It's just that before leaving, Xu Chu said: "I wonder if the room where Ling Yan lived back then can still be kept?" ”

"Keep it, it's in the west wing of this courtyard, it's not locked, if you want to go, just go yourself." I don't know if he was angry, and he was a little angry when he spoke. After saying that, he reluctantly dragged his wife into the room on the side of the hall.

But Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang didn't care, they looked at each other and went straight to the room that Zhang Xiucai said.

The room where Zhang Qiuniang lived was not big, but it was neat, and she hadn't lived in it for many years, so she didn't have any popularity. Looking at the bed, there were no bedding placed on the bed, and the tables, chairs and benches were neatly arranged, and the whole room was like an inn without any thing on the surface.

Xu Chu wandered around, rummaged a little, but found a dark grid in the bed. Her eyes lit up, and she reached out to open the dark grid. It's just that unlike what I imagined, there are not precious or hidden things inside, but there are many things that children play with.

"This is ......" Xu Chu couldn't help frowning, although it seemed to be a child's toy, she didn't know it well. When she was a child, her father rarely bought toys for her except for rattles. And the children in the village thought she was unlucky, and they wouldn't take toys to share with her.

Xiao Qinglang saw that her expression was a little embarrassed, obviously she couldn't recognize all the things in her hand, and naturally felt more and more pity in her heart. He was in the palace when he was young, and he was old and young, so he didn't often play with small things in the market. However, at that time, in order to tease him, the queen mother and the queen often sent people to collect some playthings and send them to the palace. But Xu Chu ...... The identity of the father and daughter determines that their existence will only be ostracized, especially in the countryside and mountains. He couldn't even imagine how Xu Chu as a child was eager to play with people.

He took the ceramic spherical shape in Xu Chu's hand, which was empty during the period, and contained small stones and sand grains, which made a loud noise when shaken, and was full of fun.

"This is the pottery ball, which is said to be one of the original musical instruments, and was often used as a plaything to tease children. It's just that in recent years, there are fewer such items, and they are not common in the hands of market sellers. Xiao Qinglang explained softly, his eyebrows were gentle, and he no longer saw the coldness and sharpness when he first met.

At this time, he explained in great detail, like a market vendor, like a few treasures, not like the iron-faced selfless and ruthless jade-faced Hades rumored by outsiders. For a while, Xu Chu was also inexplicably a little dizzy when he watched it, and sure enough, no matter how many times a beautiful man watched it, it was easy to make people's hearts surge.

She turned her gaze to Xiao Qinglang's bony hand, which was like jade holding a small white ceramic ball, and the color was not inferior at all.

Xiao Qinglang saw that Xu Chu's face was red, and he couldn't help but chuckle, and then continued: "This is a mud scream and empty bamboo ......."

"Judging by the degree of wear and tear of these playthings, it has been a few years." He put down the things in his hand one by one, and then suddenly looked at the other thing that Xu Chu had taken out of the dark compartment.

"And the flat mouth and shadow puppets used by the Hundred Operas!"

The two of them put things together, and these things were carefully treasured by Zhang's family, which she had wanted to leave to the fetus in her womb, or did Liu Jiaxing give it to her when she was young?

Due to the lack of research, the two of them could only make a brief record in the end, and then put the original item back.

As soon as I left the gate of Zhang's house, I saw that some officials came back in twos and threes, and several people returned to the yamen without saying much.

"Childe, girl, the Liu family has moved away for too long, so I haven't heard anything useful." Li Zhu, who was the leader, stepped forward to return first.

After the people dispersed, the sky had just darkened, the courtyard was silent, the wind and snow were covered, and the fire in the guest room in the courtyard was scorching and warm.

The lights outside the door are bright, and the palace lamps under the eaves are swaying in the wind, dimly reflected on the doors and windows.

Xu Chu re-combed the codex, and now there are many doubts, except for the doubts on Yu Fugui and Xiaocui. And there is the ghost muttered in Mrs. Zhang's mouth today......

Was it true that Liu Jiaxing just returned home faceless after being beaten, and then ran away from home angrily? Then why was Zhang Xiucai so secretive about Liu Jiaxing's affairs, and what role did Yu Fugui play in it back then, which made Zhang Xiucai full of hatred for him, and Mrs. Zhang kept saying that Zhang Qiuniang's death was for him?

There is a faint incense burning in the stove in the house, like Xiao Qinglang's handwriting, and the smell is long and mellow, which makes people calm down. Even if she was running around for many days, she didn't feel her head swell and hurt.

She watched the white smoke rise and pondered the connection. Thinking of the key point, she subconsciously looked up to find the person who had been cooperating with her in the investigation of the case, as if she had confidence in her heart as soon as she said it. However, as soon as she spoke, the silence in the room made her laugh at herself, and finally shook her head helplessly, she was really spoiled/spoiled by Xiao Qinglang.

