Lintai Storm Record

With his hands in his sleeves, he looked vainly at the fluttering lamps under the verandah, not at Zhou Xian.

"This is the Secretary's Department. Although I am directly under the emperor's orders, I have worked here for four years. I have never had a case that did not meet the emperor's wishes, but I have never said anything to the palace in advance. Let's put it this way, these four years Here, I have never handled an unjust, false or wrongly decided case. The severity of the sentence is determined by the laws of the Great Chu, whether it is light or heavy, and there may be room for discretion. Who is involved, what questions can be asked, and what testimony can be given to the emperor Look, this is all for later. In these two murder cases, the emperor appointed Mr. Lu to be the presiding judge. You and I are just jurors. My rank is below Mr. Lu's and your rank is below mine. Don't mess up when trying the case primary and secondary."

As soon as he went out, Zhou Xian withdrew his majesty, and said with a smile: "Yes, it's the first time for me to participate in the secretary's case handling. I don't understand much. Thank you, Mr. Song, for pointing it out."

Song Qianzhi said to Lu Guan again: "If it really has something to do with the palace, you have to ask."

Lu Guan wanted to say something.

"Didn't Lord Lu tell me that day that he would definitely find out the truth?"

Seeing the encouragement in Song Qianzhi's eyes, Lu Guan felt a surge of energy in his heart.Now Lu Guan is holding the top position of the secretary province. After all, Song Qianzhi has been here for four years, and the whole secretary province has feelings for him, and they are used to doing things with him.From the first interrogation of Wang Zaoguo, Song Qianzhi deliberately handed over the initiative of questioning to him, as if he was really not greedy for the power of the Secretary.

Lu Guan's thoughts turned and he said lightly, "Thank you."

Song Qianzhi was noncommittal.

In another interrogation room, the Qian Shu Office had someone bring Wang Zauguo to him. Wang Zauguo, who had been drinking, was slightly flushed, but his eyes were clear.And including being in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he has been interrogated six times, and today he was interrogated twice in one day, not as flustered as Xu Zhou.

"Wang Zao Kingdom."

Hearing Lu Guan's voice, Wang Zauguo raised his head, took a deep breath, and said, "Master Lu, please ask me."

"Lou Jiangyue lived in Zhang Jing for a while, do you know about it?"

Wang Zauguo was stunned for a moment, and went to look at Zhou Xian, who was playing with a piece of jade pendant in his hand, and didn't look at him.

"I know." Wang Zauguo licked his lips and quickly lowered his eyes.

"Did Lou Jiangyue tell you?"

"Lou Jiangyue is well-known. There are not many literati in Beijing who love poetry and poetry. They don't know that he lives in Zhang Jingju, and many adults come to Zhang Jingju to ask him to write poems."

"Then did you send someone to ask for it?"

Wang Zauguo sneered: "I asked for it before, but I didn't get it."

"After Lou Jiangyue was murdered, someone who claimed to be from Wang's mansion went to Zhang Jingju to pick up Lou Jiangyue's luggage. Do you know about this?" After asking, Lu Guan looked directly at Wang Zauguo. fierce.

Wang Zauguo opened his lips slightly, looked at Lu Guan for a while, then turned his eyes left and right, and heard the sound of a jade pendant knocking on the table.

After a while, Wang Zauguo looked at Zhou Xian profusely in sweat.

"What do you think Zhou Xian is doing?"

Wang Zaoguo returned: "Only Master Lu and Master Song were present for the last question, Master Zhou was not. I don't know what was mentioned last time. Can I mention it now?"

"can."

Wang Zauguo licked his chapped lips, and said in a low voice and quickly: "When I was in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, my family was afraid that I would suffer, so I made some arrangements. When they came to see me in prison, I asked them to send someone to Zhang Jingju. After taking Lou Jiangyue's luggage, and thinking that this case happened in the palace, it should be kept secret, so I told them not to leak the news of Lou Jiangyue's death."

This is completely different from what I thought.Song Qianzhi's heart was shocked, and he subconsciously turned to look at Lu Guan, and Lu Guan also looked over, and their eyes met hurriedly.

Lu Guan continued to ask: "Why did you do this?"

"I was the first to arrive at the scene when the crime happened. The letter of love was not found at the scene. If it is true that Lou Jiangyue complained to me when he was drunk that night, his teacher might be involved. I...I think, at that time No one knows the existence of this letter of love, even the emperor, only knows that Lou Jiangyue will write it, whether he has written it, and what he wrote, the emperor probably does not know. So..."

