Loyal heart travels a long way

Qin Yong was imprisoned in Xiapi City Prison for more than two days, and Song Zhiyao didn't feel much about it, but Song Zhiyao was frightened for two days, couldn't eat well, and couldn't sleep. Relaxed and fell asleep after a while in the carriage.

Qin Yong sat on the small bed of the carriage, let Song Zhiyao lie on his lap with a pillow, and covered him with a big cloak, staring at his sleeping face in a daze.

He is a special envoy directly sent by the emperor, even if the evidence pointed at him cannot be fully explained, the county magistrate dare not judge the case hastily, as long as people from Qizhou and the capital come to find out the real culprit, he will be fine.

On that day, he handed over the private seal to Song Zhiyao. First, he was afraid that someone would make a move in the dark, and he would not be able to solve it immediately. As a little girl fooling the Song family, I don't have to worry about people in the dark threatening Song Zhiyao.

He thought that Song Zhiyao might not want to leave, but he didn't expect that Song Zhiyao could actually help him solve the case.

After a long time, Qin Yong let out a sigh of relief, that's all, it's fate, perhaps God has mercy on him, seeing that he and Song Zhiyao are living a difficult life, let the two of them join the group to keep warm.

It is not too far from the Yamen to the Qin Mansion, and Song Zhiyao has not yet woken up at the gate of the Qin Mansion. Seeing that he is sleeping soundly, Qin Yong guesses that he has not had a good rest for the past two days, so he is reluctant to wake him up, so he simply let the car handle around the Qin Mansion Walk more laps.

After more than half an hour, Song Zhiyao woke up leisurely, sat up and stared at the front in a daze for a long while, and then said: "Why is it so long? Are you still home?"

Qin Yong laughed while beating his legs when he heard the words: "I got home early, so I didn't call you because I was afraid that you wouldn't get enough sleep. My legs are numb to you."

Song Zhiyao felt very embarrassed, and said in embarrassment: "At first, I thought that my brother suffered two days in that crappy place, and I wanted you to rest in the car, but I fell asleep instead."

At this moment, Qin Yong felt his legs slowed down and began to itch, as if a group of ants were crawling up the soles of his feet, stretching his legs forward, "You bring food here every day, what can I suffer? Yao'er hasn't had a good rest these days, has she?"

Song Zhiyao didn't want Qin Yong to continue on this topic, let people know that she couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep these days, she seemed very restless, so she leaned over to please Qin Yong and beat Qin Yong's legs.

Seeing that Song Zhiyao was subdued, Qin Yong stopped talking and raised his hand to stroke Song Zhiyao's head.The two of them rested for a while, and got out of the carriage when Qin Yong's legs recovered from the itching.

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Although Qin Yong does not need to be detained for the time being, Chen's death is more or less related to him, and the jade pendant is still unclear.

Now that the real culprit is still at large, the yamen also sent people to keep an eye on Qin Yong's whereabouts. Qin Yong had to put aside the matter of Princess Jingming and cooperate with the yamen to investigate the embroidery workshop.

The two went back to the mansion to rest for a while, Qin Yong changed his clothes, took Song Zhiyao to pick up Chen's mother first, and went to Yizhuang again.

After all, Qin Yong is older than Song Zhiyao, so he observes some details more carefully.

What Song Zhiyao found on Chen Shi's body was basically nothing wrong, Qin Yong stopped looking at the scratches on Chen Shi's neck, and instead looked at her hands.

The nails of Chen's right index finger and middle finger were broken, and the nail bed of the index finger was raised, with black scabs on it.Qin Yong rubbed the blood scab off with his hands, and found some black powder sticking to the bottom of the blood scab, which seemed to be... soil?

"Yao'er, besides the blood writing, are there any scratches on the ground in the backyard of the embroidery workshop?"

Song Zhiyao thought for a while: "I don't think so, Ying Er and I went there at night, we only lit the lanterns, and didn't notice any scratches."

When Mother Chen saw Mrs. Chen lying in Yizhuang's coffin, she almost cried again, and she endured it for a long time before she said, "Ruyi's life is hard. When I encountered such a thing when I was young, Ah Man's father didn't care about anyone." You know, now you can't even get a good death."

Song Zhiyao supported Chen's mother and kept persuading her.

After seeing Chen's hands, Qin Yong planned to look at the opening on the back of her head: "Yao'er, help Mrs. Chen to the side for a rest."

Song Zhiyao knew that Qin Yong was considerate of her young age, and was afraid that she would have nightmares at night when she saw the gash on the back of Chen's head, and it would be too cruel to see the big gash on his daughter's corpse in front of Mother Chen, so she nodded, Helped Chen's mother to rest on the side.

The bone in the back of Chen's head was hit by a blunt instrument, and the skull around the size of the palm was knocked down. There was no other trauma on the body. Wu Zuo also said that he had not taken any medicine, and it was obviously because he was hit on the head that he disappeared. Life.

Qin Yong put Chen's head back to its original position, and found that there seemed to be something wrong with the scalded scar on her face.

Because the weather is still relatively cold, Chen's body will not rot in a few days, but it is slightly dehydrated and shriveled. It turns out that she has a scald on her face the size of the bottom of a bowl. Looking at it now, the scar is slightly a little ...is it warped?

Qin Yong felt that the edge of the scar was really warped, so he touched it with his hands, and found that it was stuck on his face like a piece of paper.

Could it be a human skin mask?

Qin Yong suddenly felt chills all over his body. If the scars on Chen's face were fake, Mother Chen was Chen's biological mother, so she must have known about it. What can't be known to others, only the mother and daughter know.

