The first work of the imperial prison

"Come and see—"

Ye Baiting stepped aside to let Qiu Yiqing and Shen Jiang see more clearly.

Shen Jiang's scalp felt numb when he saw it: "This, this is a waist-wrapped dragon!"

On the right side of the deceased's waist and abdomen, as far as the spine on the back, there are quite obvious long strips of pink pink marks, which are dark and dense in color. Medically known as herpes zoster.

"This disease often occurs in spring and autumn." Because it invades the nerves, the older you get, the more painful it becomes. Ye Baiting carefully inspected the marks, "The treatment process was also very painful. There were only marks on the body of the deceased, and no blisters and scabs were seen. Obviously, the lesion has recovered. It's just that the traces are hard to get rid of and it will take time... She hosted the flower banquet half a month ago, it should have been better at that time, and looking forward, she must have stayed behind closed doors for a while."

Shen Jiang didn't understand: "I understand the truth, and I've seen other people get a waist-wrapped dragon, but you said that the illness is cured, so don't delay her from having an affair with others..."

Why should there be no more?

Qiu Yiqing looked at him like a fool: "She is a woman."

Shen Jiang cautiously: "So?" Isn't this something everyone knows?

Qiu Yiqing looked at Shen Jiang for a while: "You should go back and be the general banner."

Shen Jiang: ...

Ye Baiting: "Women like to be beautiful, and they usually have to tidy up when they go out, let alone a lover? No woman wants to be seen embarrassed by a lover, unless that person is not a lover—"

"That's right..." Shen Jiang came to his senses, "You can't play when you want to play, it's not a terminal illness, just bear with it and play again, women are not like men, they can't hug when they want to, let alone Just like this, a man can’t shrivel when he sees it?”

Before he finished speaking, he was knocked on the back of the head by Qiu Yiqing's Xiuchun knife handle: "Speak well."

Shen Jiang covered her head: "Then if Mrs. Zhuang didn't get along with the man... How did Hualiu get it? I'm afraid of being ugly for half a month, so I have to bear it. I'm sick and hurt, and I can't do this job. This flower and willow didn't come out of thin air, did it?"

Could it be... Young Master Jiao got it wrong?This is not Hualiu at all?

Ye Baiting knew that he could not be mistaken, each disease manifests in different ways, he saw clearly that this is syphilis, and the biggest way is sexual contact.But it is not necessary to do this kind of thing in order to be infected. For example, if your hands have been in contact with the source of the virus and you have not washed it, you untie your clothes for self-comfort...or underwear, bath tubs, etc. have been tampered with. There is a certain chance of contracting it. It is hard to say what the cause of the deceased is.

He suddenly thought of one thing: "Zhuang's and Shen Huarong's illnesses are really hidden deep, doesn't everyone know about it?"

Really don't know, or pretend not to know, in fact, have discussed it in private?

The ink in the blue eyes of hatred froze: "Whether these two have an affair or not is different from whether others think so."

"Maybe what the murderer wants is not the fait accompli of these two people... People don't care about this kind of thing at all. What he and she want is the embarrassment in the mouth of outsiders, the respect they keep away from others, their ruin, even if everything If you don’t do it, you still have to bear a dirty reputation, be looked down upon, secretly reviled, and they can’t explain it clearly, and you suffer from pain every day..."

Ye Baiting asked Shen Jiang: "Has Mrs. Zhuang seen a doctor?"

Shen Jiang didn't follow the case, so Shen Jiang looked at Qiu Yiqing: "Look...have you seen it...need to investigate?"

Qiu Yiqing's head: "I've seen it, and Shen Huarong's kung fu is the same doctor, Chang Shan."

"You also went there at night?"

"Yes."

"Then this doctor is a bit special. Others open clinics during the day and close the doors after dark, but he works at night, and people go to him in the middle of the night..." Ye Baiting looked at the dead body while thinking, "This doctor is hard Why don't you just look at Hualiu, and go to him if you have to?"

