Yu Shu saw Xue Rui in the living room of the front yard, and when he saw the vermilion official uniform on him that he hadn't had time to change on, he walked to him and sat down, and asked a question:

"Big brother, this is directly from the Yamen?"

Xue Rui nodded, his elbows rested on the armrests, and his slender ten fingers were clasped in front of his abdomen, because of the tolerance of the day, his expression was a little lazy, and as soon as he spoke, his voice was slightly hoarse:

"I have found out about the matter of Qu Hai, you let him go as soon as possible."

Yu Shu was surprised: "What's the matter, what did the eldest brother find?" ”

Xue Rui raised one hand, pressed his eyebrows with two fingers, and said in a low voice: "That Qu Hai is in trouble, and it has nothing to do with you." If you detain him, you will only provoke suspicion, I will go to Beijing tomorrow, and I will go to the foreign council tomorrow, and I will go for five or six days, so I will come to you at this time, just to inform you, and tomorrow you will go and release the people. ”

Yu Shu was curious, and asked hesitantly, "Is it inconvenient for Fang to tell me what's going on?" I always feel that Qu Hai has something to do with me, and if I don't figure it out, it's diaphragm. ”

Xue Rui put down his hand and stared up at her face, looking at her for a while, as if considering whether to tell her.

Yu Shu was a little uncomfortable stared at by him, twisted his shoulders, and said thoughtfully: "It's hard to say, forget it." ”

"It's not that Qu Hai wants to fake his death and escape from prison, but someone wants his life." Xue Rui said coldly.

Yu Shu was startled at first, and then felt confused, and couldn't quite understand what Xue Rui meant, "How did you say this?" ”

Xue Rui said: "I sent someone to investigate privately for many days, and found that on the night that Qu Hai committed suicide in prison, there were outsiders in the prison to visit, and the jailer who found Qu Hai's 'body' on duty that night was transferred away the next day, I asked people to find him to inquire, and when I found the news, there was indeed a person who claimed to be Qu Hai's brother and entered the cell, and not long after the person left, the jailer found that Qu Hai hit the wall and 'died'. ”

"I'll just say it," Yu Shu patted his thigh. interjected: "He is not sentenced to death, it is necessary to fight the danger of his head blooming, and he must pretend to be dead to escape from prison, there must be something wrong with the person who visited the prison." ”

Xue Rui nodded. Tell her: "Qu Hai is not a native of Anling City, he was the deputy leader of a small gang in the south of the city, I investigated his net worth, and learned that he only has a wife and daughter, and no brothers. ”

Yu Shu suddenly realized, "Does he still have a wife and children, no wonder." No wonder he, a fugitive, wants to risk staying in the capital and refuses to leave, he should be worried. ”

"Qu Hai's wife and young daughter committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river two months ago."

Xue Rui's cold words made Yu Shu stunned, and it took a long time to find his voice: "Dead, dead?" ”

"Well, before Qu Hai escaped from prison, there were already no people." Xue Rui pressed his aching brow with his fingers again. Slowly told Yu Shu his speculation:

"The gang that Qu Hai stayed in before was backed by Song Sixian, a waiter from the Ministry of Rites, and later Song Sixian was impeached by Yushi for embezzlement. The evergreen gang also scattered with the tree. Qu Hai is really a killer in the rivers and lakes, and I don't know how many bloody deeds I have done for others in private, but my hands and feet are extremely clean. According to my calculations, it should be the financier who hired him to kill people before, and when he learned that he was arrested, he was afraid that he would leak something to the government, so he took the first action and sent someone to the prison to threaten him. Most likely, he threatened the lives of his wife and daughter to force him to cut himself. ”

Yu Shu opened his mouth wide, only then did he understand what Xue Rui meant at the beginning, took a deep breath, and continued:

But Qu Hai was not worried about the safety of his wife and daughter, so he came up with the trick of fake death. On the one hand, he hid from the eyes and ears of the gold owner, and on the other hand, he escaped from death and turned back to look for his relatives, only to find that his wife and daughter had both been killed - if I guessed correctly, his wife and children must not have committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river on the surface, but someone should have secretly killed the killer and cut the grass and eradicated the roots? ”

Xue Rui sighed and said: "That mother and daughter are indeed dead, I have also seen Qu Hai himself before, and now thinking back on his situation, it should be a great feud, and he can't find a place where his wife and daughter are buried, so they wander in Beijing, unwilling to escape." ”

Yu Shu sorted out this hidden situation, and her expression suddenly became complicated, she had seen Qu Hai as a person who had died innocently, disgusted and defensive, but who would have thought that such a cold-blooded killer would be willing to risk death because of the flesh and blood of his relatives, which made people feel sympathetic, and sure enough, poor people must have something to hate.

