"This? This is just a piece of clothing I just got from the thief. What's the point of keeping this?"
Ye Ziyuan lowered her head and said softly: "Actually, nothing is important. What is important is that as long as it is related to you, it can remind me of tonight."
Shao Xi shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay! Since you want to keep this thing, I'll give it to you."
"Young master, although you and I only had a relationship before, within one day, Zi Yuan entrusted her life to you. This is such a strange fate. Zi Yuan would like to ask the master to write another poem so that Zi Yuan can It can be treasured in my heart forever.”
"Writing poetry again? My dearest mother! I only have a little bit of ink in my belly. Do you want me to shake it out all at once?"
Although Shao Xi was nagging like this in his heart, he did not reject Ye Ziyuan. The beautiful lady's little wish should be fulfilled even if she was exhausted.
He looked up and saw the willow tree in the courtyard. He turned to Ye Ziyuan and asked, "Is this the willow tree you mentioned in your poem the night before?"
Ye Ziyuan nodded, "Exactly, that poem was written by me because of my emotions."
"That poem is full of melancholy and helplessness. I guess your mood wasn't much better at that time. How about this! I'll change your poem. What do you think?"
Hearing this, Ye Ziyuan's eyes lit up, "In this way, this poem was written by Ziyuan and you, the young master, and it is worthy of being treasured by Ziyuan forever."
Shao Xi nodded and looked up at the full moon in the sky.
Don’t feel melancholy when facing the mountains and facing the moon;
Dancing skirts under the willow trees.
A beautiful lady warms her heart with affection,
There will finally be a spring that fills the flower pavilion.
After reciting the poem, he turned to Ye Ziyuan and said: "Although I don't know what you insist on doing, since it is for the people of Qingshan City, I will not stop you, but if it is impossible to do, don't force it, you must do it well value yourself."
"I didn't expect that Young Master, you really understood my poems, and now you are persuading me with them. Zi Yuan will keep this in mind. As long as this matter is over, I will always be Zi Yuan beside Young Master, and will have no other identity."
Shao Xi sighed deeply. Sometimes there are things that you can't say even if you understand them in your heart. This person! Sometimes you have to be a little confused with others, and sometimes you have to be a little confused with yourself.
"I said, how long are you two going to get tired of being in love with each other? In the middle of the night, everyone else is sleeping, and the patrolmen on the street are catching thieves, but you two are here drinking and writing poems to have a good time, which makes the old man unhappy. I climbed over the walls and ridges to look for you, do you still have any conscience?"
Just as Shao Xi was sighing, he heard the most annoying voice. He said in his heart, you old guy really doesn't understand the style, and you came out at this time to ruin the scenery.
"Old guy, you can't keep up with yourself, and now you have to blame others."
Old Wu curled his lips and stopped talking, then continued drinking.
Ye Ziyuan's face turned slightly red when Old Wu said this, she lowered her head and gave a gentle salute to Old Wu who was sitting on the roof, then turned to Shao Xi and said: "Master, it's getting late. It's time for you to go back and rest. If anything happens, we can talk about it later! I won't send you off."
After saying that, he hurriedly saluted Shao Xi and Lao Wu again, then trotted back to the room with his skirt in hand and closed the door.
Ye Ziyuan leaned against the door and put her hand on her chest. At this moment, she felt that her heart was beating fast, feeling happy and nervous. Happily, I finally met someone I can entrust my life to; nervously, the next unknown results that even I can't predict...
Shao Xi saw Ye Ziyuan running back to the room, and then looked up at Lao Wu who was lazily leaning on the ridge of the room drinking. He couldn't help but shook his head. He was still not sure whether his decision was right. It seemed that he was going to Go back and discuss it with Lao Wu.
He jumped up to the roof, stretched out his hand and pushed Old Wu. Old Wu was holding up the wine bottle to take a sip, but Shao Xi pushed the wine all over him. Old Wu licked the spilled wine on his hand distressedly. He gave Shao Xi a hard look with dissatisfaction on his face.
"You still have the nerve to call me a thief all day long, but you are no better, you are a heart-stealing thief."
"Don't talk nonsense. Let's go back first."
As the two rushed to Jiaku, Shao Xi asked Lao Wu, "How is the situation over there? What was stolen?"
"I don't know what was stolen, but the Jiaku was completely burned, and no documents, files, or account books were left inside."
"Do you know who set the fire? Ordinarily a thief wouldn't set this fire!"
"I'm not sure. I also heard from the policemen at the government office along the way. We still need to go back and ask for details."
When the two rushed to Jiaku, Shao Xi was shocked by the sight in front of him. The huge Jiaku had been burned into ruins. There were ruins and rubble everywhere, and only some blackened building frames remained. There were small flames from time to time.
At this time, Xing Wenxin, Cai Cheng, the county's chief registrar, inspection inspector, and Dutou had all rushed to the scene of the incident. With such a big incident, except for the county governor Chen Mohuai, almost all county officials arrived.
When Xing Wenxin and others saw Shao Xi and Lao Wu rushing back, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but were stopped by Shao Xi.
"You don't have time to be polite at this time. Tell me what happened."
