Cold and warm depend on each other

Under the eaves of the corridor, the raindrops are not exhausted, falling into the dust with the wind, making a monotonous sound.Xue Wanxiang stood in the lobby of the inn, trying her best to maintain her composure. No one saw her, but her fingertips under the three-foot wide sleeves were deeply embedded in her palms, causing severe pain.

"I don't know what happened to what Young Master Xiaoqing said? My husband, where is he now?"

A few steps away, Xiaoqing looked into her beautiful eyes.He originally thought that she was just a weak girl, and when he heard the news, he would panic and turn to himself for help. He never thought that although there was worry in her eyes, there was no fear.

"Mr. Su, she... she, um, she slipped and fell off the cliff when she was fighting with the thief, so... so... the young man died, and I would like to ask Mrs. Su to express my condolences." I had made all the preparations, and now I looked at Xue Wanxiang. With clear eyes, Xiaoqing suddenly felt a little guilty, he stumbled a few words, and finally finished speaking, his young face showed a sad and mournful look, sighed and stood over, waiting for Xue Wanxiang to cry.

"I don't believe it." Xue Wanxiang looked at him coldly, his eyes full of guard.

Xiaoqing couldn't understand why Mrs. Su's reaction was completely different from what he had originally imagined. He frowned, pointed to the guards following him and said, "Gao Leize went with them to hunt down the thief, he saw it with his own eyes."

The implication: If you don't believe me, just ask him.

Gao Leize walked forward consciously, cupped his hands and said, "Everything my young master said is true. The young one went into the dense forest with Mr. Su. The thief took advantage of the heavy rain to sneak up on Mr. Su and forced her to the cliff. On the other side, maybe it was a rainy day and the road was slippery. Mr. Su accidentally slipped and fell, and Deputy Chief Liu fell down to save her. Our team searched for two or three days, but we couldn't find it anywhere, so we had to come back and report."

"Have you caught the thief?" Xue Wanxiang asked lightly.

Gao Leize didn't expect her to ask such an irrelevant question, he was stunned for a moment, and then replied with righteous indignation: "I caught it. Seeing Mr. Su and Deputy Chief Liu falling off the cliff, our brothers became very angry. Now, catch those thieves and kill them on the spot!"

Xue Wanxiang's eyes became colder, but she couldn't stop the red circles around her eyes.Turning his eyes around Gao Leize and Young Master Xiaoqing, he said with a sneer, "It turns out that you are so capable that you can kill thieves by waiting for your partner to fall off the cliff."

Gao Leize heard that her words were not in a good manner, and his face changed a little, but he knew in his own mind whether this matter was done in a generous way.He had no choice but to turn his eyes away from the woman.But she heard her asking: "I don't know if your lord will send someone to continue searching?"

Xiaoqing immediately said: "My father sent someone to look for it as soon as he heard the news! He is still looking for it outside the west of the city."

Xue Wanxiang was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes and said in a gentle voice: "In that case, I'm going to visit the official, and I will ask Young Master Xiaoqing to lead the way."

Xiaoqing was taken aback for another moment, thought for a while, and then nodded: "Okay! Madam Su, wait a moment, and I will pass the sedan chair right away." As he spoke, he gave Gao Leize a wink, Gao Leize understood, and bowed Bye, go out and go to the alley.

Xue Wanxiang said no more, turned around and went to the counter of the inn.

There were still guests in twos and threes in the lobby, and they all heard about the incident out of ten, some shook their heads and sighed, some looked sideways at the show, and a few whispered, there were several murder cases in the west of the city, and now this kind of thing happened again , Yanzhou City is really unlucky.

The shopkeeper stood up behind the counter, while listening to Xue Wanxiang's words, while stroking the short beard on his chin, he nodded for a while, and called the waiter to come over, and gave some instructions.The shop waiter agreed, and ran to the back hall.After a while, he still came out, followed by a woman.

When Gao Leize came back, the sedan chair had arrived at the door of the inn, Xiaoqing was polite enough, and invited Xue Wanxiang to board the sedan chair in front of the door.Xue Wanxiang put her plain hand on the wrist of the woman who came from the back hall, Xiaoqing thought that the woman was just giving it off, but Xue Wanxiang pulled her hand and let the woman sit in the sedan chair together.

Xiaoqing's face was a bit ugly, and she raised her eyebrows and asked: "Mrs. Su, don't you have to be so careful? I am a majestic son of the government, can't I protect you?"

