He Angelica covered his mouth, shook his head like a rattle, and refused his approach: "Those two times just now were accidents, and they will never be like this again in the future." I'll be fourteen years old after the Chinese New Year, and you won't hug me like you did when you were a kid anymore, and don't treat me well anymore, that ...... I've already made a promise. ”

"What did you say?" Meng Xuan broke her hand and asked in a tight voice, "Who is it?" ”

He Angelica shook his head and didn't want to say anything, he was gone for three years, what was so strange about her family membership, so he covered his mouth again and closed his eyes, just thinking that he was a clay figure statue that couldn't speak or look.

Meng Xuan shook her back and forth a few times, and said anxiously: "You go and ask Mrs. Luo to retire that family business, and I will let my father come to the door to propose, I ...... Actually, I've seen you bathe, and it's still ...... I also helped you wipe your back, so you are already mine, and you can't marry someone else. ”

He Angelica was surprised: "When?" ”

Meng Xuan squinted his eyes downward, pouted and said, "You have to take a bath every day for three hundred and sixty-five days a year, how can I remember the specific time after I have seen it several times?" Once I couldn't just watch it, so I pretended to be a maid to help you wipe your back, and you squinted for me to wipe, so I didn't notice it, so you can only marry me, and lo and behold, I have also seen your little feet...... Hey? Why are your feet still so small, and are you wrapping them around now? ”

He Angelica looked at him coldly and asked, "I have three small red moles, are they on my arms, shoulders, or back?" ”

Meng Xuan lowered his head and studied the pair of little lotus feet, and couldn't help but persuade: "It's not beneficial to wrap your feet in your body, even if your feet grow bigger than me in the future, I will never mind, anyway, you are definitely going to marry me, so you don't want to wrap your feet in the future...... Hey? Why is it that only your hands and face are yellow, but the skin in other places is frosty and snowy, and you have something on your face? ”

"Is the mole on the arm, on the shoulder, or on the back?"

“…… On the shoulder, well, on the back, one of them, I can't remember clearly," Meng Xuan stroked the girl's jade-like face, and finally couldn't help but cover the pair of judgment-like black pupils that were as deep as a well with her fingers, and said softly, "I don't ask about your past, and I don't get angry at your indifference to me before, let's start over, okay?" Would you like to get rid of that family business? ”

"You said you wanted your father to propose, would he agree to this family affair?"

"Hmm," Meng Xuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "I'll find a way to convince him, please give me a little time, I'll do my best." ”

He Angelica raised his eyebrows: "Try your best?" In other words, you weren't sure that you could marry me, so you came to see me take a bath first, so that I had to marry you, Meng Xuan, have you been planning to marry me as a concubine? Seeing the other party's somewhat remorseful expression, she revealed the mystery to herself, and said, "My red mole is as small as a needle tip, and it is not usually visible at all, and it can only be seen by leaning on it, and the red mole is not in any of the three places I just mentioned, so I just want to see if you have really seen it." Since it's a misunderstanding, forget it, let's go down quickly, the matter of Qian Peony over there is not over yet. ”

Meng Xuan didn't give up: "When are you going to quit your family?" ”

He Angelica tilted his head: "I also lied to you about the marriage, there are a few relatives, but the old lady didn't think she was married to be a wife, and she was not married to a native of Yangzhou, so she pushed it all away." ”

"Why do you want to marry a local?" Meng Xuan, who was a foreigner, asked a little nervously, "Is Mrs. Luo reluctant to marry you far away?" ”

"No," He Angelica said in a sullen voice, "It's because of a kind of jujube, and those jujubes need me, so the Luo family needs me." ”

"Dates?"

"Well, Master, let's go down quickly, they will be looking into the forest later," He Angelica looked Meng Xuan up and down, and asked suspiciously, "Where are my shoes and socks?" Where did you put it? ”

Meng Xuan said as a matter of course: "The socks are stuffed into the embroidered shoes, and the embroidered shoes are thrown down, don't you hear?" There was a 'bang' just now. He pointed down and let her see.

The unknown anger in He Angelica's heart flickered: "Meng Xuan! Why did you throw my shoes, you can let me take them if you are not happy, why did you take me to such a high place, why did you suddenly kiss me, when did I become that kind of intimate relationship with you, I just worked with you as a master and apprentice for four months, why did you suddenly say that you want to marry me, I never said that I would marry you, I will not marry you, you threw my shoes, what if I lose them and I have no shoes to wear. ”

"I didn't lose it, you see, it's right there." Meng Xuan was only willing to answer her last question, but when he looked down, he let out a low cry, causing He Angelica to look too, and found that a small gray beast had taken an embroidered shoe on the ground, wagged its tail proudly, and ran quickly out of the bamboo forest.

