I'm watching the gate in the jail

"Hahahaha, is Gongsheng really Deng Zongqi's distant relative? Could it be a false identification?"

"It's true. Not only that, but recently I have been eating and drinking in the name of handling cases from time to time."

Wanda said helplessly.

Although the Jinyiwei yamen can arrest people for interrogation, they still have to be sent to the Criminal Department of the "Three Legal Departments" for final interrogation, sentencing, and conviction.

Of course, in the late Ming Dynasty, during the years when Jin Yiwei was the most arrogant, from arrest to execution, Jin Yiwei took care of everything without going through the "three legal departments" at all.Even the "driving posts" necessary to arrest people can be ignored.

However, neither the current Zhu Jianshen nor the former Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen had yet to elevate Jin Yiwei's rights to this extent.

The Ministry of Punishment can be regarded as Jinyiwei's brother unit, and there are often official documents that need to be communicated with each other. Sometimes Jinyiwei will invite officials from the Ministry of Punishment to come and try cases together.

As a result, this Qiu Zijin relied on this, plus he and Deng Xiang's relatives who were [-] miles away, mixed into the big family that ate canteen food.

Because the relationship between Deng Xiang and Wanda was better than others, Wanda had to save an extra meal for his cousin because of his cousin's face.

"At the beginning, I didn't know that Master Wan would come to Beizhen Fusi in person to greatly improve the food standard in the dining hall. I heard that among the major yamen in the capital, the cooks of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs are the highest, so I chose to go to the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to experience events... Sigh, what a pity ..."

Qiu Zijin, who snatched the last piece of rock sugar braised pork from Gao Hui, said with regret.

The other supervisors chose the Lishi Yamen to pave the way for their future official careers.

It's a good thing for this university bully to choose which yamen to enter based on the level of the yamen cafeteria.

Hearing this, Wanda didn't know what to say, so she turned around and ordered the cook to cook two more dishes to comfort Gao Hui who was sulking.

"This is the first time I've heard that someone would go to Beizhen Fusi to eat so unscrupulously... Hahaha..."

"What a wonderful man."

In Beijing in October, it is already the season of cold wind.However, in the Forbidden City with "earth dragon" equipment, the palace stores are warm and harmonious, not to mention the Zhaode Palace where the emperor and the empress live.

In addition to the earth dragon, there is also a carbon stove burning silver charcoal in the center of the palace.The red candle mixed with various spices exudes a pleasant fragrance, which makes people feel ecstatic, as if entering a fairyland.

After listening to Wanda's narration, Zhu Jian, who was sitting on the soft bed, leaned forward and back with a deep smile, and almost fell into the arms of Wan Zhen'er, who covered her mouth and kept laughing.

The eunuchs and maids who were waiting on the sidelines, including the new eunuch who was appointed as the Chief of Rites, Huai En, the Duke of Dongchang, also shook his shoulders with a smile.

The entire Zhaode Palace is full of happy air.

"When the miscellaneous family was working outside, I also heard about it. Now the reputation of the canteen in Fusili of Beizhen has surpassed the reputation of the 'imperial prison'. If it weren't for the strict guards of Fusi of Beizhen, outsiders would not be able to enter easily. It is estimated that someone will 'smell the fragrance'."

In fact, Zhu Jianshen had already read this case in the brochure sent by Dongchang.But reading it on paper, there is nothing interesting about what Uncle Xiaolang said.

Yang Qianhu was interesting, and so was this little scholar named Qiu Zijin.

A few days ago, Zhu Jianshen once again held a ceremony to confer the queen.The Wang family, who was originally favored by the empress dowager, was named the empress, and instead of empress Wu, she moved into the Kunning Palace.

Within a year, after two seals, the successive dynasties are considered rare.

Because of the abolition of the Empress, there were many criticisms of Concubine Wan inside and outside the court.Wan Zhen'er is always sleepy these days and can't lift her spirits.Wanda was so frightened that she never dared to enter the palace again after that day.

In order to make Minister Wan happy, and to hear what he had seen and heard in Beizhen Fusi during this period of time, Zhu Jianshen specially ordered Eunuch Wynn to bring Wanda into the palace today to talk with her.

"Is there anything else, is there anything interesting? Tell my sister quickly."

