But soon, Chu Cheng denied this idea.

Those officials are all frivolous, this Guerlain Pavilion is on the second floor of the Emerald Red Courtyard, and people who don't know how to work lightly can't climb up at all.

She felt that the clue of the disappearance of footprints was very important, and after leaving Cuihong Courtyard, she went straight to the county government to find Lin Boqin.

The county government is now deserted, and the officials who often stand at the door don't know where they have gone.

The cold wind swept across the bluestone-paved ground, and the streamer was sluggish. There were two or three cold sparrows falling in front of the Yi Gate, and they were startled by Chu Hui's footsteps one by one.

Chu Cheng walked straight to the back hall, Lin Boqin was not there, and after looking for a long time, he didn't meet anyone who could ask questions.

She was wondering when she saw Gu Jingtong passing by in a hurry.

"Gu Jingtong, stop!"

Chu Cheng hurriedly caught up, Gu Jingtong was stunned when he saw that it was her, and then laughed and showed a mouthful of white teeth: "You are not at home, what are you doing here?" ”

"Where's Lin Boqin?"

Gu Jingtong sighed "hmm" and pointed in the direction of the detention center: "I was about to go over to find him, you can go with me." ”

Chu Cheng nodded and followed behind Gu Jingtong.

After walking for a while, Gu Jingtong felt that something was missing, and after a while, he remembered, turned around and smiled: "You are quiet today." ”

Chu Cheng was thinking about something, and almost accidentally bumped into his back.

She froze, raised her head and glared at Gu Jingtong: "What you said is really inexplicable?" The tone paused, "If such a big thing happens, you still look like a person who has nothing to do, so you are not afraid that the above will blame you and 'click' you?" ”

Gu Jingtong sighed and took out a folding fan to fan himself.

"Can you not be afraid? It's useless to be terrible. It's just a big scar in the bowl when you turn around, and you're a good man again twenty years later, don't you say? ”

The cold wind was fanned by him for a while, Chu Cheng distanced herself from him, and pouted: "You are really optimistic." ”

Gu Jingtong said "hey" again, and said: "I'm just a county in Qingyuan County, even if the boss really condemns him, it's a big deal to go home and farm." I admire it......," he shook his head, "I don't know how to be flexible, I'm too stubborn." ”

Chu Cheng thought it was true.

She lowered her eyes and pursed her lips, "He'll be fine." ”

It's good to be able to catch the murderer within the time limit, but even if you can't...... Lin Boqin will be fine.

It's a big deal that she went to plead with her father.

It's obviously a very cost-effective deal, but Chu Cheng just doesn't want Lin Boqin to die. Chu Cheng laughed at herself, when did she become such a temperamental.

The two came to the detention center, and through the small window, they saw Xiao Xuan and Lin Boqin talking.

Although the detention room is very simple, Xiao Chu is not shackled, and there are teacups and teapots on the table. For a suspect in the assassination of an official of the imperial court, the conditions are very favorable.

Hu Yu, who was standing next to him, saw the two of them with sharp eyes, and hurriedly said, "Madam and Gu Xiancheng are here." ”

Lin Boqin subconsciously looked over, and saw Chu Cheng holding the hem of her skirt and stepping into the house with a graceful posture. The detention center was dull and dim, and Chu Cheng was like a beam of light, standing here and shining all around, making it impossible to take your eyes off.

Gu Jingtong shook his fan and chuckled, and said to him, "Mrs. Lin has come to visit you." ”

Lin Boqin felt that his tone was a little narrow, but he didn't think about it, he said to Chu Hui: "I've been very busy lately, and I don't have time to talk to you, you can go back first." ”

He thought that Chu Cheng was coming over to talk about some inconsequential chat.

Chu Shenliu's eyebrows twisted slightly, and she stepped forward to look at Xiao Xu, and then said, "I just went to Cuihong Courtyard and found some clues. ”

When Lin Boqin heard this, his eyes fell on her, a little surprised and uncertain: "What did you find?" ”

Chu Cheng told the story of the disappearance of the footprints, and Hu Yu couldn't help but interject: "Madam, when did the footprints disappear?" ”

Chu Cheng shook her head: "I don't know exactly what day, according to Na Yingyue, the footprints were still there six days ago, but many people have entered the Guerlain Pavilion after the incident." ”

There is a vast sea of people, how to find this?

