Thinking of this, Han Changmu's eyebrows skipped a beat and he asked, "Is Qiao Fang a native of Xiupingfang?"
Qiao Yanda said: "The villain has lived in Xiupingfang since he was a child. It has been thirty years in a flash."
Han Changmu's heart sank. How did the murderer know about an abandoned house that even a person who had lived in Xiupingfang for thirty years didn't know?
Yao Yao walked quietly to Han Changmu's side and whispered: "Sir, it seems that the murderer is very familiar with the villages in Chang'an City, at least very familiar with these remote villages. The last time he committed the crime was in Jinchangfang , this time we are in Xiupingfang, and we all chose an abandoned house without an owner, how could it be such a coincidence?"
"There is no such thing as a simple coincidence." Han Changmu thought: "The case in Jinchangfang, judging from the traces at the scene, there was more than one person who committed the crime. After Princess Rong disappeared, Fuxiang also disappeared. Although it cannot be determined that she must be one of the murderers, one of the perpetrators must be proficient in medical skills. Fu Xiang is naturally proficient in medical skills, but she is not from Chang'an."
"It's too easy to find someone who is familiar with the house in Chang'an City." Yao Yao said solemnly: "If nothing else, the people in Yaxing know the house in Chang'an City very well, but this kind of desolate It’s hard to buy and sell a house, I’m afraid the tooth man is not as familiar as the beggar.”
Han Changmu nodded thoughtfully, raised his head and asked Qiao Yanda, who was leading the way: "Are there many beggars in Xiupingfang?"
Hearing this, Qiao Yanda was stunned for a moment. How should he respond to this? In a poor and remote area like Xiupingfang, would there be many beggars?
There are not only beggars, but also refugees who have escaped from famine and idle gangsters. They are all found in these southern neighborhoods.
It's just that during the day, these beggars gather together in several workshops where the wealthy gather to make a living. Xiupingfang is just a place where they come back to sleep at night.
However, beggars also form cliques. The large numbers of beggars occupy the spacious and complete deserted houses, while the beggars who are alone can only pick up what others have left.
There are many beggars and homeless people, and the life of ordinary people is only slightly better than that of beggars. This was originally the most common thing in the southernmost neighborhoods of Chang'an City, but when Han Changmu asked, Qiao Yanda felt a little uncomfortable. I know how to answer.
There are often officials walking around the factory, asking random questions, and finally, with a bang, a huge crime is slapped on the head. If the boss can't do his job anymore, it's a small matter, and it would be unjust if he loses his life. !
He looked troubled and hesitated, saying vaguely: "There are beggars."
Han Changmu was very clear about Qiao Yanda's taboos. His expression remained unchanged and he asked calmly: "Qiao Fang knows where they usually gather, right?"
Qiao Yanda trembled a little: "You villain, you know, you know."
Han Changmu looked up at the night. In the middle of the night, if he called all the beggars over, there would be too much noise and it would easily cause panic. But as soon as the gate opened, these beggars would definitely disappear in a swarm and they would be nowhere to be found. came back.
It didn't take long for him to decide which was the lesser of two evils.
The deep winding alley became narrower and narrower as we walked, until at the end there was no road on the right side. When we turned left, we found a narrow alley sandwiched between two walls, allowing only one person to pass through.
People may have walked through this narrow alley frequently. The large area of wet moss under the wall was rubbed and messy. The newly grown moss covered up the mottled marks. The dilapidated wall was mixed with dark cyan and dark gray. , looks very messy.
Yao Yao walked through the narrow alley with a lantern. The road ahead was dark, with only two dim and weak lights flickering in front of him.
The dim lights swayed on the wall, and a drag mark stretching into the depths of the darkness was particularly conspicuous.
Yao Yao paused, held a lantern and came closer, looking up along the drag marks, his expression slightly solemn.
On both sides are rammed earth walls. The wars more than ten years ago burned almost the entire city of Chang'an, and Xiupingfang was not spared. The wars left scorched and damaged marks on the walls, and the two walls became pitted. Yes, mud splashed onto the wall.
