I'm watching the gate in the jail

"I have read the brochure handed over below."

This kind of case happened in the boundary of Beijing city, even if the emperor didn't ask, he still knew the basic situation.

"I remember that the case was solved within three days."

Zhu Jian said with a deep smile.

Although it was one case, it involved two yamen, the Commander of Jinyi's pro-army and the Shuntian Mansion.

On the Jinyiwei side, in the memorial Yuan Bin handed over, Yang Xiuxian and Wanda, especially Wanda, who were leading the case, were a great compliment, as if he was Bao Qingtian reincarnated.

In contrast, the memorial on the side of Shuntian Fu Yin was much duller.Just briefly stated the case.

The two memorials were presented on the same day. After Zhu Jianshen read them at the same time, and compared them together, he could see the attitude of the ministers in Beijing and China towards Wanda and the so-called "power" behind Wanda.

Yuan Bin has accepted the fact that Wanda was embedded in Beizhen Fusi and participated in handling the case.The veteran of the former court also recommended the young Qianhu named Yang Xiuxian to the emperor with a soft figure.It was mentioned many times in the speech that Wan Qianhu admired Yang Qianhu very much.

Shuntian Mansion is business-like, and may even be a little disdainful of the influence of foreign relatives.But it won't be revealed on purpose, just take it lightly.

This is the result he wants.

The young emperor was very satisfied.

Looking at his little uncle Lang, his eyes became more and more kind.

"Really? Brother is really capable."

When Wan Zhen'er heard about it, she was also honored and overjoyed.

"Where, I just sat by the window and saw something very interesting, so I got some inspiration."

Wanda lowered her head in embarrassment, the tips of her ears turned red.

He was in that seat that day and saw a beautiful woman.

A pretty woman in her early [-]s and [-]s, dressed in pink, appeared in the rhombic mirror of a small window diagonally across the street.

Wanda's big eyes and Pretty Woman's beautiful eyebrows meet in the mirror.

The next moment, the Linghua mirror was covered with a red cloth, a plain hand with a silver bracelet reached out, and brought the bamboo pole supporting the window back into the house, and the window was completely closed.

Wanda raised her chopsticks and smiled slightly.

What a lady who never goes down to the embroidery building, what a strict boudoir who doesn't even open the windows facing the street casually.

On the way back to the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen, other Jinyi guards were either riding horses or walking.

Only Wanda, neither wearing a uniform nor a knife, sat on the back of the little donkey and walked slowly with the team in front.

The expressionless Gao Hui led the donkey with one hand.

"Gao Hui, I'll sing you a song!"

Wanda cleared her throat, "I have a little donkey that I never ride..."

The beauty of the "voice" made the colleagues around me feel goosebumps.

"My lord, rest, it's too ugly."

"I really don't know how to appreciate it."

Yang Xiuxian sat on a black horse and walked side by side with Deng Xiang.In the middle of the sun, he looked back at Wanda who was following behind, and felt that he was not like a cat anymore.

Like a young daughter-in-law in the countryside who rode a donkey back to her mother's house after she got married soon.

It's just that the height of the donkey in front will be a bit of an eyesore.

"Thousands of households, but they don't know how to ride a horse?"

Yang Xiuxian thought of teasing him, and turned around to come to his side.

"I grew up in the Bazhou military camp. Do you think I can ride a horse?"

Wanda raised her head and said facing the sun.

The autumn sun shone on his fair face. From Yang Xiuxian's perspective, he could see the fluffy white hair on the young man's face.

Sure enough, it still looks like a cat, with a fleshy face, like a big orange cat.

Yang Xiuxian's family has a big orange cat called "Golden Silk Tiger".It is fat and big, with a tiger head and a tiger brain. It is his favorite on weekdays, and it feeds more fish than other cats.

"Then why don't adults ride horses?"

With the financial resources of Xinlebo Mansion, raising eight or nine horses is no problem.

It is said that the empress in the palace likes to ride horses.

In the northwest corner of the imperial city, there is the inner school field, and in the northeast corner, there is the Yumajian and the adjacent Li Caolan Factory. From time to time, the empress will bring the maids to gallop on horses.

But His Majesty the Emperor, because of his poor health since he was a child, has no interest in martial arts, but prefers calligraphy, painting and playing the piano.

"Yang Qianhu, have you ever ridden a donkey?"

