The first work of the imperial prison

Drinking tea is of course no problem. As a considerate and sensible subordinate, Ye Baiting can make tea for the leader himself, but he still cares about one question, has Qiu Xunqing's whereabouts been exposed?Otherwise, He Yiming would not have come to the door so determinedly, with the face of stealing the house while no one was around.

Qiu Xunqing saw it: "Fake news was released."

fake?

Ye Baiting instantly understood that her whereabouts were in the opposite direction, and no one would suspect Qiu Yiqing if there was an accident in the household department's bank transfer.

"Is there a result?" He tilted his head slightly, but saw Qiu Yiqing's chin and protruding Adam's apple. This man is too tall.

"Not yet."

"No...then how did this edict come about?" Still so timely?

The jealous blue eyes moved slightly, and landed on Ye Baiting's eyes. His delicate and charming eyebrows paused for a moment, and the words in his mouth changed direction: "Not very smart, guess what?"

The leader didn't know what he saw. He seemed to be suddenly relaxed and very happy. He walked forward with big strides, and his hoarse voice was full of ridicule... Ye Baiting was half a step behind, and saw the other party's hand behind him. The knuckles were long and the back of the hand There are light blue blood vessels faintly stretched on the upper body, powerful and strong, as if it can firmly control everything, whether it is a thing or a person.

He lowered his eyes, did not speak, and took two quick steps to keep up.

The sun shines into the Nuan Pavilion through the window, and the tea cup is fragrant.

"You received Shen Jiang's message?" Ye Baiting was silent for a moment, and had already thought of the direction. If the dead body was Meng Nanxing, the household department, and human life, there were many doubts in the case of Guan Xiuzhu. Qiu Xunqing knew about the favorable direction of the plan, and told the emperor, and the emperor was not stupid, so he would definitely feel something strange.

Qiu Yiqing: "Think again."

"Also..." Ye Baiting thought about what Qiu Xunqing had done before he came back. He went to track the transfer of Ku Yin in the household department, and said, "You found a loophole in other people's corruption? This snowstorm relief, Ku Yin There is something wrong with the path, this time the matter is small, no one was killed, no one reported it, no one paid attention, but the same department, the same way of doing things... This loophole is also likely to be the loophole of last year's flood disaster, and it is due to overturning the case It is also favorable evidence!"

Qiu Yiqing shook the teacup, with a hint of admiration in his eyes: "Not bad, very smart."

Ye Baiting was a little proud: "Of course, I don't look at who I am!" By the way, he also praised the leader, "I don't even look at who I am!"

Qiu Yiqing sipped his tea slowly, and after a long time, his Adam's apple moved: "...um."

Ye Baiting held the pot to refill him with tea: "However, with the ability to command and envoy, it should be more than that?"

"good."

Qiu Yiqing said slowly: "When we found the skull, we went to see the route of the moat together. You should remember that the skull should not be there due to the distance and the direction of the water flow."

Ye Baiting nodded: "Well, I also remember, you must have some investigation direction at that time, and asked Jin Yiwei to look at it?"

"Why and where the skull appeared, I already know everything."

"Why?" Ye Baiting's face was facing the sun, and his eyes were shining when he looked at Qiu Yiqing.

Qiu Yiqing couldn't help but took another sip of tea, and his voice slowed down: "Do you know what day is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month?"

Of course Ye Baiting knew: "Small New Year, sweeping the dust, worshiping the stove, the beginning of the 'busy year', most of the people start from this day to prepare for the New Year's all kinds of busyness."

"Aside from sweeping the dust and offering sacrifices to the stove, what else should I be busy with?"

"Boiling maltose? Killing chickens and fish? For rich households, it is not impossible to kill pigs."

"How do you prepare for these things?"

"Tools, knives and scissors, pots, water..." Ye Baiting paused as he spoke, his eyes sparkled, "We need water, a lot of water, hot water!"

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, you have to do so much work and wash so many things. Isn't it cold to use cold water?And when it comes to slaughtering furry animals, it is often necessary to scald the skin with boiling water. Without scalding, the hair cannot be pulled out at all, and a lot of water is needed. It is okay in summer, but it is difficult to drain the water accumulated in the yard in winter. Thin ice will form and it will be inconvenient to get in and out, so where is it convenient?Of course it's by the river!

