Ran Yan and Wan Lu chatted under the corridor for a while, only to know that this courtyard was found by Liu Qingsong for them to settle down temporarily, and it was near the county office. At the mention of Liu Qingsong, Ran Yan couldn't help grinding his teeth, he had better not appear in front of her again

It's getting late.

Xiao Song guessed that Ran Yunsheng would come back in two moments, but this time he obviously miscalculated, and Ran Yunsheng didn't return until the evening.

Ran Yan had already entered the house with the support of Ge Lan and Wan Lu, and the wound on his leg was a little cracked, several times more painful than when he was injured.

As soon as the wound was treated, Ran Yunsheng came over with a large bag of medicine.

"Ah Yan is awake" Ran Yunsheng looked very happy, his smile was full, but his face was slightly pale, and there was also a sad look between his eyebrows.

"It's worried about Brother Ten." Ran Yan said guiltily.

Ran Yunsheng handed the things in his hand to Wan Lu and sat in front of the couch, "It's okay if you're fine." ”

Ran Yan could see that he was a little unsettled, "Tenth brother has something on his mind?" ”

"It's not a big deal." Ran Yunsheng wanted to say something more, but when he met Ran Yan's calm gaze, he got up and said, "It's been a bumpy journey, I'm a little tired, and Ah Yan should rest early." ”

Ran Yunsheng said that without waiting for Ran Yan to reply, he left quickly.

Ran Yan frowned, Ran Yunsheng is not a person who can't hide his thoughts, and it is impossible for ordinary things to disturb him so uneasy. She is now unable to move, so she can't take the initiative to find Ran Yunsheng to understand the situation, and besides, he is reluctant to say it now, and he won't necessarily say it if he asks.

"Wanlu, you go and ask Brother Ten's little brother, what happened to Luoyang today." Ran Yan said.

Evening Green answered and went out.

After Gelan helped Ran Yan finish washing, she went out to pour water, Ran Yan heard the footsteps of someone coming in, thinking that it was Wanlu coming back, "Asked?" ”

"What do you want to ask?" A male voice with a smile.

Ran Yan was lying on the couch, turning her head with difficulty, and after seeing the bamboo curtain, a shadowy figure could vaguely see Xiao Song wearing a dark purple round-necked regular clothes, and his black hair was up, although he looked a lot thinner than some time ago, he was refreshed, and he no longer saw the laziness and exhaustion of the morning.

"Come in." Ran Yan regretted it when she said it, she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with being alone with a man in her subconscious, but this was Datang, would she make Xiao Song misunderstand anything when she said this?

Xiao Song opened the bamboo curtain, walked in, stood on the edge of the bed and looked at her indescribable appearance, frowned, and said, "Say that the wound has cracked again?" ”

"Well, it's just a small wound, out of the way." Ran Yan said lightly, "Please take a seat." ”

Xiao Song didn't tear her down, she lay down for a day, and those little injuries were almost healed, and now they can still be cracked, how can they be small injuries?

"Another one died. It's called Yu Zhi. Xiao Song said suddenly.

Ran Yan was stunned, and only said after a while, "It's no secret that you went to Jushui County, right, the murderer still dares to commit a crime against the wind, why?" Assertive? Still crazy......"

Ran Yan's heart is more inclined to the latter, if he dares to be confident to such a level in the hands of the squire of the criminal department, I am afraid that he is already close to madness.

Xiao Song sat down on the edge of the collapse and said, "Ten years ago, it was not long after Zhuang Yin's death that the jailer was released from the cheap industry. Although Zhuang Yin was sentenced to beheading, he committed suicide by hitting the wall before asking for beheading, because the time is too long, the county order has changed several times, and the situation at that time is no longer verifiable, but there is reason to suspect that these seven jailers may have been bribed by Zhuang Yin and did a trick to hide from the world. ”

"If there is a suspicion, don't skip words. Ran Yan asked.

"There are only two people at the moment, Zhuang Yin and Ze Heiji." Xiao Song said.

