As soon as Baili Xin reached the gate of the government office, he heard a roar from inside, "What on earth do you detectives do for a living? Can you find the murderer for me?!"
The voice was loud and clear, who else could it be but their own County Magistrate Lin.
Baili Xin and Thin Nanny looked at each other, and Baili Xin gently knocked on the closed black door.
A voice came from inside soon, "Who's knocking on the door? Don't you know you have to beat a drum to report a crime? Go out and tell the people outside to get lost."
The heavy black door was quickly opened by Magistrate Lin's personal servant. He obviously didn't expect that it was his wife who knocked on the door. He was about to chase the person away, but suddenly his arrogant expression froze, and he just stared at the person opposite in a daze.
It took him two seconds to react, "Husband, Madam, why are you here?"
The voice was so soft that Magistrate Lin in the hall didn't hear it at all.
Seeing that the servants had not driven the man away for a long time, County Magistrate Lin, who had just lost his temper, roared, "Who is outside? Tell him to leave immediately, otherwise he will be severely punished!"
The servant's expression became more and more stiff. He stood awkwardly at the door and turned back to blink at County Magistrate Lin with some embarrassment: "Master, yes, it's the Madam who is here."
County Magistrate Lin was still angry and didn't react. "Madam? Which madam?"
"So, sir, you have several wives?" Baili Xin pushed the servant aside and walked straight in.
The servant was confused.
The constables and others in the yamen were all stunned.
Even County Magistrate Lin was confused.
There was a dead body lying inside the yamen, the body was covered with a white cloth, but the head and limbs were exposed.
Baili Xin secretly glanced at the corpse, walked around it and continued walking forward.
County Magistrate Lin had already stood up from his chair. He took two quick steps to Baili Xin and asked in surprise, "Madam, why are you here?"
Baili Xin pointed at the basket on Nanny's wrist and said, "Just now I saw the boy next to you go home to get something, and I asked if you had eaten, and he said you hadn't eaten yet. Master, people are made of iron and food is made of steel. Even if something big happens, you can't go hungry, so I asked the kitchen to cook a few side dishes and brought them to you."
County Magistrate Lin quickly put away his anger and held Baili Xin's hands with a touched look on his face: "Madam, thank you for your concern. You just arrived, so you probably don't know that my government office has a back door. You can actually come in through the back door."
Baili Xin lowered his head with some guilt, "Master, I really don't know. Should I not have come? I came at the wrong time and caused you trouble?"
How could I not know? But if I went through the back door, how could I see the body
Detectives: “…”
Madam, you came at the perfect time! Otherwise, we would have been scolded again.
Madam, you are a living Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering!
"No, no, no, Madam, you can enter from any door." County Magistrate Lin said quickly, "Madam, why don't you wait in the backyard first, I will be there later."
Baili Xin lowered his head and took in all the corpses on the ground.
Lying on the ground was a man who looked to be about 28 or 29 years old. He was wet all over and had a lot of water plants tangled around him.
His face was swollen, there was a purple patch under his eyes, his mouth was black, and there seemed to be black, unknown sticky substance flowing out of the corners of his mouth.
The fingers sticking out from the white cloth are claw-like, with black fingertips.
Exactly the same as Miss Song's.
"Madam?" Magistrate Lin called out again, bringing Baili Xin's thoughts back to reality. He looked around and saw that there were more than a dozen men wearing clothes with the word "Bu" on them standing in this not-so-large yamen hall, all of them looking at him curiously.
Madam's face suddenly turned red, and she lowered her head again in embarrassment. "Master, I will wait for you in the back first. Please finish your work quickly and come to eat quickly. Please find someone to take me there. I don't know the way."
Seeing the "Madam"'s shy look, County Magistrate Lin blushed and quickly called the servants over with a smile, "Go quickly, take Madam to the backyard and settle her down. Don't neglect her."
After receiving the order, the servant hurriedly and respectfully led the "madam" away.
As soon as the "Madam" left, everyone immediately said in unison: "Congratulations, County Magistrate!"
