letter of commitment

The two of Ling and Chen rode their horses to the outskirts of the city, and what they saw was yellow and clear. The autumn wind was a bit bleak, and the clothes of the two on the horse were blowing, and the young man in fresh clothes and angry horse was at this moment.

Shen Qingshu squinted his eyes. Apart from the changed colors, nothing has changed here.

The tree in the north...turned his head, the leaves of the tree had already been dyed golden, and some leaves fell off after the wind blew.

Seeing that Shen Qingshu had been staring at the tree to the north, Ling Luoqian also looked over, but there was nothing new about it.

"what happened?"

"I've been here before."

Shen Qingshu smiled gently, and without waiting for Ling Luoqian to ask, he continued, "Together with Mu Chu."

In the open space to the north, I released the paper kite with her, on the tree to the north, stuck the kite she made by herself, under the tree...

Speaking of which, I don't know if she has been so obedient these days, so I'll send a letter to explain it when I get back.

"Brother-in-law, it's not kind to say something happy if you don't say it."

Ling Luoqian looked at Shen Qingshu and smiled in the north direction,

Presumably, she thought of something that made her happy, and she also wanted to get some credit, so she had some fun.

But as soon as his words came out, Shen Qingshu laughed and ignored his words. She didn't think that hearing about other people's love history would make her happy.

Pulling the rein made Guozi turn towards the stream in the south. Seeing this, Ling Luoqian drove his horse to block her way.

Wondering: "Why don't you speak?"

"The person who wants to talk is not here. Drive~"

Shen Qingshu turned the horse's head, clamped the horse's belly, and galloped the horse across the field.

When I got here, I realized that I was such a person who missed the distance. I really wanted to go to her right away, and then tell her my joy.

"Hey, make it clear, why am I not the person you want to talk to, brother-in-law—"

Ling Luoqian rode his horse to chase after him, his voice echoed in the field, and after that, there were waves of joyful laughter...

As the sun set, the two took the tired horse to the stream to drink, and then sat on the ground.

"Speaking of which, you don't know where Uncle and the others are buried?"

Ling Luoqian held the dog's tail grass that he didn't know how to pull in his mouth, propped up one leg, and put his hands behind him, with a cynical look on his face.

"indeed."

Shen Qingshu's voice was very calm, stroking the horse's back, waiting for his next words.

"It's there."

Ling Luoqian pointed to the direction where the sun was setting.

"It's in that mountain. I took my younger sister there before, and I think you, the future son-in-law of the Mu family, should also go and see it."

"Let's change the date."

Shen Qingshu's words were beyond Ling Luoqian's expectation.

"Why?"

"The case of the destruction of the Mu family has not yet been resolved."

"The local government office dealt with it as an accidental leak of water." Speaking of this, Ling Luoqian's words actually contained some helplessness.

"I only have the right to supervise and cannot directly pass."

A visit to the government office today made Shen Qingshu feel embarrassed about the Fengdu magistrate's ability to handle the case. Let alone such a small case today, if there is no supervision from Ling Luoqian in the case of Mu's house, I am afraid that he will not do his best. to check.

Now, Shen Qingshu has an idea. It should be said that he has had this idea since seeing Mu Chu cry.

"I want to review the case."

Shen Qingshu's voice was still calm, but it caused quite a stir in Ling Luoqian's heart.

"It's easier said than done, the official document has already been approved."

……

"Besides, you can't yet."

"I know, it's fine in the future, I just want to find out."

Ling Luoqian spit out the dog's tail grass in his mouth, looked up at the sky, and watched a row of herringbone-shaped wild geese flitting past with their wings flapping.

"Why?"

"Thanks to the past..."

"Now for love."

Ling Luoqian accepted Shen Qingshu's words with a smile, got up slowly, stretched, walked to Shen Qingshu's side and patted her on the shoulder, saying: "If it starts, remember, count me in."

He went to fetch the horse that had already ran to the grass to eat, turned over, and resumed his carefree appearance:

"What should I eat tonight..."

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Qingshu, and said, "Would you like to have a drink or two?"

Shen Qingshu smiled, "I'm afraid Qingling is going to say it again." She also got on the horse and let Guozi walk slowly.

Ling Luoqian didn't take this sentence seriously, and pestered Shen Qingshu to ask: "Will you go or not?"

"I won't go." Shen Qingshu refused flatly, and after Ling Luoqian was injured for a while, he took out the grueling kung fu again, with a hint of coquettishness in it:

"Brother-in-law, let's go—"

"Do not."

"Go—"

……

Amidst such conversations and the sound of "Deer Deer" horseshoes, the two returned to the city unhurriedly.

As soon as I entered the city gate, I saw passers-by on the street in a hurry, stopped a person for questioning, and found out that the daughter-in-law of a family in the east of the city committed suicide.

Ling Luoqian thanked the pedestrians and looked sideways at Shen Qingshu:

"East of the city, it's near the Ling Mansion, can you stop by and have a look?"

"Right on my mind."

"Drive~"

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He hurried to the east of the city, and rushed over after asking.

