I didn't look back, I just looked down at the small gleaming lock under the candle, "I'm waiting for you." ”

was touched by a pair of warm hands on the shoulder, leaving a light kiss behind the ear, "It's all arranged, just wait for tomorrow morning, Xiaoshu can be innocent in the world." ”

"Okay." I was still looking at the lock steadily, and suddenly turned my head and stared at him with a pair of phoenix eyes like water, "Qin Lang, have you ever thought about retiring to the rivers and lakes?" ”

A hint of surprise crossed the corner of his eye: "Why? ”

"I mean, no longer be a brocade guard, no longer care about the rights and wrongs of the heavenly family, free and easy, wandering the world."

He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and flicked my forehead: "Why did you suddenly say this?" If I am gone, what about you? ”

I pursed my lips and said with determination, "If you go, I'll go with you." ”

Listening to my resolute and childish words, the corners of his lips hooked, and a soft smile bloomed: "Yue'er values me so much, I feel very happy in my heart. It's just that now His Royal Highness has not gained a firm foothold in the court, and it is the time to employ people, how can I easily leave him? Besides, you," he ran his fingertips over my cheek, "Isn't it determined to revive the Leng family's business, how can you give up halfway when you just see the improvement?" And your father and young brother, are you willing to leave it behind? ”

What he said was reasonable, but when I heard it in my heart, it became sour, and suddenly impulsively put his hands around his neck, buried his face in his chest, and cried in his tone: "Don't care so much! Tomorrow...... When the matter of the little tree is over, you will take me away, okay......"

My sudden emotion made Qin Lang at a loss for a while, so he hurriedly hugged me, stroked my undulating back with his palm, and said in a soft tone like coaxing a child: "Okay, what Yue'er says is what it is, when all the dust settles, I will accompany you to the south to enjoy the flowers, the north to see the snow, herd horses and chop wood, and wander the world." ”

I just closed my eyes and let the tears that burst out of my eyes wet my cheeks and wet the hem of his clothes.

In the early morning, the rooster crows ten minutes of dawn, and the sky and the earth are dim before dawn.

Outside the courtyard wall of the Gongyuan, a rickety figure trembled and trembled, shaking step by step, showing the panic and anxiety in his heart.

When he finally came to my feet, his legs were weak, and he fell to his knees.

I, a masked girl dressed in gray, raised my head and pointed my chin to the trembling figure under my feet, and deliberately asked in a rough voice, "Where is the money?" ”

The man shook his hand and took out a cloth bag from his arms: "Little ...... The villain is strapped for money at the moment, so he ...... That's all, uncle, let me hold off for a few days......"

I kicked him in the hand, and the cloth bag fell to the ground, rolling out a few pieces of broken silver.

I glanced at it coldly, and my tone became more and more cruel: "You kid owes you two hundred taels of silver!" At this point, is the master asking for food? ”

The man became more and more frightened, and kept kowtowing at my feet, "Uncle spare my life!" The small ones are really ......."

Seeing that he looked like a mourning dog, and there was more liquid dripping and oozing from the crotch of his pants, I couldn't help frowning in disgust, but leaned down and said in his ear: "Don't pretend to be a poor ghost with the uncle, you clearly hide a very valuable thing, why don't you take it out?" ”

"What...... What is it, the villain does not know. ”

I leaned close to his ear and said miserably: "That one, the paper that will test the head of the case." ”

The person in front of him obviously trembled, and his eyes changed from panic to fright: "You...... How do you know ......?"

I pressed my heart to beat wildly, but I said with a cruel smile on my face: "I naturally know that if you tell me where the scroll is, the debt you owe in the casino will be written off; If you are obsessed......"

I glanced to the side, only to see a flash of white light, and the knife in Qin Lang's hand was already clamped on the man's neck.

"Uncle, I, I'm ......"

Seeing that this person was still swallowing, Qin Lang flicked his wrist, and the snowy blade suddenly cut through the flesh and skin of that person.

Seeing his own blood dripping down the blade in front of him, the man's remaining willpower completely collapsed.

"I say! I say! That scroll was hidden under the penultimate brick under the bed! ”

I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and gave me a look behind the wall not far away, and saw a figure disappear in a flash.

"Who is it? So you did this trick of stealing beams and changing pillars? ”

The man was already crying with tears on his face, "Yes...... Gonggong Ji in the palace, he said, as long as I change the test paper at the head of the case according to his instructions, he will give it fifty taels of gold! I was in debt at the time, and I was ......"

When he said this, there was a hint of luck in his choked tone: "He asked me to burn the real scroll, but I thought it might be useful to keep it, so I hid it privately, and sure enough, it ......."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was kicked in the chest by the girl and fell to the ground.

Ignoring his shouting for mercy, I was annoyed and angry, I snatched the short knife in Qin Lang's hand earlier, and stabbed him in the calf with all my strength, "This knife is your apology to Leng Jiashu, the head of the case!" ”

As soon as I stabbed down, I heard a pig-killing howl.

