The first work of the imperial prison

Human needs hierarchy theory, Maslow taught us that sex is the most basic physiological need, everyone is the same, if this "painless" poison is given by the murderer, the purpose must be to facilitate the death of the deceased !

Ye Baiting looked at Qiu Yiqing, and was a little surprised for the first time, this man dares to think.I understand quite well, could it be that I have rich experience?

"The murderer knew that the brothel girl Hongmei was ill, and knew that Shen Huarong and Xu Liangxing were her supporters, so he probably used some means to help them get Hongmei's handkerchief."

Qiu Yiqing's voice was deep and low, and the ending sound dropped slightly when he spoke, with a special sense of rhythm, revealing a sharpness and wisdom that were different from others: "The murderer also knows that Zhuang was tortured by a loin-clothed dragon for two months, and finally healed up. , It’s a flower feast. The murderer has a way to poison some people during the banquet, maybe he also participated in the matter of aphrodisiac pills, in order to let the deceased be fully affected, so as to achieve the ultimate goal—flower willow.”

Moreover, Supa is very subtle. Since Hongmei is the top brand in the brothel, why not use a handkerchief with a more personal mark if she wants to do something that has obvious implications? Something, much like planned and intentional.

"The murderer doesn't care whether the disease is completed immediately on the same day, or a few days later, as long as the poison is applied and the red veil is present, the goal will be achieved sooner or later. If not, there may be other plans to promote it."

Ye Baiting nodded: "The murderer also knows that this kind of disease is difficult to publicize, and the only one who has a lot of experience in treatment and is well-known is the doctor Chang Shan. He and she don't need to be by the deceased's side. They keep a close eye on the deceased. When seeing a doctor, it is to add fuel to the flames, when they are despised and despised, wait a few more days, and wait for the deceased to suffer physically and mentally, and then do it."

"I have a question!"

Shen Jiang listened for a long time, there was too much information, and he couldn't sort it out. He raised his hand: "According to this, Xu Liangxing is also very likely to be the murderer's target. Why didn't he get a flower and Liu, and he didn't die?"

Ye Baiting: "Didn't he say it himself?"

Shen Jiang: "... What did you say?"

"How to solve the incompatibility of husband and wife—" Ye Baiting reminded Shen Jiang, "Didn't he say that there is a maid in the room? This man has a sense of superiority in his bones. A guest of a flower girl, but she doesn't necessarily like fantasies, she must play the real thing."

Qiu Yiqing: "Xu Liangxing pays great attention to his appearance in clothing, he doesn't grow a beard, and his face is always clean."

Shen Jiang: "Huh?" So what?

Ye Baiting had a look of 'Are you a pig': "So he likes to be clean and washes his hands often."

As long as he didn't come here with Hongmei, the chance of contracting the disease is very small.

"So the murderer wanted to kill... Shen Huarong and the Zhuang family from the beginning to the end? He didn't hesitate to spend a lot of effort planning and preparing just for such a game?" Shen Jiang clicked his tongue, "Then this murderer is a bit powerful. .”

Ye Baiting agrees with this point: "The target is precise, the plan is in place, the murderer's understanding of the deceased is not only familiar, it can be said that he knows it well."

Qiu Xunqing: "Even the personality and habits are known. The murderer is not simply asking for information about the deceased. He may have been paying attention to the deceased for several months, or——years."

Ye Baiting said: "The order in which Shen Huarong and Xu Liangxing got the handkerchiefs is also very important. If Shen Huarong got the handkerchiefs first and got sick before the flower feast, it would be meaningless whether they were poisoned or not. Inferences need to be reframed."

"I know!" Shen Jiangquan thumped his palms, "Since the poison was poisoned at the flower feast, then we should send more people, focus on investigation, and arrest them?"

Ye Baiting had a look of 'Why are you so naive as a hundred households': "The problem is that there are too many people, how to arrest? There are so many suspects in this case, who do you suspect and who do you not suspect?"

Qiu Xunqing: "Those who didn't go to the flower banquet have more reasons - since the murderer poisoned the flower banquet, and I didn't go, what does it have to do with me?"

In fact, Jin Yiwei is not unmoved, he has already sent people to investigate, but there are really too many people in the banquet, and the circle is complicated, and the flower banquet is mostly a place where the inner house fights, and many small secrets have surfaced. Some people did not cooperate, and the reason for deliberately concealing it was not a murder case at all, but something else. It is very difficult to investigate clearly, and it will take a lot of time.

