Aunt Sun and Qin Liusu retreated to the room, eating the meal with boiled water, and the three of them chatted outside.

The three of them drank the rice wine that Uncle Sun had dug up from under the tree for many years, and when they opened it, the smell of wine instantly overflowed the entire small courtyard, and Qin Liusu smelled it, and they were all a little intoxicated.

Qin Liusu was lying in the door, watching them drink with a blank eye, as if he saw Qin Liusu's longing eyes, and County Lieutenant Zhang beckoned.

"This sister-in-law should also come to the table to eat."

Qin Liusu shook his head, "This ...... Unruly ......"

As soon as these words came out, Fu Xiancheng, who was sitting there, was a little unhappy, slammed the table, and staggered to his feet.

"What? What's wrong with the rules? ”

staggered to Qin Liusu's side, grabbed Qin Liusu's hand, pinched it again, and muttered: "This sister-in-law is really skinny, it really makes me feel distressed to attach someone more!" ”

Qin Liusu struggled a few times, but he didn't expect his grip to be tighter.

Uncle Sun and County Lieutenant Zhang were so drunk that they naturally couldn't control it, and Aunt Sun was busy in the kitchen again, and it was invisible. Looking at the thin literati in front of him, who seemed to be powerless, Qin Liusu naturally knew that he underestimated him, and looking at his drunken appearance, he also knew that he was almost drunk.

"Lord Xiancheng, let's go and sit down quickly."

When Fu Xiancheng heard this, he nodded vigorously, "Okay, good!" Hurry up, too! ”

Qin Liusu packed up the dishes and chopsticks, entered the kitchen, and talked to Aunt Sun, Aunt Sun nodded in agreement, and Qin Liusu lifted the coarse cloth dress and sat in the corner of the table.

This Fu County Cheng stepped on the bench and talked rhetorically.

"I can't listen to any rules, why, rules are not made by men? Why can't women be served? It's a joke to say that women are inferior to men, and I ......"

Fu Xiancheng took a break and continued, "Let me tell you, Ling Muhan's mother, that is, the old mother of our newly appointed county commander, is not an ordinary character! ”

As he spoke, Fu Xiancheng became interested, picked up the dishes and chopsticks, and banged them.

"Don't say I lied to you, our old lady is really a leader, I think back then, our old man died, leaving them orphans and widows, the old lady smashed the pot and sold iron to feed the county order, and also cultivated a country's pillars, and by the way, also cultivated me...... ......"

Fu Xiancheng smirked, although what kind of ugliness was revealed when people were drunk, Qin Liusu felt that this group of people was very cute.

Only Zhang Xianwei was a little more sober in the whole table, still thinking about the purpose of his visit.

"Uncle, do you know what happened to the mountain three years ago?"

Uncle Sun, who was already drunk, quickly woke up at this moment, "I can't help it, I can't help it, the two officials don't want to go to the back mountain!" ”

County Lieutenant Zhang took a bite of corn and sipped a little wine, "I don't want to go, I just ask." ”

Uncle Sun only said the approximate, which was the same as Qin Liusu knew.

County Lieutenant Zhang turned around and asked Qin Liusu, "I don't know what this sister-in-law thinks?" ”

Qin Liusu dipped some rice wine with chopsticks and tasted it, his heart was greatly satisfied, and he licked his lips again before he spoke.

"I don't really believe in any ghosts and gods, but isn't County Lieutenant Zhang a native of Baicheng? Why don't you know these rumors? ”

County Lieutenant Zhang said with a wry smile: "Since Sun Ting's accident, I was sent by the previous dog official to take care of the prison in a place called Tiger Cave where birds don't, and I stayed for three years. ”

There is still some distance from the Tiger Cave in Baicheng, it is an important place to take care of the imperial court's food, and there will be special people to guard it in the early years, but now, the imperial court is corrupt, and gradually forget such a place, and gradually no one to take care of it, and now, it is completely handed over to Baicheng to take care of, the terrain here is rugged, and the carriages and horses are not feasible, so they can only rely on their feet and insert blindly.

