But now, someone suddenly told her that her father was not from the Xu family, and she was not the granddaughter of the Xu family......

Xiao Qinglang was silent, and only after a while did he take the golden hairpin that Wei Guang placed on the table and read it.

"Perhaps, the answer lies in this golden hairpin."

Xu Chu tried to suppress her rapid breathing, she reached out to touch the hairpin, and a picture suddenly flashed in her mind. It was her father who taught her to twist the chopsticks, and at that time, the chopsticks were also carved with exquisite patterns by her father, and at first glance they were very similar to the golden hairpin.

She suddenly exerted force in her hand, only to see that the hairpin had loosened, and a moment later a note as light as cotton wool fell from the gap. The note was not bent, but hidden on the inside with the pattern of the golden hairpin, so even if it fell, it was silent.

Xu Chu didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly lowered his head and picked up the note. But I saw a simple line of words written on it, "Father is well, don't worry, follow Jing'an, enter the capital."

"Is it Xu Cheng's handwriting?" Xiao Qinglang looked at her and asked in a low voice.

Xu Chu only felt that the strength in her body was about to be drained, and she nodded weakly, but she didn't know whether she was glad that her father was safe, or worried about her father's hidden secrets.

Xiao Qinglang looked at the note twice, carefully helped her put it away, and then said slowly: "Zhang San stole something made by Xu Cheng when he was in the third year of junior high school, but now looking at this note, it seems that he expected what happened next. In this way, it is very likely that Xu Chengzuo is by our side and has not been killed, so Xiao Chu should be happy. ”

As for the side, it is not as important as the life of the person.

There was a deep consolation with the power to soothe people's hearts, and there was his body around him to rely on, as if the rootless duckweed had found a place to live. The big stone in her heart also quietly landed.

As he said, what could be better than getting a note from Daddy? With this note, she no longer has to worry about it day and night. As for the deep meaning of Daddy's words, she will figure it out one day.

The sunset was red, and half of the sky turned red. Just like Xu Chu's current mood, he was full of determination after suffering.

A few days later, Xu Chuyang begged Xiao Qinglang to find out the dossier information of all the Xu family, and even the personnel relationship of the Xu family before falling into the lowly status. She suddenly remembered that her father had mentioned the deeds of the officials of the Three Law Divisions, how could a rural man know everything about the affairs of the officials in the capital?

After thinking about it, she finally looked for Xiao Qinglang to discuss, until she searched all the information in the capital that involved the doctor.

For seven or eight days in a row, she read almost day and night in order to get a head start. It's a pity that no matter how much she searched, she didn't find anything useful.

It was Xiao Qinglang, after interrogating Jin Fu, Zhang San and others, he leaned lazily on the carriage and was silent. After a long time, he took the top-secret dossier out of his sleeve pocket.

The place where I went on this trip was a secret prison arranged by the secret guards, which was full of gloomy and bloody, so it was naturally not suitable to bring Xu Chu with him. It is precisely because of this that he can figure it out.

In fact, compared to Xu Chu, he guessed more. In the fifty-sixth year of the first emperor, there was an ugly incident that brought shame to the royal family. And after that incident, everyone who knew about it was ordered by the first emperor to be killed, and even those who didn't know the inside story escaped.

However, the corpse collectors in the inner court found that among the dozens of corpses, there was one missing a pregnant woman who died first. A few days later, on the way back to his hometown, the young and famous Doctor Sun of the Tai Hospital suffered a natural disaster and his life and death were unknown.

In June of the same year, the Xu family had a so-called step-son and granddaughter. The correlation has to make Xiao Qinglang think deeply.

In the dim light, on the open file, the word "Shu" loomed out. Then, there is an endless shadow, and the phrase "the remnants of the chaotic party......

Eventually, after returning to the house, he put the file away and instructed the guards to place it properly. Then, as usual, he went to Xu Chu's room.

"But what did you find?" Xiao Qinglang asked softly, and handed the medicinal porridge that Aunt Chu had helped to cook to Xu Chu. "Do you eat it yourself, or do you want me to feed it?"

Xu Chu, who was still engrossed in the dossier, was stunned by this sudden medicinal porridge. When I saw that he really scooped a small spoonful and tried to blow it and fed it, the heavy mind suddenly disappeared.

"Ahem, ahem, I'll eat it myself." She hurriedly put aside the dossier materials she had picked out in her hand, and then took the warm porridge and drank it slowly.

It's just that because of panic before, she poured herself a big pot of tea, and now she really doesn't have much appetite. Even though the medicinal porridge was thick and sweet, it still made her feel sick to her stomach.

Seeing this, Xiao Qinglang sighed and took the medicinal porridge from her hand and put it down. Although the words are a little reproachful, it is not difficult to hear the distress in them.

