Zhan Yang didn't expect that Wu Yu would suddenly come to report the case of the young master of Uncle Weiyuan's house, and sent Ning Buyi away with a few words. Zhan Yang took Wu Yu into the yamen together, all the way to the back hall, Zheng Baishi and Qin Wan were there , Zhanyang said the matter in a few simple words.
Both Zheng Baishi and Qin Wan were surprised, but Daoist Zhang on the side kept staring at Wu Yu. Now that the serial murder case has not been solved, how could there be another case about the young master of the Wu family.
"When we went to your house last time, you said that the young master ran away from home." Qin Wan asked suspiciously, "Just a sachet can prove that something happened to the young master of the Wu family?"
Wu Yu's face turned red, "I didn't think of this when the Princess and Mr. Zheng went last time, but this sachet was left to him by the elder brother's mother, and he never left it. The sachet There is usually a little agarwood in it, unless the big brother is taking a bath or practicing martial arts in the mansion, he will take off the sachet, and he will forget it when he goes out very occasionally, but every time the big brother goes out, or does not return home that night, it is bound to be The one with the sachet, if he made up his mind to leave, he could not take anything else, but it is impossible not to take this sachet... "
"The treasure box we found is the place where the elder brother puts hairpins, fingers and other accessories every day. After the elder brother left, we have not moved his room. It was two years ago when the rain leaked in the elder brother's room, and many things were wet. It was wet, so we moved eldest brother's things to the warehouse. No one opened the treasure box to look at it at that time, but today, one of the former servants of elder brother, who is now a steward of the mansion, found incense when cleaning the warehouse. Nang, this is how I came to tell you.”
"I discussed it with my second brother. The second brother also felt that it was impossible for the eldest brother not to take the sachet. Then I recalled it carefully. On that day, the eldest brother left after arguing with his father. At that time, he quarreled in the main hall. Afterwards, the elder brother turned around and left, leaving the mansion directly. He was wearing an ordinary casual clothes at the time, and he didn't bring anything else... "
Zheng Baishi said, "If the third son said so, since he left in anger after arguing with Uncle Weiyuan, it is normal for him to forget to bring the sachet. Even if he thinks about it later, the eldest son may not be ashamed to come back, so he just didn't bring it. gone."
Wu Yu smiled wryly, "I... what your lord said is of course possible, but the whole family knows how much big brother values this sachet... Once a new servant didn't know, so he took this sachet for washing Well, the eldest brother sold out that slave girl at that time when he was angry. It is possible that he would not be ashamed to come back, but at that time many people went outside to look for him, so it was not impossible for him to let others take it out, and my eldest brother, Indulging in pleasure, to say that he would go away without a penny, is indeed a tongue-in-cheek, we asked all his friends back then, and they all said that he did not borrow money.”
Wu Yu sighed again as she spoke, "Actually, for so many years, we always felt that something happened to our elder brother, but we never came to report to the official seriously, because there was still a little hope in our hearts, but this time, something happened to our fourth brother, and our father was lying in bed. I was seriously ill in bed, so I wanted to use this incident to report the case and let the government investigate the death of my eldest brother. I was hesitant before, but when I found this sachet, my second brother and I thought it was inappropriate, so I came here .”
After Wu Yu said so much, Zheng Baishi understood, "I know what you mean, but this matter has been going on for four years, and it is not easy to investigate. Right now, we will focus on the case of the Fourth Young Master. We will investigate your case. Do your best to check."
Wu Yu exhaled, "That's good, thank you Mr. Zheng."
Zheng Baishi nodded and ordered Zhanyang, "You take the third son to register."
Zhan Yang raised his hand to invite, and took Wu Yu out first. As soon as the two left, Zheng Baishi looked at Qin Wan and said, "This eldest son of Weiyuanbo's mansion is called Wu Jin, and he is not a good one. It's too early, Uncle Weiyuan was not good when he was young, so naturally he couldn't teach his son well, and later he married his current wife, but the eldest son and second son refused to obey his stepmother. , except for the third child, the other three are all bad, but the third child was not born to Uncle Weiyuan."
Qin Wan frowned slightly. It was already strange that the third child was the best among the four sons, but the third child was not his own. Qin Wan subconsciously felt that Weiyuanbo's mansion was a little strange, but he couldn't tell the difference for a while. Where is the difference, his eyes turned, Taoist Zhang stood aside and did not speak, but his face was thoughtful.
