Li Ruhan looked sideways in the direction of the kitchen and said, "Why haven't you done it yet, I'm sleepy when I wait." With that, he let out a long yawn.

Meng Tianchu smiled: "Yes, it seems that they are going to make this meal grow flowers." ”

"Slow work makes fine work, young master, haven't you heard of it?" Feiyan walked in with a grin, "The meal is ready, call the two of you to the dining room." ”

The two were overjoyed, hurriedly got up, and followed Feiyan to the dining room.

A large table full of delicacies, full of color, flavor and taste, makes people appetizing.

Li Ruhan is actually not good at drinking, and Xia Fengyi is also shallow to compensate. Meng Tianchu originally thought that he could only pour himself a drink, but Zuo Jiayin offered to drink two glasses with him, this time, Meng Tianchu was the first time to see a woman's drinking, he always thought that his alcohol consumption was still good, but he didn't expect Zuo Jiayin's alcohol consumption to be not inferior to him, and in the end, both of them drank faint.

Li Ruhan said that there was still something at home, so he had to say goodbye first, invite Meng Tianchu to visit his house another day, and then go down the mountain and take a carriage away.

Xia Fengyi and Feiyan helped Meng Tianchu to the room to rest, Meng Tianchu seemed to smell a very familiar fragrance in a daze, but his head was dizzy and he couldn't speak, so Xia Fengyi took off his clothes, covered the quilt, and fell asleep after a while.

Although Zuo Jiayin was also drunk, he never wanted to sleep, and then came to the room to visit, and found that Meng Tianchu had fallen asleep, and Xia Fengyi was sitting on the edge of the bed with a fan to gently fan him to drive away mosquitoes. couldn't help laughing and said: "My sister is really careful to take care of Master Meng, sister, I have already asked someone to put the cooked mung bean porridge in the well and freeze it, and he will wake up later." It's just the right time to relieve the heat and sober up. ”

Xia Fengyi said curiously: "I just saw that my sister was already quite drunk, how could she be so good at working as if nothing happened." ”

Zuo Jiayin said with a smile: "I practiced in the house for a while, forced the strength of the wine out, and drank two bowls of decanting soup. ”

Feiyan interjected on the side: "It's so amazing, can Miss Zuo teach our young master this kung fu, and when he gets drunk and uncomfortable in the future, he can also use this method to sober up." ”

Xia Fengyi glanced at Feiyan: "What are you talking about, can this kung fu be passed on to others casually?" ”

Feiyan muttered: "That's not necessarily, Miss Zuo is so good to the young master, what is there to pass on the young master." ”

Zuo Jiayin smiled: "If you want to talk about martial arts." I see that your young master's body shape and footwork are also a practitioner, and I am afraid that kung fu is not under me. It wasn't my turn to teach him. Besides, use kung fu to force alcohol. That's when we women have to make this decision in order to take care of ourselves and avoid getting drunk and embarrassed, but men are different, they drink to be in this state. ”

Maybe they were talking a little loudly, Meng Tianchu smacked his lips, turned over, and everyone stopped talking. After waiting for a while, seeing that Meng Tianchu was sleeping soundly, Xia Fengyi handed the fan to Feiyan, asked her to continue the fan, and whispered to Zuo Jiayin: "Sister, let's talk outside." ”

The two of them walked out of the room lightly. When she came to the courtyard, Xia Fengyi moved a bamboo chair for Zuo Jiayin, and Zuo Jiayin took the chair. Embarrassed, he said, "Ouch, let my sister move the chair for me, how to make it!" ”

Xia Fengyi smiled: "What's so unacceptable!" ”

At this time, a servant walked in softly and asked in a low voice. "Madame, would you like to bring some watermelons?"

Zuo Jiayin nodded, and the man retreated.

"Why doesn't my sister seem to have a personal maid by her side? Isn't that inconvenient? ”

"When I was young, my mother didn't put a maid around me after I was ten years old, saying that it would only grow my inertia, and my nurse took care of me in my daily life, so I was used to it."

"But I think these people around you are very discerning, and you don't have to worry about everything."

"Most of the people who stayed with me were some older people, and many of them watched me grow up and knew and understood my temperament, so it also made me worry a lot."

As he spoke, the man brought some sliced watermelons and put them on the table. Zuo Jiayin stood up and took a tooth for Xia Fengyi, Xia Fengyi took it and took a bite, it was really sweet and refreshing, and it was extremely cool.

