The officials in the county hall stood on both sides in an orderly and majestic manner, but there was no figure of Feng Tao in the hall, and in the hall were standing Shi Bao and a thin man in a rough brown coat, Liu Ya walked up to them, and saw that the man dressed as a small guy was Feng Tao, and at the same time, the county official of the neighboring town, Lord He, and his master were invited out to listen to the courtesy.

Yuwen Qiuye sat down in the hall and knocked on the shocking wood, "Now I am trying the case of the corpse mountain in White Horse Town as the owner of the six gates, in view of the fact that the evidence collection has just ended, everyone has not had time to rest, so how simple is it!" He looked at Feng Tao gracefully, "Lord Feng, why are you dressed like this in the middle of the night, secretly leaving home from the back door to the ferry at the entrance of the town?"

Feng Tao's body, which seemed to fall down when the wind blew, straightened up, and said unhurriedly, "Go out and buy something." ”

The catcher replied that he had bought something. ”

Shi Bai, who was named by name, said, "There is only one boat and one boatman at the ferry, and it is found that there is nothing to buy and sell on the ship, and I heard Lord Feng talking to the boatman, and I want to go to Beijiao immediately at the price of one hundred taels." ”

So, the boatman was summoned for questioning, and after several dignified questioning, Shi Ba's words were confirmed, and Yuwen Qiupage said to Feng Tao again, "The master of this sect has told you, Lord Feng is the parent official of White Horse Town, and now that there is such a bad case in White Horse Town, Lord Feng can't leave White Horse Town, and he must cooperate with the investigation anytime and anywhere, but in the middle of the night, why did Lord Feng disguise himself and leave the town to Beijiao?" Seeing that Feng Tao wanted to argue, he continued: "Time is precious now, this question is still answered by Liu Inspection——"

Liu Ya naturally wanted to make a quick decision, and immediately took over the words, "On the day of the crime, when I treated Lord Feng, I found that there was a faint smell of cinnamon in his mouth, and when I wanted to take his pulse, he politely refused, and I only thought that he had eaten something stewed with cinnamon, but then we stayed under the corpse mountain together to test, and when the diet was visible, I still smelled this taste from his mouth, so I became suspicious, and asked Hu Shizi and Ming Shizi to go to the town to quietly inquire whether Lord Feng had tuberculosis when they went back to the town to buy medicine. ”

After they confirmed what Liu Ya said, Hu Qingqing added, "We used the Liu family's shop in the local area, and after asking all the doctors in the town, we went to investigate one by one, but found nothing, and when we were about to give up, we met Dr. Wu, who came back from collecting medicine, and he told us that he had heard from his son, who also practiced medicine, that Master Feng did suffer from tuberculosis. ”

Yuwen Qiuye glanced at Feng Tao, whose face was already too pale to hide, with satisfaction, and passed Dr. Wu in for questioning, Dr. Wu has always been a solid-eyed person, and there is a sentence of answers, "About three years ago, my son opened a medical hall in the market, and the first customer he received was Lord Feng, Xu He had heard that my master also suffered from lung disease, so he specially asked my son for treatment, but his condition was serious, my son was not sure and was afraid of offending him, and still came to me to inquire about the method under the clear warning not to disclose his condition." ”

"That's why I learned that Master Feng suffered from lung disease, but the fact that my master had suffered from lung disease is a rumor, and in order to help my son, I handed over all the medical books and ancient books left by my master to him, and later I heard that he successfully found a prescription for Lord Feng's treatment, so I didn't take it to heart, not to mention that my son died soon after because he was bitten by a poisonous snake when he went up the mountain to collect medicine, and I didn't have the strength to care about other people's affairs, and I always thought that the reason why Lord Feng's condition was alleviated was because he found another doctor. ”

After Hu Shizi and Ming Shizi interrobed, they came again at night, and asked for assistance in the investigation with the token of the six doors test. Doctor Wu said, "Let me and Lao Yang check the medical books and ancient books left by the master, whether there is a recipe related to the 'purple river car' medicine, and I did find it, and the recipe has been handed over to them." ”

