The next day, when the two met at the yamen, Ling Xiao seemed to have arrived early.

"Did you enjoy it yesterday?" He jumped word by word from between his teeth.

Yun Xiu was beaten to death and denied it: "Master Hou is confused when he eats wine and eats, and the little girl dare not offend you if she is bold." “

"You, okay." Ling Xiao's index finger touched her in the air, and he took the first step to lift his robe and step into the threshold.

According to the regulations, the hall servants beat the drums three times, and the three classes of officials stood in both sides, shouting in unison "ascend to the hall" and began to try the case, but Yun Xiu and Ling Xiao had special identities, and the chief officials did not dare to offend, so they invited the two to the back hall for tea.

The tea is a hundred silver taels of Meitan buds, Ling Xiao put it under his nose and smelled it, and said: "It is rumored that the Central Plains is rich, Yangzhou accounts for thirty percent, and a small yamen can drink high-quality tea, and it really deserves its reputation." “

"Hou Ye praised falsely," the chief official hurriedly explained, "There are relatives in the lower official's family who take tea, and they have to have some private collection, which is a private collection." “

Yun Xiu didn't speak, and took a sip of it, which is an authentic southwest specialty, because the southwest is far away. In order to make huge profits, many tea merchants in Yangzhou like to mix with local finches to fool the layman.

"Say it, it's useless," Ling Xiao put down the teacup and looked at the chief officer, "Don't waste your private collection." “

"This??" The chief officer pondered for a moment, and first asked Yun Xiu, "This matter has caused Yun Eight Girls to be incompetent, and I also ask the Eight Girls to tell the truth in front of Yun Yushi, and come to apologize another day." “

Then he saluted Ling Xiao: "It's not a secret, there was another death case near Daming Temple yesterday, and the monk reported the case early this morning, saying that it was found by the child with eye disease." “

Yun Xiu was puzzled: "My lord." He has an eye disease, how can he see it clearly, how can he find it? “

The chief officer was at a loss: "The child's words really can't be counted, but our people went to see the scene, and there were no clues except for the child's footprints." “

Ling Xiao glanced at Yun Xiu: "That child, we have seen, is as thin as a monkey, smaller than children of the same age." “

The chief officer said: "The searcher quickly interrogated him carefully, and the monks said that they didn't know, but the boy said that his father took him to the back mountain to hide and seek, and then his father hid in the soil." “

Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows: "No matter how you arrest anyone, you can call it Dad." “

Officer: "Huh? “

"What does Master Hou mean. Take the child hide and seek and bury in the soil is two. Yun Xiu held back a smile and played a round game, "Your Excellency, please continue." “

"We also deduce this," the chief official's face is more difficult, "the problem, this time it is the pilgrims who stayed overnight, Daming Temple is prosperous in incense, and there are not a few dignitaries, and the host is worried that the reputation of the temple will be damaged, so he jointly petitioned ten big families in Yangzhou City to urge the case to be solved." “

If you can't do it well, the black yarn hat is not guaranteed, and you are in a hurry.

Ling Xiao's expression was a little true and a little fake, "The plaque hanging high in the mirror, you should be wood, it is wood, when it is a mirror, it is a mirror, adults should be prepared for danger in times of peace." “

"Master Hou has learned a lesson." Cold sweat oozed from the tip of the officer's nose, and he heard the warning in his words.

originally thought that Ling Xiao would have to be disciplined, but he turned his face and smiled: "Continue to talk about the case." “

The chief officer mentioned that the heart of the throat and eyes fell: "We have checked the child, and he was thrown outside the side gate of Daming Temple, and the monk found that he had a problem with his eyes, and he asked a doctor to treat it, but when he will be cured, it is difficult to say." “

"Have you ever looked for the child's parents?" Yun Xiu asked.

The chief officer nodded: "I found it, no one claimed it, and the host said that the child is not over, and I hope to meet a well-wisher to take it in." “

So children can come and go in and out of the temple freely.