Lu Guan slapped the gavel suddenly, and Wang Zauguo's voice stopped abruptly.

"You are cheating!"

Wang Zauguo smiled wryly, but did not speak.His neck was red, his ears were red, and his entire jaw and cheeks were trembling slightly.

This time, Li Xiang was also involved.Song Qianzhi thought that Xu Zhou was Jiang Meng's godson, and Zhou had found out who he was, but it didn't mean that Xu Zhou had no contact with Lin Shutong at all. It was possible to find out who was on duty as the internal guard, and it would not be false.Whether Jiang Meng has been there or not, only Xu Zhou and Jiang Meng know, so he has to find time to go to the palace and ask Jiang Meng secretly.

Song Qianzhi's eyes fell on Wang Zaoguo.

Meng Niang, who originally thought that Zhang Jingju said that the people who went to Wang's mansion to help Lou Jiangyue to pick up the luggage was fake, at least not the people sent by Wang's mansion. First, it is too easy to impersonate, and Wang Zaoguo is the murderer finalized by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. , the people involved in this case must have been paying attention to the process all the time, so they would naturally know that Wang Zaoguo has been imprisoned, and it is the most convenient and easiest way to get out by pretending to be the servants of Wang Zaoguo's mansion.Secondly, Lou Jiangyue was already dead at that time, and the public didn't know that Wang Zaoguo was ordered to enter the palace with him to write a congratulatory speech for the emperor. Everyone in the capital knew about this. He took the luggage reasonably.I still think about it.

"Is this matter related to Li Xiang?"

Lu Guan's voice was like a thunderbolt, which exploded in Song Qianzhi's ears and also Wang Zauguo's brain.

The corners of Zhou Xian's mouth curled up as he tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, as if he was listening to an opera.

"Master doesn't know anything about it."

"You did all this for Li Xiang, but Li Xiang didn't know about it. Is that what you mean?" Lu Guan asked again.

Drenched in sweat, Qian Shuban stopped writing.

Song Qianzhi said, "Qian Shuban, write it down."

Qian Shuban quickly responded, picked up his pen and continued writing.

"Yes, my mentor doesn't know about it." Wang Zaoguo said earnestly, "My mentor is full of peaches and plums, and has many students. I didn't think carefully and did something superfluous. With the emperor's trust in his mentor, he should not be partial to one or two words of slander. "

"The day you went to the Pipa Garden with Lou Jiangyue, you also saw Qin Mingxue?" Lu Guan changed his mind and asked again.

"Yes." Wang Zaoguo looked dazed, wondering why Lu Guan asked the question of the first interrogation again.

"Did Qin Mingxue treat you two to tea?"

Wang Zaoguo was even more puzzled.

"Drink, drink Pu'er tea."

"Does Qin Mingxue drink the same tea as you guys?"

Wang Zauguo shook his head: "I don't know, Lou Jiangyue and I should drink the same tea."

The third watch had passed, Xu Zhou's eyes were red from the heat, and the wound he had scratched on his hand had already been smeared with medicine.

Song Qianzhi presided over the questioning this time, and he asked again, when Lin Shutong went to pick up the raw tea, was there anyone else besides him from the internal guard.

"No, there is only one servant. The health-preserving tea slave has personally tested it, and it is non-toxic. These internal servants have records. When inspecting the health-preserving tea, two people check it. In addition to using silverware to test, another father-in-law who is on duty has to drink it himself. Pass."

Lu took a look at Xuzhou.

Xu Zhou hurriedly said: "This servant is too drunk, so he was confused just now. I drank some water just now, and now I am sober. Does this servant need to say the name of the other father-in-law?"

"You say it."

"Li Qiao."

Qian Shuban took down Xuzhou's confession and asked him to sign it.

Song Qianzhi said: "The palace already knows that you have to go out on business, and you won't go back until three or four days later. If you think of something, you can tell the guard at any time that the Secretary's Department is not the Ministry of Criminal Justice, nor is it the place where your inner palace is lynching. Three meals are good." Meals, don’t be on errands, take a vacation for yourself. Just a little.” Song Qianzhi touched his temple with his index finger, and said to Xuzhou, “Think clearly. Respond carefully. As long as you tell the truth, it’s not something you did. to your head."

Xu Zhou nodded with a wry smile.

It was already dawn, Song Qianzhi was very sleepy, Zhou Xian went back to sleep, Lu Guan caught up from behind, tugged Song Qianzhi's sleeve, he stopped, Lu Guan let go.

