So after two or three days, Rui Niang and the cook treated her a little more sincerely. Maybe she found the value of her own existence, but in the next few days, she didn't secretly hurt herself, and she didn't shed tears all day long.

"Miss Xu, this is a hot bun steamed by Rui Niang, I heard from the eldest brother of the guard that you have been busy investigating the case all day long, and you haven't eaten a bite of food, so I brought you some." Dongmei's words were sincere, and her face was full of sincere pity.

Xu Chu saw that her face was ruddy, and he guessed that she must have had a much better life in the past few days. Thinking that he was indeed a little hungry, he smiled and took the plate of steamed buns that were still steaming.

"By the way, I went out for a walk in the morning, and by the way, I bought some snacks for Miss Xu, so that when the girl can't take care of eating when she investigates the case again, she can fill her stomach."

She is careful, and with a few words, she has added hot tea to Xu Chu.

"The government has paid the salary?" Xu Chu raised his eyebrows and said suspiciously.

"No, and I don't do any work, so I don't get paid." Dongmei was a little embarrassed, pursed her lips and lowered her head and said, "It was Sister Rui Niang who lent me some copper plates to buy some things, but I live in the house, I don't lack anything, so I only bought a small snack for the girl." ”

Xu Chu nodded thoughtfully and didn't say anything more.

"I wonder if the girl can find out about the murder of my father?" She pursed her lips and secretly looked at Xu Chu's face, seeing that Xu Chu was not unpleasant or displeased, she relaxed a little and continued, "I heard that the wicked man who can scrape people alive has woken up, so can the case be finalized?" ”

Xu Chu's eyes moved slightly, and he said with a smile: "Yes, Shunzi is awake, and the house doctor said that he will be able to speak in a day or two." You can rest assured, the prince's guards have already taken control of Yunzhou City, and now they have also discovered the traces of Li Bo's absconding, but they can arrest people in three or five days. ”

She compared the drawings of Junzi and the fugitives from Liulin Village that day, and found that the features were not consistent, and there were no signs of disguise on Junko's face. On the contrary, it is Li Bo, except for last year's age and facial features, his height and body shape are mostly similar. The only possibility is that the fugitive is not a straight son, but a remodeled Li Bo, the housekeeper of the Li family.

When the time comes, what they need is that the old and new accounts will be settled together.

When Xiao Qinglang came over, Dongmei had already left. And Xu Chu just swallowed a whole bun into his stomach, and now there is only one bite left. So when she looked up and saw the man's deep eyebrows, she couldn't help choking on the bun skin.

"How?" Xiao Qinglang might as well see Xu Chu's uncomfortable cough, hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a cold face, seeing her pointing to the teacup, he breathed a sigh of relief and handed the tea to her mouth. "You know she's suspicious, but how dare you have the audacity to eat what she sent?"

"Ahem......" Xu Chu waved his hand, and said with a wry smile in his red eyes, "If she is really the person behind her, then before she succeeds, she will naturally not be stupid enough to attack me at this time...... Ahem......"

What's more, the autopsy has made new discoveries, and maybe Dongmei has just been used. Although there is suspicion, it is not determined whether it is or not.

Xu Chu coughed repeatedly, and he had already coughed weakly, and his eyes were red with a layer of moisture because of this. Not to mention, when she swallowed her saliva in a hurry, the crystal clear water stains on her lips became red.

Xiao Qinglang's angry words could no longer be spoken, but his eyes were slightly deep. He twisted the warm skin fingers that he had just touched from handing over the cup, and subconsciously squinted his eyes.

In fact, compared with the pampered ladies in the capital, Xu Chu is really not stunning, and he only has a pair of clean eyes and a tough and righteous body, which is incomparable to the women next to him.

His gaze moved slightly, but he saw that she sat down casually without pretentiousness, unrestrained but self-contained, even in the face of his own prince, there was no apprehension and flattery, but still wanton.

In all fairness, Xiao Qinglang himself also found that since the two worked together to investigate the case, it seems that the tolerance for her is extremely high. Sometimes, he also thought about his abnormality repeatedly, but he didn't know where the joy came from every time he saw her.

It seems that he doesn't know when he started, and from time to time he has the appearance of her autopsy in his mind. Whether it was the calmness when dissecting the corpse, or the indignation when facing the murderer, it made him feel strange and then loved it even more.

Like...... Xiao Qinglang's gaze fell on her face again, and he was startled for a moment by the strange thought that had just arisen.

After a long time, his face was slightly red, and his eyes flickered away.

"Lord Wang?" Xu Chu frowned and called.

"Hmm." Xiao Qinglang paused for a moment before coming back to his senses, and then said, "The guards followed her to a dim sum shop in the east of the city today, and they didn't find anything abnormal. But just in case, I've sent someone to keep an eye on the surrounding area. ”

When Xu Chu heard this, he no longer wondered about his loss of consciousness just now, but his eyes lit up and said, "Have you checked that dim sum shop?" ”

"I've checked it, and there is no problem with the three generations."

Sure enough, just as they guessed, Li Bo and the others were cornered, unable to get out of the city and have no place to hide. The only way is to hijack a good family as a temporary foothold, and then find a way to get in touch with the government office.

Since Sun Xing's subjugation, the actions of those people in Yunzhou City have become more and more difficult.

