Chapter 176: Fragrant Girl
Fu Jiuqu didn't speak, and quietly flipped through the pages of the book in his hand.
In that booklet, there were more than 100 names. Under each person's name, their involvement in the spice case is recorded in detail, from Shouzhou to the capital, all of them are complicit moths.
This was to be expected.
What really attracted Fu Jiuqu's attention was that there were several names in the booklet that were the benevolent ministers of the court and the central government, that is, the Qing officials who Fu Jiuqu had been in the Imperial City Division for many years and had never found the slightest stain.
They don't just appear on this list.
What's even more bizarre is that almost all of these people are related to the "fragrant girl".
Fu Jiuqu pointed to the booklet and raised his eyes to look at Cai Qi.
"Xiangnu, what is it?"
Cai Qi replied: "Beauty, beauty." β
Fu Jiuqu's brows furrowed, "Be detailed." β
Cai Qi took a sip of tea and said in a low voice: "You have also seen that there is no shortage of clear people in the roster, but without exception, they can't stand the seduction of beauty, and they can't guarantee the evening...... I won't tell you anything, Chonglou, this time you brother and I, it's really ...... It takes all your life's work to retreat in all directions. β
Fu Jiuqu's eyes narrowed slightly, looking him up and down.
Cai Qi cleared his throat, pulled his clothes, and sighed seriously, "Let's put it this way, even if you are strong-willed, have no distractions, and read all the beauties in the world, you will still be fascinated by the fragrant girl......"
Fu Jiuqu snorted lowly, "So evil? β
Cai Qi saw his disdain and mockery, put down the teacup, and made a serious face.
"Don't underestimate the power of this fragrant girl. Alas, I can't tell you clearly, but if you have gone through what I have endured, you will know. Tsk, those women are well-trained, and none of the men can escape the pomegranate skirt......"
Fu Jiuqu flipped through the booklet, his expression unchanged.
"Why is it called a fragrant girl?"
"Strange fragrance is confusing."
"Where does the incense come from?"
"This ......" Cai Qi's eyes narrowed slightly, smacked his mouth, and said proudly, "It's like a body fragrance, quiet and natural, not like ordinary spices, not dyed with half a miscellaneous smell." Before the beauty is in her arms, she gets drunk for half a minute......"
"Before the beauty is in her arms, the person gets drunk for half a minute!" Fu Jiuqu pulled a banana and threw it at him, snorting coldly, "I think you poured too much cat urine, and your eyes flashed......"
"No, no, absolutely not." Cai Qi caught the banana, waved his hand again and again, then peeled off the skin, stuffed it into his mouth and continued: "You know me, although people have made some jokes, they don't drink alcohol in handling cases...... What's more, I have read all the beauty in Beijing, but I am still almost dizzy...... Thinking about it afterwards, it was really a cold sweat, and if you didn't notice it, you would be pinched. β
Cai Qi shook his head and ate bananas with a big mouth.
"I don't know where those women came from, they are really bright in the world......"
Fu Jiuqu lowered his eyes, turned his jade wrench, and smiled indifferently.
"Do you remember Wenzi?"
Cai Qi was taken aback.
Whoever he forgets, he won't forget Wen Zi.
It was the bad luck that he pulled out of the Wuzhang River with his own hands.
"What's wrong with her?"
Fu Jiuqu squinted at him and said word by word: "Spices, incense girls, shipwreck female corpses, gentle ...... The missing woman, the official who was bribed, you take a closer look, is there a connection? β
Cai Qi gasped, "You mean ......"
Seeing him stop, Fu Jiuqu nodded, smiled faintly, took the booklet and stood up.
"I'll go to Funing Hall and find an official."
After saying that, he turned his head suddenly, "Cao Yilan committed suicide at home, you go and appease her." β
"Ah, suicide?" Cai Qi cursed in a rough voice, threw away the banana peel and got up to leave, the footsteps were so fast that he didn't even notice it. Fortunately, before he could go out, he reacted, stopped abruptly, and turned back in embarrassment.
Fu Jiuqu was still standing there, looking at him with a calm expression.
Cai Qi's face cracked inch by inch, and the embarrassment was inexplicable.
"Heavy building, I ......"
He thought that Fu Jiuqu was deliberately testing him, looked at each other for a moment, and immediately slapped him in the face.
"I was fucking dizzy, so I answered. Then Cao Yilan is your fiancΓ©e, she can't die, what does it have to do with me? β
Over the years, Cao Yilan talked to Cai Qi when she had nothing to do. How many years she liked Fu Jiuqu, how many years she troubled Cai Qi. All along, she has been focusing on Cai Qi to conquer Fu Jiuqu, which can be regarded as saving the country. Cai Qi is also used to this, cousin and cousin, naturally close, he is sad about Cao Yilan's misfortune and angry with her, but he has gradually developed a habit of concerning.
