Chapter 817 [Widowed before marriage, return to official history] one
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It's a bit strange to say that the way Li Xiangjun looked at Mu Linfeng when he said goodbye, Mu Linfeng could completely feel that Li Xiangjun seemed to be attracted to him. Although it hadn't reached the level of admiration, at least because of the recent days
This thing has made me feel better about myself a lot.
Perhaps this is the biggest comfort for Mu Linfeng. He lost Liu Rushi, but at the same time he gained Li Xiangjun's heart, which is not bad. Finally, his "injured" soul also got a little comfort.
After Mu Linfeng returned to the palace, he asked someone to look for Long Qingyun. However, no one in the entire palace found Long Qingyun's whereabouts, and no one had seen him come back after leaving yesterday. Mu Linfeng was doubting that this dragon
Although Qingyun is a boss, he doesn't act like someone who doesn't give instructions.
Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly heard a report coming from a subordinate, saying that the Nanjing magistrate wanted to see him for something. Mu Linfeng immediately asked someone to bring him in. When the Nanjing magistrate saw Mu Linfeng, he immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Chen Zilong."
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Mu Linfeng's heart moved when he heard this, and he quickly asked: "What's wrong with Chen Zilong?"
The Nanjing magistrate then said tremblingly: "Master Chen, he died in the inn..."
When Mu Linfeng heard this, he felt confused. Chen Zilong was fine before. Could it be that his body was really that weak? He was beaten to death by a thirty-year-old man?
The Nanjing magistrate knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, Wu Zuo is currently conducting an autopsy on Mr. Chen at the inn. After all, Mr. Chen is an official of the imperial court, so he is the official..."
Mu Linfeng didn't wait for the Nanjing magistrate to finish, and immediately asked him to take him to the inn. At this time, the sun had set, and the people were crowding the door of the inn. The owner and waiters of the inn were being questioned by the government officials.
The shopkeeper had a sad look on his face, and he must be secretly cursing himself for being so unlucky to have encountered such a thing...
The Nanjing magistrate directly led Mu Linfeng to the scene of the crime, which was Chen Zilong's guest room. Two government servants were guarding the door. On the bed in the guest room, a person was lying quietly on the bed, covered with a white cloth, and Wu Zuo was sitting beside him.
On the table, something is being recorded in a notebook...
When Wu Zuo saw Mu Linfeng and the Nanjing magistrate, he immediately stood up and stood aside respectfully. Mu Linfeng walked directly to the bed and lifted up the white cloth on the body. Mu Linfeng was startled when he saw this. This man was
It was Chen Zilong. His eyes were closed tightly, and there was an obvious scar on his neck, as if he had been injured by a sharp weapon.
Mu Linfeng looked at Chen Zilong lying there, and suddenly thought, could this be fate? He should also be dead in the official history, so why can't he escape this disaster?
Wu Zuo was standing aside at this time and said to Mu Linfeng: "Your Majesty, preliminary verification shows that Mr. Chen was stabbed in the throat with a sword and died. Except for the wound on the buttocks, there are no other obvious injuries for the time being!"
Mu Linfeng nodded slightly, and after taking another look at Chen Zilong's body, he covered it with a white cloth. He immediately thought of Liu Rushi. He didn't know what Liu Rushi would do when he heard the bad news. In the afternoon, he still
He was a good person, and he was kind enough to grant them a marriage, so why did he leave just now?
At this time, the Nanjing magistrate said to Mu Linfeng: "Your Majesty, please look here..." He pointed to a place on the ground. Mu Linfeng looked and saw a place on the ground where the word "two" was written in blood.
Upon seeing this, Linfeng immediately lifted off the white cloth on Chen Zilong's body and checked his hands. Sure enough, there was blood on the index finger of his right hand...
So in other words, the word "二" is the clue left by Chen Zilong before he died? What does "二" mean? Two people? Or some kind of code?
Mu Linfeng looked at the word "two" on the ground, his head was spinning, and he couldn't figure out what it meant. However, the evidence that Chen Zilong committed suicide is conclusive, but who is the murderer? What grudges does he have with Chen Zilong?
?Or did Chen Zilong discover something accidentally?
At this time, the government officials had collected the confessions of the innkeeper and the clerk. According to the innkeeper, Chen Zilong never left the door after coming to the inn. The innkeeper also saw that Chen Zilong's buttocks were injured. Later,
When the waiter kindly asked the waiter to bring hot water to Chen Zilong, he found that Chen Zilong was lying dead on the ground. From the time Chen Zilong threw himself on the shelf to the time when Chen Zilong's body was found, it took less than an hour.
According to the waiter's confession, Chen Zilong was still in a good mood when he entered the room. When the waiter saw that his butt could no longer sit on a stool and was still smiling, he asked curiously. Chen Zilong also said that he was about to get married.
After that, the waiter left the guest room and listened to the shopkeeper's instructions to bring hot water to Chen Zilong. Then he found Chen Zilong's body. The confession was basically consistent with the shopkeeper's, and there seemed to be nothing suspicious about it.
