Lu Anran didn't know why. Could it be that he later compared himself with the other two top martial arts champions?
Yun Qi answered the question: "He went to Yanshan through the back door and passed the ten dolls in the martial arts test."
Before Lu Anran was surprised, Yun Qi continued slowly: "...it only took half an hour."
This is the first time I heard that the back door is used in this way. Let’s talk about the word doll...
Lu Anran nodded: "He is indeed a talented person."
"By the way, you should have heard of his fiancée."
"Um?"
Lu Anran thought for a moment, and Yun Qi said this, indicating that the other party must be somewhat famous in the capital, either because of his identity or his own talent.
She only knows or heard of a few of them, and the one who is most popular on the streets is undoubtedly...
"Su Xiangxiang?"
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows: "Correct answer."
"A heroic and talented woman is a good match."
"Oh, the warrior is so reckless. How can he be so considerate as this prince?"
Lu Anran said seriously: "He is a soldier, not a butcher."
Yunqi's smile froze for a moment, and he wanted to say something else. Heming Lane arrived.
Instead of being surrounded by people as expected, the people who came after hearing the news stayed several feet away. With curious hearts, they stretched their necks and stood on tiptoes, looking around and whispering to each other.
Too.
The silver-armored soldiers stood there one after another, like sharp blades of ice, their swords reaching out into the sky, killing in a cold and solemn manner.
The knives in their hands are not like the government officials who rarely see blood a few times a year. It is more appropriate to hold them to scare people. All of them have been on the battlefield, and their blades are really stained with blood.
As you get closer, you can seem to smell the bloody evil.
Lu Anran stopped at the outermost edge of the crowd as the clouds rose. The alley was dark and she could not see anything. Only the smell of blood, which became stronger and stronger each time as the north wind blew, filled her nose.
She saw a burly fifth-grade captain in silver armor standing tall and straight at the entrance of the alley, talking to a commoner wearing ordinary coarse cloth. He was a head and a half taller than the other person, which was enough to give people invisible pressure. I don't know if it was because of this that he made the little common man tremble with fear and trembling all over.
Behind him, Guan Yue lowered his voice and said, "Captain Qi is asking questions about the body he found first. Fortunately, I went to the East and West Market tonight to look at the lights, and not many people passed by here."
Lu Anran scanned the surrounding area with his peripheral vision, otherwise there would be more than just a few people there.
Yun Qi partially covered his face with his fan, blocking the sight of many curious looking people, "Qi Shang came very quickly."
Guanyue: "Well, a column of Langshan troops happened to be patrolling here. They immediately cleared the scene and then sent a signal to Captain Qi."
Yun Qi said sincerely this time: "Luo Qingshan is good at running an army."
Lu Anran fluttered her eyelashes. The book of secret records of various families in the royal capital that she bought in exchange for her daughter's gold said that Luo Qingshan was the second son of Ning Guogong and was now the general of Langshan Camp.
"The governor of Jingzhao Mansion is here."
After Guanyue finished speaking, a staggering sedan appeared in front of everyone in the gloom. As soon as it stopped, someone stumbled out and almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Qi Shang reached out to help him.
Yuan Fang, the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, is over forty years old. He has a round face and thick eyebrows. He always smiles when he sees everyone. He is an especially happy person. Now his eyebrows are drooped and he is about to cry.
It can be seen that the person came in a hurry, the hat is askew, the clothes are buttoned wrongly, and the lengths hanging on the body are different. It was originally funny, but with the murder case as the foil, the funnyness added a little weirdness.
"Thank you, thank you Qi Duwei." Yuan Fang straightened his hat with one hand and looked at the entrance of the alley, "How come there was a murder case on the Lantern Festival? Qi Duwei, look at this..." What should I do? , he was about to cry.
Previously, the emperor had repeatedly emphasized that there should be no trouble inside and outside the royal city on the Shangyuan Festival. He also specially mobilized the Langshan Army. He also sent out all the men that Jingzhao Mansion could send.
But in the end, something went wrong!
Yuan Fang patted his thigh, and when he realized that his future was bleak, he suddenly grabbed a piece of driftwood in the water and said, "Where is the Criminal Division? Is the person here?!"
Qi Shang shook his head: "Master Yuan, would you like to take a look first?"
"Let me see, what am I looking at!" Yuan Fang hurriedly walked around in circles, "This old guy Liu Dongkun must have died drunk somewhere again. He..." He muttered for a long time, and suddenly Yelled out ah.
Qi Shang didn't have much contact with Jingzhao Mansion on weekdays. For the first time, he knew about Yuan Fang's tendency to be startled. He was very suspicious of how he was in charge of Jingzhao Mansion.
Yuan Fang didn't have time to notice Qi Shang's strange eyes at this time. He slapped his forehead and said, "Why did I forget! The punishment department has been replaced!"
"Substitution?"
"Liu Dongkun has just resigned, and the latter one has not yet taken office."
Qi Shang frowned: "Master Yuan means that no one in the punishment department can make the decision now."
Yuan Fang sighed: "In time for the New Year's seal, the emperor issued an oral edict on the eighth day of the lunar month, but the edict has not yet been officially issued. Tomorrow is the opening day. Who would have thought that a murder could occur at this gate."
In previous years, there would be minor disputes or fights when the East and West night markets were opened on Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other days, so this year more people were sent to maintain public order, but there has never been such a murder.
"I heard that there were two or three cases in the city more than three months ago, but they have not been solved yet." Qi Shang said.
"This..." Yuan Fangfang twitched, "After so many days, I really can't think of it. Moreover, this time the city protection patrol battalion plus the Langshan Army brought by Captain Qi can be regarded as a complete defense inside and outside the imperial city. The secret was kept tight, and I didn’t know the murderer would be so bold.”
