Placid Chang'an

As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dogs, Su Cen finally understood how Huang Mian's hot temper came about.

As soon as Su Cen came out of the room, he saw Huang Ting with his hands on his hips, his dantian heavy, and scolded Huang Mian: "You rebellious son, how many times have I told you, don't say it outside, don't say it out , you just don’t listen! You’re happy to let others see our family’s jokes?! You’re better off, lest others don’t know, you will ruin the reputation of Huang’s family by beating gongs and drums to publicize it!”

Huang Mian's temper also came up: "I don't know if Wan'er is alive or dead now, you still care about the face, is Wan'er your own?"

Huang Ting slapped down, crisp and crisp, which surprised Su Cen on the spot.

"I'll treat her as dead! Sooner or later this family will be ruined by you, and sooner or later I will die by your hands, Nizi, Nizi!"

Huang Mian covered his face and waited to refute, but was pulled from behind by Su Cen, and then he stopped with an expression of disbelief.

Su Cen took a step forward, cupped his hands at Huang Ting and said, "Master Huang, please calm down. I got here because I lost my way. I offended you so much. I hope Master Huang will forgive me."

Only then did Huang Ting notice Su Cen, and he narrowed his eyes: "Lord Su?"

The two are officials in the same dynasty now, Huang Ting is only half a rank higher than Su Cen, and when he looks up in the court, he doesn't look down, so Huang Ting naturally knows the young minister of Dali, Su Censu, who is now in the limelight.

"This naughty son called you here? To investigate about Wan'er?" Huang Ting looked at Su Cen suspiciously, "What did you find out?"

"Master Huang misunderstood. Brother Huang said that the crabapple bloomed in the backyard of our house and invited me to enjoy the flowers." When Su Cen came over just now, he noticed that a crabapple tree in the yard was in full bloom, and casually made up a reason, " It’s my fault that I had too much fun watching it, so I didn’t notice it for a while, and came here after walking, and I have to trouble Brother Huang to come and find me.”

Huang Ting was skeptical of Su Cen, but his face was still unfriendly, "This is my little girl's boudoir, so it's inconvenient for outsiders to enter."

Su Cen hurriedly said, "That's right."

Huang Ting turned his body sideways: "Master Su, please drink tea in the main hall."

Su Cen cupped his hands: "I'm sorry, Mr. Huang."

After entering the main hall and serving tea, Huang Ting took the lead, but politely led Su Cen to the second seat, leaving Huang Mian sitting on the lower seat with a swollen face.Su Cen hurriedly said "I dare not take that", he came to see Huang Mian today, he should sit with Huang Mian, Huang Ting's arrangement was to treat Su Cen as his guest, a generation higher than Huang Mian.

At this time, Huang Ting showed a rare politeness: "Master Su is an official of the fourth grade at a young age, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, it should be so, there is no need for Master Su to refuse."

Su Cen was disrespectful and could only sit down.

Huang Ting first asked, "How did Master Su meet the dog?"

Su Cen skimmed off the tea foam, took a sip of tea and replied with a smile: "That day, the prince of the British government invited everyone to visit the Xingqing Palace, and Su was also invited. I was lucky to meet Brother Huang. We hit it off right away, and we got along very well. joyous."

"So that's how it is." Huang Ting also smiled, "The dog has no shape, it's his honor to meet someone like Master Su. It's just that I heard that the prince went back later and drove you all out."

Su Cen had no choice but to smile bitterly: "It's embarrassing, so don't mention it."

Huang Ting laughed, "The prince is too, he is already a man of his age, and he still cares about you juniors."

Su Cen doesn't like to hear these words, the prince is not yet confused, he is in his prime, what is age?

Su Cen only said: "We were the ones who made a lot of noise in Xingqing Palace first, the prince has a straightforward temperament, it's not bad that he didn't warn us."

Huang Ting knew that Su Cen was single-handedly picked up by Li Shi, so it was understandable to protect King Ning, but he was the Queen Mother's party, so he didn't agree with each other, so he didn't say anything more, and asked: "Dali Temple is doing business recently. What case?"

This is to test whether Su Cen has intervened in Huang Wan'er's affairs. Su Cen pretended to be helpless, and replied: "A big case of serial theft a few years ago has dragged on until now. Mr. Zhang asked a deadline to solve the case, and Dali Temple is busy. Don't touch the ground. No, only when I catch up with Xiu Mu will I have a chance to come and see Fanghua, otherwise I'm afraid I won't like it even after the flowering period."

He sighed and said again: "Now I hope that there will be no new cases, otherwise I will really sleep in the temple."

Huang Ting laughed quite satisfied, "Master Su has worked hard."

Su Cen tentatively asked: "I just heard Master Huang and Brother Huang talking about the daughter of the family, what happened?"

Huang Ting really paused, waved his hands after a while and said, "It's nothing, Master Laosu is concerned."

Su Cen drank tea calmly: "That's good."

The guests and hosts of this tea drinking were uncomfortable, Su Cen got up early to say goodbye, Huang Ting put on a few words in a pretentious manner, and finally Huang Mian sent them out of the door.

The slap marks on Huang Mian's face still haven't disappeared, he apologized repeatedly to Su Cen, obviously he was the one who invited someone to come to the door, but in the end he was almost scolded, and he felt quite sorry.

