At this moment, everyone's breathing stopped.
Time became extremely viscous, like rice porridge that had been boiled for several hours. The highly toxic broth was poured into it, and it became heavy. The lingering breath fell on the beautiful sleeves of Shiro Kaiya, but they were white and flawless. The corner of his clothes was like a butterfly wing, flying away lightly without even a drop of broth.
Only then did everyone remember to breathe. When the air poured into the lungs, time returned to its original flow rate. The broth splashed all over the floor. Ji Gaoyang's twisted smile froze on his face, like a gray-headed statue in an abandoned shrine.
Hua Yitang retreated far away to Magistrate Xu's case. He didn't go there by himself, but was carried by a young lady in a smart outfit. Only then did everyone come back to their senses. The illusion they had just had at that moment was... Because the little lady's speed was so fast that time was slowed down by comparison.
Magistrate Xu turned pale with fright, covered his nose and screamed, "Poison! Poison, poison, poison!"
The common people, bad people, and government officials were shocked and dispersed.
Only three people remained motionless. Jin Ruo in the crowd, Yita in the hall, and Fang Ke beside the hall, all three stood upright, quite standing out from the crowd.
Hua Yitang scratched his forehead with a fan, "There is no poison in the soup. It was the rabbit Mu Xia bought from the market. I deceived him."
Lin Sui'an: "I know."
"Eh?"
"The broth is very oily," Lin Sui'an said. "It won't look good if it's splashed on your clothes."
Hua Yitang was startled for a moment, her earlobes seemed to have been dusted with rouge and turned red, "Are you worried about me——"
Lin Sui'an's next words immediately shattered his expectations, "After all, the only thing you can do is look good."
The corner of Hua Yitang's eyes twitched, and he sadly shook his small fan.
The voices of the two were neither too loud nor too quiet, just enough for everyone inside and outside the hall to hear clearly. Jin Ruo got goosebumps for no reason. When the people heard that it was not poisonous, they huffed and surrounded them again. Xu County Ling's spirit was greatly boosted, and he shot three times in a row: "Listen here to hear the verdict! Ji Gaoyang used his identity as a doctor to poison and kill ten people. His methods were cruel, his thoughts were vicious, and he was insane! The verdict is beheading!"
Ji Gaoyang was lying on the ground. Instead of crying when he heard the verdict, he started to giggle. "You guys know nothing. I am a miracle doctor, I am a god, I am a god! Whoever I want to die will die." , is about to die——"
Half of his face was swollen from being slapped by Hua Yitang, his bun was messed up, blood was spraying from his mouth, and he looked crazy, as if he was crazy.
"Pull it down! Guard it closely!" County Magistrate Xu shouted, "The execution will be carried out immediately after the file is reported to Dali Temple for final review!"
In the eyes of everyone with great contempt, the four bad guys carried Ji Gaoyang out. Although the people were gone, the eerie laughter seemed to have taken root in everyone's ears and lingered on.
County Magistrate Xu breathed a long sigh of relief, straightened his clothes, and was stunned. "Let us hear the verdict. The doctor is Fang Ke. He has meritorious service in providing clues to the murder. He will be rewarded three times and be released in court. Go home and be good in the future." Be a doctor.”
The bad guy took off the chains and was silent for a moment. He cupped his fists and saluted Lin Sui'an and Hua Yitang, then turned and left.
Hua Yitang's face suddenly glowed with radiance, and her small fan shook out the flowers, which made Lin Sui'an quite speechless.
Magistrate Xu added: "Father Hua's contribution to solving the case will be rewarded——"
"No need," Hua Yitang closed the fan with a snap and waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's just a little effort."
Magistrate Xu was so moved that tears came to his eyes. He stood up and bowed his head to the ground, "Sirang Huajia is so righteous! Xu is so grateful! I admire you so much!"
"Thank you Shiro!"
"Thank you Shiro!"
"Shiro really deserves his reputation!"
"Shiro is awesome!"
The crowd of people burst into cheers and applause, one wave after another, almost overturning the roof of the government office lobby.
Fang Ke stood quietly on the street corner, watching the people cheering and cheering, his expression became more and more gloomy. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he turned around and walked quickly to the square gate. There was less than half an hour left before the curfew, and he had to hurry up.
After leaving Yihefang, we bypassed Liuhefang and Wuhefang and went straight to Qihefang. Fang Ke rarely walked so fast on weekdays. He finally arrived at Qihefang, panting and sweating profusely. In addition, he had not had any water all day, and his eyes were already turning black, but he did not dare to stop. He forced himself along Wushi Street and rushed to the door of Ji's Medical Center. The sight in front of him suddenly made his heart sink.
