When a passerby becomes a princess

Yan Lu glanced at Liang Xi and said nothing. Just a few days ago, a novel called "Journey to the West" appeared on the market. The exquisite production was never seen before.

A set of four novels, the cover is a thick brocade, with the words Journey to the West woven with silver thread.It doesn't matter how beautiful the book is, you only know how gorgeous this book is when you open it.Every two or three pages there is a pair of exquisite illustrations, which are actually in color!

Liang Guo also included illustrations in the collection of poems and songs, but because they didn’t know how to register colors, they were all line drawings, and no one had ever seen the illustrations in the book in color.Regardless of the story, just looking at the actions of the characters in the illustration can make people laugh non-stop.

Although the price of this book is also unprecedentedly expensive, a total of 450 taels of silver, Fuman Bookstore put up a sign at the door to advertise half a month in advance, because the author wrote Lin Qiu's name. Now, the aristocratic family is here, the civil servants are here, and even those rough generals are here.

Don't look at many generals who don't know a few big characters, but this is made by General Lin's youngest son. The news that General Lin is a child slave is unknown to outsiders, but everyone inside the general knows it well. General, General, when you talk about the book written by your youngest son, if you can't catch a word, then you won't lose face.So the book must be bought, and after buying it, someone must read it again. The next time I see the general, try to mention this book.

Therefore, those who can mix in the officialdom, regardless of whether they are civil servants or generals, even those with inflexible brains will not do.

The topic is getting further away, and I'm back in the carriage.

Yan Lu is an upright official, with his little salary, he can't afford such expensive books, but his wife's family is rich, so he bought a set on the first day and came back to read stories to his children. It took me a few days to finish reading it, and I kept looking at the back, only to realize that not only the book was written by the princess, but also the illustrations in it were drawn by the princess, plus the popular "Mulan Song" some time ago, Yan Lu immediately became a fan of the Crown Princess.

It's just that even if the Crown Princess is good at writing books and can design waterwheels and terraced fields, this case investigation is different after all. Liang Xi said that the Crown Princess can know why the dead burned without going to the scene, but Yan Lu still didn't believe it.

All the way to Song's house, I saw that the officials of Dali Temple had guarded several gates, not allowing anyone to come in and out, and those who had good things to watch nearby were also dispersed by the officials.

Song Zixu and his family were sitting in the hall, and all the servants stood anxiously in the hall, only Song Zixu got up when Yan Lu came in, and the rest of the Song family stood up to greet Yan Lu coming in.

Yan Lu was straightforward, and asked to check the deceased as soon as he entered the door. Song Zixu was not in the mood to be polite, so he hurriedly took him to the flower hall. There were messy glasses and plates in the flower hall, which shows how chaotic the incident was.

A burnt man was lying on the ground, his robes had been burnt, and only a pair of boots were left intact. Yan Lu noticed that they were the latest leather riding boots in the capital recently, and they were scalded. Bird pattern, and a row of three gold buttons.

Because Yan Lu hadn't arrived before, even though Wu Zuo had arrived at the Song Mansion a long time ago, he was blocked from doing the autopsy, and now he came forward to check under Yan Lu's signal.

Here, Yan Lu asked Song Zixu about the incident, while Liang Xi squatted next to the corpse, watching the autopsy, without any fear, which made Song Zixu and Yan Lu think highly of him.

In fact, during the defensive battle in Beimo County, Liang Xi set fire to many beards and killed them. Later, to prevent the epidemic, he burned all the dead beards and buried them deeply, so how could he be afraid of a dead beard? As for the burned corpse, it was just that the appearance of the corpse made him feel very strange, but he couldn't tell what was so strange.

"This old man is seventy-two this year, but he wants a white-haired man to send a black-haired man. I also hope that Mr. Yan can find out the murderer and avenge the old man's grandson." Song Zixu said what happened, and turned to Yan Lu. A deep series.

The job over there was also finished, and he handed the records in his hand to Yan Lu, saying: "My lord, the deceased was indeed burned to death, there was a lot of inhaled dust between the mouth and tongue, and there were burn marks on the throat, the time of death Within two hours. It’s just that the reason for the sudden combustion has not yet been ascertained for the time being, and there is no flammable object on or around the deceased.”

Yan Lu read the record once, and just about to speak, he saw Liang Xi frowned, looking thoughtful, and couldn't help but say, "I wonder if His Highness the Crown Prince found anything?"

When he asked this question, he didn't expect anything. He just asked casually, but Liang Xi actually nodded and said, "It's very strange, this corpse doesn't look like it was burned to death at all."

Everyone around was taken aback, Song Zixu frowned and said, "What does this mean, His Royal Highness?"

Liang Xi also frowned, and said: "I remember the last time the beard was burned, and all the beards were curled up afterwards. Why is the deceased lying flat, with only the hands and forearms curled up?"

