Go back to ancient times to explore the case

"Master Yan...thank you just now." Xie Yu'an thanked him with a dry smile.

Yan Qingchuan gave an extremely perfunctory hum.

Mrs. Qin said in surprise, "Oh, this girl knows Qing Chuan? It's such a coincidence that we just stayed for a meal together."

Just as Xie Yu'an was about to refuse, three young children ran out of the room, two little girls and one boy, all looked about seven or eight years old.

The little girl rushing to the front first saw Yan Qingchuan, Yuanyuan's eyes lit up, and she shouted happily: "Sister Yan!" After shouting, she saw Xie Yu'an at the side, and smiled even brighter, "Ah, sister Tuhao also exist."

The corner of Xie Yu'an's mouth twitched, deeply regretting why he called himself a local tyrant when asked by a few children.

Sure enough, when Yan Qingchuan heard this address, he glanced at her and said with a sneer, "The nickname is quite unique."

Xie Yu'an blushed, "It's all floating clouds, it's all floating clouds."

The sky was getting late, the twilight was soft, and the afterglow of the setting sun enveloped the small courtyard with smoke from the cooking.

Aunt Qin finished frying the last dish and put it on the stone table, "Okay, okay, it's time to eat."

Xie Yu'an looked at the delicious home-cooked dishes on the table and couldn't help but miss his family, and didn't know what was going on with his parents.

Sister-in-law Qin saw that there was a change in her complexion, and asked, "What's the matter, isn't it to your liking?"

Xie Yu'an adjusted his facial expression and smiled: "Delicious Mrs. Qin, your skills are not much worse than that of a five-star chef."

Aunt Qin didn't quite understand what she said, but she could also hear the praise in the words, she smiled kindly, put a piece of chopstick meat into Xie Yu'an's bowl, and said caringly: "Eat more, girl, you are too skinny. After that, he turned the direction of the chopsticks and put meat in Yan Qingchuan's bowl, and told him: "Qingchuan also eat more, you are busy with work, and you often forget to eat when you are busy, it is not good for your health."

Xie Yu'an looked at Mrs. Qin, then sneaked a glance at Yan Qingchuan who was eating politely, and then looked at the three children who were eating obediently. She had a subtle feeling in her heart that she was meeting the parents with Master Yan.

This feeling was so good, she couldn't help it, she grinned out loud, and this scene fell into Yan Qingchuan's eyes, and she became a second idiot who was smirking cheerfully while picking rice.

Yan Qingchuan said to the three children: "Negative example, don't learn from it."

The smile on Xie Yu'an's face froze immediately, she curled her lips, a little aggrieved.

"Hey, by the way, girl, don't you know your name yet?"

"Xie Yu'an, Sister-in-Law Qin calls me Xiao Xie, so Xiao An can do it."

"Xiao An, thank you so much, Ling'er and the others, as well as the children in the south of the city, are all children with rough backgrounds. Thanks to you, they can have Shunian, Mrs. Qin... Thank you for them here." Mrs. Qin choked up slightly.

Being so solemn, Xie Yu'an felt a little embarrassed, "It's okay, Mrs. Qin, I'm just doing what I can. If you need help in the future, just tell me."

Mrs. Qin nodded and thanked again and again.

After dinner, Yan Qingchuan and Xie Yu'an played with the three children in the courtyard for a while before leaving.

On the way, from time to time, children recognized Yan Qingchuan and called Qingchuan sister sweetly, and Yan Qingchuan would always respond with a gentle smile.

Xie Yu'an saw it in his eyes, and felt sore in his heart, thinking that Master Yan had never smiled at her like this before, and he probably won't in the future, so he couldn't help but sighed.

This sigh made the people in front of him stop suddenly, Yan Qingchuan turned around and stared at Xie Yu'an with complicated eyes, "Why did you do this? They are not related to you, not for a reason."

Xie Yu'an asked back: "Then why did Sir Yan do this? They are not related to you, nor are they related to you."

