"Fireworks." Xiao Huai'an said in a daze, suddenly lowered his head, and clenched his left hand into a fist in front of his mouth, "If you want to see it, why bother rubbing other people's fireworks, when do you want to do that." ”

"What do you know, can it be the same for you to see it yourself and what others have prepared for you?" Su Jiao froze for a moment, and glanced at Xiao Huai'an lightly with her nose, but inadvertently saw the curvature of the corners of his mouth.

"You, laughing?!"

Su Jiao slowly raised her right hand, shocked by Xiao Huai'an's expression just now, and even Mu Hibiscus and Mu Rong, who were standing behind her, opened their mouths in disbelief even though they couldn't see it.

"Nope." Xiao Huai'an put down his hand, and his face still returned to his former calmness.

"You said earlier, if you like fireworks so much, you tell me when your birthday is, and I will also wrap up the fireworks in the whole city for you to see."

Su Jiao couldn't help but grin at the corners of her mouth, she turned her head to look at Xiao Huai'an's pretending to be calm, and the more she looked at it, the more she couldn't help laughing.

"By the way, while there is still a while before the fireworks are over, I will show you a hand and let you see what the real performance is, what I saw at the banquet before is too ordinary."

In the end, a few months ago, she was still working at a high speed, and suddenly rested for such a long time, it was inevitable that Su Jiao would feel itchy hands. What's more, the fireworks behind it are so brilliant that they can also act as flashing lights on the stage.

Su Jiaomo loosened his joints with his fists, Xiao Huai'an frowned slightly, he couldn't believe it, but he obediently moved back and moved away.

"I haven't heard that you have learned any singing and dancing in Su Mansion."

"The Buddha said: Don't say, don't say, if everything is known, then is there any privacy?" Su Jiao shook her index finger thoughtfully, stretched out her hands, and looked at the row of bright-eyed people standing in front of her, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

She hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands to hold back her laughter, trying to recall her original state on the stage, and then closed her eyes, and a melodious song "On the Strings" flowed naturally with the dance of her skirt.

According to Su Jiao's previous physical fitness, it is not a problem to perform this low-difficulty song, but now it is the body of this eldest lady, which invisibly increases the difficulty for her.

But fortunately, the song has been novel for thousands of years, and for the hibiscus, it is enough to ignore a little deficiency in the performance.

In the last finishing move, Su Jiao danced up with her wide sleeves in a chic manner, staring at Xiao Huai'an with proud eyes, Xiao Huai'an clapped his hands reluctantly, and his mouth was still merciless.

"It's too gasping."

Su Jiao's face changed, and she ran to him with her sleeves dancing, "What do you know, do you think it's very simple." ”

"But it's good." Xiao Huai'an then said, making Su Jiao speechless.

This compliment is also so ambiguous that it is really difficult to tell what it means. Su Jiao frowned, "Okay, just as you're praising me." ”

When the words landed, Mu Hibiscus couldn't help but snicker, and walked a few steps under the bridge, so that the two of them could talk alone.

"You seem to be in a good mood today." Xiao Huai'an let Su Jiao hold his arm and rest by himself, while he raised his eyes to admire the fireworks of other people's houses.

"yes, but your mood looks a little bad today." Su Jiao said quietly, and Xiao Huai'an's voice chased after his last word.

"Thank you."

After hearing this, Su Jiao sighed, "You're welcome." ”

On the way back, Su Jiao was happily telling Xiao Huai'an about the gossip he had heard in the past few days, when he suddenly felt a shock in the carriage, and Xiao Huai'an hurriedly protected her to prevent her from hitting her head on the wall of the car.

"Hibiscus, what's going on?"

"My lord, it seems to be the car of Sufu." Hibiscus tightened the reins and said with some hesitation.

Hearing this, Xiao Huai'an and Su Jiao both got out of the car, and at the same time, Su Zhongshi and Lin Weiyong in the opposite car also got down together.

"Ah, it turned out to be Lord Xiao and Mrs. Xiao, I didn't expect such a coincidence, how many people could meet, did the two of you come out to relax?" Lin Weiyong spoke a little stumblingly, and there were two blushes on his face, and at a glance, he knew that he must have just celebrated with Su Zhongshi in the restaurant.

On this occasion, Su Zhongshi felt a little embarrassed, but Su Jiao still had to take care of the identities of the two people and took the initiative to greet her, "Lord Lin, father." ”

"Exactly, Lord Lin is a strict official, and today he has eliminated the people who cheated and cheated in the Ministry of Rites, and he can have a good celebration with Lord Su in the evening."

Xiao Huai'an's tone was flat, and it sounded like it was no different from his usual life, but when it was used to describe Lin Weiyong, several people who understood it would feel sarcastic in their hearts.

Lin Weiyong laughed inappropriately, completely losing his usual composure by getting drunk, "What Master Xiao said is very true, Li Shangshu has to give this official a few thin noodles, and it is impossible to make us go home empty-handed,"

"As for whether Zheng Lu is wronged, it can only depend on whether Li Shangshu is willing to raise his noble hand. This official knows that Lord Xiao is dedicated to serving me and His Majesty, but this fact is normal, and Lord Xiao should be able to understand it. ”

Scapegoat?

