The wind

Later, Xiao Zhouheng comforted Li Zhongnan a few more words, and only then did he completely understand the situation in his heart where the two were facing each other. The bursts of drumbeats above the panes are like a dream of flying swallows.

It seems that in an instant, the sky is already bright, the rain has stopped and the fog has cleared, and the inside and outside of the small courtyard have become a small world with piles of books and flowers and bamboos as eaves.

The two got up in the morning, ate some porridge cooked by Xiao Zhouheng, and after feeding Zhuozhuo and Huiyi, they went out to Zhongjie to buy some supplements, and were going to go to Jiang's mansion again. Apologies for the late misbehavior.

It's a pity that when the two arrived at the gate of Jiang's Mansion, they saw a black crowd of officials from the government standing outside the gate.

Seeing such a situation, Xiao Zhouheng's heart tensed, and he secretly cried out that something was wrong.

Sure enough, in the crowd, he saw Yu Bocheng in official uniform.

I haven't seen him in January, and Yu Bocheng seems to be a little more mature. The injury on the bridge of his nose seems to have not healed yet, and the gauze is still attached.

Xiao Zhouheng waved and called from a distance: "Min Zhan."

"Shu Ting!" Yu Bocheng staggered away from the servants, and ran to Xiao Zhouheng in small steps, "Why did you come here?"

"This Jiang's mansion...is something wrong?" Xiao Zhouheng asked, taking a peek into the distance.

"Oh, that's not it." Yu Bocheng subconsciously glanced behind him, his eyes sank, and he covered his voice, "Last night... someone died in the house! He's still a Beijing official!"

"How could such a thing happen? Who is it?" Li Zhongnan asked.

It was only then that Yu Bocheng saw Li Zhongnan beside Xiao Zhouheng. He remembered what Li Zhongnan had asked him to do a few days ago, and there was an indescribably strange expression on his face, and the voice he spoke was also random. He became strange: "Uh...it's Mr. Jing Chunjing, the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture."

The two of them were stunned after hearing this, naturally they didn't expect that two accidents happened in Jiang's house last night, and one of them caught off guard more than the other.

Before Yu Bocheng could elaborate, he was called away by others, but before he left, he made a convenience with Li Xiao and let them enter Jiang's residence.

The cypresses in Jiang's mansion are full of courtyards, and the trees are verdant, with black marks all over the ground;

"Murdering an official in an official's home, what's the proper way?" Xiao Zhouheng only felt that the world has become more and more chaotic recently, and there are more and more criminals, and he didn't even have to cover up.

"I didn't go into details about the arrest of Yu, so I don't know how he died." Li Zhongnan said, "Could it be that he died by drowning? After all, I heard from Mr. Lin at the banquet that he drank too much and went outside to breathe. Could it be that the foot is slipping, and the waterway is not clear?"

"Master Lin? Which Master Lin?" When Li Zhongnan told the story last night, he didn't mention the specific name and surname, only used the position instead, so Xiao Zhouheng was not very clear.

"Zhijun Lin Wanzhao, Mr. Lin, seems to be newly transferred, and it's the first time I've seen him. He's very young, and he has a bit of an extraordinary air."

Xiao Zhouheng paused: "Now... he won't be in this house, right?"

Seeing Xiao Zhouheng's serious expression suddenly, Li Zhongnan felt suspicious: "It's not clear, I guess it's..." Before he finished speaking, he only heard a greeting from a distance: "Master Eighth!"

The two looked up, and found Lin Wanzhao was walking forward, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the Eighth Young Master, Young Mistress Jiang was safe last night..." He also said halfway, and the smile froze on his face—he saw Cleared Xiao Zhouheng beside Li Zhongnan.

"This...you...not...Shaocheng...why..."

Seeing Lin Wanzhao's panicked expression, Li Zhongnan hurriedly shielded Xiao Zhouheng behind him, frowned displeasedly and said, "Master Lin, do you recognize him?"

"I don't recognize it!" The two said in unison, both sweating and afraid to look directly at Li Zhongnan.

"I've heard the name of Jue Yan Yu Cai for a long time, but I didn't expect to see you here... See you?" Lin Wanzhao smiled awkwardly, waved his hands twice, and saluted hurriedly, "I'm the magistrate of Xiajiangning Mansion." Evening photos of Jun Lin, I have seen Mr. Jue Yan."

"Xiaosheng is ashamed, I have met Master Lin." Xiao Zhouheng's mouth twitched, and he also saluted.

For some reason, Lin Wanzhao added another sentence, adding to the superfluity: "Today is really unfortunate...you and I have to choose another auspicious day to chat and prepare a cup of wine, so as to express our admiration."

It is indeed a coincidence that Xiao Zhouheng and Lin Wanzhao were Jinshi at the same time, and he knew that the man's mouth was as foolish as Yu Bocheng's, and that man knew from nowhere that he had an official position. When people stay in one place, they are afraid that if they say a few more words, they will vent their bottom line, and sooner or later something will happen.

Li Zhongnan's doubts grew stronger, and after scanning the two of them with doubtful eyes, he asked about the follow-up of last night.

According to Lin Wanzhao, it turned out that after Li Zhongnan left, outsiders found Jing Chun in the side garden of the Jiang Mansion. Washed away the blood dripping from Jing Chun's arms, as well as the traces around him.

Li Yunyi was the first to discover Jing Chun's death at that time. Although he heard Li Ningsu's shrill scream and moved together with the crowd, he got a little dizzy and stayed away from the noisy crowd there.

