Sir, I can do it!

It rained lightly all night, and the world was vast.

The room was dark, Wei Zhao yawned lazily, glanced at the brocade quilt covering his body, and shouted listlessly: "Huo Baoer..."

"Oh!"

Huo Bo'er let out an exclamation, and fell to the ground, and Wei Zhao's last drowsiness disappeared.

"What's the matter, did you panic and see a ghost early in the morning?" Wei Zhao called out.

Huo Bao'er hurriedly got up, walked around the screen and turned into the room, pointing outside with trembling fingers: "Master, master..."

Seeing his frightened pale face and stammering, Wei Zhao simply waved his hands: "Okay, okay, I'll go and see later."

Huo Bao'er was still in shock, and tremblingly said: "Master is going to wake up? Bao'er is going to fetch water now."

Wei Zhao nodded, lifted the brocade quilt and put on his shoes, and said casually, "You don't have to come to my room to watch at night, so you can sleep well, your young master, I'm not made of mud, I'm not so delicate..."

Huo Bao'er was a little dazed: "Bao'er, Bao'er didn't enter the young master's room."

Wei Zhao pointed to the brocade quilt and said, "Could it be some impermanent ghost who came to see me at night and kindly covered me with a quilt?"

Huo Bo'er let out another strange cry, like a cock being strangled by the neck, he pointed at Wei Zhaolu's glaring red string on his white wrist outside his sleeve with trembling fingers.

"It's really a ghost, master!"

Wei Zhao covered Huo Bao'er's mouth with one palm, and looked down at the unexquisitely woven red rope, doubts appeared in his beautiful eyes.He glanced out and said, "Is there anything else?"

Huo Baoer nodded in horror.

Wei Zhaojin pulled his shoes and walked outside, and saw a food box on the tea table.

"This is it?"

Huo Baoer nodded frantically.

"You didn't open it to see?"

Huo Boer shook his head violently.

Wei Zhao chuckled lightly, put his slender fingers on the food box, and was about to open it when Huo Baoer stopped him again.

"Master, the origin of this food box is unknown. If the hidden weapon inside hurts the young master, Bao'er will not have to live."

Wei Zhao let go of his hand with a smile: "Silly Baoer, the guards in our Hou's mansion are not vegetarians. Since this man can enter my room quietly, he must be a master, and he must be able to kill him quietly. Your young master and me, why bother to put a food box."

Huo Bao'er pursed her lips, ignored Wei Zhao, and carefully opened the lid, a sweet scent came out, Huo Bao'er looked surprised: "Ah, plum blossom crisp!"

Wei Zhao poked his head to look at it, but he was equally astonished.His eyes turned slightly, and there was a faint guess in his heart.

"Young master, Bao'er will try it first, in case some youngster wants to harm the young master..."

Before Huo Bao'er finished speaking, Wei Zhao had already taken a bite and savored it carefully.

"Well, it's soft and delicious, and it's still fresh."

Huo Bao'er's entire face was distorted: "Master! How could you..."

Wei Zhao gagged Huo Bao'er again, and finally blocked the mouth of this little servant who was always startled.

"I already knew it wasn't poisonous." Wei Zhao said quite complacently.

Huo Bao'er chewed twice, whimpered and said: "The young master is amazing."

Thinking of something, Wei Zhao suddenly smiled, and muttered to himself, "It's interesting, it's really interesting."

Huo Bao'er was puzzled: "Master, what's so interesting?"

"People are interesting."

"Who is it?"

"Iceberg beauty."

"what?"

"Ah what, why don't you hurry up and fetch water for my young master's face."

"Oh oh oh."

The rain has not stopped, and there are fewer pedestrians on the street than before.

A team of officials hurried through the rain in coir raincoats and headed straight for the Jinshui River.At the end of Mao, someone found a body on the bank of Jinshui River.

Jinshui River traverses Shengjing City from west to east.This is the middle section of Jinshui River, in the inner city, next to Jinshuimen.To the east is the Huguo Temple, and to the north are the government offices of various ministries.Most of the people who can live in the inner city are dignitaries.

Even though Chen Jinghuai is the chief inspector of the Beifu, there are usually quite a few people who fawn on him.But because of this, he is stubborn, upright, not good at communicating with others, and has always hated corruption in the officialdom, and has always been independent.Just relying on the salary of Beifu, it is only enough for him to rent a house in the outer city.It shows the prosperity of Shengjing.

He stood on the shore with a cold face, watching several officials from the Beifu move the body that was still floating in the water to the shore, and then went forward to investigate.

The corpse had been soaked for an unknown amount of time, and it was already swollen and deformed. Its appearance was unrecognizable. There were masonry scratch marks on the face, and the lips were bruised.The deceased was wearing a dark green cloth shirt with a cloud-patterned belt, on which was tied a sachet and a yamen pass token, which appeared to be uniformly distributed by Honglu Temple.This person should be a temporary official recruited by Honglu Temple.

Chen Jinghuai frowned, feeling that this matter was not simple.He carefully examined other parts of the deceased.In addition to facial abrasions, wrists and palms had abrasions to varying degrees. Also see the deceased's nails were cyanotic and damaged, and there were sand and water plants in the nails.When it is caused by struggling when drowning.

He looked up again at the mighty Jinshui River.If this person had drowned in the river, it would be a bit strange to have a few bruises on his wrist.However, according to the current state of the body, it was indeed drowned and suffocated.

Chen Jinghuai was silent for a while: "Take him back first, Cheng Meng, you go to Honglu Temple to inquire about this person's identity." He took off the token from the deceased's waist and handed it to his assistant.

Cheng Meng didn't take the token, but stared at the corpse in a daze.Upon seeing this, Chen Jinghuai asked, "Do you know who this person is?"

