Zhao Liusi drilled the window and arrived at the flower hall one step earlier than Liu Sheng. Yan Ran was sitting in the hall drinking tea, still wearing the same clothes as during the day, and it seemed that she had come over without even changing her clothes.

Zhao Liusi meowed at him, Yan Ran came back to his senses in a daze, saw the cat standing by the window lattice, stood up in surprise, and stretched out his hand towards Zhao Liusi, "Xiao Hei, I didn't expect you to be here." ”

Faced with such enthusiasm from the shovel officer, Zhao Liusi casually pushed him a few times, and then let him hold it back to his seat, listening to his gossip while being smoothed by him.

"Xiao Hei, I haven't seen you for a long time, why do you seem to have lost some weight, not at all like Zhao Liusi's fat girl." Yan Ran skillfully took Xiao Hei in his arms and weighed it twice, and then scratched his head affectionately.

"Meow meow."

Bastard, this girl is fat, that's called mellow, okay. And do you know what makes me fat? It's the bastard of Xiao Hei, who used my body to eat meat and pastries, and after a few months, the meat grew on me.

Zhao Liusi meowed, Yan Ran couldn't understand it, and was very happy, pinching its little paws to say hello, "I'm so happy to see you, are you also excited to see me?" I said it a long time ago, come with me, I will ensure that you eat and drink spicy food, which is no better than being circled here. ”

"Meow Meow" If only things were so simple, I really want you to take Xiao Hei away, the two of us are so far away, I don't know if this kind of relationship can be maintained.

Zhao Liusi couldn't control his comfortable snoring while rubbing it, and the cat's body was so easy to be satisfied. But it's so strange that Yan Ran's body, in addition to the faint smell of spices, seems to have other things.

Because cats are more sensitive than people, and the two are close, Zhao Liusi smelled an unusual smell on Yan Ran's cuffs. She was about to get into Yan Ran's cuffs and smell it well, when she saw Yan Ran suddenly stand up, hold it and salute the door, "Hello Master Liu." ”

It turned out that Liu Sheng was here.

Liu Sheng came in from the door, originally looking normal, but after seeing the cat in Yan Ran's hand, he subconsciously took half a step back, stared at the cat and asked, "Why is it here?" ”

"I just ran in through the window." Yan Ran explained, realizing that this was the Liu family's cat, and quickly explained, "Don't get me wrong, I was very familiar with it when I lived in the Zhao family before, maybe it smelled my scent and came over." ”

"You know it well?" Liu Sheng's eyes narrowed dangerously.

I'm very familiar with Xiao Hei.

Xiao Hei is Zhao Liusi's cat.

indirectly means that he is very familiar with Zhao Liusi.

Hmph, he said, the little white face doesn't have a good thing.

"Or I'll give it back to you?" Yan Ran looked at Liu Sheng's unpredictable face, thinking that she had something to ask for after all, so she took a step forward and wanted to send Xiao Hei to Liu Sheng's arms.

"No, stand there, don't come!" When Liu Sheng saw Yan Ran's action, his cold hair stood up at the moment, and he immediately said sharply, "Stand there, don't move." ”

"Okay." Yan Ran didn't know what Liu Sheng was crazy about, but he had a plan and would be courteous, so he hugged Xiao Hei and subconsciously covered Xiao Hei's mouth, lest it make a meow and make Liu Sheng unhappy.

"Tell me, what did you come to me for?" Liu Sheng returned to the main seat, sat down with a big thorn, and finally returned to his usual appearance.

"I'm here for today's Hu Niu incident." When it comes to business, Yan Ran is a lot more serious and straight to the point.

"Oh, I don't think there's anything else to say about it." Liu Sheng showed a faint indifference.

"Today at Hu Aniu's house, Liu Ye didn't tell the truth," Yan Ran paused, and then continued, "Of course, I didn't tell the truth either. ”

"Hehe, so what?" Liu Sheng let out a slight mocking laugh.

"So I'm here to be honest with you now," Yan Ran straightened her spine and looked at Liu Sheng seriously, "I have a lot of use for this person." ”

"What's my business?" Liu Sheng sat on the chair, still looking indifferent.

"Because I know that he is also of great use to you, Master Liu." Yan Ran said, approaching Liu Sheng, who was sitting, with one hand on the table next to him, with a bit of condescension.

"What, you want to force me?" Liu Sheng didn't move at all, and seemed to look at him without paying attention to it at all.

"No, it's just me," Yan Ran breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up, and looked at Liu Sheng, with a little frustration and a little relief, "I think it's pointless for us to hide it from each other like this, only by joining forces can we find out the murderer behind the scenes." Otherwise, we didn't delay for a quarter of an hour, but bought that person an extra quarter of an hour to escape. ”

Yan Ran said this honestly, but the effect was much better than just now. Obviously Liu Sheng was touched. After pondering for a moment, he bowed his head and said, "He is the key witness I am looking for, a few years ago, my eldest niece was framed in the palace, and he is likely to be the culprit." ”

"Big niece?" Yan Ran glanced at Liu Sheng, Liu Sheng was too young, so he didn't react for a while who the eldest niece was. The answer was that he quickly remembered Liu Sheng's origin, and asked tentatively, "Is it Zhao Liuyi?" ”

Liu Sheng was born in the Liu family, and the only people related to the Liu family are Zhao Liuyi and Zhao Liusi.

