"She is mine, fourth brother, you misunderstood."
A deep and gorgeous voice suddenly came from behind, Yan Qi was taken aback, and turned around immediately, almost at the same time, everyone raised their eyes and looked towards the entrance of the back hall—
As far as the eyes could see, a handsome figure appeared in the eyes of everyone.
Yan Chi was wearing a long black robe painted with gold and python patterns, his body was like burnt iron, his eyebrows and eyes were like cold jade, and he was striding in with his long legs.
His appearance made Yan Qi stunned at the moment, Zheng Baishi and Qin Shu's eyes widened even more, who would have thought that His Royal Highness Prince Rui's son would also come at this juncture
Yan Qi squinted at Yan Chi for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "Hey, Lao Qi is back! This Yizhuang is really lively today."
Yan Chi's pair of phoenix eyes swept across Qin Wan's body. This was the first time he saw Qin Wan wearing men's clothes. The corners of his lips were slightly curved, and his phoenix eyes were shining like stars. He looked straight at Yan Qi and said, , "Why is the fourth brother here?" He said and looked at Qin Shu who was kneeling on the ground, "Why are Master Zheng and Lord Hou kneeling on the ground?"
While speaking, the curtain at the back was lifted, Zhan Yang walked in with the lamp oil bowl, seeing the situation in the room, he immediately felt something was wrong, and seeing Yan Qi here, he quickly knelt down and saluted.
Yan Qi's stature is about the same as Yan Chi's, and his facial features are also very delicate. Unlike Yan Chi, he has a pair of peach blossom eyes that are full of evil spirits. Hearing this, he swept around the people in the room and said with a sneer, "It's just a coincidence, today a thief broke into my house, I chased it all the way, and I caught up with it." This Yizhuang, originally came in to take out thieves, but found that there are so many people in Yizhuang."
As he spoke, he glanced at Yan Chi, "Why are you here?"
The corners of Yan Chi's lips curved slightly, "I came back in the middle of the night yesterday, and I just entered the palace to report two things. The fourth brother wanted to know. Earlier, I went to Jinzhou on behalf of the saint, and I received an errand from the Criminal Division. No, once I return to Beijing I knew there was a case in the capital too."
Speaking of which, Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan for a moment, "This case is of great importance, and I happened to have a good person by my side, so I lent her to Mrs Zheng, and because I was going to enter the palace this morning, I asked Prince Qin to bring her over for righteousness." village."
Yan Qi frowned, "Your man? Are you so concerned about this case as soon as you return to Beijing?"
Yan Chi smiled lightly, "I ran into a few cases on the road, but I became interested in the prison." Yan Chi paused, "Oh, yes, today the Holy Palace intends to let me enter the palace." The Ministry of Criminal Affairs, I'm afraid I will take office after the next year, as for this case, the Holy Majesty also said that I should come and discuss with Mr. Zheng to solve the case as soon as possible, which is exactly in my mind."
Yan Qi was slightly taken aback, "Entered in the Ministry of Punishment? You're not going back to the west?"
Yan Chi smiled deeply, "Whether to return or not depends on the Holy Majesty's will, even if it is not in a hurry to return within a year or two."
A dark light flashed in Yan Qi's eyes. Compared with the aggressive him just now, he seemed to be a little more relaxed when he heard the news. He smiled, "I see." Qin Wan shook his head for a moment.
The light in the back hall was not very bright, and Qin Wan was standing at the door of the small door again, her face was against the light behind her, Yan Qi only felt that Qin Wan looked thin and slender at first glance, although she felt that there were a few spots on her body. He was neither humble nor overbearing, but because Qin Wan quickly lowered his eyes and saluted, he couldn't feel how outstanding Qin Wan was among the crowd, at most he was a useful young man, and it didn't look like he would After much deliberation on the candidate to be used to convict, Yan Qi felt relieved.
"I thought some idler was here to disturb the yamen's business, but I didn't want it to be Lao Qi's person. It's a good thing that Lao Qi is concerned about the murder case in Beijing, but I didn't expect Lao Qi and Zhongyong Hou's mansion to be so close."
