The first work of the imperial prison

Beizhen Fusi has a solemn hall.

Ye Baiting looked into Yan Rouman's eyes and asked her: "Does Leader Yan hate men?"

Yan Rouman paused for a moment, then smiled slightly: "Look at what the young master said, do people like my family have the right to hate men? My family should like them, I like them to send money to my family, I like them to let my family live On a good day, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you can save money for your retirement in the future..."

Ye Baiting thought for a while: "Perhaps the word 'hate' is too light, what I really want to ask is—do you hate them?"

Yan Rouman still smiled, and was about to start teasing something, but Ye Baiting stopped her from saying it.

"The deceased, Lou Kai, was able to give up all his face outside to serve the nobleman. The nobleman insisted on one thing, but at home he was the most authoritative head of the family. He was the only one who respected himself. He would beat his wife Li Yao from body to heart. What she can't see makes her suffer and dare not tell others. All the wrong things in life are the fault of the wife. Today's unlucky thing is that the wife's food is not good enough, and tomorrow she loses face in front of others. Because my wife said the wrong thing, my perverted possessive desire caused my wife to dress too nicely, which attracted the eyes of other men. Everything is the wife's fault. If you don’t speak, or even don’t speak, even if you pass by on the wrong shoulder, you will be beaten. In an ordinary family, a man loves his wife and is impulsive. When he sees his wife being wronged, he will ask her who bullied you, and subconsciously say I will kill you. He, in Lou Kai's place, becomes who you seduce again, I will kill him first, and then I will kill you - Lou Kai will threaten Li Yao's family, if he dares to be disobedient, you are not the only one who is unlucky, speaking of rules They are all for honest people, if you are convinced, you will be good..."

"The same is true for the son of King Lu. He killed the concubine of the previous life. He will control his wife's communication and restrict personal freedom. He thinks that his wife is his private property, and he has the right to arrange and use it. He does not allow his wife and friends to go out, and does not allow his wife to show her face in public. , Even if it’s just to participate in small banquets in the circle and make connections, he doesn’t like his wife’s excellence and is afraid of her success. As long as his wife is a little more interested and talks about things she is good at, he will immediately pour cold water on her, belittle her, deny her, and use insults and abuse. Come to destroy her, try to instill more futility in her, make her more dependent on herself..."

"Including Zheng Hongchun, they are all men like this. They don't slap their wives in the face, they only attack according to those shameful places, making it difficult for women to talk about it, they don't want to talk about these things with anyone, they don't feel safe, and they live in In the fear of "I don't know when the next fight will be", their home is not a home, but a huge cage, which locks up their people and hearts. Tomorrow will be bright and sunny, and everyone will be in the sun , but no one knows what happened to them, and saw their inner struggle—”

"Such a thing, such a person, don't you hate it?"

Yan Rouman didn't smile this time, but just stared at Ye Baiting coldly, she didn't speak immediately, but she could tell that she was very uncomfortable: "No matter how miserable or difficult it is, it's all other people's business, what has it to do with me?"

They have all forgotten to call themselves 'slaves'.

Ye Baiting saw all the changes in his eyes: "Why is it someone else's business? Are you not very familiar with them?"

Yan Rouman: "I don't understand what your lord is talking about."

"The story of Li Yao was told by you to me and the commander when Lu Wang's mansion was suspended. You know Li Yao's past very well. You all know the suffering she suffered, her anger and helplessness, and this kind of thing It's a matter of reputation, she will never tell anyone casually, including family members, it seems that only the person involved can know the details?"

Ye Baiting looked at Yan Rouman: "It was you who saved Li Yao in the brothel that night, right?"

Yan Rouman pursed her lips and said nothing.

Ye Baiting: "You have been misleading us. First tell the story of Li Yao, who was rescued, and then mention Rong Ningyu. Rong Ningyu is such a nosy person. When a girl goes through this kind of experience, she will definitely save her. You are using Rong Ningyu to help you divert your attention."

