Looking at Duan Mingchen's resolute and stern side face, Gu Huaiqing felt a chill in his heart, and blurted out, "Jin Yiwei is really amazing, he can even fathom human psychology. Is there any case in this world that you can't solve?"

Duan Mingchen fiddled with the wine glass with his fingers, and said calmly: "Of course there are, and there are quite a few. There are many headless cases. The character and characteristics of the murderer have been analyzed, but the murderer has never been caught."

Luo Qin groaned, and said, "I see. Could it be that Big Brother said 'Grass Picking Robber'?"

Grass picker?WTF?Gu Huaiqing looked at Luo Qin in confusion.

Gu Huaiqing drank a few more cups, the alcohol stained his face, his eyes became more starry, his lips were as red as fire, and his beauty was almost monstrous.Luo Qin was swept over by his watery eyes, and felt his heart was slightly crisp, and his breathing was out of rhythm.

Luo Qin hurriedly avoided his gaze, coughed in a low voice, and explained: "This case sounds very strange. Since about five years ago, every six months or so, some scholars will be raped and killed..."

Gu Huaiqing's eyes widened in surprise: "Wait, you said that the deceased were all scholars, so...the man was raped and killed?"

"Yes, because we only look for men to kill, so we call him the 'Grass Picker Bandit'. This man's whereabouts are strange, and his presence and disappearance is erratic. He sometimes commits crimes in the south of the Yangtze River and sometimes in the northeast. The reason why we determined that the murderer is the same person is because he The selected objects are all handsome scholars between the ages of sixteen and twenty, and the methods of committing crimes are similar."

"The most recent victim was two years ago. Xiao Yun, the only son of the King of Zhongshan County, was only 17 years old. He was extremely talented and handsome. One day, he went out for a spring outing with his friends and suddenly disappeared. A few days later, he was found in a ruined temple. The dead body, with signs of assault, is very similar to the previous victims."

"The king of Zhongshan County is more than half a hundred years old, and there is only such a son under his knees. In distraught, he spared no expense in offering rewards, and sent the dead men of the palace to arrest him. His Majesty also attaches great importance to this case and handed over the case to Jin Yiwei. However, the murderer was very cunning, he escaped several times despite having clues, and the last time he showed up was at Yumen Pass, but he has disappeared since then, and the case is still unresolved.”

Duan Mingchen's face also became serious, and he added: "The murderer can succeed again and again without leaving any traces. He must be a thoughtful and experienced habitual offender. He is good at concealing and disguising, and his martial arts should be very good, especially light kung fu. He strikes The targets are all young men, who must be better than Long Yang, and judging by his fierce killing methods, it can be speculated that he should be a strong man. Unfortunately... Although there are so many analyzes and clues, it is impossible to catch the murderer. In vain."

Gao Lu was older and had a calm personality, and said: "There are many unsolved cases like this in Jinyiwei's case file. It's not because we are incompetent, but there are countless strange cases in the world. One foot of evil is one foot higher, but there are still a small group of villains who are at large!"

Everyone was silent for a while, Gu Huaiqing looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and sighed: "Everything in the world can never be perfect, even the moon has its ups and downs. A man stands in the world, but he only wants to be worthy of his heart!"

"Well said!" The Jinyi guards echoed in unison, they were all overwhelmed by Gu Huaiqing's pride and demeanor, for a moment they forgot that he was a eunuch.

Gu Huaiqing raised his head and smiled, stood up, folded a bamboo branch in his hand, and danced the sword with the strength of wine. Although it was a bamboo branch, it was like the wind returning to the snow, and the sword energy was vertical and horizontal.

The corner of Duan Mingchen's mouth slightly raised, he brought a jasper flute from the room, and played the song "Broken" in conjunction with Gu Huaiqing's sword dance.

The passionate music and the chic sword dance complement each other, making people mesmerized and fascinated. They only sigh for the good times and forget where they are...

******

When Gu Huaiqing woke up from a hangover, he felt dizzy and his mouth was dry.He stared at the unfamiliar blue gauze curtain on the top of the bed, and was stunned for a while before he remembered that he seemed to have drunk too much last night and stayed at Duan's house.

Gu Huaiqing sat up and touched the middle coat on his body. Fortunately, it was still the one from yesterday. Turning his head, he saw the coat on his body neatly folded beside the pillow, with warm water and green salt for washing beside it.

Last night, there was a lot of wine and meat, and they ate and drank to their heart's content. They continued to make noise until midnight, when Gao Lu and the other three were drunk and left Duan's house with their shoulders linked.

However, Gu Huaiqing was so drunk that he could barely stand upright. He only remembered being in a daze, as if being carried on a soft bed by someone, a gentle voice coaxed him, and fed him the unpalatable soup...

Gu Huaiqing knocked his head angrily, feeling ashamed, hoping he wasn't drunk and talking nonsense.

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and it was almost noon. Gu Huaiqing was really embarrassed to stay at someone else's house and sleep so late, so he hurriedly washed up, got dressed and went out.

Gu Huaiqing walked from the East Wing through the Hanging Flower Gate to the central courtyard, and met Tao Zhi, the big maid who served them wine last night.

"Master Gu is up?" Tao Zhi asked with a smile, "This servant will serve you breakfast."

Gu Huaiqing waved his hand: "No, it's getting late, I should leave too. Where are your wife and young master?"