Shen Jiang: ...

"The murderer did it on purpose! Choose this kind of occasion, and prepare the planning steps in advance. Whether you go or not, the ultimate goal is to hide yourself. Everyone is suspicious, so you can't show him?"

Ye Baiting: "So the murderer is very smart and has a big plan."

Shen Jiang looked at Young Master Jiao, and finally came back to his senses: "I said, why did you ask me to ask those questions...whether the relationship between husband and wife is good, sexual intercourse and disharmony, how to solve it if they are not together... So it is like this! Do you want to know how the deceased's illness came from?"

Ye Baiting whitened him from the corner of his eyes: "What is Shen Baihu's opinion? Is there anyone who doubts?"

"Of course!" Sheng Jiang became excited, "Xu Liangxing! You see, he and the county horse met in an atmosphere where they didn't talk to each other, and they didn't even want to say hello. It's obvious that there is a grudge. What is it about the Zhuang family?" "Love is deeply responsible", it cannot be concealed, and it has been dissatisfied for a long time. It has a motive to kill the two deceased, and it is easy to do it!"

Ye Baiting: "What about Princess Yun'an? According to your reasoning, the husband and wife are at odds, and they can't get along even if they want to reconcile. The grudge with the Zhuang family almost started when they were young girls. Not to mention hating to the marrow, they definitely don't want each other to have a good time. Don't they all have motives for killing, and it's easy to do it?"

Shen Jiang frowned: "That's right, there is also that musician Le Ya, he himself admitted that he likes the princess, he looks like a bold one, and he also said that he has bought the butcher's knife, maybe it's him Can't see it, do you want to vent your anger for the princess?"

While talking, Shen Jiang felt that this was suspicious, and that was also suspicious: "There are also two murder scenes. From the perspective of the route distance, it seems that Changshan, the doctor of the medical center, is more convenient? Miaoyinfang is not too far away. Musician Shi Mi It’s not that there is no possibility of action at all, although Miaoyinfang should be closed for rest at that point, but this kind of place closes so punctually, maybe there is a big man who refuses to leave, the girls are waiting, and it will not delay Shi Mi to go out and kill someone Come back again..."

It's completely unnutritive speculation, and I can't give any direction.

Ye Baiting simply ignored him, rolled the rice paper in his hand into a small ball, and wrote the word "Chang": "Chang Shan, the doctor of the medical clinic, made it clear that he was busy practicing medicine these two nights, but because of the privacy of the patients, he was running around in different soundproof rooms." , unable to provide an alibi."

Another group was formed, with the word 'Le' written on it, and placed on the other side: "Musician Le Ya, directly admitted that he went out in these two nights, what he did specifically is not convenient to say, but he did not kill anyone."

After that, there were two balls of paper, one with 'Xu' and the other with 'cloud', and put the two together: "Xu Liangxing said that he was in the study room, and he slept directly after turning off the lights, and he could see it from all over the house; Princess An said that she was resting in her own room, and there was a personal maid to testify."

Finally, there is a separate ball of paper with the word 'history' written on it: "Miaoyinfang musician Shi Mi, no matter how you look at it, he is just a person with an ambiguous sense of distance and a wealth of potential information, but he is not connected anywhere, and has no motive for killing."

He looked at Qiu Yiqing: "Why did you invite him over?"

Qiu Xunqing: "It's not easy for a market musician to survive, and he lives in the cracks. The most important thing he should know is the 'way of speaking', or he should shut up, ask three questions, know nothing, unless he is forced to do nothing. ;or, you should seize the opportunity, know everything, and tell the officials everything——but Smith's attitude makes me feel a little out of harmony, and I always feel that something is not right."

Ye Baiting: "Did you check him?"

Hatred green jaw: "Searched his room."

"Are there any abnormalities?"

"No," Qiu Yiqing shook his head, "it's no different from other rooms in the workshop. It's neat, clean, and has everything you need for daily use. There's nothing that shouldn't be there. Apart from clothing and accessories, the most common thing in the room is musical instruments. , zither, zither and flute, and so on."

His slender knuckles slid across the balls of paper on Ye Baiting's desk, and put the two balls of paper, 'Shen' and 'Zhuang', that he had originally written together.

There must be a clue running through the two dead, clear and crucial, but they haven't found it yet, only the murderer knows.

