Beauty is sick

Gu Yiqu died.

The body was found on the street of the vegetable market in Yecheng. It was summer and the temperature was very high. She was naked and naked, with cuts and bruises all over her body, which attracted many flies.

When Lin Xueyuan got the news and rushed over, Gu Yiqu's body had already been watched for a long time.

Their relationship was not open and aboveboard, Gu Yiqu failed to redeem himself until his death, and the person who held her deed to sell her body reported the case.

The investigation of the case was unclear, and the government did nothing. It only vaguely gave a result of the investigation - the drunk was drinking heavily.

The man was drunk, delirious, and forced Gu Yiqu, but he didn't really hurt her. The result of his autopsy was that Gu Yiqu committed suicide by biting his tongue.

--suicide.

People's stubborn prejudice is the scariest thing, just like gossip, the monstrous malice contained in it can ruin a person's reputation, no matter whether that person is dead or alive.

Along with Gu Yiqu's fame, people always mentioned that she received customers in low-class kilns in the early years, and coupled with her image when she died, people at that time almost used the word "lewd/slutty" As her tombstone.

The drunk man was a man with a family in Yecheng. His family was harmonious, he had a son and a daughter. According to his neighbors, he was an honest man.

As soon as the government's investigation results came out, in addition to feeling sorry for Gu Yiqu, some people also made some other voices.

They poured all the dirty water on the dead Gu Yiqu.

Gu Yiqu was not wearing any clothes, and only a thin skirt was found not far from the crime scene, which also became evidence of her ignorance.

Lin Nian sneered: "They think that the reason why Gu Yiqu was humiliated by that drunk is because she is flamboyant and dissolute by nature, and she dresses like that to seduce men, in other words, they think she deserves it, and she is to blame for everything. "

He paused, and glanced at the people sitting in front of the hall one by one: "The most ridiculous thing, the government at that time thought it was reasonable, so they let the drunk man go, and a life was lost like this. He really loves the people like a child." Good officer."

Lin Nian was pointing fingers at Sang and scolding Huai. Although he knew that he was talking about officials in Ye City 15 years ago, both Liu Xun and Lin Jingkong were in a bad mood, especially Lin Jingkong. In Huaizhou City, he is still domineering. reputation.

Pei Zhe took a tight breath, and slowly tightened his hands on his knees, and there was a tingling pain in his palms: "What's the inside story of Gu Yiqu's death? What's the relationship between her and Xie Xiangsi and Song Changqing?"

Lin Nian deliberately skipped this paragraph, and only talked about the unfair treatment Gu Yiqu suffered at that time, without mentioning Xie Xiangsi and Song Changqing, but according to his previous words, Gu Yiqu's death should be inseparable from these two people relationship.

"I heard that the first person to find flowers is like a god, and has just solved two murder cases in Huaizhou City. Why don't you come and guess, what is the connection between them and Gu Yiqu's death?"

Lin Nian had a sarcastic expression on his face. Although he was kneeling in the hall, he could not see any weakness at all, and his aura was quite aggressive.

Pei Zhe's complexion was not good. Ever since he mentioned Lin Xueyuan, his mood had been unstable. He knew about these things earlier than Lin Jingkong and Liu Xun. He had heard it from his master when he was young. Live this poignant love.

The family style of the Pei family is strict and upright, and Pei Zhe himself respects his teachers. He respects Lin Xueyuan from the bottom of his heart. Gu Yiqu is the only woman Lin Xueyuan loved in his life, and he also respects the deceased prospective wife.

He has heard a lot of descriptions about Gu Yiqu from Lin Xueyuan. The Gu Yiqu he knows is strong, independent, talented, and kind-hearted... Excluding the exaggeration of his lover, Gu Yiqu can definitely be regarded as the most extraordinary woman in the world. , which is quite different from the rumors.

As Jin Lingjiu said, he knew and remembered Gu Kangning.

Lin Jingkong patted the table, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Nian, the yamen is not a place for you to run wild, you killed Xie Xiangsi and Song Changqing, we can already convict you, regarding the case of Gu Yiqu, if you want to If she does something to make her death not so unclear, she should cooperate with us and tell everything she knows!"

"She has been dead for 15 years, who still remembers her, who still cares if she is innocent or not?" Lin Nian looked at him coldly, "What's the point if I don't tell the truth about that year? In her eyes, she is already a shameless slut."

Pei Zhe was furious and was about to speak, but was shocked by the movement beside him.

Liu Xun stood up abruptly: "She's not! I don't know who told you what happened 15 years ago, who told you about the unfair treatment. Although I can't refute it, they did happen, but I still want to tell you , in many people's minds, she is not that kind of person."

"Gu Yiqu's piano skills are superb, and there are countless people in the world who admire her. After her death, there are still legends about her in the three cities of Kyushu. The height she has reached is beyond the reach of future generations. You are too tall I underestimated the malice of the world, and underestimated her influence."

