"Oh my God!" Xing Ruyi stroked his forehead with his hand again: "I finally know why Lord Liu is still alone." ”

"Why?"

"Because your old man is really single by strength."

"Old man? I'm only a year or two older than you. Liu Sheng frowned: "What does it mean to be single based on strength?" ”

"It means that emotional intelligence is too low. Of course, you may not understand the word emotional intelligence, but you don't need to ask because it is too cumbersome to explain. In short, you can't find a lady, you really deserve it. ”

"I don't want a lady."

"I know."

"In the government, there are a lot of people who can't help themselves, and it's very dangerous. I don't want a woman to be scared of me at home. Liu Sheng stubbornly explained, his eyes fell on Xing Ruyi's face, and he quickly moved away: "Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless I meet a woman as different as Ruyi, even if I really have something, I don't have to worry that she will be left unattended."

"Then you're finished!" Xing Ruyi pointed at Liu Sheng: "A woman like me who is not bound by the rules of the Tang Dynasty may be the only one in the world, but I am already famous, and you have no singing." As for the second half of your sentence, I also think that you are complimenting me, but I am not the kind of woman you imagined. I also need someone to take care of me, you think I don't need to be taken care of, I don't need to worry, it's because my husband takes care of me so well that others can't see it. ”

"Yin ...... Is he really that good? ”

"Naturally! If it weren't the best in the world, how could I get married. Xing Ruyi waved his hand: "Let's not talk about you and me, let's continue to talk about the case of Cutting Yun." You just said that you haven't been in contact with her for many years, and you don't even know who she sold you to or where she sold it, so how can you be sure that the Qiyun you and I see today is not the one at the beginning.

From an innocent woman from a good family to a girl in the flower building, she must have experienced a lot of things. As the saying goes, things are not people. She may not recognize you, but she doesn't dare to recognize you. ”

"I've thought about this possibility, but how can I explain the dead Cutting Cloud?"

"Dead Cuts?"

"Seven days ago, I received a letter from the county lord of the local government. He said that he had encountered a strange incident, and when he looked at the relevant documents, he knew that I had helped Qiyun and her adoptive father, and that Qiyun was also an old acquaintance, so he invited me to come and help him solve the current mystery. ”

"County master?"

"It's the newly appointed county lord in the local area, and it's also the so-called lover and nobleman in the mouth of the judge. This county lord is the one who intends to redeem his life for Qiyun, and Qiyun is about to become his third concubine. ”

"Wait, why do I feel like things are getting more complicated? The one you know tells you that she sold herself to bury her adoptive father. Could it be that what she said was selling herself to the flower building? ”

"Nope! The person who bought Qiyun that day was a wealthy businessman, and like the county lord, he bought Qiyun as a concubine. The rich merchant is a kind-hearted person, and after buying Qiyun, he is also good to her. It's just that the wife of a wealthy businessman is a jealous person, and when he sees that the rich businessman is good to Jieyun, he is jealous and scolds him all day long. Later, when the rich businessman went out, he found a reason to sell the cloud.

It is not uncommon for a wife to sell a concubine in a large family. After being monopolized several times, it fell into the hands of the old bustard of Hualou. Seeing that she was good-looking and obedient, the old bustard invited the master of the workshop to teach her to sing and dance. In less than half a year, she became the red girl in the Begonia Courtyard.

The old bustard kept Cutting Yun, not because he was kind, but because he knew that if a girl like Cutting Yun let her take the customer, her value would fall. ”

"It's better to keep it and sell it for a good price than to sell it cheaply. The bustards in this flower building are all human spirits who roll in the crowd, so it is normal to calculate like this. Besides, Cutting Yun is a girl who has spent her own effort to train, if she is easily allowed to open the door to welcome guests, it will be a big loss. Xing Ruyi snapped his fingers: "In this way, I don't think there's anything strange here." The cut cloud that you and I saw today did come out of the Begonia Courtyard, and the style in her eyes couldn't be raised without a day or two. ”

"That's because you haven't seen the real Cutting Cloud, and the real Cutting Cloud is not like this."

"What's that like?"

"I ...... I can't tell. ”

"Okay, then you go ahead." Xing Ruyi made a gesture of invitation: "Tell me, how did you and the county lord decide that the cutting cloud that is staying in the Begonia Courtyard right now is not the cutting cloud you know?" ”

"Things have to start with the letter I received from the county lord here." Yanagi changed his posture, "At the beginning of the letter, it was a case. The case happened just before the county lord planned to redeem his life for Qiyun. The facts of the case are also very simple. The watchman in charge of the night patrol in the city, when he was patrolling to the bottom of the city gate, suddenly found something hanging from the city gate. So, he lifted the lantern in his hand. It's okay not to look at it, but when I look at it, I almost scared my soul away.

