Beauty is sick

As Pei Zhe expected, Lin Jingkong didn't come to bother him for several days. It was inconvenient to detain all the people in Tianxianglou in the yamen. He led people to interrogate them one by one. As for the woman who knocked him away, he went to see the old bustard, but Lin Jingkong was too busy to show his words.

Before asking the result, Pei Zhe was almost sure, and the old bustard's answer was just to prove his idea.

Pei Zhe was interrogated in the prison, and Tianxianglou was involved in a murder case. Lin Jingkong put everyone in the prison directly. Anyway, Tianxianglou was temporarily sealed up, and these people had nowhere to go.

The prison was dark and had a strong musty smell. Pei Zhe frowned, suddenly thankful that his nose was injured and he couldn't smell it.

The old bustard said firmly: "That's not the girl from our Tianxiang Building, I see her face is tight."

Pei Zhe snorted: "She didn't raise her head, how do you see it?"

"Your Excellency, I don't know. This Tianxiang Building is run by me alone. No matter which girl is in the building, I am very familiar with it. I don't need to look at her face, just look at her tall, short, fat, thin, and dressed, and I can recognize her." The old bustard smiled proudly, "It's also my ability to recognize people. I rely on this to make a living. How can I go wrong?"

Pei Zhe didn't say much, but just said "um" indifferently.

Lin Jingkong was busy looking through the confessions brought back from the Tianxiang Tower, but Pei Zhe quietly left the Yamen after his questioning. He didn't want to go back to the inn, so he wandered aimlessly along the Huai River.

This time I came out without a cloud, and there were fewer chattering people around me, and it was much quieter.

This is Pei Zhe's second visit to Huaizhou City. He went to Beijing to rush for the exam and lived here for a few days. He was very familiar with the streets in the city at that time. Although it has changed slightly now, he can still recognize it according to his impression.

The possibility of the old bustard making mistakes is very small, and her words are [-]% credible, which means that the woman deliberately bumped into him and slipped away. Regardless of whether this person is the person Jin Lingjiu is looking for, let Pei Zhe tell him There was a hint of doubt about the previous speculation.

Jin Lingjiu knew Pei Zhe very well. Correspondingly, Pei Zhe had also inquired about Jinling Jiu. Based on his knowledge of Jinling Jiu, he made a series of guesses. He never thought that such guesses would be wrong.

Pei Zhe stopped and looked at the swaying ripples on the surface of the Huai River. Those water ripples were twisted and intertwined, creating the turbulent waves in early spring.

Dryness is a leaf falling into the water, ups and downs in the waves, Pei Zhe sighed softly, feeling like this leaf, in the midst of a huge wave, surrounded by intricate forces in all directions, if you don't pay attention, you will It will be devoured, and there will be no bones left.

Pei Zhe is not an emotional person. He has always been calm, analyzed the pros and cons, made choices, followed his heart as much as possible, and rarely compromised or given up. But in this mysterious and chaotic world, the calm surface is about to collapse. Suddenly, a little cowardly thought came into being, doubting whether I could do what I promised.

He stood by the Huai River for a while, and when he left, he was covered in a shivering chill.

The temperature in early spring is still unsatisfactory. The successive torrential rains in the past few days have ruined the festive atmosphere of the New Year. It finally cleared up, but today it is cloudy again.

Yun Wuyang didn't see Pei Zhe when he got up early in the morning. He ate something in the inn, but he still didn't see anyone. Feeling a little panicked, he squatted at the door of the inn waiting for someone.

The inn clerk saw that he looked like a small mushroom, and laughed: "Young master, go and sit inside, what are you doing squatting here?"

"I'm waiting for someone, so I can see you here quickly." He was a child, with a bit of annoyance and depression in his tone, which made his heart look purer, making people wonder what important person he was waiting for.

Zhong Limo saw this scene when he arrived at the inn. The young man who had not yet grown up hugged his knees, squatting at the door with his chin resting on his knees, motionlessly observing the people passing by the door.

"What's the matter, what are you doing squatting here?" Such Yun Wuyang was inexplicably pitiful, Zhong Limo lowered his voice, "Where is Mr. Pei? Why don't you see me together?"

Yun Wuyang muttered: "I'm waiting for my young master."

Zhong Limei came to pay the medical expenses today, he left a letter before, saying that he would come to pay the money the next day, but something was delayed, so it was only two days late.

Since Pei Zhe was not in the inn, there was no need to go in, Zhongli Mo simply squatted down at the door with Yun Wuyang: "Master Pei isn't there, don't you know where he went?"

Yun Wuyang said in a muffled voice: "When I woke up early in the morning, there was no one there. If only I knew where he was going, it would be great, so I don't have to worry about it here."

"Worried?" Zhong Limo almost choked on his own saliva, "Master Pei is not a child, so it's so frightening."

Yun Wuyang sighed heavily: "You don't understand, I'm afraid that young master will be taken away."

Zhongli Mo's expression cracked: "??? Abducted? Impossible..."