As soon as he heard that Cao Yilan committed suicide, Cai Qi's first reaction was to be angry, not to comfort her, but to scold her.
Suddenly came to his senses, and then remembered that they were not what they were at the beginning.
Although she went to Shouzhou, the rumors about her and Cao Yilan in Beijing have not dispersed, and most of the reasons for Cao Yilan's suicide are inseparable from this matter.
He was ashamed and guilty.
"Chonglou, brother can't stand you, if you still can't get over this hurdle, you can just beat me up. I...... I'm really sorry. β
Fu Jiuqu looked at him, "No." You're so good for me. Go and see, die three times a day, and I see that no one can save you except you. β
Cai Qi: "......"
Dying three times a day is indeed like Cao Yilan's strange temper.
Although Fu Jiuqu's words are not to be heard, one thing is very right.
Cai Qi has coaxed and scolded Cao Yilan for so many years, and he really understood her temper.
If you want to cure her, it must be Cai Qi.
"Then you don't mind?" Cai Qi was confused, and always felt that things were not so simple.
Fu Jiuqu is not a kind-hearted person.
Will he care about Cao Yilan?
"Chonglou, you must have dug some kind of trap waiting for me to jump, right? Brother, I admit my mistakes, if you want to kill or chop, you give me a good word, don't cheat me. β
Fu Jiuqu pursed his lips and snorted coldly.
"Go or not, whatever you want."
Before he could finish his voice, he strode away.
"Hey!" Cai Qi followed a few steps behind, saw him go farther and farther, thought about it, and sighed again, "What about the trap?" If you do your own sins, you will jump even if you close your eyes! β
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In the past few days, some people have found that Xinyi's medicine hall is a little strange.
The guys are not allowed to enter and leave the inner hall at will, and a few little ladies are also very mysterious in and out, looking cautious and afraid of being seen......
Some people speculate that it is the king of Guangling County who is hidden inside, and he and Zhang Xiaoniang began to act secretly from the ground to the underground in order to avoid suspicion.
These rumors reached Xin Yi's ears, and she couldn't cry or laugh.
In fact, she hadn't seen Fu Jiuqu for several days.
The fox girl they rescued that day lay on the bed for a few days, stopped the bleeding, and the fetus was saved, but her body was too weak and she needed to rest in bed.
finally ate and slept obediently, Xin Yi didn't want to scare people away, when the time came, who would renovate the house of the pharmacy? She is still waiting to settle accounts with the king of Guangling County.
With this bet, Xin Yi felt that he had won steadily.
However, Fu Jiuqu didn't come for a long time, which made her a little anxious.
"Love, you and Xiangling take a good look at the fox girl, I'll go out."
The lover responded, "Where is my sister going?" β
Xin Yi said: "Find the king of the county." β
"Oh." The lover looked at her happily, feeling that her sister had finally opened her mind, and her eyebrows and eyes were smiling, "Then sister, go quickly, we are watching at home, you can rest assured." β
Xin Yi snorted and went to the well to wash his hands.
"I'm going to collect the debt!"
"Huh?" The beloved was amazed.
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Xin Yi originally wanted to go to the Imperial City Division to find Fu Jiuqu, but when he went to the gatehouse to ask, Fu Jiuqu went out at noon.
Will you go back to the Eldest Princess's Mansion?
Xin Yi hesitated, left a note, and prepared to go back.
But she didn't want to run in vain, so she decided to go to Zhouqiao to buy two boxes of orange cakes and eat them. She and her children love that kind of pastry.
She rode slowly along the road on a donkey, and before she reached the state bridge, she heard the blowing and beating on the street of the Bianhe River, and there was a burst of joy.
She slowed her pace and walked to the side.
At this time, there was a faint discussion of the crowd in my ears.
"This is the Xu family wine sent by the Cao family to the Lu family?"
"It's magnificent!"
"The Cao family's etiquette is really thoughtful......"
The Song people's Xu Qin wine is also called "Xu Kou Wine", which is the wine that the man sends to the woman after the man and the woman exchange the post. The bottles of Xu Qinjiu are generally dressed up in fancy fashion, covered with exquisite flowers, decorated with eight bright flowers, very gorgeous, and then tied with a red silk cloth on the burden of picking wine, and sent to the woman's house by blowing and blowing. The more noble the family background, the more grand the wine will be.
Xin Yi didn't expect to see Cao Yi's gift with his own eyes, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart. In order not to embarrass the Cao family, she silently led the donkey out of the crowd and prepared to leave from behind.
She thought as she walked, a little distracted.
Unexpectedly, someone suddenly slammed his back.
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Fu Jiuqu: I haven't seen you for a few days, like countless autumns. She must have missed me.
Xinyi: ...... Yes, birdman who doesn't talk much, I'm waiting for you to come and build me a house.
Fu Jiuqu: You don't have to see outside, do you want to build a golden house for you? The kind of bird that closes the bird.