A curtain, a candle, a couch, a pot of wine, a cup, a moon.

Yu Shu sat on the beauty couch, supported his knees with one hand, picked up the cup on the incense table with the other, and raised it in front of Xue Rui, without looking at his exposed chest and neck bones: "Pour me a glass of wine." ”

Xue Rui leaned on the painting railing, drunk and slightly drunk, he casually pulled down the open clothes, shook the remaining half of the pot of wine, stretched out his hand and poured it into her cup, listening to the sound of the wine "rustling", when he was about to fill it, she took the cup against the spout, he stopped his movements, withdrew his wrist, raised his head and opened his mouth, poured a sip of wine and drank it, sighed softly, looked at Yu Shu sideways, and said in a low voice: "Why can't you sleep?" ”

Yu Shu lowered her head to sip the wine in her glass, her mouth was particularly spicy, and the strong taste made her frown, smack her lips, and asked, "Why don't you sleep?" ”

"I'm an alcoholic, and I can't sleep." Xue Rui raised the tin pot in his hand and gestured to her.

Yu Shu took another sip of spicy wine, and at this moment she drank it together on a moonlit night, and she rarely confessed: "I have a plan and can't sleep." ”

Xue Rui smiled slowly, his eyes flashed, and said, "What are you worried about, let me guess?" If I guess correctly, you will answer me honestly, how about it? ”

Yu Shu said disappreliantly: "Okay, you say." She didn't believe he could be deceived.

"Half a year ago, the fourth lady of the Xia Jiang family was killed-" Xue Rui started to speak, paused for a moment, stared at Yu Shu's changing expression, and continued: "You also know that the murder case is that Xia Jiangying and Ji Xingxuan exchanged rooms before they were unfortunately killed, which is very intriguing, this time the young lady of the Cao family was killed, it also happened in the Taishi Academy, which is full of suspicions, and it happens that it has some involvement with Ji Xingxuan, if I guess correctly." You must know what secrets Lu said, and suspect that Ji Xingxuan was involved in these two murders, and you are not a murderer but also an accomplice, and you are wary of her. But I can't tell others, I'm afraid I'll startle the snake. Am I guessing right? ”

Yu Shu was shocked and speechless, raised his hand and drank a large sip of wine, coughed twice, and said in a depressed voice: "You guessed right." But if you want to ask me what secrets I know. With all due respect, I can't tell you. ”

When Xue Rui heard this, he actually laughed: "Ha Luha, who said that I want to ask you this." ”

He shifted the flask to his left hand, lifted his body off the fence behind him, stepped forward, lifted his robe, sat down in the empty space beside her, and turned his head to look at her closely. Whispered: "Ah Shu." ”

Yu Shu turned his face sideways, and saw that his black hair was scattered under the moon, and a wisp of it was stumbling behind his ear. Revealing a pair of thick eyebrows, a pair of eyes embedded with faint candlelight, and staring at her openly and secretly, such a gaze was too sticky, so she couldn't dodge, so she had to squeeze the wine glass in her hand and wait for him to follow.

"If you say that I can't sleep, not because of alcohol, but because I can't sleep because I think about you, will you be angry?"

At first glance, I heard such explicit words. Yu Shu's heartbeat was wrong, and then he felt that his face was hot, but under his intently gaze, he pretended to be calm, his apricot eyes widened, and he glared at him. In an unkind tone, he asked rhetorically: "I'm not angry, am I still happy?" ”

Xue Rui smiled and said in a low voice: "I naturally hope that you will be happy." ”

Yu Shu realized that the person in front of him was even more cheeky than her, and he was speechless for a while, "hummed", raised his hand and poured the remaining wine in the cup into his mouth, licked his lips and stood up.

"Where?" Xue Rui looked up at her, probably because of the strength of the wine, and his words and deeds were without the restraint of the day.

Surrounded by his fingers warmly, Yu Shu twisted his wrist uncomfortably, trying to pull his hand out, but after trying a few times, he grabbed it tighter, seeing that he was a little drunk, he pulled his face and said to him: "Where do you think I go, of course I go to sleep." ”

Xue Rui smiled again, looked happy, held her hand, and with a little force, he got up from the couch, flicked his sleeves and extinguished the candle on the incense table.

Yu Shu didn't have time to stop him, his eyes darkened, and he took his hand and walked out.

"Eh, what are you doing?"

"Together, I sleep too."

"Let go, I'll go by myself."

"It's dark at night, and you can't see the road and you're going to fall."

"I can see it."

"You can't see it."

"I said I can see it, let go."

"Don't."

Listening to such an unreasonable conversation, Yu Shu suddenly couldn't help but laugh angrily, walked in the dim aisle, looked at the blurred and tall back in front of him, and confirmed that Xue Rui was drunk, and he had always been calm and reliable in front of her, when had he ever seen him so childish.

"Big brother."

"Huh?"

She wasn't angry.

Of course, I don't think there's anything to be happy about.

***

The next day, the machine building is not early for takeaway, usually after the hour before opening the building to welcome customers, so early in the morning, there is no idle customer in the restaurant.

