In the northwest of Hangzhou, it is bustling outside the Qiantang Gate. Out of the Qiantang Gate, it is the Zhaoqing Temple, along the side of the West Lake Road, and until Lingyin.

From the first day of the first month to the end of the year, the devout pilgrims who served the Bodhisattva, in groups of three or five, bought yellow paper for incense outside the Qiantang Gate, and burned it all the way. If it is the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, or the pilgrimage to the Buddha's birthday, it is even more crowded.

Climb the Qiantang Gate, the gem mountain is stacked on top of each other, the north peak of Lingyin can be faintly seen in the distance, and the autumn moon of the Pinghu Lake is under the door, and the snow is broken on the bridge. Su Dongpo of the Northern Song Dynasty loved it very much, so there is a saying that "ink does not cover the mountain, and the lake is like the sky".

Two figures rushed straight outside the Qiantang Gate, leading people to turn on their backs, and there was a gray-haired man behind them, chasing from afar. Qi Chen came to an incense stall in three or two steps, brushed aside the delicate pilgrims, and asked loudly at the incense seller,

"Auntie, where is my mother?"

The incense seller ate too much incense all day long, and when her business was disturbed, she was not angry, she smiled, and she had the style of Maitreya Buddha.

"You kid, you're still so reckless. Your mother set up a stall today, saying that she was a little dizzy, so I helped her go back to rest, you hurry up"

Before he finished speaking, there was no figure in front of him, and he shook his head with a smile, continued to be Maitreya Buddha, and solicited business.

His heart was as anxious as fire, so worried, Qi Chen was unruly in the daytime, swept across the roofs of several houses, drilled into a small alley, ran all the way to the end of the alley, came to a small courtyard, stretched out his hand to push open the fence wooden door, stepped in two or three steps to the door, and when he stretched out his hand again, it seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and he couldn't push it through.

Standing behind Qi Chen, Tie Lingshuang's eyes were cold, occasionally glancing at Qi Chen, who was cowering, his lips trembled, and he didn't push the door open after reaching out a few times, and he didn't urge.

Turning his head to look at the small yard, although it is simple and clean, the small piece of land in front of the house is not full of small vegetables like other people's houses, it is empty, some sundries are placed against the corner of the wall, and the ground is repaired smoothly and neatly, without a little pothole. Sniffing carefully, there was only a faint sandalwood fragrance in the yard, and the corners of his mouth were raised.

Stretched out his hand to push away Qi Chen, who was still practicing splitting his palm against the door, but he didn't expect to push him into a, shook his head, and softly pushed the door open.

The tables and bamboo stools are placed against the wall, and a row of yellow paper and gold incense is neatly placed next to the door wall, and there is no sundries. The room was also very empty, leaning against the west wall, a small pine bed, and a woman in her early fifties lay down.

As if hearing movement, Tie Lingshuang saw the woman open her eyes and sit up with her body propped up. Although he is old and has wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he can still vaguely see that when he was young, he was also a standard Jiangnan person.

I saw that she opened her eyes, did not turn her head, just stared at the emptiness in front of her, stopped for a while at the door, and shouted softly,

"Is it Xiaobao?"

Getting up from outside the door, Qi Chen was worried about the iron spear of the fierce tiger, rushed in, heard the shout, quickly took a deep breath, lowered his head and whispered,

"It's me, mother. ”

Although the words were panicked and trembling, they were not as loud as usual, and they were docile. Tie Lingshuang stood in the room, looking sideways at him with a look of fear, his eyes shining, staring at him vigilantly.

Looking at Qi Chen, who stepped forward and hunched over to support his mother, Tie Lingshuang's eyes flashed.

"Xiaobao, why did you come back when you didn't go to the Yamen on business?"

Reacting to it, Qi Chen looked at Tie Lingshuang and suddenly looked at him with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and he didn't have time to be embarrassed at this time, and said in a low voice,

"I heard that my mother was dizzy, so I hurried back to take a look, are you okay?"

