[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo
Chapter 85: Home, Hair, Table
I don’t think so, now that I think about it, it’s really thrilling, a reckless decision, if I make a mistake, wouldn’t it be harming someone else’s family, I..."
It wasn't until now that Gongsun Ce finally came back to his senses. Ever since Brother Rong said last night that he couldn't find a midwife and no one wanted to come, Gongsun Ce hadn't come back to his senses. As long as the child is born safely, the whole person is nervous and dare not vent their anger.When I left the room just now, I fell into Huamanlou's arms, my whole body ached after I relaxed, my eyelids were heavy, and I didn't even have the strength to open them.
Hua Manlou held Gongsun Ce's hand instead, "You are helping the family in this way, there is nothing wrong with you, but... just now you fell into my arms, and I was shocked."
"Sorry, I'm so tired, I don't even have the strength to stand still."
"Want something to eat?"
"I don't have an appetite now, by the way, what did you go out for just now?"
"I thought you heard it when you let go of your hand, but you didn't hear anything." Hua Manlou rubbed Gongsun Ce's palm with his fingertips, "Let Ada go to the village for a while, we are all big men, we don't want to hear anything." Take good care of Mrs. Rong, and invite someone who can take care of her."
"fair enough."
It was Gongsun Ce who had to bite the bullet to deliver the baby, so how could he dare to take care of Mrs. Rong, even if his heart was open and honest, but other people's husbands were in front of him, so it was not his turn to take care of her, and it was indeed inconvenient.
Knowing that Gongsun Ce hadn't completely come out of delivering the baby, Hua Manlou asked, "What did you think when you saw the child?"
"My head was blank, and I cut the umbilical cord with scissors." Gongsun Ce smiled wryly, not daring to imagine his expression at that time, but now that he thought about it, he felt a sense of satisfaction, feeling that a newborn child was born because of his help. When I came to this world, "Now I just think it's ridiculous."
"Practitioners don't shy away from these things."
"I'm afraid it's a taboo for others, otherwise there would be no dedicated midwife for delivery, and there are few women practicing medicine, so this is naturally the case."
"People's words are terrible."
Some rumors can kill people. Thinking of the people who will be invited later, if they know that Gongsun Ce delivered the baby, they may have other thoughts in their hearts. When Ah Da comes back, let's go."
Gongsun Ce nodded upon hearing this, "En."
While talking, Gongsun Ce vaguely agreed, the door was knocked, and Hua Manlou answered, "Come in, he is not asleep."
Brother Rong pushed the door open and saw the two of them kneeling on the ground with a plop, "I'm a rough man, but thank you for saving me, if it weren't for Mr. Gongsun's proficiency in medical skills, Axiu and the child might not be able to keep them. Axiu Let me kowtow to the two benefactors, great kindness and great virtue, I will never forget the head of the peasant girl in this life."
Upon hearing this, Hua Manlou quickly helped him up, "Brother Rong took us in, it's too polite to do so."
"Hua Manlou is right, Brother Rong, don't kowtow, or I will come down and kowtow to you. Doctors are parents, and Sister Rong is like that. If we don't save us, we will lose our conscience. You should hurry up and take care of her." , tidy up and make her more comfortable."
Gongsun Ce was worried that the bed hadn't been made yet, so he reminded him.
Brother Rong nodded again and again, "I know, I cleaned it up just now, and Axiu was lying down and teasing the child, but the child was just born and her eyes hadn't been opened yet, but her hair was as good as his mother's. By the way, Playboy still I don't know, it's a big fat boy."
"Congratulations, happy to have Lin'er."
"I'll go back right away. If you stay here for a few more nights, our husband and wife must thank you very much."
Hua Manlou said: "Don't bother, we have to rush home and leave when the coachman comes back."
"Ah? Could it be you——but since the two of you said so, I don't dare to delay you, so I'll pack some dry food for you to eat on the way."
Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou could only let him go, they chatted in the house for a while, Gongsun Ce fell asleep for a while, and when he woke up, the coachman just came back and brought a woman, who was older than Axiu, It seemed amiable.
As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Hua Manlou and Gongsun Ce coming out of the room. He nodded at them with a smile and walked into the house, "Your sister is called Axiu, right? The baby has just been born. Let me take a look."
"This eldest sister is..."
"Your family guests invited you to take care of you. You are really lucky to meet such generous guests."
Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou got into the carriage, looked at Brother Rong and said, "Hurry up and get some food for Mrs. Rong, we're on our way now."
"Thank you both!"
Gongsun Ce nodded, then put down the curtain, and Ah Da drove out from the yard.Brother Rong watched the carriage go away in the yard, and went to the room where the two of them lived to make the bed. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a piece of silver on the table, and the corners of the seven-foot man's eyes were also red.
Leaning on Hua Manlou's shoulder, Gongsun Ce closed his eyes and said, "Will that ingot be kept there forever?"
"Let's go. He always has to make the bedding."
"That's true."
"Let Ada drive slowly, and you have a good rest."
"kindness."
Hua Manlou lifted the curtain and told Ah Da to drive more slowly, and asked Gongsun Ce to lean on his shoulder, "I'll wake you up when you reach your landing."
The carriage is walking slowly on the official road in the mountains, the summer is clear and the sky is clear, and the grass is growing and warblers are flying.The curtain of the carriage was not blown up, but a faint scent floated into the carriage. Gongsun Ce rubbed his nose uncomfortably, and his whole head leaned into Huamanlou's shoulder socket.
Hua Manlou reached out and took something to fix the car curtain, put his arms around Gongsun Ce's back against the car wall and closed his eyes.
"Go to a nearby town to find an inn later."
"Hey, didn't Mr. Gongsun say—"
"He needs a good night's sleep."
Ah Da didn't dare to ask again when he heard the words, but responded: "Okay, I got it."
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Gongsun Ce opened his eyes, glanced around, and stretched energetically, "It's really more comfortable to stay in an inn."
"Aren't you worried that there might be trouble now?" Hua Manlou, who was sitting on the side, said, "I thought you planned to sleep until tomorrow morning."
Walked to Huamanlou and sat down, put his arms on the table: "Call me here after what you said, I will only sleep peacefully after I believe your words, but I woke up in a daze halfway through, it's a pity that I was too sleepy , struggled together and continued to sleep."
Hua Manlou nodded, "I'll ask Xiaoer to bring water and food."
"kindness."
Xiao Er sent all the things into the room, "Guests, if you still have something missing, just tell me, I will definitely bring it to you right away, I won't disturb your meal, I will go down now."
Holding the chopsticks, Gongsun Ce was really hungry, and he ate faster than usual, although he still looked gentle, "From last night until now, he basically ate everything, and he didn't feel tired when he fell asleep. After resting, my stomach is empty, as if I have been hungry for three days."
Hua Manlou smiled and said nothing, just moved the dishes for him, closer to him.
Seeing this, Gongsun Ce bit his chopsticks and looked up at him, "Have you eaten?"
"kindness."
"That's good. If you starve with me, I don't think it's good." Gongsun Ce doesn't like the way of suffering with you at all. If you want to be hungry together, I won't eat until you wake up.If something goes wrong, you won't be able to get that person to wake up without eating. If the other person wakes up, you will fall ill again. It's really boring.
The summer night was not cool, the window of the room was open, Gongsun Ce felt a little stuffy, walked to the window, and was taken aback—why there are so many lanterns in this place, what happened recently?
"Why are there so many lanterns outside? Is there something wrong?"
"The seventh day of July."
The seventh day of July?Gongsun Ce thought about it, and suddenly realized what it meant. His eyes lit up, and he looked at Huamanlou and said, "Since it's Qixi Festival, I don't know if Mr. Hua would like to stay here with me for one more day, anyway, Jiangnan Not there, staying here to watch the lanterns seems to be much better than rushing."
Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, as if he was a little surprised by Gongsun Ce's recent initiative and straightforwardness, "Of course it's good."