If it is a customary day, everyone will do these things, and they will go to the riverside together, chatting and working at the same time, and they will be in a good mood...Ye Baiting has seen similar lively scenes before. I brought tools and things, and went to the riverside to do this kind of work together. I would set up a stove not far from the riverside, and the boiling hot water would burn at any time. I will help you when I am done, and you will help me when I am done. Sometimes dinner They will also make appointments to eat together, which saves trouble for the common people, and it also fits the scene of the New Year, which is lively and happy.

"Not bad, very smart."

Holding the pot in his hand, Qiu Yiqing also refilled Ye Baiting's tea: "Jin Yiwei has completed the investigation and evidence collection. Years ago, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, many people gathered by the river, made stoves to boil water, and slaughtered chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep. The hot water and waste sewage are all discharged into the moat.”

A lot of hot water... all drained into the moat...

The focus of Ye Baiting’s understanding is of course not sewage. Environmental protection in ancient times is not a problem. The self-purification of rivers can completely balance the ecology. Going down, it can't affect the direction of water flow from high to low under the ice, but it can melt the ice layer above. The ice melts, the water volume increases, the flow speed and the environmental impact, things that should have been washed farther away are likely to be washed away because of a temporary Ice melting, a short change in the direction of the water flow, a change in the direction of travel, being washed away, thrown away, or even stuck somewhere.

Qiu Yiqing dipped his finger in the tea, and drew a simple thumbnail on the table, from the moat near Guanxiu Zhuzhai to the place where the skull was found, marking with arrows the influence of the terrain, the direction of water flow, and the common people. The place where people gathered and slaughtered livestock, calculated the impact, and the skull was just right there.

If Shen Jiang was here, he might have asked a few more questions, but Ye Baiting immediately understood: "The time of death, regardless of whether the person whose body was mutilated is Meng Nanxing or not, his death time must be before the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. It was thrown on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month!"

Hatred and Suspicious Green Jaws: "Meng Nanxing and Guan Xiuzhu are both members of the household department, and they also dealt with the flood relief incident in the past year. Check his specific whereabouts before the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to see if he has any contact with others from the household department. When people overlap, there must be gains. In addition—”

"What else?" Ye Baiting almost shouted in admiration, how many things Qiu Xunqing found in such a short time!How capable this man is!

"The scene of the first crime," Qiu Yiqing tapped the table with his fingertips, "it should be in Guan Xiuzhu's private house."

"you sure?"

"pretty close."

Qiu Xunqing looked at Ye Baiting: "Although it has been cleaned many times, there are no suspicious residues on the ground and walls, but after careful inspection of that dog house, it will be found that there are a lot of dark brown residues in the gaps between the walls and the floor. The paw prints on the wall were definitely not left by a dog, and they were not even all paw prints. Jin Yiwei found through a lot of comparisons that there were a few short ax marks inside, which matched the murder weapon. Carefully drawn out..."

Ye Baiting immediately remembered the traces on the broken bones. There were deep and shallow tooth marks on each broken bone. He also suspected that it was not left by a dog, but this comparison work is very detailed and takes time. It has not been completed yet. Qiu Xunqing gave the answer, it's really not a dog!

He also thought of the evidence stored in Wu Zuofang - the murder weapon ax: "I remember that ax, it seems to have a special shape?"

Qiu Yiqing nodded: "It's Guan Xiuzhu's private house. If it wasn't an accident, he wouldn't stay overnight, let alone start a fire to make food. He doesn't even have a servant. He has an axe. Of course, it's not for chopping firewood. He doesn’t need it either, it’s specially made to chop bones for his dog, it’s fired by a famous blacksmith, and the edge of the blade has a unique arc, which is different from other homes, and the blacksmith can see the marks of different axes at a glance.”

Most of the bones were found in that house, and the murder weapon was also there. There were ax marks in the dog house, and a large amount of suspected dried blood. It can basically be determined that this was the scene of the first crime.

"However, whether it is the murderer himself or the housekeeper's servants, they have cleaned up the scene, and there are no more traces."

