12. (xii)
When the time came, Su Muxian poked happily for a while before seeing Tang Yuyi tremble slightly, his body suddenly withered as if he was deflated, and sat on the ground.
"Whew, I'm tired of my master."
He moved his arms, grinning his teeth and highlighting the comical bruising of his eyes.
Su Muxian squatted down in front of him with his cheeks propped up, looked at it for a moment, and asked, "Tang Yuyi, did you provoke anyone last night?" Who gave you this point? ”
Tang Yuyi was moving his wrist, stiffened when he heard the words, and pretended to be stupid and said, "Last night? Did anything happen last night? ”
Su Muxian: "......"
She sneered: "Tang Yuyi, are you stupid to me?" Are you full and have nothing to do and set yourself up in the yard to play in the middle of the night? I didn't know you had such a fetish. ”
Tang Yuyi silently turned his face: "Can you be the shopkeeper Su when this incident hasn't happened?" ”
Su Muxian said sincerely: "No." ”
Tang Yuyi's face showed a look of embarrassment, and he stopped talking, repeated several times, and finally exhaled and lay straight on the ground.
Some things are too embarrassing to say, and the man threatened him openly before leaving, and if he doesn't talk tightly and reveals his details, maybe the next time......
Thinking of that sinister smile, Tang Yu raised his hand to cover his face and covered his eyes.
Hey, one of his eyes is still swollen.
Hu Xiaodie passed him back and forth several times, and when she saw him like this, she couldn't help but kick him with her toes.
"Get up, don't lie here and get in the way, I'm going to sweep the floor."
As he spoke, he turned his head to Su Muxian and said: "This guy must be unwilling to tell the truth because he is too embarrassed to lose to his opponent, since he didn't hurt him, it means that there must be no malicious intent, Shopkeeper Su, you don't have to worry." ”
Where there is no hurt! Look at his panda eyes, you say that again!
Tang Yu snorted in a huff, covered his face and rolled to the side silently, making way for the open space under him.
Su Muxian shook his head and said, "I'm not worried, I just think there have been too many strange things recently." ”
From the night she met the killer of the Bloody Clothes Gate, strange things have come one after another, first Xiao Er's sneaky behavior, then Miss Zhao's death, and then now Tang Yuyi has been ordered by someone for one night, could it be that she is destined to be too old this year, and she is destined to have a bad year?
Su Muxian thought about it and decided to find a time to go to the temple to worship another day.
I just thought about Jiang Yuanzhong in my heart, and the door behind me suddenly creaked, and when I looked back, Jiang Yuanzhong walked out while sorting out his clothes.
Seeing that the three people in the courtyard were staring at him, he nodded and greeted, "Everyone gets up early." ”
Su Muxian stretched out a finger and pointed to the sky: "It's almost three poles a day, it's still early." ”
As if realizing something, she squinted slightly, stared at him and said, "Jiang Yuanzhong, you missed half a day this morning. ”
Jiang Yuan's hand rearranging his belt paused, and he was speechless for a moment, and then let out a soft "um".
Su Muxian seemed to want to say something, there were a few shouts in the lobby, it seemed that there was a guest coming to the door, she left a "I'll settle accounts with you later" look, patted her skirt and stood up, and trotted into the lobby with a cigarette.
Hu Xiaodie looked at Tang Yuyi and then at him, thought for a while, and then dragged Tang Yuyi away to cover his eyes.
The courtyard was empty in an instant, the kitchen door quietly opened, and Wang Meng stood at the door with a smile and beckoned to him.
Jiang Yuanzhong walked over, and before he could speak, he pulled him in, turned around and quickly closed the door.
Jiang Yuanzhong: "......"
Friend, you're very skillful in your abduction.
He brushed aside the big palm on his shoulder, took a step back, and asked coldly with his hands on his arms, "What do you want to do?" ”
"Everyone is an acquaintance, as for guarding me like this." Wang Meng's cold reaction to him seemed a little lost.
Jiang Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "Who is familiar with you, and there is something to say." ”
Seeing that he was joking unintentionally, Wang Meng also put away his smiling face and said seriously: "I also heard what happened last night, did you find any clues when you went out later?" ”
Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, "No." ”
He paused, looked up at Wang Meng, and saw that there was real worry in his eyes, so he continued: "I went to the Zhao Mansion first. Because of Miss Zhao's death, the Zhao Mansion was heavily guarded, and there were no less than dozens of officials alone, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. I waited until they were in rotation and sneaked to the coffin to take a look, and the death was indeed the same as what Tang Yuyi said. ”
"It doesn't make sense." Wang Meng said.
There are not many people who can use the sword to this extent, and usually there is no need for people who have reached this point to kill an ordinary woman. Because the well water does not interfere with the river water, there is no need to actively contaminate the meat.
"It really doesn't make sense." Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "However, when I heard the conversation of the next person, I mentioned that Miss Zhao did not die in the mansion, but in a small alley not far from the Zhao mansion. ”
Wang Meng pondered: "It seems that it is very likely that someone will kill him. ”
After saying that, he reversed his conclusions.
"If they are extinguished, they may not keep the corpse, but they can destroy it unknowingly, and they shouldn't leave the clues to others so clearly."
"That's where the suspicion lies." Jiang Yuanzhong said.
"Could this have anything to do with the Treasure Map?"
Jiang Yuan shook his head heavily: "I don't know." ”
Wang Meng paced two steps, as if remembering something, and asked, "Where did you go last night except for the Zhao Mansion?" ”
"Yang Xiaoliuzi." Jiang Yuanzhong gave an answer that was not unexpected, "I stopped by to find him after I went to Zhao Mansion." ”
"Looking at your appearance, I'm afraid it's not going well?"
