Of course Xue Mu would not know that the girl he just talked to was actually the eldest princess of the Daqing Dynasty.
All he knew was that this girl was kind-hearted.
If it hadn't been for her silver, he wouldn't have won a bottle of Mai Ning Powder.
Although I got another hosta in return later.
But it's all her money.
Therefore, Xue Mu felt that this girl must be the daughter of a member of some family, and she had a kind heart.
But he didn't care.
After all, the capital is so big, how can we meet casually?
Just like "Let's eat together when we have time" is just a talk.
Even if you are really free, who would think of that smooth promise back then.
So Xue Mu didn't take it to heart.
But Zhao Ruoli was different. In just two or three sentences, she was sure that this Xue Mu was definitely not an ordinary person.
Yesterday, Meng Zhi had already told the eldest princess the general information about Xue Mu.
Zhao Ruoli learned that this agent from the Divine Catching Division was actually a jailer in Jingzhao Mansion's Heavenly Prison.
In just over a month, two cases were solved, and finally Si Qianhu became the today's magic catcher.
It was a bit surprising.
So based on this alone, coupled with the tone and demeanor of the conversation just now, Zhao Ruoli firmly believed that this person would definitely be used by her in the future.
But she wasn't in a hurry now, after all, being too proactive would arouse Xue Mu's suspicion.
In this case, it is better to create more coincidences to lower Xue Mu's vigilance.
Start by [doing it] with friends.
She is now more and more curious about how he learned about the two methods of water production, the condensation of water to attack sand and the south-to-north water diversion.
"It's getting more interesting."
Zhao Ruoli sighed with emotion.
At the same time, the tribute silver from various places sent to the capital has been prepared.
Tongzhou capital is naturally no exception.
As a state capital on the edge of the capital, Magistrate He must of course be attentive in front of His Majesty.
So he prepared tribute tribute and silver early and waited for the date of handing over.
However, what they didn't know was that someone had already been eyeing this batch of tribute silver.
The next morning, Xue Mu was on duty as usual.
I haven’t returned to the Divine Catching Division yet.
He heard Liu Xiaodao's voice.
"grown ups."
Xue Mu immediately heard the seriousness of the tone. He walked into the backyard alley and asked, "What's wrong?"
Liu Xiaodao stepped forward and replied: "Zhang Baisheng and his wife are dead."
"died?"
"Yes, it was found on the river in Zhangjiazhuang this morning."
"Where's the body?"
"I hid it. I always felt something was wrong, so I just kept it in case."
"You are right to do this. Have you seen the cause of death? A stab wound?"
"I saw that their whole bodies were purple and there were no obvious injuries."
When Xue Mu heard this, he replied: "That means he was drowned alive, was he drowned?"
"Yes, only people who drown turn purple."
"I'll take people there now. Where did you hide the body?"
"I hid by the grass where the crime occurred, and the location of the crime happened to be by the river in Zhang Baisheng's field."
"Okay, I'll go back and call someone right now. You're hiding in the dark. Don't come out and show your face when you don't have to. I'm showing you what you're hiding."
"Okay, sir." Liu Xiaodao warned before leaving: "Sir, I think the death of Parkson is related to the two of us going to their house, so the murderer is most likely coming for us. You must be careful. ah."
Xue Mu nodded: "Don't worry, I know."
Then Liu Xiaodao left.
Xue Mu immediately returned to the Divine Capture Division.
I happened to hear Zheng Jun and Chen Baiming chatting in the yard.
He immediately stepped forward and said, "There has been a murder in Zhangjiazhuang. Let's go there now."
Zheng Jun was a little surprised after hearing this, and asked: "Sir, are you talking about the Zhangjiazhuang ten miles away from the capital?"
"Exactly."
Chen Baiming replied: "Sir, our Divine Catcher Division doesn't care about that area."
Xue Mu asked: "Then if there is a murder case, can't we intervene?"
