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    Liang Weiping’s legs felt weak and he felt that he could no longer stand.

    Yes, he has doubted her identity more than once – autumn eyes, hibiscus face, fat skin, willow waist…

    The person in front of me must be a woman no matter how you look at it.

    However, for a hundred years, women in the Southern Dynasties were not allowed to take part in the imperial examinations, let alone become officials.

    The reason why Liang Weiping had doubts countless times but was easily exposed every time was because he didn’t believe that there would be a woman willing to risk the crime of deceiving the emperor. It was so unthinkable.

    Speaking of deceiving the emperor, Liang Weiping swallowed… So now that he also knows about this, does it count as covering up the deceit?

    Perhaps he guessed something from his pale and green face, Lin Wanqing added: “Brother Liang, don’t worry. You are the only one who knows about this matter. If the incident really comes to light, you only need to pretend not to know, and I will definitely not accuse Brother Liang.”

    “Yeah,” Liang Weiping nodded.

    Anyway, I know it even if I don’t want to know it. How can I really forget about it?

    But what happens next…

    He lowered his head and his eyes fell on Lin Wanqing’s broken robe, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

    Following he’s gaze, Lin Wanqing also turned his head and looked at his back.

    The light gray robe was bleeding and slightly torn.But fortunately, the weather hasn’t been hot recently, and the middle coat is not too thin, but the bra underneath is not exposed.

    She then said to Liang Weiping: “Now I have no one I can trust, so I would like to ask Brother Liang to help clean up the wound.”

    Liang Weiping was startled, his hands almost tangled together, but after struggling for a while, he walked to the low cabinet on the wall and took out a pair of scissors.

    A crisp clicking sound sounded, and Lin Wanqing felt a chill on her back.

    The clothes were okay, except that the cloth strip used to wrap the chest inside was stained with blood. After it dried, it had long been mixed with the skin and flesh. Just pulling it a little bit would cause the eyes to hurt like stars.

    Liang Weiping moved twice, but when he saw Lin Wanqing gritting his teeth and gasping for air, he didn’t dare to take action again.

    Perhaps the stretch on the wound was too painful. When Lin Wanqing lay on the bed panting, her eyes and nose were sore, and a few tears fell down the tip of her nose.

    The tears are very salty, like the salt from time traveled twelve years ago.

    A feeling of grievance or unwillingness that she couldn’t tell suddenly surged up. She simply stood up and violently tore the cloth strips behind her back.

    The wound stopped bleeding, but when she pulled it like this, blood started to flow out again.

    Liang Weiping watched with fear and wanted to step forward to stop him, but due to the strong defense between men and women, he didn’t know how to start.

    At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

    The two were startled, and Lin Wanqing quickly wrapped herself in a quilt and retreated to the back of the bed.

    “Who?”

    Liang Weiping’s weak body stood in front of the bed, opened his slightly trembling arms, and asked outside with all his strength.

    “It’s me, Ye Qing, the bodyguard of Lord Su of Dali Temple.”

    The two people in the room almost stopped breathing.

    Liang Weiping stared in horror and turned to look at Lin Wanqing, only to see Lin Wanqing looking at him with the same horror.

    “Tuk tuk tuk…”

    The thin wooden door shook again, and even the bed shook a few times.

    Lin Wanqing felt that if Ye Qing had hit the door with a little more force, the small broken door would have been blown away.

    So now they are struggling here whether to open the door or not, which seems to have little meaning…

    So, when the door was opened, what Ye Qing saw was Liang Weiping, sweating profusely, standing in front of Lin Wanqing’s bed with empty steps.Lin Wanqing, who was on the bed, wrapped herself into a rice dumpling with a quilt, leaving no gaps.

    Both of them looked at him with evasive eyes.Lin Wanqing’s eyes even looked a little defensive.

    Ye Qing was a rough man. He never understood the twists and turns in people’s hearts, so he didn’t bother to ask in detail.He just put the two large bags of herbs on his back on the low table in the small room and said, “Master Su asked me to deliver these.”

    Lin Wanqing was stunned and couldn’t believe her ears.

    “He asked me to bring you something,” Ye Qing reached into his arms again, took out a small porcelain bottle, put it on the table and said, “Cure the injury and report to Dali Temple.”

    *
    These days, Lin Wanqing has been in a daze, unable to believe that this is true.

    It wasn’t until she stood upright outside Su Moyi’s study and looked up at the gold-plated plaque given by the Emperor that she felt that it was really happening.

