Xie Xuan hooked the corner of his mouth, "Isn't the concubine finished yet?"

Chen Chaoyan simply replied: "No."

Xie Xuan let go of her regretfully.

However, as soon as he let go, Chen Chaoyan grabbed him again.

When he was about to tease, Chen Chaoyan raised his hand, looked at the scratches on the back of his hand and wrist, and asked, "How did you do it?"

Xie Xuan wanted to withdraw his hand, but Chen Chaoyan held it tightly.

Xie Xuan teased, "Why, are you addicted?"

Chen Chaoyan was unmoved and said, "How did you do it?"

Xie Xuan looked at her, saw the smudged seriousness in her drooping eyebrows, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said, "It's getting late, princess..."

Chen Chaoyan looked up at him.

Xie Xuan immediately said: "The official mine is the base camp of the rebellious ministers and thieves, so naturally they don't want me to get involved. Therefore, from the time I went yesterday to the day I came back today, those hidden guards came out from various places trying to intercept them as if they didn't want money. Me. It's not that I want to get hurt, it's just that they are useless."

Chen Chaoyan glanced at the mausoleum.

Lingyou immediately captive his sleeves, "I was injured too, more than the young master."

"Injured more than the young master, how dare you boast that you are very powerful?" Yuejian sneered and took out a porcelain bottle from her arms and threw it at him.

"Nanling can't compare to your son, who am I?" Lingyou muttered while catching the porcelain bottle, smelled it, and said with a smile, "It's Baihualu."

Yuejian rolled her eyes, "Just this bottle, save some money!"

"Just this bottle, what are you going to do for him!" Lingquan stretched out his hand to grab it, and Lingyou quickly stuffed it into his arms and put it away.

After Chen Chaoyan took a few glances at the noisy crowd, he continued to look at the wound on Xie Xuan's hand, "Apart from the hand and ear, where else is it hurt?"

Just as Lingyou was about to say something, Xie Xuan coughed twice, pulled his sleeves to cover the wounds, and said, "It's gone."

Chen Chaoyan raised her eyes, "It's really gone?"

Lingyou quickly shook his head, and said silently, "Yes."

And Xie Xuan said solemnly: "It's really gone."

Chen Chaoyan hooked the corner of his mouth, let go of his hand, and said slowly: "I will check when I get back."

After saying that, he didn't care about his reaction, and continued to search the nearby sorghum fields.

After returning from the search, he checked the scene of Grandma Tao's body again, and after confirming that there was nothing new, Chen Chaoyan followed Xie Xuan, facing the sunset, and planned to return to the right road.

Xie Xuan looked at her slightly twisted eyebrows, stopped slightly, and took her hand very naturally, "Did you find any clues?"

Chen Chaoyan glanced at his hand, but didn't break free. After glancing at the Shangmen Village villagers who were still watching the fun in the distance, she nodded lightly and said, "I didn't find it."

Xie Xuan had already learned from the attendant that the scene where the bodies of Aunt Tao and Aunt Jiang were found was not the first scene where they were killed.Therefore, he raised his other hand, rubbed her head lightly, and comforted her, "Don't worry."

"Well, I'm not in a hurry." Chen Chaoyan seemed to say to him, but also to herself.

Xie Xuan didn't poke her, but after walking side by side for a while, asked, "Where are you going next?"

Chen Chaoyan raised her eyes to look at the tiredness in his brows, and then at the sky, she said, "Go back first, I'm tired."

Xie Xuan nodded, and after saying yes, he led her back on the right path, got into the carriage, and slowly returned to the county office.

"My lord, go back and rest for a while." The carriage stopped in front of the gate of the county yamen's back house. After getting off the carriage, Chen Chaoyan said slowly, "I'll go to the mortuary to have a look at the soil Mr. Zheng put there in the morning, and I'll be back in a while."

Xie Xuan was greedy for her rare obedience, and wanted to follow her too.

Chen Chaoyan took a step back, avoiding his outstretched hand, and said softly, "Be obedient."

obedient?Xie Xuan looked at his hands with a low smile, and then at her, then nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go back and rest for a while, you should come back earlier."

Chen Chaoyan let out a 'hmm' and watched him enter the gate of the house. After walking far away, she led Nanling and Ling You, who joined in the fun, towards the mortuary.

The mud and sorghum stalks in Grandma Tao's chest were placed on the wooden platform where they dissected.

