Ministers made me a male queen

Tao Wuzuo and the others quickly began to investigate and pulled out a ghost needle grass as a evidence. Jiao Yun followed them back to the city after a while, because it was the first day with him, Master Hou understood that he was young, because he was delayed for a long time on the way, When we returned to the city, it was almost dark.

Master Hou asked Jiao Yun to go back first, and he can arrive later tomorrow morning and then not later.

Jiao Yun knew that Master Hou was understanding that tomorrow would be Nie Xiaobai's first day at the academy, so he agreed to take his leave, and when he returned to the booth, Wanniang and Nie Baichang were waiting there, seeing his eyes light up, they hurried over.

The small vendors around were curious, "Hey, where did Brother Yun go? Why didn't you come back?"

At noon, I thought brother Yun was going to deliver food, but he didn't come back all afternoon.

Jiao Yun smiled and said nothing, Wanniang knew she would say it sooner or later, and she held Jiao Yun's shoulders: "A few days ago, this child occasionally showed some talent when he went to the yamen, and was favored by Mr. Tao. I was able to stay with Mr. Tao as an apprentice, and I am afraid that I will have to learn from Mr. Tao in the future."

The small vendors around were shocked: "What?" Brother Yun was accepted as an apprentice by Mr. Tao?

This... what a great thing!

"It's just that brother Yun is younger? Didn't the lady of the Jiao family say she was only seven or eight years old?"

"No, didn't you say that you are eight years old, and your ninth birthday is coming?"

"It's not about age now, is it? I haven't heard that Mr. Tao accepts apprentices? If I had known earlier, we would have sent myself there too."

"What are you thinking? Is it possible to enter the Yamen if you want to? Didn't you hear that you have to be assessed by Master Hou, and you can only break the rules if you pass? Brother Yun can read and write. I'm afraid this is the time for your family. Are you still playing with mud?"

"Bah! My house is like yours, isn't it?"

"..."

Wanniang didn't say any more, and quickly left Changyang County in a bullock cart with her two children.

But on the way back, the old man who drove the ox cart was also very surprised, but he didn't ask any more questions. He became more and more concerned about this customer. This little lady can send one child to the academy and one to the county government, just because of her courage and opportunity , I am afraid that it will not be easy in the future.

The three of Wanniang rested after returning. Early in the morning, Wanniang didn't plan to set up a stall today. She came together early and took out the Qingjin that had been washed and dried.

Nie Baichang came out in Qingjin, nervous and uneasy, but when he really came out, he straightened his back, looked at Wanniang and Jiao Yun who was standing next to her, the corners of his eyes were a little wet, but he held back, just took two steps back and walked towards They bowed deeply, then raised their heads with smiles on their small faces: "Aunt Wanniang, brother Yun..." He will do his best to learn in the academy, and he will be able to protect them for the rest of their lives in the future.

Jiao Yun looked at Nie Xiaobai, who was serious like a little old man, and stepped forward to pinch his face, "Nie Xiaobai, you are here again, be careful when you go to the academy, go to the hall, don't be more like a master than a master! ,Hahaha……"

Wanniang slapped him hard and did not slap him again: "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't go change your clothes yet. When you finish delivering Bo Geer, you should go to the yamen to report."

Jiao Yun rubbed the back of his head, and made a face at Nie Baichang: Mother is so fierce.

Nie Baichang couldn't hold it back, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, then immediately put on a tight face, pretending to be an adult, and finally couldn't hold back being teased by Jiao Yun again.

Wanniang brought Jiao Yun and Nie Baichang to Changyang Academy again after an hour, because the rest had long since ended, so there was no one outside the courtyard gate at this time.

Only the man Jiao Yun had seen before was sweeping the floor, but this time he started from the bottom step up.

The opponent didn't raise his head, Jiao Yun thought of the opponent's move when he came over last time, so he looked at this person more.

