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

44 Repay the Poor Man Lightly

Xie Ling's words really choked Jiang Lin a lot.

Why is there such a powerful Four Elephant Secret Treasure in this world, which is like pork, and everyone can get it?

But after he thought about it, Xie Ling's family background could be considered a noble family.Then it's fine if he can have the secret treasure, but why is he forgetting like his senior brother and asking himself to help find it?

However, there are too many people in Dali Temple, and the matter of the secret treasure cannot be spread out for the time being.

Zhan Zhao went to apply for a foreign business trip, and Xie Ling was also taken away by the other job. Only Bai Yutang and Jiang Lin were sitting in the yard, staring at the "Song Xingtong".

Bai Yutang is positioned in the book as a handsome young man. Although he loves to write doggerel, he must be very excited to be able to hang out with Yan Chasan, who has become the number one scholar.

Jiang Lin tentatively asked, "Have you read the laws of the Song Dynasty carefully before?"

"Of course!" Bai Yutang, who has basically no knowledge of the law, said confidently, "I don't even know what kind of person Fifth Master is. He has been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, and he has never eaten pork or seen pigs." run?"

"So, if there is something you don't understand..."

"Joke! How can there be something I don't understand? Can you stop disturbing my reading?"

Jiang Lin, who was pretending to be a schoolmaster, fully expected that the other party's dead duck would be stubborn, so he nodded and finished the sentence: "...then don't ask me."

Bai Yutang: "?"

He instantly felt that he had been tricked, and was about to explode, but the gate of the courtyard happened to be pushed open by Tan Cuo, who was a government servant.

Bai Yutang immediately recognized Tan Cuo, and said, "Aren't you the opera singer back then?"

Then he kicked Jiang Lin: "You've been playing me from the beginning?"

But before Jiang Lin could explain, Beibei staggered him again.

Qin Cuo didn't give him a chance to speak: "Jiang Shaocheng! Jiang Shaocheng! Mrs. Pei was brought back by us! As you said..."

Bai Yutang was surprised: "How can you bring it back?"

"Low-key, low-key. Sit first." Jiang Lin made a gesture to lower his voice, rubbed Beibei's dog's head and said, "With you and Beibei here, I'm sure I can rest assured."

Tan Cuo still had the idea of ​​superiority and inferiority, so he couldn't sit on an equal footing with Jiang Lin and Bai Yutang, who were officials.

He ordered Beibei to wander around the courtyard, and stood aside to report: "As you expected, our yamen servants followed the investigators sent by Yushitai to Pei's mansion not long ago, and found him at Pei Shilang's residence. Pigeon feathers, and even letters between him and Tuxuetang. But as you said, the subordinate raised a doubt, and the investigator immediately realized that something was wrong."

Bai Yutang frowned and said, "Why are you as secretive as this surnamed Jiang, tell me quickly!"

"The subordinate said that it was cold spring at this time, and only the courtyard of Chen Zhifu in Pei's mansion was planted with apricot blossoms. The whole Pei's mansion could not even attract a swallow, but the subordinate was on the treetop in Mrs. Pei's yard. Some bird droppings were found, but there was nothing in the courtyard where Pei Shilang was..."

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, glanced at Jiang Lin, and said, "That's really meticulous. But how can Mrs. Pei let you get away with it so easily? But the birds come and go freely, even if they can't attract them, who would have no bird droppings?" ?”

"What Jiang Shaocheng and his subordinates said at the time was to bring the feces back so that they could be compared with what the pigeons excreted. However, the search officer was obviously more detailed, and taught his subordinates to search the entire Pei Mansion to see There are traces of feces in other places, and as a result, Mrs. Pei's attitude is particularly strange."

"what happened?"

"She doesn't seem to want us to thoroughly investigate Pei's residence, but how could the senior officials from Yushitai really listen to her? Of course they searched Pei's residence up and down, and guess what happened?"

Bai Yutang said impatiently: "You can get money for being a fool? Are you paying it back?"

"I'm sorry, I'm used to performing on the street, so please take care of me." Tan Cuo scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled, "As a result, Beibei was particularly interested in the small forest in Mrs. Pei's back garden, so she led her subordinates into it. The subordinates saw that the smell of the place was not quite right, so they took the brothers to dig the muddy ground, and dug out a female corpse from inside!"

"There was a burn mark on the body, and the subordinates recognized it at a glance. It must be that flower girl from Changchun Tower!" Tan Cuo excitedly said to Jiang Lin, "This case is about to be tried, so Then the investigator will take Mrs. Pei to court immediately."

Bai Yutang felt a little strange.

Pei Beiqing was always cautious in his actions. He thought that the other party had already destroyed the corpse, but he didn't expect that the other party would hide the corpse in his courtyard in a grand manner, as if he was afraid that the court would not find out.

But before he could figure out the reason why Mrs. Pei did this, he heard a sharp scolding sound from the courtroom.

Bai Yutang immediately moved two steps curiously, and suddenly misunderstood that Jiang Lin was playing with him, so he pulled Jiang Lin back and jumped up the tree.

Jiang Lin didn't expect him to do this at all, he thumped, and the thoughts in his head were all messed up, only the last time he was pulled to take off like this was the last time...

