Shun Yu had only seen Youtong's corpse, and he had no appetite, so he only took a few crispy and sweet winter dates and chewed them slowly, Zhang and the others were not polite, serving rice and drinking soup, eating wolf, and halfway through calling a plate of sour radish fried pheasant cubs, Mei Xun came to ask if he wanted to eat wine, Ye Xianggao struggled for a long time, and then said that it was okay to press on official business, and just come to a pot of silver needle tea to relieve greasy.

After eating and drinking, and not staying long, the group immediately got into the carriage and came to Cherry Xiejie, I don't know whether it was because of the daytime or the Youtong case, the whole street was closed, and there were few people in the desert.

The carriage stopped at the door of Xianglai Garden, and the door was closed, and the official stepped forward and knocked on the knocker a few times, only to see that the Mai attendant only opened a crack and looked out, and the official was so upset that he kicked the door wide open, and scolded in his mouth: "What I don't have the eye to see, I see the official coming, and I am still cowering!" ”

I heard the movement, and hurriedly came to the steward in a mink coat, and saw that Zhang Guan's uniform was embroidered with a peacock patch, which was actually a third-grade official.

Shun Yu came to a rainy evening last time, at this time the blue sky is blue, the clouds are heavy, you can see the snow in the middle of the garden wall, the ice glue on the surface of the pool, several mountain stone concave and convex places, down into a string of dripping curtains, there are also four or five plum blossoms embellished with red calyx, a small lion dog in front of the corridor also ignores people, and bites the tail to play in a circle.

Entering the guest hall, eight Huanghuali chairs are placed on both sides, and lotus leaf six-legged incense tables are inserted between the chairs.

Zhang didn't have the intention of eating tea, so he only ordered the steward to pass Chen Ruilin to ask, and the steward went and came again, and said with a smile: "Brother Lin is in the next room, and he is accompanying the master of Li Ji Silk Fu to the banquet, and he will come after singing this song." ”

opened his jaw and agreed, Shun Yu faintly heard the pipa and the zither plucking, and occasionally two sentences entered the ear, singing: "Time is easy to get old, and the sun and moon are as fast as birds." The voice lingered with emotion, and the listener's heart trembled slightly, and he sang: "I am only sad and frightened of the autumn willows, and I want to tune in, but I am dreaming of a cold Wushan and a cloud ......." ”

There was a bronze brazier on it, and a waiter dug the snow into the pot with a large spoon and added two pieces of animal charcoal to simmer.

Shun Yu was still about to listen to the tune, but somehow stopped, Ye Xianggao sighed: "Back then, Chen Zhan's mansion lived in Jintong Hutong, and it was also a high-ranking family, and there were often Ming Huang sedan chairs to pick up Young Master Chen into the palace, and he was willing to sit in a sedan chair when he walked to the alley, and he still remembered that he always wore white cocoon silk straight, although he was young, he had a humble and gentlemanly demeanor, which attracted the people in the past to wait and see, who knew that he would fall to this point ......... now." ”

"If the prince was willing to intercede for him back then, maybe it would be ......." Su Qiming wanted to speak and stopped, but he could hear the footsteps, and a person came in from outside the door, it was Chen Ruilin, wearing a robe with gray mouse hair in front of the woven gold and silver silk placket, tied with a big red silk silk to press his waist, and a pair of yellow skin oil moire shoes under his feet.

He didn't wear a scarf in a bun, but he combed a long braid with black and dripping oil, and his long eyebrows and handsome eyes looked forward to it, all of which were not inferior to the woman's amorous taste.

He glanced around for a while, and then walked up to Zhang and wanted to bow down on his knees, Zhang hurriedly excused himself and said with a smile: "Second Master Shen asked me to say hello to him on his behalf." “

"Thank you for your thoughts." Chen Ruilin's face was calm, his tone was light, and he seemed to be very cold, so he asked the waiter to move a chair and sit by the copper brazier, and then said lazily: "I don't know what Lord Zhang is looking for me?" “

Ye Xianggao recounted Youtong Xiaolian's case, and then mentioned some things he knew.