When it was delivered to the door, the gatekeeper had already been ordered. Seeing the green skirt on Nie Baichang's body, he moved his jaw and head away, but only let one person in.

Nie Baichang didn't move, but looked back at Jiao Yun.

Jiao Yun smiled at him, "When you come to the stall at noon tomorrow, we will see you. Don't forget what you promised me, go quickly."

It was the first time in a long time that Nie Baichang had been separated from them for such a long time. Even though he had thought about it for several days, at this moment, he was still a little panicked, grabbed Jiao Yun's sleeve and lowered his eyes without speaking.

Jiao Yun squeezed his fingers: "Okay, I'll turn around from the Yamen in the evening to see if you're okay? Be good, don't make the head of the mountain wait in a hurry."

Nie Baichang's eyes turned red, and he thought for a while: "It's too late, let's forget it." Although he wanted Brother Yun to come over, he was afraid of causing him trouble.

Jiao Yun snorted and shook his head: "That's it, I'm going to the yamen quickly, let's go." Go ahead and push Nie Baichang into the door.

Nie Baichang took two steps forward, and when he turned around, he saw Jiao Yun and Wanniang waving at him with smiles on their faces.

The gatekeeper immediately closed the door.

When the door was closed, Jiao Yun and Wanniang glanced at each other, looking at the closed courtyard door, they were really... not used to it, and couldn't bear it.

During this period of time, the child who has been by my side although he doesn't talk much but is extremely obedient, will only see him once a day.

Although reluctant, Nie Xiaobai still wants to go to the academy.

Wanniang and Jiao Yun walked slowly because they were reluctant.

As for Nie Baichang, who was inside the door, the moment the door closed, he couldn't help but take two steps forward, his palms pressed against the inner door, his eyes were a little red, but in the end, he still turned his head and left.

When Jiao Yun and Wanniang went down two or three steps, the man just swept down one or two steps.

The man was probably afraid of blocking their way, so he stopped and stepped aside, his eyes were lowered the whole time, the long hair covering his face drooped down, almost blocking his entire face from one side, and he couldn't see the emotions on his face.

It's just that the man's hand holding the big broom is big, with thick phalanges, plus the trick he saw last time, he's undoubtedly a good practicer.

Presumably the boxing skills are also top-notch.

When Jiao Yun came down to the same step, he couldn't help turning his head to look at him suddenly. Because his head was low, he raised his head and just saw the man's entire face. When he saw this, he was stunned. The last time he saw the man, he He kept his head down and could see the front, but the faces on both sides were blocked by the loose hair. Now, because he looked at it from this close-in angle, the man's head was lowered, and the hair on both sides originally covered the sides of his face. It also fell into the void, revealing the position of the opponent's right face. From the base of the ear to the chin on one side, there was a long scar.

When he looked over, he happened to meet the man who also looked over, and Jiao Yun was only stunned for a moment when he saw it, and then he smiled obediently at the man.

The man froze for a moment, his body froze, and when he realized something, he quickly turned his head and turned his face to the right to prevent him from seeing the scar on his right cheek.

It's just that at that moment, he was sure that the child had seen it, but he didn't scream.

Jiao Yun didn't know it before, but now that he knows why the other party avoids people, he doesn't stare at him anymore. He followed Wan Niang up and down the stairs. When he first reached the middle step, he looked down and saw the person below who didn't know when to come. I met three or four people, and they all knew each other.

Jiao Yun stopped, and tugged on Wanniang's sleeve, "Mother, it's Mr. Hou and the others."

Wanniang looked in surprise, and hurriedly blessed her body, and stepped aside, not understanding why Master Hou and the others would come to the academy.

Jiao Yun originally wanted to go to the county government office, so he just happened to be able to follow, but what is the good-looking adult doing here?

Lord Hou and the others obviously saw Jiao Yun and the others, and when they got closer, Lord Hou nodded at Wanniang, and then waved his hand at Jiao Yun.Jiao Yun bid farewell to Wanniang and followed, but as he got closer to the academy, the strange thought that came to him became stronger and stronger.

