Criminal investigation in ancient times

Yuxiu was buried on the sixth day of the lunar new year, because the concubine's coffin could not enter the ancestral grave, so she had to be carried back to her mother's house for burial. Zhang Rui wore a plain white gown that day, and tied up her hair with an ivory hairpin. Uncle Han returned to the Lin Mansion.

Lin Cheng showed his face early in the morning, and the boy who arranged to carry the coffin left.Lin Xiaoqing also came to worship, because his daughter-in-law is a twin, so she didn't come.The old lady has not been in good health for the past few days and sent Baozhu to see Lin Xiaomin in the morning.

Lin Xiaomin didn't close his eyes for several days, his eyes were red, his face was pale, and his body was so emaciated that a gust of wind could blow him away.Zhang Rui followed him closely, afraid that he would faint in the blink of an eye.

The coffin was carried to Lin Xiaomin's mother's house. His mother's family name was Song, and she was a big merchant in Licheng. Licheng is very close to Kyoto. If you leave in the morning, you will arrive in three hours.

Zhang Rui and Uncle Han accompanied Lin Xiaomin in the carriage, while Duan Xiaobai rode behind the mourning team.

When they arrived at the gate of the Song Mansion, the concierge saw the mourning team coming and hurried in to report. After a while, a man in his fifties walked out, wearing a plain robe, and seeing Lin Xiaomin, he said, "It's been a hard journey. I never thought that your mother... come in and rest..."

Lin Xiaomin looked coldly and said: "Thank you uncle, I think my mother will be buried in the ground as soon as possible, please ask uncle to lead the way to the ancestral grave."

Master Song's complexion froze, and he immediately turned sad and said: "Okay, I'm sorry you lost your mother at such a young age. If you need to ask your uncle in the future, he will definitely refuse if he can help you." Show displeasure.

Lin Xiaomin nodded, reached out and grabbed Zhang Rui's arm, lowered his head and said nothing.

Zhang Rui frowned and looked at the two, feeling sorry for Lin Xiaomin, and angry at Master Song for forcing Yuxiu to death, but as an outsider, he had no right to speak, so he had to stretch out his hand to pull Lin Xiaomin's hand and squeeze it in his palm.

Lin Xiaomin looked up at him, Zhang Rui shook his head.

Lin Xiaomin nodded, calmed down his emotions and said, "I'm sorry, uncle."

A group of people went to the mountain, and when the carriage reached the foot of the mountain, they could no longer walk the rest of the way and had to walk up the mountain.It was almost noon before they reached the Song family ancestor's grave and buried Yuxiu.

The Song family's hometown is in the area of ​​Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Later, the family moved to Licheng after doing business.By the way, I moved all the ancestral graves here, maybe because of good feng shui, the business has been doing well these years.

After Yuxiu was buried, Xiao Min knelt down in front of the grave for a while, then got up, followed a group of people down the mountain, rejected Master Song's strong invitation, and hurried back before the city was closed.

Back at the Lin Mansion, Zhang Rui was worried that Lin Xiaomin would be alone, and decided to stay overnight in the Lin Mansion. These days, Lin Xiaomin's spirit was very poor, and he would only drink some porridge tomorrow, and he would not eat anything. Zhang Rui looked anxious, afraid that the child It's just that, I can't get over this hurdle.

As a result, when I went to see him early the next morning, I saw Lin Xiaomin eating, holding a rice bowl in one hand, his two cheeks bulging like a little squirrel.

Seeing Zhang Rui coming, Lin Xiaomin said to Yun Hong who was beside him, "Go add another pair of bowls and chopsticks."

Zhang Rui sat down with his front swing up and said, "I think you look good today, but are you thinking about it?"

Lin Xiaomin put down the bowl, wiped his mouth and said: "It's so easy to let go, but I don't want my mother to die in peace, I promised her that she will do something in the future, she will definitely not break her promise, only I will be fine." , Only when the mother dies is valuable."

Zhang Rui admired the child a little, and patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's best if you think so, it's going to be Chunwei in more than a month, you don't have to try it this year, one is that you are too young, in case you don't get it right Depression is inevitable, and the second is that your mother just passed away, which is a big blow to you, calm down, and it will not be too late to take the exam after three years."

Lin Xiaomin nodded and said: "Listen to my cousin, I also think it's not good to participate at this time, and I don't think my level can pass the exam. I must study hard in the past three years, and try again in three years. "

Zhang Rui said with a smile: "Now I feel that you are much older than before, and your appearance is more handsome. This time, no one will recognize you as a doll anymore."

Lin Xiaomin looked embarrassed and said: "I used to be cowardly, so it's no wonder that I was laughed at like a girl. If it's still like before, how can there be great achievements in the future."

Zhang Rui: "Exactly! A manly man, stand upright, don't act like a little girl, go back to school after dinner."

***

Go back to Dali Temple and go straight to Mr. Zhang's study. If it wasn't for the delay due to Lin Xiaomin's incident yesterday, he would definitely be waiting for the two of them to return home in Dali Temple.

As soon as he entered the study, he saw Zhang Yaozhi and Jiang Shuo clapping their hands with sullen faces in the room: "My lord, have those two returned?"