Shen Jiang looked at the commander's expression and touched his chin: "It seems that I have to come here and ask for a confession!"

Ye Baiting looked at the performance of the corpse and asked Qiu Xunqing, "Is it possible to have an autopsy?"

Qiu Yiqing shook her head: "It's too late."

Ye Baiting understood right away, time was too tight to operate in time: "It's okay, just take a quick look at the esophagus—the glazed lamp."

As soon as Shen Jiang heard that it was his job, he hurried to the door—the old man Shanglu was already smiling, and handed over the lamp.

He snatched it over, gave him a meaningful wink, praised and reminded: It is a good thing to have work in your eyes, and I hope you don't be ignorant and know where you are.

The glazed lamp is well-made and highly transparent. It is the brightest lamp here. Shen Jiang carried it up high. When he got close to Young Master Jiao, he saw that Young Master Jiao opened the mouth of the deceased with his left hand and stretched it in with tweezers in his right hand. Wherever he pressed, he saw the difference in the throat of the deceased.

"There are also burn marks. Zhuang and Shen Huarong should have eaten the same thing half a month ago."

"Hey...that's a flower feast she organized herself, and she can also catch the Tao?" Shen Jiang was very surprised.

"So, the intersection of the two deceased is very important." Ye Baiting looked at Qiu Yiqing.

Qiu Yiqing's head: "Because of Shen Huarong's death, when I checked Miaoyinfang, I got a message that Zhuang's husband, Xu Liangxing, was also a frequent visitor to the workshop. Because there was only the case of the county horse at that time, I didn't go into it. Now I think about it carefully. , there may be problems."

Ye Baiting: "Another one who loves to listen to music? Like Shen Huarong, do you have a familiar girl?"

Qiu Yiqing nodded, then shook his head again: "Every girl you know is different, and when you go, she will always be there, and she is the musician Shi Mi."

Shen Jiang suddenly realized: "Then there is something wrong with Shi Mi!"

Ye Baiting knew that Chou Yiqing's focus was on another point: "Regardless of whether Shi Mi is the murderer or not, and whether he has anything to do with this case, since he was there from the beginning to the end, he will definitely see and hear...something outsiders don't know."

Qiu Suqing's cold eyes slid over Shen Jiang, and then eased up a little when he reached Ye Baiting: "Arranging a confession now, do you have any questions?"

Of course Ye Baiting has no problem, but does this mean to let him participate?

Just as he shook his head, Qiu Xunqing's instructions came down, and he said to Shen Jiang: "Go and arrange."

Shen Jiang: ...

Okay, why don't you take a rest? A smart person's brains will spark after a few collisions, and clues are flying all over the sky. For a brainless like him, he should just run errands and do some work.

Shen Jiang left, but Qiu Yiqing didn't stay behind either, saying 'come over after dinner, don't be late', and left too.

The speed was so fast that Ye Baiting almost suspected that this person was deliberately avoiding him, deliberately giving him time to avoid suspicion and eat.

Shang Lu came over with a food box at the right time: "Shen Baihu has fast legs and feet. Once the Jinyiwei token is issued, no one dares to refuse. Time is really tight. Don't go back to eat, young master. Just make do with me. how?"

Ye Baiting hesitated, if he doesn't go back, will the neighbors starve to death?But when I saw the food box in Shang Lu's hand was opened, and the dishes on the table...

If you starve to death, you can starve to death. Everyone has his own fate, so what does it have to do with his innocent and poor sick young master?

Ye Baiting sat down at the table reservedly, raised his chopsticks politely: "If that's the case, I'll bother Brother Shang for a meal."

"You're welcome. If you have any orders, just say whatever you want," Shang Lu said with a smile, "He Shen Zongqi can do it, and the old man can do it, too. Multiple friends and multiple paths, young master, please—"

In the prison, waiting left and right, seeing that the meal was almost over, Young Master Jiao still didn't come back!

