Kaifeng Mansion's Little Boss
Chapter 52 3 more in 1
Bai Yutang smiled lightly and asked Su Yuan, "How do you think it's delicious?"
"Everything I make is delicious, but Fifth Master still doesn't believe in my craftsmanship?" Su Yuan didn't notice the mystery in Bai Yutang's question at all, and not only answered smoothly, but also asked a rhetorical question.
Bai Yutang chuckled again, and his slightly bent eyes overflowed with a faint brilliance.
"letter."
Of course he believed that she was delicious no matter what.
Although it was early in the morning, there were not a few people rushing to and fro on Yujie.A passer-by was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a handsome man in white on the side of the road. He had a bright face and a sudden smile, which really stunned people.
People can't help but want to change a sentence of Li Taibai's "Luoyang Mo", and then go up to ask the previous question: "Who is the man of Baiyu, alarming the people of Tokyo?"
"There's a seller of meat buns ahead, I'll go and buy two first, let's pad our bellies!"
Su Yuan happily pointed to the steamed stuffed bun shop in front of her, and before she could speak, her legs had already stepped out quickly.
Passers-by couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing when they saw this, everyone was secretly applauding the beauty of this gentleman, but the girl next to him didn't care about beauty at all, and ran away like a little mad dog.
I really want to grab this girl's shoulder and shake her awake.Girl, you are reckless!do you know!
Su Yuan handed Bai Yutang a portion of the hot mutton buns he bought, and kept blowing on the hot buns himself.
Before the buns were too cold, she took a bite first.
The skin is soft, the stuffing is big, and there is soup, it is really delicious to take a sip.Sitting on the cool tiles to feed mosquitoes all night, you have to rely on a mouthful of such warm meat buns to save your life in the morning.
Su Yuan's movement of holding the bun caused her sleeve to slide down slightly, exposing a section of her wrist.Bai Yutang saw three conspicuous small red envelopes on Qihao's wrist at a glance, and when she turned her wrist slightly, she saw two more red envelopes, it seems that she was bitten by mosquitoes last night.
Back in Kaifeng Mansion, Sun He had already prepared the breakfast she had bought and put it on the table. The lychee round eye soup, crisp Qiong Ye, ring cake, soft lamb noodles, shredded chicken noodles, steamed buns with crab meat, etc. were enough for them The three of them had a good meal. ①
Su Yuan took a shower and changed clothes after breakfast, and was about to go to bed. As soon as she went to bed, she felt itchy on her wrist. She scratched it a few times, but the more she scratched, the more itchy.
"Leave the door open."
After the door rang, Bai Yutang's voice came.Then, Su Yuan heard footsteps leaving.
Su Yuan put on some clothes and went to open the door a crack, but there was no one outside the door.There was a small porcelain bottle on the ground, Su Yuan took it in, opened the lid and smelled it, the cream was light yellow with a faint medicinal fragrance.
What is this for?Su Yuan looked at the mosquito bag on his wrist, and tried to apply some ointment on it. It was refreshing and comfortable.Su Yuan quickly applied ointment to each mosquito bag, and finally did not feel itchy, and fell asleep comfortably.
After waking up from sleep, it was already afternoon, Mrs. Zhang in the kitchen specially left Su Yuan with yellow croaker soup and bamboo shoot meat pie.
The yellow croaker is delicious and does not have an earthy smell like carp. Over-seasoning will make it lose its original deliciousness.So I boiled fish bones into a milky white soup, added finely chopped yellow croaker meat, seasoned with a little salt and cooking wine, and sprinkled chopped green onion and coriander according to my needs when it was out of the pot. The bowl was superbly delicious.
When the soup spoon is gently stirred, the emerald green onion and coriander powder swim in the milky white fish soup. The taste is light and smooth, and it is a perfect match with the thin-skinned bamboo shoot meat pie.
Take a bite of the fragrant bamboo shoot patties, and drink a mouthful of smooth and tender yellow croaker soup that appetizes and invigorates Qi, and the stomach will be full in a short while.
Mrs. Zhang also gave Su Yuan a plate of candied dates newly bought in the kitchen. After eating and drinking, order two sweet candied dates to make her feel happier and make people even smile sweeter.
"Looking at how lively Su Yatou is eating, I can't help being happy, and I feel better." A cook and Mrs. Zhang sighed.
"Exactly, it's so lovely!"
"So I really envy those of you who have daughters. It's better to have daughters. Not only are they fair and beautiful, but they are also filial when they look happy." Mrs. Zhang said with emotion, "Madam Su found out two days ago that my legs hurt when it rains. , specially bought plasters for me. Those bastard sons of mine lived with me every day, but none of them found out."
……
Hearing that the case of losing money from the Ministry of Household Affairs had been solved, Sun He wanted to invite Su Yuan to watch the trial together.
Sun He: "I'm curious, how did the money get stolen?"
"I advise you not to be curious." Su Yuan said.
"I even dare to catch ghosts. Is this even scarier than ghosts? Then I need to see and see." Sun He insisted on his own opinion and insisted on going to watch the trial.
The case was judged by the old judge Zhou.Because the stolen goods were obtained on the spot, the interrogation of the case is very simple, just go through the motions according to the order.
Sun He deliberately gathered outside the hall to watch the trial with all the common people.After seeing the craftsman who committed the crime in the household department crying and pleading guilty on his knees, admitting his crime of "Gu Dao Zang Yin", Sun He frowned and thought seriously, his eyes rolled around.
At this moment, the people who were watching all sighed, they didn't expect that the prisoner could come up with such a way to steal money, fortunately, he was discovered early and he was captured.Otherwise, over time, the money will definitely add up.
"It's more than adding up, you don't know." A middle-aged man who was watching sighed.
"Don't know what?" Everyone asked.
Sun He also listened quietly.
"The more you use it, the looser it becomes. It will definitely become more and more pretentious in the future! Didn't you hear what the trial judge just said, at first two or three, then four or five..."
The people suddenly realized, and sighed again.
Sun He reacted, her eyes widened suddenly, and then she found that two men were looking at her with strange eyes.Sun He suddenly felt ashamed and hot on his face, and hurried back to Su Yuan to complain.
"Boss, I think my ears are dirty, dirty, dirty...I can't wash them clean!"
"I advise you not to go," Su Yuan smiled and handed a bowl of ebony soup to Sun He, "Have you learned a lot this time?"
Sun He covered his face, feeling ashamed.
"At that time, I thought about what the grain road was for a long time, and I thought it was the granary in the household department that had a special road for grain transportation. I wondered, when we went to Qianjian, how could we not even see a granary, so where did we get the grain? Road? Later, when I saw those people sighing and seemed to understand, I realized that Gu Dao was talking about that!"
"It's okay." Su Yuan reassured her that it's nothing, everyone has it.
Sun He wondered and asked Su Yuan: "No, Boss, why did you expect this situation long ago? Didn't Boss grow up in Kaifeng Mansion since childhood, even if kung fu is taught by an expert, is it possible that there is an expert in this matter?" Tell the boss specifically?"
"After spending a long time in the stalls of Kaifeng Mansion, there is nothing you don't know. Why don't you go with me next time when we clean up the stalls? To gain more knowledge?" Su Yuan just explained indifferently, and asked Sun He instead.
Sun He waved her hands again and again to express that she didn't need it. She didn't like the boring job of sorting out documents and files the most, so the boss had that kind of patience.
"Are you going to catch ghosts tonight?" Su Yuan asked.
"Go, yesterday's harvest was so great, maybe we can meet each other today." Sun He immediately brought a basket full of things from her room, all kinds of talismans, black dog blood, chicken blood, chicken head , cinnabar, wormwood, mahogany bracelets, beads, a statue of Zhong Kui, and a copy of the Diamond Sutra.
Su Yuan grabbed Sun He and asked her if she had spent the money she received from the accountant of the Kaifeng Mansion.
"That's right, isn't this money meant to be used to buy ghost exorcisms? The boss asked me to get it, so I thought I didn't have to wait for the boss to give orders, and just ran errands to buy all the ghost exorcisms I could buy. It is." Sun He smiled and asked for credit, completely unable to observe words and expressions.
Su Yuan clenched his fists, "Quickly disappear from my sight, or my fists won't have eyes."