Wan Zhen'er leaned on the heated kang, lovingly stroking his younger brother's head, "Since I entered the palace at the age of four, except for the time when I was driven to Prince Tan's mansion, I have never stepped out of this imperial city for almost a day. How are the streets outside and how the people live, I have almost forgotten it."

"That's right...why isn't I not? Minister Wan has lived outside the palace for at least a few years, and I have never been out of Beijing since I was born..."

Although he couldn't say it out loud, deep down in Zhu Jianshen's heart, he also understood why his father, the emperor, would "be hunting" at the instigation of eunuch Wang Zhen.

Even though he is the lord of the world, he can only be trapped in this square yellow circle all his life. He has never seen the Tianshan, Beihai, or the Gobi Desert.

Although he has only been emperor for less than a year, he has been a prisoner of the royal family for 18 years...

Seeing that the two masters looked bad, Wynn quickly poked Wanda's arm with his hand.

"Then, the next thing, that's exciting..."

Upon receiving the signal, Wanda immediately cleared his throat, and continued to talk happily, "There is actually a murder involved behind this."

"Murder case?"

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Wan Zhen'er looked forward curiously.

One month after joining Beizhen Fusi, Wanda finally followed up the first big case in his life.

It was Wanda Hugh again that day.Recalling the carp meal he ate with Yang Xiuxian at "Linshuiju" five days ago, Wanda couldn't help but want to have another meal.

So I left Nanxunfang early in the morning and walked towards the Drum Tower where "Linshuiju" is located.

Because today he was going on the road alone, and he had to circle half of the imperial city, Wanda took out a little black donkey kept in the stable at home and started on the road.

As a majestic thousand households, there is of course a mount exclusively for Wanda in the stables of Beizhen Fusi.

However, he spends his days on duty in the dining hall behind, and never follows Tiqi out to patrol the streets, so the horse has only been kept in the stable until now, eating and not working.

From time to time, Wanda would feed him radishes and vegetables from the dining hall, as well as precious sucrose. Although there is no working relationship between one person and one horse, the relationship is still good.

He bought this little black donkey at the cattle and horse market after he left the market a few days ago, and spent two renminbi.

When he was in Bazhou, Wanda's family had a donkey in the yard, which was used to grind beans and carry things.

Now that their whole family has moved into the capital, he gave the donkey as a gift to the neighbor next door, thanking them for their care over the years.

Sitting on the short little black donkey, Wanda swayed out of the workshop while drinking a song.Half an hour later, I arrived at the "Linshuiju" by the lake, and saw two familiar people standing under the restaurant...

Deng Xiang also has Gao Hui.

Nearly twenty Jinyiwei and more than a dozen school captains of Beicheng Bingmasi stood at the scene, surrounding the entire "Linshuiju" and several nearby shops and houses.The common people around who wanted to watch the excitement were all driven out from a distance.

"It's dead."

Gao Hui frowned and walked to Wanda's side, "In the open space in the backyard of Linshuiju, a person died. Master Yang is already there, Master Wan, please follow me."

I just want to have a meal on the rest day, why do I have to face the murder scene...

Wanda wanted to cry but had no choice but to hand over her beloved little donkey to the Lishi.

Walking to the open space in the backyard of Linshuiju, a group of people could be seen from a distance around the base of the wall, and a corpse was lying on the ground.

Wanda raised her head, took a few deep breaths, and slowly walked over to the crowd after she had prepared herself mentally.

Fortunately, okay, the body is still intact, it's miserable not to die...

Taking a quick glance at the dead body on the ground, Wanda heaved a sigh of relief.

"Why is Lord Wan here? Isn't it Xiu Mu today?"

After squatting on the ground and inspecting the corpse, Yang Xiuxian took the white handkerchief handed over by the captain beside him and wiped his hands. When he turned around, he saw Wanda's pale face.

"Passing by..."

Wanda smiled awkwardly.

"That's a coincidence. It just so happens that this case has some connection with Mr. Wan. Why don't we stay and handle the case together."

Yang Xiuxian looked at Wanda's head, the dull hair that was bristled up as usual without a hat on. Since he had just touched the corpse, he resisted the urge to reach out and stroke him for the time being.

