Little husband, he is born with a good life

Here in Fucheng, Zhou Jinnian and Xie Ning rode a horse together one after the other, and they were able to leave the city gate after handing over the official badge.

Xie Ning sat behind Zhou Jinnian, hugging Zhou Jinnian's strong waist, leaning his head sideways against Zhou Jinnian's back, looking around idly with his big eyes.

Go out of the city gate, run a small road to the right, and reach the official road at the fork. After running for two hours, you will be Nanyu County.

At this time, he was running on the path, and there were several officials blocking the road ahead, so Zhou Jinian was forced to pull the reins to stop the horse.

The horse stopped, Xie Ning let go of his hands quickly, sat up straight by himself, and stopped hugging his husband.

The official took a step forward, raised his head to look at Zhou Jinnian and asked, "Who is it? There is no passage here, let's go back."

Zhou Jinian took out the official badge from his pocket, and said to the officer: "I am the county magistrate of Nanyu County, Zhou Jinian."

"Master Zhou is well." The officer's attitude improved and he saluted respectfully.

"Why is there no access here? When will it be closed?"

The officer replied: "My lord, this is the place where the deceased Duan Maocai was first discovered. We were also ordered by Mr. Deng of the Ministry of Punishment to seal off the scene and search for clues."

Xie Ning looked around curiously. On the right was the outer corner of the city wall, and on the left was a river that circled the city a hundred meters away.

Xie Ning stared at the calm river water in a daze...

Zhou Jinian had already finished negotiating with the official, but the official didn't dare to stop Zhou County Magistrate and let them pass.

The sound of the horse's hooves brought Xie Ning back to his senses. He watched the officials spread out to make way for Zhou Jinnian.

After the horse ran some distance away from the officials, he hugged Zhou Jinian's waist and shook, "Ji Nian stops."

Zhou Jinnian pulled the rein again, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Go to the river." Xie Ning pointed to the river on the left.

Zhou Jinnian understood immediately, "Do you want to see if there are any red carp to give you some clues?"

Xie Ning nodded, pushed Zhou Jinnian's waist, silently urging.

Zhou Jinnian rode his horse to stop by the river. He dismounted first, led the horse, tied the rope to a tree, and then opened his arms towards Xie Ning who was sitting on the horse.

Xie Ning is also waiting, Ji Nian puts him at the top of his heart and dotes on him, this kind of dependence on him really cannot be broken.

Xie Ning put his hands on his shoulders, and with his arms around his waist, he slid off the mount and stood on the ground.

The two walked to the river together, squatted down together, Xie Ning rolled up his sleeves, and put his hands into the river...

"Why are there no carp?" Xie Ning muttered, moving his hands back and forth in the water.

Hearing his muttering, Zhou Jinnian stood up and walked around to look at the river.

Suddenly thought of something, Zhou Jinnian went to pull Xie Ning up, grabbed the little husband's hand and wiped it on his waist.

Xie Ning wiped his hands dry on him like this.

"Let's go, let's go downstream." Zhou Jinnian went to untie the horse rope, got on the horse first, and then pulled Xie Ning onto the horse.

A group of officials looked puzzled at the Magistrate Zhou who had returned, puzzled but quickly gave way.

The horse drove the couple to the lower reaches, and Zhou Jinnian said, "The carp knew to move when the bridge collapsed. After this happened, the carp probably wouldn't stay in the upper reaches."

Xie Ning tried again.

Sure enough, after a while, several fish came over and pecked his hand with their mouths. Xie Ning boldly held a fish and touched its body.

Zhou Jinian squatted aside to watch over Xie Ning, seeing that Xie Ning just put his hand into the water and actually attracted the carp over, he raised his eyebrows to express his surprise.

It seemed that Xie Ning was caressing the carp casually, and his playful spirit grew.But soon, he saw Xie Ning blinking, and suddenly turned his head to look upstream.

Zhou Jinian stood up and turned to look at Xie Ning's expression.

Xie Ning's expression was dull, probably because his mind had received the message from the carp.

Zhou Jinian looked away, and followed Xie Ning's line of sight to look upstream.

