The first work of the imperial prison

Shen Jiang turned around and checked the people invited at the meeting to see if there were any special 'business skills' that could be related to this case.

As a result, I searched around and found nothing. Since the participants of the church meeting yesterday were able to bring their wives to participate, they must be very serious. At least before the end of the day, the wives were very serious when they didn’t leave. People who invited to add to the fun, from the list No abnormality can be seen, and no one has anything to do with the word 'special skill'.

I couldn't find what I was looking for, so Shen Jiang changed directions to find out who had something to do with the 'subtle' places, such as those who sang ditty songs and danced at the church meeting, were they all from serious musician backgrounds?Has anyone ever had the experience of falling into the land of fireworks?In order to keep a low profile and keep a low profile, don't men in your circle often do things like ransoming unlisted brothel girls?

I searched and searched, but still didn't get anything.

Since the girls have redeemed their bodies, most of them plan to be good citizens in the future, and they have kept their past experiences under wraps. Even if they have other ideas, they dare not mention them because the nobles are taboo.

With Jin Yiwei's means, it's not difficult to find out some past experiences. The girls can't bear it. If you ask about what you find, they can't deny it. But if you ask other questions, such as whether you have "special skills"— — That would definitely shake your head, whether you really don’t know it or pretend you don’t know it, it’s impossible to judge.

Shen Jiang was very disappointed, he couldn't find out from the girls, so he simply went to various brothels to find out the inside information of this business from the bustards. Is there any girl who is particularly good at this?It’s okay to remember in the past, who knows this technology, who has learned it before?

The old bustards looked at Shen Baihu with meaningful eyes.This Jin Yiwei - by the looks of it, he is not a regular customer of theirs, what else can he do when he comes to the door except to ask questions?Their attitudes are sensitive and it is hard to say too much, while there are all kinds of teasing in their eyes that can't be hidden. They really can't see it. Could it be that Jin Yiwei is also good at this?

Shen Jiangcha—go to the case, shaking a few goose bumps, but nothing has been gained.

When a brothel opens for business, there must be all kinds of customers. It’s not that brothels don’t know about Lou Kai’s hobbies, but this matter is more sensitive.Who can stand it?So there are many ways to do this kind of thing.

——In general high-end places, there are very few such businesses. Most of the guests they receive are high-ranking, like small-minded and attentive, enjoy being served by others, and those who want to play excitement when they are excited. It is they who play others, not others. You If you want to ask which girl is good at whipping that kind of thing, the madam can't tell, but if you want to ask which man is like this, she knows it all too well.

There are really two or three famous girls who can play this, and they are also in low-end buildings. The guests there are not poor, but they must not be high-ranking and powerful. To make a living, they have to accompany smiling faces back and forth, forcing themselves to be long-sleeved and good at dancing. , It's tense, don't you just want to loosen it up?Of course, such customers do not account for too many, and their self-esteem is not that strong, and it is very exciting to play-play occasionally.

What should I do if I want to play this game again?People have a private circle, acquaintances, even the girls in the brothel, they go out alone, they don't see or listen, they don't know, they don't know, and they don't have to be responsible if something goes wrong, right?

Shen Jiang has been busy for a day, and there is nothing important, so he is so busy and lonely.

He secretly scolded Lou Kai in his heart that Lou Kai is not a thing, you can't say what you like, like this?I can't help even if I want to!He also regretted that he came out too fast and in a hurry, and didn't listen to Young Master Jiao's analysis. What is the psychology of people who like to play this game?Is it better to understand - point, in order to have more gains?

Recalling the words of Young Master Jiao and the commander before the autopsy, it seems that there is something wrong with Lou Kai's wife... Shen Jiang thought for a while, changed direction, and went to check on Mrs. Li.

This—checked it directly for him, he was excited, and he found a very terrible point——Li Shi had been missing for a while 12 years ago!

Li's surname is Li Mingyao, who was born in a scholarly family. 12 years ago, when he was visiting relatives in the south of the Yangtze River with his family, he met a bandit on the road and lost his family. She is low-key, basically never mentions her on any occasion, and when others ask her, the atmosphere of her speech is also very subtle, talking about her... Of course, it is more influential.

How the marriage contract between Lou and Li's two families was negotiated? Outsiders don't know the details. They only know that the marriage was settled very quickly. It seems that when Lou Kai accompanied his mother to the birthday party of the old lady of the Li family, he saw Li Yao who was still in her boudoir. —I liked it very much when I saw it, and Lou's mother was also very satisfied. Afterwards, she proposed a marriage, and married someone into the family the next year.

