The weather is hot, it is inevitable that people are impetuous, after breakfast, Xie Zheng and Huan Ling sat in the front yard side hall drinking mung bean soup to reduce the fire, the two were talking and laughing and chatting about family life, suddenly saw the door of the house, Xie Wei rushed in with his head buried in his head, and his whole body was full of anger, You Xiao followed him quietly.

Huan Ling sat on the mat opposite Xie Zheng, and saw Xie Wei coming back from a distance, looking at his menacing appearance, Huan Ling casually asked Xie Zheng: "What's wrong with him?" ”

Xie Zheng had already guessed a little, and glanced at Yuzhi sideways, and the master and servant smiled without saying a word.

At this time, Xie Wei had already walked to the door of the side hall, just blocking the light in the room, Xie Zheng turned his head to look at him, pretended to be surprised, and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?" Why are you so angry? ”

Xie Wei walked in with his feet raised, looked at Huan Ling, and then at Xie Zheng, opened his mouth and closed it, obviously wanting to question but didn't dare, it took a long time to walk to Xie Zheng and sit down, and said in a low voice: "I don't know what's wrong, I went to the gambling house in the past two days, and they always didn't allow me to go in......"

He also guessed that Xie Zheng was making a hindrance, so he came back angrily and wanted to question her, but people didn't dare to speak, so he had to "complain" like this.

Xie Zhengzi also expected that he knew everything, and since he didn't ask, then she didn't mention it, she only pretended to be surprised, and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, this gambling house is open for business, and it won't let you in, and I'm afraid that you can't afford to lose?" ”

Hearing this, Xie Wei was ashamed and embarrassed, to be honest, he really couldn't afford to lose.

Seeing that Xie Wei bowed his head and was silent, Huan Ling was also upset, so he immediately asked, "Do you know why they didn't let you in?" ”

Hearing this, Xie Zheng frowned at Huan Ling, and made a look, Huan Ling immediately understood, so he didn't ask any more.

Xie Wei glanced at Xie Zheng at first, and then looked at Huan Ling, and replied: "Some say that I am a thousand, some say that I have no money in my pocket, and some don't say a word, just don't let me in, I also wonder, this is ...... Someone shouldn't be behind me......"

At this point, he lowered his head and became softer.

Xie Zheng secretly glanced at him, pointed at Sang and said ashamedly: "That gambling house is full of indiscriminate scoundrels, brother, have you ever had a grudge against them?" ”

"I ......" Xie Wei was speechless for a while, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to admit that he was unlucky, so he got up and said, "Forget it, don't go." ”

He was about to leave, but Xie Zheng pretended to keep him again, and said, "It's hot, do you want my brother to drink some mung bean soup to reduce the fire?" There is a silver pill grass added here, which is the coolest. ”

Xie Wei glanced back impatiently, and only said, "No need," and left without looking back.

Seeing that he had gone away, Xie Zheng laughed, she thought that Shicai's words were not too ugly, why couldn't he listen to it anymore?

"What's going on?" Huan Ling was very interested in this matter.

Xie Zheng said bluntly: "I went to find Chen Qingzhi two days ago, and asked him to find his younger brother Zuo Minshangshu for a small favor, this Xie Wei, he usually goes to Qinlou Chu Pavilion, I can't say anything, but he wants to go to the gambling house, how can I indulge him." ”

Huan Ling nodded thoughtfully, and also said: "Well, in such a smoky place, he rarely goes, and he doesn't cause trouble." ”

"That's what I mean," Xie Zheng looked at Huan Ling, his face slightly sad.

Before the words fell, suddenly a Kunlun slave ran over with a panicked expression, stood at the door of the side hall, and called out breathlessly: "County Marquis ......"

Huan Ling was surprised, Xie Zheng frowned, and asked casually, "What's the matter?" ”

"The marquis of the county, the lord of the county, the celery...... Parsley has been found! "Kunlun Nuxu is in a hurry, and he is still out of breath when he speaks.

"Where is she!" As soon as Huan Ling heard that Cai Qin had been found, he immediately stood up with a straight face, looking like he was going to settle accounts with her.

But Xie Zheng expected that Cai Qin had suffered an accident, and was supported by Yuzhi to stand up, and his body was slightly stiff.

"Dead ...... Dead, in the small courtyard to the west of the back house, the body is still floating in the pond. ”

Several people in the side hall were stunned, Huan Ling and Xie Zheng glanced at each other, and then rushed over one after the other.

When I walked in, I saw a group of maids and servants gathered around the small pond, pointing and pointing, and there were a few other parts, guarding the side.

"What are you doing here?" Zeng Qionglin followed behind Huan Ling and scolded, and the onlookers and servants immediately dispersed, but they still did not retreat, but they were a little farther away.

