Today's courtyard is particularly lively, Qiao Ran is holding a rice bowl and eating, but there is a noisy voice outside the door.

"Pei Qingqing, don't hold it and play with it, it's dirty, you have to help it take a bath first." Red Bean came over with a wooden basin full of water.

"Can you see that it's good-looking?" Although Pei Qingqing, who was holding Xiaobai, was disgusted, he still refused to let go.

Xiaobai meowed twice and seemed to be very dissatisfied with this, but there was no way, it was a cat that jumped high and had the advantage of two more legs than a person and ran fast, but in front of Pei Qingqing, who could also run and jump, he was still defeated.

Qiao Shu and the mother and daughter of the Fang family, who were tearing chicken and preparing fish on the side, also looked at Xiaobai in Pei Qingqing's arms from time to time.

A cat bathes, and many people help each other.

Outside the courtyard gate, Qiao Ran sighed: Sure enough, there are still a lot of cat slaves in this world.

Tang Zhongyuan, who woke up after a day's rest, also stood for a moment when he passed by the beautiful cat bathing scene in the courtyard, but obviously he was not a cat slave, so he only looked at it for a while and walked into the house, called "Miss Qiao" and sat down on the chair.

A few people in the courtyard who were holding cats for bathing had already eaten, and only he and Miss Qiao hadn't eaten yet.

Qiao Ran responded with a smile, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and was about to get up, but she heard Tang Zhongyuan ask her, "Miss Qiao, is the case going well?" But is there anything else you'd like to ask? ”

He knew that the girl in front of him was working on the Lishan case right now, but fortunately, although he didn't know much, he was also an official who participated in the process of the Lishan case, and he found the bow and arrow that almost convicted Xue Huai at that time.

I had already asked Tang Zhongyuan once yesterday, Qiao Ran thought about it, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing for the time being." ”

Tang Zhongyuan just hummed, lowered his head and pulled two mouthfuls of rice, the girl opposite had already gotten up at this time, but he only took two steps but suddenly stopped, turned around and said: "I thought about it, Tang Zhongyuan, you can follow me for the next few days, I will go to the yamen early tomorrow morning and I will talk to Lord Zhen." ”

Tang Zhongyuan hurriedly responded: There is no difference between doing things for Miss Qiao and doing things for Lord Zhen. Thinking that the biggest amount of errand money he received when he grew up to such a big age, it was earned when he ran errands for Miss Qiao when he was in Jinling and went to Gusu to find witnesses to prove the death of the second elder of the Qiao family. Now it's still hidden in his hands and he doesn't dare to spend it!

It's a pity that even Miss Qiao came to Chang'an, and she was also very poor. There's no way, it's not easy to live in Chang'an! He touched his close-fitting money bag, and he didn't know how long it would take to save enough money to buy a house, and the matter of marrying a daughter-in-law had not yet been settled!

Tang Zhongyuan was a little worried.

The children of the powerful who were born to eat and drink are in the mood for the wind and snow, but the worries of small people like them are firewood, rice, oil, salt, and hot kang heads for their wives and children.

Taking a bite of food, he sighed faintly, but his eyes involuntarily glanced out the door.

Needless to say, Miss Qiao and Zhang Tianshi's family are a pair made in heaven; Pei Qingqing is still a child, let alone care; The remaining Second Mrs. Fang has a husband and wife, and she can be his mother, of course not; Miss Fang Er, there is really nothing to say, no, no, no; The rest of Qiao Shu is a man, so that's even worse.

He took a bite of food, and swept over the red beans that were bathing according to the cat: This is the most unlikely, a fool would marry such a stupid girl with a big temper!

……

Early the next morning, after going to the Yamen of Dali Temple to report, Qiao Ran took Tang Zhongyuan to the Chang'an Mansion.

Because he went early, Yin He Taiping of Chang'an Mansion was still in the yamen and did not go out.

Listening to her explanation, He Taiping was a little surprised.

"You're going to borrow the files of the arson in the city for the past few years?"

Qiao Ran nodded and said, "Yes, it was arson." ”

He Taiping glanced at the "Ru Zhen Coming" in front of his eyes, and said in his heart, You have taken out this thing, what else is there to say?

So he opened his mouth on the spot and called his henchmen: "Lu'an, go to the treasury and get the file." ”

After the henchman left, Qiao Ran said to Tang Zhongyuan: "You go outside and wait for me." ”

Tang Zhongyuan knew that she was going to talk to He Taiping alone, and hurriedly retreated to the door.

