- "Why didn't you see Ash Ferry today?" ”

Yijing's words made the clear sky standing in the shade of the banyan tree in Longjian in Qingtian dumbfounded, and the face that was red by the sun suddenly appeared a layer of unwillingness, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "The fifth lady knows the Wufu of Gray Du, can you know the small cheap word?" ”

At this time, Yijing and Yu Feng rode horses and had been around outside for a while, although it was July fire, but the sun was in full bloom, and there was no sign of turning cool for half a minute, so the two went back to the farm, looking for this place in the shade of the ancient banyan tree to sit in the shade, still enjoying the field scenery, tasting tea and gossiping.

Only then did Yi Jing notice that among the few gray-clothed guards who were following from afar, he didn't see the gray ferry who never left an inch in the past, and asked casually.

I didn't expect that Qingtian would be immediately unwilling, and then asked such a headless sentence.

Looking at the clear sky from the side, Yijing was half expectant, half aggrieved, biting his lip and frowning, and he was stunned for a while.

Yu Feng chuckled lowly, glanced at the clear sky, and was very helpless to take his entourage, who was always cold and "jealous".

Qingtian didn't know that he was an "old knowledge" to the beautiful scenery.

"Qiuyue always talks about you, but it's called a clear sky?" After Yijing was slightly stunned, he pushed Qiuyue out without hesitation.

Qiu Yue was "drowsy", coldly named by name, and then "initiated", with a pair of still misty eyes, stood up from the low stool next to him, saw Xia Ke pursing his lips and smiling, and saw the clear sky staring at him "inexplicably with joy", pondering for a while - why did he never forget it? That is, when complaining about the black-faced guard, he occasionally compares it to the clear sky.

Qingkong learned that he was also remembered by the future hostess, so he was satisfied, and thought that thanks to the autumn moon memory, he suddenly had a feeling of "remembering the five feelings" and "sympathizing with each other", first smiled shyly at the prince, turned around and rubbed into the camp of the maids, and the sisters and sisters began to make friends.

Yu Feng shook his head, and then he said about Gray Du: "I let him go somewhere else." ”

Yi Jing thought about it, she originally invited July 13, at first she thought that even if Yu Feng was coming, it should be a day earlier, but it turned out that he arrived on the eleventh, or because there was a side business.

I wonder if he has delayed his business?

Worried, he subconsciously bit the corner of his lip, and his eyebrows narrowed inward.

But I don't want this subtle expression to be understood.

"Even if there is no invitation from the fifth sister, I will let Ash Du go this time and meet the Third Highness." Yu Feng seemed to mention it in passing.

Is it about the demon? Yijing was even more suspicious, and was about to ask, Yu Feng said "smoothly": "The other garden of the Three Highnesses is also near the Xianghe, and there will be a change in the government. But it was to the point, and he didn't want to tell Yijing about the sinister situation in the DPRK and China one by one.

Yijing can't help but think, the three princes have been obscure for many years, only about the wind and the moon, and not doing their jobs, how can they get involved with the government? The prince said that he had an appointment with him in advance, could it be that he wanted to meddle in the prince's affairs? Thinking of the assassination of the prince that will happen in the ninth year of Yuanqing, my heart sank.

As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Yu Feng gently shaking the folding fan she had given him in his hand, raising his eyes to look at the green seedlings and green fields, looking leisurely, obviously not wanting to talk about this matter in depth, Yijing had to swallow countless worries and questions for the time being, and held the teacup with a heart.

The corner of Yu Feng's eyes was still paying attention to the beautiful scenery, and he sighed slightly in his heart.

He didn't want her to get involved too much, but from his cousin Su Yi, he learned that she had already done something about the marriage between Kim and Han, and he was afraid that in a series of unpredictable events in the future, he would not be able to prevent her from getting involved.

For the reform of the holy system, he is not completely sure, the power of the prime minister is deep-rooted, it is not easy to dismantle and shake the committee, it is up to the people to succeed, and the difficulties and dangers are unpredictable, and her participation should be aware of his involvement.

Although I don't want her to be in danger, I think about the future......

The fate of the two of them is destined to be closely related, from the beginning, or they will not be able to be alone.

Yu Feng's heart seemed to have been shaken for a while.