Fortunately, Yun Wuyang still retained a bit of reason, knowing that the matter of His Royal Highness being kidnapped should not be spread, so he suppressed the words that came to his lips, only shook his head, and slandered in his heart: How is it impossible, a few days ago, a up.

The doors of the inn were all open, Yun Wuyang and Zhong Limei squatted on one side, only the other side was allowed to let people in and out, the innkeeper was not there, and the waiter ignored them.

Zhong Limei heard about the Tianxiang Tower. He was in the place of fireworks before, and he had been to the Tianxiang Tower before, but because the girls there were not to his liking, he never went there again: "It's about the magistrate. How is the investigation going, is there any result?"

"Whether there is or not, or if there is no." Yun Wuyang said in a muffled voice.

Zhong Limo raised his eyebrows, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "What kind of argument is this?"

Yun Wuyang spread both hands: "According to the current clues, if it was Lin Jingkong who came to investigate, there would be no results, but if it was my son who investigated, there would be results."

After he finished speaking, he put his hands together and made a "snap" sound: "That's the way it is said."

Zhong Limei: "..."

Yun Wuyang looked at him sideways, and asked curiously: "Mr. Zhongli, where have you been these few days? You agreed to send medical expenses the next day, but you never disappeared. If we didn't believe in your character as a scholar, you would have been killed." Reported to the officer."

Zhong Limei: "..." It's just a little medical expenses, what about it? !

Yun Wuyang saw what he wanted to say, and said quietly, "It's a small amount of money for you, but it's a big expense for us, because you came late, we almost didn't have anything to eat."

Zhong Limei: "..." There's really no food, right? !

Zhong Limei took the prepared silver to Yun Wuyang, and tried to squeeze out a smile: "I'll give it back to you, don't be hungry when you are growing up, if you have nothing to eat, you can come to me, and I'll treat you to me for a meal." worth it."

Yun Wuyang weighed the purse in his hand, and replied wearily: "The money has been delivered, are you going back to your own residence, or staying here?"

"Wait with you for a while." Zhong Li said vaguely.

Yun Wuyang nodded without asking further questions.

Zhong Limo wanted to ask something else, but seeing that Yun Wuyang was not very energetic, he was embarrassed to ask, and he didn't know whether Yun Wuyang was on purpose or not just now, and he didn't ask anything about the progress of the investigation of the magistrate's case.

In the murder case of the magistrate, Zhong Limo knew that he was still a half-suspect. Although Pei Zhe took him out of Lin Jingkong's hands and did not restrict his personal freedom, the people in the yamen did not ignore him because of this. The officers and soldiers were watching him at his residence, and he would be taken to prison someday if the security was not complete.

Zhong Limei is not a person who just sits and waits to die. After thinking about it, he understands his current situation. If he wants to take timely countermeasures, he must get the latest progress of the case. Only Pei Zhe can help him with this.

The two of them squatted for a long time, their legs became numb, and Pei didn't come back.

The clerk of the inn was ordered by the shopkeeper, and greeted the two squatting at the door: "You two should sit inside, you squatting here will affect our business."

Yun Wuyang and Zhongli Mo looked at each other, the former seemed a little surprised: "Mr. Zhongli, are you still leaving? The young master doesn't know when he will come back, are you sure you want to wait for him?"

Zhong Limei knocked on his leg, the pinprick-like itch made him look uneasy: "Hiss, don't go, I still have something to ask Mr. Pei, you don't have to worry about me."

Who cares about you anymore?Yun Wuyang secretly rolled his eyes, and sighed faintly: "My lord, where are you..."

Zhong Limei: "..."

Under the urging of the inn clerk, the two "Ma Liu'er" changed positions, sat down at the table near the door, and continued to wait for someone, with a look of hopelessness.

Pei Zhe sneezed and dropped the chess piece in his hand.

The old man stroked his beard without lifting his eyelids: "Sick?"

Pei Zhe shrugged: "Probably someone is scolding me."

With a sound of "click", the chess piece fell, and the old man laughed out loud at his words: "You kid has suffered a lot from playing chess, and you deserve to be scolded."

"Old Yang also said that others are a loser, and you are a loser too!"

"It's down, the young man hastened to win the old damaged goods, so that he won't be embarrassing again."

"Old Yang, don't you always yell about defeating the invincible opponent in the world, you will meet a strong enemy today, right?"

"Two wins and two losses. Judging from the previous rounds, the young man is likely to win the third round first. Old Yang, old Yang, I think you have to lose today. This young man is not bad."

……

The two squatted at the entrance of the alley, and drew a simple chessboard with talc on the ground. This is the simplest game of chess, and it is so popular that almost men, women and children can play it.

Surrounded by a few people, all of them are old men who are not young, booing like watching the excitement.

