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Lu Linyuan stopped his two colleagues: "You just said that the murderer was Zhidiehuazan?"

The one who was stopped by Lu Linyuan was the young master who went to Jiangji for dinner together yesterday. He said: "We were watching from the sidelines when you were doing the autopsy. The man had a big bruise on his abdomen, as if he was kicked. But it was fatal. The wound was still a stab wound on the neck. The butterfly flower hairpin that fell in the snow coincided with the wound on the neck of the deceased. If there is no accident, the murderer should be a woman, and the Shaodong family of Tianji Noodle Shop is innocent."

Another person said: "However, Wu Zuo said that the bruises on the abdomen of the deceased showed that his feet were quite strong, and they were no different from men. Ordinary women don't have such strength. It is also possible that Tian Ji Shaodong's family deliberately killed people with butterfly flower hairpins. To divert attention."

Lu Linyuan felt a little more at ease when he heard that the deceased still had marks of heavy beating on his body. Jiang Yanxi was weak, but he didn't have that kind of strength.

In order to confirm the hairpin, he said: "Brother Tang, didn't you say yesterday that you have to go to the plum appreciation banquet at Mr. Cheng's residence this afternoon? I will be on duty for you this afternoon."

Brother Gongzi was overjoyed: "It's a hard job for me. I run around with Wu Zuo all day long, and I'm worried that I can't find someone to replace me. Brother Lu, it's so interesting!"

Someone beside him said with a half-smile, "Brother Linyuan's search for Turks was brilliant last time, and now Master Song is using it, so naturally he should be more diligent."

This seemingly commendable words were actually belittling him for being courteous. Lu Linyuan's heart was in a mess, and he didn't have time to worry about it, so he pretended he didn't hear it.

It's just that when he went to Wu Zuo in the afternoon, he found out that the butterfly flower hairpin had been sent to Mr. Song. Lu Linyuan was afraid that he wanted to see that hairpin be too obvious, so that people would notice something was wrong. Dare to go to Song Lushi immediately.

Jiang Yanxi brought the butterfly flower hairpin from the capital, and there was no such style for sale in Xizhou.

He wasn't worried about Jiang Yanxi's household registration at first, but now he raised his heart.

At that time, if the government finds out that the style of the hairpin comes from the capital, and finds out the people who came to Xizhou from the capital recently, Jiang Yanxi will have to be caught?

Lu Linyuan had never been so irritable before. He didn't know whether he was annoyed with his attitude towards Jiang Yanxi last night, or because she could never figure out the situation and would do whatever came to her mind.

He has read sage books all his life, and he can't do anything to belittle other girls when he has no name or class. Even when they were childhood sweethearts, the two of them were "in love, but in courtesy".

He couldn't just treat her poorly when she was in trouble.

He was indeed angry last night, angry that she trampled on him so lightly, and also angry that she might want to use this method to kill her own thoughts about Feng Shiyan.

In the last life, Jiang Yanxi chose Feng Shiyan between him and Feng Shiyan.At that time, she said resolutely that from the moment she left the palace, she had actually been thinking about Feng Shiyan.I found him all the way north, and said that I would spend the rest of my life with him, just because of my youthful promise and my guilt towards him...

Last night, Lu Linyuan wanted to wait for Jiang Yanxi to calm down before having a good talk with her. He wanted to tell her to think clearly about who he really liked.

But after Jiang Yanxi returned to the room, he knocked on the door several times, Jiang Yanxi only said that she was tired and wanted to rest, but when she woke up the next day, she left secretly.

Perhaps it was because of the strong emotional ups and downs, Lu Linyuan felt another throbbing pain in his brain, he raised his hand and pressed his forehead.

When I was young, I always liked to have a vigorous love, but after decades of time, I know that the most rare thing in this world is to stay together for a long time.

Hold your hand and grow old together.

Since a person who wants to live a lifetime, how can he give up because of promises and guilt?

He doesn't know if he will repeat the mistakes of his previous life in this life. He just wants to use his own strength to fight against this fate before all the old things happen, so that the mountains and rivers of the Great Xuan Dynasty will not be broken, the people will be displaced, and the Lu family will not live for a hundred years. The foundation was destroyed...

Lu Linyuan closed his eyes and pressed his forehead for a while, and soon Song Lushi asked someone to pass him on.

He had no choice but to restrain his mind.

"My lord, you are looking for me." Lu Linyuan bowed to the person sitting in front of the desk as soon as he entered the door.

Song Lushi was sitting on the grand teacher's chair, and on the wall behind him were four powerful characters "clean and honest".

Seeing Lu Linyuan, his stern expression softened a little, and he said: "You were very wise in advising the King of Liaonan before the arrest of Turks, and I asked you to come here to ask you about today's murder case. the opinion of."

