Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng

Cui Mingchong looked at Bao Zheng with a smile, and changed the subject, "By the way, have you got any clues in the past two days?"

Bao Zheng nodded slightly, "Lord Cui, have you ever heard of the name Yunshuang?"

Cui Mingchong seemed to be slightly taken aback, and then said calmly, "Yes, a famous show in Beijing three years ago."

Looking at Cui Mingchong, Bao Zheng always felt that something was wrong with Cui Mingchong's expression, but this thought just flashed through Bao Zheng's mind, and then he asked in a deep voice, "Then, Master Cui, what about this Yunshuang?" Miss, what do you think?"

Cui Mingchong seemed puzzled, and asked, "Three years ago, I heard that Miss Yunshuang was very famous, with both talent and appearance, and seemed to be clean, but unfortunately, for some reason, this Miss Yunshuang committed suicide by jumping into the lake. .”

"That's all your lord knows?" Bao Zheng stared at Cui Mingchong and asked.

Cui Mingchong smiled puzzled, "What? What else does Bao Zheng think I should know?"

Bao Zheng pointed to the ink marks on the white wall, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, three years ago, Ms. Yunshuang held a poetry meeting. She not only supported those poor scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam, but also chanted poems with those scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam. Yes, Master Cui, you were one of the candidates for the exam three years ago, haven't you participated in this poetry meeting?"

Cui Mingchong looked at Bao Zheng with sharp eyes, and said with a smile, "As expected of the most intelligent person in Luzhou! Yes, I have been to this poetry fair three years ago, but only once."

When Bao Zheng heard the words, he asked seriously, "Why did your lord only go there once?"

When Cui Mingchong heard this, his expression turned cold, "Because I don't like that place very much."

"Why don't you like it?" Bao Zheng asked closely.

Cui Mingchong frowned, with some impatience between his brows and eyes, but he still said patiently, "That poem will be arty and elegant, and only talk about love affairs, regardless of state affairs, and I don't like drunkards who don't care about drinking, so I only went there once. .”

Bao Zheng lowered his eyes and became thoughtful, while Cui Mingchong saw Bao Zheng pondering, he didn't bother him, just sat on the side and poured himself a drink in silence.

When Bao Zheng came back to his senses, seeing Cui Mingchong still sitting on the side pouring himself a drink, he cupped his hands apologetically and said, "My lord, I'm sorry, Bao Zheng was rude."

Cui Mingchong smiled, waved his hands and said, "No problem, it's just...Bao Zheng, fortunately, the person you asked today was me. If it was someone else, I'm afraid it would be bad."

Bao Zheng said solemnly, "Bao Zheng is only investigating the case and has no selfish intentions."

Cui Mingchong looked at Bao Zheng and couldn't help sighing. Although this person is smart, sometimes he is too straightforward.I'm afraid that he still needs to hone and hone in the officialdom.

"By the way, Bao Zheng, tell me about your investigation results in the past few days." Cui Mingchong asked.

"At present, I only know that these people have some relationship with Miss Yunshuang, and I don't know the rest." Bao Zheng said, paused, and added, "My lord, I want to see the bodies of those people again."

Cui Mingchong nodded and said, "Yes, but Bao Zheng, you'd better seize the time. The big exam will be in three days. I hope you can solve this case before then."

"Yes!" Bao Zheng cupped his hands and said, but he was circling in his heart, what Cui Mingchong said - "resolve".

And Cui Mingchong glanced at Bao Zheng, and sighed softly in his heart. He didn't know if this person could hear the meaning in his words. He remembered that when his father-in-law talked about this case in the court, he implied , there should be no further delay, and this case must be resolved as soon as possible.

After all, the big exam is three days away, and the court has been unable to suppress rumors.

But looking at Bao Zheng, who is so upright, I'm afraid that the word "solve"...it's hard to say.

What's more, the strange thing is that my father-in-law doesn't seem to like Bao Zheng. Since he came back last night, his father-in-law's expression was very ugly. I don't know what he said to Feiyan. Feiyan cried a lot and was even more guarded. strict.

While Cui Mingchong was thinking in his heart, he cupped his hands and bid farewell to Bao Zheng.

After Bao Zheng sent Cui Mingchong away, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang ran out from behind, and Bai Yutang winked at Bao Zheng with a smug smile, "Brother Bao, we found something good!"

Bao Zheng snorted, but he was curious, what made Bai Yutang so proud?

"What did you find?" Bao Zheng asked.

"That's it!" Bai Yutang triumphantly raised the small cloth bag in his hand.

Bao Zheng squinted his eyes, took the small cloth bag, and looked at it carefully.This small cloth bag is exquisite in workmanship and has beautiful embroidered patterns on it. It can be seen that it was made by a woman, and she is also a very good woman.

Open the small cloth bag again, how many small pills are in the small cloth bag? ?

"Where did you find it?" Bao Zheng raised his eyebrows and asked.

"In the herringbone room, the room Yutang and I lived in. This thing was hidden under the bricks. I only discovered it when Yutang and I were fighting..." Zhan Zhao touched his head in embarrassment and said, he and Yutang were in the room After a few tricks, the wall beside the bed was broken, and the small cloth bag fell out.

Yutang became excited when he saw it, saying that he found something good.He didn't see the advantage of this thing, but the guy who heard the voice exclaimed, saying that it belonged to Miss Yunshuang, why is it here?

Thinking of this, Zhan Zhao hurriedly added, "Brother Bao, that big cow said it belonged to Miss Yunshuang!"

Yunshuang? !Bao Zheng narrowed his eyes, why does it seem that all the clues revolve around this Yunshuang?