"But haven't you already caught a few suspects?" Yun Xiu thought of another point, "Did the kid admit it?" “

"It's good to be like the eight girls who say it by the way." The chief officer shook his head, "That kid can see the outline, but when he comes, he pees and cries for a while, and he can't recognize it." “

responded to Ling Xiao's sentence "I have to be locked up for a while".

"What's the use of looking for me since you're dead everywhere?" He said, "I have official business, and I will not be in Yangzhou for a long time. “

The chief officer was anxious when he heard this: "No, no, no, Master Hou, you said yesterday to check to the end, why did you change the hexagram today?" There is a way for a gentleman to say what he says, and you are always accompanied by the holy driver, and you are the gentleman of the gentlemen. “

This high hat is buttoned up?? Yun Xiu almost sprayed tea.

Ling Xiao was worried about "encircling Wei to save Zhao", so he coughed vigorously twice and interrupted: "The matter is clear, it has nothing to do with the eighth girl, send her back to the house first, and you take me to meet those suspects." “

"The next official will do it immediately." The chief officer retrieved the backbone, arranged for someone to send Yun Xiu away, and took Ling Xiao to the dungeon.

***

"Girl, it looks like Master Hou really wants to leave." Chun Tao reminded in the carriage, "I wonder if the bracer can be done in the past two days?" “

Yun Xiu snorted, as if he had other thoughts.

Chun Tao guessed: "The girl wants to go to say goodbye?" “

"I don't want to."

"So what do you want? Thinking so intrigued. “

"I'm tired, Squint." Yun Xiu closed his eyes and rested.

The case of Daming Temple, she had some impressions in her previous life, at that time, the ghost always wanted to stay in the mansion and meet Xie Zongren for a while, but she didn't pay attention to it, and she didn't even know what the prisoner looked like, but she remembered that the mother-in-law in the house talked about it after tea and dinner, and she couldn't imagine that an honest person would kill someone.

Honest man??

Yun Xiu thought, what would force an honest man to kill?

Also, how to tell Zhongyihou the clues he knows.

Why do you want to tell the Marquis of Zhongyi?

Yun Xiu pondered it later--

I hope he leaves Yangzhou soon, she thought.

After returning home for lunch, when I woke up and was close to Shen, Yun Xiu looked at the sky outside the window, called Chun Tao Yanmo.

Some words are not good to say in person, but writing them is different.

"You asked Xiao Wu to send the letter to Master Hou and tell him, this is my little opinion." Yun Xiu dropped the wax seal and handed it over to Chun Tao, "It can only be given to Master Hou." “

Chun Tao received the order and went out with a letterhead.

"Girl, do you think that's a spring peach?" Baozhu couldn't resist Yun Shu, so she went out for a walk with her, and saw a familiar figure from a distance, "It's dark, how can she go to the little third master's house?" I'm not mistaken. “

"That's right, it's a spring peach." Yun Shu said a word and took a breath.

Baozhu saw that she had just improved: "Girl, let's go back, the doctor said that you need to recuperate." “

Yun Shu frowned: "If I lie down any longer, I'll die." “

Baozhu: "Bah, bah, what the girl said is dead or alive, the old lady and the old man will be sad when they hear it." “

Yun Shu sneered: "Grandmother only has Yun Xiu in her eyes, and my father is the same, cough cough??"

"Girl, don't be angry, don't be angry." Baozhu patted her on the back and comforted, "You slept in a coma for two days, and Mother Fang stayed outside the house for two days. Even if the eighth girl is sick, she didn't see the old lady so concerned, and the old man also said that no matter how much money you spend, you must be healed. “

This probably said to Yun Shu's heart, she coughed for a while, and gradually stopped: "Father really said that? “

Baozhu nodded vigorously: "How dare the slave and maid deceive the girl." “

Yun Shu's face turned slightly: "What about my little mother?" “

Baozhu's face was embarrassed: "The master asked Aunt Ding to think carefully in the house, and she was not allowed to go out." “

"I know, ahem??" Yun Shu choked on her chest in one breath and couldn't help coughing again.