It was only then that Sun He realized that she seemed to have done something wrong again. She had promised the boss that she would do whatever she ordered. Was she being good at asserting herself again this time?
Sun He quickly ran away with his head in his arms.
When she met Zhan Zhao on the road, she didn't even have time to say hello.
Zhan Zhao looked at the back of Sun He running away with his head in his arms, and when he saw Su Yuan, he asked with a smile, "What's wrong with Miss Sun?"
"I am deeply repenting for my waste of money."
The basket of things was on the table, Su Yuan looked at the plate of chicken heads inside and felt it was a pity.If this is marinated and grilled, it can make a very delicious chicken head with a strange taste.But now because of the cinnabar on it, it is absolutely unbearable.
"I'll accompany you tonight." Zhan Zhao and Su Yuan mentioned Bai Yutang, "He didn't sleep last night, and today he investigated the money loss case with me during the day. Let him take a rest. But I persuaded him not to listen, Miss Su to help him persuade him a few words?"
"If I try to persuade him again, he will definitely be stubborn and won't listen." Su Yuan knew Bai Yutang's temperament too well, the more you said he couldn't do it, the more he insisted on doing it.
"Then what should I do? Is it possible that I can continue to rest tonight with peace of mind and let him stay up for two nights?" The division of labor is so uneven, Zhan Zhao is embarrassed, his code of conduct does not allow him to sleep with peace of mind.
Su Yuan looked at the things in the basket, "There is a way."
She took out a talisman paper from the inner basket, picked up a cinnabar pen and drew two strokes on the talisman paper.
Before dusk, Su Yuan knocked on the door of Bai Yutang's room. She was holding a talisman paper and an incense stick in her hand.After entering the room, he lit the tranquilizing incense, and then bowed his hand to Bai Yutang solemnly.
"I would like to ask Bai Wuye for help on one important matter! No one else dares to do this. After thinking about it, only Brother Zhan in Kaifeng Mansion has the courage of Wu Ye."
"If you call him Big Brother Zhan, you should call me Patriarch Bai." Bai Yutang corrected Su Yuan's address.
His style has not changed, and he is still at odds with Zhan Zhao.
Su Yuan choked for a moment, and wanted to refute that she recognized Brother Zhan, but on second thought, she also recognized Ancestor Bai.A slip of the tongue becomes eternal hatred!
"Hey, apart from Master Zhan, Fifth Lord Bai has the guts." Su Yuan changed his words.
Su Yuan changed Zhan Zhao's title, but refused to change his, so Bai Yutang still had to worry about it.
"Are you planning to throw me away when you're done using it, and don't want to recognize me as your ancestor anymore?"
Su Yuan: "..." What did she say wrong again!
Could it be that people who are sleep deprived have a bad temper?What Bai Yutang, he is called Baicici and Baizuidu!
Thinking of the no longer itchy mosquito bag on his wrist, Su Yuan chose to be considerate of him for the reason that he was prone to irritability due to lack of sleep.
"For someone as powerful as the fifth master, how can I ask the fifth master for something when I run out of use?" Su Yuan felt that it was too difficult for him, just like the little eunuch next to the tyrant.
"What's the matter?" Bai Yutang finally stopped making things difficult for Su Yuan.
Su Yuan carefully spread the talisman paper on the table, making the talisman paper look rare and precious.
"This is a talisman paper drawn by a Daoist real person whom Sun He and I managed to get. It can lull ghosts into dreams. Use this talisman to stick on the head of the bed. After a night of sleep, you can know the traces of ghosts. It's not difficult to find ghosts." After Su Yuan made up his mind, he added another provocative sentence, "I didn't want to trouble Fifth Master, after all, Fifth Master didn't rest last night, and he was still busy investigating the case during the day today. -"
Just as Su Yuan was about to habitually address Zhan Zhao as Brother Zhan, he realized that Bai Yutang's eyes had already flown over.
She pronounced the correct pronunciation in time: "—Master, help me, but I didn't expect him to be taboo about this. Also, things like ghosts falling into dreams are quite scary, I didn't expect even Master Zhan to be afraid..."
"Okay, let's stick it on the head of the bed."
Bai Yutang then asked Su Yuan if there was anything else he needed to do.
"No, no, fifth master can just sleep as usual at night, and I will come to ask fifth master the next day." Su Yuan thanked with a smile, and then left.
The moment she left the room, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.It was easier to coax a bear child to sleep than to coax Bai Yutang to sleep.
While drinking tea, Bai Yutang glanced at the paper talisman pasted on the bed and laughed.
Bai Fu then came in, saw the soothing incense burning in the room, and asked Bai Yutang with concern: "Fifth Master, don't you feel safe?"
"No."
"Then how-"
Before Bai Fu could finish asking this question, he saw a piece of talisman paper pasted on the head of the bed. He leaned over to study the pattern on the talisman paper carefully, but he didn't recognize it.
"Fifth Master, what is this talisman?"
"Sleep well." Bai Yutang took another sip of tea, his expression calm.
"Is there still a sleeping talisman in this world?" Bai Fu sighed in a low voice, and turned to Bai Yutang hurriedly, "Everything that the fifth master wants the villain to prepare has been arranged."
"Not going tonight, go down."
Bai Fu froze for a moment, then remembered the paper talisman and An Shen Xiang, and understood, it must be Miss Su who came to persuade Fifth Master to rest tonight.This is really amazing. Master Zhan came to persuade him, but Master Wu refused to listen.He persuaded, but the fifth master refused to listen.When Miss Su came to persuade him, Fifth Master immediately listened.
No, he had to go to learn scriptures and ask Miss Su what method she used.
Su Yuan didn't shy away from it, so she told Bai Fu her method.
Bai Fu sighed again and again, "It's Miss Su who understands the temperament of my fifth master, she can't go against it, she has to go along with it."
After saying goodbye to Su Yuan, Bai Fu suddenly patted his thigh while walking.
its not right!Just now he asked Wu Ye what the paper talisman on the head of the bed was for, Wu Ye only said that it was for sleeping, but he didn't say that the paper talisman was used to lure ghosts into dreams.It turns out that the fifth master of his family has already seen through Miss Su's tricks, but he didn't see through it!
That's right, he can't learn this trick, it must only be effective if Miss Su uses it.
After all, if it were someone else, as long as the fifth master saw through that the other party was lying to him, it would be basic courtesy to kick him away, so what would happen afterwards?
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The money supervisor of the household department, cast Qiandongsuo.
At night, at Haishi, Su Yuan, Sun He and Zhan Zhao were still guarding the roof.
Zhan Zhao originally thought that the dormant work would be as boring as before, but he didn't expect that these two girls would be able to have fun while suffering.Prepared food such as marinated chicken feet, bad goose feet, melon seeds and nuts, and cushions, and got two dice to play with while eating.
"No need to observe?" Zhan Zhao asked.
"Since there is a ghost screaming, don't you need to keep staring at it? Just listen to it." Sun He said while eating.
"That's not necessarily the case." Zhan Zhao still carefully observed the situation below, "Once the ghost image and ghost call are separated."
Su Yuan nodded in agreement, holding up the chicken feet in his hand to express his agreement: "It makes sense!"
"Ah! Then I'll take some to eat over there." Sun He took the things to yesterday's place and continued to squat.Tonight's moon is rounder and brighter than yesterday's. Even if you don't light the lanterns, you can see the surroundings at close range.
While gnawing on the chicken feet, Sun He stared intently at the copper water stove, and suddenly felt that there was something looking at him from the depths of the stove.Sun He jumped down, circled around the stove, then climbed to the top of the stove, which was more than two people high, and looked down.
"what--"
Sun He yelled loudly.
Zhan Zhao has been paying attention to Sun He's movements, and rushed over immediately upon seeing this.
Su Yuan also came down. She lit the lantern, climbed onto the stove, and held the lantern to shine a light inside.
A man with a distorted figure was lying on the bottom of the furnace, his head and body were bent at almost right angles, and his face was just facing the direction of the mouth of the well.There is a smooth copper layer hanging on the wall of the copper water furnace, which is a bit reflective. When Su Yuan illuminated it with a lantern like this, under the refraction of the light, the pale face of the deceased looked even more eerie.
"God—"
Sun He covered her mouth in fright, and quickly climbed down from the stove, unable to recover for a long time.
