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

31 Painting Boats and People Like the Moon

During the second half of the celebration banquet, Jiang Lin was depressed because of the sudden exam.

Jiang Lin didn't feel scared, after all, his law test scores in modern society are notable, and he wouldn't be too afraid to memorize any laws and regulations.

But in the end, I met a major exam that I hadn't prepared for, and it was difficult for anyone to be happy.

Moreover, Jiang Lin is now playing the role of the original owner's top scholar, so he can't complain to others.

It's really suffocating.

What made it even more troublesome was that Jiang Lin recalled that there seemed to be no books recording Song Lv in his home, so he asked Xie Ling where he could find review materials.

When the latter heard Jiang Lin's question, he was a little surprised that he still had to review, and then said: "The books in the lower official's place are not complete, but Mr. Qiyou, although he didn't get the honor in the exam, he received a lot of law books. You can borrow some books from him."

Xie Ling glanced at Yun Shu, who was sitting next to him to eat, and said: "It just so happens that I am going to take Miss Yun Shu back to her master later, and Shao Cheng can go there with us."

Yun Shu nodded indifferently.Jiang Lin also felt that choosing a date would be better than bumping into it, so after the celebration banquet was over, he went to Qiming Medical Center with some food and wine.

When Jiang Lin and others came to the backyard of the hospital, they found Qiyou sitting in a corner and burning a cigarette.Seeing them coming, Qiyou packed up his things in a hurry and wanted to salute them.

The white pendant on his chest flashed past, and Jiang Lin felt that the object was vaguely familiar, and he still supported Qi You who staggered in his hand.After explaining his purpose, he hurriedly taught Yunshu to help Qiyou back into the room.

When the two were looking for books in the study room, Xie Ling was obviously still worried about Qiyou's body, so she mentioned to Jiang Lin: "Mr. Qiyou's body has become weaker and weaker recently. He mentioned it to the next official before and wanted to take a rest. Meaning for a while."

"However, there are not many experienced clerks in Dali Temple. The official wanted to keep Mr. Qi, but he said that the corpses of the case from the prefect Chen's house were all inspected by Miss Yunshu herself. Maybe she can give it a try."

"Do a good background check, as long as she is willing to do it well." Jiang Lin also felt that Yun Shu's ability to forge daggers was excellent. If Xie Ling, an ancient person, didn't mind women working in Dali Temple, he would naturally have nothing to do disagree.

Jiang Lin knew that Xie Ling was worried about recruiting officials recently, and said: "Qin Cuo has helped Dali Temple a lot recently, if he can be hired to teach the policemen some skills in dog training, he will be able to play a role in the future." It has a great effect. Of course, it also depends on whether he is willing or not."

"That's not bad." Xie Ling's eyes lit up, and she liked Jiang Lin's idea very much.

The job of being a police officer is much more secure than that of a street juggler. Qin made a mistake and lent Beibei to them before, and this opportunity was considered a good reward for him.

Jiang Lin took all the books he would need, and said with a smile: "If he brings Beibei along, you can also consider paying him more."

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For the sacrificial ceremony, relatives of the emperor and officials of the seventh rank and above are required to attend the ceremony.Jiang Lin, as the hero who recovered the pearl, was fortunate enough to enter the infield and see the whole process of the sacrifice.

Amid the chanting of countless Buddhist disciples, the red silk was lifted, and the nine feet nine feet high golden dragon coiled pillar appeared in front of everyone.

This pearl will be kept on the dragon pillar for a long time. In order to make up for the debt he borrowed from Wen Qing, Jiang Lin has to find the Moonlight Pearl that Chen Zhifu lost.

Fortunately, Jiang Lin's senior brother is not short of pearls in his hands, and he is more reasonable, and the time limit set for him is a little longer, and he can get it back within half a month.

The senior brother didn't mention what the consequences would be if he couldn't find Mingzhu, but Jiang Lin seemed thick-skinned, but in fact he didn't like to owe others too much, and he was always thinking about this matter in his heart.

He actually tried to ask his senior brother where the other party got so many Moonlight Pearls, but the other party only said that he would tell him more when Jiang Lin remembered something again.

The top priority now is the two murders that happened in the Changchun Building.

Jiang Lin first sent people from Dali Temple to protect Xiang Zhiyu, so that the other party would not have the opportunity to contact people again and reverse the testimony again.

It's still a missed opportunity, and the sooner the questioning of Pei Haozhu, the better.