It was just found out yesterday that the nameless corpse might be related to medicinal herbs, but now they came here, either there is a new case, or... It is very likely that the murderer they found may be related to the academy?

For some reason, the man with the scar on his face just now flashed in Jiao Yun's mind, probably thinking too much?

The man was a handyman in the academy. He scanned from bottom to top, and when he was about to scan from top to bottom again, he saw Master Hou and the others.

The man stepped aside, Master Hou also brought two yamen servants, dressed in errand service, the man didn't think much about it, he just regarded them as errands.

The courtyard door knocked quickly, and the gatekeeper opened it soon. Seeing Master Hou, he hurriedly saluted: "Caomin has seen you."

Lord Hou stood there expressionless, rather majestic, with a cold face: "Is there a man in your academy who has a scar on his face and is called Liang Da? His real name may not be that."

The gatekeeper was stunned for a moment before he realized it. He quickly responded, poked his head out, and moved towards the man who had already begun to sweep down when he heard Lord Hou's words and stopped moving in a daze. You!" Looking back, he smiled at Master Hou, "Master, that is Liang Da, he has a scar on his face, he should be the person you are looking for."

Lord Hou and the others turned around and looked at the man expressionlessly. Jiao Yun stood in the outermost corner, frowning and looking down the stage a few steps away, only a man with top hair could be seen.

It can't be such a coincidence, can it?It turned out that he really came to look for him, and he wondered if he was a crow's mouth, thinking of something bad.

The man squeezed the big broom tightly in his hand, then let go, walked up a few steps, and kept his head down: "My lord, Caomin is Liang Da. I don't know if Caomin committed a crime?"

It is not a good thing for people from the yamen to find them.

Master Hou looked at him, and then looked down. There were traders who looked over frequently, because there was no conclusive evidence and it was just an inquiry stage. They also turned around in case they would wrong someone, "You come in with me."

A group of people went to Shanzhang's study, Shanzhang hurried over when he got the news, and when he saw that Liang Da was unclear, he said, "My lord, this Liang Da...has committed a crime?"

Mr. Hou sat on the seat, and when the head of the mountain arrived, he began to ask, but he was afraid of the trouble and had to explain it again when he took the person away, "Liang Da, I want to ask you, you saw it 20 days ago on March 27." who?"

Liang Da had been standing aside with his eyes downcast. Hearing this, his body froze, and the hand hanging by his side clenched a little bit: "Caomin didn't see anyone."

The head of the mountain also frowned, and the gatekeeper also came. Hearing this, he took one more look at Liang Da and didn't dare to say anything.

Lord Hou caught this glance and looked at the gatekeeper: "March 27, do you remember that day? Is he in the academy?"

The gatekeeper took a careful look at the head of the mountain, and replied anxiously: "Report to the lord, the villain... remember."

Lord Hou narrowed his eyes: "Oh? Why do you remember it so clearly?"

After all, it was just an ordinary day, and it was not a holiday. If I remembered it so clearly, it seemed that something really happened that day.

The gatekeeper hesitated, but still replied: "Because the academy is usually closed, students will not be let out of the academy until noon or in the evening, and there are no people at other times. Usually, Liang Hui comes at a fixed time. Cleaning, the reason why I can remember that day clearly is that someone... came to look for Liang Da."

Not only did he find it, but in order to ask him to tell Liang Da in the courtyard, he also gave him broken silver.

The gatekeeper didn't dare to mention this, and knelt in the corner with his head down, not daring to raise his head.

Master Hou frowned: "Who is it that came to find Liang Da?"

The gatekeeper thought about it carefully: "He is a man in his thirties. He is a bit tall, but he is not as tall as Liang. He is half a head lower. He is dressed in expensive clothes. I can't remember anything else."

Master Hou fell silent after the gatekeeper finished speaking. He looked expressionlessly at Liang Da who was standing beside him with his eyes downcast: "Don't you want to say something?"