After half a stick of incense, the guards and clerks of the Qianjian set up lanterns near the copper water furnace to illuminate them from above.Fang Fuzuo from Kaifeng Mansion and government servants such as the Dynasty rushed over.After the corpse was transported out of the copper furnace, Fang Wuzuo carefully checked the injuries of the deceased, and said that the person died not long ago, within half a day at most.The cause of death was a broken neck.
"He fell into the copper furnace with his head upside down. The copper furnace is more than ten feet high. This kind of fall can easily lead to the death of a broken neck bone. If the legs hit the ground first, there may be a possibility of survival." Fang Wei explained.
The small officials and guards who stayed behind at Zhuqiandong's office all recognized the deceased as Wang Shuisheng, their steward of Zhuqiandong's office.
"Why does this name sound familiar?" Zhan Zhao sighed.
"The person who stumbled and fell into the copper water furnace two years ago is called Wang Shuigen." Su Yuan said.
Zhan Zhao realized that the name of the deceased Wang Shuisheng was only one word different from Wang Shuigen.
"Who is this Wang Shuisheng from Wang Shuigen?" Zhan Zhao asked the small officials of Qiandongsuo.
"Wang Shuisheng is Wang Shuigen's eldest brother. Both of them have been working in Zhuqiandong for more than ten years. Because of Wang Shuigen's death, our supervisor Qian promoted Wang Shuisheng to be the steward of Zhuqiandong. Responsible for spotting, checking and other affairs." Xiaoli explained.
After about another incense stick, Jin De, the supervisor of Qian, hurried over.
He should have been resting and sleeping before, the bun was just combed hastily, so a strand of hair was left behind, and the belt was loosely tied.
"What... what's going on here? How did Wang Shuisheng die?" Jin Decai took two steps back in fright when he saw the corpse.It took the little official to help him, and he finally stood still.
When he learned that Wang Shuisheng died in the copper water furnace where his younger brother died, Jin Decai's expression became even worse, his eyes widened in fright, and he sighed that this was haunted again.
"He stumbled into this furnace and died at the beginning, and now his elder brother died in the same way. How could it be such a coincidence? This is a ghost asking for his life, and even his own elder brother will not be spared. Mrs. Mrs. Scary!"
Jin Decai put his palms together quickly, bowed to the copper water stove, and begged Wang Shuigen not to come out to make trouble again.The other small officials and guards also believed in this, and quickly followed suit, begging Wang Shuigen to let everyone go.
"What happened back then was obviously an accident, so I don't understand why he turned into a ghost with such a lot of resentment." Jin Decai complained to Zhan Zhao with a sad face.
The amount of money they make every year is stipulated by the money supervisor. Nowadays, because the place where the money is made is haunted by ghosts, craftsmen dare not work at night.As a result, a lot of money making work has been delayed, and now another person died, and it was Wang Shuigen's own elder brother who died.
"Those craftsmen are afraid to work in the daytime!"
"I heard that after Wang Shuigen died, you specially promoted Wang Shuisheng?" Su Yuan asked Jin Decai.
Jin Decai promised: "Wang Shuigen died too badly at that time. Many craftsmen witnessed the situation, and the impact was too great. In order to appease everyone, and at the same time to give Wang Shuigen's family some care and compensation, I promoted Wang Shuigen to be a The little steward of the Qiandong Institute."
At this time, Chao Chao and others informed Zhan Zhao and Bao Zheng of the situation they had investigated.
This afternoon, when the value was released, a small official met Wang Shuisheng. Wang Shuisheng said that he would double check whether the doors and windows of each room in the Qiandong Office were locked, and then left.After that, no one saw Wang Shuisheng again.
Wang Shuisheng's family also stated that since Wang Shuisheng went to work in the household department this morning, he has never returned home.
"We came here around the hour of Hai, that is to say, Wang Shuisheng died between the third quarter of the unitary hour and the hour of Hai." Zhan Zhao concluded.
There is a hearth made of brick walls on the periphery of the copper water furnace. When Fang Zuo and the officials inspected the scene, they carefully checked the vicinity of the copper water furnace mouth and the state of the hearth, and did not see any signs of struggle.But this does not fully show that the deceased did not struggle before death. After all, the furnace mouth is hard, and it cannot be ruled out that there has been struggle but no trace left.
"By the way, this stove has always been Wang Shuisheng's taboo. Every time he avoids passing by here, he will try to walk around it as much as possible. The purpose is to avoid touching the scene and reminding him of the scene of his brother's tragic death." Jin Decai said that Wang Shuigen stumbled Wang Shuisheng was also one of the witnesses on the day he fell into the copper water furnace.
Those craftsmen who were not familiar with Wang Shuigen had nightmares because of this matter.Not to mention that Wang Shuisheng is his own elder brother, and witnessing it with his own eyes must have dealt a huge blow to him.
"Then it's strange. He was going to check whether the doors and windows of each house were locked. How did he check the stove, which is his most taboo? Could it be that he was knocked out by the murderer and thrown here?" Wang Chao speculated.
"If you are knocked out, you should have injuries from the beating on your body, which must be different from the fall injuries caused by the fall on the deceased, but I have not seen other injuries on the deceased that were not caused by the fall. "
Fang Wuzuo reminded the dynasty's speculation that it is basically impossible to establish.
"Besides, if you want to stun such a tall man and climb his body up to the stove, you need very good physical strength. Even if you can carry it up smoothly, there should be some damage to the body during the process of transporting the body." Scratch marks that will be left behind."
"So, he most likely climbed up by himself?" Mahan asked in surprise.
"According to the plaster in the nails of the deceased, it seems that he climbed up by himself." Fang Zuo motioned Wang Chao to look at the dust on the hearth, which was off-white, while the ground was all loess.
Wang Chao, Ma Han and the others couldn't help shaking their heads: "The more I talk about it, the more scary it is. Could it be that a ghost is asking for his life? The deceased went to check the door lock, but suddenly climbed onto the copper furnace where his younger brother died. And fell headfirst..."
"The more we investigate, the more we find it looks like a ghost! If the murderer is really a ghost, how can we arrest him?" Ma Han whispered to Wang Chao, then rubbed his arm with his hands.
It was a hot day, and for some reason he suddenly felt a little cold.Especially when he saw the copper water stove, he felt even colder.
After some cross-examination, there were no more clues.
We can only wait for all the artisans to come tomorrow, and then ask if anyone among them knows anything else.
With such a case happening tonight, Su Yuan and the others are naturally not in the mood to stay in Qianjian to catch ghosts.
Sun He was a little regretful that he came late, "Where did I expect that this ghost would not appear in the middle of the night, but he would come to kill people just after dark. If I had come earlier, I might have saved Wang Shuisheng's life."
"If you put it that way, we would have prevented many murders in the capital earlier, and they would have been avoided." Zhan Zhao told Sun He not to blame himself and feel sorry. Add trouble to yourself.
Sun He thought about it too, and praised Zhan Zhao as worthy of being a Southern Xia, with great wisdom.
Zhan Zhao asked Sun He: "Then do you really think Wang Shuisheng's death today was a ghost?"
"Wang Shuisheng only checked whether the doors of the various houses were locked after everyone released the value. At that time, there should be no one else in Zhuqian Dongsuo. It was dark again, and it could only be a ghost." Sun He decided seriously. My guess is correct.
Zhan Zhao smiled and sighed that what Sun He said was an idea, so he asked Su Yuan's opinion again.
"I don't believe in coincidence."
She didn't believe that it was a coincidence that Wang Shuigen and Wang Shuisheng's brothers died in the same furnace. No matter whether the murderer was a human or a ghost, as long as the cause of the coincidence was found out, the murderer would not be far away.
"After two years, both brothers died in the same furnace. It seems more like the latter was arranged to coincidentally with the former." Zhan Zhao asked again.
"But not necessarily, let's start with an investigation two years ago to see whether Wang Shuigen's fall into the furnace was accidental or man-made."
Sun He scratched his head, "But I remember that dozens of people witnessed Wang Shuigen's fall into the furnace. When he threw copper into the furnace, he accidentally lost his footing and fell. There was no one around him at the time, and So many people witnessed it with their own eyes, it could only be an accident, how could it be man-made?"
