Suspect in Jinling

At the time of You, the east of Jinling City is full of Gongmen people who are under the yamen, and there is a lot of traffic, shoulder to shoulder.

The Jinling case is divided into four layers from the northeast to the southwest. The innermost layer is the palace city. All the yamen of Dali Temple are here, and outside is Yingtianfu City, which is also the most populous and busiest place, covering the Qinhuai River and Yingtianfu Yamen. place.

Hezhizhai is located in the northeast line according to the direction of Jinling. The roads here are spacious, tidy, strict and straight. Although there are also Langpu restaurants, the restaurants here are not like the restaurants in the city. They are also equipped with tile storytellers. , at the end of the road is the Jinling garrison yamen, which is rarely crowded all year round, and the only few times when it is lively, the death row prisoners pass by Caishikou when they are executing their executions, attracting crowds to gather to watch.

Sha Xiangyue walked alongside Kuang Jian on a tall horse, tilted her head and glanced at Kuang Jian with interest: This man's riding posture is very light and vigorous, and people who grew up by the Qinhuai River should not have such beautiful riding skills. In the western photo, Kuang Jian looks like a loose and majestic lion.

Kuang Jian noticed that gaze and looked at him uncomfortably: "What's wrong?"

Sha Xiangyue squinted at him and smiled: "Why did you change your clothes?"

Kuang Jian is dressed in black with a big green horse, with a simple and strong figure, and a straight back. This is too handsome for crossing the street.

Seeing the bright light in his eyes, Kuang Jian was a little shy for a moment, pulled the rein of the horse, and said vaguely, "It's inconvenient to wear that suit." He hesitated, and asked Sha Xiangyue, "What's wrong with you? ? Why do you always run to the hospital?"

Sha Xiangyue puffed her mouth: "It's either a serious illness, or a cold."

Kuang Jian looked at him indifferently: "It's fine if you don't want to say it."

Sha Xiangyue tilted her head meaningfully: "Geng Yichun said that your father and his father were in charge of the same dynasty, and he was getting a salary in the Sanfa Department. Why don't you fight for an official position?"

Kuang Jian frowned slightly: "Incompetence is insufficient, and I have no intention of career."

Sha Xiangyue looked at him narrowly and smiled: "It's fine if you don't want to say it."

The two of them walked side by side and soon arrived at Hezhizhai. Sha Xiangyue was a regular visitor. Someone came up to him fifty paces away, and respectfully led the horse for him. After he got off the horse, Sha Xiangyue was very happy. He bumped into Kuang Jian's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "I'm going to take a bath and heat therapy later, do you want to have a bath together? I'll ask them to prepare a mild medicinal bath."

Kuang Jian was not ready to take a bath with anyone, and suddenly faced this invitation, she pondered and showed a bit of reserved hesitation, and the two of them walked to the medical hall, at this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Kuang Boss, please stay. "

When Kuang Jian turned around, he saw a man dressed as a waiter yelled at him, and pointed to the big restaurant behind: "Kuang Tou, there is a Master Jin Yiwei upstairs who wants to invite you up for a drink."

Kuang Jian followed his hand to look, and saw a figure on the second floor of a Xuanhe restaurant opposite Hezhizhai, and a figure appeared through the folded windows.

It was Jiang Xingzheng.

Seeing it as if she hadn't seen it, Sha Xiangyue went to hold Kuang Jian's arm: "Let's go, any insignificant person comes out and asks you to drink."

Kuang Jian nodded indifferently to the waiter: "Go back to the master and say I'm busy, thank him for his kindness." As he spoke, he patted Sha Xiangyue's back and was about to press close to the hallway of Hezhizhai.

The waiter who sent the message did his best, and when he saw this, he hurriedly said: "The master knows that Master Kuang is going to refuse, and I have another sentence for you: if you don't come, then he will ask you to go up and ask about the case last night!"

Sha Xiangyue didn't hide the disgust in her eyes, she turned her head and glanced back.

The waiter was frightened by him and stuttered a bit, but he still had the courage to finish the sentence: "...The master said that as long as you mention Doumu Temple to Master Kuang, you will understand, understand..."

The black cloth boots stepped on the solid floor, echoing with a sound.

