Nongmen Shenjue

It dragged on for half a month, and after several discussions by the court, the four Li Ziying were declared dead, and the four bones were identified as the four Li Ziying.According to this conclusion, the crimes of Li Ziying and others in Wanxia County were also confirmed, especially the establishment of Heilongzhai, as bandits intercepting and killing official businessmen, and many evil deeds.In view of the fact that the four people are dead, a bulletin was posted to the outside world detailing the crimes of several people. In addition, it is the fault of not raising the godfather, especially the four families are all officials, with bad influence. It doesn't matter.

Among them, Li Ziying's father, Li He, was the magistrate of Tianning, and the county magistrate of Wanxia County was promoted by him. Both of them were dismissed and investigated, and their prospects were bleak.Concubine Li did not end well either. She was demoted from a noble concubine to a concubine and was fined for three years.Concubine Li's result is not serious, it is obvious that the emperor still has the heart to protect her.

"It's quite unexpected." After all, the case report submitted by Pang Zhong only said that Li Ziying was missing four times, but it was not determined as death.

"This is the result of the joint efforts of several county kings. After all, this matter can make Rongjun king unlucky and benefit everyone. Everyone is willing to step on it."

The King of Rongjun was born of Concubine Li Gui, and he was more valued by the emperor.The mother is more expensive than the child, and correspondingly, the mother is unlucky, and the son is also affected.What's more, Li He's accident weakened the power of the mother clan, and it was a blow to the morale of Rongjun King.

In this way, Concubine Li would no longer trouble Mu Qingyan, and had to endure dormancy for the past year.

Wen Jixue's information has also been collected, so there is no need to stay in the capital.

According to the preface, Chen Shiliu took the two of them on a tour, but they just revisited their old places, and Wen Jixue was not very interested.

Before leaving the capital, Lin Jia and Yuan Cheng came to invite him to dinner.During the dinner, the three of them were just chatting all over the world. They briefly mentioned Li Ziying's case and then brought it up. The king wanted to make a profit from it, and in the midst of biting each other, there must be some damage.Because of this, Lin Jia and Yuan Cheng didn't want to be contaminated, and the boundaries of the capital city were too much to talk about.

As the wine was about to run out, Lin Jia suddenly raised something: "Brother Mu, have you ever been to Wunan County?"

"Wunan County?" Mu Qingyan had never heard of it.

"Wunan County belongs to Songping Prefecture. I was the county magistrate in Wunan County many years ago. I encountered a strange case. I am ashamed to say that I was young and energetic at the time. I solved several cases and was praised by others. , I felt great, but when I encountered the 'Flying Immortal Case', I was completely helpless."

"Feixian case?" Mu Qingyan was surprised, but seeing Yuan Cheng's expression, he knew it.

Lin Jia smiled wryly: "Brother Mu is still young. That case has been going on for ten years. It's normal if you don't know. Wunan County is the place where I became an official for the first time. It's the place where I became famous. It's also a pity. During my tenure, I have encountered big cases two or three times, and the most dealt with are all kinds of small things. The Feixian case can be regarded as a big case, and it is also extremely weird, but it was not reported from the bottom, but by me. Unintentionally discovered."

Then, Lin Jia gave a general account of the case.

"Such a large span?" Mu Qingyan felt troubled when he heard the time of the incident.

Lin Jia nodded: "I have been in Wunan County for three years, and it was the third year that I accidentally discovered this case. Since then, I have been investigating, but I have not gained much. The source of the case is still unknown, but according to what I have found, it is an early case that can be verified. The time of publication can be traced back to three years ago."

Well, it has been 13 years since now, which is indeed a long time.

Lin Jia said again: "The place where the crime happened is Feixian Town. Of course, this is an old name. Now outsiders only know 'Wangxiang Town'."

look home?

It was a normal name at first, but because there was a "flying fairy" in front of it, and when he heard Wangxiang, he intuitively associated it with Wangxiangtai in the underworld.Generally speaking, there is a reason for a new name to appear in a certain place, whether it is a re-division of the region, or to avoid taboos, or to reward and avoid evil. But it's quite a lot to say that a certain place has a harmonic name.

