"It's really getting hotter and hotter this day," Hongdou said while rushing to make the summer clothes in his hand, "Miss, let's remember to buy a few fans when we go down the mountain, and the ice will also be prepared." ”

Although no one paid attention to Zhuangzi, in previous years, under the care of the eldest lady, there was also ice in Qiao Ran's room, and what she lacked was never the care of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but the side.

As Qiao Ran's eldest girl, Hongdou doesn't know the price of ice, but she has always thought that ice is a must for her own young lady, and the sweaty same group of mothers-in-law are in the shade under the tree, which is not something her young lady can do.

After watering and hoeing the flowers and plants in the yard, Qiao Shu returned to the stool in the house and sat down, and casually opened the book that Qiao Ran put on the table and looked through it.

As long as Miss Qiao is not reading a book, he can read it.

Ah Sheng didn't like to read, so he practiced handstand in the corner of the house: it is said that this is what the master does every day.

Qiao Ran hummed at Hongdou's suggestion, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard someone outside shouting "Miss Qiao".

This voice is too familiar, and Hongdou's eyelids rolled: "As soon as I heard it, I knew that it was Tang Zhongyuan, who came to my young lady again." As he spoke, he was about to put down the summer clothes he had made and go out.

Qiao Ran waved her hand to stop her, and said, "Hongdou, you continue to do your thing, I'll go out and have a look." ”

"It's all about the government, so what Mr. Huang was killed by those two bad things of the Fang family, why is it not sentenced?" Red Bean snorted puzzled, "It's dead." ”

Qiao Shu, who was flipping through the book, glanced up at her: If only it were so simple. I'm afraid that there are other reasons for Mr. Huang's death, looking at Miss Qiao's expression, she didn't look like the two in prison as murderers. And the people from the government came again, Qiao Shu subconsciously looked out the window, several officials surrounded Miss Qiao, although it was far away, he couldn't hear it, but looking at the expressions on the faces of those officials, it seemed that something had happened.

"I found Mr. Yu Mufeng." Tang Zhongyuan said.

Qiao Ran didn't miss the look on his face: "But dead?" ”

Tang Zhongyuan nodded.

Qiao Ran sighed with emotion: "That's really what Master Zhen said, he said that he was going to die again, but he didn't think ......about it."

"It's not one, it's two." Tang Zhongyuan stretched out two fingers and said, "That...... Zhao Wen was also with Yu Mufeng......" he said, his eyes subconsciously looking into the room, "dead." ”

The boy in the room looked out the window as if he was bored.

Qiao Shu's biological father, died.

Qiao Ran raised her eyebrows, as if she was also a little surprised by this matter.

"Speaking of which, I would like to thank Master Qiao for the heavy reward, it was someone who found the bodies of Zhao Wen and Yu Mufeng, and on the one hand sent someone to receive the reward, on the other hand, I was afraid that Master Qiao would not keep his word and report to the official, and I almost arrived at the scene with Master Qiao." Tang Zhongyuan said, "The two people died on a small road ten miles outside the city, and they were found by a vegetable farmer who got up early. ”

"How did you die?" Qiao Ran was silent for a moment and asked.

Tang Zhongyuan said: "Zhao Wen was tied with hemp rope all over his body, and he was killed with a sword, that sword was Yu Mufeng's sword, and Yu Mufeng also died under this sword," Tang Zhongyuan compared his neck and said, "It looks like he committed suicide, and those gold and silver are all around him." ”

With so much gold and silver treasure, it would be false to say that you are not tempted. The reason why vegetable farmers do not move is not only because of simplicity, but also for other reasons. Wanted notices were posted all over the city, and he recognized Yu Mufeng's face at a glance. In this way, the property related to the important suspect is naturally immovable. Besides, there was a person who died next to this suspect, and the one who died was the richest man in Jinling, Master Qiao, who offered a heavy reward, and there were 10,000 taels of silver that would not happen if he took it. It also saves them a lot of trouble.

I'm really afraid of something, if Yu Mufeng hadn't died, maybe there was such a slight possibility, it was Yu Mufeng who committed the serial murder; But now that Yu Mufeng is dead, it seems that their previous guess is more confirmed, the real murderer is still at large, and Yu Mufeng is just a scapegoat.