Shen Jiang poked the two balls of paper: "Is it really impossible to kill for love? Most of the murders are caused by money, love, and hatred."

Qiu Xunqing moved the ball of paper he had poked back to its original place: "Even if it is a love killing, it will not be the love between the two deceased. Hualiu is the insulting color deliberately painted by the murderer for them. The injury is deep enough, and it is very easy to guide." convenient."

Shen Jiang moved the ball of paper with the word 'Xu': "Is that profit? He doesn't care if Mrs. Zhuang can help him in his official career. Maybe he has a better idea?"

Qiu Xunqing once again moved the word 'Xu' back to the original place: "Men and women have different personalities, specialize in different directions, and have different resource inclinations—combined use is more effective than a single item, unless definite evidence is found, such speculation is meaningless. "

The case seems to have reached a stalemate. No matter what you say, it is justified, and no matter what you say, it is wrong. Although I asked for a confession and got more information clues, I still can't figure out the most important one.

The deceased was a man and a woman. The so-called romantic appearance was all fake, and there was no personal relationship at all. What is the truth?

Qiu Yiqing: "This envoy went to Xuanpinghou's mansion to have a look."

Ye Baiting nodded: "It's hard work, Commander."

Seeing that his boss was about to leave, Shen Jiang hurriedly asked, "What about me? What are you doing now?"

Qiu Su Qingjian's brows are sharp, and his eyes are full of frost: "You want to die suddenly, so that others can take part in this and make your subordinates feel unsympathetic?"

Shen Jiang: ...

What, what did you say?

Qiu Yiqing: "Go back to your classroom."

The commander's back is hidden, coming and going without a trace, not disturbing the wind and dust, not disturbing the cloud.

Shen Jiang was so frightened that he was scared, and ran to Ye Baiting's side in a mournful manner: "It's over, I'm done! I must have offended the commander, his face just now is darker than before the thunderstorm!"

Ye Baiting put down the brush, looked at the ball of paper on the table: "Really?"

Shen Jiang was very sure: "Yes! Although the commander used to be very fierce, he was not gentle at all, and he didn't speak so harshly, as if he was going to kill someone... There is absolutely something wrong with him today!"

The corners of Ye Baiting's lips curled slightly: "Then you have to remember clearly, next time don't touch the things he touched."

"Touch something he...touched?"

Following Young Master Jiao's gaze, Shen Jiang saw the ball of paper with the suspect's code on the table——

"No way? Just because of this? I've touched it before, and the Commander is dissatisfied? Does the Commander have any special problems with cleanliness?"

Ye Baiting shook his head: "It's not like, he doesn't like the smell, and if he gets blood on his body, he will want to change it or wash it off as soon as possible, but if conditions don't allow it, or if there are other urgent matters, he can bear it. Like ordinary people, he loves to be clean, but cleanliness is not the top priority on his plan list, it is the first thing that must be dealt with immediately, it is more like...a little tidying up. "

Shen Jiang didn't understand: "Organization addiction?"

Ye Baiting recalled all the moments when he met Qiu Yiqing, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly: "He seems to like to keep all the things in the 'territory' in order, and he is very territorial."

How come you know again!He knows that you like to eat Sichuan cuisine, you know that he has a strong sense of territory and tidying up, why do you know everything even though you have never met twice, and you have spoken a few words? I don't see anything, what are you guys doing, showing your sympathy and laughing at my IQ!

Shen Jiang was not convinced: "Then why weren't you murdered? You wrote the ball of paper!"

Ye Baiting smiled: "I wrote it, but after he touched it, I never touched it again."

Shen Jiang: ...

"You know why you didn't tell me?" That's too bad, I just want to see other people's bad luck!

"I didn't know before." Ye Baiting spread his hands.

"Liar! You just said it clearly!"

"So thank you Shen Baihu," Ye Baiting stood up slowly, "I have gained a taboo in the workplace, and I will know how to get along with commanders in the future."

Shen Jiang: ...

So I'm the little eunuch who tested poison!Specially opened the way for you to block the knife for you!

Shen Baihu was so angry that he didn't say a word on the way to send Young Master Jiao back to the cell, locked him in and left, I was upset, I wanted a cold war!

Ye Baiting didn't come back empty-handed. When he got up from the desk, he brought back the rice papers that he had filled up during the interrogation. He laid them out page by page by category and put them on the ground, while he sat on these papers. Opposite paper.