Zhuang Yin is the leader of the bandits, and judging from his style of acting, he is confident and arrogant, but Ran Yan can't blindly determine a person's character based on this one thing alone.

"That Ze Pingzhi ......" Ran Yan thought for a while, the impression of this person is not only ordinary or ordinary, the appearance is upright and featureless, the skin is neither dark nor fair, and the temperament is also very mediocre, he is the kind of ordinary young man who is placed in the crowd and will never be noticed by people at a second glance.

"He is the owner of Yuelai Inn, and he is more suspicious than Zhuang Yin." Xiao Song actually felt in his heart that it was just relatively speaking, and if he thought about it carefully, there were still many clues that were difficult to penetrate.

Ran Yan asked, "What about the motive for the killing?" ”

"Maybe there's something that undermines the checks and balances between them?" Xiao Song guessed that apart from this, there was no other reason to explain.

Ran Yan muttered, "Did the beggar Liu Wen learn about this by accident, and then suffered from the pond fish?" ”

Xiao Song saw her serious thinking, a certain part of her heart softened, and even her tone softened, "Okay, if you have any doubts, think about it tomorrow, you can rest and recuperate." I'll come back to see you tomorrow. ”

He stretched out his hand to help Ran Yan straighten out the quilt, then got up and walked out.

"Wait," Ran Yan called out to him.

Xiao Song paused in front of the bamboo curtain, turned his head and asked, "Something?" ”

"Hmm." Ran Yan heard him come back again, and with his hand wrapped in a thick plain cloth, he pushed the brocade box next to the pillow to the edge of the couch, "Return these two cloud hairpins to you." I've guessed that you gave it to me, but I've only recently learned what it means, and I'm sorry, I can't accept something as important. ”

Xiao Song bent down to take the brocade box, opened the lid of the box, and two not-so-dazzling mutton fat hostas lay quietly on the red brocade with a warm luster like water.

Ran Yan looked at his expressionless handsome face, and was inexplicably a little worried, as for what she was worried about, she didn't know it herself.

Xiao Song took out the two cloud hairpins, stuffed them into his sleeve pocket, and took out a wooden hairpin from his arms and put it into the brocade box, "This is the peach hairpin I carved myself, it can be important or unimportant." ”

Because it is worthless and has no special symbolic significance, it can be unimportant, because it is a piece of mind, and the recipient can also see it as important. It has always been Xiao Song's speaking style, listening to it implicitly, but after thinking about it, he found that he was straight to the point.

And Ran Yan often comes into contact with corpses, legend has it that peach wood can ward off evil spirits, although Xiao Song doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he focuses on his mind.

The peach is dying, scorching its flower, and the son is home, and it is suitable for his room. That's what he intended.

When Xiao Song gave away the cloud hairpin, he knew that he would be rejected one day, and he thought that he could accept it calmly and calmly, but now he is in a complicated and uncomfortable mood.

"It's beautiful." Ran Yan stared at the peach hairpin of the brocade box. Her words are not comforting or complimentary, it is indeed a very beautiful and elegant hairpin, a cloud-like hairpin, the head is a small cluster of peach blossoms, two peach blossoms next to each other are completely blooming, and another one is half open next to it, and a few budding flower bones are stretched out at the top, showing vigorous vitality. Not only is the shape beautiful, but the carving is also very exquisite, even the stamens can be seen in the slightest, and a few peach blossoms seem to be able to exude fragrance.

"If you like it, it's fine." Xiao Song breathed a sigh of relief.

Ran Yan said, "If you are down-and-out in the future, there is still a craft that can make money to make a living." ”

Xiao Song laughed heartily, "If that's the case, then the craftsman who has only produced a finished product for more than a month will starve to death sooner or later." ”

Soon after leaving Suzhou, Xiao Song began to carve this hairpin, at first he didn't know why he would do such a boring thing, when he heard that there was a murder in Suzhou, he didn't think about it and took the initiative to ask for it.

Day and night, when he stood in Suzhou, what he thought about was not a murder, but a beautiful but not vivid face.

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