The next day, before dawn, Li Ran was woken up by someone and sat up in fright.

"Don't be afraid, it's me!"

As soon as Zhou E's voice fell, the lights had already turned on outside, Li Ran saw clearly that it was really Zhou E, and relieved in one breath, "What's wrong?" ”

"Tao Nong is at the back corner door, saying that Sister-in-law Wu had an accident and killed someone, so you have to go."

Zhou E stretched out her head, put it to Li Ran's ear, and said in a low voice.

Li Ran's eyes widened when she heard this.

Zhou E's words, the first half is easy to understand, what does the last sentence mean? What do you mean by her taking a trip? Can she destroy corpses or destroy traces?

"Hurry up! Put your clothes on, let's talk as we go. It's cold outside, take a long jacket. Zhou E talked to Li Ran in the first half, and waved her hand in the second half to signal Xiaoyun and Mama Fu, who had already heard the movement and rushed over.

Li Ran didn't speak again, she got dressed very quickly, Xiaoyun curled her hair, Li Ran took the wet handkerchief handed by the little girl and wiped her face twice.

It didn't even take half an hour to get started, Li Ran packed up, and while walking out, she took a thin jacket from Mama Fu's hand, draped it on her body casually, and Zhou E walked out of the main house, from the corner door of the backyard, and walked out quickly.

Tao Nong was standing outside the corner gate of the back garden of the Marquis of Chang'an, circling in circles.

Zhou E's steps were extremely fast, and she dodged and dodged along the way, and when it was dark, Li Ran trotted all the way to follow, and it was good to be able to keep up without falling behind, and she didn't care about talking at all.

Tao Nong first saw Zhou E rushing out, didn't wait to speak, and then saw Li Ran who was following Zhou E, panting, her eyes widened suddenly, and she nodded at Li Ran, "What is she doing here?" What did you tell her to do? You say you have to call someone, just call her? What did you tell her to do? ”

"You don't understand, don't talk nonsense, hurry up, let's go over and have a look first." Zhou E pushed the peach nong.

Momonon staggered four or five steps by her push, and rushed forward, running all the way, rushing to a big dilapidated car parked at the mouth of the alley.

Zhou E grabbed Li Ran, threw her into the car, and jumped up to sit next to Taonong.

Li Ran stuck her head out of the car, and saw that it was Tao Nong sitting in the driver's seat to catch the car, and blinked, but there was no surprise.

This one came down from Xingrong Pass, and he was in a car or something, so it is not surprising.

"That's the case, Sister-in-law Wu had an accident, and she beat her man to death. That's it. Zhou E twisted her body, three or two sentences, even if she finished everything.

"How can I help?" Li Ran asked the key points first.

Zhou E leaned at her for a moment, and rolled her eyes upward.

"Like, how can she help? What did you tell her to do? You're in a hurry, aren't you? Momono's eyes were staring ahead, and he spoke urgently.

"Catch your car! Don't open your mouth if you don't understand! ”

Zhou E shook Tao Nong back with great momentum, moved, approached Li Ran and bit her ear and said, "Why are you ...... Alas, too, you don't understand anything, this capital defense, but in the hands of General Xie, I have already asked people to find General Xie, just say what you said, let him go to Wu's sister-in-law's foot shop to find you, this matter, I can only borrow you gold noodles, please General Xie help. ”

Li Ran glared at Zhou E.

Zhou E spread her hands and smiled dryly, "Human life is a matter of heaven, in addition to Sister-in-law Wu, there is also her little daughter, Sister-in-law Wu can't live, her little girl can't live, save someone's life, now these are two lives." ”

"How can she help?"

Momino asked again. This sentence is full of questions, she really can't figure it out, what can this girl help? Is it used to pray for blessings?

"I didn't tell you, don't talk if you don't understand!" Zhou E once again scolded Taonong.

Li Ran took a deep breath and looked at Zhou E, "I'm afraid you're thinking too well, it's a matter of human life, I ......"

"Just look at it, if you come to take a picture, you will say it, and if you don't come to take it, you won't say it. If only it ......"

Zhou E didn't finish speaking, she turned straight back from Li Ran's side, looked at Li Ran, and laughed a few times.

"If it's really the second half, what about Sister-in-law Wu?" Li Ran looked at Zhou E and frowned.

"Go and beg for Hou Ye." Zhou E glanced at Li Ran, and her voice was extremely low.

"Hmm." After a moment, Li Ran replied in a low voice, looked at Tao Nong and asked, "What the hell is going on?" I've endured it for more than ten years, why did I suddenly kill people? ”

"That's right! I didn't have time to ask, so let's talk about it. Zhou E patted Taonon.

