Since I met you, people are dying every day

The officials of the Linxian county government had already heard the letter and came out to greet him.Ye Sirui looked over from the horse, and there were three people wearing soap dish collar shirts, silk sash, and square scarves. They were the county magistrate, chief secretary, and Dian Shi in order.Yamen servants all wear green shirts, flat-topped scarves, and red belts.The catcher wears green clothes, red clips, a small hat, and green ribbons. He has another general appearance.

Ye Sirui rode his horse and ran to the front, and the county magistrate led the officials and servants to salute.Ye Sirui got off his horse, and after receiving this gift, he straightened his front and bowed his hands to salute.

Ye Sirui and the county magistrate first told each other's name, year and rank.The county magistrate has passed the year of his establishment. He is also surnamed Ye, with a single name and a Fu, and the word Yufeng, which was adopted in Tianxian's second year.As a junior, Ye Sirui had no choice but to bow to his senior.Ye Xiancheng introduced him to the master book and canon history, and the three moved to the third hall of the county government.Ye Sirui ordered the entertaining soldiers to eat and rest before returning, and also asked Nanny Wang to pack their luggage and take good care of Ye Kuang.Finally, he pointed to Xia Shu and said: "This is my friend, he escorted me all the way to Helin, and put him in the inner office first."

The yamen servant respectfully agreed, and brought Xia Shu into the house.The three county magistrates looked at each other in blank dismay.Neiya is the place where the county magistrate and his family live. I don't know who this is, but he has the face to live with adults.

When Ye Sirui's new official took office, he had many things to do. After handing over the documents, he also had to deal with the official duties deposited by his predecessor. In addition to making friends with three colleagues, he also had to meet the rich gentry and old Confucian scholars in Helin County, and local officials. All in all, it was a mess.

Ye Xiancheng said this: "Your Excellency has just come to take office, tonight at three o'clock, the three of us, and the elders and squires from Helin County prepared a thin table to entertain Your Excellency in Jinyun Building, and please honor your Excellency."

Seeing that he saved himself trouble, Ye Sirui naturally responded: "Master Ye, you are welcome, Ziqi will definitely visit on time."

Ye Xiancheng took the opportunity to say: "Your Excellency is new here, you may not know it. This Linhe County is adjacent to the capital, which is naturally different from other counties. When you take office, it is okay for other adults not to see you, but Marquis Anshun must visit in person."

Ye Sirui nodded, Anshun Hou's He clan is the mother clan of His Majesty today.Concubine Ning He was not favored by the former emperor, and was pushed out by the queen mother. After giving birth to His Majesty, she was promoted to concubine.Concubine Ning was bestowed to death when His Majesty was three years old, and His Majesty was taken up by the Empress.After His Majesty ascended the throne, the king of Xiang was the regent, and only his biological mother was named after him. It was not until the assassination of the king of Xiang that he took charge of the government, and then his uncle He Quan Anshunhou was named.He Quan was originally just a casual official, and returned to his hometown Helin after he became an official.Before he left the capital, he heard that He Quan's eldest son, He An, had entered the Hanlin Academy, and his future was boundless.

"Speaking of which," Dian Shi interrupted suddenly, "My lord came from the east, have you heard about the Xunfang Pavilion case?"

Ye Sirui was thinking how to turn the topic here, when he heard this, his eyes lit up. "I've heard a lot, but it's just the ignorant words of the rural residents. I just wanted to ask for details."

Dian Shi looked troubled, "It's fine for other officials to explain it to you in detail, but I just mentioned Marquis Anshun, but I want to remind you that Marquis Anshun's youngest son, He Ying, is a frequent visitor of Xunfang Pavilion."

Hearing what he said, Ye Sirui understood why the servants in Xunfang Pavilion had such high eyesight, it turned out that there were often distinguished guests coming and going. "So, he is also a frequent visitor of that Linglong girl?"

Dian Shi nodded, "That's right, and I received a report yesterday, and a similar case happened in the south of the city. The corpse has just been brought back. If your lord wants to know the details, I'll bring the file later."

Ye Sirui said: "I'm having a good time chatting with everyone now, let's not talk about business, I will take me to see the corpse later."

It is different from Lin County and Dong'an County.The governance of Dong'an County is simple and simple, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away. There are only two halls in the morning and evening on weekdays.However, Helin County is an upper county, and it is adjacent to the capital. Except for Xiumu, he is promoted three times a day.Hearing this, Ye Sirui secretly gritted his teeth.

The three of them gossiped about family affairs again, from chatting with Lin County's taxpayer to the master's new concubine, Ye Sirui hastily cupped his hands in congratulations, and chatting with the three of them in private, Ye Yufeng seemed to inadvertently ask Qi: "Ziqi came to the post, why didn't he bring his family with him?"

Ye Sirui hurriedly said: "I'm ashamed to say that when I was young, I was playful and refused to learn. First, the exams were very restrictive, and I was never close to women. Later, when I got fame, my father and brother had accidents one after another, so I had to take my nephew by my side to raise them, as a show of filial piety." righteousness."

The three quickly expressed their annoyance, and after chatting for more than an hour, Ye Sirui asked everyone to leave first.Hou Ya had eaten his meal long ago, he was overly hungry, and he didn't feel anything, so he ate something indiscriminately.After he had eaten, Dian Shi had sent him the file of the Xunfang Pavilion case, so he went to the next room and called Xia Shu to see the corpse.

