Thousands of years

After all, Lin Ruoqing's eyes widened after hearing this, and she stammered, "You mean I fell from the sky?" Did Zhan find out?"

Lin Ruoqing stopped talking, of course she knew that Zhan Zhao's martial arts were very high, otherwise she wouldn't be a fourth-rank guard with a knife.

Lin Ruoqing hesitated and said, "Master Zhan, can you take me to the place where you rescued me?" Zhan Zhao looked at the woman in front of him with complicated eyes, and nodded for a long time.

This is an ordinary alley not far from Fengfu, there is nothing special about it, but the scene that happened here just three nights ago is something that Zhan Zhao will never forget.

Zhan Zhao quietly watched Lin Ruoqing walk from one end of the alley to the other, and back again, then looked up at the dark night sky in a daze, finally, she knelt down and buried her head in her knees and started to cry, and Weeping very sadly, Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, and wanted to step forward to comfort him, but he didn't know how to say it, so he could only stand aside, feeling an inexplicable complex situation spreading in his heart.

缘续

On the second day, Lin Ruoqing insisted on leaving Kaifeng Mansion on the grounds that she was afraid of her family worrying.Zhan Zhao was helpless, so he sent someone to hire a carriage for her, paid the fare, and gave Lin Ruoqing 20 taels of silver as money on the way.Lin Ruoqing thanked Zhan Zhao, and said that she would return it in the future, but Zhan Zhao just smiled and said nothing.Lin Ruoqing bid farewell to him in a low voice, Zhan Zhao looked at her red and swollen eyes from crying, but didn't say what he wanted to say, only told her to be careful all the way.Looking at the Kaifeng mansion that was drifting away, Lin Ruoqing sat back in the carriage and let out a long breath.She didn't sleep almost all night, she made this decision, she wanted to leave Kaifeng mansion: her appearance was too strange, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of everyone in Kaifeng mansion, I'm afraid it will be difficult to gain their trust, it's better to leave.

Looking at the little bundle beside her, which contained the clothes and food prepared for her by that girl Xiaojuan, Lin Ruoqing felt a little warmth in her heart, it was hard for this girl not to care about her indifference to her these days, but she didn't know if there would be any more in this life. The chance to meet, as well as Zhan Zhao, I'm afraid it will be difficult to see each other again.From now on, it's all up to her. Although the road ahead is uncertain and uncertain, Lin Ruoqing knows that she will face it bravely.

For everyone in Kaifeng Mansion, the days passed quickly like flipped pages of a book. In a blink of an eye, the heat in the capital gradually subsided, and autumn gradually spread.Zhan Zhao was so busy handling cases and patrolling the streets every day that he almost forgot about the girl who was just a flash in the pan in his life, until one day, Xiaojuan suddenly muttered: "I wonder if that girl Lin has arrived? How can she even write a letter?" None?" He just remembered that weird girl who fell from the sky, yes, she must have returned to her hometown to reunite with her family, right?Only occasionally when I passed that alley, I thought of the girl who appeared strangely in Xia Ye, and felt like I was in a dream.He didn't expect that they would meet again in the near future.

In the middle of the night after that day, Kaifeng Mansion received a report from a watchman who was on watch and found that someone had been killed in Yulin Lane.

Zhan Zhao brought Wang Chao Ma Han and two yamen servants to the scene, and saw a man sitting down at the base of the wall, covered in blood. Zhan Zhao took a quick look and found that the man had been stabbed seven times and was holding a dagger in his hand. After dying for a long time, a trail of blood stretched out to the distance under the man's body.

Zhan Zhao ordered the servants to bring the corpse back to Kaifeng Mansion, while he led Chao Ma Han to chase after the blood.At the entrance of the alley, Zhan Zhao found another dagger on the ground. He leaned over to pick it up, and found that the bloodstain suddenly disappeared not far away, and there was a row of ruts beside the bloodstain. Ma Han chased after him all the way.

When the sky was getting brighter, the three of Zhan Zhao stopped at an ordinary private house. Zhan Zhao pondered for a while, then raised his hand and knocked on the door lightly. After a while, the door opened, and an old man in his 60s saw a suit in front of the door. Zhan Zhao in official uniform was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.

Zhan Zhao said warmly, "Don't be afraid, old man. I'm going to Zhan Zhao in the Kaifeng mansion. I need to ask the old man about something." The old man just woke up, and hurriedly welcomed Zhan Zhao and the others into the yard. Zhan Zhao roughly scanned the place Seeing the blood stains on the cart behind the door in the humble courtyard, he understood, and asked, "May I ask if the old man rescued someone near Yulin Lane last night?" The old man nodded and said his surname Lin and her daughter sell snacks under the state bridge.When he returned last night, he did rescue a bloody stranger at the entrance of Yulin Alley.

While talking, old man Lin brought Zhan Zhao and others into the room to check. Zhan Zhao looked closely at the unconscious man on the bed, who had been stabbed in the abdomen and had been roughly bandaged.Just as he was about to order to carry him back to the Kaifeng mansion, a crisp voice came from outside the door: "Father, I brought the medicine."

