The first work of the imperial prison

March sixteenth.

After working day and night, Jin Yiwei found more things. The interest groups behind the 'fraud' have yet to be rooted out. There is not enough time, but the facts of this murder case have become clear. Tomorrow is the imperial examination, and today must be settled first!

"Come on, let's solve this case first!"

Shen Jiang walked out of the room first, full of momentum.

In the main hall of Beizhen Fusi, the table is set up, the atmosphere is solemn, the bright spring sun shines in, falls on the corner of the table, falls on the ground, so bright, so dazzling, as if there is no dark place in the world that cannot be illuminated, and there is no darkness that cannot be seen clearly .

Geng Yuanzhong, He Yiming, Gao Jun, Hu Anju, Yu Lianhai...all the people involved in this case stood in front of the hall, watching their noses, noses, noses, and hearts, all silent, only clenched their fingers slightly, their eyelids trembled slightly, and their eyes trembled slightly. When the bottom moves slightly, it reveals one or two tense and vigilant emotions.

Qiu Yiqing sat behind the case table, his sharp gaze slid across the hall, and his voice was as steady as a bell: "This time, there have been many murders, and all of them involved scientific research. Chunwei selected scholars for the country. It is a big matter. Anyone who dares to reach out maliciously, The crime is not to be punished! This envoy has the full authority to investigate this matter under the sacred will. Now that the evidence is listed and the case is investigated in accordance with the law, I ask you to cooperate. Don’t be obsessed with ghosts for a while, implicate others, and ruin your own future.”

The room was quiet, no one spoke, and the scene was a little tense. Finally, Geng Yuanzhong cupped his hands and pretended to say: "Everyone is an official in the same court, serves the country, and is loyal to the Holy One. You have integrity in your bones and know what to say. What not to do, the commander can feel at ease."

Qiu Yiqing ignored him, and went straight to the point, pointing to the scholar of the Imperial Academy: "Hu Anju, you were a Jinshi in the middle of last year."

Hu Anju cupped his hands and saluted: "Yes."

"The outside world says that you are not good at learning and have excellent luck in exams, but that's the case?"

"Yes," Hu Anju lowered his eyes, "I have been studying for more than ten years, and I have never been as talented as others. I don't want to give up, so I can only work hard in private, do the questions tirelessly, and ask my teachers and friends frequently. I have come across similar questions, and I have asked others for advice... It is indeed a good luck in the exam."

Qiu Xunqing: "Similar questions? How did you encounter them? Who can give advice?"

Hu Anju lowered his eyes: "It's the subject that the master usually assigns homework. It's nothing special. After the completion, I will ask for advice. Master, if you don't believe it, you can ask the people below to investigate. The subordinate is not lying."

"If you say that the exam luck is good, the lower officials have similar experiences." Gao Jun smiled slightly, and said slowly, "The commander probably doesn't know, some experienced old masters will pay attention to every scientific exam, and see more question types , the direction, every time the next spring comes, I will happily bet on a question, sometimes I will win, sometimes I will not win, the official and this brother Hu are both from good family conditions, and can afford many masters, sir. In order to prepare well before the exam, I will ask for questions widely and ask for advice everywhere. Masters and gentlemen will do more questions and memorize more... In the future, I will be unlucky, but I will just memorize a few more questions. Is it just to help with luck?"

Qiu Xunqing looked at him: "Master Gao was also like that at that time?"

Gao Jun nodded: "I'm not going to hide it from the commander, it's true."

Qiu Xunqing: "Master Gao was on the list four years ago and became an official. This year he can assist the Enke University Examination, which shows that his political achievements are good."

Gao Jun: "The commander's envoys praise you. The ability to learn poetry and books in the belly of an official is not good. It doesn't necessarily mean that he is bad at dealing with people. Isn't being an official just for the people and for the court. Everything today is the result of ordinary hard work."

"What about you?" Qiu Yiqing looked at Hu Anju, "Why didn't you make any achievements after entering the Imperial Academy?"

The corners of Hu Anju's lips were slightly bitter: "Young official... lack of talent and learning, I am ashamed of the court and my majesty."

Qiu Yiqing tapped his long fingertips on the table: "Really? How did I hear that Mr. Hu has a gentle and witty personality, he pushes and pushes around, helps his colleagues settle many things, and helps the government avoid a lot of trouble. He is very helpful." For the sake of pleasure, others all praise it, and it is not because there is no chance of official achievements, but Mr. Hu didn't want it, and gave it to others—why, don't you like it?"

