Zhou Yan

Just standing at the corner of the street for a while, there are people watching here in groups of three or four, talking in low voices while looking at them, with expressions of curiosity or contempt on their faces.

Even his nerves were as rough as Shen Xian's, and he was aware of it.

"Why are these people looking at me?" Shen Xian touched his face, "Have you become more handsome in just one night?"

Li Wei asked, "Why is it more?"

"Because I'm already handsome and unrestrained!"

"Don't talk," Zhou Mingchao had already heard words such as connivance, collusion, and cover-up. He put up with Shen Xian all morning, then lifted Shen Xian's collar and walked: "Go to the county government."

Shen Xian knew the way: "Oh."

The inner courtyard of the county government office is well-built, with pavilions, towers and pavilions, gurgling streams, and a few unknown flower buds with beautiful faces on the green poles with their heads upright, and they will bloom in a few days.

"You mean, some people say that Li Yong was killed by a rich and powerful man, and the county magistrate is still in a nest with this man?"

A few people stood in the garden talking, Shen Xian poked the flower buds, and felt that Qiuyang Town is really good at spreading rumors: "What happened the day before yesterday spread early this morning?"

"People in our town like to chat."

Li Wei is a little ashamed. Qiuyang Town has never had any major incidents. Suddenly, there is another murder case, which is still an unknown murder case. Those old ladies who are used to ordinary life naturally cannot let go of this good opportunity. .

"Brother Shen, don't worry, it will fade away in a few days." Li Wei looked at Shen Xian's gloomy face, and comforted him again.

Li Wei has experience in this matter. At the beginning, Li Wei's family suddenly beat a half-happy event, and several rumors spread in the streets and alleys of the town. Some said that he was fooling around outside and provoked a bully wife. He insisted on forcing the marriage. Some said that he was domineering outside and bullied the girl of a good family. In the end, he had to take it. What's more, he failed the previous scientific examination. This time he learned from the pain and married a rich man. From then on, the girl of the family flew up the branch and leaped over the dragon's gate!

You can use whatever you say, every morning in those few days, the little maids of the Li family gathered together to discuss the new rumors that came out yesterday, which were more bizarre than the books on the street.

It has gotten better these days, because of Li Yong's incident, the limelight in Qiuyang Town has gradually shifted to the county magistrate who was in collusion with the murderer, saying that there are a lot fewer people who are not married to Li.

"When the limelight of the past few days has passed, or there are other things worth talking about, I will naturally stop talking about you."

"What else will happen in these few days?" The buds are round and round, and the branches can't hold them down when the wind blows. : "Do those people know that I am the person at the scene of the crime? Will Brother Zhou and I be gang-beaten when we go out? Mr. Liang, let's not talk in public in the future. I'm afraid of being implicated by you."

"Ah!" Liang Yongrui, who was innocently named, was dumb and ate Coptis chinensis, and could only nod: "Okay, okay, don't worry, Young Master Shen, I have already sent someone to investigate, such rumors must be strictly put an end to, and Young Master Shen will not be allowed to come here." Damaged reputation."

It's not a big deal, he has no reputation, Shen Xian just lowered his head and played with flowers, ignoring him.

"How about Li Yong's autopsy?" Pulling up Shen Xian who was about to sit on the ground, Zhou Mingchao patted his clothes, which were stained with dirt from the flower bed.

"Yesterday, the body was examined overnight, and there were no other wounds on the body." Liang Yongrui smiled: "There is only one place on the body, the place on the heart. The wound is small but deep. It died because of excessive bleeding."

Zhou Mingchao thought that when he and Shen Xian first came to Qiuyang County yesterday, they went to look at the alley where the corpse was found. Liang Yongrui sent people to guard there, but no one was allowed to go in, so there was no change there.

When they just walked in, it was already dawn, and everything in the alley could be seen clearly, only the ground of the big vat that Li Yong was leaning on at that time had dried blood on the ground, after a night, it was a bit black, Zhou Ming Looking carefully at the surrounding walls, there were no sharp objects scratched, or marks left by struggles.

There are piles of broken table legs and broken chairs around. Once removed, there is dust underneath, and the broken parts are all old colors. It seems that no one has fought here.

The only thing that could prove that someone was killed here was the pool of blood.

Shen Xian and Zhou Mingchao went to Li Yong's home and nearby to check. Li Yong is a butcher in his thirties. The superfluous and extravagant things, except for the hairpin that Shen Xian found in the deepest box of the cabinet, it is a white jade hairpin, rough in workmanship and simple in style, but it doesn't fit in the simple home.

On the evening of the day when Li Yong was killed, the old lady in the neighbor's house saw him going out with a strange man in luxurious cloth. He was always poor and didn't like to talk to people. Butchers go together before sunset?

Shen Xian glanced at the development process of the incident, and found that his brain hurts a little.

"This matter seems to have no source. If Li Weiruo has an enemy, it's okay to say that he has no grudges with anyone, and he doesn't know where to start!" He settles cases and investigates lawsuits, but he has no thoughts at all.

