Your Excellency is polite, if you need it, just open your mouth. Xu Chu paused, glanced at Xiao Qinglang and said with a smile, "My son-in-law has always been cold-hearted and warm-hearted, otherwise he would not allow a person as close to me to conduct an autopsy." ”

Xiao Qinglang looked at Xu Chujing's bright and clear eyes, coughed uncomfortably, and then moved his gaze away. That arrogant appearance, where is the meaning of the words just now?

Although Zhang Youwei does not have a good impression of Xiao Qinglang, a rich son who came from nowhere, he is very convinced of Xu Chu. After all, not everyone can solve the case in half an hour, and even the murderer who has not met is exactly what he says.

Therefore, as soon as Xu Chu spoke, he hurriedly said: "That official is not polite to the girl, it is really a case of a headless female corpse in the yamen." Although the case has already been closed, the official always feels a little unsteady, and feels that the case is not as simple as it seems. ”

When Zhang Youwei mentioned the case, his face was a little unsightly. It stands to reason that on the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month at the end of the year, the yamen should have closed his pen and rested. But for this case, he carried a lot of pressure to track it down, until those errand servants were physically and mentally exhausted and complaining, and even the Liu family made trouble three times a day to the yamen to take the body back......

There was a message from the Jinzhou prefect Yamen three times and twice, reprimanding him for being an incompetent official. Below, his subordinates are passive and slacking off, and the Liu family makes trouble every day. His life was really difficult.

But if the doubts cannot be solved one day, he will not be able to convince himself of a vague verdict.

Xu Chu saw that his color was dignified, and Xiao Qinglang had mentioned a few words about Zhang You, so he knew a little about him. In her opinion, whether people are pedantic or old-fashioned, it is not a wrong thing, as long as they can ask for the people's lives, they are good officials. Just like she looked at Huang Dashan, although she felt that Huang Dashan was sometimes a little unreliable and in a hurry, in the final analysis, he was not a corrupt official in the turbid officialdom.

"Can you tell us a little bit about the case?" Xu Chu asked bluntly.

Zhang Youwei didn't expect Xu Chu to ask about the case so easily, and seeing that although Zhou Gongzi's face was gloomy, he didn't stop him, so he believed Xu Chu's cold-hearted words.

He didn't delay any longer, and hurriedly said: "According to the situation at the scene of the murder, it should be that the bandits robbed the property and robbed the sex, and her husband's family also agreed to end the case with bandits. But this official feels that the case is not so simple, if it is really a bandit, why bother to cut off the head and take it away? Could it be because it's good-looking? ”

Xu Chu frowned, "Generally speaking, cutting off or destroying the head is mostly to cover up the identity, or to abuse and kill with deep hatred. I don't know if the identity of the deceased has been confirmed? ”

"The deceased is the wife of Liu Xiaotian in this county, and on the day of the crime, the official sent people to find the Liu family and the relatives of the deceased's mother's family to identify the body. It was finally confirmed that the birthmark on the headless female corpse was the same as cinnabar, and the birthmark on Liu Xiaotian's wife Liu Zhen. "Zhang Youwei's handling of the case can be regarded as cautious. For this reason, he also found the midwife who delivered Liu Zhen back then, although he didn't ask anything useful, but it was enough to see his rigor.

"Are there any other wounds on that corpse?" Xu Chu asked.

"No, except for the head is gone, the body is intact."

This is also what Zhang Youwei is most suspicious of, he really can't understand why the murderer cut off Liu Zhen's head and took it away.

Xu Chu glanced at Xiao Qinglang, and saw that his face was expressionless but his eyebrows were slightly raised, and he was afraid that he also had doubts about this case. Even if they arrive in Jinzhou City in the past few days, and the Yamen seals the pen, it will be difficult for them to investigate the case, so it is better to crack the case in Yunan County first.

"Then I wonder if it's convenient for you to arrange for me to come to the autopsy?"

"It's convenient and convenient, as long as the girl is willing, the official will arrange it, and we can rush to the county office."

Xiao Qinglang knows Xu Chu's temper very well, and if there is a case, and a case that does not involve her bottom line, she will always be itchy. Maybe when she was only with Xu Cheng before, she could still restrain one or two. But now that I have been by my side for a long time, I don't need to think about the case anymore, and even there are no taboos about cases above the officialdom. Today, I know that she has a name in the yamen, and I am afraid that the rules she set at the beginning are almost broken.

He didn't know whether he was a good thing or a bad thing for Xu Chu like this. Now he can still protect her, but if one day he can no longer protect people under his wings, he is afraid that she will also face countless showers and winds.

However, Xiao Qinglang had to admit at this time that even if he wanted to give up using Xu Chu to investigate the secret in the palace, it would be difficult for Xu Chu to get out again. From the fact that she destroyed the Furong Inn and the other courtyard that those people had arranged for many years, and interfered in the copper mine case and the counterfeit money case, she was destined to become a thorn in the side of those people sooner or later. And staying by your side may still make those people jealous.