"Ah!!!" Xie Ning screamed, Zhou Jinnian quickly turned around, hugged Xie Ning tightly, and grabbed Xie Ning's hand out of the water.

"Ning Lang, Ning Lang!" Zhou Jinian was sitting by the river, Xie Ning fell into his arms and was hugged tightly by him, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Xie Ning shuddered, raised his head in Zhou Jinnian's arms, and said with trembling lips, "The head...is in the river..."

Seeing that he was so frightened, Zhou Jinnian blamed himself very much, held Xie Ning's face, kissed and kissed, and kept comforting him, "Blame me, I'll take you home, don't be afraid."

He was so gentle, Xie Ning felt a little grievance in fear, Xie Ning put his mouth down, buried him in his arms again, hugged his waist tightly, and moaned, "Huh... so scary..."

Zhou Jinnian put his arms around him, and rubbed Ning Lang's back with both hands, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Zhou Jinnian rubbed Xie Ning's ear sideways, and continued to coax: "Look around, there is no one else but me, don't be afraid, huh?"

Xie Ning was comforted by his intimacy, he pursed his lips and rubbed his head, then looked up at Zhou Jinnian and said: "Heitian night, a man dressed as a scholar, wearing a long robe, threw something into the water , that thing has hair..."

There was less fear in Xie Ning's eyes, and more doubts, "After that, I only saw the one on the water... floating on the water, and swam down the river."

"The scholar, have you seen it?"

Xie Ning shook his head: "I've never met that person before. Li Yu let me meet him for the first time. He was dressed as a scholar. He is not a frail scholar."

He added: "After that...was thrown into the water, the fish's eyes followed that...and didn't look at the person on the shore again. Although it was dark, I got a rough idea of ​​what it looked like. Normal, but tall and strong."

It's a pity that no matter how spiritual a carp is, it is not a human being. Even if it witnesses a murder, its focus is on the thing that was thrown into the water, and it just glances at the murderer in passing.

The two immediately decided to go back to Fucheng and inform Wu Dao to send someone to salvage Duan Maocai's head downstream.

By the way, find a painter in private and draw the murderer that Xie Ning saw.

When entering the city, the two passed Youshu Teahouse. Six government servants stood guard at the entrance of the teahouse. Zhou Jinnian got off his horse, held Xie Ning's hand and said, "I'll go in and see if the person you described is there. You want to follow me?" Shall we go in together? Are you afraid?"

"Yes." Xie Ning nodded and followed, then shook his head to show he was not afraid, "You hold me."

Zhou Jinnian held Xie Ning's hand and stroked the back of Xie Ning's hand with his thumb, "If there is anything abnormal, just pinch me."

"Hmm." Xie Ning nodded repeatedly.

Youshu Teahouse has two floors. There is a long table in the middle of the second floor of the teahouse, where the storyteller sits.The left and right are good listening and study rooms, and the price is also more expensive.

The first floor is where ordinary people drink tea. Deng Shiqiang is on the first floor, and a few scholars gathered to ask questions. In addition to the scholars, there are also a few ordinary people standing aside.

Xie Ning identified it, then shook his head silently at Zhou Jinnian, meaning that there was no one he knew well.

During the silent exchange between the two, a yamen servant at the door scolded: "The government handles the case, don't you little girl understand? Go, go!"

"Excuse me, sir." The timid voice of a little girl came in.

Xie Ning took a step back and went to look at the door. He saw a thin, dark girl holding a bowl. She was about ten years old. This reminded Xie Ning of his sister Xie Xiaoyu. Xie Xiaoyu was also born with dark skin.

Xie Ning went to the door, bowed slightly and asked, "What is the little girl going to do in the teahouse?"

"Buy peanuts for father..." The little girl kept her eyes fixed on Xie Ning's shoe uppers without raising her head.

When Xie Ning first entered the teahouse, the yamen servant knew that he was following County Magistrate Zhou, so he didn't dare to stop him.

"Is it the peanuts that go with the wine? Why does it have to be from this teahouse?" Xie Ning asked strangely.

From a close distance, one can see that the girl's collar has been mended again and again, and the sleeves are also of a different color from the dress, so they should have been mended later. She seems to be a girl from a poor family.