    The yamen servant at the door heard her tell her name and led her all the way here.He even opened the door for her without saying anything and asked her to go inside and wait.

    This is a quaint and rustic study room.

    There is a huanghuali wood table and a Taishi chair next to the window, and next to it is a large screen with a landscape and blue luan, which separates the high wooden frame on the other side of the room.

    Lin Wanqing came to a wooden shelf and saw a number of files with names and numbers neatly arranged on it. It was endless as far as the eye could see, just like the bricks on a city wall, dense and neat.

    The murder of the Wang family in Yangzhou in the sixth year of Hongwu, the case of the headless female corpse in Qingzhou, the bribery case of the prefect of Jingzhou, Jizhou…

    Lin Wanqing followed these files and was really surprised by the number of them.

    These are the cases that Su Moyi handled during his four years in Dali Temple. The number and severity of the cases are shocking.

    Just…

    She paused, as if she noticed something was wrong, so she went back to the beginning and went through the files again.

    Did this person number these files according to year, state, county, and the name of the criminal?!

    With his heart skipping a beat, Lin Wanqing’s hand came to rest on a line of small words at the bottom of the case file – “Heaven and earth are black and yellow, the universe is vast… A, B, B, D, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin…”

    “…” How awkward would it be to do such a nasty thing?

    Lin Wanqing twitched the corner of her mouth, suddenly a little afraid of her new boss.

    The door behind him was pushed open at this time.

    The smell of pine wood is mixed with green grass, with a hint of green cherry blossoms in April. It is a clean and refreshing smell.

    Lin Wanqing’s back shuddered, and she turned around to greet her, but she saw Su Moyi walking straight towards her with a stern face, and without saying a word, she almost pushed her against the wooden frame behind her.

    Even though she had imagined the meeting scene thousands of times, Lin Wanqing was at a loss at what to do.

    The quiet smell that she had just entered now completely surrounded her, and it suddenly became several times stronger, even faintly carrying a bit of murderous aura.

    The moisture on the pages of the book was mixed with the fresh fragrance of ink – this person should have come directly from the interrogation hall.

    She suppressed her heart that was about to jump out of her throat and raised her head to see Su Moyi’s expression.

    Unfortunately, there was a huge difference in stature between the two of them. Even if Lin Wanqing stood on tiptoes, she could only see Su Moyi’s sharp Adam’s apple.

    “I… villain… just…”

    The person in front of her didn’t listen to her explanation at all. He turned to the side, brushed her ear with his long arm and said coldly: “Go to the side.”

    Lin Wanqing was startled and moved along the wooden frame.

    Su Moyi frowned slightly, and placed her long fingers on the file she had just touched. She turned sideways and looked at it for a long time, then moved it away a hair away.

    All the files returned to a perfect straight line. Su Moyi sighed with satisfaction before standing up and looking at Lin Wanqing.

    “…” Lin Wanqing’s eyelids twitched wildly and she was speechless.

    “Take some tea, one dish?”

    “Huh??”

    *
    The sun is shining brightly, and the scenery is dappled.

    Lin Wanqing did not expect that this seemingly cold-blooded Dali Temple minister would actually build a small and romantic balcony in the green cherry forest behind his study.

    The balcony is not high, and except for the gently swinging plain white gauze curtains, there is no cover on all sides. It is a good place to enjoy the warm sunshine of falling cherry blossoms.

    Lin Wanqing followed Su Moyi to the soft couch with a feeling of apprehension.

    He remained silent, lowering his head to adjust his robe, seeming to be thinking about something.

    A boy next to him brought some files over and was about to leave when he was stopped by Lin Wanqing.

    “A pot of West Lake Longjing, thank you.”

    The boy was stunned, looked at Lin Wanqing and said disdainfully: “This is Dali Temple, not a restaurant or teahouse.”

    Lin Wanqing choked and was about to speak when she heard the person opposite say slowly: “One pot of West Lake Longjing and two tea pots.”

    “Yes.” The boy nodded, put down the file and left.

    Lin Wanqing: “…”

    “What do you think of Wang Hu’s death?”

    A file of cases was handed to him. Lin Wanqing came to his senses, took it, and slowly unfolded it.

    The rape and murder case that Wang Hu was involved in was not bad, but it had no connection with the case from the year before last. This case file was also newly written, and it also had the official seal of the Minister of Dali Temple on it.