"Eyes are deceiving. The more you are in full view, the easier it is for people to be blinded. Have you ever seen jugglers? They are also in the public eye, but they still deceive everyone's eyes with 'fake'."
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When the three returned to Kaifeng Mansion, it was already late at night.
Sun He shouted that he was hungry, so he went to the kitchen to find something to eat.
Su Yuan and Zhan Zhao planned to go back to their room to rest first.
They entered from the west side door, Su Yuan's residence had to pass by Zhan Zhao's residence, and then they could walk in.
The two chatted all the way, basically talking about the case, and finally brought up Bai Yutang, and only made a few jokes.When approaching Zhan Zhao's residence, Su Yuan saw a woman in red standing at the gate of Zhan Zhao's courtyard flamboyantly.
The woman in red had heard their chatter and laughter a long time ago and had been watching them.
When Su Yuan met the eyes of the woman in red, she found that her eyes seemed to be on fire, with a very dissatisfied anger.
When Zhan Zhao saw the woman in red, his expression froze for a moment, and then he sighed helplessly.
"Peach Blossom Debt?" Su Yuan summed it up in three words.
"It's not what you think." Zhan Zhao hurriedly explained.
"That's what I think." Su Yuan knew that this was one-sided and had nothing to do with Zhan Zhao.
"Who are you? Why did Brother Zhan want to explain to you?" The woman in red asked Su Yuan directly after hearing the conversation between the two.She hadn't appeared beside Big Brother Zhan for eight months, yet such a good-looking little elf clings to him.
Su Yuan didn't believe that the other party didn't know her. The way the other party looked at her for the first time, she could feel that the woman in red knew who she was.Since she is not honest, she will not be very friendly.
"Yo, you don't know who I am? Then I have to introduce myself. I'm naturally one of Brother Zhan's most important—"friends!
Su Yuan prolonged his voice on purpose and didn't finish speaking.
The woman in red threw out the whip in her hand, and said to Su Yuan angrily: "Shut up! I know who you are, you are the little fairy Su Yuan from Kaifeng Mansion. Possessed by bad luck, possessed by evil spirits, wherever you go Dead man, whoever gets close to you will have a short life. I warn you, stay away from my big brother Zhan, I won't allow you to hurt him."
"Yin Aoxue, how could you humiliate Miss Su with such vicious words, and apologize to her!" Zhan Zhao reprimanded.
"Brother Zhan, I didn't say these words, they were passed on by outsiders, and I was just repeating them. If there is any offense, those people outside are offending her, and it has nothing to do with me."
Completely different from the ferocious tone she spoke to Su Yuan, Yin Aoxue's voice was gentle and pleasant when she spoke to Zhan Zhao.
The difference was so huge that even Su Yuan, who had seen many things in the world, couldn't help being surprised.
"Brother Zhan, it's okay. I never care about crazy people." Su Yuan also smiled gently at Zhan Zhao. kind.
Yin Aoxue glared at Su Yuan angrily, "Who are you calling crazy?"
"Don't rush to admit it, because only a fool can do this kind of thing." Su Yuan didn't want to argue with her, but this guy insisted on messing with her.
"You—" After all, Yin Aoxue is a girl from the Jianghu, so her eloquence is naturally not as sharp as Su Yuan's. If she can't speak well, she is used to doing it. She swung her whip and hit Su Yuan in the face.
Su Yuan didn't hide, just stood there.She was lazy, knowing that Zhan Zhao would definitely not just sit idly by and stop the whip.
Sure enough, Zhan Zhao made a move, blocked Yin Aoxue's whip with Juque Sword, and then grabbed the other end of the whip with his hands.
Now the scene is: Zhan Zhao and Yin Aoxue are holding one end of the whip respectively, refusing to give in to each other, the whip is stretched straight.
How does Su Yuan see the appearance of the two of them, it looks like a tug-of-war.
Judging from the speed of Yin Aoxue's whipping just now, her martial arts are not low, but she is definitely not as good as Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.But she is not someone who can be defeated in a few rounds. If Zhan Zhao wants to win her, it will probably take some time and a unique move.
"Don't make trouble in Kaifeng Mansion, go back to your master." Zhan Zhao had limited patience, and was very displeased with Yin Aoxue's impulsive behavior that always didn't use his brain.
"Did Brother Zhan forget our agreement? There is a competition every six months, and if I win you, you will marry me." Yin Aoxue's tone was full of grievances, "I went to the desert to kill a lot of martial arts scourges, and I will not be in the Central Plains for a whole August. It was so easy to rush back day and night, and immediately came to see Big Brother Zhan, but Big Brother Zhan flirted with this little goblin, breaking our promise!"
Wow!
Su Yuan felt that it was exciting to watch, so she took a few steps back, leaned against the wall, and silently took out the snacks she hadn't finished eating.
"Stop talking nonsense, it's just you talking to yourself, I never answered."
"If you didn't answer me, what about the three previous contests with me?"
Zhan Zhao: "..."
You beat me with a whip back then, can I still wait to be beaten?
"Half a year has passed since last time, and we haven't competed yet. Today I will definitely win Brother Zhan, and I will wait for Brother Zhan to marry me!" Yin Aoxue declared.
Zhan Zhao no longer wants to say anything to this unreasonable and unreasonable Yin Aoxue, and Yin Aoxue is still waiting for Zhan Zhao's response.
So the scene suddenly became quiet, and the spectators did not expect this to happen.
bang-
There was a sudden crisp sound, the sound of a hazelnut being bitten open.
Zhan Zhao and Yin Aoxue looked at Su Yuan at the same time.
Su Yuan didn't forget to eat the hazelnuts into her mouth, and apologized awkwardly: "Go ahead, don't worry about me."
"Brother Zhan, this is the person you want to protect? Do you think she cares about you at all?" Yin Aoxue asked Zhan Zhao.
Zhan Zhao was about to explain, but Su Yuan stopped the conversation first.
"I don't care about this level, I don't know how to calculate it? Anyway, I can't count the number of times I cook for Brother Zhan myself. I can't count with my hands and feet. How many times have you cooked for Brother Zhan to eat? Could it be that you didn't cook it once? Have you done it? Or if you have done it, people won't eat it at all?"
Su Yuan's words firmly hit Yin Aoxue's pain point.
Yin Aoxue was so angry that she pulled the whip vigorously, intending to whip Su Yuan.Of course, Zhan Zhao couldn't let her succeed, he grabbed the other end of the whip, and then cut off Yin Aoxue's whip with a knife.
That's right, it's broken in two, and the meaning is very good!
Su Yuan stopped eating hazelnuts, and ate raisins instead, this time I promise that there will be no crispy sound.
Yin Aoxue sadly held the severed half of the whip in her hand, her eyes were red, and she looked at Zhan Zhao with tears in aggrieved disappointment: "Brother Zhan, you are so cruel that you actually cut off the whip that Master gave me!"
"Yin Aoxue, let me warn you again, don't provoke me again, I don't have any feelings for you." In the past, Zhan Zhaorong tolerated her willful nonsense repeatedly when she was young, but he didn't expect that this would actually fuel her arrogance Domineering and unreasonable.
"You have never said such unfeeling words to me before, is it because of her!" She knew that there must be nothing good for these two people who came back from outside late at night, talking and laughing together.
Yin Aoxue glared at Su Yuan angrily, and she immediately threw the whip in her hand and took out the soft sword at her waist.
Zhan Zhao sensed Yin Aoxue's murderous aura and warned her not to do it again.
Yin Aoxue swung his sword and headed towards Su Yuan, Zhan Zhao immediately intercepted it, but Yin Aoxue suddenly turned around and waved his arm.The white powder that flew up suddenly hit Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao accidentally inhaled it twice.
Zhan Zhao immediately glared at Yin Aoxue with incredulous eyes.She deliberately slandered and plotted against him!
Zhan Zhao really did not expect that Yin Aoxue, who has always been straightforward, would use tricks to plot against him one day.He felt dizzy, his body shook, and he tried his best to block Yin Aoxue, telling Su Yuan to run away and call for someone.
Su Yuan stared blankly at Zhan Zhao, as if he was too frightened to react, the handful of raisins he was holding in his hand were all scattered on the ground.
"Go and call Bai—" Zhan Zhao fainted on the ground before finishing his sentence.
