The first work of the imperial prison

After listening to the young master's discussion and sorting out all the unimaginable relationships, Shen Jiang rarely remained silent for a while.

"If you put it this way... In this family, it seems that only the second child's family has always been outside the circle of the capital, far away from these messy rules."

"Not bad." Ye Baiting nodded.

Ying Puxin's biological mother has never been in the palace for the rest of her life. Her natal family can help Ying Gonghou. The local status is evident. She is very ambitious. No matter how this marriage happens, does she feel that she has been cheated by others? He is still very good to his son, Ying Puxin grew up smoothly, he can read books and know the etiquette, but he doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to do.

When he was a teenager, he often quarreled with the old Hou Ye. He didn't care if he would make his father angry or not, and his mother didn't care. He walked very freely and went wherever he wanted. No return, very capricious.

But he didn't seem to be curious about the capital city at all, and he even hated it. After traveling to so many places, he never set foot in the direction of the capital city until his mother passed away.

For a long time, he may have been the most relaxed person in the Hou Mansion, growing up wanton, flamboyant and self-willed.

The same is true for Cai, her background is not very good, she has such a gambler father, she has been fighting fiercely throughout her growing up, and has been walking on the edge of the cliff, but she did not give up despite the difficulties and dangers, and stubbornly blossomed in the quagmire Come on, she is wild and long, with amazing vitality.

Before entering the Marquis' Mansion, the two of them had very limited understanding of the capital, and their personality concepts were very different from those 'rules'.

Shen Jiang: "The eunuch of Dongchang said that Mrs. Cai used to have contacts with bandits and had a close relationship. The uncle's scientific name died at the hands of bandits. Could it be related?"

Ye Baiting also had doubts about this question, so he turned to Qiu Yiqing.

"Not necessarily." Qiu Yiqing shook his head, "Dongchang emphasized that this is a 'rumor'. What is the truth? Whether the Cai family and the gangsters just knew each other, or formed a gang to do things together, it is currently impossible to confirm. And it's too far away..."

Ye Baiting: "Is it difficult for foreign forces to invade the capital?"

Qiu Yiqing: "If it's just bandits without background, it's very difficult."

Ying Gonghou encountered bandits, and Shi Xueming was killed. Neither of these two things is trivial. At that time, the government thoroughly investigated the bandits, not to mention bandits with unknown situation in other places, even locals, it is difficult to organize such an effective and bold action. .

"Who is that beauty in the painting?" Shen Jiang rubbed his chin, "Ying Puxin seems to be a little different from the people in the Hou's mansion. He likes others, draws pictures and writes love poems, like a gentleman. Who does he like? Has he acted?"

Ye Baiting shook his head, there is no obvious evidence for this line, just look at the relationship between husband and wife, the environment of the Marquis, and the complexities of various relationships, no matter who he likes, there must be many hidden dangers ahead, there are many conflicts, conflicts are inevitable.

"Let's take a look at the big timeline, start from the beginning, and see if we can think of anything."

Ye Baiting sorted out his thoughts, and said slowly: "The old Hou Ye married the Fa's wife's family and gave birth to a daughter and a son. He focused on cultivating the eldest son, Ying Haorong, and neglected the eldest daughter, Ying Baisu, because this is a tradition. After Fa's wife died, he was restrained by the Yue family. , He didn't renew immediately, maybe he had been prepared for a long time before renewing, but he encountered a lot of obstacles in the local area when he was transferred to a new post. After careful consideration, he married his next wife and gave birth to his second son. "

Shen Jiang snorted: "The act of giving birth to a second child may be intentional, in order to bind the new Yue family, otherwise the old man will find out that this seemingly humble and low-key Lord Hou has a very 'exciting' side in the capital, how could he not?" Wouldn’t it be bad luck? Wouldn’t everything be more convenient if you have children and grandchildren by blood? So what if you know, can you tell your grandson not to have a father?”

Ye Baiting: "During this process, Lord Hou will return to the capital from time to time. It may be for official business reports, it may be for relationship, or it may simply come back to see the prince."

Shen Jiang snorted again: "Then I couldn't control my belt, and gave birth to a concubine and third son with a maidservant."

"At this time, he should start thinking about proposing marriage for the eldest son, and cultivating the expression of a 'childhood sweetheart' for a young couple..." Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's really early for him to set his sights on Mrs. Wang."

Shen Jiang yelled, "Lives!"

The next few years will be relatively calm, and it will be the time for the children to grow up. After one or two grow up, an important time node will appear.

