Rong Yuxue had already cried into tears, and when she saw him wake up, she was pleasantly surprised, and said, "Brother Tianchu, are you awake?" You're going to scare me to death! ”

"Why am I lying here?"

Murong Xue said: "I don't know, after I woke up, I saw you lying here, I was frightened, I blamed myself for being snooze, I don't know when you were lying here, when I rushed up to hug you, your body was so cold, you have probably been lying down for some time, tell me, what happened?" ”

Meng Tianchu struggled to sit up, and found himself lying at the door, with a white silk scarf next to it, and a wooden pole hanging diagonally, one end fell to the ground, and the other end was still hanging on the rope, this wooden pole was erected in the corridor to dry clothes.

His head was still very painful, remembering what happened last night, he should have been covered by this white silk scarf, and then the headless woman in white knocked off the wooden pole and knocked herself unconscious. However, he didn't want to tell Yuxue, for fear that she would be afraid, he had never believed in ghosts, and he was scared like this, and if he said it, he would definitely frighten her. said: "Probably faint, I haven't slept all night, maybe I'm very sleepy." ”

"You must be lying to me, the door is wide open, and you still have this white silk scarf on your head, which is used by women, you... Isn't it... See a female ghost? ”

Murong Zhenxue's expression was terrified.

Meng Tianchu grabbed the silk scarf and looked at it, and said, "I'm just bored, so I'll go to the next room to have a look, and see that this silk scarf looks good." I just want to show it to you when you wake up, who knows that you can fall asleep here when you are so sleepy. ”

Murong Yuxue knew that he was deliberately lying so as not to let himself be afraid, so he stopped asking and helped Meng Tianchu up.

Meng Tianchu put Murong Yuxue's hand in the palm of his hand and found that her hand was cold. Thinking that he had been sitting on the ground for a long time, he held those little hands to his mouth in distress, Murong Yuxue was a little embarrassed, and wanted to withdraw his hands, but found that he held it harder, looking at herself affectionately, and she lowered her head shyly.

"Yuxue, am I really that important in your heart?" Meng Tianchu asked in a low voice.

Murong Yuxue's face was crimson. He nodded slightly.

Meng Tianchu hugged her into his arms, and the two hugged each other tightly.

By this time the east was already white, and the sky was about to dawn.

Meng Tianchu took Murong Zhenxue downstairs, it rained overnight, and the ground was full of mud, Meng Tianchu looked at Murong Zhenxue's white embroidered shoes, grabbed her by the waist and hugged her in his arms, and walked out.

Before Murong Yuxue could react, she was already lying in Meng Tianchu's arms. Ashamed and embarrassed, he said, "What are you going to do?" In broad daylight. Let people see the dead and put me down. Having said that, he snuggled more tightly into Meng Tianchu's arms.

Meng Tianchu smiled, carried her to the carriage, gently put her on the carriage, and said, "I'm just afraid of getting dirty with your clean shoes." What do you think I'm going to do? Even if it is to be done, it is not now. After saying that, he smiled evilly.

"Humph! You are the most unserious in the world! Murong Zhenxue said with a shy smile and sat in the carport.

Meng Tianchu laughed: "It is said that men are not bad and women are not loved, but now it seems that the person you love the most in this world is me, because in your heart, I am the worst." ”

Meng Tianchu went over to close the door of the house, and at a glance saw something shining in the sunlight in the mud under the gate, and sighed. Looking down, it was a small square box with iron sheets, and it was estimated that when I came the day before, the box was covered by mud and was not found. I stumbled upon it today.

He carefully picked it up, for it was all mud, and could not see what it was, and he looked around the yard, and found some of the rainwater in the manger that had accumulated the night before, and he walked a few steps to the manger and washed the mud off the box, and at last he saw the box for what it was.

A not big box, not like a new one, there are old signs of wear and tear in some places, the pattern on the box is not clear, carefully examined, it is actually a spring palace picture, there are many such boxes on the market, most of them are painted on the things used by men, he took some effort to open the box, and actually hid the mystery, there are actually four small grids in this not big box, there are some things like paint for painting, four colors, but there is not much left.