Hu Anju: "I just feel that... I am not qualified enough, and I still have a lot of room to grow, so I don't need to be so anxious for the time being."

Qiu Yiqing: "Is it because you are not in a hurry, or do you not want to get into trouble?"

Hu Anju paused: "This... the officer doesn't understand what the commander is talking about?"

Just this pause, the moment when his complexion changed drastically, not to mention Ye Baiting, even Shen Jiang understood it. It's not that Hu Anju didn't know what the commander was talking about, he knew it very clearly!

Are you really afraid of trouble?The troubles that promotion may bring?

Qiu Xunqing didn't press on, and asked about the deceased: "When Zhang You died, you said you were looking at the list, among the crowd?"

Hu Anju: "Yes."

"you sure?"

"The next officer is sure."

"Then why did someone witness that you were not always in the crowd and went back to the building?"

"Xiaguan..." Hu Anju clenched his hands, "Xiaguan just seemed to see someone and chased after him. When he got to the door of the teahouse, he realized that he had misread. He turned back to the crowd on the street and just walked in. Didn't go upstairs, and didn't see anything else."

"Who do you see? Zhang You?"

"No, I didn't see Zhang You."

"Who do you think you saw?" Qiu Xingqing's voice was weak, reminding him not to lie, "It's not an acquaintance, if you don't care, you probably won't chase."

Hu Anju paused for a long time this time before saying: "...Master He, I thought I saw He Yiming, Master He."

Qiu Qing's head was suspicious, and he turned to He Yiming: "When the incident happened, I asked you about it. You said that you went downstairs and never went up again. Why did Hu Anju see you?"

He Yiming raised his eyebrows slightly: "Didn't he say he saw it wrong? His eyesight is just clumsy."

"His eyesight is clumsy, and everyone else is blind too!" Shen Jiang brushed out Jin Yiwei's investigation and visit records, "You think everyone's attention is on the rankings, and they have no time to pay attention to other things. The shopkeepers in the teahouse are not dead. I saw you enter the building!"

He Yiming paused for a moment, then looked up at Shen Jiang: "Did he see what I did?"

Shen Jiang frowned and didn't speak, this really didn't happen.

Everyone's attention was distracted by the announcement, and it was rare for anyone to see him. As for where he went and what he did next, there were no witnesses.

But Shen Jiang still said: "Deliberately avoiding the eyes of others, you still say that you have no ghosts in your heart! I advise you to explain quickly and answer the commander's words well, otherwise you will be slapped in the face later, don't say you are wronged!"

He knows all the evidence!

He Yiming was not nervous, his gaze passed by Qiu Yiqing without a trace, there was a dark light in his eyes, and finally looked at Ye Baiting who was sitting on the side, the corners of his lips slightly raised, he straightened his sleeves pretendingly, and said: "I'm really looking forward to it."

"There is something special about this teahouse. It's at the corner of the third floor." Qiu Yiqing asked the people in the hall except He Yiming, "Do you know?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Wei He Yiming remained silent, showing no expression at all.

"Why don't you talk?" Qiu Yiqing looked at He Yiming, "You don't know either?"

He Yiming: "I don't—"

Qiu Xunqing: "It's normal if you don't know. If you knew, you wouldn't keep the dyed clothes for so long?"

He Yiming's eyelids twitched, obviously remembering something.

But now it was too late, Shen Jiang took the robe he wore that day, shook it off, and showed it to everyone: "How does Mr. He explain the red paint on the edge of the skirt?"

The robe has been washed, it is very clean, and there is even a faint smell of soap locust left, but inside the robe, there is a very obvious red spot on the part of the border and white lining, it is not big, like a very short thin line, but the color is too bright Intense, contrast is obvious, as long as you look closely, you can see it.

He Yiming's eyelids trembled slightly, and the surprise on his face did not seem to be fake.This red spot is too little, too small, so that he didn't notice it, not only him, but even the washers didn't notice it... Jin Yiwei's eyes are really sharp enough!

Standing in the Beizhen Fusi lobby, his voice became tense and astringent for the first time: "It's just some accidental traces, so what does it mean?"

Qiu Yiqing tapped his knuckles on the table, as if he was too lazy to deal with this kind of uncooperative person, and nodded Ye Baiting: "Come and ask Mr. He why lying is useless."

Ye Baiting: "Yes."