Lu Linyuan's heart tightened inexplicably, and he also realized that this was an opportunity. He cupped his hands and said, "The officials only saw the body of the deceased. There were only two injuries on the whole body. The kick wound on the abdomen was probably caused by a man after the autopsy. As for the deadly wound on the neck The hairpin injury, the lower official thinks that the murderer deliberately used the hairpin to kill people, it is very likely to deceive people. But all this is the lower official's guess, and we have to look at the hairpin to deduce new clues."

Song Lushi's expression was secretive: "What you think is exactly what the government thinks. The murderer is probably a man, but the butterfly flower hairpin is really strange there. Maybe if you find the owner of this hairpin, you can follow the vine. ’ Melon has found the murderer.”

A thin layer of sweat broke out in Lu Linyuan's palms, and he said, "I dare you, I want to see that hairpin."

Song Lushi glanced at Lu Linyuan, said nothing, and handed over the butterfly flower hairpin in the wooden box. Lu Linyuan took it with both hands, and when he saw the shape of the hairpin, his pupils shrank.

This is Jiang Yanxi's hairpin!

Lu Linyuan tried his best to keep himself calm, pretended to look at it for a while, and then said: "I'm ashamed, I don't know much about women's accessories, so I can't see any mystery."

Song Lushi said: "Take someone to investigate the woman who was involved in the life of the deceased. Later, I will ask Tang Wenxian to take the hairpin to the jewelry shops in Xizhou City and ask. Has anyone bought such a hairpin recently?"

Lu Linyuan's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Brother Tang's good news is coming soon, I took leave this afternoon, I took my hairpin to find out who is the woman who has something to do with Zhao Lian, maybe I can find out more, the jewelry store can also drop by past."

Song Lushi's face darkened: "He still has the mind to ask for leave before the murder case is settled!"

He glanced at Lu Linyuan, and calmed down: "You are a bold and careful person. I will rest assured that I will leave this matter to you. I will come up with the results as soon as possible."

Lu Linyuan cupped his hands to thank En: "I will definitely not disgrace my life."

***

After Jiang Yanyi returned to the store, he always felt uneasy when he thought of the scene where shopkeeper Xu of Laifu Restaurant and the boss of the casino left together.

If Xu Ji wanted to take advantage of the power of the gambling shop to annex Tian Ji Noodle Shop and take Tian Ji down by himself, he might be inadvertently blocking Xu Ji's way.

Her antique soup shop used to have a lot of conflicts with the antique soup shop under the name of Laifu. There is a saying that "you must not have the heart to harm others, and you must have the heart to guard against others." Jiang Yanyi asked Yang Xiu to secretly inquire about the Xu family and the Tian family festival.

Yang Xiu is an efficient person, and he came back with news in less than an afternoon.

"The owner's guess is correct. The Xuji noodle shop is indeed an industry under the name of Laifu owner Xu's shopkeeper. Xu Ji has been trying to annex Tianji noodle shop for a long time. Xu's shopkeeper has been operating in Xizhou for many years. When it was copied, all the merchants in Xizhou established a firm headed by the Hu family."

"The Xu family is the second in command in the commercial firm. Now that the Hu family has collapsed, the Xu family has become the number one. All merchants and dental firms in Xizhou have to sell the Xu family's face."

Jiang Yanyi listened to this, and pondered: "No wonder people from the tooth shop charge such a low price when they buy the servants of Tian's house."

Tianji Shaodong's family owed money to the gambling house, and the house servants couldn't sell it. After being forced to mortgage it to the gambling house at a low price, he was afraid that he would still owe a large sum of money to the gambling house. If there is a problem, can't you just help Xu Ji avoid future troubles?

Turning back to the gambling house and transferring Tianji Noodle Shop to Xu Ji, it is sure to get a lot of benefits from Xu Ji.

The casino is making black-hearted money with Xu Ji.

But Jiang Yanyi really couldn't figure out the reason for the death of the gambling shop owner's son. Just in case, she asked Yang Xiu to find someone to keep an eye on the recent movements of shopkeeper Xu, the owner of Laifu Restaurant.

Every time Jiang Yanyi's store launched a new dish, it would give free candied haws at the door of the store for publicity. Children from ordinary families came to her to ask for candied haws. Occasionally, a beggar came to ask for it, and Jiang Yanyi gave it to her equally.

If there are too many times, some beggars will be embarrassed, and even come here early in the morning to sweep away the snow in front of Jiang Yanyi's shop before she opens.

With this reason in it, Yang Xiu asked a few beggars who often came to Jiang Yanyi's shop to ask for candied haws to help keep an eye on shopkeeper Xu.

**

Chu Yangui has officially started to study the Four Books and Five Classics with Chi Qingxi. Although he has stayed in the academy for a few years, his handwriting is only a little bit better than Jiang Yanyi's.

