Tang Dynasty detective

Yangzhou Yamen.

The governor did not show up for two days in a row.

According to rumors, the reason why the governor of Yangzhou went to Guanlan College to buy the case was because he couldn't stand the pressure from the Lu family.The governor of Yangzhou and Lu Lin are from the same hometown, and they had close contacts with Lu Lin earlier, and they did not take away "offerings" from the Lu family. There is no way to throw this burden on Guanlan.

Early in the morning, Lu Lin's eldest wife, Mrs. Nie, was sitting in the yamen. She had lost all the arrogance she had when they first met. She kept her handkerchief in her hand, and tears rolled down her eyes. She begged the four judges to help her family. Master Lin is in charge.

If they hadn't seen her aggressive side yesterday, the four of them really thought she was a pitiful person.

Nie made all the servants and maids stay outside the yamen, and came in alone to complain. She was thin and shriveled, and she looked really miserable.

The four of them suddenly felt that the rumors about the Yangzhou governor buying the case might be reliable.

It is quite a headache to be told by this woman every day.

The four judges have a clear division of labor, Zhang Yuqing is in charge of outreach, Yen Ziyu is in charge of interrogation, Di Jinghong is in charge of recording, and Liu Boen is in charge of drawing.

Zhen Ziyu said: "Madam Lu, there were so many people in the house yesterday, it is really inconvenient for us to ask more questions, now please list all the people you have doubts about, especially those who have had grievances with the Lu family. If there is competition in business, we will investigate carefully one by one, you can rest assured that since Guanlan has taken over this case, we will give you an explanation."

Yen Ziyu was patient, and it was the most appropriate question to ask.

Mrs. Lu stopped her tears when she heard the words, and said: "I suspect that it was that bastard in Hehua Lane who harmed the master. He is a dog that Ouyang's family kept beside the master, in order to monitor every move of the Lu family and beat him to death." Since the day I followed the master, I have had no peace of mind."

Zhen Ziyu said: "Ma'am, with all due respect, have you ever thought that if the Ouyang family wants to bring down the Lu family, they don't need to go through so much trouble?" After Zhen Ziyu finished speaking, he looked at her very gently, afraid that she would I patted the table impatiently.

Mrs. Lu didn't pat the table, but she was also a little displeased. She curled her lips and said, "That's not necessarily the case. No matter how powerful the Ouyang family is, they are not without weaknesses. Don't do those things that are corrupt and perverting the law. People in Yangzhou City don't know about the deeds that the Ouyang family has done thousands of miles away, but the Lu family is different. There are also people in the Lu family in the court. They can hide it from my master. Eyes? Although my master knows the details of the Ouyang family, he has always been kind to others. I can't stand the red eyes."

The Ouyang family is jealous that the Lu family's business is booming. It is unreasonable to say that the Lu family's business is not as good as one-tenth of the Ouyang family's business. If it is true as Mrs. Lu described, it is probably Lu Lin who got the handle of the Ouyang family, clinging overtly and secretly threatening , wanting to use the influence of the Ouyang family to expand the business.

Zhen Ziyu said: "Since Lord Lu knows that Xiao Yanfeng has ulterior motives, why..." Zhen Ziyu wanted to say, since Lu Lin knew that Xiao Yanfeng was monitoring him, why did he get so close to Xiao Yanfeng? Is Lu Lin playing tricks?If it's a play on the spot, the play is too involved. According to Xiao Yanfeng's description yesterday, the two of them are going to go to heaven.

The contrast between Mrs. Lu's yesterday and today was so great that Zhen Ziyu wasn't sure if she could understand the word "Xiao Yanfeng", so she didn't continue talking.

Mrs. Lu said in a low voice: "I heard that bastard is very powerful and always carries medicine with him."

Zhen Ziyu's handsome brows frowned, his heart skipped a beat, he said yesterday that he would let Di Jinghong and Xiao Yanfeng deal with each other, if that Xiao Yanfeng really knows how to use medicine, he must not let Di Jinghong come to him .

Zhen Ziyu said: "However, someone saw Lord Lu go out from Hehua Lane in the early morning, and, we have investigated secretly, that witness does not seem to be lying." The old man in his 70s, quite prestigious in Yangzhou, Having lived to the age where one's heart desires, the family has no worries, and has no relationship with Ouyang's family.

Mrs. Lu said: "Aren't you just talking about Mr. He? I believe him, but he only said that he saw my master walking out of the alley, so why did he ride a horse again later? My master is very precious, and he has always been able to sit in a sedan chair Those who don’t ride horses, the housekeeper sent Zhu Er to pick up people in Hehua Lane early that morning, but he didn’t follow up. Speaking of Zhu Er, I’ll…” Mrs. Lu knew that Zhen Ziyu and others had arranged for Zhu Er to live in the cell , and did not go on.

Zhen Ziyu said: "Ma'am, when did Zhu Er arrive at the Lu family?"

Mrs. Lu said: "This Zhu came to Lu's house when he was 11 years old, and he usually handles things properly. I didn't expect that the older he gets, the worse it will be."

Mrs. Lu murmured for a while, and Zhen Ziyu said: "We have already understood what Madam said, and we will deal with the case as soon as possible. Besides, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to ask or not?" Mrs. Lu did not object, and Zhen Ziyu asked her, "Why did the Lu family find Guanlan?"

Mrs. Lu was stunned for a while, and said after a while: "Hey, my master and Mr. Inspector are from the same town. Mr. Inspector takes pity on the orphans and widows of the Lu family. That's why he came up with this idea for us."