Liu Ya took out a folded piece of rice paper from his bosom and handed it to Yuwen Qiu, "Zihe Che is also known as 'afterbirth' in ancient books, and it is an important organ for the fetus to obtain nutrition from the mother's body, but after giving birth, it is usually discarded as a filthy thing by the midwife, but it has many medical effects, including the use of curing the lungs, I will think of this unpopular medicinal material, because at the time of the autopsy, there were 112 deceased people, who had traces of pregnancy and cruel exhumation. ”

"And just after Lord Feng and you left the Houya, Wei Chi quickly found some medicinal residue buried by carbon ash from your kitchen. Yuwen Qiu said, "As long as Liu Jian turns over the page, he will know what is there, so do you still have a hard mouth?"

Feng Tao was still straightened in the eyes of the surrounding officials and Lord He and his master, frightened and frightened, his clenched teeth were almost shattered, and the panic of being recognized made him unable to think for the time being, and he could come up with the perfect words, so he could only meet Yuwen Qiu's eyes as if he had mastered everything, and fought with silence, but before he showed impatience, Yu Chi Qingqiao came up to the hall, and he said:

"In the basement of the back office, three pregnant women and five girls were found to have died of poisoning, one of which was Xu Miao's girl, who escaped by luck and is now being treated by Dr. Yang, and will be able to testify in court later, accusing Lord Feng of mutilating pregnant women and women who have polluted girls-" Before Yu Chi Qingqiao's words fell, Feng Tao, who was still standing upright, fell to the ground in an instant.

Yuwen Qiuye slapped the shocking wood suddenly, and said sharply, "Feng Tao, do you think that you will help you boil the medicine, the cook - Kong Mao, the housekeeper who will handle the corpse for you, the evil thief Wei Lushi on the original rivers and lakes, and the rest of the pregnant women and girls are all extinguished, can the master of this sect take you can't do anything? The landslide poured and the corpse slid down, that is, God no longer wants you to do evil!"

After that, the two corpses that had been carried by Hu Qingqing and Ming Gengxiu were carried up, and Xu Miao, a survivor who had received treatment, nailed Feng Tao's crime to the iron plate word by word, and pointed out with blood and tears that Feng Tao was lured by a girl and asked Kong Mao and Wei Lushi to help him, and Kong Mao, a fat cook, likes to abuse girls the most, and if any girl dares to look at him with disgust, he will use a wooden hammer to smash that person's eyes, and most of the pregnant women are left behind after their women are dirty.

Xu Miao was also confirmed by Dr. Yang to be three months pregnant, and it was precisely because of morning sickness that she failed to eat the poisoned dinner that she survived.

**

Liu Ya finished examining the rest of the corpses, and as soon as she went out, she heard that Yu Chi Qingqiao next door was recording the last confession for Xu Miao, and it seemed that the recording had been completed, Yu Chi Qingqiao worriedly asked her what she planned to do with the child in her womb, but the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl didn't want to say unexpectedly: "Demon child, let him accompany them to hell." There was no abhorrence in just one sentence.

When she looked at Xu Miao's movements of touching her belly with pity, Hu Qingqing and Ming Gengxiu came to her, because the rest of the things were no longer within the scope of her duties, she and them returned to the inn, and in the gradually whitening sky, they hastily ate breakfast and went to sleep.

This sleep, just two days have passed, and the report of the relevant case has also been submitted to the imperial court, and Mo Nongxian, who was supposed to report to Fenggang Town, was finally assigned to become the new county lord because no one in the imperial court was willing to fill the urgent (unlucky) vacancy in White Horse Town.

Fennel, who was serving Liu Ya to eat, remembered something, "Miss, Shi Catcher came to you and asked him what was the matter, but he didn't say anything, and he dangled in front of the door." ”

Liu Ya seemed to guess why he came, and suddenly heard a knock on the door, and Shi Ba's voice, which was only raised, was overjoyed, "I just came back and listened to Xiao Er's talk, Liu Jian woke up and was eating, I don't know if I have free time now?" Before he could finish speaking, Fennel had opened the door and motioned for him to come in, and she went out again.

