I solved crimes in the Song Dynasty and strengthened the country [Seventh Five-Year]

01 Lin Lang Doubts Here

"Trash, you can't do small things well, what's the use of the court supporting you?!"

Jiang Lin was hit in the face by the messy files and seals, and met with a cloud of saliva, and his snow-white sleeves were stained in several places.

"Don't think that you are a big deal because you are the second place. At the foot of the emperor, in Dali Temple, there is no shortage of you as a Jinshi! Once you enter the yamen, you must abide by the rules of the yamen. All files are handwritten and re-recorded. Don't play any tricks!"

Shaoqing Xue Qing from Dali Temple cursed until his voice was hoarse, his hysterical attitude was like treating a murderer, but he forgot that he had clearly said that as long as he handed over work, he could leave work early.

In "my" memory, Xue Qing has always been so irritable.And because it was a Yin official who took office, Xue Qing was very harsh on his subordinates who were Jinshi.The subordinates have always been submissive to Xue Qing and dare not provoke him, except for Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin dared to use such a magical tool as printing when his boss set rules for his new direct subordinates.From Xue Qing's point of view, Jiang Lin deliberately slapped him in the face.

Jiang Lin couldn't argue with anything.He had just traveled not long ago, and he hadn't written neatly yet.Hearing that Xue Qing said that he would pack up and leave if he could not finish transcribing the file, he secretly used movable type to engrave it, not intentionally to offend Xue Qing.

But Xue Qing seemed to feel that Jiang Lin didn't dare to speak back, and his arrogance became more and more arrogant.

"If you can't finish transcribing today, why don't you go home! Anyway, your dilapidated house is almost too leaky, so just sell it to cover the fence!" Xue Qing sneered twice, and didn't notice the door flashing by at all. figure.

Jiang Lin inherited the original owner's keen five senses and noticed the visitor.With a flash of inspiration, he looked up at Xue Qing and said, "Xue Shaoqing's family has a big business. It's not enough to hold many mansions in central Beijing. Do you want to buy and sell them by force from Jiang?"

The words were a bit abrupt, and Xue Qing didn't react for a while.

Jiang Lin seized the opportunity and continued to speak righteously: "Allow me to remind you that a certain Jiang lives alone, and it's fine if the house is taken over. Xue Shaoqing should not know the law and break the law like before, and take over the people's fields and private houses to renovate them." Cheng Goulan, but also to force other wives and daughters to enter the Land of Love and Moon to perform as a performer!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Xue Qing was overwhelmed by these accusations, grabbed Jiang Lin's collar, and threatened, "You don't want to live!"

The corners of Jiang Lin's lips curled up slightly, and his eyes looked outside the door.

Xue Qing suddenly felt a chill down his spine, turned around suddenly, and saw a red-clothed guard standing with a saber in his hand, holding an official document, it was Zhan Zhao, the "Royal Cat".

"There was a sudden murder case in the Kaifeng government office. The officials urgently ordered Dali Temple to send people to start the investigation immediately. The results must be released within seven days." Zhan Zhao's piercing gaze swept over Xue Qing who was kneeling in fright, and looked at Jiang Lin, "Xue Shaoqing is unwell and not suitable for office work, Jiang Shaocheng, why don't you take the order quickly?"

Jiang Lin's eyelids twitched.

Just like what his master said, he still couldn't escape the first disaster after crossing.

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There was a "seven-day countdown" on the trip, and Jiang Lin didn't care about anything else, so he and Zhan Zhao rushed to Kaifeng Mansion immediately.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the yamen, he could hear loud curses coming from the back hall.

"How do you slaves serve you?! My father is the magistrate, the magistrate! You can teach him to lose his life without leaving a whole body! Old Yu, how do you manage things?!"

Young Master Pei picked up the board and greeted several yamen servants who were watching the night.

"Last night, the youngest daughter was ill and was not on duty at the yamen. The young master spared her life..."

"Stop!" Jiang Lin strode forward and clamped the opponent's wrist with one hand.

He looked at the house in the middle, which was the residence of Prefect Chen.

The door was broken open, and a strong smell of blood came out.

The blood-soaked person was lying on the table, the ground was covered with scattered flesh, and the scratches and bite marks of evil beasts could be seen everywhere.

Several yellow-robed mages were dancing in front of the door, muttering words.

