The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Feng Ziying was reported by the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and Lin Luan died.Liu Yunxi, who lived with Lin Luan, rushed to the government to report the case early in the morning, saying that he went to Lin Luan's house to call her for dinner last night, but saw her lying on the kang without moving.I thought she was ill, and wanted to go up to ask, but saw a puddle of blood dripping from her chest, and she had been dead for a long time.Feng Ziying immediately left the chores in hand and rushed over, and the people from Wucheng Bingmasi were already there.Wu Zuo said, "It's a one-hit death." Feng Ziying nodded: it must have been done by a top expert.But he ordered people to search the house carefully, then withdrew himself, and immediately went to the state mansion to ask Liu Biao.

Liu Biao was old and lived in a small courtyard. I heard that he didn't get up when he came. He sat on a chair with a towel on his knees and said with a smile: "I am old and my legs and feet are not flexible. I hope Mr. Feng will forgive me." crime."

"Don't dare." Feng Ziying clasped her fists and said, "I'm asking the old man for something, do you still want to help?"

Liu Biao said strangely: "I am an old bone, how can I help Mr. Feng? Mr. Feng is joking."

Feng Ziying said: "Today there is an important murder case, which is related to several murder cases. The killer's skills are extremely high. I have incompetent people around me, and I can't find out the depth of their skills. I would like to ask the old man to help me, and I will trouble the nobleman. Send experts to help the lower officials take a look."

Liu Biao let out a "hiss" and said after a while, "They...are afraid they can't do these things."

Feng Ziying smiled and said: "The old man must have a way." Liu Biao frowned before he could contemplate, Feng Ziying clasped his fists again, "I entrust the old man. This case is difficult and important, and the incomplete security has something to do with the nobleman. The next official will check elsewhere first, and leave." Nai turned around and left.Never sat down, nor had a sip of tea.

The other person had disappeared, Liu Biao violently raised the teacup in his hand and smashed it to the ground. He fell to pieces immediately, and said through gritted teeth: "The rats are rude!" After a while, he was discouraged again.Although Feng Ziying didn't even have a serious title, she was a celebrity in front of King Yan.And he made it clear that he suspected that the case had something to do with the people there; if no one went there, Feng Ziying might be looking for her own fault.After thinking for a long time, he ordered someone to call his eldest grandson.

For a while Liu Fang came to see his grandfather, and Liu Biao sighed: "The old saying is true, once the emperor and the courtiers. Your great-grandfather escaped from death and saved the country's government; now that the late emperor has gone, our family has lost its dignity. Even Feng Ziying That bastard dares to stand up in front of this old man."

Liu Fang was originally a flirtatious child, and she also made friends with Feng Ziying in her spare time in her early years. She felt a little uncomfortable when she heard this, and said: "But what is the misunderstanding? Ziying has always been polite."

Liu Biao couldn't help closing his eyes.With Feng Ziying's status already in that position, this foolish grandson only thinks about the friendship between the two of them in the early years, so it's no wonder that people don't take the Liguo Mansion seriously.After a long time, he let out a long sigh: "You go to that house."

Liu Fang's eyes moved: "Which one?"

Liu Biao nodded: "Say I have something important to tell to my face, and let them send a reliable son over." Liu Fang accepted the order.After turning around and taking two steps, Liu Biao called again, "Come back." Liu Fang hurried back.Liu Biao thought for a long time, and said, "You invite a few friends to go to our family's Zuiyunlou for a drink. Pretend to be drunk and want to urinate, slip inside and change clothes, and pretend to be a servant working in the kitchen from the side door Slip out."

Liu Fang was startled: "Grandfather, why is this so?"

Liu Biao said: "I'm afraid someone from Feng Ziying will follow you. The whereabouts of that family must not be known to the people of King Yan, otherwise..." He shook his head.Otherwise, the Liguo Mansion would be like a fox without a tiger, and King Yan could strangle it to death with one finger.Seeing that his grandfather said it carefully, Liu Fang understood the importance of this matter, she didn't dare to be negligent, and left with a salute.

