I am a consultant in Kaifeng

Du Xiaoning and Zhan Zhao left the cell.

It was already dark, the night wind picked up suddenly, and the sky was filled with dark clouds, and the sky was about to change.

The Kaifeng mansion lit the lamps, and the lights swayed in the wind.

Du Xiaoning walked inside the Chaoshou corridor, and said to Zhan Zhao: "I still have to pick up Ren Minling's manuscript to have a look. Let's go to Mr. Zhang's residence tomorrow, shall we?"

Zhan Zhao: "Do you believe Mr. Zhang's words?"

Du Xiaoning: "I just think that there must be a reason why Ren Minling handed over her manuscript to Mr. Zhang so solemnly before she was alive. Why not take a look?"

The two turned around the corridor and arrived at the front yard.

The library closes at one o'clock, but the lights in Gongsun Ce's usual room are still on.

Zhan Zhao looked sideways at Du Xiaoning, and asked, "Go and discuss with Gongsun?"

Du Xiaoning looked at the sky, the sky was dark and heavy, and a storm was about to come.

She nodded with a smile, "OK."

The two moved to Gongsun Ce's room.

Gongsun Ce was writing quickly under the lamp, when he looked up to see the two men coming, he didn't stop his hand, "Wait a minute, I'll finish writing these two sentences."

Du Xiaoning took a closer look, and saw that Gongsun Ce wrote something about the household registration management of Kaifeng Mansion, which was a bit surprising.

Gongsun Ce said: "In recent years, more and more people have come to Bianjing. Household registration management is a problem. My lord has expressed some opinions to me in the past two days and asked me to organize them for him."

Du Xiaoning said "oh", and found a place beside her to stay quietly.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao just raised his eyebrows and didn't say anything.

It was raining in the dark sky, and the rain hit the plantains, making a noise.

Du Xiaoning turned his head to look outside, in the dimness, he could only see the lights shaking in the wind, and beside his ears was the rustling sound of raindrops falling.

This kind of weather is very similar to the day when she first arrived in Bianjing.

That was also such an evening, in the torrential rain, she traveled from the later life.

It would be a lie to say that you are not helpless and alone in a completely unfamiliar environment.

When she was looking around in panic, a person came out of the rain with an oiled paper umbrella.

That is Duan Wang Zhao Qi.

Duan Wang Zhao Qi picked her up in the rain.

"Xiao Ning."

Gongsun Ce's gentle voice sounded in her ears, and she came back to her senses.

Gongsun Ce: "What are you thinking? You are so engrossed."

The third son pursed his lips and smiled, "I'm thinking, it's windy and rainy outside, and I'm lucky that I can still shelter from the wind and rain in Kaifeng Mansion."

Gongsun Ce couldn't help laughing, "I thought you were thinking about something."

No matter what happens, the adopted son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice will not end up on the street with nowhere to shelter from the rain.

Gongsun Ce invited Du Xiaoning and Zhan Zhao to sit down at the Eight Immortals Table.

Each of the three occupies one side.

Bao Xing thoughtfully prepared dinner for the three of them. Although the style was not as much as the third son's study, the aroma of a few stir-fries made people's index fingers move.

Gongsun Ce picked up his chopsticks, "I've been busy all day, and I'm tired and hungry, so I talked while eating."

When Gongsun Ce asked about Ren Minling's case, Zhan Zhao told him about today's progress, and mentioned that when Zhang Qingping's sister was kidnapped five years ago, Gongsun Ce put his chopsticks away.

Gongsun Ce: "Speaking of this, I seem to have a little impression. At that time, the adult was not the governor of Kaifeng, and several young girls disappeared that year. These girls either came from other places, or they were unknown in Bianjing The orphans who are helpless, they are missing, and there is no big storm, because no one is looking for them, seeking a result for them, and after a while, they will naturally be forgotten."

Du Xiaoning looked sideways at him, and asked with a smile: "Then why haven't you forgotten?"