Ye Baiting: "Among all the people, Ying Baisu is the oldest, and girls usually develop mentally a step earlier. Does Old Hou know about her and the butler Xu Kai?"

Qiu Xunqing: "At first I definitely didn't know, but later on I don't necessarily know."

The old Hou Ye was often out of town during this period, and in response to Bai Su's control and requirements, he was to be obedient, not to cause trouble, and not to lose the face of the Hou Mansion. There was no mistress in the house, and Ying Bai Su, a boudoir girl, didn't even have the chance to go out as a guest. Rarely, coupled with the comparison of the treatment of the eldest son and younger brother, it is inevitable that he will feel unbalanced and have other thoughts.

The father-in-law of Xichang said that Ying Baisu was severely punished twice, and then she understood who gave her a rich life and how easy it is to take it back... Since then, Ying Baisu has been punished tamed.

Ye Baiting felt that these two punishments were probably due to Ying Baisu's resistance when the old Hou Ye returned to Beijing, and it was also the answer given by the old Hou Ye.

Afterwards, a series of marriages were decided and arranged. Ying Baisu had to marry because the Hou family "can't afford to lose face"; the second master Ying Puxin's marriage arrangement was to ensure the absolute interests of the son; Part of the reason for their marriage is that they will be criticized if they don't manage it for their son, and the other part is the consideration of interests.

After that, the uncle's historical name and the second master's Ying Puxin died successively.

One was six years ago and the other was four years ago.

"Six years ago when the Hou's mansion encountered bandits, did you investigate clearly?" He looked at Qiu Xunqing, "It's the first time a dead person appeared in the Hou's mansion, no matter how you think about it, it's a little sensitive."

Could it be that the source of all murderous thoughts is actually here?

Qiu Yiqing raised his eyebrows: "Six years ago, Ying Puxin and his wife officially returned home and settled in the capital. Due to etiquette, they brought Ying Baisu back home to visit relatives. Everyone in the Houfu was there that day."

"What about the time?" Ye Baiting thinks this is very important. If they just came back, Ying Puxin and his wife don't even have the time to get familiar with themselves. Even if they have 'bandit friends' outside, it is difficult to start immediately.

You have to gather intelligence, right?How many masters are there in the family, how do the servants take turns in the nursing home, where is there a chance to sneak in, is there any major event that is inconvenient this day, can't you step on the plan?

Shen Jiang understood this better: "The rules are different for married women. Even if you want to go back to your mother's house, you have to be considerate in every way. It's impossible for the second wife to go back as soon as she comes back. It's so warm. Where did you put your brother and son?"

So this time is a certain number of days after Erfang came back...

Qiu Yiqing nodded: "20 days."

Ye Baiting was thoughtful, a month younger, smart enough to figure out a lot of things, and even fought several times in secret.

"There was a banquet that day, which lasted for a long time. Almost all the men were drunk and drank hangover soup. Before or after, bandits sneaked in and killed people to find money..." Qiu Xunqing slowly told the story, "Hou The mansion lost a lot of treasures, many servants died, and because the yard was too big, the news transmission was too slow, and all the masters drank alcohol, they were not sober, and suffered heavy losses."

He had already missed the opportunity to prepare, and he was too late to react. It was only normal to be pushed and beaten by others.

Ye Baiting understood: "...so the historical name was taken away, and at the same time, the Hou Mansion decided to build a secret passage?"

Qiu Suiqing's head: "The news from the Hou's Mansion and the government is that after the chaos, the historian took Ying Bai Su back to his home and was kidnapped on the way. I didn't even see anyone, and I didn't feel that the reason was my own, so it was very unpleasant for a time."

Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes: "What about after that? Has the historical name appeared in front of people?"

"No," Qiu Yiqing shook his head, "The bandits demanded a ransom from the historian in his name, and the attached token was also his property, but he himself has never appeared since then."

Including the corpse at the bottom of the cliff, except for the clothes, nothing else can be recognized at all.

Ye Baiting lowered his eyes, this is a bit of a problem...

Shen Jiang: "Since all the masters were there that day, why did the bandits only arrest him and not others? If they didn't step on the spot, it might be easy to catch a master at random, but for such a big ticket, how could they not step on the spot? As long as If you step on it, you will know that it is more beneficial to capture the hostages of the Marquis Mansion, are these people stupid?"

