"Those two are missing? This missing spot is too coincidental, isn't it? Brother Chang, are you sure that these two people are missing, not that they fled after hearing the news? Xing Ruyi stroked his forehead with his hand and smiled helplessly.

"It's missing, and it's not just the two of them." Chang Tai's expression did not change at all, and he was even more serious than when he first arrived: "I have checked the records of the county, in fact, as early as a year and a half ago, there was a bitter lord who went to the county government to report the case, saying that his brother disappeared in that inn for no reason, but in a place like the inn, most of the people who come and go are long-distance travelers, and only some locals who will stay for special reasons, and people come and go, come and go at will, and it is difficult to check."

On the county government's side, they also sent officials over, but they didn't find any useful clues, and the case is still in the dust of the county government. In the following year and a half, there were also reports one after another, and most of the missing people were related to this inn.

"Since it's all related to this inn, why didn't the county master investigate in detail, and didn't you pay attention to it until you came and the young master of the Su family disappeared?"

"It's not that I didn't check, but I didn't find any results when I checked and checked." Chang Tai's expression relaxed slightly.

"Could it be that there is a mysterious backstage in this inn?"

"Not really! This inn has been open in the paper shop for some years, according to the local people, at first the inn was run by a man and a woman, the man's name is Su Guangcai, that is, the person in the paper shop town, the woman's name is Ning Xiang, the length is very small, belongs to the typical southerner characteristics. When opening this inn, Su Guangcai also introduced to the people in the town that Ning Xiang was his wife, the girl he met when he was out on business. ”

"It's a mom-and-pop shop!"

"Hmmm! At first it was like this. Chang Tai tapped his chin: "Probably more than three years ago, the people in the town found out that the male owner of this inn, Su Guangcai, has not shown up for a long time. The paper shop is engaged in the trading of oil paper umbrellas, and every household has people who go out to do business, if it is a longer time, it is common to go for a year and a half, so Su Guangcai did not show up, and everyone didn't pay attention to it at first, but occasionally when they stayed or went to the store to eat, they would casually ask a sentence or two.

Ning Xiang's temperament is very good, but whenever someone asks, he will answer with a smile, saying that Su Guangcai has not come back since he went out to pick goods. And no matter how many times the guest asked, she would patiently answer over and over again, and gradually, those guests would not be embarrassed to ask. ”

"Then is this Su Guangcai out to pick goods, or is it really gone?"

"It should be gone!" Chang Tai said, taking out something from his cuffs: "Half a year ago, Ning Xiang suddenly ran to the yamen and said that she suspected that her husband was murdered, and the murderer was Liu, a widow who lived in the same town. ”

"How can this be so good, how can you pull out a widow?"

"Don't worry, these seemingly unrelated things seem to be led by an invisible thread in the dark, you wait for me to finish, and you will naturally understand." Chang Tai handed the thing to Xing Ruyi, and unfolded it on a densely written piece of paper. Xing Ruyi didn't know whether this thing should be called a paper, but she had a rough idea of the content on the paper.

According to Ning Xiang, she was originally from Suzhou, but because of her family's downfall, she was sold to the Qinglou, and the first customer she received was Su Guangcai. This Su Guangcai took pity on her experience, and also said that he fell in love with her at first sight, not only redeemed her body, but also brought her back to the paper shop to marry her wife.

"Oh, among the things that Ning Xiang handed to the county government, there is also a certificate that Su Guangcai redeemed for her, so what is written here should be true. It's just that thing, when I went out, I didn't bring it, and I didn't think it was very useful. ”

Chang Tai explained on the side, Xing Ruyi hummed lightly, and continued to look at the details.

Ning Xiang said that after returning to the paper town, Su Guangcai planned to open an inn, because he was already married, so he should give Ning Xiang a stable place to live. Because Su Guangcai had spent a lot of money to redeem Ning Xiang, and he didn't have much savings in his hands, so they initially operated a small noodle stall and sold some cakes by the way.

At that time, it was all Ningxiang to make cakes and rolling noodles, and Su Guangcai was responsible for all the trivial work such as lighting the fire, delivering rice, collecting dishes, and washing.

Because Ning Xiang's craftsmanship is good, coupled with her delicate appearance, sweet smile, and some talents. When he was resting, he often played and sang for the guests, so the business was getting better and better, and he saved enough money to open an inn in less than half a year.

The inn has opened, and the source of customers has also been there, so this little day will naturally be prosperous, but with a home and money, Su Guangcai has changed. He often used excuses to talk about things, and when he went out, he would be a little for a long time, and later learned that he was entangled with the widow surnamed Liu in the town.

For this reason, Ning Xiang cried, made trouble, and even begged, but Su Guangcai's attitude became more and more impatient, and even beat Ning Xiang. In order to keep Su Guangcai, Ning Xiang also proposed to let Su Guangcai accept the widow surnamed Liu as a concubine, and she was willing to serve a husband with the other party.

