The first work of the imperial prison

It was still the same room and the same position just now, with the breeze blowing and the sun shining brightly, the two of them sat opposite each other in front of the window, so they didn't choose anything.

Qiu Xunqing held Xiao Zuo's hand and didn't let it go for a long time: "Aren't you afraid?"

"It's all over, what's there to be afraid of?" Ye Baiting let him hold his right hand, put his left hand on the table, and propped his chin, "Aren't you here?"

Chou Yiqing took advantage of it, and poured a cup of tea for Xiao Wu Zuo, but didn't pass it to him. After testing the temperature was just right, he stretched out his hand and asked the other party to drink from his hand.

This sticky and reluctant look...

Ye Baiting also enjoyed it very much, accepted it with a smile, not only sipped half a cup of tea, but also looked at the snacks on the table, hinting that Qiu Xingqing would feed him.

"Squeamish."

What can the commander do?If you raise a squeamish little master, you have to coax and get used to it.

Qiu Yiqing chose the best-looking snack and fed it to him: "Delicious?"

Ye Baiting's face swelled up while eating, like a little squirrel: "It's delicious! I want more!"

Qiu Yiqing: "...Okay."

After a sticky interaction, the uneasiness faded away, the previous accident was completely over, Qiu Yiqing held the person in his arms and kissed him twice, and he was able to let go of the other person's hand and talk properly.

"Is there any harvest today?"

"That's great," Ye Baiting said to him with a smile while yelling for food to be served outside, "Do you still remember that little box? Shen Jiang found it for me early in the morning, and it was used by Zhong Xingyan to communicate with Lu Ming That? I tried it, Bi Zhenghe knows this box, and also knows a lot of secrets about Zhong Xingyan and Lu Ming, he and Lu Ming must have colluded and cooperated!"

Qiu Yiqing frowned: "It seems that we need to step up this line."

"Yeah!" Ye Baiting nodded, just as a willow leaf blew in from outside and fell on the table in a swirl. He reached out to brush the willow leaf off, and suddenly remembered Su Tu's back standing under the willow tree just now.

This person... is somewhat hard for him to see.

Not mentioning the facts of the case, but only saying that Su Tu's protection for him seems to have been a little bit too much, and it doesn't seem to care about ordinary people. Why?Where did he attract Su Tu and make Su Tu treat him differently?

"Because you're cute?"

"Huh?" Ye Baiting reacted, only to realize that he was talking to himself just now and asked the question, and Qiu Xunqing's answer was cute?

Qiu Yi lowered his eyes, refilled the teacup, and pushed it over: "Su Tu has been a soldier, and it is instinct for a soldier to protect the people."

This explanation is correct, but Ye Baiting just felt that something was wrong, but this is not the point, he still told Qiu Yiqing everything that happened just now, in detail, to see if he missed any clues.

After hearing this, Qiu Xunqing pondered for a moment: "Bi Zhenghe said that the glass of wine that caused Lu Ming's death was poured by Su Tu?"

Ye Baiting nodded: "He has a problem with 'always drunk and asleep'. He seems to have missed everything. If you ask him anything, he can answer whether he knows, but he seems to have missed nothing. In fact, he knows everything."

The most suspicious point of this sentence is that the glass of wine that killed Lu Ming died. At the banquet that night, Lu Ming drank a lot of wine, whoever poured it. How could Bi Zhenghe be sure which glass of wine was the one that killed him?

"Bi Zhenghe must know something about other people's game tonight..."

But he won't say it.

Qiu Yiqing: "Shen Jiang is busy." He has to speed up.

The food came to the table very quickly. Needless to say, the dishes in Zhuzhilou are rich in dishes, with excellent color, fragrance and taste.

The waiter waiter served the dishes in a regular manner, and at the same time gave a message to his young master, saying that if you have anything to do, you can just ask for help, the proprietress is busy and has no time to come over to say hello, please don't blame the commander.

Ye Baiting knew it was intentional as soon as she heard it, just now she jumped out of the window and was rescued again, so how could her sister not know or care about such a big movement?Maybe he was angry earlier.She didn't come here, even though Qiu Yiqing was also there, just now it happened to be a "hero saves the beauty", if the older sister gets angry again, it can't ruin the younger brother's good deed, right?

