The four of them sat quietly and waited for the arrival of the guests.

Actually, this situation is quite difficult. He was thickly dressed, with a few ring-shaped buns on his head, and he sat here as if he was being tortured.

At this time, Qi Qi took out a newspaper from his sleeve.

This kind of news of death in the newspaper is the most stimulating to human nerves, especially a woman like Qin Xiangxi who likes to make a fuss.

"A few days ago, on the overpass near our college, a person fell and died." While Qi Qi observed his words, he imitated Qin Xiangxi's tone and said: "I ran over with a classmate for the first time, the scene was quite sad, I thought it was a wonderful case, and then I went to the autopsy with great expectations, but the result was quite disappointing." It was always thought that it was just an accident. ”

"That person came out of the night, right?" Qin Xiangxi asked suddenly.

Qi Qi nodded.

"Actually, it's not far from us, four squares to the west. Oh, and it's terrifying to say that it's like it's happening right next to you. Qin Xiangxi said with some fear, and suddenly she turned her gaze to Tang Xian, and her voice raised a lot, as if she was screaming: "Tang Xian, isn't that the area under your jurisdiction?" ”

At this time, Qi Qi seized the opportunity and looked at Tang Xian with an inquiring gaze.

"I was on the scene as soon as I could." Tang Xian said in a faint tone, "Before Chen Biao, the deputy lieutenant of Zuojin Wuwei, led the people here, I had always accompanied the deceased alone. ”

"I thought Wei Chang would be there with you." Qi Qi smiled ashamedly and said, "He is really a person who likes to talk big." ”

"He said the rules in your academy are very strict." Tang Xian smiled.

Qi Qi suddenly turned his face to his cousin and said, "Cousin, look, this sketch portrait of the deceased is not very similar, in fact, it is a very delicate young man, the kind of beautiful boy that people will like at a glance." ”

"Oh, really? Bring it and I'll take a look at it again......" Qin Xiangxi took it in his hand, looked at it carefully, and suddenly said: "The level of the painter is really average, and in the painting, I can't see anything beautiful at all." ”

Subsequently, the cousin let out a series of exclamations, she said, this deceased must be a good person. She told everyone about her many years of experience in face-to-face. She said that most of the people who are ugly are bad people, and if they are good people, even if they are ugly, they still look good.

My cousin's words were like a flood, and after the floodgates were opened, they gushed endlessly.

After a long time, she finally felt that she had taken the initiative to speak, so she smiled apologetically.

At this time, Tang Xian said: "It was that night that I was fortunate to see Miss Qi for the first time. To be honest, you made a big impression on me at the time. ”

Qi Qiwaner, "But later, you didn't go to the autopsy. ”

"I quit early the next morning." He shook his head: "Although I don't want to do Jin Wuwei anymore, do you know how many people are lining up now to be Jin Wuwei?" I can assure you that it is twice as much as the Kim Wuwei on duty. ”

"Some people say the deceased went the wrong way." Qi Qi pulled the topic back again.

"That's not possible." Tang Su suddenly shouted: "This must be a lie made up by those people in Chang'an County who don't want to pursue it any longer." Oh yes, Tang Xian, you really thought you shouldn't leave Jin Wuwei. ”

"I know you've put a lot of thought into it so that I can be Jin Wuwei." Tang Xian shook his head and said, "But you know my character, I can't be bad." ”

"So now that you have no tolerance, what are you going to do in the future?" Tang Su people, as his name suggests, look a little unsmiling: "Are you still walking around like before?" I warn you, if you don't marry this year, you will have to accept the woman assigned to you by the emperor next year, and you should know how unbearable those women who can't marry at the age of twenty-eight are, either too ugly, too bad in character, or too bad in style, in short, enough for you. ”

"There could even be prostitutes." Qin Xiangxi lost no time in interjecting, and when she said this, the expression on her face seemed to have seen the end of the world. He was terrified. She didn't dare to imagine that her brother-in-law would marry a prostitute to come to the Tang Mansion, which would be a great shame for the Tang family.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, that kind of thing will never happen in our family." Tang Xian said immediately, instantly making Qin Xiangxi's worried expression disappear by more than half.

