Seven bitter flowers

Chapter 9: The Broken Thread

West Wing.

Zhan Zhao confirmed with Gongsun Ce again: "Mr. Gongsun, are you really all right?"

Gongsun Ce was not at all impatient, and told him again: "It's nothing serious, it's just that the two medicines have conflicting properties, and they are given wine, so you will have abdominal pain for half a day. You are still young, just rest for a few days and you will be fine." "The last few words were directed at Ding Xiu, "I'm going to see how the medicine in the pharmacy is doing, if there's something wrong, I'll ask the Zhan guard to find me."

Ding Xiu lied on the table and let out a weak "hmm", and raised his head from his arms: "Mr. Trouble."

As the door was gently closed, Ding Xiu buried her head in her arms again. Just as she found a comfortable position, someone patted her next to her. Ding Xiu was so angry that she didn't raise her head, and her voice was buzzing: "I have something to say." , go out if you have nothing to do, remember to close the door."

Zhan Zhao explained to her in a good-tempered manner: "Miss Ding, you'd better lie down and be more comfortable."

Ding Xiu shook his head against the table: "No, it's comfortable to nest."

Zhan Zhao had no choice but to say, "Then you lie down first... I'll go see what's going on with your lord."

He was turning around to leave when Ding Xiu's head froze again, and he talked to him vigorously: "Hey wait, Murong Qing has moved back, is he... really dead?"

Zhan Zhao nodded: "Poisoned and died." He was about to say something else, but seeing Ding Xiu's expression of despair, he swallowed the words again, pausing to comfort her, "It's okay, Murong Qing is dead There are other clues, you can rest at ease and don't think too much about it."

"Hey Zhan Zhao," Ding Xiu called Zhan Zhao again, "there is another line...it is Liu's Mansion in Dongcheng, and the person who used Murong Qing has colluded with Liu's Mansion."

Zhan Zhao said "Yes", and pushed the door to go out. When the door was closed, he heard Ding Xiu calling him unrelentingly: "Don't startle the snake." Zhan Zhao couldn't help showing a smile, and hurried to the front hall.

Zhan Zhao's good mood didn't last long, to be precise, as soon as he entered the front hall, he heard a piece of news that was enough to break all his good mood:

The Liu Mansion in Dongcheng caught fire.

The face of the policeman who came to report was covered with ashes here and there, and his tone was panicked: "The fire is too big, brothers can't save it. The whole house collapsed, and no one inside escaped." The shop next to it was saved, but everything inside was almost burnt..."

Zhan Zhao gradually calmed down, this could never be a coincidence.From the third corpse in the abandoned courtyard, to Murong Qing's death, to the fire in the Liu Mansion, there must be someone behind it.But all his movements are so just right, every time he catches up with the government, every time, it is accurate, as if he knows the movements of the government well... If this is the case, there is only one explanation.

There are ghosts.

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In the inner hall, there are only Bao Zheng, Gongsun Ce, Zhan Zhao, and Bai Yutang.

Bao Zheng sat upright in the hall, with a serious look on his black face, and said in a deep voice: "Now that Liu's mansion is burned, the suspect is dead, and the person behind the scenes is unknown, what do you think of Zhan Huwei, Mr. Gongsun, and Bai Shaoxia? "

Bai Yutang spoke first: "What's there to see? If you look down from the line where Liu's mansion was on fire, I don't believe you can't find that bastard."

Gongsun Ce disagreed: "The students thought that since the person behind the scenes dared to set fire and commit murder in broad daylight, they would not leave any obvious clues. Even if they searched, they might not be able to find anything. On the contrary, they might completely lose the identity of that person. trace."

Bao Zheng stroked his beard and nodded, then looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao pondered slightly, and said, "My lord, I discussed with Brother Bai before that the appearance of the third corpse in the abandoned courtyard was too coincidental, and it was precisely because of this third corpse that Murong was found." Qing, it seems... the government has been being secretly manipulated and led away by that person."

Bai Yutang suddenly raised his head: "Mao'er, what do you mean, that girl Ding Xiu..."

Zhan Zhao shook his head: "It's hard to say now, if it's really Ding Xiu, she doesn't need to kill Murong Qing in this way, it's tantamount to concentrating all the suspicion on herself, not to mention, from the conversation between the two Judging from it, their teachers have a lot of grievances and grievances, and there seems to be articles in it..."

Bai Yutang subconsciously nodded, and then shook his head again: "As you said before, isn't Ding Xiu the apprentice of Hu Wan, the 'little doctor'? She and Murong Qing are from the same school. Isn't that suspicious? Seven bitter flowers... If that girl came here for this in the first place, cat..." Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, "I'm afraid this case will not end there, there must be more to come!"

Bao Zheng picked up the teacup from the case and put it down again, muttering: "Now you might as well wait and see what happens, first keep an eye on Miss Dingxiu, let Ma Han go to the Liu Mansion in Dongcheng to investigate and show up as guards."

Zhan Zhao said: "The subordinate is here."

Bao Zheng said: "I need the security guards of Lao Zhan to pay attention to the movement on the side of Ding Xiu. And about the Qikuhua, you might as well use the friends of the guards in the world to inquire about it."

Zhan Zhao bowed to accept the order.

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"What?" Ding Xiu jumped up with a "chuckle", then fell back clutching his stomach, and said with a groan, "No, it's all this mess, why do you keep me? I... still There's something wrong."

Zhan Zhao said sternly: "If the real culprit behind the murder is not caught, this case will not be closed. Please cooperate with Miss Ding."

Ding Xiu really wanted to poke him in the face: "Then if this case of yours becomes an unsolved case, wouldn't I have to spend my whole life here? I don't care. Can your Kaifeng mansion continue to manage people's food and drink? Then I will If you want to get married, will you prepare a dowry?"

Zhan Zhao laughed: "It won't be that long, if there is really no clue, Kaifeng Mansion won't...delay Miss Ding's marriage."

Ding Xiu had doubts in his eyes: "You...do you have any clues? What kind of clues?"

Zhan Zhaoxin said: "You are the only one with eyebrows." But he said in his mouth: "It's inconvenient to tell the girl now, when the time comes, the girl will know."

Ding Xiu was stupefied again, he paused and said weakly: "Zhan Zhao, I still have some things from the inn that I haven't brought over, and there's a hidden compartment in the wall beside the bed, please ask someone to help me get it."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, but he didn't expect her to tell him these things so unsuspectingly, and then nodded: "Don't worry, girl."

The door closed with a "squeak", Ding Xiu raised her head, and listened intently to the sound of Zhan Zhao's leaving footsteps, she suddenly became dazed, she remembered, just a few nights ago, when she was in the morgue, It was clear that he couldn't hear Zhan Zhao's footsteps, so why can he hear them again now?

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Bao Zheng (laughs): Ms. Ding has to work hard to protect her.

Zhan Zhao (confused): What should the subordinate do?

Bao Zheng (laughs): Zhan Huwei is often close to Miss Ding. At critical moments, Zhan Huwei might as well play tricks on pretty men, not worrying about Ding Xiu not telling the truth.

Zhan Zhao (distressed face): I'm afraid... this subordinate...

Bao Zheng (clearly): If Guard Zhan is unwilling, the government will not force him, please trouble Guard Zhan to call Bai Shaoxia over.

Zhan Zhao (gritting teeth): ...My lord, my subordinates must fulfill their mission.