Treasurer Liang Daoqian stepped forward and said: "This thief is really hateful. He just stole, but actually killed people and set fires. Kuding of Jiaku has been killed by the thief. Now Jiaku has been burned to ruins, and all the documents in the county have been destroyed." , all the account books were burned, which is really heartbreaking!"
"How did you determine that the person who committed murder and arson was the person who stole? Are there any other possibilities?"
"Other than that thief, who else could be there? We are patrolling and guarding so tightly tonight, who else can do this?"
Shao Xi walked into the ruins of Jiaku, looked at it carefully and asked, "Where did the fire start? What was the cause of the fire?"
The commander of the county, Xiongdu, stepped forward and replied: "I have sent people to check. The fire started in Jiaku. It was artificially ignited after tung oil was poured on it."
Shao Xi nodded and asked: "Where did Kudin die? In what form was he killed?"
"Kudin died in Jiaku. He was burnt and has been carried to the mortuary. As for the cause of the death, there are two investigators under way."
"You just said that Kudin died in Jiaku? Shouldn't Kudin be guarding outside Jiaku? How did he enter Jiaku?"
Liang Daoqian hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Perhaps Nakudin noticed that someone had sneaked into the Jiaku, so he entered the Jiaku to investigate, and then he was killed."
"Oh? Can Kudin enter and leave the Jiaku at will at night? Has Xiong Dutou checked whether the Jiaku lock has been damaged?"
"After checking, the lock is open. I think the thief used some instrument to pry it open."
Liang Daoqian interjected again: "Yes, that must be the case. The thief must have broken open the lock of the Jia warehouse and sneaked into the Jia warehouse. He was discovered by Ku Ding while he was stealing. He killed the person in a hurry and feared that He left traces behind, so he set the fire and fled."
Shao Xi glanced at Liang Daoqian and said with a smile: "Secretary Liang analyzed the situation very clearly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes."
"This official is just making random assumptions. As for the details, we need to go through careful investigation before we can make a conclusion. However, this thief has done such a cruel thing and he really deserves to be punished for his crime!"
"Why don't we go to the mortuary together first and see the results of the autopsy!"
With that said, Shao Xi stretched out his hand to pull up Liang Daoqian and walked towards the government office. Perhaps Shao Xi's hand was too strong and pinched Liang Daoqian, hurting him. He seemed to want to break free, but failed.
Lao Wu and Shao Xi looked at each other, and did not go back to the government office with Shao Xi and others. Instead, they stayed in Jiaku and continued to inspect the scene of the incident.
When they arrived at the government office, County Sheriff Chen Mohuai had already come out to welcome him. Seeing Shao Xi's arrival, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Shao Xi had no time to talk nonsense with him at this time, so he said hello and went straight to the mortuary.
This mortuary is actually a small house in the side courtyard of the government office. After the body is temporarily brought here for inspection, it will be taken away overnight and sent to Yizhuang for storage.
When they arrived in front of the mortuary, all the officials in the county couldn't help but raise their sleeves to cover their mouths and noses, unwilling to take another half step forward. I don't know if they thought the corpse was dirty or because the deceased was too unlucky.
Shao Xi looked back at everyone, said nothing, turned around and walked into the mortuary.
In the mortuary, the corpse had just been inspected and was washing its hands. Shao Xi casually took out dozens of silver coins and placed them on the edge of the wooden basin. Wuzuo raised his head and looked at Shao Xi in surprise. He didn't understand why the person in front of him wanted to give him money. Shao Xi just smiled and waited for him to wash his hands.
After Wu Zuo washed his hands, he quickly bowed to Shao Xi and looked at the dozens of pennies beside the barrel in confusion. Shao Xi tilted his head and motioned for him to put the money away. The man didn't say anything. He put a few coins into his arms and stood on the armrest waiting for Shao Xi to ask questions.
"Is the fever serious?" Shao Xi asked briefly and directly.
"It's very serious. There seemed to be something accelerating the burning of the body when it was burned."
"Is it tung oil?"
"Judging from the smell left on the corpse, it should be."
"What was the cause of death?"
"He was killed by a sharp blade piercing his chest. Judging from the wound, it should have been a long knife, similar in size to the official knife used by the police officers in the government."
"After being burned like this, you can see the size of the wound?"
When Wuzuo heard Shao Xi's question, he smiled and replied: "I have been doing this for many years. From the time of the incident to the fire to now, I can roughly judge how long the body has been burned, and thus determine the changes in the wounds."
"Did you just say that you were killed by a sharp blade piercing your chest? Only one knife was used?"
"Only one knife was used, and the force of this knife was not small. If someone hadn't practiced swordsmanship all year round, this knife would not have been able to stab with such force."
Shao Xi glanced at his body, then turned back and asked, "Anything else found?"
"Yes, yes, but I don't know if it will be useful to your Excellency in investigating the case?"
"Regardless of whether it's useful or not, tell everything you find."
"When the villain inspected the contents of the corpse's belly, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol, indicating that the person had drunk a large amount of alcohol before death. In addition, there were traces of blood melted in the waist and abdomen that had been violently burned by the fire. The silver sticks to the body.”
"Silver? How are you sure it's silver?"
"The villain peeled it off the corpse and bit it with his teeth. It was indeed silver."
"Well……"
