At noon, Liansheng and Fangsheng got out of the car. In this era, the traffic basically depended on walking, the rich would bring their own carriages or rent cars to travel, Yang Quan's pension silver was only five taels, plus the second half of the rent paid by the tenants of the partial courtyard The funeral of the Yang family's relatives and colleagues in the yamen made up the funeral, together with less than ten taels of silver, Liansheng exchanged some broken silver for copper coins and used them in his baggage. The two of them had no money to hire a car, and when they stopped at a small shop, they met a juggling team who stopped by the way, and Liansheng gave the boss 200 wen and asked to take a carriage to pull the sundries. The boss saw that the two sisters and brothers were young and not sinking, so he agreed.

Separated from the circus people at the gate of the county seat, Liansheng and Fangsheng wanted to find a cheap and clean inn.

Entered the city, along the main street to go forward, both sides of the street bustling, very lively, inquire only to know, these days there is the largest local market, ten miles and eight towns will come, it is estimated that the juggling team is also to make up for this lively hurried.

"Fangsheng, Fangsheng!" Someone in the crowd waved at them, and it turned out to be Gu Yesheng, who had set off one step earlier than them. Yesheng's family background is not very good, and he came all the way, although he set off a few days early, but he arrived with them before and after.

"Fifth brother, when did you arrive? Can you find an inn? ”

"Found it, found it, there are a few students from our Qingyuan living in the inn."

It turns out that this county is the provincial capital to go further, the provincial capital is naturally very expensive to eat and live, the students who are not good at home in order to save money are first to live in this county, and then rush to the provincial capital a few days before the exam, sometimes go to the inn at night The inn is already full, and can only be set up in the utility room behind the inn, and it is also a bitter tear.

Liansheng calculated all the property of himself and Fangsheng, and after hearing Yesheng say that the price of this shop was cheap, he was moved, and followed Yesheng to the inn. This shop has a total of two floors, wooden building, the owner of the shop used to be a tried and failed reader, now although he has done business, he gives preferential treatment to the talents who are rushing to take the exam, and only 100 Wen a day for food and lodging, or a single room, which is quite cost-effective.

"This is my brother and sister." Yesheng introduces the Liansheng siblings to the innkeeper.

This boss looks like he is in his 40s, and he is a bit of a scholar, middle-aged and fat, with a smile on his face, and his first feeling is still very enthusiastic.

"Sure enough, it's a scholarly family, young and ambitious, amazing."

The boss gave a thumbs up to Fangsheng.

Liansheng now paid 500 yuan in advance at the counter, and proposed to the boss that she and Fangsheng could live in a room, whether it could be cheaper.

"Well...... the boss was embarrassed: "Little girl, although you are sisters and brothers, after all, there is a difference between men and women, and Brother Ling is still a scholar, for the sake of fame, let's live in two rooms." ”

"We're sisters and brothers, we don't care about that, I've laid the floor." Liansheng played the sympathy card: "Our family is not good, and the prices in the provincial capital are expensive, so we have to save flowers." ”

The boss thought for a while: "That's it, I'm also a scholar, but my fate is not good, and I am very admired when I see a young man, two single rooms are 150 Wen, and I can't miss it." ”

"Thank you, boss, you are such a nice person."

Liansheng is very happy, and he can save 50 yuan a day. You can buy two baked cakes for a penny. The boss asked the shopkeeper to take them to see the house, and Liansheng saw that Fangsheng followed, and he had to inch in: "Boss, I only live and don't eat, can it be cheaper?" ”

The boss looked Liansheng up and down: "Little girl, you are too saving." ”

"Boss, this can't be helped. You see, I can buy two baked cakes for a penny, and I will take one bite, and my brother is the only one who eats here. ”

The boss sighed: "Alas, I think I came from a poor family back then, that's it, I have covered the food of your sister and brother, just eat here, you two have a total of 100 wen a day." ”

This boss is so nice! Liansheng jumped up for joy.

Liansheng and Fangsheng's room is on the second floor, with a room in between, and Xiao Er said that he lives in a Xiucai who is also rushing to take the exam, surnamed Li.

"This Li Xiucai probably went to the river to read again, and he didn't see anyone in the morning."

Liansheng is very satisfied with the room, the small room has a bed and bedding that looks very clean, and Fangsheng is separated by a room, not far away.

I brought water to wash away the dust on my face, and I heard Yesheng shouting at the top of the stairs: "Fangsheng, it's time to eat." ”

Fang Sheng agreed, opened the door and came out, only to see Lian Sheng waving to him.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

"The boss is very good, give us two rooms is the price of a person, let's not go too far, I think we still have two cakes that have not been eaten, if you don't eat it, you are afraid that it will be broken, it is better to ask him for a bowl of hot soup, and then eat it again."

Fang Sheng nodded and said, "Sister, you are doing the right thing, we also have to think about the boss, eat less and help others save a meal." ”

After a while, Fang Sheng went downstairs and went directly to the kitchen to ask for a bowl of hot soup, and smelled the smell of meat far away.

Lian Sheng swallowed his saliva, and said in his heart that it is good for people to eat meat and drink soup.

She picked up the iron spoon and poured the soup into the bowl. The spoon rubbed the bottom of the pot, and suddenly there was a voice from Caracalla, Liansheng thought it was bone slag and didn't take it seriously, and another spoon went down, and there was a bright small circle in the broth, which Liansheng picked up with chopsticks, and it was a gold ring.

Liansheng suddenly felt that something was wrong, she simply went to turn the meat pieces in the pot, found a basin to pick out the meat pieces little by little, and then she looked at the slender thing on the chopsticks and forcibly resisted the nausea.

It was a phalanx bone, stewed for so long that the flesh had been deboned, leaving only bare, thin bones, and half-boiled red nails.

