Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 117 The Temple Meets Robbers

In mid-March, Luodu City is full of spring. After the Hundred Days of National Funeral, every household has put on new lanterns. Walking in the market, people’s clothes also match the spring colors, especially in cloth villages, which were not brought out during the national funeral. The bright cloth is now on the shelves.

Lin Qingran came out of the Cloth Hall, and ordered the shopkeeper to go to Yancheng to get more fabrics. When she came back, she walked to the door, and there was lively firecrackers from the opposite side, and a new restaurant was about to open.

In just ten or so days, many restaurants and teahouses can be seen opening in several markets on the same day. After more than three months, the number of people traveling has also increased a lot.

This cloth shop was re-purchased by Lin Qingran with the shop and the shop obtained from the sale of the branch family. Two large shops were side by side, and the inside was opened up to become one, selling high-quality cloth.

Inspired by the cloth brought to her by Miss Jinsi back then, the things in Pingting Pavilion are not cheap. There is no shortage of rich people in Luodu City. If you can buy good clothes on your body, you must buy good ones. Come to cloth Many of Zhuang's guests directly asked the masters in the cloth shop to see what cloths had been brought in recently, so Lin Qingran hired a few more masters with good tailoring skills, and made a lot of brochures composed of small pieces of cloth for use. Come and show your guests.

After looking around in the shop, there was another sound of firecrackers from the market outside. Lin Qingran walked out of the cloth house. The sun in the afternoon was so nice and warm. She got into the carriage and went all the way, and saw the sound of firecrackers just now. The source of the restaurant, even if it is only a few shops away, it will not be bad for the same business. The end of this market is Huafang, and there are many people during the day and night.

The carriage ran to the gate of Lin's house, Lin Qingran got off the carriage, Guan Yan took the cloth from the back of the carriage, Si Qi and Si Hua picked it up, and walked into Lin's mansion. In the front courtyard, there were rockery and green vines in the flower bed. green color.

A maidservant had already gone to Luoying Courtyard to talk to Lu Shi, and two maidservants came to help Siqi and the others. When they arrived at Luoying Courtyard, Lu Shi was talking to Lin Qingyi when she saw Lin Qingran coming, " Why did you bring a cloth?"

"It was new a month ago. These geniuses put it up. I brought a few horses. If I like it, I will go and see it when it arrives next month." Lin Qingran sat next to Lin Qingyi, seeing that she looked pretty good, and said with a smile, "This day can still be better for a few days, and it will be just right for incense in a few days."

"That's right." Mrs. Lu ordered the cloth to be taken down, "I'm talking about this with your eldest sister, so I'll take Sister Rong and Brother Hun over here by the way."

Lin Qingran couldn't bear it, but she also understood that it was impossible for the elder sister and Li to bring the child back. It was the child recorded in the family tree of the He family. Even if He Chengsheng married them again, they would have to stay in the He family.

You can come to the Lin family to live for a while but you can't stay with the eldest sister. After all, the two children will discuss marriage and get married in the future. The patrilineal family background and the grandfather's family background are naturally important.

"I don't think the carriage has been sitting for long, so I'll take Han'er and Brother Bo along." Lin Qingran said, "Now that I can walk a few more steps, I don't want to stay at home. I entered the palace last time, and now I'm yelling all day long. going out."

Lin Qingyi smiled, "I'm going for a day, and I need to bring a maid to take care of me."

Brother Bo is walking very smoothly now, but just when he was walking smoothly, he wanted to run, and there were no two people to look after him together, so he ran and hit the ground in a blink of an eye.

Speaking of going to incense together, the second sister is busy at home and has no time. The third sister went to work with the third brother-in-law at the beginning of this year, and it will take three years to come back. The fourth sister said she was busy, and the sixth said she wanted to go together. One sent over, "What about your fourth sister, I'm afraid she is too busy." The fourth brother-in-law is too self-motivated, and the pressure of being a wife is not small

In the evening while chatting, Shao Ziyu came back from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and stopped by Lin's house to pick up Lin Qingran, and got into the carriage. Lin Qingran opened the curtain to breathe, and saw that the hem of his clothes was a little dirty, and when he opened it, it was stained with mud and still a little black. red.

"A murder case happened on the official road outside the city." Seeing her worried face, Shao Ziyu folded the clothes, "I accidentally touched it, and I didn't get hurt."

"That must be a big case." Ordinary small cases will not bother the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Shao Ziyu nodded, and said lightly, "The small road at the fork of the official road was robbed."

