Nongmen Shenjue

Another ten days, it is already the twenty of the twelfth lunar month.

Mu Qingyan and others lived in a three-entry house in the county with the imperial envoy, which was provided by a local wealthy businessman.At the beginning, he was busy with some complicated matters of the case, but recently he was idle, including Lin Jia, Yuan Cheng and others, who were also waiting for news.According to the current traffic speed, I am afraid that it will take a year to hear back.In fact, this is the normal state of handling cases. What delays the trial is often the speed of collecting case information, and most of it is spent on the inconvenience of transportation.

There were only two snowfalls in Wanxia County. It was sunny for several days, and the ice and snow had already melted. The sun was shining at noon, and it was very warm and comfortable.The city is very lively every day, every household is preparing for the New Year, and the sound of children playing and running outside can be heard every day.

If it was in Fenglin County, the Mu family must be preparing for the New Year at this time.

Unfortunately, I can't go back this time.

It was Chen Shiliu who came to say goodbye.

Chen Shiliu was not an official member of the imperial envoy, so he could come and go freely.Originally, he should have set off a few days earlier, but Wen Mingyu was seriously injured and needed to take care of him for a few more days, so he postponed until today to return to Beijing together.As soon as Wen Mingyu left, the imperial envoy team was handed over to his deputy, and the reason why Wen Mingyu returned to Beijing early was to report the situation here truthfully.With this injury, he is not suitable to stay here anymore, and the God Detective Division has sent another person to take over.

"I think that Jingxian is weird." Chen Shiliu mentioned Jingxian many times in the past few days, but he couldn't figure out why.

"What did Young Master Wen say?" Mu Qingyan asked casually.

"My cousin said that he had talked with her, took her to the capital, and arranged a place for her. Jingxian asked for it herself. It is said that she wanted to follow my cousin, but my cousin didn't agree, so she said she wanted to go to the capital. Landing." Even so, Chen Shiliu still had doubts: "It seems that she has not given up, but anyway, every time I see her, I am always uncomfortable, and the way she looks at people is really uncomfortable."

Indeed, living in one place for a long time, it is inevitable to meet one side.

Jingxian is a Dharma name, and now she wants to return to vulgarity, the name has not been changed, only the characters have been changed, and "Jingxian" has been changed to "Jingxian", and she does not mention her surname, nor does she mention her hometown.Take off the monk's clothes, put on boudoir makeup, wear a moon white cloak, wear a hood, cover a bare head, just look at the delicate and beautiful face, cool temperament, enough to be amazing.However, her eyes looked very different. They seemed ordinary, but they were full of ridicule, disdain and contempt all the time, as if everything was filthy.Fortunately, she doesn't speak much. It is said that a few words are fine, but any more words will be harsh.

Chen Shiliu hadn't been provoked by words, but he didn't like that look alone.

Too sharp, too proud.

From Mu Qingyan's point of view, Jingxian naturally has a background, but she looks like everyone in the world owes her, which is really annoying.Just as Chen Shiliu muttered, it was incredible that he could survive in Mingyue Nunnery with such an appearance and temperament.

Wen Mingyu is not a person to be fooled easily, she has already asked someone to check her details.

After Chen Shiliu and Wen Mingyu left, Pang Zhong gave them a vacation.

There is no progress in the case now, and they are still waiting for the government servants to investigate the victim's family information. Since the case is not over and the capital is far away, they can only stay in Wanxia County for the New Year.With a big wave of his hand, Pang Zhong went straight to the holiday and "returned to work" on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.As an imperial envoy, Pang Zhong left two principals on shifts, and went to Tianning Mansion by himself in case of emergencies. As for the others, it was up to him.

The vacation is half a month. If I think I have enough time, I can go back to my hometown for the New Year.

In fact, no one came home.

Time constraints are just one thing, the most important thing is that this time the case is sensitive, everyone is extra cautious, the case is not yet over, they would rather squat in Wanxia County and idle, so as to avoid any mistakes and be bullied.

Wen Jixue was quite satisfied with this trip, because she could celebrate the New Year with Mu Qingyan.

He asked Gao Tian to rent a small courtyard in the county town. Even if it was only for a few days, he put a lot of thought into the layout, especially the various New Year's goods, which were not sloppy at all.After getting the imperial envoy's order to take a holiday, Mu Qingyan said hello to the chief, and Lin Jiayuan Cheng, and went to live in the rented courtyard with Wen Jixue.

On New Year's Eve, eat dumplings.

In the middle of the afternoon, Mu Qingyan kneaded the noodles, prepared the dumpling wrappers, and Wen Jixue and Wen Jixue gathered around the kitchen to make dumplings.The dumplings are stuffed with pork and radish. There are only a few vegetables in winter. Compared to cabbage, Mu Qingyan prefers to use green radish as the stuffing. The stuffing is mixed with sesame oil, which is very fragrant.Needless to say, Mu Qingyan, even Wen Jixue was quite good at craftsmanship, each and every fat little ingot was born under his hands.

It was cold, and the dumplings were durable, and the two made more than 200 dumplings at once.

Gao Tian Jiaoli was making dumplings on another table, his hand speed was slower, and the shape of the dumplings was not very good-looking. Two hundred dumplings were made out of a clay pot.

