Yi Song

Chapter 20 The streets are full of celebrities
  This cry was like a firecracker being set off in a hornet's nest. With a bang, it made buzzing noises everywhere.

The entire Sichuan Restaurant was shaking, and the noise of people running and chirping could be heard everywhere. After a while, the single room next door was filled with people, and it was as bustling as a market.

Yue Fei lifted up his clothes and wanted to stand up, but Liu Guozhang held him back.

"Do what?"

"Go and watch the fun."

"It's nothing more than one person dying. In the future, there will be many dead people on the battlefield. You can see some of them until you vomit. Sit down and have breakfast."

Yue Fei couldn't believe it, "Brother Erlang, someone died next door."

"So what? Several people died in front of me the night before. If someone dies, the store owner will report it, and the government will come. Even if you want to go watch the excitement, you have to fill your stomach first.

Ah, this meat noodle smells fragrant and tastes delicious, but it just lacks a soul. "

Yue Fei sat down suspiciously and stirred the pasta in his bowl with chopsticks.

"Soul, what soul?"

"It's red and spicy, making people feel hot from the inside out!"

"Spicy? Brother Erlang likes spicy food! Ask the Huo family to bring some more ginger, garlic and dogwood."

"That one isn't beautiful, it's not strong enough."

"Then ask the Huo family to bring some pepper. It's just that pepper is expensive, so you have to pay more."

"Haha, eat, eat quickly and watch the fun."

Yue Fei quickly lowered his head and began to eat with great gulps.

Each person had a bowl of pasta, a bowl of mutton soup, a piece of bread, and two plates of side dishes, and finally burped.

After paying the bill and leaving behind a bunch of copper coins, Liu Guozhang picked his teeth and squeezed into the crowd with Yue Fei.

The single room next door was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. In the middle, a man who looked like a military officer was talking to two military attaches with sweat on his head. Both bowing and smiling.

A dozen military men sealed off the single room, and there were two people who looked like clerks talking to a few literati.

"Oh, the military inspector and judge from the Military Inspectorate are here too."

"Military Patrol Court?"

"The security of the inner and outer cities of Kaifeng is under the separate jurisdiction of the Military Patrol. If there is a murder case, they will definitely be the first to come."

"Oh, they are also responsible for solving crimes?"

"It's up to them, but let's see if they care enough!" A voice came from the side.

There is something in the words.

Liu Guozhang turned around and saw a man in his thirties, slovenly dressed, biting a cake and looking inside.

"Then who controls them?"

"The left and right halls of Kaifeng Mansion." The man turned his head and looked at Liu Guozhang, biting hard biscuits crunchily in his mouth, causing others to have toothaches.

"The Sichuan Hotel was purchased and operated by the Sichuan-Sichuan Chamber of Commerce. The dead Chen Xiushan is also an imperial edict from the Hanlin Academy of Painting. Soon, the judge Hou Guanren from the left hall of Kaifeng Prefecture will definitely come."

This person knows the situation in Kaifeng Mansion very well.

Liu Guozhang cupped his hands and sang: "I'm rude, rude, I'm Liu Hu, how do I address you sir?"

"I'm waiting for an edict at the Hanlin Painting Academy, Zhang Zeduan. This is my little friend Zhang Jun and Zhang Deyuan. We had just had breakfast at the nearby Supozi Cake Shop when we heard that a murder had occurred at the Sichuan Hotel.

Deyuan is from Hanzhou, Xichuan, so he dragged me over to have a look. As soon as I came in, I heard that the deceased was Chi Xiushan, my colleague, and I was the one who took notice. "

Zhang Zeduan?
  The Hanlin Painting Academy is waiting for an edict, so that's right, the one who painted "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

But how did Zhang Jun become Zhang Zeduan's little friend? Are they all named Zhang?
  Liu Guozhang couldn't help but glance sideways. Zhang Jun was short in stature, with a square face and a broad forehead. His eyes were full of energy. He raised his hands towards Liu Hu and Yue Fei.

Although he is very young, he always looks very serious.

Look at me, how cheerful and sunny I am!

"This is my little friend, Yue Fei and Yue Pengju." Liu Guozhang also introduced, "We were having breakfast next door just now. We heard that there was a murder, so we came out to watch the fun."

"Look together, look together." Zhang Zeduan stood on tiptoes from time to time, shaking his head, looking for gaps in the heads of the people in front, trying to see more clearly.

After a while, an official wearing a scarlet robe and a hard-winged official hat came in, shouting from the front and back.

The shopkeepers, military envoys, military inspectors and clerks quickly gathered around and bowed in salute.

"Judge Hou is here!" Zhang Zeduan finished the cake, clapped his hands, dusted his clothes, and found a piece of cake crumbs on his left sleeve. He carefully pinched it and stuffed it into his mouth.

Judge Hou, surrounded by everyone, entered the single room.