I see, all this makes sense, which is why after Sun Ting's accident, no official stood up and said the last sentence, thinking about it, these honest and selfless officials are also very powerful when they are suppressed by these traitors.

"I wonder how the new prefectural commander is? Look at this is a show of talent. ”

Qin Liusu was so distracted by the question that he didn't notice the three people who had fallen asleep early, and when they came back to their senses, they were also taken aback.

"Auntie, they're all drunk, what now?"

Aunt Sun rushed over when she heard the sound and wiped the water on her hands.

"What else can I do? Come, carry them into the house. ”

The three men didn't eat in vain, they weighed like a cow, and it took them a lot of effort to help the three drunk to the kang.

After cleaning up the table and putting on the dishes and chopsticks, drinking the herbs fried by Aunt Sun, I felt much more comfortable, and I shaved some corn, cut some vegetables and old rice bran, fed the chickens and ducks, and moved some reeds from the courtyard, and fed the donkeys and the horses brought by the two officials.

The reed was originally intended to be used to repair the donkey's residence, but as a result, Qin Liusu found that the donkey loved some reeds, so without saying a word, he fed them all and used them as his rations.

Chickens and ducks wandered around the courtyard, pecking at the grass on the ground, and the donkey knew to be lazy and hid under the trees to enjoy the shade.

"Sister Qin, Sister Qin......"

Outside the fence, there was the sound of Niu Niu calling Qin Liusu, Qin Liusu put down the piece in his hand, opened the courtyard door, and let Niu Niu in.

"What's the matter, it's noon, scared away everywhere, what if it's heat stroke?"

Niu Niu happily held Qin Liusu's arm, and Qin Liusu pushed her hand away.

"Girl, don't carry it on your shoulder, what are you going to do on such a hot day?"

Niu Niu lifted the basket and said that she was going to step on some herbs to supply Xu Langzhong from Baicheng.

"Do you want to come along?"

Aunt Sun came over after leaving, pushing Qin Liusu, "I don't see that it's hot today, so you can go." ”

Qin Liusu was pushed out of the house, Niu Niu was happy and anxious, there was talk and laughter, Aunt Sun in the door was naturally happy, she was afraid that Qin Liusu would not adapt at first, but now, there are some people who accompany her, more or less better, in this way, Qin Liusu will not be homesick.

Although Qin Liusu's parents died, and the family had no property, the only few tiled houses also collapsed after the heavy rain, and the negative person also drove her out of the house, it stands to reason that there is nothing to worry about, but the second elder of the Sun family is still worried, and he is also afraid that this Qin Liusu will hurt his body too much.

This Qin Liusu was laughing and laughing with the cow girl, but the shepherd boy at the other end was crying with a sad face.

"Master, how long do you have to copy? I've done this more than 100 times! ”

Looking at the scraps of paper piled up on the ground, the shepherd boy wailed.

Boss Ling was very leisurely, lying on the couch to take a nap, very comfortable.

Seeing that his master still didn't answer, the shepherd boy's heart was very uncomfortable, and then he looked at the paper all over the ground, and he was very distressed.

"Sir, sir! Look at the paper all over the ground, there is a silver tael to say the least! ”

Boss Ling opened his eyes slightly, took a look, waved the fan, and the shepherd boy ran over very dogleggedly, took the fan and fanned it.

"Do you know it's wrong?"

"Got it, got it!"

The shepherd boy nodded vigorously, and Ling Muhan was satisfied.

Continue to close your eyes.

"Where's your lord?"

Old Madam Ling asked the maid with a cane, and the maid pointed to the small pavilion by the lake in front of her, saying that she was enjoying the cool inside.

The old lady hobbled over again.

Hearing the familiar sound of crutches falling to the ground, Ling Muhan knew that it was his mother who came, straightened his clothes, and sat up.

