Take the carriage to the big archway of Jintingfang and meet Wu Yue Lu Lotus, and then take the road to the south, go straight to the street of the place, then the elephant team came out of the palace to go east along the street to the Yanggu River to bathe.

"What about Cui Si?" Wu Yue and Lu Rong all got to Yan Qi's carriage, and Wu Yue couldn't help but be surprised when they didn't find Cui Xi's figure beside Yan Qi.

"I'm suffering from heat stroke, so I'm resting at home. "Yan Qidao," I would like to introduce my brother Yan Xiaojiu to everyone, and this person will be responsible for carrying bags for everyone when shopping today. ”

Wu Yue Lu Rong giggled, and then remembered to greet Young Master Yan Jiu - no way, everyone is too familiar with each other, and they are not very polite.

Young Master Yan Jiu lowered his eyelids with his hands, and said "um" to say hello back.

"Let's go, go shopping!" Wu Yue stretched out his hand and pointed outward with great interest, and said to the attendant sitting in the passenger seat outside the carriage, "Long wrapped peach strips to eat half a catty first!"

"Look at you, you are always talking about buying by catties, do you have the appearance of a girl's family," Yan Qidao, poked his head out and called the little guy, "Let's take eight taels first." ”

Wu Yue: "......"

The girls who have not been out of the pavilion can't buy any expensive big things on the street, so most of the money spent on food and small toys in five, six or seven, what honey melon fish, carved kumquat, fragrant papaya, fragrant cherries, crispy walnuts, wrapped pear flesh and so on piled up on a table, Young Master Yan Jiu couldn't bear to look directly at these foodies, and turned his head in the direction of the car window.

Later, Wu Yue bought a few cotton handkerchiefs specially used to wipe sweat, Lu Rong bought colored threads for tying the strings, Yan Qi bought a mini food box that could be used to put in the bookcase and take to the academy, and bought a refreshing Eight Immortals Mint incense tube for Young Master Yan Jiu.

The street is a national highway, and there are as many people as gadfly who come out to catch the market and visit the temple fair, and the carriage of the rich family is like a small boat that undulates with the waves of people in this sea of people, rowing slowly and difficult in the direction of the Yanggu River. Originally, because the elephant team was going to march from the street in the ground for a while, the whole street would be under martial law at that time, and the carriages could no longer be driven, five, six, seven, or three people thought about rushing to the Yanggu River earlier to occupy a favorable position, but they did not think that there were many people who ran out to see the elephants washing this year, and the three of them did not estimate the situation enough, and they were blocked on the road for nearly an hour, and before they reached the Yanggu River, the officers and soldiers of martial law had already pulled the cordon and ran over, and everyone was pulled to both sides of the street, and the carriages were not allowed to pass again.

Five, Six, and Seven together with Young Master Yan Jiu had to get down from the carriage and walk to the river with the flow of people, even if there were strong family members who carried them with them, it was difficult to move, and they were stumbling with the crowd here, and the elephants of the imperial court had already come from a distance, and people let out wave after wave of cheers and exclamations, which swept over like wild waves from far and near.

"It's coming! It's coming! hahaha!" Wu Yue shouted and laughed, relying on his flexible body to squeeze to the forefront of the cordon, turning his head and desperately looking at the other end of the street.

Yan Qi Lu Lotus and Young Master Yan Jiu couldn't squeeze in, the three of them stood there, they could only see the back of the head and buttocks of the onlookers, listening to everyone and Wu Yue shouting together, "Come here, come here", and then suddenly the back of the head dodged, the buttocks swayed, and people let out a laugh: "Still spraying water!"

The elephants lined up in a line, sucking water with their noses from the bucket on the small wooden cart pushed by the slave next to them as they walked, and then deliberately sprayed at the crowd on both sides of the street, causing everyone to rush to bathe in the water.

Some of the names of these elephants were given by the emperor, and some were given by the queen's concubines or ministers, and many people knew about them, especially senior elephant fans, who even knew which name corresponded to which elephant clearly.

"Let's hurry to the river!" Wu Yue shouted to wipe the water on his face with a newly bought handkerchief.

A few people squeezed in the direction of the river under the cover of the family, and it was easy to squeeze to the near river, but they saw that the black pressure was full of heads, and it was an impossible task to squeeze to the shore.

"Mistake!" Wu Yue paused depressedly, "It's time for someone to come over and occupy the place before dawn!"