County Magistrate Lin was a little embarrassed, "Why are you congratulating me?"
The captain quickly flattered him, "Congratulations on marrying such a caring and beautiful woman. Madam is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. She is so beautiful that she doesn't look like a mortal. She looks like a fairy from heaven."
The horse's butt was slapped so hard that County Magistrate Lin wanted to curse him, but now he was too embarrassed to say anything. "Alright, stop slapping me and get back to business!"
…
In the backyard, Baili Xin followed the servant closely.
Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away from the government hall, Baili Xin slowly said, "Young man, what's your name?"
The servant was walking along, and upon hearing this, he quickly replied, "Madam, my name is Xiaodouzi."
Baili Xin: "Xiaodouzi, take me to the master's study. The master will definitely go to the study first after leaving the hall. I want to see the master as soon as possible."
Xiaodouzi didn't doubt it and nodded seriously: "Okay, ma'am, this way please."
The yamen was not big. Under the guidance of Xiaodouzi, Baili Xin quickly arrived at the study.
This is not only the master's study, but also the government office's study.
After Baili Xin sat down, Xiaodouzi began to boil water and make tea.
Baili Xin was just thinking of an excuse to get Xiaodouzi to leave, but Xiaodouzi took the initiative to speak: "Madam, I still have to serve in the front hall. There is tea and a kettle on the table. If you need anything, just send a nanny to find me and I will do it right away."
Baili Xin waved his hand quickly: "Go quickly, don't let the master be so busy in the front hall. It makes me feel bad when I see him."
Xiaodouzi was stunned for a moment, then immediately walked away in small steps.
After Xiaodouzi left, only Baili Xin and the nanny were left in the study.
Baili Xin waited for a while, and after making sure that Xiaodouzi had gone far away, he stood up and walked to the bookshelf, flipping through the books aimlessly.
The books on the bookshelf are all about governing the country and maintaining peace, and there are no files.
It seems that the file was placed somewhere else.
Baili Xin walked to the desk, where there was an open booklet. Baili Xin opened it and took a look, and found that it was the case files of these cases.
The previous body was also a male body, which was found in front of a wonton shop.
The above statement is that the wonton shop was open very late, and late at night, when the owner of the wonton shop was about to pack up and leave, he saw a man walking towards him in the moonlight from afar.
The figure's walking posture was very strange, as if his hands and feet were being held by someone, and he was as stiff as a shadow puppet attached to cloth.
The wonton shop owner didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that the man was just a drunkard, so he just continued to pack up his things.
It was not until the black shadow approached that the wonton shop owner saw that the person coming was a hideous-looking white-faced scholar. He was so scared that he screamed and left.
The next morning, when I woke up, the body was lying in front of the wonton shop.
The body was found five days ago.
Baili Xin flipped through the case files and found another body, a female.
She is the daughter of the Li family in the west of the city. She is said to be proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. However, there is one thing about this daughter: she is weak and sickly and often coughs up blood.
Baili Xin's eyes fell on the words "coughing up blood".
In ancient times, people coughed up blood mostly because of tuberculosis, a disease that was difficult to cure for them. If they got the disease early, they would usually die at a young age.
Baili Xin looked back and saw that it said that the young lady died of a long illness not long after.
The day after her death, her body disappeared and was later found under a peach tree at the entrance of the village.
When she was found, her body was motionless, her body tightly grasping the tree trunk, her fingers were worn out, and the trunk was covered with scratches, as if the body had rubbed its hands against the tree trunk all night.
Baili Xin flipped forward again, and this time the dead person was the accountant of the tavern, and the body was found in the wine cellar.
There were eight bodies in total.
s419m: Host, the locations of these corpses are all messy, there seems to be no pattern. The only pattern that can be seen seems to be one man and one woman.
Escape System: How can it be a man and a woman? The last body was a man, and isn't the one lying in the lobby also a male body
s419m: Have you forgotten Miss Song? When Miss Song's body was transformed, the monk came out to stop it, so no one knew that Miss Song's body was transformed. If we add Miss Song in the middle, isn't it still a man and a woman
The escape system suddenly realized: Yes, Brother M, you are so great, you are the detective of the world!
s419m: Humph, your brother M is very smart.
