Chapter 46 Chapter Twenty

Di Gong came out of the hut, and Ma Rong hurried up to meet him, leading his mount. "Master, why did you go in for half a day? I'm afraid something will happen. ——What did Aunt Ling confide?" Di Gong shook his head, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied: "Ling Xiangu is not in the house, it seems that she was taken by the gangsters and will never come back. —— I searched the hut carefully, Still nothing useful. Let us drive back to the inn." Ma Rong was dubious, so he couldn't ask further questions. The two riders jumped up to the high hill, and saw the flags and flags flying on the graveyard behind the pine forest, and there was a lot of fireworks.The ceremonial guards of the ceremony are mighty, sending ghosts in the mountains.

"People have already started to burn ghost vessels and demolish altars. Today is the 30th of July, with incense candles, paper horses, and three sacrifices made, and ghost sacrifices have come to an end," Ma Rong said. Looking at the curling fireworks, Di Gong sighed: "The gate of the underworld is finally closed. I hope there will be no more accidents in this Leyuan today." When the two riders returned to the Yongle inn, Di Gong ordered the fat shopkeeper to pay the bill, told the groom to add bran, and then hurried into the red pavilion. Ma Rongxiang helped tidy up the saddle bags and arrange all other luggage.Di Gong sat down and read through the official statement of Li Lian's suicide case carefully, and finally filled in Qiuyue's cause of death in the column of Supplementary Records: "Drinking too much alcohol, heart attack." He added some details.

A seal was placed and sealed with wax.After Di Gong received the report, he laid out paper and licked the pen, and wrote a short message to Feng Dainian.The general idea is: the county has heard that His Excellency Li Jingwei died in Ling Xiangu's hut because of a serious illness and poisonous fire.Ling Xiangu herself is dying.Once his life has returned to Yin, immediately block the passage and burn his house to eradicate the spread of disease.It is also heard that Jia Yubo has brought a prostitute to another state, and I wish Miss Yuhuan and Mr. Tao a century-old marriage.Feng Tao's family, their suspicions and grievances were cleared up, and the old ones were rebuilt. ——The two murder cases in Honggezi mentioned a few days ago have been investigated.Because the principal culprit is dead, no further proceedings will be brought to trial. ——After reading it, sealed it with hot varnish, and wrote "Brother Feng Dainian Hui Qi" in Gongkai Kai.

"Ma Rong, I have to go to Jinhua to hand over the report on the murder of Li Lian and Qiuyue to the County Magistrate Luo. This letter to Feng Dainian asks the innkeeper to deliver it after we leave." The two of them settled the rent and sales expenses, left the inn, and were about to get on the horse.Suddenly I heard the sound of gongs outside the gate, and I saw the magistrate of Luo County coming towards me with a guard of honor in sedan chair and horse. The official sedan stopped, and Luo Yingyuan lifted the curtain to get off the sedan, holding on to Di Gong's robe with one hand, and asked, "Brother Di Nian, what's the matter? I heard the news in Jinhua, and Qiuyue died suddenly. Knowing that there was something wrong, I hurried over again. Could it be that he was suspected of being killed."

"No." Duke Di took out the official statement with the seal from his sleeve. "I originally wanted to come to Jinhua in person to deliver the document. The cause of Qiuyue's death has been clearly stated on it. Brother Luo, there is no need to panic." Luo Yingyuan hastily opened the official documents to study, and saw that Qiuyue's report did not involve him, so he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly.laughed. "Li Lian committed suicide, I said that day, it's commonplace, it's a routine thing. I guess I didn't work a lot of energy."

Di Gong smiled with his beard and took out the gold seal from his skirt to pay Luo Yingyuan. Luo Yingyuan accepted it with a "tsk tut": "Brother Nian, I will report to the state government without changing a single word. Let me express my gratitude." Di Gong bowed and said: "Brother Luo Xian came just in time, and it saves me to go to Jinhua again. If there is something unfinished in this Leyuan, it will be a punishment for Wen Wenyuan. Wen Wenyuan deceived the official in the court, He tortured a prostitute in every possible way, and punished her with fifty sticks according to the law. Thinking that she was old and weak, and could not bear the punishment, she drew up a notice and posted it everywhere in Leyuan. To show Wen Wenyuan's crimes, let's write down the fifty sticks for the time being. , to suspend the implementation. In the future, if there are bad deeds and misdeeds again, as long as someone reports to the government and has evidence, both old and new crimes will be punished, and there will be no leniency."

Luo Yingyuan smiled and said: "This method is very good. The stick is hanging in the hand, and you don't hit it. If you commit the same old behavior again, you will commit two crimes, and your skin will be bruised. It is conceivable. Forgive Wen Wenyuan, and he will not dare to have evil thoughts again." Di Gong bowed again: "I have one more thing to ask. I beg you to choose a day to preside over Tao De and Feng Yuhuan's wedding. Feng and Tao are married in Qin and Jin Dynasties. The prosperity and stability of this Leyuan can be guaranteed." Luo Yingyuan nodded in agreement.Suddenly dismissing the crowd, he asked in a low voice, "I wonder if brother Dinian can solve the mystery of the Red Pavilion?"

"The mystery of the Red Pavilion?" Duke Di pretended to be surprised, "I've been living in the Red Pavilion for the past three days, and I haven't heard of any mystery to be solved." Luo Yingyuan let out a "hmm", with a look of disappointment on his face. "The mystery of the Red Pavilion is a long story with twists and turns. I'm just hearing about it. Brother Dinian hasn't heard anything about it these days, so let it be." Di Gongwei sarcastically said: "Miss Qiuyue died in this red pavilion, but I don't know that Brother Luo's mystery should be on her."

There was a layer of blush on Luo Yingyuan's face, and he said with a dry smile: "Today's last sacrifice to send off ghosts, brother Dinian, don't mention Qiuyue again." I heard that another slim lady came to this Leyuan yesterday, and her beauty is overwhelming. There are many fragrances in Leyuan, and they are more than ten thousand moons, so they may be chosen as the new oiran lady." Duke Di heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "No wonder Luo Xian came here again in a hurry today. If that's the case, why did you run away from the banquet in such a hurry that day, and set up Li Daitao to be stiff, and played tricks on me for three days. You also blamed me for not solving the mystery of the Red Pavilion. "

"Haha, Red Pavilion, Red Pavilion, I don't know how Brother Dinian has been in Red Pavilion these three days." Di Gongfei got on his horse and raised his long whip, Ma Rong followed closely. "Brother Luo Xian, when I come to the Puyang residence, I will explain to you the mystery of the Red Pavilion in detail."