"This? It's just a piece of clothing I just got from the thief, so what's the point of keeping this? ”

Ye Ziyuan lowered her head and said softly: "Actually, it doesn't matter what it is, the important thing is that as long as it is related to you, it can remind me of tonight." ”

Shao Xi shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay! Since you want to keep this thing, I'll give it to you. ”

"Childe, although you and I only had one side of the relationship before, but within one day let the purple kite entrust your life to you, what a strange fate, the purple kite wants to ask the son to compose another poem, so that the purple kite can be cherished in his heart forever."

"Poetry again? My dear mother! I just have a little ink in my stomach, is this to make me shake it clean for once? ”

Although Shao Xi nagged like this in his heart, he did not refuse Ye Zikite, the little wish of the beauty, even if she searched her intestines and scraped her stomach, she should find a way to meet it.

When he looked up and saw the willow tree in the courtyard, he turned to Ye Zikite and asked, "This is the willow tree you mentioned in your poem the night before?" ”

Ye Ziyuan nodded, "Exactly, that poem is also my touch on the scene, and I feel it." ”

The poem is full of melancholy and helplessness, and you are not in a much better mood at that time, so be it! I'll change your poem, what do you think? ”

Hearing this, Ye Zikite's eyes lit up, "In this way, this poem is made by Purple Kite and Gongzi You, and it is worthy of Purple Kite to cherish forever." ”

Shao Xi nodded, looking up at the full moon in the sky.

Don't be melancholy about the mountains and the moon,

Dancing skirts under willow trees.

The beauty warms herself with affection,

There will finally be spring full of flowers.

After chanting the poems, he turned his head to Ye Ziyuan and said: "Although I don't know what you insist on doing, since it is for the people of Qingshan City, I will not stop you, but if you can't do it, you must not be reluctant, you must cherish yourself." ”

"I didn't expect that you really understood my poems, and now you persuade me with poems, Purple Kite keeps in mind, as long as this is the case, I will always be just the Purple Kite next to Childe, and there is no other identity."

Shao Xi sighed deeply, sometimes some things can't be said even if you understand them in your heart, this person! Sometimes you have to be a little confused with others, and sometimes you have to be a little confused with yourself.

"I said, how long will I get tired of you two? In the middle of the night, everyone else is sleeping, and the patrol officials on the street are catching thieves, but the two of you are drinking and writing poems here, so that the old man and I climb over the wall and look for you everywhere, do you still have a little conscience? ”

Just when Shao Xi was sighing, he heard this most annoying voice. The heart said, you old guy really don't understand the amorous feelings, and at this time you ran out to spoil the scenery.

"Old fellow, you can't keep up with it yourself, and now you have to blame others."

Lao Wu pouted and stopped talking, and continued to drink.

Ye Ziyuan's face was slightly red when Lao Wu said this, lowered his head and gently saluted Lao Wu who was sitting on the roof, turned his head and said to Shao Xi: "Son, it's not too early, you should go back and rest, let's talk about it later!" I won't send you away. ”

After speaking, he hurriedly saluted Shao Xi and Lao Wu again, and then trotted back to the room with Luo's skirt and closed the door.

Ye Ziyuan leaned against the door and put her hand on her chest, feeling that her heart was beating hard at the moment, both happy and nervous. Happily, I finally met someone who could be entrusted with my life; Nervous about the next unknown outcome that even I can't predict......

Shao Xi saw Ye Ziyuan running back to the room, and then looked up at Lao Wu, who was lazily crooked on the ridge of the room drinking, and couldn't help but shake his head, until now he was not sure if his decision was right, it seemed that he had to go back and discuss it with Lao Wu.

jumped on the roof, stretched out his hand and pushed Lao Wu, Lao Wu was holding the wine jug to take a sip, but Shao Xi spilled the wine with such a push, Lao Wu licked the wine on his hand distressedly, and glanced at Shao Xi fiercely, with a dissatisfied face.

"You're embarrassed to say that I'm a thief all day long, and you kid is no better, you thief."

"Don't talk nonsense, go back first."

On the way to Jiaku, Shao Xi asked Lao Wu, "What's the situation over there?" What was stolen? ”

"I don't know what was stolen, but the armor was burned to the ground, and there were no documents, files, and ledgers left."

"Do you know who set the fire? Supposedly, a thief wouldn't want to set such a fire! ”

"I don't know, I also listened to the catchers of the government along the way, and we need to go back and inquire about the details."

When the two of them arrived at the Jiaku, Shao Xi was stunned by the scene in front of him, a huge Jiaku had now been burned to ruins, with ruins everywhere, leaving only some blackened roof frames and small flames from time to time.

At this time, Xing Wenxin, Cai Cheng, and the chief bookkeeper, inspector, and capital leader of the county have all rushed to the place of the incident, and such a big incident happened, except for the county guard Chen Mohuai, almost all the county officials have arrived.

Xing Wenxin and the others saw Shao Xi and Lao Wu rushing back, so they hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, but were stopped by Shao Xi.

"At this time, I don't have time to be polite, just tell me what happened."

