Lord Jinyiwei

Liang Si was alarmed and raised his eyes. Guo Sheng stood at the door, his eyes trembling and his face pale.

Liang Si stepped forward to hold his hand, and said softly, "My condolences."

Guo Shenghui held his hand, trying to suppress the shock in his heart.

After examining the corpse, Wu Zuo said, "The corpse should have died at Zishi. There are thirteen wounds on the body, respectively in the lower abdomen, waist, thighs, chest, and back. Among them, there are two wounds on the chest, three wounds on the waist, and three wounds on the lower abdomen. , four wounds on his thighs, and one on his back. But what was really fatal was the wound on his back, which penetrated deep into the veins of his heart, and he lost a lot of blood to death."

Ji Tong pondered: "The murderer is not strong, and he is not good at using the knife. He often misses the position of aiming. It took [-] stabs before he stabbed the person to death."

The crowd did not speak.

Ji Tong rubbed his chin and said again: "It should be a scholar! Someone immediately sealed off the inn and informed Honglu Temple to bring back all the Jinshi living in the Hongda inn."

Yamen servants take orders.

Ji Tong looked at Guo Sheng and smiled obsequiously: "Do you want to go with Yu Shi?"

Liang Si nodded on his behalf.

Everyone went to Hongda Inn again, and Ji Tong ordered the shopkeeper to tell the whole story in detail.

The shopkeeper said: "Master Guan, all the Jinshi went out early yesterday morning. I heard that they went to the Imperial College to pick up the Jinshi scarves and go to the banquet at the Ministry of Rites. They didn't come back until the end of the unitary hour, because they were beaten soon after. At the first watch, it was lively and noisy for about half an hour, and then it became quiet, and they also said that they would go to Honglu Temple to study today, so they dared not sleep late."

Jitong asked, "Did you hear any noise that night?"

The shopkeeper shook his head.

Ji Tong snapped: "A person died, you didn't hear anything?!"

The shopkeeper trembled, and said anxiously: "My lord, my room is in the backyard, far away from those Jinshi, and I really can't hear anything. Why don't you ask those Jinshi, what should they be able to hear if they are close. "

The shopkeeper succeeded in dumping the pot, Ji Tong didn't ask him, but asked the waiter: "What about you, where do you live? What did you hear?"

Shop waiter: "My lord, I don't live in the inn, I always go home and sleep."

Ji Tong had no choice but to stop asking.

Liang Si looked at the second floor and asked, "Who lives in each of these wing rooms?"

The shopkeeper was not very clear about trivial matters, so he asked the waiter to answer.

The waiter said: "The first room on the left is..."

Liang Si stopped him from speaking and went up to the second floor. The waiter understood the meaning and followed up to the second floor. Guo Sheng and Ji Tong also followed.

Coming up from the second floor, the first thing you see is Gao Xiuping's room, the first one on the far left.

Liang Si walked slowly from the corridor, pausing every room, and the waiter in the shop introduced methodically: "The second room is Du Tanhua and Du Zheng, and the third room is Jiao Bangyan Jiao Yuan..."

Walking all the way to the end, Liang Si stopped, and everyone also stopped.

Liang Si turned around, walked from one end to the other, and went back and forth a few times like this, Ji Tong frowned, and said: "I said Liang Qianhu, you deserve some occasion for being bored."

Without saying a word, Liang Si turned and entered the first room on the left. Now that his heart has calmed down a lot, Liang Si said: "The house is so chaotic, how could no one hear it that night?"

Ji Tong walked into the room: "I have to ask those Jinshi, especially the wing rooms on the left and right sides. With such a big movement, they all fell asleep like dead pigs?"

"Stop!" Guo Sheng said suddenly.

Ji Tong was startled, stopped, and raised one leg in the air, Guo Sheng came over quickly, squatted down, Ji Tong was startled: "Yu Shi..."

Guo Sheng picked up a jade pendant from his feet, and said: "This kind of jade is rare in both Beijing and Huizhou, and Xiuping has never had any pendant on him. He likes agate, not jade."

In front of Liang Si and Ji Tong, this is a piece of Lantian jade, the jade color is high-quality, the green color is crystal clear, the halo is round, and it is tied with a complicated knot with a red string, which looks very luxurious and eye-catching.

Gao Xiuping is an extremely frugal person, and it is absolutely impossible to have such jade.

While the two were in deep thought, Ji Tong paced the room with his hands behind his back and meditated: "So, this is fierce..."

"Jifu Yin, please stop!"

Jitong heard Guo Sheng's words again from the other side of the screen.

The screen blocked the eyes on both sides, Ji Tong couldn't see Guo Sheng and Liang Si, but from the voice alone, he could hear the seriousness of these words.Jitong didn't dare to move anymore, and stood on the spot with one foot again, surrounded by white paper and hairpin fragments on which he had printed his footprints.

Guo Sheng's words were extremely cold: "The room is chaotic, the murderer may have deliberately covered up the clues, please don't move around, so as not to destroy the clues."

Ji Tong's old face was a little embarrassed, and he didn't care much about this sentence, but he still nodded his head and looked around for a while, looking for a place to stay.

When he looked around, his white eyebrows frowned. There were fragments of hairpin flowers all around. Although the screen blocked most of the white paper, there was still some white paper coming in through the gap under the screen, and many of his footprints had already been printed on it.

Liang Siwang stood on Jitong's crooked one foot, lest he fall down and destroy all the clues like a dog. I have worked with this governor for a long time, and I understand the governor's style of doing things too well. The suspect closes the case immediately, no matter what doubtful evidence you have.