After Pei Zhe left from the Huai River, he walked into this alley by accident and met this group of chess players. After watching a few games, the old man in front of him won, so he couldn't help giving some advice.Watching chess without saying a word is a real gentleman, Pei Zhe knew he was wronged, and apologized, but who knew that the old man didn't play cards according to the routine, and he would only forgive him if he insisted on accompanying him in the next game.

As a result, game after game, Pei Zhe's own addiction to chess started to develop without the old man saying a word.

Pei Zhe looked at the old man on the opposite side. The man called "Old Yangtou" was dressed in rags, his gray hair was combed meticulously, and his eyes were sharp, revealing a trace of brilliance.

The sharp eyes were full of confidence, which made Pei Zhe stunned for two seconds.

Old Yang frowned in displeasure: "Hey, hurry up, little thing."

Pei Zhe recovered in an instant, he smiled, and glanced at the people around him: "Old man, if I beat you today, wouldn't you lose face? Look, everyone hates you very much. "

Old Yang had a bad temper, and snorted disdainfully: "It's up to you? There are too many people who want to beat me, so I can't say that I am better than them all, but I'm sure, it's a good match for you now. There is no chance of winning."

Pei Zhe raised his eyebrows: "Why do you see that?"

Old Yang put the chess piece made of stone between his middle finger and index finger, and glanced at him angrily: "Little boy is not sure, he dares to be distracted when playing chess with me, it's strange if he wins, and he looked like a little bit before." Look, now there is nothing left."

Pei Zhe's smile froze, he sighed helplessly, and threw the chess piece in his hand to the side of the chessboard: "I admit defeat, the old man taught me the lesson."

With crutches in both hands, Old Yang scratched the chessboard: "It's not a lesson, just a few casual words. At your age, it's normal for you to be uncertain. Boy, what were you thinking just now?"

Pei Zhe stood up, followed Lao Yangtou, and gave up the position of playing chess to others. He sighed as he walked, "Just now I was thinking whether what I did was right or wrong, and whether it is necessary to continue."

"Don't you have the answer yourself?" Old Yang leaned on his crutches and stroked his beard, "You know people by playing chess. I see your style of chess is decisive and decisive, not procrastinating at all. You are not a person who hesitates. When you do something, no matter what other people think about it, you must think that it is right in your heart, in fact, when you ask these questions, you already have the answer in your heart."

Pei Zhe was stunned, and smiled: "Old man, you still see it thoroughly, thank you for your guidance, the younger generation is very grateful."

Old Yang waved his hand: "Okay, okay, but I just mentioned it casually, I have to thank you for playing chess with me, okay, I'm going home, the sky is cloudy, you should hurry up, yes Let’s play chess together again.”

"Okay, you go slowly, pay attention to safety on the road." Pei Zhe watched him go away, and then walked to the inn.

After this explanation, Pei Zhe suddenly became enlightened. Although the sky was still cloudy, his thinking had changed, from being confused to becoming more determined.

The rain came as soon as it was said, and it started to fall on the way back to the inn. When he arrived, he was completely drenched. He was already soaked in the cold, but when he was soaked by the cold rain, the cold entered his body and made him dizzy.

"My lord, you're back!" Yun Wuyang exclaimed, "Where did you go, you're drenched like this."

Pei Zhe was top-heavy and didn't want to talk, so he just waved his hands and walked upstairs.

Yun Wuyang wanted to follow, but was stopped by Zhong Limei: "Master Pei got caught in the rain, go and prepare a bucket of hot water for him first, and take a bubble bath to drive away the cold."

Yun Wuyang slapped his forehead: "Hey, I forgot, I'm going to find the shopkeeper right now."

Pei Zhe went all the way back to the room, squinted his eyes, threw off the wet clothes, and threw himself on the bed. He pulled the quilt to cover himself tightly, buried his face in the pillow, and did not move.

In a daze, it seemed that someone was talking in his ear. He pulled up the quilt impatiently to cover his head, and hummed dissatisfiedly: "Don't bother me, I'm so sleepy."

The annoying voice didn't stop, and repeated the question just now: "Why are you here? Don't sleep, get up."

Pei Zhe had a headache from the noise, and said in a vicious voice, "This is my room, where am I not here, Yun Wuhao, don't bother me!"

"You've got the wrong person, I'm not Yun Wuyang, Pei Zhe, wake up."

Pei Zhe's mind was so confused that he couldn't think about the meaning of this sentence, and he didn't want to think about it, so he slapped the direction where the voice came from: "It's called 'Young Master', it doesn't matter whether it's big or small."

With a "pop", the disturbing sound disappeared, Pei Zhe turned over in satisfaction, and fell into a deep sleep.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk-"

There was a knock on the door, and Yun Wuyang shouted loudly: "Master, it's me, I came in, I asked the guy to boil hot water, wait for you to take a hot bath first, to drive away the cold, don't catch a cold, otherwise When the time comes... ahhh!"

Zhong Limo followed behind, startled by the scream, couldn't help frowning: "What happened, what's your name?"

Yun Wuyang pointed at the bed and was about to cry: "Master, he is not in the room! He is gone again!"