There is a big river in the north of Chang'an City called Weihe. It is twenty miles away from Chang'an. The Weihe River is wide and the water flows smoothly. Although the weather is severe, it is not frozen. Many people like to go to the Weihe River to fish in winter.

A ferry sailed north from the south bank. The ferry was not big, and there were only a dozen people on the boat. Sitting at the bow was a man in his forties. I don’t know if he had any worries, so he looked bad, and I don’t know if he was sick. Although his clothes were not expensive, they were very well-tailored, so he should have a wealthy family.

There was a very strange man sitting at the stern of the boat, like a woodcutter, carrying a large bundle of firewood. It was strange that who would cross the river with a bundle of firewood? Could it be that people on the north bank of the Wei River would go to the south bank of the Wei River to chop some dry firewood back?

But no matter how strange it is, no one has any good things to ask why you are carrying a bundle of firewood.

The man who was lying on the boat looked at the middle-aged man sitting at the bow of the boat, and then at the woodcutter sitting at the stern of the boat, and always felt that these two people were extraordinary.

Fortunately, this is outside the Chang'an City, the imperial capital of Daning, so there is no need to worry about meeting any bad guys. The boatman hummed a small song, and soon the boat approached the other shore. At this moment, the woodcutter carrying a bundle of wood suddenly sat upright, as if he had woken up, took out a small wallet from his arms, counted a few copper coins, and said, "Brother Boatman, I have to go back."

Of course the boatman would not refuse. He said no hurry and just get off the boat and give it to me.

At this time, the middle-aged man on the bow of the boat suddenly stood up. He saw that the distance between the other side was only more than ten feet. Suddenly, he jumped up and jumped to the other side. He looked back and didn't know who he was looking at.

The power of this kick was extremely powerful, but the hull almost did not sway.

The man left without saying a word when he arrived on the other side.

The boatman thought about it and gave him the money in advance, not to escape from these copper coins, so why bother to hurry up?

When everyone got off the boat when they arrived on the shore, the only one of the woodcutter sat there and didn't move. He muttered a few words in his mouth. The boatman didn't understand a word anyway.

The boat shook back to the south shore again, and the woodcutter got off the boat and thanked him politely.

Very ordinary, no problems.

The boatman continued to wait for the guests to come on the shore, and the woodcutter went to Chang'an City without looking back.

In the water, there was a man who was so short that he was a monster who crawled out, climbed up the north shore, looked around, and there was no one on the shore. He shook the water on his body, and it looked like an animal, but no one shook the water like that.

He was wearing a child's clothes, but he looked very strange when he walked, and he was leaning against his body and jumping away.

The boatman rode the boat back and forth twice again. He looked at the sun was about to set and felt that there would be no business again. He was about to collect the boat and go home. The woodcutter carrying a bundle of wood came to the shore again, looking apologized: "Sorry, I'm going to the north shore."

The boatman felt that it was not worth carrying him to the north shore alone. He had to work hard for a few copper coins and was really not very motivated. Just as he was thinking about how to refuse, the woodcutter put the wallet on his boat: "About three taels of silver, is it enough?"

A three-two silver brigade can be enough for a boat trip, of course, it must be enough for it.

The boatman happily carried the only ferry across the river, but as soon as he arrived at the north shore, about one meter away from the shore, the woodcutter suddenly let out a long sigh, then looked at the boatman and said seriously: "Is three taels of silver enough for a round trip?"

The boatman couldn't help but curse in his heart that he was sick, but not to mention a round trip of silver, three round trips were enough. Anyway, he had to go back to the south bank himself, so there was no difference between taking a man and an empty boat.

"enough."

So the boatman turned the bow and said, "What are you doing? You have been going back and forth twice."

"nothing."

The woodcutter lowered his head: "Passing the time, sometimes you can't go home too early, too early will be difficult."