"Well, why don't we let the widower go in for autopsy first, and the arrester go in to investigate the scene? If a group of people go in in a chaotic manner, won't all the clues left by the criminal be destroyed?" Zhang Zeduan, Zhang Jun and Yue Fei turned their heads in unison. , staring at Liu Guozhang.

"Brother Erlang, do you know how to investigate and arrest?"

"A little bit, a little bit."

"Brother Liu Xian, who do you think killed Brother Xiushan?" Zhang Zeduan asked curiously.

"Killed by an acquaintance!"

"Why?"

"When Mr. Xiushan was killed, Pengju and I were eating next door. There were four or five people eating together at that time. Later, it was said that a certain celebrity came, and the rest of them got up and went out to visit, leaving only this one. Mr. Xiushan.

Then I heard someone coming in, talking to Mr. Xiushan, and an argument broke out. Because of the noise around me, I couldn’t hear clearly.”

Yue Fei added on the side: "Yes, there are four or five single rooms in the area where we are sitting, adjacent to each other, and they are all full of people. When that person came in, someone happened to be visiting from next door, and the bustle became even more noisy. During the quarrel, Someone in the other room asked for some music, and the music was playing, but it was hard to hear what was being said."

Liu Guozhang continued: "The quarrel ended suddenly, and then someone opened the door and closed the door and went out. After a while, someone from the Huo family came in with something."

"Brother Erlang, what's wrong?"

"I feel something is wrong, it's okay," Liu Guozhang continued, "Then the dishes carried by the Huo family fell to the ground, and they shouted murder. Looking back, I think that Mr. Xiushan was probably used by the murderer during an argument. Killed by the noise all around.”

Yue Fei said happily: "Exactly, exactly, that's why Brother Erlang said he was killed by an acquaintance. It was an acquaintance that Mr. Xiushan let him into the house, first to talk and then to quarrel."

"The murderer is also very powerful and proficient in killing techniques." Liu Guozhang added.

Yue Fei clapped his hands and echoed: "That's right. The quarrel suddenly stopped. It must be that Mr. Xiushan was killed by a single blow from the murderer. There was no sound at all."

"Brother Xiushan's acquaintance is also a martial artist, so it's easy to find the murderer." Zhang Zeduan said in surprise.

Zhang Jun sighed at the side: "I have my own laws for inspection, arrest, torture and punishment. The Military Inspectorate should seal off the scene, call the widow to conduct an inspection, detain relevant people nearby, and call the fire master, boss, and land security , Fangzheng, record them one by one and then hand them over to the judge for trial.

It is a shame that the traitors were in power and the court was in chaos. Fortunately, brother Liu Xian remembered it clearly and prevented Mr. Xiushan from being wronged. "

Zhang Zeduan patted Zhang Jun's shoulder, sighed deeply, raised his hands and said to Liu Guozhang, "Brother Liu Xian, thank you Zhang."

"Mr. Zhang is polite, Deyuan is polite."

Judge Hou walked out of the room, covering his nose and looking pale.

After standing there for a while, he came to his senses, beckoned the military inspector and military inspector to come closer, and spoke sternly.

The two military attaches lowered their heads, with sad expressions on their faces, but bowed helplessly.

"It's the same trick of using the stick to solve the case again." Zhang Jun said angrily.

"Wand limit?"

"It means solving the case within a time limit. If the case is not solved in five days, if the case is not solved in ten days with twenty canes, and if the case is not solved in twenty days with forty canes, these two will either be beaten to death or assassinated in Yuanzhou."

Zhang Jun's words made Liu Guozhang's hair stand on end.

Under such severe pressure, a simple case was solved!

"Mr. Zhang, Brother Deyuan, we still have something to do, so let's go first." Liu Guozhang said goodbye and took Yue Fei away in a hurry.

Zhang Zeduan cupped his hands absently, lowered his head and thought about whom to find someone he knew well enough to convey Liu Guozhang's guess.

Zhang Jun looked at the backs of Liu Guozhang, thoughtfully.

"Brother Erlang, why are you in such a hurry? I still want to see how they investigate and solve the case."

"Crack the case? If we don't leave, the blame will fall on us. A gentleman doesn't stand behind a dangerous wall!"

Yue Fei was stunned: "Why?"

"Who are you? An expelled Hebei archer. What about me? An unemployed vagrant from Mingzhou. Carrying swords and weapons, sitting next door to the crime. You are so handsome, making people jealous, and perfect for taking the blame. s material."

"Take the blame? Do they want to frame us?" Yue Fei jumped up.

"The military inspectors and military inspectors have been punished by the cane, and they only want to escape themselves. They don't care about the life and death of others. It is most appropriate to report them to us."

Yue Fei thought for a while and asked hesitantly: "Brother Erlang, I understand the rest of the principles, but I don't understand that we are so handsome, but it has become a disaster?"

"Those who are not envied by others are either mediocre or ugly."

The two of them walked quickly as they talked, quickly entered Chongming Gate and came to the famous Xiangguosi West Street.

"Those guys, those two in front, don't leave!"

Suddenly there was a shout from behind, and a group of people chased after him.

(End of this chapter)