There were hurried footsteps outside. Baili Xin quickly restored the case file to its original state. When he walked back to the hall, someone just came in.
It wasn't just one person who came in. County Magistrate Lin was followed by a constable.
I have an impression of this constable Baili Xin. The clothes he wears are different from those of other constables. He should be the chief constable.
As soon as County Magistrate Lin opened the door, he saw the "Madam" standing in the hall and walking back and forth. He immediately said softly, "Madam, you must be anxious. Please sit down and wait for a while. I will be done soon."
As he said this, he walked to the back of the desk and sat down, looking at the head of the police opposite him, "Zhang Biao, can you catch the murderer? This is the ninth person to die! Do you want to make me lose my official position? What did you want to say in the front hall just now?"
The captain called Zhang Biao frowned and said, "Sir, there seems to be something wrong with the body."
County Magistrate Lin: "Can't I see that there's something wrong with the body? If it were, would I need you to investigate?"
"That's not what I meant," Zhang Biao explained quickly. "According to the pattern of corpses appearing, this one should be a female corpse. There may be another corpse among us that we haven't found yet."
County Magistrate Lin was immediately furious: "One is not enough, you want another one? Please forgive me. There was no female corpse, but a male corpse. This only shows that your previous inference may not be correct. The initiative is in the hands of the murderer. Maybe he is deliberately playing tricks on our government? Maybe what you think is just a show for you? Don't be too confident."
"Before, it was the townspeople who died, but now even people in our government office are being targeted. Are you waiting for the murderer to target me one day, then you will be happy? Isn't this making a fool of our government office for the whole town?"
"Solve the case quickly, okay?"
Zhang Biao clasped his hands together and said, "Yes, sir, you are absolutely right."
"Okay, if there's nothing else, leave first." County Magistrate Lin waved his hand impatiently.
Zhang Biao looked at County Magistrate Lin, who was about to speak but hesitated. He gritted his teeth and thought for a moment before saying seriously, "Master, the legal advisor was in charge of all the paperwork cases in the yamen. Now that he has suddenly passed away, this position cannot be left vacant."
"Of course I know that the government needs a legal advisor, but the question is where can I find one now?" County Magistrate Lin glanced at Zhang Biao, "Do you have a candidate?"
"Your Excellency," Zhang Biao hurriedly said respectfully, "My brother just passed the examination for a scholar last year and is now working as a teacher. He is smart, capable, willing to endure hardships, and has a good handwriting. I would like to recommend my brother to you, but please think twice."
County Magistrate Lin stroked his goatee and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll consider it. You can go down first."
Zhang Biao: "Thank you, sir. I will take my leave now!"
After Zhang Biao left, County Magistrate Lin immediately put away his cold expression and walked towards Baili Xin with a smile on his face, "Madam, you must be impatient, right? As soon as I walked in, I saw you walking around, fidgeting."
Baili Xin pretended to speak: "I'm not in a hurry, I'm just worried that the food will get cold and hurt the master's stomach."
"The food is still hot," Baili Xin said as he opened the basket and took out the dishes one by one. "Master, please eat it while it's hot. If you have anything else to do, do it after you finish eating."
Magistrate Lin was so moved that he almost cried when he saw the hot food on the table.
"No wonder mother likes you, ma'am, you are really nice." He sat down as he spoke, picked up the steamed bun and started eating with the dishes, "Ma'am, to be honest, in all my years, this is the first time a woman has been so nice to me."
Baili Xin laughed and said, "Nonsense, there must be someone who loves you more than me."
"You mean the aunt?" County Magistrate Lin wolfed down a mouthful of food. "The aunt is heartless and the actress is disloyal. She follows me now only because it is profitable to stay with me."
Baili Xin and Shou Ma looked at each other, and Baili Xin shook his head, "I'm not talking about the eldest aunt, but the old lady. You are the flesh and blood that fell out of her belly after ten months of pregnancy. She would rather bear the pain of childbirth to give birth to you. This kind of friendship is something I can never catch up with."
