"Obviously, Mu Rong made Mrs. unhappy, why did Mrs. lose her temper at me." Mu Hibiscus touched the back of her head in confusion, looked at Su Jiao who was pressing her temple with one hand with a little grievance, and quietly glared at Mu Rong.

Mu Rong didn't explain, but only instructed Mu Hibiscus to go out quickly. Mu Hibiscus shrugged her nose, but who made her usually rely on Mu Rong a lot, and Xiao Huai'an was urging by her side, so she had no choice but to give in first.

Then finally after Su Jiao and the others left, Xiao Huai'an turned around and embarrassedly bowed his hand to Shi Zhengzhi, "Let Lord Shi laugh." ”

Shi Zhengzhi waved his hand nonchalantly, and when he usually looked at such a serious face, he could also show a bright smile. "Lord Xiao is polite, it's a good thing that Mrs. Xiao has such a deep relationship with your lord, just like the good wife in the lower official's family, if she ignores the lower official one day, the lower official is only afraid that she will really grieve."

"Lord Shi and Mrs. Shi are so affectionate, that is really the envy of the officials in the capital, I am not a blessed person, I am very fortunate to have her by my side."

Although Xiao Huai'an's physical condition is not any different, he pretends to be very thoughtful in front of outsiders, even Shi Zhengzhi keeps him in the dark, and when he hears this, he can't help but feel sad and pity.

"Lord Xiao doesn't have to say these sad things anymore, and Mrs. Xiao doesn't care about these things, otherwise she wouldn't have been so decisive in the first place. Let's hurry up and go to the guest house, Your Majesty is still waiting for our report. ”

"Well, let's go."

Xiao Huai'an also laughed with Shi Zhengzhi, but he didn't dare to really delay the emperor's instructions, the two of them sat in a carriage and asked the people from the yamen to pack up the file of the little official and investigate his relationship background, and Shi Zhengzhi led Xiao Huai'an directly to find the envoy of the Diankeju.

The envoy of the pawn house is surnamed Sun, named Sun Cheng, because the central hall is for guests from afar to live, so the pawn's office can only be arranged in the side courtyard on the right.

As soon as he heard that Xiao Huai'an and Shi Zhengzhi were here again, Sun Cheng immediately changed into an orthodox court dress and came out respectfully to greet him, but at this moment, the two of them had already come in early and walked to the place where the little official was killed.

"Lord Xiao and Lord Shi are here, and the lower officials are also far away, and I ask the two adults to forgive their sins, I don't know what the two adults want to ask when they come here today, the lower officials and the people in the guest house must know everything, and they will say everything."

The pawn guest house can be regarded as the most relaxed work of the Ministry of Rites, this envoy has always been in the Ministry of Rites Shen Zi Decree, that is, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was originally under the brother-in-law, relying on the knot he got this position, not to mention how strong the ability is, at least there is no mistake at present, but the courage is too small.

However, Xiao Huai'an's name, most people in the court are frightened, let alone such a small envoy.

The operation of unspoken rules such as selling officials and lords has been in place since ancient times, Xiao Huai'an didn't have the kung fu to care about how Sun Cheng's position came about, looking at Shi Zheng's efforts to ask people to measure how much area and depth of blood stains on the ground, he raised his head and looked Sun Cheng up and down.

"Sun Cheng, the pawn of the guest house, the deceased Sun Ze has the same surname as yours."

"Lord Xiao smiled, we were originally a villager in the village, when the official had a relationship with his sister, and then his sister died violently, the people of the father-in-law's family asked me to find her just for me to arrange Sun Ze in, but it was a small matter of serving tea and water, and it did not affect the personnel transfer of the Ministry of Rites, and the two adults were aware of it."

Sun Cheng was sweating nervously, rubbing his hands constantly, looking so nervous and scared, he didn't know that he thought he was the murderer.

actually used his position to help his brother-in-law, it turned out that this is a traditional skill of the Ministry of Rites.

Xiao Huai'an raised his eyebrows, and pressed these words in his heart and never spoke, "This official and Lord Shi naturally know, otherwise you wouldn't be able to wear this clothes and stand here and talk to us." The people of the Ministry of Rites are naturally under the jurisdiction of Li Shangshu, and this official is not here to ask about this. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Sun Cheng hunched his waist, talking to Xiao Huai'an in such a low breath, he was sweating profusely, and he didn't dare to raise his head, and when he heard this, he finally had the courage to take the time to wipe the sweat beads on his face.

"This official asks you, on the night Sun Ze was killed, that is, the night before yesterday, what was wrong in the pawn house?" Xiao Huai'an had just finished speaking, and before Sun Cheng could speak, he heard a noisy noise in the hall in front of him.

"My lord, my lord!"

