Three days later, the hustle and bustle—

"Uh..."

Chang Feng couldn't help but go back and look at the city gate, what was written was right, it was indeed a noisy city...

The noisy city, as the name suggests, is a noisy city, which has always been lively and full of people, but now...

"Qingji, are you sure... You're not on the wrong track? ”

Chang Feng put his elbow on Xie Qingji's shoulder, tilted his head and asked him suspiciously.

"Hmm... It is indeed a noisy city. ”

Xie Qingji was also a little dazed, opened the fan, half-covered his face, and looked around with squinted eyes.

"Here... It seems to be too quiet..."

"Isn't there something going on in this city?"

Lu Zhian also raised his eyebrows, a little puzzled.

Yes, even if it is an ordinary market, at least there are shops, but this city, which is famous for its noisy and lively city, is empty, and the doors of the street shops are closed.

Besides, it's still noon, and it's the time of activity...

"Don't all the people in this city need to make a living? How do you live behind closed doors? ”

Su Yange looked around and found that the streets were empty, deserted, and even a little weird.

"Squeak..."

A few people were talking, and there was movement in the door of a nearby house, and all attention was on that door.

The door opened slowly, and there were women in their forties and forty years old, leaning out half of their bodies, looking left and right, not knowing what they were doing, when their eyes swept to Su Yange and the others, they saw that they were all staring at themselves, and they trembled for no reason, and their bodies retracted and wanted to close the door.

Mo Chen's eyes were quick, and he rushed over in two steps and crossed the crack in the door, blocking the movement of closing the door.

The rest of the people also hurriedly stepped forward to see the situation.

"Adults, I... I... I just wanted to see if it meant anything else... Nothing else... Don't catch me... Don't catch me! ”

When the woman saw that several of them were blocked at the door of her house, she was frightened, and she took a few steps back, and the next moment she was trembling, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Lu Zhi'an and the others looked at each other, not knowing what the situation was, Su Yange reacted first, and hurriedly walked into the house and stretched out his hand to help the woman.

"Auntie... We don't arrest people... Don't be afraid..."

"You... You, not from the government? ”

The woman was a little stunned, and Su Yange helped herself up, looking back and forth at a few people in disbelief.

"Auntie, we are not from the government, we are just passing by, and we want to ask what happened here..."

Su Yange calmed the woman's emotions and explained softly.

The woman raised her eyes a little frightened and looked at the other people, and when she saw that they were all nodding seriously, she was relieved, and said with some embarrassment:

"I'm sorry sons, I let you see the joke."

"Auntie, you seem... People who are afraid of the government? ”

Lu Zhian also tried his best to keep his tone down and asked directly to the punctuality.

"A few sons, are you from out of town?"

The woman hesitated, and just as she wanted to explain, she seemed to think of something

"A few sons came in and talked! From time to time, there will be officers and soldiers patrolling the streets outside, which is not safe! ”

Lu Zhian and the others looked at each other, nodded and entered the room, and Mo Chen also carefully closed the door.

Seeing that everyone had entered the house, the woman seemed to be relieved, so she suppressed her voice and began to explain:

"At the beginning of the month, the hydrangea festival was held, and we have a landlord surnamed Zhu here who redeemed the Oiran in the flower building..."

"Speaking of which, the Hydrangea Festival didn't end so soon, did it?"

Xie Qingji shook the folding fan and looked at the woman.

"That's where it happened."

The woman nodded, then explained

"That Master Zhu married that Oiran as a concubine, it is said that he is very favored, but just yesterday morning..."

The woman seemed to be a little concerned, and raised her eyes to look at the puzzled eyes of several sons, as if she had made up her mind:

"The concubine was found dead in her room yesterday morning... It's only been a dozen days since I entered the house. ”

"Dead?"

Lu Zhian was a little surprised and asked in a deep voice

"Dead a concubine, such fanfare?"

The woman knew that he was asking about the desertion of the city, and shook her head helplessly

"Master Zhu has money, bought off the government, said that his beloved wife died, and was grief-stricken, so that the people in the city mourned together... You can't go out for three days..."

"Interesting, I have never heard of the death of a concubine, and the freedom of the people is forbidden."

Lu Zhian felt very funny, and chuckled, and his tone was indeed a little displeased.

"No, although eating is not a problem, everyone is not convinced, the government has collected money, who cares about us... Whoever dares to go out will be arrested and imprisoned for a month! ”

The woman sighed helplessly, and seemed to be a little afraid

"Locked in and out horizontally, it's impossible to say, so just now, when I saw all the sons, I was stunned."

"Why did the concubine die?"

Su Yange was puzzled about this matter, it stands to reason that if it was a normal life and death, it would not be like this.

"Another reason for the grounding, and there is also a strange reason!"

When the woman heard Su Yange ask this, she didn't hide it, and directly solved her doubts

"I was sure that I was not suicidal, because the examination of the body did not reveal any wounds or poisoning.

But the old man said that he gave this favorite concubine a good life, she had no reason to commit suicide, if she didn't find the murderer, maybe... The ban will also be extended..."

When Su Yange heard this, he lowered his head slightly, his brows furrowed, and he seemed to be puzzled, but he didn't speak, Lu Zhian noticed it, and he didn't ask on the spot.

"This Master Zhu... What is the full name? ”

Xie Qingji seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help but ask.