"I knew that you were a sensible person," Qin Xiangxi said comfortingly, "Your handling is really reassuring." ”

Tang Xian laughed for a while and then said to Qi Qi: "I didn't go at that time, I don't know how you discussed it, didn't anyone find any clues?" How do I remember that some people at the scene had different opinions, and it looked a bit like suicide. In short, it's not as simple as falling from a stumbling position. ”

Qi Qi nodded.

Tang Xian continued: "Although he is breaking the night ban, but now the crime of breaking the night ban is not as big as before, at most it is detained for a few days, if the attitude is good, a slight fine is enough." He doesn't look poor, so he won't be scared because of a little money, right? ”

"At the autopsy, the three adults didn't think so at all, and when I objected, the presiding officer looked at me with a warning eye, as if it was because I was talkative." Qi Qi's daughter was too unhappy, and suddenly said, "Oh, haven't you read this newspaper?" Do you think the portrait of the deceased is not like the portrait of yourself? ”

As she spoke, Qi Qi handed the portrait of the deceased directly to Tang Xian, her eyes staring at Tang Xian for a moment, as if she wanted to quickly find some answer on his face.

"Huh?" Qin Xiangxi suddenly doubted and said: "Just now, I suddenly realized that I seem to have seen this person somewhere...... hey, Tang Xian, do you think he doesn't look like Li Xiong?" ”

"Cold eyes do look a bit alike," Tang Xian said disapprovingly: "But he is not, and you see what is written in this newspaper, his name is Liu Ming, and his relatives have already taken away his body, I think it would have been buried at this time." ”

Qin Xiangxi pulled the newspaper and looked at it again, his brows tightened, and then he let go again, smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Look, I'm just a little nervous, in fact, what does this have to do with us?" Hehe. ”

In this conversation, Qi Qi did not find any flaws in Tang Xian, and the expression on his face looked very natural, which was in line with the performance of an experienced man. He was not in a hurry, nor was he disgusted by it, and at the same time he did not deliberately pretend to be calm.

However, she still got an unexpected message in this conversation - Li Xiong.

Who is Li Xiong? Could it be that Qin Xiangxi really knew the deceased? She also asked Tang Xian just now, so in this way, Tang Xian should also know the deceased.

"Madam, there was news from the Lin Mansion just now, saying that I was going to attend the emergency meeting of the household department tonight, so I can't come." The maid walked in and said.

"Oh, I'm afraid of that." Qin Xiangxi was very helpless, and immediately grabbed Qi Qi's hand and said, "It's okay, so that our sisters can talk more at night." ”

……

In the evening, Wei Chang was leading a thin girl to walk in Pingkangfang. Although the girl was thin, her face was amazingly beautiful, and people passing by couldn't help but turn back for her.

The sun seemed to fall to the ground all at once, and the afterglow of the evening quickly disappeared.

At the beginning of the lanterns, it was the most lively time in Pingkangfang, the roadside was full of all kinds of beauties, they were young and beautiful, enthusiastic and unrestrained, they looked very beautiful, but they were also hard-working.

"I didn't expect you to be a slave, and I can't save you if I want to." Wei Chang said to the girl: "I can only arrange you here, I will find you a restaurant with a good reputation and send you in." ”

A slave woman may have committed a crime herself, or her family members may have been involved in the crime, and slavery is a kind of punishment that is executed outside of prison.

Once convicted of slavery, the fate of a woman is simply tragic. Just now, Wei Chang asked Miss Shen whether she wanted to be a maid in a big family, or go to Pingkangfang to be a housemaid, and Miss Shen thought about it for a long time and said that she wanted to be a housemaid.

Listening to Miss Shen's choice, Wei Chang's heart was filled with a sour feeling, but since he let her choose, he shouldn't blame her choice. So he brought Miss Shen here.