The murder case of Guozi students has received a lot of attention, and it will undoubtedly enter the joint trial of the three divisions, but the lineup for the previous trial is not as strong as the Chen Zhifu case.

Bao Zheng and the others were all dealing with the follow-up matters of the last case, so although the chief officer of the Guozi student case was still Dali Temple Minister Fu Yi, only two supervisors came to the Yushitai, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice divided the case into two. It was given to Sima Guang and another judge who had just entered Beijing.

It is not a decent thing for a student to die in a song and dance studio. The parents of officials' children have raised deep doubts about the quality of Guozixue, and rumors have spread all over the city.

Most of the officials who came to the hearing were pitiful and hated Zheng He's experience, and basically wanted to solve the case as soon as possible in a low-key manner, so that the limelight of this matter would pass quickly.

But when they opened the case files and read the ins and outs of the matter, especially after seeing the testimony of Xiang Jiyu identifying Pei Haozhu as the murderer, the atmosphere in the courtroom fell into a stagnation.

... The death of a Guozi student is enough to make Beijing boil, why is there another dead person now?

The choice of the murderer involved officials at the level of ministers?Or the second master of the Pei family?

That’s all for the censors who have impeached so many officials. After reading the case file, Sima Guang’s young colleague felt that he was a small seventh-rank official. case?

After listening to Xiang Zhiyu's statement of testimony in the courtroom without any reversal, only Jiang Lin was relieved in his heart, but the other officials were quite at a loss, and some even couldn't help but confirm it with her again.

After receiving the affirmative answer from Xiang Zhiyu, all the officials looked at each other and fixed their eyes on Jiang Lin who had found a witness.

Jiang Lin could only slightly arch his nose towards Sima Guang, who was the most friendly to him.

In order to seize the opportunity, he has no other way.

Jiang Lin didn't have the privileges given by the government this time. He couldn't open the court with the beating of the imperial drum as before. He could only take advantage of the loophole and stuff all the evidence of Hua Ninghuan's case into the Guozi student case that had already attracted much attention.

If you want to wait for Hua Ninghuan's death to stand alone, let alone give Pei Haozhu more time to prepare, in case Pei's mansion gets news from somewhere and arranges his own people in the judge, then don't even think about this case It was cleared up.

When Jiang Lin was studying law, he also read some small legal stories in history. A case involving the interests of officials may be repeatedly tried by all parties, and it may not necessarily last for ten or eight years.

So he wanted to pursue a quick fix.

Fu Yi, who was sitting in the hall, looked at Jiang Lin with complicated eyes.

In Fu Yi's impression, maybe Xue Qing was his direct supervisor. The former Jiang Lin didn't really like his work in Dali Temple very much, but the recent Jiang Lin is obviously very enthusiastic about investigating the case. Fu Yi was also a little impressed by the performance of the prefect Chen's case.

But if Jiang Lin was a certainty to win in the previous public trial, his winning rate in the Guozixue case this time can only be regarded as [-]-[-] at best.

Winning is a thrilling experience, losing is offending the Pei family and all the forces behind it.

Therefore, after Fu Yi read the case file submitted by Jiang Lin, he immediately confirmed with him whether he was confident enough.

"Anyway, since there is a slight chance of winning, I have to come and give it a try." Jiang Lin only showed a smile, his eyes were as firm as when they were engraved on the court.

Fu Yi sighed softly in his heart, slapped the wood to wake up, and passed Pei Haozhu to the hall.

Pei Haozhu, who had just entered the room, saw Xiang Jiyu kneeling on the ground, a look of surprise flashed across his face: "You..."

Xiang Jiyu said with tears in his eyes: "Master Pei, don't blame me, but you killed my sister for nothing, I really don't want to..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Pei Haozhu was annoyed, but his expression was obviously flustered.

Jiang Lin, who had captured this detail, felt that he had taken a risk in vain, and he made the right decision to stop Pei Haozhu on his way home from the sacrificial ceremony.

Pei Haozhu was indeed caught off guard by him.

"Good bamboo."

But what Jiang Lin didn't expect was that Pei Beiqing also came to Dali Temple, and the moment he opened his mouth, Pei Haozhu, who was still about to speak, stopped.

Obviously yesterday was the first seven in Chen Zhifu, but Pei Beiqing and Pei Haozhu should have been stopped together when they went home, and they hadn't changed into the Chinese dress worn by Mrs. Yipin during the ceremony.