She was too busy to come, she was reminding her brother to seize the opportunity.

Ye Baiting bent his lips, smiled and picked up a chopstick dish for Qiu Yiqing: "Come and try this, my sister just developed a new dish in the past two days."

Qiu Yiqing felt that Xiao Zuo was in a good mood: "Very happy?"

Ye Baiting: "Having a meal with you is so difficult, of course I am happy!"

Qiu Yiqing silently picked up a chopstick of meat for him, didn't say anything, but her expression was very obvious - you can talk more after a while.

Ye Baiting cleared his throat, and while eating, discussed a few issues with Qiu Xunqing for a while, and then temporarily pressed the murder case, and asked other questions: "Where are you? What can you gain?"

Qiu Yiqing: "I followed Mu Ya that night, and I snatched something from him."

Ye Baiting immediately perked up: "Is it related to the Eighth Prince?"

"It's hard to say that the things that were robbed inside the mission had nothing to do with this person, but the mechanism in the middle has not been opened yet," Qiu Yiqing raised his eyebrows, "The other party has encrypted it and needs a special way to decipher it. It may be a This book, or something else."

Ye Baiting: "...the Wala people are cautious enough."

Qiu Xunqing: "Now we have a direction, and there will be an answer in about two or three days."

"Strange," Ye Baiting thought for a while, "Did the Eighth Prince not overthink it? This is a chance to go home, so he's not in a hurry?"

"He is very cautious. I am afraid he wants to take a look at the contest within the mission first. Who is the leader of both sides, what ideas are they planning, and how to cut in can obtain the greatest benefit."

"That's right...the two sides are also fighting. If he is blind and chooses Uncle Jiu Wang's person and crashes in, how can he survive?" Ye Baiting didn't understand too much, "What else? There are other clues. No?"

Qiu Yiqing: "Your brother-in-law is fine, except for being a little busy, everything else is fine."

"Ah."

"Yan Rouman is fine. I sent you some important news. I can't say it yet."

"Ah."

"Then there is news from my side, related to the murder case," Qiu Xunqing tapped his knuckles on the table, "It is now basically confirmed that Lu Ming brought in the fake alcohol and wood essence that killed people on the night of the banquet. "

Ye Baiting paused with his chopsticks: "Did you find out?"

Qiu Xunqing: "Before he attended the banquet that night, he went to the warehouse on purpose, saying that he wanted to conduct random inspections. The large warehouses of the liquor business and the vegetable business are next to each other. Random inspections are also a frequent occurrence. No one thinks that It's strange, because there are too many busy people coming and going, and Lu Ming himself is not always in the same place, where he has been and what he has done in the end, no one knows..."

"However, yesterday the warehouse reconciled the account and cleared the inventory, and found that a bottle of wood essence was missing. This kind of thing is poisonous, and you must be careful when using it. It has always been guarded by a special person, and the number of people who can contact it is limited. The final investigation results proved that there is no other possibility. It can only be taken by Lu Ming."

He eats fast and doesn't delay in talking. Ye Baiting is a little curious about how this skill was developed, how this man can eat so fast, and still maintain table etiquette, being as elegant as a gentleman.

"What happened after that?" He raised his head and asked, "Did Lu Ming bring this fake wine to the banquet? Or did he give it to someone else?"

Qiu Xingqing: "Afterwards he met with Zhong Xingyan, but the bottle of counterfeit wine was not transferred, it was indeed he who brought it into the banquet scene himself."

"Did the people in Daha not check?"

"I've checked. According to Daha's rules, all the people who have a banquet are to be searched and are not allowed to bring any weapons. After the incident, we asked for a confession, and everyone also proved this point, including the porter. Everyone has been checked out and there are no issues."

"But there must be a problem."

"Yes, the concierge had an accident at that time. Just when Lu Ming entered the door, the concierge in front was called away because of other matters, and explained to the concierge behind, but the concierge behind didn't hear clearly, thinking that Lu Ming had already searched. Lu Ming himself said the same thing, so he simply let it go—Due to official business these days, Lu Ming often went in and out of the mission’s compound, and the concierges were familiar with it, so he was happy to save face, and he didn’t feel that the other party was lying.”

"Who knew there was a murder case later..." Ye Baiting compared his mood, and it was easy to understand, "The porter is afraid of causing trouble for himself, so he just kept silent? This porter is not one of us?"

