Chapter 82 The Real Murderer

Lu Linyuan called out to two colleagues: "You just said that the murderer was killed with a butterfly flower hairpin?"

The young man who was stopped by Lu Linyuan was the young man who had dinner with Jiangji yesterday. He said: "When the coroner performed the autopsy, we were watching. There was a large bruise on the man's abdomen, as if he was kicked. But the fatal injury was the stab wound on the neck. The butterfly flower hairpin that fell in the snow just matched the wound on the victim's neck. If nothing unexpected happens, the murderer should be a woman, and the young master of Tianji Noodle Shop should be innocent."

Another person said: "But the coroner said that the bruise on the victim's abdomen looked quite strong, just like a man, An ordinary woman doesn't have such great strength. It's possible that the young master of Tianji deliberately used the butterfly flower hairpin to kill someone in order to divert attention. "

Lu Linyuan felt a little relieved when he heard them say that the deceased had marks of being severely beaten. Jiang Yanxi was weak and didn't have that kind of strength.

In order to identify the hairpin, he said, "Brother Tang, didn't you say yesterday that you had to go to the plum blossom viewing banquet at Lord Cheng's mansion this afternoon? Let me take your place in the afternoon."

The young man was overjoyed: "That's a tough job for me. I have to follow the coroner everywhere all day long. I'm worried about finding someone to take my place. Brother Lu, that's very nice!"

Someone at the side said with a smile, "Brother Linyuan performed very well in the search for the Turkic spies last time. Now that Lord Song has placed him in an important position, he naturally has to work harder."

These words seemed to be a compliment, but in fact they were a subtle criticism of his diligence. Lu Linyuan was preoccupied and had no time to think about these things, so he pretended not to hear them.

However, when he went to the coroner in the afternoon, he learned that the butterfly flower hairpin had been sent to Lord Song. Lu Linyuan was afraid that his desire to see the hairpin would be too obvious and people would notice something was wrong, so he did not dare to go to Mr. Song immediately.

Jiang Yanxi brought the butterfly flower hairpin from the capital, and there was no such style for sale in Xizhou.

He was not worried about Jiang Yanxi's household registration problem at first, but now he was worried.

If the government finds out that the style of the hairpin came from the capital, and checks the people who came to Xizhou from the capital recently, won't Jiang Yanxi be caught?

Lu Linyuan had never been so irritated before. He didn't know whether he was annoyed with his attitude towards Jiang Yanxi last night, or that she could never understand the situation clearly and would do whatever she wanted when her mind was hot.

He had read sage books all his life, and he couldn't do such a thing as flirting with a girl when he had no name or status. Even when they were childhood sweethearts, they were "affectionate and polite".

He couldn't just treat her badly when she was in trouble.

He was indeed angry last night. He was angry that she had treated him so lightly, and he was also angry that she might want to use this method to end her thoughts about Feng Shiyan.

In the previous life, Jiang Yanxi finally chose Feng Shiyan between him and Feng Shiyan. At that time, she said decisively that she had actually been thinking about Feng Shiyan since the moment she left the palace. She went all the way north to find him, saying that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him, just because of the promise made in their youth and the guilt she felt towards him...

Last night, Lu Linyuan wanted to wait for Jiang Yanxi to calm down before having a good talk with her. He wanted to tell her that she had to think clearly about who she really liked.

But after Jiang Yanxi returned to her room, he knocked on the door several times, but Jiang Yanxi just said that she was tired and wanted to rest. Unexpectedly, when she woke up the next day, she had secretly left.

Perhaps it was because the emotional ups and downs were too strong, Lu Linyuan felt another headache, and he raised his hand and pressed his forehead.

When we were young, we always liked to have a passionate love, but after several decades, we know that the most precious thing in this world is to stay together forever.

Holding your hand, grow old with you.

Since he was going to live his whole life, how could he settle for nothing just because of a promise and guilt?

He didn't know if this life would repeat the past life, he just wanted to fight this fate with his own strength before all the old things happened, so as not to let the mountains and rivers of the Great Xuan Dynasty be broken, the people be displaced, and the century-old foundation of the Lu family be destroyed...

Lu Linyuan closed his eyes and pressed his forehead for a while, and soon Song Lushi called someone to summon him.

He had to collect his thoughts and go over.

"Sir, you are looking for me." Lu Linyuan bowed to the person sitting in front of the desk as soon as he entered the door.

Song Lushi sat on the armchair, and on the wall behind him hung four powerful characters "Integrity and Honesty".

Seeing Lu Linyuan, his stern expression eased a little, and he said, "When we arrested the Turkic spy before, you gave wise advice to the King of Liaoning. I asked you to come here to ask your opinion on today's murder case."

