Beauty is sick

Pei Zhe explained: "It's so late, how long will it take to clean up the guest room? He's drunk, so don't bother."

This explanation sounds weird, there are logical problems, and it is completely different from Pei Zhe's meticulous reasoning of the case. People with weak brains like Lin Jingkong can hear something is wrong.

There is no silver 300 taels here, trying to cover up... These words came to Lin Jingkong's mind, he slowly fell silent, picked up the cup, drank the remaining tea, then poured himself a full cup, followed He tilted his head up like he was drinking, and then he opened his mouth: "Master Pei, what do you mean? Is that what I think?"

As the leader of Huaizhou City, Lin Jingkong must always pay attention to the rumors in the city. Recently, he has heard rumors about Pei Zhe and Jinling Jiu's broken sleeve, but he doesn't believe it.

Not to mention the original origin of the rumor, he also had a hand in it, as far as the facts are concerned, it is absolutely impossible for the two in front of him to be together.

One is the official of the court, and the other is the leader of the biggest power in the Jianghu. The status and status of the two are too different. Now the relationship between the imperial court and the first floor of the world is relatively relaxed, and the surface can maintain peace, but no one knows. Will it suddenly tear their faces apart? After all, it is impossible for the emperor to let other forces threaten his rule. How will they deal with themselves by then?

Don't even think about intimacy, Yilin may not even have to be friends.

Who will be friends with enemies?Who dares to be friends with an enemy?

That's head-scratching.

Jin Lingjiu stood beside Pei Zhe quietly, looking at the folding fan in his hand, without saying a word.

If he wasn't drunk, it's impossible for Young Master Jiu to have no reaction in this situation.

Lin Jingkong had been observing Pei Zhe and Jin Lingjiu calmly, and he calmed down a little when he saw this, hesitated for a while, and then said what was in his heart: "Master Pei, you are impossible."

Impossible to be together, impossible to even be friends.

The oil lamp was lit in the room, and the dim yellow light coated Pei Zhe with a layer of melting gold. He seemed to come from the forest, with a sassy demeanor, his slightly drooping eyelashes flicked the light, and from Lin Jingkong's point of view, he seemed to be smiling. one time.

Very light and light, but arrogant and disdainful, full of contempt that doesn't take anyone or anything seriously.

Fleeting, like a dream.

How could the gentle and jade-like Tan Hualang be like this, Lin Jing thought to himself, probably he was wrong.

Both Pei Zhe and Jin Lingjiu were standing, Pei Zhe turned sideways, just in front of Jinling Jiu, whether it was intentional or not.

He looked at Lin Jingkong calmly, and said softly: "What does Commander Lin mean? I can't understand it. If Commander Lin is talking about rumors in the city, then you should know that this is part of our plan. If it wasn't for Commander Lin, you hadn't procrastinated for many days to solve the case of the magistrate, if it wasn't for your people who haven't found His Royal Highness, if it wasn't for you having no clue about the two murders and the power in the city, why would I have to make such a bad plan!"

His tone was contemptuous, as if he was saying "tonight's food is delicious", but the content of his words was aggressive, showing no sympathy at all.

Lin Jingkong didn't realize for a moment that he was questioning himself, he stood up after being stunned for two seconds: "Master Pei, I—"

"Commander Lin is not a stupid person. When I took out the imperial gift token that day, I didn't want to keep hiding it. You should also think that after I have taken this step, I will no longer be subject to any shackles from you." Pei Zhe negative Standing with his hands together, he looked at him calmly, without giving him a chance to speak, "I am looking for you on behalf of the Holy One on this trip. responsibilities, including the disappearance of His Highness."

The man's usual gentle smile has long since disappeared, but now that he is showing his sharpness, people suddenly realize that he is not weak to be bullied, nor is he someone who can be pointed at by anyone.

It was the first time Lin Jingkong saw Pei Zhe like this.

He didn't know Pei Zhe well, although there was no trace of anger on Pei Zhe's face, but Lin Jingkong just felt that Pei Zhe was angry, and very angry.

Until Pei Zhe left with Jin Lingjiu, he didn't hold back a word.

Lin Jingkong looked at the leftovers on the table coldly, and cursed angrily: "What the hell is going on!"

Walking along the corridor to another courtyard, the moonlight scattered all over the place, splashing some on the dry wall, giving off a frosty chill.

It was windy and slightly cool tonight, which disturbed the dead branches of the rockery, and made the courtyard swaying with light and shadow.

While walking, his sleeves brushed against the wind, and Pei Zhe squeezed his hand hard on the folding fan. There was a pain in his fingertips, and he regained his senses and relaxed a little.

