Chapter 47: Retention
The matter came to an end for the time being, and the body was also sent to Yizhuang, and only after Ye Zhutou notified Zhou Tianhe's family to come to identify it, he could start the next step. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Stepping into the county office again, it was getting late, and it was already the time to hold the lamp. Hua Lianyue obediently followed Huo Lianjue to the study, and the two of them each found a chair to sit down. In the middle, there are rosewood bookcases piled up with official documents, and there is also a faint alienation.
The study was so quiet that she could even hear the wind outside the window, and Hua Liyue still felt like her head was clouded. Because she thought that she would never see each other that day, and she had secretly been sad for a long time.
I didn't expect that it was only a short day, because of a floating corpse, and by mistake let them sit together again, I don't know if this is a wonderful fate.
She looked up at him, and the candle flame illuminated his fair, handsome face, which had an unnatural flush. The long black and slender eyelashes were half-closed, covering his deep eyes and the chilling indifference at the bottom of his eyes.
Just when Hua Lianyue was thinking wildly, Huo Lianjue broke the silence and took the lead in saying: "You left too quickly that day, and you didn't listen to me finish speaking. Today is an opportunity for me to make things clear. ”
Speaking of that day's incident, Hua Lianyue was still indignant in her heart, and said coldly: "Do you still want to let Dashuang go alone to track down the whereabouts of the flower thief?"
Huo Lianjue sighed lightly and said, "Actually, I wanted to tell you that day, the case of the flower thief has been handed over to the six doors, so we don't need to investigate it again." It's a pity that you were too anxious and refused to listen to what I had to say and left in a fit of anger, so I didn't even have a chance to say a word. ”
Hua Liyue was originally strongly dissatisfied with his behavior of only caring about solving the case, but putting the safety of others at risk. Now that I hear him say this, I feel as if I have overreacted. She couldn't help but sneer on her face, so she hung her head and said nothing.
Once again, the study fell silent.
"Would you like to come back and do the catch?"
Hua Lianyue raised her head with a "whoosh" and looked at him in disbelief.
He was also looking at her, his eyes dark and deep, and he couldn't see the change in mood. It's as casual as asking her if she'd like to have a meal or a cup of tea.
"You found the corpse, since you can't leave for the time being, why don't you solve this case in person!" Huo Lianjue's voice was low and hoarse, and there seemed to be a faint bewitchment.
Hua Lianyue's mind suddenly became tangled, she thought silently for a while, and said, "Why do you want me to solve the case?"
"Because I need a helper, there are too few people in the yamen who can investigate cases, and your brain is still ready to use. Huo Lianjue smiled lightly: "It's good that three stinkers can be worth one Zhuge Liang!"
"You...... You're the stooge!" Hua Lianyue stood up angrily, raised her legs and walked out of the study.
The moment she pushed the door, she turned back and added: "Hey, stooge, the house we slept in before is too dilapidated, I'm going to move to the West Cross Courtyard to live, let you know first!" After speaking, she shook her head and strode away.
Looking at her cheerful back bouncing and jumping away, Huo Lianjue's eyebrows and eyes were slightly curved, and a light smile reached the bottom of his eyes for the first time.
He turned his eyes to the flickering orange candle flame. He didn't know why he had left her behind abruptly, perhaps because he wanted a helper. Maybe he was used to the hustle and bustle she brought, but he couldn't adapt to the lonely silence after she left.
Maybe her mysterious background will bring trouble to herself, but whatever, who is not troubled in the world? There is trouble to live, and the only thing that really has no trouble is the dead!
"Stay and catch fast?"
In the face of Hua Liyue's decision, the attitudes of the big and small pairs are completely different. Xiaoshuang is a model of heartlessness, as long as he can be with Dashuang and Hua Lianyue, it doesn't matter if he goes or stays.
There is a hint of melancholy on the big double face, she doesn't like Huo Lianjue, and she doesn't like her young lady to be too close to Huo Lianjue. She could feel the indifference in his eyes, and she always felt that her young lady would be hurt by him.
It is said that the county order of flowing water and the county government of iron fighting. In the past three or five years, the county government has issued a county order, and he will leave after finishing his work, and no county commander wants to empty his money bag and let the next county commander enjoy happiness. Therefore, the county government that should have been mighty has become very dilapidated, and it is not as good as ordinary rich families. Sometimes, when the hall is ascended, the officials shout mighty, and the roof tiles can tremble with a piece.
Huo Lianjue, the county commander of this term, was originally a lone officer. Not to mention the female dependents, he didn't even bring a small house, he didn't pay much attention to the residence, and he could have tiles to cover his head.
Fortunately, the previous county magistrate had accepted a few concubines when he was in office, so he spent money to slightly repair the West Cross Courtyard. I built a few more tiles and repainted the furniture with lacquer, so it looked much cleaner and brighter than the other rooms.
It's just that this courtyard has been uninhabited for a long time, the courtyard is overgrown with weeds, and the heavy cages in the house are also full of dust. It took an hour for the big pair and the small pair to clean up the west cross courtyard to be able to live in.
Mrs. Wu in the kitchen happily brought a food box, which was full of hot meals and a plate of sesame baked cakes. Although it is not very exquisite, it is also fragrant.
"There is fresh crucian carp in the market today, and the seller says it has just been caught from the river. It's the most fat to take it to steam, but the old body specially bought a few more, you all taste it!"
The three of them, who were originally hungry, lost their appetite in an instant. Just now a dead body that had been eaten by fish was salvaged from the river, and in the face of this white crucian carp soaked in the soup, they have not yet reached the advanced realm of being able to eat without changing their faces.
Dashuang took the food box and sent away the enthusiastic Aunt Wu, but when he came back, he saw Xiaoshuang and Hua Lianyue, who had already divided the plate of sesame baked cakes.
Den!
Aunt Wu also sent a food box, and of course, the delicious steamed crucian carp was indispensable. Ye Zhutou ate with relish, but Huo Lianjue didn't even move his chopsticks.
"My lord, Old Man Zhou has come to recognize the body, and it has been confirmed that it is Zhou Tianhe himself. Ye Catcher took a pair of chopsticks of snow-white and crystalline fish meat, and said vaguely while chewing.
Huo Lianjue's slender index finger tapped lightly on the bookcase, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Did the old man provide a clue to the murderer that week?"
Ye Zhutou shook his head and said, "That's not true, except for the howling and crying of slapping his legs, no useful clues have been provided." ”
"Are you just crying?" Huo Lianjue asked.
"Isn't it just crying? I can't even say a word. It's no wonder that this white-haired man sends a black-haired person, and he can't stand it on anyone. ”
Ye Zhutou stuffed another mouthful of fish meat, and said while eating: "Although this rotten ghost is not angry, so far I haven't even talked about my daughter-in-law." But he is also the only son of Zhou Laohan, and he is the person who wears linen and filial piety a hundred years later and worships the incense of his ancestors. died inexplicably like this, which is equivalent to cutting off the incense of the old Zhou family, and the old man suffered a lot of blows. ”
Huo Lianjue didn't make a sound, his fingers continued to tap on the table. Ye Zhutou no longer bothered, he knew that when his adults were thinking about problems, they always liked to subconsciously tap on the table.
I heard Huo Lianjue mutter: "The only son is dead, is there no other expression than crying?"