Yang Xiuxian said that this case has something to do with Wanda, because the person who died was none other than the "scarper" who sold him fake money according to the liar surnamed Hou in the "toilet fraud case" last time.

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According to the inspection results of the Beicheng Bingma Division, combined with Yang Xiuxian's investigation, it was determined that the deceased fell to his death from a high place.

The deceased was "Lai Zitou", whose real name was Lai Dabao, and a native of Shuntian Prefecture.He lives in the southern outskirts of the city, is over [-] years old, does not work, and is a well-known rascal idler.

Hearing that he had died, the neighbors around clapped their hands and applauded, saying that the gods had eyes and finally accepted this heavenly killer, and no one felt sorry for him.

He only has an old mother who is over [-] years old, and when she gets old, she still has to go to the streets to sell flowers to make a living. This is really a white-haired man giving a black-haired man.

"I thought this 'scorpion head' was a burly man, but it turned out that he was not much stronger than that Hou."

Wanda sighed.

"The wine and sex have hollowed out the body, so it's strange to be able to grow stronger."

Wuzuo strikes up a conversation.

"Did you fall to your death? Fall to your death from a high place?"

"Yes, fell from a height, broke his neck, and died on the spot."

"Is there no trauma on your body?"

"There are no other fatal wounds, but there is a scratch on the back of the right hand, which seems to be cut by some sharp knife or something. The wound is very shallow and has no lethality."

After listening to Wu Zuo's report, Wanda put his hands on his hips and looked up.

As the name suggests, Linshuiju is located on the side street by the water. The north side of the gate faces the Drum Tower, and the south side faces the lake of Shichahai.Because of the beautiful scenery and good cooking skills, it is very famous in the capital.

Because the restaurant is built along the river, instead of facing south as standard, there is an open space under the northeast corner, which is not connected with the neighbors, and the hotel staff usually accumulate debris here.

The body of Laizitou was found by the watchman in this clearing in the early hours of the morning.

"Did he stumble and fall from the restaurant? No, it's so far away, unless it's a run-up first, and then a pole..."

Wanda narrowed her eyes and compared the distance between the marked corpse and Linshuiju.

"The shopkeeper and waiter of Linshuiju, including a few regular customers who come to drink every night, all said that they have never seen this 'scorpion head'. Moreover, this is not the place where he came in."

Because this is one of the most expensive restaurants in Beijing.

Drink a glass of wine in Linshuiju, and drink a pot outside.The guests who come and go are either rich or expensive, and the food and drinks here are not affordable for a local ruffian like a lame head.

Even if he wanted to come in, the tall thugs standing at the door would not agree.

But just to be on the safe side, Yang Xiuxian has already ordered someone to bring back the few guests who stayed in the restaurant during the late night of drinking here last night to Fusi Yamen in Beizhen.

"Didn't you say that this is the place where the restaurant piles up the sundries? Will you step on the pile at night and... no, where are the sundries?"

Wanda looked around and found that the place had been cleaned up and there was nothing there.

A few holly trees were planted in the corner, which were no higher than a person's waist, and it was quite difficult to jump off them and fall to death.

"Isn't the twelfth day of this month a big gift for the canonization of the new empress? Jinyi guards are all over the capital to picket the city's appearance. This hotel is next to Haizi, which is a place of focus. If there is any trouble, it will cause water to accumulate. We have already cleaned it up."

Deng Zongqi replied.

Ah, thank you for your hard work, Deng Chengguan.

Wanda pursed her lips.

You think that the Jinyiwei is ransacking the family and exterminating the family, but the actual Jinyiwei is sorting out debris and dredging the sewer on the side of the street.

"What about the private house over there? Why don't you check the people over there? Speaking of which, the corpse should be closer to the private house."

Wanda pointed to the two-story residential building opposite Linshuiju.

"That's the old Qiao's house. The first floor is the woolen shop in the front, and the old Qiao and his wife live in the back. The upper part is the embroidery building of his girl who has not yet left the cabinet. I have asked around before. This family has a strict boudoir style, and the girl never Don’t go downstairs. Not only that, but you don’t even open the windows casually on weekdays.”

Yang Xiuxian shook his head.