"Girl, let's go back." Baozhu was afraid that she had three longs and two shorts, "It's time to drink medicine." “

"That's fine." Yun Shu was unwilling to fall down like this, "You will find someone to keep an eye on Chun Tao for a while, what she does has nothing to do with the eighth sister." “

Baozhu said yes again and again.

Yun Shu finished drinking the medicine and lay on the bed, and her spirit seemed to be better: "Baozhu, is there any news from Chun Tao?" “

"I'm back in the Eight Girls' House." Baozhu said, "It's not looking for the third master, it's looking for Xiao Wu beside him." “

Yun Shu: "What is she looking for Xiao Wu for?" “

Baozhu shook his head: "Our people are too far away to see clearly, and we don't dare to inquire, the little third master and the eighth girl have a good relationship, so as not to be afraid of startling the snake." “

"That's right." Yun Shu nested into the thick pillow, thinking for a moment, "If you invite the eighth sister to come over, just say that I am bored and panicked, and ask her to come over and talk." “

"Yes." The orb retreated.

Yun Xiu didn't expect Yun Shu to take the initiative to find her, and Chun Tao always felt that the seventh girl was not well-intentioned.

"Girl, Aunt Ding was punished, their mother and daughter are connected, maybe they will give us some tricks."

"She's sick, and she can't go if she doesn't go to see it." Yun Xiu changed into an elegant skirt, "Aunt Ding was punished, but the matter of the continuation has not changed, my father doesn't say it on the surface, but he is looking forward to the seventh sister in his heart, and comparing his heart to his heart can be regarded as compensating their mother and daughter." “

Chun Tao don't say goodbye, and feel sorry for her: "This time, you are relieved." “

"What should I do if I'm not relieved? Quarreled by grandmother and father? Yun Xiu looked left and right at the bronze mirror, "Make my grandmother angry, you and I are sinners, you can't be too serious about everything, and you can't be unserious." “

"Sounds like a tongue twister." Chun Tao sent her out. "The girl really doesn't want a slave to follow?"

Yun Xiu smiled: "You are waiting for Xiao Wu's news in the house." “

??

"Why is it that the eighth sister is alone, and I didn't ask Chun Tao to follow." Yun Shu glanced behind Yun Xiu, "I can't get used to calling girls." “

"The seventh sister has recovered a lot." Yun Xiu avoided talking and sat on the edge of the bed, "What did the doctor say?" “

"Except for sleeping, it's about drinking medicine." Yun Shu sighed, "I envy you and the sixth sister, you can walk and run, and your grandmother thinks of you wherever you go." “

"This time I went to Daming Temple, and the seventh sister didn't go with me." Yun Xiu comforted, "The sixth sister is even more difficult to go out. Now that they are married, they can only wait to be married. “

"Sixth sister is a good life." Yun Shu sighed from the bottom of her heart, "You too, you have a good appearance, you excel in your homework, and you are a relative of your blood, no wonder the marquis in the capital look the other way." “

Yun Xiu chuckled: "Where did the seventh sister hear the rumors, the big girls in Yangzhou can't be counted, I'm afraid that Master Hou's two eyes are not enough to see." “

Baozhu laughed out loud from the side.

"You still have the heart to laugh." Yun Shu said more and more pitifully, "Alas, my life, I know, just basking in the sun under the porch every day is enough, only my little lady has no one to take care of??"

Yun Xiu didn't answer: "Father's anger will be fine." “

Yun Shu suddenly grabbed her wrist: "Eighth sister, grandmother loves you the most, you help me beg her old man, father is foolish." As long as my grandmother nods, my little lady can come out. “

"How can I intervene in the affairs of the elders." Yun Xiu withdrew her hand and got up to say goodbye, "Seventh sister, don't think about it, I'll come to visit another day." “

Yun Shu's voice sounded behind her: "Eighth sister really ignores sisterhood? “

Yun Xiu paused, and said lightly: "Who cares about it first, Seventh Sister knows it in her heart." “

"How can you say such ruthless words?" Yun Shu suddenly coughed violently, "You, you, cough cough??"

