In the 12th year of Baozheng, on September [-]th, Dongfu Yuezhou.

Located in Anyi Square near Nanshi, the whole square is filled with a faint pungent smell like rotting dead rats.

Because Yuezhou is close to the sea, the air is humid, and Nanshi is a market where peddlers gather to sell vegetables and rice. Rats breed. Even in the daytime, the rats dare to blatantly run back and forth. People passing by think that dead rats are scattered. smell.

It wasn't until Zhang Mingzhong, governor of Yuezhou, came to Nanshi to buy ingredients in rare leisure time, and stopped by to visit his cousin Zhou's family in Anyifang.

He hastily called government officials to forcefully break down the door, and seeing his cousin's family of six dead at home, Zhang Mingzhong fainted on the spot.

The territory of Yue State has been peaceful and peaceful for a long time, and the massacre of Miemen caused a sensation in the whole Yue State.

The 21-year-old Ye Qiufeng, who also holds the position of director of the Dali Temple, was ordered to come to cooperate with the investigation.

The murderer struck decisively without any hesitation, wiped his throat and killed him with one blow, and stabbed randomly as if he was venting calmly, or simply loved to hear the sound of the blade grinding against flesh and blood.

The most critical clue was that there were some ashes left on the bed of the female deceased, which were the product of the burning of the spirit grass.

Ye Qiufeng confirmed that the case was a hired murderer, and the murderer was a professional killer who was also an addict who took spiritual herbs.

Even though there are many clues of the assailant left at the scene of the crime, it is quite difficult to catch a professional killer. The killer may have already left the country and is not afraid of being caught at all, so there is no trace of destruction at the scene.

She decided to go directly to investigate the murderer behind the scenes, and finally follow the clues to find the killer.

As the first person to discover the murder case, Zhang Mingzhong was greatly stimulated. He had nightmares every night, dreaming that the Zhou family was standing in front of him covered in blood and rotting flesh, screaming "Give me justice".

After a few days, he was almost driven mad by nightmares.

The government officials are all local civil servants. They have never seen such a tragic scene, and they dare not enter the house. After Ye Qiufeng collected the clues silently, he fixed the scene. The Zhou family was buried in the ground.

It took several days of bathing to completely eliminate the smell of corpses on his body.

The spirit grass flowed out from the Dali Kingdom and entered the Yue Kingdom through the maritime trade route of the Han Kingdom. One coin of spirit grass (4 grams) is worth one or two gold (one thousand coins), and it can only be inhaled five times.

"Liang Zi, come here."

Back in Juzhang County under the jurisdiction of Yuezhou, Ye Qiufeng glanced at his subordinates, and finally ordered Liang Nanling, who was pretty.

Liang Nanling is the magistrate of Juzhang County, and he is very busy with some civil affairs all day long.

After being called out, Ye Qiufeng said in a low voice:

"Temporary call you to be the detailed judge of Dali Temple. You set off immediately, pretending to be a Yueji, and go to the Hualou in the West Mansion to find out clues."

After telling her about the clues of the spirit grass and the details of the case, Liang Nanling was a little excited and nodded to accept the task.

"On the first day of October, I'm going back to Xifu to take the county magistrate's regular exam. You have to find out the clues as soon as possible, and answer the sentences together."

"Good job, Daling!"

……

Yueguo, Xifu, Hangzhou.

Every year on the first day of October, it is the day when county magistrates from all over the country rush to Xifu to take exams.

The examination course is also called the county magistrate's regular examination. After four or five years of examination, the Ministry of Officials will decide whether to promote, praise or depreciate based on the merits of the total score.

In order to secretly investigate the massacre in the East Mansion, Ye Qiufeng returned to the West Mansion one day in advance, put on a disguise, put on a beard, and went to Chunmanlou, where he saw a hidden pile pretending to be Le Ji to secretly search for clues.

