Xu He said: "The second cousin said before that it was a wild cat that no one wanted on the road, and he saw that it was pitiful and brought it back. ”

Qiao Ran pointed to the white cat and said, "You said it was a beautiful cat embryo, this kind of cat is a wild cat, and it was picked up early!" ”

Although aesthetics cannot be consistent, this cat is so different from ordinary cats that it can be recognized at a glance, how can it be a wild cat?

Hearing the words "beautiful cat embryo", Xu Hexiu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, obviously he blurted out this before, why did it sound strange at this time?

The beautiful cat ignored him, only staring at Qiao Ran meowing.

But she was right, thinking of the appearance of the ink fragrance after washing, Xu Hexiu couldn't help but say: "It's really not like the cats in the Central Plains, maybe they were brought over by those Hu merchants in the city." ”

Qiao Ran stared at Mo Xiang for a moment, and said, "You bring a piece of cloth, Xiaobai, I will take it back and raise it." ”

Small...... Xiaobai? Xu Hexiu, who heard this name, was disgusted for a while: "It's clearly called Moxiang." ”

"The whole body is white, and there is ink there?" Qiao Ran said, "Since I raised it, it is called Xiaobai." As he spoke, he called "Xiaobai" twice to the white cat, and the white cat seemed to be a little human, and "meow" replied to her.

Xu Hexiu turned around and went out, and it didn't take long to get a piece of cloth, Qiao Ran took it and wrapped Xiaobai in the cloth, hugged it in his arms, and then asked him again: "By the way, there is something I want to ask." How much do you know about your second cousin? What kind of enemies does he have in his life? ”

Xu Hexiu shook his head after hearing this: "I don't know! You also know that my second cousin can't be rude to me, and he is not out of line in front of the elders in the family, and as for what is going on outside, I'm afraid it's not very clear. ”

Although he is a bloodline-related clan, to be honest, since he was a child, in addition to the bloodline, the number of times he saw his second cousin was not as many as the number of times he had insights. How can such a thing be guaranteed?

Even if he is a clansman, he can't talk nonsense with his eyes open, after all, there are many children who are doing nonsense outside.

Qiao Ran fell silent.

Xu Hexiu saw that the girl stopped talking, waited for a while, thought about it and said, "You have been to Que Tower, but what is wrong with my second cousin?" ”

Qiao Ran pondered for a moment and slowly shook her head: "It's not convenient to say anything about this matter. By the way, I also want to ask your second cousin what he thinks about ghosts and gods? ”

Ghosts and gods? Xu Hexiu frowned: "What can you think, I really think it's not clean or something, then please ask someone from the Yin and Yang Division, what else is there to say?" ”

"I mean Hades, eighteen layers of hell and that kind of thing." Qiao Ran said, suddenly paused, "No, the saying of the eighteen hells is from Buddhism!" ”

"yes!" Xu Hexiu responded to her casually, "What?" Is the matter of Que Lou still related to these things? ”

Qiao Ran didn't speak.

Seeing her like this, Xu Hexiu thought about it and simply came up with an idea for her: "If you want to check the affairs of Buddhism, the most famous Buddhist gate in the world is the actual temple of the Imperial Temple." The Tianguang master of the actual temple is proficient in the art of national zuo derivation, although today's saint is not as respectful of the actual temple as the previous monarch, and the attitude is lukewarm, but it is also respectful, if you want to ask about Buddhism, it is better to go to the actual temple. ”

Qiao Ran was stunned and asked him seriously, "Where is the actual temple?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Hexiu fell completely silent.

Seeing this, Qiao Ran was a little puzzled: "But what question did I ask?" ”

"Nope." Xu Hexiu said stupidly, "It's just that I suddenly feel like I'm getting old." You don't even know the actual temple. ”

Don't know what's wrong with the actual temple? Qiao Ran looked at him and didn't speak.

Xu Hexiu said slowly: "I almost forgot, you were born in the year Your Majesty ascended the throne, and you have not experienced the time of the first emperor, and Your Majesty does not attach as much importance to the actual temple as the first emperor, and it is normal for you not to know the actual temple." ”

Guozuo belongs to one of the thirteen branches of yin and yang, and the change of dynasty has been the most concerned thing of emperors and monarchs since ancient times, so it is not surprising that it is highly respected.

Qiao Ran understood: "Because I know the variables of the change of dynasty, it is enshrined as a national temple." ”

Xu Hexiu nodded, thought about it and said to the girl who didn't think so: "I just remembered, in fact, when it comes to the actual temple, the one who is most familiar with the actual temple is in the capital, so you don't have to go so far." ”

Qiao Ran hurriedly asked, "Who is it?" ”

Xu Hexiu glanced at her, and his expression was a little subtle: "Speaking of which, this person is quite close to you." ”

Closer to her? Qiao Ran was puzzled.

