1. Antique Shop (1)
"Laughing Spring Breeze" by a copper coin
Genre, detective romance
γWedgesγ
Song, Qingli three years.
In early spring, the weather in Nanle County is warm and cool, and the streets are sparsely populated and deserted.
On the stone steps in front of the bun shop sat two children, the girl was no more than four or five years old, with clear eyebrows and eyes, and two small pigtails.
The aroma of the buns has been completely masked by the smell of the scallion pancakes next door, but Mingyue is still concentrating on eating her favorite bean buns. The bun that had just been taken out of the cage drawer was very hot, and she took a bite and raised her head to let out two breaths, and the warm air drifted into the cold air, and immediately dispersed into a thin white mist.
The boy next to him was no more than seven or eight years old, and he was trying to wipe the dirt off his face. Seeing that she was in a hurry to eat and her face was dirty, Su Yunkai changed her sleeve and wiped her, "Eat slowly, no one will rob you." After she had eaten two bites, he asked, "Sister Doubao, you really don't know where you live?" Is there anyone you know in the neighborhood? β
Mingyue shook her head and swallowed the buns in her mouth, "My grandfather and I just moved here, and we don't know anyone." β
"And what about your grandfather?"
"Look at the dead gone."
"......" Su Yunkai couldn't understand what the little girl said, he was thinking about whether to take her to the yamen, but she had just moved here, and the people in the yamen might not know.
Mingyue hadn't eaten for a day, and she was chased by a dog for a long time just now, and she was dizzy with hunger. β
"Of course I'm afraid."
"Then why are you still helping me?"
"You can't watch you get bitten by a dog." He touched the place where a small square was tied on the back of his hand, and muttered, "Let's have a scar again." β
Mingyue saw that the blood on the little square had coagulated, indicating that the wound was no longer bleeding, "I'm sorry that you were injured." β
Su Yunkai said generously, "It's okay, I was chased by a dog when I was five years old, and I fell on my heels, and now I still have a scar on my thigh, don't you also jump around." Don't talk about it, let's finish the buns. β
"Hmm...... Little brother, why did you come to Nanle County? β
"Our family is from Jiangzhou, and this year my father went to Kaifeng to take up his post, passing by here."
"Oh......"
One of the two looked at passers-by, the other nibbled on buns, and after talking for a long time, the sky was getting dark, and the spring breeze was late. Su Yunkai also has to go back, otherwise his father and mother will wait for him for a long time and will not return, so he will have to change them to go to the yamen to find himself. He looked at the little girl next to him again, he couldn't wait for anyone to come, he planned to send her to the yamen. As soon as I stood up, I saw someone in front of me blocking the afterglow of the sunset, and when I looked up, I saw that it was an old man fifty miles away, still cold and early spring, but his clothes were half wet, and his eyes were full of anxiety.
"Grandpa!"
Mingyue got up and threw herself into the old man's arms, hugged his leg and cried, "I thought that grandpa was the same as my father, and he didn't want me anymore." β
"Didn't you stop walking?" The old man's tone was stern, he picked up his four-year-old granddaughter, sighed softly, and couldn't blame him again, "Grandpa won't leave you alone at home in the future." β
"Since your grandfather came to pick you up, then I have to go back too." Su Yunkai stood up and straightened his clothes, trying to make himself look less wolfish, otherwise his mother would have to ask questions again. He said that he came out to visit Nanle County, but he ran to catch the dog, how can this be explained.
Ming Sheng looked at this young man, dressed brightly, with a piece of red jade around his waist with a bright color, and his eyes were heroic, looking like a young master from an ordinary family. Mingyue said, "Just now, the little brother saved me and bought me bean bags to eat." β
Ming Sheng hurriedly thanked him, and Su Yunkai returned the salute and said goodbye to them. I hadn't walked a few steps before I heard the little girl's voice speak aloud.
"Hey, little brother, what's your name?"
