The name Qingying is not unfamiliar to Mei Xiaoren, and as for the maidservant Xiangfu who was driven out of the house by Mrs. Li, she also has some impressions.

The woman also said something inexplicable to her, which made her feel sorry for Qingying, and she still couldn't figure out what it meant.

On the second day, the people of the Li Mansion sent a portrait of Qingying early in the morning. Mei Xiaoren took it in his hand and looked at it a few times, and sighed that she was a girl who looked very good, why did she get involved in these messy things.

She instructed the catchers to find a painter to copy the portrait and post it all over the city, looking for the woman named Qingying.

Xuanzhou City, South City Gate.

The people crowded the place under the city wall to watch the portraits that the officials had just pasted.

Someone exclaimed: "This is the person the new prefect is looking for, and a reward of one hundred taels of silver is offered!" ”

The son of a rich and noble family said: "I have seen this girl, it seems to be in ...... It's ...... in the mountain moon boat."

The crowd of onlookers was bustling, and the two "men" standing on the outermost side turned silently.

The two pretended to be men to avoid the interrogation of the officials. Qingying was silent, and Xiangfu was worried: "Sister Qingying, is this the new prefect who wants you?" ”

"It's written looking for someone, not wanted, how can he want me?" Qingying's eyes were blank, and her tone was calm.

"He is looking for you back now, he must want you to ask about the painting, if he can't find evidence, will Governor Li's Mansion be finished?"

"It's no wonder that he knows what's wrong, but he knows that our Flowing Fire Gang has something else to rely on, so how can the fourth master tolerate him." Qingying sighed, "The fourth master had the intention of killing him, but who knew that Gao Jingshu happened to find us and asked us to help get rid of Governor Li, which coincided with the fourth master." ”

"It's just a pity for Xianghe." Xiangfu sighed, "Gao Jingshu spent twenty taels from the hall master to buy Xianghe's life, and let her go to the prime minister's boat to assassinate her." ”

"That surnamed Gao's tricks behind his back are too much, his agreement with our Flowing Fire Gang is only to get rid of Li Daoyuan, who knows that he wants to kill two birds with one stone to get rid of the adult." The corners of Qingying's lips hooked, "If he is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust." ”

Xiangfu pointed to the boat at the ferry in the south of the city, "The boat is there, let's go, we will be safe when we return to the gang." He joked to Qingying again, "When the fourth master dominates the rivers and lakes, he will definitely treat us well, and then let the fourth master tie up the Mei you miss to be a pair with you." ”

Afternoon.

Mei Xiaoren was still anxiously waiting for news in the yamen of the palace, most of the officials in the yamen were busy with Lao Li's case, looking for someone to find someone, and helping to interrogate the people of Li's mansion, only Gao Jingshu had not shown up since the farewell of the Vermilion Bird Boat the day before.

She knew that Gao Jingshu had nothing to do with this case, and after she took over as the prefect, she sent government soldiers to keep an eye on Gao Jingshu to prevent him from fleeing with the crime.

Captain Wu hurriedly came to report: "My lord, my subordinates were patrolling the periphery of the dock and found a dying woman. ”

"Is it Qingying?" Mei Xiaoren suddenly cheered up.

Captain Wu shook his head, "No." He handed over a page of paper with both hands, "but the woman had the letter in her hand." ”

Mei Xiaoren took the crumpled letterhead and looked at it with heavy eyes. Her fingertips pinched the letter tighter and tighter, and when she looked up, she asked, "What about her?" ”

"The woman had injuries on her body, they were so badly injured that she was already dying."

Mei Xiaoren took the letter and frowned.

"Brother May." Li Qingqing also walked into the hall with a stack of letters and handed it to her, "Look at it." ”

She opened the letters Qingqing took one by one, and while she was shocked, she was relieved.

"Qingying put these letters in her futon before she fled, and only found out when the other maidservants were cleaning up the bunk."

Mei Xiaoren nodded, knowing that Qingying was deliberately leaving the evidence to her.

These letters were like a timely rain, enough to extinguish the fire of the Li Mansion.

Mei Xiaoren rushed to the dock with all the letters.

The first person she was looking for was Jiang Ei, and when she saw Jiang Ei, she asked, "Who is the cuckoo?" ”

"You came to me to ask this?" Jiang Rong frowned and replied, "The palace maid next to my father, she was executed by my father on the day she lost the painting. ”

"No, she's not dead." Mei Xiaoren said quickly, and felt that it was wrong to say this, so she explained, "She didn't die before." ”

Seeing that Jiang Rong couldn't understand, she simply showed him the letter left by the cuckoo.

Jiang Rong was taken aback: "The person who stole the painting turned out to be a cuckoo!" He hurriedly said, "With this letter, you still don't want to arrest the surnamed Gao?" ”

"The cuckoo man is dead, and there is no proof of his death, so I have to prove that this letter came from the cuckoo, otherwise the letter cannot be used as evidence."

Half an hour later, Jiang Rong asked Ah Qing to get back what she wanted from the dragon boat, which was a letter from the family that Du Juan hadn't had time to send.

Mei Xiaoren took the family letter and carefully compared it with the first letter, and found that the handwriting was no different.

"I have a little impression of the palace maid, she has read books and can draw, so the palace steward asked her to go to her father's side to take care of calligraphy and painting, after the painting was lost, her father Long Yan was furious and ordered the execution of several palace people, she was one of them, how could she not die?" Ei was in the clouds.

"If she's gone, then I'm in big trouble!" Mei Xiaoren had a smile on his face that he hadn't seen in several days.

Seeing that she was happy, Jiang Rong felt like he had smeared honey in his heart, and folded the letter and returned it to her, "Go quickly, Zhaoxue for your prefect." ”

Mei Xiaoren thanked Jiang Rong, got off the boat and ordered Captain Wu, who was waiting outside, to fetch someone. The soldiers she arranged near Gaofu were finally no longer ornaments.

Mei Xiaoren should have gone to the Vermilion Bird Boat without hesitation to exonerate Lao Li, but when she walked under the boat, her feet hesitated for a while.

Just now she heard Jiang Rong say that His Majesty wants to leave for Beijing after the case is settled, and now is the time to conclude it......

The river breeze blew people awake, and she took the letter and boarded the Suzaku boat, and saw that the door of the cabin was closed.

Xingyun guards outside. His master is the prime minister, and even if he is an entourage, his status is not low.

Mei Xiaoren bowed his hand to Xingyun and only said: "The humble post has found evidence that can prove the innocence of the prefect, and I have come to ask to see the prime minister." ”

Xingyun bowed his head and said: "Childe doesn't need to see outside, the master is discussing with the ministers, Childe waits, and the slave goes in to report." ”

Today is only the third day, and Mei Xiaoren appeared in front of the ministers with evidence, which surprised everyone present.

Mei Xiaoren walked among the ministers with calm eyes, knelt down when he walked to the hall, and presented the letter with both hands, "See your lordship, these are all the evidence that Xuanzhou and the governor Gao Jingshu colluded with the palace maid Cuckoo and the Flowing Fire Gang to steal the painting and blame the prefect." He added, "In addition, the person who assassinated the Lord that night was also arranged by Gao Jingshu, with the intention of blaming the family of the prefect. ”

She didn't look at him, but Gu Chuyu's gaze kept moving with her, and seeing that her left hand was shaking, she immediately ordered Xingyun to bring the letter over.