Outside the palace, Hua Muyu sat in an eight-horse carriage, glanced outside through the window, looking forward to seeing the person he wanted to see.

The crowd was bustling, and the county magistrates from all over the place walked towards the palace in an endless stream, but Ye Qiufeng was nowhere to be seen.

"Strange, didn't the prince say that he will arrive today, why can't he see anyone?" Xing'er, the maid beside Hua Muyu, waited more anxiously than the master.

At this time, Lang Jiang, who was sent out to search, hurried back to the sedan chair and reported in a low voice with his hands folded:

"Under the mansion, the son said that Xiaoyehou disappeared in the blink of an eye, and he has returned to the mansion alone, Xiaoyehou, he..."

"What happened to her?" Hua Muyu asked.

Lang Jiang was a little bit embarrassed: "The son said that he saw Xiao Yehou, and he seemed to have entered Chunmanlou."

Hua Muyu snorted and smiled, took a deep breath, and suppressed the majestic breath in his heart:

"Send three hundred soldiers and surround Chunmanlou."

……

In the box, Ye Qiufeng and Liang Nanling carefully removed the collected spirit grass residues from the thin paper, gathered them into several small piles, and sniffed them from time to time.

"The smell seems to be the same." Ye Qiufeng felt that he had found some progress.

"There are quite a lot of people who smoke spirit grass in Xifu. In just three days, I saw more than [-] people who love to smoke spirit grass."

"Be patient for a while, find out the name of the person who smoked the spirit grass, and it's best to record it."

"Da Ling, the case has just been released, and the murderer must have avoided the limelight. Those who have been investigated these days are probably not the murderer."

"No, this thing is addictive. It's hard to sleep without food and sleep for a day. The murderer is fixed in it, and Dongfu..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion outside.

"General! What happened to the small store, you want to mobilize this big raid?"

"Someone saw Xiaoyehou enter Chunmanlou, where is Xiaoyehou?"

"Xiao Yehou? No, how dare he, uh, cough, cough! How could he come to us? Did the general look at the wrong person? Wrong!"

"Don't tell the truth? Yes, search for me! If you dare to obstruct, the suzerain's mansion will flatten your shop just for nothing!"

Hearing the word "Suzerain", Ye Qiufeng's heart skipped a beat.

I have been married to Hua Muyu for five years, and I usually suffer from domestic violence if I don't make any mistakes. If I was caught visiting flower houses, wouldn't I die without a whole body?

She hurriedly wrapped the clues she found in a tablecloth, and got up to jump out of the window to escape.

Liang Nanling almost didn't react, and quickly reached out to grab her:

"Da Ling, what should I do if you run away?"

"It's better to die alone than to die together, you let go!"

The two chattered for a while, their faces burning with anxiety, seeing the movement outside getting closer, Ye Qiufeng looked around and crawled directly under the bed.

"Go inside, there's still space inside!" Liang Nanling also climbed in.

With a bang, the door of the box was kicked open.

Bustard was at a loss for what to do, she didn't dare to stop her and could only smile apologetically:

"How could Xiao Yehou come to Chunmanlou, I really didn't see him coming in, if I saw him, I wouldn't let him in."

The sound of trampling footsteps was chaotic and frightening. Ye Qiufeng saw her skirt drooping outside, and carefully stretched out his hand to pull it back. As soon as he let go, the skirt corner fell out again. Ye Qiufeng could only reach out and press her waist. Liang Nanling was nervous and blushed.

Hua Muyu glanced at the huge box, the tablecloth on the wine table was gone, which meant that there were still people there just now.

The bed was flat and there was no trace of sleeping on it.

Looking out of the window, there are three circles of Lang Jiang downstairs, surrounded by many people watching the excitement, it is impossible to escape by jumping out of the window, so.

She glanced under the bed and the wardrobe.

"Under the mansion, I searched all the other boxes, but I didn't find Marquis Xiaoye." Ichiro will report in the future.