Dozens of people gathered at the entrance of Ji's Medical Center. They threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs on the plaque and wall of Ji's Medical Center with obscene words and obscene words:
"Ji Gaoyang, you are worse than a beast!"
"Ji Gaoyang, you are so heartbroken!"
"Ji Gaoyang is so unconscionable!"
"I don't believe that Ji Gaoyang killed so many people and his wife didn't know!"
"No two people can sleep under the same bed. His wife must be an accomplice!"
"And that little kid of his, with the head of a deer and the eyes of a rat, will definitely be a disaster when he grows up!"
"Everyone rush in together!"
"We can't let tigers become a problem!"
"rush!"
The first few people couldn't help but kicked open the door of Ji's Medical Center and rushed in. There was a loud crash in the medical center, and it was obvious that the entire medical center was smashed.
Sure enough, it was still too late.
Sweat slid down the tip of Fang Ke's nose and dripped on his pale lips. It was salty and bitter. Fang Che pursed his lips tightly, dragged his heavy steps into the crowd, and shouted, "The laws of the Tang Dynasty are regular. Even serious crimes should not be committed against the clan members. Whether Ji Gaoyang’s family knew about it or not should not be judged arbitrarily——"
"Get out of the way!" A dark-faced man jumped out of the door and slapped Fang Ke aside. Fang Ke was weak and unsteady on his feet. He was immediately slapped on the head and fell dizzy.
"Damn, you're late!" the black-faced man spat, "The Ji family's women and brats ran away long ago, leaving nothing behind!"
"The bad guys are here! Get out!" Someone in the crowd shouted. The next moment, the loudest ones were like bees sprayed by fire. They buzzed and dispersed. Several people who broke into the medical center ran and jumped. , disappeared in a flash. It turned out that they were all rogues who took advantage of the situation.
The remaining dozen or so ordinary people threw a few more rotten eggs and left angrily.
Fang Ke stumbled up, turned around with his head lowered, and hid in the shadow of the corner. The bad guys rushed into Ji's Medical Center, but after a while, they retreated and reported to the leader of the team, "Ji's family and the children are gone, and no one was injured."
The leader breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, let's close the team."
After the bad guy left in a hurry, he stepped out of the shadows. He stared at the plaque of Ji's Medical Center covered with rotten eggs for a moment, then turned around and left.
It seems that Mrs. Ji and the child got the news and left on their own.
fortunately.
Night was approaching, the setting sun disappeared over the mountains, and the remaining afterglow was like blood splashing on the ground. Fang Qi felt that the road under his feet had turned into sticky plasma. He stepped on it one foot deep and one foot shallow, using every step. Just try your best.
The money bag stuffed in my chest is very heavy, and my internal organs are very, very heavy.
It is as heavy as the jar containing Lu Shi's internal organs and flesh and blood.
It turns out that he is so stupid and ignorant, far inferior to that ignorant and ignorant dude.
Because he missed such important clues, Ji Gaoyang stole opportunities again and again to kill those old people.
Why didn't he find out earlier...
The last ray of sunset disappeared into the horizon, and the night was like a curtain. He immediately opened the door of his medical clinic, shuffled in, and sat on the floor in the darkness leaning against the plain white screen. A wisp of spider silk touched his face. He raised his fingers, then gave up, raised his head, and sighed heavily.
There is no difference between him and the bug trapped in the spider web at this moment. They are just humble and stupid creatures.
"Hey, our Doctor Fang is back!" The door creaked open, and three figures were like long black tree trunks piercing in. "As the saying goes, if you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later. I heard that County Magistrate Xu rewarded him Doctor Fang has a lot of money, shouldn’t it be time to repay the debt Doctor Fang owes us?”
Fang Ke's dark eyes remained motionless as he took out the money bag from his arms and threw it to the ground.
The debt collector picked up the money bag, looked at it, and said, "Doctor Fang, did you miscalculate? You owe us fifteen guans, and here are only three guans."
Fang Ke: "I only have three strings. If you want love, don't get out."
"If you don't eat the toast, you'll have to drink as a penalty!" The debt collector was furious and rushed in with a bang on the floor. He threw his arms away and was about to beat him. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a light lit up in the darkness. No, it was five lights. Red, orange, red, green and purple turned into a bright rainbow and hit the debt collector's face with a click. Immediately afterwards, a dark wind suddenly rose in the room, and there was a series of crackling sounds, and the screams of people were as harsh as ghosts.
Fang Ke looked at the darkness in front of him in surprise. A bright light rose up, bright and soft, illuminating the dilapidated medical center.
