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Although it is just a guess, it has a certain connection. After all, they did not find the sachet on the "buddy" who had contacted Xia Ran. If he did not carry the sachet, it is unlikely that his mission would come into Xia dyed spices, and why did some Xia dyed debris remain in the fingernails?

There is an explanation, that is, when he was silenced, he scratched someone's sachet, so there was some residue in his fingernails.

And what the dignified tiger said added a layer of halo to this speculation: "Just when you went to Gaofu, I had someone clean the warehouse again, and indeed found some in the cracks in the wooden floor. The red debris was later confirmed to be Xiaran."

After a pause, he said again: "In this way, I will send someone to try to keep an eye on him. As long as he leaves the high mansion, there will always be clues. If he is really the one who silenced him, then maybe we can find out from him. New leads."

Chapter 677 Housewarming

To the disappointment of everyone in the school office, Gong Wu never left Gao's house for seven days in a row, and according to the news from Gao's spies, Gong Wu didn't show any abnormalities for so many days. Stay by Mr. Gao's side every day and do your duty.

The only thing that can be counted as an achievement is that the sachet with Xiaran on his waist was found. It came from a maid from the Gao family. She was petite and exquisite, but she was smart in her work. Time was rewarded with such a sachet.

The relationship between him and Gong Wu was probably due to chance and coincidence, but Gong Wu has never made this matter public. Although some people in the house knew about it, they never mentioned it publicly.

Xia Ran's clues have come to an impasse, and Xue Yang and the others, as well as the only barbarian in the warehouse who has not been silenced, are still missing. Therefore, Qin Ke and Cai Yan are basically checking in the school affairs office these days. Looking for clues in the case files, and at the same time, he and Hu worked on some small cases, and the results were not bad. They even arrested a sixth-rank Beijing official who secretly condoned slaves to open brothels and forced good families.

If it weren't for the fact that Shen Dao had uncovered several major cases in succession after he came to Jianye, perhaps this case alone would have caused the officials of Jianye to gossip for a long time.

On the eighth day, Qin Ke had some free time and found a courtyard in Jianye. Although the outside looked a little old, the inside was very clean. There was a main room, two side rooms, a kitchen, and a firewood house, and a pomegranate tree was planted in the yard.

Qin Ke just took a look under the pomegranate tree, then jumped lightly, and picked a pomegranate. Unfortunately, the season is still early and it is far from ripe.

But looking at the courtyard, he was still very excited. He turned to Ning Xin and said, "It's just that, in a few days, these pomegranates should be edible. Let's save some fruit money during the Mid-Autumn Festival to watch the moon together."

Ning Xin smiled slightly, and took a look at Cai Yan, who seemed to be "habitually hanging on the wall", looking into the distance from the eaves, thinking that Qin Ke had already spent so much money to buy such a yard in Jianye, where every inch of land was expensive. , but still obsessed with the fruit money that a pomegranate tree can save, very cute.

However, Qin Ke felt that Ning Xin seemed a little unhappy these days, so she approached Ning Xin and said, "Sister, what's wrong?"

Ning Xin shook her head, didn't say anything, just walked all the way to the kitchen, glanced at it, and said with a slight smile: "It just so happens, this kitchen is bigger than before, and there is a small stove, when you two come back from the school office at night, I will Warm some lotus seed soup for you, so as not to get angry after being tired."

Qin Ke also smirked, thinking of his "good brothers" at the same time, and muttered: "I heard that Zhang Mingqi also changed his residence and was preparing for a wedding room. I don't know what happened, but Abu's family still lives in that small courtyard." , it seems that there is no plan to change places in the near future.”

In fact, Abu had the idea of ​​changing his residence. After all, the place they lived in was really small, and the whole family had to share the toilet with other families. , was directly hidden by his parents in a high place, saying that it was for him to marry a wife in the future.

Although Abu was a little dumbfounded, and at the same time promised that he would have more rewards in the future, no matter what he said, the two elders refused to kill him, saying that if he had the money to buy a yard, it would be better to buy a good horse for Abu, and if he lost the battle in the future If you can escape faster, the safety of your family is the most important thing.

Abu is not a sharp-tongued person at all, so he can only explain that there is his war horse in the army, and he does not need to pay extra to buy it, and even if he does buy it, there is no place to raise it in his yard, so he can only share it with a group of people When I went out to drink, I complained to Qin Ke and gave up.

Every time Qin Ke thought about this, he would feel like laughing, but what he didn't notice was that Ning Xin was watching him quietly from the side, but complex emotions kept flashing in his eyes like a revolving lantern.