Ye Baiting looked at Qiu Yiqing: "I remember that the bandit's reason for tearing up the ticket is very simple, it's dissatisfaction, what happened during the process of asking for ransom, they are so dissatisfied?"

Qiu Yiqing: "There's a lot of movement."

Ye Baiting was almost amused by these words: "They are a group of bandits, they enter the mansion during the daytime to make troubles, they make such a big noise, they kill people and take people away, how can they despise the big noise in the government?"

Isn't this a certain thing?At this time, when they are engaged in this 'business', they should have thought of it, unless all of this...is an excuse.

"How did you deal with it afterwards? The historian lost his life, and the government was beaten in the face. Can this matter pass easily?"

"The bandit was raided from his hometown, and a hilltop in the suburbs of Beijing was directly wiped out, leaving no one alive. The historian and the Hou's mansion can't see anything unusual," Qiu Suiqing paused, "But two months after the incident, the junior historian Suddenly, his official career went very smoothly, he was promoted very quickly, and his business wealth also quadrupled."

Ye Baiting: "So in this matter, the Hou Mansion was at fault and compensated... What about Ying Baisu? It was also this year, and he returned home?"

"No," this Shen Jiang knew, "she was only taken home the second year after this passed!"

Two years later, that is, four years ago...

Ye Baiting raised his eyebrows: "When Ying Pu died?"

Qiu Xunqing knew what he was thinking: "These two things happened back and forth, there is no causal relationship in time, and the two have never met each other. Ying Puxin died in the torrential rain, and the river embankment collapsed. I have already investigated the person he saved back then, and it was Ying Pu who acted on his own initiative, there was no one who pushed his hands, and Ying Baisu was taken back to the Hou Mansion only after the heavy rain disaster had passed more than two months after his death."

Ye Baiting was thoughtful, and then there was another question: "In what year did the deceased Ying Yutong get better? Does it have anything to do with these two incidents?"

Qiu Xunqing cast admiring glances, which is indeed crucial: "He got married six years ago."

six years ago……

Ye Baiting lowered his eyes and thought, this third master was very daring in the year of marriage, resisting marriage, flirting, sensuality, there is nothing taboo, if he knows any secrets, it must be before that.

Six years ago, the second brother and his wife had not yet returned to Beijing. Although the marriage relationship between the sister and brother-in-law was not good, the brother-in-law was not dead yet.

So what he knows and relies on must not be the secret of this matter, it must have been earlier, for example - the personal relationship of the elders.

No matter how you think about it, it can only be this matter. He himself is not yet married, and the eldest son and Lu family have not had time to get to know each other. Apart from the matter of father and sister-in-law, what else could it be?

"If the so-called 'secret affair' is known, it doesn't matter if you know it. There is no need for Ying Yutong to die, and he has lived safely and luxuriously for so many years," Ye Baiting analyzed, "Why did others suddenly kill him?"

Qiu Xunqing tapped his knuckles on the table twice: "There are two reasons. First, Ying Yutong knows something else, more important secrets; second, Ying Yutong is planning to do something else, or has already done something. Well, this matter will affect the maintenance of the great secret, and it will be detrimental to the Hou Mansion, or someone."

Ye Baiting: "With his IQ and scheming...it's really hard to hide what he wants to do, and it's very easy to be silenced."

But what did he know?

The eyes of the two collided, and they both paused: "The corpse in the wall!"

Did Ying Yutong know about this matter, guess or confirm it, and want to use this secret in exchange for more wealth and enjoyment... Be bolder, could he already know that the murderer of this person is who?

The only evidence of the identity of the corpse is the finger wrench with the name written on it.

"The second room's information is very important!"

"Ying Pu's heart is dead, Cai's memory is lost, she must be reminded quickly!"

It was really difficult for Shen Jiang to keep up with his train of thought. If it wasn't for the recent continuous handling of cases and training, his brain couldn't keep up at all. He couldn't get his mouth in the discussion between the young master and the commander. He just lowered his head and brushed. Record……

But the only way to restore memory is to find medicine?

"Is this medicine clear what it is? For example, does it have to be medicinal materials, steamed buns to eat, water to drink, is it okay? Does it have to be ingested? Special taste stimulation, or special pain, such as a needle or something of?"

Shen Jiang asked a very good question, and Ye Baiting looked at Qiu Yiqing: "Dongchang just told me that there is such a medicine in the Jianghu, and the operation method and solution are a bit special, and the details need to be sent by the commander. It's confirmed."

