Wang Fatzi felt that he recommended me to go to the autopsy, so that I could show my face in front of Xu County's order and invite credit in front of my mother, so the father and daughter also had dinner at my house.

Ah Niang thanked me in person, but behind her back she warned me that I still had to find a job to do, and I couldn't always count on doing this road.

Of course I know. Making tofu every day is considered a bank, and after sending tofu and then looking for something to do, by the way, I have to monitor the abnormalities around me, hehe, one person has done three jobs, I don't know how much money will be earned?

However, the matter of doing secret agents, of course, it is inconvenient to say, even if it is done, I am afraid that it must be kept secret, otherwise how can it be called a secret agent?

It was another night in a daze, and I woke up suddenly to find that I was still holding Mu Niangzi's ice silk handkerchief tightly in my hand. Do you want to return it? This handkerchief was stolen by Xiao Mu from under her bed, if it is returned to her, will it make her misunderstand that I stole it, even if I explain it clearly, wouldn't it betray Xiao Mu? What's more, Xiao Mu still doubts her identity.

Tangled all the way, and waited for the tofu to be delivered to the inn, but Mu Niangzi was not there, Fu Bo said that she usually went back to Mu Mansion at night, and only occasionally rested in the guest room.

Mu Mansion must be the residence of Mu County Lieutenant, so how can I spy on her?

"Jianghu, what's the matter?" Fauber asked, handing me today's money.

I came back to my senses: "Oh, I just want to ask Mrs. Mu, I don't know if this inn still needs manpower?" I'm done delivering tofu, and I don't have anything to do, and I want to find a job to do. ”

"Oh, that's right, make more money while you're young." Fu Bo nodded with satisfaction: "Then you wait a while, the owner will come in a while." ”

"Then let's have a bowl of clear noodle soup." I left three copper plates, picked a table in the corner, and sat down.

"Little second brother, come to a bowl of clear soup noodles, the amount of food for three people, okay?" An old man cautiously stepped into the store and asked in a low voice.

"Okay. Regardless of the amount, it is all three cents, but the noodles in our store are very light, and you have to eat them all if you want them, and you can get ten times the price of one left. "Ah Wu still talks about the rules first.

"yes, okay." Lao Suo's withered bark-like face smiled happily, and waved his hand outward: "Da Lang Erlang, come in and come in." ”

The two young men at the door ran in with their heads down, sat down at a table with Lao Suo, and waited nervously.

Seeing that they were ragged and like beggars on the street, it took courage to step into such an upscale place and sit down at the table to eat.

I used to think that I was quite poor, and I had low self-esteem for a while, but now when I look at them, I feel that I am very happy. At least I don't have to worry about three meals a day, at least I have a home that is sheltered from the elements. This is really less than enough.

"The clear soup noodles are here. Come, Jianghu, yours. Ah Wu brought me a bowl, and went to the father and son: "This is for the three of you, and I also brought you two bowls, please use them slowly, there is tea in the pot on the table, please take care of yourself." ”

"Thank you." Lao Suo stood up tremblingly: "Little second brother, ...... I heard that you can't afford to pay for face, and you can still work, but is it true? ”

"Yes. There's still a pile of firewood in the backyard waiting to be chopped, so if it's convenient, you'll do a favor when you're done eating? Ah Wu replied with a smile still on his face.

"Hey, these are my two sons, I promise to do it in a while." Lao Su smiled and waved at the two sons, and the father and son devoured their heads.

I looked around the whole guest hall, because it was still early, and I only had five tables of guests, almost all of them were eating noodles, and they were all dusty.

I pulled out a pair of chopsticks, hesitating whether to add a kimchi, but just put the chopsticks into the noodles, but I was stunned, only to see that the originally light noodle soup actually floated on the oil splashes, and then gently picked, a stream of meat foam rushed up from the gap in the noodles, and then turned the noodles over, good guy, there is still a fried egg hidden at the bottom of the bowl.

"What's wrong? Can't eat it? If you can't eat it, it's thirty dollars. ”

"Mu Niangzi."

I looked up, just a ray of sunlight shining in through the window paper, forming a beautiful circle of light around her, she was still wearing a pure white dress, more lotus lace than the neckline of yesterday, her face was more charming with the sun on her back, and the whole person was like a white lotus just out of the water in the morning light.

"I ...... I just ordered clear soup noodles. "I didn't dare to look any more, I just felt that my ears were a little hot, and it was still spreading to my face.

Mrs. Mu sat down on the bench opposite me, also stared at my face, and smiled softly: "You are not a monk, what kind of noodles do you eat?" You bring me tofu early in the morning, and I tell them to add an extra spoonful of meat foam and an egg to you. Eat it without overcharging you. ”

I hesitated: "But I can't break your rules." ”

Mu Niangzi smiled: "Which rule says I can't send things to guests?" This is my inn, I can send whatever I want. Fauber! ”

"Oh, host."

"Go, send a plate of fried tofu with shallots to each table for the guests who came to breakfast today, except for him."

"Hey." Fauber nodded, glanced at me, and headed straight to the back kitchen.

I picked up a chopstick noodle and said, "Thank you." Mu Niangzi can go and get busy if she has something, don't worry about me. ”

Mu Niangzi moved closer to me: "Don't you have anything to say to me?" ”

I didn't dare to move: "No." ”

"Okay, then you can use it slowly."

Seeing her walk away, I dared to take a deep breath, and then gulped down this bowl of special noodles. For some reason, my heart suddenly raced just now, and I forgot to mention what I was doing in the inn for a while. However, even if I mention it, will she keep me?

