25, Jiangzhou line

When Wang Yuanwai came back to his senses, he remembered to go to the Liu Mansion next door to discuss the law, although there was no physical evidence, and others said that he was evil, and even his wife thought he was crazy, but he was sure that it was the new Liu family who cheated him! He lost so much property for no reason, someone must compensate for it, don't those two women know how to turn stones into alchemy? Let them turn into gold!

Somehow, the plaque of "Willow House" has been removed, in broad daylight, the door is still tightly closed, the king listens closely, there is no movement inside, so he knocks on the door vigorously, and no one comes to open it.

"Phew! Don't think that when you are a shrunken turtle, this master will take you without a problem! ”

The king rolled up his sleeves and picked up a board axe to smash the door. At this time, a group of people happened to come on the street, and they stopped cheering.

"Stop!"

Wang Yuan followed the prestige, only to see an old man who was over the age of sixtieth birthday walking quickly, followed by two men. The old man's silver-bearded and white-haired bearing was extraordinary, and at the moment he was angry, pointing at him and asking, "Who is presumptuous in front of the old man's house?!" ”

Wang Yuanwai glanced at the old man, as if he had seen it somewhere, and he was very familiar. He was dizzy with anger, and when he saw that someone next door finally came forward, he thought that this old man had come to the door to find a fight, and he had to get this evil breath, so he swung it over.

"Ouch-"

As a result, it was Wang Yuanwai who was complaining, he fell to the ground and rolled, his fist shrunk in his arms, his face distorted in pain, and a cold-faced guard stood in front of the old man, and it was he who shot to block Wang Yuanwai, and the confrontation was only for a moment, and no one could see what he did clearly, and Wang Yuanwai fell.

Another elegant man holding a folding fan slowly stepped forward and politely hugged the old man: "Old Yang Ge, are you hurt?" ”

The old man sighed and shook his head, looking at the mourner-like Wang Yuanwai and shook his head: "The world is getting worse and the people's hearts are not ancient......" He looked sideways and saw the gentle smile of the person next to him, frowned slightly, and sighed, "The old man has already been a minister, and he can't afford to pay the word "old man, so Lord Zhan should call the old man." ”

"Yes, sir." Zhan Liantai smiled slightly, and helped Mr. Yang up the steps, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Wang Yuanwai on the ground, and saw that he was in cold sweat on his forehead, obviously in pain, but he stubbornly wanted to pull Mr. Yang's robe, and cursed in his mouth.

"You liars...... Pay me back...... Scammers ......"

When Mr. Yang heard this, he said angrily: "It's unreasonable! When did the old man cheat you out of your money? Who are you? ”

When Zhan Liantai heard this, he also paused and looked at Wang Yuanwai quietly.

"Don't pretend to be garlic! You don't know Master Ben? I'm an outsider of the Wang family next door! Wang Yuanwai struggled to sit up from the ground, he was tortured by a blow, his body was thin and withered, no wonder others couldn't recognize him for a while. He pointed at Mr. Yang's nose and scolded: "The liar lives in your house, who believes you if you say it has nothing to do with you!" You give me back the gold, you give me back the gold! ”

Mr. Yang shook his beard angrily: "Nonsense! The old man accompanied his wife back to his hometown and province, and he was not here in March, how could there be anyone at home? You don't have to be unscrupulous, if you have a grievance, go to the yamen to avenge your grievances, don't sprinkle here, disturb the peace of others! ”

The old man rarely argued with anyone, his face turned red, and Zhan Liantai reassured him when he saw this: "Sir, don't worry, maybe there is any misunderstanding in it, just ask clearly." You've had a long journey and go to rest first. With that, he ordered the guards, "Take him down." ”

When he returned home, Mr. Yang found it a little strange, it had been uninhabited for a long time, and it was supposed that there should be a lot of dust, but not only did he not smell dust and musty smell when he entered the house, but the place was also cleaned. His first reaction was whether there was a thief, and he hurriedly went to the study to check his treasured ancient books, and saw that the bookshelves were intact, Mr. Yang relieved himself and checked them one by one, but found a strange thing: someone had touched these books, not only marked the reading notes on the books, but also reclassified the books and arranged them neatly on the shelves.

Weird!