Jiang Xingzheng changed out of the dazzling golden orange flying fish suit and replaced it with a navy blue school uniform. When Kuang Jian went up to the second floor of the restaurant, there was no one on the second floor except Jiang Xingzheng. How much stuffy wine.Kuang Jian glanced at the dishes that had hardly been touched, and thought that a meal here costs a lot of money, and probably only a luxurious family like Poyang Jiang's is worthy of drinking here to soothe their sorrows.

"Captain Kuang."

Jiang Xingzheng raised his hand and greeted him. Although his face was not red, he was already drunk.

Kuang Jian frowned, regretting coming up this far, pulled out the chair and sat down, and said bluntly, "Jiang Baihu, speak up."

After all, Jiang Xingzheng's punishment in the Hu Ye case was partly due to him, Kuang Jian. Kuang Jian didn't think that Jiang Xingzheng wanted to see him, and he didn't want to listen to the complaints of the frustrated.

But Jiang Xingzheng didn't seem to have the idea of ​​complaining to him. He patted his cheek, patted his sanity back, and took out a pile of autopsy sheets from the bag beside him, and said seriously: "I just saw it downstairs. Catcher Kuang, I take the liberty to bring you up here, because you really want to discuss the case - you reported to the town government this morning, saying that Doum Temple in the west of the city was ambushed. This is the autopsy result of the five corpses in Doum Temple. They were wounded in combat, two were poisoned, one died of blood loss, and two were severely hit to death..."

He handed the autopsy sheet to Kuang Jian, and Kuang Jian put aside his prejudice for a while, and took it seriously.

Jiang Xingzheng: "...the autopsy list itself is not surprising, but the fifth corpse is somewhat suspicious compared with the others. I want to confirm with Catcher Kuang," he said, pushing away the food and wine, for fear of dirtying the official documents, Across the dining table, I clicked on the fifth autopsy list, "This person is about 37 years old. His head was beaten to death with a hard object. There are signs of binding on his hands and feet. The wound on his thigh was bandaged and applied medicine. The traces are contradictory—Kuang, can you tell me what happened to this corpse before it died?"

Jiang Xingzheng looked confused, but he didn't expect his words to be clear. Kuang Jian put the autopsy sheet on his lap, and said: "At about [-]:[-] last night, I was ambushed by five people when I passed Shijiawan Doumu Temple. When I was subdued, two people committed suicide by taking poison. After I subdued the fifth person, I removed his jaw. I wanted to take him back to the Yamen for interrogation, but I didn’t want him to suddenly fight back when I was bandaging his wound. I had no choice but to fight back and killed him by mistake. killed him."

Jiang Xingzheng clenched his fist and put it on his chin, and suddenly said: "The man has obvious signs of bondage on his hands and feet." He met Kuang Jian's eyes with red eyes and tongue out: "You mean that he suddenly fight back?"

Kuang Jian's heart skipped a beat.

"What does Jiang Baihu want to ask?"

Kuang Jian looked into his eyes calmly: "The rope was not tied tightly, and he broke free."

Jiang Xingzheng: "At that time, was there anyone else around Kuang Tutou?"

Kuang Jian nodded: "Yes, and there is Sha Xiangyue—the craftsman in Pang Mansion, Jiang Baihu, do you have an impression?"

In the quiet room on the second floor of Hezhizhai, the apricot-colored window curtains are undulating, and the silhouette is an absolute beauty.

Jiang Xingzheng followed his gaze to the opposite building and nodded: "I have an impression."

Kuang Jian looked at his expression: "He was injured last night, Baihu is going to ask him?"

Jiang Xingzheng didn't answer, obviously not very interested in killing Xiangyue: "Speaking of business, why did those assassins attack you?"

Kuang Jian: "I don't know."

Jiang Xingzheng looked solemn: "Then I would venture to ask, why did you appear in such a remote place in the west of the city at night?"

Kuang Jian looked into Jiang Xingzheng's eyes, and his thumb nails got stuck in the skin. After a long time, he said slowly, "...to enjoy the moon, can you?"

Sha Xiangyue propped his chin to look at the two people in the opposite building, his vision was limited, he couldn't see the lips of the two talking, he could only feel that the atmosphere was a little tense, and the two sat facing each other defensively.

"hiss……"

When his arm hurt, he was forced to turn his gaze, "Doctor Shi, please be gentle."

