"You, you have to smile more in the future to look good."

The smile on Tang Ya's face became a little bitter, she looked out the window, looked at the willow branches fluttering in the wind in a daze, and after a long time, she said, "I almost forgot what I used to look like." ”

When Su Jinshi heard this, she only felt a little sad, she reached out to cover Tang Yaxin's hand, but she didn't know what to say to comfort her.

After a while, Tang Yaxin sniffed and lowered her head.

Su Jinshi looked at her and said with some hesitation: "Yaxin, have you thought about the future days?" Have you already decided that you want to follow the Six Princes? ”

Tang Yaxin was silent, she understood that what Su Jinshi said was not to follow simply, but to be his wife or ...... Concubine.

She didn't speak, and Su Jinshi continued to ask, "Yaxin, you also know very well...... The sixth prince, she is not an ordinary person, is that kind of life really what you want? ”

Tang Yaxin still didn't speak, but lowered her head lower, and the autumn cicadas outside the house were still chirping, but the sound was not as energetic as it was in summer, and every call felt like the last one.

"But he's very good to me now." Tang Yaxin's voice was very soft and not so confident.

Su Jinshi sighed, she smiled, "Okay, don't think about it, there is no shadow yet." ”

Su Jinshi thought, maybe she shouldn't ask her like this, everyone has their own life, and as a friend, she can't make decisions about her life.

**

A few days later, Xu Zhi brought news to Ning Xifeng, and he also investigated it privately, so when he reported to Ning Xifeng, he also used the method of writing.

Su Jinshi and the Tang brothers and sisters were still investigating the route that had been broken, and several people became more and more unmotivated.

When a few people were about to give up, Ning Xifeng suddenly asked them to go to the study to discuss the matter, but the place of the discussion was not in the mansion.

Several people have come to an ordinary teahouse in the city, and the reason why they will choose this teahouse is that there is a private room on the second floor of the teahouse, but it is not a room style, but separated by a bead curtain.

In a quarter of an hour, several people arrived one after another, Ning Xifeng was the last to arrive, and his expression was a little wrong.

"What's wrong?" Tang Mingze asked him a little nervously.

Ning Xifeng didn't rush to speak, he sat down slowly, took another sip of tea, and then whispered, "When you came, did you find that someone was following?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone at the banquet was panicked, but they didn't show too much emotion, Su Jinshi and Nian Su didn't find anyone following them, but the two of them looked at the faces of the others, and they were all a little unpleasant, so they also guessed some.

"Is there no one to follow Jin Shi and Nian Su?" Tang Mingze asked.

Su Jinshi and Nian Su nodded, "Neither of us found out." ”

Ning Xifeng took a sip of tea, "Stalking is not important, even if they have someone following, they can't know what we're doing." ”

When Su Jinshi heard this, he didn't care about this, "Do you have any new clues?" ”

Ning Xifeng gave a rare smile, he put his hand on his knee, "It's not a new clue, but I can basically determine who the murderer is." ”

Almost all of the people present were full of surprise, only Xu Zhi's expression was a little elusive.

Ning Xifeng continued: "A few days ago, I asked Lord Xu to investigate how many families in this city have pigeons or other tools that can communicate with other places quickly. ”

As soon as he said this, Su Jinshi and the others suddenly realized that the murderer of the case they had handled before had a carrier pigeon at home, although there were some coincidences, it could not be said to be a kind of evidence.

It's just that if there is a suspect, then this case will definitely be much easier to investigate.

"That's good, but I don't know if there's any more definite evidence besides this?" Tang Mingze smiled.

Ning Xifeng shook his head, but his tone was much more relaxed than before, "Not yet, if we look towards that clue, we will definitely find something." ”

Su Jinshi finally showed a relaxed smile, "I forgot that there is such a thing as a carrier pigeon, but the suspect you found is not around us?" ”

Ning Xifeng finally became stern again, "Indeed, this person is a servant in the yamen, named Zhou Lin, who is very inconspicuous, but he is recognized as a down-to-earth and capable person in the yamen. ”

Su Jinshi slowly recalled, but he couldn't remember that there was such a person in the yamen.

"If the white jade girl was taken away by that Zhou Lin, then she must still be somewhere, if we find the white jade girl, can it be used as evidence?" Nian Su suddenly spoke.

Tang Mingze frowned, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not, although the white jade girl was kidnapped by him, it can't directly prove that Zhou Lin is the murderer who killed and dismembered the body, it can only prove that the white jade girl was taken away by him." ”

Su Jinshi also nodded, "We can't be in a hurry, if we are in a hurry, I am afraid that we will make a mistake, we still secretly look for evidence." ”

Everyone present nodded, and finally felt that the case was halfway through, and as long as they found tangible evidence, they could arrest Zhou Lin.

"You remember that the first two prisoners kept some of the victim's belongings with them, and if Zhou Lin was the same, then we could arrest him quickly." Su Jinshi said.

