diseased bone

Chu Shao suddenly woke up from the dream.

This day, he left the morning court, and as usual, he didn't take a carriage. He leisurely walked around the Jiwang River by himself, bought a few steamed buns from a street stall, and then slowly returned home.

It looked like he was at ease, but just after General Xiao Chu returned to the mansion, he threw himself into the couch, no one could wake up.He was so sleepy that his eyelids were clenched, and he lay on the couch in a daze, scolding the fourth young master in his heart.

Just because he said the damn sentence "Then I'll wait" yesterday, he was coaxed and persuaded by Zhou Lanmu, and he really climbed the wall of the Zhaozui Division and stole the crime from the back hall of the Zhaozui Division. A strange golden hairpin was discovered when it jumped out.

The dignified General Tiance went to the government to steal things in the middle of the night, if word spread, where would his face be put?The two fled in a hurry, for fear of being discovered, they had no choice but to go out of Xianmingfang first, and ran to the suburbs to stay for the night, until it was dawn and then tiptoed back to the general's mansion.

Zhou Lanmu was quite happy, snatched the golden hairpin from him and went to catch up on sleep. The poor general had to go to the morning court, and he yawned endlessly in the morning court, which attracted a group of people to look at him.

what a shame!

Chu Shao slept until the sun was high before being woken up by the nightmare. He was stunned for a while, turned over and got up, and began to eat the steamed buns warmed up by Fang Ziyu, his caring dog-headed military advisor. He only took a bite of the second steamed stuffed bun. Seeing Zhou Lanmu tidy up neatly, she came in from the door with a smile.

Seeing him, Chu Shao was filled with inexplicable unhappiness, and also intentionally shivered at him, so she purposely brought the oily bun in front of him, wishing to drip all the oil onto his spotless white clothes—the rumor has it that he loves to wear People in white clothes always love cleanliness, and it's not a lie to think about it: "Fourth son, can you have breakfast? I can't eat fine food, so I have to go to the riverside aunt to buy it, but I want to use it together—I'm afraid You despise crudeness, you can't enter your mouth..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Lanmu took a step back, avoiding the bun in his hand, and wrapped the other one in his hand with extra oil paper very naturally, sat down and took a bite slowly, as if drinking tea. Tasting said: "The aunt is a real person, pork essential oil is expensive, but she is willing to use the ingredients—Where did the general find this conscientious aunt, I will definitely buy some in person someday."

The corners of Chu Shao's mouth twitched twice, watching him eat every bite carefully, the corners of his lips didn't even have any greasy flakes. Feeling vulgar, he quickly took a handkerchief and wiped his mouth indiscriminately: "I will take the fourth son with me some other day. Go together, I will not let you suffer."

"If you have a job, I will definitely go with you some other day." Zhou Lanmu did not refuse at all, and replied with a smile, "Although the cannibalism is short-sighted, I still have to talk about the business. This morning, I took the hairpin to a jewelry store in Qizhenfang. shop……"

Chu Shao interrupted him in shock: "Didn't you catch up on sleep?"

Then he felt that he had overreacted, and quickly added: "You didn't sleep all night yesterday, and the fourth son actually went out to investigate the case this morning? You really are in good spirits."

Zhou Lanmu looked at him with some surprise: "I heard that General Xiao Chu joined the army at the age of 14, and led the troops from Wumen Pass all the way to Yuchi Mountain day and night. Is there still time for this little rest?"

"I was young at that time, although I am a few years older now, but my body is not as good as before." Chu Shao was startled, and quickly replied, "Life is full of joy, and now there is no war or famine. Eat what you should eat and sleep what you should. Wouldn't it be nice to just sleep?"

"General Xiao Chu is such an idler, I'm very envious." Zhou Lanmu didn't look at him. For some reason, he always felt that his words were somewhat mocking, "Forget it, let's not talk about that, just talk about this hairpin..."

"There are so many jewelry shops in Zhongyang, how do you know which one he went to?" Chu Shao asked, looking down at the hairpin in his hand.

"I asked someone to inquire about the habits of General Jin." Zhou Lanmu sat down on the chair opposite him and said with his hands up, "General Jin has always kept himself clean. Everyone in his house said that he wakes up in the morning and returns home at a fixed time every day. In other words, apart from entering the palace on duty, he rarely goes to other places..."

A slender wrist of his was swaying in front of Chu Shao's eyes. Chu Shao looked at the faint light blue blood vessels under his tender white skin, and was a little lost in thought for a while, even though he felt that his phrase "keep oneself clean" was somewhat ironic, she still didn't say a word.

"So there is only the road from Jinting Imperial City to Xianmingfang." Zhou Lanmu stretched out a finger and gestured lightly on the table, "On the way there is a jewelry shop in Qizhenfang. If General Jin wants to return home on time, , I can only pick the one closest to the east side gate of Qizhenfang."

Chu Shao was taken aback, feeling that what he said was very reasonable. Before he could speak, Zhou Lanmu stretched out his hand and slapped it, and said with a smile: "Of course, these are all my guesses... In order to confirm this guess, I went to find I went to that shop, unexpectedly the boss has a very good memory, and recognized this hairpin at a glance, guess what?"

