Because he attended the palace banquet as an official, he naturally wore the official robe of Dali Temple.

Hongdou frowned at the dress in the suitcase: Miss really can't wear any good-looking clothes all year round, but such a good-looking young lady can't wear beautiful clothes, so she really has no place to show her Hongdou's skillful hands.

When she was still in a daze, the girl had already tied her hair in a bun, and when she saw that she was wearing the official hat of the Dali Temple official, Hongdou sighed and had to do it.

"Would you like to eat something before leaving?" When she went out, Hongdou was still a little worried, although her uncle was in the palace, she was still afraid that her young lady would be hungry.

"What to eat, keep your stomach and wait until the palace to eat!" Xu Hejiao, who had just entered the door, heard this sentence and opened his mouth.

Hongdou turned his head to look at him, Xu He walked into the house with a familiar self, poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all, then looked around and said, "It's not bad." ”

Window flowers and lanterns are readily available, and although the yard is small, the atmosphere of this New Year is very strong.

"Let's go!" The girl straightened her official hat and called him, turned her head and told them again, "You don't have to wait for me for dinner at night, and you don't have to stay at the door." ”

The Chinese New Year's Eve Palace banquet was eaten until midnight, and when the child was over, the sacrifice ceremony of the Yin and Yang Division began, so it was estimated that she would not be able to return home until early tomorrow morning.

Hongdou answered, and called Xu Hexiu, who turned around and wanted to leave: "On the way, you remember to take care of my young lady, and it has nothing to do with you when you enter the palace, just leave it to your uncle to take care of." ”

Xu Hexiu twitched the corners of his mouth: So, is he an accompanying guard?

Of course, this is just a slander, the carriage of Dali Temple stopped at the mouth of the alley, and Zhen Shiyuan, who was rarely willful, rode on a high-headed horse, which was quite a bit of high-spiritedness.

Xu Hexiu watched Qiao Ran get into the carriage with the stove and reluctantly turned over on the horse.

It's a strange cold day, he wanted to nest in the carriage, God knows that this Shangfeng actually wants to ride a horse, he rides a horse, how can he be embarrassed to take the carriage? Although Da Chu's men and women are not so strict, but if he and Lord Qiao are nested in the carriage together, not to mention that they will be said to be young and not as old as Lord Zhen, just say that he is nested in the carriage with Lord Qiao? It is estimated that Xie Zhi will be beaten when he hears it.

It's hard enough to be a man! Xu Hexiu sighed: Sometimes he has the idea that it is better to be a girl? Of course, this idea is just a thought, but it is not necessary.

Behind her, the girl holding the stove in the carriage leaned against the wall of the carriage and pretended to sleep. Chinese New Year's Eve Palace Banquet with Sacrifice Ceremony? Can't sleep all night tonight? In this case, if you don't take advantage of this time to catch up on sleep, when will you make up for it?

Carriage dangling? Qiao Ran slept all the way, and was only woken up and got out of the carriage until he reached the gate of the imperial city? Zhen Shiyuan and Xu Hexiu, who had been in high spirits all the way, were shivering and beckoned to her? "Gone." ”

Then he showed his identity and waist card to enter the palace.

They didn't come too late, there are not many people in the Imperial City Palace, and Zhen Shiyuan, who is familiar with him and has a good relationship, will also step forward and say a few words? Walking and chatting all the way, I quickly entered the palace? The lanterns spread out on both sides of the palace road also made the solemn imperial city at this time a little more orange and yellow.

The banquet had been set up, but it was not yet time to take a seat, so everyone was chatting in the open space beside them.

After the three of them glared at each other for a moment, Zhen Shiyuan spoke: "You guys are talking, why don't you speak?" ”

Qiao Ran and Xu Hexiu didn't make a sound? After a moment of silence, Qiao Ran said, "Can you see it every day?" At this point, I really don't know what to say. ”

That's right! Zhen Shiyuan thinks this deeply: he can see the old faces of these subordinates every day, and he is tired of not wanting to speak.

At this point? Xu Hexiu thought for a while and said, "Then why don't you talk about the case I'm investigating?" I found out that the murderer who did it may be a killer who is still a few famous in the rivers and lakes? An adult issued a wanted warrant for the Yamen of Dali Temple? My case is closed. ”

As soon as these words came out, Qiao Ran and Zhen Shiyuan were silent in unison: It is reasonable that this case will end in this way for the time being.

Looking silly and silly, Xu Hexiu is not really stupid, this is probably the result of his choice after careful consideration.