But before he could make a decision, he saw a group of three people coming from afar.

A middle-aged man dressed in a thick kudzu caftan, who looked like a tenant in Zhuangzi, was followed by a peasant woman in her thirties, and a man in cloth clothes, thin and tall, with a hair band.

It turned out that the tenant was working in the fields, and when he saw that the chief came to the door, he proposed that he wanted to discuss something with the master, so he led them in.

I heard that the man in cloth was the chief, and Yi Jing bowed slightly, and asked the adult with a smile what was the matter.

"Under the surname Zheng, I don't dare to be an adult." Zheng Li is very humble, and he knew that the farm was an industry placed by the Guogong Mansion, and he heard the tenants call the beautiful scenery Wu Niang, under the measurement, he saw that although the girl was still young, she was not as good as Xuan, but she could behave and speak in a humble manner, and in addition to being kind, she also had the nobility of her own daughter, so she guessed that it was the little lady of the Guogong Mansion, and she did not dare to slack off slightly: "The little lady does not need to be polite, there is a request under it, and I hope that the little lady can help her." ”

So let the peasant woman, who was very restrained and careful all the way, step forward and introduced: "This woman is surnamed from her husband, and the villagers call her fourth sister-in-law, her husband died a few years ago, and she has no in-laws and children, and no family to rely on...... After returning to the village, I remembered that He Si's sister-in-law was widowed and living alone, and it was difficult to ensure safety, so I was very worried in my heart, so I decided to ask your mansion if I could take her in as a hired worker. ”

Yijing heard the reason, and felt that the chief here was dutiful, and looked at the woman, and saw that although she had a haggard face and simple clothes, her hair and temples were combed neatly, and her skirt was old and not dirty, and her behavior was restrained, but she was upright and polite, and asked a few words, and listened to the woman's clear words, claiming to be stupid, but still having some brute strength, and not picking on the importance of work, just seeking a place to live, and being able to make a living.

After careful questioning, I learned that the woman's husband was originally a tenant of another family, and he had no land, because he was incurable, and the family lacked a pillar of support, so the main family did not want to let the widow rent the land, and after the harvest this year, He Si's sister-in-law lost her livelihood.

The chief first negotiated with the original main family, and the family said that He Si's sister-in-law had a hard life, and she had been married to a woman for many years, and had never given birth to children, and even her husband was killed by her, and she resolutely refused to take her in.

When Zheng Lichang heard that the owner of the Guogong Mansion had come to the farm, he thought that the nobles of Kyoto were not as shallow as the rich families in the village, or more kind-hearted, so he took the lead in asking for the door.

"Little lady, in the lower body, she has a little understanding of the villagers, He Si's sister-in-law is the most diligent and honest person, no matter how she cultivates female red, it is not a problem, but she is a little quiet by nature, and she will not be misunderstood as unlucky." Zheng Lichang had another good remark, looking forward to the nobleman being able to contain the fourth sister-in-law.

Yijing thought about it, there is usually no master in the farm, but there is a lot of trivial work, house maintenance, field cultivation all need manpower, He Si's sister-in-law is a local villager, knows the roots, and has the chief to protect, but it is much more secure than the homeless people outside, so he nodded, and first let people lead He Si's sister-in-law in, let Aunt Wan look at the arrangement, and then ask the chief to sit down.

She was also a little puzzled and wanted to ask more.

"Zheng Lichang is also concerned about the green satin murder case?"

"How can you not pay attention to it, since the case that happened in the neighboring county when the first emperor was in the first place, in the past few years, plus the one in Beijing this month, there have been four lone women killed, not to mention the next, the magistrates in the county government also attach importance to it, and every time they investigate, they also suspect a few suspects, but they have never been solved." The lieutenant chief arranged for his sister-in-law, put down a concern, sat down on the stone bench, and said angrily: "This time, the people of Kyoto were killed, and even the Yin of Shuntian Mansion personally interrogated the case, so that the county orders of several places where the crime occurred were turned over again, and it was necessary to investigate again, and I don't know who the murderer who killed that day was, and why he wanted to harm the good people who had no grievances and no hatred." ”

Yi Jing thoughtfully: "If the head of the township is as dutiful as an adult and cares for the people who live alone, even if he can't catch the murderer for a while, he can ensure that the murderer will be difficult to do again." ”

saw Zheng Li sigh for a long time, and seemed to have some desire to speak.