Xue Rui explained this, and warned Yu Shu with a somewhat serious expression: "I think the matter is not trivial, maybe there is a bigger involvement, I don't know where the sacredness is to kill Qu Hai, the other party is in the dark, we are in the light, you really shouldn't keep the hot potato of Qu Hai, why don't you let it go." ”

Yu Shu thought so, thought about it, and said with a headache: "According to what you say, Qu Hai is now thinking about revenge, in case he can't figure it out, and he will be angry with me about the death of his wife and children, and then come to me to die or live, how can it be good, instead of letting people go, it is better to send him back to the yamen and lock him up again." ”

Xue Rui shook his head, "He won't seek revenge on you." ”

Yu Shu saw that he was categorical, and said unconvinced: "How could it not." ”

Xue Rui flicked his fingers on his knees, and taught her softly: "That poor mother and daughter, there is no one to mourn behind them, the corpses were buried in the suburbs by the Yiguan Pavilion, Qu Hai is an outlaw, hidden in the capital, and even their burial place can't be found, you tell him where his wife and daughter are buried, he is such a bloody man, it's too late to kowtow to thank you, where will he look for revenge." ”

Yu Shu stared at Xue Rui with straight eyes, he couldn't hide his admiration, his mouth moved, and he squeezed out a sentence dryly: "Brother Xie Xie." ”

Xue Rui looked at her awkward appearance, his heart moved, he turned his eyes and smiled, and said deliberately: "I solved a problem for you, do you only have a word of thanks, come to something practical, don't always empty words." ”

Yu Shu's face was hot when he said it, his left hand scratched the back of his right hand, his usual cleverness was not needed at this time, and he didn't know what benefits Lu Dao could give him, so after thinking about it, he simply asked:

"Then you say, how do you want me to thank you?"

Xue Rui was temporarily teasing her, but when he saw that she was serious, he couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart, bent the corners of his mouth, and said tentatively: "Just say it?" ”

Yu Shu felt that he owed Xue Rui a lot, and he couldn't help but weaken his confidence in front of him, so he didn't care so much, and nodded: "Just say it, as long as I can do it, I will do it." ”

Xue Rui narrowed his eyes, "You're not afraid that I will embarrass you?" ”

Yu Shu rolled his eyes and said, "You won't." ”

Yu Shu didn't know what to say, when she said this, she unconsciously brought a tone of trust, listening to Xue Rui's ears, it was very useful, I just felt that I didn't worry about her in vain, this little white-eyed wolf was finally a little more familiar, and Zhilu Dao was close to him.

Xue Rui was happy in his heart, and the fatigue he had been suffering from for days was gone, but happiness was one thing, and there was no reason not to want the benefits in front of him.

He looked at Yu Shu's delicate face, and then noticed her slender hands on her lap, and the thought suddenly came, Xue Rui leaned back in the chair, relaxed his body, raised his chin towards her, and with a smile hidden in his eyes, he called:

"Come here, give me a thump on the back."

Yu Shu was stunned for a moment, how could he have thought that Xue Rui would make such a request, and immediately wondered whether to be obedient or not, to know that she had grown so big, except for her younger brother Yu Lei, she had not beaten any man on the back.

"Why, who said they wanted to thank me, and now they want to regret it?" Xue Rui teased unhurriedly.

"Who's going to go back on it." Yu Shu's mouth was stiff, knowing that he couldn't get past it, so he stood up, walked slowly behind Xue Rui, looked along the back of his neat head, landed on his broad back, hesitantly raised his two hands, and gestured a few times back and forth on his shoulders in the air, but he couldn't fall.

Xue Rui waited patiently, and did not urge her, so close, but he could smell a wisp of pleasant fragrance on her body, which seemed to be ambergris, but it was slightly different, and there was a little more soothing breath, which made his heart relax for a while, and he couldn't help but close his eyelids.

Just when Xue Rui was about to fall asleep, a soft force came from his shoulder, pushing his aching cervical spine extremely forcefully, making him open his eyes comfortably for a moment, and he almost held back the moans that came to his mouth and froze his body.

"Relax." Yu Shu noticed that his muscles were stiff, frowned and patted him on the shoulder. Thinking that Yu Lei was paralyzed in bed back then, it was difficult to turn over, she spent a whole month following a physiotherapist in Guangdong to learn the technique of loosening the bones with one hand, not for a long time, although some hands were raw, but also found that Xue Rui's physical condition was not good, worried, suddenly forgot to be embarrassed, just wanted to help him relieve a little fatigue.

Xue Rui obediently relaxed his shoulders, and while enjoying Yu Shu's service, he asked, "Do you know how to press stilts?" ”

Yu Shu exerted his strength in his hands and said vaguely: "My godfather is a master of the apricot forest. ”

Xue Rui said in his heart that Yu Shu had learned a few hands from He Fangzhi, paused, and praised as if inadvertently: "I learned well, I think I practice it often, how many people have tried it?" ”

It's no wonder that Xue Rui has such a cautious eye, as long as he thinks that Yu Shu's little hands used for divination and strategy have stayed on other people's shoulders, where can he be calm.

As soon as the words fell, Xue Rui snorted, only to feel that Yu Shu's fingers scraped his cervical vertebrae, and the force was so great that he gritted his teeth in pain.

"Are you a maid for me, you will rub your back and shoulders when you have nothing to do," Yu Shu stared at the back of Xue Rui's head angrily, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Except for my younger brother, that is, your eldest brother." ”

Xue Rui was still in pain just now, after listening to Yu Shu's words, no matter how much pain he had, he disappeared, and in the place where Yu Shu couldn't see, the corners of his mouth were raised high, but he couldn't seem to care too much, and said calmly:

"Well, it was the eldest brother's gaffe just now, but Xiao Xiu is still weak, so it is not appropriate to move his muscles and bones often, so it is better to use less of this stilt."

Where did Yu Shu think of Xue Rui's thoughts, only when he misunderstood that the "younger brother" referred to Yu Xiaoxiu, he should know what to say.

Xue Rui smiled silently.