Song Zhiyao was sitting next to Chen's mother at this time, if she tore off the scar rashly... Qin Yong looked at the old and the young from the corner of his eye, and Chen's mother was looking at him.

He wondered if it would be okay if he directly peeled off the fake scar, and if something happened, Ying Er would have no time to snatch Song Zhiyao over.

After thinking about it for a while, he dismissed this idea. Even if Mother Chen is an old woman, what if?Even if it was just a little bit possible, he couldn't put Song Zhiyao in danger. After thinking for a moment, he went to look at the scratches on Chen's neck, pretending that he didn't realize that the scald on her face was actually a disguise.

After Qin Yong's investigation, he stood up and waved to Song Zhiyao and Chen's mother, indicating that there was nothing wrong with them.

On the way to the embroidered workshop, I still took a carriage. Mother Chen and the two rode in the same carriage when they came. Take a carriage to the embroidery workshop.

He originally wanted to remind Song Zhiyao to be more careful and get as close to him as possible, but Song Zhiyao had been separated from Qin Yong for two days and became even more dependent on him, so he took the initiative to rub against him.

Qin Yong smoothly embraced him: "It's okay, Xiao Suanmiao knows how to find someone close to her, and she tells him that other people's little ones will inevitably show their feet, so it's safer to stare at him like this."

The night before Song Zhiyao and the shadow guard climbed over the wall to see, they didn't dare to light up the lamps for fear of being discovered by the officials, so they only used two small lanterns in their hands to illuminate the small field under their feet.

Today when Qin Yong came again, he was accompanied by the police who were monitoring his actions. In addition, Qin Yong was a special envoy directly sent by the emperor. He was an official, so it was more convenient than Song Zhiyao. He entered the embroidery workshop after he was notified.

When Qin Yong was in the Qin Mansion in the capital, all the maids around him wanted to inform Master Qin. They didn't care about this kind of surveillance at all, and only did what they should do without any psychological burden.

The backyard of the embroidered workshop has not been cleaned up yet, Song Zhiyao and Ying Er didn't miss too many details, Qin Yong carefully looked at the places where the two suspect they lived, and didn't find much.

Mother Chen's reaction was much greater than Qin Yong's. The embroiderers in the embroidery workshop hadn't come to work that day, and the cleaners came to work ahead of time as usual, and found that Chen was lying in a pool of blood, and the two were scared. Immediately peed his pants.The boss of the embroidery shop was afraid that it would affect his future business, so he closed the door and sent someone to report to the official.

Therefore, Mother Chen only saw her daughter's body, but she hadn't seen the scene of vermilion all over the ground in the backyard.

Knowing that Mrs. Chen had passed away that day, Mother Chen cried herself to death. She finally calmed down a few days ago. Seeing this scene, thinking of how tragic her daughter's death was, she almost fainted again. He helped him back into the carriage to rest, and seeing that Song Zhiyao seemed really not afraid, he asked him to stay and follow him.

Chen's mother is not here anymore, Qin Yong is a little relieved, after all, he still has guards by his side, if not, there is also a second shadow.Now that Mother Chen and Song Zhiyao were not together, there was no need to be wary, and she told Song Zhiyao what she had just discovered.

Song Zhiyao was a little scared when she heard the words, but after all, Mama Chen had known her for several years and had always been very kind to her, so she didn't want to believe that Mama Chen really had evil intentions.

He hesitated for a moment and said: "Brother's worry is not unreasonable, but if Mother Chen really wants to cover up something, just insisted in court that Sister Chen was killed by brother, even if the case can't be hastily closed, you can still separate me and brother, Isn't it better?"

"That's the truth, but it's always necessary to be defensive." Qin Yong nodded, and told Ying Er to go to Yizhuang to see Chen's body, to see if the scar on her face was pasted with a human skin mask, and to see What is the black powder left on her fingers.

Ying Er's qinggong is very good, he doesn't need to take a carriage, and it doesn't take too much time to come and go, Qin Yong and Song Zhiyao didn't wait for him for too long in the embroidery workshop, and Ying Er came back with news.

The burn scar on Chen's face was indeed a piece of fake skin, Ying Er was afraid that someone would see it during the day, so he didn't tear off the fake skin on her face yet.As for the black powder on Chen's hands, it was a bit like mildew on wood.

Mildew on wood?Qin Yong and Song Zhiyao simultaneously thought of the desks, chairs and benches that had been piled aside for years.

The two of them originally suspected that Chen's death might have been intentional or even self-inflicted, and they were even more shocked when they heard the words, and hurriedly searched these dilapidated tables and chairs.

After carefully inspecting these tables and chairs, the two were shocked, because these tables and chairs were not very strong after being piled up for a long time, not to mention that they were about to rot, but they also had loose legs.

If the wood is left for a long time, it will naturally become moldy. There are some dust and mildew spots in the loose gaps between the legs and surfaces of the tables and chairs. If there is a new crack, the crack must be clean wood color.

These tables and chairs were lying on the ground in a mess. At first glance, it seemed that someone had fought here, but these tables and chairs were not newly cracked, that is to say, they were deliberately placed so that they were hit The appearance of the ground.

There is only one bench with new cracks on it, and the cracks are very shallow, as if someone has stepped on it and loosened it. This bench is lying on the steps of the door of the back cover room, next to the rockery.

Qin Yong ordered a small bodyguard to stand up, only took a look at the scene, and found something wrong.

He looked at Song Zhiyao, and Song Zhiyao was also looking at him, apparently also found something wrong.

If the guard stood on this bench and lay down backwards, his neck would just hit the blood-stained raised stone on the rockery. Mrs. Chen was a head shorter than the guards, so if Mrs. Chen lay down like this, The back of her head just hit the rockery!