Tao Zhi said: "Madam and Young Master are in the hall, Madam's younger sister and Young Master Biao are visiting, and they are chatting right now."

Since the host's house is receiving guests, Gu Huaiqing is not sure whether to disturb him, Tao Zhi saw his hesitation, and said: "The young master ordered you to go to him as soon as possible after waking up, aunt and young master are not outsiders, you Don't mind."

Since Duan Mingchen gave this order, Gu Huaiqing no longer hesitated, and was led by Taozhi to the living room.Before entering the door, I heard the sound of talking and laughing, and there was a slightly childish male voice, chattering non-stop.

Taozhi opened the bead curtain, Gu Huaiqing stepped into the gate, and saw a beautiful woman and a handsome young man at a glance.

The woman's appearance is somewhat similar to Mrs. Duan's, but she has a plump figure, showing a bit of the richness of an official's wife.The young man sitting next to her was wearing a moon-white straight gown, with a pair of carp white jade pendants hanging around his waist. He looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, with bright black eyes and lively eyebrows.

When Duan Mingchen saw Gu Huaiqing approaching, he immediately grabbed him with a smile and introduced two guests to him.

That beautiful woman is Madam Duan's own sister, her husband is Fang Yuan, Secretary of the General Administration, and the young man is Fang Yun's son and Duan Mingchen's cousin, named Fang Jia.

Before Gu Huaiqing opened his mouth to speak, Fang Jia grabbed Gu Huaiqing's sleeve familiarly and said with a smile: "I know who you are, my cousin told me about you, the famous Master Gu of Dongchang!"

Fang Yunshi hurriedly shouted: "Don't be rude, why don't you hurry up and pay a visit to Mr. Gu?"

Mrs. Duan smoothed things over with a smile: "They are all young people, there is no need to be so restrained, and Huaiqing is not an outsider."

After hearing this, Gu Huaiqing smiled politely at Fang Jia, and wanted to pull back his sleeve, but Fang Jia still held him, talking endlessly: "I heard that you broke the case of Princess Goryeo, with The head of the pirates fought one-on-one, captured the Japanese envoy Aino Yufei, and saw through the tricks of the Koreans to set the blame, and cleverly set traps to let the murderer fall into the net. It's really amazing! I didn't expect you to be so young and so good-looking, Ah, I adore you so much..."

It was the first time for Gu Huaiqing to meet such a familiar young man. He didn't say a word, and the other party could talk to himself endlessly.

Gu Huaiqing glanced at Duan Mingchen helplessly, thinking, why is this cousin's personality completely opposite?Duan Mingchen was stern and serious, always bluffing with a straight face, but his cousin was so lively and enthusiastic that it was unstoppable.

Duan Mingchen also saw Gu Huaiqing's embarrassment, stepped forward and pulled Fang Jia away from Gu Huaiqing, and said with a smile: "Don't mind my brother, my cousin is a monkey, born to talk, not talking is worse than not letting him eat Disaster."

Fang Yunshi also went up to grab Fang Jia, gave him a warning look, and apologized to Gu Huaiqing in embarrassment: "I made Master Gu laugh."

Fang Jia made a funny face behind Fang Yun's, but she stopped talking, but her bright eyes were still staring at Gu Huaiqing.

Although he was a little frightened by Fang Jia's enthusiasm, Gu Huaiqing didn't dislike him, the young man was lively and innocent, although he talked a little too much, he was still quite cute.

Gu Huaiqing smiled and said: "It's okay, it's a pleasure to meet young master Fang. The young master is very innocent and innocent."

Mrs. Duan said: "Don't look at my nephew, he has been very smart since he was a child, and he was admitted as a scholar at the age of 14. He is a promising child."

Fang Jia said with a smile: "My cousin won the martial arts examination, and I will also come back with a literary examination in the future."

"Big talk, you don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, is there anyone who brags like you?" Fang Yun scolded him, but his eyes couldn't hide his pride for his son.

Gu Huaiqing felt that this young man was a little bit crazy, and said: "Young master is very ambitious, I wish you an early title on the gold list!"

"Thank you Master Gu for your kind words!" Fang Yun thanked with a smile, looking at the mature and prudent Duan Mingchen, the handsome Gu Huaiqing, and his monkey-like son, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Why is my sister sighing?" Mrs. Duan asked.

"Actually, I brought Jia Geer here today to bid farewell to you." Fang Yun looked at Fang Jia lovingly, "Jia Geer will take the provincial examination in the next year, and his father was worried that the teacher invited by the family would not be educated enough, so he entrusted him with Someone recommended him to study at 123 Romance Academy. Tomorrow Jia Geer will leave."

"Oh? Auntie is talking about the 123 Romance Academy located halfway up Wenbi Peak?" Duan Mingchen asked.

"Exactly."

Duan Mingchen said: "This year's Spring Palace Examination, the No. 123 and Tanhua hand-picked by the Holy One are all from [-] Romance Academy. My cousin can go there to study, I think it's good."

Gu Huaiqing also echoed: "I heard that 123 Romance Academy is rigorous in its studies and has a good style of study. The masters are all very learned scholars. They not only pay attention to Chinese studies and moral education, but also teach piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, riding and shooting. It has both ability and political integrity, both civil and military, and the emperor once praised it as a model of the academy, but I heard that 123 Romance Academy recruits very few students every year, and the admission requirements are very strict, so it is not easy to get in."

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