Assassin Yin

"Who is in the hall, report your name."

"The civilian girl's name is Nie and her name is Yinniang."

Bao Zheng, governor of Kaifeng, was taken aback for a moment—how could any parent give their daughter such an inauspicious name?There was a book "Legend" written by Tang people, one of which was "Nie Yinniang", but Nie Yinniang in this article is an assassin who kills without blood.

A Yin looked up and saw that Mr. Bao didn't speak for a while, so he knew what he was thinking at the moment, tilted his head to think for a moment, and said aloud: "Master, you don't have to think that my parents' name is not right, I changed this name myself."

She paused and added, "It's cool."

... Miss Nie is probably the first one who can kneel on the Kaifeng court and still be so calm and leisurely.Ordinary suspects are already frightened when the gavel is slapped, how dare they do this?

Zhan Zhao's doubts were even worse - he was determined not to believe that Miss Nie would kill someone.

But right now, as the most suspected person, it is inevitable to interrogate him carefully.

"Do you recognize the deceased in your yard?"

"I don't know."

With a "snap", Master Bao slapped the gavel again: "The old man who lives across from your house, you see him every day, and you don't recognize him?"

Ah Yin didn't take it seriously: "So what if I live across the street from my house, and it would be a mistake for me not to greet my neighbor? What's more, it's an old man... I don't know the old man next door, so what's so strange about it."

"You're lying!" Mrs. Zheng, who was kneeling beside her, suddenly said sharply, "Master Bao! She's lying, please learn from Mrs. Bao!"

"How did you know she was lying?"

"Three months ago... my father-in-law went to the street and bought two high-quality melons and sent them to her... Miss Nie... Miss Nie obviously smiled at Yanyan. What? The woman saw it with her own eyes...but now she says she doesn't know my father-in-law, so what is it not to lie?"

Bao Zheng pondered for a while: "Nie Yinniang, is there such a thing?"

"How can I remember what happened before March so clearly?" She cast a strange glance at Mrs. Zheng next to her, "Besides, even if your father-in-law gave me two melons that day, I took them as soon as I took them. How can this be?" It means that I have an affair with that old man... Bah, is there an affair?"

Mrs. Zheng said anxiously: "Don't be so blunt. Mr. Bao knows everything. How can you believe your nonsense just because of your sophistry...Mr. Bao, the women still have evidence!"

"What evidence do you have?"

"My lord Bao, the woman lives very close to Miss Nie, so she naturally knows something about her family... Miss Nie lives alone in the courtyard with a girl, and there is no man in the family. Doing some odd jobs of laundry and mending, Miss Nie's appearance obviously can't be a matchmaker... But Mr. Bao, please take a look—"

She stopped, pulled the hairpin off her head, and hurriedly reached out to pull out the hairpin from Yinniang's head... Yinniang felt displeased, but she also wanted to see what was going on in her gourd. What kind of medicine did she need, so she took it.

Putting the two hairpins together, everyone didn't realize what she was going to say.Seeing that everyone didn't respond, Mrs. Zheng cursed in her heart that the man's eyes were not sharp, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, so she continued to explain: "The husband of a civilian woman is a businessman. Although the family is not rich, But she is doing well. Miss Nie is alone and has no income on weekdays, but...but..."

Only then did everyone know what she was going to talk about. Of the two silver hairpins, although one could be seen to be finely crafted, it seemed to have been used for a long time, and the surface was already dull, while the other was bright and exquisite, and its style was also fashionable It is a popular style in the city, and the metallic luster shimmers in the sunlight, which is really beautiful.

——I am a merchant's wife, and I am so poor. How can you, a lonely orphan, afford such a delicate and precious hairpin?

——Naturally, he was making a living that was not on the table.

Although the language of this reasoning has been modified by this woman, it still inevitably appears malicious and excessive.But after looking carefully, I found that this woman is really smart, even though it is a guess, it is also tightly connected, so that people can't find any flaws.

A Yin's heart skipped a beat.

It was the first time she took a closer look at this woman—she was dressed in old clothes, her figure was thin and frail, and her face could only be called delicate... She couldn't see that she had such an exquisite mind, and she was able to transform some ordinary things. The details are so connected.

...Although she doesn't show it on weekdays, she is very arrogant, thinking that ordinary people have extremely low-sightedness, and all of them are as stupid as pigs.How could he have imagined that he would be defeated by a woman who had never looked directly at him.

Worst of all...the resolution cannot tell the truth.

"Nie Yinniang, do you have anything to argue with?"

A Yin bit her lower lip, and said in deliberation, "Lord Bao, how do women earn their income? Even if it is as Mrs. Zheng said, it cannot be concluded that I have a shady relationship with Eunuch Zheng... Refund ten thousand Bu said, even if I really have something to do with Mr. Zheng, why should I commit murder? Why should I bury him in my own courtyard?"

With such an answer, he naturally accepted the malicious guess of Mrs. Zheng.Yinniang naturally knew about it, but she felt that these people in the court would not have any more interactions in the future if they were afraid of troubles. The stern and selfless Mrs. Bao knew about it, and feared that he would not be able to wait for his grievances to be resolved, so he would directly kill him.

For her, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

However, in Zhan Zhao's eyes, another story came up in his mind.

Yumao suddenly recalled that three days ago, she climbed down the cliff step by step with him on her back... If she was a ruthless person, it would be much easier to throw him off first, and then slowly climb down by herself.But she also gritted her teeth and carried a big man behind her back to accomplish what ordinary people could not do.How could such a person kill an old man?

