[Covered Rain] The world of peaches and plums

After appointing Wu Yulou as Lao Xiaoyan's swordsmanship teacher and Qiu Yingrong's regular sparring partner, everyone in the Guangsha Academy spent a few days in peace. On a certain day in June, Du Xun asked Zhang Pan for an excuse She wanted to go to Nanchang, because the mother of her adopted brother, Cao Jun, the governor of Jiangxi Province, was about to celebrate her [-]th birthday. She had been sheltered by him for many years, so she wanted to go there with a gift anyway.

The reason was reasonable, Zhang Pan agreed without hesitation, and by the way helped Boss Du, who was too late to buy a gift, find a picture of a crane from the warehouse of a famous person in the Tang Dynasty.

Then a week later, she received a letter from Du Xun, begging her to go to Nanchang, saying that there was an emergency.

Zhang Pan: ...

When she rushed to Cao's mansion and was about to climb the wall to enter, she bumped into Cao Jun who was wearing an official uniform.

"..." I always feel that no matter what I say at this time, it's embarrassing. If I salute, I feel sorry for my superior image. If I don't salute, I feel very rude.

"..." Why does this elegant-looking girl look at me with such an expression and why does she hang around the door? Could there be some grievances for such a strange girl, but the grievances of such a strange girl must be very unusual, but I have no time or energy right now I really can't uphold justice, but will it be very bad for this girl? Will I be ashamed of my duty as an official?

"Ah Pan, you came so soon, brother Yi, this is the expert I told you about."

When Du Xun came out, both of them felt saved.

"It turned out to be a Jianghu heroine, Cao is really disrespectful."

"Master Cao, what are you talking about? It would be rude to visit rashly without handing over the name card. I hope you will forgive me."

"you are welcome."

After exchanging pleasantries, the original weird atmosphere eased a lot. Cao Jun took Zhang Pan and Du Xun to the Yamen. Obviously, what they had to deal with was not that simple.

"what is the problem?"

Taking advantage of the time when Cao Jun was taken away by his master, Zhang Pan asked Du Xun in a low voice.

"Didn't you help Xu Jin solve a murder case before? I think you might be able to help this time. Anyway, you are a dead horse as a living horse doctor."

Zhang Pan was speechless for a while.

"Who is the dead man?"

"Cao Ning is my righteous brother's cousin."

The whole story of this matter is as follows: Cao Ning came to Cao Jun’s mother’s birthday banquet the day before yesterday. He was fine at that time, but he was found dead in the garden of Cao’s mansion for no reason yesterday morning. Even the cause of death could not be ascertained. .Because this person is a womanizer by nature, relying on some money in the family to sing and sing every night, and drank a lot of wine at the wedding banquet, some people spread rumors that Cao Ning was hollowed out by beauty and excessive alcohol. sudden death.The Cao family is a famous family, no matter how ridiculous Cao Ning is, he is also a descendant of the Cao family, and he does not behave in an unreasonable manner on weekdays. Having such a reputation after death is not a good thing for the Cao family or Cao Ning himself.The old lady of the Cao family fell into bed in a panic, forcing Cao Jun to find out the truth.

"I think this matter should be brought to Xu Jin."

"Believe it or not, if he moved Cao Ning's body with his front foot, our old lady could buy him with his back foot."

"..." Aren't you from famous families and scholarly families? Is it really okay to be so cruel?

After Cao Jun and the master finished muttering, they took the two of them to the place where the assistants worked. Because Cao Ning was a relative of Cao Jun, his body was fully treated, there was no foul smell, and the tidying up was relatively clean.

"There are no obvious scars, the color of the lips is normal, and there is no bleeding from the seven orifices, so it should not be poisoned to death." The old Wuzuo explained to the two, "It seems that only a sudden illness can explain it."

The judgment on poisoning is a bit hasty, but would anyone really use that kind of poison that is hard to buy against an official's useless relative?

But apart from this poison, is there a way to kill without leaving a trace?

Zhang Pan walked around the corpse, but found nothing.

Sherlock Holmes Asen, Miss Robin Marple, Polo Conan, Jin Tianyi, Di Renjie, Bao Zheng, whoever it is, give me some inspiration!

Wait, Di Renjie...

Murder without a trace...

The neglected place...

"Check his nasal cavity!"

