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

On the third day of November in the 12th year of Hongwu, a homicide occurred in the Fulai Inn. The two dead were the personal guards of King Yan's mansion. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, came to the scene in person. Cui Miao could not resist the urge to solve the case in his bones. Trouble, King Yan wants him to solve the case within a day, otherwise he will bear the consequences.Cui Miao had no choice but to grit her teeth and persevere, and resumed her old profession.

Cui Miao looked at Zhu Di, king of Yan, and saluted, "My lord, the space here is too small to ask, can you move to the lobby?"

Zhu Di stood up and said, "Yes, go to the lobby."

Zhu Di walked out of the room, followed by everyone, and came to the lobby of the inn one after another.Cui Miao directed everyone to move the tables in the lobby to one side, leaving only a set of tables and chairs for Zhu Di to sit on.After the lobby was cleaned up, Xu An sent people to call out all the guests in the inn, and arranged them in order according to the location of the rooms they lived in.

Cui Miao looked at Wang Gui, the shopkeeper of the Fulai Inn, and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, think about it carefully, who entered the room this morning?"

Wang Gui looked at the crowd and tried to remember, complex emotions flashed across his chubby face.

Cui Miao naturally understood what Wang Gui was thinking, and said softly, "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Wang, I won't wrong a good person, you just need to be realistic."

As soon as Wang Gui gritted his teeth, he identified the people who had entered the room one by one. There were five people in total, three men and two women. Following Wang Gui's identification, the people around them dispersed one after another, like hiding from the plague, for fear of implicating themselves.

The three men appeared to be about the same age, and their heights were relatively uniform. Judging by their clothes, one of them was a scholar, wearing straight clothes and a square scarf on his head.The other two should be businessmen who have been walking outside all year round, wearing gray jackets and net scarves.The two women are both well dressed, with corolla skirts and jackets, large sleeves and round necks, both in fabric and style, which are all popular nowadays.The five of them looked at each other with uneasy expressions on their faces.

The scholar looked at Cui Miao, bowed and saluted, and said, "My lord, Xiaomin is a scholar, and he came to Fengyang to learn a lot. It has nothing to do with last night's murder case. Please check it out, sir."

Cui Miao said warmly: "You don't have to be nervous. His Royal Highness Yan Wang has always been generous and will not wrong good people. Of course, he will not let bad people go. As long as you are honest enough, you will not suffer flesh and blood."

The five people looked at each other and responded one after another.

"Your names, what you do for a living, where you live, and what kind of relatives you have, tell me one by one, starting with the scholars."

Cui Miao was handsome and had a gentle expression, and the nervousness of the five people eased a little.

The scholar replied: "Xiaomin's name is Sun Ping, the 'Ping' of 'Spring River Chaoshui Lianhaiping'. A native of Huaiyuan County, he studied since he was a child and made a living by helping others write. And a brother."

"Xiaomin's name is Fang Zhen. He is from Wuhe County. There is a grain store in the county. He came to Fengyang to visit friends. Xiaomin is the only son in his family. His parents are still alive. He is already married and has a son."

"Xiaomin's name is Hu Man, a native of Huainan, he is a merchant, and he came to Fengyang to buy and sell goods. Xiaomin is a four-year-old at home. He has parents and three elder brothers. He is married and has a daughter."

"The little girl's name is Liu Sui, and she's a girl from Chunfeng Building."

"The little girl's name is Taohong, and she's also a girl from Chunfenglou."

"Where is the Chunfeng Building?" Actually, there is no need to ask, since the name Cui Miao knows what it is for, but he guessed wrong, so he asked it anyway.

Liu Sui and Tao Hong looked at each other, facing such a handsome man, even though they were prostitutes, they couldn't help but blush.The two faltered and said: "Chunfeng Building is Chunfeng Building, only two streets away from here."

Seeing this, Cui Miao understood, coughed twice in embarrassment, and asked, "Then why are you here at the inn?"

As soon as Cui Miao's question came out, the faces of the two girls turned even redder, even Cui Miao felt hot on their faces, and the complexions of the people around them also became strange, only Shen Qing and Wang Yan remained unchanged.

Tao Hong pointed at Fang Zhen, and said hesitantly: "This master summoned the servants."

Cui Miao looked at Fang Zhen and asked, "Is what they said true?"

Fang Zhen nodded in embarrassment, and replied, "Mr. Hui, what they said is true."

"When did they come to the inn, and did they leave last night?"

"Mr. Hui, they arrived at You hour last night and have never left until now."

Cui Miao turned to look at Xu An, saluted and said, "Master Xu, please send someone to verify the identities of these two girls."

Xu An summoned two policemen, gave two orders, and the two quickly took orders and left.

Cui Miao looked at Wang Gui and said, "Please trouble the shopkeeper to prepare pens, inks, papers and inkstones."

Wang Gui quickly responded, turned around and went to the counter, and brought over the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Just as Cui Miao was about to move a table, Xue Lu had already moved it with understanding.

"Thank you Baihu."

Wang Gui put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, Cui Miao thanked, looked at the five people opposite, and asked, "Please write down your name on the paper."

Without hesitation, the three men wrote down their names one by one.But Liu Sui and Tao Hong were a little embarrassed, Tao Hong said: "Sir, the servants are illiterate, let alone write."