When they arrived, they saw two officers and soldiers carrying the deceased out. The magistrate was questioning his family members. When he saw Ling and Chen, he wanted to salute. Ling Luoqian waved his hand to spare him and signaled him to continue.

"You mean, when you went back to your room, she was not breathing?"

"Yes."

The person who answered was a middle-aged man in his forties, also the husband of the deceased, named Li Gensheng, a businessman.

"What major changes happened at home?"

"Never."

……

The prefect asked a few more questions and then dismissed him.

"what happened?"

"My lord, it was the mistress of this family who committed suicide."

"Suicide? Can you issue an official document and pass it on?"

"Never."

Ling Luoqian almost spat out blood because of the magistrate's words: "Why haven't you issued the official document yet?"

"This is suicide..." The magistrate's voice was very weak. If his sixth sense was correct, he would definitely be scolded by Ling Luoqian again.

Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Ling Luoqian made a gesture to start scolding: "Are you a pig!? Suicide? This is a human life, and you haven't issued an official document, and you haven't passed on your work!?"

Seeing that the magistrate was indifferent, Ling Luoqian almost shouted: "Aren't you going!?"

"Yes... yes, I'll do it right now, sir."

The magistrate felt that he should really look at the almanac today, why did he memorize it like this...

With Ling Luoqian's pressure, Wu Zuo soon arrived and started working.

During this period, the magistrate has been shrinking from the side and dared not speak, so when the corpse came out, Wu Zuo directly reported to Ling Luoqian.

The deceased, Li Shi, female, 39 years old, Li Gensheng's wife, was found dead at home by Li Gensheng who had returned from a trip in Xushi.

Wu Zuo also indicated that the silver needles were inserted into the body and taken out to be black, indicating that Li died of taking poison, but the reason for taking the poison is unknown. In addition, Li still has some old scars left by fighting, that's all.

"My lord, do you see?"

After Wu Zuo finished speaking, the prefect asked Ling Luoqian's opinion with a playful smile, Ling Luoqian ignored him, but gave Shen Qingshu a wink, and then got on the horse.

"Take the corpse back to the government office. Tomorrow, I will come to listen to the hall."

The magistrate wanted to ask how the trial was going to be, but Ling Luoqian gave him a stare, and lowered his head.

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"What do you think?"

Back at Ling Mansion, after dinner, Ling Luoqian invited Shen Qingshu to the study and asked.

"I just hope that if this case is concluded, the magistrate can automatically resign." This is what Shen Qingshu wanted to say the most, and his attitude in handling the case was really irritating.

"Don't worry, if he doesn't resign, then I will help him."

Speaking of which, Ling Luoqian picked up the teacup and took a sip, extremely lazily:

"Tell me?"

"It's hard to say now, I'll have a look at the hall tomorrow, by the way, can I borrow the Four Treasures of the Study?"

Ling Luoqian got up and made room for Shen Qingshu.

"Write what?"

"Book from home."

Ling Luoqian pretended to click his tongue, and walked back and forth with a teacup. Seeing Shen Qing's focus on writing, he couldn't help teasing:

"Why don't you ask the Holy Master for instructions and let you go back to reunite with the Master?"

Shen Qingshu paused the movement of holding the pen, believing it to be true.

"Can you?"

Ling Luoqian blinked: "Of course - not possible."

Shen Qing replied with a smile without moving his body, and then immersed himself in writing the contents of the letter. He really had too much to say. After he stopped writing, he realized that he had used more than a foot of silk paper. Ling Luoqian Also opened his eyes wide:

"What did you write?"

"It's nothing."

Shen Qingshu replied lightly, then cut off the silk paper, folded it, and put it in his pocket.

"There is a sentence in Wu Zuo that I am particularly concerned about."

Shen Qingshu said this before leaving.

Ling Luoqian propped his chin and nodded, signaling for her to finish speaking.

"The deceased had scars from the fight. Maybe the house is not harmonious?"

Ling Luoqian just smiled: "Then tomorrow, do you want to examine the body yourself?"

Seeing that Shen Qingshu was serious, Ling Luoqian couldn't help but tease her, but Shen Qingshu actually nodded! ! !

"Master Ling, please make arrangements tomorrow."

"Eh!!?"

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Although Ling Luoqian resisted very much, he made arrangements for Shen Qingshu.

Therefore, apart from those who must be present, Li's body was also placed on the courtroom. What made Shen Qingshu more concerned was that Li Gensheng brought a woman who looked to be in her twenties, and her belly was still a little protruding Later, after asking, I found out that this was Li Gen's new concubine, Li Yangshi.

Without paying too much attention, I started to conduct an autopsy on Mrs. Li again with Wu Zuo, and it was really as what Wu Zuo said yesterday, and there was no other result.

"My lord, can we start the class?"

The magistrate asked weakly, as if the owner of this mansion was not him but Shen Qingshu.

Shen Qingshu nodded, and then a yamen servant came over to carry Li Shi's body down, and as a result, there was another sound of drumming outside the government yamen.

"Who is playing drums outside!?"

Then, the yamen servant brought in a young girl, but the appearance of this young girl made Li Gensheng, who had been taking it calmly all along, showed a trace of panic on his face. Even though it was not obvious, Shen Qingshu was still keenly aware of it.