Qin Wan said casually, "What does the Taoist think of this Wu Yu?"
Daoist Zhang smiled slightly, "This third son has a long-lived face, but this man's eyes are not open, his eyes are drooping, he is a man with hidden schemes, judging by his manner of speaking, he is also a smooth man in dealing with things, my lord said just now Uncle Weiyuan There is only one third son in the family who is well-raised, and this third son must have put a lot of thought into it."
The corners of Qin Wan's lips pursed slightly, and Zheng Baishi was also speechless for a while. The noble family's open and secret struggles are not lost to the court, because although there is no direct evidence for what Zhang Taoist said, it is still a very possible inference.
On this side, Zhan Yang took Wu Yu to register a new case, and he returned to the back hall not long after, "The third son should have reported the case earlier. It has been four years now, when he came to ask When I was there, I didn't say so much."
At the beginning, the Wu family only asked if they had found the victim who was suspected to be the young master of the Wu family, but they did not say that they inferred that something had happened to the young master of the Wu family. Take the initiative to file a case.
Daoist Zhang's words were still in his ears, Zheng Baishi and Qin Wan didn't speak for a while, Daoshi Zhang said, "My lord, Princess, I deduced this place, should we go there?"
Zhan Yang still had lingering fears about what happened yesterday, so he hurriedly said, "You don't have to go, the princess, you can go back to the Hou Mansion first."
Zhanyang also told Zheng Baishi what happened yesterday, and Zheng Baishi agreed very much when he heard it. Seeing that the two were so nervous and sighed, Qin Wan had no choice but to say, "That's fine, then I'll go back first."
Qin Wan left the government office and got into the carriage, Taoist Zhang's words were still ringing in her ears.
The laws of the Great Zhou only apply to ordinary people. Once it reaches the officialdom and the royal family, the law will encounter many obstacles. However, the young master of Weiyuan Bo's family took four full years to file the case. Who knows what conspiracy there is in the middle calculating
Qin Wan rubbed his forehead, Wu Jin was just a disappearance case, Wu Yu was a homicide case, and four people died, which is more important, but it is a pity that Ning Buyi's help with the portrait did not make the murderer's outline clear stand up.
On this side, Daoist Zhang followed Zhan Yang and left the yamen, and took five or six yamen servants to the junction of the south and west of the city. The wood is ready to build a house.
Taoist Zhang said, "This place faces Suzaku's well, but there are knives everywhere and no stones, the murderer probably wouldn't do it here—"
Since it is Stone Mill Hell, at least it has something to do with Stone Mill. There are logs all over the place, and stones have already been drilled into the foundation. It seems that it has nothing to do with Stone Mill Hell. However, after Zhan Yang went through the last time, he no longer dared to do this again. Impossible to think about, immediately let a few yamen to look around, soon, a few yamen came back to report the surrounding situation.
This large piece of open land belongs to a rich family named Zhu. This house is also a new house that the Zhu family is planning to build. Construction has started for a month, and the foundation has been laid.
According to Zhang Daoshi's inference, the time for the next murder will be tomorrow night. Zhan Yang went around by himself again, and took the servants back to the government office without staying. Last time he guarded the wrong place, this time Zhan Yang Yang didn't dare to be careless. Except for the first residential house, the other abandoned mills and construction sites for building houses were all places that were most likely to be used by the murderer.
Zhan Yang and Zheng Baishi reported that they used almost all the government officials available in the government office, and set up heavy defenses at the abandoned stone mill and the construction site of the house, and only waited for the murderer to be caught the next night.
Qin Wan got up early in the morning to go to the Anyang Marquis Mansion. Yue Qiong had already left the capital, and now there were only Yue Qing and the three female relatives left in the Anyang Marquis Mansion. Returning only at the end of the year, she couldn't help being very sad, so Qin Wan went to listen to the play with Princess Taichang.
After the Shuangqing troupe disbanded, there were few Nanxi opera troupes in the capital, but today there was a Nanxi opera troupe named Hechun, which was very popular. Princess Taichang has lived in the south for ten years and loves Nanxi opera very much. The two young actors from Hechun Class went to the Hou Mansion to sing and listen to the song. Qin Wan accompanied the Taichang Princess to listen to the song, which made the Taichang Princess feel at ease. The Taichang Princess listened to the song for half a day , was teased by Qin Wan and Yue Ning for a long time, and was sleepy in the afternoon, Qin Wan and Yue Ning sent the Taichang Princess into the inner room to have a rest, seeing the Taichang Princess rest, Yue Ning just pulled Qin Wan out .
