Since I met you, people are dying every day

Under the light, Ye Sirui finally saw Lu Hengli's face clearly. What a peaceful face it was. He met an inappropriate person at this inappropriate place, but he was as calm and at ease as he was drinking alone that day, and even gave Ye Sirui a slight smile. With a smile, he bowed and saluted, "Student Lu Hengli has met Mr. Ye."

Ye Sirui was a little speechless, Lu Heng's indifference made him turn his back on the guest, and he seemed to be the one who was caught. "What are you doing here late at night?"

Lu Hengli smiled and glanced at Yingcao, his voice was as gentle as a whisper, "I'm leaving for Beijing tomorrow, I'll come and see Yingcao and say goodbye to her."

Yingcao subconsciously kept a distance from him just now, but seeing that he was doing as usual, she involuntarily approached him a few steps, gently hugged his waist, and said seriously to Ye Sirui, "My lord, I said you made a mistake. gone."

"You came to take her life." Xia Shu said suddenly, his tone cold and loud.

Yingcao's body trembled, but she didn't let him go.Lu Henglu put his arms around her, told her to lean on his chest, and gently stroked her temple hair, "This lord's words are so strange, the students can't understand them, and they don't understand why the lord came to visit late at night."

Looking at the pair of bi people in front of him, and thinking about the tragic scene of Linglong and Caifeng's corpses, Ye Sirui no longer wanted to play riddles with him, "Lu Hengli, girl Linglong from Xunfang Pavilion and girl Caifeng from Yixiangyuan, But by you?"

Yingcao raised her head hastily from his chest, her face was pale, she hesitated to speak.Lu Henglu lightly stroked her shoulder to comfort her. "My lord, the students don't know them, let alone harm them."

Ye Sirui said: "If you have no ghosts in your heart, put down Yingcao girl and come here." After he finished speaking, he looked at Xia Shu, not knowing what he meant.Just as Lu Henglu was about to make a move, Yingcao hugged him tightly.Ye Sirui came over after a busy day to settle the case, but was agitated by Yingcao's actions and was a little angry, so he rushed to separate the two of them.But the back was pulled by someone, and it was dragged back.

"What are you doing?" Ye Sirui was out of breath for a moment, then straightened his clothes after standing still, and glared at him.Xia Shu said: "Do you love him? If he really came to take your life, would you still love him?"

No one spoke.Xia Shu continued: "You don't trust us, but you dare to risk your life to guarantee that you trust him? You let him go first, and I promise not to hurt him."

Ye Sirui was almost in admiration for these words, Yingcao's face was dripping with sweat, she put her ears close to listen to Lu Hengli's heartbeat, once and for all, steady and strong, she said softly: "Sorry." She let go of her hand .

The moment Yingcao let go, Ye Sirui only felt a gust of wind around him, saw a flash of cold light, groaned a few times, and saw that Lu Hengli had already been pressed to the ground by Xia Shu with his hands clasped, making intermittent moans.Yingcao knelt beside him, tears glistening. "Lu Lang?" He asked Xia Shu again: "Aren't you going to hurt him?"

Xia Shu pressed his hand temporarily with his leg, put away the dagger, and didn't even look at her, with an indifferent expression, "If I don't do it, you will be the one who gets hurt." He reached into his sleeve and belt to fumble, and threw two A red candle, and a bulging purse.Ye Sirui walked over immediately, and shook the two thick red candles in front of Yingcao, "These are the candles that were lit in the house when Miss Linglong and Miss Caifeng were killed." He put away the red candles himself, and then Picking up the purse and opening it, he shook the contents of the purse onto his hands, the range of candlelight from the lampstand was limited, and only his hands were shining.He raised his hand, only to see all kinds of gold jewelry. "This is the jewelry lost by Miss Linglong." He put the jewelry back into his purse and put it in his sleeve. "Lu Hengli, what else do you have to say? If we are not here today, you will concoct according to the law, cover the mouth and nose of Yingcao girl and kill her, then put on makeup for her, light candles, and finally rush to the capital to escape. ?”

Lu Henglu's hands were clasped, and the clothes on his shoulders were already wet with blood.

"Lu Lang?" Yingcao murmured to him, her eyes blank.Ye Sirui moved a Xiudun over and told her to sit down.

"At the beginning, I really thought that you were a scholar who was flattered and humiliated. It was really not easy for you to remain calm and indifferent when your classmates bullied you like that. But I asked someone to screen out the regular customers of Xunfang Pavilion and Yixiangyuan, and you were on the list. I can't help but not doubt you. Can a regular brothel customer not be happy with things and not feel sorry for himself? What's more, you are an academy student, where do you get the money to patronize a place like Xunfang Pavilion?"

Lu Hengli habitually raised the corners of his mouth, but his hair was disheveled, and his smile was no longer as calm as before. "It's too hasty for an adult to convict a student just in this way."

"What about the footprints?" Ye Sirui asked him.Lu Henglu looked at him with a calm smile. "A small amount of rare red soil is mixed in the footprints left at the site of Xunfang Pavilion and Yixiangyuan. I asked Wu Shanzhang that there is red soil outside the study of Songhe Academy."

"That also... can only mean that my classmates have patronized." Lu Henglu said.

Ye Sirui said: "You're right, but what about the footprints?" He unfolded the rubbing ink to show him. "Even if the soap boots are of the same standard, different people have different walking habits, different statures, different wear and tear of the boots, and the footprints left are not exactly the same. Do you want to take off the boots now and ask me to compare them for you?"

Lu Hengli didn't make a sound.

