Chapter 195 Mysterious Woman, Inexplicable Murder

-"Why didn't you see Huidu today?"

The beautiful scene's words made the clear sky standing in the shade of the banyan trees in Qingtian closed their eyes, and their faces red by the sun suddenly appeared a layer of unwillingness. They couldn't help blurting out: "Five ladies recognize the martial arts man Huidu, do you know the small cheap words?"

At this time, the scenery and Yu Yu had been riding around the outside for a while. Although it had been in July, the sun was in full swing and there was no sign of cooling down, so the two returned to the farm, found the shade covered by the ancient banyan tree, and still enjoyed the scenery of the fields and tasted tea and gossip.

Only then did Yijing notice that among the several gray guards who followed him far away, he did not see the gray ferry that had been inseparable in the past, and asked casually.

I didn't expect that the clear sky would be immediately unwilling, so I asked such a brainless sentence.

Looking at the clear sky from the side, half expected, half wronged, biting his lips and frowning, and was stunned for a moment.

Yu Yu smiled and glanced at the clear sky. He was helpless about his always cold and jealous follower.

The clear sky does not know that it is an "old knowledge" for the scenery.

"Qiuyue always misses you, but it's called a clear sky?" After being slightly stunned, she pushed Qiu Yue out without hesitation.

Qiu Yue was "sleepy" and was coldly named. At that time, she opened a pair of still and hazy eyes and stood up from the low stool next to her. Seeing Xia Ke sipping her mouth and smiling, and seeing the clear sky staring at herself "inexplicably with joy" and wondering - why should I forget it? It is only when complaining about the black-faced bodyguard that he occasionally compares the clear sky.

Qingkong learned that she was also remembered by the future hostess, and then she was satisfied. Thanks to Qiu Yue's memory, she suddenly had a feeling of "ming wu nei nei" and "sympathy for each other". First, she smiled shyly at the son of the world, turned around and rubbed into the camp of the maids, and her sister began to make friends.

Yu Yu shook his head and then said of Huidu: "I let him go somewhere else."

After thinking about it, she originally invited July 13. At first, she thought that even if Yu Yu was coming, it should be a day earlier, but he arrived on November 1, or because of other business.

I wonder if there is any delay in his business?

Worried, he subconsciously bit the corners of his lips and restrained his eyebrows slightly.

But I don't want this subtle expression to be understood.

"Even if there is no invitation from the fifth sister, I will let Huidu take this trip to see His Royal Highness." Yu Yu seemed to mention it by the way.

Is it about that evil? The scenery added more suspicion. When he was about to ask, Yu Yu said, "The farewell garden of the Third Highness is also near Xianghe, and the government will change. I have an appointment with him first. It's time to let you know." But it stopped as soon as it was, and I didn't want to tell the scenery about the dangers in the court one by one.

I can't help thinking about the magnificent scenery. The third prince has kept a low profile for many years, only close to the wind and the moon, and does not do the right job. How did he have a relationship with the government? The prince said that he had an appointment with him, is it possible to intervene in the matter of the crown prince? Thinking of the assassination of the prince in the ninth year of Yuanqing, my heart sank.

Only then did she raise her eyes, but saw Yu Yu shaking the folding fan she gave her in her hand. She looked around Qingmiao Biye in a leisurely manner. Obviously, she didn't want to talk about this matter in depth. Yijing had to swallow countless worries and questions for the time being and hold the teacup full of worries.

The afterglow of the corners of Yu's eyes still pays attention to the scenery, and sighs slightly in his heart.

He didn't want her to participate too much, but from his cousin Su Yi, he learned that she had done something about the Kim-Han marriage, and he was afraid that she would not be prevented from getting involved in a series of unpredictable events in the future.

He is not fully sure about the reform of the emperor. Jin Xiang's power is deeply rooted. It is not easy to disintegrate and shake things. Among them, it is difficult and unpredictable, and her participation should be aware of his involvement.

Although I don't want her to be in danger, I think of the future...

The fate of the two of them is destined to be closely related. From the beginning, they may not be able to be alone.

Yu's mind also seems to have been shaken.