Song Qianzhi's gaze shifted from his sleeve to Lu Guan's face.Lu Guan's complexion was not fair at all, and after staying up all night, he looked a little ugly.

Song Qianzhi couldn't help smiling.

"What are you laughing at?" Lu Guan asked.

"No, no." Song Qianzhi said seriously, "What's the matter, Mr. Lu?"

"Go to sleep."

Song Qianzhi looked at the sky, thought for a while, and after a battle between heaven and man, he was actually so sleepy that he almost fainted, and finally said: "No, I'll go back, Mr. Lu, go to sleep, and I'll give you some sleep later." Bring breakfast."

Seeing Song Qianzhi take a few steps, Lu Guan frowned and chased after him.

"Is your carriage here?"

"No, they don't know when I'm going back, I ride."

Lu Guan followed Song Qianzhi to the stable and walked around the corral.

A bright silver color before dawn, just shot out from the blue clouds, and the horse was led out with its head buried in lazily chewing hay.

Song Qianzhi felt unfamiliar.

"This is my own horse. I brought it from Quzhou. I have been riding it for five years." Lu Guan pulled the horse out and said to Song Qianzhi, "Get on the horse." He sat on horseback.

Before Song Qian could thank him, Lu Guan also got on his horse.

Song Qianzhi was stunned, but he stretched out two hands behind his waist, grabbed the rein and shook it.Lu Guan clamped the horse's belly between his feet, and the horse turned in the direction of his rein belt, and stepped out in small steps.

Song Qianzhi shrank his neck unconsciously when the cold wind hit his head and face in the early morning.

Lu Guan tightened his arms.

Behind him was a man's iron chest, Song Qianzhi felt that something was wrong, but couldn't tell.Lu Guan was dressed thinly, and the temperature of his chest was faintly revealed in the robe. Song Qian seemed to feel a male heat in the back of his neck, and couldn't help laughing.The trial of the case is confused.

"Lord Lu."

Lu Guan obviously didn't hear it.

Song Qianzhi breathed out lightly, the horse under his seat was running fast, the wind was blowing on his face, it was very cold, Song Qian's back was touching Lu Guan from time to time, and a layer of hot sweat broke out in his vest.And he obviously felt as if something was pressing against him behind him.

Song Qianzhi: "........." He suddenly thought that Lu Guan was a sinner who had the word "treacherous" tattooed on his face.

What Lu Guan said resounded in Song Qianzhi's mind again: "That year I raped a beautiful 13-year-old boy, and the one left behind, that child was so weak, I heard that he went back to lie down for three months, Mr. Song Want to try it?"

Although that was obviously a lie, at this moment Song Qianzhi suddenly remembered, his face was flushed, and his breathing became hot.

It seems that my aunt's worry is not unreasonable. He will soon be twenty, and he will not marry a wife, which will seriously hurt his health.Song Qianzhi thought about it. Years ago, he still went to find two beautiful girls to catch up on the old days. He was a little bit out of his mind in the secretarial office all day long facing the tall and rough men.

When Song Qianzhi came home, Lu Guan waited outside. Whatever Song Qianzhi said, even the concierge of the Houfu didn't want to enter.

In desperation, Song Qianzhi had no choice but to leave him alone, went back to his room, changed his clothes, washed up, went to his mother's place, served Zhou Wanxin by the bed, and after breakfast, Song Qianzhi accompanied her and said After a few words, seeing that Zhou Wanxin was a little tired, she sat on the couch, let Zhou Wanxin lean in his arms, and gently massaged Zhou Wanxin's temples with her fingers.

Not long after, the servant girl brought in the warm medicine. First, the two maidservants brought by Zhou Wanxin's natal family tasted it, and Song Qianzhi took a sip himself before feeding it to her.

Zhou Wanxin took a sip of the medicine, frowning in pain.

"How many times have I told you that the medicine is three-point poisonous. I've tried silver needles, so why worry?" The second spoon was fed, and Zhou Wanxin still frowned and drank it.

Song Qianzhi said yes, and when he went out, he still told the maidservant in his mother's yard that Zhou Wanxin must have two maidservants regularly arranged to take the food and medicine that Zhou Wanxin wanted to eat and drink.

Going out, Qian Zhanxing came over, saved two big food boxes, and sent Song Qianzhi outside the gate of the Hou Mansion. Song Qianzhi took the food box and lowered his body slightly.