As the door curtain was opened, a young girl in light yellow clothes came in.The moment they met Zhan Zhao's eyes, both of them froze. "It's you?" Zhan Zhao suddenly remembered the girl who appeared inexplicably in Xia Ye.And Lin Ruoqing also recognized Zhan Zhao, with a guilty conscience, she covered her face with something in her hands, and said, "It's not me".And this sentence is obviously self-inflicted.

Seeing his daughter's appearance, the old man at the side hurriedly said: "Ruoqing, this is Lord Zhan of Kaifeng Mansion, don't be unreasonable." Lin Ruoqing reluctantly put down her sleeves, curled her lips and remained silent.Zhan Zhao didn't pay much attention to it, he just took a deep look at her, then pointed to the person on the bed and said, "This person is related to a case, and Zhan wants to bring him back to Kaifeng Mansion for trial."

Old man Lin could only nod his head. Seeing Zhan Zhao order Wang Chao and Ma Han to carry him away, Lin Ruoqing couldn't help but say, "Your Kaifeng mansion is too impersonal. This man hasn't woken up yet. I'm going to take him away." Zhan Zhao didn't say a word to signal the two to carry him away, seeing the two of them out of the courtyard, Fang turned around and said to Lin Ruoqing: "This person is most likely a murder suspect, the girl still wants to keep him at home Is it?" Lin Ruoqing was stunned for a moment, Zhan Zhao smiled lightly before turning around to leave, as if he remembered something, he turned around and said: "In a few days, the Kaifeng Mansion will send you two to testify in court, I hope you will cooperate then. " Then he glanced at Lin Ruoqing again, and Fang turned and left.

The father and daughter stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do for a while.Lin Ruoqing even murmured: "Murderer, dad, how did we save a murderer?" The father and daughter looked at each other with lingering fear.

This girl was Lin Ruoqing who borrowed Zhan Zhao's 20 taels of silver to leave Kaifeng Mansion. She had nowhere to go, so she found an inn to stay. Later, by chance, she was taken in by the old man Lin who sold snacks under the state bridge. Lin Ruoqing helped him The old man was grateful for taking care of his seriously ill wife until his death, and helping him keep the stall to make snacks. It happened that the old man was also surnamed Lin, so the two were called father and daughter, and they depended on each other ever since.

As the weather gradually turned cold, old man Lin's food stall business began to cool down. Old man Lin was anxious, but he couldn't do anything about it.In a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and Lin Ruoqing thought that she could go to major restaurants and wealthy families in the capital to promote Old Man Lin's snacks to increase sales. It will hurt your reputation." But Lin Ruoqing didn't take it to heart, but comforted the old man Lin, saying, "I help my father set up a stall under the Zhou Bridge every day, so I already show my face. It's okay, don't worry." Although the old man Lin was a little worried, but he was old and his energy was limited, so I'm afraid that was all he could do to make a living.I don't think Lin Ruoqing is quite capable, but within a few days, I contacted a big family in three restaurants to order dim sum for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Lin Ruoqing's flamboyant and nonchalant personality with a modern atmosphere also paved the way for her future fate. the bane.

Later, the Kaifeng Mansion indeed summoned the father and daughter to the Shengtang to testify. Only then did Lin Ruoqing know that the person she saved was named Zhang Jin, and he killed a man named Du Ping for a girl named Narcissus in Ningxiang Tower. , Mr. Bao sentenced that Zhang to the guillotine according to the law.Lin Ruoqing never thought that saving someone for the first time in her life would see that person being sent to the guillotine. Seeing Zhang Jin's eyes when he was being executed, Lin Ruoqing felt very uncomfortable.

Lin Ruoqing was stepping out of the gate of Kaifeng Mansion with a lot of thoughts, when a clear call came from behind: "Miss Lin." Lin Ruoqing stopped her steps, turned around and looked at Zhan Zhao behind her, sure enough, she will come sooner or later.She said to the old man Lin beside her: "Father, you go back first. I will go home by myself later." Old man Lin didn't know why, so he nodded and left first.

Lin Ruoqing met Zhan Zhao's gaze, with a smile on her lips, trying to change the subject: "Master Zhan wants your 20 taels of silver back?" Zhan Zhao was startled, then smiled and said, "Young lady thinks that Zhan is asking the young lady for that money?" 20 taels of silver?"

"Then why did Mr. Zhan call me?" Lin Ruoqing continued to play dumb. "Girl, you don't have to put on an air here. Zhan asked you about the life experience that the girl said in court today, is it true?" Zhan Zhao looked at Lin Ruoqing seriously, his dark eyes were like deep pools, making it difficult to see Lin Ruoqing. Avoiding that look, lowered her head and said with a little confidence: "Of course it's true." Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the girl in front of him, and said softly, "I hope it's true." Lin Ruoqing raised her head and looked at Zhan Zhao , his eyes were full of sincerity: "Master Zhan, please believe me, no matter what my background is, I am not a bad person." Zhan Zhao looked at her steadily with complicated eyes, but he didn't say anything after all.

缘聚

In the blink of an eye, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Although Kaifeng is still busy, there is no shortage of lively festive atmosphere.Mr. Bao gave everyone half a day off, everyone three