Chen Chaoyan looked at the lamp carried by the waiter carefully for a while, and then confirmed: "It is indeed the soil from that sorghum field."

Lingyou poked the pile of soil twice, and asked casually, "What would happen to the soil if it wasn't from the sorghum field?"

"If it weren't for the soil in the sorghum field, it wouldn't be so bad," Chen Chaoyan said as he walked out, "It just allows us to find the first scene."

Lingyou patted the mud on his hands and asked, "Is the first scene important?"

"Of course." Chen Chaoyan said without hesitation, "Only by finding the first scene can we find the murderer faster."

Lingyou asked smoothly: "Then how can we find the first scene?"

Chen Chaoyan looked up at the gradually rising moonlight, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know either."

Said not to know.

But after returning to Yuqingzhu, she immediately asked Xie Xuandao: "Does your lord have a topographic map of Jinyi County?"

Xie Xuan called Wenmo.

Wen Mo immediately went to the bookshelf, took out the topographic map of Jinyi County, and handed it to her.

While Chen Chaoyan was looking at the picture, Xie Xuan leaned on the reclining chair, propped his head with one hand, and slowly dozed off.

Chen Chaoyan only turned his head to look at him, and then turned his gaze to the topographic map.

The seven villages where the homicides occurred are all scattered in the eastern suburbs of Jinyi County.Among them, Shangmen Village is the closest to Jinyi County, while Beiyang Village is the farthest from Jinyi County.

In addition to these long-known information, Chen Chaoyan also saw that the official mine and the various departments established around the official mine were also in the eastern suburbs.The location of Jindong County is similar to the black and white dots on the Taiji map, one is located to the west of the seven villages, and the other is located to the east of the seven villages.

After Chen Chaoyan took a quick look at the distribution of the various offices, he focused his attention on the seven villages.

Trying to find out the law of the murderer through the distribution of the seven villages.

Looking at the seven villages, it seems that there is a faint inspiration to break out of the shell, but after careful searching, there is nothing.

"It's getting dark, miss Chen, let's take a rest and read it after dinner." Seeing her frowning, the waiter hurriedly made a pot of hot tea and handed it to her, while persuading her softly .

Chen Chaoyan glanced at the sky outside through the window, pinched his brows again, and agreed with a soft sigh.After taking the tea from her and sitting aside, looking at Xie Xuan who was sleeping deeply, she got up and went back to Yuqing Building, washed up a bit, and changed her clothes before returning to Yuqing Building. Clear construction.

Xie Xuan had already been woken up by Wen Mo, propping his head with one hand, lazily unable to raise his spirits.Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his eyes slightly, looked at the gloomy eyebrows of Chen Chaoyan who came into the room, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then glanced at the map on the desk, "Still can't find a clue?"

Chen Chaoyan sat down about half a foot away from him, took the tea from Wen Mo and put it aside, looked at the map on the desk and nodded.

"You only went to Shangmen Village and Sangchen Village today?" Xie Xuan asked again, with the same lazy tone.

Chen Chaoyan looked at him, "What the lord wants to say, it doesn't matter."

"I don't have anything to say." Xie Xuan got up and walked over. After sitting down in the chair beside her, he clasped his hands and tapped the square coffee table between them twice. The two villages are just thinking about solving the case, aren't they afraid that the result will be biased and they will catch people?"

"My lord's words..." Chen Chaoyan twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, "It's not unreasonable."

"Since it makes sense," Xie Xuan asked with a smile, "are you in the mood to eat?"

Chen Chaoyan raised her head slightly, "Of course."

The waiter called Yuejian, and the two hurried out to help Banxia and Ziling bring up the food.

We ate dinner in silence.

Xie Xuan asked, "Go out for a walk?"

Chen Chaoyan stood up, "Let's go."

The two left the house one after the other, and then the yard, and walked slowly towards the garden.

After walking for a while, Xie Xuan raised his hand and tapped her on the head twice, but couldn't hear her, "Are you still thinking about clues?"

Chen Chaoyan paused slightly, and after pulling some distance away from him, his eyes fell on the flowers and plants under the moonlight, and he said casually, "I don't want to."

"That's right." Xie Xuan intentionally took two steps slowly, waiting for her to come forward, and after walking side by side with her, said briskly, "Investigate the case when it's time to investigate, and rest well when it's time to rest. The case has already happened, no matter how urgent it is, they cannot save their lives."

