Wang Yan slapped the table and stopped Tao Zhoufeng, who was about to go home for dinner in the yard.

"Sir, the official begged to investigate the murder of Ma Lian."

Tao Zhoufeng looked at Wang Yan sympathetically and pondered. He was wondering whether to tell Wang Yan that his younger brother Wang Xuan might be involved in the case had been stabbed in front of the imperial court, and Dali Temple might be investigating.

Tao Zhoufeng has always liked Wang Yan very much. No one was the one he chose. Although Wang Yan did not respect him very much, he was indeed a capable subordinate. Tao Zhoufeng liked young people the most. Who has no minor problems? He has a more irritable temper and arrogance, and nothing.

Tao Zhoufeng thought about it, but still didn't say it. He said with a careless eye: "Then, you prepare the file first, wait until the department has read it, and we will discuss it tomorrow."

Wang Yan firmly blocked his way: "Sir, the official has obtained important evidence. Please allow the court to review immediately."

Tao Zhoufengwei said: "This..."

There was a sudden riot at the gate, and several yamen run over with Qiao Shuling. "Sir, sir, too... too..."

A group of guards surrounded a man and walked from behind them bravely. The Cangshan Qilin patterned crimson purple robe, the auspicious clouds and the jade belt, the domineering lion beard, and the ringed leopard had a tiger's power in his eyes. Tao Shangshu immediately saluted: "The lower official met the Grand Master..."

Before he finished speaking, Grand Master Wang grabbed Wang Yan beside him, raised his right hand like a palm fan, and slapped him: "Rebellious!"

Wang Yan was staggered, and Grand Master Wang stolen with another slap, "Lawless thing! Who gives you such a courage to be so arrogant to be favoritism and to protect your brother!"

Tao Zhoufeng was too late to stop him, and a tube of nosebleed flowed out of Wang Yan's nostrils.

Master Wang raised his hand and shouted with great pride: "Bring it up!"

Several guards pulled over a tied man and knelt down on the ground. It was Wang Xuan.

Only then did Grandmaster Wang slowly sort out his cuffs and said to Tao Zhoufeng: "Shangshu Tao, you have taken the liberty to break into the Ministry of Justice, don't blame the abruptness. It is reported that my rebellious son Wang Xuan is involved in a case. The rebellious son Wang Yan returned home today and communicated with his brother. He actually intended to indulge him. So I brought Wang Xuan and asked Lord Tao to deal with it casually."

Wang Yan wiped his nose bleeding, and Wang Xuan said tremblingly: "Dad, I'm being framed! It's not about my brother's business!"

Master Wang kicked him over, and Tao Zhoufeng quickly stopped him: "Master......... the officials are not aware of this..."

Grand Master Wang looked at Wang Yan angrily: "You dare to hide it from Shangshu Tao?"

Tao Zhoufeng immediately said: "No, no, there is...there is no obvious evidence...the case needs to be tried carefully."

Master Wang said: "It's okay, Shangshu Tao, just try it. It's better to start the court to examine Wang Xuan, the evil beast! Before entering the court, take down Wang Yan first and beat the sixty boards again! I'm just watching!"

Tao Zhoufeng said: "The Grand Master destroyed his relatives for justice, and the officials admired him very much... but..." Looking at Wang Yan, "Mr. Wang, I can't beat him. He was the chief judge of a major case and found conclusive evidence. Without further ado, the officials should be promoted to the court immediately. Please understand."

Grand Master Wang narrowed his eyes: "Oh? Is there any such thing? Well, please take Wang Xuan into the cell. Wang Yan's crimes cannot be forgiven. After the trial, I will apologize to the emperor. This traitorous thing will be killed!"

Tao Zhoufeng quickly said again: "The murder of Ma Lian is involved in serious matters and confusingly. If there were no Minister of the King, this case would probably become a mystery for the ages..."

Grand Master Wang shook his sleeves heavily: "Okay, for the sake of Shangshu Tao pleading for you, please remember this crime for the time being. When the case is over, please immediately ask the emperor to kill you two little beasts! Take Wang Xuan to prison first!"

Tao Zhoufeng nodded: "Okay, okay, then let's take Mr. Wang to the heavenly prison first..."

Zhang Ping, Qi Zhu and Xu Deng walked to Ma Lian's yard together. Zhang Ping kept silent. Qi Zhu asked, "Does Brother Zhang have a conclusion?"

Zhang Ping lowered his head and said, "Ma Lian may not be from Shu County, and the murderer knows Ma Lian. The others are not dared to make a conclusion at the moment."

