Pingzhuang, who "doesn't know the blessing in the blessing", still refused and brushed Xiaohua's kindness and squeezed out of the crowd.

This group of colleagues is good at everything, but it's not good to love to mix blindly! Pingzhuang, who had squeezed out the crowd, breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the west of the city.

Just before walking to the place of Apricot Lane, he finally couldn't help it, stopped, turned to Xiaohua not far behind him and said, "What are you doing with me?" ”

Xiaohua pinched her braid and pursed her lips and snickered: "Brother Ping, I'm going home, I live in Apricot Lane!" ”

Pingzhuang's face froze: it was only at this point that he realized that something was wrong.

That Master Qiao asked him to come out to buy roast chicken and walnut crisp, in view of Xiaohua's actions of picking sons-in-law everywhere, he was born with such a jade tree in the wind, and he must be regarded as a fast son-in-law of Chenglong.

Therefore, Xiaohua will be close to him, and it is inevitable that she will even invite him to sit at home.

If he is willing to sacrifice his beauty in order to investigate the case, he will inevitably come to Apricot Lane with Xiaohua, after all, Xiaohua's family lives in Apricot Lane. If he refuses, he will go to Apricot Lane alone to investigate the case according to the request of Master Qiao, and see Xiaohua's "obsession" with him, he will definitely follow him, and when he sees him coming to Apricot Lane, he will definitely use an excuse to go home.

So, it seems that no matter what he chooses, the result is that he and Xiaohua go to Apricot Lane together.

It was good to say before, let him choose, is there still a choice?

is really a treacherous and cunning "woman", how old is this, and how can she grow up? Pingzhuang's face was a little ugly, this was expected, no matter what he did, the ending would be the same.

Pingzhuang, who knew that he had been tricked, wanted to go back at this time, so he sighed helplessly, rubbed his eyebrows, and said to Xiaohua: "I have something to do." ”

"What is Brother Ping going to do?" Xiaohua asked with a smile. It just so happened that at this time, a few well-born powerful children passed by, and Xiaohua's eyes were naturally not idle, talking to him while glancing at the powerful children on the horses.

This move made a cold sweat break out: the appetite of this little flower is quite big!

There are many beautiful people in the world, there are men and beautiful women, and naturally there are women who are beautiful and beautiful. This little flower is estimated to be a leader.

If this really has something to do with her, then what's the deal?

So Pingzhuang turned around and walked into Apricot Lane with a straight face: "Check someone!" ”

Xiaohua behind him hurriedly followed, squeezed his eyes and smiled: "Brother Ping is checking who!" I grew up in Apricot Lane, so I'm familiar with the people here. ”

Pingzhuang didn't want to deal with her, but as soon as he stepped into Apricot Alley, he suddenly made a mistake in the empty alley. At this time, in the afternoon, it is the time when the people are working, and there are almost no people left at home, and it is quite difficult to find someone to ask for a while.

At this time, it seems that only this little flower can ask.

Pingzhuang struggled for a while, and had to stop, and said, "I'm looking for a cook named Hu Yuanzi, and I don't know where I live." ”

Before the clinker words came out, Xiaohua snorted coldly and said angrily: "You are looking for that bastard with no conscience!" He hadn't been home for months, and he didn't know what he had done. After a pause, he said, "Brother Ping, you said earlier, if you want to find that bastard, I'll take you to his house to have a look!" ”

It's okay to be like this, I was originally going to climb over the wall, but this woman actually has the key to Hu Yuanzi's house? Can't you get acquainted with Hu Yuanzi? Pingzhuang was a little stunned.

He boasted that after being "taught" by that Lord Qiao, he had mastered the interrogation skills of Dali Temple, and couldn't help but seriously look at the little flower in front of him.

At this glance at the clinker, Xiaohua smiled shyly at him and said, "Brother Ping always looks at others, which makes people embarrassed." ”

Pingzhuang moved his gaze to the side expressionlessly: Isn't Dali Temple a serious yamen? He has walked the rivers and lakes for so many years and has never encountered such an improper "business".

Fortunately, Xiaohua's house is not far from the alley, and the two arrived soon.

"This is my home." Xiaohua pointed to the doorway of her house.

Living in Apricot Lane here is not a high-door mansion, most of them are small doors, many of them are still a little dilapidated, and the house of Xiaohua's family is not conspicuous in it.

took the key and opened the door, Xiaohua enthusiastically pulled him home: "Brother Ping, don't be embarrassed, come on!" ”

Pingzhuang, who heard the sound of "come", trembled, looked around, and said, "Didn't you go to Hu Yuanzi's house?" ”

Xiaohua pointed to the dilapidated house next door and said, "Isn't that it?" Without waiting for Pingzhuang to speak, he added, "That conscienceless bastard is not at home, has no key, and can only pass through my house." ”

Hearing this, Pingzhuang almost didn't go down.

Pulled into the house by Xiaohua in a daze, pulled to the courtyard wall, and saw that the girl was familiar with moving open a broken cabinet, revealing a small hole that only allowed one person to pass, and witnessed the Pingzhuang of the whole city was already stunned: Is this woman in the capital so fierce?