Qi Shang said with a calm expression: "I have neglected my duty, and I will personally apologize to the Emperor."
Yuan Fang originally reminded Qi Shang secretly that you and I are both responsible for what happened, so no one should blame anyone, but when he asked Qi Shang to speak out openly, he looked a little worried.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he suddenly saw a corner of the crowd and his eyes lit up.
With their eyes barely in contact, Yunqi hooked Lu Anran's arm with the jade bone fan and hid behind the person, "Let's go."
Lu Anran hesitated: "Aren't you going to take a look?"
Yun Qi sneered: "They are worried that they can't find someone to take responsibility. Why am I still rushing there? Do you want to be the royal capital or a small mountain village outside Beiyan City?"
"This kind of case will still be transferred from Jingzhao Mansion to the Criminal Division." Aren't you the newly appointed Lord Yun?
Yun Qi gently shook his jade bone fan, his wide sleeves fluttered, and he was a bit charming. The monster of the Yun family was already a sight to behold just standing there, not to mention the raising of his eyebrows and the curling of his lips, all of which were captivating and charming.
"I haven't taken office yet, not even one day less."
Yuan Fang watched helplessly as Yun Qi disappeared from the crowd. He gritted his teeth and said to Qi Shang, "Qi Duwei, let's go see the body!"
As for how they found the couple for autopsy and how they handled the scene, it had nothing to do with Yun Qi and the others who left.
—
Along the way, Lu Anran glanced at Yun Qi a few more times, and the latter said softly: "Although my prince is beautiful, you really don't need to peek, I will open it for you to see as much as you can."
Lu Anran said calmly: "The seal will be opened tomorrow."
Yun Qi: "Are you so excited when you see a dead person?"
Lu Anran: "..."
Guanyue and Chunmiao stayed away from the two of them, but they couldn't help Guanyue's keen ears and talkative nature. "Miss Lu, you don't know something. As long as our Crown Prince has not taken office, this case will not be included in the Crown Prince's term of office."
Lu Anran understood this time and said in disbelief: "Do you still value the year-end performance appraisal?"
Yun Qi smiled: "That's not true, but as for the so-called old case, if you can solve it, you will burn incense. If you can't solve it, it won't show that I am incompetent. And I am just an ordinary, unremarkable little guy. Sicheng."
Lu Anran disagreed: "What if there is another murder?"
Yun Qi held his forehead and heard her still saying: "Is it still the same murderer?"
The corner of Yunqi's mouth moved, and after a while he uttered: "Absolutely impossible."
—
I don't know if Lu Anran's words brought out inner demons in Yun Qi's mind. His eyelids kept twitching until he received the emperor's imperial edict and formally received the official seal from the Punishment Division early the next morning.
Yun Qi pressed the corners of his eyes and said, "Guanyue, I found that this woman Lu Anran may be poisonous."
Guan Yue's face was full of understanding, "She is a poison that just happens to corrode your heart."
"Forget it, you can crawl out smoothly and replace Mo Yan."
"I will never read the script again in my humble position!"
The punishment chief was replaced by Sicheng, but the original people were still there. He came out with a lot of books and put them on the table, raising a cloud of dust.
Yun Qi randomly picked up a book and flipped through it. There were a lot of densely recorded contents on it. Some of them were relatively clear, such as names, place of origin, and the incident. Others had no names at all, and the middle ones were even more blurry.
The deputy consul is old, and reaching this point is probably the end of his official career. He is quite satisfactory, can make no mistakes, and has done little. Although he is not a big official, he has a thorough understanding of the officialdom, and he is like a veteran. .
"The ones you see here are all lost or homeless. They have no identity, so we can only record the deceased's condition for future reference."
The deputy consul and sexton took another book and handed it over, "A book like this one records the major and minor cases that have occurred in the past year. Those that have not been solved, or the identity of the deceased cannot be found, are all recorded."
Yun Qi picked it up and turned to the back. There were still a few blank pages. He had not finished writing. He stopped at the last page of white paper and black ink. "Male, forty years old, slightly fat, six feet eight tall. He was wearing lake blue when he died." Wearing a soft smoked robe with narrow sleeves and black brocade boots with thick soles, I don’t know his identity as there is no way to guide him.”
The cause of death, location of the incident, and subsequent disposition are described in detail below.
Seeing that he had been looking at him for a long time, the deputy consul looked over and said, "This person was drowned. The autopsy revealed that he was drunk before his death. He should have accidentally slipped and fallen into the river."
Yun Qi closed it and threw it aside without much interest, "My prince has finished reading it. You can find someone to gather it and move it back. You can take care of other things by yourself."
The deputy envoy and the sexton were stunned on the spot. Is this the end?
"Prince Yun, why don't you find out more about the murders that happened a few years ago..."
"Master Jiang!" Yun Qi sat back on the chair, holding a jade bone fan on his forehead, smiling with peach blossom eyes, his eyes showing impatience, "You can figure it out yourself, do you understand?"
The deputy consul and provost had heard a lot about Yun Qi's romantic affairs. After actually getting in touch with them, he found that they were not as good as the rumors. He couldn't help but look down on them in his heart, but he didn't dare to reveal them on his face.
Just as he was about to ask someone to move things, the government official rushed in with a panicked look on his face and shouted regardless, "Oh no, someone from the Gu Mansion is here!"
Yun Qi's eyes turned dark, and he rubbed the carved pattern on the fan handle with his fingertips, "Are you coming? Invite me to have a cup of tea."
Deputy Jiang's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and Liu Dongkun finally got rid of a pustule, but why did he find a straw bag again, "Your Majesty, the woman who died in Heming Lane last night was the maid of the Gu family."