Qiu Xunqing's head: "Okay." After a pause, he said again, "This time you have been busy for too long, you need to pay attention to rest."

Ye Baiting: "Huh?"

Qiu Yiqing looked towards the window: "Thank you for recovering the skull."

Shen Jiang just finished writing, put down the pen, twisted his slightly sore neck, looked away from the small whiteboard that was almost full of writing, followed the instructions, and saw the skull in front of the window——

"Is this the face of the dead man? Shock me!"

He walked over very curiously, and looked around: "What are the dots on it?" There are many dots on the nose, chin, and eye sockets, and there are a lot of pokes. It looks a little dense and a little scary.

Ye Baiting: "It's for positioning, and it will be removed after completion."

"Why are there so many...rulers?" Shen Jiang lowered his head and saw a pile of rulers with different widths and sizes. Some were even hard rulers, some were soft rulers, and some...he had difficulty recognizing them.

Ye Baiting walked over: "There are a lot of data to be measured."

"These words on the paper..."

"Data to calculate results."

Shen Jiang felt that his IQ was crushed, why he couldn't understand everything!

Ye Baiting didn't laugh at him this time, saying: "You just haven't learned it before."

Shen Jiang immediately looked at Qiu Yiqing. He had been thinking about the case as soon as he entered the door, and he was so absorbed that he didn't notice the thing by the window. It is estimated that the commander was the same. If he saw it rashly, he would be shocked. In the end... ...doesn't seem to be?

It's the first time I've seen the same thing, why don't you look surprised at all?

"Commander... have you seen it?"

"En." Qiu Yiqing nodded simply.

Now Ye Baiting was surprised: "When did you see it?"

Everyone was very busy these days, he didn't see Qiu Yiqing at all, he thought he never came back!

Qiu Xunqing looked at Xiao Zuo: "I came back at night." You didn't see me, but I saw you at least once a day. I knew how you worked and how you were so sleepy that you didn't sleep. He rubbed his voice warmly. Meaning, "This time the case is completed, and there will be a reward."

Sure enough, only in a place like Beizhen Fusi, is it rewarding to work overtime!

But as long as there is something to collect, Ye Baiting is happy, with a bright smile: "Okay."

Qiu Xingqing asked him, "Why do you insist on doing skull restoration?"

It's not like I haven't encountered a corpse whose face and identity can't be found before. The little gangster didn't do this. It can't be just lazy. The little gangster doesn't like to move when he's free. , more energetic and fanatical than anyone else.

"Probably intuition, there are difficulties in determining the identity of the deceased in this case," Ye Baiting said, "What we found was only a male skeleton, very young, with a finger wrench with the name 'Ying Puxin' written on it not far from the sole of the foot, but the skeleton of the Houfu" There are two people who belong to Wucun', one is the scientific name of my son-in-law, and the other is the second master Ying Puxin. Going forward, the historical name was 26 years old when he died, and Ying Puxin was 23 years old when he died. There is not much difference in age. It is also difficult to determine the characteristics, I have asked Jin Yiwei to ask, the fracture marks on the arm of the deceased, Ying Puxin also has historical names, and this bone appearance makes me very puzzled - I heard that Ying Puxin looks handsome, very challenge."

Shen Jiang was stunned: "Bones... can also see beauty and ugliness?"

Ye Baiting: "Ordinary people are not good-looking, isn't it all determined by their physical appearance?"

Shen Jiang was dumbfounded by his question: "Is it...?"

Ye Baiting raised his eyebrows: "For example, you can clearly see whether someone has a square face or a pointed face, a wide chin or a rounded nose, a high nose or a flat nose, a flat face or a deep outline...Is it good-looking? impression?"

Shen Jiang thought about it, and it seems to be the same reason, but ordinary people only look at the face, who can think of the bones?

Ye Baiting followed Shen Jiang to look at the skull on the workbench, explained the problem to him patiently, and explained to Qiu Yiqing in a low voice: "I'm not lazy if I didn't come up with this technology before... If I can use it in the future, I will do it again." use."

But Qiu Yiqing noticed the movement of covering his stomach: "Hungry?"

Ye Baiting: ...

"Is it all over inside? Help me open the door—"

It was just such a coincidence that Ye Baishao's meal was ready, and she personally brought the little soldiers over, holding the food box with both hands, unable to get it out, so she yelled.

Shen Jiang reacted quickly, rushed over and opened the door: "Hurry up, sister, come in, the young master is almost starving!"