County Magistrate Lin paused while eating. When he raised his head, his eyes were moist. "So you were talking about mother. You are right. Mother really loves me. That is why I am working so hard now, just to honor her."
"Master, you are a filial son. I am very happy that I did not marry the wrong person."
The thin nanny looked at the two people coming and going with a flickering look in her eyes. There was only one word in her mind: retreat! retreat! retreat!
Help, she has an upset stomach.
Fairy, were you a famous actress in the past? How can you act so realistically
"By the way, sir," Baili Xin sat opposite County Magistrate Lin and asked with a smile, "Do you want to use the younger brother that Captain Zhang recommended just now?"
"Of course not." County Magistrate Lin denied it without even thinking. "He is already the head of the police. If I make his brother a legal advisor, then I will just change my government office's name to 'Zhang'. He is so ambitious and doesn't know what is good for him."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Baili Xin, "Madam, why are you asking this?"
Baili Xin: "Oh, that's right. If you want to use him, I won't mention the rest. If you don't want to use him, I'll mention the rest."
County Magistrate Lin became interested: "What do you say?"
"I have a distant cousin who has been my good friend since childhood. So I know him well. He is responsible and conscientious, and has beautiful handwriting. Most importantly, he is of the same mind as you." Baili Xin paused, "He has a sincere heart and will never have second thoughts with you."
"I just remembered him because you were so busy. If you want to use him, I'll go ask him. But it depends on his opinion. He may not agree."
"Great!" County Magistrate Lin suddenly slapped his thigh, "Madam, I'm worried about not being able to find a confidant. The legal advisor is the person who knows the most in the yamen, and I've always wanted to find someone close to me. Aren't you just handing me a pillow because I'm sleepy? Madam, you are really my lucky star. Go and ask him. If he is willing, he can come to the yamen to find me at any time. Of course, the sooner the better. Since he is a family member, you can rest assured, my cousin, the salary I pay him is definitely the highest in the yamen."
Baili Xin: "Talking about money hurts feelings. I mainly want him to help you. Okay, I'll go ask him later."
County Magistrate Lin quickly ate all the food and steamed buns on the plate. Baili Xin pretended to greet him for a few words, then left with the thin nanny, carrying the basket.
Before leaving, he deliberately passed by the front hall and found that the body on the ground was gone.
After asking a few questions seemingly unintentionally, I found out that the body had been taken to the charity cemetery.
This legal advisor had a family, but because the body looked strange, his family members did not dare to take it back. Also, the government still needed to study the body, so they sent it to the charity cemetery.
After leaving the government office, the thin nanny frowned tightly, "Fairy, our Song family can have no distant relatives who are scholars."
Baili Xin: "Not your distant relative, but my distant relative."
Thin Madam: “?”
Isn't the fairy a fairy? Do fairies have relatives
They strolled outside and Baili Xin passed by Tongfu Inn again.
Coincidentally, the Tongfu Inn was distributing meat porridge again today, and it was already the end when they arrived. Thin Mammy watched the crowd feasting from afar and stamped her feet in envy.
"One day, I will eat this divine meat!"
No one knew if the Qingcheng elder had sensed something, but as soon as Baili Xin arrived, the tightly closed window on the third floor was pushed open, and that Taoist and immortal body appeared in front of everyone.
When Baili Xin looked up at Elder Qingcheng, Elder Qingcheng was also looking at him. Then Baili Xin saw Elder Qingcheng turned around and seemed to tell his disciples something. After a few breaths, a man dressed as a monk appeared at the door.
He was holding a bowl in his hand and snatched the spoon directly from the waiter. He scooped three full spoonfuls of meat before returning the spoon to the waiter.
Baili Xin looked at the meat in his hand and suddenly had a bad feeling.
He quietly held the thin nanny's hand and said, "Mammy, it's getting late. We should go back."
After saying that, he turned around and took the thin nanny away without caring whether she had seen enough or not.
