At noon the next day, Xie Zheng was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, learning to do needlework with the mother-in-law in the house, and suddenly saw Xie Wei and You Xiao walking in from outside the courtyard one after the other.

Xie Zheng raised his head and glanced at the west courtyard, seeing that Xie Wei had already walked into the house, Xie Zheng asked, "Where have you been today, and what have you done?" ”

You Xiao replied: "I went to the pawn shop on Yujie in the morning, and then stayed in the Hongwen Hall on Flower Street until now. ”

"Pawnshop again?" Xie Zheng clearly remembered that the first time Xie Wei came to Jiankang and went out, she went to the pawnshop, but it happened that she lost an ice glutinous jade bracelet yesterday, she thought about it carefully, as if the last time she learned that Xie Wei went to the pawnshop, she lost a pair of yellow dragon jade gold-inlaid earrings.

She had shortened things in her room several times, and now she couldn't help but suspect Xie Wei's head, so she asked You Xiao: "Do you know what he pawned?" ”

You Xiao shook his head, and said with a suspicious face: "He didn't allow his subordinates to follow up, and when he was far away from the pawnshop, he told his subordinates to stop." ”

"So sneaky, is it ......" Xie Zheng thought for a while, and when he said this, he didn't say any more, Yuzhi took over and said, "The lady suspects that it's him......"

Without waiting for Yuzhi to finish speaking, Xie Zheng hurriedly gave her a look and motioned her not to continue, she then put down the needle and thread in her hand and said to her mother-in-law: "Grandma, I'm tired today, let's learn from you another day." ”

"Eh," the mother-in-law understood, and she answered, and then withdrew.

After the mother-in-law retreated, Xie Zheng stood up and asked, "Which pawn shop did he go to?" ”

"It's the Sun family on Yujie," You Xiao replied.

"Come with me, I'll see what he's doing!"

The three of them walked down the pavilion and walked out of the courtyard, and when they were not far from the arch, Xie Zheng accidentally saw a brick with a little blood stain under the corner of the wall on one side of the arch.

Xie Zheng was full of suspicion, and immediately walked to the brick, lowered his head and looked at it silently, and at this time, Yuzhi and You Xiao had also noticed it, and the two followed Xie Zheng to walk together, You Xiao immediately picked up the brick and gave it to Xie Zheng to look at, "Xie Niangzi," as he spoke, he flipped the brick over, revealing a large area of blood underneath, and there were a few hairs on it, which obviously knocked on the head.

"Lady, this is ......" Yuzhi looked at this large bloodstain, shocked.

Xie Zhengxiu frowned slightly, and only asked: "Can the county marquis be in the mansion?" ”

You Xiao replied: "When the subordinates came back, they saw that the right servant of Shangshu Province was coming, and the county marquis was entertaining him in the front yard. ”

Xie Zheng hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then strode out of the arch, and then went to the front yard, and when he arrived in the front yard, he walked outside the guest hall, and before he walked in, he saw Huan Ling and Kong Xiuzhi sitting in it drinking tea.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, Kong Envoy Jun is okay," Xie Zheng said and walked into the guest hall with a smile.

The two people in the guest hall looked out according to the sound, and when they saw Xie Zheng coming in, they were all happy, and Huan Ling and Kong Xiuzhi smiled and said: "Look at it, say Cao Cao Cao Cao will arrive." ”

Xie Zheng walked to the hall, Kong Xiuzhi hurriedly got up and saluted, and called respectfully: "County Lord." Xie Zheng glanced at him, she walked to Huan Ling and sat down, only then did she pick up Kong Xiuzhi's words and said, "Kong Envoy, you and I know each other, isn't this too out-of-the-box?" ”

Kong Xiuzhi sat back with a smile and asked rhetorically: "The county lord called me 'envoy', is this more outward?" ”

Xie Zhengwan'er only said: "Brother Xiu is still so funny. ”

When Huan Ling was pouring tea for Xie Zheng, Kong Xiuzhi sat opposite and looked at Xie Zheng, and said hesitantly: "Kong has something to do, I have been holding it in my heart for many days, and I happened to see the county lord today." ”

When Xie Zheng heard this, he knew that he had something to do with her, so he hurriedly picked up the words: "Since it is uncomfortable to hold it in my heart, Brother Xiu might as well say it happily." ”

Kong Xiuzhi instinctively glanced left and right, and then said: "Kong has a good friend, who is on an errand in the Ministry of Rites, and His Majesty was busy marrying the Marquis of Xichang County a while ago, and ordered the Ministry of Rites to draw up a roster to select the nobles of the Jiankang clan, and they sent it back to the list in His Majesty's hand, with the name of the county lord. ”

When the two people on the other side heard this, they were stunned for a moment, one was surprised that the Ministry of Rites actually added Xie Zheng to the selection of the person who planned to marry the Marquis of Xichang County, and the other was surprised by the "head back" in Kong Xiuzhi's mouth.