"He, there is never a time when he is not hungry!"

With some teasing words in his mouth, Ye Baishao's subordinates kept on laying out the dishes one by one, filling up the table: "Come, eat!"

Cold and hot dishes, fried and fried, strong red, passionate spicy, colliding with bright white soup, green ingredients, fresh and spicy, crisp and sweet, in the hot air, people's smiling faces are a little blurred... …

The soup is hot and the dishes are plentiful, and relatives and friends are by your side. This is the most beautiful scene!

"I asked before cooking, can you all eat spicy? It doesn't matter if you don't like it, I also made a few white flavors, which are enough to adjust the taste!" Ye Baishao filled a bowl of hot soup for his younger brother, and put it aside to dry Then, he added a piece of meat to Shen Jiang, and a bigger piece of meat to Qiu Yiqing...

"Try my sister's handiwork. You can be picky if it's too salty or too spicy. In the future, my sister will keep it to make the taste you like!"

Ye Baiting's ears were a little red, she pulled her sister to sit down, and added a chopstick dish to her: "They all have hands, so you don't need to take care of them, come and eat together!"

This is really her own sister, who dislikes her younger brother, but secretly helps her younger brother, and calls herself her older sister in front of Qiu Yiqing... Do you think this man can't tell?

He secretly glanced at Qiu Yiqing, who had already looked over with deep eyes, obviously understood!

You see, my sister regards you as her own, why are you not ashamed at all!

Ye Baishao didn't notice her younger brother flirting with other people, she lost her mind, the dish that her younger brother put into the bowl for her was a small piece of pork belly, the kind that was [-]% skinny and [-]% fat.

She likes to eat this kind of meat the most, but other ladies don't eat fat meat, and they all say they will gain weight. She loves beauty, and she did gain weight for a while, so she often resists eating it, and even poses She hypnotizes herself with the look of "I hate this meat", so many people don't know that she likes it.

But my younger brother knows... my younger brother still remembers it to this day.

Finally, she ate the food her brother gave her again.For a time, she thought she would never have another chance.

Ye Baishao quickly put away the wetness in her eyes, it's all over, and she and her younger brother will never miss each other in their lives from now on!

"It's a rare day today, let's have a toast!" She brought the hip flask and began to pour the wine.

Ye Baiting refused: "No, I can't... I'll get drunk."

Ye Baishao glanced at his younger brother, you are a worthless little thing, this is not for you to drink!

After she finished pouring the wine, she picked it up with both hands: "My younger brother is not too young, but he is really a pain in the ass. My parents and I wished we could take care of him so tightly and raise him up. Maybe he was a little ignorant, and it wasn't his fault. It's because we didn't do a good job, Beizhen Fusi has had a difficult time in the past few months, and I'm afraid it will be very difficult for the two of you, so I thank you for your care on his behalf!"

She raised her head straight up and drank the wine.

"Sister is good at drinking!"

Others were so forthright, Shen Jiang did his part, raised his neck and had a drink with him.

Suspicious of Qing Xiao thinking about other people's younger brothers, it is even more impossible not to save face, and drank the wine in the glass.

"I don't understand the official affairs of Beizhen Fusi, and I don't dare to inquire about it. My younger brother has finally made progress. He will make great achievements in the future. He will never forget his kindness. Please don't dislike him! If he is disobedient—" Ye Baishao Filled up the glass of wine, originally wanted to say 'Just tell me, I don't want to teach him a lesson', saw Qiu Xunqing, and immediately changed the subject, "Hey, I can't control a married woman anymore, he has something now People on the top, Commander, you can’t be reluctant, the child is skinny, he must be taught, and he must be disciplined, if he dares to lose his temper and cause damage, he can ask me for compensation!"

She drank another glass, and Qiu Yiqing also accompanied her. The wine cup was gently placed on the table, and she looked at Xiao Wuzuo: "Sister, don't worry, I will teach him everything."

Ye Baishao looked at his younger brother and narrowed his eyes with a smile.

How are you, are you happy, are you beautiful in your heart?People are telling you to hold on!Others are pampered and spoiled, but you are good, you are weak, you force others to hold you for life, and you dare not use too much force, for fear of breaking you!

Ye Baiting also smiled, his eyes were crescent like crescents.

The delicious food soothes the stomach, and the affection warms the heart. This table of hot, delicious and spicy dishes is like fireworks in the world.

This is family.

It will always make people nostalgic, as long as you think of it, you will feel warm and yearn for the existence.