These words are quite interesting, Zhongyonghou's mansion is on the prince's side, Yan Chi and Zhongyonghou's mansion are getting closer, does it mean that he has made a choice? Yan Qi looked at Yan Chi, Yan Chi bent his lips and said, "When I came back from Jinzhou, I went with the prince, and he happened to recognize my people. The prince is safe, so I will leave this matter to him."
Yan Qi glanced at Qin Shu and his son with a half-smile, "So you're here to ask about that case too?"
"Exactly, this case is quite complicated, let me take a look."
Yan Qi shrugged his shoulders, "In this case, this case will definitely be solved early." Yan Qi pretended to look around, "It seems that there is no thief I want to catch here, old seven, Fourth brother, let's take a step first, since you are back, come to my house some other day, and we brothers haven't had a good get together for many years."
Yan Chi nodded, "Don't worry, fourth brother, he will definitely disturb you."
Yan Qi turned around casually, "Let's go, look elsewhere—"
As he spoke, he retreated like a tide of people, and when Yan Qi had left alone, Yan Chi turned to look at Zheng Baishi and the others, "Master Zheng, Lord Hou, get up—"
"Why did His Royal Highness come back?"
Zheng Baishi said something slightly surprised, and hurriedly saluted again, "Meet His Royal Highness."
The corners of Yan Chi's lips twitched slightly, "It is true that I came back in the middle of the night last night, so get up."
Zheng Baishi and Qin Shu stood up now. Zheng Baishi didn't know that Qin Yan walked with Yan Chi when he came back, but Qin Shu knew that, not only that, he also knew that Qin Yan's win over Yan Chi was fruitless, but right now, Yan Chi Chi came to help them!
Zheng Baishi got up and took a step forward, "Thank you, Your Highness, for coming to rescue us today." Then he turned and glanced at Qin Shu, then at Qin Wan, "How did Your Highness know that we were being troubled by His Highness Cheng Wang? Could it be..."
Only then did Qin Yan smile and said, "His Royal Highness is familiar with her." He then asked in confusion, "But how does Your Highness know we are here?"
It was no surprise that Yan Chi helped Qin Yan, but Yan Chi's arrival was too coincidental.
Yan Chi raised his lips, "What I said just now is not entirely false, the Holy Majesty did intend to let me pay attention to this case this morning, I left the palace to go to the Yamen, but halfway there I found out that Lord Zheng came to Yizhuang, so I changed my way And yes, I didn't expect to run into it."
Zheng Baishi's eyes lit up, "Ah, the Holy Majesty really intends to let His Highness and the lower officials preside over this case together?"
Yan Chi smiled indifferently, "It's not counted as the presiding judge, it's just that I have nothing to do when I return to Beijing, so I got the order from the Holy Majesty."
Zheng Baishi hurriedly waved his hands, "Your Highness is too humble. Your Highness has gone to accept the post of the Criminal Procurator and Inspector. As soon as he took action, he handled several major cases for the Holy Majesty. Now that His Highness is back, the case in the capital can be saved."
Yan Chi was noncommittal, Qin Shu also cupped his hands and said, "Since Your Highness has received the order from the Holy Majesty, it is only reasonable to preside over this case with Mr. Zheng. With His Highness's help, this case will definitely be completed soon." break."
Yan Chi's eyes fell on Qin Wan again, because Zheng Baishi and others surrounded him, Qin Wan became the person farthest from him, Yan Chi said, "Whether this case can be solved, you have already found the last one." Good help."
When he looked at it, Zheng Baishi and Qin Shu just turned around, and on the other side, Zhan Yang and the two yamen servants also looked at Qin Wan.
Qin Wan had to come forward and blessed Yan Chi, while Zheng Baishi said beside him, "It's a coincidence, Your Highness, the autopsy has just been completed." Then he turned to look at Qin Wan, "Young master , I don’t know what can be tested?”
Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan leisurely, and Qin Wan himself was a little lost.
Yan Chi came back, Yan Chi finally came back, but she never expected that the two would meet under such circumstances.
