The woman said, "I thought you wouldn't see me again." ”

"How so? As I said, although we can't be husband and wife, we are still friends. ”

The woman snorted and sneered, "Friend? ”

"Isn't it?"

The woman turned around and looked at the man in front of her who was looking at her with a smile on his face, she wanted to whip it over, but when she thought of the purpose of asking him today, she finally held back.

The woman sat down, and seeing that the man was a little absent-minded, and her heart was tingling, she smiled reluctantly, and said, "Since you said that we are still friends, can you do me a favor?" ”

The man was still standing, even in a gesture ready to leave, and he said, "Say it." ”

"My brother was captured by the Yamen, can you..."

The man pursed his mouth in disgust and said, "It's not your brother who I asked the yamen to arrest, I can't help with this." ”

The woman jumped up excitedly and rushed to the man, saying, "You obviously know that your brother and sister-in-law were not killed by my brother, can't you tell the people in the yamen to let him back?" ”

"To be honest, I really don't know if your brother killed my four family members."

"You!"

"Don't point your finger at me, let me tell you Song Qiao, before the matter is clear, I really can't do anything for you, if the person is really your brother looking for someone to kill, then I will let the people of the yamen let him go, and then he will run away, who will I find for my father and brother-in-law and nephew, revenge I'm sorry, I'm leaving."

"Li Xin, you stop me!"

The man ignored it and walked straight to the place where the horse was bolted, and the woman chased after him and grabbed the man's sleeve, and the man was furious. Said: "Song Qiao, you let go, what are you going to do?" ”

The woman softened, put her hand down, and then tears flowed down her cheeks, and said: "Li Xin, I dare to use my life to guarantee that your family was not killed by my brother, please let him go." ”

The man rolled over and sneered, "Your life? As the saying goes, the body is not afraid of shadows. If he hadn't done it, what would you ask me to ask for? ”

"I mean, can you let the people from the yamen release my brother first, I promise that he won't go anywhere until the case is cleared up."

"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you. I'll tell you about it. But there's nothing important in the future, don't let me come here again, there's been a lot going on at home lately. ”

When the woman heard this, she was overjoyed. Repeatedly promised to say thanks, and the man looked at the woman indifferently. Secretly sighed in his heart, rode his horse and whipped, and walked away.

Mon Province.

Cai Zhao walked back and forth restlessly in the hall. The sweat on his forehead fell down his cheeks and fell on his shirt, soaking his neck for a week, and it was a little funny to think of a collar around his neck.

Meng Tianchu walked into the hall and saw Cai Zhao pacing back and forth with an uneasy expression, smiled slightly, and said, "The prefect is here so early?" ”

Cai Zhao saw Meng Tianchu enter the door and immediately stepped forward and said, "Tianchu, I received a secret letter from Gonggong Li in the morning. After speaking, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Meng Tianchu, who unfolded it and looked at it. then smiled and returned it to Cai Zhao.

Cai Zhao was anxious. said: "Tianchu, why can you still laugh? ”

Meng Tianchu sat on the chair. Said: "It's just that the prefect is instructed to close the case as soon as possible and avenge his brother, nephew and others, what's the matter?" In other words, everyone would ask for and hope for your prefect. ”

Cai Zhao sighed, sat opposite Meng Tianchu and patted his thigh a few times, and said, "But, but, isn't this case without eyebrows at all?" ”

Meng Tianchu gently flicked some of the dust off his shirt with his fingers, and said, "Who said there are no eyebrows? ”

When Cai Zhao heard this, he immediately walked to Meng Tianchu's side and leaned over and asked, "Tianchu, you will find the clue in just a few days?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled indifferently: "Song He didn't have time to witness for nearly an hour after the crime, after he came out of the crisp red mansion, he asked his entourage to go home and drive, and no one around him followed, and afterwards he and the four entourages met at the city gate, so no one knew where he went and what he did during this period."

Cai Zhao was suddenly excited, and said, "What does the patrol mean..."

