ancient criminal minds

After the Peach Blossom Banquet, everything went back to the way it was before, Lu Zheng finally got the news of You Xiaowu, but it was not good news.

You Xiaowu shook his head with regret on his face: "...Princess Shanyang's tricks are too powerful, this inner house is treated like an iron bucket by her, and the villain can't find any information even after exhausting all means."

Lu Zheng frowned, and glanced at Jian Yu at the side.

Jian Yu pondered for a while, and asked, "Is there anything unusual in the princess' mansion?"

You Xiaowu thought for a while: "If it is abnormal...then there are some dumb servants in the mansion. Generally, nobles of high families would not use such defective servants, and I see that the clothes on the dumb servants are not It seems to be doing rough work, but it seems to be serving in the inner courtyard."

Lu Zheng and Jian Yu looked at each other, this news is very valuable, if You Xiaowu is not careful, I am afraid it will be ignored.

You Xiaowu sighed: "In addition, the guards of the Princess Mansion are also overly sensitive. The villain was almost caught several times. If it wasn't for the villain's cleverness, I am afraid that he would have been caught in the dungeon of the Princess Mansion." .”

Tie Dan sneered at the side: "What are you clever, if you don't have the help of an expert, you can escape?"

"Senior?"

"Ahem..." You Xiaowu glared at Tie Dan and coughed twice in embarrassment, "Yes...the villain was almost discovered once, and the guards chased the villain for several blocks. The soldier secretly hurt the guard, I'm afraid..."

Tie Dan said very unceremoniously: "You two uncles, after this, the guards of the princess mansion will only become stricter. The money will be refunded to you. The villain has no such ability. You should ask someone else to be wise!"

You Xiaowu jumped up and hit Tie Dan on the head: "What nonsense!" He spit out the money in his pocket, it was as painful as cutting his flesh.

Tie Dan blushed, but still handed the two bank notes to Lu Zheng from his pocket.

Lu Zheng didn't answer, he pushed Tie Dan's hand back: "You also suffered and were shocked, and it's not your problem that you can't find out the news, it's because I didn't think carefully."

"Exactly!" You Xiaowu hurriedly snatched the two bank notes, "Master Lu is right, there is hard work without credit!" He glared at Tie Dan again, "I will not let you control the money any more. !"

Leaving Shilipo, Lu Zheng sighed helplessly: "It seems that I can only think of other ways."

Jian Yu said, "Otherwise, I will go to the Princess Mansion to visit at night."

"Don't." Lu Zheng quickly stopped, "Princess's mansion is heavily guarded, even if You Xiaowu is looking for news outside, not to mention inside the mansion, you still put your own safety first, and..." He frowned, "I am very concerned about that The so-called expert... who is it? Could it be that there is another force that is also inquiring about the princess mansion, helping us because they are afraid that we will scare the snake?"

Jian Yu could guess who sent the so-called expert, he shook his head and said, "Don't worry about him, he doesn't have bad intentions after all."

Lu Zheng looked at him suspiciously: "How do you know?"

Jian Yu chuckled: "I have my own channels."

Lu Zheng glanced at him: "Forget it, as long as there is no danger." He thought of something and asked again, "Master Luo is dead, have your red armor guards been punished?"

Jian Yu shook his head: "Our Chijiawei has been guarding the Dali Temple Prison, and the trial officials have their own guards, which are not under our control."

"That's good." Lu Zheng heaved a sigh of relief. After knowing that Luo Hong had died that day, he had been a little worried, and he didn't dare to ask his elder brother. He finally knew from Jian Yu that he was fine, so he could rest assured.

Jian Yu looked at Lu Zheng's serious expression, the originally cold and hard face slowly softened, he put his hand on Lu Zheng's shoulder: "You still care about me...I'm very happy..."

If it was in the past, Lu Zheng must have taken it back carelessly, a good brother shows loyalty!But after being frightened by Rong Zhen, he also became extremely sensitive to contact with friends of the same sex. He hurriedly walked a few steps, and deliberately loudly said: "Hey...it's been so cold recently, ahhahaha..."

Jian Yu looked at the empty palm, slowly retracted it, clenched it by his side, and followed Lu Zheng's pace.

The two walked side by side on the road, Jian Yu didn't make any unnecessary movements, and the awkwardness in Lu Zheng's heart gradually disappeared, and he couldn't help but spurn himself. Once he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, how could he and Jian Yu have nothing to do? He is a good brother who has been through troubles together, how could he have such feelings for himself, it is all the fault of the King of Chu!

Thinking of this, his mind also calmed down, and he couldn't help asking: "Do you think you have any opinion on Master Luo's case?"

