Magpies Stepping on the Branches

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not mine. mtl. 198 ch. ancient. f & m protagonist.

1. Chapter 1

Magpies Stepping on the Branches

Author: Egrets in Double

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Shen Qiyuan, the son of the eldest princess, was in the emperor's heart at a young age and held great power.

In Daqian, you can get wind if you want it, and you can get rain if you want rain.

But Liu Ruyi is neither wind nor rain,

She is an untamed war horse under the scorching sun and an unquenchable fire in the heavy rain.

It was a dream that he hated and longed to touch every night.

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=== Chapter === 1 Long time no see

Ruyi picked up the hibiscus white jade cup next to her and took a sip. The aroma of the wine filled her teeth and warmed her throat.

"Sister, please stop drinking." The woman opposite was crying slightly, "I know that sister is unhappy. Sister, please don't blame Mr. Hou. It's all my fault. It's me who can't control my feelings for Mr. Hou. It's me -"

"Zhenxue, stop talking." He Zeyou put his arm around her shoulders, "How can a girl like you bear this?"

After that, he raised his head and looked at her: "Zhenxue and I really love each other, and I am very grateful for your help in the past few years. But now everyone outside knows that Zhenxue and I are in love. If I don't marry her, she will How can we gain a foothold in Lin'an City?"

Wonderful.

Ruyi couldn't help but touch her palm.

The person who exploits the corner cannot bear the gossip, so let her, the victim, bless her with tears?

Maybe the sarcasm in her eyes was too obvious, so He Zeyou softened his voice and said comfortingly: "I know you won't marry me unless you marry me. I will wait for Zhenxue to pass through the door first and wait for a year, then I will come to welcome you."

What to do to welcome her? Be his concubine?

Ruyi's eyebrows were raised high.

"Sister is also surprised, right?" Wen Zhenxue straightened up, "In that case, the thirty-six shops on Gongshen Street - although Mr. Hou has taken over it for a long time, my sister has always hidden the property deeds and not given them. We are all a family, so my sister should send someone over earlier."

He Zeyou nodded.

Ruyi was drunk and her head was buzzing. She couldn't help but look up at Wangyue Pavilion.

It was a blessing to be able to gather two shameless people in a small restaurant.

She stood up unsteadily, raised her sleeves to wipe the remaining wine from the corner of her mouth, and finally spoke: "I wish you two to play the harp in harmony and grow old together - as for my marriage, including the thirty-six shops, I don't have to worry about it. Worry about it."

He Zeyou stood up as soon as he heard this: "What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting. If you marry someone else, I will take back the shop. How can the things my mother gave me fall into the hands of beasts?"

"you!"

"What are you talking about, sister?" Wen Zhenxue was also anxious, "With my sister's current reputation, if she doesn't marry into the Hou Mansion, she will definitely be beaten to death by the old master."

Are you afraid that she will be beaten to death, or are you afraid that she will take back the shop?

Ruyi stared at these two people until they turned away with guilty conscience.

Really boring.

She threw away the wine glass, fluffed her sleeves and walked out.

"Stop." He Zeyou quickly followed, "I haven't made it clear yet, those shops-"

Ruyi quickened his pace and turned right when he went out, only to find that there was no way ahead.

The person behind had already reached out to grab her arm: "Listen to me."

Withdrawing her hand to avoid his movement, Ruyi simply pushed open the closed door of the wing next to her, and after entering, she locked the door behind her back.

The gauze curtains in the room flew up in an instant due to her movements, and a mint aroma swelled in the interlaced colors of green and yellow.

She felt more relaxed for no reason.

He Zeyou was still banging on the door relentlessly, but within two clicks, someone scolded him: "How dare you disturb the purity of our Lord!"

Ruyi was stunned for a moment, then realized there was someone in the room.

She turned around quickly, and a sword glowing with silver had already arrived, right at her throat.

Her eyelashes trembled and she swallowed.

The man in front of him had eyebrows like two swords, eyes hidden with cold stars, and an outline as stiff as forged white iron. He looked particularly untouchable.

but…

She looked sideways.

There is actually a tear mole under the end of this man's left eye, which is light and shallow, like grains of sand on rice paper.

Further down, the lips are also thin and soft. Even if they are pursed tightly, people want to reach out and touch them.

She swallowed subconsciously.

The sharp blade in his throat was an inch closer. Ruyi came back to his senses, blinked, honestly raised his hands high, and said silently with his lips: "Misunderstanding."

The person opposite obviously didn't accept this trick. He reached out and squeezed her sleeve pocket, then pressed the hilt of the sword into her arms, and only let go after confirming that he was not carrying a murder weapon.

He took half a step back, but the girl followed him and took half a step forward, bullying everyone.

The aroma of wine hit his face, and he frowned in disgust. Just as he was about to wave her out, he heard someone shouting from outside: "Ruyi, don't scare Master Zongzheng, come out quickly!"

Master Zongzheng?

Ruyi raised his eyebrows, lowered his head slightly, and then saw that this man was wearing a second-grade crimson purple Liuyun Brocade.

Zongzhengsi is in charge of the behavior of hundreds of officials and their relatives, and can give direct advice to the king. He has great power, and even the Marquis of Ningyuan has to be afraid of being punished.

An idea came to him, Ruyi not only did not retreat, but stood on tiptoes, stretched out his hands lazily, hooked the man's neck and said: "We also made an appointment to meet here, how could I surprise the master? Can you please make it easier for me, Mr. Hou?" , I'll pay for the drinks at the next table."

He Zeyou was stunned, and the guards outside the door were also stunned.

Can Mr. Shen have a private meeting with someone? Are you kidding, that is Shen Qiyuan, the son of the eldest princess of the current dynasty, the official of the Zhizong and the head of the criminal department appointed by His Majesty. He is known to be upright and upright in his conduct in the clan.

She said it was more reliable for the Jade Emperor to come down to earth and have a private meeting with her. How could Shen Qiyuan do that?

He Zeyou said angrily: "Come out quickly, I don't want to see your name on Zong Zhengsi's folder."

Ruyi pouted: "It's been so long, do you think he has chased me away?"

He really didn't rush, he just pinched her wrists with both hands and looked at her with a cannibalistic look.

She smiled slightly, not caring, and even leaned her head forward, her warm breath brushing his Adam's apple, and the smell of wine was thick.

Shen Qiyuan's eyes became even more angry, but his back also stiffened, and a trace of red spread from the base of his ears to the side of his face.

Ruyi was surprised and said in shock: "Sir, are you so careless?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his mouth was covered to death.

Ruyi blinked innocently.

Shen Qiyuan's hands were strong and his eyes were cold: "If you say one more word, no one in your Liu family will be able to escape responsibility."

The aura around him was very frightening, like black clouds pressing down on a city, threatening to destroy it. The gauze curtains in the room rolled up wildly, and the celadon vase on the flower table next to it also swayed. Anyone standing in this room would have their legs weak. The last one is soft.

However, for some reason, Ruyi is not afraid of him.

She looked at him with a smile and nodded obediently, but her eyes were looking down from his Adam's apple.

Shen Qiyuan suddenly let go of her, turned away and said, "That person is gone."

The smell of alcohol and mint in the room was blown away by the wind, and it completely dissipated.

After taking half a step back, Ruyi's eyes regained clarity and she bowed to him politely: "Thank you, sir. I have offended you so much. Please don't take it seriously."

My attitude is quite good at the moment.

Shen Qiyuan softened his expression and was about to speak when the man in front of him turned around and left his wing gracefully.

She didn't even look at him again.

=== Chapter === 2 Crazy criticism of the little beauty

Shen Qiyuan laughed angrily at this man.

Rao knew that he was borrowed by her to protect him from the outside, but her face turned too quickly, without even a transition.

"Sir." Zhou Tingchuan came in guiltily, "My subordinates just went downstairs. Who knew they would..."

"That's all." He waved his sleeves, "Have the guards in the mansion been properly arranged?"

"Don't worry, sir. There are three layers of purple-hatted guards surrounding you inside and outside. No snitches or robbers can break in."

Those people were not ordinary snitches and robbers.

Shen Qiyuan pondered: "Let me tell the people in the house to try not to go out recently."

"yes."

A major case was about to be solved, and those who were spying in secret would definitely be unable to hold back. He wanted to see what else they could use to threaten him.

"Ah sneeze!"

Ruyi sat in her canopy car and suddenly felt a little hairy on her back.

She looked around and murmured doubtfully: "It's getting colder and colder today."

"My slave is boiling hot soup in the house. The girl can drink it when she gets home." Jian Deng said beside the car.

go back?

Sighing softly, Ruyi smiled: "After such an incident, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get back to the Grand Master's Mansion."

Liu Ruyi had been cheating on He Zeyou for four years, rented the shop where he made a lot of money every day for free for four years, and ran to the He family for four years. The whole Lin'an knew that she was half the daughter-in-law of the He family.

But now, He Zeyou said he wanted to marry Wen Zhenxue.

This news will spread everywhere in two days. At that time, with Taishi Liu's face-loving character, she will be beaten to death in public so that her blood can clear his noble family name.

Just as I was thinking about it, the car suddenly turned around.

Ruyi felt it, and was about to praise Jian Deng for her quick response, but heard her screaming outside: "Girl—"

The carriage sped forward wildly, the carriage swaying endlessly.

Ruyi held the car wall steady and raised her head. She felt four or five people falling on the car's shaft. After a while, a masked man opened the curtain and came in. He knocked on the table in front of her with a knife as wide as his palm.

If she were an ordinary woman, she would be frightened to tears when she saw such a scene.

But Ruyi looked at it and didn't think it was a big deal at all. He even took an extra cup from the small drawer and placed it in front of the man. He asked with a smile: "Does a strong man seek wealth or sex?"

Probably because her reaction was too bland, the masked man was very unhappy and said in a rough voice: "Don't ask any more questions!"

Having said that, his eyes still glanced at Ruyi's face.

She is a very delicate little beauty with delicate facial features and long charming eyes. She is dressed in rose pink satin that wraps her exquisite figure just right.

He couldn't help but have evil thoughts, swallowed his saliva and said, "Take off your outer clothes."

Ruyi raised her eyebrows, put her slender hand down on her chin, and said with displeasure in her eyes: "It's too vulgar. You can't even say a few words to ask someone to take off their clothes?"

She scolded people for being so good-looking, raising her eyes and slightly pursed her lips, looking both proud and beguiling.

The masked man was stunned, and his first reaction was to mutter: "We who are wandering in the world, how can we say anything nice?"

Ruyi raised her finger at him.

The masked man hesitated for a moment, then moved over to sit across from her. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the girl pull down his scarf.

He was furious and immediately put the knife across her throat again. The sharp blade smeared blood on her neck as soon as it touched.

Ruyi didn't seem to notice, without even lowering his head. He just stretched his bare hand over his knife, slightly curled his index finger, and raised his chin.

"She's quite pretty." She looked at him with gleaming eyes, "It's okay if you don't say anything nice, just sing a song with me."

The bright red blood slid across her extremely white and delicate neck and fell into the overlapping skirts of her clothes. She suddenly didn't notice, and her clear eyes only reflected his eyebrows, which were full of light.

The masked man looked dumbfounded.

He had never seen such a girl. She was so imposing and as proud as the moon in the sky, but she was not annoying at all.

He actually praised him for his good looks.

Touching his face, he couldn't help but soften his tone: "I can't sing either."

"What about chanting poems by beating the knot?"

"No."

"How come you don't know anything?" She raised her eyebrows and retracted her hand, with a look of sadness in her eyes.

The masked man was inexplicably panicked, and quickly told her: "I can dance with a knife, and I can cook, so it's not like I can't do anything."

"Oh?" She said slowly, "It's a pity that you said these two things, and I'm dead."

"No, we are just kidnapping you and Shen Qiyuan in exchange for things today, we are not going to kill you."

The mouth reacts faster than the brain. After finishing this sentence, the masked man almost bit his tongue.

He slapped himself in disbelief.

How could you tell a hostage such a thing?

But after he finished speaking, the girl in front of him laughed and reached out to touch the side of his face: "Qingqing, who told you that I can threaten Shen Qiyuan?"

He was stunned by the word Qingqing, and he couldn't help but said: "We have been following him for three months, and you are the only woman who can enter his room, and he took the initiative to date you."

As one wishes:"…"

What does tit for tat mean? She was just taking refuge, so why was she dragged into the muddy water?

Shen Qiyuan galloped on the trail to the western suburbs.

Zhou Tingchuan struggled to follow and couldn't help shouting: "Sir, please slow down, the guards are behind you."

Turning a deaf ear to it, he stepped forward and pursed his lips tightly.

These people are really crazy, they dare to involve Grand Master Liu's Mansion. It's okay to kidnap others, but it's the women who are tied up.

How could a female family member end up in the hands of those thieves?

Seeing the dilapidated temple where they were hiding in front of him, Shen Qiyuan reined up his horse and turned over, picked up his sword and walked inside. Within two steps, a smell of meat wafted up.

Some bad associations appeared in his mind, and he quickly walked around the haystack in front of him—

"Does it smell good? This is someone who knows how to cook. You can only barely eat it." Ruyi took a piece of meat from the pot and put it into the masked man's bowl.

The masked man knelt beside her blankly, motionless.

Shen Qiyuan's pupils narrowed.

In front of the dilapidated City God's Temple, twelve masked corpses fell to pieces. The man was dressed in brocade, with white wrists made of snow. When he heard the movement, he raised his head and looked at him: "Master Shen?"

Ruyi smiled and said, "I thought you wouldn't come."

Shen Qi looked at her from a distance and then at the people around her.

"Qingqing, Master Shen is here, I can only hand you over." Ruyi patted the masked man on the shoulder, "I will cook for you when I have time in the future."

The masked man turned around, with only fear and panic in his eyes.

He turned to look at Shen Qiyuan, feeling that this ghost Yama had become friendly, and couldn't help shouting: "Sir, please help me -"

=== Chapter === 3 The adults still care about me.

Shen Qiyuan felt that the scene in front of him was too absurd.

He had seen many scenes where hostages were taken as threats, and he had also seen many crying and mourning faces of girls, but he had never seen anything like this.

The kidnapper was alive, but his hand and hamstrings were completely severed. When he was carried into the car, he was still shouting: "Stay away from her, I don't want to ride in the same car with her!"

The guards around him looked at Liu Ruyi with awe in their eyes.

Ruyi held the hosta on her head with one hand and gently held up her skirt with the other, saying very innocently, "If he doesn't sit with me, then I can only ride with the adults."

Shen Qiyuan raised his hand to stop her from mounting the horse.

"Did you kill these people?" He stared at her.

Ruyi's eyebrows moved slightly and she turned around: "Sir, are you accusing me?"

"no…"

"It's best not." She smiled softly, "My little girl was implicated because of the adults. It's a blessing that she escaped unscathed, otherwise the adults would have taken a life."

Shen Qiyuan remained silent and let her get on his horse, only holding the reins for her.

"Master, won't you come up?" she asked, looking down at him.

He replied quietly: "It's not in line with etiquette."

"It's more than ten miles from here to the city. You can come up first and then dismount when you return to the city."

Shen Qiyuan ignored her and only asked: "How did you do it?"

She shouldn't be able to kill anyone.

Ruyi smiled and looked at her clean fingers: "They all want to have fun with me, but they haven't agreed on who comes first."

If people are picked to kill each other, they will die quickly.

Only the last person, she moved her hands slightly, but did not take his life, which was not considered out of line.

The hand holding the reins tightened and then loosened. Shen Qiyuan breathed a sigh of relief and said no more.

The breeze blew through the broken hair on his forehead, falling on the high bridge of his nose and dyeing it into a few shadows.

Ruyi suddenly felt strange: "It hasn't been long since I was kidnapped. They haven't even sent the letter yet. How do you know I'm here?"

Shen Qiyuan looked at the sky: "We have to return to the city before sunset."

You don't have to answer if you don't want to, but this is a bit too blunt a turn of phrase.

Ruyi chuckled, leaned over the horse's neck, and looked sideways at him: "I thought you would be angry with me for all the offenses I committed before, but I didn't expect that you actually care about me."

His face darkened, Shen Qiyuan said in a cold voice: "Girl, you are too worried. No matter who is in trouble today, Shen will come. This is the responsibility of the Criminal Department."

"Oh, really." Ruyi raised his eyes lazily, "I thought you didn't have any feelings for me."

He looked over coldly and met her eyes.

When their eyes met, he was silent and sinister, while she was warm and gentle; he had a slight murderous intention, and she was teasing innocently.

After a moment, Shen Qiyuan turned his head and sneered: "Why do you think I would be interested in something that Marquis Ning Yuan doesn't want?"

That's quite harsh.

She clicked her tongue and said "oh" in a crooked accent.

I was speechless all the way.

When they returned to the city, the sun had already set. The two separated at the city gate, and Liu Ruyi returned to Liu Mansion alone.

However, before she could enter the door, she saw two people carrying a maid covered in blood and throwing it out.

"What are you doing?" Ruyi quickly stepped forward to hold Jian Deng.

When she saw it was her, the woman in the house pursed her lips, but still waved her hand: "The master said that Jian Deng did not take good care of the eldest daughter, so that the eldest daughter died of the cold, so he beat her with twenty boards and threw her out the door. "

Ruyi's face was full of confusion: "Am I not here in a good way?"

"The old woman doesn't know who the girl is. The old woman only remembers what the master said, and the funeral will be held for the eldest girl tomorrow." After she finished speaking, she stepped directly into the threshold and closed the door firmly.

Ruyi had no time to argue with her and saw that Jian Deng was already dying, so he hurriedly carried her to the hospital on his back.

Along the way, people pointed at her.

Ruyi searched several medical clinics, but none of them accepted her. In the end, she had to hire a car to go to Gongshen Street and go to the medical clinic under her own name to find a doctor.

"It's good that the girl is back." The doctor of the medical clinic placed the cutting lamp in the back hall, lifted the curtain and came out and said to her, "Not long after you were kidnapped, rumors have spread in the city. No one can stop you. Everything has reached the ears of the Grand Master."

Daqian women attach great importance to honor and integrity. If they were kidnapped for several hours in broad daylight, the Grand Master's Mansion would not be able to maintain its dignity.

Ruyi suddenly realized.

The purpose of the funeral was to tell Man Lin'an that the Grand Master's Mansion had severed ties with her, so that her daughter, who had a corrupt reputation, would not taint the lintel of the Grand Master's Mansion?

As expected of Master Liu, his ideas are brilliant.

"Girl, don't be too sad. You have the shop left by your wife, so you don't have to worry about having food to eat." The doctor sighed, "I'm just afraid I have to find another place to live. These rumors in Lin'an kill people."

The rumors of murder were true, but Ruyi didn't understand: "How could the news spread so fast?"

"Isn't that because my sister is too worried about her sister?" Someone stepped in at the door.

Ruyi turned around and saw Wen Zhenxue holding her hand and blessing her: "When I learned that my sister had been kidnapped by thieves, my sister ran to several important yamen in a row, notified the neighbors to help find her, and even went to the Taishi Mansion to inform her. With a cry, I asked for help for my sister - is my sister okay?"

She blinked innocently, looking like a young girl of fifteen or sixteen years old.

If it were Liu Ruyi in the past, she would be so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. But Ruyi looked at her and felt funny.

"You want to ruin my reputation so that I have to bring my shop into the Marquis's mansion to be my concubine?"

Wen Zhenxue didn't expect that she could still laugh in such a situation, and her face couldn't help but look uglier: "Do you have any other options? Leave Lin'an and marry somewhere else? I will tell you about you wherever you go." Wherever you go, let's see who dares to marry you."

This made it seem to her that the only way for a young woman to survive was to get married.

Ruyi patted her shoulder sincerely: "Mountains can fall, let alone men. You can just play with that thing, how can you live by pointing it out."

After that, he waved his hand: "Go back early, it will be a hindrance if you stay here."

Wen Zhenxue looked at her in disbelief. Before she could say anything else, the clerk from the medicine hall came out to help chase away the customers.

"Liu Ruyi, one day you beg me, I will sit in the main hall of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and wait for you to serve me tea!"

There was a bit of gritted teeth in her voice, which gradually became inaudible as she got further away.

Ruyi didn't look back, she just thought that since she left the Grand Master's Mansion, she would take back the shop earlier, so that there would be more money to spend in the future.

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"I, He Zeyou, swear to God that if I fail you, I will be struck by thunder."

"Ruyi, I will never forget your kindness to me. We have known each other since we were young, and we can be together till we grow old together."

"Don't you rent these shops to me for free? You fool, what if I don't want you anymore when I get rich?"

"Don't cry. How could I not want you? What He Zeyou loves most in his life is Liu Ruyi. When the decree comes out, I will go to the Liu Mansion to propose marriage."

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The wind picked up outside, making the whole street darker and darker. The banners outside the shop were whimpering, like someone was crying.

=== Chapter === 4 See you again

No matter who is crying, Ruyi will not cry.

As soon as the shop was closed, she had all the gold and silver in her hands, and her eyes were full of smiles: "Jian Deng, look, just one Huixian Restaurant, one month's revenue is enough for us to buy a new house."

Jian Deng rested for two days and could barely speak: "But with the girl's current situation, it is not safe to have a separate house."

Wen Zhenxue tried her best to describe her as a ruined beauty who was ruined by thieves. She was expelled from the Taishi Mansion. If she lived alone in a house, the house would be filled with vegetables and leaves. Rotten eggs, there might even be scoundrels jumping over the wall in the middle of the night.

Thinking of this, Jian Deng's eyes turned red.

The girl is a good girl, how did she end up in this situation.

She looked up sadly.

Ruyi was holding two large boxes of banknotes and was counting them while curling her lips: "It's okay if you don't want to buy a house. You can just open a room in Huixian Restaurant to live in. It will be more lively."

Cut the lamp: "..."

She put back the tears that were about to fill her eyes, and she couldn't laugh or cry: "Girl."

"The restaurant has been handed over. I'm going to hire some new shopkeepers." Ruyi stood up and said, "Your injury will take a few more days to heal. I'll pick you up when you're done."

Jian Deng nodded and handed her the gauze hat on the table with difficulty.

Although there is no autumn rain and the wind is getting cooler, pedestrians on the street have already put on their cloaks.

Ruyi went to the third floor of Huixian Restaurant at the appointed time, but saw that the box door was open and there was no one inside.

"Let me, the owner, wait." She muttered and went in to take a look.

The terrace outside connected the two rooms. The doors and windows of the other room were closed, and there seemed to be no one there.

Ruyi shrugged, sat down and poured himself a cup of tea.

Snap, snap, snap.

Something was hitting the floor, and there was a fishy smell.

She turned her head slightly, feeling that something was not right.

At this moment, the waiter knocked on the door next door: "Sir, the wine you ordered has arrived."

No one responded.

The waiter was puzzled: "Look, is there anyone else in this room? Why doesn't the door open?"

Several people knocked on the door together, making noisy noises, followed by a loud bang, and someone knocked the door open.

"Here comes someone, someone is dead!"

After a brief silence, a scream pierced the peaceful sky of Lin'an City.

A murder occurred in the Huixian Restaurant in the busy city. The officers and soldiers naturally came very quickly. The uniform purple hats covered the four-story building with two floors inside and outside. The doorway was opened, and a purple flowing cloud brocade brushed across the threshold. Go straight to the third floor.

"Mr. Shen?" Shopkeeper Xu was already in a panic. When he looked at the person again, he was so frightened that he almost rolled his eyes. "Why, why did you come here in person? The person involved in the case..."

"Don't be nervous." Shen Qiyuan lifted up his front robe and stepped onto the steps, "I just happened to be passing by."

The wing room on the third floor was already guarded by purple hats. As soon as he went up, he heard Zhou Tingchuan muttering: "The door is bolted and the windows are locked. How did the murderer escape?"

Looking up and seeing him coming, Zhou Tingchuan hurriedly came up to him: "Sir, look, people are being murdered in such a closed room."

Shen Qiyuan checked the body, then looked around the room, pointed at the broken door bolt, and then walked to the closed terrace door.

The eight folding doors were also bolted inside.

He stretched out his hand and pulled away the tight plug.

The door folded open to one side, and there was a loud clatter. The warm sunshine of Mengqiu shone in from the large terrace, and the breeze blew in, bringing with it a mellow aroma of wine.

Someone on the terrace laughed.

Unexpectedly, there was someone outside, so Shen Qiyuan put his hand on the scabbard on his waist.

But when I looked up, there was a girl leaning on the railing. Her rose-colored magnolia skirt was slightly blown by the wind. She turned her head over while twirling her wine glass. Her eyes were slender and the corners of her lips were raised: " I knew I would see you again, sir."

Shen Qiyuan was startled.

The breeze blew the colorful ribbons flying, and the copper bells on the terrace eaves were ringing. The beautiful girl was leaning on the railing, with a bit of white jade on her fingertips, her charming eyes filled with anger, and her temples waving in a bun.

After a moment, he lowered his eyes and said displeasedly: "It's you again."

Ruyi whistled: "I haven't seen you for two days, and your magnanimity is even more impressive."

There were some guards following behind. Shen Qiyuan didn't want to waste words with her. He only asked according to the rules: "Whose name is it? Why are you here?"

She walked over and answered cooperatively: "My daughter, Mrs. Liu, made an appointment here as she wished. Unexpectedly, the person didn't come, but a murder case happened."

After saying that, he covered his heart with his hands and said timidly: "It's so scary."

Shen Qiyuan: "..."

People who are not afraid of twelve corpses are afraid of this one?

He pointed to the room: "Do you recognize the deceased?"

Ruyi hummed softly: "If you don't recognize him, I won't wait here. Your Excellency, this person had a conflict with me two days ago and died in my restaurant today. If I don't find out, I will take the blame." "

"Please tell me in detail."

"The deceased was the shopkeeper of the Gongshen Street Medicine Shop. I took over the shop from him two days ago. He swore evil words at me and had a fierce attitude. Several stewards took the house deed and forcibly threw him out the door."

"This is where I saw him again. As soon as I arrived next door, the waiter knocked on his door and found that he was dead."

Shen Qiyuan looked at her with a deep look: "You haven't seen him today?"

"No." Ruyi said in a funny voice, "Do you still doubt me, sir? I'm a girl, how can I kill someone?"

Zhou Tingchuan, who took down the confession, and the guards who covered the body were silent.

It is difficult for other girls to kill people, but not for this one.

"The Department of Criminal Justice will judge the case based on evidence. No one will be wronged, and no one will be indulged." He glanced at her lightly and entered the side room with his sleeves rolled up.

Ruyi rolled her eyes and simply followed him in.

When other adults investigated cases, they ordered the policemen and detectives to take action. Shen Qiyuan, who had a more distinguished status than anyone else, lifted his robe, knelt on the ground, and personally inspected the condition of the deceased.

The man next to him muttered in a low voice: "Sir, I have already checked. The time of death of the deceased should be within two hours."

"Are you sure?" He pursed his lips.

"It's been more than ten years since Xiao's autopsy was done. How can he still be wrong? If he hadn't died within two hours, there would have been maggots on his body."

Ruyi followed and took a look: "But the weather is very cold today, and the body decays slowly."

"No matter how slow the deceased was, he only came to this restaurant an hour ago. How could he have died before he came?" Wuzuo disagreed.

Ruyi thought for a moment and suddenly said: "It's really possible."

"What nonsense are you talking about? The waiter just said that this person was just an hour ago..."

Ignoring his words, Ruyi began to search the ground.

She remembered the sound, hitting the floor one after another, similar to-

Lifting the curtain under the round table, Ruyi snapped his fingers happily: "This is it."

A small fish lay under the table, so dry that it was motionless.

Shen Qiyuan's dark pupils shone brightly, and he wrapped the fish with a handkerchief: "As expected."

=== Chapter === 5 Is it a guilty conscience or a heartbeat?

Some doubts were easily solved, and he raised the corners of his mouth happily.

Ruyi claimed the credit and said: "I am still very powerful. Can Sir, please rule me out as a suspect?"

He looked at her and his eyes returned to indifference: "Until the truth is revealed, it is the duty of the Criminal Department to maintain suspicion of everyone."

Ruyi was angry and funny: "If you don't know, you would think that the master is reluctant to let me go."

As soon as these words came out, the face of the person in front of him suddenly changed: "Girl, be careful what you say."

Even though he had made jokes several times, this person still had such a big reaction.

Maybe he wanted to scare her and tell her to stop talking nonsense. But for Ruyi, the more intense the reaction, the more interesting it is to tease.

She blinked and smiled evilly: "Don't you think, sir? You and I are truly worthy of each other. Who dares to look at the corpse and find evidence for you? I am the only one."

As expected, Shen Qiyuan took another step back, his brows tightened, his disgust beyond words.

Ruyi raised her sleeves to cover her lips and cooed: "My little girl is frustrated in love. It's a sad time. Why don't you take your little girl back to Zongzhengsi, so that outsiders will know that I, Liu Ruyi, have a new home, so as not to bring up the matter of Marquis Ningyuan again." Come and poke me in the spine."

He took another step back and turned away from her sight: "You are dreaming."

Having said that, Ruyi glanced over and saw that his back was stiff and his dark eyelashes were trembling slightly.

She smiled so hard that her eyes trembled.

Shen Qiyuan is very young, but he behaves with maturity. He was born with the jade bones of the God of Autumn, but he gets annoyed when he speaks a few words, especially when he is annoyed, the way his jaw tightens and his eyes waver is really touching.

The whole world seemed to be a little more interesting because of him.

Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes and ordered people to collect the evidence, and sent the body to the Yamen for autopsy. Then he turned to look at the person who had been following him.

"I heard someone say that you always sent Dragon Tuan Shengxue to the Marquis Mansion before." He said expressionlessly.

Ruyi blinked, searched around in his mind and nodded: "Yes."

"That's tribute tea. Master Liu hasn't received the reward yet. Where did you come from?"

When I mentioned this Ruyi, I sighed: "Where else could it be, the black market."

In order to please He Zeyou, that fool Liu Ruyi always went to the black market to buy some good things for him that ordinary people could not get, especially Long Tuan Sheng Xue, who would give him three gifts a year.

She could even see the blush on Liu Ruyi's face when she handed over the tea box.

Ruyi shook his head repeatedly.

If a woman is too lazy, she will be a fool.

Shen Qiyuan was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "I want to buy a Nine Phoenix Crown. I wonder if you have any connections."

Nine Phoenix Crown?

Ruyi was speechless: "My lord, you really have a rich family. That thing is worth a house in Chaomen, the Marquis of Lin'an."

"You just said if there is any way."

"Yes, yes." She stroked her chin and recalled, "But the black market is a place with rules. Generally, new customers are not brought in. The more expensive the items, the more likely they can only buy them from familiar faces."

"Then you buy it for me." He said.

As one wishes:?

Nowadays, people don't even bother to say "please" when asking others to do things? It's also a little too arrogant.

She curled her lips and wanted to refuse, but before she could utter the words, she heard him say: "If it's difficult to handle, you can follow me to Zongzheng Prison."

Buying and selling forbidden things in your home is a crime of exile in Daqian.

Ruyi's mouth twitched.

This man is really good at what he does, and he even got away with it by playing with her. He seems to be a very upright gentleman, but he didn't expect that he would do this for a woman's phoenix crown.

At present, her status means that her elbow cannot twist her thigh, so Ruyi didn't hesitate much and readily agreed: "Okay."

Shen Qiyuan looked away: "Since you are still suspected of murder and have unfinished business, you will go to Zongzheng Villa to stay for a few days."

The Zongzheng Mansion specializes in the affairs of noble families. In order to save the face of some nobles, they also set up a villa outside the prison. Apart from the strict guarding, the Zongzheng Villa is no different from an ordinary house.

After hearing this, Ruyi said, OK, I can live wherever I live, and it's safe there.

So she relaxed and leaned back in the carriage, waiting comfortably to arrive.

"Sitting means sitting." Shen Qiyuan reminded.

Ruyi chuckled and stared at him with half-closed eyes: "There's no one else here, why don't you just relax your shoulders? You can keep your back as straight as a loose shoulder at all times. Aren't you tired?"

"A gentleman be cautious in his independence."

"You are a gentleman and I am not." She waved her hand, "My lord, please continue to be cautious. My little girl, please rest for a while."

So Shen Qiyuan watched her fall asleep in front of him.

The car became quiet, and the full aroma of mint was mixed with a hint of mellow alcohol.

He tightened his fingers on his knees, his face was not pretty, his lips were slightly opened, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Ruyi was about to fall asleep, but inexplicably she felt a burning gaze falling on her, from her forehead to the tip of her nose, to her lips, and then to her chin.

She opened her eyes.

The man next to him turned his head and looked out the window, seemingly motionless.

She couldn't help but smile: "From the first time we met, I wanted to ask you, sir, if you have any thoughts about my little girl?"

His expression was indifferent: "Girl is too worried."

"Really? Sir, do you dare to look at me?"

Why don't you dare to do this? Shen Qiyuan glanced over coldly.

Ruyi's eyes moved a few times, her long eyes glistening like the blue waves of a windy autumn lake, with a hint of inquiry and a hint of teasing and teasing. They were so clear and agile that Shen Qiyuan could see her thoughts inside -

Push him against the wall of the car.

Lift his chin.

The lips overlapped and turned.

Shen Qiyuan: "..."

He turned his head away angrily: "What are you thinking about!"

Ruyi smiled and raised her chin: "It was the adults who got away first again."

"There are only two possibilities for avoiding eyes, one is a guilty conscience, and the other is a heartbeat."

"Which one is it, sir?"

Her voice was long and lingering, as if she was teasing a child, just waiting to see him blush in anger.

Shen Qiyuan lowered his head, the broken hair on his forehead cast a few shadows on the bridge of his nose, and his lips were also a little white.

Ruyi was stunned, and she closed her hands and was about to reflect on whether she was teasing her too much, when she heard him say softly:

"It's the second type."

=== Chapter === 6 Miss Liu is dignified, virtuous, gentle and pleasant

There are ripe ginkgo trees on the roadside, and when the wind blows, the golden missing leaves will rustle and swirl, sliding through the window into the treasure car with a copper unicorn roof, and just fall into Ruyi's palm.

Her heart skipped a beat.

The man in front of him had calm eyebrows and no trace of joking. He was as calm as if what he just said was her illusion, but he looked at her and repeated it again: "It's heartbeat."

Ruyi blinked blankly.

Seeing her reaction, Shen Qiyuan finally had a smile in his eyes: "Why, do you feel you are not worthy?"

It's not that she's unworthy, it's just that it's too sudden. This is only the first time she's met him, and he's already moved?

Who are you fooling?

"Miss Liu is dignified, virtuous, gentle and pleasant." He nodded, "It's because Marquis Ningyuan lacks some insight."

"..."

Listen to these words, does any one of them refer to her?

Ruyi choked and couldn't find the words to refute for a long time.

Seeing that she was about to lose, she suddenly glanced at him.

This man has the calmness of a winner in his brows, but there is a scarlet color at the base of his ears. At first glance, the scarlet color becomes darker the more you look closely.

Paired with his proud and fair face, he seemed somewhat stern and sinister.

Ruyi smiled suddenly, as if she had discovered the tail of a hidden kitten, holding her chin and winking at him: "It is rare for an adult to favor me with discerning eyes. In this case, why not go to the Liu Mansion tomorrow to propose marriage, so that you can experience the tenderness and virtuousness of my little girl early. "

Shen Qiyuan paused and looked away slightly stiffly.

With such a thin skin, you still want to turn your back on customers?

Ruyi held her heart in feint of anger: "I didn't expect that the lord, who is upright, is also the one who takes pleasure in the little girl. If he is not moved, why would he provoke the little girl~"

"Sir, are you also afraid of worldly opinions? Are you also afraid of short stories?"

"It really disappoints me. I just thought, I really thought~"

"We've arrived."

"okay."

The painful scene ended in an instant. She suppressed her expression of tears and got out of the car as if nothing happened.

Shen Qiyuan was really amused by her, but it only rolled his eyes for a moment, and then he returned to seriousness and stepped into Zongzheng Villa.

"This is the silver note to buy the Nine Phoenix Crown." He took a mahogany box and handed it to her.

Ruyi sat down in the side room and casually slid the lid of the box open.

The banknote with a face value of one hundred taels was so thick that it protruded from the flap, making her take a breath of surprise.

"To protect the Phoenix Crown, I will send someone to guard you secretly. You just go and trade." He said, "If you can't buy the Nine Phoenix Crown, you can exchange it for the Mingyue Stepping Hairpin."

Ruyi closed the lid and watched him hesitate to speak.

Shen Qiyuan inexplicably understood the look in her eyes and said angrily: "They are all banknotes passed through the clear way, not black money."

"The annual salary of a first-grade official is only one thousand two hundred taels." She obviously didn't believe it. "Your Excellency, you are wearing a second-grade official uniform. Where did Ming Lu get so much money?"

Zhou Tingchuan followed him in and smiled when he heard this: "Young lady, you don't know. We, sir, are the sons of the eldest princess Heyang. Just inheriting the family business can support thousands of families, not to mention the generous rewards from your majesty and the big shop in the God Street." —"

"You talk too much." Shen Qiyuan was displeased.

Zhou Tingchuan shrugged, shut up and poured Ruyi a cup of tea.

Ruyi understood and put the wooden box into his arms with a smile: "I underestimated you, sir. I thought all the dignitaries in the capital were people like He Zeyou who could not make ends meet."

Shen Qi looked at her from a distance and said with a flick of his sleeves: "Let's talk about what we are missing. Tingchuan and I have been facing each other in recent days."

"okay."

After sending the two of them out, Ruyi's eyes darkened.

The son of a dignified princess wants to buy the forbidden phoenix crown pearl hairpin, so he has to spend such a high price to buy it on the black market?

Looking at the opposite side thoughtfully, she hesitated.

To help or not to help?

If you help, you may cause trouble, but if you don't help, you will also cause trouble.

Why did he get involved?

He drew two circles on the lid with his fingertips, flicked it in the middle, and Ruyi sighed: "Idle time is idle, just have fun."

So the next day, as soon as Shen Qiyuan opened the door, he saw Ruyi already standing in the courtyard.

"My little girl is about to go out to buy what you want." She moved forward, "Do you have anything else to give me?"

Shen Qiyuan nodded calmly: "Just be careful on the road."

He was so ruthless, asking her to take risks without even pretending to be reluctant to leave.

Pouting his lips, Ruyi rolled his sleeves and turned around: "Then I'll go."

The wide azure sleeves drew a water mark in the air, and Shi Shiran was pulled back to her body. She held the hosta on her head and walked out of the door casually.

Two purple-hatted secret guards immediately followed.

"Sir, are you going to the palace today?" Zhou Tingchuan handed him the cloak.

"Yeah." He looked away and put on his cloak, "She has news over there, just come and report it to me."

Zhou Tingchuan nodded and watched the master's car drive away before riding incognito and riding in the direction Liu Ruyi left.

Ruyi went straight to Huixian Restaurant.

Although there was a murder, the place was still open for business, except that no one was allowed on the third floor, and all the distinguished guests were moved to the second floor.

The shopkeeper was called to the Yamen for questioning, and the clerk temporarily took over. When he saw her, he came out and saluted: "Why are you here, girl?"

"We have an appointment." She went to the elegant seat on the second floor, sat down, and told the waiter, "If there is any big noise here later, you should immediately lead the waiter to close the front and back doors, and don't let anyone go."

"yes."

Twisting the teacup, Ruyi waited quietly.

She was a regular customer of the black market, and there were regular sellers who came to do business with her, so before long, a plain-looking middle-aged man sat down opposite her.

Ruyi said in a familiar voice: "Nine-flavor cockscomb?"

The person opposite held out five fingers.

She nodded with a smile and passed the box containing the banknotes from under the table. The man opened one, checked it, and handed a package to her.

Just as the handover was successful, a harsh whistle suddenly sounded outside the window.

=== Chapter === 7 Who are you angry with?

Upon hearing this, the seller's face instantly became ferocious. He grabbed the baggage and stabbed Ruyi straight into the heart with his backhand.

Ruyi secretly said something bad, slapped the table and stood up to avoid his attack, turned over and kicked him to the mother-of-pearl screen behind him.

The screen fell down with the sound, and the guards from the darkness appeared and stepped forward to capture this person alive. When the waiter below heard the noise, he closed and bolted both the front and back doors.

Seeing the situation of catching a turtle in an urn, the seller glared at Ruyi viciously, then turned the blade of the knife and stabbed himself in the throat.

Blood spurted out with a splash, covering the faces of the two secret guards.

Ruyi escaped quickly and was not affected, but when she saw the seller fall, her heart sank and she knew something was going to happen.

If you commit suicide out of fear of sin, you will definitely find a better family.

Once this person fails to come back, she, the buyer, is afraid that she will be retaliated against.

Zhou Tingchuan came into the booth and saw that she was fine, so he squatted down to inspect the body on the ground.

"Draw this person's face and find out the details." He ordered the people behind him, "Go and report to your Excellency another person."

"yes."

Ruyi stood there without moving, Juanxiu's face was lowered, as if she was thinking about something.

Zhou Tingchuan asked worriedly: "Is Miss Liu scared?"

She came to her senses and breathed out: "Yes."

"Follow me back for now. I'll have someone take some tranquilizer and take a good rest."

Ruyi nodded.

The two of them went downstairs together, and as soon as they reached the staircase, they heard a guest from another restaurant complaining: "Why is there such strange noises and such unpleasant whistles every time in Huixian Restaurant? I've heard them twice in the past five days." I'm back."

Ruyi stopped.

The guest had already started talking about other things, but a girl suddenly broke in, looked at him and asked: "When was the last time you heard this whistle?"

"Just three days ago, on the day of the thunderstorm." The guest looked at her inexplicably, but still answered.

"Thank you." Ruyi turned around and went out, continuing downstairs.

Originally there was still some autumn sunshine today, but in a blink of an eye it became overcast, the wind started blowing on the street, and everything was foggy.

Zhou Tingchuan ordered people to put the seller's body on the cart, and she got into the carriage in front and returned to Zongzheng Villa first.

As soon as the car drove out of Gongshen Street, Ruyi felt something was wrong.

The wind blew the jade pendants on the car curtains rattling, and the aroma of sugar-water pastries disappeared from the air, leaving only a chilling air coming from the front through the curtains.

Ruyi tilted her head.

The next moment, a black-tailed plum blossom dart broke through the air and pierced the back wall of the carriage. It was powerful and aimed accurately. If she hadn't dodged in advance, it would have pierced her forehead right now.

"Stop!" Zhou Tingchuan shouted.

One of the two secret guards who followed was guarding the body, and the other went to report the news. No one could guard the carriage in front, and he didn't know martial arts. He was a little panicked at the moment, and took out Shen Qiyuan's hand with trembling hands. The token was given to the slave: "Go to the Yamen quickly and call for someone!"

Ruyi opened the curtain in disbelief: "This place is a mile away from the nearest Yamen. We are being assassinated directly. You go to the Yamen and call someone over? Can you collect the body for me?"

Zhou Tingchuan choked and his face turned pale: "Then, what about..."

Before he finished speaking, another plum blossom dart flew straight towards his forehead.

Ruyi had quick eyes and quick hands, stepped on the chariot shaft, jumped onto his horse, pushed his head down, lowered his head, and avoided the dart, then took the reins in his hand, turned the horse's head: "Drive! "

The slaves behind him dispersed, Ruyi led the horse and jumped up, flew over the hay cart across the middle of the road, turned at the street intersection in front, and turned to another street.

Zhou Tingchuan was stunned by the crazy changing scene in front of him.

He was a scholar, and following Shen Qiyuan, he only focused on document records. He had never seen such a thrilling scene, and he felt that he would fall off his horse in the next moment.

A pair of hands came up from his waist, holding the reins while firmly protecting him on the horse's back.

Zhou Tingchuan slumped and looked back subconsciously.

Ruyi didn't have to step on the stirrups but her body was as steady as a rock. She sat behind him, with a slender and strong waist and bright eyes. The hosta on the bun was shaken off and fell to the ground, and a piece of black silk flew out like a long satin, like a flag flying on a burning mountaintop, which made him feel inexplicably hot.

What an amazing girl, even though he was at a loss as a man, she actually took him out of the ambush in the blink of an eye.

No wonder the adults said she would be fine.

Zhou Tingchuan felt his blood boiling and his heart still frightened.

Ruyi rode straight back to Zongzheng Villa.

As soon as they entered Zongzhengsi's territory, they were surrounded by patrolling purple hats, and the murderous aura behind them that was pursuing them immediately dissipated.

She let out a long breath.

"What are you doing?" Shen Qiyuan's voice came from behind.

Ruyi turned around and saw him standing beside the carriage, looking at her and Zhou Tingchuan with a calm expression.

"Sir!" Zhou Tingchuan climbed off the horse and threw himself in front of him. He was frightened and excited, "We just met the assassin. Thanks to Miss Liu for saving my life. Didn't you see Miss Liu's skill? Call it a cool and refreshing one!"

As he spoke, he looked at Ruyi with admiration in his eyes and a suspicious blush on his face.

Shen Qiyuan listened coldly and sneered: "I asked you to bring a guard, but it fell on deaf ears."

"My subordinates didn't know that they were going to take action right now..."

Brushing him away, Shen Qiyuan walked to Liu Ruyi: "Where is the seller's family?"

"He committed suicide. The body has been sent to the Yamen for examination." Ruyi dismounted and smoothed the wrinkled hem of her skirt, "Have you not solved the previous case of Shopkeeper Rong?"

"Of course not."

"Okay, let me give you another clue." She raised her eyes and said, "Today, there was a harsh sound outside Huixian Restaurant. It should have been blown by an iron whistle. As soon as the seller heard the sound, he immediately turned towards me. Take action."

"According to other guests, such a whistle also sounded in Huixian Restaurant during a thunderstorm three days ago."

Three days ago, a black market seller should have attacked a buyer at Huixian Restaurant, but no one found the body and no one reported the crime.

This doesn't make sense.

—Unless the body happens to be that of shopkeeper Rong, the body is hidden somewhere and no one reports it.

There was a heavy thunderstorm three days ago, and the rain washed away the blood on the way to transport the body, so no one noticed.

Ruyi could probably think of the murderer's crime process. He looked up and saw Shen Qiyuan looking like someone owed him money. His brows were gloomy and his lips were pursed tightly.

"Can you hear me, sir?" she couldn't help but ask.

Shen Qiyuan glanced at her and said with extreme indifference: "It is the responsibility of the Criminal Department to review cases, and there is no need for Miss Liu to worry about it."

As one wishes:?

Good intentions were not rewarded. Not only was she on the line between life and death today, but she also provided him with clues. Why was he angry with her?

=== Chapter === 8 Are you also afraid of thunder?

The wind became stronger and stronger in the evening, and soon it started to drizzle.

Ruyi didn't have the intention to ask Shen Qiyuan any more questions. He raised his sleeves to cover his bun, dismounted and walked into the garden. Zhou Tingchuan followed her, still somewhat interested: "What was that thing flying towards us just now? Did Miss Liu see it clearly?"

"No." She replied perfunctorily.

"When did that girl start practicing martial arts? Which master did she follow?"

"Self-taught in mother's womb."

Zhou Tingchuan was stunned. Before he could ask again, he saw the man in front of him turned his head, raised his eyes, and tapped his lips with a half-smile: "My lord, if I ask again, I'll get bored."

The cold fingertips brushed over, taking away the warmth on his lips, but the next moment, the place she brushed quickly became hot.

Zhou Tingchuan's face gradually turned red, he took half a step back and stammered, waving his hands: "No, I won't ask anymore."

She smiled with satisfaction, but the smile disappeared the moment she turned back. She pursed her lips indifferently, opened the door and returned to her private room.

The slender back is colder than the autumn rain.

The sound of rain gradually became noisier, and Zhou Tingchuan felt that the pounding in his chest was more lively than the movement on the eaves.

"Come back to your senses." Someone reminded calmly.

With a sudden shiver, he hurried back to Shen Qiyuan and touched the back of his head guiltily: "Sir, I..."

Shen Qiyuan didn't even look at him, and only said: "Whether she is a bandit, a trafficker, or a nobleman from a noble family, she is just something to amuse people. She was before and is now. If you take it seriously, you will only end up with your heart burned. ."

"Why do you say that about Miss Liu? She just saved my life." Zhou Tingchuan muttered.

After a moment of pause, he realized something was wrong: "Have you known Miss Liu before?"

Shen Qiyuan closed his eyes slightly bored and did not answer the question.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the whole Lin'an was immersed in haze.

Shen Qiyuan sat in the house and got the plum blossom dart stuck in Ruyi's carriage.

Lin'an would have no more than ten blacksmith shops making such exquisite hidden weapons, and he had one more piece of evidence. However, if the witness cannot be captured alive, the final blow to that person will still be missing.

He couldn't help but look towards the side room opposite.

The black market seller has murderous intentions towards her, so she is naturally the best bait. Only she can escape from danger without risking her life.

For some reason her words echoed in my mind.

"Don't you think, sir? You and I are truly worthy of each other."

"Who dares to look at the corpse and find evidence for you? It's me."

The words were ambiguous, but the look on his face was full of bad teasing intentions.

He frowned, tightened his fingers suddenly, and crumpled the rice paper on the table into a ball.

At the end of the year, thunder suddenly broke out in the sky.

Shen Qiyuan changed his clothes and was about to go to bed when someone suddenly knocked on the window.

He frowned: "Who?"

A head squeezed open the window sash and asked him with a smile: "Sir, is it cold for you to sleep alone?"

Shen Qiyuan: "..."

Is this what an official woman can say?

He lowered his face, stood up, walked to the window, pushed her head out mercilessly, and slammed the window shut.

There was really no decency at all, and it was a good thing that he was not a Zong Zheng who liked to write notes and complain, otherwise she would have been dragged to be whipped.

Returning to bed angrily, Shen Qiyuan wrapped himself in quilt.

A bolt of thunder shattered the sky, and lightning even fell outside. The noise was so loud that children in several households in the distance started crying.

Shen Qiyuan suddenly opened his eyes.

He sat up and was lost in thought for a moment, then suddenly pulled off his cloak and walked out.

Ruyi was moving slowly against the wall, and finally moved outside Zhou Tingchuan's wing. Just as he was about to get through the window, someone grabbed him by the back of his clothes.

She turned around and saw Shen Qi looking down at her from afar.

Lightning split the sky behind him, and the backlight made him look like a ghost.

She blinked, her teeth tightened, but she still smiled and said, "Are you also afraid of thunder?"

The ends of her hair were already soaked, and water droplets fell down one by one, hitting her shoulders. There was no emotion in her eyes, and she was even a little indifferent, but her knuckles were so pale that there was no blood, and every joint was bitingly cold.

Shen Qiyuan glanced at her twice, pulled off his cloak and threw it over, and replied slightly impatiently: "Everyone should be afraid."

The silver-gray rabbit fur cloak is warm and soft, with a light mint fragrance.

Ruyi relaxed a little and noticed that he was tugging on the cloak, so she followed his strength and walked forward.

"You sleep here." He pointed to the small couch outside, and then moved the screen across the side to separate the inner and outer rooms.

Ruyi held the hot tea and finally regained some of her complexion. She couldn't help but raise her eyes: "My lord, you don't need to be so defensive. I don't eat people."

Shen Qiyuan ignored her, took out the quilt from the cupboard and put it on the couch, and said softly: "In return for taking me in, please let me do something for me."

I knew he wasn't so kind.

Ruyi hummed twice: "If there is no danger, my little girl will help without saying a word. But if it is as deadly as today, I am afraid that this kindness will not be enough."

"What else do you want?"

"Simple." Ruyi said, "Now that I have left the Taishi Mansion, I have offended many powerful people. I would like to ask you to be my backer so that my shops can continue to operate smoothly."

Shen Qiyuan frowned: "Daqian's laws are strict and the monarch is merciful. As long as it is a legal business, why do you need me to be your backer?"

At first glance, he looks like a child who has never experienced hardship.

Ruyi clicked her tongue twice and stretched out her hand to touch his chin: "This world is dangerous, sir."

He quickly avoided her hand and stared at her fingertips as if staring at something dirty, his eyes full of disgust.

She didn't care. She put it back with her fingers and continued to drink hot tea: "If your lord nods, I will make bait for you tomorrow and catch whoever you want."

Shen Qiyuan felt a little guilty for no reason: "How do you know what I'm going to do?"

The man in front of him looked at him with a smile but not a smile, and his eyes were a little narrow: "This must be a connection between hearts."

I knew there would be no serious answer.

He turned away in anger: "Deal."

The candles went out and the room fell silent.

Ruyi looked at the light of lightning reflected on the window sash, her palms still sweating. But perhaps because there were more people in the room, she was not as scared as before. She closed her ears and eyes and fell asleep soon.

In the dream, the world was in chaos, and someone was standing on a cliff not far away. His mysterious robe was like the wind, flying over and wrapping around her throat.

"Are you really going to leave?" His voice was as cold as a razor blade, scraping his bones.

"Seriously."

She still answered nonchalantly, her eyes flying up, showing no mercy.

=== Chapter === 9 Magpie stepping on the branch

The next day, Ruyi opened her eyes. It had cleared up outside, and the morning light filtered through the mottled leaves and fell on her eyelashes.

She turned over and sat up and found Shen Qiyuan eating at the round table outside.

This person can eat porridge without making a sound?

She clicked her tongue and smiled again: "Your Excellency, you are worthy of setting an example for the clan."

Shen Qiyuan didn't even raise his head. He just brought another bowl of porridge and placed it in front of her. He retracted his hand and continued to read the files on the table.

Ruyi leaned over and took a look.

What he was looking at was still the case at Huixian Restaurant. The scene of shopkeeper Rong's murder had been found. It was the southernmost banquet on the second floor. The murderer indeed dragged the body to the ice cellar and stored it for a day and a half before putting it back on the third floor.

But now there is another question. How did the murderer put the body of shopkeeper Rong in a room with bolted doors and windows?

Sensing her gaze, Shen Qiyuan closed the file and raised his eyes indifferently: "Eat quickly."

Ruyi felt strange: "Is it possible that your Excellency is waiting for me?"

"Tingchuan has something to do today." He said slowly and calmly, "You will go out later and ride on my horse."

"oh."

While the two were eating, a man with a purple hat came in from outside and said, "Sir, there is a letter from Miss Liu."

Ruyi curiously put down the bowl, took the letter and unfolded it. She couldn't help but laugh: "Look, I said this world is dangerous."

Shen Qiyuan raised his head in confusion and caught a glimpse of the three words "Gongshen Street", "Clothing Shop" and "Seal".

"Sir, will you come with me?" she asked with a smile.

If he stands upright and stands up for this merchant, won't people say he is showing favoritism if word spreads about it?

Just as he was about to refuse, the man in front of him came closer and whispered: "Just catch the fish you want."

After swallowing the words in his throat, Shen Qiyuan paused, stood up and got a black gauze hat.

The two set out from the back door.

Ruyi stood for a moment and saw Shen Qiyuan riding over on horseback and reaching out to her.

Her eyebrows were raised high: "Sir, do you want to ride with me?"

Last time, I would rather walk several miles than be next to her.

"Stop talking nonsense." The black gauze hat moved impatiently.

Ruyi smiled, grabbed his hand, raised her skirt and sat down behind him. With a hook of her wrist, she hugged his slim waist.

The man in front froze, then pretended to be calm and relaxed, then rode away.

Ruyi touched her left hand and pinched her right hand, then she leaned behind his ear and said, "My Lord's waist is much stiffer than Lord Zhou's."

Shen Qiyuan didn't say a word. He just flicked the reins hard, and the horse immediately ran like flying, causing her to almost fall off.

Ruyi didn't feel terrible, but laughed loudly, hugging him to steady herself while laughing.

Gongshen Street arrived in the blink of an eye. When the two dismounted, the door of the clothing store was already crowded with people.

Shopkeeper Hao was pleading with the officers and soldiers next to him: "Sir, I am really an honest and responsible businessman. Please do me a favor and don't interrupt the livelihood of these dozen people."

"Get out of the way, get out of the way. Since the seal has been dropped, if you want to open the store again, go to the Shang Yamen to ask for documents." The officer and soldier gave him a rough push, and Shopkeeper Hao staggered two steps and fell forward.

Ruyi had quick eyesight and quick hands. She stepped forward to support him and turned to look at the officers and soldiers: "You're sealing a man's shop and you're not giving an explanation?"

The officers and soldiers looked at her and said disdainfully: "We are also following orders."

"By whose order?"

"Is this what you should ask? Get out of the way." He tried to push her again.

Using two fingers as a hook, she quickly clasped his wrist, and Ruyi pinched his pulse gate, tightening the strength, but still with a smile on her face: "Whose order are you taking?"

The officers and soldiers were in pain, screamed, and said fiercely: "You little bitch, how dare you attack an official in broad daylight? If you don't let go, I'll take you to jail!"

A token fell from a man's hand to his eyes. The brass sign was engraved with the word "Chen", which instantly stopped the officers and soldiers from shouting.

Ruyi turned her head and saw Shen Qiyuan standing beside her with Xuansha on her head. He didn't say a word, but the aura from his body was like carrying thunder and wind, which was inexplicably overwhelming.

"Sir, my lord, please forgive me. The young one came here with an order from the Shang Yamen." The officer and soldier became honest now and said tremblingly, "This shop said it violated the rules, so..."

"Which rule?" he asked quietly.

The officers and soldiers murmured, unable to answer.

The merchants in this city are all under the control of the Si Shang Yamen, and some of the adults have their shops shut down for questioning. This has always been the case. Who has ever asked about it carefully?

"Open the door."

The officer and soldier scrambled to the ground and broke the seal: "Please, please."

Shen Qi was far from a blind person. He checked everything by himself when he entered the house, from the goods sold in the shop to the accounts on the counter, and even the well in the backyard. He made sure that there was nothing wrong at all, and then he said in a deep voice. : "Ask Inspector Zhu to go to Zongzheng Yamen."

The officers and soldiers looked earth-colored and sighed twice.

Ruyi smiled and said: "Don't ask him, he is just a soft-handed person. If you want to ask, you might as well ask Ningyuan Houfu."

Shen Qiyuan frowned: "If you don't have evidence, you can't slander the Lord."

He smiled and went to hold up the hosta, but it was all empty. Ruyi then remembered that his hosta fell off yesterday, and couldn't help but pout: "Not to mention that unlucky thing, it's already here, sir, why don't you give it to me Little girl, would you like to pick out some clothes and jewelry?"

The two have nothing to do with each other, so why would he do such a thing?

Shen Qiyuan resisted and took half a step back, but she took his arm and forced him to the second floor.

This ready-made clothing store is not small, with three floors in total, and a row of jewelry counters on the second floor.

Shopkeeper Hao saw that he had escaped disaster and hurriedly came up to pick up the things with her: "Master, do you want to see these?"

The hairpin inlaid with mutton fat and gold, and the sapphire and jade pendant are all top-quality treasures.

Shen Qiyuan caught a glimpse of a finely carved yellow jade hairpin. The head of the hairpin turned out to be a magpie, with three claws stepping on spring branches, a thin beak with long feathers, and its wings hidden among the lush branches and leaves. It was very vivid.

"Do you think this is good?" Ruyi picked up the one and pointed it at her bun with a smile.

He looked away and said in a bad tone: "It doesn't match."

"Such a fine jade, isn't it good enough for me?" She raised her eyes, "In the eyes of adults, how beautiful I must be."

"I mean, you don't match it."

As one wishes:"…"

Everything about this man is good, but his mouth is harder than the rocks on the mountain.

With a soft hum, she turned her hands and tied the hairpin on the magpie branch, and changed into a light yellow double-breasted open-collar mandarin cover with a long skirt, which was worthy of the autumn colors of the world.

Shen Qiyuan didn't look at her. He just leaned on the wall by the window and glanced sideways at the crowd downstairs.

No suspicious person was found.

Holding the scabbard tightly, he said: "Now that you have changed into new clothes, go out for a walk by yourself."

Come on, come on, the bait is on.

If she were a spectator, Ruyi would clap her hands and watch the show. Unfortunately, she herself is the one singing the show.

With a flick of his sleeves, Ruyi covered half of his face and looked at him affectionately: "The little girl is going now. Please take care of yourself, adults, try your best to eat more and don't miss me, let's drink Jinshui, and you-"

"roll."

"okay."

=== Chapter === 10 You suit me best

Since the store can be saved, it is completely okay for Ruyi to help Shen Qiyuan.

Although this matter is not simple.

Perhaps Shen Qi was far away just now, and the murderous aura from yesterday never dared to appear.

Ruyi walked along Gongshen Street and came to the place where he was ambushed yesterday.

This place is quite lively, with a shop selling pastries and snacks next to it, and a four- or five-story attic shop in the back.

She briefly thought about the direction in which the plum blossom dart was flying, and looked sideways at the sign on the left rear.

Shuyi Restaurant.

The colorful doors of other houses are all made of red and green colored paper and embroidered silk, but this one uses water-red lanterns. There is no one at the door to greet guests, only the ambiguous light and shadow.

She walked in curiously.

"What kind of tea would you like, sir?" The attentive waiter brought a plate of wooden cards.

Opening one, Ruyi's eyes lit up.

It's actually a person's name.

She immediately turned over three or four more.

The waiter's eyes suddenly smiled: "Dear guest, the tea here is not cheap. Have you brought enough money?"

There is not enough money. The banknote Shen Qiyuan gave last time is still there.

Ruyi took out one and stuffed it into the waiter's hand. He smiled broadly at a glance and said, "Please come upstairs and I'll make tea for you."

There are many happy places in the world, but this is the first time I have seen this pretty man serving tea.

The young man in Tsing Yi, who originally thought he was just looking at her and had no intention of wearing green clothes, sat down next to her and stretched out his hand to hug her.

Ruyi clicked his tongue.

"Don't let go." Qing Yi covered her lips and smiled, then stretched out her hand again, "Try it, I'm very warm."

Shaking her head and pressing it against his wrist, Ruyi wrapped her hand around him and pulled him into her arms with force.

Qing Yi was stunned.

The man in front of him had long eyes and a smile. He sipped his tea cup and looked down at him: "This is better."

Her body was soft and soft, but her arms were slender and strong, holding the back of his neck steadily without shaking at all. The rim of the cup held by her red lips was handed to his lips, with a hint of teasing in her eyes: "Would you like a cup of tea to warm yourself up?"

"..."

He blushed: "Sir, this..."

"Why are you so reserved?" The interest in her eyes quickly dissipated. She lifted him up and placed him on one side, then hooked her hand to the person wearing a moon-white shirt and said, "Come here."

After seeing the scene just now, Yue Bai was much more knowledgeable than Qing Yi. She obediently leaned in Ru Yi's arms, her lips were red and her teeth were white, and she said timidly: "I have never seen a female guest like my sister."

He stroked the tip of his straight nose with his index finger and said with a wishful smile: "That's good. If you meet thousands of people in the future, they will always remember me."

Covering her lips and smiling, Yue Bai's eyes sparkled, she raised her head and took the rim of the cup in her hand.

Ruyi nodded happily and stuffed a small piece of silver into his lapel.

Qing Yi was stunned for a moment, and finally came back to her senses. She lowered her head and apologized to her: "I was just a disappointment, and I invited you to be your guest—"

Before he finished speaking, his waist felt weak.

Ruyi hooked him onto her lap and kissed his eyelashes gently. The warm touch penetrated his eyelids and burned his heart.

Qing Yi's pupils trembled slightly and her long eyelashes trembled.

Two strands of her black hair fell down, just brushing the side of his face, tender and gentle.

He raised his head with red eyes and looked into the deep pool of her eyes, feeling choked up for some reason.

In the past, they were the ones who controlled the mood of these customers. This was a skill they had specially practiced to get them to spend money.

This was the first time that he was defeated in just two rounds.

He even wanted to befriend her.

"Qingqing, what's in your sleeve pocket?" She was hurt and took a breath.