Xiao Yu smiled bitterly and took the lead in speaking: "It may be that the sky is going to kill me Xiao." ”

Chu Cheng was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

Xiao Shu pointed at Lin Boqin and explained: "Master Lin received a letter from Youzhou, and my friend who invited me to enjoy the snow and sword has committed suicide and left a letter, saying that I killed Wu Guangbi and went to him to avoid the limelight temporarily. ”

Lin Boqin frowned: "I haven't seen that suicide note, and I don't know where your friend is, just his words are not evidence at all." ”

"Lord Lin, I don't know this truth."

Xiao Xuan turned sideways slightly, with a gloomy expression: "But on the cusp of this storm, this news can completely put me to death!" ”

Chu Cheng thought about the cause and effect, that is to say, before Wu Guangbi arrived in Qingyuan County, Xiao Xuan had already been calculated. He was first invited by a friend in Youzhou, and then received a letter pretending to be Feng He to borrow a sword, and then returned to Qingyuan County to kill the official of the dynasty with his sword. Now that his friends in Youzhou have retorted, Feng He's testimony is not enough to believe, and the lame old lady who poisoned Feng He seems to have evaporated from the world......

Seeing that the ten-day period is getting closer and closer, there is still no clue about the case.

Gu Jingtong touched his chin, looked at Xiao Xu, and asked, "Your friend in Youzhou must have been framed by someone, do you know that there are still those friends with strange behaviors around him?" ”

Xiao Xuan shook his head: "A gentleman's friend, I have never said anything else. Occasionally, when the sword is boiled and the wine is boiled, there are only three times when we get together. ”

Gu Jingtong was speechless now.

Maybe the world of rangers, they literati don't know much about it.

After talking for a long time, they also sorted out useful information, and the group said goodbye to Xiao Yu for the time being.

Gu Jingtong and Hu Yu continued to track down the lame old lady, Chu Ji and Lin Boqin walked side by side, and the two were silent.

When he arrived at the fork, Lin Boqin paused and said to Chu Hui: "It's cold, you go back first." ”

Chu Ji rubbed his stiff face blown by the frost wind, raised her eyes to look at him, and couldn't help asking: "Lin Boqin, have you ever thought that if you can't solve the case, you will be beheaded and exiled from above, what will you do?" ”

"Pure heart is the root cause, straight road is the strategy, even if you die, you are worthy of the ancestors of the Lin family and the people of the world."

He stood with his hands in his hands, his handsome face was upright, and his frank words made Chu Ji's eyes inexplicably warm.

Lin Boqin stared at Chu Cheng's sparkling eyes, a little unbearable.

He thought for a while, and then considered: "If you ......" Lin Boqin didn't say directly, "You can go back to Yunzhou, don't delay yourself." ”

Chu Cheng was stunned for a moment before she understood the meaning of his words, this was because she was afraid that he would die and let himself remarry.

I don't know if Li Siniang is unlucky, or if she Chu Cheng is unlucky, who is in trouble with whom, she suddenly believes in the so-called "Tiansha Lone Star" fate.

She scoffed at pretending to be light-hearted, "You don't have to worry about it. If something really happened to you, I immediately took away the Lin family's money and returned to my hometown, sold a big house, drank wine and ate meat every day, and then found an eighteen-year-old handsome young man to serve...... Well, no, find two! Lin Boqin heard that she began to speak freely again, and her face was about to be reprimanded as soon as her face darkened, but unexpectedly, in the next second, Chu Cheng raised a pair of soft eyes, stared at her complex, and said solemnly: "So, you must not have an accident." ”

Suddenly, Lin Boqin's heartbeat missed a beat.

His throat rolled, and he said in a deep voice, "Okay." ”

***

The county government has limited manpower, and Chu Cheng must not sit idly by.

There was a light snow at night, and it was clear that there was a charcoal pot in the house, but Chu Cheng still felt cold wrapped in brocade.

She tossed and turned in bed, and both of them were woken up by the fact that she was sleeping outside, and they knew that she had been worried about Lin Boqin recently, and couldn't help but say, "Madam, go to bed early." ”

In the quiet room, Chu Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

"How can I sleep?"

