Ji Xiamo walked straight and turned left as shown by the man, and sure enough, he saw a dead old willow, under the old willow tree sat a blue brick house, four rooms and one courtyard, compared with other families around, it can be regarded as a wealthy family.

Ji Xiamo glanced at the two white lanterns hanging on the beams outside the door, and motioned for Jin Wuji to knock on the door.

"Who! Who is it! Asking for your life early in the morning! A sharp voice came from the door, Ji Xia Mo took two steps forward, took Jin Wuji behind him, and took the bone fan in his hand.

The heavy wooden door was opened, and Ji Xia Mo 'swooh! The folding fan was unfolded in front of him, and then a snarky scolding mixed with saliva came to his face.

Jin Wuji glanced at Ji Xiamo's arm that stopped in front of him, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, but quickly disappeared.

After a while, it seemed that the woman was tired of scolding, and a pair of slender little eyes looked Ji Xiamo up and down, with an unkind face.

Ji Xiamo withdrew the bone fan, and the corners of his mouth hooked, "It's over?" ”

"Where did the little hairy boy come from, what did you do before you came to my house!"

"If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, there is naturally something." Ji Xia Mo grinned, took out the waist card from his arms, shook it in front of the woman's eyes, and before the woman could see it clearly, he stuffed it back into his waist.

"From the Criminal Department."

The woman's face changed, her originally bitter face was suddenly bloodless, and her slightly wide and chubby body shook and took two steps back, her eyes fluttering with a look of horror.

"Who is it?" A man in his thirties walked over with a cowhide soft ruler in his hand, and looked at Ji Xia Mo suspiciously.

"You ......"

"Dead ghosts!" The woman pulled the man past him and scolded viciously. "It's the official of the government."

"Official?" The man's face changed, and the cowhide soft ruler in his hand fell to the ground, Ji Xiamo glanced at it, took two steps forward, and bent down to pick it up.

"Something is off." This should be Liu Qi from Liu's clothing shop.

"This, this lord, dare to ask, dare to ask what happened to the grass people?" Liu Qi took the soft ruler, bowed his body, and said tremblingly.

"Ah, no, it's just that there are some things that need to be learned from the two of you." Ji Xia Mo said with a smile.

"Understood? Yes, you can. Liu Qi pulled the woman out of the way. Sir, please come here. ”

Ji Xiamo bowed his head and followed the two into the courtyard, and when he passed under a peach blossom tree, Ji Xiamo's footsteps paused, and a different color crossed his face.

"My lord, is there something wrong?"

"The peach blossoms bloom in March, and now that the winter has just passed, this peach tree is blooming strangely, not only the flowers are splendid, but the color is also red like blood."

"This ......" Liu Qi's face changed, and his legs began to tremble, and he was stunned for a long time, not knowing how to answer.

"What happened to Boss Liu's hand?" Ji Xiamo inadvertently swept Liu Qi's bandaged left hand and wondered.

"Ahh It's okay, it's just that I accidentally injured my hand when I was cutting cloth a few days ago. ”

"That's right." Ji Xiamo grabbed Liu Qi's wrist and looked at it, hooked his lips and smiled. "The weather is gradually getting warmer, and Boss Liu still has to be careful of the wound."

"Yes! Be! Liu Qi bowed and nodded repeatedly, one hand constantly wiping cold sweat.

"Let's go."

"Please!"

Following Liu Qi into the house, Liu Qi's wife Zhao made a pot of tea and hurriedly retreated.

"My lord, I wonder why you are here this time?"

"Boss Liu doesn't need to panic, I came this time to ask about Xuemei."

"Xuemei!?" Liu Qi was startled, knocked over the teacup in his hand, and immediately sprinkled tea.

"What's wrong with Boss Liu?"

"Huh? No, it's okay, I, I'm ......" Liu Qi hesitated for a long time, and suddenly, he knelt on the ground with a plop and cried loudly.

"Spare your life! Villain, the villain sold Xuemei into Rumeng Pavilion just to make her repay the silver money owed by Carpenter Wang, but I didn't expect her to die! The villain, the villain really doesn't know anything! ”

"Boss Liu, please, I came here this time to ask about Xuemei, I have no other intentions, and I ask Boss Liu to tell me in detail."

"Yes, yes!" Liu Qi stood up tremblingly, stood aside with his head down, and didn't dare to take a breath.

"Wang carpenter is addicted to gambling, half a year ago, Wang carpenter lost money again, was chased by some thugs in the gambling house and was cornered, the villain because of a moment of soft-heartedness, he paid off the two hundred taels of gambling debts, but who would have thought that Wang carpenter was a scoundrel, and later did not admit it.

I entangled with him for a long time, and finally I was really helpless, ready to report to the official, who would have thought that this Wang carpenter would die, and the villain was not popular, so he sold Wang Carpenter's only daughter into Rumeng Pavilion. “

"You borrowed money from the king carpenter, but you have a written note."