"Theoretically, this is the case. Our Divine Catcher Division is responsible for cases in the capital and orders issued by His Majesty himself. Other places are not under our control. However, if you want to jointly handle cases with local officials, you can apply to the Ministry of Punishment. "
"So that's it." Xue Mu started thinking after hearing this.
When he was thinking about how to intervene in Zhang Baisheng's case, Nangong Xue heard their words.
Although Xue Mu wasted a good opportunity to ask her yesterday, Nangong Xue still chose to forgive him.
After all, this guy is indeed a bit dull.
That's not a bad thing.
Once a man who is not good at emotions identifies with a woman, he will stay with her and love her for the rest of her life.
So Nangong Xue also thinks that Xue Mu is just such a person.
Until now, she could only comfort herself like this.
When she heard Xue Mu, Zheng Jun and others chatting, she walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zheng Jun and Chen Baiming immediately made a gesture of cupping their hands: "Master Nangong."
When Xue Mu saw Nangong Xue, he immediately thought about it in his mind and said, "Master Nangong, I was planning to find you."
Nangong Xue looked at him. Although she was still a little angry, she still said, "What's wrong? What's the matter?"
Upon seeing this, Xue Mu explained: "Master Nangong, I would like to apply to jointly handle the Zhangjiazhuang case with Nanhua County."
Nangong Xue was a little surprised. She was curious: "What's going on? Is there a case in Zhangjiazhuang?"
Xue Mu nodded: "Yes, I heard that two people died by the river."
"This kind of case can be handed over to the local government. Why do you have to apply specifically to handle the case." Nangong Xue asked her question.
Xue Mu guessed that she would ask this question, and he was ready to answer.
I saw him explaining: "Before, I was entrusted by someone to take care of Zhang Baisheng and his wife in Zhangjiazhuang. As a result, they disappeared without any reason yesterday, and today I heard that they died by the river."
"Entrusted by whom?" Nangong Xue asked.
"When I was in prison, a prisoner asked me to take care of him. I thought that he was a dying man and his words were kind, so I agreed. Since I have agreed, I must fulfill it to the end. Now Zhang Baisheng and his wife I feel very ashamed that I was missing and murdered, so I want to apply to Mr. Nangong to work with Nanhua County to handle this case."
After hearing this explanation, Nangong Xue felt that it was reasonable and even thought that Xue Mu was a person who valued love and justice.
It seemed that I had not misjudged him.
So she nodded: "Okay, I approved it. I'm going to write an application letter to the Ministry of Punishment now. You are from the 10th Branch. Then ask Zheng Jun if they are willing to handle the case with you."
After hearing this, Xue Mu waited for Zheng Jun and Chen Baiming's answers.
Unexpectedly, Nangong Xue had just finished speaking.
Zheng Jun clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Xue, your case is our case, and we are at your disposal."
Chen Baiming also added: "Yes, Mr. Xue, we will do whatever you ask us to do."
Xue Mu was also moved, and then said: "In that case, I also owe you a favor, and I will definitely repay you in the future."
"Master Xue, you are serious."
"Yes, Master Xue."
Nangong Xue was pleased to see that they were getting along happily, so she urged: "Okay, you guys, hurry up and leave. I will handle the application."
"Yes! Lord Nangong."
Soon, Zheng Jun gathered ten police officers and followed Xue Mu out of the city gate.
On the other side, after Nangong Xue wrote a letter, he asked a police officer to send it to the Ministry of Justice.
As soon as she walked out of the room door, she saw Cheng Lu.
"Cheng Baihu." Nangong Xue stopped him.
Cheng Lu actually noticed Nangong Xue just now, but he didn't dare to say hello.
Because last night, he discovered the injuries of the three Dou Ziang brothers.
After some interrogation, he found out that these three people had secretly gone to teach Xue Mu a lesson.
In the end, he was severely humiliated by Xue Mu.
The point is that Nangong Xue actually saw it.
