Chapter 23: Ten Years of White Bones (4)

Qin Fang slept all night, and when he woke up in the morning, he had forgotten about the events of last night, only knowing that he was very hungry. No one sent food, no one was worried about it, but it made him, the little marquis who had been pampered since he was a child, a little lonely, he touched his stomach and yawned after washing, ready to go to the kitchen to find something to eat.

The front foot went in, and the yawn did not stop, and he saw a white skeleton on the long table, the skull was hideous, and the empty eye hole was staring again. He suddenly remembered how he had fainted yesterday! He even remembered the pile of white bones soaked in water in the jar, and the hole in the eyes was so big, and it was also in this kitchen.

Suddenly, his eyes were full of stars, his body shook, and he collapsed on the threshold and couldn't move.

Bai Shui fought with the three-person tall file all night, which would be regarded as finding some clues, and went straight to the kitchen non-stop. Who wants to see no one, but see a soft-footed shrimp. Grasping the doorpost, he tried to stand up, only to stand up halfway up and go limp. She pursed the corners of her lips and stepped forward to press his thighs on tiptoe, "Hey, soft foot shrimp don't get in the way." ”

When Qin Fang heard the voice, he didn't care how hateful this guy was, so he suddenly became angry, turned around and hugged his waist, and almost softened back, "Bai Zhutou carried me back to the room, my legs are weak." ”

Bai Shui struggled to move, but before he could shake him off, the big head was pillowed under her chest, rubbing against her belly, and she had goosebumps. If it weren't for the hands he held to hold down her broadsword, she would have drawn a knife and pointed it at the tip of his nose by now! She immediately grabbed a handful of his hair and pulled it back, making him scream in pain.

"Climb back on your own!"

"No conscience!" Qin Fang shouted, but she had already lifted it open and lay back on his stomach. This anger poured into her limbs, and "Poo" stood up, pounced on her, and fought her.

However, Bai Shui is a first-class master, he can't even touch it, but he is so tired that he is out of breath.

"Brother Bai."

Bai Shui heard the shout, and saw that Su Yunkai was also beside Mingyue, and with a light turn, he swept past Qin Fang, leaving him and trotting in front of Su Yunkai.

Mingyue saw Qin Fang chasing after her, and said with a smile, "We just went out to eat a bowl of noodles, and you guys started fighting again." ”

"He's in a panic." Bai Shui said lightly, "My lord, my subordinates have found two people who match the identity of the skeleton, but the two are similar, so you may need to go to the two houses to ask in person, and ask the adults to give orders." ”

Su Yunkai said, "Which two?" ”

"In two villages ten miles away, not far away, just across a river."

"Since it's a ride, there's no need to go our separate ways." Su Yunkai said again, "You and Mingyue haven't slept all night, let's go and rest." ”

Qin Fang sneered, "He can carry a cow by himself without sleeping." ”

Mingyue bent her eyebrows and reminded, "You say that it will be you who will be carried by Brother Bai." ”

Qin Fang listened, looked at Bai Shui again, raised his eyebrows coldly, and hurriedly clamped his tail and ran. Mingyue smiled, this little marquis is still quite fun, and he doesn't have a shelf at all.

Su Yunkai also smiled, obviously there was nothing to do in the yamen every day, but he still refused to go back to Kyoto. is obviously "bullied" by Baishui every day, but he is still indomitable, if this kind of spirit can be placed elsewhere, he will definitely become a talent. He said to Mingyue again, "You guys go and rest." ”

"I'm not sleepy at all, I'm fine." Mingyue almost didn't pat his heart to show him how energetic he was.

Su Yunkai stretched out his hand to scrape the black circle under her eyes to remind her that she was too tired, and she paused halfway through her hand, embarrassed in her heart, and withdrew her hand in a warm voice, "The wheels of the carriage are broken, and it will be sent back in the afternoon." It's ten miles away, you have to ride a horse, can you ride a horse? ”

"No......" Mingyue felt that it was a problem, "Then you go, if there is anything you need to ask me, it's okay to knock on the door immediately, but don't wait for me to wake up like last time." ”

Su Yunkai thought for a while, "Last time? When? ”

Mingyue replied with a smile, "Thirteen years ago." ”

Su Yunkai thought about it again, and then remembered, "After you ate the bean buns, you hugged my arm and slept for a long time." ”

"Yes, your arm is numb from the pillow, I saw that you couldn't lift your arm, and I thought you were beaten by someone."

"You're still angry and want to get revenge on that man."

The two of them remembered the past, and the scene became clearer, as if it was yesterday, breaking the high wall between the two hearts little by little.

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Su Yunkai wanted to go to the two villages immediately, but before the people left, someone reported the case and went to deal with it. I didn't think that the cases were one after another, and by the time he finished the trial, it was already more than half of the time, and the sun was half slanting. When I went back for a meal, Mingyue had already gotten up.

Mingyue thought that he had already returned from the case, but when she asked, she realized that he hadn't gone yet, so she couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that I am destined to accompany you to try the case together." ”

Su Yunkai handed her the chopsticks, "Have you slept well?" ”

"Hmm."

Su Yunkai thought that he had to eat by himself, and in order to save time, he only asked the cook to fry a plate of vegetarian dishes. Seeing that Mingyue woke up, he asked the cook to add another dish, but where there was fresh meat in the afternoon, he scrambled eggs and made meat dishes. This will see her eat well, and Su Yunkai will feel more comfortable.