Qiu Yiqing shook his head: "Our people are only responsible for guarding, as well as the first entry and exit threshold, and the Wala people are responsible for it."

Ye Baiting listened to the whole process: "In short, this fake wine was brought in by Lu Ming himself, and the evidence is conclusive. He brought it to the banquet hall and transferred it to the jug on the scene, but he certainly wouldn't kill himself, no A person would want to commit suicide in such a way, what would he want to do?"

Combining the clues from the past and what he just heard today, Qiu Yiqing pondered for a moment: "There is a possibility of framing."

Ye Baiting thought about it, and immediately knew what the other party was referring to: "The appearance of Su Jiujiu this night may be an accident, but the order for the previous wine is cleared, and Suji Winery will definitely come. The mission wants to open the border mutual market. He is interested in wine, and he wants real wine. No matter what idea Lu Ming has in mind, he will never dare to talk nonsense with Daha, but he can take advantage of this opportunity. If there is fake wine in the wine sent by Suji Winery Woolen cloth?"

That benefit is not too much.

First of all, Suji Winery should not want to do this wine business. The two sides cannot build trust, and the mission will not place any more orders, so they can only find someone else. Who should they place the order with?Who else is the person with the most qualifications, the biggest business, and the widest connections?

Second, Dahana's temper, if you plan on him, it's one thing if you can plan it, it doesn't matter if you do it or not, but as long as he catches the braid, he will take the opportunity to make trouble, and his attitude towards the Su family is mostly It's not as simple as canceling the order, but also making trouble and doing something else... This is another opportunity.

Lu Ming can still copy the past, help Zhong Xingyan's dirty operation of "Lying Yan", push the boat along the way, make the conflict escalate, and make the Su family unable to deal with it, and then get stuck at a very critical juncture, go to "kindly point out", saying that others are powerful Big, we can't afford to offend you, you want to get through this hurdle safely, don't you?In fact, it's also simple, send your daughter here, don't care where you send it or who you send it to, as long as you are willing, should this enemy be resolved or not? I will help you settle this matter...

Ye Baiting had a deep memory of the investigation file sent by Shen Jiang, which said that Lu Ming used this method to harm many girls from good families.

"You said this, does Zhong Xingyan know?" He squinted his eyes, "Lu Ming worked for him, hunted beauty for him, he really doesn't know anything, won't he add to the flames?"

According to everyone's testimony, this person's performance that night was not quite like it.

Hatred and green jaws: "He should know, whether it's his attitude that night, or his answer when you and I asked for a confession the next day, it can be seen."

That attitude was natural and smooth, and he could comment on Su Jiujiu casually, as if she was already his.

"Lu Ming is so obedient and Zhong Xingyan uses it so smoothly, shouldn't he want to kill him? Lu Ming brought wine in just to frame him, maybe he didn't intend to let anyone drink it, and kill him in this way?"

Ye Baiting frowned: "Who is taking advantage of this situation?"

Why must Lu Ming die?He is doomed to die as soon as he enters the arena, who arranged it?

Qiu Yiqing: "Not necessarily."

Ye Baiting: "Huh?"

Qiu Yiqing's voice was a little slower, but meaningful: "We now know that Lu Ming has been cheating on others and colluding with Bi Zhenghe, so Zhong Xingyan doesn't know anything about it?"

Ye Baiting frowned and pondered.

That's right, Zhong Xingyan has both sides, is good at dancing with long sleeves, was once ridiculed as a smiling fox, and a person who can be a servant of the Ministry of Rites is really what he looks like, not very capable, greedy for money and lustful?Uh, lust for money and lust is real, but what is your ability, how do you evaluate it?

He loves money, has countless businesses under his name, and likes to enjoy himself. The money that should be earned by himself was given to others by Lu Ming, and he didn't notice it at all?If you really didn't notice it, you were really stupid and incompetent. If you were aware of it...then there would be a motive for killing.

"I will take Shen Jiangcha with me on this matter, don't worry." Qiu Xunqing filled a bowl of soup for Xiao Wuzuo, "Eat obediently."

Ye Baiting smiled, lowered his head and held the bowl: "Okay."

