Since I met you, people are dying every day

Qiao Cui readily agreed, and first asked the boys to inform the girls to avoid them, and then went to lead the way in person.

Ye Sirui felt that she was as careful as a hair, but stepping on the wooden ladder upstairs, she could still see the looming woman's body behind the curtain, and pairs of curious eyes peeking out from the gap.

Ye Sirui didn't feel anything when he was used to seeing him, he just pretended he didn't see it, he was only worried that Xia Shu wouldn't get used to it, so he turned to look at him, still expressionless, but Ye Sirui was familiar with him, so he could see a little bit of embarrassment.

"Brother Tian Shu is not young, why don't you get married yet?" Xia Shu Ri always had a straight face, rarely moved, and whenever he seized the opportunity, he would tease him a few words, and it was only fun to see him change color.

"Aren't you unmarried?" Seeing him standing still, Xia Shu also stopped and looked up at him.

Xia Shu is very tall, Ye Sirui is half a head shorter than him, at the moment standing on the stairs condescendingly, he is rarely happy, so he poked his head to look at him with a playful smile, and lightly tapped his shoulder with the folding fan in his hand. "Brother Tianshu is two years older than me. My brother is not married yet, so what's the matter with my younger brother? If my elder brother is interested, I will immediately find a marriage with all four corners for you."

Xia Shu moved slightly, moved up the steps at some point, fixed his shoulders with one hand, pressed him against the wall behind him, wrapped his hands with the other, turned over and picked his chin with a folding fan, "Really?" Under the candlelight, his sword eyebrows were raised, and the corners of his tightly pursed mouth curled up like a smile.

"What's the matter, my lord? Have you lost your way?" Qiao Cui found that the person behind her was gone, and hurried back to look for it.

As soon as her voice sounded, Xia Shu let go of her hand and continued to go upstairs.That smile was also fleeting.Ye Sirui straightened his collar and followed him upstairs, "It's nothing, I just came here." The warm touch on the back of his hand was still there.He opened the folding fan and glanced at Xia Shu's back.Why is he so tall!

Qiao Cui was also a little surprised to see Xia Shu coming up first.Xia Shu got out of the way when he walked to the door, waiting for Ye Sirui to advance.Ye Sirui cleared his throat, and asked Qiao Cui: "Is this the one?"

Qiao Cui nodded, "My lord, please come in."

Before entering the house, there was a faint aroma.Ye Sirui looked at the door and asked, "When you came, was the door locked?"

Qiao Cui hurriedly said: "How come, if the door is locked, how can the old man easily enter the house?"

Ye Sirui thought for a while, then nodded, and went into the room to look at the latch carefully. According to the degree of wear and tear, it had been used for a while, and there was no sign of damage.He looked at Xia Shu and asked, "If the door is locked, can you go in?"

Xia Shu said: "You can cut the latch with a knife, but it won't leave traces."

He nodded and walked in.This room is not small, there is a drum table and two or three Xiudun directly opposite the door.On one side of the drum table is a carved nanmu babu bed.There is an incense table and an incense burner beside the bed.The faint fragrance in the room came from there.On the other side of the drum table are things such as a mirror stand, a wooden cabinet and a rose chair.In the innermost part is a qin table with a guqin on it.Ye Sirui approached the guqin, fiddled with it casually.From his point of view, this piano is not bad.

"It's a worry about this house, Miss Linglong has such a high net worth."

Qiao Cui forced a smile, "I really regard her as my own child, love is like a treasure, who would have expected, who would have expected..." She lowered her head and covered her tears with a handkerchief, "My lord, forgive me, I saw her death in such a miserable state , It’s shocking to think about it.”

She explained it by herself, and Ye Sirui didn't bother to comfort her, walked to the side of Babu's bed, and looked at the two residual wax and oil lamps on the drum table. "Was the candle lit then?"

"Exactly." Qiao Cui said, and added: "I'm still wondering why I lit two sticks of wax instead of lighting the lamp."

The two candles are as thick as a child's arm, only about an inch long, covered with candle tears, without a base or carved patterns, they don't look like good things. "Isn't this candle from our building?"

Qiaocui looked at it carefully, and then replied simply: "No, we don't use such thick ones."

"When you found Linglong, how long was the candle?"

Qiao Cui thought about it carefully for a while, and then said: "No more than two inches at most?"

"If you don't cut the wick, it won't last long." Ye Sirui said, he looked at the Babu bed, but found nothing.Linglong's body had long been taken to the Yamen by Wu Zuo.

"You just said that the window was open at that time?" Xia Shu asked standing by the window.

"Yes, I remember that there was a wind, and the candlelight swayed violently." Qiao Cui glanced at Ye Sirui, and only answered when she saw that he didn't respond.

Xia Shu opened the wooden window and looked out.

"How is it?" Ye Sirui walked up to him, trying to ignore his height.

"It's not high, you should be able to jump down without light work." Xia Shu said.Ye Sirui also poked his head to look, with lingering fear in his heart, "Tell me to dance, I dare not."