Seeing this, Xu Hexiu didn't sell Guan Zi anymore, coughed, and said, "Master Tianguang's apprentice has a daughter who is right next to you," paused, and without waiting for her to ask, he said, "It's that little demon star surnamed Pei." ”

Pei Qingqing? Qiao Ran suddenly said: "Do you mean her fairy-like father?" ”

Immortal? Xu Hexiu thought about the appearance of Mr. Pei, and thought deeply: "Isn't he a fairy!" He knows the actual temple best, if you want to ask anything, just go back and talk to that little demon star. ”

Qiao Ran couldn't help but snort softly when she heard this, and laughed.

Xu He said: "What are you laughing at?" ”

Qiao Ran said: "I just suddenly remembered the description of her father in Pei Qingqing's mouth." ”

Eating soft rice based on their appearance and robbing children of food is a heinous crime, and it is no different from the scoundrels and lazy people in the city. But if you have seen that Mr. Pei, and then think about the Mr. Pei mentioned by Xu Hexiu as the only disciple of Master Tianguang, and then think back to Pei Qingqing's description, you will feel a little funny.

Sure enough, how can the parents of a child like Pei Qingqing be ordinary people? Qiao Ran shook her head with a smile, and then said to Xu Hexiu: "Lord Xu, thank you." ”

Xu Hexiu waved his hand and said, "You just don't ask me about this, just grab an older person, you don't have to thank me." It's always better for you to find out about the case earlier than if people are panicked but can't get it up. ”

It's better to be sparse than blocked, and if it keeps being blocked, something will happen sooner or later.

Qiao Ran got up with the white cat in her arms and said, "In that case, I'll go first." ”

Xu Hexiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "Aren't you going to continue to look at this study?" "Didn't she come here to search for physical evidence from her second brother's relics? I've only flipped through a few books, why don't you turn them over?

"Isn't that a return in vain?" He was a little puzzled.

"As you said, it's not a matter of looking around like a fly without a head." Qiao Ran said and reached out to touch the white cat in his arms, and said, "Besides, how can you return in vain with it?" ”

The corners of Xu Hexiu's mouth twitched: I just persuaded her to take in Moxiang, oh, no, Xiaobai was reluctant, isn't she quite happy now!

He sighed wistfully: "I know that no one can resist the fragrance of ink, oh, no, it's Xiaobai's charm." "If it weren't for the family's unwillingness, he would also want to raise it, anyway, how much money can a cat eat, and the province will not have it?

Qiao Ran lowered her head and glanced at Xiao Bai with a smile, her blue eyes glowing faintly.

……

Carrying Xiaobai back to Dali Temple, leaving the cat to Zhen Shiyuan to take care of for the time being, Qiao Ran walked to the prison of Dali Temple.

This is the first time she has stepped into the prison of Dali Temple since returning to Beijing.

With the comparison of the Shanxi Road prison, as soon as he stepped into the prison of Dali Temple, Qiao Ran couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Butterfly

Zhen Shiyuan's habit of loving cleanliness is really good, at least it won't make people feel inexplicably irritable as soon as they enter the prison.

There was a man sitting on the stone bed in the innermost prison, sitting bored on the stone bed and staring at the sunlight pouring in from the tiny stone window.

"Qin Tianjian said that the snow is really going to stop, and there will be more sunny days like this in the future."

A woman's voice suddenly rang out.

The man sitting on the stone bed turned his head to look, but saw a girl standing outside the prison door, dressed in the official robe of Dali Temple, and the jailer next to her was unlocking.

Xue Huai looked at his locked hands and feet, and smiled self-deprecatingly, no wonder a girl dared to let people open the lock and walk in, does she still have the strength to escape now?

The cell door opened, the jailer retreated, and the girl entered.

"Qiao Ran." She opened her mouth and made her intentions clear, "The female official of Dali Temple was ordered to thoroughly investigate the case of Lishan Que Lou. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xue Huai was stunned: "Something happened to Que Lou?" ”

Qiao Ran nodded and said, "Master Zhen has already told me about your affairs." ”

"I didn't kill Kunzhi." Xue Huai closed his eyes when he heard this, and he didn't look at her, so he said, "His death has nothing to do with me, and as for the matter of Que Lou, it has nothing to do with me." ”

"I know." The girl looked at him and said.

Xue Huai's eyelids jumped, even if he didn't open his eyes, he seemed to be able to feel the other party's undisguised scrutiny of him.

He opened his eyes and looked at her: "I am not friends with those who stayed in the Que Tower, you asked me the wrong person." ”

"I know, it's an enemy who doesn't like it!" The girl smiled disappreciatively, and looked at him with some meaning, "The person who knows a person best is often either an enemy or a friend, so I want to ask you." ”

Xue Huai looked at her and frowned, but did not speak.