"What does my sister think?" Zuo Jiayin also took a piece and ate it.

"It's delicious, you can always eat a lot of delicious food that you can't eat outside here!" Xia Fengyi couldn't help but sigh.

Zuo Jiayin smiled: "This is what my master planted in my garden, he likes to make some flowers and plants, and the flowers and plants you see in the garden are also made by him." ”

"Your master?" Xia Fengyi asked curiously, "You should take me to meet his old man's house, I want to ask him for advice on how to plant flowers and plants, and when I go back in the future, I can also plant some in my own garden." ”

Zuo Jiayin took the watermelon peel from Xia Fengyi after eating, and handed her another piece: "My master has a strange temperament, and my sister said that she wanted to see her, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." He never saw outsiders. ”

"Oh? That's a shame! Xia Fengyi said with regret.

"If my sister likes flowers, ask me the same. On weekdays, Master often planted, and I know more or less about it. ”

"That's for the best." Xia Fengyi said with a smile.

While the two women were gossiping outside the house, Feiyan was fanning Meng Tianchu in the room.

Meng Tianchu saw a person walking into the room where he was sleeping in a trance, but he didn't hear the sound of footsteps, the person walked to the bed, and Meng Tianchu found out that it was a woman, a woman in her forties, but she looked like a Peugeot. It's just that his face is haggard. Meng Tianchu wanted to speak, but he couldn't open his mouth, so he had to look, the woman was just standing on the edge of the bed, with a wooden expression, suddenly, her eyes were round, her mouth was cracked, and her fangs were sharp, and she shouted: "It's all going to die... It's all going to die... They will all be turned to dust and ashes..."

Meng Tianchu woke up from his dream with a scream in fright, and then he felt that he was already in a cold sweat.

Feiyan hurriedly and gently put her hand on Meng Tianchu's shoulder: "Young Master." Have a nightmare. Don't be afraid, the Delphinium is by your side. ”

Feiyan's soft words pulled Meng Tianchu back from the nightmare, shook his head violently, and looked around, there was no terrifying woman beside the bed, only the pretty girl Feiyan looked at herself with pity.

At this time, Zuo Jiayin and Xia Fengyi, who were talking in the courtyard, heard Meng Tianchu's exclamation, thought something had happened, and hurriedly ran in. Hearing Feiyan say that Meng Tianchu had a nightmare, he breathed a sigh of relief. Pursed his lips and smiled.

Xia Fengyi curiously asked Meng Tianchu what dream he had, and Meng Tianchu told the terrifying woman he dreamed of.

Feiyan heard Meng Tianchu say that she dreamed of a terrifying middle-aged woman standing by the bed. A little panicked, he looked around and muttered, "Could it be that there is something unclean in this room?" ”

Xia Fengyi hurriedly stabbed her: "What nonsense!" ”

Zuo Jiayin frowned slightly: "My mother and father lived in this room before, and they came here in the summer to escape the heat, and no one else lived there." And my parents are still alive, this room should be very clean. ”

Feiyan said: "Didn't Miss Zuo say that this was a barren mountain before, could it be a lonely grave or a wild ghost?" ”

Xia Fengyi glared at her: "You have to be scared to death to be willing?" ”

Feiyan stuck out her tongue and quickly shut up.

Xia Fengyi asked, "Why didn't the two of them come here to escape the summer this year?" The weather in Hangzhou is hot. It wasn't so hot some time ago! ”

"My father's health has been getting worse recently, and my master said that he can't see the wind, so naturally it is impossible for him to come here again. If the father does not come, neither will the mother. ”

"They have such a good relationship!" Xia Fengyi said with emotion.

"yes." Zuo Jiayin nodded.

After sleeping and having this nightmare again, Meng Tianchu also woke up. Say goodbye now. Xia Fengyi was originally going to ask for some flower seeds to go back to farming, but was dissuaded by Meng Tianchu, saying that this kind of flower would not look good if it was missing. I'll come back when I have a spacious place. Since Meng Tianchu said so, Xia Fengyi couldn't insist anymore.

Zuo Jiayin sent them to the gate of the manor and waved goodbye.

Meng Tianchu's carriage traveled far away, he lifted the curtains on the car, looked at the Jiayin Manor that was gradually moving away, and there was always a feeling of loss in his heart.