"It's okay, I'll write it down, and you can write it down as it is."

Cui Miao picked up a brush and wrote the names of the two on the paper, neatly and beautifully written.Cui Miao smiled with satisfaction. After more than two years of uninterrupted practice, now is the time to test the results.Since entering Yanwang Mansion, Cui Miao secretly hid a writing brush. She dared not use ink or paper. She just practiced word by word on the table with water. For two years, one hour a day, without interruption, now Although the written characters are different from before, it is difficult for people who are not familiar with Cui Miao before.

Liu Sui and Tao Hong followed suit, writing crookedly, like insects dipped in ink and crawling on paper, they couldn't help blushing with embarrassment.

Cui Miao looked at it and said gently: "Okay, the two girls can step back."

Liu Sui and Tao Hong looked at each other, bowed gratefully to Cui Miao, and retreated into the crowd.

Cui Miao looked at the other three and said, "Fang Zhen, Sun Ping, turn around."

The two did so, turning their backs to Cui Miao.Cui Miao waved to Hu Man, Fang Zhen stepped forward anxiously, Cui Miao wrote a few words on the paper, and whispered twice in his ear.Fang Zhen nodded, picked up the brush and began to write.

Cui Miao watched from the sidelines, and when he finished writing, he said, "Master Fang can also step down."

Fang Zhen saluted happily, thanked Cui Miao, and returned to the crowd.

Cui Miao folded all the paper she just wrote on, handed it to Xue Lu, and shouted again: "Master Hu, turn around and come to me."

Hu Man obediently came to Cui Miao's side. Cui Miao wrote a few words again and whispered in Hu Man's ear. Hu Man nodded and picked up his pen in silence.

After he finished writing, Cui Miao put the paper away and said, "Shopkeeper Hu, if you failed to complete the request, you should stay here first. Sun Ping, turn around."

Hu Man returned to his original position tremblingly, with a look of panic on his face.Sun Ping glanced at Hu Man, turned around to look at Cui Miao, bowed and said, "What's your order, sir?"

Cui Miao wrote two lines on the paper as before, looked at Sun Ping and said, "Sun Ping, I just wrote two lines, I only give you time to count two, you need to use your left hand to complete the two lines." Write down the words silently. For scholars, this should be a matter of hand. Do you understand?"

Sun Ping said with some embarrassment: "To tell the truth, sir, although Xiaomin is a scholar, he is dull by nature. He has not even passed the county examination so far. I am afraid it will be difficult to complete what the master asks."

As soon as Cui Miao changed her gentleness before, her complexion sank, and she said, "Such prevarication must be due to a guilty conscience! Sun Ping, to tell you the truth, the murderer is between you and Hu Man, and I will give you a chance to avoid the pain of flesh and blood. Don't ask for trouble!"

Hu Man knelt on the ground with a 'plop', and shouted loudly: "Sir, I am wronged, sir, please give Xiaomin another chance, and Xiaomin promises to complete the instruction of the gentleman!"

Cui Miao yelled sharply: "Presumptuous! In front of the prince, how can you wait and shout! If you say one more word, just pull it down and beat it!"

Hu Man was so frightened that he prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to vent his breath, and Sun Ping was also so frightened that his body trembled.Cui Miao turned to look at Zhu Di, saluted and said, "Biao Xia made a false claim, please forgive me, my lord!"

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "No problem, as long as you can find the murderer today, I won't blame you. If you can't find it, then don't blame me for not remembering the old love."

Cui Miao only felt pain in the back molar, gritted her teeth and replied, "Yes, I obey!"

Cui Miao turned to look at Sun Ping, and said impatiently, "You have to think about what to do."

Cui Miao picked up the words written on the table, faced Sun Ping, closed her mouth when she counted to two, gave way, and said, "Come and write."

Sun Ping walked to the table, picked up the brush with his left hand, and his sleeve with his right hand. After thinking for a while, he began to write on the paper.After a while, he put down the brush and bowed to the side.

Cui Miao looked at the words written by Sun Ping, smiled at the corner of her mouth, looked at Hu Man and said, "Master Hu can get up."

Hu Man changed his panic just now when he heard the words, got up quickly, and saluted: "Thank you, sir."

Cui Miao turned to look at Zhu Di, saluted and said, "My lord, it's a good luck not to disgrace my life, the murderer has been found under the bid."

Zhu Di looked at Sun Ping and said, "Oh? Who is the murderer?"

Cui Miao replied confidently: "Back to the lord, the murderer is none other than Sun Ping."

Sun Ping quickly knelt down on the ground, shouting for injustice: "My lord, I am wronged! How can I kill two soldiers because I have no strength to restrain a chicken? It is him, he is the one who can't find the murderer, and I am afraid that the lord will blame me. Only then did Xiaomin take the blame, and please ask the prince to investigate clearly, and return Xiaomin's innocence!"

Zhu Di nodded, and said half-truth, "There is some truth to what you said. Cui Miao, do you know what will happen if you lie to me?"

"My lord has the grace of rebuilding the bidder, how dare the bidder deceive the lord!"

"Then you say that the scholar is a murderer, do you have evidence?"

"Of course." Cui Miao said with a confident smile, "And the evidence is solid."

"Oh? Then tell me, how is the evidence conclusive?"

"Yes, my lord, I bid you obey!"