"And Rong Ningyu did help you. In Lu Wang's mansion, the commander and I chatted with her a few words. She clearly said that she had been away from Jiangnan for a long time and had never saved Li Yao. She might think that Jin Yiwei just asked casually and didn't say much. I think, in the class this time, she should have realized that this matter may reveal the past and be related to the murderer, so she changed it and gave us an ambiguous answer—saying that she has saved many people over the years, and she can’t remember clearly , perhaps he was saved."

"She is also inducing us. Do you know who this is for? Leader Yan?"

Yan Rouman licked her lips: "I..."

"But she doesn't know that Li Yao will confess, and we have already found out," Ye Baiting looked at Yan Rouman firmly, "That day in the south of the Yangtze River, during that long night, I saved the little girl and exchanged my body for her. It was you, Yan Rouman, who endured those tortures and bruises all over her body."

Behind the screen, Li Yao almost rushed out, no, she didn't!She never said that!

However, she didn't move, and couldn't move, because Sheng Long had already firmly held her hand, and shook her head slightly.

No, don't be impulsive, turn in front of the screen, they can hear Ye Baiting's words very clearly, once there is an aggressive behavior, making a noise after speaking is a warning, Jin Yiwei will regard this behavior as identifying the murderer.

The corners of Li Yao's eyes were slightly red, she looked into Sheng Long's eyes, and finally sat back without moving.

Outside the screen, Yan Rouman was very calm: "Maybe she remembered it wrong? Anyway, I don't remember it."

Ye Baiting shook his head: "No, you remember. You remember all the harm that was done to you, and you also remember what you have done."

He had been thinking about a problem before, but when he thought of the key point that the rescuer was Yan Rouman, he understood.

"Why does Li Yao know that Sheng Long was rescued before, so she can tell all kinds of details in detail? Neither of them is easy to open their hearts to others. There are too many secrets in the past that cannot be revealed in the sun. She doesn't have many chances to get along with her, but she can easily give her trust. A person like Sheng Long who is so impeccable and self-restraining, would actually 'swear' Li Yao. Li Yao is so helpless and insecure, stepping out of the house. People who would shy away from each other can actually muster up the courage to walk at night and secretly throw small notes to Sheng Long... What made their friendship possible? What kind of connection and commonality made them find a sense of identity in each other? I Guess it was because of a benefactor who saved them when they were most desperate and helpless."

"Sheng Long planned that the eldest son's life failed, but he was kidnapped to the brothel. You were the one who saved them, right? Because you once saved them regardless of your life, at any cost, and without asking for anything in return, and they also want to protect you."

Yan Rouman's eyelashes drooped slightly, she didn't know what she was thinking, but she still didn't speak.

Ye Baiting: "Li Yao knew that you killed someone. In order to help cover up, she wanted to involve herself and Sheng Long. We found out that we suspected that Rong Ningyu had helped her. She acquiesced before and didn't tell the truth. Sheng Long That's right, when we found the Sheng family and asked about the benefactor in the past, she only said that she had found it, but it had nothing to do with this case, and she didn't want to mention it, let alone your name. No matter how they disturbed the water, their purpose was only to One—can't expose you."

"On the morning of Zheng Hongchun's death, Li Yao came out so early on purpose to increase her suspicions. It was to protect you. She deliberately revealed Sheng Long's story. She was confident that Sheng Long's intelligence could solve problems. It was also to protect you, including The fir leaves that the two of them got on purpose are also to protect you. The case is full of doubts, and it blooms everywhere. Everyone has suspicions, so it won’t be obvious to you? And a person related to the case has no suspicions everywhere, and it seems That's not quite right, Sheng Long deliberately told us your story, specious, let us sympathize, and also vaguely instilled in us a concept, your mystery and temperament are all because of what happened to Rong's class back then, which is different from the current situation. The case is irrelevant."

