"Who?" He Angelica asked a little nervously through the door.

"You haven't gone yet?" This is the voice of the exalt, "I have a word for you." ”

"Please." He Angelica held his breath.

"Do you still have that mask?" Gao asked through a door, cluelessly.

He Angelica showed a confused expression, and Meng Xuan asked for her, "What mask." ”

"Rabbit Town, your gift to me."

Gao Jue's style has always been concise and to the point, but it suddenly made Meng Xuan very tasteful. Meng Xuan rubbed He Angelica's pink cheeks with his hand and complained, "You gave him a gift?" Why didn't you send me? I want a mask too. ”

He Angelica pushed away Meng Xuan, a child with this question, and thought about it for a while, before he had an impression of Gao Jue's words. At that time in Rabbit Town, she may have probably given Gao Jue four face masks, which were very simple hand-painted pottery paper masks.

In fact, it was not a gift, at that time, she liked it when she looked at the face and wanted to pay for it, but the cicada clothes were too expensive and she was not allowed to buy them. happened to meet Gao Jue coming over, and had to give her a very valuable looking blue crystal hairpin, saying that it was as compensation for stepping on her wooden hairpin, which scared her to think that Gao Jue was interesting, so she asked Gao Jue for some copper coins, bought five colorful faces, left one of her favorite yellow ones, and gave the rest to Gao Jue.

As a result, Gao Jue still gave her the blue crystal hairpin. She still suspected that Gao Jue had any improper thoughts, so she worshipped him as a teacher and left Gao Jue angrily.

That's the truth about "gift-giving". She has never had the consciousness of giving gifts to men, so Meng Xuan doesn't have to be jealous at all, she just spends a lot of money to buy what she likes, and then gives a little to Gao Jue.

"Oh, I originally kept that yellow mask," He Angelica said slowly, "and then I was stolen by the thief, and I was a pity." Every time Cicada Yi went back to Rabbit Town to visit relatives, I asked her to go to that store to bring me two, who knew that when she came back, she brought melons, vegetables, millet, fritters, but she didn't bring me Facebook, and said that the price had risen, and it was so expensive that it scared people to death, and the fool paid for it, so I didn't have it. ”

Meng Xuan listened with his ears and asked excitedly, "What's the name of that shop?" I had someone buy it and bring it over! ”

He Angelica pushed away the plush head that was too close and asked Gao Jue: "Brother-in-law, do you still have your face?" Haven't flipped for so long? Then you might as well give me one of them. ”

Gao Jue was silent for a while, and then asked rhetorically, "What kind of thief is it?" Why did he steal a worthless mask? ”

He Angelica thought about the vampire demon king who killed people and sold goods in Luofu, because Meng Xuan's breath sprayed on his neck, like an invisible finger, tickling, and he didn't have time to talk to Gao Jue in detail. "It's an irrelevant thief, he only stole a face, and I'll talk about it another day."

Gao Jue turned around and walked away, and in the room, He Angelica fought with Meng Xuan for a while, scratched his face a little, and used gouache to touch up his makeup, and it took him a long time to come out. He Angelica changed into a maid costume, simple and easy, and put on a freckleled fake nose, no one could tell that she was He Angelica.

Meng Xuan walked in front, she lowered her head and followed, until she walked to the front hall. The people haven't arrived yet, there are only a few maids who are sprinkling and sweeping, and they can't help but pretend to be a fake Angelica.

But see that the furnishings here are extremely gorgeous, the azure gauze curtain sways with the night wind after the rain, the starlight outside the window lattice is brilliant, all kinds of precious antiques and antiques are placed in the dark grid, a three-foot-high blue blood sea coral on the incense case, the green smoke curls on the hollow beast head incense burner, and the dark incense floats. Mo said that it was a guest room, that is, the main room of the prince's mansion, and it was not as luxurious and elegant as this room.

"General Meng, please sit down, there are excellent Lushan clouds and mist here, please taste it, but you can still enter it. What about the master of Qingning? ”

It was the third lady Zhu Gutan who spoke, followed by two girls holding tea trays, who crossed the threshold in fluttering clothes and walked into the front hall. She has a delicate appearance, far less sweet and lovely than Zhu Liuran, and now when she looks at the bright lights, her skin can be broken by blowing, and she is also a little moving, but she is still young and has not grown up.

"She's breathing outside. Has the fire been cleared? Meng Xuan asked, and Yu Guang saw He Angelica bypassing the gauze curtain and going out through the back door. Others only thought she was a handmaid and didn't pay attention.

Zhu Guqin shook his head, pursed his lips and said: "It will take a while, the Lord Geng, who came with Marquis Duan and General Gao, collected the evidence very carefully, and let people search carefully with lanterns." Shall I pour you tea? ”

"Why dare you work Miss Zhu, I'll do it myself."

"I'll do it anyway."

"I'll do it myself."

"How does this work?"

Meng Xuan said helplessly: "Then you pour tea." ”

Zhu Guqin is very distinctive when he smiles, and his shoulders always unconsciously shrug forward, which is very shy. She poured a bowl of tea, Meng Xuan picked it up and took a bite, and heard a very soft "hum" sound on the back door. Meng Xuan immediately couldn't sit still, put down the teacup and was about to go out to take a look.