At night, Qin Ke was still sitting on the bed reading some files by the candlelight.

Cai Yan has already blown out the candle in her room. According to what she said, "I'm exhausted these days. This girl should sleep well, otherwise she will become a yellow-faced woman sooner or later." However, Qin Ke always feels that she is pure and innocent. Just to find an excuse for myself to stay in bed tomorrow morning.

"But it's really hard work." Qin Ke thought that Cai Yan had been helping him with advice these days, and secretly rejoiced that such a good military adviser was there, so he shook his head and continued to concentrate on studying the case file, wanting to make himself competent for the school as soon as possible The position of Fuyou Langzhong.

But at this moment, his door was knocked suddenly, and Ning Xin's soft voice came from outside the door: "Have you slept yet? Do you want some supper?"

Qin Ke put down the case file and said with a smile: "Not yet, but I just happened to be a little hungry, thank you sister, but next time don't go to the kitchen so late, it's so tiring..."

The door creaked open, Qin Ke was taken aback, and suddenly found that Ning Xin had changed into the light red dress when he first met her, with a little powder on her face, like a Jian Ye The official ladies in the official family are generally charming and charming.

She first put the egg drop porridge on the table, then walked in slowly until she sat beside Qin Ke, leaning gently against Qin Ke's side, her soft body carried a scorching temperature, The eyes are full of flirtatious, full of charm.

Qin Ke only felt his body stiff and didn't understand why Ning Xin was making such a fuss. His face paled and he stammered: "Sister... Sister..."

"Mm." Ning Xin exhaled like blue, and a burst of hot air directly rushed to Qin Ke's face. Immediately, Qin Ke felt an electric current rushing through his whole body, stood up hastily, and went to the table to drink porridge.

The egg drop porridge was very fragrant, but Qin Ke couldn't taste it at all, especially when Ning Xin refused to let him go, and sat on the chair that was not wide, sticking tightly to him When, he almost cried out.

"Sister...what's the matter with you." Qin Ke finally couldn't help it, broke away from Ning Xin's embrace, and then said to Ning Xin, "Did something happen to you?"

Ning Xin was sitting on the chair. After being freed twice, she didn't cling to it again. She just bit her lips tightly, tears streaming down her eyes involuntarily.

Seeing Ning Xin like this, Qin Ke was in a hurry again. First, after searching for a long time, he took out a handkerchief to wipe Ning Xin's tears, then searched for another chair all over the room, and then sat next to Ning Xin to comfort her and ask, hoping Ning Xin answered his doubts.

Ning Xin shed tears for a while, then looked at Qin Ke's earnest inquiry, and finally said after hesitating: "Do you think I'm cheap?"

Of course, Qin Ke didn't think so, but Ning Xin's tone clearly confirmed the answer, she scratched her head in doubt and said, "Where is this talking? I never thought so, is it possible that someone outside is making irresponsible remarks? I'll help you beat him."

Ning Xin shook her head, but continued to shed tears, which made Qin Ke a little flustered.

Finally, Qin Ke asked the cause and effect. It turned out that Ning Xin was like this because she always remembered the matter of going to the coming-of-age ceremony and refusing to let her go. Originally, this was nothing in Qin Ke's heart, but Ning Xin is a woman. Linglong naturally tasted other flavors.

"I know that I'm not worthy of being your relatives, and I'm not qualified to be your relative." Ning Xin said in a low voice: "I don't want to ask you anything, I just hope you can give me something to think about." , even if it’s just a concubine. Miss Cai is beautiful, intelligent, and born in a family. You will marry her as your wife in the future. I will follow you and do my best to serve you. If you If you are not happy, you can treat me like a big servant girl."

Qin Ke was stunned by what she said for a while, and finally said dumbfoundedly: "Sister, where did you go, why do you want to be a concubine, what do you want to serve, I never thought about this. I didn't let you go that day, it was all because of myself Thinking about it wrong, because Daoxiang Village has always been crowned by respected elders. Who knows that the rules of Jianye are different. I will definitely invite you over that day..."

Ning Xin stared at him blankly, as if she still didn't believe it: "Are you serious? Are you kidding me?"

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, I swear now. If what I said is false, let God..." Before Qin Ke finished speaking, Ning Xin pressed his lips and said in a low voice: " You don't have to make such a heavy oath, I just believe it, there are gods standing above your head, you have to respect and respect them, don't talk nonsense."

Lowering his head, he couldn't help laughing through his tears. He didn't know if he was overjoyed, or he felt that his behavior tonight was really annoying...

