Murder

Sima Feng and Ah Si didn't care about this matter.At this moment, the two are more nervous, obviously, it is the birthday party of Lu Wangfei soon.

On the day of Princess Lu's birthday banquet, Sima Liangren got up early to practice sword in the yard.

The flowers of the crabapple tree had all fallen early, and the autumn was layered up, and the leaves rustled in the morning wind.

He went through all the sets of swordsmanship he was familiar with, thought for a while, put the saber aside, and turned around to get the knife.Looking back, he saw Sima Feng sitting on a branch of a crabapple tree at some point, with his big knife in his hand.

"Father, how many tricks have I had with you?"

Sima Liangren immediately cheered up: "I've been through it. I'll use you to practice first, and I'll be prepared for whatever happens tonight."

This is a private banquet, which started in the evening and lasted for several hours.Sima Liangren didn't know what would happen tonight, he felt that anything could happen, but maybe nothing would happen.So far, King Lu is still a free and idle prince, without power or power, but rich, and still has inextricable connections with many adults in the court - these connections are left by his father, he In addition to inheriting the title of "King Lu", he also inherited this complicated network of favors by the way.

Sima Liangren has been deliberately avoiding contact with the imperial court, and will never let Sima Feng show up unless it is absolutely necessary.He didn't know if King Lu had the same thoughts about the court as he did: fear, fear, and faint loathing.

Sima Feng threw the knife to him, Sima and the two took it in their hands, and thought of one thing for no reason: How did King Lu die?

Sima Feng jumped down from the tree, barely standing on the edge of the pond, staggering.

"The foot is not stable!" Sima Liangren scolded.

As soon as he finished speaking, Sima Feng had already shaken his body and rushed over quickly.

Ah Si found his favorite dress from the bottom of the box, and was shocked to find that there was a small hole in his waist that was eaten by insects.

The hole is not too big, just enough to fit a little finger in. The clothes are dark blue, so it's not obvious if you don't pay attention.

But he didn't want to wear it anymore, and stuffed the clothes into the box in frustration.

Sima Feng walked in sweating, "What are you dawdling about? We're leaving soon."

"Have you finished fighting with the master?"

"It's already over." Sima Feng wiped his sweat.The two father and son had a fight in the morning and another fight after lunch. Sima Liang was finally refreshed and full of confidence.

Sima Feng saw the dark blue coat in the box, and said pleasantly: "Isn't this what you wear for the New Year? Are you going to wear this today?"

"There's a hole, it doesn't look good." Ah Si scratched his head, "Forget it, I'll just wear normal clothes."

Sima Feng looked at him and smiled.

"Are you afraid that Shuanghua will see you wearing ragged clothes?"

Ah Si blushed: "No, no, no."

Sima Feng's expression changed: "Shuanghua won't laugh at you."

Ah Si: "I know...because Miss Shuanghua is a nice person."

Sima Feng: "No, because she can't see you."

Ah Si: "?"

Sima Feng grabbed the fan in his hand and tapped him on the head: "Where is your location and where is Shuanghua's location? Can you see it? Even if you did, from such a distance, you can see how many holes on your clothes are torn." a hole?"

Ah Si: "Master, you go."

Sima Feng couldn't bear to look at him when he was swaying, grabbed the clothes from the box and threw them on Ah Si.

"Just wear this, and it looks good." He said, "Where is the hole, I will quietly? Oh, here, isn't it easy to solve here, just wait for me to bring you the belt."

What Sima Feng was talking about was a very beautiful belt with moon-white cloud pattern, he took it in a hurry, and tied it on Ah Si in a hurry.Ah Si was getting older, and now he was about the same height as him. Once he put on the well-fitting clothes and the belt, he looked like a tall and handsome little guard.

At this moment, Ah Si understood what is meant by "a man depends on his clothes".

I also understand why women always like to take selfies in the mirror for an hour after they are dressed up.

"Let's go." Sima Feng urged him again.

Ah Si thanked him embarrassingly, and Sima Feng dragged him all the way out.Ah Si ran for a while, suddenly his heart lighted up, he turned his head and said, "Young Master, Master and I are not at home, you must not go out of the city to find Master Chi."

Sima Feng: "...What are you saying? I don't know how to do it."

Ah Si: "Master and I set off in the evening, and you left right after us. By the time we arrived at Prince Lu's Mansion, you had probably already left the city. When you leave the city and arrive at Yingbeishe, even if the master is angry and wants you to come back , at least it will take two or three days.”

Sima Feng: "...What are you talking about? I didn't have such an idea."