Yin Aoxue snorted coldly, and stared at Su Yuan fiercely: "Now I can finally deal with you!"
"Everything I make is delicious, but Fifth Master still doesn't believe in my craftsmanship?" Su Yuan didn't notice the mystery in Bai Yutang's question at all, and not only answered smoothly, but also asked a rhetorical question.
Bai Yutang chuckled again, and his slightly bent eyes overflowed with a faint brilliance.
"letter."
Of course he believed that she was delicious no matter what.
Although it was early in the morning, there were not a few people rushing to and fro on Yujie.A passer-by was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a handsome man in white on the side of the road. He had a bright face and a sudden smile, which really stunned people.
People can't help but want to change a sentence of Li Taibai's "Luoyang Mo", and then go up to ask the previous question: "Who is the man of Baiyu, alarming the people of Tokyo?"
"There's a seller of meat buns ahead, I'll go and buy two first, let's pad our bellies!"
Su Yuan happily pointed to the steamed stuffed bun shop in front of her, and before she could speak, her legs had already stepped out quickly.
Passers-by couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing when they saw this, everyone was secretly applauding the beauty of this gentleman, but the girl next to him didn't care about beauty at all, and ran away like a little mad dog.
I really want to grab this girl's shoulder and shake her awake.Girl, you are reckless!do you know!
Su Yuan handed Bai Yutang a portion of the hot mutton buns he bought, and kept blowing on the hot buns himself.
Before the buns were too cold, she took a bite first.
The skin is soft, the stuffing is big, and there is soup, it is really delicious to take a sip.Sitting on the cool tiles to feed mosquitoes all night, you have to rely on a mouthful of such warm meat buns to save your life in the morning.
Su Yuan's movement of holding the bun caused her sleeve to slide down slightly, exposing a section of her wrist.Bai Yutang saw three conspicuous small red envelopes on Qihao's wrist at a glance, and when she turned her wrist slightly, she saw two more red envelopes, it seems that she was bitten by mosquitoes last night.
Back in Kaifeng Mansion, Sun He had already prepared the breakfast she had bought and put it on the table. The lychee round eye soup, crisp Qiong Ye, ring cake, soft lamb noodles, shredded chicken noodles, steamed buns with crab meat, etc. were enough for them The three of them had a good meal. ①
Su Yuan took a shower and changed clothes after breakfast, and was about to go to bed. As soon as she went to bed, she felt itchy on her wrist. She scratched it a few times, but the more she scratched, the more itchy.
"Leave the door open."
After the door rang, Bai Yutang's voice came.Then, Su Yuan heard footsteps leaving.
Su Yuan put on some clothes and went to open the door a crack, but there was no one outside the door.There was a small porcelain bottle on the ground, Su Yuan took it in, opened the lid and smelled it, the cream was light yellow with a faint medicinal fragrance.
What is this for?Su Yuan looked at the mosquito bag on his wrist, and tried to apply some ointment on it. It was refreshing and comfortable.Su Yuan quickly applied ointment to each mosquito bag, and finally did not feel itchy, and fell asleep comfortably.
After waking up from sleep, it was already afternoon, Mrs. Zhang in the kitchen specially left Su Yuan with yellow croaker soup and bamboo shoot meat pie.
The yellow croaker is delicious and does not have an earthy smell like carp. Over-seasoning will make it lose its original deliciousness.So I boiled fish bones into a milky white soup, added finely chopped yellow croaker meat, seasoned with a little salt and cooking wine, and sprinkled chopped green onion and coriander according to my needs when it was out of the pot. The bowl was superbly delicious.
When the soup spoon is gently stirred, the emerald green onion and coriander powder swim in the milky white fish soup. The taste is light and smooth, and it is a perfect match with the thin-skinned bamboo shoot meat pie.
Take a bite of the fragrant bamboo shoot patties, and drink a mouthful of smooth and tender yellow croaker soup that appetizes and invigorates Qi, and the stomach will be full in a short while.
Mrs. Zhang also gave Su Yuan a plate of candied dates newly bought in the kitchen. After eating and drinking, order two sweet candied dates to make her feel happier and make people even smile sweeter.
"Looking at how lively Su Yatou is eating, I can't help being happy, and I feel better." A cook and Mrs. Zhang sighed.
"Exactly, it's so lovely!"
"So I really envy those of you who have daughters. It's better to have daughters. Not only are they fair and beautiful, but they are also filial when they look happy." Mrs. Zhang said with emotion, "Madam Su found out two days ago that my legs hurt when it rains. , specially bought plasters for me. Those bastard sons of mine lived with me every day, but none of them found out."
……
Hearing that the case of losing money from the Ministry of Household Affairs had been solved, Sun He wanted to invite Su Yuan to watch the trial together.
Sun He: "I'm curious, how did the money get stolen?"
"I advise you not to be curious." Su Yuan said.
"I even dare to catch ghosts. Is this even scarier than ghosts? Then I need to see and see." Sun He insisted on his own opinion and insisted on going to watch the trial.
The case was judged by the old judge Zhou.Because the stolen goods were obtained on the spot, the interrogation of the case is very simple, just go through the motions according to the order.
Sun He deliberately gathered outside the hall to watch the trial with all the common people.After seeing the craftsman who committed the crime in the household department crying and pleading guilty on his knees, admitting his crime of "Gu Dao Zang Yin", Sun He frowned and thought seriously, his eyes rolled around.
At this moment, the people who were watching all sighed, they didn't expect that the prisoner could come up with such a way to steal money, fortunately, he was discovered early and he was captured.Otherwise, over time, the money will definitely add up.
"It's more than adding up, you don't know." A middle-aged man who was watching sighed.
"Don't know what?" Everyone asked.
Sun He also listened quietly.
"The more you use it, the looser it becomes. It will definitely become more and more pretentious in the future! Didn't you hear what the trial judge just said, at first two or three, then four or five..."
The people suddenly realized, and sighed again.
Sun He reacted, her eyes widened suddenly, and then she found that two men were looking at her with strange eyes.Sun He suddenly felt ashamed and hot on his face, and hurried back to Su Yuan to complain.
"Boss, I think my ears are dirty, dirty, dirty...I can't wash them clean!"
"I advise you not to go," Su Yuan smiled and handed a bowl of ebony soup to Sun He, "Have you learned a lot this time?"
Sun He covered his face, feeling ashamed.
"At that time, I thought about what the grain road was for a long time, and I thought it was the granary in the household department that had a special road for grain transportation. I wondered, when we went to Qianjian, how could we not even see a granary, so where did we get the grain? Road? Later, when I saw those people sighing and seemed to understand, I realized that Gu Dao was talking about that!"
"It's okay." Su Yuan reassured her that it's nothing, everyone has it.
Sun He wondered and asked Su Yuan: "No, Boss, why did you expect this situation long ago? Didn't Boss grow up in Kaifeng Mansion since childhood, even if kung fu is taught by an expert, is it possible that there is an expert in this matter?" Tell the boss specifically?"
"After spending a long time in the stalls of Kaifeng Mansion, there is nothing you don't know. Why don't you go with me next time when we clean up the stalls? To gain more knowledge?" Su Yuan just explained indifferently, and asked Sun He instead.
Sun He waved her hands again and again to express that she didn't need it. She didn't like the boring job of sorting out documents and files the most, so the boss had that kind of patience.
"Are you going to catch ghosts tonight?" Su Yuan asked.
"Go, yesterday's harvest was so great, maybe we can meet each other today." Sun He immediately brought a basket full of things from her room, all kinds of talismans, black dog blood, chicken blood, chicken head , cinnabar, wormwood, mahogany bracelets, beads, a statue of Zhong Kui, and a copy of the Diamond Sutra.
Su Yuan grabbed Sun He and asked her if she had spent the money she received from the accountant of the Kaifeng Mansion.
"That's right, isn't this money meant to be used to buy ghost exorcisms? The boss asked me to get it, so I thought I didn't have to wait for the boss to give orders, and just ran errands to buy all the ghost exorcisms I could buy. It is." Sun He smiled and asked for credit, completely unable to observe words and expressions.
Su Yuan clenched his fists, "Quickly disappear from my sight, or my fists won't have eyes."
It was only then that Sun He realized that she seemed to have done something wrong again. She had promised the boss that she would do whatever she ordered. Was she being good at asserting herself again this time?
