To be honest, this is not a big deal, but in Zhen Shiyuan's opinion, it is a big deal, and he has to argue with Qiao Ran to come up with a result.

"Your Heavenly Master is a man and a woman, and I won't be able to do it if you go to the peak?" Zhen Shiyuan walked up to Qiao Ran with his beard and said, "If you don't explain what you said today, this official won't let you go so easily!" ”

Sesame big little thing, Zhen Shiyuan, what's wrong? The girl seemed to be a little surprised by Zhen Shiyuan's unrelenting attitude, but after thinking about it, she still replied seriously: "Although Lady Xue is not a girl in her twentieth year, she is not in her thirties, and she has a little more unique charm than a girl in her twentieth year. Zhang Xie got closer to her, and I was afraid that others would misunderstand and think too much when they saw it. But Lord Zhen, it doesn't matter to you, no one should think much about standing with her, and at first glance, they are talking about business......"

Zhen Shiyuan's face darkened suddenly: "What do you mean by this?" If you're old and ugly, aren't you considered a man? You must know that when I was young, I was also personable and talented......"

When he was young, he was also personable and talented, Qiao Ran didn't know how many times she had heard it, and she didn't know how to say it casually, Zhen Shiyuan actually cared so much. The thought of soothing the wounded soul of this upper peak gave me a little headache.

"Yes, my lord, I was wrong." So Qiao Ran temporarily stopped the account book in his hand and said to Zhen Shiyuan, "I'm narrow-minded and don't like women...... Especially the beautiful woman is too close to my family Zhang Jie. ”

These words made Zhen Shiyuan's heart feel relieved all of a sudden: it turned out that he was jealous! He said, old and ugly, he didn't mean that he Zhen Shiyuan! Zhen Shiyuan, who was quite satisfied with this answer, admonished Qiao Ran as a person who came over: "You are a vinegar jar, you should be a little more restrained, don't show it too obviously, most men don't like to be stared at and can't say a word to a woman." ”

Qiao Ran hurriedly answered a few yes and continued to look at the account book in his hand.

Zhen Shiyuan, who was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back in the hall over there, thought about it, and couldn't help but ask her again: "Why do you want to observe Lady Xue's reaction?" What's wrong with her? This official and you, the subordinate, have nothing to talk about, and there are no secrets. ”

No secrets? Qiao Ran laughed twice, didn't raise his head, and only asked him, "Then my lord, where is your private money hidden?" ”

I haven't even told them about the private money, so how can it be called that there are no secrets?

Private money is a person's bottom line, of course, it can't be said, especially this subordinate often makes unexpected moves, who knows if she will run to tell his wife?

Zhen Shiyuan glanced at Qiao Ran vigilantly and did not say anything.

The secret of the exchange between Shangfeng and his subordinates was finally lost because of private money.

Zhen Shiyuan sat back in his chair, and Qiao Ran only smiled and continued to bow his head to do things.

The reason why Zhen Shiyuan was asked to test Lady Xue was just her selfishness, and it really had nothing to do with the case. She just felt that Xue Huai's attitude towards the Xue family was too weird.

It is true that perhaps because of self-esteem, such as preferring to starve to death rather than eat the food that comes from it, Xue Huai and the Xue family refused to get too close. But Xue Huai's attitude towards the Xue family is far more alienated than this, no, maybe it's not alienation, but vigilance, as if the Xue family is a flood beast.

Looking at the gold pen holder and gold inkstone spread out on her desk, she frowned slightly.

Xue Huai secretly made money by writing a book, and even did not hesitate to sign a deed with Sande Bookstore in the name of others, and after making money, he exchanged it for the most valuable and easy-to-carry gold, obviously preparing to leave Chang'an with the money earned from these writing books.

Qiao Ran picked up a golden inkstone and looked at it carefully.

"It's kind of like that." Zhen Shiyuan, who was behind the table not far away, glanced over here and said casually.

Qiao Ran snorted, got up and walked to his desk and flipped over.

Zhen Shiyuan's eyes couldn't help but widen: Is there such a bold subordinate in this world? Silently walked to his desk in the office, he was still on the peak, so he dared to turn over his things. So bold, I have to teach her some lessons!

"What are you looking for?" Zhen Shiyuan then asked her.

Qiao Ran said: "What about the topographic map near the old east gate?" I remember you here, my lord. ”

Topographic map of the old East Gate? Zhen Shiyuan got up with an "oh", took out the topographic map from the foot of his stool and gave it to her, and said, "The chair is a little shaky, so I will bring the foot of the stool." ”

It's not a big deal! The girl smiled and waved her hand, disapproving, and then thanked Zhen Shiyuan from afar.

