Suspect in Jinling

The secret room of the Pangfu study opened rattlingly. First, it was separated from the gap in the middle of the Baizi cabinet to the left and right, one fold, two folds, and three folds, followed by the iron secret interior door that was not closed tightly. Qiu Weng only felt The sky and the earth also rotated, and the black and dense texture of the angelica head was painted a layer of smooth beige under the light of another brighter candle.

Immediately afterwards, a graceful and dignified woman came out.

Qiu Weng retreated in a hurry, and said in horror: "Madam..."

But there were not only the Qin family in the secret room, but also Lu Duanxian and Jiang Xingzheng. Lu Duanxian frowned solemnly and glanced at Qiu Weng from above, while Jiang Xingzheng held the candlestick with lowered eyebrows. With a tremor, a clear trembling shadow was cast on the four walls of the study.

It was only then that Qiu Weng realized that Sha Xiangyue's slow explanation just now was not for himself, but for the people in the secret room. He grabbed the corner of the window and was in a panic for a while, unable to say anything.

But he didn't say anything, someone said, Qin raised the paper in his hand, and suddenly asked: "Qiu Weng, do you still remember the agreement you signed to invest in my Pang family more than ten years ago? Qiu Deze, a native of Jixi County, Huizhou Prefecture He is forty years old, more than eight feet tall, with strong hands and feet and no disabilities. Because of his poor age, his whole family took refuge in the Jianning Mansion Pang Zhengying's family as slaves. Based on this contract, it will last for about three years. There is no crime against the master, let the lessons be learned, serve without resignation, the two parties agree, and keep the document according to this document, the orthodox three years, Xia Qiyue."

Suddenly there was the sound of climbing upstairs in the empty building, and the study room was lit by candlelight. At this time, it was Chu Ji who came with his subordinates.

Mrs. Qin had no time to look at him, a sincere and distressed expression appeared on her straight-faced face, "Qiu Weng, you wrote this down one stroke at a time, remember?"

Qiu Weng was trembling all over, and his panting voice echoed throughout the study: "Husband, madam, what are you talking about now?"

Qin's face became furious, and she took out another piece of paper with red characters from the purse on her waist, and mentioned the two together: "Because this Taiping Sect's 'reminder' was also written by you!"

The sound of hurried footsteps stopped at the door of the study, amidst the flickering lights, Chu Ji had already arrived with a knife in hand——

Holding the two pieces of paper, Qin didn't look at others, only at the murderer: "Qiu Weng, since you took over the building, you have come and gone freely in and out of the study room. On the first day of this month, you posted this red lotus blood book on the outer door, and then He also pretended that he had just found out and handed it over to the Palace Master. After seeing it, the Palace Master felt as if he was facing an enemy, so he immediately consulted Chu Qianhu for a solution. They guessed that the "Ghost Seeing Sorrow" would definitely be chosen during the four-day night banquet. As a plan, Jinyiwei has limited manpower, and the main force is arranged outside the building, so the guards in the building are relaxed, and when Chu Qianhu and the others are focusing on the situation outside the building, they have created an opportunity for you to take advantage of!"

"Master Ruan's congratulatory gift was not sent up by him himself. The ten scabbards are probably sunk in mercury, and the plate weighs thirty catties. You carried it up in the scabbards! You entered the palace master's study for this reason. , the mansion master turned his back to you without any precautions, and you smashed him to death with your own hands with the drawer of the angelica head. Barrier, the store in the cubicle did not hear any abnormality, then you cleaned up the scene, wiped off the blood, put the blood-stained rag into the murderer's drawer, and used the Luban ruler to lock the door from the outside Lock it, then go downstairs, entertain the guests as usual, and when the banquet is about to end, you pretend to go upstairs to urge the palace master to not answer, and go to the cubicle in a panic to call the door, Chu Qianhu finds out that something is wrong and orders him to be beheaded After unlocking the door, the palace master has already collapsed on the table and died..."

"Qiu Weng, you don't just kill people, you also blame people when you kill people. The mansion was exhausted in the middle of the night, so you took a shoe print and went to the cubicle to fill in the footprints of a thousand households. Let me ask you, if you didn't know the progress of the building project, Who would have known the paint was still wet on the windows?"

Having said that, Kuang Jian suddenly raised his head and glanced at Chu Ji, who shook his head, apparently found nothing in Qiu Weng's room, and found Lu Banchi, but the shoe print that blamed him was not found, but it doesn't matter now Yes, the evidence is conclusive and cannot be denied by Qiu Weng.

Kuang Jian glanced at Qin, and said, "Qiu Weng, when I interrogated you during the day, you said that you have little literacy and don't know how to write, so you have forgotten it. 11 years ago, a servant had to write a contract by himself. The name, strokes, and style of the 'Pang Zhengying' you wrote in that letter of appointment should be kept in Tianfu's original file, and the name, strokes, and style of writing in the letter of appointment are generally the same as those on the 'Desire Talisman' in Madam's hand."