As Wanda said, she leaned over and touched the little black donkey's neck, and the little black donkey shook his head meekly.

"what?"

Yang Xiuxian was momentarily at a loss for words.

"This... has never been ridden before."

His family is a hereditary Jinyiwei. He practiced martial arts with his uncle in the school grounds since he was a child. He learned to ride a horse almost as soon as he learned to walk. He has never ridden a donkey.

To be correct, the Yang family has no donkeys at all!

"I ride a donkey because it's comfortable."

Wanda replied solemnly, "It's different from knowing how to ride a horse. You can't think that I can't ride a horse just because I ride a donkey."

Yang Xiuxian raised one eyebrow, feeling that there was something in his words.

"So, not going downstairs and being isolated from the world are two different things. Do you understand?"

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The eldest girl got into the sedan chair, and Wanda, who was trying the case for the first time, walked into the interrogation hall surrounded by everyone, and what he saw was a very gloomy scene.

No one in the capital knew that entering the Beizhen Fusi Yamen was equivalent to entering the gate of hell.Regardless of whether you are poor or rich, high-ranking official or wealthy businessman, Jin Yiwei's set of punishments will first remove half of your life.

The remaining half-life is judged by how much useful information can be spit out, and how much ransom the family can afford.

Therefore, those who were kneeling in the hall waiting to be questioned all had mournful faces, and the timid ones could not help but cry.

Among all the officials present, Wanda had the highest position, so he naturally sat in the seat of the chief examiner.

Yang Xiuxian and Deng Xiang sat on the left and right sides respectively.

Before entering the door, Wanda greeted the two of them.

For a while, no matter what happened in the classroom, they ignored him and let him play.

It hit Yang Xiuxian's arms.

Before coming here, Lord Yuan had already told him in private that Wanda could interrogate him however he wanted, and let him go.

Although there are only the three chief interrogators in the hall now, there are countless pairs of eyes outside the interrogation hall and even inside the imperial city, wanting to see how the case will be settled in Wanda's hands.

In order to prevent collusion with each other, the school lieutenants and court officials had interrogated all of them individually.While listening to the confession of the servant, Wanda flipped through the previous records.

All the people here said that they had not seen the dead "scarred head" that night.

Except for the fact that the two thugs at the door were from Jianghu people, they had seen that rascal in the streets and alleys before, and had heard of his name.The rest of the guests didn't know the man at all.

Wanda looked at the men who were tall, short, fat, and thin, and asked the captain to take out the old, ugly, and very young men, leaving only three men in their 20s, each with a handsome appearance , behaving coquettishly.

"Handsome, we met."

Wanda walked up to the most handsome man among them, squinted his eyes and smiled.

Yang Xiuxian only felt a twitch in his temple.

"'Handsome guy'...what does it mean?"

The young man looked at Wanda in puzzlement, expressing that he had no memory at all.

"Five days ago, there was a case in the latrine of Linshuiju. You were also eating upstairs at the time...on the third floor. That day you were holding a flute in your hand...ah, it's this one!"

When Wanda was sitting at the tea stand that day, he glanced upstairs.At that time, this young man was lying on the railing on the third floor, looking down curiously, and Wanda happened to see him.

Because he is a gay guy, he will pay a little bit more attention to the good-looking little brother, so I have a little impression of him.

According to the records, this young man surnamed Zheng has been going to Linshuiju for consumption every now and then since two months ago.

And I booked the best table near the lake on the third floor, and I would drink from noon to night every time.

No matter how beautiful the scenery of Shichahai is, if you look at it from the same angle for three months, you will get tired of it if you don’t get bored.

But this son never tires of it.

The most important thing is that he is a candidate who came to Beijing to take the exam.Seeing that the big competition will be held in March next year, and it is almost November now, instead of finding a place to study hard, he also spends every day in restaurants, which is very interesting.

"Mr. Zheng, do you know Qiao's yarn shop?"

Wanda decided to go straight to the point.

The young master's face changed drastically.

Yang Xiuxian looked intently at Wanda in the hall, and raised the corners of his mouth.

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Soon, the whole family of Qiao's family, including Miss Qiao's maid, Cuizhu, were brought to the Jinyiwei yamen.

At the same time, Aunt Lai, the mother of "Scorpion Head", was also brought along.

Ordinary men can't help trembling when they enter the Yan Luo Temple, not to mention these female relatives.

