Feihua responded: "It was given by Childe." ”

"This too," Chu Yu asked, pointing to the hair ornament on her head.

Flying Flower nodded.

"Yesterday"

Feihua still nodded.

Whether it's an umbrella or a bead flower, it all belonged to another woman yesterday. He didn't know her name, only that her surname was Xiao.

Chu Yu then recalled not only the scene she walked on Chengnan Street, but also the several meetings in Yun County the year before last.

Every time she covered her face with a veil without exception, he had never deliberately thought about the reason before, and now it seemed that he had unintentionally inserted willows and willows.

Chu Yu took the umbrella, returned it to Feihua, and asked, "What about her?"

Flying Flower raised her hand and pointed to the side of the cloister.

Mei Xiaoren came out of the back garden with a smile on his face, "Chu Yu." ”

Chu Yu compared it to one and found that when she was in the restaurant in Yunxian County, she looked at him with these smiling eyes, and offered tea to him for a small favor.

He thought it was the first time they met, but before that, the county magistrate of Qiushui County not only helped him out of the siege, but also drank tea instead of wine with him

Chu Yu looked at Mei Xiaoren expressionlessly, and said to himself: "It's really like it." ”

Seeing that Chu Yu was silent, Mei Xiaoren approached and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." He asked rhetorically, "You've been busy lately."

Mei Xiaoren nodded, "Now Gao Jingshu's errand is in my hands, will it or not, I have to bear it head-on, Ye Zhi has already gone to pay taxes; There are still several important prisoners on the prison side who have not confessed; On the litigation side, Xiao Lin's case has not yet been set for trial; In addition, a group of traders who were caught transporting smuggled salt a few days ago are now investigating the source of smuggled salt; By the way, Your Majesty is coming, and there is also the matter of taking over the car"

When Chu Yu heard this, the corners of his lips raised, "Then you dare to take leave today"

"It's nothing to take a vacation, you will be busy for a day if you are free, you are lazy today, and you will make up for it tomorrow." Mei Xiaoren smiled, "Anyway, it's already true, let's go out for a walk." ”

Chu Yu did not refuse her proposal and went out of the mansion with her.

She was about to get into the carriage, and in a blink of an eye she saw a sedan chair falling behind the carriage, and the person who got out of the sedan chair was Li Qingqing.

Li Qingqing came over and called her: "Brother Mei." ”

"Miss Li, why are you here?"

Li Qingqing said: "A few days ago, I went to my grandmother's house with my mother, and when I came back today, I was going to go to the government to see you, but my father said that you took leave, so I came to see if you were sick, Brother Mei." ”

"No, my friend is here, just take leave to accompany him." Mei Xiaoren pointed at Chu Yu beside him with a folding fan in his hand.

Li Qingqing turned to Chu Yu and bowed.

Mei Xiaoren smiled: "Miss Li doesn't need to be so polite. ”

Li Qingqing bowed his head, "Brother Mei, just call me Qingqing." ”

Since he knew Li Qingqing's identity, the more Qingqing was so invisible, the more Mei Xiaoren felt restrained.

"That Qingqing, thank you for the last time, I don't have anything now, you don't have to worry, tell the prefect, I will definitely do it tomorrow after he explained everything." Mei Xiaoren said quickly, then glanced at the carriage, and said to Li Qingqing, "I'm going to go out, Qingqing, you go back first."

Li Qingqing nodded, "Brother Mei, go ahead, I'll come to see you when you're free." ”

Mei Xiaoren was stunned for a moment, but had to keep smiling, and nodded stiffly, "Okay." ”

After Mei Xiaoren finished speaking, she turned around and got into the carriage, and when the curtain was lowered, she leaned her head back against the carriage and took a deep breath.

Qingqing, such a quiet girl, would take the initiative to her, and Lao Li even agreed to dare to love Lao Li before he gave up.