As night fell, the wind and snow became heavier, and she glanced at the charcoal fire to see that it was burning, so she simply did not call anyone to come and buy it. She didn't have the habit of rubbing grease and powder on weekdays, so she just scrubbed her face with the already slightly cool water, then took off her coat and lay down.

It's just that in the silence and darkness, smelling incense that is very similar to Xiao Qinglang's body, she can't help but think of his gentleness and restraint. From the amazement at the beginning, to his clear love later, how could Xu Chu not feel it.

She pulled the quilt, turned over irritably, no longer facing the place where the incense burner was placed in the room, and then forced her mind to forcibly eliminate Xiao Qinglang's handsome face, and put all her thoughts on the case, as if this would solve the emotional problems that plagued her.

In fact, now the clues are getting clearer and clearer, judging from the attitude of Zhang Xiucai and his wife, as well as the tablet that Zhang secretly worshipped at the beginning, Liu Jiaxing should have died in the eyes of insiders/people. It's just that why the Liu family didn't make a noise, and Zhang Xiucai suddenly married his daughter to Yu Fugui, it is unknown.

Then, on the side of the Yu family, Zhang's family, who was in the Buddhist hall of the family and did not leave home, suddenly received special tea from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and his mood began to change. And this still seems to be related to Liu Jiaxing. So the question is, how did she avoid her eyes and ears to contact Liu Jiaxing, Xiaocui said that she didn't see Liu Jiaxing that day, so who else? Besides, who ordered the ghost ginseng and what is the purpose?

On the day of the crime, Yu Fugui admitted to arguing with Zhang, but denied killing Zhang. And the copper kettle that disappeared......

All this seems to be a cycle, and the beginning is the secret that was unknown eight years ago.

Not to mention how Xu Chu tossed and turned, just said that Xiao Qinglang was over halfway through the night, but he still picked up the lights to carefully screen the file records. And he actually had a booklet in his hand that was very similar to the codex in Xu Chu's hand. The handwriting on it is strong and powerful, and the book is vigorous, like a shocking dragon, showing the author's heroic righteousness and nobility everywhere.

"Sure enough......" Under the light, Xiao Qinglang sat on the soft couch, letting the dim circle of light envelop him. It wasn't until he found out what he wanted that he sighed lightly, "I don't know how Xiao Chu should thank me this time." ”

Wei Guang, who was silent on the side, added tea to him, and then coughed dryly and said, "If the prince wants Miss Xu's favor, why don't you tell him directly." ”

The implication is that it is so secretly helping, how useful can it be?

Xiao Qinglang picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, sighed pleasantly, and let the faint fragrance of tea fill his eyebrows. He glanced at Wei Guang, shook his head and said, "She is different from ordinary women. ”

The tone also brought a little warmth in the cold of winter.

After resting for a moment, he put aside the booklet, which was more than half a person high, and then took a stack of files on the case of the Three Law Divisions that had not been approved by the secret guard. Before he could finish reading, he suddenly asked, "Aunt Chu can move?" ”

"Back to the prince's words, Aunt Chu has already left the capital, but now the weather is cold and the water is frozen, so she can only take the land route. It is estimated that it will be a few more days delayed. ”

Xiao Qinglang also expected it, but now that he had an accurate conversation, he stopped talking, and just sat down at the desk to read quietly. Occasionally, if there are miscellaneous cases, or if there are doubts, they will also be reviewed with a red pen.

The jade is warm and fragrant, and the glazed palace lights are sufficient, only the sound of turning the dossier is heard.

In the second half of the night, the file in front of him was finished, and only one volume was left at hand, on which "The Copper Mine Case" was written in block letters.

"It's so wide-ranging." After speaking, he took the copper plate found in Zhang's mouth from the drawer under the desk, and looked at it carefully for a moment before he sneered, "Yu Fugui, Liu Jiaxing...... Jinzhou City Officialdom...... Imperial Palace Ouchi ......"

This case was a mystery from the beginning, and the more you delved into it, the more it was involved. But he wanted to see what kind of earth-shattering things he could do to deploy people who had been deploying for decades and cultivating some mad murderers as much as possible.

Early the next morning, Rao is Xu Chu had already wrapped in the coat that Xiao Qinglang had sent him early in the morning, but when he opened the door, he was still shivered by the oncoming air conditioner. The wind and snow are still there, and a thick layer has already fallen on the ground, even if there is a slight trace of snow and water in the promenade.

Before she could step out, she saw a lone man in a light fur stepping on the snow. The black boots with dark silver threads loom in the white snow, looking at it from a distance, black and white are intertwined with the color of snow, precious and elegant. made her stunned for a while, of course, what fascinated her was naturally that handsome face that she never got tired of seeing.

I don't know when it started, her skin turned out to be much thicker, and she would no longer be as red and red and shy as before.

"There's news from the Yu family." Xiao Qinglang's voice was shallow, with a slight smile of unknown meaning in his calmness. Probably, he was once again pleased by Xu Chu's undisguised gaze.