Since I met you, people are dying every day

As soon as he walked under the eaves, Ye Sirui said: "I'm sorry, what Ma Lu said... I will definitely reprimand him when I go back."

"It's okay." Xia Shu closed his umbrella, and his expression finally softened when he looked at him. "I know you don't think so."

Shen Tang's room was pitch black.Xia Shu stopped him from letting him go in first, and waited for someone to turn on the light.There are vague bloodstains on the steps under the eaves, it seems that something really happened in the house.Ye Sirui didn't want to go in in the dark, so he stood still and waited.People from behind came one after another, Chaming ran ahead, holding a lantern and came panting, "Master, Mr. Xia, why are you walking so fast?"

Ma Lu and Ye Fu arrived after him.Wang Wu and the others were even further behind, carrying the corpse.

Xia Shu took the lantern from Chaming, and walked in with Ye Sirui on his arm.The room was not big, and there were bloodstains on the ground, Ye Sirui couldn't help but squeeze Xia Shu's sleeves tightly.

The blood was broken when it reached the square table in the room. Xia Shu lit the candles on the table, and the dim yellow light and shadows were indistinct, making it even more terrifying.Chaming didn't look like it, so he took out his own candle and lit three more to illuminate the room.

The house is very cramped, with only one bedroom, a living room and a kitchen.There was only one roll of bedding on the bed in the bedroom, obviously this Shen Tang didn't have a wife or children, and there were no extra decorations in the room except for bookshelves, desks and couch.

Xia Shu looked at the intermittent bloodstains and simulated the incident. Shen Tang was attacked in the house. He was sitting at the table when the incident happened. Perhaps because he heard the sound and stood up, he was stabbed in the chest. He subconsciously used Covering it with his right hand, he fell on his back, and then struggled to climb out. The murderer chased him up and stabbed him in the back of the neck.In the end, Xu died of excessive blood loss.

Wang Wu and a few men nearby barely carried the body to the eaves, Ye Fu called to them: "That's enough, just put it there, don't come into the house." Xia Shu went over to examine the wound again.Wang Wu and the others brought the body over, and then went home to rest.

"This house is quite clean. Does he live alone?" Ma Lu turned around, muttering as he wandered around.

Ye Sirui was attracted by the paper on the table.He put away the scattered papers and looked under the candle. "Stop the fight and fight blood red, conscript one side to worship Yuanrong. The Great Wall is thousands of miles away, and you must send it to the Tianshan Mountain. Yufeng, is this what you said?"

"That's right." Ye Fu also squeezed over and picked up the papers to read, "That's right, that's right, this Shen Tang is a writer of story books, you see, this signature is Nanshan Xianke, which is his pseudonym."

Ye Sirui flipped through a few more pages, and this story was about a young general, Yao Shilin.Yao Shilin is the second son in the family, and he is skilled in bowing and horses. However, his elder brother is weak and can only study and cannot practice martial arts since he was a child. His father has always regretted this.Yao Shilin won the martial arts examination, and his elder brother was even more jealous, worried that his father would hand over the family business to him.So after his father died, he tortured him in every possible way, and framed him for murder.Yao Shilin was exiled, and fled all the way to the border with his fists and kicks. He was injured and fell into a coma.When he woke up, he met a woman from Fanbang, who took pity on what happened to him and took good care of him. The two gradually fell in love. Later, Fanbang rebelled, and he went to battle to kill the enemy and was rewarded for his meritorious deeds.His lover died at his hands because his father and brother accidentally died, so he broke up with him.

After writing here, there will be no more.Ye Sirui saw the place where the woman left angrily, and stopped abruptly. He couldn't help regretting that the future could not be written in time. He thought that this story was not as unbearable as Yufeng said. He was indulged in the affairs of the boudoir. Although the story was a bit clichéd, the writing style It is delicate, the libretto is fresh, and the layout is not small, but it is worth reading.

He read here with gusto, but Ye Fu called him over there: "Ziqi, come and read!" He put down the manuscript and went over there.Ye Fu pointed out to him that there was a wooden box next to the couch, which looked very simple.Ye Sirui opened the box with his strength, who knew that the box was densely packed with books, similar to the cover of the Luanfeng Collection, Ye Sirui picked out two books at random to read, both were story books, signed by Nanshan Xianke. "He wrote all these?"

"It seems to be true." Seeing his surprise, Ye Fu said, "I guess you don't know, these words are originally produced indecently, and serious scholars don't bother to read them, but they are still studying, and even some low-level Because their salaries are too low, they have to write anonymously, just to earn a penny. However, the competition in this industry is also fierce. They are all literati, and their articles are full of flowers. The top-notch ones can only make money by turning them into playbooks and selling them to the troupe. Others can barely earn hard money if they write quickly and publish one after another.” Speaking of this, he said with some embarrassment: “I When taking the exam, it cost too much for one exam, and he wrote two books. He put it here because he didn’t want to show it for others to see.”

This is really unbelievable.Ye Sirui saw that he was embarrassed, so he comforted him: "You don't have to mind this, I read Shen Tang's book, there are also remarkable things, it can be seen that the words are cheap, and it is inevitable that others will say what they say."