Gongsun Ce didn't hide it, "I didn't forget it because I felt it was a pity in my heart. Every time I think about it after I met Mr. Bao, I feel that when Mr. Bao made the decision, those young girls could always find it. Bian Jing said it was big or small, but it was difficult to hide such young girls without leaving a trace. In life, he wanted to see people and in death, he wanted to see corpses, and Mr. Bao would find them even if he turned over three feet of ground. "

While listening to Gongsun Ce's words, Du Xiaoning looked at the braised prawns on the table. She really wanted to eat them, but peeling them was too annoying.

She hesitated for a moment, put down her chopsticks, and said to Gongsun Ce: "Unfortunately, they were not born at a good time."

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, "Not everyone has forgotten them. Zhang Qingping is still looking for his sister, and you haven't forgotten about it."

Mr. Zhan was talking to Mr. Gongsun, but his hands didn't stop. He had already peeled two prawns and put them in Du Xiaoning's bowl.

Du Xiaoning: ""

Gongsun Ce: ""

The two looked at Zhan Zhao in unison.

Zhan Zhao:? ? ?

Zhan Zhao: "What do you see me doing?"

Gongsun Ce coughed softly, "It's nothing, let's talk about Zhang Qingping, does he think that Ren Minling's death has anything to do with his sister's disappearance?"

Du Xiaoning picked up the chopsticks again, "He didn't say yes, he just said that what was recorded in the manuscript that Ren Minling left him before her death was the cause of Ren Minling's death? He went to Kaifeng Mansion to plead guilty, just because he wanted us to thoroughly investigate Ren Minling's affairs. He didn't mention his sister. In fact, if Master Zhan and Brother Dynasty hadn't visited the Great Buddha Temple, we didn't even know that Zhang Qingping had a sister who had been missing for several years."

Zhan Zhao watched Du Xiaoning eat the shrimp he peeled, and looked away contentedly to Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce: ""

Obviously they were discussing the case, but when he saw Zhan Zhao's appearance just now, he looked like a worried old woman taking care of people's meals.

Mrs. Zhan, the worried mother, didn't notice it. He wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and said to Gongsun Ce slowly: "Zhang Qingping's younger sister, Zhang Qingyun, is similar to Ren Minling. They are both beautiful and can read and recognize. Words, they have their own minds. It is precisely because they have their own minds that they are not as peaceful as the world thinks."

"Zhang Qingyun was not satisfied with being trapped in the square inch of his home in Liangzhou, and traveled to Bianjing with his elder brother. Ren Minling didn't want to stick to Ren's village, and committed herself to her lover who seemed to have a good background. The two of them happened five years apart. It seems that there is no connection, but when I think about it, I feel that there is an invisible connection."

Zhan Zhao held the hot tea that Bao Xing asked to brew, paused, and added: "Once you think about it, it's as if Ren Minling is telling us a ghost story."

It's okay for Mr. Zhan to say that.

Gongsun Ce laughed, but after thinking about it, he felt that Zhan Zhao's words made sense.

At this time, Du Xiaoning had finished eating the prawns that Mr. Zhan helped her peel, put down her chopsticks, and rinsed her mouth with tea.

The third son finished rinsing his mouth, put down the teacup in his hand, and said to Gongsun Ce: "It's hard to say what these two things are. But for us to find out the truth, there is another direction."

— One more direction means more complexity.

After five years, if Ren Minling's death had something to do with Zhang Qingyun's disappearance.That means that during the past five years, girls like Ren Minling and Zhang Qingyun have been cheated and killed without interruption.

If so, it would be astonishing.

Sure enough, there are some things that you can't think about carefully, and if you think about it carefully, you will be extremely afraid.

Du Xiaoning looked at Gongsun Ce, "There are files of unresolved cases in Kaifeng Mansion in the past few years in the library. Tomorrow, I'll go see if there are any young girls like Zhang Qingyun who have disappeared for no reason in the past few years."

The lid of the teacup placed on the table of the Eight Immortals was crooked, Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to straighten the lid, "I'll go to Renjia Village to get back the manuscript left by Ren Minling."

Gongsun Ce nodded slightly, "I will report the progress of this case to Sir tomorrow."