There was a lunar eclipse last night, and the magistrate died in the yamen.The family members of the deceased came with a group of mages, together with the "Moonlight Pearl" that was stolen at the same time.No wonder this case detonated in the city at the fastest speed, wrapped in superstitious rumors of "Tengu kills people".

Jiang Lin raised his hand and shouted, "What are you doing?!"

"Aw!" Pei Guang jumped in pain, and said angrily, "These dog slaves eat and drink my father's food but can't protect his life. They all deserve to die! What happened to me beating them?!"

"My lord, don't hurt my son! My son is young, even if there is an impulsive act due to the sudden loss of his father, it is all out of filial piety..." Mrs. Pei, who was seated in the seat, hurriedly got up, covering her heart, and her gaze towards the yamen servants disappeared instantly. Meaning of sadness.

The most severely beaten yamen servant immediately kowtowed to Jiang Lin to intercede: "The youngest one was the foreman last night. The magistrate specially ordered not to disturb him, and the people in the city were 'chasing the dog', and the gongs and irons kept shouting...I didn't find out until I waited. Abnormal! It's a small dereliction of duty. I failed to take good care of Master Chen. The young master deserves to be beaten! Please forgive me, my lord!"

Jiang Lin's eyes became colder and colder.

The Pei family that Chen Zhifu inserted upside down was one of the most powerful and powerful people in Beijing, and the Tongzhi of Kaifeng Prefecture dared not offend them, let alone these ordinary people who came to serve as yamen servants.

But even if the yamen servants were really at fault, it was not the Pei family's turn to manage the Kaifeng government office as their own backyard.

Jiang Lin said in a cold voice: "Dali Temple has its own rules for handling cases, and please respect your wife and son. Come here, and invite the mages to go."

After finishing speaking, he turned his wrist and threw Pei Guang directly into the arms of several servant girls. The latter was about to argue again, but was stopped by Mrs. Pei.

Mrs. Pei rubbed the corners of her eyes twice with a handkerchief, and said sadly: "But the mage said that my husband will not die in peace, and he needs to be buried as soon as possible to save his soul..."

Jiang Lin interrupted: "The corpse will be returned by Dali Temple in person after the examination."

Pei Guang looked at Jiang Lin as if he wanted to kill his father: "Return it?! All of your work is trash, how can you deserve to touch my father?!"

Hearing this, Jiang Lin looked at the handsome young man who had been hiding behind the apricot tree in the east, and asked, "Isn't Mr. Qi here?"

The young man's name is Xie Ling, with a little red between his brows, he is the magistrate of the Kaifeng Mansion, he bowed his head timidly and said: "Here we are, just entered, I fainted from fright..."

It was only then that Jiang Lin saw a row of fainted or lying people behind him.

The one Xie Ling put a handkerchief on his forehead was Qi You, the best samurai of their Dali Temple.

There are too few people who can use it, and Jiang Lin is not a medical student. He has never seen a serious corpse, so he can only say: "...Let me take a look first, and then you can find someone."

Xie Ling whispered: "Mr. Qi has another apprentice..."

Jiang Lin nodded helplessly, ignored Pei's mother and son, and entered the scene of the crime with Zhan Zhao covered in a veil.

The latch of the door of the dormitory was broken, and a brass lock was attached to the end.

There are also small locks on the two south windows.

The charcoal basin in the room was still on, the ground was covered with blood, scratches and bite marks could be seen everywhere, Jiang Lin avoided it carefully, and walked closer while holding his breath.

Chen Zhifu was covered in blood, his flesh was broken, and his body was covered with marks of fierce beasts' bites.

Blood was splattered or overflowed on the table legs and chair backs, and scattered pieces of meat and cloth were scattered around.

Jiang Lin tried his best to convert the scene in front of him into effective information.

The wound on the neck is the deepest, the bite marks on the back are the heaviest, and the brush is in his hand.

There were brief signs of struggle before death, half of the objects on the table were scattered, and there were many paw prints left by large dogs on the ground.

The cabinet door was pried open, and the inside was empty, and the brocade box that originally contained the "Moonlight Pearl" disappeared.

Jiang Lin sighed.This case is about the level of difficulty that Xue Qing would say "escaped a catastrophe".

Zhang You, a colleague outside the door, was stared hard by Pei Guang. He clutched the Buddhist beads in his hand, and followed Jiang Lin in fear.

