I solved crimes in the Song Dynasty and strengthened the country [Seventh Five-Year]

38 people passed the Chilan Bridge

The first moment he saw Lanbin in Xiangzhou, Jiang Lin realized, isn't this the not-so-famous hometown of Prefect Chen?

Jiang Lin suspected Lu Ping before, because Lu Ping was a fellow villager of Chen Zhifu, and had a feud with him.But Jiang Lin never expected that Qi You, who had personally performed the autopsy on Lu Ping, was also from Lanbin, Xiangzhou.

Looking closely at the date on the recommendation letter, it was in the Xianping period, about 20 years ago, which is very consistent with the time when Chen Zhifu participated in the imperial examination.

Qiyou got No.1 in the provincial examination and came to the capital 20 years ago. Why didn't he get the honor in the examination?

The Song Dynasty was the era when the imperial examination recruited the most talents. As long as they participated in the imperial examination, they could basically be assigned a good official position.It's not that Qi You is ugly and unsuitable to face saints, why would he let go of such a chance to make a fortune in the palace examination?

Does this have anything to do with the recommendation letters and transcripts that prefect Chen added?

Remembering that he had ridiculed that the Qiming Medical Center was diagonally opposite the Ping'an Tavern, and that Qiyou had ample opportunity to get in touch with the people in the Ping'an Tavern, Jiang Lin suddenly had a creepy feeling.

If Qiyou really knew Chen Zhifu, then what role did Qiyou play in the previous case, even in Lu Ping's old case?

Countless guesses flooded Jiang Lin's mind, but he was pressed by Xiao Shitou to ask about the meal, so he had no choice but to suppress his disturbed thoughts.

He wanted to take Xiao Shitou to the Ping'an Tavern, maybe he could try Qiyou's attitude during the meal break, but he felt that there was no direct evidence for his conjecture, so what kind of question should be used to test it would not seem strange.

After thinking about it all the way, Jiang Lin and Xiao Shitou finally came to Ping An Tavern.After all, Bai Yutang still lives here, if Jiang Lin meets him and Zhan Zhao, he can ask them what they found outside the city.

After the change of shopkeeper Peng, and the sacrificial ceremony, the business of Ping An Tavern is obviously not as good as before.The old man who was always too busy stood beside the counter and wiped the statue of the God of Wealth idly. When he saw Jiang Lin coming, he subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and said, "Master, you are going to..."

Jiang Lin's eyes were fixed for a moment, then he shook his head and said, "Bring my younger brother to eat something. Is Mr. Jin back?"

The clerk shook his head and said, "Oh, not yet. That Mr. Jin was really making a fuss in our store today, even the Zhan guards were brought by him and threw a few benches."

...Hey, it's quite a toss.

After Jiang Lin slandered, he gave orders to the waiter and ordered enough dishes for the four of them to eat.Afterwards, he gave Xiao Shitou a sum of money to teach him how to calculate the food expenses on the grounds that it was convenient to go, and he turned the corner into Qiming Medical Center.

Because the little stone was waiting on the other side, Jiang Lin wanted to make a quick decision, so he went straight into the backyard familiarly.As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Qiyou with slightly white temples sitting leisurely in the courtyard, drinking a pot of apricot blossom wine.

It was already evening, and the dim light made Qiyou's whole day look like twilight, but he was only in his forties.

When Qiyou saw Jiang Lin who suddenly appeared, he didn't show any surprise, he just said "Here we come".When he spoke, he was not as polite as he used to be when communicating with Shangguan, but instead revealed a casual feeling of "self-defeating".

Seeing the other party's attitude, Jiang Lin no longer hesitated.He walked closer and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Qi and Lu Ping are old acquaintances?"

Qiyou smiled lightly, and admitted directly: "It's just a junior from the same village, not familiar."

"After Lu Ping's body was discovered, his foster brother Wei Heng found out that you were the coordinator in charge of the case, and he looked for you in private, didn't he?" Jiang Lin said, "But he missed the time to claim the body. That's why there is no record from the government."

Qiyou took a sip of his wine, but didn't answer.

Jiang Lin continued: "I guess, you should not only have told Wei Heng that Lu Ping died of a brain injury, but also said that you had seen something like 'Lu Ping had a conflict with Peng Yu'. .”

Qiyou sighed, and said softly: "Shaocheng, Lu Ping died of a brain injury. No matter who asks me, I will always say the same thing——as an assistant, I still have this basic professionalism." As for the others, I only said that I saw Lu Ping going in and out of the Ping'an Tavern, and I didn't point it at anyone."

"'Professionalism'?" Jiang Lin murmured again, and said, "Brain injury may not necessarily be caused by falling to death, but may also be caused by being hit by a blunt object? Let me guess, That murder weapon..."

