The first work of the imperial prison

"Avenge the child?"

Shen Jiang shook his head quickly: "Impossible? It's just a chance encounter. If I look at the child pitifully and give him a hand, I think it's possible. I shouldn't kill someone?"

Occasionally, when he sees a cute child in other people's family, he would also want to rub his head and tease him, but he would not just look at it, and feel his true feelings about what he wants to do for this child.

Official duties are not counted, and the integrity of the Jinyiwei required by the commander is not counted. If the child is really having a bad life and is being abused, he will probably take care of it. Kill someone else.

Ye Baiting pointed at the rim of the teacup with his slender fingers: "Then what if the murderer... feels the same way for this child?"

"Empathy?"

"We are human, and we all have emotions. When we don't get it, regret it, or long for it, we will project, or empathize with, a specific person who appears in front of us..." Ye Baiting's voice was a little slow, "The murderer may have I am very concerned about something that needs to be protected or expressed, and I am guessing whether there is such a possibility in his motivation."

Qiu Yiqing: "Mu An, Tang Feihan, Lu Xingming."

Compared with others, these three people are relatively young, and combined with the result of today's confession, it is more likely to have such a possibility emotionally.

Ye Baiting obviously thought so too, and clicked on the first name: "Let's talk about Mu An first."

Shen Jiang quickly drew a circle outside Mu An's name on the small whiteboard, ready to add words to it at any time.

"During the questioning just now, Lu Xingming clearly pointed out one point. At this age, Mu An is still required to recite his homework every day. If Mu Junwang is not satisfied, he will still be punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall and reducing three meals. It is very embarrassing," Ye Baiting "I don't think it's very common," he said.

Nowadays a man is the head of the household and establishes a household. No one is more than five years old in Kaimeng. At the age of seven, he must start talking about the rules of adults, and he will not sit with women. At the age of 13, he is a half-grown man, who can run the house. It is rare for those who have passed the age of crown and have not yet married and established a business. The social system has requirements for them and respects them. At Mu An's age, he is already a full-fledged adult. Small children treat.

Shen Jiang smacked his lips: "It's really a bit embarrassing. No wonder the marriage has been delayed for two years, and it hasn't been done yet. Could it be that Mu An didn't want to? In his own home, under the eyes of his parents, he grew up like this. There are too many, but I don't think it's anything. After marrying a wife, wouldn't it make the wife look at him ashamed? A big man, how embarrassing..."

Ye Baiting: "His marriage has been delayed for two years?"

"Yeah," Shen Jiang has been doing investigations outside, and these background checks are clear, "There is no special reason, but it has been procrastinating, and this side said it was busy, but the other side agreed, and people outside guessed that these two There is a problem at home, either the man has a hidden disease, or the woman has a hidden disease, so don't worry about it at such an advanced age, now that I think about it, there may be other reasons..."

Ye Baiting has also read the clues sent back by Shen Jiang, because the deceased just returned to the capital this time, and a lot of previous information is not easy to check. There are not many records of Mu An's childhood experiences, only sporadic, but reasonable Guess: "He is still being controlled so strictly by his father. When he was young, he was afraid that it would only be stricter... He said that when he was a child, he had a lot of homework and had no friends. He quietly took in Tang Feihan, helped Tang Feihan, and thanked Tang Feihan for being his playmate." , wanting to repay... He must have been very lonely at the time."

Qiu Yiqing thought of a clue: "In the investigation data, there is a clue. At the age of six to 12, Mu An is often injured."

"That's right, I checked!" Shen Jiang opened his eyes wide, "How did the commander know? If you don't tell me, I'll forget it!"

When the case first happened, there were not many directions. When conducting the first investigation and visit, of course, the more information you can find, the richer the better. It doesn’t matter if you don’t need it. Yes, that's credit!

At that time, all his attention was on looking for the relationship between the characters. At various intersections, he asked about the past, but he didn't pay much attention to it. "A filial son is born under a stick", many people care about it like this, to children His education is sometimes very strict. He has seen a lot of investigations. Prince Mu is a very strict person. This kind of father-son relationship is not special to him, but now that he thinks about it, it seems a little shocking.