Chapter 678 Big Red Happy Words, Bright Red Handkerchief

Ning Xin began to speak softly, from the nights she and Zhang Fu missed together after Qin Ke left Jingwu, to the war when Zhang Fu left, she lived a poor and free life alone, and to every night Yue she went to the Taoist temple to pray for Qin Ke, and finally talked about the appearance of Xue Gong's son.

"Actually, at that time, I really felt that I couldn't hold on... You were not in Jianye, and there were no other relatives of mine in this world. Although I remembered what you said before you left, I went to find Mr. Lu, but the answer I got was that he went north with the army to guard the border Well, I don't want to bother Miss Zhang, actually..."

"Mr. Xue himself is very well-behaved, but his servants... are all street thugs. In order to get me to agree to marry Mr. Xue, they always try to find trouble for me on weekdays, such as guarding in front of the door. Once they see me go out I made trouble all the way around me, which made everyone fearful. In the end, I didn’t even welcome the shopkeeper when I went to buy some rice. I was afraid that I would cause some trouble. They can't go on anymore."

As Ning Xin said, she took out a dagger from her body and showed a self-pitying smile: "Do you still remember this dagger? You bought it for my self-defense before you left, and I never let it leave my side since then. It's the same when getting on the sedan chair."

"Leaving Jiujiang City, I knew that there was no way out. I thought... at worst, I would die with Mr. Xue..."

Speaking of this, Qin Ke felt that Ning Xin's hands were trembling uncontrollably, and her complexion turned pale, so she subconsciously held her shoulders with both hands.

"It's all right now. Sister, the days to come will be fine."

Qin Ke was also a little guilty. In fact, he should have thought of these things a long time ago. Ning Xin and Zhang Fu are just weak women. In the huge city of Jianye, with no relatives, how can they really live comfortably?It's just that I didn't expect Zhang Fu to leave early, but my sister was so steadfast when things happened. I'm afraid no one would have thought that she was once a prostitute...

Perhaps it is precisely because of that experience that she cherishes her own reputation even more than her life.

Ning Xin felt the warmth from Qin Ke's hands, with tears in her eyes, and said with a faint smile, "Yes. It will be fine in the future. Since you brought me out of Jiujiang City, I just feel that way. Personally treating me like this, not only freed me from my membership, but also allowed me to be an ordinary person in an upright manner, but..."

She clenched her fists, took a deep breath and said, "Ah Ke. My sister doesn't dare to ask you anything, you have done too much for me. But if you can, can you not leave me alone? That kind of... Looking forward to it, but feeling like I can’t catch anything, it’s really hard.”

"Well, please rest assured, sister." Qin Ke nodded vigorously, but after thinking about it, he said with an apologetic expression: "But I will continue to search for my master's whereabouts in the future, and I am afraid that I will have to leave for a while Yes. But sister, don’t worry, I will definitely come back. When I find Master, we will go home together. Well, although my house is in the mountains, it’s not as big as this place, but it’s better than peace and tranquility. Among the neighbors, uncles and aunts are very friendly. good."

Of course Ning Xin knew that Qin Ke would not stay in Jianye all the time, but upon hearing Qin Ke's promise, it was as if a light had shone in the long night, and she finally nodded.

The two talked softly for half an hour. Under Qin Ke's relief, Ning Xin finally untied her knot and spoke briskly. The candle flames on the table swayed gently with the wind, and the bowl was not too full. Qin Ke put all the egg porridge in his belly into his stomach.

"Is it delicious?" Ning Xin was satisfied, seeing Qin Ke so satisfied with her craft, she also laughed out loud.

Of course, Qin Ke was also very happy, and even thought that Cai Yan might have a taste in the morning, but Ning Xin saw what he was thinking, and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Miss Cai is indispensable, and you don't eat at the school office these days. , Come back and my sister will make it for you."

After finishing speaking, Ning Xin picked up the bowl and said hello: "Then I'm leaving?"

"Yes." Qin Ke responded with a smile.

Who knew that Ning Xin's eyes changed slightly, she suddenly leaned down, leaned close to his ear, and said in a hot voice: "Actually, you don't have to worry so much. From the day you redeemed my sister, my sister has been in love all her life." It's already yours, even if you don't have a status, it's okay."

Qin Ke's eyes widened, but he only felt the cold hair passing by his ears, and then the beautiful figure had already opened the door and went out, seeming to let out a little laughter.

Three days later, Zhang Mingqi got married.

This is probably the happiest thing Qin Ke felt after returning to Jingwu. Even if he was banned from the school, Fu Youlangzhong couldn't compare with it. Be there on time.