Small silver hooks, apricot-colored tents, in the spacious quiet room, screens, brocade blankets, flower arrangements, medicine pots, and a few small medicine bags tied in yellow paper stacked on the small table of flowers, and the silver strings are tied very tightly. Delicate, elegant and simple layout.The man who was called the doctor at the time had a solemn face, and said dissatisfied: "Every time you come, you bring a new injury, and you don't listen to anything, if you continue like this, please go Gao Ming."

Sha Xiangyue drank the medicine first after entering the door, and then went to check the pulse, take the body temperature, and ask questions, who knew that this patient would only be absent-minded and distracted to see a doctor. Staring at the opposite building all the time, I almost lost my soul.

Doctor Shi picked up his pen impatiently, "Where do you live recently, the medicine will be prepared and I'll send it to you."

Sha Xiangyue grabbed the pen, wrote a few strokes of beautiful thin gold, and said in his mouth: "Don't tell my adoptive father."

Physician Shi snorted coldly: "I can't find any information from the Hezhizhai imperial city, so if the headmaster wanted to inquire about you, he didn't need to ask me at all... That poor man was too rude last time. Your hyperthermia needs to be diverted, and you were taken away just like that... Sigh!"

Sha Xiangyue turned her head in surprise: "What, what's wrong?"

His eyes flickered, apparently not listening to him.

When the doctor got up, he put down the silver hook of the curtain twice. The person in the building opposite was still talking one moment, and looked over keenly the next moment——

"The head teacher left you a message with me."

Sha Xiangyue raised her eyebrows and frowned.

"He told you to stop messing around and just go home."

"Then answer for me," Sha Xiangyue said without hesitation, "tell him not to touch Kuang Jian."

Doctor Shi nodded: "I'll bring the words for you, just one more word, I don't understand the theory that there must be a cause in your teaching, but the most important thing is how to live your life so that you feel comfortable."

A person in his line of work needs a confidant. Doctor Shi guessed that Sha Xiangyue was involved in some lawsuit. The last time Ying Tianfu forcibly took him away, this time the Gongmen followed him like an escort, but it was rare that , this time Shaxiangyue's complexion is weak, but her spirit is good, and her whole body glows with a vigorous spirit. He took over from last summer, and hung him back from the first breath. Shaxiangyue's sickness is crooked Always crooked like a dummy, he has never seen him so radiant.

Suddenly, there was a whimpering cry from outside the screen, Sha Xiangyue turned her head to look, and saw a well-clothed fat man coming down the stairs wiping his tears, sobbing as he walked, Sha Xiangyue stared at the The child looked: "...what happened to him?"

Doctor Shi replied calmly, "Father died, and the family left nothing but money."

The strength of the medicine came up, and Sha Xiangyue's body began to flutter. He knew that the medicine was about to take effect, so he ordered two medicine boys to wait for him to take a steam bath. The conscientious drug boy walked down the stairs stepping on the stairs step by step.

The little fat man was still crying, sitting down on the threshold like a duck egg and crying, it wasn't a sensational wail, but a sad sob that couldn't stop, the servant hesitated behind him, thinking how to get him to change places, Shaxiang Yue Mi walked over with her eyes blindfolded, squatted down with a steady balance, and suddenly said: "...It's useless to cry."

His eyes are calm, like snow that never melts all year round, neither sad nor sad, "No matter how loud you cry, the dead will not be able to hear you."

As he said that, he took out the money from himself and handed it to him gently: "If you're hungry, take this to the opposite side and have a full meal. Don't think too much... When you're full, you won't be sad." .”

Kuang Jian looked down at Sha Xiangyue squatting at the entrance of Hezhizhai talking to a child, and with a "bang", a glass of wine knocked on the dining table.

"You are secretly investigating the Taiping Sect."

Jiang Xingzheng's words were astonishing, and he drew his attention back with one sentence: "Only the core believers of the Taiping Sect have red lotus tattoos on their bodies. The few you killed are not ordinary people in the Taiping Sect. I will go to Yingtian Mansion to find them in the afternoon." But you, I wanted to know more about the situation of Doumu Temple, but your subordinates were vague and showed their flaws instead-Yuezu took over. Kuang Botou, do you want to know the governor of Yingtianfu? If someone finds out, the higher-ups will call you at any time Stop your intervention."

