"Cooperation, naturally, it is necessary to cooperate, but when will it be strictly investigated? In other words, when can I leave? ”

"When we catch the murderer, the girl can naturally leave."

"That'...... What if you can't catch the murderer? ”

"What do you mean by that, girl?"

"It's not interesting, it's just a simple question. The official said that the little girl wants to leave here unless the officials catch the murderer, but if they can't catch it, wouldn't they want the little girl to stay here for the rest of her life? The official is a native of this place, and he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, but the little woman is different, and everything she eats costs money. It doesn't hurt to last for a day or two, if you stay for a long time, do the three officials want to raise a little girl? ”

"We'll catch the killer as soon as possible."

"As soon as possible, how fast? At the moment, you can't even figure out whether the murderer is male or female, tall or short, fat or thin, how can you arrest him as soon as possible. ”

"This is a matter in our yamen, the girl just needs to stay in peace."

"Okay, I'll settle down, I'll listen to the officials, and I'll not leave that inn for the time being." Xing Ruyi turned around, and not long after he walked into the crowd, he was unexpectedly bumped by a little screaming flower who was passing by. There are a lot of people in the market, and the three officials have made such a fuss again, there are many people gathered in this place, people are crowded, and it is normal for people to hit people, but the position where Fang Cai's little flower child hit her is very strange.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he just grabbed the hand of the little Hanako. The fingers are very long, and the rootless fingers are very neatly trimmed, and the palms and backs of the hands are also clean, so at first glance they do not beg for a living.

"If you want anything, tell your sister as soon as possible, but you will be caught in prison if you steal it."

"I ...... I didn't steal it. ”

"Didn't steal? So what is it? Xing Ruyi broke his other hand and picked up the silver bag: "Believe it or not, the silver in this bag is engraved with my own name." Just now, I also told the three officials, saying that this is to catch traitors and catch doubles, and take thieves and stolen goods, now you are a person and a stolen person, what else do you have to say. ”

Xiao Hanako wanted to deny it again, but when she saw the three officials looking towards her, she hurriedly lowered her head and knelt on the ground: "Miss spare your life, Miss, just let me go, I really didn't want to steal your things, it's really my mother who is about to die." As soon as I was born, my father died, and I was raised by my mother by begging for food. Now that my mother is sick, the doctor in the hospital won't see my mother if he doesn't see the money, and I really have no choice but to come out and steal it. ”

Xiao called Hanako and kowtowed repeatedly: "Miss, please spare me this time if Miss is merciful, I promise, I promise that I will not come out to steal again." ”

"Your mother's illness has never gotten better, has she? You promise to say it every three or five days. Xing Ruyi buckled Xiao Huazi's wrist: "I don't know if you have a mother, and even if you do, it must not be your own mother, because none of the fathers and mothers in this world are willing to come out as thieves with their own children." Even if it is a child born to a thief and a thief's mother-in-law, they will not want to let the child become like them. Your hands are clean and white, not like a beggar all the year round, but like a thief all year round. This finger, if you don't practice it for three or five years, you can't do this. ”

"What if I'm a thief?" Seeing this, Xiao Hanako no longer pretended, but wanted to break free from the punishment Ruyi: "I stole your things, but you have already taken them back just now." Now that you have taken it back, why do you hold on to me? Yes, I'm a thief, I've been a thief since I was a kid. I don't have a father, I don't have a mother, and I have a master who beats me all day long, scolds me, and teaches me how to steal. I also hate my master in my heart, but I know better that if it weren't for him, maybe I would have died a long time ago. ”

"If it weren't for him, maybe you would still be a rich young master who stretches out his hands for clothes and opens his mouth for food." Xing Ruyi put back the silver bag that had just been stolen by Xiao Hanako on himself, "When your master took you away, he also took away something from your house. That kind of thing, it's a bottle, and the bottle is signed, and you can find your father and mother according to the money. Whether you continue to be a thief or go home to be a young master is up to you. ”

"Do you think I'm going to believe you?"

"Do I have to lie to you? If I want to clean you up, there's a way. Among the people you often steal, is there a middle-aged woman who has a red mole in the corner of her eye? ”

"How do you know?"

"Because I'm going to count my fingers." Xing Ruyi made a gesture of pinching his fingers: "Every time you succeed, you will show off to your little friend when you go back, saying that the woman is stupid and has been stolen for so long without noticing." Do you think she's really stupid? She just looked at you kindly, and only thought that if her child were still alive, she would be as old as you. She has seen a beaten little Hanako, and she can't bear to let you be wronged, so she has to walk around the street every few days and deliberately let you steal. Be obedient, and the next time you meet her, don't reach out to steal it, but grab the corner of her clothes and ask her if her own son also has a red mole on his arm. ”

As he spoke, Xing Ruyi's gaze also looked at Hanako's bare right arm. Hanako hurriedly covered it with her hands, turned around and ran away.