In everyone's words, Mu An is a very worry-free child. He has never been naughty since he was a child, he is very good, he is very talented, and he is good at school. Things are very comfortable, and no one outside said anything bad about it. Why is King Mu so demanding?What did he want his son to be like?

Ye Baiting thinks about how King Mu would never have such deep dark circles over the years, and would never have such a degree of wear and tear on his internal organs because of the lack of clothing and food, overwork: "The king of Mu has very high demands on himself, maybe In his eyes, everything Mu An has done is just a pass line, not outstanding."

Qiu Yiqing: "Prince Mu Jun is working hard on official duties, and he seldom returns home. I'm afraid he hasn't taken care of his children much."

"Exactly!" Shen Jiangmeng nodded, "I asked his servants, not only King Mu, but even his wife are too busy because of his official duties. Most of Mu An's servants and husbands, King Mu would ask the children about their homework on the rare days when they go home... He was always injured when he was six to 12 years old. Could it be that King Mu punched him every now and then? ?”

Because you are dissatisfied, because you did not meet your requirements, because you are not too good, so you have to be punished?

Ye Baiting: "When a child grows up, the company of parents is very important, but staying in the same room is not just company. Parents have to play with him, talk with him, and play games with him. He learns and masters new things through your behavior habits. knowledge, social skills, if the parents can’t do these things, they will miss most of the children’s time to explore the world, and every time they come back, they will only check their homework, find faults, or even beat and scold them. "Why don't you care?" Emotions like this, no matter how obedient they are on the surface, they are psychologically dissatisfied, Mu An seems to have an amiable personality and is considerate in every way, has he ever had similar resentment in his heart?"

Shen Jiang shook his head: "I'm afraid Mu An himself wouldn't talk about these things. His experience back then, if it was a little more simple, the servants would still talk about it. If the question was deep, I'm afraid they would keep it secret and dare not say more."

Qiu Yiqing knocked on the table with his knuckles: "Lu family, Lu Xingming was adopted by Lu Yisheng and his wife as a parent-child. Why did he stay at home for a year in the middle? And why did he come back after a year and suddenly changed his words and stopped calling his parents? Did you call uncle and aunt?"

Shen Jiang immediately understood: "It seems that this matter needs to be investigated carefully!"

Ye Baiting was thoughtful: "Ms. Li is a very capable woman. She handles everything in an orderly manner at home and can grasp everything. Although she can't have children, she is very energetic. According to the testimony of everyone, she is also a bit strong. She will urge her husband to make progress. , will also ask Lu Xingming in the part that can be seen by the naked eye, but you can see from Lu Xingming's description, "Only when you hit her hand, you will be fined and grounded." Other times, you can play as you want, without restraint, you can see that she The requirements for children are far less than those who urge their husbands to come. This kind of parent-child relationship... It seems more like that she lacks a person who will take care of her and die. As long as there is such a person, it is enough to earn money and status. count on."

"Perhaps something happened when she was young. When she first picked up the child, she abandoned the idea of ​​establishing a good parent-child relationship. Without expectations, there will be no disappointment, and there is no need to be painstaking and loyal. She may feel that this The matter is too risky, if you are not familiar with it, you will be hated and betrayed, it is better to give what you want, as long as you don't grow too crooked, and you can be polite and filial in the future."

Li's performance in Shen Jiang's investigation data, in Ye Baiting's view, it seems that he is raising a child, but he doesn't care about it. It doesn't even matter if others call him mother or aunt, as long as it is still under her name in the genealogy. It is enough that he is not afraid that he will be unfilial in the future, and that the facts of his upbringing are correct.

"But children are the most sensitive. Whether they have status in the hearts of their parents, how high their status is, whether they can be self-willed, and how self-willed they are, they may not be able to tell for a while, but they know it in their hearts..."

