unprepared

Yan Chen didn't say anything, but Su Huai knew why people looked tired. It must be because of his poor sleeping posture, which made him unable to sleep overnight.

In order to express his apology, Su Huai decided to buy two more sets of clothes for Yan Chen.

"Shopkeeper, show me all the best and most expensive materials you have here." Su Huai went straight to the point when he arrived at the cloth shop.

The shopkeeper saw that it was him, his face turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile, and greeted him inside: "So it's Mr. Su, please come inside."

The honored guests are indeed different, even the treatment of the material is different.

Refreshments and incense are all available, and there is a pretty little girl with a crisp voice to explain.

"This is the best cloud gauze sold in Buzhuang this year. The texture is light and thin, especially when summer comes..."

Yan Chen felt dazzled, he couldn't remember how many pieces of cloth the little girl in front of him had explained, from texture, texture to color, pattern, he was completely confused.

However, the people around him are very careful, and they can catch up with a few words from time to time, then think for a moment and shake their heads to change the cloth.

It wasn't until noon that Su Huai ordered six or seven pieces of cloth, and after looking at the styles of a few ready-made clothes, the two of them took measurements respectively, and then left satisfied.

As soon as the two walked out the door, they were bumped into their arms by a little girl.

The little girl saw that the two were dressed in extraordinary clothes, and burst into tears.

Su Huai was startled, and hurriedly knelt down to comfort him clumsily: "Little sister, did it hurt you?"

The little girl cried and shook her head: "Yes, I'm sorry."

"..." Su Huai.

Yan Chen patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "When I saw her running over, I was wiping my eyes and tears. I was afraid that I would bump into someone, so I was even more frightened. I couldn't hold it back for a while."

Only then did Su Huai heave a sigh of relief, he really thought it was him who hit someone!

"It's okay, don't cry!" Su Huai stood up and patted the little girl on the head.

"Xiao Liu, why did you come here?" Afterwards, the people inside heard the crying outside and found out.

It turned out to be the girl who explained the fabric to them just now.

The girl named Xiao Liu saw her, threw herself into her arms, and cried, "Fifth Sister, Fifth Sister is dead, the body has just been sent back, and it is left in our courtyard!"

Xiao Liu was out of breath from crying, his eyes were swollen like walnuts.

When the girl from Buzhuang heard this, her face turned pale: "You, what you said is true?"

"Fourth sister, go back and have a look!" Xiao Liu said while pulling her.

"Okay, let's go home now." The fourth sister pretended to be calm, turned around and returned the measuring tape in her hand to the counter, asked the shopkeeper for leave, and then dragged Xiaoliu out.

The two people outside the door heard their conversation clearly. Yan Chen glanced at Su Huai, only to see him staring at the backs of the two girls thoughtfully.

"If you want to go and have a look with me, let's go and have a look!" Yan Chen said.

Su Huai raised his eyebrows: "When did I say I wanted to go see it?"

Yan Chen: "You didn't say it, it was written on your face."

Su Huai ignored him, and if he made a wrong footstep, he would go to another street.

"Fourth Sister, what's wrong with you, Fourth Sister?" Xiao Liu's cry suddenly caught the attention of the people around him.

Su Huai's footsteps stopped, and saw the cloth village girl fainted on the ground, Xiao Liu squatted beside her and called her helplessly.

At this moment, he didn't care about confronting Yan Chen, and walked directly into the crowd, Yan Chen followed him and greeted him.

Su Huai is the eldest son of the prime minister's mansion, and he has always been a proud peacock with his eyes above his head. It is impossible for him to meddle in some nosy business regardless of his status.

But now that he met him, and let him close his eyes and pretend he didn't see it, he couldn't do it.

There are six children in Lao Li's family, all three sons are married, and the three daughters-in-law are not easy to mess with, and they want to separate when they are married. The whole family only has one acre of land, and there are three daughters. However, the sisters-in-law were unwilling to support the three oil bottles, so the parents had no choice but to scrape together a little money and build a small earthen house on the outskirts of the city for the three daughters.

Soon the three sister-in-laws found out about this matter, and it was good, and they drove out together with the second elder.

A family of five huddled together in a small house, living a hard and hard life.

The fourth child grew up slowly and could read and write. He found a good job in a cloth village in the city and became the backbone of the family. The two younger sisters were able to help with farm work, and life gradually improved. stand up.

Yan Chen saw that there was a small courtyard in front of the door of this small earthen house, where a few chickens and a pile of chicks were fed. There were two vegetable gardens on the south and north sides, with tender green bitter vegetables and plump leeks... The growth is very gratifying. It can be seen that although the family suffered a lot in the early stage, it is gradually getting on the right track now.

It was supposed to be a big family of He He Mei Mei, but now something like this happened.

Lao Li and his wife knelt in front of Xiao Wu's body, crying and crying, but the girl lying there could no longer hear her.

Su Huai asked for a long time before he found out the cause and effect.