He Angelica glanced at the indifferent Meng Xuan, and said angrily: "You go and help me chase it back, if it goes outside for others to see, you still think I let the wild wolf eat it!" As he spoke, he pushed Meng Xuan off the bamboo tip, while he lifted his breath lightly, and waited for her shoes with the bamboo tip on tiptoe.

When he was young, Meng Xuan flew up with a shoe in one hand and a gray wolf in the other, standing on the bamboo tip next to him, and said with a smile: "Look, I found a companion for your little white wolf, your light skills are too poor, I'll help you put on shoes and socks, right?" ”

He Angelica was not convinced: "Am I poor? I've been able to walk in the snow without a trace, and if you look at the world, can you find a second female master who can compete with me? Return my shoes quickly, and don't come within seven feet of me without my approval, Master—Master—"

For a while, the two of them walked out of the bamboo forest at a distance of seven feet, only to see that everyone was still waiting in place with wide eyes, and there was no trace of the legendary official. Liao Qing'er ran out of the crowd, pulled He Angelica to take a look, and asked quietly: "Are you okay, what did that guy do to you after kidnapping you?" He Angelica said in a low voice: "Let's go back and talk about it, hasn't the official mission come yet?" Liao Qing'er shook her head, turned her head to look at Meng Xuan, and asked him suspiciously, "Why are you wearing a veil?" ”

Meng Xuan said: "I have a cold, and I am afraid of infecting others. This veil was put on by He Angelica, because between the quarrel just now, He Angelica's jade hand rewarded him with a few scratches on his handsome face, and he couldn't hide his white face, He Angelica was worried that going out like this would make everyone have any ideas, so he covered his face with a piece of veil.

Mr. Bao also walked over, looked at the masked hero Meng Xuan with a slightly anxious face, and asked repeatedly: "Master Meng, didn't you let the little guy go to report to the official?" Why hasn't the official mission arrived yet? Just now you said that the cause of Qian Peony's death was suspicious, but she obviously fell into the water and drowned, is there any doubt about this? ”

Meng Xuan apologized: "I'm sorry, my little guy's leg is lame, wait for me to urge it, please don't be impatient." Oh, this little wolf is my prey, it is very fierce, please don't come close. As he spoke, he put aside the little wolf with five flowers, spread his body, and flew away like a white bird.

And Liao Qing'er finally couldn't hold back and said: "Teacher Bao, in my opinion, that Qian Peony didn't fall into the water at all, but she jumped into the water and drowned by herself, and her sister was her accomplice, so the academy doesn't have to apologize for her death at all!" ”

As soon as these words came out, it immediately caused an uproar, and Mr. Bao asked in disbelief: "Classmate Liao, you said that Qian Peony committed suicide?" Do you have credentials? If Qian Peony committed suicide, then the responsibility of the academy would be much smaller, and he and Zheng Lian were already ready to resign from their teaching positions, but now hearing such arguments, it was simply a ray of light.

Liao Qing'er glanced at He Angelica first, and saw that she bowed slightly, so she drew a line on the ground with her feet, turned around and took He Angelica's hand, and said: "Now I will perform a scene before Qian Peony fell into the water, now I am playing Qian Peony, Angelica is Qian Narcissus, this line is the embankment, at that time, the two people stood on the shore holding hands, and when the screams attracted everyone's attention, their arms were really straightened like this, so that Qian Narcissus supported the weight of Qian Peony's entire body. At that time, Qian Peony pretended to be panicked on his face, and then nodded at Qian Shuixian, and the two of them pretended to let go of their hands as if they were slippery, and then Qian Peony fell into the water. At this time, Liao Qing'er in the performance also missed He Angelica's hand, and then staggered to the other side of the line, "Then, Qian Shuixian shouted at the other side, saying that her sister didn't understand water nature, and asked those cool brothers to save her sister, which is really Sima Guang's heart, everyone knows." ”

Qian Shuixian rushed up angrily, pointed at the tip of Liao Qing'er's nose and shouted: "You are spewing blood, my sister is dead, you still slander her like this, what kind of heart do you have!" Why did my sister kill herself, and why did I help her kill herself? How can you slander people without evidence? ”