He tried to persuade: "Actually, it's okay to teach Pei's mansion to take the body back and bury it immediately. This is a secret room, and the prefect Chen's departure is very ominous. Those mages said that it was the evildoer last night who caused the trouble, and he needs to be suppressed quickly." Living is..."

Jiang Lin wrapped a small piece of cloth on the ground with a handkerchief, and said, "Your Majesty Tongzhi, as an imperial court official, also believes in the rumor that 'Tengu kills people' in the city?"

Zhang You was taken aback by Jiang Lin's suddenly cold face, and immediately sweated profusely.He originally thought that Jiang Linsheng was rich and fair, always waving a folding fan in his hand, and thought he was a manipulative dude, but he didn't expect that the other party's breathtaking Ruifeng eyes could reveal such a sense of oppression.

"It's really strange for an evildoer to kill people and pick locks to get things." Jiang Lin changed the subject, "Who found the corpse?"

"Reporting to my lord, this morning I saw that the magistrate Chen was late coming to work, so I brought some old yamen servants to look for him, but found that the doors and windows were locked tightly, and smelled a bloody smell, so I led someone to break in... ..."

Jiang Lin looked at the servant named Yu Liang, who choked up and said, "Mr. Jiang, it's the same as what Zhang Tongzhi said. I found it strange that the windows were locked. They opened the door together and found Master Chen. I'm out of breath..."

Jiang Lin asked, "How long have you been with Prefect Chen?"

"The young one sold himself into the house four years ago, and he was able to work in the yamen with Master Chen..."

Jiang Lin nodded and said, "Prefect Chen treats you well, so why did you forge a secret room and lie that the east window was locked from the inside with a copper lock?"

When this statement came out, everyone was shocked!

Yu Liangyi's momentary hesitation made him lose the opportunity to argue.

Zhan Zhao looked at Jiang Lin in surprise, and asked, "Could it be that Jiang Shaocheng has cracked the secret room?"

Jiang Lin nodded: "Although it is absurd for ghosts and gods to kill and seize treasures, there are many people who believe it. The perpetrators took advantage of the 'Tengu' and forged a secret room to kill people. The structure of the dormitory is simple. protection, the perpetrator chose to break through the window."

Pei Guang's eyes were full of suspicion, he frowned and said, "But the windows are clearly locked!"

"The spring is cold outside the house, the fire is lit indoors, and the hot steam will condense when it is cold, but the water mist under the shady east window is much less than that of the west, which shows that the windows are not always closed... According to the above clues, someone came out. For what purpose, the east window sill was cleaned."

As stupid as Pei Guang was, he felt that the truth was about to emerge.His devouring eyes immediately stared at Yu Liang.

Jiang Lin continued to reason: "The perpetrator should have left through the east window. While wiping away the footprints and other traces, he also wiped away the water mist that should have existed. Afterwards, he only needs to take advantage of the confusion of discovering the corpse with everyone." , quietly lock the lock, and you can create the illusion of a secret room."

Yu Liangqiang calmly said: "Sir, according to what you said, the villain is not the only one who can unlock it, you..."

"But you said, you checked from the outside, and the windows are locked." Jiang Lin raised his finger to the east window, "I'm curious, when you checked the windows, how did you see from the outside that the windows were not only locked from the outside? It’s not bolted inside, but it’s locked with a lock?”

There was no light in the house, and the damp window paper was hazy.

Can't see anything inside.

Zhan Zhao immediately understood the key, but then another question arose.As long as the window is locked from the inside, it cannot be opened. Why did Yu Liang add a lock to it?

Yu Liang also finally realized the flaw in his words, and his whole body trembled: "My lord, in fact, the small, small one didn't check carefully at that time..."

Even Pei Guang heard that Chuliang was lying, so he kicked him a few times, and when the yamen servants pushed him away, he even scolded: "Damn! You dog slave! How dare you quibble!!"

Jiang Lin looked at Yu Liang with extremely cold eyes, and spoke slowly: "You have already lied, I only give you one last chance to tell the truth."

Yu Liang hurriedly kowtowed and said, "I say, I say! The little one was also instigated by others, please leave a way for the young one to survive..."

Before anyone could promise, Yu Liang, with blood on his forehead, took out a note from his bosom, and threw a thunderbolt in front of everyone!

"It's him who forced me...it's Bai Yutang who forced me!!"