From Feixian Town to Wangxiang Town, the former is definitely better, it sounds easy to remember, and has a good meaning.

It just happened to change to Wangxiang Township.

"When did this name change?" Mu Qingyan was indeed curious.

Lin Jia sighed with a smile: "That was the time of Taizu. The world was initially established, and the old and new places alternated. Feixian Town was originally not under the control of Wunan County, but it was included later. All regions have to report the geographical population and other conditions. This Feixian Town I don’t know who wrote Xianzhen as Wangxiang Town, so it has been used to this day. However, the people in the town don’t recognize the name Wangxiang Town, and there is still the word Feixian Town on the archway at the entrance of their town.”

"Brother Lin means..." In fact, Mu Qingyan guessed what Lin Jia was thinking, but he still asked.

Lin Jiadao: "This case has always been on my mind, but it's been a long time, and I have nowhere to start, not to mention that I am no longer in Wunan County. This time I met Brother Mu, and I admire Brother Mu's ability very much. If Brother Mu Yes, I would like to entrust Brother Mu to investigate this case, it has settled my knot."

From Lin Jia's point of view, everyone's method of solving crimes is different, and he can't solve it. Maybe Mu Qingyan is just good at it.Furthermore, he also had a detailed understanding of Mu Qingyan's past cases, most of which were old cases. The passage of time could not stop Mu Qingyan from finding the truth, and the other party was especially good at this.

Therefore, Lin Jia had been thinking about it as early as in Wanxia County, but she just held back and brought it up now.

Songping Mansion, if Mu Qingyan didn't know about this place earlier, but it happened that they decided to go to Songling Mansion. When looking at the map, they saw the name "Songping Mansion". It was adjacent to Songling Mansion and belonged to the same province.

"To be honest, I have something to do right now, and I won't be able to find time for a short time." I am really interested in the case Lin Jia mentioned, and I have a friendship with Lin Jia, if I really want to investigate the Songling Mansion, He won't refuse either.

Lin Jia smiled and said: "Don't worry, let's focus on Brother Mu's affairs first, after all, we have been waiting for so many years, so it doesn't hurt to wait any longer."

"Brother Lin, do you have a record of this case?"

"Yes, there is, but I didn't bring it with me. Brother Mu gave me the address, and I will order someone to deliver it when I go back." Although I remember the general case, some details, especially the situation in Wangxiang Township, need to be read from the records.

"I'll go back to Fenglin County first, brother Lin can just send the things to Shenduan Bureau."

"Thank you!" Although Lin Jia thought he would be interested, when he really agreed, Lin Jia was really excited, and immediately poured wine to toast him: "Brother Mu, I'm sorry."

Yuan Cheng, who had been sitting with him all the time, also said: "Although I am not in Wunan County, I am not far away. I also know a few people in Wunan County. If you need it, just look for me."

Only then did Mu Qingyan remember that Yuan Cheng was in Xiyun County.

"Xiyun County is under the rule of Songling Mansion?" Mu Qingyan vaguely saw the place name marked on the map, but he didn't pay attention, not sure.

"Exactly."

Mu Qingyan nodded, because the Xue family was involved, he didn't say much.

Two days later, Chen Shiliu left Beijing with them.

Chen Shiliu is already engaged, no accidents, they will get married next year, but Mu Qingyan asked him about his future plans.After all, he is the son of the Chen family, so let's forget about it before we get married. After we get married, if he doesn't say that he is the Chen family, I'm afraid the Yue family will be dissatisfied.Anyone who loves their daughter, even if it is for the benefit of the family, will hope that Chen Shiliu, the son-in-law, will make a difference, and at least stay in the capital to accompany his daughter.

Chen Shiliu looked relaxed: "Well, it was agreed before we got engaged. My family will not stop me from doing a magic trick in Fenglin, and the Lan family has no objection. It's just that after we get married, I will bring Yinyin with me. .”

