ancient criminal minds

When Lu Zheng returned to the British residence, he found that everyone in the residence was beaming, even Yun's expression was extraordinarily brisk, he asked Liu Zhi strangely: "What good thing happened today?"

Liu Zhi said helplessly: "Young master forgot, the second young lady and uncle are here these few days, and people are waiting at the pier every day."

It was only then that Lu Zheng realized that Lu Wanxin and the others did not arrive until the next year, and counting the time, it was about this time.

Apart from returning home for three dynasties, this is probably the second time for Lu Wanxin to go home in these years. No wonder the whole family is looking forward to it.In Lu Zheng's memory, the second sister was very kind to him, and now he has become more and more the third young master of the British government, not to mention that Lu Wanxin's son and daughter will still study at home, compared to Lu who is isolated in the family school now Sign, indeed some expectations.

Lu Zheng thought for a while, and said to Liu Zhi: "I have to prepare some meeting gifts for my nephew and niece."

Liu Zhi smiled and said, "It's been prepared a long time ago, just waiting for you to think about it someday."

"I can rest assured that Liu Zhi will do things." Lu Zheng said with a smile.

Ji Xiang, who was coming in from the gate, just heard this sentence, but as if he didn't hear anything, he put the snacks on the table: "Master, Eldest Young Master said that you should go to Feihong Courtyard when you have time."

"Oh." Lu Zheng stood up quickly, "Then I'll go there first, and you can eat some snacks."

After speaking, he left in a hurry.

When Lu Zheng came to Feihong Courtyard, Lu Che was about to go out. When he saw his younger brother coming, he frowned: "It's just in time. I just wanted to ask someone to rush you."

"What's the matter, brother?"

"There's another case." Lu Che rubbed the center of his brows, his expression a little ugly, "Dali Temple Minister Luo Hong was found dead in his room this morning."

Lu Zheng was stunned for a moment, he never expected that until now, the prisoners under the protection of layers of protection have not had any accidents, but the officials who were interrogating were murdered.

Lu Che's headache didn't stop there. Because of Rongzhen's concession, Lu Che wanted to use this time to show his skills in the tribunal. He had a good relationship with Luo Hong and had already reached a consensus. However, when Luo Hong died, not only did the three The judicial review is suspended, and it will be troublesome who will take over as Dali Temple Secretary afterwards.

Above the court, Emperor Yongning also had an ugly expression, and ordered the Ministry of Punishment and the Jingzhao Mansion to solve the case as soon as possible.

Tang Min was also depressed. How long has passed since the skinning case. He has had a bad time in the past few years, and he doesn't care about the little conflict with Lu Che. If this case can't be solved, I'm afraid he, Jing Zhaoyin, has made it to the top.

The scene of the crime was in Luo Hong's study. Luo Hong had a cold temper and was busy with business, so he often slept alone in the study.He didn't go back to the master bedroom to rest last night, and his family took it for granted, but Mrs. Luo still didn't see him during breakfast. Mrs. Luo felt strange, so she sent her eldest son Luo Wei to call him in the study.

Luo Wei opened the door of the study and found Luo Hong sitting at the desk. He asked a few times and there was no response. When he got closer, he found that Luo Hong's body was already cold.

Lu Zheng followed his eldest brother to the Luofu study. Luo Hong's body had already been placed on the couch in the study. Dendrobium was undergoing an autopsy, and Tang Min was asking Luo Wei about the incident.

Luo Wei wiped his tears and said: "...my father always gets up early, my mother didn't see my father during breakfast, and she was a little strange, thinking that my father rarely slept late, so she asked me to call my father, I came to the study, see the study The door was closed, so I knocked, but there was no response, so I pushed and found that the door was locked from the inside. I was worried that something might happen to my father, so I asked two servants to knock the door open. After entering, I found that my father was lying down. Sitting head down at the desk, I yelled a few more times, and found that my father didn't respond, and when I took a closer look, I...found that my father had...been dead for a long time..."

Tang Min asked: "Is the study door locked from the inside?"

Luo Wei nodded: "Yes, my father is cautious by nature, and he never leaves the study room to serve. Every time he works in the study room, the door will be locked from the inside."

"Did you find anything strange after you went in? For example, has anything been touched?"

Lowe recalled it carefully, then shook his head affirmatively: "No."

Tang Min didn't give up: "You think about it again, think it through before you talk."

"My father's things are always neatly arranged, and it's easy to see what's missing."

Tang Min asked some more detailed questions until there was nothing left to ask. The clerk at the side showed the written testimony to Luo Wei, and asked him to sign after confirming that it was correct.

Tang Min frowned and walked towards Lu Che and the others.

"Did Master Tang discover anything?" Lu Che asked.

"There is nothing, nothing has fallen, and the doors and windows are closed. There is no one else in the room except Mr. Luo. It is impossible for him to commit suicide!" Tang Min said angrily.

Lu Che followed his gaze and saw Lu Zheng walking to the side of Dendrobium: "How is it?"

Dendrobium shook his head: "It's very strange."

"How strange?" Lu Che and Tang Min also walked over.

Dendrobium pointed to the wound on Luo Hong's neck and said, "Master Luo only has this wound on his body. The edge of the wound is smooth, like a sharp weapon with a narrow blade, but no matter what kind of weapon, the wound should be in a straight line, but Master Luo's wound is It's slanted."