Qin Gentiana angrily rubbed the mud and shot at Xiang Zi'an: "It's all you! Look at the dog, take the Joe, and threaten Young Master Jiao, and ruin my food!"

Xiang Zi'an held the fan to the left and the right, hiding in a panic: "You rough man, stop me! If you dare to do it again, I will let you have no meat for the next meal, believe it or not!"

……

Sure enough, Shen Jiang's legs and feet were fast, and within an hour or so, the matter was done, and all the people who should be invited were invited to the Beizhen government secretary.

It’s still the same room, the same sitting position, two tables above and below, one in the middle and one in the bottom, but this time there is no screen, and the view is wide, so you can see everywhere.

Before the two could speak, Qiu Xunqing arrived, and Ye Baiting could only ask Shen Jiang with a wink: "Have you eaten after running for so long?"Are you thirsty?Why don't you go down and put some cushions first?

Shen Jiang waved his hand quietly, telling Young Master Jiao that he was fine.

Who is he?That’s really starting from the bottom, a little by little, to a hundred households, and I have already practiced the ability to eat while walking. I don’t have time to sit when I’m busy. I just gnaw a few burritos. I’m hungry. .

But what day is it today, the sun is coming out from the west, Master Jiao finally has a conscience and knows how to care about others?

Ye Baiting felt relieved, and calmly sat next to the only second and lower table in the room.

Shen Jiang: ...

I fuck?

It's normal for the commander to sit at the top, where is his status? Shouldn't the one below be his position in a hundred households?You are a prisoner, how dare you sit there?Want to face or not?

You are still fiddling with the four treasures of the study, spreading paper and ink, as if nothing happened, are you trying to pretend to be a document recorder?Can you take a serious look at your dog crawling words, do you dare to write others to read!

Ye Baiting not only dared to sit there, but also looked back very calmly, as if very surprised: Didn't you say that you are not tired, do you have any opinions?

Shen Jiang: ...

With the question you were concerned about just now, is it to grab a seat?Can't others be polite?The tough guy is also very wronged!

Qiu Yiqing seemed completely unaware of the 'undercurrent' between the two: "Let's get started."

Forget it.

Shen Jiang rubbed his nose, seeing Master Jiao's beautiful figure, he didn't care about him, and pointed to someone casually, motioning for the other person to stand on the side of the wall with a pen and paper to record, and then he handed over to Qiu Suiqing : "Return to the commander, the subordinates are ready, but there is a problem-the subordinates are jealous and afraid that they will not be able to control it. If the suspect does not cooperate during the interrogation, can they do it?"

He recalled the previous case where Chang Hongwen violently broke out in the room and almost hurt Young Master Jiao. The commander has high martial arts skills and can completely suppress this kind of incident, but he can't just rely on the commander to take action. He has to take precautions Before it happens.

Qiu Yiqing's eyes slid over him, and he wanted to be more solemn and solemn: "I am Fusi in Beizhen, and I never abuse lynching."

Shen Jiang's aura instantly weakened, no way...

Qiu Yiqing said again: "However, the rules are up and down, those who come will obey, those who are unruly and rude, and those who commit crimes knowingly will be punished."

Shen Jiang's aura immediately returned, that's all!

"Then the subordinate is called Xu Liangxing first?" A widower whose wife just died, who else is there for you!

Qiu Yiqing: "Yes."

Xu Liangxing was quickly invited to the hall by Jin Yiwei.

The room was very quiet, no one spoke, and there was a little embarrassment in the depressed atmosphere.

Shen Jiang took a peek and sat on the commander, you don't ask... Do you want me to ask?Looking at Young Master Jiao, Young Master Jiao gave him an encouraging look, meaning, let's go.

On the fart, it is true that such a look is more dignified, it shows that he is so capable in Shenbaihu, and his status is different. The question is what is I asking?Where to start?Just as he was in a hurry, he saw Young Master Jiao smile mysteriously and began to write on the paper with a pen.

Shen Jiang choked up, didn't he, did this trick again?You write me to read?