Liu Sheng nodded, "It happened suddenly, the conspiracy started after she turned seventeen, and now the second lady is almost seventeen years old, so I'm worried that the same thing will happen again." ”

"Why?" Yan Ran was puzzled, "There won't be another draft this year." ”

"There is no draft, but there can be others, as long as she dies, or she cannot marry for the rest of her life." Liu Sheng said lightly, "Back then, the eldest lady was attacked on the way to Beijing with the draft team, and no one knows whether it was a real bandit or not." ”

"What's the motivation?" Yan Ran frowned subconsciously.

"Haven't you heard rumors about the heir of the Liu family?" Liu Sheng glanced at Yan Ran lightly, "The head of the Liu family made a will before he died, and his property will be inherited by his granddaughter's son. ”

Yan Ran is a know-it-all in this county, so naturally she won't know about this kind of thing.

Yan Ran first suddenly realized, and then frowned, "In this way, Aunt Qian's incident happened too coincidentally. ”

"Yes, if you hadn't solved the case, the second lady would have been charged with murder in the end, and she would have been imprisoned in the temple for cultivation, and she would not be able to leave for the rest of her life, and she would not be able to get married like entering the palace." Liu Sheng nodded, looking at Yan Ran's gaze softened a little, "That's why I've tolerated you until now." ”

"You are gracious to us."

"I am the most clear person with clear grievances, and I will repay my kindness."

Yan Ran didn't expect that he would form such a good fate on a whim, he thought of Zhao Liusi, and couldn't help but smile a little, "That's me helping my friend do things, not trying to repay him." ”

"Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief." Liu Sheng looked at Yan Ran's gaze and suddenly became vigilant, "You don't want to repay, I'll worry that you are the grand you want." ”

"You suspect me about Zhao Liusi," Yan Ran reacted subconsciously, and then couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "What are you kidding, how can I be interested in such a little girl with her chest against her back." ”

"You dare to dislike her?" Liu Sheng was upset.

"Meow!" Zhao Liusi was originally holding and ravaging, but now when he heard him say this, he couldn't help but scratch his paw angrily.

"Oh, even you've begun to be faithful to the Lord." Yan Ran was scratched, looked down at Xiao Hei's innocent cat face, and was not angry, so she could only scratch her chin, and then stood up and replied to Liu Sheng, "I didn't mean that, I'm just friends with her, good buddies, just like my own sister." You can feel this feeling, just like asking you to marry Zhao Liusi, you will also feel very strange, right? ”

Yan Ran shuddered as she spoke, and Liu Sheng couldn't help but shudder when she heard his description.

"Okay, you two men, you don't want to marry, I don't want to marry yet!" Zhao Liusi looked at the frightened reactions of these two people, angrily kicked Yan Ran's chest, jumped from his arms, and squatted on the table angrily.

"Oops. And angry. Yan Ran saw Zhao Liusi's reaction and smiled. But he didn't care too much about a cat's temper, and after the two openly explained their views on Zhao Liusi, they finally got a temporary peace, and Yan Ran also told Liu Sheng the reason why he was looking for Ah Niu - this person had worked under the Tiger Ben tent.

"It's not a big man, it's just an errand boy, to be exact, just an errand boy hired by the Tiger Army." Yan Ran said lightly, "I can't hide it, I came to Lingtai County this time to find the Tiger Ben Army that happened in the Battle of Chiyue Mountain. My father was part of this army, and they were supposed to be an assault battalion in the army, but they disappeared before the war. Some people say that they were exterminated, and some people say that they defected to the enemy before the war and became rebels. ”

"But I don't believe it," Speaking of this, Zhao Liusi saw that Yan Ran was still smiling on his face, but his whole body was tense, and his hands were even clenched into fists.

"I don't believe what the newspaper says, I'm going to come here, find it for myself, see for myself, find out for myself what happened back then, and give the truth to those who were condemned as "traitors" in the newspaper. ”

"And how did you check it?" Liu Sheng asked indifferently, but he was not infected by Yan Ran's emotions.

"Nothing was found." Yan Ran smiled bitterly, "It's been too long, for the local people, what is the left army and the right army, the front camp guard, in their eyes, those who wear armor are soldiers." In the army of hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of people are not even a speck of dust, not to mention the annihilation of the entire army, it is extremely difficult to find news. ”

"I've been looking for half a year, and that Hua Niu is the only clue. He used to drink and brag with others, saying that he had run errands for the Tiger Ben Army, got silver, and bought the house. Yan Ran closed his eyes and suppressed the tears in his eyes, "I confronted him, but he didn't admit it, saying that he hadn't heard of the Tiger Benjun." But under coercion and temptation, he finally relented and told me that he had served in the army and had been purchased by the Tiger Ben Army for some daily necessities. As for why the Tiger Army perished, he said he didn't know...... But in the end, with the silver opening the way, he still told the truth, saying that the demise of this army was very abnormal...... They disappeared overnight. No one knows where they have gone, which is why they are said to have defected to the enemy...... But that couldn't be, because in the later confrontation with the Hu people, they didn't appear either. ”

"They seem to ...... It's gone."