"Then rest early, and go to the streets tomorrow. I don't know how the activities in this place are different from those in Luzhou, but I saw that the lantern parade lit up a street in the whole city, even at night. Walking on the street, I'm afraid it will be the same as a hundred days."
Stretching out his hand to open the window wider, the cool breeze came in, and the heat in the room seemed to dissipate a lot. Gongsun Ce walked back to the side of Huamanlou, saw a crack on the handle of Huamanlou fan, and reached out to take the fan. Come over, "Lend me your fan, and I will return it to you tomorrow."
"kindness?"
"I slept all day and now I can't sleep, but I think you must be sleepy, you don't have to stay with me, I have to study what's going on with your fan, it's invulnerable, I'll make one someday .” Gongsun Ce pushed Hua Manlou to the bed, pressed him on the bed and looked at him with a smile, “Last night I helped Mrs. Rong deliver the baby and stayed up, and you stood outside all night by my side. If others don’t feel sorry for me, I feel sorry for you. I fell asleep, now it's your turn."
"...En." Hua Manlou smiled and closed his eyes. As soon as he closed his eyes, there was a warm feeling on his eyelids, and he couldn't help but put his arms around Gongsun Ce's waist.
Gongsun Ce, who was about to get up and leave, felt the strength in his waist, and his ears were hot, "It is not suitable to sleep together tonight." After speaking, he quickly stood up on the edge of the bed, "It is naturally cool when the heart is calm. Although it is summer, the fire still needs to Squeeze."
She took the fan back to the table and sat down, glanced back at Huamanlou, went to the window and lowered it, then quietly opened the door and asked Xiaoer for something—a good fan, There is a rip, a pity.
Moving a lamp on the table, Gongsun Ce approached the handle of the fan, and carefully filled the gap.
Gongsun Ce didn't do such meticulous things very often, and Hua Manlou was so familiar with the fan, so he had never changed it before, so he must be able to feel the slightest difference.The handle of the fan is not the surface of the fan, so you don't often touch it, so you have to be careful if you want Huamanlou to not notice it.
Huamanlou woke up at some point, and reached out to touch the bedside where there was no one there. She was startled at first, then sat up and got out of bed after thinking about it for a while, and listened to the movement in the room with her ears up, "Ah Ce?"
With the sound of shallow breathing, Hua Manlou shook his head helplessly, and stepped forward to wake Gongsun Ce, but Gongsun Ce sat up suddenly, knocking the back of his head on his chin, and both of them cried out in pain at the same time, Gongsun Ce completely Sober, "Why are you awake? There is still no sound when you walk?"
Hua Manlou reached out and touched the back of Gongsun Ce's head, but felt relieved when he didn't feel the swelling, "It's late, there are other things to do tomorrow."
"Well, I'm done anyway."
"kindness?"
"Ah...it's nothing, by the way, I'll give you the fan. I saw it, but it's just an ordinary fan, nothing special." Gongsun Ce picked up the fan on the table and stuffed it into Hua Manlou's hand, "I'm so sleepy." gone."
While stretching, Gongsun Ce stole a peek at Hua Manlou's expression, seeing the surprise on Hua Manlou's face, he smiled complacently - he really didn't see it.
As soon as he lay down, the position next to him sank a bit, "It's just a fan, but you can't give it to others, and you can't change it again."
Hearing this, Gongsun Ce curled his lips, turned over and faced Hua Manlou, "I really can't hide it from you."
Hua Manlou leaned over and pulled Gongsun Ce to entangle, breathing intertwined, the two of them gradually became hot, and they didn't know when the clothes would take off, Gongsun Ce's face was pressed against the pillow, and the body covering his back was hotter than his own.With his eyes half closed, he hooked Hua Manlou's neck with his backhand, and raised his neck impatiently, "Qitong..."
With their bodies tightly pressed together, Hua Manlou took care of Gongsun Ce even at this time, buried her head in kisses on his neck, and walked on him with her hands.
When the passion subsided, Gongsun Ce fell asleep with his head wrapped in a quilt, his breathing still very shallow.
It happens once a year on Qixi Festival. The folks seem to like the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl very much. When they mention it, they are mostly regretful. It is only because the Queen Mother is too cruel and created a Milky Way to separate the two. Old, but now they can only meet at the Magpie Bridge on the seventh day of July every year.
"This lantern show seems very interesting." Gongsun Ce walked on the street, looking at the lanterns all over the place, all kinds of lanterns, with different patterns and colors, he was dazzled when he saw a man not far away holding a lantern I gave it to a young lady of a family, and when I got more thoughtful, I went to the side and bought a lamp, and handed it to Hua Manlou: "I wonder if Mrs. Hua is willing to accept this lamp."
The palm touched the lantern, and Hua Manlou took the lantern into his hand, "I can't refuse what you gave me."
Thinking of the jade pendant Huamanlou gave him, Gongsun Ce suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have given Huamanlou anything. Of course, this ordinary thing would not work, but what his mother left for his future daughter-in-law was a pair of bracelets. It's too outrageous to carry it all over the building, how can a man wear jade bracelets.
Even if it was given to Huamanlou, Huamanlou kept it away.
But looking at it this way, he had to get that thing from his father, whether Hua Manlou wore it or not, it was still counted as an exchange of tokens of love.
Hua Manlou carried a lamp and walked along the street with Gongsun Ce, but didn't hear Gongsun Ce's words, and knew that he was thinking about something, and also knew what he was thinking, "Uncle gave me the things my aunt left when she was alive. In the baggage."
"what?"
"Thought you would see it normally."
"I think there's a box that looks familiar, but it's not good to just open it casually. I'm afraid I'll ask you something you don't want to mention, so I just keep it in my heart. Who knows—" Who knew that his father was happier than him, directly Give this thing that can be regarded as a family heirloom to Huamanlou.
Gongsun Ce felt that he really underestimated his father.
He curled his lips resentfully, Gongsun Ce felt nothing about the fact that Hua Manlou knew what was on his mind, "My father is really for you, before I thought I wronged him, but now it seems——"
Seeing Hua Manlou's face showing a rare look of bewilderment, as if he was worried that he would be unhappy because of Gongsun's true actions, Gongsun Ce changed the subject and said, "I am more happy than anyone else that he can accept you like this."
Originally thought it was reasonable for Gongsun Zhen not to accept it, and had already made the worst plan, but did not expect Gongsun Zhen to accept Huamanlou.
He smiled tacitly and stopped mentioning this matter.
When we came to the crowded stage, there was a show about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting the magpies on the stage. Gongsun Ce whispered to Hua Manlou next to him about the costumes in this play. Looks good too.
"what--!"
"Dead, dead!"
Gongsun Ce, who lowered his head and straightened his sleeves, suddenly raised his head to look at the stage. The cowherd who had been standing with Zhinu just now fell on the stage. Bai pointed at the cowherd, "Yes, there are ghosts!"
The already crowded place suddenly panicked, the crowd was chaotic and crowded, and Gongsun Ce Huamanlou was squeezed away. Gongsun Ce looked at Huamanlou who was separated by a few people, thought for a while that Huamanlou could take care of himself, and went to Squeeze to the stage.
It was definitely not an accident, someone must have tampered with it.
When they got to the edge of the stage, Gongsun Ce jumped onto the stage and squatted beside the deceased, looking at Zhinu over there, "What did you see just now? Don't talk nonsense about what you didn't see, otherwise it will not help solve the case at all by causing people to speculate."
"No, no! He was killed by a ghost. I saw him just now, his face turned blue, and there was a ghost. It must be, it must be! This stage has saved people before, and it must be the person who died before. Look at us taking his place here and killing people!"
Gongsun Ce frowned, checked several deadly places of the deceased, and found that there were no wounds, and his brows frowned even more - he couldn't be sure it was some kind of ghost, and the case of Qianli Lake was also rumored to be a female ghost. In the end, it was found out that it was not a female ghost at all. The murderer killed people, and no matter how clever his modus operandi was, there would definitely be flaws.
Huaman went up to the stage and stood beside Gongsun Ce, "Any clues?"