Because the marriage went very smoothly, no one mentioned Li Yao's disappearance in the past few years, as if everyone had forgotten about it... But what good will happen to a young girl who encounters bandits on the road?Either they were caught and raised secretly, or they were sold. If the color is not good, they will be sold to those deep mountains and poor forests. If the color is good, they will be sent to brothels for a good price.

Li Yaosheng is pretty. Guess where she will go, what she has experienced, and what she has learned at an early age?

But all the people Shen Jiang asked about had meaningful faces, all kinds of gossip, and even talked about the atmosphere at home after she returned home. , why never go out after returning home?Why are the family members so sensitive about it?She was not a child when she disappeared, she was already thirteen or fourteen, do you think she would not know her name and where are her parents?Then why not go home, not even a letter?Obviously being controlled by the wicked, nothing can be done!

Shen Jiang poured it—I don’t have any information in my head, so I simply leave it to my subordinates to investigate the “special skills” first, and focus on Li’s side——

Another very important point was discovered.

Lou Kai and Li's married life is not frequent, it's not bad to have it twice a month, but every time after the incident, Lou Kai will definitely go to buy wound medicine, or the smell of medicine remains on the clothes.

Why is it so easy to check?Because every time Lou Kai would clear the surrounding area beforehand, all servants had to stay far away, and those who dared to approach would be sold off, so one day the Patriarch asked everyone to retreat, basically to do that.

Could it be that the couple are playing that kind of game behind closed doors?But Li Shi is soft and weak, it really doesn't look like her.

Shen Jiang wanted to go to Lou's house to ask Mrs. Li for a confession, but people might not be willing to tell the truth about such things, even in front of Young Master Jiao and the commander, he could hide the wound on his wrist...

He looked up at the sky, at sunset, it was going to be dark, he thought for a while, he didn't go back directly to Beizhen Fusi, he went to Lou's house, didn't open the door to go in, but climbed over the wall to the roof to see if he could Did you find something.

It's a bit unfortunate that he landed in a side room in the back house, Lou's mother's house.

"Clatter——" There was a sound, the sound of porcelain falling to the ground and smashing.

Mother Lou's legs are disabled, and her temper is not small. She threw things in the room and cursed at the same time: "What time is it? You don't even serve food, my poor son, why did you go there so early, and make your old lady suffer..."

Shen Jiang changed the roof and saw Mrs. Li in the main room, but she acted as if she didn't hear her. She was feeding her daughter with a very gentle and bright smile, and she even nodded her daughter's little nose.

The grandmother's voice was harsh and harsh, and the little girl didn't respond. She grabbed Li's sleeve with her small hand and smiled softly at her.

The mother and daughter ate quietly, and after Mrs. Li finished arranging the children, cleaning the house, and even read a book for a while, she went to Lou's mother's room and directed the servant girl to help her change diapers and clean the house.

Lou's mother was very angry: "Are you blind or deaf, can't you see or hear? My mother has been howling for so long and still can't come? The loser came to my house and gave birth to a loser who couldn't even give birth to a cub with a handle , you still dare to be rampant? Is it true that my old lady can't deal with you!"

The old woman had an ugly expression, and the words she cursed were not pleasant, and the swear words were repeated one after another, but Mrs. Li just stood aside with her eyes downcast, as if she didn't hear anything.

It wasn't until the maids retreated, the smell in the room was not so unpleasant, and the surroundings were quiet, that Li looked over with calm eyes: "Anyway, your son is dead, if you want to continue living like this, just continue to scold."

Lou's mother shut up instantly.

After entering for a while, she seemed unwilling, her lips moved twice, her tone was stiff: "I don't want to eat this porridge, you give me a bowl instead."

Mrs. Li lowered her eyes: "I'm in a bad mood today, and there's only this for dinner. You can either settle for it or make it yourself."

Lou's mother: "You—"

Mrs. Li raised her head, showing a smiling face that was brighter than the sunshine in spring: "Otherwise, I hope—hope, will I be in a better mood tomorrow?"

"The night is getting darker, the mother-in-law is good to rest, and the daughter-in-law will not bother."

Mrs. Li was talking, and after slowly congratulating herself, she turned out of the room.

Mother Lou stared at the newly replaced bowl of porridge on the table. After transporting it for a long time, she was still reluctant to smash it. She reached out to bring it over and ate it angrily.