The two pushed and pushed to the door, and Sima Liang came out of the mansion just in time.Seeing that Sima Feng was dressed for going out, with a sword on his waist, he frowned, "You bastard, Ah Si and I are not at home, so don't go out of the city to find Mu Ya. You don't think you have caused enough trouble Is it?"

Sima Feng: "...how do you all know what I want to do?"

Sima Liang grinned, Ah Si chuckled.The two got on their horses and were about to move forward, when they suddenly saw a carriage coming in at the corner of the street ahead, it was the one that Tian Ku let Chi Yebai and Song Beiyan use that day.

It was Gan Yuele and Song Beiyan who were in the car, and they came back earlier than expected.

Several people hurriedly greeted and said goodbye hurriedly.Ah Si who was on the horse and Song Beiyan who was in the car window were reluctant to part with each other, and agreed with their eyes to share what they saw on the road together after they got home.

When Sima Feng saw that Gan Le and the two had returned, he knew that Chi Yebai was fine.

"Chi Yebai asked me to tell you, you don't have to go there, he will come to Pengyang soon, don't run around, it's a waste of energy." Gan willingly took two loose fish from the car Even Song Beiyan, who jumped out of the car, had a fishy-smelling net bag in his hand.

Sima Feng: "You all know what I'm thinking like the bugs in my belly!"

"I don't know what you're thinking." Gan Lexie sniffled, and stuffed two net bags into Sima Feng's hands, "Hurry up, they're all fresh, take them to the kitchen, and eat big fish and prawns tonight!"

Sima Feng gave up the idea of ​​attacking Yingbei She at night, and stayed at home obediently.

The reason why Gan Lele took Song Beiyan home early was because he wanted to give Song Beiyan some medicinal materials.

After taking out those few needles, Song Beiyan may have complained of a headache many times during the time when Yingbeishe was resting, perhaps because he was not used to it for a while, or because the road was very bumpy.

Although Gan Le was reluctant in every possible way, he had no choice but to take him to find Gan to see a doctor.Gan Hao said that he was good at using poison, and he had nothing to do about this strange ailment that had nothing to do with poison, so he just copied a few prescriptions for him from the medical books full of yards.

"Okay, let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor." Gan Yue said to Song Beiyan.

Song Beiyan: "Who is the dead horse???"

In short, the two returned to Pengyang City, which was bigger than Yunyang Town, and Gan Lele quickly found all the medicinal materials on the prescription in his yard.

The cook prepared a table full of fish, shrimp and crab, and Gan Le continued to decoct the medicine non-stop. Song Beiyan and Sima Feng took half of the table's food and started eating in his small yard.

Gan Le is decocting the medicine with his face covered, looking up to see Sima Feng and Song Beiyan who are trying to see who can open the crab faster, so he wrinkled his eyelids again and again to give Sima Feng a wink.

Sima Feng came over holding two large tongs, and squatted beside the stove with him: "Your eyes are smoky?"

"No." Gan willingly pulled down the cloth covering his face and lowered his voice, "Actually, I'm in a hurry to bring him back, and I have other things to do."

Sima Feng sucked the slippery white crab meat: "What is it?"

"...I'll talk after you finish eating." Gan Le swallowed.

Sima Feng quickly finished eating, and quickly turned around and stole two freshly dismantled pieces from Song Beiyan: "Say it."

Gan Le was out of breath, so he had to turn his head and focus on the concoction on the stove, flaring his nostrils at the churning concoction: "Song Beiyan, he can't remember some things."

Sima Feng was taken aback: "What?"

Gan Lele: "After the needle was pulled out, I found that he couldn't remember some things. Do you remember the few days we were in the Shaoyi League? I asked him if he wanted Ajia and Ayi, and he even thought about these two. I can’t remember my name, so I asked me whose name Ajia and Ayi are.”

Sima Feng: "...it's weird."

"I don't know how many things he has forgotten, but they are very trivial. For example, the names of the twins, some kind of medicinal herbs that I have told him many times, or things like the fact that Pengyang City is located in the lower reaches of the Yulan River."

"What did your senior brother say?"

"He said it must be the effect of the needle." Gan Le said in a low voice.

Chi Yebai pulled out the needles very quickly that day, and almost had no effect on him, but Song Beiyan's four needles were deeply embedded in his brain for many years.Gan Yue and Gan Hao couldn't tell whether it was the pain caused by the removal of the needle that affected him, or the needle itself.