"She said that the old man Bai drank too much wine and wanted to rape her daughter, she was in a hurry, she took a wok from the kitchen, and when the pot went down, the old man Bai's head was opened."

The conciseness of Taonong's narrative is comparable to Zhou E's, but it is much clearer and clearer than Zhou E's.

"How old is Old Man Bai? How can such a thing be done? ”

Li Ran couldn't say what mood he was in.

She had seen Wu's sister-in-law's daughter once, and she had kept her head down, thin and small, as if she was only twelve or thirteen years old.

"When Sister-in-law Wu was beaten by Old Man Bai's father and son for half a month and couldn't get out of bed, it wasn't once or twice, she didn't dare to fight back once, she could let her fight back, and she could be so ruthless, it could only be like this.

In the past, Old Man Bai's father and son beat her daughter a few times, and it was Wu's sister-in-law who protected her daughter in her arms, and would rather be beaten to death than let her daughter be touched. ”

Momono's words paused, and after a moment, he let out a long sigh.

"Sister-in-law Wu watched this girl alive, and she had long been thinking about choosing a good family for her daughter as soon as possible, and she must choose a good family.

Just after the New Year this year, I said it once, saying that I wanted to say goodbye to her daughter, and it was rare to have a good family, and it took two or three years to negotiate, so much so she had to do it as soon as possible.

Old man Bai had already let go of his words and wanted to make her daughter a concubine for his eldest son.

She is so anxious to say goodbye to her daughter, and because of this, she would rather die than be a concubine.

In the past six months, she has been secretly asking people to say goodbye to her daughter, and last month, I heard someone say that she was optimistic about the family.

The father and son of the Bai family must not want her to marry her daughter, first, they are afraid that she will accompany her daughter, and then secretly supplement her daughter, and second, they are also worried that after her daughter marries, she will also run away.

If she runs away, who will eat and drink from their Bai family?

A litter of brutes! Bah! ”

Taonong's words were neat, and the skills of driving the car were even better, and the car ran fast on the empty street, and soon arrived at the corner of the street where Wu's sister-in-law's foot shop was located.

Tao Nong stopped the car at the corner of the street, put down Zhou E and Li Ran, drove the car forward, handed over the car to the man who was waiting on the side of the road, trotted over, and the three of them went around in a circle, from the back door of the foot shop, into the foot shop.

The place where the corpse was displayed was in a small building next to the kitchen, and the staircase was in the kitchen, which was extremely narrow, and it could only be regarded as half an attic above.

Sister-in-law Wu was unkempt, her eyes were deep-set, and she sat on the stairs like a ghost, and when she heard the movement, she stood up, hung her head, and her back was pressed against the plank.

"Don't be afraid, it'll be fine, General Zhou is here." Momonong patted Sister-in-law Wu and said with weak relief.

"Don't go up." Zhou E stepped on the stairs and looked at Li Randao, who was about to follow with her skirt.

"I'm not afraid of the dead." Li Ran replied, followed Zhou E, and groped her way up the almost pitch-black stairs.

Momino was at the front, standing at the door of the attic, with a fire sickle.

Li Ran stood at the door and looked at the fat old man who almost filled the small room.

The old man Bai knelt on the ground, his head and upper body were on the bed, there were no blood stains on the ground, and when he thought about it, the blood was flowing on the bed.

"Where's the little girl?" Li Ran looked back at Sister-in-law Wu.

"When I came, Haruniko was downstairs in the kitchen. When I went to find General Zhou, I sent her to me first. Momino replied.

"Let's go down first." Zhou E pushed Li Ran.

Li Ran snorted, walked in the front, and went down the stairs first.

Momonon walked at the end, pushed Sister-in-law Wu, and went down to the kitchen together.

Sister-in-law Wu stood at the top of the stairs, her back against the wall, slowly descending, squatting on the ground and shrinking into a ball, her two eyes like a dry well, looking straight at what she didn't know.

"Don't be like this, cheer up, what's the big deal, isn't it just killing someone."

Tao Nong patted Sister-in-law Wu and sounded very proud and comforted.

Sister-in-law Wu didn't move, Tao Nong sighed, walked to Zhou E's side, stabbed her, and said in a low voice: "You have seen it, he is an old man, running in Chun Nizi's house...... Alas, I know it's useless to say this, I have to find someone, and I have to hurry, otherwise, she won't survive. ”

"What's in a hurry, it's the most taboo to panic when it's a big event. Wait a minute. ”

Zhou E put her hands behind her back, her feet were apart, and she stood like a spectator, with a cold face, but her brows were twisted.

She passed the word under the banner of a girl, but whether General Xie could come, and what would happen after coming, she didn't have any bottom in her heart.

This is the first time she has encountered such a thing.

