Lin Jinxiao ordered He Ying to order some guards and accompanied Chu Nanzhi to the crime scene in Anlin Village.
As soon as I arrived at the bank of the Lanjiang River at the east end of the village, I heard a faint sound of heartbreaking crying.
Chu Nanzhi asked Sang Qi to park the carriage at the edge of the village road, and he and Lin Jinxiao led the people over.
At this time, the open grassland a few meters away from the Lanjiang River was already filled with villagers, whispering and discussing.
Liu Qingbo had asked people to guard the scene before entering the city, and no one dared to approach.
Once everyone could be seen clearly, the cries on the field became even more deafening.
Chu Nan Zhi glanced around and saw that the person crying the most was Mrs. Chen. Not far from her were Lin Jinyun and Qin Xianglian, aunts and sisters, slumped on the ground and sobbing slowly and quietly, but their eyes looked at the crying people from time to time.
Mrs. Chen, who was so happy, seemed to have a fierce and angry look in her eyes.
Chu Nanzhi and Lin Jinxiao looked at each other and went straight forward.
Seeing the official figure, someone excitedly rushed towards the two of them.
"Aunt Nan Zhi, Lin Erlang died miserably. He had many holes stabbed all over his body and all his blood was drained."
Chu Nanzhi looked at Xiao Langjun who was coming towards him and was talking, and remembered that this person was Xiao Erlang, the son of Blacksmith Zhao.
Seeing his son's ignorance of the rules, Blacksmith Zhao was so frightened that he quickly chased after him and scolded him angrily: "Xiaoerlang, please don't be rude. Please pay your respects to the princess and His Highness."
Seeing this, everyone bowed down respectfully.
Chu Nanzhi glanced at Xiao Erlang, who was standing in front of him blankly, and the submissive villagers in front of him. They had not seen each other for several months. It was true that things in the world were unpredictable, and everyone's attitude towards him was completely different.
"Folks, there is no need to be polite."
Chu Nanzhi motioned for everyone to get up, then looked at Xiaoerlang with a smile and said in a personal voice: "Don't listen to your father. If you like it, you should call me Aunt Nanzhi in the future."
"good."
Xiao Erlang smiled from ear to ear. Anyway, he didn't know how senior the prince and princess were. He was scared to death when he saw everyone, but Aunt Nan Zhi was still so close to him, no different from usual.
The fear in his heart suddenly disappeared.
Holding Chu Nanzhi with his chubby little hand, Xiao Erlang walked excitedly to the riverside: "Aunt Nan Zhi, my father and several uncles from the village personally salvaged Lin Erlang."
Lin Jinxiao couldn't help but frowned when he saw Xiaoerlang being so enthusiastic and holding his wife's hand tightly to move forward.
Just as he was about to catch up, Lin Jinyun grabbed him by the skirt of his clothes: "Brother, my second brother died so miserably."
While speaking, he couldn't help but turn his head tremblingly and glance at Mrs. Chen who was crying not far away.
Lin Jinxiao also looked over, and the wailing sound didn't seem to be staged this time, it was very real.
Qin Xianglian wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, raised her head angrily, and begged with choked sobs: "Brother, please avenge Erlang."
While the two of them were talking, they both glared at Chen with dissatisfaction. Lin Jinxiao immediately noticed that something was wrong, but remained silent and did not answer. Leaving aside the two sisters, he quietly walked to the restrained body, squatted down and calmed down.
Look at it quietly.
Chu Nanzhi looked at the narrow river and saw Xiaoerlang pointing to a shallow shoal that was concave toward the shore and said, "Aunt Nanzhi, that's where my father and the others found Lin Erlang's body."
After Chu Nanzhi heard this, he led two guards and immediately walked towards the shallows.
Observing the surrounding terrain again, this place is close to Duanlong Mountain, and the water flow is gradually becoming more and more rapid. If someone really wants to kill someone and hide their body, the best way is to throw the body into the river.
Such a body must be able to flow down the river, so how could it be left in the shallows blocked by rocks and mountains?