Lu Linyuan's heart tightened inexplicably, and he also realized that this was an opportunity. He bowed and said, "I just looked at the body of the deceased. There are only two wounds on the body, a kick in the abdomen. The coroner said after the autopsy that it was probably done by a man. As for the fatal hairpin wound on the neck, I think the murderer deliberately used the hairpin to kill people, most likely to cover up his tracks. But all this is just my guess. , we have to look at the hairpin to deduce new clues. "

Song Lushi looked very secretive: "What you think is exactly what I think. The murderer is most likely a man, but it is strange that this butterfly flower hairpin is there. Maybe if we find the owner of this hairpin, we can find the murderer."

Lu Linyuan's palms were sweating. He said, "I am brave and want to see the hairpin."

Song Lushi glanced at Lu Linyuan and said nothing. He handed over the butterfly flower hairpin in the wooden box. Lu Linyuan took it with both hands. When he saw the style of the hairpin clearly, his pupils shrank.

This is Jiang Yanxi's hairpin!

Lu Linyuan tried to keep himself calm, pretending to look carefully for a moment before saying, "I'm sorry, I don't know much about women's jewelry, so I can't figure out what's going on."

Song Lushi said, "Take your people to check for women who had a connection with the deceased. I'll ask Tang Wenxian to take the hairpin to various jewelry shops in Xizhou City to ask if anyone has bought this style of hairpin recently."

Lu Linyuan's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Brother Tang is about to get married, so I've taken a day off this afternoon. I'll take the hairpin to check for women who have a connection with Zhao Yao . The woman in question is the one who might be able to get some information out of him, and the jewelry shop can also be taken care of by the way. "

Song Lushi's face darkened: "He still wants to take leave when the murder case is not solved!"

He glanced at Lu Linyuan and softened his tone: "You are a brave and careful person. I am relieved to leave this matter to you. Come up with the result as soon as possible."

Lu Linyuan bowed his hands to thank him: "I will definitely fulfill your order."

After Jiang Yanyi returned to the store, he always felt uneasy when he thought of the scene where Xu, the shopkeeper of Lai Fu Restaurant, left with the owner of the casino.

If Xu Ji wanted to use the power of the casino to annex Tian Ji Noodle Shop and take over Tian Ji himself, he might have inadvertently blocked Xu Ji's way.

Her antique soup shop had previously had many conflicts with Lai Fu's antique soup shop. As the saying goes, "You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others." Jiang Yanyi asked Yang Xiu to secretly inquire about the conflicts between the Xu and Tian families.

Yang Xiu was an efficient person, and within an afternoon, he brought back the news.

"Boss, you guessed correctly. Xu's Noodle Shop is indeed a business under the name of Lai Fu's boss Xu. Xu's has been planning to annex Tian's Noodle Shop for a long time. Xu has been running the business in Xizhou for many years. Before the Hu family was raided, all the merchants in Xizhou established a business company headed by the Hu family."

"The Xu family is the second in command in the business. Now that the Hu family has fallen, the Xu family has become the first. All the merchants and pawnbrokers in Xizhou have to give face to the Xu family."

Jiang Yanyi listened to this and pondered, "No wonder the pawnbrokers offered such a low price when buying the house and servants of the Tian family."

The young master of Tianji owed money to the casino. The house and servants could not be sold. After being forced to mortgage them to the casino at a low price, he was afraid that he would still owe the casino a large sum of money. It is common for people to break their legs and feet if they don't pay back their debts. Wouldn't this help Xuji get rid of the trouble forever?

When the casino transfers Tianji Noodle Shop to Xuji, it will definitely get a lot of benefits from Xuji.

The casino is making dirty money with Xuji.

But Jiang Yanyi really couldn't figure out the reason for the death of the casino owner's son. Just in case, she asked Yang Xiu to find someone to keep an eye on the recent movements of Xu, the owner of Lai Fu Restaurant.

Whenever Jiang Yanyi's restaurant launched new dishes, she would give away free candied haws at the door of the store for promotion. Some children from ordinary families would come to her to ask for candied haws, and occasionally beggars would come to ask for them. Jiang Yanyi also gave them to them equally.

After so many times, some beggars would feel embarrassed and even come here early in the morning to clean the snow in front of Jiang Yanyi's door before she opened the store.

With this in mind, Yang Xiu asked several beggars who often came to Jiang Yanyi's shop to ask for Tanghulu to help keep an eye on Manager Xu. The beggars were very alert. Every day, beggars would report to Yang Xiu where Manager Xu went.

Chu Yangui had officially started studying the Four Books and Five Classics with Chi Qing. Although he had spent a few years in the academy, his handwriting was only slightly better than Jiang Yanyi's.

