Liushi Lane is located in the west of the city. Compared to the prosperous east of the city, it looks a bit decadent. The courtyard walls are peeling off and the bluestone pavement of different shades. The further in, the more Ye Yun can feel that he is at the bottom. People face the difficulties and struggles of life.
The sanitary environment of the entire street is not good. There are various debris piled on the road, mixed with swill. Under the sunlight, in addition to the stinky and disgusting smell, you can also see it attached to it. The squirming appearance of insects and ants.
Halfway through, Ye Yun stopped and raised her head, trying to relieve her tumbling stomach. Ji Zi really saw that her face was ugly, and she couldn't bear to say: "Why don't you go back first, Princess? I can go alone." .”
After taking a breath, Ye Yun wiped away the tears caused by nausea from the corners of his eyes, waved his hands and said, "No, let's go." After saying that, he continued walking inside.
After walking for about a stick of incense, my eyesight became wider and the road conditions were much better than before. An old woman stood at the gate of the courtyard with a stick. Ye Yun stepped forward and asked: "Auntie, where does the Li family live?" Here?"
"Who are you?" the old woman asked doubtfully.
"Auntie, we are official servants. We came here today to..." Just as he was about to say this, the courtyard door was opened from the inside, and a very plainly dressed woman came out. Seeing Ye Yun and two people standing at the door, they were a little surprised: "Who are the two gentlemen?"
"Are you Cui'e?" Ye Yun said.
The woman nodded and said: "The commoner woman is Cui'e. I wonder what the two young masters have to do with a commoner woman?"
Ye Yun and Ji Zizhen looked at each other, and the latter took out the Dali Temple token and said: "Dali Temple is handling the case. I heard that your husband Li Er has been missing for more than a month, so I came here to learn about the situation."
Hearing that she was here for her husband, Cui'e hurriedly opened the courtyard door wide, stepped aside and said, "I don't know that you are coming. It's disrespectful for a woman to come in. You two adults, please come in quickly."
Ye Yun and Ji Zizhen came in from the courtyard one after another. The small courtyard was very simple, with only one main room and two side rooms. Cui'e took them to the main room.
"You two adults, sit down for a moment while the woman goes to get you a glass of water."
"Don't bother." Ye Yun stopped Cui'e who was about to leave and said, "I came here just to ask if there was anything unusual about Li Er before he disappeared."
"Let the citizen woman think about it." Cui'e stood there, thought for a long time before shaking her head and said: "Returning to your lord, the citizen woman has thought about everything carefully. Her husband Li Er before his disappearance was the same as usual, and there was no abnormality. "
"Can you take us to Li Er's room to see?"
"This is the bedroom of the civilian woman and her husband Li Er. You can check it out at will."
Hearing this, Ye Yun stood up and looked around the room. After a round of inspection and found nothing, he walked to the bedside, only to find that there was a lot of dust on the edge of the bed. It had obviously not been moved for a long time.
"Is there no one living in this room?" Ye Yun asked.
"My lord, my mother-in-law has often had nightmares since her husband Li Er disappeared. In order to take care of her mother-in-law more conveniently, the woman moved to a side house to live with her," Cui'e explained.
Ye Yun nodded and said: "So, after your husband Li Er disappeared, nothing in this house was touched?"
"yes."
Ye Yun stopped talking and started to check the things on the bed one by one. When he was looking through the cloth pillow, he felt a piece of paper from inside. Ye Yun took it out and opened it and saw that it was a pawn ticket from a pawn shop.
"Cui'e."
"Sir, the civilian woman is here." Cui'e stepped forward when she heard Ye Yun calling her.
"Come and take a look. Have you ever seen this pawn ticket?" After saying that, Ye Yun handed the pawn ticket in his hand to Cui'e.
Cui'e took a look at the pawn ticket and then handed it back to Ye Yun and said: "This pawnbroker's wife has seen this before. In mid-June, the woman received a letter from her mother's brother, saying that she had been coughing for several days in a row and wanted to find someone. The doctor was suffering from the lack of silver, so he wanted to ask the woman to borrow some silver. After the woman told her husband Li Er about the matter, he pawned a silver hairpin at home and exchanged it for one tael of silver for the woman to send back to her parents' home. , treat my mother's illness.
Unexpectedly, when the woman came back from her parents' home, her mother-in-law told her husband Li Er that he had not come back since he left early in the morning on June 20th. " Speaking of this, Cui'e couldn't help but cover her sleeves and sob.
Seeing this, Ye Yun comforted him: "Don't worry, since I took over the case, I will definitely give you an explanation."
"Thank you so much, sir." The civilian woman said while wiping away the tears on her cheeks.
Coming out of Liushi Alley, it was past noon. Ji Zizhen took a look at the sky and suggested: "Princess Cao has been busy for half a day and hasn't eaten yet. I know there is a restaurant in front of me that is good at cooking Huaiyang cuisine. Princess, you should go and try it." ?”
"Wouldn't that cost Ji Shaoqing money?" Ye Yun said with a smile.
"It's a great honor for me to have lunch with the princess!" After saying this, Ji Zizhen bowed his hands, looking very honored, which made Ye Yun speechless.
"Since Ji Shaoqing is treating you to a guest, I won't be polite." After saying that, Ye Yun walked straight to the small noodle shop diagonally opposite.
"Princess, do you want to eat here?" Ji Zizhen glanced at the crowded shop inside and frowned slightly. Could the princess be joking about eating in such a messy place?
"What?" Ye Yun looked at Ji Zizhen with a half-smile and said, "Did Ji Shaoqing regret it?"
"Xia Guan didn't mean that."
"Then let's go in together." After saying that, Ye Yun went in first. When the waiter saw her going in, he hurriedly came over to say hello: "Please come in, sir, what do you want to eat today?"
"What is your best thing here?" Ye Yun asked as he walked.
"As soon as I heard this, I knew that the guest guest was not a frequent visitor. The Yangchun Noodles here are the best in the imperial capital!" The waiter patted his chest and said proudly.
"In that case, let's invite the second brother to have some Yangchun noodles." Ye Yun said with a smile.
"Okay, sir, please take a seat. The noodles will be ready soon!" The waiter led the person to an empty seat and immediately went to the kitchen.
Ji Zizhen sat across from him with a sullen face. Seeing Ye Yun's familiarity, he couldn't help but wonder. He frowned and asked, "Has the princess been here before?"
"Ji Shaoqing, just call me Mr. Ye when you go out." After saying that, Ye Yun said: "This is my first time."
Ji Zizhen's lips moved and he wanted to ask something, but was interrupted by the waiter who was serving him: "Here you go, you two gentlemen, please take your time."
As soon as the bowl was placed in front of her, Ye Yun took out the chopsticks from the bamboo tube and started eating eagerly. She had not eaten for half a day, so she was really hungry.
Jizi really didn't want to eat it. In his opinion, the taste of these small shops in the market, regardless of whether they were clean or not, could not be guaranteed. But when he saw that Ye Yun was eating deliciously, he couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and hold them in his arms. He tasted it with a dubious attitude, and then his eyes lit up.
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Ye Yun asked with a smile.
Jizi nodded: "It tastes very good!"
After a while, the two of them finished eating the noodles and soup. Afterwards, Ji Zi looked like she was still unsatisfied.
Seeing this, Ye Yun raised his lips and said, "Since Ji Shaoqing likes it, I will invite you next time."
