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While hesitating, the girl lying on Qu Quan's arm woke up leisurely, as if feeling that the sun was a bit glaring and raised her hand to cover her eyes.The Jin Wuwei watched from a distance, without the influence of eyes, it became more and more prominent. The girl's lips were red and plump like a cherry just picked, visually teasing people's taste buds, wishing to put it into her lips and take a bite.
"Aha……"
The girl yawned, stretched her waist halfway and found that her hair was being suppressed, she raised her hand cleanly and slapped the back of the obstacle's neck without hesitation.
Jin Wuwei opened his eyes wide in horror, waiting for Master Qu to wake up and lose his temper.As a result, Qu Quan woke up, grinning, rubbed the back of his neck that hurt from being slapped, glanced at the girl, rolled his eyes, and went back to sleep.
What!Jin Wuwei rubbed his eyes, this must be a fake Master Qu!Just rolled his eyes and let the girl go?He looked at the girl with eyes ten thousand times more terrified than before.Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, Master Qu actually dotes on this little girl to such an extent!
I'm a good boy, I didn't expect Master Qu to not love wild flowers. This is big news. If it gets out, it will shock the entire Jinwuwei Youjie Yamen. It will put him in a place where he can never be restored!God... run away now!
That Jinwu Wei Siding turned around and fled out the door, but unexpectedly the girl found her trail.
"Who! Stop!"
Ling Xueji screamed coquettishly, her head tilted and her embroidered butterfly shoes lightened slightly on the rosewood table, and she leaped out the door with a little help. The short knife was unsheathed with a "crack", and the cold light of the blade drew a sharp and sharp arc in the air, reflecting the scorching sun hanging high in the sky.The Jinwu guard couldn't avoid being forced to the neck by Ling Xueji, and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Are you the Jinwu Guard?" Ling Xueji recognized that the clothes on the Jinwu Guard were exactly the same as those worn by the Jinwu Guard who led her the way yesterday, so she asked guessingly.
The Jin Wuwei nodded bitterly, looking ashamed to death.Qu Quan was also awakened, rubbed his eyes, adjusted his clothes and walked out slowly.
"Zhang Fei, why is it you?" Qu Quan asked with some doubts.
"This subordinate sees Mr. Qu. This subordinate came to ask Mr. Qu to go to the lobby on the order of our lord, saying that he has found a suspect."
"Suspect?" Qu Quan's eyes changed, he turned his head and patted Ling Xueji's shoulder, "Xueji, let her go first. Zhang Fei, lead the way."
"Is he really the Jinwu Guard?" Ling Xueji held the dagger on Zhang Fei's neck, seemingly hesitating.
Qu Quan almost jumped up anxiously, "Isn't this nonsense! You know me better than you. Let her go!"
Seeing Qu Quan like this, Ling Xueji giggled. She knew the importance of this matter, so she let Zhang Fei go without messing around.It's just that after letting go of the person, he slandered, "The Jinwu guard in the majestic Youjie Yamen is so vulnerable."
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Youjie Yapian Hall
Shuo Shihu, an elegant and dignified Jinwuwei Youjie envoy, had already been waiting in the side hall for half a day. Seeing that Zhang Fei brought Qu Quan over, he did not show the slightest anxiety, and seemed to have already gotten used to Qu Quan's work and rest situation.It's just that when he saw Ling Xueji who was following Qu Quan, his eyes changed for a moment.
"Shihu, where is the suspect? Let me see him." Seeing Shuo Shihu, Qu Quan did not claim to be the official, which shows that the two have a very good relationship in private.
Qu Quan admired Shuo Dendrobium very much. At that time, Shuo Dendrobium was named in the gold list at the same time as her. She commented on current affairs and analyzed the pros and cons of Xing prison. The three articles were as beneficial as knives and halberds. In the heart of the emperor, Shuo Dendrobium respected Confucianism and advocated the dignity of the people. Jun Qing, although the emperor didn't like his thoughts, he also took pity on his talent, so he was awarded Tan Hua Lang.The two had been ups and downs in the officialdom for several years, Qu Quan soared to become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice of the third rank, but Shuo Shihu was willing to live in a corner, and was his envoy of the Jinwu Guard Youjie leisurely and contentedly.However, despite the huge disparity in their status, they are all very concerned about the cases in Jinling City. Seek Qu Quan's help.
"Ah Quan, don't worry, the man's legs have been cut off, the wound has not healed, so we have to go by ourselves." This is the side hall of the Jinwu Guard's Youjie Yamen. Mrs. Street Envoy's Youjie Yashiye, so Shuo Shihu directly used the private name.Qu Quan was accustomed to this title, but to Ling Xueji it was as shocking as a bolt from the blue.
"Qu Quan, why does he call you by your name?" Ling Xueji walked up to Qu Quan and asked secretly.
This question was very light, in Ling Xueji's view, it was just a whisper between her and Qu Quan, it was really normal between husband and wife.But in Zhang Fei's view, this meaning is different. It's nothing for this girl to be rude to Master Qu because she is favored by Master Qu, but now this girl has started to question the relationship between Master Qu and her own master, and she doesn't want to be polite when she comes in. If you don't say hello to your lord, you will be too disrespectful to their Jinwuwei Youjie Yamen.
"Hey, don't be rude when you see our lord!" Zhang Fei finally couldn't bear it and stood up.
Shuo Dendrobium raised his hand to stop Zhang Fei's words, signaling that it's okay.He took two steps forward and cupped his hands towards Ling Xueji, "Miss, in Xiashuo Shihu is Master Qu's best friend, so he called him that in private. Zhang Fei recklessly offended the girl, and I hope she will forgive me."
It's not that he doesn't know that Qu Quanyan'er is newly married, and she is still a female wife.I also heard rumors that Qu Quan didn't love the new lady, but all of this was just a leisurely conversation among the people of Jinling City. With a series of murders under pressure, how can I have the time to pay attention to those trivial matters.So when I saw Qu Quan leading a young girl in here, I didn't bother to ask anything.Zhang Fei said that he didn't care much about the girl being rude to him, following the principle of self-examination before encountering a situation, he made a salute to the girl first.