When Jiang Yanyi went to visit with freshly baked tiger skin and chicken feet, he saw Chi Qing reprimanding Chu Yangui through the crack of the door.

"As far as you are concerned, I am afraid that even a child who has just started writing is better than you. What have you learned in the few years of school?"

Chi Qing was wearing an azure gown, holding a poem probably copied by Chu Yangui in his hand, and his handsome face was serious, changing from his usual talkative appearance, with sharp eyebrows and eyes.It seems to be a stalk of bamboo. I am used to its elegant and straight appearance. One day my hand was cut by a bamboo stick, and I realized that once the bamboo is sharpened, it is better than the blade.

With Chi Qing's mouth, he was spitting out a knife rather than preaching.

Chu Yangui was scolded bloody, but he straightened his thin back and said in a choked voice, "I just want to learn how to be the enemy of ten thousand people. What's the use of practicing calligraphy like poor Confucian scholars?"

Chi Qing raised the ruler: "Hold out your hand."

Chu Yangui was reluctant to extend his hand, so Chi Qing hit his palm hard with a ruler.

Chu Yangui's hands trembled in pain, and he clenched his teeth, but he never retracted his hand.

Chi Qing's expression was rare indifference: "Without merit and achievement, when you rely on the protection of others to save your life, you put away this attitude of being higher than the sky. Do you think that the king of Hades will not accept you? Those sufferings that you should have suffered, It’s just on the shoulders of others. You can even write a few words like a dog’s paw, and you want to go to the sky and become the enemy of thousands of people? Ignorant and conceited, extremely stupid!”

Chu Yangui's eyes were red from being scolded, and he pursed his lips tightly without saying a word.

Chi Qing stared at the stubborn young man in front of him, and asked him, "Do you know I'm wrong?"

Chu Yan replied: "I know I was wrong."

Chi Qing threw the poems he copied to his desk, "If the homework handed in tomorrow is still handwritten like this, you don't need to read this book, I won't teach fools."

Jiang Yanyi listened to the corner of the wall for a while, and knew that it was not the time to go in to see Chu Yangui, so she left with the tiger skin and chicken paws in her hand.

If she hadn't heard it with her own ears, she really wouldn't have imagined that Chi Qing, who usually plays a fool, would be so strict as a teacher.

Chu Zhong stood guard outside the door. Seeing Jiang Yanyi leaving, he was afraid that she would be overwhelmed, so he followed Jiang Yanyi out for a distance and said, "Master, a strict teacher produces high-level apprentices. Although Junshi Chi's words are a bit harsh, they are all for the young master's benefit."

Jiang Yanyi naturally knew how muddled this younger brother was in his studies. It is said that people who are rebellious are born to be ruthless. In fact, Jiang Yanyi secretly found that Chu Yangui was a bit paranoid. Cultivate the body and cultivate the "sex".

It would be great if Chi Qing could control him, but Jiang Yanyi was also worried that things would turn against each other.

She said to Chu Zhong: "Uncle Zhong, I know everything you said, and I don't mean to blame Army Master Chi."

With the worries of his old mother in mind, Jiang Yanyi went into the kitchen to make soup, using Hericium erinaceus, astragalus, old hen and Codonopsis pilosula to stew a pot of chicken soup that nourishes the stomach and nourishes Qi.

The soup made by the old hen strengthens the spleen and nourishes the five internal organs, Hericium erinaceus nourishes the stomach, astragalus produces blood, and Codonopsis pilosula nourishes the middle and Qi. This is a nourishing "medicinal" diet, rich and nutritious.

When Chi Qing finished teaching today's lessons and came out of Chu Yangui's room, Jiang Yanyi sent chicken soup over, which was called warming the stomach and dispelling the cold.

When he was not teaching, Chi Qing returned to his foolish appearance. Seeing that Jiang Yanyi gave him chicken soup, he was quite surprised. After thinking about it for a while, he figured out the reason and said with a smile: "Just now I taught you a lesson, Chi's words are too much It's a little bit, but Chi also has a sense of propriety. Brother Ling is high-spirited, although he has experienced many changes, but he has never really suffered much, and it is difficult to become a master without grinding."

Jiang Yanyi didn't expect that his thoughts would be seen through by the other party at a glance, and he said with an embarrassed smile: "Where is the military master, it is his blessing that Yan Gui can be taught by you personally."

Chi Qing said: "He is a good seedling, but he has been delayed for too many years. From now on, how much he can learn depends on him."

After finishing his official business, Chi Qing took a sip of the chicken soup in the bowl. It was delicious and rich, and the taste was really good.

Although I am afraid that someone will avenge their personal revenge, I dare not eat at Jiangji, but some soup or pastries are not bad!

*

After sending Chi Qing away, Jiang Yanyi went into the room to see Chu Yangui. He was leaning over the desk and concentrating on practicing calligraphy, writing every stroke very seriously.