Kuang Jian remained calm, took his jug, and poured himself a glass calmly: "Above? Who are you talking about? Master Lu?"

One month after Pang Zhengying's death, the imperial court had no intention of promoting Lu Duanxian. What Kuang Jian heard was that Beijing planned to send another person to take over the Zhenfu Secretary.

Jiang Xingzheng did not accept his provocation, and said with red eyes: "There are dragons and snakes in the west of the city. The town government's yamen has been infected in the east of the city for a long time, and my feet don't step on the dust. Fortunately, I was sent to the west of the city today to collect the corpse. Discovered." He looked at Kuang Jian, gave a thought-provoking pause, and suddenly turned around: "Kuang Tutou is a capable official of the public family, and he should not have the pleasure of admiring the moon. Shimo went to Shijiawan Doumu Temple, which is one of the secret strongholds of the Taiping Sect, right? You were ambushed because you broke in late at night and offended them, right?"

Kuang Jian narrowed his eyes.

In all fairness, Jiang Xingzheng was the public official Kuang Jian was least willing to deal with before, because he had neglected his duty and perverted the law for selfishness. However, the sensitivity he displayed really made people admire him a little.

Jiang Xingzheng sighed for a long time, and poured himself another glass of wine: "I'm looking for Catcher Kuang today, not for anything else, but because I have some news in my hand, and I want to chat with Catcher Kuang."

"Which aspect?"

"Above."

"How do you know about the above?"

Jiang Xingzheng chuckled, his eyes fluttering: "The town's office is not more disciplined than Yingtian's. Friends form cliques, men thieves and women are prostitutes, what can't you see? You are the town's office, Mr. Lu, really want to take over the Huye case, it's thankless The matter, you Ying Tianfu investigated the matter overnight, we snatched food halfway, and there were no people inside and outside... It was Xie Bin, it was Xie Bin who forced Mr. Lu to take down this case. The task I received at the time was not to investigate the case, but to Someone above suspects that you are in collusion with the Taiping Sect, let me watch your actions, and there is one more important thing - to find the lost prostitute."

This made sense, and Kuang Jian reconfirmed with the alcoholic in front of him: "So Liulier is not related to Xie Bin, but is related to the people behind Xie Bin?"

Dong dong dong, suddenly there was the sound of a child running and jumping on the stairs——

Kuang Jian and Jiang Xingzheng stopped talking tacitly, and then, a child's voice shouted to go to the second floor for dinner, and the waiter patiently persuaded him that there were adults on the upper floor who were talking about business, and told the young master to come down quickly...

It wasn't until the voice faded away that Jiang Xingzheng nodded: "Exactly. Xie Bin is just a pawn, doing dirty work for his superiors. He feeds those prostitutes to make fun of the big man. That man named Liu Lier is very smart. He won the big man five years ago." I like it, the reason why that big man cares so much about her today is because a few years ago, he was so bewitched that he entrusted her with something."

Kuang Jian asked: "What?"

Jiang Xingzheng glanced at him, but said nothing.

Kuang Jian murmured, suspicious that Jiang Xingzheng didn't know the details, so he pointed out doubts: "Since it is a very important thing, why would you carelessly hand it over to a prostitute?"

Jiang Xingzheng wrinkled his nose: "Because that thing was useless five years ago, but it's not as good as God's calculation. Now that thing has turned waste into treasure and has become more important,"

Kuang Jian: "Is this thing related to the Taiping Sect?"

Jiang Xingzheng: "It should be, otherwise why would Gui Jianchou try so hard to grab it."

Kuang Jian's heart skipped a beat: "What did you say?"

Jiang Xingzheng narrowed his eyes, and his eyes suddenly became deep: "Boss Kuang, we Ming people don't speak dark words. Ghost Jianchou instigated my fiancée to kidnap that prostitute. I found the note of his letter in Yufu. Jiaojiao's personality Naive and reckless, she is easily taken advantage of by those with a heart. Although I have never seen that prostitute, Liu Lier, I think she is very cautious and insidious. That's why Liu Lier took a lot of trouble to rob her for the second time after Liu Lier's death... Last summer, the imperial court intensified its efforts to wipe out the Taiping Sect. The leader of the Taiping Sect moved to Zhili in the south. He was secretly ordered to take the lead in suppressing the bandits, but now the Taiping Sect counterattacked. Pang Zhengying, Chu Ji, Hu Ye, and Xie Bin died one after another. His arm was almost broken. His handle... The imperial court is now at a disadvantage, and this secret war will soon turn to the bright side and use more yamen to suppress it...'Ghost Seeing Sorrow' is in it, so I don't need to say more. "

In a corner where the two failed to notice, a child clumsily climbed up the stairs from the first floor to the second floor.