Ling Xueji is someone who respects her one foot and she respects others ten feet. Seeing that Shuo Dendrobium is an official but has no official airs, ignoring the dazzling official uniform is a modest gentleman. One blessing. "My name is Ling Xueji."
Shuo Dendrobium responded with a gentle smile.
"Okay." Qu Quan, who had already been waiting impatiently, urged, "My family members don't need to care about these empty etiquettes, just hurry up and lead the way to meet the suspect."
Shuo Dendrobium nodded to Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei made a "please" gesture to Qu Quan and Ling Xueji, who looked at her with a displeased expression, and led the way out first.
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Different from the bright side hall, the guest rooms in Youjieya always give people a gray feeling.Even at noon, the sun shines through the window lattice to illuminate the dust particles flying in the air, but it still can't dispel the shadow in my heart.
When the group entered the room, the suspect was sitting by the window with his back to everyone.The position he chose was the one with the best lighting, and the light that fell on his shoulders made the gray shorts on the man's body warm.But the man didn't speak or turn his head.
"Amao, we're here to see you." Shuo Dendrobium's gentle voice flowed like spring water in this bright but still dark room, and it sounded particularly moving.Ling Xueji couldn't help taking another look at Shuo Dendrobium.Unexpectedly, Qu Quan's friend would be such a clear character.
The suspect named Amao seemed to be shaken, and responded with an extremely hoarse voice.From that hoarse voice, Qu Quan discerned the tone of a young man, and guessed that this A Mao was less than eighteen years old.
"He is?" Qu Quan looked at Shuo Dendrobium.
"He fell at the gate of the yamen in the middle of the night last night." Shuo Dendrobium poured a cup of tea on the table and walked towards A Mao, his wide sleeves swaying slightly behind him, "It was late at night, and he only woke up for a moment He fainted, and I just asked the doctor in the yamen to treat his wounds, and no one came to disturb you."
"Can't talk, but everything on his body can talk." Qu Quan took two steps with his hands behind his back, and smiled, "Don't be foolish, Dendrobium, tell me what you find."
Dendrobium ruffianus smiled helplessly, and fed the green tea in his hand to A Mao's mouth, the slightly bitter tea in the fragrance moistened the dry and chapped lips of the young man.
"I found a fishing hook wrapped with a gold thread from his body."
"Golden thread hook?" Qu Quan's eyes suddenly widened, and then dimmed again. "This may directly narrow the scope of the search in other places, but in Jinling City..."
"Almost one for everyone." Dendrobium Shuo put the teacup in A Mao's hand and told him to hold it up. He took out a cloth bag from the skirt and spread it out a little, revealing a fishhook wrapped with a golden thread. In front of Tsuen.
Qu Quan took it carefully, held it up to Sunshine to observe carefully, the more he observed, the more disappointed he became.In Jinling City, all fishing lines are mixed with some gold thread, from the nobles to the common people.The reason is that the king of Jinling is too angry and needs to be suppressed with gold and stones.Therefore, the founder Taizu not only buried gold casting people underground in Jinling City, but also stipulated that gold wire should be used as a thread for fishing in Jinling City.
However, Taizu was worried that the excessive use of gold would be too extravagant and wasteful, and feared that the empire would die, so he asked the national teacher to measure the auspicious number and stipulated the amount of gold thread in all fishing lines, and the Ministry of Life and Industry selected capable people to create recyclable fish. fishing line.Therefore, the scope of the murderer cannot be narrowed down from the golden fishing line.
Not only is there no trace on the fishing line, but even the fishhook can’t make much sense, because the fishhook is neither too delicate nor too rough. The ordinary people in the degree will choose such a fishhook as a fishing tool.
Qu Quan held the gold thread fishhook in front of his nose and showed off, his eyebrows furrowed even tighter. "There's nothing strange about the taste..."
"Yes." Shuo Dendrobium nodded, "It has a faint fishy smell, and I can't find anything special. I can only know that it is a used fishhook."
"Can you let me have a look?" Ling Xueji, who had been standing aside for a long time, suddenly asked.
Shuo Shihu didn't seem to expect that this little girl would take the initiative to participate in the investigation. Although Qu Quan didn't shy away from bringing her by his side, it seemed that she had a special relationship with Qu Quan when she asked so openly.According to Qu Quan's words, Shuo Dendrobium was the least official of the capital city. Ling Xueji had already declared his family name before, and any official in Jinling City would immediately recognize that this name was Mrs. Shangshu's.But Shuo Dendrobium is not the case. Every day he listens to the people's grievances, reads the files and documents, and eats the wind, frost, rain and dew. He is least interested in some gossip in the capital, and has no time to listen.So he didn't know the name of his best friend's wife at all, so he didn't ask if Qu Quan didn't tell her.
Hearing that Ling Xueji wanted to see the evidence at this time, he did not agree immediately because of the cautious mentality he had cultivated in handling cases for many years.He was waiting for Qu Quan's reaction.
"Of course." Qu Quan's reaction was to hand the evidence to Ling Xueji without any scruples.
Well, without reservation?
Shuo Dendrobium was somewhat interested in Ling Xueji, after all, the person who could make the shrewd fox-like Qu Quan entrust the important evidence with such confidence must not be an ordinary person.
Ling Xueji smiled at Qu Quan, thanking her for her trust.Then he cautiously took the things Qu Quan handed over, trotted to the window and looked at it under the sunlight.
"Hey Dendrobium, it suddenly occurred to me that this corpse didn't appear out of thin air. Was there a corresponding disappearance of people before that?" Qu Quan found a chair and sat down, pouring himself a cup of tea.
Shuo Dendrobium shook his head, opened the seat for his handsome and taciturn master, and then sat in front of Qu Quan. "Not only is there no Jinling City, but the surrounding cities are also missing. The farther places are out of reach, and we are still doing our best to investigate."
Qu Quan handed her a cup of tea, resting his hand on his chin, the long hair that he hadn't had time to comb when he got up in the morning slipped down the back of his hand. "It's like finding a needle in a haystack."