Jiang Lin lowered his eyelashes and said, "Could it be the statue of the God of Wealth in the Ping'an Tavern?"

If Wei Heng hadn't confided words like "Idol" during the interrogation, Jiang Lin might not have noticed that the golden God of Wealth could also be a murder weapon.

"Your medical center is the same as most shops. There is usually a wooden God of Wealth in a red robe and golden boots on the counter, but on the stone God of Wealth in the Ping'an Tavern, there are black threads embedded in the gaps between the golden boots... If If I'm not wrong, it might be the remaining blood."

Seeing Qiyou's eyes flashed, Jiang Lin continued: "And you, out of your concern for your fellow countrymen, or your hatred for Chen Zhifu, chose to tell Wei Heng the truth about Lu Ping's death, so that he would not be afraid of Lu Ping's death. Prefect Chen has murderous intentions, right?"

Qiyou seemed to have caught something interesting, and repeated: "My...'hate'?"

"I found the recommendation letter you put in the book. You have known the prefect Chen for a long time, and..." Based on Qi You's strange choice of becoming a doctor despite being the number one scholar, Jiang Lin guessed, "You were Not participating in the imperial examination is also related to him."

"That does have something to do with him, but it may not be the same as you imagined. I... don't hate him." Qiyou paused and said, "So what conclusion did Jiang Shaocheng draw?"

"So all of this is not a coincidence. You are obviously the best master of our Dali Temple, but you fell into a coma after discovering the corpse of the prefect... because you were the same year as him, and even after seeing the corpse Immediately after the vicious dog destroyed it, you realized that the death of Prefect Chen had something to do with Lu Ping, who had been a dog trainer."

Jiang Lindao: "And you, after knowing that the murderer might be the deceased's brother-in-law, chose to help him conceal it, and even emphasized that people like Lu Ping would not have relatives during our investigation."

Jiang Lin stared into Qiyou's eyes, and said, "And now you choose to call yourself sick, and even have the idea of ​​becoming an official, because...you feel guilty?"

Qiyou drank all the remaining wine, stood up and said: "Whether you believe it or not, I only revealed to the deceased the cause of death and the general whereabouts of the other's brother-in-law to the best of my ability. Wei Heng would make such a big murder The heart is also beyond my expectation."

"But it was indeed my negligence to conceal Wei Heng's existence during your investigation. Fortunately, you found out the truth and ended this grievance..."

He bowed deeply to Jiang Lin and said: "I know that what I did is unjust and unreasonable, so I ask you to resign today, in order to ease the fear of the old man."

"Okay." Jiang Lin responded, "All punishments will be carried out according to the law. You must not have any complaints."

"Yes."

Public officials shield criminals, and the punishment of resignation is severe enough. Jiang Lin will not be favoritism because of his private contacts with Qiyou.

But seeing a frail elder bowing to him in this way, Jiang Lin couldn't help feeling a little compassion in his heart.

On the way here, Jiang Lin had already guessed Qiyou's intention of repentance - after all, Jiang Lin would not believe that it was a coincidence that no one arranged to find a letter from 20 years ago from the book.

Besides, Jiang Lin still remembered that on the first seven days of Chen Zhifu, Qi You once burned paper money in the backyard for his salvation... Maybe the other party is really not such a vicious person.

·

Jiang Lin finally went there for a little longer, and when he came back, not only were the dishes served, but Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were also seated at the table, waiting for him to come back for dinner.

Seeing that the mouse and cat were not tied together again, Jiang Lin was a little surprised and said, "It's untied? But why is your hair wet? And Brother Zhan, your clothes?"

Drinking hot wine to warm up, Bai Yutang threw the rope that bound them to Jiang Lin, and said, "The rope will loosen when it meets water, and it will be untied after we wade into the water."

Bai Yutang rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, the surname Jiang, do you know? Our Royal Cat Zhan Guard, Zhan Daxia, I'm afraid..."

Before he could say the second half of the word "water", Zhan Zhao blocked Bai Yutang's disgusting mouth with a fat and oily chicken leg.

"Bah, bah, bah," Bai Yutang took away the chicken leg, and said, "Hey, who's house is too far away, and even the clothes have to be borrowed from me? Cat, you can forget it if you don't thank me, how can you repay your kindness? Wear it Have you ever had such a good material? Believe it or not, I won't lend you any more?"

"This is the way to express my gratitude." Zhan Zhao said coolly, and by the way, he stuffed another fat and tender chicken butt into his mouth, and said, "Have you ever eaten such a good chicken butt? Why don't you say thank you? "

Jiang Lin thought to himself, what kind of primary school chicken quarrel pattern is this?Looking at the vigilant expression of the guy next to him, he immediately understood that this might be a sign that the two of them would turn the tavern upside down.

