Chapter 172: Street Talk
Yu Shu stayed at home for three days, seeing that Xia Mingming's spirit was improving, and then he returned to Qiu Kwai Fong to set up a hexagram stall, these days he ate and drank well, there was fish and meat, and the cost increased sharply, and then it was about to enter winter in a blink of an eye.
Yu Shu arrived in front of the Sun Ji Tavern, and as soon as he set up the cart, someone from the Fu'an Dart Bureau came, holding a few pairs of eight figures, saying that it was a few dart masters who were going to go out on this trip, and asked her to take charge of it.
Yu Shu wants to take a fixed amount of 20 taels of silver from the Fu'an Dart Bureau every month, and he will never be perfunctory about the things within the division, so he left eight characters for people to go back, and asked the other party to come back tomorrow.
She took advantage of the fact that there were no guests at this time, and calculated from the auspicious time and auspicious day, and calculated the investment, so that no one sitting in front of the hexagram stall noticed it.
Xue Rui sat down in front of Yu Shu's hexagram stall, seeing that she was only immersed in calculations, and no one was greeted when she came, just like when she worked in his paper and ink shop, she was full of energy as soon as she started to do something, even if the house collapsed, she couldn't be shocked.
Seeing that she was busy, he smiled and didn't make a sound, facing each other less than two feet away, looking at her closely, it was a coincidence, they had met several times in Anling City, and every occasion was wrong, either she suffered, or others were unlucky, how could there be any chance to reminisce about the past.
Looking at it like this, the face is still the same face, but it is a little tanned than when he was in Yiyang, and the person is also thin, I don't know if it is because he has grown taller, or it is too hard to make a living, he remembers that at that time she was at most high and low on his shoulders, and after four months, these two times again, she was about to find his chin.
Xue Rui's gaze stayed on Yu Shu's face, which was more like a teenager than a girl, trying to find out what made her fall for him, from Yiyang to Anling, he couldn't forget it, and he planned to let her go. Now that I see her again, I begin to feel some regrets.
As a result, he himself was confused, and the face in front of him had nothing to do with beauty at all. This girl is not a lady, she doesn't know how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is cautious and loves to slippery. If you really want to count them, there are a lot of faults. But he looked at it inexplicably pleasing to the eye, as if it was the signature dish of Longjing Building, which did not sell well, but it was the most suitable for his taste.
Yu Shu matched the auspicious times of several dart masters, and when he left the dart head in the evening, he went back and used the law of disaster to calculate specifically, put down the pen, and turned his wrist. As soon as he looked up, Leng Buding saw the well-dressed Xue Rui opposite, and his eyes widened.
Seeing her expression, Xue Rui smiled secretly in his heart, crossed his arms, and said with a little displeasure: "Why is it like seeing me like a ghost?" ”
Yu Shu was out of shape for a while, but in a blink of an eye, he returned to his normal color, and in the face of his ridicule, he rolled his eyes: "Lord Xue is not going to investigate the case, what are you doing here with me?" ”
Xue Rui put his arm on the table. looked serious, and used a voice that passers-by couldn't hear: "Xia Jiangying's case has been investigated for a few days without progress, I have something I want to ask you." ”
The murder case of Taishi Shuyuan is tricky, and the big test is approaching. Suddenly died the daughter of the capital of Yi in the south, and was presented to the emperor the morning before yesterday, which made Long Yan angry, and ordered Dali Temple to find out within a limited time, but Xia Jiangying's death was clueless, and the suspects were arrested, but there was no evidence.
"You're looking for the wrong person," Yu Shu yawned, and looked at him with his chin in one hand: "I don't know Xia Jiangying, she doesn't even recognize me, if you want to ask, you should ask someone who understands." ”
"Don't you just understand people?" Xue Rui's words were meaningful.
Yu Shu was silent, not that she didn't want to help him, but that it was not her turn to take care of this matter, and what Xue Rui wanted to ask was definitely Xia Mingming's matter.
Obviously, she didn't tell her dream that Xia Jiangying was killed, she had her own plans, if she was so sideways, she said something to Xue Rui that shouldn't be said, and I don't know if it was good or bad.
"Is there anything inconvenient to tell me?" Xue Rui observed his words and looks, saw Yu Shu's embarrassment, and secretly said that it was a pity, he was in a hurry about this case, but he didn't want to make it difficult for others.
Yu Shu hesitated for a moment and said, "What do you want to ask?" ”
Xue Rui said: "That's it, you don't need to talk about it if it's inconvenient for you to say it." ”
"If you ask, just ask, ink what." She wouldn't necessarily answer him anyway.
Seeing her quick temper, Xue Rui secretly smiled, cleared his throat, stared at her face, and asked, "In this way, you only need to answer me one question - why would Xia Jiangying change to the room of the fourth lady of the Ji family?" ”
guessed that he was going to ask this, Yu Shu sighed and shook his hand at him: "I can't say this, is there anything else to ask?" ”
Xue Rui's eyes flashed, he sat up straight, shook his head and smiled: "It's gone, thank you." ”
Yu Shu said strangely: "Thank you for what I did, I didn't-" In the middle of the conversation, she suddenly froze, she looked at the smile on Xue Rui's face, thought about it, and suddenly realized what information she had just revealed to him, and her face was annoyed:
"You're fooling me?"