"Those captured assassins, do you have any gains?" On that day, Xu Chu begged Xiao Qinglang to stay alive, and then several assassins who were alive were taken away by Wei Yan for interrogation, but unfortunately there was no news.

Xiao Qinglang shook his head, frowned, and said, "I haven't been able to pry the assassin's mouth open, but the purpose of the assassination is a bit eyebrow-raising." ”

Originally, they thought that the target was really him, after all, there are countless people in the world who want him to live, and there are even more people who want to take his life. However, there are not too many behind-the-scenes instigators who have been offended in the case of his case, who are capable enough to kill him and have enough reasons.

Xu Chu glanced at Xiao Qinglang and said in a low voice: "The capital? ”

Xiao Qinglang had always known that she was astute, so he was not surprised that she could guess, and immediately nodded and said no more.

In fact, for this, Xu Chu actually reacted later. Since they were able to be sent to assassinate Xiao Qinglang, and their skills were excellent, and they could even resist masters like Wei Guang and Wei Yan, it was enough to show that those people were carefully cultivated.

Although she didn't know the entanglement of the power of the wealthy family, she could also imagine that if that person could really take the forbidden medicine from the palace that even the emperor could not use at will, then his power was definitely not ordinary. Even if it is not a hand to cover the sky, I am afraid it is enough to be called deep-rooted.

The killer sent by such a person is estimated to be a dead soldier prepared by the family, and it is extremely difficult to ask for valuable news from his mouth.

Because he had expected it in his heart, Xu Chu did not feel sorry at this time. Instead, he continued to ask: "The person who sent the news to Dongmei was caught?" ”

"It's the shopkeeper of the dim sum shop...... Xiao Qinglang frowned, "I guess it must be his family in the hands of Li Bo and others, so he didn't dare to speak easily, and he didn't let him go before he was tortured." ”

Xu Chu nodded but was not surprised, this is also what she thinks Xiao Qinglang is extremely reliable, she will never do anything to handle the case, let alone disregard human life. You must know that if ordinary officials are faced with such vicious bandits and merits, I am afraid that they will not care about the life and death of a small snack shop, just send someone to clean it up. Left and right, those people are also difficult to fly.

However, Xu Chu, who had experienced the era of peace and democracy, never agreed that good people were coerced, and the government and the court should be their hope and support, rather than victims under the invitation for merit and reward.

At dusk, the setting sun could not dispel the chill shrouded in the prefect's yamen, and in the hunting wind, some scattered chrysanthemum petals fell from time to time. When Xu Chu saw the guards coming in a hurry from the window, he closed the codex in his hand and the file.

"Lord Wang, I think the case can probably be closed."

"Huh?" Hearing Xu Chu's words, Xiao Qinglang didn't react, but Xiao Mingzhu, who was sullen and bored on the side, instantly straightened up and wondered, "Sister Xu knows who the murderer is?" ”

As the guards entered the door, a gust of wind suddenly rose, and swept down a place of dead flowers and leaves, and the glass palace lamp on the long corridor also shook endlessly.

Xu Chu looked at Xiao Mingzhu, who was full of interest, and nodded slowly and said, "Isn't the murderer in the mansion?" ”

"Sister Xu already knows?" Xiao Mingzhu glanced at Xu Chu suspiciously, and then looked at his third uncle, but when he saw that the third uncle's expression was also clear, he couldn't help pouting, "The third uncle also knows!" Just hide it from me? ”

"I didn't mean to hide it from you, didn't the dude come to look for you to go out to the lake in the future? Naturally, I don't like to take the case, which disturbs your interest. Xu Chu nodded her arm a little teasingly, and said with a smile, "Besides, with physical evidence, we still have to wait for witnesses, and now looking at the appearance of the eldest brother of the guard, it seems that there are also human witnesses, so naturally there is no need to wait." ”

Xiao Mingzhu listened to the clouds, ashamed and curious, and finally curiosity prevailed, "But Sister Xu, I haven't seen you go out to investigate the case in the past few days." Could it be that you just looked at the autopsy list in the house and found the murderer? ”

Xu Chu saw that her face was slightly bright, and she came over full of excitement, and couldn't help shaking her head and said, "Bisheng is the autopsy sheet that tells me who the murderer is and where." ”

Without waiting for Xiao Mingzhu to react, he saw that the guard had already reported that Dongmei, who had gone to help Rui Niang deliver medicine, had been detained. At the same time, Li Bo and his entourage, who were hiding in the dim sum shop, have all been arrested.

At this time, Xiao Mingzhu suddenly came to her senses and said in surprise: "Sister Xu, didn't Dongmei almost die?" She...... Could it be...... Murderer. ”

"Whether she is the culprit or not, it will be revealed in a while......"

Xiao Qinglang saw that the two of them were still talking about something, so he just smiled warmly, and after letting the guards retreat, he straightened out the silver dark pattern brocade robe, got up and took Xu Chu and the others to the place where Shunzi was.

In fact, since they got acquainted, Xu Chu rarely walked behind Xiao Qinglang respectfully, and most of them discussed the case and discoveries side by side, and unconsciously arrived at Yishantang or somewhere.

But this time, because Xiao Mingzhu wanted to know more in advance, she had to take two or three steps to get out of Xiao Qinglang's side.

When entering Yishan Hall, Xiao Qinglang deliberately glanced at Xu Chu, and said with a silent face: "This case is not in a hurry to be closed, you can interrogate it later." ”