In the end, it is one of the candidates for a future husband, seeing Pingzhuang's stunned appearance, Xiaohua was also a little embarrassed, and explained shyly: "It's all in the past, don't take it to heart." When I moved here five years ago, I saw that he was doing a good job, so I often went to him to eat, thinking that maybe this was my future husband! As a result, not long after, I fell in love with a woman without conscience, saying that I, a Han woman, were so disrespectful and asked me not to go to his house. Tell me what is this not a strange idea? ”

Pingzhuang's eyebrows jumped when he heard this: This little flower is only fourteen years old now, wasn't it nine years old five years ago? Do you know how to see your husband at such a young age?

Xiaohua didn't think so, rolled up her sleeves, pulled him to Hu Yuanzi's house, pointed to the dilapidated mansion and hummed: "I've also seen that woman, she is soft and weak, and she can't even lift a bucket of water." I really thought that people were really going to get along with Hu Yuanzi, but I didn't see it a few times. I haven't seen him for a year or two, and I guess I don't want him anymore because I climbed a high branch. You really deserve it! ”

Pingzhuang casually accosted her, looked at the dilapidated house curiously, and then walked to the main house of the house under the leadership of Xiaohua, who was familiar with the house.

"This person heard that he was a cook for the nobles in Lishan, and he came back once every half a month, and since the woman disappeared, his behavior became more and more strange, and he knocked on the wood in the middle of the night and made me think that a monk was moving next door to chant the scriptures!" Xiaohua kicked open the door of the house as she spoke, walked in, and pointed to the furnishings in the room, "I can't see anything except the quilt." ”

Pingzhuang looked through it carefully, and when he saw that there was nothing suspicious, he withdrew from the house and prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Xiaohua hurriedly said: "This Hu Yuanzi has nothing to see, Brother Ping might as well go to my house and sit!" ”

Pingzhuang was startled and hurriedly said, "No, I still have important things to do, so I'm leaving." ”

"That's leaving?" A female voice rang out at this moment.

Pingzhuang thought that Xiaohua was asking, so he instinctively replied: "Yes, there is an urgent matter......

Before he finished speaking, he came to an abrupt end.

This voice is not not from Xiaohua, but ...... A figure came out of the hole they had just passed, and then dusted off the dust on his body, and said, "I know you can't do it, but fortunately I don't feel comfortable coming with me." ”

Looking at the girl who suddenly appeared in front of her, Xiaohua exclaimed: "Aren't you the female official of Dali Temple who often comes to buy roast chicken these days?" ”

"My surname is Joe." Qiao Ran nodded, greeted Xiaohua, and pointed to Tang Zhongyuan, who came over with him, and said, "His surname is Tang." ”

Xiaohua's gaze paused on Tang Zhongyuan's face for a moment, and said, "This poor master is also a talent, and the officials of your Dali Temple are really good." ”

As soon as these words came out, even Qiao Ran was a little stunned.

I've seen it straightforward, but I've never seen Xiaohua so straightforward.

Pingzhuang breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Tang Zhongyuan, who looked embarrassed on the side, and gloated a little: It is also good to have someone to share Xiaohua's attention.

"I was going to climb over the wall, but when I saw that your door was not closed, we came in." Qiao Ran coughed and explained to Xiaohua.

In this regard, Xiaohua didn't care: "It's okay, there is nothing valuable at home, you can come in if you want to borrow the way!" ”

Qiao Ran smiled, looked at Xiaohua, and said, "I want to ask Miss Xiaohua for a while, but before that, there is a very important place in Hu Yuanzi's house that you missed." ”

As soon as these words came out, Pingzhuang suddenly blurted out: "Where is it missing?" "This dilapidated place is so big, haven't you found the largest main house?

Qiao Ran pointed to the room in the corner that didn't even have a door, and said, "He is a cook, and the most important thing is naturally the kitchen, so you didn't go to the kitchen to have a look." ”

As he spoke, he led the group to the kitchen, which had no door.

The kitchen, which had not been home for several months, was naturally empty, except for some spices that could not be used due to moisture, and there was only some dry firewood.

However, due to the heavy snow for several months, the firewood was also wet, and Xiaohua was a little disappointed, and she was going to take it home and burn it.

After looking around, he didn't see anything suspicious, and Pingzhuang said stupidly: "There's nothing here, hey, what are you doing?" ”

One was not paying attention, but Master Qiao sat on the horse at the mouth of the stove at some point, and then picked up the burning stick on the side and stretched it into the stove hole, and then stirred it up.

"Xiaohua, you said earlier that when you heard the sound of knocking on wood, it should be Hu Yuanzi knocking on wooden fish," Qiao Ran said while flipping through the stove hole, "He should have been obsessed with Buddhism before his death, believed in the six realms of reincarnation, and died in bliss, in order to reunite with his sweetheart." ”

Xiaohua scratched her hair and grasped the point: "You said this is dead without conscience?" That good is also dead? ”

Qiao Ran hummed, said "yes" abruptly, and then pulled out a few pieces of paper from the stove that had never burned out.