It looks like there are a lot of them, but the four big men, that is, Mu Qingyan have a slightly smaller appetite, but they still eat fifteen or twenty in one meal, Wen Jixue has about thirty, and Gao Tian is about the same, but Jiao Li's appetite is the same. The biggest one is also very fond of dumplings, and it's easy to eat fifty in one meal.

When the lights came on, the dumplings came out of the pan, and there were no fancy dishes, just dumplings with dipping sauces to eat.

After the meal, Gao Tianjiao Li took care of the dishes in the kitchen, and Wen Jixue and Mu Qingyan went out to visit the night market.

The New Year's Eve in the county town is naturally very lively.

The ancients liked lanterns very much. No matter what festival, lanterns of various colors are indispensable on the street.Mu Qingyan and Wen Jixue didn't have the feelings of girls, but the place with lanterns was particularly bright, and there were many people, making it extremely lively. They were standing in front of a stall selling lanterns right now.

The stall owner is a young scholar. His lanterns are not for sale. Each lantern has half a poem or a couplet on it. If you match it, you can take the lantern away for free.To put it bluntly, this is the elegance of a scholar, and it is also an exchange of knowledge and a display of knowledge.

There are men and women, old and young, who join in the fun, regardless of whether they are right or not, as long as they are right.

The onlookers applauded and booed, and the children clapped their little hands.

"It's on fire! It's on fire!" Someone suddenly shouted from the street.

As soon as they heard about the fire, everyone panicked. The so-called fire and water are merciless, and it was a young age, with dense houses and crowded people, it would be a terrible thing to burn.

"Where is it? Where is the fire?" The people in front of the lantern booth couldn't hold back anymore, asking loudly while looking out.

"Yo! Look, west!"

Following the instructions, everyone looked to the west, and the sky over there reflected a red light.People were standing on the street, covered by houses, so they couldn't see clearly. The red light could only be seen slightly, so it should be far away.Even so, people who lived in the west of the city panicked and rushed home one after another.There are also people who are so lively that they follow and watch, and they are also warm-hearted and help.

Wen Jixue had precise eyesight and said, "It doesn't look like it's in the city, it should be outside the city."

Whenever there is a fire, the yamen is dispatched quickly, and even the owner of the workshop and the head of the accident site organize to put out the fire.

The two didn't care too much, walked around for half an hour according to the original itinerary, and then went home to rest.

Unexpectedly, the next morning I wanted to ask about the fire last night, but when I went out for a walk, the streets and alleys were full of homicides.

It's almost New Year's Eve, but there is a murder case. People say it's bad luck, but they can't help being curious to inquire and talk about it.

It was not difficult to inquire about the matter, because the family members of the deceased were still arguing in front of the murderer's house at the moment.

"It's quite close." Wen Jixue heard the faint cry of a woman early in the morning, thinking that some mother-in-law scolded her daughter-in-law again.

It's Chinese New Year, and the family is lively, especially nowadays, many children and grandchildren are more important. Most of the living brothers of the elderly do not separate their families. It is inevitable that conflicts will arise when grandchildren, grandchildren, brothers and sisters-in-law are crowded together.In the past two days, they stopped listening to all kinds of noise from the neighbors, but it was all a matter of a few words, trivial.In the new year, in order to have a good year, it is necessary to make big and small things small, and no matter how many conflicts there are, we will talk about it after the new year.

"Go and have a look." Mu Qingyan went to watch as if he was idle and close, just like his neighbors.

The family where the accident happened was just one street away from them, and if they walked through the alley, it would be even closer.

I saw three or four layers of people surrounded by the gate of a family, and there was a burst of crying inside, shouting words that made people pay for their lives.Although I couldn't see what was going on inside clearly, the family that was being quarreled with seemed to be a wealthy family.After watching quietly for a while, I heard about it from the mouth of the onlookers.

The deceased was a young girl named Zhuo Yanyan, she was also a lady from a wealthy family, and she was the only daughter in the family, with almond eyes and peach cheeks, she was charming and charming.The murderer is a handsome man named Pan Xiu, who is just and weak, and the only son in his family.Coincidentally, Pan Zhuo's family happened to be opposite each other, and earlier they wanted to discuss marriage, but they failed.

"It sounds like a tragedy caused by the love between men and women." Gao Tian couldn't help but say something.

"It's so simple!" A woman next to her heard this, and whispered in a mysterious and taboo voice: "A stranger, right? You don't know, this girl from the Zhuo family, she died a year ago Ah! The Zhuo family held a funeral and buried people outside the city. They went to the grave this year during the Qingming Festival. This person who had been dead for a year ran back in the middle of the night and died again... "

Mu Qingyan and Wen Jixue looked at each other, feeling strange.

"She really died before?" Mu Qingyan didn't believe in ghosts, but he was afraid that there might be something else behind the matter.

The woman said: "Of course it is, why is it not true? At the beginning, it was Mrs. Lin who helped to put the Zhuo family girl in the coffin. Last night, when she heard that Zhuo girl came back to the door, she was so frightened that she fell ill. The Zhuo family gave it to her in the middle of the night. I burned a lot of gold, silver and paper money, because I was afraid that Miss Zhuo would be homesick and come back."

If it was true that Zhuo Yanyan died a year ago, then who is dying now?

One cannot die twice.

"Didn't report to the officer?"

"Report, the yamen went to dig the grave. After all, we all know that the Zhuo family girl is dead. Can ghosts be haunted in broad daylight? I have to see if there is anyone in the coffin." The woman said, as if she scared herself , rubbed his arms, and said no more.