ancient criminal minds

Lu Che returned to the mansion after leaving the court. Mrs. Pei helped him put on his regular clothes. Seeing his tired face, she couldn't help but ask concerned: "But what's bothering the court? Has the case not been solved yet?"

Lu Che shook his head: "It has nothing to do with the case."

Previously, the king of Chu used his injuries to catch the mastermind behind it. Not only were there several big salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, but also most of the Yangzhou officialdom. As the investigation deepened, they pulled out carrots and mud. There are faint shadows of several princes.At that time, the emperor sent Liang Jue to Yangzhou, on the one hand to help the king of Chu investigate, and on the other hand to remind him not to go too far.

Unexpectedly, the King of Chu had the right to kill first and play later by the emperor, and he secretly dispatched the army to imprison more than half of the officials in Jiangnan, and almost every day, the homes of officials were ransacked, causing the entire Jiangnan officialdom to panic. Everyone was in danger, and the memorial to impeach him flew to the capital like snowflakes.

However, the emperor kept the memorial and did not release it, and never mentioned that he would call the king of Chu back. Liang Jue, the only one who went to Yangzhou, was cheated by the king of Chu and remained as quiet as a chicken.The officials in the court watched the emperor yelling at Liang Jue every day for being unsatisfied and scolding the king of Chu for wanton behavior, but they didn't do anything, so they gradually realized the holy will. This was clearly a double reed sung by the two brothers.

Yesterday, a group of officers and soldiers from Yangzhou drove into the imperial city with more than [-] cars loaded with gold, silver and antiques. According to rumors in the palace, the emperor happily ate an extra bowl of rice last night.

After the Jiangnan officialdom was cleaned up, the king of Chu handed over a secret letter to the emperor, and he wanted to bring the officials and their criminal evidence back to the capital for interrogation.

The king of Chu did this well. His prestige not only frightened the south of the Yangtze River, but also spread its influence to the capital.The south of the Yangtze River is rich and rich, and there are many aristocratic families. Most of the officials in the court are from the aristocratic families. The king of Chu walked around the south of the Yangtze River and did not drive them all out, but it definitely hurt them. The bottom line was so accurate that they hated it. But helpless.

Even the British government is the same, Mrs. Lu is from the Shen family, Lu Qing's second daughter Lu Wanxin is also married to Shen Mingzheng, the eldest son of the Shen family.The Shen family's foundation is in the south of the Yangtze River, so this time it was inevitably affected.

Naturally, the British government can't ignore it. The Shen family folded in several people this time, and one of them was the eldest son, let alone at this moment, Shen Mingzheng took his wife and children to Beijing to visit relatives. Anyone with a discerning eye could see why it was.

Lu Che had a headache because of this, and it was foreseeable that he would not be able to stop during the Chinese New Year.

After listening to his explanation, Mrs. Pei also sighed: "You can't offend any of these families. The King of Chu really has a big problem."

"It would be great if that's the case." Lu Che pinched his brows, "It is said that the king of Chu will also participate in the joint trial of the three divisions. I don't know what will happen then."

Both of them were a little worried. At this moment, there was a noise from the gate of the courtyard.Lu Che frowned, and Mrs. Pei had already stood up and walked outside.

"What happened?"

"Sister-in-law." Lu Zheng stood at the gate of the courtyard, with anger remaining on his face, and Ji Xiang, who was kneeling beside him, was already sobbing.

"Why is the third brother here?" Mrs. Pei looked at the maidservant and servant beside her, "Why are you stopping the third young master?"

"I ordered it." Lu Che also walked out, "What's the matter?"

Lu Zheng opened his mouth, but he didn't speak out because of the crowd.

Pei understood: "Husband, please take your third brother to the study."

Lu Che nodded and walked towards the study.

Needle dropping could be heard quietly in the study. After Lu Zheng finished talking about the incident, it took Lu Che a long time to look at Ji Xiang who was kneeling with neither anger nor joy: "Is that really the case?"

Ji Xiang was already trembling with fright, and fell on the ground, saying: "This servant just heard... I heard Sister Jinlu and her brother say... don't let anyone find out about his relationship with Luliu... other, other... this servant just I don't know anything..."

"Do you know what happens if you don't report it?"

"My maidservant is wrong, my maidservant is wrong... Eldest young master, please spare me!" Ji Xiang was frightened out of his wits, and quickly knelt down and grabbed the hem of Lu Zheng's clothes, "Young master, please plead for me, this servant girl doesn't know that the matter is so serious... ...The servant girl made a mistake, and I dare not do it again."

Lu Zheng bit his lips unbearably, but he also knew that Ji Xiang's actions must not be let go so easily, if she doesn't teach her a lesson, I'm afraid she will make even bigger mistakes in the future.

Seeing that Lu Zheng ignored her, Ji Xiang lost all thoughts and fell limply on the ground.

Lu Che stood up: "Come here."

A team of guards immediately appeared at the door of the study, and Lu Che strode out while giving instructions: "Go to Jinlu's residence."

Lu Zheng also didn't care about collecting incense at the moment, and rushed out with his elder brother: "Brother, I want to go too."

Lu Che glanced at him, but he didn't say anything to refuse.