"Ah! I found it!"
Qu Quan and Shuo Dendrobium heard the words and looked, only to see Ling Xueji happily walking against the sunlight outside the window, holding the gold thread fishhook in his hand and smiling like a child. "Come on, come on, I found something."
She stretched out her finger and pointed to the tip of the fishhook, "Look, the barbs on this fishhook are smaller than those on ordinary fishhooks. This fishhook is made with embroidery needles."
"Are you kidding? Embroidery needles can also be used as fishhooks." Zhang Fei obviously didn't believe Ling Xueji's words. He was a little upset because of Mrs. Shang Shu's sake. Attack her again, but now this girl is talking nonsense, it is simply too outrageous.This is a yamen, not a place where her little girl plays house.
"Zhang Fei, listen to Miss Ling's words." Shuo Dendrobium shouted in a low voice, which made Zhang Fei shut up resentfully.
But even so, Ling Xueji was still a little nervous and his throat was dry.After all, this is the yamen of Jinling City, not the prefect's mansion of Wu County where she is allowed to mess around.She grew up in the prefect's mansion and didn't have much contact with outsiders. This time she came out with Qu Quan, but she was a little apprehensive. Although she knew that she was quite clever, she was placed in Jinling City, where there are many talents, facing Qu Quan and Shuo Dendrobium. This little ingenuity is simply a trick.Others trust her so much, let her get in touch with the evidence, she also wants to do her best to help, and when she found some clues, she got excited and didn't think too much about it. With a basin of cold water, I began to doubt whether my conclusions were too hasty.
The hand holding the fishhook froze in mid-air, and the scene was once very embarrassing.Suddenly, a soft and slightly cool hand held her hand that was about to become sore and numb in mid-air, and slowly put it down.Qu Quan did not take away the evidence in her hand, but looked at her with some encouragement, and said, "Just say what you think of. Don't worry too much. What we do is to plead for the people's life. Whether you're right or wrong, people will still appreciate you."
Ling Xueji's crescent-like eyes were absent-minded for a moment, and then a hint of determination appeared in her eyes. She nodded to Qu Quan, raised the fishhook and said, "Don't look at this fishhook, which also has barbs and ordinary fishhooks. It’s the same, but there is actually a very subtle difference. I used to be unable to leave the house without major incidents. The master my father invited to teach me martial arts is also a sword idiot, so I know some tricks, and I will ponder these things with the master when I am interested , one of which is to make embroidery needles into fishhooks."
"Sounds very interesting." Shuo Dendrobium smiled and motioned her to continue.
Ling Xueji pursed her lips and relaxed a little, "Just like casting a sword, you only need to heat and forge iron in a furnace, and the iron will become very tough, which can be used to forge swords and knives. If you want to finally To make a fishhook, you must first make it into a needle blank. Forge the iron that has become very tough before into a thin iron sheet, and then put it in the furnace to continue heating. At this time, the iron will start to soften and can be cut into a Strips of small iron wire can be made into needle blanks after being polished by a scorpion~”
She pulled out a hairpin from her bun and showed it to everyone, "For example, this hairpin is a needle blank. We sharpen the end and carve out the barbs with pliers. Quenching again... ah, that's almost the case, assuming this fishhook was an embroidery needle before, then only the final step is needed. And you see." Then he took out the previous gold thread fishhook and pointed Looking at an extremely inconspicuous dot on the top, he said: "This is the eye of the embroidery needle, but because the surface of the hook is somewhat mottled, it is easy to ignore its existence. But this is also an ironclad proof that this fishhook is made of embroidery needles. "
After Ling Xueji finished speaking, the room was completely silent. She herself was too excited to realize it until she finished speaking, so she couldn't help but feel awkward.She smiled little by little, and the hairpin she had just used as an example pierced into the palm of her hand, and the sharp pain was transmitted to her brain one after another, stimulating her tear glands like an electric current.Although she was defeated by Wei Yueyan before, it inspired her determination to practice martial arts diligently. However, this aspect of analysis was originally her weakness, no one gave her a chance and she never showed it to others.It was the first time today that I said these words in front of two officials who had a lot of judgments, and I was already uneasy, wondering if what I said would become childish and ridiculous in their ears.
"Crack", "Crack", "Crack".
First, there were three clapping clappings, followed by four people clapping their hands like thunder. The thunder and waves stirred up the deepest throbbing in Ling Xueji's heart.
"Well said." Qu Quan put down his hands and walked to her side, couldn't help but praised again, "Well said."
Before Ling Xueji could react, she saw Nashuo Dendrobium also nodded in praise, "Unexpectedly, Miss Xueji, as a daughter's family, has a lot of research on these martial arts sword-making techniques. .”
"I, I..." Ling Xueji was so excited that she couldn't speak, her nose became more sour, and her eye sockets couldn't help but feel a little damp and hot.She looked at Qu Quan with tears in her eyes, but saw that man was also looking at her.The four eyes are relatively dumb.She knew that she was not as knowledgeable and experienced as everyone present, and she also knew that what she said might be just a small point in the whole case. The words were undoubtedly words of encouragement.But still very happy, never been so happy.
No, this kind of joyful mood is not only pure happiness, but also a feeling of exhilaration and exhilaration that I have never experienced before.
The crescent-like pupils are dimly shining in the backlight, the sun and moon are not visible on the dark and dark sea, and there has been no waves since ancient times.But on a certain day, with a cry piercing through the silent blue sea all year round, a ray of blue light flew from the deepest and darkest place, and the head of the luan head held high and the bright light of ten thousand feathers shone brightly to illuminate the eternal world.
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Wujun Taishou Mansion
Ling Qiufan put some ground grains on the table, and let the orange bird peck freely.Carefully folded the thin piece of paper in his hand and put it in his purse for safekeeping.
"This bird doesn't seem to be Madam's." Wei Yueyan opened the bead curtain and walked into Ling Qiufan's room, and asked casually when he saw Ling Xueji's hydrangea bird.Ever since her wedding night, she has not slept in the same bed with Ling Qiufan.First, she made up her mind to start over with her wife, so she couldn't break the plan. Second, she knew that her wife had a little resentment towards her because she concealed her identity on the wedding night.