He had been in the Divine Catching Division all day. He was afraid that Nangong Xue would cause trouble for him, so he stayed in the courtyard and did not dare to come out.
Most of the day later, when I was thinking about going out to take a breather, I bumped into Nangong Xue.
Damn luck!
Even so, Cheng Lu still greeted Nangong Xue respectfully: "Master Nangong."
Seeing his guilty look, Nangong Xue knew that he must have known about yesterday's incident.
So she asked deliberately: "Do you know where Dou Ziang and the others went yesterday?"
Cheng Lu knew that Nangong Xue asked this deliberately, and he also understood that if he did not take the initiative to confess, the consequences would be more serious.
So he immediately knelt down and explained: "My subordinates deserve to die. If they fail to discipline their subordinates, I hope Master Nangong will punish them."
Looking at his look, Nangong Xue believed that this matter had nothing to do with him.
However, in order to serve as a warning to others, she still said: "Your poor supervision allowed those three men to almost injure Xue Qianhu. You must know that Qianhu is a fifth-rank official. If Xue Qianhu is injured, not only the three of them will be involved." Hell, so are you."
"Subordinates deserve to die, subordinates deserve to die." Cheng Lu was really scared this time.
He doesn't even want to compete for the position of Thousand Households now.
I just want to protect my family.
But according to Nangong Xue's words, it may be difficult now.
He kept apologizing: "This subordinate deserves to die. It's my fault. I hope Master Nangong will be punished lightly."
"Mr.
"Thank you, Master Xue. Thank you, Master Xue." Cheng Lu continued to kowtow.
"You'd better go to Mr. Xue and tell him this in person. It's useless for you to tell me." After saying that, Nangong Xue left.
Cheng Lu knew that Nangong Xue was killing one person to scare others.
However, fortunately, my position is still there.
It can be considered a blessing in misfortune.
Back in the fifth courtyard, Dou Ziang and three others were kneeling at the door, waiting for Cheng Lu's arrival.
Cheng Lu returned to the courtyard, looked at the three of them, and finally said: "Okay, get up."
"Brother Cheng, it was us who harmed you."
"We three brothers made a big mistake in the heat of the moment."
Cheng Lu sighed, and then replied: "Okay, everyone, get up. Lord Nangong didn't blame us."
"Really?" Dou Ziang asked immediately.
"But your salary for the past two or three months is gone." Cheng Lu responded: "I will give you half of my salary then, and you can just spend this period of time."
"No need, sir. We still have savings. We won't starve to death in two months."
"yes."
"Thank you, sir."
Cheng Lu said, "The person you want to thank is not me, but Mr. Xue. He is so magnanimous that he doesn't care."
After hearing this, the three of them felt a little guilty for a moment.
They did not expect that Xue Mu would repay evil with kindness.
If it were anyone else, they would probably make a big fuss.
Thinking of this, Cheng Lu also sighed with emotion: "Okay, let's not think about Qianhu's affairs. If there is no fate, there is no fate. I think it's pretty good to stay in the fifth place honestly."
"Brother Cheng, we brothers will stay in the fifth place all the time from now on, so that we can take care of each other more conveniently."
"Yeah, we can't beat them."
Cheng Lu listened without saying anything and finally walked into the room.
On the other side, Xue Mu and others had already left the city and rushed in the direction of Zhangjiazhuang.
On the way there, Chen Baiming was full of praise for Xue Mu: "Master Xue, I didn't expect that you would be so attentive to a prisoner's instructions. You are simply a good person."
Xue Mu smiled and explained: "Actually, I am not a good person, but since I have made a promise to the dying person, I must fulfill it to the end. Otherwise, how will I face it if I go down?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Xue will definitely live a long life."
"Yes, that's right."
Hearing these compliments, Xue Mu understood in his heart.
Once the status is getting higher and higher.
What I hear are usually good things.
On the contrary, if you fall.
