After Wang Yanqing lost her memory, she often felt that her second brother had changed, making her unable to resist. She panicked for a while, thinking that Lu Heng was making fun of her again, and said with a sullen face: "Second brother, don't be like this all the time."
"How is it always?" Lu Heng looked down at her, suddenly stretched out his hand, and gently slid his fingertips along Wang Yanqing's cheek, "You came to the capital when you were seven years old, and when you were eight years old, you fell ill from martial arts training for a winter, and when you were ten years old, you knelt with others. At the ancestral hall, I almost died from a fever. I fell off my horse to save people at the age of twelve. At the age of fourteen, I followed everyone to the military camp. I fell, rolled, and climbed for a month. Shouldn't I be hurt for you?"
Lu Heng talked about the past one by one, and the time, place and cause and effect were all clear. Wang Yanqing knew that this should be her own experience, but she heard from Lu Heng at this moment that she had no real feeling, and it seemed like someone else's story in the distance.
Wang Yanqing's heart softened again. When she woke up, she forgot everything, but the second brother remembered the long years they spent together. Perhaps, they were so close before.
Wang Yanqing felt a little guilty, and whispered to Lu Heng, "I'm sorry second brother, I forgot..."
"It's okay." Lu Heng smiled at her and said, "It's not a big deal, just forget it. Let's go, let's find Liang Fu's 'adulter'."
Liang Wenshi's maid carefully followed Lu Heng and Wang Yanqing all the way, but in the blink of an eye, the person in front disappeared. She was startled and quickly ran up to see it, but she searched all over the corner of the wall and was stunned to see no one. She thought that she was going to see a ghost in broad daylight, so she hurried to the front and told Liang Wenshi.
In the main hall, Chen Yuxuan was still chattering and talking nonsense with the elders of the Liang family and Liang Wenshi. At this moment, Lu Heng had unknowingly bypassed the people of the Liang family, stood in front of the doorman, and asked, "The seventeenth of last month, That is, on the day Liang Rong disappeared, when did he go out?"
This was a big event, and the concierge quickly remembered: "Mao Shizheng, the villain remembers very clearly that day, the little one just opened the door, and the eldest young master went out. Go through the door. The little one reminds the eldest young master to walk slowly, and don't fall, the eldest young master doesn't pay any attention."
Wang Yanqing caught the point and asked, "He's wearing a cloak?"
"Yeah." The porter replied, "It's gray and black, and it's very thick. It's strange for the villain to see it. When did the eldest young master wear such thick clothes."
Lu Heng hummed in confusion and asked, "He lowered his head, covered his face, and didn't speak. How do you know it was Liang Rong?"
The concierge was stunned by this question: "The eldest young master is wearing a new cloak made last year. It is not the eldest young master, who else could it be?"
Lu Heng asked, "What is the style of that cloak?"
The concierge said and gestured: "The big-haired black squirrel has the face, and the satin lining is particularly thick."
Lu Heng nodded, stopped asking, and changed the subject: "Did Liang Fu come to see you that day?"
"Miss, I've been here. It's a coincidence. Not long after the eldest young master left, the eldest young lady came. The old slave said that the young lady came a step later and could meet the eldest young master a little earlier, and the young lady was very happy to hear it. disappointment."
Matching Liang Fu's timeline, Wang Yanqing asked, "Did you see Liang Bin that day?"
The concierge thought for a while and shook his head: "I haven't seen the villain here, maybe the second young master came in and out from another door."
Upon hearing this, Wang Yanqing quickly asked, "Is there a side door in the mansion?"
"Yes, over there." The concierge pointed in one direction and said, "You two can see it when you turn the corner along the street."
Wang Yanqing thanked the concierge and walked down the street with Lu Heng. They went to the direction pointed by the concierge first, and they saw a side door in the alley. Wang Yanqing looked around and said, "This side door is not facing the street, and the place is hidden. If someone pretends to be Liang Rong, detours back here, and enters the mansion through the side door, it should not attract attention at all."
Lu Heng walked around the corner slowly and said, "That's all for the Liang family for now, let's go, let's find Feng Liu."
Baoding Prefecture is not as good as the capital, but it is also an important town to defend the capital. It builds ships and transports grain, and it has a large population. Wang Yanqing thought it would take a lot of effort to find a local gangster in such a huge city, but she still underestimated Jin Yiwei's intelligence network, and after a while, Lu Heng got Feng Liu's household registration information.
Wang Yanqing looked speechless: "Just a small person in the market, do you have records of this?"