He stopped, took a deep breath, and the cool air entered his chest, freezing the surging burning, and then the scene in front of him came into his eyes again, and the out-of-control Tanhualang returned to normal .

He said, "Ninth Young Master, I'll take you back to the inn."

It was said that it was sent back to the inn, but it was not delivered.

Meeting Zuo Ping who was looking for someone on the way, Pei Zhe handed the drunk Jin Lingjiu to him, then turned around and left.

Say I send you, but in fact it is not a gift.

Jin Lingjiu was dissatisfied with the title "Ninth Young Master". After leaving the gate of the commanding mansion, he didn't say a word to Pei Zhe. distance.

From sending Jinling Jiuhui Inn to Pei Zhe returning to the Commander's Mansion by himself, there was not much time wasted going back and forth.

On the way back, I met a watchman. He seemed to have not had a good rest, and his face was tired. He almost bumped into Pei Zhe, who was in a trance. More loud, loud and long.

It's Haishi.

I was thinking about some messy things along the way, and Pei finally recovered after entering the gate of the Commander's Mansion, wiped his face, smiled to himself, and said to himself: "What is this, tossing such a trip , didn't say a word, tsk, no matter what, I should say something to Xiao Jiu'er in the end, wishing him a good sleep."

Passing by the lobby when returning to the room, the food had already been packed, and a night light was lit inside, illuminating the front of the hall slightly.

Pei Zhe remembered what he said to Lin Jingkong tonight, and he felt a little headache. He was too impulsive, and he couldn't control himself for a while, fearing that he would offend Commander Lin badly.

Thinking of this, he secretly rejoiced that it was Lin Jingkong who offended, so it was not a big deal.

If Commander Lin knew what he was saying, he would doubt his life.

After returning to the house, after washing and tidying up, he lay on the bed, Pei Zhe didn't feel sleepy, and opened his eyes to look at the patterns on the top of the bed.

The bed in Commander Lin's mansion is much better than the one in Tongfu Inn. The workmanship is fine, the lines on the bed frame are round and smooth, and it feels very smooth to the touch. Pei Zhe would touch it twice when he was idle and bored.

Anyway, he didn't feel sleepy, leaving everything else behind, Pei Zhe began to think about the words that came out of Jinling Jiu's mouth tonight.

Jinling Jiu solved several unsolved cases, relying not only on brains, but also on the intelligence network of No. [-] Tianxia. As the largest force in the world, No. [-] Tianxia's power in intelligence collection and mission execution should not be underestimated. He said that the magistrate was killed by someone in the house, so it must be indistinguishable.

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When the magistrate died, all the people in the mansion were drugged with perspiration. When he and Lin Jingkong and his party arrived that night, except for Zhong Limei, who should not be there, everyone was still in a dream caused by the perspiration.

Mongolian sweat medicine is a common type in the market and has no particularity. Based on this clue, nothing of value can be found.

Prescribed medicine to stun everyone in the house, and then attacked the magistrate, strangled him, cut off his feet, and hid under the bridge pier by the Huai River. Everything was done without anyone noticing, obviously it was a plan for a long time.

It is difficult for one person to do so much, the murderer should have an accomplice.

Except for the dismissed concubines, everyone in the prefect's mansion is there, so it shouldn't be too difficult to investigate.

Pei Zhe secretly planned in his mind that he would ask Lin Jingkong to borrow two teams early tomorrow morning, one team would go to the magistrate's mansion to investigate, and the other team would go to the concubines to find out about the situation.

Now that it has been determined that the murderer is someone from the magistrate's mansion, it's time to talk to Zhong Limo. Zhong Limo has a close relationship with the magistrate, and often goes in and out of the magistrate's mansion. With his insight, he should be able to provide some clues.

Regarding Zhongli Mei, Pei Zhe had specially investigated it before, and it was absolutely impossible for him to be the murderer who killed the magistrate.

Zhong Limei is considered a celebrity in Huaizhou City, and he has been working with the magistrate, many people are familiar with him, he is not in the yamen, no one knows what he is doing all day long, they only think that he is with the magistrate A villain who flatters his beard.

Pei Zhe also found out from Lin Jingkong that Zhong Limo is really not a good thing, he is said to be flattered by villains, he is the magistrate's "running dog", an accomplice of the fish and meat people, and he is the magistrate all day long The lord gave advice and helped to search for the people's fat and anointing. The magistrate was able to stay in this position for so long and have so many corruptions, all of which could not be done without his help.

Besides, Zhong Limo is still a sensual person. There are many brothels in Huaizhou City that he has never been to. A place with good service will of course cost a lot of money. If he didn't earn more with a corrupt official like the magistrate, where would he be able to afford it.