The thin nanny was still chattering, "Fairy, why did you leave? I just saw an immortal master with a big bowl of meat in his hand, and he was coming this way. It was a big bowl full of meat. How great would it be if we had this meat?"
"Madam, please stay!" Just as the thin nanny finished speaking, a call came from behind the two of them.
Baili Xin pretended that it was not him who was called and continued walking forward with his head down.
The thin nanny was making a lot of noise beside her, "Fairy, is this person calling you?"
Baili Xin: "What do you want me to do? I'm new here and I don't know anyone."
Thin Madam: “That’s right.”
The two men had already reached the middle of the bridge, and before the sound of their conversation had completely dissipated in the air, a dark shadow suddenly blocked their way.
Before she could see the appearance of the person blocking her way, the thin nanny smelled a strong aroma of meat.
She looked up and saw that it was the immortal master who had served the meat just now.
The thin nanny looked at the immortal master opposite her, then looked at the large bowl in the immortal master's hand, her eyes shining.
Fairy meat, it’s fairy meat!
"Madam," the immortal master raised the bowl in front of Baili Xin, "The elder said he wanted to give it to you. This is the snake spirit we caught in the forest yesterday. It has been practicing for a thousand years, and the snake gall has been refined. Although eating its meat will not make you immortal, it can prolong your life and strengthen your body. Drink it while it's hot."
Baili Xin tried hard to suppress the discomfort in his stomach. He carefully took the large bowl with both hands and said, "I understand. Thank you, Elder Qingcheng, for your kindness."
The monk stared at Baili Xin with burning eyes: "Madam, take a sip and try it to see if the taste is to your liking."
Baili Xin stared at the steaming rich soup in his hands, his lips tightly pursed.
He held the large bowl in his hand and glanced at the river water below him, silently wondering what would be the most appropriate posture to use to spill the broth into the water.
After seeing the series of actions by the Qingcheng elders just now, he immediately realized that the other party was coming for him, so he hurriedly climbed onto the bridge.
Can't you refuse a good offer, but can't you allow him to accidentally knock over the bowl
Or maybe they could make up a story about a ghost girl in red clothes and a white umbrella who suddenly appeared and accidentally knocked over the bowl after being startled? Anyway, the Qingcheng elders also knew about this matter, so it was quite credible.
Just when Baili Xin was ready to act, he was suddenly bumped from behind.
He leaned forward instinctively and threw the bowl in his hand into the river.
With a "plop", the bowl smashed into the water, making a huge splash, and disappeared into the water along with the pieces of meat.
"Oh my God!" The "Madam" was horrified and turned her head angrily to look behind her, only to see a staggering man standing behind her, drunk, with a wine gourd in his hand.
"Don't you look at your feet when you walk?" Madam's eyes widened. "Look at what you have done. You have knocked away all my big bowl of divine meat."
Good crash, man!
You are my savior, I will give you a pot of wine later!
As he spoke, he glanced at the entrance of Tongfu Inn. At this time, the meat at the entrance had been distributed and the waiter brought the pot in.
Baili Xin then turned to look at the young monk, "Master, what should I do? The meat was gone before I could even take a bite. Is there any more?"
"Wow," Baili Xin felt that the atmosphere was not enough and wanted to add some more drama, but the thin nanny beside him suddenly burst into tears, clapping her hands and stamping her feet and crying loudly, while crying and hitting the drunkard hard, "You bastard, I was waiting for the madam to eat the leftovers so that I could pick up some minced meat and broth to drink, now there is nothing! You have to compensate me for the minced meat and broth, wuwuwuwu."
Baili Xin opened his mouth halfway and then slowly closed it: "."
Okay, now the emotions are full enough.
The monk was somewhat at a loss, "Madam, but today's immortal meat is gone."
Baili Xin touched the corner of his eyes, "."
Of course he knows that the magic meat is gone. Do I need you to tell me
It should be gone.
He was really afraid that someone would suddenly bring another bowl and say the classic line "There's plenty, all you can eat."
Then he was really scared.
"Alas," Baili Xin sighed, "It seems that I am not destined to have this divine meat. Immortal Master, I am being unreasonable. We will leave now. Thank you again for your hospitality, Immortal Master and Qingcheng Elder."