Lin Qingran didn't ask any more questions, and asked him to take a shower and change clothes after returning home. Shao Ziyu went out early the next morning, and there were rumors of a case outside at noon. A carriage was robbed on the small road in Mi, and there were not many people passing by there. It was a short-cut trail with tall bushes and grass, so it was only discovered after a long time.

The dead were a family of four, a young couple, a pair of children, a maidservant and two coachmen, two children died in the car, the coachman and the man died outside the car, and several maid maids, and a young woman The man died in the haystack not far from the carriage, with disheveled clothes.

When the people from the government rushed over, they saw several people, so this Luodu City spread quickly. It is said that the clothes are expensive, and they don't look like ordinary people.

People here guessed that it was not an ordinary family. After seeing the relatives in the Ministry of Justice, there was another burst of crying. Many people in the Ministry of Justice did not expect that the deceased was actually the family of Wen Tianyou, the youngest son of Prince Jin in the Jin Palace.

Outside the autopsy room, Prince Jin's son looked very sad, "Master Shao, my younger brother took his wife and children to visit relatives in Victoria half a month ago. The letter just arrived a few days ago, saying that he will be back soon, but this time, he is not happy." That's the way."

Prince Jin's son couldn't continue talking. He and his wife had received a message from the Ministry of Punishment. They didn't know what was going on, but Shao Ziyu took them directly to the autopsy room and found out that something happened to his younger brother's family.

In the morning, they were still talking about a robbery on the outskirts of Luodu City, but they never expected it to be their younger brother's family.

After confirming who the family members of the deceased are, Shao Ziyu wanted to do business to verify some things, so he invited Prince Jin and his wife to the hall, "For the progress of the case, I have a few things to check with you. When did they leave Luodu City? Is there a letter saying when they will come back? They carried those things with them when they set off, try to recall that all the accessories worn by the deceased are gone, and if necessary, ask other members of the Wen family to help." Shao Ziyu said slowly. Slowed down and said the last sentence.

Prince Jin nodded, "I understand, Mr. Shao, we will tell our parents when we get back, and please handle the case as soon as possible, arrest the murderer and give me an explanation to Prince Jin's residence."

Shao Ziyu nodded, asked Eleven to send people out, and went to the autopsy room by himself, where the foreman had almost experienced.

The deceased Wen Tianyou and the two coachmen were both killed after fighting. There were many stab wounds and bruises on his body, and there was no fatal wound. Wu Zuo lit his abdomen with the relatively large stab wound, "My lord, this should have died of excessive blood loss. Lifting the dead man's hands, the nails were full of mud and sand, and the clothes on the belly were also blood-stained.

"When he was found, he was lying on the ground, his feet were crippled, and he lost blood to death. His hands and direction were in the direction of Mrs. Wen." Shao Ziyu glanced at Mrs. Wen's body over there, and he could imagine What I saw was that the husband was still struggling to save his wife who was insulted by the robbers before he died.

"My lord, we still found something in Mrs. Wen's mouth." Wu Zuo paused, Shao Ziyu walked over, Wu Zuo showed him what he took out from Mrs. Wen's mouth, Shao Ziyu's face changed slightly, and Shi Yi, who had just entered, looked at it. When I arrived, I suddenly felt that the part was sore.

What Mrs. Wen was talking about was a man's genitals, and Mrs. Wen's fatal wound was two straight stabs in the chest. Compared with those humiliated maids and nurses, the method was much more vicious.

"Send someone to the medical clinic in Luodu City to check to see if any doctor has seen such a patient." Shao Ziyu felt that the murderer was unlikely to be in Luodu City. After killing and robbing, the deceased lost all valuables, "Ah Jiu, Take someone to the nearby village where the crime happened to see if any doctor has seen such a patient."

If you have robbed property, if there is silver in it, you will not take out those valuable things to pawn in the limelight, but this injury can't wait, Luodu City is too conspicuous, and there are no places where people can hide in the suburbs of the crime scene. few.

Shao Ziyu went out to meet Zuo Shilang. There were almost no robbers on the hills outside Luodu City, and some of them had been wiped out long ago. How could there be such a bold person near the imperial city who would build a nest here? If it was a robber, it would be something else It came from somewhere, but if it wasn't for the robbers.

Shao Ziyu went to Jiu Lao Qi's house again, but he didn't go there for a long time, Jiu Lao Qi always looked disgusted when he saw him, and nothing good happened every time.

