Lin Ye Xiaoji

Speaking of which, it was also a headache for the patrol to bring a group of people back to the Yamen.

The last time the vengeance drum was played in front of the government yamen was a few years ago. If it wasn't for the cleaning of the courtroom every day, the ashes on the gavel log would have accumulated several feet high.

On weekdays, when they patrol the streets, they just catch a few thieves with dirty hands and feet, or help the neighbors find dogs and catch chickens, to mediate some quarrels and quarrels, how could they encounter such a sudden death.

Everyone waited for half a day before the county magistrate came to ascend the hall.

The county magistrate is in his fifties, his hair and beard are already grey, and his eyes are a little dull.Because he used to be the emperor's teacher, when he was old, he was placed here to support him for the rest of his life.The people here are simple and rich, and what he has to do every day is to bask in the sun and drink tea in the backyard, and listen to the teacher's report of what family problems the police have dealt with recently. It's really leisurely.

He glanced down the hall, there was a woman crying and crying on top of the dead body, a thin young man stood there expressionless, and a group of people crowded outside the hall, it was really a headache.

He patted the gavel, and asked in a trembling voice: "Who is in the hall, and what grievances do you want to sue this officer?"

After the sound of the gavel, the onlookers became quieter for a moment, and the woman who was out of breath from crying shivered even more. She wiped the tears on her face with the back of her hand, and knelt there. Weeping: "Our Da Zhuang just went to work at their house yesterday, and was found floating in the river this morning. Da Zhuang doesn't have any enemies on weekdays. It must be the Ye family who killed him. I beg Master Qingtian to make decisions for us." ah."

The county magistrate was noncommittal, cast his eyes on Ye Yun, and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

"Ye Yun, a late student, has met your lord." He bent down and bowed his hands to salute the county magistrate in the hall, straightened his back again, and stated calmly: "That man was recruited by our family, yes. But the Ye family has only moved back for a few days, and they had nothing to do with this person before, why did they want to kill him? Sir, you can send someone to ask, the Ye family has never treated their servants harshly."

The woman didn't care what Ye Yun said, she was a little guilty, and shouted: "The man died after entering your house, you pay my son."

"Quiet!" The county magistrate frowned and scolded, "You said he was killed by the Ye family, do you have evidence?"

How can a woman give any evidence, can she not know the character of her son?Her original intention was to extort some resettlement fees, but she didn't expect to make a fuss in the court. If she didn't insist that it was the Ye family's fault, people would know that she wanted to extort money, and she might not be able to afford it.

The county magistrate asked Ye Yun again: "Do you have evidence to prove it?"

"First of all, the boy in our house who lived in the same room with the deceased can prove that he went out alone after the lights were turned off. Others thought he went to the latrine and didn't care. Secondly, the boy who went to clean the study this morning The servant told me that the study was burglarized, and all the account books in the house were lost. Except for the deceased, everyone in the house has someone who can prove that they did not step into the study." Ye Yun paused, he did not tell Qi Wanwan, for fear of giving She was in trouble with a girl's family, and then said: "Also, I also heard from the patrolling brother that the body was found not far from the Earth Temple, and it stopped there because it was caught by a tree branch. It's not close, let me ask, if the Ye family killed someone, why did they throw the body upstream?"

After hearing these words, the surrounding discussion became louder, and I had to admit that if the Ye family really killed someone and threw it directly into the river at the door, the body would float downstream, so how could we go to the river? Throw it upstream, for fear of being discovered?

At this time, another policeman came in with a middle-aged man and reported: "My lord, we found bloodstains and cloth strips of the deceased's clothes on the slope in front of the Earth Temple, and we can confirm that this is the place where the deceased was killed." .”

Then he pointed to the man beside him and said, "This is the tofu seller in the village. He said he saw the deceased last night."

"Come and listen."

"Last night Zhou Qin came to Caomin's house for a drink. I helped him to the hut at night. My hut happened to be able to see the Temple of Earth. At that time, I stopped by and saw a man coming out of the temple and going to the town. Go that way. After walking a few steps, another man came out of the temple and stabbed him with a knife." The middle-aged man said with lingering fear.

"Then why didn't you come to report to the officials last night?" The county magistrate frowned even deeper, as if he was sitting impatiently.

"Caomin... Caomin, I was shocked at the time, but I blinked my eyes, and the two of them disappeared. Caomin thought that he had run into something evil, and only now did he realize that he was really dead." Middle-aged The man said hesitantly, anyone who sees such a scene at night will think that they are dazzled or bumped into something unclean.

"In that case, let's put this case on hold for now. The deceased is a servant of the Ye family, and your Ye family will give you a few taels of silver to bury it." The county magistrate stroked his beard and said slowly, then turned to look at the woman: " You go home and wait for the news, and we will come to trial after we catch the murderer."

Then, without waiting for others to react, he backed out with a slap of the gavel, and staggered away.

Qi Wanwan was dumbfounded by the county magistrate's behavior.