Yun Xiu could still hear the cough as she stood under the porch, she frowned, paused, and then quickened her pace.

"Let's just say that the girl shouldn't go to see the seventh girl." Chun Tao made a pot of new tea and brought it over, "She is sick now, and she has to follow whatever she asks, and if she doesn't follow it, she will become someone else." “

Yun Xiu rubbed the edge of the round cup: "I won't go, she also has something to say, and when it reaches her father's ears, she is just as cold-blooded and ruthless." “

Chun Tao disdainfully: "The seven girls are reasonable." “

"What's the matter with the patient?" Yun Xiu was also annoyed, "Has Xiao Wu come back?" “

"Returned." Chun Tao nodded, "Xiao Wu said, Master Hou received the letter, and he will reply after reading it." “

"No reply." Yun Xiu chose a few pieces of dark sample cloth and asked Chun Tao to pick them together, "Which color do you think is good with soft skin?" “

Chun Tao carefully said: "Brown dark lines, don't pick the color." “

"Yes, you can."

The sample cloth was ordered, and then cut according to the remembered size, and at noon the next day, the guy from the tailor's shop sent the soft leather with punched holes to the mansion, and the rest was Yun Xiu's work.

"I've read your analysis." Ling Xiao replied, the purpose was to see Yun Xiu, he walked to the window and pushed open the two windows, "This teahouse is in a good location, and it is quiet near the lake." “

Yun Xiu asked him, "What is Master Hou's opinion?" “

Ling Xiao was not in a hurry to discuss the case, and pointed to the half-finished bracers: "Done?" “

Yun Xiu took the soft leather over: "No, the leather part is good, try it for Hou Ye first, it's not suitable to change it in time." “

Ling Xiao stretched out a hand: "Afraid I'm leaving?" “

"I'm afraid of delaying Lord Hou's trip." Yun Xiu put the leather holster on his arm, bowed his head and said, "Hou Ye Mo thinks a lot." “

"If you want me to stay, it's fine." Ling Xiao smiled secretly, "I'm afraid your grandmother won't be reluctant." “

Yun Xiu sat still, still bowed his head and was busy with the work in his hands: "Please Hou Ye respect himself." “

"You're not bored." Ling Xiao put down one hand and raised the other, "Change to another woman, either a dead ghost or a shame, why are you indifferent." “

Yun Xiu raised his head and said seriously: "It is disrespectful to say that Master Hou is dead. Moreover, the relationship between the little girl and the Hou Ye is innocent, why should she be ashamed? “

Ling Xiao wanted to do this with him: "When you pricked me with a needle, why didn't you think of being disrespectful?" “

"Unintentional mistakes, Hou Ye also cares?" Yun Xiu's face was full of innocence, "It's too stingy." “

"Say it again?" Ling Xiaoer lowered his head and approached, and he could even smell her rouge.

Yun Xiu thought for a moment that he was going to kiss her, so she instinctively took a step back, her brows furrowed and she stared at each other vigilantly.

"What are you hiding?" scared her, Ling Xiao was very happy, "You are also afraid." “

Yun Xiu felt that he was bored: "If Master Hou has nothing else, the little girl will leave." “

Ling Xiao hurriedly grabbed her: "You didn't kiss again, are you angry?" “

"I'm not angry," it's a lie, "I've been out for a long time, my grandmother will ask, the soft leather is the right size, no need to modify, and when it's done, ask Chun Tao to send it." “

"Okay, I was thin just now." Ling Xiao thought to himself that good men don't fight with women, "You drink a cup of tea to dissipate your anger, and then leave after finishing the case." “

"Write what you need to say in your letter." Yun Xiu turned around, "It's all foolishness, Master Hou will forget it after seeing it." “

"Do you really want to go?" Ling Xiao took a step forward and blocked the way, "If you want me to pay for it, the people below will hear it, it will damage the majesty, and it is not like words." “

Yun Xiu glanced at him and sat down by the window.