After all, hard twisted melons are not sweet, and conflicts between husband and wife are like floods bursting embankments. It is better to be sloppy than forceful. Until my wife fully accepts me, it is better to keep a little distance.This is just the beginning, so naturally we can't ruin the previous efforts, so after Wei Yueyan accompanied Ling Qiufan to the prefect's mansion, he still didn't take advantage of others, and there was almost no difference from when he was in Jinling. Mostly, when they were in Jinling, they slept in the main house and the study room, and in the prefect's mansion, they slept in the inner room and the outer room.
Having seen each other more, Ling Qiufan is not as unaccustomed to Wei Yueyan's sudden appearance as before.
"It's just Xueji's." Seeing that Wei Yueyan's eyes were not vigilant, Ling Qiu told her about the hydrangea bird's ability to send messages.After all, that person told him everything about Qianli Yunyan. Could the secret of a little hydrangea bird compare to military use?
"That's strange." Wei Yueyan was obviously very interested in this topic, and of course, to her, everything her wife said was very interesting.Gently stroking the top of the Hydrangea bird's head, the round little thing turned its head unhappily, but was pinched and placed in the warm palm to cover it.Wei Yueyan curiously kneaded the hydrangea bird that she was reluctant to wrap, "The speed of this little thing is actually comparable to that of my Qianli Yunyan. How did it manage to drag such a fat body? fly that fast?"
"Cuckoo!!"
Although Hydrangea Bird couldn't understand what Wei Yueyan meant, but from the tone of this annoying human being, she could hear that she was full of contempt for him, and immediately protested.The owner didn't even say that about it!What is this bastard!
"Where is it fat? I think you are the one who is fat." Ling Qiufan mercilessly pulled away Wei Yueyan's palm covering the hydrangea bird, carefully held the bird in his palm, turned and went out, not bothering to give alms at all give her.
Ling Qiufan was nowhere to be seen, Wei Yueyan was still standing there like an idiot, he seemed to be making a joke, but why did he upset his wife?
So the general, who offended his wife, sat in the yard with a sad face, thinking about ways to make her happy, such as flying a kite, buying rouge pollen, etc. After thinking a lot, I found that my wife didn't like anything. One piece is vulgar, one piece is more childish than the other.Wei Yueyan sighed and rubbed his temples, secretly hating himself for being so full of thoughts about leading troops to fight and not understanding these elegant and funny things.
"Hey, the housekeeper is so kind. He gave me the signboard for entering and exiting the workshop. Look."
Two little maids from the prefect's mansion came out from the flower corridor at the back, holding a small green sign to read as they walked.
"Wow, really, can we go to Gusu No. [-] Temple Street tonight?"
"Yes, yes, I'm so happy. I must buy some gifts to honor the housekeeper uncle." The two maids chatted so excitedly that they almost bumped into Wei Yueyan who came to block the way.
"Ah, my lord general."
"Oh, you pig brain, you want to call me uncle."
"I met my uncle."
Wei Yueyan waved her hand, apparently not paying much attention to these formalities, what she was interested in was the content of the chat between the two little maids.With one hand propped up on the flower porch pillar, a strand of black hair slid down her forehead, hiding the heroic spirit in her right eye behind the strands of ink, and the two little maids who watched her lowered their heads in embarrassment.
"Hey, what is the first temple street in Gusu that you just mentioned, where is it?"
Although she stayed in Wu Jun for a period of time three years ago, she locked herself in the dilapidated courtyard at that time, and even when she went out, she only went hunting and chopping firewood on the nearby mountains outside the city.She doesn't even know how many streets and workshops there are in Wu County, let alone the various interesting places in Wu County.
"Ah, what my aunt is talking about is the No. [-] Temple Street in Gusu?" One of the more courageous maidservants raised her head slightly, "That place is the most bustling street market in Wu County. From mid to late March in Wu County, The curfew has been lifted. The night market on Gusu No. [-] Temple Street has all kinds of strange and interesting things, which is very interesting!"
"I see." Wei Yueyan nodded, "Thank you very much!"
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Ling Qiu was sitting in the drunk tea pavilion, looking at a pool of koi in a trance.The letter from the younger sister said that Qu Quan left home to run errands on the second day of the wedding and did not return home for five or six days. Now everyone in Jinling City knows that her younger sister is not favored, and the days to come will be even more difficult. .
When Wei Yueyan found Ling Qiufan, what she saw was Ling Qiufan staring at the fish in the pond in a daze, her lips curled slightly, she hid the sign of the gate behind her back and walked behind Ling Qiufan with her hands behind her back.
"Beauty rolls the beaded curtain, who do you hate?"
Startled, Ling Qiufan suddenly turned around, only to see a delicate jade-green sign being held and swayed in front of his eyes. "You...too sudden..."
"What are you thinking, Ma'am?" Wei Yueyan didn't care about Ling Qiufan's reaction at all, and leaned in front of his daughter-in-law and said, "There is a night market on Gusu No. [-] Temple Street tonight. It's exciting."
Ling Qiufan walked out of his own thoughts slowly, seeing Wei Yueyan playing with the house number, looking like a child who got the key and excitedly wanted to open the treasure chest, he couldn't help laughing, "It's like that every year, I can't find it." Come up with something new."
Wei Yueyan approached his daughter-in-law, took her hand quietly, and begged softly: "I have lived with my father in the military camp since I was a child, and what I saw was either the border or the desert. Later, I finally went to Jinling, and there was a curfew. You will be confiscated and fined if you go out at night. I never knew what a lively night market is." She smiled and approached her daughter-in-law's shoulder, "Qiu Fan, just take me to play, I got these two signs But it took a lot of effort, just take me to play, okay?"
Helpless to be begged by her, Ling Qiufan could only nod in response.It was night, and since there must be a lot of delicious snacks in the night market, the two of them only had a little dinner, changed into casual clothes that were not too eye-catching, and happily went out.
