Ran Yunsheng didn't ask any more questions, only said, "Ah Yan is happy." ”

He is also looking forward to one day marrying a woman with the same heart, and can he force Ran Yan to marry Sang Chen?

"Tenth brother ......" Ran Yan's heart warmed slightly, Ran Yunsheng's words seemed simple, but in Datang, I am afraid that only he can spoil and indulge her so much.

"Silly girl." Ran Yunsheng gently rubbed Ran Yan's hair and said softly, "Rest early and leave tomorrow at noon." ”

"Didn't you solve the case, don't skip words. Ran Yan asked.

Ran Yunsheng said with a smile, "The person who died used to be a trapper, and his status was not high, so it was not difficult to be accommodating. ”

Ran Yan nodded, got up and sent Ran Yunsheng out.

Under the rule of Taizong, the officialdom was relatively clear, but there was no shortage of officials who collected money in any dynasty. Ran Pingyu's goods were in a hurry to be sent to Chang'an, and they couldn't be delayed, and Ran Yan was not the kind of person who didn't understand the world.

What's more, Ran Yan believes that in today's case, even if the perpetrator is not a local, he must have been in the local area for a long time. Because the situation on the corpse has explained everything, first, the temperature of the corpse is too low, and some places have not been completely thawed, and the corpse may not leave the cold place for more than three hours; Second, the corpse was yellowish at first, and it slowly appeared hibiscus after a period of time in the place where the restaurant crowd gathered, which indicates that the murderer did not heat and thaw the corpse in advance, and was moved to the bottom of the stairs not long ago, otherwise it would have appeared hibiscus color long ago. Third, the murderer made a large amount of bloodstains, and Ran Yan felt that it might not be mainly to cause the state of stonework, but more to cover up the water stains or hoarfrost on the corpse due to thawing.

He was able to break the stairs in advance, and pinched the corpse to move it to the bottom of the stairs, and he could also find a large amount of animal blood, if it was said that the innkeepers did it, Ran Yan couldn't either.

And, in such a small town, there shouldn't be many ice cellars.

Ran Yan felt that the murderer left many flaws in order to cover up, and from the perspective of criminal psychology, this is a disguised psychology, moving the body after killing, so there is a suspicion......

Xu was too tired in the first half of the month, Ran Yan thought about it, and unconsciously fell asleep again.

The moonlight outside the window was obscured by dark clouds, and the town gradually fell into darkness, and there were scattered jujube trees on the streets of the town, and the night breeze blew, rolling up the fallen leaves of the trees, and swept across the stone slabs of the streets, and the faint wolf howl was heard in the distance, which made the night extremely terrifying.

In a dark alley not far from the dock, a ragged beggar clung to his shabby cotton clothes, constantly looking out, as if waiting for someone, his thin face was half covered by messy hair, but he could still see that the position of his left eye was horribly scarred, empty sockets, black holes, more terrifying than this night.

About two moments later, a young man in brocade clothes and white face hurriedly arrived, and when he saw the beggar, he immediately pushed him into the alley, and only when he entered the inside, did he lower his voice and said, "Something happened to my store, and the government is strictly guarded, what do you call me to do at this time?"

The beggar grinned, his thin lips curved into a beautiful arc, revealing snow-white teeth, which looked a little gloomy at night, coupled with his terrifying face, he became more and more like a ghost, but his voice was unexpectedly elegant, "I won't call you now, I'm afraid that I won't have a chance in the future, Zesan, don't think that I didn't Zhang Xuan was killed by you."

Zesan's face turned cold, "You are talking nonsense, I may kill people in the store, don't talk about those who don't have it, talk about something quickly"

"One hundred times" The beggar raised a finger, saw that Zesan's face changed sharply, and then said, "I don't care if you eat black and black, I forced me to gouge out my eyes and swear an oath back then, and the people who made it are not ghosts or ghosts, and I can't even participate in the imperial examination, and now I have become a wasted person, and you have not done it all these years, but you killed Zhang Xuan, and I lost a piece of money after that, shouldn't you make it up to me for him?" ”

Ze San grabbed the beggar's neck and said ruthlessly, "Liu Shisan, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, you don't call it moderate, I have to tell you in person."

Zesan's hand had just been forced, but he felt a pain in his abdomen, and when he lowered his head, he saw a short sword with a cold light against his abdomen.

A smile appeared on the beggar's face, which was red from lack of oxygen, and said with difficulty, "If you don't let go, let's see if you die first or I die first."

The strength in Zesan's hand was slightly relaxed, and he immediately thought that Liu Shisan was still counting on his money, and he should not be a killer, so he withdrew his hand.

"Ahem" Liu 13 leaned against the wall and coughed twice, still smiling, "Do you think I'm still the powerless state student apprentice more than ten years ago?" You are all crazy, can I not want to protect myself? If you don't want to be like this all the time, then obediently hand over a hundred guan, and I will never return to the Eastern Capital from now on, otherwise, even if I die together, I will earn a few cushions."

After a pause, Zesan asked, "Really?" ”

"I, Liu Wen, grew up reading sage books, so naturally I won't say anything" Liu Shisan's remaining eyes looked extremely bright against the backdrop of the black hole on the other side, weird and firm.

