The punishment of the female imperial court

Chapter 9 The Hou Mansion is on fire, this time it's real

She ordered Su Ren to go back to Fajintang with her.

Greeting Xiao Price from the back hall to offer new tea to Su Ren, while opening the wooden box, there was a stack of brand new bamboo cards inside.

She turned her head to look at the wall that Wang Song was looking at today.

The wall was originally empty, but Yu Qiansi used it to hang many bamboo plaques with five-color silk threads.The bamboo tablet was shaken lightly, making a small knocking sound. If you look closely, there are many words written on the front and back.

Different silk threads represent different relationships. The front of the bamboo plaque is engraved with a person's name, while the back of the bamboo plaque is written in ink with related things.The whole wall is chaotic and orderly, which is not interesting.Whenever a case is completed, she will remove the corresponding bamboo plaque and silk thread.

Yu Qiansi looked down, and there was a note inside:
"I hope the world will be clear and bright, and no longer use hanging bamboo as a wall."

The faded blue bamboo slices are light and slightly curved, moderately soft and hard, and are good writing materials.

Yu Qiansi carefully put the note back into the box and closed the wooden box.Taking out the Hsinchu card and the carving knife beside him, he began to ask Su Ren for details.

"What happened to the Marquis of Guang'an today?"

Su Ren took a sip of the fragrant early spring Longjing, and the fresh fragrance danced between his lips and teeth. Before he had time to appreciate its deliciousness, he quickly took out a letter from his bosom and handed it with both hands.

"Something happened this morning. Strictly speaking, it should have happened before and after you left last night. But there was a big fuss at the funeral this morning. The county magistrate was at the funeral at the time. After attending the funeral, check Immediately after finishing the situation, I rushed back to the county government office to write this letter, and ordered the villain to rush to the capital to deliver it to you. Your lord explained all the reasons and consequences in the letter.

And the villain was at the scene at that time, and the adult specifically explained that he wanted to tell you everything, and he couldn't stop talking. "

Yuqian touched the thickness of the letter, feeling ashamed.Lin Shen is really a chatterbox, even writing such a thick stack of letters, I am afraid there is not much point.

It would be thoughtful to send an insider.But it would be even better if you can find someone who can grasp the key points.

Yu Qiansi sighed silently in her heart, motioned him to sit down and drink tea, and answered slowly.

"At about three o'clock in the ugly hour, a fire broke out in the backyard of the Hou Mansion."

Su Ren glanced at Yu Qian's playful smile, and coughed dryly to cover up his embarrassment, "Ahem, it's different this time, it really caught fire."

Yu Qiansi signaled him to continue talking, while opening the letter to read ten lines at a glance, it was indeed full of nonsense, and there was not much useful information.So I picked up the carving knife and continued to write and draw on the bamboo tablet.

"The two little maids who discovered the fire at the time said that there was an old housekeeper in the burning house. It took a long time to put out the fire. But the person was burned to death by the fire. This is not over yet. Immediately afterwards, the Marquis of Guang'an The little princess of the mansion made a big fuss in the mourning hall, saying with certainty that there was something strange about the old lady's death, and the housekeeper's death tonight was by no means so simple. He also threatened that the funeral should not be buried until the truth of the matter was found out. He also said. "

Su Ren took a sneak look at Yu Qiansi, who was calm and indifferent, and summoned up his courage: "The little princess also said that what you arrested last night was not a thief, but someone who knew about the fire. I want you to let them go and thoroughly investigate the fire."

Seeing that Yuqiansi was still unresponsive, she just lowered her head and carved the bamboo tablet with a faint smile, so she had no choice but to continue talking.

".In order to appease the little princess and not let her delay the funeral, my lord has no choice but to promise that I will thoroughly investigate the fire. After the funeral is over, it will be Maoshi. You also know that the old county lieutenant in Nan'an County doesn't care much, my lord So I personally took the bad guys to check the scene of the fire, and immediately asked me to send you a letter."

Yu Qiansi's carving knife paused slightly, although she didn't know much about Gaomen's affairs, but she also noticed the strangeness in it.

"How can there be a little princess in the Guang'an Hou Mansion?"

Su Ren had been instructed by Lin Shen early in the morning, so he conveniently introduced him.

It turns out that there was not one princess in the Guang'an Hou Mansion, but two.

The old lady of the Hou Mansion is one of them.Her background is really not small, she is the daughter of Princess Leyang, the aunt of the late emperor.Princess Leyang has been favored since she was a child, and was favored by the wealthy "No. [-] Duke" Anguo Gong Qian's family. She gave birth to three sons and a daughter, and the daughter was named the princess because of this.The princess later married the old Marquis of Guang'an, the old lady of the Hou Mansion who had just passed away.

After the death of Princess Leyang, the first emperor planned to give the daughter of the Qian family's descendants the name of Princess Princess to express his condolences to his aunt.It's a pity that the descendants of the Qian family have a thriving male population. For three generations, they only got one female family member, Mrs. Guang'anhou.The old lady gave birth to only one son.Coincidentally, the Guang'an Hou Mansion had just obtained a young daughter at that time, that is, the granddaughter of Mrs. Hou, so they went ahead and gave her the title of "Princess Changsi".

