princess teasing concubine

As soon as she opened her eyes, Mu Jin opened the door and window of the room. The sunlight made the winter a little bit warmer. She stretched her waist and yawned, "It's a pity not to go shopping on such a beautiful day. Do you want to come together? "

Shangguan Yue rubbed the center of her brows, her expression seemed exhausted, which made Mu Jin a little puzzled, "Why didn't you sleep well last night?"

Shangguan Yue nodded, "The next door is too noisy."

There was indeed some noise from the next door last night, a little strange sound. It is understandable that the sound insulation of the ancient room is not good, but it is not too noisy to sleep.

"It's bothering you, you're a light sleeper."

Shangguan Yue shook her head, "No, I practice martial arts all the year round, and my ears are sharper than ordinary people. Go shopping by yourself today and bring Butler Wang with you."

Mu Jin said nothing, "Okay then, I'll buy you earplugs."

Mu Jin found Wang Fugui, and Ke Muliang followed, but before leaving the door, a waiter knocked on the door of the west wing with a woman. come here.

The woman's clothes were thin but gorgeous, but the woman's complexion was sallow, obviously caused by long-term malnutrition, and it was impossible to afford such clothes.

"Guest officer, this is the product that just arrived in our shop, do you have a look at it?" the waiter in the shop whispered softly.

The man in the room opened his clothes to reveal his chest, and his hair was messy. He looked the woman up and down, "Come on, come in."

Wang Fugui is also a martial arts practitioner, so naturally he has sharp eyes and ears, so he told the two of them what the waiter said.

Mu Jin suddenly realized that the noise Shangguan Yue heard last night might be something indescribable, and it was really embarrassing for Shangguan Yue to listen to the corner all night.

Ke Muliang looked at it calmly, "Selling people like goods is extremely abominable."

Mu Jin frowned, "Do you still remember what the aunt said yesterday? Maybe her daughter is really here."

Ke Muliang sighed, "So what, according to my aunt's description, maybe her daughter is voluntary."

Mu Jin shook his head, "It may have been voluntary at the beginning, but something should have happened later, which caused the aunt to find no one. It's not that simple."

Ke Muliang smiled, "Should we be knights of the rivers and lakes again?"

Wang Fugui objected, "No, the two of you are powerless, and if something happens, it will be difficult for me to protect you."

Ke Muliang: "We'll just sneak around and observe, and run away if we have something to do. Besides, Mu Jin is the only one who has no power to restrain a chicken."

"..." Mu Jin stared, "No one will think you are dumb if you don't speak."

Ke Muliang stared back, "Then are you going?"

"go with!"

Several people quietly followed the waiter from the shop, and when they saw him leaving the Four Seasons Inn, they followed closely. The two of them used the street stalls as a cover, and only Mu Jin walked on the street swaggeringly.

Ke Muliang called softly, "Come here!"

Mu Jin rolled her eyes and ignored it. She followed along while shopping, not at all like a stalker.

"Hey, Boss, do you have any earplugs here, just to plug your ears when you sleep at night?"

"Sorry, no this."

"OK then!"

The shop clerk looked back and didn't take it seriously, but the sneaky appearance of Ke Muliang and Wang Fugui made several people nearby look sideways.

Mu Jin sighed, "Isn't it good to be generous?"

Ke Muliang kept waving, and Wang Fugui pulled others to stand on the street, "Stop waving, and follow quickly."

After twists and turns, I followed the people to an open place, where there was a house, and the door was stunned by the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked around, and the three immediately hid in the bushes. The waiter bent over and said in a low voice, "Boss, that girl is quite well-behaved."

The shopkeeper nodded, "Did that person get it done yesterday?"

The waiter nodded, "It's done, I gave 50 taels, and that person won't bother us in the future."

"I don't know what bad luck is. If you lose someone, you still have to pay dozens of taels. You keep asking people to look for it, or you will lose a lot."

"Yes, boss."

Mu Jin frowned, and the three of them squatted down slowly, "Judging from the shopkeeper's tone, it should be because he doesn't know the whereabouts of this aunt's daughter."

Wang Fugui: "Then let's go back!"

Ke Muliang shook his head, "Let's go in and have a look."

"No, go back."

Wang Fugui grabbed the two of them and left, but at this moment, a thug rushed out, "Boss, boss, that woman... the woman died in the mouth of the well."

The shopkeeper was startled, turned around and ran in, and only then did several people show up. Mu Jin suggested, "Report directly to the official!"

"and many more."

Ke Muliang patted Mu Jin on the shoulder, and several people squatted down again. A group of officers and soldiers came just in time, including yesterday's aunt, and the thugs at the door couldn't stop them.

Ke Muliang: "It seems that this lady is not stupid."

Mu Jin shook his head, "It's strange, how does this aunt know something that even the shopkeeper doesn't know?"

Wang Fugui stood up, "Go and have a look."

Since the people at the door followed the officers and soldiers into the house, there was no one guarding them at the moment, and the three of them entered smoothly.

Everyone gathered around the wellhead in the backyard of the mansion, surrounded by a few panicked women. At this time, the aunt was crying bitterly while holding a wet and cold corpse.

Although the corpse was swollen with water, judging from the degree of decay, it would not exceed 48 hours.

"My poor daughter, you bunch of inhuman beasts... Lord, you have to make decisions for me!"

The leading officer waved his hand, "Take them all away."

"Yes."