"The first time the roster was sent to His Majesty? What does this mean? Xie Zheng had mixed feelings in his heart, why did the people in the Ministry of Rites look down on her so much, and they actually brushed her down when they drafted the roster for the second time? Or is there something else......

Kong Xiuzhi frowned, and continued: "When the list was sent to His Majesty, His Majesty was actually furious, and bluntly called the person who added your name to go to the Tingwei Office to receive the cane punishment. ”

Xie Zheng was stunned, she glanced at Huan Ling sideways, and then awkwardly picked up the teacup in front of her, took a sip, and replied to Kong Xiuzhi: "I will never marry the Marquis of Xichang County, just because I am on the roster, I am crossed, why should Your Majesty be furious...... He's so perceptive, it's because he's jealous of me......"

After she said that, she glanced at Huan Ling again, Kong Xiuzhi sat opposite, hearing this, for fear of causing trouble, he only coughed lightly, and then got up and said: "Two, it's not early, Kong will leave first." ”

When the words fell, the two people on the other side also got up, and with a polite greeting, they were about to leave the table to see each other, Kong Xiuzhi looked back and said, "Stay, you don't have to send each other." ”

Kong Xiuzhi left after speaking, so the two only sent him to the outside of the guest hall and stopped, and when Kong Xiuzhi's people had gone away, Huan Ling asked Xie Zheng vaguely: "Your Majesty is so jealous of you, I'm afraid you won't see through your identity?" ”

Xie Zheng pondered for a while, and then pondered: "Impossible, if he really knew who I was, he would have been unable to sit still, how could he still have the heart to summon me into the palace to play chess with him." ”

"Then why is he?" Huan Ling was like sitting on pins and needles for a while, and he was anxious.

Xie Zheng looked at the front yard with both eyes, and suddenly laughed: "I am not allowed to marry the prince and general, it seems that I am still guarding against me," she remembered that when she was in Hualin Garden last time, Xiao Daocheng had knocked on the side to test whether she was in love with Huanling, and taboo her name appeared on the list of marquis of Xichang County, is it afraid that she will have something to do with the prince and general?

Huan Ling was stunned and hurriedly asked: "How do you know that he does not allow you to marry the prince and general?" "If that's the case, wouldn't Xie Zheng be able to marry him in the future!

Xie Zhengzi didn't answer truthfully, but laughed: "Guess." ”

Huan Ling also knew that she had something to hide from him, and wanted to ask further, but Xie Zheng diverted the conversation, and she said, "County Marquis, I am here to find you on business." ”

"What can you do?" Huan Ling was really led astray by her words, so he turned back and sat down, Xie Zheng gave You Xiao a look, You Xiao understood, and showed the brick with blood and hair, Huan Ling was surprised when he saw it: "This is ......"

"This was found in my courtyard, and I am worried that someone in the house has suffered an accident, so I want to ask the county marquis to check and investigate," Xie Zheng said, and walked up to You Xiao, took a closer look at the blood stains on the bricks, and said: "If it is Kunlun Nu Silla maid, it doesn't matter if she dies, but if it is a guest girl, then human life is at stake." ”

Kunlun slave Silla maid is mostly captured by other countries, not even the yellow book and the body post, life and death are naturally cheap, but the tribe and the guest girl are all good people, if the master is exempt, can also become a commoner, compared to Kunlun slave and Silla maid, there is still an identity.

After hearing this, Huan Ling immediately instructed Zeng Qionglin: "Qionglin, quickly gather all the subordinates in the mansion and ask them to wait in the front yard." ”

For high-ranking families, the death of a subordinate is not a big deal, but in the final analysis, no one wants to cause a commotion, Xie Zheng has made a lot of enemies in the court, and Huanling also has enemies, how many pairs of eyes are staring at it.

Not long after, Zeng Qionglin had already gathered all the subordinates in the house to the front yard, counted them one by one, and then turned back to Huan Ling and said, "There is one short." ”

"Are you sure you're all there?" Huan Ling got up and walked to the door of the guest hall, stood on the stone steps, and counted all the people below, it was indeed one missing, Zeng Qionglin suddenly remembered something, and said, "Is there a chaser missing?" ”

Several people suddenly reacted, "Cai Qin ......" Huan Ling still remembered that Cai Qin bit Xie Zheng, and he was still angry in his heart, and when he said her name, he took a deep breath, and then asked: "Haven't found it yet?" ”

Xie Zheng was silent, just walked to the stool and sat down, Huan Ling knew that she was not happy in her heart, so she simply stopped talking and only asked the next person: "Have any of you seen Cai Qin?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, few people replied, all said, "I haven't seen it", Huan Ling then asked: "Xie Niangzi found a bloody brick in the yard, in the past two days, have any of you been in and out of Yazhuyuan?" ”

When the words fell, only a few Silla maids and a mother-in-law stood up, and the Silla maids explained in unison that they only went in to clean the yard or bring tea and water, and did not dare to stay, and the mother-in-law explained that she was summoned by Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng nodded, and there was no objection.

