The rich man was dead. The girl who sold her body to bury her father and the old man who pretended to be a dead body quickly left in the chaos. By the time the officials arrived, the murderer had long since disappeared, leaving only a few bloody corpses.
Shu Shichu and Mu Changqing also left long after the two committed the crime to avoid being involved in the murder.
Because the two people who committed the crime did not hide their appearance, the government quickly posted portraits to arrest them. Because this incident happened in a busy city, people in the whole city were talking about it.
The wealthy young man who was killed was the son of the governor. However, he was a bully at a young age. He was also lustful, often looking for women, and sometimes even raped women from good families. He did many evil things, and he did not know how many people were harmed. People here have always been angry and dare not speak out against him. Now that they heard that he was killed, they dare not say anything openly, but privately I don't know how many people are happy to say that it was a good killing.
The only son was killed, and the governor was so angry that he sealed off the city to search for the criminals, regardless of whether he aroused public outrage or not.
Shu Shichu and Mu Changqing originally planned to set off to find the incense master, but this time the city gate was sealed, so they had to stay in the inn for the time being.
"What is Miss Zhan doing?" Mu Changqing came to Shu Shichu and saw her playing with bottles and jars in the room with a very focused expression. As she moved, a refreshing fragrance wafted out. Mu Changqing couldn't help but smell it a few more times.
"We're making some perfume." Shu Shichu replied, using a special silver needle to suck out the liquid from one bottle, squeezing it into another bottle, using another silver needle to suck out another liquid, and dripping it into the same bottle. Then she shook it gently to blend the two. After a while, she repeated the above action and added the other two fragrances.
Mu Changqing saw her working seriously and inexplicably did not dare to disturb her, so he could only watch quietly from the side without speaking.
Knowing that Shu Shichu had prepared the fragrance she wanted, he took off his gloves and said, "Your method of blending fragrance is different from that of my friend who knows how to make fragrance. He uses various raw materials. It is made of fine powder, but you use water melted into the essence. It is really novel and interesting. My friend will definitely want to study it thoroughly when he sees you making incense like this."
Shu Shichu put the prepared perfume under his nose and smelled it, then put two drops on his fingers, wiped it behind his ears and collarbone, and then said: "I prefer perfume to incense. , convenient to use. Would you like to smell my new perfume?"
She said, coming over and handing him the small bottle in her hand.
Mu Changqing was stunned for a while. When he saw her approaching, he couldn't help but focus on the parts of her where she had just applied perfume. He saw that her small and delicate earlobes were as clear as white jade, and her clavicle was as exquisite as a jade carving...
When he realized where he was looking, he suddenly felt that he was being abrupt, and couldn't help but feel guilty. He looked at Shu Shichu and saw that she didn't notice anything. He was relieved, but for some reason he felt Somewhat heartbroken.
He took the small bottle and raised it with his hand at the mouth of the bottle, and the elegant and fresh fragrance floated out. It was neither too strong nor too weak to be smelled, but just right. He sincerely He praised sincerely: "The new perfume prepared by Miss Zhan is very good. The fragrance is pleasant and makes people forget about vulgarity."
When Shu Shichu heard it, he was immediately elated and said with a smile: "I think it's pretty good too. Since you like it, I'll give you half a bottle."
"Okay, then I'll be disrespectful." Mu Changqing said with a smile. In fact, a person like him who often wanders around the world doesn't like to use spices or perfume at all. If you go to kill someone, isn't it because you think your life is too long and you want to leave a loophole for others?
But this perfume was given by Shu Shichu, and Mu Changqing didn't want to refuse it.
Now he feels more and more that Shu Shichu's identity is confusing. He likes to make incense and is very skilled. He attaches great importance to the comfort and enjoyment of life and pursues refinement and perfection - who would carry dozens of bottles and cans to make incense when they go out? ah?
Which family's children are as refined as hers? Even Le Wanrou, the most beautiful woman in the world, would not be like her when traveling. Although her clothes were low-key and plain, the flowers embroidered on the skirts were made of precious and rare threads, especially the fabrics, and she changed them every day. Every one of them was luxurious in a way that no outsider could see, and there were also earrings. Mu Changqing had a good eye and would not mistake those rubies and emeralds for real.
She wore different precious jewelry every day, and she didn't know how her small luggage could hold so many things. Mu Changqing sometimes wanted to ask her how she packed her luggage.
Shu Shichu didn't know that a man would pay so much attention to his clothes and jewelry. She had prepared these clothes and jewelry when she was at home, and had put them in the companion space early. If she wanted to change them, she could just change them without putting them in her bag. .
Shu's family was wealthy, and her family loved her. Of course, the clothes she wore were not cheap. In order not to attract attention, she also deliberately kept a low profile, but she didn't expect that someone would be very interested in her. People will just stare at her.
Shu Shichu gave half of the perfume to Mu Changqing and drove him away. After all, this was her room and it would be bad for him to stay too long.
The city gate was sealed for several days, but the two wanted criminals were not caught. However, the resentment and anger of the people grew stronger and stronger. The governor finally regained his composure after the death of his beloved son, knowing that he could not seal the city gate. The city gate was too long, otherwise it would cause civil unrest, and the black gauze hat on his head would be unstable, so he promised to open the city gate the next day.
It was already the third day of the city's closure. In other words, the city gate would not be opened until the fourth day. So on the last day of the city gate opening, the government's search for criminals became more and more urgent. After all, if they didn't hurry up, On this last day of arresting people, wouldn’t the wanted criminals be able to escape when the city gate opens?
Shu Shichu could clearly feel the depressive and tense atmosphere in the inn, but her identity, route guide, and appearance had no resemblance to the prisoner, so the detectives asked a few questions and removed their suspicions about her. .
That night, Shu Shichu went to bed early because he had to get up early tomorrow and made an appointment with Mu Changqing to set off to find his incense-making friend.
But it seemed that things always came to find her. She was just sleeping in her room, and suddenly she heard two inaudible footsteps outside the door, walking towards her room.
Shu Shichu immediately got up from the bed and looked at his closed door in the dark. Could it be that two more flower pickers had arrived?