Although Lin Weiyong didn't say much, between the words, Su Jiao, who was used to seeing the darkness of the world, could easily guess it.

So that's the case, Su Jiao sighed in her heart, and couldn't help but turn her head slightly to look at Xiao Huai'an a few more times.

"Naturally, Lord Lin and Master Su will walk slowly, and the official and his wife will also prepare to return home." Xiao Huai'an said lightly, and with a wave of his hand, he politely asked Mu Hibiscus to take a few steps back from the carriage and make way for them.

Master Su's face was a little uncomfortable, and before leaving, he finally remembered to greet Su Jiao, "Jiao'er, marry your husband, remember to take care of Lord Xiao, and you can often go home to see if you have anything." ”

"Yes, father." If you are so reluctant, such a cheap father, Su Jiao is really speechless.

After a while, Master Su's carriage left here, and Xiao Huai'an was about to get on the car and go back, but he stopped Su Jiao's hand.

Su Jiao closed her mouth tightly, her face was solemn, and she suddenly spoke, "A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, they are consuming themselves, the more handles they leave, the easier it will be to catch them all in the future." ”

"I know they're going to do something right under your nose, and you're definitely uncomfortable, but there's always a way to do it at this time and that time." Su Jiao said, and very heroically smacked Xiao Huai'an's arm twice with her fist.

Xiao Huai'an touched the place where he had just been beaten, and was a little surprised. "What you say is the same as what I thought, don't worry, I'm fine, let's go."

The two got into the car, and the hibiscus flicked the whip gently, and the crisp sound of the horse's hooves faded away in the silent night.

The next day, Xiao Huai'an got up early in the morning, and Su Jiao came back too late because she went to watch the fireworks last night, so she was still sleeping.

Mu Rong brought a basin of water and was about to serve the two of them to wash their faces, but Xiao Huai'an waved his hand and called outside.

"My lord, hasn't Madame gotten up at this time, she would have woken up a long time ago." Mu Rong followed Xiao Huai'an to the courtyard outside, put the basin on the shelf, and handed a towel over when Xiao Huai'an washed his face.

"Don't bother her, wait for her to wake up, she was tired last night." Xiao Huai'an said casually, but saw Mu Rong next to him stunned and incredulous.

"Huh? You ...... too, sir."

"What?" Xiao Huai'an frowned slightly, always feeling that what she was thinking about should not be a good thing. Mu Rong hurriedly smiled and shook her head, putting on the most well-behaved appearance.

"It's nothing, the slave maid wants to say that you are really interested in your wife."

Xiao Huai'an put the veil back for her suspiciously, but he didn't have time to fight with her a lot at the moment, so after Liang Xin prepared a carriage, he quietly drove to the north of the city alone.

"My lord, according to the results of our investigation, Zheng Lu, who was convicted, could only live in a remote courtyard in the north of the city because his family business was squandered by his gambling son. There were no slaves in the house, only a sick lady, and her son was not at home for a day. ”

Liang Xin drove the carriage while reporting the information he had investigated yesterday, "It's a pity that he is also a fifth-grade official, and his ability is not below Shen Zi, but he ended up like this." ”

"My lord, it's here."

Xiao Huai'an closed his eyes in the carriage and recuperated his mind, and by the way, he carefully sorted out the results reported by Liang Xin, and got off the train when he heard the voice, but found that what the two of them had arrived at was only a burned ruin.

In the second half of last night, it was raining lightly in the sky, and when it came out early in the morning, the moist water vapor accompanied by the breeze hit the people, and brought a hint of coolness.

I don't know whether it was rain or dew on all sides, and thanks to this drizzle, the yard was not as clean as it had been burned, but it was difficult to find any clues under the ruins.

Xiao Huai'an shook his cloak lightly with a calm face, and then helped to remove the water vapor that had been sticking up, and Liang Xin pressed the long knife he had been wearing at his waist, searching around among the broken walls.

This is a secret thing in the courtyard that is too simple, like wood and cloth are also flammable, and they are ignited by fire, so after looking for a long time, Liang Xin only found one candlestick with the most serious burning.

"My lord, it seems that this should be someone from their family, who accidentally knocked over the candlestick and lit the fire, but not a single body has been found, and there is no sign that the army patrol shop to fight the fire has been dispatched, this person will not disappear into thin air."

Liang Xin said, holding the candlestick in front of Xiao Huai'an, although the outside of the candlestick was covered with a layer of dark black charcoal ash, he could still vaguely see the traces of the dent on it due to the collision.

"Naturally, it is impossible for people to disappear into thin air, so do you know that they have any relatives in the city?" Seeing this, Xiao Huai'an was easy to explain the reason for the simple fire in the courtyard here, but there was no trace of the corpse at all, which was more bizarre.