Inquire about the local snake head, and find a restaurant called Qingyuezhuang, the old bustard of this restaurant is a retired Qingqi, don't look at her as a museum girl, but her vision is not ordinarily high, it is said that she once rejected a four-grade adult's proposal.

Ten years ago, this old bustard participated in the Wannian County Little Oiran Contest and easily won the championship, and later competed with the Chang'an County Oiran for the Chang'an City Big Oiran and lost by only one vote. Since then, she has never participated in an Oiran competition again.

The Oiran contest is a game of swiping money, and the rich children who love her spend money to buy tickets, and one vote is a silver coin. In fact, it is not only the children of rich families who support her, but also many people who are not very rich, who just admire her talent or beauty, and are willing to pay for her tickets, and there are as many as 10,000 such people.

However, in the end, most of the money was collected by the association and the restaurant, and only one-third of it reached her, and she had to go to the government to pay taxes.

Came to the door of Qingyuezhuang, stopped to watch, the façade is not very big, but the business is very prosperous, the guests who come and go, it seems that most of them are elegant people, you can see that the grade of this restaurant is not low.

When several hall maids standing at the door saw Wei Chang, they immediately twisted their waists to meet him, but they saw a handsome woman behind him, and suddenly everyone sank their faces again.

Returning to his position, someone whispered something to an older woman, who approached with a professional smile.

"This trader, I don't understand the rules, why don't you go through the back door?" She said with a smirk on her face.

Hearing people speak harshly, Miss Shen tugged at Wei Chang's shirt in fear.

Wei Chang looked down at the woman who was speaking, and said in a deep voice, "What are you?" me? ”

Wei Chang may not know that after he shaved his beard, he was no longer as scary as before, and he still looked green.

Seeing that Wei Chang's temper was not very good, and he spoke hard enough, the woman suddenly changed her attitude and said with a smile: "This master, why don't you know how to tease, the little woman is joking with you, are you really angry?" ”

"I want to see your old bustard Zhen Xiangyu." Wei Chang said.

"Yo, you're really here to make a deal." The woman coquettishly said, "Then you really have to go through the back door." ”

"Why do you have to go through the back door?"

"It's the rule."

"I'm going to go through the front door."

"Are you here to smash the field?" The woman suddenly sank her face and said sharply.

"Bad guy, Wei Chang." Wei Chang took out his waist card and shook it, and before the woman could see it clearly, he put it away and said, "I'll ask you, can I walk in from the main gate with my identity!" ”

"Can't!" The woman said coldly: "The people in the county government and the Fang Department all abide by the rules of the industry, and you are a young official who has never had a good taste, I'm afraid you don't have this qualification." ”

"Shame on the face!" With a bang, he kicked the woman down and strode in.

Hearing a noise at the door, the old bustard Zhen Xiangyu had already walked out and called out a few thugs. As soon as she walked to the door, she saw Wei Chang kick the bustard in the door, and immediately raised her eyebrows: "This master, what a big temper." ”

With that, four big men rushed out behind him and blocked the door.

Zhen Xiangyulian moved lightly and walked out slowly, Junxiu stared at Wei Chang with both eyes and said, "Which way?" ”

"I'm here to bring you a baby." Wei Chang said.

"Baby?" Zhen Xiangyu looked behind Wei Chang, a young and beautiful woman, standing behind Wei Chang tremblingly, suddenly seemed to see herself when she was young, "It's a businessman, why don't you go behind?" ”

"I just want to go through the front door." Wei Chang pulled Miss Shen out and said, "This person was sent by me, and I will protect her in the future and ask her to learn something and be a clear man." ”

"Yo, what a big breath." Zhen Xiangyu said: "Whether you can be a Qingqi or not, it's not up to you to decide." When I arrived at the museum, I had to say nothing to the bustard, otherwise I wouldn't want to stay here. ”

"She's not here to rob you of your job, she's here to make money for you."

"Unless you don't want the money and give her to me."