Tang Yaxin, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke: "Although this is a characteristic of the first two prisoners, it can't be attributed to this murderer, we have to be cautious about these two cases, no matter what the reason is, we are not allowed to have a little difference." ”

After speaking, Tang Yaxin glanced at Ning Xifeng.

Tang Mingze also nodded, "Don't startle the snake." ”

The discussion ended quickly, Ning Xifeng just informed the identity of the suspect and left quickly, and Xu Zhi also left quickly.

Su Jinshi knew that there was a suspect, and her mood relaxed suddenly, she took Nian Su's hand and said with a smile: "Susu, let's go out for a walk, I haven't bought you clothes for a long time." ”

Nian Su looked at Su Jin with a smile, nodded, but said, "Go buy a few pieces of cloth, and I'll make clothes for you and Xiaodouzi." ”

Su Jinshi's eyes lit up, and he reached out and touched Nian Su's head, "Okay, let's go buy it, but we can't make ourselves too tired." ”

The two of them left holding hands, and only Tang Mingze and Tang Yaxin were left in the teahouse.

Tang Mingze frowned, he sighed softly, and asked, "Yaxin, have you already decided?" ”

Tang Yaxin pursed her lips and didn't speak, but Tang Mingze closed the lid of the teacup with some irritability, "Yaxin, you weren't like this before, has that little girl who dared to love and hate really disappeared?" ”

"Brother, I'...... I don't know what's wrong, every night before going to bed, the picture of that day will appear in front of me, it is difficult to fall asleep every day, and after falling asleep, I start dreaming again, my brother ......" Tang Yaxin paused, raised her head to look at Tang Mingze, and the confusion in her eyes made Tang Mingze feel a headache.

"I don't know how to get back to my old self, I almost forget what I used to be like ......"

Tang Mingze was holding the teacup in his hand, and the difference was pale, he really wanted to touch her forehead as before, and then easily told her, silly girl, this will pass, in a few days you will still be the silly girl who has no heart and lungs and only knows how to laugh.

But now, he couldn't say these words.

He didn't even know if these things would pass for Tang Yaxin.

**

Su Jinshi and Nian Su picked for a long time in the fabric store, and finally picked two pieces of cloth, one was dark blue, ready to make a new dress for Xiaodouzi, and the other was light blue, ready to make a skirt for Su Jinshi.

Nian Su was in a good mood after buying the cloth, and her steps were very brisk when she walked on the road, Su Jinshi couldn't help but smile when she looked at her appearance, watching her hold her hand and look east and west, she only felt that time was quiet.

The two of them went shopping again, bought osmanthus cake for Xiaodouzi, and bought Xiaotang Man, and did not return to Xufu until the sun set.

After returning to the Xu Mansion, the atmosphere in the mansion was a little strange, Su Jinshi and Nian Su's smiles were still on their lips, and when they saw the people in the mansion walking in a hurry and seemed to be very busy, the smiles of the two faded.

Put the things back in the room, and someone called the two to a place in the mansion, Su Jinshi and Nian Suben still felt a little strange, and it wasn't until they knew why the atmosphere in the mansion was strange.

That place was Zhou Lin's residence, the house was messy, many things had been turned out, and the paper was scattered on the ground, Su Jinshi picked up a piece of paper casually, and when he looked at it, he only felt chills all over his body.

The paper was painted with stumps.

If you guess correctly, it should be the stumps of those who were killed.

There was a faint cry in the room, Su Jinshi grabbed the piece of paper, her strength became heavier, she walked into the room, but saw a pool of blood on the ground, and there was a person lying in the blood, next to a girl dressed in white, her clothes were already soaked in blood, but she was unconscious, she looked at the person on the ground with a frightened face, and held a dagger stiffly in her left hand.

Ning Xifeng and Tang Mingze have already arrived.

"The dead person, is it Zhou Lin?" Su Jinshi heard his voice full of disbelief.

Ning Xifeng nodded, he turned his head and glanced at a few people lightly, the corners of his lips hooked up a mocking smile, "Maybe one of us is from his side." ”

Su Jinshi chuckled in her heart, and she immediately remembered her relationship with Lu Jingshen.

Ning Xifeng, is this suspicious of her?

Or rather, he was suspicious.

Su Jinshi looked at the girl sitting on the ground, her expression was still stunned, until a servant pulled her up and shouted, "You are the murderer!" It was you who killed Zhou Lin! You are the same as killing the people of the city and dismembering their bodies! ”

This voice brought everyone on the scene back to reality, and the girl who was pulled up suddenly tried her best to resist.

"It's not me! I didn't kill anyone, I really didn't kill anyone! ”

The official may not have expected that a girl's strength was so great, and she was pushed away all of a sudden, and then the official was annoyed and said loudly: "Now that the human and material evidence is there, do you still want to deny it?" ”

The girl was caught by the official again, and cried bitterly, "I didn't! I was rescued by him, and he promised me that he would give me a happy life...... I really didn't kill anyone! ”

Only then did Su Jinshi dare to be sure that this girl was the missing white jade girl.