"Over there in the Yamen of the Beijing Mansion, do you two have any acquaintances?"

Li Ran looked at you speechlessly, standing next to me and me next to you, with two faces in a hurry.

Zhou E shook her head, and Tao Nong smiled bitterly, "Fu Yin has heard me sing a little song a few times, is it an acquaintance?" ”

"Those officials, what they do, don't you know?" Li Ran twisted her eyebrows, looked at Tao Nong and asked again.

Momonong smiled bitterly and spread his hands, "I sing small songs, I never look at those who buy loose tickets, in the private room, I often flatter and flatter, but how expensive is the private room, and what else is ...... That's even more expensive, the girl said that there are no rich people or something. ”

Li Ran looked at Zhou E.

Zhou E met her gaze and spread her hands, "The people I know are all in the Gyeonggi camp, and there are also the troops in front of the palace, and there are two city gate leaders guarding the city gate, and two of them have fought with me, that's all." ”

Li Ran raised her hand to cover her face.

No wonder when she was taken away, Momonon spent a lot of silver, and she couldn't find out any news, alas!

"Who did you let go? Is it reliable? Li Ran looked at Zhou E and asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry!"

Zhou E glanced at Tao Nong, pushed Li Ran to the side a few steps, and whispered:

"I have to wait, when she found me, it was almost early, he must be in the palace, no matter what, I have to wait for the early dynasty to disperse, and then here, it's not early, let's wait a while."

Li Ran hummed lowly.

"This is not far from Xuande Gate, after the time of the early dynasty, wait for two quarters of an hour, if you ...... Then don't wait, I'll go to Hou Ye Li and beg him, Hou Ye Li is a bit righteous. Zhou E continued.

Li Ran hummed again.

That's all there is to it.

Momonong frowned and looked at the two who were five or six steps away from her, muttering non-stop, took a step back, and squatted with Sister-in-law Wu.

If you don't let her know, you don't know, as long as you can let Sister-in-law Wu pass this hurdle, it's okay.

Four people, two squatting and three standing, all fell silent.

On the horizon, I don't know when the fish belly was white, from this trace of gray to the sky, it seems to be a blink of an eye.

"What time is it?" Li Ran asked, turning around to see where there was a drip.

At the door of the foot shop, there were suddenly two soft but clear knocks on the door.

Zhou E hurried quickly, opened the door with a bang, and there was a tall and thin old man standing outside the door, followed by two middle-aged men.

"I won't open the door today." Zhou E's surprise froze suddenly, and she shook off her sentence stiffly, and was about to close the door.

"General Zhou, right?" The tall and thin old man stretched out his hand and pushed it on the door panel, looked at Zhou E and smiled.

"Who are you?" Zhou E blocked the half of the door with her body, looked at the thin and tall old man, and asked vigilantly.

"Didn't you let people spread the word that something happened here, and the little old man was ordered to come and take a look." The tall and thin old man smiled and looked peaceful.

Zhou E was stunned for a moment, and immediately took a step back, opened the door, and let the three of them in.

"Where?" The old man looked at Momono who rushed out of the kitchen, went straight into the kitchen, turned around, and looked at the narrow and steep staircase.

"What is this?" Momino looked at the three of them in disbelief.

"Don't talk! I'll tell you later. Zhou E looked serious.

Who these three people were, and why did these three people come, she didn't know at all.

However, it must have something to do with General Xie.

Otherwise, the old man couldn't say that she had let people pass the word, and that something had happened, and he said that he was ordered, well, it would be bad.

Li Ran followed Zhou E, from the door of the foot shop to the door of the kitchen, standing close to the door frame, looking carefully at the old man and the two middle-aged people.

Watching the old man carefully look at the kitchen, carefully look at the stairs, go upstairs, and quickly come down, he raised his chin at one of the middle-aged people, and the middle-aged man bowed slightly, and walked upstairs with light and fast steps.

The thin and tall old man squatted down to the dumb sister-in-law Wu, looked at it carefully, stood up, looked at Tao Nong and asked, "What's the matter?" It's a lot of strength. ”

"The old man wanted to rape her daughter, and she missed it for a while, so she killed it, and used a wok." Momono bit the word "missed" heavily.

"It makes no difference if you miss it or not. I know.

Please General Zhou go back first, Xiao Lao'er is about to let people report to the official, General Zhou is here, it's not appropriate. The tall and thin man smiled and said to Zhou E.

Zhou E looked at Li Ran with some hesitation.

"You go back first, I'll stay here." Momino hurriedly stepped forward.

"Please go back too, you are here, the movement is not small, you can do what you have to do, it is the best. Please rest assured, General Zhou. ”

The old man seemed to have never seen Li Ran, and only talked to Tao Nong and Zhou E.

