New widow

Naturally, both Zhang Qing and Su Du declined. For Su Du, this kind of social interaction is not as comfortable as talking to Zhang Qing and drinking a few cups of tea in the small study room of Tongxuan Mansion. But since you want to be in the officialdom, these entertainments are also indispensable. After all, among the things sent by the Nanyang Marquis Mansion for the New Year, there is also money specially provided for remuneration.

"This wine is really not good after drinking it for several days." Zhang Qing came out of a social gathering place again that day, shaking his head and talking. Su Du smiled: "I just saw you, drinking one glass after another, thinking that You like to drink."

"If I don't drink, they will push that maid into my arms." Zhang Qing said with lingering fear, and Su Du smiled again: "You are not young and you are not married. It is okay to find a maid to serve you. It’s a matter of course.”

"Bah, bah, bah!" Zhang Qing was furious. Seeing Zhang Qing like this, Su Du smiled again. At this time, the two came to the fork in the road. Zhang Qing looked at the fork in the road and couldn't help but whisper: "This way, we go to Kuang It’s my wife’s way.”

From here, you can see the village within half a mile, and Suqiao's house is at the end of the village. There is a stone slab in front of the door and a stone to tie the horse.

Su Du seemed to see the house, smell the fragrance of the osmanthus grown in the house, see the bamboo in front of the window, and even see Su Qiao.

"Let's go back to the city." Su Du said and was about to turn the horse's head. Zhang Qing snorted, not knowing why. Su Du didn't want to go into detail. Just as he was about to kick the horse's belly, a woman came out from the side. Come, Su Du tightened the reins quickly so as not to hit the woman.

"It turned out to be you!

"Zhang Qing recognized the woman as Du Shi and talked to her with a smile. Du Shi was shocked and looked up to see the two of them. Du Shi quickly saluted them: "I have seen Mr. Su, Mr. Zhang, are you two going there? Where to go. "

"We went to the house in front of us for a banquet, and now we have to go back to the city. Look at you in such a hurry, where are you going?" When meeting outsiders, Zhang Qing was always the one who talked the most, and Du Shi also smiled: "This Isn’t it the Chinese New Year? My aunt asked me to go home and see the children. I stayed with them after the Chinese New Year. After staying at home for a few days, I thought about going back. Who knew I met my aunt on the way and talked there for a long time? It was just a waste of time."

What aunt, aunt? Su Du was a little impatient when he heard it. Zhang Qing had already smiled: "Aunt Ling, is she also Aunt Du's aunt?"

"Hey, Mr. Zhang, what are you talking about?" Du Shi groaned, and Su Du realized who this Du Shi was. So, Du Shi was still working in the Wan family.

Zhang Qing said a few words to Du Shi, and Du Shi walked to the other side. Su Du looked at Du's back and didn't speak for a long time. Zhang Qing already smiled: "Then follow me. I said I was thirsty. I was passing by here and asked for a drink of water."

"Forget it, it's still missing." Even though he was very moved by Zhang Qing's proposal, Su Du still refused. When he saw it, he asked for a drink of water, so what could he do? It would be better not to see you.

"I don't understand you." Zhang Qing sighed again, and Su Du had already said to Zhang Qing: "Let's go."

Go back to the city, don't think about her, don't mention her again. In the years to come, you will marry a wife, and grow old in love with her, just like every couple in this world. Zhou Lezeng

I have said that I have never had Zhou Le in my heart, and the wife I marry in the future will definitely not let her see that I do not have her in my heart.

Su Du lowered his head and looked at the horse's reins. The reins were well braided and brilliant, just like Su Du's own life. In the eyes of others, it was so brilliant, but what was inside, only Su Du himself knew.

Zhang Qing said nothing more and rode back to the city with Su Du. In the evening, someone came to report the case and Mrs. Du died on the road.

On the New Year's Day, a human life lawsuit broke out, which made the prefect very angry and ordered Zhang Qing to investigate the case properly. When Zhang Qing got the news, he took various people out of the city to have a look.

Mrs. Du's body fell on the roadside, her face looking as usual. When she turned the body over, she saw a knife stuck in her heart. The blade was completely gone and half of the handle fell off. It seemed that the murderer had hit her hard. When I inserted it and tried to pull it out, I used too much force and instead of pulling out the knife, half of the handle was pulled out.

The body was discovered by someone nearby. When Zhang Qing arrived, he heard the woman shouting: "I didn't do this, so why do you make me wait here?"

Seeing Zhang Qing coming with people, Li Zheng hurriedly walked up to Zhang Qing and saluted: "I have met you, sir."

Zhang Qing looked up and couldn't help but smile: "It turns out it's still you."

"My lord, you have a good memory." He sighed after saying this: "I don't know what happened. The person on the left was killed, and the person on the right was killed. Just now, everyone was still talking about whether to invite the master. Do a religious ceremony."

When the woman saw Zhang Qing coming, she stepped forward and

Without being polite, he just said to Zhang Qing: "I just found out that the person was missing. I wasn't the one who killed him. Why are you holding me here?"

"Say less." Li Zheng said to the woman, and the woman snorted: "I have to rush home now. During the New Year these days, who doesn't have a treat at home? If it weren't for the treat, I would I won’t come here, and I won’t encounter such unlucky things.”

For these women, having guests at home is naturally a lot of work. Zhang Qing laughed when he heard this: "So, you discovered the body."

"I'm not having a treat at home, but I don't have enough food at home. Mrs. Du always has a way of growing tender leeks in the winter, so I just wanted to buy a handful of leeks. I didn't know that I saw her crawling on the ground as soon as I got here. , I also said that she was probably drunk, so I stepped forward and patted her, and I saw that she was out of breath, which scared me to death." The woman said that she was scared to death, but there was no expression on her face at all. A frightened look.

Zhang Qing listened to the woman and said, "Then you can go."

"Sure enough, the master knows what happened." The woman gave a casual salute, glared at Li Zheng, and left. Wu Zuo had finished the autopsy and reported to Zhang Qing: "Sir, there is only one wound on this corpse, which is the knife in the heart."

The knife in the heart was struck with such force, it must have been a man. Zhang Qing nodded, and the man continued: "This knife looks very exquisite, it doesn't look like a knife that ordinary people can use."

A very beautiful knife? Zhang Qing looked at Granny Du, who would use such a beautiful knife just to kill such a granny? After all, although Mrs. Du's family is well-off, she still treats rich people

In other words, it’s nothing.