Qing Yi came back to her senses, quickly closed her sleeves, and checked her hand in a panic: "Are you okay?"

Ruyi stretched out his fingers, and a cut had been made on the white fingertips.

"Here, I, I forgot to change my clothes." He hurriedly took out a handkerchief and held it for her.

Yuebai said dissatisfiedly: "The things in the blacksmith shop can't bring in customers, it's too negligent."

Ruyi snorted and looked at his sleeves sadly: "What the hell is it? Take it out and have a look at it."

"Forgive me, sir, but it's not easy for those of us who make a living in teahouses." Yue Bai explained while taking out Tsing Yi's sleeve pocket, "His family was in a hurry for money, so he came to the teahouse during the day and went to blacksmith at night. He had to bring some with him. Rags."

Two small knives fell out, both already sharpened.

Ruyi glanced at her lightly, as if she didn't take it seriously, she just held Qingyi's hand and said angrily: "I'm not afraid of hurting yourself."

Qing Yi pursed her lips and pressed her hand on her wound, feeling at a loss.

"That's all." Ruyi took out a banknote and stuffed it into his sleeve pocket, "Don't work too hard."

Qing Yi was stunned and his eyes widened when he saw the hundred-tael banknote.

"I hurt you, why don't you respond?" His lips trembled.

Ruyi doesn't really care.

It's not her money anyway.

Qing Yi looked at her with red eyes, like a wounded animal that had been rescued.

After hugging and teasing all the beauties in the room, Ruyi finally left only Qing Yi.

When Shen Qiyuan came up, he saw a young man sitting in Ruyi's arms with a red face, eating the refreshments she fed him.

"Master is here?" She chuckled.

As soon as he saw the person, Qing Yi's face instantly turned pale, he struggled to get up and knelt on the right back side of Ru Yi.

Shen Qiyuan walked over with a stern face: "I asked you to look around, but you found a good place."

It was as if there were dark clouds pressing down on his head, Qing Yi's thin body trembling violently.

Ruyi glanced at him, hooked her lips and hugged him again: "You scared him."

Shen Qiyuan's eyelids twitched.

He tried hard not to get angry: "What you promised me!"

"Isn't this done already?" She stroked Qing Yi's hair lovingly.

Qing Yi looked at her in astonishment.

Rubbing the side of his still childish face with her fingertips, Ruyi's eyes were full of regret: "Among those people just now, I liked you the most, but it was you."

"You, what are you talking about?"

"Yesterday, a carriage with a brown curtain passed by." She curled her lips, propped up her chin and winked at him, "I sat in it."

His face turned pale suddenly, Qing Yi retreated suddenly, but bumped into Shen Qiyuan.

Without saying a word, Shen Qiyuan took out the chain and clasped it on his hand, then raised his eyes and asked, "How did you know it was him?"

"The smell." Ruyi wrinkled the tip of her nose, "The smell of fire mixed with grass is the same as that on the plum blossom dart."

And only this teahouse could attack her and Zhou Tingchuan from the angle at that time.

Qing Yi felt unbelievable and a little angry: "Were you lying to me just now?"

"How could that be?" Ruyi stood up, walked up to him, and gently caressed his chin, "You really are the best for me."

If it is an ordinary person, it is not impossible to take it home and play with it.

Does a person who is so skinny and barely even hairy suit her?

Shen Qiyuan sneered, withdrew his hand, and the iron chain separated Qing Yi from her with a clatter.

=== Chapter === 11 Everyone likes good-looking things

Qing Yi still hasn't recovered yet.

The girl who was still affectionate with him a moment ago was now standing opposite, watching Shen Qiyuan lock him and drag him out.

She wasn't indifferent, there was even pity in her eyes, but she didn't make any movement with her hands. She just moved forward and followed them downstairs.

"You, are you the eldest girl in Taishi Liu's house?" he murmured.

Ruyi thought for a while: "It used to be."

Now that Taishi Liu has disowned her, it naturally doesn't count.

"You know martial arts?" He still couldn't believe it.

It was clearly tested just now. She was just stronger, her meridians were blocked, and her Dantian had no energy stored. How could she be a martial artist?

That's how he let his guard down and never thought...

Ruyi let out a long sigh.

She lowered her eyelashes and said with a hint of melancholy: "It's better to tell me that I don't know how to do it and die under your plum blossom escort, than to hold you with my own hands and suffer a heartache."

Shen Qiyuan, who was walking in front, clenched his fists.

"Hey, please be gentle, sir. This is still a child, with tender skin and tender flesh. It's pitiful to have a bruise." She was dissatisfied.

After putting the person into the carriage of the Criminal Department, Shen Qiyuan turned around and looked at her coldly: "There is no man in the world who is not pitiable to you."

"That's not true. My little girl has always only pitied handsome men."

"..." He turned away in disgust.

Lianqun got into the car and Ruyi looked at Qingyi: "You didn't even recognize who I am. I don't think I have any grudge against you. You were just ordered to kill me, right?"

Qing Yi seemed frustrated and gritted his teeth and did not answer her.

Ruyi stroked the cocoon in his palm and said again and again: "I don't want you to die. You might as well say it all and I ask him to save your life."

He scratched his neck and remained silent.

With a slight tsk, Ruyi threw his hand away impatiently.

The warmth disappeared, and my hands were empty, leaving only the cold air. Qing Yi pursed her lips tightly, but her eyes were red. He was a little annoyed, but he didn't want to yell at her. After a while, he said in a hoarse voice: "You are such a ruthless person."

Get close whenever she wants to get close, and throw away whenever she wants to, as if everyone is just a toy in her hands.

"You ignored me first, why do you blame me for being so cold-hearted?" She said with cold eyes, "Do you still want me to coax you? You almost killed me."

If we have to argue, the two of them have a grudge.

Qing Yi finally raised his head: "With your skills back then, how could one of my plum blossom darts kill you? But today you approached me, teasing me in every possible way, calling me...calling me..."

He bit his lip until it almost bled.

Ruyi cupped her chin to admire his shameful and angry look, her eyes full of interest: "Huh?"

Qing Yi closed her eyes tightly, struggled for a long time, and said in a discouraged tone: "I was captured today, and others will definitely come after you. Don't go out alone on the street again."

When Shen Qiyuan opened the curtain and came in, he heard these words.

The corners of his eyes twitched.

The killers caught before either committed suicide directly, or were tortured without saying a word. This is good, but are you worried about her safety?

How ridiculous.

He looked at Liu Ruyi with a dark face.

Ruyi still looked lazy and fearless, and did not feel moved when he heard the words. Instead, he sneered: "Since you have made up your mind to protect the person who plotted to kill me, you have left thousands of knives on my back. Why bother telling me this half sentence? I didn't die yesterday, but I might fall into a ditch tomorrow, and my blood would flow into the prison where you are."

She spoke so vividly that Qing Yi's face turned pale.

"That's fine." Ruyi stroked his hand, "You still hate me. When the time comes, the big revenge will be avenged, and it will all come to light."

"I didn't." Qing Yi was anxious.

"Oh, you don't like drinking?" She raised her eyebrows.

Her face turned red, Qing Yi really had nothing to do with her, and said angrily: "I don't hate you, I was the one who attacked you first. If you want to arrest me, I have nothing to say, but -"

He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes: "I don't want to defend them. My mother is still in their hands. I can't say a word. Not to mention whether I can testify, even if I do, with their power and position, you can't say a word." How can it be done!"

Shen Qiyuan finally spoke: "As long as you are willing to testify, Xu Houde and his accomplices will not be able to escape from Zongzheng Prison."

Qing Yi was shocked: "You..."

He wanted to remind him that Xu Houde was the current uncle of the state, so how could he be imprisoned so easily?

But after glancing at this man's face, Qing Yi swallowed his words again.

This man didn't seem to be talking big.

"As for your mother, I will bring her back to you in advance." Shen Qiyuan said, "As long as you dare to follow me into the palace to testify."

Qing Yi's eyes lit up for a moment, but he quickly shook his head: "It's impossible. Every one of us who works for the black market has his family in their hands. They won't let you find it easily."

Ruyi was also a little surprised.

Where did Shen Qiyuan get his confidence? He dared to ask for such conditions. What would happen if he couldn't find anyone or couldn't be rescued?

But the man in front of him repeated it again with a firm tone: "I will bring her back to you in advance."

His back trembled, and Qing Yi stared blankly at the shackles on his hands.

If he wasn't being held accountable, he wouldn't want to kill innocent people in vain. If he wasn't a killer, if he was innocent, then, then -

He looked sideways at the girl next to him.

Ruyi looked careless, but she didn't look at him. She just held her chin and looked at Shen Qiyuan opposite, her eyes sliding from the corners of his indifferent eyes to his lightly pursed lips, smiling slightly and thoughtfully.

"Is the deal done?" Shen Qiyuan asked him.

Looking back, Qing Yi nodded with difficulty: "Deal."

The carriage passed by the Goddess Street. Ruyi opened the curtain and looked out. He saw that Huixian Restaurant seemed to be repairing the roof. The guys standing outside the door were chatting: "The mason I found last time was not very good at his craftsmanship. A few days later, the newly repaired roof leaked again."

Shen Qiyuan suddenly frowned: "Stop the car."

The driver suddenly reined in his horse, causing Ruyi to lean forward before he could sit firmly.

Two hands reached out to support her at the same time.

Shen Qiyuan raised his eyes indifferently and looked to the opposite side, and Qing Yi's eyes met his.

After being stiff for a moment, Qing Yi retracted his hand first.

"If you don't sit still, it's no wonder you're going to fall." He brushed her away angrily and got out of the car without looking back.

"Sir." The waiter saw him and saluted quickly.

Shen Qiyuan asked: "Was the roof of this restaurant last repaired three days ago?"

"Yes, there was a heavy thunderstorm four nights ago, and the roof on the third floor leaked. The next day, the shopkeeper sent masons to repair it for a long time. I never thought that it rained last night, and it leaked again."

The guy said as he pointed upward.

Shen Qiyuan followed the look and his eyes moved slightly.

Ruyi didn't get out of the car, she just looked out the car window at the man with long eyes and a smile.

Qing Yi looked at her beautiful side face and couldn't help but ask: "Is the girl happy with Master Shen?"

"Who?" She raised her eyebrows.

Qing Yi pointed out the window.

Ruyi smiled, but didn't take it seriously: "Everyone likes good-looking things."

But there are more than just the same beautiful things in the world.

=== Chapter === 12 A love affair

Not a moment later, as soon as Shen Qiyuan checked the leaking roof, a group of government soldiers came to the door of Huixian Restaurant.

Ruyi opened the curtain and looked out, just in time to see He Zeyou and his soldiers standing in front of Shen Qiyuan, while Shi Shiran bowed his head to him.

"Master Shen," he said with sarcasm in his eyes, "Everyone in the court said that Your Excellency is generous outside the village and has a high reputation in the clan. They never thought about how he got involved in this private business affairs today."

He was talking about the previous clothing store.

Ruyi looked unkind, and just about to get out of the car, he saw twenty-seven or eight purple-hatted guards suddenly coming out from the other side of the street, with their swords clanging, and they moved quickly to protect Shen Qiyuan.

"Sir." The purple-hatted guard looked at He Zeyou warily, his sword slightly unsheathed.

Shen Qiyuan raised his sleeves and looked calmly: "It doesn't matter."

Hearing this, Zi Hao stepped back behind him, but still stared at the opposite side fiercely.

Seeing this posture, He Zeyou's arrogance instantly subsided, and he only muttered: "It's such a big show when you go out on the street."

"The second-class Marquis has received divine grace and can travel by carriage and horse. There should be no more than twelve people accompanying him." Shen Qiyuan looked directly at him, "The Marquis brought these twenty people straight to Shen. control, they are also responsible."

What he said was the truth and the rules were written in black and white, but for some reason, He Zeyou felt humiliated.

"Your Excellency has no lord, and his official position is no more than the second rank, but the number of accompanying guards is nearly thirty." He frowned, "Isn't this overstepping the rules?"

Shen Qiyuan smiled and said nothing.

Ruyi looked at him and felt that the spring breeze was blowing on the jade rock, new willows were sprouting, flowers were blooming on the branches, and the fragrance was filling the universe.

She held her chin and thought, even if there were more than one good-looking thing in the world, this person would definitely be ranked among them.

However, while he was smiling so brightly, He Zeyou across from him was as ugly as a ghost.

Just when He Zeyou raised his question, the guard next to him explained to him in a low voice: "Master Marquis, Master Shen has received divine grace and is allowed to guard the ceremony with the East Palace."

After hearing this explanation, He Zeyou reluctantly curled up his lips: "It's just that I am ignorant."

Seeing that he didn't have a title, he thought it was a piece of cake, but he didn't expect it to be a piece of iron.

"Just now, the Marquis mentioned the matter of merchants." Shen Qiyuan continued, "If it is a private transaction, it is naturally not the Zong Zhengsi's turn to intervene. But if the Shang Yamen neglects his duties, I, the Zong Zhengsi, have the right to intervene."

"There are so many shops owned by officials in Lin'an City. Your Excellency, you don't care about anything else but that one." He Zeyou looked at him meaningfully, "If you say you don't have the slightest selfishness, I'm afraid you can't do it."

Shen Qiyuan didn't understand: "What selfish motives could someone have?"

With a slight snort, He Zeyou looked at the carriage next to him: "How can it be selfish? Everything in this world is nothing more than wealth and sex."

Liu Ruyi has more than a little money, but that is enough gold and silver to allow him, a marquis, to have food and drink for a lifetime. Who can not be tempted?

If this man named Shen hadn't interfered, Liu Ruyi would have been desperate and went to the Hou Mansion to find him.

The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became. He took two steps towards the carriage and said in a deep voice: "Yi'er, are you also a wandering person?"

With her bare hand, she opened the curtain, Ruyi's eyebrows curved, and she couldn't help but stretch out her other hand and applaud him crisply.

"Master Hou uses the word 'ye' really wonderfully."

He Zeyou choked up and looked slightly reproachful: "In front of everyone, why do you bother me so much that I can't get off the stage?"

"The Marquis himself jumped on this stage, and the scene of Lang Qing and Concubine is already halfway through. What are you doing here?" She smiled half-heartedly, "Could it be that the family doesn't have enough money to spend, and they want to find me again?" I need money."

"..."

She was actually right. The Hou Mansion's expenses were huge. Without the support of these shops, it would be completely exhausted in less than a year.

But He Zeyou still felt angry.

She said it so bluntly, how should others arrange it?

"That's all." He rolled his sleeves and said, "I won't tell you much about the other shops. This Huixian Restaurant has always been run by me personally. You can take away the other shops and give me the property deeds. that is."

As one wishes:?

She turned her head and blinked at Shen Qiyuan: "Sir, you don't care about this obvious robbery on the road?"

"Liu Ruyi!" He Zeyou said in a deep voice, "You and I are in love with each other. Don't make things impossible."

Ruyi stopped smiling.

She turned around and looked at the man in front of her quietly, a darkness slowly filling her eyes.

"Liu Ruyi died in this love scene." She said softly.

From the age of fifteen to nineteen, the innocent little girl tried her best to love a man, but what she got in return was betrayal and rejection, ugly lies and downright humiliation.

The man in front of him didn't feel guilty, nor did he realize how shameless he was. He still felt that it was natural for Liu Ruyi to love him, and it was natural for him to ask for things from her.

Even like a superior benefactor.

There was uncontrollable murderous intent in his eyes, Ruyi's figure was like lightning, he was in front of him in the blink of an eye, and he quickly grabbed his throat.

However, the next moment, a hand came from the side and held her wrist firmly.

"Let go." Her voice was as cold as ice.

"Calm down." Shen Qiyuan said softly.

Whoever likes to be calm, she will kill this beast no matter what she says today.

The blood surged, and the strength in Ruyi's hand suddenly increased.

Qing Yi in the carriage suddenly smelled a very strange aroma, like willow flowers ground into juice by stones and mixed with spirits. After just one sniff, his eyes felt a little trance-like.

But the aroma disappeared as soon as it appeared.

He opened the car curtain with restrained hands, just in time to see the anger on Ruyi's face replaced by shock.

Her clear eyes widened slightly, and her gaze turned from He Zeyou, who was being pinched by her, to Shen Qiyuan, who was holding her wrist, as if she couldn't believe it.

Shen Qiyuan was as calm as ever: "Let go."

She relaxed her fingers obediently.

He Zeyou was pinched so much that he almost fainted. He took two steps back and coughed twice. He pointed at Ruyi with anger and fear: "How dare you murder the Lord in the street!"

His mood quickly calmed down, and Ruyi raised his head again, with the usual laziness in his eyes: "I saw a fly, just help the Marquis catch it. What's the matter of murder?"

"Stop making excuses, I will definitely bring you to court with a lawsuit. Just wait for the official summons!"

oh.

Ruyi waved his hand indifferently, without even looking at him. He just turned to stare at Shen Qiyuan: "Master Shen is really secretive, but I was pecked by an eagle."

Her words were vague, but Shen Qiyuan could understand.

Putting his slender fingers back into his sleeves, he didn't answer her, only lowered his eyes and said, "You are in trouble."

=== Chapter === 13 You are guilty

He Zeyou is not a person who is willing to give up easily.

In other words, the ups and downs of these two decades have long taught him to do whatever it takes. Face is important, but if you can win those thirty-six shops, it doesn't matter if you get a few infamy.

So on the second day, as soon as Ruyi opened the door, she received a summons from the Lin'an official.

"The Marquis of Ningyuan is suing you for the three major crimes of murder, stealing goods, seizing other people's shops, and murdering human lives. Tomorrow the Yamen will go to court. Please bring the lawyer with you and arrive at Lin'an Mansion before midnight."

After Ruyi heard this, he glanced across the way resentfully.

Shen Qiyuan stood under the eaves, watching the clerk leave, and then asked quietly: "What?"

"If it weren't for adults, this trouble wouldn't have come to me." She rolled her eyes.

He Zeyou deserved to die, and she didn't know why he was trying to stop her.

"Killing a marquis in the street is still under Shen's nose." He said expressionlessly, "You are in greater trouble."

Smiling softly, she walked towards him with her skirt rippled slightly: "As long as you don't cause trouble for me, why should others be afraid of me?"

Shen Qiyuan was unmoved: "It is my duty and there is no reason to let you go."

"oh?"

The ending sound was very long and even curled up.

Ruyi stood in front of him, and the bright red Dankou brushed the side of his face vaguely, like a snake entwining its prey, and elegantly spat out a message: "Then why didn't you just tell me when you saw me for the first time? kill me?"

A sudden wind blew up in the courtyard, rolling dry yellow ginkgo leaves in front of their eyes.

Shen Qiyuan looked at her from among the mottled and flying leaves, and said in a voice like a jade knocking on the ice: "It's not too late for me to kill you now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the randomly floating leaves suddenly condensed into blades around him, and the blade tips all over the sky pointed at her from all directions, shining brightly.

Anyone who saw this scene would be shocked, but the man in front of him took a step forward towards his blade.

He backed away subconsciously.

The man's eyes gradually turned into a smile, the corners of his mouth curled up playfully, and he even reached out to pass through the sharp blades and hugged his waist.

The sharp blade made several cuts on her arm, but in just a moment, those wounds healed as before.

She looked into his eyes, and firmly put her fair neck into his palm, without blinking: "My lord, do it."

Shen Qiyuan's hands shook uncontrollably.

Her skin was warm and her pulse was even beating, as vivid as one of his dreams.

He suddenly remembered many things, the boundless sky fire, the corpses everywhere, and the despair he felt when he stood on the cliff exhausted, almost falling.

There was a sudden bump in the chest, and Shen Qiyuan pushed her away almost roughly.

Ruyi stepped back and stood firm, and said softly: "You are not as gentle as Qingyi."

"He is gentle, so just let him work as a lawyer for you in the prison." He said with a cold face, "If Shen still has something to do, I won't accompany you."

The withered yellow ginkgo leaves became fragile again and fell one after another. He walked through and left the garden without looking back.

Ruyi looked at his back with interest, feeling interesting but also a little embarrassed.

With him here, it might not be that easy to kill people as you please.

Then you really have to hire a litigator to litigate the case.

Ruyi sighed, took the banknote and went out to look for the person.

There are as many as fifty famous litigants in Lin'an, but for some reason, when they heard the name Liu Ruyi, they all declined and refused to accept the job even if they paid more.

It's okay, as expected, she is not guilty after all, no matter how she finds a lawyer, it will be the same.

However, the ordinary lawyer who had paid well did not show up on the day of the trial.

Ruyi stared at the stone engraved with the four characters Ji Zhuo Yang Qing at the door of the Yamen, remained silent for a moment, and then went in alone.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she was promoted to court, the official would have her handcuffed.

"The murder case at Huixian Restaurant has been unsolved for a long time. Fortunately, the Marquis provided clues to prove that you, as the owner, instructed the shopkeeper Xu to murder people and hide the bodies. Your plan is abominable."

"Furthermore, all the neighbors in the Goddess Street can testify that the more than thirty shops were originally owned by Ning. You stole the house deeds and seized the property of the Marquis. What you did is abominable."

"The most serious crime is that you assassinated the Marquis in the street. Although you didn't succeed, there are witnesses. You really deserve to be punished!"

As soon as the shockwave was taken, the crowd outside burst into laughter. It was eye-opening to know that such a poisonous woman existed in the world.

Ruyi raised his head and frowned slightly: "My lord, is this a direct decision?"

The judge above held up his hands and moved his head forward, and laughed: "You are full of evil, and there is not a single lawyer in the city willing to exonerate you. Isn't this the case?"

Ning Yuanhou sat on a stool nearby, holding tea and glanced at her: "If you are punished for several crimes, you will be executed in the street."

He didn't say the second half of the sentence, but Mingyi understood it.

As long as she was willing to bow her head to him and hand over the thirty-six shops, he could save her life.

She sneered and looked behind the publican: "May I ask, sir, do you know when the deceased at Huixian Restaurant died?"

The promoter frowned: "It was the day of the incident."

"No, he died two days before he was found. At that time, my daughter was not the owner of Huixian Restaurant. How could she instruct Shopkeeper Xu to tell him?"

"It's ridiculous. How can a body not rot after two days of death?"

"If your Excellency doesn't believe it, please have someone bring the case files from the Criminal Department to have a look."

"Bold!" The shock fell again, and the official glared, "Not to mention that I can't read the case files of the Criminal Department. Even if I can read them, why would you teach me how to solve the case?"

He Zeyou sneered: "If you are not the murderer, how would you know the specific day he died?"

Ruyi wanted to say it because she was at the scene when the Criminal Department investigated the case.

But she thought of Shen Qiyuan.

That person is in the Zongzheng position, so how can he be ignored?

He Zeyou was afraid that he was just waiting for her to move Shen Qiyuan out so that he could sue him for bending the law for personal gain.

So she fell silent.

There was a lot of chatter at the door. I don't know who was the leader. Someone started throwing vegetable leaves at her. The moth-eaten leaves were mottled and wilted, and they flew over from behind, some hitting her back, and some hitting her hands.

Ruyi was a little annoyed.

She turned her head and glanced with long eyes, slightly cruel.

The hand holding Nanye outside paused and shrank back in fear.

The judge waved his hand: "That's all. You have neither evidence to prove your innocence nor a lawyer to help you refute your inferences. There is no room for mediation in this case. Someone, take her down and lock her up..."

"Wait a minute." Someone shouted.

The judge raised his head impatiently. Just as he was about to scold someone for disrupting the court, he saw two lines of purple-hatted guards filing in and lining up on both sides.

Someone stepped into the lobby against the morning light, and a purple flowing cloud brocade brushed across the threshold, and the hem of his robe was slightly opened.

The push officer stood up in fright, and the officer also put away his killing stick.

Ruyi didn't look back, she knelt down with her back thin and her neck slender, a moment of surprise flashed across her eyes.

But soon, the surprise turned into a twinkling smile.

=== Chapter === 14: The fish sees the pearl, the lamp laughs at the moon

Mr. Shen, the Supervisor of the Criminal Department of Da Gan, always investigates cases strictly and does not pardon the powerful. It is not surprising that he appears in this courtroom. After all, Lin'an Yamen is also under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department.

However, he came so quickly, even with a hint of anger—

It's hard not to feel that Ruyi is worried about herself.

Looking at people who are tough-talking, they actually have a soft heart.

She raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Sir!" The official came out in panic and saluted him, "What are you doing?"

"Master Liu just mentioned the Huixian Restaurant case." Shen Qiyuan looked past him and glanced at the documents on the master's case. "If I remember correctly, it was handed over to the Criminal Department early in the morning."

"Yes, yes." The official nodded, "Marquis Ningyuan has provided new clues for this, and I am planning to submit it together with the files on the case."

With that said, he respectfully placed He Zeyou's confession in front of him.

Shen Qiyuan sat down behind the public case and typed the words on the scroll with just a glance: "The deceased Rong died on a thunderstorm night on July 7th. Who was the owner of Huixian Restaurant at that time?"

He Zeyou stood up reluctantly and said perfunctorily, "I'm here."

Shen Qiyuan looked at him sharply: "Then why do you say that the owner is the Liu family, and that she instigated shopkeeper Xu to kill people and hide the corpses?"

He Zeyou was unconvinced: "The case at Huixian Restaurant was reported on July 9th. Why do you say that the deceased died on July 7th? The waiter at the restaurant was watching. The body was not decomposed."

Shen Qiyuan sneered: "Do you know what the special dishes of Huixian Restaurant are?"

"What don't you know about this? Steamed white fairy fish." He Zeyou raised his chin, "I specially sent someone to transport that fish from Xiuzhou. The meat is very delicious."

"The white fairy fish is born in a cold pool. If the water is ice-free, it will die." Shen Qiyuan said, "You must have built an ice cellar for it."

"That's right." He Zeyou nodded, "It's underground in the backyard of the kitchen."

That's it.

Shen Qiyuan waved, and someone from behind presented a dried fish two fingers wide.

"This is the white fairy fish I picked up next to the body of the deceased." He raised his eyes, "The waiter said that the deceased went to the third floor that day and did not ask for any dishes. So where did this fish that was cooked alive come from? ?"

He Zeyou frowned: "How do I know?"

The judge thought thoughtfully: "What do you mean, sir, that the deceased went to the ice cellar where the fish was kept, and because of his loose clothes, he accidentally took a fish with him?"

"No, he was moved to the ice cellar after his death," he said.

Living people are not unaware of movement on their bodies, only dead people are unaware.

The body must have been stored in the ice cellar for a long time. A fish happened to fall into the sleeve pocket, and the murderer did not look closely when carrying the body.

"According to your account, the murderer first killed someone, then moved the body to the ice cellar, and then moved it back to the third floor?" He Zeyou sneered, "Don't you think it's unnecessary."

Shen Qiyuan looked at him with a deep look: "Judging from the ground on the third floor, that's not the first scene."

Shopkeeper Rong died from being stabbed in the chest with scissors. Normally, there would be splatters of blood at the scene, but he searched and found that the floor of the third-floor lounge was clean without a drop of blood. It's more like the murderer killed someone elsewhere, hid the body, and then set up a secret room. .

"According to the search, there were traces of fighting in the room on the far left of the second floor. Although the floor had been cleaned, some of the blood stains seeped into the bench surface and could not be wiped away. A large decorative mahogany box was also found in the room. There were even large stains of blood."

The promoter suddenly understood: "So the murderer committed the murder, hid the body in a wooden box to transport the body, and then used the ice cellar to confuse the time of the deceased's death to prove that he was not at the scene at the time and was not suspected?"

He was confused again: "But when the body was found, the doors and windows of the room were bolted inside. How did the murderer put the body in without anyone noticing?"

Shen Qiyuan nodded: "Shen never thought about this matter until a thunderstorm the day before yesterday, and the roof of Huixian Restaurant was broken again."

According to the waiter, the shopkeeper had already hired a mason to repair the roof once, on the night of July 8th.

In just a few days, the repaired roof will no longer leak.

Unless the person who came that time was not a serious mason at all.

"Here comes someone." Shen Qiyuan said, "Send the message to the shopkeeper Xu."

Shopkeeper Xu was chained and knelt down in the hall.

Shen Qiyuan stared at him: "I want to accuse you of being an accessory to the crime, can you admit it?"

Shopkeeper Xu wanted to refute, but when he saw the person sitting in the hall, he felt frightened. He muttered for a long time and could only hang his head: "I admit it, sir, it's just a convenience for me to collect money. The crime will not lead to death. "

Huixian Restaurant has always been favored by black market sellers. Although the risk is high, those people will give him generous rewards, so he will turn a blind eye.

As soon as he heard the whistle that day, shopkeeper Xu knew that someone had broken the rules and lost his life, but the seller threw him a hundred taels of silver ingots, so he couldn't refuse it, so he lent him a wooden box and an ice cellar to transport and hide the body.

"Your Majesty is right, the body was indeed put in when the roof was being repaired on the night of July 8th." Storekeeper Xu trembled, "But the villain did not kill anyone and did not help. The villain is innocent, and the murderer now is also If you die, a life for a life, please be gentle with me."

After he finished speaking, he kowtowed repeatedly.

Shen Qiyuan was unmoved: "According to Daqian law, anyone who helps others kill, hides corpses, or transports corpses and knows about it is an accessory, and will be punished with fifty rods and migrate to Leizhou."

Shopkeeper Xu panicked.

"But -" Shen Qiyuan changed the topic, "If you can identify a few more people who often go to your restaurant to do business, the punishment of exile can be forgiven."

It would be almost equal to losing his life to move to Leizhou after the punishment, but if he betrayed those people, he would also lose his life.

Shopkeeper Xu covered his face and cried bitterly.

Shen Qiyuan turned his head indifferently and looked at He Zeyou: "Since he knows about it, then the Marquis, as the former owner of Huixian Restaurant, should also know about it."

He Zeyou's face turned pale: "Sir, please don't frame me up because of personal grudges."

"Private enmity?" He was puzzled, "What personal enmity does Shen have with you?"

He Zeyou snorted: "Everyone in Lin'an knows that Liu Ruyi loves me and is devoted to me. Since my lord has thoughts about her, naturally he can't tolerate me."

He spoke so confidently that he even raised his chin.

A question mark slowly appeared on Ruyi's head, who was enjoying watching the fun.

She looked at Marquis Ning Yuan, who had his head raised and his chest raised, and then at Shen Qiyuan, who had half of his face darkened, and said seriously: "The bronze mirror in the East Market is fifty cents a piece."

He Zeyou frowned: "What do you mean?"

"Master Shen is as handsome as Pan Wei, his pearls are not guarded but he is so dazzling that he can conquer the heavens. His literary skills can solve strange cases, and his military skills can kill rogues. He is incomparable to thousands of princes." She sighed, "The prince compares himself to you. It's true that a fish's eye can see the pearl, and the dim lamp smiles at the moon."

=== Chapter === 15 You lied

Ruyi is telling the truth. These two people are now in the hall. Anyone can tell with just a glance that they are different from each other.

But saying it so bluntly was tantamount to a slap in the face of He Zeyou.

"You, you bitch, actually said such wild words!" He was ashamed and annoyed. He pointed at her and wanted to scold her again, but he was worried about the crowd of people watching outside.

After taking a breath, He Zeyou turned to look at the judge: "This woman is so resentful of me that she took away my house and land title. Please be careful!"

The promotion officer smiled awkwardly and saluted Shen Qiyuan with both hands.

This gentleman is sitting here, so he has no role to speak.

He Zeyou looked at Shen Qiyuan reluctantly: "I don't know about the Huixian Restaurant case, so I can ignore it, but for the more than 30 shops on Qiushen Street, you can't be unfair and unjust!"

Shen Qiyuan turned a deaf ear and spoke unhurriedly: "According to Daqian law, false accusations against others will be punished with ten sticks."

There is absolutely no intention to expose it.

He Zeyou stared angrily: "I am the noble Marquis Ningyuan, you want to beat me? Back then when I supported the saint and entered Heningmen..."

"If the princes, generals and ministers can avoid the law, how can the world be governed?" He raised his hand and said, "Fight."

The servants of Lin'an Yamen were so frightened that they didn't dare to move, but the purple hat next to him came straight up. Qi Ba held He Zeyou down with both hands, raised his killing stick and beat him down hard.

In public, it is a small thing to make a fool of yourself, but it is a big thing to lose face.

He Zeyou was so angry that he grabbed the bench and cursed: "Shen Qiyuan, you are a thief. How dare you pretend to be public for personal gain and insult the Lord...ah!"

The more fierce he scolds, the harder the slap will fall.

This battle frightened many people, but Shen Qiyuan raised his eyes and saw Ruyi standing aside with his sleeves raised and covering his lips, with the tail of his eyes curled up and a smile.

Yes, hit well, hit louder.

—This is the meaning read from her eyes.

It is not the behavior of a gentleman to take pleasure in others' misfortune.

However, she said she was not a gentleman.

Shen Qiyuan was silent and turned his head to pretend not to see it.

He Zeyou was born in the army, and these ten boards were nothing to him, but he was extremely ashamed. After the beating, he stood up and cursed: "Today, the Lin'an Yamen is filled with dark clouds. There is no trace of innocence. I am going to enter." Go to the palace to complain, you just wait, if you don't repay this revenge, I will write my congratulations upside down!"

Cold sweat broke out on the official's forehead: "Master Hou, calm down. The imperial edict is just for suing. Besides, Mr. Shen is only acting in accordance with the law."

"Get away, get away!"

He pushed away the yamen who came to help him and limped out.

"Sir, what do you think of this?" The official looked at Shen Qiyuan anxiously.

Shen Qiyuan didn't react at all. He just picked up the case files and said, "Remove Mrs. Liu's shackles."

The official was anxious: "Sir, even if the murder case at Huixian Restaurant has nothing to do with her, there is still the matter of the shop."

"The house and land deeds are issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and determine the ownership of the fields, houses, and shops." Shen Qiyuan raised his eyes and looked at him, "It has the name of the owner."

It belongs to whoever writes it, so there is nothing to argue about.

The official choked and continued, "But Mrs. Liu is still trying to kill someone on the street."

Shen Qiyuan paused while sorting out the files.

He lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembling almost imperceptibly.

The surroundings were a little quiet. Ruyi raised his head in confusion and heard Shen Qiyuan say softly: "I was beside you at the time."

The sound is extremely difficult—

"Liu had no intention of killing anyone at that time."

The pupils shrank, and Ruyi's eyes suddenly widened.

The wind picked up outside, and the straight tree outside the Yamen was blown to one side, as if someone had no choice but to lower his head briefly, just in time to kiss a passing magpie.

The car from the Criminal Department set off.

Ruyi sat in the car and looked at the person opposite without blinking.

Shen Qiyuan's face was covered with frost, the hands on his knees were turning white, and his whole body was filled with the aura of keeping strangers away.

She still said without fear of death: "You lied."

He raised his eyes, and the ice knives flying out of his eyes seemed to be about to pierce her.

She was unmoved and looked at him with her chin raised: "Why?"

He didn't answer.

She leaned closer and said, "I can only meet you by chance, but you seem to care about me very much and are afraid that I will go to jail? Huh?"

There wasn't much space in the car, so she was aggressive and he couldn't avoid her.

Shen Qiyuan finally said angrily: "Sit tight."

Seeing that this man's face was red and white, he closed his mouth kindly.

But the next moment, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, her voice was clear and crisp, like jade porcelain touching ice.

Shen Qiyuan closed his eyes fiercely.

The devil knows why he chose to cover up for her at that moment. Looking at this person's proud look, he should let her go to jail and be tortured to see if she can still laugh.

"Sir, Marquis Ningyuan has arrived in front of the emperor." Zhou Tingchuan rode his horse to report, "but the Holy One has not yet issued a decree to summon you."

Shen Qiyuan opened his eyes and frowned slightly: "Go straight to the forbidden area."

"yes."

Ruyi stopped smiling and looked slightly worried: "Although Marquis Ningyuan no longer has real power, he still played a role in rescuing the emperor. If this evil accusation is filed, I'm afraid your Excellency will be punished."

As Zongzheng, he has more restrictions on his behavior than others. Even if Marquis Ningyuan speaks truthfully, he will not be punished.

Shen Qiyuan glanced at her and did not explain anything. He only said: "If the Holy Emperor declares his opinion in the future, you must not make any wild words again."

Ruyi nodded solemnly.

People told lies in order to save her, so why would it be difficult for her to abide by the rules?

However, when he arrived at the side hall to wait for the announcement, Ruyi realized that he had been wrong.

"Your Majesty." Shen Qiyuan said in a deep voice, "When a minister complains, how can a monarch reject him without asking? The heart of a loyal minister is the beginning of the country's downfall."

"But his behavior was not in line with the palace rules, and he even said arrogant words to slander your beloved." The monarch was very angry.

Shen Qiyuan said coldly: "Your Majesty does not know the cause and effect, how do you know it is slander."

"My dear wife, who is dressed in pure moon and pure jade, how can she decide the case indiscriminately and bend the law for personal gain?"

"Then wait until Marquis Ning Yuan finishes what he said, then why should Huangmen drag him away?"

Talking about his irritation, Shen Qiyuan even took off his official hat and raised his sword eyebrows: "I can't admonish the monarch, and I can't obey the prince, so I'll take my crown and go back to my hometown to farm."

The monarch immediately softened his attitude: "Why did Ziyan come here? I just summon him back to ask him clearly."

Ruyi's eyelids jumped upon hearing this.

What, what is this?

I bet he looked worried just now, not because he was afraid that the Holy One would listen to one side and blame him, but because he was afraid that the Holy One would unreasonably protect his shortcomings?

Ruyi couldn't help but look at Zhou Tingchuan, who had a accustomed look on his face.

Although the new emperor is young, he is not a soft persimmon. According to rumors, he is even a bit cruel. Even if Shen Qiyuan is the son of the eldest princess, there is no reason to protect him to this extent.

Sensing her doubts, Zhou Tingchuan came closer and lowered his voice: "Do you know, young lady, that there is a legend about you?"

=== Chapter === 16 Shen Qiyuan stands firm

legend?

Ruyi looked a little strange: "What legend?"

Zhou Tingchuan would have been too lazy to say this to anyone else, but after Ruyi asked, he looked around, then leaned in and told the truth: "His Majesty was seriously ill when he was still a prince, and he was about to die, but he met Our lord came to this world. On the day when your lord came to this world, the stars were setting in the city, and it was like a floating light. It is said that as soon as my mama carried your majesty to the yard and saw the stars, your majesty recovered without taking any medicine."

"Xing Guan said that your Excellency is auspicious to the royal family and brings good luck to His Majesty. As Xing Guan said, as your Excellency grew older, His Majesty's luck became better and better, and finally he surpassed several other outstanding princes and won the throne. "

Zhou Tingchuan laughed while talking, but he didn't take it seriously.

Most of the legends in the world are just lies made up by those in power to consolidate their power position. Most of the legends in the world are just to silence the mouths of those who do evil things.

But when the girl opposite heard this, there was no trace of ridicule or scorn on her face.

Her long eyes were slightly closed, thoughtful.

Zhou Tingchuan blinked: "Does the girl really believe it?"

Ruyi raised his head, his expression as lazy and indifferent as usual: "How could that be?"

She continued to listen to the movements in the main hall.

He Zeyou, who was dragged away, was quickly dragged back.

His previous anger and grievances had all been rubbed away on the stone floor in the forbidden area, and what was left was only fear. As soon as he arrived in front of the emperor, he knelt down and said, "I am guilty!"

The monarch waved his hand and his expression became a little more pleasant: "That's all. If you have anything to complain about, I will tell you in detail now."

Shen Qing is standing by, he is asking the question sincerely.

However, He Zeyou only kowtowed repeatedly: "I was confused today and bumped into Mr. Shen and disturbed the Yamen court. I am willing to take twenty imperial sticks to make amends for Mr. Shen. In addition, I also don't want those shopkeepers in the God Street. I will give them all to him." Master Shen, please show your respect, Master Shen!"

What he said made it even more obvious that Shen Qiyuan was bullying others.

However, the monarch was very satisfied: "It is very comforting for my beloved to think so."

He Zeyou: "..."

Shen Qiyuan said expressionlessly: "Marquis Ningyuan disturbed the court, and he should apologize to the Lin'an Yamen. It has nothing to do with Shen. As for the shops on the God Street, they are not owned by the Marquis. They should be returned to the Liu family. Where did they come from? Send Shen a message."

He Zeyou felt hatred in his heart.

I thought that with my own merits, even if I couldn't win the lawsuit, I would be able to drag Shen Qiyuan into the water. Unexpectedly, this monarch, who has always been strict and fair, would be indiscriminate when he met Shen Qiyuan, and he wouldn't even say a word. Give him one.

While angry, he couldn't help but re-evaluate Shen Qiyuan.

This person was never listed in the morning court, and rarely attended various tea parties and polo meetings, so he didn't know him well and never thought that his status in His Majesty's heart was even much higher than that of Yuncheng and Haiyan. minister.

If he insisted on helping Liu Ruyi, there would really be no hope for the shop.

He Zeyou's whole body collapsed.

The monarch listened and suddenly said: "Liu is the witness you mentioned before?"

Shen Qiyuan cupped his hands and said, "That's right. I've brought him here and are waiting in the side hall."

He Zeyou was startled and said slightly panicked: "She is a country girl. Why did you bring her here? She bumped into the Holy Driver before she came."

Shen Qiyuan said softly: "I'm not suing Mr. Hou. Please rest assured, Mr. Hou."

Oh, all right.

He Zeyou breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next moment, he realized that something was wrong with his reaction, and said with a dry smile: "If you have anything to say to me, Lord Shen, please don't say it's a joke."

Shen Qiyuan ignored him.

The monarch pondered: "I originally promised one month to ask Shen Qing to solve the case of the theft of forbidden treasures. Shen Qing thinks there will be results."

"yes."

Shen Qiyuan said sternly: "I invite Mr. Zhuo and Mr. Lin from the Ministry of Punishment, Mr. Xu, the commander of the imperial army, and the documents and records, and bring the witnesses Liu and Zheng into the palace to report the case."

"allow."

There were dark clouds above the Forbidden Palace, but suddenly there was a gust of wind, and the autumn sun broke through and fell on the yellow tiles and red walls.

The important ministers and the royal family members who were hearing the hearing were all dressed in high-quality uniforms and filed in. Shen Qiyuan stood in the middle of the hall, wearing a silent pendant and a graceful tassel.

"Gentlemen, please listen: The forbidden area is located to ensure the safety of the Holy Lord and the hearts of the subjects. Therefore, tens of thousands of elite soldiers and hundreds of loyal slaves are patrolling inside and outside. Only by staying awake day and night can the golden soup be secured. However, today there is a small night. With a disobedient heart, he disrupted the established patrols, stole rare treasures from the palace, and sold them across the river to line his own pockets."

The important ministers in the palace were in an uproar. Mr. Zhuo of the Ministry of Punishment couldn't help but criticize the case: "This is really unreasonable. Who can let down the emperor's favor like this?"

Shen Qiyuan looked at Xu Houde, who was motionless beside him: "There was something wrong during the inspection of the Forbidden Palace. Did your Excellency notice it?"

Looking at him with some surprise, Xu Houde felt something was wrong. He stepped out of the queue and bowed his hands: "Your Majesty, I am guilty of underestimating my position. Recently, the palace has been ill. I miss the deep love between my brothers and sisters, so I only stayed near the palace. I missed it. Elsewhere, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Ruyi stood in the corner at the end of the hall, looking past the layers of official hats and attire, and caught a glimpse of Shen Qiyuan's slightly sarcastic mouth.

She raised an eyebrow.

Shen Qiyuan had never seen someone like this before. The purple official uniform made his neck look white, and the moles under his eyes were gentle, but his whole body was like an Emei thorn, sharp and unyielding.

"Master Xu said that he had omitted something else, but that's not necessarily true." He took the booklet handed over by Zhou Tingchuan, opened a page and handed it to Huangmen, "The palace inspection record contains records of the inspection of Guangzhou Pavilion in the past four months. Guards change more frequently than before."

Xu Houde looked upright: "Guangzhu Pavilion contains the treasures of the Forbidden Palace. Naturally, we need to patrol more often to ensure that they are safe."

"What a coincidence. The previous patrols did not make any mistakes, but after frequent patrols, the treasures of the Forbidden Palace gradually fell into the black market." Shen Qiyuan looked at him, "Sir, please explain?"

Xu Houde knelt down and kowtowed to the monarch: "This is an act of neglect of duty. I am willing to be punished for my humble duty."

The monarch loved the Zhonggong deeply, and he was the only younger brother in the Zhonggong. For someone else to be responsible for dereliction of duty, it might mean being demoted and exiled, but it was of no concern to him - Xu Houde had already thought of this.

However, Shen Qiyuan said: "Your Excellency, this is not a dereliction of duty."

Xu Houde was stunned and turned to look at him.

Shen Qiyuan stood beside him, with a cold look on his face: "Your Excellency, you are greedy. You feel that the Holy Grace is not enough, and you are even more greedy for the wealth of hundreds of cities. Using the black market, selling rare treasures, bribing corrupt officials - every one of them, you have disobeyed the Holy One. , If you let down the middle palace, it will be hard to redeem yourself even if you die."

There was a thunder on the ground, and the whole palace was in uproar. The monarch's face was gloomy, and Xu Houde was even more panicked and angry. He stood alone in the same place, without any phosphorus, and the sky was full of excitement.

Qing Yi's eyes widened and he couldn't help but murmur: "There are still such indomitable people in the world."

He turned his head and found that Ruyi was also looking at Shen Qiyuan, and couldn't help but said: "Young lady, do you think so too?"

Ruyi retracted her gaze from his straight and thin waist, smiled and was about to respond, when her elbow was suddenly pulled roughly, and then a sharp stinging sensation penetrated the back of her neck.

=== Chapter === 17 Just watch her go like this?

Being in the main hall of the Forbidden Palace, and under the eyes of the Holy Emperor, Ruyi never expected that someone would dare to take action. Before she could shout, a numbing feeling spread all over her body.

Qing Yi's experience was the same as hers. Both of them were standing behind the stone pillar at the end of the hall. The officials in front didn't pay attention, but the guards behind them didn't even raise their eyes.

Shen Qiyuan narrated the private black market, detailing the process of Xu Houde's establishment of the black market and how many lives were on his hands. Every word was spoken loudly, shocking the entire hall.

The next step is to have the witness come forward.

Xu Houde glanced in the direction of the end of the palace and suddenly sneered: "Master Shen's story is good, but the evidence is really insufficient. Even this witness is going to die. Could it be that he was beaten into trouble to slander me?"

Shen Qiyuan was slightly startled, turned his head and saw Liu Ruyi and Zheng Qingyi looking in a trance, their backs trembling as they knelt down.

He frowned in confusion.

It was fine just now, but suddenly it became like this.

The monarch at the table was also puzzled: "Why does it look like he's about to faint?"

"Who in Lin'an doesn't know that Mr. Shen's prison of the Ministry of Punishment is a place that eats people without spitting out their bones. These two people, even though they hold low-level positions, don't know each other, but they were caught to testify. They must have suffered a lot of punishment." Xu Houde said with profound meaning. .

Zhou Tingchuan was a little angry. Didn't this make it clear that their master had beaten him into submission and slandered him? It had already reached this point, how dare he!

—Xu Houde really dares.

After receiving the news, he made arrangements. Even if Shen Qiyuan brought the witness into the hall and put a shot of hemp in, the witness would not be able to speak well and would not be able to stand upright. In less than a quarter of an hour, these two people will die before the emperor. Shen Qiyuan's crime of killing people and slandering the emperor's relatives cannot be beaten even by thunder.

Xu Houde couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

What about being a god in solving cases, and what about being incompatible with each other? Today, he wanted this young boy who dared to investigate him to be ruined.

Zhou Tingchuan squatted down anxiously and shook Qing Yi: "Ms. Zheng, you are already in front of the emperor, how can you remain silent?"

Qing Yi said something vaguely, but it was not clear at all.

The situation that was one-sided just now seemed to have suddenly turned around. People who were usually close to Xu Houde stood up one after another at this time, accusing Shen Qiyuan of evil intentions, and called Uncle Guo that he was really unjust.

Amidst the noise, the monarch was also a little embarrassed: "Qing Shen, this?"

Shen Qiyuan had a sullen face, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a golden bell ring.

He turned his head slightly in surprise, and happened to catch sight of the three golden lings hanging in Ruyi's hair. They swayed slightly, making a pleasant sound.

Further down, the long lazy eyes opened and glanced at him with a teasing smile.

When their eyes met, his throat relaxed, and a wave of emotion surged up, making his chest pound.

Is she okay?

"Ms. Liu, the daughter of the common people, bows down to me and pays homage to the Lord. I wish the saint long life, good fortune and longevity." She touched the back of her hand with her forehead and paid homage to the ground.

The quarrel in the palace suddenly disappeared.

The monarch became interested: "You are the Liu family. Shen Qing said that although you are a woman, you dare to investigate murder cases and raise relatives. You are brave enough to be invincible."

oh?

Ruyi glanced at Shen Qiyuan secretly from the corner of her eye.

Why don't you say a nice word to her in front of her, but praise her like this behind her back?

Shen Qiyuan felt a little uncomfortable and cupped his hands and said: "Since the witness has arrived, please ask your Majesty."

Xu Houde's eyes widened in disbelief.

There was a red spot left by a silver needle on the back of Ms. Liu's neck in front of her. She had obviously used fenugreek. How could she be fine?

She even calmly answered the monarch's question: "The daughter of the people has experienced it personally, and there is no lie in her words. I ask the sage to make a clear decision."

Someone confirmed that the black market did exist, and that it was a devil's nest where people could kill people instead of buying and selling. The monarch glared at Xu Houde with an ugly look on his face. Xu Houde looked aggrieved and wanted to argue again.

Qing Yi on the side was still unconscious and staggered and fell towards her.

Ruyi gave him a hand, her movements very natural.

However, with her support, Qing Yi regained her energy and knelt straight, as if she had just woken up from a big dream.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zheng, the grass-roots man, can prove that what the witness just said is true, and there are several more confessions and evidence presented." He kowtowed, "I only ask that your majesty, for the sake of my mother's old age, forgive the death penalty of the grass-roots people! "

Xu Houde finally turned pale.

"No, it's impossible," he murmured, "It's absolutely impossible."

It might be an accident for one person to wake up, but two people woke up after being poisoned. How can we explain it?

He thought over and over again in his mind to make sure that he made no mistakes, and then his eyes fell firmly on Mrs. Liu in front.

"There's something wrong with her."

Xu Houde looked at the monarch: "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with her! She must not be an ordinary person, maybe she is some kind of monster!"

After reading the confession and seal submitted by Qing Yi, as well as all the ironclad evidence collected by Shen Qiyuan, the monarch looked at him with disappointment: "How dare you still quibble after things have come to this?"

"No, you can admit the crime and your low position, but this matter is fishy, Your Majesty." Xu Houde pointed at Liu Ruyi, "This woman has been infected with musculus, but she is not affected at all. How is it possible for her body to be mortal? Your Majesty knows how powerful musculus is. !"

"Bold!" The monarch was furious.

Xu Houde hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "I am sorry to say something wrong, but I am considering the safety of the Holy Body. Your Majesty, please check this woman first."

Ever since Xing Guan spoke of his imperial destiny, the monarch has placed great faith in the theory of ghosts and gods. Since there are gods in this world, there will naturally be demons and monsters.

The monarch's eyes couldn't help but hesitate.

Shen Qiyuan frowned slightly: "Your Majesty has seen countless people, do you still believe this excuse?"

"If you can't be excused, you will know with a quick check what guilt Master Shen has." Xu Houde retorted.

Shen Qiyuan closed his hands and looked worried.

Daqian's method of asking gods to drive away ghosts is very prosperous, and some spells are really effective against monsters.

He couldn't help but glance at her from the corner of his eye.

This man is quirky and very smart, maybe...

However, Ruyi's face in sight was pale, and his eyes were swaying from side to side, as if he was panicked.

Yes, the important ministers and clan members are all on the list, what can she do.

Shen Qiyuan's jaw tightened.

"Come here," the monarch finally said, "take these two people through a water gate."

The water gates are two carved dragon pillars on the square outside the palace. When water is stored, a talisman will flow out. If the demon touches it, it will appear.

Ruyi turned his head and looked at Shen Qiyuan sadly.

Just watch her go like this?

Reason told her that Shen Qiyuan could only watch her go. After all, no matter how powerful he was, if he did it in front of so many people, there would be endless consequences. Moreover, according to his destiny, he would only protect the common people and not evildoers.

But she still blinked, feeling pitiful and aggrieved.

I'm here to testify for you, won't you protect me?

The man in front of him seemed to be hesitating, and his lowered eyelashes trembled slightly.

However, she was taken away from him, her dress swept across his purple official robe, she crossed the threshold, walked down the steps, knelt on the square paved with bluestones, and was splashed with talismanic water on her clothes. skirt.

He still didn't move.

=== Chapter === 18 Oh, I'm pissed off

In fact, Shen Qiyuan was not moving. If he really moved, Ruyi would wonder if he was possessed by something.

But when the water came on her, she was still angry.

The wet charm hung on her bun, and the water dropped down along the skirt of her clothes. It was also very cold under the bright autumn sun.

The group of people were watching and talking at the entrance of the hall.

"How can this be a monster? Fu Shui is not moving at all."

"But her behavior is really weird. Most Daqian women are reserved and timid. How could she dare to go to the Golden Palace as a witness?"

"I heard that her reputation is not very good and she is not a serious person. It doesn't hurt to give her a try."

Ruyi's long eyes were cold, and the corners of her mouth were drooped and pursed.

It wasn't that she was angry about these bad words, they had become commonplace anyway. She suddenly understood that Shen Qiyuan favored her in Lin'an Yamen not because he was afraid that she would go to jail and be punished, but because he felt that if she went to jail, no one would come to testify for him.

I really thought that there was a leak in the sky, and the gods were moved, but I never thought that she was wrong.

Pulling back a charm that was about to fly out, Ruyi snorted coldly.

Trivial skills.

Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes, waited for a moment, and then handed over to the monarch: "The right and wrong have been clearly distinguished. Mr. Xu does not want to repent. Instead, he admits that he is cheating on the witness and asks the Holy One to judge."

The monarch was very angry: "Xu Houde failed to live up to the divine grace, put the forbidden palace in danger, trapped the middle palace in injustice, confiscated the family property, and fled to Leizhou."

After he finished speaking, he added tiredly: "The palace is in trouble, so don't disturb him."

Look, he is as cold as an emperor, but he has a soft place in his heart. But Shen Qiyuan, who was standing next to him, had a cold face and a pure frost, and did not even look at her.

"Ms. Zheng still has unsolved charges. She has to go back to the Yamen with a few adults from the Criminal Department." The water on the carved dragon pillar stopped, and Xiao Huangmen came up and whispered, "This girl has nothing else to do, so you can follow me." Go to the Chaolu Pavilion next door to change."

"No need." Ruyi stood up, dragging her wet skirt, and said coldly, "Just let me out of the palace."

She was already thin, and her clothes were even thinner when they were wet and stuck to her body. Her crystal white neck shivered in the autumn wind, and her back also shivered slightly.

Zhou Tingchuan walked over quickly and said anxiously: "Girl, you'd better change your clothes first, you might catch a cold."

Ruyi looked at him and said sarcastically: "I am just a piece of evidence that you adults brought to the palace. You can use it and throw it away, no matter if I catch cold or not."

After saying that, he pushed his shoulder away and continued walking out following the small yellow door.

Xu Houde's accomplices still have to be convicted one by one. Shen Qiyuan cannot leave and can only watch her disappear outside the Dongbian Gate.

Ruyi did not return to Zongzheng Villa. The major case had been solved and the shop was back in her hands. She went straight to Gongshen Street.

The paperwork from Si Shang Yamen hadn't arrived yet, and there was still a seal on the door of Huixian Restaurant. She glanced at it and slapped the door open.

The wet hem of her skirt swept across the threshold, and in the blink of an eye she was back to her original state, and her embarrassment was gone. Ruyi supported the gold hairpin on her bun and walked in slowly.

The waiter guarding the shop opened his mouth wide: "Dong, boss?"

If you open the door before the lockdown is lifted, you will be punished!

Her posture was lazy and she didn't care much: "In the next few days, I think there will be many distinguished guests visiting. Find me a good guest room and bring me some food and drinks."

The waiter hadn't recovered from the shock of her breaking the door, so he just nodded blankly.

Ruyi grabbed a jar of wine and strolled upstairs.

"Ziyan, Ziyan?"

The monarch felt strange: "You have just solved a major case and made extraordinary achievements. Why are you not happy, but rather worried?"

Shen Qiyuan came back to his senses and sighed softly: "I just feel that if we don't get rid of all the comrades, there will be endless troubles."

Xu Houde could not build such a huge black market by himself, not to mention that in addition to the overt business, there was also the secret business of selling weapons and food, and the people involved must have disloyal intentions.

However, the monarch shook his head: "Zi Yan, a monarch should pay attention to balance, rather than just punishing evil and promoting good. Dealing with Xu Houde is already a shock to the tiger, and the remaining people involved are involved in the government and the public. Shouldn't they all be dragged out and chopped?" As long as the remaining people don't make any big moves, it will be enough for the country."

Shen Qiyuan frowned: "A group of important officials from the Ministry of Punishment have been working hard to collect evidence of these people's crimes for more than three years. Some even lost their brothers, husbands, and sons."

The monarch smiled kindly: "I will give them official positions and noble titles, and give them generous rewards."

Shen Qiyuan closed his eyes.

The moonlight shrouded the bright plaque, but it was still dark and gloomy.

"grown ups."

As soon as she left the palace, Zhou Tingchuan came up to her and said awkwardly, "I think Miss Liu is angry."

He stepped onto the carriage with an expressionless expression: "Under the circumstances at that time, if I had protected her, I would have harmed her."

"What's the use of telling my subordinates." Zhou Tingchuan followed and sat on her, "She is a girl after all. She is soaked in water, so you can try to comfort her."

In fact, even if he didn't tell Shen Qiyuan, he planned to go and have a look, but when he said this, he was stopped.

He said: "Who is she and why do I have to coax her?"

Zhou Tingchuan choked, and felt that it made sense. What kind of person is your Excellency? If you talk to someone more often, the other person will be flattered. How can you be so condescending as to flatter someone?

He nodded: "Okay, then I'll go for you."

Shen Qiyuan: "..."

He looked at the person next to him and said softly: "Last time I asked you to go to Yizhuang to help bury the body. Did you find it quite relaxing?"

Zhou Tingchuan's face dropped when he mentioned this.

He didn't even know what he had done wrong. He was assigned to bury corpses for no reason. He buried hundreds of corpses in two days. He was so tired that he wanted to dig a hole for himself.

"It's not easy, it's very tiring." He said bitterly.

"Well, you go back and rest."

"Thank you, sir."

The carriage stopped, and the person left behind continued to move forward. The passing wind lifted the corners of Zhou Tingchuan's clothes, which moved him extremely.

It's so kind of you, sir, to let him go home so early. It's hard to find such a boss now.

After taking two steps, he felt something was wrong.

Why does it seem that the direction the adults are going is not Zongzheng Villa?

The night is getting darker. Looking down from the guest room on the second floor of Huixian Restaurant, you can see a small pond in the distance, with floating light and golden shadows, and silent shadows.

Ruyi was leaning against the window, trying to take a closer look to see if there were any fish jumping in the pond, when the door behind him was pushed open.

Someone stood in silently.

Sensing his aura, she didn't look back, only hummed softly: "He broke into the boudoir in the middle of the night, and the news spread was enough for Master Zongzheng to eat several books."

Shen Qiyuan was silent and placed a bowl of ginger soup in her hand.

Ruyi knew that this was the maximum apology he could express.

However, she didn't even look at it. She flipped her wrist and the bowl of ginger soup flowed out along the window sill.

=== Chapter === 19 Will Sir still betray me?

The last drop of ginger soup dripped and fell on the stone slab downstairs, making a pattering sound.

Ruyi finally turned to look at him and asked with a smile: "Master, bring it up. Are your hands sore?"

Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes: "What happened today was my fault."

He should have been prepared early in the morning to eliminate Xu Houde's opportunity to attack witnesses, so that she would not be suspected.

"Your Majesty, your words are really light." She clicked her tongue and shook her head, "If I hadn't been so capable, I should have been killed under that water gate today, but Your Majesty only said it was a fault."

His back was stiff, and he wanted to pretend not to hear the words. As soon as he turned away, his jaw tightened.

Ruyi leaned over from the soft couch, twisted his chin, forced him to look at her, and said word for word: "You knew my identity long before I wanted to kill He Zeyou, right?"

At that time, he grabbed her wrist and clearly felt the strangeness in her body, but there was no surprise on his face.

Logically speaking, he was tolerant and kind for allowing her to live under his nose for so long, but today he allowed her to go to Watergate without stopping her at all.

Ruyi doesn't like men who are uncertain, let alone men who are scheming.

"Either you kill me now, or I will kill you." She curled her lips, her eyes gleaming, and gently touched his throat.

Shen Qiyuan let her move, and did not hide. He only said: "Your palms are very hot."

Ruyi is very majestic, but Liu Ruyi is mortal in body and cannot bear the autumn wind after getting wet.

She raised her chin slightly and squinted her eyes: "It doesn't matter if it's hot, even if I'm about to die, I can drag you down to the underworld together."

She certainly has this ability, he has no doubt.

Shen Qiyuan took out a pill and handed it to her: "You forcibly broke the seal of Si Shang Yamen, which is a crime of contempt for the government."

Ruyi tightened her hands: "Oh? So you came to catch me?"

"No," he said, "I have already sent them away when I met them on the road."

"Then, as He Zeyou said, you are bending the law for personal gain."

"oh."

He raised his eyes and looked into her eyes lightly: "Are you going to report me?"

The tear stains at the corners of his eyes became gentler under the moonlight, and his sigh-like tone sounded more like a lover's murmurs than a reproach.

Ruyi's anger was still lingering and he refused to accept this trick: "What's the point of suing you? Your Majesty is partial, and nothing will happen to you - I should go kill people, kill all the dignitaries in Lin'an City, and let them suffer because of you." Death will never let you live in peace."

When she gets angry, she looks like a white peony blooming in the dark night, with red and black colors saturating the branches, cold and evil.

There was a rare smile in Shen Qiyuan's eyes.

Putting the pill to her mouth, he whispered: "Okay, take the pill first, and then go kill someone when you have the strength."

Ruyi bit it in one bite, along with his fingers.

Shen Qiyuan was in pain and took a step back. The splashed blood dropped in an arc in the air and seeped into the woven carpet.

Ruyi leans back on the bright red brocade quilt, her snow-white face and black hair are extremely gorgeous.

She smiled proudly, biting the pill he gave her with her teeth, licked it with her tongue, and rolled it into her mouth.

Shen Qiyuan curled up his fingertips and looked away slightly stiffly: "Take the medicine and rest, and you will be fine tomorrow."

"I don't want to hear anything else." Ruyi tilted her chin and stared at him, "I just want to know, will you betray me next time something like this happens again?"

It's not like betrayal is that serious.

He opened his mouth to correct her, but when he saw her fierce eyes, Master Shen thought about it again and felt that it was not worthwhile to be bitten again for this word.

So he admitted: "No."

Reluctantly humming with satisfaction, she sat up straight and hooked her toes on the flower stool beside the soft couch: "Come here."

Shen Qiyuan hesitated for a moment, then sat down as instructed, but subconsciously wanted to pull the stool away from her.

However, Ruyi hooked the stool leg without letting go at all, and Mei stared at him: "I am not a girl who avoids suspicion, why are you so coy?"

Speaking of this, Shen Qiyuan frowned again: "Although Daqian women are much freer than before, they still have rules to abide by. I'm afraid your behavior will not be tolerated in Lin'an."

"Oh?" Ruyi snorted, "What can they do to me? Tie me up and soak me in a pig cage?"