However, Qin Ke heard that Wang Zhu and the building were indeed getting very close recently. After the battle in Ganhe, the two of them looked like life and death brothers. , these disputes are more like fights between good friends.

And Qin Ke also saw the girl Zhang Mingqi admired for the first time. Although it was only a glimpse behind the round fan, that pretty but ordinary face was smeared with red rouge today, as if she had discovered that she was coming from all directions. With his eyes, he could only show a clean and simple smile.

The happiest person among the people present was probably Zhang Mingqi's father.

This big businessman who used to be in the officialdom of Jing and Wu, after experiencing that great change, has become old, his hair is gray, his cheeks and eyes are full of wrinkles, and he has a sense of vicissitudes.

However, today he was wearing a red and black silk shirt, and he seemed to have regained a lot of his former charm. When he sat in the high hall seat and received the tea, his chest was almost overflowing with joy.

This is the woman his son married back, a woman who is not rich and of noble birth.

However, he now feels that these are no longer a problem. He still remembers that when he was not yet prosperous, he married such a woman, and then he had Zhang Mingqi, and his son will continue to carry the Zhang family forward in the future. go on.

Back to basics, but that's all.

"Send it to the bridal chamber!" As the building yelled loudly, the students in the Imperial Academy were all erupting, and all the "etiquette" and "rules" were thrown out of the sky at this moment, and a group of people turned towards the couple like a flood. The newcomers rushed up, and a few tall ones even erected Zhang Mingqi.

"Oh, this... this... this ceremony is not over yet, how decent is this, Mr. Zhang, look at this..." The master of ceremonies was also dumbfounded when he encountered such a thing.

Zhang Mingqi's father smiled hehehe, shook his head and said: "The children are happy, let them go, your money will not be lost in a while..."

He never thought to say this, he suddenly coughed, his whole shoulders trembled, his chest seemed to be ripped open, and the coughing sound was a bit hoarse, until he took out a handkerchief and covered his mouth, he barely stopped it An unsuitable voice.

He lowered his eyes to look at the veil, it was bright red, just like the big red happy characters in this hall.

And he was expressionless, as if nothing had happened, he directly gathered his handkerchief into a ball, stuffed it back into his arms, and soon his face was full of smiles.

"Uncle?" Qin Ke stood not far away, and clearly heard the wailing from the riddled chest. He was probably the first person to notice something strange.

Zhang Mingqi's father noticed Qin Ke's concerned eyes and smiled calmly: "It's nothing, I've been ill for a long time, it's just scary to look at, you young people go make trouble, I'm an old bone, don't mix it up. "

Qin Ke looked at Zhang Mingqi who was thrown into the air, nodded, and planned to have a few drinks with this friend.

Suddenly, someone grabbed his wrist from behind.

Qin Ke turned his head a little strangely, and by the light of the red candle, he recognized that the person was from the school affairs office, so he followed him and walked out of the hall without saying a word.

"Gong Wu has a move." Walking all the way outside the hall, the person from the school affairs office gave the information, and after explaining the whereabouts of Gong Wu's leaving the high mansion tonight, he slightly lowered his head and cupped his hands, respectfully said, "Detective Captain, please return to the residence as soon as possible, and arrange the next move."

This was probably the first time in these days that Gong Wu had any abnormal movements. Qin Ke held his breath subconsciously, and vaguely smelled something strange.

Xia Ran's incident involved armor smuggling, and the armor smuggling was most likely caused by someone in Jianye who had the intention of treason. I don't know how many secrets can be unearthed behind such a case...

"I see. I'll say hello. You wait here for me. Let's go back together." Although Qin Ke really wanted to have a drink with Zhang Mingqi, but things don't wait for anyone right now, and there is nothing wrong with getting together again in the future.

And just as he walked into the hall, several exclamations rang out at this time, and then many people called out "Uncle! Uncle!", and finally Zhang Mingqi cried like a wounded wild animal, and Qin Ke's heart sank. , and probably guessed what happened.

Uncle Zhang died of illness.

This middle-aged man who was involved in the dispute between the imperial court and the gentry, and was finally confiscated of Wanguan's family wealth, first suffered a severe mental trauma, and then received some punishment in the death row. After he was released from prison, the dilapidated residence was surrounded by With a cold breath, it is not easy for his body to survive these years.

But tonight, maybe because seeing his son finally got married, his heart relaxed, so he fell asleep so deeply.

There was still a smile on the corner of his mouth, quietly like a baby in swaddling.