Xia Shu only changed Yesa into a brown straight coat, and still wore a big hat.Hearing his intentions, he just asked: "You just ate and you want to see the corpse?" He originally asked out of good intentions, but Ye Sirui looked at him in surprise: "When did you mind this?" Xia Shu could only shake his head.

When going to the punishment room, Ye Sirui suddenly said: "I said this, but I remembered one thing. Yesterday when I went to Xunfang Pavilion, you said that the dead man's room is so high that even people without kung fu can jump off it, right?"

Xia Shu didn't know why he suddenly mentioned this, but just nodded.

"Then if people without kung fu can climb it?" Ye Sirui looked at him with burning eyes.

"Difficult. Just jump up if you have light skills. It's hard to find a place to focus on just climbing." Xia Shu thought for a moment, "Unless someone hangs a rope from above for him to pull."

Ye Sirui was thoughtful.

When we arrived at the punishment room, the case manager first came to meet Ye Sirui, and when he heard that he wanted to see Linglong's body, he took him there himself, and called the coordinator who was going to the Xunfang Pavilion for the autopsy to introduce him to him.

Ye Sirui first looked at the corpse by himself, then asked Xia Shu to inspect it, and asked Wu Zuo to explain it. "The eyes are open and protruding, the face is red and black with blood, and the dung door is protruding. It is obvious that foreign objects blocked the mouth and nose and died."

Ye Sirui nodded, the female corpse's face was indeed red and black, covered with blood, and it was not different from Qiao Cui's description.The rouge and powder on the purple-black face had not completely come off, and it looked really scary.

"Where's the jewelry on the corpse?" Ye Sirui asked.

The case manager hurriedly said: "It was taken off during the autopsy, my lord, please take a look." Then he asked someone to bring over a white cloth, which was full of yellow gold jewelry.Ye Sirui saw that the buyao, Huadian, forehead mop, earrings, necklaces, wristlets and armbands that Qiaocui mentioned were all there, so he picked up the buyao and weighed it, "It's not light. jewelry?"

The case manager said: "Yes, I asked the girl she was in love with, and they all said it belonged to her. But she didn't wear all of them that day."

Ye Sirui saw Xia Shu nodded at him after examining the corpse, knowing that there was nothing suspicious, so he went to look at another new corpse.It is recorded in the file that this body was found in Yixiangyuan in the south of the city, and it was Caifeng, a girl from Yixiangyuan.Caifeng had no guests in the house the night before, and she didn't get up early in the morning. The girl she befriended went to call her, and found that her room was lit with candles.Because the two died in the same way, the court officials in the torture room recorded the two cases together.

Caifeng's corpse was the same as Linglong's, with a red-black complexion and bloody shades, protruding eyeballs, and protruding dung doors.Because the corpse is relatively fresh, there is still blood flowing from the mouth and nose.Apparently she also died due to obstruction by foreign objects, unable to vent her breath.

There is only one thing that caught Ye Sirui's attention: Yixiang Courtyard is not like Xunfang Pavilion, it is a much smaller brothel, Caifeng is not like Linglong's top brand, she doesn't have so much self-esteem, and many of the gold jewelry she wears are not her.Ye Sirui picked it up from the white sheet and looked it over, and it was easy to see the difference: Caifeng's golden hairpin and earrings are relatively small, the carvings are not too complicated, the surface is not so bright, obviously it has not been fried for a long time, Looking at other jewelry, it is quite heavy and the carving is also fine.Ye Sirui asked: "Did you find the jewelry box in her house?"

The head of the table replied: "I have searched, but all the gold jewelry is gone. Miss Caifeng's gold hairpin and earrings are all on her body, and Miss Linglong's other jewelry are also gone."

Ye Sirui picked up the golden forehead that he was playing with just now and asked him: "Ask the people in Xunfang Pavilion, is this the forehead that Miss Linglong lost?"

The case manager responded quickly.

Ye Sirui flipped through the file again, "Have you inquired about the customers who frequent Xunfang Pavilion and Yixiangyuan?"

"My lord, I have inquired about it. It's just that the Yixiang Courtyard is in the south of the city, and the Xunfang Pavilion is in the east of the city, but this customer does not interfere with the water of the river, so there is a clear distinction between them." The case manager said.

Ye Sirui understood what he meant as soon as he heard it.Most of the people living in the south of the city are ordinary people, but there are many rich merchants and gentry in the east of the city. Didn't it mean that the son of Marquis Anshun also frequented Xunfang Pavilion?He turned two more pages and saw that there were only a few descriptions behind each name. He remembered the footprints that Ye Sirui had told him, and said, "You sort it out and jump out the ones that are five feet to five and a half feet tall. Thin or overly muscular were also screened out."

The desk manager listened to his orders, called two officials over, and repeated Ye Sirui's orders to them word for word. The ones in my torture room are the most powerful, and I promise to hand over the list to the adults today."

"It's not just the list." Ye Sirui said, "This file is too brief to remember. The regular customers are tall, what is the shape, what are the characteristics, what kind of business do they do, what is the family situation, who are the members of the family, and what are the hobbies on weekdays. record."