Zhu Hao asked, "Master Meng, what do you think this is?" ”

When Meng Tianchu saw Zhu Hao say this, he also squatted down and found that it was actually a jade pendant, half of which he thought was that the carriage had already crushed it in the dirt, and half of it was also exposed. Meng Tianchu carefully pulled it out. Zhu Hao took the jade pendant and looked at the sun.

Meng Tianchu asked, "Zhu Hao, what are you looking at?" ”

Zhu Hao smiled: "Good jade, you can see it in the sun, look at its luster and carving." It can also be seen if there is any flaw in it. ”

When Meng Tianchu saw Zhu Hao say this, he suddenly remembered what Xiaoqing said in the dream, so he also leaned over and looked at it carefully: "You mean, is it a good piece of jade, so that you can see it?" ”

"Not really, at least to see if it's broken or broken."

Meng Tianchu didn't study jade, and when he saw Zhu Hao say this, he suddenly understood Xiaoqing's words, so he was even more eager to find the piece of jade pendant that Xiaoqing saw for him in his dream.

Zhu Hao looked at the jade pendant in his hand carefully, nodded approvingly, and said to himself: "It is indeed a very good jade, I didn't expect to be able to pick up such a good thing in this wilderness." ”

"Zhu Hao, do you mean that this jade pendant is not an ordinary jade pendant?"

Zhu Hao nodded and said, "Although I, Zhu Hao, am not a jade player, I have seen some of them after all, and such jade pendants should only be available from rich families." ”

Meng Tianchu looked around and said, "How can there be any rich people coming to this kind of place?" ”

"Master Meng, didn't you say that there is a very rich family in this neighborhood who has built a Cuiyun Villa here? Maybe it's their family's? ”

Meng Tianchu thought about it, this road happened to be the only way to and from Cuiyun Villa.

Meng Tianchu took the jade pendant in Zhu Hao's hand, and also looked at it in the sun like Zhu Hao.

The two of them returned to the county seat and did not go back to the yamen, but went directly to the prison, Meng Tianchu wanted to go to see Xi Ruoyao, this arrogant young lady.

Meng Tianchu and Zhu Hao, under the leadership of the prison guards, came to the door of a cell, the light inside was very dim, and Meng Tianchu's eyes adjusted for a while before seeing Xi Ruoyao locked inside. She sat weakly on a pile of weeds, thinking that she had never suffered like this since she hit her mother's womb, and a maid beside her, when she saw someone coming, immediately cried and rushed up to speak: "Please, save my young lady, she is sick." ”

As soon as Meng Tianchu heard this, he hurriedly asked the prison guard to open the door of the cell. Walking in and taking a look, sure enough, Xi Ruoyao was already unconscious, Meng Tianchu thought to himself, fortunately he came in time, if something really happened to Xi Ruoyao, he was afraid that it would be difficult to explain at the hot spring.

Meng Tianchu hurriedly asked Zhu Hao to take Xi Ruoyao out, although the prison guard was a little worried that Meng Tianchu would blame him for dereliction of duty, but after all, Xi Ruoyao was annoying in custody, how could he say that he would take it away. So he still plucked up the courage to say: "Master Meng, if you are like this, you will take people away, in case..."

Meng Tianchu turned around as he walked and replied viciously: "I'll take people away, if someone asks, just say that I took them away, and I'm responsible." ”

When the prison guard heard Meng Tianchu say this, he didn't dare to talk anymore.

Meng Tianchu and Zhu Hao took Xi Ruoyao directly back to their home, and hurriedly ordered someone to call Lang Zhong to see Xi Ruoyao. After reading it, I realized that it was because of the wind chill, and it was no big deal. Meng Tianchu was relieved.

Xia Fengyi walked to Meng Tianchu's side and found that Meng Tianchu had lost a lot of weight recently, and she was very distressed in her heart, seeing that he frowned. Knowing that he was still upset about the matter on the case, he couldn't help himself, and he didn't know how to comfort him.

Meng Tianchu saw Xia Fengyi standing beside him and looked at him very worriedly, he was afraid that his family would worry about him, so he smiled and gently hugged Xia Fengyi in his arms.

Xia Fengyi said: "If it's hard, we don't want to do this master, what is not good?" You see that you have lost weight like this, ask Feiyan to stew you some soup you like to drink at noon, and then have a good rest at home for a day. ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head and said: "Don't always call Feiyan, you are also used to calling her, she is busy at home all day, you are busy in the store, everyone is very hard, now that there are people at home, don't make yourself too hard." As for me, don't worry, I'm young, there's nothing to tire me down, you know? ”

"Don't always be reckless, I also heard Jiayin say, this case is more tricky, I know you have a rule, family members can't ask about the affairs of the yamen, but don't be too anxious."

