didn't want to stay here any longer, Zhang Jiusheng left Zhang's mansion under the pretext that he wanted to find Zhang Qiye.

And Yun Sheng still stayed in Zhang's Mansion to take care of Xiao Hengyan, she always felt that Zhang Jiusheng's eyes were very strange whether he looked at Xiao Hengyan or her just now.

It seemed to be scrutinizing, and it seemed to be suspicious, which made her uncomfortable.

After Zhang Jiusheng left Zhang's mansion, he did not go to Zhang Qiye as he said, but turned his head to find Lu Zhi. Because the case has not been solved and the murderer has not been found, Lu Zhi was not allowed to leave Fan County, but stayed in an inn. When Zhang Jiusheng found here, he heard Xiao Er say that Lu Zhi hardly went out, writing and painting in the room all day long, and occasionally brought a few paintings to him and asked him to sell them on the street.

"Mr. Lu, is Mr. Lu here?" Xiao Er and Zhang Jiusheng stood in front of Lu Zhi's door, knocked on the door gently, and called for a while, and there was movement in the house.

"Land ......"

Xiao Er was just about to open his mouth and shout again, Zhang Jiusheng was already impatient, pushed Xiao Er away, raised one leg and was about to kick the door, just about to kick, only to hear the door "squeak" and open, Lu Zhi was wearing a white forged single coat, wearing a coat, and standing in the room blindfolded.

Zhang Jiusheng squinted his eyes, and his tone was a little unkind: "Mr. Lu is quite able to sleep?" ”

"I don't know if it's the county lord coming, it's Lu Zhi's fault that he missed the distance." Lu Zhi rubbed his eyes, turned sideways, and made way for Zhang Jiusheng.

"That's a lot of nonsense." Zhang Jiusheng took a long step and stepped into the house.

Lu Zhi is indeed a veritable painter, he has only lived here for a while, and this room is full of his calligraphy and paintings, on the wall, on the floor, on the bed and on the table, and on the hanger where the clothes should be hung, there is also a landscape painting.

Zhang Jiusheng frowned, and pulled out a round stool from a pile of calligraphy and paintings, although he was a little irritable now, he still remembered to respect other people's works, rolled up the calligraphy and paintings that covered the teapot one by one, put them aside, and reluctantly poured himself a cup of tea that was not yet cold.

"Mr. Lu is so interested." That tea was not as good as those on the red bean platform, it was so astringent that his teeth were dry, and Zhang Jiusheng only took a sip and put it down.

"The county lord praises falsely." Lu Zhiquan should not understand.

Zhang Jiusheng didn't grind, and got straight to the point: "Mr. Lu is a distant relative of the Xiao family, although he doesn't move around much, he should still recognize the people of the Xiao family, right?" ”

"Yes." Lu Zhi yawned, his half-squinted eyes still a little unconscious.

"If you know it, then you can do Lord Ben a favor and paint a picture, right?"

As soon as he heard that he was going to paint, Lu Zhi immediately came to his senses, and his eyes widened: "Who to paint?" ”

"Xiao Hengyan."

Lu Zhi is worthy of being a painter, but in half an hour, he relied on the impression of Xiao Hengyan in his memory to paint it, Zhang Jiusheng has seen Xiao Hengyan several times, and the portrait is painted vividly, almost showing all the details of Xiao Hengyan's body.

"I heard that Mr. Lu's paintings are worth a lot of money in the market?" Zhang Jiusheng looked at the painting happily, if it wasn't for the ink not drying, he would have reached out to touch it, he took the painting in his hand, put it in front of the window to dry, and then carefully rolled it up and put it in his arms: "Thank you Mr. Lu this time." ”

Lu Zhi is a literati, he speaks and does things in a crepe, Zhang Jiusheng is usually not used to it, but this time, looking at Lu Zhi, although he was only wearing a single shirt, he looked extremely impolite, but he made a respectful gesture at Zhang Jiusheng, whether it was the expression on his face or the tone of his words, he was quite serious.

"Thank you, county master."

Zhang Jiusheng raised his eyebrows, he originally thought that Lu Zhi was a spineless person, after all, Xiao Ting'an's family's reputation in Fan County can be described as notorious, as a relative, although he is a distant relative, he has no contacts, but ordinary painters and literati cherish their reputation, but this Lu Zhi actually agreed to Xiao Ting'an's request for a little money, and came all the way to Fan County to paint a picture for him.

originally thought that after Xiao Ting'an died, Lu Zhi would clean himself up, but instead of that, he also thanked Zhang Jiusheng, thanking him for running for the Xiao family's case, and also thanking him for still looking for the missing Xiao Hengyan.

Maybe Zhang Jiusheng's eyes were too undisguised, Lu Zhi smiled at him, probably because of the warm temperament that he had cultivated all year round because of painting, which made him look a little more extraordinary, if it weren't for the Xiao family's case, he and Zhang Jiusheng would not be able to associate the person in front of him with someone like Xiao Ting'an one day.

They don't look like relatives too much.

Lu Zhi arched his hand and said, "Your Excellency may be thinking, why did Lu thank you for a wicked man?" ”

"Yes."

