Chapter 199: A Familiar Corpse (1)
As far as the southern city has been cold and rainy for several days, the waves across the river have risen, but the number of people entering and leaving the city has not decreased.
Those who were going to come to participate in the recruitment meeting braved the rain, and the wind and dust arrived one after another, and the inns in Xunfeng City were too expensive, and many of them settled in the southern city, and the slightly more upscale inns were full of people.
Including the small inn on the side street where Lin Yueqing lived, it was also lively.
The commotion downstairs can be heard intermittently to the side room, mixed with the sound of rain dripping from the tiles outside the window, which only makes people feel stuffy and cold.
But Lin Yueqing didn't seem to be affected in any way, she still looked like she didn't talk much, and it seemed that the movements outside had nothing to do with her.
Except for being dragged by Wuhua to the Jucai Pavilion a few days ago to watch them fulfill their gambling contract that day, Lin Yueqing was bored in the house every day, flipping through those obscure books one after another.
If you don't read and rest, you are tinkering with that piece of iron jade, and Yun Kite can bear to accompany her, or add water or grind.
But Wuhua can't do it, she is afraid that the princess will sneak away, so she hasn't gone out for several days.
came early every morning, and sat at the tea table in Lin Yueqing's room every day and looked at her all day long.
After a few days like this, Wuhua had already worn out her patience, and her whole body was paralyzed on it while sitting at the table, playing with the empty teacup, while looking at the silhouette of her princess reading a book!
Ay...... It's too similar, the two of them are too similar, His Royal Highness and the princess are really a match made in heaven.
Wuhua couldn't help muttering in her heart.
She used to see His Highness sitting there like this, or reading military books or dealing with government affairs, and she sat there all day, and she admired it very much at that time.
Now the princess is like this, even more so than Her Royal Highness, Her Royal Highness still has to eat, but the princess doesn't seem to eat the fireworks in the world, just drinks porridge and soup, and sometimes she doesn't even eat.
"Hey......!" She couldn't help but sigh slowly, her eyes staring at the busy cloud kite on the side, only she was idle and had nothing to do.
"Hey......!" She sighed again.
Lin Yueqing's eyes slowly moved away from the book and looked up at her.
"If you're bored, go out and walk around!"
Lin Yueqing dropped this sentence and slowly lowered his eyes again.
Wuhua couldn't help but pout.
"It's raining every day in this hellish place, and it's all mountains when you go out, what can you do!"
Yun Yuan looked at the five flowers who kept complaining, shook her head helplessly, and raised her hand to refill a cup of hot tea for the young lady.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Seeing someone coming, Wuhua instantly stood up excitedly and hurriedly ran to open the door.
When I opened the door, I saw a person dressed as a servant at the door, and I saw that it was a little girl who opened the door and was stunned for a moment, and immediately looked up and probed in.
"Isn't this Mr. Sanqing's room?"
Hearing Mr. Sanqing, Yun Kite walked out of the small hall, and when he saw that it was someone from the Zhizhou Mansion, he walked to the door while replying.
"Yes, this is Mr. Sanqing's room!"
When the official saw Yun Kite, he instantly remembered that she was the attendant who came to ask the door that day, and hurriedly smiled.
"It's good that I'm not wrong, we adults want to invite your husband to go!"
Yun Kite was a little puzzled when he heard this, and took two steps forward.
"Isn't there still four or five days before the recruitment meeting? Does it matter if Mr. Qi is looking for my husband? ”
The official looked left and right, and looked a little inexplicable.
Lin Yueqing saw that the person who came to knock on the door did not reply, put down the book and walked out.
"Cloud kite with an umbrella!"
She whispered, Yun Yuan hurriedly went in and took the umbrella and walked out, and the five flowers on the side looked like they were going out, and followed their princess with a happy face.
When the door was locked, the official at the door led the way in front, and when someone saw the official of the governor's mansion, they all probed their heads and watched.
A carriage with blue flowers and blue covers stopped at the door of the inn, and Lin Yueqing got into the carriage all the way, and only then did those people retract their inquiring and burning gaze.
The carriage was not big or small, clean and meticulous, and the three of them got into the carriage, and the official immediately drove to the governor's mansion.
After a while, the carriage stopped at the gate of the Zhizhou Mansion, Lin Yueqing and his party got off the horse, and the official who came to deliver the message handed over the carriage to the people waiting at the door and brought them in.
It's just that this time it was not the backyard that came in, but walked to the front hall where the case was heard, and after the front hall, the group came to the dark room in the back.
The curtain of the door was lifted, and a rancid smell popped up.
Yun Kite and Wuhua were almost smoked and vomited, only Lin Yueqing frowned slightly and walked in.
The official lowered the curtain and looked at Yun Kite and Wuhua with some apologies.
"I'm sorry, my lord wants to discuss with your son-in-law, why don't you come with me to the side hall for a cup of tea and wait?"
Yun Kite nodded in response, but Wuhua was a little reluctant.
I don't know how old the Lord Zhizhou in the southern city is, whether he looks handsome or not, whether he will hook up with the princess.
Thinking about it, she hurriedly waved her hand at the officer.
"I'm not going to the side hall, I'm just waiting here for sir!"
But the servant was a little embarrassed.
"Girl, this back hall and darkroom are all places for government affairs, it's really inconvenient for you to stay for a long time!"
Wuhua was a little unhappy when she heard this, and Yun Kite was still unwilling to leave when she saw from the side, and said slowly.
"Wuhua, follow Mr. to be obedient, if you are casual and willful, Mr. will not like it!"
The five flowers on the side listened to this, although they were unwilling, but they still followed the official and the cloud kite to the side hall.
Lin Yueqing entered the dark room, the room was lit with oil lamps, two of the three stone tables in the room were empty, and the other one seemed to have a corpse on it, emitting a foul smell.
Qi Ru heard the movement and turned to look at him, seeing that he looked at him indifferently, he didn't regurgitate and didn't cover his nose, and there was a moment of surprise in his eyes.
"Mr. Sanqing!" Qi Ru raised his hand as he said and motioned for him to step forward.
Lin Yueqing bowed slightly, but did not step forward.
"What is Lord Qi looking for?"
Qi Ru looked at Lin Yueqing, who was reluctant to step forward, thinking that he was afraid of seeing a dead body, so he turned around and replied.
"Today, this strange corpse was found in the terraces next to the river outside the southern city, I asked people to check it, and found that he had a household registration on his body, the household registration was soaked, and he could only vaguely see the three words Linjuncheng, I know that you are from Linjuncheng, and I want you to help see if the seal on it is the seal of your household registration!"
Lin Yueqing knew the purpose of Qi Ru's search for her, so he stepped forward slowly, and was about to take the soaked household registration in his hand, when he glanced at the corpse.
The corpse was dressed in purple-black linen clothes, his face was red and purple, and his closed eyes were slightly swollen and bulging, Lin Yueqing suddenly felt a moment of familiarity, as if he had seen this person somewhere.
Suddenly, she thought of something for a moment, that night she escaped from the courtyard next to the water prison in Linjun City, and when she was about to climb over the wall and go out, wasn't this the person who pushed open the window and coughed?