He turned to look at the little girl with bright eyes and bright teeth, and replied, "Su Yunkai, Su of Suzhou and Hangzhou, Yunkai who can keep Yunkai and see the moon." β
Chapter 1: Antique Shops (1)
Song, to and three years.
In the first month, the first month is the first month, and the fifteenth day of the first month is a lantern.
When the Lantern Festival prevailed, the people began to prepare as early as the winter solstice. Set up sheds, hang colorful flags, and people from all walks of life went to Kaifeng early. On the night of the fifteenth, Bianjing was crowded with people. Singing and dancing, thaumaturgical abilities, lively and extraordinary.
Nanle County, which is under the jurisdiction of Damingfu Road, is a little far away from Bianjing, and because of the heavy rain the night before, the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival lanterns is much colder.
It's just early in the morning, on a remote street that is not the main road of the county seat, there are a lot of people gathered in front of an antique shop.
Last night, the rain did not dry, and there were many crowded people, and the bluestone pavement of the street was covered with mud, and if you were not careful, the upper of your shoes would be splashed with muddy water.
There was a muddy puddle in front of the shop that was being watched, and the people who came to see the excitement didn't want to get their shoes dirty, so there was an empty opening. It didn't take long for a handsome young man to stand in the gap, his feet in the puddle and still standing, as if he didn't realize it.
Others kindly reminded him, he tilted his head and smiled, his face was more elegant and handsome, "It's okay." He asked, "Dude is a local?" β
"Yes, just live on the street."
"May I ask who is dead in it?"
"The shopkeeper here." The man has a hearty temperament and likes to gossip, so without waiting for him to ask, he said again, "This female shopkeeper is called Liu Peizhen, and her mother's family is rich." The first marriage was divorced by her husband, and the second marriage was married to a poor scholar, that Xiucai usually doesn't care, and the business of this antique shop is under the control of the female shopkeeper. In the morning, Na Xiu ran to the yamen to tell the murder, it turned out that the female shopkeeper died, tsk, less than thirty. No, the county master is leading people to investigate the case inside, and I don't know who did it, it's really terrifying......"
"Oh......" The young man suddenly sighed, he looked inside twice, the official had already walked away a little, and because of the good location and good sight, he could see most of the situation in the shop, and he could also see the bright skirt of the corpse, "It seems that her husband will be arrested later." β
The man was surprised, "Why did Childe say that?" β
The young man said, "Guess. β
When the man saw that he didn't say anything, he really guessed. But after a while, I saw that the official sent a young and handsome scholar to come out, who was the male shopkeeper of the shop, Wu Chip. Seeing that someone was arrested, the people who would see the excitement were already about to disperse, and the man suddenly felt that the young man just now might not be a nonsense, so he didn't disperse, and asked, "How did Childe guess?" β
As the male shopkeeper who shouted for injustice went away, the young man's eyes shone slightly, and he said, "Nearly thirty people are not young, but the dress she wears is very bright, and even the embroidered shoes are the big embroidered shoes that the girl often wears." Her first marriage was divorced, and her second marriage was married to a talented show who had no money but looked good, and there was a man in the family, but she had to show her head by herself. In addition, among the onlookers, all the women were very disgusted with the female shopkeeper, saying that she had caused an accident with her half-old. But when he was a man, he was full of pity. It can be seen that she has a bad reputation among women. β
The man was also a man, and when he heard this, he said, "You scholars speak obscurely, and your reputation is not very good...... To put it bluntly, isn't it just not a woman's way, a water-based poplar. β
The young man did not answer, but said, "Even if you know these things, her husband must know too." The female shopkeeper died for no reason, and the first person the yamen suspected was of course her husband. Therefore, it is inevitable that he will be arrested and questioned. β
The man understood, and said, "Does the county master suspect that the poor show is the killer because he hated his wife Water-based Yang Hua and cuckolded him?" β
The young man smiled again, "It depends on what the county master thinks." β
The man got an explanation, was satisfied, and when he saw that he was leaving, he asked again, "Is that Xiucai a murderer?" β
The young man walked on the wet stone slab, the upper of the shoe was wet, and the sole of the shoe was slightly cold, he did not stop, and said as he walked, "No." β
The man wanted to ask more clearly, but the dispersed crowd walked through the middle, and in a blink of an eye, the man in the green shirt was gone.