Zhu Gutan suddenly glanced around, bent down his waist, covered his mouth with his white little hands, and said, "General Meng, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not......

"Please."

"Lord Qingning, did you know that you had a private meeting with a man last night?"

Meng Xuan stared at Zhu Guqin for a while, a girl under the age of fourteen, who looked innocent, how could she say these words? He picked up the teacup and took another sip, and Fang said, "Miss Zhu must have read it wrong, please don't mention it in the future." ”

Saying that, he also got up, grabbed the duck blood soup on the table, bypassed the gauze curtain, and went out through the back door, just in time to bump into the real and false He Angelica leaned over and whispered, and separated after speaking. If He Angelica left in all directions, the real one stayed where he was, turning around and winking at him. "What's the matter, don't drink tea in the house, come out and blow some wind."

Meng Xuan came over silently, scooped the soup and fed her, she ate with her mouth open, and after a while, the two of them stood and finished feeding a bowl of soup. Meng Xuancai asked: "What secrets do you have with Bai Yangbai, and tell me about them." ”

"It's nothing, just take over briefly, isn't he going to jail for me." He Angelica said indifferently.

"Then you want to know, what did Miss Zhu San tell me?"

"Not interested."

The foreheads of the two pressed together, their eyes met, and they found their complete reflections in each other's eyes, with an empty bowl in between. About half an hour later, there was a sound of clothes rubbing against the ropes on the opposite side, and the sound of jade metal colliding, and it seemed that many people had come in, only to hear that an interrogation had been staged in the house—

"Lord Qingning, the deceased Miss Niu's maid Rosé once saw you enter and leave Miss Niu's room before the fire started, what explanation do you have for this?"

He Angelica quietly asked Meng Xuan: "This one who is talking is Master Geng Bingxiu, right?" ”

Meng Xuan raised his eyebrows: "Do you still recognize this person?" ”

"Not very ripe."

"Stay away from him, this man is not coming in the right way."

"Oh."

The two looked in from the back window, and saw that the fake He Angelica was standing dignifiedly, and Geng Bingxiu, Duan Xiaolou and Gao Jue in front of them were all sitting on the long collapse covered with scarlet mats. Duan Xiaolou was obviously dissatisfied with Geng Bingxiu's questioning attitude, and kept tilting his neck and squinting at him. Gao Jue sat like a Buddha statue, and quietly appeared behind Duan Xiaolou with one hand, straightening his neck.

Fake He Angelica said: "I was enjoying the flowers in the garden before sunset, and I met Peng Shigongzi and said a few words to him. I went back to my room and never went out again, and I really didn't know anything else. ”

"Can anyone testify? What have you done this afternoon, and who have you met? Geng Bingxiu asked.

If He Angelica thought for a while and said, "The three maids who serve me, Pucao, Lotus Root, and Xiangzhi, they may have seen me. Moreover, the day before yesterday, I guessed that the tea won the game, and I invited the lord of Xiancao County to drink tea, and agreed to be at the beginning of Youchu, but she arrived half an hour late, saying that it was delayed to see the tricks with the two Miss Zhu. She chatted with me, talked for half an hour and then left. At that time, the sun was sinking in the west, and the sky was not bright, and there was probably a time of day. Then I was doing tailoring in the room, and after a while, I heard someone shouting, 'Go to the water'. ”

"Oh?" Geng Bingxiu's eyes lit up, "Those three maids may testify for you?" ”

Xu Siniang interjected in a panic: "Of course her maid is facing her, how can it be used as evidence?" ”

If He Angelica said impatiently: "Pucao is Princess Yan's maid, and the other two are not my beloved maids, not to mention that they may not speak for me, so it is better to call in and ask." There is one more thing, I don't know if it's appropriate to say it. ”

"County Lord, please speak." Duan Xiaolou agreed.

"I think the Lord of Xiancao County lied to me." Fake He Angelica said, "The county lord of Xiancao said that he was late because he was late to see the tricks with the two Miss Zhu, but I personally went to fetch the well water for cooking tea, and when I passed by Miss Niu's room, I saw the county lord of Durian and Miss Niu Wenlan painting from the window, and this incident happened less than an hour before the fire. ”

Zhu Liuran, who was in the wenge chair on the side, was shocked when he heard this, covered his chest with his handkerchief, and exclaimed incredibly: "Our two sisters have been looking at embroidery patterns with the lord of Xiancao County, and I have never been to the East Chamber today. Lord Qingning, how can you spew blood?! ”

Duan Xiaolou said categorically: "She never lies, and she has no reason to kill Miss Niu." ”

Gao Jue also spoke: "Isn't there a witness who can speak?" Zhu Gutan, let her say. ”

Zhu Guqin's petite figure stood at the door, and was suddenly called and questioned, and he was suddenly a little at a loss. She glanced at Zhu Liuran nervously, and then at the three extremely majestic adults in the hall, not knowing how to answer.

Duan Xiaolou changed her tone softly, comforted her and said, "Miss Zhu San, don't be afraid, tell the truth what you see and hear, we have our own decision." ”

Zhu Gutan took a breath and said timidly: "That's the case, I did see the tricks with the Xiancao County Lord, and Shi Chen and the Qingning County Lord said the same. Before that, my second sister also said that she would come, but ...... She didn't show up until the end. She wasn't with us, and I didn't know where my second sister had gone. ”