"We all know that she is not the kind of person you said."

Lin Nian restrained his expression and did not refute him.

Liu Xun sighed heavily, sat on the chair, looking at his expression, he seemed to be remembering something.

"Since you want me to guess, it's okay for me to guess." Pei Zhe let out a long breath, "You said Xie Xiangsi and Song Changqing were related to Gu Yiqu's death, but there are actually only a few possibilities, so it's not hard to guess."

"When Gu Yiqu died, there was no deed of sale on her body, that is, she failed to redeem herself, but I looked through the previous files and found no money for her to redeem herself in Gu Yiqu's residence. The money will not grow long. Her legs ran away, someone deliberately took her ransom money."

"The underskirt that Gu Yiqu was wearing at that time was relatively thin, but there was a suspicious point about this dress. It was not the color that Gu Yiqu often wore. Gu Yiqu was a person who was very strict with himself. After Qin became famous, this kind of self-demand became even higher. She hates strong colors and prefers white and plain colors. She once discussed with her master...Lin Xueyuan that if she gets married, she won't wear a wedding dress, even if she doesn't even wear a wedding dress. How can someone who is willing to wear a gorgeous red dress wear it in daily life?"

"It was mentioned in the autopsy report that she had cotton wool in her mouth and nose, as if someone covered her head with a quilt, but because she committed suicide by biting her tongue, I didn't continue to investigate this point, but in my opinion Come on, this is also the key."

Lin Nian pursed her lips tightly with a serious expression.

Pei Zhe sighed: "As for the suicide case, it is difficult for the government to decide. Although the treatment of the drunk man back then was biased, it is also understandable."

Lin Nian closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the emotion in his eyes had faded: "After talking so much, I didn't see you mentioning those two sluts, but instead grabbed the drunk man to excuse the government. It seems No matter how long it has passed, no matter how good your reputation is, you will still be protected by officials."

"Nonsense!" Lin Jingkong looked at Pei Zhe from the corner of his eye, saw that he was not angry, and felt relieved, "It is difficult to convict a suicide case, and it has nothing to do with the protection of officials. Blame me for being rude to you!"

Pei Zhe said calmly: "Now I don't think you were taught by Lin Xueyuan. If you are so restless, how could you be taught by him?"

Lin Nian's expression twisted for a moment: "Pei Zhe, what do you mean!"

"You don't need to guess. It must be that Xie Xiangsi and Song Changqing conspired to steal Gu Yiqu's ransom money. They may have experienced a fight. Gu Yiqu was outnumbered by four fists, and he was defeated." Pei Pei Zhe's clenched fists slowly loosened, and his tone became heavy, "Although the ransom money was stolen, Gu Yiqu's reputation is too great, and Xie Xiangsi and Song Changqing have no way to escape. Gu Yiqu, the cotton wool in Gu Yiqu's mouth and nose may be like this."

Liu Xun looked up: "What about the drunk?"

Pei Zhe: "It's very simple. Xie Xiangsi and Song Changqing temporarily changed their minds and came up with a more vicious method. Compared with killing people, this method can also achieve the original effect, that is, completely destroy Gu Yi. song."

There are many ways to ruin a woman, from reputation to body...

"The drunk man was probably planned by them, and the clothes belonged to both of them. Everything that Gu Yiqu experienced later was caused by them alone. Even if Gu Yiqu did not choose to commit suicide, in that case, at that time In the world, she can no longer survive."

Lin Nian did not refute, he remained silent throughout.

Of course this is also an answer.

No one can tell what happened back then, even what Lin Nian knew, he heard it from other people, so it's hard to tell the truth from the fake.

Gu Yiqu has been dead for 15 years, not to mention such a speculation about the cause of her death, even if there is real evidence to prove it, it is of no greater significance to her.

Pei Zhe was unwilling to bring up the matter of Gu Yiqu. In his eyes, repeated mentioning was not only just and fair, but also another injury to the deceased.

Lin Jingkong sighed secretly, and asked again: "Why do you use ghost cries to create panic?"

Lin Nian broke free from his emotions and said calmly, "I didn't do that."

In recent days, there have been constant rumors in Ye City, and Lin Nian naturally heard of them.

Regarding the ghost crying, he held an attitude that it had nothing to do with him. No matter what the other party wanted to do, he would not interfere with it if it did not affect him.In a sense, the cries of the ghost also amplified the panic in Yecheng, and made people pay attention to Gu Yiqu's matter again. He was happy to see the results, but he would not admit to things he hadn't done.

The case was basically clear. Before Lin Jingkong asked someone to take Lin Nian down, Pei Zhe came to him and asked, "What's your relationship with Lin Xueyuan? Did he let you do all this? Did he still ask you to do this?" Alive, where are you now?"

