Say the other side.

After Gu Qingjue and the others came out of Gu's house, they first asked Sanqi to go to the town to buy horses, and after the horses were bought, they met with Gu Qingjue Zeng Shengji in the suburbs.

The three of them hurried all the way to the northwest, and arrived at the boundary of Mingguang County three days later.

The farther north I went, the colder it gradually became, and I originally relied on the dry food prepared by Su Yixin to satisfy my hunger.

But because Zeng Shengji had a huge amount of food, and they didn't have storage bags, the dry food they brought was limited, mainly because Su Yixin didn't know that Zeng Shengji would go to the academy with him, and the half month's dry food that was originally prepared was almost eaten on the second day, and he had to go into the city to replenish the dry food today.

The three of them entered Mingguang County when it was almost dark and found an inn called Fulai to settle down.

"Little two, I want three rooms."

"Okay, guest officer, please!"

The inns of the Song Dynasty, most of them only provide accommodation, and the Fulai Inn has both accommodation and food, such a large scale, perhaps with Mingguang County is located in the traffic fortress, the population is relatively large, the first floor is a place to eat, the second floor is a place to stay.

Xiao Er led the three of them up to the second floor, and pointed to the three rooms on the far side to the left: "Three guest officers, these are the three rooms." ”

Sleeping in the open for several days, although it was cold, there was no rancid smell on the body, but the taste was not much better, I asked for hot water, freshen up before going downstairs to eat.

While eating, many people ran outside the door, and then the people in the inn also ran out.

They were passing by, not interested in what was going on outside, and were concentrating on eating.

About a quarter of an hour later, the people who ran out from the inn to watch the excitement came back one after another,

Sanqi got up with great insight and asked a man who was about twenty-one or twelve years old and wearing a yellow red-colored round-necked brocade robe, who was originally sitting at the window for dinner: "This big brother, what happened in front of you just now?" ”

"Little brother, you are a foreigner with this accent, right?"

Sanqi nodded: "Well, follow my son-in-law out to see the world, I heard someone say just now that someone drowned?" ”

This person's name was Tan Tingbao, and he was sitting at the opening of a window of the inn. A native of Mingguang County, the Lai Fulai Inn was originally a simple meal, and when he was waiting for the meal, his position happened to be able to see the movement on the wooden bridge not far away, and when he saw that people were running over, he also went to join in the fun, which was about to share the information he knew with others.

Seeing that he was still young for three or seven years, he estimated that he was just curious and asked casually, so he told everything he knew.

"But no, it's not someone else who died, but the little daughter of the county master's family, this county master, or a year ago in Mingguang County to take up his post, a very good official master, why didn't God open his eyes and let his little daughter drown in the river."

As soon as the man finished speaking, another table of men of the same age, with wolf-smoke-colored round necks intertwined and embroidered with bird patterns, came over and said in a low voice: "I don't think things are simple, I was very close just now, and the woman's hands still have traces of being tied by ropes." Although it is very shallow, I have good eyes since I was a child, and I can still see it very clearly. ”

"Didn't they all say drowned?"

The man in the wolf-smoke-colored round-necked brocade robe, looking like he didn't understand this, looked at the man in the yellow monochrome brocade robe and Sanqi, lowered his head slightly, and said: "How can there be traces of being tied on the drowning hands, it was obviously killed by someone and thrown into the river." ”

This table is adjacent to Gu Qingjue and Zeng Shengji's table, and with the skills of the two of them, even if their voices are small, they can still hear their conversation clearly.

As the man in the wolf-smoke-colored brocade robe said, the woman who fell into the water and died had traces of rope binding on her hands, so it was extremely likely that he would be killed.

However, it was the daughter of the county lord who died, if there was really something wrong, as long as she was not blind, she would definitely be able to find out.

I thought that this news was exciting, but I didn't expect the man in wolf smoke to say even more exciting news next: "I heard that this little girl of the county master's family took a fancy to a scholar who passed through here on the way to the exam two months ago, and she wanted to follow the scholar alive or dead, and then she really eloped with the scholar." ”

The man in the yellow red brocade robe was surprised: "You know such a private thing?" ”

"That's it!"

Gu Qingjue held the chopsticks in his right hand, and the index finger and thumb of his left hand rubbed slowly.

The man in the wolf-smoke-colored brocade robe has an average appearance and average height, but the material of his clothes is excellent, and the jade pendant he wears around his waist is said to be of good quality.

Yes, some people in the family are willing to come to Fulai Inn to eat, and their identities naturally have channels to know the news.

What the man in the wolf-smoke-colored brocade robe said was eighty percent true.

At least the scholar did exist.

However, these are just Gu Qingjue's analysis in his heart, his current identity is a student who went to Chongyang Academy to study, and he is not qualified to meddle in this matter.

"According to you, the one who killed Miss Qiu must be that scholar!"

"Eight or nine is not far from ten."

Speaking of this, the voice gradually weakened, the food was served, and everyone went to eat.

Sanqi also returned to his seat, had a good meal, and the three of them were about to go upstairs to rest, and when they were going up the stairs, the table sitting at the top of the stairs was also discussing the matter, and mentioned Qiu Hong, the county magistrate of Mingguang County.

Zeng Shengji paused, looked back at the man who spoke, and walked over in a few steps.

The tall man stood there, and the few people who spoke involuntarily stopped talking, and Zeng Shengji asked expressionlessly: "What did you just say about the name of the county master?" ”

"Huh?"

One of them let out a bewildered "ah".

Zeng Shengji glared at him: "What is the name of the county master who came here from Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

Qiu ...... Qiu Hong! ”

Zeng Shengji heard this, his fingers clenched and creaked.

The frightened people who were eating hurriedly took out some broken silver from their purses and ran out of the inn in a panic.

When I walked to the door, I didn't forget to complain: This person is sick.

Gu Qingjue walked to Zeng Shengji's side and said softly: "Master, if there is anything, let's go back to the room first." ”

"Hmm."

Zeng Shengji also knew that he had lost his temper, turned around and went upstairs, Gu Qingjue followed behind, and entered Zeng Shengji's room.

After sitting for a while, Zeng Shengji spoke: "I don't remember a lot of things in Kyoto, but I can remember the name Qiu Hong, he used to be close friends with me, but for some reason, he was demoted to this small Mingguang County." ”

"Master, do you want to meet this Qiu Hong?"

"Hmm."

Zeng Shengji took a deep breath: "If it was really him, maybe he would know what happened in Zeng's mansion." ”

He didn't bother to investigate what happened in Kyoto.

But since it happened by chance, I always have to verify it.

(End of chapter)