The next day, when the morning star and waning moon were still faintly visible in the sky, Su Lin got up early.

He didn't fall asleep until the third watch last night, and before he crossed over, Su Lin had never slept so early, not to mention that he suddenly came to this strange world, and the thoughts in his head couldn't let him sleep peacefully.

At this moment, the morning glow has not yet risen, there is only a touch of fish belly white in the east, and the air is mixed with a little smell of cooking smoke, Su Lin can't help but sigh at the diligence of the ancients.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he happened to see Fan Shi take out a handful of dry firewood from the firewood room and walk towards the stove room, and saw that Su Lin had already gotten up, so he stopped and said with a smile: "If the official wants to wash, he can go to the courtyard to fetch water by himself." ”

Hearing this, Su Lin hurriedly said, "Su Lin knows, Granny Fan is making breakfast?" ”

Fan Shi was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head: "If the official is hungry, he will make some food for you..."

Su Lin then remembered that in ancient times, ordinary people only ate two meals a day, and it was estimated that they would boil water to do their work when they got up at this time, and it was estimated that they would have to wait until about ninety o'clock to eat.

Only those dignitaries and nobles may eat some pastries and snacks in the morning, ordinary people are not blessed, if they are really hungry, most people are drinking a few scoops of water, in short, few people eat at this time.

After waking up yesterday, Su Lin drank some porridge, because he had just recovered from a serious illness, and Fan didn't let him eat indiscriminately, resulting in an empty stomach, and now he was very hungry.

"Then please ask Granny Fan to see if there are any leftovers left from yesterday, I'm really hungry now." Although Su Lin is not the kind of person who likes to trouble others, he drank some gruel yesterday, and then looked at this body, he was simply weak, he was hungry for so long, he only felt a slight pain in his head, and a feeling of dizziness followed.

Fan didn't think it was troublesome, otherwise he wouldn't have rescued Su Lin, and besides, Su Lin had just recovered, and it was almost the same yesterday if he didn't say that the grain of rice had not entered.

Looking at the back of Fan's slowly walking into the stove room, Su Lin took a deep breath in the morning breeze, and the cool meaning on his face was all a reminder that none of this was a dream.

"Isn't it a dream?" Su Lin looked up at the attic in the courtyard, thinking back to the events of last night, his heart was extremely complicated.

He didn't fall in love with other girls at first sight, no matter what, Su Lin was just a college student, although he had seen many beautiful women and had slept a few times, the woman who might have made him tempted never appeared.

Su Lin's aesthetics for women are somewhat traditional, which can be seen from the fact that he likes many actresses only like fairy sisters.

With something that others didn't know, Su Lin scooped two scoops of water in the bucket by the well, looked at the reflection in the basin, and found that his face was quite passable, at least better than his previous life.

But the only fly in the ointment is that this face is a little feminine, or too restrained, coupled with a weak body, although it will give people a modest impression, but it always seems that this person is a little easy to bully.

All night yesterday, in addition to sorting out his thoughts, Su Lin actually got part of the memory of this Su Xiucai, but it was a little vague, and this information seemed to be the most precious thing in Su Xiucai's life.

For example, the memory of the dead parents, the aunt who took care of the person who grew up...

After smoothing out these memories a little, Su Lin learned about "his" past personality and some important personnel.

Just when Su Lin was thinking about these brainless things, but after a while, Fan Shi walked out of the stove room, holding food in his hand, and motioned for Su Lin to go to the dining room to eat.

"The poor life in the cold house is afraid that I will be wronged by the officials." Fan said as he led Su Lin to the dining room.

"Mother-in-law, let's let Surin come." For the life-saving benefactor and the person under the eaves, Su Lin naturally didn't dare to trouble others too much, so he rushed to take over the food in Fan's hands.

Just such a small thing raised Su Lin's impression in front of the old man to a higher level, which was also a habit of Su Lin in his previous life, and it can also be said to be his advantage in dealing with people.

Although people don't need to look at other people's faces to live in this life, they have to live by their own impressions in the minds of others.

Just got up in the morning, Fan had to be busy with a lot of things, although he was old and frail, but after all, he still had to live, and after Su Lin sat down, she took a piece of cloth and prepared to go out.

Su Lin was a little puzzled and asked, "Mother-in-law is going to the street to catch the market?" ”

"Yes, add a little firewood, rice, oil and salt to the house..." Fan didn't look back, and hurried out of the door without waiting for Su Lin to continue.

Shaking his head, looking at the sunlight scattered in the courtyard, Su Lin felt a feeling of hunger in his belly again.

The ancients were really simple, and they were not afraid to leave him alone at home as an outsider, however, it is said that Yangzhou City is not very old, and people like Su Xiucai who are young and have status belong to a minority after all, and this kind of person is Qinggao, and he doesn't care about doing those dirty things at all.

From Su'er's tone yesterday, Su Lin could also hear that this Su Xiucai, she seemed to know a thing or two, not to mention looking at this meal, although the food of ordinary people was not good in terms of productivity at this time, but such a big house, how could it be a middle-income family, but this food seemed to be better than Su Xiucai before his death, which showed that the owner of this house was not as rich as he imagined.

Although it is not as close to the four walls of the family, it can be regarded as an ordinary person who eats at most, how many valuable things can be coveted in such a family?