Thinking of this, Qin Wan lowered his brows and quickly settled down, "The two corpses in the back also died of suffocation, and even the scars on their necks are very similar, and the scars on the second and third corpses show that the two Everyone was raped by the murderer after death. The second body did not have the bruises on the first body, but the third body had similar wounds. I guessed that the murderer hid the body in a stairwell. In the house, in order to hide better, the corpse was dragged over the stairs."
"In addition, there were no signs of struggle and fighting on the first and second corpses, but only the arms and shoulders of the third corpse had very clear bruises. At the same time, I also found in the nails of the third corpse. There was something similar to dirt, but both fingernails of the third corpse were neatly trimmed. There was dirt on the right hand, but not on the left. So I speculated that the things inside her nails were probably contaminated somewhere, and , it is likely to be contaminated by the murderer's hands, because if it is contaminated before that, she will definitely find a way to wash it off."
Zheng Baishi and the others all nodded, and Qin Wan said, "Where are the clothes on a few of them?"
Zheng Baishi smiled wryly when he heard this, "To tell you the truth, young master, the clothes on these people were originally there, but when the corpses were transported earlier, the clothes of the third corpse were accidentally lost, and now only the first The clothes of the first and the second are here." Zheng Baishi turned around, "Zhanyang, go get it—"
Zhan Yang was still holding the lamp oil bowl in his hand. He heard that he stepped forward and put the lamp oil bowl on the wooden board beside him, then turned and walked to another small room. After a while, a bamboo basket was taken out.
There were several women's dresses in the bamboo basket. Qin Wan took the basket and took out the clothes one by one. Then he looked at the two pairs of shoes at the bottom. Zheng Baishi saw that she was looking carefully and said, "The first person was found by the river. His legs and feet were soaked in water when he found it, and the traces on his shoes were washed away. The second person was found in an abandoned house. There was only some dust on his shoes, and the others Then nothing more...”
Qin Wan looked over one by one, and found nothing unusual as Zheng Baishi said.
"Why did the third person lose his clothes?" Qin Wan was a little helpless. The third person was the closest, and if there were any clues, it would be best to find out, but unfortunately, the clothes were lost.
Hearing this, Zhan Yang took two steps forward, lowered his eyes and said, "I'm dereliction of duty—"
His voice was serious, Qin Wan shook his head, "I don't mean to hold the head of Zhan to account."
Zheng Baishi sighed, and waved to Zhan Yang, "Okay, now is not the time to talk about these things, there were many people on business trips that day, and the corpses were sent back to the government office first, and the preliminary inspection confirmed that it was the same murderer. After that, it was sent to Yizhuang again, and the clothes were lost on the way here, and I didn't understand how it was lost."
Zheng Baishi sighed, "I can't find the clothes, so there is nothing I can do?"
Qin Wan frowned slightly, "It's been too long for the first person and the second person, even if there are any clues, it may be covered up because of the decay of the corpse. The third person is the best breakthrough, and the dirt inside the nails is the first one. Neither of them have it, and if the clothes can't be found, it is possible to miss some clues."
Speaking of which, Qin Wan's eyes rolled, "I can only find other clues now."
Qin Wan looked at the lamp oil bowl. She picked up the lamp oil bowl, and saw that the original black unknown object now only left a little residue on the bottom of the bowl. Qin Wan took a closer look, took off the glove and used her fingers to clean it. Fiddled with those residues for a while, Qin Wan frowned and said, "The third deceased had eaten oranges and fish before she died, and there were still orange seeds and fish bones in her stomach."
"Have you ever eaten oranges? Have you ever eaten fish?" Zheng Baishi's expression turned serious.
Qin Wan nodded, and a gleam of light flashed in her eyes after pondering for a moment, "Her home is outside the city. When she came into the city that day, was it the dry food prepared by her family? Or the lunch in the city?"
Zheng Baishi hurriedly went to see Zhan Yang. Zhan Yang was obviously very clear about these details, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "That day she only brought silver taels into the city. Although her family was not in the city, it was not a poor family. I made an agreement with my family, saying that she will go shopping in the West Market that day—”
Qin Wan held up the lamp oil bowl, "Let's start with the west market and find out the origin of these oranges and fish. Oranges may be found everywhere, but fish is not only found in small stalls."