While Li Yunyi was resting while leaning on the porch pillar, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a human-like black shadow in the far corner.Although he couldn't see what it was, he still had the courage to call out a few times, but there was no response. He stepped forward in the rain, and found Jing Chun leaning against the false rock, and him in a state of panic. The bandit knife protruding from his abdomen.

The knives used by bandits and thieves are actually hand knives used by people in the Jianghu or military officials for self-defense. They have a short handle, a wide body, a thick back and a thin blade, and can kill people within an inch of close quarters.The reason why Li Yunyi could recognize that it was a bandit knife was because of the difference between that knife and ordinary hand knives - the glaring red string tied to the ear at the end.

When killing people, they are afraid that the handle of the knife will be stained with blood, so as not to lose their hands and be in a passive position. This method was specially thought up by the rogues when they created the killing karma, and then it spread for some reason.

The end of the knife that Li Yunyi saw last night was tied with a red string, tied in a knot, swinging and swinging in front of his eyes with the cold wind.Although he doesn't know martial arts, he can still distinguish the viciousness and viciousness of the knife and the full violence of the blow straight to the back.

After all, there was only the handle of the knife that was stabbed into the belly. It can be seen that Jing Chun didn't have time to resist, and maybe he couldn't see who did it, so he went to the underworld to report.

In an instant, Li Yunyi felt that his whole body was completely cold, because the fierceness displayed in his sight reminded him of someone.

Then when Li Yunyi was about to tell others, he bumped into Qu Yeliang who left the table halfway.

Seeing Qu Yeliang, Li Yunyi was furious, and the two immediately had a fierce quarrel, which attracted everyone to gather here.

However, when Li Zhongnan ran out in a hurry, he was deeply helpless, but he failed to notice the strange situation over there.

And the few people over there who didn't know the change in the garden were still anxiously surrounding Li Ningsu's room.With Li Zhongnan's help, Li Ningsu's life was saved. Seeing that his beloved wife was safe, Jiang Pai managed to recover, but before he could breathe out, he heard about Jing Chun's untimely death .

The eyes of this room went dark, and a fishy sweetness rose in his throat. Jiang Xi, who was in a mess in his mind, was unable to make another decision, so he had to report to the official.So except for Li Zhongnan last night, the rest of them stayed in Jiang's residence as suspects.

After listening to Lin Wanzhao's remarks, Li Zhongnan learned that Li Yunyi was still somewhere in the house, and he was very concerned about the reason for the quarrel between Qu and Li, so he left Xiao Zhouheng and Lin Wanzhao here, and See you there.

After Li Zhongnan left, Xiao Zhouheng approached Lin Wanzhao with a sullen face, "Xieyang, don't talk too much in front of others, I still have important things to do."

"Forgive me! I'm wronged!" Lin Wanzhao stepped back a few steps away from him, and waved his hands again and again, "I never said anything just now."

"This is not a joke. If something goes wrong, you and I will lose our lives." Even though the light was against the light, Xiao Zhou Heng's pale complexion could still be seen.

"Naturally, how dare a Zhima official like me delay Master Shaocheng's good deeds." Lin Wan smiled, but unfortunately there was no smile in her eyes, "But, Shu Ting... After all these years, do you really think that at the beginning? The Holy Majesty chose you because he liked your talent and learning, or because of your brilliant name?"

Xiao Zhouheng heard what he meant, his pupils shrank and trembled slightly, and his face immediately collapsed: "What do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything." Lin Wanzhao said, "Literal words only, let you decide."

Xiao Zhouheng was very upset, he had never doubted what His Majesty did, but what did the high-ranking person think in his heart, as a person who wants to be loyal wholeheartedly, how dare he have any wild guesses?Just being mentioned by Lin Wanzhao in this way, Xiao Zhouheng panicked and gradually became a little out of breath.

Lin Wanzhao seemed to see Xu Xiaozhouheng's embarrassment as he expected, so he smiled again and went first.

Xiao Zhouheng stood at the same place, letting the past in front of him and behind him pass like a torrent of water, his heart was coldly awake: the thing he had always wanted to avoid was mercilessly slapped on by Lin Wanzhao. Cut it apart—was the sudden death of the previous Honglu Temple Shaocheng Yu in the night really an accident?

In the end, he is just a pawn.

Moreover, it is still a dispensable pawn whose purpose is not yet known.

"Shu Ting, this is a bit difficult."

Li Zhongnan came back panting, and what Li Yunyi brought to Xiao Zhouheng was the conclusion that Jing Chun was killed by Qu Yeliang.

After Xiao Zhouheng heard this, he couldn't help being a little surprised: "Why did the sixth young master say this? It's a bit arbitrary to think that Mr. Qu is the murderer just because he went out for a trip."

"Arbitrary? I think it's justified." Li Zhongnan's eyes were filled with confusion, "Shu Ting didn't know that before Mr. Qu recognized my sixth brother... he was also a bandit."

The author has something to say: Lin Wanzhao, styled Xieyang.

From Song Qi's "Jade Tower Spring, Before the Wind, I Want to Persuade the Spring Light to Live": "Hold wine for the king to persuade the setting sun, and leave evening photos among the flowers."

The previous Shaocheng of Honglu Temple died suddenly in the middle of the night mentioned in Chapter 33.

I'm sorry that the flight was delayed today, and I'm still not feeling well, so the update is a bit late.