Unconsciously, Bai Yutang found a good angle for the two of them, just enough to see half of the courtroom from the side, without worrying about being spotted by the judges sitting inside.

Pei Beiqing has always given people the impression of being a dignified and capable head of the family. Even the most expensive clothes and jewelry can only be reduced to her own foil, but at this time she looks very haggard in plain clothes. She used all the grief and forbearance in the classroom.

I saw her pulling Pei Haozhu, talking bitterly about his betrayal and the glory of the Pei family, it was rare for Pei Haozhu to become hardened in front of her, and scolded: "What face do you have to say about Pei's family? Not from my Pei family!"

Pei Beiqing didn't seem to expect that Pei Haozhu would say such a thing, and the expression on his face cracked for a moment: "You... What nonsense are you talking about?! Are you crazy?! Why am I not from the Pei family? Pei Haozhu, you are a concubine , being supported by me so far, I don’t know how to be grateful..."

"Heh, do you think everyone is your running dog like Chen Jingyue? When have you ever given us any good face over the years, you poisonous woman..."

With a "slap", a crisp slap followed by a gavel, the yamen servants rushed forward and completely separated the two who had already started their hands.

Seeing such a bloody family dispute made Jiang Lin feel tired for a while.

Hearing Bai Yutang's question about Mrs. Pei's motive for hiding the corpse, he calmly said out of fear of heights: "It's true that Mrs. Pei wanted to save Minister Pei, but Hua Ninghuan's corpse was also her trump card to restrain the other party, so she didn't hide it. Destroy it completely, and even keep it by your side for easy access at any time."

Bai Yutang somewhat understood.

"But what Pei Beiqing missed was that she didn't expect Xiangjiyu to forge a dead body, and someone secretly provoked the relationship between her and Pei Haozhu, and that's why things have come to such an unstoppable situation today."

But unfortunately, the two of them did not have the opportunity to clarify the reasons for their defeat in court.

In Pei Beiqing's eyes, her overturned car was due to Pei Shilang's betrayal and backbiting; but in Pei Shilang's eyes, it was because of Pei Beiqing that she ended up like this.

Seeing the embarrassment of the two people they had never seen before, Jiang Lin could simply imagine that if Pei Haozhu, who had long been resentful towards his "sister", was really exonerated in this case, what kind of atmosphere the two would be in. Intrigue goes on.

It has to be said that the people behind the scenes are really dirty and ruthless, teaching the two "sisters" that they have no chance of turning over.

Bai Yutang said: "Evil people have their own grind."

But Jiang Lin was also puzzled.

Since Pei Haozhu's trust in Pei Beiqing is as fragile as paper, why did Pei Beiqing think of a trick that would not hesitate to damage her own reputation and wash off the other party's guilt?

Regardless of whether the two are related or not, is this approach too... impulsive?

Jiang Lin looked into the courtroom again, and saw a strange smile slowly creeping up on Pei Beiqing's face who had been pulled away.

She mouthed to Pei Haozhu.

Jiang Lin couldn't see the latter's expression, but he could see that the other party suddenly collapsed to the ground as if he had lost all his strength.

That mouth shape said that Pei Guang was...

"...Let me go down." Jiang Lin's expression changed, and he clamped Bai Yutang's wrist, "Take me down, quick!"

After landing, Jiang Lin didn't care about his weak legs, so he immediately went to the archives room of Dali Temple.

He rummaged around and finally found the autopsy records and physical evidence of the previous case.

Seeing the familiar white jade pendant and the name engraved on it, Jiang Lin couldn't believe it for a moment.

Before Bai Yutang caught up and asked him what happened, Jiang Lin went back outside the courtroom.At this moment, just as the case was closed temporarily, Jiang Lin was the first to rush to Pei Beiqing who was about to be taken into custody.

"You know Qiyou, right?"

Jiang Lin's attitude was extremely abrupt, but Pei Beiqing raised her eyes to see him, and said with a smile: "Jiang Shaocheng, whether you stand right or wrong, I actually admire people like you..."

"I'm asking about his relationship with Prefect Chen." Jiang Lin interrupted, "You asked Xiang Pei for your marriage with Prefect Chen. You know the details and past of Prefect Chen very well."

"Back then, it was the Pei family who helped the prefect Chen to make up for the recommendation letter, so you also know that Qi You is from the same hometown as the prefect Chen, and they went to Beijing to take the exam together..."

Jiang Lin choked up suddenly.

Pei Beiqing rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "I didn't expect Jiang Shaocheng to find so many."

Jiang Lin originally wanted to dispel the presumptuous and outrageous guess in his heart, but judging from Pei Beiqing's reaction, he felt more and more that his guess might be true.

Jiang Lin didn't want to continue asking, but Pei Beiqing pulled the bloody red string on the jade pendant he was holding and said, "Don't you already know it? I don't like my husband's previous name, so I asked him to change it once." .”

"But he seems to always remember his old name, and he still wears this jade pendant as a treasure..."

The meaning of Mrs. Pei's words could not be more obvious. Thinking of the many details before, Jiang Lin felt that the jade pendant in his hand seemed to be extremely heavy.

The name engraved on the jade pendant is exactly the same as that recorded in the autopsy grid.

Not Chen Jingyue, but... Chen Mingqiong.