Relationships between characters, conflicts and entanglements, what kind of love and hatred, affection, dislike...

He concentrated and meditated, carefully sorted out the relationship between the characters, and connected the clues one by one. What secret was hidden in the fog and ignored by him?

Sitting for a long time, he forgot to eat, and finally the barking of the dog brought him back to his senses.

"Wow - woof!"

The dog general Xuanfeng is also very mighty today, with slender limbs, shiny black hair, pointed ears, and a small basket in his mouth. Wang made several noises, as if urging him to take the little basket away quickly.

Ye Baiting's heart warmed in an instant, he stretched out his hand out of the prison bar, and took down the small basket that the dog was holding in its mouth.

The small basket is not very long, and the width is more convenient, just enough to fit along the gap in the prison bar, and it is not too heavy, so it is not difficult for the dog to hold it in its mouth.He lifted the cloth on the top and saw what was inside, he was even more surprised, it turned out to be egg cakes!

This is a snack made with eggs and fermented batter. Baked in a pan, it is fragrant and soft. It is half-crescent shaped with fillings in the middle. There are two flavors: salty and sweet. The salty mouth contains sprouts and minced meat, and pepper chicken Silk, meat floss, various jams with sweet mouth, red beans, candied dates, raisins, etc., there are a total of eight small ones in this small basket, four kinds of salty and sweet, soft and tender, it looks like it makes people drool!

This is the taste that he often ate many years ago, and he missed it the most after that, and rarely found it when he searched for it.

"Thank you."

Ye Baiting stretched out his hand and rubbed Gouzi's head: "Who asked you to bring it here? Or did you snatch it? I'm so happy to remember me so much!"

"Wow!" Gouzi cupped his hand, motioning him to eat quickly.

Ye Baiting first chose a salty one, bit it down, and closed his eyes happily: "It's delicious!"

"Wang!"

"Do you want to eat?"

"Woof!" Gouzi avoided his hand.

"No, that's right. You probably like to eat bones. When you have a chance..." Ye Baiting ate the baked cake with one hand, and continued to pat the dog with the other, "Did Shen Jiang ask you to come here?" He actually dared to order you around, how courageous, turned around and asked him to thank Fei, okay? You are a dog general, no matter how you go, you will get two meaty bones, no, no, no talk if you have less than six..."

The dog was rubbed so badly by him that it finally collapsed beside him, letting it be touched, wanting nothing, as if it would be very happy as long as it watched Ye Baiting eat like this.

Ye Baiting didn't go inside after eating, just leaned against the wooden fence, next to the dog, looking at the pile of rice paper scattered on the ground, seeing that he wouldn't leave, the dog moved forward, and hugged him even tighter.

One person and one dog were leaning against each other across the wooden fence. Ye Baiting felt his back was soft, warm and very comfortable. The dog was also very satisfied. He licked his hand a few times and put his head on his front paws. Close your eyes, quietly, like falling asleep.

It seems that this is not a prison cell, but a corner of a warm home.

Ye Baiting thought, the dog can't lie on the ground all the time, it's so cold, and he has to ask Shen Jiang for a small blanket later, and when he comes over, he will put it on it.

He petted the dog again and again, and continued to think about the case.

The two deceased in this case, Shen Huarong and Zhuang, did not have an affair between a man and a woman, and it did not look like a murder of love. What is the connection? Why did the murderer kill them?

The murderer's actions reveal their purpose, and their motives are hidden in their purpose.This method of killing, which is similar to a sacrifice and has a strong sense of ritual, must be accompanied by a huge hatred... So where is the hatred, such a big hatred?

The Zhuang family loves to take care of things, love to collect bureaus, and likes all kinds of scenes that are needed by others. Shen Huarong has nothing to do, so he just wants to lie on the credit of the "Junma" as a salty fish, just like Shen Jiang said, what to do , what to eat is not enough, join in the fun No.1...

Where is the missing link?What could be hidden so deep that Jin Yiwei couldn't dig it out for a while?

The neighbor next door slept soundly and snored loudly. Ye Baiting suddenly remembered the story Xiang Zi'an told. Eight years ago, the river corruption case involved many people. Xu Liangxing is fine, the inside story is not known yet, and it is not clear whether there are any secrets, but the same person involved...could it be such a coincidence?

Could it be that the previous victim came back for revenge!