More people will step in.
Just like Xu Jie.
Xu Ruyan recalled that when her father was the Minister of Household Affairs, countless people visited the house every day.
Once he was demoted, not many people came to visit Xu Jie.
Not to mention that after being imprisoned, even old friends like Xiao Xun had no choice but to choose to stay safe in order to avoid suspicion.
Not long after, they arrived at Zhangjiazhuang.
As soon as I walked to the river, I heard many officials shouting: "You guys are waiting for us to leave quickly."
There were many melon-eating people on the side, all of whom were discussing.
"Why did the Parkson couple suddenly say that it will be gone if it's gone?"
"Yeah, I didn't see him yesterday, and I was still wondering, but today he said he was drowned."
"Oh, what a pitiful life."
"yes."
While everyone was discussing, the official from the Yamen continued to yell: "Okay, let's go quickly, don't wait here any longer."
Xue Mu reminded at this time: "Zheng Baihu, go up and ask."
"Yes, Mr. Xue." Then Zheng Jun led a few people into the crowd.
"This official." Zheng Jun just spoke.
The officer in front of him said impatiently: "Is it over yet? You won't leave even if I ask you to. Believe it or not, I will take you all back to the prison to serve you later?"
When he turned around, he was stunned for a moment when he saw Zheng Jun and others wearing official uniforms.
I saw Chen Baiming taking out the token and looking at him speechlessly: "We are from the Divine Catcher Division."
"God, God Catcher?!" The officer was a little surprised.
Zheng Jun didn't want to talk nonsense with him, but asked: "Who is in charge of you?"
The officer immediately shouted: "Cao arrests the head, Cao arrests the head."
A middle-aged man five meters away turned around and cursed: "What are you shouting for?"
When he turned around, he realized something was wrong.
The official pointed at Zheng Jun and the others behind him, with a helpless expression on his face.
The so-called Capt. Cao realized something. He immediately stepped forward and asked respectfully: "I wonder who these adults are?"
"This is Zheng Baihu from the Divine Catcher Division."
At this time, Chen Baiming acted as the introduction brother. He explained: "The person behind him is Xue Qianhu, Qianhu of the Divine Catcher Division."
When had Catcher Cao ever seen such a big character? He immediately apologized with an embarrassed smile and said, "It turns out they are the masters of the Capital Catcher Division. The younger one's name is Cao Zide."
At this time, Xue Mu had already stepped forward.
He looked at the middle-aged head catcher and asked, "Did a murder happen here?"
"Indeed." Cao Zide immediately explained: "Two bodies were found beside the grass of the river. It is initially judged that they were drowned."
After he finished speaking, he was also observing the situation of Xue Mu and others.
In fact, he was also puzzled.
You know, it took less than a stick of incense to report the discovery of the body.
Why are people from the capital already rushing over?
But naturally he didn't dare to ask any more questions.
He could only test in a low voice: "Sir, do you want me to take you to see the body?"
Xue Mu nodded.
Cao Zide immediately acted as a vanguard. He walked in front and introduced enthusiastically: "I am the policeman of our Nanhua County."
"Well, I've heard it. They called you Cao Baotou." Xue Mu responded.
Cao Zide also showed off his humility: "Actually, he has been a catcher for a few more years than them. He can't be called a head catcher."
Xue Mu didn't say much.
He asked Zheng Jun: "Zheng Baihu, look at the condition of the body."
"Yes, sir."
Zheng Jun immediately squatted down and began to observe.
Since Xue Mu couldn't see clearly the appearance of the body, he could only ask Cao Zide: "Captain Cao, are these dead people sure they are Zhang Baisheng and his wife?"
"It should be." Cao Zide nodded.
Xue Mu turned around and shouted: "Who is Zhang Baisheng's neighbor?"
The crowd immediately became a little more restless.
But no one seems to dare to come forward.
Xue Mu knew that these people were worried about causing unnecessary trouble.
