[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

Coming out of the inn, Hua Manlou and Gongsun Ce walked aimlessly for a while, and found a tea stall to sit around.

Habitually folding his arms together on the table, Gongsun Ce listened attentively to the chatter next to him.

"Have you heard? The marriage of the magistrate's son in the city is about to end. It is said that the girl of that family refuses to marry, and she refuses to marry even if she dies. If she is forced to get on the sedan chair, she will hang herself."

"Don't talk nonsense, didn't you say that you are going to get married soon?"

"Hey, who made it clear before she got on the sedan chair and visited the hall, but if you don't get married, you won't get married. I can't ask the reason. The two families are worrying about this matter. The girl doesn't even want to see the magistrate. Once, he was kicked out."

"Hey, this is a big deal, I'm afraid there is something strange about it."

"is not that right."

Gongsun Ce said in a low voice: "It seems that the magistrate is indeed suspicious. The magistrate of Yangcheng... seems to have some friendship with my father. Let's go and have a look tomorrow."

"kindness."

The stall owner served tea to the two of them, Hua Manlou nodded, and pushed the teacup to Gongsun Ce's hand, "I think you seem to have an idea and found a clue to make a breakthrough."

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce took a sip from his teacup, "It would be great if I found it, but I was thinking, what is the secret of that letter, you said, a letter only has a signature, but it is sealed with wax, It means that the letter is important, if it is not important, is it a cover-up? What is the cover-up?"

"Naturally, I don't want others to know about it. Knowing that it is something that can ruin my reputation."

"Defeated..."

Gongsun Ce repeated Hua Manlou's words, as if thinking of something, "If it's about his own reputation, it means that the deceased probably has something in his hands. It's the secret of the owner of the letter, so... Murder? But if that's the case, why don't you take the letter away, so we lose a clue."

"Perhaps the owner of this letter is not the murderer."

Hua Manlou put down his cup and said: "Everything...will be checked by Wu Zuo, maybe there will be a result."

Gongsun Ce was startled, nodded with a smile and said, "Ms. Bao said that dead people can also talk."

Do the dead talk?

The two of them had just had breakfast in the morning when the arrester knocked on the door, "Master Gongsun, Young Master Hua, my lord asked me to invite you to the yamen, saying that there is already a result over there."

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce immediately stood up, "Thank you for letting me know."

Hua Manlou heard Gongsun Ce's chaotic footsteps when he got up and walked towards the door, so he couldn't help but shook his head and stepped forward, reaching out to hold Gongsun Ce's wrist, "No hurry, Wu Zuo will wait there and won't leave."

The tone of these words reminded Gongsun Ce that when he was just learning to walk, his parents said the same to him, his face was slightly hot, and he said to the policeman, "Sorry, I was just impatient, please lead the way."

"Young Master Gongsun is in a hurry to solve the case, he is doing us a great favor, don't get in the way."

The policeman didn't mind, he led the two of them out and said, "Young masters, please follow me."

Gongsun Ce let Hua Manlou hold his wrist and walked forward. When he reached the outside of the inn, before he could speak, the strength on his wrist disappeared, and the sound of fan waving came from beside him. Gongsun Ce was startled, and then laughed.

Hua Manlou is a person who knows how to take care of a person.

When they came to the yamen, they went directly to the back hall. Zhang Ruhu and Wu Zuo were already waiting there. Seeing them coming in, Zhang Ruhu got up and said, "Gongsun Gongzi and Hua Gongzi are here? Please sit down."

"Thank you."

"You tell Gongsun Gongzi what you found when you checked the corpse."

"Yes, my lord."

Wu Zuo stood up, saluted the two of them, and said, "The deceased should be between seventeen and nineteen years old. He was healthy and had no signs of bone injury. The cause of death was a fatal wound on the throat. The wound was neat and visible. The murder weapon must be very sharp. The murder weapon should be a dagger. The blade should be as thick as three sheets of ordinary paper. Some incense was found on the body of the deceased, which can be bought by ordinary merchants, but it was still inside his nails. There was some flesh, where the fingernails must have sunk under the skin."