This guy, where did he want to find out from her mouth the reason why Xia Jiangying changed the room, he was obviously testing whether she knew the reason for Lu Dao, she said "can't say", and she had already told him that she knew the inside story of Lu Dao, and she was not related to Xia Jiangying, so of course she learned it from Xia Mingming.
She knew the inside story of Lu Dao, but she refused to say it, which didn't mean telling him that Xia Jiangying would change rooms to sleep, and as a result, she was killed, which had something to do with Xia Mingming!
Xue Rui saw that Yu Shu reacted so quickly, and he really didn't know whether to praise her for being smart, or to blame her for being stupid.
Seeing that she was angry, Xue Rui coughed lightly and said with a serious expression:
"Ah Shu, you have to know that Xia Jiangying's death involves a wide range of things, if you can't find out the truth as soon as possible and let the murderer go unpunished, not only the deceased will be wronged, but the other students in the Taishi Academy will also be in danger. Who knows what the murderer's purpose was, if as you guessed that day, Xia Jiangying died unexpectedly and suffered on behalf of others, the murderer would definitely wait for the opportunity to commit murder again. ”
Hearing this, anyone who has some sense of justice will be moved, but Yu Shu sneered and said:
"What does this have to do with me?"
Xue Rui was blocked by her words, and there was still half of the benevolence, righteousness and morality under him, and he only felt that he had said so much to her just now, it was a long time in vain.
Why did he forget that this girl is a ruthless character who can endure dozens of boards to climb the court to complain and get angry, and when he talks to her about this, isn't he playing the piano to the cow.
Without words, the two fell silent at the same time, the atmosphere was slightly awkward, and just as Xue Rui was about to apologize to her for Yu Shu's behavior, Yu Shu opened his mouth first:
"I'm sorry, I was talking in too strong a tone. You are investigating the case, of course, you have to focus on the facts of the case, act impartially, and there is nothing wrong with it. ”
Xue Rui looked at Yu Shu and saw that she looked relieved, her eyes were open, and she knew that her words were not perfunctory, nor were she angry, but she really made sense and could see it.
In addition to being annoyed, she was also able to calmly consider problems from the perspective of others, this mature attitude that was extremely inconsistent with her age couldn't help but make Xue Rui feel a strange feeling, as if the person in front of him now was not a fifteen or sixteen-year-old ignorant little girl, but a woman with a good mind.
At this time, he suddenly remembered the signature dish of Longjing Building, which was not the best in appearance, but rich in content.
"However," Yu Shu changed his words: "Investigation of the case is investigation, our friendship is friendship, if you trap me like Fang Cai again, don't blame me for turning my face with you at that time." ”
"Hehe, yes."
The young man in front of him has the same color as the crown of jade, his eyebrows are like the peak of a sword, and his smile is even more handsome, his eyes are like ink spots, looking directly at people, so that the woman is blushing, Yu Shu is looking at Jingchen at home every day to see immunity, and glanced at Xue Rui generously, then he lowered his head to clean up the table without any obsession, and said without raising his head:
"How much did you spend on buying shoes for me last time, I'll give them to you later."
It's not that she cares, there is always a difference between men and women, a girl, wearing shoes bought by a man, is not like it, no matter whether she will wear those shoes in the future, she has to spend money to "buy" them back.
Xue Rui grew up in the nobleman's nest since he was a child, and he knew this truth better and understood her concerns, so he didn't pretend to be generous, and said a discount to her:
"Ten taels."
"Ten taels! For a month's food expenses, I bought a pair of shoes, and I knew that she would walk back barefoot that day, what shoes were she wearing, Yu Shu regretted wanting to scratch the wall.
Xue Rui looked at Yu Shu's face, and probably could guess what this little pick was thinking.
"I didn't bring enough money today, I'll give it to you next time." Yu Shu said embarrassedly.
"Well," Xue Rui picked up a turtle board on the small table, compared with the divination tools sold in the Yi Pavilion in the north of the city, it was rough and unsightly, such inferior divination tools can only be seen in the south of the city, knocking on the back shell, he asked:
"How much money do you make sitting on the street all day?"
Yu Shu said: "When it's good, you can have two taels of silver a day, and if it's cold, you can make money for eating." ”
Xue Rui frowned: "That's it." ”
Yu Shu said contentedly: "It's already good, in the first half a month, I just sat on the street every day and ate ashes, not to mention the food money, and I had to pay for the paper and ink." ”
Xue Rui went through business, and knew very well that the baked cakes in Anling City were about to catch up with the meat price in Yiyang City, and he knew that Yu Shu's life was so tight, and he had the heart to help, and he knew that she would not accept it, thinking about it, he suddenly remembered the few invitations the day before yesterday, looked at Yu Shu in front of him, and after some consideration, asked:
"Want to make a lot of money?"
Yu Shu suddenly became interested: "What's the matter, you want to introduce me to business?" ”
Xue Rui thought about it, so he nodded: "Yes." ”
"That's a good idea," Yu Shu clapped his hands and asked curiously, "What kind of business is it?" Mansion Feng Shui? Eight characters auspicious? Or do you want to ask for money? ”
Xue Rui shook his head and said calmly:
"Don't worry, when the case of Taishi Shuyuan is over, I will introduce this business to you." (