A few people didn't stay long, only Xu Chu left a note in the secret grid where he often communicated with his father at home, and left in a hurry with Xiao Qinglang and his party.

When I returned to the Yamen Prefecture Mansion, it was already nightfall, and the inner government was already silent, and the few rough servants and maids had already stopped. Thanks to the cook's order, the hot water was warmed in the pot all day long, so that the group could simply wash and wash away their fatigue.

In the middle of the night, Xu Chu soaked in the steaming bathtub and grew a breath of turbidity. After a while, she came out of the bath, changed into clean and comfortable clothes, and reincarnated to the kitchen before Xiao Mingzhu and the others could clean up. Because the construction of the Yahou Ya in Yunzhou City is not huge, and she once saw the cook who delivered the food when she left Zhaohua Courtyard, she went to the east. In addition, the official family, especially the repair of the royal family nobles to travel to the temporary residence of the back office, will definitely look for Mr. Feng Shui to see the house, and the ancients advocated that the people take food as the sky, the more rich and noble people will place the kitchen in the east, the so-called East Kitchen. With that, it's not hard for her to guess where the kitchen is.

By this time the kitchen had long since stopped the open fire, there was no smoke, and there was no cook busy, only a candlestick that was not too bright, and two cauldrons steaming with hot water.

"Girl, what do you need? You just have to tell me to do it, so why do you have to come to the filthy place of the kitchen yourself. The cook who was burning the fire saw Xu Chu coming forward, and hurriedly got up and said respectfully. It's just that in that eye, there is both apprehension but also a little bit of inconspicuous fear.

It is rumored outside that this girl Xu has a ghost fire and is the reincarnation of the judge of the Netherworld, and her life is very hard. Not only can they solve cases, but they can also dissect corpses......

Xu Chu was already familiar with this kind of gaze, so he didn't care, only nodded lightly and said, "Don't bother, I'll come by myself." ”

In the darkness, the cook breathed a sigh of relief, obviously suddenly thinking that the outsider said that Miss Xu had a pair of sharp eyes, worried that her expression just now had annoyed her. However, seeing that she was not unusual, she quietly took two steps back, "The things prepared by the girl before, the slave and maid are still kept, but the girl wants to use them?" ”

The thing in her mouth was the atractylodes that Xu Chu had prepared to boil the Sanshen Soup and specially soaked it with rice water. It's just that the autopsy went very smoothly later, and Xiao Qinglang didn't feel any discomfort and unbearable, so she didn't waste any more time boiling.

Xu Chu roasted Atractylodes atractylodes, dried and milled Atractylodes macrocedes and licorice into fine powder, and finally found a little fine salt and put some of it. After these were ready, I found a few clean bowls and washed them with white soup.

Just when she found a wooden plate and was about to bring out the Sanshen soup, she saw Wei Guang come in with a piece of tissue paper in his hand. Obviously, Wei Guang was also a little surprised when he saw Xu Chu, and then smiled: "Miss Xu is also there?" ”

"Brother Wei is here to fetch food for the prince?"

"Oh, no, the prince of meals has already ordered someone to go to the gluttonous building to get it. This is the soup that the prince found in an ancient book, and he asked me to go to the kitchen to find the cook to prepare some. As he spoke, Wei Guang glanced at something that tasted strange in Xu Chu's hand. Although he doesn't know medical skills, he has some eyesight, and with a little guessing in his mind, he can probably guess why Xu Chu came.

"I didn't expect Miss Xu and the prince to think of one place, and sure enough, what the county lord said is right, you and the prince have a good understanding."

It was just a sentence, but she heard some meaningful jokes in Xu Chu's ears, which made her face suddenly hot.

The heating was cloudy, Xu Chu was stunned, glanced at Wei Guang, and saw that his expression was nothing special, and he was afraid that he was too careful. So just flashed that joking sentence and went to Shaohua Courtyard with Wei Guang.

When they were about to walk to Shaohua Courtyard, the two of them saw the sparse light shadows, and a tall figure stood in the wind. The night was hazy, and the man's brocade sleeves moved with the wind, but the cloak behind him was changed to moon white, which made him feel a little more warm and warm out of thin air.

Xiao Qinglang saw the two approaching, and glanced at Wei Guang, who was talking and laughing with Xu Chu, without a trace, Wei Guang, who was only watching, chuckled in his heart, and subconsciously took a few wrong steps.

The moonlight was like water, Xiao Qinglang stepped forward unhurriedly, calmly and elegantly took the tray in Xu Chu's hand, and immediately said: "The files transferred from various places have been sent, and we will check them carefully after dinner later." ”

Xu Chu, who had been freshened, did not apply powder, and he did not wear a crested ibis jade pendant on his body, but he only looked simple and clean, but he didn't make Xiao Qinglang's heart move slightly. He remembered that when she examined the carrion corpse and white bones before, compared to the current delicate appearance, who would have thought that such a beautiful woman was not good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, nor embroidery workers?

Xu Chu pursed his lips, followed Xiao Qinglang and walked towards the courtyard, thought about it and said: "Lord Wang, I just thought about it carefully, if the deboned murderer is really an executioner, then he was definitely not a knife skill learned from his master in his early years, but a butcher himself. ”

The Great Zhou Dynasty did not have a few people who were sentenced to such capital punishment as Ling Chi, if the murderer really had superb skills in deboning, there must be other channels to practice knife skills.

