Suspect in Jinling

Kuang Jian nodded calmly, almost confidently: "Yes, everyone who appeared on the third floor at that time was suspicious."

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the room immediately changed their faces: It turned out that Kuang Jian had talked to them so much just to draw out such a sentence. Suspected vigilance and dissatisfaction appeared alternately on everyone's face. Frowning, he slammed his palm on the table, and muttered with a dark face, "It's unreasonable!"

Kuang Jian looked as usual, but Qian Jin curled up his toes in embarrassment for his boss. At this moment, Jin Yiwei suddenly knocked on the door outside, saying that the guards of Yingtianfu had just sent eight important papers, which they said were related to solving the case.Everyone was confused again, thinking, what kind of invitation from Ying Tianfu could be related to this case?This Kuang Jian has only come to Pang Mansion for half an hour, when did he send the news to the mansion?

Without waiting for Kuang Jian's order, Qian Jin rushed out to pick it up like a rabbit, and then handed it to Kuang Jian respectfully. Kuang Jian opened the envelope with a normal expression, took out a few thin pieces of paper, and held it in his hand. Everyone in the room explained:

"Last summer, in order to catch thieves and thieves, Yingtian Mansion, with the special approval of the garrison yamen and the governor, set up a "official document library", that is, the old documents that can be made public by each government office are backed up and collected in my Yingtian Mansion. People who live in the six counties of Jinling, their identities, history, marriages, promotions, and tax returns are all recorded in the register. Half an hour ago, that is, I just arrived at the mansion and asked the names of the people upstairs. The left-behind servants in the house rushed to the whip, and just sent everyone's identities to—" Kuang Jian glanced at everyone, and said kindly: "How is it? Do you want to hear your case history?"

If it is said that Kuang Jian doubted the people before, it made them dissatisfied, but now it made them fear and fear. What are the identities of the people in the house, how can his case history be kept in Yingtian Mansion?But Kuang Jian also said just now that the treasury of Yingtian Mansion was specially approved by the garrison yamen and the governor's court, and they had nowhere to say it if they had any opinions, so they could only stare at the stack of papers, struggling.

Ruan Yuankui: "I don't know about the 'Treasury of Official Documents'."

Kuang Jian: "This is set up for catching thieves and thieves. My lord knows the law clearly, but of course it is less than what I have heard. But everyone, rest assured, all the records that Ying Tianfu has authority are the backups that can be consulted by all ministries, and none of them are spying on private matters. Second, there is no danger of leaking and making publicity.”

After saying this, everyone's expressions softened a little, but they were still tense and did not speak.

There was no one to smooth things over, so Kuang Jian could only push forward at a leisurely pace, "The deceased, Pang Zhengying, a person from Jianning Prefecture, was born in the 25th year of Hongwu (51 years old). In the spring of the first year of Zhengtong, he was promoted due to his extraordinary achievements. He was awarded Deputy Qianhu of Beijing Jinyiwei. She married Qin Shi, the daughter of the King of Rong'an, and gave birth to a son the next year, who unfortunately died early. In the autumn of 13th year of Zhengtong, she bought the Kaiping Palace..." Kuang Jian read the resume, knowing that it would not take a few days, and more will be added later. In the previous sentence, "On the night of March 14th, [-]th year of Orthodoxy, he died."

Immediately afterwards, he raised his eyes and looked at everyone, "Is there no mistake in this resume?"

Qin Shi and Chu Ji expressed grief, and shook their heads lightly upon hearing this.

Kuang Jian knew that their hearts were more complicated now, so he didn't force them. He opened the second sheet and continued to read: "Ruan Yuankui, Renheren, born in Yongle four years ago (43 years old), a Jinshi in the first year of Xuande, awarded the pedestrian department, In the summer of the seventh year of Zhengtong, moved to Yancang, Jinling Household Department, for inspection..."

"Chu Ji, a native of Taihe, Ji'an Prefecture, born in Yongle in the 17th year (30 years old), served as the captain of Jinyiwei, promoted with Pang Zhengying in the first year of Zhengtong..."

"Mrs. Pang, Mrs. Qin, was born in Jingzhou, Huguang, born in Yongle in 19 years (28 years old), the head of Rong'an County, married Pang Zhengying, Deputy Qianhu of Jinyiwei, Beijing, in the autumn of the third year of Zhengtong, had a son in the spring of the fourth year of Zhengtong, who died early, and lived with her husband in the fifth year of Zhengtong Moved to Jinling, and organized more Buddhist and poetry symposiums, which is quite famous."

The "official document library" is really just like what Kuang Jian said, it's all about promotion, marriage, and nothing new. Everyone listened to it dryly, their vigilance relaxed, and they inevitably felt boring, but Kuang Jian read it by himself. I was very absorbed, and when I read Qin's picture, I gave a slight "huh", and then repeated, "I married into Pangfu in the autumn of the third year of Zhengtong, and had a son in the spring of the fourth year of Zhengtong."

He raised his head and asked: "Madam, is the record in this book correct?"

His sudden question made everyone alert. After thinking about it for a while, they all looked at Qin Shi: "This..."

The woman gave birth to the baby just after ten months of pregnancy, how could he give birth to the baby the next spring not long after he entered the Pang Mansion?

Qin's lips turned pale, she looked at Kuang Jian, her throat twitched nervously.

"Sister-in-law... Your child, isn't it..." Ruan Yuankui's eyes widened, and he asked in shock, "Isn't Brother Pang's?"