When Jiang Yanyi went to visit with the freshly baked tiger skin chicken feet, he saw Chi Qing scolding Chu Yangui through the crack of the door.

"Looking at your handwriting, I'm afraid that even a child who has just started learning can write better than you. What have you learned in all the years of studying?"

Chi Qing was wearing a sky-blue jacket, holding a poem that Chu Yangui had copied. His handsome face was serious, and he was no longer talkative. His eyebrows and eyes were full of sternness. It was like a bamboo. After being used to its elegant and straight appearance, one day, he was scratched by bamboo strips and realized that bamboo can be better than a knife when it is sharp.

Chi Qing's mouth was more like spitting knives than preaching.

Chu Yangui was scolded, but he still stood up straight and said, "I just want to learn how to defeat ten thousand enemies. What's the point of practicing calligraphy like a poor scholar?"

Chi Qing raised the ruler and said, "Stretch out your hand."

Chu Yangui reluctantly stretched out his hand, and Chi Qing hit him hard on the palm with the ruler.

Chu Yangui's hand trembled in pain, and he gritted his teeth, but he never took his hand back.

Chi Qing looked unusually indifferent: "When you have no achievements and can only survive by relying on others' protection, put away your arrogant attitude. Do you think King Yan doesn't want to accept you? The suffering that you should have suffered has been carried on someone else's shoulders. You can't even write a few words without a dog's paw, and you still want to become an enemy of ten thousand people in one step? You are ignorant, conceited, and extremely stupid!"

Chu Yangui's eyes turned red due to the scolding, and he pursed his lips and said nothing.

Chi Qing stared at the stubborn boy in front of him and asked him, "Do you know you are wrong?"

Chu Yangui said, "I know I am wrong."

Chi Qing threw the poem he copied on his desk and said, "If the homework you hand in tomorrow is still in this handwriting, you don't have to read this book. I don't teach fools."

Jiang Yanyi listened to the corner of the wall for a while and knew that it was not the time to go in to see Chu Yangui, so she left with the tiger skin chicken claws.

If she hadn't heard it with her own ears, she really couldn't imagine that Chi Qing, who was usually lazy, would be so strict when he became a teacher.

Chu Zhong was standing outside the door. When he saw Jiang Yanyi leave, he was afraid that she would be suspicious, so he followed Jiang Yanyi for a distance before saying, "Boss, a strict teacher produces excellent students. Although Chi Junshi's words were a bit harsh, they were all for the good of the young master." Jiang Yanyi

naturally knew how bad her younger brother was in school. It is said that people who are born with a rebellious nature are naturally stubborn. Jiang Yanyi actually secretly discovered that Chu Yangui was a bit stubborn. The original intention of letting him study was to hope that he would cultivate himself.

It would be great if Chi Qing could control him, but Jiang Yanyi was also worried that things would turn against them when they reached the extreme.

She said to Chu Zhong, "Uncle Zhong, I know what you said. I don't mean to blame Chi Junshi."

Carrying a lot of worries about her old mother, Jiang Yanyi went into the kitchen to cook soup. She used Hericium erinaceus, Astragalus, old hen and Dangshen to stew a pot of chicken soup that nourishes the stomach and replenishes qi.

The soup made from the old hen strengthens the spleen and nourishes the five internal organs, Hericium erinaceus nourishes the stomach, Astragalus produces blood, and Dangshen replenishes the middle and replenishes qi. This is a medicinal food that can't be more nourishing, fragrant and nutritious.

When Chi Qing finished teaching today's lessons and came out of Chu Yan's room, Jiang Yanyi sent chicken soup to him, saying that it can drive away cold and warm the stomach.

When he was not teaching, Chi Qing returned to his carefree self. He was quite surprised to see Jiang Yanyi giving him chicken soup. After a little thought, he figured out the reason and said with a smile, "I was a little too harsh in teaching you just now, but I know my limits. You have a high spirit. Although you have experienced many changes, you have never really suffered much. If you don't hone yourself, you will not become a great man."

Jiang Yanyi Chu Yanyi didn't expect that his thoughts were seen through by the other party at a glance, and laughed awkwardly: "Military advisor, what are you talking about? It is his blessing to be taught by you personally."

Chi Qing said: "He is a good seedling, but he has been delayed for too many years. From now on, how much he can learn depends on himself."

After finishing his business, Chi Qing drank a sip of the chicken soup in the bowl. It was fresh, fragrant and rich, and the taste was really good.

Although I dare not eat at Jiangji for fear of someone's revenge, it is not bad to eat some soup or cakes!

After sending Chi Qing away, Jiang Yanyi went into the house to see Chu Yangui. He was bent over the desk and concentrated on practicing calligraphy, and every stroke was written very seriously.