Back in his own courtyard, he sent a few boys to invite five or six playboys who usually come and go, all of whom love wine and are not very clever.I just said that there is nothing to do today, and all the gentlemen are willing to come and have a drink together, and Uncle Liu treats guests.Those few heard that there is free wine to eat, how could they not come?So they went to Zuiyunlou to exchange cups.Liu Fang smiled and fought with them, but she always lost, drinking a glass to the left and drinking to the right; in fact, he had hidden several handkerchiefs in his sleeves, and the wine was folded in his sleeves.After eating for half an hour, Liu Fang followed his grandfather's advice and pretended to relieve himself.After a while, his little servant smiled and came back to beat Qian'er and said, "Everyone is eating and drinking. Our master is drunk, and now he has fallen asleep." All those dudes knew that the restaurant was originally It is the property of the Liguo Mansion, and Liu Fang's bed curtain is indispensable. They all laughed and didn't care, and then the "eight horses" and "five chiefs" got up.Liu Fang on the other end changed her clothes, touched some ashes on her face, and walked away quietly with her back bent.

When they arrived at the other Liu's house, Liu Fang saw Mr. Liu and said what she wanted to do.The old man thought for a while, then called a man in his thirties, and said, "Go to Li Guo's mansion to see Duke Li, don't let Feng Ziying's spies find out." The man nodded, not waiting for Liu Fang to fight with him. Hello, it flew out of the window!Liu Fang stared at the window in a daze for a long time, her back was icy cold, and she barely fell to the ground.Mr. Liu glanced at him, but said nothing.

Now Liu Fang knew why his grandfather didn't let Feng Ziying find out.When he was a teenager, he also watched some "Taiping Guangji", "Yin Niang", and "Red Thread", and it was the first time he saw someone flying over the wall with his own eyes.I'm afraid that it was because of their branch that the four generals messed up the capital and the warehouses of countless princes were robbed but their own families were safe.Looking back at Mr. Liu, Liu Fang's eyes were full of admiration, much more respectful than when he just came in.

Feng Ziying checked at Lin Luan's place for half a day before returning to the yamen, and the door came back and forth: "My lord, someone asked to see you, but he didn't say where he came from. He only said that his surname was Liu."

Feng Ziying hurriedly said, "Hurry up and come see me!"

After a while, the yamen servant brought the man surnamed Liu to see him.Feng Ziying took a look, this person was more than six feet tall and less than seven feet tall, he looked short and stocky, but he was very strong, obviously he was a practicing family.He hurriedly cupped his fists and said, "The next official is Feng Ziying. Dare to ask this young master?"

The man said: "Cao Min Liu Si."

Feng Ziying said: "Young Master Liu, please sit down." Liu Si also sat down with fists in his arms, waiting quietly.Feng Ziying said, "Now that I have encountered several murder cases, all of them have died, and there are rare masters among them. I can't see the way out, so I would like to ask you to come to help me."

Liu Sidao: "Cao Min understands. Could you let Cao Min see the corpse?"

Feng Ziying stood up: "Please."

He then led Liu Sixian to see the dead body of Lin Luan's little servant girl.After checking, Liu Silue said: "The secret medicine in the palace is Sanxiangyin. If the three spices of Suhe, Angelica dahurica, and Fennel are used as bait, the poison will cause death in about two quarters of an hour. If there is no bait, it will take three or four days to die."

Feng Ziying was shocked: "Spice as bait?" Liu Si nodded.Feng Ziying suddenly remembered that Lin Luan sent this little girl out to buy something, and it happened to be to buy spices, and she bought more than a dozen spices, among which happened to be Suhe, Angelica dahurica, and Fennel.In this way, the little maid didn't kill her because the people behind the scenes noticed that she was being followed, and it was not certain when the poison was administered.But how did the two wives of Rongguo Mansion and Jiang's family die?

He thought for a long time, and Liu Si asked, "Is there anything else?"

Feng Ziying hurriedly said: "There is more. Please come with me, Mr. Liu."

So he didn't even bother to eat, and led Liu Si to see Lin Luan's body.Liu Si took a look and said, "Dagger, precious blade. It kills with one move, and it just splits open the heart without much effort. The killer is skilled and precise, and he is right-handed. Because the woman was killed lying down, I can't tell the height of the killer." .”

Feng Ziying said: "Is it possible to see who it is?"

Liu Sidao: "No. Anyone in our family has the ability."

Feng Ziying frowned slightly and said, "At the moment, this matter probably has nothing to do with your family."

