Xie Yu guessed that the man should be the "sixth child" in the mouth of the two people in the inn in the morning, she felt bored, and lowered the curtain again.

Pei Heng asked him what was going on outside, and she replied honestly: "A ruined man's house is on fire." ”

Pei Heng was not interested in such a thing, so he replied: "The prefect of Luoyang and I have some old acquaintances, and now that we are here, we always want to see each other." ”

Luoyang City is also a flower city, and the peony is extremely beautiful. Although Pei Heng will not stay in Luoyang for long, he may see a good situation, and Xie Yu is also happy.

She weighed yes, and the group of carriages and horses slowly entered the Luoyang Mansion from the back door.

Xie Yu opened the door and got out of the car first, Pei Heng came out unhurriedly, and followed by a long figure from behind the moon gate to greet him, and called "respect" from afar.

It was a young man's voice, and Xie Yu couldn't help but glance up a few times.

The other party was wearing an official uniform embroidered with crimson gold and cloud geese, and although his steps were fast, he was very elegant.

He was a little excited when he saw Pei Heng, and the smile on Pei Heng's face was a little more, and then he shouted, "Brother Ziyi, I haven't seen you for many years, and this official is almost unrecognizable." ”

Xie Yu followed behind Pei Heng without saying a word, catching fast is a lowly servant with no rank, where can she interject at this time.

didn't think that the other party took the initiative to ask her, Xie Yu remembered that she was wearing civilian clothes, and quickly bowed down and replied: "The villain was on duty in Kangping County, and now he is going south to Lingnan with Master Pei. ”

After all, the matter of finding his family is a private matter, how can he say it when he meets people, it seems that Pei Heng is using power for personal gain.

Fortunately, the other party didn't ask much, hugged Pei Heng and left side by side.

Xie Yu looked at the prefect of Luoyang with a kind face, and always felt that she had seen it somewhere, but she didn't dare to look at it, so she only followed Pei Heng and walked inside.

The prefect of Luoyang settled Xie Yu and called Pei Heng to the study to talk. Xie Yu thought that old acquaintances must have something to say, so she took a step back very carefully.

Xu saw that she was the person brought by Pei Heng, Xie Yu was also held in the yamen, and it was the master in the yamen who led her to the yamen, named Liu Xi.

She walked to the side and asked Master Liu, "Dare to ask what is the name of your family?" ”

Master Liu never thought that Xie Yu didn't know his own adult, so he was stunned for a moment and immediately said: "Our family's surname is Cui, and his single name is Yun, who was originally from the capital. ”

Xie Yu silently read "Cui Yun, a person from the capital" in her heart, and she raised her eyebrows unconsciously.

Xie Yu of the Cui family in the capital knows that there is a family, Cui Sheng, the servant of the ministry.

According to Master Liu's deliberate emphasis on the capital, it is estimated that Cui Yun should have something to do with Cui Sheng.

So she asked, "What is the relationship between Master Cui and Lord Cui Sheng, the servant of the Ministry of Officials in Beijing?" ”

Master Liu looked around, approached Xie Yu, lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Father-son relationship", and then he said: "You don't know anything in Kangping County, Master Cui was promoted to Shangshu a few years ago. ”

Xie Yu smiled, "I've been in the countryside for a long time, but I'm lonely." I can't help but look at your family's extraordinary temperament, sure enough, everyone's demeanor, you can be on duty by Lord Cui's side, you must also be a capable person. ”

Xu is Xie Yu's sycophant greatly pleased him, Master Liu blew his beard twice, and said with a smile: "Originally, with the family background of our family, my father is in a high position, and my uncle is the first assistant of the country, so he has a bright future in the future." It's just that people like us in Luoyang, so they haven't been willing to go up. ”

This may be the drought of drought and waterlogging, those who have no background desperately want to climb up, and those who have a hard relationship do whatever they want.

However, Xie Yu only thought about this in her heart, and said flatteringly: "Lord Cui is not a thing in the pool, and he has his own considerations." ”

Speaking of which, she remembered what Master Liu said about Cui Yun's uncle is the first assistant of the national dynasty, isn't it the same person as Pei Heng's uncle. I can't help Pei Heng say that Cui Yun is an old acquaintance, and there is always a relationship between the two.

Before the two of them reached the residence, they saw someone hurrying to call Liu Xi, "Master, the sixth child is dead." ”

Liu Xi's face changed, glanced at Xie Yu beside him, and took the person aside for questioning.

Only after half a sound did he apologize to Xie Yu and said: "There are some things to deal with over there at the Yamen, and I still look at Haihan if the hospitality is not good." ”

Xie Yu heard the man mention the sixth child, she frowned slightly and asked, "But the house was burned last night?" ”

"You know that?" Master Liu was shocked.

"Last night, I stayed at an inn outside the city with Master Pei, and I heard someone mention it in the morning." She paused and exclaimed, "But when I first entered the city and passed by, I seemed to have seen the person you said was dead, why did he die so quickly?" ”

Hearing what Xie Yu knew, Master Liu made a request with her, "This matter is a long story, if you are fine, we will talk about it while we go." ”

Xie Yu followed, and Master Liu said: "This is the eighth death this month, and there have been several murders in Luoyang since March, all of which were fires at home at night and burned alive at home. I thought that the sixth man would be fine if he escaped, but he didn't think about how he still died. ”

"It was all a fire in the house, burned to death in the house?" Xie Yu was a little stunned.

