Warm fragrance cloud around

Lin Junnuan was a little puzzled: "Didn't you investigate the source of the poison before?"

"I have asked several imperial physicians, including the old imperial physician Feng who has the deepest research on poisons in the imperial hospital, and they all said that they have never heard of this poison."

"Have you checked the old case? Has there been a similar poisoning case before?"

"After checking the old case files in the capital for the past two years, I found no similar case." Cheng Jiangyun lowered his eyelids and raised his voice slightly: "It seems that we have to investigate earlier, and now I don't know if we can recruit people."

Lin Junnuan leaned back on the chair and yawned lazily: "To be honest, I've always been curious about what the people in Dali Temple are up to. Why haven't you seen any of your subordinates before?" ?”

"Investigating and adjudicating cases, there are a lot of errands," Cheng Jiangyun pretended to look away inadvertently, "It's you, the dignified and sincere eldest lady of the uncle's mansion, who hangs out all day, and uncle doesn't care about you?"

Lin Junnuan's smile froze slightly, and he turned his head and muttered in a low voice, "I don't care who I came out for, I don't know good people."

Cheng Jiangyun didn't want to ask her the truth, but it was getting late outside, but Lin Junnuan didn't seem to have any plans to go back home. He opened his lips and wanted to say something, but finally he didn't speak.

Lin Junnuan quickly waved his hand to change the subject: "Don't say that these things are gone, where are the materials of the old case, let's investigate quickly."

"Dali Temple only keeps a small number of serious case files, and most of the others are stored in the warehouse of Jingzhao Mansion."

"Then let's look at the part of Dali Temple first," Lin Junnuan said casually, suddenly realizing that something was wrong, isn't she being a little too active now, turning her back on customers?Ever since she was exposed as a woman disguised as a man, but Cheng Shaoqing was still willing to let her investigate the case together, she seemed to let herself go a little bit.

Fortunately, Cheng Jiangyun didn't care about these details, nodded in agreement, and took her to the warehouse where the files were stored in Dali Temple.

At the door of the warehouse, Lin Junnuan's expression slightly twisted: "The warehouse is an important place, isn't it good for me to just go in so casually?"

"I just thought of this now? It's too late!" Cheng Jiangyun slightly lowered his head towards her, with a faint smile on his face, and his voice was extremely low: "What you should know and what you shouldn't know, you know now, don't worry, once If I find out that you have a problem, I will never let you go easily."

Lin Junnuan took two steps back like a frightened rabbit, and said haha ​​in a rough voice: "My old secrets have been exposed by Lord Shaoqing, what else can I ask, hehe, investigate the case, investigate the case!" Voice Before falling, he rushed into the warehouse first.

Cheng Jiangyun looked at her fleeing back, and the expression on his face gradually became cold.Except for Miss Lin's identity, he still doesn't know anything about Lin Junnuan, why she is so keen on investigating the case, why she is so well informed, what relationship does she have with A Hua, what is her mind at a young age So deep, how did she form her seemingly enthusiastic but indifferent personality...

The most difficult thing for him to let go was the poem that Lin Junnuan murmured in his mouth that night in Jianyuanhou's mansion when Lin Junnuan burst into tears after being drunk.

Where is the hometown, forget unless drunk.

As far as he knew, the Chengyi House had settled in the capital three generations ago and had never moved outside. Where was the hometown she mentioned?

If he followed his previous behavior style, he would never put such a person with doubts around him, but he didn't know when, he gradually had a kind of expectation in his heart, looking forward to hearing the answer from her himself one day.

***

What Dali Temple keeps are relatively influential criminal and prison files from all over the country, which are displayed in chronological order, but they do not specifically classify the cases, which greatly increases the difficulty of their investigation.

The two started to check this year's file, and then slowly moved forward. The file that one person checked was put aside first, and then the other person quickly checked it again. Although the speed was a bit slower, it could avoid any omissions as much as possible.

Although Lin Junnuan no longer has any obstacles in reading traditional Chinese characters, his eyes still hurt from tiredness after reading the files for half an hour. In addition, the sky is getting late, the light of the candles used for lighting is dim, and the warehouse has not been cleaned for many days. Most of the files and books were piled up with a not-so-thin layer of dust, and if you moved a little too much, your face would be covered, and the feeling was not to mention uncomfortable.

Flipping the booklet in his hand to the end, Lin Junnuan sneezed loudly, and said weakly: "Cheng Shaoqing, can you ask a few people to come in and read it together? With so many files, we both have to see what year and month we will go." !"

Cheng Jiangyun didn't turn his head back, but shook his head slightly: "No, the more people there are, the more complicated their hands are, and the more likely they are to miss clues."

At least let the guards rule out other cases that are obviously not poisonous killings. Lin Junnuan curled her lips in dissatisfaction. Taking advantage of the dim light, she couldn't see clearly, rolled her eyes at him several times, and rubbed against the chair a few times. Moving to Cheng Jiangyun's side, a sly smile appeared on his face.

"Tell me the truth, Cheng Shaoqing, did the people in Dali Temple bully you for being young and refuse to obey your discipline?"

Cheng Jiangyun pretended not to see her smirk, raised the file in his hand and spread it out in front of her, nodding: "Look here."