Zhan Yang's eyes brightened slightly, and Zheng Baishi was also overjoyed. They also went to the West Market to inquire after the incident that day, but because they didn't have specific directions, most of them only went to the place where New Year's goods were sold, but they didn't come up with any clues.
"Okay, Zhanyang, let's check it out now, and ask with that girl's portrait."
Zhan Yang nodded, Zheng Baishi looked at Qin Wan again, "Young master, are there any more?"
Qin Wan put down the lamp oil bowl, went to look at the bamboo basket, and asked in a slightly cold voice for a moment, "Are the clothes in here the deceased's clothes?"
Zheng Baishi and Zhan Yang nodded together, but Qin Wan frowned, "But I didn't find the clothes of the two deceased inside."
Zheng Baishi was startled, Zhan Yang was also startled, and Zhan Yang even said in a difficult tone, "The clothes of these two people are definitely not wrong, they didn't exist in the first place, you mean... they were taken away by the murderer?"
Zheng Baishi and Zhan Yang, including Yan Chi and Qin Shu, are all big men. I'm afraid they don't understand what Xiaoyi means to women. Qin Wan pointed to the bamboo basket, "These two people live in Lin'an City. Although they are not from a wealthy family, they are not considered poor. On that day, one of the two came out to have a fight, and the other went out to deliver meals to his elder brother. Both of them had to show their faces. Therefore, the clothes of the two were neatly dressed and the materials were not good. Poor, it can be seen from this that these two people must pay great attention to clothing and appearance, such a family will not afford to make small clothes for their daughters, and now they are gone, they must have been taken away by the murderer."
Zhan Yang hurriedly said, "But when we found the body that day, all the clothes of the deceased were neatly dressed..."
Qin Wan's eyes turned cold, "The murderer can commit violence after death, so why would he be afraid to dress the dead? Now that the clothes of the two deceased are missing, it shows that the murderer must have a penchant for women's clothes. Every time he kills someone and then commits violence, this person must be a crazy person, I guess, if the third person's clothes are found, Xiaoyi will not be there either."
Zhan Yang and Zheng Baishi looked at each other, and they both looked solemn.
Qin Wan took off the protective glove on the other hand, "That's all I can think of in this autopsy. I believe Fang Bo also found a lot of clues in the autopsy. Next, we will see Mr. Zheng and the exhibition. It's headhunted."
Zheng Baishi nodded hurriedly, "Young master, you have worked hard—"
Qin Wan shook his head, Qin Yan hurriedly took Qin Wan to wash his hands, and Zheng Baishi pointed at Zhan Yang, "I will explain to His Royal Highness how the three cases were discovered—"
Yan Chi came here, firstly because of Qin Wan, and secondly because of this case, seeing Zheng Baishi ordering him like this, he didn't have any objection, Zhan Yang's face became serious, and he talked to Yan Chi in detail, Qin Wan was behind After cleaning his hands, when he came back, he heard Zhan Yang talking about two places where dead bodies were found in the west and east of the city.
Seeing Qin Wan coming in, Zhan Yang subconsciously looked at Qin Wan, and Qin Wan stepped forward, "Suddenly thought, just now I was a little biased, the place where the murderer hides the corpse, the place where the violence is committed, and the place where the corpse is thrown away, They may be different, but one of the two families involved in the accident is in the east and the other in the west, and the places where the corpses are dumped are also very different. I thought, who knows so much about these two places? There will be a curfew in the capital, It is very likely that he will be caught in the throwing of the body at night, but he did not leave any traces."