He raised his eyebrows lazily, with an expression like a cunning fox, Chu Shao was bewitched by his words, and couldn't help asking: "What's the matter?"

"The boss said that this hairpin was painted by General Jin, and he was specially asked to make it. Agate and gold jewelry are expensive, so he would not dare to make more if there are no regular customers. General Jin wants a hairpin like this every month. It has been six months since I got the blueprint." Zhou Lanmu replied, "Six months, six months ago, it happened to be the day when the missing guard in his mansion entered the mansion..."

"So, the hairpin is for this guard?" Chu Shao understood what he meant, "General Jin has not taken concubines for so many years, because he...is a broken sleeve?"

"Think about the hairpin on that young lady's head," Zhou Lanmu said, "It's made of a drawing, not a common shape on the market."

"But...if the hairpin was made for the guard, why did it end up on the young man's head?" Chu Shao thought for a while and said, "Besides, didn't you just say that General Jin gets up early in the morning and returns late every day? Where is he? Time to come..."

"Get up in the morning and return late, well, the general knows that if you are on duty in the palace today, others will think that you are also waking up in the morning and returning late." Zhou Lanmu looked at him with his chin and smiled, "I heard that you and General Jin had an exchange. Come on, his kung fu, if he wants to sneak out of the house at night, can anyone find out?"

Chu Shao was startled: "No."

Zhou Lanmu replied in a good mood: "That's it."

Chu Shao thought about it back and forth, but still felt something was wrong: "Then why is this hairpin next to Mrs. Jin's body again?"

Zhou Lanmu didn't even raise his eyelids, and quickly replied casually: "Imagine, if you found out that your husband gave someone else a golden hairpin, and it was a man, what would you do? Wouldn't you want to kill him quickly? But what about a weak woman?" He was able to kill General Jin who had fought in the battlefield for many years, but he was accidentally killed by General Jin when he resisted."

"Where did I come from?" Chu Shao muttered to himself, "But what you said makes sense..."

Zhou Lanmu raised his eyes, glanced at him, sighed deeply, and said in a complicated tone: "General Xiao Chu, have you ever been cheated out of money?"

Chu Shao was at a loss: "No."

"Not really, but you are so easy to be deceived." Zhou Lanmu looked at him, frowning slightly, a little gloating, and a little jokingly said, "The pile of things I mentioned just now are all from me. fake."

Chu Shao: "???"

Zhou Lanmu said: "First, Mrs. Jin and General Jin have been married for many years, how could she know nothing about each other's affairs? Even if she didn't know anything about it, she wouldn't wait to do it until recently. Naturally, she did it six months ago. Second, even if Mrs. Jin wanted to kill her husband, she would not choose such a simple and impossible method, there must be a possibility of success, for example, poisoning..."

The bodyguard disappeared, the hairpin appeared on the side of the corpse and on the head of the young lady, Jin Mingjing was poisoned the day before the funeral... These things piled up together, and everything seemed weird. Chu Shao frowned and thought for a while, waiting for Zhou Lanmu Continue to talk, but saw the other party took a sip of the tea in hand, frowned and said: "It's cold, I'll go get a new cup."

"Ziyu, come and pour tea!" Chu Shao called out to the door, then turned her head, "Then what?"

Zhou Lanmu happily asked back: "What then?"

Chu Shao replied: "Poison, then what?"

"Then I don't know anymore." Zhou Lanmu glanced at him innocently, "After thinking so much, I still haven't slept yesterday. I have to catch up on sleep."

Then Chu Shao watched helplessly as he yawned and walked away, and politely greeted Fang Ziyu who had just entered the door.Fang Ziyu walked in with the freshly brewed tea and closed the door, Fang asked, "What did you say to him, why did you look so bad?"

"It's okay," Chu Shao stared at the door for a while, then smiled helplessly, "I used feng shui incense on him a few days ago, but he bit him to death and didn't talk about me, so I dare not Too close to him, but now it seems... this is an interesting person."

"Feng Shui Xiang and other powerful spices can resist it, this person's ambition is extraordinary," Fang Ziyu shook his head, and said, "You have to be careful."

"What's so scary about me?" Chu Shao replied in a dawdly manner, and suddenly asked, "By the way, I suddenly remembered something. Under the influence of feng shui fragrance that day, he mentioned the 21st year of Qingyuan... the 21st year of Qingyuan ,What am I doing?"

"The 21st year of Qingyuan? You are only in the 21st year of Qingyuan. The Xuanjian camp has just started to implement the Zhanlu military order..." Fang Ziyu glanced at him and thought, "You led the army and recovered the twelve cities in the western region."

"I remembered that year when Shen Amber lost the Battle of Suiyuguan, Zongzhou Twelve Cities fell into the hands of the Xiye people for six months." Chu Shao pondered, "The fourth son grew up in Zongzhou Yes, did he see me that year?"

Fang Ziyu poured tea for him, and said softly after hearing the words: "That year... there was no one in the Twelve Cities who hadn't seen you? If it wasn't for the heavy taxes imposed after the Dingfeng Rebellion in the second year, they would have wanted to be in Zong The state erected a statue of you..."

After saying that, both of them were silent, and after a while Chu Shao waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Forget it, what are you talking about, I am no longer a hero, if the statue stays until today, it will definitely make me ashamed. "