Lanzhou is in the southwest of Dazhou, and the dishes are delicious and delicious, and the ingredients are exquisite. Xunniang is very enthusiastic about Qin Wan. While waiting on the side, she looks directly at Qin Wan.
Yan Chi looked a little helpless, "Okay, Niang Xun, let's eat by ourselves, go get busy."
Knowing that Yan Chi wanted to protect Qin Wan, Xunniang covered her lips with a smile and said, "Okay, the princess will never mind, Xunniang is a rough person, if she offends her abruptly, the princess must not complain."
Qin Wan didn't think Xunniang was offended, but Xunniang's eyes were too hot, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
"How come, this dish is very delicious, thank you Xun Niang."
Xunniang didn't dare to say anything again, so she turned around and retreated.
After Xunniang left, Yan Chi leaned back on the long couch beside him, watching Qin Wan eat in a leisurely manner, Qin Wan looked at him helplessly, "Aren't you going to eat?"
The corners of Yan Chi's lips twitched slightly, "Although the dishes are delicious, they are not as good as yours. In case, I will just watch you."
Qin Wan raised her brows high. Normally, she didn't think Yan Chi was a sweet talker. Yan Chi smiled even deeper, and sat up to serve her vegetables, "When Zheng Baishi came to invite me, I was Monk book to eat."
Qin Wan understood, "But there will be a day."
Yan Chi said, "I brought you here for you, eat more, Xunniang's husband is named Yuan, Master Yuan likes others to eat all the dishes he cooks."
Qin Wan looked at the table full of dishes and laughed, she couldn't complete this task.
Yan Chi also ate some vegetables while serving, Qin Wan asked, "Will they stay in Beijing to take care of you?"
Yan Chi said directly, "I hope they go back to Lanzhou. Lanzhou is the main family of the Lu family, and life is more comfortable than staying in the capital. But it depends on them. They are not my servants, they make their own decisions."
Qin Wan didn't ask any more questions, and used the dishes for himself, but Yan Chi was very familiar with these dishes, and picked up two interesting stories from his childhood, and Qin Wan ate while listening, with a warm smile on his face, waiting to eat Full and full, the whole body is comfortable.
After they came in, the water pavilion closed three windows, only the front facing the lotus pond was open at the moment, Yan Chi walked to the window and stood still, beckoning, "Come here—"
Qin Wan got up and went to the window. Yan Chi half-embraced Qin Wan and pointed to the lotus leaves and slim lotus tips outside, "This is the Lanzhou water lily that my concubine likes most. The water lilies in Prince Rui's mansion have withered long ago. , only here it grows just right."
The evening wind was blowing, and the fragrance of lotus leaves followed the breeze to Qin Wan's nose. Qin Wan sniffed lightly, and narrowed his eyes slightly. They entered through the back door, but they didn't know what the front yard of this place was for. The courtyard was very quiet. Looking at the lotus leaves moving in the wind, Qin Wan felt that Yan Chi and her were the only two people in the courtyard.
Yan Chi simply hugged her from behind Qin Wan. In this hug, the coolness of the evening wind was also dissipated by the warmth of Yan Chi's body. Qin Wan relaxed and leaned into Yan Chi's arms.
The two of them didn't speak for a while, but they felt that the case and death in the daytime were suddenly far away from them. Right now, the time is quiet and peaceful, the fragrance of lotus is floating, and they are extremely comfortable...
If Yan Chi hadn't brought her here, she really wouldn't have had half a day's leisure in Fusheng.
"Now that you are back, why don't you replant the withered water lilies?"
Qin Wan spoke slowly, and the whole person disarmed during the day, Yan Chi said in a low voice, "Mother and concubine liked it in the past, and the pond of water lilies was taken care of by mother and concubine herself. Wang invited many people to take care of those water lilies, but those water lilies seemed to have spirituality, and finally withered together with their mother. Now, although I have this skill when I come back, I don’t have the heart anymore. I only come here occasionally to have a look .”
Qin Wan put his hand on the back of Yan Chi's, wanting to comfort her, Yan Chi smiled, "Mother and concubine have been away for many years, and I'm used to it."
Yan Chi held Qin Wan with his backhand, and continued, "It's a pity that there is no moonlight tonight, otherwise the scenery of the lotus pond would be more moving."
Qin Wan raised his eyes to look at the sky, and saw that the sky was pitch black, indeed there were no stars and no moon, the day was still sunny, but it was like this again at night, Qin Wan thought, and suddenly said, "Last night seemed to be a starless night too." A moonless night?"
Yan Chi said "Yes", "Indeed, what's wrong?"