This place is shady, with no sunlight all year round. It is very humid everywhere. Water can even drip from the rammed earth walls. Dark moss grows from the root of the wall to half the height of the wall. If you walk through this narrow alley, your clothes will be dirty. I can’t watch it.
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Yao Yao carried the clothes that were covered with moss and could not be washed out. She curled her lips in disgust. If she had known it was a place like this, she should have worn narrow night clothes.
She put down her clothes and looked up again.
Just like the hem of her clothes that are so dirty that no one can see them, most of the areas where moss has been rubbed off on the wall are at the base of the wall. These are the marks left by the hem of her clothes and shoes when people walk. The higher place is where the butt rubs, but the drag mark in front of her is very high. Yao Yao compared it and found that the drag mark was almost as high as her shoulder.
She raised her hand and made a gesture on her shoulder, as if someone was carrying something heavy on her shoulder. She walked through this narrow alley, and then the heavy object rubbed against the wall, leaving traces.
Han Changmu stopped when he heard the footsteps behind him, turned around and saw Yao Yao's appearance, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
Yao Yao pointed to the drag mark and said: "Sir, this mark was left not long ago. It was carried by something."
Han Changmu looked carefully and noticed something was wrong. He nodded and said, "Indeed, let's see where this trace leads." He looked at Yao Yao and said, "The person who left this trace should not be of high stature. At least a little shorter than you."
Yao Yao's thoughts flashed and he lowered his voice and said, "Bizhi remember, Fuxiang is half a head shorter than Beizhi."
There was no evidence for anything, it was just speculation by the two of them. They said that and continued walking forward with their lanterns in hand.
This narrow alley is very deep, and the trace left on the wall winds all the way to the end of the narrow alley.
Walking to the end of the narrow alley, several low houses came into view. The dark windows were like deep whirlpools that could swallow people's hearts. The tattered window paper rose and fell with the wind, making a soft rustling sound.
A few broken roof tiles fell on the ground, and they were vaguely green tiles. From this point of view, these houses were considered very good houses decades ago, but they had been deserted for a long time and were uninhabited and untouched. Reason, it slowly became like this.
It is estimated that in more than ten years, these houses will collapse into ruins.
Therefore, no matter how magnificent a house is, it must be popular.
Han Changmu turned around and saw that the strange drag mark on the wall disappeared right here.
The footprints in the mud were layer upon layer, making it impossible to tell who had walked here.
Serious questions came from the broken windows. It was Leng Linjiang who was asking something, but after he finished asking, no one answered.
Han Changmu and Yao Yao looked at each other and hurriedly walked over. Before they reached the door, the thick smell of blood made people's breath stagnate.
Han Changmu's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt ominous.
This house is really dilapidated and uninhabitable. Half of the door leaf is hanging precariously on the door frame, while the other half door leaf has fallen to the ground, with a thick layer of dust accumulated on it. Maybe the people who came in and out just now came from here. The footprints on the door were messy and indistinguishable from those who had stepped on them.
The night wind passed through the unobstructed house, blowing up a thin layer of dust, which rose and fell in mid-air.
Fortunately, it was already summer. If the weather had been colder, this house would have been freezing to death.
Han Changmu walked in anxiously and saw the woman lying in a pool of blood.
The woman looked very similar to Princess Rong when she died. She was wearing a bright red dress soaked in blood, her face was slashed with a knife, and her original appearance could not be seen at all, and the corners of her mouth on both sides were cut open to the base of her ears, as if He showed a weird smile.
His heart suddenly hit rock bottom, his last illusion was shattered, and he was filled with uncontrollable anger.
It's that group, it's that group again!
The manner of death was the same as that of Princess Rong. Not surprisingly, the same pattern as the place where Princess Rong died was painted with blood on the dilapidated wall, which looked like runes.
It's just that these runes are too weird. Bao Cheng racked his brains and couldn't solve them. The leader of the Qi Sect has gone into seclusion at this time. Even the sect members can't see it, let alone outsiders.
In this provincial examination, Bao Cheng got a ranking that was neither good nor bad. In the palace examination, I don't know whether Emperor Yong'an deliberately promoted him, or whether Bao Cheng used all his life's luck and ranked second, forty and third. It’s not high, but it’s justifiable (this chapter is not finished yet!)