Lu Guan and his horse were not far away, facing the remote alley at the gate of the Marquis Mansion. From afar, they could see the beautiful maid was fastening Song Qianzhi's cloak, bent down to straighten the hem of the robe for him, and wiped the handkerchief away without a trace. The stains on Song Qianzhi's boots signaled him to go.

Lu Guan asked Song Qianzhi to hold the two big food boxes, and still got on his horse and sat behind Song Qianzhi. He hugged Song Qianzhi, and Song Qianzhi held the food boxes.

Song Qianzhi thought for a while, and pulled up the hood attached to the cloak, covering most of his face inside.

It's too embarrassing... If an acquaintance caught him sitting on someone else's horse like a little daughter-in-law holding two food boxes.

"Don't move around!" Lu Guan said in a low voice next to Song Qianzhi's ear, vaguely gnashing his teeth.

Lu Guan moved back, half a finger away from Song Qianzhi, shook off the reins, and led the people back to the Secretary's Provincial Compound.

The clouds opened up in the sky, and the golden light descended from the radiant clouds. The whole capital gradually woke up, and the streets were bustling with traffickers and pawns.

☆, Lou Jiangyue (Twelve)

Everyone in the secretary's province was eating the breakfast that Song Qianzhi brought from the Marquis's mansion. Zhou Xian was still sleeping. Song Qianzhi asked someone to save some for him. He only took two shrimp dumplings with powder in the crystal skin. Ask the kitchen to fill out a bowl of millet porridge and bring it into the inner hall to eat.

Lu Guan followed him.

Song Qianzhi glanced at him inexplicably.

"Where does Master Song go to eat?" Lu Guan said frankly.

"I'll look at the records of the previous interviews."

"I'll go as well."

Song Qianzhi: "..." But Lu Guan is his boss, and it's hard to catch up, so he has to let him.

Song Qianzhi always had doubts in his mind, and he was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he dug out the testimony transcribed and kept on file by the book office, and found Wang Zauguo's answer when he was interrogated for the first time. Thinking about it, he asked Lu Guan: "On the afternoon of the third day of the twelfth lunar month, Wang Zauguo and Lou Jiangyue went to meet a woman first, and then went to the Pipa Garden, right?"

Lu Guan was chewing, and his voice was vague: "What?"

"Didn't I go out for a while when you asked the question, someone from the palace came to pass the message, and when I came back later, you were already asking Qin Mingxue. You see, the first time you asked Wang Zaoguo, what did they do when they left the palace, he said He accompanied Lou Jiangyue to meet a woman, and you asked him who he met, and he said that he didn't know the woman's name, but only knew her address. This address is here."

"Yes."

"The women in the Pipa Garden live in the Pipa Garden, and there is no other place to live. Officials of the third grade and above can take the singing and dancing girls from the Pipa Garden to travel, but it depends on the wishes of the women. There is no rule about sleeping out. This The address should not belong to Qin Mingxue."

Lu Guan swallowed, thinking that if the address did not belong to Qin Mingxue, Lou Jiangyue might have seen someone else that afternoon.

"Later when I asked the woman's name, he remembered that it was Qin Mingxue." Lu Guan remembered, "Wang Zauguo lied when he answered the first time."

"They have all told lies, but they don't know which ones are true and which ones are not. Wang Zaoguo and Xuzhou, these two people are waiting and watching, they want to survive." Song Qianzhi took a sip of porridge, slowly tasted the rice fragrance, and after a while, He said, "There are old and young in Wang Zao country, and they definitely want to live. If they want to live, they shouldn't tell the story of the petition letter, let alone tell the story of deceiving the emperor. Even if they have this intention. I don't know what Mr. Zhou What was said to him, or what was promised."

The conversation stopped, Song Qianzhi got up and went to close the door, but there was no one outside the door, and the rest of the people were not in this courtyard.

Song Qianzhi talked to Lu Guan while drinking porridge: "Before Wang Zauguo submitted his love letter, he might have met Zhou Xian alone."

Lu Guan was shocked and didn't speak immediately.Song Qianzhi's tone was very confident in this judgment, while Lu Guan had already confirmed that Wang Zaoguo had the opportunity to contact Zhou Xian alone before he confessed his love letter.

"Zhou Xian is the emperor's man, and the loyalty of the Qilin Guard is unquestionable. He doesn't want this matter to be investigated in the palace, but he doesn't want to be investigated on the concubines. But when Xuzhou mentioned Jiang Meng, Zhou Xian was indifferent. Jiang Meng is The empress dowager's people, that is to say, the emperor means that the empress dowager can be investigated, but not the concubines."

"Go on."

