The rivers and lakes are full of local tyrants

Although they agreed to help, Qin Shaoyu and Shen Qianling Mingli did not pay much attention to this matter. After all, the relationship between Chasing Shadow Palace and the imperial court is subtle, and doing too much would make it easy to be unfavorable. Anyway, with Shen Qianfeng and Ye Jin around, Chu Yuan would not Too bad.

The temple is full of Vegetarian food, and Shen Qianling started to find it bland after eating two meals.Fortunately, there are many restaurants in Ziya City, and it is located on a major traffic road, so delicacies from mountains and seas come in turn, so you can eat it every day without repeating it.

"What are you having for lunch today?" Shen Qianling asked Qin Shaoyu.

"It depends on your performance." Qin Shaoyu casually flipped through the book.

Shen Qianling was furious, "It depends on my performance?"

"Naturally." Qin Shaoyu put down the book, "If you behave well, we'll go eat fruit wood roast meat and bayberry wine."

"Did you perform poorly?" Shen Qianling asked.

Qin Shaoyu said, "Steamed buns with radish and pickles."

Shen Qianling: ...

You abused me.

Qin Shaoyu hooked his fingers at him.

Shen Qianling pouted obediently and leaned forward, thought for a while and said seriously, "After the kiss, there will be roast meat, right?"

Qin Shaoyu laughed out loud, hugged him into his arms and kissed him hard, and then took him out of the temple. As for the little hairball, he was taken by the dark guards to the back mountain to roast beef together early in the morning. Life was so nourishing.

There are still a lot of people in the city, and there are small vendors along the way who enthusiastically give all kinds of snacks. The atmosphere is harmonious and harmonious. Whether they are chopping firewood or selling flowers, they seem to be rich and comfortable. Shen Qianling held Qin Shaoyu's hand and whispered, "I don't think Zhou Jue will succeed."

"That's natural." Qin Shaoyu smiled, "We are here."

"I used to think it was because of us." Shen Qianling said, "Now I feel that even without us, the emperor may not be unable to solve it. He may suffer losses or be injured, but in the end, the world will still belong to him after all."

"Oh?" Qin Shaoyu raised his eyebrows, "Why?"

"Because he has the hearts of the people." Shen Qianling said, "With you and Master Wen in Yunlan City, it is common sense to be rich and stable. But the world is so big, we have walked all the way, passing countless villages and towns, big and small, every place Regardless of whether the people are rich or poor, at least they live a very stable life. There is no need to worry about wars, or even natural disasters, because everyone knows that Chu Yuan is a good emperor. If something big happens, the court will definitely come forward to help. Days are never going to go on.”

"Forgot? Qian Manman was just settled some time ago." Qin Shaoyu said, "Before we went to Liusha City, the people there may not be at ease every day."

"It's different." Shen Qianling shook his head, "Corrupt officials are a problem in every dynasty. The people in Liusha City themselves said that they are looking forward to the court sending another parent officer every day. This shows that they just don't like money. Man, but he has no complaints against Chu Yuan."

"Okay." Qin Shaoyu pinched the tip of his nose and said teasingly, "Since that's the case, then we don't need to help Chu Yuan anymore, or go sightseeing in the mountains and rivers? We'll be happy and at ease."

"No." Shen Qianling shook her head, "What you promised must be done."

"Really?" Qin Shaoyu touched his chin.

"Hmm, yes, it doesn't count!" Shen Qianling quickly smashed his man's plot, "Because I would have fainted at that time." It was very witty.

If it wasn't on the street, Qin Shaoyu would almost have hugged him into his arms and kissed him hard—the little expression is so painful.

Seeing the two whispering intimately on the street, the common people felt that they had taken advantage of it!Tell people in other villages and towns at the next market, and you will definitely be met with hysterical envy.Just thinking about it makes me tremble.

The original atmosphere was so harmonious that it couldn't be more harmonious, but suddenly there was a burst of shouting on the street.Shen Qianling was stunned for a moment, and her first reaction was to meet a crazy fan again—you must know that this kind of thing has happened before, and she was walking on the street when suddenly a person rushed out and desperately wanted to touch her hand , Even if he was beaten up by the dark guards, he was still very persistent, and even used such advanced vocabulary as "death is not a pity", which made it very unclear what was going on in his mind.