The boatman thought that those three taels of silver should be all worth for you. He thought that someone at home was sorry for him, so he would rather take a boat back and forth than go home. But then he thought it was wrong. He didn't want to go home, so he could find a place to rest? There is a trestle on the south bank, and there is a small tea shop not far from the trestle. There is a dozens of copper coins to eat and drink there, so why bother using the silver to take a boat?

He looked at the woodcutter and wanted to ask more questions. The woodcutter lowered his head and was thinking, so he didn't have the nerve to disturb him. Suddenly, he felt something was wrong. Why were there some water traces at the stern of the boat?

The woodcutter did not get off the boat. He sat at the stern of the boat last time and this time. Where did the water traces come from?

After the woodcutter arrived at the south bank, he left again with his bundle of firewood on his back. When he left, he still thanked him politely. The boatman looked at the bundle of firewood for a few more times and found that the bundle of firewood was dripping water down. Curiously, he looked at the stern of the boat again. There was a pool of water at the stern of the boat, and there seemed to be something wrong. He wiped the water with his hand and found that the color was something wrong.

Two hours later, Tingwei Mansion.

Fang Bailu, a young man who was just promoted to Qianban last month, stood in front of Han Huanzhi. Although it was not the first time he entered Han Huanzhi's study, he still couldn't adapt to the dark light in the room.

Fang Bailu is Fang Baijing's cousin, and the two of them have similar life trajectories. His father is Fang Baijing's father's younger brother. The older generation of brothers worked in the Tingwei Mansion, and they naturally entered the Tingwei Mansion.

“It’s strange that there is a case.”

Fang Bailu glanced at Han Huanzhi, and tried to speak as quickly as possible and try to explain every word clearly when speaking.

"Not long ago, Shuntian Prefecture's yamen received a report that a murder case occurred about six miles north of the Wei River. Someone was killed on the road, and there were people in front and behind, so there were many people who saw that the murder case occurred. It was not too late at that time, so I would never misread anything. It was just a surprise that so many people didn't see clearly how the person died. The deceased flew up by himself as he walked. What's even more strange is that the flying head did not fall back to the ground, as if it had disappeared out of thin air. The people from Shuntian Prefecture had brought the body back, and the incision on their necks was very neat, and they should have been killed by a sharp blade."

Han Huanzhi frowned: "The head of a person flew into the air by himself?"

"Yes, eight or nine people who saw this scene came down from the same ferry, and the dead one also arrived at the north shore where they were on the same ferry. After walking six miles, the man's head flew out with a slanted out, probably flying to the tree, but when people looked at the tree, there was nothing and the head disappeared."

Han Huanzhi frowned deeper and deeper. He had not heard of such a strange case in so many years, let alone seen it.

"Go to Shuntian Mansion to have a look."

Han Huanzhi stood up.

Just as I was about to go out, someone came in outside to report that it was the chief inspector of Shuntian Prefecture who asked for a meeting.

In fact, the chief arrestee of Shuntian Prefecture is a chore and a worry-free one. When it comes to chores, it is basically only given to them by the Tingwei Mansion that does not handle. When it says that they are worry-free, it is only given to them by the Tingwei Mansion that does not handle. But don’t forget that some cases of the Ministry of Justice also have to be taken over.

The servants in Shuntian Prefecture mostly handle small cases, and they habitually hand over all the big cases to the Tingwei Prefecture.

The so-called Shuntian Prefecture is actually Chang'an Prefecture. The chief inspector Xue Shun of Chang'an Prefecture had wanted to handle a big case last time. It was several years ago. He received a report that someone went to the restaurant with a head hanging on his belt and hurriedly took someone to investigate. It turned out that the person was Meng Chang'an, a disciple of the academy. He bit the bullet and asked to meet with the old director of the academy to give him the person. The result is naturally conceivable.

Xue Xuan sometimes secretly thanked that if he had to deal with this case at that time, he would offend Meng Changan thoroughly. Meng Changan is now a third-rank general, and his good brother Chen Leng is also a third-rank general. It is said that he is the adopted son of Tie Liuli, the general of the Northern Frontier. Although Tie Liuli has passed away, the new Northern Frontier General Wu Xinyu is also the adopted son of Tie Liuli, so Meng Changan and the Northern Frontier General are brothers.