At this moment, Mu Linfeng suddenly remembered the word "二" left by Chen Zilong. Could it be the waiter? Then why did the waiter kill Chen Zilong? Thinking of this, Mu Linfeng immediately asked the Yamen servant to call the shopkeeper and the waiter to ask.
Let’s take a look at the housing situation around Chen Zilong’s room...
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The store manager brought the store's housing registration book, but all the rooms were registered. Only the room next to Chen Zilong's house was not registered. However, after asking the waiter, he clearly knew that this room was occupied by someone.
Two men, but since the discovery of Chen Zilong's body, these two men have disappeared.
When Mu Linfeng asked the shopkeeper why these two men were not registered, the shopkeeper knelt down to Mu Linfeng and said: "My lord, please forgive me. At that time, these two men came to check in. When they entered the door, they gave me a hundred dollars."
I had two taels of silver and asked the young man to pay for the room. At that time, the young man came to look at the money and actually forgot to register. Later I thought about it and wanted to ask the two guests to make up for it, but saw that the two people entered the guest room and
When he didn't come out again, the villain asked the waiter to ask, but he didn't know that the waiter was scolded so badly... The villain never dared to provoke him again..."
After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Mu Linfeng felt something in his heart. It seemed that Chen Zilong's death was related to these two people, and if the "two" left by Chen Zilong represented two people, it would be completely consistent...
But what puzzled Mu Linfeng the most was why Chen Zilong only left the word "two". Was it because he was already in danger and there was no time to write it down, or...
Mu Linfeng didn't think any further, and immediately asked the government officials to ask the waiter and the shopkeeper about the appearance of the two hosts and guests. He asked the government officials to find a painter to draw them. After he left the inn, he was thinking about what to do about this matter.
Should I notify Liu Rushi? Or should I not notify him at all?
For some reason, Mu Linfeng was not particularly sad about Chen Zilong's death. Although Chen Zilong was indeed an indispensable talent and did help Mu Linfeng a lot in agriculture, Mu Linfeng seemed to be able to predict Chen Zilong's death.
Just like his death, although I was still shocked when I heard the bad news just now, I also felt that everything was reasonable.
Soon, the case of Chen Zilong's murder had spread in Nanjing city. After all, after Chen Zilong's publicity in front of the Nanjing government office that day, his reputation was still quite high. There were various legends in Xiangfang. Some said that Chen Zilong was the murderer.
He was killed by a killer hired by the Donglin Party. Some people say that Chen Zilong died under Mu Linfeng’s Thirty Big Board. Some people say that Chen Zilong was killed by people from the inn...
Mu Linfeng knew that Liu Rushi, Li Xiangjun, and Xiao Yu'er basically didn't go out, but sooner or later the news would spread to Bieyuan. Rather than letting them hear the rumors, it was better to explain it clearly.
As soon as Mu Linfeng arrived at the backyard of Bieyuan, he saw Xiao Yu'er and Li Xiangjun standing and walking around in the backyard, looking particularly anxious and uneasy. When they saw Mu Linfeng, they immediately came up to them. Xiao Yu'er held Mu Linfeng's hand.
, asked: "Sir, how on earth was Mr. Chen killed?"
Mu Linfeng did not expect that Xiao Yu'er and the others would have received the news so soon. Li Xiangjun stood aside and looked at him in surprise. Mu Linfeng did not answer Xiao Yu'er's question, but asked: "Where is Miss Liu?"
Xiao Yu'er's eyes turned red, tears fell down instantly, and she cried: "As soon as Sister Liu heard the bad news about Mr. Chen, she locked herself in the room. Sister Xiangjun and I knocked on the door several times, but we only heard her.
She was crying, but she didn’t answer the door..."
Mu Linfeng sighed slightly when he heard this, and thought to himself, it would be better if there are no people seeking death and living. Then he said to Xiao Yu'er: "You should watch Miss Liu carefully and don't let her do stupid things. I will definitely get to the bottom of Zilong's death."
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Xiao Yu'er sobbed for a while, nodded, and quickly walked aside to pour tea for Mu Linfeng. Li Xiangjun approached Mu Linfeng at this time and whispered: "Master, is Mr. Chen's death related to you?"
Mu Linfeng raised his eyebrows when he heard this and thought to himself, no wonder Li Xiangjun looked at him with something wrong just now. It turned out that he was suspicious of me?
Mu Linfeng looked at Li Xiangjun, smiled coldly, and then said, "What do Li Xiangjun think?"
Li Xiangjun looked at Mu Linfeng for a long time, then sighed slightly, shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but Mr. Chen's death was so strange, and there are rumors in Xiangfang that..."
Mu Linfeng sneered at this time and said: "The girl also said it was a rumor... Besides, if I, Mu Linfeng, want to kill someone, I will not kill him like this. Just because of Chen Zilong's dereliction of duty, I can calm down the grievances of the Donglin Party.