Lin Sui'an was not surprised when he saw Mu Zhong in the hall of Huazhai. After all, Hua Yitang had already explored her before, and Governor Zhou also classified her as a member of the Hua family.
"Silang, Mrs. Lin, are you okay?" Mu Zhong came up to him with an anxious look on his face. He was relieved when he saw that the two of them were safe and sound, and then cursed again, "Feng is really not a thing, this matter can't be left like this. Be sure to give them some color!
"There's no rush." Hua Yitang placed a brocade embroidered cushion on Lin Sui'an's seat, placed the tables, and said, "Sit down."
Lin Sui'an was too lazy to be polite, so he sat down, took off his money bag and Qian Jing, leaned on the sofa and rubbed his shoulders.
Hua Yitang sat carelessly next to her and scooped up a bowl of hot tea. Lin Sui'an didn't dare to try it. He held the shelf and pretended not to see it. Hua Yitang changed the cup of water, and Lin Sui'an then Yu Zunjianggui took a few sips.
Hua Yitang was happy, waving his fan and asked, "Is it really Yan He who died?"
He was asking about Mu Zhong. Mu Zhong was shocked by the familiar interaction between the two. He was stunned for a moment before replying: "It is indeed Yan He."
Hua Yitang: "How did you die?"
"It was found under the Kaiming Bridge. There was only one head. When I went there, the bad guys had already cleaned up the scene, and no clues were found."
Hua Yitang's face looked a little ugly, "How did Tian Hegui discover the body?"
"According to nearby merchants, Tian Hegui was an alcoholic. After drinking too much, he went to relieve himself under the bridge and happened to find Yan He's body."
"No one noticed it before?"
"There are no statements from others yet. The government office is also investigating."
Kaiming Bridge should not be the scene of the first crime, Lin Sui An said.
Hua Yitang: "Yan He was killed elsewhere and his body was thrown to Kaiming Bridge."
Lin Sui'an's head jumped and he glanced at Hua Yitang.
Hua Yitang didn't notice Lin Sui'an's gaze. He rested his chin on the fan and muttered to himself, "The murderer needs transportation to dump the body——"
Lin Sui'an: Most likely it was a carriage.
Hua Yitang: "There are countless carriages passing Kaiming Bridge every day. It's hard to check..."
Lin Sui'an: It would be best to determine Yan He's time of death.
Hua Yitang: "Maybe we can get the autopsy results?"
Mu Zhong shook his head: "Prefect Zhou is extremely cautious about this case, I'm afraid it won't work."
Lin Sui'an stared at Hua Yitang, his scalp numb: How weird! This guy's thinking rhythm actually coincides with hers!
Hua Yitang finally felt Lin Sui'an's fiery gaze. When he turned around, he saw Lin Sui'an's brows were slightly furrowed, the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, and his eyes were very unkind.
Hua Yitang understood immediately, stood up quickly, held a fan in front of Lin Sui'an and saluted, "Please."
Lin Sui'an stared: What?
Mu Xia stepped forward at the right time: "Ms. Lin's guest room has been tidied up. I will escort Mrs. Lin to rest now -"
Hua Yitang: "Yeah, cough!"
Mu Xia immediately stepped back and said, "Mr. Mu's guest room has also been tidied up. Leader of the Sixth Team, please come with me."
Mu Zhong said "Huh?" and stood up blankly. Mu Xia took two steps behind him and lifted him out like a spirit from behind.
"I'll see you off," Hua Yitang said with a smile, "Let's go."
Lin Sui'an wanted to say "You don't need to send it off", but after recalling the distance from the main entrance to the hall, she estimated that this dude's home was probably a genuine Hua family's "mansion". If she walked there by herself, she would most likely get lost.
Facts have proved that Lin Sui'an's decision was very correct.
The area of the flower house was larger than she imagined. It took a full quarter of an hour to walk out of the front yard. Along the way, there were more than a dozen architectural styles in sight, including gorgeous courtyard corridors, elegant pavilions, arch bridges, and stone bridges. , covered bridges are connected into a piece, and gardens with exotic flowers and plants are gathered together. The most outrageous thing is the paint on the exterior walls of the buildings. Some are red with pink in them, some with gold in them, some are purple, and some are purple. The sky is dark and colorful, and all of them exude a strange fragrance. The entire Hua family mansion is like an assorted hot pot filled with spices.
