At dawn, a petite figure dressed in black, draped in the morning light, turned around on the road and came to a remote wild flower field behind a ruined temple. In the middle of the wild flower field, there was a simple tombstone. The tombstone was so simple that it was just a stone block that hadn't been carved into shape, but words were engraved stroke by stroke on it.

In the tomb of Si'an of the Yue family, the elder sister stood weeping.

The figure knelt in front of the tombstone, stretched out her hand to touch the word Yueshi Si'an inch by inch, tears flowed from her eyes, and hit the soil drop by drop.

***

There is no need to go to Liu's mansion. Jin Ziwan got up late and ordered Li Si to go to Liu's mansion to remove Yue Sisi's body from the ancestral hall. If there are no other problems, he will be buried in the coffin. In the ancestral hall, it is good to think about your mistakes.

Jin Ziwan went downstairs for dinner, and saw Gu Zhaohong who got up early in the lobby, who beckoned to him and gently asked him to taste the peach wine porridge.

Jin Ziwan said: "Brother Gu, why do you drink alcohol so early in the morning?"

Gu Zhaohong smiled: "Master Jin misunderstood, although this peach wine porridge has the word "wine", but the content of wine is very small, and there is only a faint aroma of wine, which makes this porridge even more delicious."

Jin Zi was seated late, picked up the spoon and tasted it with some interest, and praised that it was really good.

Seeing that his expression did not seem to be fake, Gu Zhaohong was also a little happy.

The two talked about this strange case again, and Gu Zhaohong sighed: "This Yue Sisi is also a hard-working person, and it is a pity that he made a mistake when he met someone unkind."

Jin Ziwan mixed the porridge and stirred the peach blossoms: "When I entered the city, Lu Duoyu told me that this Liu Zaibo was promoted two months ago, and he was the county magistrate of Yumiao County before."

Gu Zhaohong thought of something, and asked, "Then maybe this Yue Sisi was his original partner when he was the county magistrate?"

"Not necessarily," Jin Ziwan said calmly, "The rules of our court are that all officials are selected through imperial examinations, and officials are not allowed to sell their titles. Therefore, all officials are from Juren. You can move back and be promoted later. In order to prevent too much power, the assigned county must not be where the official’s original household registration is. If Liu Zaibo’s original wife and daughter were married when he was the county magistrate, then Madam Liu would not know about it.”

Gu Zhaohong is a man in the world, and he doesn't know anything about officialdom, only after hearing Jin Ziwan's words did he suddenly understand.But he was smart after all, so he thought in a blink of an eye, "Could it be that he got his wife before he went to Beijing for the exam?"

Jin Ziwan glanced at him appreciatively: "I have asked Lu Duoyu to go to Liu Zaibo's hometown before the exam, but it is not far from here. You can go back and forth in three days."

Gu Zhaohong smiled: "It's really worry-free to work with Governor Jin."

Jin Ziwan said: "Brother Gu should do his best, otherwise remember to share half of the [-] Li reward from Mrs. Liu."

Gu Zhaohong is as good as he is: "What if Governor Jin asks and gives it all?"

Jin Ziwan stared at him, Gu Zhaohong reached out and took out an ingot of silver from his pocket: "Mrs. Liu's ten taels of silver."

Jin Ziwan: "..."

Governor Jin was speechless: "Gu Shaoxia's labor is really cheap."

Gu Zhaohong laughed dimpledly: "Feng Qi Dian is not short of money, and his ambition is not here."

Although the two were talking and joking, Gu Zhaohong paid attention to it. Jin Ziwan liked the peach wine porridge very much, but he still only took a few sips before putting down the spoon. The bowl was not big, and Gu Zhaohong drank two and a half bowls. I only drank half a bowl at night and stopped moving.

This Golden Governor eats too little...

Gu Zhaohong looked at his white wrist, which looked more and more lonely in the wide red sleeve, as if it would shatter if he held it.

Gu Zhaohong has always had a sense of distance from others, and he doesn't know why, but he always wants to get closer to Jin Ziwan. Most people are irresistible to beauty, but Jin Ziwan is so graceful, even Gu Shaoxia, who is famous all over the world, can't stand it. Escaping worldly idiosyncrasies.He thought that Jin Ziwan likes sweet and dislikes spicy, so next time he teases him to try something sour.

At this time, Li Si came upstairs, obviously he had something to report, before Gu Zhaohong could find an excuse to leave, Jin Ziwan said, "Speak."

This was obviously not afraid of him listening, so Gu Zhaohong sat back down again.

Li Sixing made a salute before saying: "I want to report to the governor, the body of Yue Sisi, just in case, I asked my assistant to examine it carefully, but found some unusual things."

Jin Ziwan raised his eyebrows: "What do you say?"

Li Si took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Jin Ziwan: "Wu Zuo found this brand mark on the nape of Yue Sisi's corpse, and Zhang San copied it on the spot."