In today's class, he hasn't spoken yet. One is to observe the subtle changes in everyone's expressions, and the other is... some people are very arrogant when they see their arrogance. You know how to cooperate, don't you?

He opened the post-mortem grid on the table, his eyes were sharp, and his voice was clear and clear: "The deceased Zhang You suffered from internal bleeding, severe fractures, obvious extensive injuries from falls, no signs of poisoning, no pharmacological reactions, and the cause of death is obvious. Falling, the only unexplainable thing on the whole body is the small scratches on the back."

"The deceased was in a prone position, and the bruises on his back could not have been caused by a fall. To produce such scars, there were no traces of auxiliary resistance on the elbows, wrists, and upper and lower body. There is only one explanation—he had an accident with someone at that time. The behavior of pushing and shoving, restraining hands, and slamming the back against the wall is inevitable, and there is no way to resist. After checking by Jin Yiwei, no traces of fighting were found on the top floor, and the injury must have appeared downstairs—"

"The corner of the third floor of the tea house, the inner side, is a bit out of the way. Half a month ago, due to the long-term disrepair of the wooden fence, a batch was replaced. In order to maintain the overall style, it was specially painted red... Mr. He should have remembered?"

He Yiming did recall that he had smelled a faint smell of paint when he passed by, but he didn't pay attention to it. If Qiu Yiqing hadn't kept asking, he wouldn't even have remembered it, but the wooden railing was hanging in the air, only at the side, not at the foot, It's not easy to stick to...

He suspected that Jin Yiwei was deceiving him, but he still refused to admit it: "Others say that you are talented in autopsy, and you have lived together for so long, but as a brother, you didn't find out at all, but human life is at stake, and evidence is needed to solve a case. The deceased—"

Of course Ye Baiting has evidence: "The soles of the deceased's shoes have this kind of red paint!"

He stared at He Yiming with burning eyes: "The paint from half a month ago is basically dry, and it can't be removed unless you rub it vigorously. Zhang You had an argument with someone in this position, and between pushing and shoving, his back accidentally hit the wall." In front of him, his hands were restrained. In order to get out of trouble, he stepped on the side to borrow strength, and ruthlessly ran over the red paint, leaving traces on the soles of the shoes, but Mr. He may not have expected that Zhang You stepped on the wooden railings on the soles of the shoes and crushed the ground. At the same time as the red paint, it also stepped on the corners of your clothes, so this kind of marks are also left on your robes!"

After Ye Baiting finished speaking, he stopped, waiting for He Yiming's response, waiting for him to find various angles to argue, but it was very difficult, the evidence was right in front of him, it was difficult to speculate in other directions after the facts, and he had nothing to say.

He had nothing to say, but Ye Baiting hadn't finished yet: "There was such an argument, and you even moved your hands. It's impossible for your clothes to be tidy. You tidied them up specially, so after the murder, everyone's clothes were more or less wrinkled. You are the most straightforward-you said that you cherish your feathers and your image, and you didn't have this problem before."

He Yiming immediately narrowed his eyes: "You were there that day!"

When Qiu Yiqing asked him, Ye Baiting must have secretly read it, otherwise how could he even know what he said?

"Subordinates don't abide by the rules, exceed their powers and responsibilities, eavesdrop and peep, is this the discipline of Jin Yiwei?" He turned to Qiu Xunqing, "The commander doesn't care?"

Qiu Xunqing: "How did the envoy order the deployment, and where do you know?"

I made it up, I facilitated it, do you have an opinion?If you have any opinions, hold back, the arrangement of my Beizhen Fusi is none of your business!

He Yiming: ...

Ye Baiting stared at him: "It's not that Mr. He didn't go up after you went downstairs that day. You went back to the teahouse and had an argument with Zhang You on the third floor. You lied in all your prefaces. What I said is terrible. right?"

He Yiming's face was dark, Ye Baiting was right, very correct, as if he saw what happened at that time, but——

"So what? I'm just looking out for everyone's face. I don't need to speak out about trivial matters that have nothing to do with the case. It will only increase the troubles of those around me."

"What face, whose face? Why are you so sure that this is a 'trivial matter' and has nothing to do with the case?"

He Yiming squinted his eyes, being held up to such a height, he seemed to really have to explain it, and he had to explain it clearly, otherwise he would have a ghost in his heart, and he would be questioned more deeply, something that must not be known to others...