After a long time, Kuang Jian said slowly: "Do these big figures in high positions always think that others will frame him?" The tone was rather helpless.

His insouciance offended the person in front of him.

Jiang Xingzheng's eyes changed: "Do you think I'm joking?"

Kuang Jian was noncommittal: "There are many simple and easy-to-solve cases in the town government department, right? Why are you so interested in this case?"

Jiang Xingzheng: "If someone you care about is drawn into a whirlpool for no reason, you won't let it go."

The feeling of chatting with Kuang Jian was really terrible, Jiang Xingzheng didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "Ying Tianfu's intelligence is limited, and we can't follow up the situation in the open. If you want, we can exchange information——" Jiang Xingzheng raised his head At the beginning, he asked quite sincerely: "Captain Kuang, how about joining forces?"

He thought that there was no suspense in this matter, the town government secretary had information that Ying Tianfu could never grasp, and Ying Tianfu's investigation of the Taiping Sect was also known as unrighteousness and dissatisfaction.

But Kuang Jian simply rejected him: "Sorry, we can't join forces."

Jiang Xingzheng: "Captain Kuang, are you not afraid that I will report to the public to stop your actions?"

"Whatever you want." Kuang Jian gave him an intriguing look, then stood up, and said lightly, "Thank you for the wine, Kuang will take a step first."

Jiang Xingzheng's cheeks twitched, and his face turned pale.

He didn't stop Kuang Jian, and let him turn around and go downstairs, but when he reached the middle of the stairs, he suddenly smashed the wine glass on the table and stood up: "Kuang Jian, what's so great about you!"

Jiang Xingzheng became serious, squinting his eyes, and his voice was low and fierce.

Kuang Jian turned sideways, suspecting that he was drunk.

But what Jiang Xingzheng said was so sober, he stared at him, and said in a sharp voice: "You got the limelight in the Hu Ye case, I, Jiang, who is selfish and perverting the law, is just a buffoon for you, you can look down on me! ——But Let me tell you, even if I do it all over again, I will still be wrong to the end!"

He didn't make any excuses for his behavior, he didn't mention Yudaijiao, and he didn't mention the governor of the town, but like some kind of terrible prophecy, he said loudly: "I hope that the future of Kuang Chieftain will not be like mine." As for yesterday, the prisoner was not his sweetheart, but he acted in an upright and upright manner all his life."

"If you can't drink, don't drink so much..."

The sky was completely dark, and Sha Xiangyue staggered to support Kuang Jian, shaking three times with each step.

Every time Sha Xiangyue came out of Hezhizhai, she didn't feel very good. She thought that Kuang Jian would come to pick her up, but when he finished the hyperthermia here, the waiter said that Kuang Jian had drunk too much and asked him to pick him up.

Sha Xiangyue:? ? ?

"The little one doesn't know what happened. The catcher was about to leave. I don't know what Jiang Ye said, so he sat back, and then the two masters started to drink... There was no fight, no Making trouble, the two of them don't talk, just drink, you have a glass and I have a glass..."

Sha Xiangyue frowned when she heard this: It is simply inexplicable that this description happened to Kuang Jian.People say that a thousand cups of wine are rare when meeting a confidant, but Jiang Xingzheng is far from being able to catch Kuang Jian's eyes, and Kuang Jian should also disdain to be with such people in his heart. What's good to drink together?Sha Xiangyue went to the restaurant to pick up someone, but the person who fell on the opposite side of Kuang Jian didn't ask any questions. , two horses led back to the city.

