The scorching sun shone on the head of the county magistrate. He was in a hurry, and in a hurry, he stood up and preached loudly.

"Don't panic the people, this official will bring the murderer out tomorrow and give you an explanation." Xiao's face soothed a little and he lifted up.

She grabbed the county order, her white face, and she smiled sadly. "Big master, the little woman is helpless, and it is all up to the master to uphold justice."

It was not easy for the county order to send those people away. The county magistrate went to invite Liu Yichen again, hoping to let him get a reasonable countermeasure quickly.

The four of them sat at the slate table, drinking tea and eating snacks. "This woman, what a cunning vixen, funny tight."

Then Liu Yichen said. "Go to death row, find a prisoner, let him confess first, coax the woman, and we'll look down."

The magistrate took them into the cell and pointed to the fence on the side, where there was an unkempt man in white prison clothes, lying there.

He whispered to Liu Yichen. "My lord, this thief just burned and plundered, harmed a lot of people, and now, he is also crazy."

Liu Yichen walked over in small steps, grabbed the railing, and looked at the man by the faint light, his body was covered with flies, and the corners of his mouth were drooling.

"That woman, how could you really want to find a real murderer?" He continued. "It's to make her think that we are confused and the case is easy to handle."

Early the next morning, Xiao followed the people and came in a mighty manner. Someone was holding a spiritual flag, followed by a few monks chanting scriptures.

As soon as she knocked on the door, the door of the county government was directly opened. "Girl, the thief, has confessed, at noon today, he will be beheaded."

Xiao Shi looked at the county order, his face was full of excitement, and he took out a few gold leaves in his hand and stuffed them into his arms. "Master, a thousand knives cut that animal, and I don't understand my hatred."

The thief was in chains, his hair was scattered, and his eyes were straight. Behind it is a heavy wooden sign. It has a blood-red cross on it.

Xiao ran up like crazy, struggling to hit the man's body, the hairy thief, making a sound from his mouth, and glaring at him.

"I killed it! I'm for that pile of cloth. He said incoherently. The more he struggled, the more energetic Xiao became, scratching his face with his nails.

It was not easy for the county order to pull the Xiao family away. Along the way, the people followed the thief, throwing garbage, muttering curses from the corners of their mouths.

Song Zhiyao and the others were hiding in the teahouse, looking at that scene, she felt funny. "Xianggong, this thief, there is no shortage of this case."

Liu Yichen replied while sipping tea. "It's just that this woman, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, wants to be like this, I also understand."

Hou Qu and Xiong Li looked at Liu Yichen together. "My lord, if this woman is innocent, she will not be like this, and she will not be hypocritical."

As they spoke, they laughed together. When the thief arrived at the entrance of the county seat, the executioner took off the wooden card, but with a knife, his hand fell and fell to the ground.

And with them the people dispersed. Xiao also went back. In the crowd, there seemed to be a few suspicious people, secretly watching her.

After a few days, Xiao was very calm, and did not mention the return of the body. I just take care of the housework every day, go out early and return late.

Liu Yichen and they secretly observed, and on the shop, white doves flew from time to time. They saw from experience that the pigeon was used for communication.

"It seems that we are right, the lover behind the scenes, nine times out of ten, with this pigeon to communicate privately, we should go back to the inn."

Liu Yichen and the others returned to the Longyuan Inn, which had been newly decorated and was no longer as chaotic as before. The counter is much higher than before.

"It seems that the little two in this store have all been changed." Liu Yichen stepped forward and patted a few taels of silver. "Open a room."

The shopkeeper is tall and mighty, and he looks very spirited. "Take out the identity document first, otherwise there is really no way to do it if it is small."

Liu Yichen looked at him and smiled slightly. "Okay." took out the document prepared in advance, gently slapped it on the table, and rewarded a few copper coins.

The shopkeeper smiled and led them into the third room on the second floor. "Guest officer, the small shop has good food and wine, good quality and low price, and I hope to appreciate it."

Liu Yichen smiled politely and kindly. "Okay." Then he closed the door, held the deadbolt with both hands, creaked, and slammed it shut.

Song Zhiyao put the paper on it, and the three rooms were marked on it. "Xianggong, it's hard to say whether the woman comes or not, what should I do?"

Liu Yichen stretched out his finger and pointed to the piece of paper. "It's just that we're going to these places, let's test it again, maybe we can know their rooms."

A few people rested for a while, and only in the evening did they come out directly. Liu Yichen looked around, and those guests were all polite and elegant.

"So quickly, the people in the store are different." He muttered quietly. I walked into the room on the second floor, tentatively, and knocked on the door.

I kept knocking for a long time, but there was no response. "Could it be this one?" He looked at the dim light and felt like someone was coming.

Hou Qu and Xiong Li, the two of them hid in the corner. "This room, it seems that no one has been here for a long time, and it should be said that there are not many people on this floor."

They waited for a long time, and they were a little impatient. "It's better to just open that door, and save trouble, and naturally know if there is anyone in it."

Liu Yichen looked at them and saw in the distance, as if a figure was walking by. With a look, the two of them followed together.

When I walked to the staircase, I found the man, wrapped in a green coat, holding a key in his hand, looking at the keyhole, and the door soon opened.

Song Zhiyao asked on the side. "Xianggong, isn't that person? Just looking at his figure, it always feels like there's a good chance that something is wrong with him. ”

Liu Yichen held his chin, stared at the door, and after a long time, he said. "Don't think about it so much, let's go down and eat first."