It took a long time for Liang Da to speak in a hoarse voice: "Responding to your lord's words, that day... I met an old friend, exactly the one he mentioned."

Lord Hou: "Where did you go after seeing him? Did you go out of the city in the evening? Did you go to see him?"

Liang Da probably sensed something was wrong, and looked up: "My lord, but what's the matter? That man... But what happened? The other day he came to discuss something with me, but I didn't agree. He asked me to meet him after dark. We met at a place outside the city, I thought about it all afternoon, and decided to go to see him, but I refused, but I didn't see anyone at the agreed place, and then I came back alone."

Master Hou looked at Liang Da for a long time after listening.

Jiao Yun heard it from beginning to end, and had a bad feeling.

Since Mr. Hou and the others searched the pharmacies in the county one by one according to the herbs they found yesterday, the fifth body died between half a month and a month ago. Depending on the height or other things, some pharmacies probably really remembered it.

Or know Liang Da from the mouth of the deceased.

The deceased found Liang Da on the same day, and then asked Liang Da to go out of the city. Liang Da had two possibilities at this time. He had a grudge with the deceased, so he went to the meeting place and killed the deceased after a dispute; He left after not seeing the deceased, but the place where the incident happened is remote and there is no one there. It is true that he went out of the city, and that he has been to that place. If it cannot be proved that he really did not kill anyone, then the real murderer is perfect in setting the blame.

It was too long to judge the exact time of death.

The deceased came to Liang Da again before his death.

Mr. Hou obviously thought the same as Jiao Yun, so when he found Liang Da, he still didn't take him to the county government in front of outsiders.

Master Hou sighed: "A few days ago, someone found the body of a man who had been dead for many days in a forest outside the city next to a deserted pond. Because the body was seriously damaged, half of it was turned into bones, and his identity and face could not be discerned. Still lying in the county office. Now it is confirmed that this person was the one who was killed after seeing you for the last time 20 days ago."

Even though Liang Da had expected it but actually heard it, he still raised his eyes suddenly, and then clenched the hand hanging by his side.

Release again.

After repeating this several times, he took a deep breath: "Your Excellency suspects... Cao Min is the murderer?"

Lord Hou: "Unless you can prove that the deceased was not dead when a third person saw you leave that night."

Otherwise, he can only be the first suspect.

Or... find another suspect who may have had a vendetta against the deceased and killed him.

Liang Da fell silent, lowered his head, and did not speak for a long time.

Lord Hou: "I can ask, what is the real identity of the deceased? Why did he come to you?"

Liang Da still lowered his eyes and did not speak.

Master Hou: "If you don't tell me, your suspicion will be even more irrefutable."

Jiao Yun also kept looking at Liang Da, and he also had a headache. This man's skill and he may be the last person to see the deceased before his death. If there is a big and deep-seated contradiction... then it is really...

When Liang Da finally opened his mouth, Jiao Yun realized that he was right. He and the deceased really had... a big enmity.

Liang Da's real name is Liang Yuding, and he originally lived in Qingzhou Mansion, which is several days away from Changyang County. Give him what he has learned, so he is very strong in martial arts.

The old master has an only son, Liang Zou, who is only two years younger than Liang Yuding. Although he is good at martial arts, he is not as talented as Liang Yuding. Although his martial arts are good, he is not as good as Liang Yuding.

The Liang family has a very good family friend who is in the herbal medicine business. There is a pair of children, Min Zhihang and Min Yuying, who almost grew up with Liang Zouliang Yuding as childhood sweethearts.

Liang Yuding has a very good relationship with them, and he and Liang Zou Ruoguan have a crush on Min Yuying.

The old master didn't favor any one, and didn't take this matter seriously. It was just that once the old master had an accident with a dart, his health soon became weak, he fell into a coma, and he didn't leave a will to whom to hand over the darts.

