Lin Linyou and Zhang Bi walked out of the prefect's Yamen one after the other.
Lin Linyou, who was walking in front, stopped and turned around to stare at Zhang Bi: "What did you mean just now?"
Zhang Bi was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean by that?" Lin Lin said, "Why do you mean that I clearly said that I didn't know that Li Rui was the commander's godson?"
"Look at you!" Zhang Bi stepped forward, "Second brother, your capacity is really a bit small."
"I have a small belly? Brother, you are obviously doubting me!"
"How is that possible? I doubt anyone can doubt you! We are brothers, blood is thicker than water!" Zhang Bi looked innocent, "I want you to have a long memory and know what to say and what to say." Shouldn’t have said it.”
This is true. Lin Linyou's biggest shortcoming is that he speaks freely. Even after traveling through time, this shortcoming has not changed.
"By the way, you didn't go drinking with Yang Fang last night, why did you show up at Jiaofangsi?" Lin Linyou asked. Regardless of whether Zhang Bi suspected him or not, he did suspect Zhang Bi: spy on those two people. It was his elder brother who initiated the move; he was also the one who tore up the book of impermanence; the person who clearly said he was going to drink showed up at Jiaofangsi, and it happened to be next door to Li Rui... It was difficult not to make people suspect that it was him.
As for why he killed those two people, I don’t know, but one thing is for sure: it must have something to do with their status as “outsiders”! As for Li Rui, he was just implicated by those two people.
This is Lin Linyou's preliminary inference.
Therefore, one’s identity as a “migrant” must be concealed.
"After drinking, you don't allow me to enjoy it anymore?" Zhang Bi said, "Second brother, I didn't doubt you! Don't doubt your eldest brother either. This matter is no joke. You can imprison others, or you can Don’t you want to send your eldest brother to prison if you want to imprison one of your own?”
"Then Li Rui is really the adopted son of the Commander?"
"Yes. However, Commander Discipline's adopted son has more hair than you. It's not surprising that one or two will die."
"This case needs to be investigated."
"We have to investigate... isn't Captain Ren investigating?"
"I mean, we have to investigate on our own!" Lin Linyou said word by word, "After all, the people who died were the ones in the palace."
"Yes, that's what we do, and it's in our own land."
…
It was night, the north wind was howling, the bamboo branches outside the window were rustling, and the bamboo shadows on the window paper were mottled and swaying.
Zhang Bi, Lin Linyou and Yang Fang were surrounding the stove and pot.
A small red clay stove with rice wine warming on it.
There was a charcoal basin made of a large discarded iron pot, and ordinary firewood and charcoal were burned in the basin; there was an iron mesh on top of the basin, on which were grilled several steamed buns, a plate of frozen dog meat, and a few plates of ordinary side dishes.
"Look at the wind, I'm afraid it's going to snow tomorrow." Zhang Bi picked at the fire with iron tongs.
"If that's true, then it's snowing a little early this year." Yang Fang said, "If it's really snowing, should we still keep an eye on those two people? We've been keeping tabs on those two people for more than half a month, and all we know is that they have to pay bribes to buy jobs... Such a small matter is really nothing compared to a big case.”
"Those two people are dead." Lin Lin said, "Don't you know?"
Yang Fangzheng took a mouthful of side dishes and was about to stuff it into his mouth. Hearing this, he opened his mouth wide: "He's dead. How did he die?"
"Murder." Lin Linyou stared at the stove.
"Who did it?" Yang Fang saw that Lin Linyou's expression was not right, and he had a bad feeling in his heart. He looked at Zhang Bi again.
Zhang Bi was also chewing a meat bone with serious intention. Feeling Yang Fang's gaze, he immediately felt a little unhappy and put down the bone: "What do you think I'm doing?" After that, he sucked his fingers again.
"We are now suspects." Lin Lin said.
"Who told you that we are suspects?" Zhang Bi sucked all five fingers of his left hand, then switched to his right hand, "We were not the only ones in the Jiaofang Division that night! Second brother, you don't need to So scared!”
"I'm not afraid." Lin Lin said, reaching for the meat and bones.
Zhang Benxi finished his work and picked up the largest meat bone in the basin in his hand: "If you are not afraid, why are you so concerned about this case?"
The intention was right, but Lin Linyou mainly wanted to find out whether the murderer behind the scenes was a "migrant" like him, and more importantly, was it Zhang Bi?
"Jiaofang Si?" Yang Fang said, "If I remember correctly, this is already the tenth episode. Ten offenders, two fans, plus the three this time, that means a total of fifteen people died. , this is a really big case! Even now, there is no explanation, and the fast guys in the yamen are really bad. If you ask me, just leave it to us. It’s the Chinese New Year, and it’s just a good time to get some credit and a bonus. .”
"The bosses didn't say anything." Zhang Ben said, "That little girl Ren Ran was also very full. She made fun of us and made me feel a little uncomfortable. I think they couldn't find out the reason, so they put the dirty The water is being poured on our Jin Yiwei! I'm afraid they are trying to drag us into the trap!"
"There is no need to say anything from the higher ups." Lin Lin lobbied, "We have to investigate this case too!"
"Why?"
"You said it was Liumen who wanted to get us into the game." Lin Lin lobbied, "Now that we are in the game, how can we get out?"
"Then check it out!" Yang Fang slapped his thigh excitedly. He is a person who only wants to solve major cases.
"How to check? Where to start?" Zhang Ben asked.
"Investigate several cases together." Lin Lin lobbied, "Naturally, we should start with the Jiaofang Division." He almost thought about all the official and unofficial histories of the Ming Dynasty that he had read in his mind, but he couldn't find any relevant information about "Jiaofang Division". Any clues about the case.
Maybe, I haven't seen enough...
Still reading too little! No, now we are suffering the loss of being uneducated.
"Third brother, tomorrow you go to the magistrate's office and check the files." Lin Lin lobbied.
"Don't worry!" Yang Fang agreed readily. Jin Yiwei like them, who "examine public sentiment" rather than "official sentiment", find it difficult to get promoted. Now there is finally a big case to be handled, and the person who died is the adopted son of the commander of the Jinyiwei. If this case is solved by his own hands, he will at least be promoted to a hundred households!
"Brother, go to the Jiaofang Department and find out who the ten escorts are today, including the three today. Is that okay?" Lin Linyou said to Zhang Bi again.
"Okay. What questions can I have?" Zhang Bi said, "By the way, we are both alive, what about you?"
Lin Linyou smiled mysteriously: "I'm going to find someone."
As for who he was looking for, he didn't take the initiative to say it, and Zhang Ben and Yang Fang tacitly agreed not to ask.
…
In February of that year, the Holy Emperor led an army of 500,000 men and personally conquered the Tatars. He killed the Tatar Khan Benya and lost his territory, and won a great victory.
In the same year, the Tatar Grand Master Arutai formally paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
Not long ago, the Holy Grace decreed a general amnesty for the whole world - of course, the objects of the pardon did not include the female relatives of the Jiaofang Division, because most of them were the family members of the guilty ministers who opposed the Holy Emperor's appeasement.
Although the scale of this amnesty was not as large as when the Holy Emperor first ascended the throne - not to mention that Lin Linyou did not catch up at that time, but the memory of the original owner told him that the scale of the amnesty was very large.
But among the targets of this amnesty, one person was the enemy of Lin Linyou—to be precise, the original owner.
The person Lin Linyou is looking for is him!
…