Meng Tianchu nodded, suddenly remembered something, took out the jade pendant in his arms, handed it to Xia Fengyi, and said: "I suddenly remembered that you like jade very much, and you must have some research on this, you can show me this jade pendant and see if you can help me see some clues." ”

Xia Fengyi took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully, and then said: "Yes, a piece of fine white jade, meticulous workmanship, the jade pendant should be a pair, where did you come from?" ”

When Meng Tianchu heard Xia Fengyi say this, he was naturally happy: "Don't ask me where I'm from, how do you know it's a couple?" ”

"You see this carved pattern is a half-face of Guanyin, generally such a jade pendant, are lovers or couples with a wive, if nothing else, this is a jade pendant worn by a man, and the other should be the other half of the face of the Buddha."

"Is there anything else to worry about this?" Meng Tianchu asked puzzled.

Xia Fengyi helped Meng Tianchu to the table and sat down, and then slowly explained to him: "As the saying goes, men bring Guanyin and women bring Buddhas, and if ordinary men and women make a private agreement for life, they generally like to use jade as a token, of course, the premise is that this must be done by rich people." ”

Meng Tianchu thought of the jade pendant that Xiaoqing showed him in his dream, could it be? He gratefully kissed Xia Fengyi's face, stood up and walked out the door. After taking two steps and turning around, just about to speak, Xia Fengyi smiled and pushed him and said, "I know, you go and get busy with you, I know that you suddenly have a clue." You can rest assured that the girl is at home, Jiayin herself is a langzhong, she just suffered some cold and there is no big problem, you can do your own things with peace of mind, there are us at home. ”

Meng Tianchu walked up to Xia Fengyi again, hugged her tightly, and whispered in her ear: "Thank you, Fengyi." ”

Meng Tianchu and Zhu Hao had just gone out, and were about to get into the car when they heard someone calling behind him, and when he turned around, it was Su Yan.

Meng Tianchu was a little surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward, and found that Su Yan was very haggard, standing under the eaves, listless and depressed.

Meng Tianchu asked, "Master Su, why don't you go home?" What are you doing standing here? ”

Su Yan smiled bitterly, leaned against the wall, and said weakly, "I'm waiting for you." ”

"Wait for me? Then let's go in and talk, your spirit is not very good, do you know that your young lady is sick and has come to visit? ”

Su Yan was shocked when he heard Meng Tianchu say this, it seemed that he didn't know that his young lady was sick, and asked, "Is it?" I'm not looking for you for her, but to ask, has there been any progress in Lian'er's affairs? Dad went back to the capital to report and let me stay, but you know that the purpose of my stay is to know who is the murderer of Lian'er one day earlier, and I want to avenge Lian'er. ”

Meng Tianchu didn't expect that this Su Yan in front of him was really a person with a temperament, and it seemed that he really had true feelings for that Lian'er person. It's just that his attitude towards Xi Ruoyao also made Meng Tianchu very confused. It felt as if he didn't have a cold heart for that young lady at all, and that person's life and death didn't seem to have anything to do with him. There is only Lian'er in his heart.

Meng Tianchu gently patted Su Yan's shoulder and comforted: "Although we haven't found the murderer of Lian'er yet, we have been looking for it. "Qianma hits by hand

"No clues?" Su Yan looked at Meng Tianchu with some disbelief.

"One thing, but because no conclusive evidence has been found, in order to avoid startling the snake, I can't say anything to you."

"Did Xi Ruoyao do it?" Su Yan's words were amazing, which surprised Meng Tianchu and Zhu Hao on the side, which none of them expected.

"Master Su, I don't think you have some prejudices against Miss Xi, but I think it can't be her, I think she cares about Lian'er very much, and..."

Before Meng Tianchu finished speaking, Su Yan interrupted him with a loud roar: "I don't want to hear it, what is prejudice, what is care?" I felt sick when I heard it, like a maggot in my mouth. ”

Su Yan's reaction surprised Meng Tianchu, and he didn't know what to say.

Su Yan glanced at him coldly, then laughed twice into the sky, and was silent for a while before he said word by word: "Do you know why that woman cares about Lian'er so much?" ”

Meng Tianchu really didn't know, so he had to shake his head. Su Yan painfully hammered the wall with his hand, Meng Tianchu didn't have time to stop it, and Su Yan's hand was hammered out of blood at once.

"Master Su, why are you doing this?"

Zhu Hao immediately stepped forward and took out the trauma cream he was carrying with him to rub it, Su Yan wanted to refuse, after all, Zhu Hao was a martial arts practitioner, and his strength was nothing in front of Zhu Hao.

Su Yan said bitterly: "Brother Meng, you are not me, you naturally can't understand my pain. ”

"Perhaps, but you can't torture yourself like this now. Lian'er has a spirit and naturally hopes that you will have a good life, and you should cheer up for her. ”

"Isn't it painful for two people to fall in love with a woman at the same time?" Su Yan said.