Liang Si went to help Ji Tong, but Ji Tong took his extended hand and made a big stride to jump over. His foot slipped and kicked the screen, but Liang Si was grabbed by Ji Tong's arm severely, and watched helplessly as the screen fell and took him up. The wind blows all the papers nearby.

On the paper were all kinds of poems and proses that Gao Xiu had learned in his lifetime, as well as Master Ji's footprints, which rose to a height of half a foot above the ground in an instant, and then slowly fell down in a circle.

All the papers were shifted from their original positions, presenting a completely different pattern in the room than before.

The expressions of all three of them changed, they were extremely ugly. When Ji Tong was ugly, he saw Guo Sheng's ugly expression, and wondered if this censor would leave a bad impression on him.

Guo Sheng turned his head and left, Ji Tong's anxious eyes immediately turned to Liang Si, but unexpectedly, Liang Si didn't even look at him, and went straight out.

Guo Sheng stood by the corridor, his eyes drooping slightly, looking at the empty tables and chairs downstairs, he didn't know whether he was angry or mourning.

Liang Si walked over to comfort him and said: "As long as the murderer has killed someone, no matter how he covers up and destroys the body, he will eventually be found. You have been out for a long time, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate may not be able to explain it to you. Why don't you go back first?" Don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter and give Shuhei an explanation."

Guo Sheng moved his eyes, nodded, and handed the jade pendant to Liang Si.

Liang Si wanted to send him downstairs, but Guo Sheng refused. When he reached the entrance of the corridor, Guo Sheng seemed to sense something, turned his head, and smiled in relief: "I'm fine, don't worry, you are also sorry."

Liang Si had been watching him from afar, and his eyes converged, followed by a shock in his heart. Miraculously, his grief and pain seemed to heal a lot.

When Liang Si returned to the house, his complexion was much better, and he saw Ji Tong squatting on the ground, beckoning to him: "Liang Qianhu, come and have a look, this fragment is a bit strange."

Liang Si strode over and stepped on the paper without any scruples. Ji Tong immediately reprimanded nervously: "Hey, hey, why are you walking around? These are all important clues!..."

"Thanks to Mr. Ji, now the lower officials can go freely without any scruples." Liang Si was upset because he was angry with Guo Sheng, and said sarcastically.

"You, you, you..." Ji Tong's face became angry, not as meek as when Guo Sheng was there, "How dare you talk to me like that?"

Liang Si ignored him, glanced at the shard in his hand, and said coldly, "What's so strange about this shard?"

Ji Tong was furious, but asked back: "Where is Yushi?"

"Hongmao has returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate." Liang Sidao.

Ji Tong was taken aback for a moment, and realized that Hongmao was Guo Sheng's name.

Ji Tong immediately threw away the fragments in his hand, then clapped his hands in distaste, and said, "This mansion has also gone back."

"You went back without any progress in the case?" Liang Si looked cold.

"Isn't the physical evidence already found? Just ask among those Jinshi, whoever owns this jade pendant is the murderer." Ji said.

Liang Si didn't answer.

At this time, voices sounded outside one after another, Liang Si went downstairs, and Ji Tong immediately followed.

The yamen servants of Shuntian Mansion have already brought all the people in the inn in. Liang Si looked at everyone, there were nine Jinshi in total, he had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions, and said:

"Everyone must be very clear about what happened this morning. Everyone is a Jinshi of Jinke. In order not to delay your official career, please tell us everything you know. If there is any cover-up, let alone official career, it is I'm afraid you won't be able to keep your heads."

The lobby was immediately quiet, and everyone was anxious.

Liang Si asked, "What were you doing at midnight last night?"

"Zi Shi? I was already asleep at that time, and I have to go to Honglu Temple to study tomorrow morning. No one dares to sleep late." One person said, and the others nodded.

"A person died at Zishi, and no one heard such a big commotion in Gao Xiuping's room?!"

"Perhaps everyone slept soundly. Yesterday, they had been traveling all day and drank a lot of wine at the banquet of the Ministry of Rites." The man said again, and the others also nodded, as if he was the leader.

Liang Si asked, "Who are you?"

The man cupped his hands, Shi Shiran, with a good temper: "Jia Yuan."

It's Jiao Yuan, the second place in the list. Ordinary people won the second place in the list. Could it be that there is a lot of publicity, but he only said his name, dressed plainly, and had an outstanding posture. Liang Si took a few more glances at him.

"About that time ago, what everyone was doing, I can tell you all, but there are witnesses, and you can point them out one by one." Liang Si asked again.

Jiao Yuan first said: "It was about three o'clock when we came back from the Ministry of Rites, because after a while, I heard the sound of a beating outside. Then I chatted with Du Zheng in his room until Haishi, I came out of Brother Du's room and went back to sleep."

"You guys chat for an hour? Didn't you go out?" Liang Si asked.

Jiao Yuan glanced at Du Zheng, and said: "Because Brother Du was in a bad mood, I comforted him in his room, and I went out for a while, but it was time for a cup of tea, as the shop assistant and Brother Du can attest. "

Liang Si: "What are you doing out there?"

"Buy pears." Jiao Yuan said, seeing that Liang Si was puzzled, he explained, "The shift watcher usually sells some melons and fruits. At that time, we were thirsty, so we suggested to buy some pears."

Liang Si turned to look at the waiter, who nodded, "When it was late, I did see Jiao Bangyan buying pears from Li Genfu at the door, and he went up soon."

Liang Si nodded and asked Du Zheng: "Are you going to stay alone during the cup of tea?"

Du Zheng nodded with a tired face. .