Although Li Mi is only 1.76 meters tall, his face is fair, his outline is very deep, and he has a slightly melancholy temperament.

On the contrary, the child king, who was in a daze looking at the clouds in the bamboo forest, looked very thin.

This green finch is only twelve or thirteen years old, but she looks extraordinarily old, and her eyes reveal a calmness and wisdom beyond her peers, neither jumping out nor naughty, but with a faint literary atmosphere.

Li Mi also tested him earlier, this child had read books, and he thought that he should have some background, but for some reason, he ended up in the shantytown of Yaxing.

Qingque'er heard the footsteps, and didn't turn her head, and asked directly, "Hey, why do you want to be an errand so much?" Those errand boys are all lackeys of the fox and the tiger, and they are sluts who have been poked in the backbone, I really don't know what is good about being on errands..."

Although Li Mi came to please these children, he did not mention his intentions, but just asked them to help pay attention to the movements of the county government and report the situation at any time.

"How do you know I want to be on an errand?"

Qingque'er snorted lightly, and replied a little arrogantly: "If you don't want to make a difference, if you want us to stare at the county office, we can't avoid it." ”

Li Mi also shook his head and smiled bitterly, it was not the first time he had seen this child's intelligence, and he didn't have much to argue at the moment, he just took out the only remaining copper coin from his arms and handed it to Qingque'er.

Unlike the other children, he never had any urgent desire for food and clothing, and like the agents in the tooth shop, he only knew money.

Seeing that Qingque'er took the copper coin, Li Mi didn't say anything more, and was about to leave, but Qingque'er suddenly asked.

"Hey, you've also read a book, do you know when this caryophyllus will bloom?"

Li Mi was stunned, and couldn't help asking, "What are you asking for?" ”

Li Mi also subconsciously asked rhetorically, but he didn't expect Qingque'er to get angry for no reason, accept the copper coin, and leave angrily.

Li Mi didn't know what he had offended him, and when he saw that the nine buckets of little fat men were still eating candy on the side, he asked, "Nine buckets, which one is Qingque'er singing?" ”

Nine buckets licked the candy man while stretching out his chubby dirty hands, Li Mi also gritted his teeth, took out a piece of sugar cube hidden in his arms, and stuffed it into his hand.

These nine buckets look obese, but he is also a shrewd, otherwise everyone is thin, why is he the only one who is fat?

In Li Mi's opinion, if you talk about wisdom, the nine buckets are not as good as the green birds, but when it comes to making a living, I am afraid that the children in the entire shantytown are not as good as the nine buckets in front of them.

After the nine buckets received the benefits, he lowered his voice and said to Li Mi: "Qingque'er sometimes talks in his dreams, when his father and mother left him, he once promised that one day this caryophyllum blooms, he will come back to pick him up..."

When Li Mi heard this, he couldn't help frowning, his heart was blocked, and he was unspeakably sad.

You must know that bamboo is an extremely peculiar species, ordinary bamboo will take at least twenty or thirty years to bloom, and Guizhu is more than 100 years to bloom and bear fruit, and this caryophyllus will also bloom in 60 years!

Li Mi was sighing in his heart, but at this time, Qingque'er went and returned, Xu heard the words of the nine buckets, he rushed over angrily, and slapped him crisply!

"Smack!"

Nine buckets of chubby suddenly had a red palm print on his face!

For a moment, the nine buckets of the honest and obese fat people showed a ruthless look in their eyes, although it was fleeting, but it still made Li Mi, who was good at observing words and colors, look at it in his eyes!

"What, dissatisfied?" Qingque'er was even more condescending to look at the sword, and the nine buckets also retracted their eyes, lowered their heads, and obediently offered the candy.

Qingque'er didn't take the candy cube, but turned to Li Mi and said: "Earlier, there was a murder on the side of Longxugou, and the county magistrate went over with tolerance, if you go over now, it is estimated that you can still take advantage of it, don't run here again in the future!" ”

Li Mi looked at the angry Qingque'er, and already knew that the death of his parents was a scale that this child king couldn't touch, so he didn't say anything more.

Although he has the heart to take care of this group of children, he is now unable to protect himself, and if he wants to make a difference, he still tries to be a tolerance, which is the most fundamental and important thing!

"Nine buckets, you're idle anyway, show me the way."

Li Mi was not familiar with the place and route, for fear of missing this opportunity again, and secondly, the two children had just had a conflict, and it was embarrassing to stay, so it was better to take the nine buckets away so that they could also have a time to relax.

Jiu Bucket is also a smart person, Li Mi has special treatment for him, he is naturally willing, seeing that Qingque'er did not speak, knowing that he acquiesced, he took Li Mi out of the shantytown and went in the direction of Longxugou.

This Suzhou Mansion is an important place in the south of the Yangtze River, pillowing the river and the lake, eating the Rao of the Sea King, embracing the benefits of soil plaster, the people are solid, rich and noble, this Suzhou is in the world, it is like a family with a treasury.

At present, it is the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty, and there are seven counties and one state under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture, and the administrative office is in Suzhou City, but Wu County and Changzhou County are in Suzhou City, and the southwest of the city belongs to Wu County, and the northeast belongs to Changzhou County.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Mi has been squatting for so long, but he has repeatedly failed to gain anything, because the two county officials often pass the buck or compete with each other.