As Ye Baiting said, he seemed to have found the source of Lu Xingming's rebellious and seemingly bad temper: "At first, this child hoped that his adoptive parents would pay more attention to him, even if he scolded him, he might have other children." There will be no money or playthings, but when other children have parents to coax them, he doesn't have... We don't know more details about his past, but I guess, he is not without complaints in his heart."

"Then let's put it this way..." Shen Jiang frowned, and drew a circle on Tang Feihan's name, "Wouldn't he have more anger in his heart?"

Qiu Yiqing: "It's not impossible."

Ye Baiting was a little confused: "Huh?"

"Master, you don't know..." Shen Jiangguang laughed out loud when he thought about the Tang family's affairs.

Ye Baiting fell silent after listening.

"This couple...is also a talent."

"Who said it wasn't?" Shen Jiang sighed regretfully, "Even now that Tang Fujing has suffered a stroke, he doesn't know if he will be able to wake up while lying in bed. He is not too old, and he keeps waking up. No one in the capital circle knows. Chewing someone's tongue!"

Ye Baiting: "It can be seen from the complicated family relationship that Tang Feihan has experienced wars since he was a child."

Being abandoned by his own father, having a bad relationship with his stepfather, being kicked out all the time, living with his mother, struggling to survive, even helping his mother to gain more living space, struggling with his stepfather's family, people are fearful... In the capital, my father is a villain who puts his interests first. Back then, he could abandon his son who was waiting to be fed and marry another noble daughter. How much affection does he have for his grown son now?Back and forth calculations, I'm afraid it's still a profit.

Tang Feihan had to fight with his biological father, with his half-brothers, with those in the capital circle, and even with his own mother, there were some unspeakable conflicts...

"His past experience, habits, and the details of getting along with his parents need to be understood more."

"I'll check it out!" Shen Jiang wrote it down in his notebook, "Check it out!"

If there is factual experience and detailed evidence, I am afraid this is the key direction!If not... In view of the previous experience in handling cases, what the young master said is correct, and he has not missed it so far. This time, it is probably the same. The young master has a special keenness in judging and evaluating people's hearts. no!

After finishing writing, he asked again: "So the murderer this time is among these three young people?"

Ye Baiting thought for a moment, and said: "I can only say that this is the most suitable direction for the motive of the murder among all my guesses, but the matter may not be done by me. If someone likes this person who has a tragic past, it is very Want to love him?"

Shen Jiang: "For example, Lu Yisheng? Or the proprietress of Liulifang?"

Lu Yisheng is directly Lu Xingming's uncle. The proprietress of Liulifang lost her husband and had an affair with someone else, maybe...

Ye Baiting asked Qiu Yiqing: "Can you check everything carefully?"

Qiu Yiqing nodded: "Yes."

Ye Baiting just laughed: "Let's check together, age is something you can't say for sure, some people are over 30 years old, and they still have to ask their mothers for everything. Ass, he is more than three years old, if other people have similar childhood experiences and similar regrets, but they are just dusty in memory, not triggered, and encounter special events, it is hard to say."

"There is also Zeng Sanniang of this Liulifang, who seems to be wandering around, has nothing to do with the case, and is not in the direction of the murderer delineated by the commander today, but there are so many Liulifang outside, why did the thief want to steal her house? What's so special about the house?"

"It seems to be better made?" Shen Jiang gestured, "The size is big enough, the pattern is not bad, and the transparency is higher than others. Although the price is two cents more expensive, it can be used like colored glaze. Who is inferior to this Money? You can choose, of course I choose her family."

Ye Baiting: "But the material used for 'Little Ball' is broken glass, not a whole piece of glass. It doesn't need these sizes, patterns, and transparency. Her products can play a role, so can other brands, 'Little Ball' What the creator wants is the additional damage brought by the sharp glass shards."

Shen Jiang: "Yes..."

Then why does it have to be her house?

"And her relationship with Sun Zhixing, and Lu Yisheng..."