"No wound."
No wounds, no signs of poisoning, how did they kill people?
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How could it be possible for a person to die with no wounds and no signs of poisoning?
Gongsun Ce stood up, glanced at the Yamen who came after hearing the news, caught a glimpse of the head catcher, he was stunned and backed away, and was stopped when he was about to leave.
"Is this Mr. Gongsun Ce from Luzhou?"
Gongsun Ce turned his head and looked at the head catcher strangely - this head catcher was very strange, and he had never seen him before, how could he know him? "This is Gongsun Ce. I don't know what your lord has ordered. This man is dead. I just happened to pass by and want to check the body. But since your lord is here, I can't interfere."
The arrester heard Gongsun Ce admit his identity, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "Master Gongsun! With you, this case will definitely be solved quickly. Lord Gongsun's subordinates will fully cooperate with you to investigate this case and find out the real culprit!"
Gongsun Ce was puzzled by the words of the head arrest—didn't he resign?Why is this headhunter still talking to an adult?
"I think your memory is wrong. I am no longer an official of the imperial court. I just happened to pass by here on the way to Jiangnan. I didn't expect to encounter a murder case. I—"
The head catcher waved his hand to interrupt Gongsun Ce's words, "Master Gongsun, don't you know? The emperor sent official documents to all places, which said that Lord Gongsun just took a long vacation and did not resign. You can read the official document if you don’t believe me.”
Hearing this, Gongsun Ce took the official document in the head catcher's hand, glanced at it twice, and suddenly became furious——Zhao Zhen was still waiting for him here, but his official seal and the rest had all been handed in. is fake?
Hua Manlou pulled Gongsun Ce back and said, "I'm afraid this matter has been planned long ago. Even if you argue now, you can't argue. You don't have to avoid it all the time when you encounter a case. Otherwise, if the case is not solved, wouldn't it be true? The murderer is getting away with it, and the dead died in vain."
Gongsun Ce held the official document and stared at the few lines. After a long while, he finally raised his head and looked at the arresting head. "I don't know how to call it. I need your help to solve the case. I can't solve the case by myself."
The head catcher was surprised at first, and then said with a smile: "This is the head catcher here, whose surname is Hang, and the character is Yue."
"It turned out to be Butou Hang." Gongsun Ce nodded, went to the dead man and squatted down, and checked again, "Tou Hang, do you know the identity of this person?"
"Mr. Hui, this person and the woman next to me are troublesome opera troupe actors in the city. The operas sung by both of them are very popular among the common people, but they usually sing in their own troupe garden. They were invited to sing this play, but who knew that such a thing would happen."
From the troupe?
Seeing that Gongsun Ce didn't answer, Hang Yue continued: "The name of the deceased is Yan Yu, he is the adopted son of the troupe master, and the one who plays the weaver girl is Huang Xianger, the daughter of the troupe master."
From this point of view, Yan Yu and Huang Xianger were childhood sweethearts, so would Huang Xianger and Yan Yu have other relationships?For example, it is not a childhood sweetheart, but a lover who likes each other. It is only because the leader Huang disagrees that they will secretly come and go.
Nothing can be checked here, Gongsun Ce stood up, "Hang Yue, please take Yan Yu's body back to the Yamen, please inspect it, and please arrange someone for me to go to the opera troupe with me [Inuyasha] The husband is weak."
"What's the matter, they took the corpse back. Mr. Gongsun and I went to the troupe together, and this Huang Xiang'er was also together. The two of us were on the stage together. Maybe she did something wrong." Hang Yue really didn't have any sympathy. , to a beauty like Huang Xiang'er, her words were sharp, and her words were pointed at her.
But Huang Xiang'er was indeed the only one on the stage, Yan Yu's accidental death, Huang Xiang'er's suspicion was indeed the biggest.
Gongsun Ce looked at Huang Xiang'er who was standing on one side covering his mouth with a frightened expression on his face. Gongsun Ce stepped forward and said, "Miss Huang, come back to the troupe with us now and tell us everything you saw just now, otherwise your The suspicion is the biggest, if you don’t tell the truth, we have no way to find out the real culprit, and you will be charged as a murderer.”
Huang Xiang'er heard this and looked at Gongsun Ce, and knelt down with a plop, "My lord, I am not a murderer, I am not! How could I kill him, yes, it was a ghost! I saw it just now, it was a ghost!"
"Miss Huang, get up before you talk."
"No! You believe me, I am not a murderer, I really am not, I am not a murderer! I am not!!" Huang Xianger suddenly became excited, grabbed Gongsun Ce's hand, and pinched her nails into Gongsun Ce's flesh, " I'm not, I'm really not!"
Gongsun Ce was about to withdraw his hand, but Huang Xiang'er in front of him suddenly fainted, and quickly caught her, looking at Hua Manlou in surprise, "Her?"
"Just fell asleep, nothing will happen." After Hua Manlou finished speaking, he walked to Gongsun Ce and took Huang Xiang'er from his hand, "Hang Butou, you may need to find another person to help bring Miss Huang to her. Back to theater."
Hang Yue didn't see how Hua Manlou made a move just now, Hua Manlou came back to his senses after talking to him and said quickly, "I'll just carry her back, but is this Huang Xianger really okay now?"
"I'll wake up in half an hour."
"kindness……"
Gongsun Ce stood there watching Hang Yue carry Huang Xiang'er on his back, couldn't help laughing and walked to Huamanlou, "You don't like me hugging other people, but I don't like you hugging others either, just now she just I got a little excited, thinking that Yan Yu's death hit her hard."
Hearing this, Hua Manlou opened the fan to block the hands that they held together, "Would you like some medicine?"
"It's just a nail scratch, it's fine."
Scratched nails, broken skin, nothing serious.Gongsun Ce is not a girl, and he is afraid of leaving scars and wounds on his body, "Go to the troupe first, this matter is impossible to be the same as what Huang Xianger said, what kind of ghost is responsible, there must be some clues that have not been found, and this troupe..."
"Most of the theatrical troupe will believe these, and there are some rumors, which will change after they spread."
"It's getting more and more outrageous. If this case can't be solved, the people in the city may believe that ghosts killed people."
"Mr. Gongsun, what is the origin of the expert next to you? He is so skilled. I will ask him for advice some other day. It is rare to have my opponent in this city. My hands are itchy." Hang Yue's name is so delicate Very, this temper is really a rough nerve, and he can say what he thinks, very hearty.
"Then you have to ask him."
As soon as Hang Yue heard that there was something interesting, he hurried to the side of Huamanlou, "Huagongzi, are you interested in competing with me?"
"It's just a discussion, it's not a problem."
"Well, let's discuss it when we are free. When I see an expert like you, I want to ask for advice. Don't mind." Hang Yue was afraid that Hua Manlou would feel that he was too impatient and reckless, so he hurriedly explained, "But Mr. Gongsun With someone like you around, it would be much easier to solve the case, otherwise those people would all want to take Mr. Gongsun's life."
The murderer is at large and will attack those who threaten him.
Hua Manlou said, "I'm overwhelmed."
Talking along the way, Gongsun Ce also inquired about the situation of the troupe. He knew that the troupe came here two years ago, and it caused a sensation among the people as soon as it came, because every play sang well. The beauty of the handsome girl and the good temper of the boss made the troupe's reputation more and more famous, and even brought some children who could not afford it to the troupe to do odd jobs to earn money.
Although most people don't like opera actors, they don't mind so much when watching operas. The troupe has never had any embarrassing things. The reputation of the troupe has been getting better and better in the past two years. I saw the troupe on the street. People are like meeting neighbors.
When he came outside the theater, Gongsun Ce took a look at the house in the theater. It was very big. The front was where the theater invited guests, and the back was where the troupe usually did their activities. It also costs a lot of money.
"What is your background as the troupe leader, do you know where your hometown is?"
"I only heard that it was brought by Jiangnan."
"...As soon as it was brought from Jiangnan, the range will be very large." Gongsun Ce said something to himself, stepped over the threshold and entered the garden, met a person head-on, and rushed directly into Gongsun Ce.
