Baotian's jade pendant was quickly found, and it was "lying" next to the stone steps of the patio on the north side of the Wubi Pavilion, apparently dropped by the owner's drunkenness.

Recovering the jade pendant, Baotian breathed a sigh of relief, and was just about to tell Zhao Zimai the good news, but when he turned around, he saw him and Sang standing at the door of a courtyard, looking inside.

"Childe."

Before he finished speaking, his mouth was pressed by Zhao Zimai's hand, and Baotian heard a sparse voice floating out of the courtyard, although it was only a few words, it was not difficult to guess the meaning.

"Zifu...... I came here last night and didn't go back...... A pool of blood was found in Yuyin Mountain House, as well as ...... A severed finger ......"

"Did you report the crime?"

"People from the government have already come, and they haven't found any clues."

"Zifu was on duty during the day yesterday, and in the middle of the night, what did he do in the pavilion?"

"I heard that something was left behind......

......

After walking out of the road for a while, Bao Tian exhaled, patted his chest and said, "Fortunately, I didn't come to look for the jade pendant last night, otherwise, this one who disappeared for no reason might be me." ”

Zhao Zimai ignored him, only stared at the group of koi in the fish pond that were reflected in the sunlight in a daze, and after a while, he said four words to Sang Dao, who was also watching the fish by the railing, "What do you think?" ”

"Bad luck is less," Sang threw a stone into the pool, and the koi fish scattered in fright, so it clapped its hands, turned around and stood against the railing, its two long legs overlapped, looking very relaxed, "I just don't know if his disappearance has something to do with those wild ghosts yesterday," it suddenly turned its head to look at Zhao Zimai, its eyes painted with a touch of fierceness, "Do we have to stretch out our hands to control everything?" In this way, when will I be able to return to the capital? ”

"Naturally not," Zhao Zimai sensed the anger in Sang's tone and hurriedly extinguished the fire, "Don't you still have dinner at the Wubi Pavilion tonight?" In your spare time, embroider a soul and ask a spirit, for you, the great immortal? Is it just a matter of a gesture? It's all a pastime after being full of wine and food. ”

After speaking, see that it still looks at itself coldly? So he changed his words with a sense of humor? "I'm just looking at Zifu's dexterity, it's a pity? If you're not happy, don't you have to worry about it? Let's get back to work early tomorrow morning. ”

Sang didn't answer? Because at this moment, two young men who ran the hall hurriedly walked in front of them, and the two were chatting so intently that they completely ignored the few people standing by the railing.

"I heard about the past few years? Someone is missing in the Infinite Pavilion? I don't know if it's true or fake? ”

"Really, let's just say that last year, Guo Si, who helped the cook, disappeared, according to the people in his room, Guo Si didn't come back after the night shift that day? But his things are still stored in the house, and it doesn't look like he has gone back to his hometown in the countryside. Later, people from the government came to check? It was also over, and the case was shelved. Counting further? It's Sister-in-law Li who does chores, do I still remember that day? She smashed a stack of dishes? Too scared to tell Aunt Rong? I didn't know that after that day, I didn't see her again......"

Zhao Zimai waited for the young man to continue to finish speaking, but he suddenly paused, opened his mouth and stammered for a long time before he muttered two words, "Aunt Rong." ”

Zhao Zimai looked forward, and then saw a person standing under the shade of the tree on the other side of the curved bridge, wearing a black-collared golden tuanhua brown robe, plus a light green trimmed coat, no ornaments in front of the placket, and a bun on his head, which was an ordinary woman's dress. The face is also unremarkable, with wide eyes and hanging eyes, the pupils are on top, and the typical lower three whites. Only the mouth is better, the lips are slightly thick, the corners of the lips are upturned, and there is a three-point joy when you don't smile.

Lin Songyao and his mother are not like him at all, Zhao Zimai thought to himself.

"Can hearsay be taken seriously? Don't see any more guests there? ”

Aunt Rong's voice was a little reproachful, but not harsh, but as soon as she spoke, a few gold teeth in her mouth were exposed, and they were dazzling by the sunlight.

The two young men were frightened and answered yes frequently, and then quickly slipped away. Aunt Rong then walked towards Zhao Zimai and the three of them, and after standing still, she looked at them left and right, and then smiled, "A little thing, after being passed on seven or eight times, it completely changed its appearance, which frightened a few people." It's better to do this, tonight's meal is mine, and it should be regarded as an apology to a few people. ”

***

Lin Songyao and his mother are really not like each other, and Aunt Rong's shrewdness has not been passed on to her son at all.

Aunt Rong wanted to invite him to dinner because she saw that Zhao Zimai's identity was extraordinary, but Lin Songyao took the initiative to help, but it was because he really wanted to help. In Lin Songyao's own words: A thousand daughters are easy to get, but a confidant is hard to find, although here, he replaced his confidant with a "red face".

But his own "red face" is inevitably a little more, Zhao Zimai can see that most of the maids who are waiting for them to eat and drink are Lin Songyao's confidants, and several women often get jealous over the trivial matter of pouring wine and vegetables, which makes him, a bystander, a little uncomfortable.

Lin Songyao saw his embarrassment, so he sent the maids down, and laughed self-deprecatingly, "It's not a good thing to have too many red faces, it's better to be like Brother Tai, only take one scoop of weak water for 3,000." ”

Zhao Zimai knew that he couldn't explain clearly, so he could only quickly change the topic, "Brother Xian hasn't married yet, why hasn't he lived with his mother?" ”

When he said this, he regretted it a little, because Lin Songyao's face sank suddenly, although he returned to normal in an instant, Zhao Zimai still found out.

"My mother knew that she scolded me for not being motivated, and always wanted me to inherit the family business, but I was not interested in doing business, so in order not to listen to her nagging, I set up another house to live alone, so how good, she is less angry, and I can hide quietly."

Zhao Zimai knew that his words were half-true and half-false, but he didn't want to get to the bottom of it, so he just followed him, "It's the same, you can fall freely like this." ”

"Have you seen my mother during the day?" Lin Songyao took a chopstick dish and put it in his mouth, "Didn't you tell her that you were going to come to me to steal the teacher, did you?" Otherwise, I guess I will be scolded by her until the New Year. ”

"Of course not," Zhao Zimai was amused by his humor, he felt that he didn't hate Lin Songyao at all, although he always didn't speak seriously, but under that bit of impropriety, there was no treachery, but it always gave people a simple and simple feeling, "I didn't even tell her that I knew you." ”

"Brother Tai is really smarter than I imagined," Lin Songyao said as he toasted Zhao Zimai with a glass of wine, "Don't worry, Master Lin won't come until later, by the way, don't get me wrong, although he has the same surname as me, he has no blood relationship with me, but then again, if I had his good skills, I don't know how much I would be scolded by my mother......"

He was halfway through his words, because he suddenly looked outside, and there seemed to be something outside the red gate.