Liaozhai Great Sage

"It's the first time I've called you that. My lord, please don't take offense if there's something wrong, but I learned it after seeing other girls call it that way before." Qiu Rong blushed even more.

"So that's how it is." Li Xiuyuan said; "By the way, has Qiu Rong had dinner yet?"

Qiu Rong replied: "It's okay, son, I'm not hungry."

But before the words were finished, there was a gurgling sound from her belly, which made her feel so ashamed that she didn't dare to look at the man. She was indeed very hungry. She came to the yamen in the morning because she didn't want to After leaving, I only wanted to wait for Li Xiuyuan to come back and eat every noon and night.

"I knew it when I touched your hand, and I know that you are short of energy and blood, and your body is a little weak." Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, but took out a crystal clear fruit from the ghost king's bag.

"I have a fruit here. If you eat it, you won't be hungry for several months. Take it quickly."

Qiu Rong took it carefully, saw that the fruit was crystal clear, and smelled a strange phenomenon, so she knew it was a rare thing, maybe it was a treasure of fairy fruit, she wanted to eat it but hesitated for a while.

"It's okay, eat it, I still have it." Li Xiuyuan took out another fruit and smiled, he saw Qiu Rong's thoughts.

Only then did Qiu Rong nod her head, and opened her mouth slightly to swallow the fruit.

Sure enough, as soon as the fairy fruit was swallowed, I felt warm all over my body, and I didn’t feel hungry all at once. Not only that, but also I felt an indescribable energy all over my body, and the fatigue from handling official documents for a man before was swept away. .

"By the way, this is the silver lock of my Li family. You can wear it if you don't think it looks bad. It was made by my father for my future wife and concubine." Li Xiuyuan suddenly took out another wooden box, Open it and see that there is a pair of delicate silver locks inside.

"Given by my parents-in-law, how dare I despise it." Qiu Rong was ashamed, but tied the silver lock around her fair neck without hesitation.

Touch, look at but also delight in such exquisite objects.

Of course, the most important thing is the gift of love from Airo.

Chapter 732 The Extermination Case

Those who hire are wives, those who rush are concubines.

Qiu Rong's way of privately making a lifelong appointment with Li Xiuyuan is actually tantamount to elopement, even if they stay together for a long time, they can only regard themselves as concubines. This is the etiquette of this world, and no one can change it.

And like Fu Qingfeng, with the order of his parents and the words of the matchmaker, he will be a wife after a certain day of marriage.

If it is a widow with no support, or a woman from a brothel, there is nothing wrong with being someone else's concubine, but Qiu Rong is different. Although she is in trouble in the capital, her family background is obviously good. She is a well-educated lady.

Maybe not as good as those high-ranking ladies from wealthy families, but she can be regarded as a very ideal girl from a good family.

At this moment, it takes a lot of courage and dedication to be willing to make a private life with Li Xiuyuan and consider yourself a concubine.

"Husband, it's already very high. If you don't go to the yamen to handle official business, others will definitely say that you are lazy again. Go to the yamen quickly. There are still many official documents from yesterday that have not been processed." A shy and sweet voice sounded in the room. .

But he saw a beautiful woman with a pretty face flushed slightly, pushing and pulling Li Xiuyuan out of the bedroom.

"I'm talking about Rong'er, are those things in the yamen considered important? Believe it or not, those civil servants wish that I would not sit in the yamen, so that I can hand over the official documents that I don't want to deal with." Li Xiuyuan smiled. Said: "They all expect me to be lazy, and then take this opportunity to make money. I, the magistrate, can't be too honest, and I can't be too hardworking, otherwise I will be hated by others."

"How can there be such a saying, it must be an excuse for you to be lazy on purpose, husband."

With a blush on Qiu Rong's face, she glanced at her with anger, the resentment in her beautiful eyes yesterday has turned into a coquettish and coquettish attitude.

Li Xiuyuan smiled, gently put his arms around her slender waist and said, "What I said is true, and you and I have a pre-determined status, if you are busy with business, does it seem that I am too confused? "

"Yes, but husband can't abolish the father-in-law for personal reasons." Qiurong said with shame: "Besides, if the husband's future is delayed because of the servant's family, how can I hold my head up when the slave's family goes to see the in-laws in the future?" What about it? I also hope that my husband will think more about it in the future, and the slave family has been entrusted to my husband, and the time of loving and loving together will be long in the future..."

Speaking of the latter, but because of shame, she couldn't help but move her eyes, and didn't dare to look directly at the man.