Liu Sidao: "It has nothing to do with our family."

Feng Ziying said: "Yinfengju is always yours. The shopkeeper in front of you was the first to die among these people."

Naturally, Liu Si couldn't tell him that Yinfengju had nothing to do with his family and that his family was the culprit, so he had to listen to him for a long time.After hearing "Gao Hanlin's son is missing", my heart moved.The seventh son of their family has been investigating this matter for a long time, and there is no clue.Although the Liguo Mansion might be hiding something from them, it's not unusual for a person to be invisible without finding traces.If it was in the past, it is likely that either the palace or the government took it away.Now that the government doesn't know where he is, could it be that the palace took him away?It's just that their family doesn't want to have anything to do with the palace anymore, which is troublesome.Nai said: "The shopkeeper's death is probably due to another reason. Mr. Feng, our family has never cared about outside affairs. We don't use poison or medicine. It's too troublesome."

Feng Ziying laughed and said: "Using poison. Medicine does not necessarily mean that it is powerless to kill."

Liu Si didn't say a word, he looked around the house, checked all the boxes and cabinets, and found nothing suspicious.Then he opened Lin Luan's dressing box and checked the contents one by one.When he found a powder box, Liu Si twirled his fingers deftly, and pulled out a very small interlayer from the bottom of the small wooden box, put it under his nose and smelled it: "This is Sanxiangyin." .”

Feng Ziying was startled, and hurried over to look at the small drawer-like interlayer.There is a thin layer of powder inside, and it smells quite sweet. "Is this poison? Medicine?"

Liu Si nodded: "There must be someone who recognizes King Yan, Mr. Feng can entrust them to see."

Feng Ziying then carefully put away the powder box, thinking: Maybe the little maid was poisoned to death by Lin Luan himself, and the thief actually called the arrester to report the crime.Could it be that Lin Luan sensed that the little maid was up to no good and gave her the secret medicine in the palace and sent her to buy spices?Or did Lin Luan have a ghost in his heart, and poisoned the little maid to kill her?

He was still guessing wildly in his mind, Liu Sidao: "I heard that Mr. Feng has a good relationship with the Rongguo Mansion."

Feng Ziying nodded: "It's okay."

Liu Sidao: "The grassroots have something to ask their mansion to investigate. Maybe they will ask Mr. Feng again."

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "The next official is standing in front of Mr. Liu, why bother to go all the way?"

Liu Sidao: "Master Feng is an official, the grass-roots people don't want to owe you favors."

"Forget it." Feng Ziying said, "That's all. If Mr. Liu doesn't dislike it, then go to Zuojin to have a casual meal, and you and I will go to Rongguo Mansion together." Liu Siyun agreed.The two of them went to the small restaurant at the entrance of the alley to fill their stomachs casually and walked together.

When they arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, Feng Ziying asked the doormen: "Is your third master at home?"

Menzi smiled and said, "Uncle Feng, you are here! Our house is so lively, but you caught up with it."

Feng Ziying wondered, "What's the excitement?"

The door said: "This meeting is in Rongxi Hall, how about I take Uncle Feng there?"

Feng Ziying glanced at him: "You want to watch the fun, don't you?" Menzi smiled and led the way ahead.

Feng and Liu followed all the way to Rongxi Hall, and sure enough, they saw many maids, servants, servants and servants poking their heads.Entering the main room, there is a big difference.I saw Jia Cong sitting in the second place in the nanmu chair in Rongxi Hall, holding his arms and calmly; the rest were standing.Feng Ziying recognized them all, the Grand Master and Third Master of the Qi State Mansion stood in front of Jia Cong, Jia Zheng stood beside the Grand Master Chen;Menzi shouted: "Second Master! Third Master Cong! Master Feng is here~~" Several people immediately turned their heads.

Jia Cong hurriedly stood up: "Brother Feng!"

Feng Ziying stepped forward to salute Jia Zheng and others, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Jia Cong sighed: "I've seen someone who forcibly pulls a relative, but I've never seen someone who forcibly pulls a relative with a maid."

Chen Sanye was in a hurry: "Brother Cong! Ruijin is really my own sister, why did she become a forced relative?" Feng Ziying couldn't help but glance at Jia Cong: the co-author is known to Qi Guofu.