Seeing that there were few traces of the food on the table, Shi Baht scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, "Sorry to disturb your meal." ”

"It's fine, I just woke up, and I don't have much appetite to eat. Liu Ya, who had already put down his chopsticks, handed him a cup of warm tea.

Shi Ba took the next sip of tea, still thinking about how to exit the things in his heart, when he saw Liu Ya smiling like a spring breeze, and then said slowly in a soft tone like the thick snow that seemed to melt the cold winter, "If Shi Zhutou came to intercede for Cheng Zhukuai's matter, then I'm sorry, I can't help the people who try to hurt me, and I don't think about the old evil to repay the grievances with virtue or something, I never disdain." ”

Shi Baidao, who didn't expect to be rejected so directly, said, "Cheng Qing is indeed spoiled by us, but she doesn't have a bad heart, she was jealous that day, so she will stupidly test you to Liu, and now she has deeply realized her mistake, even if she has martial arts, the punishment of thirty canes is too heavy——"

"——The land of six doors, from the beginning I did not want to step into it myself, even if I was reluctant, I still did my best to complete the relevant duties again and again, but I should have been able to play tricks and refuse to carry it out, but I have never been like this, but she has repeatedly found fault with me for that little daughter, and she has warned her before, it is she who insists on provoking me, and before the matter reaches the point of no return, it is good to teach her some lessons, so as not to die directly in the future. ”

"Our family Yaya is right, if you really think about Cheng Qing, let her honestly accept the punishment of thirty rods. Shi Bao didn't say anything, and Jiang Zhiyu, who didn't know when he came over, leaned on the side of the door with his chest and said, "Originally, I shouldn't have interfered in the affairs of your door, but in the end, King Ye has been raised under the knees of He Guifei since he was a child, and King Jin has always regarded him as a sibling brother. ”

After Shi Bao left gloomily, Jiang Zhiyu sat down to eat with Liu Ya, and sighed as if complaining, "One or two are confused!"

"Who hasn't been confused?" Liu Ya flatteringly sandwiched a big chicken leg for him, and said sweetly, "It's bothering my cousin." ”

Jiang Zhiyu unceremoniously gnawed on the chicken leg and said, "I have a lot of troubles, I want to install a temple town on the side of the corpse mountain, I donated money in your name, and I also worked hard to carry it all day." "There used to be a nunnery with incense flourishing on that mountain, but unfortunately during the celebration, it was brutally slaughtered by bandits, and then it has been haunted, whoever goes up the mountain, can not survive, Feng Tao in order to avoid trouble, directly sealed the mountain, but did not expect it to become their most convenient place to abandon the corpse: "Now, you can hear praise everywhere in the market." ”

**

Hu Qingqing and Ming Gengxiu celebrated Mo Nongxian, who became the parents and officials of Baima Town, as if they were driven ducks on the shelves, and chartered the inn to set up a banquet, invited the people who came to the yamen, the workers who built the temple, and when the landslide fell, the non-governmental volunteer team who had a part in helping, and the relevant personnel of the yamen in the neighboring town shared the excitement together, but Cheng Qing was absent because he had to think about it.

"I think I also have a fate with White Horse Town, and I am now being sent as an official, and I will work hard in the future, please give me more advice!" Mo Nongxian held up the cup with pear juice and smiled, "Thank you very much for taking the time to come tonight and congratulate me!"

Among them, Mo Nongxian diligently studied the autopsy technique before and after the incident, and personally helped to take care of the injured people.

And in the corner, Yu Chi Qingqiao saw that Shi Baht couldn't blend into the rare excitement after being busy, and couldn't help but bump his shoulder, "The gloomy clouds on the head are about to rain." Seeing that he just glanced at him obliquely, and then looked depressed and unsavory, he pondered, "Are you still worried about Cheng Qing?"