Meng Tianchu looked at Cai Zhao's excited face and said, "Lord Prefect, there is no point in being humble, although Song He can't say where he is going at this time, but it is not necessarily what he did. ”

Cai Zhao was anxious and said: "Ouch, Tianchu, since this time coincides with the time of the crime, he can't find a time witness to testify for him at this time, so who is he?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said: "There are many doubts at the scene, for example, why did the jade pendant on Mrs. Li's Lan Yu's neck be secretly taken away by the personal maid butterfly, and the butterfly said that the jade pendant on Lan Yu's neck was given by Li Xin, why did this little brother-in-law send something to his sister-in-law, and on the day of the crime, Li Xin said that he had been in the Red Mansion, and the witnesses were the old bustard of the Red Mansion and the Oiran named Ainu, but why could the butterfly use that jade pendant to let her master obey her, Is the relationship between Li Xin and Lan Yu just an uncle-sister-in-law relationship? If so, there is no need for butterflies to use that jade pendant to blackmail Li Xin, if not, then what kind of mysterious relationship is there between Li Xin and Lan Yu? ”

Cai Zhao was confused, and said: "Tianchu, you are all confused about me, what a mess, we are talking about Song He, how did you get involved with Li Xin?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "And who is the green rope that Li Qiandi is holding in his hand?" I looked, Song He was hanging a brown rope around his waist, and the jade pendant on it was also there. ”

Cai Zhao: "Then he can have time to go home and change a rope, and then hang the jade pendant again." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What the prefect said is also reasonable, but the people in the gatehouse of Song He's family didn't see Song He go back that day. ”

Cai Zhao: "The subordinates naturally speak for their masters, even if they go back, they will say that they haven't gone back." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "If Song He really went back and just found a witness for him at that time, how could he let his subordinates tell this stupid lie?" ”

Cai Zhao was also justified when he heard it, so he said: "That day, Chu you meant..."

Meng Tianchu: "What I mean is that the murderer may not be Song He. Maybe there are other people. ”

Cai Zhao was stunned when he heard this, and said: "The man who wears a hanging ornament on his waist has thousands of people in the entire Hangzhou Mansion, how can I check it?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Lord Prefect, we want to give you a task, I don't know if it's suitable?" ”

Cai Zhao: "Tianchu, you just tell me, as long as you can close this case as soon as possible and give Gonggong Li an explanation, it will be fine." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and motioned for Cai Zhao to come over. Then whispered a few times in Cai Zhao's ear, Cai Zhao listened and nodded again and again and said yes.

Seeing off Cai Zhao, Meng Tianchu was about to go to the Red Mansion, came out of the hall, and saw Jian Ning coming over with his maid. And he greeted him.

"Ling'er, where are you going?"

When Jian Ning saw Meng Tianchu at this time, she stepped forward with a smile and gave a salute, and then said, "I went to Feiyan's room to have a look." Ready to go home. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Look at me, it seems that I haven't been to see Feiyan and the two children for two days." She figured it was time to blame me for being a daddy. ”

Jian Ning smiled and said, "Feiyan is not a stingy person, she knows that you have been very busy lately. With a few of us to accompany her, she will be happy, Tianchu, I saw that the prefect came just now, are you busy? ”

Meng Tianchu: "I've probably been busy for a while. ”

Jian Ning said with concern: "Don't work too hard, if you need my help, just ask." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Okay, don't worry, your ability to remember can help me a lot." All right. I'm going to take a trip to the Red Mansion. Just about to ask people to call Chai Meng and Slay the Dragon. ”

Jian Ning: "Go at this time?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Yes, where do these girls with good business have time to chat with you at night." I'll go now. ”

Jian Ning: "By the way, yesterday Su Su said that she would go back to the cottage today." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What are you going to do?" ”

It just so happened that a subordinate came over, Meng Tianchu asked the subordinate to call Chai Meng and Tulong, and then walked with Jian Ning to a pavilion to sit and talk.