"Rong'er, you are right." Li Xiuyuan smiled, and then patted her head; "Then you should have a good rest today, don't move around, I'm going to work in the yamen."

"Yes, husband." Qiu Rong nodded obediently, and then with beautiful eyes, she watched her love Lang leave before turning back to the room to pick it up.

But when Li Xiuyuan came to the yamen, he saw that the head catchers of the six gates were constantly moving the corpses to the nearby mortuary, and a strong smell of blood wafted in the wind.

"What happened, so many corpses, where did another murder happen?" Li Xiuyuan walked over and frowned.

A civil official hurriedly saluted: "I pay my respects to your lord."

"Don't be too polite, this is what it is?" Li Xiuyuan said.

The civil official said: "It was a murder that happened outside the capital yesterday. A group of chariots and horses encountered robbers not far from the capital. All ten members of the family were killed, including women, children, old and young. As for the murderer Who, the people from Six Doors are in charge of investigating, but the lower officials think this is a premeditated robbery and murder."

"Continue." Li Xiuyuan said.

"The family that was murdered was Fang Shengyu, the former magistrate, and Mrs. Fang's family members. Just a few days ago, Mrs. Fang sold Mrs. Fang's mansion in the capital, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, maids, servants... and brought a total of 10 taels of silver. , Even with a family of more than ten people, they hired a carriage to go back to their hometown, and the news spread around the Fangfu, and they all said that the carriage was full of gold and silver, which was priceless."

"The lower officials felt that it was because of this that they attracted the attention of the robbers, so they laid an ambush outside the capital early, and only waited for Mrs. Fang to leave the capital before attacking."

"The family members of Fang Shengyu who were robbed and killed?" Li Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed, but he was not surprised.

He went to the morgue to take a look, and sure enough, the corpses lying there were all wearing filial piety clothes. He had seen some familiar faces when he went to Fangfu to investigate the case, and he still had a little impression. .

"For a prefect, there are hundreds of thousands of silver in the house, and there are so many corruptions and bribes. It is not surprising that there is such a catastrophe." Li Xiuyuan said with emotion.

Then he saw a blood-stained beautiful woman in filial piety lying on a wooden board with her eyes closed, completely out of breath.

This woman is quite familiar, she is Fang Shengyu's wife, the Fang family.

I remember that not long ago, because of Wang Erxi's case, Li Hua, who was still kneeling and crying in front of her, pleaded with him to let her go.

That day, because Li Xiuyuan had kind thoughts in his heart and didn't want other people's families to be ruined because of this small case, he covered up the matter with Wang Erxi for the Fang family. There will be disaster.

Unexpectedly, after only a few days, the pink powder turned into a skeleton, and the fragrance disappeared.

However, it can be seen from Fang's body that the thief is only out for money, otherwise such a beautiful woman would definitely not kill, she would definitely beat her up, she would not be willing to pierce her chest with a sword, immediately kill.

"I reminded Madam a long time ago that the money obtained from corruption and bribery cannot be kept. Keeping it will cause serious trouble, but you still don't listen. Now it is as it should be, because of the money, it has brought disaster. I wanted to save the lives of the family, but in the end I let the family die." Human life is ruined." Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly, but he didn't feel that there was anything pitiful.

Although Fang Shengyu committed many crimes during his lifetime, it is impossible for his family to be clean, otherwise none of them would have survived.

"The thieves attack as soon as they leave the capital, and they only rob money, not sex, so I can be sure that they are definitely not thieves outside the capital. The news of the sale of the property made you want to kill people and sell goods. You let those yamen servants who have nothing to do take charge of the case, and ask them to search more in the capital. You must solve the case within a month. Whoever solves the case will be rewarded with money. Thirty percent." Li Xiuyuan withdrew his gaze, then said in a deep voice.

Such a murder happened under the rule, which had a great impact on him.

And it's at this juncture.

In order to make those naughty yamen servants work hard as soon as possible, he did not hesitate to offer a reward.

"Yes, my lord, the lower officials will urge the yamen servants to let them investigate strictly." The civil official said, his expression became a little excited.

The Fang family's [-]% silver is enough to make people desperate.

"Others follow the rules. After filing the case, send the dossier to the official's file." Li Xiuyuan said.

Because of this case, he is not in a very good mood today, he is a little heavy, more than a dozen people died, and as the prefect, he is naturally responsible, so he doesn't even have the mood to go out, just stay in the yamen Deal with official duties, and strive to resolve the remaining official duties within one day.

It was midnight.

Yan Chixia, Xia Houwu, and Zuo Qianhu all returned to the yamen with wounds on their bodies, as if a fight had taken place not long ago.