Zhan Liantai couldn't help but smile when he heard Mr. Yang say such strange things: "Even if he is a thief, he is also a thief." ”

Mr. Yang was also puzzled, thinking of Wang Yuanwai, who made trouble, and wondered in his heart: "I don't know if it has anything to do with that person just now?" ”

Zhan Liantai thought about it, got up and said, "Wait for the students to ask." ”

After interrogating the king, I probably know the whole story. Zhan Liantai entered Wang's house to check the "demon wall", the monster blood stains on it had been washed away, and a very light pink color remained on the wall. He brushed his fingertips against the wall, put it in his mouth and sipped it slightly, and suddenly hooked the corners of his lips: "Alkaline water paints shapes, turmeric shows the trick." ”

Then he went to the small garden, and across the wall was Mr. Yang's house. He swept his gaze over the long ladder at the head of the wall and at the corner of the wall, and the weeds that fell last on the edge of the well.

There's something sparkling.

Zhan Liantai leaned over and picked it up, it was a piece of gold smaller than a fingernail, with a trace of black marks on it that were not easy to detect, like ink. He put the gold to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, then rubbed his hand against the black area, and the color did not fall off.

"Hehe......" Zhan Liantai chuckled lowly, causing the guards to wonder.

"What do you see?"

"The gold is made into the shape of a stone, and then the ink is applied to the dye, and it does not melt when it comes into contact with water, so that people think it is a real stone. And the so-called turning stones into gold is nothing more than the dye being washed away by oil and alkali, revealing the true face of gold. Zhan Liantai pinched the folding fan in his hand, and his tone was calm: "There should be eyeliner here to meet with the other party, you can ask the owner of this house, if there is anyone who has left recently." ”

If the Wang family doesn't have internal ghosts, who has the ability to quietly draw the shape of ghosts with alkaline water on the wall? It must have been the work of a slave who carried a bucket and hid a paintbrush, but did not attract attention.

The guards obeyed the order, but they still didn't understand why Zhan Liantai wanted to take care of such idle matters: "My lord, do you want to help Xuzhou Mansion solve the case?" ”

Zhan Liantai was noncommittal, just showed a playful expression: "Ruan Qi, don't you think this group of liars ...... Interesting, isn't it? ”

Ruan Qimu grimaced, like an iceman without temperature, and said: "The liar has blatantly violated the law, and he should be arrested and handed over to the government for conviction." ”

"Then it's up to you to catch them." Zhan Liantai hooked the corners of his lips, and half of his face was enough to turn everyone upside down, "It is said that there is a woman in this group, you go to the person who has seen her and draw a portrait of her." ”

Let him see what kind of liar he is, daring to commit crimes under his nose repeatedly.

July, Jiangzhou.

Qianqian and his party came to Jiangzhou, and there was no house to settle down for the time being, so they lived in the inn, and after settling down, Master Lu went out to look for a tooth man.

Jiangzhou is the first of the seven states in the south of the Yangtze River, with a dense population and a wide area, a prosperous scene, and almost half of the capital's style. In August, the state capital Gongyuan opened the examination, at this time Jiangzhou was full of candidates from the land south of the Yangtze River, Qianqian pushed open the window of the inn, pinched the fan and looked down, a long street was bustling with scholars in robes and crowns, and the ears were full of "Zhihu also", and even the air was filled with a smell of sour and rotten ink.

"Girl." Xiaohe pushed the door in, and saw Qianqian lying on the edge of the window to look at his heart, and also leaned over, "What do you look so good?" ”

Qianqian sat up straight, looked back and smiled: "I'm thinking about the fools who are all over the street, who should be the big fish?" I'm embarrassed. ”

Xiaohe persuaded her: "You just stop a little!" The last time the shop was sold and made a lot of money, even if you spend money like water, it is enough to use it for more than half a year, so why rush to do business? Spending so much thought not to say it, but also taking risks, isn't it good for us to live in peace? ”

Qianqian threw her a "what do you know" look, and wrenched her fingers one by one: "What is enough for that bit of silver, it's too little to stuff your teeth." We have to buy a house, add furniture, buy bedding and clothes, and hire servants to hire long-term workers, daily firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea...... What is not a place to spend money? Only the outgoing items have not been earned, so they are waiting to sit and eat nothing. There is also my little monk who is going to take the fame test, and a man has to dress decently when he goes out, so I am going to make him seven or eight sets of new clothes, as well as a jade belt and gold buckle waist to wear...... Do you know how expensive those good things are? He studied hard, so the four treasures of the study should also use the best, and he got acquainted with classmates to go out to socialize, filial piety to teachers, and even paid tribute to the academy during exams, this pile is a place where a lot of money is spent, I don't do it for him, who worries about him? You? ”

