Just after Chen hour, Xu Zun and Zhao Yu arrived at the gate of Shangyuan City Yamen.
This is one level larger than the county government and is called the city government or county government.
When Xu Zun and Zhao Yu entered, they saw the government officials bringing out a group of girls from Hualou with heavy makeup.
The girls no longer had their usual laughter and play, and their faces all had an indescribable fear.
Obviously, they were all invited by the Yamen to identify the female body.
In order to identify the deceased as soon as possible, the body was kept in the Yamen's side courtyard all night and was not sent to Yizhuang.
Xu Zun and Zhao Yu went straight to the side courtyard and wanted to ask about the corpse identification.
Unexpectedly, they saw a man in the side courtyard, kneeling in front of the body and crying bitterly.
"this……"
Xu Zun took a closer look, but saw that this person was also wearing official uniform, but he didn't recognize him.
"Master Ti Xing," Ju Ran, the head catcher, saw Xu Zun and hurriedly came forward, "What a coincidence that you came here. The identity of the body has just been found out!"
"Oh?" Xu Zun's eyes lit up and he came closer.
"This is Chen You, our concubine from Shangyuan City," Ju Ran pointed at the man crying in front of the corpse, "the woman who was killed was his second wife!"
oh?
Yu Li...
Xu Zun retrieved the memory, Yu Li refers to the clerk who looks after the granary.
The second wife is his concubine.
The woman who died in Huguo Temple was actually the concubine of a Yuli?
this……
"Sir!" Yu Li Chen You held back his sadness, turned around and said hello to Xu Zun, and then said, "The side room's name is Xiaoying. She disappeared half a month ago. The low-level official has reported the case. I heard about the Yamen's autopsy today and came here early in the morning to identify her.
I didn’t expect it, I didn’t expect it... ugh..."
Chen You cried sadly.
"Chen Yuli, please don't be sad," Ju Ran asked, "Please tell us in detail what happened. Where is your second wife from?"
The reason why Ju Ran asked this was naturally because he wanted to know whether this woman named Xiaoying came from Hualou?
"Xiaoying's father was a groom at the stable of the military camp," Chen You introduced sadly. "After being introduced by someone, he was married to a second wife in a lowly position.
"The two of us are in love and have a very good relationship. However, half a month ago, Xiaoying went back to her parents' house to pick up some things, but she didn't return for a long time. When I went to my father-in-law's house again to ask, I found out that Xiaoying had never gone back at all!"
oh?
Xu Zun and Ju Ran looked at each other. Obviously, this Xiaoying came from a serious family and was not a person who fell into the world.
This is very different from the monk's robe case ten years ago.
I don’t know why the murderer chose Xiaoying as the target to kill?
Xu Zun looked at Chen You carefully. He was nearly fifty years old and had white temples. It was naturally a good thing to have such a young and beautiful woman as his concubine.
But... if you know people well but don't know their hearts, who can know that their married life will be happy and perfect?
After that, Ju Ran made detailed notes for Chen You and asked Chen You to tell everything about Xiaoying.
Unlike the deceased in the monk's clothing case, Xiaoying not only never believed in Buddhism, but also believed in Xuan Tao.
What’s even more intriguing is that the place where Xiaoying often went to burn incense was exactly Qinglan Temple!
However, Xu Zun knew in his heart that Qinglan Temple itself was the only women's Taoist temple in Shangyuan City, and almost all the women in the city who believed in Xuan Tao would go there to burn incense.
I was writing notes here, but someone came to call Xu Zun over there, saying that the governor Li Yan had something to do with him.
So Xu Zun asked Zhao Yu to stay and entered the inner hall of the yamen, but saw Li Yan and Tai Min already waiting there anxiously.
Unexpectedly, Lieutenant Yuan Xingtai of the garrison's cavalry school also appeared in the inner hall.
"Ji Ying, I just heard that the Lu's bookstore was on fire?" Li Yan anxiously asked about the situation before Xu Zun could sit down.
"right."
Xu Zun calmly found a place to sit down, and then told the three officials what happened last night.
"You...I don't understand," Li Yan waved his hand, "Why didn't you lead someone to investigate in an open and honest manner? Why did you have to go there late at night?"
"Sir," Xu Zun's answer was concise and clear, leaving Li Yan speechless. "I was fooled into going quietly late at night. If I went there openly during the day, what else could I find?"
"This..." Li Yan frowned and turned to look at Tai Min.
Originally, Taimin should have spoken a few words at this moment, but Taimin was still the same, looking very afraid of Xu Zun, with a livid face and saying nothing.
"Then..." Yuan Xingtai asked, "Xu Tixing, did you see anyone suspicious? Who would light this fire?"
"No," Xu Zun shook his head, "I didn't see anyone. The other party's skill is so profound that we didn't notice it."
"This is really troublesome!" Li Yan clapped his hands hard and paced back and forth, "I didn't expect that this unknown enemy is still very difficult. If so, how can we get back the daughter of the Hou family?"
"This is really unreasonable!" Yuan Xingtai also slammed the table angrily, "In my hometown, Yuancheng, there are people who ignore the law and commit crimes.
"Sir, otherwise, let's impose a curfew on the city and conduct a city-wide search!"
"Absolutely not!" Li Yan waved his hands hastily, "If we could seal the city, we would have sealed it long ago!
"The disappearance of the daughter of the Marquis is indeed not a trivial matter, but if the higher-ups knew that the city was closed for this reason, it would be unjustifiable!
"My Daxuan has a law. Unless it involves major events such as conspiracy, rebellion or plague, the city can be closed and curfewed. Otherwise, you will be held accountable!"
"Then... well," Yuan Xingtai said anxiously, "Now that things have come to a point, we can only strengthen patrols and searches!
"Alas!" He sighed, "We have searched almost all of Shangyuan City, inside and outside the city, why is there no trace of the daughter of the Marquis Mansion?
"Where else can this group of thieves hide Miss Lu?"
"The key is," Li Yan thought of an important issue and asked Xu Zun, "Ji Ying, now it seems that the disappearance of the daughter of the Hou family is also related to the Lu family bookstore?
"That gang of gangsters didn't hesitate to burn down the bookstore. They must be trying to cover up something, right?"
"Hmm..." Xu Zun nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
The tea leaves are fragrant, and they are indeed high-quality tea.
"In this case," Li Yan complained anxiously, "you really shouldn't have boasted in front of the Marquis! The situation is so complicated, where are you going to find it?"
"Well, I'm looking, I'm looking," Xu Zun continued to sip tea and said slowly, "It's not dark yet, maybe some miracle will happen?"
"Master Xu, Master Xu..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the head catcher Ju Ran ran in excitedly from outside.
"Look?" Xu Zun smiled slightly, "Isn't this coming?"
Seeing that there were so many senior officials at the scene, Ju Ran hurriedly greeted them one by one, and then excitedly said to Xu Zun:
"Master Xu, I just sent someone to investigate this Chen You, and they found something important. I never expected that this Chen You was actually a jailer before he took charge of the granary!"
"Oh?" Xu Zun didn't react for the first second and asked, "What happened to the jailer?"
"The place where he served back then was the South Prison of Shangyuan City," Ju Ran said excitedly, "That's where Monk Lian Kong was imprisoned back then!"
"Ah!?" Xu Zun stood up in confusion.
If this Chen You is really the jailer guarding Lian Kong, will it be...
"What!? Lian Kong!?" At this time, Yuan Xingtai stood up suddenly and said in shock, "No wonder, I felt something was wrong yesterday! Please tell me, this is really someone