Ye Fu nodded and stopped talking.

After Xia Shu thoroughly examined the corpse, he walked over. "Death from a knife wound, about the time before Shen Shi. Ice and snow can delay the decay of the corpse. It can only be calculated according to the time when it starts to snow. It will not be later than the second quarter of Shen Shi. No matter how precise it is, it can't be pushed out. The knife is a short knife, straight into it. Straight out, with a blood slot, very convenient for sneak attack. Both strikes are professional. If he hadn't carried a book in his chest, he would have been killed with one strike." After he finished speaking, he looked at Ye Sirui, "Have you What do you think of?"

They met people from the Golden Scissors Club in Pu County, and everyone wore short knives, not to mention that the Golden Scissors Club was famous for assassinations. "It's really them?"

"You mean the Golden Scissors Club?" Ma Lu and they experienced the right and wrong of Pu County together, and his reaction was a little faster than Ye Fu's. "Although they appear and disappear, it doesn't mean that everything is related to them."

Ye Fu also frowned, "Why would the members of the Golden Scissors kill a down-and-out scholar for no reason?"

Ye Sirui still kept his eyes on the box of books.If there is anything unique about Shen Tang, it might be the scripts he wrote.Yao Shilin's story may seem clichéd at first glance, but upon careful consideration, it is somewhat familiar.If he is really alluding to something, then...

"If the golden scissors will do it, why is there no such symbol on the chest?" Ma Lu questioned again.

Ye Sirui shook his head lightly, Master Tang's body didn't have that symbol on it, it's just that the Golden Scissors Association didn't want to publicize its identity, that's not enough.

"I've seen Wu Xintian's corpse. The wound on the neck is exactly the same as this one. It's definitely a style." Xia Shu said confidently.Ye Fu didn't know who to trust, so he asked frowningly, "Ziqi, what do you think?"

Ye Sirui knew that Xia Shu would never say anything he was not sure about, so he already believed it halfway. "In theory, you are now with the county magistrate of Lin County, so you should naturally handle this case."

"My lord is still investigating Jiangbei Prefecture's affairs. Isn't this case your lord's responsibility?" Ye Fu interrupted his evasion in one breath, "Ziqi, since we are so familiar with each other, there is no need to say anything false, you I have seen cases solved in Helin County, and I would never be able to do it differently, if you have any ideas, just say it."

"If it is really Jin Jian who will do it, their reluctance to leave symbols only means that they don't want people to know that they killed Shen Tang, but Jin Jian will carry several murders, killing a scholar is not a serious crime In other words, they don't want people to know why they killed this scholar." His eyes were heavy, and although it was a hypothesis, he had already tacitly agreed that it was the Golden Scissors.

"Then according to what you said, why did they kill Shen Tang?"

After all, let's get back to this question.Ye Sirui stared at the box without saying a word.

"Master, the yamen servant is here!" Cha Ming trotted in to deliver the message, being careful not to step on the blood.Ye Sirui said: "We'll talk about it tomorrow, let's go back first, tonight is New Year's Eve after all, it's not good to stay outside for too long."

The county government sealed the pen, and all the staff went home to celebrate the New Year.Ye Fu was also in a dilemma, so he had to seal a heavy reward and asked the government servants to guard the dilapidated house. He Zuo inspected the corpse on the spot, and when he found the murderer and Shen Tang's family, he notified the family to take them away.

They were about to go back after finishing their work, and they squeezed into a carriage and rushed to the house before entering the watch.Nanny Wang and the two wives have already put the children to sleep.Ye Sirui asked two groups of people to bring the guards, and drove the carriage to send the two families back.He himself was exhausted enough, and Wang Momo came to tell Ye Kuang to sleep, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother Tianshu, let's rest too."

Ye Sirui lives in the main room of the house, and Xia Shu lives next door.Ye Sirui really wanted to share the bed with him, but Ye Kuang and Nanny Wang were both there, so he had to make do with it first.

But Wang Momo said: "Master stay here, this slave still has some things to explain to Master."

Xia Shu followed and stopped, and Wang Momo bowed her head humbly, "It's about family matters."

Ye Sirui immediately said: "Brother Tianshu, you are tired today, go back to the room and rest first." Xia Shu turned around and left without asking anything. "Mommy, what's the matter?"

Grandma Wang knelt down in front of him swiftly, and Ye Sirui quickly stepped forward to help him, "How can Grandma do such a great gift!"

"The master saved the young master's life, and he deserves to kneel down as an old slave." Nanny Wang quickly avoided his support. "The old slave and the master and the young master have been away for a long time, so it is inevitable that there is some overstepping. Although they are servants, they have already regarded the two as relatives."

Ye Sirui couldn't help her up, so he stood still and said, "Nurse Wang took care of Kuang'er for so long, which is what she should have done."

"That being said, there is a difference between a master and a servant, and this old slave is still overstepping." Mother Wang paused, "But this old slave still wants to ask a question about passing over today."

Ye Sirui had a premonition in his heart. "Please tell me."

"Master, you and Master Xia...do you have an affair?"