That's why he was so shocked when he saw the contract letter in Yingtian Mansion during the day: It turned out that the conspiracy had already been launched, and this honest old man was like an inconspicuous spider, silently weaving such a huge web, So many people were involved in it.The evidence that Kuang Jian told Chu Ji in the imperial prison was also the deed in his hand. Above all, if he wants to intervene, he must not use the name of Ying Tianfu, nor can he go to Lu Duanxian, but Pangfu is the master of suffering, if the Qin family comes to sue first, Lu Duanxian must pay attention to his opinion.

Chu Ji was eager to track down the murderer, so he immediately took him to see the Qin family.

When Qin compared the handwriting, she was really unbelievable at first. Kuang Jian knew that she was very sad. If Qiu Weng was forcibly arrested to extract a confession, she would definitely not bear it. Then, Sha Xiangyue and him confronted Qiu Weng in the open, if several attempts failed, then he had nothing to say.

The magnolia flowers outside the window slanted out new buds, and in the living room in the inner courtyard of Pang Mansion, Qin frowned and made up his mind.

As for the Qin woman, she was more cautious and clearer than Kuang Jian thought. After thinking about it, she hurriedly called the case file of the town government secretary to check the details of the "Ghost Seeing Sorrow" reminder, and then Kuang Jian knew that the so-called "Desire Talisman" was not It has never been used in Jinling, and the only time it appeared was in Huai'an Mansion, when Hu Ye, the deputy commander of the military and military affairs, reported the case, so even Chu Ji didn't know the details of his handwriting.The Qin family then sent someone to contact the Deputy Envoy of Bingbeidao. The so-called Bingbeidao's full name is "Six Bingbeidao of Ying, Huai, An, Hui, Ning, and Chi". Coincidentally, its deputy commander happened to be in Jinling recently, and happened to be blocking the gate of the Pang Mansion in the morning. The Qin family immediately invited Hu Tong, and asked him to read the so-called "Ghost Seeing Sorrow" handwriting. Rejected, claiming that "Ghost Seeing Sorrow" was written in a thin gold style, with strong, thin and light handwriting, but the ghost-drawing talisman in Qin's hand was a forgery.In this way, Qiu Weng's suspicion was basically confirmed, and the Qin family could not avoid Kuang Jian's embarrassment afterwards, so they invited Lu Duanxian in his own name at night, and waited in the secret room to witness together.

"Yeah, why did the Palace Master think it was left-handed?"

Qin's sobs were almost squeezed out of her throat, and she slowed down sadly, she had to lower her throat to stabilize her voice, "Gu Jianchou is not afraid of people recognizing his handwriting, how could he deliberately write with his left hand to hide his words?" Handwriting? At that time, the palace master was really confused..."

The Secretary of the Zhenfu is against the Taiping Sect, Jin Yiwei is worried about the ghost, and Pang Zhengying has been fighting wits and courage with them for too long. Their repeated failures have made them afraid of their name. That person's rampant provocation.

Surrounded by candlelight, Sha Xiangyue's brows were low, her brows like black ink.

Kuang Jian looked back at him, and saw that he had completely retreated to the back of the study, and Chu Ji had taken his original place.Sha Xiangyue is like a bystander, listening to this series of events indifferently, without blood, expressionless, innocently dragged into this round of scattered light and shadow, motionless, like a dummy.

The wind blowing through the hall blew past, making the candles tremble and twisting all beings.

In the silence, Qin asked: "Why?"

She was already tired at this time, there was no need to mention the heartache and anger, and she just wanted to ask for a reason.

Qiu Weng cowered in the corner of the window. Ever since Qin's appearance, he knew that there was no room for change in this matter. Everything was revealed, and his criminal evidence was completely shaken up.

"Because this old slave is also a father..."

For no reason, the answer was actually such a sentence. Qiu Weng's face, which was always full of sorrow, was full of gullies. He looked at Qin, gritted his teeth and said: "Madam's own child is dead, Madam can I don’t want to take revenge because there are still many souvenirs in this world, but this old slave doesn’t have any..."

Qin didn't accept such an explanation, raised his eyebrows, and scolded angrily: "What does your child have to do with the Palace Master?"

"It doesn't matter! My son, my son!..." Qiu Weng suddenly became agitated, and stretched out his withered hands, as if trying to catch something in the sky: "This old slave is illiterate, so I can help you The Pang Mansion drove him, but the son of the old slave was literate! He always wanted to study and get a good name, but just because my muddle-headed father became a servant of another family, he could only fall into slavery. There is no way to take the imperial examination! The young master is in the midst of blessings and doesn’t know how to be blessed. He passed the exam again and again, failed again and again, and can still pass the exam again and again. Isn’t it because he has a father like Pang Zhengying!”