At that time, Cai Qin's body had been salvaged by several parts, and it was placed on the edge of the pond, and the summer was already hot, and the body soaked in the water for several days, not to mention swollen, and emitted a rancid smell.

When several people approached, they all raised their hands to cover their noses, and were standing on the side carefully examining Cai Qin's corpse, when an old servant woman suddenly said with a lot of mouth: "Cai Qin, this girl, she is young, how can she be a good person, there is no one who is good." ”

Xie Zheng glanced at her, who knew that she immediately smiled and said: "Xie Niangzi, don't blame the old body for being too talkative, this Caiqin, she is a girl in your courtyard......"

The implication is that Cai Qin's death is inseparable from Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng pressed the fire in his heart, and it did not come out, but it was Yuzhi, and retorted: "What do you mean by this, Cai Qin has been missing for a few days, and Xie Niangzi has been anxious to find her, and a few days ago, the people of the mansion were gathered, and you are not unclear about what it is." ”

When the servant woman heard this, she was so ashamed that she was ashamed, and she only lowered her head and muttered: "The old body has no other meaning, just a pity for picking celery." ”

Yuzhi glanced at her and didn't say anything, but Huan Ling, who was very angry, said bluntly: "I'm a lot older, how can I talk but my brain!" ”

was reprimanded by Yuzhi, the servant woman left but her face was dull, but Huan Ling Su Ri treated his subordinates very considerate and kind, and never got angry, and now he preached like this, the servant woman was so frightened that her legs were weak, and she was about to kneel down to kowtow to Xie Zheng to admit her mistake, her legs were weak, and she was about to kneel on the ground, but Xie Zheng said coldly: "Okay, okay, let's go down!" ”

"Yes, yes," the servant woman echoed, and then retreated with the house slaves.

When the irrelevant maids and servants had retreated, Huan Ling looked at Cai Qin's corpse and ordered, "Come on, go and ask for help." ”

Huan Ling originally wanted to invite him to come to the autopsy, no matter what, he didn't want the people in the house to die like this, but Zeng Qionglin said: "The county marquis, the house slave died, this matter, whether it is big or small, is not small, but it is not good to alarm outsiders, this is a family matter after all." ”

Zeng Qionglin is reasonable, there are people in the Hou Mansion staring at it!

Xie Zheng still remembered the brick two days ago, and always felt that it was related to Cai Qin, she looked at Cai Qin's head carefully, and there was no injury, so she ordered the tribe: "You guys, turn her body over." ”

The two people who came forward turned Cai Qin's body over, and sure enough, they saw a blood pit at the back of her head, Xie Zheng saw it clearly, frowned, and said, "That's the case!" ”

Huan Ling took a closer look at Cai Qin's injuries and said, "It seems that Cai Qin was stoned to death and thrown here." ”

Zeng Qionglin stood behind Huan Ling, looked around, looked at the entire small courtyard, and then said: "In this courtyard, almost no one will come on weekdays, and it must be someone from the house who throws Cai Qin's body here." ”

Yuzhi said hesitantly: "But Caiqin is in the house, and there are no enemies......

The air was filled with the smell of corpses, which was really disgusting, Xie Zheng covered his nose, instinctively dodged a few steps back, and just retreated to the stone road behind, she said: "This corpse has been soaked in the water for more than a day or two, and I can't tell when she died, so this case is not easy to investigate." ”

Huan Ling also turned around and walked to the stone road, stood beside Xie Zheng, and asked, "Anyway, Cai Qin died in the Hou Mansion, and I will always send someone to take care of her future." ”

Xie Zheng sighed and said, "She is my girl, I will arrange the future, but this case still has to bother the county marquis." ”

Huan Ling bowed slightly, Xie Zheng turned around and left, all the way back to Yazhuyuan with sorrow, and went straight to the pavilion, but when he climbed the steps of the pavilion, he noticed that the toe of the shoes embroidered with hibiscus flowers were stained with red sand and mud.

Xie Zheng has always loved cleanliness, and when she saw that the toe of her shoes was dirty, she immediately turned around to go back to the room to change, and when she turned around, she suddenly remembered something, she looked down at Yuzhi's feet, and the shoes were also stained with red sand and mud.

"Yuzhi, this red sand mud was just stained by the pond, right?"

Yuzhi looked down and said, "Yes, this red sand mud is only available by the pond, but it is not easy to clean the shoes if they are dirty, so few people go on weekdays." ”

When Xie Zheng heard this, as if she understood something, she was not in a hurry to change her shoes, but ran to the west across the courtyard with great momentum, walked to the door of Xie Wei's room, kicked open the door without saying a word, and broke in in a hurry.

