"Fireworks?" Yun Xi and his party repeated in surprise.

"Yes, it's like fireworks." Yu Zhi repeated it seriously as everyone stared at him, his scalp numb.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Master Yun Xi and his servants got out of the carriage and saw a handsome figure whom they had not seen for a long time discussing something in a low voice with Mr. Chao Zhong.

It's Lu Qingfan, he's back.

Yun Xi's eyes were bright as she got off the carriage and trotted closer.

Lu Qingfan turned his head as if he had a clear understanding, and his deep eyes as dark as the sea reflected only a beautiful and unparalleled face.

"Sir." Yun Xi took two steps forward and called softly.

Lu Qingfan took the initiative to hold Yun Xi's hand, and his cold and low voice was reassuring: "I'm back."

As he said that, Lu Qingfan's eyes fell on Chao Zhong. His provocative gaze was not too obvious, except that the three words "not leaving yet" were carved on his forehead.

Chao Zhong stared, and couldn't help but waved his sleeves and said: "You are not allowed to hit even if you say hello? The world is really in decline."

"You are disrespectful to me." Don't think that Lu Qingfan didn't see Chao Zhong's look of wanting to continue watching the fun.

Yun Xi smiled so hard that her eyebrows arched, and her clear eyes were like melting spring water, which made Lu Qingfan's heart skip a beat.

"But it's okay?"

"Everything is fine." Yun Xi looked at the Leng brothers who had come over to greet everyone. Prince An didn't know what he said, and everyone laughed heartily.

"Thanks to the careful arrangements made by the adults, Qingguo and I are fine."

It's good to be safe.

Lu Qingfan looked Yun Xi up and down and confirmed that everything was fine with the little girl, and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you here for the bombing?"

"Yes. Are you going to handle the case just after you come back?" Yun Xi looked worried, but in more than half a month, Lu Qingfan walked back and forth, presumably returning at a high speed.

"It doesn't matter."

Lu Qingfan's expression was indifferent, his eyes were serious, but the rough palm that held Yun Xi was not honest at all. He rubbed her little finger for a while, and tickled Yun Xi's palm for a while, which made him feel more nervous.

Which is more itchy, or the hands are more itchy.

She shrank subconsciously, but Lu Qingfan held her back harder, not giving her a chance to pull away.

"Hey, that's it, there are so many people!" King An and others followed immediately, not forgetting to cast a playful glance at Yu Zhi, who looked a little embarrassed from just now.

You, the kid, have that prickly Lu Qingfan as your love rival, you should be heartbroken!!

Lu Qingfan retracted his hand, and Yun Xi, whose face turned red, quickly put her hands behind her back, "I'll go with Mr. Yu to have a look..."

Before she could finish her words, Lu Qingfan pinched his sleeves and asked lightly and emphatically: "Follow Sir?"

Who is she?

Yun Xi suddenly realized, "Let's go see the body with Mr. Lu."

"Yeah." Lu Qingfan was very satisfied with Yun Xi's deliberate emphasis. He turned around and took the lead and walked in front. Prince An followed with a smirk, leaving behind the speechless clerk of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Yu Zhi, who was stunned in place.

Yu Zhi: "..."

It really doesn’t have to be this way!

The office building of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is different from other yamen. As soon as you enter the door, you can see a row of small bungalows, and there are craftsmen building temporary buildings next door.

Yun Xi looked at Mr. Chao and Uncle Zheng who had hurriedly arrived in surprise, and asked in surprise: "Expansion?"

"Ah, yes."

Zheng Boran explained calmly: "Yun Zuo has been here before and knows that our house is not used once in ten thousand years. Who would have thought that such a big case would be involved with eight corpses... This house was left alone.

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If the editor could speak by himself, he would shout "I'm so scared"!

Chao Zhong hurriedly asked for help: "Although our Procuratorate does not preside over criminal and prison cases, it seems that we are indeed indispensable for renting houses!"

His unclear words made several procuratorate officials passing by feel ashamed.

This is good, the shame of not having enough housing has been thrown in the face of the Sansi Yamen.

"Crafting for the moment." Lu Qingfan said lightly, making many officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate blush even more.

Yu Zhi took the initiative to step forward and smooth things over: "Everyone, let's go and examine the body first."

When she heard that the deceased was a student from Jiangnan, Yunxi understood that what was hidden behind the case was the case of the unjust beheading of her entire Bai family.

Students from Jiangnan were not allowed to enter the officialdom for decades, which ruined the official career of the entire Jiangnan officialdom. The Northern scholars were the dominant group, and the distinguished nobles controlled half of the country. This was not necessarily a good thing for Jiangnan or the Ming Dynasty.