After a pause, he looked at Du Xiaoning, "Speaking of which, you went to the Cangjin Pavilion today."

Du Xiaoning responded softly, and then said: "Master Lu said that Ren Minling's shrimp beard bracelet is the only one, and the buyer is Yang Silang, the son of the former Minister of the Ministry of War. I have had drinks with Yang Silang a few times. He seems to be relying on the shade of his ancestors to eat and wait to die. I wanted to find him, but he has already gone out of the city with Sheng Jia to escape the summer heat."

Probably because the words used by the third son are easy to make people think too much, Zhan Zhao looked at her, with a smile in his voice, "The third son didn't make it clear, what do you mean by a son who seems to rely on his ancestors' shadow to eat and die?"

Du Xiaoning smiled and dismissed the tricks, "It means literally."

Seems like it doesn't mean it's true.

The most indispensable thing in Bianjing is people who play tricks every time.

All are performers.

If Yang Silang was just a simple dude, Duan Wang would not want to win him over.

Du Xiaoning didn't want to talk about Duan Wang at first, but Qing Yi, the guard of Duan Wang, came to Kaifeng Mansion. If she wanted to talk about Yang Silang, she would definitely not be able to get around Duan Wang.

She considered her words, and then said: "On the surface, Yang Silang has never had contact with Ren Minling."

Zhan Zhao: "Didn't you say that Yang Silang had gone out of the city with Sheng Jia to escape the summer heat? How did you know about this?"

Du Xiaoning didn't take out the brochure that Tsing Yi sent, she considered her words, and said with mixed truths: "Prince Duan has a good relationship with my adoptive father, so he takes good care of me as a junior. Today, Shoufeng and I are doing business outside When I met him, he knew that I was working hard for this case, so he helped me for the sake of my adoptive father."

Even if Yang Silang is just a playboy, he is still very much liked by the emperor.Sometimes things are so strange, the emperor likes Yang Silang's unrestrained temperament, and arranged an official position for him in the imperial army, and he likes to take him with him when he goes in and out.

Duan Wang to help?

Zhan Zhao took a look at Du Xiaoning, thinking that Du Ruoyu didn't even worry about Du Xiaoning's affairs, so why did Wang Duan worry instead?

Gongsun Ce knocked on the table, and said in a deep voice, "It's one thing on the surface, but it's another thing behind the scenes. Flies don't bite seamless eggs, so Yang Silang still needs to check."

Du Xiaoning had no objection.

At this time, the yamen servant said that Siyao from the Shangshu Mansion came to pick up the third young master.

The yamen servant had just finished speaking when Siyao came in with an oiled paper umbrella.

Siyao: "My lord, it's raining heavily outside, Master Shang Shu asked me to pick you up."

Apparently, the last time Mr. Zhan hugged the third son at the gate of Du's mansion left a psychological shadow in Du Shangshu's heart. The old father couldn't bear the second injury, so he hurriedly sent someone to pick him up.

Du Xiaoning stood up holding the Eight Immortals table with both hands, and said with a helpless smile: "The adoptive father just loves to worry."

Siyao stepped forward and put on her coir raincoat, "Master Shang Shu cares about your son."

Du Xiaoning straightened her coir raincoat and said goodbye to Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce and Zhan Zhao watched her go away.

Gongsun Ce said with a smile: "Although he is an adopted son, Du Shangshu really has a kind father's heart for Xiao Ning."

Zhan Zhao leaned against the door frame, the wind and rain swept in, but he didn't move.

"Du Shangshu is the heart of a loving father, what about Duan Wang?"

"Haven't you heard of it? When Xiao Ning was not Du Shangshu's adopted son, he was taken in by King Duan for a while."

Zhan Zhao frowned when Du Xiaoning was not Du Shangshu's adopted son, "How old was Xiaoning at that time?"

Gongsun Ce glanced at him, "Should be younger than Shoufeng."

Shoufeng is fifteen this year, and Du Xiaoning would be a little shocked if Zhan Zhao was younger than Shoufeng at that time.

There are rumors in the market that Duan Wang is a manly man.

——the kind with young teeth.