The proprietress was not very worried about her partner's condition, and seeing that Chu Nian really didn't mean to ask for a medical fee, she twisted her body and went back to her room to wait for Chu Nian's "assistant".

The little second brother led Chu Nian to the wing room in the backyard, which happened to be separated from the backyard of the pawnshop.

In the side room, a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old was sleeping soundly, and there was a faint fragrance in the air. Chu Nian sent the little second brother to the front hall to wait for Mei Xiang and Auntie, and then walked around the wing room alone.

This room is very small, so small that it can only accommodate two small beds, and there is only one window, and the window paper has been poked into a hole, Chu Nian walked along the hole to the back of the window, and a bamboo pipe on the ground was falling to the ground, thinking that it was accidentally dropped by a thief who was in a hurry.

Chu Nian carefully put away the bamboo pipe, and Auntie and Mei Xiang, who were dressed as men, were being attracted by the little second brother, along the way, Mei Xiang had already told Auntie about the matter, and glanced at Chu Nian, and Auntie went into the house to investigate the condition of the younger brother.

After a while, Ah Wu came out, with a faint doubt between her eyebrows, she began to prescribe a few medicines for the second brother and the proprietress to nourish the spirits, and then went out with Chu Nian.

"Lady, they are indeed caught in the Ecstasy."

Chu Nian nodded, this was indeed expected, "Are you good at autopsy?" ”

Auntie was stunned for a moment, and then pondered: "There seem to be some records in the books left by my father, Auntie can give it a try." ”

At this stall, the three of them had already returned to the pawnshop, and saw that the eyes were full of mess, and Rao is aunt was also taken aback, and then stepped forward, the headless body of the shopkeeper was ignored by her, and she was fearless to touch the shopkeeper's several family members, and after a while, she said: "Lady, when the time of the crime was last night, they didn't hit the ecstasy." ”

Chu Nian lowered his head and thought about it, it seems that this gangster just put ecstasy incense on his neighbor to prevent the wanton screams in the pawnshop from being detected, but why didn't the other party directly put ecstasy incense on the shopkeeper's family? Is it to listen to the screams of the pawnshop shopkeeper's family before they die?

If you don't want money, you can only kill for revenge, but there are many people in the pawnshop, and I heard the second brother of the bun shop say that the pawnshop owner is a greedy person, and the enemy can be less?

At this time, Mei Xiang hurriedly came from outside, "Miss, it's time for us to go, the people from the yamen are here." ”

Chu Nian nodded, and went out with his wife, it shouldn't be this time to be in the limelight, if they still stay here at this moment, I'm afraid that they will be regarded as murderers by those foolish officials.

When I went out, I just saw Dark Three squatting on the wall, and next to him was Dark Four with an expressionless face.

He looked at Chu Nian as if asking, and saw Chu Nian nodding.

Mei Xiang and Ah Wan were wondering why these two people were here, when they felt a gust of wind blowing in their faces, their bodies took off, and when they came back to their senses, they had already been carried out by the dark and flew out.

"Dark Three! Lady! Being held by the dark three, Mei Xiang's face turned red, but when she saw the dark four holding her in her arms and not seeing Chu Nian, she suddenly exclaimed.

Dark San lowered his eyes and glanced at her with disdain, "Your lady has other things to do, don't worry about her." ”

"Leave the lady alone, what should I do if I am in danger!"

"Don't worry." Dark Three muttered: "Even if you and I are in danger, she will be fine." ”

……

Out of the alley of the pawnshop, it was Liu Qi who was greeted by him, Chu Nian was not surprised, a whole family at the foot of the Son of Heaven was slaughtered, the imperial court attached importance to this matter, and it was not an accident to send Liu Qi, who was appointed as the general of Weiyuan.

It was Liu Qi, who saw Chu Nian, and a hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes.

"Why did the third lady come to the west of the city alone today? Fang just received a report that there was a murder here, and the gangsters didn't know if they had gone far, which was very dangerous. ”

Chu Nian was the little daughter's shyness, and slowly saluted: "The slave maid in the family is born today, and she likes to eat the buns here the most, the little girl wanted to surprise her, and secretly came out to buy them early, but she didn't expect that the guy in the bun shop slept past the hour today, and there were no buns to sell in the morning." ”

She looked at Liu Qi curiously, "What's going on with the murder that General Liu said?" The little girl has liked all kinds of wild history books since she was a child, and she has also seen a lot of strange things about solving cases from ancient times to the present, I wonder if it is convenient for General Liu to take the little girl to see and learn together? ”

Liu Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, but he couldn't see through the disguise of the person in front of him, as if the woman who exuded an inexplicable momentum before Su Mansion that day was just a dream of his own. Liu Qi was still not sure, so he nodded towards Chu Nian and said, "It's okay, it's just that I came to report that the scene of the crime was too cruel, and I hope that the third lady will take care of her mood." ”

After saying that, he led his men and horses towards the entrance of the alley, Chu Nian had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't care about Liu Qi's hot and cold attitude, and after a while, he chased to Liu Qi's side like a girl with a dead face clinging to power.

Liu Qi looked sideways slightly, but did not say much.

It was still the scene that Fang had just seen, Chu Nian pretended to be scared and grabbed Liu Qi's sleeve, and Liu Qi broke away, so he had to smile wryly.

"Come on, go to the backyard and investigate."