Shao Ziyu asked him if the method of this case was what the robbers said, and once the wine bottle was released, "Then it must be some kind of immoral bandit."

Speaking of Jiu Laoqi, they also insist on morality when they rob, and they don’t kill people who can rob money. If you encounter it once in the middle of the night, you will definitely be robbed cleanly, and the technique is quite similar to Taoism, but it is a bit ruthless."

Jiu Laoqi clicked his tongue, and felt that he was a cat crying and a mouse pretending to be merciful. When they robbed merchant ships in the past, few survived. He himself loves women, so he can't do such an animal thing to women. .

Shao Ziyu said that one of them was injured, Jiu Laoqi shook his head, "Boy, you don't understand this, they have committed a crime now, and they won't come out in a short time, let alone find a doctor, find a doctor Isn’t it just that your whereabouts have been exposed, what kind of injury, just get over it, only when the limelight passes, you will come out to pawn those things, it’s useless for you to go to the pawnshop to guard it now.”

"It's a fatal injury." Shao Ziyu said briefly, Jiu Laoqi's expression changed, and he spat out the wine in his mouth, and said a few times, "This injury, it depends on the injury." It doesn't matter how heavy a person is, otherwise, one person will die and everyone will be replaced, and they will be able to rob and kill people, how much humanity do you think they have."

Shao Ziyu glanced at him, and Jiu Laoqi glared back at him, "I, Jiu Laoqi, talk about loyalty, how can I compare with these beasts, I have never killed anyone before."

As expected by Jiu Laoqi, there were no strange people pawning valuables in the pawn shop in the past two days, but the barefoot doctor who lived alone in a village on the outskirts of the city disappeared.

On the second night after the accident, that is, the night when people from Prince Jin's Mansion came to recognize him, they were robbed. They also took away the doctor's usual medicine box and bottles and cans on the shelf. A lot of medicines, the house was in a mess, everything was turned over, people were still there in the evening, but disappeared the next day, neighbors also said that there were noises at night.

Shao Ziyu immediately sent people to search around the village, including residential houses, forests, and abandoned houses, but the area outside the village was so large that after two days of searching, there was no trace.

After the prince and concubine of the Prince Jin's Mansion found out, they put pressure on the Ministry of Punishment. It was his son's family who died, and his daughter-in-law suffered such insults. The case must be quickly investigated and an explanation given.

Prince Jin even went to the palace to report this matter to the little emperor. The little emperor here is not the former emperor, and his feelings about these things are still in the stage of ignorance, so after the report, it was Zhang Zhonghou who spoke to the Ministry of punishment on his behalf. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the deployment of additional manpower, and to speed up the investigation of cases.

Such a large-scale hunt, even if the murderer is not caught, can still force the murderer to have nowhere to hide. All official channels have been set up, and the case is just around the corner
Five or six days later, at the end of March, Lin Qingran brought her two sons to the Lin family, and set out to offer incense with everyone at the Lin family. Lin Qingran also wanted to pray for Shao Ziyu's safety.

Xiaoliu Lin Qingyue arrived a little later than her. The Lu family prepared all the incense candles, and the family prepared three carriages and set off to the temple.

In the past few days, many people went out of the city gate to the temple, and many of them went there for outings. It was the peach blossom season, the peach blossoms were in full bloom on the top of the temple, and there were many people visiting the pavilion.

When Lin Qingran and the others arrived, it was close to noon, they went to worship Buddha in the main hall, and then went to the Zhai hall in the temple to have a vegetarian meal.

Lin Qingran and the others came to pray for blessings, and also to accompany the eldest sister to relax. Lin Qingyue didn't bring her children, so she took Brother Han and Brother Bo to sit in the pavilion and play. The children are curious about some new things. Bo Geer likes to be clean. Although he didn't touch things here and there, he still showed a very happy expression when he lay on the railing and looked at the peach blossoms all over the mountain.

After a while, Lin Qingran prayed and came back to the pavilion. Brother Han was giving Bo Geer the peach blossoms he had picked. Bo Geer sat on a long chair, crossed his legs, and picked off the petals one by one. Put it on the stone bench in front of you, and saw Lin Qingran coming, and grabbed all the petals with one hand to give to Lin Qingran.

"Okay, you won't let my aunt play with you here. Your mother will miss her when she comes." Lin Qingyue said intentionally. Grab it, hand it to Lin Qingyue, and look at her flatteringly, "Auntie."

"You have a conscience." Lin Qingyue pointed to his forehead. Brother Bo smiled, put the petals in Lin Qingran's hand, and stretched out his hand to ask her to carry him to the woods. Peach Blossom, "flower, flower."