The light reflected a woman's face, with long eyebrows and stern eyes. She immediately recognized her. She was the heroic young lady next to Hua Yitang. Her name seemed to be Lin Sui'an.
The thing she was holding in her hand for lighting was actually a goose egg-sized luminous pearl.
Another group of light appeared, another luminous pearl. This time the person holding the luminous pearl was a young man with green eyes and blond hair. His hands were covered with gemstone rings. Under the illumination of the luminous pearl, an iridescent halo appeared.
Fang Mo unconsciously squinted his eyes: It was so dazzling.
"Pigman," Eta pointed at the trio of debt collectors lying on the ground crying and crying, "Brother Chongchong."
Lin Sui'an knelt down and took a photo of Ye Mingzhu. He was happy. These three people were still acquaintances. The leader had a tattoo on his arm and a splint on his arm. They were the rogue trio whose arm she had broken off in the afternoon.
"Brother Earthworm, you are still working even though you are injured. You are in good spirits."
The two younger brothers had bruised and swollen faces with snot and tears caked in them. Half of Brother Earthworm's face was swollen into a pig's head, two teeth were missing, and his whole body was trembling with fat, "I, I, I, I have an IOU!"
Lin Sui'an: "How much does he owe you?"
Brother Earthworm took out a crumpled receipt from his arms, "White, white, black writing on the paper, the principal is twelve guan, I have borrowed it for more than half a year, the money is rolling in with interest, and I have to pay back 15 guan." Fang Ke signed it himself. His name, and his fingerprints are still there! I’m also doing things for the boss, if I don’t get the money back, I, I, I, I will get beaten too!”
Fifteen strings...
Lin Sui'an scratched his forehead and asked, "Etta, do you have any money on you?"
Ita turned his head: "No."
"Why don't you take that ring of yours-"
Ita's head shook like a rattle.
Lin Sui'an sighed and raised his voice: "Hua Yitang——"
"Boom" a purse hit Brother Earthworm on the back of the head. Brother Earthworm thumped on the ground, and the two younger brothers screamed in surprise, because the purse was full of gold leaves.
"Sure enough, you still have to rely on me at the critical moment!" Hua Yitang arrived first, but the money came first. His white boots stepped on the bright light of the night pearl and walked through the door. Jin Ruo followed him, like a lampstand holding his hands high. There were two luminous pearls in his palms and one on his head. He smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes. "It's agreed, these three pearls will count as my travel expenses."
Brother Earthworm had a big bump on the back of his head from the golden leaf, but he didn't seem to feel any pain at all, and his voice trembled as he held the purse, "These, these are all for us?!"
Lin Sui'an: "Help Fang Ke pay off his debt."
"I wish Hua family good fortune and success, and say goodbye!"
The three earthworm brothers rolled away holding the golden leaves.
Fang Ke closed his eyes and got up from the ground, "Are you here to see my joke?"
"Ha, ha, ha!" Hua Yitang laughed three times, and his smile suddenly faded, "You look so bitter and hateful, it's not funny at all."
Lin Sui'an: "Pfft."
Fang Ke gritted his teeth, "What exactly do you want?"
Hua Yitang made a long "cut" sound, "Lin Sui'an insisted on coming, and I don't want to see your stinky face that is so white that it looks like a ghost..."
Fang Ke frowned and moved his eyes to Lin Sui'an's face. This was the third time he carefully observed the little lady in front of him. The first time was at the mass grave. Her sword skills were sharp and terrifying, as if she was possessed by a ghost. The second time It was she who saw those white porcelain altars, her face was full of interest and her eyes were bright. The third time was now, her eyebrows were crooked and she was smiling maliciously, like a weasel who had stolen a chicken.
"Brother Fang Ke," Lin Sui'an thought he smiled amiably and sincerely, "we plan to hire you as a widower, what do you think of Brother Fang?"
Fang was stunned for a long time before he found his voice, "What?!"
Lin Sui'an said with a smile, "Brother Fang's autopsy skills, if he doesn't make a world-famous work, it will be a great loss to our Tang Dynasty's work! This Huajia Silang is about to enter the Eastern Capital to participate in the imperial examination , the rise to prominence is just around the corner, the so-called three gangs of one hero——"
"Ten gold a month, do you want to do it?" Hua Yitang said, closing the fan with a snap.
Fang Ke: "Wha, what?!"
Hua Yitang: "One price, fifty gold a month, food and accommodation included!"
Fang Ke took a breath and said, "I am a doctor, not a coward!"