"Yes." Wei Chang was categorical.

Zhen Xiangyu was stunned, she thought that Wei Chang was here to make trouble, but she never expected him to agree so neatly, and then looked at the woman in front of her, and suddenly smiled: "What do you mean, give it to me for nothing?" ”

"I don't ask for anything else, just ask you to be kind to her." Wei Chang said.

"It seems that this master is a cheerful person." Zhen Xiangyu smiled, waved his hand, and asked his subordinates to withdraw: "Come in with me, let's talk carefully." ”

……

Qin Xiangxi sat down in the palm lamp, and gradually lost his words, Qi Qi said that he was a little tired and wanted to rest earlier.

After Qin Xiangxi left, Qi Qi came to the door many times to look forward to it, but he didn't see Wei Chang's shadow, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart.

"Damn Wei Chang, why haven't you come yet?" The eldest girl was in a very unhappy mood and complained about Wei Chang. "Yesterday you complained that I was too late to talk, and today you were late. Forget it, ignore you, and talk about it when you come to learn the bird. ”

It was already dark, and Qi Qi still didn't take off her clothes, just sat in the house and waited.

The candle had already burned to the bottom, and she didn't want to disturb the Tang family, so she simply turned off the light, leaving a wax head, and then lit it when Wei Chang came.

It wasn't until the end of the day that she heard the sound of "cuckoo", Qi Qi was so angry that her face was gloomy, and it was not until the cuckoo sound stopped for a long time that she walked softly to the door.

The door suddenly opened, and Wei Chang slipped in and broke in.

"Hey! You man, how can you ......! Qi Qi's words were not finished.

"Shh Wei Chang put his index finger to his lips and whispered, "I'm a little delayed today." ”

"Hmph, the smell of alcohol seems to be a good thing." Qi Qi said dissatisfiedly.

"Less nonsense, say, what did you find?"

"Nothing was found."

"So he found out you didn't?"

"Not at all."

Wei Chang shook his head and said, "Next time, if you don't find anything, you can give me a code, and then we won't have to meet." ”

"If you see the east window open, you don't have to come in." Qi Qi choked.

Wei Chang was about to leave, but Qi Qi suddenly said, "Wait." ”

"What's the matter?" Wei Chang stood still.

Qi Qi said: "Today I took out the portrait of the deceased and showed it to Qin Xiangxi and Tang Xian, and at this time Qin Xiangxi said a person's name, called Li Xiong. She said that the deceased looked a lot like Li Xiong. ”

Wei Chang rubbed his chin and said, "Your thinking is very right, since the person who identified the body is fake, then it is also possible that the name of the deceased was made up by them." If the deceased is really Li Xiong, this is definitely a new clue. ”

"Then I'll test Qin Xiangxi again tomorrow." Qi Qi said.

"Okay, I'll come to you on time tomorrow night." Wei Chang said.

Qi Qi narrowed his eyes, hugged his shoulders and said, "I hope you don't be late again, I hate others being late." ”

"I hate it too, but there are special circumstances today."

"What special circumstances?"

"I know somebody, uh...... A woman. Wei Chang said with some hesitation.

Qi Qi thought it was related to the case, so he asked seriously, "What are you doing?" Could it be the beautiful woman you see in the portrait? ”

"It's beautiful, but it's not the person in the portrait." Wei Chang said apologetically.

"Who's that?"

"I don't think you need to know."

"No, you have to tell me." Qi Qi said with a cold face: "When I was working hard to solve the case, I should know what my partner has done!" ”

Wei Chang smiled and said, "The old bustard of Qingyuezhuang, ten years ago Wannian County Little Flower Girl Zhen Xiangyu, have you heard of it?" ”

"I'm not interested in this kind of news!" Qi Qi rushed to his forehead angrily and said angrily: "Don't tell me about this kind of thing in the future, you can leave quickly!" ”

“…… Obviously you asked me to say it......" Wei Chang shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, looking quite wronged.

"Let's go!" Qi Qi pushed him out.