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Now he is a Jinshi.
The rest of the days are spent waiting to be conferred an official position. If you are selected as a Jinshi, you can go to the Hanlin Academy to gain qualifications and be promoted step by step among the six ministries. The ultimate goal is to squeeze into the cabinet or be released to the county magistrate. After doing some practical achievements, he can be transferred back to the capital to serve as a capital official, or he can serve as a feudal official in various provinces.
But Bao Cheng will neither go to the Hanlin Academy, nor will he be released. His entry into the Department of Internal Security is already a certainty, and there is absolutely no change. Unlocking these runes is the first thing he will do after entering the Department of Internal Security. If you mess up a serious errand, you'll probably be laughed at as a burnt idiot.
He worked hard, even if he didn't ask for help from the door owner, he still had to do this job beautifully. He had begun to stay behind closed doors in the past few days.
Leng Linjiang heard the footsteps and turned his head to see Han Changmu and Yao Yao. The serious look on his face disappeared instantly. He breathed a sigh of relief and rushed over as if he saw a life-saving straw: "Oh, you guys can come. Yeah, I’m so anxious.”
Halfway through his lunge, he saw Han Changmu and Yao Yao take a step back calmly, and saw Qiao Yanda following behind them. Qiao Yanda was opening her mouth slightly, looking at him in surprise. He couldn't help but stiffen his face, and added dryly: "It's not going to be easy on the road."
Han Changmu was even more embarrassed than Leng Linjiang. He pursed his lips and said "Yeah."
Yao Yao carried the hem of his clothes and walked over in three steps, raising his eyebrows reluctantly: "Master Shaoyin, you have to pay for the skirt of your humble position!"
With one sentence, the embarrassing situation was resolved. Leng Linjiang nodded repeatedly: "Pay, pay, I'll pay you two skirts later."
It had been a while since the body was discovered. The night wind blew into the house in waves. Not only did the bloody smell in the house not dissipate at all, but it became even stronger than before.
Han Changmu glanced at the corpse, and his face darkened unconsciously: "Yun Gui, how are you?"
Leng Linjiang had seen the tragic situation of Princess Rong's death, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The same as the one in Jinchangfang, the death condition of the deceased was also the same as Princess Rong." He paused slightly: "It should be said that it was death. The law is the same as Princess Rong."
"Then, is it her?" Han Changmu hesitated.
Leng Linjiang knew who Han Changmu was asking, so he shook his head, with a bitter look on his face: "It's really hard to see the tinge on her face, and this woman's belly," he said euphemistically and with difficulty, "is empty, Jing." Zhao Mansion's investigation also failed to determine how many months this woman was pregnant."
Han Changmu took a deep breath and said to Leng Linjiang: "Ask your people to go with Qiao Fangzheng to call the beggars here. I see there are empty houses nearby. Let's ask them first. , has anyone inquired about the abandoned houses in Chang'an City recently?"
Leng Linjiang hurriedly called He Dengglou, explained to him, and asked him to gather all the people and follow Qiao Yanda out.
While Han Changmu and Leng Linjiang were talking, Yao Yao had already roughly inspected the body and stood aside, taking a handkerchief and wiping the blood on his hands.
Leng Linjiang looked at the blood-covered handkerchief and clicked his tongue: "Go back and wash it well with mugwort water. It looks disgusting."
Yao Yao glanced at Leng Linjiang and said, "It sounds like you don't touch much."
Leng Linjiang curled his lips and smiled: "A little less than you."
The deputy director of Jingzhao Mansion stood beside the corpse, holding the examination booklet in one hand and writing crazily with a pen in the other, muttering something in his mouth.
It sounds like someone is scared and talking nonsense.
Yao Yao tiptoed over and patted Zuo on the shoulder with a "pop" sound.
The man jumped up in fright, turned around and saw Yao Yao, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. His face was pale, his mouth was trembling, and he almost cried: "Yao, Yao joins the army. If you are scared, you will scare people to death!"
Yao Yao smiled narrowly and said, "Zhang Wuzuo, why are you here? Where is your master?"