OK.As if nothing had happened, he rubbed against Young Master Jiao. Sure enough, none of the skills that God forced you to learn are useless.

"Do you know about Zhuang's illness?"

"Do not--"

Shen Jiang held down the hilt of Xiuchun's knife, and said with a smirk: "Master Xu, please speak well. If you lie here, what are the consequences--Master Xu is well-informed, so he must understand."

Xu Liangxing froze for a moment: "...I know."

Shen Jiang: "Say."

Xu Liangxing: "Isn't it the loin-clothed dragon? Because of this illness, she didn't go out for more than two months. She finally recovered, and it was uncomfortable, so she held a flower feast."

"Don't talk about him," Shen Jiang sneered, "You know what I'm talking about, where is Hualiu? How did you get it? Where did you get it?"

"How does this official know? She didn't tell the truth to me. She only said that it was the sequelae of the loin-clothed dragon. Aren't they all blisters? How could I understand it? It was only after listening to the doctors that I knew whether blisters and blisters are different. Same, the one she got later is Hualiu."

Xu Liangxing's face was dark and blue, seeming angry, but also aggrieved: "I'm still waiting for her to explain to me, who knows that she will die first."

Ye Baiting kept writing, scribbling and writing, Shen Jiang went over to take a look, his eyes widened, this--

All right, just ask if you want.

"You husband and wife, do you have a harmonious relationship?"

Xu Liangxing was stunned, this kind of question...

Shen Jiang raised his voice: "Speak!"

Xu Liangxing: "It can't be said that there is disharmony, it's just that we are getting older and have less worldly desires. In addition, she has this disease, and we haven't lived together for three or four months."

Shen Jiang glanced at Young Master Jiao's words again, and felt that his integrity would probably be defeated today.

"Isn't it likely?" He pondered over his words, and asked not so sharply, "The sixty old man has to have a go at it when he's in the mood. Although women are shy and tolerant, there are people who say that thirty is like a wolf and forty is like a tiger. We are not together every day, and there is a need, how to solve it? Play by yourself?"

Xu Liangxing: ...

"This one……"

"Don't tell me the high-sounding stuff, the relationship between Yin and Yang, the way of heaven, you can't fool me."

Xu Liangxing closed his eyes: "It's not that there are no girls in this official's room... Mrs. Zhuang loves to be sour and jealous, and won't let this official take care of her, girl, she can't die with a bowl of medicine. As for herself, before He would ask me for sex, all kinds of hints, I haven’t had it in the past few months, it’s probably because of that kind of illness, I’m so ashamed and panic, I really need it... instead of looking for someone outside, I can only... play by myself."

Shen Jiang: "Have you ever doubted Shen Huarong?"

"I didn't conceive at first, but Shen Huarong also got this kind of dirty disease..." Xu Liangxing's eyelids trembled, "The princess Yun'an's husband and wife are at odds, and everyone in the circle knows that it is my wife's fault. It's not easy for the official to be partial to his wife. She wants to be strong and aggressive, and she likes to be top-notch in everything. Got into trouble a few times."

Shen Jiang looked at Young Master Jiao's words: "That's weird, I heard that your official career can be so smooth thanks to your wife's management."

Xu Liangxing: "She likes to say that on the outside, can I divorce her from a man in the official world? I always want something decent, but it's just a name, and she will give it to her."

Shen Jiang: "So Mr. Xu thinks that all the way from the official to the right servant of the household department is all due to his own ability?"

Xu Liangxing raised his chin slightly, and his voice was sonorous: "If there is no real ability, who can achieve such an official position?"

Quite proud.

Shen Jiang paused for a moment, then asked again: "What happened to the flower banquet fifteen days ago? Why didn't you explain it clearly when I came to ask about it that day?"

"It's nothing." Xu Liangxing moved his knuckles and said, "It's just that someone wanted to take advantage of the crowd to do despicable things. They cooked raw rice and took aphrodisiac pills. Fortunately, my wife was quick to deal with it. Not many people know about it.”