Seeing her smile and shake her head, she reached out to her side and touched her, Qi Chen hurriedly helped her and got out of bed. Tie Lingshuang knew in her heart, this woman turned out to have an eye disease, looking at Qi Chen, who was carefully supporting her mother, she made up her mind, opened her mouth and said,

"Hello Auntie. ”

Suddenly hearing Tie Lingshuang speak, Qi Chen's face suddenly turned pale, his eyes widened and he glared at Tie Lingshuang fiercely, and looked anxiously at his mother-in-law.

His mother was slightly startled, heard the voice, looked at where Tie Lingshuang was standing, frowned slightly, squeezed Qi Chen's hand, and asked,

"Xiaobao, who is this girl?"

Still racking his brains, Qi Chen opened his mouth, not knowing what kind of lie to tell, Tie Lingshuang smiled slightly,

"Auntie, I am a colleague in Qi Zhutou's yamen, I have studied medical skills with the master for a few years, and I heard that the aunt is in poor health, so I came over to take a look. ”

After that, he walked up to her, gently grabbed her hand, glanced at Qi Chen, closed his eyes and started his pulse.

"Xiaobao, the guest doesn't know what to say to his mother when he comes, and he doesn't know the rules too much, so hurry up and pour a glass of water for the guest. ”

The voice was very stern, and Qi Chen, who was anxiously worried, seemed to be very afraid of his mother's tone, opened his mouth, touched the hilt of the sword in his hand, glanced at Tie Lingshuang, who was there with the old god, and whispered,

"Good. ”

Reluctantly let go of his hand, walked to the wall, took out a tea cup, and looked back at Tie Lingshuang while pouring water.

came up with a teacup, just looked at Tie Lingshuang who opened his eyes and carefully stared at his mother's eyes and forehead, moved up in small steps, held his mother's hand tightly, and asked in a trembling voice towards Tie Lingshuang,

"My mother is fine, right?"

Didn't pay attention to him, Tie Lingshuang stretched out his other hand and touched his mother's head, Qi Chen was in a hurry, and was about to make a move to stop it, but she was glared at coldly by her phoenix eyes, and took it back, she could only look at her in her mother's temple in fear, and the jade pillow on the back of her head pressed it gently, and she was nervous, only to hear her say,

"Auntie is a little bit of a heatstroke today, so you should ventilate more and drink some salt tea. ”

Hearing the young and clear voice of the woman in her ear, Qi Chenniang liked it in her heart and said softly,

"I've slept for a while, it's much better, girl, how old are you this year?"

As he spoke, he reached out and touched the arm of the stupid son next to him, and patted it gently, as if appreciating.

Qi Chen was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to talk to his mother about the tigress's style, so he stretched out his hand and pushed the cup of herbal tea that had been held for a long time in front of Tie Lingshuang, and asked softly,

"My mother, it's all right, right?"

Looking at him sideways, Tie Lingshuang gently let go of his hand, nodded at Qi Chen, and said softly,

"It's okay, it's just that there is blood on the jade pillow behind the eldest mother's head, and the crying point is blocked, and I can't see. I can't do medical skills, so I can't act rashly. ”

Looking at Qi Chen, who was biting his mouth and tearing his face, Tie Lingshuang pursed his lips and reached out to push away the tea cup that was still in front of him.

Hearing the sound around her, the eldest lady frowned and asked,

"Xiaobao, what's wrong? Didn't my mother say it? If you can't see it, you can't see it, there's nothing inconvenient, the guests are still there, why are you so unruly." ”

As if knowing that her son was crying, the woman shook her head, smiled apologetically at Tie Lingshuang's side, reached out to take Qi Chen's hand, and patted it comfortingly.

"Sister, my own sister!"

A distant voice came, Qi Chen quickly wiped his face, let out a long breath, and said softly,

"Mother, I'll pick up my uncle. ”

With that, he bowed to Tie Lingshuang and strode out.