After a meal, not too much time has passed. What should be said is about the same. After more clues to prove it, Ye Baiting looked at the sky outside: "Which direction are you going next?"

As if to watch Qiu Xunqing leave.

It seems to be used to this kind of life. Beizhen Fusi is always busy, and cases are always one after another. Even if there is no case, the commander is also busy with official duties. And Gui, their getting along is always accompanied by such moments, there is always one person watching the other person leave without looking back.

Qiu Yiqing's heart softened, and he rubbed Xiao Zuo's head: "I'll send you back first."

"No need," Ye Baiting looked up at him, with crooked eyes, and smiled obediently, "It's not that I don't know the way, and it's not too far away. You can finish your business earlier, so you can rest."

The more obedient he is, the more he can't do without Qiu Yiqing, leaning over and kissing the corner of his lips: "Be obedient."

"But……"

"You also said that the road is not far away, it's not too late."

"Ok."

The wind was blowing all the way, the sun was just right, but it was a little hot.

Now that everyone has returned, within a short while, Ye Baiting simply dragged Qiu Yiqing into the house, let him drink some sour plum soup soaked in well water, at least to cool down, relieve the heat, and then let him go.

The commander arranged meticulously, and Shen Jiang moved quickly. In the evening, new news files came back one after another.

Ye Baiting sat cross-legged in front of the small table, carefully sorting out and checking.

After confirming that Lu Ming and Bi Zhenghe had a cooperative relationship, Jin Yiwei led people to investigate and dig deeper, and soon found clues—the two had indeed had secret contact.It's just that they are very cautious, they are very careful every time they meet, and they must be in the dark, so it is not easy to find out.

No one knows what the two of them are talking about, what is hidden, they will not bring any servants during the secret meeting, and it is impossible for the people next to them to hear. Jin Yiwei is also fruitless now, but the time and place of the secret meeting between the two Following a certain pattern, it started a few months ago, and it has become more and more frequent recently...

The atmosphere between the two was not particularly good, as evidenced by the waiter in the restaurant they had been to, although they could not hear what the two guests were talking about, the two had had a small argument, and it seemed that they had disagreements.

However, Bi Zhenghe had a bad temper, and many people had quarreled with him, not only Lu Ming, Shen Jiang gave examples in the news file sent back, such as Du Kang, the young apprentice from Suji Winery, also quarreled with Bi Zhenghe.

Du Kang looks quiet and calm, after all he is still a teenager, when his master and senior sister are not around, his temper is not so easy to suppress, his wine is good, sometimes he will come to place an order for a banquet in the expensive circle of the capital, once half a year ago, Bi Zhenghe For some reason, he suddenly picked on his family's wine and scolded his family members. Du Kang didn't hold back, and the two quarreled fiercely, and almost shook hands...

Ye Baiting lingered back and forth between the words 'wine' and 'person' with her fingertips, thoughtfully.

Du Kang is a very quiet person. Regardless of the performance of the confession that day or the information clues found in the file recently, it is difficult for him to grow up in an impulsive character, because his master is already very impulsive and doesn't like explaining much. He loves to fight when he is in a hurry, and what he is most used to doing is coaxing Master to persuade Master to calm the fire.

The senior sister and the master have very similar tempers. Although they don't want to fight with others, they rarely explain what they are thinking and why they do it. When they are unhappy, they often sulk, and they are stubborn when facing their father. Du Kang is used to doing It's still coaxing, just like the mediator between father and daughter, because of his presence, this family is much warmer and more peaceful.

Du Kang is a very gentle person, even the wine he brews is square and gentle, without too many edges and corners.

He lost his temper suddenly, was it because of wine or people?Could it be that Bi Zhenghe had some purpose for the Su family?

This might be something to watch out for...

Ye Baiting analyzed the clues sent over, sorted them into categories, wrote down the directions he thought were necessary on a piece of paper, and asked someone to pass them to Shen Jiang and Qiu Yiqing, and he didn't rest until late.

The lights in Beizhen Fusi were brightly lit and never extinguished. Everyone was busy and tired, and there was no time to rest.

Ye Baiting forgot to pay attention to the time, and felt like he hadn't seen anyone for a long time, until this morning, he finally saw Shen Jiang.His eyes are black and dark, his complexion is not very good-looking, his beard is stubble, and he looks like he hasn't woken up. It seems that he came back very late last night.

