The Crown Prince’s New Female Staff

After returning to the yard, Xie Yu put the painting that Qi Liangye gave her on the bookshelf, while she picked up the evidence of the flood in Pingzhou and looked at it.

The candlelight was deep, Xie Ruyi and Xie Abao went back to rest early in the morning, the whole courtyard was empty, the wind blew through the curtains in the courtyard, the atmosphere was quiet and soft.

On the second day, the three of them dressed neatly and kept their whereabouts secret, and completely left this floating paradise.

The sun and the moon have traveled and the stars have moved, and the three finally arrived in Pingzhou at the end of August.

Pingzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has been a place for fireworks and dances. The brothel here is more famous than the Yinglou in Qianjing. This day was bleak and the rain was cold. , Maybe after running around for a long time, the horse's four hooves stomped excitedly just after entering the city, attracting the frequent glances of few pedestrians.

"Call-"

"Master, can you find an inn to stay in first?"

Xie Ruyi asked Lema,

"Go, take a rest today, and go to New Moon Mansion tomorrow."

Xie Yu found the familiar "Hongchen Inn" in the west of the city and handed him the token. The shopkeeper was a plump, half-old milf. When he first saw the three of them, his eyes rolled, and Haobai's wrist moved from the abacus. Kai, took the token presented by Xie Yu, and immediately restrained his expression.

"The name of Tianzi is reserved. You can go up there."

The shopkeeper is the proprietress of the Pingzhou Hongchen Inn, codenamed Yunniang. At this moment, she lowered her voice calmly and handed the three of them a small mahogany key. Saw the arrival of the three.

Xie Yu came to the Tianzihao door, opened the outermost key cover, twisted the wooden tenon made of black wood, and then picked up the mahogany key to open the door.

With a "click", the door opened slowly.

"We don't have an official identity, so it's not easy to investigate this case."

Xie Yu frowned and looked at the pedestrians on the street through the window. The rain was still falling, the whole sky was gray, and when the autumn wind blew, even the house was cold and damp.

The main reason for the flood in Pingzhou was that the local officials embezzled money for the project, and most of the dam materials were shoddy.

The cause of the incident on the bright side had already been investigated by Qi Liangye. The key was to investigate the evidence that Wang Yue colluded with officials and murdered officials, which had been carefully concealed. This was the most difficult thing.

"Would you like to borrow a convenience from New Moon Mansion? New Moon Mansion is the business of Qiao Family Village. Qiao Family has always been on good terms with the government. It is not impossible for us to ask Mr. Qiao to help with this."

The owner of Qiaojiazhuang Village, Mr. Qiao, was the previous leader of the martial arts alliance. After getting married and starting a business, he voluntarily retired and established Qiaojiazhuang. He began to do business with the people of Jianghu and the common people. He became a "good citizen" who eats black and white. They have frequent contacts with the government, and they are clearer about the movements of the court than many people in the rivers and lakes.

The New Moon Mansion is a brothel opened by Qiaojiazhuang in Pingzhou. The brothel has been a gathering place for intelligence since ancient times. Therefore, Xie Yu wanted to go to the New Moon Mansion to inquire.

Xie Abao and Xie Ruyi were thinking on the same channel. They were sitting on the low couch with their swords in their arms. One was tall and the other was short. After taking off the masks, both of them turned into men. Martial arts can't really help Xie Yu in this regard.

"It's not feasible. Qiao's family is now the master of Qiao's family, Qiao Qingyun, and Qiao's father went out for a tour a few years ago and has not returned. Qiao's family may not be willing to make it easy for us, and if this Qiao's family is also with Wang Yue If there is collusion, our trip will be in vain."

Besides, there is no need to use people who are suspicious, and there is no need to use people.

Xie Yu was sitting on the round stool of the Eight Immortals Table. She threw a walnut in her hand, and threw it into the air again and again, and caught it again and again, as if she was thinking about something. The atmosphere in the room suddenly sank.

Since Li Junru, the prefect of Pingzhou, hanged himself after he was found to have written a confession, his body has never been buried.

Logically speaking, after a person dies, if Wang Yue wants to destroy the corpse, he should directly ask someone to bury the corpse? Why don't you bury it?

Xie Yu's eyes turned slightly, and the walnut in her hand was rubbed by her, remembering the note that Xie Ruyi and Xie Abao handed her in the Prince's Mansion before, and asked Yunniang, "I heard that Pingzhou After the death of Li Junru, the prefect, his wife in the main room was anxious to renew her son?"

This matter is not a secret in the whole of Pingzhou, not to mention that the lady specially selected the daughter of the powerful family to hand over the invitation, as if her son was so precious, but all the officials and eunuchs in Pingzhou City rejected her. I heard that She has been mad for two days because of this.

Yun Niang nodded slightly, without concealing it,

"His son is not of good character. He is spoiled by Li Junru's wife, who is not diligent, does not distinguish between grains, has a fat head and big ears, and does not know a few characters. Instead, he likes to hang around in the fireworks field. The concubine in his backyard was pissed."

"That's fine."