Jian Yu thought for a while, and said: "The murderer must have a purpose in killing people. Once Luo Hong dies, who will benefit the most?" He analyzed, "Lan Jingyi has been Luo Hong's deputy for many years. Once Luo Hong died, he was the most likely to take over. Minister of Dali Temple, however, in order to avoid suspicion, the Lan family has closed their doors to thank guests recently, and Lan Jingyi even claimed to be sick, so it seems that it is unlikely to be Lan Jingyi."

Lu Zheng nodded: "I think so too, but besides his seat, are there other possibilities?"

Jian Yu said: "We have also secretly investigated the households that Luo Hong was trying. The facts of the case have already been understood. Although the three divisions will be interrogated, it is just a formality. It is unlikely that they are..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Ah Fu who was anxious at the gate of the city, turned his head and asked Lu Zheng: "That bookboy who looks like you?"

Lu Zheng followed his gaze, and happened to meet Ah Fu, and Ah Fu hurried over: "Master! Something serious happened!"

"what's up?"

"Lord Lan is dead too!"

Lan Jingyi was found dead by the pool of his own house. He was wearing white pajamas, barefoot, face down and his entire upper body was immersed in the pool water.

After the autopsy, Dendrobium shook his head: "He didn't die from drowning, but from a sharp weapon."

Lan Jingyi's body had already been brought ashore, lying on his back, his eyes widened, and he could clearly see an obvious wound on his neck, but unlike Luo Hong, this wound was flat. of.

Dendrobium said: "Lord Lan should have fought with the murderer. The murderer forced Master Lan to the edge of the pool, then put his foot on Master Lan's back, strangled Master Lan's neck with a thin rope, and cut off his neck to death."

Two police officers turned Lan Jingyi's body over, and Dendrobium carefully looked at the half-footprint on Lan Jingyi's back, and then slowly frowned.The side of the pool was paved with cobblestones, so there were no obvious footprints left, but there were half footprints on the white pajamas Lan Jingyi was wearing, but it was not very clear.

Lu Zheng arrived just at this time, Tang Min had already finished interrogating the servants of the Lan family, Lan Jingyi was obsessed with cleanliness, and usually didn't like to be served close by, and no one knew what happened to Lan Jingyi.

At this moment, Dendrobium brought the rubbed footprints to Tang Min: "Master Tang, there is something wrong with this footprint."

Although the footprint is only half in length, it can be seen that this footprint is narrow and should not be long. Dendrobium said: "This footprint is small, and the murderer should be light in weight. The villain thinks that the murderer is very likely to be a woman."

"woman?!"

Dendrobium gestured to the footprints, and said: "The soles are not ordinary straw sandals or cloth shoes, they should be made of leather."

Tang Min frowned: "To be able to make leather soles, this woman must be from a wealthy family..."

He didn't finish his sentence, Lu Che walked over slowly: "It is impossible for women in the Central Plains to use leather as the sole of their embroidered shoes, only foreigners have such a habit..." Recently, the only woman in Yanjing who meets the requirements is Dai'er Princess.

Tang Min and Lu Che looked at each other, and they both felt the difficulty of the case. Even if Dai'er committed the crime, as a princess of the Jie family, they couldn't do anything to Dai'er without clear evidence.

Tang Min cupped his hands: "I'm afraid it will take a lot of work for Mr. Lu to report to His Majesty before making a decision."

Lu Che's face darkened, and he said with a smirk: "This case is being heard by Mr. Tang. I'm afraid that I will report it to His Majesty together with Mr. Tang."

Neither of the two wanted to take over this mess. First Luo Hong and then Lan Jingyi, this is different from the previous skinning case in which the deaths were all insignificant civilians. It also involved Jie people, one can imagine how angry Emperor Yongning would be.

At this moment, Lu Zheng shouted: "Brother, I found something!"

Lu Che walked over quickly, Tang Min was not to be outdone, the two walked to Lu Zheng and Shihu, Shihu was holding Lan Jingyi's right hand, his right finger was covered with mud, but you could still see the inside of it if you looked closely. of dark red.

Dendrobium said: "Master Lan has fine pieces of flesh between his fingers, it is very likely that it belonged to the murderer."

Lu Che nodded: "Since he was fighting the murderer, it is very likely that he will be injured by the murderer."

Tang Min's eyes lit up: "If there are injuries on the body, the murderer can't justify himself!"

Lu Che said coldly: "Your Majesty Tang, you have to think clearly. If you make a mistake in your judgment, your majesty will have a hard time."

Tang Min's expression was a little hesitant, and Dendrobium only said it was possible, but in the current situation, he stretched his head and retracted his head, and he gritted his teeth and said: "No matter what, Your Majesty will punish you, but I would rather die clearly." , is better than being a turtle."

"That's exactly what I mean." Lu Che also said indifferently, "I'm assisting in this case. Naturally, Mr. Tang will take care of everything."

The two fought against each other, neither giving way to the other.

But Lu Zheng interrupted abruptly: "I think... I probably already have a clue about Mr. Luo's case."