Jin Ziwan reached out to take the piece of paper, unfolded it, read it and handed it to Gu Zhaohong: "The pattern of this branding is strange, it's not an official branding style, it should be a private one."

Gu Zhaohong frowned when he saw this pattern: "Gu has seen this pattern before."

Jin Ziwan was taken aback.

Gu Zhaohong took a closer look and became more certain: "I passed by Yangyu City last month. There is a famous flower building in Yangyu City, called Liuhua Building. The girls in Liuhua Building have such patterns."

Jin Ziwan was narrow-minded when he heard the words, and made fun of him: "Brother Gu is always flirtatious."

Gu Zhaohong smiled bitterly: "Master Jin, please don't make fun of me. Last time, a friend asked me to accompany me to listen to the music. There was a dancer whose collar slipped a little while dancing, so my friend asked me out of curiosity."

But don't talk nonsense.

Jin Ziwan didn't bother with this any more, instead he thought: "Could it be that Yue Sisi is a man in the world? Otherwise, how could there be a unique mark on Liuhualou?"

After that, he shook his head and denied himself: "There are regulations in the court that all officials, even candidates preparing for scientific examinations, are forbidden to enter and leave the Fengyue place, let alone marry a woman from a brothel. If Liu Zaibo is like this, he must be punished." Disqualified from the scientific examination."

Gu Zhaohong also said: "Women in Huanchang will definitely not be named by such noble ladies, they don't have surnames."

Jin Ziwan seemed to get angry when he heard the words, Taohua's eyes were full of anger: "I don't know what kind of bullshit rules the first emperor established. Who in this world was born without father and mother? He is not worthy of being born in a romantic relationship." What's the point of having a surname!"

Li Si just lowered his head and didn't respond when he heard the outrageous words, pretending he didn't hear them.

Gu Zhaohong was startled this time.

There was a thin figure at a table not too far away. The teacup fell from the table, and the wooden cup was not broken with a bang, but he was afraid of being involved in such shocking remarks, so he hurried away.

Gu Zhaohong took a sip of tea, and brought the topic back: "From now on, there are many mysteries about Yue Sisi."

The white cat that had been sleeping in Lord Jin's arms finally woke up, and yawned comfortably.

Jin Ziwan's expression turned pale, he patted its fur, and said indifferently, "It's a human or a ghost, with so many mysteries on its back, don't even think about lying in front of me."

Gu Zhaohong stared at him intently, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart that was ferociously trying to break out of the ground, urging him to get to know this person better, to see his gold under that good skin and notoriety. Wan, what kind of person is he? Just thinking about it, Gu Zhaohong felt a surge of emotion that he hadn't felt in a long time.

But on the surface, Gu Zhaohong just smiled softly: "That's natural."

***

On the other side, Lu Duoyu and Wang Er rushed all night and finally arrived at Liu Zaibo's hometown before he went to Beijing for the exam.

Wang Er tied up his and Lu Duoyu's horses in the stable, and immediately split up with Lu Duoyu and began to inquire about Liu Zaibo, but he never expected that after inquiring around, no one had heard of this person.

The same goes for Lu Duoyu, he wondered, Liu Zaibo's household registration is here, how could no one have heard of it...

Deputy Governor Lu Yuzu, sitting on a big rock outside the small county town, was thinking hard. It happened that an old lady passed by with a stick. Lu Duoyu's baby face was quite pleasing to the old man. Fascinated here?"

Deputy Superintendent Lu didn't look up at the beginning, the little baby who said "fuck your mother" was already on his lips, but when he looked up and saw an old woman with snow-white hair, he swallowed it back immediately, honestly: "I'm asking people, I can't always hear it."

The old lady is enthusiastic: "The old lady has been here for decades, and there is no one I don't know. I don't know who you want to ask, little baby?"

Lu Duoyu's eyes lit up: "Have you ever heard of Liu Zaibo?"

The old lady thought for a long time, then shook her head: "I really haven't heard of it, we don't have such a person here."

Lu Duoyu was dejected: "Forget it... Could it be that this son of a bitch lied about his household registration? It's a felony to lie about his household registration in the imperial examination, damn it—"

The old lady said "ah": "In our small place, only one person has come to Beijing for the exam in the past few decades, which is amazing. I remember that his surname is also Liu, and it seems to be Liu Zaibo."

Liu Zaibo?

Liu Zaibo?

Lu Duoyu jumped up suddenly.

Easter eggs:

Zhang San: I, Zhang San, 1.9 meters tall, with a voice like a bell, but it does not delay my painting and embroidery

Wang Er: I, Wang Er, am very satisfied with this name, and I can say anything without pockmarks.

The author has something to say:

This is a homophonic stalk. Isn’t Bo itself polyphonic? Liu Zaibo (bao) and Liu Zaibo (bo) don’t look like much, but they don’t sound very similar.

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