Lin Junnuan looked over curiously. What was recorded in the file was a massacre that happened in the suburbs of Beijing two years ago. A family of five were hacked to death overnight with a kitchen knife. The murderer was their neighbor. He didn't hide it, and when he was discovered the next day, he even leisurely burned his blood-stained clothes at the door of his house.

Cheng Jiangyun's hand was pointing at the murderer's confession letter. The murderer claimed that it was all because of the gossip of the deceased's family, which ruined his family's reputation and killed him in anger because his two daughters could not be married.

Lin Junnuan: "..."

So what did he mean by showing her the case?Let her mind her own business and stop gossiping?

I really didn't expect this Cheng Shaoqing to be a master of insinuations, but does this also mean that she poked his sore spot?Forget it, people are hard to tear down.

Lin Junnuan raised her eyebrows, and gave him a knowing smile, which made Cheng Jiangyun baffled.

"Did you see it?"

"I saw it, I saw it, don't worry, I won't say anything, I won't say anything." Lin Junnuan raised his finger and crossed his mouth, and continued to smile.

Cheng Jiangyun asked "Is this person stupid", and then nodded heavily on the file: "This is what I want you to see!"

Lin Junnuan turned his head to look over, he was referring to the part where the murderer stated the reason for the murder.

The murderer's name was Ding San. Five years ago (from the Miemen case), he accidentally rescued Concubine Liu while chopping firewood. Concubine Liu gave him 100 taels of silver as a thank you gift. A few acres of fertile land were jealously arranged by two neighbor women, saying that the money to buy the land was earned by his two daughters hooking up with men.

Rumors spread all over the surrounding villages, and the reputation of the daughters was completely ruined. There were even hooligans who openly molested them in broad daylight. The villagers also said that it was their own fault, and no one was willing to help.Ding San was originally a bit weak-tempered, but that night when he heard the neighbor's stinky woman chewing her tongue and swearing at her, the anger accumulated for several years erupted overnight, which made him kill people.

"Is there... is there any problem here?" Lin Junnuan asked puzzledly.

"You don't know who Prince Consort Liu is?"

Lin Junnuan shook his head blankly.

"How many sons-in-law are there seven years ago?" Cheng Jiangyun sighed helplessly: "The son-in-law Liu is the son-in-law of Princess Anhua, the father of Princess Jiayi, who passed away unexpectedly seven years ago." Miss is well informed, and now she is being slapped in the face.

Lin Junnuan turned her head, pursed her lips and smiled dryly: "Hey, that's it, so, what happened to Concubine Liu?" Seven years ago, she was still young, and she was using the contacts left by her grandfather to start a business. The silver is the biggest, how can anyone recognize a princess consort.

"According to the time, this Ding San saved Concubine Liu seven years ago, which coincides with the time Concubine Liu passed away."

Lin Junnuan still didn't figure it out: "So what?"

"Liu Concubine... the reputation is not very good. He has a very arrogant personality and looks down on poor servants. He is not a person who knows how to repay his kindness. Even if Ding San has saved his life, it is unlikely that he will give him 100 taels as a reward." Xie Li, there must be some reason we don't know about this, maybe... related to his death."

Lin Junnuan finally became surprised: "Could it be that Concubine Liu didn't die normally, but was murdered?"

"Not sure." Cheng Jiangyun put down the file in his hand, walked towards the shelf where the materials from seven years ago were placed, and explained to her: "I only remember that he died very suddenly at that time, but the cause of death was deliberately suppressed." Come down, there is not even a little wind leaking outside."

Lin Junnuan also walked over to help him find it: "In what month did Concubine Liu pass away?"

"I don't remember clearly, let's have a look."

"Ah, I found it!"

Lin Junnuan was very lucky this time, and found the relevant records after only looking through three books.

However, there is only one short line in the record about Consort Liu's death: "Sudden death in the middle of the night, the cause of death is unknown, please follow the above description, press the button to not investigate."

"That case alarmed the emperor?" Lin Junnuan raised his head to look at Cheng Jiangyun, his expression gradually became solemn.

Cheng Jiangyun took the booklet, flipped through it twice, made sure there were no other records, and then said: "After all, he is the son-in-law of the eldest princess, and the emperor should be concerned about the progress of the case, but..."

"But what?"

"The current Holy Majesty is not a faint-hearted person. It is impossible to know that the case is suspicious and prevent Dali Temple from investigating unless—"

Lin Junnuan said the following words for him: "Unless the emperor knows the truth, and this truth will damage the face of the royal family."

Cheng Jiangyun nodded slowly, his face darkened.

"Or to put it more directly," Lin Junnuan took a deep breath, "The emperor realized that Princess Anhua was responsible for the death of Concubine Liu, so he suppressed the case for her, isn't that true?"

"What is the emperor's intention, I don't want to speculate, I'm afraid this case really has something to do with Princess Anhua." Cheng Jiangyun lowered his head slightly.

"And look at these two sentences." Lin Junnuan clicked the line, "'Sudden death in the middle of the night, the cause of death is unknown', this 'cause of death is unknown' is very interesting."

The two looked at each other and saw a similar light in each other's eyes.

"poison!"