"Ninth girl, how is it? Can you find the place where the suspected crime took place?"
Zheng Baishi walked up to Qin Wan and asked in a gentle voice. Qin Wan crouched halfway, stood up and shook his head, "No, the scar on Meng Jin's abdomen is very neat, but I walked around this inner lake. I circled around, but I couldn’t see any flat stones. If according to our inference just now, Meng Jin was drowned in the water by someone by the lake, then there must be something flat on his body. I saw it. In a circle, the Taikoo stones by the lake are all jagged."
Speaking of which, Qin Wan turned his gaze to the fence in the distance, "The scars on his body seem to be caused by being pressed against the fence or the edge of a table."
Zheng Baishi raised his eyebrows, and Li Muyun said, "Could it be that he walked to the corridor, was first attacked, and then dragged to the lake? If he was dragged, it would probably be on his shoes and clothes." Leaving traces, and now his clothes are gone, so there is no way to find evidence, but this possibility is not impossible, right?"
Qin Wan immediately nodded when he heard the sound, "It is indeed possible, but Meng Wei said that his father was not completely drunk that night, at least he could order his servants not to follow him, and then walked out alone, which shows that he is not drunk. Zui, in that situation, with Meng Jin's not-so-thin body, he must be able to struggle, and if he struggles, he will definitely be injured, but he doesn't even have any extra bruises on his body."
Li Muyun is a dignified minister of Dali Temple, but his inference was refuted by Qin Wan, he was not at all annoyed, he just smiled, "Ninth girl is more thoughtful, then this is strange, under what circumstances did Meng Jin drown? "
Qin Wan sighed, "There is no solution yet, but it's a pity that an autopsy cannot be done."
Zheng Baishi and Zhan Yang looked at each other, and Zheng Baishi said, "I can discuss with Mr. Meng about whether the autopsy can be done. It would be best if I can talk to them."
Qin Wan nodded. On the other side, Yan Chi came over with someone, and Zheng Baishi hurriedly said, "Your Highness, how are you?"
Yan Chi just took people to the lake to salvage the keys, because the keys were too small, and they would not be able to be salvaged by ordinary salvage, so Zhan Yang suggested that the yamen's servants go into the water to search. Although the inner lake of the Meng Mansion is crystal clear, it is now In the cold winter, how could ordinary yamen bear it? Yan Chi had no choice but to call in his own bodyguards.
Those young people who usually looked more imposing in black clothes took off their clothes and entered the lake without any hesitation. Ups and downs freely.
Yan Chi was followed by Bai Feng with wet hair, and Bai Feng was the first to enter the water.
Shaking his head, Yan Chi said, "I didn't find it. The place where the body was found was downstream. They searched against the undercurrent but couldn't find it. The key probably isn't at the bottom of the lake."
Bai Feng also said, "The lake is very clean. There are only fine sand and small pebbles at the bottom of the lake. Mr. Meng said that there is a chain on top of his father's key. Logically, it is easy to find it, but it still hasn't been found."
Zheng Baishi frowned, "Is it really taken away?"
No one could answer Zheng Baishi's question, Qin Wan looked at Yan Chi for a moment, "I want to see the corpse again."
Yan Chi naturally followed Qin Wan's advice, and Zheng Baishi and Li Muyun had no objections. Zhan Yang led his men to continue searching by the lake, and Qin Wan and his party headed towards the side courtyard where Meng Jin's body was parked. Qin Wan wanted to re-examine the body However, before he reached the side courtyard, he found that the side courtyard was full of people. For some reason, the servants of the Meng Mansion stood outside the side courtyard.
Qin Wan's footsteps paused slightly, and Yan Chi also stopped. Seeing this, several Moyi guards came forward and said respectfully, "Your Highness, Mr. Meng and all the people from the Meng family are going to come to the second master of the Meng family. Execute the family law before the coffin bed!"
Yan Chi frowned, and Zheng Baishi on the other side was also a little helpless.
What Meng Zhou wants to punish is the matter of Meng Wei and his son who set up a situation. It is also true that such a matter is a big mistake no matter who it is. Qin Wan glanced at Yan Chi and said, "If that's the case, then come back tomorrow."
Meng Zhou obviously gathered all the people in the Meng Mansion, and it is human nature for Meng Zhou to enforce the family law. It is not easy to drive everyone away. A face must attract everyone's attention.