Zhen Shiyuan nodded with satisfaction, and only came back to his senses after the girl returned to his table and chair and sat down: What was he doing? Didn't you say you were going to teach her some lessons?

Is that a lesson? What does she want, what will he hand her to this peak, this is called a lesson? Zhen Shiyuan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't help but ask her: "What do you want a topographic map for?" ”

Qiao Ran said: "My lord, you just said that this inkstone is quite like that, which shows that this should not be able to be melted by Xue Huai himself, but must have found a place dedicated to these things." So much gold melted into such a thing, if it was a random shop, an ordinary Guozijian student has so much gold, such an unusual thing would have been reported or reported to the official, but we had not heard any news before. Moreover, Xue Huai hid from the Xue family when he did these things, in order not to be discovered, it must be the same tight-mouthed craftsman who has been in contact with these things. ”

"I heard from the people of the Guogong Mansion that Xue Huai left after eating that day, it was almost the time since Xue Huai was found to have fallen into the water, and there was an interval of nearly two hours, and it was less than half an hour from the carriage of the Huaiguo Mansion to the old east gate, and the time when the firecrackers were lit that day was already the end of the hour, my lord, do you think Xue Huai is walking too slowly?"

The girl spoke quickly, but every word was clear. Zhen Shiyuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly came back to his senses and said: "It seems that this is indeed the case when you say this, even if the heavy snow can't go fast that day, this is really a bit slow." However, as you said earlier, Xue Huai made an appointment with Wang Linhan and others in the teahouse at the beginning, and he may have talked in the teahouse for a long time. ”

Qiao Ran said: "It has been less than a moment since he arrived at the teahouse, and the guys in the teahouse have an impression, that is to say, this way, the original journey of less than half an hour, he just walked for an hour, missing half an hour." ”

Half an hour is missing! Zhen Shiyuan blurted out: "Then where did he go in the past half an hour?" ”

Qiao Ran said: "The people we know now are all dead, with Xue Huai's personality, Wang Linhan and they can't know his movements at all, so they can only speculate what he might do, and take the initiative to find the people he has contacted in this half an hour to ask." ”

Hearing this, Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth and said, "This person is really one of the most difficult victims of his temperament and movements that this official has encountered." ”

It's true! Qiao Ran said: "In the Que Lou case, it is quite troublesome to ask him to cooperate when he is a suspect. "Twenty fifty thousand

"yes!" Zhen Shiyuan said, couldn't help but take a deep breath, and said, "Xue Huai, whether he is a victim or a suspect, is a headache. ”

"I'm thinking, the shop made of pure gold like that, that is, the craftsman's shop chosen by Xue Huai, should be on the road from the Huaiguo Mansion to the Old East Gate." After sighing Xue Huai, the girl looked at the topographic map in her hand again, and said, "In order not to be discovered by the Xue family, the shop he chose must not deviate too far from the route to lead people to track it down, but more like a shop that was inadvertently chosen when passing by on the road." ”

Zhen Shiyuan twisted his eyebrows and asked her, "What can I find on the topographic map?" ”

"There are ready-made materials that can be made of gold, and the only ones to build are blacksmiths. There are three of them on the road, and if you look for someone to inquire about it, the one who doesn't talk much and has a tight mouth is very likely to be the shop chosen by Xue Huai. ”

"So, do you suspect that he went to the blacksmith on the way?" Zhen Shiyuan asked her rhetorically and raised his own questions, "What can you do in this short half an hour?" ”

"It's not enough to create delicate objects." Qiao Ran said, "And Xue Huai has just come out of the prison, and he hasn't seen Wang Linhan and the others at that time, so he shouldn't have the money to hand over to the blacksmith to do such things." So, I guess he went to the blacksmith shop to get the objects, and if he could find the blacksmith, he should be able to know what Xue Huai was carrying at that time. ”

If her previous speculation was true, Xue Huai should have carried a lot of money on his body, at least ......" Qiao Ran thought like this, her eyes fell on the golden inkstone and golden pen holder in front of her, "At least a few gold inkstones and gold pen holders." ”

Zhen Shiyuan nodded and didn't say anything more. The case did seem to be in her hands, and there was nothing to worry about.

The sound of flipping through the account book "swished", the girl lowered her head and carefully flipped through the account book in her hand, and Zhen Shiyuan also studied the file in her hand.