This time the hidden guard didn't follow, it would be too tragic if another man took action, so Shen Xiaoshou was considering whether to leave first, but those people suddenly howled, "He's dead!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the people were startled. They didn't even bother to continue watching the national CP, but turned their heads to look at the group of people.

"On the mountain in the east of the city, there are... two dead...dead people." The leading young man was out of breath, dressed like a scholar.

"Doctor Wang, please slow down." The owner of the nearby tea shop helped him, "Who died?"

"On the mountain." The young man drank two glasses of water tremblingly, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, "There are two headless corpses!"

Shen Qianling frowned slightly, and exchanged glances with Qin Shaoyu.

The people were also very frightened at the moment, so they hurriedly reported it to the patrolling police nearby, and they all went to the county government office together.

Qin Shaoyu pulled Shen Qianling up and followed them.Although the local county magistrate is not as knowledgeable as Wen Liunian, he is still from a wealthy place. He has seen many cases in the market and solved many cases, so he can't be regarded as a muddled official.Seeing that the two of them had followed, naturally they dared not slack off, and asked the case carefully.

The young man, surnamed Wang, is the son of the owner of the medical clinic in this city. He took his staff to the mountains early this morning to gather medicine. Seeing two corpses not far away, he fell down immediately in fright.A few older guys didn't believe in evil at first and wanted to take a closer look, but they didn't expect that the two corpses didn't even have heads, so they were frightened and ran back to report to the police.

"Headless corpse?" The county magistrate frowned after hearing this, "No one seems to be missing in the city recently."

"What do you plan to do?" Qin Shaoyu asked.

"I'll take people to fetch the corpse immediately." The county magistrate said, "and then send a team of yamen servants to go door-to-door to see if anyone has lost it."

Qin Shaoyu said, "Can I go with your lord?"

"Naturally." The county magistrate nodded quickly, "I'll go get ready right now. It's a blessing for the people of this city to have the help of Palace Master Qin in their previous lives."

Qin Shaoyu smiled, and took Shen Qianling out of the yard first to wait.

"Accidents happen wherever we go." Shen Qianling sighed.

"There are countless troubles in this world every day." Qin Shaoyu said, "You are kind-hearted and take care of wherever you go, so you will naturally feel that there are too many things. But if you are someone else, as long as you don't involve yourself, you will all be happy. Treat it as nothing, and naturally you won’t be bothered.”

"I can't pretend I didn't see it." Shen Qianling glanced into the county office, "What do you think of this county magistrate? I think he speaks and acts a bit like Mr. Wen."

"When he heard that I was willing to help, his elated expression was exactly the same as Wen Liunian's." Qin Shaoyu said, "But Wen Liunian will definitely not say flattering words like 'the common people have cultivated good fortune in their previous lives' like him. "

"Yes." Shen Qianling nodded, "So you are willing to be friends with Mr. Wen, but you don't even bother to ask his last name."

Qin Shaoyu laughed, "So Madam understands me."

"That's natural." Shen Xiaoshou was extremely immodest, "No one in this world understands you better than me."

Qin Shaoyu nodded seriously, "I've seen them all naked, so I naturally know better than others."

Shen Qianling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and kicked him.

Can't there be a little serious time?

The yamen servants quickly finished counting, and a group of people left Ziya City, led by the previous doctor Wang, and went to a mountain in the north of the city together.

"Although it's not as good as Wen Liunian, he's still a good official." Qin Shaoyu said, "It's not the first time to see the riding posture, and the eyes of the people along the way are not surprised. It is obvious that he often investigates cases in person, not like some confused officials. , and directly hand it over to the yamen servant and Wu Zuo."

"Well." Shen Qianling said, "But it is said that there has been no murder case here for three or four years. This time, the headless corpse appeared as soon as the emperor came here. It must be enough for him to have a headache for a while."

"My lord, we're here." The scholar was brought down from his horse by the yamen servant, "It's just ahead."

The county magistrate got off his horse and led the yamen servant into the forest.

"Shall we go?" Shen Qianling asked.