Yan Rouman finally spoke, she raised her head, her beautiful eyes were full of calm: "You are identifying me as the murderer in this case."

Ye Baiting nodded: "That's right, Lou Kai, Prince Lu's son, Zheng Hongchun, you killed these three people, right?"

Yan Rouman lowered her eyebrows: "Just based on your analysis just now? Jin Yiwei...do you have evidence?"

"spices."

Ye Baiting looked at her: "Your title of 'Pinxiang Master' is fake, right?"

Yan Rouman paused.

Ye Baiting: "Because you want to serve customers well and improve your own taste, when you join the opera troupe, you have a special class to learn seal incense, but you are not good at this class."

Yan Rouman: "I don't do well in those subjects, and I don't like any of them."

"Those who don't like it will be mastered later, won't they? You are very smart, nothing can stop you, as long as you think about it, you can learn it, but this seal fragrance, even if you have no talent, you can't learn it well. "

Ye Baiting said slowly: "In your early years, you asked Rong Ningyu many times for this, right? She gave you a lot of advice, it doesn't matter if you don't have talent, as long as you know what you are suitable for, it will teach you what kind of fragrance is suitable for you. Matching, what kind of fragrance should you not try... You remember very clearly, and you listen to her words very well. In the following years, you have always followed these advices and suggestions, and never forgot. You don’t need to know all the fragrances, just know What suits you is enough, as for what you say outside, make up some words to prevaricate, or find other excuses, how can it be difficult for you?"

"After you created the Yan family class, you and Rong Ningyu have less and less visible contacts, so you have people who are good at tasting fragrances under your command, who specially choose and match various fragrances for you. Of course, Rong Ningyu helped you build it back then. Under that system, even so, you still don’t think it’s enough. Every time you’re not so confident in Xinxiang, you’ll grab a deal and go to Rong Ningyu’s eyes, even if it’s just a provocation. If she criticizes or frowns, you will know that this time the direction is wrong and the new fragrance cannot be used. If not, you will know that the fragrance this time is good and can last longer.”

"Because of incense, everyone has their own hobbies. Even if they change it, they have certain preferences. It is impossible to change it every day. Year after year, you will pass safely."

Yan Rouman seemed to have been poked at the pain point, and stared at Ye Baiting with anger and strangeness: "How do you know what you said is right?"

Ye Baiting calmly pushed the investigation clues on the table: "Because Jin Yiwei investigated all your past, you have a strange temper, and you won't tell anyone your real purpose, but the specific time when these things happened, the results of the impact, your past Anxiety, small accidents that occasionally happen to Yin Xiang, as long as we think about it, we can know."

Yan Rouman: "Exposing people has to expose their shortcomings, okay, I admit it, I just don't know much about incense! Is it easy for a person like me to build a reputation outside!"

"Then—and this kind of fir leaves."

Ye Baiting nodded, pointing to the poison on one side of the tray: "I have thought about it, there are many poisons that can kill people, why choose this one? The face will turn blue when you die from it, such a special symptom, Finding out sooner or later is no safer and more convenient than others, until I noticed that this poison has another effect, it can make people have hallucinations, more fear, or more desire—”

"The function you want it to play is to either make it easier for you to kill, or make the death of the deceased more painful."

"This poison eliminates hallucinations, and the increase can kill. It also has another effect, that is, abortion. You have experienced this kind of pain, haven't you? So you want these men to taste it. You hate them. All the pain on your face All the charming smiles are fake, you don't like this kind of life at all, you hate these men, you poison them, you kill them, cut off their organs..."

Speaking of this, Ye Baiting paused: "I didn't quite understand this behavior before. I understand your hatred for them. I can also understand your hatred piled up to the level of using a knife. But why do you need to take it out on a tray? Throw it away, they're so dirty and disgusting to you, aren't they? Then I thought..."

Yan Rouman seemed a little curious: "What did you think of?"