Xiao Qinglang frowned lightly, listened to Xu Chu's reasoning and nodded: "Chinese New Year's Eve is fifty to forty, a butcher and has experience as an executioner, and his temperament is extreme, and the scope will be reduced a lot." ”

The wind suddenly rose, startling the silence of the garden, and also making the voices of the two people who spoke more and more ethereal. Wei Guang had already escaped by the moonlight, and the meaningful glance of the prince was enough to make him stumble under his feet, so how could he dare to disturb him again?

As for Xiao Mingzhu, he only filled in a few pieces of snacks, and then went back to the house to rest. Running around all day, she has long been a little tired, and now that she has finally returned to the inner office, she naturally will not get along with the bed.

In the Shaohua Courtyard, at this time, there were already one or two people on duty at night who were busy lighting the lights, and the corridors were brightly lit, with carved beams, and they could vaguely distinguish the mottled grass and trees in the Qing Garden.

Xu Chu looked at Xiao Qinglang slightly, but saw that he seemed to have just bathed, and his hair was still a little wet, and the cloak dyed moon-white with flowing light was a little cloudy. I don't know what she remembered, her face couldn't help but turn a little red, and her eyes wandered before she finally settled on the tray in Xiao Qinglang's hand.

"This three-god soup has the purpose of warding off evil spirits and driving away obscurity, if the pearl doesn't come, it must be sent over......

"Later, I'll let Wei Guang take a trip, and you can go to Yishan Hall to rest for a while."

Xu Chu saw that he had some arrangements, so he didn't say anything more. For a moment, it was as if there were only two of them in the entire courtyard.

During the meal, Xiao Qinglang still only ate a few bites lightly, and the rest was swallowed into Xu Chu's belly. You need to know that the autopsy is a physical task, and it is still very brain-draining, and she is already hungry after a few days of traveling. At the moment, there are rare gluttonous delicacies, and if you don't eat them, you can't help yourself.

After eating, Xiao Qinglang handed Xu Chu the file and picture of the bandit who escaped in the unjust case in Liulin Village before, and said in a deep voice: "Shen Tie, he was eighteen years old when he was wanted at the time of the crime, and he was five feet four inches tall......

It has been 20 years since what happened back then, so he really fits Xu Chu's speculation. But since he has been able to hide his identity for so many years, and he can still escape the pursuit of King Jing'an's guards and secret guards, it can be seen that he is not just using a false identity.

And the guy Shunzi, I'm afraid it's just one of his identities for the time being.

The two of them almost didn't stop all night, fighting all night with two half-man-high stacks of files. It wasn't until dawn that the two found some suspicious files.

Looking for a needle in a haystack, from Jinzhou to Yunzhou, there are about 40 people with good knife skills and executioners. Throw away those who do not meet Xu Chu's speculation, and there are still six people left.

The two of them were studying the file, and Hua Wu, who was called a flower peacock by Xiao Mingzhu, brought breakfast to the door. It's just that as soon as he heard that Xu Chu actually took Xiao Mingzhu to the autopsy, his face instantly became a little ugly.

"Lord, don't blame me for speaking badly. Mingzhu has always been simple, not sinister in the world, and has never been in contact with a filthy place, but now he has been inexplicably pulled into such a weird and terrifying inn, and it has also involved sensational cases, if this matter is said to be an accident, I am afraid it is a bit far-fetched. Hua Wuxian was rarely much more serious, looking at Xu Chu's eyes and saying unkindly, "Besides, the prince is in a special situation, and Miss Xu's appearance is too abrupt, it is inevitable that people will not arouse suspicion......"

Hua Wuxi's words were harsh, but it didn't make Xu Chu really argue anything. She is just investigating the case, and the rest of her believes that Xiao Qinglang has her own conclusion.

"Don't mention this matter again, Xu Chu was personally invited by this king from Cangyan County, and this king has no doubt about her identity." Xiao Qinglang said lightly. There are some things that he doesn't need to discuss with Hua Wuxi, let alone explain.

Hua Wuxian was about to say anything more, but he heard Xiao Mingzhu rushing in, and shouted on tiptoe: "Okay, you flower peacock, I'm not here for a while, you just say bad things about Sister Xu......"

With Xiao Mingzhu's sudden interruption, Xiao Qinglang slightly restrained the displeasure on his face.

"You little conscienceless, if it weren't for your good, wouldn't this young master touch the prince's mold." Hua Wuxian was chased and beaten by Xiao Mingzhu to dodge, so she was not embarrassed, "You, you...... Oops......"

So after just a few breaths, Hua Wu, who was still cold just now, ran away with his tail and jumped to his feet. How can he get it, he is also very helpless, he is dedicated to the good of the little white-eyed wolf, and he has no good intentions......

Xu Chu couldn't help but laugh when he saw the two of them fighting. Somehow, she and Mingzhu seem to be very eye-to-eye out of thin air, just like Mingzhu defends her, and she really likes this pretty girl.

Because of Xiao Mingzhu and Hua Wuxi's jumping, the solemnity between Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang due to the case dissipated a lot.