The young lady from Qiao's family wrapped her head and face in a sarong, and her thin shoulders kept trembling.

The moment she saw Aunt Lai appear, the young lady simply fainted to the ground, revealing her pretty face under the sarong and the pink shirt she was wearing.

"The murderer is her!"

Wanda pointed to Miss Qiao who fell on the ground and said.

"impossible!"

Mr. Zheng was also the one who screamed in panic with the Qiao couple.

"Of course, she couldn't have been killed alone. To be precise, you two did it together."

Wanda walked up to Cuizhu girl and grabbed her arm.

On the girl's right wrist, there was a silver bracelet, which was the hand that closed the window.

"The two of them are girls who don't leave the door and don't walk through the door. How could they kill people. They killed a man in his prime."

Shopkeeper Qiao complained.

"You don't have to go out to kill people. The victim is likely to be sent to the door by himself to seek death."

Wanda shook his head, walked up to Aunt Lai with a pale face, and asked in a low voice, "Old mother, you deliberately planned to kill your son, do you understand?"

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"What's going on, I'm confused."

Concubine Wan Gui sorted out her thoughts, but still didn't understand.

"The embroidery building where Miss Qiao lives has three front and rear windows. One is facing the street, the other is facing the open space under the restaurant, and the other is facing Haizi."

Wanda explained, "The wool shop of Qiao's house is actually facing Linshui House diagonally. From the outermost seat on the third floor of Linshui House, you can see a corner of the second floor of Qiao's house."

Wanda stretched out his palm and gestured, "That's the corner a little bigger than a palm."

"So the eyes you see in the mirror are the eyes of Miss Qiao's family? Ah... I understand, although the parents of Qiao's family do not allow their daughter to open the two windows facing the street, they are afraid that her daughter will see too many pedestrians. heart. But the window facing the lake can still be left open.”

The rhombic mirror rests on the vanity box, just at an oblique angle, facing the outermost private seat of Linshuiju, which is obliquely above the third floor.

"Mr. Zheng is a flirtatious young man who is good at playing the flute. When he came to the capital a few months ago, he and a group of friends who were also juzi gathered on the third floor of Linshuiju, playing the flute against the wind and reciting poems. The scenery was just right at that time , the young lady also turned her back to the restaurant, while dressing up, she looked at the lake."

Speaking of this, Wanda is also amazed.

"Mr. Zheng, who was sitting at the outermost part of the third floor, saw Miss through the diamond mirror. The two of them flirted with each other in the mirror and fell in love at first sight."

Adolescent boys and girls are really scary. They will do anything to fall in love.

Even if the two are not face to face, they can talk in the mirror.

"But what does this have to do with the death of 'Scorpion Head'? At most, it's just a flirtatious look between young men and women. After all, Miss Qiao can't leave the house."

Wan Zhen'er was puzzled.

"This is the injustice done by the old lady of 'Scorpion Head'."

Wanda sighed, "I've read the records of Shuntian Mansion, this Aunt Lai who sells flowers is not an honest aunt. With the pretext of selling flowers, she walked through the streets and alleys and went deep into the back house. 'Mabo Six'."

To put it simply, this is the "Wang Po" of the Ming Dynasty - not the Wang Po who sold melons, but the kind who helped Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian.

"'Lai Zitou' has been in and out of Shuntian Mansion for so many years, and every time he redeems copper, he needs more than a dozen liang. The queen mother loves her son very much, and she is reluctant to let him suffer in prison, so she will soon return the redeemed copper to the government office. She alone Where did the flower seller get so much money?"

Redemption copper is a unique product in ancient justice.Simply put, it is possible to avoid part of the crime by paying a fine.

Of course, serious crimes such as murder, arson, and rebellion are not within the scope of redemption.

In such a short period of time, Wanda has entrusted someone to transfer the criminal records of Shuntian Mansion—yes!It was sent by that cannibal Qiu Zijin.

When this guy came to lunch on time at noon, he heard that Wanda was back on trial, so he took the initiative to come and ask if he could help.

Of course, Jin Yiwei could also retrieve files from the Ministry of Criminal Justice or Shuntian Mansion, but it would take at least half a day to go through the procedures. Wanda is not the kind of person who procrastinates, so he agreed to Qiu Zijin's request.

Although Qiu Xueba is a foodie, his work efficiency is astonishingly high. In less than an hour, he sorted out all the cases related to "scorpion head" and handed them over to Wanda.