Ling Xiao leaned over and coaxed: "Otherwise, I will take you to Yanjing to play, this season is cooler than Yangzhou, and the Dingguo Mansion is not bad for you with a pair of chopsticks, but there are many Qi families, you can live in my private house if you are noisy, and it is also in the city, small is small, and food and accommodation are not a problem." “

"Thank you for your kindness." Yun Xiu said twice, don't turn your head and stop talking.

Another person, Ling Xiao was impatient for a long time, and he didn't have a problem with her: "Let's talk about the case." “

Yun Xiu's face softened: "Master Hou, please speak." “

Ling Xiao cleared his throat: "You haven't even seen the suspect in the dungeon, how can you deduce that the murderer is not among them?" “

"It is recorded that the two deceased were fatally wounded in the back, and after their deaths, the traces around them were washed away by the rain, and the clues were interrupted," Yun Xiu said while thinking, "If one is a coincidence, the second one is too coincidental." There are also two deceased people who have not had any intersection except for going to the temple, which shows that the murderer is very familiar with the environment of Daming Temple, and it is possible to start in a familiar place, not necessarily the surrounding villagers, hawkers and porters who often come and go. “

Ling Xiao knocked on the table: "You continue." “

"And several suspects recorded in the case file, although they have criminal records, but the scope of their activities are near Yangzhou City," Yun Xiu said, "Many wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou seek good fortune, give porridge and grain every year, and beggars outside the city can get a piece of the soup, eat enough and dress warmly, why do they do the murder of people and the loss of their heads?" “

"You're right." Ling Xiao looked at her, "I asked the chief officer before, I checked around Daming Temple, and I didn't find any suspicious people. “

"Did Master Hou ever think that the murderer might be an ordinary person," Yun Xiu intuitively felt that the direction of the honest man was right, "There is no traitor department, and he is easy-going with others?" “

Ling Xiao laughed: "It's a little interesting, go on." “

"It's the child with eye disease," Yun Xiu lowered his eyes and looked at Cha Tang, "Why did the murderer let the child go, the child is not completely blind, tall, short, fat and thin can recognize it." “

"So?"

"The little girl has a shallow opinion, which makes the Hou Ye laugh." She understands that Zhongyi Hou provoked this tricky case in order to save her.

Yun Xiu really wanted to persuade him to forget it, the case would be solved sooner or later, so it was better to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

But I can't say that.

Ling Xiao thought she was angry: "Still not happy? “

"No, it's been out for too long." Yun Xiu was the same this time, "I promised my grandmother not to run around." “

"How old are you, like a child." Ling Xiao laughed, "Okay." I'll send you back. “

"Don't bother the Hou Ye," Yun Xiu refused politely, "The carriage of the mansion is downstairs, and Chun Tao accompanies me." “

Ling Xiao didn't force it: "Okay, be careful on your own road." “

Yun Xiu got up and said goodbye and left.

Along the way, her mind was chaotic, and it seemed that the breath of Zhongyihou stayed in her nasal cavity, a clear taste, mixed with a very light yellow fragrance, like drilling into the tip of her heart.

"Girl, girl." Chun Tao called three times in a row before Yun Xiu came back to his senses.

"What?"

"The side door has arrived. Let's hurry inside. Chun Tao put down the stool, a little anxious, "When the slave maid got out of the car, she seemed to see the Xue family's carriage. “

"Aunt Xue is here?" Yun Xiu's heart sank, "What is she doing here, it's not a year or a festival." “

According to blood relatives, Aunt Xue is Ding Meisheng's sister of the same father and mother, because the Ding family's business failed, one of the two daughters passed to a cousin who had only been a showman who had been disgusted with copper all her life, and the other was passed to her cousin, and then changed her surname and name when she was older.

