth, and her complexion will be more pale than bruised. Whether the deceased hanged himself, or was murdered and hanged, you only need to lift the white cloth to know..."

After Lin Xiu finished speaking, the pupils of the young man not far in front of him shrank imperceptibly.

The official minister who wanted to announce his resignation took a deep look at Lin Xiu, and then asked Wu Zuo in the corner, "Is what he said true?"

That Zuo was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "Master Hui, it is true."

Qing Lisi Langzhong pointed to a yamen servant and said, "Take off the white cloth."

"Yes!"

After the yamen servant responded, he walked quickly to the straw mat, lifted the white cloth, and revealed the face of a woman next to him. The woman had a beautiful face, but her face was a little pale. She lay there quietly, and one couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken. pity.

Her face was pale, and the tip of her tongue did not stick out.

"Sure enough!"

"So, this woman was murdered and then pretended to hang herself?"

"Isn't that Lin Wenshu? Why does he know better than the clerk in the yamen..."

……

Above the courtroom, the Qing official secretary took a deep breath, and said slowly: "There are many doubts in this case, Mr. Qin, you can't clear up the suspicion for the time being, I'm afraid you will be wronged for a while."

The young man didn't care, he smiled and said: "It's okay, I believe the adults will give me justice."

Qing Lisi Lang Zhong tapped on the gavel and said: "This case still needs to be further investigated. Qin Cong will be temporarily detained and resigned."

Accompanied by two yamen servants, a young man named Qin Cong looked back at Lin Xiu when he walked out of the lobby, his eyes full of deep meaning.

As soon as Lin Xiu walked out of the lobby, a hand pulled him over and took him straight to the document library.

A middle-aged man in official uniform frowned at Lin Xiu and said, "At this time, what are you doing? You think you can't tell whether she was hanged alive or dead by a test? , everyone doesn't know, but you are smart?"

Although Lin Xiu didn't know the man in front of him, he quickly guessed the man's identity.

The only one who could talk to himself in this tone was his father's old friend who was in charge of the file warehouse in the Clean Officials Department. Lin Xiu's clerical errand was also obtained through him.

Lin Xiu pretended not to understand, and asked with a puzzled look: "Uncle Chen, since your lord knows that the girl was murdered, why didn't you tell me?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said: "Things are not as simple as you imagined. Qin Cong is the son of the first-class uncle Qin Wu. Even the Lord Langzhong can't afford to offend the Qin family, let alone you. After being disturbed by you like this, Qin Cong's life is not as simple as that. If you are in prison, there is no guarantee that the Qin family will hate you..."

Lin Xiu suddenly realized, and then said in a panic, "Uncle Chen, what should we do now?"

The middle-aged man pondered for a moment, and said: "You don't have to worry too much, it shouldn't be difficult for the Qin family to settle this matter. Although your Lin family has fallen, you are still a powerful person, and they don't dare to do anything to you, but you have to remember Hold on, if you encounter this kind of thing in the future, don't get involved again."

Lin Xiu was taught: "I understand, thank you Uncle Chen for reminding me."

Director Chen waved his hand and said, "It's good that you know, if something happens to you here, I can't explain it to your father."

After admonishing Lin Xiu, Director Chen left here.

Lin Xiu sat back in her seat and breathed a sigh of relief.

What is the place of the Cleaning Department, the official office in the royal capital that specializes in investigating cases, and the venomous eyes of the officials and officials here, what Lin Xiu knows, there is no reason for them not to know.

When Lin Xiu was standing outside the lobby, she could tell that the official secretary was very afraid of that young man.

It's best not to get involved in this kind of thing.

But when he saw the woman's body standing upright in the lobby, and the old man lying limp on the ground with a helpless and desperate expression, Lin Xiu's heart softened.

Obviously his own life is not satisfactory, but he prefers not to suffer in the world.

He was such a person in his previous life.

So every time he donated money to the disaster-stricken area, he was very active. When he saw that the children in the mountainous area were so poor that they couldn’t even afford to read, he would donate a carload of textbooks to them. The beggar next to him bought all the oranges from the old man who had a street stall in the cold wind in the middle of the night, even though he didn't like oranges very much.

This may be the reason why those ex-girlfriends are always willing to introduce their girlfriends to Lin Xiu after the breakup. He often gets such comments from them. Lin Xiu is indeed a bit of a scumbag emotionally, but he is definitely a good person .

Chapter 9

Just now I heard from Mr. Chen that the young man in the courtroom is the son of a first-class uncle.

Daxia’s titles are only three ranks of dukes, each of which is divided into three ranks. If there are no special circumstances, each time the title is inherited, it will be automatically downgraded by one rank. The descendants of waiting uncles will be reduced to second-ranking uncles. Lin Xiu's father is third-ranking uncles, and the title can no longer be inherited.

In Lin Xiu's generation, the Lin family will be completely removed from the noble class of the royal capital.

That first-class uncle seemed to have some power, and he had a way to get his son out of the Cleaning Department. Even if Lin Xiu stood up with aggrieved hearts, it would not change anything.

But some things still need to be done even though they know there will be no results, Lin Xiu only asks for a clear conscience.

After staying in the archives for a while, Lin Xiu was ready to go home.

When he walked out of the Cleaning Department, he was taken aback by the sight in front of him.

