The straight man who wears bright clothes is also afraid of messing with him

In August of the 14th year of Hongwu, Cui Miao and Shen Qing went back to Fengyang together. While staying at the inn, they encountered Sun Xiu's assassination. After asking, they found out that Sun Xiu was Sun Ping's elder brother. He was instigated by others to kill Cui Miao. To avenge his younger brother Sun Ping.

Cui Miao gave some money to the guards who worked, and told them that he did not intend to pursue this case.Seeing that the matter was related to Prince Yan's mansion, the officer took the money and left the inn based on the principle that more things are worse than less things.

After closing the door, Cui Miao let go of Sun Xiu's hands and feet, sat on the chair, poured a cup of tea to moisten her throat, and said, "Speak, let's listen."

Sun Xiu moved his hands and feet to make the blood flow, stared at Cui Miao and asked, "Second brother really killed someone?"

Cui Miao looked back at Sun Xiu calmly, and said: "If you don't believe me, you can go to Fengyang Mansion to check the file, and if you are not good enough, you can also go to Fengyang's Fulai Inn to inquire. Just ask who is right and who is wrong."

Sun Xiu then asked: "Who did he kill and why?"

"The two sergeants of Yanshan Guard, as for why he refused to say."

Sun Xiu looked at Cui Miao with red eyes, and said, "Then how did he die?"

Cui Miao looked at Shen Qing, and Shen Qing explained calmly: "Being killed, he was not as simple as a sergeant."

Sun Xiu was stunned, and then said: "What do you say? The second brother joined the army instead of his father at the age of 15, and was later transferred to Fengyang to build the central capital. Why is it not easy?"

"If it's an ordinary sergeant, why did you kill Yan Shanwei? Even if you admit the murder, why would you rather die than tell the reason? You can sneak into the dungeon of the palace, and you managed to kill someone. You, as an officer, should be able to figure out the key."

Sun Xiu fell silent. She has been engaged in headhunting for nearly ten years, and she has experienced quite a lot of things. She naturally understands the anomaly. If it is true, as Shen Qing and the others said, there must be a big secret behind Sun Ping's death, one that is enough to make people cry. The other party ventured into the dungeon of King Yan's Mansion, and wanted to kill the big secret!

Sun Xiu seemed to have thought of something, looked at Cui Miao in horror, and said, "Oops! My family!"

Cui Miao and Shen Qing stood up almost at the same time, and said with a stern expression: "Hurry up, lead the way!"

The three of them hurried to Pingyin County, and the one-hour journey was abruptly shortened to one and a half hours, but it was still too late.Sun Xiu's house was in a mess. Parents, wife, children, and a family of five all died. The whole room was stained red with blood. It was unbearable to look at.

Sun Xiu was distraught, shouted and rushed into the house, holding the dead body of her family, crying hoarsely.

Cui Miao couldn't bear to look away, looked at the somewhat gloomy sky, let out a deep breath, and said softly: "Brother Shen, how innocent they are!"

Shen Qing didn't speak, but just sighed.Cui Miao raised her foot and entered the door, carefully inspecting the scene inside the house.

Sun Xiu's family lives in the county seat of Pingyin County. Although it is in the county seat, they live in a remote place, and the two yards are spacious enough for a family of six.There was no sign of any damage to the door, and there were messy footprints in the yard, but there was no sign of running. It should be Sun Xiu's family who opened the door for the visitors on their own initiative.After welcoming them into the house, Sun Xiu's father was entertaining guests in the living room, but was caught off guard and killed with a knife.Next is Sun Xiu's mother. There are fragments of the tea set beside her. She should have gone to make tea. When she came back, she saw her wife was killed.Sun Xiu's wife heard her mother-in-law's screams and came out of the backyard out of nowhere, just in time to bump into the murderer, who killed her without saying a word. In the end, the two children were killed with a single knife, and the attack was clean.

Sun Xiu rushed out from the room, knelt down in front of Shen Qing, and cried, "My lord, who are they, and why are they so cruel? The child is still so young, how can they do it!"

Shen Qing said pitifully: "I don't know who the other party is. After Sun Ping was arrested, no matter how much he asked, he never opened his mouth."

Sun Xiu sat down on the ground dejectedly, shouted hoarsely, and burst into tears.

Shen Qing looked at Cui Miao and asked, "What did you find?"

Cui Miao replied: "Although the house is in a mess, there is no sign of a fight. It should be that there is no defense against the murderer."

"Is the murderer someone you know?"

"At least we know each other." Cui Miao briefly explained the murderer's crime process, "After killing someone, the murderer walked away from the gate."

Shen Qing frowned slightly, and a hesitant look flashed across his face.

Seeing this, Cui Miao asked aloud, "Brother Shen, is there any difficulty?"

Shen Qing said truthfully: "This matter needs to be reported to the prince as soon as possible, but I don't feel relieved that you are only on the road."