"I just won the hearts of the people for the prince in the town where Yang Erlang and Jiang Erya live this afternoon." Chen Chaoyan glanced at him with a smile, and teased intentionally, "If the words of the prince are spread, the people's hearts will not be said. I'm afraid that my image will be completely ruined."

Xie Xuan said with interest: "Tell me, how can you win the hearts of the people for me?"

Chen Chaoyan also urgently needed a change of mood, so she told him every detail about going to Sangchen Village, going to the town, and sending Zhou Boshan back to Sangchen Village.

Xie Xuan didn't comment on the town's affairs after listening, but asked her: "Is the sheep in Zhou Boshan's family really so delicious?"

Chen Chaoyan laughed softly, "Is it good or not, then I have to ask Pinellia."

Xie Xuan turned to look at Banxia, ​​Banxia hurriedly replied: "That sheep was made by Uncle Zhou's daughters-in-law, I couldn't get involved."

Chen Chaoyan said 'huh', "I thought you did it."

Ban Xia smiled, "It seems that the sheep really suits Miss Chen's taste."

Chen Chaoyan nodded, "It's not easy to cook mutton that is not smelly and delicious. The sheep in Uncle Zhou's family just fits these two points."

Turning around and taking a look at Xie Xuan, she said intentionally, "It's a pity that the prince didn't get to eat it."

"It's not easy," Xie Xuan decided directly, "Just eat again tomorrow."

The sheep in Zhou Boshan's family are raised for sale.When they left today, because they didn't have much money with them, the secretary quietly left two golden hairpins.If we go again tomorrow, it will be a trivial matter whether we have money or not.With Xie Xuan, King Jin's living signboard, Zhou Boshan's sheep will not have to worry about selling in the future.

Thinking up to this point, Chen Chaoyan readily replied: "Okay."

Using his identity to drive economic benefits for the people is also a way to win people's hearts.

However, when it came to the sheep in Zhou Boshan's family, Chen Chaoyan inevitably thought of the one hundred mu of land that was going to be rewarded to the Qian family, so she turned around and asked Ling You, "The one hundred mu of land that is going to be rewarded to Aunt Qian is different from Mr. Zheng." Have you said that?"

Lingyou replied: "I told you, Mr. Zheng is going to give her the swamp not far from Shangmen Village. Mr. Zheng said that the swamp is about [-] to [-] mu. Although it has been deserted, it is very fertile. very."

"Then why has it been left unused?" Chen Chaoyan questioned.

Ling You said: "It is said that the swamp is a land that a certain county magistrate of my predecessor purposely bought to breed horses and grass to make money. After being exposed and convicted of crimes, the other magistrates are not willing to use that land. That’s why it’s always been there.”

Chen Chaoyan thought that it was Xie Xuan who gave the reward to the Qian family, Zheng Liang should not have the courage to deceive and conceal it or pass it off as a good one, so he confessed: "Arrange someone to go over to watch tomorrow, don't do bad things with good intentions."

Lingyou nodded: "Princess, don't worry, I will definitely arrange someone to follow."

Chen Chaoyan let out an 'hmm', and asked again: "When you went to Mr. Zheng, did he mention how many shops in Jinyi County sell crystal dragon and phoenix cakes?"

"I just said that when it's time to rest, you should take a good rest." Xie Xuan clasped his hands and tapped her head twice again.

Chen Chaoyan stopped in his tracks, glanced at him, then turned around and said: "It's getting late, I'm going back to rest. The prince must be quite tired after traveling around for two days, Lingyou and you guys will send him back soon Rest."

Xie Xuan took a look at the hand that knocked her head, then knocked himself back twice to test the severity, then chased her and said, "Are you angry?"

"No." Chen Chaoyan kept walking, "It's what the prince said, those who should rest should take a good rest. If that's the case, then I'll go back and rest."

Xie Xuan grabbed her wrist, "Following me for a walk is also a rest."

Chen Chaoyan stared at him, "Your Highness has been running around for two days, isn't he tired?"

"Extremely tired." Xie Xuan pulled her, sat down on the nearest stone, and said slowly, "So, don't get angry with me, otherwise, I will have to spend my time trying to coax you."

"Who is angry with you?" Chen Chaoyan rolled her eyes silently.

"I said the wrong thing." Xie Xuan hooked the corner of his mouth shallowly, "Come here and sit with me for a while."

Chen Chaoyan saw that the tiredness in his eyebrows did not seem to be fake, so she obediently sat beside him.

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