But before he made a decision, he saw a group of three people coming far away.

A middle-aged man dressed in coarse brown looks like a tenant in Zhuangzi, followed by a peasant woman in his 30s, and another man in cloth, thin and tall, with Gezhong hair.

It turned out that the tenant was working in the field. Seeing that Li Chang had found the door and proposed to discuss with the owner, he led them in. Originally, he wanted to report to the stewer Wan Bo, but he happened to see the little master on the side halfway and quickly came forward to see the salute and reply.

I heard that the man in cloth was a long man. He leaned slightly and asked the adult with a smile.

"My surname is Zheng, and I dare not be an adult." Zheng Lichang was very modest, and knew that the farm was an industry set up by the government. Hearing the tenants call the beautiful scenery five women, he saw that although the girl was still young and did not reach it, she could behave modestly and modestly. In addition to being noble, she also had a daughter's daughter, he guessed that she was the little woman of the State Mansion, and she did not dare to neglect her slightly: "The little lady needs to be polite. I have a request. I hope the little lady can help me well."

Then the peasant woman, who looked down carefully all the way, came forward and saw: "This woman's surname is He, and the villagers are called He Si's sister-in-law. Her husband died before the New Year, and there were no parents-in-law' children, and there was no family to rely on... Earlier, I went to Jinyang for business. I heard that there was a series of vicious murders in the inner city, and the murderer was still After returning to the village, I remembered that Sister-in-law He lived alone and was difficult to keep safe, so I was very worried, so I asked if I could take her to your house as an employee. The amount of work is not important, but there is a care.

Yingjing heard the reason, and felt that the long here was conscientious, and looked at the woman. Seeing that although her face was haggard and simple, her hair was combed without any disorder, her temples were old but not dirty. She was restrained, but she was correct and polite and asked a few questions. Hearing the woman's clear words and claimed to be stupid, she still had some brute strength, not Choose a heavy job, just want a place to settle down, and it's good to make a living.

After asking in detail, I learned that the woman's husband was also a tenant of another family, and he had no property. Due to illness, the family lacked pillars, and the main family did not want to let the widows rent the land. After the harvest this year, He's fourth sister-in-law lost her livelihood.

The chief first negotiated with the original master family. The family said that Sisister He had a hard life. She had been married for many years and had no children. Even her husband was killed by her and resolutely refused to take him in. In desperation, he wanted to ask other rich families in the village to see if they could find a place for He Si's sister-in-law.

Zheng Lichang heard that the master came to the farm of the Duke's Government, thinking that the Kyoto nobles were not as shallow or more kind as the rich people in the countryside, so he took the lead in asking for the door.

"The little lady, who is the leader of the lower part, knows a little about governing the villagers. Sister-in-law He is the most diligent and honest person. No matter how she cultivates the female red, she is not to say anything, but she is a little taciturn and doesn't know those rhetoric, so she is misunderstood as unuspicious." Zheng Lichang said another good word, hoping that the nobleman could shelter He Si's sister-in-law.

After thinking about it, there are usually no owners living in the farm, but there are many trivial activities. The maintenance of the house and the cultivation of the fields require manpower. He Si's sister-in-law is a local villager. She knows the bottom of the truth and has an inner chief to protect her. She is much safer than the people outside, so she nodded and first asked someone to lead Mrs. He Si's sister-in-law in and let her Aunt Wan looked at the arrangement, so she asked Li Chang to sit down.

She also has some doubts and wants to ask in detail.

"Zheng Lichang is also paying attention to the green satin murder case?"

"How can I not pay attention to it? Since the case occurred in the neighboring county of the former emperor, in successive years, and in addition to the case in Beijing this month, four single women have been killed. Not to mention the officials in the county government office, they also attach importance to it. Every time they investigate, they also suspects several suspects, but they have never been solved it." The chief arranged his sister-in-law, put down one thing, sat down on the stone bench, and said angrily, "This time, the people of Kyoto were killed. Even the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture personally asked about the case, which caused the county magistrates of several places where the crime to turn over the old case again. There must be another investigation. I don't know who the murderer was killed that day. Why It is important to harm the good people without resentment.

