Qian Liangguan, the magistrate of Diqiu County, is an ordinary official, but he is very good at observing people's words.
When Mo Yan went to inquire about the Zhou family's interpersonal relationships, Qian Liang analyzed the key points first without saying anything else.
"Zhou Hou has a son named Zhou Ting. He and Xue Tai were classmates back then, but their relationship was not close at that time. Later, Zhou Ting lost his reputation and came back to inherit the family business and start a business, and there was no contact anymore." Mo Yan was in the yard after eating. Walking around, he said: "On the contrary, it was only when Xue Tai was transferred to Licheng and became the governor Sima that the two of them cherished the friendship between classmates."
Having said that, I know in my heart that most of it consists of interests.
In addition to Xue Tai's support, Zhou Hou was able to become the richest man in Diqiu, which shows that he is also a tactful person. It is impossible not to take advantage of such a relationship.
Watching the moon and thinking: "Xue Tai's wife, Mrs. Liu, and Concubine Shu are sisters."
"Yes, there is also a brother-in-law Liu Dezhong." Mo Yan hissed like a toothache, "Liu Dezhong, you know, the one with the blackest face and the loudest voice."
"Some trouble."
County Magistrate Qian said the same thing, with a face that was about to turn into a bitter melon, "Guard Mo, it's not easy to be the magistrate of Xiaguan. Now the Zhou family is in trouble. I don't know what the Holy One said. Master Xue will first find Xiaguan another day." Settle accounts.”
"You said that the person Yaksha killed must have the ability to seek revenge from Yaksha. How can he seek revenge from you?"
Qian Zhixian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I don't dare to do this. This... I heard that the Criminal Division is very good at solving cases, so why not..."
Mo Yan touched his chin, "You are dishonest. I am giving you advice. Do you still want to blame us?"
Then Mo Yan walked away in a swagger, leaving Qian Zhixian alone behind him, stamping his feet anxiously.
After several people listened, Guanyue asked: "That's all?"
Mo Yan opened his eyes wide and his face was filled with tears. What else could it be?
Lu Anran finished a bowl of noodles while they were talking, wiped the corner of his mouth and looked over, "What kind of business does the Zhou family run? Are there any enemies on weekdays? What about Miss Zhou's marriage?"
Mo Yan rubbed his head and said, "I forgot." Being caught by Qian Liang, he was analyzing the pros and cons and crying for his father and mother, which made him have a big head and two heads, but he forgot to ask these questions.
Lu Taotao bit a bamboo stick and leaned on the branch with his legs crossed, "That's not right. Zhou Hou is such an old man, and his daughter has just left the court?"
Mo Yan smiled eloquently and said, "You should always be strong."
Guanyue gave him a slap on the back of the head, saying something stupid in front of the girl's family. She turned around and said to Lu Anran: "Zhou Hou got a daughter when he was over fifty, so he doted on Zhou Pei very much. He went through thousands of choices before deciding to get married to the Zhao family. .”
Thinking back to what happened to Miss Zhou, I felt so pitiful for the beauty's fate.
When it got late at night and Yun Qi still hadn't come back, Lu Anran glanced at the dark room over there before entering. Qiu Chan came out with a change of clothes. When she saw it, she asked, "Is the young lady waiting for the prince?"
Lu Anran looked back and shook his head calmly: "No."
On the roof, Mo Yan poked Guanyue's shoulder and gloated: "The prince likes the new and hates the old, so he will finally abandon the man named Lu."
Guan Yue stayed away from these two fools and was speechless: "Do you hate Miss Lu so much?"
"No." Mo Yan laughed evilly, "But I like to see her deflate."
After a long while, Guanyue said leisurely: "If you can't eat the turtle, you can eat the tortoise."
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Yunqi, Hehe and Xunqing were walking in Qitian Ridge. It was not that they returned late on purpose, but they accidentally got lost.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Yun. I should have known better than to go into the mountains at night." He He said with an apologetic look on his face, "I have caused trouble for you."
Yunqi looked at the sky to identify his position, and then took the lead to walk in one direction, smiling as usual: "How can we be considered a liability if we travel at night with the United States?"
He He lowered his head, looking a little shy.
Yun Qi noticed from the corner of his eye and tsked slightly. He was used to being talkative and forgot that the person in front of him was not the impassive Miss Lu, nor the serious-faced Nangong Zhi. He felt a little distressed for a moment.
"What are you thinking about, Master?"
Yunqi looked around, then grabbed Xunqing's hand to prevent him from falling, and said, "It seems that it will be difficult for us to get out of here tonight. We might as well find a place to rest and wait until daybreak."
Hehe often collects herbs in the deep mountains and old forests. He understands that they may have gone too deep now. Even if they find a way, they will not be able to get out for a while. Moreover, it is dangerous to move in the mountains late at night. The best way is as Yunqi said. Let's find a place to spend the night like that.
"Then just do as the master says."
Xunqing rubbed his nose and said, "I seem to smell the fishy smell of water."
Yun Qi: "I have seen the map of Diqiu. If I am right, the closest place to here is Yuyue Seventh Pond."
The three of them decided to rest next to the lake. Firstly, it was convenient to be close to the water, and secondly, they were afraid of wild beasts in the middle of the night.
When the fire was lit, Hehe filled the kettle from the frame and handed it to Yunqi. Then he sat with Xunqing and treated the foot injury of a hare caught on the road.
When they came out of the forest, the hare suddenly jumped out. It seemed to have been frightened. It threw itself on Hehe's lap, startling her. When she picked it up, it turned out to be a plump gray rabbit with a pair of innocent and pitiful red eyes. .