Qiao Cui echoed with a smile, "Your Excellency would not do those things that go through the wall."

As soon as the words fell, Xia Shu grabbed Ye Sirui's waist, pushed his hand on the wall, and jumped straight out of the window. "My lord!" She rushed to the window to look, and saw the two of them landed firmly.

Ye Sirui was stunned in fright, only reacted when he let go and scolded him: "Xia Shu, what are you doing!"

"You said you didn't dare to dance." Xia Shu said, with a smile shining in his black eyes.

Ye Sirui was angry and frightened, he couldn't think of words to scold him for a while, and then he heard Qiao Cui ask, "Is your lord okay?"

"Nothing." Ye Sirui replied, and looked back at Xia Shu, who had already lowered his head to study.He also looked around.This is an alley, and it is a dead end to the front, and there is no one in sight.He turned his head and saw that the downstairs of Linglong's house was the main hall and other rooms. The windows were all closed. He stretched out his hand to break it.

"Come and see." Xia Shu said.Ye Sirui squatted at his feet, watching him point to a deep footprint on the ground. "The footprints are relatively new. Judging from the depth, they should have jumped from downstairs." He gestured with his hand, "This person is about five feet tall, not more than five and a half feet tall. He has a well-proportioned body. About the same."

"Really?" Ye Sirui was dubious.

"A person's height is related to the length of his feet. You can tell by looking at your footprints." Xia Shu whispered.

Ye Sirui stepped on a shallow footprint on the side, and compared it, the length was indeed the same. "Then what kind of shoes is he wearing?" Ye Sirui asked impatiently.

Xia Shu couldn't help but twitched his mouth: "Do you really think I can't know everything? Even if I know the pattern on this shoe, can I know all the shoes in the world?"

Ye Sirui heard that what he said was reasonable, so he silently shut up.Xia Shu took out a piece of rice paper from nowhere, took out the dagger he carried with him, carefully cut some soil from the bottom of the footprint, picked it into the rice paper, and wrapped it carefully.Ye Sirui watched with bated breath, and asked him after he wrapped it up, "Is that the dirt on the sole of the shoe?"

"Yes, this is not yellow mud, it's red soil, which is rare. It can be used for comparison—if you can catch that person." Xia Shu straightened up and relaxed his waist, and asked Ye Sirui to ask Qiao Cui for paper Pen. "Draw the pattern of this footprint."

"How to draw this?" Ye Sirui was dumbfounded.

"Brother like you, don't you even know how to paint?" Xia Shu clapped his hands.Qiaocui got the order, and ordered the servants to come out from the main entrance with paper, ink, brush and inkstone and walk around into the alley.Ye Sirui didn't want Xia Shu to underestimate him, because he was a real young master, so he had to draw those stripes one by one with his head hooked according to the meticulous painting method.When the painting was almost finished, he could no longer stand up straight.

A pair of strong hands supported his arm, and he knew it was Xia Shu without raising his head.He didn't bother to thank him, so he directly stuffed the paper into his hand, "If you are not satisfied, there is nothing I can do." He returned the pen and ink to the boy and thanked him.

"Sure enough, you have a lot of work." Xia Shu looked at it, praised it, folded it and put it in his arms together with the wrapped soil. "Shall we go up?"

"How to get up?" As soon as the boy left, Ye Sirui bent his body and hammered his waist regardless of his image.

"Of course I'll go up, otherwise I'll have to carry you up." Xia Shu raised his head to estimate the height, and felt that there was no problem, so he looked over Ye Sirui, "Do you really want me to carry you?"

Ye Sirui immediately stood up straight and walked out, "Let's go, who wants you to hug me!"

He walked too fast, and he didn't have time to notice that the corner of Xia Shu's mouth curled up again.

Ye Sirui reflected on himself a little on the way back to Xunfang Pavilion, and he felt that his recent performance seemed to be worse than Kuanger's.Xia Shu was just joking with him, it was really naive for him to fuss.Besides, Xia Shu has saved him and Kuang'er countless times, and his attitude towards the savior is not in line with his standards.

So when he met Xia Shu face to face again in the hall, his usual gentle smile was on his face again. "It's really troublesome for mom today, and I will come to thank you tomorrow."

Qiao Cui sent them out.It was already dark outside. "My lord, it's getting late, why don't you take a boy to light a lamp for your lord?" Qiao Cui said.

"Why bother?" Ye Sirui got on his horse and told her to take two lanterns. They each picked one and rode all the way back to the inn quickly.

The next day everyone got up and continued on their way.This trip is not far from the county government office, and he changed into his sixth-grade blue uniform with white satin lining and lining, soap boots on his feet, and a black gauze cap on his head.The shopkeeper looked at his attire and had to pay respects and make amends.

Xia Shu changed into a dark blue Yesa and wore a big hat.This outfit was different from usual, Ye Kuang couldn't help laughing.

Ye Sirui asked the shopkeeper for a horse and rode on his way.After entering the city, the speed of the horses had to slow down a lot, and it was only at noon that they arrived at the county government office.