Jiang Yanyi went over with a soup cup: "I made some soup, you drink it while it's hot to nourish your body."

Chu Yan turned his head and said without raising his head: "Sister, put it on the table. I'll drink after I finish practicing this page."

Jiang Yanyi asked him tentatively, "What do you think of Junshi Chi's teaching?"

Chu Yangui was sitting with his back to Jiang Yanyi before. He didn't know that she had come to see him, so he paused when he wrote, and said, "Excellent."

Seeing that Chu Yangui didn't seem to have any grudges against Chi Qing, Jiang Yanyi was relieved a lot. She looked at Chu Yangui's words carefully, and when she saw him writing, she couldn't help but said: "You wrote it horizontally and vertically. With some strength, the words will be scattered and not formed."

Chu Yangui glanced at Jiang Yanyi: "Sister, your handwriting is not the same as mine."

Jiang Yanyi later realized that this little brat was teasing her. After all, she had practiced with Feng Shuo's copybook for so long, and now that she wrote it in one stroke, it still looked better than Chu Yangui's dog-like handwriting, so she immediately said : "Give me the pen, and I'll write two words for you to see."

Unconvinced, Chu Yangui handed her the pen, Jiang Yanyi took it, rolled up his sleeves, dipped the tip of the pen in ink, wrote with the back of the brush, retracted the pen, and wrote the word "Yan Gui" in one go.

What she wrote was in block letters, with accurate stippling and fine structure, and although it could not be called stretched or relaxed, the "shape" was indeed eye-catching.

Originally, he used to practice handwriting in Zanhua Xiaokai. When writing small characters, he had to use the peak of the brush to write. The handwriting should be round and graceful.

When Jiang Yanyi first crossed over, she was not used to using a brush, and her original calligraphy skills were not good, so her handwriting was always a little too big. Later, Feng Shuo often grabbed her to practice calligraphy, and the ones she copied were Feng Shuo's. The block script copybook has led to what she writes now, which is not Zanhua Xiaokai at all.

Chu Yangui obviously noticed this too, and he asked, "Sister, I remember you used to learn Zanhua Xiaokai."

Jiang Yanyi said: "I couldn't find the small regular script copybook with hairpin flowers, so I practiced according to the regular script copybook when I have nothing to do. My handwriting is much better than yours now."

These half-joking words aroused Chu Yangui's fighting spirit again, and he picked up his pen again: "I will definitely practice calligraphy well."

Jiang Yanyi laughed and said, "Drink the soup first."

Chu Yangui said in a muffled voice, "I don't want to drink, I need to practice calligraphy first."

*

Seal the government.

Feng Shuo looked at the files on the table with an unhappy expression.

Several staff members and officials who came to discuss the matter did not dare to take a breath.

Last night, the Turkic prince who was locked in the government prison complained of abdominal pain in the middle of the night, led the jailer up and down, strangled the jailer with iron chains, took the key from the jailer, unshackled him, and escaped.

Feng Shuo glanced at Song Lushi who was standing below, and said in a deep voice, "Does the search have any clues?"

Song Lushi was sweating on his forehead, clasped his fists and said, "The Turkic prince fled last night. The city is under curfew and the city gates are closed, so he can't leave Xizhou. The news of the city's martial law spread to Sifang City before the city gate was opened this morning." At the gate, not only do you need to check the waypoints when you leave the city, but you also need to compare it with the portrait of the Turkic prince, so the Turkic prince should still be in the city at present."

This matter is very important, and the news that the Turkic prince escaped must not be let out, otherwise Turkic would be so uneasy that he would keep it a secret even from the descendants of the government office.

Feng Shuo's voice was a bit colder than the north wind raging outside the house: "What does the government office do for food? Hundreds of people can still look down on a half-dead prisoner!"

Song Lushi knelt down and said: "It's the official's dereliction of duty, but the official has already found out some clues, I just ask the prince to give it a few more days, and the official will be able to arrest the Turkic prince!"

Feng Shuo lightly raised his eyelids: "Within three days, this king will see people when he is alive, and corpses when he is dead!"

Song Lushi kowtowed to the ground: "The next official takes orders!"

Feng Shuo told Xing Yao: "If the government office is short of manpower, you can bring people to reinforce it during the search. If necessary, you can shoot random arrows to death. You can't let him escape back to Turkic."

If the Turkic prince fled back to Turkic, it would be a Turkic onslaught to welcome the new year in Xizhou.

After discussing this matter, all the staff and retainers left, butler Fuxi hurried into the house with a sealed letter: "My lord, an urgent report from the spies."

When Feng Shuo took it, he saw a dark mark on it, removed the sealant, took out the letter paper and glanced at it, his expression changed slightly: "Send Chu Changping quickly!"