He Taiping raised his eyebrows in surprise, and only after Tang Zhongyuan stepped back did he ask her: "Master Qiao retreated, but there is something to ask?" ”

The girl smiled: "Sure enough, I can't hide Lord He's discernment." ”

Suddenly retreated left and right, and the fool also knew that there was something important to discuss, what does this have to do with discernment? He Taiping slandered in his heart, but his face was full of usefulness, and he coughed and said: "If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly, this official must know everything and say everything." ”

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but glance at the piece of "Ru I Came in person" that had not yet been taken back.

Although the other party said that he was polite when he came to the door, in fact, he hid a knife in the middle, which must not be taken lightly.

Qiao Ran smiled and opened her mouth to explain her intentions: "Two years ago, there was a fire in a house in Baqiao Lane, and the dead were a couple and an old servant who opened a small food shop from the countryside. ”

He Taiping said: "I really don't have any impression when you say this, why don't you wait for the file to come, take a look, maybe you can remember something." "He is not a person who is gifted and unforgettable, and he never stops all day long, so how can he remember everything?

Qiao Ran said: "That case is a bit special, the husband and wife in that house have a daughter who was abducted when she was young, and then found it back, but found that her daughter has become a slave of the family of Lord Jiuyu of the country's sacrifice, and this matter was also taken over by Lord He, I don't know if the adult has any impression?" ”

If it was just a fire in the house, He Taiping might not remember it, but if the person involved had only come to Yamen not long ago to report the case of recovering the abducted only daughter, He Taiping should have some impressions, not to mention, this matter also involved Lord Jiuyu, the son of the country.

Sure enough, as soon as the words came out, He Taiping's eyebrows twisted, obviously remembering the case a little.

Qiao Ran, who had been paying attention to He Taiping's reaction, smiled, and then reminded him: "Before their house caught fire, the girl who returned to her parents drowned a few months ago, do you have any impressions?" ”

A series of bad luck came to a family, even if it was really an accident, it was enough to leave a deep impression on He Taiping.

Sure enough, when He Taiping heard this, he spoke: "Is the girl who was abducted a woman disguised as a man and pretended to be a scholar next to Lord Yu's nephew?" ”

Qiao Ran nodded, picked up the tea cup on the table, touched the magnetic lid lightly, and said, "Yes, that nephew is Yu Shihuan, who was trapped in the Lishan case before." ”

He Taiping's face immediately froze.

Even if the Chang'an Mansion is not a place like Dali Temple that specializes in managing all kinds of difficult cases, many years of experience as a parent official tell him that so many coincidences are not a good thing.

What's more, she still insisted on coming "as if I came in person", thinking that she had solved the matter of Shanxi Road, He Taiping suddenly realized: he probably knew why she came.

As soon as he thought about this, He Taiping didn't sell Guan Zi anymore, and said bluntly: "I have some impressions of what you said, but the girl drowned, and her parents did not come to the yamen to report the case, and if they did not report the case, it was naturally just an ordinary accidental drowning." "Regardless of the truth, if there is no report, this matter can only be dealt with like this.

He is a parent official, and he can't just stare at other people's parents to report the crime because he thinks the coincidence is suspicious! After all, there are so many people in Chang'an, how can he have the time to keep an eye on everyone?

"As for arson, it has also been investigated, and it happened in the middle of the night, and the people did not see any suspicious people." After she reminded him, he was quite impressed by this case, He Taiping paused, and said, "At that time, it was the Lantern Festival, and according to the neighborhood Lingju Road, I saw that the couple brought a few lamps back, and later found that the cause of the fire was those lights. It is presumed that it was blown to the ground by the night wind in the middle of the night, and the blankets in the house were collected from Hu Shang, and when the blankets touched the slightest spark, they immediately burned. The main house in the middle of the fire started again, and by the time the fire spread to the side and the neighbors noticed that something was wrong, it was too late. ”

The girl's willow eyebrows frowned slightly and did not speak.

He Taiping thought for a while, and then said: "My autopsy was still done at that time, and it was proved that the deceased was choked by the fire and suffocated, and there were no injuries on the skin of the body. ”

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that these people were addicted to drugs in advance, but no traces of drugs were found at the scene, so the matter was closed.

As he spoke, his henchman named Lu'an had already taken the file.

Qiao Ran took the file and thanked him, then opened it and flipped it up.

"Because the case was not filed, the results of the autopsy that were made at that time were not recorded." He Taiping walked over and looked at the records at that time, although he was not afraid of her questioning, he still couldn't help but explain, "What is recorded on it is just the name of the owner of the house, where it came from." ”

Whether it is the local people in Chang'an or from other towns, it must be reported to the government office, in case the relatives who come out one day in the future cannot find anyone or something.