Liu Qi's eyes fell on the headless corpse of the shopkeeper, and after thinking for a while, he heard Chu Nian's voice behind him, "According to the account book, at least there is no loss of finances on the bright side, General Liu, this case is a vendetta." ”

Liu Qi listened to the sound of looking through the ledger behind him, and couldn't help but flash a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he didn't stop it, and turned around, the girl was checking the hidden objects on the shelf with her feet along the ledger in her hand.

Although the house was messy, there were a lot of those things, and the three ladies were right.

Suddenly, Liu Qi remembered something, "You said that the guy at the bun shop got up late?" Didn't their boss call them? ”

Chu Nian stopped the movement in his hand and looked at Liu Qi for some reason, as if he didn't know what the connection between these two things was, "Because their boss got up later than them, just now I saw that the boss lady invited an apprentice from the Ancient Grass Garden to treat them, and it seems that something is wrong." ”

Liu Qi's eyes were slightly condensed, and several people who went to the backyard to investigate at this moment also came back, all shaking their heads at Liu Qi.

There were no bodies in the backyard, and all the pawnshop people were taken to the front hall to be killed, which looked more like a collective "execution".

"Go, check if the pawnshop shopkeeper has offended anyone in the past 15 days, and then ask other neighbors if there was anything unusual last night, don't confide in the murder."

"Yes."

Chu Nian narrowed his eyes slightly, it seems that this matter is not as simple as vendetta, Liu Qi must have known that this matter is related to a certain minister of the DPRK and China.

This is not an investigation, this is to block the news.

Just thinking about it, he saw Liu Qi approaching with a kind smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Is the third lady free? Why don't we go to the teahouse for a get-together? ”

"It is naturally a little girl's luck to be invited by General Liu."

There is a "Tonggu Teahouse" in the west of the city, all kinds of tea in the teahouse are more expensive than other teahouses in the city, but the dignitaries and dignitaries like to come here to taste tea and drink. When Chu Nian and Liu Qi arrived, they were warmly led to the private room upstairs by the little second brother, and Liu Qi wanted to come here to exchange feelings with other officials.

The two sat in the private room relatively silently, Liu Qi asked for a pot of jasmine tea, and sat on the side, looking at Chu Nian's expression inquiringly.

Chu Nian was still blushing, smiling harmlessly.

The fragrant tea was brought up, and Liu Qi personally poured a cup for Chu Nian, and then slowly spoke: "The third lady has only seen Su Yuanlang, and has she seen Su Liuniang?" ”

As if he didn't expect the topic to open so bluntly, Chu Nian's face was stunned for a moment, and then he slowly lowered his head and said, "General Liu, be careful that the wall has ears." ”

Liu Qi felt funny, "Don't be afraid, since the Su family was destroyed, no one has dared to listen to my Liu Qi's wall roots." ”

Chu Nian's fists under his sleeves couldn't help clenching, and after a while, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, licked his lips and said, "Good tea, General Liu is really delicious." ”

Liu Qi looked at her intently, "This is ...... Su Liuniang's favorite tea. ”

"Su Liuniang must be a gentle and intelligent person." After this sentence, Chu Nian no longer had the intention of talking to Liu Qi about the Su family, and turned his eyes to look out the window, a big family on the corner of the street was coming and going at the moment, and the person who was sitting in a wheelchair at the door to greet the guest was the person Chu Nian had remembered for two lifetimes.

Shen Dusk, there was a gentle woman with her hair in a bun standing next to him, and she thought it was the Wang family who married into the Shen family.

The husband and wife raised their eyebrows, and Shen Du lived happily.

"General Liu has a good relationship with Shen Gongzi?" Chu Nian looked back with a smile and asked Liu Qi to withdraw from his thoughts.

Liu Qi looked sideways and saw Shen Dui at the door of Shen's house, his eyes darkened for a moment, and he nodded: "Yes, he was the fiancé of the sixth mother of the Su family, and I am a student of Master Su, so naturally I have some contacts." ”

He turned around and met Chu Nian's smiling eyes. There was still not the slightest emotion in those eyes, and for a while, Liu Qi couldn't figure it out.

"If the third lady is curious, she will follow me when the case is solved in the next few days."

"It's good that it won't cause trouble to General Liu."

When Chu Nian lowered his eyes, a trace of annoyance flashed in Liu Qi's eyes, telling Chu Nian to solve the case with an unreasonable number, but under impulse, the words had already come out.

At this time, the entrance was the leader of the guards who had just been sent to investigate the neighborhood.

"My lord, the neighbors were drugged last night."

A hint of clarity flashed in Liu Qi's eyes, and when he looked sideways, he saw the secrecy in Chu Nian's eyes.

He nodded and waved the man away, "Today, the third lady will go back to rest early, and tomorrow morning, I will send someone to the house to pick you up." ”

Chu Nian nodded and got up. "Thank you, General Liu, for your support."

"It's okay, the third lady likes it."

After the greetings, Chu Nian left, leaving Liu Qi alone to look out the window at the door of the Shen family, his eyes flickering brightly and darkly.

Vanilla House, Mei Xiang waited left and right, and blamed Dark San for a while, and then waited for Chu Nian to return, but he didn't think that his wife just said hello to her, turned around and went into the side room, and talked to Ah San.

At this moment, Auntie is busy at the table, as if she is grinding medicine.

"Where did Ah Chang go?" On weekdays, the two sisters and brothers are always stuck together, but today there is no younger brother in the room, Chu Nian is a little surprised.

"Three ladies," Ah Yu got up and saluted, smiling embarrassedly, "Ah Chang said that he wanted to practice martial arts, so he pestered Dark Si to go." ”