Qin Lang beside him didn't stop him, but two people ran out from behind the wall and hurriedly shouted: "Miss Leng, be merciful!" ”

It is Li Lei and his old friend, Guo Tuiguan of Dali Temple.

Girl, I had to temporarily suppress the anger in my heart, and hugged my fists to Guo Tuiguan and said: "This guy has recruited the truth, on the day of the list, it was he who was bribed by Gonggong Ji, and replaced Leng Jiashu's handwritten paper with a hidden anti-character test paper, and posted it on the wall of the Gongyuan Courtyard. ”

"Miss Leng is really as careful as a hair." Guo Tuiguan praised his head, "I have sent someone to look for the hidden test papers in this house, once they are found, Leng Jiashu's innocence can be proved to the world." Come on, bring this guy back to Dali Temple! ”

At this moment, the guy who was moaning on the ground looked up and saw me taking off the veil, his pupils suddenly dilated, and he pointed at me and shouted: "You! You are the brocade guard of that day! How could you possibly know...... How is it possible to know that it is me? ”

I looked down at the shocked little deacon of the Gongyuan and sneered, "Wu Liu, I'll let you die to understand."

On that day, when you took us to visit the Gongyuan, I saw that you were white-faced and beardless, and your voice was sharp, and I suspected that you were a eunuch. ”

As I spoke, my eyes followed his shocked face and glanced down on the purse around his waist: "And following you all the way, the fragrance that always lingers around you, and the loose incense revealed by your accidental fall from the purse, proves your identity as a eunuch." ”

Cold sweat poured down Wu Liu's forehead, but he couldn't help asking, "Why...... Why? ”

"But all those who have been punished by the palace, due to physical defects, have some trouble with drowning disorders, and there is inevitably a sour atmosphere on their bodies. Therefore, the eunuchs in the palace are happy to wear spices to cover up, Gonggong Wu, am I right? ”

Wu Liu was trembling, his crotch was already wet, and he could still answer.

I continued to say to myself: "But you should not have expected that it was the spice you wore that exposed you to betray you. ”

As soon as these words came out, even Li Lei and Guo Tuiguan were stunned: "How can you say this?" ”

"When I saw Wu Liu in the Gongyuan that day, I felt that the fragrance on his body was familiar." I glanced at Qin Lang, "Later, I remembered that the fragrance on this guy's body was exactly the same as the lavender incense of His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

went north with the fat man on the same boat to investigate the salt case for more than a month, getting along day and night, and this taste also imperceptibly entered the nose and heart.

"Just imagine, a little deacon of the Tribute Academy, with a low status and a meager income, how can He De afford to use the spices offered by the East Palace? Coupled with his eunuch appearance, his background is not difficult to deduce. ”

I glanced at Wu Liu, who was already on the ground: "I became suspicious, and asked Li Zhutou to investigate, only to know that this guy was really a little eunuch in the palace, who was demoted from the palace because of gathering people to gamble and delaying his errand.

However, not long ago, this guy suddenly made a fortune, not only did the old people in the palace come to visit, gave him expensive tribute incense, and unexpectedly got a large sum of money, which can be seen from the fact that he paid off the debts of the casino for many years at once, and gambled like money. ”

"You guys, you all know......" Wu Liu murmured with purple lips.

"A little deacon, how can he be appreciated and favored by the nobles in the palace?" I sneered, "Unless, he's lucky enough to be involved in a case that will try to cheat!"

Thanks to Li Li's blessing of catching the head, we easily found out that on the day of Zhang Bang, it was Wu Liu's guy who was responsible for posting the handwritten scroll of the head of the case on the wall of the Gongyuan, and I suddenly realized: Someone borrowed Wu Liu's hand to move flowers and trees, and steal the trick of changing the day! ”

How many inferences have been made, how many people have been suspected, and how many detours have been taken, it turns out that this mystery is just in this last link, in the body of a mere little deacon!

"Knowing that Wu Liuhao is a gambler, we deliberately sent someone to win a large sum of money at the gambling table, making it difficult for him to repay his debts, so he had to commit it."

So, this morning's drama of forcing debts was staged.

"Miss Leng is clever and can make good decisions, she is really a woman who does not let her eyebrows go." Guo Tuiguan praised me, "I will send someone to detain this person to Dali Temple, I believe that Lord Wen will give justice to the first person in the cold case!" ”

After that, Guo Tuiguan sent someone to escort Wu Liu, and Li Lei both said goodbye and left.

The dawn outside the Gongyuan was silent after a lot of noise.

"After tossing for a long time, the truth is finally revealed." Qin Lang turned to me, stretched out his hand to touch my cheek, and a pair of phoenix eyes were filled with relief, "You can go back and rest, and wait for Xiaoshu to come home." ”

"Hmm." I lowered my eyes and said softly, "What about you?" ”

"I'm going to go back and report to Your Highness, and I'll see you later."

He raised his hand and brushed the shredded hair from my sideburns, smiled indulgently, and turned away.

As he had barely taken ten steps, I finally took a deep breath and spoke:

"Qin Lang, are you guilty?"