In the evening of the same day.

Taixian Building.

Among all the teaching divisions, although Taixian Tower is not the largest entertainment venue in Shangyuan City, it is the highest grade.

Here, whether it is the service staff or the courtesan dancers, they are all wearing various mystical costumes, dressed as Taoists, all fluttering like immortals.

Tonight, in order to thank Xu Zun, Li Yan and other officials, Hou Ye specially ordered the housekeeper to book the most luxurious private room in Taixian Tower.

Not only was a table of the most expensive and sumptuous banquet set up, but also a song and dance performance with a local style was arranged.

The private rooms are located on a huge and luxurious viewing platform, where they can enjoy a beautiful show while sipping on fine food and wine.

However, because Hou Ye felt sorry for his beloved daughter, he did not attend the dinner himself, but sent the housekeeper to serve him with the full name.

Hou Ye was generous, and in order to express his gratitude, he also ordered the housekeeper to give everyone a small gift.

Because Xu Zun made a lot of contributions, the small gifts he got were naturally better than others'.

In the delicate jewelry box is an extremely delicate vermilion hairpin, the hairpin head is inlaid with a dark red gemstone, and the hairpin tail has seven teardrop-shaped pearls.

Despite the fact that these seven pearls are not large, they are extremely rare because of their special shape.

It can be seen that this Zhu Hai is definitely worth a lot.

"Hahaha...... Come ......" Among the crowd, the happiest person was none other than Li Yan, who took the lead in raising his glass and said, "This time, thanks to our Tangzhou Xu Tixing, come on Ji Ying, let's toast you together!"

"First congratulations on your promotion to sentencing, and then congratulations on solving important cases as soon as you take office, it's really a double happiness, congratulations!"

"Yes, yes, congratulations......," the officials echoed, and everyone raised their glasses to toast.

"Oh, this can be a villain," Xu Zun hurriedly stood up and said a classic official language, "This is also what your adults have taught well!" ”

After speaking, he did it first as a respect, and everyone drank the wine together.

This locally produced craft liquor is dry and mellow, with an excellent taste, which makes Xu Zun addicted to just one sip.

Xu ...... Xu Ti ...... the wine glass had not yet been put down, and the Taimin county guard suddenly came to Xu Zun, bowed down and said, "The last official respects you with a glass, if it weren't for Xu Ti's punishment to turn the tide and find the daughter of the Hou Mansion this time, my Taimin will definitely be in trouble!"

"Lord Xu is really a life-saving grace to me, please accept this official's worship!"

Saying that, Taemin actually wanted to kneel down for Xu Zun.

You must know that in terms of grade, Taimin, who is a county guard, is higher than Xu Zun's punishment.

"I can't help it, I can......'t help it," Xu Zun hurriedly helped, "Taijun Shou, you have to really thank you, let's have a drink!" ”

Taimin got up and immediately poured wine for Xu Zun personally, and the two drank it together.

"After this lesson, I, Taemin, really regret not being at the beginning," Taemin said ashamedly while holding up his wine glass, "In the future, I will definitely reflect on myself, prevent the slightest mistake, and dare not hide the case again!" ”

"Okay, okay," Li Yan said, "Taijun Shou should indeed reflect on it, although this matter has passed, but you do have the responsibility of negligence, so you should do it yourself in the future!" ”

"Yes, my lord taught me a lesson!" Taemin bowed his head, still looking nervous.

Xu Zun found that although this Taemin seemed to be sincerely thanking himself, there was still an uncertain light in his eyes.

It seems to be jealous, it seems to be afraid, and it seems to have another deep meaning.

I don't know, is this guy by nature, or does he have some little secret that no one knows?

In fact, through the previous conversation with Miss Lu Mingyue, Xu Zun had already shifted his suspicious gaze back to the Shangyuan County Government.

He always felt that there seemed to be something greasy in this county office, as if the 17 serial disappearances of beautiful girls were not as simple as they didn't notice the case......

At this time, the singing and dancing in the audience began!

The crowd stopped talking and began to eat and drink while enjoying the performance.

The performance of Taixian Tower was indeed beyond Xu Zun's expectations, Hongda's scenery, exquisite skills, beautiful music, and graceful dancing posture all made this grand performance beautiful and intoxicating.

What's even more surprising is that these performances still have themes, including some singing and crying stories that happened in Shangyuan City in the early days of the Great Xuan Dynasty, as well as myths and legends about Xuandao and so on......

The dancing girls are all graceful and graceful, which makes the male audience on and off the stage pleasing to the eye and restless.

Xu Zun was also fascinated, and wondered in his heart, I don't know what special projects there are in this Taixian Building besides singing and dancing performances?

Seeing that his mouth was dry, he drank a few more glasses, and he was slightly drunk.

Officialdom is polite, although Xu Zun and Li Yan and Taimin know each other, they are limited to official occasions, and there are not many common languages.

At the wine table, everyone talked about things only in the last iron coffin case, and this time the disappearance of the young lady, and there was no other topic.

Today, in addition to Xu Zun, Li Yan and Taimin, there is also the military flag captain Yuan Xingtai.

It's just that this Yuan Xingtai is different from ordinary soldiers, he doesn't even drink, but only replaces wine with tea.