Or he didn't come back at all last night, but he returned near dawn today and took a short rest.

"Is the Commander here?"

"Well, I haven't seen you back." Ye Baiting handed him a bowl of soy milk, "If there is something important to report, I'm afraid I'll have to get someone to send the message."

Shen Jiang drank the soy milk in one gulp, wiped the corner of his mouth: "It's not that important... okay, I get it."

The other party's eating posture was overwhelming, like a starving ghost reincarnated, Ye Baiting simply took a pancake, leaned back on the back of the chair, and ate it, leaving the table for him to play.

After a meal, Shen Jiang finally regained some energy: "I have to go out and continue to check, young master, take care of yourself, don't forget to eat again, and get tired again."

He left immediately after speaking, without any delay in his footsteps, and he didn't even listen to the other party's reply.

Ye Baiting watched the people leave, turned around to clean up the table, before he finished packing, he saw Shen Jiang running back again, his chest heaved slightly, his breathing was short, and his face was solemn.

"What's wrong?" Ye Baiting paused, "What happened?"

Shen Jiang: "Another one died."

"Who?"

"Bi Zhenghe."

Shen Jiang rubbed his face, and became angry: "I knew that these grandsons would not stop, this time the murder case is not easy to investigate, the commander ordered everyone to strengthen their defenses, beware of accidents, and they haven't been frightened yet! It's a good thing we Take a step ahead and find out that Bi Zhenghe and Lu Ming have a secret collusion, if it is later, wouldn't even be able to see this thing!"

He was still losing his temper here, but Ye Baiting quickly went behind the screen to change his clothes: "How did people die and where did they die? How is the situation at the scene now? Do you know all of them?"

"I don't know the specifics. The people below reported the letter in a hurry. I only know that he died in his own home, study. The time of death is unknown and the reason is unknown." Shen Jiang narrowed his eyes, "Anyway, it has something to do with the mission. It doesn't matter!"

"Where's the commander?"

"The incident just happened. The subordinates reported to the commander in two directions. One went here, and the other went to the commander. The commander has not given any instructions yet, but it shouldn't be too bad. As long as he is not busy, he will go to the scene. Let's..."

Ye Baiting changed her clothes and walked out from behind the screen: "Of course I want to go."

Shen Jiang: "Time waits for no one, so let's go first?"

"Walk."

"Yes!"

Shen Jiang originally had other investigation and visit missions, but an accident happened today, and he should not be free now. He beckoned his subordinates to come over, and told them to investigate as much as possible. Get on the horse, and accompany the young master to play with the scene of the crime.

The road was a little far away, and there were no people on the street. Shen Jiang rode closer and whispered to Ye Baiting: "Young master, do you think this case is getting weirder? The first two dead, one seems to be for money, the other It seemed to be for sex, but after we analyzed it, it didn't feel right, it seemed that it should be for some secret, Bi Zhenghe's death now, could it be related to this?"

But this person's presence in the case is very low, because on the night of the banquet, he was indeed drunk early in the morning, and slept on the table most of the time, if it wasn't for the young master's analysis, he felt something was wrong, so he set up a trick to trap him, Jin Yiwei So far, Xu has never discovered this relationship...

Ye Baiting carefully recalled the cliché process in the Zhuzhi Building that day, and there was nothing wrong with it. The cause of Bi Zhenghe's death was really not a mistake by Jin Yiwei. Maybe he did hide something here.

When the two arrived at Bi's house, Qiu Yiqing hadn't come yet, Jin Yiwei sealed off the scene according to the regulations, and guarded everywhere, Bi's family seemed to be unable to accept this accident for a while, and the master and servants were a little confused.

Seeing the mistress leaning against the gate of the courtyard, supported by her maid, crying into a ball, Shen Jiang gave Ye Baiting a wink, and walked over to understand the situation.

Ye Baiting didn't go in first, she just stood in the yard and observed the environment first.

As the study of the man in charge, this location seems to be a bit off. The courtyard is transparent from north to south, with a good view. Hanging bells are hung in the corner of the room, and the sound is crisp when the wind blows.

wind……

It seems to be a bit windy here, which is different from other places.

Ye Baiting smelled it carefully, it seemed to smell of alcohol?