It is a certainty that the former has an affair. Lu Yisheng only said that he knew each other, and nothing else?He is the one who wants to compete for the Shangguan of Honglu Temple, so shouldn't he have prepared something more?If this woman is smart, she can do a lot.

"Don't forget, there is also the blue bird." Ye Baiting finally reminded, "Someone fished in troubled waters in this case, how did the blueprint blueprint get out? Who is interested in making this? Whose family will have access to these things, who can get all kinds This kind of material... the command envoy should have checked it?"

Qiu Yiqing's head said: "Regardless of ordinary people or officials, if they are not involved in military affairs, it is impossible to have channels to contact, blueprints are impossible, and gunpowder is impossible."

Ye Baiting's expression of hatred and suspicion was a bit wrong: "But?"

Qiu Yiqing's eyes darkened: "The batch of gunpowder was missing during the escort, and it was stolen."

"Stolen?" Not to mention Ye Baiting, Shen Jiang was a little surprised, the transportation of these things was kept secret, how could someone know about it, and even go to steal it?

Qiu Xunqing: "I only got the news today, and I'm investigating."

Ye Baiting: "If the facts are as we speculated before, the perpetrator himself has no channels to know the blueprints and materials, and others have discovered his interests and want to cultivate them into pawns. They will send these things to him in the way of 'secret delivery', and guide He made things, threw them on the street, fished in troubled waters, and rescued the blue bird...Then these two people must know each other, or they are very familiar, or the distance is not too far, and they often have opportunities to meet, otherwise there is no way to gain fame , must have a good understanding of the production process of the small balls and the implementation of the perpetrator's plan."

"Young master means..." Shen Jiang stared, "Maybe there is abetting behavior in this case?"

It's not a gang committing crimes, and the mutual information is not completely transparent, but it is obvious that someone is standing on a high place, instigating, overlooking, and leading the unknown... All this is caused!

Ye Baiting: "We also need to pay attention to the fact that the proprietress of Liulifang had an affair with Sun Zhixing. In today's class, Sun Zhixing obviously concealed something. Why?"

Shen Jiang: "This kind of thing...who likes to talk about it?"

"But this is not somewhere else, it's Beizhen Fusi," Ye Baiting said with piercing eyes, "It's not a matter for the commander to ask questions in the hall, a little favor, or just a little romantic affair, if there is no other risk, there is no need to hide it so tightly Bar?"

Shen Jiang was thoughtful: "It's true..."

Qiu Yiqing: "There are also little thieves."

"The little thief has problems too?" Shen Jiang had a headache.

Ye Baiting knew what Qiu Yiqing was talking about: "As you can see, the little thief's skill level is not high, and his vigilance is not very high. We chased him effortlessly, but in Liulifang, the route was as familiar as returning home. I don't know how many times I have gone to my own home..."

Shen Jiang: "I'm afraid we'll have to wait for news from Gentiana Qin. He's talking nonsense over there, and we can't help."

Chou Yiqing: "There are also the two previous deceased."

Ye Baiting: "The 'accident' they had was really unexpected. They had a planned route, but they suddenly changed and wanted to do something else. Why? But they suddenly saw something, or suddenly remembered something, Who did you see? This point is still unresolved and needs to be investigated again.”

Shen Jiang continued to record in the small notebook: "Yes."

"There is also physical evidence."

"Now that we have confirmed the suspects, let's check their timeline," Ye Baiting said, "Where were they and what were they doing when several accidents happened, and where were they and what did they do after the accidents?" What? After the perpetrator throws the small ball, there will inevitably be something left on his body, or a smell, or a trace, and if it is more serious, the traces of burnt clothes cannot be hidden, and it has to be dealt with..."

"Understood, if these can be found, it will be the key evidence!"

Qiu Xunqing: "There is one last point——"

Ye Baiting: "Why did the perpetrator dare to attack Beizhen Fusi?"

Judging from the analysis of the case, the information of Jade Bird's person and the perpetrator are inconsistent. Jade Bird just wanted to take an opportunity. The perpetrator didn't know that others wanted to escape from prison. Why did he put the crime location on the street outside Fusi, Beizhen?Who gave him courage, who gave him guidance?