"I can't tie you up, but people's words are scary." Shen Qiyuan thought of some cases, his face was heavy, "Everyone's words make money, but people always kill people invisible."

She walks in this world, not only does she not keep any guard between men and women, she even likes to visit Shuyi Restaurant. If she were an ordinary girl, she would have been forced to jump out of the lake.

Ruyi sneered: "People's words can be scary, but I'm not afraid of them."

What's the difference between men and women, what's her words and deeds, as long as she has a good time and doesn't harm others, why is it wrong? If Da Gan people think she is wrong, then all Da Gan people are wrong, and I hope they wake up as soon as possible.

The small pond in the distance suddenly splashed with water.

Ruyi's ears twitched and she clapped her hands happily: "I just said there should be fish in that pond."

Shen Qiyuan looked out the window, his eyes suddenly tightened, and he also stood up.

Ruyi turned her head in confusion and saw something vaguely floating on the ripples of the water.

She touched her chin: "Master Shen, I think it looks like a corpse, what do you think?"

Shen Qiyuan had already put on his robe and strode out quickly.

"Hey." She said unhappily, "We haven't discussed compensation yet."

The water may be in vain anywhere, but for her Ruyi, she had to get a gold-lettered signboard back for her Huixian Restaurant.

Seeing that the signboard was about to disappear, Ruyi snorted, then pulled up her skirt and followed.

Business in Daqian is booming, the curfew has been in place for a long time, and there are many vendors on the street at midnight. Shen Qiyuan walked quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Ruyi felt tired after following for a few steps, so he simply stopped at a stall selling meat next to him.

"Shopkeeper, bring me a bowl of meat, chop it into fine pieces, and wrap it in some salt and pepper."

The person holding the spoon was a girl. She looked a little dazed and didn't respond to her voice.

Ruyi called out again: "The shopkeeper."

"Ah, sir, do you want some pork?" She came to her senses and quickly scooped out a piece of cooked pork with a spoon.

The meat was cooked until it turned white, and when it was taken out of the water, it was swollen with the strings tied with it.

The cook's expression changed, she threw away the spoon and started retching.

Ruyi raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Sorry, sorry sir." After vomiting for a long time, the cook said weakly, "We can't do business today. If you come another day, I will give you a cheaper price."

"It's okay." Ruyi waved his hand and just stared at her, "I would like to ask, did you go to the pond behind?"

The cook was horrified. She waved her hand and wanted to leave, but Ruyi came over and grabbed her wrist.

"I didn't see anything, let go of me, let go!" She resisted fiercely, and after only half a step, she knocked over the stove holding the pot.

So Ruyi lowered her head and saw the hot stove and the pot of boiling water pouring towards her.

=== Chapter === 20 Not only stingy, but also vindictive

She could easily avoid this movement. After all, what happened in the eyes of others was more than ten times slower in her eyes. She only had to slide five inches backwards, and the boiling water and furnace coals would reach the hem of her skirt. The embroidery on it is untouchable.

However, the moment before she wanted to hide, Ruyi stopped her movements and just stood upright, waiting for the fire to come towards her.

At the critical moment, someone arrived in an instant. His strong arms wrapped around her waist and quickly took her to the side.

The soup splashed onto the man's purple official uniform, making him steamy. He raised his eyes, and the light mole under his eyes was as hazy as mist.

Ruyi finally smiled with satisfaction, raised her head and said to him: "Thank you, sir."

Shen Qiyuan carried her to the next step, avoiding the water flowing on the ground, and whispered: "Test me?"

Whether he should hide or not, he wanted to force him to take action.

The man in front of him didn't show any guilt on his face. Instead, he raised his chin confidently: "What?"

Too tempting?

Shen Qiyuan choked, let go of her with a dark face, and went to check on the cook.

The cook stood opposite. She was not hurt, but she was frightened. When she saw him wearing official uniform, she collapsed to the ground: "Sir, spare your life, I didn't kill him!"

Shen Qiyuan was stunned.

He had already searched around the pond and was worried that there were no clues, but the witness actually came to his door.

Ruyi stood on the steps and looked at her embroidered shoes casually. The pearls on them were beautifully embellished, which won her heart.

Shen Qiyuan asked the cook: "What did you see just now?"

The cook hesitated and didn't answer for a long time.

Ruyi looked at the hem of her skirt again. Well, it was well embroidered with gold thread, and it shone under the light.

"Miss Liu." Shen Qiyuan called her, "It's getting late. I can't escort her to the Yamen alone, so I invite the girl to accompany me."

Ruyi continued to look at the jade bracelet on her hand, and couldn't help but clicked her tongue: "Why is it cracked?"

She turned the bracelet and looked at the light for a long time, her face full of melancholy, as if she didn't hear him at all.

Shen Qiyuan was silent, his eyes glanced at the end of her slightly joking eyes, and he said helplessly: "I will give the girl a good jade bracelet tomorrow."

"Okay." She heard it now, stroking her palms generously, "Let's go, I'll go to the Yamen with you."

His steps were smoother than his.

Shen Qiyuan followed her with the cook, feeling angry and funny.

With so many shops in hand, I still want a bracelet from him.

Lin'an Yamen was on duty, and only a few night watchmen were still there. Shen Qiyuan arranged for them to go to the small pond to carry the body back, and then placed the cook in the backyard of the Yamen, and chose two female officials to guard it. Another cursory look at the body. After finishing my busy work, the sky turned white.

He turned around and saw that Ruyi had fallen asleep leaning on the Taishi chair, her face was flushed, and there seemed to be some residual heat that had not dissipated.

This man was used to living a life of invulnerability and didn't care at all about his illness.

Pursing his lips, he stepped forward, reached out to explore her forehead, and stuffed another pill into her mouth.

Ruyi opened her eyes quickly.

She pressed the pill with her tongue and said angrily: "Put such a big thing into someone's sleep. You are trying to make money and kill your life."

Shen Qiyuan quickly retracted his hand and said slightly uncomfortably: "Your fever hasn't gone away yet."

"According to the rules mentioned by the adults, even if the little girl is about to die of illness, the adults should only let the maid give medicine and water, how can you do it yourself." She swallowed the medicine and said in a strange way.

Not only is he stingy, he is also vindictive.

Shen Qiyuan turned away stiffly: "Do you know who the corpse floating in the pond is?"

Ruyi was very surprised: "I can't recognize it again, right?"

"The deceased woman was in her thirties. She was wearing the coarse linen slave clothes from Taishi Liu's residence. She had a black mole on her right lip and one of her front teeth was missing."

Such facial features were so obvious that she pressed her temples after thinking for a moment: "I really know him."

This person is Liu Ruyi's wet nurse, but she has been doing backyard chores. She is not close to Liu Ruyi, and they only bump into each other occasionally.

"My lord, do you think there is something fishy about her death?"

"Taishi Liu has been an official for more than twenty years, and he has never failed in his virtue. He is respected and admired both inside and outside the court." Shen Qiyuan said, "Even the deceased died in a place far away from the Taishi's residence. It looked like suicide."

"Looks like it?" She raised an eyebrow.

Talking to smart people saves trouble.

Shen Qiyuan took out a small bundle of hemp rope: "People who commit suicide in the lake often tie their hands to avoid committing suicide. I did find the hemp rope that bound her hands on her body."

However, if you tie it yourself, the traces should be tilted towards the body. After all, you have to use your mouth to tie the knot, but the traces of the rope on the deceased's hand are straight up, even facing outward.

"According to the laws of Daqian, it is not against the law to kill a slave as a master." He said, "The Taishi Mansion chose to use such a covert method, but it seems that there is something wrong in its heart."

Ruyi's fingertips moved, as if she remembered something.

However, before she could speak, someone hurried in from outside.

"Sir, why are you still here?" Zhou Tingchuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't hide the anxiety on his face: "Go back to the Criminal Department and take a look. Yan Ningman and the others have loaded the boxes and cages into the truck and are going back to their hometown!"

Shen Qiyuan's expression changed, and he raised his hand to rub his eyebrows, but did not move.

"Sir?" Zhou Tingchuan's eyes widened, "Aren't you going to stay? They have been following you for more than five years, and they have solved many strange cases in the Criminal Department..."

"Can't keep it." Shen Qiyuan interrupted him tiredly, "Three years of hard work, but the evidence was burned by the emperor and the murderer was allowed to go free - why should they stay in such a situation?"

Zhou Tingchuan couldn't believe it: "Your Majesty... burned all those files?"

Shen Qiyuan closed his eyes.

His hands were shaking with anger, and Zhou Tingchuan's curses surged into his throat. In the blink of an eye, he saw Ruyi leaning aside curiously.

"Miss Liu." He suppressed his anger and reluctantly greeted her.

Ruyi asked him gently: "Are you wronged?"

She didn't ask if she was okay, but when she asked Zhou Tingchuan, he couldn't stand it anymore, and choked up with red eyes: "For a major black market case, Yan Ning's mother was killed, and Fu Man's husband was also killed by bandits. They are all chewing their hearts out. Those who have swallowed blood and persevered to this day never imagined that they would meet such an official who does not distinguish between right and wrong!"

"Tingchuan." Shen Qiyuan frowned, "Be careful what you say."

Ruyi glared at him and called Zhou Tingchuan to her side: "Just scold me, I'm listening. No one can get away with doing bad things. To be honest, it's a heinous crime."

Zhou Tingchuan squatted beside her aggrievedly, like a big furry dog: "Those are just a few pillars. If they leave Lin'an, if they don't have enough protection, their enemies will come looking for their lives. I won't let it go." They die."

The tip of his nose was red, and his eyes were very pleasant against his pink face.

=== Chapter === 21 Ruyi's Coffin

Ruyi's tone became gentler: "Okay, if you don't cry, they won't die." As she said that, she held a handkerchief to wipe his tears.

Shen Qiyuan's eyebrows pounded: "Miss Liu."

"Huh?" She was so happy that she didn't even bother to raise her eyes.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Qiyuan said: "It's getting late, you should go back."

"Sir, you are so cold. You asked me to accompany you when you came here, but when you went back, you asked me to go back alone." She clicked her tongue.

Zhou Tingchuan, who was crying heavily, burped and stopped, and said stubbornly: "I will send the girl back."

"Okay." Her eyes were filled with smiles, "It's better that you treat me well."

Shen Qiyuan: "..."

Although it was her natural ability to confuse people, he still found this scene annoying no matter how many times he watched it.

"There is a new case in the yamen. Now that they have left, you should follow up." He said to Zhou Tingchuan, "Don't go wandering around in the streets if you have nothing to do."

Zhou Tingchuan was not convinced: "It will be my turn to take a bath tomorrow. I have three days of public rest."

"Oh." Shen Qiyuan nodded, "Let it go to the end of the month and give you six days off."

Zhou Tingchuan was angry and shaken: "Sir, how could you do this!"

"Should I change it?"

"...Change." The voice was somewhat gritted.

Shen Qiyuan nodded and looked at Ruyi: "Hire a car and go back by yourself."

Ruyi was not angry at all. He lazily stood up and stretched his waist: "My lord's methods are really immature."

It just works.

He nodded elegantly to her, then took Zhou Tingchuan with him, leaving Lin'an Yamen and heading to the Criminal Department without looking back.

The morning sun is gradually rising, and the pavilions and pavilions in Lin'an are dyed with a halo.

Ruyi was lying on her side in the guest room of Huixian Restaurant. She had just rested for two hours when the door was knocked again.

"Girl." The doctor at the drug store wiped the sweat from his head and said with cupped hands, "Girl Jian Deng is able to go to the ground today."

Ruyi drank tea and rinsed her mouth: "Isn't this a good thing? Why do you look so scared?"

"Yes, but she was taken away by people from Liu Mansion."

Her smile gradually faded away, and she raised her eyes: "Did those people leave any words?"

"I stayed and said that when the girl is free, she will go to their house to have a cup of tea."

A living person like her had been buried, but he still used such despicable means to let her go back?

Ruyi twitched the corner of her mouth and closed her long eyes slightly: "I know."

Xu Houde's downfall will inevitably shake the court. Many people will choose to take shelter again, and Shen Qiyuan, who is currently the only one favored, is the best choice.

However, this person is stubborn and stubborn. If he rushes to please him, he may be sent to Zong Zhengsi's prison.

When everyone else was at a loss, it was Mrs. Liu who took action first.

He lifted his shoulder bag and staggered into the backyard of the Taishi Mansion.

As soon as Ruyi's feet landed, he heard a loud shout: "You rebellious girl, why don't you kneel down!"

Hundreds of spiritual tablets were neatly arranged on the candlelight elevated platform. Master Liu was kneeling on the futon in the middle, his back like a dark mountain.

It's hard not to scare the little girl in such an atmosphere, but unfortunately, the little girl Ruyi doesn't like this.

She chuckled softly, stepped forward and stood up straight: "Grand Master, I'm so confused. Your only legitimate daughter has already been buried, so how can you expect a rebellious daughter?"

Her words were extremely disrespectful from the title to the words. Master Liu turned his head angrily, but paused when he met Ruyi's eyes.

The daughter in his impression was timid and obedient, always looking at him with eyes longing for recognition. As long as he was willing to talk to her, even if it was to teach and scold her, she would be happy.

However, the man in front of him now had cold eyebrows and a mocking look on his face, as if his thoughts had been penetrated through his skin, and he was no longer afraid of him at all.

Grand Master Liu frowned and temporarily suppressed his anger: "Have you ever talked to your father like this?"

The ancestral hall was very smoky, and Ruyi became a little impatient: "Master Liu, if you have something to say, you might as well speak up."

After enduring her name, Master Liu suddenly sighed softly, and his black and white eyebrows softened: "I dreamed about your mother last night."

Ruyi's eyelids twitched: "Oh?"

"Your mother, Mrs. He, is a gentle and kind-hearted woman. We have known each other since we were young and have a deep affection for each other." There was a deep feeling of nostalgia in his eyes. "When she left, she held my hand and said that she would do it no matter what. Take good care of you, you are her only flesh and blood in this world."

"Then you take care of the coffin." Ruyi nodded.

The sensational atmosphere that had just arisen was shattered by her words, and Grand Master Liu finally darkened his face: "Don't you know why I'm going to give you a funeral? Whose daughter goes there with gold and silver from a wealthy family?" Even if you try to fawn over a man, you will end up being abandoned by others and become the butt of laughter."

"If I keep you in the house, how can those girls in the second and third bedrooms live in a good family? Won't they be ruined for the rest of their lives? How can I have to answer to my brothers as a father!"

That makes sense, Ruyi nodded: "The grand master is worthy of being an important minister of Yuan Qing Yuji. He is upright and irreproachable. In this case, I won't bother you too much, that girl."

She turned around.

"Stop!" Grand Master Liu said angrily, "The Grand Master's Mansion has raised you for more than ten years, and this is how you turned your back on me?"

When she mentioned this, Ruyi turned her head back, with long eyes and cold eyes: "Is the Taishi Mansion raising me?"

"Isn't it? You have food and clothing..."

"Isn't that all my mother's property?" She interrupted the man impatiently, with a sneer in her eyes, "Not only for my food and clothing, but also for your father, including these two and three bedrooms, and the whole family. , aren't all the expenses earned from my mother's family property?"

"You are so presumptuous!" Taishi Liu shouted angrily, like thunder.

He was really angry, his face flushed, and his eyes swayed from side to side: "Who told you these nonsense, who!"

Ruyi has no other hobbies except watching people get angry. The angrier the person is, the happier she gets. With a slight glance, she replies, "Who else could it be? My nanny."

Master Liu's face turned pale in an instant. He looked around uneasily and murmured softly: "How is this possible? It's impossible."

How can I talk to a wet nurse who has been locked up in the house and died last night?

He raised his head and wanted to ask again, but Ruyi had already turned around: "I will not fulfill what you want today. There is a lot of resentment between us, Master Liu."

This was somewhat of an attempt to deceive him, either because he wanted to deceive someone, or because he simply wanted to offend the old man.

However, I never thought that Taishi Liu would be fooled.

"Come here." He shouted urgently.

In response to his order, more than ten slaves suddenly ran out from all around, blocking her way.

Ruyi turned her head and saw him standing at the door of the ancestral hall. His whole body was tense, his face was gloomy, and there was even a murderous look in his eyebrows: "How can you leave a good coffin empty? Why don't you use it today!"

=== Chapter === 22: Fake Corpse

Although Ruyi never had any beautiful illusions about humanity in this world, she never thought that a father would kill his own daughter.

She didn't realize it until the long blade in the servant's hand pierced her chest and blood spattered on the blackened stone slab.

No wonder the first person Liu Ruyi turned to for help when she was desperate was not her father. No wonder she could only use her flesh and blood as compensation in exchange for blessing.

This kind of family affection in this world is actually just like paper.

Taishi Liu stood condescendingly on the steps, with uneasiness in his eyes, but more of a feeling of happiness for the rest of his life. He clasped his hands and said, "Since you know everything, go down and reunite with your mother. From now on, we will have a cold meal during the Qingming Festival." , I will give you mother and daughter a stick of incense, which can be regarded as reminiscing about old friendship."

Blood spurted out from her chest, dyeing half of her plain clothes red. Ruyi's eyes moved slightly, she staggered and covered her heart with the long knife, and said weakly: "Aren't you afraid that our mother and daughter will turn into ghosts and come to you? Claiming your life?"

Seeing that it was impossible for her to survive her injuries, Master Liu simply confessed: "Since your mother's grave has a magic circle to imprison the soul, it will naturally be on yours as well. I don't believe there is such a magic circle in this world." There is talk of a soul, but if it really exists, you won't be able to escape it."

His pupils tightened, and Ruyi took a breath of cold air.

What a cruel man, actually setting up a legal battle on his dead wife's grave? Not to mention whether there is soul rebirth after death in this world, this move is a thunderbolt.

Liu Ruyi's mother's death was definitely not just an ordinary tuberculosis, and it was probably inseparable from this person.

After two staggering steps, Ruyi knelt down in a pool of blood, unwilling and resentful. After struggling for a moment, his head finally hung down. The thin body looked like a withered flower under the midday autumn sun.

Master Liu quickly ordered someone to check her pulse.

"Sir, you're dead."

Heaving a sigh of relief, Taishi Liu waved his hand: "Find a place to put it first, and then transport it to Xanthium Mountain when it gets dark."

"yes."

Black clouds came from the sky, and it started to rain at the same time. The wind blew so hard that the always bustling Lin'an City suddenly looked desolate.

"Wait a little longer?" Zhou Tingchuan followed a car on horseback, holding an umbrella in his hand and sighing repeatedly, "My lord said, even if you don't want to stay in the Criminal Department anymore, you can still find some leisure work, at least for the rest of your life. No worries."

There was no response from the carriage, as if he was determined.

Ahead was Shiliting, where we were about to say goodbye. Zhou Tingchuan's eyes were a little red again: "See you next time, I don't know when it will be. Fuman, at least you can say goodbye to me in person."

The car curtain finally opened, and a petite woman came out, with a slim waist and a lotus face. She seemed to be fifteen or sixteen years old, but her hair was already combed into a woman's bun.

She skillfully performed sign language with Zhou Tingchuan: Lin'an is like a dead city. If I stay here, I can't even breathe. Take good care of yourself and see you soon.

Zhou Tingchuan wanted to keep her, but looking at her still-dressed mourning clothes, the white paper money she had sprinkled for her husband seemed to float in front of his eyes.

A piece of paper money was blown over by the wind and slapped against the side of his face.

Zhou Tingchuan came back to his senses and took it off in shock: "Can this still come out of my mind?"

Hua Fuman was speechless for a moment at his thoughts, then stood up and looked behind him.

I don't know who was holding a funeral, but there were no soul-drawing flags or lantern-carrying people in front of them. Three or four black servants scattered a few pieces of paper money perfunctorily and hurried towards the direction of Xang Er Mountain.

Fuman frowned, and tugged on Zhou Tingchuan's sleeves, gesturing to him: There's something wrong with that group of people, it doesn't look like they're going to a funeral, it looks like they're taking someone's life.

Zhou Tingchuan followed him blankly and said, "Isn't this unusual? If a slave from a wealthy family dies, this can be considered a generous burial."

Fuman shook his head and wanted to say more, but felt it was unnecessary.

She is no longer a female official in the Criminal Department, so what case should she worry about.

With a slight sigh, she said goodbye to Zhou Tingchuan and returned to the carriage.

Perhaps it was because he had to pass through Xanthium Mountain on his way back to his hometown, so the full carriage walked side by side with the funeral slaves for a while.

"Boom."

There was a sudden sound in the coffin.

The four servants carrying the coffin were all startled, thinking they had heard something wrong, and looked suspiciously at the carriage next to them.

Fu Man also opened the car curtain curiously and looked at the thin coffin with confused eyes.

"Boom!" There was another sound, more obvious than before. It was someone knocking inside the coffin.

Several slaves were already feeling guilty. When they heard this ghostly noise, they were so frightened that their legs became weak and fell into the mud. The coffin on their shoulders fell over and broke one of the slaves' legs. He wailed loudly, and the other slaves were so frightened that they threw the coffin and ran away.

Fuman asked someone to stop the car, jumped out and walked over quickly.

"There's a ghost, there's a ghost!" The slave with a broken leg pointed at the coffin with a blank expression, struggling not to let her hold it.

Fuman looked in the direction he pointed. The lid of the coffin fell open, and half a person fell out. She was a girl in luxurious clothes, with a face as pale as paper, and a long knife stuck across her chest. She was motionless.

She turned around and gestured to the slave: That was a dead person, not a ghost.

"Ah ah ah -" The pupils suddenly shrank. The slave didn't know what he saw. He didn't even care about the broken leg. He held up the other half of his leg and ran away while crawling on the ground.

At the same time, the driver she hired also screamed and drove the car at a high speed.

Oops, her luggage!

Fuman stood up and wanted to catch up, but after running a few steps, he realized that he couldn't catch up.

She frowned and turned back.

In the hazy rain and fog, the body was leaning against the willow tree beside the road, its dress blooming like a begonia. The blood under her skirt was melted by the rain and spread out in all directions. It looked like the roots of an old tree or a strange formation.

This scene would have been okay—if she hadn't opened her eyes.

A flash of white light suddenly appeared in the sky, and the already cold corpse sat up, twisted its somewhat stiff neck, and looked at her with long, lazy eyes.

Fuman: "..."

Even if she had been facing corpses for more than five years, she couldn't stand the stimulation.

Her feet felt like lead. She opened her eyes wide but couldn't move. She could only watch the strange scene in front of her.

The corpse stood up and muttered: "Why is it raining again?"

She then gathered up her blood-stained skirt and said sadly: "It's ruined. It's worth a lot of money."

As he spoke, Hao raised his wrist and easily pulled out the long knife inserted in his heart.

If before, Fuman still had some illusions, thinking that this person might have faked his death, the knife was fake. But at this moment, when she looked at the genuine long knife and the rust-smelling blood coming out of the knife edge, she was really stunned.

Ruyi didn't feel that she had scared anyone at all. She just looked around melancholy: "How can we go back? It will thunder again if it is too late - hey, little girl, you look so kind, can you take me back to Lin'an City?"

Her hand held Fuman's wrist.

The warm touch came from her palm, and Fuman shivered. She was stunned for a moment, and suddenly cried out.

=== Chapter === 23 Picking up a stuttering girl

The rain was getting heavier and Fuman's crying was getting louder and louder.

At first, it was because of fear. Although she had never seen any scene in the years following Master Shen, she had really never seen the scene like that just now. It was so scary!

But crying, she felt happy. Over the years, she gritted her teeth and investigated the case, but she never dared to show weakness to others, let alone cry. Even in a life-or-death situation, she didn't even dare to bend her back. As time goes by, the pressure can be imagined.

What's so scary about ghosts? The scariest thing in the world is clearly humans.

Thinking this, while crying, Fuman took the time to look at Ruyi.

Ruyi squatted beside her, holding her chin with her hands, like a kitten who didn't understand human joys and sorrows, her eyes full of curiosity.

"You look so cute when you cry," she said.

Fuman's tears welled up even more fiercely: "No one has ever praised me like this before."

As soon as she finished speaking, she touched the top of her head.

"She is still a young girl, and she seems to have suffered a lot," she said.

Fuman sobbed: "I, I, I, in order to investigate the case, husband, husband, died, died in front of my eyes, I, I wore mourning clothes in the Criminal Department, slept up and down, vomited, vomited, worked hard, and the result..."

Ruyi heard something familiar: "Department of Criminal Affairs?"

Fu Manyu cried proudly: "I, I'm so tired, I, I want to die on the small, small hill in my hometown. I will never, never come back."

Her clear almond eyes were swollen from crying, the tip of her nose was also red, and the crystal tears were falling down her chin and onto her clothes one by one. She was as pitiful as she could be.

Ruyi couldn't help but pull her into his arms and coaxed: "Be good, I will kill your enemy for you, and you won't be so sad."

Fuman was so frightened that he burped and finally stopped crying.

She lowered her head and looked at the hole in Ruyi's chest that was still bleeding in shock: "You, you have been killed, and you are still talking about killing someone for me."

"That's what you said." Ruyi disagreed, "Just take a nap and you'll be fine. You won't die."

Fuman: "...?"

Doesn't this look like an injury that will heal after a good night's sleep?

How can a person survive if his heart is pierced—

Boom, boom, boom.

The sound of a vivid heartbeat came from the wound, interrupting her thoughts.

Fuman took a sharp breath and looked at her in shock: "I, I have been doing autopsies for more than five years, this, this, this is impossible."

Ruyi chuckled and twirled her hair meaningfully: "Master Liu should think so too. When I return to the city, I have to give him a surprise."

She couldn't wait to see the expression on Taishi Liu's face.

Another white light lit up in the sky, this time it was lightning.

Ruyi's smile froze on his face.

She quickly hugged Fuman's arm, and the next moment she heard the thunder from the sky: "Boom—"

The thunder was deafening, and Fuman reacted and quickly took her away from the tree and ran towards Shiliting.

The corpse that looked quite cool just now was actually holding her, trembling, and walking heavily: "You walk slower."

Fuman was so wet in the rain that he couldn't open his eyes: "If you take a step slower, you will suffer more. Hurry up."

Noticing that his hand was getting heavier and heavier, he wiped her face with a brush, then simply picked her up and ran towards the pavilion quickly.

Fortunately, Lei only meant it this time. When the two sat down in the pavilion, there was only rain outside.

Ruyi regained her strength instantly and sat under the eaves with her chin raised, letting Fuman bandage her wounds.

"It's just a little rain, I'm not afraid." She said, wagging her toes.

Fuman nodded: "You, you, you are only afraid of thunder."

Looking at her angrily, Ruyi pouted: "Beautiful little girl, don't expose others' shortcomings."

"I, I, I'm not beautiful." She lowered her head in shame.

Only then did Ruyi feel that something was wrong: "You haven't even cried anymore, why are you still sobbing when you talk?"

"I, I, I'm not stammering." His face turned red, and Fu Man felt awkward for a while, so he decided to compare sign language with her: I was born to stutter.

Ruyi pushed her hand away: "I don't understand what's so fancy. If you're not mute, just talk to me."

Fuman was extremely embarrassed. She spoke very slowly and kept repeating herself, and everyone found it annoying to listen to her, so she went to learn some gestures.

The beautiful girl in front of me looked impatient, fearing that she would get angry if she heard a few more words.

Ruyi didn't seem to notice her uneasiness and just said: "You just said that there will be carriages and horses coming here tomorrow morning. When will it be tomorrow morning?"

Fuman subconsciously wanted to make a gesture and caught her gaze, but he still had the courage to speak: "Chen, there will be the first train at any moment."

She smiled and nodded: "It's fate that you and I met like this today. Tell me who your enemy is, and I will eliminate this inner demon for you."

Mentioning this, Fuman's eyes dimmed: "No, no, there's nothing we can do. Shen, Master Shen, such a powerful person, there's nothing we can do."

Ruyi smiled: "Shen Qiyuan?"

Fuman blinked in shock: "Gu, do you know the girl?"

"Of course we know her, she's my mistress." She said generously.

Fuman said "Ah" with disbelief on his face: "How, how could it be possible, Mr. Shen? Mr. Shen, that person, has restrained himself and returned to etiquette. He has not even built a family yet."

"There are so many rules when it comes to starting a family and starting a business, how can you feel comfortable hanging out with me." She said with a charming look in her eyes, leaning back, "If you don't believe me, go back and ask him, he will definitely blush if you mention me."

—Qi red is also red.

Ruyi looked calm and showed no guilt.

Fuman looked at her with eyes that gradually turned into reverence: "Shen, Mr. Shen likes this woman. She is indeed extraordinary."

She hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I, I, have too many enemies."

A black market case involves hundreds of nobles and thousands of state and county officials, so no one person can kill them all.

Looking at the pattering rain outside, Fuman let out a long sigh: "My luggage is gone, too."

She couldn't even think about returning to her hometown and committing suicide.

"It doesn't matter." Ruyi patted her hand, "I'll support you."

Fuman looked at her blankly.

"When men say they support you, they usually want you to take care of the housework, take care of your husband and children, and be filial to your parents-in-law. But when I say they support you, they mean to provide you with food, clothing, and expenses, as long as you live." Her eyes flashed, "Why? Doesn't it sound more sincere?"

Inexplicably, she made him laugh, but Fuman still had hesitation in his eyes.

Ruyi didn't try to persuade her, she just raised her eyes to see the rainy scenery in the mountains, hoping to wait until dawn to take the bus.

However, just after Yin hour, the slaves of the Liu family who had fled back came back with more than 20 guards, carrying sticks and ropes.

"Over there!" The sharp-eyed servant pointed at Ruyi in the pavilion.

Fuman was startled, and then he remembered that he hadn't asked this girl who she had enmity with.

Although the rain had stopped, the mountain roads were still muddy. Where could they, two weak women, escape to?

=== Chapter === 24 She is not an animal

If both of them are weak women, they really can't escape.

However, one of them doesn't seem too weak - or is this martial arts a bit too strong?

Fuman stared at the scene in front of him with his mouth open.

There were more than twenty strong men, all of them fierce and quick-sighted, but no matter whether they were axes, axes, knives and forks, or ropes, sticks, swords and halberds, they couldn't even touch the hem of her skirt.

As if he was teasing others, Ruyi was not afraid of the murderous intent at all, and blocked all the murderous moves with a thousand pounds of force. He looked at the onion-like fingers, but when they landed on those people, they made a heavy sound.

Someone here just raised the knife, and his wrist felt sore. Someone over there was about to throw the rope, but as soon as his eyes flashed, the rope was strangled around the neck of another slave.

Then there were bursts of screams, and the strong men fell into the mud in pieces. The knives in their hands pierced the waist and abdomen of their companions, and the hemp rope in their hands cut their throats.

The bright red skirt swayed in an arc in the pavilion. Ruyi sat back in front of her and looked at her Dankou with satisfaction: "It's not stained with any blood, it's very good."

Fuman exclaimed in amazement: "Gu, this girl's kung fu is even better than Master Shen."

Mr. Shen fought these twenty or so people with all his strength, and all of them were inevitably injured.

Ruyi touched the tip of her nose slightly guiltily.

She is not as good as Shen Qiyuan pretends to be, that guy is really scheming.

"Gu, the girl is so powerful, why, why, why is she still stabbed?"

Seeing that there were a lot of corpses here, Ruyi simply pulled her up and walked out: "In the high gate of the city, the more people I kill, the more trouble I get, so I can't do anything. And this place is just a tomb."

Fuman nodded in understanding.

The two walked slowly down the mountain, got on the car after dawn, and returned to the city.

Ruyi didn't do anything else. First, he asked the waiter to boil a large bucket of hot water, took a comfortable bath, and then took Fuman to eat a sumptuous lunch, and then started to sleep.

She was too sleepy and had lost too much blood. Even though her wounds had healed, she still felt top-heavy. Fuman seemed to be tired from crying, and fell asleep without saying a word.

They slept until evening, and when they opened the door again, both of them had hairy hair, and there were even sleep-red marks on their faces.

Ruyi laughed out loud and asked the waiter to serve a table of delicious food.

Although Fuman was a female official before, her salary was not high and she lived a frugal life. At first glance at the piles of delicacies, she couldn't help but sigh: "There are no days in the ban, and it's not like this."

Ruyi gave her a piece of raw lump crab: "Let's try it."

He took a hesitant bite, and his eyes lit up: "Okay, okay, delicious."

Seeing that she finally had some vitality, she nodded with a smile.

The little girl is young and still has a lot of good life ahead of her, so how can she seek death?

"Master, you asked me to inquire about the matter." The waiter whispered solemnly, "There are no survivors in the Grand Master's Mansion."

The smile froze on his face, and Ruyi turned around: "What did you say?"

"Calm down your anger. That maid signed a death contract with Liu Mansion. Even if she dies, you can't sue anyone."

Taishi Liu tied up Jian Deng just to lure Liu Ruyi into taking the bait. Liu Ruyi is already dead. If Jian Deng had been left alive, the loyal maid would have sued the Lin'an Yamen at some point. Naturally, she would be beaten to death. light.

Ruyi twitched her fingers, then pushed away the bowl and chopsticks and pulled the waiter's clothes: "Where is her body?"

"The methods used by Taishi Liu's Mansion to deal with the servants are always hidden. I only found out that the people were carried out from the west courtyard gate, but I don't know where they went after that." The waiter looked at her with some fear, "You are with me If there is still a shortage of comprador maids, I can go to the market and buy two back later."

His fingers suddenly loosened, and Ruyi pressed his forehead.

In the eyes of Dagan people, maids and slaves are nothing more than worthless animals. They can be bought if they are gone, and they will not feel bad if they die. But since she came here, Jian Deng has been taking care of her. The little girl is loyal and gentle, and her heart is full of her master.

She is not an animal, she is her friend.

Taking a deep breath, Ruyi stood up and said to Fuman, "I have to go out, so you stay here and wait for me."

Fuman nodded obediently.

She put on a plain green dress, put on her gauze hat and went out.

Once a person dies, demons and gods cannot recover. She knows very well that even if she finds Jian Deng, she cannot save her, but according to the rules of the world, she must at least bring her body back to her homeland.

Perhaps the evil aura on her body was so obvious that she was stopped as soon as she reached Taishi Liu's residence.

"Miss Liu?" When Zhou Tingchuan saw it was her, he couldn't help but let down his guard and was just curious, "What are you going to do with this outfit?"

Ruyi didn't answer and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Today is a great day for Master Liu to receive the emperor's favor. Your Excellency specially asked me to come with him to see the excitement." He said with some emotion, "It is a blessing to accompany the emperor's tomb. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the old Master has been the first One who receives this grace."

The imperial mausoleum is a treasure land with excellent Feng Shui. Those who can be buried in the tomb of a minister are the founders of the country or noble and famous generals. If someone in the family tree enters the grave of a minister, it will be glorious for several generations.

Ruyi smiled softly and said, "He deserves it too."

Zhou Tingchuan was stunned, and then he remembered Liu Ruyi's relationship with the Grand Master's Mansion, and couldn't help but stop her: "All the imperial guards in the palace are here today. Don't be impulsive. If you have anything, please discuss it with your Excellency in advance."

discuss? Ruyi clapped his hands lightly.

"Yes, we need to discuss it."

"Hey, that's right..."

"Let's discuss what kind of formation should be erected on Taishi Liu's grave." She continued to walk in with a cold face, "The confinement formation is certainly useful, but the killing formation is more suitable."

Zhou Tingchuan was knocked away by her and his shoulders hurt. When he saw something bad, he covered his shoulders and was about to shout, but saw a figure in front of him hugging her directly.

Ruyi was in trouble. Even if she looked up and saw Shen Qiyuan's cold and touching face, she could not suppress her anger: "Let go."

Shen Qi did not let go. Instead, he clamped her wrist tightly and raised his eyebrows: "Are you injured?"

It's been a while since I last saw him, yet he's as pale as tissue paper.

She said with a stern face: "I have something to do. If you stop me again, I will beat you up as well."

As if he didn't hear her threat, he took her to a less crowded alley, checked her pulse carefully, and then said with a bad look on his face: "Go back and lie down."

Ruyi laughed angrily: "I've already come here, and you just tell me to go back with just one sentence? What a great honor."

"Your body is anemic and weak. It has reached its limit. If you don't go back and hire a skilled hand, even if you have extraordinary abilities, you will probably become half dead." The more he spoke, his tone became more serious. After thinking for a moment, he simply pulled him away. When people leave, "I'll take you back."

Ruyi struggled hard: "Master Shen, Shen Qiyuan, if your reputation as a Zongzheng is gone, how can you hold on to a girl in the street?"

"You can't tell that you're a girl with this outfit, so that's okay."

Good job, but it's becoming more and more informal.

Ruyi was so angry that she bit his tightly squeezed hand.

=== Chapter === 25 Delicious Blood

She bit hard, and almost instantly, blood started to appear on Shen Qiyuan's wrist.

The bright red blood was only as big as two small beads, but its taste was particularly sweet and alluring, making Ruyi's eyes blurry.

She stretched out the tip of her tongue and rolled the two blood beads into her mouth. Suddenly, it was like a sweet spring falling from the sky, flowing through her limbs and swaying her heart and soul.

It's so comfortable that you want to sigh.

Shen Qiyuan didn't mind her penetrating behavior, but generously handed the wound to her, and then said softly: "Come with me, to a place with fewer people."

It would be a bit outrageous to chew on someone's hand in the street. Ruyi licked his lips, suppressed his anger, and followed him honestly.

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Miss Liu suddenly became docile. Zhou Tingchuan couldn't help but sigh that his master had a way. But then he thought of today's purpose and hurriedly followed him: "Sir, aren't we still going to find Yan Ning?"

Zhao Yanning was not as considerate of the overall situation as Fuman was. He did not leave Lin'an, but came to the Grand Master's Mansion on this day where nobles gathered, and he might do something extreme.

"You stay here and continue to guard." Shen Qiyuan said, "If you find him, go straight to Huixian Restaurant."

Compared to Zhao Yanning, this person in his hands is much more troublesome, and he needs to be dealt with first.

Helping her to sit in the carriage, the man looked a little dazed. He leaned obediently against the carriage, but his eyes were staring at his wrist with clear desire.

"You are a human now." He pursed his lips and said seriously, "Humans don't like to drink blood."

Ruyi slumped her shoulders, her pink lips flattened, and she looked at him aggrievedly.

She knew she was wrong, otherwise with this domineering and unreasonable temperament, she would have robbed her.

However, Shen Qiyuan felt that facing him with this pitiful appearance was not much different from trying to grab him.

He had a sullen face and hesitated for a long time before handing the unscabbed wound back to her mouth.

Ruyi ah whined and sucked it up in one gulp.

He hadn't noticed it just now, but now they were the only two in the carriage, and the warm and moist feeling spreading from his wrist was particularly obvious.

Shen Qiyuan's back stiffened and he said in a cold voice: "You can stop when you see fit."

The words were quite fierce, and the roots of his ears were extremely red. The color was as bright as the sunset on the horizon, rising from his clothes to his chin.

Ruyi just glanced at him and hummed softly, her eyes clear from the corners of her eyebrows.

This gesture that seemed to be holding him made Shen Qiyuan very angry, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

With bright red lips, she raised her head dissatisfiedly: "Stingy little bitch, you said I'm anemic and weak, so what's wrong with me giving it a replenishment?"

Shen Qiyuan looked at her coldly, as sternly as a god's scrutiny.

Ruyi groaned and softened her attitude, pointing her mouth at his wound: "It's still bleeding, please pack it quickly."

He sat still and glanced around the carriage, as if he couldn't find anything for bandaging.

She said angrily: "Take a handkerchief and prick it first, then press the wound so it doesn't bleed anymore. It's not that particular."

"I didn't bring a veil." He said quietly.

Ruyi curled her lips and touched herself: "Hey, I forgot to bring a new one too. The old veil was taken away by the young master and he hasn't returned it to me yet."

Mentioning this issue, Shen Qiyuan smiled but said: "Do you think he will pay you back?"

A Daqian woman gives someone a handkerchief as a sign of admiration, and the other person will return it to her only if she hates her. For Zhou Tingchuan's character, which could not withstand teasing, it would have been nice not to frame the veil.

"If you don't return it, I'll buy a new one." She looked at him puzzled, "Why are you so mean?"

Shen Qiyuan stopped talking. He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve pocket and wrapped it around his wrist.

"It's not like I didn't bring it with me," she muttered.

Too lazy to pay attention to her, Shen Qiyuan closed his eyes and leaned against the car wall.

When he arrived at Huixian Restaurant, he sat in the guest room and listened to her explanation before speaking coldly: "So, you killed someone again."

Ruyi raised her eyebrows: "Then how can you ask me to kill someone? They killed each other."

Like the previous kidnappers, all of them died at the hands of their accomplices. There was no trace of her on their bodies. Even in court, he could not convict her.

Shen Qiyuan looked at her seriously, his eyes like the rising sun reflected on the golden plaque of the mountain temple: "They died because you had murderous thoughts in your heart."

With her ability, there were many ways to deal with those people, and she chose the most ruthless one.

Ruyi laughed angrily: "They came to kill me, and more than twenty hearts have thoughts of killing me, but I can't think of them dead in my heart?"

"The common people are pitiful. Why don't you show your noble hand if you can tolerate them?"

Ruyi rolled her eyes and said, "You have such a big heart. After hearing this, all the Buddhas in the main hall of Jinshan Temple had to stand up and let you sit on the lotus platform."

"Liu Ruyi." He was annoyed, "You are so cruel and cruel, how can it end well!"

"Whatever the outcome is, I just want to be happy right now." The worse his tone became, the colder her face became, and she leaned on the soft couch with a haughty attitude, her eyes full of disdain, "You are gentle and tolerant, but I don't see you. What a happy ending."

As soon as these words came out, Shen Qiyuan's face turned pale, and the hands in his sleeves were clenched. An oppressive atmosphere suddenly filled the entire room, as if he was going to fight her in the next moment.

The door was pushed open at this moment.

Fuman came in anxiously and gestured to Shen Qiyuan: Those people are responsible for themselves. Either they die or we die. Miss Liu is a good person, she is kind-hearted, simple and gentle, and should not be misunderstood.

At first glance, Shen Qiyuan was a little surprised: "Why are you here?"

Fuman gestured again: I lost my luggage, but Miss Liu rescued me and brought me a lot of delicious food.

After pondering for a moment, he stretched out his hand and said, "Give me your hairpin."

Fuman was puzzled, but he still took a silver hairpin off his head.

Shen Qiyuan stood up and went out to hand the things to the purple hat guard: "Take it to the Taishi Mansion. If Tingchuan can't bring him back, give this to him."

"yes."

The door closed again, and he said to Fu Man: "It would be a pity to waste these two wonderful words on her."

Fuman couldn't laugh or cry: Your Excellency has never said this to others before.

After a pause, he tilted his head and gestured: That's right, Miss Liu is not someone else.

"Why are you wearing an apron?" Ruyi frowned and waved to her, "Come here and let me take a look."

Fuman walked up to her and said obediently: "Chef, the cook's cooking is so delicious. I'm free. I'm free, so I want to learn the craft from her."

She spoke very slowly, but she still couldn't avoid repeating every word, and even a simple sentence was stuttered before she could finish it.

However, Ruyi listened very seriously, without any impatience in her eyes. After listening, she said to her as usual: "Okay, the kitchen is short of manpower. If you are willing to help, in addition to the food and clothing expenses I promised you earlier, I will I'll give you an additional salary of twenty taels a month."

=== Chapter === 26 Gentle Zhao Yanning

Fuman opened his mouth in astonishment.

Two taels of silver a month? Her monthly salary as a female official in the Ministry of Punishment is only one tael or seven cents.

"Too much." She frowned, "You, you, you open the door and do business, you can't lose."

Ruyi was puzzled: "What are you losing? The best cook here earns twenty taels per month. Once you learn how to cook good food, your salary will go up."

Fuman was confused and blinked blankly.

Shen Qiyuan looked at her expression and was really surprised.

Everyone in the Criminal Department knew that Hua Fuman didn't like to talk, and even Zhao Yanning, who was close to her in life and death, couldn't pry a few words out of her mouth.

But now, she stood in front of Ruyi. Although it was difficult, she opened her mouth seriously: "You, you can't, don't bluff me."

"What are you trying to do?" Ruyi sat up angrily and raised his chin to look at her, "I can still randomly give you wages just because you're pretty and cute. You're crazy, I don't recognize the money. People's big boss."

"Then, then, let me think about it again."

"If you have anything to think about, there is no shop like this in this village. You should quickly go to the front hall and tell the acting shopkeeper that he will start work tomorrow." Ruyi snapped her fingers, "That's it, let's go Go, go, move more quickly."

As domineering as ever.

Shen Qiyuan frowned, and was about to say that she should be gentler to Fuman, but the latter nodded obediently, nodded goodbye to Ruyi, and turned to look at him again.

She frowned and gestured: Sir, please stop scolding me.

Shen Qiyuan:?

No, after all, they have been colleagues for five years. We have been through thick and thin, and he has saved her life several times, but he can't compare to a ruthless employer?

The door opened and closed. Shen Qiyuan turned around and saw the evil boss looking at him with his chin.

"That's all." He sighed, "You can save Fuman, which can be considered a merit."

Ruyi said angrily: "Don't dare to talk about merits and virtues with adults. We treacherous monsters are born with no good end."

The teeth are so sharp, no wonder the bite hurts. Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips, knowing that he could not take advantage of his words, so he simply changed the subject: "What did you want to do in the Grand Master's Mansion just now?"

When mentioning this, Ruyi's face turned pale: "I went to collect the body for Jian Deng. What, is it against the law?"

"It's not illegal." He frowned, "The lights are gone?"

The anger that had just been extinguished was rekindled. Ruyi sneered and lowered his eyes and said, "Yes, it's gone. Master Liu beat him to death. Can you seek justice for me?"

Shen Qiyuan asked: "Is she in your hands?"

"No, in the Grand Master's Mansion."

That would be difficult. Slaves have always been the property of the master. If she is in her hands, she can sue the Taishi Mansion for harming private property. If not, the matter is an internal matter of the Taishi Mansion. Any further questions would be arrogance.

Shen Qiyuan thought for a moment and said, "I'll go find her body for you first. It's not appropriate for you to go out in this condition."

It didn't take him to tell Ruyi to notice that her head was dizzy and she could hardly lift her hands. Now that she thought about it, he was right. If she went to the Grand Master's Mansion like this, she would probably fall down halfway.

But she didn't want to bow her head and admit her mistake with him, so she just snorted coldly and stubbornly buried her face into the soft pillow.

Shen Qiyuan didn't say much. He poured her a cup of hot tea, then closed the door and went out. As he went downstairs, he was thinking about how to hire the imperial doctor in the palace. With her body and bones, she wouldn't be able to survive for another two years if she didn't get recuperated. .

As a result, as soon as he reached the front hall, he heard Pingdi yelling angrily.

"I want you to teach me how to do things? Have you weaned yourself, Zhou Tingchuan? Do you know how many graves there are on Xiangu Mountain where Hou Chaomen opens? Those who can't ride a horse and fall on flat ground are not the ones who blame me. Why don't you keep nagging me?" I broke every front tooth for you."

Zhao Yanning was born with beautiful features and graceful demeanor, but unfortunately he had a big mouth and scolded Zhou Tingchuan until he couldn't straighten his waist.

Zhou Tingchuan said bitterly: "I'm also afraid that something will happen to you..."

"Something happened? Hasn't something happened to our Criminal Department a long time ago? White flags are hung three times a year, and the incense is more prosperous than the Ancestral Temple."

"..."

Hearing the footsteps, Zhou Tingchuan quickly turned around and shouted sadly: "Sir, save me."

Seeing that Shen Qiyuan was here, Zhao Yanning became less aggressive, but still unforgiving: "My lord, what can I do to save you? After five years with him, I only got the words, 'It is hard to disobey the emperor's orders.' I have to blame you." Regardless of the overall situation."

"You came just in time." As if he was used to his mouth, Shen Qiyuan was not affected at all and said, "There is a patient upstairs. If you are free, you might as well go and take a look."

When he opened his mouth, he thought he wanted to explain why he stopped him today, but he didn't want to ask him to treat others?

Zhao Yanning laughed angrily: "Don't even think about it."

"Yan Ning." He said, "Calm down."

"Calm down, Shen Qiyuan, you have been making people calm your whole life." Zhao Yanning stood up, "Do you think that everyone is born in a noble family like you and has no worries? All living beings in this world have their own sufferings, why do you Are you always arrogantly accusing others of not being calm enough?"

"I have seen clearly that in the prosperous age of the Qian Dynasty, those who killed and cannibalized with impunity, and those who obeyed the law and obeyed the law had to die a good death. Today I am going to kill the Taishi Mansion with a knife. One life for a hundred lives, I will make a lot of money!"

He roared the last few words, his neck turned red and his eyes were bloodshot.

At this moment, someone opened the curtain in the back hall and came out.

Zhao Yanning only glanced at the person coming, then put her foot down on the stool. Her face changed from ferocious to normal, and she calmed down so quickly that she almost twisted her jaw.

Shen Qiyuan knew who the visitor was as soon as he saw his reaction, so he didn't look back. He just said: "I will tell you about other things later. The owner of this restaurant was seriously injured. The Zhao family has hung the pot for generations. You His abilities are certainly not inferior to those of the palace doctors."

His posture has calmed down, but his anger is still there: "I am a coroner. I only see the dead but not the living. You can call me after she is dead."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fuman, who was walking towards him, stopped and frowned deeply.

Sensing something was wrong, he glanced at her quickly: "What?"

Fuman gestured angrily: You don't want to save me, why are you saying evil words?

"No, I keep talking like this, you should get used to it, why are you angry?" He was still talking loudly before, but his voice became quieter as he spoke. Zhao Yanning muttered a few words and said impatiently, "Okay, okay, I'll go up and take a look. ."

He took two steps and looked at her in confusion: "Who is up there, your friend?"

Fuman's expression was indifferent and she didn't want to pay attention to him.

Zhao Yanning said fiercely: "If you don't answer, I won't save you."

The threat was strong, but she didn't even stop and went straight to the second floor.

Zhao Yanning was angry on the spot for a long time, touched his head, and then followed him cursing.

=== Chapter === 27 Liu Ruyi's wish

When he saw that the patient was a girl, most of Zhao Yanning's anger dissipated. When he checked his pulse again, all the remaining anger turned into shock.

"I've only heard of dead people pretending to be corpses, but I've never seen a living person with only a layer of skin left." He turned to look at Fuman in shock, "This person's blood has almost dried up. Is he still alive?"

Fuman nodded. She didn't plan to tell anyone what she saw that night. She just said to him: Miss Liu shed a lot of blood along the way to save me.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yanning looked serious, took out the cloth bag that she carried with her, gave her an acupuncture first, then carefully prescribed three blood-replenishing prescriptions, and ordered the waiter to grab the medicine.

Shen Qiyuan stood at the door and watched, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

"Let's go." He took Zhou Tingchuan downstairs.

Zhou Tingchuan turned around uneasily: "You're just going to hand Miss Liu over to Yan Ning? That mouth of his..."

"It doesn't matter if I have Fu Man here." He thought for a while, a smile flashed in his eyes, "Besides, if we really have to fight, I don't know who will be angry with whom."

Zhao Yanning just had a bad temper and loud voice, while Liu Ruyi was overbearing and unreasonable.

The smile disappeared for a moment, and he became thoughtful again.

Before the emperor's favor comes down, Zong Zhengsi will conduct a thorough investigation on the recipient of the favor as usual. He was busy with official duties in the past few days, and several of his fellow judges Zong Zheng also conducted thorough investigations. Judging from the files, Liu Taishi Yuan Qingyuji was not involved in any lawsuits.

However, is there too much movement in the Grand Master's Mansion these days?

The wet nurse who died inexplicably, the domestic slave who hunted Liu Ruyi, and the silenced Jian Deng, everything is not that simple no matter how you look at it.

Ruyi had a nightmare. In the dream, a fire was burning, and Jian Deng was sitting in the middle of the fire.

She was so shocked that she yelled and wanted to reach out, but no matter how many steps she took, the distance between the lamp and her did not shorten. The fire grew bigger and bigger, like a huge monster, swallowing her up in the blink of an eye.

Ruyi felt stuffy in her heart, and just about to shout, she saw someone else in the fire on the other side.

The woman wore her hair in a woman's bun. She had an elegant face and a gentle breath, but her dress was being eroded bit by bit by the tongues of fire. She raised her head and looked at her, and there was a long knife stuck in her chest.

"Nanny." She waved to her and said softly, "Good boy, don't run around and come back quickly."

Ruyi frowned and did not dare to move over, but stared at the knife on her chest.

This is Liu Ruyi's mother. She did not die of tuberculosis.

A shadow crossed her and ran towards He.

"Mother." She called out affectionately, letting the firelight engulf her and her mother.

Ruyi was stunned.

She thought of that thunderstorm night, when this little girl clasped her hands together and sat in the formation sadly, making a wish: "Believing girl, I am willing to use my flesh and blood as repayment, and ask the gods to punish evil, fulfill my long-cherished wish, and appease my resentment—"

Now she was leaning in He's arms. Although her eyes were smiling, half of her body was transparent, which was a sign of separation.

Ruyi opened her eyes suddenly.

The sun shines brightly through the flower window, and it's almost noon.

She raised her hands to cover her eyes, and after getting used to it for a while, she turned around and saw Fuman handing over the medicine: "You, you, you are awake, eat quickly, take some medicine, these days, I will feed you, you, You always spill a lot."

The turbulent emotions calmed down in the blink of an eye. Ruyi tugged at the corners of her chapped mouth and was supported by her to sit up slightly: "Have I been asleep for a long time?"

Fuman held out three fingers with a serious look on his face.

With a slight tut, she took the medicine and drank it with her head raised, finally a smile appeared on her face: "So you have also learned a lot of dishes?"

After sleeping for so long, the first thing you ask when you wake up is this?

Fuman couldn't laugh or cry: "You, why don't you ask, ask Lord Shen."

Thinking of this, Ruyi raised his eyebrows: "Did something happen to him?"

"No, no. It's just him. He went to the Grand Master's Mansion a few days ago, and Grand Master Liu fell ill for some unknown reason."

This is quite comforting news. Ruyi touched his chin and said, "Then we have to find a way to let him go two more times."

Someone next to him laughed.

She turned her head and saw a man standing at the table. He had a handsome face, but he looked unfamiliar.

Fu Man introduced her: "This, this is Zhao Yanning, a former colleague of the Criminal Department."

Ruyi felt familiar: "Is he also someone from Shen Qiyuan's side?"

Zhao Yanning bowed his hands to her politely: "Not anymore."

"Oh." Ruyi looked at him and thought, "Then are you short of work? Ever since there was a murder in my restaurant, all the waiters have left, and we need a few waiters."

Fuman's expression changed. It was too late to stop him, so Zhao Yanning agreed happily: "Okay."

Ruyi nodded and looked at Fuman beside him, who was hesitant to speak: "What's wrong? You don't want him to stay here?"

"No, it's not that I can't, it's not that I can't stay." She looked complicated, "Girl, give him another job. Most importantly, it's best not to interact with the guests."

"That's strange. He's so handsome and well-organized. He just happens to be dealing with guests." Ruyi looked puzzled.

Two hours later.

Ruyi was wearing a thick cloak and sitting in the Taishi's chair beside the railing on the second floor. She looked at the flying chickens and dogs in the hall, and the corners of her mouth twitched.

"I chopped my feet off because I couldn't walk, stepped on other people's shoes, and ended up with eyes in the bucket of water at the back door?"

"What are you doing? Wipe the lard on your face first. If I argue with you, the reflection will make my eyes hurt."

"If you don't want to pay, just say so. I can treat you to a few mouthfuls of rice. What are you talking about, you idiot?"

"..."

Ruyi wiped her face and gently took Fuman's hand: "It would be better to change him to be the accountant."

Fuman nodded seriously.

So when Shen Qiyuan came back, he saw no one in the lobby except Zhao Yanning sitting behind the counter, calculating accounts in a serious manner.

He stopped and asked a little curiously: "You and Fuman really plan to stay here?"

Yan Ning also found it strange: "Sir, aren't you a womanizer? Why do you come to see our boss more often than you do to eat?"

Yes, this is another person who has changed his name to Dongjia.

Shen Qiyuan was too lazy to talk to him and just walked upstairs.

Ruyi woke up and was in great spirits, but her face was still pale and she was still drinking the ginseng soup Fuman fed her.

She glanced sideways at the door and chuckled: "Master Shen is upright and aboveboard elsewhere, but he has turned into a thief here."

Shen Qiyuan walked through the door with a complicated look on his face: "There's Zhao Yanning down there, and you above me. It's really a hell of a mouth to talk about at this Fairy Restaurant."

Fuman laughed when he heard this and almost couldn't hold the soup bowl steady.

Ruyi quickly asked her to put it down and looked at the person next to her angrily: "You know it's Lord Hell, but you still come in?"

Shen Qiyuan was silent and took out a brocade box from his sleeve pocket.

=== Chapter === 28 It looks good when it's bad

This was the bracelet she blackmailed him for before, and Shen Qiyuan bought one casually.

He held it in his hand and wanted to teach him a few words, such as being too materialistic and making it difficult to correct himself, and that it was really inappropriate to cheat people on things at will, and this kind of thing should never happen again.

But before he could speak, Ruyi took the box.

A touch of azure, floating light and flowing water, completely natural.

Her eyes suddenly lit up, and joy overflowed from her brows and mouth: "What a beautiful thing."

He pinched the green onion fingers and looked at the light outside. There were no cracks on the bracelet, and it almost blended with the sky. Swipe it on your wrist, and the snow-like skin makes the color even more beautiful.

She looked towards him with a triumphant smile in her eyes: "Thank you, sir."

Shen Qiyuan swallowed back what he was about to say.

Not just a bracelet. He thought as he looked at this man's extraordinarily smart eyes. So why not if she is greedy.

Seeing that she was happy, Shen Qiyuan said carefully: "While you were sleeping these past few days, I found Jian Deng's body."

He paused and lowered his eyelashes: "She has been sent back to her hometown."

After playing with the bracelet for a moment, Ruyi raised her eyes to look at him.

The man's expression was as usual and his body was upright: "You don't have to worry anymore, I have already taken care of everything for burial and burial..."

"Shen Qiyuan." She interrupted him, "You are not good at lying."

Fingers tightened, Shen Qiyuan choked, slightly embarrassed.

Ruyi sighed, and Yu Cong pointed at his forehead: "How can such an upright and upright man imitate other people's fabrications? That is to say, I don't like to argue with you when I meet you."

His neck turned crimson, and he frowned and looked away: "How do you know I'm lying."

"Your Excellency, it's like the Xuanzhou paper. It's smooth and clean. Isn't it clear at a glance if there are any ink spots?"

Seeing Fuman holding back his laughter and retreating, he was a little annoyed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ruyi clasped her hands back and said seriously: "Mr. Shen, I am not a pampered flower in a greenhouse who cannot withstand the wind or the rain. Just tell me what happened to the cut lamp."

Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes: "You promise me first that no matter what, you will never break into the Taishi Mansion again."

The man in front of him nodded without thinking: "Okay."

With a sigh, he hesitated and said: "When I sent people to look for him, Jian Deng's body had already entered the incinerator."

Dagan people attach great importance to the return of fallen leaves to their roots, and also superstitiously believe that whole corpses can be reincarnated into human beings. Therefore, burning corpses into ashes is generally a punishment for those who have committed heinous crimes.

Ruyi couldn't help but sneered: "I want to kill people and have a good reputation. How come he gets all the good things in the world?"

He was puzzled: "How can I say this?"

"The wet nurse who drowned in the pond earlier was a slave just like Jian Deng. She still had her whole body, so how could Jian Deng be burned? Unless she was covered in bruises when she died, it was difficult to cover up, so this was the only way to hide her body."

The servant in the family can die, but his reputation must not be affected. This is Taishi Liu's consistent thought.

Ruyi expressionlessly crushed the brocade box containing the bracelet in her hand.

"You promised me that you wouldn't break into the Grand Master's Mansion." Shen Qiyuan said.

"Don't worry, sir. I keep my word." She smiled, "I won't force myself in."

Just as he was talking, Zhao Yanning came in holding the account book.

"Master, this account has a big problem." He handed it to Ruyi to look at, "I'm afraid I'm going to lose tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Upon hearing the amount, Ruyi took the account book and asked, "Where did the loss come from?"

"Let's not put aside the accounts. These accounts are horribly inflated. Except for precious ingredients such as white fairy fish, other common fruits and vegetables are also extremely expensive. For example, this wild rice is abundant in Lin'an, but it only costs five cents per pound in the market. The previous purchase was bought for five taels of silver. There was also rice and noodles. According to the normal price, the owner spent an extra one hundred and eighty taels per month."

"These are not the most important things. The most important thing is tax money."

He turned the account book to the back and pointed out a number.

Ruyi's face darkened as soon as he saw it.

He Zeyou did a good job, just making money without paying taxes. He dared to pay only a few taels in taxes for a big business with an annual income of more than 10,000 yuan. If this was discovered by the Shang Yamen, she would be punished and bankrupted.

What's even more irritating is that the only way now is to take the initiative to make up for these taxes. A rough calculation shows that for more than 30 shops, she has to pay at least tens of thousands taels.

She didn't want to waste money on that unlucky thing.

Snapping the account book shut, Ruyi leaned on the soft pillow, resting his chin on his hand, and narrowed his long eyes slightly.

Seeing her like this, Zhao Yanning couldn't help but turn her head and said to Shen Qiyuan: "Why does our boss look so bad?"

For the first time, Shen Qiyuan felt that Yan Ning's words were appropriate.

In this world, women mostly regard being upright as their beauty, and they must obey the three virtues and follow the rules. But Liu Ruyi is the most beautiful person when he is not serious. His eyes are full of calculations, dark and shining, and there is always a bit of sarcasm in the corner of his mouth, and his smile has a special meaning.

Whoever looks at it doesn't say it's smart and beautiful.

Realizing that he had lost his composure, Shen Qiyuan stood up with a flick of his sleeves: "It's getting late, it's time for me to go back to the Criminal Department."

Ruyi came back to his senses, but did not leave him alone. He only said: "Sir, you have helped me so much. I will invite you to Huixian Restaurant to try the new dishes made by the chef in the future. I will treat you."

"good."

After Shen Qiyuan left, Zhao Yanning also went back to look at the accounts. Ruyi sat in the room for a while and slowly opened her makeup box.

After a light rain at noon, the sky cleared up in Lin'an City, and the streets suddenly became lively. Every shop hurriedly brought out the latest samples of goods to their regular customers.

The Ningyuan Hou Mansion has always been wealthy, and all the experienced shops in the city know that regardless of whether it is clothing or jewelry, as long as it is fashionable and high-quality goods, the Hou Mansion will keep them all, so the most cars and horses go to that street.

However, on this day, what was blocked at the door of the Hou Mansion was not goods, but shopkeepers asking for money.

"It's true that I'm an honorable person. How can I delay the payment for a month and still want to return it? My leather has been cut. How can I return it?"

"That's right, I was generous enough to reward you before, but now I can't even pay for the goods. I can't get my money back, so where can I get the goods?"

"Let your accountant come out and give you an explanation. Why are you hiding? If we are forced to beat Zongzheng's drum, your Lord's face will be disgraced."

The discussion was loud and flew over the courtyard wall into the main courtyard.

He Zeyou sat at the table, his face extremely ugly: "I told you not to buy any more. There are so many things in the warehouse, why are you short of them?"

Mrs. He was not convinced: "I usually buy it like this. There is no shortage of money in the house. Why do we want others to laugh at us?"

"That's right, big brother, hurry up and ask someone to settle the bill. What's the point of blocking the door?" He Er also muttered, his newly purchased horse gear was still outside.

