Criminal investigation in ancient times

Lin Xiaoqing recalled Zhang Rui's actions just now and said, "Rui'er, I saw you found something on Yang Xingbao's body just now?"

Zhang Rui took out the wrapped straw paper from his arms and said: "This is the food residue left over from the corner of the mouth of the corpse I found. Although I don't know what kind of poison Young Master Yang has, but starting from the food, I might find it." Young Master Yang was poisoned to death by what he ate.

Zhang Yaozhi became interested and waved his hand for Zhang Rui to go forward.Zhang Rui handed him the paper bag in his hand, and Zhang Yaozhi opened it carefully, only to see a little food crumbs wrapped in the paper.

Jiang Shuo leaned over his head and took a look, Zhang Yaozhi said: "Can you tell what kind of food it is?" Mr. Jiang shook his head and said: "I have never done much research on food, I'm afraid I need to find a cook to identify it."

Zhang Yaozhi carefully folded the paper bag again, "What's your name?"

Zhang Rui arched his hands and said, "My surname is Zhang Dan and my name is Rui."

Zhang Yaozhi smiled and said, "It's still from the same family, what kind of Zhang family are you from?"

Zhang Rui: "The Zhang family in Qiushui County, Xuzhou"

"Xuzhou... Zhang's family in Xuzhou, our two families are not far away. My family is Zhang's family in Qingzhou." Xuzhou and Qingzhou are considered to be two neighboring prefectures, so maybe they have relatives with them.If Zhang Rui uttered these words, it would definitely be seen as being close, but Zhang Yaozhi's words made people have to ponder.

After Zhang Rui went out, Zhang Yaozhi stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Xiaoqing, is this child your cousin? How old is this year?"

Lin Xiaoqing said: "I'm 14 years old this year. Because my parents died early and my family property was taken over by my tribe, I had to go to Beijing to join my family."

"Old Jiang, what do you think of this kid?"

Jiang Shuo said sternly, "That's right, he's a good seedling! It's really not easy to be able to do this in his teens."

Zhang Yaozhi said: "After going through such a thing, this child speaks in an orderly manner, and observes very little. He is courageous and resourceful. He even dares to inspect the corpse himself. The most valuable thing is that he was not arrogant or rash after I said those words just now. If it weren't for being too young, I really want to bring him by my side and teach him personally!"

Lin Xiaoqing was startled after hearing this, and said in his heart that Rui'er is indeed a great talent, but on the one hand, even the minister of Dali Temple favors him.

After Zhang Rui came out of Dali Temple, he was taken back by the school's carriage. No one wanted to see this kind of thing happen. When he arrived at the school, Mrs. Xu called him over alone and questioned him.There were several doubts lingering in Zhang Rui's mind all the time, so he simply asked his husband.

"Sir, the students have some doubts and don't know whether to speak or not."

Mrs. Xu said: "But it doesn't matter."

Zhang Ruidao: "I met the Yang family in Dali Temple. It stands to reason that the Yang family was born as a general. Why is his son Yang Xingbao in Class C instead of Class D?"

Mrs. Xu said: "You don't know, this Yang Xingbao is Yang Jiu's second son, he suffered from asthma since he was a child, he couldn't learn to ride and shoot, so he was assigned to Class C.

Zhang Rui nodded and said: "So that's the case, the husband said he was ranked second, so there is an older brother above him?"

Mrs. Xu nodded, "That's right, his brother is a student of Class D. This time, I heard from Mr. Liu that you did a good job and didn't let this matter get out. Otherwise, the impact on the school will be quite bad." Zhang Rui is humble and dare not take it.

Mrs. Xu: "If you have any questions, you can ask Master Liu. He knows more than I do. I hope that the murderer can be caught as soon as possible, so that other students will not be murdered again."

Class C has been sealed off, and the students in Class C are all transferred to Banxuezhai. Zhang Rui followed the boy back to Banxuezhai. yelling.

"Which one of you killed my brother! Tell me! Otherwise, I will block you here so that none of you can get out!"

"Yes! Hurry up and hand over the murderer! Otherwise, no one will even think about getting out!"

A group of young and old people blocked the entrance of Banxue Zhai, and the room was full of students from Class C. Seeing Zhang Rui coming back from a long distance, one of them said: "The man is back, you might as well ask him, he was taken to Dali It’s gone to the temple.” It doesn’t matter what you said, all the fingers were pointed at Zhang Rui, and the boys walked up to Zhang Rui angrily and said, “You found out that my brother died tragically?!”

Zhang Rui looked at the young man up and down. He really didn't have the slightest resemblance to the deceased. This young man had sharp eyebrows and tiger eyes, his lips were slightly pursed, and he had the aura of a general. He was so brave at such a young age. surprise.

Zhang Rui slightly nodded his head and said, "It's just..."

Before Zhang Rui could finish speaking, the boy reached out to grab Zhang Rui.After all, Zhang Rui has also learned fighting for more than ten years, how can he let this kid be bullied?Reaching out to grab the boy's arm, he turned around and threw the boy who was half a head taller than him over his shoulder.

The noisy people were shocked by the sudden silence, no one thought that Zhang Rui would be good at martial arts!The boy fell and regained consciousness a little bit, got up and fixed his gaze on Zhang Rui.I wondered in my heart that this person had a fair face, was not as tall as himself, and his thighs were not as thick as his arms. How could he suddenly throw himself to the ground just now?