They went to the dining hall below and ordered some wine and meat. There were few guests around, and they all ate lightly, and a few people were holding chopsticks and eating in large gulps.

Song Zhiyao looked around, they seemed to be literati and scholars, with white skin and elegant temperament. "Xianggong, that person, will you change places?"

Liu Yichen shook his head, waved his hand, and motioned for her to be quieter. "Don't talk too much, this place is very watery. Deep, be careful. ”

They looked at the man in black again and walked down gently. Bend your fingers and make gestures. The juniors went up to entertain them diligently.

Song Zhiyao and the others paid attention to the man, the man in black ate very lightly, but some vegetables, eggs and the like. After a few bites of rice, move on.

Liu Yichen raised his body and wanted to walk down. He followed the man in black alone into the bath. The man in black took off his shirt and took a bath by himself.

Liu Yichen also pretended to go in to take a bath, rubbing his body. "This inn is better than before, and the water quality is good."

He took the opportunity to take a bath and kept his eyes on the man. His eyes were full of alertness, and after a while, he put on his clothes and slipped away.

Liu Yichen looked at his back and thought to himself. "There must be something strange about this person, but that Xiao family, if he doesn't show up now, we can't help it."

He returned to Song Zhiyao and explained what happened to a few people. "If that's the case, how about we look at him?"

Liu Yichen thought back to everything before and shook his head decisively. "It's not good, he may have a relationship, but if it's like this, he'll run away."

Song Zhiyao looked at Liu Yichen in disappointment, lowered her head, and sighed helplessly. "Xianggong, if it keeps being like this, we can't do anything."

Liu Yichen comforted her. "There are two other houses, and in the dead of night, we can sneak a look at them, so good."

A few of them returned to the house, and outside the window, the dark clouds blocked the moonlight and the stars. When he blew out the lamp, he couldn't see his fingers.

"It's the time of the child, those little two, it's time to fall asleep." Liu Yichen pushed open the door, leaned sideways, tiptoed, and walked along the wall.

They walked up the stairs and made a clattering sound. There was silence all around, except for the constant echo. "This is to the third floor."

I walked into that room and found that inside, there was a candle lit. There were a few bags of strange things on the side, white flowers, most likely private salt.

Liu Yichen leaned on the edge of the window again and looked carefully. "Maybe that person is the legendary thief of private salt, let's be calmer."

Looking at the bed on the side, there were two people lying on it, and they couldn't see the tall, short, fat and thin clearly. It's just that the candle flame keeps coming, and the shadow is reflected obliquely.

Song Zhiyao looked around, always feeling that something was wrong, and walked over gently. "Xianggong, it's better for us, let's go upstairs for the time being."

As she spoke, the candle blew out and fell to the ground. "Who?" The two men stood up, blades in their hands.

Song Zhiyao and the others quickly ran upstairs and hid in the corner of the fourth floor. They didn't dare to come out, and looked down tightly.

"It seems to be all men." Liu Yichen thought in his heart. "This place must not be, look at it now, there is only the fifth floor, most likely."

The two men took the blades and searched for a long time alertly, before they scolded and went back. "The powder on it must also be private salt."

Song Zhiyao and the others went upstairs together, and when they reached the staircase, there was a heavy iron door. "What to do? We might as well go back quickly. ”

Liu Yichen stared at the heavy iron gate, and decided to take a risk. "Big brother, we can pry open this lock, but we don't know who is inside."

Hou Qu took out a thin bent wire from his hand, turned it vigorously for a while, and made a crisp sound with a creak.

Song Zhiyao and the others looked into the gate and walked open. "I didn't expect it to be so gorgeously furnished, like a palace."

It turned out that there was a huge yew wood bed, covered with soft silk, with a fragrance on one side and a pool on the side.

They spun around, closed the door quietly, and everything was back to normal. A few people crept back into the house.

As soon as he closed the door, Xiao Er knocked on the door and asked with concern. "Ladies and gentlemen, there was a thief in our store just now, come out and take a look."

The four of them were very nervous, and Liu Yichen calmed down and opened the door. "It's annoying that we're all sleepy at this late hour."

Those little second, looking at their appearance, didn't feel abnormal. I walked around with the lantern and found that I didn't lose anything, so I went back to rest.

The next morning they left the inn in a hurry. "It's good that we didn't get caught by him this time, otherwise we would be in trouble."

Hou Qu and Xiong Li rubbed their eyes tiredly. "Toss this trip, we brothers, we're really sleepy, go back to sleep!"

Liu Yichen looked at them and smiled kindly. "It's just that I still have to trouble the two of you to follow the Xiao family, she hasn't seen you, so that's good."

The two of them went to the teahouse opposite and took turns resting. Looking over there, it was just the pigeon, which flew three times in one day.

"It's all heading north." Hou Qu pinched his fingers and smiled helplessly. "I don't know where I went to the north of such a place."

Xiong Li rubbed his eyes and yawned heavily. "Now, that's the only way to do it, anyway, that woman can't fly out of the flowers, and she won't leave."

Suddenly, they saw Xiao Shi, dressed in an emerald green shirt, with a shining hairpin on his head, and his snow-white chest was revealed.

"She's leaving so soon?" The two looked at her, holding a pink-purple flower and oil cloth umbrella in their hands, looking at the alley on the side, and walked gently.