Wang Yanqing can understand the monitoring of high-ranking officials in the capital, but Feng Liu is just a ruffian at best, so Jin Yiwei even has this kind of information? Lu Heng smiled, put away the information, and took the initiative to take Wang Yanqing's hand: "Just be prepared. Wei said he ran away, and now I don't know where, let's go, let's go to his house and see."
Feng Liu lives in the south of the city, where the alleys are sloping, the rooms are built very densely, and there are some people doing small businesses and handicrafts gathered. After entering this area, Wang Yanqing clearly felt that there were more malicious gazes, but no one dared to come up because of Lu Heng who was beside her. The alley in front was getting narrower and narrower. Lu Heng was worried and said to Wang Yanqing, "Wait here for a while, I'll go take a look ahead."
Lu Heng was naturally cautious, Feng Liu's house was in front of him, but the alley was dark and narrow, and it was difficult for two people to stand side by side, which was very suitable for an ambush. Lu Heng was not afraid, but he also brought Wang Yanqing, and he couldn't let Wang Yanqing take risks.
Lu Heng left Wang Yanqing at the intersection and went inside to check Feng Liu's house. At that time, after the Liang family brought someone from Feng Liu's house to find the exact same clothes, they immediately turned Feng Liu to see the official. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Feng Liu ran away from the crowd, and his home was also sealed by the government. When Lu Heng was checking in front, the door of Feng Liu's neighbor suddenly opened, and a tall, oily man ran out and bumped into Wang Yanqing head-on.
Wang Yanqing and the man were both stunned. The man saw that she was just a weak woman, and his eyes showed a fierce look, and Wang Yanqing immediately reacted. It was probably Feng Liu.
The man stepped forward and wanted to catch Wang Yanqing, but Wang Yanqing avoided it in time. Wang Yanqing's hand was secretly moving, she was about to use a small hand, but the man was kicked from behind. Lu Heng's arm pressed against the opponent's elbow and shoulder, and twisted it up, the man immediately howled in pain: "Sir, spare your life, Caomin knows it's wrong, your lord spare your life!"
Lu Heng's movements were fast and vicious, and Wang Yanqing could hear the man's dislocation of his joints. Wang Yanqing thought that the second brother was really black, and quickly said: "Second brother, it is important to interrogate the case first."
After a while, the man's joints will be crushed. Lu Heng didn't get up, and still commanded the man condescendingly. There was no anger or smile on his face, and he looked at him coldly: "What did you want to do when you arrested her just now?"
The man wailed and shouted, "Caomin didn't want to do anything, he just wanted to run for his life. Your Excellency, spare your life, Caomin's arm is about to break..."
Wang Yanqing stepped forward, stroked Lu Heng's shoulder lightly, and whispered, "Second brother."
When Lu Heng heard Wang Yanqing's words, he slowly let go of his hand. The man felt as if he had been granted amnesty, and hurried to support his arm, screaming constantly. Lu Heng stood by, impatiently loosening his cufflinks, and kicked the man: "Say, what's your name."
The man wailed on the ground and said hurriedly: "Caomin's surname is Feng, and the family is Liu Liu. Everyone around is called Caomin Feng Liu."
"Sure enough, it's you." Lu Heng said, "Where have you been hiding during this time, and why did you come out from the yard next door?"
Feng Liu didn't know the two people in front of him, but after what happened just now, he had already determined that Lu Heng was an expert in the army, and he was frightening when he attacked. Feng Liu didn't know what luck he had gone through. He provoked people in the government one after another. He shouted that he was wronged and said, "My lord, the grass people are wronged. The grass people don't know anything, and suddenly a group of people came to the door half a month ago, shouting. Caomin wanted to send Caomin to see an official, but Caomin couldn’t argue, so he had to run. Caomin hid outside for half a month, but he couldn’t get on, so he wanted to come back to get some life-saving money. Caomin didn’t dare to enter through the main door, seeing that there was no one in the neighbor’s house, I just wanted to cross the wall from the neighbor's house. I didn't expect to see the adults coming when I entered. The grass people just want to find a way to survive, not to be disrespectful to the adults."
Feng Liu tried to distort his behavior of arresting Wang Yanqing. Lu Heng laughed. Instead of arguing with him, he said, "Be honest, on the nineteenth of last month, what were you doing."
When Feng Liu heard this day, his face became bitter: "Sir, Cao Min really doesn't know anything. That day Cao Min drank too much and was sleeping soundly at home when suddenly a group of people rushed in outside, saying that Cao Min was frivolous with Miss Liang's family. My lord knows that, Cao Min is only a high-ranking little man, how dare he provoke the young lady of a thousand households. Cao Min has not even touched the door of Liang's family, so it is really unfair to say that the villain and Miss Liang have committed adultery."