Qin Wan looked around, walked up to the Guanyin statue and took a handful of incense, "For example, a family is here, a family is here, separated by such a long distance, and under the Yushui bridge is here, the abandoned The old house is here, the dark alley is here, most people will find the environment they are familiar with when committing crimes, but right now the scope is too big... "
Qin Wan took the incense sticks and lit them one at a time. After the arrangement was complete, the area was indeed very large. "There is a possibility that the murderer carefully searched for the place where the corpse was dumped before the crime happened. But if this is the case, then this person probably He had planned the time of the attack. If he could plan the time, he must be someone who was very familiar with the deceased. Because he knew the scope and time of the deceased's activities, he knew when he could kill the deceased. According to what the head catcher said, When the three deceased disappeared, none of them were doing specific daily tasks, that is to say, the murderer did not expect the deceased to go out at that time—"
The corners of Yan Chi's lips curved slightly, "So you think it's more likely that the murderer committed the crime at will?"
Qin Wan nodded, "Maybe he didn't have a specific target, but just met him by chance, but if this is the case, the three places where the corpses are thrown are worth thinking about. These three places are in three directions, and the distance is also the same. It's not close, he threw the body three times without being bumped into by anyone, so he must be very familiar with the whole house."
Hearing Qin Wan's words, Yan Chi suddenly had a thought. He stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the wooden board. First, he circled all the areas, and then changed the circle again, only the first deceased's home and the place where the body was thrown. Then he drew a second circle, enclosing the home of the second deceased and the place where the body was found, and then he immediately drew a third circle, enclosing the West Market and the place where the body was found. The dark alley was circled. Although there were no solid lines in these circles, Qin Wan and Zhan Yang who were standing beside them understood Yan Chi's meaning. Zhan Yang raised his hand and drew another small circle out of thin air. The small circle is exactly where the three big circles overlap.
Qin Yan's eyes lit up, "That's exactly what it means!"
Xiang Zhanyang also looked relaxed, "This subordinate knows! I know how to search."
Zheng Baishi and the others were also watching, but they didn't understand what Yan Chi was drawing, so Zhan Yang turned around and said, "My lord, this subordinate is going to go out and search for evidence, to see if we can get any key clues."
Zheng Baishi nodded, "Go ahead, go fast."
Zhan Yang naturally knew that their time was running out, so he responded and turned around to leave.
Zhan Yang led the order and left, Qin Wan's mission today was considered complete. Although no clear evidence was found, the government had a direction after all. Zheng Baishi couldn't help thanking him repeatedly. Yan also offered to leave, but before the group could leave the back hall, the guard in charge of guarding the gate came in again.
"My lord, the people of His Royal Highness Cheng Wang are still guarding outside."
Zheng Baishi was stunned, Qin Shu and Qin Yan also looked at each other, just now Yan Chi had rescued them, but what Yan Chi said was that Qin Wan belonged to him, if he saw Qin Wan and Qin Wan again now Yan returned to the Hou Mansion, fearing that he would be unable to justify it.
Yan Chi said with a normal expression, "It seems that the only way to get this lie right is to let her go with me."
Qin Wan stood beside her and pursed her lips without saying a word. Qin Shu and Qin Yan hesitated a little, Yan Chi said, "Come with me first, and I will send her back later—"
Zheng Baishi sighed, "It seems that this can be done, please trouble Your Highness, little... young master will also suffer."
Qin Wan smiled slightly, "Don't dare, my lord is too serious."
Seeing this, Qin Shu and Qin Yan had no choice but to agree, and Yan Chi said, "My carriage is outside, I'll just take her away—"
Qin Shu hesitated to speak, but still looked at Qin Wan and said, "Okay, then follow His Highness down."
Qin Wan nodded, originally wanted to make a blessing, but then thought about it, now that he was wearing men's clothing, he just cupped his hands and followed Yan Chi away, seeing her two walk out of the back hall one by one, Qin Shu was suspicious Looking at Qin Yan, Qin Yan said, "Has father forgotten her identity? It is normal for His Royal Highness to take good care of her."
Zheng Baishi looked at Qin Yan suspiciously, what is the identity of this young master
The corners of Qin Yan's lips curved slightly, "Jinzhou, Your Highness Princess Taichang—"
After only saying these few words, Zheng Baishi suddenly realized, and after thinking about it again, his eyes lit up immediately.
He already admired Qin Wan very much, and the fact that Princess Taichang accepted a righteous granddaughter is quite popular in the capital. At present, Qin Wan's status in Zheng Baishi's heart is a bit higher, "It turns out It's her, so she ranks ninth in the Qin family?"