Zhang Rui was annoyed, why didn't this kid let anyone finish talking! "Your younger brother was poisoned to death. Dali Temple is investigating the murderer. If there is no evidence to prove that I killed your younger brother, don't attack me casually." Zhang Rui also used a clever trick just now. Leveraging strength and strength, if you really want to face this young man head-on, although you won't be at a disadvantage, you can't avoid it if you add some color.Besides, Zhang Rui is a man in his late thirties, what's the point of being stubborn with this kid, the key is to catch the murderer.

The young man got up, rubbed his arms, spat on the ground and said, "You guys in class C will remember today. If the murderer is found among you in the future, I, Yang Xingyu, will kill him! Let's go!" The group of teenagers followed him and left, and the students in Class C finally cheered.

Lin Xiaomin ran over from the house and said, "Brother Rui, are you okay!"

Zhang Rui: "It's okay, let's go in, why don't you see Master when these people come to make trouble?"

Lin Xiaomin: "My master was called away by the people sent by my husband. Brother Rui, you were so amazing just now! You actually knocked that kid down!"

Zhang Rui smiled and patted him on the head: "I just came back from my husband's place, maybe I missed it on the way, if I guess correctly, we will probably be able to go back home in a while."

Lin Xiaomin: "Why?" Zhang Rui smiled and said nothing.That kid just now, although he was a little reckless, was able to bend and stretch, and he could control his anger, and he would definitely make a big difference in the future, but why did he die as the second young master who was ordinary, had no merit, and was in poor health?This is not in line with common sense...

Sure enough, as Zhang Rui expected, Liu Ben came back after a while and said: "The school has notified all the houses, and someone will come to pick you up in a while, I hope you can read more books by yourself after you go back, and be cautious in your words and deeds. "As soon as the master finished speaking, the students below all looked excited, and even the matter of the dead was diluted a lot.

Zhang Rui suddenly remembered something he had missed and said, "Master, the student has something to say to you alone."

Liu Ben looked at Zhang Rui with strange eyes, thought for a moment and said, "Come out with me."

The two walked along Banxuezhai towards the gazebo in front. "Master, the students don't understand something. When did Yang Xingbao come to Class C to report today?"

Liu Ben stroked his beard and thought for a while: "It was probably Chen Shi, but I can't remember exactly when it was. There are many students in the school, and he is not the most outstanding on weekdays..."

Zhang Rui nodded. It was almost a quarter of a century when he came here. If Yang Xingbao arrived at the school at the second quarter of Chenshi, then during half an hour, no one would notice that he was abnormal after half an hour. This is really unreasonable Ah... If a normal person is not suicidal, poisoning will definitely make him uncomfortable, at least his stomach hurts for sure, but that child... Zhang Rui recalled that he was lying on the table at that time, as if he fell asleep Ordinary, and the strangest thing is that the child's face, although his complexion was blue and his seven orifices were bleeding, did not show any distressed and hideous expression...

"Master! I want to go to class C, okay?"

Liu Ben: "This..." When he came out from the husband's office, the husband's office had instructed that the murderer must be caught as soon as possible, and this child named Zhang Rui was very unusual, and had something to do with Dali Temple.If he has any needs, try to meet him.

"Then go and come back quickly."

Zhang Rui nodded, lifted his clothes and ran towards Class C. The door of Class C was closed tightly. Zhang Rui stretched out his hand and gently pushed the door, only to see that the room was in a state of disarray. Presumably those children were frightened and made a mess when they ran out. .

Zhang Rui went to the table where the deceased was sitting and squatted down. The blood on the ground had dried up and turned black.The other things on the seat were taken away by Dali Temple as evidence, and Zhang Rui turned around the table twice but found nothing new.

"Crackling..." There was a sound outside the door, Zhang Rui was taken aback, his eyes turned to the window, a figure flashed past, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.He hurriedly got up and chased it out, but there was no one outside, only a broken branch left.

Who is following him secretly?Or who wants to come to Class C to check?Zhang Rui habitually touched his earlobes and squinted his eyes, like a fox.When Zhang Rui returned to Banxuezhai, Lin's carriage had already arrived, because only one carriage was sent to pick up three people back to the residence, Lin Xiaoze sat on the carriage and waved to him.

Lin Xiaoze: "Ruier, where have you been? We've been waiting for you here for a long time."

Zhang Ruidao: "Go back to Class C and take a look."

Lin Xiaoze: "Where are you going to see what? It's unlucky for someone to die just now. Let's go home quickly. Well, I made an appointment with Jiang Tai and the others to play during Muxiu. I don't think we need to wait until Muxiu this time. .” There was an unconscious joy in the words, like a primary school student who had just started school and the teacher gave him another holiday.

The three returned to the Lin Mansion, and Lin Xiaoqing was also in the mansion.When he came back from Dali Temple at noon, he told Lin Cheng what Dali Temple Minister admired Zhang Rui. Lin Cheng walked back and forth in the study and said: "We can't manage this matter, let him let it go, it's too rushed It’s not good for Rui’er, so you can do your own thing with peace of mind, if Dali Temple asks Rui’er for help, you should answer for him first, and he won’t refuse Rui’er even if you want to.” Lin Xiaoqing nodded, feeling more and more aware See Ruier, this child is not ordinary.