Yan Lu was stunned again. Although he is the Minister of Dali Temple, he is not familiar with autopsy. Although he has taken over murder cases, this is the first time he was burned to death, so he has never seen what kind of situation the burnt person is in. Hearing what Liang Xi said, he immediately turned his head to look at the deceased, only to see that the corpse was lying flat on the ground, the two forearms were tucked into the chest, the two hands were also bent from the heat, and the knee joints were also slightly bent.

Wu Zuo heard this, but said: "His Royal Highness is right, but the muscles will shrink after being scorched by the fire. You see, the dead man's skin was only burnt, and the muscles were not scorched. , so I can still lie flat.”

"Is that so?" After all, Liang Xi had only seen some burnt corpses, and he didn't know much about autopsies, so he didn't dare to say anything when he saw Wu Zuo's swearing.

But at this moment, there was a clear and pleasant voice from outside the door, "No, as long as people are burned to death, they will curl up, because the flames are frightening, and there will be severe pain when burned, and people will shrink unconsciously." It is not because the muscles are burnt that they shrink into a ball."

"Qiu'er!" Liang Xi jumped up when he heard the voice, and ran to the entrance of the flower hall quickly, only to see Lin Qiu standing outside the door with two nuns, he immediately grabbed his hand and said: "Why are you here? I just said that if it were you, you would definitely be able to find out who the murderer is."

Lin Qiu looked into his shining eyes, and wanted to touch his head, but unfortunately there were still many outsiders here, so he smiled and said: "The palace banquet is over, I heard that you are leaving the palace, so I will let you go." come and see."

Hearing that the Crown Princess is coming, both Song Zixu and Yan Lu came to pay their respects, and even Wu Zuo and Yachai who were next to him saluted together, and they were even more respectful to the Crown Prince than before.

In fact, this is not surprising at all. Whose family has no land?Because of the waterwheel and terraced fields designed by the princess, many families have achieved a bumper harvest this year. Even those families with only hillside land have harvested a lot this month because of the repair of terraced fields and the use of waterwheels to transport water up the mountain. food.

The most lacking thing in Daliang Kingdom is arable land, and the Crown Princess solved this problem in one fell swoop. Not to mention how grateful the ordinary people are, even the mention of Lin Qiu in the big family is also praised. After all, the big family is the one that owns the most land. .

Wu writers also have a few small hills, which used to be used for chopping firewood. Now grain and fruit trees are planted on the hills. This year, because of the bumper harvest of grain, they made a lot of money. Today, they gave it to his wife in the Fuman Silver House during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I bought a unique golden hairpin, don’t mention how much I am grateful to the princess. Now that I hear Lin Qiu’s rebuttal, I don’t mind at all, saying: “The princess is right, but look at this corpse, it’s only the skin that was burned. The subcutaneous fat and muscles are not burned at all, so it is possible for the corpse to lie flat after softening."

"Yeah?" Nanny Xing, who was behind Lin Qiu, stared at the corpse for a long time, then suddenly said, "Crown Princess, please let this servant come forward and have a look."

Lin Qiu glanced at Yan Lu, and nodded to Nanny Xing when he saw that Yan Lu had no objection. Ever since he and Liang Xi became a real couple, every time Liang Xi was by his side, he would unconsciously pay attention to his surroundings. People's feelings are no longer just staring at Liang Xi alone, as if they let go of their guards, allow others to enter their vision, and begin to know how to respect others.

In fact, Lin Qiu just didn't want to affect Liang Xi because of his indifference. Players may be able to gain favor with NPCs through their own efforts, but Liang Xi has already surpassed the player category in Lin Qiu's heart. Put yourself in Liang Xi's shoes.

Nanny Xing walked over and squatted next to the corpse, seemed to sniff a few times, picked up the tool next to her and fiddled with the burnt clothes thrown beside her, and finally turned the corpse over to look at the back, and then she looked Contemptuously stood up.

"This nanny..." Although Yan Lu didn't object to an old nanny participating in the autopsy, he didn't think that a nanny could find out anything. Seeing her expression, he felt displeased.

Nanny Xing glanced at him, and said with a sneer, "It's true that this man was burned to death, but he was tied up and burned to death. He definitely didn't catch fire and was burned to death suddenly during the meal, and his age is too old." No, this person is at least in his 30s."

"What?" Yan Lu and Wu Zuo next to him were taken aback.

But Song Zixu's expression changed.

"Nonsense, this is clearly my son, he will only be 30 in a few months, how could he be in his [-]s? Besides, what evidence do you have that he was tied up and burned to death?!" The eldest son of Song Zixu who spoke, Song Fengxiao was furious. He had just died and was still being said so.

Nanny Xing rolled her eyes and said, "It's not easy to get evidence, and I can give you the evidence right now."