While hesitating, the girl lying on Qu Quan's arm woke up leisurely, as if feeling that the sun was a bit glaring and raised her hand to cover her eyes.The Jin Wuwei watched from a distance, without the influence of eyes, it became more and more prominent. The girl's lips were red and plump like a cherry just picked, visually teasing people's taste buds, wishing to put it into her lips and take a bite.
"Aha……"
The girl yawned, stretched her waist halfway and found that her hair was being suppressed, she raised her hand cleanly and slapped the back of the obstacle's neck without hesitation.
Jin Wuwei opened his eyes wide in horror, waiting for Master Qu to wake up and lose his temper.As a result, Qu Quan woke up, grinning, rubbed the back of his neck that hurt from being slapped, glanced at the girl, rolled his eyes, and went back to sleep.
What!Jin Wuwei rubbed his eyes, this must be a fake Master Qu!Just rolled his eyes and let the girl go?He looked at the girl with eyes ten thousand times more terrified than before.Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, Master Qu actually dotes on this little girl to such an extent!
I'm a good boy, I didn't expect Master Qu to not love wild flowers. This is big news. If it gets out, it will shock the entire Jinwuwei Youjie Yamen. It will put him in a place where he can never be restored!God... run away now!
That Jinwu Wei Siding turned around and fled out the door, but unexpectedly the girl found her trail.
"Who! Stop!"
Ling Xueji screamed coquettishly, her head tilted and her embroidered butterfly shoes lightened slightly on the rosewood table, and she leaped out the door with a little help. The short knife was unsheathed with a "crack", and the cold light of the blade drew a sharp and sharp arc in the air, reflecting the scorching sun hanging high in the sky.The Jinwu guard couldn't avoid being forced to the neck by Ling Xueji, and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Are you the Jinwu Guard?" Ling Xueji recognized that the clothes on the Jinwu Guard were exactly the same as those worn by the Jinwu Guard who led her the way yesterday, so she asked guessingly.
The Jin Wuwei nodded bitterly, looking ashamed to death.Qu Quan was also awakened, rubbed his eyes, adjusted his clothes and walked out slowly.
"Zhang Fei, why is it you?" Qu Quan asked with some doubts.
"This subordinate sees Mr. Qu. This subordinate came to ask Mr. Qu to go to the lobby on the order of our lord, saying that he has found a suspect."
"Suspect?" Qu Quan's eyes changed, he turned his head and patted Ling Xueji's shoulder, "Xueji, let her go first. Zhang Fei, lead the way."
"Is he really the Jinwu Guard?" Ling Xueji held the dagger on Zhang Fei's neck, seemingly hesitating.
Qu Quan almost jumped up anxiously, "Isn't this nonsense! You know me better than you. Let her go!"
Seeing Qu Quan like this, Ling Xueji giggled. She knew the importance of this matter, so she let Zhang Fei go without messing around.It's just that after letting go of the person, he slandered, "The Jinwu guard in the majestic Youjie Yamen is so vulnerable."
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Youjie Yapian Hall
Shuo Shihu, an elegant and dignified Jinwuwei Youjie envoy, had already been waiting in the side hall for half a day. Seeing that Zhang Fei brought Qu Quan over, he did not show the slightest anxiety, and seemed to have already gotten used to Qu Quan's work and rest situation.It's just that when he saw Ling Xueji who was following Qu Quan, his eyes changed for a moment.
"Shihu, where is the suspect? Let me see him." Seeing Shuo Shihu, Qu Quan did not claim to be the official, which shows that the two have a very good relationship in private.
Qu Quan admired Shuo Dendrobium very much. At that time, Shuo Dendrobium was named in the gold list at the same time as her. She commented on current affairs and analyzed the pros and cons of Xing prison. The three articles were as beneficial as knives and halberds. In the heart of the emperor, Shuo Dendrobium respected Confucianism and advocated the dignity of the people. Jun Qing, although the emperor didn't like his thoughts, he also took pity on his talent, so he was awarded Tan Hua Lang.The two had been ups and downs in the officialdom for several years, Qu Quan soared to become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice of the third rank, but Shuo Shihu was willing to live in a corner, and was his envoy of the Jinwu Guard Youjie leisurely and contentedly.However, despite the huge disparity in their status, they are all very concerned about the cases in Jinling City. Seek Qu Quan's help.
"Ah Quan, don't worry, the man's legs have been cut off, the wound has not healed, so we have to go by ourselves." This is the side hall of the Jinwu Guard's Youjie Yamen. Mrs. Street Envoy's Youjie Yashiye, so Shuo Shihu directly used the private name.Qu Quan was accustomed to this title, but to Ling Xueji it was as shocking as a bolt from the blue.
"Qu Quan, why does he call you by your name?" Ling Xueji walked up to Qu Quan and asked secretly.
This question was very light, in Ling Xueji's view, it was just a whisper between her and Qu Quan, it was really normal between husband and wife.But in Zhang Fei's view, this meaning is different. It's nothing for this girl to be rude to Master Qu because she is favored by Master Qu, but now this girl has started to question the relationship between Master Qu and her own master, and she doesn't want to be polite when she comes in. If you don't say hello to your lord, you will be too disrespectful to their Jinwuwei Youjie Yamen.
"Hey, don't be rude when you see our lord!" Zhang Fei finally couldn't bear it and stood up.
Shuo Dendrobium raised his hand to stop Zhang Fei's words, signaling that it's okay.He took two steps forward and cupped his hands towards Ling Xueji, "Miss, in Xiashuo Shihu is Master Qu's best friend, so he called him that in private. Zhang Fei recklessly offended the girl, and I hope she will forgive me."
It's not that he doesn't know that Qu Quanyan'er is newly married, and she is still a female wife.I also heard rumors that Qu Quan didn't love the new lady, but all of this was just a leisurely conversation among the people of Jinling City. With a series of murders under pressure, how can I have the time to pay attention to those trivial matters.So when I saw Qu Quan leading a young girl in here, I didn't bother to ask anything.Zhang Fei said that he didn't care much about the girl being rude to him, following the principle of self-examination before encountering a situation, he made a salute to the girl first.