Chen Ruilin took two sips of tea from the waiter, and then said with a contemptuous smile: "It's not a pity that the little hoof died, robbing my guest, I will scold him for retribution, this is not retribution in this world!" “

Ye Xianggao was stunned, and asked him to listen carefully, but Chen Ruilin refused to say it again, glanced at Lao Ken (similar to the old bustard in a brothel) who rushed to hear the news, and said with some yin and yang weirdness: "The red horn you brought out, naturally you will tell the official." ”

The old Ken was busy kneeling down beside his feet, first slapped his two ear scrapers, and then said: "Xiao Lian was originally a waiter by Brother Lin's side, clever and lively, good at observing words and feelings, and now that he is old and looks good, this mind is a little lively." ”

"A while ago, Xiao Ye, the shopkeeper of Yixiang Building, asked Brother Lin to go to him for a banquet, but Brother Lin refused, so Xiao Ye kept adding silver, and when it was added to fifty taels, Xiao Pian saw that Brother Lin still refused, so he wanted to go instead of him."

"The old slave just wants to give it a try, if Xiao Ye refuses, he will die of this heart, who would have thought that this thing would be done! had to give him a room to sign up to welcome guests, which Cheng thought that this kind of thing had happened in a few days. At this point, he picked up his cuffs and dipped them in the corners of his eyes, and only he knew the truth or falsehood.

"It seems that it is rumored that Brother Lin and Xiao Lian are incompatible, but it is not a joke." Zhang looked at Chen Ruilin, his eyes were deep.

Chen Ruilin pursed his lips and sneered: "You don't have to fool me, if I have the courage to kill, I did it a few years ago, why bother living so far, just a little pity, it will not enter my eyes." ”

At this time, Wang Jun, the head of the Criminal Department, hurriedly came and said to Zhang Zuo: "The official sent to Zangyun Mountain to search and inspect reported that there were more than a dozen male corpses in another cave, suspected to be the missing Youtong, and I have come to know about it." ”

Zhang's expression was solemn, he got up and took the lead in walking out, Shun Yu followed behind Su Qiming, glanced at Chen Ruilin, Chen Ruilin also glanced at him, Shun Yu's lips squirmed, and finally swallowed the words in his mouth and went out.

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Shun Yu returned to the house in Chunshu Hutong, it was late at night, the white moon was in the sky, the cold wind was cold, and the cheeks were like a knife.

Mason was lying on the table, the book was sleepy, and suddenly he woke up again, and saw the lights explode, and there was a sound of lifting the curtain to come in.

He turned his head to look, and saw that it was Shun Yu who came in, his face was red from the cold, and he hurriedly went to get hot water, the road in the mountain was muddy, Shun Yu's shoes and socks were soaked, and her feet were so cold that she was unconscious, and she was slightly immersed in the copper basin, and the piercing pain spread from the tips of her toes to her ankles, but she breathed a long sigh of comfort.

Mason was a little uncomfortable, but the food was still hot in the pot on the stove and wanted to get it.

Shun Yu called him to sit down and had something to say, but he was not in a hurry to speak, picked up the bowl and ate tea, and after a meeting, he said: "I went to Zangyun Mountain today, all of them are missing Youtong, and the death is like a little pity, and it looks very miserable. “

Mason's expression darkened, and he was silent.

Shun Yu sighed: "I suspect a person, that is, Xiao Ye, the shopkeeper of Yixianglou, maybe his original name was Xiao Jingyuan, who was once a soldier in the army, because the general soldier has a dragon yang fetish, and his codified guards are pampered and arrogant, and he has been bullied repeatedly, and then he can no longer bear it, so that it is the method of smashing the backyard with branches and trees." Now he is good at roasting ducks, and one of the links is to use this method to hang duck and smoke and roast, and those excellent boys have been assassinated very sophisticated, I think it has something to do with it. ”