Xie Jiashuang entered the two Zhejiang mansions as officials at the age of seventeen, and it can be regarded as the ups and downs of the sea for more than 30 years. Fortunately, Hu Buxi, the chief catcher, was a man with affection and righteousness, and he did not drive him out of the yamen with cold words, but sent him to a separate courtyard to be some guards.

Recently, many people from the rivers and lakes have flocked to Hangzhou, and the number of officials inside and outside the state city has suddenly increased. The head catcher didn't say anything specifically, but Xie Jiashuang also guessed that something big was wrong. However, the big thing can't be caused in the mansion, Xie Jiashuang gets up at the time of the rooster crow every day as usual, opens the side door for the mansion, and sounds a morning gong.

It's just that today it's a little different. When Xie Jiashuang opened the yamen of the mansion with a small gong, he was surprised to see a young knight in coarse linen sitting outside, carrying a giant sword, sitting cross-legged under the stone steps, his head was downward little by little, as if he had stayed up all night, and only then did he fall asleep sleepily.

Xie Jiashuang looked at the gong in his hand and hesitated, unwilling to disturb this young man who had stayed up all night. But not long after he stood silently, the young man under the stone steps noticed something, opened his eyes, jumped up all of a sudden, held down the giant sword behind him with his hand, stared at Xie Jiashuang with a pair of dark circles, and said angrily: "What a Hangzhou Yamen on Liangzhejiang Road, he didn't even put me in his eyes!"

Xie Jiashuang was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Seeing that the Xie family was stunned, the young man's mind turned a few times, and he put away his anger a little, but his tone was still vicious, "I am Nie Xinglu, the eldest son of the Nie clan in Taiyuan, Hedong, and I have something to visit your mansion to catch the head." Please ask Hu Buxi, and the layman named Zhao Wu'an, come out for me. ”

Xie Jiashuang was stunned and said: "This is just the rooster crowing, and the two of them may not have gotten up yet." I see that Wang Sun's face is not good, why don't you go back and rest for a while?"

"Don't give me a plan to delay the army!" Nie Xinglu said angrily, "That layman named Zhao Wu'an, let me wait outside the door, this young master has always been a promise, and he will never retreat until he waits." It's good for him to hide in the government and release the pigeons, and I must see him today to avenge yesterday!"

Obviously a child of a rich family, but wearing coarse cloth clothes, a sword, and swimming alone to Hangzhou, although the attitude is a little worse, but it also shows that Nie Xinglu is not a gentleman, but a young man who was born in a wealthy family and still cultivates diligently.

Rao is the honest Xie Jiashuang, and he also felt that Zhao Jushi had done something wrong this time, so he put down the gong by the door and went into the house to find Zhao Wu'an.

But he never thought that Zhao Wu'an was already dressed neatly, carrying a big box on his back, and walked over slowly. Xie Jiashuang was stunned and said, "There is a young man outside the door who said he wanted to see you...... Ask for advice. ”

Zhao Wu'an nodded: "I heard it." ”

He walked out of the door with a safe face, and saw that Nie Xinglu's right hand was already holding the hilt of the sword and was ready to go, so he couldn't help but smile helplessly: "I was wrong last night." ”

"In the battle with Your Excellency, there is a lot of loss, and you can only go to the ground until now. Zhao Wu'an hugged his fist and said, "If you are not good at academics, you can't beat Your Excellency, and you can't admit defeat." ”

After only three moves, both of them were only slightly injured, and Zhao Wu'an exaggerated that he had been pranayama all night, and Nie Xinglu obviously didn't want to believe it. However, such a frank admission also made Nie Xinglu's anger slightly reduced.

"Hu Zhutou has been so busy lately that he can't touch the ground. Two days later is the feast of the Heavenly Immortal Sect, after the feast, Hu Zhutou wants to be a little free, Your Excellency must also be a hero to the banquet, why don't you wait for the banquet to end, and then compete with Hu Zhutou?" Zhao Wu'an proposed.

Although he was deceived into sleeping in the open, which made Nie Xinglu very angry, Zhao Wu'an, who came early to admit his mistake, had too good an attitude, which made him unable to vent his resentment. Nie Xinglu is not a person who is unforgiving, Zhao Wu'an admitted his mistake first, and he has no intention of being angry. With his hand on the hilt of the sword, Nie Xinglu also coldly hugged his fists and said, "Then I will wait for a few days, and then compete with Hu Zhutou." ”

Zhao Wu'an said gently: "Definitely." ”

With a warm face, he watched Nie Xinglu leave slowly, and it was not until his figure disappeared into the street that Zhao Wu'an breathed a sigh of relief and frowned. As a child of a family, Nie Xinglu can have a second-grade cultivation at a young age, and he must be both talented and very diligent. Being able to casually say yes to a stranger and stay on the street all night, such a stoic teenager is really hard to see.

Zhao Wu'an said to the Xie family: "I want to go to the banquet of the Heavenly Immortal Sect in two days." Tell Hu Zhutou about it. ”

The Xie family's double voice should be.

After the instructions were completed, Zhao Wu'an said no more, stepped on the early morning slightly out of the city, and walked towards the West Lake.

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At three o'clock, the sun rises high, and the golden light passes through the vines in the east, reflecting in front of the bed, full of greenery. Qiao Xi got up from the Luohan bed in a daze, this is a bed that he is not used to sleeping in but is very comfortable, the cotton wool is light and soft, and the quilt on his body is made of unknown materials, it seems that the complicated carvings have been deliberately omitted, and only a plain white silk cloth remains.