Ye Baiting's eyes flickered slightly: "I thought of something. Many eunuchs in the palace will think of ways to preserve the cut things and soak them in jars. When they die, they will put the corpses and jars into the coffin and bury them in the ground. Here, in the hope that I can be a complete man in my next life—you do this because you don’t want the dead to fulfill their wishes, and make them feel uncomfortable in the next life, right?”

Yan Rouman smiled meaningfully: "I didn't expect the young master to know so much at such a young age."

"But I still don't understand," Ye Baiting said slowly, "You killed Lou Kai. When you walked out of the small courtyard, you saw Li Yao. She didn't know Lou Kai was dead at the time, but she would definitely guess it later. The logic of her subsequent behavior was the same as I guessed, but why did she know the news about Zheng Hongchun's death in advance, and deliberately got up early to attract attention for you?"

"Also, how did Prince Lu's son get poisoned? He doesn't drink tea. What kind of food did the poison mix with? Both Sheng Long and Ma Xianglan refused autopsy. This behavior must be related to you, but why? , what will be revealed?"

Yan Rouman: "Isn't the young master very smart? Think again?"

Ye Baiting: "So you admit it, the murderer in this case is you."

Yan Rouman smiled, and she shook her finger lightly: "You guessed it, where is the evidence? I didn't admit it."

"You want evidence? All right."

Ye Baiting also laughed, and then spoke faster: "When Zheng Hongchun's body was found, it was still warm, and he hadn't been dead for a long time. The shoes he wore before his death had fresh water stains on the soles, and there was a faint smell of alcohol. The weather, the ice outside is easy to find, and the water is hard to find. Following the investigation, we can know that he passed Liji Tavern on the way to the small courtyard for an appointment, and this day Liji Tavern has to be cleaned because it is closed , it closed very late, and the man remembered it clearly, it was already three o'clock in the ugly hour."

"In the coat that Zheng Hongchun took off, there was a kind of dried cauliflower rolled up. This kind of yellow flower is rare even in the capital. Only one family in that street has bought it; there is also red wax oil. Jin Yiwei even walks again at night. Passing through all the roads nearby, only one family will drop the same wax oil as the traces on the body of the deceased... Following these tracks, we can piece together the last course of action of the deceased, as well as the specific time. Zheng Hongchun will walk this road, There is a high probability that the murderer will also pass through overlapping."

"The night is quiet, and there are not many people who will act at night, but it is inevitable that someone will wake up at night. Jin Yiwei set up an area to investigate and visit. Sure enough, someone said that he had seen you. He didn't know you, but she knew you. Clothes, you are very busy today, and you don’t even have time to change your clothes. Not only did you wear the same skirt that you went to Lu Wang’s mansion during the day, but also because you went to the mourning hall, you got the hemp rope on the hall, and because of this, the hemp rope traces were also banned. You took it to the scene of the murder and you stayed there."

"Evidence, confessions, spices, whips, cedar leaves, other people's cover... you have all the suspicious points, how do you explain them?"

"How should I explain it? Why don't you make it up? I have no relationship with Li Yao Shenglong. I just cooperated with you and thought it was fun. There is no relationship at all. How could they recruit these things?"

Yan Rouman's eyes were burning, and the bottom of her eyes was bright, beautiful and dazzling: "Don't scare me with these words. Young master, are you trying to persuade me to surrender, or are you deliberately using this method to scare others so that the real murderer can stand up?"

Ye Baiting suddenly realized that some people's trust cannot be easily broken.

But how is it possible for him, only this trick?He bent his slender fingertips and tapped the table lightly, three times.

Seeing the meaningful smile of the young man, Yan Rouman felt something was wrong, so she heard a voice coming from the room.

"I'm sorry...it's my fault. I told them all. I still have a daughter at home, so I can't take any chances. I was very happy to see you that morning, but when I received the news of my husband's death, I knew something was wrong. , you killed him."

