Criminal investigation in ancient times

In March of the 16th year of Longxing, the emperor died, and the Xiongnu took the opportunity to invade.

The Xiongnu cavalry were invincible all the way from the border to Tongzhou, and the court suddenly became chaotic. The eldest prince has been detained in Dali Temple.

The right prime minister, Li Qian, tried hard and soft on him, but he was unable to find out the whereabouts of the eldest prince. He searched Dali Temple at night and found no one at all.Immediately frightened Li Qian into a panic, could it be that the eldest prince has already... If this is the case, then why should he work so hard, saving his life is the most important thing!

Due to internal and external troubles, the country cannot be without a king for a day. The ministers had no choice but to change the name of the second prince to Yongzheng, and raised their troops to fight against the Xiongnu.

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In the palace, Zhou Yin and Zhou Yong are playing chess, they will win or lose if they come and go.

Zhou Yongzheng: "Uncle Emperor, you lost this game." As he said that, he dropped the white pieces in his hand, and suddenly the black pieces on the chessboard were lifeless.

Zhou Yin picked out the chess piece and said with a slight smile, "The emperor's chess skills have greatly improved."

Zhou Yongzheng: "Have you found that person yet?"

Zhou Yin's hand froze, the chess piece slipped from his hand, he shook his head slightly and said: "The hidden guards have been sent, maybe they will be found after a while."

Zhou Yongzheng: "Why did you send someone to force him away? Just take him back to Kyoto."

Zhou Yin sighed: "Since he has already guessed what I lied to him, I am afraid he will find it hard to believe me."

The two were silent for a while, Zhou Yongzheng said: "Now that the Xiongnu army is overwhelming, no one in the court can fight, I don't think about eating and drinking these days."

Zhou Yin: "Then I might as well recommend someone for you."

Zhou Yongzheng: "Who!"

Zhou Yin: "General Zhenbei."

Zhou Yongzheng hesitated and said: "This...General Zhenbei has always been at odds with the court, will he lead the army to fight?"

Zhou Yin raised the corner of his mouth and said, "He will."

Sure enough, as Zhou Yin expected, General Zhenbei led the expedition and guarded the city of Tongzhou tightly. Although the Xiongnu soldiers were brave and good at fighting, there was not enough food and grass.The city was besieged continuously for a month, and hundreds of attacks were launched, all of which were ineffective.The angry Xiongnu Shanyu vomited three liters of blood.

General Zhenbei took the opportunity to send people to burn the food and grass of the Xiongnu. Suddenly, the Xiongnu army lost all confidence and had to withdraw their troops back in despair.And General Zhenbei sent a large army out of the city, chasing after the Xiongnu army and beating them. The beatings made them pissed off, fled everywhere, and returned to the Hun border without daring to invade.

The great victory in this battle immediately resolved Da Zhou's predicament, and the emperor awarded him a reward. The Zhenbei General didn't want anything, he just wanted to bring his son back.

Although Zhou Yongzheng didn't want to send He Zixiang back, but General Zhenbei had made great achievements this time, and he didn't make any excessive demands, so he had no choice but to send He Zixiang back.

***

The chaos in the court remains, but the school is as quiet as before.

Two young people walked on the bluestone road, surrounded by green trees and fragrant flowers.

Lin Xiaomin: "I heard the news from my father that the border has won a great victory, your father wants to take you back, you...are you leaving?"

He Zixiang nodded slightly.

Lin Xiaomin: "Oh."

Then there was silence.

"you……"

"you……"

He Zixiang smiled and said, "You go ahead."

Lin Xiaomin bit his lip and said, "You should be more careful along the way."

He Zixiang said: "My father will send someone to pick me up, don't worry." The two walked to a gazebo and sat down.

Lin Xiaomin murmured: "I don't know when you will see you again..."

He Zixiang was also a little sad: "Yeah, Zhenbei is so far away from the capital, even if I want to come back to see you, dad won't let me."

Hearing what he said, Lin Xiaomin felt more and more pain in his chest.

He Zixiang suddenly said: "Why don't you come with me! I'll take you to see the scenery of Zhenbei."

Lin Xiaomin's eyes lit up, then dimmed and said: "How can I go with you, my father won't agree."

He Zixiang sighed: "That's right, Zhenbei is not a fun place. The people there are brutal and rough, which is incomparable to that in Kyoto. Besides, you will take the imperial examination next year. With your knowledge, it will be easy for you to win the number one prize. "

Lin Xiaomin blushed slightly and said, "It's not as easy as you said. There are so many capable people in the school, and there are thousands of candidates in places other than the school. Don't say such arrogant words anymore."

He Zixiang scratched his head with a smile and said, "Okay, don't be angry, that's what I said. Besides, I think you are the number one scholar in my heart. After your imperial examination, I will come back to see you!"

Lin Xiaomin turned to look at him and said, "Is this true?"

He Zixiang stretched out his hand and said, "Never break my promise!" The two of them clasped their hands, just like teenagers who don't know how to feel sad.

***

Lin Xiaoze is not as lucky as his younger brother, because Lin finally found out about the frequent contact with He Ming!

At first, Mrs. Lin just thought that the relationship between the two was better. Every time He Ming came to his house, Mrs. Lin was very happy. The child is calm and stable, and has excellent medical skills. If Lin Xiaoze had his three-point temper, he would not After making such a big mistake, they let the two of them interact.

Lin Cheng was busy with business every day, and basically except for going home to rest, he seldom took care of these children.By the time they found out, Lin Xiaoze was already in deep trouble, unable to extricate himself.

This matter has to start some time ago.

Lin Xiaoze has been staying at home since he came back from Tongzhou. He has nothing to do every day except writing and reading. Gradually, he gets tired of this kind of life and occasionally takes his servants out for a walk.