"Why did the old mother come? It's a hot day, so don't run around. ”

After speaking, he looked at Hongxiang behind him with some blame.

"You don't have to look at others, I also heard that you sent Fu Xiancheng and Zhang County Lieutenant to the countryside, and asked the master Bo to look over the cases in recent years, but what is going to happen?"

Ling Muhan had a headache, but his mother was so virtuous, and he had to intervene in everything.

"Exactly."

Ling Muhan rubbed his temples and replied honestly.

"But it has something to do with the emperor?"

Ling Muhan's heart suddenly sudden, feeling that something was wrong.

"How so? Mother thinks too much. ”

Old Madam Ling looked at Ling Muhan's evasive look, and knew that she had guessed seven or eight points correctly.

"Don't lie to me, the world says that today's champion Lang offended the emperor without knowing the height of the sky, so he was sent to the deep mountains and old forests to be a sesame official,"

Old Madam Ling sighed, "But I still don't believe it in the end, I know that you won't tell me what happened when you met the emperor that day, but you should always know that your mother will always be on your side." ”

Old Madam Ling's words made people burst into tears, and she also figured out a handkerchief and wiped the tears on her face, Ling Muhan had the most headache for his mother, so he always had no way to deal with it.

"Go down first."

Ling Muhan waved his hand, a kind of little maid went out, Old Madam Ling knew that her child was finally going to tell herself, and she couldn't help but feel a little happy in her heart, this bitter trick was not in vain.

"Mother, mother, you should call your son, so what should you do?"

Ling Muhan stood up, "Okay, you always want to know, I'll still talk to you, and the province will come to bother me again in the future." ”

"That day, the emperor announced that I entered the palace, but also to test my ability, and asked me if I knew about the Baicheng case three years ago, of course I didn't know, the emperor told me in detail, the emperor was also full of emotion, if it weren't for the fact that today's Concubine Mei would talk about this with anecdotes and the saint, I'm afraid, no one will know about this case until she dies."

"I see, come to think of it, although my Ling family is a declining family, it will not be like Zhuangyuanlang went to the countryside to make a county order, if you say this and listen to me, I will be relieved, and your marriage with Miss Lu will also have a ......."

Ling Muhan pricked up his ears, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and Old Madam Ling hurriedly changed the topic when she saw this.

"Then Concubine Mei is the concubine of this Captain Zhen?"

Ling Muhan nodded, "Exactly, it's just a trick made by the emperor to enter the palace for his beloved woman, this Concubine Mei is also a person from Baicheng, but her mother died tragically three years ago, and she was left alone, fortunately the emperor loved her, so she entered the palace and became a concubine with tens of millions of graces." ”

Old Madam Ling didn't expect that there was such a relationship in this, of course Ling Muhan didn't tell the whole truth, in the end, these were enough.

Old Madam Ling sighed, "Mu Han, then you have to investigate the case well." ”

Ling Muhan raised his eyebrows, "Mother always comes to bother me, and the thoughts in my heart are also disrupted by you, how can I solve the case?" ”

"Okay, well, I'm not bothering you from now on."

Old Madam Ling waved in the distance, and Hongxiang walked over to help the old lady back to the courtyard.

The shepherd boy on the side also rushed over, saying that the master had discovered something terrible.

Ling Muhan took out a ribbon from his sleeve, tied his hair casually, and went to the office.

"What, there are and discoveries?"

The master on the side was biting the end of the brush, frowning and thinking.

"My lord, I checked all the cases in the past three years, and I found that this criminal case has a characteristic, all of them are young women who died, although the methods of death are different, but there are also the same places, all the blood is sucked close, but the hateful thing is that the former county magistrate, there is such a big thing, and he didn't report it! And this part,"

The main book brought a large file, "This is the missing person in recent years, although there are men and women, in the end, there are still most women, and the dates of disappearance are mostly similar. ”