Everyone hurriedly leaned over, picked it up and looked at it, and Pingzhuang frowned even more: "What is this?" Word by word, how do you know what he burned? ”

Qiao Ran stuffed the burning stick in his hand into his hand and asked him to continue flipping, and then said lightly: "Naturally, it's a scripture." Fascinated by the Dharma, sincere to the point of reciting sutras day and night, how can you not copy the scriptures by hand? But at present, there is no reading of the scriptures in the main house where the scriptures should have been placed, which shows that he burned the scriptures. I just came in and glanced at the house, but I didn't see any signs of fire, so I thought maybe it was burning here. After all, Hu Yuanzi is a foreigner in the end, and even if he learns Buddhism, he has only learned the skin, and he is not so particular about where to burn. ”

While he was talking, Pingzhuang took out a half-burned wooden fish from the stove, and then couldn't help but look at Qiao Ran, and said, "Master Qiao, you said it right." ”

Qiao Ran looked at the pieces of paper and wooden fish that were set aside on the ground and asked Tang Zhongyuan to collect them.

Since then, if it was Hu Yuanzi who killed the murderer, it seems that there is evidence to follow. In addition to the motive, circumstantial evidence has been found, and the next step is direct evidence.

Qiao Ran took out a portrait from her arms, spread it out, pointed to the person in the portrait, and asked Xiaohua, "Do you recognize this person?" ”

Xiaohua only glanced at it, and then exclaimed, "Isn't this the woman that the bastard has a crush on?" ”

Tang Zhongyuan, who was collecting pieces of paper, immediately paused: The portrait of this woman is the portrait of the woman who was once abducted from Lord Yin He of Chang'an Mansion.

With Xiaohua's evidence, it seems that everything makes sense.

It was Hu Yuanzi who killed people, and the motive was to take revenge, as for why he killed people in that way, it was because he was obsessed with Buddhism during his lifetime, so he killed people in such a strange way.

If it's just for the sake of crossing, you can check it here. Qiao Ran's face was gloomy, and there was no joy at all: the first layer of fog in this case had been peeled off, but there must be a second or even a third layer

Because there are still too many bizarre things about this matter that have not been explained clearly.

Qiao Ran accepted the portrait and looked at the small flower on the side.

If the case is closed at this point: the most important witness is undoubtedly Xiaohua, and her appearance is too timely. She had already asked Xiaohua to be checked before she came, and she had already observed it before.

Judging from the news checked, Xiaohua has been such a character since she was a child, her parents have not been there since she was a child, and there are too many people who can prove that she has grown up eating hundreds of meals.

She herself doesn't seem to have a problem. And she noticed that Xiaohua was really compared to her pair of uncles and aunts who seemed to be perfect and impeccable, and they were simply full of faults, and they didn't look like people all the way.

It was because of Xiaohua's performance that when she went to Nanji Shop for the first time, she didn't take Nanji Shop to heart.

So compared to her, from beginning to end, her target was the owner of Nanji Shop, the couple.

Qiao Ran thought for a while and turned her head to ask Xiaohua, "Did you know your uncle and aunt before?" ”

Xiaohua scratched her hair and said with a smile: "It's the first time they've entered Beijing, how can I know each other?" ”

Qiao Ran asked her again, "Then how do you be sure that they are your aunts?" ”

Xiaohua replied, "They can tell me about my parents' past. ”

Hearing this answer, Qiao Ran couldn't help frowning and said, "You can know this with a little inquiry!" ”

It seems to make sense! So, Xiaohua thought for a while and said, "They also took out my family tree." ”

Qiao Ran couldn't help but sneer when she heard this: "Can you tell the authenticity of the genealogy?" If I make up a book, do you know if it's true or not? ”

Xiaohua shook her head.

Hearing this, everyone was already stunned: So you don't know if your uncle and aunt are yours?

In the face of everyone's consternation, Xiaohua was also a little embarrassed, and said, "I thought about it, why did I take care of me so much if it wasn't my aunt?" Gave me such an easy job, and gave me a good salary to live on, and I didn't want my house yet. But what do you want from me? ”

is so unconditionally good to her, who believes it if she is not her own uncle?

This makes a lot of sense.

Everyone was silent for a while, and after a pause, Qiao Ran walked up to her, looked down and sniffed, and suddenly said, "You have a smell on you." ”

Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, glanced at Pingzhuang and Tang Zhongyuan on the side, and her face suddenly turned red: "Master Qiao, don't talk nonsense, I just took a bath yesterday." ”

Especially when Brother Ping and Brother Tang are here, how can this kind of thing be said in front of these two people? What if one of these two is her future husband?

Qiao Ran said: "It's a strange fragrance. ”

Yesterday, she smelled this smell on Pingzhuang.

And it's not the first time she's smelled it.

A hint of discoloration flashed in the girl's eyes, and she suddenly grabbed Xiaohua's hand and said, "If you follow me back to Dali Temple for a few days, you will say that you collided with me." If your uncle and aunt care about you and treat you well, they will naturally come to Dali Temple to see you, and when the time comes, I want to meet your uncle and aunt! ”