Immediately afterwards, another guest girl said: "Xie Niangzi's Yazhu Garden, it is very clean in the plain, and without Xie Niangzi's nod, the slaves and maids dare not go in." ”

Saying that, the rest of the people echoed one after another, Huan Ling waved his hand impatiently, dismissed everyone, and when everyone had retreated, Fang Hu wondered: "Could it be really Cai Qin?" ”

"That's it, let her go," Xie Zheng was very upset, got up and said, "I'll go out to do some things," and then left without looking back, and Yuzhi and You Xiao also followed.

After a few people left, Xie Wei appeared from under the corridor next to him, he was turning around and walking back, muttering in his mouth: "It's just a girl, what's the big deal!" ”

Xie Zheng went out from the Hou Mansion and took Yuzhi and You Xiao to the Sun pawnshop on the royal street, but he had a cold face and was worried all the way, Yuzhi asked, "Is the lady worried about picking celery?" ”

"I'm not worried, I just can't figure it out, if the blood on the brick is really hers, then who is going to kill her, this girl has never made a feud with anyone."

Yuzhi didn't speak, just sat quietly next to Xie Zheng, and frowned as if he was racking his brains.

In a blink of an eye, they arrived at the door of Sun's pawn shop, and several people got off the ox cart, and only then did they walk into the store, and saw a woman wearing a silk that did not fit well, and a woman with a fat brain greeted her, and greeted: "Yo, distinguished guest, please come in!" ”

This woman wears gold and silver, so noble, she invited Xie Zheng to sit down, and when she raised her hand, she revealed the bracelet on her wrist, Xie Zheng saw it at a glance, and Yuzhi also recognized the bracelet, the master and servant glanced at each other, Xie Zheng then asked: "Are you the owner here?" ”

Before the words fell, I saw a middle-aged man who was also wide and fat walking out from behind the desk, and said: "I am the owner, and this is the insider." ”

Xie Zheng glanced at it, and the shopkeeper had already approached, and said flatteringly: "The noble man looked at the eyes, is he here to be a thing, or to redeem something?" ”

"I'm here to investigate the case," Xie Zheng glanced sideways at the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper seemed to be a little weak-hearted, the couple looked at each other, and the shopkeeper immediately asked, "Who is the honorable driver?" ”

"Don't dare to be respectful, you won't be able to Ji Xie's family, the big name Xie Zheng, and the small character Deyin."

As soon as the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly pulled his wife to salute Xie Zheng and said, "The villain has eyes and no beads, I don't know if it is the lord of Hengyang......

"Excuse me," Xie Zheng raised his hand impatiently and motioned for the two of them to get up, "I just ask you, in recent days, has there been a person named Xie Wei who has often come to you to pawn jewelry?" ”

The shopkeeper seemed to be a little embarrassed, and sneered: "The pawnshop only recognizes pawn tickets and does not recognize people, and the villain doesn't know who Xie Wei is in the county lord's mouth." ”

Xie Zheng thought about it, too, Xie Wei is illiterate, so he may not be able to write his name, and when he signed the ticket, he may not have signed it.

She simply glanced at Mrs. Sun's wrist and said bluntly: "The bracelet in her hand was originally my object." ”

When the shopkeeper saw the bracelet, he had an epiphany, and hurriedly motioned to his wife to take off the bracelet and return it, and then explained to Xie Zheng: "There is a person who often comes to the villain to pawn utensils, and that bracelet was sent by him." ”

After the words were finished, Mrs. Sun's bracelet was still stuck on her wrist and could not be removed, which really touched Xie Zheng's brows, Xie Zheng said in disgust: "That's it, this bracelet is a good match for you," let others touch things, Xie Zheng never wanted.

She said, and then asked, "What does that man look like?" ”

The shopkeeper recalled: "He looks thin and dark, but he is not badly dressed, unlike a down-and-out man, he came this morning and became a red agate palace silk." ”

Red Agate Palace Tapestry? Xie Zheng had such an object, but she hadn't even found out that it was lost, she frowned, very annoyed, and asked at the moment: "What else did he do with you?" ”

"Please come with me," the shopkeeper asked Xie Zheng and his party to go into the back room, and took out all the several utensils that Xie Wei pawned here, this number, no more, no less, exactly ten, in addition to Xie Zheng's detection, there are also forbidden steps, jade plates, step shakes, arm swords, and even a Yingluo, which she has not yet noticed lost.

Xie Zheng put such a bunch of jewelry in front of the meeting, and he was so angry that his eyes were full of gold stars, if it was really day and night, it was difficult to prevent thieves!

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