Fortunately, this time, there was a child Wang Qingque'er to guide the maze, and there were nine buckets of chubby to lead the way, and Li Mi finally caught up.

Located in the southwest suburbs outside the city of Suzhou, Longxugou was originally a small river, connecting the moat, and there was a small wooden bridge called the red lady on it, which was the most favored place for wild mandarin ducks, and occasionally there were literati and scholars who held poetry gatherings here.

It's a pity that the city of Suzhou is too prosperous, everyone dumps domestic garbage and sewage into the moat, and the smell of Longxu Ditch is unbearable, and gradually there are few people.

Jiu Bucket was grateful to Li Mi for relieving him of the siege, and his legs and feet were also diligent, and he soon went out of the city gate and stepped on the official road.

However, because the rain had just stopped, the official road was muddy, and Li Mi walked for a while, and his leather shoes were covered with mud, which caused him a burst of pain.

Halfway there, I saw an old man in black, driving an ox cart, the rut had been stuck in the mud pit, and he was whipping the old cow.

"Two children, come over and take a hand and pull this car out!" When the old man saw Li Mi and the others, it was like seeing a savior.

The little fat man Jiu Bucket walked over as if he had seen a nervous disorder, digging his nostrils, and muttering in his mouth, this old man's brain has been kicked by this cow, and there is no benefit, and you want to give you something for nothing?

Li Mi was also anxious to rush to the scene of the murder, after all, Qingque'er had already issued a grounding order, and missed this murder, and it would be difficult to obtain information about the children in the future.

Just as Li Mi was about to leave, he saw a box in the car!

Li Mi was too familiar with this style of box, because he had squatted on the murder case several times, and every time he saw the servants carrying such a box!

"My husband is a fool?" Li Mi couldn't help but ask a little excitedly, he was worried about how to intervene in the investigation of this murder case, and bumping into this trick, isn't it a godsend!

The old man was also anxious, and couldn't help but reply to Li Mi: "Little brother, you are a visionary, what the old man does is all cheap work, and it is not worth mentioning, but there was a murder in front of him, and the ox cart of the old man is already slow, if you go late, you will have to eat the master's board... I hope that the little brother can drag it..."

Someone sent a pillow when he was sleepy, and Li Mi was also surprised in his heart, but his face was flat, and he was a little embarrassed to say to the old man.

"I really don't dare to hide it from my father-in-law, boy, I'm a greedy eye, I love to watch a lively scene, and I can go back and brag with my companions, and today I also heard that there was a murder outside the city, so I rushed over to take a look..."

Li Mi smiled and continued: "It's just that the official brother doesn't allow ordinary people to come close... If the old man can carry it, let me get closer to see the excitement, and talk about taking a hand, that is, carrying the old man over, and the kid has no words! ”

Li Mi is a detective anyway, this investigation and counter-investigation are also basic skills, camouflage and lurking, tracking targets, not to mention it, and now pretending to be a little bastard with a strong sense of vanity, he is really a real philistine, and Oscar has sent him a little golden man.

The old man also burned his eyebrows, and immediately said impatiently: "What's so difficult about this, you will follow the old man, hold this box for the old man, if you ask, you can say that it is the old apprentice." ”

Li Mi got the answer, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said to the nine buckets: "Little fatty, come and help push the cart!" ”

The nine buckets in front of him couldn't help but turn his head, and scolded Li Mi dissatisfiedly: "It's not false at all to say that you are wronged!" Can a good person in this world have a good reward? ”

Although he complained like this, he still walked over, Li Mi and Lao Zuo pushed the cart behind, but the nine buckets were tied to the old cow's ass with the bamboo skewer that the sugar man had eaten!

The old cow was in pain, screamed, and then desperately moved forward, the car instantly rushed out of the mud pit, Li Mi and the old man who pushed the cart suddenly lost their balance, Li Mi was able to stand firmly, but the old man fell down and gnawed on the mud, and his face was covered with muddy water!

"It's bad luck too!" The old man got up and couldn't help scolding, but he didn't care about it, so he took Li Mi and got into the ox cart, and soon came to the Longxugou compartment.

Li Mi took a look at the ox cart, but saw that the officials in soap shoes and green clothes were carrying water and fire sticks, and were driving the people who came to see the excitement nearby.

In the middle of the field stood a female corpse, next to it were crying family members, men, women and children, and on the side stood a man in a coarse cloth shirt and trousers, clasped hands, and lowered his head and face.

There was also a green official uniform but no toner standing next to the female corpse, thanks to the squatting for several days, Li Mi also recognized that this person was Wu Yong, the official of the torture room in Wu County.

Seeing this situation, Li Mi couldn't help frowning, there was such a big thing as a murder case, and there was only one torture room official, which is really not true!

You must know that the officials of this torture room are not even officials, in the Ming official system, the person in charge of the prison is the pusher, the pusher of the Zhili Mansion is from the sixth grade, and the pusher of the local government is from the seventh grade, which is about the same as the official rank of the magistrate.

Even if the magistrate of Suzhou Mansion can't come, no matter how bad the county is, he should come and take a look, and if the magistrate can't come, at least let the county Yadian Shi come over, this time it's just a small torture room official, and this Wu Yong is still impatient!