But the best way is to push her to a height that is unattainable for others, so that the masterminds behind the scenes dare not harm her at will.

He figured this out, so he didn't bother anymore, but said helplessly: "It's getting late now, and we have been on the road for a day, even if you are beaten by iron, then the horse should rest for a night." ”

Xu Chu wanted to say something more, but Zhang Youwei on the side hurriedly said: "The official's carriage is quite large, if the two of you don't dislike it, you can take the official's carriage." After a pause, he said again, "If it is inconvenient for the son, then let Miss Chu go with the official, and the official will not treat her badly." ”

For the first time, Xiao Qinglang was speechless. Especially for Zhang Youwei, no matter how he releases his coldness, he is stiff with his neck.

In the end, Xiao Qinglang still asked people to prepare food, and then took Xu Chu into his carriage. In fact, how could the thousands of horses selected in the palace be tired because they were only a day's journey? All he thought about was to find an excuse to let Xu Chu rest for a night.

However, Zhang Youwei was too upright, and Xu Chu did not want to delay the case.

When she left the inn, Xu Chu followed Xiao Qinglang step by step, and no matter how slow she was, she also noticed that Xiao Qinglang was a little different. For a while, neither of them spoke, one was helpless, and the other was worried that taking over the case without permission would disrupt Xiao Qinglang's pace.

The moonlight was murmuring outside, and there were very few moonlights as bright as in the cold.

"Not up yet?" Xiao Qinglang, who had already gotten into the carriage, raised his eyebrows and asked, seeing that Xu Chu was still standing beside the carriage, he chuckled lightly and stretched out his right hand with distinct bones.

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly fell into a trance. Suddenly remembered that a few months ago, when she was investigating the Five Elements case in Yunzhou City, she had seen him waiting for her in the carriage when she came out of Li's house. It's just that at that time, the two were not acquainted, let alone that he would reach out to help himself very naturally.

In the moonlight, she placed her hand in the palm of his, feeling only generous and warm. And under the horse lamp, his jade-like face is as bright and bright as the moonlight, and it is pure and bright.

Without hesitation, she followed his force into the carriage, only to withdraw her hand in an instant. Then he suppressed the jump in his heart and leaned against the wall of the car carelessly. However, Xu her performance was too obvious, or the shyness revealed on her cheeks under the lamp pleased Xiao Qinglang, making him smile clearly.

"Let's fill my stomach first, I still have a lot of work to do tonight."

Xu Chu took the small white porcelain bowl handed over by Xiao Qinglang, felt that the temperature was not scorching, and simply took two sips of it. After drinking, the heat on her face slowly dissipated, and then she hesitated and asked, "Did I decide without permission and disrupt your arrangement?" ”

Xiao Qinglang shook his head, refilled another cup of hot soup for her, and then smiled: "If I say yes, will you push this case down?" ”

Xu Chu pursed his lips, not knowing what to do for a while. If she wants to see that the cases that can be investigated that are very likely to cause injustice and falsehood are not investigated, she really can't bear it. But if she caused trouble for Xiao Qinglang because of her stubbornness, or even delayed the big case, she was unwilling. What's more, Xiao Qinglang helped her a lot, and it was this friendship that she shouldn't be a drag on him.

Xiao Qinglang saw Xu Chu biting his lip slightly, looking very embarrassed, but instead hooked his lips and smiled, for a while, it seemed that the cold was gone, and the spring was infinite, and even the dried branches seemed to be about to unfold full of trees.

Xu Chu's heart moved slightly, and he almost couldn't help revealing his heartbeat. It was also a shame that Zhang Youwei's carriage, which suddenly came up side by side outside, suddenly appeared and shouted: "Miss Chu, the city gate will be closed when the county seat is over, so we have to hurry up." ”

His abrupt shout scattered the charm and ambiguity in the carriage at all. And Xiao Qinglang's face that was still full of spring breeze just now turned cold in an instant, he squinted his eyes and secretly gritted his teeth to look at Xu Chu's raised curtain, and just saw Zhang Youwei's stubborn face.

For the first time, he felt why the emperor didn't like the unsightly ministers.

However, no matter what he thought in his heart, when Xu Chu looked over, his face was still a breezy and moonlit appearance.

After eating something at this time, and sleeping in the car for a long time during the day, Xu Chu was not sleepy. There was nothing to do, so she simply took the file sent by Zhang Youwei and looked at it carefully, naturally, she inevitably went to Xiao Qinglang's side.

Xu is she herself has never found out, she has been fighting alone before, and she is more and more accustomed to taking the case to Xiao Qinglang to study together.

The carriage galloped slowly, leaving only a gentle and shallow light shrouded in the two people who were intently checking the file, warm and quiet, a quiet appearance of the years.

"The dossier says that the Liu family is a wealthy family, and the family runs a jade and seafood business...... Xu Chu clicked on the dossier, Qingjun's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said suspiciously, "I remember that the imperial court once issued a ban on the sea, and it was only after ascending the throne today that it was slowly released, but the government is still strictly controlled?" ”