Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 357 Plum Blossom Cake (4)

  The two hurriedly sorted out some clues, and then left the Yamen of Dali Temple. He was still talking about the case while walking on the road, and waited until he arrived at the Jingyun Hou Mansion. When he saw the closed gate of the Hou Mansion, he remembered that he forgot to tell Zhao You in advance.

   "It's broad daylight now, but the gates of the Hou's Mansion are closed..." Liu Yuan glanced at the Duke's Mansion opposite, which also had its gates closed, and said "Hey", wondering, "Aren't the people from the two mansions at home?"

  Bai Zhu looked at the carriages coming and going on the street, frowned and thought for a while: "It's the end of the year, and many yamen have extended their unused annual leave in advance. Could it be that the entire family is traveling to visit relatives?"

  Liu Yuan opened his mouth and was about to speak when a voice came from the side door. The two looked at each other and turned to the side door.

  But he saw the side door opened, and the steward of the Hou Mansion was talking to the mother and son. Seeing that the two men were dressed very plainly, carrying parcels on their backs, they looked like servants and servants newly recruited into the mansion.

  The two of them walked closer, and they were listening to the steward talking to the mother and son: "If you are safe, you can enter our second son's yard, and Mrs. Xiang can go to the outer courtyard, is that okay?"

  The mother and son nodded repeatedly, thanking them. Judging from the accent, they seemed to be from the villages and counties near Chang'an. The mother and son looked like peasants, but they seemed to be able to work.

   This is a family matter of the Hou family, and it has nothing to do with them. But just after listening to the steward's arrangement, the newly recruited servant was actually arranged in Lin Shaoqing's yard, and the two were a little surprised.

  Lin Shaoqing's temperament is different from that of ordinary high-ranking old clan children. There are no more than two servants around him, and he waits outside the courtyard all year round, so he is not easily admitted into the courtyard. This is even more so since entering the Yamen of Dali Temple. Lin Shaoqing himself once said that there is no need to make a face, lest something unexpected happen.

  It is always better to prevent problems before they happen than to fix them after they happen.

  Now, after hearing the arrangement of the steward of the Hou Mansion, Liu Yuan couldn't help calling him. The steward knew the two of them, and when he saw them coming, he bowed down and saluted.

   Before he could open his mouth, Liu Yuan asked, "Have you arranged for someone in Lin Shaoqing's courtyard to know us, Lin Shaoqing?"

  The steward heard the words and hurriedly said: "It was arranged by the second young master." He paused, and then said, "The second young master has his own opinions. If not, how dare we wait to surpass him and arrange these things indiscriminately?"

Hearing this, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu were even more surprised. They glanced at the newcomer named "Ping An" again: he was born black and thin. Seeing the two of them looking towards him, he quickly grinned and revealed Bai Fang, with a clean and honest smile, but not dull, behaved like a manager, hurriedly saluted, and shouted "I have met you, my lord".

The two nodded towards him. Although they were puzzled, they didn't ask any more questions about the matter. Instead, they explained their intentions to the steward: "The two of us have something to look for Lin Shaoqing. Seeing that the gate of the Marquis Mansion is closed, Lin Shaoqing is here. Fuchu?"

The steward heard the words and said with a smile, "Both the two houses went to temples outside the city to offer incense today. The second son is not feeling well, so he didn't go out of the city with him." Before the two could speak, he called someone to take Ping'an's mother and son out of the city. , and led the way for the two of them.

   Without waiting to ask "How is Shangfeng feeling unwell?" Fa, the two of them could only swallow their words for the time being, and followed the steward to see Lin Fei.

  The steward brought the two of them back and left. Lin Fei, who was sitting there flipping through some books, looked up at the two of them.

   Liu Yuan looked at Lin Fei, who looked normal and was playing with a silver ingot, and couldn't help but asked, "Lin Shaoqing, you are not feeling well..."

Before Liu Yuan could finish speaking, Lin Fei interrupted Liu Yuan, and said calmly: "In recent days, all the temples and Taoist temples outside the city have become Yuelao Temples, and the few handkerchiefs handed over by my mother are all accompanied by daughters of the right age, My nieces and nieces have followed me to burn incense, why should I join in the fun?"

Liu Yuan looked at Lin Fei with an indifferent expression, and thought that the excitement was probably just for you, but then he thought that Shangfeng had made it so clear, how could he not know Shangxiang's true intention, so he stopped talking .

   Feeling a lot of emotion, fortunately, I have a childhood sweetheart, and the marriage was arranged early. Otherwise, like Lin Shaoqing, the family urged him twice in the first three days. The family members had good intentions, but they didn't want to wrong him for the rest of his life. It would be a headache to find someone to spend the rest of his life with randomly.

  I'm not here today to meddle in Shangfeng's private affairs, but to deal with the case.

The two of them settled down, sat down and took the tea from Shangfeng, drank it in one gulp, moistened their throats, and then compared the results of the past few days of running around, and the clues they figured out, as strange as this case, as if someone was involved Talk about the arrangements.

  Lin Fei listened calmly, even when the two mentioned that there seemed to be an invisible hand secretly manipulating it, he did not frown.

  After the two had finished talking, he opened his mouth and said, "The case is in such a mess because several cases were staggered into this case at the same time."

  Is this... They also guessed, Liu Yuantong and Bai Zhu listened, but did not ask Lin Fei, but listened to Lin Fei continue.