Yi Jingruo thought: "If the villagers do their duty as well as adults and care for the people living alone under their rule, even if they can't find the murderer for a while, it can be difficult to protect the murderer."

However, Zheng Li sighed, as if he wanted to stop talking.

Binjing and Yu looked at each other and frowned coincidentally.

"I'm so careful because I have doubts in my heart." Then he heard Zheng Lichang continue to say, "Many years ago, I didn't take this position and experienced a thing. At that time, I didn't care about it, but since the many green satin murders happened in the future, I doubted that the murder case was not as simple as Liang. In fact, it was like... It seemed that it was the first green satin murder case."

This shocked both the scenery and Yu Yu.

The two once paid attention to this case and knew that the first murder occurred seven years ago in Siji, a neighboring county of Xianghe. But Zheng Lichang suspected that a similar case happened before that, and it was in Xianghe!

Yu Yu asked, "Then why didn't Xianghe County government annex this case into a series of murders?"

Zheng Lichang shook his head: "That murder happened more than 20 years ago... It was Zheng Village, where he lived, just across the stream, only two or three miles away."

It happened more than 20 years ago? The scenery was even more stunned and hurriedly asked for details.

"I still remember that the dead woman also lived alone. She claimed to be Zheng, but she was not a resident of the village. At that time, no one knew her origin. I heard that she was from Ninghai, and she came to Kyoto to find her relatives, but to no result. At that time, there was an old man in the village. Their son went up the mountain to hunt and died. The old couple were old and had no one to take care of them. Fortunately, their son-in-law was filial, so he took care of them. They left a farm house and sold them to their neighbors at a discount. The lonely woman came here with her fellow villagers, and also A woman said that she was a slave in a large family and could not take in her fellow villagers, so she had to rent a house in the countryside and let the woman surnamed Zheng live temporarily.

"But later, I didn't see a woman who rented the house. Originally, the house was next to the mountain, which was a little remote. The woman surnamed Zheng was a little lonely and did not communicate with her neighbors. No one knew her details, so some people guessed that the woman surnamed Zheng or a fugitive slave, and even It can be a prostitute who ran out of the brothel.

Yu Yu muttered slightly: "Why is there such a guess?"

Zheng Lichang looked at the scenery and said with a smile, "The little lady doesn't feel that she is talking rudely... It is true that an old man in the village looked at her and felt like a woman who had given birth, not like a yellow flower daughter, but she is still dressed unmarried... In addition, the woman surnamed Zheng has many mysteries and measured her behavior, but It doesn't seem to be a farmer. If she comes from a rich family, which rich lady will travel alone? If you really come to find relatives, since it is fruitless, you must return to your place of origin. How can you stay in the countryside? It's like avoiding disaster."

Yi Jing nodded slightly and felt that Zheng Lichang's suspicion was reasonable.

"Although the house owner coveted a few rents and rented the house to people who didn't know the details, he was not very relieved. He went to see it every now and then. So one day, he found that the woman surnamed Zheng committed suicide and quickly reported it to the official." Zheng Lichang shook his head: "A person came from the county government and made a judgment that he committed suicide. He asked the five neighbors, but they couldn't tell where the woman came from. There was no trace of the 'hometown' who placed her in this place. Later, the case was hastily concluded and the deceased was buried."

Yu Yu asked, "Why does Li Chang think she is the first victim of the green satin murder?"

Zheng Lichang seemed to be a little confused: "I have no solid basis, but I feel that she also lived alone. When she died, she was also a green satin beam. Later, she became Li Chang. Because of this, she also made a special trip to the county magistrate to know the chief official and checked the old thin many years ago, but found that the woman surnamed Zheng had been tested for an autopsy. There was no repeated strangulation on the neck of the victim of the serial murder, so it proved that he died in a hanging beam, not after being hanged to death.

In this way, Zheng Lichang is suspicious and does not confirm that the unidentified deceased is related to the serial murder.

But because of this "accident", Yijing reminded Mother Song again. After the chief left, he told Yu Yu about the recent murder on Rongshu Street.