"Second brother recently found two good books, come with me—"
Yue Ning excitedly dragged Qin Guan towards Yue Qing's yard. Yue Qing had joined the military department on duty, and these days he was not in the mansion during the day. Qin Wan smiled wryly, "Second brother is not in the mansion, so it's not good to just go in like this?"
Yue Ning sneered, "We're just in the study, and we won't go to his bedroom! I often come here to pick up books, so don't worry about it."
Yue Qing's study is also independent, and Qin Wan was relieved when he saw this. As soon as he entered the study, Qin Wan looked at the paintings hanging in Yue Qing's study and paused. Yue Ning looked at the wall and said with a smile, "How? I I bought it, isn't it good?"
Hanging on Yue Qing's wall is a picture of "A Thousand Rivers Competing Flows". Judging from the newness of the painting, it is undoubtedly an imitation, but Qin Wan feels very familiar with this imitation—
"Where did you buy this?"
Yue Ning hurriedly said, "I bought it from everyone in Ning. Last time I met Wei Qizhi, he took me there, do you remember?"
Qin Wan suddenly came over, "Of course I remember..."
Yue Ning saw Qin Wan's expression was wrong, "What's wrong? What's wrong with this painting?"
Qin Wan said helplessly, "I seem to have seen this painting somewhere..."
Yue Ning rolled her eyes, "Have you seen it in an art gallery? Or, have you seen it elsewhere? There are many imitators of this painting, so it's not surprising that you have seen it—"
Qin Wan shook his head, "No, the last time I was with you and Meng Yao, it was the first time I went to an art gallery. I had never been there before. Although this painting is very famous and there are many anti-paintings, but many of them are tasteless at first glance. However, this painting is very open-minded and grand, most of the paintings I have seen before are painted by the same person, but I can't remember where I saw it!"
Yue Ning hurriedly said, "This is what Master Ning defended. There are many anti-paintings in his art gallery, and I took a fancy to this one at that time."
Qin Wan had already figured it out. Although this painting was a copy, the artistry and artistic conception were considered to be of perfection. Naturally, Ning Buyi could do it, but where did she see this painting
Thinking about it, Yue Ning had already walked to the bookshelf and took out a booklet, "Come here... look at what this is, the second brother recently collected books, and found a copy of "The Booklet" written by the former Dali Temple Qing Shen Yi The manuscript of Dali Temple Cleansing Injustice Collection"... "
Qin Wan's heart was shocked, and she hurried forward to take a look. She almost anxiously took the manuscript from Yue Ning's hand. After thinking about it, I still call me to give it to you, I forgot about it when I went out last time, since you are here, you can take it back by yourself."
Qin Wan's heart beat wildly, and he opened the manuscript, and it was indeed his father's handwriting inside!
This manuscript is more up-to-date than the one Yan Chi found at the beginning, and it records several major cases that his father handled after he entered Beijing. Qin Wan has long known that his father has a habit of writing collections. , in addition to the official documents for the court and the necessary documents for Dali Temple, he also wrote down the important cases in his hand, and compared and summarized them, so that he became the most outstanding chief prison official in Dazhou!
Qin Guan was startled when he read four or five pages. The reasoning and clues of each case, including the details of the autopsy, were included in it. Unlike the previous anthology, this one recorded the last time his father was an official. Qin Wan quickly flipped through the last page of the one-year case, but what he saw was not the King Jin case...
Did the father leave it unfinished, or was this part of the case ruined? !
Qin Wan's heart was beating wildly, but she hugged Yue Ning excitedly, "Yue Ning, this is so important to me! I really don't know how to thank you..."
Yue Ning smiled and said, "If you want to thank me, then tell me the details of those cases?"
Qin Wan let go of Yue Ning, "If you want to hear it, of course I can talk..."
Yue Ning was not joking, she pulled Qin Wan to sit down, "Then tell me, how did the first person die? There are a lot of rumors outside, and what they say is horrific..."
"The first one to die is—"
Qin Wan was going to tell Yue Ning, but her complexion changed as soon as the words started. She didn't know what to think, and suddenly raised her head to look at the painting on the wall, "I see, I know where I saw it This painting is done!"