Mei Xiaoren now thinks back to the situation just now, only feeling embarrassed, and then feeling helpless. Qingqing's father is the boss of the government, so when she is free and when she is not, Qing

Qing is not well understood

She wanted to treat Qingqing well and take care of Qingqing like a sister, but Lao Li had to die first, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable when she saw Qingqing now.

Chu Yu sat opposite her, watching her anxious there, and suddenly she looked at him with a sad face, "Lord Chu, can I ask you something?"

"What's the matter?"

"During your time in Xuanzhou, can you come and spend some time with me if you have time?"

Chu Yu asked with interest: "Why?"

Mei Xiaoren frowned, "Because I really can't be alone with Qingqing now, you should know who she is, and you should know why I'm hiding."

"It turned out to be for this." Chu Yu said, "Yes, but you also have to promise me that from now on, only call me by my name and nothing else." Your Majesty is coming, and there are many colleagues here who have come to Beijing. ”

"I know, I don't call you master, and I don't call you Lord Chu, so as not to let others think that we are very familiar." Mei Xiaoren turned his eyes to look out the window and said with a smile, "If I meet your colleague, you give me a look, I can still pretend that I don't know you." ”

"Your Acting Skills"

Mei Xiaoren interrupted him seriously: "Don't worry, my acting skills are very good, I make sure they can't see it." ”

Someone faintly replied to her a few words: "Well, I know." ”

Mei Xiaoren and Chu Yu came to a tea shop by the river to rest, and she stood at the window of the private room and looked out, and could see the river rushing.

Ten days later, His Majesty will arrive at Xuanzhou Mansion, and the dragon boat and other boats will dock at the Yanbo Pier in the city.

"You have something on your mind" Chu Yu sat at the table and asked her while pouring tea.

Of course she had something on her mind, otherwise she wouldn't have called him out to talk.

Mei Xiaoren walked to the seat next to him and sat down, and was silent for a while before speaking: "Chu Yu, Xiao Lin's crime was exposed by you, so can you come up with a reason to persuade me to let him go?"

Chu Yu was puzzled: "Let him go, why"

Mei Xiaoren folded his hands on the table with a serious expression, "I'm just curious, you can prove that he is heinous, so can you prove that he doesn't actually have to die"

"You're testing me"

"If you want to understand it that way, you can do it." Mei Xiaoren nodded with a smile.

"What is the reward if I can answer?"

Mei Xiaoren thought for a while, looked back at the window, pointed to the house on the other side of the river, and said: "Do you see that courtyard, that is the reward, give you another garden, and you don't have to stay in the inn when you come to Xuanzhou in the future." ”

"That Yard Has No Owner"

"Yes, you don't have to worry about that." Mei Xiaoren sat up straight and urged him to speak quickly.

Chu Yu looked at the teacup in his hand and said, "It's very simple, you can split this case into two and look at it." ”

"Two Cases"

"Let's talk about the robbery first, putting aside the background of Xiao Lin's collusion with the Evil Tiger Village, just say that the Evil Tiger Village did not really rob Liu's Mansion, but you took this opportunity to exterminate the Evil Tiger Village and made a great contribution, in short, this case made you take a credit for nothing, if you want to, you can also thank Xiao Lin."

Mei Xiaoren couldn't help laughing, "It's okay to explain it like this"

"Look at another case, attempted murder, no matter what Xiao Lin did, his motive was just to kill you, because you are an official of the imperial court, so he committed a capital crime, if you are just a civilian, then he will not die for his crime, it depends on what you think." Chu Yu said very neatly.

Mei Xiaoren applauded when his words fell, with a look of admiration: "Chu Yu, you are really good, a few words can say that a person with a deep sin is not dead." ”

Chu Yu said with a smile: "Why surprised, haven't you heard of a widely circulated saying?"

Mei Xiaoren shook his head and asked, "What words?"

"The people of Wenhua Hall are the best at referring to deer as horses and reversing black and white, one sentence can make a person die, and another sentence can make him live."