Return to nature, return to dust.

Chapter 679 Arrest Operation

"What's the situation now?" In the darkness, Qin Ke looked away from the bustling lights in the distance, and asked the tiger in a low voice.

Obviously this time the tiger made a lot of preparations. Not only did he put on a piece of military armor on his upper body, but besides a standing hand crossbow, he also hung short darts, daggers, poison, and claws on his waist. In addition to ropes and ropes, there are even refusal horses used to interfere with war horses.

From this point of view alone, Gong Wu is by no means an easy opponent. At least in the case file of the school affairs office, this Gong Wu once belonged to one of Gao Changgong's eight thousand Qingzhou ghost riders who went to the Tang Dynasty. During the battle, a long knife cut off the heads of the four little masters of the Tang Kingdom.

Although Hu has reached the level of a junior master, like Qin Ke, he is still just a beginner, and the difference between a junior master and a junior master is huge, so it is always right to pay more attention and prepare well.

"It's been an hour and a half since I went in." Hu rubbed his hands, let out a sigh of relief in his palms, and then held the handle of the knife and said, "The informant said that he left the mansion alone without anyone accompanying him, and the whole journey was almost non-stop. Now that I have arrived here, I must be preparing for a meeting with someone important."

Tiger doesn't know who is important, but he thinks that as long as he breaks through this door, many answers will naturally surface.

This is a deserted shop. The paint on the plaque is peeling off, and only the words "Tang Kee Groceries" can be seen crookedly. There are not many pedestrians on this street. The eight spies from the school affairs office were even more frightened and hurried to detour.

However, Hu thought carefully. Besides these 18 people, he also arranged for other people to guard the entire street. These people would still be temporarily detained by the spies of the school affairs office not far away, so as to prevent unruly people from fishing in troubled waters and causing any troubles. misfortune.

"Three little grandmasters, three of the third level of qi and blood, five of the second level, and the rest are all of the first level. This is the limit I can allocate temporarily, but... I don't know if Gong Wu is still there. There are backhands." Hu said in a low voice, and then he was about to break the door.

In fact, the armed force organization of the school affairs office is not particularly powerful. What is more prominent is a "reconnaissance" ability. When a large amount of armed force is really needed to be mobilized, someone will send a signal to the Lei Jun who is patrolling Jianye. danger.

But no matter how you think about it, there are three young masters, including Qin Ke, there are already four. In addition, the people in the school office usually have training to deal with the master's combined attack technique. I think there is no force in this city that can defeat them.

I don't know if it's because he knew that he was about to act, Qin Ke felt the blood in his chest throbbing silently, and he also clenched the hilt of the Bodhisattva sword with one hand.

"break!"

Following the tiger's low cry, he lifted his feet fiercely and kicked on the plain door with all his strength, but what was surprising was that the door was unexpectedly strong and rebounded from the shock. The power of the tiger is so powerful that it even makes people like Hu take half a step back.

However, from the moment the gate crashed down, everyone had already entered the battle. The four school government shield soldiers in the front row were wearing iron armor, holding iron shields half as tall as they rushed in first, only to hear the ding With a few clanging sounds, several crossbow arrows appeared on the ground.

And the spies in the back row of the school office were not to be outdone. After avoiding the first wave of crossbow arrows, they also straightened up and pulled the trigger from behind the shoulders of their colleagues. Suddenly there was a cry of pain.

The crossbows equipped by the school affairs office are powerful enough to injure masters below the junior masters who have not specially tempered their physiques, but the reloading is slow, so they threw away the crossbows after one round of shooting, and pulled out the steel knives at their waists Start the assault.

All of a sudden, the entire grocery store was jumping and fighting, and the sound of fighting resounded through the entire street. The attacks launched at the same time, upstairs and downstairs, were extremely swift and violent. In just a few breaths, the people in the grocery store were Three or four people have fallen.

Qin Ke shrank behind the shield soldiers. Like the other three little masters, he was not in a hurry to make a move, but he would stab a sword at a limited distance, trying to kill people without killing them, and he also reserved his strength Get ready for the next battle.

"Keep alive!" Hu roared loudly. He saw a spy from the school office get angry because of his injuries, and kept slashing at the people on the ground with the knife in his hand. It could have been kicked over, kicking his own person directly onto the shelf, and after a click, the shelf shattered.

"Go upstairs!" Qin Ke also saw this scene, but he didn't have time to take care of it. He just exchanged glances with the other two young masters who were also detective captains, and then jumped out of the formation at the same time, like a gust of wind Go straight up the floor.