"Father wants it." After the little girl answered, she anxiously begged the yamen servant: "Master, please do me a favor, I will be beaten when I get back late..."

"Give me the bowl, how much do you want to buy?" Xie Ning thought that he was fine and wanted to help the leader.

The little girl raised her eyes to look at Xie Ning, lowered her head and rolled her eyes, and after handing the bowl to Xie Ning, she took out six copper coins from her bosom and said expressionlessly, "Six Wen."

With the money in one hand, Xie Ning went to the teahouse to buy peanuts with a bowl in the other. After Xiaoer took the bowl, Xie Ning asked with a smile, "What do you say about peanuts in this teahouse?"

"My lord, the salt-boiled peanuts in our teahouse are a must-order on every table, and it is a secret recipe handed down by our shopkeeper."

Six copper coins, a bowl of peanuts, still in shell, the price is really not cheap.

Xie Ning took the bowl and passed it to the little girl at the door, "Okay, let's go home."

The little girl took the bowl, stared at Xie Ning closely and asked, "Are you the official?"

Xie Ning was stunned for a moment, the little girl pursed the corners of her lips tightly, lowered her head and lowered her chin, so she looked at Xie Ning with her eyes rolled upwards, revealing more white than eyeballs, looking a bit fierce.

Xie Ning endured the discomfort, bent down to look at the little girl and said with a smile, "I'm not."

Then, Xie Ning saw the little girl smiled shyly... It was completely different from the expression on her face just now.

"Thank you." After saying thank you, the little girl ran away with the bowl in her arms.

Xie Ning straightened up and looked around the yamen guards at the door inexplicably. A group of elders all had serious faces, specially trying to scare children!

When the little girl heard that he was not the arresting officer, she immediately smiled.

Xie Ning shook his head and sighed, forgetting about the little girl who was afraid of the official.

Back in the teahouse, Zhou Jinian had already gone up to the second floor, he followed up and heard Zhou Jinian talking to Cao Liang.

Cao Liang: "What you said makes sense, and I also have this guess."

Zhou Jinnian said: "The murderer killed the bird and cut off the head. It should be to conceal the identity of the deceased. That is to say, he knew Duan Maocai and knew that Duan Maocai's father was Duan Daqian, a Jiangnan tea merchant. character."

Cao Liang nodded, "Yes, it's obvious. If the corner of the city wall is where the murder happened, then the head can only be thrown into the moat to avoid being found in the first place."

"Duan Maocai, the son of a wealthy businessman, also makes friends with the sons of merchants, and likes to go to teahouses and other places where scholars gather. Mr. Cao can try to find out the scholars who often come to the inn." Zhou Jinian then introduced.

"It makes sense." Cao Liang also agreed.

Seeing this, Zhou Ji Nian simply narrowed down the scope, "You can check for tall and tall scholars."

Cao Liang glanced at Zhou Jinnian, followed his train of thought for a while, then continued to nod and said, "It makes sense, the murderer must be taller than Duan Maocai."

For the time being, I can only remind here, it would be difficult to explain in detail, he must protect Xie Ning.

Non-my family, its heart must be different!Xie Ning's physique is abnormal, if someone finds out, there is no guarantee that he will not be harmed.

"Magistrate Zhou is really dedicated to serving the people. If that's the case, then stay and help me solve this case."

"..." Zhou Jinnian naturally refused, "Don't dare to show off."

Cao Liang smiled: "When I first arrived in Jianzhou, I heard that Nanyu County is known as the "Fish Town" and the whole fish feast is the signature of Jianzhou Prefecture. When I came to Nanyu County, it was the first time I heard so many people praise it. The magistrate, out of curiosity, asked a few more questions. In just one year, the people in Nanyu County could have a stable home and fertile land... I didn't expect Magistrate Zhou to do such a thing at such a young age! Why bother? Modesty? Let me see your excellence, don't refuse!"

作者有话要说：感谢在2020-10-2223:36:58~2020-10-2321:16:15期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 piece of cake on the dining table;

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottles of mist; 8 bottles of lemon sour; 6 bottles of moon cherry; 1 bottle of Wenhuang (╥_╥);

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!