Therefore, although it is arson, in addition to a rough record of the cause of arson, it is the information of the foreign couple.

Qiao Ran looked at it for a moment, then suddenly pointed to one of them and said, "Their snack shop was originally opened here?" ”

He Taiping followed her direction, paused, and said, "Yes, it's on the street not far from Dali Temple, and you should be able to pass by every day when you go to the yamen." Although it is not as prosperous as Huangtiandao, snacks are not expensive, so business was good in the past. ”

Qiao Ran said: "There is another snack shop in this location now. "Coincidentally, it's the newly opened one that Feng Qizuo likes to eat.

When He Taiping heard this, he was stunned for a moment, but said in his mouth: "It's a coincidence!" ”

There were a lot of shops on that street, and the government could not intervene in what the business was going to do, so it was not uncommon for the next tenant to change to a food shop in a cloth village today.

Qiao Ran closed her eyes, and when she opened her eyes again, her eyes were clear: "I remember that the location of that snack shop was always vacant before, and I was still rented from the left and right shops to store sundries, and it wasn't until not long ago that a new snack shop was opened. ”

He Taiping looked at her for a moment, and suddenly raised his voice: "Lu'an! ”

Lu'an, who was watching Tang Zhongyuan outside without saying a word, walked in.

"Go and get the booklets from the shops on Ming Gong Street." He Taiping said.

Lu'an left in response.

Qiao Ran looked at the few pens on the file, was silent for a moment, and suddenly fell on a basket covered with floral cloth on the table in front of her, and she asked, "Lord He, what is in this basket?" Which of the people sent it? ”

said that the case suddenly came to such a sentence.

He Taiping's heart jumped, afraid that she would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained: "It's just a basket of eggs, a few cows were lost in Linshui Village outside the city before, and after I helped find them, the village chief sent someone to send them." This is not a bribe, I asked someone to return the thanks. ”

Think about the price of a box of cakes that is more expensive than a basket of eggs.

Which of the real bribes will be upside down? It's just him, He Taiping's face is a little complicated.

Qiao Ran snorted, rolled her eyes, and said, "You found the abducted daughter for that couple, and asked Lord Yu to come forward and release the girl's free body, didn't the couple send an egg or something to thank you?" ”

He Taiping was stunned, rolled his eyelids and thought for a moment, and said, "What they sent was not eggs, but walnut cakes." It's not a snack business, those soups and water are inconvenient to send, and soon after they are put away, they send walnut crisps. ”

The girl's willow eyebrows raised slightly: "Do adults think walnut crisp is delicious?" ”

He Taiping glanced at her and said, "I don't know, but it should taste good!" When I went back after two busy days, the walnut cake had been eaten by my wife, and I went to buy it a few times after hearing about it. "But he didn't eat it once.

The girl blinked, as if thinking about something, and did not speak for a while.

After waiting for a while, Lu'an's file was brought over, Qiao Ran took the file and thanked him, and then flipped it up.

"What do you want to see this time?" He Taiping didn't move away, and followed her to watch, "Do you want to see that shop?" What's wrong with that shop? ”

The girl flipped through the book very quickly, and the questioning had already turned to the page she wanted to read.

After listening to him, she pointed to the page on the booklet and said, "I can't say the problem, but you can see that the title deed of this shop has only been changed once from two years ago to now, and there is no lease deed registered on the record." ”

In other words, if it is not the future registration of the shop, then the shop has only changed hands once in the past two years.

Although it is normal for people to buy and sell themselves without being recorded, it is ...... Qiao Ran looked at He Taiping, "I remember that the officials under Master He are very diligent, and on the streets where there are several yamen such as Mingluo Street, the officials should check it every month!" ”

People are inert, and although there are a large number of officials at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and their registration records are far more detailed than in other places, there are still differences.

For example, on the streets lined with yamen such as Huang Tiandao and Mingluo Street, in case colleagues wear small shoes, the official errand has always been the most diligent, and after she came to the capital, I don't know how many times she has seen the official errand for verification.

"I'm still going to find someone to ask." He Taiping said busily, but he still couldn't help but add, "This change record shouldn't be a big problem, otherwise these officials under me are lazy." ”

"That's weird." Qiao Ran said, pointing to the record of the change of the title deed, "If there is no problem with the change record, I just saw that the fire in Baqiao Lane occurred during the Lantern Festival two years ago, but the change of the title deed was in Laba the year before." ”

In other words, the couple sold the shop before the accident.

It's not that there are mountains of gold and silver at home, and the couple can live in Chang'an by virtue of the shop and the skill of making snacks, which is the basis for survival, how could they suddenly sell the shop before the accident?

This is clearly unconscionable.

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