"What you just said was really calculated by pinching your fingers?" Just now, the arrester who said that he was going to take Xing Ruyi to the government came over.

"Of course not."

"And how do you know? Could it be that you're lying to that little Hanako. ”

"Lie to someone, and trick a child who steals from me, do I look like such an idle person?" Xing Ruyi glanced at her: "She told me about that woman. Her child was taken away less than 100 days after it was born, and in order to find this child, she circled the streets all day long, and every time she saw a child similar to herself, she would take a few more serious looks. Hanako is one of them. As for Hanako's own affairs, I analyzed them one after another from the words of his companions. ”

"With that alone, you dare to tell Hanako that the woman is his mother?"

"Of course, it's not just that, in addition to the characteristics match, but also their appearance. The official often walks around the street, he should have seen these two people, doesn't the official think, this little Hanako except for those eyes, the rest of the part is exactly the same as that woman's life? ”

"There are so many similar people in the world!"

"Yes, there are many similar people in this world, but the only one with a similar appearance and a red mole on his arm is that child." Xing Ruyi fanned the wind with his hand: "Besides, I just kindly reminded me that yes or no, whether they can recognize each other or not is their own business, I am an outsider, I can't care, and I don't bother to care." If the official wants to ask, he might as well check carefully, and maybe he can help more little Hanako find a home. ”

"I'll take care of it."

"I didn't expect you to be a warm-hearted official." Xing Ruyi circled around the catcher: "Okay, for your sake, I'll reluctantly help you." ”

"Do me a favor?"

"Help you find the murderer." Xing Ruyi put his hands behind his back: "If you believe me, come to the inn in the evening to look for me, if you don't believe me, it's all because I didn't say what I just said." Well, I'm sleepy, I need to go back to sleep. ”

"Who is this girl?" Two other catchers also came over.

"Punishment is as good as you want."

"Who is Xing Ruyi?"

"I don't know, one came from outside, saying that he was looking for a future husband."

"Future husband, are you?" The two catchers joked: "It's really rare for a girl to go out to find a husband." ”

"Ahh Xing Ruyi sneezed, turned around and looked behind, and saw the three catchers standing in one place muttering, and couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Am I too idle to help these fools find murderers." It's just for the sake of the girls in the town, after all, the murderer is so hateful. ”

This town is not big, but it is not small, but no matter how big the town is, it can't hold back the "rumors" that are flying. When Xing Ruyi yawned and walked into the inn, he was met with four pairs of eyes, large and small.

"The shopkeeper is good, Xiaobai is good, Uncle Wang is good, Xinyi is good."

The shopkeeper is the shopkeeper of the inn, Xiaobai is the guy of the inn, Uncle Wang is the cook in charge of cooking in the inn, and Xinyi is the only daughter of the shopkeeper, who is four years old this year, which is the age of being lively and naughty. Xinyi's mother had an accident when she was born with Xinyi, and her lower body was paralyzed and she couldn't move. The shopkeeper originally ran a boat on the river, but after his wife fell ill, he sold the boat and opened this inn. The inn is also a two-entry courtyard, the front is to welcome guests, and the back is the place where the shopkeeper's family lives. When the weather is good, you can also see the shopkeeper taking his wife who is paralyzed in bed out to watch the scenery and bask in the sun.

Xinyi looks very cute, and her mother is also a beauty, but she is bedridden all the year round, which causes her complexion to be a little worse, and she neither likes to see people nor talk to outsiders.

When she first arrived at the inn, Xing Ruyi still wanted to chat with Xinyi Niang, but as soon as she walked to the back yard, she was stopped by the shopkeeper, saying that her wife had become very bad since she was ill, and she didn't like to see people. But a few times she played with Xinyi, and when she looked up, she saw Xinyi's mother sitting behind the window, her eyes met, and she didn't think it would be a bad-tempered person. But there seemed to be thousands of thoughts hidden in her eyes, and she wanted to talk to others, but she didn't know where to start.

"Sister Ruyi, Uncle Xiaobai said that you are a murderer, are you? Also, who did you kill? Is it Ah Huang in our backyard? ”

As soon as Xinyi finished asking, she was covered by Xiaobai's slightly embarrassed face: "Xinyi said nonsense, I didn't say that." Besides, why are you called Sister Ruyi, but you call me Uncle, I don't seem to be much more than Yida. ”

"Xinyi looks at faces, I am good-looking, naturally I am an older sister, and if you look old, you are naturally an uncle." Xing Ruyi took Xinyi's hand and pulled her to him: "Ah Huang is old, Sister Ruyi doesn't eat old meat." ”

"Then why is Ah Huang gone?" Xinyi asked, and her small mouth pouted: "Ah Huang was bought by his mother for Xinyi, and if it is gone, his mother will be sad." ”

Ah Huang is a dog, an ordinary-looking old yellow dog.