Shen Jiang watched all this happen, and thought that Mrs. Li looked soft and weak, but she didn't expect...it was so fierce.Especially those smiles... Her husband just died, and she cried so weakly when she went to Beizhen Fusi before, why is she smiling so brightly now?It's like I've never felt better.

……

While Shen Jiang was busy and full of doubts, Chou Yiqing was not idle either. He traveled all over the place within five miles of the crime scene, wanting to see if there was any leaf that Ye Baiting had picked up from the deceased's stomach.

Obviously, no, all the nearby trees, no matter whether the dead branches and yellow leaves, or the leaves that are stubbornly green against the wind, do not have this kind.

While tracking, he didn't forget to check the whereabouts of Prince Lu's son. Another time, the deputy general Zheng Ying came to answer, but he still didn't find anything.

"...This person is also strange, as if he disappeared out of thin air. The last place he appeared and was seen was the corner of the street where he met Shen Jiang. After that, he disappeared and visited all the nearby houses. Said they didn't see it."

If it wasn't just an accident to say hello to Shen Jiang, Beizhen Fusi didn't get into any trouble except for accepting this matter. He would almost think it was a deliberate frame.

Qiu Yiqing was thoughtful: "No one saw it..."

Zheng Ying: "You don't see people alive, and you don't see dead bodies when you're dead."

Qiu Yiqing narrowed his eyes: "Go and check, what does he need to entrust with R&F."

"What does the commander mean?"

"If he doesn't want to do this, and he has something in his hand that he doesn't want to give—"

Another possibility of not seeing people alive and dead bodies is that the parties involved did it on purpose?

Zheng Ying understood: "My subordinates will investigate immediately!"

Apart from the leaves, Qiu Yiqing did not give up clues about spices. In the capital, all the ladies and ladies who are more particular have some insights into this, but they can be called masters, and there are not many people who are respected by the circle...

Qiu Xunqing quickly found two theater troupes related to this case who had been invited to the church.

……

When the people outside were running, Ye Baiting was not idle, he carried what he had found before - a large pile of poisonous Zhishu, and took it to the prison cell.

"Come on, don't be idle, help me find out, which plant's leaves are similar to this one?"

The leaves taken from the stomach of the deceased had been sealed up as evidence. What he brought was a picture, which was drawn by the best painter in Jinyiwei. The details were realistic, clear and accurate.

The prison cell was silent, no one responded.

Ye Baiting knew in his heart: "There is meat to eat."

"What kind of meat is not meat, the young master will just order it directly!"

"It's cold today, and my ears are hard to use. What did you just say, young master? Are you looking for plants? Come and give me, my hobby is pruning plants, it's ripe!"

"Give it to me, I am the most meticulous, and I promise - nothing will be missed!"

Ye Baiting: ...

Fortunately, everyone worked hard for the sake of the meat, and the cell quickly became quiet again, with the rustling sound of flipping books.

Ye Baiting was flipping through the book while talking to Xiang Zi'an. Lou Kai's case was under investigation, so it's inconvenient to reveal the details. Prince Lu's son can indeed gossip about it: "Everyone in the world, do you know Prince Lu's son?"

"Then I know too well," Xiang Zi'an finally stopped shaking his fan, flipped through the book in his hand, his face was full of a little pride, and leaned over to chat with Ye Baiting, "Is this King Lu? Born by a father, it’s not that he didn’t compete with the late emperor for the position, but he robbed him and did it, and finally he was able to escape unscathed, get a prince, be taken care of by the late emperor, and enjoy himself in the capital, isn’t it very powerful?”

Ye Baiting: "...Well, it's quite powerful."

Xiang Zi'an: "It's a pity that when the first emperor was in poor health, so could King Lu. The mask, King Lu—dead, this is about to be torn down and eaten? Do you know why his father died a year ago, and he was still a prince, didn’t he become a noble? It’s just that people are too stupid to think about it in the palace. I don't understand, I want to move forward, I'm afraid others will plot against me, so I don't want to move forward, and I'm not reconciled... We can't stand it like this, let alone the master and empress in the palace? Beating his mind..."

Ye Baiting intuitively felt that there was an article here, if the prince Lu's mud couldn't support the wall, why did the palace keep supporting him, just because of the love left by King Lu before?Just kidding, how can there be any affection for political interests?

He suspected that King Lu's son had something in his hands, and the people above had to be afraid. Since King Lu is so capable and knows that his son is an idiot, will he leave something for his life?

what is it then?