Only in this way, wouldn't grandparents and grandchildren be equal?The first emperor thought about it, and originally planned to make a county head.

But when the old lady heard about this, she wrote a letter to the late emperor, stating that she already had the title of the imperial court, and she was willing to ask herself to remove the title of princess, so that her granddaughter could become princess.

Thoughts were racing through Yu Qiansi's mind, and the carving knife in his hand kept on going. After several exchanges, the fronts of the three bamboo plaques had been engraved with powerful inscribed names: Boyi, Guang'anhoufu, Qingyuan.

Just at this time, Suifeng dragged his weary steps into Fa Jintang.

"How's the interrogation going?" Yu Qiansi asked without raising her head, gently blowing off the bamboo chips on the bamboo plaque.

She placed the bamboo tablet engraved with the three characters "Guang'anhou" on the left side of the table, and the bamboo tablet "Qingyuan" on the right side of the table. Qiankun also turned round and round, making fragmentary sounds.

"Yaoguang is still interrogating other details, and there is no news at the moment, but it really doesn't look like homicide."

Suifeng really couldn't figure out how to die like this, this monk was too cruel to him.

Yu Qiansi didn't expect Suifeng's head to come up with any useful ideas.Yaoguang, the orthodox leader of Wuyawei, is sophisticated and calm, and is indeed more suitable for interrogating clues.

Suifeng's martial arts skills are superb, he should be number one in Wuyawei.But in the end, he only got the post of deputy commander, and he was subdued under the glory because his mind was really simple, he never used his brain when things happened, he only bluffed, and his thinking was extremely naive.

Yuqiansi's evaluation is only eight words: a seven-foot man, a delicate girl.

Yu Qiansi looked at the bamboo sign on the table and thought, if the problem is not in Dali Temple, then it may only be on the way to Beijing this morning.

She placed the bamboo plaque engraved with the word "Bo Yi" in the middle of the two wooden plaques, and said nothing.

The strange man caught outside Guang'an Hou's mansion, the vigorous old man singing inside the wall, a fire broke out in the middle of the night, and happened to burn an old man to death.The princess did not hesitate to make a scene in the mourning hall to find out that there was another reason for Grandma's death.And Mrs. Xiao Zhang of the Hou Mansion behaved even more strangely.

How is it all connected?
Seeing that it was getting late, Yuqiansi raised her head and said, "Suifeng, settle down little brother Su, and treat him to some delicious food. Then go to the household department and call up the Hongzhou Boyi household registration file. Tomorrow morning, be sure to Give me all the information about Boyi."

Yu Qiansi picked up the pen, turned over the three bamboo cards one by one, and wrote and drew on the back.

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Qiansi suddenly felt a throbbing pain in her stomach and was unable to concentrate.When I looked up, it was already dark.Forgot to eat again.Calculating the time, we can still make it to the evening market.

She stretched her waist, walked out of the Criminal Division, turned to the alley on the right, and walked around to the back door of the Criminal Division, where it was like another world of fireworks.

Different from the solitude on both sides of Tixingsiqian Avenue, the crowd here is bustling and lively.Many snacks are steaming, like fish lingering in front of the tip of the nose like clouds.

The crowd was like weaving, and the candlelight was jumping, reflecting the light and darkness on everyone's faces, and the existence of shadows deepened the smiles and enthusiasm on people's faces.

The cries around him slightly smoothed the furrowed brows on Yu Qiansi's face.If she is free, she really wants to sit here for a day.

It's a pity that after buying the snacks now, I have to return before the curfew.The statement of case has to be finished tonight.If the list is not published tomorrow, I am afraid it will cause a lot of gossip.

Not long after returning to the criminal punishment department, I heard the noise outside.Yu Qian raised her forehead and sighed, why is it so lively today?

Not long after, the voice suddenly dropped, and Suifeng walked in with a dark face.

"What's going on outside?"

"Oh my lord, it's a long story. There was a woman outside who was clamoring to see you. I told you that she was already in the office. It was really unreasonable to make trouble! Moreover, the woman was dressed in filial piety, and she was miserable. It was really unlucky. Don't worry, I'll procrastinate, and when the curfew comes, there will naturally be night watchmen who will take her away."

After Suifeng settled Su Ren, when he came back to watch the night, he happened to encounter this woman making noise, so naturally he wouldn't let it go.

Yuqiansi stared at Suifeng angrily, no wonder there was such a loud noise just now.Are you quarreling with others?
Forget it, what's more interesting with a wooden head like following the wind!

Dressed in filial piety, clamoring to see her young woman?
She twirled Yuli Qiankun and lightly clasped the bamboo plaque of Guang'an Hou Mansion with one hand, she did not expect people to come so quickly.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, picked up Lin Shen's letter and read it carefully again.

(End of this chapter)