Ling Xueji is someone who respects her one foot and she respects others ten feet. Seeing that Shuo Dendrobium is an official but has no official airs, ignoring the dazzling official uniform is a modest gentleman. One blessing. "My name is Ling Xueji."
Shuo Dendrobium responded with a gentle smile.
"Okay." Qu Quan, who had already been waiting impatiently, urged, "My family members don't need to care about these empty etiquettes, just hurry up and lead the way to meet the suspect."
Shuo Dendrobium nodded to Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei made a "please" gesture to Qu Quan and Ling Xueji, who looked at her with a displeased expression, and led the way out first.
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Different from the bright side hall, the guest rooms in Youjieya always give people a gray feeling.Even at noon, the sun shines through the window lattice to illuminate the dust particles flying in the air, but it still can't dispel the shadow in my heart.
When the group entered the room, the suspect was sitting by the window with his back to everyone.The position he chose was the one with the best lighting, and the light that fell on his shoulders made the gray shorts on the man's body warm.But the man didn't speak or turn his head.
"Amao, we're here to see you." Shuo Dendrobium's gentle voice flowed like spring water in this bright but still dark room, and it sounded particularly moving.Ling Xueji couldn't help taking another look at Shuo Dendrobium.Unexpectedly, Qu Quan's friend would be such a clear character.
The suspect named Amao seemed to be shaken, and responded with an extremely hoarse voice.From that hoarse voice, Qu Quan discerned the tone of a young man, and guessed that this A Mao was less than eighteen years old.
"He is?" Qu Quan looked at Shuo Dendrobium.
"He fell at the gate of the yamen in the middle of the night last night." Shuo Dendrobium poured a cup of tea on the table and walked towards A Mao, his wide sleeves swaying slightly behind him, "It was late at night, and he only woke up for a moment He fainted, and I just asked the doctor in the yamen to treat his wounds, and no one came to disturb you."
"Can't talk, but everything on his body can talk." Qu Quan took two steps with his hands behind his back, and smiled, "Don't be foolish, Dendrobium, tell me what you find."
Dendrobium ruffianus smiled helplessly, and fed the green tea in his hand to A Mao's mouth, the slightly bitter tea in the fragrance moistened the dry and chapped lips of the young man.
"I found a fishing hook wrapped with a gold thread from his body."
"Golden thread hook?" Qu Quan's eyes suddenly widened, and then dimmed again. "This may directly narrow the scope of the search in other places, but in Jinling City..."
"Almost one for everyone." Dendrobium Shuo put the teacup in A Mao's hand and told him to hold it up. He took out a cloth bag from the skirt and spread it out a little, revealing a fishhook wrapped with a golden thread. In front of Tsuen.
Qu Quan took it carefully, held it up to Sunshine to observe carefully, the more he observed, the more disappointed he became.In Jinling City, all fishing lines are mixed with some gold thread, from the nobles to the common people.The reason is that the king of Jinling is too angry and needs to be suppressed with gold and stones.Therefore, the founder Taizu not only buried gold casting people underground in Jinling City, but also stipulated that gold wire should be used as a thread for fishing in Jinling City.
However, Taizu was worried that the excessive use of gold would be too extravagant and wasteful, and feared that the empire would die, so he asked the national teacher to measure the auspicious number and stipulated the amount of gold thread in all fishing lines, and the Ministry of Life and Industry selected capable people to create recyclable fish. fishing line.Therefore, the scope of the murderer cannot be narrowed down from the golden fishing line.
Not only is there no trace on the fishing line, but even the fishhook can’t make much sense, because the fishhook is neither too delicate nor too rough. The ordinary people in the degree will choose such a fishhook as a fishing tool.
Qu Quan held the gold thread fishhook in front of his nose and showed off, his eyebrows furrowed even tighter. "There's nothing strange about the taste..."
"Yes." Shuo Dendrobium nodded, "It has a faint fishy smell, and I can't find anything special. I can only know that it is a used fishhook."
"Can you let me have a look?" Ling Xueji, who had been standing aside for a long time, suddenly asked.
Shuo Shihu didn't seem to expect that this little girl would take the initiative to participate in the investigation. Although Qu Quan didn't shy away from bringing her by his side, it seemed that she had a special relationship with Qu Quan when she asked so openly.According to Qu Quan's words, Shuo Dendrobium was the least official of the capital city. Ling Xueji had already declared his family name before, and any official in Jinling City would immediately recognize that this name was Mrs. Shangshu's.But Shuo Dendrobium is not the case. Every day he listens to the people's grievances, reads the files and documents, and eats the wind, frost, rain and dew. He is least interested in some gossip in the capital, and has no time to listen.So he didn't know the name of his best friend's wife at all, so he didn't ask if Qu Quan didn't tell her.
Hearing that Ling Xueji wanted to see the evidence at this time, he did not agree immediately because of the cautious mentality he had cultivated in handling cases for many years.He was waiting for Qu Quan's reaction.
"Of course." Qu Quan's reaction was to hand the evidence to Ling Xueji without any scruples.
Well, without reservation?
Shuo Dendrobium was somewhat interested in Ling Xueji, after all, the person who could make the shrewd fox-like Qu Quan entrust the important evidence with such confidence must not be an ordinary person.
Ling Xueji smiled at Qu Quan, thanking her for her trust.Then he cautiously took the things Qu Quan handed over, trotted to the window and looked at it under the sunlight.
"Hey Dendrobium, it suddenly occurred to me that this corpse didn't appear out of thin air. Was there a corresponding disappearance of people before that?" Qu Quan found a chair and sat down, pouring himself a cup of tea.
Shuo Dendrobium shook his head, opened the seat for his handsome and taciturn master, and then sat in front of Qu Quan. "Not only is there no Jinling City, but the surrounding cities are also missing. The farther places are out of reach, and we are still doing our best to investigate."
Qu Quan handed her a cup of tea, resting his hand on his chin, the long hair that he hadn't had time to comb when he got up in the morning slipped down the back of his hand. "It's like finding a needle in a haystack."
