Save the tragic villain in progress!

The white cloth was thrown into the air with a splash, and the dirty bloodstains on it could not be hidden under the sun, like a kite with a broken string fluttering to the ground.The corpse that had been covered up just now revealed its true face, but it made people gasp.

Jiu Niang is an oiran lady of Wenxianglou who is both beautiful and artistic.With snowy skin and Danzhu lips, Gu Panjian has attracted so many noble children to bow down under her skirts. No one expected that one day she would die so ugly.

She just lay quietly on the stretcher, her eyes were cloudy and lifeless, staring straight at the blue sky.The facial muscles collapsed due to rot, and there were large and small irregular green spots all over the place, and the abdomen was bloody and bloody. Although it was still treated, it still attracted flies and insects to fly around the body, and the stench was pungent.

A wide-sleeved skirt with a peony green pattern was soaked in blood, making it unrecognizable and tattered.

There were exclamations one after another from all around, and the timid ones were too frightened to look any more, but they still couldn't help peeking through the gap between their fingers.Humans are such contradictory creatures that when curiosity overcomes fear, they can face many cruel things head-on.

Even Chu Jiaoping turned his head away because of the horrific death of the corpse.

The calmest one was Chu Xinian.In order to observe the corpse easily, he directly lifted the hem of his robe and squatted beside the corpse.While observing carefully, he said: "Master Mei, if you have anything to ask me, just ask here in front of everyone. The threshold for your Lian Jingsi is too high, I'm afraid I won't be able to step in."

Chu Xinian's status was unusual, and it was impossible for Mei Fengchen to send him to court for interrogation according to the usual procedure, that was the business of Jingzhao Mansion.Lian Jingsi's style of acting has always been so vigorous and vigorous. Whenever a lawsuit involving the life of a dignitary is involved, the question will be directly addressed, and the imperial power will be granted.

Mei Fengchen saw that not only did he not freak out with fright, but was so calm on the contrary, he couldn't help but think highly of him.With a blank face, he ordered someone to present a tray with a blood-stained gentleman's pendant on it: "Your name is engraved on this jade pendant. When Jiu Niang's body was found, it was held in her hand. How do you explain it?"

No wonder Mei Fengchen dared to go to the general's mansion in this way. It turned out that it was because of "iron evidence".

Hairpins for women and jade for men.People from famous families all have their names engraved on a jade pendant to show their status.When Quyang Hou was happy with his second son, he spent a lot of money to find a piece of fine jade, and asked skilled craftsmen to carve two pieces of gentleman's pendants, one for Chu Jiaoping and one for Chu Xinian.

Chu Jiaoping's jade is still tied to his body, but Chu Xinian's jade was accidentally dropped and shattered because he was racing horses with others in the suburbs of Beijing.This matter is closely guarded and no outsider knows about it.

Chu Jiaoping frowned, feeling more and more that this matter was not simple, and said to Mei Fengchen: "Master Mei, my second younger brother has always been messing around. He broke the jade pendant a few months ago. I don't know where he is. Is it too rash to just use this as evidence?"

"Reckless?" Mei Fengchen said in an old voice, "If he feels reckless, he should follow me to the Lian Jing Division to investigate the matter clearly. Besides, the old man didn't say that Chu Xinian was the murderer, but he is the most suspect now. That's why I asked one or two questions."

Chu Jiaoping wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Mei Fengchen raising his hand, with a serious expression: "This matter has nothing to do with you, it's useless to talk more, go and rest!"

Chu Jiaoping is a rookie in the court, and he has to give way to an old man like Mei Fengchen.

But the "central figure" Chu Xinian did not make a sound the whole time.Like a serious official, he lowered his head and inspected the corpse carefully, not letting go of any corner.

There were multiple sword wounds on the body, a total of 34, about four inches long.Among them, the fatal wound was on the neck, and his throat was sealed with a sword. The preliminary judgment was that he lost too much blood and died.

The bun is messy, the mouth is slightly open, and there are unknown bloodstains.The length of the hair was originally waist-length, but there were many marks of it being cut off at once, as if it had been injured by the blade of the sword.

The murderer is a master swordsman.

Chu Xinian opened Jiu Niang's skirt without changing his face, and continued to check.It was found that there were no special hickey marks on her body except for the corpse spots, and the hosta and other things were all there, ruling out the possibility of killing people for money because of sex.

