The moon is white and the wind is clear, several figures in the house are swaying, and occasionally rats squeak in the corner.

Ruan Zhifu was angry with his stomach, and he could only hold back if he wanted to have a seizure. He weighed it, and glanced at the people outside the house angrily: "What about the housekeeper, let him pay fifty taels from the account and send it to the women's house." ”

The subordinates were still immersed in the picture of catching ghosts, and they didn't feel very happy with Zhou Xuanqing's perfunctory ending. However, there are also those who are interested, and immediately trotted to find the housekeeper.

Zhou Xuanqing flicked his sleeves, stroked the tips of his upturned hair, walked slowly towards Liu Yanshu, and sighed inaudibly.

Liu Yanshu turned his head and chuckled: "Hehe, remember the three seven accounts." ”

"What? Xiaodao has worked hard, Hou Ye didn't do anything, how can he be so white for fifteen taels?" Zhou Xuanqing was of course a little unhappy in his heart.

Liu Yanshu suddenly stretched out his hand, tugged at her earlobe, and said closer: "Will it be counted? I have seven and you have three, and you only get fifteen taels." ”

"....." Zhou Xuan's eyes widened with a clear breath - this Hou Ye is too shameless!

Seeing that this pair was 'flirting and scolding' across the threshold, Governor Ruan deliberately cleared his throat and helped the concubine to come over and say hello: "Master Hou, I'm disturbing your rest tonight." I'll immediately order someone to take care of these matters, please go back to your room first. ”

Liu Yanshu bowed his head, his eyes turned, and naturally floated towards the little concubine.

The concubine seemed to be frightened, her eyebrows were raised, her body trembled, and she was panting while holding her chest.

"Let's go. After speaking, Liu Yanshu pulled Zhou Xuanqing's sleeve and turned away.

waited for everyone to walk away, and the concubine raised her eyes to gaze. However, his face had long since lost his anxiety, and he secretly lost a trace of viciousness......

Zhou Xuanqing was dragged forward by Liu Yanshu, and when he walked to the corner of the corridor and saw that there was no one to do, he quickly withdrew his arm and stood still.

"Master Hou, do you see anything strange tonight?"

"Well, do you mean that concubine, or that maidservant?" Liu Yanshu looked calm, but Zhou Xuanqing was stunned when he heard it.

- It turns out that he has already seen it. But knowing that there is no hanged ghost, why do you let yourself do nonsense?

Skimming away the thoughts in his heart, Zhou Xuanqing pursed his lips and continued: "That little concubine seems to be frightened, but Xiaodao observed that she was not panicked at all. She deliberately guided us, saying that the servant girl was sick or evil, but in fact, the servant girl was poisoned. ”

"Then why didn't you say it?" Liu Yanshu's gaze brushed the tips of her hair, the moonlight was hazy, and it was faintly enveloped over her shoulders. He curled the corners of his mouth silently.

"There's no evidence for the trail. This is in a human family, how can it be pointed out indiscriminately? In case there is any family matter involving Chen Sesame and rotten grain, which will cause people a lot of headaches? That handmaid has been restrained by me with a talisman, and she is fine for the time being. But when I looked at her, it was like she had been drained, and the strange thing was that Xiaodao didn't smell the smell of demons. ”

- There are no ghosts, and there are no demons. It can only be a man doing evil.

Liu Yanshu looked at her with a little more seriousness.

"What do you mean, what rumors have you heard during the day?"

"Hey, hey. When Xiaodao was idlely meditating, he heard a few subordinates chatting, saying that the concubine had always been favored but could not give birth to an heir, as if they were all saying that it was retribution. Xiaodao now understands that he is probably referring to the deceased Mrs. Zheng. Among them, the grievances and grievances are not known to outsiders, but the grapevine guesses must be related. ”

Zhou Xuanqing's eyes were bright, and Liu Yanshu was slightly stunned.

After a while, he sighed: "You meditate, it's really perfunctory. ”

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Following

A touch of fish belly rose in the east, and the Ruan Mansion began to get busy, and the kitchen began to waft out bursts of porridge.

Zhou Xuanqing looked at the fifty taels sent by the housekeeper, and his face bloomed with joy. Slightly closed his mouth, and painfully took out the fifteen taels and put them in his pocket. He pushed the other thirty-five taels forward and said, "Trouble the housekeeper, send these silver to the Hou Ye's room." ”

The steward, who looked gray and hunched slightly, nodded, and withdrew with the silver in his hand.

Zhou Xuanqing thought of the servant girl, and struggled in her heart: Do you want to care about this gossip? In the end, she decided to go and see people.

Because the servant girl was just a subordinate, she naturally didn't invite a doctor to come and see, so she casually stayed in the subordinate's room and slept all night.

When Zhou Xuanqing went, he found a circle of people at the door, some people covered their mouths, and some people were flustered. Her heart sank, and she pushed everyone away and walked in quickly.

The little maidservant was dead, and fell to the ground bleeding from seven holes. Probably struggled before he died, his blood was low on the ground, his feet were still on the edge of the couch, but half of his body was already lying on the ground.

The originally delicate face was pressed against the ground, white and dead, and the black blood gushing out was very terrifying.

"Call someone! Quick!" Zhou Xuanqing suppressed his anger and roared. Finally woke up the frightened subordinates, and shouted at the throat as they spread their legs and ran.

"Something's wrong!

Zhou Xuanqing's face was solemn, and his fingers trembled slightly. Approaching the maidservant, he leaned down and squatted down.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... I should have been on guard last night, knowing that there was a problem and letting it go...... Don't worry, I will find out the murderer for you and send you to death with peace of mind. ”

Although there is no intersection, after all, it is also a human life, not to mention being killed under her nose - how can she not be angry?

Knowing that there was a murder in the mansion early in the morning, Governor Ruan's mansion took a bite of the white porridge he had just swallowed, and it was directly sprayed out, and there were rice grains on his beard.

Governor Ruan clenched his fists and slapped it on the desk: "How can this be reasonable, you go and call the head catcher and the servant of the government to come over!"

The concubine turned around and gathered the autumn shirt on her body: "Xiaolan has been with me for a long time, and it stands to reason that I, who is the master, should also go and take a look——"

"You don't have to go, little things. When I finished investigating the case, I asked someone to send some silver to her house, and a good coffin was prepared. Ruan Zhifu pinched the concubine's hand, feeling smooth and delicate, with a hint of coldness.

"Do you want a doctor to take a look, don't scare you last night. ”

"Your Excellency!"

As he was talking, he was interrupted by his subordinates. It turned out that Liu Yanshu sent a message and asked him to bring his concubine over.

Although the Ruan prefect was puzzled, no one could refute the face of the Hou Ye. He turned to the concubine and said, "Don't be afraid, you should have asked us to go over and have a look." ”

At this time, Liu Yanshu was sitting on a mahogany chair, wearing a Molan robe, waiting for them on stilts.

The slender fingers lightly tapped on the handle of the chair, looked sideways at Zhou Xuanqing, and saw that she was very low, so she couldn't help but persuade: "Don't be discouraged, the truth will be clear soon." ”

- The truth can only prove how people were killed, but it cannot save a single life.

Zhou Xuanqing raised his head and took a deep breath to adjust his mood.

— but she had to do it today.

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