Jin Lu is the son of a family. Her mother was originally a servant girl of Mrs. Lu, and later married a steward of Zhuangzi. Jin Lu has been beautiful and smart since she was a child, and her ideas are right. It's no different.

But now, she was sitting on the edge of the bed with her hair disheveled and haggard, beside her mother who was wiping away tears: "I told the police a long time ago... but you are obsessed with hiding it for your brother, and now this case is so troublesome." Big, but Zensheng is good?"

Jin Lu immediately withdrew his scattered eyes and stared at his mother: "You called me back in a hurry and asked me to save his life, but now you are blaming me?"

Her mother immediately faltered, and murmured, "No...it's not your fault, it's just...just..."

Jin Lu was agitated by her words and was about to lose her temper when she suddenly heard the sound of a bowl breaking from the next door. She threw off the quilt abruptly and rushed into the next room, aiming at the skinny man on the bed He yelled: "Why did you fall, what do you have to lose your temper, if you didn't insist on liking that little bitch, how could our family have come to this point, I can't even go back to the Duke's mansion now, it's all because of you!" Harmful!"

The man flinched from being scolded by her. He was afraid of this sister since he was a child, not to mention that the crops in the village were not good. He almost relied on Jinlu's monthly support from the Duke's mansion, so he didn't dare to be tough in front of her.

Their father was a weak and incompetent person. Seeing his daughter was angry, he didn't dare to go up to make trouble, so he could only retreat silently. The husband and wife looked at each other, both panicked.

Suddenly, Zhuangzi's gate was slammed open, and a group of guards rushed in and surrounded their courtyard tightly.

Lu Che rode in slowly and looked at the two people who were too scared to move with a cold expression: "Where is Wang Dalang?"

Wang Zhuangtou knelt down with a "plop", and burst into tears: "Eldest young master, spare your life, eldest young master, spare your life!"

Lu Che ignored him, and was about to let the guards rush in to arrest him, when the door was opened from the inside, and Jin Lu walked out slowly, without even looking at his parents, who were limp into mud, kneeling upright In front of Lu Che: "This servant has met the eldest and third young masters."

Lu Zheng looked at her with distaste. Since he crossed over, Jinlu has been the person he has spent the longest time with. She has been worrying about everything about his basic necessities. He never thought that he would meet her. Such a point.

The guards brought out Wang Dalang who was paralyzed on the bed, and Lu Zheng frowned at the sight: "Brother, this man..."

It turned out that Wang Dalang was a lame man.

Lu Che's complexion was also ugly. Looking at the trembling Wang Dalang, he said coldly, "Take him back to the Ministry of Punishment first, and try again later."

The guards dragged Wang Dalang outside, and he yelled at his relatives kneeling on the ground in horror: "Father! Mother! Help me! Please, sister, let her save me!"

Wang Zhuangtou and his wife just lay on the ground and cried, not even daring to lift their heads.

Lu Che frowned: "Bring her back too."

Jin Lu didn't cry or shout, kowtowed his head upright, glanced at his parents contemptuously, and was escorted out by two guards.

Lu Zheng looked at Jinlu passing by, feeling very uncomfortable.At the same time, the fact that Wang Dalang is not the murderer also means that the case has returned to the original point, but there is not much time left for them.

Similar to Lu Zheng's guess, the next morning, a third skinned female body was found in an earth temple outside the west city.

Lu Che interrogated Wang Dalang overnight, but found nothing. He sent someone there as soon as he got the news. Lu Zheng followed him quietly while he was not paying attention. After he got the news, he didn't say anything. acquiesced.

Lu Zheng took Chang Shan Chang Shui to the location of the murder as quickly as possible, and the two lawyers and foremen in charge of the case had already started the autopsy.

The autopsy was Dendrobium, and Lu Zheng even saw Bao Zheng's figure in it, which made him heave a sigh of relief.

This was the first time Lu Zheng came to the scene, and the bloody smell soaring into the sky made him very uncomfortable, so he could only look at the surrounding environment.

The land temple is about [-] to [-] square meters in size. It is low and narrow inside. There is an altar table in the center to enshrine the land lord and the land woman. But because this place is rarely visited, the two statues are very mottled. There is also a couplet hanging on both sides of the plaque of "God".

Taking advantage of the female corpse in front of her, she looked extremely ironic.

Lu Zheng sighed, and looked at the clothes on the side of the corpse. Every time the murderer killed someone, he would actually fold the clothes of the deceased neatly.

Lu Zheng became interested in those clothes, just as he walked over, he happened to see Bao Zheng walking towards them.

"You... aren't you recuperating?" Lu Zheng felt very guilty towards him.

Bao Zheng didn't care at all: "The ones who beat people are all brothers, they used their strength skillfully, it just looks scary..."

"Oh." Lu Zheng lowered his head, flipped through the clothes of the deceased, and asked casually, "Have you found out the identity of the deceased?"

"Found it." Bao Zheng said, "It's the daughter of a wealthy family named Fang in Chongyifang, named Fang Zhilan."

Lu Zheng's hand trembled, and a handkerchief embroidered with bluegrass fell to the ground, revealing the small characters beside the bluegrass - Zhilan.