All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 351 Extra 3: This love can be recalled [-]
Zhou Gui never expected that Jiang Yuelan would ask such a question.

He felt bad and stumbled back: "Yes, it's the day when the small people turn over the yellow calendar and choose."

"Bring me the almanac." Jiang Yuelan ordered her entourage.

Before the entourage could move, Zhou Gui hurriedly added: "It's the day when Xiao Minxun, the Taoist Taoist of Xuanmen, comes to see it."

Jiang Yuelan looked at him coldly, "So, the 'auspicious day' you chose is not really an auspicious day in the almanac, right?"

"Yes...yes..." Zhou Gui didn't know what she wanted, and he felt guilty, and his voice trembled, "Although it is not in the almanac, the real person said that it is the best for our caravan. days."

"So, even if the weather is very bad that day, you still insist on going on the road just to meet this 'good' day, right?" Jiang Yuelan asked again.

Zhou Gui became more and more guilty and hurriedly explained: "When we left Yunbian City, the weather was still fine. It was when we reached Zhanlongpo that the sky suddenly changed. It should be that the yin energy here is too strong..."

"Still quibbling!" Jiang Yuelan said in a deep voice: "The roof of the carriage is covered with tarpaulin. If they hadn't known in advance that it would rain that day, how could the Fu family cover such a thing on the roof of the car when they went out? Obviously they knew it from the beginning. It will rain that day.”

As she spoke, she raised her eyes to look at the people watching, and said loudly: "Dear fellow villagers, I am new to your land, and I have something unclear. Please clarify my doubts."

After the argument between Jiang Yuelan and Zhou Gui just now, everyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhou Gui has a problem.

Everyone's hostility towards Jiang Yuelan dropped sharply, and they all replied:

"Excuse me, special envoy."

"We will tell you everything we know, and we will tell you everything we know!"

"Definitely a more reliable answer than Fugui'er this week."

The crowd roared with laughter.

"Might... Wu...!" The government officials sang in unison.

When the scene became quiet again, Jiang Yuelan asked: "Excuse me, is Zhanlongpo the highest point nearby?"

Isn't this obvious?Standing on Zhanlongpo, you can also overlook Yunbian City in the distance. It is naturally the highest point.

Although everyone didn't know why she asked such a simple question knowingly, they all answered: "It is the highest."

Jiang Yuelan: "Did Yunjiang experience thunderstorms like the past few days at this time in previous years?"

It's not yet the busy farming season, and the people who come to see the excitement are all farmers, and they are naturally very familiar with the climate of Yunjiang.

"It happens every year, especially at the beginning of the month."

"Yes, yes, spring comes early in our Yunjiang area. Although the weather is warm after the Spring Festival, it is an illusion. It has to turn cold for a few days during the Waking of Insects. When the thunderstorms pass, it will really become warm. "

"Yes, yes, we are going to do spring plowing in the next few days."

With every reply from the people in the crowd, Zhou Gui's face became a little paler and his cries became weaker.

Jiang Yuelan waited for the response from the crowd, and walked up to Zhou Gui with her hands behind her hands, looking at him, "Zhou Gui, tell me, is the person who reads the almanac for you a Taoist Taoist, or is he familiar with this?" A person of different terrain and climate?”

Zhou Gui's pupils suddenly tightened.

Jiang Yuelan asked in a deep voice: "Why didn't you tell me just now that when the five members of the Fu family died, there was not only strong winds, but also lightning and thunder? The five of them died almost at the same time. Their bodies were very close to each other, and there were burning seals on their bodies. Although there are no obvious scars on the body's appearance, the purple-red seal script lines are the marks caused by lightning strikes."

"Then...then the evil spirit must have summoned the thunder to kill the five members of the Fu family." Zhou Gui frowned and continued to quibble.

Jiang Yuelan: "So you admit that the five members of the Fu family were indeed struck to death by lightning?"

Only then did Zhou Gui realize that he had been tricked by Jiang Yuelan again.

He flatly denied: "Xiaomin doesn't know. Xiaomin just followed what the special envoy said. Xiaomin is a native of the capital. There are very few thunderstorms in the capital. How could a villain know that being struck by lightning would look like this..."

"It is precisely because you are from the capital and are a merchant selling spices and herbs that you know what it feels like to be struck by lightning."

Jiang Yuelan interrupted him and said in a sharp and authentic tone, "In the spring of the second year of Tiande, a medicine collector died mysteriously in the east mountain of the capital. His body was covered with seal-like burn marks. The people nearby thought it was a ghost. Zhao Cheng, the prefect at the time, Keep this case secret and declare it an unsolved case.”