It turned out that a few days ago, my uncle's son got married, and the family couldn't leave the farm work. Xiaowu missed his uncle's cousin, so he volunteered to represent Lao Li's family to the ceremony. Congming County is next to Shuojing. Two years ago, Xiaowu I went there alone, so the family members are also at ease.

But I didn't expect that when I came back after this trip, I would be separated from my family.

"Did you send Xiao Wu back?" Su Huai asked the red-eyed but silent middle-aged man next to him.

"Yes." The middle-aged man nodded.

"Who are you from her family?"

"I am Xiaowu's uncle. When Xiaowu left, I was worried that a girl like her would be in danger. It happened that a carpenter from our village was coming to Shuojing to do work, so I asked him to take Xiaowu with him. There is a caretaker." The uncle wiped his face, "But within two days, someone found the carpenter's body at the foot of Zhige Mountain. I was afraid that something might happen to Xiao Wu, so I rushed to see..."

"The results of it?"

"On the first day, I didn't find any trace of Xiao Wu. I was glad to myself, but I was also worried that Xiao Wu was captured by the bandits in Zhige Mountain, so I reported to the official, but...but when the government heard that someone was in Zhige I lost it in the mountains, and I refused to look for it no matter what.” When the uncle said this, he regretted and blamed himself. corpse."

"Discovered in Zhige Mountain?" Su Huai asked.

"Yes, when I found Xiao Wu, she was covered in bruises, her face was bruised and her clothes were in tatters, obviously, yes..." When the uncle said this, he sat down on the ground, and a man in his teens buried his head in the In the crook of his arms, he couldn't speak.

"My poor son..." Aunt Li threw herself on the corpse covered with white cloth, crying heartbroken.

Su Huai slammed a fence on the fence: "These dog officials, with the salary of the court, are doing nothing but careless things."

Yan Chen grabbed his wrist, fearing that if he couldn't control it again, the courtyard of Old Li's house would be demolished by him.

"Don't be impulsive, we'll talk about it when we go back."

"This... what is this?" Aunt Li's words caught everyone's attention, and they all looked at her, only to see that she took out a jade pendant from Xiao Wu's arms.

The jade pendant doesn't look like a good product, it looks like amber from a distance, but when you look closely, the color is mixed and the style is very rough.If there is something special about it, it is probably that the jade pendant is actually only half a piece.

Yan Chen's expression changed a few steps forward, took the jade pendant, turned it over, and sure enough, he saw the word Fu engraved on it. Of course, there was only half of the word Fu, and the other half...was on his neck.

"Isn't this jade pendant belonged to Xiao Wu?" Yan Chen's breath was a little unsteady.

Aunt Li shook her head: "It's definitely not Xiao Wu's stuff. People like us have to do heavy work every day, so it's not good for us to wear these things."

Su Huai looked at his abnormal behavior, and went up to snatch the jade pendant from his hand. Before the latter could react, he heard him say: "Since it's not Xiao Wu's, I'll buy it. Maybe we can find the murderer who killed Xiao Wu from here."

Yan Chen frowned at him, Su Huai obviously did it on purpose.

"No, no, this is not our property. There is no reason to sell it. The young master said that he can find the murderer who killed Xiao Wu. If you dare to ask the young master, he is from the government." Aunt Li showed hope.

Su Huai shook his head: "I am from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I will give you an explanation within three months."

Xiao Liu may have already cried, but besides sniffling all the time, he is quite calm.

"Your name is Xiao Liu?" Su Huai's voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of scaring her.

The little girl looked up at him, and nodded cautiously: "Now your fourth sister is still lying on the bed, and father and mother want you to take care of them, understand?"

Xiao Liu seemed to understand, but still nodded vigorously.

After Su Huai finished speaking, he held the jade pendant and walked ahead into the carriage.

The carriage was rickety, but it was a pity that the leisurely mood when I first left was gone.

Su Huai didn't speak, just closed his eyes and fell asleep. Of course he could see Yan Chen's weirdness. This half of the jade pendant must have something to do with him, but he also knew that this person was stubborn and would never tell him anything he didn't want to say. Words, even if you ask yourself.

Now he is waiting for him to see who can't hold back first.

After about a cup of tea, Yan Chen knew that he had reached the street when he heard the noise outside getting louder and louder, he sighed vaguely, and said: "My lord, give me that jade pendant! "

"Brother." Su Huai still closed his eyes.

"..." Yan Chen was a little helpless, saying that he was the one who was called the son, and now he was the one who was called the elder brother, "Elder brother."

"Is the jade pendant yours?" The eldest brother finally opened his eyes.

Yan Chen: "It doesn't count."

"Then are you still confident with this place?" Su Huai said.

"It should belong to my sister." Yan Chen said.

"Your sister?" Su Huai recalled it vigorously, as if this person did say that he had a younger sister, "Didn't your younger sister say that she died in Gongxi?"

Yan Chen gritted his teeth, seeming to avoid the question: "I don't know."