Jian Ning: "I don't know, but the good news means that it's good for Su Su to go back, first, to go back to see his family, and secondly, to see if his ears are doing in the cottage?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "By the way, I've been busy with the Li family's case in the past two days, how is that Yuqin doing after the ears are gone?" ”

Jian Ning: "I heard Sister Fengyi say that Yuqin is still in the kitchen, but Yuming was assigned to Ruofan to help, and now Feiyan is doing confinement, and it is almost Mid-Autumn Festival, so Sister Fengyi asked Yuming to help share some of Ruofan's burden." ”

At this time, Tu Long came over and said, "My lord, Chai Meng took Liu'er to incense early in the morning, and he hasn't come back yet, if there is something urgent, I will go to him and come back." ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "That's it, you just go with me." Then he said to Jian Ning: "You go and tell Su Su that when you go back, let Zhu Hao and his wife accompany you, you must be careful along the way, and let someone call Yuming to me." ”

Jian Ning: "What do you ask Yuming to do?" ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Come with us to the Red Mansion to have a look." ”

A place like a brothel is really lively at night, and when it comes to a hundred days, this courtyard is different from other places, and the prostitutes and prostitutes are probably tired after a day of tossing, except for a few rough maids and men who work softly in the yard, the yard is really quiet.

Meng Tianchu took Tu Long and Yu Ming into the door, the two guys in the hall were sitting on the bench leaning on the door and napping, probably not sleeping very deeply, they woke up after a little movement, and there were three young people of different heights standing in front of the meeting, one of them was gorgeously dressed, with beautiful eyebrows and handsome eyes, these people had never seen anyone, and at a glance it could be seen whether the people in front of him were rich masters, one of them rubbed his eyes and said lazily: "Childe, are you here early?" Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Since you are opening the door to do business, will it not be sooner or later?" ”

The man simply stood up, pointed to the doors of each of the rooms upstairs that were closed, and said, "Childe, look, the girls are still asleep now, if you are not afraid of ruining the fun." The little one will knock on your door and see if anyone is willing to open the door now. ”

Meng Tianchu was still not annoyed, and said, "You go and call your mother Zhang out." ”

When the guy heard this, he said, "Childe looked at Miansheng, as if he had never been here, but he also recognized our mother?" ”

Meng Tianchu went directly to the door regardless of the guy, and the guy hurriedly followed, saying, "Son, the little one will lead you to the side hall and sit first, and you will drink tea first." I'm going to call Zhang's mother. ”

Meng Tianchu and the three of them sat down in the side hall, and Dragon Slayer whispered, "You can smell a disgusting smell wherever you go. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled and said, "Slaying the dragon, you are doing this in the heart." Then Yuming, who looked around and looked very curious, said, "Yuming, have you ever been to the kiln?" ”

Yuming saw Meng Tianchu shouting to himself. Only then did he quickly reply: "Master, where do the minions have the money to visit this kind of place, this kind of place is a place to spend money, not us poor people." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled. Then the guy came in, and there was no one behind him.

"I'm sorry. Childe, our mother Zhang said that she would invite Childe to come back later, and now there is really no girl getting up. And some of the girls have guests in their rooms. ”

Dragon Slayer stepped forward and grabbed the collar of the guy's coat, and said viciously: "What, let's send money, you don't want it, don't you?" ”

The man was anxious and shouted loudly, and soon a dozen thug-like people sprang out, led by a fierce-looking man, half-naked. Wear only a pair of half-cut bottoms on the lower body. Probably still sleeping, the man rushed in. As soon as he saw a man much taller than himself lifting his subordinates in the air and hanging them in the air, he said loudly to the dragon slayer: "Good man, if you are here for recreation, we are naturally welcome, but if you come early in the morning to make trouble, we don't need to be vegetarians." ”

Tu Long threw the man out of the distance, just threw it into the crowd, and took advantage of the situation to push three or two people, Tu Long said: "Didn't you open the door of the kiln to do business?" Why didn't you find us a few when you saw our lord coming... How many chicks to keep you company? ”