When the charge of adultery is smashed down, Liang Fu, who has brought shame to the family, will die, and Feng Liu, who has spoiled the lady of the boudoir, will also die. The Liang family is powerful and powerful in Baoding Mansion. If Feng Liu goes to prison, he will die. He didn't want to die, he could only run.
In the end, he was unlucky. He deliberately chose a time when no one was there to come back to get the entanglement, and he bumped into a strange man who was handsome but ruthless. Feng Liu didn't dare to offend Lu Heng, and told everything about himself during this time like a bean.
Wang Yanqing nodded slightly to Lu Heng, indicating that Feng Liu did not lie. Lu Heng had no expression on his face, and asked again, "The Liang family found the red shroud in your room that was used for the crime. There are witnesses and physical evidence, how dare you deny it?"
When Feng Liuyi heard this, the voice of grievance became louder: "Sir, that piece of clothing is indeed Caomin's, but I don't know when the clothes were lost, and Caomin couldn't find it anywhere, so he just ignored it for the time being. Caomin also doesn't know that piece of clothing. Why did he suddenly come back and appear at Liang Qianhu's house. If you don't believe me, you can ask your neighbors. Caomin didn't find any clothes and asked them."
Lu Heng watched him quietly for a while, then walked out without saying anything. Feng Liu breathed a sigh of relief. He thought he was fine, and struggled to get up from the ground. As soon as he stood up, Jin Yiwei ran in from outside the alley and pinned Feng Liu to the ground. Feng Liu was startled, and hurriedly looked forward, there were no figures of the two of them.
Wang Yanqing walked out of the alley and said to Lu Heng, "Second brother, he didn't lie, why did you imprison him?"
"I know it's not him." Lu Heng said lightly, "With his height and weight, climbing the tree in the Liang family will definitely break the branches. The person who appeared in the Xiulou that day and escaped would not be him."
Wang Yanqing was stunned, and slowly realized why Lu Heng asked her to climb the tree instead of himself: "So, you asked me to climb the tree in front of Liang Fu's window just to verify the murderer's size?"
Lu Heng nodded and admitted. When he saw the branches outside, he thought it was too thin. Liang Wei was a Jinyiwei after all, so how could he allow his daughter to embroider a tree in front of the building and go straight to the outside of the wall. The tree has been trimmed, and the branch leading to the outside of the wall is newly grown, and it is not thick. A person as light as Wang Yanqing would float slightly when he walked up. If an adult man of Feng Liu's physique climbed up, he would be broken in just two steps.
Later, when Lu Heng heard Liang Fu's testimony, he became more speechless. Are you afraid that you will not be conspicuous when you wear red clothes when you have an affair? Therefore, the clothes are just a trick, and the people behind the scenes want to use the clothes to blame Feng Liu for the purpose. Only women or underdeveloped teenagers meet the conditions for climbing the tree, and very few women can jump over such a long distance. Therefore, the ones who escaped from the tree that day were mostly slender, light and athletic teenagers.
People who meet these conditions at the same time are close at hand.
Wang Yanqing's face was heavy, and she raised her eyebrows and said, "Is it Liang Bin?"
Perhaps more than that, on the 17th, Liang Rongtian went out as soon as dawn. He didn't talk to anyone all the way, but he let many people see his clothes and the matter of going out. This move was abnormal and almost deliberate, as if he was deliberately creating the illusion that Liang Rong was still alive. Liang Bin is slender, but he is no different from an adult. If he puts on his brother's cloak and covers half of his face with a hat, he should be able to disguise Liang Rong at first glance.
Wang Yanqing guessed that Liang Rong died on the night of the 16th. The next morning, Liang Bin wore Liang Rong's clothes and walked out from the front door, then took off his cloak and quietly came back through the side door. timeline. But he didn't expect Liang Fu to come too. Liang Bin and Liang Rong both lived in the outer courtyard, and their rooms were facing each other. Liang Bin deliberately avoided the concierge and came back from the side door. Unexpectedly, someone at the door bumped into Liang Fu.
Liang Fu had been here last night, and she even picked up a bead this morning. Liang Bin mistakenly thought that Liang Fu knew something, so he had murderous intentions and led to the later adultery case.
Lu Heng was noncommittal and said, "The person who framed Liang Fu's adultery may not be the same as the person who killed Liang Rong. Let's go to the owner of that bead first."