Zhang Youli wrote the test booklet and said without raising his head: "Master said that I have been studying for several years and asked me to go out and practice on my own."
Yao Yao looked at Zhang Youli's still young face, and then at the corpse. The unreliable master in his thirties was too lazy to force a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who had not yet graduated to face such a terrifying situation. The scene was really, just thinking about it made me laugh three times with schadenfreude.
She pursed her lips, held back her laughter and shook her head: "It's pitiful, this is the first time I'm doing an autopsy, and I have to encounter (this chapter is not finished!)
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It's so scary, Zhang Wuzuo, you'd better go to Jianfu Temple. "
Zhang Youli was stunned for a moment: "Why go to Jianfu Temple?"
Yao Yao pursed his lips toward the corpse: "Aren't you afraid of nightmares?"
Zhang Youli trembled, scared, why not scared, he was almost crying, okay? He had never seen such a miserable corpse since he entered the autopsy industry.
But how could he admit that he was afraid in front of the girl? Once something like face fell to the ground, it would be too broken to be picked up!
Zhang Youli's heart was pounding so hard that it almost jumped out of his chest. His face was numb and his smile was stiff. He still shook his head with his head held high: "What are you afraid of? I am redressing the grievances of the deceased. It is a great merit."
Yao Yao patted Zhang Youli on the shoulder with admiration: "Good boy, I have some good tranquilizing medicine. Remember to go get it from me."
"Hey, okay!" Zhang Youli responded subconsciously, but suddenly felt something was wrong and stared with a pair of black grape-like eyes: "Who is the child? You are only a few years older than me!"
"You are also a child when you are older!" Yao Yao waved his hand, walked to Han Changmu, and changed his face. He was no longer as cunning as when he was teasing Zhang Youli, but with a serious look on his face: "Sir, the deceased was wearing The brocade is from Sichuan, and the embroidery is from pomegranate blossoms."
Han Changmu watched Yao Yao teasing Zhang Youli, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously. But now when he saw Yao Yao's stern face, he suddenly felt bored and said with an indifferent expression: "Sichuan brocade is expensive, wait for others. She can’t afford it. The pattern of pomegranate blossoms also symbolizes many children and blessings, so it suits the occasion when she wears it.”
Yao Yao heard a trace of anger mixed in Han Changmu's cold words, and she was confused. She didn't know how she had offended him. She simply didn't think about things that she couldn't understand, and turned to look at Zhang Youli's test booklet. .
As soon as Leng Linjiang heard the words "Shu Brocade", his heart felt heavy. Shu Brocade has always been known as precious as gold, and it is no longer simply unaffordable for ordinary people. Shu Brocade, a clothing material, has become a status. It became a symbol, and wealthy people flocked to it one after another.
As the eldest concubine of the Marquis of Anning, she naturally has a lot of clothes made from Shu Brocade.
Han Changmu saw Leng Linjiang's expression was not so good, and sighed slightly. Although the body's appearance had been destroyed and it was not easy to identify, but since the wife of the Crown Prince of Anning Hou Mansion had been missing for three days, even if the body was not hers, she The situation at this time may not be good either.
He raised his hand and patted Leng Linjiang's shoulder: "I'm not very familiar with her. Please tell me in detail what's going on."
Leng Linjiang thought deeply: "The eldest son of the Anning House, Sheng Siyuan, is the second son of the Anning House. His brother Sheng Sijian died of illness four years ago, and he was made the eldest son. He is twenty-three years old this year, and his wife is An Jinyu, the direct daughter-in-law of Anchanghou Mansion, is seventeen years old this year. She married into Anninghou Mansion a year ago."
"Anchanghoufu?" Han Changmu was stunned for a moment: "Is it the Anchanghoufu that Princess Rongzhen married to?"
"Yes." Leng Linjiang nodded and said, "An Jinyu is the direct daughter-in-law of Princess Rongzhen and Marquis Anchang. Princess Rongzhen died in childbirth when she gave birth to An Jinyu. An Jinyu had two more children. The elder brother has four sisters and one brother. Among them, the eldest daughters An Jinyue and An Jinyu are the children of Princess Rongzhen, while the other children are the children of the concubines of Marquis Anchang."