Lin Qingran hugged him and walked over, Brother Bo stretched out his hand to grab the peach blossoms, he grabbed a handful of them, and the rest fell off, and what was left in his hand, he put it on his head, Lin Qingyue laughed when he came over "Just now he saw Miss Bie's picking this flower and putting it on her head." Now that he has picked it himself, he wants to put it on his head too.

Lin Qingran simply folded a small flower and clipped it on his ear in a wicked way. Brother Bo stretched out his hand and touched it gently, smiled at her, and put the rest of his hand on her hand, "Mom , flower, flower."

All the things he put on fell off, and Bo Geer persisted, and continued to take them off and put them on Lin Qingran's head, and then put them on his brother's head.

Just as she was laughing, a scream came from far away in the peach blossom forest. Lin Qingran subconsciously hugged Bo Ge'er and hurried outside. The scream continued to come here. No, Lin Qingran was not the only one who heard it.

Lin Qingyue dragged Brother Han into the pavilion, and Si Qin also heard the sound, and glanced over there, "Miss, let's go down first." The scream sounded strange.

Lin Qingran nodded, the maids here packed up their things, Lin Qingran hugged Brother Bo, and Lin Qingyue led Brother Han to walk down the stairs from here.

Halfway through the walk, the scream felt right next to her ears. When Lin Qingran leaned to the side and was about to go down to the bottom, suddenly there was a muffled groan from her back, and then a voice rolled from her side Going down, rolling down the stairs and rolling a few more steps, lying on the ground, with blood on his chest, scratches on his face, wide-eyed eyes, blood flowing out of his mouth, flicking his hands a few times, ups and downs The huge chest subsides overnight and dies.

Screams erupted.

People around who saw this situation retreated in all directions. Just as Lin Qingran walked downstairs, a few steps away was the woman with wide-eyed eyes, covering Bo Ge'er's eyes, and Lin Qingyue together Quickly retreated to the distance, looked up at the steps, and soon someone appeared on the steps, a group of men with ferocious faces, five or six of them, holding two women as hostages in their hands, the screams came from the middle one.

"If you continue to quarrel, I'll kill you!" The robber put the knife on the woman's neck, and the woman's face turned pale immediately, and she didn't dare to make a sound.

It took Lin Qingran a while to figure out who this messy-haired woman was. Isn't this Mrs. Mu Xu Qinlei?

At this time Xu Qinlei also saw her, and said tremblingly, "Big brothers, it's useless for you to arrest me, the government will still arrest you, you should arrest her."

Xu Qinlei stretched out her hand tremblingly, and even pointed at Lin Qingran, "She is the wife of Mr. Shao, the Criminal Department who hunted you down, and their children. If you catch her, you will be able to leave here safely."

Hearing what she said, Lin Qingran didn't know what expression to use to express it. People can be so shameless, and this is not the way to save their lives. But she didn't move. If she backed away nervously, wouldn't she be admitting herself? identity of.

So, Lin Qingran looked at Xu Qinlei blankly, and said doubtfully, who?Who is Mrs. Shao?
Seeing that the robbers didn't rush down to catch Lin Qingran, Xu Qinlei's legs were weak and she was about to be unable to stand still. The knife on her neck was tightly braced, "Brothers, I won't lie to you, she It's really Mrs. Shao's wife, and she is the daughter of Mrs. Lin who is currently assisting the minister. It is useless to arrest me, and the court will not do anything to you if you arrest her."

Lin Qingran really wanted to take the knife from the robber at this moment, and ended Xu Qinlei with one knife.

At this time, it was useless for her to pretend to be innocent. The robbers were already moved, and one of the robbers who had been staring at the people below said, "Brother, Shao led people to kill several of our brothers, regardless of whether it was him or not." Daughter-in-law, it looks like this dress is not low-status, so get caught first and then talk about it."

The robber who was holding Xu Qinlei thought for a while, then nodded, "Two people go down and catch him."

They hold knives. Women can't run away from men, let alone children. Once they come down, people here will start to run, and many people will be accidentally injured. What happened here, the deacon monk in the temple should be here soon , Lin Qingran kept thinking in her heart, took two steps back unconsciously, and quickly ordered Lin Qingyue to the side, "Once they come down, hurry up and run with Brother Han, and run to the branch hall of the main hall. The more people, the better." "There are so many people here, it's so easy to get hurt and arrested.

(End of this chapter)