Shen Jiang's small notebook kept memorizing more and more, and the pages were almost full. He didn't expect the workload problem, and his eyes became brighter and brighter. If these things could be written down one by one, the case would be solved immediately. up!

"Then I'll go out to do some errands right away, the young master is waiting for my good news!"

Excitedly rushing out, Shen Jiang felt something was wrong, so he ran back and saluted Qiu Yiqing: "The commander is waiting for my good news!"

Qiu Suiqing: ...

"get out."

As soon as Shen Jiang left, the room quickly quieted down, and a needle could be heard.

Qiu Xunqing looked at Xiao Wuzuo for a while: "Still thinking about the case?"

Ye Baiting shook his head: "The speculation about the case has just been finished, I want more, I need more details, I suddenly remembered just now, the atmosphere of the blue bird... seems to be a little bit wrong, not so, how do you say, noble? "

Qiu Yiqing: "Why do you think he should be extravagant?"

"Because when you first mentioned the topic 'someone might escape from prison' to me, I guessed it was a prince or princess from a foreign race." Ye Baiting frowned, "Now I feel a little...disappointed."

Qiu Xunqing: "Who is he, we will always know, whether it is noble or commoner, he can't run away."

"That's true."

Ye Baiting is actually very concerned about one more thing, that is, when he was face to face with Qingniao today, he guessed that during the process of speaking, there were two times when Qingniao showed a meaningful smile, it was definitely not a compliment or vigilance, it was probably his logical guess Wrong, what is it?

It's a pity that I still can't figure it out for a while.

It's fine if you can't figure it out, Ye Baiting shook his head, temporarily put these things behind his mind, let himself rest, and think about it later, there may be different gains.

I don’t want to think about this anymore, and something else popped into my mind. For example, what was not discussed at the time, Qingniao said he was a chick, and invited Qiu Yiqing to try it with him, so that the experience will be unforgettable...

"What Jade Bird said today..." Ye Baiting just started, but felt a little ashamed and couldn't go on.

Qiu Xunqing looked at the top of Xiao Wuzuo's head, and said softly, "I don't listen to him, I listen to you."

Ye Baiting nodded, feeling a little hot at the base of his ears: "Don't trust him."

"Ah."

"He just wants us to be awkward, but he just doesn't want to see us well!"

"Ah."

"He's just... don't always be um, just talk!"

Ye Baiting's heart beat a little faster, she glared at Qiu Xingqing, and concealedly went to take out the teacup, but when she took it up, she found that the tea was gone, what are you drinking tea leaves for?Stupid not stupid!

Qiu Yiqing took the teacup from his hands naturally, held the pot and poured the tea, without embarrassment at all, as if whoever was embarrassed would make a fuss.

"Go on." He put the teacup back into the other party's hand again, calmly, without any change in expression.

Ye Baiting took a sip of tea, frowned, and then put it down again. He really didn't say anything about it: "How are you outside today? Are you tired? Shen Jiang said that the blue bird almost threw you off the cliff, but you didn't Let him finish..."

Qiu Yiqing was very calm: "No one can do this kind of thing."

Ye Baiting: "Huh?"

Qiu Yiqing: "Even if there is no Nandiexiang, the direction is unknown, and my back will never relax."

Ye Baiting instantly understood: "Did you do it on purpose? To lure him out, save yourself the trouble of looking?"

"Ah."

The teapot was already empty, Qiu Xunqing saw that he hadn't drunk the tea he had just handed over, so he reached out to take it and toasted——

"do not--"

Ye Baiting quickly reached out to stop him, but Qiu Xunqing had already lowered his head, touched the cup with his lips, did not touch the teacup, but kissed the back of the other's overstretched hand.

White and soft, like the best jade fat, warm and moist, with a touch of sweet-scented osmanthus.

The wind blows outside the window, I don't know who's heartbeat is startled.