Sun He quickly ran away with his head in his arms.
When she met Zhan Zhao on the road, she didn't even have time to say hello.
Zhan Zhao looked at the back of Sun He running away with his head in his arms, and when he saw Su Yuan, he asked with a smile, "What's wrong with Miss Sun?"
"I am deeply repenting for my waste of money."
The basket of things was on the table, Su Yuan looked at the plate of chicken heads inside and felt it was a pity.If this is marinated and grilled, it can make a very delicious chicken head with a strange taste.But now because of the cinnabar on it, it is absolutely unbearable.
"I'll accompany you tonight." Zhan Zhao and Su Yuan mentioned Bai Yutang, "He didn't sleep last night, and today he investigated the money loss case with me during the day. Let him take a rest. But I persuaded him not to listen, Miss Su to help him persuade him a few words?"
"If I try to persuade him again, he will definitely be stubborn and won't listen." Su Yuan knew Bai Yutang's temperament too well, the more you said he couldn't do it, the more he insisted on doing it.
"Then what should I do? Is it possible that I can continue to rest tonight with peace of mind and let him stay up for two nights?" The division of labor is so uneven, Zhan Zhao is embarrassed, his code of conduct does not allow him to sleep with peace of mind.
Su Yuan looked at the things in the basket, "There is a way."
She took out a talisman paper from the inner basket, picked up a cinnabar pen and drew two strokes on the talisman paper.
Before dusk, Su Yuan knocked on the door of Bai Yutang's room. She was holding a talisman paper and an incense stick in her hand.After entering the room, he lit the tranquilizing incense, and then bowed his hand to Bai Yutang solemnly.
"I would like to ask Bai Wuye for help on one important matter! No one else dares to do this. After thinking about it, only Brother Zhan in Kaifeng Mansion has the courage of Wu Ye."
"If you call him Big Brother Zhan, you should call me Patriarch Bai." Bai Yutang corrected Su Yuan's address.
His style has not changed, and he is still at odds with Zhan Zhao.
Su Yuan choked for a moment, and wanted to refute that she recognized Brother Zhan, but on second thought, she also recognized Ancestor Bai.A slip of the tongue becomes eternal hatred!
"Hey, apart from Master Zhan, Fifth Lord Bai has the guts." Su Yuan changed his words.
Su Yuan changed Zhan Zhao's title, but refused to change his, so Bai Yutang still had to worry about it.
"Are you planning to throw me away when you're done using it, and don't want to recognize me as your ancestor anymore?"
Su Yuan: "..." What did she say wrong again!
Could it be that people who are sleep deprived have a bad temper?What Bai Yutang, he is called Baicici and Baizuidu!
Thinking of the no longer itchy mosquito bag on his wrist, Su Yuan chose to be considerate of him for the reason that he was prone to irritability due to lack of sleep.
"For someone as powerful as the fifth master, how can I ask the fifth master for something when I run out of use?" Su Yuan felt that it was too difficult for him, just like the little eunuch next to the tyrant.
"What's the matter?" Bai Yutang finally stopped making things difficult for Su Yuan.
Su Yuan carefully spread the talisman paper on the table, making the talisman paper look rare and precious.
"This is a talisman paper drawn by a Daoist real person whom Sun He and I managed to get. It can lull ghosts into dreams. Use this talisman to stick on the head of the bed. After a night of sleep, you can know the traces of ghosts. It's not difficult to find ghosts." After Su Yuan made up his mind, he added another provocative sentence, "I didn't want to trouble Fifth Master, after all, Fifth Master didn't rest last night, and he was still busy investigating the case during the day today. -"
Just as Su Yuan was about to habitually address Zhan Zhao as Brother Zhan, he realized that Bai Yutang's eyes had already flown over.
She pronounced the correct pronunciation in time: "—Master, help me, but I didn't expect him to be taboo about this. Also, things like ghosts falling into dreams are quite scary, I didn't expect even Master Zhan to be afraid..."
"Okay, let's stick it on the head of the bed."
Bai Yutang then asked Su Yuan if there was anything else he needed to do.
"No, no, fifth master can just sleep as usual at night, and I will come to ask fifth master the next day." Su Yuan thanked with a smile, and then left.
The moment she left the room, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.It was easier to coax a bear child to sleep than to coax Bai Yutang to sleep.
While drinking tea, Bai Yutang glanced at the paper talisman pasted on the bed and laughed.
Bai Fu then came in, saw the soothing incense burning in the room, and asked Bai Yutang with concern: "Fifth Master, don't you feel safe?"
"No."
"Then how-"
Before Bai Fu could finish asking this question, he saw a piece of talisman paper pasted on the head of the bed. He leaned over to study the pattern on the talisman paper carefully, but he didn't recognize it.
"Fifth Master, what is this talisman?"
"Sleep well." Bai Yutang took another sip of tea, his expression calm.
"Is there still a sleeping talisman in this world?" Bai Fu sighed in a low voice, and turned to Bai Yutang hurriedly, "Everything that the fifth master wants the villain to prepare has been arranged."
"Not going tonight, go down."
Bai Fu froze for a moment, then remembered the paper talisman and An Shen Xiang, and understood, it must be Miss Su who came to persuade Fifth Master to rest tonight.This is really amazing. Master Zhan came to persuade him, but Master Wu refused to listen.He persuaded, but the fifth master refused to listen.When Miss Su came to persuade him, Fifth Master immediately listened.
No, he had to go to learn scriptures and ask Miss Su what method she used.
Su Yuan didn't shy away from it, so she told Bai Fu her method.
Bai Fu sighed again and again, "It's Miss Su who understands the temperament of my fifth master, she can't go against it, she has to go along with it."
After saying goodbye to Su Yuan, Bai Fu suddenly patted his thigh while walking.
its not right!Just now he asked Wu Ye what the paper talisman on the head of the bed was for, Wu Ye only said that it was for sleeping, but he didn't say that the paper talisman was used to lure ghosts into dreams.It turns out that the fifth master of his family has already seen through Miss Su's tricks, but he didn't see through it!
That's right, he can't learn this trick, it must only be effective if Miss Su uses it.
After all, if it were someone else, as long as the fifth master saw through that the other party was lying to him, it would be basic courtesy to kick him away, so what would happen afterwards?
……
The money supervisor of the household department, cast Qiandongsuo.
At night, at Haishi, Su Yuan, Sun He and Zhan Zhao were still guarding the roof.
Zhan Zhao originally thought that the dormant work would be as boring as before, but he didn't expect that these two girls would be able to have fun while suffering.Prepared food such as marinated chicken feet, bad goose feet, melon seeds and nuts, and cushions, and got two dice to play with while eating.
"No need to observe?" Zhan Zhao asked.
"Since there is a ghost screaming, don't you need to keep staring at it? Just listen to it." Sun He said while eating.
"That's not necessarily the case." Zhan Zhao still carefully observed the situation below, "Once the ghost image and ghost call are separated."
Su Yuan nodded in agreement, holding up the chicken feet in his hand to express his agreement: "It makes sense!"
"Ah! Then I'll take some to eat over there." Sun He took the things to yesterday's place and continued to squat.Tonight's moon is rounder and brighter than yesterday's. Even if you don't light the lanterns, you can see the surroundings at close range.
While gnawing on the chicken feet, Sun He stared intently at the copper water stove, and suddenly felt that there was something looking at him from the depths of the stove.Sun He jumped down, circled around the stove, then climbed to the top of the stove, which was more than two people high, and looked down.
"what--"
Sun He yelled loudly.
Zhan Zhao has been paying attention to Sun He's movements, and rushed over immediately upon seeing this.
Su Yuan also came down. She lit the lantern, climbed onto the stove, and held the lantern to shine a light inside.
A man with a distorted figure was lying on the bottom of the furnace, his head and body were bent at almost right angles, and his face was just facing the direction of the mouth of the well.There is a smooth copper layer hanging on the wall of the copper water furnace, which is a bit reflective. When Su Yuan illuminated it with a lantern like this, under the refraction of the light, the pale face of the deceased looked even more eerie.
"God—"
Sun He covered her mouth in fright, and quickly climbed down from the stove, unable to recover for a long time.