A hint of disappointment appeared on Qi Zhu's face.

"You looked through Ma Lian's seasoning in the kitchen and found that there were no chili peppers in it, so you judged that he was not from Shu County? In fact, there are Shu people who don't like spicy food."

Xu Deng followed and said, "If you judged it because of the door, the murderer was Ma Lian's acquaintance, it would not be reasonable. In such a hot day, Ma Lian might not be bathing in the door."

Zhang Ping said: "Ma Lian didn't take a bath at all. After the murderer killed him, he put him in the bathtub. In fact, Ma Lian had been taking a bath in the yard. The murderer didn't know about this and put the bathtub in the bedroom."

He pointed to the edge of the well, and there was a pancreas box on the stool. A rope rack next to it was too short to dry clothes. It was used to wear towels and clothes when sitting in the bathtub.

Qi Zhu's eyes when he looked at Zhang Ping became more interested again: "Why did the murderer put Ma Lian in the bathtub?"

Zhang Ping said: "I will only look at the evidence below. Currently, based on the evidence, I cannot draw conclusions."

Qi Zhu gently tapped his chin with a folding fan: "So, what evidence do you dare to say two points?"

Zhang Ping lowered his eyelids: "I met Ma Lian, and I had dinner with him. When I was eating outside, he only ate rice and spicy food, and then his face was flushed and his lips were blistered."

There are no chili, no rice, only noodles in Ma Lian's kitchen. The ones used are sesame oil.

"He was obviously by the well, but he was not taking a shower, but using a bathtub to look at the ground in the yard. He should be washed with water, but the floor tiles in the house were just cleaned."

Then after Ma Lian took a bath, he would use the bath water to rinse the ground.

"The clothes are not changed every day."

Ma Lian's clothes are only allowed to be cleaned by the old woman at the entrance of the alley every few days. He is a clean person. He doesn't change clothes every day in hot weather.

Xu Deng smiled: "This is the style of the Northwest people. But you say this, it's a contradiction again. Since the murderer recognizes Ma Lian, why did he make the mistake of putting the bathtub in the bedroom?"

Zhang Ping said: "If he doesn't know Ma Lian, why should he do this in one go?"

Xu Deng shook his head: "Far from far-fetched."

Zhang Ping stopped talking again. Qi Zhu said, "Oh, just relying on these, I can't find out who the murderer is. I don't know where his stack of silver notes came from."

Xu Deng said: "This is easy to investigate. When the villain handed him over to the constable of the Ministry of Justice, it is considered to be a contribution to him. Ma Lian has many doubts. I heard that he was able to pass the imperial examination because of the recommendation of Master Liu Bing, the disciple of Taifu Yun. Oh, I can't say anything randomly."

Zhang Ping lowered his head and said, "Students still want to go to the trial."

Qi Zhu glanced at Xu Deng, and Xu Deng said, "Young Master, it's not too late, it's time to go back."

Qi Zhu smiled and said, "Well, it's really a fate to meet Brother Zhang today. See you next day."

Leaving Zhang Ping.

After Lan Jue returned to the mansion, he suddenly received a call and ordered him to see him immediately.

Lan Jue didn't understand why, so he changed into court clothes and rushed to the palace.

Zhang Ping returned to his residence in Xiaomazi Lane. Although he moved to Lan Mansion, his residence here did not return. He took a carry-on box, bought a few sesame cakes and half a bucket of tofu brain on the street, and went to deliver meals to Chenchou.

When he arrived at the Ministry of Justice, the guards did not allow him to go in and visit him. Zhang Ping took out some money and stuffed it to the guards. The guards said, "Forget it, your little money is not enough to drink porridge. It's not that we want to cheat you. Lord Shangshu just went to the court to examine him. He was the younger brother of the unjust scholar who drowned in the lake a few years ago. He had already recruited him in the hall. The brother of the man who was killed in this case killed his brother. Do you think there is any other suspense in this case? The cell he is incarnated now is not something you can see just if you want to."

Zhang Ping slowly turned around with food and walked back to Lan Mansion.

When he returned to Lan Mansion, it was already dark and the lights in the upper room were brightly lit. It seemed that Lan Jue had just returned from the palace. Zhang Ping met Wu Shixin in the corridor. Wu Shixin asked him where he went, and said that Lan Hui had not seen Zhang Ping today and asked him repeatedly.

Zhang Ping answered a few casually and returned to the room where he lived. He only saw a black shadow walking around nearby. When he saw Zhang Ping, he came over and it turned out to be Manager Sun.