The staggering drunk was about to leave, and the thin nanny wanted to grab him to argue, but the drunk impatiently swung her sleeve at him.
When the drunkard swung his sleeves, a faint scent of lotus floated into Baili Xin's nose.
Baili Xin was stunned for a moment, and his eyes changed slightly when he looked at the drunkard.
The drunkard walked away a little, and the monk continued, "Madam, you don't have to be too sad. There is plenty of immortal meat in our sect, and we give it away here almost every afternoon. If you want to eat it, just come, and I will serve it to you when the time comes."
Baili Xin looked at the monks gratefully: "Thank you very much, Immortal Master. You Immortal Masters are really kind people, but you gave us all the immortal meat, what do you eat?"
"We are cultivators," the man said with a smile, "If we don't eat, the immortal meat will be wasted in our hands. We should all eat it, and it is better to share the joy with others than to enjoy it alone. This is also an opportunity for our Qingcheng Sect and you all, so we share it with the townspeople."
Baili Xin flattered her once again before pulling the thin nanny away.
He walked very fast, and after getting off the bridge, he took the thin nanny and walked into a small alley.
Seeing this, the thin nanny immediately said, "Isn't this the road that drunkard took? It turns out that the fairy lady is also angry. Let's go and seek revenge together! I must beat up this blind drunkard!"
Baili Xin: “.”
If you dare to touch him, just try it. I’m the top and no one else is allowed to hit me!
The alley is a dead end and you reach the end after walking in for a while.
It was empty inside, with hardly any drunks.
The thin nanny scratched her head, wondering, "What's going on? I saw him come in just now and he never came out. Could it be that this drunkard can climb over the wall?"
She looked up at the three-meter wall and said, "But the wall is so high. Could this drunkard be a martial arts master?"
Baili Xin glanced at the ground and found a tiny lotus petal at the tip of his toes.
Understanding the situation, Baili Xin pulled the nanny outside and said, "This is too weird. Let's go quickly. I feel like we have seen a ghost again."
As soon as she heard the word "ghost", the thin nanny lost her energy to curse and quickly pulled Baili Xin out of the alley.
When they arrived at the Lin family, the thin nanny was still sighing, "What a pity to waste such a good bowl of meat. If I had been quicker, I would have caught it for you, so that you wouldn't have been left without a single bite."
Baili Xin looked at the regretful expression on the thin nanny's face and said, "Not being able to eat may not be a bad thing."
The thin nanny said with a depressed look, "What do you mean?"
"Let me ask you, if it were you, and someone dug out your heart, cut you into pieces, made delicious food and shared it with others, would you be able to bear it?"
Thin Nanny: "I definitely can't stand it. If it were me, and someone dared to do this to me, I would turn into a fierce ghost and kill that person to relieve my hatred."
"You can't accept that all things have spirits, let alone monsters that have practiced Taoism for hundreds or even thousands of years. If you eat their meat, they might come to seek revenge on you one day."
The thin nanny covered her mouth in panic, "But, so many people have eaten it, and they are all fine."
Baili Xin: "Just because you are fine today doesn't mean you will be fine tomorrow. You might get into trouble someday. You can still live well without eating that divine meat. Why do you eat that stuff?"
"According to what you said, Fairy Lady," the thin nanny seemed to have thought of something, and lowered her voice even more, saying mysteriously, "Then doesn't it mean that those corpses became abnormal because they ate the immortal meat?"
Baili Xin looked at the thin nanny and said, "Let me ask you, when did this strange thing with the corpse start happening?"
Thin Madam: “About two months ago.”
Baili Xin: "What about the people from Qingcheng Sect coming down the mountain?"
Thin Madam: "Less than a month."
Baili Xin: "That may not be because of the broth. The abnormalities of the corpses started before the Qingcheng Sect even left the mountain. This matter may have another source."
The thin nanny was a little scared: "What's the source?"
Baili Xin: "I don't know yet."
But I'll figure it out one day.