"Suddenly remembered something." Qin Shaoyu looked down at him.

"What's the matter?" Shen Qianling was puzzled.

"I was going to take you to dinner, but I bumped into something when I went out." Qin Shaoyu pinched his face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Are you hungry?"

"It's all here, maybe you still have to take me to dinner." Shen Qianling patted his chest, "We'll see the scene first before we talk."

"You want to watch too?" Qin Shaoyu frowned.

"I don't look at the corpse." Shen Qianling held his hand, "I know you don't want me to look at those things, but there must be a lot of clues at the scene of the crime, and you may find something new when you go."

"It's agreed, you are not allowed to look." Qin Shaoyu walked in hand in hand with him, but saw the yamen servant looking around with a confused face.

"What's wrong?" Shen Qianling asked.

"Go back to Mr. Shen, the body is gone." The county magistrate was a little embarrassed, and Doctor Wang beside him was also puzzled, "It's absolutely true, we really found it here."

"It should indeed be here." Shen Qianling pointed to the grass, "The traces and bloodstains are still there."

"It takes about an hour to walk from here to Ziya City. Although riding a horse is fast, it can't take a small road, and it will take more than half an hour." Qin Shaoyu said, "From the discovery of the body to the reporting of the case to the county government, and then to our arrival Here, it takes less than three hours to add up, is there a mountain guard around here?"

"Yes, there are, but an old man in his 70s and [-]s lives in the back mountain all the year round, so he rarely comes here." The county magistrate said, "There is nothing to steal on this mountain, so there is no need to arrange too many people."

"Actually, there are no medicinal materials." Probably because there are many people around, and there are Qin Shaoyu and Shen Qianling, and Doctor Wang is no longer as scared as before. , many of them were trampled down."

"Since there is nothing, why are people coming and going?" Shen Qianling was puzzled.

"This mountain is the only way out of the city." Qin Shaoyu said, "It is much faster than taking the official road. We entered Ziya City from here."

"Could it be that someone went out of the city and took the corpse away?" Shen Qianling guessed.

"It's also possible, but I can't say for sure." Qin Shaoyu said, "It's best to look again."

"I think so too." The county magistrate nodded and ordered the yamen servants to continue to expand the search area.

"There should be a lot of people passing by here every day." Shen Qianling said, "There are a lot of car marks and horseshoes on the road."

"En." Qin Shaoyu nodded, and continued to look around carefully.

Shen Qianling followed beside him, her stomach rumbling loudly.

Qin Shaoyu: ...

Shen Qianling: ...

"Let's go." Qin Shaoyu laughed, "It will probably take a while here, so take my little pig to eat first."

"No need." Shen Qianling was a little embarrassed, "If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry, it's not a big deal."

"How can I make my daughter-in-law hungry." Qin Shaoyu shook his head, "Be obedient."

"It really doesn't matter." Shen Qianling turned around and wanted to go deep into the woods, but the soles of his feet slipped a bit. If it wasn't for Qin Shaoyu's sharp eyesight and quick hands to hug him, he would almost fall and chew on the mud.

"Hands and feet." Qin Shaoyu supported him to stand up straight, "Did you twist it?"

"It's obviously because the dead leaves are too slippery." Shen Qianling flicked his legs, "It's okay."

Qin Shaoyu suddenly pulled him into his arms.

"Hey, hello." Shen Qianling protested, "Don't mess around in this kind of place."

"It's better not to look at some things." Qin Shaoyu said, "Otherwise, he will crawl into my arms again at night."

Shen Qianling turned cold, "Did you see the corpse?"

Qin Shaoyu let out a "huh" and looked at the two headless corpses hanging on the tree not far away - under the wind, the two corpses dangled back and forth, making one's bones feel a little chilly.

"Scary?" Shen Qianling obediently buried her face in his arms.

"Not really, but I still don't want you to see it." Qin Shaoyu turned his body around, "Good boy, don't turn around."

"I won't look back." Shen Qianling was very obedient, "Go and find the yamen servant."

Qin Shaoyu nodded and led him out of the dense forest.

The yamen servant hurried over after hearing the news, and there was a scream after a while, obviously frightened.

