"I actually looked for you."

"I know."

He Yuan smiled, and the nervousness gradually faded: "But you hide it well." ”

In the courtyard, Liu Luan'er quietly looked at the tea in front of her.

"Don't you hate me?"

"Why should I hate you?"

Liu Luan'er raised her head, her face was a little pale: "I didn't save you because I wanted to save you." ”

"I know, for the sake of the general, I already knew." He Yuan smiled, he reached out and picked up the cup, his slightly pale lips pressed against the cold rim of the cup, and the bitter tea soaked his lips and teeth, no different from the mood he felt when he discovered this truth.

"But you saved me, didn't you?" He Yuan put down the cup, he didn't have no entanglement, nor did he not torture himself, but in the end he saw it, put it down, and reluctantly persuaded himself.

Feelings for this thing

For some, it's inherently one-sided.

"At least I'm still useful to you, right?"

Liu Luan'er was silent for a while, her slender nails gently wrapped around the tassel hanging from her waist, and asked in a low voice, "Since we met in the study that day."

, you haven't come to me all this time, you're just pondering these words? ”

He Yuan touched his nose and was a little embarrassed: "I'm ...... I really didn't guess it would be you, so I ...... It was a little hard to accept for a while. ”

"Can you accept it now?"

"I can't." He Yuan replied quickly, and then lowered his head, looked at the tea leaves in the teacup that gradually sank to the bottom of the cup, and said, "But the general told me that after the matter is completed, will you leave?" ”

"Hmm."

"Have you figured out where you're going?"

"Nope." Willow! Luan'er raised her arms to the table, overlapping each other, leaning her upper body on the edge of the table, looking at He Yuan, with a faint smile: "Actually, I have already thought about it, either die in Yicheng, or never return to Yicheng for the rest of my life." ”

He Yuan's heart palpitated, and the hand holding the teacup gradually put it down.

"It's okay."

"Huh?" He Yuan's voice was too soft, and Liu Luan'er didn't hear it clearly for a while.

He Yuan raised his head, smiled at Liu Luan'er, suddenly stood up, and said, "With me, don't worry." ”

With that, he turned and walked away.

In the courtyard, Liu Luan'er was the only one left.

The tea in her hand was already cold, and the maid wanted to come over and change it to a hot one for her, but Liu Luan'er waved her hand, and the mouthful of herbal tea suddenly fell into her stomach, she hurt for a while, her face turned pale, and then she smiled again.

The laughter was soft, and it was blown away by the wind.

She has used a lot of people in her life, good and bad, she has done a lot of things, saved a lot of people, and killed a lot of people, these hands have long been unclean, what else does she have to worry about.

The only thing is just sorry for my brother.

In Qiyang Academy, there is still a big pool of blood in the place where Cen You died, by the door and on the wall, everywhere, shocking, Li Tong has never seen such a tragic scene with his own eyes, and his stomach is churning.

But fortunately, she came late, and the place of death was outside, and the bloody gas was not so heavy.

Qiu Zhongxiao didn't know why he was still staying here, and when he saw Li Tong coming, he leaned over with a smiling face: "Madam, be careful, don't destroy the scene of the crime." ”

Li Tong glared at him: "What the hell is going on?" ”

"The official doesn't know, the corpse has been carried to the mansion, do you want to go with me to have a look?"

Li Tong looked him up and down, and a thought surged in his heart: "Are you waiting for me here?" ”

"Is that not the case?"

The answer is frank, and he doesn't look at any psychological burden, and he looks like a dog.

Li Tong pursed his lips, secretly spat out the fragrance for a while, and then straightened his collar and said, "Please also ask Lord Qiu to take Mrs. Ben's mansion for a trip, and by the way, tell me about the general content of the murder of Mr. Cen." ”

"I am willing to serve my wife."

Qiu Zhongxiao bent his waist, stretched out his hand, smiled flatteringly, and underplayed.

Li Tong gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, held his head high, raised his chin, and was just about to take a step, when he saw Bai Li Ye walking over quickly, and saw the crime scene behind Li Tong at a glance, he frowned slightly and pulled Li Tong over.

"In the future, Madame should not come to this kind of place."

"The lower officer has seen the general."

Baili Ye turned to look at Qiu Zhongxiao: "Lord Qiu, can you find something?" ”

"I haven't found anything for the time being, but I heard that Mrs. Cen is on good terms, so I asked Mrs. to go to the government office as well, and I need to ask for some relevant clues."

Li Tong took Bai Li Ye's arm and squeezed it gently: "Don't worry, I'll go back when I go." ”

"My husband will go with you."

Li Tong thought about it and nodded: "It's okay." ”

Along the way, Qiu Zhongxiao roughly told him all the news he saw, and the focus was still on whether Cen You had a secret enemy, but unfortunately Li Tong didn't know when he asked, except for shaking his head or shaking his head, which made Qiu Zhongxiao's head full of black lines.

In the palace, the two corpses had already been examined in detail, and the conclusions they came to were in line with what they saw, but Liu Xing still felt that something was wrong, just like Wu Mengquan's death at the beginning.

