Chen Ying smiled when she heard this: "Mom, this is all for me, I can save it." ”

Mother Feng smiled and said, "The slave is distressed. The girl tried her best to help investigate the case, and the little marquis was like that......"

She shook her head and didn't say anything more, but her look was still a little uncomfortable.

When Chen Ying saw it, she also felt a little emotional.

Since the return of Ghost Crying Ridge, Feng's mother's attitude towards some things has become subtle, and she no longer insists on the word "rules" as before, but is much more enlightened.

Perhaps, it is only when you are in a desperate situation that you will realize what is really important and what is dispensable.

The master and servant were speechless for a while, and walked out of the long street on their own, and when they were about to turn a corner, they heard a low call from behind them: "Miss Chen San, stay." ”

The alcohol-like voice, except for Pei Shu, does not think about it as a second person.

Chen Ying turned her head to look back, and saw Pei Shu dressed in a dark robe and strode over, not as casual as in the past, with a faint hint of burnt.

Chen Ying's heart couldn't help jumping, and she hurriedly suppressed her voice and asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

"It's fine, don't worry about it." Pei Shu replied very easily.

Chen Ying's heart was a little calm, Pei Shu was tall and long-legged, and he walked to her side in two steps, but he didn't look down at her, but only said in a deep voice: "I was rude just now." ”

Chen Ying raised her eyebrows.

Is this reparation coming?

This is actually nothing, but his attitude seems to be too solemn, which makes Chen Ying a little unsure of how to deal with it.

"There are still many details of this case that remain unresolved, and I still have to ask the girl to solve her doubts." Pei Shu said again, and the tall figure stood on Chen Ying's side, as if it was about to touch the clouds in the sky.

Chen Ying looked up at him and smiled lightly: "Little Hou Ye is serious, you and I are working together to investigate the case, why is it rude?" As for those details, I originally wanted to write them down in the record, but if the little marquis is willing to listen to them now, then it doesn't hurt to say them now. ”

Pei Shu is an excellent partner, she is very willing to have a good relationship with her, and the cooperation between the two of them has been very good so far, as for those Xu Lishu, she doesn't care.

Pei Shu lowered his eyes at this time, his gaze hurriedly swept over Chen Ying's face, and the hand behind him loosened a little.

Fortunately, the odd little girl was not angry.

That's good.

Even though he didn't know why Miss Chen San was not angry, it was considered "good", but he still felt a kind of comfort inexplicably.

Just like when they were relatively speechless a few times before, he didn't hate that comfortable feeling.

As he thought, they had turned onto the street that led to He's house.

At this time, when the meal is approaching, the pedestrians on the street are thinning, and the aroma of food comes with the wind, but it is finally unable to wash away the gloom of this autumn.

After a moment of silence, Pei Shu asked first: "Miss Chen San hasn't finished talking yet, you said that those bamboo threads inspired you, but you don't know what this inspiration is?" ”

This was indeed the topic they discussed before, but when they arrived at Guji Green Onion Cake, Chen Ying did not continue to talk about it.

Seeing Pei Shu's question at this moment, she said: "When I first picked up the bamboo silk, I thought that this thing must be related to the murderer, but I couldn't think of what the connection was. Then I followed the footprints to that street......"

"Changming Lane." Pei Shu reminded her.

This is the name of that street, because there are no street signs on the road in ancient times, Chen Ying was busy checking the evidence and didn't have time to ask, but he didn't know the name of this street, and Pei Shu obviously knew the scene of Penglai County better than Chen Ying.

Chen Ying smiled, with a hint of imperceptible self-deprecation in his expression, and said, "The little marquis knows a lot, and I am lonely and unheard. ”

At this moment, she was not laughing at Pei Shu, but at this era.

In ancient times, women stayed at home, and they were naturally not as familiar with the streets and alleys of the city as men, and she was already a special case, but she still felt a kind of frustration in these details.

Pei Shu didn't notice Chen Ying's changes, and when he heard this, he said, "Please continue to talk." ”

After adjusting her mood slightly, Chen Ying continued: "When I was looking for footprints in Changming Lane, I found Guji green onion cake. And when I found out about this shop, I remembered a small thing. ”

She paused when she said this, took the fence from Feng's mother's hand, put it on, and said: "At that time, I suddenly remembered that when I rushed to the scene of the crime, Huang was also present, and when she was talking to me, she unconsciously covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief. ”

Huang's handkerchief was blown away by the wind, but Chen Ying helped pick it up, and Chen Ying remembered this unintentional action after Huang got the handkerchief.

"Huang covers his mouth and nose, so what?" Pei Shu was quite puzzled: "Could it be because the corpse smells bad?" ”

This is a natural inference, but Chen Ying shook his head: "This is not the case. ”

"I want to hear about it." Pei Shu did not continue to ask questions, but waited for Chen Ying to answer.

Chen Ying said unhurriedly: "Not long ago, I returned to He's house and asked Huang for a confession in the small courtyard, and she told me that when she was at the scene of the crime, she smelled a very faint smell of green onions, so she involuntarily covered her mouth and nose. ”

"Scallion?" Pei Shu's single eyelid eyes widened a little: "Why didn't I smell it?" ”

Before he could say a word, he suddenly thought of Gu Dafu's "Gu Ji Green Onion Cake", and suddenly became enlightened.

Chen Ying was laughing at this time, and said: "Don't say that it is the little marquis, even Mother Feng and I didn't smell the smell of green onions, but the Huang family smelled it." Because she hates the smell of green onions very much, even if it is a very slight smell, she can't tolerate it, so she is more sensitive than ordinary people in this regard, and the smell that we don't smell is very obvious to her. ”

"It's really strange." Pei Shu's face had a sincere sigh.

The people in this world are so strange that if he hadn't heard it with his own ears at this moment, he would never have believed that anyone would be disgusted by the taste of green onions to such an extent.

Chen Ying said: "It's also a coincidence. When we went to Jilong Mountain to incense before, Huang smelled the smell of green onions on Mingxin's body, so he asked her if she went to Guji to buy green onion cakes, and specially ordered her to wash her hands and come again, which left a deep impression on me, and because of this, after seeing Guji green onion cakes, I suddenly remembered Huang's nose covering, so I connected several things before and after. ”

Pei Shu had already clarified Chen Ying's train of thought at this moment, with a slight smile on his face, and said: "Huang's inadvertent action made you realize that the scene of the crime is likely to smell of green onions. In the previous conversation between Huang and Mingxin, you also mentioned Gu Ji green onion cakes, so you told Lang Tingyu that you were hungry and invited him and Feng's mother to eat cakes, so you got more and more accurate information from your neighbors. ”