"King Lu..." Ye Baiting was thoughtful, "So powerful?"

"I heard that there was once a time when you publicly challenged the current emperor! Say something disrespectful..." Xiang Zi'an looked around and lowered his voice again, "The current emperor is a pitiful little one. Back then Basically, there is no such person. One of the late emperor's children was harmed by the empress and master in the palace. If the emperor was not in poor health when he was young, he was sent to the royal temple to recuperate, and he would not have survived to inherit the throne. Tong... At that time, the King of Lu was very thoughtful, and he reached an agreement with the harem to do this kind of persecution of the late emperor's heirs. He probably thought that if he couldn't beat Lao Tzu, he would kill all his sons. position, isn’t it the turn of someone else’s son?”

"Being a father really put a lot of thought into it. Unfortunately, my life was not good. If I didn't kill Jinshang, I couldn't bear it anymore. The first emperor had an accident, and he also had an accident. My son still couldn't help him." Who knows what the master and empress of the palace are thinking, maybe she just wants to make others unhappy..."

After Xiang Zi'an finished gossip about King Lu, his eyes sparkled: "You asked about their family, but what happened to this idiot son? He really deserves it! I heard that his first wife was beaten to death by him!"

Ye Baiting was stunned: "What did you say?"

Xiang Zi'an: "Shi Zifei, haven't you been dead for more than half a year?"

Ye Baiting looked at him: "You have been imprisoned for more than one year."

"Young master, you are in a good mood. Although I have been in prison for more than one year, people are entering this prison at any time," Xiang Zi'an said with a mysterious face, "As long as there are new people coming in, I will have new news ?”

Ye Baiting: ...

Let's gossip, you are the best.

"What have you heard?"

"Young Master, want to know?" Xiang Zi'an - Shuanghu looked over, and talked about the conditions reservedly and proudly, "Then you call the dog general over and tell me to rub it! Just let me touch it, and I will give you whatever you want! Sleep with me Everything works!"

Ye Baiting calmly refused: "Then give up, I'm not a casual person."

In fact, I went to the scene of the crime today, and brought back a strong smell of powder, which smoked away the dog who wanted to come over to be intimate. Today, let alone his barking, it is not good for Qiu Xunqing to come.

"You can add meat!" Qin Gentiana said.

Xiang Zi'an: "No way—"

Gouzi is the cutest in the world, no rebuttal is accepted!

"No? Why not?" Qin Gentian held a clay ball used as a hidden weapon between his fingertips, and his eyes fell on the neighbor's vitals, with a clear sense of threat.

Xiang Zian: ...

"Okay... well, anyway, General Dog is here every day, it doesn't matter if it's early or late."

He turned his head and said to Ye Baiting: "That's it, the crown prince was beaten to death by the crown prince."

Ye Baiting: "And then?"

"Gone."

"No more?" That's it?

Xiang Zi'an spread his hands: "Then other people only talked about it with me."

Ye Baiting didn't speak, just raised his wrist, casually, very indifferently, and shook the small bell on his wrist.

Xiang Zi'an almost salivated directly: "Okay, I'll sell my appearance, and help the young master to find out, just wait-wait!"

When Ye Baiting left the imperial prison, he only noticed Shi Mi in the opposite cell. He was wearing a new suit today, a light blue jacket. The pattern on it is very unique, and it is different from the patterns that can be seen in general.

"Brother and sister gave it." Seeing him watching, Shi Mi lowered her eyes, and a slow smile appeared in her eyes, "Thank you for your care and mentioning your name. These things were delivered smoothly. The clothes are my sister's." I made it myself, they have a baby, and they don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl, so can I wait until he’s born.”

Ye Baiting thought of Changshan Zisu and his wife: "Then I have a chance, so I have to help you visit them, and say congratulations."

"Thank you."

"Sorry, I'm a bit presumptuous, may I ask - is the pattern on your clothes... a style created by your sister?"

Shi Mi was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "I can't talk about it. The pattern... the origin is not so nice. My sister learned it from her stepmother. You know my stepmother's background. The patterns you can learn in the early days, They are all different from ordinary people. Later, she tried her best to avoid them, and even stopped doing embroidery work. After that, she must have thought about it. We have too many children, and she was too worried, so she didn't pay attention to these things. She made clothes casually and embroidered with stitches. I don’t want to evade it on purpose anymore, just look good..."