"When the villain saw that he was beaten very lightly, he relented for a while, and he didn't expect it to ......" Liu Qi shook his head, looking annoyed.

Ji Xia Mo nodded, thinking in his heart. Liu Qi hung his head and didn't dare to raise his head, his hands kept tugging at the corners of his clothes, panicking.

"Boss Liu, your hands are wet with tea, it's better to go to the hospital to have a look." Ji Xiamo watched the departure and suddenly changed the topic.

"No, no." Liu Qi waved his hand again and again. "It's just a small injury, my family has an ancestral ointment, and after a while, it won't be long before I can't even see the scar."

"It's amazing." Ji Xia Mo was curious.

"The villain doesn't dare to lie." Liu Qi said, took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to Ji Xiamo. "My lord, please see, this is our family's ancestral ointment, even in the whole capital, it is also a unique one."

Ji Xiamo opened the porcelain vase and smelled it, and said with a smile, "It smells good." ”

"Escort Jin, help Boss Liu with medicine." Ji Xiamo handed the medicine bottle to Jin Wuji.

"Ahh Can't! The villain doesn't dare! Liu Qi shook his head.

Jin Wuji took the medicine bottle and stepped forward to hold Liu Qi's wrist, Liu Qi wanted to struggle, but he couldn't move. Jin Wuji ripped off the bandage on Liu Qi's hand, and suddenly a hideous blood mark was exposed. Jin Wuji's eyes flashed slightly, and the hand that imprisoned Liu Qi was also loosened.

"Your Excellency!" Liu Qi withdrew his hand, knelt on the ground in horror, and kowtowed again and again. "The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare."

"Boss Liu is so afraid of me, as if I can eat people." Ji Xia Mo raised his eyebrows at Jin Wuji and motioned for him to step back.

"Villain, villain has no such intention!"

"Okay, if you're bothered today, I'll retire first." Ji Xia Mo got up and walked towards the door. Liu Qi hurriedly got up and followed behind.

When he came out of the house, Ji Xiamo bumped into Zhao head-on, and when he saw Ji Xiamo, Zhao lowered his head and stepped aside in anxiety, not daring to say anything.

Ji Xia Mo glanced at Zhao, and suddenly, his eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with an inexplicable smile. "The wound on Boss Liu's hand is in the water, and I will ask Mrs. to bandage it later."

"Yes."

When passing under the blood-colored peach blossom tree, Ji Xiamo stopped again, looked up at the blood peach blossom that bloomed like a cloud from afar, and the smile on his face slowly faded.

Liu Qi looked at Ji Xiamo standing under the peach tree as if in a daze, and was puzzled in his heart, and just wanted to step forward to ask, but was blocked by the sword in Jin Wuji's hand.

I don't know how long I stood there, Ji Xia Mo came back to his senses, lowered his eyelids, and let out a soft sigh from his mouth.

Ji Xia Mo stretched out his hand and broke off a peach blossom on the peach tree, bright red as blood, lined with Ji Xia Mo's ice muscle and jade bones, which looked even more shocking. It is as if man is no longer a living being, but when he is accompanied by the wind, he will turn into dust and return.

Liu Qi peeked at Ji Xiamo, and when he saw this scene, he was even more frightened

Jin Wuji frowned slightly, took two steps forward, and pressed a powerful hand on Ji Xiamo's shoulder.

Ji Xia Mo looked back, confusion flashed in his eyes, as if he had just woken up from a dream, with a bit of a trance.

"It's time to go." Jin Wouji's voice was flat, but there was a hint of imperceptible nervousness.

"Yes." Ji Xia Mo came back to his senses, glanced at the blood peach tree meaningfully, and nodded slightly.

Ji Xiamo walked outside the door, turned around and hugged his fists, "Farewell." ”

"Congratulations, sir." Liu Qi and Zhao knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

"What did you take on her?" The two of them went one after the other, until they couldn't see the Liu family's house, and Jin Wuji, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth.

"Heh, I thought you wouldn't ask." Ji Xia Mo turned around and shook the peach blossom in his hand, looking at Jin Wuji with a smile.

"It's just a very interesting gadget, I'll tell you when I figure it out."

"By the way, you just looked at the wound on Liu Qi's hand, did you find anything?"

"It's not scissors." Jin Wuji handed the medicine bottle to Ji Xiamo and said in a silent voice.

"That's interesting." Ji Xiamo bit his nails, and his eyes crossed deep thoughts. "Behind a lie there must be an unspeakable secret."

"Let's go, Brother Jin, go to the next stop." Ji Xia Mo hooked Jin Wuji's arm cheaply. "Confirm my suspicions."

Each lock will have a key to open him, and once the key is found, how long can the secret behind the door be hidden?

If a person makes a mistake, the cost of the mistake is only a matter of time.

It is cause and effect, and it is also retribution.