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

52 Grassy Beauty Fangzhou

Jiang Lin was originally thinking that although this case of theft of military pay had a bad impact and something happened under Di Qing's hands, it would not directly threaten Di Qing who was far away in Kaifeng Mansion.

But when people around him used "dragon's head and pig's body" to describe the ghost on the distant water, Jiang Lin instantly realized that this was the former rebel general who often appeared as a villain in folk tales—— An Lushan*.

As we all know, An Lushan launched the "Anshi Rebellion" during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, which almost brought the Tang Dynasty, which had unprecedented prosperity in political and economic development, to its demise.After the split of the Tang Dynasty, the people experienced a hundred years of separatism and war before finally ushering in the Song Dynasty.

The people of the Song Dynasty longed for peace, and the political system had always favored civility over military affairs. They were always extremely sensitive when encountering matters related to generals and military power.

If a ghost similar to Anlu Mountain appeared at this moment and engulfed the Song army's salary, then Di Qing, who was in the limelight, would inevitably be criticized by public opinion.

Don't underestimate the power of rumors.

Historically, one of the reasons why Di Qing was relegated to other places by Song Renzong, who admired him the most, was because there were rumors that the dog raised by Di Qing's family had horns and was a god dog.

But the "auspiciousness" that the emperor's family has never seen before, how could it be his turn to be a general?

Therefore, even if Di Qing restrained his edge and recharged his energy, he would be suspected and excluded by the civil servants, and finally died in depression.

The person who created the ghost image had sinister intentions, Jiang Lin's only thought at this moment was to completely eliminate the rumor from the source.With Wushu and Yumao sitting beside him, can he still be no match for a ghost?

Jiang Lin turned around and said, "Brother Zhan, Bai Sizhi, would you like to step forward and have a look?"

Naturally, the mouse and the cat would not be frightened by such a trick, so Bai Yutang stepped forward and said, "The cat is not good at swimming, so don't come here. Fourth brother, come with me!"

After all, Bai Yutang and Jiang Ping, the fanjiang mouse, took a fast boat and went to the ghost shadow. Zhan Zhao didn't want to show weakness, looked at the surrounding terrain, and stepped on the willows on the bank to the top of the cave. omitted.

The ghost is not a living thing, but it is not motionless in place.When Zhan Zhao got close, he could see that the ghost was slowly sinking, and a large amount of dark fog was floating around.

The light was dim, but Zhan Zhao's Silk-Sleeve Arrow still hit the ghost's arm very steadily and accurately. He pulled back and pulled back the ghost's fake arm that was burning with will-o'-the-wisp.

When the arm fell to Zhan Zhao's feet, there was only a "skeleton" that seemed to be made of steel.

The situation on Bai Yutang's side was not ideal either.The current was fast, and when they arrived, the ghost was almost submerged in the water.

Without saying a word, Jiang Ping picked up the bamboo hook and wanted to salvage it, but he didn't know that the ghost's body would be scattered when he touched it, and the bamboo hook finally caught only the skeleton that made the ghost's head.

Bai Yutang watched the ghost gradually disappear, feeling very unwilling.He first took a kettle to fill some of the bloody river water, and then held up a torch to shine at the exit of the cave where the ghost figure floated out... but he didn't find any trace of anyone left behind.

Seeing Bai Yutang and Jiang Ping's half-wet clothes but returning safely, everyone breathed a sigh of relief for them.Xie Ling also chanted "Amitabha" frantically, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Bai Yutang throwing a white skeleton on the ground.

He clapped his hands and said, "Here, that ghost's head."

"Ghost! Ghost, there is a ghost!" A young attendant yelled in fright, and Bai Yutang roared, "Human skulls, real skeletons!"

He stretched out the long bamboo hook in front of the attendant, and said, "Here, there are human hairs tangled up here, what the hell would use such a nasty thing to bluff people?"

Zhan Zhao on the side coughed lightly, and said, "Jiang Shaoqing, and this." He also put the rest of the arm on the ground.

Jiang Linjiao collected the evidence and said to everyone: "Everyone has seen that the shadow on the river is not a ghost, but a forgery. Judging from the direction of the wind and the speed of the water, the ghost should be near the exit of the cave. The place where they were released was released and floated onto the river."

Jiang Lin looked at Bai Yutang and asked, "I just saw you entered that cave, did you find anything?"

"The cave was dark, and I didn't see any special traces... Perhaps that person had excellent lightness skills, so he didn't leave any footprints on the wet ground."

Jiang Lin nodded, and said: "Not only. Maybe the person who made the ghost shadow acted cautiously and wiped off the footprints on purpose, otherwise you should have seen the phosphorous powder Jiang sprinkled on the bank when he came."

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and before he had time to say anything, Jiang Lin smiled and continued, "But this just proves that after you and I passed the exit by boat, before that ghost appeared, I've been to the exit."

The people present figured out that this matter was man-made, and suddenly felt relieved.

Fan Chunren frowned slightly, but continued following Jiang Lin's words: "The time and place where the ghost appeared were so special, obviously someone wanted me to see the scene just now, and it seems that they want the court to make the scene appear this time. The reason for the theft of military pay can be attributed to ghosts and gods...or some kind of disturbance in the city."

Jiang Lin and the other party looked at each other, but did not feel any "reconciliation" signal.He rubbed his nose and said to everyone: "So please keep what you saw today a secret, so as not to take advantage of the power of public opinion to fish in troubled waters."

"Then the person behind this..." Xu Zhizhou couldn't help but want to ask.

"Jiang has other arrangements in that cave. Even if the perpetrator knows to erase the traces of phosphorous powder, he will also be stained with other clues I left for him." Jiang Lin smiled and turned to Su Tong San and Xu Zhizhou said, "Please don't worry, I think the person behind the case will be found tomorrow."