"He still doesn't know what's wrong with him. Among these medicines are painkillers and calming nerves, and some are said to help people increase mental strength and restore memory." Gan Le paused, his eyes full of suspicion, "Gan Hao himself has no clue, I really don't believe it."

Sima Feng cracked the last half of the crab's claws: "It's okay, don't be afraid. Just come back, you and Xiao Song don't go out on weekdays, maybe some big things will happen in Pengyang City recently."

Gan Le: "What's the matter?"

Sima Feng was about to express their doubts about King Lu when he suddenly heard the sound of trotting footsteps from far to near outside.

"Oh, Gan Lingshi..." Sima Feng grinned, "Your student is here."

Gan Le was confused: "Who?"

As soon as the words fell, the voice of Frontier had already entered the courtyard gate: "Gan Lingshi!"

Gan Lele's face darkened immediately.

Bianjiang's love for Gan Lele is really obvious.Almost everyone in the Sima family knew about this passionate follower in Bian Jiang.

Gan Le only regards the visit from the frontier as a nuisance that he is very tired of but cannot clearly refuse.

Fortunately, there was a pot of medicine in front of him at this time, and Gan Le continued to cover his face and concentrate on decocting the medicine without raising his head.

Seeing that he was so focused, Bian Jiang watched quietly for a while, and felt that it was inconvenient to disturb him, so he moved to the table and sat with Sima Feng and Song Beiyan.

As soon as he sat down, Sima Feng and Song Beiyan couldn't help sneezing.Frontier is covered in dust, which is very choking.

"Brother Bian, where did you go tonight? The dust all over your body." Song Beiyan said in a low voice, covering his nose.

Bian Jiang quickly stood up, took off his coat in the corner of the yard, and continued to sit down.

"I went to Jiutou Mountain." He said.

Sima Feng was taken aback: "How many days? Haven't found it yet?"

"I didn't find it. I really don't see people alive or dead." The frontier came more times, and gradually became less restrained. Seeing that there was wine on the table, he poured himself a glass and touched Sima Feng, "But this time I went up the mountain not for the old man's son, but another woman went to the government to complain, saying that the brick kiln cannibalized people, and her man died in it."

Sima Feng thought about it, and vaguely remembered that when he visited Shuanghua in Jinyan Pond, Gui Nu said something like "the brick kiln collapsed again the day before."

"Is it because of a landslide?" he asked.

"That's right." Bian Jiang looked a little helpless, "It's just that no one is willing to investigate this case, so my lord will leave it to me."

He briefly talked about the content of the woman's grievance, and it turned out to be the landslide that covered the Jinyan Pond with dust.The woman's husband has been working in the brick kiln on Jiutou Mountain for several months.He also went with several fellow countrymen and his eldest brother. When the brick kiln collapsed that night, he was the only one who did not escape.

"Nine-headed Mountain has collapsed too many times..." Sima Feng said, "Did you lose money?"

"It was paid, but the woman came to the government for an evaluation just because she felt that the compensation was not enough." Bian Jiang said, "But the compensation standard is set by the government, 50 taels per person, and she actually got 50 taels .”

Song Beiyan raised his head from the mountain-high shrimp shell in front of him: "Then why did she complain? Did she feel that something was wrong with the landslide?"

"That's pretty straightforward..."

But Bian Jiang shook his head: "No, she thinks the money is too small. She said that there is more than that for one person, and the brother-in-law stole a lot for himself. It's not fair to only give her 50 taels for a widow."

Sima Feng frowned and said: "With the standard of 50 taels of compensation first, I have only heard that the officials desperately deducted and refused to pay in full, and there is still more compensation?"

"Yeah, I also found it strange, so I went to the brick kiln again today, and I just came back." Bian Jiang said, "More than one person died in the landslide, but the only one who came to the government was the woman, and the woman's name was Liu Xiaodao. , Liu Xiaodao's eldest brother is Liu Dali, both of them came to work on Jiutou Mountain from other places. Do you have any impression of these two names? Do you have a criminal record?"

Sima Feng understood that Bian Jiang suspected that the two brothers were involved in another case, and that the compensation the woman said was not only the compensation for Liu Xiaodao's life, but also other stolen money, which she confused.

But he didn't have the slightest impression of these two names.

Bian Jiang and Song Beiyan spoke in unison, and said together, "It would be great if Chi Dang was here."

Sima Feng: "...That's right. Sigh."

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Then this story will have more perspective switching, for example, the next chapter will write about the brick kiln and Lu Wangfu.

The switching is so frequent, I hope that if you feel that the switching is not smooth or looks fragmented, please let me know in the comments, thank you!I'll make adjustments based on comments.