Yun Xi looked at Lu Qingfan inquiringly, and Lu Qingfan said calmly: "Go ahead."

She and Qing Guo entered first, followed closely by Uncle Zheng.

Huang Laotui, the widower of Dali Temple, said he was not feeling well and did not come, presumably because he did not want to join in the fun with the young people.

Lu Qingfan, Chao Zhong, and Yu Zhi followed in, while Prince An and others stood outside the door waiting for the results.

Yun Xi and Qing Guo put on their shirts and transparent gloves as usual to prepare for the autopsy.

Others stood aside and stayed out of the way.

The corpses of the eight men were indeed placed very crowdedly, filling the small widow's room to the brim, with barely enough room for one person to walk through on both sides.

Yun Xi didn't care about these details. She opened the white cloth covering the corpses and observed carefully bit by bit: three of the deceased were killed by the fire while struggling while alive, and the other five were choked to death by the smoke while still alive but unable to move.

of.

Zheng Bodang, the co-author of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was also aware of this result.

Uncle Zheng nodded, acquiescing to Yun Xi's judgment.

"Because of the seriousness of this case, I don't dare to specialize in it, so I didn't perform a caesarean section and conduct an autopsy."

The implication is that they are waiting for Yun Xi to come and take action together.

Lu Qingfan's thin lips raised a hint of sarcasm: "Why, Zheng Wuzuo still doesn't give up and wants to compete with Yunwu?"

You humiliated yourself enough last time, and now you're still doing this little trick in front of everyone?

"Master Lu, what you said is wrong. I am indeed not as good as Yun Wuzuo, but I have worked hard to improve myself these days. I really want to compete with Yun Wuzuo again."

Zheng Bo admitted it frankly.

Chao Zhong smiled and shouted: "Shilang Lu is such a protector! What's the matter, can't we learn from each other?"

Without waiting for Lu Qingfan to object, Yun Xi's lips parted slightly: "Sir, we can learn from each other."

It is related to the students from Jiangnan returning to work, whether it is multiple works or not.

Lu Qingfan nodded. Uncle Zheng thought his plan had succeeded, so he and Yun Xi each examined four corpses and prepared to compete.

After Lu Qingfan acquiesced, a bit of cunning emerged in his eyes: I'm not afraid that Uncle Zheng doesn't have any provocation, but I'm afraid that Uncle Zheng doesn't.

Chao Zhong could tell at a glance that Lu Qingfan had a plan in mind, and whispered: "Are you cheating?"

Deliberately provoked Uncle Zheng to fail the autopsy!?

"How could that happen?" Lu Qingfan's handsome face was very intimidating, especially when his face was expressionless.

Chao Zhong looked unbelieving.

During the autopsy, the three adults filed out and decided not to disturb him anymore.

Over here, Yu Zhi also informed him of the information he had learned: "Huifeng Inn is on the outskirts of Beijing, a lively place where scholars from outer cities often go to talk."

In the beginning, Huifeng Inn became the first choice inn for many poor students because of its cheap and reasonable prices. The innkeeper was kind-hearted and from time to time provided free pens, inks, paper and inkstones to students rushing to take exams. Later, students who took the mid-term exams returned to the inn to write poems for their compositions.

grateful.

As time went by, the reputation of Huifeng Inn became more and more famous, and more and more champions came out. It suddenly became the most popular inn in the capital, and many candidates who wanted to be admitted to the exams loved to go there to get acquainted with their seniors.

Our luck in the pilot test.

"The more scholars there are, the more scholars will talk about national policies and criticize the current ills." When Yu Zhi said this, there was no need to say the rest of it, because everyone knew it.

Eight students from Jiangnan wanted to come here. Firstly, they wanted to avenge the students from Jiangnan who were not allowed to enter the officialdom. Secondly, they wanted to hear what scholars said about Jiangnan students re-entering the officialdom, so as to speculate on their intentions.

Unexpectedly, the person would have died before their wish was fulfilled.

When Lu Qingfan heard this, he said calmly: "Someone doesn't want these scholars to directly reach their superiors, but they insist on doing it in the capital?"

It takes several miles to get here from the south of the Yangtze River. Why should I silence someone in the middle? Is it necessary to do it within the boundaries of the capital and draw attention to others?

"What your Excellency said is true, and my subordinates are also worried about this."

Yu Zhi's expression was a bit tangled: "The last major transfer of officials has come to an end for the time being, and students from Jiangnan died in mysterious circumstances. It's really..."

"There really seems to be some big conspiracy involved." Chao Zhong continued seriously.

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him.

"Tsk, tsk, Mr. Chao can do it, you've got a brain."
Chapter completed!