Gobbling up the food, Su Lin was about to wash the dishes and chopsticks, when there was a noise outside the courtyard gate, mixed with Fan's anxious voice.

His face sank, and Su Lin probably guessed what was going on, so he went over and opened the courtyard door and poked his head out: "Granny Fan came back so soon?" ”

As soon as I opened the door, I saw that Fan was blocking the door, blocking the people outside from forcibly breaking in.

"Su Xiucai, what did you do to let the yamen find you?" At this moment, she saw Su Lin open the door, turned around, and asked anxiously, even the title of Su Lin has changed from an "official" to a more distant "showman".

It's not that the Fan family doesn't trust Su Lin, but if he really saves some heinous criminals, I'm afraid he will also be implicated.

Su Lin glanced at it, and saw that Fan was followed by four or five catchers, staring at him with vigilant eyes.

Because today is the day of the market, there are more and more pedestrians passing by, and many people are curious to stop and watch.

"Big brothers, what do you mean?" Su Lin pretended to be puzzled and asked softly.

Although the head catcher looked difficult to speak, when he saw Su Lin dressed in gray and looked weak, he couldn't help but mutter: "Just such a scholar? ”

It turned out that someone died in this area the night before, and it was a woman, someone immediately reported the case, when the arresters arrived, the murderer jumped into the river in fear of crime, and after yesterday's investigation, it was learned that this person was rescued by the Fan family.

According to the description of the person who reported the crime, the perpetrator was a scholar, but there was not much specific information, according to the clue that the murderer was a scholar, and the person he was chasing the night before did jump into the river.

It is not a problem for Su Lin to kill a woman, this head catcher has arrested many people in the past ten or twenty years, and all kinds of people have been arrested, whether he is caught wrong or not, but he has practiced the ability to see people, and in the past two years, this head catcher has not missed a person.

In addition, this person is iron-faced and selfless, so some people call him an iron-faced headhunter, but it is also because of this advantage that he has offended many people, so he has not been able to be promoted to another level.

If it weren't for this, the iron-masked head catcher would have already become a county lieutenant in other places.

Looking at Su Lin's appearance, the iron-faced head catcher knew that this case was probably strange, but this time the matter was a bit big, openly killing people in the city, Zhizhou was furious, so he personally ordered the arrest of people, such a big thing, whether it was right or wrong, even if the intuition was accurate, he didn't dare to release people casually with his head.

"Catch Zhang Yi in Xiayangzhou, may I ask the name of the son?" What Su Lin didn't expect was that although the voice of the head catcher was full of anger, the tone was obviously a little polite, perhaps, this is the special treatment of literati.

"In Lower Surin Su Wenbang, what does Zhang Zhutou mean?" Su Lin arched his hand and replied softly.

Zhang Yi motioned for the two of them to walk behind Su Lin, hugged his fists and said: "Su Gongzi, I'm sorry, the murder case the day before yesterday and Gongzi didn't happen to coincide, don't blame Zhang for being rude." ”

"Su Xiucai, you..."Fan listened to the conversation, his heart became more and more anxious, he didn't expect to save people and rescue this kind of thing, this is a murderer, if it was really Su Lin who did it, I am afraid that his ancestors and grandchildren will have to be charged with harboring criminals!

"It doesn't matter." Su Lin comforted, "Su Lin thanked her mother-in-law for saving her life, but this matter will definitely not affect Granny Fan and Su'er!" ”

In any case, this matter has nothing to do with the Fan family, presumably this head catcher is also an understanding person, and when they arrived at Zhizhou, they naturally had a decision in their hearts.

Although it was not a peaceful and prosperous era at this time, it was not a dark dynasty with harsh criminal laws, and the law of "sitting together" was not prevalent, so it was not said that the Fan family did not harbor "criminals", even if they did, they would not be able to sit in prison for a few days.

"Su Lin, thank you for coming back!"

Thank you for coming back? If you didn't do it, it's possible, but how can you prove it? Time, place, even the incident of falling into the water, and there are witnesses at the scene, if there is no evidence, I am afraid that this person will only have to confess all the way!

Zhang Yi looked at Su Lin in front of him, and the thought in his heart flashed: Perhaps, he knows the truth of the matter, but he has no evidence, so free and easy, could it be that he has let go of everything, or is he ready to make a desperate bet and go to the yamen to defend himself?

Walking in the crowd, feeling those strange eyes that were either sympathetic, or sighing, or gloating, Su Lin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he had expected this, but he didn't think of any way to clear his name.

The phrase "thank you for coming back"

, but because he didn't do it, he just said it casually.

In this era, there are no cameras, let alone lie detectors, and people almost fall asleep at night, I am afraid that except for the witness who reported the crime, there is no second person who can prove his innocence, as for resistance, he will only carry out his own crimes, and, with this body now, let alone resist, I am afraid that even one of the arms of the head catcher will not be able to move...

On the twenty-third day of June, the rainy season in Yangzhou had just ended, and it happened to be the day of the market, and the people were preparing to come out to have some fun, but they all wanted to join in the fun, and the road to the yamen was gradually blocked for a while.

The sun was shining, the bustling crowd was slowly moving, and in the tiles on the side of the street, the woman who had just finished singing a little song looked at all this, put down the guqin in a panic, and drowned in the sea of people...