"Have you searched the closet and the bottom of the bed?" Hua Muyu asked.

These words made Ye Qiufeng's startled blood coagulate, it's over, it's completely cold.

"I've searched, let's go to the mansion."

"Well, let's get out." Hua Muyu stared at the bottom of the bed, turned around and led the soldiers away.

The bustard twittered and laughed, and gradually walked away. After the outside became completely quiet, Ye Qiufeng finally breathed a sigh of relief and kicked Liang Nanling out.

"You actually want to drag me to die with you, you vicious woman, you will be dismissed from your position as a young commander as soon as you get back! Go to my secretary!"

Liang Nanling's face was blushing. She was not married yet, but Xiao Yehou touched her waist for so long:

"The county magistrate was admitted by me based on my ability, why should I be dismissed?"

"If you talk too much, I will banish you to the Salt Superintendent to dry the salt."

"Oh, why don't you withdraw me now, I quit, I was frightened by the suzerain."

"Don't don't don't, I finally made a breakthrough. When I get back to the sentence, I will reward you with ten bolts of silk and satin! Be good, don't make trouble."

Ye Qiufeng coaxed again and again, after repacking the spirit grass dregs, he opened the door and prepared to leave.

As soon as the door was opened, Ye Qiufeng felt a chill all over his body——

Hua Muyu was leaning against the door, looking at her with a smile, and in front of her, a group of generals were grabbing the bustard, and the bustard was covered with a face full of anxiety and fear.

Ye Qiufeng's heart missed at least three beats, he was frightened.

Hua Muyu raised her hand, tore off the fake beard on her face, and did not forget to touch her face lightly with her fingers. The touch felt like the tip of a knife passing by, and fine sweat oozes from Ye Qiufeng's forehead.

Bussang stared dumbfounded, and fainted the next moment.

"Husband, long time no see, this meeting ceremony is quite special." Hua Muyu's smile was so permeating.

Ye Qiufeng was forced back to the box step by step by her, Liang Nanling almost fainted.

"Listen to my explanation?" Ye Qiufeng struggled.

"Well, let me explain," Hua Muyu raised her eyes, looked at Ye Qiufeng with a smile:

"After the explanation, soak the pig cage, stick eighty, parade in the street, choose one?"

"My lord! You have misunderstood! We are just..."

Ye Qiufeng covered her mouth and stared at her——

There are court officials outside the door, and the criminals must be from officials and Jia, so they must not let the wind out.

"I like her quite a lot. To redeem her, it's not considered asking for flowers." Ye Qiufeng gritted his teeth, his tongue hardened.

"...You want me to die." Liang Nanling felt that she had died three times.

Hua Muyu thought to herself, heh, you didn't take the initiative to tell me that you like the word, it's really touching love:

"I didn't hear you clearly, can you say it again?"

"Forget it," Ye Qiufeng lay flat: "I'm on business, specifically..."

"Pfft." Before he finished speaking, all the generals outside laughed out loud.

"Working in Hualou? Young Master is treating the mansion as a fool." Xing'er said on behalf of the master.

Ye Qiufeng and Liang Nanling looked at each other in blank dismay, yes, it makes sense, how can I explain this?

"Dixia, I'm really on business. I can't tell you what I'm doing. If you don't believe me, you can ask her. Liang Zi, take that thing out and let Dixia take a look."

Hua Muyu's cheeks twitched: "My lady?"

Liang Nanling is dying, the fourth chapter——

Ye Qiufeng, originally from Chuzhou, has a Huai'an accent, and his mother and father are irrelevant.

"His Majesty, calm down! My servant, Mr. Liang, Liang!"

"Oh, so it's Niang. I'm in a good mood now, and I want to give you a new name." Hua Muyu's smile made people shudder.

"Excuse me..."

"New name, Niang Xipi, do you like it?"

"..."

Liang Nanling wanted to die, so as not to humiliate her ancestors.

……

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