Although Kuang Jian was very drunk, he hadn't reached the point of complete fragmentation, but Sha Xiangyue wished that he would fall into a coma, because after being drunk, Kuang Jian looked extremely uncomfortable, and he retched when he parked a car not far away. Twice, with her head resting on his shoulder, she kept moaning unbearably, suppressed, and in pain, Sha Xiangyue had never seen him like this, she kept reaching out to stroke his back, and kept whispering to him , Cursing Jiang Xingzheng in his heart while speaking.

It can be regarded as walking to the junction of Guyu Street and Dazhong Street, Sha Xiangyue stopped the sedan chair with a hand, and moved home with the tall and burly Kuang Jian alone. Seeing this, the bearer wanted to help, but Sha Xiangyue directly declined. He didn't like outsiders where he lived, so he dragged Kuang Jian back by himself.After Xu Shi vomited twice, Kuang Jian regained some strength, like a clinging beast, her chest was pressed tightly against him, Sha Xiangyue was dazed by him, and she groped left and right to find him. The key to open the door.

It was too dark, and Kuang Jian's scorching breath mixed with the strong smell of alcohol sprayed on his ears, and the person who sprayed him so much that he couldn't even open the door and slip the lock, actually searched for the keyhole for a long time until he heard the copper lock clearly With a click, he let out a long sigh of relief: finally home!Kuang Jian suddenly bent down and picked him up.

Kuang Jian is really tall, and there is no straight line under his feet. Although he is not a gentleman who rushes and retreats modestly, he never behaves aggressively. Sha Xiangyue was startled by him, and when he straightened his head, he slammed his head against the iron door frame!

"Hiss..." Sha Xiangyue clutched the back of her head and quickly fell down. When she was dizzy, Kuang Jian kicked open the door and carried him into the bedroom, and threw him around the screen onto the Haitang bed... Before she had time to bounce up from the bed, Kuang Jian directly raised her knee and pressed on it.

"Kuang Jian, your mother...!"

While Qi and blood were surging, Sha Xiangyue almost vomited out the medicine she had just taken.

But Kuang Jian seemed to be unable to hear at all, the drunkard's hands were not serious.Sha Xiangyue had only one hand to stop him, so she tried her best not to let him succeed, as if she was afraid of being heard, she scolded dryly: "Kuang Jian...! Kuang Jian, please calm down... !"

He has known Kuang Jian for so long, and he has never barked in such a rude manner.

Panting for breath, Kuang Jian pulled his wrist arrogantly and cursed in a rough voice.

(634 words are omitted here, readers can imagine by themselves)

In the silent night, only one breath could be heard, and Kuang Jian grabbed the person under him tightly, and called vaguely: "Bao..."

The sweaty hand that Sha Xiangyue was raising suddenly froze, her heart went cold, and all the confusion suddenly stopped: Kuang Jian was calling a person's name, and she called it twice.

Bao Deng... That's not his name.

With the moon hanging in the sky, the little fat man dragged Jiang Xingzheng to his residence with difficulty——

The child was at most ten years old, with a pair of stubborn eyes on his chubby face, exuding a strong temperament in the dark night.This evening, he met a beautiful and kind-hearted man in Hezhizhai. He took the gold cake from that person and went to eat at the restaurant opposite.

The adult on the body was already drunk and unconscious, his head was dangling. The little fat man gritted his teeth and waited for them to finish their meal. When the waiter was at a loss as to how to send the drunk guest home, he stepped forward Said that she knew him, knew his last name, knew where his home was, and was just waiting for him to finish eating.Seeing that he was serious about what he said, the people in the restaurant called a soft sedan chair for him, and the little fat man directly reported the address of his house. When the bearer heard that it was Pipa Lane, his last trace of doubt was dispelled.

This child was originally from Chizhou, his father took him to Jinling a year ago, and he set up a house in Pipa Lane. After his father died, there was only one person in the family.He tried his best to drag Jiang Xingzheng to his father's dormitory, moved the stranger to bed, took off his alcohol-soaked coat, trousers, boots, socks, wiped his face with a towel, and pulled He pulled a thin quilt to cover him, and then he dragged a mahogany twig to sit beside the bed, pouted, and looked at the man who had fallen asleep seriously under the faint moonlight.

"I heard you say that the Taiping Sect still has ghosts, and you are investigating them, right?"

Knowing that this person couldn't hear him at this moment, the child still said seriously, "My surname is Fu, and I can help...Big Brother, my father was killed by Gui Jianchou."

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