ancient criminal minds

The carriage walked slowly towards the outside of the city, Chang Shan took over the job of the coachman, but because of the capricious young master sitting on the other side of the carriage, his younger brother Chang Shui had no choice but to be driven into the carriage.

Lu Zheng was wearing the driver's clothes, leaning on the shaft of the car and looking around with interest, at this moment, he saw two arresters walking towards him, his eyes lit up, but he was troubled by the fact that the other party did not communicate with him. name, he could only keep waving in front of him: "This catcher!"

Bao Zheng looked up, just in time to see a thin coachman standing up and greeting him excitedly, he was still wondering, Chang Shan had already stopped the carriage, Lu Zheng jumped down neatly, and ran over, "I was in a hurry last time. I forgot to ask your name."

It was only then that Bao Zheng came to his senses: "It's you!"

Another police officer saw that they seemed to be old acquaintances, so he smiled and said: "Since we are acquaintances, you guys had a chat beforehand, Brother Bao, I'll go ahead."

Bao Zheng came back to his senses, and bowed his hands to Lu Zheng: "Young Master Lu, I didn't recognize you last time, how offended you are."

Lu Zheng's face paled, he shook his hand: "It's okay, I'm coming to Lu Zheng, I don't know your name?"

"I'm next Bao Zheng."

"Bao...bao...cough cough cough..."

Bao Zheng was startled by his earth-shattering cough, but he didn't know what he said wrong, so he could only look at Lu Zheng helplessly.

Lu Zheng shook his hands: "No...cough cough...it's okay." He was just shocked by the name of his childhood idol.

After finally figuring out Bao Zheng's name, Lu Zheng stopped coughing, and after this encounter, the strangeness between the two of them also eased a lot.

The two were walking side by side on the street, before Lu Zhengcai asked: "What are you doing, brother Bao?" The task looks like.

Bao Zheng sighed, thinking that Lu Zheng is Lu Shilang's younger brother, he didn't hide anything, so he said, "It's not because of the recent skinning case."

Lu Zheng immediately showed interest: "I've seen the case file at my elder brother's place, it looks weird, but hasn't the criminal been caught?"

Bao Zheng shook his head: "It's so easy, since I found it last night, I can't even see a ghost."

"How did you determine the identity of the murderer?" Lu Zheng asked curiously.

Bao Zheng replied honestly: "It was Zhao Shuling who said it."

"Zhao Shuling?"

Bao Zheng nodded: "He was originally a Jinshi, but he didn't wait until he was really short. Because of his good handwriting and his research in the criminal law, he temporarily worked as a secretary in the Ministry of Punishment."

"How can he be sure that Jian Yu is the murderer?"

Bao Zheng coughed, and said in a low voice: "Zhao Shuling once saw Young Master Jian enter Shuimiao Temple that day. Later we also found out that Young Master Jian's mother passed away in Shuimiao Temple, and he would come here every anniversary of his death. Miao'an, that day was the anniversary of his mother's death."

"Wait a minute, how can you think that he killed someone just because he got involved in the case... ahem, Shui Miao Temple?" Lu Zheng was full of doubts, "Then Zhao Shuling is also very strange, he is a dignified scholar, he should not go to worship Buddha A temple? Why would you go to a nunnery?"

Bao Zheng lowered his voice: "This Shuimiao Temple...is not for worshiping Buddha..."

Lu Zheng hasn't reacted yet: "Don't worship Buddha? Then what is this nunnery for?"

Bao Zheng explained embarrassingly: "This Shuimiao Temple was sent here by the concubine daughters or aunts of some aristocratic families who made mistakes. Zhao Shuling is a concubine, and his biological mother was imprisoned in Shuimiao Temple. He won the Jinshi, but he was never released."

This kind of behavior of gossip about other people's family background behind the back is not only embarrassing for Bao Zheng, but also for Lu Zheng. He laughed dryly, and suddenly remembered the case file he saw on Lu Che's desk earlier. It seemed that the author was surnamed Zhao, so he asked Said: "The Baiquanshan case, but the case file written by this Zhao Shuling?"

Bao Zheng nodded: "Not only the case of Baiquanshan, but also the case file of Shuimiaoan was also written by Zhao Shuling."

Lu Zheng nodded, keeping this in mind.

Bao Zheng wanted to search for the culprit, but when he heard Lu Zheng say that he was going to Yizhuang, he immediately found himself in a difficult situation. If his boss found out about letting such a young master go to such an unlucky place as Yizhuang, he would probably be killed. Being punished, he wanted to persuade the other party, but in the end he was tricked into getting into the carriage and obediently showed Chang Shan the way ahead.

Yizhuang is in a very remote place on the outskirts, and the surroundings are bare, only the white lanterns raised by Yizhuang are shaking in the wind.

The gatekeeper of Yizhuang is a lame old man. Outsiders call him Lame Zheng.When I saw them coming, I quickly wiped the chair clean, fearing that it would not be clean, so I wiped it again with my sleeve.

Lu Zheng couldn't bear it: "You don't need to be busy, let's go in and have a look."

Lame Zheng has been guarding Yizhuang for so many years, and others are disgusted with him because of his bad luck. This is the first time he has seen such a kind person, and such a well-behaved and beautiful young master. Lame Zheng grinned For a moment, what I wanted to say was closed again.

