"Really?" Xin Yi noticed the sharp edge hidden in Fu Jiuqu's complicated gaze, his cheeks couldn't help but heat slightly, his eyelids drooped slightly, and one hand unconsciously rubbed back and forth.

"Aunt Li is always in the east and the west, she listens a lot and talks a lot, and she may not be able to remember all the words she says, and the king of the county doesn't have to take it seriously."

"You're not honest." Fu Jiuqu's gaze fell on the top of Xin Yi's head, and when he saw her looking up and looking straight ahead, pretending to be calm and innocent, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she couldn't help but smile lowly, "Every time you lie, that hand just scratches and scratches like this, extremely restless, and you know that there is a ghost in your heart at a glance." ”

Xin Yi was suffocated.

Dare to love the king of Guangling County still know how to micro-expressions?

She coughed lightly, "I'm scratching and scratching, it's not that there is a ghost in my heart, it's because the county king is looking at me, and I'm nervous." ”

"There's no ghost in your heart, what are you nervous about?"

"Because the king of the county is so good-looking." Xin Yi smiled slightly, and threw the pot at him confidently: "Which little lady is stared at by the king of the county like this, she won't be nervous and flustered?" I'm a dirt dog, and I'm not exempt from vulgarity. ”

“……”

The person who called himself a soil dog, Fu Jiuqu saw it for the first time.

The corners of his lips involuntarily raised, with a little smile, perhaps healed by Xin Yi's "good-looking", his expression was relaxed, and his tone was much softer.

"And how do you know she's coming?"

"Taste." Xin Yi said: "Don't hide it from the county king, my sense of smell is more sensitive than ordinary people." There was a peculiar scent of the dress she had fallen from the room she had sneaked into, exactly the same as the one I had lost and had recovered. I suspect she lives nearby, and that the cat was kept by her when it went missing. ”

Fu Jiuqu squinted at her, thoughtful.

Xin Yi hid the part he knew about the "Nine-Tailed Fox Demon Plot", and slowly analyzed:

"The first time this woman appeared, it was the day I steamed the tuk in the courtyard. At that time, she knocked the bamboo basket I hung on the wall to the ground...... Later, Xiang Ling told me that the leftovers in the stove were often stolen, and today there was another incident of stealing clothes, so I judged that the thief was a woman, she liked spices, she liked beautiful dresses, she might be kung fu, and her skills were good, but her current condition was very bad, she might not be hungry, and she would not be able to keep out the cold...... So, I made a hot pot, hung out my new clothes, smoked the incense, let everyone go to the yard to eat, gave her a chance to sneak into the room, and caught her with a fishing net......"

Fu Jiuqu raised his eyebrows.

"Hot pot is just one of the bait?"

Xin Yi wondered if he would ask this question after hearing this.

"yes, what's wrong?"

The corners of Fu Jiuqu's lips pursed coldly, looking at her in deep thought.

After a moment, he asked, "How are you going to catch her next?" ”

"I don't catch her." Xin Yi sighed lightly, "Before I saw her, I originally thought that this 'fox demon' who was only trying to harm the world was really a three-headed and six-armed person, vicious and abnormal. When I saw it tonight, it turned out to be just an ordinary poor woman...... Moreover, she seemed to have lost her mind, and she didn't fully know what she was doing. ”

"So that's it?" Fu Jiuqu seemed to be smiling, and his tone was a little dignified, "If this woman is really related to Du Zhongqing, then it has nothing to do with the spice case that the Imperial City Division is investigating, maybe she is one of the criminals." If you let people go, do you know you're going to get into trouble? ”

"Otherwise, how could I leave the king of the county down and hunt demons together?" Xin Yi pursed his lips and smiled, seeing Fu Jiuqu frowning unhappily, he looked at him very firmly, "Don't worry, I believe she will come back." I will definitely find a way to get her to open her mouth and help the county king find out the truth. ”

"What if you don't come back? Atonement to you? ”

"Shall we make a bet?"

"Bet on what?"

"Gambling ......" Xin Yi hesitated and thought, such a great opportunity, how to knock the king of Guangling County.

Unexpectedly, Fu Jiuqu was the first to speak.

"Bet on this house." Fu Jiuqu looked around, his cold face was as arrogant as ever, "It's limited to seven days, if you win, I'll find someone to help you build a pharmacy according to the paper you drawn, and I will bear the cost......"

Xin Yi was taken aback.

She wanted to renovate the pharmacy and drawings, and Fu Jiuqu also knew about it?

Did the birdman put eyeliner next to her?

Fu Jiuqu's eyes were pale, and then he said: "If you lose, mortgage the house you bought from Sun Huai to me, but you can still use it, just pay me the rent every month." ”

Really.

I can't hide the matter of buying a house from him.

Xin Yi breathed a sigh of relief, half-squinting and looking at Fu Jiuqu.

Seriously speaking, the cost of renovating the pharmacy is certainly not comparable to the original value of the house, and the gambling contract is not equal. But she was convinced that the woman would definitely come back, and felt that Fu Jiuqu's move was simply "giving away someone's head", and she was sorry for herself if she didn't gamble.

What if you lose?

Then return the money to Fu Jiuqu, anyway, you can continue to rent it when the time comes......

The first time I made a bet, I bet so big, Xin Yi was a little excited.

"Okay, that's a deal. When the time comes, the king of the county will not regret it. ”

Fu Jiuqu's eyelids moved slightly, and he snorted softly, "How can this king ever lose his words?" ”

Xin Yi raised a hand to high-five him," the gentleman said. ”

Fu Jiuqu squinted his eyes and was slightly stunned, slowly raised his hand, clasped it on her small palm, and smiled slightly.