Zhen Ziyu said: "Thank you Madam for telling me." The governor looked like a shrewd and cunning person. If he knew that Ouyang's family was related to this case, he would definitely not take the lead in recommending Guanlan to Yangzhou to solve the case. It doesn't make sense.

Send off Mrs. Lu, four people, eight eyes, big eyes and small eyes.

He beat his chest and stamped his feet, and sighed.

Di Jinghong said: "According to Mrs. Lu, Zhu Er had brought people to wait at the entrance of the alley long ago. According to Mr. He, he saw Lu Lin leaving the alley with his own eyes. Then why did Lu Lin disappear? Lotus The alley is short and thin, only a hundred feet or so, so could it be that he can still escape?"

Liu Boen said: "Zhu Er, can't he also belong to Ouyang?"

Zhang Yuqing said: "No, Zhu Erlian can't even enter the lotus alley, so he must not be from Ouyang Jianguang."

Di Jinghong said: "Then what's going on, where are the Lulin people?"

Zhen Ziyu said: "Send the yamen servants to summon the four bearers for questioning... No, we can't summon them all, one by one, Yu Qing, you and Bo En will ask two questions, and I will take Jing Hong to ask two questions." , must be quick, and absolutely must not give them a second chance to collude."

The bearer told Zhen Ziyu that they had waited at the entrance of the alley early that day, but they didn't pick up Lu Lin. They waited until it was almost noon before Zhu Er sent a bearer named "Feng Laozhuang" into the lotus alley to ask After asking, I found out that Lu Lin had left.According to the bearer, Xiao Yanfei didn't want to see Zhu Er, so Zhu Er didn't go by himself.

Zhen Ziyu said: "The four of you only serve Master Lu? When did you all enter Lu's residence?"

The bearer said that they had been in Lu's residence for many years. Originally, Feng Laozhuang and the other two bearers served Lu Lin. Called over.

Yen Ziyu asked, "Why did you send him away?"

The bearer said: "One is because I did something with the girl below, and the other is because my hands and feet are not clean."

Zhen Ziyu said: "Two bearers have been called to serve Madam, isn't Madam also short of people?"

The bearer said: "The butler has picked two new couples for Madam."

Zhen Ziyu asked this bearer to step down, and interrogated another, and his speech was basically the same as that of the previous bearer.Zhen Ziyu asked the yamen servant to pass on the housekeeper and the manager of the Lu family shop.

The old housekeeper was nearly fifty years old, and he followed Lu Lin from Wuxi to Yangzhou. It can be said that he watched Lu Lin grow up and was loyal to Lu Lin. When he mentioned Lu Lin's disappearance, the old housekeeper couldn't hide his sadness.

The manager of the store also sighed again and again, he said that Lu Lin is a person capable of great things, it would be a pity if something happened, although Lu Lin came from a foreign house, but he is extremely smart and has big ideas in his heart, When he was in Wuxi in the early years, the Lu family didn't want to see him at all, not only didn't want to see him, but often made trouble for him. It's not easy for him to get to this point by himself.

After questioning these people, Zhang Yuqing asked Zhen Ziyu's opinion. Zhen Ziyu wanted to interrogate two other witnesses, not in the yamen, but "on the spot".

Zhen Ziyu asked the second witness, a peddler in a pastry shop, to recall the scene when he saw Lu Lin. The peddler said that he had just opened the shop and saw Lu Lin riding away when he was packing his things.

Yen Ziyu asked him, "Did he ride fast at that time?"

The peddler said, "Quick."

Zhen Ziyu said, "How do you know it's Lu Lin?"

The peddler said: "Recently, he came out of Hehua Lane and came to my place to eat dim sum several times."

Zhen Ziyu said: "How do you know he came from Lotus Lane?"

The peddler said: "Xiao Yanfeng from Hehua Lane is a famous person in Yangzhou, everyone knows everyone, everyone knows that Lord Lu got him."

Zhen Ziyu said: "When and how many times has he been here recently?"

The peddler said, "I've been here two or three times since last month."

Zhen Ziyu summoned a third witness, who was a pawn. He said that he saw Lu Lin riding by at a relatively fast speed. He didn't see it very clearly, it should be Lu Lin.

From early days to sunset, Yen Ziyu and the others worked hard all day, exhausted.

Di Jinghong had never done so much work in one day since he was born. In the evening, he lay on Yen Ziyu's shoulder and cried out that he was tired. Purely asking for credit.

Seeing this, Liu Boen was quick to learn, and wanted to pick his shoulders, but he didn't realize it, and when he got close to Zhang Yuqing, he was beaten back by Mo Lijian, so he had to lie obediently on the table.

Di Jinghong cried happily when he was tired, Yen Ziyu coaxed him, "I know you are tired~ah, there is no work tonight, go to bed early."

Di Jinghong and Liu Boen clapped hands in celebration.

Yen Ziyu turned around and said, "Hey, I remembered something again. Before the evening, I will assign one last job."

Those two: "..."

Yen Ziyu didn't care about their sighs, and told Di Jinghong, "Go get a horse, I'll use it when I get up early."

Di Jinghong regained his energy and said, "Just prepare one?" Then is there a chance for him to ride with Ziyu?

Zhen Ziyu said: "Just prepare one, feed it enough, and then you can sleep comfortably. I'll ask the waiter to prepare a bucket of hot water for you, okay?" Zhen Ziyu said sincerely, Caring.From Yen Ziyu's point of view, if you use it hard, you have to coax it, and if you hit it with a stick, you have to give it a sweet date.

Di Jinghong happily agreed, "Yes, yes, yes, I'll do it right away."

Yen Ziyu and Zhang Yuqing looked at each other and smiled.

They looked at Di Jinghong's cheerful mockup, they were pure fools.