Liansheng put his finger bones aside, forced himself to compose, and walked out against the wall, but walked opposite the boss.

"Miss Gu, why did you come to dinner?"

The boss and the shopkeeper were holding the food that had been removed from the hall, and Lian Sheng couldn't help retching when he looked at the meat bowl in the small second-hand hand.

"The girl is suffering from the heat!"

Liansheng pointed to the kitchen, his face pale: "There is human flesh in that pot!" ”

After saying that, he covered his mouth and strode out.

The diners who had just finished eating, some of them were passing by here, and they were stunned when they heard the words, and when they saw that Liansheng's expression did not look fake, some people rushed into the kitchen curiously, saw a bone with nails on the pot table, and then looked at the gold ring next to it, and squatted directly in the kitchen and vomited.

The boss was dumbfounded: "How could it be?" Who goes to the butcher shop to buy meat in the morning? Who! ”

In the lobby of the inn, he vomited and scolded, and he was stunned and chaotic, Lian Sheng endured the discomfort and said loudly: "Don't panic, don't mess up, report to the official quickly!" Lock down the scene! ”

"Get out of the way!" Soon, the county government's catcher came with people.

"Who found the human bones?" Ma Zhutou of the local county government frowned and looked inside and out of the inn.

"Lord Headcatcher, it's me."

A crisp voice sounded, and Ma Zhutou looked at it as a little girl, and his brows furrowed into a pimple: "Tell me what's going on." ”

Behind Ma Zhutou was a paralyzed face wearing a fast hunting suit, Liansheng glanced at him, it turned out to be Jinyi Wei Qianer, it seems that this Qianer was the person sent by Yu Shizhao to protect himself. Lian Sheng hurriedly said hello to Qianji, but Qianji pretended not to see anything, still expressionless.

Liansheng and Ma Zhutou roughly explained what had happened, pointed to the kitchen door and said, "Therefore, I will not let people in and wait for the adults to arrive." ”

"Do a good job, you deserve to be a person from the county government." After reading the identity documents that Lian Sheng was carrying, Ma Zhutou excluded their siblings from the list of suspects.

Is this pot a pot of human flesh or just a few fingers?

The old man of the yamen looked through the pieces of meat and reported one by one: "I found half a kneecap, a whole rib, and some mandibles, which are obviously human bones. ”

"And it should be a man's bone," Liansheng said, "This bone is thick, the ribs are longer, and the mandible is contoured, so it should be a man's bone." ”

The old man took a closer look and nodded again and again: "What the girl said is very true, this should be a man's bones." ”

Ma Zhutou took the gold ring and looked at it for a long time, the shape of this ring was quite weird, it turned out to be a snake, and the snake head was holding the snake tail. The shopkeeper looked at the ring at the door, and suddenly shouted: "Lord Headcatcher, can you show the little one, the little one looks familiar with this thing." ”

Ma Zhutou handed the ring to the shopkeeper, who looked at it and patted his head: "Oh, this is Li Xiucai's ring!" The little one once brought water, and when he saw it, he remembered it because the shape of the snake was so strange. ”

"Which Li Xiucai?" Liansheng suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, and sure enough, Xiao Er looked at Liansheng: "It's Li Xiucai who lives next door to the girl." I just told the girl that I hadn't seen anyone else all morning, and I didn't think that he would become a pot of meat. Xiao Er thought that he had stolen several pieces of meat in the kitchen, and he was so disgusted that he couldn't talk about it, so he ran to the backyard and vomited with his mouth covered.

Yesheng waited for a few Xiucai to vomit, and Fangsheng gave them water, comforting them with a good voice. The innkeeper Yuan Zisheng drooped his head and smiled bitterly. Ma Zhutou ordered the officials to send the victim: the pot of meat to the county government first, and then carefully investigated by the servants, and then began to interrogate these permanent guests.

Lian Sheng quietly asked Qianer: "Do you know who the murderer is?" ”

Qian'er glanced at her: I don't have the good treatment of yours, and I can still be the car of the juggling team, I secretly follow the protection all the way, does Miss Gu think I can easily get here in advance? ”

"It's not a trap you laid this time."

The corners of Qianer's mouth twitched: "Girl, we are Jinyiwei, not murderers, let alone ogres." ”

Liansheng said in his heart that there is really no one who brings what soldiers, and there is no good one who is a brocade guard, and his speech is stinky and hard.

"Li Xiucai, he rarely talks to people, he looks like his family is very good, he doesn't eat here, and he always can't see people. How long have you been staying? Boss Yuan flipped through the account book: "Oh, I've lived there for ten days, look at how this is quite rich and can't leave here." ”

"Presumably it's to hide quietly, there are many candidates in the provincial capital, and some inns are very noisy, which is not conducive to reading." The shopkeeper interjected: "I see that Li Xiucai often goes to the river to read books alone, Xu is a person who doesn't like to be lively and has a cold temperament." ”

Ma Zhutou led people up to the second floor to check Li Xiucai's room, Liansheng also strode in to enter, and just walked to the door, Qian Eryi grabbed her arm: "What are you doing?" ”

"Investigate the case."

"This is not Qingyuan County."

"I know."

"I know it."

"Catch Brother Hurry, aren't you curious at all?"

"Not curious."

"I'm curious, you and I are old acquaintances, since your family asked you to protect me, do you have to care about my safety."

"Of course."

"Well, I'm scared and scared right now." Lian Sheng looked at the flat face of Qianerban and suddenly smiled, "I'm so scared if this case is not solved, if I am afraid, I will be cranky, and if I think about it, I will have a headache and it will be easy to make a mess, catch up big brother, in order to satisfy my curiosity, you can be accommodating, okay?" ”

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