"Pony ...... Eat the pot and go. ”

The moon enters the sky, and the silver light is sprinkled in the small courtyard. The birds in the treetops were all asleep, the Wuzhang River was flowing quietly, and the little guy guarding the other end of Du Zhongqing's wall was leaning against the base of the wall, smelling the tempting food, and he was so hungry that he didn't know what was going on.

Xin Yi and Fu Jiuqu returned to the table and continued to boil the hot pot, and the others also sat back one after another, laughing and laughing in the fragrance of food, as if nothing had happened.

The three children got off the table early.

Fu Jiuqu asked Sun Huai to wait for them to wash, but was stopped by Xin Yi.

"They're all so big, they do their own thing."

Sun Huai looked at his master, not knowing whether to move or not.

The three children also stood in place, looking at their mother and Uncle Fu, at a loss.

In the end, Fu Jiuqu waved his hand, leaving Xin Yi to take care of the child and no longer interfere.

"The king of the county is not strange." Xin Yi was afraid of losing the face of the king of Guangling County, and when the child left, he explained with a smile.

"We are not rich and noble, today there is grandpa grandpa here, we can take care of them, and in the future, grandpa grandpa is not here, so can I still find a few maids for them to come back and wait? It's not a bad thing to let children be self-reliant. ”

She was talking about Sun Huai.

In fact, it's not just Sun Huai.

She also included herself.

She is afraid that one day, she will sleep and wake up again, and she will no longer be in this world, and when the child will have no mother, she will have to rely on herself to survive, so she always wants to cultivate her child to be self-reliant as soon as possible.

"Hmm." Fu Jiuqu didn't say much.

He has been clothed and fed since he was a child, and he is used to opening his hands and mouth, and he can raise the three children on behalf of Zhang Xingyuan, and he doesn't fully understand Xin Yi's persistence, but he doesn't force it, nods slightly, and asks her simply.

"I've eaten too. Where do I sleep tonight? ”

Xin Yi: "My room. ”

After a slight pause, she also put down her chopsticks, "I squeeze my lover and them." ”

Fu Jiuqu's eyebrows raised slightly, and he looked at her silently.

How can a woman's boudoir allow a foreign man to live in?

This little lady really doesn't see him outside.

Xin Yi thought that he was not very satisfied, and said helplessly: "In the entire pharmacy, only my room is the largest and most spacious. The king of the county will either succumb to the night or ...... Let's go back to the house and rest. I guess the fox demon won't come back tonight. And this matter, the king of the county can also see clearly, if there is any official wrongdoing in the future, you can also be a witness for me......"

Fu Jiuqu snorted: "You should be careful." ”

Xin Yi smiled, "Keep one hand for everything, there is wine and meat every day." This fox demon is eyeing me, even if I don't do anything, I may get into trouble, it's better to strike first, the king of the county said, right? ”

Fu Jiuqu glanced at Xin Yi and got up to ask Sun Huai to change his clothes.

……

That night, Fu Jiuqu didn't go back, but he didn't go to Xin Yi's room either. Instead, he took a nap on the chaise longue in the tea room, and after about four watches, he got up and left.

Sun Huai yawned and held the lamp, and was about to prepare water for the county king to wash, but Fu Jiuqu waved his hand to stop him, and told him to take his hands and feet lightly.

"The child is going to school tomorrow morning, so don't disturb him."

Sun Huai snorted, "Yes." ”

The master and servant quietly left through the side door, Xin Yi got up in the morning, and he couldn't even see a human figure, but the bamboo cage containing the cat was still in place, and the cat was not taken away by Fu Jiuqu.

"Don't want any gifts?"

Xin Yi shook his head amusedly, asked the lover to take the cat back to feed, and opened the business as usual, focusing on the bet with Fu Jiuqu and the woman, and didn't care too much......

But I never expected that there was a biggest flaw in this elaborate "monster hunting plan".

She stayed in the shop because she was just a doctor, and it was a crime to forcibly arrest people, which came from modern legal awareness, but ignored the serious consequences of a widow letting a man stay overnight in ancient times.

Even if she is not alone, let alone a lonely man and widow in a room, the news that the king of Guangling County stayed overnight in Xinyi Pharmacy still had an impact on her that she did not expect.

The little widow who has no name and no share, and the favorite minister of the dynasty, the king of Guangling County, is commensurate with her uncle and sister-in-law, but she hooks up and has private contacts, this kind of fragrant thing is the most talked about by people.

One to ten, ten to hundred, add oil and vinegar.

Xin Yi was caught off guard, and there was an additional title on his head - the outer chamber of the king of Guangling County.

When Xin Yi heard the news from An Niangzi's mouth, he almost laughed angrily.

"Why don't they say that the King of Guangling is my outer chamber?"

An Niangzi didn't expect her words and deeds to be so bold, and the corners of her mouth twitched.

"Lady, stop joking. Who said this? ”

"It doesn't matter. The important thing is, what will the eldest princess and the eldest girl think if they hear the news? Xin Yi shook his head, feeling very nerve-wracking, "That's it, what am I afraid of a little widow?" Just say it, not a lot of half hairs. Anyway, the kings of Guangling County are delicate and precious, and they must be more anxious than me......"

"Lady mean?"

Xin Yi smiled lazily, "We should eat, drink, let them say, if the eldest princess's mansion does not come forward to solve it, the Cao mansion will also eliminate the influence." ”