Qin Yan nodded, and Zheng Baishi laughed, "Not bad, not bad!"
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As soon as he got into the carriage, Yan Chi held Qin Wan's hand in his palm.
Qin Wan was still holding the pair of protective gloves that Yan Chi had just washed. Although they were made of deerskin, his hands were wet and cold. Yan Chi threw the gloves aside, "Why are you helping with the autopsy?" gone?"
Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi with clear eyes. He didn't realize it just now, but now that he got closer, the tired look on Yan Chi's face became clearer. I help."
A cold light flashed in Yanchi's eyes, "I really spared no effort to help the prince."
As he spoke, he felt that Qin Wan's hands were still icy. He lifted his robe and simply put Qin Wan's hand into his arms. Qin Wan's eyes widened, and Yan Chi hooked her in with the other hand. arms.
Qin Wan subconsciously felt something was wrong, but as soon as she moved, Yan Chi's hand fell on her waist, "Don't move."
Yan Chi's voice was low and full of contentment, and when Qin Wan heard it, he honestly stopped moving.
Yan Chi stroked her back lightly, and said in a deep voice on the top of her hair, "Do you know that this case is very important?"
Qin Wan said "Yes", "I know the general idea, it has something to do with the prince."
"If this case is not resolved before New Year's Eve, the Holy Majesty will definitely be angry with the Crown Prince. The Hou Mansion let you take action because of the desire to help the Crown Prince. King Cheng must have got the news and does not want anyone to help the Crown Prince out of the predicament in the last two days, so today Kill it."
Yan Chi said while stroking Qin Wan's back, "The capital city is no better than Jinzhou."
Qin Wan's lips curled into a smile when he explained it like this, "I know."
Hearing this, Yan Chi separated from Qin Wan, "You really know?"
Qin Wan nodded, "I really know, but I am in the Qin Mansion, so naturally I have to advance and retreat with the Qin Mansion, not to mention that the autopsy can make the case clear as soon as possible, so I naturally have no choice."
Having said that, Yan Chi stroked Qin Wan's cheek, "It's good to know, and you have to be on guard at all times."
As he spoke, he took another look at Qin Wan's attire today, "How can you hide your appearance from others?"
Qin Wan looked down at himself and said with a smile, "Why not?"
"Today, apart from the young head catcher and the two yamen servants, the Zheng Fu Yin and the old foreman, I recognized them all. Qin Yan asked you to help, but this arrangement is not very thorough. "
Qin Wan's heart warmed a little. First, Qin Yan was in a hurry, and second, he didn't think there was anything wrong with this arrangement. It was just that Yan Chi regarded her as the most important thing, so he felt that the arrangement was not good.
"It's running out of time, not to mention that if King Cheng doesn't come, nothing will happen."
Speaking of Qin Wan wanting to pull out his hand, Yan Chi loosened her hand slightly, and she let her go, but the next moment, he couldn't help but hold her face, Yan Chi looked at Qin Wan carefully, as if he was looking at the girl who hadn't seen her in the past few days. As if there was any change in her, Qin Wan rolled her eyes and said in embarrassment, "Where... is this going?"
Yan Chi remained expressionless, "Aren't you overjoyed to see me?"
Qin Wan smiled helplessly when he heard this, "How could there be no..."
"Huh?" Yan Chi suddenly leaned closer, as if wanting to look into her eyes carefully, "Then why didn't I see it?"
Qin Wan blinked, only to feel that Yan Chi's breathing was very hot, and was about to back away, but Yan Chi's lips were already pressed down.
Qin Wan's eyes widened, Yan Chi hugged her into his arms, Qin Wan blinked, closed his eyes and pulled Yan Chi's front, Yan Chi was satisfied, he attacked the city very tenderly, It took a long time for Qin Wan to break free out of breath. Before he could catch his breath, the carriage was about to stop. Qin Wan opened the curtains to look in surprise, and saw the four gold medals in "Prince Gong's Mansion" at a glance. Paint large characters...