The girl Chen Shiliu is engaged to is Lan Yinyin, she is sixteen this year, and Xiao Chen is sixteen years old.

"Both agree?"

"Yeah, I was quite surprised too, but it's a good thing." Chen Shiliu said frankly while he was in the carriage at the moment, "I asked my elder brother, and he said that the atmosphere in the capital was too tense, but I was already in Fenghuang. When it is ripe, someone will take care of it, but it will be clean. Anyway, according to my elder brother's instructions, less contact with the capital, less contact with the officialdom, and just live in peace and stability."

The capital was already turbulent, but the case of Li Ziying accelerated the tension.

I remember the face-to-face on that day, and the voice sounded like the emperor was very healthy, but when they left Beijing, it was heard that the emperor had not gone to court for three days, and the elders of the Military Aircraft Department took care of anything that was important.The court and the middle are accustomed to this, but the princes are more ardent in expressing their filial piety.

He reckoned that it would take two or three years at the latest, and the emperor couldn't last too long.

I don't know who the throne will be.

Mu Qingyan felt that Wen Jixue also wanted to have a hand in it, probably deliberately trying to play against the old emperor.Thinking about the matters of the Xue family and the Yan family, Mu Qingyan understood quite well, as if "I'm not as happy as you want me to be."

It was nearly May when we returned to Fenglin County.

After leaving at the ferry, Chen Shiliu was busy returning to the county to deal with the accumulated affairs, and finding a house was the top priority.After all, he was about to start a family. It didn't matter if he was alone before, but if he wanted to bring his new wife to live with him, the house was the most important thing.Chen Lan's family is not an ordinary family. At that time, the Chen family will allocate some servant property to him, and the Lan family will give him a marriage. He doesn't want to wrong Lan Yinyin, so the house must be careful.

He was also thinking that if he couldn't find a suitable one, he would buy an old house and tear it down and rebuild it.

In a year's work, there is still time to build a new house.

Mu Qingyan first went back to the villa with Wen Jixue, rested overnight, and returned to Mu's house with his things the next day.

Mu Lin was in the city, and he knew as soon as Chen Shiliu returned to the city. He knew that Mu Qingyan had also returned. He had bought vegetables at the market earlier this morning, cut off the meat, and came back from a shift.

Born in Asahi, the two brothers are almost at home.

"Brother!" Mu Qingyan arrived first, and was playing with his little nephew in his arms.

The nephew gave him a nickname, Xiaoniu, which means he is as healthy and strong as a calf.

According to the local customs, children don't get a big name until they are one year old, and they are all given by their nicknames.There are also many places where a nickname can be used for seven or eight years, or a big name only after entering school. This is still a boy, and girls are simpler, especially in rural villages. They don’t care so much, and many call them according to their ranking.

Like the Mu family, such as Mu Wan and Mu Xiu, they are not only decent names, but also nice and elegant, better than some young ladies from wealthy gentry families.All kinds of factors are involved, even if the Mu family hides their origins vaguely, in the eyes of the villagers, the Mu family is still very different from them.

"I'm back." Qing'e rushed up to greet her, took the vegetables and meat from Mu Lin, and said with a smile: "Go and talk with the second brother, I will pack the vegetables."

Mu Lin nodded, took Maverick from Mu Qingyan's arms and hugged him, remembered something, and told the kitchen: "I asked someone to bring a letter to Xiaowen Xiaowu, the two of them will definitely come back at noon, and cook more. "

"Understood." Qing'e responded, carried a basket, and went to pick vegetables in the vegetable field behind the house.

Now all kinds of vegetables have grown in the vegetable garden, and they are very abundant. Mu Lin only bought two kinds that he didn't have at home. If he wanted to eat fresh vegetables, it was better to buy them at home.On weekdays, they buy meat and fish at most, and the rest are supplied by the vegetable garden. Although they don’t raise chickens at home, there are plenty of them in the village, so it’s convenient to exchange eggs and chicken.