"You and I and her, almost at the same time into the six doors, but unlike us, this down-and-out daughter will not do anything, the former door master let her study with us, just admitted to catch fast, then happy to go out with us to investigate the case, how unlucky to meet the robbers of the house, almost killed, was saved by the owner of the door who happened to pass by, since then the mind, you are not ignorant. Shi Bao said: "I was confused for a while under jealousy, but I will be punished with thirty rods, and I will be executed when I return to the six gates——"

Yu Chi Qingqiao seemed to see the old hen who was worried about the chicks being eaten, "You and I were both found by the front door master to act as a façade at the beginning, and when Cheng Qing was rescued by the front door master and handed over to us to take care of, it did let us find a lot of fun from the days of getting by, and I have always regarded her as a sister, but you and I seem to really spoil her." ”

He looked at Yuwen Qiu, who was pouring pear juice for willow sprouts, "This matter, I agree with the approach of the master of the door, the moment the lord of Yihe chose to give birth to a widow, he has already buried the possibility of remarriage with her deceased husband in the ground, after she gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, she was even enshrined as a product of fate, and now you also know the situation in Beijing, if Cheng Qing's words are added to the queen's ears, it means that our six doors will also have to be built." In other words, the thirty rods were all for others to see.

How could Shi Baht not understand the bend here, but understanding is one thing, regardless of Cheng Qing, it is another matter, thinking that she is being isolated by the excitement at the moment, and she has to be beaten with thirty canes, she is a little upset, "I seem to have eaten enough, go for a walk, and send some food to Cheng Qing by the way." ”

Yu Chi Qingqiao patted him on the shoulder, and re-integrated into the excitement, Jiang Zhiyu squeezed his eyebrows and leaned over and smiled, "I can be regarded as looking forward to your return to Beijing, when you are not there, that Cui girl from your family, she ran to my house two times in three days, I really thought that I hid you, and greeted me with a whip when I met, Mrs. is terrible, hurry up and take it back to your house!"

"Did I owe you money in my last life, I haven't had a good life since I met you in this life!" Yu Chi Qingqiao sobbed his lips, "When I was so happy, I still stabbed me in the heart with a knife, do you have such a friend? Believe it or not, I will ask the master of the door to send me out again later, so that Cui Xinyu can continue to greet you fiercely with a whip!" The last few words gritted his teeth, and he thought about it with a deep resentment.

Jiang Zhiyu said with a hippie smile, "Okay, after returning to Beijing, it's okay to ask you to drink and make amends, you can be lonely without me!" He hugged his shoulder flatteringly, looking like a little daughter-in-law who was looking forward to Lang Lang's return, and threw a shining wink at Yu Chi Qingqiao, although he was pushed away by Yu Chi Qingqiao in disgust, it made the people at the table laugh happily.

**

After the banquet was over, it was agreed that after leaving for Beijing tomorrow, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, but Yuwen Qiutian shamelessly followed Liu Ya into the room, she was speechless and stared at him who was sitting on the windowsill reading a book, "It's ugly, I want to sleep, you-" Suddenly a touch of purple quickly swept in front of her eyes and knocked her down!

Liu Ya's clear eyes looked straight at him with the scorching breath that fell down, "I'm also a girl who hasn't left the cabinet, and I care about the reputation that other women care about, I also care, you-"

"-I don't mind being responsible!" he bowed his head and took her slightly open lips, and attacked the city again and again, until she begged for mercy in a soft voice, and he bent his eyes to caress her face, "I want Ya'er's name to be with my name, and I want everyone to know that Liu Ya belongs to Yuwen Qiuye, so that those men with ulterior motives are far away!"

"Cousin Zhiyu treats me like a sister, and I treat him like a brother, it's impossible for us to do it. ”

Yuwen Qiuye kissed her the forehead, and smiled contentedly, "Ya'er really has me in her heart!" After finishing speaking, he put his lips on her lips again, turning his joy into small and fragmented words, and passed them on one by one with his tongue.

Liu Ya quietly opened his eyes, looking at his forgetful and focused appearance, his heart seemed to sink into a strange swamp full of thorns, and he couldn't breathe in pain when he moved, okay, let's accompany him to perform the play tonight, and after returning to Beijing, I will take it back again, she stretched out her hand, hugged his neck, and responded to his fierceness.