"Ouch!"
Gongsun Ce took a step back, stabilized his body and looked at the young man in front of him. He had delicate features and was more beautiful than a girl. "You, are you from the troupe?"
The young man saw Gongsun Ce and others in Huamanlou, then looked at Hangyue who was carrying Huang Xianger on his back, and was stunned for a moment, "Hang Butou, this, this is sister Xianger, what's wrong with her? Could it be—"
Hang Yue nunuzui, "Is there no one here? Come and carry this lady back quickly, but she fainted from fright and woke up after a while, and where is your class leader? Where is the class leader? Let him come out, the head catcher has something to do find him."
"I'm going to find someone right now, you come in first."
Turning around and running, shouting: "Master, Master, Sister Xiang'er is back, and there are three people I don't know. It's very strange. Come out and have a look!"
Gongsun Ce curled his lips and touched his chin, "We are very strange people? No matter how you look at it, you look like elegant people who came here to listen to an opera, right?" Just as he spoke, he caught a glimpse of Hang Yue and shook his head, "Sure enough, it's still strange."
Hang Yue couldn't figure it out, he didn't know what Gongsun Ce said, so he put Huang Xiang'er on the chair, rubbed his shoulders, "This girl is also a little heavy, and her shoulders feel sore."
"Hang Butou, what you said makes the girl sad, how heavy a girl can be." After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he heard footsteps, looked for the sound, and saw a middle-aged man in a blue cloth shirt Come out from the inside, next to the boy just now.
When Team Leader Huang saw the three of them, he bowed his hands and saluted them, "Hang Butou, what's wrong with Xiang'er?"
"Yan Yu died, she fainted from fright."
Leader Huang suddenly raised his head and took a step back. The boy next to him hurriedly supported him, "Master, don't scare me!"
"How could Yan Yu—"
Hang Yue frowned and looked at Gongsun Ce, "Boss Huang, Yan Yu is indeed dead, but the murderer is still unknown, we are here to find out the truth and ask you some clues, the two next to me are from If someone from the capital asks you something, answer it truthfully, otherwise don’t blame me for being rude.”
Leader Huang nodded and sighed, "I will answer truthfully, Lan Sheng, take Xiang'er nearby."
Lan Sheng nodded, "I understand Master."
Gongsun Ce took a look at Team Leader Huang in front of him, and said, "Squad Leader Huang is sad."
"Thank you sir."
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Yan Yu's death was like an accident, caught off guard, the theater troupe obviously didn't expect Yan Yu to go out in the morning and Huang Xiang'er was still talking and laughing, saying that he came back to buy something for the children in the theater troupe, and there was a lot of food on the street.
The opera troupe basically does not let these children who are still practicing kung fu go out, they practice in the troupe every day, and the occasional opportunity to go out is that the troupe goes to the houses of rich families to sing operas, so they have the opportunity to go out.
Yan Yu can be regarded as the big brother here, everyone in the troupe likes him and is usually close to him, now when they heard about Yan Yu's death, many people cried on the spot.
Lan Sheng's eyes were red, standing next to Team Leader Huang, secretly wiping away tears, Team Leader Huang sat on the stool and kept sighing [Lu Xiaofeng] The Emei faction is playing a big game of chess.Gongsun Ce glanced at Team Leader Huang, then at Lan Sheng, next to him, Hang Yue couldn't sit still, walking back and forth anxiously.
"Hang Butou, what are you doing walking around like this?"
"No, Mr. Gongsun, don't you want to ask something? If you don't ask, I'll ask."
Hang Yue scratched his head, thinking that what was Gongsun Ce sitting with the head of the Huang class like this? Why don't you ask for some clues?Standing like this, you can't ask anything, really staring at each other, what kind of thing is this?
Hearing this, Gongsun Ce shook his head, feeling that Hang Yue's impatience was comparable to Zhan Zhao's, so he glanced at Hang Yue, who kept quiet and stared at Gongsun Ce, waiting for Gongsun Ce to interrogate him in person.Gongsun Ce looked at Team Leader Huang, put his hands on the table, and stared at him, "Yan Yu is your adopted son, he was adopted by you, right?"
Leader Huang looked up at Gongsun Ce, and didn't hide anything, just said: "Yan Yu has been with me since he was a child. His parents and I are old acquaintances, but it was too early, so I adopted him and let him follow him all the time." By my side, this kid is always upbeat, never troubles me, and helps take care of the younger brothers and sisters in the theatrical troupe."
"Does he have any strange behaviors usually? For example, who gets closer to him, or... Occasionally he is more withdrawn."
Team leader Huang was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Yan Yu has a cheerful personality and usually won't offend anyone. Everyone in the theater likes him. Sometimes when I want to punish them, I always ask Yan Yu for help. I don't know who I have relationship with." During the holidays, if you insist that there is, it is that Zhang Yuanwai's young master molested him a few days ago when he went to Zhang Yuanwai's house to sing an opera. It took two plays to understand this matter."
"Mr. Zhang? How long is the time, please be more specific."
"I think about it, it seems... a month ago."
"A month ago?"
"Well, because today is the seventh day of July, I remember that day happened to be the sixth day of June. Zhang Yuanwai said that he came from southern Xinjiang. There is a custom on the sixth day of the sixth month. Let's go to the house to sing an opera to make it more lively."
Hearing this, Gongsun Ce pondered for a moment, glanced at Lan Sheng who was still wiping tears, and looked over Team Leader Huang's shoulder to see the sneaky eavesdropper outside the door, "Squad Leader Huang, Ling Ai was quite frightened by this incident, But her suspicion is also the biggest, Huang Xianger was the only one beside Yan Yu at the time of the incident, and it was she who yelled that attracted everyone's attention—"
"Impossible! Xiang'er wouldn't do such a thing, she, she wouldn't be a murderer!" Team leader Huang, who was born a bit burly, raised his eyebrows immediately when he heard this, and his voice sank, "My lord must pay attention to evidence when deciding a case If you can’t just open your mouth and convict innocent people, it’s a crime you want to impose, so there’s no excuse for it!”
Gongsun Ce didn't expect Team Leader Huang to be so excited, instead he smiled and said, "Squad Leader Huang, why are you so sure that Huang Xianger didn't do it? Maybe she really did it?"
"She's my daughter. I know she doesn't even dare to kill a chicken. Killing? It's impossible!"
"Squad Leader Huang's words are just sophistry." After finishing speaking, Gongsun Ce stood up and said, "Since Team Leader Huang refuses to tell the truth, it is inconvenient for Gongsun Ce to bother you, so we can only bring all the relevant people back to the yamen for a while. A cross-examination."
Hang Yue on the side immediately regained his spirits when he heard this, "Okay, go back to the yamen and question them one by one, these people must have recruited everything!"
"...Ahem, Hang Butou."
Gongsun Ce coughed lightly, reminding Hang Yue not to be too complacent, glanced at Huamanlou, but saw that Huamanlou seemed to have discovered something, frowned, thinking about something.Gongsun Ce calmed down, looked at Team Leader Huang and said, "Squad Leader Huang, I've offended you."
"No! There are a group of children in the theater, if you want to take it, take me alone!"
"The emperor breaks the law and the common people are the same crime. Even a three-year-old child has to bear the responsibility if he kills someone. Otherwise, where is the law?" Gongsun Ce's voice was not loud, but every word was firm, "Boss Huang still sent people to the magic garden Someone called, come back with us to the yamen for the interrogation of the greedy son Lianse Niangqin."
Team Leader Huang looked at Gongsun Ce, and suddenly said: "Xiang'er and Yan Yu have already agreed to get married! How could they kill him? Besides, everyone in the theater knows about Xiang'er's feelings for Yan Yu. She looks beautiful, and many Everyone wants to marry her, but she firmly believes in Yan Yu, how could she kill Yan Yu?"
