This time, the township examination went very smoothly, and soon the first session of the township examination ended, and more than 2,000 candidates obediently returned to the Gongyuan early the next morning to take the second examination after resting for one night.

It's just that it's different with the candidates, but the examiner doesn't say anything about resting. At the end of the candidate's first exam, it is precisely the beginning of the examiner's busyness, and the nine of them have to mark more than 2,000 test papers.

This is true in any case, and while they have access to abundant political resources, they also need to put in a lot of energy and take certain risks.

Since Lin Haoran presided over the examination in the Gongyuan, he naturally could not take care of the affairs of the Guangzhou Mansion, so he temporarily acted as the agent of Murong Gang, the governor of the Guangzhou Mansion.

Murong Gang is over fifty years old, and he can be regarded as a rare Qing official in the Ming Dynasty, but his ability is not outstanding. But I don't know if it's because of the lack of a backstage, or because the officials have questioned his personal ability, so he can't cross the threshold of the prefect for a long time.

At that time, Lin Haoran was not in the government, and the affairs of the government also fell on his shoulders, and he handled the affairs of the government in an orderly manner. But what I was afraid of came to something, and a murder suddenly occurred in the city of Guangzhou, which had been peaceful for a long time.

Solving cases has never been Murong Gang's strong point, and it is even the event he fears the most.

In the past, it was when dealing with a murder case that he left a very bad impression on the Inspector, and he was once at risk of being dismissed by the imperial court. It's just that when such a vicious case occurs, he, a fellow intellectual, has to check it.

The place of the incident was not in the city of Guangzhou, but in a small tree in the upper reaches of the Pearl River, and the deceased was a tea merchant.

"The villain's name is Zhang Wang, who works at the front of the 11th pier, and usually likes to go to this forest to magnify the number. It's just that today I smelled a foul smell, I thought it was a dead pig, but it turned out to be a dead person, but I was scared to death! Zhang Wang looked honest and pointed to the corpse not far away and explained.

Murong Gang covered his nose, hesitated, and walked towards the corpse, listening to the buzzing of flies. Just seeing the dried blood on the face of the corpse on the ground and the staring eyes, the whole person felt the world spin for a while, and then it was dark in front of him.

"My lord! My lord! ”

Before he fell unconscious, the people around him lunged at him, but he still fell to the ground in embarrassment. Obviously, he has to bear the bad reputation of being dizzy and knowing, and his career will be clouded again.

Murong just woke up again, as if a long, long time had passed, and it seemed like a moment had passed.

"Your Excellency, are you alright?" The scribe of the torture chamber who was accompanying him saw him wake up and asked with concern.

Murong Gang's face was not good, and his body was still a little unwell, but he still raised his hand and said, "This official is fine!" ”

"Lord Qiqi, the little one has just examined the corpse! This person was killed by a blow to the head with this stone, and the time of death was about three days ago! He stepped forward and reported the results of the inspection.

Murong Gang nodded slightly, and asked again: "Do you know the identity of the deceased?" ”

"Fang Cai went to the eleventh pier to let people come to identify it, and they all said that this was Li Er, a tea merchant who lived in Xiguan, and he usually took them to Xiangshan from here!" The scribe of the torture room pointed to a few Lifu not far away, and replied seriously.

Murong Gang glanced at the sturdy strength of those bodies, and knew that the identity of this deceased should be correct, so he immediately ordered: "Let's go to Li Er's house!" ”

Due to a heavy rain last night, the road was a little muddy, and the official bridge seemed unhappy and slow.

Back in the city, the sedan chair went straight to Li Er's house.

Li Erben is a small businessman, but the tea business has been booming recently, especially in Xiangshan, where tea is in short supply, so he has made a lot of money, and he has recently purchased this two-entry blue brick house.

It's just that when I arrived at Li Er's house, I found that there were more than a dozen people gathered here.

"What's going on?"

Murong just stepped out of the official sedan chair, first scraped off the mud on the soles of his shoes on the curb, and asked suspiciously.

"Lord Hui, it's Zhang Zhutou who is running an errand!" The scribe of the torture chamber replied respectfully.

Murong Gang's brows furrowed slightly, but he didn't know which one Zhang Zhutou was singing, or if it was just a coincidence.

"I said it a long time ago! That Ma's water-based poplar! ”

"Isn't it? Li Er is working hard to make money outside, but she is raising a man at home! ”

"I've heard that this Ma is still a poisonous woman with a femme fatale, and she and her concubine murdered Li Er!"

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A few women standing in front of the door were eating melon seeds, and their voices were not very loud, but they were very penetrating, and I am afraid that everyone in the alley could hear their conversation.

Hey?

Murong Gang was shocked when he heard the latter sentence.

After receiving the report, he hurried out of the city, and then rushed to Li Er's house, and Zhang Zhutou was one step ahead of him. However, the case went smoothly than expected, and the murderer was Li Er's wife and adulterer.

Just listening to the unbridled conversation of these women, it was really like a hundred flies buzzing in their ears, and they immediately lowered their faces and said, "This is not a vegetable market, coax them all away!" ”

"Adults have lives, idle people, etc., all leave here!" The scribe of the criminal department immediately received the order, and the group of wolf-like servants who followed all the way stepped forward to drive away the onlookers.

The house is not big, but it is much better than the average family. Murong just entered the courtyard inside, and found that it was not only Zhang Zhutou here, but also the sister of Lord Fuzun.

For this cute little girl with a sense of justice, he doesn't care if he likes it or not, in front of Lin Haoran's majesty, as well as the bullfighting suit worn by the tiger girl, he has to be respectful.

What's more, Lin Haoran has the grace of knowing him, and the current position of the Tongzhi of Guangzhou Mansion is thanks to Lin Haoran's operation, and he has already been marked with Lin Haoran.

"I've seen Lord Murong!"

The tiger girl in the bullfighting suit looked energetic, and her big bright eyes looked even more energetic, and she found that Murong had just come out and bowed to Murong Gang decently.

Murong Gang naturally didn't dare to hold it up, so he returned the salute and said: "Tiger girl, there is no need to be polite with the old man!" As he spoke, he watched Zhang Zhutou escort a couple of men and women out, and asked Zhang Zhutou: "Zhang Zhutou, what's going on?" ”

"Lord Qiqi Tongzhi, we received a report from Li San, claiming that he found out that his second sister-in-law had committed adultery with Ma Quan and murdered his second brother, so he came here to investigate! When we got here, we found that these two were doing something in bed! Zhang Zhutou pointed at the pair of men and women, and said angrily.

"The adults were wronged, we didn't kill Li Er!" Ma Quan and Ma Shi knelt down together, and immediately shouted grievances.

"How do you know that Li Er is dead?"

Murong Gang's heart moved slightly, and he immediately asked in a deep voice.

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