"Aphrodisiac pills? But if you touch these two words, the effect will not be bad. How do you deal with it?"

"I don't know, but nothing happened."

"Who do you think killed your wife? Do you have any doubts?"

"This official dare not say it, but the two dead people, one is the husband of Princess Yun'an, and the other has a grudge against her..."

"You also said that she is the princess, so the princess's movement is so small when she goes out? Both of these two people died in the middle of the night."

Xu Liangxing: "How can a person of this status commit murder himself? Maybe he bought the murder, or maybe he let others do it. Doesn't the princess have a sweetheart outside?"

Shen Jiang narrowed his eyes: "You know? Who is it?"

Xu Liangxing coughed twice: "Many people in the circle know that the musicians in the palace are named Le and Le Ya. The two of them secretly communicated the music, and almost all of them are on the bright side. Princess Yun'an is not happy , I'm going to ask this person to come to play the piano, it's too late, and if I can't go back to the palace, Le Ya will stay in the princess mansion, and I heard that he will send everyone out, maybe just take advantage of this time..."

Hearing this, Ye Baiting looked at Qiu Yiqing——

Qiu Yiqing nodded to him lightly, it was true.

There really is such a person...

Ye Baiting regained consciousness and continued to write.

Shen Jiang read: "What habits does Mrs. Zhuang usually have? Especially when she is with you?"

"It's a habit... She likes to tidy up my clothes, okay?"

"Where were you when Mrs. Zhuang died?"

Xu Liangxing: "At home, in the study. I'm here after dinner. I feel that I'm sleeping in the study. You can see it from all over the house. My wife is in such a situation, and my heart is sad. If there is a mistake in my words, it is mostly The deep responsibility of love..."

……

After asking the question, Jin Yiwei came in and took Xu Liangxing out. Shen Jiang took the time to drink half a pot of water: "Is there something wrong with this Xu Liangxing?"

Ye Baiting: "It's too strange. Didn't you say that he is dull and taciturn? I think he talks a lot."

Shen Jiang: "...he usually doesn't talk so much."

"A man who is greedy, indifferent, ruthless, and has no responsibility at all," Qiu Yiqing snorted coldly, "does he deserve to say 'deep love, severe responsibility'?"

Greedy, greedy for what?Ruthless?

Shen Jiang looked at Young Master Jiao.

Ye Baiting: "Taking other people's credit for his own use, not greedy? A new wife dies, but instead of seeing sadness, she blames her—"It's not her, maybe I have already climbed into the relationship with the princess", not indifferent? Knowingly taking a concubine and marrying a young Will the wife who is sour and jealous use tricks, how many little girls died of the drug, and still do not change, not ruthless? Baba thinks about the network of Princess Yun'an, and I don't know how much effort he has put in for it, but at this moment After a while, it’s not unreasonable to point out that someone is a murderer? He only had one purpose during the entire speech, to fish himself out, and the fault was all others’, no matter whether he was dead or alive, as long as he could think of doubts, he would pour them all on others, completely Regardless of past friendship, such a man, do you know what it means to be responsible?"

He also hypocritically said that he loves deeply and is responsible, bah!

Ye Baiting's teeth were cold: "Whether this person is the murderer or not, I don't know for the time being, but he shirks his mentality, probably no one can match him."

"I don't want to get involved, profit comes first," Qiu Yiqing pondered, "If he is the murderer, the death of these two people will definitely benefit him a lot."

Shen Jiang scratched his head: "Benefits? Didn't he rely on his wife to go to the government for promotion and interpersonal relationships? Isn't Zhuang's death a loss?"

The corners of Ye Baiting's lips raised slightly: "So it has to be a bigger profit."

He looked at Shen Jiang: "Next, Princess Yun'an please."

Shen Jiang actually wanted to ask, what happened to the questions Young Master Jiao asked just now, but the commander is waiting... There is no way, let's finish the questions first.

"Princess Yun'an, please—"