Xie Yu poured a few cups of tea slowly, first pushed it to Yunniang, then to Xie Ruyi, Xie Abao, and finally put it in front of her.

"In the past two days, you have spread the news that Xie Guogong's daughter is living in Pingzhou and is lonely. That Mrs. Li is worried about her son. She will definitely not let this kind of news of a noble girl come to her door."

Yunniang was slightly surprised by Xie Yu's decision while holding the hot tea in her hand. In her impression, the lord had never risked his life whether it was a conspiracy or conspiracy, but now this move made her unable to see clearly.

The tea mist rose up, covering Xie Yu's expression more and more unpredictable. She was dressed in black and sat quietly at the table, and several people felt a strong sense of oppression.

In fact, Xie Yu herself seldom used the power of the lord's order. Most of the tricks could be solved with ingenuity when she was walking in the rivers and lakes, but now she is also a half official family, and she can't always pull her brothers to do hard work for her own interests. thing.

Human relationships are all debts. Although no one dares to obey the lord’s order, but those in power must cherish this kind of power. The back of the heart determines the success or failure of things, and Xie Yu doesn’t want to do those things that affect others. Most difficulties Gritting his teeth, he carried it over.

She had an idea in her heart, and the whole person relaxed a lot.

. …

As the rainfall decreased, the floating population in Pingzhou increased rapidly, and the comings and goings were very lively.

The news spread as expected in the past few days. In the past two days, Xie Ruyi and Xie Abao always dressed up as men and went to the largest brothel in Pingzhou - "Crescent Moon Mansion" to inquire about the news.

At night, Xie Yu covered her face with a black cloth and was dressed in black night clothes. She had various hidden weapons hidden in her waist. She jumped down from the third floor of the Hongchen Inn and tapped her toes to the eaves on the opposite corner of the street.

At night, the curfew in Pingzhou is not as strict as that in Ganjing. There are only a few soldiers patrolling the streets, and the uniform steps are occasionally in the layout of the streets.

Xie Yu jumped above the eaves, she was very light, and the place where she landed was as silent as stepping on cotton. The black figure was high or low, and the afterimages flew under the moon.

The appointment of the prefect of the Great Qi Dynasty is usually directly appointed by the emperor, or by the local governor. After Li Junru's death, this position is still vacant. Logically speaking, we should first directly suspect that Li Junru committed suicide, and secondly suspect that the local governor is fighting for power and profit. However, Qi Liangye designated Wang Yue to initiate this case, so she naturally began to investigate where Wang Yue could reach.

"Lord, look."

Xie Yu was hanging on the eaves, but when he noticed someone, he gently climbed on the beam and walked inside.

There were a lot of ice cubes in the pitch-dark torture room, and the temperature dropped sharply as soon as you entered the door. At this time, only a half-lit candle was placed on the candlestick, changing positions as the two walked.

The candles were dimly lit, and the two of them obviously returned suddenly after setting the value.

The prisoner carefully opened Li Junru's blackened esophagus and throat. The prisoner who spoke had a grim expression and exchanged glances with the older boss beside him. The two of them tacitly exited the torture room and blew the light before they started. Whisper.

Xie Yu used his inner strength, stepped lightly on the shadow behind the door pillar, and recorded the words of the two in his mind exactly.

"Master Li obviously died of poisoning, why did the people above say that he committed suicide?"

"The point is that since he committed suicide, why is he still keeping such a big handle on his body? It stands to reason that this kind of evidence should be completely destroyed."

"Xiao Gao, I'm afraid this matter is very involved. If you and I still want a future, don't worry about it." The old man sighed and parted ways with the young man.

Xie Yu's thoughts moved, since the corpse has not been destroyed so far, and the corpse spots are still left, that is, there is something hidden on the corpse of this Lord Li.

After the young man left, Xie Yu squatted in the dark, opened the curtain and entered the torture chamber.

The dim yellow candles flickered faintly in the torture chamber, and a thin black figure stood in front of the corpse, as if fiddling with something, but the figure fiddled for a while, and then covered it with a white cloth, and then the figure flashed, and she disappeared again. in the room.

"strangeness-"

Xie Yu didn't find anything on Li Junru's body, her eyes flashed, she left the figure of the yamen far behind, and continued to climb over the house and over the wall to Li Junru's house.

In the past few days, the Li Mansion has been under increasing martial law. Under Mrs. Li's advice, the guards guarding the yard are equipped with a guard dog. From a distance, it looks like the official guards are patrolling.

Xie Yu pondered for a while in his heart, and felt that he couldn't find anything in Li's house at night, so he simply turned around and returned to the Hongchen Inn. As soon as she put on her regular clothes, Xie Ruyi heard the news of the first floor. She had a natural ear, and at this moment, she stood up with a gloomy expression, "My lord, someone is making trouble."

The heavy night gave Pingzhou City a magnificent coat, and the city was still singing and dancing peacefully. It seemed that the lives of the people in the city were not disturbed by anyone. However, the turmoil was so sudden, Xie Yu's brown eyes turned black, and her fingers were pinched between her fingers. Holding the wine glass, he chuckled lightly, but the smile didn't reach the bottom of his eyes, which made people chill.

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