Seeing Ning Xiang so sensible, Su Guangcai was overjoyed, he happily went to discuss with Widow Liu, but came back with a nose. It turned out that long before Su Guangcai met Ning Xiang, the two of them had a good relationship, in the words of Widow Liu, even if two daughters serve a husband, she should be a wife, and Ning Xiang is a concubine. Although she is a widow, she is a good family in the end, and the incense is not good, it is from the land of fireworks, and it is a little inappropriate to be a wife.

Although Ning Xiang has a good temper, it does not mean that she has no temper, and she is naturally unwilling to give in to Widow Liu and Su Guangcai's gains, especially the inn that Widow Liu still wants Ning Xiang and Su Guangcai to run by themselves.

Ning Xiang remembered very well that it was raining heavily outside that day, and Su Guangcai, at the instigation of Widow Liu, forced her to agree, and if she didn't agree, she was asked to sign a letter of resignation immediately. Ning Xiang refused to live or die, so she was beaten by Su Guangcai and Widow Liu, if it weren't for the people who came to stay that night, she was afraid that she would kill these two people that night.

Because the guests came to the door, Ning Xiang was pushed out of the door by Su Guangcai and asked her to entertain the guests. Ning Xiang said that it was Su Jingbo, the eldest young master of the Su family, who came to stay that night, because she was injured at the time, in order not to let the guests see it, she deliberately changed into dark clothes, and deliberately scattered her hair to cover her injured face.

At that time, Su Jingbo also asked her with concern, but she covered up the past with a slight cold and physical discomfort. Because of his sympathy for her, Young Master Su didn't order noodles, but only asked her to help arrange a room, ate the dry food he brought and fell asleep. All this can also be confirmed by Su Jingbo, the eldest young master of the Su family.

"According to what Ning Xiang said, this Su Guangcai not only cheated in marriage, brought the junior to his own home in a grand manner, and even joined forces with this junior to beat the original partner, he is simply a scumbag among scumbags!" Xing Ruyi said hatefully, although Chang Tai couldn't understand some of her words, but the anger between the words was very clear.

"Did the county government send someone to ask Su Jingbo?"

After asking, Su Jingbo admitted that there was indeed such an incident, and he remembered it very clearly, because that day happened to be the day when he and the eldest lady met for the first time. Su Jingbo not only admitted that what Ning Xiang said was true, but also said to the official of the county government that when he was outside the door, he had also heard Ning Xiang's painful moans, and even considered whether to go to other inns to stay, but at that time, the rain was very heavy, and the accompanying little maid had already gone to other inns to inquire, but he really couldn't find a suitable place, so he ordered the little guy to knock on the door.

In addition, Su Jingbo also said that although Ning Xiang was half-bowing her head at the time, she was trying her best to cover the wounds on her body, but he still saw the wounds on her face and the back of her hands. Especially on the back of his hand, although he only glanced at it, he was sure that the injury was stepped on with his foot.

When Ning Xiang helped him open the door of the guest room, he also heard the voice of Su Guangcai talking to another woman upstairs, because it was none of his business, so he didn't ask much. ”

According to what Ning Xiang wrote in the second half of this paragraph, when she arranged Su Jingbo's accommodation and returned to her room with Su Guangcai, Su Guangcai and Widow Liu were gone. In addition to the people, a box was lost in the room. That box was the first gift Su Guangcai gave to Ning Xiang after redeeming herself, it was used to hold Ning Xiang's clothes and personal belongings, and later opened an inn and had his own home, both clothes and supplies had a better place to place, but this box Ning Xiang never discarded, but used it to hold silver taels and silver tickets. It can be said that the box is not only all of Ning Xiang's thoughts, but also all the savings after the inn opened. ”

In this way, Su Guangcai, a scumbag, not only bullied the original partner with the mistress, but also ...... himself with the original partner No! It should be said that almost all of it was stolen from the silver earned by the original match! This Su Guangcai, who said that he was a tofu scum, looked up to him, and he was simply a battle scum in the dung! ”

"What is the battle scum in the dung?" Chang Tai finally couldn't help but ask.

"It means that this person is really bad, and he doesn't taste it thoroughly!"

"It's so bad, I can probably understand it, which means that Su Guangcai is very bad and bad, worse than those Jiangyang thieves, but what does it mean if he doesn't taste it thoroughly?"

"It means that there is no character, and it is not good to say that he has a bad character!" The fox, who had been silent, opened his mouth, but there was still that faint smile on his face.

Although it was just a simple sentence to explain, it made Chang Tai realize once again that the fox was the man who was really suitable to stand next to Xing Ruyi. Because those strange words that came out of Xing Ruyi's mouth seemed to be understood only by foxes! No! It's not just the fox, it seems that everyone in the rouge shop can understand, only he seems to be not in the same place as them.

Thinking of this, Chang Tai couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly. Indeed, he is not the same as Xing Ruyi, Chang Tai, Yin Yuan, Li Mao, and Aunt Lu, they are people in the Ruyi Rouge Shop, Ruyi's family, he is a person from the government, and he is Ruyi's eldest brother Chang.

Big Brother Chang? Okay, that's enough!

(Education 123 Literature Network)