As soon as these two people yelled, the brothers and grandmothers in the other rooms in the mansion started shouting. It was so noisy that He Zeyou's forehead jumped.

=== Chapter === 29 Fishing

There was a thud on the mahogany table, and the lobby suddenly fell silent.

He Zeyou said angrily: "The past was the past, and the present is now. Your Majesty is still frugal and has repeatedly cut down the expenses of the palace. How dare you pretend to be a wealthy gentleman here. If you really have money, just go and settle the accounts yourself."

He Er looked aggrieved. When Mrs. He saw this, she wiped her face and started crying: "I worked hard to raise you so that you could find the glory of being a prince. Now it's just some money, and you are complaining." , I have raised a white-eyed wolf!"

"Mother!" He Zeyou was helpless and angry.

He's mother didn't care. Just as she was about to start crying, He Tinglan, who was next to her, suddenly said, "How did we get so much money in our house? Others didn't count it, but mother didn't count it in her heart?"

After choking on her cry, He's mother frowned: "There are countless things, and they are all due to my son's ability."

He Tinglan nodded: "Eating soft food is indeed a skill."

Snapped-

He's mother was close, so she slapped her, turned her sideways, pointed at her nose and scolded her: "You are a pickpocket, did you say that about your brother?"

Her teeth knocked blood from the corner of her mouth. He Tinglan covered her face and turned around, stubbornly saying: "Thirty-six large shops on God Street guarantee the wealth of our newly established Hou Mansion for a year. Mother has everything she wants. Money is spent like water, but there are fools who come to pay off mother's debts, which makes mother look down on others, and she has no choice but to bring marriage to the Wen family for her eldest brother."

"Now that my eldest brother can marry the legitimate daughter of the Wen family, my mother is already happy. She can't go back and worry about that fool's money."

He's mother was angry and ashamed: "Who, who cares about her money? If she doesn't give it, I won't give it to her. I can't even beg her!"

"She doesn't give money, so she uses her elder brother's salary to support our family of hundreds. We can't even afford a box of outside things." She put down her hands and said calmly, "My mother chose it herself, so why are you crying? ?"

He's mother choked and couldn't find the words to tell the difference, so she simply plucked the flower branches next to her and hit her. While beating her, she scolded: "I told you to talk back to me, and I told you to turn your elbows away. My biological mother, you can't afford those junk things anymore! I'll beat you to death! Beat you to death!"

The long flower branches fell into a red mark. The people next to her didn't stop her, and He Tinglan didn't hide. She just made red and swollen wounds on herself, her eyes still full of ridicule.

She used to look down on that idiot Liu Ruyi, thinking she was stupid and couldn't tell the difference between good and evil.

But now she looks down on this family even more, they are greedy and ignorant.

It doesn't matter if she is killed, life is boring.

He Tinglan closed her eyes.

Suddenly a servant came in from outside and whispered something in He Zeyou's ear.

He Zeyou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hesitated: "Why is she here?"

Mother He stopped and asked suspiciously, "Who?"

"No one, I'll go take a look, you all stay here." He stood up and said, "If anyone wants to settle the account, just take his own money. No one can touch the accountant's money today."

After that, he quickly walked out of the lobby.

The last time he saw Liu Ruyi was in front of the imperial court, He Zeyou regretted that he should not have listened to Zhenxue and insisted on grabbing those shops. Having offended Shen Qiyuan, no one in the court was willing to invite him to the banquet anymore, and more than half of the people who came to the house to deliver greeting cards were also reduced.

This is just a change in just a few days. If things go on like this, he, the marquis, may become an empty prince.

Liu Ruyi and Shen Qiyuan seem to be very close. If she can help him—

He Zeyou looked up and saw people coming outside the door.

Apricot face and peach cheeks, a single snail cloud falling from the temples, a mother-of-pearl ginkgo pearl swayed with each step, giving off a warm pearlescent light. She held up her long pine flower skirt, stepped on pearls and brocade shoes, and walked towards him with a smile.

"I have met the Marquis." Ruyi nodded and knelt down.

He Zeyou looked at the side of her fair neck in trance.

In my impression, Liu Ruyi was timid and always had an indelible air of being a petty person. Her makeup and hair were simple, and her eyebrows were ordinary. But the person in front of me is as bright as the green tasseled red jade on the tip of the sky pillar in the autumn hunting ground, shining with light, looking forward to life.

He suddenly remembered that when the two of them were old, he had been moved by her, just like the rise and fall of his chest now.

"Yi'er." He couldn't help calling it, but he regretted calling it out. With her current temper, she might be ridiculed.

However, Ruyi didn't say anything, but responded with a smile.

He Zeyou felt so flattered that he quickly invited her to take a seat in the front hall and then ordered his servants to make tea.

"This is your favorite drink, Longtuan Shengxue." He handed it to her personally.

Ruyi glanced at the fine brown color, her eyes flashed with sarcasm, and soon turned into sadness.

"The Marquis remembered it wrong." She sighed carefully, lowering her eyes and trembling slightly, "The Marquis has always loved Longtuan Shengxue, but my daughter doesn't like to drink it."

He Zeyou was stunned and patted the back of his head gently: "Yes, I like it. You didn't like it. So, what do you like to drink?"

Likes to drink Shen Qiyuan's blood.

—Of course, this cannot be said.

Ruyi smiled gracefully, picked up the cup and took a sip politely: "It doesn't matter, it's the same. I didn't come to see the Marquis today to drink tea."

He Zeyou sat up straight, already having a plan in his mind.

She is willing to take the initiative to come to the house, so she must have something to ask for. It just so happens that he wants to make amends with Shen Qiyuan. If they exchange ideas, the Hou Mansion will not be a dead game.

However, before the man in front of him could say anything, tears welled up in his eyes.

Ruyi's eyes are already beguiling, but with a layer of water color, they are like the dead branches hanging down from the stream begging for the moon in the sky, every bit of which makes people pity.

He Zeyou was stunned for a moment, and his eyes softened: "Don't cry first, just tell me if you have any difficulties."

"I want to take my mother's relics with me." She choked with sobs. "But the grand master won't let me. He says I'm a shame to the Liu family and won't even let me in."

Liu Ruyi's favorite thing is her mother. He Zeyou is not surprised to make such a request, but...

"What do you want me to do?" he asked, "Shen Qiyuan has a high position, wouldn't it be easier for you to ask him to help?"

Ruyi shook her head slightly: "He is an outsider after all. In this matter, I think the person who untied the bell must tie the bell."

He Zeyou understood.

Liu Ruyi was reviled because of him, so she wanted him to intercede with Grand Master Liu in person.

But. He Zeyou frowned: "I have an engagement with the Wen family, so it would be unfair to accompany you back, and Taishi Liu may not give me the honor."

"How will you know if you don't try it." Ruyi sighed, "What I want is just an old piece of clothing."

=== Chapter === 30 The fish takes the bait and the fish falls into the pot

What's wrong with a homeless girl wanting a piece of her late mother's old clothes?

He Zeyou was as hard-hearted as He Zeyou, and he couldn't help but feel sympathy when he heard it.

He lowered his guard, but still considered it carefully, and said hesitantly: "I can't protect myself now. Master Shen has a great favor. He has a suspicion against me. I am not welcome wherever I go."

"It doesn't matter." Ruyi pinched the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, "Master Shen is broad-minded and not a grudge-holder. When we come out of Liu Mansion, I will make a treat and invite the Marquis and Master Shen to have a drink together. The news is spread. , the Marquis' dilemma will be solved."

Only then did He Zeyou smile, look at her lovingly and say: "You have said so, of course I am willing to help you."

He paused and then tried another sentence: "I recently had my eye on a shop, but there is nothing suitable. Do you have any recommendation?"

This is a question made knowingly. The entire Lin'an City knows that the most profitable shop is the God Street.

Ruyi wiped her tears: "It's too early to say this now. I'll go to Liu Mansion tomorrow. If I can get my mother's relics successfully, I have three good shops that I would like to recommend to the Marquis."

What she said was meaningful, and He Zeyou easily understood the underlying meaning.

Are you willing to give him three shops? What a big deal. It seems that although Liu Ruyi is not as happy with him as before, she is still an emotional person.

The deal was a good deal and he had no reason not to do it.

However, in order to prevent Liu Ruyi from going back on his word or having some ulterior motives, he still took the relic into his own hands first. When the time came, he would hand over the money and deliver the goods, and everything would be foolproof.

Having made up his mind, He Zeyou couldn't wait to get ready.

Grand Master Liu had some differences with him, and it was not easy to get him to nod easily, so on the day he went to Liu Mansion, he not only brought Liu Ruyi, but also several gentlemen from Liang Shang with extremely fast hands and feet to make preparations.

Due to the status of the Hou Mansion, Master Liu did not refuse the invitation.

As soon as he entered the door, He Zeyou looked at the ugly look on the old master's face. He didn't make a request first, but said: "Junior, I heard that the house is short of people recently, and a good slave died in the pond for some reason. A whole bunch died on Xanthium Hill."

When it comes to negotiation, what you need is to exploit the other party's weaknesses.

The old master in the seat frowned: "I don't need to worry about the matter of hiding the mansion."

"At least he is half a son-in-law. The Grand Master does not need to see me outside." He Zeyou sat down, "I have a fate with Ruyi, and maybe we can become a family in the future."

At this point, he hesitated and said: "Ruyi has a beautiful color. I guess he inherited Madam Liu's beauty."

When this person was mentioned suddenly, Master Liu became on guard.

He inherited the first favor from Heaven since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Mr. Wen Ge, who had no dealings with him, worked hard to find excuses for him, so he quickly disposed of all the people related to the He family.

After finally sleeping peacefully for a few days, what does Marquis Ning Yuan mean when he mentions his wife now?

Did he have any new evidence in his hand?

Thinking that this man was going to be Mr. Wen Ge's son-in-law, Taishi Liu narrowed his eyes.

He Zeyou didn't notice anything, and felt that he had finished talking, so he said outside the door: "I brought a gift today to show the grand master."

What he said was sincere. In his opinion, Liu Ruyi was his biological flesh and blood after all. It had been a long time since the father and daughter had seen each other, so it was always right to bring her over for a quick look.

However, Taishi Liu's expression suddenly changed when he saw the man walking through the door. The teacup in his hand was knocked down by him and smashed into pieces.

Ruyi seemed to have been splashed by the tea, she took a small step back while holding her clothes, and looked at him angrily: "Why are you so careless, Grand Master?"

"You—" Master Liu was so horrified that his lips turned white, he stood up and hid sideways, "How could you do this? How could you do this?"

How could he come back when he saw someone dying with his own eyes?

Yes, all the people sent to bury the grave died on Xang Er Mountain for unknown reasons, and no formation has been set up on her grave.

"Don't come here, don't come here." Master Liu shook his head and waved his hands, his eyes full of fear.

Seeing his reaction, He Zeyou couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong with the Grand Master?"

He was really curious, but in Taishi Liu's ears, he seemed to be deliberately gloating about his misfortune later.

Taishi Liu grabbed the armrest of the chair, forced himself to calm down, and shouted out: "Come here, come here, catch her, catch her!"

Several house slaves rushed in and easily restrained Ruyi.

Ruyi was led to kneel down obediently, and looked at He Zeyou innocently: "Master Marquis, do I really deserve to die for such a crime?"

He Zeyou couldn't bear it. He felt that he had something to do with her suffering such a crime, so he still advised the Grand Master: "Both flesh and blood are connected, how can the Grand Master let go?"

How can you bear it? How could he be willing to kill his own daughter?

—When Taishi Liu heard this, his whole body trembled.

He Zeyou knew about the murder of his flesh and blood. Not only did He Zeyou know about it, he also brought Liu Ruyi back to threaten him!

What do they want, his wealth or his ruin?

Thinking of Wen Yuansheng's hateful old face, Master Liu shook his head repeatedly.

No, he can't fall. He still has to pave the way for his son step by step. He still has to watch Xuanhe, the most powerful minister, Guangzong Yaozu. How can he be intimidated by this young boy?

After forcing himself to calm down, Taishi Liu stared at He Zeyou fiercely and began to consider the possibility of taking his life.

If a marquis died in his house, he might not be able to explain it.

So what to do?

Grand Master Liu lowered his eyes and said in a trembling voice: "I am not feeling well today and cannot entertain guests any more. Please invite me first, Lord Marquis."

He Zeyou was unhappy. He hadn't finished speaking yet. This was too rude. Moreover, if the relics have not been obtained, how can we change the three shops?

However, before he could say anything more, the officials next to him actually came up to invite him. At the same time, several house slaves twisted Liu Ruyi towards the backyard.

He Zeyou was anxious: "How dare you touch the person I brought here? She is not a girl from the Grand Master's Mansion now!"

Master Liu looked at him coldly, then turned around and told his confidants: "Personally take Mr. Hou to the car, get off at Gongshen Street, and bring the meat from there back to me."

The confidant understood, bowed his hands, and followed Ning Yuanhou out to get into the car.

Liu Ruyi was escorted to the backyard, and He Zeyou could not survive the Gongshen Street. Master Liu wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but he always felt that his heart was filled with panic, as if some bad luck was about to happen.

The reason for this unfounded uneasiness was found in a blink of an eye.

"Sir, Mr. Shen from Zongzheng Division is here." The servant informed him, "Along with Mr. Wen Ge from Longyuan Pavilion and Mr. Zhuo from the Criminal Department, they have been waiting at the door for a while."

=== Chapter === 31: Being a coquettish monster is the best thing

Dongqing Street in Lin'an is a spacious street, and most of the streets are occupied by the homes of important ministers. Therefore, the potted plants in the moon windows provide a view at every step, so you won't feel bored even if you stand outside.

However, Mr. Wen Ge still couldn't figure it out and raised his hands to the side: "Master Shen, aren't we going to enter the palace? What are we doing here at the Grand Master's Mansion?"

He and Liu Zhangtu didn't have any dealings with each other at all, so it was really annoying to get rejected for nothing.

Shen Qiyuan nodded slightly: "Your Majesty has entrusted you with it. Shen came here thinking of stopping by. I never thought that the Grand Master would be ill today."

Does Mr. Shen also believe this excuse to thank the guest?

Mr. Wenge glared at the servant who had closed the door, and turned around with a flick of his sleeves: "Your Majesty is merciful and has given him so much kindness, but he still doesn't appreciate it. When I enter the palace later, I will definitely give him a copy."

Mr. Zhang next to him was not that angry, but just a little confused: "Master Liu is always polite in dealing with others. What happened today?"

Shen Qi glanced to the side.

The Marquis's carriage flashed past the west alley, avoiding them and heading south.

He looked away and straightened his sleeves calmly: "Who knows."

If you feel guilty, you will panic, and if you panic, you will make mistakes. Once you make a mistake, you will want to cover it up, and then make more mistakes - this is a quagmire, and wise people will protect themselves and never get involved.

He is as resourceful as Taishi Liu, who forced him to do this?

—A sneeze!

Ruyi was tied up in the woodshed and sneezed due to the ashes rising from the ground.

The doctor who was diagnosing her pulse trembled in fright and quickly withdrew his hand.

"How?" the steward next to him asked him.

The doctor didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "The veins are clear. Although there is anemia, but, how can you not be able to tell the difference between life and death?"

The steward lowered his eyes and smiled kindly: "This servant must be stupid and misunderstood. It's just a pulse diagnosis. Please bear with me."

After saying that, he ordered people to send the doctor out, and then brought a rope to tie Ruyi up twice more.

Ruyi obeyed obediently and did not resist.

The more she behaved like this, the more flustered Master Liu became.

Wen Yuansheng would not be willing to come to him unless He Zeyou had already revealed the news to him.

But if it was really known that he was planning to kill the girl, how could the old man be willing to leave so easily?

But if he didn't know, how could he invite Master Shen and Master Zhang here together?

There was a melee in his mind, and Taishi Liu felt his forehead twitching.

"Master, people are alive, how should we deal with them?" the steward asked.

What can he do? If He Zeyou wants to accuse him of killing his daughter, he will naturally keep a living Liu Ruyi in his hands, so that even if he confronts the emperor, he still has a way to survive.

Master Liu waved his hand: "We'll wait for the news from Gongshen Street first."

The woodshed was very quiet. Ruyi leaned on the pile of wood and yawned lazily.

There was an older nanny standing next to her. Seeing her like this, she frowned and scolded her: "Don't play tricks."

Ruyi almost choked herself and said in a dumbfounded voice: "Is this considered a trick?"

We have all fallen into this situation, who can be so comfortable? The old grandma didn't believe it and looked at her one after another.

Ruyi looked calm and let her look at him, but she smiled sweetly: "Mommy smells so good."

The old grandma was stunned and said with a straight face: "Nonsense."

"No nonsense." She pouted, "I remember when I was a child, my mother had such a charcoal fire energy."

He was afraid of the cold. Even in spring, there was still charcoal burning in the house. She is a fire-burning nun, so it is not surprising that she smells similar.

The old grandma tugged on her clothes and sniffed subconsciously.

Ruyi smiled and sighed softly, resting her head on the firewood and looking at the closed window: "It would be great if mother was still here."

Her mother was still here, so she was still being protected. How could she be tied up in the woodshed by her father?

The old mama didn't know the cause and effect. She only remembered that the eldest girl had been at the funeral, but now she was caught again. It was expected that she had offended the grand master and ended up like this.

However, they say that tigers are poisonous and cannot eat their seeds. It is too much for a daughter to be tied up like an animal.

Just as she was thinking about it, the person in front of her turned to look at her: "Mommy, can you give me a hug?"

"Hold me like my mother did."

"My hands and feet are tied, so I can't hurt you. I'm just a little tired."

The ends of her eyes were bent and she was smiling, but tears slowly welled up in her eyes, and her nose was twitching slightly.

The old grandma couldn't bear it anymore and said hesitantly: "I'm just a servant."

"Hug." She flattened her mouth, swaying unsteadily, with tears on the verge of falling.

She looked around and saw that the guards were outside. The old woman hesitantly stretched out her hand and held her in her arms.

Ruyi whimpered, rested his chin on her shoulder, and murmured: "Mom, I miss you so much."

Her body was small and trembling constantly. Even though she was tied tightly, she still wanted to be held in her arms.

This girl is naturally as beautiful as a fairy, and if she is like a pear blossom with rain, who can not feel pity for her?

The old grandma completely softened her heart. She thought of her child who died young, and her eyes became red: "Young lady, please tell me, blood is thicker than water, and I will never really let you go."

Ruyi shook his head: "He only dotes on his third brother, and he has always been willing to let me go."

The third brother, Liu Xuanhe, although not his direct descendant, was the Grand Master's pet peeve. Grand Master Liu had been planning for him since he was three years old, hiring the best teachers, making friends with powerful nobles, and even the servants around him were personally selected and trained by Grand Master.

No better than that, compared to Liu Ruyi, it was as if she had no father.

The old grandma had a complicated look on her face. Seeing that she was really sad, she murmured in a low voice: "It's not my fault, girl. Madam passed away pregnant, so the master has some grudges in his heart."

Ruyi's eyebrows moved slightly.

This matter was not in Liu Ruyi's memory.

She raised her head and said angrily: "How can you insult my mother's innocence!"

The old grandma quickly explained: "I'm not talking nonsense. The older generation of grandmas in the house all know it."

"Which other grandma knows?" She looked dissatisfied.

The old grandma thought for a while and said awkwardly: "There used to be a lot of people, but they have left a lot over the years. Aunt Xu, who was married to your mother, also knew about it, but she went back to her hometown a few days ago. ."

Aunt Xu was the wet nurse who died in the pond.

The grandma in front of me has a low status and has never served in her yard. I guess she just heard what others said.

Although the He family was not born into a wealthy family, she was very wealthy. Taishi Liu was like the current Marquis Ningyuan. He had fame but no family property, and he wanted to squeeze into the circle of the powerful, so he married the He family and took over her name. Most of the industries have been operating for many years before they gradually climbed up to the position of Grand Master.

It is not uncommon in Daqian's wealthy family to be greedy for women, but marrying a pregnant woman for wealth is unjustifiable in Daqian.

Ruyi also couldn't understand. With so much money around her, He could live a good life without marrying. Why did she have to keep up with someone who didn't love her and lose her life?

=== Chapter === 32 You are actually quite humane

When it comes to hitting the wall, mother and daughter He and Liu Ruyi are of the same origin, and their visions are surprisingly the same - neither Taishi Liu nor He Zeyou is a good person.

But then again, was it because Liu Ruyi was not Taishi Liu's daughter that he killed her so easily?

It feels better to think so.

Ruyi wiped away her tears and smiled at the old grandma: "Thank you for being willing to talk to me. I just said that my mouth is very dry after such a long time. Could you give me a bowl of water?"

There were more than twenty guards guarding the doors and windows of the woodshed, and not a single fly could fly out, so there was no fear of her escaping.

The old grandma nodded and stood up: "Just wait."

Ruyi watched her go out with a smile.

When the door closed, she was the only one left in the woodshed.

With a slight click, the tightly tied ropes around her body suddenly loosened, and layers fell down and piled up at her feet. Ruyi glanced at the beam, climbed up using the pillar next to it, and squatted down calmly to wait.

When the old woman came back with the water, she saw no one on the rope, so she naturally screamed, and then the guards outside rushed in.

The steward shouted angrily and the messenger shouted in the distance, and the entire Taishi Mansion instantly became as lively as boiling water.

She waited quietly until everyone went out to pursue him, then she avoided the few remaining guards and slowly disappeared into the garden shaded by tree branches.

The market on Gongshen Street was busy. When Ruyi passed by, he found a group of purple hats gathering around a carriage and searching for something.

She glanced at the lantern with the word "Ning" on the eaves of the car, chuckled, and stepped into the door of Huixian Restaurant as if nothing had happened.

"My boss is back." Yan Ning breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her, and then rushed her upstairs, "Fuman has been worried about you for a long time, go and check on her."

Seeing his hurried attitude, Ruyi sneered: "What an idiot. If she is worried about me, isn't it giving you a chance to comfort me? She is still guarding downstairs."

Yan Ning reached out and touched the tip of her nose and said uncomfortably: "What did my boss say? I, I don't like her."

Ruyi wondered: "I didn't say you liked her."

Isn't it okay to comfort each other among friends?

Her face suddenly turned red, and Zhao Yanning choked for the first time when someone said something to her. After a moment of silence, she retorted angrily: "My lord is more worried about my boss than Fuman, so my boss should go up and take a look."

Shen Qiyuan?

Ruyi raised his eyebrows, not as shy as this stupid young man, but a little strange that it was already this hour and he hadn't gone back yet.

She put on her skirt and went upstairs and entered the wing.

The door was not closed, and Fu Manzheng gestured to Shen Qiyuan with a cold expression: I have nothing to do with the affairs of the Criminal Department, and I will not interfere anymore.

Hearing the movement at the door, Shen Qiyuan raised his eyes and looked over, and said softly: "Miss Liu has a good memory. I didn't know who agreed to my request before and would not forcefully break into the Grand Master's Mansion."

"I didn't force my way in." She sat down confidently, "This is called outsmarting me."

"It's too, too dangerous." Fuman wrinkled the tip of his nose and said, "Girl, what are you doing there if you go to that place?"

Jian Deng's body had been burned to ashes, so there was no point in her going.

Ruyi took her little hand and touched two of them, and said with a smile: "I went to borrow two knives."

Two knives?

Fu Man didn't understand, but Shen Qiyuan snorted: "You are so easy to borrow as a sword. Grand Master Liu can climb from a seventh-grade county magistrate to the position of Grand Master. How can he be a mediocre person? Even if If he is fooled by you for a while, he will realize something is wrong after a while."

"What if you notice something is wrong?" She raised her chin and proudly tapped the corners of her lips with her fingertips, "By then, he and He Zeyou will already be incompatible."

Taishi Liu made a mistake while busy and tried to attack He Zeyou. No matter how ridiculous He Zeyou was, he was from the military and would definitely survive. Then he went to beat the drum of Zongzheng Yamen and asked Shen Qiyuan to make the decision for him.

But even if it was personal experience, given Taishi Liu's impeccable behavior, He Zeyou would probably only have a confession without evidence. Once there is no evidence, Shen Qiyuan will not finalize the case.

In the eyes of Grand Master Liu, Liu Ruyi would definitely run away to protect her Ningyuan Hou Mansion. He Zeyou held the handle on him and would always make him unable to stand up, so he would definitely try every means to kill He Zeyou.

In He Zeyou's eyes, Master Liu was determined to kill him, and Zong Zheng couldn't make the decision for him. What method should he use to save his life?

Ruyi's eyes sparkled, she smiled and clapped her hands: "The world is really interesting."

"Human, human world?" Fuman couldn't understand even more.

Her cheek was pinched, and the man in front of her with long eyes said to her gently: "You don't have to worry about anything else. Have you learned the new dishes?"

Speaking of this, Fuman stood up straighter: "Just, in these five days, I learned thirteen dishes."

Even the chef said she had talent.

Ruyi's eyes lit up, and he stood up quickly, hugged her and spun her around, smiling and praising her: "You are really the smartest girl I have ever seen. From now on, the business of this restaurant will depend on you!"

Fuman felt embarrassed by her praise, but his eyes became more smiley: "Okay."

It is strange to say that Ruyi may be younger in terms of age, but Fuman is very dependent on her. When he sees his own shadow in her clear eyes, Fuman feels that he can still live.

Shen Qiyuan coughed lightly.

Ruyi put down Fuman and asked him, "Sir, do you have anything else to say?"

"No." He said.

What are you still doing here? She raised an eyebrow.

Fuman smiled and let go of Ruyi's hand: "I, I'll go take a look first, take a look at Yanning."

After saying that, the man ran out.

Ruyi turned her head belatedly and looked at him disdainfully: "A grown man still avoids others when he talks?"

Shen Qiyuan was not annoyed and only said softly: "You saved Fu Man's life."

"Not really." She sat down and poured herself a cup of tea. "Those people are here to hunt me down."

"No, I don't mean Xanthium Mountain."

Her lips rested on the rim of the cup, and Ruyi curled her lips: "Are you planning to praise me for being kind and gentle again?"

He paused and shook his head: "I want to say... you are actually quite humane."

Is === Chapter === 33 good-looking?

She almost choked on a sip of tea. Ruyi coughed a few times and her face wrinkled: "I am also tired today. If I still have the strength, your words are worthy of a few iron fists."

Is there anyone so flattering?

He looked serious and looked at her steadily with his deep eyes, motionless.

After a while, Ruyi was speechless and realized that this person seemed to be serious.

"Tell me about it." She waved her hands angrily, "Why did you think I was inhumane before?"

"A dozen kidnappers and more than 20 domestic slaves, you kill them when you ask, without mercy, do you think you are humane?"

"Shen Qiyuan, let me say it again, I didn't kill anyone, and there wasn't a drop of blood on my hands. They killed each other." Ruyi stretched out her jade-green index finger and waved it in front of him seriously, "Empty talk, don't To taint someone's innocence."

He twitched the corners of his mouth, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

What is not evidence is just the rules of the world. He and she both know the truth, so why bother to explain it in a nice way.

Ruyi finally became impatient: "Okay, okay, I have murderous intentions. I am inhumane. You can do whatever you want."

Capture her? Seal her? She might not be able to beat him.

However, the man in front of him was very peaceful, with no trace of murderous intent in his sharp eyebrows and sharp eyes.

He only said: "Master Liu will send people to look for you everywhere in the past few days. You might as well accompany me to the outskirts of the city."

"What to do?" She wasn't very interested.

Shen Qiyuan didn't say anything, but turned his hand and took a box from his sleeve pocket to her.

Ruyi took it and opened it, and saw a pair of drop-shaped red agate earrings lying inside. The candlelight flickered, and the aura of luxury hit her face.

A flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she closed the lid with a snap and looked at him sideways: "People outside say that adults are honest officials and don't care about external things, but now it seems that this is not necessarily the case."

"I saw it on the street and picked it up casually." He said, "Just thank you for saving Fuman."

Can I use the brocade box with the words Baozhaitang printed on it that is readily available on the street?

Ruyi hooked her lips, but didn't show it off. She just leaned closer to him and said softly: "Since I have accepted the gift from you, I will also teach you: Don't talk like this when you meet the little girl you love in the future. It will make people angry."

He asked nonchalantly: "Are you angry?"

She shrugged: "I'm not a little girl."

She didn't care why he gave her something.

The expression on his face dimmed, Shen Qiyuan responded perfunctorily, and changed his subject: "I came here to tell you that Marquis Ning Yuan went to Zongzheng Yamen to play drums half an hour ago."

But now it seems that it was all part of her plan.

Ruyi took out the earrings and put them on, tilted her head and smiled: "Sir, does this count as collaborating with me? My innocence will be ruined in this life."

"Shen will do his part." He said expressionlessly, "Once there is evidence, I will write to the emperor and convict Grand Master Liu."

"Okay." She replied casually.

Shen Qiyuan was very dissatisfied with her confident attitude. There were many things happening in the world, so why did she think that she would be able to succeed? Since ancient times, the right path has always lasted forever, so no calculation could end well.

But when he turned his head, he happened to see her gently shaking her earrings.

The bright red agate was carved into a gentle and small shape, lining her white earlobes, like sweet fruits hanging on the branches in the forbidden area, trembling when her fingertips touched it.

He was stunned.

There was a wind in the evening, causing the candlelight in the room to sway. She looked up at him in the hazy light and asked him coquettishly, "Does it look good?"

Shen Qiyuan came to his senses, lowered his eyes in embarrassment, moved his somewhat stiff fingers, and said nothing.

"It doesn't look good?" She frowned, scolding and going to get it.

"...Keep it." He said with difficulty.

Looking at his beautiful Adam's apple rolling gently, Ruyi nodded happily: "Then I'll keep it, what a nice red color."

"It's blood agate."

"I'm not talking about earrings." She tapped her cheek, Ruyi's eyes were lazy and coquettish, "I'm talking about this."

"..."

Huo Ran stood up and Shen Qiyuan walked out.

A burst of proud and wild laughter immediately sounded from behind: "Master Shen, don't be so careless."

He closed his eyes in anger, gritted his back molars and said, "We'll set off tomorrow at nine o'clock, don't delay."

What he responded to was a meaningful "yes", as graceful as wrapping around a rafter.

Lobby on the first floor.

As soon as Zhao Yanning told Fuman that his temper had gotten better recently, he heard a bang.

They both looked up, and there was only a swaying door in front of them.

"Is that Mr. Shen who just passed by?" Zhao Yanning was puzzled.

Fuman shook his head without thinking: Your Excellency has always behaved gracefully and would never kick down the door. It must have been too windy.

"oh."

The two of them lowered their heads and continued to analyze whether it was the dish's fault or his fault that the guest left midway today.

Shen Qiyuan walked out for a while and calmed down after being blown by the wind.

He smiled suddenly.

I already knew what kind of person she was and what she had to be angry about. As long as he doesn't take it seriously, no one can really tease him.

"Sir." Zhou Tingchuan ran over and held hands with him. "The carriage has been searched and checked along the way. No evidence was found. The assassin mentioned by Marquis Ning Yuan has not seen a shadow either."

He ran in a hurry and sweated a lot on his forehead. He took out a handkerchief and wiped it.

Shen Qiyuan raised his eyes and happened to see the magpie embroidered pattern on the handkerchief.

"Tingchuan."

"Here, sir?"

"I have a missing handkerchief."

Zhou Tingchuan was confused: "What kind of handkerchief is it? Is it important?"

"It's very important." He said slowly, "It's made of pink silk, with a magpie embroidered on it."

Zhou Tingchuan:?

He looked down at the handkerchief in his hand, and then looked up at the serious-looking adult. For a moment, he suspected that his mind was broken: "Didn't Miss Liu give me this handkerchief?"

"No, I raised a magpie, and then it died. In order to commemorate it, I asked the embroiderer to embroider it." Shen Qiyuan stretched out his hand and touched it lightly, "If you don't believe it, look, there is my name in the upper right corner of the handkerchief. "

Shen Ziyan, also known as Qiyuan, no one can call him by his name except His Majesty.

But now, Zhou Tingchuan opened the handkerchief and saw the word "Ziyan" tattooed on the upper right corner.

He took a breath: "I saw it today, and there is clearly no tattoo here?"

"That means you got it wrong. This is not where Miss Liu gave it to you." Shen Qiyuan said without changing his expression, his heart not beating, "Give it back to me."

The people in the Criminal Department were all about evidence in their words and deeds. Faced with the ironclad evidence, no matter how surprised Zhou Tingchuan was, he still handed over the handkerchief with a grimace.

Shen Qiyuan nodded gracefully, took the handkerchief and stuffed it into his sleeve pocket, then strode away.

Zhou Tingchuan was still where he was, clasping his fingers and thinking about where he had been and why he had lost his handkerchief.

=== Chapter === 34 You are someone else

At dawn the next day, the sky was dim.

Ruyimeng was sleeping soundly when he unexpectedly heard someone shouting from outside: "Master, the carriages and horses are all ready. Your Excellency is waiting for you below."

She opened her eyes half-closed and put her index finger out of the quilt to explore.

The autumn weather is biting and freezing to the bone.

She quickly retracted her hand, turned over, wrapped herself tightly in the quilt and continued to sleep.

However, not long after sleeping, someone came upstairs and said in a deep voice: "Get up, Grand Master Liu's Mansion has sent people to search the city. There are no sentries at the city gate yet. It will be too late if we don't leave."

She groaned and covered her ears: "Don't make any noise."

The person next to the bed was silent for a moment, as if she was angry at her, and then turned around and ordered: "Let everyone below you stay away."

It seemed that Zhou Tingchuan responded outside.

Ruyi didn't care much, and was about to return to sleep in a daze. The next moment, he was rolled up with the quilt and carried on his shoulders.

Normally when encountering this kind of situation, she would scold people, disturbing people's dreams is like digging up people's ancestral graves, is there any end to it?

However, Shen Qiyuan had been practicing martial arts for many years, so he had a stable chassis and strong arms. He carried her on his shoulders without bumping her even when going down the stairs.

Ruyi thought for a while, swallowed the curse, continued to close her eyes, and let herself be stuffed into the carriage like a burrito.

The carriage started to move.

I don't know how long it took, but she woke up. She pushed aside the quilt and saw Shen Qiyuan sitting next to her, with dark clouds between her brows and her thin lips pursed into a thin line.

Rolling his eyes, Ruyi immediately struck preemptively: "Your Excellency's behavior is getting more and more outrageous."

Shen Qiyuan looked at her coldly and said nothing.

This man became less arrogant and muttered vaguely: "I'm generous and I won't argue with you."

Yesterday I made a good promise, but today I slept without caring about it. Who should argue with whom?

He turned his head away in anger.

A small hand reached over and tugged on his trouser leg.

Shen Qiyuan squinted impatiently and saw her looking at him innocently: "I'm thirsty."

Okay, he still has to serve her? Forget about dying of thirst, who cares.

With a sneer, he kicked the small tea cabinet next to him.

Ruyi sat up wrapped in quilt, opened the drawer, took out a pot of warm water, and drank from the spout. Some water leaked and spilled on the front of her rose-colored gown.

—I changed my clothes early in the morning, but I didn't forget everything.

Shen Qiyuan lost some of his anger and his expression softened.

However, just as he was about to talk to her normally, the man winked and looked at his clothes: "Are you a little disappointed, sir?"

Shen Qiyuan bit his teeth again: "Hu Qin what?"

Is he such a reckless person? Even if she forgets to change her clothes, he will find a way not to make her rude. How can he have any strange thoughts.

"Oh~" She put down the teapot with a smile, "I thought this was a method used by adults."

"You are not an ordinary woman, that's why I behave like this." The man in front of him looked even more ugly and tried to defend himself, "What are my usual methods? How could I treat others..."

"That is to say." She interrupted him and raised her eyebrows lazily, "In your heart, I am not someone else?"

Why did you just tell me to go there?

Shen Qi Yuanhan glared at her: "You are someone else, and you are someone else than others."

Ruyi clicked his tongue.

She has such a tough mouth, I'm afraid it would be irritating to kiss her.

She looked left and right, took out a cowhide water bag, washed herself with the water in it, and tied her black hair into a bun.

Shen Qiyuan saw her taking the magpie-treading hairpin she picked with him last time and inserting it loosely and diagonally.

"Have you brought makeup, sir?" She held up her hairpin and looked sideways.

Shen Qiyuan: "..."

He is a grown man, why does he wear makeup?

Seeing the answer, Ruyi snorted and said unhappily: "You tied me out like this, I thought you had everything ready."

She was bedridden, but it was his fault, right?

"Of course it's your fault." She raised her chin, feeling unsure and confident, "There's no difference between not having enough pink when your daughter goes out and not wearing any clothes."

"Liu Ruyi." He frowned.

Can this be said together?

"I don't care." She tossed her sleeves, fell into the quilt very unhappy, and said in a low voice, "I want rouge, gouache, and balm."

"Unreasonable."

"嘤嘤嘤!"

Zhou Tingchuan sat on the carriage outside, dumbfounded and said: "Looking at the way, let's go to the shop in front and buy some for the girl."

"It's better, little adult!" Her eyes lit up.

Shen Qiyuan was furious: "We have to leave the city, and we can't delay even a moment. What are your ideas?"

Zhou Tingchuan shrank his shoulders and fell silent.

Ruyi looked at him with a sad look on her face, and just when she was about to accuse him of being inhumane, this man turned a gauze hat out of nowhere and put it on her head.

"shut your mouth."

"…oh."

She calmed down and looked out the window obediently.

It was okay not to look at it, but when she looked at it she couldn't help it anymore: "Where is this place? It's too deserted."

I'm used to seeing the high terraces and pavilions in Lin'an City, so naturally I can't stand these thatched huts.

Shen Qiyuan said: "The border wars continue and the casualties are heavy. Your Majesty ordered the various departments in the court to claim hundreds of orphans. It's cold and we need to send them some clothes and food."

Ruyi pouted: "Why do you have to drag me to do this kind of thing?"

"not enough people."

What an excuse, not convincing at all.

Ruyi hummed and said, "I haven't healed my injury yet. My hands and legs are weak, so I can't do heavy work."

Shen Qiyuan ignored her.

The carriage soon arrived at a village. Before entering, they saw a group of children chasing each other at the entrance of the village.

From a distance, she thought it was a joke, but when she got closer, Ruyi saw an eight or nine-year-old girl being beaten by a group of boys and girls until she fell to the ground and couldn't stand up.

Her face darkened, and she got out of the car without thinking, and took the little girl out of the crowd.

A group of children next to her grinned and raised their hands to hit her on the leg. Each fist is not big, but it hurts even if I hit it hard.

The purple-hatted guards at the back came forward one after another and drove these children away for her.

Ruyi lowered his head and saw that the little girl in his arms had blood all over her nose and mouth, her face was pale and she was dying.

She was a little angry: "You are only a few years old, how can you learn to bully others?"

Shen Qiyuan strolled up and followed him, not surprised: "This is the child whose father and mother just died."

"ah?"

"The things in the village are limited, and the child whose parents have just died is helpless. As long as she is killed, the others can get more things." He said, "The big law does not involve those under ten years old, so let the children If a child takes action, the adults will not be punished."

Ruyi listened silently.

Everyone accuses monsters of eating people, but people in this world clearly eat no less people than monsters.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

She strode forward: "Look for a doctor. If she doesn't look for a doctor like this, she will die."

Flipping through the books in his hand, Shen Qiyuan shook his head: "No need."

=== Chapter === 35 Green God

Ruyi thought she heard wrongly: "What?"

"There is no doctor in this village, and we didn't bring any medicinal materials in the car. Besides -" he turned to the last page of the book and shook his head slightly, "she is not an orphan."

Only the orphans of border guards could receive relief from the court. This child was not registered. He probably lost his parents accidentally.

Ruyi looked at Shen Qiyuan in disbelief: "If I'm not a soldier, why don't you save me? Master Shen, Shen Qiyuan, shouldn't you have the world in mind?"

"Everyone in this world has his or her own destiny."

"Fuck it, I never believe that nonsense." She jumped angrily, "She must die when she meets me. I don't care whether you are alone or not."

After saying that, she went back to the car with her child in her arms and closed the windows and doors tightly.

Shen Qiyuan stood with his hands behind his hands, looking in the direction of the carriage, with a smile in his eyes.

If Ruyi can't see it, if he sees it, it will only make him angrier. The gods stand aside and watch, and the monsters hang pots to help the world. Is there any king's law in this world?

What's even more outrageous is that this man actually stood outside the car and asked her leisurely: "If this child has done bad things, won't you regret saving her?"

Ruyi was stunned.

The old yellow and black pictures were like paper blown over by the autumn wind, whirling towards her.

…

"There is a god named Qingshen in this world who is compassionate and generous. He will listen to everyone's wishes and bless all living beings."

"Please, please save them..."

"As long as you pray sincerely, Qingshen will always hear your voice."

"Don't die, don't die... I'm willing to exchange my life for it. Please, don't let them die."

The city collapsed, her close friends and relatives were crushed into mud, a spear pierced her heart, and she was picked up and hung on the flaming city gate.

—Ruyi's heart suddenly felt cramped.

The autumn wind whistled past the car, and she came back to her senses.

"It turns out that I can't wait for Qingshen because I have done bad things."

Shen Qiyuan didn't understand: "What?"

Opening the car window, she stared at him with bright red eyes and said mockingly: "It turns out that the Green God who has been enshrined by mortals for generations does not save all living beings."

Sensing that her mood was not right, Shen Qiyuan jumped on the car's shaft and opened the car.

Ruyi attacked him without any warning.

Shen Qiyuan caught her move with quick eyes and hands, closed the carriage door with his backhand, and ordered the people outside: "Go and distribute things."

People outside were busy dealing with the large group of children, and no one noticed anything unusual in the car, they just responded.

Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips and took apart her hand blade with quick and neat movements, but she fired more than ten moves in a row, becoming more and more violent.

He frowned and slowed down his hands for a moment.

Ruyi immediately slapped him on the shoulder with such force that he could even hear the bones creaking.

Shen Qiyuan bumped into the car door and slid down with his back against the door.

The dying child in the carriage murmured in fear. Ruyi calmed down a little, and his scarlet eyes slowly returned to black and white.

She pursed her lips, held back her ears and hair slightly stiffly, and lowered her eyes to the little girl's forehead.

Shen Qiyuan moved his shoulders and gasped in pain.

Ruyi heard this and lowered her head lower: "I admitted the wrong person for a moment, please bear with me."

Qingshen changes every hundred years and is no longer the same person as before. She shouldn't be angry with him.

Shen Qiyuan was so angry that he laughed out loud: "You hurt me like this and you just say you are sorry?"

"With your abilities, you can just heal yourself for a while. Are you still trying to blackmail me?" she muttered.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead due to pain, and he said hoarsely: "You think everyone is you and you don't have to follow the rules."

The little girl in her arms gradually turned rosy and just fell asleep.

Ruyi put her down and approached Shen Qiyuan with a guilty conscience, reaching out to heal his wounds.

Shen Qiyuan avoided her and said angrily: "You and I are incompatible. If you do something, it will only make things worse."

Too.

She scratched her head: "What should I do? There is no doctor here."

"What can I do? Just bear with it." He groaned, "It doesn't hurt very much."

As he said this, his lips turned white.

Feeling a little sorry, Ruyi simply volunteered: "Just rest, I'll watch them hand out things for you."

Shen Qiyuan shook his head and got out of the carriage stubbornly.

"Hey." She caught up with him and said to him, "Wouldn't it be more painful for you to walk? I'll just go and take a look. It's just a few carts of stuff, so it won't last long."

He ignored it and walked all the way to the shed where the purple hats were stacking things. Maybe it was too painful, and his shoulder blades were shaking a little.

She hurried up, wanting to scold him for being stubborn, but she was too guilty to speak, so she could only support him like a little maid.

The orphans who received the items had already lined up, and Zhou Tingchuan checked them one by one before distributing them.

Ruyi raised his eyes and saw that many of the people in line were the children who had just been bullying others.

She frowned and wanted to speak, but her eyes glanced at the child at the front.

He was seven or eight years old, without a shirt, with dark skin and so thin that his ribs were clearly visible. He got a bag of millet and as soon as he held it in his arms, he saw pairs of greedy hands reaching out from behind.

The child immediately jumped to the side, arched his back, and bared his teeth like a dog, looking fierce and ready to eat people. Seeing that everyone else was scared away by him, he carefully hugged the things tightly and ran forward as hard as he could, looking back three times.

I was running so fast that I stumbled and fell, but as if I didn't feel any pain, I got up and continued running.

Ruyi looked silent.

"There are 350 households in this village and 67 orphans. There are no more than five orphans who can survive to adulthood." Shen Qiyuan said softly, "They can't sleep well because there will always be someone. They would climb over the wall to grab their things. They would also fight every day, sometimes for a meal, sometimes for a piece of clothing."

It's not that they want to do evil, it's that if they don't beat others to death, they themselves will be beaten to death.

Ruyi was startled: "If this is the case even with the imperial pension, how about an orphan who is not a soldier's orphan?"

Shen Qiyuan turned to look at her and asked seriously: "What do you think?"

Isn't there one in the carriage that is not a soldier's orphan?

Ruyi paused, frowned and lowered his eyes: "Forget about others, how can you ignore such a situation?"

"I have said before, everyone in this world has his or her own destiny."

"Why do you think you are a god?" She sneered.

Shen Qiyuan did not explain, only groaned in pain.

When she heard this, she hurriedly helped him steady without worrying about anything else: "It's better to go back and find a doctor first. If the injury is really serious, your hand..."

He shook his head and staggered towards the direction of the carriage.

Ruyi squeezed his arm: "Lean closer to me."

"It's inconsistent with etiquette."

"Stop talking nonsense." She simply hugged him half-hug.

The warm breath came from her body and ironed into the skin of his arms.

=== Chapter === 36 Common ants

Perhaps because of the severe pain, Shen Qiyuan walked very slowly along the way, so slowly that Ruyi started counting how many ants he could trample to death.

After finally reaching the car, how to get him in became a problem again. The shaft of the car was very high, and it would inevitably pull on his shoulders when he lifted his legs.

Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips: "I'll just stand outside."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You're not that cruel to animals." She scolded, leaned down quickly, hooked one hand around his knees, and held his waist with the other, and hugged him up.

Shen Qiyuan's face suddenly turned ugly: "Liu Ruyi."

"Don't scream, don't scream." She hugged him tightly, jumped onto the car's shaft lightly, and bent down to get into the car.

Then the two met with a pair of clear eyes.

The little girl who had just been rescued woke up at some point and was holding the quilt, looking at their posture in confusion.

The atmosphere in the carriage became stiff for a moment.

Shen Qiyuan's ears turned red. He pulled away from her and sat down on his own, clenching his fists. Ruyi quickly regained her smile, knelt down in front of the little girl and asked her, "Are you hungry?"

The little girl nodded blankly.

"Call me good sister and I'll give you some tea."

The little girl looked at her in disbelief, hesitated for a long time, and shouted to Shen Qiyuan: "Brother."

As one wishes:?

Shen Qiyuan turned around, his expression returned to normal. He opened the drawer and took out a piece of tea, and said seriously: "Tell me your origin, and I will give you this."

The fragrant lotus root cake contains some minced meat.

The little girl's eyes widened and she reached out to take it, but Shen Qiyuan took her hand back.

So she could only say: "My name is He Ye. My father works as a long-term worker for a wealthy family in the city. My mother has always been in the village. A few days ago, someone from the city said that my father was dead and asked my mother to identify the body. Mother went and never came back, so I was the only one left."

After she finished speaking, she grabbed the lotus root cake and stuffed it into her mouth.

Ruyi frowned upon hearing this: "I went to identify the body and didn't come back? Was he also killed?"

The little girl devoured the lotus root cake in two bites. She licked her fingers and looked at her, and answered obediently: "No, my mother committed suicide. She said she couldn't live without my father."

It's a deep feeling, but it's a pity that no one cares about this child.

Shen Qiyuan asked one more question: "What's your father's name? If you can find an employer, maybe you can get some pension for you."

The little girl thought for a while and shook her head: "I haven't learned how to read yet, so I don't know my father's name, but I know that my employer is from the Liu family on Dongqing Street. My father said that they are a very prestigious family, and he also said that when I turn ten years old, he will Just take me to see the world."

Ruyi's eyelids twitched.

She asked hesitantly: "Did your father die on Xanthium Mountain more than ten days ago?"

The little girl looked at her curiously: "Sister, how do you know?"

"..." Her heart sank inexplicably, Ruyi opened the drawer and placed the remaining stack of tea snacks in front of her.

The little girl was so happy that she kowtowed to the table: "Thank you, sister!"

"No." She waved her hand vaguely, indicating that she should eat quickly.

After the items were distributed, the convoy headed to the next village. The road was bumpy and swaying, and Ruyi didn't say another word.

She looked out the window blankly, listening to the conversation between the little girl and Shen Qiyuan.

"Is your dad a good man?"

"Yes, he is very kind to me and my mother."

"What does he like to eat?"

"He likes to eat grilled meat and drink wine. He can also dance with a sword. My mother likes to watch it the most."

As she spoke, an ordinary face gradually formed an outline in her mind.

Yes, when she took action, she felt that there were shadows like ants on the opposite side. Since they wanted to kill her first, it was just a matter of course to send them back to the west.

But now, listening to this man's life story, the face that flashed between the swords suddenly came to life.

It turns out that this man has a wife and children. It turns out that this man also likes to drink and dance with swords.

It was indeed hateful to attack her, but as Shen Qiyuan said, if she had been gentler at that time, just knocking them out or scaring them away, wouldn't this little girl be in the situation she is in today?

Ruyi lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling.

The wind blew in from the window, brushed the broken hair on her temples, and gently shook the topaz magpie hairpin on her bun.

Shen Qiyuan looked at her quietly without disturbing her.

When she was approaching the new village, she suddenly said: "Master Shen, you asked me to come here today, don't you want to teach me how to be compassionate?"

"Then have you learned it?" He asked without answering.

Ruyi raised her chin and regained her previous arrogance and laziness: "Are you kidding me? It's God's job to pity the common people. Gods won't show mercy. How can I learn to do anything else?"

She said and pinched her fingers in a bad way: "Next time something like that happens again, I will still do that. Just wait, sir."

Shen Qi looked at her from a distance and nodded slowly: "Okay, I'll wait."

The little girl couldn't understand what they were saying. After eating, she became drowsy again. Her head was shaking and she was about to hit the corner of the table.

Ruyi quickly stretched out her hand and pinched the sharp corner of the table in her hand. The little girl rested her forehead on the back of her hand, rubbed her lips with it, and fell asleep.

The person opposite laughed softly.

Liu Ruyi picked her up and threw her into the quilt, and looked at the smiling person angrily: "Adults and children can't be compared."

"Well, I know, don't worry."

"I'm not in a hurry!"

"Okay, don't worry, don't pinch me yet."

Ruyi gritted his teeth in anger.

The carriage arrived at another Binggu Village. She jumped out of the car and walked towards Zhou Tingchuan: "Sir, take me with you."

Zhou Tingchuan held a basket and turned around with difficulty: "Miss Liu, there is a lot of mud on the ground and it's deep, so don't come down."

"It doesn't matter." She stepped forward, easily took the basket in his arms, and raised it above her head.

Zhou Tingchuan was stunned.

He looked at his own hand, then at Ruyi's hand, and couldn't help but swallow: "The girl is really strong."

Realizing that she had forgotten to disguise herself, Ruyi reluctantly made up for it: "It's quite heavy too."

I didn't see the heavy meaning at all!

Zhou Tingchuan's eyes were full of admiration: "I wish you could teach me two moves anytime."

Ruyi glanced at him and curled her lips: "Young adults are as polished as jade. It's a pity that they have become five big and three thick."

Master Shen, who was slowly following behind, froze.

He glanced down at his strong arms and pursed his lips in displeasure.

What are the five elements and three elements? This is clearly Kong Wuli. If it were Zhou Tingchuan, let alone carrying her downstairs, he wouldn't be able to hold her off, so what's the use of coming.

"Tingchuan."

"Hey, sir?"

Shen Qiyuan handed him a basket with one hand, then took the basket from Zi Mao's arms next to him and stuffed it into his arms. He nodded and encouraged: "You can move it over together."

=== Chapter === 37 She likes weak ones

Zhou Tingchuan is about to cry.

When he usually comes to the village to distribute things, he only has to keep an account, which is very relaxed. Unexpectedly, during this trip, my legs were almost broken, and my arms were too tired to lift.

On the way back, he lay next to Ruyi and groaned: "I can't live, alas, I can't live."

Ruyi was amused by him and laughed: "My lord, Lotus Leaf is still looking at you."

He Ye was learning to write with Shen Qiyuan with her fingertips dipped in water, and the look in his eyes was a bit unbelievable - How old are you, and you can still roll around and act like a baby?

Zhou Tingchuan stared angrily: "Little girl, I bought the steamed buns you ate just now."

Shrinking his head, He Ye looked at Shen Qiyuan.

Shen Qiyuan sat next to her and said to her seriously: "When you grow up, if you want to find a husband, you must not find such a weak person. If something happens, he will just hide behind you. "

He Ye didn't understand, but nodded anyway.

Zhou Tingchuan sat up straight and pulled Ruyi's sleeves with drooped eyebrows: "Miss Liu, am I really that unbearable?"

Ruyi turned her face sideways, raised her lips and cupped her chin, and said with a hint of evil, "How could that be? I just like the way the little adults hide behind me."

Qieqie Nuonuo looks soft and delicious.

Shen Qiyuan's eyelids twitched.

Zhou Tingchuan thought she was just talking casually, but he knew that this person was serious. She really likes people to be coquettish and submissive to her. It is best if the person is innocent and cute, allowing her to tease and play with her.

At this time, the man looked at Zhou Tingchuan with the excitement of a falcon catching a rabbit.

Zhou Tingchuan suddenly didn't realize it and said with a smile: "Miss Liu is the best."

Shen Qiyuan was silent for a long time, and then suddenly snorted.

Ruyi raised her eyes and looked over: "My lord, your shoulder still hurts? Didn't you apply some country herbs just now?"

"Sir, are you injured?" Zhou Tingchuan also looked over and found it strange, "In the past, when you were injured, didn't you recover very quickly?"

Shen Qiyuan didn't reply, but his lips were visibly pale. His head was gently pressed against the edge of the window, and the curvature of his chin was as clear as a carving. The autumn sun shone in from the window, and his whole body was so transparent that he seemed to be about to become a feather.

Ruyi subconsciously reached out and pinched his wrist.

He looked sideways at her, his eyes sparkling with resentment and a touch of vague nostalgia.

With this look in his eyes and this face, who can't help but notice the fluttering clouds on his cheeks? Even Ruyi almost lost control.

Although the little adults are also fresh and delicious, Shen Qiyuan is really unique and unique. In front of such absolute beauty, softness or not is not so important.

However, after a moment, she calmed down.

If Shen Qiyuan were an ordinary person, she would snatch him back without saying a word, but this man is clearly a green god in the world, immortal, immortal, injurious, and immortal, yet here he pretends to be weak and is a beauty trap for her?

There is a conspiracy.

The strength on her hand increased, and she squinted her eyes: "Yanning's medical skills are quite good. When you return to the restaurant later, you must have a good doctor."

He lowered his eyes and pulled away from her with a slight disappointment: "I know."

Is this still aggrieved?

Ruyi looked at his expression, snorted, and simply let Heye carry the small table to sit with Zhou Tingchuan, then moved to his side, and then pulled him into her arms.

Xiao Heye and Zhou Tingchuan took a breath together.

The tips of her hair rose and fell in the air. Shen Qiyuan came to his senses in a daze and found that his head was already on her shoulder. She had one leg bent, her wrist lightly resting on her knee, and she was half-hugging him with one hand. Twisting his chin like a king.

With most of his face darkened, Shen Qiyuan pushed her away and sat up.

Ruyi raised her eyebrows: "It won't hurt anymore?"

He gritted his teeth and said, "You are simply leading the next generation to bad deeds."

What kind of girl is as cool as her? What if He Ye learns from it?

She didn't feel embarrassed at all, she just looked at him and smiled: "Everything else is weak and charming, but your stubborn look is more interesting."

"Liu Ruyi."

"Hey, don't be angry, just say it casually, they won't go out and gossip." Ruyi blinked innocently, "I obeyed the adults and went to more than a dozen villages to distribute things. The adults can't not give me any benefits."

Is the benefit just to tease him?

Shen Qiyuan was so angry that he didn't want her to sit with Zhou Tingchuan anymore, so he simply shut up and stopped talking.

Zhou Tingchuan has never seen an adult like this before. The girls in Lin'an City are not shy and timid when meeting him. Only Miss Liu can make him angry.

Do you like Miss Liu? He thought for a while and thought it was impossible. Your Excellency is not a womanizer.

Does Miss Liu like adults? He thought about it and thought it was unlikely. Miss Liu was gentler to him than to adults.

So these two people must be just having fun.

Clapping his fist lightly on his palm, Zhou Tingchuan felt that he had realized something.

The carriage returned to the city with the few empty cars behind it. When it was approaching the city gate, Shen Qiyuan stopped on the side of the road and waited for a while.

"Sir." A purple hat arrived as promised, "I have been near the Grand Master's Mansion for the past two days. I have made a record of the people coming in and out of the mansion. Please take a look at it."

Shen Qiyuan nodded and took the two papers, looked at them briefly and shook his head: "I'm really overly suspicious."

Liu Ruyi ran away from the house. He could have sent people to look for him for a few more days. Lin'an City was so big that he could always be found after ten days and a half, but Master Liu subconsciously felt that it was Marquis Ning Yuan who was working with him. He resisted, so he only sent people to look for him for a day. When he couldn't find him, he restrained his movements and prepared for subsequent attacks.

They didn't even send anyone to stay near Liu Ruyi's shop.

Seeing his expression of hatred for steel, Ruyi knew that her plan was probably coming true. She couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, do you think everyone in this world is as cunning and cunning as you?"

"?" He turned to look at her.

"I mean, resourceful." She offered it up.

Taishi Liu is a headstrong and very cautious person. He will not be willing to do useless work if he has a preconceived impression. Now I am afraid that I will start to cause trouble for Ning Yuanhou, and I want to force him to come to the door and take the initiative to tell his conditions.

Ning Yuanhou, who knew nothing about it, would only think that Grand Master Liu was targeting him for nothing. He would never take the initiative to go to Grand Master's Mansion now that he had been assassinated first.

The two of them are at odds with each other, and both sides will suffer. But this is not enough.

Ruyi half-closed her eyes and touched her chin.

Xiao Heye was placed in Huixian Restaurant, and Zhou Tingchuan returned to the Criminal Department to resume his duties.

Shen Qiyuan stood at the entrance of the alley and suddenly said: "You and I are now acquaintances. If you have anything else, you might as well tell me first."

Ruyi stood side by side with him, looking at the sunset on the horizon, and responded casually: "Okay."

=== Chapter === 38 Go and do bad things

Tell him what will happen to him?

Standing on the roof of the warehouse of Ningyuan Houfu, Ruyi smiled and shook his head.

The probability of catching her in the cell is much higher than the probability of helping her, Mr. Shen.

No matter what their identities are, the two of them are on opposite sides. They can sit together harmoniously simply because he is beautiful and she happens to be lustful.

The guards down below changed their posts, and the counting house just locked the door and left.

When Ruyi came back to his senses, his clothes fell down as soon as he raised them. With a flick of his fingers, the tightly locked warehouse door opened silently.

What is a noble person most afraid of?

It's not that he was ostracized by the courtiers, nor that he was looked down upon by the emperor, but that he had no money.

She knew how much the people in He Zeyou's house spent money. He could still support him with some old money left by Liu Ruyi, but what if all the money disappeared overnight?

Skillfully opening the cellar door, Ruyi took out a huge black cloth bag and smiled brightly at the gold and silver treasures.

The wind blew up at midnight, and He Zeyou, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up.

He sat up, wiped his face, and felt unlucky: "Why did you dream of this?"

In the dream, he was joking with Liu Ruyi when he was not yet a marquis. People passing by scolded him, saying that he wanted to be the son-in-law of the emperor's palace.

Liu Ruyi didn't know anything, so she smiled and gave him a new piece of jade.

The jade was very valuable, so he pawned it the next day. With the money, he bought a small courtyard in Houchaomen, and then lied to her that the jade was broken.

"It doesn't matter, I still have a lot of good things." She comforted him and hurriedly brought him big boxes of treasures.

He Zeyou had touched every one of those things. Sitting alone in a narrow warehouse, he turned over these priceless things and looked at them all night long.

His ancestors were also prosperous, and it was only when his family fell into decline that he had to roll over again in the mud. Unlike other untouchables, he was equipped with these things.

Thinking of his embarrassment at that time, He Zeyou was very annoyed, and he was also annoyed with Liu Ruyi, who was stupid at the time.

As long as she is sensible and avoids the eyes of others and gives him things, he will not be able to wash away the stigma of stepping on women for the rest of his life.

But now Liu Ruyi seems to be smarter, her beautiful eyes are shining brightly, and her charm is even better than before.

Thinking of this, He Zeyou suddenly wanted to touch those treasures.

He got out of bed, lit a lamp, put on his coat, and walked slowly to the warehouse.

The guards were patrolling as usual, and the warehouse was as impregnable as usual. He Zeyou walked in with satisfaction. The candlelight flickered, but he saw the open black door.

He froze in place.

Although he didn't do any heavy work after these bumpy days, he was still tired after all, so Shen Qiyuan changed his clothes and went to bed as soon as he returned to Bieyuan.

However, before he had slept for an hour, he heard the drum outside.

His forehead twitched, and Shen Qiyuan suddenly understood Ruyi's mood when he wanted to sleep in.

"Sir." Zhou Tingchuan ran to his window and shouted while gathering his clothes, "It seems that someone from the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion came to play the drum."

Shen Qiyuan hummed: "Is it about the Taishi Mansion again?"

"No, this time it was said to be stolen from the house."

If something is stolen, go to Lin'an Yamen. Why don't you ask Zong Zhengsi to come forward for every detail?

Shen Qiyuan asked unhappily: "What important thing was lost?"

Zhou Tingchuan replied: "There are more than two hundred pieces of precious jade and silverware, with a total price of about one hundred thousand taels."

"..."

Shen Qiyuan opened the door, wrapped himself in a cloak and walked out with Zhou Tingchuan.

He Zeyou was sitting in the front hall of the Marquis Mansion, his face pale, and He's mother next to him was crying heartbrokenly: "How can we live like this? Lin'an is under the emperor's feet. Is it possible that no one cares about it anymore!"

"Everything is gone. Where is the banknote? Where is the money?" He Er asked reluctantly, grabbing the cashier.

The accountant trembled and shook his head: "Nothing is left. There is nothing left in the entire accountant yard. Even the pen I used to wash is gone."

He Er fell back into his chair and murmured, shaking his head: "It's over, it's over."

If he didn't have enough money, how could he have fun with those respectable brothers? They already looked down on him, and now they were even more afraid of him and avoided him like a snake or a scorpion.

He Zeyou was upset by He's mother's crying. He stood up and asked his servants, "Where are the people from the Yamen?"

"The people from Lin'an Yamen have blocked the city gate, and Mr. Shen from Zongzhengsi is heading to the backyard."

Hearing Shen Qiyuan coming, He Zeyou quickly stepped up and said, "Let's go."

The warehouse was clean, not to mention footprints, not even a trace of unlocking. The doors and windows were intact, as were the shelves on which the treasures were placed. I asked the guards and found that except for a guard change at the end of Haishi, which lasted about half a stick of incense, they were here the rest of the time and didn't hear any movement.

With half a stick of incense, how could one steal hundreds of treasures out of the huge Hou Mansion silently and without any impact?

Shen Qiyuan only took one look and then retreated. The remaining people searched carefully inside, but found nothing.

"Master Shen." He Zeyou came over and knelt down on one knee with him in a rare ceremony.