The shopkeeper waved his hand, hurriedly took out the bank note from his cuff, and quietly handed it to the leading officer, "Master, the villain doesn't know about this matter, you must find out!"

When the leading officer accepted it, he sneered, his eyes contemptuous, "Don't worry, I will definitely check it out and take them away."

When everyone turned around, they saw Mu Jin and others, "What are you doing? Could it be related to this matter?"

Mu Jin shook his head, "Ah... that's right, we're staying at the Four Seasons Inn, and this aunt knows about it, so she didn't intend to pass by here, so I just came to see it when it's busy. I'm sorry, please go first."

The officer looked at the aunt, and after seeing her nodding, he shouted, "Let's go back to the yamen."

A group of people was mighty, attracting passers-by, including Shangguan Ling who was shopping. He was also very puzzled when he saw Mu Jin, so he followed behind, "What's going on with you?"

Mu Jin told the whole story, "I want to follow the past to have a look, but I always feel a little weird."

Shangguan Ling nodded, "That's good, anyway, everyone is almost done shopping, so I just went over to join in the fun."

The yamen was surrounded by a crowd, and the guards squeezed a passage to make it easier for a few people to watch.

"Ascension Hall..."

The shopkeeper knelt down, "Master County Magistrate, we did not kill this man, please see clearly."

The county magistrate of Xiancheng is a middle-aged man with a small beard. He stroked his beard, "Wu Zuo, let's see how people die."

"Yes."

Wu made a survey and even lifted the bottom of the deceased's skirt, and the aunt's crying gradually amplified.

"My lord, the deceased was raped in front of him. There are signs of struggle. There is a bit of flesh and blood on the fingernails. It must have been scratched from the murderer's body during the struggle. There are marks on the back of the head of being hit by a blunt object. Obviously, the murderer was angry because of his embarrassment. , but the final cause of death was suffocation after coma."

The magistrate nodded, "What's your name?"

The shopkeeper lowered his head, "Grassman Xu Zhi'an."

The county magistrate patted the chopping board, "Come here, take off his clothes and see if there are any scratches or bruises."

"Yes."

"No, no, I'll take it off myself." The shopkeeper stood up and took off the winning clothes one by one in the cold weather. He held them tightly with both hands, but there were no scratches on his body. No, it wasn't really me."

"But people died here, and you have nothing to do with it." The county magistrate cast a vague glance at the aunt, "Check the others too."

"Yes."

The people brought by the shopkeeper were forced to take off their clothes one by one. They were so cold that they were shivering. One of them was injured. Seeing the county magistrate's eyes, that person knelt down in fright and said, "It's none of my business. A waiter, this injury was accidentally dropped two days ago."

"Okay, I didn't say it was you."

The county magistrate looked at the county magistrate at the side, and asked in a low voice, "What should I do?"

The county magistrate looked at the aunt, and raised his eyebrows, "This man died in Xu Zhi'an's place, so he can't get away with it."

At this time, the aunt suddenly rushed to the side of the corpse and kept crying, "Son, you died so wrongly, my mother loves you the most, without you, what can I do for my mother..."

Mu Jin narrowed his eyes, "Did you see it?"

Shangguan Ling nodded, "Well, it seems that there is indeed something strange and interesting. I want to see how he judges."

The aunt was sobbing, and the crowd around kept pointing, "Hey, Aunt Zhang has four daughters, and she always wanted a son, but she couldn't give birth to one. Her little daughter was never loved before, and she died. That's fine too."

Mu Jin took the opportunity to ask: "Brother, are you neighbors with this aunt?"

The man nodded, "Yes, Mrs. Zhang's eldest daughter was sold to others as a concubine, her second daughter did farm work, and it would be better if her third daughter knew how to flatter her. Moreover, this Mrs. Zhang's husband is addicted to gambling. I think he will still be in the casino." Gambling here!"

Mu Jin and Shangguan Ling looked at each other. At this moment, the aunt suddenly took out a small piece of broken jade from the corpse's bosom, "My lord, look, this is what I found in my daughter's bosom."

The county magistrate's eyes lit up, "Oh, present it."

The woman handed it to the county magistrate, and the shopkeeper noticed the small fragment. He hurriedly covered his hands and bowed his head in silence.

Seeing this, the county magistrate pointed at the shopkeeper, "Break his hands off."

"Yes."

The yamen servant stepped forward to break it, and the shopkeeper held it desperately, but he was snatched away by the yamen servant after a while because of his meager strength. He begged bitterly, "It's not me, it's really not me."

The county magistrate took it over and compared it, and it happened to match, "It seems that you are the murderer, the evidence is solid, what else do you have to argue?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "No, no, this jade ring finger was broken by this bitch yesterday, she must have taken the fragment at that time."

"Shut up, now that witnesses and evidences have gathered, there is no room for you to quibble, come, Xu Zhi'an murdered, forced a good man into prostitution, the crime is unforgivable, the shop will be closed by order, and after three days, he will be executed and withdraw from the hall."

"Withdraw..."

The shopkeeper's face was ashen, "I'm wronged!"

"Wait." As soon as Shangguan Ling raised his hand, the guards pushed away the crowd, and they entered the mansion.

When the county magistrate saw the situation, as soon as he clapped the chopping board, the yamen servant stopped him, "Who are you? How dare you trespass!"

Wang Fugui took out the gold medal, "We are imperial envoys from the imperial city, and this is my lord."

Regardless of whether it was true or not, the shopkeeper immediately kowtowed, "Please help me, sir, I am really wronged."