"Hey, it really belongs to Ms. Yunshuang." A sudden voice sounded, Bao Zheng looked up, and saw the shopkeeper approaching curiously, pointing to the small cloth bag and said with emotion, "This cloth bag was originally Yunshuang's bag." I have seen Miss's belongings several times before."

carry things?Bao Zheng shook the small cloth bag, did he bring the pills with him?

"By the way, where did you find it?" The shopkeeper raised his head and asked Zhan Zhao again.

Bai Yutang answered, "It's the room you let us live in."

The shopkeeper was taken aback for a moment, and then said angrily, "Hmph! That Li guy is really not a good person!"

Hearing this, Bao Zheng put away the small cloth bag and asked calmly, "The one surnamed Li? The shopkeeper, who is that?"

The shopkeeper snorted, as if disdainful, "That's Li Wen! He looks like a man, but he's not a good guy. When he saw Miss Yunshuang, he couldn't move, and he secretly followed Yunshuang." Miss, if Miss Xiao Yu was not loyal, Miss Yunshuang must have been succeeded by him. Later, when the matter was revealed, he left in despair. Later, on the day when the list was announced, he seemed not to believe that he was not in the list, and he even went with the one who opened the list. The officials quarreled, and then I didn't hear anything!"

Bao Zheng tapped on the table thoughtfully.

Li Wen?Among the fifteen scholars who died, there was one named Li Wen...

"By the way, young master, are you investigating the case?" The shopkeeper approached mysteriously and asked in a low voice.

Bao Zheng came back to his senses and smiled slightly, "Didn't the shopkeeper already know about it?"

The shopkeeper seemed lazy, but he was a shrewd person. On the day he came, he should have known why he came.But he pretended not to know, and now that he found Yunshuang's things again, he had to open his eyes and tell the truth.Or, is it because Cui Mingchong, an official, is here?

The shopkeeper laughed dryly, stroked his short beard, and said in a low voice, "Master, I have a roster of residents from three years ago, and I'll get it for you."

Bao Zheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Then trouble the shopkeeper."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang at the side were at a loss, looked at the shopkeeper who turned to get the roster of residents, and asked, "Brother Bao, what is he..."

"He is a smart man!" Bao Zheng waved his hand and said.

"Hey, what a smart man, please don't laugh at me, my lord." The shopkeeper smiled wryly while holding the roster. "To be honest, I'm not afraid of your son's jokes. If I hadn't seen that lord come looking for you and eavesdropped on your conversation, I wouldn't have dared to take out this roster. Hey, three years ago, Miss Xiaoyu and Miss Yunshuang died. After that, I knew that this roster is very important..."

Bao Zheng took the roster and asked calmly, "Miss Xiaoyu died unjustly back then, right?"

The shopkeeper's face froze, then he nodded slowly with a wry smile, and heaved a long sigh.

When Zhan Zhao saw the shopkeeper nodding, he said angrily, "Since you know that girl died unjustly, why didn't you report it to the authorities?"

The shopkeeper just smiled wryly, but Bao Zheng raised his hand to stop Zhan Zhao's anger, turned his head to look at the shopkeeper, and asked seriously, "What's Miss Yunshuang's attitude? Doesn't she even report to the police?"

The shopkeeper shook his head slowly, "Miss Yunshuang was very angry when she saw Xiao Yu's corpse that day, and she wanted to report to the police, but Song Tian didn't know what she said to Miss Yunshuang, and Miss Yunshuang's face was pale and she was stunned. , let Xiaoyu be hastily encoffined. And that night, Miss Yunshuang threw herself into the lake..."

Bai Yutang snorted, "That Xiaoyu must have been killed by that Song Tian!"

Bao Zheng at the side flipped through the roster of guests, frowned slightly, and turned to look at the shopkeeper, "Is Miss Yunshuang's poetry meeting held here?"

The shopkeeper nodded, "That's right, it's here."

"Everyone on this roster has participated in a poetry meeting?" Bao Zheng asked again.

"Yes." The shopkeeper continued to nod, but added, "But because of Miss Yunshuang's reputation, many people who live outside also came to participate."

Bao Zheng stared at the roster and nodded slowly, "Shopkeeper, in the past three years, someone has come to ask you for this roster?"

The shopkeeper was taken aback, shook his head and said, "No, that's not true." After a pause, "However, after what happened that year, I felt that something was wrong, so I locked up this roster. The only people who have read it should be Myself."

Bao Zheng frowned, only the shopkeeper had seen the roster?No, not right!There should be one more person who knows the list of rosters!

"That's right! How did Miss Xiao Yu die?" Zhan Zhao asked curiously.

When the shopkeeper heard it, he sighed and remained silent.

Zhan Zhao looked at the shopkeeper with some confusion, huh?Died badly?Why don't you say it?

Bai Yutang was not so patient anymore, he asked impatiently, "Hey, you said it. How did Miss Xiaoyu die?"

"Murder after defilement!" Bao Zheng spit out two words lightly.

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, Bai Yutang was stunned, and then both of them looked at the shopkeeper in unison, signaling with their eyes, but rape and murder?

But the shopkeeper looked at Bao Zheng in astonishment, and shouted, "Mr. Bao, how did you know?"

"Presumably." Bao Zheng said, got up and said to Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, "Go to Kaifeng Mansion and check the directions of Miss Yunshuang."

Zhan Zhao hurriedly nodded in response, pulled Bai Yutang and ran out, feeling a little embarrassed in his heart, no wonder the shopkeeper just sighed and didn't speak, that girl Xiao Yu was defiled to death by others... really pitiful...