Countless people gathered there, and when the old man in the court saw Lin Xiu come out, he knelt down on the ground with a thud, knocked his forehead loudly, and said gratefully, "Thank you, my lord, for avenging my little girl, thank you, my lord, for avenging my little girl!"

The onlookers also talked about it.

"If it wasn't for this lord, the old Wangtou's daughter would have left without knowing why."

"At the court just now, no one was willing to speak up for Old Wang, only he stood up."

"This lord is really a good official..."

……

Amidst the people's discussion, Lin Xiu helped the old man up and said, "You are welcome, old man, this is what I should do."

To him, it was simply to stand up and say a few words, but to the old man's family, it meant a lot. Lin Xiu has always been stingy with these things within his capacity.

Finally squeezed out from the crowd, Lin Xiu didn't wait for Sun Dali to pick him up, and walked towards Lin's mansion alone.

The dignitaries and dignitaries of the capital all lived in the south or east of the capital. The Lin family had declined and lived in the civilian area of ​​the capital. It was just that the family was richer than the common people, had several servants, and had a larger yard.

A few days ago, Lin Xiu always ate alone, but at dinner today, there were two more people beside her.

Mrs. Ping'an kept adding food to Lin Xiu's bowl, and said, "Xiu'er, you need to eat more, you've lost weight these days..."

Uncle Ping'an put down his chopsticks and said, "Tomorrow, I will invite the imperial doctor to come over to see if your amnesia can be cured."

Lin Xiu shook her head and said, "No need, it will cost a lot of money."

Lin Xiu knew that as a declining third-class uncle, the Lin family was actually not rich. Not long ago, she spent a large sum of money to find him a job as a clerk in the clean-up department. spend.

Uncle Ping'an waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about money matters. Treatment is important."

After speaking, he gave Lin Xiu a bowl of soup with his own hands, and said, "Your mother made this chicken soup by herself. You should drink more, it will be good for your health."

Lin Xiu picked up the spoon and drank the soup silently. The warm chicken soup entered his throat, which made his heart feel warmer.

Most of the time before, he would order takeaway or instant noodles when eating alone. It has been a long time since he had such a common meal, and no one had dinner with him for a long time.

After eating, Lin Xiu went straight back to her room.

Lin Xiu was still not used to getting along with Uncle Ping'an and his wife and feeling their concern and love.

It's ridiculous to say that what he didn't feel in his biological parents in his previous life, he actually felt in two strangers. This made Lin Xiu, who was used to being alone, a little at a loss.

In order to avoid being alone with them, Lin Xiu left home early the next morning after having breakfast.

Not long after, Lin Xiu was slowly flipping through a dossier in the clean-up department.

Yesterday, the case of the woman was closed by the Department of Clean Officials.

A thief came to the Cleaning Department yesterday to surrender himself, admitting that he had burglarized the night before, and after taking the money, he was tempted to use force on Wang, but he accidentally strangled her to death. In order to avoid being traced by the government, he did The false impression that Mrs. Wang committed suicide came out.

Someone surrendered himself, and Qin Cong was naturally acquitted soon.

This dossier is full of loopholes. The biggest loophole is that if the burglar did not turn himself in, the Cleaning Department would have no way of investigating him, but he chose to throw himself into the trap. The purpose is simply too clear, just to clear Qin Cong's suspicion .

The method of that first-class uncle was stronger than Lin Xiu expected.

In this way, everything Lin Xiu did yesterday is naturally meaningless.

Lin Xiu put the dossier back to its original place, walked out of the document storehouse, and when she came to the courtyard, a person walked towards her.

Lin Xiu looked up, stopped in her tracks, clasped her fists slightly and said, "I've seen Mr. Doctor."

The person who came was the official of the Qing Dynasty, and also the leader of the Qing Dynasty. He wanted to close the case hastily yesterday, but he was disturbed by himself. Under pressure, he had no choice but to take Qin Cong into custody. He must be extremely dissatisfied with him.

The 24 divisions are directly under the central government, and the doctors of each division are all high-ranking officials who hold great power.

Maybe he will lose his hard-won job.

Qing Lisi Langzhong had a pale face, and looked at Lin Xiu with sharp eyes. Lin Xiu and his eyes met, neither humble nor overbearing, without a trace of flinching.

After a while, the Qing official secretary looked away, then nodded slightly, and walked past Lin Xiu, as if nothing happened yesterday.

Lin Xiu looked back with some doubts. From the looks of it, Master Langzhong didn't seem to intend to blame herself.

Thinking about it, if he directly angered Lin Xiu, wouldn't it be true that he was unfair in judging the case, but it was not certain whether he would secretly wear shoes for him, Lin Xiu still had to be a little vigilant.

At this time, in the hall of the Qing Dynasty Officials Department, an official who followed the Qing Dynasty Officials Department Lang Zhong couldn't help but said: "My lord, this son of Uncle Ping'an has acted recklessly and doesn't know the rules. Let's just find an excuse and drive him out." , lest he cause trouble in the future..."

The Minister of Cleaning Officials turned his head, glanced at him indifferently, and said, "Are you teaching me what to do?"

The official immediately bowed and said, "I dare not."

The Qing official secretary said indifferently: "Take care of the things you should take care of, and the things you shouldn't take care of. It's best not to talk too much."

"I understand..."

"Go down."