After half a stick of incense, the guards and clerks of the Qianjian set up lanterns near the copper water furnace to illuminate them from above.Fang Fuzuo from Kaifeng Mansion and government servants such as the Dynasty rushed over.After the corpse was transported out of the copper furnace, Fang Wuzuo carefully checked the injuries of the deceased, and said that the person died not long ago, within half a day at most.The cause of death was a broken neck.
"He fell into the copper furnace with his head upside down. The copper furnace is more than ten feet high. This kind of fall can easily lead to the death of a broken neck bone. If the legs hit the ground first, there may be a possibility of survival." Fang Wei explained.
The small officials and guards who stayed behind at Zhuqiandong's office all recognized the deceased as Wang Shuisheng, their steward of Zhuqiandong's office.
"Why does this name sound familiar?" Zhan Zhao sighed.
"The person who stumbled and fell into the copper water furnace two years ago is called Wang Shuigen." Su Yuan said.
Zhan Zhao realized that the name of the deceased Wang Shuisheng was only one word different from Wang Shuigen.
"Who is this Wang Shuisheng from Wang Shuigen?" Zhan Zhao asked the small officials of Qiandongsuo.
"Wang Shuisheng is Wang Shuigen's eldest brother. Both of them have been working in Zhuqiandong for more than ten years. Because of Wang Shuigen's death, our supervisor Qian promoted Wang Shuisheng to be the steward of Zhuqiandong. Responsible for spotting, checking and other affairs." Xiaoli explained.
After about another incense stick, Jin De, the supervisor of Qian, hurried over.
He should have been resting and sleeping before, the bun was just combed hastily, so a strand of hair was left behind, and the belt was loosely tied.
"What... what's going on here? How did Wang Shuisheng die?" Jin Decai took two steps back in fright when he saw the corpse.It took the little official to help him, and he finally stood still.
When he learned that Wang Shuisheng died in the copper water furnace where his younger brother died, Jin Decai's expression became even worse, his eyes widened in fright, and he sighed that this was haunted again.
"He stumbled into this furnace and died at the beginning, and now his elder brother died in the same way. How could it be such a coincidence? This is a ghost asking for his life, and even his own elder brother will not be spared. Mrs. Mrs. Scary!"
Jin Decai put his palms together quickly, bowed to the copper water stove, and begged Wang Shuigen not to come out to make trouble again.The other small officials and guards also believed in this, and quickly followed suit, begging Wang Shuigen to let everyone go.
"What happened back then was obviously an accident, so I don't understand why he turned into a ghost with such a lot of resentment." Jin Decai complained to Zhan Zhao with a sad face.
The amount of money they make every year is stipulated by the money supervisor. Nowadays, because the place where the money is made is haunted by ghosts, craftsmen dare not work at night.As a result, a lot of money making work has been delayed, and now another person died, and it was Wang Shuigen's own elder brother who died.
"Those craftsmen are afraid to work in the daytime!"
"I heard that after Wang Shuigen died, you specially promoted Wang Shuisheng?" Su Yuan asked Jin Decai.
Jin Decai promised: "Wang Shuigen died too badly at that time. Many craftsmen witnessed the situation, and the impact was too great. In order to appease everyone, and at the same time to give Wang Shuigen's family some care and compensation, I promoted Wang Shuigen to be a The little steward of the Qiandong Institute."
At this time, Chao Chao and others informed Zhan Zhao and Bao Zheng of the situation they had investigated.
This afternoon, when the value was released, a small official met Wang Shuisheng. Wang Shuisheng said that he would double check whether the doors and windows of each room in the Qiandong Office were locked, and then left.After that, no one saw Wang Shuisheng again.
Wang Shuisheng's family also stated that since Wang Shuisheng went to work in the household department this morning, he has never returned home.
"We came here around the hour of Hai, that is to say, Wang Shuisheng died between the third quarter of the unitary hour and the hour of Hai." Zhan Zhao concluded.
There is a hearth made of brick walls on the periphery of the copper water furnace. When Fang Zuo and the officials inspected the scene, they carefully checked the vicinity of the copper water furnace mouth and the state of the hearth, and did not see any signs of struggle.But this does not fully show that the deceased did not struggle before death. After all, the furnace mouth is hard, and it cannot be ruled out that there has been struggle but no trace left.
"By the way, this stove has always been Wang Shuisheng's taboo. Every time he avoids passing by here, he will try to walk around it as much as possible. The purpose is to avoid touching the scene and reminding him of the scene of his brother's tragic death." Jin Decai said that Wang Shuigen stumbled Wang Shuisheng was also one of the witnesses on the day he fell into the copper water furnace.
Those craftsmen who were not familiar with Wang Shuigen had nightmares because of this matter.Not to mention that Wang Shuisheng is his own elder brother, and witnessing it with his own eyes must have dealt a huge blow to him.
"Then it's strange. He was going to check whether the doors and windows of each house were locked. How did he check the stove, which is his most taboo? Could it be that he was knocked out by the murderer and thrown here?" Wang Chao speculated.
"If you are knocked out, you should have injuries from the beating on your body, which must be different from the fall injuries caused by the fall on the deceased, but I have not seen other injuries on the deceased that were not caused by the fall. "
Fang Wuzuo reminded the dynasty's speculation that it is basically impossible to establish.
"Besides, if you want to stun such a tall man and climb his body up to the stove, you need very good physical strength. Even if you can carry it up smoothly, there should be some damage to the body during the process of transporting the body." Scratch marks that will be left behind."
"So, he most likely climbed up by himself?" Mahan asked in surprise.
"According to the plaster in the nails of the deceased, it seems that he climbed up by himself." Fang Zuo motioned Wang Chao to look at the dust on the hearth, which was off-white, while the ground was all loess.
Wang Chao, Ma Han and the others couldn't help shaking their heads: "The more I talk about it, the more scary it is. Could it be that a ghost is asking for his life? The deceased went to check the door lock, but suddenly climbed onto the copper furnace where his younger brother died. And fell headfirst..."
"The more we investigate, the more we find it looks like a ghost! If the murderer is really a ghost, how can we arrest him?" Ma Han whispered to Wang Chao, then rubbed his arm with his hands.
It was a hot day, and for some reason he suddenly felt a little cold.Especially when he saw the copper water stove, he felt even colder.
After some cross-examination, there were no more clues.
We can only wait for all the artisans to come tomorrow, and then ask if anyone among them knows anything else.
With such a case happening tonight, Su Yuan and the others are naturally not in the mood to stay in Qianjian to catch ghosts.
Sun He was a little regretful that he came late, "Where did I expect that this ghost would not appear in the middle of the night, but he would come to kill people just after dark. If I had come earlier, I might have saved Wang Shuisheng's life."
"If you put it that way, we would have prevented many murders in the capital earlier, and they would have been avoided." Zhan Zhao told Sun He not to blame himself and feel sorry. Add trouble to yourself.
Sun He thought about it too, and praised Zhan Zhao as worthy of being a Southern Xia, with great wisdom.
Zhan Zhao asked Sun He: "Then do you really think Wang Shuisheng's death today was a ghost?"
"Wang Shuisheng only checked whether the doors of the various houses were locked after everyone released the value. At that time, there should be no one else in Zhuqian Dongsuo. It was dark again, and it could only be a ghost." Sun He decided seriously. My guess is correct.
Zhan Zhao smiled and sighed that what Sun He said was an idea, so he asked Su Yuan's opinion again.
"I don't believe in coincidence."
She didn't believe that it was a coincidence that Wang Shuigen and Wang Shuisheng's brothers died in the same furnace. No matter whether the murderer was a human or a ghost, as long as the cause of the coincidence was found out, the murderer would not be far away.
"After two years, both brothers died in the same furnace. It seems more like the latter was arranged to coincidentally with the former." Zhan Zhao asked again.
"But not necessarily, let's start with an investigation two years ago to see whether Wang Shuigen's fall into the furnace was accidental or man-made."
Sun He scratched his head, "But I remember that dozens of people witnessed Wang Shuigen's fall into the furnace. When he threw copper into the furnace, he accidentally lost his footing and fell. There was no one around him at the time, and So many people witnessed it with their own eyes, it could only be an accident, how could it be man-made?"
"Eyes are deceiving. The more you are in full view, the easier it is for people to be blinded. Have you ever seen jugglers? They are also in the public eye, but they still deceive everyone's eyes with 'fake'."
