Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

Chapter 102
Since Yan Jin arrived in Pinglu, he has been living in the county. In order to avoid attracting attention, Li Quan did not show up, but asked Bai Sanxiu to send the harvest records.

Bai Sanxiu, with a basket on her shoulders, came to the back door of the county house according to Li Quan's instructions, yelled several times outside the wall to sell cherry porridge, and was soon invited in by a servant.For the things she sent, Yan Jin was very pleasantly surprised, and knowing that she had asked and sorted it out, he made no secret of his approval.

"I didn't expect Miss Xiaoxiu to not only be good at cooking, but also do paperwork so well."

"Yan Yushi is absurd."

Yan Jin said sincerely: "It's really helpful. After this case is settled, I will definitely thank you girl when I return to Chang'an."

"Your censor is being polite! After all, this is the responsibility of Sizhi. I will stay soon, lest the people in the county government suspect it. These days, Mr. Yan, has been hard work."

Because there were so many people in the county house, Yan Jin didn't leave the house to see her off, and Bai Sanxiu naturally didn't pay attention. He looked at her back for a long time before turning his eyes away and returning to the case to continue working.

On this side, Bai Sanxiu went out the back door of the county house, turned the corner of the street, and saw someone waiting for her there without any surprise.

"Give it to him?"

"Well, it's for him."

Li Quan nodded: "Okay, let's go to Jia's first."

Jia's house is in the northeast of the county government office, not far away, just a cup of tea.Jia Ran died on the spot. After his death, only his wife and a pair of children were left behind.On the night of the incident, he reviewed official documents in the study as usual, his wife and children played in the main house, and the servants rested in the side room.Until the family heard a loud noise of furniture colliding and collapsing from the study room, they rushed over to take a look and found that Jia Ran had been stabbed to death several times, and there was an unconscious man lying beside him.

Li Quan asked: "Before that night, did you know Yu Si?"

He claimed to be Yan Jin's scribe, and because he took the plaque of Yushitai, the Jia family had no doubt that he was there.It was Jia Ran's wife Ming Niang who answered the question, she shook her head and said, "I don't know, I haven't seen it before."

"Then how do you determine that he is the murderer?"

Mentioning the sad matter, Mingniang's eyes turned red again.

"It looks like that at the scene, and he fainted there again. The murder knife is also in his hand. Who is he? As for his name and what he does, we will only find out when he is sent to the county government."

"Before that day, have you met Yu Si?"

Mingniang thought about it carefully, and said with certainty: "I've never seen it before."

"That is to say, Yu Si and Lord Jia may not know each other?"

"I don't know either. Anyway, I've never seen him pester me at home, and Lao Jia never mentioned it to me."

"Everyone, think about it carefully. Apart from the suspected fighting sound, did you hear any other sounds on the night of the incident? For example, shouting?"

Everyone in the room shook their heads.

Mingniang explained: "At that time, I was playing with Zhier and Xiaoshuang in the house. The children were quite noisy, so I didn't pay attention to the study room at first. The servants live in a side room at the back, separated by a distance, if the sound is not loud I can’t even hear it. But the master must have never called anyone.”

Several servants echoed, and one of the servants said: "It's exactly what Madam said. Even with the loud noises, we were stunned for a moment before we realized that something happened in the main courtyard."

"Before that happened, what happened to Mr. Jia?"

This time, Jia Ran's youngest daughter hurriedly replied: "Father is not happy!"

Li Yu put his voice softly: "Why are you unhappy?"

"He won't play with me anymore!"

Ming Niang said from the side: "There is such a thing. During that time, he was always restless and worried, but he didn't say anything when asked."

"When did it start?"

"It didn't take long for him to open the river, and he was like that."

Opening the river means that after the beginning of spring, when the temperature rises and the ice on the river surface melts and thaws, sailing can gradually resume.

Li Quan said: "How about this, everyone, tell us about your actions after hearing the noise that night."

(End of this chapter)