Even so, the case can also be dealt with together. Human life, plus the loopholes in the Ministry of Finance, the details are many and complete. Even if the whole truth has not been found out, it is enough to propose a re-examination of last year's case. The emperor should think so Yes, that's why there is this decree.

Ye Baiting thought for a while, then asked again: "But the imperial decree says that if the case is all right, you will be whipped...is it a strict order from the emperor?"

Qiu Yiqing: "No, I asked for it myself."

Ye Baiting: ...

Seeing the little scorpion making no sound, as if frightened, the blue eyes of hatred raised slightly: "Do you believe in things that block other people's mouths?"

Ye Baiting: "Aren't you worried?"

"Why worry?" Qiu Xingqing said, "Is it because I don't believe you, or I don't believe myself?"

The doubtful points of Guan Xiuzhu's autopsy, the appearance of dismembered corpses, the overlapping of crime locations, the whereabouts of relief funds... everything is so complicated, how could it be all right?If he is even afraid of this, and worried that he won't be able to find out, he, the commander of Jinyiwei, shouldn't do it.

Ye Baiting: "With such a high profile, aren't you afraid to startle the snake?"

Qiu Yiqing raised her eyebrows: "You think so?"

Surely it will!The imperial decree has been issued, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a slap in the face of others, how can others not pay attention?But after thinking about it again, Ye Baiting understood: "What the commander wants is to scare the snake away, right?"

Originally, the enemy didn't move, and he secretly peeked in the grass. If Jin Yiwei didn't move, who could bear it more?The more you don't give a chance, the less others won't make mistakes?The more busy they are, the easier it is to lose things and lose track of things. What they really need to do now is to disturb the water of this lake, and by the way, have a clear eye and a clear heart, and catch fish in this muddy water!

"So next, it's time for us to compete with each other based on our abilities?"

The young man's eyebrows and eyes are sly, and the sun is shining brightly. He looks energetic and eager to try.

Hatred and green jaws: "Yes."

"Then you only sent a deputy general to hand over the file to the Ministry of Operations. It's not that you don't pay attention to it, but you guessed it. If there are really suspicious things, you will hide them all last year, and you won't wait until now?"

"Yes."

"Then we have to take precautions," Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes, "They will watch all our actions, and they will also investigate the clues we have, and they may destroy the evidence we want. The witnesses we want, they may instigate rebellion, and even pull others into the water to help..."

Qiu Xunqing looked at the young man: "Are you afraid?"

Ye Baiting smiled brightly: "Isn't it because they are afraid of us? Beizhen Fusi has you and me, how can there be problems that cannot be solved?"

Qiu Yiqing moved her fingertips, and her voice was like a spring breeze, very warm: "Then you have to behave well."

"Follow the command and order!" Ye Baiting immediately thought of the direction of implementation, "Sometimes, other people's spirits are highly tense, but it is easier to find out the results, such as Meng Nanxing's death, as long as we don't leak information, the Ministry of Finance will not know , pay more attention when asking questions, whoever knows what happened to him will be the most suspicious, and those who pretend not to know will have different exposure reactions..."

Chou Yiqing: "Don't worry, I have ordered it to go down, and the information will not be leaked."

As early as Shen Jiang found him and relayed what Ye Baiting told him to bring, he knew what Ye Baiting was going to do.

"That's what happened just now..."

Ye Baiting brought He Yiming here, what's on his mind, how he dealt with it, and explained clearly one by one, asking Qiu Suiqing to deploy marking, it may be rewarding... After talking for a long time, he was the only one talking, Qiu Suiqing He has always said very little, just nodding and responding occasionally, and in the end he simply has nothing to say, and just waits for him to speak alone.

He stopped while talking, and found that the other party was looking at him, so he quickly lowered his head, checked his clothes, and his sitting posture: "What are you looking at?" Is there any problem?

“Tea is good.”

But Qiu Yiqing got up, picked up the Xiuchun knife on the table, turned and left: "I still have something to do, I'll have a drink with you later."

The wind came and went like the wind, leaving nothing but the empty teacup.