Slowly pulling up Jiuniang's sleeves, she has sword wounds on her left and right arms, the sword marks on her right arm are inwardly inclined, and the sword marks on her left arm are inwardly inclined, and the positions are at the same height and the length and depth are the same, it seems that they were caused at the same time.

The murderer may be a master of two swords.

Chu Xinian held Jiuniang's hand, and opened her fingertips one by one, and found that the joints were thick and full of thick calluses, which only made people think that these hands must have been very strong during their lifetime.

Jiu Niang is by no means an ordinary weak woman in a brothel.

Chu Xinian directly skipped her slightly distended stomach full of corrupt gas, and looked at the soles of her shoes.There is a little yellow mud on it, and light brown turnip seeds with white flocs.

The outskirts of Beijing are full of yellow mud, which is not unusual.But rutabaga is an extremely rare variety, only Xifan paid tribute to a few plants, and the princes and nobles in the capital who have this kind of flower can be counted with a slap in the palm of their hands, not even the Quyang Hou Mansion, let alone a brothel.

Xie Jingyuan does have them, but he doesn't like flowers, and the family doesn't grow them.

Before her death, besides the suburbs of Beijing, Jiu Niang must have been to the home of some high-ranking person.

Chu Xinian finally got up from the ground, and wiped his hands slowly with a handkerchief.He didn't say a word, but made a series of strange actions, which only made people who didn't know the truth feel that he was putting on airs.

Mei Fengchen waited patiently for him to finish the inspection, and asked with a grim expression when he saw the situation: "How is it, can you finish reading it?"

Chu Xinian smiled faintly: "After reading it, if you have any questions, sir, just ask, I will know everything, and I will talk endlessly."

Xie Jingyuan did not know when he appeared at the door, and looked at Chu Xinian worriedly.It's just that he was standing far away, and everyone's attention was on the corpse, so no one noticed him for a while.

Mei Fengchen said hello, and looked directly at Chu Xinian: "Do you know this woman?"

Chu Xinian closed his eyes indifferently, with a calm expression, but what he said made people feel that he was extremely arrogant: "I'm afraid I will disappoint you. I accidentally injured my head a few days ago, and I can't remember many things clearly. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the Imperial Physician Wang in the palace.”

Hearing this, Mei Fengchen pushed away the yamen servant who was supporting him, and walked down the steps quickly. Although he was over fifty years old, his eyes were shining brightly: "Are you making fun of this old man? Or do you think you can escape interrogation by pretending to have amnesia?" ?”

Chu Xinian's tone was gentle: "I just want to remind Master Mei not to ask useless questions. Whether I know Jiu Niang or not, she is already dead. Why don't you tell me why you doubt me?"

"Shuzi is rude——!"

Mei Fengchen gritted his teeth and spit out these words, and then he flicked his sleeves heavily: "I ask you, where were you on the seventh day of March?!"

The seventh day of March happened to be the day Chu Xinian escaped from marriage.

Chu Xinian flicked his fingertips lightly, still unhurriedly: "On the seventh day of March, I have been to too many places. Why don't you ask me more specifically, is it early morning, noon or night?"

Mei Fengchen said, "Of course it's nighttime."

Chu Xinian suddenly realized: "I don't remember, but if it was night, I heard from the guards in the house that I might be with this woman."

There was an uproar all around again, and the common people whispered to each other, could the murderer really be Chu Xinian? !Is this person out of his mind, to actually admit that he was with Jiuniang that night? !

Mei Fengchen took a weird look at Chu Xinian when he heard the words, and he probably didn't expect him to admit it so straightforwardly: "You lonely men and widows should avoid suspicion, why hang out at night? And as far as I know, the three The seventh day of the lunar month is the day of your wedding with General Xie."

Chu Xinian could only continue according to the excuse Mei made up: "Master Mei, although I can't remember what happened that night, I heard from my mother that I was robbed by gangsters and taken to the suburbs, and was only guarded in the early morning. Rescue those in the mansion."

Mei Fengchen obviously wanted to get together with Xie Jingyuan, and snorted coldly: "Master Chu, what you mean is that you, a man of seven feet, was hijacked by a weak brothel woman to the outskirts of the city?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't help laughing, feeling that Chu Xinian's lie was too false.

"Why not?" Chu Xinian asked back.