"It doesn't matter, forensic doctors are also doctors - cough, what I mean is," Lin Sui'an said with a serious expression, stretched his arms, and squinted at the cheat sheet on his palm, "The so-called doctors are to save lives and heal the wounded, and the so-called autopsy is to seek truth after autopsy. , one is for the living and the other is for the dead, which may seem contradictory, but at the end of the day, they both put human life first and achieve the same goal through different paths.”
Fang Ke was stunned, looking at the girl's bright star-like eyes under the soft pearl light. They were eyes full of trust - trust in him.
[One is the living, the other is the dead... Different paths lead to the same destination...]
For a fool like him, is there anyone willing to believe him?
Fang Ke exhaled a long breath, which was so long that he seemed to spit out all the bitterness in his internal organs, lowered his eyes and saluted:
"Fang's skills are rough. I will never give up. I will do my best in the future."
Done!
Lin Sui'an was overjoyed and very satisfied with the recruitment results: Sure enough, if you want to retain such arrogant and high-end technical talents, you still have to rely on piecing together the pie.
Hua Yitang came over waving his fan: "I'm right, you have a kind face. As long as you ask, he will definitely agree."
Lin Sui'an disagreed: "It was clearly what I just said about life and death that moved him -"
"May I ask when the employment contract will be signed?" Fang Ke asked.
Two people: "Huh?"
Fang Ke: "Will the salary be paid monthly or daily? If there is arrears, will there be compensation? What is the standard of compensation? What is the standard of three meals a day? Are refreshments provided? How many times does the house cost? Please mark it clearly on the contract."
Two people: "..."
The eaves cut across the sun's halo diagonally, and half of the sky where the morning light suddenly appeared fell under the shadow of the trees in the other courtyard. The wind made the bells under the eaves tinkle. Lin Sui'an leaned leisurely on the desk and twirled his fingertips. While eating Mu Xia's newly steamed pastries, he admired the expressions of the shopkeepers of the five main stores in Heyue City.
The scene was no different from three days ago, but it was no longer the same thing as it was man-made.
In just three days, Hua Yitang became famous in Heyue City. The five shopkeepers now respected and feared this dude. They stood in the courtyard with their hands hanging down and their heads lowered. From time to time, they wiped the stains on their foreheads with their sleeves. Sweat.
Hua Yitang was still the same, looking passive and sabotaging as he flipped through the account books. From time to time, he raised his eyelids and glanced at the expressions of the shopkeepers. He hummed twice, frightening everyone to the point of turning pale, and then became lazy. Look back.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk," Jin Ruo said, "This person has a bad heart."
"A traitor will be punished by his own evildoers," Lin Sui'an said.
"Pigman, drink tea." Although Eta's tea was late, he would never be absent. It was stuffed hard into Lin Sui'an's hand. Jin Ruo quickly poured the whole plate of cakes into his mouth and pointed at the hamster's cheeks. I am speechless.
Lin Sui'an held the tea bowl stiffly and rolled his eyes, just in time to catch a glimpse of Fang Ke who had just gotten up and washed up and walked over. He was so happy that he pulled Fang Ke over without any explanation and gave him the tea bowl, "Brother Fang, come on, come on, have a sip of tea. Wake up."
Fang Ke glanced at a few people inexplicably, put his nose to the tea bowl, smelled it, took a sip, his eyes lit up, and drank it all in one gulp, "Is there any more?"
Jin Ruo sprayed the pastry crumbs all over the floor with a puff. Ita's face lit up, and he quickly filled Fang Ke with a bowl of hot tea. Fang Ke simply sat down at the table and began to taste it with relish. Ita happily moved around, moving the tea cauldron, wind stove, water spoon and tea basket to Fang Ke's side, concentrating on making tea.
Black bubbles bubbled up in the tea soup, and there were inexplicable condiments floating on the edge of the tea pot. While stirring it with a tea spoon, Ita muttered and sang in modified Tang dialect. Fang Si drank the tea and chimed in from time to time, watching. From their expressions, it seemed that the two of them were having a good conversation.
Jin Ruo covered his mouth, his eyes moved rapidly up and down, left and right, his expression was self-explanatory: How scary!
Lin Sui'an sighed, "Brother Fang is really a fierce man!"
"Very good." Hua Yitang motioned to the shopkeepers to take back the account books, and slowly waved his fan and said, "I will tell the owner of the family that the account books of all Hua's shops in the future should be based on the five main stores in Heyue City. Thank you for your hard work. ”
Although the expressions of several shopkeepers were smiling, they were uglier than crying. As they retreated, they shouted, "Thank you, Shiro! Thank you, Shiro!"
Lin Sui'an sighed. He didn't know how much money these shopkeepers had paid privately to make up for the empty wages on their books. In just a few days, his body had lost a lot of weight.