Ye Baiting didn't even have time to keep anyone, staring blankly at the empty teacup, he didn't understand the meaning of Qiu Yiqing's return, the imperial decree asked someone to send it back, but Qiu Yiqing didn't know about He Yiming's arrival, and he himself It can be solved, there is no need to come back, this man has worked so hard outside, and there is no time to rest, and he still wants to come back and drink this cup of tea with him...

Why?Could it be that you just want to see him?

Let's meet.

Ye Baiting covered his face with one hand, no one saw his expression now.

But the anticipated troubles soon came.

On the afternoon of the second day, when Ye Baiting was sorting out more detailed clues in Wu Zuofang, Niu Dayong came suddenly and said that Shen Jiang had encountered some troubles and was nearby, and asked him to come over.

Ye Baiting shook the small bell on his wrist: "Can I go out?"

Is it because Shen Jiang's brain is not clear, or is Niu Dayong just following suit?

Niu Dayong looked around, came over quietly, and said in a low voice: "Young Master, just go, I'll cover, anyway...no one else knows."

He also secretly rolled up his sleeves, revealing the bell on his wrist, signaling to the young master—look, I'm ready.

Ye Baiting was taken aback: "Your...is it different from mine?"

It's too big, and its voice is gruff, not crisp at all.

"Don't worry about it, it's useful to keep it," Niu Dayong said again, "Our boss said, we will definitely not let you be in danger, and we have a special team to escort you all the way."

"alright."

Ye Baiting worked for a long time, and his eyes were a little blurry. As long as there were no problems, he could go for a walk. He took off his overalls and gloves, and put on a cloak to cover his face as much as possible, and followed Niu Dayong. go outside.

Halfway there, the dog wanted to follow him, but he didn't let him go. According to the rules, he was not allowed to go out. What if he was caught?With his stature, one person's goal is obvious enough, plus such a big dog general, even if others pretend to be blind, they can't bully people like this!

In the end, it was a full-body massage service, in exchange for the cuteness of the dog. Who knows that Ye Baiting didn't live up to it. After a few months of raising it, his body is not as weak as when he was in prison. He doesn't need to lean on the wall to walk away, but he is still an ordinary person , do not know martial arts, and the average person whose balance is not so good, will subconsciously jump forward and slip when stepping on slippery ice!

He avoided people all the way, and he didn't jump on the guard, but he supported the wall... and bumped into a guard.

His movements are also very big, and the small bell in his hand is ringing very loudly.

Ye Baiting: ...

Shen Baihu, you should work hard outside, the young master may not be able to help you.

Unexpectedly, the guard suddenly sneezed and turned towards the wall, as if he didn't see him.

Niu Dayong quickly winked at him, hurry up, young master, what are you waiting for, just go out now!

Ye Baiting: ...

What you released is not water anymore, it is a vast ocean!

Jin Yiwei has strict rules and regulations, and he would never do such a thing without orders from his superiors. Could it be Qiu Yiqing... He shook his head and didn't have time to think about it, so he hurried forward and took the team of guards to find Shen Jiang .

The place is really not too far away, just turn right at the gate of Fusi in Beizhen, and within two quarters of an hour of walking, there is a medical clinic. The doctor of the medical clinic once treated Meng Nanxing, which Shen Jiang found before An important witness, but now, the witness has backtracked, not only can't ask for new information, but also deny everything he said before.

Seeing the young master, Shen Jiang looked aggrieved: "Look, young master! I only asked him about it two days ago, and he said that he knew Meng Nanxing. In the past two years, Meng Nanxing was not feeling well. I saw it once, Meng Nanxing dropped something at the time, but he and Meng Nanxing didn't notice it at the time. When he saw it, Meng Nanxing had already left. When he returned to his hometown, Ding You, he wanted to wait until the New Year was over and find a way to get his things back. Bring it to Meng Nanxing, but when I come again today, he refuses to recognize him! He says he doesn’t know Meng Nanxing, hasn’t seen a doctor for him, and doesn’t have anything left behind by him!”

Shen Jiang got angrier as he spoke, and glared at the old doctor: "Jin Yiwei dares to lie, aren't you afraid of being dragged outside to be tortured?"

The old doctor is really not afraid, his eyelids are drooping, and his face is full of dimples: "If Jin Yiwei wants to disregard human lives, he will do as he pleases."