    “Sir…” Lin Wanqing’s heart trembled, and she looked up at Su Moyi in surprise.

    She remembered that Su Moyi said before that she didn’t want to be involved in this case.

    The tea was fragrant, and the person in front of her poured tea for her slowly, and said slowly: “Now these two cases belong to Dali Temple.”

    Two cases?

    This means that he not only interrogated Wang Hu’s case, but also took away the serial rape and murder case.

    Lin Wanqing’s hand holding the file shook, and then Su Moyi asked: “Who do you think was responsible for Wang Hu’s death?”

    “Of course it’s the real murderer.”

    “Oh?” Su Moyi remained calm and just pushed a cup of hot tea in front of her.

    “About the time Wang Hu was imprisoned, the real murderer had already thought of this step.”

    Su Moyi looked slightly relieved after hearing this, and a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, “But if it was the real murderer, shouldn’t it look like he committed suicide out of fear of crime?”

    Lin Wanqing lowered his head and took a sip of tea, thinking: “If this is the case, then why didn’t the real murderer kill Wang Hu directly from the beginning and let him come to this prison for a while? Isn’t it much easier to kill people outside than to kill people in prison?”

    Su Moyi remained silent and poured tea.

    “So Wang Hu is a variable that the real murderer didn’t take into account from the beginning.”

    Lin Wanqing looked at Su Moyi and continued: “The only person the real murderer wanted to kill was Aunt Zhao. He wanted to blame the murderer on the rape and murder case. For such a vicious person, if there are more victims or less, no one will look into it, so he is the best person to blame.”

    “But when Jing Zhaoyin went there, he happened to meet Wang Hu at the crime scene.”

    Lin Wanqing nodded, “Yes, that must be the case. Therefore, it was Li Jingzhao who mistakenly regarded Wang Hu as the murderer, and then took advantage of the situation and beat him. The murderer was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he wanted to kill and silence him.”

    Su Moyi was noncommittal, tapping her knuckled index finger on the rim of the white jade cup, “Then we go back to the question, why not commit suicide out of fear of crime?”

    Lin Wanqing was silent.

    Yes, if he wanted to kill people and silence them, the real murderer would definitely not make such a move. It is clear that he wants to attract the attention of all parties, which makes no sense.

    Judging from the dead at the scene, the people who did it were obviously professionally trained.If you want to sneak into the prison without anyone noticing, it won’t be impossible.

    The train of thought reached an impasse, and only Hefeng Luoying was left between the two of them.

    Su Moyi dusted off the catkins on his robe and said, “There is no rush now. Once you get familiar with Dali Temple, everything can be discussed in the long run.”

    Speaking of Dali Temple, Lin Wanqing had other thoughts. He followed Su Moyi’s action of lifting his robe and stood up. With bright eyes, he asked, “I heard that Dali Temple contains files on all serious cases since the founding of the dynasty?”

    Su Mo recalled for a moment, then turned around and asked, “So?”

    Lin Wanqing was not polite and said bluntly: “Can I go and have a look when I take a bath?”

    “Xiu Mu?” Su Moyi seemed puzzled, “You are not a member of the Dali Temple, so where did you get the title of Xiu Mu?”

    “…” Lin Wanqing was startled and opened her mouth, but did not utter a single syllable.

    In other words, Su Moyi asked her to come to Dali Temple, but he didn’t intend to give her a status?

    Is this really the Dali Temple that governs the world’s prisons, and not some black-hearted workshop on the street?!

    But the person in front of me looked upright and said confidently: “You were invited by me alone, so naturally you follow my schedule.”

    “Then…” Lin Wanqing stabilized her expression that was about to collapse, “Then what should I do if I want to look up some documents?”

    Mr. Su still said in an awe-inspiring manner: “The only case you are responsible for is the serial rape and murder case. If you want to check the information, you should go to Jingzhao Mansion.”

    “…” Lin Wanqing had some internal injuries, but she still refused to give up: “I am not very talented, and sometimes I need the experience of my predecessors to open my mind, so…”

    Before Lin Wanqing could finish speaking, Su Moyi seemed to have lost her patience and turned around to leave a sentence, “I am stupid and I just used this rape and murder case to clear my name. Anyway, my Dali Temple does not support idlers.”

    Lin Wanqing: “…”

    ——————

    Su Zhinan: Go away, you messed up my book.

    Lin Wanqing: From now on, every day will be a day when 996 is forced to open.

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