"Although Sun and Lu have a lot of money of unknown origin like Guanshi Mao, they can't be regarded as Guanshi Mao, at most they can be regarded as two 'Feng Tong'." Lin Fei's voice was calm, but There is no doubt about it, it seems that the case that these two people are involved in is completely clear.

  The stone-cutting tools excavated from the Qian family's flower garden have been brought back to Dali Temple, and they have been compared with Feng Tong's body, and they are considered to be consistent.

In this way, Liu Sanqing's provision of dismemberment equipment should be considered solid, coupled with Qian Chengyi and Zhang Wulin's running away, and Feng Tong's "running away from home" in the days when Feng Tong's accident happened, it is very likely that Qian Chengyi was the one who killed Feng Tong. Therefore, Liu Sanqing, who provided the equipment, and Zhang Wulin, who ran away, should be the ones who ordered Qian Chengyi to kill.

   "Sun and Lu were not directly involved in Feng Tong's death, but they knew about it." Lin Fei said, handing over the open book in his hand, and said, "Look at this."

  Since just now, I have been a little curious about the book Lin Shaoqing was reading, and it was pushed over like this. Looking at the open book on the table, the two were taken aback, and said, "This is..."

   "The booklet borrowed by Qin Tianjian to record astronomical phenomena." Lin Fei said, pointing to one of the records, and tapped lightly, "More than 20 years ago, there was a vision of a blood moon."

   Folk rumors that the blood moon appears, the breath is exhausted, and it is like falling into purgatory.

   Such visions that the people regard as ominous are naturally not allowed to spread rumors by the people. During the reign of the first emperor, people were not allowed to speak about the vision, but all books that recorded the image were regarded as banned books and destroyed.

  Since the blood moon incident, the first emperor, who was already obsessed with the gods and Buddhas, became even more obsessed with this way, out of control. Most likely they still have the heart of seeking immortality and asking questions. Although folk rumors are not allowed, there are still records left by the Qin Tianjian, which obviously made the late emperor fall in love.

  Lin Fei pointed out that this record is of course not about discussing the vision. Dali Temple doesn't care about the vision or not. Pointing to the vision, he said to them, "Do you still remember the inkstone that Zhang Wulin took away?"

   Red Moon Clay Inkstone!

  Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu felt a thump in their hearts, and immediately realized: Could it be that the inkstone refers to the blood moon incident?

Thinking of this, he quickly lowered his head to look at the record book of Qin Tianjian: He wanted to see when the blood moon happened, but he was shocked to find that the record book did not mark the specific year, only the date was recorded. Which year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

  Qin Tianjian has been established for a long time, and it is customary to mark the year. This booklet has been marked before and after. However, during the ten years ago, the records in this book did not record the year.

   Could it be an oversight? It's only because of omissions that it's a ghost, and it should be the order of the late emperor.

Lin Fei placed the silver ingot he was playing with upside down in front of the two of them: "Although rumors are not allowed, there are no records. But this kind of vision hanging high in the sky is visible to everyone, and it is very impressive when you think about it. Just ask, it is true. Chengping for four years."

  The bottom of the upside-down silver ingot is engraved with the imprint of the finished product for four years. It is obviously an official silver from that year, and it is unknown where Lin Shaoqing found it.

  Of course, although an official silver more than 20 years ago is rare, it is not impossible to get it.

  The two looked at each other, then looked away, and asked Lin Fei again: "What did Lin Shaoqing, Zhang Wulin and others do in the fourth year of Chengping?"

"After you go back to Dali Temple, go to the warehouse and look for the case in the fourth year of Chengping. I remember there was a robbery case in the fourth year of Chengping." Lin Fei closed his eyes and recalled, "It happened on the official road, the wealthy businessman All the family members and servants who followed were killed, and when the government arrived, there was only one driver who was driving the carriage, and he gave up his breath after speaking a single testimony."

"According to what the coachman said before he died, there were five robbers. Since it was just an ordinary robbery case at first, the Jingzhao Mansion took over first. After some investigation, we learned from the people who passed the official road that day that After these five people left, they directly pretended to be wealthy businessmen, and took the carloads of wealthy businessmen's belongings and left." Lin Fei said, "The actions of those five people cannot but be called bold. Officers and soldiers on patrol. Because these carts of belongings were really eye-catching, the officers and soldiers checked them out. Those people claimed to be five sworn brothers of the opposite **** who had earned some money from doing business outside and hurried back to their hometown. Several people had disguised themselves, so they couldn't be found. However, during the interrogation, from the names of those people's "big brother and second brother", it was known that there was one surnamed Su, one surnamed Lu, and one surnamed Liu..."

  Hearing this, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu suddenly became excited: "Could it be possible..."

Lin Fei gave a "hmm" and took out a few letters pressed under the booklet borrowed by the Qin Tianjian, and said: "This is the letter between Liu Sanqing, Su Fuhai and Lu Yuanlin, the handwriting can be used for reference. , can’t be fake.”

"So, these are the people who robbed and killed the rich businessman back then?" Bai Zhu thought for a while, nodded and said, "If that's the case, judging by the ages of the people, it's correct: Su Fuhai is the biggest, and Lu Yuanlin is the second , next is Liu Sanqing, and next...it’s Hu Siming and Zhang Wulin. Qian Chengyi is just a thug, he is younger than Zhang Wulin, so I’m sorry.”

  So... it seems that everything makes sense.

Can…

"Lin Shaoqing, where did this letter come from?" Liu Yuan looked at this crucial letter in puzzlement, and the feeling that this case had been arranged in advance swept over again: the murderer, the suspect, and the evidence himself Generally delivered to the door.

  (end of this chapter)