In order to prevent the disaster from happening again, Jiang Lin dissuaded him: "Okay, okay, didn't you two go to the boat outside the city to investigate? Why did you fall into the water?"

Seeing that the two looked at each other, as if they were going to blame each other, Jiang Lin hurriedly changed the subject and said, "I mean, do you have any new discoveries?"

"We found some large empty boxes on the boat, scattered silver taels hidden in the corners, and a piece of red cloth on the bow. That piece of cloth coincided with the red dress on Yu Shun'er's body. Let's guess that Xiang Zhiyu should be Is going to..."

There was a child listening beside him, so Zhan Zhaoyin removed the word "corpse" and said, "I hid her there, and then threw it into the water for the fishermen to find."

Jiang Lin nodded, not surprised by this.

"Of course, apart from Zhan Zhao's little accident, I was also the first to find the big treasure you've been dreaming of! Qiang Qiang!" Bai Yutang took a black box from behind his back rather stinkingly. Come out and put it on the table.

He specifically emphasized his victory in this competition, but Zhan Zhao at the side rarely showed some dissatisfaction.

"It seems that you two will fight for a long time." Jiang Lin smiled, and a big rock fell from his heart, so he was willing to spend the money and said, "Thank you both for helping Jiang find the treasure, this meal will be invited by Jiang .”

"Fifth Master, I still owe you the money for this meal?" The local tyrant Bai Yuanwai sneered for a moment, then asked curiously, "But what does Zheng He have to do with that boat? How do you know he will hide this thing there?"

Jiang Lin thought about it for a moment, and said: "As I mentioned before, the reason why Xiang Zhiyu found Zheng He was not because she foresaw what Zheng He would experience later, but because she just needed a helper, someone who could help her take care of him. The helper that Shun Er sent to the ship."

Bai Yutang was surprised and said, "You mean that Zheng He is Xiang Jiyu's accomplice?"

Jiang Lin quickly covered Xiao Shitou's ears, for fear that the other party might hear something he shouldn't have heard, but the latter had already heard that they were talking about the murder case, and was still listening with gusto in secret.

Xiao Shitou was a little speechless about Jiang Lin's overprotection, but he still pretended to be stupid and said: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Lin breathed a sigh of relief before continuing: "Not necessarily, maybe he just asked him to help move some things. After all, with Zheng He's courage, it may be difficult to convince himself to do that kind of thing."

"From Zheng He's behavior of engraving poems on the bedside, it can be seen that he must have given that kind of meaning to a certain girl. Since the intersection between Hua Ninghuan and her was deliberately created, Zheng He's favorite The most likely person is Xiang Jiyu."

"The down-and-out scholar and the lady of the qin, plus a boat with hidden silver, there are not many stories that people can think of." Jiang Lin rubbed his chin and said, "Xiang Zhiyu may use the pretext of 'elopement' to ask Zheng He to help her Move things to the boat. Zheng He was happy to be ordered by her, and even put all his belongings there, even Xiang Jiyu himself didn't notice, so we were able to find these things."

Zhan Zhao straightened out the logic, and felt refreshed in his heart, but he couldn't help feeling that Jiang Lin was really powerful.

Bai Yutang has always been arrogant, and there was some surprise in his tone at this time: "So, you just found out that Zheng He also attended that banquet, and you were able to come up with such a complicated logic, inferring that the Moonlight Pearl might be hidden in the On the boat rented by Xiangjiyu?"

Bai Yutang sighed loudly: "I really want to knock your brain out to see what kind of twists and turns are inside."

·

Jiang Lin had to continue to participate in the interrogation of Pei Shilang's case tomorrow, and he was still accompanied by Xiao Shitou. They didn't stay in the tavern for too long, and they were about to leave.

Bai Yutang went upstairs to have a rest. Jiang Lin and Zhan Zhao did not go the same way. When they parted, Jiang Lin suddenly remembered the gifts that the Di Mansion sent to his home, and asked Zhan Zhao as if chatting: "Guard Zhan, can you help me?" Do you know what's going on in the Di Mansion in central Beijing recently?"

The surname Di is rare, Zhan Zhao said: "You are talking about Commander Di who has been in the limelight recently? He just won a big victory in the hands of Li Yuanhao a month ago, and the officials valued him quite a lot, so they rewarded him with a house in Beijing. Why did Jiang Shaocheng suddenly ask him?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin knew that this "Di" must be the great hero Di Qing.

But here comes the question, why did such a rising famous general of the Song Dynasty find such an ordinary scholar like him?