Mao Bi was more steady, and she comforted: "If Madame is not at ease, it is better to go to Cuihong Courtyard again and see if you find anything." ”

Chu Ji also had this intention, she said "um" and said, "Ming'er, I'll go over earlier." ”

The snow fell overnight and then stopped, and the fog outside was white.

Chu Cheng put on a cloak and carried a hand stove, but she still felt cold. She thought of the two yacha at the gate of the Cuihong Courtyard, and turned her head to ask Mabi and Xidui to boil a pot of pear soup and bring it.

She walked towards the Cuihong Courtyard with a food box on her shoulder, because it was too early, and several vendors on the street were preparing to set up their stalls. It was the first time Chu Cheng had seen it, and she couldn't help but look at it twice.

The guards of Cuihong Courtyard saw that it was Chu Shen, and specially brought them warm pear soup, holding the bowl happily and didn't know what to do, how could there be a reason not to let her in, Invite Yue and Lao Bustard came to greet Chu Cheng with a smile.

Chu Cheng searched carefully in Guerlain Pavilion for a while, took out all the blankets spread on the ground and shook them for a long time, but still found nothing.

She sighed, leaned against the window, and looked down at the hurried pedestrians on the street, feeling very melancholy.

Many of the shops in the row opposite have not yet opened, but the owner of the grain and oil shop is more diligent, and is sweeping the snow in front of the steps with a broom. The shopkeeper looked to be in his sixties, wearing a gray stand-up collar jacket, a black melon-skin hat, and goosebumps and crane hair on his back. The rice and flour in his shop are all sorted and packed in large wooden barrels, and the shengzi and copper buckets are neatly arranged, and the shops facing the street are the cleanest.

The old shopkeeper swept the snow very regularly, Chu Cheng couldn't help but look a little distracted, and after a while, he swept the steps, dusted the broom, and put it in the corner of the shop.

There was a bamboo basket in the corner, separated by a feather duster, a broom dustpan, and a walking stick.

It was an unintentional glance, but it made Chu Cheng's heart jump suddenly.

The old shopkeeper is tough, not like a man who wants to use a cane.

Chu Cheng thought of the lame old lady that Lin Boqin had been arresting now, and suddenly came to her senses, turned around and ran downstairs quickly.

The distance from the place of the crime was extremely extreme, and the old man and the lame old lady had a cane...... Maybe I'm thinking too much, but I can't let go of any coincidences! The guards at the door saw Chu Cheng running wildly, and thought that something was wrong, and one of them named Zhang Er hurriedly followed, for fear that Chu Cheng would have an accident.

The two hurriedly rushed into the shop, wrapped in a cold wind, startling the old shopkeeper in the shop.

"Madam, what are you ......" Zhang Ercai asked a few words, and was stopped by Chu Cheng raising his hand.

Chu Hui's gaze fell on the old shopkeeper.

"Girl is so early, do you want to buy rice or oil?"

The old shopkeeper raised his head, and Chu Cheng couldn't help but be stunned.

His eyes were cloudy and yellow, but his eyes were blue-gray.

Seeing that Chu Cheng didn't say anything, the old shopkeeper touched his eyes, hehe, and said: "It's an old problem, and I see things a little blurry, but I can generally see it." Don't worry, when you buy things here from my old man Cao, there will never be a shortage of catties or two, my eyes are not good, but my heart is clear! ”

After the old man Cao finished speaking, he was going to get the copper bucket.

Chu Cheng hurriedly stopped him and said, "I don't buy rice noodles." She walked straight to the corner, picked up the crutch, and asked the old man Cao sharply, "You are not sick or painful, what is the matter with this crutch?" ”

When Old Man Cao heard this, his body stiffened slightly.

Zhang Er pulled out half of the big knife on his waist and scolded sharply: "Don't say it quickly!" ”

Old man Cao shrank in fright, clasped his hands helplessly, and sighed: "Official, I really haven't seen any lame old lady." ”

Chu Hui's eyes narrowed slightly, snorted coldly, and took the crutches in her hand to look at it: "I asked you what's the matter with this crutch, but what are you talking to me here, lame old lady, you say, are you throwing yourself into the net?" ”