Jiang Yuanzhong admitted calmly: "I didn't find him. ”
Yang Xiaoliuzi usually haunts the Chenghuang Temple in the west of the city, which is a famous beggar's den, but last night he went there to inquire about the news, but was told by other beggars that Yang Xiaoliuzi had not appeared for many days. Counting the time, he has probably never been back since he left the inn that day.
Jiang Yuan sighed lightly, and suddenly felt a little heavy.
There is no need to guess what the result will be for a wind media who evaporates and loses news in the world.
Yang Xiaoliuzi...... Most of them have already met with accidents.
Wang Meng's expression was also a little solemn, obviously he also thought of the possible fate of Yang Xiaoliuzi. After standing restlessly and walking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and said: "Don't tell the shopkeeper in advance, she is familiar with the little beggar, if she sues her, it will make her more troubled." ”
When Jiang Yuanzhong heard this, he lifted his eyelids and said indifferently: "I didn't plan to sue her in the first place. ”
……
I don't know if the pressure on the sudden increase in guests in the past two days has been too great, and the shopkeeper Su, who has always been lively, fell ill.
However, Hu Xiaodie receives a letter from her master, and she writes in her heart that she will be coming soon. Hu Xiaodie was in a hurry to greet her master, and left the inn early in the morning, saying that she would not be back for the next two days.
One of the only two women in the inn left, and the remaining one lay on the bed in a daze, his face flushed, and he looked afraid that he was not very conscious.
Jiang Yuanzhong sent away the old doctor with white hair and trembling walking, sighed and returned to Su Muxian's room.
The rest of the people in the inn were all men, all of them were not young, so they should naturally avoid suspicion. Jiang Yuanzhong originally planned to find a maid to come back and serve for two days first, but Wang Meng refused on the grounds that his identity was unpredictable and Xiao Su's shopkeeper felt sorry for the silver. Then several people discussed for a long time, and finally somehow decided to let him take care of it.
Jiang Yuanzhong thought about it seriously, did his usual relationship with Su Muxian really look good?
I always wonder if they have some misunderstanding......
Jiang Yuan sighed again, wrapped Su Muxian into a ball through the quilt, and then helped her to sit up by the head of the bed. I picked up the medicine bowl and blew it to make sure that the temperature was not hot before passing the spoon to her mouth.
"Open your mouth."
Su Muxian was a little confused, looked at him with hazy eyes, and then shook his head.
"Don't ......"
Usually very energetic, but now that he has such a weak expression, he really has an indescribable sense of disobedience.
Jiang Yuanzhong frowned, and said patiently: "You can only get better after drinking the medicine." ”
Su Muxian looked down at the brown decoction and commented disgustedly: "It's unpleasant." ”
Jiang Yuanzhong: "......"
You're still picky about drinking medicine.
Just when he was thinking about whether he should directly pour the medicine into it violently, Su Muxian suddenly moved. She squirmed twice around the quilt like a caterpillar, and then buried herself in the quilt.
"I don't want to take medicine...... muffled voice came from under the futon.
Jiang Yuanzhong hesitated for a moment, found the place on her arm and patted it gently, and shouted, "Get up." ”
"Don't, don't, don't." A quilt squirmed.
Jiang Yuanzhong: "......"
I haven't heard that getting a cold can make people stupid.
He was silent for a while and threatened, "If you don't get up and drink the medicine again, I'll smash all your precious things." ”
Su Muxian has no other hobbies, she likes money, and later derived another hobby - collecting good-looking porcelain. From tea sets to ornaments, I have saved a lot over the years, and I usually see it more important than life. At this time, when he heard Jiang Yuanzhong's threat, he suddenly lifted the quilt and sat up, looking left and right.
"What about the medicine?"
Jiang Yuanzhong: "...... In this. ”
I really don't have any ambition at all.
He looked at Su Muxian and shook his head, then handed over the medicine bowl. Su Muxian pinched his nose, with a look of sacrifice for life, and poured it down.
While drinking, he muttered indistinctly: "Silly roe deer, owe Erdeng, and he was struck by thunder." ”
Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "What did you say?" The wind was too strong to hear. ”
Su Muxian hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, praise you." With that, he put the empty bowl on the edge of the bed, grabbed the quilt and covered his head, "I'm sleeping, don't wake me up." ”
Originally, he was just pretending to be asleep, but he happened to drink a few soothing herbs in the medicinal soup, and he really fell asleep after a while. Jiang Yuan looked at her again, and reached out to tuck the quilt, so that her face was exposed.
His gaze stayed on Su Muxian's quiet sleeping face for a long time, and Jiang Yuanzhong suddenly realized whether he cared too much about her. Thinking about when he used to do such things of serving people, but now he is doing it very easily, it seems to be very natural.
Odd.
It's weird.
He pressed his eyebrows, feeling that he had become a little less like him before.
Since when has there been a change, probably on the first day of coming to the inn, I was unconsciously influenced by Su Muxian, this girl's optimism always imperceptibly affects others, and people can't help but want to protect the bright smile on her face.
Thinking of the advice brought by Yang Xiaoliuzi not long ago and the end of no news now, Jiang Yuanzhong felt that it was really wise to hide this news.
"It's good that you worry about the inn, there are always others to help you share other things." He pushed a strand of hair loose in front of his eyes behind her ear and whispered.
As if hearing his words, Su Muxian rubbed the quilt and let out a soft snort like a little beast.
The sound of fluttering wings sounded outside the window at an inopportune time, Jiang Yuan walked over with an empty bowl in his hand and opened the window, and a white and fat pigeon flew in and landed steadily on his outstretched arm.
He touched the fat pigeon's little head and took out the note from the small sealed bamboo tube.
The note is not long, and there are only two sentences on it:
The old lady was seriously ill, and Miss Shen went to the Sword Conference.