Wu Zuo was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Cao Jun.

"Why are you standing still, why don't you do it quickly." Cao Jun stared, and Wu Zuo immediately picked up the tools in a hurry.

About half a minute later, a thin and long iron nail was found.

Undoubtedly, this was the cause of death.

Zhang Pan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She could figure it out so quickly, of course it wasn't because she had gray brain cells for detectives. In the Qing Dynasty, someone wrote a book called "Di Gong Case", which contained a passage about Di Renjie. With the help of a female jailer surnamed Duan, she discovered how the female prisoner killed her husband with iron nails.

Because the criminal skills in this story are really special, so Zhang Pan has been remembering it until now.Although the content of the novel is likely to be fabricated, and the time and space in which it is located is completely different, there are some things that are always in common, such as the killing intent that exists no matter where it is and the fluke mentality of hoping to escape the law.

However, it is different from the situation where the suspect has been identified in "Di Gong Case". Although the cause of death has been found out, the motive and the murderer are still mysteries. There is no fingerprint recognition system these days. The people walking around here are all relatives, and they can't even threaten with punishment, which is really a headache.

"Woman, don't worry. Since the cause of death is found, the rumors will be cracked. The murderer will show his feet sooner or later. Don't worry." Cao Jun is a kind person. Back then, Du Xun just helped him find the money bag and he became a woman. The boss's protection umbrella for several years, now that Zhang Pan has come to help him, he naturally keeps his gratitude in his heart, and will not shamelessly urge him all day long.

"Using iron nails to kill people without piercing the nasal cavity shows that the murderer's grasp of strength is just right. He must be someone who often uses such objects. There are many qualified people in Cao's mansion... I wonder if Cao Ning is married?"

"The story of my cousin hanging around the place of fireworks is widely spread. Famous people will not marry girls to him, and my aunt doesn't like girls from ordinary people, so he still has no wife." Cao Jun smiled wryly. He said, "I understand what the heroine means. To be honest, most of the maids in Cao's mansion are old people in the mansion, and they have nothing to do with their cousins. There is really no suspicion, but sometimes it also means that everyone They were all suspected, so I cross-examined them a long time ago. It’s just that the night was too lively, and the servants also drank a lot of alcohol. Not everyone remembers to ask, let alone testify."

Cao Jun spoke more carefully, it can be seen that this case has been turned over in his mind thousands of times.

"In this case, let's go back to the house for the time being. Ah Pan should take a good rest after coming all the way." Du Xun suggested.

Cao Jun immediately reacted, apologized again and again, asked the two women to get into the carriage, and sent them back to Cao Mansion.

After arriving at Cao's Mansion, Du Xun led Zhang Pan to a relatively secluded wing.

"Your room is next to me. If you need anything, you can talk to Xiaochun, or you can find Xiaoxia in my room. Do you have any questions?"

"Why do you have to make up a series of the names of the slaves in your rich family?"

"...Go in quickly."

"still have a question."

"what?"

Zhang Pan sighed softly, and slammed the door open with his palm. With a loud bang, the copper basin and water fell to the ground together.

"Is this welcome way a bit special?"

Du Xun took a deep breath, took another breath, and found that he still couldn't calm down, put his hands on his hips, and shouted at the sky with a sinking dantian:

"Cao Muliang, come out for me you bastard!"

"Wow!"

With a scream, a young boy about nine years old in brocade clothes fell from the biggest tree in the courtyard. Zhang Pan frowned slightly, moved lightly, and caught the child steadily.

"You, you, do you know whether men and women can kiss each other or not! Let go!" The little boy's face turned red and he struggled hard.

"Oh." Zhang Pan smiled and let go of his hand, watching the young master fall to the ground.

No matter how kind people are, they have a devilish side.

While Du Xun sighed in his heart, he grabbed the young master by the back collar and picked him up.

"Cao Muliang, you don't remember beating again, who gave you permission to do such a thing?"

The young master turned his head away, without saying a word, intending to resist to the end.

"Don't tell me if it is..." Du Xun narrowed his eyes dangerously, "Believe it or not, I will tell your father to let you kneel in the ancestral hall for two more days at night?"

The little boy glared at her bitterly, snorted, and said in a disdainful tone: "Who is this little vixen? Don't let her enter our house!"

Zhang Pan: ...

Du Xun: ...

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