"Oh, thank you. Actually, I can swim. I was caught in a snake's foot and panicked." Tan Lingyin said, sitting up, only then did she realize that she seemed to be holding something in her hand.

Well, drowning people always instinctively grab things, and that's okay. But what she grabbed turned out to be a burden.

Tang Tianyuan only paid attention to Tan Lingyin's life and didn't pay attention to other things, and now he has found this burden.

Tan Lingyin was very pleasantly surprised, "Aiya, isn't this a gift from the Water Dragon King? It must be because I have accumulated virtues and deeds too much, so I have good news!"

Tang Tianyuan said quietly, "The Dragon King is blind."

Tan Lingyin felt good and ignored him. She excitedly opened the bag and saw several gold bricks, soaked silver notes, and several pieces of gold jewelry inside. Tan Lingyin's eyes were straight.

Tang Tianyuan picked up a golden hairpin, put it in front of him and looked at it carefully, and suddenly smiled slightly, "There is nowhere to find a place to break through the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get it."

☆、Chapter 12 Elopement problem

Tan Lingyin thought it was incredible. Logically speaking, the gold must have sunk to the bottom. How could she have caught it?

Tang Tianyuan explained, "This place is next to the shore, the lake water is relatively shallow, you can touch the bottom of the lake by sinking a little when you fall into the water, this is one of them; the other is that the baggage has not been in the water for a long time and has not been covered by sediment, so It's easy to catch; third, the official's luck is good."

"Everything, it's none of your business, I'm lucky."

"The things you picked up are also used by me to solve the case."

Tan Lingyin refused, "How can you be sure that this is what Qi Hui brought out?"

"The time and place are basically the same, and the material of this bag is coarse cloth. No one would throw so much money into the water except by accidentally or intentionally covering up the evidence." Tang Tianyuan said, rummaging through the jewelry for a while, and finally took out an inlaid A gold bracelet with pearls, and there are words on the inside of the bracelet. Tang Tianyuan recognized it and put the word close to Tan Lingyin's eyes, the bracelet almost poked the bridge of her nose.

Tan Lingyin saw the word "Hui".

"Do you believe me now?" Tang Tianyuan showed a victor's smile on his face.

Tan Lingyin watched the county magistrate wrap things up again. She was a little lost, and she finally bumped into Dayun to pick up the money, and the money was collected before it was hot. She was slumped all the way, and Tang Tianyuan was a little uncomfortable. After she went back, she invited her to have a meal at the best restaurant in the county as a reward.

Seizing the opportunity to kill the magistrate, Tan Lingyin was not polite.

"Promising!" Tang Tianyuan shook his folding fan and said contemptuously.

In the county office, two police officers who supervised Wei Zitong came to report to Tang Tianyuan and Tan Lingyin, saying that after Wei Zitong returned, there was nothing abnormal, but he was unhappy and sad, and he still worshipped Miss Qi in his own courtyard. babble.

In addition, they also inquired about a news. It turned out that Qi Yuanwai intended to give his daughter to Sun Yuanwai's son, Sun Bufan. It is said that Sun Bufan is indeed handsome and extraordinary, and is a perfect match with Miss Qi in terms of appearance and family background. This should be a good couple.

Tang Tianyuan nodded to show that he knew, and then interrogated the maid Yuhuan. He showed a piece of jewelry that Qi Hui brought out to Yuhuan to see, Yuhuan shook his head and said he didn't know it.

"You have to look carefully," Tang Tianyuan reminded her lightly, "If you know that you don't report it, you will also be punished."

"Sir, the villain has never seen this thing." Yuhuan lowered his head and replied.

"Then this official asks you again, did your lady have any personal contacts with any man before the accident?"

"No, no."

"really?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Yuhuan, is your young lady's reputation more important, or revenge for her? You raise your head and look at this official."

Yuhuan looked up and saw Tang Tianyuan's sword-like gaze, she just looked at him, and then hurriedly dodged, "Of course it's important to avenge the young lady. The villain has always been loyal and has no second thoughts about the young lady, please be clear. , catch the real murderer and avenge my young lady."

All that said, it's all nonsense. Tang Tianyuan stopped interrogating her and let her be taken away.

Tan Lingyin put down her pen and said to Tang Tianyuan, "She is lying."

"It's natural," Tang Tianyuan nodded. "What I'm more curious about is why she lied, and whether she also participated in killing Qi Hui in addition to lying."

Tang Tianyuan then sent someone to search Qi Hui's residence. He felt that if Qi Hui really had an affair with someone, he would always leave some clues.

Tan Lingyin firmly believes that Qi Hui is eloping, and the object of the elopement is her cousin Wei Zitong. But what she couldn't figure out was how the story of elopement, which was supposed to be a story of two people and two people flying to the end of the world, could turn into a murder case.

Tang Tianyuan got up and said, "Let's go meet that Sun Bufan for a while."

Tan Lingyin waved her hand, "Sir, do you suspect Sun Bufan? The person who eloped is definitely not Sun Bufan. Sun Bufan wants to marry Qi Hui, so he can just pay the bride price—" She said that she stopped suddenly, blinked her eyes, and said suddenly, "Yes, Sun Bufan is definitely not convinced that his future wife is going to run away with someone else."

Tang Tianyuan waited for her to ask and answer her questions, and then took her to the Sun Mansion.

The county magistrate suddenly visited, and Sun Yuanwai solemnly greeted him. Tang Tianyuan was not in a hurry to see Sun Bufan, so he chatted with Sun Yuanwai for a while and asked about the marriage of his son Sun Bufan and Qi Hui. Sun Yuanwai is chubby and sleek, with a three-pointed smile on his chubby face.