Very complicated.

As soon as Xue Qian entered the door, he hurriedly saluted Han Huanzhi. In recent years, he has become more and more accomplice. He works in Chang'an Mansion, as long as he does not make mistakes, so there are naturally people from the Tingwei Mansion to handle major cases, so he does not need to work hard.

"Mr. Du Tingwei, I really have no clue about my case. I have to come and see you and ask you to answer your questions."

Han Huanzhi already knew the case and asked, "Who is the deceased?"

"It's not difficult to find out the identity of the deceased."

Xue Xuan quickly handed over the file he brought with him: "The deceased is named Guo Liancheng, the chief escort of the Datong Escort Agency. The owner of the Datong Escort Agency is Shang Shanshui. Before Bei Zhi came, he had arranged for someone to see him, but there was no news yet. Guo Liancheng is quite famous in the world and is also the second largest person in the Datong Escort Agency, second only to Shang Shanshui."

"I found out so quickly."

Han Huanzhi glanced at Xue Qian with appreciation.

"After receiving the report, Bei Zhi arranged for people to ask the people who saw the scene, and some of them had seen him, so I knew it as soon as I asked."

Xue Xuan asked curiously: "This Guo Liancheng has a very good martial arts skills, how could he fly into the sky for no reason?"

Han Huanzhi naturally had no choice but to answer, so he asked back: "Have all the people involved brought back?"

"I brought it back, and all the people on the same boat with him, and all the boatmans who were raising the boat were brought back."

Han Huanzhi nodded: "Go to your yamen to ask."

"No, no."

Xue Qian smiled and said, "Everyone has been brought to the Tingwei Mansion, and now he is waiting outside the gate."

Han Huanzhi glanced at Xue Qian: "You have been working in Chang'an Prefecture for many years. Six years ago, you were promoted to the chief inspector of Chang'an Prefecture. You are the sixth rank... Are you willing to come to the Tingwei Mansion to do things? I can directly mention you as the assistant minister of Qian Office and the fifth rank. In a year, I can mention you as the fourth rank."

Xue Qian was stunned and looked at Han Huanzhi with an incredible look on his face.

Qianbanfang Bai Lu smiled and said, "You need to say it twice?"

Xue Xuan hurriedly leaned over and said, "I am willing to do so, but I have always wanted to come to Tingwei Mansion to handle the case."

"I will go to see Lord Zhi of Chang'an Prefecture tomorrow to bring you over."

Han Huanzhi walked out: "Have you ever had a simple inquiry?"

"On the road, Bei Yi asked almost all the questions. All the confessions of the people who saw the death of the deceased were the same. They said that the head flew up by themselves, and then the head disappeared. Bei Yi also asked the boatman. The boatman said that there was indeed a strange person, but that person did not cross the river with the deceased, so there was no evidence of murder."

Han Huanzhi said: "I'll ask everyone first."

at the same time.

Weiyang Palace, Fengning Temple.

The little fat Taoist sat in the yard and stared at the night sky in a daze. The sky had just darkened, but the starry sky was already shining brightly.

Xiao Zhang came out of the backyard, and His Majesty suddenly summoned her. When she went to the front yard, she saw Xiaopang Taoist sitting there in a daze, said hello and walked out. Xiaopang Taoist quickly stood up and smiled honestly: "You're going out so late."

"Your Majesty summoned."

Xiao Zhang replied, and she felt that the fat Taoist was kind-hearted and said a few more words: "Ye Fenghan, don't sit outside."

The little fat Taoist was flattered and nodded quickly: "Go back now and go back now."

He turned around and wanted to enter the house. When Xiao Zhang saw that his back was heavy, it must be wet. His clothes were still wet in such cold weather, so he was not afraid of being cold.

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