An Tong came over to have dinner with An Ying in the evening, but An Ying was very thoughtful while eating, and was still looking through the waste papers he got from Mrs. Ge.
An Tong asked while eating: "Sister, did you go to Senior Brother Zhu's house to find out anything?"
"No, there's nothing wrong with the handwriting. The content is common literary theory, poetry, and poetry. There's nothing special about it. There are a few love poems, which I'm a little concerned about, but Mr. Guo knows handwriting. I wonder which girl wrote it? It’s a trick. But I always feel like something is wrong.”
An Tong looked at it for a while, then came over mysteriously, pointed at a piece of paper and said: "If you ask where to rest for lovesickness, we will meet again." I know this sentence. One time I was in the library of the academy at noon. I also heard Zhu Ke read it in his heart."
An Ying asked him in shock: "Are you sure?"
An Tong said firmly: "It's absolutely true." Then he put down the cup in his hand and said: "Sister, I think of the day I saw Zhu Kexin reading this sentence to a scroll of paintings in the library. . At that time, I walked over and said hello, and Zhu Kexin rolled up the painting. I thought he didn’t want me to see him, so I didn’t ask any more questions.”
"There are a lot of paintings from the past on the second floor of the library. He always had poor grades in painting classes. I thought he hid in the library and painted alone to improve his painting skills. Zhu Kexin might have been a little embarrassed at the time. He just He brought another painting for me to see."
An Ying quickly asked: "Then what did the painting look like after he showed it to you?"
An Ying chuckled and said, "Why don't you ask me what the picture he rolled up is?"
An Ying looked over in surprise. An Tong scratched his head and smiled sheepishly and said, "I have good eyesight. The first painting was a line drawing of a woman. I originally wanted to say that Senior Brother Zhu can even draw characters, but who knew He rolled it up nervously, not embarrassed to say anything. The scroll he showed me later was a landscape painting with colors, which was quite good, but I felt that the colors were used too, too..."
"What's too much?" Anru poured a bowl of clove soup over.
"I can't tell. You know, the landscape paintings now taught in the academy are all from Li Tang and Mayuan's school. If they are colored, they are only green and ocher. Zhu Kexin's mountains and rivers use crimson and vermilion. The ax was used to chop it so hard that it made people’s hearts tremble.”
An Tong added: "He just put his paintings in the pile of calligraphy and painting scrolls of his predecessors. I guess he should have painted a lot secretly."
An Ying was about to go find Yun Pan and others when he met Xiao Yi hurriedly running over and said, "Oh no, someone died again. Come with me quickly."
An Ying lowered his head and whispered a few words to An Tong, and then said to Xiao Yi: "I have something to ask my little brother to help me with. You call a policeman to go with him. The matter is urgent, and I will report it to Mr. Guo later."
Xiao Yi nodded, An Tong and An Ying went their separate ways.
The person who died was Jin Dan.
He hanged himself in the library, with a fallen ladder next to him.
Guo Xi held a piece of paper and said, "This is his suicide note. He said he poisoned Zhu Kexin because of his jealousy."
Yun Pan gritted his teeth and said, "That's nonsense!"
Many students suddenly gathered in the library. A person walked out of the crowd, it was Zhu Zhuzhi.
"My lords, actually that day I was passing by the library with my rice dumplings, and happened to bump into Master Jin Dan, so I chatted with him for a few words. In the meantime, I went into the library to get some books and walked away for a while. I thought it was not a big deal, I didn’t tell you. Now it seems that Master Jin Dan could take the opportunity to poison me at that time.”
Yun Pan glanced at Zhu Zhuzhi coldly and watched as more and more students gathered around him.
Deacon Bai and Chief Liu Shan from the academy also came over. Deacon Bai took a look at the suicide note and said, "The handwriting is indeed Jin Dan's. Their feud has been going on for some time."
Other students also responded, "They are the only ones who quarrel every day in the academy." "Hey, please be more careful. It's not just painting, why bother being more realistic?" "You don't understand, everyone is stubborn about painting, and the pursuit of art... ..”
Upon seeing this, An Ying shouted loudly: "The handwriting can be forged, but I am convinced that Master Jin Dan did not commit suicide."
"Last night you were drinking and eating around the fire. Master Jin couldn't even take the paintings off the top of the bookshelf at that time."
Yun Pan suddenly faced the corpse of his friend and couldn't think at all. After being stopped by An Ying, he immediately reacted and said to Deacon Bai and Liu Shanchang: "This wooden ladder weighs at least ten kilograms. Can Jin Dan pick it up?"
He then said to a group of students: "Your master Jin Dan was very talented back then, but unfortunately he suffered from rheumatism and suffered from joint pain all year round. Otherwise, he would not have given up his official career and stayed here in this library."
Chief Liu Shan nodded, "Indeed. It seems that Jin Dan was also murdered."
Zhu Zhuzhi sighed, "The academy has been so restless recently, how can we stay in the academy with peace of mind. Who knows if I will be the next to die?"
Other students all agreed, "The former government office couldn't solve the case, so the people from the rice dumpling shop were used to pay for their lives. This time, the people from the Criminal Department can't stand the thief in the academy."
"It's so scary, I want to go home!"
"Yes, I want to go home."
Yun Pan looked at Zhu Zhuzhi who was smiling in the crowd with cold eyes and clenched his fists. An Ying held Yun Pan's sleeve tightly, fearing that he would do something outrageous.
Guo Xi bowed deeply to the mountain leader and said: "Two people are dead now, and the murderer must be in the academy. If we let everyone go back, it is possible that the murderer will have the opportunity to destroy the evidence, or the murderer may just run away. How can that be true? It’s not a failure.”
Mr. Liu pondered for a moment, then called Mr. Bai, the deacon, and said, "Old Bai, please tell your children that they are not allowed to gather in groups to make trouble. They should stay in groups of four in their own rooms and go out in groups."
Mr. Bai did not move, but instead saluted and said: "Chief, this rice dumpling case has been going on for a long time. The previous case forced the Fang family to a dead end. If the Fang family's daughter-in-law hadn't bumped into the door of the Criminal Department, Boss Fang would have been executed. "That's it." "The most proud students in our academy have all been suspected, and there is still no explanation. Another teacher died under the nose of the Ministry of Punishments. For safety reasons, I'd better let the students go back first."
Mr. Bai has been a deacon in the academy for many years and has been in charge of the general affairs of the academy. After hearing what he said, he obviously disagreed with Mr. Liu.
The two sides were in a stalemate. Mr. Liu glanced at Deacon Bai and said, "Let's do this, Mr. Guo, Yun Pan, it's not an option for you to delay it like this. I'll give you three days. If the case is not solved after three days, I will Let the students go home first. What do you think?"
Guo Xi and Yun Pan were helpless. Just when they were about to agree, a voice came from the crowd, "Ah, it will take three more days. Will I die?"
"Hey, I don't know who will die next."
Deacon Bai took a step forward and said: "Three days is too long. It can only be one day. At this time tomorrow, whether the case is solved or not, please ask the adults from the Criminal Department to loosen the guards at the mountain gate so that students can come and go freely."
Guo Xi and Yun Pan had no choice but to agree.