He He found that its hind legs were injured and it was shaking when she held it in her hands, which made her feel unbearable.
"There is a famous dish in Sichuan - Spicy Rabbit Head. We can't make it now. How about roasted rabbit?"
Probably because Yun Qi's gaze was too fiery, Gray Rabbit struggled uneasily in He He's hand.
Hehe cleaned its wound with a handkerchief, carefully poured the medicine on it, and then bandaged it gently. He also pierced two rabbit ears and said with a gentle smile: "Okay, don't run around in the future, and stay away from people when you meet them." a little."
The gray rabbit kicked its hind legs as if it were a human being, and then shrank its entire body into He He's arms.
Xunqing felt sleepy, yawned and curled up at Hehe's feet. Hehe was afraid that he would be cold, so he simply put the gray rabbit into his arms and slept with the rabbit in his arms.
Hehe smiled shyly at Yunqi, "Mr. Yun, there's no rabbit meat, but I saw a wild fruit tree over there. If you're hungry, I'll pick some fruit. There are a few more in the frame. It’s a piece of cake, so I can only ask you to make do with it and eat a little bit alive.”
Yun Qi waved his hand: "I'm kidding you, a woman should be pitiful, how can I let you climb up and down, it's outrageous."
He He lowered his head and looked up at the sky again with a sad face, "We have searched so far, and Xiu Fang doesn't know where she is."
"Have you ever heard of Yaksha eating people, right?" Yunqi leaned against the tree behind him, his elbows supporting his knees, and the jade bone fan resting on his chin, looking a little lazy.
He He's face turned pale, "When I was young, the old man would indeed use Yaksha to eat people to coax the children to sleep, but when they grew up, they all understood that it was a lie. But recently, several things have happened in succession. In fact, everyone is very scared."
It is precisely because of this that when she heard that Xiufang was missing, she went out to look for her overnight.
"Xiu Fang and I live in the same village. Both of our parents are gone, and we only have one grandma." He He unconsciously picked up a stone and played with it in his hand. He said with a gloomy look on his face: "Her grandma doesn't know yet. If nothing happens, it will be fine." One…we’re afraid she won’t be able to bear it.”
Yun Qi raised the corners of his lips and said, "You have a good heart."
He He shook his head: "We are all from the same village and we all help each other."
"You're not afraid of Yaksha. You almost got Yaksha to eat you last time."
"Fear cannot be used as an excuse to escape. If I don't come to her, what will happen to Xiufang and her grandma?"
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows, "Why are you alone and no other people in the village are traveling with you?"
"They searched during the day and will look elsewhere tomorrow." He He said: "I thought of the attack in the forest last night, so I originally wanted to look outside the forest."
Yun Qi nodded, lowered his eyes and threw a piece of wood into the fire. The fire light danced on his face. His face was like a ghost in the dark night. When he seemed to be smiling but not smiling, there was a demonic aura. He felt that He He's eyes had been on him for a long time. , the left eyebrow twitched, "What?"
He He was a little embarrassed after being caught, "Young Master is so concerned about Yasha, is he specifically responsible for this case?"
Yunqi rubbed the wood chips off his hands and said, "You can say that."
He He nodded, understanding in his heart why Yun Qi was so interested in Yasha's cannibalism, "I hope the young master can catch Yasha as soon as possible so that the people of Diqiu County can feel at ease."
It was late at night. Yunqi folded his arms and leaned against a tree to rest. When he saw Hehe holding the gray rabbit's feet and looking at them before going to bed, he couldn't help but chuckle: "Such a kindhearted person, it would be a pity not to be a doctor."
He He patted Xun Qing, who was turning over, and shook his head with a smile: "You can become a doctor just by having a lot of heart. Treating diseases and saving people still depends on the talent of the doctor."
"Oh? That's not necessarily true. Some people are very talented, but they can't be doctors." Yun Qi raised his head, and saw the crescent moon in the sky going west, and the stars twinkling, gathering into a glimmer of light in his eyes.
He He asked smoothly: "Who is it?"
Yun Qi didn't know whether he heard it or not. He didn't answer, as if he heard his own words echoing in his mind: "He also said he wanted to study medicine, but there was no trace of Xinglin's ambition to serve the people."
Snow was falling in front of his eyes, and everything was white. Lu Anran was wearing a red cloak wrapped in plain clothes. In the cold day of winter, his expression was as calm as water, and he said calmly——
"I have never learned or understood what compassion is."
He closed his eyes and lowered the corners of his mouth little by little. He had just acted normally that day, but now he thought about it carefully, and suddenly there was a slight sourness in his heart.
Why don't you understand?
No one has ever taught you how to understand? How to own it?
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In another place in a remote mountainous area late at night, dozens of people were huddled in a mountain col, all solemn and attentive. They seemed to have solidified into sculptures in the dark forest.
Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps, and someone moved. He stood up neatly, clasped his fists, and deliberately lowered his voice: "Your Highness, there is no movement yet."
Zi Sangjin's dark eyes looked deep into the invisible mountain forest, "He will definitely return to the cliff ahead. Be careful and don't give him a chance."
The bandit was ferocious and cunning. Zi Sangjin came to Diqiu for more than half a year and battled wits with him. Finally, he found an opportunity to break through his stronghold, but the leader escaped.
Zi Sangjin knew very well that letting the tiger return to the mountains would cause trouble later, and he would capture him no matter what.
"Prince, this area is where Yaksha is rumored to be." Shi Shui whispered, "Prince Yun's personal bodyguards arrested Yaksha before, but his subordinates asked him to avoid it."
Zi Sangjin nodded slightly and was about to say something when suddenly a thunderous roar of a tiger sounded in the distance.