"The host has a treat, this dish is delivered, not money." Ah Wu's shouting was particularly loud.

There is such a wayward owner in this world, no wonder she said that she couldn't sell out of my tofu, but she still asked me to send it every day, and it turned out that it was all used for favors. Will she still make money doing this? So what was her purpose in opening this inn? She...... Is it really a meticulous work?

"Oh no, someone died, a corpse floated in the river on Front Street!" As soon as one person entered the store, he shouted loudly.

I had just finished drinking the noodle soup when the whole bowl almost fell to the ground, and there was another murder!

"What? Who was that dead? Ah Wu leaned over and asked curiously.

Mu Niangzi also stood up from the counter.

"I don't know, the county magistrate Xu County Commander and the county lieutenant Xiao brought people over."

"Is Li Jianghu here?" A servant stepped into the shop.

I was stunned: "Yes." ”

"Xu County Order, please go for a while."

"Me?" I swallowed my saliva and looked at Mu Niangzi, only to see that she was walking towards me.

"He is my guest, and the decision is a matter of Xu County's order, what does it have to do with him?" Mu Niangzi asked, handing the official a glass of water.

The official waved his hand in a panic and took a step back: "Oh, Mu Niangzi." There is only one person in our county office, and when it comes to homicide cases, the county magistrate thinks it is better to have one more person to help with the autopsy. ”

"Li Jianghu is not from the county government, ask him for help, who will pay him?" Mu Niangzi asked again, fiddling with her hair with one hand: "I heard my brother tell Qin Cha yesterday that the Xu County Order arbitrarily instructed the people to help, but he didn't pay a penny. I don't know when Qin Cha decided to talk to Xu Xianling. ”

The official shuddered: "Thank you Mu Niangzi for telling me, the small one must be told to the county order." ”

"Take this handkerchief, wash your hands after the inspection, I don't want my tofu to smell like a dead man." Mu Niangzi leaned into my ear and said, took out a black cloth with a sandwich and stuffed it into my hand.

I nodded gratefully at her and sped away with the officer.

The corpse had been sent to the house, and the officials outside were lined up in an orderly manner, and Xu County Ling and Xiao County Lieutenant were talking.

I hurriedly waved my hand: "In Xia Li Jianghu, meet the Ming Mansion and the county lieutenant." ”

"Oh, Li Jianghu. Go ahead, go in and have a look. Xu Xian Ling waved his hand, a little anxious. Lieutenant Xiao was silent.

"The deceased was a male, about 20 years old, with mud in his mouth and nose, fluid in his lungs, and a large amount of alcohol in his stomach. Zhang Xiaoquan opened the deceased's mouth and nose to inspect it, and then probed him with a needle all over his body, and then said to the person next to him.

The man waved his pen to record, and then looked at me: "You are Li Jianghu?" Come and see. ”

"Yes." I tied the veil and looked at it carefully, and asked them to help turn the body over, and the answer was the same.

"Is there an answer to the identity of the deceased?" County Lieutenant Xiao walked to the door and asked.

"Uh...... After being soaked in the river, his face was swollen and difficult to recognize. Zhang Xiaoquan tore off his veil and replied respectfully.

"Since he has stumbled after drinking, perhaps he can be found in the place where he ate and drank, although his face is not easy to recognize, but his clothes are intact." I added.

"Well, that's right. If someone comes, immediately go to the nearby restaurants to look for clues. Xu Xian Ling nodded, and immediately a team of officials took the order.

"Li Jianghu, it's none of your business, go down to find the forest master Bo to receive sixty yuan, which is considered to be the reward for these two times. Don't be too little, now in this city, refugees come every day to resettle, build bridges and pave roads, build schools, and later renovate dilapidated houses, and ask for money everywhere. If something happens in the future, I will still trouble you. Xu Xianling patted me on the shoulder, and his words were extremely cordial.

"Xie Ming Mansion. In the future, if there is a place where Li can be used, the Ming Mansion will command. ”

After leaving the mortuary and washing my hands, I took off the handkerchief, I don't know what was in the mezzanine, which was very good at isolating the smell of the corpse, and it was still a little refreshing.

I went to Lin Zhubo with the official to get the money, although it was only sixty yuan, but it was a return, and it was not in vain for me and Wang Fatzi for ten years.

It's just that two people died in two days in a row, and this person's life is too fragile.

I walked around the street a few times, met them unloading at a rice shop, took another hand, earned thirty yuan, and then wandered aimlessly.

"I found out clearly, it was a scoundrel on East Street who died, and he used to make trouble in our inn. The man was idle all day long, petty theft, and last night he went to Wanhualou to eat flower wine, and somehow drowned when he walked to the Qingchuan River, which is really retribution. ”

As soon as I stepped into the inn, I listened to Shi Zheng's report to Mu Niangzi seriously, surrounded by Fu Bo and Ah Wu, and some diners also listened attentively.

"Oh, got it, let's get busy." Mu Niangzi waved her hand and smiled at me: "Li Jianghu, you came just in time, I have something to ask you." ”

I followed her to the backyard and looked at the new pile of firewood under the eaves, thinking that it was the work of the father and son.

"You went for an autopsy, do you think the man accidentally fell into the water or was he killed?" Mu Niangzi asked suddenly.

"Accident." I replied, a little panicked, not knowing what she meant.

Sure enough, she frowned, and the corners of her mouth raised slightly: "Accident? Where do so many accidents come from every day? And they are all scum who came home drunk from Wanhualou. ”