"So, thank you for letting me know."

Ye Baiting asked this question because of the rope marks on Lou Kai's body and the marks left by the whip. If he read correctly, the weaving direction is somewhat similar to the pattern of Shi Mi's collar.

But Zisu is already pregnant, so she has no energy or reason to do such a thing, not to mention there is Chang Shan beside her.

Ye Baiting just wondered if the person who killed Lou Kai in this case had the same experience?

In short, write it down first, and check it later.

It takes time to check the evidence, and it also takes time to visit the social relations of the parties. Ye Baiting, facing the only information in his hand, thinks in a possible direction... Where did the things that were cut off by the deceased go?

Today's dog doesn't like the smell of him, and he didn't come over when he saw him, but bit a bone on the ground back and forth.

Dogs like to chew things, it's their nature.

What about people?The murderer cut the thing from the deceased, and did it while the deceased was alive, so that he could experience the whole process. What was the murderer thinking at that time?It's all been cut, so don't you have to let the dead see it by the way?

What do you think if you let him see it?

Ye Baiting had been to the scene, and the bloodstains on the ground at the scene were very concentrated. It was the puddle that flowed down when the deceased was hung on it and was cut. If the murderer wanted the deceased to see it, he had to move forward. What about the bloodstains that followed? ?why not?

It is unlikely that the murderer had cleaned up the scene. The corpse was hanging like that, not afraid of being discovered at all. What kind of scene did he clean up... Could it be that he was holding it with his hands?The murderer has hatred for men, would he like to take this thing?And even if you hold it with your hands, there will be blood dripping down.

So at that time - there must be something holding this piece of meat!

think!Think carefully!

Ye Baiting closed his eyes and carefully recalled the scene. That house—it was not very popular at first glance. It was not a place where people lived in daily life. There were not many things in the room. There was something necessary, but it was missing...

tray!

Ye Baiting really remembered, the bedding on the bed is correct, the set of flower dendrobium is correct, there is a teapot on the table, four teacups, glaze blue, two of them have been used and have been sealed up by Jin Yiwei, but what about the tray ?

If you live in a place for a long time, it doesn’t matter whether you use a tray or not, but it’s a place where people don’t live there, and only occasionally someone will come to clean it. Can the tea set be placed directly on the table without a tray?

Ye Baiting didn't believe it.

He immediately found a few familiar Jinyiwei, explained it in detail, and asked them to search nearby to see if there were any discarded trays, preferably matching the tea set at the scene of the crime.

This time, General Dog didn't go with him, Ye Baiting waited impatiently, so he just spent all his time playing with him, stroking his fur, licking him casually, throwing a takraw ball to him, doing whatever he wanted, and he brought a hand stove , holding it in his hand, it took the cloak in its mouth, and put it on by the way, it arched his waist, and he subconsciously walked in its direction...

When Qiu Xunqing came back, he found Ye Baiting in the Gouzi cart, and he was running crazy in Fusi's courtyard in Beizhen.

It was moving quite well, the mouth was full of hot air, Ye Baiting's ears were red from the tip of his nose, and his hair was blown up...

Qiu Xunqing snapped his fingers and blocked Gouzi's path, so Gouzi had to brake urgently.

Ye Baiting came back to his senses, and suddenly realized... Uh, why is Qiu Yiqing so tall?

Lower your head again—look, okay, he's in Gouzi's car again!

Last time, I could say that it was a matter of love, that he didn't pay attention to the scene of a large-scale social death, this time - look at the eyes of Jin Yiwei around, this group of people looked at it for an unknown amount of time, but - they didn't even say a word!

Ye Baiting wished he could dig a hole in the ground and bury himself.

Fortunately, the commander is reliable, just a casual look, everyone scattered like birds and beasts, what to do.

Ye Baiting: ...

Forget it,—returning to life twice, it's a lot of embarrassment, it's thick-skinned, isn't it just a little car, what's wrong?Gouzi likes it, he can sit when he wants to, and others can't sit if they want to!

Qiu Yiqing picked up the boy and pointed at the dog: "It's crazy, you just let it go?"

Gouzi whined, lying innocently on the ground, with his chin resting on his front paws, looking over with his dark eyes.

Ye Baiting's heart softened: "It's also my fault."

Gouzi immediately wagged his tail: "Wow!"

Commander Naihe was stern and selfless, and made a gesture towards Gouzi: "Get the punishment."

Afterwards, he carried the boy into the house and said, "You too."