Qin did not deny it, nor did she answer, her lips were tightly pursed.Qian Jin heard the shocking inside story again, and his heart twitched: Yes!The Qin family is 28 years old this year. She was only 17 years old when she married Pang Zhengying, but when Pang Zhengying was 40 years old, she was an official worshiped by Beijing Jinyiwei Deputy Qianhu. Although her position is high, she is not unique. If this Qin family is just an ordinary family It's nothing more than a little girl, but the Qin family is young and beautiful and has an outstanding family. If there is no trace of hidden feelings, how can there be such a marriage?

Kuang Jian looked normal, looked at Qin and asked softly: "Madam, you are the daughter of the county king, and you have a good marriage. I don't know why you chose Mr. Pang as your husband-in-law in the third year of Zhengtong?"

Qin raised her head and looked at Kuang Jian with a sharp gaze: "What else can it be, the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker."

She said this calmly and ruthlessly, but Qiu Weng became nervous in such an atmosphere, and couldn't help interjecting: "Xiao Kuang's arrest is to suspect madam? Whoever wants to harm adults is possible, madam is definitely not there, they The relationship is very affectionate, and the lord has never had any dissatisfaction with the madam, even if this building is a gift from the lord to the madam, how could the madam harm him!"

Ruan Yuankui said nonchalantly: "Brother Pang is indeed devoted to her, but King Xiang is interested, who knows what the goddess thinks? It's also my fault that I envied Brother Pang for having such a good marriage before. and so on."

Qin's face turned blue and white, obviously trying to endure.

Kuang Jian looked at this stubborn woman and continued to ask: "Madam, how did your son die?"

Pang Yuan couldn't help shouting: "Xiao Kuang catches the head..."

But Mrs. Qin didn't evade. She pressed her lips tightly and said word by word, "It was late spring and early summer, my child had a weak heart and lungs, and he inhaled Yang Hua by mistake, and died of suffocation."

Obviously there is no unnecessary explanation, but every word of her is full of her great grief.Ruan Yuankui let out a soft "huh", he was as thin as a strip of bamboo, and his voice was as sharp and piercing as a strip of strip, "God will take away the child who shouldn't be born, the boy of unknown origin, Who knows what it's like growing up."

The veins on the back of Chu Ji's hands jumped up, and he suddenly turned pale, "Master Ruan! Please be careful!"

After all, it was the military officer, when Chu Ji got angry, he shot straight at Ruan Yuankui like a sword light!Ruan Yuankui immediately became angry, and said loudly: "I am complaining about your old boss! She entered the door pregnant with someone else's child, and slapped your lord Shangxian in the face. After so many years, why has she refused to do this?" Fertility, do you dislike my elder brother Ruan for being old? From what I see today, [-]% of them can’t get away with her, and if they don’t, it’s because this woman has a grudge and murdered her husband!”

"My lord, what are you talking about!"

Qin closed her eyes tightly and refused to argue, and everyone in the room, including Chu Ji, Pang Yuan, and even Qiu Weng, became excited.

Qiu Weng: "Xiao Kuang's arrester said that the murderer is a man, and the wife is not strong enough. How can I murder my husband?"

Ruan Yuankui didn't point at others, and directly turned his eyebrows coldly at Qiu Weng: "You have nothing to say, she can't, you can, if you defend your mistress like this, you can kill her for her!"

"I...I..." Qiu Weng panted, glanced at Lord Ruan, and suddenly knelt down in the direction of Kuang Jian, "Xiao Kuang catcher is clear, the old slave and his wife did say it in private We talked a few times, but at first it was because the old slave lost his son last year, and the old slave was secretly burning talisman papers in the mansion and was seen by his wife. She was considerate of the old slave, seeing that I was still able to be driven, and recommended me to undertake the project of this building. These normal questions and answers between masters and servants, where there are these messy conspiracies..."

Qin's headache was about to split, and she pressed her index finger to her temple, "Qiu Weng, your matter has nothing to do with this case, so you don't need to expose your wounds, get up quickly."

Qiu Weng still refused to get up, repeating over and over again: "Madam will not harm adults, Xiao Kuang catcher makes a clear decision, clear decision..."

"Everyone, stop arguing!" Looking at the chaos in the room, Pang Yuan rubbed his fingers so anxiously that he didn't know what to do, and suddenly said surprisingly, "Stop arguing! I...I killed...! "

The air in the room seemed to be sucked out suddenly.

Everyone turned their heads to look at him, and then asked in unison, "Did you kill your father?"

Suddenly, the situation is even more chaotic.

Pang Yuan quickly waved his hand: "No, no, no, I didn't kill my father, but my younger brother..." Then he turned to Qin, with guilt in his eyes: "Mother, I'm sorry, I was confused back then, I just lost my mother, my father I welcome you to get started. When you gave birth to your child the next year, the nurse next to me urged me to say that my father would never love me again when he had a young child, so I... I took a nap one day, After leaving the servant, I picked a bunch of poplar flowers..."

At that moment, Qin Shi quickly covered her lips and glanced away her face, her shoulders trembled violently with the suppressed choking sound.

"this matter……"

Kuang Jian pondered, looking at Pang Yuan in silence: "Does Master Pang know?"

Although the swaddling baby is young, it is still a life. The eldest son killed the youngest son, which made him want to find a reason to arrest this foolish fool with a lack of strings.

"I know, I know!" Pang Yuan couldn't see the wink at all, and nodded to Kuang Jian hastily, "Father punished me severely after he knew about it, and my mother became infertile because of that incident. Ming Dayi has always treated me very well, my father never pretended to say anything when he was alive, and it was my mother who always protected me."