Yan Chi nodded, "That's fine, come back tomorrow."
Qin Wan nodded and said "Yes", and was about to turn around and leave, when suddenly, there was a painful scream in the courtyard.
Then, Mengzhou's revealing voice came out, "Do you admit your mistake?! Do you admit your mistake?!"
Meng Wei cried, "I don't admit it! Uncle, my father's bones are still cold, and you treat me like this in front of him?! The money is what my father deserves! I deserve it too! Why should I admit my mistake? ?!"
"Sinister! You still don't know how to repent! Don't say your father is gone. If your father is still there, your elder brother will beat your father. You father and son are greedy and greedy, and you even use such a method to deceive your family members. Have you considered this family as your own?!"
He yelled and cursed, but it was Meng Hui who uttered the sound. Meng Hui was a rough person, and his roar was earth-shattering. It was clear that he wanted to put Meng Wei in the face in front of everyone in the house.
Meng Wei was aroused by Meng Hui, "A family?! My father was killed by you! You are the murderer! Why should I treat you as my family?! If it weren't for you, my father would not Do this! You still want to encourage uncle to use family law to deal with me! Either you and uncle beat me to death, otherwise, I will definitely find evidence that you are the murderer!"
Meng Wei was scolded by Meng Hui as a traitor who set up a scam to deceive his family, but Meng Wei directly pointed out that Meng Hui was a murderer. As soon as the words fell, Meng Wei didn't know what he had suffered, and then he cried out in pain!
Meng Zhou then scolded angrily, "You unfilial son, you dare to say such nonsense at this time! Your fourth uncle is your elder, how dare you say such things?! Disobedient and unfilial! Where did you learn it?! Don't admit your mistake, today, today I will give you a long memory-"
"I just don't recognize it! Why should I recognize it! Who else in the whole house would want to harm my father except him!"
Meng Wei pushed back with all his might, and Meng Hui said, "Brother, you saw that this kid doesn't know how to repent at all. Brother, leave it to me, I have to beat him to death today—"
Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, Qin Wan and the others don't know the situation in the courtyard, but those who can listen to these words alone feel their scalps go numb.
Yan Chi shook his head, turned around and left first, "It's getting late, I'll take you back first."
Li Muyun also said, "I'm going back to Dali Temple too."
Zheng Baishi said, "Then I'll stay and see if Zhan Yang can find anything, and then talk to Mr. Meng about the autopsy. It's best to wait for the next time Miss Nine comes to do the autopsy." of."
Yan Chi also felt that such an arrangement was the best. After saying goodbye to Zheng Baishi, he took Qin Wan to the side door together, and Li Muyun also went with the two of them. In this way, even many details have been conceived very thoroughly, if you don't know, you will think that Nine Girls are the head catcher of the government office."
Qin Wan felt cold when he heard the words, but said in his mouth, "I usually like to read some miscellaneous books. There are many picture books about ghosts and detectives in the market, and the life anecdotes of the famous Master Qingtian in the previous dynasty are written in a fascinating way. There are so many exaggerations, but during the period, there were also quite a lot of investigation process, which gave me a lot of inspiration."
A hint of surprise flashed in Li Muyun's eyes, "Ninth girl actually likes such a book?"
Qin Wan had a thin smile on his face, "I made my lord laugh."
Li Muyun looked at Qin Wan and sighed, "Unfortunately Miss Nine is not a man."
Qin Wan's eyes flashed cunningly, "So what if I'm a man? Am I doing something like a man right now?"
Li Muyun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly, "Miss Nine is right, but I am narrow-minded. It doesn't matter whether a man is a man or not. Miss Nine's medical skills can save lives and heal the wounded, and she can also avenge the dead, and it has nothing to do with men. I'm a daughter."
"Lord Li is absurd." Qin Wan narrowed his eyes.
Yan Chi walked in front, and looked back for a moment when he heard the words, just now he heard Qin Wan and Li Muyun's tone of voice, he thought Qin Wan was happy to exchange greetings with Li Muyun, but when he turned his head, he looked at Qin Wan from the corner of Qin Wan's eyes. There was a chill.
Yan Chi withdrew his gaze indistinctly, feeling suspicious in his heart.