……
When the three returned to Kaifeng Mansion, it was already late at night.
Sun He shouted that he was hungry, so he went to the kitchen to find something to eat.
Su Yuan and Zhan Zhao planned to go back to their room to rest first.
They entered from the west side door, Su Yuan's residence had to pass by Zhan Zhao's residence, and then they could walk in.
The two chatted all the way, basically talking about the case, and finally brought up Bai Yutang, and only made a few jokes.When approaching Zhan Zhao's residence, Su Yuan saw a woman in red standing at the gate of Zhan Zhao's courtyard flamboyantly.
The woman in red had heard their chatter and laughter a long time ago and had been watching them.
When Su Yuan met the eyes of the woman in red, she found that her eyes seemed to be on fire, with a very dissatisfied anger.
When Zhan Zhao saw the woman in red, his expression froze for a moment, and then he sighed helplessly.
"Peach Blossom Debt?" Su Yuan summed it up in three words.
"It's not what you think." Zhan Zhao hurriedly explained.
"That's what I think." Su Yuan knew that this was one-sided and had nothing to do with Zhan Zhao.
"Who are you? Why did Brother Zhan want to explain to you?" The woman in red asked Su Yuan directly after hearing the conversation between the two.She hadn't appeared beside Big Brother Zhan for eight months, yet such a good-looking little elf clings to him.
Su Yuan didn't believe that the other party didn't know her. The way the other party looked at her for the first time, she could feel that the woman in red knew who she was.Since she is not honest, she will not be very friendly.
"Yo, you don't know who I am? Then I have to introduce myself. I'm naturally one of Brother Zhan's most important—"friends!
Su Yuan prolonged his voice on purpose and didn't finish speaking.
The woman in red threw out the whip in her hand, and said to Su Yuan angrily: "Shut up! I know who you are, you are the little fairy Su Yuan from Kaifeng Mansion. Possessed by bad luck, possessed by evil spirits, wherever you go Dead man, whoever gets close to you will have a short life. I warn you, stay away from my big brother Zhan, I won't allow you to hurt him."
"Yin Aoxue, how could you humiliate Miss Su with such vicious words, and apologize to her!" Zhan Zhao reprimanded.
"Brother Zhan, I didn't say these words, they were passed on by outsiders, and I was just repeating them. If there is any offense, those people outside are offending her, and it has nothing to do with me."
Completely different from the ferocious tone she spoke to Su Yuan, Yin Aoxue's voice was gentle and pleasant when she spoke to Zhan Zhao.
The difference was so huge that even Su Yuan, who had seen many things in the world, couldn't help being surprised.
"Brother Zhan, it's okay. I never care about crazy people." Su Yuan also smiled gently at Zhan Zhao. kind.
Yin Aoxue glared at Su Yuan angrily, "Who are you calling crazy?"
"Don't rush to admit it, because only a fool can do this kind of thing." Su Yuan didn't want to argue with her, but this guy insisted on messing with her.
"You—" After all, Yin Aoxue is a girl from the Jianghu, so her eloquence is naturally not as sharp as Su Yuan's. If she can't speak well, she is used to doing it. She swung her whip and hit Su Yuan in the face.
Su Yuan didn't hide, just stood there.She was lazy, knowing that Zhan Zhao would definitely not just sit idly by and stop the whip.
Sure enough, Zhan Zhao made a move, blocked Yin Aoxue's whip with Juque Sword, and then grabbed the other end of the whip with his hands.
Now the scene is: Zhan Zhao and Yin Aoxue are holding one end of the whip respectively, refusing to give in to each other, the whip is stretched straight.
How does Su Yuan see the appearance of the two of them, it looks like a tug-of-war.
Judging from the speed of Yin Aoxue's whipping just now, her martial arts are not low, but she is definitely not as good as Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.But she is not someone who can be defeated in a few rounds. If Zhan Zhao wants to win her, it will probably take some time and a unique move.
"Don't make trouble in Kaifeng Mansion, go back to your master." Zhan Zhao had limited patience, and was very displeased with Yin Aoxue's impulsive behavior that always didn't use his brain.
"Did Brother Zhan forget our agreement? There is a competition every six months, and if I win you, you will marry me." Yin Aoxue's tone was full of grievances, "I went to the desert to kill a lot of martial arts scourges, and I will not be in the Central Plains for a whole August. It was so easy to rush back day and night, and immediately came to see Big Brother Zhan, but Big Brother Zhan flirted with this little goblin, breaking our promise!"
Wow!
Su Yuan felt that it was exciting to watch, so she took a few steps back, leaned against the wall, and silently took out the snacks she hadn't finished eating.
"Stop talking nonsense, it's just you talking to yourself, I never answered."
"If you didn't answer me, what about the three previous contests with me?"
Zhan Zhao: "..."
You beat me with a whip back then, can I still wait to be beaten?
"Half a year has passed since last time, and we haven't competed yet. Today I will definitely win Brother Zhan, and I will wait for Brother Zhan to marry me!" Yin Aoxue declared.
Zhan Zhao no longer wants to say anything to this unreasonable and unreasonable Yin Aoxue, and Yin Aoxue is still waiting for Zhan Zhao's response.
So the scene suddenly became quiet, and the spectators did not expect this to happen.
bang-
There was a sudden crisp sound, the sound of a hazelnut being bitten open.
Zhan Zhao and Yin Aoxue looked at Su Yuan at the same time.
Su Yuan didn't forget to eat the hazelnuts into her mouth, and apologized awkwardly: "Go ahead, don't worry about me."
"Brother Zhan, this is the person you want to protect? Do you think she cares about you at all?" Yin Aoxue asked Zhan Zhao.
Zhan Zhao was about to explain, but Su Yuan stopped the conversation first.
"I don't care about this level, I don't know how to calculate it? Anyway, I can't count the number of times I cook for Brother Zhan myself. I can't count with my hands and feet. How many times have you cooked for Brother Zhan to eat? Could it be that you didn't cook it once? Have you done it? Or if you have done it, people won't eat it at all?"
Su Yuan's words firmly hit Yin Aoxue's pain point.
Yin Aoxue was so angry that she pulled the whip vigorously, intending to whip Su Yuan.Of course, Zhan Zhao couldn't let her succeed, he grabbed the other end of the whip, and then cut off Yin Aoxue's whip with a knife.
That's right, it's broken in two, and the meaning is very good!
Su Yuan stopped eating hazelnuts, and ate raisins instead, this time I promise that there will be no crispy sound.
Yin Aoxue sadly held the severed half of the whip in her hand, her eyes were red, and she looked at Zhan Zhao with tears in aggrieved disappointment: "Brother Zhan, you are so cruel that you actually cut off the whip that Master gave me!"
"Yin Aoxue, let me warn you again, don't provoke me again, I don't have any feelings for you." In the past, Zhan Zhaorong tolerated her willful nonsense repeatedly when she was young, but he didn't expect that this would actually fuel her arrogance Domineering and unreasonable.
"You have never said such unfeeling words to me before, is it because of her!" She knew that there must be nothing good for these two people who came back from outside late at night, talking and laughing together.
Yin Aoxue glared at Su Yuan angrily, and she immediately threw the whip in her hand and took out the soft sword at her waist.
Zhan Zhao sensed Yin Aoxue's murderous aura and warned her not to do it again.
Yin Aoxue swung his sword and headed towards Su Yuan, Zhan Zhao immediately intercepted it, but Yin Aoxue suddenly turned around and waved his arm.The white powder that flew up suddenly hit Zhan Zhao, and Zhan Zhao accidentally inhaled it twice.
Zhan Zhao immediately glared at Yin Aoxue with incredulous eyes.She deliberately slandered and plotted against him!
Zhan Zhao really did not expect that Yin Aoxue, who has always been straightforward, would use tricks to plot against him one day.He felt dizzy, his body shook, and he tried his best to block Yin Aoxue, telling Su Yuan to run away and call for someone.
Su Yuan stared blankly at Zhan Zhao, as if he was too frightened to react, the handful of raisins he was holding in his hand were all scattered on the ground.
"Go and call Bai—" Zhan Zhao fainted on the ground before finishing his sentence.
Yin Aoxue snorted coldly, and stared at Su Yuan fiercely: "Now I can finally deal with you!"
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