Then the question remains, why did Shen Huarong and the Zhuang family get killed, but Xu Liangxing was left behind?Is it too late?Is Xu Liangxing the last target in the plan, or something else!

"Xiang Zi'an——Xiang Zi'an!"

Ye Baiting woke up the neighbor on the right and asked him, "Who were involved in the corruption case you mentioned earlier?"

Xiangzi slept halfway through, feeling a little dazed, and forgot to take the fan: "At that time, the dead pass... the ones outside were Junma and Xu Liangxing."

Ye Baiting: "Then who has been imprisoned? Who hasn't died yet?"

"Then Chai Pengyi is the only one." Xiang Zi'an narrowed his eyes, with a half-smile, "This Chai Pengyi is now in prison."

Ye Baiting thought of the middle-aged man he had met with.

From the beginning to the end, this person didn't say what his last name was... Could it be such a coincidence?

Now that I thought about it, it's okay to ask one more question, Ye Baiting turned to Xiang Zi'an: "Do you know what this Chai Pengyi looks like?"

"of course."

Xiang Zi'an flicked his fan, and his posture was arrogant: "Who is this one? Even if I didn't know him before, I've been here for a long time, and I know it. I haven't met Chai Pengyi himself, I only heard that he looks good, he is considered handsome." , some temperament - also likes to pretend to be aggressive, good manly, likes to play tricks."

Ye Baiting: ...

It's all right.

Xiang Zi'an pinched his fingers and calculated: "It seems that it has been... seven or eight years since I came here? Life was not good at the beginning, after several severe punishments, until now my legs are still weak, and the pinched fingers have not healed. .”

Ye Baiting's heart shuddered, it really was him!

So much has been matched, if you don't ask me, I'm sorry for all the thought he has spent.

He only hesitated a little, should he tell Shen Jiang?

Chai Pengyi was looking for him to escape from prison, there must be a secret plan, I don't know how long he has been saving, because of other things, is it a little bit worth the candle?

He is a prisoner now. If other prisoners make big moves, the prison will inevitably be chaotic. He knows that he is two pounds, so he has a good brain. No matter how good his brain is, he still hopes to live in a peaceful and safe environment.

But if he told Shen Jiang, others were alarmed, other people's plans were advanced or postponed, or there were some changes in the middle...

No matter how you think about it, it's better to explore the way yourself first.

He found a hard stone and drew three stripes on the railing of his prison door.

No one came over until he fell asleep. When he woke up, he found a note on the cell door, the same paper, the same ink, and the same handwriting. He didn’t say where to meet, but said: Are you very happy? clever?Come to me yourself.

Ye Baiting: ...

Heh, give you a pole, and you really climbed up along it.

Alright, I'll let you see what people you should look up to, whether you can cooperate with each other, how to play the game, you should listen to me, not me to listen to you!

"... Something is wrong, your expression tells me that something is wrong with you," Xiang Zi'an's eyes were quite sharp, watching the excitement was no big deal, "Are you trying to mess with someone?"

Ye Baiting smiled: "What, Brother Zi'an, do you want to go with me?"

Xiang Zi'an: "Where?"

Ye Baiting pointed his chin toward the depths of the cell: "Play inside."

Xiang Zi'an casually slid his fingers over the handle of the fan, his eyes were restrained, and he hid his dissatisfaction: "It's time for a lesson. It's been noisy from yesterday to today, and I don't feel like I can sleep well."

Gentiana Qin didn't know when he woke up, and with gloomy eyes, he added to the topic: "It's them who made troubles. The jailer didn't even give them food yesterday. It's time to find something for them!"

Ye Baiting didn't know there was such a thing. It turned out that Chai Pengyi didn't just talk about it, but he had already taken action. Before he realized it, he had already started to suppress and bully?

Then you are really the first to flirt.

Ye Baiting looked at Xiang Zi'an: "It's been a long time since you've been here, the voices of all the jailers, the general banner and hundreds of households, you should be familiar with them?"

Xiang Zi'an knew what he was talking about, waved his fan, full of confidence: "Don't worry, I can imitate it, even your commander can do it."

Ye Baiting asked Qin Gentian again: "You are a big thief, should you know how to pick locks?"

Qin Gentiana sneered: "I don't really want to run away, or do you think this thing can stop it?"

"very good……"

Ye Baiting put his hands in his sleeves, smiling with the spring breeze blowing on his face, peach blossoms in full bloom: "When I get ready, let's go in—teach them the rules."