Yan Qingchuan didn't speak, Xie Yu'an replied for her with a smile: "Because Mr. Yan is kind-hearted, I don't want to see these children suffer."

Yan Qingchuan frowned slightly, "Don't use the flattery on me."

Xie Yu'an immediately took a break and stood at attention: "Yes, madam!"

Yan Qingchuan's eyebrows became deeper, she shook her head and said, "What kind of person are you...I really can't understand you more and more."

Xie Yu'an played with a sloppy eye: "He is an ordinary good citizen who is passionate about public welfare and a loyal follower of Mr. Yan."

Yan Qingchuan glared at her, as if he was very dissatisfied with her unruly appearance.

Xie Yu'an had no choice but to put away his hippie smile, and thought about it seriously: "Master Yan, do you believe that the world is not only the one you see?"

Yan Qingchuan looked puzzled.

Xie Yu'an continued: "Have you ever thought that I may not be from the same world as you, but from another distant time and space."

Yan Qingchuan didn't take it seriously and said: "Now you want to talk about karma and reincarnation with me again, past life and present life?"

Xie Yu'an was dumbfounded, knowing that there was no way to convince Yan Qingchuan, so he simply stopped talking.

Yan Qingchuan turned around, opened his mouth while stepping his legs: "No matter why you did this, anyway, thank you for this matter." After finishing speaking, he left without waiting for Xie Yu'an's response.

Xie Yu'an stood in place for a second, feeling that the relationship between herself and Yan Qingchuan seemed to have eased a lot because of this incident, she smiled and chased in Yan Qingchuan's direction, "Master Yan, wait for me."

In the next two days, they got along harmoniously on the surface, and finally they were not as tense as before, but Xie Yu'an still keenly noticed that Yan Qingchuan's attitude towards her was much colder.

She comforted herself that this was fine, but at the same time couldn't help crying and crying about it, and she was about to be punished.

Fortunately, a few days later, the case made significant progress, and her attention returned to this serial murder case.

The spies sent to the south of the Yangtze River to look for the former Kaiyang county magistrate wrote in, saying that they had found the former county magistrate, and learned the details of some of the female corpse cases in the mountain temple from him.

Fifteen years ago, a disheveled female corpse was found in the Shanshen Temple of Kaiyang County. After autopsy, there were traces of rape and violence by many people. Afterwards, no one came to identify the body. The government speculated that the deceased might be a refugee who went north to seek refuge. Later, the case was dropped.

After reading the letter, Xie Yu'an suddenly remembered that when he checked the No. 1 deceased, that is, the magistrate of Kaiyang County, the information mentioned that he was the Tanhua Lang of the class 15 years ago. Yang County.

The woman who was raped and murdered in the Shanshen Temple 15 years ago, the county magistrate of Kaiyang County, and the two young people from Zizai Village, all these information are linked together, and the outline of the whole case has been faintly revealed, but the most critical point is still missing. .

That was the truth about the woman's death back then. Right now, the only one who might know about this old story is Cao Yu's missing cousin, Cao Dian.

Only by finding him can the breakthrough of the case be found.

Fortunately, on the second day, news came from Zhou Miao that Cao Dian had been found.

When Xie Yu'an rushed to Wenruo Pavilion outside the city, the man named Uncle Wen was there, Zhou Miao said: "Thanks to Uncle Wen's help, Cao Dian is very clever, if it wasn't for Uncle Wen, our people really couldn't catch him." Hold him."

Xie Yu'an looked at the stern man and thanked him.

The man still had a stinky face, "You must leave Qingtian Division after this case is closed." After finishing speaking, he left.

Xie Yu Anxin said that I did not agree.

Lying in the underground stone room was a man whose hands and feet were bound with hemp rope and a sack over his head. He made a whimpering sound as he writhed on the ground.

"When we found him, he stole several houses and was about to leave the capital," Zhou Zhou said.

Xie Yu'an squatted down and tore off the sack from the man's head, "Yo, let's go together."

