Chapter 118 (1/2)

At dawn, a Yao was practicing cooking in the yard. The rude knock on the door attracted her attention.

”Open the door!”

”What's going on? There should be no one at this time... ”Ah Yao looked around, but she saw her face pale and hurried here, as if jackals, tigers and leopards were chasing after her. Seeing her was like finding a backbone.

The aunt grabbed ah Yao's hands and panicked: ”Miss Yao Zhu, the big thing is bad! There are many officers and soldiers outside. The roll call is to find the moon watching girl. I think they are vicious and bad... Ah, what should we do now? Should we inform the girl to leave and avoid the limelight? ”

A Yao was frightened. The pain in her hand made her realize that aunt was obviously more flustered than her. She patted aunt's hand and comforted her in turn: ”don't be nervous, aunt. Officers, soldiers and yamen have always been reckless. Maybe it's not a bad thing. Go have a cup of tea and calm down. I'll ask.”

A Yao's smile seemed calm. Looking at her smile, the aunt felt relieved. Compared with the little girl, she was really too flustered. She smiled and said, ”OK, let me have a glass of water?”

She nodded with a smile. The aunt was terrified. As she walked, she talked to herself about what had just happened.

There was almost a sound of smashing the door outside. The neighborhood must have been awakened. No wonder aunt was distracted. Ah Yao's heartbeat missed a few beats with the sound of smashing the door outside the door. She quickly opened the small window for dialogue with the door outside and asked, ”brother Cha, what's up?”

”Upon the order of the county magistrate, come and hold the murder suspect Wangyue pending trial. Don't stop him.” The constable glanced at ah Yao and saw that he had changed a child. His tone slowed down a little and came straight to the point to show his intention.

A Yao's brain went blank for a moment.

What's going on?

Back to her mind, her mind was full of confusion, filled the whole brain, and even she couldn't make a sound.

The constable obviously began to be impatient and warned: ”if you don't open the door again, don't blame us for smashing the door!”

A Yao pinched herself hard and found her voice: ”brother Cha, please wait outside the door. I'll invite Shifu here. After all, the family are women's dependents, so it's inconvenient to open the door.”

”You'd better not lie to me, otherwise...”

As soon as a Yao closed the small window and turned around, she was startled. Wangyue stood behind her, dressed simply, with only two silver hairpins in her bun. A bean green jade bracelet could be seen under her sleeve. These jewelry would not appear on Wangyue at ordinary times.

”Master Wangyue...”

”You and the bird's nest take good care of the house. I'll be right back.”

The master and apprentice spoke in unison.

But the dress of looking at the moon clearly anticipates that he may not come back. A Yao's eyes turned red and she didn't believe that Wangyue would be directly involved in the murder“ What the hell is going on? ”

The moon shook her head: ”I don't know, darling. Maybe it's the past to ask.”

Wangyue followed the constable and the Yamen to leave.

”We can't wait to die!” The bird's nest stood in the back with red eyes. She was well dressed. ”I'll go to the Yamen to see if I can find out any news.”

”I'll go too!”

There were so many people in front of the Yamen that the deceased's family sounded the drum of grievance early in the morning and cried every person. They asked the magistrate to find out the truth and severely punish the murderer.

Relying on their small size, a Yao and the bird's nest went to the front of the crowd. They heard the ”insider” describe it vividly with others, saying that the rich businessman surnamed Zhou died of horse wind, and another said that he died of food poisoning, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

The magistrate of the county hasn't arrived yet. It should be a few weeks. The family members are crying in mourning. The stretcher is put aside and covered with white cloth. It is probably the dead.

The sky was bright, the mirror hung high in the hall, and the magistrate came late.

When the Yamen guards shouted silence and clapped with alarm, the onlookers gradually stopped talking.