On the way back, she kept saying, "What kind of judgment is this? It's clear that we lost things, but we didn't kill the person, and we still need to give money to bury him."

Ye Yun smiled and comforted her: "It's nothing to lose a few dollars, as long as you're fine. Fortunately, you sent me to visit the study in the morning, otherwise I don't know what to say in court."

Qi Wanwan, who was comforted, felt much better at the moment. She smiled at Ye Yun. Her facial features were upright, and her smile was even brighter: "Young Master Ye is really generous. If I had known earlier, I would not have let him go, so I went to have a look." That's good. Looking at such an honest person, I didn't expect..."

"Did you meet him last night?" Ning Feiyu, who had been silent all this time, asked, with a slightly bad tone.

At this moment, Qi Wanwan realized that she had slipped the tongue just now, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother, didn't I see that he didn't take anything, so I let him go, and told him not to show up in Ye's house in the future."

"Didn't take anything? Then why did you lose the Ye family's ledger? It's better for you to watch the house, and let thieves pass by under your nose." Ning Feiyu said coldly.

"I...he also explained to me that someone asked him to steal a ledger. I don't think it's anything important, and it's not a martial arts secret book." Qi Wanwan bit her lip to argue.

"It's all explained to you. You don't have a good eye. Why don't you think about what that person wants the Ye family's account book? Help the Ye family settle the account?"

Being blocked by Ning Feiyu, Qi Wanwan was speechless for a long time, stomped her feet, and walked forward quickly.

Seeing that Qi Wanwan was about to burst into tears, Ye Yun quickly smoothed things over: "Brother Qi, it doesn't matter if you lose this account book. I'll just ask the accountant to make up another one later. Don't blame her too much."

"Wanwan has such a temperament, not to mention that she doesn't have a long memory, just go and coax her for a while. But Mr. Ye can let go of other things, but the account book that person is looking for must be taken care of, so as not to be followed by others .” Ning Feiyu still had that cold expression.

Ye Yun was a little confused when he heard this, he really didn't know what account book that person was looking for.

However, since then, the Ye family has become much more peaceful. When Ning Feiyu patrolled the night, he did not see any sneak attackers. He discussed with Qi Wanwan and decided to stay for a few more days before leaving. He did not stay in the Ye family all the time. statement.

This day, Ye Yun was practicing calligraphy in the study. There was a piece of bamboo planted in front of the window of the study. The green leaves did not fade even in autumn, they were delicate and unrestrained.

"Chirp chirp~ chirp chirp~ chirp chirp chirp~" Birds chirped from the bamboo forest, and there was a faint sound of knocking on the window lattice. Ye Yun had to put down his pen and went to have a look.

Unexpectedly, just as he walked to the window, a light-yellow figure suddenly stood up from under the window, scaring him back several steps.

Qi Wanwan propped her hands on the window lattice, and smiled as if she had succeeded in a prank: "Brother Xiaoyun, are you scared?"

After Qi Wanwan stayed at Ye's house for a few days, she changed "Young Master Ye" to "Brother Xiaoyun", saying that it was easy to pronounce and kind.Ye Yun didn't say anything, but Ning Fei's face turned cold.

Ye Yun is the only son, after getting along for a while, he treats the lively and lovely Qi Wanwan as his younger sister, and never forgets to give her a copy of anything delicious and fun.It made Mrs. Ye secretly mention Ye Yun several times, saying that such an unruly girl is not suitable to be raised in the courtyard.

"Why did you come here, didn't you go to play with Brother Ning?" Ye Yun was not angry when she was scared, and motioned her to go around the front door and come in.

"Brother is sleeping, please don't disturb him, I'm really bored by myself." Qi Wanwan walked to Ye Yun's desk and looked at the words he wrote on the rice paper.

"It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, and there will be a lantern festival in the village. I will take you to see it then." Seeing that she was still not in high spirits, Ye Yun continued, "I can make you a grapefruit lantern to carry with you at that time." Play."

"Really? Is there a river lantern? I've only heard people say it, but I haven't let it go." Qi Wanwan swept away her frustration just now when she heard that she could play.

"Of course, the river lanterns made by Uncle Wang are the strongest and can float far away."

"But..." After being excited for a while, Qi Wanwan said with some grievances: "But senior brother said that we are going back to Lushan in these two days."

"Go back so soon? Don't wait for Lin Shao?" Ye Yun was a little surprised.

"Brother Xiao Shao didn't send us a letter, and I don't know if he will come or not. It is very likely that he followed Master and went back directly. Brother said that there is no danger here, and it is not good for us to stay at your house forever." Qi Wanwan was a little bit Sighed regretfully.

"It doesn't matter how long you stay, Lin Shao will definitely come back, anyway, let's wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival is over before returning." Ye Yun said so, but he was not sure in his heart whether Lin Shao would come back or not, After all, he didn't give himself an affirmative answer the day he left.

"That's right, within a few days, I'll tell my brother again." Qi Wanwan made up her mind and rushed out of the study, regardless of how many quarters of an hour before Ning Feiyu said, let her not bother her.