Dare to Live Up to the Country and Live Up to Your Honor Ⅰ

Gongsun Mingyue held the hands of the corpse and observed it carefully.

There are many calluses on her hands, but those calluses are almost all in the palms, which makes Gongsun Mingyue feel a little strange, there is some black powder in the nails, Gongsun Mingyue carefully peels it off on the white juan handkerchief, puts it in front of the nose and gently Sniffing lightly, there was a strong scent of sandalwood. He frowned slightly, and then carefully folded the Juanpa and put it into his sleeve.

Turning around to look at another corpse, this is a female corpse, about 40 years old, which can be seen from her clothing and skin texture, and this person does not have any superficial scars, everything looks They were all the same as her uncle's corpse, except that she had a faint scent of roses on her body. Even though she had been dead for many days, Gongsun Mingyue could smell this smell the moment she lifted the white cloth.

Gongsun Mingyue walked to the corpse of a child again, and his head was also beheaded. The method was so cruel that he had to clenched his fists to calm down the anger in his heart.

The child's body was a bit different from the adult's. Apart from the flesh turned out at the incision, there were many signs of abuse on his body, and his limbs were bruised and purple. It didn't look like it was caused in a day or two.

"How is the county magistrate treating his son?" Gongsun Mingyue asked the yamen servant behind him without looking back.

"It's so good, I'm afraid it will fall if I hold it in my hand, and I'm afraid it will melt if I hold it in my mouth." A yamen servant contended.

"Really?" Gongsun Mingyue asked a question, but he didn't expect anyone to answer it.

"Master Gongsun, is there... any problem?" A yamen servant behind him asked tentatively.

Gongsun Mingyue turned around curiously and looked at this yamen servant, looking left and right with flexible eyes, a faint shrewdness flashed in his eyes, it was not like an ordinary yamen servant, he pretended to ask casually: "What's your name?"

"My lord, the younger one is named Gui Rong, and everyone calls me Xiao Rong." Gui Rong said with her head bowed.

"Xiao Rong, isn't it?" Gongsun Mingyue turned around and walked out the door, as if she was not interested in his face that was lowered and invisible, "I will definitely say things that can be said, but how can I say things that cannot be said?" What about talking nonsense? I hope you will never forget this point."

"Xiao Rong understands." The corner of Gui Rong's mouth twitched slightly, making a weak contemptuous sound.

Leaving the morgue, Gongsun Mingyue went straight to the Yamen. A country cannot live without a king, and a city cannot live without a king. No matter what, he must be at peace, and must not cause more panic because of this incident.

It shouldn't be a problem for me to be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and temporarily act as the county magistrate, but the court will send someone down after all, and I don't know when there will be a response to the [-]-mile rush sent out yesterday.

Gongsun Mingyue sat in the hall and asked the servants to invite all the dignitaries in the city. He wanted to start with these people first, maybe he could open a breakthrough.

"If the most intelligent person in this dynasty investigates the murder of the county magistrate, he will definitely be able to find out the truth of the case as soon as possible."

"Yes, this is really the good fortune of our Tianshui Town."

"Master Gongsun, you must stay in Tianshui Town and be worshiped by the people of Tianshui Town."

……

Gongsun Mingyue looked at the flattering people below, and he felt annoyed in his heart. When these people can truly understand the suffering of the people, there will be a lot less man-made disasters in the world. It's a pity that they don't care about other people's lives except for flattering .

"Okay, stop talking." Seeing their endless twittering, Gongsun Mingyue couldn't help but raise her voice, and sure enough, everyone was silenced, and the hall was suddenly silent.

"You all know why I came here today, right?" Gongsun Mingyue stood up and walked among them.

A middle-aged man with bald hair and a slightly fat body stood up and said with a smile, "Lord Gongsun must be doing it for the county magistrate."

This man is the owner of Fuji Rice Shop in the city, named Qiu Fu, usually domineering, and in Yurou Township, this time Gongsun Mingyue brought him here by the way, just to find a reason to punish him.

"It seems that Boss Qiu knows the inside story?" Gongsun Mingyue looked at him playfully and asked curiously.

"I heard that the county magistrate offended the ghosts, and those lonely and wild ghosts came to pester them, which would lead to murder. Moreover, he indirectly brought the ghosts to Tianshui Town. Everyone dare not go out after dark. It is." Qiu Fu said mysteriously, as if he had seen those ghosts before.

"Come on, put Qiu Fu in prison." Gongsun Mingyue said sharply suddenly.

The yamen servants immediately set up Qiu Fu, Qiu Fu stared blankly at all this, and asked inexplicably, "Why arrest me?"

"You're here to confuse the crowd, if you don't arrest who will you arrest? Pull him down." Gongsun Mingyue waved his hand, and the servants dragged Qiu Fu away amidst Qiu Fu's heart-piercing yells.