Walking to the location where the body was found, Chu Nanzhi carefully checked the terrain. The terrain here was obviously lower than the mainstream. The flood season had passed, and only a small amount of water overflowed the beach and flowed into the depression, forming a
A semi-enclosed pool.
Watching Lin Jinxiao walking over with a solemn expression, Chu Nanzhi said thoughtfully: "It seems that someone deliberately left the body here to make others discover it."
Lin Jinxiao nodded solemnly, and the bad feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.
Just at this time, the newly appointed county magistrate Peng Pai also came with his officers after hearing the news. He was also accompanied by Tang Ru, Tang Yuanxi's brother and sister, and Lin Jinqian.
When Tang Yuanxi saw Lin Jinxiao's figure, she hurriedly came closer and said with ardent concern: "Brother Jinxiao, there is no resurrection after death, don't be too sad."
Lin Jinxiao had no intention of paying any attention to her. He walked back to the corpse place and glanced at Peng Pai coldly.
Liu Qingbo did not send anyone to the county government to report the case, he just reported the matter to himself. He came quickly and also brought the Tang brothers and sisters and Princess Qian.
Peng Pai noticed the strange look in his eyes and immediately explained: "Your Highness, as soon as I arrived at the county government office, I heard about the death of my younger brother. I brought people to the house and learned that Your Highness and the princess had brought people to the village, so I was anxious
Came here."
As he said that, he couldn't help but look at the Tang brothers and sisters, and said in confusion: "Master Duwei and Princess Qian seemed to have known about this matter for a long time. I met the three of them by chance on the road, and Princess Qian even threatened to do it for them.
I'm going to come to An Neighbor Village to catch the murderer."
"oh?"
Lin Jinxiao looked at Lin Jinqian with cold eyes and sneered: "It seems that Princess Qian already knows who killed my Erlang?"
"certainly."
Lin Jinqian glanced at Chu Nanzhi casually, and sneered coldly: "It depends on whether King Pingning is willing to handle the matter impartially. If King Pingning wants to be selfish, then I, the princess, just come to watch the excitement.
."
"Princess, what do you mean by this? Your Highness has always been impartial and upright. Even in ordinary cases, he would not bend the law for personal gain, not to mention that the person who died was his brother."
Liu Qingbo realized that this princess was probably here to deliberately stir up trouble, so he hurriedly defended her.
"Yeah?"
Lin Jinqian twisted her lips and revealed a sinister smile: "But why did I hear that the second son of the Lin family had some quarrel with Princess Pingning at Puluo'an a while ago? Our princess's sister-in-law has always disliked the second son of the Lin family.
, relying on his power, he deliberately accused Erlang of the Lin family of molesting the old nun in the nunnery and imprisoned him in the village. Is this what is called upholding justice?"
After hearing this, Peng Pai had no choice but to turn his gaze back to Lin Jinxiao, and reported in a low voice with a grimace: "There are rumors in the city today that the second son of the Lin family had a fight with the princess in Puluo'an that day, and almost killed someone. Some people even started to fight.
I suspect that the princess took revenge and killed your brother."
"That's nonsense."
Lin Jinxiao looked at Lin Jinqian angrily and scolded: "So Princess Qian came to the village specially just to frame me and the princess?"
"Why, does His Highness still want to protect her?"
Lin Jinqian strolled over confidently and argued aggressively:
"I heard that when you two were still in the village, our princess's sister-in-law would ruthlessly send her brother-in-law to prison for just a few dozen taels of silver. Now that she has gained power, everyone loves her, but
This brother-in-law is the only one who is ignorant of current affairs and always wants to go against the princess and sister-in-law. It is understandable that she wants to eradicate dissidents and establish prestige, so naturally she cannot keep the second son of the Lin family."
"The princess is indeed a princess. She really knows good reasoning and logic."
Chu Nanzhi shook her head helplessly and looked directly at the past: "Even if Her Royal Highness the Princess is sure that I harmed my brother-in-law, where is the evidence?"