"Lied to me again." Shen Qianling looked at Qin Shaoyu, "He said it wasn't scary."

"It was hung on a tree." Qin Shaoyu said.

"Ah?" Shen Qianling was surprised, "Who would do such a thing."

"There are too many outrageous people." Qin Shaoyu said, "There are imperial forest troops everywhere in Ziya City. I'm afraid that this matter will reach Chu Yuan's ears tomorrow."

"This incense burner is really uneasy." Shen Qianling shook her head, "It's not easy to be an emperor."

"Let's go back first." Qin Shaoyu said, "Tomorrow I will send the hidden guards to look around here, maybe I can find something new."

Shen Qianling nodded and went down the mountain with him.The county magistrate sent someone to carry the two headless corpses back to the county government office.The news that the body was found on the mountain in the north of the city had already spread in the city, and all the people gathered in the street to guess what was going on.Seeing the county magistrate returning to the city with a serious expression, all the yamen servants also had dark faces, and naturally they were even more uncertain, looking at each other in blank dismay, not even daring to speak out loud.

After this kind of thing happened, Shen Qianling was unlikely to be in the mood to eat barbecue, so Qin Shaoyu bought two packs of vegetarian stuffed buns on the side of the street, and also bought some dried beans and snacks, and took them back to Dujie Temple.

"You are finally back." Ye Jin was waiting in the courtyard, "What happened outside?"

"Two headless corpses appeared out of nowhere on the mountain. Ling'er and I happened to meet the person who reported the crime, so we went to the mountain with the government." Qin Shaoyu said, "There is no clue now, the corpses are still in the county government."

"Does the emperor know about this?" Shen Qianling asked.

"Naturally." Ye Jin nodded, "The Imperial Forest Army patrols the city every day, and will come back to report any disturbance. However, Chu Yuan has not intervened in this matter, and only said that the government should investigate first."

"It's a bit strange. There are nine out of ten murderers who are not ordinary people." Qin Shaoyu said, "The method is brutal, and during the time when the person who found the corpse ran back to the city to report to the police, I don't know who actually hung the corpse on the tree."

Ye Jin was surprised, "Is there such a thing?"

"If you want to know, you can go to the county government office to see for yourself. The county magistrate will definitely welcome you." Qin Shaoyu said, "I still have something to do, so I'll go to the kitchen first."

"What are you doing in the kitchen now?" Ye Jin was puzzled.

"Ling'er didn't eat." Qin Shaoyu took Shen Qianling out, "I'll bake some buns for him."

"Just eat whatever you want." Shen Qianling said as she walked, "I don't have much appetite either."

"The buns are cold." Qin Shaoyu insisted.Recently, the temple is undergoing a Yiku fast, and only eats two meals in the morning and afternoon. In the evening, except for Chu Yuan's small stove, all other kitchens are off fire, so it is quiet.Finding a random stove to light a fire, Qin Shaoyu put the steamed stuffed bun on the wire mesh, and put a small pot next to it to heat the dried tofu.

Shen Qianling squatted beside him in a daze, still thinking about the two inexplicable corpses on the mountain.

Qin Shaoyu tapped his head, "It's rare for me to cook, why don't you watch it?"

"What?" Shen Qianling recovered, a little dumbfounded.

"I told you not to think about those things." Qin Shaoyu said, "This kind of thing happens every day, so there is nothing to be sad about."

"I'm not sad. Everyone has their own destiny. I can only hope that they will have a good pregnancy in their next life." Shen Qianling said, "I'm just thinking about the reason."

"It's not a quick catch." Qin Shaoyu blew the steamed stuffed bun cool, "Okay, from now on I can only think about me."

"What do you have to think about? There is no merit at all." Shen Qianling didn't give Qin Shaoxia face very much, and took a bite of the bun.After the dough is baked, it has a special crispy aroma, plus the stuffing made of cabbage tofu vermicelli, although there is no trace of diced meat, it is easier to eat the sweet taste of vegetables.

"I can bake buns." Qin Shaoyu emphasized.

Shen Qianling nodded, "Well, this is an advantage."

"I can also heat dried tofu." Qin Shaoyu handed him the plate.