They chatted with each other and soon arrived at the door of the Song family.
At this time, the sun in the sky was setting behind the mountain, dyeing the clouds floating near the mountain into beautiful sunset clouds.
When Baili Xin walked in, he happened to hear the conversation between County Magistrate Lin and his aunt in the backyard.
The eldest aunt said: "Master, don't wait any longer. You said that the lady went to her cousin's house. Maybe she and her brother have a lot to talk about, so she will stay for dinner."
"Didn't Madam say that they have been friends since they were young? It's inevitable that they would have a better relationship since they are childhood sweethearts."
"That's outrageous," County Magistrate Lin said in a somewhat unhappy tone, "There are differences between men and women. Even if they are cousins, they should still be sensible. Look at what time it is now. It's just a question. Why does it take so long?"
"Oh, my lord, how can you still not understand? The question is false, I am afraid that the longing is true."
Thin Madam was instantly furious. This little devil was really everywhere. She wanted to kill someone before, and now she started to falsely accuse the fairy of having an affair with someone.
Why is she so vicious?!
Bah, bitch!
"Cough, cough, cough." Baili Xin coughed lightly, and his body leaned to the side of the thin nanny.
Looking at the fairy's face which turned pale instantly, Thin Mammy really wanted to give her a loud round of applause.
Look, bitch, open your eyes and see who the real master of house fighting is.
The next second, the thin nanny exclaimed, "Madam, please hold on, we are home!"
The conversation in the backyard stopped abruptly, followed by the sound of two hurried footsteps.
Magistrate Lin walked in front, followed closely by Auntie and Xiaodie.
When County Magistrate Lin saw the "Madam" staggering, he immediately rushed over in panic: "What happened?"
The thin nanny sneered, "Master, you said that the lady was in a coma yesterday and was very anxious. The doctor originally told her to stay in bed and rest, but she didn't listen and always thought about you. She accompanied you to see the old lady, cooked for you and brought it to you personally, and then she was worried that you had no one to trust in the government office, so she rushed to ask for help from the cousin."
"It would be strange if I didn't fall ill after all this hard work!"
"But I never expected that our Madam's heartfelt efforts would only be met with suspicion from others. God, I feel sorry for Madam."
County Magistrate Lin and the aunt blushed, especially County Magistrate Lin, who looked so ashamed that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
"Mammy, you are not allowed to say that about the master, cough cough." The pale-looking "Madam" covered her mouth and coughed, "The master only says that because he cares about me, I know."
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand tremblingly, took a package of things wrapped in paper from the thin nanny and handed it to County Magistrate Lin, "Master, I saw that you really liked to eat cakes this afternoon. When I was coming back, I passed by a cake shop and heard that the taste was good, so I bought some for you. That's why I came back late."
"Also, I have already talked to my cousin, and he has agreed to come to the government office to help. If you are free, he can go there during the day tomorrow."
"Ahem."
County Magistrate Lin took the cake in a daze and looked at the weak woman opposite him. The image of the woman he first saw emerged in his mind.
Women at that time were shy and timid, with affectionate eyes and obvious blush on both sides of their cheeks.
Healthy and attractive.
But look at the woman opposite now. She is still beautiful, with a smile as gentle as a laurel. However, her eyes have lost the initial luster, and are filled with disappointment in herself.
Yes, she cooked for him, delivered food to him, and ran around for him despite her illness.
But what about herself? She actually slandered and defamed her along with her concubine.
I am really nothing!
At this moment, County Magistrate Lin felt a tightness in his chest, as if something was blocking it.
"Thank you, madam," Magistrate Lin swallowed his dry saliva, "Please listen to my explanation. I was waiting for you to have dinner. I am a little impatient and I spoke without thinking. Please don't blame me."
Madam smiled bitterly, "Master, I won't blame you. But you guys should still eat dinner. I'm not feeling well and can't eat anymore. I'll go back to my room to rest. Bye."
Looking at the frail back of the "woman" as she left, County Magistrate Lin felt a dull pain in his chest for some reason, as if something had dug a piece out of his chest.