"This case was so weird that no herbal collectors in the capital dared to go up the mountain for half a year. Until the autumn of the second year of Tiande, another person died on the mountain. The death was exactly the same as the previous one. Mu Shaoqing of Dali Temple found witnesses and confirmed that the death was caused by lightning. The case will be solved only after death. It is also because of this that the world knows that not all people who are struck by lightning are scorched black, and their clothes are not torn and their skin is not scorched."

"Since your 'Qianjin Store' has been the largest spice and herbal medicine store in the capital in recent years, and you have a herb collection branch at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, how could you, as the owner of Qianjin Store, not be aware of this case?"

Zhou Gui opened his mouth.

Jiang Yuelan didn't give him a chance to argue, and said categorically: "Others may not know, but you definitely don't know. The herb collectors have not gone to the mountains to collect herbs for half a year. The prices of Dongshan's specialty herbs have increased by more than [-]%. Even if you don't care, case, and will also care about your business.”

This time, even the most obtuse person can figure out the meaning of this case.

Someone in the crowd mustered up the courage to ask: "Are these five people the same as those two cases in Beijing, in that they were all killed by lightning?"

"But if it was struck by lightning, it was considered a natural disaster. How could Zhou Gui have predicted it and calculated it to such an extent!"

"There's no point in calculating this. It rains every day at the beginning of the month, and the spring thunder never stops. As long as you bring people up, it's easy to be struck by lightning."

"Ah, I remembered. When I was a child, the old man used to say, 'You can't go uphill when it's thundering and raining, because there will be a dragon passing by on the Dragon Killing Slope.' If you go uphill when it's thundering, you will be captured by the dragon and you will never come back. But these years, There are fewer and fewer people walking up Zhanlongpo, and no one is saying this gradually. We locals will certainly not come up in Leitian'er, that is, they outsiders from the Great Zhou Dynasty, would dare to do this."

Most people are very keen to share things they know well.

The people present were all local people. They usually looked at the sky and worked hard. Naturally, they talked endlessly when talking about the local climate and celestial phenomena.

More and more people in the crowd were describing the thunderstorm weather in Zhanlongpo, and many people remembered that there had been incidents of people being struck to death by lightning in Zhanlongpo in the early years.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuelan finally let go of her worries.

Her trip to conduct an autopsy and determine the case is important, but it is also very important to eliminate the influence of "devil ghosts" among the people.

Otherwise, there is no guarantee that evil people will not use the name of ghosts to do evil unscrupulously.

Now she intends to lead the onlookers to discuss the case in public, thus achieving the first step of her goal. She first uses the rhetoric of "evil ghosts to cause trouble" to clear up doubts in public, so that ordinary people can understand what is going on.

Zhou Gui's expression changed again and again as he listened to everyone's discussion.

At this point, he still wanted to struggle to the death. He said loudly: "My lord, if you want to accuse me, there is no reason to hesitate! Even if I mean to harm my family, I will not risk my life. There are five of them." When they died, Xiao Min and these guys were right next to them. How could Xiao Min be so virtuous as to be able to drive the thunder to hit whoever he wanted? Sir, Xiao Min was wronged! Their death really had nothing to do with Xiao Min!"

What he said was also a question in the hearts of many people present. On the Dragon-Slaying Slope that day, there were not only five people who died, but also more than a hundred people in the caravan. How could five members of the Fu family be killed?

"It's true that you can't make lightning strike anyone, but you can make people who don't deserve to die avoid lightning strikes." Jiang Yuelan sneered, turned around and ordered: "Someone, remove this awning."

The followers who came with her from the capital were all very agile, and they could completely dismantle the simple morgue in just a cup of tea.

Then, everyone saw the location of the five deceased people.

"Zhanlongpo is close to the Gobi Desert. It is full of sand and gravel and is most susceptible to lightning. This is the highest point in this area. During thunderstorms, the higher you stand, the easier it is to be struck by lightning. This is one of them. "

"As for the second..."

She turned around and bowed solemnly to Mu Huaian who was sitting here, and then said to the crowd: "This is the person who handled the two murder cases in the capital, Mu Shaoqing. When the two lightning murder cases in the capital were concluded, Shao Mu Your Majesty specially ordered someone to post a notice on Dongshan."

"The notice tells Dongshan herb collectors about the taboos on entering and exiting Dongshan during thunderstorms. First, try not to go to the highest place during thunderstorms. Second, once the hair stands on end and the skin tingles, if the location is at the highest place and the ground If it is dry, lie down on the spot. Avoid gathering with many people in one place, and avoid walking until the hair no longer stands up..."