Yes, after being silent for a moment, Zhen Shiyuan said: "It's okay, you can write the case file and hand it over to the official." ”

Xu Hexiu responded, lowered his eyes, and seemed to be a little uncomfortable, probably knowing that this case was not so simple behind it, and he had to end it in such a way.

The scene fell silent again.

After a while, Qiao Ran opened her mouth and asked Zhen Shiyuan: "Will Pingzhuang come after the New Year?" ”

Since the day of the New Year's banquet of Dali Temple, she has not seen Pingzhuang come to Dali Temple Yamen to report. I asked the little official, and the little official said that Pingzhuang was on leave.

It's been too long since I've been telling the truth!

"I don't know." After Zhen Shiyuan was silent, his eyes skimmed over her and looked behind her, "If you really want to ask, Zhou Shilin is here, you go and ask him!" ”

Qiao Ran turned around and looked at Zhou Shilin, who was surrounded by several generals and walked towards this side with his hands behind his back.

She walked over without thinking about it, and then stopped not far from Zhou Shilin and looked at him.

Zhou Shilin, who was talking to a few colleagues, caught a glimpse of the girl who was looking at him with a smile not far away, and his eyelids jumped: I don't know why, every time I see her, it makes him feel a sense of horror.

However, he doesn't seem to have done anything recently, after all, after coming back from Shanxi Road, the weather is cold, and he is a big man who is also afraid of cold and trouble.

I really don't know how these women are so cold-resistant? In the winter, I am not afraid of freezing and panicking, Zhen Zhou Shilin said in his heart.

In addition to these, he didn't do anything, so he shouldn't have anything to do with Dali Temple!

After recalling again and again that he hadn't done anything out of the ordinary in recent times, Zhou Shilin turned his head and looked behind him: Maybe she was looking at others!

Behind him were a few old men who were older than him and had poor appearances, a few book repairers from the Hanlin Academy, who didn't come out to see people every day, if it weren't for the official robes on his body, he wouldn't have recognized these people at all.

Is this what she's looking at? Zhou Shilin thought about it, and glanced at the girl who was standing with a smile again from the corner of his eye, the girl still looked at him with a smile as before, and when he looked up, he opened his mouth and made a lip shape.

Zhou Shilin's face changed suddenly, and she was almost immediately sure that she was looking for herself. No wonder my eyelids kept jumping when I woke up this morning, I was afraid that something was going to happen.

Pingzhuang. She said the word "Pingzhuang".

Pingzhuang, Zhou Shilin no longer had the heart to greet his colleagues at this time, so he couldn't wait to step over and pull her aside to ask what was going on.

After the girl said those two words, she smiled at Zhou Shilin, who was obviously a little anxious on her face, and walked to the corner and sat down.

At this time, it was not her who was in a hurry, it was Zhou Shilin who was in a hurry.

Sure enough, without letting her wait long, Zhou Shilin, who was anxious, waved goodbye to his colleagues, hurriedly walked over, and glanced at her hurriedly.

The girl stood up slowly, nodded at him, and said "Great Guardian".

Is it time to be polite? Zhou Shilin ignored her polite salutation, and lowered his voice when he opened his mouth: "You come with me." ”

Qiao Ran nodded, got up and followed.

There were a lot of people in this open space, and it was only after looking for a while that Zhou Shilin found a corner where no one was around.

The girl didn't urge from beginning to end, just followed unhurriedly.

Looking at this bare branch, Zhou Shilin finally stopped, turned around and asked her anxiously: "You just said Pingzhuang, but what happened to that kid in Pingzhuang?" ”

The girl glanced at him lightly and said, "I haven't seen Pingzhuang for several days." ”

This is the truth, she really hasn't seen Pingzhuang for many days, as for whether Zhou Shilin will think of anything because of this, it depends on Zhou Shilin.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Zhou Shilin's face changed suddenly, and he almost subconsciously exclaimed: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" After a pause, without waiting for her to speak, he pointed to her nose and asked, "The official of Dali Temple is missing, and you will ignore the Dali Temple that is investigating the case?" ”

In a hurry, his voice couldn't help but be a little louder, so that the two maids who passed by here with tea couldn't help but look back here.

Qiao Ran squinted her eyes, still looking unhurried: "He took leave before he came, how should we take care of Dali Temple?" Do you still have to meddle with people's affairs? ”

Zhou Shilin was choked by her words.

The girl raised her chin and looked at him with a smile: "Grand Governor, I just said that I haven't seen Pingzhuang for a few days, why do you think something is wrong with him?" ”

Zhou Shilin's expression stiffened slightly.