"That's a big courtesy." Shen Qi gave him a hand.

He refused to do so, and said angrily: "Previously, He was assassinated, and the Zongzheng Mansion said that the case could not be concluded without evidence; now that the warehouse in He's home has been emptied, do you still ignore it?"

Zhou Tingchuan frowned when he heard this: "Master Hou, please calm down. Doesn't this mean that we, adults, don't care? We have to provide evidence for everything."

It's just that this evidence was not available last time, and it is not available this time either.

He Zeyou's eyes were very red and he was breathing heavily: "He is trying to force me, a big family member, to death!"

Shen Qiyuan said calmly: "The Marquis is supported by the imperial court, how could he be forced to die?"

On the surface, everyone is just living on their monthly salary. This month's monthly salary will be paid tomorrow, and they can just live if they can't survive.

He Zeyou also realized that he had made a mistake, but he was still trembling with anger: "He really doesn't know where he offended Grand Master Liu. If he wants him to treat me like this, please take someone to the Grand Master's Mansion to get an explanation for me." ."

The thing is gone. If it is found in Taishi Liu's mansion, it can be regarded as catching a thief and taking the stolen goods.

Shen Qiyuan said nothing and pointed to Assistant Zong Zheng: "If the Marquis is sure that this matter was done by Grand Master Liu, please follow this lord to the Grand Master's Mansion."

He Zeyou stood up without thinking and walked towards the assistant Zong Zheng.

A greedy man who lost all his wealth went crazy and lost all reason. He didn't care what would happen if the stolen goods were not found in the Grand Master's Mansion.

The quiet street was broken by the sound of horse hooves. Many people were awakened by this sudden incident in the middle of the night and looked around.

Ruyi wrapped herself in the quilt, yawned, and fell asleep sweetly against the pillow. On her large bed, bright gems, hollow jade bottles, heavy gold bricks, etc. were all scattered about, the moonlight One photo, floating green and flowing elixir.

=== Chapter === 39 She was all led astray by her

This was the first time Shen Qiyuan had seen such an arrogant thief.

She didn't even bother to hide. Anyone who entered her room would be blinded by the jewels.

"Don't look." He covered his lips with his little hand and yawned, Ruyi said angrily, "Except for adults, no one will come to my room right now."

The window was open, and the wind blew in with him, carrying a mint scent.

She sniffed, opened her long eyes a little, passed over the gold-inlaid jade lute, the red jade longevity tree, the silver-inlaid emerald makeup box and a large box of thumb-sized pearls, and lightly picked up the teapot on the shelf and poured it into the teapot. I gave him a cup of tea and said, "Here."

Her eyebrows were already bright, and when combined with all the splendor, they were even more dazzling.

Shen Qiyuan did not take the cup of tea and only asked her: "Aren't you afraid that I will put you in prison now?"

"How to catch it?" She laughed, biting the rim of the cup herself, "Tell your men that you opened my window in the middle of the night and found the stolen goods?"

"Now that you've discovered it, there's no reason not to retaliate." He said calmly, "I said I won't favor you."

"Okay." She took a sip of cold tea and waved her hands calmly, "Go ahead, sir, call them up now."

She has many ways to make these things disappear in the blink of an eye. Anyone who comes up will only see Master Shen alone in a room with her.

Shen Qiyuan knew what she thought, and was a little annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.

Monsters have always been free and can confuse right and wrong. As long as she doesn't kill people or destroy the world, he can't control her.

Seeing that his face was turning blue, Ruyi sighed and said twice: "If you ask me, sir, it would be better to abandon the gods and become a demon, which would be more comfortable."

When it comes to standing upright and upholding justice, those who are free and easy are always evil people.

"Shut up." He waved his sleeves and stood up, "You feel comfortable just because there are so many people who obey the rules in this world. If everyone is like you, the whole world will be in chaos, and you will only reap the consequences."

Quite convincing.

Ruyi tilted her head and thought, she didn't know whether it was because the man was good-looking or because his words made sense, but she still felt a little bit guilty.

Of course, a trace of guilt is nothing compared to the joy that fills my heart.

She smiled and patted the edge of the bed: "Sir, would you like to take a nap? When it gets brighter, Taishi Liu should go knock on the drum of your Zongzheng Yamen."

Shen Qiyuan rubbed his eyebrows.

There was no way that he would let her play around, and he only came here to confirm his suspicions. Such a clean and neat stealing technique is something that most people would never be able to do, except her.

She didn't let him down, she picked up a emerald gold crown and nodded to the Dongzhu on it with a smile: "I bought this on the black market. It cost a lot of money."

Things outside the body are vulgar and intolerable. He fluttered his sleeves and left through the window, disappearing silently into the night.

Ruyi waved to his back, snuggled into the pile of gold and silver and continued to sleep.

It's daybreak, and Ningyuan Houfu has exploded.

I don't have a penny, I can't even pay my servants' monthly payment, let alone buy food for the house today, and there are unfinished accounts hanging outside.

When He Zeyou returned from Taishi Mansion, he watched He's mother throw the rope onto the beam. A group of nuns below were crying and shouting, making the scene more noisy than a theater troupe.

"Okay." He said tiredly, "His Majesty already knows the news and will not sit back and ignore it. At least he will give some comfort money first. We are not at the end of the road yet."

"If you are so frugal in the forbidden area, how much money can you get from the reward?" Mother He cried and shouted, "Are you going to ask me to go back to the days of eating coarse tea and wearing linen? I might as well die happily!"

Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles away. Now the whole Lin'an City is waiting to see the joke of their dilapidated Hou Mansion. There are even some gossips saying that the eldest girl of the Liu family has good taste and escaped the disaster.

This is simply infuriating!

"It's not something from our family." He Tinglan said lightly.

He Zeyou turned around and looked over, and saw that she had already put on a pair of coarse clothes, and stood calmly watching He's mother crying, "Just think of it as a way to avoid disaster, and the family is together..."

Before she could finish her words, she received another slap on the face.

This time it was He Zeyou who beat her, with cold eyebrows and stern eyes: "I came from the same mother as you, but you always look down on me, do you think I'm unworthy of Liu Ruyi?"

He Tinglan's ears were ringing, and she covered her face and remained silent for a long time.

He Zeyou sneered: "You don't treat me as a family member, and I don't need to protect you. Prince Huai said he wanted you half a year ago. Now the family is in dire straits, and you don't have any dowry, so pack it up." , just go through the small door and enter the palace by yourself at the end of the month."

Prince Huai was already in his mid-fifties, he was dull and lustful, and he liked girls aged sixteen or seventeen the most. He had five concubines in the palace, and more aunts than he could count on two hands. All the ladies in the capital changed their expressions upon hearing this.

But He Tinglan didn't have any violent reaction.

She put down the hand covering her face, nodded, and went back to pack her things without any expression.

He's mother stopped shaking the rope, came down and took He Zeyou's hand, frowned and asked him: "Is it appropriate to send her to Prince Huai?"

He Zeyou said quietly: "It's also a way out."

King Huai was so generous that even his concubine would give him a lot of betrothal gifts. Besides, he had a wide range of connections. If he could get along with him, he would be able to take a breather from the encirclement and suppression of Grand Master Liu.

Having said that, He Zeyou still felt a headache when he looked back at the messy house.

"Old man." He gritted his teeth and cursed, "Don't let me take the chance."

The fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus rises in August, and in the increasingly cold wind, a life-and-death fight breaks out in the court hall.

In order to speed up the fight, the kind-hearted Ruyi took the time to set fire to the main courtyard of Taishi Mansion, and asked several of his shopkeepers to go to the Marquis Mansion to collect debts every day.

Such a small move could be hidden from others, but not from Shen Qiyuan.

He stood in front of her, his expression getting more serious every time: "Are you happy?"

Ruyi felt that his question was meaningless: "The two people who bullied you started fighting in front of you. One of them will definitely be beaten to death. Are you happy?"

It's okay if she didn't go out to set off firecrackers.

Just as he was talking, Fuman came in with a few pieces of paper.

Ruyi specially asked her to investigate the things that the old nanny in Taishi Mansion said last time. After a lot of effort, she finally got some clues.

Seeing that Shen Qiyuan was there, Fuman felt a little embarrassed and hurriedly hid the paper behind his back.

Shen Qiyuan said coldly: "I'm not blind yet."

Hua Fuman's evidence-gathering skills are second to none in the Criminal Department. He has learned this lesson several times and feels that he has divine help in investigating the case.

But now, this man stood next to Liu Ruyi, secretly gave her the paper, and then confidently made a gesture with him: He just copied a few lines of poetry to his employer.

broken. Shen Qiyuan wiped his face.

She was completely led astray by her.

=== Chapter === 40: You can't control your life, and you can't control your death either

Ruyi provided Fuman with few clues, only He's place of origin, name, and the year he entered the Grand Master's Mansion. However, the two pieces of paper handed over by Fuman were so densely packed that they seemed to have written all of He's life.

She was a little surprised. After seeing Shen Qiyuan away, she went to the candlestick and read it carefully.

A girl who was raised in her boudoir until she was sixteen years old, had just begun to fall in love, and fell in love at first sight with a young man passing by outside the wall. After exchanging letters for more than a year, the young man came to propose marriage. The beginning of the story is always so charming and lingering.

The boy's family was prominent, so it was natural to propose marriage. However, when the girl returned to Lin'an, the boy's family did not recognize her and regarded her as an outlaw. Although the young man was deeply in love, he could not disobey his parents' orders, so he could only temporarily entrust the girl to his friends and live in a secluded courtyard.

Who would have expected that in less than a month, the young man would be forced to marry the main wife, and the whole city would be filled with gongs and drums. The girl was heartbroken, but found out that she was pregnant. At this time, the boy's friend stepped forward and took her into the house as his wife, vowing to protect her for the rest of her life.

Originally, the story had a good ending here, but unfortunately, the girl watched her daughter grow up day by day, and her features showed her youthful splendor day by day. After all, she became depressed, contracted tuberculosis, and passed away when her daughter was ten years old.

Turning to the second piece of paper, there were notes written by Fuman.

The girl is He, and the boy's friend is naturally Taishi Liu, but this boy—

Ruyi narrowed her eyes: "Yong Wang must be in his fifties, and he was not young when he met He. How did the young man come here?"

Fuman scratched his head and said sheepishly: "They are all from the neighborhood. I, I can't change what people say."

Who knows why they call a man in his thirties a teenager.

Ruyi held her chin and muttered in confusion: "But that's not right. Mr. He did not die of tuberculosis. Moreover, Taishi Liu was not as loyal as they said. He married Mr. He solely because Mr. He had fifty With multiple shops, the money earned from those shops can support his career as an official."

Fuman was startled when he heard this.

Her tone was too relaxed, as if the people mentioned here had nothing to do with her.

Thinking of Taishi Liu who was chasing her and her dead mother, Fu Man's eyes softened and he reached out to hug her.

Ruyi was inexplicably hugged, but it felt fragrant and soft all over her body, so she didn't struggle and just raised her head with a smile: "Thank you very much."

Fuman's face turned red and he waved his hands quickly.

If she hadn't met Ruyi, she would have died long ago. What's so hard about these little efforts.

In addition, she also gave Ruyi a map of Prince Yong's Mansion.

"This, this location." She said, "Some people say that Yong, King Yong, set up a separate, separate Buddhist hall, offering a spiritual place with no inscriptions on one side."

A man who easily promises marriage but cannot fulfill it, who is he secretly paying tribute to?

Ruyi touched his chin, stood up, took out the night clothes he had worn before, and put them on skillfully.

"You, be careful." Fuman frowned, "Well, that is the palace after all."

Ruyi bit the knot of the lace and raised her eyes with a smile: "Don't you advise me not to go?"

"I, I figured it out." Fuman said seriously, "If it were me, I would go. So, so, I just want you, and I just want you to come back safely."

Feeling soft, Ruyi tied up her clothes, pulled her over, and kissed her forehead gently.

"Good girl," she said, "you will get what you want."

Fuman only felt a warm and soft touch on her forehead. She was startled, and then her face turned red with embarrassment.

The instigator didn't feel embarrassed at all, and even pinched her cheek, turned around and walked out of the window gracefully. The half moon shone on the night sky, and her fluttering clothes disappeared into the shadow of the trees in a moment.

The shadows of the trees are swaying, and the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant with the wind.

Although there is no red silk hanging in Prince Yong's Mansion, a hint of joy can still be detected. The servants were all drinking, talking and laughing. There was no one near the main courtyard, only candles were burning in the room.

He Tinglan sat expressionlessly in the room, waiting for her fate.

King Yong has a special hobby, and she knows that she may not survive tonight, but it doesn't matter, this world is boring, and she has lived enough after sixteen years.

The door was pushed open with a creak, and the wind blew in, causing a shiver to form on her skin.

He Tinglan closed her eyes tightly.

Da da da.

The man walked up to her.

She secretly grasped her hands in her sleeves, with a fearless look on her face.

The room was quiet for a moment, and then someone laughed.

Eyelashes trembling, He Tinglan opened her eyes.

Liu Ruyi pulled off the veil on her face, lowered her head and came closer to her, caressing her white and tender face with her fingertips, her eyes full of interest: "What a beautiful little lady."

He Tinglan was stunned.

She rested one hand on the beam of the canopy bed, and stroked her face with the other. She leaned forward, her long hair hanging high from her shoulders, her long eyes twinkling with stars, and the curve of her mouth was both heroic and ruthless: "It's better, Want me to love you?"

The crescent moon hangs high, and the light shines through its back. He Tinglan looked at this familiar person blankly, her eyes filled with tears.

"Hey." Ruyi retracted her hands and folded them on her chest, "Are you blackmailing me? I haven't done anything yet."

With sobs in her throat, He Tinglan suddenly reached out and hugged her waist.

Ruyi caught her in a daze and felt the little girl's whole body trembling.

Let's just say, in such a situation, no one is truly fearless, they just grit their teeth and hold on.

She sighed and patted He Tinglan's back gently: "Okay, since you saved me, I will save you today too."

He Tinglan had saved Liu Ruyi, and it was she who stopped her when she was obsessed with He Zeyou and wanted to give him the deeds and land deeds of all the shops. Although the scolding was really unpleasant at the time, Ruyi felt that this little girl had a good heart, and it could be said that the evil bamboo of the He family produced good bamboo shoots.

"Why are you here?" She was crying, but her voice was still hoarse and calm.

Ruyi smiled: "You probably wouldn't believe me if I said I was passing by. Why don't we talk about it after we go out."

go out?

He Tinglan let go of her and shook her head: "I am destined to die here."

She was a gift from the He family, and she had to sacrifice her life to repay the kindness of the He family in raising her.

Ruyi clicked his tongue.

Why are the little girls in Daqian so miserable? They are bound by rumors and family members. They can't help themselves in life or death.

"There's so much nonsense." She stretched out her hand, picked up He Tinglan and stuffed him into the big red suitcase next to her. "Let's live first and then talk about other things."

He Tinglan's pupils shrank, and before she could speak, the red gauze dress on her body was taken away by her.

The lid of the box was closed, and the last words she heard were: "If you make even the slightest sound, two lives will be lost today. I'm so beautiful, you won't let me die, right?"

=== Chapter === 41 He Xixiang

No, no, what happened today has nothing to do with Liu Ruyi. There is no reason for her to be involved!

He Tinglan wanted to open the lid, but the latch on the outside was locked. She kicked it in haste, but heard a voice from outside: "The prince is here."

The footsteps came closer and closer, and she was so scared that she hugged her knees tightly and did not dare to move again.

The room is full of candlelight, and under the red gauze tent, the beautiful lady is sitting upright in light clothes.

King Yong's eyes lit up and he strode in: "Have you been waiting for a long time? It's also my fault that Zi Yan pulled me and talked non-stop today, causing me to neglect this beautiful scenery at this beautiful time."

The person in the account snorted and said in a soft tone: "The prince said so bluntly if he doesn't like me, how can he use other people as an excuse."

Unexpectedly, the little beauty would be so proactive and charming. King Yong was overjoyed and laughed and opened the curtain: "How can this be an excuse? I will take you to see -"

The tone at the end of the words was high, but it didn't come down for a long time.

King Yong looked at the beautiful eyebrows in front of him, his hands holding the gauze curtain slowly tightened, and his face became pale a little bit.

"Xianxiang?" He murmured, and touched the side of her face with his rough hands tremblingly.

Ruyi blinked innocently, turned the profile that looked most like He's to him under the candlelight, and smiled softly: "Who is the prince calling?"

He Xixiang, He Xixiang.

King Yong, who was in his fifties, had a baby face, and his red eyes still looked like a young man. He stared at her blankly, softened, and knelt on the footrest beside the bed.

Ruyi looked at him leisurely, thinking that he would be so scared that he would crawl out and run away, but unexpectedly, the man suddenly reached out and hugged her, and warm tears flowed down her neck and into her shoulders.

"I'm sorry, Xixiang, I'm sorry. I didn't want this, neither did I." He choked with sobs, like a child who finally found a home and finally cried out, "You came to see me, am I dreaming, you let me Don't wake up, okay, I'll let you go, I'll let you go now!"

The cry sounded very sad, but Ruyi was not moved at all.

She turned over her hand and took out the dagger, handing it to him lightly: "Come on."

A man who has been ruthless and ungrateful for twenty years, what kind of drama is he doing with her here now?

Who would have thought that King Yong took the dagger and stabbed him in the heart without hesitation. The action was so fast that Ruyi only had time to reach out to block it.

The dagger pierced the back of her hand, and blood suddenly fell.

King Yong panicked and quickly reached out to cover her wound: "Xixiang, don't..."

As soon as he covered it, he realized that her blood was hot, too hot to be a dream.

He looked up blankly.

Ruyi's hand was held by both of his, but she looked at him condescendingly, noble and proud: "My name is not Xixiang."

The madness in his eyes gradually faded away, but King Yong was still trembling: "How could it be possible? How could it be so similar? Could it be... Ruyi?"

But the old man Liu Zhangtu clearly said that Ruyi was dead.

"The prince seems to be very concerned about this face." She asked instead without answering, "In that case, why didn't you snatch her away from the Grand Master's Mansion? You will have this ability later on, right?"

When mentioning old things, King Yong clearly showed pain in his eyes.

He hugged his head, fell to the bedside and murmured: "How can I rob? What should I rob? She fell in love with Liu Zhangtu and was willing to have children for him. How can I, a heartless man, do this?" What."

Twenty years later, every time he thought about the scene when Xixiang told him that they didn't owe each other, he still felt like cutting his heart out.

Yes, he was the one who felt sorry for her first, but he had no other choice. Why couldn't she wait for him for another two years? Why did she become pregnant with Liu Zhangtu's child and become the head wife of the Liu family?

He really liked her, really liked her.

With tears streaming down his face, King Yong raised his eyes to look at Ruyi. There was anger in his eyes, but more of it was yearning.

Ruyi couldn't understand: "Liu Ruyi is Liu Zhangtu's daughter?"

"Otherwise?" King Yong cried and laughed, "Do you think that with his big heart, he would be willing to raise a child for me?"

"Then why did He enter the door after being pregnant?"

"The two of them had secretly communicated with each other, and by the time they got married, they were already pregnant." King Yong clenched his fists, "I take Xixiang very seriously, because I only want to do the husband-and-wife ceremony after she comes in. But Liu Zhangtu, that old man, had no sense of shame and killed Xixiang first and reported later, which ruined Xixiang's reputation."

Ruyi fell silent.

Liu Ruyi was really Liu Zhangtu's flesh and blood. She had wanted to find a reasonable explanation for Taishi Liu's behavior before, but she never thought that he was really a beast who killed his own daughter.

How ridiculous.

"Did Mr. He really die of tuberculosis?" she asked.

King Yong shook his head: "How could it be? She has always been healthy. If she has tuberculosis, I will definitely find medicine for her. She died suddenly, and I have always wanted to know if there was anything strange in it."

As he spoke, he stumbled to his feet, pulled Ruyi out, and walked to the small ancestral hall outside.

"I have worshiped her for ten years, ten years, but she has never come to my dream once." The outstretched fingers were shaking uncontrollably, and King Yong choked and sobbed, "She doesn't want to see me again."

Thinking of what Taishi Liu said, Ruyi shook her head: "It may not be that she doesn't want to see you, it may be that she can't."

"What do you mean by this?"

"If your lord is free, you can go to He's grave and find out."

"Her grave." King Yong paced in place aggrievedly, "That old man never gave me a chance to express his condolences. I don't know where it is."

Ruyi generously took out a map and gave it to him: "As long as the prince gives me the name deed document of the young lady of the He family, this thing will be given to the prince."

Twenty years later, the sorrow is still hard to resolve, and the regret is still hard to get rid of. King Yong even felt that he had made a profit by being able to exchange an insignificant concubine for the location of He's graveyard.

He took off his coat and wrapped it around Ruyi, turned around and shouted, "Here comes someone!"

The house slave quickly brought He Tinglan's body deed. Ruyi accepted it with a smile and bowed obediently: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Remembering that the Grand Master's Mansion had mourned the eldest girl earlier, King Yong felt even more heartbroken when he looked at the living little girl in front of him. But before he could say anything, the servant came over in a hurry: "Your Majesty, Master Shen asked you if you want to play that game of chess again. It's getting late."

I originally planned to take my beautiful concubine to show off to Shen Qiyuan, but I never thought of such a thing. King Yong looked at Ruyi and put the jade necklace around his waist into her hand: "I don't have time to talk much today. When I have time later, I will go find you."

"Okay." Ruyi nodded, "Please allow me to take Tinglan's cage away with me."

King Yong nodded readily, asked his servants to help carry the red box in the room into the car, and then took her out of the palace through the small door of the back kitchen.

The wheels rolled in the night, Ruyi put down the car curtain, and just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he felt someone touching his back.

=== Chapter === 42: How can you pretend that nothing has happened when you are happy in your heart?

The profile of Shen Qiyuan's face was as bright as jade under the moonlight, and the straight curve of the bridge of his nose made people want to reach out and touch it.

—Ruyi thought so and reached out her hand, but someone slapped her claw away before she even touched it.

"Ouch." She retracted her hand angrily and glared at him.

The driver outside was from Prince Yong's Mansion. Hearing the sound, he asked with concern: "What's wrong with the girl?"

"It doesn't matter." Ruyi replied, "Just drop me off at Gongshen Street."

The driver responded and the car went faster.

Due to inertia, Ruyi fell back, closer to his arms. Without thinking, Shen Qiyuan held her shoulders and glared at her angrily.

Ruyi is unconvinced. Who stole her carriage? Are you pretending to be a gentleman to her now? It's not enough to look like a banished immortal.

She shook off the coat from her shoulders.

Only then did Shen Qiyuan notice that this man was not only wearing a man's robe, but also a light gauze that could show through his skin. The knots on his shoulders were red and slender, and they were pocketed from his chest to the back of his neck. The waist curve is attractive, and the tail cavity is full enough to hold wine. Further down...

He suddenly withdrew his gaze and wanted to push her away.

However, as soon as he stretched out his hand, the man wrapped himself around him, pressing his hot skin against his chest, and pressing his wrist with his lotus arms. Her red lips were dazzling, and she whispered in his ear: "You scream, and I will let you go."

what is it call? He frowned.

Knowing that he wouldn't know it, Ruyi smiled like a cat, slowly leaned close to his ear, and snorted in demonstration.

It's coquettish and charming, so tactful that it makes your heart tremble.

Shen Qiyuan's back suddenly stiffened.

This man, this man is really...

In the darkness, it was impossible to see whose side face was as red as the sunset. He just tried hard to get away from her, but this person actually used demonic power, clamping his wrists with the tiger's mouth, and pressed him on the soft cushion with one hand and turned his toes, Spread his legs and hold him down.

"Liu Ruyi." He said very softly, but his tone was gritting his teeth and dying of shame and anger.

She turned a deaf ear and sniffed the mint aroma on his body with nostalgia, her eyes slightly misty: "You seem like someone I know."

Shen Qiyuan was stunned.

He suddenly raised his eyes to look at her, but only saw the muddy lust in her eyes.

Demons are bloodthirsty, lustful, lustful, and moody. Things that are contrary to Shinto are her favorites, regardless of who is under her.

His heart tightened, and he turned his head away. There was light in his hand, and he could lift her off in the next moment.

However, at this moment, she suddenly bit off his shirt and kissed his shoulder.

—That was the place she injured, and it was actually fine, but when she suddenly kissed him, it hurt a little.

Shen Qiyuan's Adam's apple twitched, and the light in his hand went out.

Are you feeling sorry for me?

He wanted to ask, but the question was too stupid for him to ask.

His eyes felt a little warm and he closed them.

When Ruyi raised her head, she saw something shiny hanging from the corner of Shen Qiyuan's eyes. Paired with his face that was so fair that it glowed in the dark, and the fatal tear mole at the end of his eye, it was simply unsettling. You can't even show your bestiality.

She took a rough breath and whispered in his ear: "Sir, please don't cry. If you really cry, I can't guarantee that we can still get off the bus at Gongshen Street."

The bustling sounds of business on Gongshen Street can already be heard faintly outside.

Shen Qiyuan sat up, with a calm expression on his face, and nothing in the corners of his eyes, as if the loss of control just now was just Ruyi's illusion.

He took off his robe and gave it to her.

Ruyi didn't answer, instead he smiled and asked the driver to help carry the box to the alley ahead.

The driver answered the call and went.

She turned around and jokingly said to him: "How can you pretend to be nothing if you are happy in your heart, Mr. Shen?"

"I'm not happy." He said solemnly, "I just can't avoid it."

"Oh, really." She smiled in understanding, put on the veil, stood up and was about to get out of the car.

The man behind her angrily pulled her back to her seat, gritted her molars and said, "Put it on."

"My lord, this dress is not as good-looking as King Yong's." She pouted.

Forcing her to hold up her shirt sleeves and tie her belt, Shen Qiyuan was so angry: "How can there be such a shameless person like you in the world!"

"Then the adults still like it so much?"

"Only ghosts like it." He said viciously.

Laughing out loud, Ruyi stretched out her hand from his wide sleeves and gently tapped his lips.

Shen Qiyuan was stunned, but before he could react, the man's lips pressed forward.

Soft touch, tossing and turning.

There was a loud bang in his mind, and he sat stiffly where he was, staring blankly at the panicked self reflected in her pupils.

What is this?

The fragrance moistened the corner of his mouth, someone hugged his waist, and the two of them got closer.

Ruyi seemed to be tasting some fresh delicacies, knowing the taste more and more deeply, and the smile on the corner of his mouth never left.

"I just said, it shouldn't be that hard."

After a long time, she got out of the car and looked back at him ambiguously, "She's even very soft."

Shen Qiyuan came to his senses, frowned, raised his sleeves and wiped his lips fiercely.

What did you think of him? The young man from Shuyi Restaurant?

absurd!

He strode out of the car and followed.

It was late at night, and Ruyi didn't want to go through the front door and wake up Fuman, so she wanted to carry the box containing Tinglan in through the window.

Unexpectedly, halfway through the flight, someone held down the lid of her box.

Ruyi reluctantly stepped on the eaves tiles on the first floor and looked down with a dumbfounded look: "Sir, you want to die for your love? I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you."

Shen Qiyuan ignored her, grabbed the edge of the second floor window with one hand and clasped the back of her head with the other, and suddenly pulled her closer.

Ruyi was still holding a huge box in her hand, and it was very difficult for the two of them to get close, but he didn't care, he just came up to her and bit the corner of her lips hard.

Frowning in pain, Ruyi swayed and almost fell down. Shen Qiyuan, with quick eyes and quick hands, held down the box and pulled her back.

She clicked her tongue in displeasure: "My lord, you don't even look where this is."

"You didn't even look where it was just now." He said quietly, "I don't care what you do."

Okay, you are a dignified Zongzheng, and you are playing rogue with her, right?

Ruyi smiled and said, "I like your indifference. In that case, please go in with me and finish what you have not finished just now."

When Shen Qiyuan heard this, he wanted to take back his hand, but when he caught a glimpse of the smile in this man's eyes, he paused, forced himself to stand where he was, pursed his lips and said, "Okay."

She raised her eyebrows, tilted her head and looked at the stern person in front of her, and the smile in her eyes deepened: "I want to do more than just kiss, adults are also willing?"

"...It's not a big deal." He straightened his back and pretended to be relaxed, "You are not afraid of any girl, am I afraid?"

"Come on!" Ruyi raised her chin and gestured to the window, "My lord, please."

Shen Qiyuan glanced at the closed window. Just as he was about to ask how to open it, he saw the flower-hollow window sash creaking by itself.

"Master Shen, my boss." Zhao Yanning stood in the room and bowed her hands to them politely, "Your bridal chamber may be next door, so please take a few more steps."

=== Chapter === 43 I'm still waiting~

Shen Qiyuan walked away. He used Qinggong to move ten feet away without even looking back.

Ruyi watched him go away, then turned around and tutted at Zhao Yanning: "You are a man, don't you know he is very shy, what are you doing with the window open?"

Zhao Yanning spread his hands: "My boss, if I don't open the window, why don't you two remove it? Then you will be able to see me inside, and you will waste a lot of money on repairing the window."

That makes sense, huh?

Ruyi borrowed the passage and walked in, holding the big red box and walking out: "It's my fault that I can't tell the direction. Why did I go in the wrong direction?"

But even if I'm right, tonight is not a good time.

The box in her arms was heavy and made some uneasy noise. She quickly put it back in her room and opened it.

He Tinglan came out of the box, breathing heavily.

Ruyi poured a glass of water for her: "You must be holding it back, your face is so red."

The blush was not suppressed.

He Tinglan looked at her with a complicated expression.

In her memory, Liu Ruyi always had her head half lowered, with fear in her eyes, and she didn't speak much. Anyone who was polite to her would be very moved, and she would give money to them all at once. Infuriatingly stupid.

But the person in front of her had firm and affectionate eyes and a bright and confident smile, as if she could easily step on everything in the world without even a hint of cowardice.

Is this still her?

Thinking of those teasing words about men just now, He Tinglan's face turned even redder, and she folded her arms and looked at her, a little at a loss.

Ruyi only glanced at her, then went to the cabinet to find a set of clothes for her, and took out the snacks from the food box and placed them on the table. She didn't say a word, just leaned back on the soft couch and yawned tiredly.

He Tinglan looked at her hesitantly, slowly stretched out her hand, took the clothes and put them on, then sat down at the table and took a bite of snacks.

The crispy flowers melt in your mouth and make people move their index fingers.

Her eyes lit up, but she didn't dare to eat more.

Ruyi said casually: "Although King Yong is willing to let you go, he probably won't be willing to negotiate with the He family for you, so you can't go back to the He family - what are your plans in the future?"

Mentioning this, He Tinglan was a little confused.

What could she have planned? In Daqian, a woman without a family to rely on and no good husband to support her would most likely have to do work such as slavery or starching.

Seeing that she remained silent for a long time, Ruyi found a booklet from the drawer and threw it to her: "Do you understand?"

As a lady, you must learn the skills of a housekeeper. Although this account book has many entries and exits, He Tinglan still nodded: "I understand."

"Very good." She stroked her hands, "I have many shops under my name, and most of them still use the Liu family's stewards. Although they have a relationship with me as my old master, they are in the Liu family's favor after all, and they keep letting people run around. It's not appropriate. If you are willing, I will hand over the candy shop and rice grain store to you, and the monthly payment will be calculated as 10% of the profit."

The 10% profit from the Tang Shui Shop is already huge, not to mention the Mi Liang Store.

He Tinglan spoke almost instinctively: "The monthly salary of a store manager outside is usually three to five taels. No matter how hard you work, it is only eleven or two taels. You are generous, and you give 10% every time you give it. Do you know how much that 10% is?" silver!"

I thought she had changed. She never wanted to give money to others and was still so indifferent.

Seeing the man suddenly relax, Ruyi said with a smile in his eyes: "If it weren't for you, these shops would have gone to the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion long ago. You and I don't have much. Besides, you are kind-hearted and well-educated. You are not like others." It's worth this month's money even if the shopkeeper is so sloppy."

He Tinglan felt a little uncomfortable after being praised by her. She frowned and said, "Who is so kind-hearted? You have forgotten how I scolded you before."

"You are right to scold me, so wake me up now." She clapped her hands gently.

Somewhat dumbfounded, He Tinglan lowered her eyes and gently dug her sleeves with her fingers, still a little at a loss.

Ruyi didn't push her to make a decision. After she finished eating her snacks, she went to clean up the room next door and put her in first.

If the He family learned the news, they might still come to bother him. Ruyi planned that when Shen Qiyuan came tomorrow, he would ask him to make a connection to change He Tinglan's household registration.

However, Shen Qiyuan didn't come on the second day, and on the third day, Shen Qiyuan still didn't come.

Ruyi sat with her legs crossed in the lobby of the restaurant, tutting and shaking her head: "I'm too thin-skinned."

Wasn't it just that he was knocked into by Zhao Yanning, so why did he care so much?

Just when she was asking for help, Ruyi didn't want to wait any longer, so she picked up a few brocade boxes and hired a car to go to Zongzheng Mansion Villa.

As a result, when I went there, I was told that Mr. Shen had a residence granted by the emperor, and he did not live here on weekdays.

Following the guide's directions, Ruyi came to Houchaomen Pinglu Alley. What caught his eye was a thirteen-story imperial residence. It was majestic and magnificent, with continuous tile eaves. The plaque at the front door was decorated with gold and the stone at the door. The lion holds a jade ball of excellent color in its mouth.

Ordinary people's legs would feel weak when they reach this door. Ruyi only felt strange. He handed the name card to the concierge, then sat on the carriage shaft with his chin propped up and looked at the courtyard wall.

It's too high. If you want to have a good story about riding on a horse here, you may have to break your legs.

The slaves in the courtyard wall were walking around in an orderly manner, probably because of the strict family tradition, and the sound of sweeping and setting things was very soft. The further you walked towards the main courtyard, the heavier the atmosphere became.

The steward stood beside Shen Qiyuan, not daring to breathe. He bowed and reported the important matters in the house one by one, and then wanted to leave.

"Did anyone receive a greeting card from anyone in the house today?" Shen Qiyuan asked while sipping his porridge.

The steward hurriedly said: "Yes, there are more than a dozen greeting cards sent here every day. You never like to go, so you don't want to go."

As he said that, he put the stack of greeting cards in his sleeve pocket respectfully on the table.

Shen Qiyuan cleaned his hands and turned them over casually as if he didn't care. The more he turned over them, the worse his face became.

The steward's heart was pounding, he couldn't figure out what was going on with his master, and he didn't dare to ask. When he saw him coldly snorting and throwing down the last greeting card, sweat broke out from his back.

"Go down." He waved his sleeves.

If the steward was granted amnesty, he quickly bowed and exited. After walking all the way outside Sanmen, I started to breathe evenly.

"This master is becoming more and more difficult to serve." He wiped his sweat and taught the boys behind him, "Be careful. If anything goes wrong, it will be a disaster."

The boys responded, but couldn't help but wonder: "Are you waiting for someone's greeting card?"

"Talking too much!" The steward glared at him, but felt confused in his heart and simply went to the concierge.

The Shen Mansion is very popular now, and it receives dozens of invitations every day. The concierge will first pass on some of the Qiufeng guests who have no status or status, and then send the remaining guests in who are well-connected.

The steward rummaged through the pile of discarded name cards and found one that was not very serious. When he opened it, he saw that there was only the word "Ruyi" on it. It had no name or household name, and the handwriting was wildly scrawled.

=== Chapter === 44 Are you and me the same man and woman in this world?

It was not surprising that such a post was thrown into the basket, but for some reason, the steward had an idea and picked up a few discarded postcards and sent them to the main courtyard.

Sure enough, when he saw the strange name card, the master's expression changed.

"What a shame." He snorted coldly, but did not throw the post away. He only turned it over in his hands a few times, and then asked impatiently, "Did you just hand it over?"

The steward thought for a while: "I handed it in about half an hour ago."

It's been half an hour?

Shen Qiyuan stood up and said in a serious tone: "Is the concierge's legs and feet weak?"

His heart was so frightened that the steward didn't answer and just followed him outside in a hurry.

But after taking only two steps, Shen Qiyuan stopped again.

He closed his eyes, as if he was upset, turned around, calmed down, and said calmly: "If you can't wait for half an hour, you don't sincerely want to see me. Go to the door and have a look. If the person is still there, please come in." "

The steward quickly agreed and hurried out.

Ruyi was already unhappy waiting at the door, and someone came out of the small door on the east side to welcome her in.

She was in a bad mood. She was smiling but not smiling. As she walked with the others, she asked, "Did your master wear the Nine Heavens Flying Fairy bun today? It took so long."

The steward was so shocked by her words that he couldn't close his mouth: "No, how could it be, you..."

You risk your life, dare to say that to that master.

He didn't say the second half of the sentence, and the girl didn't seem to want to hear it. She walked with heavy steps and heavy steps.

The servants all around turned their heads and looked at her in shock.

The sweat on the steward's head started to break out again, and he couldn't help but whisper: "Our master Xi Jing."

Ruyi turned a deaf ear, stepped all the way into his main courtyard, and kicked open the door of his study without waiting for the steward to notify him.

The steward and all the slaves retreated one after another, their faces turning pale.

However, when the door opened, Shen Qiyuan sat calmly behind the desk without raising his eyes: "Is this the rule for visiting people?"

Ruyi snorted coldly and kicked the stool next to her: "Master Shen has such a big air."

I knew she would be angry. Shen Qiyuan put down his book and told the steward outside: "Close the door. There is no need to wait here."

Surprisingly...he didn't get angry, look at those eyebrows, there was even a smile?

The steward took a deep breath, held it in, went up to close the door, and quickly sent the slaves away.

As soon as the door was closed, Ruyi walked over to his desk, sat up on it, faced him and raised his chin: "Show me, what makeup needs to be applied for half an hour."

Shen Qiyuan raised his eyes, his face was clean and his eyes were sparkling.

She said angrily: "It's not like a good-looking person can be so cruel to others. Do you really think I can't climb over this wall?"

She seemed to want to see him.

Shen Qiyuan felt awkward for two days and finally felt a little better.

He asked quietly: "What do you want from me?"

"Nothing, I just came to ask, what are you busy with?"

"Yamen official business."

"Come here, the officials in the other courtyard have told you to take a rest for the next two days."

She squinted her eyes and looked at him, licking her lips with her tongue: "Maybe you are too shy to go to my place to meet people, right?"

The moist lips were plump and shiny. Shen Qiyuan looked away with just one glance: "You are worrying too much."

Ruyi forced him to look at her: "What are you hiding from?"

"Miss Liu." He raised his eyes helplessly, "Do you think the way men and women get along in this world is what you and I are doing now?"

The autumn light was bright in the study. This man was wearing a moon-white coat and a long skirt of princess-colored satin. He was sitting on the table and leaned over. One hand was supporting the armrest of the Taishi chair under him, and the other hand was squeezing his chin. He was so close. As long as he moved a little, he could kiss her lips.

This is disrespectful in Daqian.

However, there was no trace of embarrassment in Ruyi's eyes, they were open and bright, even somewhat meaningful: "Are you and I the same man and woman in this world?"

No, so it doesn't matter what you do.

She lowered her head and suddenly curled her lips with his.

Shen Qiyuan's hand on his knee tightened slightly and then relaxed.

He looked at the sultry eyebrows of the man in front of him and felt a little dazed for a moment.

The room felt a little warm for no reason. After Ruyi had kissed him enough, she was about to let go of him, but her waist tightened, and then he was lifted off the table and placed on his knees.

She raised her eyebrows, looked into the man's dark eyes, and raised the corners of her mouth: "If you and I...will you be struck by lightning?"

"No." He replied.

He actually answered.

Ruyi couldn't help but swallowed.

There is no such thing as chastity among monsters. The meaning of sex to her is no different than eating and drinking. She has been in the world for so long, and it's time for her to have a taste of it.

But what she didn't understand was how could Shen Qiyuan, a young god, be so lustful?

"You and I each take what we need. We don't involve our status in the mortal world. We don't mention it to anyone after we leave this door. We don't plan for a sneak attack - do we deserve it?" He asked her.

Ruyi came back to his senses and replied with a smile: "Yes."

He pursed his lips and said no more. He just waved his hand and a black barrier hung down around him.

Ruyi pounced on him without thinking.

The beautiful autumn weather suddenly started to rain, and the rain echoed continuously in the urns. The willow trees in Lin'an City were dim, and the branches were trembling. As I paddled into the mud of the lake, the lotus flowers in the lake swayed shyly, and then slowly closed back.

When Shen Qiyuan looked at the person with red eyes, she happened to lower her head with her ears and hair, and whispered to him: "Your Majesty, your appearance reminds me of an old person."

The hand on her waist suddenly tightened, his lips pursed into a line, and he asked her dumbly: "Does he please you, or do I please you more?"

As soon as Ruyi opened her mouth, his voice was pushed back by him, getting harder and harder, as if he didn't want to hear her answer at all.

This person was so contradictory, he hated her, but he was willing to get close to her; he looked like he wanted to surrender to her, but he resisted from soul to bone.

She sighed, lowered her head to his ear, and sent all the broken sounds into his ears.

The person beneath him paused for a moment, then went crazy and wanted to embed her into her bones and blood, as if he was roughly and out of control.

Ruyi groaned and laughed wantonly and arrogantly.

In the evening, the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped.

Shen Qiyuan had just finished changing his clothes with a sullen face when someone came up from behind him, picked up his dark hair, tied it up, and fixed it with a green jade hairpin.

He frowned and turned his head, and saw this man leaning on his shoulder, contentedly saying: "I chose it specially for you."

The best sapphire has no impurities in its entire body, the hairpin is exquisitely carved, the dragon and carp are lifelike, and even the lines of the scales are clearly visible.

Shen Qiyuan's face turned darker: "Did you learn this style from Shu Yijiu's family?"

"No way, it was originally meant to be given to adults." She sat in front of him and reached out to tie the belt of her dress. "Who would have thought that I could take advantage of adults."

=== Chapter === 45 Don't make a fuss

She didn't know how to dress, and she had Fuman helping her in the restaurant, but she couldn't fasten a belt by herself even in a long time.

Shen Qiyuan couldn't stand it any longer, so he slapped her hand away and took the lace. His brows were furrowed, but his eyes showed patience and concentration. His slender fingers were entangled and knotted, and he helped her put on the complicated clothes one by one.

His long eyelashes were drooped, and the light and shadow fell gently on the bridge of his nose, which made Ruyi feel like his heart dropped a little.

However, as soon as he put on his clothes, Shen Qiyuan's expression returned to seriousness: "Can you ask me for anything?"

With her temperament, she would never bring anything to make amends for the previous offense.

Ruyi clasped his fists: "Your Excellency, you really know things like a god."

He snorted lightly, not listening to anything: "I won't help."

"Don't you mean the same thing as before?" She raised her eyebrows.

"?"

Shen Qiyuan gritted his teeth: "Why did you forget what you promised before?"

"This is not in front of others." She scolded him in turn, and took out the body deed document hidden in her sleeve pocket. "See how you can let her go free."

Seeing He Tinglan's name, Shen Qiyuan said angrily: "I went to Prince Yong's Mansion that night just to ask you not to meddle in other people's business."

She had changed too many people's lives, and sooner or later the backlash would all fall on her.

The man in front of me didn't care at all and just smiled: "You always have to pay back a favor."

What about what is owed to him? Will he pay it back?

Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes with a worried expression, but still stretched out his hand to collect the body contract.

Ruyi stood up with a smile and kissed the side of his face: "Thank you, sir."

"You must not behave like this in the future." He raised his sleeves to wipe his face in displeasure, "Although you are an extraordinary person, since you live in this world, you must abide by the rules of the world."

Her face fell: "What rules are you following? I have to ask you if it's okay before I kiss you?"

He nodded seriously: "Yes."

What's the point?

She pouted and thought about asking for help, so she stopped arguing about the issue.

When she left Shen's Mansion, she didn't know if it was her imagination, but Ruyi felt that the trembling stewards and slaves just looked at her with eyes full of reverence and disbelief.

"Girl, there is no need to hand over a name card when you come next time." The steward stood at the door and said to her diligently, "Let me know and I will come out to pick you up."

"Thank you." Ruyi nodded and got into the carriage.

She was probably tired, so she slept all the way back. When she woke up, Fuman was helping her walk to the restaurant. He Tinglan was also standing at the door, looking at her worriedly.

"What's wrong?" She opened her eyes lazily.

His eyes fell on the red mark that could not be covered by her clothes. He Tinglan's throat choked up and tears were about to fall: "I am no longer your shopkeeper. I will return to Yongzhou tomorrow."

Ruyi walked in angrily and pinched her face: "Little girl, do you think I have sacrificed myself for you?"

Is not it? He Tinglan stared at her.

"The fact of love between a man and a woman is really common. I should thank you for giving me the opportunity to experience something good." She sat down with a relaxed expression and even smacked her lips, "It's better than anything I've encountered before."

So, before?

He Tinglan looked at her dumbfounded and subconsciously touched her forehead.

Ruyi blocked her hand and hummed, "I don't have a fever."

He Tinglan stamped her feet angrily: "You, if you act like this, how can you still marry into a good family in the future?"

"Who told you that I want to marry into a good family?" She raised her chin in confusion, "Am I not from a good family?"

If you have money and ability, why is your life not just living? You have to marry someone and then raise a husband and raise children to be considered complete?

This may be someone else's perfection, but it is definitely not hers.

Fu Manyuan was also a little worried, but when she heard what she said, she felt relieved. Instead, she turned around and gestured to He Tinglan: The girl is the most comfortable person, and these big rules of ethics can't trap her, don't worry.

How can we rest assured?

He Tinglan couldn't help but ask her: "Who is it?"

"I can't tell you." Ruyi smiled and shook his head.

With a vague suspicion in her heart, He Tinglan pursed her lips.

"Both of you, work hard and wait until you earn enough money to travel around. Don't worry about what I do." She waved her hands, then glanced at the restaurant lobby and let out a strange sigh.

"Why are there no guests?"

Speaking of this, Fuman sighed: "Dong, did my boss just notice? We, we, we haven't had any customers here for half a month. Half a month."

Ruyi slapped her forehead: "Is it because of the previous murder case? I said it had a great impact. Why hasn't Shen Qiyuan's plaque been written for me yet?"

"Murder, although the murder is related, but..." Fuman glanced at the person on the counter.

Old God Zhao Yanning was looking at the account book on the ground, and when he noticed her gaze, he said angrily: "Look what I do, I'm just an accountant."

"But, but him, he always quarrels with the guests." Fuman complained to Ruyi.

"Why do you want them to keep staring at you?" Zhao Yanning became impatient, frowned and said to Ruyi, "My boss hired some waiters earlier. The cook is busy enough in the back kitchen, and she also has to take care of the dishes."

Ruyi pointed at the door with her mouth open: "I have been posting recruitment notices, but no one comes to answer. What can I do?"

When it comes to this, I have to thank the little Miss Wen. She probably cares about her shop more than He Zeyou, so she often goes to Gongshen Street to spread rumors, saying that Huixian Restaurant has been sued one after another for people's lives, and also said that it is still Many of the clerks were killed by the shopkeepers and buried in the ice cellar.

No, even if the monthly payment is only one tael, no one is willing to come to the court.

After glancing at the account book Yan Ning brought up, Ruyi began to worry.

Revenge must be avenged, but business must also be done. She couldn't have the Immortal Restaurant collapse first before the Grand Master's Mansion and Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion collapsed.

Gritting his teeth ruthlessly, Ruyi asked someone to buy a lot of ingredients and then sent an invitation to Shen Qiyuan and He Zeyou.

It was not surprising that Shen Qiyuan received the post. She had previously said that she would treat him to try new dishes, but something kept keeping her busy. It would be a good time to go tomorrow.

But He Zeyou was a little moved when he received the post.

He failed to help get back her late mother's old belongings, but she was actually willing to give him a chance to hook up with Shen Qiyuan regardless of past grudges?

He knew that Ruyi was not as cruel as she showed, and she still had him in her heart!

He Zeyou packed up overnight, put on Liu Ruyi's favorite moon-white bamboo shadow robe, and gritted his teeth and prepared a decent gift.

When putting the gift in a box embroidered with mandarin duck patterns, He Zeyou suddenly felt a little startled.

Was Liu Ruyi in the same state of mind before she came to see him?

Uneasy, panicked, and happy.

=== Chapter === 46 The Tool Man's Banquet

People all have bad habits, and enjoying each other's one-way dedication will become a habit. Excessive consideration and kindness will always result in short-term gratitude and long-term ignorance of cherishment.

This was the case for He Zeyou. When he was with Liu Ruyi in the past, he never thought about how Liu Ruyi would feel, let alone bothered to choose a gift for her. As a result, after the separation, we started to yearn for and look forward to it.

In Ruyi's words, it's so cheap.

On the day when the banquet was arranged, He Zeyou was the first to arrive.

As soon as he got off the car, he saw more than twenty long tables lined up on both sides of the Huixian Restaurant, with eight cold dishes placed on each table, and the aroma filled half the alley.

Such a big scene? He was a little hesitant, and just as he was thinking about asking someone to ask what was going on, he saw Ruyi coming out of the door holding Yanshui's armband, and greeted him with a smile: "Master Marquis is here? Please sit down first."

He Zeyou looked up and saw that there were tables on the terrace on the third floor.

"Today is Tiansheng's Day, so it's naturally more lively outside." Seeing his concern, Ruyi covered her lips and smiled, "Of course it's just you and Master Shen upstairs."

Feeling a little relieved, He Zeyou nodded, and first took out the brocade box to tell her: "I came in a hurry, so please accept the things I picked casually."

Ruyi opened it and took a look. It was a red coral hairpin.

There is nothing left in his warehouse. If he could get something like this out, he would probably have pawned the property.

Lord Jin Gui, who used to spend a lot of money, has fallen to this point.

The ends of her eyes curled up, and she leaned forward: "Thank you, Lord Marquis."

"Aren't you going to put it on?" He looked at her bun with only a yellow jade hairpin.

Ruyi paused for a moment, then he was generous, took out the coral hairpin and inserted it next to the yellow jade magpie hairpin.

The two heavy-duty hairpins might look cumbersome if worn on other people's heads, but for some reason, they fit her perfectly, red, yellow, soft, and precious.

Ruyi raised her head in this bright light and gently curled her lips towards him.

Cars and horses were flowing on the street, but these two people were standing in the distance, looking at each other. The man was dressed in moon white, and the woman's skirt was covered with sunlight. Just looking at it made people want to praise the talented man and the beautiful woman, and they were made in heaven.

—If one of them hadn't just had sex with him.

Shen Qiyuan expressionlessly fluffed his robe and got out of the car, strolled forward and said, "I borrowed it."

Before He Zeyou could react, he felt someone's shoulder hit his chest. The pain made him cough and take two steps back.

Ruyi was not hit, but before she could say anything, Shen Qiyuan walked past her without even giving her a glance.

Yan Ning looked at it strangely at the door and couldn't help turning around and mouthing to Ruyi: Is this person here after eating gunpowder today?

Ruyi also wondered, his expression was not like this yesterday. Could it be that the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had suffered a loss, so he came to show off to her?

That's not it, he was clearly enjoying it.

Blinking, she smiled and said to He Zeyou: "Master Marquis, please come upstairs as well."

He Zeyou didn't say much. He knew that Shen Qiyuan didn't like him. After all, he had old grudges and he came with sincerity today. Instructing the slave to bring several boxes, he quickly followed.

Ruyi clapped her hands and signaled to Heye and Fuman: "Let's get started."

The two nodded in unison, dividing the work and cooperating.

Huixian Restaurant can become a famous place in Lin'an City because of its special skills. Xuexia Soup, Manshan Xiang, White Fairy Fish, Crispy Qiong Ye, and Shanhaidou are all signatures, let alone There is also Ruyi's newly discovered secret recipe for cooking. A pot of meat is stir-fried to a sugary color, and the whole street is filled with aroma.

Some people quickly sat down to eat at the tables set up on the street, but more people looked on in fear.

Will a restaurant where people have died use human flesh for cooking?

Ruyi knew their concerns, so the people hired to eat worked very hard, and everyone ate like crazy and enjoyed themselves.

With the guidance of these people, curious people gradually dared to come up and ask: "Brother, do you dare to eat the food of this restaurant? You have died before."

"Is it delicious? Is the meat fresh? Is it human flesh?"

With food and money, those people naturally helped to speak: "How could it be human flesh? The case in this restaurant has been solved a long time ago. Did you see the people on the terrace? That's the Lord of the Criminal Department. They dare to come. Eat, what are we afraid of?"

"Are all the adults from the Criminal Department here?"

"Here he comes, and the Marquis of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion is here too. Look at the four-horse carriage next to him."

Princes, generals and ministers are always coveted and pursued by the people. With these two people in charge, more and more people are trying to eat on the street.

Ruyi nodded slightly, then picked up the skirt and went upstairs.

There was a gentle breeze on the third floor terrace, but the atmosphere seemed a bit solemn.

Shen Qiyuan lowered his head and drank without saying a word, while He Zeyou blushed and looked a little at a loss.

Seeing her coming, he quickly said: "Yi'er, come and sit down."

Ruyi sat between the two of them, looking left and right, and asked Shen Qiyuan with a smile: "What's wrong, sir? You didn't choose the clothes you like when you go out?"

He always entertained him with these daughters.

Shen Qiyuan was even more angry and looked at her coldly: "Yes, the shopkeeper's favorite Yuebai Bamboo Shadow Robe, I didn't choose it today."

He Zeyou, who was wearing a moon-white bamboo shadow robe, froze slightly and said with some embarrassment: "It turns out that Master Shen also likes this pattern."

Ruyi looked at He Zeyou and nodded: "It's not bad."

Shen Qiyuan narrowed his eyes and was about to say something sarcastic again when he heard the second half of her sentence: "If you like it, I will embroider it for you too."

She held her chin up and looked at him with a doting look in her eyes, as if she would give him whatever he wanted.

The upright thorns were retracted, Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips, hummed and said goodbye: "No need."

He Zeyou hurriedly poured him wine: "I have offended you before, but I have never found a chance to apologize to you. Your Majesty also said that if you and I are in harmony, it will be a blessing to the country. I hope you will keep the face of your Majesty and ignore me. Past grudges."

Ruyi took the wine bottle from his hand and said with a smile: "What are you talking about, Lord Marquis? We, Mr. Shen, have always been generous and have never had any personal grudges with others."

"Yes, yes." He Zeyou nodded, but still looked at Shen Qiyuan secretly.

Shen Qiyuan looked at the wine glass in Ruyi's hand, feeling unhappy.

I thought she was inviting him to taste the food, but never thought that she was selling He Zeyou a favor with him? What's going on now, the two of them are working together to persuade him not to worry about it?

He was kind enough to help her, but he became a nosy person.

Seeing that he was still refusing to accept the drink, He Zeyou gritted his teeth and had two boxes brought up: "This is a small gift, not respectful."

He clapped his hands again and called up four women with soft waists and beautiful faces, who knelt beside him in a row.

"Master Hou, what do you mean?" Shen Qiyuan asked.

"I heard that there are no personal maids to serve you in your residence. These are all honest and strict people. They are given to you as a pleasure." He cupped his hands and said, "Please don't refuse."

=== Chapter === 47 He just wants her

I don't know why, when He Zeyou said this, Shen Qi didn't look at the four maids, but subconsciously looked at the person next to him.

Ruyi didn't look at him, but looked at the four girls with interest, her eyes hotter than his, without any other emotions.

She didn't care if he would take them in, or if he would be intimate with others.

The fingertips trembled, Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes, and said in a cold voice: "Master Hou behaves like this, do you want to drag Shen into prison together?"

"How could that happen?" He Zeyou waved his hand quickly, "If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. If you don't tell me, won't you and I be fine?"

He sneered and stood up mercilessly: "Today's food and wine are not to my liking. Shen will leave first."

"Hey, sir." He Zeyou and Ruyi reached out to stop him at the same time.

With a hint of anger in his eyes, he looked up at her.

Ruyi frowned and looked back with displeasure: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to accept the gift, sir. Why do you say that the food and wine are not to your liking? The main course hasn't been served yet."

Do you actually care about this?

He laughed angrily and waved her hand away, but he didn't go out anymore and only gave her a look.

He Zeyou looked at Shen Qiyuan for a moment, his expression a little complicated.

He probably knew what Shen Qiyuan wanted, and he planned to give it to him at first, but he was really sitting here looking at the people around him, so despicable that he couldn't speak.

"Sit down for a while." He Zeyou said sternly.

Ruyi stretched out her hand to push Shen Qiyuan back to his seat, and unconvincedly put the white fairy fish that He Ye had just served into his bowl: "Have a taste."

"There are thorns." He frowned.

Ruyi twisted her chopsticks and picked out the thorns one by one for him. Then she pushed the bowl and said, "Have a try."

Master Shen finally took a bite with dignity.

The white angelfish meat is extremely tender, and coupled with the chef's superb cooking skills, it is really delicious.

The eyebrows relaxed a little, and Shen Qiyuan nodded: "You can enter."

This person is really, not only delicious, but stingy with those two compliments.

She shook her head with a smile and poured wine for him.

Shen Qiyuan's expression became clearer and he looked past her at the person opposite.

They are both men, and they know each other's thoughts well, but in this round, no matter what level you look at, he is the winner.

He Zeyou's eyelashes trembled and he lowered his head to sip his wine.

He couldn't defeat Shen Qiyuan, not to mention that the entire Hou Mansion was on the verge of collapse, so he could only protect himself first. No matter how good Liu Ruyi is, she is just a woman. He didn't want her before, so why should he sacrifice her for the small now?

His mind turned around, and when He Zeyou looked up again, his eyes were much calmer.

"Yier, let's have a drink." He poured wine for Ruyi.

Ruyi raised her eyes and met his eyes. She smiled half-heartedly, with some mockery in her eyes, as if she had seen through his cowardly and shameless thoughts.

He Zeyou avoided her in embarrassment and filled up the wine: "Master Shen is a role model for the clan and a pillar of the imperial court. It is my honor to have dinner with you today."

With that said, he handed the full glass of wine to Ruyi: "Yi'er feels the same way, right?"

Ruyi looked at the sparkling wine in the glass and clicked her tongue lightly.

No matter what kind of love, in Ning Yuanhou's eyes, nothing could compare to his own. This man is extremely selfish and utilitarian, and will not stop until he drinks the last gulp of blood from a woman.

But she still reached out and took the wine and drank it in one gulp.

He Zeyou lowered his eyes and said, "Next month, my mother will celebrate her birthday. She will prepare thirty banquets at Huixian Restaurant and send them to the Marquis Mansion."

There is a cook in the Hou Mansion, and he is still preparing a banquet outside, so he is thanking her.

Ruyi naturally has no reason to refuse.

Halfway through the drink, He Zeyou left with an excuse.

As he left, his footsteps paused at the door for a long time, but he never looked back.

Ruyi twirled the wine glass and sighed with a smile: "Sir, do you still think I'm going too far?"

If the opposite person was not Shen Qiyuan, if she was really Liu Ruyi, he would be sent to someone else's bed today, as a stepping stone for him to make friends with important officials. Letting him and Taishi Liu kill each other was the most gentle way of revenge.

Shen Qiyuan asked with a worried expression: "Are you feeling sorry for him?"

"He deserves it too?" She smiled, "I just don't deserve it because of Liu Ruyi."

For a person like her, who is used to being carefree, it doesn't matter, but for a capable woman like Liu Ruyi, if she misjudges someone, she will spend her whole life, and it will be difficult to turn back.

Although he said this, Shen Qiyuan still said sarcastically: "He Zeyou is not bad either. He was granted the title of Marquis at a young age. He is also handsome and elegant."

Ruyi turned her head to look at him.

"What to do." He said angrily.

With a smile in her eyes, she reached out and touched the corners of his lips: "I have been sore since I came in. How many plums did you eat this morning?"

"You use me as an arrow to kill two birds with one stone, but you don't think you have anything good to say about me."

She wanted to sell He Zeyou's favor, but also wanted to use him and He Zeyou as the signboard of Huixian Restaurant. She wanted to think about everything but she didn't really want to see him.

Shen Qiyuan turned away with a cold face.

There was no one else on the terrace, so Ruyi sat closer and toasted to him with a smile: "I apologize to you, sir."

The wine on the table today is so strong that even a monster would get drunk.

Shen Qiyuan stared at her throat as she swallowed up and down, and suddenly said: "Since I am apologizing, one cup is not enough."

She was relieved, threw away the cup, and raised her head to the spout.

The strong smell of wine made the passing birds flutter, and her eyes suddenly glowed softly, and her expression was charming.

He asked in a low voice: "If the person you met yesterday was him, would he be like that?"

Ruyi raised her eyebrows, feeling that the man in front of her was a bit childish, so she couldn't help but coax him with a soft voice: "How could it be? If there was anyone other than an adult in the study room yesterday, I would not pounce on him."

lie.

She's not drunk yet.

Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips and refilled her bottle with wine, but her wrist was held down.

"Should I drink alone?" She pouted, her eyes filled with sadness.

Shen Qiyuan thought for a moment: "I'll just accompany you."

He drinks a glass and she drinks a pot, but he doesn't believe she can still stay drunk.

The wind carries cinnamon fragrance, the sun sets, and the terrace is filled with warm colors.

Three or four empty wine jars were gradually poured beside the table, and the remaining soup on the plate gradually became cold.

Ruyi held her chin and looked to the side, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch his red face: "Master Shen, are you drunk now?"

Shen Qiyuan's head was too heavy to move, so he could only hum softly: "No."

It's only seven or eight cups, how could you get drunk?

He stretched out his hand to get another drink, but his hand was held by someone, and then there was a warm touch that separated his fingers and intertwined with his lightly.

"My lord~" He heard her sigh with a smile.

What's so funny. He thought that not everyone was as good at drinking as she was, just as not everyone was as affectionate and unfeeling as she was.

He knew her habit, and would definitely put all the good-looking young men under her skirt. This one today, that one tomorrow, and when she gets tired of it, she would change it again.

But he didn't want anyone else.

He just wanted her.

=== Chapter === 48 I hate you

—Ruyi listened to his entire drinking conversation in surprise.

The drunken Shen Qi lost his cold shell and was so fragile that it broke at the touch. He reluctantly raised his head to look at her, his eyes red and stubborn.

If it had been a long, long time ago, she would have been moved by his appearance. After all, who doesn't like a young man who is obsessed with himself?

But after thousands of years of wind and frost, Ruyi looked at this sincere young man again and just wanted to smile and touch his head.

Don't be silly, Qingqing, whether it's a god, a demon, or a human, it's just a beautiful illusion from the beginning. They each have their own unsatisfied desires, different ideas at various stages, and a more suitable partner at the right time.

No one will grow up wearing the swaddling clothes they were born in.

Licking the last drop of wine off the rim of the glass, she picked up Shen Qiyuan with a smile and carried him to the guest room.

Shen Qiyuan murmured calmly: "I have never blamed you..."

"Yeah." She responded perfunctorily, "I didn't blame you."

"You... are not weird, you just... don't remember..."

"Yeah, remember, remember everything, be good."

Putting him on the bed, covering him with the quilt, Ruyi lifted up his skirt and went downstairs, greeting Fuman and Yanning cheerfully: "Have you listed the menu ordered by Master Shen and the delicacies selected by Marquis Ningyuan?"

Fu Man smiled and nodded to her. Zhao Yanning had a piece of cloth tied around her mouth for some reason. He pointed to the crowded lobby, gave her a thumbs up, and then pushed her to help serve the food.

Today's efforts were not in vain. There were hired sitters to secretly create atmosphere, and Shen Qiyuan and He Zeyou were on hand. Even if they still had doubts about the restaurant, there were still many people willing to come and join in the fun.

As long as the reputation is re-established, there is no need to worry about not having customers.

With a little calculation in mind, Ruyi glanced outside.