"This river is so long, how can you predict in advance where the elephant will be washed?" Lu Rong smiled and comforted her, "Forget it, it's not like I haven't seen the elephant washing in previous years, and besides, you have seen them just now, it's not worth the trip, let's squeeze here, find a stall selling pulp and drink and sit down to rest and enjoy the coolness." ”

Even if Wu Yue was unwilling, he had no choice but to give up, followed Yan Qilu Lotus out of the crowd, and looked around for stalls selling pulp drinks.

"Miss Seven," Yizhi appeared in front of everyone at some point, and saluted Yan Qi, "The master asks the young lady and the young master to move to the Spring River Huayue Building with the two delicatesquees." ”

"But I'm afraid that the seats on the upper floor of Chunjiang Huayue have already been occupied by others, right?" Wu Yue looked at "one" hesitantly.

"The gentleman has a private room. Kazueda replied respectfully.

"I knew that Uncle Yan was the best!" Wu Yue clapped his hands and jumped up.

Yan Qi: How do ......you explain the literal meaning of this word to her......

A group of people followed a branch to the Chunjiang Huayue Building not far away, the first floor is the civilian hall, the diners who grabbed the seat in advance will be crowded in front of the window and look out, the more upstairs go the higher the specifications, the top floor is seven floors high, only the box fee is one hundred or ten taels of silver, I heard that there is a minimum consumption, non-local tyrants dare not go up to the seventh floor.

The largest private room on the riverside on the seventh floor, the name is called "Seeing the Moon Pavilion", which is the sentence "Who first saw the moon on the riverside? Push the door in, the bead curtain gauze tent glass screen, calligraphy and painting flowers and plants Bogu frame, the layout is elegant and noble.

The room is very big, a table in the east and a few in the west, there are two people sitting at the table of the eight immortals in front of the window, the one with the big head turned his head and put on a look of "why are these bear children again", the one sitting opposite him is wearing a large-sleeved silk robe today, and the ink on the frost-white background is painted with a shallow and faint smoke and clouds, trees and begonia rain, and he raised his hand to hold the teacup, and the wide and silky cuffs slipped to the elbow, revealing a slender and strong forearm.

"Sit. "This guy has never had a big deal with the kids.

The children saluted the two men, but no one would sit down, and they rushed to the window, craned their necks and looked out.

"Wow! You can see it clearly here! every elephant can see it!" Wu Yue shouted happily, pointing to the herd of elephants that had lined up by the Yanggu River outside.

was looking at it, and saw that the door of the Moon Pavilion opened again, and a group of people came in, all of them were children of the Yan family, and there was a chaotic salute and greeting, and then the target was also the window, squeezing Yan Zike and Qiao Lezi aside.

"You occupy too much space," Yan Wu looked at her coldly beside Yan Qi, and her voice was so suppressed that only the two of her could hear it, "Move to the side, I don't have any more ground." ”

Yan Qi retreated from the window, anyway, elephants were not uncommon in her previous life, so why bother to squeeze here to watch.

Sit on the chair next to you and drink the jasmine mint tea brought by the waiter, and fan it in your hand, which is also cool.

"It's going to be a show, it's going to be a show!" a group of children cried.

Qiao Lezi shook his head, turned his face and Yan Zike said: "The emperor didn't go out of the palace to see the elephant this year?"

"It's too hot. Swallow said.

"This year is indeed hotter than usual," Qiao Lezi nodded, "I heard that the day after tomorrow, you will be going to accompany you to the palace on the Imperial Island of Qiandao Lake, how long will you stay on the Imperial Island this time?"

"About the end of June. Swallow said.

"By the way, after you brought that Liu Zhang to the prison of the Criminal Department, did he confide in who taught him the murderous method?" Qiao Lezi asked in a low voice.

"No, I didn't. ”

"No torture?"

"Yes. ”

"You still don't want to move, the bones are hard enough!" Qiao Lezi was a little surprised, not because of how terrible the punishment of the Criminal Department was, but because he was surprised that someone could still grit his teeth and not say a word after being tortured by Yan Da Neuropathy.

"Dead. Yan Zike solved his doubts.

"——!" Qiao Lezi was shocked, "You tortured people to death?!" ", that's an official! Even a murderer can't be killed directly by torture!"

"He had poison in his teeth, and he committed suicide just after the execution. Swallow said.