There was a woman hanging upside down from the gate tower. The woman's face seemed to be wearing a fake face shell, and under the reflection of the lantern, it looked miserable and white. The husband in charge of the night patrol was certainly not the kind of timid person, but when he saw that face, the husband's feet were immediately frightened. I waited for a long time before I let out a scream.

The matter soon reached the Yamen. In a small city like this, there are not many times when this kind of murder occurs, and the county lord has just taken office, so he rushed to the city tower with the arrester overnight.

After an overnight examination, it was confirmed that the deceased was a young woman, with a slender body and calluses on her fingers and soles of her feet. In the words of the puppet, they are all girls who can't be put on the scene.

The death of a girl from a poor background was nothing unusual in the first place. It is strange why this girl fell on the city gate. Imagine, if it is a girl who laughs and welcomes customers in the flower building, even if she is beaten to death by the bustard, or abused to death by some guests, in order to calm the matter, the bustard will choose to bury it secretly and will not act like this.

If it were those courtesans who were secretly raised by rich and noble families, they would not have hung them upside down on the city gate. The richer the family, the more face-saving it is. Death of a courtesan is a small matter, but losing face is a big matter.

What's even more puzzling is that the deceased was also cut off alive. After that, a face was drawn on white paper and pasted on the original skin. That's why the face hanging upside down on the city gate tower is so scary. ”

"Since you have no face, how do you know that it was Qiyun who died, not some other girl."

"Listen to me go on." Yanagi sighed.

"According to the regulations of the imperial court, the girl who entered the flower building and the green building also needs to be registered. The county lord only needs to wait until after dawn, and let the catcher quickly take the roster to the various buildings and courtyards to verify. Even if the girl is not registered, if you ask carefully, you can see some signs.

As for the courtesans, many of them were secretly raised, and it was not easy to find their identities. But as long as it is a person, as long as it is a living person, it will definitely leave traces of life. The county lord still has some confidence in this. ”

"That's a good officer."

"Ten years of cold windows, once in high school, except for those things that were originally the children of gentlemen, most of the scholars wanted to be clean officials and do something good for the people at the beginning of their careers."

"I believe what you say. By the way, you haven't told me yet, why did you and the county lord think that the one who was hung upside down on the city gate tower and had her face cut off was the real girl who cut off her face? ”

"Ruyi, don't worry."

"I'm not in a hurry, I just think you're a little slow to tell the story. At this point, you are really inferior to Lin Hu. And when Lin Hu talked about it, it was a flying eyebrow dance, which was quite a sense of substitution. The plain, curious, and frightening plot you talk about will have no taste in your mouth. ”

"I'm a catcher, not a storyteller. I'm not telling a story, I'm telling the case. ”

"Okay, okay, I said it wrong, please continue."

After the inspection was done, the county lord ordered the deceased to be carried to the Yizhuang here. The woman who was hanging upside down from the tower of the city gate was wearing only a middle garment, and her feet were also naked, and the soles of her feet were stained. After investigation, it was proved that the stains were consistent with those on the city gate, which indicates that the deceased had been to the city gate tower before his death.

But in the middle of the night, how did a girl who didn't even wear a coat get to the city gate? ”

"I'm also a little curious, aren't there soldiers guarding this city gate? Could it be that this girl was given ...... by the soldiers."

"If it were somewhere else, it would be possible. But this place is different, although there is a yamen in this city, it is a small city, and before this case happened, it was a type of people who were simple and did not close their doors at night. At nightfall, the gate tower was empty, except for those who were on the night watch. ”

"When you say that, I think of something. On the day that the fox and I entered the city, we did not see anyone on the tower of the city gate, but there were two soldiers standing at the gate, and they briefly checked the people who came and went in and out of the city. ”

"In the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, many small cities are like this." There was a rare look of pride on Yanagi's face. "Continue what we've just said. The county lord saw that the deceased had no shoes on his feet and was only wearing a middle coat, so he took a second look. At first glance, he felt that the deceased was somewhat similar to the girl he liked. ”

"Didn't this county lord think that the girl was not wearing a coat, so he moved his mind?"

"As far as I know, this county lord is not that kind of person." Liu Sheng replied seriously, "I don't know if it's because I took a few more looks, but after returning to the mansion, the county lord actually had a dream!" ”