"Perhaps it was a mistake to bring Wang Zaoguo to the secretary's province so early. It is too easy for Zhou Xian to contact him privately in the secretary's province. We need to find an opportunity to beat Wang Zauguo and let him know that unless he tells the truth, he cannot be exonerated." Song Qian Zhi Zhi ate the second shrimp dumpling, buried his head in the porridge, looked up and said, "Why do I feel like he's going all out."

"If Zhou Xian decides the condition with him is to help him take care of the young and old at home."

Song Qianzhi met Lu Guan's eyes, he was stunned for a moment, and then his brows twitched.

"It's possible. Before Wang Zaoguo was interrogated for the first time, all thoughts were lost. He still went on a hunger strike and hadn't eaten for two days. He already felt that he must die. Anyway, he was dead. He was terrified for several days. Mr. Wang must have thought of all kinds of ways out It's all clear. As long as the family has something to entrust, let him say anything."

Song Qianzhi rationalized his thinking, and continued to analyze: "Wang Zauguo's first confession is the most reliable. Look here, after the secretary office recorded the woman's address, you ask him where Lou Jiangyue saw the woman. A woman with a good name, he said that in the pipa garden used by the emperor, you asked him the name of the woman again, and he confessed Qin Mingxue's name. I haven't figured it out here, the people who live in peace are not just Meng Mother, all the women who have something to do with Lou Jiangyue know that there is Qin Mingxue, who often meets Lou Jiangyue, maybe they are good friends. Will Wang Zao Congress also know about this matter? If he knew about Qin Mingxue, then in the afternoon of the third day of junior high school, they It may not be that I have actually met Qin Mingxue."

Lu Guan had already finished his porridge.

Song Qianzhi glanced at his empty bowl and asked, "Do you want to eat some more?"

"I'll go to Sheng later." Lu Guan said, "When Wang Zaoguo answered me for the first time, he didn't think about what I would ask, and he didn't make any preparations. He didn't think that he would be interrogated in the Secretary's Ministry if he was convicted in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Opportunity, I thought I was doomed, because the secretary department has always only entered and exited."

Song Qianzhi probably didn't understand Lu Guan's teasing.

"The address he gave must be checked. Qin Mingxue also needs to check."

Song Qianzhi hummed, and said: "This is for sure. Wang Zaoguo's statement that he and Lou Jiangyue used tea at Qin Mingxue's place may not be credible. It's easy to find out. Just go to the Pipa Garden and ask. After that, we need to find out. Is there really a woman at this address? If so, they may have seen this woman that afternoon. When the results of the drug test from the Ministry of Criminal Justice come out, they will know whether Lou Jiangyue and Lin Shutong drank the same kind of tea. Wait until the health-preserving tea sent to the Pipa Garden by Zhou Xian comes to the inspection conclusion. If only Lin Shutong's tea is poisonous, and it is the same kind as the one in Lou Jiangyue's organs, the two drink the same kind to clear the throat for women's beauty and beauty. The health-preserving tea that nourishes the lungs has the same kind of poison, which is a bit too coincidental."

"Lin Shutong's identity needs to be checked." Lu Guan said suddenly.

Song Qianzhi didn't expect that Lu Guan would think of this now, Lin Shutong's identity might hide the information of why she was killed.He hesitated for a moment, then said: "Your Excellency Lu doesn't know that the Pipa Garden is not only the singing and dancing troupe used by the emperor, but also the eyes to monitor the officials above the third rank in the capital."

Lu Guan's eyes moved and he nodded slightly.

"When are you going to see Qin Mingxue?"

So I thought of going together.

"Let's go after breakfast." After Song Qianzhi finished his last sip of porridge, Lu Guan took his bowl consciously, went out to serve the porridge one by one in each hand, and brought Song Qianzhi two more shrimp dumplings.

"You can eat one." Song Qianzhi reluctantly said, looking eagerly at the shrimp dumpling for Lu Guan on his chopsticks.

Lu Guan inserted a chopstick between Song Qianzhi's separated chopsticks and pushed it down. The shrimp dumpling fell into his bowl steadily. In front of Song Qianzhi, he ate deliciously and said yes .

Song Qianzhi was struck by lightning.

Go to his grandma's, of course it's good, it's simply delicious in the world!The master was invited from a county near the sea in the south of Dachu. The family has lived by making shrimp dumplings for more than 200 years...

His shrimp dumplings, if you don't eat this one, Song Qian's heart hurts.

Lu Guan: "???"

Song Qianzhi twisted his face, ate the last shrimp dumpling and finished the porridge in small bites.