Lu Zheng also looked at the wound carefully, it looked like a U-shaped red line wrapped around Luo Hong's neck.

Dendrobium said again: "Such marks are usually found in strangulation, and the blood is almost always splashed downwards, indicating that the murderer should have stood behind Master Luo and killed him with a weapon similar to a soft sword or a steel cable. Lord Luo's."

"Back?" Tang Min muttered, standing behind the desk.If Luo Hong was sitting, it is indeed possible for the murderer standing behind to form such a scar.But the problem now is that the doors and windows in the house are closed, and the police did not find anything like footprints in the house, and the things in the room were not lost.

Lu Zheng walked around the study room, everything in the study room was neatly arranged, the books were put away by category, the pens on the pen holder were arranged according to length, except for one book spread out on the desk. The official documents, and other things are folded and put aside.

Lu Zheng felt that Lord Luo Hongluo was like a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the information he got from Luo Wei also made him sure of this. This Lord Luo is not only a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder, but also a perfectionist.

And this house is like a perfect sanctuary.

Luo Hong's case was at an impasse for the time being, and Rong Zhen also received the news, but he looked at the case from another angle: "Luo Hong is a low-key man and has always had a good official reputation, and he has no connection with all parties. If the murderer If we want to sabotage this joint trial of the three divisions, we shouldn't start with him."

Song Zhiyi said: "I heard that Luo Hong and Lu Che have a good personal relationship."

"You said the murderer's goal was the British government?" Rong Zhen shook his head, "Improbable, the difficulty of killing Luo Hong and Lu Che is not much different, if the murderer's goal is the British government, why abduct such a big man bend."

"Could it be a personal enmity?" Song Zhiyi guessed.

Rong Zhen tapped the table lightly with his index finger: "It's also possible that Luo Hong blocked someone's way."

"Once Luo Hong dies, the person who is most likely to take over as Minister of Dali Temple is his deputy, Lan Jingyi."

"The Lan family?"

Song Zhiyi shook his fan: "The Lan family was also a faction of King Wei more than 20 years ago, but the luck of the Lan family was better than that of the Gao family. The head of the Lan family cut off his wrist in time, and at least the family was saved, but the Lan family fell silent because of this. Come down, I'm afraid Lan Jingyi has the highest official position in the Lan family now."

"This is interesting." Rong Zhen raised his eyebrows, "Recently, people related to the past 20 years ago have appeared one after another. It seems that someone did it on purpose."

"You suspect..."

"Twenty years ago, the last trace of King Wei was Baiquan Mountain. The officers and soldiers who were chasing him said that he fell into a cliff, but the emperor sent people to search for him for so many years, but his body was not found." Rong Zhen squinted his eyes, "He was praised by his father for being brave and resourceful back then. I don't believe he would die so easily."

"But even if he's not dead, does he still want to rebel again?" Song Zhiyi asked in disbelief.

Rong Zhen shook his head: "I also met His Royal Highness King Wei back then. He is like a Zhilan Yushu, and getting along is like a spring breeze. Even after so many years, I still can't forget it. rebellion?"

"Could it be..."

"The old things can't be tested." Rong Zhen sighed, "Let's look at the things in front of us first, once Luo Hong dies, the eldest prince and the fourth prince will probably fight for the title of Dali Temple Minister." Liu, if the Lan family really cares about this position, they will never do nothing."

Song Zhiyi chuckled: "Cousin, don't worry about Lan Jingyi for now, let me see, how does the car behind that look like Princess Dai'er?"

Rong Zhen frowned: "Stop sparse!"

Nie Zhishu walked into the pavilion, glanced at Song Zhiyi, and said respectfully: "Master, don't worry, the hidden guards have prepared a fake carriage, and they will definitely deceive Princess Dai'er."

Rong Zhen looked at Song Zhiyi, who was gloating at his misfortune, and suddenly smiled slightly: "If you have to do it, you have to do something like it, how can there be no one in the carriage."

Song Zhiyi felt a chill down his spine, and Rong Zhen ordered him very naturally: "Change your appearance for Mr. Song, cousin, your voice-changing skills back then caused Brother Wei to take a lot of blame, I hope you don't let me down this time. good."

"I made a mistake, cousin! Cousin!"

Song Zhiyi howled and was taken down by the dark guards.

However, the master and servant in the pavilion didn't seem to have heard it. Nie Zhishu continued to report: "General Su sent news that the second prince of the Jie people had unknowingly controlled more than half of the troops, and the other princes were all killed by him on the charge of rebellion." , not long after the Sixth Prince entered Beijing, he has already taken over the position of Grand Chanyu."

"It seems that we have all been deceived by this blindfold." Rong Zhen said lightly, "Su Yiyunge has already taken refuge in Su Yiwuya, if he hadn't attracted most of our attention, I'm afraid Wuya wouldn't have taken it away so easily. took the position of the Great Chanyu."

"Master, what should we do now?"

"Don't worry, Su Yiyunge's coming to Beijing is definitely not just for this purpose. Just wait, jackals will always show their fangs, and they should look at their prey before pulling out their teeth."