But Su Cen didn't care. After leaving the house, Su Cen avoided the servants of Huang's family, pulled Huang Mian and said in a low voice: "I did see something wrong in Lingmei's room, I want to go to that servant Take a look at the residence, are there any other doors in the house?"

Huang Mian raised his head immediately.Just now, he had been worried that Su Cen would not help him to investigate because of anger, but now he had no more thoughts, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, you go around to the small corner door at the back of the house and wait for me there. You open the door."

Su Cen nodded in response.

After leaving the Huang Mansion, Su Cen headed towards home first, and after passing a street, he led Ah Fu to a street behind the Huang Mansion. After a while, he found the small corner gate that Huang Mian had mentioned.

Standing outside the back door of someone's house, Su Cen couldn't help laughing. The first time he investigated a case, he looked like a thief, and there was no benefit to him. Why are you messing around?

After waiting outside for a while, Huang Mian came to open the door.It stands to reason that walking from the inner house should be faster than Su Cen, Huang Mian must have been delayed by something, and seeing that Huang Mian's face is even more stinky than before, Su Cen knew it, and he was afraid that he would be called to train him again. After a meal.

Su Cen asked Ah Fu to stay outside the door and followed Huang Mian into the back door.Entering through the back door is relatively close to the residence of the servants. Huang Mian led Su Cen along and introduced that the missing servant was the coachman of Huang's mansion. His name was Liu Si, and he lived and ate at Huang's house. He was quite responsible. one person.There used to be two coachmen in the Huang family. After he disappeared, the Huang family did not recruit any more people, and his room has never been touched.

While talking, they arrived at the place. The place where the servants live is no worse than the front yard. It is a row of cold sitting rooms. Because it is adjacent to the stables, the smell is not very good.

Huang Mian pushed open a door and said to Su Cen, "This is the room."

This room looks much shabby, with a table, a candlestick and a broken bowl on the table, because no one has lived in it for a long time, and a thick layer of dust has accumulated.Then there is a bed with a big wooden box on the head of the bed.

Su Cen opened the box and took a look. It was full of old clothes, which had a musty smell after not seeing the sun for a long time.

While Su Cen was watching, Huang Mian asked, "What did you find in Wan'er's room?"

"Didn't Lingmei elope with someone?" Su Cen said bluntly.

"Ah?" Huang Mian was a little confused, "How did you tell?"

After rummaging through the suitcase, Su Cen went to look at Liu Si's quilt, because it was cold for a long time, and after another whole winter, the quilt felt like it could squeeze out water.Su Cen frowned while flipping through the pages and said, "First of all, she didn't take away the pearl hairpin she wears most. If she really wants to elope, she must bring some of her usual things, but there doesn't seem to be any missing things in the room. And I think After that, all her other things were put in the jewelry box, and only the pearl hairpin was on the table, which shows that she was in a hurry when she left, if it was a planned elopement, she wouldn't be in such a hurry."

After finding nothing on the bed, Su Cen went to look elsewhere, but the house was a few feet square and could be seen at a glance, so there was nothing suspicious about it.

"Second," Su Cen paced around the room twice, "she just asked for the hexagram sign the day before, and we found the book and the hexagram sign in the porcelain pillow, so this porcelain pillow should be Lingmei's collection. The place where her little secrets are. If I want to elope with others, then I will definitely destroy these secrets, instead of hiding them, leaving them to be found and become a hidden danger. "

Su Cen suddenly noticed a pair of shoes in the corner and walked over slowly.

"Although Lingmei didn't elope, there should indeed be someone who had an affair with her."

"What?!" Huang Mian was startled.

"That's someone who deserves her new pearl hairpin." Su Cen knelt down and picked up the pair of shoes, "and did you notice what the maid said, she said that the young lady is going to fulfill the vow the next day. To fulfill the vow, Only when the wish is fulfilled can the wish be fulfilled, guess what wish she made?"

Huang Mian frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I can't think of it."

Su Cen smiled: "I have an idea, but I have to confirm it, so I won't tell you."

Huang Mian said anxiously: "Brother Su, it's okay to say it!"

Look at Su Cen, but he has already ignored him with the pair of shoes.

These shoes are dirty shoes.It's not that these shoes are smelly, any smell should be gone by now, the reason why they are said to be dirty is because there is a layer of dried mud attached to the sole.

Su Cen stretched out her hand without raising her head: "Give me a tool, I'll dig the mud off the shoes."

Huang Mian rummaged around in the room, but the room was completely clean, and in the end, regardless of whether anyone would use it in the future, she took a spoon from the table and gave it to Su Cen.

Su Cen didn't care, took it and scraped down the thick layer of mud from the shoe.

In Chang'an City, especially in Xuanyangfang, the roads are all paved with bluestone slabs, so it is impossible to step on so much mud.From the things in this room, Su Cen could tell that this Liu Si was a clean person. Although the things were old, they were all in good order.The reason why there was mud on these shoes was because Liu Si had been to a muddy place that was not Xuanyangfang within a day or two before his disappearance, and he had to get off the car.

Su Cen raised her head and asked, "I forgot to ask, when did Lingmei disappear?"

Huang Mian was taken aback, and replied, "Last September..."

"That's right," Su Cen suddenly raised her lips and smiled, and slowly took out a broken maple leaf from the dirt on the sole of her shoe.