Lu Guan stood up: "Let's go."

"Who are you going?" Song Qianzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and motioned for Lu Guan to wash his face.Lu Guan, who hadn't been corrected overnight, was now described as sloppy, with a little oil on his face, which was horrible.

"To ask questions is not to recruit prostitutes." Lu Guan didn't care.

The corner of Song Qianzhi's mouth twitched, he asked someone to bring in water, twisted the veil for Lu Guan with his own hands, and handed it over.

Lu Guan lifted his chin.

Forget it.

Song Qianzhi sloppily wiped Lu Guan's face, he couldn't tie his hair up, so he called a secretary to come in to help.The book office came in and saw Lu Guan's appearance that he hadn't tidied up all night, so he knew what was going on, and came to help Lu Guan comb his hair without saying anything.

After Lin Shutong's accident, the Pipa Garden closed its doors to thank guests, and the singing and dancing girls didn't get up in the morning. A nanny from the palace, dressed in gold and silver, could tell that she was of high status, and came to receive two officials from the Secretary Province.

Apparently the nanny knew Song Qianzhi, and respectfully asked the young master how he was, and pretended not to see Lu Guan.

Song Qianzhi moved Lu Guan forward and said, "This is the newly appointed secretary supervisor."

"Hello, sir." Nanny bowed slightly, but did not look directly at Lu Guan.

"Today I'm here to meet a girl named Qin Mingxue. I also have a reward list for playing and singing in the Pipa Garden in the past month. Let me have a look."

"Where does the young master want to look?" Mammy asked.

"Go to Lin Shutong's room. There is no one there right now. Don't disturb the other girls, just let Qin Mingxue come over."

Song Qianzhi and Lu Guan first went to Lin Shutong's room and waited. Unlike Lou Jiangyue's room in Yingchun Garden, which was sealed, it was tidy and clean, and the plum blossom petals on the table were fresh and dripping with water.

Song Qianzhi pulled out the plum blossom, glanced at the opening below, and inserted it again.

"I just planted the flowers today."

Lu Guan was looking at the bookshelves in the house.

"This Lin Shutong is quite talented, and he has written several poems, which are very popular among the ladies and wives." Song Qianzhi shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity. Pity."

Lu Guan took the books off the shelf and flipped through them one by one.

There are not many books, eight in total, all of which are some literacy books read by my daughter in her boudoir, a book of seven words by Jin Rong, a poetess of the late emperor, and a piano score.

Song Qianzhi picked up the piano score and flipped through it twice.

"Lin Shutong is good at playing the pipa, it seems that he is learning the guqin recently."

Lu Guan flipped through it, put three books on the couch, and put the rest back on the bookshelf.

Song Qianzhi looked at him suspiciously, picked it up and turned it over, his brows furrowed, and just as he was about to speak, someone knocked on the door outside.

Lu Guan said loudly: "Come in."

While speaking, Song Qianzhi hurriedly stuffed the three books under the small table on the couch.

The woman who pushed the door in had her make-up trimmed, a light green dress, and a dignified manner. She put a touch of pink color on her vermilion lips.

"You are Qin Mingxue?" Song Qianzhi secretly praised in his heart.This woman fits her name.

"Your Excellency asked me to come, why?" Qin Mingxue stood upright, first looked at Lu Guan curiously, and then turned his gaze back to Song Qianzhi's face, frowning hesitantly.

"You may have met me. But it has nothing to do with this case. I'll ask you, and you should answer after you have thought about it. Think slowly and answer carefully." This time Song Qianzhi didn't ask Lu Guan to ask first, and he was not in the secretary's province. Besides, he still enjoyed Lu Guan's love to send him home, so he let down his guard.

"Yes."

Song Qianzhi signaled Qin Mingxue to sit down, Qin Mingxue insisted on standing, Song Qianzhi didn't say anything, and asked directly: "Do you know Lou Jiangyue?"

"know."

"On the afternoon of the third day of the twelfth lunar month, Lou Jiangyue came to the Pipa Garden to look for you?"

Lu Guan got up and walked around the room.

Qin Mingxue didn't look at him, and replied to Song Qianzhi, "I came to look for it."

"Why?"

"Come and give me back some silver taels."

"He borrowed money from you? When? Do you know what to do?"

Qin Mingxue took a quick glance at Song Qianzhi, and replied softly: "Mr. Jiang Yue is so talented, when people have a lot of money, he can't use it here. He is the right to live in the capital first, and I will let him stay next year." He has not agreed to participate in Enke. Now there is no chance." Her eyes were red, and the corners of her eyes were stained with a handkerchief.