When Qin Wan was in Yuanzhou, he changed his mind about not going to Prince Yu's birthday banquet because he saw Li Muyun's name. At that time, Yan Chi felt a little strange, but after that, Qin Wan did not show any kindness towards Li Muyun. He was too concerned, so he put this thought aside for a while. After returning to Beijing, Qin Wan was fine, but just now he could see clearly that the coldness in Qin Wan's eyes was real, and this was very different from her usual way of dealing with people. different.
Thinking of this, Yan Chi's eyes darkened slightly. What kind of wish do you want to fulfill? You need power and opportunity
They walked straight to the side door, and just as they reached the door, they saw a man in a green shirt walk in. The man was holding a few scrolls in his arms, and almost collided with Yan Chi who was walking in the front.
The man took a step back holding the scroll, helped the scroll that was about to fall to the ground, and then raised his head to look at Yan Chi a few times. When he saw Yan Chi and Qin Wan, the man was still suspicious, but when he saw Li Muyun, his eyes were full. Wei Liang, "Lord Li?"
The corner of Li Muyun's lips curled up, "Master Ning, why are you here?"
Then he looked at Yan Chi again, "This is His Highness Prince Rui's son."
Ning Buyi hurriedly bowed to Yan Chixing when he heard the words, "Greetings to His Royal Highness, Master Li."
Yan Chi nodded, Ning Buyi raised his head just now, looked at Li Muyun and said with a smile, "A few years ago, I came to the Meng Manor to transform a few paintings, and now they are mounted and sent to Mr. Meng."
Yan Chi looked at Ning Buyi, and Li Muyun said casually, "Your Highness, this is Master Ning from the Yanmo Painting Gallery in the city. He is a well-known painter in the city and the shopkeeper of the gallery. All the painters there are good. If you want to paint, you will go to his art gallery to find someone, by the way, Master Ning often goes to the palace to paint."
Introduced by Li Muyun like this, Ning Buyi quickly bowed and said "Don't dare", Yan Chi nodded, Qin Wan was also beating Ning Buyi, Ning Buyi was dressed in a free and easy green shirt, and his figure was as straight as a bamboo, while he hugged The fingers holding the picture scroll are long and white, coupled with the warm color between the eyebrows and eyes, it is indeed the appearance of a literati.
Li Muyun continued, "In the last case in the city, after the spy was found out, the person who gave him money and money was described to him. At that time, he asked Master Ning to paint. Unfortunately, he was never found. Master Ning is very expensive to paint for Gongqing's house, but he doesn't charge a cent to help in the Yamen, Master Zheng is also very familiar with him."
Ning Buyi humbly bowed again and again, Yan Chi bent his lips, "Master Ning must be a righteous person."
Ning Buyi hurriedly said, "Don't dare, since the villain has clumsy skills, it's right to help the government, and the villain and Mr. Zheng also have some private tutors, so they should do their part."
Li Muyun chuckled, "Master Ning, don't be modest, I don't know if His Royal Highness will be back in Beijing soon, but he will definitely know later." He said, "But I'm afraid it's a coincidence that you came to deliver the paintings today."
Ning Buyi seemed puzzled, Li Muyun smiled wryly, "You also know about the Meng Mansion, Mr. Meng is getting angry today, and Mr. Zheng is still at the mansion, I'm afraid there will be a delay."
Ning Buyi naturally didn't know those details, but since Li Muyun said so, he couldn't be wrong, Ning Buyi hesitated for a moment, "If that's the case, then I'd better come back another day, so I don't miss the adults' business."
As he said that, Ning Buyi stepped aside, "Your Highness, please go first."
Yan Chi walked away, Qin Wan followed behind Yan Chi, when passing by Ning Buyi, Ning Buyi subconsciously looked at Qin Wan for a moment, this look, Ning Buyi was first surprised for a moment, then quickly lowered his eyes and did not dare look more.
Yan Chi and Qin Wan went out first, followed by Li Muyun and Ning Buyi, who asked about the painting in Ning Buyi's hand.
I just heard Ning Buyi say, "I came to paint during Laba. At that time, there was a banquet in the mansion. Mr. Meng asked us to draw a few pictures of the banquet. Several masters and young masters in the mansion also drew their own portraits, and finally drew another picture. The picture of the whole family in the mansion was also a portrait of the second master at that time, so I never thought that something would happen."
Li Muyun also sighed, "This kind of thing is naturally unpredictable."
Ning Buyi nodded, "Yes, the portrait of the second master has become a masterpiece."
