Cheng Ping's legacy

"Follow me." Liu Zenbo tapped on the desk in front of Qin Pei.

Qin Pei put down the dossier and walked in with him, but Xu Shi stood too hard, became dizzy for a while, and almost staggered.

Liu Zenbo supported him, frowned and said, "Your face is like gold paper, your lips are like autumn frost, how did you make yourself look like this?"

Qin Pei smiled respectfully, "What do you want the minister to do?"

Liu Zenbo nodded: "The Cainu case happened nearly a month ago, do you have any clues?"

"In this case, two people have been killed so far. Li Wanniang was strangled to death by Pan Changjie's Lingxiao, and the eunuch Li Zhong was killed by the Turkic weapon Mingdi. During the previous investigation, the officials found that Li Wanniang and this eunuch Li Zhong were not strangers. In order to be selected, after entering the palace, Li Wanniang sent a servant girl to bribe Li Zhong..."

"Bribe him for what?" Liu Zenbo didn't know if he was married before, but he didn't know anything about the back house.

"My lord does not know that although the girls are all from good families, there are differences between nobles and commoners after all. Therefore, in order to show fairness when picking girls, all the clothes worn by the girls are distributed by the Shangyi Bureau. If the Shangyi Bureau is well organized, it is very likely For example, the preferences of the nobles in the palace, who else knows better than the fathers-in-law of the Shangyi Bureau? This Li Wanniang bought Li Zhong because she found out that His Highness the Crown Prince Xi Suse." Speaking of Xuanyuan Mian, Qin Pei His eyes darkened again, "It's just that men and women are different. It's not so easy to see the prince in the palace confinement. That's why she started to think about Concubine Lin Gui."

"Well, what does that have to do with this long knot?"

Qin Pei paused and cleared his mind: "In a few days, it will be the Flower Festival. Concubine Lin Gui will host the flower viewing feast. Except for the daughter-in-law, it is said that several highnesses will also attend. And the silk ribbon with knotted patterns Originally, Zhang Cainu wanted to come from Li Zhong, and wanted to perform dances at the flower viewing feast. As for why it eventually became the murder weapon for Li Wanniang's murder, and why Li Zhong died at Mingdi, the lower officials have not yet found out."

"It's no wonder that Zhang Cainu is so flustered," Liu Zenbo was thoughtful. "In this way, wouldn't she become more suspicious? What's more, I thought she must know something, and she was worried that the murderer would silence her, so she would be in constant panic."

Qin Pei said in a low voice: "That's right, it's just that she keeps her mouth shut, no matter who asks her, she won't say a word."

Liu Zenbo smiled: "Forget it, it seems that I can only work for him."

After a cup of tea, Qin Pei stared at Chen Yu dumbfounded: "Is this the question?"

There was endless whimpering from behind the screen, Liu Zenbo pushed the door out in person, and stood aside with a smile to make way, making both Qin Pei and Qin shudder.

"Is the Ministry of Punishment so useless?" Su Hui took out a silk handkerchief from his cuff and wiped off the dust on his body.

Liu Zenbo laughed apologetically and said, "I am a lowly official in the Ministry of Punishment, how can I compare with my colleagues in Dali Temple who are insightful and intelligent."

Qin Pei had already seen Liu Zenbo's fear, concession and even flattery towards Su Hui in the East Palace last time, so he was not very surprised at the moment.On the contrary, Chen Yu was so shocked that he could not speak a word when he saw their wise and mighty servant with his eyes above his head so low, and he didn't even dare to lift his head.

Su Hui lowered his head and smiled, and threw the silk handkerchief casually, "Slick tongue, clever words."

Liu Zenbo picked up the silk handkerchief, stuffed it into his sleeve pocket calmly, and said with a smile: "So she recruited?"

"Well," Su Hui said as he walked, with a confused look on his face, "According to what she said, this silk silk was originally used for step dance, and it was borrowed by Li Wanniang before, and she forgot to return it."

"Did she have other discoveries? If it's just that, it's fine to explain it clearly. Why should you be so alarmed?" Qin Pei couldn't help but interjected.

Su Hui nodded: "The night before Li Wanniang died, the two of them had the upper hand in the dispute with Helian Yaxian in the afternoon, and Li Wanniang was a little complacent. Not long after Zhang Cainu returned to the room at night, Li Wanniang came, and then the two of them together Lying on the couch and chatting, during this period, only the maids of the two of them testified."

"Then isn't she the last person to see Li Wanniang? Each maid can only bring one maid into the palace, presumably it must be a confidant of the confidant, and perjury is justified."

"The two talked at night while holding candles, and then fell asleep. It was three o'clock in the afternoon when Zhang Cainu fell asleep. She was awakened by the sound of the wind in the middle of the night, and Li Wanniang was no longer on the bed. She asked Qinglian, the maid outside. Three quarters. In addition, Li Wanniang's maid had been in a deep sleep. In other words, in just one hour, a large living person came out from the inner room. No one noticed, no matter whether it was the maid who shared the same bed, the maid outside, or the guards outside the hall. .”

Liu Zenbo frowned: "Forget it, I'll let them investigate again, it's getting late, you should go back and rest earlier."

"You don't even say thank you, Liu Shilang is so big on face." Su Hui smiled half-smile, "The Queen of the Yamen is eager to come over to help you with things, so why don't you have a drink?"

Liu Zenbo shook his head: "There are still unfinished official documents today, Yan Ru, next time, next time, I will definitely accompany you with wine."

Su Hui frowned, and said lightly: "You can't rush for a while, don't be too late."

He flicked his sleeves and left, but Qin Pei and the others were busy in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs until the time of Haishi, Liu Zenbo did not return to the house, and they were inconvenient to leave without permission.

Fortunately, Su Hui had a good heart towards his fellow subjects. In the evening, the servants of the Su family brought a pot of extremely fragrant Gastrodia elata stewed chicken soup, and Liu Zenbo mercifully shared it with everyone. Otherwise, the case of picking girls would not be solved. However, the Ministry of Punishment has already had dozens of starving people who were born as Scholars.

At three o'clock in Haishi, Chen Kui and the others had already found a place to sleep hastily in the department, but Qin Pei didn't want to sleep, and stood with his hands behind his back outside the criminal department under the shade of the tree.

If he hadn't broken Xuanyuanmian in Gui Palace last time, and hadn't contradicted him in the end, but just pretended to be stupid, maybe ten or twenty years later, he and Xuanyuanmian would have the same friendship as Su Hui and Liu Zenbo, right?

They drink three hundred cups together in their free time, trying to get drunk; when they are busy, they also care about each other's well-being and daily life, and are considerate.

The icing on the cake when you are rich and the icing on the cake, when you are poor and humble, you will get help when you are poor, and the officialdom is ups and downs. It is best to have such a companion.

And if he was more greedy and accepted Xuanyuan Mian's affection...

Regardless of the boundless glory and favor, sharing joys and sorrows, sharing weal and woe, sharing each other in the morning and evening, what more can you ask for in life?

But every time he saw Xuanyuan Mian's smiling phoenix eyes, all his evasions and evasions seemed inappropriate, and he was ashamed.

Qin Pei suddenly felt that his eyes were a little dry, and his chest was so congested...

A person like Xuanyuan Mian, even if he is a bit good at Longyang, must have a Zhilan Yushu, an outstanding unparalleled national scholar to match him.

Qin Pei still has this self-knowledge.It's a pity, since the last talk in Gui Palace, his existence should be like a bone in Xuanyuan Mian's throat, right?

Now there is only the high-ranking Chujun on the thousand-fold rank.

So far, there is no more Li Yinxi in the world.