There is no harm without comparison. Lin Sui'an now feels that her six-string money is no different from the stones by the river.
Suddenly, Hengli stretched out a hand to grab the leather bag on her shoulder, and Lin Sui'an used the conditions to catch it and twist it with his backhand.
"It hurts, it hurts!" Hua Yitang screamed and jumped to the side.
Lin Sui'an: "..."
This dude is so rich that he still misses her three melons and two dates?
Hua Yitang's face was full of grievance: "I saw that you were tired, so I wanted to help you carry it for a while."
Is she tired?
Hua Yitang didn't tell Lin Sui'an that she seemed really tired.
"That's right. You must be very tired after working alone with twenty or thirty government officials for half a night." Hua Yitang said.
No, her "tiredness" is not physical, but mental fatigue, commonly known as: heart tiredness.
When did it start?
It seems that after she suppressed the murderous intention in her body——
"Hua Yitang," Lin Sui'an said suddenly, "my expression or state at that time - wasn't it a bit scary?"
Hua Yitang waved his hands repeatedly, "No! The fight is very beautiful, very beautiful, and very powerful. It can be called a tiger descending from the mountain, a dragon rising from the sea, unparalleled in the world, and unparalleled!"
Lin Sui'an: "..."
My heart is even more tired.
"Um..." Hua Yitang lowered his voice, "Where did you learn this Kung Fu from?"
"How far is the guest room?"
"Already arrived." Hua Yitang pointed forward. In front of him was a quiet courtyard with a two-story building. There were red flowers and green willows in the courtyard, and the outer walls were actually pink. There was a lingering fragrance floating in the courtyard, and he didn't know it was flowers. The smell is still the smell of spices on the wall.
Lin Sui'an was now unable to get off the donkey, so he had no choice but to enter the hospital. Hua Yitang followed behind, "Are you accepting a disciple?"
Lin Sui'an quickened his pace: Sure enough, showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.
Hua Yitang: "What do you think of my qualifications?"
Lin Sui'an stepped into the house and slammed the door with his backhand.
Hua Yitang, who was outside the door, let out an ouch, took a few steps back, and asked in a low voice, "It's easy to discuss repairs and other matters. Food and accommodation are included, and I will definitely treat you as a distinguished guest. How about ten dollars a month?" ?Fifteen strings? Twenty strings?"
It’s so noisy!
Lin Sui'an opened the door, Hua Yitang rubbed his red nose, his eyes were shining and he smiled, "How about twenty-five strings?"
Lin Sui'an: "Kung fu is passed down from family to family, and the ancestral teachings are not allowed to be passed on to others."
"You're going to suffer a loss and consider me your brother."
"I'm one year older than you."
"Eh?!" Hua Yitang's eyes rolled around, "I understand, I'm in vain."
Lin Sui'an's fist hardened.
Hua Yitang laughed dryly, "Really, we don't want to spread the word? Let's discuss it with our ancestors."
"There is an unwritten rule," Lin Sui'an glanced at Hua Yitang's lower half, "passing on from female to male."
Hua Yitang froze.
Lin Sui'an slammed the door.
Hua Yitang outside the door breathed a sigh of relief, waving her fan and leisurely walked out of the small courtyard. Mu Xia had been waiting outside the courtyard for a long time.
"I asked Duke Mu about it, and he said that Mrs. Lin's state when using the sword was indeed a bit - amazing." Mu Xia whispered, "Ms. Lin's sword is named Qianjing, and it seems to be an ancient weapon."
The night was cold and cold. Hua Yitang's gown was as flawless as a snowy plum. She slowly stopped the fan in her hand. The transparent moonlight passed over the bridge of her nose, as if it were coated with a layer of ice.
"Check."
Lin Sui'an felt something was not good.
The mental fatigue has spread to her body. She now has muscle aches all over her body, chest tightness and shortness of breath, and faint tinnitus.
Hypotension or hypoglycemia?
Fortunately, Huazhai's room service was good, and there were water snacks on the table beside the bed. Lin Sui'an grabbed two snacks and stuffed them into his mouth, drank two bowls of water, and lay down on the bed for a long time before he felt better. some.
Thinking about it now, this should be the sequelae of her using her willpower to suppress her body's bloodthirsty instinct. Lin Sui'an thought helplessly, is there a setting for mental output? She should read through the Shi Jing Collection and study it carefully, but when the bad guys took it away, the Shi Jing Collection was left at the inn. She didn't know whether it was thrown away or searched.