"Okay" Ze San agreed, and then said fiercely, "If you break your promise, you also said it, we are all crazy people"

Ze San only needs 100 guan, because he will definitely ask the other four people for it, and the total is 500 guan, which is not a small amount.

Liu Shisan also understands the truth that "dogs will jump over the wall in a hurry", and the money he wants, no more, no less, is exactly what Ze San has on hand.

"I don't have so much money now, I'll put the money in the old place tomorrow evening, you go and get it" Zesan finally compromised.

Liu Shisan smiled slightly, "A word is a certainty." ”

The agreement was reached, Ze San snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left the dark alley.

The night wind howled more and more, and in a short time ice particles fell into the air, smashing against the roof with a soft sound. However, it did not last long before it gradually melted.

In the early morning of the next day, the ice particles had turned into rain, and the town was close to the wharf, and all the streets and houses were shrouded in mist.

As soon as the sky was hazy, a sharp scream suddenly pierced everyone's dreams.

About half a cup of tea, someone opened the courtyard door one after another, and ran out in a hurry with an oil umbrella.

Ran Yan hugged the quilt and shivered, the ancient north was several times colder than a thousand years later, if her thin body hadn't practiced the tuna method given by Su Fu, I was afraid that she would have frozen to death before she reached Chang'an.

"What's going on out there?" Ran Yan heard footsteps and asked.

Wan Lu came in with a body of water vapor, heard the original light hands, heard that Ran Yan had woken up, and immediately let go of his voice, "Lady, this Jushui Town is really evil, one just died yesterday, and another one died today, the slave maid just heard Shilang say that the heavy rain is difficult to walk, I am afraid we will have to wait for the rain to stop before leaving."

Before Ran Yan could continue to ask, he muttered after listening, "There is no score for this rain to fall when the time comes, if we have to stay in this place for half a month in the second half of the month?" ”

Ran Yan smiled and said, "The rain in the north is different from that in the south, how can it be in the second half of the month, it will only be three or two days at most." The dead man, you went to see it? ”

"The slave didn't go, she just heard from someone." Wan Lu opened the curtain and came in, Ran Yan turned over in the quilt, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that Wan Lu was like a zongzi, moving in with difficulty, spitting mist flowers in his mouth, and constantly rubbing his frozen red fingers.

"It's really cold in the north, it's dry everywhere." Evening Green sat in front of Ran Yan's couch with tears in her eyes and stretched out her face, "Look, the slave's face has taken off several layers of skin."

Ran Yan said, "Didn't I make snake oil ointment when I was in Yingmei Nunnery before? You wipe it with that and drink plenty of hot water. ”

"Slaves, don't drink water," Wanlu immediately rejected the suggestion.

Seeing her embarrassed expression, Ran Yan guessed that she must have felt that it was too cold to take off her pants, and she couldn't help laughing.

Wanlu turned her face away, "For the sake of the lady being so happy, the slave maid should be a joke." ”

"Seventeen Niang is smiling so happily," a young woman's voice came from outside the door.

Wan Lu greeted him out, and when he saw that it was Er Dong beside Ran Yunsheng, he owed a debt and said, "Er Dong." ”

"Hurry up, I can't accept your courtesy." Er Dong hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Wan Lu, and handed her the two burdens hanging in the crook of his arm, "This is for Seventeen Niang and your cotton clothes, it rained last night, and it was suddenly much colder, thinking that it was difficult for you to adapt to the north just now, I and Qianxue rushed to make a set overnight, and the clothes for you and Song Lan are the clothes of me and Qianxue, don't dislike it"

"If you're so careful, you'll be disgusted." Evening Green laughed.

Ran Yan heard the conversation in the inner room and said, "Er Dong is here?" Come on in. ”

Along the way, Ran Yan has been taken care of by Er Dong and Qianxue, the two of them have been born with Ran Yun since childhood, and they are both very good-natured, virtuous and dignified, not worse than ordinary ladies.

Wanlu opened the curtain and invited Er Dong to come in, and Er Dong bowed, "I've seen Seventeen Niang." ”

"Don't be so angry. Have a seat. Ran Yan got up and half leaned on the edge of the collapse.

Wanlu put aside her burden and said with a smile, "That's it, Er Dong doesn't look at my lady who doesn't like to smile on weekdays, in fact, she has a cold face and a hot heart, and she is the most unrestrained about these subtleties." ”

Ran Yan didn't answer this either, and asked Er Dong instead, "But something happened this morning?" ”

Erdong sighed and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just a beggar who died at the mouth of the alley, I heard that the man used to be a state student apprentice, and his qualifications were quite good, because he disfigured his appearance, and his description was really terrible and no one recommended him, and then his life was down, so he came out to beg." The slave thought she might have frozen to death. ”

"It's a pity that a good talent." Evening Green lamented.

"Who is his body?" Ran Yan frowned, and had a faint premonition in his heart, feeling that it was impossible for two lives to die one after another so coincidentally.

Erdong paused for a moment and said, "I heard that it's an embroidery girl." ”

"Embroidery?" Ran Yan asked puzzledly, "On such a rainy day, the genius is hazy, how could the embroidery lady pass there?" ”

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