The man was caught off guard by the bright light of the stone room, which made him close his eyes tightly. Two seconds later, he opened his eyes and looked at the strange beautiful woman in front of him. He thought he had stolen a lady from a wealthy family, and quickly admitted his mistake. : "I was wrong, I was wrong, I don't dare anymore, don't arrest me to see the officer, please, please."

"Excuse me, I'm an official." Xie Yu'an took out Qing Tiansi's badge from his waistband, and waved it in front of Cao Dian's eyes.

Cao Dian's face turned pale, and he couldn't speak anymore.

Xie Yu'an patted him on the shoulder, "I'll talk about the theft later, I'm looking for you because of your cousin Cao Yu."

Hearing Cao Yu's name, fear appeared in Cao Dian's pupils, he pressed his back against the wall, trembling with his head in his arms, and said, "I don't know, I don't know, don't kill me, I'm wrong, don't kill me. "

Xie Yu'an frowned, then brought Cao Dian back to Qingtian Division.

In the interrogation room, Cao Dian shivered and huddled in a corner, murmuring nervously, "There is a ghost, there is a ghost, it's that woman, don't kill me, don't kill me, I know I'm wrong, don't kill me."

No matter how others comforted him, it was useless.

Xie Yu'an straightened his shoulders, looked at him firmly and said: "There is no ghost, you look at me, there is no ghost." Cao Dian refused to listen, and trembled even more fiercely.

Xie Yu'an breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted: "Look at me, there is no ghost, your brother was killed by someone, are you just watching him die so inexplicably?!"

Cao Dian seemed to be taken aback by the yelling, his chest heaved violently, and the only sound left in the quiet interrogation room was his heavy breathing.

After a while, he calmed down and cried, "Ah Yu was killed by a female ghost, and so was the county magistrate. The next one is me, that's me."

Xie Yu'an helped him up and sat on a chair, poured him a glass of warm water, and asked softly, "What happened to the mountain temple 15 years ago?"

Cao Dian was holding the cup, his face was stained with tears, and his eyes were a little dull, "15 years ago, my cousin and I went to the county town to go to the market, and it rained suddenly on the road. We originally wanted to go to the mountain temple to take shelter from the rain. Run back to the village when the situation is smaller, who knows... When we walked to the door, we heard movement inside, so we looked in through the crack of the door."

Cao Dian put down the glass heavily, covered his face with his hands, and said in a trembling voice, "We saw three men inside. They were raping a woman. One of the men strangled the woman's neck tightly. The woman's eyes protruded. Just staring in the direction of the door, humming a song."

"I don't know if she saw us or not. I was terrified, and hurriedly dragged my cousin back to the village. The next day, someone reported that someone died in the mountain temple." Cao Dian said this, with his hands tightly Picking at her face, her nails dug into the flesh, "I didn't know she was going to die, I didn't know, I was too scared at that time, I really didn't dare to help her."

"Later, I brought Cao Yu to the capital to work. Who knows, when the list was released that year, I saw that Tan Hualang posted on the bulletin board was one of the three men that night. He later became the magistrate of Kaiyang County. .”

"It must be that woman's soul lingering, she came back to take revenge, it must be, I know I was wrong, I was wrong, don't kill me, don't kill me!" In the interrogation room, a man's heart-piercing screams sounded.

Xie Yu'an and Yan Qingchuan walked out of the interrogation room. It was raining continuously in the atrium, wrapped in mist, and the terrified screams of the men in the room continued for a long time.

Xie Yu'an's temples were throbbing, and she felt a little headache. She looked at Yan Qingchuan beside her, and she also had a deep look.

"If the truth is as Cao Dian said, then the murderer must have avenged the woman who died that year. He will not stop. We must quickly find the remaining two of the three men."

"The murderer was supposed to be the one who stole from the archives of the Kaiyang county government that night. There was probably the identity information of the remaining two men there. He was afraid that we would destroy his revenge plan, and he would not stop."

"It seems that we have to go to Kaiyang County."

Yan Qingchuan nodded, looking at the misty gray sky in the distance.