Qin Wan turned around to look at him, and leaned against the window sill behind him, "The night Wu Qian died was also a night without stars and moonless? I remember that it was the day after Qin Xiang went to Chengwang's mansion, I went to the Anyang Marquis Mansion early in the morning. On the second morning, my uncle and my aunt entered the palace one by one and went to Xue’s house. At noon, they also arrived at the Anyang Marquis Mansion. We didn’t come back that late that day. We didn’t see each other at night. looking at the moon."
Yan Chi thought about it for a while, "I also remembered what you said. It was the second day after you entered the palace with Princess Taichang. That night was indeed a night without stars and moon."
Qin Wan thought for a moment, "Tell me, did the murderer choose such a night to kill?"
"Looking at the fact that the two incidents happened on nights without stars and moon, there is a possibility, but there were only two, so maybe it's a coincidence."
Qin Wan nodded, "If we want to verify, we can only wait until the next accident, but once an accident occurs, one more person will die. The price is too high, but I don't know if there is any other news from the magistrate."
Speaking of the case, the two of them lost their thoughts of sneaking around and said a few more words. Yan Chi was going to send Qin Wan back. be worried.
When he came out of the water pavilion, he saw a middle-aged man who was not tall and very ordinary-looking standing beside Xun Niang, and when he saw Yan Chi coming out, the man immediately saluted Yan Chi, "Yuan Yan pays respects to His Royal Highness, the princess. "
Xun Niang said, "He is full of oil and gas, but he must come to pay his respects to His Highness. His Highness has not come here a few times, and he doesn't know why next time. If the princess likes the food here, next time His Highness will stay in the county more." The Lord is coming."
The couple was very simple, Yan Chi responded warmly and took Qin Wan out and got into the carriage.
Walking all the way out along the alley, when they reached the main street, the carriage headed northwest, and after another two quarters of an hour, they arrived at Xinglefang. Not long after, the carriage stopped in front of the gate of the Hou Mansion.
Qin Wan bid farewell to Yan Chi and entered the Hou's residence to rest.
Although Qin Wan is just a false job, he still has a case in his heart. When he fell asleep at night, he dreamed of his father Shen Yi in a dream. The surroundings looked like they were in the Shen residence. Shen Yi was writing files in the study, and she read the files from time to time. Looking at the content, going back and forth, and knowing what kind of case it was, she started talking to her father. Qin Wan watched this scene, and saw herself in a trance for a while. It was when she was fifteen years old. They had just entered Beijing not long ago. When she got to her father, she really asked her father what was the mystery of King Jin's case, or what was the crux of the current case, but in the dream she couldn't speak at all, she was floating in the air like a ghost , looking at his father joking with himself who used to be Shen Guan.
Qin Wan was so anxious that she thought again, could it be that she has changed in a different way and father doesn't remember her
And looking at the lifelike appearance of her father and her former self, it seems that they are still alive, just living in a world she doesn't know—
Qin Wan woke up sweating profusely.
The sky outside the window is already slightly bright, and the last touch of dark blue in the sky is slowly fading away.
Qin Wan regained his composure and just got up. When Fuling entered the door outside, he saw that Qin Wan's complexion was a little bad, with thin sweat on his forehead, "Miss? Did you have a nightmare? This servant will twist a veil for you to wipe your face."
Fu Ling quickly twisted a veil, and while wiping Qin Wan's sweat, she asked, "Miss, what did you dream about?"
Qin Wan frowned, "I dreamed about my father."
Fu Ling sighed, "Is it because I went to visit the grave a few days ago? God knows that the lady is filial, so I entrusted the dream to the lady. What did the master say?"
Qin Wan shook her head and smiled wryly. Her father and mother died without a burial place, so where is there a cemetery to sweep
Fu Ling reassured Qin Wan with a few more words and helped Qin Wan get up. Although it was late April and the weather was gradually warming up, it was still a bit cold this morning. Fu Ling put a cloak on Qin Wan, "Miss, although her medical skills Gao Ming, it’s not good if you catch the wind and cold, is the lady worried about the case? The servants frown when they see you get up.”
Qin Wan was indeed worried about the case, but he was worried about the serial murder case and his father's case.
Even if she can enter the prison and can conduct a legitimate autopsy, her father's case is still difficult to come across. It's too difficult. It's really too difficult. Qin Wan sighed deeply, "Go and pass on the breakfast, we'll have it later." Let me go to the magistrate's yamen."
She has to move, she has to actively seek opportunities.
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When Qin Wan arrived at the magistrate's office, Zheng Baishi was a little surprised, "Why did the princess come so early?"