He knew that there was a murder case, and he didn't dare to hide it, so he answered the truth. It turns out that the Sun family is indeed going to marry the Qi family. The birth dates of the children of the two families have been changed, and the members of the Qi family have already nodded their heads. The Sun family just chose a date and planned to give a big gift, but this kind of thing happened. .

"So is Ling Lang satisfied with this marriage?" Tang Tianyuan asked again.

Sun Yuanwai replied, "The Qi family's daughter is a well-known beauty. What's he dissatisfied with? It's just a pity."

"According to what you said, your two families already have a marriage contract, but member Qi said that his daughter did not marry someone else."

"Oh, that's it. We haven't given the three letters, and we haven't given the betrothal gift, so it's not a formal engagement. Member Qi was probably afraid of implicated me, so he said this."

"It turns out to be like this," Tang Tianyuan said calmly, "I heard that Qi Hui was not satisfied with the marriage, and had several fights with her father. I thought this caused Qi to change his tune."

Sun Yuanwai's smile was a little reluctant, "It's shameful to talk about her own marriage. To tell the truth, my son is a talented person, and there are many people who want to marry my family, so why can't she be worthy of her."

Seeing that Sun Yuanwai did not deny what he said, Tang Tianyuan had some thoughts in his heart, so he smiled and said, "In this case, can this official see Linglang?"

If the county magistrate asks to see someone, it is to give him face, and there is nothing wrong with it.

After a while, Sun Bufan came, dressed in light blue clothes, with a hollowed-out belt knotted with gold thread around the waist, and inlaid with turquoise stones of various sizes and irregular shapes.

This person is really handsome, but the facial features are too delicate, and the yīn is soft. Good-looking people are easy to attract attention, and Tan Lingyin stared straight at Sun Bufan, motionless, like a female láng.

Tang Tianyuan stabbed Tan Lingyin lightly with a folding fan across the table, and said in a low voice, "You give me some restraint, don't lose your face."

"Ah? Ah." Tan Lingyin came back to her senses and replied. It's not that she has a crush on others, she was in a daze just now because she was thinking about how such a character could be written in her book.

However, this Sun Bufan is good-looking and good-looking, but his taste is a bit strange. His hair is not properly combed, leaving a large lock of hair hanging down to his face. With his bowed head and eyes, he is as shy as a flower.

Tan Lingyin couldn't help shivering, and accidentally made up a lot of things. She felt that at least one of her and Sun Bufan was a pervert.

When Sun Yuanwai saw Sun Bufan, he reprimanded him a few times, saying that he was not well-groomed. Tan Lingyin nodded, the old man's taste was normal.

Tang Tianyuan still had no expression on his face, and had a few polite words with Sun Bufan, and asked him what he thought about the marriage.

Sun Bufan's demeanor is steady, and he speaks in a leisurely manner, "I will naturally listen to my parents when it comes to marriage matters.

"Have you met Qi Hui?" Tang Tianyuan asked again.

Sun Bufan shook his head, "No."

"What were you doing the night before yesterday?"

"Back to my lord, I usually go to bed at 2:00 a.m., and I should have fallen asleep at Hai Shi. The same was true the night before yesterday."

Hai Shi was the time of Qi Hui's death. At this time, most people had already fallen asleep, which in itself was a perfect excuse for not being there.

Tang Tianyuan frowned, didn't ask any more questions, and soon said goodbye to Tan Lingyin.

After leaving the Sun Mansion, Tan Lingyin followed Tang Tianyuan thoughtfully. Seeing that she didn't speak, Tang Tianyuan asked, "Are you still thinking about that Sun Bufan?"

"Yes," Tan Lingyin nodded, "this Sun Bufan is more charming than the courtesans in the brothel hahaha..."

Tang Tianyuan suddenly stopped and looked at her with a frown, "Have you been to a brothel?"

"That's right, I'm going to collect the wind," Tan Lingyin rubbed her hands together, her eyes shining, "because I want to write a story about Tang Feilong and Ming Ji."

Tang Tianyuan pulled his face down, "Don't write."

"Why, can you manage it?!" Tan Lingyin refused.

"Anyway, don't write."

Tan Lingyin hugged her arms and looked at him disdainfully, "Don't be too self-conscious, although your name is Tang Feilong, I wrote Tang Tianyuan, Tang Tianyuan!"

"..."

Tang Tianyuan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "Tan Lingyin, one day you will fall into my hands."

Tan Lingyin was not afraid of him, "If I fall into your hands, I will make a mark by peeing first."

Tang Tianyuan quarreled with her, "I can hold you down with a flip of my hand."

"Press it, press it, anyway, my master will come to save me."

"Your master has been eaten by me."

"..." Tan Lingyin hated this kind of freak who didn't follow the script.

The two of them quarreled and returned to the county office. Tang Tianyuan couldn't believe that he was so mentally handicapped that he talked with Tan Lingyin all the way.

As soon as he came back and didn't stand still, the police officers came to report that they found the correspondence between the deceased and Wei Zitong in the locker of Yuhuan in Qi Hui's room, please come and see.

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Autobiography of a Snake

I am a snake that has been through the vicissitudes of life. I still remember my crawling under the setting sun, that is my passing green chūn. Once my life was simple and happy, once I had a perfect round snake head. Until one day, I met that devil. She approached me, woke me up, and then stepped on my head without even saying hello!

I struggled, resisted, and was finally thrown into the water by her.

When I climbed out of the water, my perfectly round head was gone, replaced by an ugly, flat, triangular head. What is the concept of a triangular head? Only a viper is a triangular head!

Since then, my friends have left me one by one. They said I was hypocritical, that I used to pretend too well.