No one could answer this rambunctious and incoherent appeal, only Kuang Jian knew the resume of Qiu Deze's son Qiu Ming, and asked sharply: "So in order to make your son an official, you have to let your son be an official if you donate an official? "

"What donation official?!"

Qiu Weng suddenly looked at Kuang Jian, and was furious: "I just donated a labor supervisor to him, and I sent him to the dam just to separate himself from my father. He has outstanding abilities and has made great achievements in water control. , but just because he is the son of a long follower, the officer said that he was not allowed to be an official, and his peers knew his identity, so they began to report him for donating to the official, dragged him down alive, and betrayed him for three years!"

The violent wind whistled and resounded through the entire building. It rolled over the stairs, corridors, compartments, and study rooms, blowing, and the wind howled.

"Three years! My poor child has not been able to return home for a day. There are so many big figures in the north of Jinling who are building large-scale construction projects. Do you know that my poor child is guarding them in the deep mountains and old forests? He is only 25 years old. He died of exhaustion on the road before he even had time to go home to get married! Captain Xiao Kuang, you are also a sensible person. Tell me why a person like Pang Zhengying can have tall buildings and mansions when he is alive, but can be ninety-nine when he is dead. Chi Mingjing! But my poor child only lived such a short life, and after he died, he was dragged back on a roll of mat, and his flesh and blood rotted on that wild road!"

The candle flame flickered mournfully, and the cramped study room was like bunches of hideous will-o'-the-wisps. Qiu Weng's facial features began to tremble, and his old and resentful face flickered, short and long. Everyone listened to the harsh and sharp voice. , A strong cold air suddenly rose from the soles of the feet!

"So you killed Pang Zhengying?"

Several blue veins appeared on the corner of Kuang Jian's forehead, he gritted his teeth, and coldly gave him four words: "Human, face, beast, and behavior."

No, those who kill people without repentance are worse than animals.

Qiu Weng was immediately enraged by him, and he screamed: "I just want revenge! Pang Zhengying killed me all my life, and I just want revenge!"

Kuang Jian and Chu Ji shouted and cursed almost at the same time——

Kuang Jian: "You can leave! Your contract is only for three years. Since you have such great resentment towards the Pang family, you can leave eight years ago!"

Chu Ji: "Ma'am, don't listen to his judgment! Master Pang once rescued him from the sea of ​​suffering, and he didn't want to repay him, but now he repays his kindness and revenge! Detain him!"

Amidst the chaos, Qiu Weng stared at Chu Ji with precision and resentment——

He no longer paid attention to Kuang Jian, his eyes just stared at Chu Ji, his expression was like a curse and a threat: "Chu Ji, you are very proud, aren't you? You and Pang Zhengying have tied me up for a lifetime, are you very proud?" !"

Then the old man suddenly rushed over from the window, like he was going crazy, and rushed towards Chu Ji with the aura of a fight to the death. The strong gusts of wind blew ghostly shadows, and Qin screamed: "Don't move the knife!" But it was too late, Chu Qianhu was strong and strong, and he stood on top of him, and behind Qiu Weng was the window sill!

Sha Xiangyue gasped!

That height was designed by him for Pang Zhengying!Pang Zhengying was seven feet four inches tall, with the window sill at his waist, but Qiu Weng was eight feet tall, with Chu Ji so tall, Qiu Weng suddenly turned over!

Changing into elbow and armpit, everyone was caught off guard!The old man's back seemed to be completely pulled away by someone suddenly, Sha Xiangyue was shocked, and was the first to hear a short and rough scream, followed by a loud "bang", a dull, huge, landing sound The sound, that sound impacted everyone in the study, like the sound of an earthquake, the liver and gallbladder burst, it was deafening!

"Save thousands of households!"

Kuang Jian and Qin Shi took the lead, pushed Chu Ji away, and looked downstairs in horror. Chu Ji staggered a few words, clutching the handle of the knife, and explained in a panic: "I...I'm not... "

Ghosts were singing.Sha Xiangyue stared at Chu Ji tremblingly, shed a tear unknowingly.

Lu Duanxian gave Jiang Xingzheng a wink, and the latter immediately understood, and rushed out the door with a stride. The people in the study did not move for a long time, and no one spoke, only the wind blew, until there was an extra figure downstairs, Jiang Xingzheng After testing the breath of the blood-stained man lying on his back, he shouted in a businesslike voice upstairs: "Madam, Your Excellency, the murderer is dead."

The wind that lasted for a long time suddenly stopped.

The painful howling, sharp venting, desperate struggle...all followed and stopped together.