The two were silent opposite each other, and the arrival of Murnu broke the embarrassment.

Mo Nu walked up to Ying'er, leaned over and saluted, then stretched out his thumb and index finger, his thumb did not move, his index finger bent a few times, and then the index fingers of both hands formed the word "human", and the last palm of his hand was facing down, waving it twice from the outside to the inside.

Ying'er turned her head and told Zhen Xun: "What does Munu mean: Someone is coming." “

"Who's coming?" Zhen Xun patted Murnu on the shoulder and asked curiously.

Mo Nu looked at Zhen Xun's mouth shape, knew Zhen Xun's question, and then started sign language, Zhen Xun couldn't understand, and didn't want to use spiritual power to cast spells, so he consciously retreated to the side and let Ying'er interpret it.

"Ying'er, in fact, I've always been curious, you grew up in the pickaxe capital, how did you know sign language?" Zhen Xun looked at Murnu in a daze, and only felt in her heart that this was more difficult to understand than not being able to figure out the fingers, seeing Murnu raising a hand above her head, she guessed, maybe the visitor was a tall person?

Ying'er looked at Murnu's answer, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then nodded thoughtfully.

Ying'er just smiled playfully and said, "Guess." “

How can this be difficult to find? No matter how she is a little fairy, how can she be stumped by this little thing? Zhen Xun raised his hand to use spiritual power.

Ying'er stared at Zhen Xun's hand vigilantly, and after sensing the other party's intentions, she grabbed Zhen Xun's hand, and then said coquettishly: "Guess what~ Guess it~ People come all the way for you, sister, don't you feel it at all?" “

Coming all the way? Is it from the big play? But there are not many people she knows in Da Song, and she came all the way to Panlong City, it is impossible to become a king, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and it is impossible to play a duke, thinking of the hand that Mo Nu raised above his head, Zhen Xun said tentatively: "Gongzi is high...... Is it? “

"You guessed it!" Ying'er suddenly cheered and jumped up, and came to Zhen Xun's side with a gossipy face, "Sister, you two really have a tacit understanding." “

"Hurry up, hurry up—Childe Gao should be in a hurry." Ying'er grabbed the distracted Zhen Xun and walked out excitedly, the light blue skirt also became elegant, and the dragonfly hairpin on the sideburns also trembled slightly, as if she was alive.

When she was about to reach the door, Ying'er suppressed her smile, took a few deep breaths, put on a smiling face, and stepped into the house without hurrying.

The white moon hung in the sky, and the man with a long jade body, dressed in a azure brocade robe, was facing the window, and he didn't know what he was staring at, but he didn't even notice that the two were approaching.

Ying'er said lightly: "I don't know which gust of wind blew Childe here?" It's a rare guest. “

When the man heard the sound, he turned around, and his elegant and handsome face was a little more tired, and even his smile was more gentle and lazy: "When I go back to my own house, what gust of wind do I have to take?" ”

"Yo, I'm embarrassed to say it's my own home, A-Niang said, you haven't been back for many years." Ying'er pretended to be angry, "Come on, what the hell did you think about coming back this time?" ”

"What the hell can I think? It's just homesickness. Gongzi Gao pinched Ying'er's little face and said: "It's not His Royal Highness Chengwang, I see that you haven't come back for so long, so I urged my cousin to come over and see what happened. ”

Hearing the words "His Royal Highness King Cheng", Ying'er's interest instantly cooled down, she pursed her mouth, looked elsewhere, and said sullenly: "If he really cares about me, why don't he come over in person." ”

Gongzi Gao coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, pinched Ying'er's sleeve, and found a topic: "I haven't been home for a long time, I don't know when this is a new trend that arose in Panlong City?" ”

A half-moon-white handkerchief stretched out of the goose-yellow cuffs, which was folded by the old city lord when he saw Ying'er's wet sleeves, and now Ying'er's sleeves were already dry, so he casually pulled out the handkerchief and played with it in his hand.

Suddenly, Ying'er's whole person froze, and a pair of eyes stared at the moon-white Jinpa.

Sensing the strange Gongzi Gao and Zhen Xun, they approached and followed Ying'er's line of sight to find the clue - the purple-red stain on the moon-white brocade.

"What is this?" Childe Gao asked, "It's just a dirty handkerchief to change it, what are you fuss about?" You are a dignified lady of the family, and you are still stingy with a handkerchief? ”

"I don't feel distressed when I lose dozens or hundreds of this kind of veil a day. But this veil belongs to the old city lord. Ying'er retorted.

"So what?" Childe Gao still doesn't understand.

Ying'er twisted the purple-red stain, put the handkerchief under her nose and sniffed it to confirm, then handed the handkerchief to Zhen Xun, and spit out three words in a daze: "Beauty." “

The son was dusty and did not have any appetite, Ying'er did not feel hungry after eating snacks at the old city lord's place, Zhen Xun had no need for food, so the three of them asked Mo Nu to prepare a few simple snacks to chat in the garden pavilion.

Munu set things aside and stepped aside.

Today's moon has a hazy circle of light, and Mo Nu can't see the shape of his mouth clearly, and the three of them chatted with confidence, Ying'er said what she had encountered in Panlong City these days, and asked the two to discuss it together.

After several discussions, the mystery of the old city lord became even greater, but in this process, Ying'er did not defend the old city lord too much.