The Xue family dealt with the salt road in their early years, and became a legal salt merchant after working hard for several years, and they were indispensable to deal with the Yun family.

also because of the support of the Xue family, when Ding Meisheng was carried into the Yun family. The dowry is comparable to that of the lady of the main house.

"It's not to see Aunt Ding, it's to see the Seventh Girl." Chun Tao hurriedly pulled Yun Xiu into the door, "Old lady, the old man doesn't like Mrs. Xue, but she has no eyesight." “

Yun Xiu snorted: "I'm quite good at picking time." “

The front foot is sick and injured, and the Xue family knows about the back foot.

Chun Tao sighed: "According to Mrs. Xue's temperament, I'm afraid I'll have to live in the house for a few days." “

"Walk carefully these days, so as not to be truthful." Yun Xiu told her, "Aunt Xue loves people the most, and chews the root of her tongue before and after." “

In her previous life, her dealings with Xie Zongren were poked out by the long-tongued woman.

Now, without Xie Zongren, Aunt Xue's tongue will not become shorter.

??

Dinner is arranged in Hui Shou Tang, after all, the Xue Yun family is not only related to each other, but the Xue family needs to sell salt documents every year, and Yun Yushi only needs to use his pen to share 30% of the profits.

"The girls in the family are getting bigger and bigger." Aunt Xue praised the old lady, "You are really blessed to be old. “

"It's all her Lao Tzu who teaches strictly." The old lady smiled, "I'm old, I eat, fast, and chant Buddha, and I can't take care of other things." “

"Look at your complexion, it's not a problem to live to be 100 years old." Aunt Xue greeted each other, glancing at Yun Xiu and Yun Yan, "Why don't you see the seventh girl today, and you're sick again?" “

If it was sincere, the old lady would naturally be happy, but when she came to pick right and wrong, the old lady had no smile in her eyes: "The seven girls are weak and not suitable for a room full of noisy people." “

"That's, that's," Aunt Xue didn't seem to understand her face, and then said, "After eating in a while, the old lady is fine, so I'll go and see the Seventh Girl, and bring the treasure and supplement with me." “

After speaking, he looked at Yun Xiu again: "But I was in a hurry when I came, but I left the things of the sixth girl and the eighth girl in the house, and I sent someone to send them tomorrow." “

The old lady smiled, even though she knew that some of her words were not true. can't hurt the surface and harmony: "The little girl loves to be fresh, and there are a lot of bits and pieces on weekdays, you come to have a light meal, you don't have to break the bank." “

A meal, eat the vegetables, chew the heart.

After they dispersed, Aunt Xue pushed the tea and chatted, and went straight to Yunshu's house.

"Look at the skinny one, his face is smaller than the last time I came." She picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, "Your mother too, then listen to me, marry a salt road merchant, and it won't hurt you." “

"Auntie, don't blame the little lady." Yun Shu said weakly, "My grandfather has studied all his life, although he is not in high school, he has integrity, and the little lady always says that everything is inferior, only reading is high." “

"It's your grandfather who hurt her." Aunt Xue tucked the quilt for her, "You too, you rest if your body is not good, but there are many ideas, and aunt can watch you live or die?" “

"Auntie, I'm wronged." Yun Shu looked at her, her voice trembled, "The little lady is locked up, I am anxious, I begged the eighth sister to go to my grandmother and say a few good words, but she didn't agree." “

"What are you asking her for?" Aunt Xue was busy comforting, "Don't cry, don't cry, poor child, aunt knows that it is not easy for you two to be in the house all these years." “

Yun Shu snorted, looked up and asked, "Has my aunt seen the eighth sister?" “

"I've seen it." Aunt Xue said, "The eighth girl has grown up and become beautiful, but she is very charming, the old lady is a treasure, not necessarily a man, the more powerful the more fresh the play, and when the freshness is over, do you want to say both." “

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