69novels Chapter 1, 2
Chapter 1, 2
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In midsummer 15 years ago, a wealthy businessman in Luoyang City was murdered at home, and his family members went to the government to appeal for injustice.The investigation of this case encountered various bottlenecks. First, although Wu Zuo determined that the deceased was beaten to death, he never found the murder weapon; second, all the suspects had alibi at that time, which could not be verified.Yuan Xin has been an official for ten years, and he has always been honest and upright for the people. He has put a lot of painstaking efforts into this case, and the investigation took several months.Until late winter, the Shangguan sent by Chang'an found out that the case was Yuan Xin's thief calling for arrest. The evidence was complete, and he immediately resigned from his official position and escorted him back to Beijing.Case closed.
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It was midsummer at that time, and the sunshine was the most vicious in Luoyang City in 15 years.
Niu Hong, the head of the Niu family, died of the plague. The long street was strewn with white paper, and the gongs and drums blared. The Niu family mourned all day long.
In the depths of winter, another member of the Niu family died. It was Niu Hong's eldest son, Niu Chong, who died in a brothel.The Niu family was furious and sued someone in the brothel for poisoning Niu Chong, and then the brothel was closed down, and the girls who had been in contact with Niu Chong were all imprisoned for trial, and three days later, the group of women mysteriously disappeared from the cell.
Of course, outsiders have no way of knowing these things.
一
It will be Chinese New Year in half a month, but the city of Luoyang is extremely deserted.
This is the first time for Pingxiu to celebrate the New Year outside. He remembered that when he went down the mountain, his master said: "Women down the mountain are like tigers. If you encounter them, you must avoid them."
Pingxiu stroked his bare head: "Master, if you don't want me to go, just say so, why beat around the bush like this, I'm not stupid."
The master laughed unfathomably, and said: "Amitabha, you have to walk your own path. There is only so much that a teacher can help you with."
Pingxiu was baffled, thinking that he and Master had stayed in this small temple for so many years, and Master, who loves to chatter, has learned to speak a few words?
Pingxiu shook his head, only to realize that his distracted efforts had reached a remote place in the corner of the city.
He had just arrived in Luoyang for a few days, and Pingxiu was not very familiar with the terrain. Looking around, he felt desolate. The snow from the night before had not yet melted. people.
Just as he was about to turn the corner and look elsewhere, a sneer came from behind him.
"Little master." The leader smiled maliciously, and swung a dagger in his hand, "The monks are merciful, my brothers are hungry, how about borrowing some money?"
Pingxiu turned around and put his hands together: "Money is easy to talk about, but I don't have much money on me, why don't I buy some steamed buns for my brothers..."
Before the words were finished, there were several swishing sounds from above the fence behind him. The leader hadn't figured out what was going on, but all the younger brothers behind him had collapsed.
Pingxiu frowned and took a few steps forward, only to see that the white snow was stained with scarlet, and the gangsters were all equipped with hidden weapons around their necks, aiming extremely accurately.
"Who!" The leader was frightened and angry, but before he could take a step, his collar was suddenly lifted, and he turned around half a circle, and when he regained consciousness, he was facing the empty alley behind him.Hearing a "dang" impact from behind, he turned his head and saw the young monk withdrawing his move in time. The long stick he had carried behind his back was stuck in the snow, his clothes fell slowly, and there were several hidden weapons under his feet.
"Is this...poisonous?" The leader still had some knowledge, and his face turned pale in an instant.
Before Pingxiu could speak, he heard someone approaching from the alley: "It's them!"
The two turned their heads at the same time, and saw a group of people walking towards the end. The leader was wearing an official uniform. He was tall and straight, but his face was handsome but cold. His gaze slowly swept across the corpse on the ground, and then he looked up at Pingxiu, stretched out his hand Waving: "Catch them all."
two
Bai Yunfei is one of the few good arresters in Luoyang City, handling cases quickly, neatly, and thoughtfully.Don't look at him with a sullen face all day long, as if he is not easy to get close to, in fact, he is not sociable, his heart is completely opposite to his appearance, and he has an unexpected persistence and enthusiasm for the case.
In the Luoyang government office, the wooden room for interrogating the prisoners was a bit low, with torches lit on both sides, making people's faces glow red, even the most cold and heartless Bai Butou, standing here looked a little funny.
"People are not killed by the little monk..." Pingxiu said helplessly, "Master Guan, you can check, there is nothing else on the little monk except the coils and the long stick given by the master."
In another interrogation cell, the leader of the bastard shook his lips and said, "I don't know what happened, it suddenly... just like this."