Cheng Meng came back to his senses and quickly replied: "I'm not sure, but yesterday someone reported a case of disappearance to Shuntian Mansion, and Shuntian Mansion reported the case to Beifu Yamen, saying that the missing person was Dong Yu from Xiahe Village. Years ago, he was recruited by Honglu Temple Chancellor Zhang Bing."

"Originally, there was no need to report such trivial matters to Beifu, but the Meiyuan incident occurred two days ago, which involved Honglu Temple Cheng Cheng. The governor was afraid that this case would be related to the Meiyuan matter, so he reported it."

Chen Jinghuai glanced at him and said, "The case of Meiyuan has been handed over to Nanfu. Even if it is reported, it will be reported to Nanfu Yamen."

Cheng Meng lowered his head hurriedly, he and Shuntian Fu Yin are from the same township, they have a close relationship, and they often communicate with each other.But Chen Jinghuai didn't like the people in the Yamen of Beifu who had too many personal relationships with the officials of various ministries.

"A humble job knows what's wrong."

"This is not an example. Well, first take the person back, and then notify the reporter to come and identify..."

Before Chen Jinghuai could finish his sentence, he saw a group of black-clothed officers walking in front of him. The man at the head had a smile on his face, and before he got close, he crossed his hands and said with a smile: "Master Chen came early enough."

Reluctantly, Chen Jinghuai stood up and cupped his hands towards the visitor: "Master Zhan, long time no see."

"Recently, I've been busy with business, so I'll be free another day. Mr. Zhan invited Mr. Chen to have a drink and chat."

"Master Zhan doesn't spend money, I don't know why Master Zhan is here?"

"Master Chen, why bother to ask questions knowingly, he is naturally here for Dong Yu."

"How can you be sure that the deceased is Dong Yu?"

Zhan Yi waved his hands behind him, and the strong man who had talked to Wei Zhao in Xiahe Village that day stepped forward.

"Go and see."

Although the strong man was born tall, he was still a little terrified when he saw the corpse, so he took a bold look and said hastily, "Yes, it's Dong Yu!"

"The corpse is unrecognizable, you can be so sure just by looking at it?" Chen Jinghuai asked.

The strong man pointed to the sachet on the waist of the deceased and said: "This sachet belongs to Dong Yu. The patterns embroidered on the sachet are not available here. Only Aunt Jiang can embroider it. If you don't believe me, open the sachet and have a look. It must be filled with chestnuts. My mother heard from Aunt Jiang that chestnuts are meant to keep my descendants safe, and later, my mother also sewed me a sachet to hold chestnuts."

Chen Jinghuai didn't pay much attention to the sachet at first, but was attracted by the token of Honglu Temple. He asked Cheng Meng to untie the sachet, and it was exactly as the strong man said.

Zhan Yi was a little surprised when he saw the pattern on the sachet.He recognized that it was a butterfly flower, which mostly grows in the south, implying ideas.During these years in Nanfu, he often dealt with various countries carefully, among which the people who had the most contacts were the people from Hou Chu Nan County.

This case is getting more and more interesting.

"Master Chen, my supervisor said that Dong Yu was involved in the Meiyuan case, and he ordered Zhan to look for Dong Yu's trace. Now that he has been found, I would like to ask Mr. Chen... for your convenience."

Early in the morning, the North Mansion braved the rain and went down the river to retrieve the corpses. After the hard work was done, the South Mansion came to rob people halfway.Chen Jinghuai felt depressed, but he was helpless, his face was hardened into a single piece.

He snatched the sachet and token from Cheng Meng's hand, stuffed it into Zhan Yi's hand, and said coldly: "So, I will leave this place to Mr. Zhan, take my leave."

"Master Chen, go slowly." Zhan Yi said slowly, glanced back at Chen Jinghuai's stiff back, and sneered.

The brawny man who was still a little scared just now seemed to have calmed down, and now his expression was even more mournful: "Aunt Jiang and Dong Yu's mother and son depend on each other for life. Now that Dong Yu is gone, tell Aunt Jiang how to live."

Zhan Yi stroked the pattern of the sachet in his hand, and asked, "Has Dong Yu's family lived in Xiahe Village?"

The strong man replied: "Three generations of the Dong family have lived in Xiahe Village."

"Where's Aunt Jiang?"

"Aunt Jiang has been married to Xiahe Village for more than 20 years. According to my mother, it was Aunt Dong who saved her. When she was rescued, she was insane. It was not until Aunt Dong gave birth to Dong Yu half a year later that Aunt Jiang's condition gradually slowed down. It's getting better. Aunt Dong's health is not good, so she went there within two years, and Uncle Dong stayed there for two years, thinking that Dong Yu was young and close to Aunt Jiang, so he asked Aunt Jiang's consent before marrying him in."

"People in our village say that Uncle Dong is lucky and married a beautiful and virtuous woman like Aunt Jiang. My mother said that Aunt Jiang was like a fairy when she was young. Many people in the village missed Aunt Jiang. Said, Aunt Jiang must be a young lady from a wealthy family who is in trouble, maybe the family will take her back to enjoy the blessings."

"However, after waiting for so many years, I have never seen anyone come, but Dong Yu was taught."

Zhan Yi raised his eyebrows: "From what you mean, Aunt Jiang can still read and write?"

The burly man let out a 'squeak', and said strangely: "That's right, I heard that Aunt Jiang is very powerful, and she knows more than the gentlemen in the village."

Zhan Yi shook the sachet in his hand, he had already made up his mind.

"Dong Yu's body has been found, you go back and tell Aunt Jiang to come to Nanfu Yamen to identify the body."