"Ah! I found it!"
Qu Quan and Shuo Dendrobium heard the words and looked, only to see Ling Xueji happily walking against the sunlight outside the window, holding the gold thread fishhook in his hand and smiling like a child. "Come on, come on, I found something."
She stretched out her finger and pointed to the tip of the fishhook, "Look, the barbs on this fishhook are smaller than those on ordinary fishhooks. This fishhook is made with embroidery needles."
"Are you kidding? Embroidery needles can also be used as fishhooks." Zhang Fei obviously didn't believe Ling Xueji's words. He was a little upset because of Mrs. Shang Shu's sake. Attack her again, but now this girl is talking nonsense, it is simply too outrageous.This is a yamen, not a place where her little girl plays house.
"Zhang Fei, listen to Miss Ling's words." Shuo Dendrobium shouted in a low voice, which made Zhang Fei shut up resentfully.
But even so, Ling Xueji was still a little nervous and his throat was dry.After all, this is the yamen of Jinling City, not the prefect's mansion of Wu County where she is allowed to mess around.She grew up in the prefect's mansion and didn't have much contact with outsiders. This time she came out with Qu Quan, but she was a little apprehensive. Although she knew that she was quite clever, she was placed in Jinling City, where there are many talents, facing Qu Quan and Shuo Dendrobium. This little ingenuity is simply a trick.Others trust her so much, let her get in touch with the evidence, she also wants to do her best to help, and when she found some clues, she got excited and didn't think too much about it. With a basin of cold water, I began to doubt whether my conclusions were too hasty.
The hand holding the fishhook froze in mid-air, and the scene was once very embarrassing.Suddenly, a soft and slightly cool hand held her hand that was about to become sore and numb in mid-air, and slowly put it down.Qu Quan did not take away the evidence in her hand, but looked at her with some encouragement, and said, "Just say what you think of. Don't worry too much. What we do is to plead for the people's life. Whether you're right or wrong, people will still appreciate you."
Ling Xueji's crescent-like eyes were absent-minded for a moment, and then a hint of determination appeared in her eyes. She nodded to Qu Quan, raised the fishhook and said, "Don't look at this fishhook, which also has barbs and ordinary fishhooks. It’s the same, but there is actually a very subtle difference. I used to be unable to leave the house without major incidents. The master my father invited to teach me martial arts is also a sword idiot, so I know some tricks, and I will ponder these things with the master when I am interested , one of which is to make embroidery needles into fishhooks."
"Sounds very interesting." Shuo Dendrobium smiled and motioned her to continue.
Ling Xueji pursed her lips and relaxed a little, "Just like casting a sword, you only need to heat and forge iron in a furnace, and the iron will become very tough, which can be used to forge swords and knives. If you want to finally To make a fishhook, you must first make it into a needle blank. Forge the iron that has become very tough before into a thin iron sheet, and then put it in the furnace to continue heating. At this time, the iron will start to soften and can be cut into a Strips of small iron wire can be made into needle blanks after being polished by a scorpion~”
She pulled out a hairpin from her bun and showed it to everyone, "For example, this hairpin is a needle blank. We sharpen the end and carve out the barbs with pliers. Quenching again... ah, that's almost the case, assuming this fishhook was an embroidery needle before, then only the final step is needed. And you see." Then he took out the previous gold thread fishhook and pointed Looking at an extremely inconspicuous dot on the top, he said: "This is the eye of the embroidery needle, but because the surface of the hook is somewhat mottled, it is easy to ignore its existence. But this is also an ironclad proof that this fishhook is made of embroidery needles. "
After Ling Xueji finished speaking, the room was completely silent. She herself was too excited to realize it until she finished speaking, so she couldn't help but feel awkward.She smiled little by little, and the hairpin she had just used as an example pierced into the palm of her hand, and the sharp pain was transmitted to her brain one after another, stimulating her tear glands like an electric current.Although she was defeated by Wei Yueyan before, it inspired her determination to practice martial arts diligently. However, this aspect of analysis was originally her weakness, no one gave her a chance and she never showed it to others.It was the first time today that I said these words in front of two officials who had a lot of judgments, and I was already uneasy, wondering if what I said would become childish and ridiculous in their ears.
"Crack", "Crack", "Crack".
First, there were three clapping clappings, followed by four people clapping their hands like thunder. The thunder and waves stirred up the deepest throbbing in Ling Xueji's heart.
"Well said." Qu Quan put down his hands and walked to her side, couldn't help but praised again, "Well said."
Before Ling Xueji could react, she saw Nashuo Dendrobium also nodded in praise, "Unexpectedly, Miss Xueji, as a daughter's family, has a lot of research on these martial arts sword-making techniques. .”
"I, I..." Ling Xueji was so excited that she couldn't speak, her nose became more sour, and her eye sockets couldn't help but feel a little damp and hot.She looked at Qu Quan with tears in her eyes, but saw that man was also looking at her.The four eyes are relatively dumb.She knew that she was not as knowledgeable and experienced as everyone present, and she also knew that what she said might be just a small point in the whole case. The words were undoubtedly words of encouragement.But still very happy, never been so happy.
No, this kind of joyful mood is not only pure happiness, but also a feeling of exhilaration and exhilaration that I have never experienced before.
The crescent-like pupils are dimly shining in the backlight, the sun and moon are not visible on the dark and dark sea, and there has been no waves since ancient times.But on a certain day, with a cry piercing through the silent blue sea all year round, a ray of blue light flew from the deepest and darkest place, and the head of the luan head held high and the bright light of ten thousand feathers shone brightly to illuminate the eternal world.
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Wujun Taishou Mansion
Ling Qiufan put some ground grains on the table, and let the orange bird peck freely.Carefully folded the thin piece of paper in his hand and put it in his purse for safekeeping.
"This bird doesn't seem to be Madam's." Wei Yueyan opened the bead curtain and walked into Ling Qiufan's room, and asked casually when he saw Ling Xueji's hydrangea bird.Ever since her wedding night, she has not slept in the same bed with Ling Qiufan.First, she made up her mind to start over with her wife, so she couldn't break the plan. Second, she knew that her wife had a little resentment towards her because she concealed her identity on the wedding night.