Bao Zheng, on the other hand, was secretly taken aback by Lu Zheng's actions, and the original estrangement of his identity in his heart disappeared unconsciously.

When the four of them walked into Yizhuang, they immediately felt gloomy and cold, not to mention the faint smell of corpses. The way of keeping corpses in ancient times was very rough, especially in places like Yizhuang, thanks to the cold weather now. Otherwise, the taste will be sour.

The Yizhuang is about two to three hundred square meters, and there are some straw mats in the middle to separate it, making it even more dark inside. Lu Zheng and Bao Zheng walked all the way in, and the corpses were covered by white cloth. With the wind blowing the oil lamp, shadows fell Shadow pupil pupil's shadow.

Lu Zheng always felt that he was brave, otherwise he would not have studied that major, but in this kind of environment, he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

Bao Zheng got used to it, didn't realize his fear, and just led the way, but as he walked, his figure suddenly disappeared in front of his eyes.

Lu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately stopped in his tracks. He looked left and right, the surroundings were dark, and Bao Zheng seemed to disappear out of thin air.

A gust of cool wind blew by, and Lu Zheng suddenly felt goosebumps on his arms.

Not only Lu Zheng, but even Chang Shan Chang Shui seemed to sense something was wrong. Chang Shan came out from behind and stood by his side, only Chang Shui was still hidden in the dark.

With the guards, Lu Zheng seemed to have confidence, and then walked forward.

Before they could react, they saw a hole in front of them like a hole in the night, letting out a little light, and then a light suddenly lit up in front of them, Bao Zheng's face was above the light, and he said very naturally: " It's too dark in here, so be careful."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a faint voice behind him.

"It's really busy here today."

"..."

"what!!!!"

When the misunderstanding was cleared up, it was already a quarter of an hour after the few people sat down.

Lu Zheng scratched his reddish face, he was afraid that his scream could be heard for miles around, he felt a little embarrassed, looked at the person hiding behind Bao Zheng, and quickly apologized: "It was my fault just now. , you are not frightened."

It was a young man who looked very thin, with very dull facial features, except for a pair of dark eyes, which seemed to suck people's souls in when he looked at people.Hearing Lu Zheng's apology, he poked half of his head out from behind Bao Zheng, pursed his lips, shook his head slightly, and then retracted.

Lu Zheng looked at Bao Zheng helplessly.

It happened that the lame Zheng came in with two oil lamps and rubbed his hands together: "Young master, Dendrobium has always been timid, so don't take offense."

Lu Zheng shook his head and asked, "His name is Dendrobium?"

As if seeing his relatives, Dendrobium ran out from behind Bao Zheng and hid behind the lame Zheng.

Lame Zheng stroked his hair affectionately, and said to Lu Zheng: "Yes, he is a child I picked up in a clump of dendrobium. He has been very well-behaved since he was a child. Maybe he has been in this kind of place for a long time, and he is a little shy. .”

Bao Zheng spread his hands: "Don't look at him like this, this is probably the best job in Yanjing City."

Lu Zheng was taken aback.

It turns out that after Dendrobium was picked up by the lame Zheng, he has been living with him in Yizhuang. In the end, he simply taught him everything he had learned. Later, when the author passed away, Dendrobium took over his class.

Perhaps because he often dealt with corpses, and food and clothing are not very good, so although he is already in his twenties, Dendrobium still looks like a teenager, not as tall as Lu Zheng, no wonder Lu Zheng was surprised.

The innermost part of the Yizhuang is the place where Dendrobium is used for dissection, so black cloth is hung, and because the inside of the Yizhuang is dark, they did not use lights, which caused the previous misunderstanding.

A few people moved inside, the deceased from Baiquan Mountain had been buried, and now only Jingchen from Shuimiao Temple remained.

Because of the horrific death, the lame Zheng didn't dare to open the white cloth on the corpse at will. He just lit the oil lamp and left silently.

Dendrobium didn't think so much, and directly lifted the white cloth from the corpse. Even though Lu Zheng had already made mental preparations, he was still shocked by the scene in front of him and took a few steps back, his chest twitched, and he almost vomited out.

Holding the handle of the knife, Bao Zheng walked around the corpse twice. It had been three or four days since the corpse was found. Although Yizhuang was cold and cold, there were still many mosquitoes and flies crawling on the corpse.

Dendrobium was no longer as timid as before, and calmly pointed to the neck of the corpse and said: "The deceased was strangled to death, and the skin was only skinned after being strangled. Complete. From the degree of damage to the corpse, the villain guessed that he should have cut the knife from the neck, the knife is very sharp, and the blade is not long, it may be a dagger or something."

The smoke ignited by Cangzhu and ginger floated curlingly, blurring his facial features, but making those eyes brighter.

"In addition, the deceased was kneeling on the ground when he was discovered, and the blood was almost all around it, so the villain guessed that the deceased was kneeling when he was skinned."

"Kneeling?" Lu Zheng frowned.

Dendrobium thought for a while, and added: "One more thing, whether it is the deceased from Baiquan Mountain or this deceased, they are no longer virgins."