Looking at his unpredictable face, the girl was not in a hurry, and then said: "Great Governor, what are you doing by arranging Pingzhuang to me for no reason?" ”

After saying this, the girl did not speak again, obviously waiting for his response.

Zhou Shilin seemed to be a little embarrassed, and couldn't help coughing when he heard the words, and then his eyes wandered and said: "Didn't you just see Lord Qiao on Shanxi Road that you are quite capable, so I deliberately brought the juniors in the clan into your Dali Temple to learn from you!" Eh, I heard that Master Qiao was promoted this time, so I knew that I had a good eye, and he would definitely achieve something in the future if he followed you. ”

After saying this, Zhou Shilin looked back at the girl, and did not avoid the girl's eyes at all. is so old, and his cheeks have already been cultivated, how can he show his feet because of such a trivial matter?

The girl looked back at him calmly and did not say anything.

I don't know how long after looking at each other like this, Zhou Shilin finally took a step back: he hadn't seen such a look for a long time, and when she was on Shanxi Road, she was like this whenever she disagreed.

Thinking like this, the girl did it manually, and Zhou Shilin blurted out almost subconsciously: "Okay, okay, isn't it that Pingzhuang has something that I want to find out the truth, I think that you are the most powerful at investigating the case, he will learn from you, maybe he will investigate." ”

The girl's hand was lowered, and there was an oh sound.

Zhou Shilin said in his heart: I didn't know what she wanted to do when she made a move, but he was instinctively startled, and he could ask for a while.

However, the girl didn't give him a chance to ask at this time, because she finally asked: "Who is Pingzhuang and what is his surname?" ”

Zhang Xie had already told her this answer, but it was still different from Zhou Shilin's mouth.

"Pingzhuang...... Pingzhuang is the junior in my clan! Zhou Shilin rolled his eyelids and didn't look at her.

The girl didn't respond.

Another quiet confrontation made Zhou Shilin finally sigh helplessly, and said, "That's it, since you want to ask, I'll tell you!" Pingzhuang's surname is Cui, and he is a side branch of the Cui family, but his parents are long gone, and he didn't grow up in the capital, and he just has a surname, and he has nothing to do with those people who are in power in the Cui family, you can rest assured. ”

"That's right!" The girl nodded and spoke again, "The Great Governor is really amazing, the children of the Cui family are actually juniors in the Zhou family, they are amazing!" ”

Zhou Shilin couldn't hear the girl's counterwords, and said cheekily "It's okay" when he heard the words.

He concealed this matter first, and the little girl's temper was still quite big, so let her lose her temper.

The girl paused and asked him, "Are you worried about Pingzhuang, but because of Princess Zhenzhen's entry into Beijing?" ”

actually even knew about the real princess, Zhou Shilin's face froze: I don't know how she knew, could it be that this stupid boy in Pingzhuang was tricked by herself!

But since she already knew, it was no fun to hide it at this time, so Zhou Shilin nodded happily and said, "His sister and brother-in-law died unexplained, and his brother-in-law's father is my brother who was born and died together, so I can't help but take care of it, right?" ”

Those who practice martial arts are still righteous within the scope of their ability.

The girl looked at him for a moment, and then suddenly said, "How is the Great Inspector going to take care of him?" What should he do when he finds out that Princess Zhen is the real murderer of his sister and brother-in-law? ”

Zhou Shilin coughed and said, "Naturally, it will be handed over to Dali Temple......

"The Grand Overseer." Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the girl interrupted him, and then said lightly, "Ming people don't say dark words, you are not a fool, and neither am I." Princess Zhenzhen was sent out of Chang'an by His Majesty two years ago, but being able to return to Beijing at this time obviously gave His Majesty a reason to have to let her return to Beijing. Even Your Majesty has to have some scruples, let alone my Dali Temple? is to find out what she really did, can my Dali Temple really sentence her to death? ”

Zhou Shilin choked.

Before he could speak, the girl pointed to the place where the officials had gathered, and said, "My Lord Zhen of Dali Temple is there, do you want to ask if he can do it?" ”

In response to the girl's successive questions, Zhou Shilin had to say: "Then it won't be handed over to Dali Temple......"

"If you don't hand it over to Dali Temple, how are you going to deal with Princess Zhenzhen?" The girl asked him quietly, "The Great Governor is not an ordinary person, and his means are different from ordinary people!" ”

Pingzhuang's revenge alone is different from the trouble caused by Zhou Shilin's intervention in this matter.