Yu Shu and Xue Rui sat in the hall of the front building with breakfast, monopolizing this table of eight immortals, with two drawers of crystal steamed dumplings on the table, a stir-fried golden bamboo shoots, two bowls of pearl porridge, and a cup of sobering tea, which Yu Shu, who woke up first, specially ordered for the kitchen to make.

Xue Rui drank sobering tea, cleared his throat, and saw that Yu Shu only cared about eating with his head down, and didn't pay attention to him, so he had to find a word by himself: "Did you sleep well last night?" ”

Yu Shu glanced up at him and said, "It's okay." What about you, don't you have a headache after drinking too much? ”

Xue Rui shook his head, "It's just that my throat is a little dry." ”

"Well, let's drink more tea today."

After last night, in the face of Yu Shu's still salty and indifferent attitude, Xue Rui was inevitably a little disappointed, but he was not discouraged, at least she was still in front of him and did not avoid him.

After dinner, the two rode in the same carriage and went to the Taishi Book Garden together.

On the way, Xue Rui asked about Yu Shu's apprenticeship, and Zhilu said that she had not been able to successfully worship an academician until now, and it was not difficult to think that it was because she offended Han Wenguang.

Xue Rui gave her an idea: "Han Wenguang has been prestigious for a long time, and his words in the Taishi Academy are very weighty, and many academicians are good friends with him, so it's not surprising that he turned you away." However, Taishi Shuyuan is not his alone, as far as I have heard, Academician Fang Zijing of the thaumaturgy department has a bad relationship with him, the two have been against each other for a long time, you are the second place in the thaumaturgy department this year, why don't you go to him directly, I think he must be very willing to teach you this student. ”

"Fang Zijing?" Yu Shu wrote down the name, and turned to ask him: "Why do you know the matter of Taishi Shuyuan so clearly." ”

"How many things about Anling City are there that I don't know?" Xue Rui asked rhetorically, and did not ask for credit, saying that he had inquired for her earlier.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the Taishi Library, and the two got off one after the other, and as soon as they walked into the courtyard gate, they heard someone behind them shouting: "Miss Yu." ”

Yu Shu turned his head, but saw a familiar maid trotting up, standing outside the door, and taking out a letter from her arms to her: "This is what our young lady told you to hand over." ”

When Yu Shu got closer, he recognized that this was Xia Mingming's side, so he took the letter, and saw that the seal was coated with wax, so he didn't rush to open it in person, and turned to the maid: "Go back and tell your young lady, I will visit her in two days." ”

When the maid left, Xue Rui asked curiously, "Whose letter?" ”

Yu Shu motioned for him to go to the inner courtyard, and while picking up the letter, he told him: "It's the fifth lady of the Xia Jiang family, Xia Jiangmin." ”

Xue Rui knew who Xia Dao was and was not interested in the affairs of their girl's family, so he didn't ask any more.

Yu Shu cared about the progress of the case, and was not busy looking for the academician Fang, and followed Xue Rui to the stargazing platform first, as soon as the two entered the courtyard, an official ran forward to report: "Lord Qiyu, I was on duty last night, and I didn't find any suspicious people." I searched the observatory inside and out, but found no suspicious traces. ”

Yu Shu was not surprised by this situation of nothing, seeing that there was nothing to do here, he said to Xue Rui: "I'll go back to the women's dormitory and bring the salute to meet Academician Fang." ”

The two made an appointment to meet again at noon, Yu Shu left first, and after returning to the women's house, the first thing she did was to take out Xia Mingming's letter, tear it up, take out the only piece of letter paper inside, and scan it with her head down-

Rao is she guessed that there would definitely be something important in Xia Mingming's letter that was specially sealed with wax, but she was still shocked by the content of the letter, which read: 'Ah Shu, I had a nightmare the day before yesterday, and it is inconvenient to write, come and see me quickly. ’

Xia Mingming's handwriting is sloppy, if this letter is seen by others, it must be difficult to understand its meaning, but it is just a nightmare, why should he be so panicked? However, Yu Shu knew in detail that Xia Ming had the ability to "dream of life and death", and when he saw the two short sentences on this letter, his face sank.

Yu Shu immediately made a decision, feeling that it was important to go to see Xia Mingming, crumpled the letter and soaked it in tea, locked the door, and hurriedly left the women's house.

In the morning, it was Lao Cui's car, and when Yu Shu went out, Xue Rui's carriage was still parked across the road and did not go, just so that she could run for a while.

Yu Shu pointed out the location of the Xiajiang Annex and asked Lao Cui to take her to the place.

When he was about to arrive at the door of Xia Mingming's house, the road was blocked by the cars and horses in front, Yu Shu heard the sound of gongs and drums outside, and thought that something was happening, and when he lifted the curtain, he heard Lao Cui surprised: "Girl, it seems that there is a holy decree in this house!" ”

Yu Shu looked at the lively pomp and circumstance not far away, realized something, jumped out of the carriage, hurried up, and gathered at the door of Xia Jiang's house with some neighbors who came out to see the excitement.

"Boom!"

The sound of gongs and drums stopped abruptly, and a high-pitched eunuch chanted something loudly, the words were obscure, Yu Shu didn't listen carefully in front, only the last sentence was clear: "- Xia Jiangmin, the daughter of the Xia Jiang family, Xu Yijing Wang Liu Tan as a concubine, Qin this!" (To be continued.)

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