"Outside the list, Zhang You was not named on the list. I feel very ashamed. I have let out all my big words before. If this matter fails, there must be a reason. He doesn't look for it on himself, but thinks that others hurt him. Everyone knows that he doesn't treat me very well. Friendly, I always thought that I would attack him, but at this time I was eager to vent my anger on others, so you will find me?"

He Yiming snorted: "I'm busy with business all day long, and I'm not idle. How can I work so hard to get along with irrelevant people? If he wants to wear this kind of hat, it's impossible for him to admit it. He told me in a hurry. Of course I won't fight with you, just get rid of him, it's as simple as that."

Ye Baiting: "Where did you go after that?"

He Yiming: "We broke up unhappy, who knows where he went."

Ye Baiting: "Why does he think that you will stop him in the matter of the imperial examination?"

He Yiming just laughed: "How do I know? Shouldn't he ask his cousin Mr. Geng about this kind of thing? I'm also curious."

"Since it doesn't matter, you are not wrong in this matter, why didn't you say anything to the commander before?"

"I'm afraid," He Yiming said with genuine emotion, "after all, the time is so close, and I had an argument with the deceased, and I'm also afraid that you will regard me as a murderer. Unjust cases are everywhere in the world, and Beizhen Fusi is not without it. You once misunderstood me again, and you always feel that you have a grudge against me, whisper something in the commander's ear, give me some wind, I can get it, okay?"

Shen Jiang slapped the table down: "Answer what you ask, and stop talking nonsense!"

How dare you arrange for the young master and the commander, I see that you don't want to leave this North Town Fusi anymore!

Qiu Yiqing's slender fingertips tapped on the table, slowly and rhythmically. If you look at it twice, you will feel depressed and uncomfortable: "It seems that Mr. Hu's words were right before, and he did see you."

He Yiming nodded and admitted: "That's right, he should have seen me."

Qiu Xunqing then asked Hu Anju: "You clearly saw He Yiming, you saw it clearly, why didn't you admit it, did you say you saw it wrong? But you saw the scene of the two arguing?"

Hu Anju smiled wryly: "At this point, how dare I lie, Xiaguan did see the two of them, it seemed that there was an argument at the corner of the third floor, but they quickly disappeared one after the other... Xiaguan is just not so curious Heart, just back out."

Ye Baiting: "They disappeared one after the other, where did they go?"

Hu Anju shook his head: "I don't know."

"Why are the two arguing?"

"I don't know either."

Hu Anju replied very slowly, and his gaze basically kept drooping, not facing anyone.

"Today, in front of the Fusi Hall in Beizhen, the commanding envoy personally asked the case." Ye Baiting's eyes were clear, "I advise Mr. Hu that there will be no such opportunities in the future. If you know something, it's better to say it as soon as possible. It may not be useful in the future."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Gao Jun again: "There is also Mr. Gao, meritorious achievements are not obtained only by pleasing the boss. There is a better way and a more correct way. You might as well think about it carefully."

The hall was as quiet as ever, and no one wanted to speak.

In the end, Geng Yuanzhong, the one with the highest official position in the crowd, stood up: "It's hard to paint the skin of a painted tiger. You know people, you don't know your heart, and the person standing in front of you is a ghost. Who knows if you have been tricked? Now that Jin Yiwei has investigated the case and learned the truth, naturally everything depends on your evidence."

These words are a bit high-level, a little bit of insult, and also a little bit of yin and yang, like scolding He Yiming, and also like scolding Beizhen Fusi.

Ye Baiting thought for a while, and said: "Master Geng's words are very true. The environment of Fusi in Beizhen is simple. I often feel emotional because I don't see the multi-faceted nature of people. I am very curious about official affairs. I don't know how many people are interested in each other. What's your opinion?"

Geng Yuanzhong frowned: "This is related to the case..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Baiting turned to Qiu Yiqing: "Commander, can I ask this?"

The commander was stern and selfless: "This is the hall of Fusi in Beizhen. You can ask about anything related to the case."

Ye Baiting cupped his hands: "Thank you Commander."

Geng Yuanzhong: ...

The commander has spoken, what else can he say?

"Then let's come one by one?" Ye Baiting first pointed at Yu Lianhai: "We'll start with you."

Yu Lianhai came to the church today, and his sense of presence has always been very low. He was a little nervous when he was called for the first time, and pointed to his nose: "Me?"

Ye Baiting: "That's right, it's you, let's talk."