The carriage sent for repair had already been sent back at noon, and Su Yunkai and Mingyue rode there.

The two places to be visited are of the same ethnicity, hence the name given to the big surname. One is Hejia Village and the other is Yangjia Village.

The road to the two villages was not very smooth, and the rainy spring made the road potholed, muddy and splashed, making it difficult to walk and the carriage bumping with it.

Mingyue grabbed the crossbar on the wall of the car, and saw that the people sitting opposite her were not in good spirits, so she just closed her eyes and took a nap at first, but after a while, she closed her eyes and didn't open them for a long time. She suddenly even breathed much lighter, for fear of waking him.

Su Yun began to sit back and lean back, consciously

Mingyue looked at him intently, afraid that he would sleep too soundly and slam his head on the wood of the carriage.

When the official outside said that it was almost there, Mingyue had been staring at it for a long time, rubbing her eyes, and saw Su Yunkai wake up. She took a handkerchief dipped in the water in the bladder and handed it to him, "Wipe it, otherwise the sleepiness is too obvious, and people who don't know will think you're lazy." ”

Su Yunkai took it and asked, "I slept for a long time?" ”

Mingyue smiled, "From the beginning to the present. ”

"I didn't even know, I just thought about the case, and I fell asleep."

The spliced corpse had been put into the yamen autopsy room, and Su Yunkai was thinking about it, but Xu was not doing it, so there was a question that he couldn't figure out. The more I thought about it, the more sleepy I became, and then I didn't know how to fall asleep. He came back to his senses and asked, "I was thinking about the skeleton, can you tell what it was that hit him at that time?" ”

Mingyue shook her head, "It can only be seen that it was a blunt force injury, and it is not sharp, otherwise the hand bones and ribs that have been repeatedly hit should have sharp scratches, not broken bones." ”

Su Yunkai nodded, and the carriage gradually stopped. He lifted the curtain and looked out, and the sound of the water came first, followed by a wide river. After he got out of the car, he took Mingyue down, and then looked back and forth, the river was far away, and there was no end in sight.

The official said, "Go to the left is Hejia Village, and after crossing this river is Yangjia Village." ”

"Let's go to Hejia Village first."

"Yes."

The road to Hejia Village is also a country road, and the carriage cannot pass it, and it is very difficult to walk because it is based on Tiankan. Su Yunkai looked at the shoes and skirts on Mingyue's feet and said, "You stay here first, and I'll take someone to take a look." ”

Mingyue responded, and the other three servants stayed in place.

The official knew that she was the person brought by Su Yunkai, so he didn't tease her, and stood a little farther away, very alienated.

Mingyue was not idle, looking into the distance, he could still see the grove where the bones were dug up at that time. She stood in this open space before she realized that something was wrong, turned around and asked, "Why are the trees on both sides of the river so low, and the trees a little farther away are so big?" ”

"In the past, the river flooded a little further away during the flood season, but it washed away all the trees downstream, and no grass grew at all. Later, after nearly 20 years of trouble, the river embankment was built upstream, and the road was divided again, and it got better. ”

Mingyue was surprised, "Twenty years? Why didn't you fix it before that? ”

The official said softly, with a little mockery, "In those twenty years, there has been no good official, corrupt and perverted the law, ignored the farmers, damaged the embankment and did not repair it, and deceived the court." Regardless of the annual floods and droughts, lo and behold, many people have died in the two villages closest to each other, so no one will recognize a white bone man, who knows if the person who lost his family was washed away by the water. ”

Mingyue doesn't like corrupt officials, and hates corrupt officials who careless of people's lives, so she was angry in her heart when she heard it, and said, "What a bastard, that kind of official should be pulled to get the tiger head guillotine to the guillotine!" ”

The three officials looked at each other a few times, this little girl is really bold, but isn't she a relative of an official, saying such things...... It's respectable. This will go a lot of gaps in his heart, and he will get closer, and he said to her, "Later, the imperial court punished the corrupt officials and sent a good official, and the adult was aware of the Ming and Qing Dynasty and built a dam for the local area, you see, it has only been ten years, and the life of Yangjia Village in Hejia Village is better." So sometimes where the sky is saving people, the court can really save people. ”

Another boldly said, "The imperial court can also kill people." ”

The old servant booed him heavily, but the man did not squeak.

Mingyue also thought so, "What my grandfather hates the most is an official who doesn't do things for the people, and so do I." ”

One of them asked curiously, "Who is Miss Ming's grandfather?" ”

"My grandfather is a servant from Nanle County."

"It turns out that Miss Ming's grandfather is a fool, no wonder Miss Ming assists adults in investigating the case without blinking at the dead body."

The more the three of them asked, the more strange they became, they looked so marked, and they had this kind of ability. is also upright, and she doesn't beat around the bush when she asks her, she is really a very good girl.

When Su Yunkai led the people out of Hejia Village, he only saw the official who was still unfamiliar with them, and he actually talked to Mingyue happily, and even less glanced at him as a subordinate.

What did Mingyue do when he wasn't there?

He was really curious, but now was not the time to ask this, Mingyue also walked over quickly when she saw him, not caring about the mud under her feet, "Is it from Hejia Village?" ”

Su Yunkai shook his head, "No." He looked to another village on the other side, and the houses were shaded by green trees, with green tiles and white walls, and green hills in the background. All that can be passed are sheep intestine trails, and there is not a single avenue, "Let's go to Yangjia Village." ”