One day in March this year, Mou Bin called Shen Liang and told him a confidential case. That was the death of a woman dedicated to the emperor by the Zhou family and drowned in the palace.
Mou Bin told Shen Liang that the woman drowned in the lotus pond in the back garden of Changchun Palace one night within half a month of entering the palace. The emperor was very depressed about this and was sad for a long time. Later, the emperor began to suspect Someone had tampered with the matter, and the emperor believed that the cause of the woman's death was suspicious. Therefore, he ordered Mou Bin to secretly investigate whether Zhang Yanling was involved in the matter.
At that time, Mou Bin made some analysis and believed that the emperor suspected that this incident was most likely the work of the queen. Because only the queen had the motive to do something, she was worried that the appearance of the woman would threaten the queen's favored status. However, Obviously, the Queen couldn't do it without the help of her natal brother Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling. So she had to conduct a secret investigation on these two brothers.
Shen Liang was naturally a hundred times more confident. He happened to be very dissatisfied with Zhang Yanling's parachute landing and blocking his way, so he immediately began to make arrangements, deploy manpower, and conduct a large number of secret investigations. Who knew that everything was not going smoothly, just when he had Just when we were looking for some clues, several relevant witnesses all died within a few days. The clues were interrupted.
But now, Shen Liang is keenly aware that what Yuan Bin reported must be the most critical evidence related to the case.
Shen Liang quickly analyzed it, and his IQ reached the highest peak in his life at this moment, so that he quickly figured out the context.
First, the grave of the woman they mentioned must be the grave of the woman who died in the palace. For a long time, Shen Liang wanted to find out the origin of this woman from the Zhou family, but he ignored the fact that this woman died. Then he made an inquiry about where she was buried. Because he really didn't even think of going over to check on the woman's body and dig up the grave.
Secondly, they were going to dig the woman's grave and remove the woman's body. They also said that there were important clues on the body. That probably meant that the woman's body could prove that the woman did not drown, but had other causes. The one who was killed. Proving this, it was determined that someone had secretly carried out the murder.
Thirdly, it can be proved that the cause of death of the dead woman was not drowning but murder, and Zhang Yanling and others went to dig the grave and destroy the body, which proves that the woman's death must be related to Zhang Yanling. Otherwise, why would he dig the grave and destroy the evidence? He only needs to If Zhang Yanling is caught red-handed, there will be no room for denial.
As the saying goes, there is always a road ahead. At the critical moment, Zhang Yanling himself came to the door, and the case was finally turned around.
Shen Liang's expression was uncertain, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes frowning, sometimes gritting his teeth, sometimes gnashing his teeth. Yuan Bin on the side was frightened and said cautiously: "Shen Qianhu, is this news useful? I won't be busy working in vain again in my humble position. Bar."
Shen Liang turned to look at Yuan Bin, laughed loudly and said: "Mr. Yuan Qi, you have made a great contribution this time. This news is extremely important, and I will reward you heavily."
Yuan Bin said in surprise: "Are you serious? I still think that my hard work has been in vain."
Shen Liang reached out and patted Yuan Bin's shoulder and said: "Mr. Yuan Qi, just wait and see, someone will die soon. And I, Shen Liang, will soon make great achievements. Those dogs in the Yamen , they looked at me and saw that I was unlucky, so they attacked me one by one and treated me with disdain. Wait until I deal with them one by one. Mr. Yuan Qi, you are very good, just wait until you become an official and make a fortune."
Yuan Bin said happily: "That's great. Shen Qianhu must promote more humble posts. The humble posts risked their lives to inform Shen Qianhu. Yes, the humble posts must go back quickly. Recently, the Guards have been conducting strict inspections. They'll be in trouble when they find out I'm not in the yamen."
Shen Liang nodded and said: "Okay, you go back first. Don't make them suspicious."
Yuan Bin hurriedly said: "I humbly obey my orders, I humbly resign!"
Shen Liang nodded, Yuan Bin bowed his hands, turned around and left. Shen Liang suddenly said: "Mr. Yuan Qi, are you lying to me?"
Yuan Bin was startled, his face turned pale, and he turned around and said hurriedly: "Shen Qianhu... what do you mean by this? How dare I lie to you? How dare I eat a bear's heart and be a leopard? I swear to God, if If there is half a lie, five thunders will strike from the sky, and you will never be reincarnated..."
Shen Liang laughed and said: "Look, I scared you. I was just joking. Mr. Yuan Qi, go ahead."
Yuan Bin swallowed, bowed his hands, turned around and left quickly.
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In the early hours of the morning, a dark figure entered an alley next to Anhua Temple in Chongnanfang. He quickly climbed into a small house. When he came to the window of the main room and the side room, the man listened attentively to what was going on inside. The sound of a sleeping man snoring could be heard inside.
The black shadow pulled out the dagger, gently pushed open a long window, and then stepped into the house. The snoring in the room did not stop, but the black shadow only stepped in with one foot, and the other foot was still resting on the window sill. When he arrived, a hard and sharp weapon was pressed against his neck.
"What kind of thief dares to touch your home, Mr. Zhang, are you looking for death?" A cold voice sounded, and at the same time as he spoke, the snoring in the room disappeared.
"Zhang Qianhu, don't do anything, it's me, Shen Liang." The shadow said hurriedly.
"Shen Liang? What are you doing here?"
"Hehe, of course I came to you for something. Zhang Qianhu is really powerful. As soon as I came in, you were waiting for me with a weapon. You even pretended to be snoring to confuse me. I actually didn't hear any sound."
"Hmph. I woke up when you entered the courtyard. I rolled over on the battlefield. How can I fight the Tatars if I don't have this little vigilance?"
"That's...that's...hehehe."
The long window was closed, and a candle lighted up, illuminating the two people in the room. One was Shen Liang, and the other was Zhang Yin, a Qianhu of Jinyi Weinan Town Fusi. Zhang Yin was still naked because he got up from the bed. , exposing the hill-like muscles on his chest. At this moment, he was frowning and looking at Shen Liang coldly.
"Shen Liang, why did you come to my house in the middle of the night? If I hadn't recognized you, you would have been a corpse." Zhang Yin frowned and shouted.
Shen Liang chuckled and said, "Zhang Qianhu, don't be surprised. I really have something important to discuss with you."
Zhang Yin put on his robe, sat down on the chair and said in a deep voice: "Is there anything you can't tell me when I go to the Yamen tomorrow? Do you have to come sneakily in the middle of the night?"
Shen Liang sighed: "Zhang Qianhu, it's not like you don't know my situation. Nowadays, I, Shen, keep my tail between my legs in the yamen. If I talk to you in the yamen, it will be detrimental to you. .Besides, the matter I discussed with you cannot be known to others. So I can only come here in the middle of the night. Please forgive me for disturbing Zhang Qianhu’s sleep! "
Zhang Yin said in a deep voice: "Forget chatting, what on earth are you going to do?"