The lieutenants had already questioned the shopkeeper and the staff of Qiao's Wool Shop.

When Qiao and his wife slept until midnight, they vaguely heard a sound coming from outside the door.But only as a guest of the restaurant next door, he fell down on the side of the road after getting drunk.

There are many such things on weekdays, and they don't take it seriously.

No one could have imagined that someone fell to his death outside the wall of his own house.

The deceased fell to his death from a height, but there was no place nearby for him to fall.Moreover, there were no witnesses, and after searching, there were no clues on the body.

The case suddenly became very anxious.

"Guru..."

Thousands of households who hadn't eaten breakfast touched their bellies that had already started to growl.

As the saying goes, "everyone comes here", "order this", "eat before leaving", Wanda decided not to wrong itself.

Besides, today he came here for dinner!

"Let's go! Let's eat! Today is a business trip, right? You can get reimbursed for lunch, right? Go, go, go, Gaohui, the Yellow River carp here is delicious, I won't lie to you!"

Hearing this, Gao Hui nodded his head like he was pounding garlic, turned around and walked into the restaurant immediately.

"The third floor, go up to the third floor, you have to sit next to Haizi's good seat!"

When he and Yang Xiuxian came to eat last time, unfortunately, the private seats on the third floor were full, so they had to eat on the second floor.

It is said that sitting on the third floor to eat, looking northeast along the direction of Yindian Bridge, you can see the view of Yuquan Mountain in autumn.

Wanda trotted all the way into the store, and the shopkeeper took him upstairs with a wry smile on his face.

Because of Jin Yiwei's investigation, the hotel is doomed not to open for business today, this gentleman can sit wherever he wants.

"Yang Qianhu, isn't Master Wan Xiumu today? How could he come to the crime scene by himself?"

Deng Xiang asked Yang Xiuxian beside him.

He is a veteran of many years, and the minds of the adults in the yamen can be guessed without explaining it.

Today's case, they received the news from Wucheng Bingma Division, and rushed here immediately.

In less than half an hour, thousands of households arrived, and they came on donkeys.

Although he said that he was just passing by... how can there be such a coincidence in the world.

Some time ago, he was mixed in the dining hall, and he had already brushed up the goodwill of the brothers in the guard. Now it seems that he is going to intervene in the case.

"Do you know, the day Empress Wu flogged Wan Niangniang, Master Wan also rested."

Yang Xiuxian smiled, patted Deng Xiang on the shoulder, but did not answer directly.

The latter stared, turned his neck stiffly, and looked at Yang Xiuxian's calm smile.

"You mean..."

Empress Wu's abolition is not only related to Wan Niangniang, but also related to Wanqianhu?

If it is true, this person is too good at pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger!

"Ah!"

Sitting on the best seat by the window facing the lake on the third floor of the hotel, Wanda, who was waiting for Xiao Er to serve the food, sneezed heavily.

"Don't sit in this kind of place if you are thin. The wind on the lake in autumn is very cool."

Gao Hui glanced at him, and said a classic quote from a straight man, "Drink more hot water."

"You know what! The seat I'm sitting in is the most valuable in the entire restaurant. A pot of Fenjiu costs fifty copper coins here, and forty copper coins are bought for the view here."

Linqing Restaurant, where Wanda worked in Bazhou before, was also built along the river, and customers prefer to sit in a place where they can see the river view.

However, the small river in Bazhou City is completely incomparable with Shichahaina in Beijing City. From this seat, you can see Yanjing's famous "Taiye Autumn Breeze" and "Silver Ding Mountain View" at the same time. It can be called a VIP among VIPs. .

Especially now, at noon when the sun is shining, a piece of golden light shines on the calm lake of Haizi.The residual lotus by the lake is covered with a thin layer of golden color.

The willow branches by the lake stick to the last touch of green before the arrival of late autumn. Looking down, you can only see the green belt on the shore, and the cold water in the lake is full of smoke.

"But according to me..."

Wanda raised her head and raised her eyebrows not far outside, "It turns out that a better 'landscape' is here..."

When Yang Xiuxian walked to the third floor, what he saw was Wanda's sly expression.

The sun shone on the messy hair on his head, and Yang Xiuxian almost suspected that he saw a big fat cat that just ate fish meat.