"The whole sheep feast, don't forget."

Before returning to the Ministry of Punishment, Xiaoqiu asked repeatedly.

Although Aunt Lai is not the queen mother in "Water Margin", she does similar things.

This passionate young man met an equally passionate young lady, but he could only see a phantom in the mirror. How could he quench his thirst for lovesickness?

Mr. Zheng is not a local, after many inquiries, he heard that Aunt Lai from Nancheng specializes in "threading needles" and "achieve marriage".

He took 20 taels of silver, and a sweat towel next to his body, and begged Aunt Lai to help him with Miss Qiao's "beautiful affairs".

Nanny Lai has no reason to let go of the real money when she sees it.

Then, selling flowers as an excuse, she came to the backyard of Qiao's house and went to Miss Qiao's boudoir.

After several times of teasing, Aunt Lai handed Mr. Zheng's sweat towel to Ms. Qiao.The coaxed Miss Qiao took off a bead flower from her head, and as a token, she turned her head and handed it to Mr. Zheng.

Wanda winked at the wrestler standing aside.

The two big men walked up to Mr. Zheng, and found a delicate bead flower from his arms in two or three strokes.

"You! You corrupt slut!"

Shopkeeper Qiao was furious when he heard this, and slapped his daughter, who had just woken up, unconscious again.

For the women of the Ming Dynasty, it was a serious crime to tarnish their boudoirs' names by engaging in sexual intercourse without a matchmaker.

Not to mention the shopkeeper Qiao, who has always advertised himself as a "rigorous boudoir style".

"My lord, in the final analysis, it's Mr. Zheng and Mrs. Lai who deceived my daughter's ignorance. She is also a victim. How can it be said that she killed someone?"

It was Mrs. Qiao who was quick-witted, holding her daughter and crying out for injustice.

No matter how ugly it sounds, private life is nothing compared to a felony murder?

"It's not just that they are privately deciding their lives..."

Wanda shook her head.

"Master Qianhu, we have searched the second floor of Qiao's woolen shop. These are the men's sweat towels found in the box, and this strip of cloth made from old sheets."

While speaking, two school captains walked into the hall, presenting an azure sweat scarf.And put a strip of coarse cloth about one piece long on the hall.

Shopkeeper Qiao closed his eyes in despair.

"In addition, we checked the window of the room facing the open space of the restaurant. It opened and closed easily, and it can be seen that it was often opened and closed. We also checked the outer edge of the window and found that there were several finger marks on the outer railing."

Speaking of this, the maid Cui Zhu prostrated herself on the ground with a "thud", begging for mercy.

It turned out that Aunt Lai not only exchanged tokens of love for the pair of little mandarin ducks, but also gave them an idea, teaching them how to avoid meeting their parents.

Every time Mr. Zheng wanted to date the lady, he would bring a bamboo flute to the restaurant.As long as you hear the sound of the son's flute, the lady will open the window facing the lake, and have a look with Mr. Zheng in the mirror.

If the shopkeeper Qiao went out that day, or if the guard at home was not strict, Miss Qiao would wave her embroidered handkerchief in front of the mirror.

That night, Mr. Zheng will come to the open space in the backyard of Linshuiju.

There used to be a lot of sundries piled up against the wall in the open space. Mr. Zheng only needs to put two boxes on it, and he can hook it to the window railing on the second floor of Qiao's house.

At that time, Miss Qiao and the servant girl will be able to pull the not very strong Mr. Zheng up with a little effort.

Once the windows are closed, it's a good thing.

Early the next morning, before the Qiao family and his wife got up, Mr. Zheng jumped off the debris by the wall, and he was able to leave smoothly.

In the past three months or so, this pair of little mandarin ducks have been "secretly keeping secrets", dating every now and then, trying to hide it from everyone.

In return, Mr. Zheng gave Aunt Lai nearly 100 taels of silver back and forth, and also bought a lot of jewelry for the servant girl Cuizhu in return.

The silver twisted silk bracelet on Cuizhu's wrist was given by Mr. Zheng.

However, after entering October, isn't Wanda's own brother-in-law Zhu Jianshen going to confer the title of new queen again?

In order to prepare for the post-closing ceremony, the entire capital city was cleaned and looked brand new.

When Jinyiwei inspected the city environment, it banned the "sanitation dead corner" in the backyard of the hotel.

That would be embarrassing.