It turned out that Yunosuke, who was supposed to be grounded, heard the wind and hurried to this side. The guards had already surrounded the courtyard of the Japanese envoys, but Yunosuke was in a hurry to come over and speak, and rushed out of the encirclement of so many people.

Xiao Huai'an was very surprised to see it, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, this appearance was very different from the timid image that he couldn't even lift a knife when he met in the convoy.

"My lord, Lord Xiao can also be regarded as coming, I don't know if there is any progress in this case, if there is any confusion, you can ask the lower officials, the lower officials will definitely cooperate, and they dare not hide the slightest."

It was not easy for Yunosuke to be able to squeeze out of so many people, but fortunately, before leaving the door of the guest house, Xiao Huaian waved his hand and told the guards to retreat.

Yunosuke smiled all over his face, tidied up his clothes, and then solemnly stepped forward to speak, which was another from the arrogant appearance he had in the Imperial History Yamen.

But looking at his stupid and rampage character, I am afraid that he can't even tell if there are other people's spies in his team, and he can still expect to ask something from his mouth.

Xiao Huai'an pursed his mouth, groaned for a while, and thought for a long time before he reluctantly nodded politely with him, "Lord You's intentions, this official understands it, but everything must have a charter, and it is not yet time to ask the adult, so the adult should be a little restless." ”

After that, Yunosuke raised his hand and wanted to defend himself, Xiao Huaian had already turned his head directly, obviously unwilling to listen to him more.

He had no choice but to close his mouth, Sun Cheng saw this situation, and finally found a chance to speak.

"Well, don't hide it from your lordship, in fact, all the people in the Xiaguan and Dianke Residence were helping to assist the envoys of the Japanese State to pack up their things, in order to show the hospitality of our dynasty, everyone tossed until late to fall asleep, but because the situation was too chaotic, the Xiaguan also ignored not seeing Sun Ze,"

Sun Cheng held his hands, because he was timid, he didn't dare to look at the blood stains that had been oxidized into black ink on the ground, and only stared at Xiao Huai'an with a slight upward gaze.

"But if you want to say anything strange, it's really not, the residence of the envoys is actually behind the main hall, the main hall here is only for entertaining guests, and the people who live in the guest house also live in this front yard, so if there is the slightest bit of trouble, it is impossible for the lower officials and the people below to be completely ignorant."

If you don't say that, something happens to Diankeju, and Sun Cheng will also be punished for mismanagement, as soon as he heard this, Shi Zhengzhi behind him also stood up.

"That's it, Lord Xiao, if it was really our people who did it, they should hide it after killing someone, then the pond behind it or the vegetable patch that just opened is easy to hide, so why throw it in such a conspicuous place?"

As soon as he heard Sun Cheng's testimony, Yunosuke seemed to be alive again, and he was extremely happy to excuse himself. But he said this so smoothly, anyway, it gave him a little more possibility to kill.

Thinking about it, Xiao Huai'an's eyes narrowed, and he shook his head slightly with emotion in his heart, and Shi Zhengzhi said very unceremoniously, "Killing people in other countries, as envoys, we naturally can't move, but if you have bad intentions, this kind of behavior can play a provocative role appropriately, so that whether to hide the corpse or not, this is not a conflict." ”

"Oh, how can you talk like that, you lord?" What Shi Zhengzhi said was just an objective fact, but Yunosuke exploded as soon as he heard it, and instead said Shi Zhengzhi was puzzled.

"This, speaking of which, there is indeed another strange thing in the Pawn House recently." Seeing that Younosuke was planning to quarrel with Shi Zhengzhi, after all, he was the first person to complain to the emperor yesterday, Sun Chengcheng seemed to be pinching a little, and just remembered something.

Lord Xiao didn't speak, only instructed him to continue with his eyes, Sun Cheng exchanged glances with the little official behind him, "Actually, this is the case, these days, the envoys live here and it is indeed quite peaceful, but there are always people coming outside the pawn guest house, as if they are tempting, walking a few laps around the base of the wall and leaving." ”

"Even the lower officials and the people below have seen the same looking person appear no less than a few times, but because they haven't done anything out of the ordinary, we haven't taken it to heart. The only problem is that the people who have been coming to probe their brains during that time are the Japanese people. ”

This is a deliberate stepping point, and it seems that some people have already set their sights on Diankeju. Hearing this, Xiao Huai'an and Shi Zhengcheng both frowned deeply.

"You are talking nonsense, how can you be sure that you are a Japanese based on your appearance alone? And we are all in peace, Ba hopes to be able to discuss the matter of Jianbang with His Majesty Emperor Daze, who will make trouble at this juncture, let alone contact other people. ”

The voice landed, although Yunosuke came over with good intentions to help, and by the way, he washed away his suspicions, but it was really annoying to interject so much.