So he explained: "Now I need people who know Zhang Baisheng to come over and ask about the body. Neighbors who know Zhang Baisheng will come over. If they answer, I will reward them with a piece of silver."
After hearing this, several women and old men also came out one after another.
Rather than walking out, it is better to walk quickly.
They patted their chests and kept explaining: "I am a neighbor of Zhang Baisheng's family."
"Me, me too."
Xue Mu was not surprised by this. He asked, "Now go and see the body to see if it is Zhang Baisheng?"
"good."
One of the women immediately held up her skirt and was the first to rush forward. When she saw the body, she was so frightened that she screamed: "Ahh!!!"
She quickly backed away and covered her eyes with her hands.
Xue Mu asked at this time: "Are they Zhang Baisheng and his wife?"
"I, I was too scared, I didn't see clearly."
"Then you have no money."
"I'll look at it again."
After saying that, the woman looked back again.
This time, she nodded and affirmed: "Yes, they are the couple."
"Are you sure you're right?"
"Sure."
Xue Mu then asked the others: "If you dare to see the body, then go and identify it."
The remaining three people immediately stepped forward.
Although they are afraid in their hearts.
But the temptation brought by a piece of silver is even greater.
Eventually they all finished looking at the body.
Since he died not long ago, his appearance has not changed much.
So everyone who saw it nodded and replied: "Yes, it's Zhang Baisheng and his wife."
After hearing this, Xue Mu took out a small bag of silver, handed it to Chen Baiming and said, "Give this to them."
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."
Cao Zide didn't expect that handling the case would cost a lot of money.
But this method is indeed fast.
The identity of the deceased was immediately confirmed.
Then, Xue Mu looked at Cao Zide again and asked, "What are you going to do next?"
"We plan to send these two corpses back to the Yamen for examination. If they accidentally fell into the water and drowned, the case will be closed." Cao Zide naturally had one answer when facing a thousand households of Xue Mu's level.
Xue Mu replied: "We will investigate this case together with your Yamen, so the body can be handed over to our Detective Division for inspection."
"Huh?" Cao Zide was a little embarrassed for a moment.
You know, before he came, the county magistrate reminded him that if there was a murder, the body would be sent back to the Yamen immediately.
But now someone is coming to snatch the body.
This moment made him a little overwhelmed.
Xue Mu was not idle during this process. He began to ask about the four neighbors.
They had just received silver. You must know that this was the first time in their lives that they had received silver from the government.
Xue Mu asked them: "Yesterday, did you notice anything wrong? For example, there were unfamiliar people or strange people wandering around Baisheng Zhang's house."
The four neighbors thought about it carefully, then shook their heads and said, "We go out early and come back late every day, and rarely pay attention to these things."
"Then when did you find out that Zhang Baisheng was not at home?" Xue Mu asked.
"It was about noon yesterday. At that time, I was wondering why the couple didn't come to farm so late. Later, when I got home, I knocked on the door and found no one inside, so I left." The woman among them explained.
After hearing this, Xue Mu thought for a while. Just when he wanted to ask more questions, an alternative voice came from not far away.
"Master Huang."
"Master Huang."
A group of detectives immediately raised their hands and shouted respectfully.
At the same time, a middle-aged man surrounded by three or four people was coming quickly with a frown on his face.
When he saw Cao Zide, he immediately asked: "What's going on? Didn't I ask you to take the body back to the Yamen?"
Cao Zide was a little embarrassed, so he reminded in a low voice: "Sir, the people from the Divine Catcher Division are here."
When County Magistrate Huang saw the people behind Cao Zide, he was startled. He quickly asked, "Who are these?"
Chen Baiming made another introduction.
When County Magistrate Huang heard that the people who came were the Chief Inspectors, and that one was from Baihu and the other was from Qianhu, there was obviously some fear on his face.
But he still pretended to be calm and said: "It turns out they are Zheng Baihu and Xue Qianhu. Your subordinate, Huang Haigui, has met several adults."