"My lord asked me to take you over," Tang Zhongyuan paused as he said and asked Qiao Ran, "Is Miss Qiao going over by herself or ......?"

Qiao Ran glanced at him, obviously understanding the meaning of Tang Zhongyuan's words. She was silent for a moment and said, "I'll go with Qiao Shu." ”

And Ah Sheng, as a "master" of protecting Miss's safety, naturally has to go together.

"Take him or not slaves?" Hongdou, who was rushing to make summer clothes, learned of Qiao Ran's decision, and the expression on his face was sad as if the sky had fallen, and after a while, he cried and hugged Qiao Ran's sleeve: "Miss, don't you like slaves?" Do you think slaves eat too much? Slaves and maids will eat less in the future. ”

"Still don't like slaves talking too much? In the future, slaves and maids will not talk nonsense, Miss, Miss doesn't want slaves? ”

Defending his identity as the "No. 1 girl" so firmly, Qiao Shu was silent for a moment and said, "Then I won't go." ”

"There you go." Qiao Ran's voice was faint, but the insistence in her tone made the room quiet, she turned her head to look at the red beans with her face twisted together, and said, "It's more important to stay here, I'm going to see Lord Zhen, and nothing will happen." But if Pei Gongzi or someone next to him comes up to me to look for me, you still want red beans to go around from it. ”

"This is very important, I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others." Qiao Ran patted Hongdou's shoulder and said soothingly.

This sentence came out of Qiao Ran's mouth, and as far as Hongdou was concerned, it was different from others. It turns out that the young lady values herself and entrusts herself with important responsibilities! Hongdou suddenly, sniffed, and replied seriously: "Miss don't worry, this matter is on the slave." ”

It's so coaxing! Walking outside, Qiao Shu couldn't help but glance at Qiao Ran a few times: It's like coaxing a child, of course, Hongdou itself is as easy to coax as a half-grown child.

"Miss Qiao, you are so smart, why did you choose such a girl?" Qiao Shu finally asked these questions that had been bothering him for a long time.

Originally, it was thought that people were divided into groups and things were gathered by likeness. But when he really saw Miss Qiao, he realized that something was wrong. This Miss Qiao is so smart, but the girl next to her is not at all smart. He doesn't hate red beans, but he still has some likes for red beans, red beans are hard and soft-hearted, and he never skips half a point when he should take care of himself.

It's just that it's not uncommon for a well-organized girl to take care of the master's life like this, don't say how smart she is, smarter than red beans can be seen almost everywhere, why did Miss Qiao choose red beans?

"The people around are all smart," Qiao Ran said, countless figures flashed in his mind, Zhang Jie, Pei Xizhi, Li Zhao, Xu Hexiu, Xie Chengze, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't count, "It's rare to meet a person who is not very smart, so naturally you have to stay." ”

This answer made Qiao Shu stunned when he heard it.

After saying this answer, Qiao Ran smiled and said, "That's just one of the reasons, and more importantly, I kept the red beans to remind myself." ”

This body was born without harming others, but it was named the "broom star", so that from childhood to adulthood, he could only grow up alone on the Zhuangzi. Red Beans are not much different from her age, and from Red Beans, she can see what a child who has grown up like this since childhood. Maybe the original owner has a cowardly personality and may not show these faults for a while. But if she didn't intervene sideways, over time, the original owner's problems would eventually appear in front of people.

If you make mistakes all the time and don't know the world, it's no wonder that such a child will be liked.

But people are born with a blank slate, but no one teaches them.

If you let Hongdou be taught, even if you are limited by talent, you may not be smart, but at least you will be a girl who knows etiquette and taste, and will not be questioned a lot.

She is a chess piece, a chess piece of other people's conspiracy and conspiracy, those who play games will not care about the idea of a chess piece, let alone what a chess piece looks like, and they don't need her to be smart and knowledgeable. If she were a puppet without a mind of her own, those people would obviously be happier.

He is the chess player, I am the chess piece, and she doesn't know who the chess player is now, this is her current situation.