Su Yunkai left the Baibaozhen shop, only walked a few steps, and saw an alley on the left, so he turned into the alley.
The alley is narrow, and can only accommodate one person to pass through guΓ², not two people in parallel. There were also bits and pieces on either side of the wall, blocking the alley even narrower.
"Click."
The shoes detach from the tread from the wet ground, making a slight noise with each step.
Su Yunkai kept walking forward slowly, and when he was almost at the end, he stopped, turned around suddenly, and a figure quickly flashed behind the clutter stacked next to him. He hurried over and grabbed the sneaky man.
"Ahh
The man seemed to be frightened by him, too, and screamed, but it was the voice of a girl. He was suspicious for a moment, but he didn't let go, grabbed her right shoulder tightly, pulled her up like a turnip, and blocked her against the wall.
He had only seen her face, but she was seventeen or eighteen years old. January is still very cold, the person in front of me is wearing an apricot-colored thousand-pleated skirt, covered with a swivel jacket, dressed delicate and slender, with bright eyes and bright teeth, she is a beautiful girl.
Su Yunkai didn't have any pity in his eyes, frowned and asked, "What are you following me for?" β
Mingyue was already less frightened, patted his clenched hand but didn't slap it away, puffed out his cheeks and was two points fiercer than him, "Where did I follow you, just go with you." β
Su Yunkai said, "When I was in Baibaozhen Shop, you kept staring at me. β
Mingyue snorted lightly, "What you said, those who don't know still think I'm a gentleman who is belittling you." And ......" her cheeks were crimson, she bit her lip and said, "Men and women don't kiss, if you stick so close, I'm going to shout indecent times." β
Su Yunkai looked down, his current posture was really ambiguous, and he hurriedly let go of his hand and took a step back.
Mingyue rubbed his sore shoulder, and saw that he hadn't completely retreated and was still blocking the road, so he asked, "Do you want to arrest me when you go home?" What kind of royal law have I committed? β
Su Yunkai grabbed her sleeve and pulled her out, telling her to look forward, "The alley is surrounded by two walls, so this alley has no back door. β
Mingyue blinked, stepped over his shoulder and looked into the depths of the alley, and sure enough, he didn't see the back door. She rolled her eyes, "But this alley leads to the other end." β
Su Yunkai looked at her, "This is a dead alley, there is no exit." β
Mingyue was blocked again with an excuse, and said unconvinced, "This alley is so long, you can't see the bottom at a glance, how do you know that there is no exit?" β
"There's no wind."
"Wind?"
"Today, the wind is so strong, and it is such a narrow alley, if it is interconnected, the wind should be convection, then your clothes and your hair will not move at all."
"Maybe that end is blocked today?"
"The smell in the alley is so bad that the airflow blockage is not a matter of a day or two."
Mingyue couldn't deceive him, all the lies were exposed, and the excuses were all used up. Seeing that his gaze fell on his neck, he leaned over, "Hooligans." β
Su Yunkai only cared about presenting evidence, and didn't care what she was looking at, as soon as she shouted hooligan, she reacted, and turned around slightly, and asked, "Why are you following me?" β
"Listening to your analysis of Liu Peizhen's matter, you are so head-to-head, and you also said that Xiucai is not a murderer, I am curious."
When Su Yunkai noticed her gaze, she was talking to others, so she couldn't tell if she was telling the truth or falsehood for a while, but a girl was curious and followed people, which was also bold and puzzled, "So what do you want to know?" β
Mingyue's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and her handsome face was even more beautiful reflected by the bright sunlight, "I want to know why you said that Xiucai is not a murderer." β