Manager Sun coughed twice, looked around and whispered: "Xiao Zhang, I told my nephew that you are going to the test institute early tomorrow morning, but I can't stay there for a long time."

Zhang Ping bowed and bowed heavily: "Thank you, Uncle Sun."

The next day, just dawn, Manager Sun's nephew took Zhang Ping into the trial hospital.

The huge test institute was empty. Sun Zhangli said that the room was cleared today, so the test room door was not locked, so Zhang Ping hurried to see it, and he was here to let the news.

Zhang Ping nodded and walked quickly to the test room. The first thing he went to was the empty house where the crying sounded that day.

There was nothing in the house, empty, because it was not used as a test room, so there were no tables and chairs. Zhang Ping looked around carefully and then arrived at the test room No. 356 where the epilepsy-induced tester was located.

The No. 356 test room was the test paper of the Xian Department. Zhang Ping was in the house to examine it, and finally squatted down and looked under the bed.

He walked to the test room where he was that day, looked at the bed, went to the next door, and finally walked to the test room where Ma Lian was.

Zhang Ping had a question in his mind, and he needed to be verified in this test room. Ma Lian was Ma Hong's younger brother. Taifu Yun reversed the case for Chen Zishang and personally cut off Ma Hong's death penalty. Ma Lian changed his household registration and arrived in the capital. Why did he still join Taifu Yun and get strong recommendation from his disciple Liu Bing?

Ma Lian's test room claimed that a scholar had died, but it looked no different from other test room. Zhang Ping looked carefully and found that as he expected, the bamboo pieces on the bamboo bed were as disassembled as in other rooms, but the bamboo pieces had been flattened and there was nothing. This was the case with No. 356. The ghost talisman carved under Zhang Ping's bed was still there.

Zhang Ping returned to Lan Mansion. It was noon. He was sitting in the room and the door suddenly rang twice.

Zhang Ping looked out the door, stood up quickly, bowed and said, "Mr. Lan."

Lan Jue looked at him with a smile: "No need to be polite, because you have been off for the past two days. I don't know if you are not feeling well, so I'll take a look. Have you eaten for lunch?"

Zhang Ping said: "I ate outside."

Lan Jue said: "It seems that you are still working on Chen Chou's case. Have you found something?"

Zhang Ping shook his head: "Student, there is one thing that I can't figure out. I don't understand why."

Lan Jue rarely saw his sad expression and couldn't help but feel interesting. His eyes glanced at a few pieces of paper on the table, "What is this?"

That is the inscription that Zhang Ping reprinted from Chen Zishang's ancestral hall.

Lan Jue had never been to Chen Zishang's ancestral hall, so he picked up the pieces of paper to read. Although Yun Tang was the Grand Tutor, his handwriting was not top-notch. Lan Jue was inconvenient to comment more, so he went to look at the pieces of Chen Zishang and said in surprise: "These Chen Zishang's handwriting is not ordinary. It's strange. How could he learn this word?"

Zhang Ping suddenly looked up and grabbed Lan Jue's sleeve: "Why is it not ordinary?"

Zhang Ping arrived outside Zhuyin Lane again, paced back and forth under the tea shed.

When the sun sets in the west and the owner of the teahouse almost drove him with a stick, two coughs sounded behind Zhang Ping.

The young man Qi Zhuyaoyao smiled at him and said, "Zhang Ping." Xu Deng was still by his side.

Zhang Ping bowed: "Students have important things."

Xu Deng asked for a quiet room in the teahouse next to him. When he closed the door, Qi Zhu smiled and said, "Brother Zhang has something to do, you can say it."

Zhang Ping knelt down on the ground, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the people have surpassed the public and want to check a few files."

"Qi Zhu" stood up in the backlight and narrowed his eyes slightly: "You are so smart. No wonder you can get recommended by Tao Zhoufeng. Even Lan Jue even recommended you. How did you recognize me? How did you act? Words? Or my pseudonym?"

Zhang Ping lowered his head: "Not either, Caomin recognized Lord Deng, so he guessed the identity of the emperor." He raised his eyelids and looked at Xu Deng.

"I have read the major case that Lord Deng handled and the book "Records of Traces" and admired Lord Deng. I have peeked at the entrance of Dali Temple and in front of Lord Deng's mansion."

Emperor Yongxuan laughed out loud: "Deng Qing, it turns out that I actually benefited from you. Well, Zhang Ping, you are a scholar and have no fame. Why should you make such a request to me?"

Zhang Ping said: "Caomin knows who the murderer is."

Emperor Yongxuan raised his eyebrows: "Who is it?"
Chapter completed!