I saw him shaking his sleeve robe, getting up from the steps, and regardless of the dirt, he used a piece of handkerchief as a glove, and directly pinched Jiu Niang's right wrist: "Mr. They all have thick calluses, the joints of the first finger of the right hand are deformed, but the left hand is clean, and the whole body is thin and fleshy. It is obvious that he is a good hand with the right sword. I have no strength to restrain a chicken, and this person took me out of the city , it’s probably not too difficult.”

When Chu Xinian lifted the white cloth of the corpse just now, he keenly noticed the callus on Jiuniang's right hand.He remembered that Xie Jingyuan also had thick calluses on the same part of his hand, and even though Jiuniang had been dead for a long time and her muscles were loose, it was still not difficult to see traces of martial arts training.

Mei's unintentional lie back then, is it true that a blind cat met a dead mouse?

Modern autopsy experience has condensed the wisdom of countless ancestors, so forensic doctors can deduce the truth based on many traces.However, the current Yan Dynasty's martial art has just started, and it only stays at the stage of "death for what" and "what is the murder weapon".

Mei Fengchen's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.He didn't care about the dirt, and he broke Jiuniang's left and right hands and compared them, and found that it was exactly what Chu Xinian said, but he still had doubts, and said with a frown: "She is a brothel girl, so she can't be a piano player." The thick calluses left by musical instruments?"

Chu Xinian shook his head: "The thick cocoons left by playing musical instruments are different from those left by practicing swords. If Mr. Mei doesn't believe it, go find a swordsman, then find a brothel musician, and compare the two. A man's hand will know."

Mei Fengchen's expression was hard to distinguish when he heard the words: "Okay, this official will count you as passing, how should you explain this jade pendant?"

Hearing this, Chu Xinian took the jade pendant from the tray and looked at the sun.Although it is stained with blood, it is clear and flawless. It is the top grade of jade, with the words "Chu Xinian" engraved on it.

The original jade pendant had been accidentally broken under the horse's hoof while racing in the suburbs of Beijing. Naturally, it was impossible for another piece of jade to be exactly the same, so this piece of jade could only be a fake.

Since it is fake, there must be traces to be found.

Chu Xinian didn't know what to think of, and walked up to Chu Jiaoping: "Brother, lend me your jade."

Chu Jiaoping frowned indistinctly, always felt that his brother's behavior was not the same as before, and he looked a little strange.But now is obviously not the time to worry about this, so he quickly untied the jade pendant on his body and handed it to him.

Chu Xinian carefully observed the two pieces of jade, rubbed them with his fingertips for a while, and finally found the problem.He held up the two jade pendants in front of Mei Fengchen, and said with a half-smile: "Master Mei, do you know three things?"

Mei Fengchen frowned: "There's no need to make a fuss, which three?"

Chu Xinian: "First, this piece of jade on this junior was carved by a skilled craftsman my father hired, and it has been with me since birth, and it has been more than [-] years."

Mei Fengchen: "What about the second one?"

Chu Xinian seemed to be sneaking him on purpose: "Second, my jade was broken a few months ago, so someone deliberately forged this piece of jade to frame me."

Mei Fengchen flicked his sleeves: "Your brother has already said this matter just now, and there is no evidence for it. How can you prove it is false? What about the third one?"

Chu Xinian said: "My lord, don't worry, what I want to say is the last thing."

He handed the two jade pendants to Mei Fengchen, and said sharply: "Although these two jade pendants are both high-quality white jade, but mine has been carried for more than [-] years, and the edges of the engraved characters are warm and smooth. But the engravings on the jade are extremely new, obviously a deliberate imitation."

"Also, Mrs. Mei may have forgotten one thing. The concubine of Zhaohui Liu, who died young, was named Chu Ping. She passed away not long ago, and His Majesty was distraught. Common people, whenever you encounter the word "Chu Ping", you must avoid it with a small stroke, so the Chu character on my jade pendant is short, and those who imitate the jade pendant obviously forgot about this."

As Chu Xinian said, in order to make it easier for Mei Fengchen to see clearly, he handed the two jade pendants in front of his eyes, and said meaningfully: "The word "Chu" on my brother's jade pendant is missing, and this fake pendant But jade is a complete "Chu" character."