This time, she did not have Qianjing in her hand when she was controlled by the bloodthirsty and murderous intention, so there are two possibilities. First, the origin of the bloodthirsty and murderous intention is her body, and Qianjing is just an amplifying device. Secondly, Qian Jing's evil nature has corroded her body.
Either way, it's not good news.
She must find a way to crack it as soon as possible.
Speaking of the cracking method, Lin Sui'an thought of the opportunity to regain consciousness today - she still remembered Hua Yitang's deep and bright eyes at that time, what the hell, why is that guy?
Lin Sui'an was very dissatisfied with the direction of this plot. Hua Yitang was the kind of character who was born to surround the protagonist. Not only was he troubled, but he also had a terrible side effect - he defrauded passers-by!
Otherwise, how could she, an ordinary time-traveling citizen, get involved in such trouble for no reason?
Lin Sui'an fell asleep angrily, and he really had a dream. He dreamed that Hua Yitang was wearing a fancy women's clothes and was kneeling outside the door, making a lot of noise. When she opened her eyes, it was already bright and she was sweating all over from sleeping. Someone was knocking on the door, and it was Hua Yitang's voice again.
"Lin Sui'an, are you up? Breakfast is ready -"
A nightmare come true.
Lin Sui'an was sitting in the dining hall, his head still buzzing.
In front of him is a three-meter-long table with a rich variety of breakfast dishes, including soups, snacks, pastries, noodles, and even steamed buns. Of course, in this era, noodles are called steamed buns. It doesn't matter that the buns are called steamed buns. What's important is that there is a side dish that is so noisy that it is hard to ignore - Hua Yitang.
Why did he have to sit next to her at such a long table?
"I don't know what you like to eat, so I prepared some. Try this Jinxuesu." Hua Yitang brought over a small steamer, which contained a large soft bun with a faint bright yellow color on the surface. Guang said, "Knead the yellow ghee and flour together and put it next to the stove to warm for two hours. When the dough has risen, knead it evenly and steam it in a basket with two sticks of incense. It will melt in your mouth." Another plate was brought over, and again The steamed buns are just a little too small. "This is Brahmin light high noodles. It uses Tianzhu's secret method to make sucrose. It's very sweet - why don't you eat it?"
Lin Sui'an rubbed his temples and muttered, "So there is breakfast here..."
Hua Yitang was startled, "Didn't you have breakfast before?"
Of course I ate it before traveling through time, but after traveling through time in order to do as the Romans do -
Forget it, it’s too much trouble to explain.
"If you are poor, you can save one by eating less." Lin Sui'an put it in a concise and concise way.
Hua Yitang was stunned, his eyes slightly red.
Lin Sui'an:? ? ?
"Mu Xia, bring over the prepared Qifu ointment, smallpox biluo, gold and silver flowers, and flame lamp!"
With this voice, another pile of steamed buns, steamed buns, and flower rolls were shouted out, steamers were piled on top of steamers, and plates were piled on top of plates. In a short time, the entire table was piled up into a mountain of steamed buns.
Lin Sui'an had not finished chewing the golden snow cake, and suddenly lost his appetite. Mu Zhong was startled when he just walked in. "Silang, are you planning to open a steamed cake restaurant to take away the Pei family's business?"
"Mr. Mu, let's eat together." Hua Yitang greeted warmly.
Mu Zhong shook his head repeatedly, "I'm so angry that I can't eat anymore."
Hua Yitang's expression darkened, "How?"
"The whole city of Yangdu has gone crazy, saying that Silang of the Hua family hired murderers to kill people. There are some witnesses and physical evidence, but he is getting away with it relying on the Hua family's financial power. Even the governor of Yangdu is helpless." Mu Zhong said, "You have a nose and an eye for what you say, but he still... According to the testimonies given by several witnesses in court last night, do you think they are outrageous or not?"
Oh haha! This plot direction is interesting.
Lin Sui'an has an appetite again.
"Silang, the Thirteenth Steward of Yangdu No. 67 wants to see you." Mu Xia hurriedly walked in and said.
"please."
Thirteen middle-aged men in black brocade clothes walked in one after another, clasping their fists and saying, "Steward Thirteen has seen Shiro."