The affairs of the Anchang Hou Mansion are not a secret in the capital. Yao Yao has also heard about it, and he sighs every time he hears it.
But Han Changmu also knew about the situation in the Anchang Hou Mansion. When he was on Jiannan Road, he sent many eyes and ears to the capital, compiled the secrets of each house and house he found out into a book, and reported back every three months.
But he can't show that he knows these things well. After all, he has been away from the capital. He only came to the capital this year. In just one year, he can know the secrets of each government. This is not a normal thing. Suspicious.
He looked stunned and confused: "Can Princess Rongzhen tolerate this?"
Hearing these words, Yao Yao glanced at Han Changmu in astonishment. As far as she knew, King Han took countless beautiful concubines and gave birth to a lot of concubines and concubines, so many that even he himself could not recognize them. She always thought that , under the influence of his ears and eyes, Han Changmu also approved of concubinage.
After all, they are the ancients, and the ancients paid attention to spreading branches and leaves.
But listening to Han Changmu's words, he didn't seem to agree with this approach.
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Leng Linjiang didn't think so much, and sighed helplessly: "Elder Princess Rongzhen has been married for four years and she has not been able to conceive."
After saying this, he looked at Han Changmu and Yao Yao.
The wife has not been able to conceive for four years. As long as Anchang Hou is willing to take a concubine, there is no reason for Princess Rongzhen to stop her, even if she is the sister of Emperor Yong'an.
However, An Jinyu's disappearance should not have much to do with the many complicated relationships between wives, concubines, and concubines in the Anchang Hou Mansion.
Han Changmu glanced at the corpse, put aside the affairs of the Anchang Hou Mansion for the time being, and continued to ask: "How is the relationship between An Jinyu and Sheng Siyuan as a couple?"
Leng Linjiang was puzzled: "I don't have much contact with them. It was this time that she disappeared, and I heard from the prince that she was more than eight months pregnant."
Han Changmu nodded. Although it was not easy to speculate on this kind of thing, An Jinyu had been married for only a year and was already more than eight months pregnant. It seemed that the relationship between the couple was not bad. He raised his head and glanced at Zhang Youli. .
Leng Linjiang hurriedly called Zhang Youli: "Zhang Wuzuo, have you finished recording the prosecution booklet?"
Zhang Youli said "Ah" and said in a panic: "Remember, I'm done."
Leng Linjiang said helplessly: "Then tell me, what did the investigation find?"
Zhang Youli broke into a cold sweat inexplicably. He was so flustered that he didn't know what to do. It took him a long time to hold back the word "yes". Facing Han Changmu, he didn't dare to say anything in reply, and he didn't even dare to breathe.
Yao Yao slowly walked over and looked down at the test booklet that was trembling in Zhang Youli's hand. As if he saw his handwriting for the first time, he exclaimed: "Oh, Zhang Wuzuo, your handwriting It's so well written, and the testimonials are so detailed, I can even read them down."
Hearing this, Zhang Youli's tense mind suddenly relaxed. He lowered his head and looked at the test booklet and stumbled: "Return to Mr. Shaoyin, Mr. Secretary, I, I, I found out that the deceased is a woman. She was about fifteen to eighteen years old. She died of excessive blood loss. The time of death was between Haichu and Zichu. The deceased was pregnant, but all the fetuses were taken away. Xiaoren, Xiaoren One cannot tell how long the deceased was pregnant.”
He spoke stumblingly at first, but as he spoke, he completely relaxed and became more and more fluent as he spoke. He walked up to the deceased, pointed at the deceased’s ruined face and said, “Sir, please look at the deceased’s face. Although her appearance has been ruined, there is no look of pain on her face." He picked up the deceased's hand, pointed at the gaps between the fingers and said, "There are no signs of struggle on the deceased's part. Her fingernails are all clean, and her limbs are also clean." There were no signs of being tied up. The villain felt puzzled. She did not struggle in such a painful way. This was unreasonable. Maybe she had used some kind of painkiller, but the villain did not find such a thing in this room. ." He pointed to the pool of blood spreading out from under the body and said solemnly: "The deceased has not been moved. This is where the crime occurred."
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