As soon as these words came out, the expression on Gongsun Ce's face changed, and he said, "Huang Xiang'er and Yan Yu are childhood sweethearts, and they have decided to get married.
It wasn't until now that Gongsun Ce finally came back to his senses. Ever since Brother Rong said last night that he couldn't find a midwife and no one wanted to come, Gongsun Ce hadn't come back to his senses. As long as the child is born safely, the whole person is nervous and dare not vent their anger.When I left the room just now, I fell into Huamanlou's arms, my whole body ached after I relaxed, my eyelids were heavy, and I didn't even have the strength to open them.
Hua Manlou held Gongsun Ce's hand instead, "You are helping the family in this way, there is nothing wrong with you, but... just now you fell into my arms, and I was shocked."
"Sorry, I'm so tired, I don't even have the strength to stand still."
"Want something to eat?"
"I don't have an appetite now, by the way, what did you go out for just now?"
"I thought you heard it when you let go of your hand, but you didn't hear anything." Hua Manlou rubbed Gongsun Ce's palm with his fingertips, "Let Ada go to the village for a while, we are all big men, we don't want to hear anything." Take good care of Mrs. Rong, and invite someone who can take care of her."
"fair enough."
It was Gongsun Ce who had to bite the bullet to deliver the baby, so how could he dare to take care of Mrs. Rong, even if his heart was open and honest, but other people's husbands were in front of him, so it was not his turn to take care of her, and it was indeed inconvenient.
Knowing that Gongsun Ce hadn't completely come out of delivering the baby, Hua Manlou asked, "What did you think when you saw the child?"
"My head was blank, and I cut the umbilical cord with scissors." Gongsun Ce smiled wryly, not daring to imagine his expression at that time, but now that he thought about it, he felt a sense of satisfaction, feeling that a newborn child was born because of his help. When I came to this world, "Now I just think it's ridiculous."
"Practitioners don't shy away from these things."
"I'm afraid it's a taboo for others, otherwise there would be no dedicated midwife for delivery, and there are few women practicing medicine, so this is naturally the case."
"People's words are terrible."
Some rumors can kill people. Thinking of the people who will be invited later, if they know that Gongsun Ce delivered the baby, they may have other thoughts in their hearts. When Ah Da comes back, let's go."
Gongsun Ce nodded upon hearing this, "En."
While talking, Gongsun Ce vaguely agreed, the door was knocked, and Hua Manlou answered, "Come in, he is not asleep."
Brother Rong pushed the door open and saw the two of them kneeling on the ground with a plop, "I'm a rough man, but thank you for saving me, if it weren't for Mr. Gongsun's proficiency in medical skills, Axiu and the child might not be able to keep them. Axiu Let me kowtow to the two benefactors, great kindness and great virtue, I will never forget the head of the peasant girl in this life."
Upon hearing this, Hua Manlou quickly helped him up, "Brother Rong took us in, it's too polite to do so."
"Hua Manlou is right, Brother Rong, don't kowtow, or I will come down and kowtow to you. Doctors are parents, and Sister Rong is like that. If we don't save us, we will lose our conscience. You should hurry up and take care of her." , tidy up and make her more comfortable."
Gongsun Ce was worried that the bed hadn't been made yet, so he reminded him.
Brother Rong nodded again and again, "I know, I cleaned it up just now, and Axiu was lying down and teasing the child, but the child was just born and her eyes hadn't been opened yet, but her hair was as good as his mother's. By the way, Playboy still I don't know, it's a big fat boy."
"Congratulations, happy to have Lin'er."
"I'll go back right away. If you stay here for a few more nights, our husband and wife must thank you very much."
Hua Manlou said: "Don't bother, we have to rush home and leave when the coachman comes back."
"Ah? Could it be you——but since the two of you said so, I don't dare to delay you, so I'll pack some dry food for you to eat on the way."
Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou could only let him go, they chatted in the house for a while, Gongsun Ce fell asleep for a while, and when he woke up, the coachman just came back and brought a woman, who was older than Axiu, It seemed amiable.
As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Hua Manlou and Gongsun Ce coming out of the room. He nodded at them with a smile and walked into the house, "Your sister is called Axiu, right? The baby has just been born. Let me take a look."
"This eldest sister is..."
"Your family guests invited you to take care of you. You are really lucky to meet such generous guests."
Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou got into the carriage, looked at Brother Rong and said, "Hurry up and get some food for Mrs. Rong, we're on our way now."
"Thank you both!"
Gongsun Ce nodded, then put down the curtain, and Ah Da drove out from the yard.Brother Rong watched the carriage go away in the yard, and went to the room where the two of them lived to make the bed. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a piece of silver on the table, and the corners of the seven-foot man's eyes were also red.
Leaning on Hua Manlou's shoulder, Gongsun Ce closed his eyes and said, "Will that ingot be kept there forever?"
"Let's go. He always has to make the bedding."
"That's true."
"Let Ada drive slowly, and you have a good rest."
"kindness."
Hua Manlou lifted the curtain and told Ah Da to drive more slowly, and asked Gongsun Ce to lean on his shoulder, "I'll wake you up when you reach your landing."
The carriage is walking slowly on the official road in the mountains, the summer is clear and the sky is clear, and the grass is growing and warblers are flying.The curtain of the carriage was not blown up, but a faint scent floated into the carriage. Gongsun Ce rubbed his nose uncomfortably, and his whole head leaned into Huamanlou's shoulder socket.
Hua Manlou reached out and took something to fix the car curtain, put his arms around Gongsun Ce's back against the car wall and closed his eyes.
"Go to a nearby town to find an inn later."
"Hey, didn't Mr. Gongsun say—"
"He needs a good night's sleep."
Ah Da didn't dare to ask again when he heard the words, but responded: "Okay, I got it."
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Gongsun Ce opened his eyes, glanced around, and stretched energetically, "It's really more comfortable to stay in an inn."
"Aren't you worried that there might be trouble now?" Hua Manlou, who was sitting on the side, said, "I thought you planned to sleep until tomorrow morning."
Walked to Huamanlou and sat down, put his arms on the table: "Call me here after what you said, I will only sleep peacefully after I believe your words, but I woke up in a daze halfway through, it's a pity that I was too sleepy , struggled together and continued to sleep."
Hua Manlou nodded, "I'll ask Xiaoer to bring water and food."
"kindness."
Xiao Er sent all the things into the room, "Guests, if you still have something missing, just tell me, I will definitely bring it to you right away, I won't disturb your meal, I will go down now."
Holding the chopsticks, Gongsun Ce was really hungry, and he ate faster than usual, although he still looked gentle, "From last night until now, he basically ate everything, and he didn't feel tired when he fell asleep. After resting, my stomach is empty, as if I have been hungry for three days."
Hua Manlou smiled and said nothing, just moved the dishes for him, closer to him.
Seeing this, Gongsun Ce bit his chopsticks and looked up at him, "Have you eaten?"
"kindness."
"That's good. If you starve with me, I don't think it's good." Gongsun Ce doesn't like the way of suffering with you at all. If you want to be hungry together, I won't eat until you wake up.If something goes wrong, you won't be able to get that person to wake up without eating. If the other person wakes up, you will fall ill again. It's really boring.
The summer night was not cool, the window of the room was open, Gongsun Ce felt a little stuffy, walked to the window, and was taken aback—why there are so many lanterns in this place, what happened recently?
"Why are there so many lanterns outside? Is there something wrong?"
"The seventh day of July."
The seventh day of July?Gongsun Ce thought about it, and suddenly realized what it meant. His eyes lit up, and he looked at Huamanlou and said, "Since it's Qixi Festival, I don't know if Mr. Hua would like to stay here with me for one more day, anyway, Jiangnan Not there, staying here to watch the lanterns seems to be much better than rushing."
Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, as if he was a little surprised by Gongsun Ce's recent initiative and straightforwardness, "Of course it's good."
"Then rest early, and go to the streets tomorrow. I don't know how the activities in this place are different from those in Luzhou, but I saw that the lantern parade lit up a street in the whole city, even at night. Walking on the street, I'm afraid it will be the same as a hundred days."