Liao Qing'er spread her hands and said, "Want evidence?" I also learned this from your good friend Qi Mu'er, and I can infer all kinds of subtle psychological activities in other people's hearts just based on one look and one facial expression. But in the end, it was confirmed that Qi Muer didn't see the scene before Angelica dived, so her words were all farts, but what I said was the truth, and there was a special term called 'mind reading', it doesn't matter if you don't believe it, let the evidence speak! The corpse is the best evidence, a good circumstantial evidence is worth ten witnesses who lie, because people can lie but things don't, so believe that there is only one truth! Liao Qing'er said proudly, of course, the content of the reasoning part she said was simply told to her when He Angelica prevented her from entering the water.

Qian Shuixian rolled his eyes angrily and stammered: "What's the evidence, you take it out!" ”

Liao Qing'er glanced down at her arrogantly, then turned her head and patted He Angelica on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Xiaoyi, you go." ”

He Angelica glanced at Qing'er, who moved to behind him in an instant, speechlessly, and then looked at Mr. Bao, who was full of expectation, and said unhurriedly: "Classmate Qian Peony has a lively temperament, and she was still interested in pranks two days before diving, and she also handed a letter to a classmate in public the day before, it is hard to imagine that she will commit suicide." Since it is unlikely to be a suicide, and assuming that Miss Qian took the initiative to jump into the water as Qing'er said, then on the premise of not being sure whether anyone will save her in time, she will be able to swim nine times out of ten, at least she is not afraid of water and knows how to hold her breath before entering the water, because for a person who does not want to die and has a fear of the river, throwing herself into the water is a terrible thing. But at the moment when Miss Qian fell into the water, I noticed two of her facial expressions, one is that while she screamed in surprise, the corner of her left lip curled up, as if falling into the water was a pleasant thing for her, so I guessed that she was watery; The second is that she has a mouth wide open, her nostrils are wide open, and her chest is bulging, so I guess she is preparing for the inhalation before entering the water, and at the same time more convinced that she is likely to swim. ”

Everyone silently digested the logic in this article, and couldn't find any flaws for a while, and some people couldn't help but start believing a little. Mr. Zheng asked, "What about the evidence?" You're the only one who sees this. ”

He Angelica shook his head and said: "Sir, what you said is not accurate, Miss Qian shouted before falling into the water, so everyone went to see that scene, so it was not me who 'saw', but only me who 'discovered', you can recall it carefully, and maybe you can find out some impressions of my words." Of course, these can only be regarded as assumptions, and cannot be used as evidence in court, but if you want to talk about physical evidence, there are three things at present, the first is the special enrollment application form filled in by Miss Qian when she entered the school, I remember that one of them is about whether it is water-permitted, why not take a look? Second, please see, Miss Qian's inner layer of clothes has a different color, and the waist is a little bulge, I remember that Miss Qian's waist in the past was slender, not so thick, so I wondered what the bulge was, I heard that there is a kind of water wrapped around the waist on the market, why not open Miss Qian's clothes and take a look? The third is Miss Qian's 'suicide note', yesterday she handed a letter to Zong Qiao in public, and today she threw herself into the water and died, that letter was inconvenient for us to look at in the past, but now that letter has become an important material evidence to investigate the cause of Miss Qian's death, and I hope that Zong Gongzi can give it to everyone to take a look. ”

"No way!" Qian Shuixian immediately objected, "My sister's application form is filled out indiscriminately and cannot be approved, and you are not allowed to look at my sister's body and love letters indiscriminately, otherwise you will disturb her spirit in the sky, and you will all be punished!" ”

"Miss Peony's 'Spirit in the Sky'?" He Angelica sneered, "I can't see it." ”

Qian Shuixian said angrily: "Do you mean that my sister is not worthy of heaven and can only go to hell?" He Angelica, you are too vicious! ”

He Angelica's long and dense eyelashes cast two circles of shadows under it, making it impossible to see her eyes at the moment, and she could only hear her say lightly: "Miss Qian, don't misunderstand, I mean, Sister Ling is not dead at all, so there is no need to ascend to heaven." As he spoke, ignoring everyone's concave and surprised eyes, he approached Qian Peony on the ground. He Angelica stroked his loose hair twice, found a fallen hair, grabbed one end and hung it in front of Qian Peony's nostrils, and motioned everyone to take a closer look, "Look, the hair is moving." ”