Meng Tianchu saw that it was really difficult for the dragon slayer to hold back the word "little girl", he snickered in his heart, looked at Yuming, Yuming understood, and hurriedly walked to the big man and said with a smile: "Our master just wants your Ainu girl to talk, and please make it convenient for this master." ”

Dahan: "That's right, that's the right way to talk." But it will cost a lot of silver to see our Ainu girl. ”

Yuming: "Our son-in-law lacks everything, but silver." ”

Seeing Meng Tianchu's appearance, Dahan said, "Oh, it's really so arrogant? You must know that a few days ago, the son of the Li family spent 10,000 taels of snowflakes in order to get the first night of the Ainu girl. ”

Yuming smiled slightly and said, "That's just a drop in the bucket for our son." ”

Dahan: "Then why didn't your son-in-law come that night?" ”

Yuming: "Hahaha, my son-in-law has never come to this kind of place, naturally not because he dislikes anything, but because the family education is very strict, and he went to the capital a few days ago, didn't your Ainu hear that he only came to Hangzhou not long ago?" ”

Dahan: "No wonder. ”

Tu Long saw that Meng Tianchu gave him a look, so he couldn't help it, and the big man looked at Meng Tianchu and said, "Gongzi is really a handsome man, if he changes the ground and wears a daughter's clothes, he is also a stunning person." ”

The dragon slayer was furious and said, "How can our family be compared to these dirty women here of yours? ”

The big man smiled disdainfully and said, "Dirty? Dirty, what are you doing in the early morning running to our crispy red mansion? ”

Yuming: "This big brother of mine is like this, please don't be surprised, we are here just to have fun, you are also making our happy money, aren't you?" ”

Only then did Dahan lose his anger, looked at Slayer Long with disdain, and said, "But you better go, although we are open for business, it is not yet time to do business." ”

Meng Tianchu got up and walked out of the door without saying anything, and then saw a woman coming upstairs, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a thin face and a light green skirt. A newly picked white hibiscus on the head of the slanted hairpin, in addition to only holding a jasper Qibao exquisite hairpin, low headed, better than the morning dew in the general intoxicating, light silk shirt, faintly visible snow-white arms. The waist is tied into a large bow with a gold silk soft cigarette. The sideburns hang low and are obliquely inserted into the jasper and phoenix hairpins, showing a slender and demonic body, which is glamorous and charming. The hairpin is made of sandalwood, hanging a round pearl, lightly drawing eyebrows, slightly applying lip red, like a fairy.

Meng Tianchu pointed at this woman, and the big man hurriedly said, "This is the Oiran Ainu girl in our crisp red mansion." ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself, he really had nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get there, so he originally thought it was an empty trip. Who would have thought that before leaving, he could see this legendary Ainu, who was really a stunning beauty, without even a trace of kitsch and red dust.

Meng Tianchu stepped forward with a smile, Ainu lowered his head probably thinking about something, and almost hit Meng Tianchu's body. Meng Tianchu hurriedly took a step back, bowed his hand, and shouted softly, "Ainu girl." ”

Ainu heard someone calling for her, and looked up in a trance. I saw a man in Tsing Yi standing in front of him, a head higher than himself. At a second look, I saw that under this man's sword eyebrows were a pair of bright eyes and a high nose bridge. Smiling lips, such a handsome man.

Ainu was a little surprised, there was such a handsome and handsome man in this world, who was a hundred times more beautiful than a woman with an ordinary appearance, Ainu looked at Meng Tianchu stupidly, which made Meng Tianchu a little embarrassed.

Seeing Ainu's appearance, Dahan already understood a little in his heart, and hurriedly said Ainu: "This son is a special girl, you are here. ”

Ainu came back to her senses at this time, and her expression naturally returned to her previous haughty appearance, and she smiled indifferently. Said: "Ainu is probably going to disappoint Childe." Because Ainu is about to regain his free body, someone wants to redeem Ainu from the Red Mansion. So I don't see anyone these days. With that, he turned around and went upstairs.