"Yo, this is a bit of a coincidence!" Qiao Lezi pinched his double chin, and a pair of beanie eyes were shining, "Cui Meilin before, as well as that Xing Zhuluo, plus Liu Zhang this time, the methods used by the three of them to kill people were all taught by others, and in the end, they all died of poisoning, no matter how coincidental it is, it can't be coincidental like this, which shows ......"

"It shows that the same person is behind the scenes that taught them how to kill. Swallow said.

"I'll immediately have people investigate the networks involved in these three people! I can narrow it down by finding the intersections!" Qiao Lezi excitedly said.

"I have asked people to investigate," Yan Zike was calm as usual, "After the two cases of Li Taoman and Cui Meilin, I have asked people to investigate the intersection between these two, and when Xing Zhuluo's case occurred, I added an investigation of her, but the results obtained were very disappointing, there was almost no intersection between these three people, and there were almost no direct or indirect acquaintances between these three people." ”

"Tsk...... This is a bit strange, hey," Qiao Lezi frowned, "Does this mean that the person behind the scenes is not a person in the official circle? and does not often appear in public? If it is not a person in the official circle, how can an official lady like Li Taoman and Xing Zhuluo get acquainted? Or investigate whether there are any clues to the places that these people have been to on a daily basis?"

"This point is still under investigation," Yan Zike nodded in agreement with Qiao Lezi's train of thought, "It's just that it will take some time, after all, these people are no longer alive, and they have all committed crimes, and most of the people who are familiar with them are reluctant to talk about their lives, and the progress of the investigation is a little slow." ”

"If there really is such a person in this world, it will be a little terrifying," Qiao Lezi looked at Yan Zike, "These murderous methods provided by him (her) are either ingenious or incredible, and the scope of knowledge involved is even wider, and the most terrifying thing is that this person seems to be able to control people's hearts, I don't know what method he used to ensure that the criminal does not reveal a word about his situation, how did he manage to be so confident in this?"

"Take your time," Yan Zike smiled as he curled the corners of his lips, "there will never be an 'impossible crime' in this world, the difference is only whether the perpetrator is smarter or the person who captures him is smarter." ”

"Wow - it's a great thing to throw people up!" the children watching the elephant show suddenly burst into a burst of exclamations, interrupting the conversation between Yan Zike and Qiao Lezi.

Qiao Lezi shook her head funny, followed the prestige to the window, and saw that the girl surnamed Wu was so excited that she was about to fly out of the window, and the girl surnamed Lu was dragging her very worriedly next to her, and she couldn't even care about the performance, this girl was worried about her life at first glance.

Hey, what about the little fat man of Yan Zike's family? Qiao Lezi took a look and saw the little fat man sitting steadily in the corner of the house drinking tea, which is called a "fresh breeze coming, the water waves are not prosperous", this is really a child who is not attracted by novelties? After all, there is still an uncle and a nephew, and both uncles and nephews are not normal, right?!

was secretly complaining, when he saw the abnormal uncle stand up, walked towards his abnormal niece, bowed his head and didn't know what to say, the little fat man got up, and the two went out hand in hand.

…… Only...... Go out...... Finish...... Door......

Where are you going to go?!

Throw Lao Tzu and a group of bear children together?!

Yan Zike didn't go far, after taking Yan Qi out of the Moon Pavilion, he turned to the left, raised his hand and knocked on the door of the private room next door to "Zhao Renju", and heard someone inside "Come in", so he took Yan Qi to push the door and enter.

According to the furnishings in the human settlement, the room is separated by a floor-to-ceiling large gauze screen on both sides, and on the other side of the screen there are shadowy people sitting, but Yan Zike did not turn around and looked at the person's face, only said: "Take the child to see the elephant." ”

"Ahh The man replied meaninglessly.

Yan Zike led Yan Qi to the window, and then stood there and looked down with her.

"Do you like elephants?" asked Yan Qi.

"Like. "Yan Qidao.

"Which one do you prefer?" asked again.

"Immortality. Yan Qi pointed to a fat white elephant below.

"Oh, why?" Yan Zike tilted his face and looked at his niece with a faint smile in his eyes.

"It looks very cheerful. Yan Qidao, "Which one do you like?"

"I also like immortality. Swallow said.

"Why?" Yan Qi asked.

"Looks like you. Her uncle said.

How do you listen to the way of praising people with "......", and why do you think it's not a taste......

"Ahem. The man next to the screen spoke.

"Drink tea. Yan Zike told him.

Yan Qi felt strange, although her uncle usually worries about a lot of things, it is really rare to worry about such a broken Cheng dù.

Who's the guy next door?