"Look at the moon." Zhen Xun saw that the atmosphere was gloomy and said, "Do you believe it? In fact, the moon itself does not shine, it is the sun that gives it an unreal brilliance. It's the same with people, if you decide that a person is good at a certain moment, at a certain point, he will be enveloped by an aura. “

Once people fall in love, they will inevitably have high expectations, and eventually fall into the abyss of disillusionment.

The moonlight poured down, and the azure brocade robe on Gongzigao's body seemed to have a layer of frost, and he didn't seem to listen to anything, but just looked at the woman who gathered snow like the moon steadily, and the whole night seemed to be absorbed into her starry and moon-consuming eyes.

For a few days in a row, Ying'er was so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground, and Gongzigao's several visits were empty, Zhen Xun sorted out the terrain data observed in Panlong City these days, and planned to draw a design drawing of the canal first.

When Ying'er arrived, Gongzi Gao was still calculating the budget for repairing the canal, from materials to labor, adding up bits and pieces, asking for 25 million shell coins.

Oh, I want 25 million small shells, Zhen Xun thought, when Mo Niang bought the dumb medicine before, she spent 100 shells, is that 25 million shells a lot? Zhen Xun looked at Gongzi Gao with a sad face, and her mind was still confused, not because she could conjure up mountains of gold and silver at will, and she didn't look at the price for consumption, but because she really didn't have any money, when she was in the big performance, she didn't buy anything in person, and when she was in Panlong City, when she left the palace, there was also a chief guard behind her who was responsible for paying.

"The annual income of the citizens of Panlong City is only about 200 shell coins, and there are 50,000 people in the city, and the budget for this canal will cost Panlong City five years of taxes."

Zhen Xun thought of the boxes of shell coins dug up from the ground of Wang Kaibo's house at this time, and the team of moving boxes that could not be seen at a glance, no wonder Ying'er was so shocked at that time.

"The outcome of the case is in." Ying'er said in a muffled voice while sorting out the sketches.

Zhen Xun and Gongzi Gao did not ask, this is the consensus they have reached two days ago, the two of them are only responsible for helping Ying'er sort out clues, collect evidence, and then hand over all the information to Ying'er, who is involved behind the case, and how to sentence, the two will never interfere again.

After collecting all the stolen money, the old city lord ordered that Panlong City be exempted from taxes for three years, and the mastermind Wang Kaibo was sentenced to one hundred and eight knives.

On the day of the execution, dark clouds were thick, and the lively city citizens helped the old and the young, surrounding the scene, and after the criminal officer read the execution notice aloud, the executioner cursed while pushing Wang Kaibo, who was wearing a prison coat and looked back at the execution platform, and the heavy shackles dragged on the ground...... But all of this has been buried in the clamor of cheers from the spectators below.

At the first knife, Wang Kaibo let out a howl, and the executioner threw the slices of meat into the air as a sign of sacrifice to the sky, and the crowd let out several exclamations.

On the second knife, Wang Kaibo's howl became more and more miserable, and the executioner threw the slices of meat on the ground to show the sacrifice, and the crowd gradually became noisy.

On the third knife, Xu is executioner felt that Wang Kaibo's moaning scream was piercing and slashed at his throat, and the crowd didn't know who let out a sneer.

……

Ying'er felt that the scene was too bloody, so she pulled Zhen Xun away from the execution table.

I have already ordered the recruitment of craftsmen to repair the canal, Ying'er said, the whole person looked absent-minded,

Zhen Xun responded casually, lowering his head to lighten his sense of presence.

Ying'er only felt that Zhen Xun's reaction was a little strange, but she didn't say anything, just continued what she just said, her mother-in-law said that she could allocate some budget from the city treasury.

Zhenxun still lowered his head, but silently thought in his heart, don't ask me to borrow money, I don't have any money, don't ask me to borrow money, I don't have any money.

Unconsciously muttered the words in his heart

Okay, it turns out that you and Gongzi Gao are avoiding me these days, and it's for this! Ying'er crossed her waist, her little face bulging with anger, I won't ask you to borrow money!

Then Ying'er's eyes rolled and she said, "The stolen money embezzled by Wang Kaibo has been put into the city treasury, how much do you guess?" Here's a hint for you. ”

Ying'er stretched out two fingers and shook them.

200,000 shellfish? Zhen Xun guessed.

Ying'er shook her head, still holding out two fingers.

2,000,000 Shellfish? Hunt and guess.

Ying'er still shook her head and said word by word: "One! Ten thousand! Ten thousand! Shell coins! ”

So what does this have to do with two? Are you playing tricks when you come out more than this "yes"?

"This is equivalent to the tax revenue of Panlong City for 20 years."

There are still some hidden secrets behind this matter that are inconvenient to make public, Zhen Xun already knew that when he was in prison that day, Mo Niang's complaint was planned by Liang Sheng, and Wang Kaibo could not have embezzled and accepted bribes for 20 years, and Liang Sheng and the old city lord could not have known at all.

The reason why the Xian family chose to turn a blind eye is because Wang Kaibo is a "money bag"; second, because Wang Kaibo has this handle in his hand, the Wang family is easier to be controlled by the Xian family; The third is that the Xian family can also use Wang Kaibo's hands to do some things that are not very "decent".

As a corrupt official, Wang Kaibo was responsible for the selection of ghost stonemasons, and there was no obvious vacancy, on the contrary, after Liang Sheng ordered the expansion of the number of places in the inner door, he also maintained a relatively stable balance, so it seems that he is also a "promising" corrupt official.

"The old city lord said that after the canal is built, he will canonize me as the young city lord." Ying'er looked a little sullen.