"My lord, the person who spread the rumors has been found." Worried, the head catcher of the county government stood outside with a man in a coarse cloth skirt: "Do you want to interrogate?"

"Take me up and talk!" Liang Yongrui tidied up his clothes because of the presence of his subordinates, and coughed pretendingly.

"Yes."

As soon as the head catcher waved his hand, the yamen servants pushed a woman in. The woman was tall but very thin, with a white flower on her temple.

"It's really you!" Looking at the woman's appearance, Shen Xian raised his eyebrows, not surprised: "Miss Lin."

Lin Ruanruan lowered her head and flinched.

She was the only outsider who was present and knew about it that day. It was not surprising to see Lin Ruanruan at this time.

"There are some bad remarks in Qiuyang Town these days, did you spread them?" Shen Xian stood closer to her, and found that Lin Ruanruan was about the same height as him with her head down. Shen Xian didn't look angry at all. Appearance: "Have I misunderstood you?"

Lin Ruanruan bit her lip, her face seemed to have never been very good-looking, and she looked like she could fall down at any time: "No, no, I didn't, I did it on purpose."

"Is there any misunderstanding? Tell me." Shen Xian was very patient.

Obviously Shen Xian's voice was soft, to make the girl less afraid, but Zhou Mingchao frowned, feeling that Shen Xian's voice was a bit harsh, and the smile on his face was also a bit harsh, making him uncomfortable.

"I, I didn't spread rumors about the young master," Lin Ruanruan said in a hoarse voice, "I ran into the neighbor next door when I came home from the county office, and the neighbor came to ask me, I, I don't know what to say, so I just , told the truth about the incident, and then, just, that's it, young master, I really didn't mean it."

She seemed to be very afraid of such an occasion, and she hesitated to speak, and it took a long time to utter a complete sentence. After these words, she didn't seem to be much better, but became more nervous. Lin Ruanruan timidly raised her hand and looked at it Shen Xian took a look, then quickly lowered his head.

According to what Lin Ruanruan said, it was just a misunderstanding. Someone asked, she accidentally said something about the county government, and those people spread it everywhere, and it had nothing to do with her.

"It's okay, Miss Lin didn't do it on purpose." Shen Xian forgave her magnanimously: "You must have never expected to develop into this way, right?"

Lin Ruanruan nodded slightly.

"Miss Lin, don't be nervous, you are too fierce, take back all the knives in your hands."

Liang Yongrui glanced at the people behind him, and the servants took back the knife that was on Lin Ruanruan's neck when she came.

"How is the business these few days? Are there many people looking for your laundry?" Shen Xian saw that she was still scared, so he chatted with her casually.

Zhou Mingchao glanced at Shen Xian and Lin Ruanruan. Although he was a little impatient, he turned his eyes elsewhere and let it go.

"No, not so much." Lin Ruanruan clasped her hands awkwardly.

"Well, hasn't anyone asked you to do laundry these days?"

"No."

"Oh, the one who bullied you last time was called..."

Liang Yongrui took a step forward: "Tao Qian."

"Yes, that Tao Qian," Shen Xian remembered, "Did he bully you again? Did he come to see you again?"

"No, no, he didn't come."

"Really! Miss Lin, don't be afraid. If he still comes to bully you, you can tell Mr. Liang, he will make the decision for you."

"Really not." Lin Ruanruan's fingernails were scratched by her, and blood was seeping in some places: "I have been washing clothes at home these few days, and I haven't gone out."

"Let me just ask, don't be afraid, the flower on your head is so beautiful." Shen Xian suddenly took two steps closer, and touched the flower on Lin Ruanruan's head with a smile: "You girls, don't you all like to dress up? How are you dressed, it looks like there is a funeral at home."

Lin Ruanruan's face became even whiter. She stroked her temples and forced a smile: "I don't have any beautiful jewelry."

"It's okay, it's okay, you look good like this." Shen Xian squeezed her shoulder and smiled: "Go back, if you have anything to do, come to Mr. Liang, he will make the decision for you."

"Yes."

Li Wei looked at Lin Ruanruan's back, vaguely felt that something was wrong, but couldn't tell: "This girl, just let her go like this?"

"Otherwise?" Shen Xian asked him.

"Well," Li Wei pondered for a while, but couldn't think of a reason: "According to her words, the rumor has nothing to do with her, let her go."

"..."

"Brother Li Wei," Shen Xian sighed, "Although I don't know much about it, I also know that you are going to be in the officialdom after taking the imperial examination. It's better to be alert in everything."

"Ah?" Li Wei was confused.

Liang Yongrui didn't understand either, but listening to their conversation, it seemed that Lin Ruanruan had a problem: "Why don't we capture Lin Ruanruan and torture him severely, I'm afraid she won't recruit!"

The author has something to say:

Well, I have a hunch that in the next few days, it will be all night again, code words!It's another week of writing, nice (smile at the sky, live strong.)