He came from the barracks, and he couldn't talk to everyone, and he left under the pretext of having a mission not long after eating.

After the song and dance performance ended, Li Yan and Taemin also left the stage one after another, and Xu Zun was the only one left on the huge viewing platform.

At this time, the sound of piano and singing came from the scattered seats downstairs, and it turned out that it was the turn of the courtesans to appear.

Guests can pay for them to come and sing.

Ay?

Unexpectedly, Xu Zun only glanced down, and actually saw an acquaintance.

But I saw a blind girl with a pipa in her arms, walking cautiously in the middle of the table, and frequently saluting the guests, asking if they wanted to listen to her play and sing a song?

This blind girl was the young girl she met from the Dahuai Town Inn, because of her, Xu Zun also taught those flying and domineering commanders a lesson.

It's her!?

Xu Zun narrowed his eyes, Shangyuan City is so big, I can see this girl for the second time so soon, I don't know if it's fate? Still is......

Thinking of this, an idea burst out of Xu Zun's mind, he wanted to ask this girl to go upstairs and sing a song to herself.

However, before he could take action, there was already a table of guests downstairs calling the blind girl.

The blind girl was overjoyed when she heard this, and sat down before the guests at the table, and began to play the harp and sing:

“…… Life has been sad since ancient times, and several lovesickness and heartbreaks. The rain falls on the sycamore leaves cold,

Frost-dyed gold and flowers are cherished.

"In the dream, the yellow sand covers the Gobi, and the red sleeves in the boudoir are leading. How many wanderers are old in the border land, and they recognize other places as their hometowns......"

The song is sung tactfully, melodious, and the tune of the song is also catchy, with a clear rhythm, which is very good.

It's just that the lyrics are a bit bleak and sad, homesick and homesick......

Xu Zun couldn't understand why the guests liked to order this kind of parting sad song?

Is it already popular, or is it simply because the song is good?

No matter what, the song is really good, and the lyrics are also resonant, which makes Xu Zun forget about his tiresome official duties for a while, and he also follows the song and pats it low......

At the same moment, at a dining table in the corner downstairs, there was a discussion between a man and a woman.

These two people are Zhao Yu and Huo Anu, because their identities are not enough, they can only be arranged to sit downstairs.

"Hey, what a coincidence!" Zhao Yu, who was slightly drunk, knocked on the peanut, and said to the fire, "Isn't this girl who sings the same blind girl we saved that day?" ”

"Well, I've seen it a long time ago!" Huo Anu's face was flushed, and he obviously drank a lot, "I sang well, but I didn't understand." ”

"I said Fire Girl," Zhao Yu glanced at Huo Anu seriously and asked, "Why do I think that you seem to have something on your mind?" ”

"It's not a matter of heart, it's annoyance, anger!" Huo Anu glanced at Xu Zun upstairs and pouted, "I thought he trusted me very much!" But in the end, he still hides everything from me, not even that thief Liu Dong! ”

"Alas...... Don't say that, you're really too careful," Zhao Yu poured a full glass of wine for Huo Anu and persuaded, "I don't think it's that Lord Xu doesn't trust you, but I'm afraid that you won't be able to act."

"Fire Maiden is straightforward by nature, if she knew the adult's plan in advance, maybe, well......"

Seeing Huo Anu touching the iron umbrella in his hand, Zhao Yu hurriedly stopped.

"Humph!" Huo Anu picked up the wine glass, drank it all heartily, and then said, "I understand the reason, but I am different from you, I have already been dumped once, and I don't want to have a second time." ”

"Don't worry, it won't!" Zhao Yu smiled slightly, "Lord Xu at least won't arrange for someone else to kick you into the river, and then strip you naked, just to search for your things, right?" ”

"You...... Heh......"

Finally, Huo Anu was amused by Zhao Yu's self-deprecation.

This Zhao Yu is not a fool, he naturally knows what was the reason why he was kicked into the river in the first place?

"No way," Zhao Yu said freely, "You have to understand your lord, there are so many traitors in Xinye County, it doesn't hurt to be cautious!" Right? ”

"Good!" Huo Anu let go of the hand that touched the iron umbrella, poured himself a glass of wine, raised it at Zhao Yu and said, "Zhao Zhutou, I was wrong and offended that time!" ”

"Where, where, hehe......" Zhao Yu hurriedly raised his glass, and the two toasted together.

After drinking, the estrangement between the two gradually disappeared, so they chatted about some sensitive topics, including Liu Dong's "wife" - Ku Niang.

Zhao Yu said that he was really puzzled by this bitter girl, and he didn't understand why Xu Zun agreed to Liu Dong to bring his wife and children?

Liu Dong is just a servant, but he can lead the family, which is really contrary to common sense. The point is that Ku Niang is still different from normal people, unable to communicate and communicate.

Huo Anu said that she felt the same as Zhao Yu, and she also felt that Liu Dong and his family were quite burdensome, and I don't know if they will be properly resettled in the future?

Speaking of the future, the two will inevitably talk about the case again.

As soon as they talked about the case, the two immediately found that their views were unprecedentedly consistent, that is, the disappearance of the daughter of the Hou Mansion was just a warm-up for Xu Zun.

The really powerful case is still to come......