"Brother Shen, you still don't understand my skills. Most people can't get close to me, so don't worry. This matter is of great importance. You should report to the prince as soon as possible and deal with it as soon as possible."

"Da Lang, if they really want to kill you, if they fail once, they won't send only one person next time. You should know that two fists are hard to beat with four."

"Brother Shen, actually I haven't figured out one thing. Why did they go to great lengths to kill me? I don't know anything about them. They really don't need to target such a small person like me. Could it be that I did something unintentionally?" What happened, touched their nerves, made them mistakenly think that I have some clues about them, so I want to kill them to silence them?" Cui Miao expressed her doubts.

Shen Qing pondered for a while, looked at Sun Xiu, and said, "Sun Xiu, who exactly are you provoking to kill Cui Miao?"

Sun Xiu vented for a while, although his grief could not be reduced, he finally calmed down a bit, and he said slowly: "Actually, I don't know that person, he said his name is Chen Sheng, and he was in the same military camp as Sun Ping, and that something happened to Sun Ping, is it true?" He was killed by a man named Cui Miao. My second brother and I had a good relationship since we were young. In addition, he went to join the army for me. He died on the battlefield, although I was heartbroken, but I would not be angry, but once I learned that he was killed, I was dazzled by anger. I learned the whereabouts of my lord from him, and lay in ambush before my lord entered Jinan Mansion On the only way, I followed all the way to the inn, and saw that the lights in the house were turned off, so I was ready to attack, and I was captured by the adults."

After hearing this, Cui Miao was speechless, and said dumbfoundedly: "You don't even know anyone, how can you be so gullible? What does he say?"

Sun Xiu explained: "How can I trust a stranger's words? It's just that he has a token of his second brother and a letter written by himself, so I believe what he said after the two things are confirmed."

Cui Miao quickly asked: "The letter? Do you still keep it?"

"I'll look for it right away." Sun Xiu stood up and walked towards the backyard.

Cui Miao and Shen Qing looked at each other, and followed closely behind.All the way to the bedroom, when he saw the bodies of the two children again, Sun Xiu picked them up and laid them flat on the bed. Tears of grief flowed down again, but he didn't delay, wiped them with his sleeve, and ran directly to the bedroom Wardrobe, took out a wooden box with a lock from the closet, opened it, and there was a stack of letters neatly inside.

"These are all letters from my second brother, because there were scholars in my family's ancestors, and there was an ancestral precept that every grandson's family must be able to read and write, even if they can't take the scientific examination, they must not be illiterate. Private school. The second brother is smart, and the teacher of the private school often praises it, but because my family is out of military households, after my father died in battle, there must be someone to replace him. I joined the army. Since my second brother joined the army, he has been away and hasn’t returned home for more than ten years, but he will send letters every once in a while.” Sun Xiu took out one of the many letters and handed it to Cui Miao. , Said: "This is the letter from Chen Sheng, and it is exactly the same as the handwriting of the second brother, so I firmly believe it."

Cui Miao unfolded the letter and read it carefully. After reading it, Cui Miao laughed angrily. It basically said that Sun Ping was unhappy in the army and was often bullied. This heinous person is Cui Miao.

Cui Miao laughed angrily, and said, "I don't know that I have done so many bad things!"

Sun Xiu took out another pendant from the wooden box, and said: "This jade pendant is my mother's dowry, with the word 'Brocade' engraved on it, it was put on by my mother herself for my second younger brother before he joined the army. He came to me with this, and I was sure of his identity."

Shen Qing took the letter from Cui Miao, opened other letters for comparison, and found that the notes in these letters were from the same person.

Seeing this, Cui Miao was even more speechless, and said self-deprecatingly: "If I were to see these things without knowing the inside story, and under the grief and indignation, I must be sure that these people really took great pains to kill me! But in my case It seems that this letter is full of loopholes. Let’s not talk about the content first, just talk about the date, March of the 13th year of Hongwu. At this time, Sun Ping was already in the dungeon of King Yan’s Mansion. After a little inquiring, you can know the truth and falsehood, this person can always use people's psychology, so he must be a difficult opponent."

Shen Qing nodded, and then asked: "Do you still have an impression of what that person looks like?"

Sun Xiu replied: "I remember. The man was about 40 years old. He had a beard, hanging eyes, a hooked nose, thin lips and a big mouth. He was about the same height as Mr. Cui. Looks like a trainer."

Cui Miao frowned slightly, thought for a while and said, "Why do I listen, I have some impressions of this person, I should have seen him somewhere, but I really can't remember it at the moment."

Shen Qing's eyes flickered, and he said in a cold tone: "I probably know who it is."

Cui Miao was startled, and quickly asked, "Brother Shen, is he from our army?"

Shen Qing nodded, and said: "Yes, if I guessed correctly, it should be Zhang Ming, Qianhu Qianhu, the front guard of Yanshan Mountain."

Cui Miao frowned and thought for a while before remembering who this person was. He asked suspiciously: "I remembered, but I have never had a problem with him. Why did he harm me?"