Meng Tianchu: "Girl, I just heard that the girl's dancing skills are good, and she knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so I want to discuss it with the girl, and there is no other meaning, the price offered by the girl." ”

Ainu stopped, turned his head and looked at Meng Tianchu, this is indeed a man who makes a woman can't be unmoved when she sees it, Ainu can't bear to refuse, and is hesitating, when he suddenly heard someone say: "Ainu, you haven't been ransomed by Li Gongzi for a day, you are still the top brand in our crisp red mansion, you are also idle these days, people just want to find you to chant poetry against you, you refused, I'm afraid it's not okay?" ”

Meng Tianchu saw a woman in her forties wearing a pretty flower dress and twisting her waist with a smile and walking out of a downstairs room.

Mother Zhang saw that Meng Tianchu was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it for a while, but the most seen in the Red Mansion was probably a man, so Mother Zhang didn't think about it, so she walked to Ainu's side, and saw that Ainu also hesitated, so she continued: "In the past two days, Li Gongzi has to deal with things at home, and naturally he has no skills, I don't let you pick up guests, only let you talk to the guests, can't you chat?" Besides, most men are enthusiastic for a while, one moment they swore that they wanted to be white with you, and the next moment they probably forgot everything. ”

Ainu was a little unhappy when she heard this, and Meng Tianchu took the opportunity to say: "I see that Ainu girl is a blessed person, and no one will let her down." ”

Ainu was happy again when he heard this, and said, "Okay, since the prince is already here, then please go upstairs." ”

After saying that, he smiled and went upstairs first.

Meng Tianchu turned to Zhang's mother and said, "I still have two brothers, please help me take care of them." ”

Zhang's mother immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, son, I will definitely find two girls to serve well." ”

Tu Long hurriedly said: "Yuming, I'll go out and find a place to sell something for my spruce, and I'll be back in about an hour, you just wait here for the master." After saying that, he ran away, Meng Tianchu knew that Slaying the Dragon was most afraid of such a thing, but he saw Yuming standing there stupidly not knowing whether to go or stay, Meng Tianchu was about to try this Yuming, so he deliberately said: "Yuming, you are waiting for me here, it's not good to leave." Yuming hurriedly said, "Yes, master." ”

Meng Tianchu followed Ainu upstairs, and Yuming followed Zhang's mother to the flower hall downstairs.

Li Xin returned home, and recently had to prepare for the funeral of the four family members who had passed away, and it was the hot day that the corpse could not be left for too long, so he came back from the yamen, and after discussing with Cai Zhao, he transported the body back and prepared to be buried within three days.

He walked into the door, and saw the butterfly coming over, and when he got closer, the butterfly stepped forward and bowed to salute, Li Xin waved his hand lazily, and said, "No need, why are you back?" ”

Butterfly wanted to reply, do you never want to see me come back, but after thinking about it, she smiled and said, "Lord Patrol is just asking questions as usual, and the slave will come back after asking the slave and maid." ”

Li Xin didn't say much, he was a little tired, he wanted to take a good rest, and then go to the Red Mansion to see if his beloved slave was doing well, it had been three days, and he also wanted to know what kind of attitude Zhang's mother had.

The butterfly saw Li Xin's ignorance passing by him, and he also followed behind Li Xin, and when he arrived at the door of Li Xin's room, Li Xin saw that there was another person behind him who had been following, so he said: "You are also tired, go back and rest, I want to sleep for a while, and I have to go out when I wake up." ”

Butterfly tried her best to restrain herself, and said softly: "The slave maid should bring water for the second young master to take a bath, go to the fatigue, and sleep well." ”

Li Xin thought about it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then you go and prepare." The butterfly was about to turn around and leave, Li Xin saw her limping, so he said, "If you don't let other maids wait, it's inconvenient for you to have injuries on your body." ”

Butterfly's heart was hot, it seemed that the second young master still cared about himself, so he turned his head and smiled, and said, "Just let me serve you, the other maids are clumsy, and the slave maid is not at ease." "After that, he left.