Stretching out his hand to open the window wider, the cool breeze came in, and the heat in the room seemed to dissipate a lot. Gongsun Ce walked back to the side of Huamanlou, saw a crack on the handle of Huamanlou fan, and reached out to take the fan. Come over, "Lend me your fan, and I will return it to you tomorrow."
"kindness?"
"I slept all day and now I can't sleep, but I think you must be sleepy, you don't have to stay with me, I have to study what's going on with your fan, it's invulnerable, I'll make one someday .” Gongsun Ce pushed Hua Manlou to the bed, pressed him on the bed and looked at him with a smile, “Last night I helped Mrs. Rong deliver the baby and stayed up, and you stood outside all night by my side. If others don’t feel sorry for me, I feel sorry for you. I fell asleep, now it's your turn."
"...En." Hua Manlou smiled and closed his eyes. As soon as he closed his eyes, there was a warm feeling on his eyelids, and he couldn't help but put his arms around Gongsun Ce's waist.
Gongsun Ce, who was about to get up and leave, felt the strength in his waist, and his ears were hot, "It is not suitable to sleep together tonight." After speaking, he quickly stood up on the edge of the bed, "It is naturally cool when the heart is calm. Although it is summer, the fire still needs to Squeeze."
She took the fan back to the table and sat down, glanced back at Huamanlou, went to the window and lowered it, then quietly opened the door and asked Xiaoer for something—a good fan, There is a rip, a pity.
Moving a lamp on the table, Gongsun Ce approached the handle of the fan, and carefully filled the gap.
Gongsun Ce didn't do such meticulous things very often, and Hua Manlou was so familiar with the fan, so he had never changed it before, so he must be able to feel the slightest difference.The handle of the fan is not the surface of the fan, so you don't often touch it, so you have to be careful if you want Huamanlou to not notice it.
Huamanlou woke up at some point, and reached out to touch the bedside where there was no one there. She was startled at first, then sat up and got out of bed after thinking about it for a while, and listened to the movement in the room with her ears up, "Ah Ce?"
With the sound of shallow breathing, Hua Manlou shook his head helplessly, and stepped forward to wake Gongsun Ce, but Gongsun Ce sat up suddenly, knocking the back of his head on his chin, and both of them cried out in pain at the same time, Gongsun Ce completely Sober, "Why are you awake? There is still no sound when you walk?"
Hua Manlou reached out and touched the back of Gongsun Ce's head, but felt relieved when he didn't feel the swelling, "It's late, there are other things to do tomorrow."
"Well, I'm done anyway."
"kindness?"
"Ah...it's nothing, by the way, I'll give you the fan. I saw it, but it's just an ordinary fan, nothing special." Gongsun Ce picked up the fan on the table and stuffed it into Hua Manlou's hand, "I'm so sleepy." gone."
While stretching, Gongsun Ce stole a peek at Hua Manlou's expression, seeing the surprise on Hua Manlou's face, he smiled complacently - he really didn't see it.
As soon as he lay down, the position next to him sank a bit, "It's just a fan, but you can't give it to others, and you can't change it again."
Hearing this, Gongsun Ce curled his lips, turned over and faced Hua Manlou, "I really can't hide it from you."
Hua Manlou leaned over and pulled Gongsun Ce to entangle, breathing intertwined, the two of them gradually became hot, and they didn't know when the clothes would take off, Gongsun Ce's face was pressed against the pillow, and the body covering his back was hotter than his own.With his eyes half closed, he hooked Hua Manlou's neck with his backhand, and raised his neck impatiently, "Qitong..."
With their bodies tightly pressed together, Hua Manlou took care of Gongsun Ce even at this time, buried her head in kisses on his neck, and walked on him with her hands.
When the passion subsided, Gongsun Ce fell asleep with his head wrapped in a quilt, his breathing still very shallow.
It happens once a year on Qixi Festival. The folks seem to like the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl very much. When they mention it, they are mostly regretful. It is only because the Queen Mother is too cruel and created a Milky Way to separate the two. Old, but now they can only meet at the Magpie Bridge on the seventh day of July every year.
"This lantern show seems very interesting." Gongsun Ce walked on the street, looking at the lanterns all over the place, all kinds of lanterns, with different patterns and colors, he was dazzled when he saw a man not far away holding a lantern I gave it to a young lady of a family, and when I got more thoughtful, I went to the side and bought a lamp, and handed it to Hua Manlou: "I wonder if Mrs. Hua is willing to accept this lamp."
The palm touched the lantern, and Hua Manlou took the lantern into his hand, "I can't refuse what you gave me."
Thinking of the jade pendant Huamanlou gave him, Gongsun Ce suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have given Huamanlou anything. Of course, this ordinary thing would not work, but what his mother left for his future daughter-in-law was a pair of bracelets. It's too outrageous to carry it all over the building, how can a man wear jade bracelets.
Even if it was given to Huamanlou, Huamanlou kept it away.
But looking at it this way, he had to get that thing from his father, whether Hua Manlou wore it or not, it was still counted as an exchange of tokens of love.
Hua Manlou carried a lamp and walked along the street with Gongsun Ce, but didn't hear Gongsun Ce's words, and knew that he was thinking about something, and also knew what he was thinking, "Uncle gave me the things my aunt left when she was alive. In the baggage."
"what?"
"Thought you would see it normally."
"I think there's a box that looks familiar, but it's not good to just open it casually. I'm afraid I'll ask you something you don't want to mention, so I just keep it in my heart. Who knows—" Who knew that his father was happier than him, directly Give this thing that can be regarded as a family heirloom to Huamanlou.
Gongsun Ce felt that he really underestimated his father.
He curled his lips resentfully, Gongsun Ce felt nothing about the fact that Hua Manlou knew what was on his mind, "My father is really for you, before I thought I wronged him, but now it seems——"
Seeing Hua Manlou's face showing a rare look of bewilderment, as if he was worried that he would be unhappy because of Gongsun's true actions, Gongsun Ce changed the subject and said, "I am more happy than anyone else that he can accept you like this."
Originally thought it was reasonable for Gongsun Zhen not to accept it, and had already made the worst plan, but did not expect Gongsun Zhen to accept Huamanlou.
He smiled tacitly and stopped mentioning this matter.
When we came to the crowded stage, there was a show about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting the magpies on the stage. Gongsun Ce whispered to Hua Manlou next to him about the costumes in this play. Looks good too.
"what--!"
"Dead, dead!"
Gongsun Ce, who lowered his head and straightened his sleeves, suddenly raised his head to look at the stage. The cowherd who had been standing with Zhinu just now fell on the stage. Bai pointed at the cowherd, "Yes, there are ghosts!"
The already crowded place suddenly panicked, the crowd was chaotic and crowded, and Gongsun Ce Huamanlou was squeezed away. Gongsun Ce looked at Huamanlou who was separated by a few people, thought for a while that Huamanlou could take care of himself, and went to Squeeze to the stage.
It was definitely not an accident, someone must have tampered with it.
When they got to the edge of the stage, Gongsun Ce jumped onto the stage and squatted beside the deceased, looking at Zhinu over there, "What did you see just now? Don't talk nonsense about what you didn't see, otherwise it will not help solve the case at all by causing people to speculate."
"No, no! He was killed by a ghost. I saw him just now, his face turned blue, and there was a ghost. It must be, it must be! This stage has saved people before, and it must be the person who died before. Look at us taking his place here and killing people!"
Gongsun Ce frowned, checked several deadly places of the deceased, and found that there were no wounds, and his brows frowned even more - he couldn't be sure it was some kind of ghost, and the case of Qianli Lake was also rumored to be a female ghost. In the end, it was found out that it was not a female ghost at all. The murderer killed people, and no matter how clever his modus operandi was, there would definitely be flaws.
Huaman went up to the stage and stood beside Gongsun Ce, "Any clues?"
"No wound."
No wounds, no signs of poisoning, how did they kill people?
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How could it be possible for a person to die with no wounds and no signs of poisoning?