At this time, although she had a worried look on her face, she said politely: "My husband has just left, and my only younger brother has been involved in a new case. As a sister, I am uneasy waiting at home. All concubines, please listen here."

Her eyes swept over the faces of the officials, and she paused for a moment when she saw Jiang Lin sitting on the position of the official investigating the case, and then she changed into her original melancholy look.

Dali Siqing is only a third-rank official, even the boss in the court, he has to avoid the edge when facing the first-rank wife and the second-rank servant.

What's more, it was true that Pei Beiqing had just lost her husband, so it was reasonable to be worried about her younger brother, so Fu Yi sent someone to bring a chair and allow her to listen here.

Only Jiang Lin, who knew that Pei Beiqing was seven-pointed and three-pointed, noticed that when Pei Beiqing was seated, she glanced in the direction of Xiang Jiyu, but from Jiang Lin's perspective, she couldn't see her specific expression.

After reiterating the order, Fu Yi asked Pei Haozhu: "Pei Shilang, according to the records of Changchun Building and the testimony of witnesses, you once went to drink on the third floor of Changchun Building alone on the evening of February [-]th. You just left the building, right?"

Pei Haozhu replied: "Yes."

After all, it is not a decent thing for senior officials to come and go in and out of the singing and dancing hall, and it would be extremely discreditable to say it in court, Pei Haozhu added: "Pei did not do anything out of the ordinary, he just had a few drinks and then went home. "

"Has there ever been a rumor about dancers helping out?"

"Never."

Such an answer contradicted Xiang Jiyu's testimony, and the latter wanted to refute immediately, but Jiang Lin interrupted, "Does Minister Pei still recognize this jade pendant?"

Seeing the cyan jade pendant being presented to him, Pei Haozhu's brows obviously frowned even harder.

He said in a deep voice: "Pei has been unable to find this jade pendant for the past few days. May I ask where Jiang Shaocheng found it?"

"The witness picked it up next to the potted plant in front of the room in Xuanzi No. [-] on the third floor of Changchun Building—that is, the room where Guozi's student was found dead."

"The witness Jiang Shaocheng mentioned is not the Qin girl from Changchun Tower?"

Pei Haozhu looked at Xiangjiyu with more hatred in his eyes, he gritted his teeth and said, "Do you really want to believe the testimony of a brothel woman and let her slander court officials here? Maybe this jade pendant is her It was stolen from Pei!"

"Pei Shilang don't blame me, if Dali Temple doesn't have enough evidence, you won't be invited to interrogate according to the law." Jiang Lin said, "I just want to confirm with you one last time that you really went that night A room on the third floor?"

"Yes." Pei Haozhu suspected that Jiang Lin was digging a hole for him, but he couldn't deny it with so many guys testifying.

"This is very strange." Jiang Lin stood up and explained to everyone, "The third floor of Changchun Building has two rooms each, Tian, ​​Di, Xuan, and Huang, and there are eight rooms in total."

"The lower officials have sent people to investigate carefully. Among them, six rooms have been able to correspond to the guests who went to Changchun Building that night. Only No. [-] Tian Zi and No. student Zheng He, and Pei Shilang who can't remember which room he is in."

"Pei Shilang said that he didn't ask any girl to serve him that night, and Hua Ninghuan's name tag was also hung in the room where Zheng He was found the next day. According to this reason, it should be Zheng He who lived in No. [-] Xuanzi room. , Pei Shilang lives in Tianzi Room No. [-]." Jiang Lin rubbed his chin, and the atmosphere in the room became tense.

Pei Haozhu suddenly realized something, his head was covered in cold sweat under the crown.

He insisted: "Perhaps Pei lived in Tianzi No. [-] room that night? Is there any problem?"

"Not to mention that Zheng He's consumption amount that night is very reluctant to invite Hua Ninghuan, if Pei Shilang really lives in Tianzi No. [-] room that night..."

Jiang Lin raised his sleeves and asked someone to lift up a bed frame, and asked Pei Haozhu, "Why did the police officers find in Room No. What about the first love poem?"

"You know, Zheng He went to Changchun Tower for the first time that day, and Wu Zuo found out that his death time was around midnight. This poem. Could it be that Pei Shilang was so drunk that night that he didn't even know someone had sneaked into the room?"

Jiang Lin paced and continued: "Or, the guest who stayed in Xuanzi No. [-] room that night and ordered Hua Ninghuan was you, Minister Pei?"