"Cui Shouzhi is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Cen You is a carpenter, and the person who can make the general's wife appreciate and sit in the position of the person in charge of Qiyang Academy should be quite capable in addition to his excellent skills." Liu Wei covered it with a white cloth, looked back at Liu Xing, who had been silent, and said, "Xiaguan asked many relatives and friends around Cen You, and they all said that they had never heard of him having an enmity with anyone, nor had they heard that he had anything to do with Master Cui. ”

"It's a secret relationship."

"Yes."

"In his home, even the stove was turned out and checked, and there were no letters or circumstantial evidence that could prove that he had a connection with Master Cui." Liu Wei touched his chin, walked around the wooden table where the corpse was placed a few times, and asked, "Lord Liu, could it be that Lord Cui is afraid that Cen You will betray him, or is it that Lord Cui found out that Cen You intended to betray, so he took the lead in killing him?" ”

Liu Xing's eyebrows tightened, this statement is very feasible, but the premise is that Cui Shouzhi's incriminating evidence is in Cen You's hands, and the current obstacle is that Cen You's family has not been able to find anything about Cui Shouzhi.

Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that Cui Shouzhi has sent someone to rummage through Cen You's home.

"Dig three feet into the ground and look for it again." Liu Xing said it categorically.

Liu Wei nodded and immediately ordered.

It is related to the imperial court officials, no one dares to rashly say that it has nothing to do, so they can only check it down, but once the final result proves that Cui Shouzhi is the murderer who stupidized Cen You, then Cui Shouzhi's accidental death will become a retribution for Tianli Zhaozhao.

Liu Xing turned his head to look at the two corpses covered with white cloths, and he only felt that there was a breath of suffocation in his chest, and he couldn't go up or down, blocking people's throats.

Hearing that Cui Shouzhi died unexpectedly, Cui's mansion cried up and down, and Cui Qingqing was nowhere to be found.

"So, what does the general mean is that Aunt Cui disappeared long before the accident?" Liu Wei frowned.

"Yes."

"Aunt Cui is the aunt of the general's mansion, why has she been missing for so long, and the general doesn't know?" Qiu Zhongxiao still had a smile on his lips, but it looked cold.

Baili Ye glanced at him and said: "General Ben didn't like her in the first place, she was as timid as an ant, and when she saw General Ben, she either cried or trembled and fainted, she really couldn't raise that interest in going to her yard, and over time, General Ben just regarded her as an extra pair of chopsticks in the house." ”

"The general is really ruthless!" Qiu Zhongxiao leaned on the table and looked at Bai Li Ye with a smile.

"But since the person is missing, I have to bother Lord Liu to find it in many ways." Bai Li Ye turned his head to look at Liu Wei, who was about to make his opinion transparent.

Liu Wei was caught and nodded again and again.

"But if you can't find it back, it's not a big deal, General Ben sees that she probably left by herself, and the maids in the courtyard don't know when she left, maybe she is no longer in Yicheng, this vast sea of people, it's really hard to find someone."

"Isn't the general worried?"

"Worried about what? She dared not want General Ben, why should General Ben worry about her? Bai Li Ye glanced at Li Tong, who was distracted, leaned over and hugged her shoulder, and said, "What's more, it's just an aunt, General Ben and his wife." ”

"Anyway, she is also the only daughter of Master Cui, and the general's words are a little hurtful." Liu Xing had a cold face, and finally said a human word.

Bai Li Ye let go of Li Tong, gently pulled her behind him, and said calmly: "Since Aunt Cui married into the General's Mansion, she has never served General Ben, and General Ben has never bullied her, she has good food, drink and clothing for her, because she is really afraid of me, we have never even had a round house." She's just a tool Cui Shouzhi used to win me over, and General Ben let her live well for the sake of her face, is it possible that General Ben cares more about her? ”

The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere froze for a moment

。

"What? Isn't Lord Liu taking a fancy to her? Bai Li Ye sneered: "If Lord Liu finds the person back, this general can send a letter of resignation, or let Lord Liu send the person directly to your mansion?" ”

Liu Xing clenched his fist and took a step forward, seeing that he was about to fight, Qiu Zhongxiao grabbed Liu Xing's arm and said with a smile: "Eh, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive, the lower official thinks that the general's words are not unreasonable, the water spilled by the married daughter, Aunt Cui, it is up to the general." ”

Bai Li Ye smiled and took a step back: "Ah, it's General Ben who forgot, Lord Liu's sister is also General Ben's aunt!" ”

"You!"

Li Tong lowered his face, took a step forward and stood in front of Bai Li Ye, looked directly at Liu Xing, who gritted his teeth, and said: "I know that Lord Liu and my husband are not in harmony, but Ling Mei wants to marry the general, and the general has never treated her badly, if she wants to go back to the Liu family, just a word from her, the general will not let go, why should Lord Liu be so targeted?" ”

"The Divorced Woman......"

"What about forsaken and forsake? Not alive anymore? She is your sister, even you look down on her, how will she live the rest of her life? Li Tong asked sharply.