This is Li Yao's voice.

Li Yao was originally sitting behind the screen, applauding Yan Rouman's reaction, yes, she should not listen to Jin Yiwei, the young man looked at him with red lips and white teeth, obediently, but in fact his heart was broken, and he heard his own voice when he turned his head , but she didn't open her mouth to speak!

She quickly looked at the people sitting beside her, and the women also turned their heads to look at her. Then they all turned their heads, and their eyes fell on the young man who had been standing there, waving a fan, in the corner behind the screen.

They don't know each other, this is Xiang Zi'an, in the prison cell, Ye Baiting's neighbor, professional teacher, minor, there are many, Jianghu Baixiaosheng, master of ventriloquism, countless tricks, the young master just asked him to learn his voice , Isn't it easy to come by?

While he was talking, he winked coquettishly at the wives, and then spoke again, his pronunciation had changed, it was Sheng Long's voice.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't hide it smoothly. Jin Yiwei has found out, and the people from back then have been dug out... We are useless."

After that, Rong Ningyu's voice was soft yet powerful: "Give up, Aman, this is the only way to go."

Yan Rouman's eye circles instantly turned red: "You..."

Ye Baiting nodded: "That's right, they are all here, not only the testimonies that undermined each other before, but also what you said just now, they can also hear everything."

Following his words, Xiang Zi'an, a soldier in Jin Yiwei, took two steps forward, opened the screen, and presented a few women in front of him. He silently took two steps back and hid in a dark corner. If he didn't pay attention, he would not have noticed him appearing Pass.

Yan Rouman and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

Everyone: ...

Yan Rouman covered her face with one hand and smiled softly.

The laughter became louder and more willful, as if she had never vented so much in her life, she no longer cared about her image, no longer presented a graceful and charming look, at this moment she laughed heartily, she was just herself.

"That's right, I did it, and I killed everyone."

Ye Baiting: "Then tell me, how are all the plans implemented? And my three questions?"

Yan Rouman smiled: "Let me think about it, why did Li Yao know that Zheng Hongchun was dead? Because my schedule was really hasty that day. As the day dawned, there would be more and more people on the street, and my sleeve was stained with blood." For fear of being seen, Li Yao's house happened to be not far away, so I went to borrow a suit and a carriage by the way."

"I went there cheeky, and I didn't mean to reciprocate, but I knew she wouldn't betray me, but she went out on her own afterward...I didn't know."

"Is there something for the prince of Lu... I can trick him into eating it. Of course it is my best dish. After all these years, I have not made much progress. From the beginning to the present, the only thing that can be used to deceive people is this. Chopsticks First spring."

Chopsticks Spring?Ye Baiting didn't recognize this name, but Shen Jiang responded quickly: "Fried quail?"

Yan Rouman nodded: "The chopsticks spring I make is different from others. It is made of exquisite materials and heat. It is not greasy at all. It will smell fragrant whenever you eat it. No one can resist it. Maybe it is because of my method. It is quite unique, and it is very likely to be recognized. Li Yao and Sheng Long know it, and Rong Ningyu also knows it. Lou Kai didn't need it when he died, and it was the first time. They didn't expect it. Powerful people can make the dead speak, and they must be wary, so they say that the autopsy is not allowed."

Ye Baiting thought for a while: "The small courtyard where the prince was killed didn't see this dish."

"I took it away." Yan Rouman smiled, "I know that the way I make this dish is special, even the poison can be pretended to be pickled with spices, don't you think this is important evidence? Leave it on the spot, I am Do you think you were caught not fast enough?"

Ye Baiting: "How did you make a plan to kill these three people step by step? According to their past behavior patterns, they should not like to play this kind of whip game. Even if they want to play, they beat others instead of allowing others Hit them, how do you make them trust you and be willing to be beaten?"

Yan Rouman laughed ironically: "Because some men are cheap."