Chapter 19 (2/2)
”To frighten Xu Zhiqiu, or simply to give me a downright.” Chu Yuan road.
”It would be nice to scare the magistrate, but if it was against you, LAN Ji would not have been so dead.” Duan Bai Yue shook his head. ”It's just a little demon cult. I don't need to make trouble for myself.”
”You know her very well?” Chu Yuan's eyelid was lifted.
Duan Bai Yue calmly said: ”forty and fifty years old, when my mother is enough.”
Chuyuan: ”......”
Duan Bai Yue called in the hot water again, and then said, ”I will go to the magistrate's Yamen to see, maybe I will find out.”Chu Yuan nodded: ”good.”
Four Xi father-in-law held hands to watch Duan Baiyue go out over the wall, feeling that the southwest King's posture is still very strong.
Chu Yuan coughed twice in the back.
Four Xi father-in-law immediately turned with a smile: ”emperor.”
”Many things!” Chu Yuan hit him hard on the head. If he didn't do his duty, he would be compared with Liu Dajiong.
If something goes wrong in the city, the people will no longer laugh and talk like they used to. The atmosphere is much more solemn than usual. Xu Zhiqiu sat in his study, groaning all the time. When he was impatient, he came to the room to turn around. Even the servants who served tea were expelled.
Duan Baiyue leans on the beam of the room and looks at the layout of the study. Compared with the design of other buildings, it is much more delicate. A house of the same size can hold twice as many books.
There are dark grids everywhere Duan Baiyue's mouth is bent. It's really a good place to hide things.
Xu Zhiqiu stayed in the study for a whole half day, and only when a visitor came to visit at noon did he tidy up his clothes and leave the door. After he left, Duan Baiyue jumped down from the beam of the house and checked it roughly. All the books that could be put outside were ordinary books. Naturally, there would be no problem. As for the interlayer Duan Baiyue tries to push the dark grid gently, and is expected to be motionless.
After a month, there will be no secret in the secret room.
At the other end of the Shantang, xianglie also took people to carry the bodies of the old people out from the ashes, one by one covered with white cloth. There are young students who came to help, and they all feel sad when they see it. The people who live here are lonely old people with no children. When they sit on the street in the sun, they always smile and give some sweets and snacks to the little baby. But now it comes to such an end, naturally, no one is happy.
A moment later, the bodyguard who was in charge of counting the corpses replied that a total of 26 elderly people had died. The bodies were burnt black, and they could not tell who was who.
”Twenty six?” Frown at Xiang lie. If he remembers correctly, when he looks at the list in the morning, there should be 25 old people here. Why is there an extra corpse for no reason.
When the disaster happened to the Shantang, the steward was also regretful and sighed. He blamed himself on why he didn't hire more guards. This afternoon, I heard the bodyguard say to the commander. I quickly wiped my tears and ran over. After listening to Xiang lie, he was stunned for a while, then he patted his head and said that 26 people were right.
”It was true that there were 25 people before, but in the early morning of yesterday, another old man who had been driven out of his house by an unfilial son drifted here and was sent to the charity hall by a kind-hearted man, but he had not yet had time to put it into the list and report it to the government.” The steward said, ”I was too flustered this morning, so I forgot this crop. The number of people is right.”
”I see.” Nodding to lie, he said again, ”it's too strange. I'm afraid we can't let the dead live in peace for the time being. Please forgive me.”
”Natural.” The steward sighed, ”the people in this city are looking forward to the emperor finding out the truth, so as to give the big guy a peace of mind.”
Most of the houses were burned down, and the blackened wooden beams were so brittle that they could be broken with one foot. Xiang lie went to the backyard alone to check, and picked up a window lattice with some red paint close to his nose, with a thick smell of fire oil.
Duan Baiyue left the government office and took a detour to Shantang. Seeing that there were royal guards everywhere, Duan Baiyue did not intervene any more and turned back to the post house.
The sky will be dark, Chu Yuan is still sitting at the table.
The southwest king is still Turn over the window and enter.
Four Xi father-in-law with hands in the door, smiling, big belly is very rich.
”How?” Chu Yuan asked.
”There was a tragedy last night, and the government was expected to be solemn.” Duan Baiyue said, ”Xu Zhiqiu stayed in the study for a long time, and then he discussed the trade between the two places with Huizhou merchants' gang. It sounds as if he had made an appointment a month ago, and there was not much difference. As for that study, there are quite a few dark lattices inside, but the mechanism locks are exquisite. If you open it with brute force, you may be noticed by the other party. ”
”The magistrate's Yamen was built nearly a hundred years ago. I'm afraid the craftsmen at that time are no longer alive.” Chu Yuan said, ”now the best carpenter in the wild goose City is named Tianyu.”
”The killers of Southwest house will arrive in the city tonight.” Duan Baiyue said, ”if you are afraid that the royal guards are too conspicuous, some things can be left to them to do.”
Chu Yuan nodded: ”thank you very much.”
”Why thank you.” Duan Baiyue smiles and pours a cup of tea for herself.
”It's been another night.” Chu Yuan took the cup away from his hand, and let four Xi change a pot of new tea in, and passed on the dinner. There are fish and meat, which is much richer than last night.
Duan Baiyue picked out a small bowl of fish soup and put it in front of him.
Chu Yuan frowned.