One day when he was walking outside, he suddenly saw the familiar figure of the man in front of him. After a closer look, it turned out to be He Ming!Lin Xiaoze Yixi just wanted to go over to call him, but before he opened his mouth, a woman came out from the side.

The woman ran directly in front of He Ming, holding the food in her hand and feeding it into He Ming's mouth. He Ming squinted his eyes and ate the food and reached out to touch the woman's head.

Lin Xiaoze felt as if struck by lightning, he was stunned on the street, not knowing what year it is...

Wandering to the house like a wandering ghost, without taking off his clothes, he tied his head on the bed, covered the quilt and fell asleep.In the dream, he dreamed that He Ming married a wife and had children, while he stood aside and watched their family enjoy themselves happily.Lin Xiaoze couldn't help but shed tears, the pain in his chest was unbearable.

After coming back from the street, he fell ill, and lay on the bed for a few days but did not recover. Mrs. Lin called the doctor, and the doctor took his pulse and said, "This child has a heart disease, and taking medicine alone may not be able to cure him."

Mrs. Lin said anxiously: "Then what should I do?"

Doctor: "Heart disease requires heart medicine." After writing a few prescriptions, he left with the medicine box on his back.

Mrs. Lin touched his head and said, "Ze'er, what's the matter with you? Is there something you can't think about." Lin Xiaoze thought of the scenes on the street, and suddenly felt like a knife was twisting his heart. He stared blankly at the top of the bed, crying It flowed out silently.

It took several days for He Ming to find out that Lin Xiaoze was ill, so he hurried to Lin's house, but he didn't think that Lin Xiaoze would not want to see him.He Ming was puzzled, took advantage of the servant's inattention, and sneaked in. When the two met, they were both stunned.

He Ming walked to the bed and looked at him, "Why don't you want to see me?"

Lin Xiaoze was furious in his heart, and turned around without looking at him.

He Ming stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hold his arm, and took his pulse: "You have depression in your heart, why?"

Hearing what he said, Lin Xiaoze suddenly became annoyed and threw off his hand, saying, "What does my business have to do with you!"

He Ming was taken aback: "Why has nothing to do with me?"

Lin Xiaoze turned around and said, "Since you already have someone you like, don't come to me again."

He Ming was even more curious and thought: Isn't the person I like the most? Is there anyone else? "Xiao Ze...are you making a mistake?"

Lin Xiaoze said: "I saw it on the street! You still want to lie to me?"

He Ming smiled bitterly and said, "What did you see? Why don't I know."

Lin Xiaoze's eyes were red: "I clearly saw a woman holding your arm intimately, and even feeding you food."

He Ming suddenly realized that what he saw was He Min, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Xiao Ze, do you remember that I told you that I still have a younger sister."

Lin Xiaoze was stunned: "Sister..."

He Mingdao: "You also said that you are as old as your concubine brother."

Lin Xiaoze was dumbfounded, could it be that the woman on the street that day was actually his sister? !This is a big joke!With a blushing face, he said: "Is that woman your sister?"

He Ming blinked and said, "Otherwise what do you think?"

Lin Xiaoze was ashamed and happy at the same time, grabbed He Ming's hand and said, "I thought it was..."

He Ming: "What is it?"

Lin Xiaoze's eyes darkened: "I thought it was your little lady who has never been married."

He Ming rubbed his head and said: "I don't have any unmarried ladies, if there is one, you are the only one."

Lin Xiaoze bit his lip, his eyes sparkled, and the depression in his heart was swept away.Suddenly holding He Ming's head, he gnawed on his face.

He Ming touched his face in astonishment, his heart was beating wildly, and he reached out to hug him and the two entangled together.

"Crack!" There was a crisp sound, and the two looked at the door at the same time, only to see Qiushuang, the maid beside Lin, standing outside the door, spilling the boiled soup in her hands all over the floor. "Second Young Master, you... you...!" After saying that, he ran outside!

Lin Xiaoze's face was pale, and he tightly grasped He Ming's cuffs with both hands and said, "Qiu Shuang saw it, she will definitely tell mother... what should I do?"

He Ming shook his head with an ugly face and said, "I'll leave first, otherwise she will be even angrier when she sees me, and you will inevitably be implicated."

Sure enough, as He Ming expected, when he walked forward, Lin Xiaoze was locked up behind him.Lin was so angry that she almost fainted, thinking in her heart, Lin Cheng must not let Lin Cheng know about this matter, if he found out, Lin Xiaoze would definitely be beaten to death by him!The Lin family has been a scholarly family for so many years, how did Lin Xiaoze become such an outlier?If you don't study well, don't talk about it, and now you are learning how to cut your sleeves!It's just that I think my life is too long!

No, absolutely can't let the two of them do this, Xiao Ze must be young and ignorant, and was seduced by that Doctor He.Thinking of this, Lin suddenly became angry.In the future, I will never let Dr. He come to the Lin family again!

When Lin Cheng came back in the evening, Mrs. Lin hesitated for a while and said: "Master, you see that Xiaoqing's children are already this old, and Xiaoze is not young anymore. Shouldn't it be time to decide on his marriage?"

As the candlelight flickered, Mrs. Lin took the scissors and cut the wick, her face flickered by the light.

After thinking about it, Master Lin nodded slightly and said: "There is a daughter-in-law in the family of the minister of rites who is still in the boudoir. She is about the same age as Xiao Ze. We talked about this a few days ago. His family also intends to marry us."

After hearing this, Lin was overjoyed and said, "How does that daughter look like? What's her temperament? Maybe she is worthy of our Ze'er?"

Master Lin smiled and said, "I don't know. If you have time, you might as well go there yourself, and change it if you think it suits you."

Lin nodded, already having an idea in her mind.

Volume Five