On the way back, Meng Tianchu had been thinking about this case, who was having dinner with Ke Chou, and this must be investigated.

How to check? Ke Chou didn't take Li Ruhan with him, so he didn't know that Ke Chou was already drunk when he returned home, and he died of poison in the middle of the night, and he had been sleeping all the time, so Ke Chou's mansion didn't know where Ke Chou went that afternoon.

It seems to be looking for a needle in a haystack, but there is one thing that makes Meng Tianchu more reassured, that is, Ke Chou is not an ordinary person after all, but the eldest son of the prefect of Hangzhou, and he is a person who likes to find flowers and ask Liu to call friends, he must be a well-known person, as long as he eats at the Hangzhou City Tavern Restaurant, he can find out.

On the way, Xia Fengyi told Meng Tianchu about her and Zuo Jiayin's conversation on Huxin Island, which made Meng Tianchu even more surprised, there are more and more secrets that Zuo Jiayin can't see, her kung fu to defeat the enemy, the small brand that scared Dongchang Fanzi away, the delicate flowers all over the mountains, and now, with the inexplicable marriage between her and Li Dayuan's two sons, it is even more incomprehensible, what a mysterious woman!

When I returned to the county office, it was almost dark.

Meng Tianchu immediately called Wang Zhutou and instructed him to send a catcher to inquire around to find out where Ke Chou had appeared and who he was with on the afternoon of Ke Chou's death.

The king took the order and left.

At noon in Jiayin Villa, I only cared about drinking, and I didn't eat any staple food, I was already hungry at the moment, Meng Tianchu and Wang Zhutou finished explaining things, and when they were about to shout for dinner, Feiyan had already cooked in person, and made a few Hangzhou dishes that she learned from Jiayin Villa today, waiting for Meng Tianchu to enter the table.

Anything you eat when you're hungry is delicious, not to mention the delicious dishes that Feiyan cooks with great care. The meal was very enjoyable.

The next morning, Meng Tianchu and Murong Zhenxue were handling official business in the study, and Wang Zhutou ran in with excitement on his face, and reported to Meng Tianchu that he had found out where Ke Chou had gone that night, and it turned out to be Zuo Jiayin's "Zhiwei Guan!" ”

On the afternoon of Ke Chou's death, he ate at "Zhiweiguan"!

went around and around, and it came to this Zuo Jiayin again. Now, there is another layer of mystery in this enigmatic woman.

Meng Tianchu decided to explore the "Zhiwei View" again, and went alone to be too eye-catching, or called Xia Fengyi, Feiyan and Wang Zhutou. Anyway, it's almost noon now, and it's almost time to eat.

The four of them took the Yamen carriage to the "Zhiweiguan", and saw that there was an endless stream of guests in the restaurant, and the business was very prosperous.

When the shopkeeper saw them coming, he knew that they were good friends of the shopkeeper, so he hurriedly welcomed them in, and said very sorryly: "I'm really sorry, Master Meng, so the private rooms are full, you see..."

Feiyan's lips moved, and she wanted to spend money to buy a seat, but now she didn't look like before, she secretly glanced at Xia Fengyi, and saw that she shook her head slightly, she also felt that doing so might remind Meng Tianchu of the two of them bullying him at the beginning, more things are better than less, it is better to make a fortune in a muffled voice.

Meng Tianchu smiled and said to the shopkeeper: "If it's not in the way, just sit in the hall." There are a lot of customers today, you are busy with yours, leave us alone, there is something, we are just called Xiao Er ̄ ̄ What about the girl Zuo of your shopkeeper? ”

"Miss Zuo has something to do, and I'll be back later." The shopkeeper replied with a smile, and then led the four of them to a corner of the hall and sat down, and ordered them to serve the food quickly. The meal was of course very generous.

Taking advantage of the gap between the dishes, Meng Tianchu pulled the shopkeeper to a corner and asked in a low voice: "If there is something to ask you, you must answer truthfully." ”

"Yes, yes!" The shopkeeper nodded and said, he now knows that Meng Tianchu is the famous criminal master of Hangzhou Renhe County, maybe there is something to ask about the case.

"Ke Chou, the son of Governor Ke's mansion, is dead, do you know?"

"Know! I heard that he died at night, and he came to our Zhiweiguan to eat and drink that afternoon. This morning, the Yamen came to inquire about the situation, and the small ones all reported the truth. ”

"Oh, tell me the details of his visit to dinner that day."