When Chu Xinian crossed over, he had already read "History of Yan" over and over.He had an excellent memory, and when he was checking the jade pendant just now, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly remembered this matter.

As soon as Mei Fengchen was reminded by him, he remembered that the maiden name of the Empress Dowager Zhaohui was indeed "Liu Chuping".Frowning, he took the jade pendant and checked it carefully, and found that it was exactly as Chu Xinian said, tightening his fingertips, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Mei Fengchen still couldn't dispel his doubts: "You may not be able to kill Jiuniang with your martial arts, but what if you order the guards to kill her?"

Xie Jingyuan listened from behind, narrowing his eyes coldly, thinking that this old bastard Mei Fengchen would never end? !He couldn't help coughing twice, but frowned and held back, walked out the door, and was about to get someone to drive away the mad dogs of Lian Jingsi, but he heard Chu Xinian say four words: "It's absolutely impossible-" —”

For some reason, Mei Fengchen's attitude was much more relaxed than before: "Let's talk about it, I would like to hear the details."

Chu Xinian leaned over and rolled up Jiuniang's sleeves, revealing the sword wounds on her arm, and dismissed Mei Fengchen's hypothesis one by one: "There are 34 sword wounds on Jiuniang's body, all about four inches, the error is extremely small, and The depth is the same, it was obviously killed by a swordsman with extremely high martial arts, do you agree with it?"

These works have also been tested, but they are not as detailed as Chu Xinian, and they can't make people think so much.Mei Fengchen thought to himself: "Go on."

"A master only needs one sword to kill the weak, but Jiuniang has 34 swords in her body, which shows that she has fought with the opponent for a long time, and she herself is not weak in martial arts. I am ashamed to say that although I have two or three guards in the Quyanghou Mansion, my martial arts But they are all mediocre, not enough to kill her, if Mrs. Mei doesn't believe it, just try it yourself."

Chu San and Chu Si stood aside, bowed their heads in shame upon hearing this.

Chu Xinian deliberately concealed some things without saying anything.For example, the murderer is a master of two swords, and the status of the person behind the scenes is not low.A brothel woman with high martial arts skills eloped with the original body overnight, holding a fake jade pendant when she died, everything is confusing.

Although Chu Xinian's remarks could not completely prove that the matter had nothing to do with him, they cleared up most of the suspicions.Mei Fengchen's face was half black and half green, trying to find a loophole, but found nothing, and finally angrily shouted: "Damn it!"

Chu Xinian raised his eyelids, feeling that the old man was really unmannered, and actually swearing.

However, Mei Fengchen didn't know if he could see what was going on in his heart, and glared at him angrily: "What are you looking at, the old man is not scolding you!"

He scolded the murderer!

Chu Xinian smiled, like a cloud of fog, people can't see clearly: "Since it has been confirmed that this matter has nothing to do with me, please ask Lord Mei to bring the body back. My general is weak and sick, so he can't see these bloody things."

Mei Fengchen dared to admit it, but everyone saw him shaking his sleeves, hesitating for a long time, and suddenly gritted his teeth and gave Chu Xinian a salute: "Today, the old man was abrupt, and now it is proved that it has nothing to do with you. This is where the old man’s name is broken all his life. However, if you have any doubts in the future, please don’t hesitate to enlighten me.”

Without waiting for Chu Xinian's answer, he turned around and left.Seeing this, the yamen servants hurriedly carried the corpse to follow.The outside of the general's mansion became empty again.

Seeing them leave, Chu Xinian turned around and stepped up the steps, but saw Xie Jingyuan coming out at some time, raised his eyebrows: "General?"

Hearing this, Xie Jingyuan put his black wind cloak on his body expressionlessly, and didn't answer.He remembered what Chu Xinian said just now, snorted coldly through his nose, turned around and entered the mansion.

Just when Chu Xinian didn't know why, Chu Jiaoping, who had been watching for a long time, stepped forward: "Second brother."

His expression was complicated, because of Chu Xinian's unusual behavior, and also because of the other party's "my general" just now.It was rumored that Chu Xinian and Xie Jingyuan were destined to be married, but in fact, not only the common people, even Chu Jiaoping thought so.

It can be seen that the two of them are acting today, Chu Jiaoping can't see the slightest "disharmony".

The author has something to say: #我家将军，很肥病病#

#我妈妈的口，开了佛光#

#My guards are all rookies#