There were a few people sneaking around Shen Qiyuan's carriage. After making some inquiries, they hurried away.

With a slight snort, Ruyi shook his bead and said, "The tides are turning, and it's our Grand Master Liu's turn to have a headache."

"What's the headache?" He Tinglan came up and asked.

Seeing her coming out, Ruyi smiled and said, "When your brother came just now, where did you hide?"

"It's in the guest room on the second floor." He Tinglan was still a little embarrassed when he mentioned He Zeyou, "I can hear his voice."

She knew that her brother had always done whatever it took to get the upper hand, but she still felt disgusted when she faced such a thing head-on.

He had said so many love words to Liu Ruyi until death, but he felt so disgusted today. Such a person is indeed not worth entrusting him with for life. Fortunately, Ruyi woke up early.

"I don't want to get married anymore." She said softly, "If I can, I will be your shopkeeper for the rest of my life."

Ruyi smiled and said: "Whether you marry or not is up to you, I won't push you, as long as you live a happy life."

He Tinglan looked at her deeply, and suddenly understood the meaning of Fuman's gesture that day.

Daqian's ethics really cannot trap her, and she will not use it to trap any girl. As long as she follows her, she will teach her new ways of living.

Smiling in relief, He Tinglan looked upstairs: "Master Shen, would you like some hangover soup?"

"No need." Ruyi smiled teasingly, "He looks good even when he's drunk."

but.

Ruyi stopped her fingers, suddenly curious.

Is Shen Qi Yuanfang trying to get her drunk? After getting drunk, what did he want to hear her say?

Taking advantage of the extra crowd, I hired two waiters, and the people below were busy, so Ruyi went upstairs again.

The person on the bed looked in pain, his face was flushed, his brows were furrowed, and his fingers were clutching the quilt tightly.

Ruyi sat aside and watched, unable to help but swallow.

He looks so charming. Don't let him get drunk outside in the future.

He stretched out an index finger and put it on his hand. As expected, the man immediately grabbed it tightly. Ruyi raised his wrist, and his hand trembled like a fish that was hooked and refused to spit out the bait.

"Do you like me?" She nodded her chin, meaningfully.

Shen Qiyuan suddenly let go and turned his back tremblingly.

"Oh, I don't like it." She shook her head regretfully.

Maybe it was too noisy, and the person on the bed half-opened his eyes, bloodshot eyes spread from the corners of his eyes to his pupils, and stared at her blankly.

"Are you feeling dizzy and uncomfortable?" She crossed her legs and took a cup of tea, "Would you like to drink it?"

The question was asked, but the cup was not handed to him at all.

Shen Qiyuan put his hand on his forehead and stood up with difficulty and moved closer.

She put the cup back with a wicked smile on her face.

Staring at her angrily, he propped himself up and moved forward slowly, his thin lips on the rim of the cup, and his whole body was pressed into her arms.

Ruyi closed her arms and patted his back gently: "Drink slowly."

When the cup of tea bottomed out, he raised his eyes, his eyes hazy, as beautiful as amber hiding stars.

She raised her chin slightly and pointed to the corner of her lips proudly.

He seemed to be hesitating or slow to react. After a while, he slowly pushed himself up and brought his eyelids to her lips.

Ruyi couldn't help but rub behind his ear: "Ziyan is so good."

There was a shiver on her neck. Shen Qiyuan pinched her wrist and shook her head.

"Well, you don't want it?" She raised her eyebrows, "Then who messed with me yesterday regardless of etiquette?"

"When the waxing moon hangs in the sky, the monster will want a man. If it's not me, it will be someone else." He said seriously, "Then it's better to be me."

Ruyi was startled.

He is actually so familiar with the monster's habits?

"I won't waste my life, and I won't tell anyone." He took her hand and slowly placed it on his eyes. The bridge of his nose was clear and straight. "I am the best candidate."

That's true. Ruyi nodded in approval and smiled again: "So, can I kiss you?"

He said last time that he should ask before making out, and she actually asked.

His eyes softened, Shen Qiyuan nodded seriously and slowly, stretched out his hand, stubbornly pulled off the coral hairpin from her bun, and threw it away from a distance.

She smiled and leaned forward.

When the joy was over, Ruyi inevitably thought of someone.

She hadn't thought about him for a long time, and after that battle, the two seemed to have never seen each other again. But when her body was hugged tightly by the person next to her, covering her heart tightly, she seemed to hear his voice.

"It is impossible for me to fall in love with a monster, and my people will not allow it."

"But this kind of thing is normal for you and me, so you don't need to worry about it."

"We will see you later."

…

"I hate you."

When consciousness returned, the voice only said the last three words.

Ruyi opened his hand angrily, turned over and pinched his chin: "You still hate me after this, you have a very hard heart."

Shen Qiyuan closed his eyes tightly, as if he was in a nightmare that he couldn't wake up from. He pressed his teeth against his tongue and bit down hard.

=== Chapter === 49: The minister is childless

The next day, when He Tinglan went downstairs, she found Ruyi already fiddling with abacus behind the counter.

She came closer and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with your hand?"

Ruyi raised his head and raised his wrapped index finger: "I was bitten by a cat."

The kitten's teeth were so sharp and strong that if she didn't bite her, she would bite off her own tongue.

With a smile in his eyes, Ruyi shook his abacus and turned to ask her: "I'm going to Mi Liang Manor to hand over today, are you ready?"

"Ready." He Tinglan nodded, "If it fails, I will come and bring reinforcements."

She said this, but Ruyi knew that she knew it in her heart. He Tinglan had grown up through hardships. She had been a housekeeper since she was a child. She had seen all kinds of scenes. That is to say, she only stayed in her boudoir after the He family became powerful.

"Go ahead." She waved her hand.

He Tinglan walked out of the door calmly with the deed, and happened to pass by Xiao Heye.

Xiao Heye ran in, blinked and said to Ruyi: "Everyone outside is walking to Dongqing Street, saying there is a lot of excitement."

After fidgeting with the beads for a while, Ruyi put his elbow on the counter and leaned out his head, asking with a smile: "What's the excitement?"

He Ye patted her chest proudly: "I heard about it. They said that a wet nurse died in the Liu Mansion on Dongqing Street, and the wet nurse's family came to ask for an explanation."

Um? She was puzzled when she heard: "What's the answer to a wet nurse's family coming to ask for an explanation after she sold her body?"

"They said that the wet nurse's body deed was not in the Liu Mansion, and she did not sign a death deed. She was not the private property of the Liu Mansion, and she could not die in vain."

Ruyi was surprised.

Liu Ruyi's wet nurse has been in the house for so many years, but she didn't sign a death contract?

She turned around and asked Fuman: "In this case, will Daqian's law punish the master?"

Fuman nodded: "No, there is no one who sells his body. If he is beaten to death, the owner will be fined with twenty sticks and a fine at the least, or he will be exiled to a bitter and cold place for ten, ten years."

Such a heavy punishment? Ruyi came excitedly: "If the master were an important minister of the court, would he be sentenced like this?"

Fuman paused and lowered his eyes, as if there was a dark cloud hanging over his head: "No, it won't."

There are so many important ministers involved, how can he be easily convicted? Even if someone is killed, the damage is only to his reputation. It was because she had seen too many such things that she was completely disappointed in the Criminal Department.

Just as he was talking, Shen Qiyuan came down from upstairs.

He seemed to be in a bad mood. He half-closed his eyes and pursed the corners of his mouth. When he caught a glimpse of her, he paused for a moment before slowly slowing down.

Fuman greeted him and gestured: Your Excellency was drunk yesterday.

"Yes." He raised his eyes sadly, "Are you being rude?"

No. Fuman gestures: My boss took care of you for a while and you slept well.

None of them knew what she did with him.

His back relaxed slightly, and he looked at the person next to him: "Thank you."

Ruyi smiled brightly: "My lord, you have helped me so much, how can I say thank you? Come on, come on, there is something else I want to give to you."

She said, inviting him to the back hall.

Shen Qiyuan looked at the things on the table in silence for a long time, then stretched out his fingers and tapped: "Given to me?"

There is an empty ebony plaque that is more than ten feet long, and next to it is a stack of ink made from gold powder.

"I heard that your handwriting is vigorous and powerful, and is regarded as a calligraphy treasure by many noble families." She said confidently, "I will give you a chance to show off your calligraphy."

Such good intentions.

He turned and left.

"Hey." Ruyi held his sleeve, "Don't be so stingy."

Brushing her hand away, Shen Qiyuan turned his head over, his eyes full of tears and alienation: "There is no one on God Street who is better at doing business than you, so why do you need this plaque?"

Ruyi's face fell: "You are cruel to me."

Shen Qiyuan sneered: "What I said is the truth, not to mention if I write a plaque for your restaurant, then-"

"You're being mean to me." She said flatly.

His eyebrows beat, and Shen Qiyuan narrowed his eyes: "Be more serious."

"I'm so fierce~"

"..."

never mind.

He picked up the pen with a dark face, wrote the words "delicious food" on the plaque, took out his seal, dipped it in gold powder, and paused for a moment.

The person next to him covered the back of his hand and pressed the seal with force.

"That's good." She laughed again, "My restaurant's business has been delayed because of your investigation. You can't just sit idly by."

The steps were found for him, and Shen Qiyuan stepped down reluctantly: "It's just this once, it won't be the same next time."

She nodded obediently, his outline reflected in her clear long eyes, with starlight and joy.

He looked away irritably.

After the plaque was written, Ruyi took it out to dry. Fuman and Xiaoheye outside all exclaimed and gathered around to look at it.

Zhao Yanning did not move forward, he crossed his arms and stood beside Shen Qiyuan.

"What to do." Shen Qiyuan's tone was still not good.

Zhao Yanning touched the tip of her nose and smiled: "During the five years that I followed you, I often felt that you were ruthless and desireless, and that you were not a human creature. I didn't expect that you also have such a lively side."

Fresh? Shen Qiyuan sneered: "You just want to see me angry."

"No, no." Zhao Yanning shook his head, "Sir, ask yourself, is it really that you only have anger in your heart?"

Shen Qiyuan answered without thinking: "Only angry, nothing else."

Zhao Yanning patted his shoulder meaningfully.

Inexplicably angry, Shen Qiyuan brushed him away and strode out.

How could he not be angry? She was hypocritical on her face and exploiting her in her heart. She disrupted his usual pace and broke the rules he adhered to. She was like an ivy that grew wildly with joy. She ignored her and acted arbitrarily, making people want to get rid of her. And then quickly.

Stepping onto the carriage, the door closed, and her laughter could be heard from outside: "Sir, walk slowly~"

This sentence is usually followed by "Come next time", but she didn't say it.

She just didn't want to see him at all.

His chest was so tight that he entered the palace with a gloomy face.

Zhonggong's birthday had just passed, and the joy on the emperor's face had not dissipated. As soon as he saw him, he said: "Yesterday, I talked with the queen about your mother. I thought that I should give you a title so that you can be worthy of the eldest princess's role in protecting the country. achievement."

The noble title, not only the enshrinement allowance, but also the honor inherited from generation to generation, is enough to reflect the love that his uncle has for his nephew.

However, Shen Qiyuan lifted his robe and knelt down, and said seriously: "I thank you for the holy grace. Your title is of no importance to me. If it were to be awarded at this time, there would have to be a ceremony for the award, and another residence would have to be granted. Not to mention delaying the court meeting for two days. , the construction of civil engineering is also a waste of people and money, please think twice."

The emperor felt strange: "Even if I don't take this title seriously, I should still think about the future generations. This can bring blessings to my family forever."

Future generations?

Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes: "I have no children, so I don't need this blessing. The matter of the knighthood is temporarily postponed. Please pay attention to the heavy rain and collapse of the mountains in Leizhou first, so as to help the refugees."

=== Chapter === 50 The wanton little lady

How could a young man who had not yet started a family say so calmly and seriously that he was destined to have no children?

The emperor was shocked, and he couldn't bear the shock.

The eldest princess and her husband died fighting for the country, and with only one son left, how could they cut off their relationship with each other again?

He immediately summoned several veterans and selected girls from noble families, intending to act as a matchmaker for Shen Qiyuan. You are already in your weak years, what can you do if there is no one around to take care of you?

It was okay not to choose, but once the emperor was chosen, he was confused: "Liu Aiqing, why do I remember that there are several palm beads in your house waiting to be married, why is there only one left?"

Taishi Liu came to his senses, stepped out of the queue and handed over his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, my eldest daughter fell out of the carriage some time ago and unfortunately died. The daughters in the side house have all chosen their families recently, leaving only one who is less than ten years old. Little lady."

As soon as this matter was said, it was over. But by coincidence, King Yong was present today, so he couldn't help but say: "Why is Taishi Liu's house always talking about people's lives these days? I just heard this in the past few days." There was a rumor outside that a wet nurse was beaten to death, but today when it was mentioned, even the eldest girl in the mansion was killed."

As soon as these words came out, the emperor's eyes immediately fell on Taishi Liu: "Beat a wet nurse to death?"

"Your Majesty, please don't slander anyone." Taishi Liu said angrily, "The wet nurse drowned outside by herself. The Criminal Department conducted an autopsy early in the morning. How could you accuse me like this?"

"Has it been inspected by the Department of Punishment? Why did this king hear that he was buried hastily and the bones were not returned to his hometown? That's why he provoked his family and relatives to shout at the gate of the Grand Master's Mansion."

"Prince Yong!" Taishi Liu gritted his teeth, "Is this kind of business matter worthy of being brought before the Holy Emperor?"

King Yong laughed, cupped his hands and said: "Brother, the emperor cares about the world. Naturally, he should listen to the opinions of the people. This king is not deliberately looking for trouble. It's just that as soon as the favor of the minister's grave came down, the Taishi Mansion frequently caused lawsuits over people's lives. It would be a shame to let him down." Holy grace."

The emperor asked seriously: "Zhang Aiqing, has the Department of Punishment taken on such a lawsuit?"

Mr. Zhang stepped out and handed over his hand: "Your Majesty, I accepted it and did an autopsy on the dead wet nurse, but the new nurse was relatively inexperienced and the examination report was not decent, so I was unable to submit it."

The previous case of forcibly suppressing the black market did not involve more officials. There were many officials in the Criminal Department who asked to resign. The emperor had heard about it.

He was a little embarrassed: "In that case, let Shen Aiqing think of something. This case needs to be investigated, and Liu Aiqing must be innocent, so that future generations cannot criticize her."

"yes."

So instead of finding out about Shen Qiyuan's marriage, he found out a secret edict first.

Today, the Holy Emperor wants him to find out the truth, but he also wants him to keep the truth hidden, so as not to damage the reputation of Grand Master Liu and the emperor who personally bestowed the tomb of his minister.

With a sigh, Shen Qiyuan burned the secret decree: "There is no way in this world that can have both."

"Sir." Zhou Tingchuan frowned and said to him, "I have asked more than ten people in the department to check her. They couldn't find any external injuries on the wet nurse. She can only be drowned."

Shaking the ashes from his hands, Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes: "It's so annoying, I have to go to Huixian Restaurant again."

Zhao Yanning's autopsy techniques are as poisonous as his mouth. He can find anything that other workers can't find. All we can do now is ask him to take action again.

However, with his previous level of anger, he would definitely not be willing to go back and perform an autopsy for the Department of Criminal Justice.

Shen Qiyuan clicked his tongue and said reluctantly: "Go to Baozhaitang to pick out a coral hairpin."

Zhou Tingchuan didn't quite understand the connection between the coral hairpin and the autopsy, but he still responded honestly and prepared a carriage and horse for him.

The business of Huixian Restaurant is picking up, and Ruyi is also busy wandering around the lobby, getting close to this table, and going to the other table to get food. She has a face as beautiful as jade, and her eyes and brows are charming. She is often pulled by her sleeves by customers and asked: "Does the shopkeeper agree with me?"

Ruyi was not shy, she turned around and smiled: "Of course I don't allow anyone, I'm just waiting for my husband to allow me. This husband is tall, but unfortunately he is a little thinner. Please try more of the good wine and meat in my building." Bar."

There was laughter all around, and the guests were not annoyed, but rather enjoyed chatting with her.

But there was an unusual group of people at the table next to her. After Ruyi glanced at them several times, she always felt that they were here to cause trouble.

No, as soon as the waiter brought the dishes over, they shouted: "Let your shopkeeper deliver it in person."

Ruyi suppressed the waiter who wanted to comment, took the dishes and put them on their table: "Sir, the dishes I served myself will cost a lot of money. Do you guys have enough money? ."

The guest at the main seat chuckled and grabbed her wrist: "I just said that the little bitch here is not shy and easy to mess with. Look, here it is."

He squeezed hard, and she was unable to struggle away, so she could only struggle with him. But Ruyi didn't even move his eyebrows, his wrist was fixed in the air, and he couldn't pull it forward an inch.

He didn't believe in evil, so he stood up and pulled hard. His hand suddenly slipped and he fell hard.

"Oops." Ruyi felt distressed and stepped forward to help him up and sweep the hem of his clothes, "Why are you so careless?"

"You -" he was furious, his face flushed, and he finally showed the air that a fifteen or sixteen-year-old should have, "You did it on purpose!"

Ruyi said angrily: "How could it be possible? The young master just let go of his hand."

No wonder she was the one who broke away from him!

Everyone around looked over and chuckled. The young master couldn't keep it off his face and said angrily: "Kneel down and apologize, or I will tear down your restaurant today!"

Ruyi covered her lips and blinked: "You didn't come here to provoke me just now, but now you're here to demolish the restaurant?"

"You offended me first!" He jumped angrily, "You don't care what I do."

His voice was so loud that half the people in the lobby looked over. Ruyi didn't panic, her eyes flicked around him, and she said: "It's okay to tear it down. I think this place is old. I'd like to help you, young master. I'll go to Wen's house later to ask for the account." ."

When the Wen family was mentioned, the young master's arrogance immediately subsided. He looked around at a loss and said, "Wenjia, what are you talking about?"

Clicking on the jade pendant on his waist, Ruyi sighed: "Your sister also has this thing, I've seen it before."

Wen Zhenxue's younger brother, the second son of the Wen family, even before his hair was fully grown, came to help cause trouble.

"You femme fatale, don't bother with my sister." He said anxiously, "It's obvious that you didn't treat the guests well. I just want you to apologize. What else are you talking about!"

She raised her eyebrows slightly and said with a wishful smile: "It turns out that I just want to apologize. Young Master, you should have told me earlier."

She pushed him back onto the seat, took a sip of wine in front of the other two young masters, hooked the back of his neck and fed him.

=== Chapter === 51 Cunning Monster

Wen Er was young and had a strict upbringing. He had never seen such a battle before. He was so frightened that he pushed her away. He blushed and said, "You, you have no shame. You were born in a noble family after all. How could you do such a thing?" , so—"

His throat rolled up and down, Ruyi swallowed the wine, and his eyebrows relaxed: "Don't you want to apologize? This is my way to apologize, nothing else."

The two young men accompanying her looked at her dumbfounded. They thought she was wanton, but they couldn't help but stare at her white and slender throat.

Wenji's face turned redder, and he held her arms with both hands, feeling at a loss what to do.

My sister has been crying these days, saying that the young lady in Huixian Restaurant has hooked up with her future brother-in-law. He can't swallow this, so he naturally wants to come over and cause trouble.

But now, this man was looking at him with a smile, his eyes were shining, and his brows were affectionate. He was so confused that he didn't know how to continue.

He didn't move, but the man opposite him moved. He held up his chin and asked him, "Does the young master like to eat white fairy fish?"

Wenji nodded blankly.

Ruyi snapped her fingers: "Man, here's another plate of white fairy fish."

She laughed again: "Can you drink?"

"Of course." He managed to calm down and flicked his robe, "Who are you looking down on?"

"Man, here's another jug of good wine."

After looking at the abacus, Ruyi took a couple of silver coins from his purse and said, "My lord, eat well and drink well. If you need anything else, just call me."

Her fingers twisting the silver were as white as onions, and she held the small broken silver between her index finger and thumb, showing a slight disgust.

Wen Er hurriedly brought up his purse: "I can order some more dishes, you take this big one."

Ruyi looked back, smiled, licked her ears and hair, and stretched out her hand to take out a large piece of food as if she was a gift: "My lord, please wait a moment. I'll serve you some more dishes later."

There were only three people, how much food could they eat, but looking at her back as she walked away, none of the three young masters present came to stop her.

When Shen Qiyuan arrived at the restaurant, he saw Ruyi leaning against the door and saying something. Wen Er nodded obediently with the two young men from aristocratic families, and then reluctantly got into the carriage.

The dusk light enveloped her body, and she was lined with a water-colored dark floral silk skirt, which made her look alluring.

She raised her head in the crowd, locked eyes with him firmly, and then smiled, as if she knew he was here, and as if she was annoyed after waiting for him for a long time.

This is a monster, he thought secretly, and he cannot be deceived by her.

However, when people walked over, they couldn't help but tease: "Your business is getting better and better, even teenagers are not spared."

Ruyi listened and really smiled: "My lord, you are also very sweet and sour today."

He was so angry that he went straight upstairs.

Expecting that he was here for something today, Ruyi didn't hesitate and followed him up.

However, after listening to what he said, she still sighed: "Master Shen, do you really regard Fuman as a rope to hold Yanning down? What Yanning doesn't want to do, can Fuman have a chance to say it?"

"You don't know what Zhao Yanning means to the Criminal Department." Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips, "Without him, this case may not be able to proceed. It concerns Taishi Liu, and you will never stand idly by."

You guessed it right, if she could help give Taishi Liu a gift, she would naturally be willing. But she didn't want to force Fuman and Yanning.

Shen Qiyuan suddenly said: "What do you think is the biggest reason why the two of them left the Criminal Department?"

Ruyi smiled and raised her hand to rub his chin: "Of course you, the Criminal Department, have a problem."

His cold temperament is inherently unpopular, but he is someone who doesn't like to talk or explain. After several years, how can he not have any quarrel with others.

"I'm not the biggest reason." He said stubbornly, "The biggest reason is that they feel that if the truth is found out, the suspect will not get the punishment he deserves."

"Since the adults know, why bother forcing them."

"This time is different. This time I promise them that as long as the evidence is conclusive, Taishi Liu will deserve what he deserves."

Ruyi raised his eyebrows.

"They don't really want to give up what they are good at, they just have no choice but to do so." Shen Qiyuan whispered, "If you can help me convince them, I will thank you very much."

Nothing else mattered. Ruyi was interested in the last part of the sentence. She sat upright on the table and asked with a smile: "How do you plan to thank me?"

Shen Qiyuan took out four coral hairpins.

These four hairpins are far superior to the ones given by He Zeyou in terms of color and style, and they seem to have been carefully selected. However, he still only said: "I just took it and gave it to you."

The candlelight reflected a slight warmth on his snow-white side face, and the tear stain was just right in the shadow of the dark eyelashes, subtle and alluring.

Ruyi took the box and put it aside, then tapped the side of his face.

"What are you doing?" He glared fiercely.

Smiling meaningfully, she moved closer to him and tapped the side of her face.

This man really doesn't take a second look at fine jewelry and prefers to tease him.

He was dignified and upright, could he be someone she would get close to just by hooking up with him?

With a cold snort, he pinched the back of her neck and pulled her over, asking her to press her face to the corner of his lips.

—This is not considered a kiss from him.

A very bright smile appeared in Ruyi's eyes. She gently rubbed the place he kissed with her fingertips and said jokingly: "It's so soft."

As expected, the man in front of her covered her mouth angrily, and then pushed her out.

Just as Fuman was about to come up to serve tea, he was startled by their movements and stared in shock: "Sir, sir?"

Shen Qiyuan quickly turned away, Ruyi tugged his broken hair around his temples, smiled at her and said, "You came just in time, I have something to discuss with you."

Pulling her in, Ruyi pressed her on a stool and asked, "What do you think if my restaurant plans to do other things to make a living?"

Fuman felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned this. It was because of her and Yanning that the restaurant's business was picking up so slowly.

She asked awkwardly: "What else can I do to make a living?"

"I was sued before in the Yamen. All the lawyers in the city were bribed by He Zeyou, but no one was willing to redress my grievances. I thought that if I could train some lawyers myself, I could benefit the people and help a bunch of noble people oppress and redress the unjust people. It would be nice to be a poor person." She sighed deeply.

Fuman was still convinced: "Yes, it's a good idea."

"I can speak eloquently, but I am not familiar with the law and I encounter few cases."

"This, this is indeed not, not a day's work."

"So I want to try my hand at a small case first. Can you and Yan Ning help me?" She clasped her hands together, "I don't need you to come forward. You just need to teach me the methods of autopsy and inference first."

Shen Qiyuan was watching from the side and found it incredible. In just a moment, how could this man come up with such a convoluted idea?

As expected, he is a hypocritical and cunning monster who never speaks the truth.

=== Chapter === 52 She likes to see Ruyi smile

What's even more irritating is that Hua Fuman, who has always been aloof, actually nodded after hearing such outrageous remarks: "Yes, it's okay."

Ruyi's eyes lit up instantly, she hugged Fuman and kissed her cheek, shaking her arm coquettishly: "I know you love me the most, don't worry, my tuition will not be reduced."

I don't need any more tuition fees, Fuman waved shyly.

Although both of them were women, Ruyi leaned over like this, and her plump breasts were fully pressed on Fuman's arms, which were soft and gentle.

Fuman's face turned red instantly: "I, I'll go ask, ask Zhao Yanning."

Ruyi pulled her back and shook her head with a smile: "You don't need to ask him, lest you owe him a favor. You can teach me first and wait until he comes voluntarily."

Will Zhao Yanning come voluntarily? Shen Qiyuan shook his head while listening.

On the day they left the Criminal Department, Fu Man got in the car without saying anything, but Zhao Yanning leaned against the stone lion at the door and started scolding him, starting from the regulations of the Criminal Department, and continuing to him, the eighteenth generation of the ancestor of the Division. . If he hadn't stopped him quickly, this man would have scolded the Holy One as well.

How could someone take the initiative to intervene in a case with such a huge resentment?

But Ruyi was very determined and refused to let Fuman act as a lobbyist. She turned to him and said, "Sir, could you please lead a way? It will be easier for us to enter and exit the mortuary in the future."

Daqian's mortuary was set up by the government. People could come in and out at will, but they were not allowed to handle the body unless there was a certificate of death or a document from the government.

Shen Qiyuan glanced at Hua Fuman and found that she didn't seem to be at all curious about the case Ruyi wanted to investigate, nor did she mind that he wanted to get involved to help. She just looked at him quietly, as if she was certain that he would nod.

Thinking of what this person was good at, Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes and simply agreed frankly: "Okay."

So Ruyi took the two of them and happily went out.

"Where are you going?" Zhao Yanning asked in confusion as he passed by the lobby.

Ruyi didn't look back: "Don't worry about it. Let's settle your account carefully. We'll be back later."

With that said, he asked Shen Qiyuan to ride a horse, and he and Fuman got into the carriage.

Zhao Yanning followed a few steps out, looked at the direction they were going in puzzlement, and muttered a few words.

The mortuary was in a sparsely populated area in the western suburbs. Perhaps Shen Qiyuan had greeted her at the beginning. When they entered, the wet nurse's body was laid out in the courtyard, and it was already smelly.

Fuman quickly tied the scarf on Ruyi and began to look around the body. Ruyi took the file from Shen Qiyuan, glanced at it and smiled: "That cook selling meat on the street, you didn't want to let go?"

"This person's name is Caigu. She married her husband, Butcher Liu, when she was seventeen. The day you met her, it happened to be her first time working in a stall."

Thinking of her panicked look, Ruyi said: "She probably just encountered the murderer's murder scene."

There are two straw latrines next to the small pond where the wet nurse drowned, and nearby vendors would go there to solve people's urgent needs. When Caigu went there, maybe the murderer happened to push the wet nurse into the pool, which frightened her, so she was so afraid.

"I've asked, and it turns out that she did meet the murderer and kill him, and she should also remember the general shape of the murderer." Shen Qiyuan said, "But she refused to say more, and would rather live in the Criminal Department than say a word. "

Interrogating prisoners is also a skill. In the past, with Song Zhenshan in his hands, no one could keep silent for more than three days, but now, the Criminal Department is full of immature newcomers.

Sighing softly, Shen Qiyuan continued: "I took her husband Liu Tufu to the Criminal Department for questioning, but because there was no conclusive evidence, he only claimed that he was innocent, and the Criminal Department could not detain him for more than three days. "

Ruyi suddenly remembered something: "The day He Zeyou and I went to the Grand Master's Mansion, Grand Master Liu had murderous intentions towards He Zeyou."

He Zeyou was assassinated near Gongshen Street. At that time, the car was parked near the meat stall. When she returned to the restaurant, she passed by and took a look.

Shen Qiyuan knew what she wanted to say: "I had people search Ning Yuanhou's carriage. No trace was left on the scene, and no one witnessed who did it."

Even if it is theoretically deduced that this meat stall may be a hidden stake of Taishi Liu, it is useless without evidence.

Ruyi clicked her tongue regretfully.

After checking the corpse, Fuman shook his head: "I, I'm not good at autopsy, so I can only go and collect more evidence."

Ruyi nodded and patted her shoulder with a smile: "We are not in the Criminal Department now. You don't need to be too nervous about your work. If you feel it's hard, just tell me."

Feeling soft, Fuman smiled at her.

Ruyi went to talk to the guard guarding the mortuary. Shen Qiyuan stood next to Fuman and asked her in a low voice: "How much kindness is there for you to be willing to help her like this."

She knew clearly that all the things Ruyi talked about were just nonsense.

Hua Fuman looked at Ruyi in the distance with soft and tranquil eyes.

She made a gesture with Shen Qiyuan: She is not willing to help because of kindness, she cares about me, and I care about her.

This case involves Taishi Liu. She knows that she wants to investigate, so she will help her investigate.

She likes to see Ruyi smile.

Shen Qiyuan didn't say anything, and was about to lament that the monster was deceiving people, when he saw that the monster in the distance had done something, and the young officer's face suddenly turned red.

The expression in his eyes darkened, and he strode over.

Ruyi was puzzled: "Why is Xiaolangjun blushing? It's the name you wanted me to write down."

The officer spread his palms and looked at the three words written in rouge. He felt that his palms were hot, all the way to the bottom of his heart.

He had seen a lot of dead people, but he had never seen such a charming living person, with angry eyebrows and cloud-like hair on the temples. The fingertips like green onions were pressed against the palm of his hand, writing stroke by stroke slowly and itchingly.

He wanted to hold his hand tightly, but felt it was a pity.

"Liu Ruyi." Shen Qiyuan said angrily.

Ruyi turned back and raised her eyebrows: "Every time you call me that, I feel very scared."

Is there anything in this world that she is afraid of?

Shen Qiyuan sneered: "With the documents here, there is no need for you to sell your colors here."

Ruyi was puzzled: "Sir, do you think I am doing it to facilitate the autopsy?"

Isn't it right? If she gets close to others, no matter what she does, others will-

Touching the serious look in her eyes, he was startled, his eyes changed slightly, and the fingers in his sleeves tightened one by one.

No, she's not doing it for people's convenience.

She just looks at people who are young and comely, and has the same old habit.

Tilting her head and watching the change in his expression, Ruyi suddenly smiled and sighed: "Sir, don't scare me, this is still a child."

Is there any person in this world who is not a child in her eyes?

Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes, feeling that his emotions were wrong and inappropriate, but he couldn't control them.

=== Chapter === 53 Who is not greedy in a relationship?

Seeing that the little guard was about to realize something was wrong, Ruyi smiled and said to him: "Remember your name, don't stop me when you come back next time."

Then he stood up and took Shen Qiyuan away.

The servant looked at her back reluctantly, but he also knew that such a woman was beyond his imagination, so he could only write her name down in the visit book seriously.

The three of them left the mortuary together. Fuman got out of the car halfway and said he wanted to find out the news, so Shen Qiyuan continued walking forward with Ruyi.

Lifting the curtain, Ruyi held up her chin and asked the man on horseback next to her: "Why are you unhappy again?"

He lowered his eyes, pursed his thin lips into a line, and ignored her.

As agreed, he gave the driver some broken silver and said with a smile, "It's time to go back."

The coachman wondered, where could she go in the wilderness without taking a car? As a result, as soon as he took the money, the girl behind him turned over and jumped onto the horse next to her.

The horse was frightened and ran forward quickly. She also leaned back, and her aqua dress was blown by the wind like a blooming peony.

Shen Qiyuan held the reins with one hand and nervously held her waist with the other hand.

She used her strength to turn around and come back, smiling and hugging his waist tightly: "Why are you panicking?"

Yes, what's the point of panic? She can't be killed even if she falls.

Taking back his hand angrily, Shen Qiyuan said coldly: "Get out and walk on your own."

"don't want."

"You won't be tired walking back to town."

"But you will be even more unhappy." She smiled and rested her chin on his shoulder. "When we first met, my lord insisted on taking my horse back to the city and refused to ride with me. Didn't you regret it in the end?"

Shen Qiyuan was furious: "How do you see me regretting it?"

"If you don't regret it, why did you drive the young master away later and insist on letting me ride on your horse?"

"..."

He tightened his hold on the reins.

It turned out that she knew in her heart that she had seen all his cover-ups and twists and turns.

So what did she think?

The single saddle was crowded, and her whole body was pressed against his back. Her warm breath was on his ears, and every word was very clear in the wind: "My lord, with your cultivation, you have experienced all kinds of love affairs. Why?" He always gets into trouble with me."

"Do you know that I like adults best?"

"But I also like it when adults smile. Why don't you smile?"

Ahead was an extremely dense forest. As soon as the horse ran into it, everything around him became dark.

It's probably because darkness can make people feel at ease. Shen Qiyuan was silent for a long time, and then suddenly spoke softly: "If I am more handsome than the other young men you like, I will be more handsome."

Ruyi was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

In the darkness, he murmured while riding his horse: "If I can always treat you well, I will only treat you well."

"If I can help you get revenge, let you get what you want."

"You, can you-"

Can you just like me?

A flock of birds fluttered in fright, horses' hooves stepped out of the forest, and the surroundings suddenly became bright.

Ruyi was disturbed by the movement and couldn't help but raise his sleeves to cover his eyes.

After she got used to it, she put down her cuffs and asked innocently, "What did your Excellency just say?"

His face was extremely pale due to the light. Shen Qiyuan straightened his back and sat in front of her. After a long while, he raised his riding crop again: "It's nothing."

Taking a deep breath, he led her towards the main city.

Ruyi played with a strand of black hair behind his ear, her eyes playful and lazy.

The two of them returned to Huixian Restaurant first. Zhao Yanning raised his head and couldn't help but look back: "Tsk, you two take it out or bring it back. Whose responsibility is it if it is lost?"

Ruyi said funnyly: "You thought Fuman was only three years old?"

"What do you know?" He closed the account book, took an umbrella and walked out, "She is a weak and vulnerable person, and she rarely meets people who are not discerning. It's true that my boss doesn't call me when I go out. I won't open the window for you this time."

Shen Qiyuan: "..."

Ruyi coughed lightly and laughed, watching him go out in a hurry, she couldn't help but ask: "He likes Fuman so much, why doesn't he see any progress between the two of them."

Sitting in the elegant seat with a bonsai partition, Shen Qiyuan said angrily: "You think everyone is you, day and night."

"Hey, I don't like hearing what you say, sir. What does it mean to be frivolous? I just distribute my love equally to all the good-looking young men in the world." She brought the tea into the elegant seat and said angrily.

Shen Qi nodded in agreement, then rolled his eyes.

There are so many good-looking young men in the world, and she is not afraid of dying from exhaustion.

After a pause, he continued to explain: "Fuman and her husband were childhood sweethearts. They have been married for seven years, and they have such a tacit understanding that they can understand each other without speaking. It has been less than two years since her husband died in the hands of thieves. You want her How to be accepting of other people."

Just seven years. Ruyi wrinkled her face: "It's not that long."

"It's not a long time for you, but it's a long time for them, enough to be unforgettable."

"Unforgettable?" Ruyi didn't quite understand.

Yes, how can a passionate monster understand this kind of emotion?

Shen Qiyuan sneered and turned his head to look out the window.

It had been cloudy outside for a while, and sure enough it started to rain at dusk.

Fuman stood under the eaves of a small stall beside Hongqiao, covering his hair with his hands, looking blankly at the people coming and going.

There was a man wearing a green shirt gradually approaching in the rain. The cloud-white boots stepped on the water on the ground, showing some anxiety.

Her eyes gradually focused, and she shouted almost subconsciously: "Xiuhe!"

The oil-paper umbrella was raised, and Zhao Yanning's face was revealed, a little impatient: "How old are you, and you still don't bring an umbrella when you go out?"

His eyebrows were reflected in her pupils, and the light in her eyes slowly dimmed.

Fuman smiled sheepishly, took the umbrella from him, and opened it on his own. Two paper umbrellas walked side by side in the rain, with a distance between them, polite and distant.

—"Unforgettable."

Shen Qiyuan withdrew his gaze and added calmly, "It's just that you are stubborn. Except for the person you identify, everyone is an ordinary person."

Ruyi nodded in understanding: "Oh, that adult seems to be stubborn too."

"I'm not."

Denying it righteously, he got up after drinking tea and wanted to go back home, but saw that it was raining heavily outside.

After thinking for a while, Shen Qiyuan said: "I have a guest room in the shopkeeper's room. If there is any new news, I will know it immediately."

"Easy to say." She twisted her waist and led him to the second floor, jokingly saying, "This room is for adults only."

Separated from her room by a wall, he was open-minded and did not shy away from suspicion.

He rarely resisted in shame.

So when thunder rang late at night, Ruyi didn't touch Fu Man's door, but got into his bed, covered her ears and asked him, "Is this what adults expected?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about." He snorted coldly, closed his arms and hugged her tightly.

=== Chapter === 54 The tough-talking rich man

In the next two days, Ruyi and Fuman went out frequently, and the business of Huixian Restaurant gradually became deserted again.

It's not because there is no helper in the kitchen, but because Zhao Yanning's mood is getting worse and worse, and his words are becoming more and more rude.

"Takeout? Where are the rules? If you don't bring back the food box you take out, it's who's fault." He spoke to the guest in a sinister manner, but his eyes glanced at Fuman who was passing by.

Fuman ignored it and helped Ruyi into the car.

"Lack of meat? Can I put a pig in for you? There's a live pig in the kitchen. I'll get it for you right away." He raised his voice.

Fuman still ignored him, just put the stool in the car and prepared to close the door.

The last moment the car door closed, a hand stretched out to block the edge of the door.

Fuman lowered his eyes and saw Zhao Yanning opening the door leaf and saying irritably: "What's the matter? I can't get it done for so many days. If you can't get it done, call me. What's the point of going out every day?"

Shen Qiyuan stood on one side and calmly explained: "We are going to the mortuary to conduct an autopsy."

"It's just a few of you. I'm not telling you, which one of you has more than ten years of autopsy experience, yet you are so arrogant." He cursed and went to fetch the horse, turned over and got on it, "Let's go and take a look." ."

Ruyi in the car was happy: "Don't you want to touch the body anymore?"

"I don't want to touch the corpse. I just don't want to get in trouble with some involuntary yamen." He glanced sideways at Shen Qiyuan.

Shen Qi turned away and said nothing.

Fuman frowned and looked at him, raising his hand to sign: You don't have to force it.

"It's hard to do anything. I'm happy to do it. It's your mother-in-law's fault. Let's go." He urged the coachman.

Ruyi couldn't help but sigh: "If you can make money by talking hard, Yan Ning will definitely become the second richest man in Lin'an."

Zhao Yanning was puzzled: "Who is number one?"

Ruyi and Fuman looked at each other and pointed to the man on horseback in front of them.

Shen Qiyuan sat on the horse, his back like a tall mountain peak. Realizing that they were chatting, he glanced sideways: "Are you still leaving?"

"Let's go." Ruyi smiled and closed the car door.

After coming here for three consecutive days, they were all familiar with the environment of the mortuary. Even so, Ruyi could not keep up with Zhao Yanning.

This man walked quickly and skillfully. He found the corpse that he had mentioned on the road in a moment. With a flick of his wrist, he took out a cloth bag and unfolded it. There were more than twenty knives arranged in it from thin to wide.

Ruyi was shocked: "When did you bring it?"

Fuman smiled and said: "He, he won't, won't leave these, these things behind."

Zhao Yanning's family has been practicing medicine for generations, but when he came here, he was only interested in dead people. In Daqian, gangsters are usually regarded as unlucky people. In order to join this profession, Zhao Yanning was beaten by his father on New Year's Day. The beating caused a layer of skin on his back to peel off. He still gritted his teeth and shouted: "I You have to speak for the dead!"

Underlying such stubbornness was supreme talent and love. Others couldn't detect the strange corpse, but he could see the clues.

"She was drowned. Although there was river sand in her mouth, it didn't reach her throat at all. It was clear that she sank into the pond after death." Zhao Yanning pressed her hand on the deceased's head a few times, and quickly took out a three-inch long iron rod. Nail, "That's the cause of death."

Shen Qiyuan's pupils narrowed.

Pierce the skull with a red-hot iron nail—if this was the killing method, the pond would not be the first scene.

If she just bumped into a corpse, the cook wouldn't be so scared.

He hurriedly turned around and ordered: "First take people to guard Butcher Liu's house."

The purple-hatted guard responded outside.

Zhao Yanning had already begun to write the prison notes, cursing as he wrote: "I thought it was such a powerful corpse that kept you running back and forth these days, but there is no need for those drunkards from the Criminal Department to take a second look at "The Record of Clearing Wrongs". Go out in the street and get wet."

Fuman was a little embarrassed and quickly gestured: I also found something.

Shen Qiyuan looked at her, and she continued to make gestures: The meat stall was usually run by Butcher Liu. The cook was a soft-tempered woman who took care of her husband and raised children at home. She always ignored the butcher's business. It happened that the butcher was out of town that day. Another customer said in advance that he wanted to buy meat, so the cook had no choice but to help out the stall.

The stall opened at the second hour of Youshi. At the end of Xushi, the cook felt anxious and went to the hut. When she came back, she became uneasy. People at the stall next to her even asked her what was wrong.

The time point was still important. Shen Qiyuan took notes, took several confessions from Fu Man, and nodded slightly.

In this way, the case becomes clear, and all that is needed is to find a little more evidence.

The progress was considered smooth. Ruyi nodded with satisfaction, but when he turned around, he saw Zhou Tingchuan biting his sleeve and looking at everyone with tears in his eyes.

She asked in confusion: "What's wrong, little adult?"

"I thought I would never see this scene again!" Zhou Tingchuan whimpered and squatted next to her, "In the past, solving cases was like this. Yan Ning did an autopsy, and the evidence was collected. The adults collected the evidence to deduce the murderer, and then went back to the mountain to find the murderer. Go and interrogate, and I will finally write up the case file and hand it over to the imperial court."

They have been working together for five years, and they are really like family members. It is really sad that they were suddenly separated.

Seeing him crying aggrievedly but happily, Ruyi patted his shoulder: "The days are still long."

"Uh-huh, thank you girl." He stretched out his hand to pull on her sleeve to wipe away her tears.

Zhao Yanning glanced sideways at Shen Qiyuan next to him, and suddenly said: "Master Tingchuan seems to be very busy recently, and I haven't seen him for some days."

It's okay if I don't say it, but I will think of Zhou Tingchuan as soon as I mention it.

It seemed that every time he was next to Miss Liu, the adults would ask him to go to Yizhuang to move the body the next day, or else he would be on a business trip to other states, and he just came back from outside.

The outstretched hand paused in the air, and then he retracted it wisely. Zhou Tingchuan wiped his face and said seriously to Ruyi: "To thank you for your great kindness, young lady, shall I tell you my birth date?"

What kind of thank you is that?

Fuman was just about to laugh, but saw Lord Shen's expression suddenly softened across from him.

"What's there to say about birthdays?" He said with disdain.

Zhou Tingchuan said quickly: "Other people's birthdays are ordinary, but our Lord's birthday is rare. Your Majesty will open the hunting grounds of Huiming Mountain specifically for you, the day after tomorrow."

Ruyi understood, and joked: "I know, but your lord is very popular among the ladies in the city, and there must be a mountain of people sending him gifts. My restaurant has been losing money recently, your lord will not blackmail me again." A congratulatory gift?"

"Girl, there is no need to send her away. It would be great if she can go hunting in autumn with us adults." Zhou Tingchuan turned to look at Zhao Yanning and Hua Fuman, "Let's go together. We usually all go together, so we treat it as a birthday celebration for you."

Zhao Yanning was noncommittal, but Fuman nodded: "Yes, yes."

His expression was slightly relaxed, but Shen Qiyuan still pursed his lips and said stiffly: "It's the same, but if you are in trouble, there is no need to go."

Ruyi laughed out loud when she heard what he said, stroking her hands and saying, "Yan Ning, look, should you give up your position as the richest man in Lin'an?"

=== Chapter === 55 Inquiry

Others' harsh words can be annoying to some extent, but Shen Qiyuan has a pretty face, dark pupils, and light moles at the corners of his eyes. Everything he says is pleasing to the eye. Ruyi could only tease him a few words, but he couldn't bear to argue too much.

So when he interrupted and said that he was going to retrial Butcher Liu, a group of people followed him laughing and joking.

Butcher Liu looked a little impatient. He was not afraid of the purple hat's scabbard. He just shouted: "I am not guilty to begin with. How can you block people's doors again and again?"

Ruyi smiled as soon as she entered the door: "Your wife has already done it, so why do you still pretend to be innocent?"

This is the most common method of false confession. Butcher Liu didn't raise his head and said disapprovingly: "If she really said that I was guilty, why would you come to me so politely? She would have sent people to arrest me in prison. "

"Arrest you and put you in jail?" Ruyi shook his head, "With Taishi Liu's methods, I'm afraid you will die in there without knowing anything."

At the mention of Taishi Liu, Butcher Liu was startled and finally looked up at her.

It was okay not to look at him, but as soon as he looked at him, his face turned pale and he lowered his head again in a hurry.

Naturally, this change in expression cannot escape Ruyi's eyes.

Know her?

After thinking for a moment, Ruyi looked back at Shen Qiyuan outside the door.

Shen Qiyuan understood and spoke first when he came in: "Your wife has indeed confessed that you killed the nurse in the Liu Mansion. You tied her up with a rope and penetrated her skull with a red-hot iron nail. Throw her body into the pond and pretend to drown."

While he was talking, Fuman and Yanning began to search the room, and soon found some iron nails for piercing pork and straw ropes for tying pigs.

Butcher Liu gritted his teeth and said nothing for a while, but he couldn't help but glance at Ruyi.

Ruyi looked at him with a smile, her eyes playful and clear, as if she wanted to see what lies he could tell.

He was panicking.

The Grand Master carefully arranged for him to leave the Liu Mansion more than ten years ago. Logically speaking, others would not know about his relationship with the Liu Mansion, but this eldest girl... why is the eldest girl with the adults of the Criminal Department?

Could it be that something happened to the Taishi Mansion?

"If you are punished for murder, you will be beheaded in public." Shen Qiyuan said quietly, "But if you are ordered by others, you will only be considered an accessory, and you will still have a life left."

Butcher Liu came to his senses, frowned and said, "Even if I have to be beheaded, I will admit it. No one will instruct me."

"What a man." Shen Qiyuan nodded, "Since you have admitted your guilt, you can follow us to close the case."

"Wait a minute." Butcher Liu still had doubts, "What else did my wife say?"

"She told us to arrest you right away. Don't let you go and harm her family." Zhao Yanning came over with the straw rope and nails and said angrily, "You look like a man, but he will beat you behind closed doors." Wife, you are such a coward."

—This is actually what they guessed. A woman who refuses to confess or go home probably has concerns. According to the information collected by Fu Man, it is almost certain that she is guessing in this direction.

Sure enough, Butcher Liu's expression changed completely, he opened his mouth and cursed: "You little bitch, you are really trying to kill me!"

"What is the deep grudge between you and the deceased that makes you want to use such a vicious method to kill people?" Shen Qiyuan asked.

Butcher Liu snorted and said angrily: "Why else? She owed me money a few years ago and has been delaying paying it back. Seeing that the child at home was sick and needed money, she clearly had it but refused to pay it back. I was furious. If not, kill her."

"Really?" Shen Qiyuan stared at him expressionlessly, with cold eyes, "Then why didn't you take away the hosta she was wearing?"

"It's inevitable to be panicked when you kill people. How can I take care of anything?"

"This is strange. You, a butcher, don't use so many boning knives at hand. Instead, you choose such a meticulous killing method. It stands to reason that you have planned it for a long time. But now you say that you are flustered and can't care about anything else?"

Butcher Liu shook his eyes from side to side and said in a lower voice: "I have a young and old at home. It would be better if we don't hide the murder..."

"Then you have made it clear!" Shen Qiyuan shouted angrily in a deep voice, "Whether the murder was for money or for something else, was it an impulse or a long-planned plan, was it his own idea or was he ordered by others!"

Frightened by him, the butcher collapsed on the ground and mumbled without saying a word for a long time.

Shen Qiyuan waved his hand, and Zi Mao came in from outside the door, tied him up and put him on the cart.

"Are you going back to the Yamen?" Yan Ning handed the evidence to Zhou Tingchuan, "Then Fu Man and I will go back to the restaurant to take care of it first."

Ruyi then said: "You go ahead, I will go back to the Yamen with you."

Fuman was a little confused: "Gu, girl, go to the Yamen and do what?"

"I think I can be a witness." He looked deeply at Butcher Liu and said with a wishful smile, "Isn't that right, Uncle Liu?"

Upon hearing her name, Butcher Liu's heart skipped a beat, and his face suddenly turned pale: "How do I know you..."

"After all, he was Taishi Liu's former confidant. I have seen people who can enter and leave the main courtyard, no matter how young I am." She smiled innocently and cutely.

Shen Qiyuan knew at a glance that she was lying, but she was so confident that even Fuman and Yanning were fooled by her.

Butcher Liu lowered his head and said nothing, as if he was hesitating and struggling with something.

Ruyi Shi Shiran got into the car and walked forward behind Shen Qiyuan's horse.

When he was halfway there, Zhou Tingchuan was a little puzzled: "Sir, is the direction wrong? The Yamen is not here."

Shen Qiyuan didn't answer in the front, but Ruyi half-opened the car window and smiled at him: "You're right, just follow me, little master."

Zhou Tingchuan:?

It stands to reason that he is the one who has been with the adults for many years. How come Miss Liu understands things that he does not understand?

The wind on the road ahead suddenly became colder.

Butcher Liu shuddered, raised his head and saw the Meridian Gate.

There was a crowd of people at the Wumen Gate. On the high beheading platform, three or four people were pressed under the tiger's guillotine. When the beheading officer issued an order, those few people begged loudly: "I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

The executioner raised his knife and lowered it, and the two heads rolled down. The sight of blood splattering made people sick. There was another one who was miserable. When the blade was curled, he cut off only an inch on the back of the neck. His screams resounded throughout the Meridian Gate, and the pain in it made people feel chills in their bones.

Butcher Liu finally trembled.

Everyone can tell lies, but who can help but feel fear when they actually see death approaching?

He was just a house slave, just paid to do things. There was no reason for him to involve himself. Besides, with the eldest girl here, even if he refuses to admit it, it will still involve the Grand Master's Mansion, so why sacrifice his life in vain?

The cart went back and forth three times near the Meridian Gate. When it returned to the Yamen, Butcher Liu's pants were all wet.

=== Chapter === 56 Don't you have any good-looking girls among your gods?

When Shen Qiyuan asked him again, he spoke more fluently: "The servants in the Grand Master's Mansion are both inside and outside. I am the one who signed the death contract from outside. The Grand Master married me and gave me children, and treated me seriously. It's not bad, so I am willing to kill people and cover up corpses for him, and I still have seven or eight lives on my hands."

"This old woman is the wet nurse bought by the previous eldest lady. The grand master said that her hands and feet were unclean, so I killed her to make her look like she was sinking into the pond."

"I did attack the carriage of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, but I didn't succeed. It wasn't my job that time. I just helped to create some chaos and made the carriage unable to move forward. It really doesn't matter to the villain. matter."

Ruyi sighed after hearing this, such a majestic Grand Master Liu had so many dark deeds behind his back.

She looked at Shen Qiyuan teasingly: "Your Excellency, Inspector Zong Zhengsi is really lax."

Shen Qiyuan looked solemn.

This is indeed a dereliction of duty by Zong Zhengsi. If Grand Master Liu is convicted, everyone in Zong Zhengsi, including him, will be guilty.

Ruyi suddenly took out a silver coin, which was heavy and looked like seven or eight taels.

She placed it in front of Butcher Liu and said softly: "If you can explain in detail the seven or eight lives, this ingot of silver will be used to raise your only son."

"Don't mess around!" Shen Qiyuan frowned, "There is no point in using money to examine prisoners, and the confessions obtained in this way are useless."

Ruyi glanced at him: "Who said I was interrogating him? I was just asking. The confession to come will not be presented in court, so please don't be anxious."

Butcher Liu looked at the silver ingot and suddenly sighed: "I know what the eldest lady wants to ask, but even if I say it, the eldest lady will only make her sad."

"It's okay." Ruyi said calmly, "I just like to spend money to buy feeling uncomfortable."

Butcher Liu: "..."

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the Yamen, he lowered his eyes and said quickly: "I didn't kill the eldest lady, and it probably wasn't the master who killed her."

Ruyi raised her eyebrows upon hearing this: "Is it because she can't think of it herself?"

"Who knows, when I went in, the eldest lady's body was already cold, and the master was holding her and crying - that was the first time I saw him cry. I think he loved his wife deeply."

Ruyi found it funny and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Butcher Liu looked at her in surprise, with confusion and dissatisfaction in his eyes. After all, they were his own flesh and blood. How could she laugh after hearing such news?

After Ruyi smiled enough, she said: "I feel that deep love in this world is really worthless. If you don't treat me kindly while alive, I won't treat you kindly even after death. A grown man only needs to shed two tears when his wife dies to be worthy of being respected." Love is holy."

How ridiculous.

Butcher Liu looked at her incomprehensively, maybe thinking she was crazy. In Daqian, children who are unfilial will be punished.

Master Zongzheng next to him didn't seem to hear their conversation. He rode his horse and walked quickly for two steps and got off at the Yamen gate first.

Ruyi wiped the tears from her eyes and said to Butcher Liu: "Whatever you say when you go in, I will take care of your worries."

Butcher Liu looked at her in surprise, and before he could say anything more, he was escorted into the Yamen by the purple hat.

Ruyi obediently waited for the summons at the door. As long as Butcher Liu was willing to talk about the Taishi Mansion, Shen Qiyuan would definitely summon her for questioning.

However, two hours later, Shen Qiyuan came out, and she had not yet received the summons.

Ruyi frowned: "He didn't do anything?"

"They're all involved. There are a lot of cases involved, and all of them are related to the Grand Master's Mansion."

"Then why didn't you call me in?" Ruyi puffed up her cheeks, "Who else can prove that he is from the Taishi Mansion except me?"

Shen Qiyuan glanced at her and got into the carriage through the back door.

Ruyi followed and stepped forward, sitting opposite him angrily: "Are you unable to help yourself and don't plan to check anymore?"

"No." He waved his hand, "Don't make trouble."

"What's the fuss? It's related to the original owner's wish." Ruyi looked at him pitifully, "You don't know, right? The owner of my body used a formation to sacrifice and invited me to come. I have a request. If I can't do it, I'm afraid I won't live for a few years."

How could he not know.

Shen Qi stopped talking: "Do you know what her wish is?"

"Of course she wants revenge, to avenge her mother." She hooked his finger and shook it softly, "Master Shen, Shen Zongzheng, let's go back to the court to summon him?"

Being pestered by her helplessly, he finally got angry: "You think it's so easy for you to want revenge? What is your identity in court? Grand Master Liu has already discarded your name plate, and you can't prove that you are his daughter."

"Even if you can prove it, if you sue your father as a son, you will be slapped with fifty bullets, but he may not be convicted."

"You have lived for thousands of years, why are you so naive?"

After saying a lot of things angrily, Shen Qiyuan looked up and found that Ruyi was looking at him, not annoyed or angry, but rather smiling.

"What are you doing? You can't hear me?" he asked angrily.

"I heard you." Ruyi came closer to him, lowered her eyes to look at his lips, seductively and teasingly: "My lord, you feel sorry for me and are afraid that I will get slapped."

"...I didn't say that."

"That's what it sounds like." She stretched out her hand and gently rubbed his lips with her fingertips, "Do you think that fifty big boards can kill me?"

If she can't be beaten to death, so what? Doesn't she feel pain? Doesn't she feel uncomfortable? She has to pretend not to care at all to show her ability as a big monster?

Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips: "No one is born in a mortal body, so don't always try to show off."

"What can I do if I don't succeed?" She pecked him on the lips, "Can you still avenge me?"

The man in front of him didn't say anything, he just pressed the back of her head, pulled her in and kissed her tightly.

Ruyi blinked innocently.

This person was full of anger and entanglement, as if he was extremely reluctant, but still chose to get close to her.

why.

After getting a chance to breathe, she couldn't help but ask: "Aren't there any good-looking girls among you gods?"

Shen Qiyuan's calm expression just turned gloomy in an instant.

…

Zhou Tingchuan was driving with his ears plugged when he suddenly felt the curtain behind him move.

He turned around and saw Miss Liu sitting next to him with a stern look on her face.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Tingchuan was puzzled, "The girl doesn't like to sit inside?"

Touching the tip of her nose, Ruyi smiled and said, "Yes, the wind is cooler outside."

"Oh." Zhou Tingchuan really believed it and thoughtfully let her sit on the vent.

So when she returned to Huixian Restaurant, Ruyi sneezed.

"Are you cold?" Shen Qiyuan raised the car curtain and asked her condescendingly.

After sniffing, Ruyi turned around and said with a smile: "How could it be possible? It's probably that young man from someone's family who misses me so much, ah, ah sneeze—"

"I'm overthinking it." He said coldly, and then let go of the car curtain with his fingers.

The carriage drove away without mercy.

=== Chapter === 57 The popular Mr. Shen

Ruyi blew her nose while deeply reflecting on herself. A young man like Shen Qiyuan is small-minded. What to do to provoke him? It is better to say soft words and have a warm embrace to treat him.

It was good now, she was sitting alone upstairs sneezing all over the place.

"Is this, for me, mine?" Fuman took out the fine leather girdle from the box, his eyes brightened.

Ruyi nodded, with a heavy nasal voice: "Always wear something lighter when going to the hunting ground. Although you won't be in the same place as those dignitaries, we don't want to lose the face of our Huixian Restaurant - the one next to her belongs to Yan Ning, please wait. I'll bring it to him later."

Fuman nodded happily, took the things and went out.

Seeing that it was still early and Shen Qiyuan's carriage hadn't arrived yet, Ruyi slowly took a hot bath, changed into a red gathered pleated skirt, and brought the things needed for hunting before Shi Shiran went downstairs. .

There were no decorations on her bun today, except for two drops of red agate between her ears. Matching with the red dress, she looked very bright and pretty.

Fuman looked at her with bright eyes: "No one can compare to those ladies in the past, and they can be prettier than you."

Ruyi raised her eyebrows: "Shouldn't there be more young men on the hunting ground?"

"That's someone else's hunting ground. Our Lord Shen's hunting ground. My boss can see all the flowers blooming." Zhao Yanning passed by them, took the bow and arrow in Fu Man's hand, put them on the carriage sent by Shen Qiyuan, and turned around. He turned around and smiled, "I'll learn a lot later."

Ruyi listened with interest.

Although a young man is delicious, wouldn't a good-looking young lady be more pleasing to the eye?

Zhou Tingchuan also dressed up today and smiled when he saw them: "The Shen Mansion only sent out one carriage today, and many people are watching. Come up quickly, or you will be surrounded if it is too late."

Surround? It's too exaggerated. Who can stop a car in broad daylight?

Ruyi was about to laugh, but the carriage was stopped before he could take a few steps.

She opened the car window curiously and saw a canopy car coming across from the opposite side. The little girl inside also opened the car window and gave her a cold look.

The carriage continued to move forward, and Ruyi said in hindsight: "You, Mr. Shen, are quite popular."

Zhou Tingchuan became excited when he mentioned this. He patted his thigh and said, "Girl, you don't know. In order to see us adults, those ladies usually resorted to any means. Some met by chance on the palace road, and some went to Zongzheng Mansion to complain. , What's more, he even sent a post to Shen's house."

Ruyi twitched the corner of her mouth: "I also handed over the post."

For a moment, Zhao Yanning and Zhou Tingchuan both looked over and asked in unison: "Have you gone in?"

"It's in."

Also had a good meal.

Looking at each other meaningfully, Zhou Tingchuan suddenly sighed: "I finally know that all the hard work in this world is not for nothing. If I had known that you had this intention, how could I dare to make a mistake."

Zhao Yanning patted his shoulder sympathetically: "You are so stupid, you deserve all those punishments."

"Brother Zhao, is this comfort?"

"No, it's a run."

"..."

They were talking lively, but Fuman looked at Ruyi with some worry.

"What's wrong?" Ruyi hugged her over and patted her back.

Fuman hesitated and said: "Qi, Qi Da Fei Ou."

Shen Qiyuan came from a distinguished family and had great divine grace. Needless to say, he had good looks and first-class abilities. How could such a man marry a shopkeeper as his official wife?

Ruyi laughed after hearing this, and pinched her chin affectionately: "There's no need to think so much."

It's just for fun, no matter what, it has to be a couple.

Zhao Yanning listened and couldn't help but be curious: "What kind of man does my boss think is worth thinking about?"

"No man is worth it." Ruyi smiled evilly.

Zhao Yanning nodded in understanding.

In this way, Master Shen only lost to her, not to anyone else, so it's better to accept it.

But it's also quite tragic, why did he fall in love with such a master?

In order to celebrate Shen Qiyuan's birthday, colorful flags and flower banners were erected at the foot of Huiming Mountain, stretching all the way to the hunting ground halfway up the mountain. From a distance, it looked majestic and joyful. Luxurious carriages of various styles come one after another on the smooth road, and the wind blows with a burst of rouge fragrance.

Ruyi was speechless: "Scenes like this happen every year, and the adults in your family haven't gotten married yet?"

Zhou Tingchuan was also puzzled: "Yes, the Queen Mother and the Central Palace often play matchmaker, but no one likes you. We all made a bet in private to bet on whether you have some obstacles in your heart that you can't get over, or -"

He didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence, but Ruyi understood it.

That man was clearly in good physical and mental condition, perhaps because he was not in a good position to get married to a mortal. Thinking about it this way, she happened to be his best candidate.

She smiled, her eyebrows softened.

The car had just taken two steps up the mountain when someone stopped it again.

Ruyi poked his head out and saw a little girl wearing a blue sleeved dress getting out of the car, holding her bow and asking openly, "Why is there a woman in Brother Qiyuan's car?"

As soon as she opened her mouth, four or five cars around her stopped and looked around.

Zhou Tingchuan quickly got out of the car and bowed his hands in salute: "There are all friends of your Excellency in the car. Please give me Princess Jinghong for your convenience."

"Little Master Tingchuan is here too?" Li Zhaoying put the bow on his shoulder and smiled, "Brother Qiyuan and I grew up together. How could I not know that he has any daughter's family as a friend? He also invited a hunting ground, You don't even know how to hold a bow and arrow."

The words were spoken to Zhou Tingchuan, but his eyes were only fixed on Ruyi.

Ruyi held up her hands and looked outside with a smile on her lips, without dodge at all: "I really don't know how to hold a bow and arrow."

She said it so confidently, which made Li Zhaoying stunned. After a while, he said angrily: "If you don't know how to hold a bow and arrow, why do you come to the hunting ground?"

"Of course it's Master Shen." Ruyi curled her lips, "With him here, who can concentrate on hunting? Isn't he more interesting than the tigers and leopards in the forest?"

