Seventeen days in the capital

The imperial court selects available talents. After finishing speaking, Anxi took a sip of tea, and said to Rukawa and Mu Mu: "I will go to the king of the mountain tomorrow, and I wish you high school in the imperial examination." At the end, he put down his tea bowl, glanced at Mitsui, and remembered how he was desperate for Rukawa in the inn just now, so he said: "Mitsui's young hero, it's really rare to be chivalrous at such a young age. After finishing speaking, he gave Mitsui an approving look.

It was already evening when the three of them returned to the inn from the Huxin Pavilion. Seeing that their luggage was no longer on the square table, Mitsui was so annoyed that he threw their luggage out.

At this time, when the owner of the inn saw Ruchuan coming back, he immediately came forward flatteringly and said: "Mr. , I have already moved you into the room, you are a distinguished guest of the shop, you can stay as long as you want, how can you move away?"

After Mitsui heard him chattering for a while, he mocked him, "You really look the same all the time."

Rukawa also ignored him, thinking, it must be the master who came to guarantee him, and this group of people are willing to let go. They really obeyed the master's words, there are people who follow the trend and fight against the dissidents everywhere.The three of Rukawa were about to go upstairs, but they saw Itakura walking downstairs, and Mu Mu asked beside him, "Itakura, are you going out?"

"It's boring at night, let's go out to relax and enjoy the wind." Itakura said without turning his head.

"Don't you need to study?" Mitsui continued to ask.

It's just that Itakura didn't answer his question, but left the inn arrogantly.

The doubts in Rukawa's heart could not help but intensified a bit. It stands to reason that tomorrow he has to make up for the exam that was suspended today, that is, two exams. According to Itakura's personality, he should study in the room all night and go out to relax. It's incredible.

After Rukawa returned to his room, he began to think about the map of the Gongyuan library, which he drew by himself based on his impressions.

Mitsui and Mu Mu came to bring him some snacks, Mitsui saw that he was still studying the case without studying hard, so he complained that he was going to give way to others?However, Rukawa only replied lightly: "Study is something that happens overnight. This mystery is in my heart. It is really difficult for me to concentrate on studying. Why don't I study the case."

Mitsui was helpless, but reminded Rukawa and Mugure: "If someone really kills someone for the sake of high school, the next one may be the two of you."

Rukawa and Mugure looked at each other, Mitsui's words were not unreasonable.

第七日最新更新:2017-01-0519:52:11

Since the morning of this day, the sky has been pouring with rain. By the time all the candidates arrived at the examination room, they were already drenched and embarrassed.Liu Chuan rushed to the Gongyuan, put away his umbrella, adjusted his clothes, and found that there were many officers and soldiers standing around the Gongyuan today.It's no wonder that there was a murder case in the Gongyuan, so the guards would naturally be stricter than usual.

After the exam started, all the candidates were busy answering the questions, because the rain was so heavy that their clothes were almost dripping, so some ink stains on everyone's test papers were more or less melted by the rain, and Rukawa and Mugure were no exception.When Rukawa was about to answer the question, he subconsciously glanced at Kiyota's seat, which was empty at the moment, thinking of his unclear death, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

But the autumn rain fell as soon as it was said, and it stopped when it was said to stop.After lunch, the sky began to clear up, and the wet clothes on the candidates were wiped dry.Immediately afterwards, the second exam began.

After the exam, Xiandao walked out of the exam room and saw Rukawa, Mugure, Aida Hikoichi and Tsuchiya discussing the exam questions together, so he stepped forward and said to them with a smile: "You are tired from exams these days, you They are all outstanding among the candidates, I really want to chat with you, I have ordered food and drinks at Wangjiang Tower, do you want to relax, let's have a good time and talk about state affairs?"

Yan Yi was naturally flattered, and immediately agreed, but seeing that Rukawa was still hesitating, he persuaded him: "Go, go."

Since Anxi told Rukawa last time that Xiandao is a rare and good official, his affection for Xiandao has deepened a lot in his heart, but the more he admires Xiandao, the more he is afraid of getting too close to him, for fear that he will be too close to him. Improper speech and behavior will arouse the other party's disgust, so Rukawa hesitated. After hearing Yanyi's persuasion, he glanced at Xiandao without a trace, and nodded after seeing the smile on the corner of Xiandao's mouth .

Several people came to Wangjiang Tower, and the owner of Wangjiang Tower had already set up a private room.After everyone was seated, Xiandao said: "Come on, let me offer a toast to everyone. Today I am the invigilator. In the future, we are likely to be ministers of the same dynasty. You are the future pillars. The world is the most important thing, and I will do my best for the country of Daqi, and I will do it first to respect." After finishing speaking, he drank the fine wine in his glass.