Song Qianzhi's eyes moved.

"You and Mr. Jiang Yue, do you have a good relationship?" Song Qianzhi asked while thinking to himself, what he and Lu Guan came to investigate today is Lin Shutong's case, Lou Jiangyue is a well-known poet among the people, he died This matter has not yet been rumored.People in the Pipa Garden naturally wouldn't know, but Qin Mingxue knew that Lou Jiangyue was dead.How did she know it?Was it told to her by other officials above rank three, or did she already know it?

"It's an honor to be introduced as a confidant by Mr. Jiang Yue."

This is the same as the rumors in the market.Song Qianzhi thought of what Meng Niang said that Qin Mingxue was Lou Jiangyue's younger sister. At that time, he thought it was Meng Niang's wishful thinking.But Lou Jiangyue can live with Meng Niang, is it possible that Qin Mingxue is actually Lou Jiangyue's younger sister and not a good friend, who is Lou Jiangyue's good friend? Wang Zaoguo said that Lou Jiangyue has many good friends, and Meng Niang must be one of them , does he have any friends in Pipa Garden?

Thinking about it again, both Lou Jiangyue and Lin Shutong drank poisonous tea, although he didn't drink much, there was still a small amount of residue in his internal organs.

Song Qianzhi's pupils shrank suddenly, a flash of light flashed in his mind, and he kept rubbing his thumb and index finger.

"What is your lord thinking?" Qin Mingxue asked carefully.

Lu Guan returned to sit next to Song Qianzhi.

"What shall we have for lunch?"

Song Qianzhi was thinking about the case, when he heard Lu Guan say this, he was in a bad mood, and murmured: "The noodle soup in Pipa Garden is a must, but it's a bit expensive."

"Master Song still has no money?"

The way Lu looked at the "money jar" made Song Qianzhi feel a little out of touch and angry for a while, remembering that every time he took Lu Guan out, Lu Guan was eating and drinking for free, and thinking of the seafood noodles in the Pipa Garden...

"Eat here casually." Song Qianzhi came back to his senses, seeing Lu Guan blushing, his eyes slipped to Lu Guan's lips.

Why didn't I notice before that this man's lips are quite nice, with well-defined outlines, the corners of his mouth and the edges of his lips are crisp, with a hint of coldness, I don't know if the kiss is hot or cold.

Song Qianzhi's face turned red.

Lu Guan said displeased: "What are you thinking?" Following Song Qianzhi's eyes, Lu Guan turned his head and saw a hidden compartment behind him, reached out and grabbed the copper button on it and pulled it.

"Hey, Mr. Lu... don't open it."

It was too late for Qin Mingxue to speak out.

With a sound of "bang", Lu Guan pulled the whole small drawer out with too much force, and it was pink and pink, and fell out of the small close-fitting clothes of a woman sitting on the couch...

Song Qianzhi: "..."

Lu Guan: "..."

"Lord Lu investigates cases in this way, he is attentive to the subtleties, and never let go of any clues." Song Qianzhi said seriously, seeing Lu Guan's face flushed and at a loss, when he turned it out, there was a small red coat hanging from his laces. on the thumb.

At this time, Lu Guan looked as if he was facing an enemy, and he didn't dare to move.

"That's all for the time being. I'll call you over when I think about what I want to ask. You go out first and someone brings some refreshments."

Qin Mingxue looked at him suspiciously.

Song Qianzhi: "I'll pay!" He hurriedly took out a bank note and asked her to take it away, "Go quickly, I promise I won't steal these!"

Seeing that Qin Mingxue was still looking at Lu Guan.

Song Qianzhi said helplessly: "He also doesn't know it. Mr. Lu has never touched the hands of such a big woman, so he definitely won't take it."

Two big men sat on the couch looking at a pile of women's small clothes and stockings.

"Clean up." Lu Guan said.

"Whoever finds it will clean it up." Song Qianzhi didn't want to talk to him at all.And as soon as Lu Guan's thoughts were interrupted, he forgot to ask Qin Mingxue something.

"you……"

Lu didn't dare to look at women's things when he watched them, avoiding them like snakes and scorpions, but the tie in his hand killed him.Song Qianzhi was dying of laughter, but Lu Guan's thumb was always stiff, as if it was not a rope to tie a small coat but a poisonous snake, ready to give him a bite at any time.Song Qianzhi thought again, is it just Lu Guan who can force a boy like this?