This was the truth, but it made the girls around him feel guilty.

Li Zhaoying laughed angrily at her: "How could there be such a shameless woman like you?"

"There's nothing shameful about revealing your true feelings. It's better than hiding your feelings in your heart and not daring to get close to someone you like."

"Who are you talking about!" Li Zhaoying became anxious, drew his bow and pointed an arrow at her, "I am the noble princess, how dare you offend me!"

Fuman squeezed her hand nervously, but Ruyi didn't react at all. He only asked in confusion: "Did I tell her? Why is she anxious?"

Zhao Yanning gloated: "If you throw stones at people, how can you not scream? Miss Liu, take care, this is the celebrity in front of the Queen Mother, even if I shoot you now, she will not be punished, at most Just being taught a lesson."

I'm so envious. Unlike her, even if she kills someone, she will be punished by thunder.

Ruyi looked back at Li Zhaoying's face with stars in her eyes. Before she could say anything, a figure suddenly rolled up from behind and took away her bow and arrow with a twist of her wrist.

=== Chapter === 58 Such a cute little girl is not worthy of his liking!

Li Zhaoying didn't even react, her hands were empty.

She raised her eyebrows and was about to scold someone for being offensive, but she was met with Shen Qiyuan's inhumane face.

"Princess," he said distantly, "This is a traffic fortress, so it is not appropriate to park."

Li Zhaoying's anger suddenly turned into grievance: "You protect her? You and I have been friends for so many years, and you protect him?"

"Since Shen invited them to be guests, he should send them to the mountain."

"Is it them or her?" Li Zhaoying put her hands on her hips unconvinced, "You should make it clear."

His chin tightened slightly, and Shen Qiyuan put one hand behind his back, obviously losing his patience.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, Zhou Tingchuan stepped forward to smooth things over: "Princess, with so many people watching, you will inevitably be reprimanded if the situation gets too big. My lord is doing this for your own good."

Li Zhaoying's expression softened somewhat after hearing this, but he still asked Shen Qiyuan aggrievedly: "Really?"

"No." Shen Qiyuan raised his eyes to look at her, his eyes filled with indifference, "The princess made trouble unreasonably, so she deserves to be reprimanded."

"You!" She raised her thin eyebrows and jumped to her feet instantly, "Shen Qiyuan, don't you have any good words to say? You have to make me angry to death for you to enjoy it!"

Everyone envied her and this man as their childhood sweethearts, but only Li Zhaoying knew what it meant to become more and more desperate the more familiar she became. After so many years, this man had never given her the slightest bit of hope, and was even more indifferent to her than to other girls from aristocratic families. Now in front of so many people, he didn't even give her any face.

She burst into tears and strode towards the carriage.

"Princess." Shen Qiyuan raised her hand to stop her. Unexpectedly, she closed her eyes and bumped into him, forcing him to get out of the way.

Ruyi was still leaning against the window, seeing the little girl approaching him aggressively, and the smile in her eyes became even brighter: "Master Shen is angry with you. Why did you come to me again if you didn't point your bow and arrow at him?"

"If it weren't for you, how could Brother Qiyuan do this to me!" Li Zhaoying gritted his teeth and glared at her, "I want to have a fair competition with you. We go hunting in the mountains. If one party catches three spotted deer first, the other party will not be allowed to pester Qi again. Brother Yuan."

After hearing this, she lay lazily on the window edge and stared down at her: "It's so cute."

Li Zhaoying: "..."

I don't know why, although it is a complimentary word, it makes people angry when it sounds inexplicable.

"Don't you dare?" Li Zhaoying raised his chin.

"Hmm." Ruyi turned to look at Shen Qiyuan and looked around, as if thinking about whether he was worth it.

Opposite Shen Qiyuan was not yet irritated by her look, but the little girl in front of him was so angry that she stamped her feet: "What do you mean, my brother Qiyuan is not worthy of your desperate struggle!"

Ruyi was puzzled: "Little princess, he doesn't appreciate your kindness so much, and you still protect him?"

"What do you know?" Li Zhaoying said bitterly with red eyes, "I don't need his gratitude. It's my own business to protect him."

He has a cheerful temperament.

After looking at her with interest for a while, Ruyi finally nodded: "Okay."

"That's it, I'll wait for you on the mountain." Li Zhaoying wiped away her tears with confidence and strode back to her car. The horse neighed and moved forward quickly.

Fuman was very anxious: "Let's leave quickly."

Shen Qiyuan flew on his horse and opened the way for them in front of the car. Zhou Tingchuan returned to the car and sighed repeatedly: "Miss Liu said she doesn't know how to bow and arrow, how can this be considered a fair competition?"

"You don't have to use a bow and arrow to catch spotted deer. You can use other methods." Zhao Yanning said, "But there are very few spotted deer in the autumn hunting ground. Last year, so many people hunted for three days, and only five were hunted in total."

"Then what should they do if neither of them catches three heads?" Zhou Tingchuan frowned.

Zhao Yanning smiled: "Who knows, it depends on Princess Jinghong's thoughts."

Sometimes family status is like a mountain that weighs on people's heads. Even if Miss Liu is more popular with the adults, she can only resign herself to fate if she and the superior princess fall in love with the same person.

He looked to the side with some sympathy, only to see Ruyi wiping the sweat from Fuman's hands. Not to mention sad, there was not even a trace of concern on her face, as if she was not the one who had just been issued a challenge.

Zhao Yanning was curious: "My boss is so confident that he can win? Princess Jinghong has been practicing martial arts since she was a child. She has always been a good player on the autumn hunting ground. She even won the green tassel of red jade on the Tongtian Pillar."

Only one person can win the green tassel and red jade every year. Li Zhaoying is the only daughter among the winners in so many years. Even the emperor praised her for being a woman and not outdone by men. She really has some real abilities.

Ruyi pinched the handkerchief, wiped away the sweat that covered the lines on her hands, and asked casually: "Are you so confident that I want to win?"

Zhao Yanning and Zhou Tingchuan were both stunned.

Yes, why did they forget that the person in the car was a heartless person. She agreed to the competition, but she didn't say that she would really fight for it.

Shen Qiyuan is very important to Li Zhaoying, but to her... it doesn't seem possible.

Zhou Tingchuan had a complicated look on his face, glanced at the horse running ahead, and lowered his voice and said to Ruyi: "After all, it's the adult's birthday. It's hard for a girl to lose to the princess."

The adult didn't stop her just now, obviously he just wanted to see her fight for him. If he loses, he will probably let Miss Liu step down, but she can't be completely indifferent.

"Let's talk about it later." She waved her hand.

Others can be spoiled, but she doesn't like his way of treating herself as a lucky draw. In her opinion, any man who needs to be fought for is not hers, and there is no point in grabbing him.

She likes those who are nice and soft, who will run towards her without hesitation with just a slight hook.

Anything else is too much trouble.

Yawning, Ruyi rested her legs on the pillow and said, "Wake me up when you get there."

Fuman nodded and obediently protected her shoulders to prevent her from slipping.

The mountain roads to the hunting ground had been specially built, and the carriage moved very smoothly, so that by the time they arrived, Ruyi had already had a good sleep.

She opened the car door, and the autumn sun shone in from outside, filling her arms with golden light.

Li Zhaoying was already waiting for her at the front. As soon as she landed, someone handed her a bow and arrow: "This is the one I usually use. It's for you to use. If I use the spare bow and arrow, I won't be bullying you."

Ruyi took it and said "ouch", rubbing her shoulders angrily: "It's so heavy."

Li Zhaoying was so angry that he glared at Shen Qiyuan from a distance.

Such a cute little girl is not worthy of his liking!

Shen Qiyuan sat in the main pavilion of Shilifeng Pavilion, listening intently to Zhonggong's words, and seemed not to pay attention here.

Li Zhaoying snorted coldly, turned over and got on the red-maned horse gracefully. Looking behind him, Ruyi pedaled slowly, took the reins handed over by Zhou Tingchuan with her delicate hands, and smiled at him.

Gritting her teeth, she held her breath and concentrated. When the Holy Master shot an arrow, she immediately slapped her horse and rushed towards the place where the spotted deer often hang out.

=== Chapter === 59 The monster relents

I hate this kind of boneless woman the most. I don't know what brother Qiyuan sees in her. She is pretentious and charming.

The more Li Zhaoying thought about it, the angrier she became. She felt that her anger at brother Qiyuan's poor eyesight was even greater than her anger at having brother Qiyuan taken away.

She flicked the riding crop hard, and the surrounding trees quickly retreated, and soon they reached the deepest part of the forest.

The surroundings fell silent, and she held her breath and concentrated, nocking an arrow and drawing her bow.

There was movement in the bushes ahead.

Li Zhaoying shot very quickly. Even though it was a bow and arrow that was not commonly used, the accuracy and strength were not bad at all. With a whoosh, something fell to the ground and struggled wildly.

She took the reins over and found to her regret that it was a hare.

She breathed a sigh of relief and was about to continue searching when she heard someone behind her exclaim: "What a neat figure."

Turning around in shock, Li Zhaoying's eyes nearly popped out: "Why are you here?"

Ruyi lazily hugged the horse's neck, curled his lips and smiled with her: "It's my first time here. I don't know where the deer is going, so naturally I will follow you."

No, she just rode over and ran faster than some of the men next to her. She was still panting. This man followed her quietly, looking like he was strolling around at ease?

"You know how to ride a horse?" She couldn't believe it.

This doesn't even mean he knows how to ride a horse, he should be very good at riding.

Ruyi didn't answer, he just looked at her with misty eyes: "Where should we go next?"

Li Zhaoying was so angry that his cheeks bulged: "Don't follow me! You can find it yourself, it's nearby."

"It's so boring to hunt alone." She reluctantly flattened her lips, coquettishly and angrily.

To be fair, this person was beautiful and charming, and her long eyes were full of aura. Her laughter and curses were not annoying. Even she was dazzled by this beautiful skin.

Li Zhaoying quickly withdrew his gaze.

In the face of a formidable enemy, how can she gain other people's ambition and destroy her own prestige? What's the point of looking good? She can't even draw her bow.

With a slight snort, Li Zhaoying rode his horse and continued forward, turning quickly all the way to get rid of her.

However, this man's voice kept ringing not far behind: "What kind of deer can there be in this place?"

"Well, why did a bug bite me?"

"Hey, little princess, there is someone in front."

Li Zhaoying reined in his horse and looked around, and said angrily: "We are already the fastest and they haven't come here yet. Where are they from?"

Ruyi stopped smiling, narrowed her long eyes slightly, and looked between the dense branches and leaves.

A cool breeze felt on the back of his neck for no reason, and Li Zhaoying finally realized that something was wrong, and secretly said something bad.

She usually follows His Majesty when hunting, and even if she goes alone, she will bring enough guards with her. Today, in a moment of excitement, she actually forgot that there are still people who are always worried about her life.

How could these people prepare an ambush so early? This is a royal hunting ground.

"Let's go." Turning the horse's head, Li Zhaoying tugged on Ruyi's reins in a panic.

Ruyi said: "It's too late."

As if in response to her words, more than a dozen arrows without feathers and tails were shot at the two people from all directions. The angle of each arrow was precisely calculated, completely blocking their way out.

Even if Li Zhaoying knew some fists and kicks, he would still be dumbfounded.

She is only fifteen years old, and she is not a fairy. How can she escape from this dragnet? She has also dreamed of the scenes where one versus a hundred were written in the storybook, but when they actually meet, the most direct reaction of ordinary people is just to stare blankly. Waiting for death to come.

At that moment she even saw the gate on Huangquan Road.

Soon after, Ruyi put his arm around her waist and brought her to him in an instant. Then he stretched out his hand and grabbed a high-flying arrow out of thin air. He threw it with his backhand and with great force, he threw the arrow next to him. The arrow fell accurately.

The gap was only two feet long, and the chance to breathe was only a blink of an eye, but she led the people through the gap.

Li Zhaoying looked at her in shock.

This person was completely different from the soft appearance just now. He had a handsome and neat posture, and his eyes were like an eagle catching rabbits. Although the arm holding her was slender, it was as hard and powerful as iron. He rode the horse with one hand, and his lower body was almost stable. Not bumpy.

The people who came were all dead warriors, so naturally they would not give up. Murderous intentions followed, but she still lowered her head and asked jokingly: "Are you afraid?"

Her eyebrows are elegant, confident and flamboyant, as if as long as she is here, the sky will not fall down on the person in her arms.

Li Zhaoying subconsciously grasped the leather bundle around her waist: "Be careful behind you!"

The long sword came across the sky. Ruyi turned his head and barely missed the blade. His eyes reflected on the shiny sword, with a hint of mockery: "All cats and dogs come out to be killers."

She stretched out her hand to grab the blade, her movement was so fast that no one could see clearly, only to see a flash of cold light, and the long sword was pointed at the person's throat.

Li Zhaoying watched and felt that Ruyi could easily kill this man. But for some reason, at the moment when the sword blade was about to pierce the person's throat, a trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes.

At this slight hesitation, the opponent immediately counterattacked, pulled out the Emei thorn and stabbed it hard.

Ruyi picked her up, turned her over and landed on the ground next to her, clicking her tongue in annoyance.

The man was fine, but the horse was stabbed and ran away neighing like crazy. The two of them fell into place, which was like falling into a snake's nest.

The sound of footsteps came towards them. Li Zhaoying pulled out the dagger he carried with him, wiped his face, stood up and said to Ruyi: "They are coming for me, you can still leave."

Ruyi raised her eyebrows: "Huh?"

"Keep going east, there is still a way to survive." She said without looking back, "You are innocent, there is no reason to die with me."

"Even if you win today's competition, you'll have to deal with Brother Qiyuan well in the future."

"Go quickly."

Ruyi looked at the back of her young head. Although she thought it was cute, she couldn't help but slap it on her head: "Who told you we would die? How old are we? We love to be heroes."

Li Zhaoying staggered when she pushed her down, and turned around angrily: "You don't know what's good and what's wrong?"

"I don't know whether to live or die yet." Ruyi stood up and brushed the dead leaves on her skirt, "Come on, close your eyes and count to twenty. If you hurt a hair after counting, I will personally carry Shen Qiyuan away. In your house."

"..."

How should I put it? This proposal is absurd, but it is also inexplicably attractive.

Li Zhaoying stretched out his hand in disbelief and covered his eyes.

The sound of breaking through the air penetrated the entire forest like a whistle. Feeling the sound of wind in her ears, she gritted her teeth and counted: "One, two, three..."

Someone seemed to groan in front.

The tip of his heart trembled, and Li Zhaoying's throat tightened: "Nine, ten, eleven..."

Something fell to the ground with a muffled sound, and a sharp weapon flew over her head. She squatted down nervously.

"Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen..."

There was a blade that penetrated into the human body, making a tooth-piercing sound.

When the count was less than twenty, Li Zhaoying opened his eyes in panic.

=== Chapter === 60 Am I not worth your efforts?

The bright red color spread out in the mottled light and shadow, the man's hair was raised, and his brows and eyes were full of bloodthirsty joy. Dead leaves were flying around her, and no one was still standing where her blade pointed.

The assassin looked at her in astonishment, as if looking at a monster.

Sensing the gaze from the side, the red color in Ruyi's eyes faded instantly.

She pulled out the half of the blade, tied the man next to him with tree vines, and said angrily: "I told you to count to twenty, why didn't the little princess keep her word?"

Li Zhaoying looked at the assassin and took a breath.

Seven or eight dead soldiers, all seriously injured in just a moment, were tied to the tree trunk next to her like sheep.

She even dared to turn her back to them, and Shi Shiran smiled at her: "They are all little minions, not as scary as you think."

A few of the dead soldiers could still move their hands, but they didn't dare to stab Ruyi in the back at a very close distance, or even raise their heads to look at her.

Li Zhaoying was a little confused, and the buzzing sound of the aftermath of the disaster made her sit down on her knees in a daze.

"Princess!" Zhou Tingchuan shouted anxiously.

She turned around blankly and saw Shen Qiyuan coming with a team of guards. He looked here solemnly, dismounted and asked someone to arrest the assassins first, and then strode towards Liu Ruyi.

At this moment, Li Zhaoying was not angry that he ignored her, and even felt that she had misunderstood him. Brother Qiyuan really had a good eye, and the girl he fell in love with was by no means an ordinary person.

She looked at Ruyi in shock again—

"Hey, so scary. Fortunately, the princess is very skilled, otherwise I would have been here today." She wiped away tears while trembling.

Li Zhaoying:?

Li Zhaoying:? ? ?

No, this was not the scene just now?

Shen Qiyuan glanced at the assassin who was still alive, and the expression in his eyes softened.

Didn't you say it would happen again next time?

Monsters who do many evil things can actually be soft-hearted.

His fingers moved, and he wanted to touch the top of her hair, but due to the presence of others, he did not raise his hand after all.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Qiyuan looked at Li Zhaoying: "Thank you very much, Princess. Shen will report it to the Emperor later to commend the Princess for her courage."

"No, this is not me." Li Zhaoying stood up. She is not someone who takes credit for other people's achievements!

Ruyi twisted her waist weakly and saluted her with a wink: "Thank you, Princess."

"It was clear just now that it was you." She said anxiously, "It was you who protected me."

"The princess remembered it wrong." Shen Qiyuan said seriously, "Miss Liu doesn't know martial arts."

"Yes." Zhou Tingchuan also said without conscience, "Our Miss Liu is weak and sick, and is afraid of killing chickens. How could we injure so many assassins?"

The three people said in unison, all looking at her innocently and innocently, which made Li Zhaoying couldn't help but doubt her own mind.

Did she really remember it wrong? Could it be that she showed off her magical powers just now and injured so many assassins?

Hahaha, she has perfected her immeasurable magical skills.

—Can't laugh.

Li Zhaoying took Ruyi's arm with a downcast face and said dullly: "If you don't want to stand out, I will take the credit for you, but if there are any rewards, I will give them to you."

Ruyi waved her hand humbly: "I'm sorry about that - I live in Huixian Restaurant, the one on Jiongshen Street. Don't go to the wrong place when the princess sends it."

Li Zhaoying finally burst into laughter.

She held her closer and said as they walked: "I'm keeping my sister's secret. Can my sister teach me two tricks?"

"It's easy to say, but I am a commoner and you are the princess. You can't show your face on weekdays."

"Hey, the princess like me is just a freeloader. No one cares where I go. Sister, don't worry, I will find you when I return to the city."

The one who was shouting to kill just now is getting better in the blink of an eye?

Zhou Tingchuan found it funny and leaned next to Shen Qiyuan and said, "Sir, our Miss Liu seems to be particularly good at pleasing people."

"Huh?" Shen Qiyuan turned his head and looked at him kindly.

Zhou Tingchuan wiped his face and immediately changed his words: "I mean, this Miss Liu you invited."

"It is common sense that everything should face the sun." He nodded and looked at the back of Ruyi in front of him, "not to mention the grace of saving a life."

Li Zhaoying admires those with strong martial arts, so Ruyi will naturally be attracted to her.

However, as soon as the two of them got back on the horse, Li Zhaoying spoke again: "Sisters are sisters, so the agreed competition should be completed."

Ruyi said "Ouch" again, leaning on the horse's neck and grunting: "The bow is too heavy, I can't lift it."

Shen Qiyuan's face turned cold upon hearing this.

He glanced at her and asked calmly: "If the lottery number is changed to Tsing Yi, or Zhou Tingchuan, can you handle it?"

When Zhou Tingchuan heard this, his back felt hairy, and he immediately shouted to the guards: "Go ahead, go ahead, wait before you go. The princess also takes two steps forward. I have something to say to the princess."

Running very fast in the blink of an eye.

Li Zhaoying turned back in confusion, wanting to hear what they had to say, but the reins were held by Zhou Tingchuan, and he was dragged forward far away.

"Young master, you have gained a lot of strength." She said angrily.

Zhou Tingchuan lamented: "Two hundred corpses, whoever moves them will not grow up - don't look back, this is the advice of a young man who has to pay for his life."

…

After everyone had gone away, Ruyi turned her face towards him and said lazily, "No one else can take it."

Shen Qiyuan's face looked better, but not completely.

He lowered his eyes and asked: "As the princess said, am I not worthy of your desperate efforts?"

Looking at him with a faint smile, Ruyi just rubbed her waist and complained: "I'm very tired, I can't ride the horse anymore."

"Answer me." He tensed his chin, and his mole trembled slightly.

"It's going to fall." She sighed.

Just such a person, such a heartless and unrighteous person, so what if he falls to his death!

His hands were shaking with anger: "If I care about you, I will -"

Before he finished speaking, the man in front of him actually fell off his horse.

The soil below was thin and the edges and stones were abrupt. His pupils shrank, and his body reacted even faster than his brain. He took two steps forward and held her firmly in his arms.

Ruyi raised his head, there was no look of fear on his face at all, instead he looked cunning and successful. He hooked his neck with his hands and said with a long eye and a smile, "What is it?"

He closed his eyes in annoyance.

Why can't I say something? She can't fall to death anyway, so if I feel sorry for her, I'll just get pinched by her in turn.

You see, in such a situation, she spoke very confidently: "Since you have me in your heart, why do you care about what I think? The little princess understands that liking someone is her own business and has nothing to do with others. As long as you can convince yourself."

He put her down and said coldly: "If I still care about you if you behave like this, I would be shameless."

Ruyi raised his eyebrows, mounted the horse again, and pulled the reins like a normal person: "How can it be shameless to like someone? It just depends on whether the other person will accept it - Sir, if you want me to fight hard, you must give me a reason worth fighting for." ."

=== Chapter === 61 Oh, someone died again

A proud man like Shen Qiyuan has long been accustomed to being admired and placed at the forefront of people's hearts. When he was suddenly asked for a "reason worth fighting for", he was stunned for a long time and could not answer.

What can you do to make a girl like Liu Ruyi work hard?

Gold and silver jewelry? She just likes it, not really lacking it.

Pretty? It might impress her, but to her, good-looking men are just playthings, no different from vases.

Facing her bright and playful long eyes, Shen Qiyuan suddenly felt a little powerless.

Even though the two of them were intimate in private, he still had no weight in her heart.

Seeing the expression of the man in front of him dimming little by little, Ruyi curled her lips slightly, finally softened her body, and stretched out her hand to straighten the hosta on his bun.

"You are such a stupid person." She said with a soft light at the end of her eyes, "You wouldn't say, 'No one in the world will be so happy with you except me'?"

Sincerity is also a rare thing. If he holds it in both hands and offers it to her, she will naturally accept it with a smile.

He looked at her confusedly, like a little lamb wandering on the edge of a trap.

Ruyi bared his wolf fangs viciously: "If this is the case, I am really willing to fight for you."

The little lamb moved and trembled, as if he knew what his fate would be, but he still couldn't help but move forward.

If you give her your sincerity, will she never look back?

Before he could figure out the answer, the man sighed: "That's all, I can't force it."

The horse's hooves moved forward, her back was indifferent and distant: "It's time to go, Master Shen."

"You..." He stepped up to follow, slightly annoyed, "I haven't answered you yet."

"I don't want to hear it anymore. Please answer faster next time." She looked forward lazily, not even sharing the corner of her eyes with him. She looked over from the side, as cold as a mountain stone and frost at night.

For a moment, Shen Qiyuan seriously reflected on whether he was too hesitant.

But when the wind blew in the forest, he quickly calmed down.

She was almost fooled. It was her choice whether to fight or not. Why did she lure him in with just a few words? She was so eloquent and cunning.

As if she heard his thoughts, Ruyi turned back on horseback, raised the corners of her lips, and smiled arrogantly and brightly.

Shen Qiyuan glared at her fiercely.

She didn't care at all. She caught up with Li Zhaoying and Zhou Tingchuan in front of them as soon as she pinched the horse's belly, her skirt flying like a blooming flame flower.

"Tingchuan, have Fuman and Yanning ended?" she asked.

Zhou Tingchuan looked in the direction of Shilifeng Pavilion and muttered: "They seem to have come down, but I was busy coming here with the adults just now, so I didn't pay attention to where they went."

"I will accompany my sister to find them." Li Zhaoying quickly raised her hand, "I am most familiar with this place."

"No need." Ruyi glanced at the assassins who were tied up next to him, "The little princess should go back to the Holy Emperor with Lord Shen first, I can go by myself."

Zhou Tingchuan nodded and pointed her in the direction: "It should be in that forest."

If you like it, ride your horse over.

This hunting ground is divided into two parts: east and west. The east part is led by the Holy Lord, mostly relatives of the emperor, and the west part is mostly low-ranking ministers and relatives. Fuman Yanning was supposed to only be active in the west, but after searching around, he could see the fence between the east and west, and Ruyi hadn't found them yet.

There was a sudden commotion in an unknown direction, and someone could faintly hear someone shouting about an assassin.

Ruyi thought she was talking about the person who had just assassinated Li Zhaoying, so she didn't pay much attention and just walked along the fence for a while into the forest.

The wind blew a bit of fishy smell through my nose.

She reined in suddenly.

There is a red maple tree in front, and the bright and dazzling colors flow from the branches to the surroundings. Someone is leaning under the tree, his yellow clothes buried among the fallen leaves, as peaceful as if he is asleep.

But he wasn't breathing, and his chest was as calm as a stone.

She turned the horse's head calmly, wishing to leave this place of right and wrong. However, when she turned around, those who had just spoken all rushed towards her. The first few held something in their hands, and their expressions darkened as they looked at her: "Whose daughter are you from? You look so angry."

Sighing secretly that she was unlucky, Ruyi handed her over honestly: "My daughter is invited by Master Shen and is not a member of the official family."

"Master Shen's friend." The young man's face softened a little, but he still asked, "Why are you here?"

After taking a look at the thing in his hand, Ruyi's eyes flashed and he changed his words: "I found the flower deer all the way here."

"There was a life here. Since the girl is involved, she must come with us."

Looking at the sky in silence, Ruyi decided to find a temple to worship on the way back. What kind of luck is this? He was involved in murder cases every three days.

But she didn't resist and followed the group of people very obediently.

Not for anything else, just for what that person is holding.

"This is the only physical evidence left at the scene." The man rode alongside her and looked at her seriously, "It looks like the one on the girl's waist is from the same family."

The fine leather girdle and black cotton rope were what she gave to Fuman and Yanning this morning.

Ruyi chuckled: "My little girl is a commoner, not very noble. She just bought the girdle casually on the street. The store's business is very good, so it's not surprising that the style is similar to others."

The man looked at her weak appearance, and the suspicion in his eyes became lighter. He just sighed and held the waist tightly in his hands.

"Dare I ask you, sir?" Ruyi blinked.

The man beside him said politely: "I'm going to Yuncheng, I will be serving as the Imperial Attendant."

Ruyi felt that the name sounded familiar, so she smiled and said, "I have heard of your great reputation for a long time."

"I don't dare to take it seriously." He shook his head, "Just a martial artist."

Xu Shi thought of something from the past, and Yun Cheng's eyes turned red: "Haiyan often said that I don't know how to make progress. If I am as knowledgeable as him, maybe I can shine on my family."

Ruyi listened quietly without asking any questions, but the few people following him began to persuade him: "Master Yun, don't be too sad. The top priority is to find the murderer first, so that Master Hai Jiuquan can sleep in peace."

"Yes, Lord Yun, please take care of yourself and go to the imperial court to reply."

After wiping his face, Yuncheng nodded apologetically to Ruyi: "I'm sorry."

Ruyi also nodded, confusion clearly showing in his eyes.

Even though he is a close friend, Lord Yuncheng looks too sad, as if the sky has fallen.

Seeing that she seemed to want to ask, the people nearby quickly slowed down her horse and asked Yun Cheng to go ahead. Then they whispered: "Girl, please don't poke Master Yun's heart again. If we hadn't stopped you just now, He almost drew his sword and killed his friend."

"The relationship is so good?" Ruyi was speechless.

"It's not just a good relationship." The man sighed, "Who in the civil and military circles of the dynasty doesn't know that Lord Yun and Lord Hai are like one person. They lived across from each other, studied together, became officials together, shared poverty and wealth. Once Lord Yun committed a crime, and Lord Hai took half of it for him."

=== Chapter === 62 The encounter between the sea of clouds

A thousand pieces of gold are easy to come by, but a confidant is hard to find.

If Boya Ziqi is like mountains and rivers, Yuncheng and Haiyan are fruits that grew out of the mud together. They worked for ten years and shared weal and woe. Later, they became wealthy. When Yuncheng got married, Haiyan came to marry him, and Haiyan got a son. Yuncheng even gave him a huge golden spoon and sold a courtyard in his house for this purpose.

Ruyi remembered where she had heard this name before. In the days when the restaurant was doing well, customers often chatted in the lobby. At that time, someone had said "Friendship in the Sea of Clouds", which was always praised by Dagan people.

The two of them could have drank together and reviewed their lives when they were old, but when they were in their thirties, Hai Yan died.

Ruyi sighed sadly, feeling that she could understand Yuncheng's mood.

Yun Cheng took this group of people back to Shilifeng Pavilion, where the Holy Master, who had just hunted three spotted deer, was loudly praising Princess Jinghong for her bravery.

"Your Majesty." He stepped forward quickly, knelt down and kowtowed to the dragon chair without saying a word, and hit his forehead on the cold bricks, drawing blood after two or three hits.

The emperor was startled by the movement and quickly ordered his left and right to help him up. He frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

Yun Cheng tremblingly handed over a jade flute and choked with sobs: "Haiyan was murdered and his body is found in the forest. Your Majesty, please make the decision!"

The emperor's face suddenly darkened.

If Princess Jinghong was assassinated just now because of her own carelessness, Haiyan was always cautious and he was a pillar of the country. How could his beloved minister who he relied on so much die in the woods?

Yun Cheng's cry cast a shadow over the surroundings, and the emperor suppressed his anger and said: "Ziyan, go and take a look first, and bring a shelf to bury it carefully."

"Yes." Shen Qiyuan stood up and his eyes stayed on Ruyi for a moment.

Li Zhaoying was also curious about why Ruyi came back with Yun Cheng, but now Long Yan was furious. It was not the time to ask, so she just whispered to Shen Qiyuan: "As long as I am here, I can support you until you come back no matter what."

Shen Qiyuan nodded, then strode away with the people.

"I made an appointment with Haiyan to shoot foxes. I shot both ends and turned around to look for him. Unexpectedly, he was lying in the maple forest. There was a big hole in the back of his head. It was full of blood. He couldn't answer me anymore." Yun Cheng couldn't stop mourning, "He has been an official for more than ten years and is upright and upright. Your Majesty knows who is trying to harm him!"

While the Holy Emperor was comforting him, he looked at Ruyi in confusion: "Mr. Liu?"

Ruyi reluctantly went out to salute: "I have met Your Majesty."

"Ziyan told Gu that you would come, but what are you doing here?"

"Your Majesty, it is unlucky that a civilian girl happened upon the murder just now." She replied respectfully.

"Oh? Did you see the murderer?"

"No, Master Hai had already fallen under the tree when the girl arrived."

An official came out to explain: "It was found at the scene that the murderer's waistband was of the same style as Miss Liu's, so Mr. Yun brought the person over."

Yun Cheng handed over the girdle in his hand. Sheng looked at it twice and asked, "Ms. Liu, do you have any evidence to prove that this case has nothing to do with you?"

Ruyi thought for a while: "The girl was with the princess before going to Fenglin. As long as the coroner can find out the time of Master Hai's death, the girl may be able to clear away the suspicion."

Li Zhaoying hurriedly came out: "Your Majesty, Miss Liu has a gentle personality. Not to mention killing people, she just went hunting with me, and she was not even willing to shoot a rabbit."

Ruyi felt a rare uneasy conscience.

Such a good little girl learned to lie in the blink of an eye. What a sin.

Li Zhaoying's words were quite weighty. The emperor pondered for a moment and turned his gaze back to his waistband: "Send someone to check. If someone's clothes are loose, bring them to me."

"Yes." The Imperial Guards took the order and left.

Ruyi's eyes moved.

She had never asked about Fu Man's past, and she didn't know if she had any grudge against Master Hai. If she hadn't killed him, that would be it, Shen Qiyuan would have given her a clean slate.

But what if it was her hand?

The people with their clothes spread out were quickly brought into the pavilion.

Ruyi looked back and her eyelids jumped.

Zhao Yanning was wearing a wide azure gown, with no restraints around his waist. He was being held down and kneeling at the foot of the steps, with a calm expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, this person is wandering around and behaving strangely."

Yuncheng turned his head, his eyes suddenly fierce: "It's you!"

"What?" The emperor was confused, "Do you recognize him?"

"Your Majesty, this person was originally the coroner of the Criminal Department, and he had a conflict with Haiyan before."

"Tell me in detail."

Yuncheng gritted his teeth. If he hadn't been in front of the emperor, he would have pounced and bit Zhao Yanning's throat with that look in his eyes.

"A tea guest under Haiyan passed away a year ago. He was probably involved in some case and was sent to the Ministry of Justice for autopsy. As soon as this person was examined, he made rude remarks to Haiyan and said that Haiyan was a murderer. There is no basis for this, Haiyan Naturally, he ignored it, and as a result, this man bit him again and again, and even encouraged Master Shen to convict Haiyan."

"Hai Yan has a broad mind and won't argue with a villain like him, but this man has been obsessed with it for many years. Just over a month ago, he was wandering outside Hai Mansion."

Ruyi narrowed her eyes upon hearing this.

More than a month ago, wasn't it when they just left the Yamen of the Criminal Department? At that time, Zhao Yanning really wanted to take revenge, but didn't he go to the Grand Master's Mansion, and what happened to Guan Haiyan.

No one answered her doubts. When the Holy Emperor heard this, his face darkened and he shouted sternly: "Mrs. Zhao, how dare you harm an official of the imperial court in broad daylight!"

Zhao Yanning said quietly: "The common people don't know what the adult inside is talking about. The common people have been waiting for someone outside and have been wandering around for half an hour. All the nearby guards can testify."

Yuncheng choked and called a few guards unbelievingly. It turned out that this person had been nearby all along, and he had only left for a stick of incense. It took a stick of incense to go to Maple Leaf Forest and return.

"Then where is your belt?" The emperor frowned.

"I just went to change my clothes, but when I put it next to it, it disappeared. The common people were also confused. There were clearly many noble people here, so how could an ordinary girdle be stolen?"

The emperor took out the girdle he just had and said, "Is this it?"

Zhao Yanning took one look and nodded: "Yes."

"He lied! If he had just lost his waistband, how could the waistband appear in the maple leaf forest? He clearly thought of some sinister way to follow Haiyan and murder people!" Yun Cheng kowtowed again, "Your Majesty, please help Haiyan." Yan calls the shots!"

With a motive for murder and key evidence, the emperor simply waved his hand: "Okay, drag this man down and bury him with Hai Aiqing."

Ruyi raised his head in surprise.

Is this the end? The logic didn't make sense. If Zhao Yanning went to kill someone, who did the guards see?

The emperor looked unconcerned.

He was just a commoner, and being able to appease his life-or-death favorite was considered useful. The suspicion was so great that it would not be unfair to be buried with him.

=== Chapter === 63 The encounter between the sea of clouds

Zhao Yanning showed the expected mockery on his face.

This is their Majesty, and it is with such a Majesty that the Criminal Department has so many solvable cases that have been turned into unsolved cases, and that there are so many murderers in the court who are at large.

He was arrested by the Imperial Guards and was too lazy to move, let alone resist.

"Wait a minute." Ruyi said.

Li Zhaoying frowned and waved to her secretly, but she seemed not to notice and said directly in front of the emperor: "The murderer cannot be him. Your Majesty cannot erroneously allow innocent people to be buried with him."

The emperor found it funny: "Ms. Liu, I praised you for your courage and wisdom last time, but I didn't allow you to contradict Yu Jia."

"My little girl doesn't want to contradict you, but she just thinks that His Majesty's achievements are shining and he is a wise master who will be remembered for generations. It would be a pity if he has regrets over such a trivial matter."

Everyone likes to hear good words. The emperor chuckled and gave her a chance: "Tell me why the murderer can't be him."

"Your Majesty just heard it. The guards said that Zhao Yanning has been lingering nearby. Rather than murdering people two miles back and forth within a stick of incense, the girl thinks it is more likely that the murderer stole his waistband and framed the blame."

Who would easily leave something like a girdle behind? It happened to be left at the scene of a murder. The murderer was not a fool. He couldn't find it even if his clothes were scattered.

"In my humble opinion, the murderer should be a man, so he could have killed the eight-foot-tall Master Hai." She measured the top of her head, "If a civilian girl were like this, she wouldn't even be able to hit Master Hai if she jumped. Shoulders, let alone the back of the head."

As soon as these words came out, many people chuckled, and the Holy Master also softened his expression, but still said: "If you put it that way, Zhao Yanning is also more than seven feet tall."

Ruyi shook his head: "Master Yun said, Zhao Yanning had a grudge with Master Hai before. The trees in the forest are far apart, and the murderer cannot hide when he wants to attack. If Master Hai saw Zhao Yanning, how could he dare to kill himself?" Turn your back towards him and let him hit the back of his head."

Yun Cheng's face darkened: "You are excusing Zhao Yanning every word. Could it be that you have an old relationship with him?"

Ruyi nodded: "Zhao Yanning has been working as a cashier in Minnu's restaurant since he resigned from the Criminal Department. Old friendships don't count. If he says he knows me, he will naturally know him."

Yuncheng turned his head angrily: "With such a relationship, how can you trust what you say?"

"No matter how good the relationship is, it can turn into an enemy. What's important about relationships in this world? What's important is the truth." Ruyi saluted the emperor. "The daughter of the people thought that it was easier for someone close to him than an enemy to take advantage of Master Hai." Take action when you are unprepared."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the pavilion laughed.

"Miss Liu, are you trying to say that Master Yun is better at killing Master Hai? Hahaha, you don't know these two adults well enough. How could you kill him because of the friendship they have grown up with?"

"Yes." The emperor also laughed, "You said that Zhao Yanning is not a killer. I have to believe it, but now it becomes more and more outrageous. I still remember that when they first joined the officialdom, Gu only lacked one Zuo Sijian. These two People said that it was either inappropriate or they should stay together, which forced me to stand alone as a right-hand judge."

"Later, the lonely general Haiyan was promoted to the imperial censor. Yuncheng was happy for his friend and was not jealous at all. With two such good friends, what do you think Yuncheng's motive for killing was?"

Ruyi shrugged: "The civilian girl only said that it would be easier to do something if the relationship was better, but she didn't say that the murderer was Mr. Yun."

"The murderer can't be anyone other than the one kneeling outside. Who else would want to kill Haiyan?" The emperor waved his hand, "Okay, let's wait until Ziyan comes back to conclude the case."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came from outside and said, "Your Majesty, there is a woman with her outer clothes loose, asking to be seen outside."

"Bring it in."

"yes."

Zhao Yanning, who had always been expressionless, finally became nervous. He looked sideways and saw that he was wearing a loose t-shirt and holding another corset in his hand. Without looking at him, he knelt down as he entered the door.

"The mouthpiece of a common girl is in the way. In order to avoid tainting the Holy Spirit's hearing, I took this opportunity to make a plan. Please forgive me."

She unfolded a piece of paper and there were words written on it.

"A folk girl was knocked unconscious while hunting and woke up and lost her girdle. Zhao Yanning cared about Min Nv's reputation, so he lent his girdle to Min Nv. If the girdle was involved in the case, the person involved was the Min girl. not him."

She quietly waited for the emperor and everyone to read the words on the paper, then put down the much wider waistband, took the waistband that Yun Cheng had received, and tied it back to her waist.

Women's sizes cannot be worn by men, so Zhao Yanning couldn't replace them.

Zhao Yanning was anxious: "I was separated from her for only a stick of incense, and it was an hour ago. It was impossible for her to kill someone at that time. She was indeed knocked unconscious, and there are bruises to prove it."

Knowing that the emperor didn't care much about the truth of this case, he still defended loudly in order to satisfy Fu Man: "She is smaller than Miss Liu, and it is even more impossible to hit Haiyan on the back of the head. Your Majesty, please be careful!"

Yuncheng sneered: "So you did lie just now. Your belt was not lost accidentally, but when you heard the belt was involved in the case while wandering outside the pavilion, you gave her your belt."

Zhao Yanning was irrefutable.

"It is already a capital crime to deceive the emperor and ignore one's superiors, but it is an even higher crime to cover up the murderer!"

"How come Mr. Yun is so sure that this woman is the murderer?" Ruyi said.

"If they are not the murderer, what are they guilty of?" Yuncheng sneered, "If they are secretive, there must be something weird."

The two men have handled cases ranging from 800 to 1,000. With so many enemies they have accumulated, they naturally have to be on guard. What's more, judging from the emperor's attitude towards Zhao Yanning just now, Zhao Yanning will definitely want to take Fu Man out, so Leave her safe and sound.

But none of this can be said directly.

Seeing that the guards came forward to escort him again, Shen Qiyuan's voice finally sounded outside.

"The murderer will only be a man." He stepped in, stopped the guard's movement, and stepped forward to salute the emperor.

For a moment, the emperor in the seat and Zhao Yanning outside breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor felt a headache: "Ziyan, please catch this murderer quickly and put this case to rest."

Shen Qiyuan sighed: "I am incompetent. I can only rule out a few people, but I cannot identify the murderer."

He looked at Fu Man next to him: "The murder weapon was a stone edge, weighing five kilograms. With this girl's body and height, she couldn't hit it from top to bottom."

"The deceased was very relaxed when he died. There were no signs of struggle or fighting around him, so it was probably a sneak attack. Judging from the distance between the trees in the forest, the murderer should have approached the deceased first and picked up stones from the ground while he was not prepared. ."

In this way, Zhao Yanning, who has a grudge, is also excluded.

"I assert that the murderer should be a man of similar build to the deceased, close to him, and had changed clothes half an hour ago."

=== Chapter === 64 Killing Wife and Seizing Wealth

This judgment is actually very different from what Liu said?

The emperor finally sat up straight: "Isn't Aiqing also suspicious of Yun Cheng, but why did he kill Hai Aiqing?"

"There is no direct evidence pointing to Master Yun at the moment, and I just excluded these two people present." Shen Qiyuan said seriously, "Hua Fuman and Zhao Yanning are not the murderers."

Ruyi couldn't help but sigh, this world is interesting. The same words coming out of her mouth and those coming out of Shen Qiyuan's mouth were like heaven and earth. The emperor, who had not listened just now, actually nodded appreciatively: "My dear, what you said makes sense."

The imperial guards retreated as instructed, while Fuman stayed where he was. Zhao Yanning finally let out a long breath.

"Then how should this case be resolved?" A minister next to him was confused. "Master Hai is the pillar of the country, and he cannot die in an unknown manner."

The emperor also looked at Shen Qiyuan. A murder case occurred under his nose. If the murderer was not found, this autumn hunting would be a disappointment.

Shen Qiyuan stood in the pavilion and suddenly bowed his hands to the emperor: "I invite Mr. Zhuo and Mr. Lin of the Ministry of Punishment, Taishi Liu, the elders of the two dynasties, Bachelor of Literature in Longtuge, and scribes, and bring witnesses Liu Tufu, Aunt Qin comes forward."

"allow."

Yuncheng looked at Shen Qiyuan with some confusion. Just now, this man said that he was incompetent and had not found the murderer. Why was he starting such a big battle now?

The scenery in the hunting ground is very good. Boys and girls gallop across the sky and earth with their horses and whips raised, which is fun and lively.

In the blink of an eye, the atmosphere in the main pavilion of Shilifeng Pavilion suddenly became solemn.

Grand Master Liu stood in front of the imperial court, glanced at the people standing around, and spoke first: "If I remember correctly, Ningyuan Hou took over the responsibility for this autumn hunting patrol. Mr. Hou is young. However, due to lack of experience, in just half a day, two mistakes were made, and an important minister died in the forest."

Mr. Wen Ge came out and handed over his hand: "Your Majesty, I must speak for the Marquis, but no one in the court knows that Ningyuan Hou Qian has given up the opportunity to his juniors, and the opportunity to deploy troops has always been given to Commander Liao. At present, there is a flaw in patrolling, and again How can we only blame him?"

Marquis Ningyuan is the prospective son-in-law of Mr. Wen Ge, and Commander Liao is a disciple of Taishi Liu.

The two old men had to pinch each other when they met. The emperor was used to it. He waved his hand and said: "Accountability will come later. Let's first listen to what Shen Aiqing has to say."

Shen Qiyuan stood in front of the emperor, with a righteous look on his face: "I will first report to the Holy Master about the drowning of the wet nurse in Taishi Liu's residence."

"Ms. Xu, the wet nurse, did not commit suicide, but was brutally murdered by someone who drove an iron nail through her skull, and then dumped her body in a pond. The murderer has admitted all the guilt. Your Majesty, please take a look."

The emperor took the long confession, glanced at it and said with a smile: "Aiqing handles the case well, this matter can be regarded as an explanation."

According to the previous agreement with the emperor, it is true that once the investigation is done here, the investigation cannot go any higher. But Shen Qiyuan paused for a moment and then continued: "I can't explain it. He is as vulgar as Butcher Liu. If no one can point him out, he will never think of such a secret killing method."

The man on the dragon chair's smile instantly faded: "Zi Yan."

"I want to expose Grand Master Liu for disregarding human life, murdering his wife and daughter, deceiving the Holy Emperor, forming cliques for personal gain, taking bribes and perverting the law." It seemed that he had not heard the emperor's warning at all. He spoke loudly, "Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly."

His face completely darkened, the emperor twisted his sleeves and frowned at him without responding.

How could Mr. Wen Ge next to him miss such a good opportunity? He immediately followed and said: "How can the person who entered the minister's grave be this disloyal and unjust person? Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly!"

As soon as he spoke, several old ministers with close connections followed him: "This matter is not trivial. Please investigate thoroughly, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly."

Taishi Liu's eyes changed, but his face was still innocent: "People say that Mr. Shen is fair and selfless. Why are you all biting me today as if you have discussed it with the Bachelor of Literature?"

"It's called climbing without evidence." Shen Qiyuan presented the second confession, "The butcher Liu was originally a servant of Taishi Liu's family who gave birth to a son and signed a death contract. Even though he was later found guilty in Gongshen Street The deed is still in the hands of the Grand Master. He has confessed that the murder of Nanny Xu was under the Grand Master's order."

The emperor sighed and did not accept the confession. He only said: "I am just a wet nurse. I think she did something unjust..."

"No matter how unreasonable it is, she is not a domestic slave of the Grand Master's Mansion. If Grand Master Liu kills her, according to the law, it is a crime of exile."

Exiling the imperial master for a wet nurse?

The emperor shook his head and put his hands into his sleeves.

Mr. Wen Ge spoke up: "Master Liu has always been kind and gentle, how come he can't get along with a wet nurse?"

"This is the second crime that Shen is going to say." Shen Qiyuan looked at Liu Zhangtu, "A mere wet nurse has long been relegated to a menial job, how could she lose her life because of that? It starts from nineteen years ago."

"Nineteen years ago, Taishi Liu was entrusted by a friend to take care of a woman. When he saw that the woman had a rich family and a beautiful face, he became malicious and took advantage of the friend's absence to do evil things. He ordered the woman to become pregnant and had to Marry him as your wife."

"This was an unkind and unjust move, but if he could treat this girl kindly, it would be considered as the Grand Master's conscience. However, the woman had been depressed and wary of him since she came here, so Grand Master Liu became annoyed and took her by force. He did not tell the woman most of the dowry, but also imprisoned the woman and did not let her leave the house to see anyone."

"Fortunately, my former friend had been thinking about this girl and asked someone to send a letter to say hello. The woman wrote a letter and asked the wet nurse to take it out to ask for help. Unexpectedly, the letter was intercepted by the Grand Master. After reading the letter, the Grand Master stabbed the woman to death in a fit of anger. , and threatened the wet nurse and asked her to lie to the woman's family, claiming that the woman died of tuberculosis."

"An innocent woman was ruined for the rest of her life. The Grand Master even set up a prison formation on her grave. And the wet nurse - because of the favored minister's tomb, had to be interrogated by Zong Zhengsi, and the Grand Master was the protector. It's absolutely foolproof, just let someone silence her in advance, even if she has been mute for many years."

Everyone was in an uproar, and Master Liu finally couldn't hold himself back: "That's nonsense, what evidence do you have?"

"This king is the evidence." King Yong walked in, looked at him coldly, and then held his hands on the dragon throne, "Brother, the emperor, what Mr. Shen said is true. Liu He's tomb brother sent someone to see it. , there is a cunning formation established. That woman's dowry has indeed entered Taishi Liu's pocket one after another over the years."

Although they were distant relatives, the emperor was somewhat aware of the absurd things that happened to King Yong in his early years. He nodded perfunctorily and motioned to King Yong to stand aside.

"In addition to Prince Yong's willingness to be a witness, I also have He's autopsy record, the record of changing the owner of the shop under He's name, and the confession of Qin, the old nanny in the mansion. They can all prove that Taishi Liu killed his wife and took away the child. fiscal."

=== Chapter === 65 If you don't step on yourself, you won't know the pain

This move was really against human nature, and all the officials in the pavilion frowned when they discussed it.

Mr. Wen Ge asked with a smile: "The murder of my wife is clear, but where do I start with the murder of my daughter?"

"The eldest daughter of Grand Master Liu's mansion is nineteen years old. She was expelled from the family by Grand Master Liu because she had lost the face of Grand Master Liu's mansion, and her name was even deleted from the family tree." Shen Qiyuan glanced at the mosaic beside him. Bright red, "not because this girl is really guilty, but because the Grand Master feels that this girl is not his biological child, so he should drive her out earlier to avoid damaging the reputation of the family."

As soon as these words came out, King Yong was stunned.

He turned to look at Master Liu in shock: "Why do you think Ruyi is not your biological child?"

Taishi Liu's face was livid, but he couldn't help but retort when he saw him: "Don't you know what you have done, Your Majesty? He was not a virgin before you were with me. Who knows who is you in that rapidly growing belly?" The seed is still my seed."

Blood came from the corners of his eyes, and King Yong rushed forward to beat him: "You are talking nonsense, Xixiang and I have always been more affectionate than polite. I will not touch her until she is carried in through the door of my house! "

Grand Master Liu was startled, then frowned and shook his head: "Impossible, she didn't fall red that night, who else could she be besides you?"

"I would like to inform some adults." Zhao Yanning said softly, "Based on my years of autopsy experience, virginity does not necessarily lead to loss of virginity. This matter varies from person to person."

Taishi Liu's eyes changed.

He lowered his head and thought about it carefully, feeling stunned for a moment.

Did he misunderstand?

"Everything else is the Grand Master's family affairs, and it's not easy for us to interfere." Shen Qiyuan said, "Let's talk about the Grand Master's murder of his daughter. Originally, the Grand Master just kicked his daughter out of the house. What made him treat his own flesh and blood Are you thinking of murder?"

He took out a house deed and title deed from his arms.

"If Shen is not mistaken, after the black market case, the Grand Master intentionally made friends with Shen. Seeing that Shen and his daughter had many interactions, he thought of a way to call his daughter back in an attempt to win over Shen with her. Unfortunately, he The daughter had a fierce personality and said something on the spot, making the Grand Master think that she knew the truth about his wife's murder. Seeing that she was useless and threatening his own reputation, Grand Master Liu killed her. "

"This house was later given to Shen by Grand Master Liu through his distant relatives, and Shen accepted it. Therefore, Grand Master Liu let down his guard and exposed many flaws."

Master Liu sneered and pointed to the side: "Master Shen said that I killed my daughter, but isn't she still alive and well?"

Ruyi, who was thinking about something, suddenly felt that all eyes were on her face. She raised her eyes, smiled suddenly at Grand Master Liu, and then walked out of the queue and handed over her hands: "Your Majesty, please forgive Grand Master. Although he no longer recognizes the daughter of the people, But he still has the kindness of giving birth, so even if he almost kills the girl, the girl doesn't blame him."

If a son sues his father, he will be punished eighty times. Doesn't this count as a sue for her?

A smile flashed across Shen Qiyuan's originally serious eyes.

The Princess Jinghong standing next to her was so angry that she stood up: "The knife has been stabbed into the heart. Can the victim be exempted from guilt if he is still alive?"

"The princess does not have to speak for the daughter of the people." Ruyi sighed, and as soon as he raised his sleeves, tears fell down, "The lives of the women of the people were given by the grand master, so what if he really killed the daughter of the people."

The beauty was crying, she was so miserable, and everyone couldn't bear it.

Being stabbed in the heart by his biological father is unbearable even thinking about it.

"The daughter of the people has always had a knot in her mind. She couldn't understand why her father, whom she respects and admires, has always treated her harshly and harshly for many years. Today, you all have given the daughter of the people an understanding. It turns out that it was not that the daughter of the people did anything wrong, but that there was a misunderstanding. ." She wiped away her tears and looked at Grand Master Liu firmly, "If it were to happen again now, would Grand Master stab a civilian girl mercilessly?"

Taishi Liu looked at her with a complicated expression. He was angry at her for being so pretentious, but he couldn't argue with her.

He didn't answer, but the emperor in the seat finally became angry: "Tiger poison cannot eat its seeds, Liu Zhangtu, how can you be the master of the East Palace!"

He might turn a blind eye to other things, but the murder of his wife and daughter was so appalling. If Dong Gong followed suit, how could he sleep peacefully.

People only know pain when they are stepped on. Seeing that the emperor was finally interested, Shen Qiyuan continued: "As for forming a party to engage in corruption and perverting the law, the Grand Master was involved in the black market case, and now there is this The fact that the house is there can be said to be conclusive evidence. The Grand Master used the loyalty of veterans from two dynasties to deceive the Holy Emperor, and he can be convicted of deceiving the emperor."

"It's just the details that need to be thoroughly investigated by His Majesty."

Liu Zhangtu became anxious: "Master Shen, if you insist on convicting me of these crimes, then your Zong Zhengsi will not be able to escape the blame!"

Zong Zhengsi did not find out these things before Sheng En came down, which was indeed a serious dereliction of duty. The colleagues and deputy directors of Zongzhengsi nearby all turned pale, and some were shaking their legs and were about to go out to plead guilty.

At this time, Shen Qiyuan handed over Zong Zhengsi's seal: "Zong Zhengsi cannot escape the blame, and I would like to ask for his relegation."

There was a sudden gasp of air from all around.

Ruyi looked sideways at this person.

Zongzhengsi can be said to be the number one yamen under the imperial power of Daqian. There were so many people trying to get into this position, but he actually handed it over as soon as he said it would be handed over. Moreover, it was not his fault.

Under the autumn sun, this man stood as tall as a pine tree, with a determined gaze, and his cinched cuffs showed a bit of a young man's aloofness.

The emperor on the seat waved his hand: "We can discuss this later. Ziyan, didn't you originally want to discuss today's murder case? Why did it end here?"

"Today's murderous case requires His Majesty's order for a thorough investigation." He raised his eyes sternly, "As long as one piece of evidence can be found, one piece of evidence proving that Lord Yun and Grand Master Liu have colluded, the case will be closed. "

Yun Cheng, who had been standing by and watching, panicked when he heard this: "I am an internal minister, how can I have any collusion with Grand Master Liu?"

Shen Qiyuan looked at him with calm eyes: "Does the Nine Phoenix Crown in the black market really have nothing to do with you?"

Yuncheng was stunned.

At this moment, the emperor groaned and held his forehead.

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body." The veterans beside them all handed over their hands.

"Alas, I'm old and useless." The emperor slowly stood up, "That's all for today. It's time for me to take a rest."

"Your Majesty," Shen Qiyuan said stubbornly, "Please order a thorough investigation."

The emperor looked at him angrily: "You can already convict Grand Master Liu, so what else are you investigating?"

"How can we rely only on deductions when deciding the case?" He met the Emperor's eyes fearlessly, "I already know the truth, but if there is lack of evidence, these two people cannot be convicted. Master Hai will not feel at ease even under Jiuquan. Please have mercy, Your Majesty."

=== Chapter === 66 Malice

Master Liu killed Master Haiyan, and Master Yuncheng even helped?

The first reaction of everyone present was to shake their heads after hearing this. How could it be possible? Taishi Liu was a kind man and had no enmity with Master Hai. Master Yun was as close as a brother to Master Hai. How could these two people conspire to murder someone?

But Shen Qiyuan's eyes were so firm that even the emperor did not dare to look further.

Mr. Wen Ge hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, a thousand-mile embankment collapsed in an ant nest. The government cannot allow such a black sheep in the government. It should be investigated thoroughly."

"Yes, Your Majesty, please give me the order."

"His Majesty!"

This group of old men is the most annoying. For this reason, if he doesn't investigate, he will be known as a fool. But if he investigates... People like Liu Zhang, Tu Yuncheng and others will always please him, so how can he be willing to give up.

After a long stalemate, the emperor still looked ugly and said: "Okay, leave this matter to Lin Aiqing of the Criminal Department."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Qiyuan bowed.

The emperor fluttered his sleeves and left with a somewhat overwhelming momentum. After walking for a long time, no one left in the pavilion dared to speak loudly.

Mr. Wen Ge couldn't help but sigh towards Shen Qiyuan: "Sir, if you lose your Sacred Heart for this matter, is it worth it?"

"Being an official does not mean it is worthwhile or not." Shen Qiyuan said calmly, "I just want to be clear in my heart."

Mr. Wenge gave him a rare salute.

Next to him, Yuncheng came to his senses and was still unconvinced. He rushed to Shen Qiyuan in a few steps and asked in a deep voice: "Why do you say that I harmed Haiyan?"

Shen Qiyuan looked at him levelly: "Master Yun himself also knows that Master Hai is a very cautious person. If you were not present, he would not guard against the villain behind him."

It is embarrassing to say that they are two people who have obviously grown up together. Outsiders think that they wear the same pants, but one of them secretly has an affair.

"You're talking nonsense!" Yuncheng said angrily, "Haiyan, a civil servant, can't be more cautious no matter how cautious he is."

Shen Qiyuan frowned, and he took a step back, not wanting to say anything anymore, but Yuncheng refused to let him go, and came up to pull him again.

A delicate hand came across from the side, blocking his movement.

Yun Cheng glanced sideways and saw Ruyi's brows were careless and he said lazily: "My lord, it's time to go to Zongzheng Courtyard first. We can't wait to discuss any issues in the hall."

"Who are you? Get away." He stretched out his hand to push.

Ruyi didn't let him touch him, but flicked his sleeves to push him back a few steps. He stood in front of Shen Qiyuan and said, "I have no official title and no favor from the emperor, so naturally I am nothing. But compared to you, I can be considered a human being." Sexual, you won't kill your best friend and dare to question others loudly."

She stood in front of him, a head shorter than him. Shen Qiyuan could see the top of her head if he lowered his eyes slightly.

His eyes suddenly softened.

Ruyi was completely oblivious and only narrowed his eyes at Yun Cheng: "Your Majesty just said that Lord Haiyan is a civil servant, but how do I remember that Your Majesty just said that Lord Hai and you worked together as admonishers, which is a military position in the inner court."

Yuncheng said in a bad tone: "What's so strange about that? He and I both practiced martial arts since childhood, but he later abandoned it."

"Is he wasted, or is he better than you in every aspect and can't bear to see you always lagging behind him, so he simply gives up martial arts and becomes civilized?" She sneered.

As if someone stepped on the tip of his tail, Yuncheng suddenly shouted: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Shen Qiyuan felt puzzled: "How did you know?"

She didn't know these two people at all.

Ruyi chuckled and lowered her long eyes: "I have seen too many dramas about best friends turning against each other. It is nothing more than love and jealousy. Mr. Yun lives among the imperial servants. His official title is the second rank. If it is not the same as Mr. Hai's first rank. Compared with the imperial censor, his official career is bright. And Mr. Hai, being able to be unwary of such a person harboring evil intentions, must really treat him as a brother and give in to him in every way."

"Some people just become more ungrateful the more they give in. Instead, they become jealous and resentful, and suddenly develop ill will."

Yuncheng's face turned pale.

He looked around in panic and shook his head repeatedly.

No, he had no intention of killing Haiyan. After all, they had grown up together and he couldn't do it.

He just stood in front and watched, watching the murderer lift a stone and hit him on the back of the neck without making a sound to remind him.

It's okay to pretend that he was not at the scene. He was not guilty of murder.

Some pictures of the two of them growing up flashed through his mind, and Yuncheng lowered his eyes tremblingly.

There will be resentment between people, no matter how close they are, even if Haiyan really tolerates him and lets him go, suffers the punishment for him, eats thick steamed buns with him, knowing that his most miserable past is still Even though he regarded him as a brother, he still resented it.

The same origin, the same situation, he was the one who won in the beginning, he gained recognition from his master more quickly by practicing martial arts, and he got the official position first when he entered the palace. As a result, Haiyan got the favor overnight. Jumping on top of him, you even have to bow when you see him.

Why? Who cares about his charity? He is the better one.

When Taishi Liu found him, he didn't agree at first, but by some strange coincidence, he still walked to this place. Seeing Haiyan about to run towards him, he shouted like a man possessed: "Don't move. I'll go find you."

He passed by, and when he took the fifth step towards him, the stone hit Haiyan on the back of the head.

For a moment, Yuncheng regretted it. He didn't want to lose this friend, but while he regretted it, he felt a little relaxed in his heart.

No one will say that Haiyan is more promising than him anymore, and there is no need to worry about being inferior to him or having to be taught a lesson by him.

He is Yuncheng, the only child of the Yun family. He has no brothers or siblings, so he doesn't have to live in comparison.

Ruyi watched the man cry and laugh quietly, and said to Shen Qiyuan without much interest: "Let's go, sir, the competition outside is about to begin."

This little episode will take its own course back to the city, but Shen Qiyuan's birthday will still have to go on. As soon as today comes, the Holy Spirit will win the lottery. Whoever wins the green tassel and red jade on the Tongtian Pillar will be granted a reward. The marriage was granted, and now a group of boys and girls were already gearing up in the hunting ground, waiting for the order from the palace.

Shen Qiyuan nodded, looking at her with a deep look.

Aren't monsters supposed to be free and carefree? How could she figure out human nature?

Grand Master Liu and Yun Cheng were escorted to Zongzheng Villa, and the others dispersed. Zhao Yanning came over and pulled Fu Man up, and finally said to Shen Qiyuan: "Thank you, sir."

They thought that the black market case really ended without any problems, but they were too impulsive and wrongly blamed Shen Qiyuan.

Shen Qiyuan waved his hand, not intending to argue with them. His eyes still fell on Ruyi, as if he wanted to ask something, but he held it back.

"Let's go watch the competition first," he said. "When the competition is over, I will ride with you to the palace."

=== Chapter === 67 Green Tassel and Red Jade

Ruyi picked up the hibiscus white jade cup next to her and took a sip. The aroma of the wine filled her teeth and warmed her throat.

Putting down the cup, the atmosphere in the hunting ground in front of me was already heated. There were a boy and girl in their forties wearing colorful clothes and riding horses, shouting at each other like a demonstration. In the place where they were surrounded, a sky-reaching pillar towered into the clouds, with an extremely fine green tassel and red jade tied to the top, shining with light.

Li Zhaoying pointed at it very proudly and said: "I won it last year. Your Majesty rewarded me with a house in Houchaomen."

Ruyi was speechless: "Your Majesty is so kind and generous."

Houses in Lin'an City are not cheap. Many officials with meager salaries rent small courtyards to live temporarily, not to mention the ones over at Houchao Gate, which cost tens of millions of dollars.

She couldn't help but ask: "Are you also going to appreciate the house this year?"

Zhaoying curled his lips: "If I were still admiring the house, why would I be sitting here? This year is a wedding, and whoever captures the red jade will be given a wedding gift."

Ruyi put her butt back on the seat in disappointment.

Zhaoying glanced to the side and suddenly caught a glimpse of someone.