At this time, Aida Yanichi's stomach hurt again, so he left the private room and went to the toilet.He didn't come back until the banquet was almost over, it seems that he has been suffering from severe diarrhea these days.

During the banquet, everyone asked about the progress of Kiyota Nobunaga's death, but learned from Xiandaokou that the government has not yet had any clues. , the ghost of a beautiful boy will come to take the life of the examinee, but Rukawa has never believed in these strange things, nor does he believe in the way of immortality. When the two eyes met, they unconsciously regarded each other as confidantes.

第八日最新更新:2017-01-0719:38:54

This day was the fourth day of the exam. When Rukawa and Mu Mu walked out of the exam room, they heard Yanyi complaining from the side. It turned out that because of diarrhea, his head was dizzy, and all thoughts were lost.The three of them were talking, when Tsuchiya came up from behind and asked, "Have you seen Itakura today? It seems he didn't come to take the exam."

"No way, isn't that all previous work wasted?" Mu Mu blurted out.

At this time, Rukawa stopped in his tracks, Tsuchiya was right, not only today, but since the end of the exam yesterday, he has not seen Itakura again.An ominous premonition hit his heart, he has always had this feeling, he felt that Kiyota's death was not that simple, now that Itakura is gone, could it be...

Just as he was thinking, there was a shrill scream from a distance. It turned out that a candidate had found Itakura's body in a large water tank.Hearing the sound, Rukawa rushed over and checked Itakura's body. The body was soaked in water and seemed to have been dead for a long time, and the most terrifying thing was that carp algae appeared around the body, the kind that could No carp algae anywhere!

The body was immediately sent to the government office in Yingdu. After a careful inspection, Wu Zuo said, "The deceased was drowned, and the time of death should be between the late yesterday and the next hour."

"From never to you, this time is too wide." Tang Ben said.

In response to Domoto's question, Wu Zuo replied that because the body was soaked in water, it was more difficult to judge.

Rukawa thought about it. At the end of yesterday, it is reasonable to say that everyone was taking the exam in the exam room, so he suggested to Xiandao to check Itakura's exam papers, so that he could know whether he had taken the exam, and also know his approximate score. It's time to die.

It's just that I didn't expect that as soon as Rukawa's voice fell, Domoto reprimanded him for being presumptuous. The examination papers have been sealed and stored in the examination room, and no one can read them before they are sent for approval.

Fortunately, Xiandao supported Rukawa, and he felt that Rukawa's words were very reasonable, so he said: "In order to solve the case, I will make an exception once and read the test paper!" After speaking, he glanced at Rukawa and gave him an appreciative look.Rukawa also looked at him at this time, and the kind of sympathy between confidants seemed to be shining in his eyes.

Tang Ben heard what Xiandao said, so he immediately expressed his opinion: "Yes, yes, yes, Master Xiandao is very right, and the lower officials think so too." After speaking, he asked someone to check the test paper.

Itakura Yaroki's number was five, and he was seated according to the number, and his test paper was read out.The handwriting is neat and clear, it doesn't look like it was done in a short period of time, and after comparison, the handwriting on the test paper is indeed Itakura's handwriting, there is no doubt about it.

At this time, Rukawa was thinking, the third test was completed after Shenshi yesterday, so it is not that Itakura was killed in Youshi?But because of the Qingtian case, the government has already sent officers and soldiers to block the way up the mountain. After the exam, no one can go up the mountain, so it is impossible for the murderer to escape after going up the mountain in Youshi. The only explanation is that the murderer was on the mountain in the first place. After he killed someone, he hid in the examination room, and waited until the next day's exam to sneak in among the candidates. If this was the case, then the murderer must be among these candidates.

Rukawa analyzed the doubts in his heart. This time, Domoto had to admit that he was indeed very witty, so he immediately ordered the yamen servants to ask all the candidates for their alibi after You o'clock yesterday, and if they could not answer or had doubts, they would all be locked back. .

Although the government had followed Rukawa's suggestion, Rukawa always had a doubt in his heart, that is why all the students who died were students with good grades.If the murderer wanted to kill for the championship, unless he had read Itakura's test paper beforehand, it shouldn't be Itakura who died this time.Because of such doubts, Rukawa decided to investigate Kiyota's room and Itakura's room again with Mugure and Mitsui.

The three of them came to Itakura's room.