Shopkeeper Li of Zhenbaoxuan was detained again, and shopkeeper Zhang and Xiaoyan were also detained. This time, it was because of a pearl hairpin.
Hua Yitang motioned for Xiaoyan to come forward and pushed the paint box on the table in front of her, "Open it and take a look."
Xiaoyan's eyes were still swollen, and she was a little confused. When she saw what was in the box, her eye circles turned red again, "This, this is Grandpa Shi's..."
Lying quietly on the white satin cloth of the lacquer box was the pearl hairpin made by Lu Shi himself.
Hua Yitang: "This is what Lu Shi left for you, take it back and keep it."
Xiaoyan: "Me?"
Hua Yitang smiled softly, picked up the pen and licked the ink, slowly filled in the hairpin head decoration, picked up a piece of paper, carefully spread the lines on the paper, and showed it to Xiaoyan.
Xiaoyan didn't know why. There was a strange shape on the paper. The upper arc was long and the lower arc was short. It seemed that she had seen it somewhere, but she couldn't tell what it was.
"What is this?" Xiaoyan asked.
Hua Yitang took the pen and drew a mirror pattern on the other side according to the rubbing pattern. Xiaoyan stared at it blankly, tears and smiles bursting onto his face, "It's a swallow, this is a swallow! This is what Grandpa Shi made for me. The hairpin! It’s a hairpin for me! It’s for me..."
By the end, I was crying.
The courtyard fell silent, everyone was silent, watching the girl's tears falling to the ground, gathering into a few dark shadows - Eta stopped cooking tea, put down the tea bowl, and Lin Sui'an tightened his grip on the Qianjing knife. The handle, the blade hidden in the scabbard emitted a low cry, Hua Yitang lowered his eyelashes, and wiped the ink on the pearl hairpin with a silk handkerchief, his movements were extremely gentle, as if he was comforting the dead sleeping in the hairpin.
Jin Ruo suddenly stood up, walked over, and whispered something in Xiaoyan's ear. Xiaoyan suddenly raised her head, smiled through tears, nodded heavily towards Jin Ruo, folded the rubbings and put them in her arms. He hugged the lacquer box containing the hairpin tightly, saluted everyone one by one, held his head high and left.
The morning light fell on her thin but straight back, which was the look of hope and future.
"What did you say to her?" Lin Sui'an asked.
"I reminded her that if Lu Jiu comes to trouble her, she will report Liu Mazi's name." Jin Ruodao, "This little girl is very talented. Both Liu Mazi and I think we can focus on cultivating her. The Jingmen needs fresh blood. .”
Lin Sui'an let out a long "Oh——".
"With my Hua family's money, I will clean the house for you. Jin Ruo, you are better at calculating your calculations than I am!" Hua Yitang smiled in a weird way.
Jin Ruo: "The Qianjing Lord of our Jingmen is your partner, why should the family be so clearly distinguished?"
This sentence obviously made Hua Yitang feel comfortable all over, and his whole person blossomed brightly.
Lin Sui'an: "..."
"Silang, I'm back." Mu Xia hurried into the hospital with dew hanging from his clothes. "The car is also ready and we are ready to go."
Hua Yitang stood up, flicked his fan and glanced at Fang Ke. He raised his voice and said, "How are Ji's mother and son settling down? How-ah-"
Fang Ke's expression suddenly tightened.
"Don't worry, Shiro. Everything has been arranged. No one will harass them again."
Hua Yitang was full of smile: "Very - good -"
Fang Ke was silent for a while, and his expression gradually returned to normal, "So it turns out that he is worthy of being a Huajia Shiro. He is indeed as good as the rumors say. He has a lot of spare money."
Hua Yitang's smile was like burnt naan on his face.
Then he bowed his head and saluted, then went back to the house to tidy up his belongings.
Lin Sui'an laughed out loud, Jin Ruo rolled his eyes, and Ita shook his head and sighed.
"Mu Xia!" Hua Yitang shouted angrily, holding up a fan, "Go and order a few sets of clothes for Fang Ke. I want the most popular styles in the eastern capital! If the news spreads out, where will my Hua's face be when she wears such ugly clothes? put?!"
Mu Xia's business smile obviously showed two more teeth, "Yes."
small theater:
Hua Yitang: Why must Fang Ke be our partner? After going to Dongdu, with my Hua family's connections, what kind of work can't be found?
Lin Sui'an: Because I smell the same kind of scent on him.
Hua Yitang: He also smoked incense?
Lin Sui'an: ...It smells like an unlucky person. :,,