She reached out and stroked her stray black hair and looked around the unfamiliar room. In fact, it is not very strange, she has lived for several days, and since Zheng Rong died, she has not dared to board the small island in the middle of the lake again.

She has always been this timid character, when she was a child, she followed her adoptive mother in the side, raised a big dog with a gray coat and loved to flow hara, and later was robbed of a big pot by hungry homeless people to cook, until today when she sees those honest big dogs who only like to run behind their owners on the street, they will tremble with fright. The adoptive father thought she was just afraid of dogs.

Yesterday, I drank Hu Buxi's suspicious medicinal soup, and even if I fell asleep, I was still very worried, but when I woke up, my clothes were still intact, and I was slightly relieved. Qiao Xi wanted to get out of bed and walk, but as soon as he stood up, he felt that his eyes were black and his limbs were weak.

It's really weak. She sighed.

Just as Qiao Xi was sad, the door was pushed open. Outside, a cute girl dressed strangely dressed was looking into the house. Qiao Xi knows her, and she often passes the time in this small courtyard recently, and she seems to be very affectionate with Hu Buxi, the head catcher of the two Zhejiang.

Thinking of Hu Buxi, Qiao Xi had a headache again. Should it be said that it was love at first sight or what, Hu Buxi's care for her always made Qiao Xi feel a little misunderstood. Originally, when I first saw him by the lakeside, I still had a good impression of this man who helped each other, but Qiao Xi has always hated that kind of bohemian and uninhibited behavior.

Dailou Sangyu, who was standing at the door, also looked at her with curious eyes. Qiao Xi was stared at in a panic, so he had to break the silence awkwardly: "I can't welcome you." ”

Dailou Sangyu was very casual and replied, "Good morning." ”

Then Qiao Xi didn't know how to answer. Pushed open the door of other people's rooms early in the morning, fortunately it was a woman, if it was a man, I was afraid that Qiao Xi would have fainted with anger by now.

"Hu Buxi asked me to boil medicine for you. Dai Lou Sangyu said.

Qiao Xi propped his forehead and nodded lightly. Sure enough, this man didn't pay much attention to her, and he was afraid that it was also a whim to boil the medicine himself, and it was only less than a day, and he was too lazy to decoct the medicine himself.

"But there are a few Chinese that I can't read. Dailou Sangyu scratched his head a little shyly, and the silver ring on his body sounded, "Can you teach me." ”

Qiao Xi was stunned for a moment, and then nodded slightly. Dailou Sangyu got approval, so he walked into the house generously and came to Qiao Xi's bedside. As soon as Qiao Xi wanted to invite her to sit on the chair, Dailou Sangyu had already sat down on the ground and handed the prescription in his hand to Qiao Xi: "Here, here, and here." ”

Every time her hand pointed to a place, the silver bell on her wrist rattled, crisp and pleasant. Qiao Xi looked at her in a daze, and suddenly a trace of warmth flowed in her heart.

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Zhao Wu'an came to the place where Zheng Rong was killed for the third time, but he didn't expect that Hu Buxi had already arrived first with a large group of officials. He watched blankly as Hu Buxi commanded people to go in and out of the hut in front of the bamboo forest, making a big move.

"What are you moving here?"

"I'm going to move Qiao Xi's furniture. Hu Buxi grinned at him, "The impersonal house of the mansion, she is definitely not used to living in it, I will help her move her things." ”

Seeing the two officials coming out with a large water tank step by step, Hu Buxi also shouted: "Work hard, don't smash it!" It almost scared them out of the water tank.

"It's okay boss, it's empty, it's very light. The official wiped his sweat.

Zhao Wu'an silently said that you are happy, turned to the back of the house, and came to the bamboo forest again. The bloodstains of Zheng Rong's murder are still vivid, and Zhao Wu'an looked at the direction where Jiang Hsinchu carried the lantern that day, and frowned slightly.

Hu Buxi's voice that suddenly sounded behind him startled him, "Oh oh yes, the one who bit his tongue and committed suicide, the autopsy results came out, he was poisoned, his stomach was almost rotten, and there was a lot of carrion in it, do you want to take a look?"

Zhao Wuan said helplessly: "If you want to watch it, you can watch it." ”

Hu Buxi retched: "The boss doesn't want to see it, of course I don't want to watch it, in order to investigate the case!"

Zhao Wu'an suddenly asked, "That carrion, is it her own?"

"That must not be!" Hu Buxi said, "I don't know what kind of insect meat it is, anyway, it's disgusting, the old man greeted me last night and said that he went home to have a nightmare, and he won't come today." ”

Sure enough, it was Hu Buxi's subordinates, and the boss's undisciplined demeanor was well learned. Zhao Wu'an said lightly: "I know, you can leave after you finish moving the furniture." ”

"Boss, what are you still doing here? Oh, are you waiting for that little girl named An Qing! I heard Dai Lou say, she is quite clingy. Hehe, have you tried it, how's that?"

Zhao Wu'an glanced at him, "I'm a layman. Genuine. ”

"I'm still a child. Hu Buxi laughed.

Zhao Wu'an looked around at the suspicious bamboo forest and said, "I'm looking for what I said yesterday, the missing link, the token of Shi Huan that should have been on Zheng Rong's corpse." ”