Gongsun Ce stood up, glanced at the Yamen who came after hearing the news, caught a glimpse of the head catcher, he was stunned and backed away, and was stopped when he was about to leave.
"Is this Mr. Gongsun Ce from Luzhou?"
Gongsun Ce turned his head and looked at the head catcher strangely - this head catcher was very strange, and he had never seen him before, how could he know him? "This is Gongsun Ce. I don't know what your lord has ordered. This man is dead. I just happened to pass by and want to check the body. But since your lord is here, I can't interfere."
The arrester heard Gongsun Ce admit his identity, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "Master Gongsun! With you, this case will definitely be solved quickly. Lord Gongsun's subordinates will fully cooperate with you to investigate this case and find out the real culprit!"
Gongsun Ce was puzzled by the words of the head arrest—didn't he resign?Why is this headhunter still talking to an adult?
"I think your memory is wrong. I am no longer an official of the imperial court. I just happened to pass by here on the way to Jiangnan. I didn't expect to encounter a murder case. I—"
The head catcher waved his hand to interrupt Gongsun Ce's words, "Master Gongsun, don't you know? The emperor sent official documents to all places, which said that Lord Gongsun just took a long vacation and did not resign. You can read the official document if you don’t believe me.”
Hearing this, Gongsun Ce took the official document in the head catcher's hand, glanced at it twice, and suddenly became furious——Zhao Zhen was still waiting for him here, but his official seal and the rest had all been handed in. is fake?
Hua Manlou pulled Gongsun Ce back and said, "I'm afraid this matter has been planned long ago. Even if you argue now, you can't argue. You don't have to avoid it all the time when you encounter a case. Otherwise, if the case is not solved, wouldn't it be true? The murderer is getting away with it, and the dead died in vain."
Gongsun Ce held the official document and stared at the few lines. After a long while, he finally raised his head and looked at the arresting head. "I don't know how to call it. I need your help to solve the case. I can't solve the case by myself."
The head catcher was surprised at first, and then said with a smile: "This is the head catcher here, whose surname is Hang, and the character is Yue."
"It turned out to be Butou Hang." Gongsun Ce nodded, went to the dead man and squatted down, and checked again, "Tou Hang, do you know the identity of this person?"
"Mr. Hui, this person and the woman next to me are troublesome opera troupe actors in the city. The operas sung by both of them are very popular among the common people, but they usually sing in their own troupe garden. They were invited to sing this play, but who knew that such a thing would happen."
From the troupe?
Seeing that Gongsun Ce didn't answer, Hang Yue continued: "The name of the deceased is Yan Yu, he is the adopted son of the troupe master, and the one who plays the weaver girl is Huang Xianger, the daughter of the troupe master."
From this point of view, Yan Yu and Huang Xianger were childhood sweethearts, so would Huang Xianger and Yan Yu have other relationships?For example, it is not a childhood sweetheart, but a lover who likes each other. It is only because the leader Huang disagrees that they will secretly come and go.
Nothing can be checked here, Gongsun Ce stood up, "Hang Yue, please take Yan Yu's body back to the Yamen, please inspect it, and please arrange someone for me to go to the opera troupe with me [Inuyasha] The husband is weak."
"What's the matter, they took the corpse back. Mr. Gongsun and I went to the troupe together, and this Huang Xiang'er was also together. The two of us were on the stage together. Maybe she did something wrong." Hang Yue really didn't have any sympathy. , to a beauty like Huang Xiang'er, her words were sharp, and her words were pointed at her.
But Huang Xiang'er was indeed the only one on the stage, Yan Yu's accidental death, Huang Xiang'er's suspicion was indeed the biggest.
Gongsun Ce looked at Huang Xiang'er who was standing on one side covering his mouth with a frightened expression on his face. Gongsun Ce stepped forward and said, "Miss Huang, come back to the troupe with us now and tell us everything you saw just now, otherwise your The suspicion is the biggest, if you don’t tell the truth, we have no way to find out the real culprit, and you will be charged as a murderer.”
Huang Xiang'er heard this and looked at Gongsun Ce, and knelt down with a plop, "My lord, I am not a murderer, I am not! How could I kill him, yes, it was a ghost! I saw it just now, it was a ghost!"
"Miss Huang, get up before you talk."
"No! You believe me, I am not a murderer, I really am not, I am not a murderer! I am not!!" Huang Xianger suddenly became excited, grabbed Gongsun Ce's hand, and pinched her nails into Gongsun Ce's flesh, " I'm not, I'm really not!"
Gongsun Ce was about to withdraw his hand, but Huang Xiang'er in front of him suddenly fainted, and quickly caught her, looking at Hua Manlou in surprise, "Her?"
"Just fell asleep, nothing will happen." After Hua Manlou finished speaking, he walked to Gongsun Ce and took Huang Xiang'er from his hand, "Hang Butou, you may need to find another person to help bring Miss Huang to her. Back to theater."
Hang Yue didn't see how Hua Manlou made a move just now, Hua Manlou came back to his senses after talking to him and said quickly, "I'll just carry her back, but is this Huang Xianger really okay now?"
"I'll wake up in half an hour."
"kindness……"
Gongsun Ce stood there watching Hang Yue carry Huang Xiang'er on his back, couldn't help laughing and walked to Huamanlou, "You don't like me hugging other people, but I don't like you hugging others either, just now she just I got a little excited, thinking that Yan Yu's death hit her hard."
Hearing this, Hua Manlou opened the fan to block the hands that they held together, "Would you like some medicine?"
"It's just a nail scratch, it's fine."
Scratched nails, broken skin, nothing serious.Gongsun Ce is not a girl, and he is afraid of leaving scars and wounds on his body, "Go to the troupe first, this matter is impossible to be the same as what Huang Xianger said, what kind of ghost is responsible, there must be some clues that have not been found, and this troupe..."
"Most of the theatrical troupe will believe these, and there are some rumors, which will change after they spread."
"It's getting more and more outrageous. If this case can't be solved, the people in the city may believe that ghosts killed people."
"Mr. Gongsun, what is the origin of the expert next to you? He is so skilled. I will ask him for advice some other day. It is rare to have my opponent in this city. My hands are itchy." Hang Yue's name is so delicate Very, this temper is really a rough nerve, and he can say what he thinks, very hearty.
"Then you have to ask him."
As soon as Hang Yue heard that there was something interesting, he hurried to the side of Huamanlou, "Huagongzi, are you interested in competing with me?"
"It's just a discussion, it's not a problem."
"Well, let's discuss it when we are free. When I see an expert like you, I want to ask for advice. Don't mind." Hang Yue was afraid that Hua Manlou would feel that he was too impatient and reckless, so he hurriedly explained, "But Mr. Gongsun With someone like you around, it would be much easier to solve the case, otherwise those people would all want to take Mr. Gongsun's life."
The murderer is at large and will attack those who threaten him.
Hua Manlou said, "I'm overwhelmed."
Talking along the way, Gongsun Ce also inquired about the situation of the troupe. He knew that the troupe came here two years ago, and it caused a sensation among the people as soon as it came, because every play sang well. The beauty of the handsome girl and the good temper of the boss made the troupe's reputation more and more famous, and even brought some children who could not afford it to the troupe to do odd jobs to earn money.
Although most people don't like opera actors, they don't mind so much when watching operas. The troupe has never had any embarrassing things. The reputation of the troupe has been getting better and better in the past two years. I saw the troupe on the street. People are like meeting neighbors.
When he came outside the theater, Gongsun Ce took a look at the house in the theater. It was very big. The front was where the theater invited guests, and the back was where the troupe usually did their activities. It also costs a lot of money.
"What is your background as the troupe leader, do you know where your hometown is?"
"I only heard that it was brought by Jiangnan."
"...As soon as it was brought from Jiangnan, the range will be very large." Gongsun Ce said something to himself, stepped over the threshold and entered the garden, met a person head-on, and rushed directly into Gongsun Ce.
"Ouch!"