Save face.

Song Qianzhi crawled over, and suddenly, he smiled maliciously.

"...Hurry up and clean up, look at me laughing, Song Qianzhi..." Lu Guan watched Song Qianzhi come over and pinch his chin.Suddenly there was nothing in his mind, only Song Qianzhi's hands felt cold.

As Song Qianzhi's hand pushed up, Lu Guan raised his head.

Song Qianzhi looked into his eyes, his eyes slipped from the bridge of his nose to his lips, and he tilted his head slightly.

The young man's face was fair and handsome, his eyes were like stars, and he was a little confused, as if he had been tempted by something.Song Qianzhi's breath is warm, and the breath makes people feel very kind.

Just when Lu Guan's heart was beating like thunder and he was about to lean over to kiss him, he heard Song Qianzhi speak.

"If Lin Shutong is Lou Jiangyue's best friend, when Lou Jiangyue and Wang Zaoguo came to see Lin Shutong instead of Qin Mingxue, Xiaobiesheng is newlywed, if Lin Shutong drinks a sip of tea first and feeds it to Lou Jiangyue , wouldn't he know how to drink Lin Shutong's tea?"

Song Qianzhi had already sat back, with a little pride on his face.

Lu Guan's face was flushed, his eyes implied anger, and he said in a cold voice: "Is it necessary to go through all this trouble? He saw Lin Shutong, can't Lin Shutong treat him with this tea?"

"This tea has the effect of beautifying, and it is mostly used by women. It should not be specially brewed to entertain men."

"Then you still have people check whether Lou Jiang Yueling has received this kind of tea?" Immediately, Lu Guan understood that Song Qianzhi was deliberately asking Zhou Xian to run errands.

☆, Lou Jiangyue ([-])

Not long after, someone brought tea and fruit plate outside, but it was Qin Mingxue who came in person.The singing and dancing girls in the Pipa Garden have different identities. When they are not in front of the imperial court, they seldom do the work of serving people.Even if you travel with senior members, you are just escorts.

"Let's eat together." Song Qianzhi signaled Qin Mingxue to sit down.

Qin Mingxue picked up a small place next to Song Qianzhi and sat down, did not eat, folded his hands in front of him, and sat quietly.

Song Qianzhi grabbed a handful of raisins, and while eating, he looked at Qin Mingxue's face, his skin was creamy, and his makeup was beautiful, what a woman.His heart moved, and he turned to look at Lu Guan.

Lu Guan looked over suspiciously.

Song Qianzhi asked Qin Mingxue: "I forgot to ask earlier, on the third day of junior high school, when Lou Jiangyue came, did Wang Zaoguo come with him? Do you know who Wang Zaoguo is?"

"Yes, I know. Master Wang is the editor of the Imperial Academy. This time, Mr. Jiang Yue and Mr. Jiang Yue were both elected to the palace to write congratulatory messages for the emperor. They came all the way that day."

"About what time did you come?"

Qin Mingxue said blankly: "I can't remember..."

"Is there a record of meeting guests?" Song Qianzhi was overwhelmed by the sweetness of the raisins, picked up the teacup and smelled it, then glanced at Qin Mingxue, "Pu'er?"

Qin Mingxue: "There is no meeting guests, and travel must be registered."

Lu Guan's ears moved slightly.

"Wang Zaoguo and the others came that day, did they let you make tea?"

If the stay time is very short, naturally there is no need to wait for tea.Song Qianzhi thought that Lou Jiangyue's original intention was to pay back the money, so he probably wouldn't be able to stay for long.

Qin Mingxue thought for a while, and replied: "It seems that they made Pu'er tea. They didn't stay long. When Mr. Jiang Yue lived in Zhang Jing, I sponsored him a lot. Mr. Wang was appreciated by the emperor in the palace, so I used it to return it. me."

"Did he convert it into cash, or did he bring you the treasure from the palace?" Song Qianzhi sat cross-legged, taking a sip of tea by himself.

Qin Mingxue said: "Cash in silver."

Lu Guan asked Qin Mingxue where and how much money he received.Lou Jiangyue also gave Qin Mingxue a golden hairpin from the rewards from the palace. When Qin Mingxue took out the hairpin, his expression was very sad.

Song Qianzhi waved his hand: "It's almost time for lunch, let's eat, Miss Qin doesn't mind, come and have a meal with us."

Pipayuan's seafood noodles are a must. The soup is rich and delicious, and the radish slices are as thin as cicada wings, which are juicy and slightly sweet.