Duan Baiyue mouth a Yang: ”since the emperor, eat naturally to be served.”
Chu Yuan stirred it with a spoon, and the bottom of the bowl was extremely long with a sharp fishbone.
Duan Baiyue coughed twice.
After all, this kind of thing is not often done, which is unavoidably unfamiliar.
A few more will ripen.In the middle of a meal, Duan Baiyue said at least that she added more than ten times of salt and pepper to the bowl, and finally scraped the jar clean.
The cook in Dayan city is really poor in cooking.
Chu Yuan:.... ”
Four Xi father-in-law reported at the door, said to the commander to see.
Duan baiyuexin said that the devil, this person will pick the time, return to take advantage of the meal to find the door.
Chu Yuan said: ”go to the front hall and wait.”
”Yes Xiang lie takes orders to leave the courtyard. Duan Baiyue handed over a bowl of meat soup: ”eat it before you go.”
Chu Yuan stood up: ”no appetite.”
”A bowl of noodles, a bowl of soup, a plate of vegetables, who would eat so light.” Duan Baiyue pressed him back, ”eat at least half.”
Chu Yuan reluctantly ate two spoons. Feeling greasy and worried, he stuffed the bowl back to him and turned out of the door.
Duan Baiyue eats up the remaining half of the bowl himself. By the way, he wants to find a cook to send him to the palace after returning to the southwest.
In the past, the courtyard is still quiet. Duan Baiyue opens the door and Si Xi's father-in-law is walking outside. The imperial doctors in the palace all think he is fat and tells him to walk more in the ordinary days.
”The southwest king is afraid to wait for a while.” See him come out, four Xi public justice, ”the Emperor just sent the old slave back to rest, said that the end of about an hour to finish.”
”No harm.” Duan Baiyue sat on the steps, ”come out and breathe.”
Si Xi's father-in-law asked again: ”can the dinner still suit the taste? The emperor specially told us to make it light and avoid beef, sheep and seafood. I'm afraid he is still worried about the king's internal injury. ”
Duan Baiyue is surprised when he hears the speech. Seriously?
Father in law Si Xi continued to fight in the courtyard.
Looking at the expression of the king of southwest, we can see that he must be extremely satisfied with his food.
Maybe the cook will get a reward.
When Chu Yuan came back, it was late at night, but he didn't see the white moon.
Four Xi father-in-law hurriedly said: ”Duan Wang just left for a short time. He said that the people from the Palace should have arrived. Go and have a look first.”
Chu Yuan patted his stomach: ”did I ask you?”
”No questions, no questions.” Four Xi father-in-law smiles ha ha, ”is the old slave to be garrulous.”
After washing and gargling, there is a warm jade in the quilt.
Chu Yuan leaned against the head of the bed and took a book as usual. After reading a few pages, he had already fallen asleep.
Four Xi father-in-law carefully removed the candle and covered the quilt for Chu Yuan. The heart said that since the king of Southwest came here, the emperor looked more relaxed.
It's really good.
In the hall, Duan Baiyue uncovers the cover and sees that the corpse is completely changed. Due to the sudden fire, most of the body is bent together. After examining all the 26 bodies, it seemed that something was wrong - one of them looked like a young man rather than an old man. After seeing the experience of the dead again, Duan Baiyue shakes her head and goes back to the inn.
The next morning, Chu Yuan just opened his eyes, and heard four Xi's father-in-law talking to people outside: ”the emperor is still resting. The king of Duan is afraid that he will have to wait for a while longer.”
”No harm.” Duan Baiyue said, ”the king will go out to have a look first.”
……
It's so warm in the quilt that I don't want to move.
Chu Yuan was seldom lazy and got up after lying down for a long time.
Duan Baiyue just opened the door with cold air and carried two food boxes in his hand.
”You're not afraid to be seen when you go to the street in a big way?” Chu Yuan asked.
”Of course I have discretion.” Duan Baiyue takes out all kinds of breakfast, including steamed meat cake, hot and sour soup, and a few dishes. It tastes good when you look at it.
”Tired again?” Seeing his expression, Duan Baiyue laughed, ”they are all local famous products. How much do you want to taste? I still have something to say after eating.”
”What's the matter?” Chu Yuan asked as he drank the soup.
Duan Baiyue hands a meat pie to his mouth.
Chu Yuan instinctively retreated.
Duan Baiyue laughs: ”what are you afraid of?”
Chu Yuan slapped him open, some angry eyes.
Duan Baiyue received his voice and accompanied him to finish his breakfast before opening his mouth: ”I went to the Shantang last night.”
”What do you find?” Chu Yuan asked.
”The bodies don't look like old people in the church.” Duan Baiyue road.
Chu Yuan's accident: ”all?”
Duan Baiyue nodded: ”all.”
”But to lie with a check, the dead indeed have a year old.” Chu Yuan road.
”The corpse has changed beyond recognition. Even to the commander, we can only infer by looking at the unburned residual skin and bones. But if you want to turn an adult into an old man, you can do it with a few poisonous insects. ” Duan Baiyue said, ”if I'm not wrong, most of the corpses in the hall are young people killed. In a few more days, I may be able to find poisonous insects from them.”
As soon as the words fell, another bodyguard reported to the outside that someone had gone to the government to report a case. A man had been mysteriously missing in the city.www.novelhall.com , the fastest update of the webnovel!