Chapter 53: The Stranger

Zhou Ping'er cautiously walked into the house with hot water, not to mention the tea leaves for hospitality in this barren home, even the coarse porcelain cup used to hold hot water was not enough. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info She put the only three cups of hot water in front of Huo Lianjue and Ye Zhutou first. The remaining cup Zhou Ping'er held in her hand, looked around blankly, and put it in front of Master Wang, who was asking Old Man Zhou about the case.

The oldest of the group was Master Wang, about fifty years away, with a neat goat's whisker on his chin. Don't look at his short stature and smiling face, but he is a master in charge of criminal names.

Hua Lianyue also came in quietly, she stood beside Huo Lianjue, and said in a very low voice: "I have found something! I will talk to you in detail when I go out." ā€

Huo Lianjue glanced at her lightly and didn't say anything.

After Zhou Ping'er finished distributing the hot water, she went out to prepare the brazier again. It is impossible for the Zhou family to have extra money to buy black charcoal, so they can only shovel the burned firewood into the basin and use it as a brazier.

The firewood burned for a while, and the brazier naturally did not come in for a long time. Hua Lianyue couldn't stand the cold and sneezed several times in a row. Master Wang, who was writing hard with his head down, was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the pen that was writing slipped out a long way.

Huo Lianjue glanced at her again, Hua Lianyue rubbed her sour nose and looked at him with tears in her eyes. This is a natural reaction to the cold, not whether you can control it or not.

Huo Lianjue shook his head helplessly, handed the coarse porcelain cup with white smoke in front of him to her palm, and ordered: "Hold it to warm your hands." ā€

Hua Lianyue suddenly smiled, and held the warm porcelain cup with both hands like a treasure. The cold palms of the hands absorbed the heat from the rough walls of the cup, and the chill in the whole body seemed to dissipate a lot.

Ye Zhutou had already drunk his cup of hot water, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but quip: "It's still an adult who is careful, and I knew that I would keep this cup of hot water for you." ā€

Hua Lianyue smiled and said nothing, but Huo Lianjue's two eyebrows were twisted together, and he scolded: "Be quiet! ā€

Xiaoshuang also looked at Huo Lianjue with a grateful face, originally prepared a feather yarn cloak and a small hand stove for the young lady to keep out the cold. But her own lady said that she didn't see any catchers wearing feather yarn cloaks and carrying a small hand stove to investigate the case, and she didn't look majestic at all. If it weren't for this cup of hot water, I'm afraid that the young lady would freeze herself for this ethereal majesty.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Zhou Ping'er to bring in the hot brazier, and the cold room like an ice cellar gradually warmed up.

Master Wang happened to be asking who Zhou Tianhe had a holiday with before his death, and Old Man Zhou stammered a few names while trying to recall. Including what he learned about the causes of the festival between these people and Zhou Tianhe.

It is said that it is a holiday, but in fact, most of them are also money disputes, and some are even insignificant. Huo Lianjue and Hua Lianyue both noticed that Old Man Zhou even mentioned Wei Hongguang, who almost became his son-in-law, and after retiring from the marriage, he deliberately sought out Zhou Tianhe to fight, but did not mention the murderer surnamed Zhou mentioned in Mrs. Zhou's previous manic.

When Old Man Zhou was talking about Wei Hongguang, Hua Lianyue deliberately glanced at Zhou Ping'er. saw her silently staying by Mrs. Zhou's side, with a haggard little face and no expression.

After basically asking the question, everyone in the yamen got up and said goodbye. Hua Lianyue also signaled Dashuang to leave all the snacks he had bought to the Zhou family in order to lure the group of thieves in Yandang, and Old Man Zhou was naturally very grateful.

At this time, Hua Lianyue took out the purse that Wei Hongguang had dropped from her sleeve pocket. Zhou Ping'er saw it at a glance, her eyelids jumped, and Mu Ran's face finally changed.

She bit her lower lip tightly and looked at Hua Liyue worriedly, her eyes full of pleading.

Hua Lianyue smiled lightly and said to Old Man Zhou: "These silver are a piece of our Lord Huo's heart, you can take it and ask the old lady to take a good look at it." When a person dies, we can't change it, but the living person always has to live his life. ā€

Old man Zhou was in tears, holding a heavy purse and naturally thanking Huo Lianjue for his kindness. Zhou Ping'er quietly breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Hua Lianyue's eyes full of gratitude.

After leaving the Zhou family, Huo Lianjue said with a full stomach: "When did I give you that bag of silver? Also, what is the new discovery you mentioned earlier?"

Hua Lianyue's mind at the moment was all on the closed door opposite, she touched her chin and murmured: "What do you say is the entanglement between the other side and Zhou Tianhe? Why did Mrs. Zhou think that he was the murderer, but Old Man Zhou didn't say a word?"

Huo Lianjue smiled faintly and said proudly: "It's not simple, just knock on the door." ā€

As if hearing his words, the door opposite "creaked" open. I saw a young woman wearing a bloated coarse cloth jacket, but still unable to hide her graceful posture and beautiful face, carrying a food box and slowly walking out.

I saw that she seemed to be a weak willow supporting the wind, and she was panting slightly after only a few steps, and she looked extremely cowardly.

Hua Lianyue exclaimed excitedly, grabbed Huo Lianjue's sleeve, and stammered in a low voice: "She, she, she is Ye Wushuang, the Oiran Ye Wushuang who is really famous all over the world with a flying dance." ā€

"She's Ye Wushuang, are you mistaken!" Huo Lianjue was not as excited as Hua Lianyue. His eyes were full of essence and looked at Ye Wushuang suspiciously.

Take a closer look, this woman's facial features are indeed seven points similar to Ah Tong's appearance. No wonder Hua Lianyue asked Ah Tong to dance with a veil, it turned out that in addition to creating a mysterious atmosphere, it was also to cover up the lack of three points.

It's just that he really can't understand how the weak woman in front of him, who can't stop gasping even when she walks fast, can dance such a difficult flying dance.

Hua Lianyue nodded like a chicken pecking rice, she raised her eyebrows proudly, and said, "How could I admit my mistake! She only performed five performances of the Flying Dance back then, but I watched three of them, and I can depict her appearance with my eyes closed." ā€

Ye Wushuang noticed that the group of people were looking at her, and she turned her face slightly to avoid their gaze. Then he pulled out a soft piece of juanpa, covered his mouth and nose, and hurried away.

Seeing this, Huo Lianjue cast his eyes on Hua Lianyue, who was still dancing with her eyebrows and was excited, and said lightly: "She doesn't know you." ā€

Huo Lianjue has always felt strange that Hua Lianyue knows Wu Qingfeng, but it is obvious that Wu Qingfeng does not know Hua Lianyue. At that time, he took it for granted that Hua Lianyue could also fly and dance, and he must be familiar with Ye Wushuang. Unexpectedly, Ye Wushuang saw Hua Lianyue, who was also completely unfamiliar, and it seemed that they didn't know each other.

Hua Lianyue's happy expression froze for a moment, and then she said stupidly: "It's amazing, it's all for you to see." But you still know the emperor, so does the emperor know you?"

This time, it was Huo Lianjue's turn to roll his eyes and be speechless.

It's just that Hua Lianyue didn't know at that time that the emperor really knew the young county magistrate in front of him, and he not only knew him, but also had a lot of connections.