"Our family and friends are still alive and well for the time being." Lu Jing replied.
"Then why did you come to my house?" Lan'er looked a little regretful.
"I'm here to inquire about something."
Lan'er blinked when she heard this, "But my grandpa is too old and has bad ears. I'm afraid he won't be able to hear what you are saying clearly."
"Really, but I think he is listening very energetically behind the door now."
As soon as Lu Jing finished speaking, he heard a voice coming from the room. He coughed twice and said, "Lan'er, let them in."
"grandfather……"
"It's okay, he's my friend."
Hearing this, Lan'er opened the door behind her, and Yan Yun followed Lu Jing into the house. She saw many Buddha statues inside, including the Taoist Sanqing.
"There's nothing I can do about it. The negative energy in our line of work is too strong, so we have to ask for some blessing to feel at ease."
The speaker was a thin, somewhat hunchbacked old man. He was sitting cross-legged on a chair, eating a plate of mung bean cake. When he saw the two of them entering the room, he put down the half-eaten mung bean cake in his hands. He raised his head and said, "When will Master Lu come back to Wu?" Jiangcheng, why have you never heard anyone mention it?”
"I'm back to investigate a case," Lu Jing took off the hat on his head, "It's not convenient to show up until the case is fully investigated."
As a grown man, he knew as soon as he heard what was going on that it was not convenient for outsiders to hear, so he winked at his granddaughter and asked her to close the door.
Then he said to Lan'er who looked curious, "Close the door to the back room, and... you go in too."
Lan'er was a little dissatisfied, but in the end she did as her grandfather said, so only Lu Jing and the other three were left in the room.
Lu Jingxian took out a piece of silver from his arms and put it in front of Cheng Wuzuo. Cheng Wuzuo didn't refuse and put it in his arms. At the same time, he said, "Thank you, Master Lu, for the reward. What case do you want to ask about? I will definitely ask you." Tell me everything you know, and speak endlessly.”
"Su Zhe, the owner of Su's cloth shop, died in a ruined temple on the outskirts of the city more than three months ago. Was it you who performed the autopsy on the body at that time?"
"That's right," Cheng Zuzuo nodded, "I was deeply impressed by this case. The widow of the Su family made quite a fuss at that time, insisting that it was the work of the Tianma Escort Bureau, and she insisted on letting the magistrate administer justice.
"The prefect even went to see Mr. Zhao for this, and then Mr. Zhao summoned all the escorts from the Tianma Escort Agency in the city and asked them about the secret bid in front of the prefect. As a result, everyone pointed out that God swears I've never heard of this.
"Furthermore, Mr. Zhao also found the account book of the Escort Bureau. There was no trace of alteration on it, and the entry of the ten thousand taels of silver could not be found.
"But to be cautious, the prefect asked some vendors and people near the escort agency. They also said that they had not seen Su Zhe entering or leaving the escort agency in recent times. After that, the prefect held a banquet in Gonglou with Mr. Zhao. The apology also completely eliminates the suspicion of Tianma Escort Agency."
Yan Yun was originally dissatisfied with the Wujiang City government for allowing a dim-sighted old man, Cheng Zuo, to conduct an autopsy so that he could manipulate the case. But after hearing what Cheng Zuo said, he could not find anything wrong with the prefect.
Lu Jing then asked, "What do you think about this case?"
"The fatal injury was on the back of the head, struck by a blunt object. Judging from the strength, the person who struck it must indeed be a martial artist." Cheng Wuzuo hesitated again when he said this, and then added, "The Tianma Escort Bureau has A bodyguard named Geng Nantian has excellent physical strength and is best at using a pair of copper hammers."
"Do you think it was him?"
"I don't know," Cheng Wuzuo shook his head, "Su Zhe died probably between Zishi and Choushi, and I heard from the headman in charge of the case that Geng Nantian happened to be drinking in a boat on the Jinming River during this time. Flower wine.
"We were accompanied by three escorts from the Tianma Escort Bureau. In addition, several servants on the boat can also testify that Geng Nantian did not leave until dawn, and he was already very drunk before his death. , can’t even stand still, so the murderer can’t be him.”
"Geng Nantian has never gotten off the ship, but what if someone borrows his bronze hammer halfway?" Yan Yun suddenly said.
Cheng Wuzuo was startled, "What do you mean?"
"You said earlier that his son had been drunk a while ago, right? Is it possible that someone took advantage of this moment and secretly took away his copper hammer?"
"This... does seem to make sense." Cheng Wuzuo said, stroking his beard.
"Cheng Wuzuo, do you know which boat Geng Nantian drank flower wine on?" Lu Jing asked, "Who was drinking flower wine with him?"
"I didn't ask too much about this. You know me, Mr. Lu, and I never meddle in other people's business. But if you want to find out, Mr. Lu, I can help you ask the detective who is investigating the case. Cheng Zuo said.
"This will be a good thing."
"You two, please sit down for a while while I wait for the young man to go to the Yamen."
As he spoke, Naratsusaku stood up from the chair and grabbed the crutches beside him.
"Do you still need some money?" Lu Jing asked.
"No, no, Sir Lu has already given you enough. I'll give half of the money to Captain Wei." Cheng Wuzuo said with a smile.
After saying that, he shouted to the back room, "Lan'er, please greet the guests at home first. Grandpa, I'll be back soon."
However, the girl named Lan'er seemed a little dissatisfied with her grandfather just driving her into the house, and kept her head in silence.
It was almost half a quarter of an hour after Cheng Wuzuo left before he walked out of the back room again and asked Lu Jing and Yan Yun, "What kind of tea do you want to drink?"
"Anything is fine, we can drink whatever tea you have at home." Lu Jing said.
Lan'er's eyes rolled, "Then I have corpse tea at home. Do you want to drink it?"
"Wet tea?" Yan Yun was distracted by a word and asked, "Is it fresh tea?"
"No, it's tea leaves grown from corpses," Lan'er puffed up her chest, "I grew them myself."
"Where did you find the body?" Lu Jing asked casually.
"Uh... they were dug in the graveyard."
"It's not only immoral to dig into other people's graves, but it's still a felony. Maybe I should report it to the officials right away and let the officials arrest you." Lu Jing threatened Lan'er.
But unexpectedly, the little girl sneered twice, "You two have been hiding your secrets. You and my grandfather were secretly discussing what you didn't know. How dare you report the official to arrest me? You are not afraid that I will expose you."
"Hiding one's head and showing one's tail doesn't necessarily mean he is a bad person."
Lu Jing started to quarrel with the little girl when he had nothing to do. The two of them talked to each other and frightened each other for a long time, but unfortunately there was no result.
Perhaps because her grandfather was a widower, Lan'er was much bolder than the other children. Seeing that the winner was hard to decide, Lu Jing took the initiative to stop.
However, after waiting for another half an hour, they still didn't see Cheng Zuo come back. Now Lu Jing and Yan Yun couldn't help but frown.