How could such a person, who is only interested in profit and blinded by profit, would cut off his fortune and kill the magistrate?Moreover, judging from Zhong Limei's previous ideas for the magistrate, he is not a brainless person. Even if he really wanted to kill the magistrate, he and Lin Jingkong would not block him and Lin Jingkong at the gate of the magistrate's mansion and arrest him on the spot. current.

Of course, this is not the fundamental reason why Pei Zhe pays attention to Zhongli Mei.

When we first met at the magistrate's mansion, the first thing that caught Pei Zhe's attention was actually the cold fragrance of plum blossoms on Zhong Limei's body. His Royal Highness was missing, and he found a letter in the prince's room. The fragrance of plum blossoms is exactly the same as that of Zhongli Mei.

Leaving aside why Zhong Limei appeared in the magistrate's mansion by such a coincidence, and who was planning to appear, Pei Zhe would not ignore him just because he might have something to do with the disappearance of the prince.

It's just that Pei Zhe didn't expect that he would meet Jin Lingjiu at the Shangyuan Banquet, and when he smelled the same cold fragrance of plum blossoms on Jin Lingjiu, all his plans were disrupted.

Thinking of Jinling Jiu, Pei Zhe sighed softly again. Tonight was a great opportunity, why did he forget to ask about the disappearance of His Royal Highness, and why Jinling Jiu came to Huaizhou City? There will certainly not be another chance like this.

I don't know if Jin Lingjiu would remember what happened after he was drunk when he woke up the next morning.

With regret and expectation, Pei Zhe slowly fell asleep.

When he was half asleep and half awake, he heard the sound of the watch again. Pei Zhe wondered in a daze, did the time pass so fast tonight? He heard the sound of the watch on the way back to the Commander's Mansion, and now he heard it again.

Early the next morning, before Pei Zhe opened his eyes, he heard Yun Wuyang yelling outside. It was not at the door of the room, but it was far away, so he couldn't hear it clearly. Pei Zhe guessed that Yun Wuyang should be standing next to him. The entrance to this courtyard.

Sunlight came in through the window, the oil lamp that had been burning all night had dried up, and the candle sapling extinguished spontaneously. Pei Zhe rubbed his brows and sat up from the bed. He was so absorbed in thinking about things last night that he forgot to blow out the lamp.

He cleaned up briefly, and when he opened the door, he saw Yun Wuyang not far away. As expected, as he guessed, it was at the entrance of the small courtyard.

Yun Wuyang heard the movement, left the speaker and ran over: "My lord, are you awake?"

Pei Zhe didn't sleep well. After falling asleep last night, he had several consecutive dreams. Now he has a headache: "Well, who are you talking to?"

"It's Mr. Zhongli, he came to look for Young Master, Lin Jingkong just brought him here." Yun Wuyang said.

Pei Zhe raised his eyelids: "Lin Jingkong is here?"

He just wanted to talk to Lin Jingkong about investigating the affairs of the prefect's mansion. If Lin Jingkong was there, he would call someone directly to command the mansion, so that he would not have to go to the yamen again.

Yun Wuyang shook his head: "It's not here anymore, some officers and soldiers came over just now, saying that someone was causing trouble at the Yamen, and he has already passed."

"Trouble? What's going on?" Pei Zhe frowned.

When the people from the yamen came to Lin Jingkong and explained the reason, Yun Wuyang recalled: "It seems that the watchman made a mistake last night, which caused a winery to make a wrong time and open the wine that took several years to brew in advance. It is said that the batch of wine was brewed according to a special method, and opening half an hour earlier would affect the taste, and the winery suffered heavy losses, and now they are causing trouble in the yamen, asking the watchman to compensate them for the loss of this batch of wine."

After briefly describing the matter, he said with emotion: "Actually, the watchman was quite miserable. There are two watchmen in Huaizhou City, and each of them takes turns working the watch every day. Afterwards, he fell ill, as if he was frightened, and he is still not recovering. This watchman has been working for several days. His wife accidentally broke her leg the day before yesterday, and there are many trivial matters at home. After being busy, I have no time to rest, so I lost my energy at night and made a wrong call."

The world is so big, there are no surprises, and any coincidence may happen. Pei Zhe was not in the mood, and was about to go back to the house to take a good wash, when he suddenly remembered something, his whole body froze, and his expression was anxious: "You just said, what is the other watchman?" When were you sick?"

Yun Wuyang was taken aback. He didn't know why he suddenly became agitated. He said in a low voice, "Shangyuanye is the night that the magistrate died. He fell ill after finishing the shift that day."

"Shangyuanye, Shangyuanye, what time was it... after the third watch, Choushi!" Pei Zhe clapped his hands violently, and said excitedly, "I know!"