"At first I really didn't think of you. What I suspected was He Ying. He came from a noble family and was a frequent visitor to Xunfang Pavilion. He only had one or two months of money every month, and he also wanted to be a host to invite people to eat and drink. He said he couldn't afford the dragon and phoenix. Anniversary candles and gold jewellery, too."

"Then why doesn't your lord doubt him?" Lu Hengli asked and answered him calmly like an outsider.

"He told me that he has been to all the brothels in Linxian County. He really doesn't look like a long-term lover. It is even more impossible for a merciful person to carefully dress the dead after killing someone." He glanced at it and sobbed silently. firefly. "What's more, as a person who doesn't like poetry and books, how can he pay more attention to the etiquette of wearing gold jewelry and lighting candles on wedding nights in the bridal chamber?"

Lu Hengli nodded, "That makes sense."

"I saw Song Dingyu on the list, so I guessed that you two went together when you were friends, so I asked He Ying which brothel he had seen you in. He returned to Dingfang Pavilion."

Lu Henglu sighed: "Your Excellency is really predictable." Then he asked curiously: "Why didn't Your Excellency doubt Song Dingyu?" His tone was focused and earnest, like a student asking for a teacher.

Ye Sirui patiently explained: "I asked the yamen servant to take a good look at Yuelai Inn and Dingfang Pavilion. No matter which one of you, you can't escape. Suspecting you is just a guess. Song Dingyu once took refuge in Dai Liufang and laughed at you, which shows that it is not so much A person who values ​​love and righteousness is about to take part in the examination. How could he kill people to delay his future at this juncture? Besides, Song Dingyu is attached to Dai Liufang and is not short of silver, but your father died early and your family is poor... I If you are right, Linglong and Caifeng once sponsored you?"

Lu Hengli looked a little disappointed, "My lord guessed right."

Xia Shu couldn't bear to see that their questions and answers complemented each other, so he asked coldly: "They support you and have a relationship with you, so you repay them like this?"

Yingcao, who had been silent all this time, finally found her voice, although the voice was still sharp and trembling, "Lu Lang, are you really trying to kill me?"

Xia Shu let go of his hand, Lu Hengli sat up straight, and cupped his hands towards Yingcao, but raised his arm and pulled the injured shoulder, his original smile was a little distorted. "I had a marriage contract with my three sisters, and now I have to renew my relationship in the underworld."

Xia Shu stood up straight and looked down at him from above. "Let them die naked, is this your reward?" Yingcao covered her face with a veil and turned her head.

"You want to seek death?" Ye Sirui asked, "Yes, you want to worry about your mother Ding, but after three years, you can still go to Beijing to catch the exam. Are you going to kill yourself just because of this?"

Lu Hengli was smashed by them, stabbed by Xia Shu, and he remained calm when he listened to Ye Sirui's statement of the case. At this moment, the silence on his face finally broke, revealing a bitter expression, "Three years will be three years later, my lord, Do you know how many three years I have waited? How many three years have I lived?"

"If you can't wait any longer, it can only mean that you deserve it because you didn't pass the exam." Ye Sirui said sharply, "You're dead and done. Where do you put the academy's reputation? Where do you put Wu Shanzhang? Songhe Academy If the news spreads, what do you want your classmates to do!"

Lu Hengli's eyes were empty and confused.Ye Sirui said: "Brother Tianshu, take him back to the Yamen. Even if he dies, he should die on the execution ground."

After taking Lv Hengli into custody, listening to his confession, and pronouncing the verdict, Ye Sirui went to the Yuelai Inn to visit Mr. Wu Shanchang.

As a member of Songhe Academy, the story of a genius murderer has spread in Helin County. Wu Shanzhang seems to have aged more than ten years overnight, and his movements of getting up and saluting are much slower.

"Master Wu Shan," Ye Sirui bowed to him, "I'm sorry."

Wu Shanchang waved his hand, "It's only natural for my lord to avenge the people's grievances. He committed the crime himself, he committed the crime..." As he spoke, he couldn't help crying.

Ye Sirui supported his hand and sat down, "Master Wu Shan, those who are admitted in the imperial examination should be people with both ability and political integrity. Academy is a place for educating people. The most important thing in educating people is to cultivate morality. But blindly study the scriptures and do the postcards. The article puts the cart before the horse."

"You're right." Wu Shanchang sighed.

"I'm still planning to send my nephew to Songhe Academy. I'll be satisfied if he understands things and learns some ways of dealing with the world. Will Wu Shanchang accept him?"

He readily agreed, "My lord does not dislike it, of course I am willing."

"Lu Hengli reminded me." Ye Sirui said, "Children from poor families in the academy used to only have subsidies for winter clothes and extra meals. In the future, as long as they are admitted to the school, the fees for rushing to the exam will also be paid by them. The government is out."

Wu Shanchang stood up leaning on his cane, and solemnly bowed to him, "I thank you on behalf of the children in the academy."

Ye Sirui hurriedly helped him to sit down, "Wu Shan's words are serious."

When bidding farewell to Wu Shanchang, it was raining outside again, and Ye Sirui was at a loss when he saw a familiar blue carriage approaching, and the driver who was driving the carriage jumped out of the carriage wearing a straw hat.

"Why are you here?" Ye Sirui asked.

"Your boy said that you came here alone without an umbrella." Xia Shu said, the rain dripped down onto Ye Sirui from his hat, "Get in the car." He opened an oil-paper umbrella for him, and pulled him Go to the carriage.

"Why were you angry with me before?" Ye Sirui asked him.

Xia Shu helped him get into the carriage, jumped into the carriage himself, took the reins and turned the horse's head. "When have I ever been mad at you?"

The horseshoe clattered, pulling the carriage through the rain.