Now that the weather is gradually warming, coupled with the dry weather, it is very likely that the slightest carelessness will lead to water.

But if a family goes out of the water and causes a big disaster, how can there be so many families that have fires one after another, I can't help but say that the house of the sixth child is also on fire this morning.

Master Liu said helplessly: "Yes, they all caught fire and were burned to death in the house." ”

"Isn't someone deliberately setting fire to someone?"

"The yamen also thinks so, but I have gone to various houses to see, and there is no trace of arson at all, if this case is not investigated, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the people to explain." Speaking of this, Master Liu felt that his head was like a fight, "There is no fixed number for this fire to burn, and it is impossible to let the people of the yamen guard the door of each house." Besides, where did you get so many people in the yamen?"

Liu Xi is right, if the murderer is not found, the people of Luoyang will be panicked, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public.

So she asked, "Isn't there a connection between the dead?"

"That's not true, the people who died were the ones who didn't have a good reputation in the area. But even if this is the case, you can't just die so casually without an explanation. Master Liu looked up to the sky and sighed, muttering, "It's really a hell of a life." ”

While speaking, he had arrived in front of the yamen hall, and Xie Yu saw that Pei Heng and Cui Yun had arrived.

The two walked side by side, their posture was generally tall and long, Pei Heng was wearing a lake blue regular clothes, and the two of them were red and blue, complementing each other.

The difference is that Pei Heng is obviously younger than Cui Yun, but there is more coldness on his face.

"Old-fashioned." Xie Yu muttered in her heart.

Master Liu had already greeted him, and took out the file from his sleeve that someone had brought and unfolded it in Cui Yun's face: "The body of the sixth child was found in the well, originally he made an appointment with someone to go to the gambling house in the afternoon, but when he didn't see anyone, he thought about going to his house to look for him, but he didn't expect to find him in the well." ”

Cui Yun frowned, obviously troubled by the successive deaths.

He was unimpressed with his official performance, but so many murders in the same month really affected his mood. One day he couldn't find out the real culprit, and the people were panicked, which also made him unstable.

"What about the person who found his body?" Cui Yun asked.

"I'm waiting for trial in the hall."

Cui Yun brought people to the court for interrogation, Pei Heng sat aside to listen to the trial, and Xie Yu also followed and stood behind him to listen.

The person who found the body of the sixth child is called Chen Daniu, and he has been friends with the sixth child since childhood.

According to Chen Daniu, it was the sixth child who came to him early this morning, saying that he would be blessed if he didn't die in the disaster last night, and his luck must be good today, so let him follow him to the gambling house to kill the Quartet. He waited left and right outside the gambling hall and didn't see the sixth man coming, thinking that the sixth had deceived himself, but he didn't think that he found the body in the well of the sixth man's house.

Chen Daniu said and hurriedly kowtowed, "Master Cui is aware that the villain's words are true, and there is no half-truth." If you don't believe it, you can ask the people in the gambling hall, they have all seen villains today. ”

"Then how did you find the body in the well, you should know that the old six family was burned down yesterday, why did you think of going to the well?" Cui Yun looked at Chen Daniu, who was kowtowing below, and asked.

Chen Daniu didn't dare to hide it anymore, he trembled and felt something from his arms and lifted it, "Actually, it's because the villain saw this." ”

Xie Yu tiptoed slightly, only to see clearly the object in Chen Daniu's hand, it was originally the "talisman card" that she saw the sixth child in the car in the early morning and showed to everyone.

"The sixth child who got up early showed us that this thing was his family's ancestral talisman, and said that he saved his life by relying on this manifestation yesterday, and he wanted to sell it to us for ten taels of silver. The villain went to his house in the afternoon, and saw such a thing by the well from a distance. As he spoke, his voice became quieter and quieter, "The villain thinks that it has not been peaceful lately, and if this thing is really useful, it is always good." ”

Master Liu asked people to bring things up, Cui Yun turned the things in his hand and looked at them a few times, and saw that it was really a broken stone, so he lowered his eyes and looked at the file on the table, and then raised his eyes to Chen Daniu and asked, "Then why didn't you say it just now?" ”

"The villain is afraid to say it, the adults misunderstand that the villain sees things, and for this stone brand, he harmed the life of the sixth child." After Chen Daniu finished speaking, he kowtowed to the ground a few times and begged for mercy: "The villain really saw it by the well, otherwise why would the villain report to the official." ”

Cui Yun was a little disgusted, and he waved his hand to signal to take the person down.

Chen Daniu was carried out by the two of them, and he heard him crying from a distance, "My lord is wronged." ”

Cui Yun walked out from behind the table, and said helplessly with Pei Heng: "See?" Another one died. ”

When he called Pei Heng to the study, he said that there were several strange cases that had happened in Luoyang City recently, and that the sixth child was the only one alive in these cases, and he never thought that people would die like this.

It's not weird that eight people died in a fire, but it's weird that eight people died in a fire in the same month.

Moreover, the eighth was not burned, but drowned in the well.

Cui Yun has been an official in Luoyang City for so long, and he feels a little headache for the first time.