Thinking about it carefully, how could an ordinary herb-picker take the risk of gathering medicine in such a dangerous place?I'm afraid there are some extremely precious medicinal materials that only grow on the cliffs, and they take risks to make a living... I want to come to her house as a girl, but I can't collect many medicinal materials, and the owner of the medicinal material shop probably also sees her lonely One person maliciously lowered the price... If not, how could she have fallen to this point.

Such a cruel act of prostitution...

There seemed to be some pity in his eyes as he looked at A Yin.

Of course, Ah Yin didn't know that the Zhan guard actually made up another version that was as rigorous as Zheng Niangzi's logic.She wasn't very disturbed - everyone said that Mr. Bao was stern and selfless in judging cases like a god, and he would never convict Mrs. Zheng just because of her groundless speculation.The crime was not committed by her, so it is naturally impossible for the reasoning and the chain of evidence to be flawless, so... It is definitely not her turn to take the blame.

It's just that Mrs. Zheng suddenly said loudly: "What the woman said is definitely not groundless speculation. The woman...the woman has physical evidence to back it up!"

"Bring it up!"

Zheng Niangzi took out a letter from her bosom with great care, and the little official at the side took it and presented it respectfully.After Bao Zheng looked at it, he frowned.After thinking about it for a moment, he ordered people to put Ah Yin in prison first, and wait for the results of Wu's autopsy before he was promoted.

"Master Bao... But in the hands of the women, the evidence is solid...?"

"Miss Zheng," Zhao Hu reminded, "Are you trying to interfere with your lord's decision?"

As soon as this remark came out, Madam Zheng realized something was wrong, and hurriedly kowtowed to Mr. Bao a few times, although she was a little reluctant, she also withdrew.

It's just that I don't know what was written in that letter that Mrs. Zheng cherished so much?Everyone was curious, and Zhan Zhao couldn't help it.Fortunately, shortly after leaving the hall, Mr. Bao asked him to go to the back hall to discuss.

Mr. Bao and Mr. Gongsun were both there, before entering the door, Mr. Gongsun handed over the letter.The wording in the letter was rather literary, but the content was extremely unbearable, and the person who wrote the letter was the father-in-law of the Zheng family who died tragically.The main idea is to ask Nie Yinniang to follow him, so that she will not worry about food and clothing from now on. Not only that, but this Eunuch Zheng also promised in the letter that after waiting for him for a hundred years, he will give her all the house deeds and land deeds, so as to repay her companionship.

"This is how Zhanwei regards this matter?"

Zhan Zhao pondered for a while, and said, "At first glance, this physical evidence is indeed very convincing, but when you think about it carefully, it may not be what Mrs. Zheng said. Just say this letter, why is it in Mrs. Zheng's hands? The father-in-law wrote to Miss Nie, if Miss Nie agrees to accept it, since Eunuch Zheng has promised to let her have no worries about food and clothing, and a hundred years later there will be a deed of land, why did Miss Nie kill people? How did it get into the hands of Mrs. Zheng? If Miss Nie had not accepted the letter, it was naturally in the hands of Mrs. Zheng. After the death of Eunuch Zheng, Mrs. Zheng got it occasionally... But, if this is the case, it can prove that Miss Nie and Eunuch Zheng are not the same. If there is nothing to do with it, how can you have the intention to kill someone?"

"That's right, that's exactly the case. But the suspicion of Miss Nie's crime cannot be completely ruled out. If there are other correspondences, it is unknown. We need to send someone to her residence to search carefully."

"My subordinate understands."

"From Zhan Weiwei's point of view, is there anything else strange about this case?"

"If you want to say it's strange, it's true." Zhan Zhao said, "What Mrs. Zheng did seems to be determined to sue Miss Nie for murder, and she has already carried the physical evidence in her arms. When she reported the case early in the morning, The case of disappearance was still reported. Obviously, not only my father-in-law had been killed, but she had never returned home after taking Miss Nie to the case. She came to the court directly... If so, the letter written by the Zheng family to Miss Nie ... When did you hold it in your arms?"

"That's right, that's exactly the reason."

Moreover, Mrs. Zheng was too eager to pin the crime of murder on Miss Nie's head.

If it is said that there is no clue here, Zhan Zhao still absolutely does not believe it.If Master Bao and Mr. Gongsun didn't see it, Zhan Zhao would never believe it.

But... Mr. Bao asked me to come, is it just to hear him say something that everyone has tacitly told?Yu Mao was a little puzzled.

Suddenly, he saw Mr. Gongsun staring at him with extremely loving eyes... For some reason, Zhan Wei suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Guard Zhan, Mrs. Zheng must have clues. You should make several trips these few days, talk to Mrs. Zheng more, listen to any news."

Zhan Zhao felt his head explode.

"...Why...why is it a subordinate?" He asked a little unwillingly, "Isn't Zhang Long and Zhao Hu very good?"

"What can Zhang Long and Zhao Hu ask?" The master of the Kaifeng Mansion gave him a blank look, "Don't tell me if you can't ask anything, I'm afraid it will make Mrs. Zheng shy away in fright."

In other words, you have a good image and good temperament, and the higher your appearance, the greater your responsibility.

——After all, everyone is very color-controlled.

The author has something to say:

The higher the face value, the greater the responsibility hehehe