Steward Wang also noticed the shoe, but his face was still very calm, and he methodically instructed the servant to fish out the embroidered shoe, as if it was no different from the dead fish just now.

Xie Hanci knew that even if he asked the question, he would definitely not tell the truth, so he just found some excuse to prevaricate.

After Steward Wang left, Xie Hanci learned to hide on the side of Yi Huan about the discovery of embroidered shoes, who knew that her brain circuit was very strange.

"You mean to say that the dead fish has something to do with this embroidered shoe? Could it be that the owner of this embroidered shoe has athlete's foot, and the fish in this vicinity are smoked to death. ”

Xie Hanci was stunned by this conclusion, and squeezed out a sentence for a long time: "It's also a 'possibility'." I have really handled similar cases in Shuzhou. The only son of a wealthy merchant in the south of the city disappeared and was found three days later in a latrine in the north of the city. ”

Yi Huan let out a "huh", but he couldn't control his curiosity and asked, "How could he die in such a place?" Did someone kill someone for money and then dump his body there? ”

Xie Hanci shook his head and leaned on the railing.

The wealthy merchant thought the same way at the time, thinking that his younger brother did not hesitate to kill his nephew in order to compete for the family property. But then we found out that the rich merchant's brother had been at the gambling house all night, and the whole shop could testify for him. The last two beggars who were begging in the north of the city said that when it was almost dawn, they saw the boy himself drunkenly walking into the latrine. ”］

Yi Huan touched his chin and asked, "Could it be that he stumbled, he can't be a suicide, and he won't choose there if he commits suicide!" ”

Xie Han replied: "It's strange here, the dung pit is only more than five feet high, whether it is a stumble or suicide, an adult man will not drown if he falls into it." ”

"Huh? So what's going on? Yi Huan hurriedly asked, but Xie Hanci talked by the lake for a long time, and was so shaken by the sun that he couldn't open his eyes, so he didn't care about answering at the moment, and pulled Yi Huan back to the pavilion.

Yi Huan was hooked, couldn't help but be curious, and asked as he walked: "What the hell is going on, oops, don't hang my appetite, you can say it quickly!" ”

"At that time, it was in the scorching heat in Shuzhou City, and we went to the latrine where the body was found, and the smell was very bad. In the end, it is speculated that the deceased may have been stunned and fell underneath, plus he drank alcohol that night and did not wake up in time before drowning. Later, it was confirmed that the deceased had indeed drowned after being unconscious. “

Yi Huan sighed twice, and then instructed the maid to remove the stinky mandarin fish for lunch and replace it with other dishes.

"Mother invited a Shaoxing master two days ago, and Hui cuisine is a must, especially this stinky mandarin fish, but unfortunately you can't eat it at noon today."

Xie Hanci said: "It's okay, just do it normally, I can eat it." What's in it? There is a Cui official in our yamen, he checked a case of corpse crushing on his front foot, and on the way back, he bought a white-cut chicken, and put the bones together after eating. There is also the Li executioner, who has to drink a bowl of tofu brain sprinkled with spicy seeds every morning. ”

Yi Huan hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't say it, if you keep talking, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat dinner." Hey, what's on your dress? ”

Following the direction of her finger, Xie Hanci looked down at the hem of her skirt, only to see two vermilion marks on the goose-yellow Liuxian skirt. She touched it with her hand and put it to her nose to smell it, it was the smell of paint. Is it the paint on the railing?

Xie Hanci walked out of the pavilion, bent down and looked carefully at the railing he was leaning on just now, only the paint on this small section of the railing was repainted.

Generally speaking, the new paint will be much brighter than the old paint, and it will look obvious if you only make up a section, but here the new paint is deliberately adjusted to a darker color than the old paint.

If it weren't for the paint on her dress, no one would have noticed that the railing had been repainted.

In this way, the red forehead in the pond is most likely due to the accidental ingestion of the paint left along the railing.

Just why rush to paint and not want to be discovered?

Does this have anything to do with the owner of the embroidered shoe?

Yi Huan saw Xie Hanci staring at the railing blankly, just as she was distressed that her skirt was stained with paint.

"Let's go, don't be stunned, my brother sent someone to send a lot of clothes and materials this morning, you accompany me to pick out, just go to my place to change clothes."

Xie Hanci was still thinking about the newly repaired paint on the railing and the embroidered shoes, and was pulled away by her like a marionette.

The courtyard where Yi Huan lives is very large, the furniture is extremely luxurious, as far as the eye can see, the coral door cabinet, the vermilion lacquer carved and painted gold flower pattern grid, the black lacquer snail bed, and even the screen in front of the bed are all precious wood, many of which look very new, should be newly added in the past two years.

It seems that the princess of this county treats her really well.

"You are really my lucky star, my brother said that he would come back today, my sister and my brother don't usually go home, as soon as you come, they will all come."

Xie Hanci raised his eyebrows, and said with a wicked smile: "Could it be that Brother Ling also married a powerful daughter-in-law and didn't let him come back?" ”

Yi Huan knew that she was making fun of her eldest sister's husband's family, shook her head and said: "My brother works in the Criminal Department, since my mother died, the princess of Xinjun rarely comes back after entering the door, I think I still can't get used to my father's style." ”

As she spoke, she casually picked up a piece of peach-colored embroidered begonia flower material and compared it to Xie Hanci's body.