He was also very cooperative and stretched out his hands.

Shen Jiang was so angry that he almost jumped his feet: "Is that kind of person! Our North Town Fusi has rules, how can we fight and kill casually!"

He couldn't ask questions here, there were rules in place, and he couldn't get anyone, so he felt aggrieved. Thinking that the distance was quite close, he invited the young master over to see if he could help.

"During the questioning last time, why didn't you take your things away?" Ye Baiting observed the old doctor and the surrounding environment while speaking.

"Isn't that busy?" Shen Jiang scratched the back of his head, "There are still several people waiting in line outside to ask questions, all of them have been dispatched, and I am the only one. This old man is old and his memory is not good. I don't know where the things have gone, and I said I have to look for them, so I asked him to look for them first, and then come back to pick them up, but he didn't recognize him when he came back!"

Ye Baiting nodded, inspected the room, and walked outside the door: "Is this his house?"

Shen Jiang: "Yes."

Today the sun is quite good, and the wind is not so strong. The doctor's yard puts the most, what can it be, of course, it is medicinal herbs dried in the sun on wooden supports and shallow bamboo baskets.

Ye Baiting pondered for a moment, then said: "Go and search for his medicinal materials, the second row, the third."

The old doctor's expression changed suddenly.

Shen Jiang knew something was wrong when he saw it, and immediately ran over to search, pawing and pulling in the medicinal materials with his big hands, and quickly found something: "It's really there!"

The young master is amazing!

"How do you know it's here!"

Ye Baiting raised his chin slightly: "The location of this yard is facing the street, and you can hear the sound immediately. He knew you were coming. He didn't want to tell the truth or give things. Of course he wanted to hide them, but he was old and his legs were inconvenient. There is not enough time, and it cannot be hidden in a place that is easy to be found... The most convenient, the closest, the most hidden, and the most he can think of at the first time, are these medicinal materials."

"Also, his body has a very obvious smell of medicinal materials, and there are fragments of medicinal leaves on his fingers, but he doesn't know the name of the medicinal materials. After comparing the color characteristics, don't you know?"

Ye Baiting looked at Shen Jiang with the dazzled look of "That's all, I still need to think about it, I need to ask for foreign aid".

Shen Jiang... what can Shen Jiang do, of course he is blowing rainbow fart: "Master is really amazing!"

Ye Baiting: "As long as you are more careful, you don't need me."

After talking about Shen Jiang, he turned to the old doctor again: "There is no need to look for the things this time, and there is still time to hide them. You obviously found them a long time ago, and you are ready, waiting for Shen Baihu to come and pick them up. Why didn't you cooperate all of a sudden? But someone made things difficult for you? An inducement—or a threat?"

The old doctor didn't hide his gaze, and looked at Ye Baiting, as if he was shocked by this young man's intelligence.

Ye Baiting continued: "Whether it's a threat or a lure, the time for others to come must be very short, because you won't hesitate too long in making a decision, but before you have time to dispose of things, Shen Baihu comes, you can only Temporarily hide things, don’t you? When someone came to you, did it happen just now? Or—within an hour? Half an hour?”

He observed the expression of the old man: "That's easy, we just need to search and investigate according to the timeline, and we will soon find out who this person is, old man, you have to think about it, you are just telling us the truth, Help us with our affairs, and we will not speak out about your existence. If it is not necessary, we will not even come again, let alone you in court, but if you do not cooperate, we will not find the clues we want, so we can only follow along. Looking at the timeline, looking for people who came to you not long ago, if those people know that they have been exposed... Do you think your life will be peaceful?"

The old doctor closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

"What I said didn't mean any threat. It's just that the clues and information are insufficient. Our work decision must be investigated in this way," Ye Baiting said in a deep voice, "Doctors are benevolent, helping the world and saving people. Everyone in the Beizhen Fusi They are all respectful and will try their best to protect them. Shen Baihu can promise that not many people will know about all the things that happened here. Maybe you can make it easier to complain for the dead and care for the souls of the living?"

Seeing that the old doctor's expression was struggling, Ye Baiting said again: "And the person looking for you should just remind you to speak well, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't do what you shouldn't do, probably don't know, you have something here ?”