Pingxiu: "Master Guan, I just came to Luoyang for a tour, and I have only been in the city for a few days, and I don't know anyone, so why would you want to kill someone?"
The leader of the gangsters: "That monk is very good at martial arts. Although I didn't see it, one person can deal with so many people... huh? How do I know how many people there are? Nonsense, one person can throw out so many hidden weapons at once? How many hands does he have to grow?"
Pingxiu: "I don't know that person, he just wants steamed buns."
The gangster leader: "I just... lent him some money to spend, I didn't know him before."
Squeak, the two doors opened together.
Pingxiu came out and turned around to ask for his long stick, when the leader said dryly, "Guard, how long do I have to stay?"
"At least it will take a month." Bai Yunfei stepped forward, folded his arms and said, "It's really brave to block roads and rob in Luoyang City."
The leader curled his lips: "It's not about to celebrate the New Year, I want to take stock of the New Year's goods for the brothers..."
Before he finished speaking, he was taken away.
Pingxiu looked at Bai Yunfei, stretched out his hand and said, "Officer, this is the little monk's stick."
Bai Yunfei glanced at him: "Come with me."
The two walked around the small courtyard at the back and went to the front through the corridor.Pingxiu could see that this should be a government office. The corridors on both sides lead from the front yard to the back yard. The large courtyard in the front is the main hall, and the small courtyard in the back is where the prisoners are held.
There are small doors on both sides of the main hall, and gongs and sticks are placed beside them. Just as Pingxiu arrived in the hall, a government officer came from behind, holding his stick in his hand.
"When did you enter the city?" Bai Yunfei looked at him expressionlessly.
Pingxiu took the long stick while thanking him, scratched his head and said, "Just a few days ago, ah yes, before it snowed. It snowed in the city the next day."
"What a coincidence?" Bai Yunfei took out a scroll from his arms and showed it to him, "Have you seen these people before?"
"...No." Pingxiu took a look and saw that there were a few girls in the painting, but they were pretty, and his face couldn't help but blushed, "Where can I meet such beautiful girls?"
The yamen next to him couldn't help laughing at his honest appearance.Bai Yunfei didn't waver at all, and said coldly: "There was a murder case in this city, did you know?"
"I've heard of it." Pingxiu subconsciously turned the stick.Bai Yunfei observed calmly, he saw that his wrists were dexterous, his speech was full of confidence, his foot was steady, and he walked quite imposingly. At first glance, he had some internal strength, and he might not have extraordinary martial arts skills.
Bai Yunfei: "On the day you entered the city, these people died on the edge of the city."
"Ah?" Pingxiu was stunned, "Frozen to death?"
"Killed."
Pingxiu couldn't help expressing his guilt: "As far as I know, this is the second murder case in Luoyang City since winter?"
Bai Yunfei's expression was unpredictable: "You know a lot."
"I heard it from the guests at the inn." Pingxiu said honestly, "There was a family named Niu before..."
"Yunfei, I heard there was another murder case?" An angry voice suddenly came from behind, and Pingxiu turned around when he heard the voice, and saw an old man in official uniform coming.He was followed by the master, wearing a cloth hat, and with two mustaches on his face, he looked a bit older.
"My lord." Bai Yunfei saluted first, but after he became aware of it after Pingxiu, he also saluted.
"Who is this?" The adult frowned at the monk, "He came here for alms?"
"There was a homicide case before, and this person was present, and the subordinates brought him back for questioning."
"The matter of the Niu family hasn't been resolved yet, so it's coming up again." The grown-up had an unhappy expression, "How did you do it? From my point of view, this is a serial murder case. Is this person a suspect? Did you ask what happened? "
The boss next to him also said: "Bai Butou, if this murderer gets away with it, it will cause panic. Why don't you send out the notice first and offer a reward for his arrest?"
"This is also a way." The adult squinted his eyes, but seeing that Bai Yunfei remained silent, his face turned cold and he snorted: "Since you think you can do it, then you can check it out, and I will give you a deadline, New Year's Eve If you can’t find it out before, you will issue a wanted notice, and you don’t want to get involved in this matter, I will find someone to do it myself!”
Bai Yunfei's face was as motionless as a mountain, but clouds and mist were billowing in his eyes.He answered yes in a low voice, and stretched out his hand to Pingxiu again: "Master, please, I am sorry that I still have an important job, so I will not give it up."
The author has something to say: In 2014, I wrote a reasoning and suspense story~ At that time, it was the first time I received an invitation from a suspense reasoning type magazine. Forgive me a lot~