After all, hard twisted melons are not sweet, and conflicts between husband and wife are like floods bursting embankments. It is better to be sloppy than forceful. Until my wife fully accepts me, it is better to keep a little distance.This is just the beginning, so naturally we can't ruin the previous efforts, so after Wei Yueyan accompanied Ling Qiufan to the prefect's mansion, he still didn't take advantage of others, and there was almost no difference from when he was in Jinling. Mostly, when they were in Jinling, they slept in the main house and the study room, and in the prefect's mansion, they slept in the inner room and the outer room.
Having seen each other more, Ling Qiufan is not as unaccustomed to Wei Yueyan's sudden appearance as before.
"It's just Xueji's." Seeing that Wei Yueyan's eyes were not vigilant, Ling Qiu told her about the hydrangea bird's ability to send messages.After all, that person told him everything about Qianli Yunyan. Could the secret of a little hydrangea bird compare to military use?
"That's strange." Wei Yueyan was obviously very interested in this topic, and of course, to her, everything her wife said was very interesting.Gently stroking the top of the Hydrangea bird's head, the round little thing turned its head unhappily, but was pinched and placed in the warm palm to cover it.Wei Yueyan curiously kneaded the hydrangea bird that she was reluctant to wrap, "The speed of this little thing is actually comparable to that of my Qianli Yunyan. How did it manage to drag such a fat body? fly that fast?"
"Cuckoo!!"
Although Hydrangea Bird couldn't understand what Wei Yueyan meant, but from the tone of this annoying human being, she could hear that she was full of contempt for him, and immediately protested.The owner didn't even say that about it!What is this bastard!
"Where is it fat? I think you are the one who is fat." Ling Qiufan mercilessly pulled away Wei Yueyan's palm covering the hydrangea bird, carefully held the bird in his palm, turned and went out, not bothering to give alms at all give her.
Ling Qiufan was nowhere to be seen, Wei Yueyan was still standing there like an idiot, he seemed to be making a joke, but why did he upset his wife?
So the general, who offended his wife, sat in the yard with a sad face, thinking about ways to make her happy, such as flying a kite, buying rouge pollen, etc. After thinking a lot, I found that my wife didn't like anything. One piece is vulgar, one piece is more childish than the other.Wei Yueyan sighed and rubbed his temples, secretly hating himself for being so full of thoughts about leading troops to fight and not understanding these elegant and funny things.
"Hey, the housekeeper is so kind. He gave me the signboard for entering and exiting the workshop. Look."
Two little maids from the prefect's mansion came out from the flower corridor at the back, holding a small green sign to read as they walked.
"Wow, really, can we go to Gusu No. [-] Temple Street tonight?"
"Yes, yes, I'm so happy. I must buy some gifts to honor the housekeeper uncle." The two maids chatted so excitedly that they almost bumped into Wei Yueyan who came to block the way.
"Ah, my lord general."
"Oh, you pig brain, you want to call me uncle."
"I met my uncle."
Wei Yueyan waved her hand, apparently not paying much attention to these formalities, what she was interested in was the content of the chat between the two little maids.With one hand propped up on the flower porch pillar, a strand of black hair slid down her forehead, hiding the heroic spirit in her right eye behind the strands of ink, and the two little maids who watched her lowered their heads in embarrassment.
"Hey, what is the first temple street in Gusu that you just mentioned, where is it?"
Although she stayed in Wu Jun for a period of time three years ago, she locked herself in the dilapidated courtyard at that time, and even when she went out, she only went hunting and chopping firewood on the nearby mountains outside the city.She doesn't even know how many streets and workshops there are in Wu County, let alone the various interesting places in Wu County.
"Ah, what my aunt is talking about is the No. [-] Temple Street in Gusu?" One of the more courageous maidservants raised her head slightly, "That place is the most bustling street market in Wu County. From mid to late March in Wu County, The curfew has been lifted. The night market on Gusu No. [-] Temple Street has all kinds of strange and interesting things, which is very interesting!"
"I see." Wei Yueyan nodded, "Thank you very much!"
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Ling Qiu was sitting in the drunk tea pavilion, looking at a pool of koi in a trance.The letter from the younger sister said that Qu Quan left home to run errands on the second day of the wedding and did not return home for five or six days. Now everyone in Jinling City knows that her younger sister is not favored, and the days to come will be even more difficult. .
When Wei Yueyan found Ling Qiufan, what she saw was Ling Qiufan staring at the fish in the pond in a daze, her lips curled slightly, she hid the sign of the gate behind her back and walked behind Ling Qiufan with her hands behind her back.
"Beauty rolls the beaded curtain, who do you hate?"
Startled, Ling Qiufan suddenly turned around, only to see a delicate jade-green sign being held and swayed in front of his eyes. "You...too sudden..."
"What are you thinking, Ma'am?" Wei Yueyan didn't care about Ling Qiufan's reaction at all, and leaned in front of his daughter-in-law and said, "There is a night market on Gusu No. [-] Temple Street tonight. It's exciting."
Ling Qiufan walked out of his own thoughts slowly, seeing Wei Yueyan playing with the house number, looking like a child who got the key and excitedly wanted to open the treasure chest, he couldn't help laughing, "It's like that every year, I can't find it." Come up with something new."
Wei Yueyan approached his daughter-in-law, took her hand quietly, and begged softly: "I have lived with my father in the military camp since I was a child, and what I saw was either the border or the desert. Later, I finally went to Jinling, and there was a curfew. You will be confiscated and fined if you go out at night. I never knew what a lively night market is." She smiled and approached her daughter-in-law's shoulder, "Qiu Fan, just take me to play, I got these two signs But it took a lot of effort, just take me to play, okay?"
Helpless to be begged by her, Ling Qiufan could only nod in response.It was night, and since there must be a lot of delicious snacks in the night market, the two of them only had a little dinner, changed into casual clothes that were not too eye-catching, and happily went out.
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