"Magistrate Huang, I have long admired you." Xue Mu was polite at first.
At this time, Huang Haigui carefully probed: "Several adults came here. I apologize for not taking good care of you. I wonder if the adults happened to be passing by here, encountered this case, and wanted to help. "
Xue Mu said: "It's like this. We happened to pass by this place and found that there were officers and soldiers surrounding us. So we came up to take a look and found that there was a murder. Although the body was purple, it was probably drowned."
"But I think there may be something fishy about this case, so I plan to work with your county to solve the case."
After Huang Haigui heard this, he was a little surprised. He could only smile awkwardly: "This is just a drowning case. It doesn't require a few adults to worry about it."
"This is not a simple drowning case, as I just said." Xue Mu emphasized again.
Huang Haigui saw that Xue Mu seemed to be well prepared. He also knew that he could not confront someone head-on, so he nodded in agreement: "Come and hear that the arresting department in the capital is very fast in handling cases, so they will definitely be able to find some clues that we have not found. If that is the case, then All you need to do is go to the Ministry of Punishments and apply to join the Nanhua County Yamen to handle the case, and that’s it.”
"Let's send the body back to the Nanhua County Yamen first. I'll let him do an autopsy first. Once the procedures are completed, the adults will know the exact cause of death when they come."
Xue Mu knew that he would say this, so he immediately refused: "We have countless autopsies on the corpses of the detectives. I think they will be able to find out something about these two corpses. How about I take these two corpses back? I don't know. Can Magistrate Huang agree?"
Hearing this, Huang Haigui was a little confused.
Because before that, his cousin reminded him that after returning the body to the Yamen, he should hand it over to them immediately, so that no one could notice it.
But now, a divine catcher suddenly appeared.
I don’t know what to do now.
"Magistrate Huang, are you worried that the Detective Division can't help you solve the case in Nanhua County?" Xue Mu suddenly asked.
"Of course not." Huang Haigui smiled awkwardly: "In that case, let Xue Qianhu help us examine these two corpses."
"good."
When Xue Mu heard what he said, he asked Zhou Fu, Chen Baiming and others to carry the two corpses back.
Cao Zide watched them leave like this, came to Huang Haigui, and asked cautiously: "Sir, we"
Huang Haigui didn't want to say anything more, so he waved his hand and turned back: "Go back!"
He is now going to find his cousin Huang Shoucheng.
He wanted to figure out what happened, so that he could attract the capital's chief police officer.
If it's too serious, he will definitely give up his car to save his handsome man when necessary.
At that time, let alone cousins and nephews, even biological nephews will "kill their relatives for justice".
On the way back.
Zheng Jun and Xue Mu said, "Sir, I think there is something wrong with County Magistrate Huang."
"Yes, I think so too." Xue Mu nodded, and then he said to Zhou Fu: "Zhou Fu, please go find Zuo Zuo immediately and ask him to come to the Shenqing Department to examine these two corpses."
"Yes! Sir."
Zhou Fu crossed his little fat legs and ran away immediately.
Returning to the door of the Divine Catching Division, Xue Mu heard the sound of the carriage.
So he asked his men to go in first, and he came to the carriage not far away.
When Nangong Wei's maid Yun'er saw Xue Mu, she reminded him, "I wonder if Mr. Xue is free? The empress wants to call you into the palace."
"Are you in a hurry?"
"It should be urgent."
Xue Mu thought it would take some time for him to examine the body, so he said, "Okay."
He finally got into the car.
On the other side, in Penglai Hall.
Nangong Wei is waiting for her newly recognized nephew.
He is said to be a nephew, but he is only three years older than him.
However, three years old is already a big gap in today's era.
But what she didn't know was.
Xue Mu is not from this era.
He knows one thing better.
That is the female junior, holding the gold brick.
Therefore, he prefers this [gap].
(End of chapter)