**

Returning to Beijing from Baima Town, it was only two hours away, and the sky was clear, and Liu Ya and his party returned to the suburbs of Beijing very smoothly.

When Liu Ya was sitting in the carriage and drowsy, she heard Shi Bao, who was riding a horse and was in charge of opening the way, shouting, "There is a carriage broken in front." ”

Yuwen Qiu, who was also sitting in the carriage, motioned for him to inquire one or two, and Shi Baht turned back and said, "It's the carriage of the Tongyi Hou Mansion, the axle was twisted because it avoided the rabbit that suddenly rushed out, and it couldn't be repaired for the time being, and the car was sitting on the same as Mrs. Tongyi Hou and her third lady, as well as the second lady of the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department." "The third miss is Shao Biyi, and the second miss is Zhang Yingying.

"What do you think it should be?" asked Yuwen Qiuye without thinking.

"Give them our carriage. ”

"Listen to the buds. Yuwen Qiuye immediately instructed Shi Baht.

So, the mighty group of people stopped beside the crooked carriage of the Tongyi Hou Mansion.

Yuwen Qiuye and Liu Ya and Fennel who were waiting in the car got out of the car one after another, and Mrs. Tongyi Hou pulled Shao Biyi, who was glaring at Liu Ya reluctantly, and Zhang Yingying, who had already greeted happily, greeted Yuwen Qiuye happily, and after they offered to send them back to the city, they thanked them again, Yuwen Qiuye naturally put all the credit on Liu Ya, but heard Shao Biyi snort coldly:

"I can't bear your kindness, I want to sit with my mother and Yingying, I'll wait for the rescue from the family!"

"You kid-" Mrs. Tongyi Hou patted Shao Biyi's arm awkwardly, and continued to put on a decent smile and apologized, "She has been eating more fried food lately, and her temper is becoming more and more unrestrained. ”

Yuwen Qiuye was like a bird with a crooked neck, looking at Liu Ya intently, as if it was all based on her appearance, Liu Ya had no choice but to say, "Madame is serious." He turned to Zhang Yingying and smiled, "My cousin and I have other things to do, so this empty carriage will be lent to Yingying for you to dispose of——"

At this time, Jiang Zhiyu controlled the horse and walked to Liu Ya's side, and then pulled her on the horse, and told Fennel to go back to the house with her, and galloped towards the fork in the road not far away with Ming Gengxiu and Hu Qingqing, Yu Chi Qingqiao looked at Yuwen Qiuye who did not stop this 'sudden' situation, "That's the way to the cemetery." ”

"She told her last night that she was going back today, so let's go back to the city. Yuwen Qiuye took over lightly, if he didn't want to enter the palace to face the saint, he would definitely walk with her.

**

When Liu Ya returned to the city after worshipping Du Xingyuan with them, the sunset in the west had been engulfed by the arrogant night, she invited them to her house for dinner, and also informed Du Xinchen that he would also come.

But the wine and delicacies were all ready, they sat in the pavilion talking and laughing, and when Du Xinchen, who had not arrived for a long time, a holy decree came, and the old eunuch with a sharp face pretended to cough after they knelt down, and then read in a piercing voice: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict, the willow of the six doors has repeatedly solved strange cases, smart and clever, and has outstanding character, and now at the request of the Duke of Huiguo, he is married to his eldest son Du Xinchen, looking forward to his childhood sweetheart, and it has become a good story, Qin this——"

Liu Ya accepted the holy decree expressions expressionlessly in Jiang Zhiyu's surprised and heavy expressions, and brought the eunuchs in Yuzhu, before sending them out again, as soon as she raised her eyes, she saw Yuwen Qiuye who came from the dark place of the pavilion for some time, and half of her face was hidden by the night, but she smiled:

"Why do you have an unexpected expression? You are strategizing every step of the way, and you are trying to put all the credit on me, don't you just want to divert attention? Let everyone continue to ignore you, so that you can continue to play the drama of 'harmlessness to humans and animals', and then plan more, from beginning to end I am just a 'shield' that you use very easily, like my words, stop pretending to hang on your lips, I don't want to act in the script you have written. ”