"What's going on with these two people today? ”

There were only two people in the room, and after a little silence, although Qi Chenniang couldn't see with her own eyes, she was clear in her heart, and she knew that this girl was a lonely person when she heard the voice, thinking of her stupid son, she sighed slightly, and was about to ask the girl if she said that she was a good person.

Two people outside the door, hooking shoulders and backs, came in with a spring breeze,

"Sister, Dabao has come to see you. ”

Tie Lingshuang shook his head and smiled, this uncle Dabao, nephew Xiaobao was very noisy, and said to Qi Chen,

"I'll wait for you in the mortuary. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and whispered to the eldest lady,

"Auntie, I'll go first. ”

After that, without waiting for them to speak, he turned around and walked out of the door, walked outside the door, and heard that it seemed to be lively inside, and the voice of Dabao Xiaobao came from afar, with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth and a slight warmth in his eyes. was stunned for a moment, then pulled down the corners of his mouth in an instant, and there seemed to be a cold light flashing in his eyes, and he stepped away.

As you walk, ponder. Things have come to this point, it is basically clear, as long as you find another butterfly chrysalis and catch that pair of spiders, your trip to Hangzhou will be considered a success, and you can go home.

Thinking of Jinling, he pulled down his face again, walked a few steps with cold eyes, took a deep breath, shook his head, and shook off the unhappiness in his mind.

Smelling the fragrance of flowers, his eyes opened, he stopped, looked sideways at the yellow roses that crawled out of the wall of the small courtyard beside him, and his brows furrowed again.

The black jade butterfly chrysalis is a thing in the depths of Miaojiang, it is already extremely rare, and this withered lotus peony is even more ethereal and difficult to find, and there are four of them at once, this cicada blood spider must be gradually cultivated, and the wisdom is opened, and he can think of this method, no, and then he has to delay it, if he escapes with merit and escapes, hides in the deep mountains and old forests, passes the thunderstorm, and then turns into a human form, then wants to catch it again, it is difficult to climb to the sky.

With a decision in his heart, Tie Lingshuang strode for a while, and walked into the courtyard of the mortuary, under the big locust tree in the yard, there were a few fast catchers, grinning and covering their buttocks.

"Meet the officials in the capital. ”

Although the buttocks hurt very much, the etiquette is still sufficient, the boss is very good at kung fu, and he is a military member, he can say a few words, and he is a group of lowly people, but he can't be angry.

Arrest and handle the case quickly, if you can't solve the case every five days, you have to follow the law cane, it seems that Qi Chen can't escape a meal when he waits, Tie Lingshuang was happy, waved his hand, thought of the old Li Tou in the house, and asked,

"What does that pastry seller have to do with Qi Zhutou?"

The catchers looked at each other, this old Li Tou died miserably, terrifying, and a group of people saw the tongue on the wooden board, and the porridge they drank were all spit out on the ground, why did this tigress suspect that the boss was coming? Angry on the face, the big bull was about to fight unevenly, and was pulled by the lean one beside him,

"Back to Shangguan, Lao Li Tou was Brother Qi's neighbor in his early years, and he has been on a good relationship for more than ten years, but Brother Qi is by no means a treacherous villain. ”

Nodding, Tie Lingshuang glanced at him and swept over, then lowered his head to catch everyone, and was about to speak,

Liu Yishui and Qi Chen walked into the door with a smile, Qi Chen glanced at them, frowned, and asked,

"Lady Liu is angry again?"

Seeing the brothers nodding, Qi Chen was furious, and he couldn't do anything after being angry for a long time, nodded and said,

"Brother Qi can't stand the brothers, and he will go to get the board by himself later, and he can't pull it down. ”

Seeing the brothers grinning with their teeth, he couldn't help but throw away that trace of guilt, glanced at Tie Lingshuang next to him, his eyes flashed, and said,

"The brothers should have the bottom in their hearts, don't ask too much, you must catch the murderer today, that, that, well, let Lord Tie come to it, the brothers will listen to her. ”