"Just now, Zhou Gui himself said that when the caravan reached the top of the slope, there was a strong wind. He urged the people in the caravan to leave quickly. But at this moment, something happened to the Fu family's horse..."

"Is it such a coincidence that something happened to the horse at this time? Of course not. If this officer is Zhou Gui, he first sends all the people who are not related to the caravan to a low-lying place on the pretext of 'hurrying'. The owner of the herbal medicine shop is naturally very familiar with medicinal herbs. At this time, he only needs to let the horses smell some special medicinal herbs to make them restless, so that the five members of the Fu family can stop at the top of the mountain."

"Then, he encouraged the five members of the Fu family to get out of the car. The Fu family's son is a young boy. If he is struck by lightning, his hair will stand up before the lightning strikes. At this time, he only needs to tell the rest of the people about such a vision. I'm afraid there are ghosts causing trouble and causing them to be close together." "Before the lightning strike, those five people were running and gathering together at the highest point. The notices Mu Shaoqing posted on Dongshan to stay away from lightning strikes became his The killing method, when the lightning strikes, it will be a decisive kill for five people!"

Jiang Yuelan's voice was neither slow nor slow, sonorous and powerful, and she explained the process of inference in a clear and logical manner.

As soon as the words fell, the scene was completely silent.

Zhou Gui didn't expect that Jiang Yuelan could even deduce such details. His face finally turned gray and he collapsed on the ground.

Jiang Yuelan glanced at him, walked up to the guys, looked down at them, and said in a majestic tone: "I will give you one last chance. Whether you want to tell the truth or not is up to you."

At this point, seeing that Zhou Gui was in doom, those guys naturally did not dare to hide anything anymore in order to save their lives.

They rushed to tell what happened in public:

"At the end of the year, my boss heard that Queen Shen'an was going to open mutual trade in Yunjiang at the beginning of the new year. He also heard from the barbarians in Manyifang that the Western Huns liked tea, herbs and tea leaves from the Zhou Dynasty the most, and they were willing to exchange good horses for these things. My boss liked it. For this business, we hired Hu people to teach us how to ride horses, and we also took over several tea shops.”

"The Fu family's tea shop has only been in the capital for a short time, but their special tea is deeply loved by the barbarians in Barbarian Square, and their business is also very prosperous."

"My boss wanted to buy their tea shop and formula many times, but he was declined by the Fu family head. Behind his back, my boss scolded them every day for being ungrateful. Later, as soon as the news about Queen Shen'an opening up the mutual market came out, the boss invited the Fu family to come to Yunjiang with them. .”

"The Fu family often interacted with the Hu people in Manyifang, and they knew the preferences of the Western Huns best. Their tea was also liked by the Western Huns the most, so they all exchanged their good horses for tea. On the contrary, it was the owner who brought the spices from Yunjiang. But not many of the Western Huns who came to trade this time know about medicinal herbs and herbs, and not many want them..."

"As soon as the boss came to Yunjiang, he asked the villain to look for the old man to find out about Zhan Longpo. He also heard a lot about the case of Zhan Longpo's death in the early years. On the day he returned to Beijing, the Fu family thought the weather was bad and didn't want to The one who left so early was because the owner said he was willing to lend a few men to help the Fu family drive their horses, so the Fu family agreed to leave together that day."

"A few of these guys were sent by our boss to drive the horses at Fu's house. Before going out, one of our bosses gave us a packet of medicinal powder made from ground lemongrass. He also told us that before the thunder, we walked up the mountain and heard the sound of thunder. , just feed the horses with medicinal powder and drag the Fu family to the top of the mountain."

"What happened next was exactly what you expected. The driver of the carriage was paid by the owner. When the horse reached the top of the mountain, it became restless and the five members of the Fu family naturally got out of the carriage."

"Then, before the thunder came, the boss asked us to hide under the rocks and told the family to quickly surround the baby to avoid being possessed by ghosts. A bolt of lightning struck down and they died."

"The boss waited until the rain stopped before taking us back. He went to the carriage to get the deed of the tea shop and the tea prescriptions, and asked us to smash the carriage before sending someone to report it to the official. After returning to Beijing, , the matter spread, and he was afraid of causing trouble, so he asked us to spread the word that it was a 'dirty ghost', and after that, everyone knew it..."

At this point, everyone present understood the ins and outs of the matter.

There were two murder cases in the capital, and with the testimony of these guys, no one at the scene doubted that this case was a "man-made disaster" involving money and life, not a "devil's work."

"Zhou Gui, what else do you have to say?" Jiang Yuelan looked at Zhou Gui and asked in a deep voice.