Jia Cong spread his hands and said: "I went back and asked after I met the elder of your mansion yesterday, and my sister made it very clear, no."

Jia Zheng said: "Whether it is true or not, don't you know when you meet in person? Even Mrs. Chen is here, why don't you let Qi. Dian out to meet her? She is Qi. Dian's own mother."

Jia Cong said: "How many times have I told you all about the time? You don't seem to have heard it all. Your ears are really not callused, but my mouth is also covered with calluses, okay?" Jia Zheng and Chen Jiaye Constipation-like expressions appeared on both faces.

Feng Ziying guessed that Jia Cong didn't want to recognize this relative, and refused to let Mrs. Chen and Chen Ruijin's mother and daughter meet, so she deliberately asked, "Since Mrs. Chen is here, why don't you let me see you?"

Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "I didn't say no, I just don't see you for a while. You are in such a hurry."

"Why can't I see you this time?"

Jia Cong said: "She didn't sleep well last night, and went out with me to do some things in the morning, and didn't rest until lunch. Don't let her sleep for a while? If you say that you are relatives, don't you feel bad? She is so sleepy that she has to meet when she catches up on sleep? Is there anything more important in this world than eating and sleeping?" Feng Ziying couldn't help but slap him!It is hard to find another in the world who speaks so seriously of fallacies.

Just as Jia Zheng was about to speak, someone ran in from behind and said, "Third Master! Get up, girl, wake up." The Chen family's father and son's eyes lit up!

Jia Cong said "Oh": "Since she is awake, tell her that someone claims to be her mother, and ask her if she wants to see her."

The boy who reported the letter said: "Come on, sister said, it's okay to meet."

Jia Cong said, "Then please go there~~" Then a woman invited Mrs. Chen out of the ear room, and helped her to go to Lixiangyuan.

Suddenly Mrs. Chen saw Chen Ruijin in the study, stepped forward two steps and hugged Chen Ruijin in her arms, crying: "My poor son..."

Chen Ruijin stood silently for a long time, heard her crying hard, broke free lightly and said: "Madam, I don't recognize you."

Mrs. Chen was shocked, before she could wipe away her tears, she said doubtfully, "Si girl, I am your mother."

Chen Ruijin said: "I don't remember having a mother." He asked her to sit down.

Mrs. Chen wiped her tears and said, "You blame us for not recognizing you earlier, don't you?"

Chen Ruijin shook his head and said, "I really don't know."

"Then your elder brother..."

Chen Ruijin said: "In Wu country, Mr. Chen claimed to be my elder brother. I saw that he spoke so eagerly and was pitiful. I was afraid that he had some kind of hysteria, so I followed him. It was just a good deed every month to coax a fool. "

Mrs. Chen immediately understood, and after a while she said, "You blame us."

Chen Ruijin wanted to play tricks on them again, but suddenly lost interest.Nai said: "If you really want to recognize me as a daughter, it's okay. Jia Cong originally wanted to find an identity for me. But, what benefits do you give me?"

Mrs. Chen stood up and said slightly angrily: "I gave birth to you so hard after being pregnant in October! You actually came to ask for benefits from me?"

Chen Ruijin smiled and said: "Madam, why should you be angry? There is no righteousness in the business, let's go to Chen Hanlin's house." He also stood up in his lap and ordered, "See off the guests." He turned and left the study.

Mrs. Chen never thought that she would leave without saying a word, so she froze on the spot.But at this moment, Jia Cong was also curious about what was going on here, and was hiding outside the house to eavesdrop.Seeing that she came out so soon, she whispered, "This is the end? It's too boring."

Chen Ruijin smiled and said, "This is the first step."

"What is the use of the airs you let me put on for half a day?"

"I'm angry with them." Chen Ruijin said, "The Chen family is still a bit arrogant at the moment. Since I slapped them, they will 'just pretend they don't have this daughter'."

As soon as the words fell, I heard Mrs. Chen shouting in the study: "I just pretend that I don't have this daughter—"

Jia Cong said: "Okay, the first rule has been fulfilled. Then?"

"Then?" Chen Ruijin smiled sweetly, "Then of course let them see the dowry list. A short-term pain is worse than a long-term pain. What's the fun of a single pain, it's interesting to read the account books every month."