Lu Zhi didn't hide anything, his face was open, and he said: "To put it nicely, I'm a literati, to put it mildly, I'm just selling paintings." Lu is not a fairy, he also has a family and a room, and he wants to support his family, Xiao Tingan gave two silver taels, so I naturally came. Although we are relatives, his reputation has nothing to do with me, and it does not hinder me. It's just that now that his family has died unexpectedly, in the eyes of the community, it is self-inflicted, and because we are relatives, I have to collect his body. ”

Zhang Jiusheng listened quietly and did not speak.

"In this world, the boundaries between good people and bad people are inherently unknown. Xiao Tingan may have done some unacceptable things to others and caused great harm to others, but Xiao Tingan has never been embarrassed by me, on the contrary, he has helped me a lot, which involves too many incidents, and most of them have nothing to do with the case, so I won't explain it in detail with adults. ”

Zhang Jiusheng nodded.

"I, Lu, am not an ungrateful person, he helped me sell my paintings and gave me money, so that my family could live in peace for so many years. As far as I am concerned, he is a good person, in the community, he has done a lot of evil, and the wicked person should also be handed over to the government to be dealt with by the law, so I Lord Xie is willing to help them catch the murderer. Lu Zhi said and bowed to Zhang Jiusheng again.

Zhang Jiusheng licked his lips and said: "In the Xiao Mansion, except for Xiao Hengyan's whereabouts are unknown, no one else has survived, Xiao Ting'an is indeed a disaster in the township, and he does deserve to die, but the other people in his mansion are innocent, and you don't need to thank me, just think that Lord Ben is avenging some other innocent victims." ”

Lu Zhi was stunned, thought for a while, and said, "Yes, do you want to ask anything else?" ”

"Don't ask, that's it for today, if there is any need in the future, I will come to Mr. Lu again. Today, I will take my leave. Zhang Jiusheng said, and walked out of the door, seeing that Lu Zhi also followed, seeing that he was going to be sent downstairs, Zhang Jiusheng hurriedly turned around and said, "Mr. Lu is wearing so little, don't send it, the weather is cold, go back to the house." ”

"Slow down, adults."

After leaving the inn, Zhang Jiusheng stood on the crowded street, looking up at the clouds in the sky, a gust of wind blew through his neck, blowing goosebumps, and he suddenly remembered something.

It's almost time after autumn.

Zhang Jiusheng clenched his fists, put the portrait of Xiao Hengyan in his arms, and went to the yamen.

When he was about to arrive at the door, he saw Guan Chu walking out in a hurry, and the two almost bumped into each other, Zhang Jiusheng grabbed Guan Chu and frowned: "What's wrong?" ”

"Eh, sir, why are you here?" Guan Chu asked with a pant.

"I'll come and see, where are you going?"

Guan Chu touched the shoulder knife and said, "It's nothing, there are a few thugs at the gate of the city who are making trouble, I'll go clean up." ”

"Gangsters?" Zhang Jiusheng's brows deepened: "A while ago, those troublemakers in the rivers and lakes left, and now there are gangsters again?" When I'm so easy to bully in Fan County? ”

"But don't you say that? Do you want to go along? ”

Zhang Jiusheng thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "It's just a few gangsters, I won't go, you watch and deal with it, ask who instigated it, and if you don't say anything, you will beat it and throw it out of the city." ”

"Gotta do it!"

Seeing Guan Chu running to the gate of the city, Zhang Jiusheng didn't stay long, and hurriedly went to the yamen prison.

I haven't seen red beans for many days, and after bringing those two boys to Yi Cheng Zhou Xuanming, Zhang Jiusheng was so busy that he almost forgot about the red beans.

In the prison, Hongdou still looked like that, as if he had seen through the red dust, and sat there meditating without worry.

"Hey!" Zhang Jiusheng stood outside and greeted her.

Hongdou opened his eyes faintly, and saw Zhang Jiusheng looking like a hanger, and the corners of his lips raised slightly: "I thought you forgot me." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you didn't say that I unloaded the mill and killed the donkey." After the cell boss opened the cell door for Zhang Jiusheng, he left very familiarly, and Zhang Jiusheng said with a smile as he entered the door.

But he smiled, but the smile didn't end to the bottom of his eyes, Hongdou looked at it, and she didn't say anything, she just turned her head, looked at the narrow skylight that didn't shine too much light, and said slowly: "It's autumn, time flies so fast." ”

The smile on Zhang Jiusheng's lips slowly shallow as this sentence appeared, until it disappeared, and he followed Hongdou's words and said, "Yes, soon, in the blink of an eye, it will be the New Year." ”

When Hongdou heard this, he laughed softly, turned his head to look at Zhang Jiusheng, and said, "Then I'll give the adults an early greeting first." ”

Zhang Jiusheng suddenly felt that his eyes were a little itchy, he half-squinted his eyes, lowered his voice and asked, "When will he pick you up?" It's going to be the end of the fall. ”

"I don't know." Red Bean replied calmly.

"Wuyi didn't come to you."

Hongdou shook her head, still smiling lightly on her lips: "She is a woman, she always runs to the yamen prison, it's not good." ”

"Then I'll go to her, it won't be too conspicuous."

"Don't." Hongdou hurriedly shouted, then lowered his voice and continued: "My lord, the time has not come yet, I am not in a hurry. ”

"I've counted the days, and in seven days you'll be executed." Zhang Jiusheng looked at the red bean's eyes, in the dim light, he seemed to see the water in the red bean's eyes, he thought he was wrong, blinked and looked over, but saw the red bean full of clarity.

The red bean smiled, bright and bright: "Then why wait for seven days?" ”