Treasurer Liang Daoqian stepped forward and said: "This thief is really hateful, just steal, forget it, and even kill people and set fires." The Kuding of this Jiaku has been killed by thieves, and now the Jiaku has also been burned to a ruin, and all the documents and account books in the county have been burned, which is really heartbreaking! ”

"How do you determine that the murderer and the arson are the thief? Is there any other possibility? ”

"Who else but the thief? We're so well guarded tonight, who can do that? ”

Shao Xi walked into the ruins of Jiaku, looked at it carefully, and asked, "Where did this fire come from?" What was the cause of the fire? ”

The bears in the county stepped forward and replied: "I have sent someone to check, and the fire was ignited from the Jiaku, and it was artificially lit after pouring tung oil. ”

Shao Xi nodded, and asked again, "Where did Kuding die?" In what form was it killed? ”

"Kudin died in the armory, the man was charred, and has been carried to the mortuary, and the cause of the murder is being investigated."

"You just said that Kudin died in Kokune? Isn't Kudin supposed to be guarding outside the Koku Gate? How do I get into the armory? ”

Liang Daoqian hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Xu is that Kuding found that someone had infiltrated the Jiaku, so he entered the Jiakuku to investigate, and then was killed. ”

"Oh? Can Kudin come and go in and out of the vault at will? Can the bear have a head to check whether the locks of the armor warehouse have been damaged? ”

"I checked it, and the lock was opened, and I think it was pried open by the thief with some kind of instrument."

Liang Daoqian interjected again: "That's right, it must be so." It must have been the thief who had broken the lock of the door of the armor and sneaked into the armor, and was discovering that he was stealing, and killed the person in a hurry, and feared that he would leave traces, so he set fire to it and fled. ”

Shao Xi glanced at Liang Daoqian, and said with a smile: "Liang Si Treasurer is the head of the analysis, as if he has seen it with his own eyes. ”

"The lower officials are also speculating, as for the details, they need to be carefully inspected before they can be concluded, but this thief did such a cruel thing, it is really his crime to be punished!"

"Why don't we go to the mortuary first and see the results of this autopsy!"

Saying that, Shao Xi stretched out his hand to pull Liang Daoqian and walked in the direction of the mansion, maybe Shao Xi's hand was too strong and hurt Liang Daoqian, but he seemed to have the intention of breaking free, but he failed to do so.

Lao Wu and Shao Xi glanced at each other, and did not go back to the mansion with Shao Xi and the others, but stayed in Jiaku to continue to check the scene of the incident.

When he came to the mansion, the county guard Chen Mohuai had already greeted him, and when he saw Shao Xi coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Shao Xi didn't have time to talk nonsense with him at this time, so he said hello and went straight to the mortuary.

This mortuary is actually a small house in the side courtyard of the government office, and after the body is temporarily carried here for inquest, it will be carried away overnight and sent to Yizhuang for storage.

When they reached the mortuary, all the officials in the county could not help but raise their sleeves to cover their mouths and noses, unwilling to take another half step forward, and did not know whether they thought the corpse was dirty or the dead were too unlucky.

Shao Xi glanced back at everyone, didn't say anything, turned around and walked into the mortuary.

In the mortuary, the man had just finished his inspection and was washing his hands. Shao Xi casually took out dozens of silver coins and put them on the edge of the wooden basin, and looked up at Shao Xi in surprise, not understanding why the person in front of him wanted to give him silver money, Shao Xi just smiled and waited for him to finish washing his hands.

After washing his hands, he hurriedly bowed to Shao Xi, and looked at the dozens of dollars by the barrel in confusion. Shao Xi tilted his head and motioned for him to put the money away, but he didn't speak, put a few pennies in his arms, and stood on the armrest waiting for Shao Xi to ask.

"Is the burn bad?" Shao Xi's question was brief and direct.

"It's very serious, and when the body is burned, it seems to have something to help burn."

"Is it tung oil?"

"Judging by the smell left on the corpse, it should be."

"What is the cause of death?"

"It was killed by a sharp blade through the chest, and judging from the wound, it should be a long knife, similar in size to the official knife used by the fast catchers in the government office."

"Burn like this, you can see the size of the wound?"

Hearing Shao Xi's question, he smiled and replied: "The villain has been doing this for many years, and he has been engaged in hair and fire until now, and he can roughly judge how long the corpse has been burned, so as to judge the changes in the wound." ”

"You just said that you were killed by a sharp blade through the chest, and only used one knife?"

"Only one knife was used, and this knife was not small, if it weren't for the people who practiced knives all year round, this knife would not have been able to stab so powerfully."

Shao Xi glanced at his corpse, then turned around and asked, "Is there anything else you have found?" ”

"Yes, yes, but I don't know if it's useful for adults to investigate cases?"

"Whether it's useful or not, tell me everything you find."

"When the villain examined the contents of the corpse, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol, indicating that the person had drunk a lot of alcohol before he died. In addition, there is silver on his waist and abdomen that has been melted by the fierce burning of the fire. ”

"Silver? How do you know for sure it's silver? ”

"The villain peeled it off the corpse and bit it with his teeth, and it was indeed silver."

"Uh......"