Xue Wanxiang was not threatened, and said in a generally indifferent voice through the curtain: "This aunt was specially entrusted by my husband to take care of me before leaving. It is getting late at this time, and she will go out with me, Mr. Qing Is there any doubt?"

Xiao Qing gritted her teeth and snorted.Gao Leize led the horse over and helped him mount the horse.He slanted the sedan door with cold eyes, a look of sternness flickered in his eyes, he kicked hard into the horse's belly, and the healthy horse neighed, carrying him to the government office first.

The sedan chair swayed, Xue Wanxiang sat muffled, the street scene passed by beside him, a few tall deciduous trees, and business peddlers hawking along the way all flashed by the window.

The mother-in-law works as a handyman in the kitchen, and she usually delivered meals to her and Su Zhe a few times. At this time, after hearing a rough idea, she knew that the handsome and bright Mr. Su might be in danger, so she couldn't think of anything. To comfort her, she had to pat the back of Xue Wanxiang's hand, and said in a low voice: "Auspicious people have their own aura, Madam, don't think too much about it."

Xue Wanxiang lowered her eyes and let out a "hmm", a round teardrop slipped from the corner of her eye, the sedan chair suddenly stopped, she raised her hand, and wiped away the tear stains, no trace could be seen.

After getting out of the sedan chair, Xiaoqing was already waiting in front of the door. The two gatekeepers obeyed his instructions and bowed to open the vermilion door.

The official knew that this was Su Shaoxia's wife, so he didn't put on airs, and asked his servants to invite them into the side hall and serve hot tea.The little girl stood neatly by the door and listened to the news. Not long after, she saw the official coming from the front of the hall, and hurriedly bowed her body to make a blessing.

The decoration in the side hall is simple, Xue Wanxiang sits sideways on the ring chair, the mother-in-law agreed to her words in the sedan chair, and is now guarding behind her every step of the way.

The official sighed, and said one by one, which was not much different from Gao Leize's previous remarks.

Xue Wanxiang lowered her head and listened, hardly interjecting.The little girl came in to refill her tea with the thermos pot in her arms, the official stared at her silently, and the little girl withdrew wisely.

The hot tea in the teacup was already too cold to lose its temperature, Xue Wanxiang held it in her hand, her fingertips were cold.

"Before I left, my husband once said that in the world, there are always things that you know you can't do. She fell off the cliff for the people of this city. My lord, you love the people like a child, and you hope that you will help me and save my husband back. Before the voice finished, she got up and bowed to the official.

When I left the government office again, the sky was already stained with clouds and ink.Sure enough, Young Master Xiao Qing was still waiting in front of the door. When he saw her coming out, he went up to greet her: "Mrs. Su..."

Xue Wanxiang stopped slightly.

A sad expression appeared on Xiaoqing's face: "Mrs. Su, please express my condolences."

"My condolences?" Xue Wanxiang raised her eyebrows to look at him, without retreating an inch in her words: "Why should I mourn? My husband, she will definitely come back."

As she spoke, she stopped looking at anyone, raised her hand to support the inn lady's wrist, and walked to the sedan chair.The mother-in-law raised the curtain of the sedan chair and helped her to sit in.

Xiaoqing stood outside the government office, watching the sedan chair go away with resentment.Gao Leize came out from the yamen, Xiaoqing walked with him to a secluded place, and asked coldly, "Is that Su really dead?"

Gao Leize replied: "She killed two thieves, and was stabbed twice on the arm and shoulder, and she saw blood. I planted poison in her blood."

"You said she fell into the cliff again? After being poisoned, how can my father find her and see the dead body?"

"She did fall off a cliff. Liu Tongxi wanted to save her, but she fell too. The poison was planted to prevent her from falling to her death."

Xiaoqing smiled sadly: "Well done." After a pause, he said again: "I'll get the money tonight. Pay off all the gambling debts!"

Gao Leize cupped his hands expressionlessly: "The villain thanked you, Young Master."

Back at the inn, Xue Wanxiang took the broken silver to the mother-in-law, but the mother-in-law refused to accept it, still patted the back of her hand, sighed and went down to the kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles for her.

The rosin lamp was burning brightly on the table, and Xue Wanxiang was sitting alone in front of the table holding chopsticks. She picked up a trace of the blue vegetable leaves and silvery noodles in the soup, and slowly put it into her mouth.

The eaves of the roof were wet again by the patter of winter rain, and the cold wind poured in through the gaps in the window drawers, making the lamps and candles flicker.In the shadow of the lamp, Xue Wanxiang lowered her eyes slightly, and big drops of tears slid down her cheeks, dripping silently into the bowl of clear noodle soup.