"It's like... It seems to be called, it's called Zhu Ying..."

The woman thought for a moment, and said her name with some uncertainty.

"Zhu Ying? Some impressions..."

Hearing the name, Xie Qingji closed the folding fan and tapped it lightly on his hand.

"Qingji, do you know this person?"

Chang Feng blinked at him.

"If I'm not mistaken... Zhu Ying was not rich in his early years, it can be said that he was very poor..."

Xie Qingji found a chair and sat down, and while thinking, he spoke:

When he was young, he was admitted to the Jinshi, unfortunately he fell off the list, studied hard for several years, had no fame, and the psychological gap was too big, and he wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river on the way home, but accidentally rescued a young lady who fell into the water.

Zhu Ying is a scholar and looks dignified, the young lady liked it immediately, and in order to repay him, she had to marry him.

The young lady's family disagreed at first, but his father talked to Zhu Ying and found that this person still had some books and ink in his stomach, so he also agreed and gave him some silver taels for him to do business.

After all, he has read books and has a mind, and within a few years, Zhu Ying's business was completed, and his natural worth went up, and the girl also became his main wife.

At the beginning, they were also husband and wife, envious of others, and Zhu Ying was somewhat grateful to his wife, and he was sincerely good to her.

However, this Zhu Ying seems to be a gentleman, but in fact, his character is not very good, and he slowly plays tricks and exploits loopholes in business, and there are more and more silver taels, and his heart and eyes are broken.

Began to look for some beautiful women to accompany him, his wife... seems to be a little dissatisfied, but Zhu Ying's rhetoric coaxed the past, and he has gained a firm foothold over the years and has become more courageous.

If you have money in business, you will naturally be involved in a wide range of things, so I have some interest in him, and after learning about it, I found out that this person's deeds are quite interesting! ”

After hearing this, the woman was a little dissatisfied

"Listening to what Gongzi said, I was even more angry, that lady's maiden family was his benefactor, but he had money, and he actually made such a big move for a concubine, it was really not worth it for that lady!"

"Don't be angry, auntie, you have your own reports, let's solve the current matter first, and everyone can go out as soon as possible."

Lu Zhian pursed his lips, said half-comfortingly, and asked again

"It's just that he said that there was no problem, and he still wanted the government to investigate?"

"Who knows what Master Zhu is thinking... This morning, another sentence came down, saying that if someone can find out the murderer, the ban will be lifted immediately, and a heavy reward of 100 taels of gold will be given! ”

The woman said these words angrily, and sighed again:

"The people who invited them are the most experienced people in the city, and no one can find out, ordinary people like us, some of them don't know a few big characters, who dares to take risks, in case they are unhappy, a few of their heads will fall off."

"Reward? Gold? ”

Lu Zhian raised his eyes and laughed

"I'm interested."

"Childe, I advise you not to wade into this troubled water... If you want to play, you can go somewhere else first..."

The woman saw that he was interested, and could not help but persuade him

"If you can't find out, maybe you'll have to suffer from flesh and skin! The people in the government only recognize money and not people! ”

"Don't worry about it, since you are interested, you have confidence, and they don't dare to do anything to us."

Lu Zhian smiled at the woman and comforted.

"So... We won't delay and we'll be on our way! ”

"Childe..."

The eldest lady seemed to want to persuade her, but Su Yange patted her hand gently

"Don't worry, we won't mess around, you can just rest at home!"

The lady sighed after all and didn't say anything more.

A few people said goodbye to the eldest mother, turned around and left.

"Lord Wang... Where do we go first? The government is still the Zhu family. ”

Mo Chen closed the door for the eldest lady and chased after her.

"Go to Zhu's house first, and say... When I heard that there was a reward for handling the case, I came, and since it was fun, it was fun. ”

Lu Zhian squinted and laughed, which was actually a bit of a prank.

Su Yange turned his head to look at his somewhat childish appearance, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

"That's right, Ayan."

Lu Zhian thought of something, and leaned over to Su Yange and asked

"When you hear the pretense, Ayan seems to have something to say?"

"Hmm..."

Su Yange didn't deny it, and looked at him and replied

"Even if it is a suicide, there will be some traces, but it is really strange that the cause has not been found."

"It's very likely that the pretence has something to do with the murderer, and he insists that he doesn't hesitate, but exposes himself."

Lu Zhian also became serious, thought about it and nodded in agreement with Su Yange's words.

"Zhu Ying, this person, is just a hypocrite, he has a flamboyant tongue, and when he sees him, he can't believe all his words."

Xie Qingji listened to their words, thought about it and said this.

"Hey! What are you doing?! ”

A sudden roar came from behind, and several people turned to look at the source of the sound in confusion.

"Tell me about you!"

Behind them was a group of soldiers, supposed to patrol the streets, running in their direction.

"A few officials, a few of us... I heard that the case here is very valuable, so I came to handle the case. ”

Mo Chen said flatteringly, and by the way, he took out some broken silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of the leader:

"But I can't find the way, so why don't you bother a few people to lead the way?"

"Yo, I'm very good at doing things."

The soldier grinned, seemed satisfied, and took the silver in his hand and shook it

"Come with me!"

The soldiers led the way, and several people looked at each other, and they all hooked the corners of their mouths slightly...