Xiaohe saw that she was right, and sighed: "Does a scholar have to be like this?" With real skills, you can also get a good reputation, why do you have to flatter and stutter, blame shameless. ”

"If you don't take a shortcut, you have to endure hardships, isn't that a fool." Qianqian pursed her lips, disdaining this kind of self-inflicted practice, and didn't bother to explain too much to Xiaohe, so she asked: "By the way, what is my little monk doing?" ”

"I don't know, I seem to be talking to someone in the lobby below."

Qianqian went out of the room and downstairs, and when he walked at the staircase, he saw Miao Fan and three people dressed as scholars standing together and talking, as if they were asking him something, and he patiently answered them one by one.

Miao Fan's hair finally grew long, and Qianqian combed him into a square bun and tied a small crown, looking like a beautiful son. He was born well, his face was like a crown and jade eyebrows, his body was tall, and he was very chic in a crescent-colored round-necked robe, but it was not natural when he saw the ceremony, and he would always forget that he almost recited Amitabha Buddha with his palms.

There was no room in the inn, and several scholars couldn't hide their disappointed looks, only to hear one of them say: "It's all because we're late, this is already the ninth house, and there is still no room." ”

Another suggestion: "Why don't we go down the next street again?" ”

Another person said: "I have already asked, there are no vacant rooms in the nearby inns, and they have already been booked." ”

"How's that for good?" The three of them sighed.

Miao Fan thought, they came to five people, and they occupied five rooms, one room for each person, it was really a bit of a waste to say, if he gave his own room to these three scholars, and then went to Master Lu or Brother Piao's room to squeeze it, it would also solve the urgent needs of others.

He thought so and did so, so he said his idea, and the three scholars were overjoyed: "Really? Brother Tan is willing to give us the house? ”

Miao Fan nodded: "Well, anyway, I can't use such a big room by myself, but there is only one room, I'm afraid it will ......" The three scholars have to be crowded together.

Several people were very grateful, thanked Miao Fan again and again, and asked him where he wanted to live if he gave up the room? Miao Fan pursed his lips and was about to speak: "I'll ...... with me"

"Of course you live with me!"

Qianqian Shi Ran came down from upstairs, and her appearance was slender, and she looked at several nerds dumbfounded. She snuggled up to Miao Fan affectionately, and winked at a few people opposite: "Xianggong lives with me, don't worry about it." ”

Several people came back to their senses and hurriedly laughed: "It turns out that Brother Tan has already married a family, and he has a beautiful woman to accompany him when he goes to the exam, which is very beautiful." ”

I don't know if he said that his warm fragrant nephrite is in Huaimei, or if Qianqian is beautiful.

"No, you misunderstood...... Miaofan wanted to explain, but Qianqian didn't give him a chance to clear up, and said to the three of them: "It's too crowded for the three of you to live in one room, so I'll let the housekeeper and the little maid live together, and then make room for you." ”

The three of them were even more surprised when they heard it, and hurriedly thanked them, praising Miao Fan's good fortune and marrying a good wife.

Miao Fan looked at her sideways, wanted to say something and endured it, she deliberately pretended not to see it, pointed to the room and asked a few people to move things up and settle down.

"Qianqian......" Miao Fan called her with a little complaint.

Does she mind her reputation like that? Obviously not husband and wife, but she said it without any care, so she didn't worry about others chewing her tongue behind her back?

Qianqian looked at him: "Who promised to marry me?" Do you want to eat or not? ”

Miao Fan admits that he is at a loss, although he and her are not husband and wife, they have already made a gesture of transgression, which should be regarded as the conclusion of that relationship. A man should be responsible, and if he does, he must admit that he is not a coward, so he will not run away.

He said, "No, I'll be responsible." ”

"And how often will you marry me?" She jumped up with a smile and almost kissed him in public.

Miao Fan's face was red, and his eyes were shy: "I...... When the exam is over, I will marry ......"