"Okay." Zhou E took a breath, responded very simply, and bowed her hand to the end, "There is Mr. Lao here." ”

"Don't dare, a trivial matter, please rest assured General Zhou." The old man was busy returning the courtesy.

The three of them came out in a string, walked out of half the street, and Tao Nong grabbed Zhou E, "Who is that?" Let's just leave, we didn't tell him what we wanted to do, he knew what to do? We have to fish out Sister-in-law Wu, not report to the official mansion, not push her in......"

"Shut up!" Zhou E swept her eyes left and right, "You sing your little song, it'll be fine!" ”

Zhou E's sentence will be fine, what she said is categorical, but in her heart, she has no half-point.

"Okay, since you said so, then I'll go, and I'll let people run a little bit to watch the movement when I turn around, then I'll go."

Tao Nong listened to Zhou E's words very firmly, suddenly relieved, exhaled a long breath, waved at Zhou E and Li Ran with a smile, and trotted back quickly.

"Is it General Xie?" Seeing that Momonong ran away, Li Ran asked in a low voice.

"I guess so." Zhou E replied in an extremely bottomless voice.

Li Ran paused, turned around and glared at Zhou E, "You don't know who it is?" ”

"It should be! You can't go wrong...... Look over there! Zhou E suddenly grabbed Li Ran and pushed her to look at the corner of the street.

At the corner of the street, a young man with beautiful eyebrows greeted the two with a smile.

"Who is this?" Li Ran poked Zhou E with one finger and asked in a low voice.

"Girl."

The little girl's steps were extremely fast, and before Zhou E could answer, he was already not far from Li Ran, and he bowed and smiled to salute.

"The little one is Shi Nan Shi Ye's little guy, Shi Ye asked the little one to talk to the girl, and asked the girl and General Zhou to go back with peace of mind."

The little servant spoke, bowed again, took two steps back, and turned to leave.

Li Ran exhaled softly.

"Oh, I'm Diniang, it's okay." Zhou E subconsciously wiped her forehead.

Li Ran turned around sharply and glared at Zhou E, who immediately turned around and looked up into the distance.

"This is not the place to talk, hurry back, my teeth haven't been wiped yet, this mouth is strangely uncomfortable." Zhou E confessed, raised her feet and ran.

After walking not far, Zhou E called a big car, and the two of them entered through the corner gate of the back garden of the Hou Mansion of Chang'an and returned to Cuiweiju.

Li Ran brushed her teeth and washed her face, combed her hair and changed her clothes, ate breakfast, held a book, sat under the porch, and watched absent-mindedly.

Just after the end of the morning, Zhou E came from the backyard, stretched out her head to take a look, and saw Li Ran sitting under the porch, came over a few steps, and sat on the gooseneck chair opposite Li Ran.

Seeing the smile on her face, Li Ran relaxed and leaned back in the chair.

Zhou E smiled, "The girl is really, you don't feel at ease, right, I don't worry, I went to look for Shinan." Heather said......"

Zhou E's words paused, and she laughed dryly, "It's me who is confused." Shi Nan said that he didn't tell General Xie about the Bai family's foot shop, and said yes, he dared to alarm General Xie with this little thing, and he didn't want to live.

Beside it, it's nothing. ”

Zhou E's tongue was knotted, and the words were very vague.

"Coming out of Shinan, I walked to the foot shop, two streets away, I heard that there was a murder case in the Baijiajiao shop, and there were many people who watched the excitement, so I also went over to see the excitement, and saw the yamen all the way from the Baijiajiao shop.

It sounded like the old man had drunk too much wine, fell down the stairs, and died with his head broken.

The two sons of the Bai family are in the yamen at this time, so that's all for the time being. ”

In the second half of the words, Zhou E spoke clearly and crisply, and her tone was pleasant.

"General Xie......"

Li Ran said that General Xie came out vaguely, and swallowed back the words later, forget it, let's wait for her to see him, and ask him herself.

"I'm on an errand."

Zhou E first stood up and looked into the upper room, saw that there was no one in the room, and then sat back, looked at Li Ran, and smiled dryly.

"This matter really has to be reported to General Xie, if General Xie really arrives, then he can only do business, otherwise, it is bending the law for personal gain, and the matter will be big.

Shi Nan threw me this penal system, as well as this hadith, so that I could take a good look at it. ”

"Heather gave it to you?" Li Ran looked at Zhou E with a dry smile on her face, and raised her eyebrows.

"Shi Nan said he gave it."

Zhou E stood up and dusted off her clothes.

"You read the book, I'll look at it later."

Li Ran smiled in response, watched Zhou E go to the backyard briskly, picked up the book, and looked seriously.