At this time, even Liao Qing'er was shocked and shouted: "Ah! I'm really angry, Qian Peony is not dead! ”

At this moment, someone in the rear shouted: "Look, the official mission is finally here!" It's the government's Zhan Kuai and his men! ”

Everyone turned around together, and then saw the masked Meng Xuan and his limping little servant, as well as a large group of officials in official uniforms walking over from a distance. And He Angelica seized this fleeting opportunity, raised his hand and swept over the top of Qian Peony, and stabbed the bamboo point on her face with a silver needle. While pondering, she looked up to see Meng Xuan and his little maid Yitong, the last time she saw that Yitong, his legs and feet were very tight, and he always ran away as soon as he ran away to do errands for his master, which one was singing.

After Zhan Zhukuai and the others approached, Mr. Bao looked at He Angelica and asked, "Classmate He, how do you know that Qian Peony is not dead?" Now that she's unconscious, is it because the water is stirring? Let's get her medical treatment as soon as possible. ”

"So Miss Qian isn't dead yet?" Meng Xuan stepped forward and said, "I know a little about medical skills, why don't you let me treat Lang Zhong before he comes, Yitong, you go and invite Lang Zhong." Without waiting for the little guy named Yitong to agree, Mr. Bao hurriedly stopped: "Don't bother the son's people, there is a medical hall outside the academy, I'll just let a little scholar invite it!" Just kidding, it took nearly an hour for the little guy to invite a few catchers, and when he invited Langzhong, the coffin carrying the money peony arrived.

The masked Meng Xuan smiled, stepped forward and squatted down next to Qian Peony, and exchanged a few words with He Angelica in a low voice, and then he stood up and said to everyone: "After my preliminary examination, Miss Qian was poisoned, just because it was inconvenient for me to have direct contact with Miss Qian, so I have already told Miss He the method of treatment, and she will administer first aid until Lang Zhong arrives." ”

After getting the consent of Mr. Bao and Mr. Zheng in unison, He Angelica immediately didn't say a word, first lifted the hem of Qian Peony's clothes slightly, pulled out a dark blue water lean from her waist, waved it twice at everyone and threw it on the ground, and then turned his head to Qian Shuixian in the distance and smiled: "I'm sorry, I tampered with the things on Sister Ling's body, but Xuan Gongzi instructed me to press the Shenque Acupoint and Qihai Acupoint on her waist for treatment, this 'belt' is a bit in the way." ”

Everyone went to see Qian Shuixian standing in the corner of the crowd, and Mr. Zheng asked angrily: "Qian Shuixian, what is going on, why is your sister wearing a water backing?" Is what He just said true? Did she dive voluntarily? Qian Shuixian's face turned pale, her lips trembled and she couldn't speak.

"It's coming, it's coming!" A scholar in Tsing Yi ran over with a piece of paper in his hand, held it to Mr. Bao and said, "Miss Qian Mudan's special enrollment application form is here!" Mr. Bao took it and handed it to Mr. Zheng, and at the same time raised his voice to everyone: "It says that Qian Peony is water-free, and the handwriting is also Qian Peony's own, because her word spacing is very large, and the font is broken, so I am very impressed by her words." ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" Another scholar in Tsing Yi stumbled over with the corner of an old man's clothes, shouting from afar, "Li Langzhong is here!" The old man's beard was white, he looked at least sixty years old, he ran out of breath, and without taking a break, he squatted next to the young lady on the ground and began to diagnose and treat, and He Angelica also ended the "acupressure first aid treatment" and stood up to make way for Li Langzhong.

Mr. Bao looked at this talented girl and asked everyone's common question: "Classmate He, why can you so accurately deduce that Qian Peony was diving voluntarily instead of falling into the water just by her facial expressions before falling into the water?" Do you know why she did this counterintuitively? Also, how do you know that Qian Peony is not dead? What happened to Qian Peony, her life is not in danger, right? ”

He Angelica stood among the crowd like a dustless green lotus, and slowly explained their doubts: "Sir and everyone may know that I am stupid, so naturally I can't think of so many twists and turns, but just now in the middle of the poetry meeting, I passed behind the Qian sisters and overheard some of their conversations, so I came to the conclusion just now." As for why Miss Qian threw herself into the lake, the little woman secretly thought that she would find the answer by looking at the letter she wrote to Zong Qiao. ”