Before I knew it, it was almost dusk, and Pingzhuang walked in from outside, twisting his eyebrows, holding two account books in his hands, and his face was a little ugly.

"Mistress Joe." Handing over the account book in his hand, Pingzhuang said with a sad face, "In addition to these two account books, the pillars of the Sande Bookstore are almost unloaded by me and I haven't found anything valuable." ”

How the case was investigated and how it progressed was only known to Master Qiao himself, but after listening to it for a long time in the prison in the morning, he would not understand anything, at least he had to find the money hidden by the bookstore owner, but unfortunately he didn't find anything.

The girl's reply to him did not show the slightest displeasure, but only said: "You are doing well, go down and rest!" ”

Pingzhuang was a little moved when he heard this: although this Lord Qiao is a little sinister, and her good friend Zhang Tianshi is also a little yin and yang, but at least she won't put any messy mistakes on the faces of her subordinates. Judging from this alone, this Lord Qiao is still good.

Thinking so, the girl rubbed her chin and spoke again: "Look at the reaction of the surnamed Zhao, if you can find something strange in it, he must have hidden something in an extremely difficult place to find." ”

Pingzhuang: "...... "So, you have already guessed this result and asked me to go?" For a moment, there was a sense of incomparably complex things in my heart.

The girl didn't care about the complicated emotions in his heart, she just stood up, and walked out of the room to the back office.

Before entering the house, Qiao Ran had already taken out a handkerchief to cover his face.

Walking in, it was still a familiar situation. Feng Qizuo sat cross-legged next to the corpse and nibbled on the roast chicken, eating the roast chicken while looking at the corpse.

Looking at the corpse and the entire Da Chu who still has such an appetite, he is the only one.

"Why are you here?" When Feng Qizuo saw her coming, he raised his hand to greet her, his eyes lit up, "There is a new corpse for me to pick up!" ”

The seemingly weak and ordinary girl in front of her is the most diligent one in the entire Dali Temple to take on the case.

"There are no new bodies this time." Qiao Ran smiled, spread his hands, and said to him, "I'll ask you about your old corpse!" ”

"Old corpses?" When Feng Qizuo heard her say this, he said "oh", and then pointed to the three corpses in the corner of the wall that could no longer see their true faces, and said, "It's the case of Xue Huai, the coachman and the little guy!" You don't procrastinate in taking on cases, you close one case after another, and now only that case is not closed. ”

Qiao Ran sighed "En" and said with a smile: "Yes, it's that case, I'll ask Xue Huai about it." ”

"Is it because the body hasn't been examined?" Feng asked her, looking at the look on her face puzzled, "I remember that you seemed to be present during the autopsy!" ”

"I'm not asking about the autopsy results, I'm going to ask about the injuries on his hands." Qiao Ran said, "Early in the morning when Lady Xue came to pick up people, Xue Huai broke her hand, right?" ”

"yes!" Feng Qizuo nodded when he heard this, and asked her, "What?" Any questions? ”

Qiao Ran said: "I want to ask him how serious the injury on his hand is!" ”

Feng Qizuo rolled his eyes angrily when he heard this, put the roast chicken in his hand aside, wiped his hands and got up, and said, "I'm a dead man's work, not a bruising doctor, you ask me how serious his injury is?" ”

Although he scolded a few words, he still walked to Xue Huai, who could no longer see his true face, suddenly lifted the covered white cloth, touched Xue Huai's left elbow, and raised it to show Qiao Ran: "You can't see anything now, but you were there that day, you should remember Xue Huai's state." ”

Qiao Ran closed her eyes, as if recalling the situation at that time, she said: "It doesn't look like it can be seen at all on the surface, and if I don't think about it, I don't notice the injury on his hand at all." ”

"That's because it's a minor injury." Feng Qizuo snorted lightly, touched Xue Huai's bones through the somewhat rotten corpse, and said, "If the bone is really broken, it is called a broken hand, and if there is a dislocation or something, it is also called a broken hand." "Feng said, "At the beginning, when he shouted that his hand was broken, the jailers were saying that this guy coveted the prison meal of my Dali Temple, and deliberately dislocated his hand and refused to leave. ”

"It turned out to be just a dislocation!" Qiao Ran suddenly exclaimed, but there was no too surprised look in his eyes, he just said, "But I heard that he walked with his arms hanging that day." ”

Hanging his arms, this will make people instinctively feel that Xue Huai's hand is seriously injured.

"That's what he forced himself to ask the doctor to bandage him." Feng said, "It looks serious, but in fact, there is no need to bandage or anything, it's really hypocritical!" ”