After Wu Zuo finished speaking, Gongsun Ce frowned and asked, "Is there anything strange about the rest of the deceased?"

"The hour of death should be after the eve of midnight, and..."

Gongsun Ce was about to listen, but Wu Zuo suddenly hesitated to continue, but he couldn't see the expression on Wu Zuo's face, so he became anxious and urged, "What else?"

Seeing Wu Zuo's hesitant look, Zhang Ruhu on the side glared at him and said, "If there's anything you can't say, just say it, you're solving the case now, don't you know that any meaningful clue may lead to the development of the case after you've been doing it for a few years?" Is it the key? Say it quickly!"

Hua Manlou reached out and patted Gongsun Ce's shoulder, signaling him not to worry.

Wu Zuo cupped his hands and said: "It was the fault of the humble official just now, and the identity of the deceased is not known yet, but yesterday when the humble official checked, he found finger marks and bruises on his body, which seemed to be caused by a good relationship with someone, but the finger marks did not seem to be caused by a woman. Because, if a woman is overly emotional when she is happy, she will leave scratches on the man's back, but the body of the deceased seems to be caused by someone rubbing vigorously, so I checked it out of doubt... This man, there is a dragon The good of Yang, or being forced by others to play the joy of Long Yang."

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what expression to make, he opened his mouth slightly, his face was full of surprise.

Even Zhang Ruhu, who had been a headhunter here for many years, was also taken aback, unable to believe what he had just heard.

Although I know that some people like masculinity, and some wealthy families have male concubines, but——

Zhang Ruhu looked at Huamanlou and Gongsun Ce, and saw that Gongsun Ce's youthful face was full of surprises, but when he looked at Huamanlou again, his shock remained unchanged, and he still looked calm, with a leisurely expression. with a fan.

"Is there any other discoveries?" Hua Manlou asked.

Wu Zuo replied in a daze, "The flesh under the nails should have been grabbed from the torturer."

"If there is a suspect, maybe we can start from here. This discovery really makes the case much clearer."

On the way back from the yamen to the inn, Gongsun Ce kept his head down, as if he was thinking about something.

Hua Manlou knew that he was thinking about something, so he didn't make a sound, until Gongsun Ce staggered into the stall next to him, causing dissatisfaction and complaints from the stall owner, and then he grabbed Gongsun Ce and said: "The world is so big, Many things are not just what you used to perceive, Gongsun Ce, you have always been knowledgeable, but why did you get yourself involved here."

Gongsun Ce finally recovered from his trance and said, "I just think, how can there be such a hateful person."

"I have seen more ways of treachery and evil, destroying the whole family, killing women and children, all I can do is to act when I encounter it."

"I just want the truth to be revealed, and I have no regrets."

After Gongsun Ce said this, he left Hua Manlou with his bamboo stick and left alone.

Standing where he was, Hua Manlou was stunned for a moment before showing a clear smile.

When I just got back to the inn and was about to go upstairs, suddenly a person came from the inn and asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I'm looking for the person from Room A in Tianzi, is he here?"

The shopkeeper was stunned and said, "This girl is looking for a customer from Tianzi Jia? But—"

"What about others?"

"He died the night before."

After the shopkeeper's voice fell, Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou stopped at the stairs, waiting for the woman's next words.

Unexpectedly, after a moment of silence, the table was kicked to the ground, making a loud noise, and the sound of bowls and plates breaking was nearby. Gongsun Ce shrank his feet and quietly took a step up the stairs.

"Who is the murderer?! Who is the official here?"

Hua Manlou stood in front of Gongsun Ce calmly, ready to make a move at any time.

Gongsun Ce felt that Hua Manlou's back was leaning towards him, and while he was relieved, he was wondering who the woman who appeared suddenly was.