Jiang Yanyi came over with a soup bowl: "I've made some soup, drink it while it's hot to replenish your body."

Chu Yangui said without raising his head: "Sister, put it on the table. I'll drink it after I finish practicing this page of calligraphy."

Jiang Yanyi asked him tentatively: "What do you think of Master Chi's teaching?"

Chu Yangui had been sitting with his back to Jiang Yanyi before, and she didn't know that she had come to see him. He paused for a moment before writing and said: "Excellent."

Seeing that Chu Yangui didn't seem to have any grudges against Chi Qing, Jiang Yanyi felt much more relieved. She carefully examined Chu Yangui's words, and when he put pen to paper, she couldn't help but say: "You wrote these horizontal, vertical, and diagonal strokes without some strength, so the words are scattered and have no shape."

Chu Yangui glanced at Jiang Yanyi: "Sister, your handwriting is just as good as mine."

Jiang Yanyi realized later that this brat was talking back at her. After all, she had practiced calligraphy with Feng Shuo for so long. Now, her handwriting was still better than Chu Yangui's dog-crawling handwriting. She immediately said, "Give me the pen, I'll write two words for you to see."

Chu Yangui handed her the pen unconvinced. Jiang Yanyi took it, rolled up her sleeves, dipped the tip of the pen in ink, wrote with the back of the brush, and finished writing with the back of the brush. She wrote the two words "Yan Gui" in one go.

She wrote in regular script, with precise strokes and proper structure. Although it cannot be called relaxed, the "shape" is indeed acceptable.

The original body used to practice small regular script with hairpin flowers. When writing small characters, one should write with the tip of the brush, and the handwriting should be round and beautiful.

When Jiang Yanyi first came here, she was not used to using a brush, and her original body's calligraphy was not good, so she always struggled to write. Later, she was often caught by Feng Shuo to practice calligraphy, and the calligraphy she copied was Feng Shuo's regular script, which resulted in her writing now not being in the hairpin flower small regular script at all.

Chu Yangui obviously also discovered this, and he asked: "Sister, I remember that you used to practice hairpin flower small regular script."

Jiang Yanyi said: "I couldn't find the hairpin flower small regular script copybook, so I practiced according to the regular script copybook when I had nothing to do. Now my handwriting is much better than yours."

This half-joking remark aroused Chu Yangui's fighting spirit again, and he picked up the pen again: "I will definitely practice calligraphy well."

Jiang Yanyi said with a smile: "Drink the soup first."

Chu Yangui said sullenly: "No, I want to practice calligraphy first." Feng

Mansion.

Feng Shuo looked at the files on the table with an unhappy expression.

Several staff members and officials who came to discuss the matter did not dare to breathe.

Last night, the Turkic prince who was imprisoned in the government prison cried out of stomach pain in the middle of the night, led the jailer to come forward, strangled the jailer with an iron chain, took the key from the jailer to unlock the handcuffs, and escaped.

Feng Shuo glanced at Song Lushi who was standing below, and said in a deep voice: "Has the search made any progress?"

Song Lushi had sweat on his forehead. He clasped his fists and said: "The Turkic prince escaped last night. The city was under curfew and the city gates were closed, so he could not leave Xizhou. This morning, the city gates were not opened, and the news of the city-wide martial law spread to the four city gates. To leave the city, not only the pass must be checked, but also the portrait of the Turkic prince must be compared. So the Turkic prince should still be in the city."

This matter is of great importance, and the news of the Turkic prince's escape must not be leaked, otherwise the Turks will be restless. He even kept it a secret from the young men in the government office.

Feng Shuo's voice was even colder than the north wind raging outside: "What's the purpose of the government office? Hundreds of people could actually miss a half-dead prisoner!"

Song Lu Shi knelt down and said: "It is my fault, but I have found out some clues. I only ask Your Majesty to give me a few more days. I will definitely catch the Turkic prince!"

Feng Shuo raised his eyelids lightly: "Within three days, I must see him alive or dead!"

Song Lu Shi kowtowed to the ground: "Your humble servant obeys my order!"

Feng Shuo ordered Xing Yao: "If the government office is short of staff, you can bring people to reinforce during the search. If necessary, you can shoot him to death with arrows, but you can't let him escape back to Turkic."

If the Turkic prince escapes back to Turkic, Xizhou will be greeted by a fierce attack from the Turkic people in the New Year.

After discussing the matter, the staff and retainers all left. The housekeeper Fu Xi hurried into the room with a secret letter with a secret seal: "Your Majesty, an urgent report from the spy."

When Feng Shuo took it, he saw the secret seal on it, opened the wax seal, took out the letter and scanned it, his face changed slightly: "Send it to Chu Changping as soon as possible!"