Yi Jing and Yu Feng glanced at each other and frowned in unison.

"I'm so cautious, in fact, because I have doubts in my heart." I heard Zheng Lichang continue: "Many years ago, I didn't hold this position, and I didn't care about it at the time, but since the first many blue satin murders occurred, I wondered about that murder case, which is not as simple as self-isolation from Liang, but really like ...... It seems that it is the first green satin murder. ”

These words shocked both Yijing and Yu Feng.

The two had paid attention to this case and knew that the first murder occurred seven years ago, and the location was in Siji, a neighboring county in Xianghe, but what Zheng Lichang suspected was that a similar case had happened before that, and it was in Xianghe!

Yu Feng asked: "Why didn't the Xianghe County Ya merge this case into a serial murder?" ”

Zheng Lichang shook his head: "That murder happened more than twenty years ago...... It is Zheng Village, where he lives, that is, across the river, only two or three miles away. ”

It happened more than 20 years ago? Yijing was even more stunned, and hurriedly asked for details.

Zai Shang still remembers that the dead woman also lived alone, claiming to be surnamed Zheng, but she was not a resident of this village, and no one knew her origin at that time. At that time, there was an old man in the village, his son went up the mountain to hunt and fell to death, the old couple was old, no one took care of it, so they had to send a letter to the daughter who married to a foreign country, fortunately, the son-in-law was a filial piety, so he took the person to take care of, they left a field house, sold it to the neighbors at a discount, the lone woman came here with her fellow villagers, and was also a woman, saying that she was a slave in a large family, and could not take in her fellow villagers, so she had to rent a house in the countryside and let the woman surnamed Zheng live temporarily. ”

"It's just later, but I haven't seen the woman who rented the house to come, the original house was next to the mountainside, it was a little remote, and the woman surnamed Zheng was a little withdrawn, not interacting with the neighbors, and everyone didn't know her details, so some people speculated that the woman surnamed Zheng was a fugitive slave, or even a prostitute who ran away from the brothel."

Yu Feng groaned slightly: "Why do you have this speculation? ”

Zheng Lichang looked at Yijing and said with a smile: "Little lady, don't think it's rude to talk below...... In fact, the old people in the village looked at her and felt that she looked like a woman who had given birth, not like a yellow flower girl, but she was still dressed as unmarried...... In addition, the woman surnamed Zheng has many mysteries, measuring her manners, words and deeds, but she doesn't seem to be doing farm work, if she is from a rich family, which rich lady will travel alone? If you really come to look for your relatives, since you have no results, you will definitely return to your hometown, how can you stay in the countryside? It's like avoiding disaster. ”

Yi Jing bowed slightly, feeling that Zheng Lichang's suspicion was not unreasonable.

"Although the owner of the house coveted a few rental money and rented the house to someone who didn't know the details, he was not very at ease, so he went to see it every other day, so one day, he found that the woman surnamed Zheng committed suicide by hanging the beam, and quickly reported to the official." Zheng Lichang shook his head: "The county government came to make a judgment that it was suicide, and asked the five neighbors, but they couldn't tell where the woman came from, and the 'fellow villager' who placed her here was also nowhere to be found, and later, the case was hastily closed and the deceased was buried." ”

Yu Feng asked, "Why does the chief think that she is the first victim of the green satin murder case?" ”

Zheng Lichang seemed to be a little confused: "I don't have a definite basis, I just think that she also lives alone, and when she died, she was also a blue satin hanging beam, and later became the chief, because of this matter, she also made a special trip to the county government to inform the chief, and checked the old book many years ago, but found that the woman surnamed Zheng was subjected to an autopsy, and there was no repeated strangulation marks on the neck of the victim of the serial murder case, so it was proved that she died by hanging the beam, not hanging her neck after being hanged." ”

In this way, it turned out that Zheng Lichang was suspicious, and it could not be confirmed that the unknown deceased was related to the serial murder.

But because of this "accident", it made Yijing think of Mama Song again, and after the chief said goodbye, he talked to Yu Feng about the recent murder on Banyan Street.