Zhang Yaozhi sighed: "Only one came back, and that Sizhi... died."

Zhang Rui said in surprise, "Dead?! Where's the corpse?"

Jiang Shuo sighed and said, "It has already been carried back to Dali Temple. For autopsy, he died the night before yesterday."

Zhang Rui: "The night before...was there a knife wound on the corpse?"

The two nodded, so he made a good judgment, this person did enter his study room, and accidentally left a fingerprint with medicine stains on the book.What puzzled Zhang Rui was why this person was not killed when he just returned, but was killed a day later, just after the Dali Temple made a big fuss to check one by one...

Now the case is deadlocked, if the guess is correct, the dead person was placed in the secret work of Dali Temple, then it would make sense for them to kill people and silence them.

Zhang Rui: "My lord, what should I do now?"

Zhang Yaozhi sighed: "Lao Jiang and I are also worried. Even if this case itself is an internal case of Dali Temple, it can only be solved in this way. If the details are dead, Dali Temple will have a second one, and a third one, which is hard to guard against. "

Zhang Ruidao: "Actually..." Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the person at the door.

"My lord, the Twelve Princes are here." Lin Xiaoqing stood outside the door and knocked on the door.

The three turned their heads, and after a while Zhou Yin walked in from the door.Zhang Rui saw that his eyes had passed, and hurriedly lowered his head, his ears felt hot, he touched his earlobe and said, "Since there is nothing wrong, I'll go back first..."

Zhou Yin looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Well, don't go, I still have something to do with you."

Zhang Rui stopped, and leaned against the corner to pretend to be airless.

Zhou Yin: "Master Zhang, today I want to tell you about the assassination of the brothers and sisters of the He family... Let it go, don't investigate further for now, if you continue to investigate, your Dali Temple will be in great trouble."

Several people were all stunned when they heard this!Zhang Yaozhi hurriedly said: "How do you say this, my lord?!"

Zhou Yin: "Except for the one caught by you that day, the other three of the four assassins are already dead... I hope you will carefully consider the matter of advice today."

Zhang Yaozhi immediately understood that the other assassins were probably caught by the prince and asked something unusual. I am afraid that it is the two factions above who are fighting!How could I be so confused at this point in my smart life!Thanks to the twelve princes for reminding me.

Zhang Yaozhi: "Hey, it's time to be dissatisfied. Thank you, my lord, for letting me know. I won't investigate this matter again."

Zhou Yin nodded and said, "Zhang Rui, come out with me."

Zhang Rui: "Huh?...Oh" The two walked towards the pavilion behind Dali Temple.

Zhang Rui followed him outside with his head down, Zhou Yin stopped abruptly, and Zhang Rui bumped his head into his back.

Zhou Yin turned around and said with a smile: "What are you thinking, you're so preoccupied."

Zhang Rui: "No... nothing."

Zhou Yin said: "It's nothing...but I have something to tell you."

Zhang Ruidao: "What's the matter?"

Zhou Yin said seriously: "Then the He family brothers and sisters have thought about how to arrange it?"

Zhang Rui: "Well, my brother will go to Tongzhou with me, and my sister, you can lead her into the palace."

Zhou Yin raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you say that younger sisters are smarter than elder brothers and want younger sisters?"

Zhang Rui said with a smile: "It's just a joke, Tongzhou is high and the road is far away, how can we take her a little girl there."

Zhou Yin stretched out his hand and rubbed his head and said, "Speaking of a little girl, it seems like you are much older than him."

Zhang Rui avoided his teasing hands and said, "Would you believe me if I said I'm over 30 years old?"

Zhou Yin said: "Believe it, why don't you believe it?"

Zhang Rui stared: "You actually believe it?!"

Zhou Yin: "How can a normal 14-year-old have so many thoughts like you."

Zhang Rui: "..."

Zhou Yin stopped suddenly and said, "Did you hear what I said to you that day?"

Zhang Rui was puzzled: "What?"

Zhou Yin: "In the restaurant, if you haven't heard it, I'll repeat it to you again."

Zhang Rui blushed and stammered, "Listen...I heard..."

Zhou Yin stretched out his hand to grab his hand and said: "I'm not joking with you, now Kyoto is like a bow with a taut string, and the arrow has to be fired on the string. Wherever the arrow hits, it will suffer. I don't want you to be implicated. In the future Maybe I won’t come to Dali Temple to see you often.”

Zhang Ruidao: "I know...cough, that...we'll talk about it when we have time...well"

Zhou Yin's eyes dimmed, he stretched out his hand to pull him to his side, bowed his head and kissed him.

With a faint herbal smell on her cold lips, she held Zhang Rui's lips and took a light bite.

Zhou Yin let go of the blushing person and said softly, "Sure enough, it's just as I imagined~"

Zhang Rui: "..." Does this count as being played hooligan?Wiping her mouth and blushing, she said, "I...uh suddenly remembered that I still have something to do, so I'm leaving first... I'll see you later." After speaking, he staggered and ran towards the Dali Temple.

Zhou Yin touched his lips and looked at his back, his eyes narrowed slightly and he smiled.