Hua Yitang: "No need to be polite, what happened?"
Several stewards frowned deeply:
"When Chenchu opened his shop, a gang of thugs came to make trouble, shouting that Huajia Shilang was the murderer. Huajia's rice was stained with human blood, which scared the customers."
"So is the Hat Shop."
“The grocery store is here too.
"Two groups came from Silk Line."
"Let's get some fruit."
"There are some on the pier too."
"The boat trip is the most noisy."
Hua Yitang looked solemn: "When did this all happen?"
Several stewards looked at each other and said, "Between Chen Chu and Chen Zheng."
"What's next?"
"I chased people away and sent the guests a shocking gift letter. It didn't cause any big trouble."
"This is so disgusting! You chose to cause trouble when the eldest son, the second niang, and the third niang were not in Yangdu. This is obviously bullying us, the fourth son!"
Hua Yitang: "Did you catch the rogue?"
Steward: "I caught two of them on the pier and held them down. They were very tough-talking."
Hua Yitang: "Send it to the government office."
Mu Zhong: "Prefect Zhou has a close relationship with the Feng family. I guess we will send him the front foot and let go of the back foot."
"Let it go just in time. Send someone to follow and see who they contact."
Mu Xia: "We usually don't deal with these gangsters. If they act in such a unified way, they must have received money from the Feng family."
All the stewards were filled with indignation:
"That's right, how can our Hua family be so cowardly! As long as you give the order, Shiro, we will immediately gather people to crush the Feng family!"
"Feng's group of sanctimonious old guys, they didn't deal with their own mess quickly, and they poured dirty water on us!"
"I can't bear it!"
Hua Yitang shook his head: "Don't act rashly. This matter is fishy. You go back and stabilize the store's business first. Anyone who comes to make trouble will be arrested one by one and sent to the government office with drums and gongs."
When the stewards heard Coca-Cola:
"Would you like to tell me any more interesting stories about Feng on the way to the official?"
"How about hiring some storytellers?"
"It's better to hire a troupe for fun."
Hua Yitang smiled: "You can do whatever you want."
The stewards left with eager faces. Lin Sui'an looked at Hua Yitang expressionlessly. He thought this guy was just a little out of character before, but now it seems that he is very out of character!
What kind of damage is this? !
Suddenly, Hua Yitang said, "Eat enough to hold up!"
The topic changed so quickly that Mu Zhong and Mu Xia didn't react for a moment. Only Lin Sui'an silently glanced at the mountain of steamed buns on the table.
Mu Zhong raised his head and said, "Silang, I'm already burning. Don't eat!"
"I mean Mrs. Feng," Hua Yitang tapped her forehead with her fan, "It was the same last night and it's the same today. Why do you want to make these rumors that can be broken immediately?"
Mu Xia: "Destroy my Hua family's brand."
Mu Zhong: "Suppress my Hua family's business."
Lin Sui'an: "Protect Feng's reputation."
There was silence in the room, and everyone looked at Lin Sui'an.
Mu Zhong: "What do you mean by Mrs. Lin's words?"
"What was the hottest gossip in Yangdu yesterday?" Lin Sui'an asked.
Mu Zhong and Mu Xia were slightly startled, while Hua Yitang raised his eyebrows and banged his fan, "That makes sense! Once the story of Hua Jia Si Lang comes out, who can remember Feng's scholarly and crooked poems."
Lin Sui'an: "It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, and the fresher the better."
Hua Yitang: "As for whether the excitement is real or fake, it doesn't matter."
"Use one gossip to suppress another gossip, and when the latter gossip turns out to be a rumor, everyone will have an interesting association," Lin Sui'an said, "The first gossip is also false."
"Very good!" Hua Yitang shook her little fan excitedly, "Mu Xia, go check the origin of that poem. Who wrote it? Where did it first come out?"
Mu Xia didn't move. This was the first time Lin Sui'an saw an expression of surprise on Mu Xia's face other than a business smile.
Mu Zhong was stunned: "Didn't you, Shiro, write that poem?"
Hua Yitang was furious: "How could it be me? With my literary talent, I should at least have a rhyme, right?!"
Mu Xia: "Silang, when did you ever have rhyme in your poems?"
Mu Zhong: "Yes!"
Hua Yitang: "..."
Lin Sui'an burst out laughing. :,,