"You often say that you should not rush to achieve quick results in handling cases, and you should not be aimless and unorganized. And now, are you just dragging your body down for the slightest unfounded speculation? ”

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, and then sighed for a long time, as if the depression that had been held all day was also spit out.

"I know I'm not in the right state, but it's a matter of my father's safety, and I really don't want to be one step behind. I always thought that I could find some clues first and take the lead. ”

"But Xu Yanzuo may not want you to be like this. If he is really desperate, he will never just let you follow me. Even if he is in danger, as long as he can send the golden hairpin, he will definitely be able to find me, and then seek refuge. And he didn't, you might guess why? ”

"Because Daddy doesn't want me to meddle in what he's doing behind his back."

"Yes, at least for now, he doesn't want to see you pursue it." Xiao Qinglang saw blood for a while, and he didn't even have the tactfulness and gentleness of comforting Xu Chu in the past.

Xu Chu was in a trance for a moment, as if everything was a dream, "So, what Daddy is hiding now is not those who are tracking down his whereabouts, but me, right?" ”

After many days of rushing to investigate the case, she was already exhausted, and finally lost her sobbing voice in Xiao Qinglang's generous and warm arms.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Chu suddenly seemed to have returned to the beginning. She braved the rain and drove the mountain road from the village to the Qian family in Cangyan County, wanting to investigate the case of the young lady of the Qian family's violent death.

At that time, the mountain road was muddy, and the umbrella in her hand that had long been broken could no longer protect her from the wind and rain. At that time, her only thought was probably to get a reward of fifty taels of silver, and then help her father buy some medicinal materials to condition the body, and then buy a new umbrella.

She remembers that she did buy an umbrella later. It is an umbrella frame made of hand-cut bamboo strips, and the lint paper coated with natural waterproof tung oil is made into an umbrella surface, and some magpie spring pictures that are very popular among the people are decorated on it, which is very beautiful.

As she walked, she suddenly became dazed, as if she had forgotten what she wanted to do. In the dark night, the cold wind whistling through made her can't help but shrink back.

In the heavy nightmare, Xu Chu hugged the brocade quilt tightly, wanting to absorb a trace of warmth. It's a pity that what is coming is still a bone-chilling chill.

It was as if she had returned to the creepy inn, and after a day and night of travel, she was trapped in a dark room with no way out. On all sides, there were still black wildernesses, and heavy dead branches were slanting horizontally, like monsters full of malice with teeth and claws, as if they wanted to devour her.

However, before she could find a trace of warmth, she suddenly found that there was a raging fire around her. The fire was so hot that she couldn't avoid it. Even, the sky reflected by the firelight was blood-red, as if it was stained with the blood of countless people.

She panicked and fled in all directions, but there was no way through.

I don't know how long it took, but the light of the fire gradually dimmed, and the sky faintly revealed its original color. She looked wearily into the distance, but saw a pair of white gold leather boots stepping on the ashes, the dragon pattern boots woven with gold thread, burning her eyes, making her unable to help herself.

"Kill it." The man's voice was cold, and he dropped three words without emotion.

Only three words, but it made Xu Chu feel desolate. Who is he going to kill and why......

"Xiao Chu, Xiao Chu......" A familiar and concerned voice sounded in his ears, and he called softly with anxiety.

Xu Chu felt a warm heat pass through the corners of her dry mouth, and she swallowed hard, wanting to swallow the sweet rain to relieve her burning throat.

"How?" Xiao Qinglang touched Xu Chu's forehead, frowned and asked Aunt Chu.

Aunt Chu put away the silver needle, sighed and said, "Overworked, depressed. After a pause, she said, "Miss Chu has long had losses around her, and careful conditioning is not a big problem. But last night's emotional ups and downs caused her to recur the old symptoms in her body, and then the high fever did not go away, which is really not a good thing. ”

Xiao Qinglang carefully fed the warm boiled water in his hand into her mouth, but his heart was not as calm as his face.

When he was in the copper mine case, Xiao Chu had emotional ups and downs caused by the murderer's inhumanity, and then fainted for a long time. At that time, the doctor also said that she was depressed......

Thinking of her temperament, Xiao Qinglang suddenly felt a little powerless. He knew that he was afraid that if he didn't finish what Xu Cheng had done, Xiao Chu's heart would not be at peace for a day.

In fact, since Yunzhou City, even though Xiao Chu's performance is impeccable, he even seems to not care about the accident of the case. But he knew that it was because Xiao Chu had buried all his worries deep in his heart, and once it broke out, it would be so out of control today.

Thinking of this, he finally looked up at Wei Guang and ordered: "Send more people to monitor the officialdom of Jinzhou City, and only torture Jin Fu and Jin Manshan, regardless of life or death, you must dig out all the secrets." ”

Wei Guang gave up his hand to take the order, and glanced at his prince and Xu Chu, who was still unconscious, with some concern, and finally did not say anything to persuade him.