"Lord Gongsun, he has something to do with being in the capital." Boss Meng of Mengji Silk and Satin Shop stood up, carefully observed Gongsun Mingyue's face, and then said lightly.

"Why, Boss Meng thinks that Gongsun Mingyue will be afraid?" Gongsun Mingyue glanced at him and chuckled, "What if there is a relationship, so what if there is a backer, can it be bigger than the current emperor?"

Boss Meng hurriedly said: "Of course not, of course not." As he spoke, he backed up to the edge of the chair, sat down slowly on the chair, raised his right hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead without any trace.

"Is there anyone else to talk about?" Gongsun Mingyue turned her head and stopped looking at him, but asked everyone.

Everyone, look at me and I look at you. I can't figure out the nature of this Lord Gongsun, so I dare not speak.

"How about this, since you are all polite, let's each write their own." Gongsun Mingyue raised his hand to his subordinates, and the subordinates brought up the pens, inks, papers and inkstones that had been prepared. Gongsun Mingyue pointed to these things and said, " Just write down what kind of person Lin County Magistrate is in your eyes, and who do you think will do this? Remember I don’t want to see someone write about ghosts again, understand?”

As soon as the words fell, the pens, inks, papers and inkstones were neatly placed in front of everyone. Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to write. Gongsun Mingyue looked at all this and smiled slightly: "Xiao Rong, I think these people are so If they don’t know how to flatter them, how about we lock them up for ten days and half a month?”

"This..." Xiao Rong smiled awkwardly, standing there at a loss.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Xiaorong, with deep displeasure in their eyes, Gongsun Mingyue watched all this silently, and understood a little bit in her heart.

"Master Gongsun, they will definitely write, they will definitely write, give them more time." Xiao Rong's pale face looked particularly comfortable to Gongsun Mingyue.

I don't know whether Gongsun Mingyue's words are deterrent or Xiaorong's words are effective. After being polite to each other, these dignitaries began to write quickly. Gongsun Mingyue looked at all this and couldn't help showing a smile.

……

When Gongsun Mingyue returned to his uncle's mansion when it was getting dark, he had to take a good look at what these people wrote during the day, maybe he could find some clues.

"Master Gongsun really forgot to sleep and eat to solve the case." Suddenly a familiar voice came from the back room.

Gongsun Mingyue stood up and said unhappily: "You don't know this is my bedroom? How can you come in and out casually?"

Pang Ce slowly walked out of the darkness, playing with Gongsun Mingyue's official seal in his hand, and said with a smile: "Master Gongsun, if you put your official seal under the window sill of the bedroom in such a majestic way, you are not afraid that it will be broken." Was it stolen?"

Gongsun Mingyue walked forward quickly, snatched the official seal from him, and said with a sideways glance, "Do you think everyone is like you? A good person would become a ghost instead of being a good person?"

"If I were a ghost, Lord Gongsun might not have a chance to argue with me at this moment." Pang Ce sat down at his desk with a smile, picked up the papers full of words on the table and flipped through them, " Are these people talking nonsense?"

"What's the matter with you? Don't you know that it is extremely impolite to flip through other people's things without the owner's consent? Didn't your parents teach you about this?" Gongsun Mingyue said from Pang Ce's hands. He snatched the paper, this guy is real, he hates other people flipping through his stuff, especially being flipped by an annoying person.

Pang Ce simply sat down, sighed, and said, "Oh, some people will repay their kindness with revenge, and they are also very rude to their own savior."

"What kind of lifesaver?" When it came to what happened last night, Gongsun Mingyue was naturally not happy. She was thrown on the ground like a chicken twisted by him in such a state of embarrassment, and she hadn't settled with him yet. What did you say, the savior.

"Forget it, since you don't remember it, forget it. I don't bother to talk to you." Ponce stood up and looked around the room, and asked suspiciously, "I just want to get back the clothes you wore this morning, but I I searched around and couldn't find it, where did you put it?"

"A ragged piece of clothing, what about it?" Gongsun Mingyue looked at him mockingly as he walked towards the bed. He remembered that he put the piece of clothing beside the bed when he came back this morning, but it is obviously gone now. .

Gongsun Mingyue threw all the quilts on the bed on the ground, and almost tore the bed down, but still couldn't find it. What's going on?

"No, I put it here? Didn't you see it?" Gongsun Mingyue asked Pang Ce in turn, making Pang Ce dumbfounded.

"Master Gongsun, this should be what I want to ask you. How come you are asking me?" Pang Ce smiled wryly, and stood beside Gongsun Mingyue.

"But I clearly remembered it and put it here, no, wait..." Gongsun Mingyue seemed to suddenly think of something, he immediately opened the door and ran out.

Pang Ce couldn't help shaking his head, and sat down on a chair beside him. This is the dignified servant of the Ministry of Rites. Even such a careless guy can solve strange cases repeatedly. It seems that his brain is used to solve cases. Other things Regardless.