Shen Qianling was very straightforward, "This is the second advantage."

"I know martial arts." Qin Shaoyu continued his efforts.

Shen Qianling said, "Well, the third one."

"I'll still hum you." Qin Shaoyu pinched his face.

Shen Xiaoshou said seriously, "This is a shortcoming, which just offsets the first three advantages."

Qin Shaoyu laughed, and got up to help him make a bowl of vegetable soup.

Shen Qianling stood beside him with the buns, feeding them to him while eating by herself, and strongly demanded, "Eat that piece of vegetable stalk stuffing, hurry up."

Qin Shaoyu was very obedient, and complained after swallowing it in one gulp, "Hard."

"It's only for you if it's hard." Shen Qianling was very straightforward, and ate the leftover choy sum and tofu stuffing by himself.

"Little pig." Qin Shaoyu laughed, "Hey, go over there and get me some salt, this jar is empty."

"Yeah." Shen Qianling put down the bowl, ran over to get the salt shaker, but when he walked back, he accidentally saw something wrong with the pile of straw, kicked it with his feet, and a pile of chicken bones fell out, so he was startled, and said to Qin Shaoyu Said, "It's not our people who killed under the eyes of the Buddha, right?"

Qin Shaoyu came over to take a look, and said, "What was it like here just now?"

"It's covered with straw." Shen Qianling said, "But there is a small piece of white that is faintly exposed, so I saw it."

"Cover it back as it was." Qin Shaoyu took the salt jar from him, "It's not ours."

"Is that the person from the temple?" After hiding the bone, Shen Qianling whispered in surprise, "The monk eats meat?"

"I have already said that this temple is not a quiet place, and eating meat is not uncommon." Qin Shaoyu poured out the vegetable soup, "Practitioners should be poor, but in this temple, there are fat heads and big ears. It looks like an eminent monk."

"I'm not afraid of the Buddha's punishment." Shen Qianling clicked his tongue.

"Once a person touches the word 'greedy', he can't care about anything." Qin Shaoyu took the vegetable soup and asked Shen Qianling to take the buns, and the two walked back together, "Don't worry about him, this time it's the Buddha who didn't sin. , Chu Yuan will not let him go even if he thinks about it."

As soon as the words fell, the secret guard hurried over from the front, "Palace Master, Your Majesty invites you and Young Master to discuss matters together."

"Who else?" Qin Shaoyu asked.

"Master Ye Gu, Alliance Leader Shen, King Qijue also brought Huang Daxian here." Anwei said, "They are all in the study."

"Go and tell Chu Yuan that Ling'er is not feeling well." Qin Shaoyu said, "We will go there later."

The dark guard took the order to leave, Shen Qianling said, "Aren't you going to take a look?"

"I'm going, but I have to eat first." Qin Shaoyu took him back to the room, "I ate a bowl of porridge, half a shortbread, and a few bites of vegetables in the morning, and I didn't eat anything at noon. It's already night, what if I faint from hunger .”

Shen Qianling was startled, "How do you remember what I ate this morning so clearly?"

"What is this? I still remember that you ate beef noodles three days ago and added four full tablespoons of spicy." Qin Shaoyu smiled, "I remember everything about you."

Shen Qianling: ...

This kind of love talk from time to time is really hard to hold.

"When I first came to Chasing Shadow Palace, eating shredded pork with green peppers was too spicy." Qin Shaoyu helped him get out the soup. "It's good now. If you don't eat spicy food for three days, you will be anxious with me."

"Yeah." Shen Qianling smiled, "This is called a broken pot with a rotten lid."

Qin Shaoyu laughed, "You know how to make analogies."

"Hurry up and eat." Shen Qianling handed him the bun, "Then let's go to the study to see what Chu Yuan wants to do!"

"After this incident is over, we must go to the palace to find some treasures." Qin Shaoyu said, "Otherwise, we will lose money."

"That's right." Shen Qianling nodded, "And you have to pick the most expensive ones!" You really deserve to come from the Shadow Chasing Palace, and you know the essence of taking advantage of it - that is, not seeking the biggest, but seeking the most expensive.

It simply cannot be more pursued.