After they finished speaking, Yan Chi and Qin Wan had already walked to the carriage, Yan Chi turned around and said something to Li Muyun, then boarded the carriage with Qin Wan, Li Muyun and Ning Buyi bowed down to see them off.
On the carriage, Qin Wan said, "I heard Meng Hui just now. Although he spoke angrily and called for Meng Wei to be severely punished, it made me think that he was not the murderer who killed Meng Jin." Then, Qin Wan said, "And in today's In the courtroom, someone's performance was beyond my expectation—"
Yan Chi raised his eyebrows, "You said it was the second lady?"
When they got into the carriage, the two of them were alone together. Yan Chi casually brushed Qin Wan's loose black hair, and then held her hand in his arms. Qin Wan was wearing men's clothing today, although he was also wearing a cloak , but it was warm without having to wear complicated skirts. Sure enough, Qin Wan's hand was cold again when he touched it.
Qin Wan didn't expect Yan Chi to think of going with her, and his eyes lit up immediately, "Exactly, the second wife is the second master's wife after all, and it's not incomprehensible that she doesn't feel sad when her husband dies. Meng Jin has two concubines. , and her husband and wife relationship is not good, and the relationship between husband and wife has long been lost for many years, but she doesn't seem to care about Meng Wei."
Yan Chi nodded, "I found out when I entered the Meng Mansion for the first time earlier, but she seemed to be worshiping the Buddha, we just thought she had escaped into Buddhism with nothing to worry about, but today she is in the courtroom, Meng Wei and Meng Hui was making such a big noise, yet she didn't respond at all, which made people feel weird."
Qin Wan nodded, "Under normal circumstances, no matter how jealous or indifferent you are to your husband, you always have a heart of love for your son."
Yan Chi also nodded, "Don't worry, I will ask someone to investigate this matter, except for the second wife, the third and fourth households of the eldest family will also be investigated. If Meng Jin was killed by someone, it is also possible. It's not because of the competition for the family property, but now we are all trapped by the family property and the deception of Meng Wei and his son, but we can't see anywhere else."
Qin Wan bent her lips, "It's still as good as you think."
Yan Chi took Qin Wan halfway into his arms, "You're naturally more thoughtful about the case." As he spoke, Yan Chi continued, "Even Master Li is full of praise for you, he is the Minister of Dali Temple. "
Qin Wan didn't answer when she heard the words, Yan Chi looked down at her for a moment, "You don't like Master Li?"
Qin Wan knew that he couldn't hide it from Yan Chi, so he simply said, "I heard that he was the one who exposed Mr. Shen Yi. Before I entered Beijing, I was wondering what kind of person he was. Now that I saw the real person, I didn't see anything wrong. , but it's just..."
The corners of Yan Chi's lips curved slightly, "I know what you mean, if you don't like him, just avoid him in the future."
Qin Wan shook her head, "I like the way of punishment and prison, just like this time, it's not easy to avoid it, it's okay, as long as you and I know about it, I will never show it."
Yan Chi nodded, "It's up to you over there, let's not talk about it, you will have many opportunities to deal with Zheng Baishi and Zhanyang in the future, what do you think of the two of them?"
Speaking of these two, Qin Wan fully agreed, "Master Zheng is well-known outside the world. After several contacts, he treats people with courtesy and manners, which is a bit of a literati style. In the court, but he is an unselfish Lord Qingtian. It can be said that he lives up to his reputation. As for the head-hunting exhibition... Although he doesn't like to talk and laugh a little bit, it can be seen that he loves the job of head-hunting very much, and he is conscientious and meticulous. With Mr. Zheng and him, the people of Lin'an Prefecture are blessed."
Yan Chi slowly caressed Qin Wan's back, but said, "Master Zheng, that's all. There is a reason for Zhan Yang to be a headhunter."
Qin Wan raised her eyes, "What's wrong?"
Yan Chi said, "He became a catcher at a young age, and he has made a lot of contributions over the years. He is also the youngest catcher in Lin'an Prefecture. All of this seems to be because of his sister."
Qin Wan was slightly surprised, "His sister?"
Yan Chi nodded, "His sister was murdered eight or nine years ago, and the murderer has never been caught."
A flash of lightning flashed in Qin Wan's mind, and she finally remembered who the shadow she saw when she went outside the city to pay homage to Miss Jiu's parents, wasn't it Zhan Yang? !