At this time, Xie Wei was sitting in front of the bookcase in a daze, and suddenly there was a sound, so startled that he jumped up, stood in front of the bookcase and shouted at Xie Zheng: "What are you crazy about!" Took the wrong medicine for you! ”

Xie Zheng stood inside the door, looking at him silently, although he was silent, but the murderous aura in his eyes made Xie Wei tremble, Xie Wei was stunned for a moment, his attitude finally eased, and he said hesitantly: "You...... Why didn't you knock on the door when you came in, and you almost kicked the door away......

At the same time, You Xiao, who lived in the ear room, heard the loud noise and hurried over, and when he saw Xie Zheng angry, he only stood outside the house.

Xie Zheng took a deep breath and said calmly, "Cai Qin is dead." ”

"Mining...... Cai Qin is dead? Even though Xie Wei pretended to be surprised, he couldn't hide his heart in his eyes.

"What are you pretending to be, you killed people," Xie Zheng said, and took two steps closer to Xie Wei.

When the words fell, Yuzhi and You Xiao were stunned, and Xie Wei was also stunned: "You...... What nonsense are you talking about, why do you want to kill Cai Qin, who has no grievances with Cai Qin. ”

"I also want to know why," Xie Zheng was still unusually calm, she said, "Is it, she broke something?" ”

Xie Wei blinked nervously, and he hurriedly argued: "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't kill her!" ”

"Okay, what do you explain to the red sand on your shoes?" Xie Zheng stared down at the red clay marks on the toe of his shoes.

Yuzhi suddenly realized, but Xie Wei was still defending: "This ...... I got it out there. ”

"Really? You Xiao follows you every day, why doesn't he have any shoes on them? Xie Zheng knew that You Xiao was standing at the door, but he was so confident that he didn't look back at him.

Xie Wei had nothing to say now, and now he was weak, so he sat down on the stool behind him, and said solemnly: "It's just a girl, what's the big deal." ”

Seeing that Xie Wei finally admitted it, Xie Zheng couldn't help but sneer, and Xie Wei then said: "Sister, I'm still your brother after all, is it possible, you want to turn against my brother and me for a little girl?" ”

Xie Zheng didn't say anything, and Xie Wei immediately said in a strange voice: "Don't forget, we are two brothers and sisters, but the grasshopper on a rope, I am not happy, and you don't want to be happy." ”

"You threaten me?" Xie Zheng had a cold face, Xie Wei was no longer afraid of her at this moment, got up and said bluntly: "Prepare a thousand taels of silver for me, I want to leave Jiankang." ”

Xie Zheng laughed, she paced in the room, and said: "I hate others threatening me the most in my life, Xie Wei, if you are not kind to me, don't say a thousand taels, even a penny, I won't give it to you." ”

Listening to Xie Zheng's words, this money is in hand, Xie Wei laughed triumphantly, Xie Zheng glanced at him, which called Yuzhi and gave her a look, Yuzhi understood, and reluctantly took the silver.

I thought that Xie Wei would stop there, but who knew that he was insatiable and insatiable, so he said again: "Also, the Oiran lady in the Hongwen Pavilion, I have taken a fancy to her, I want to take her with me, you bring me another five hundred taels, I will redeem her body." ”

He said it so confidently that he didn't blush.

Yuzhi was very annoyed and scolded: "Don't you have to make an inch! ”

"Yuzhi," Xie Zheng called her coldly, and only said, "It's up to him." ”

When Yuzhi heard this, he had to go and get five hundred taels again, and unceremoniously threw it on the bookcase in front of Xie Wei, Xie Wei picked up the money bag and weighed it, and he was about to go out, Xie Zheng turned around and looked at him and went out, and he was afraid that he would cause trouble, so he hurriedly gave You Xiao a look and motioned for him to follow.

There was an ox cart of the Gu family of Wu County parked outside the Hongwen Pavilion, and Xie Wei saw it when he came, but because he was illiterate, he didn't recognize it as Gu Jiulang's car.

When he arrived at the Hongwen Pavilion, he didn't go to talk to the Oiran lady about redeeming himself, he went to find the bustard when he entered the door, and threw the money bag in front of the person, and said: "Five hundred taels, Lao Tzu will take the pity away today!" ”

Bustard's eyes opened when she saw the money, but she came out with another more bulging and heavier money bag, smiled at Xie Wei, and said, "Xie Langjun, it's not a coincidence that you came today, that girl from Li'er just let Gu Jiajiulang redeem herself." ”

"What?" Xie Wei was shocked, so he raised his head and glanced at the room of the Oiran lady, and saw that the door of the house was still open, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is she?" ”

While talking, the bustard was pushing Xie Wei's money bag out, listening to Xie Wei's question, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed to the room of the Oiran lady, and said with a smile: "Cleaning up things in the house, Gu Jiajiulang is also there." ”

Xie Wei was furious, and immediately rolled up his sleeves and walked upstairs, scolding in his mouth: "Little rabbit cub, dare to rob a woman with Lao Tzu, it's really boring!" ”

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