It stands to reason that Liang Zou is his own son, but Liang Yuding's contributions to the escort industry over the years are very popular.

Liang Yuding didn't intend to rob Liang Zou, he originally wanted to wait for the old master to get better before making it clear.

As a result, Min Yuying expressed her heart to Liang Yuding at that time.

Before Liang Yuding answered, he overheard that Liang Zou rushed out to fight Liang Yuding, whoever lost would leave the escort company and give up Min Yuying.

Liang Zou used brotherhood to force Liang Yuding to agree.

Liang Yuding didn't intend to ask for an escort service, but he was also sincere to Min Yuying, and he was afraid that someone would dissatisfy Liang Zou if he just let him go out, so he planned to release the water at that time.

He and Min Yuying were originally in love with each other, and when the time comes, they can make it clear and propose marriage.

It's just that Liang Yuding didn't expect that the night before the duel, Min Yuying's brother Min Zhixing drugged the drink he drank during the heart-to-heart talk. The next day, he not only lost to Liang Zou, but was also disabled by Liang Zou. , and ruined the face.

Because of the debt to the Liang family, Liang Yuding did not say anything about the despicable and shameless things Liang Zou and Min Zhixing did.

Min Yuying got engaged to Liang Zou after Liang Yuding disfigured Liang Zou and inherited the escort business. Liang Yuding later went to see Min Yuying and gave up.Not long after Liang's old master passed away, on the day of Min Yuying's marriage to Liang and Zou, he left his hometown and never set foot in Qingzhou mansion again.

This happened ten years ago. Unexpectedly, 20 days ago, Min Zhixing suddenly found him.

The deceased was Min Zhixing.

Liang Yuding didn't know the situation of the bodyguard business these years until ten years later. After Liang Zou took over, the bodyguard business was not as good as the year after year. What's more, when he was out of the bodyguard half a year ago, he was attacked by bandits and injured his leg and couldn't walk. Xingyan looked at the head of the house who couldn't support it.

Liang Zou thought of him, the righteous brother who was driven away, and asked Min Zhixing to come and find him.

Liang Da lowered his eyes, and mentioned the name in the past again. He originally thought that he could not remember it long ago, but he did not expect it to be very clear.

"...I was very surprised when he came to me suddenly. He asked me to do darts, but I refused. I have been living in seclusion for many years, and I have long been accustomed to such an ordinary life. He didn't give up, and gave me an afternoon to think about it. I went to meet him outside the city after dark. I didn’t want to see him, but before he left, he said something, I thought about it all afternoon, and finally decided to go see him and refuse.”

Master Hou rubbed his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

Liang Dahang's hand hanging by his side slowly clenched again: "He said that the dystocia was gone when Mei Ying gave birth to her second child a year ago, so that I should at least go back to burn incense sticks. I thought about it all afternoon, but decided not to go back. "If he goes back, he can't change anything. He knows that brother-in-law too well. Now he is in a difficult situation. He calls him back, but once the crisis of the escort company is over, his brother-in-law will still be suspicious, thinking that he will work in the escort company." idea.

What's more... Ten years ago, he was not so magnanimous to take the revenge of disfiguring his sweetheart.

What Liang Da didn't expect was that Min Zhixing died.

At that time, he thought that the other party regretted it, and he didn't see Min Zhixing in the county for the next two days, and since no one came to find him, he thought that the other party had left.

Jiao Yun kept looking at Liang Da when he was talking. When he recalled, his eyes were turned to the left, and he was really recalling. Of course, the other party may have pretended well.

It's just that if he didn't do it ten years ago because of nostalgia and repaying the Liang family's adoption, it doesn't make sense to suddenly kill him ten years later.

But the question is, who killed Min Zhixing.

In this county where Min Zhixing had hardly been to, whoever had a grudge against him enough to kill him would still think that Liang Da could be blamed if the incident really happened.

The other party was so clear, probably because he knew Min Zhixing's whereabouts very well.