"You have white skin, it's very suitable for wearing red, I'm going to make clothes, just make one for you."

Xie Hanci refused again and again: "I came to you and took away your hairpin, and I wore your clothes, so I was embarrassed to put on a new dress." ”

Yi Huanquan didn't hear it, and directly raised his hand to beckon the embroidery girl to come over and give Xie Hanci a size.

"In two days, you will go to Beijing with your father, and then you may not have time to make dresses, and you will be afraid that the size of the clothes will not fit, and those noble girls in the capital love to look at people with their nostrils. You are my Li Yihuan's friend, and you must not be looked down upon. Amitabha, you should be my face. ”

Xie Hanci heard her say this, and it was inconvenient to refuse again, so he just poked her forehead with a smile.

"Why did you even pronounce the Buddha name, it's just a piece of clothing, I'll just do it."

When it came to worshiping the Buddha, Yi Huan seemed to think of something, approached Xie Hanci, and said mysteriously: "It's not uncommon to offer to the Buddha, don't look at my sister now looks like a young man, before she got married, she also secretly offered a fox fairy." ”

Xie Hanci thought that Li Yirong looked like a female official in the palace, and he really felt unbelievable.

Just as the two of them were discussing what style to make the cuffs, the housekeeper knocked lightly on the door of the house and reported aloud outside: "Second Miss, Brother Ming is back, and the king of the county said that he will taste incense in Lingxiao Pavilion for a while." ”

Yi Huan was a little surprised: "When did my father add such a hobby, he doesn't usually like to watch it...... Something blunt? ”

The housekeeper who came to report was also stunned, and replied stubbornly: "The king of the county has hired a new concubine today, saying that he is good at making incense, so he set up a fragrance tasting banquet." ”

Yi Huan immediately came to his senses, and asked through the door, "Was it at yesterday's banquet?" ”

The butler replied, somewhat embarrassed, "Yes." Not the ...... The one who held the king of the county on the table was another, dressed in ......"

"Okay, I got it." Yi Huan remembered that yesterday the king of the county plunged into the chest of the woman Bai Huahua, and felt goosebumps all over his body, and hurriedly interrupted the housekeeper's words.

Xie Hanci stood aside, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to give a thumbs up to Yihuan, "It's worthy of you, you were right yesterday, and the iron mouth was straight off." ”

Yihuan smiled bitterly: "I also talk about experience, I only smelled the fragrance of wild flowers yesterday, and today wild flowers have become domestic flowers." ”

Xie Hanci changed into a clean butterfly daffodil dress, and the two of them had lunch and went to Lingxiao Pavilion.

As soon as she entered the Lingxiao Pavilion, she looked around curiously, the courtyard wall here was full of Lingxiao flowers, although it was not the season for Lingxiao flowers to bloom, and new branches had just been drawn, and there were a few buds here and there, but another month would definitely be a different scenery.

Today, men and women are still sitting separately, and the housekeeper reports that the princess of the county has a head illness and is bedridden, and does not come.

The king of Anchang didn't say anything, but just asked the new concubine to sit directly next to him, the position that was originally reserved for the princess of the county.

Xie Hanci looked at the woman who naturally sat in the position of the princess of the county, she was wearing a woman wearing an emerald green smoke gauze sprinkled flower dress, her shoulders were half exposed, and her snow-white neck was wearing a thumb-sized ruby necklace, Xie Hanci vaguely remembered that she still had a thin red gold chain around her neck yesterday, and most of this ruby necklace was newly rewarded by the king of the county today.

She commanded her subordinates to busily place incense tables and spices, just like a hostess. Xie Hanci only felt that if he was the princess of the county, he was afraid that he would have a head attack every day.

After Yi Huan's brother sat down, he saw the woman sitting in the position of the princess of the county, frowning slightly, but quickly stretched out and changed to an expressionless face.

His facial features are only three points similar to the old county king, the tail of his eyes is slender, and there is a tear mole in the corner of his eye, Xie Hanci guessed that he probably inherited the appearance of his mother's late princess.

"Alright, Bo'er. Let's go. ”

The concubine of the old county dynasty gave a look, picked up the wine glass, and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

The concubine hurriedly responded, put the incense burner that had been pressed in front of her, skillfully placed the seal, dug out half a spoonful of spices from the porcelain jar, and began to fill the incense.

Although Xie Hanci couldn't understand it, he also felt that this woman should be a true expert.

When filling the incense, there was a wind blowing, and a few strands of hair were blown in front of her eyes, but she didn't pay attention to it, still engrossed, and filled the incense little by little.

After another cup of tea, she breathed a long sigh of relief, a satisfied smile appeared on her face, first held the incense burner in front of the old county king, and then circled around everyone in turn.

It's just that when she arrived in front of Xie Hanci, she was obviously stunned for a moment, and her eyes wandered on Xie Hanci's face.