"It depends on who the woman loves." Meng Tianchu replied.

"One is the person she loves, and the other is her master, what should she do?"

Meng Tianchu didn't understand, he didn't know what Su Yan was talking about, so he had to be silent.

"Brother Meng, you have solved countless cases, you are naturally very smart, maybe the murderer is by your side, but you have never seen it."

"Su Gongzi, what do you want to say, you don't have to play dumb riddles with me, you and I can know everything, if you really know who is the murderer of your sweetheart, you? br>

"I'm just skeptical."

"Do you suspect that your master killed Lian'er?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"It's better to ruin her if you can't get it, think about what Lian'er looked like when she died, she was so cruelly cut off her face, isn't that envious of her beauty?"

"Master Su, the more you talk about me, the more confused I become."

"You will know, I am gone, there are some things I can't say, you are so smart, why do you need me to understand?" After that, he left.

Meng Tianchu looked at Zhu Hao who was standing on the side inexplicably, he really didn't understand what was going on this time.

"Zhu Hao, do you understand?"

Zhu Hao nodded, and Meng Tianchu hurriedly asked, "Do you understand?" What does that mean? ”

"Did Childe hear about grinding mirrors?"

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he didn't know if he didn't say it, and Meng Tianchu was startled when he said it. It's really a word to wake up the dreamer. What Su Yan said just now made Meng Tianchu think about it, it was indeed like a fish in his throat, it turned out that Xi Ruoyao was actually a homosexual.

Meng Tianchu decided to get in a carriage with Zhu Hao and go to a place. This place is Fan Cheng's jade shop.

When the two of them came to the store, they didn't see Fan Cheng, only a guy on the counter, and when they saw them coming in, they quickly greeted them with a smile: "Master Meng, what kind of wind blew you here today?" Which lady are you buying for today? ”

Meng Tianchu walked to the counter with a smile, looked at the things inside, and then shook his head, that guy is naturally a shrewd person, seeing Meng Tianchu's expression, he immediately walked to Meng Tianchu's side and asked, "What do you want, you might as well tell the little one, or we have what you want here?"

Meng Tianchu pretended to be very mysterious, lowered his head and said to the guy with a smile: "I won't tell you, my lord has recently fallen in love with a girl who looks very smart, and that girl also has the heart to achieve a good Qin and Jin with me, so I just want to see if there is anything good to give her to make a love thing." Do you have anything to introduce to me? ”

When the guy heard the amusement, he said with a smile: "Master Meng, you have found the right person, and you will not be disappointed if you find our jade shop." The fine white jade and topaz that we have recently brought in from out of town, shall I show you? ”

Meng Tianchu pretended to be very happy, nodded, and the guy walked to the back room, and after a while, took a brocade box and came out. Put it in front of Meng Tianchu: "Master, look at it, these are all some fine jade!" ”

Meng Tianchu took a look and found that it was indeed much better than the jade placed on the counter, but there was nothing he wanted, and he firmly remembered in his mind that he must find a couple of jade pendants that the man and woman wore together.

The guy saw that Meng Tianchu was still not satisfied, so he asked, "Master, these goods should be able to be sent, aren't you still satisfied?" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded and said, "Yes, I always want to send one that she likes at first sight, preferably a pair, do you understand?" ”

The fellow nodded at once, and went back into the house, and when he came out a little later he had a very unique brocade box in his hand.

Meng Tianchu took it and opened it and couldn't help laughing. When the guy saw Meng Tianchu smiling, he stepped forward and said; "Ye really has a vision, this is our shopkeeper's private collection, if it weren't for you, I naturally wouldn't show it to others."

The box contains a pair of crystal clear white jade pendants, the color is oily, one is a dragon and the other is a phoenix, and the carving is very fine.

When the guy saw Meng Tianchu's love for it, he knew that a big deal was coming, so he was secretly happy in his heart: "If you like it, I'll sell it to you cheaper, as the saying goes, it's hard to buy a good heart, isn't it?" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded in agreement and said, "How many silver taels does this pair of jade pendants cost?" ”

The guy said: "Not much, I will not be less than two thousand taels for others, you want it, you want one thousand three hundred taels of this pair of dragons and phoenixes Chengxiang is yours." ”

Meng Tianchu thought to himself: "You just grabbed the knife by holding it on my neck, although the silver of 1,300 taels is not worth mentioning to Meng Tianchu, he will not use these silver taels to smash it." ”

Meng Tianchu pretended to be casual and said: "Your shopkeeper must be a person who loves jade and understands jade, otherwise how can you find such a good jade pendant?" ”

When the guy saw Meng Tianchu say this, he replied proudly: "That's!" The jade pendant worn by our shopkeeper himself is a treasure among the jade. ”

Meng Tianchu thought he was very interested, and continued to ask, "Then have you seen your shopkeeper's jade pendant?" What is it like? ”