He closed the door of the house, turned the carriage around, and then looked upstairs, remembering the events of the previous night, and could not figure out what had happened. Perhaps

The festival is self-negligent, I hope so.

Meng Tianchu got into the carriage and handed the box to Murong Yuxue: "You show me, what is this?" He hid the painting on the lid, afraid that Murong Yuxue would be embarrassed to see it.

Murong Yuxue took it, looked at it, shook his head, and said, "Where did you find it again?" What is this? ”

"If I knew that I was still asking you, I would have thought it was your girl's rouge or something."

"No, if it's rouge, it should have a fragrance, this smell is a little pungent, which girl would use such rouge?"

Thinking about it, Meng Tianchu took it from Murong Yuxue's hand, and then carefully covered it.

After Meng Tianchu sent Murong Zhenxue home, he also went home, thinking that Murong Zhenxue didn't know that thing, although she was also a woman, but she was born beautiful, and her family was poor, so she might not be exposed to many of these things, maybe the three ladies in the family should know.

Meng Tianchu summoned Xia Fengyi and the three of them to sit together in the courtyard, and then took out the box to show them, afraid that they would misunderstand the pattern on the box, he opened the box first: "You show me, what is in here?" ”

Feiyan leaned over to take a look and said, "You didn't come back last night, didn't you just think about this all night?" ”

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Meng Tianchu glared at her: "Look good!" ”

Xia Fengyi took the box to her nose and sniffed it, frowned, and said, "Is it the paint that those painters used to paint?" ”

Meng Tianchu said: "I thought so before, but I also felt that it was wrong, such a small box can't hold much paint." ”

Xia Fengyi said: "What the young master said is the same, then I really don't know what this is." ”

Everyone saw that Zuo Jiayin didn't speak, and they all looked at her.

She smiled and said, "What are you looking at me for?" ”

Feiyan said: "Except for the young master in the family, you are a know-it-all in our family, he doesn't know, the eldest lady doesn't know, we don't look at who you see?" ”

Zuo Jiayin looked at Meng Tianchu and said, "If you don't mind, let me see the lid, okay?" ”

As soon as Zuo Jiayin said this, the other two women found that Meng Tianchu was still holding the lid of an iron box in his hand.

Meng Tianchu smiled and handed the box to Zuo Jiayin, Xia Fengyi and Feiyan also leaned over to take a look, they were embarrassed to see it, took a sip, and retracted their heads with a red face.

Zuo Jiayin looked at the lid, then looked at the contents of the box, thought for a while and said, "This thing should be for a man." ”

Meng Tian Chu said happily: "Go on." ”

"Or we can think of a woman giving it to a man."

Meng Tianchu said: "Then why? ”

"I don't know what these things in the box are used for, but these things should be related to a certain craft or profession, if this thing is for men, the average man will not be so careful to buy himself such a delicate box, the person who buys this thing may be for the convenience of the person who uses it, and judging from the pattern on the lid, the relationship between the woman and the man is very unusual."

When everyone heard Zuo Jiayin say this, they nodded in admiration.

Meng Tianchu felt that Zuo Jiayin's analysis made sense, but the three of them didn't know what was in this box, it seemed that this thing was not commonly used by people, at least not often in life, so what are these colorful things in this box?

Meng Tianchu decided to go to the yamen to ask other people, believing that someone had seen this thing, so he stood up and walked out of the door.

Xia Fengyi said: "It's time to eat, do you want to go out?" ”

Meng Tianchu thought about it, it was noon, he hadn't eaten a meal yet, his stomach was really hungry, it was better to go again in the afternoon, so he turned around, put the box on his back, put it back on his body, and sat there thinking about it.

Zuo Jiayin pulled him to sit down, Feiyan got up and ordered his subordinates to eat, Zuo Jiayin said: "You are an expert in solving the case, we can't interject, but sometimes don't blindly think in one direction, so there are more ideas, and probably the problem will be simple." ”

Meng Tianchu knew that Zuo Jiayin was worried about himself, and every time he solved the case, he would be like this, either he couldn't sleep well, or he was stunned, he patted Zuo Jiayin's hand and said, "Don't worry, I'm just thinking about it." I don't want to eat anymore. ”