Yu Lianhai subconsciously looked at the people in the hall, no one else said anything, just looking at Geng Yuanzhong, his brow was sweating: "Master Geng is deep, far-sighted, and has a thousand plans... so, is he very powerful?"

"What about the rest?"

"Master He is far-reaching and powerful. Master Gao can handle any situation, and he is equally powerful..." Yu Lianhai seemed to be unable to think of more adjectives. When he came to Hu Anju, he simply didn't say anything. A good man, praised by others, is not an ordinary person."

Ye Baiting pointed to Hu Anju.

Hu Anju glanced at everyone one by one: "Master Geng is majestic, Mr. He is cautious, Mr. Gao is lenient, and Mr. Yu Wenli...is very quiet."

Gao Jun: "Master Geng is reliable, Mr. He is smart, Mr. Hu has a lot of room for growth, and Mr. Yu Wenli... is a small man."

Geng Yuanzhong: "Master He is unparalleled in wisdom and patience, he is a man; Gao Jun has a delicate mind, he handles things smoothly, and he will have a smooth career in the future, he is a man; Hu Anju is too young, not because he is incapable, but he can't see clearly. Once the clouds and fog are cleared, he may be a character in the future; Yu Lianhai... is timid and cowardly, and has no merits other than being meticulous, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be a character in this life."

Yu Lianhai: ...

thank you.

Finally, when he arrived at He Yiming, his eyes glanced over Geng Yuanzhong, Gao Jun, and Hu Anju one by one, and his words became more concise: "Vanity, ambition, and timidity," and finally fell on Yu Lianhai, "Since I feel that my life is very important , just stop fighting."

The hall became quiet again.

I am afraid that apart from Ye Baiting and Qiu Yiqing, no one else understands the purpose of these questions, and they don't know what to gain.

The two exchanged glances, Ye Baiting nodded, and Qiu Yiqing released another message: "Master He has no impression of the name Hanrui?"

He Yiming: "I remember this question, the commander asked it at the scene? My answer is still, I don't know, I don't know, I have no impression."

Qiu Yiqing: "What about 'Chu Yao'?"

Chu Yao is Hanrui's flower name, and she occasionally uses this name when receiving special guests in her private nest.

He Yiming paused: "Chuyao? Isn't Mr. Geng's best friend? I vaguely remember that someone once teased Mr. Geng in front of Mr. Geng, could it be—"

He suddenly figured out what was coming, and covered his mouth with his hand: "Chu Yao and Hanrui...that's interesting."

After watching the whole process of He Yiming's expression changes, Qiu Yiqing turned to Geng Yuanzhong: "Master Geng?"

Geng Yuanzhong was very displeased, very displeased, and there were many unspeakable things in his expression when he looked at He Yiming, which was similar to anger and disgust, and he was full of vigilance and precaution: "I didn't expect that Mr. psychic."

He Yiming smiled: "Master Geng is too modest, I didn't expect that Mr. Geng...you can play like this."

He turned to Qiu Yiqing: "The commander has asked this question before, and it is impossible to always ask for nothing. I wondered in my heart, did this girl go to a teahouse? Tsk tsk, I only heard that Zhang You was lustful, and the family was forced to Helpless, the management is very strict, and he is never allowed to play too much outside. This kind of stuff that comes out of the private nest is definitely not allowed to touch him. He can play so big and so secretively. Could it be this uncle, Master Geng personally sent it?"

"That's too bad, Mr. Geng is very suspicious of Zhang You's accidental death."

The woman Zhang You likes the most is his cousin, Geng Yuanzhong stuffed her in the past... This is a lot of information.

Geng Yuanzhong is closely related to the fraud in the imperial examination and participated in many manipulations behind the scenes. He has a lot of power in this matter, but he refused to help when Zhang You came to him.It is definitely not because of family background, nor is it because the money is not in place. People like them will not be short of money if they lack anything. They still have relatives. The reason why they are unwilling to help... must be that they cannot help, and the organization has rules .

But Zhang You's temperament, he is very clear, in order to avoid trouble in the future, he found a way to send a woman there, so that he can handle it later.But it was obvious that Zhang You didn't listen to his warning, and before it was time for a woman to handle him, he went astray.

then what should we do?

When it was time to solve it... of course it had to be solved.

Qiu Yiqing sat at the head and knocked on the table: "Others are accusing you of murder, so Master Geng has nothing to say?"