Lin Nian's feelings towards Pei Zhe are very complicated and contradictory. On the one hand, because of Lin Xueyuan, he doesn't hate Pei Zhe, but on the other hand, he can't understand Pei Zhe's attitude of knowing everything but doing nothing. A variety of emotions were mixed, and he only replied coldly: "He adopted me, and I have nothing to do with him. I just can't see it. As for the others, I don't know."

No matter how Pei Zhe asked, his answer was that he didn't know anything about Lin Xueyuan.

In any case, the case of Xie Xiangsi and Song Changqing is closed.

Everyone has been in Yecheng for several days, and it is time to go back.

This case is either good or bad, Lin Jingkong has always been unwilling to do this kind of work, so he brought his commanding army back to Huaizhou City early.

Jun Shuci was even worse. He was the magistrate of Huaizhou City, not Yecheng, and it was enough to solve the case. How the case was resolved would still be left to Liu Xun.

On the second day after the case was closed, the gates of Yecheng, which had been blocked for several days, were opened.

Pei Zhe and others returned to Huaizhou City, and after a few days, news came from Ye City that the case had been sentenced.

Liu Xun did not directly sentence Lin Nian to beheaded. He searched for the people involved in Gu Yiqu's case, tried his best to piece together the truth, and then made a decision after comprehensive consideration of the two cases.

Pei Zhe was very satisfied with the verdict of the case, and his mood improved a lot, and he was no longer as depressed as when he just left Yecheng.

Picking a sunny and sunny time, Pei Zhe took his washed clothes and walked to the inn where Jin Lingjiu was staying.

It had been a few days since he returned to Huaizhou City, and he hadn't seen Jinling Jiu yet. He was in Yecheng at that time, and Jinling Jiu left without saying goodbye. It was only then that I was free, and I was free to think about private matters.

Jinlingjiu once mentioned that he was in a hurry to leave Yecheng, so Pei Zhe didn't consider whether he had returned to Huaizhou City, and was told when he arrived in Kezhe that Jinlingjiu and his party hadn't returned yet.

Pei Zhe lived in the inn for a while, and the shopkeeper and the staff knew him well. Seeing his silence, they thought it was a poor reception, so they insisted on dragging him into the inn to make tea and water for him.

Pei Zhe declined politely, with a thoughtful expression on his face, he took his clothes and walked towards the Commander's Mansion.

You haven't come back yet, have you been staying in Yecheng?

He guessed that Jinling Jiu and the others must have other things to do when they went to Yecheng, but he didn't expect that after so long, the matter was not finished yet.

Not only Pei Zhe didn't expect it, but even Jin Lingjiu himself didn't expect it.

In a certain teahouse in Yecheng, Jin Lingjiu was sitting in the corner. On the same table, sat two ordinary-looking men, who were the type who would not be found if thrown into the crowd. Wearing a wolf head totem.

The breathing of the two is very soft, which can only be done by people with advanced martial arts.

Jin Lingjiu frowned slightly: "What you said is true?"

One of the men nodded: "Returning to the host, there is no doubt that since the person asked about the news, our people went there quickly, but there were many people on the other side, and their martial arts were not bad. We didn't get a single blow and let them escape. , our people have been following, and saw them enter Baihua City with their own eyes."

Jin Lingjiu: "Followed?"

"Followed in, but only for a short distance." The man said in a deep voice, "Zuo Ping said that there is something wrong in Baihua City, so don't pursue it deeply. We are afraid of something, so we will come back and report first."

Jin Lingjiu rested his right hand on the table, moved his fingertips slightly, and pointed slowly. After a while, he asked, "Where is the left screen?"

Man: "He's near Baihua City. Together with the rest of us, he's watching closely. If the other party comes out, he will be able to catch them."

"Since you've gone in, you won't come out easily." Jin Lingjiu said lightly.

The other two looked at each other in blank dismay, and one of them boldly asked: "Lord, but I made a wrong judgment? If I chased after him into the city, I might have caught someone by now."

Jin Lingjiu shook his head: "No, you have done a good job. Today's Baihua City is not the previous Baihua City. It is right not to rush in in the boundary of Fanbang."

"Then what shall we do next?"

Jin Lingjiu pressed the center of his eyebrows: "Leave a few people to continue guarding, let Zuo Ping come back first, and wait for my order before... hmm?"

The voice stopped abruptly, and Jin Lingjiu's gaze was fixed, maintaining the posture of looking out the window.

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One more.The second volume is over.

Reading comprehension: 15 years ago, when Gu Yiqu died, Lin Xueyuan left Yecheng to travel around the world.

About 13 to [-] years ago, Lin Xueyuan arrived in Xiaoxiang, met Pei Zhe, and taught him martial arts. At that time, Pei Zhe was six or seven years old.

12 years ago, Lin Xueyuan left Xiaoxiang.

Ten years ago, Lin Xueyuan adopted Lin Nian, when Lin Nian was three years old.

Today, Lin Xueyuan is missing, Lin Nian is 13 years old, and Pei Zhe is 20 years old.

Volume [-] Ghost City of Porcelain Figurines