Gongsun Ce took a step back, stabilized his body and looked at the young man in front of him. He had delicate features and was more beautiful than a girl. "You, are you from the troupe?"
The young man saw Gongsun Ce and others in Huamanlou, then looked at Hangyue who was carrying Huang Xianger on his back, and was stunned for a moment, "Hang Butou, this, this is sister Xianger, what's wrong with her? Could it be—"
Hang Yue nunuzui, "Is there no one here? Come and carry this lady back quickly, but she fainted from fright and woke up after a while, and where is your class leader? Where is the class leader? Let him come out, the head catcher has something to do find him."
"I'm going to find someone right now, you come in first."
Turning around and running, shouting: "Master, Master, Sister Xiang'er is back, and there are three people I don't know. It's very strange. Come out and have a look!"
Gongsun Ce curled his lips and touched his chin, "We are very strange people? No matter how you look at it, you look like elegant people who came here to listen to an opera, right?" Just as he spoke, he caught a glimpse of Hang Yue and shook his head, "Sure enough, it's still strange."
Hang Yue couldn't figure it out, he didn't know what Gongsun Ce said, so he put Huang Xiang'er on the chair, rubbed his shoulders, "This girl is also a little heavy, and her shoulders feel sore."
"Hang Butou, what you said makes the girl sad, how heavy a girl can be." After Gongsun Ce finished speaking, he heard footsteps, looked for the sound, and saw a middle-aged man in a blue cloth shirt Come out from the inside, next to the boy just now.
When Team Leader Huang saw the three of them, he bowed his hands and saluted them, "Hang Butou, what's wrong with Xiang'er?"
"Yan Yu died, she fainted from fright."
Leader Huang suddenly raised his head and took a step back. The boy next to him hurriedly supported him, "Master, don't scare me!"
"How could Yan Yu—"
Hang Yue frowned and looked at Gongsun Ce, "Boss Huang, Yan Yu is indeed dead, but the murderer is still unknown, we are here to find out the truth and ask you some clues, the two next to me are from If someone from the capital asks you something, answer it truthfully, otherwise don’t blame me for being rude.”
Leader Huang nodded and sighed, "I will answer truthfully, Lan Sheng, take Xiang'er nearby."
Lan Sheng nodded, "I understand Master."
Gongsun Ce took a look at Team Leader Huang in front of him, and said, "Squad Leader Huang is sad."
"Thank you sir."
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Yan Yu's death was like an accident, caught off guard, the theater troupe obviously didn't expect Yan Yu to go out in the morning and Huang Xiang'er was still talking and laughing, saying that he came back to buy something for the children in the theater troupe, and there was a lot of food on the street.
The opera troupe basically does not let these children who are still practicing kung fu go out, they practice in the troupe every day, and the occasional opportunity to go out is that the troupe goes to the houses of rich families to sing operas, so they have the opportunity to go out.
Yan Yu can be regarded as the big brother here, everyone in the troupe likes him and is usually close to him, now when they heard about Yan Yu's death, many people cried on the spot.
Lan Sheng's eyes were red, standing next to Team Leader Huang, secretly wiping away tears, Team Leader Huang sat on the stool and kept sighing [Lu Xiaofeng] The Emei faction is playing a big game of chess.Gongsun Ce glanced at Team Leader Huang, then at Lan Sheng, next to him, Hang Yue couldn't sit still, walking back and forth anxiously.
"Hang Butou, what are you doing walking around like this?"
"No, Mr. Gongsun, don't you want to ask something? If you don't ask, I'll ask."
Hang Yue scratched his head, thinking that what was Gongsun Ce sitting with the head of the Huang class like this? Why don't you ask for some clues?Standing like this, you can't ask anything, really staring at each other, what kind of thing is this?
Hearing this, Gongsun Ce shook his head, feeling that Hang Yue's impatience was comparable to Zhan Zhao's, so he glanced at Hang Yue, who kept quiet and stared at Gongsun Ce, waiting for Gongsun Ce to interrogate him in person.Gongsun Ce looked at Team Leader Huang, put his hands on the table, and stared at him, "Yan Yu is your adopted son, he was adopted by you, right?"
Leader Huang looked up at Gongsun Ce, and didn't hide anything, just said: "Yan Yu has been with me since he was a child. His parents and I are old acquaintances, but it was too early, so I adopted him and let him follow him all the time." By my side, this kid is always upbeat, never troubles me, and helps take care of the younger brothers and sisters in the theatrical troupe."
"Does he have any strange behaviors usually? For example, who gets closer to him, or... Occasionally he is more withdrawn."
Team leader Huang was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Yan Yu has a cheerful personality and usually won't offend anyone. Everyone in the theater likes him. Sometimes when I want to punish them, I always ask Yan Yu for help. I don't know who I have relationship with." During the holidays, if you insist that there is, it is that Zhang Yuanwai's young master molested him a few days ago when he went to Zhang Yuanwai's house to sing an opera. It took two plays to understand this matter."
"Mr. Zhang? How long is the time, please be more specific."
"I think about it, it seems... a month ago."
"A month ago?"
"Well, because today is the seventh day of July, I remember that day happened to be the sixth day of June. Zhang Yuanwai said that he came from southern Xinjiang. There is a custom on the sixth day of the sixth month. Let's go to the house to sing an opera to make it more lively."
Hearing this, Gongsun Ce pondered for a moment, glanced at Lan Sheng who was still wiping tears, and looked over Team Leader Huang's shoulder to see the sneaky eavesdropper outside the door, "Squad Leader Huang, Ling Ai was quite frightened by this incident, But her suspicion is also the biggest, Huang Xianger was the only one beside Yan Yu at the time of the incident, and it was she who yelled that attracted everyone's attention—"
"Impossible! Xiang'er wouldn't do such a thing, she, she wouldn't be a murderer!" Team leader Huang, who was born a bit burly, raised his eyebrows immediately when he heard this, and his voice sank, "My lord must pay attention to evidence when deciding a case If you can’t just open your mouth and convict innocent people, it’s a crime you want to impose, so there’s no excuse for it!”
Gongsun Ce didn't expect Team Leader Huang to be so excited, instead he smiled and said, "Squad Leader Huang, why are you so sure that Huang Xianger didn't do it? Maybe she really did it?"
"She's my daughter. I know she doesn't even dare to kill a chicken. Killing? It's impossible!"
"Squad Leader Huang's words are just sophistry." After finishing speaking, Gongsun Ce stood up and said, "Since Team Leader Huang refuses to tell the truth, it is inconvenient for Gongsun Ce to bother you, so we can only bring all the relevant people back to the yamen for a while. A cross-examination."
Hang Yue on the side immediately regained his spirits when he heard this, "Okay, go back to the yamen and question them one by one, these people must have recruited everything!"
"...Ahem, Hang Butou."
Gongsun Ce coughed lightly, reminding Hang Yue not to be too complacent, glanced at Huamanlou, but saw that Huamanlou seemed to have discovered something, frowned, thinking about something.Gongsun Ce calmed down, looked at Team Leader Huang and said, "Squad Leader Huang, I've offended you."
"No! There are a group of children in the theater, if you want to take it, take me alone!"
"The emperor breaks the law and the common people are the same crime. Even a three-year-old child has to bear the responsibility if he kills someone. Otherwise, where is the law?" Gongsun Ce's voice was not loud, but every word was firm, "Boss Huang still sent people to the magic garden Someone called, come back with us to the yamen for the interrogation of the greedy son Lianse Niangqin."
Team Leader Huang looked at Gongsun Ce, and suddenly said: "Xiang'er and Yan Yu have already agreed to get married! How could they kill him? Besides, everyone in the theater knows about Xiang'er's feelings for Yan Yu. She looks beautiful, and many Everyone wants to marry her, but she firmly believes in Yan Yu, how could she kill Yan Yu?"
As soon as these words came out, the expression on Gongsun Ce's face changed, and he said, "Huang Xiang'er and Yan Yu are childhood sweethearts, and they have decided to get married.
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