Zheng Baishi invited Qin Wan to take a seat, and then ordered someone to serve tea. Qin Wan said, "Last night I suddenly remembered that the night Zhao Jiaxu died, that is, the night before, was a starless and moonless sky, and Wu Qian died. That night, it seemed to be the same, I was thinking, did the murderer choose this kind of day to kill?"
Zheng Baishi was slightly surprised, "Is it because the moon is dark and the wind is high?"
Qin Wan shook his head, "Have you forgotten, my lord? When Zhao Jiaxu died, there was a pattern drawn with ashes and cinnabar under his body. By the way, can my lord find out what the pattern is?"
Zheng Baishi shook his head and smiled wryly, "Not yet, I asked the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple, and the monks in the Buddhist temple, but no one knew me."
Qin Wan's heart sank, "Maybe it was destroyed, so I couldn't recognize it."
Speaking of which, Qin Wan asked again, "Have you found out about Zhao Jiaxu and He Wencai?"
Zheng Baishi only felt that it was very difficult. Qin Wan was a daughter's family, but he was so concerned about the case. Thinking of this, Zheng Baishi felt that it would be better if Qin Wan was a man, "Let's investigate Zhao Jiaxu, Zhao Yushi She said that she never mended Zhao Jiaxu's clothes, but we didn't find out that he had an affair outside, and yesterday afternoon Zhanyang took someone to ask Zhao Yushi, Zhao Yushi insisted that her husband was not that kind of person, I will never raise children outside."
Qin Wan frowned, "How is this possible? It's not the clothes he sewed for himself." What's more, he also found a man's essence on Zhao Jiaxu's pants. If he had sex at his own home, how could he wear dirty clothes? out of pants
Zheng Baishi was also very helpless, "Continuing to investigate, Zhao Jiaxu once swore not to take concubines, even if there were women, they must be hidden, but unfortunately he has no entourage, although there are servants and servants at home, but he goes to class But I never bring it with me, I don’t know if it’s intentional or he’s used to it.”
"This question is really not small. Even if you don't raise children, I'm afraid there are girls who are good friends in brothels. His circle is so big, and the children he teaches will not be harmful to others."
Zheng Baishi said casually, "We also went to the Wei Mansion to ask. Zhao Jiaxu has taught ethnology in the Wei Mansion for more than a year, not as long as He Wencai's. Master Wei's evaluation of him is above average, saying that he is knowledgeable. I am very happy to express myself, and I still have some real talents, but I don’t understand in private—”
"As for He Wencai, He Wencai already has a new student. Some regular customers still believed him in that matter, and his sons also testified to him. On the night of the incident, he took care of his old wife at home. Going out, besides, he himself is not in good health and lacks strength, so he sneaked up on Wu Qian and then Zhao Jiaxu, it's not something he can do."
Unless He Wencai also suffers from madness like Mencius Yi, and when he is ill, his strength is boundless.
"The murderer hid it very deeply. By the way, has the magistrate read the files of Dali Temple?"
Zheng Baishi said, "The files of Dali Temple have been sorted out. It is an old case. It took Mr. Li a while to find it from the warehouse. Today I want to wait for Zhanyang to finish the investigation from the outside before I invite His Royal Highness We came to see it together. Since the princess is here, do you want to go with me? The princess is as careful as a hair, maybe I can find nothing."
Qin Guan naturally readily agreed, and after waiting for another half an hour, Zhan Yang came back from the outside. He was not only checking Zhao Jiaxu, but also checking Wei Yuanbo's mansion, but after checking around, the two families really did not A little bit of intersection, how did the murderer know about the two families
Qin Wan thought for a while and said, "The status of these two families seems to be very different, so naturally they won't meet, but they may buy rice in the same place, they may treat customers in the same restaurant, or they may buy rice in the same silk and satin shop. Through the clothes, these coincidences may invisibly let the murderer know about the two families. The murderer will never show his murderous appearance on his face. A person who is related to a life behavior."
What Qin Wan said was too truthful and too scary. The murderer was unremarkable. He might be a clerk from a rice shop, a waiter in a restaurant, or the shopkeeper of a silk and satin shop. The guest, perhaps, is very familiar with a servant of the two families, and has learned a lot about the inside story of the two families.
After waiting for a while, Yan Chi came from the Ministry of Punishments. On the way, he knew that Qin Wan had arrived at the magistrate's yamen. He couldn't help being slightly surprised. After Qin Wan took the vacant position in the Ministry of Punishments, he became more concerned about these cases.
Departing from Fufu Yamen, the group went to Dali Temple together. In the past, Qin Wan had only been to Dali Temple a few times. Although his father was the chief official of Dali Temple, he rarely brought his family inside. Wan is going to Dali Temple again, that is where his father was an official before his death, so there must be his father's shadow everywhere, and what is hidden in those files