Zhou Gui knew that there was no possibility for him to stand up this time. He gritted his teeth, rolled to his feet, and ran towards the cliff not far away without risking his life.

"Catch him! Don't let him seek death!" Jiang Yuelan ordered urgently.

Before the entourage and officials could react, they saw a figure wearing silver armor. He stepped lightly and landed in front of Zhou Gui. He kicked him back with a flying kick.

"If you want to die, it depends on whether this general agrees or not." Mu Huai'an said coldly.

Zhou Gui was already obese, but Mu Huaian kicked him and he fainted.

"Good kick!"

Someone in the crowd cheered, and the people all applauded without hesitation.

Some people praised Jiang Yuelan as worthy of being Queen Shen'an's chosen disciple, and indeed she had the same demeanor as Queen Shen'an did back then.

Some people praise Huai'an for his ability to both investigate cases and lead troops. He is truly a god with both civil and military skills.

Jiang Yuelan bowed to the crowd and said "Thank you" and "Don't dare" in a gentle and humble manner, which attracted the people to recognize her more closely as the special envoy.

By the time Jiang Yuelan came to her senses, Mu Huaian had disappeared.

It wasn't until the day Jiang Yuelan returned to Beijing that she saw Mu Huaian again.

She thanked Mu Huaian again.

"No need to thank me." Mu Huaian said quietly: "She was the one who solved Dongshan's case back then. I just stood in front of people on her behalf."

The woman he was talking about naturally referred to Queen Shen'an Shen Lingxi.

Until this moment, Jiang Yuelan didn't know that Mu Huaian and Queen Shen'an had known each other so early.

She hesitated for a few breaths, then summoned up the courage to say: "I have always regarded Shaoqing as a role model. Everyone in Dali Temple also misses Shaoqing very much. Queen Shen'an said that if Shaoqing is willing, he can return to Dali Temple. Shaoqing has always been the ideal , that is, traveling around the world, specializing in solving strange cases. I... I am also willing to follow Shaoqing and learn from Shaoqing. "

Mu Huaian looked down at her with a cynical smile on his face.

"No need."

He replied: "When I get back, tell her for me that the sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fish to jump. I already know what I want to do. Please take good care of yourself and work hard to make more food. If you are destined to be with her in this life, I hope See you again."

After saying that, Mu Huaian got on his horse and rode away.

In the spring of the second year of Tiande, Mu Huaian and Shen Lingxi met during the Dongshan case.

At that time, he didn't know what was waiting for them.

It wasn't until the age of 20 that Mu Huaian realized for the first time that some people just missed it.

If he could do it over again, he would know from the beginning that what he really wanted was not to go all over the world to solve crimes with Shen Lingxi, but to be with Shen Lingxi and seize every opportunity that could make her interested.

Will the ending be different?
Mu Huaian was at the border, facing the lonely moon in the night sky, and seriously thought about this possibility countless times.

But the answer is, different paths lead to the same destination, and it will still happen.

From the moment my grandmother and father accepted Urda's proposal...

No, it was earlier, when my grandfather tried his best to get his aunt to marry King Huan, and from the moment his grandmother advised her to be patient after her aunt's miscarriage, as the direct grandson of Mu's eldest son, he was destined to be unable to live alone.

The past, such as yesterday.

Destiny is also fate.

After time passed, Mu Huaian finally removed all his shackles.

Cases similar to those many years ago made him realize that it was time to be himself again...

*
In the winter of the first year of Shuangsheng, Mu Huaian entrusted the Mu family army to Yun Wan and Xu Huan, wrote a letter of resignation, signed his seal and left.

In the spring of the next year, an unknown knight appeared among the people of the Zhou Dynasty. He was handsome and had strong martial arts skills. He specialized in assisting the government in solving unsolved cases.

The story of Mu Huaian traveling around the world and repeatedly solving strange cases has just begun.

　There are many thunder and lightning in the Gobi desert.

　　In thunder and lightning weather, hair stands on end and skin tingles, which are precursors of being struck by lightning.

　　If you are in a standing position at this time, immediately squat down and touch your hands to the ground.In this way, once an electric shock is received, the charge will be transmitted directly to the ground through the shortest path of the arm without attacking the torso.Saves people from heart failure and suffocation.

　　In thunder and lightning weather, stay away from high places. If you are in a high place and cannot leave for a while, lie down on the dry ground to minimize the damage.

　　Stay away from telephone poles, diagonal wires, trees near wires, lightning rods, etc. If you accidentally approach, you can leave by frog jumping. Remember not to gather or walk quickly to avoid causing step voltage.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)