The girl continued, "Do you know who those people in the tower have offended? ”

Xue Huai couldn't help sneering when he heard this: "They are from powerful backgrounds, and there are many people who look down on them!" I can't count them, what do you want me to say? ”

Qiao Ran said: "Then be more specific, who has verbally insulted?" ”

Xue Huai said: "That's a lot." ”

Qiao Ran looked at him with a smile and asked again: "What about the bullies and bullies?" ”

Xue Huai looked at her and his brows tightened even tighter: "There are quite a few of them." There was obvious impatience in his tone.

The girl was unfazed by his impatient tone, and then asked, "Did they set the fire?" ”

Xue Huai was stunned for a moment, and looked at her puzzled: "What do you mean?" Without waiting for the girl to speak, she continued to ask, "Why do you ask that?" ”

The girl still didn't hear his words, and continued to ask herself: "So the three are one, verbally insulting, and bullying the weak and directly bullying, but are you dissatisfied and collected evidence and wanted to denounce or resist, but they burned the evidence and even accidentally injured others?" ”

Such a specific question made Xue Huai's face change suddenly, and after a moment of silence, his eyes when he looked at the girl again became more and more subtle: "Did you find something?" ”

The girl smiled, and only then did she answer him for the first time, but she didn't answer the question: "I know that you are a smart person, and I also know that you are good at reading the law, and you are very good at exculpating yourself. ”

Xue Huai's face was a little ugly: What does she mean by this? Turning over old accounts?

The girl smiled at him and continued, "Coincidentally, I am also good at reading the law, you might as well try to deal with me with the same way you used to deal with Lord Zhen before." ”

Xue Huai's face became even more ugly: "What? I didn't do anything that violated the law, can Dali Temple still bend and make a move? ”

The girl said, "You answer my previous question first." ”

Seeing this, Xue Huai couldn't help but sneer and said, "I don't know." ”

"Okay." The girl didn't seem to care about his answer, just looked at him lightly, and said, "I don't know if there's anything wrong, but your killing of Kun is a matter of human and material evidence, and you can't deny it." ”

Xue Huai said: "I said, the bow and arrow that killed Kun Zhi was not mine. ”

The girl rolled her eyelids: "Is there any evidence that it's not yours?" ”

Xue Huai was silent.

"Or if you are clever and eloquent, you might as well try to prove yourself," Qiao Ran said, "but my Dali Temple proved that you were guilty because of both evidence, and handed you over to the criminal department, do you think you can escape?" ”

Xue Huai raised his head and sneered, looking at the girl's eyes full of anger: "You want the criminal department to beat me into a trick?" ”

"Wrong, it's not my Dali Temple that will bend you into a move." The girl glanced at him lightly, and then spoke, "You have been in the prison of Dali Temple all these days, so you don't know the situation outside." I won't talk nonsense with you, so I'll tell you directly that none of the people in the tower survived. ”

Hearing the words "no life to return", Xue Huai's face instantly turned white.

"It's not us who want your life at this time," the girl said, clasping her arms and looking at him condescendingly, "Your Majesty asked me to investigate the case, I am not in a hurry, and you may not cooperate with Dali Temple." Just don't forget, will the family behind those people who died in the tower let you go! If this case is not clarified, do you think you will be able to escape? ”

Xue Huai looked at her gloomy face and could drip water.

Angry. Even if the final murderer is not found, he is related to Kunzhi's case, and the death of a small guy will not allow those big clans to join forces to deal with him. But it is not Kun Zhi who is dead now, and he is the only suspect involved in this case. The woman in front of him was right, if he didn't prove his innocence, it would not be Dali Temple who would kill him, but those clans.

Even if he is really the son of the Huaiguo Mansion, it is impossible to escape, let alone he is not.

It was him, not her, who was anxious to prove himself.

"Okay," Xue Huai, who wanted to understand this, spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, "I cooperate, I seem to have some impression of what you asked." ”

Qiao Ran said, "You say." ”

Xue Huai thought for a while and said, "There are too many verbal abuses and hands-on bullying, I can't remember it, but I have an impression of the arson." ”

Qiao Ran said: "Say it! ”

Xue Huaidao: "Two years ago, there was a house in Baqiao Lane that caught fire, because it caught fire in the middle of the night, and it was not discovered in time. ”

Qiao Ran said: "How can this matter be related to the people of Que Lou? ”

Xue Huaidao: "The couple has a daughter who was abducted by a kidnapper since she was a child, and she was only found shortly before the fire. He glanced at her and said, "When I found it, she was a scholar next to Yu Shihuan." ”

Qiao Ran frowned and said, "No, isn't the scholar a man?" ”

Xue Huai said: "The daughter of this couple was ordered by Yu Shihuan to disguise herself as a man and follow her. The Yu family has a clean and upright style, and the discipline of the children in the family is very strict, and they do not like the house maid, and it is stipulated that men can only take concubines after they are over forty. Guozijian is a place to study, right under the nose of the wine lord, Yu Shihuan naturally didn't dare to openly take the maid to live in, so why do you say that the couple's daughter dressed as a man and was taken by Yu Shihuan by her side? ”