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The Five Rats returned to Lu's Village, and the rest returned to the inn. Only Xie Ling was instructed by Jiang Lin to sneak out with Tan Cuo.

Jiang Lin handed the retrieved physical evidence to Yun Shu who was staying at the station, and explained to her what they saw on the riverside today, and said: "I see that the material for making the prosthetic arm is very special, like iron. It's like dirt, please study it carefully, Miss Yunshu."

Yun Shu nodded, and Jiang Lin poured the water from the kettle back into the two porcelain bottles.He sealed one and left the other uncovered, and placed it on the window sill.

Fan Chunren said coldly behind him: "What is Jiang Shaoqing doing now?"

People around could see the tense atmosphere between the two of them along the way, and it was difficult to speak.Jiang Lin rubbed his nose and said with a smile, "I'm not sure yet, maybe tomorrow I'll find out..."

"Tomorrow?" Fan Chunren snorted with a sneer, "In front of Xu Zhizhou and Su Tongjian, Jiang Shaoqing also said that he would be able to find the person behind the scenes tomorrow... But, if I'm not mistaken, you were just looking for the person behind the scene... Sinan's pointer didn't sprinkle any phosphorous powder on both sides of the cave's exit at all."

Zhan Zhao at the side showed some surprise, and soon realized that Jiang Lin was playing empty city tricks again.

Jiang Lin put on a smiling face, turned around and said, "Fan Yushi really cares about Jiang."

These words were intended to test why the other party held such hostility towards him, but Fan Chunren did not answer, and Jiang Lin followed suit: "Then let me ask, if Fan Yushi didn't see what Jiang did, would he Do you believe what Jiang said today?"

"No." Fan Chunren's answer obviously had a serious personal touch.

Jiang Lin sighed inwardly, and said, "Then what about the other people present at that time?"

Fan Chunren hesitated for a moment, and finally understood.

He narrowed his eyes and said, "Did Jiang Shaoqing suspect that the person behind the scenes was there at the time? This kind of guessing is too risky... If the person is not there, what you say will have no effect, and instead you will lose face in front of everyone .”

"Then if the person behind the scenes is present, isn't it very likely that they will mess up their own way? This way, innocent people will not be harmed, and it will be embarrassing. Anyway, Jiang is heartless and thick-skinned..."

Jiang Lin pinched his face with both hands and pulled it from side to side, then smiled and said, "Isn't Jiang such a person in Fan Yushi's eyes?"

Fan Chunren looked as if he had been hit by Jiang Lin's words, and his expression was a little stiff.

Jiang Lin shrugged and said, "I encountered a case with no clues, and I have to investigate the clues that I can't make myself. Jiang has done his best, and the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. Let's wait for tomorrow to talk about everything."

He waved his hand and said to everyone: "Stop watching the excitement. Brother Zhan, you worked hard today, your clothes are covered in mud, you should go back and change."

After Jiang Lin finished talking, he went back to the room, and Zhan Zhaoben wanted to leave, but he heard Fan Chunren muttering, "What is this? Solving the case by luck?... Seriously."

Zhan Zhao stopped, looked at Fan Chunren quietly for a moment, and said, "Fan Yushi's remarks may be too one-sided."

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In the early morning of the next day, because of the last sentence of last night, Fan Chunren and Zhan Zhao who were sitting at the same table drank their after-dinner tea in silence, while the other party, Jiang Lin, sat at the table and only cared about fiddling with the porcelain bottle in his hand. , as if he didn't notice the awkward atmosphere on the table at all.

The silt in the sealed porcelain vase had sunk to the bottom, and the water in the open porcelain vase had dried up. Jiang Lin dug out the half-dried silt with a long spoon, and put it on the paper to dry.

Seeing that Yun Shu finally returned to the station from the outside, Jiang Lin greeted, "Miss, have you checked the material of the prosthesis? Can you see if there is any similar composition in the sand?"

Yun Shu took out the tweezers, pulled out the dark red part of the fine sand, and said, "Yes. This part is the broken cinnabar, and there are many in that arm, which is why the river water looks bloody."

"The material for making prosthetics..."

"Also, I just went to the local market to find out, this thing should be..."

But before Yun Shu finished speaking, Jiang Ping hurriedly opened the door and entered the courtyard: "Jiang Shaoqing, according to what you said, the brothers sprinkled phosphorous powder in the cave and left fake footprints. A man in black is here, wanting to confirm whether he has left any footprints."

The lure of the snake out of the hole went smoothly, and before Jiang Lin could be happy, he heard Jiang Ping say again: "It's a pity that the man reacted very quickly, somehow found the flaw of the fake footprints, and left in an instant. I couldn't catch up with him, it was really..."

"Thank you for your hard work, but don't worry." Jiang Lin poured tea for Jiang Ping, and when he filled another cup, Xie Ling happened to be riding back.

He handed the tea to Xie Ling and said, "How is it?"

Although Xie Ling tidied himself up a bit, his face still showed some tiredness: "Xiaguan and Tancha each stayed in the middle of the night, only to see a carrier pigeon flying out of Zhizhou's mansion. The lights in Su Tongpan's house were burning It's late, but there's nothing special going on."

Jiang Lin frowned and said, "A carrier pigeon again? What are its characteristics?"

Knowing that he was asking if the pigeon's legs were wrapped with gold thread, Xie Ling shook his head and said, "Your official's eyesight is not as good as Shaoqing's, and he can't see that kind of detail... But if it's just an ordinary pigeon , it is not certain that there must be something wrong with Xu Zhizhou."

Jiang Lin picked up the physical evidence, stood up and said, "Then let's go to Xu Zhizhou's mansion to pay a visit."