"Eh?" She looked at the man carefully to make sure she saw it correctly. She was puzzled, "Didn't Marquis Ning Yuan have an engagement with the Wen family? How come he's here too?"

Ruyi followed her gaze and saw He Zeyou had changed into a pair of narrow-sleeved casual clothes and was getting on his horse.

She raised her eyebrows, thought for a moment and then smiled: "This prince is not a thing in the pond. If he takes the ruby, he can ask for marriage at will. He might want to get a consort, so how can he not fight for it?"

Zhaoying shook his head: "The Wen family is engaged first. Even if there is a princess of the right age, he will not be willing to come in behind. Maybe he wants to take a concubine."

What kind of noble concubine is worthy of seizing the green tassel and red jade? Ruyi was about to ask, but she saw the brown horse coming straight towards her.

"Yi'er, do you still remember two years ago?" He immediately stood not far from her and said softly, "I also wore the same clothes and took the ruby back for you."

That seems to be the case.

Ruyi turned over in his mind.

That was the moment when Liu Ruyi fell in love with him the most. At that time, He Zeyou was just a city guard, and it was only through her that he was lucky enough to come to this hunting ground. The brown horse in green clothes won the ruby and everyone on the field was watching, but he turned around and walked straight towards her, holding the ruby in front of her, with her shadow in his eyes.

Don't blame Liu Ruyi, who wouldn't be moved by such a scene.

but now…

Ruyi would not be too sentimental to think that this man had changed his mind and wanted to marry her. Now that the Hou Mansion was defeated, it had to rely on pawns to maintain its expenses. All He Zeyou wanted was her shop.

The corner of her lips raised slightly, Ruyi twirled her wine glass and saluted him: "Don't dwell on the past. Lord Marquis, just look to the side."

In the pavilion not far away, Wen Zhenxue looked here from a distance, the handkerchief in her hand almost torn.

He Zeyou didn't dare to look over. He knew that his move would offend the Wen family. If he couldn't get the ruby back, it would be more of a loss than a gain.

Without saying anything else, he rode towards the field with all his might.

The Empress of the Middle Palace was sitting in the main pavilion, talking to Shen Qiyuan.

"You are not young anymore. You should get married first and then start a career. If you delay like this, how can I explain to He Yang?"

Shen Qiyuan looked at the people in the field indifferently: "Thank you for your concern."

With such a perfunctory answer again, the Empress of the Middle Palace sighed: "There are so many people, but you don't like anyone? The daughter of General Hou's family has said that she will fight for you, and the daughter of the Zhao family is also present. It doesn't matter if you can't take a photo, I always know the root cause."

"Let's not talk about it. Princess Jinghong's Yuanyangpu is also a bit messy?" Shen Qiyuan smiled lightly, "Aren't you afraid that the boy from the Song family will cause trouble in the palace?"

"Song family boy?" Zhonggong was puzzled, "Song Zhenshan? How could it be possible? He doesn't like to be photographed."

Shaking his head gently, Shen Qiyuan leaned back and said, "There is no need to say anything more, Madam. In today's scene, Ziyan will not -"

Before he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of He Zeyou riding his horse forward.

His eyes tightened slightly and he pursed his lips.

"What's wrong?" The words stopped suddenly, and Zhong Gong looked at him in confusion.

"It's nothing." Shen Qiyuan suddenly stood up and held his hands towards her, "Your Majesty, I have worked so hard for Zi Yan. Zi Yan naturally can't live up to her, so let's go and fight for it."

After saying that, he quickly set off, jumped off the stage from the side, and shouted in a low tone: "Tingchuan."

Zhou Tingchuan was the errand boy who brought Master Shen's riding attire, and every year he brought it back in the same appearance, so much so that he secretly drank some wine in the back, only to be shouted at.

He stood up in surprise, and saw his master running over quickly and quickly taking the bamboo hook with his right hand. With a pull of his left hand, the red and white riding clothes were gathered around his body.

As a man, Zhou Tingchuan couldn't help but sigh. You are really independent in the world. The breeze is scattering the orchid snow. From your face to your demeanor, it is the best autumn scene in this world.

He got on his horse, and there was a commotion in the surrounding pavilions.

"Master Shen is over! Does he also have the marriage he wants?"

"How could it be possible? I've never heard of it. Just now I saw that the empress in the palace was having a hard time persuading me."

"That horse is really beautiful. Is it a snow pony?"

"Do you want to praise the horse or the person?"

"Hate…"

The green servant girls with red sleeves poked their heads out one after another. The snow pony entered the arena, and the atmosphere in the arena suddenly became full of excitement.

Zhaoying looked at Ruyi thoughtfully: "Is that you?"

"What?" Ruyi was concentrating on admiring Shen Qiyuan's grace without looking back.

Zhaoying said seriously: "In all these years, he has never wanted to compete for the green tassel and red jade. Even if I took it last year and wanted to give it to him, he ignored me. This year, when you come, he will end up." , if it wasn't to ask to marry you, why else could it be?"

Ruyi squinted his eyes amusingly: "Little princess, with my status and his status, if he wants to marry me, does he still have to give me a gift?"

"Maybe he just wants to give you glory."

"No." She laughed, "Shen Qiyuan doesn't want to get married, and neither do I."

It's just that Shen Qiyuan has a special official position and doesn't want anyone to become his weakness and cause a lot of trouble in vain. And she doesn't want to be bound by the rules of this world. Once she gets married, she won't even be able to go to Shuyi Restaurant. What's the point.

However, Shen Qiyuan seemed to really want the ruby. When the Zhonggong flag was pressed, he was the fastest among the more than forty horses. Zaohe Zeyou reached the windward archway in half a step.

The way to win the jade is to use the bamboo hook in your hand to take down the mugwort sachets hanging on the windward archway. Get twenty of them and put them on the plate next to you. Then you can go straight to the Tongtian Pillar and find a way to climb up to pick the ruby. .

He Zeyou moved very quickly, but he was always one step slower than Shen Qiyuan. As soon as he picked up the sachet, Shen Qiyuan had already started running towards Tongtian Pillar.

His face darkened, He Zeyou pulled the reins slightly, and when he passed by Shen Qiyuan, a bamboo hook caught the snow horse's front hoof.

The snow horse was frightened and jumped up with both hooves on the spot, making a long hissing sound.

=== Chapter === 68 Her choice is me

People in the stands stood up and screamed one after another.

Li Zhaoying couldn't help but get anxious: "How can you still use tricks! The horse is so high, if it falls..."

Ruyi watched quietly, and saw Shen Qiyuan pulling the reins tightly, his back almost parallel to the ground, the corners of his red-edged riding clothes flying, the autumn sun shone from his side, the light and shadow were picturesque, the young man's spirit was in harmony with the sky. together.

When the horse's hoof fell, Shen Qiyuan looked back at He Zeyou. There was no panic or fear on his face, and there was even a trace of ridicule on his face, as if to say: Is this just a trick?

He Zeyou was not sure what this man wanted to fight for at first, but when they looked at each other, he became angry.

Regardless of his official position, since he was on the court, there was no reason for him to lose to this pampered young man.

He quickly put down the sachet and ran after him.

When Shen Qiyuan reached the foot of the Tongtian Pillar, there were three or four people in the second echelon. He glanced at it and climbed up the pillar on horseback.

There are inch-long wooden protrusions every one foot on the Tongtian Pillar. It is very difficult for a person to stand on it, so the person walking in front is in danger, and the person behind will fall if he reaches out and pulls.

However, every time He Zeyou thought he could reach Shen Qiyuan, the man would avoid him.

As it climbed higher and higher, the hearts of everyone onlookers were raised.

He Zeyou saw that he was about to pick the ruby and suddenly said: "Do you know what is the most unforgettable thing in the life of my daughter's family?"

Shen Qiyuan paused.

He Zeyou smiled triumphantly: "She will always remember the man her heart fell in love with at first sight. Even if I fail her again, no matter how good a person she meets later, she will always remember the scene when she first met me."

Shen Qiyuan dismissed this childish attack. Ruyi is Ruyi, and she has never been moved by a rotten person like him.

But he remembered someone else.

"Your appearance reminds me of an old person." She mused as the red curtain rolled around.

Slowly tightening his fingers, Shen Qiyuan closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "So what, she is mine."

"If you are so confident, sir, why would you care?" He Zeyou moved up a few inches and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the corner of his robe, "Get off you!"

The sole of the boot slipped on the wooden protrusion, and Shen Qiyuan fell suddenly.

Ruyi stood up on the stage.

He turned his eyes, grabbed He Zeyou's shoulders the moment they fell, and whispered: "Let's go together."

"Master Shen—"

"Master Hou—"

Although there was a soft cushion under the Tongtian Pillar, these two people climbed too high, and falling down like this would be shocking. Many people subconsciously ran towards the field.

Zhaoying also stood up anxiously. Just when he was about to ask Ruyi what to do, he saw that no one was around him.

She looked at the field in surprise.

The red dress was like a begonia flower blowing in the wind, tearing and blooming, and arrived at the scene in the blink of an eye. She stepped onto the Tongtian Pillar in a few steps, used the strength of the pillar to jump, caught the red and white figure falling down, cushioned the force, and rolled down on the soft cushion with him.

The bright red skirt blended with the red edge on his riding robe. Shen Qiyuan opened his eyes and saw the beautiful face hanging in front of him. His eyes were like a summer stream, lit up with fireflies.

There was a heavy muffled sound next to them, causing the soft cushions beneath them to collapse.

Ruyi wanted to turn her head, but he pinched her chin.

"You have saved me." He raised his chin slightly, the mole in his eye was gentle and proud, "You can't look at him anymore."

This energy is really satisfying.

She licked the corner of her mouth, thinking that if the situation wasn't inappropriate, she would really like to kiss him and rub him hard.

A group of servants ran over in surprise and found that He Zeyou had fallen unconscious. They quickly shouted for the imperial doctor.

Ruyi and Shen Qiyuan stood up and saw that another person had already picked off the green tassel and red jade.

He came down holding Hongyu in his hand, stopped when passing by, and raised his hand to Shen Qiyuan: "Thank you, sir."

"You got it based on your ability. Why do you thank me?" Shen Qiyuan chuckled, "You want to make me angry, right? Zhenshan."

Song Zhenshan raised his head, his cold expression as usual, but there was light in his eyes: "If you really wanted to take it, you just had to raise your hand."

Shen Qiyuan waved his hand: "Okay, let's go see the Empress of the Middle Palace."

Song Zhenshan nodded, saluted Ruyi again, and then strode towards the main pavilion.

Ruyi looked at his back and was speechless: "This young gentleman looks at his six pure roots, how come he wants marriage?"

"He has been thinking about someone for many years, but that person doesn't know it. If he doesn't seize this opportunity, he may have to watch people discuss the marriage."

Xinyue is hot and obvious to a person. How slow must that person be to not know it?

Ruyi went back to the pavilion and was about to complain to Zhaoying when he saw a chamberlain coming over and respectfully bowing his hands to Zhaoying: "Princess, your Majesty has invited me."

Zhaoying's face fell, and she looked at her sadly: "Ruyi, what should I do?"

Ruyi couldn't laugh or cry: "The person he is thinking about is actually you?"

"The devil knows why I was summoned." He kicked the stool as if to vent his anger, and Zhaoying muttered, "He doesn't like me, he just wants to see my jokes."

"How do you know he doesn't like you?"

"Needless to say, you have never seen Song Zhenshan's face, which looks like he is attending a funeral. I have never seen him smile. When we were young, we played with my brother Qiyuan and he always stood still. , just looking at us."

Ruyi understood and asked again: "Then do you hate him?"

"I hate it, but I can't talk about it, but if you really want to get married, how will you live your life?" Zhaoying's eyes turned red, "It doesn't matter who he gets married to, he has to choose me for whatever he does."

Having said that, it was hard to disobey the holy order, so she could only stand up and follow the chambermaid to the main pavilion.

Shen Qiyuan walked over generously and sat next to Ruyi.

Ruyi instantly felt that eyes from all directions were looking towards her.

"Master Shen." She scratched the corners of her eyes, "If my little girl is plotted against in the palace, what compensation will you give me?"

Shen Qiyuan sat upright, a table away from her: "As long as you don't want to, no one can plot against you."

He was in a very good mood, the contours of his face were softened, and the ends of his eyes were full of beauty.

The man didn't care anymore, and Ruyi just admired his appearance generously and said with a smile: "Look at Ningyuan Marquis, he fell hard. I saved you once. Will you get anything in return?"

"what do you want?"

"Anything is okay?" She put her chin in her hands and winked meaningfully.

Shen Qiyuan understood, and his voice suddenly became hoarse: "Ruyi, don't talk nonsense in a place like this."

"What's wrong with a place like this?" She looked around, "No one can hear me either."

The man opposite didn't say a word, just closed his eyes, as if he was restraining himself.

Ruyi reacted belatedly, glanced at his lower abdomen, and suddenly smiled: "How come you, the green god in this world, can't even stand a word?"

=== Chapter === 69 What have you experienced?

If possible, Ruyi would like to eat back what he said.

The palace stands in the north of the mountain, towering for dozens of miles. The courtyards are scattered and overlapping without disturbing each other.

She was pressed into the most secret room, her waist was weak and it was difficult to stand, and her neck was dripping with sweat.

"I was wrong." Ruyi sincerely apologized to the person behind her, "I won't provoke you next time, I swear."

Shen Qiyuan ignored her words, only opened his mouth and gently bit the back of her neck: "Do you still remember your old person's appearance?"

Ruyi's eyes were misty, and Ruyi was slow to form a sentence: "Why don't you remember? I still remember the first time we met, it was raining in the sky, and it was thin and continuous, and it touched people's clothes."

She answered honestly and sincerely, but the man behind her suddenly became angry and became cruel as if he wanted to drag her to hell.

"Master Shen."

"Shen Qiyuan."

She threatened angrily and begged for mercy, but to no avail.

Looking back with red eyes, she flattened her mouth and finally whined in aggrieved tone: "Ziyan, it hurts."

Shen Qiyuan felt as if a knife had cut through his heart.

He took a deep breath, turned her over and hugged her tightly.

What an injustice.

"Why do you care about this?" She gently stroked his dark hair, and her warm breath spread on his ears, "I also remember the scene when I met you, your preferences, and even the way you sleep. Habit."

I remember everything but him.

Shen Qiyuan closed his eyes and bit her side of the neck again as if to vent his anger.

Ruyi took a breath of cold air and was so annoyed that she wanted to push him away. The man leaned against her and asked, "What have you experienced on your way to cultivating a demon?"

She raised her eyebrows in confusion: "Why do you think of asking this?"

"The matter of Yuncheng and Haiyan." He raised a strand of black hair from her, "If you are a smooth sailing monster, you shouldn't know such delicate human nature."

That's what I was talking about.

Ruyi smiled faintly, his eyes full of indifference: "How can anything be smooth sailing in this world? My cultivation of the gods must be a lot of ups and downs, let alone a cunning monster."

Monsters and gods in this world are not born, and they have to practice since ancient times. She originally wanted to cultivate as a god, but unfortunately she had an accident. Her most trusted friend opened the city gate entrusted to her, causing her people to be killed, the whole city to be massacred, and herself to be stabbed through the chest and nailed to the city gate.

She asked her why at that time, and the little girl with a delicate face looked up at her and only said: "I should be the supreme god."

What is better than the supreme god, better than the sister she has called for thousands of years? Better than her who stayed with her through the thunder tribulation?

Ruyi didn't understand it, and she still didn't understand it before coming here.

But when the case between Yuncheng and Haiyan happened, she suddenly understood.

We are all human beings in the beginning, and no one can let go of this bad humanity. Jealousy, comparison and friendship and companionship are things that originate from the same root. They cannot be separated and can never be cut apart.

It's not because she did anything wrong, she was right, it was the wrong person who was wrong.

There was a sudden heat on her lips, and Ruyi stopped talking.

She raised her eyes and saw the softness in Shen Qiyuan's eyes.

"I will not betray you." He told her softly, "So, do you want to choose me?"

Ruyi burst out laughing.

She touched the side of the man's handsome face and said jokingly: "Qingqing, although you are a young god, in terms of age, I'm afraid I'm older than you."

Does the young little fairy also want to control this big monster like her?

The things in his eyes were deeper, Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips, and responded hoarsely against her: "Yes."

No matter how long he is, no matter how different the gods and monsters are, nothing in this world can stop him.

Ruyi smiled nonchalantly and didn't say anything more. She just pushed her long hair to one side, exposing her white collarbone.

In the palace, Li Zhaoying was looking for a suitable place to go. She was far away from Shen Qi on the hunting ground today, and she had become a thorn in the eyes of many people. It would be more prudent to go back to live with her.

However, after searching for a long time, Ruyi was not only not in the arranged room, but also not in the garden.

She was about to call someone to come and look for her together when she saw Zhou Tingchuan and Song Zhenshan talking in front.

Her feet were slightly stiff. She turned around and was about to leave when Song Zhenshan spoke: "Princess Princess."

Sighing secretly, Zhaoying turned his back awkwardly: "What a coincidence."

"Unfortunately, I am about to go find the princess."

Zhou Tingchuan immediately withdrew when he saw that the situation was not right, leaving Song Zhenshan to walk towards her alone, with a cold and oppressive temperament.

Zhaoying subconsciously pressed his back against the stone pillar behind him.

Song Zhenshan stood still in front of her, with no expression on his face, but he was silent for a long time before slowly speaking: "What I said in the main pavilion today is true. Please consider it seriously, Princess."

sincere?

Zhaoying found it unbelievable: "Do you look like you won't marry me? You and I just grew up together for a few years when we were kids."

"The princess is not familiar with Master Shen, so why would she say she won't marry anyone other than him?"

When he said this, the wind around him seemed to get colder.

Zhaoying shuddered: "Then, that's what I do."

"This is what I am willing to do." Song Zhenshan said solemnly, "The princess has received the emperor's favor, so she will not embarrass the palace and your majesty."

"If you insist on marrying, I will of course marry you, but let's make an agreement first." Zhaoying frowned and said, "Even if we get married, you will live your life and I will live mine. We will not interfere with each other."

Song Zhenshan pursed his lips and tightened and loosened his fists in his sleeves: "Okay."

After taking a long breath, she smiled: "If I had told you earlier, I wouldn't be so nervous. We all have something to discuss. So what, have you seen Ruyi? The woman who was next to Brother Qiyuan today. "

"The princess doesn't hate her?" Song Zhenshan raised his eyes.

"Why should I hate her?" Zhaoying put her hands on her hips, "Sister Ruyi is very kind. If it weren't for her today, my life would be dead."

His eyebrows softened, Song Zhenshan nodded: "There is no need to look for the princess, she went to Master Shen."

Photo:?

Impossible, how could Brother Qiyuan let people enter his room at dusk? He is a person who talks about rules.

But Song Zhenshan said very firmly, and even pulled her to the other side: "Don't disturb them."

Zhaoying opened his mouth wide.

The top of the mountain swallowed up the last ray of sunlight, and the palace became dark, but there was no light in Shen Qiyuan's room.

The dim light made this person's skin even whiter. He stretched out his hand to trap her, trying his best to trap her in this love.

Ruyi's consciousness was blurred, and she felt that this person was not as cold and clean as he seemed on the surface. In the darkness, he looked like a wild beast, wanting to devour her forever.

But looking at his clear eyes, she felt that she was overthinking it. Shen Qiyuan was a Qingshen after all, and people who could become gods must be upright and kind.

=== Chapter === 70 Who is unwilling to take responsibility?

The upright and kind-hearted Shen Qiyuan rescued Shengjia on the second day of autumn hunting.

Most of the prey in the hunting grounds were put into the forest in advance by dedicated personnel, and the ones they picked were basically docile deer, rabbits, and dolphins. Suddenly, a Tianzhu Suan Ni suddenly jumped out of nowhere and rushed into the honor guard with its mouth wide open. Two of the guards had their heads bitten off on the spot, and the rest were so frightened that they fled, leaving the Holy One alone.

At the critical moment, Shen Qiyuan came on horseback, crossed the Yangtze River with a hundred steps, and killed Suanni's life with one arrow. Then he stepped forward through a pool of blood and personally carried the holy driver back to Shilifeng Pavilion.

During the half hour on Shen Qiyuan's back, the Holy Emperor did not think about Zong Zhengsi's dereliction of duty. His mind was filled with the assertions made by the Heavenly Master and everything Shen Qiyuan had done for him over the years.

So before returning to the palace, Shen Qiyuan was rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and promoted to an official rank. Even his biological mother, Princess Heyang, was posthumously named the eldest princess of Guangde Ciren.

Li Zhaoying sighed as he spoke: "Everyone thought that Brother Qiyuan would lose his sacred heart when he forcibly investigated the case of Taishi Liu. Who would have expected that things would take a turn for the worse."

Ruyi turned over the skewers in his hand and brushed the pigeon with a layer of oil: "He is lucky."

"It's luck as well as ability. I saw the body they brought back was scared of such a big Suan Ni. That's why Brother Qiyuan dared to go up to him. He deserves this reward." Zhaoying stroked his hands, his eyes full of admiration.

The aroma of roasted pigeons gradually grew stronger. Li Zhaoying sniffed the tip of her nose and poked her head curiously: "How come my sister bakes these by herself? She just leaves it to the waiters."

"They roasted it carefully and lacked a bit of a homely flavor." Ruyi sprinkled a handful of Western spices and a pinch of chopped green onion, then cut the pigeon in two and handed it to her.

Zhaoying was a little hesitant. She had never eaten such thick and large pieces of food, but seeing the sound of Ruyi biting into it, it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. She swallowed and took it anyway.

"Master." Zhao Yanning came back from outside with a somewhat ugly face, "Master Liu refused to plead guilty and be imprisoned, and many of his fellow veterans have been interceding for him."

Ruyi broke off a pigeon leg to him and said calmly: "Master Shen just confessed his crime, but did not convict him. So many details have not been ascertained, so naturally he will not make a pledge easily."

Zhao Yanning took it and clenched her fists: "But if this continues, I'm afraid the Sacred Heart will change."

The Holy Spirit was reluctant to deal with Taishi Liu. If so many accusations failed to kill him, it would be even more difficult in the future.

"Teacher Liu has been teaching in Qiandi, and has known our Lord for more than ten years. It is human nature that the Lord is reluctant to let him die, but with Mr. Wenge and a group of officials here, the Lord will not be willing to spare him no matter how reluctant he is. he."

"What if there is another concubine Hui?" Zhao Yanning asked.

Concubine Hui took good care of their mother and son when the emperor was not in power. The emperor respected her very much. The concubine was currently living in a Taoist temple at the southern foot of Huiming Mountain. If she got the news and came forward, the emperor would at least protect Taishi Liu. life.

Ruyi chuckled: "Are you still worried about Master Shen's work? He won't let this news leak out."

"It is true that all the attendants of the Liu Mansion have been detained, but when I went to see them, Grand Master Liu was sitting calmly and said that he had released the carrier pigeon." Zhao Yanning shook her head, "After all, it is a secret."

Ruyi sighed and smiled lazily: "Young man, don't be so impatient. Come and try my craftsmanship."

It's already at this juncture, what else is there to taste?

Zhao Yanning immediately wanted to throw away the finger-sized piece of meat in his hand.

But the moment before he was about to throw it, he suddenly realized something and lowered his head suddenly.

The little pigeon legs were in his hands. The meat was fresh and roasted very fragrantly.

Looking up again, Ruyi's eyes were filled with teasing: "I just caught them above the palace at noon. There are two of them. I left one for Master Shen, so you can only eat one of its legs."

The frown on his brows suddenly relaxed. Zhao Yanning couldn't laugh or cry. He raised his hand and threw the leg into his mouth, chewed it, and gave Ruyi a deep hand.

"Okay." She waved her hand, "Thank you very much. When you return to the city, help Mr. Shen go to the mortuary a few times. He has to check seven or eight lives by himself. I'm afraid I won't be able to see him for two months. ."

"Okay." Zhao Yanning agreed happily.

Li Zhaoying only understood a few words after hearing this, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "I haven't asked yet, did you yesterday evening—"

Ruyi lifted the dove in her hand and blocked her mouth.

"Little Princess." She smiled brightly and enchantingly, "Don't dare to talk nonsense. If that person becomes angry from shame, won't it be me who will suffer?"

Looking into her sparkling eyes, Li Zhaoying frowned.

She felt that brother Qiyuan was irresponsible. The honor of Daqian's daughter's family was so important. How could he give and receive privately without giving an explanation to sister Ruyi?

On the other hand, Sister Ruyi was so considerate and had no intention of forcing him. She just suffered it silently, with tears in her eyes, and would not let her criticize him at all.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Li Zhaoying stood up holding the roasted pigeon and walked out in a hurry.

Ruyi wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and coughed: "You shouldn't put so much chili pepper. What kind of chili pepper is this? Is it so spicy?"

Zhao Yanning pointed at the princess's leaving figure: "That one seems to be very angry, his face is red with anger."

What is worth getting angry about? Ruyi shook his head: "You're wrong, it's probably spicy red."

"oh."

Shen Qiyuan had just finished dividing the several directions for thorough investigation with the ministers of the Criminal Department, when he ran into Li Zhaoying as soon as he went out.

Different from his previous shy responses, Li Zhaoying's eyes were filled with fire at this time. He took him to a place away from others and said in a deep voice: "Those who know the official affairs of the clan are considered to be highly selected by successive dynasties. Those who are not knowledgeable about the past and present must be the best in conduct." As a member of the clan, you don't have to do your job. You took on this important responsibility at the age of sixteen, and you haven't done anything wrong for four years. Why are you so confused about this matter between men and women?"

Shen Qiyuan narrowed his eyes: "Who told you?"

"I was looking for Sister Ruyi for half an hour yesterday evening." Li Zhaoying looked at him steadily.

He clearly had obstacles all around, and even if someone came over, they wouldn't be able to find any clues.

His eyes fell on the green tassel and red jade on her waist, and Shen Qiyuan understood clearly: "I met Zhenshan when I was looking for it. He is quite talkative."

"No matter who is talking too much, tell me what you are going to do?" Li Zhaoying was so angry that she put her hands on her hips, "Although Sister Ruyi is beautiful and kind-hearted, she is a commoner after all. If you want to marry her, the clan elders will not Agree. If you want to take her as your concubine, I won't agree either!"

"That's our business." Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes, "I don't have to worry about it, Princess."

"You used to say this to offend me, but now I don't care about you. I don't want to see sister Ruyi suffer any injustice. You men, of course, don't know the difficulties of women. If you don't plan to give her a status , I have to find a way to make the decision for her!"

=== Chapter === 71 Are there two people in the world who love each other but are not together?

The wind blew in from outside the courtyard wall, blowing through the girl's angry hair and his cold brows.

Shen Qiyuan was stunned for a long time and suddenly lowered his eyes.

"Do you think I don't want to marry you?"

This was the first emotional sentence he said to her. Although the emotion was heavy and decadent, which made her heart tighten, Li Zhaoying still felt surprised.

What do you mean, it's not that he doesn't want to get married, but it could also be that sister Ruyi doesn't want to get married? Just kidding, which woman in the world doesn't want to marry him, Shen Qiyuan, and which woman doesn't want to have a stable and reliable second half of her life?

She wanted to ridicule him for prevaricating, but her eyes fell on this man's face and she swallowed the words that came to her lips.

Li Zhaoying had never seen Shen Qiyuan like this. He was clearly a proud man of heaven, and he was clearly dressed in splendor, but he stood there with his head lowered, his eyes covered by broken hair, and his tear stains were full of self-mockery and dejection.

"Princess, why don't you think of a way to make the decision for me." He said hoarsely, "If she can do it willingly, the elder of the clan doesn't matter."

Li-colored robes were raised slightly, Shen Qiyuan turned around and walked away without looking back. His back disappeared into the shadows little by little, looking lonely and lonely.

Li Zhaoying stayed where he was, thinking for a long time without thinking about it, and took a dry bite of the roasted pigeon.

Are there two people in this world who love each other but are not together?

Ruyi's answer is no. If you truly love each other, no matter how difficult it is, two people will come together.

But, who said she and Shen Qiyuan were in love?

They were polite to each other during the day, and they enjoyed the moonlight together at night. Shen Qiyuan hugged her, buried his head in her neck, and asked in a muffled voice: "Did you just go to see Marquis Ningyuan?"

Ruyi came back to his senses and patted his head lovingly: "Why are you upset? I'm seeing Wen Zhenxue, and she insists on dragging me to talk to Marquis Ningyuan."

"What did you say?"

Ruyi wants to laugh when I mention this.

Because He Zeyou failed to patrol the hunting grounds, he was reprimanded by the Holy Emperor and removed from the third-level military position. Although it was originally a sinecure, his face was not good-looking after all.

Given this premise, she felt that Wen Zhenxue might have come to ask her why she didn't speak for He Zeyou, or that she had seen through her intention to harm He Zeyou.

As a result, the little girl came up and said: "You two are already clean, why are you still pestering Zeyou?"

Seeing that she was also well-behaved and pretty, Ruyi kindly persuaded her that this man was not the only one in the world, and not everyone liked this man. Moreover, it was He Zeyou who had been pestering her, and he had never wanted to take advantage of her. She was never able to break out of her trap from the beginning.

But Wen Zhenxue couldn't listen to a word of it, and scolded her for being shameless and stealing men.

With no advice left, Ruyi could only applaud: "Weren't you the same man who robbed me back then?"

Wen Zhenxue choked to death at these words. She cried and wiped her tears and swore that she was innocent. She happened to bump into He Zeyou who was passing by and fell into his arms.

In the past, He Zeyou would have comforted her and blamed Liu Ruyi in turn, but this time, Xu had just been demoted and was upset, so He Zeyou simply pushed her away and asked her to pay attention to her decency.

Thinking of Wen Zhenxue's expression at that time, Ruyi still wanted to laugh.

Who says there is no theory of karma in this world.

There was a slight pain in her throat. When she came to her senses, she saw Shen Qiyuan looking at her with obscure eyes: "Very happy?"

"No, no." She lowered the corner of her mouth, twisted her waist, and turned away with eyes filled with excitement, "Yesterday I told you about my time of cultivating demons. It's your turn today."

There was still a look of displeasure in his eyes, and he remained silent for a while.

Ruyi leaned forward, pecked his lips softly, twisted her waist, hugged his arm and shook it: "Huh?"

His brows gradually softened, Shen Qiyuan clasped the back of her neck, and said vaguely with his lips and teeth: "I have to disappoint you. My journey to spiritual cultivation has been smooth sailing."

lie.

She bit him lightly and smiled: "How come the god who has everything going smoothly didn't go to the ninth heaven, but became a green god in the human world?"

Qingshen reincarnates for hundreds of years, and will suffer a lot of human suffering. Usually it is the god who made a mistake and was demoted to the throne. Many gods choose to die because they cannot stand the torture of this cycle. Therefore, she said before that he would not be able to do it. What a good ending.

"The human world is a good place." He said seriously, "It's the best place."

"Well, after my merits are fully ascended, I will come to see you once every hundred years." She smiled and crossed her finger across his heart, "A hundred years of separation is not only better than a new marriage -"

The last note was swallowed into his throat, making it soft and mushy.

The world was upside down, her breathing was entangled, Shen Qi held her from a distance, a dark color flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly exerted force on his hands. But before she could cry out in pain, he restrained himself and relaxed.

Ruyi was a little stunned.

She will not be moved by extreme pleasure, but is easily tickled by these extremely subtle movements.

Shen Qiyuan seemed to really care about her.

But why, they obviously just met each other not long ago.

Is the heart of a god so easy to catch?

Shen Qiyuan is different from other cold-hearted gods. Although he does not look at her directly in front of others, he knows what she wants and will satisfy her without leaving any trace.

For example, during the team returning to the city, she was assigned to guard the prison car.

It was said to be a prison car, but after all, it was an autumn hunting party. They did not bring the wooden fence. They only took a cart with a straw shed built on top, and threw the tied-up Liu Taishi in it.

Ruyi sat aside and looked calmly at the person who had harmed Liu Ruyi's life.

"I should have expected that the person you hit on must be Shen Qiyuan, how could it be Marquis Ningyuan." Grand Master Liu looked at her coldly and spat, "I didn't expect that the person you were meeting, the lintel of the Liu family, would actually have someone like you. Such a piece of shit."

"If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will naturally be slanted as well." Ruyi didn't feel hurt at all, she just sneered, "If the Grand Master hadn't been such a bad guy, how could he have given birth to me."

"You, you are so presumptuous!" Grand Master Liu's face turned blue when the junior used these words. "You have read all the books in the dog's belly. How dare you talk to your biological father like this!"

"Yes." She nodded, "If the Grand Master hadn't been full of poems and books, he wouldn't have been able to deceive so many people."

"..."

Realizing that he was no match for this little girl in terms of words or momentum, Taishi Liu turned his head aside and stared at the road outside the gap in the hay shed.

Yes, this is the way to Nanlu Taoist Temple. As long as the concubine comes forward, as long as there are steps to go down—

He was hopeful.

Ruyi looked at him with a smile and did not tell him the truth. She only asked him to look forward to it. After waiting eagerly for an hour, the motorcade stopped at the Taoist temple, but it didn't stop for long before continuing on its journey.

Master Liu finally panicked: "What's going on? Why is it so fast?"

Could it be that the concubine could settle Wenge Lao and others with just a few words, or did the concubine not intercede for him at all?

Impossible, the concubine is his aunt and she has always loved him the most.

Could it be...?

He quickly looked at Ruyi beside him.

=== Chapter === 72 Unfulfilled Wish

Ruyi is still smiling, her white teeth shining in the autumn sun: "What's wrong, Master Liu who is about to be moved out of Chenzi's Tomb?"

"You, what did you do again?" He was furious.

Ruyi didn't answer, just looked at him deeply and let him guess on his own.

Did the concubine beg for mercy? Could it be that I just haven't seen the pigeons yet? Will he go to town to plead for mercy after seeing it? Will he die? What will Liu Mansion do if he dies? What to do with Xuanhe?

Ruyi let him torture herself for half an hour before she said quietly: "No father in the world would be partial to you."

Liu Ruyi and Liu Xuanhe were both his flesh and blood, but Liu Xuanhe had everything he wanted since childhood, but Liu Ruyi found it difficult to even meet him.

Three-year-old Liu Xuanhe was able to beat Liu Ruyi to a bloody head with a single stroke of his little hands, carrying natural malice. Master Liu rushed over, but only saw whether Liu Xuanhe was injured, and scolded her for not letting her brother go.

He gave all his love to Liu Xuanhe, from childhood to adulthood, every moment.

Liu Ruyi was the lone weed in the corner, the bastard whom he was suspicious of, and the poor girl who could only get his smile at the end of the year.

Even so, before learning the truth, Liu Ruyi never hated him. She allowed Liu Xuanhe to rob her of her things, and she gradually got used to not being loved.

"Look at you, you have spent half your life preaching and teaching, and the son you have taught is also full of evil?" Ruyi snorted, "I know what you care about most, and don't worry, he will not end well."

Without the blessing of overwhelming power, Liu Xuanhe, who had repeatedly committed crimes, could not be happy for a few days.

Master Liu suddenly became excited, even more excited than when she scolded him before. He leaned forward and wanted to hit her: "Don't try to take advantage of my son, he is your biological brother, your biological brother!"

"Who wants to recognize a foreign concubine as a younger brother?" Ruyi easily dodged his movements and smiled evilly, "The grandmaster's true love in this life is one from the foreign concubine and one from the evil family. For both of them, I owe the He family and desire. Killing a girl. Do you think retribution will fall only on you?"

"Liu Ruyi, you, you evildoer!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Her face suddenly turned cold, and Shi Shiran clapped his hands and got out of the car, "Let's wait for the family to reunite in the underworld."

"Stop, listen to me, Xuan He is innocent, come at me if you want anything!"

The boxcar pulled people forward, and Taishi Liu seemed to be quickly gagged, leaving only a few whimpering sounds.

Ruyi stepped on the fallen leaves on the ground and slowly fell behind.

There seemed to be fog around her. She looked up and saw Liu Ruyi running towards her from the fog.

The little girl ran staggeringly, stumbling past Liu Xuanhe's back and Master Liu's back, and suddenly threw herself into her arms.

Ruyi reached out and couldn't touch her, but he made a gesture to stroke her head.

She saw Liu Ruyi crying, her eyebrows and eyes were wrinkled from crying, but she couldn't hear a sound.

Over the past thousands of years, too many people have cried in front of her, and she should have been numb for a long time. But for some reason, Ruyi felt sad when she looked at the wailing mouth of the little girl in front of her.

Do monsters also have intentions? She pressed her chest blankly.

After a long time, Liu Ruyi finally cried enough. She wiped away her tears and stood up, passed her, and flew into the arms of Mr. He behind her.

Ruyi looked at her with relief and was already planning to wave goodbye to her. After all, this little girl's wish was revenge.

However, Liu Ruyi was lying on He's knees, but she still turned to look at her, her figure seemed to be in a trance, but not scattered.

Ruyi froze on the spot in astonishment.

not done?

How could it not be completed?

The fog dispersed and the surroundings gradually became clearer.

Ruyi looked down at her hands, suddenly a little angry. Could it be that her life was still hanging in the air just because Master Liu hadn't been executed yet?

—This is the only possibility.

Gritting his teeth and following the convoy, Ruyi rolled up his sleeves and personally sent Master Liu to Zongzheng Prison, and personally guarded Shen Qiyuan to investigate all the remaining trivial cases.

When the first snowflakes fell in Lin'an, Master Liu was pushed to the guillotine.

Ruyi watched King Yong holding He's tombstone and crying bitterly. He also watched Zhao Yanning curse in front of others and burn paper for his late mother with red eyes.

Many people's wishes seem to have come true during this first snowfall.

But Liu Ruyi was still looking at her faintly in her dream, refusing to leave, and gradually dissipated.

Ruyi was so angry that she threw herself into the thick quilt.

Shen Qiyuan sat aside and elegantly poured her a glass of hot wine: "It's still a long time, why be so anxious."

"You're not in a hurry." She glared at him sideways, "It's not you who made the contract."

The city gate caught fire, affecting the fish in the pond.

Sighing lightly, he said: "There will be a big wedding in the Marquis Mansion tomorrow, so be careful."

In the past few months, He Zeyou had almost sold all the property deeds in Fuzhong Field, and finally managed to put together a splendid ceremony to welcome Wen's daughter as scheduled. As a result, Wen Zhenxue actually booked a banquet at Huixian Restaurant.

No matter how you look at it, it's all malicious.

When she mentioned this, Ruyi rolled her eyes: "I'm just worried that they won't settle the bill."

Under the "blessing" of Zhao Yanning, Huixian Restaurant's business has been good and bad. If it weren't for the fact that the shop was owned by the owner, it would have closed down long ago. With such a big order, they would naturally take it, no matter if it was the Marquis Mansion or the Ma Mansion.

"Hope everything goes well." She clasped her hands together.

Looking at her beautiful profile, Shen Qiyuan seemed to have remembered something and opened his mouth to speak, but held back.

He pulled her over, put his chin on the top of her head, and suddenly said: "You said last time that I am your true love in this world."

Ruyi blinked: "Ah?"

Shen Qiyuan reminded displeasedly: "Last time, it was in Shen's mansion."

Some fragrant pictures flashed through his mind, and Ruyi smiled guiltily: "That seems to be the case."

Are the words spoken between the sheets taken seriously? !

He seemed to take it seriously and asked in a low voice: "Will you lie to me?"

"No." She blinked her long eyelashes.

"No matter who you meet, will you pounce on me first like you did in the hunting ground?"

"Well, that's for sure." She scratched the side of her face.

The slightly frowning eyebrows parted, Shen Qiyuan hugged her tightly and said seriously: "Keep your word."

Why are you so verbose today? Ruyi clicked her tongue, pinched his chin with her backhand, pulled him down and kissed him.

There are many kinds of love, earthly, heavenly and underground. Yesterday's, today's, tomorrow's.

But considering that this man is the most handsome of all the people she has met so far, she is willing to be extra gentle with him.

The mystery is rising, and under the same moonlight, someone drinks poison to quench his thirst, feeling that the person in his arms is the last straw. Someone has come all the way to Lin'an City in order to attend the wedding banquet at the Marquis Mansion.

=== Chapter === 73 Don't look at him

Because of being reprimanded by the Holy One and the inner treasury of the mansion was in short supply, although the wedding ceremony of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion tried its best, it still showed a bit of stinginess.

The sparse welcoming team was not even as lively and long as when the wedding ceremony was made.

Wen Zhenxue was sitting in the sedan chair, her expression not very good.

Marriage determines the entire rest of a woman's life. Now Marquis Ningyuan is far less prosperous than before. He even borrowed money from her mother's family before marriage, so he is not considered a good match.

But in order to force Liu Ruyi to retreat, she made their marriage known to the whole city, but now there is no way out.

After getting off the sedan and entering the house with a sullen face, Wen Zhenxue turned her head and happened to see Ruyi standing in the crowd next to her.

She looked at her from afar, her eyes dark and unclear.

Are you jealous of her? Wen Zhenxue finally felt better.

This marriage was absolutely bad, and it was what Liu Ruyi had dreamed of. Even if this person pretended to be calm on the outside, he must hate her in his heart.

Now he is the one entering the house wearing wedding clothes and a crown of pearls and emeralds. He is the only one who can write his name into the He family tree.

Thinking of this, she raised her chin, stepped on the red paper on the ground with a smile, and stepped into the main entrance of the Hou Mansion.

With the sound of firecrackers and the sound of gongs and drums, Ruyi looked at Wen Zhenxue's back among the flying red papers, and thought to Fuman next to her: "Even if it's just to compete for a breath, she shouldn't drag our restaurant's account, right? "

Fuman doesn't think so, but now that the food and wine are already prepared in the kitchen, there's nothing anyone can do to pay the bills.

She turned her head to look to the other side, then tugged on Ruyi's sleeve.

Ruyi turned around in confusion and saw Shen Qiyuan, wearing a sky-green brocade robe, looking at her from afar.

There were many figures around him, but he was pure and independent, and the jade hairpin on his head was warm and shining.

In fact, He Zeyou didn't have the face to invite Shen Qiyuan, but for some reason, he came so easily. He also told her yesterday that he would leave early to watch the lion dance competition on Gongshen Street.

It was rare for him to be so proactive, so Ruyi naturally agreed. But for some reason, she always felt that there seemed to be a scent of locust flowers in the wind today. It's fluttering, with the smell of loess and the scorching sun.

The newlyweds came to the ceremony, and the guests also took their seats. As soon as Ruyi sat down, Zhou Tingchuan appeared beside her.

"Miss Liu." He looked around and whispered, "My lord is already waiting for you at the east door."

She turned around in surprise: "You're leaving without even eating? I'm afraid the lion dance team doesn't even have a shadow at this moment."

The gift was more or less accepted, and all the dishes Wen Zhenxue ordered were made from the finest ingredients, so it was a pity to leave like this.

Zhou Tingchuan hesitated. Judging from his face at that time, it seemed that he was anxious to see Miss Liu, but at the same time, he also felt puzzled. This person was so blind, why did he insist on being with Miss Liu? This was not his usual style.

The table where Ruyi was sitting was relatively far back. Most of the people sitting down were people who were close to He Zeyou. They all knew her to some extent, and everyone looked at her a little strangely.

She didn't care and just waited for the food to be served.

There were more and more guests, and the table was gradually filling up. The last guest at the table came belatedly, and without taking off his armor, he hugged He Zeyou who came out of the bridal chamber.

"Ajue, you've caught up." He Zeyou laughed, very happy.

The man also laughed, with a warm and pleasant voice: "Two horses were exhausted on the road, but I finally didn't miss it."

This sound...

Ruyi was startled and raised his head subconsciously.

A piece of azure suddenly came in front of his eyes, completely covering He Zeyou and that person.

She raised her eyebrows, looked up and saw Shen Qiyuan's face was solemn, and he said calmly: "Shen sent a message on behalf of the princess, asking Miss Liu to come."

Princess? Ruyi found it funny, Zhaoying was already preparing for marriage in the palace, why would he ask her to go there.

Sensing that the looks around her were getting weirder, she had no choice but to stand up after him: "Thank you, Master Shen."

Shen Qi was walking beside her. He was already tall, but his robe with green gauze was still in the way. She glanced left and right and couldn't see what the owner of the voice looked like.

Walking to a deserted place, Ruyi smiled and raised his eyes: "What do you mean, sir?"

Shen Qiyuan didn't look at her, and pursed his thin lips tightly: "Didn't I agree to leave first, but Tingchuan still can't invite you?"

"You have to be reasonable if you are good-looking." She laughed angrily, "What time is it now? Where can I go to see the lion dance competition? It's perfectly late to go after I finish the food on the table."

"You don't mean what you say." He said sullenly.

"I..." Ruyi scratched his chin, "No, are we the other way around? Mr. Shen, a great man, do you want me, a little girl, to coax you?"

It wasn't all her coaxing before, but that has changed today.

Shen Qiyuan flicked his sleeves and stepped onto the carriage with a cold voice: "Whatever you want."

He actually got angry.

Ruyi looked at the sky in silence, wondering whose old lover was getting married today? She was fine, but why did this man become so angry?

Forget it, she shook her head, a giant monster that is thousands of years old can't argue with a little god.

Ruyi gathered up her skirt and prepared to get in the car.

However, as soon as Xiu Xie stepped onto the carriage shaft, Fu Man ran over.

"Dong, boss." She said anxiously, "Bride, the bride wants you to go."

Wen Zhenxue?

Ruyi curled her lips and said, "I sold the banquet to her, but I didn't sell anyone to her."

"She, she just asked you to go over and check out."

So refreshing?

When Ruyi was happy, he turned around and got off the car.

Shen Qiyuan reached out and grabbed her arm. She turned around and saw him asking in a muffled voice, "Can't you just go?"

She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so Ruyi touched the back of his hand and said, "Sir, if you don't collect the eight thousand taels of silver for the banquet while she is showing off your strength with me, it will be difficult to collect it later."

Even though he understood the truth, Shen Qiyuan still didn't let go.

He even said: "I will give you eight thousand taels, and you come with me."

Ruyi suddenly narrowed his eyes.

If all his previous actions were just like coquettishness, then his current behavior was more like he was afraid.

Is there anything that a green god in the world is afraid of? And is it related to her?

Ruyi pried his fingers apart one by one.

"I'm not your canary, let alone a flower customer who can follow you for money." She smiled mischievously, "Your Majesty said that, so I decided to go and take a look. Is there any big trap inside?" wait for me."

Stiff fingers slowly closed in the air, Shen Qiyuan leaned in the car, frowned and closed his eyes.

There was no way to avoid it. Some things were destined a long time ago. There was no point in trying to stop him. He was just like a child who acted mischievously.

However, there was still a glimmer of hope in his heart: "Half an hour."

"What?"

"I'll wait for you here for half an hour." Shen Qiyuan said softly, "It's windy today and the car curtains can't block it. You should come out earlier."

=== Chapter === 74 The Old Man

The fair-skinned and handsome beauty eagerly wanted to play cruel tricks with her, and her sad and obsessed eyes made Ruyi very moved.

She couldn't help but lift the curtain and leaned over to give him a peck.

This is how you behave. Being submissive and bowing your head to her is much more effective than using hard threats.

Turning over and getting out of the car, Ruyi took Fuman with him and wiped the corners of his mouth with his thumb as he walked.

Most women in the world like men who are brave, fearless and upright. She prefers this sweet and gentle man. He has a really strange taste and she doesn't know when he developed it.

There is always a blank space in the memory, covered with gray fog.

She was not a pushy person. She would not think about it if she couldn't think of it. She just smiled and said to Fuman, "You will see clearly later, and I will teach you how to blackmail people for their money."

Fuman:?

Inexplicably, I really want to learn.

The two of them were talking and laughing as they walked through the corridor. The yellow jade hairpin on Ruyi's head got loose for some reason and suddenly slipped down along with her black hair.

Her heart tightened, and she quickly turned around to save the rare hairpin, but someone behind her moved faster than her. She stretched out her hand and grabbed the magpie on the head of the hairpin.

A waterfall of black hair hung down between the two of them. Ruyi squinted her eyes, and the sweet smell of locust flowers suddenly filled her nose.

The wind blew through the red sword spikes, and the armor of the man opposite him rang, and his pale eyes met hers.

With a face like a crown jewel and eyes as bright as stars, he stared at her blankly, the mole at the corner of his eye trembling slightly.

A trace of surprise flashed in Ruyi's eyes.

It's him.

No wonder the voice just now felt familiar to her. They had been in love with each other for hundreds of years in the Ten Thousand Monsters Cave, and reincarnation had changed his memory, but not his voice or appearance.

She smiled and hooked her hand at him out of habit: "Come here."

It was obviously their first meeting, and the man and woman were obviously on guard, but Wei Zijue didn't know what was wrong with him. He felt as if he had been poisoned when he heard her speak, and he took a step forward while holding the hosta in his hand.

Ruyi hooked her lips and turned her back to him generously: "I don't know how to do a bun, so you can do it for me."

Fuman stayed where he was.

The boss definitely didn't know how tempting he looked when he said this, with a slender waist, sparkling eyes, and elegant neck turned sideways, like a compassionate goddess lowering her head to the people.

Who can resist her call? The general looked like he couldn't do it. He leaned over stupidly and awkwardly held up her hair for her. His rough fingers were trembling a little, and he couldn't pin the hairpin in place after several attempts.

She clicked her tongue, twisted the hairpin in his hand with her bare hands, pulled it up after two or three times, and turned to glare at him.

The face of the indifferent little general suddenly turned red, and he looked at her helplessly: "This, isn't this going to be saved?"

She didn't answer, she just raised her chin. The curvature of her chin was clean and beautiful. Under the light, she pulled her companion and continued towards the bridal chamber.

Wei Zijue was stunned in place, unable to move for a long time.

"Boss, do you like him?" Fuman came back to his senses and asked Ruyi.

Ruyi smiled lazily: "Probably so."

After all, for such a long time, he seemed to be the only one around her. Ah Jue also fell into reincarnation in order to save her. She promised him that she would fulfill his one wish in this world, no matter how difficult that wish was.

I knew I would meet him during this trip, but I didn't expect to meet him so early.

Ruyi thought in hindsight that she thought Shen Qiyuan was good-looking at first sight. Was it because Shen Qiyuan and Ajue looked very similar? Especially the tear mole at the corner of the eye, even the position is exactly the same.

No wonder Xiao Qingshen didn't want her to stay in the Hou Mansion for a long time today, because he was afraid that she would meet someone from her past.

With a bright smile, she arrived in front of Wen Zhenxue first.

Wen Zhenxue was holding today's menu in her hand. When she came in, she acted like a mistress: "It's eight thousand taels of banquet, and you only put one white fairy fish on each table to fool me?"

Ruyi and Fuman exchanged glances, then Shi Shiran sat down at the tea table: "The banquets in our Huixian Restaurant are not affordable for ordinary people. This is what Princess Jinghong ordered for the banquet last month. The dishes for five tables only cost one thousand taels. I still consider the poverty of the Hou Mansion now, so I only charge eight thousand taels for these fifty tables."

She emphasized the word "poor and destitute" a little more strongly, with the intention of watching a good show.

As expected, Wen Zhenxue was stung. She didn't want to be tricked by Liu Ruyi even if she was laughed at by anyone.

She sneered and took out a stack of banknotes, and said: "No matter how poor the Hou family is, they can still do better than you, a merchant girl. Just talk about my dignity and dignity, even you can't pile up the money."

Ruyi fiddled with her nails disapprovingly: "Okay, we are all people who know the basics. What do you want from me? Just tell me that you have no money, and I can give you less."

"Are you blind? What is this if it's not money?" Wen Zhenxue raised the banknote in her hand, "It was all given to me by the Marquis."

As long as it was given by He Zeyou, Liu Ruyi's sweat must be on every piece of paper.

Fuman was a little angry when he heard it, but Ruyi didn't feel any pain at all: "Respectable people pay their bills easily, so there is no need for me to come here personally, but you, you want to show off whatever you lack. Look. Look at all the jewelry on your table, none of it can compare to the one in my hair."

As she spoke, she reached out and stroked the yellow jade hairpin, her posture was charming and her aura was overwhelming.

Wen Zhenxue clenched her fists in anger.

She was not angry at anything else, but because Liu Ruyi was getting more and more radiant day by day. She originally wanted to find her to show off and humiliate her, but she didn't think she could get angry no matter what she said. Instead, she made herself angry first.

After counting the banknotes, Wen Zhenxue fiercely threw the eight thousand taels on the ground: "Pay your bill, and remember to thank me and the Marquis later!"

The banknotes filled half the room, Ruyi sat on the stool, but didn't even bother to raise his eyelids: "The Marquis Mansion is used to doing credit, and I'm used to it too. People from Huixian Restaurant are guarding each door, waiting for the guests. After the party is over, I will ask them to collect money one by one. Each person will pay twenty taels, and the account will be settled."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wen Zhenxue thought about the scene and couldn't keep it in her face. "Didn't I give you the banknote?"

Turning over her delicate hands, Ruyi wondered: "My hands are empty, when did you give them to me?"

"On the ground."

"According to the rules of the high school, anything thrown on the ground is a reward." She curled her lips, "Does the reward also count as settlement?"

Wen Zhenxue was startled and said something bad in her heart. She wanted to tell the maid to pick it up, but she felt that this behavior was petty. Liu Ruyi was looking at her, and she couldn't help it.

Ruyi didn't mind this. She took out a broom from nowhere and swept the banknotes into the dustpan that Fuman brought over in a few strokes.

By the time Wen Zhenxue realized her regret, Fuman had already taken the dustpan away.

The bill in her hand didn't have Liu Ruyi's personal seal on it, so wouldn't she have to settle the bill again? !

=== Chapter === 75 The most loyal hound

Thinking of the weight of the eight thousand taels, Wen Zhenxue finally lowered her head no matter how unwilling she was: "Good sister, don't joke with me. Get your private seal to stamp it soon."

Ruyi's eyes widened in surprise: "Mrs. Hou, are you trying to bully others? Are you asking me to press my seal before paying the bill?"

"You." She was angry and annoyed, and slapped the table. "You dare to accept the reward of eight thousand taels. Aren't you afraid that I will go to the Yamen to sue you?"

"The amount of the reward always depends on the master's wishes. Madam Hou is very fond of me. What can I do?" Ruyi spread her hands innocently, "It's better not to accept it. It's a happy day and it will attract more people's attention."

"Madam, please stop glaring at me. There is only one stick of incense left before the guests have to leave. It is better to take out the banknotes for the checkout first. Otherwise, if you collect the money from the guests one by one today, tomorrow the Marquis Mansion will be known as a big house in Lin'an." What a joke."

Naturally, the Hou Mansion couldn't afford to lose this person, but the eight thousand taels couldn't just be given away to her for free, right?

Wen Zhenxue's face turned bright and purple. Seeing Ruyi getting up to leave, she couldn't care about anything else. She quickly ordered the maid behind her: "Hold her down!"

"yes."

If these people were allowed to hold her down, she would not be able to get around in the future if word spread.

Ruyi sneered and jumped out of the door so fast that no one in the room even touched her clothes.

"Stop!" Several old ladies cursed and chased out.

Ruyi walked slowly into the courtyard, and just as he was about to climb over the courtyard wall, he caught a glimpse of someone from the corner of his eye.

She paused, raised the corners of her mouth playfully, and stopped motionless with her embroidered shoes, allowing the person behind to catch up and grab her wrist.

"Where are you running!" The old woman shouted with a fierce face.

Wei Zijue turned around when he heard the sound.

As far as the eye could see, the girl just now was being held by several evil men. Her beautiful face turned pale due to fright, and her body was swaying like a broken kite.

She saw him in a hurry, and a ripple appeared in her long eyes, and the moonlight spread softly. The wind blew through her hair hanging down her temples, making her feel fragile and helpless.

His body reacted faster than his brain, and he rushed forward without thinking: "Let her go!"

Several old ladies were shocked by his armor and stepped back one after another. Ruyi raised her eyes and saw him standing in front of her. She asked anxiously, "What's going on? Why are they arresting you?"

She couldn't help but smile.

Shen Qiyuan is like a cold fox, but Wei Zijue is her most loyal hunting dog. Even if he doesn't remember her, he will still protect her unconditionally.

Wei Zijue was dazzled by her sudden bright smile, and pinched the scabbard of her sword at a loss: "You..."

"I am the owner of Huixian Restaurant." She greeted him lazily, "I came to collect the bill for today's banquet, but I never thought that the mistress of the Hou Mansion would not pay and would arrest me."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" The old woman next to her said anxiously, "Don't slander our mistress, the money is clearly given to you."

"The rules of Daqian are to stamp first and then settle the bill." Ruyi spread her hands and asked, "Is there my personal seal on the bill?"

Even if you file a complaint with the Yamen, it will still be based on the seal.

Wen Zhenxue had to pay the price for her own impulse.

Several women were choked. Wei Zijue looked at their guilty expressions and frowned: "Let's go, I'll take you to talk to the Marquis."

Ruyi smiled at him: "Thank you, general."

Seeing that something was wrong, the mother-in-law said quickly: "Please wait a moment, General and Master, and we will go and take out the banknotes. The Marquis is busy with banquets today, so it is not good to mention this in front of him."

Although eight thousand taels of silver notes are painful, if today's wedding banquet turns into a joke, it will make the Marquis and the old lady stunned to death.

Gritting her teeth, the old lady went back to send a message to Wen Zhenxue.

Wei Zijue breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and was about to say something, when he realized that the person next to him was looking at him.

Her eyes were very deep, with a faint light inside them, and it seemed as if they could suck away a person's soul if they looked at each other for a moment.

Turning his head in embarrassment, Wei Zijue was silent for a moment and suddenly asked, "Have I seen the girl somewhere?"

Ruyi smiled: "Yes, I have seen it before, just a few hundred years ago."

What she said was true, but it would sound ridiculous to mortal ears, so it could only be regarded as another way of saying "destined relationship".

They were so destined that they had just met her, but he couldn't help but want to protect her, and even wanted to give her everything he had.

This is crazy.

Taking two steps back in fear, Wei Zijue distanced himself from her.

Ruyi noticed his movements and chuckled: "The general is not afraid of thousands of troops on the battlefield. Are you still afraid of a weak woman like me?"

"No." He retorted subconsciously, but did not dare to approach her again.

She withdrew her gaze and said no more, just waiting for the women to come back.

Wen Zhen was so angry that she threw things and had to have someone bring her the banknotes. But this time they were more cautious and asked Ruyi to press the seal first.

Ruyi was also generous, pressed the seal on it and took the banknote.

"We are settled." She smiled and said, "I wish Madam and the Marquis a happy marriage and a son soon."

The words were nice, but the person opposite didn't feel happy at all.

Ruyi didn't care, just raised the banknote and walked out.

The man next to her kept his eyes on her, she knew it, but she didn't turn her head, just waiting to see when he would speak.

one two three.

"Girl." Wei Zijue called her with difficulty.

He had too many doubts in his heart, and subconsciously felt that he could not pass by this person like this. After hesitating for a long time, he finally said: "Seeing that the banquet is about to break up, would you like to go to the Lion Tower with me to talk?"

It didn't sound very serious, and he quickly added with a blush: "There are elders in the family who are celebrating their birthdays. I haven't been back to Lin'an for a long time, and I am not familiar with restaurant banquets. I asked the girl to explain."

The woman in front of him looked at him with a smile, and her eyes seemed to see through all his thoughts.

Just when he felt ashamed, she nodded: "Okay, please, General."

Without changing his armor, and without having time to say goodbye to Zeyou, Wei Zijue followed her, following her step by step, as if he had been doing this for many years.

Originally there was still some warm sunshine today, but by the time the banquet was over, the wind outside was already covered with snow.

Zhou Tingchuan sat on the shaft of the car and looked at the sky, and couldn't help but said: "I should change to another car, why did I choose this one with thin curtains today?"

A small cluster of snow blew into the car with the wind and fell on his sleeves, which did not melt for a long time.

Shen Qiyuan lowered his head, moved his somewhat cold fingers, and said mockingly: "Yeah, why did I choose this car."

Who does she feel sorry for? It was not himself who committed the crime.

"Tingchuan." He closed his eyes and asked, "Is it half an hour?"

In fact, he had arrived a long time ago, but Zhou Tingchuan paused, pursed his lips and replied: "There is still one stick of incense left."

"Well." Shen Qiyuan did not expose him, "Then we won't wait for her, let's go."

=== Chapter === 76: Do she and him have the same thoughts?

The sky is getting late, the lanterns are starting to turn on, and the exquisitely woven candle cages start from the west of Gongshen Street, lighting up half of Lin'an City.

Ruyi sat in the best position on the second floor of the Lion Building, and could just see the two lion dance teams facing each other under the town street archway. The lion heads were lifelike and the dances were vivid.

She just loved watching these little bustles in the human world. Although they were clumsy and complicated, they would never happen in the mountains and forests.

The man next to him seemed to be used to it. He didn't look down, he just looked at her blankly while holding the wine.

He was confused as to why he cared so much about a woman he met for the first time, and also confused about her origins. He thought more deeply, and even became wary, secretly wondering whether she might be a spy sent by a neighboring country.

However, there are many barbarians in the neighboring countries, and the women are tall and have deep silhouettes, but the person in front of them is like a crescent moon, slender and elegant.

She should live a pampered life, so her fingers are as green as greens and should not be touched by fireworks. The jade hairpin bead ring on her bun is already luxurious. There is also a thumb-sized pearl on her neck. She inadvertently tilts her head and smiles at him, but the smile is brighter than the pearl. Shining and moving.

"I'm thirsty." She tapped the empty wine cup in her hand.

There was no politeness or pleasantries, her tone was matter-of-fact, and she even raised her chin slightly.

Wei Zijue picked up the wine bottle out of nowhere and poured her a small cup.

The man in front of him nodded with satisfaction, picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp, then pursed his lips and tasted it carefully, stroking the rim of the cup with his fingertips.

"The general is familiar with Marquis Ningyuan, but I have never met the general." She suddenly said, "I think the general has not returned to Lin'an for four years."

"It's not just four years." He answered subconsciously, "Zeyou and I were in the same army when we were young, and we were supposed to be together forever. Unexpectedly, when I was twelve years old, my father was sent to guard the border town, so I had no choice but to go with him. It's been seven years."

"Oh?" She blinked curiously, "Is life in the border town hard?"

How could it not be bitter? Lin'an was a prosperous and lively place, with everything he wanted available, but the border towns were mostly deserted villages. The most delicious thing he had eaten since he was twelve years old was a piece of white naan.

But these are not important. His duty is to guard the border town and prevent barbarians from invading the people.

Wei Zijue's heart was filled with emotions, but to a woman he met for the first time, he still only said: "It's pretty good."

The man opposite looked at him with a clear look in his eyes.

He looked at it, feeling a little puzzled, and even a little angry after being puzzled. Why would a carefree Lin'an woman look like this at him? What does she know? Just like the snow in the middle of winter, in Lin'an it is full of wind, flowers, snow and moon, but in the border town it is littered with corpses.

Has she seen that hellish scene? Does she know what it feels like for those in the army to spend their entire lives unable to cross the Jiuhe River?

Taking two deep breaths, Wei Zijue stood up angrily. Just as he was about to say goodbye, he heard her say quietly: "Sit down."

What a joke, he, the majestic general of Zhennan, should listen to the orders of a commoner like her?

...But she seemed unhappy, the smile on her lips disappeared, and there was a trace of impatience between her brows.

After hesitating angrily for two steps, Wei Zijue sat back down.

Ruyi muttered angrily: "It's been so many years and I still can't change my angry temper."

"What?"

"I said." She turned to look in the direction of the archway, "it's time for the two dragons to play with the pearl."

The two lion dance teams below were going back and forth, frantically competing for the hydrangea hanging on the high pillar, which attracted cheers from the onlookers.

Ruyi cupped her chin and looked at it, and said casually: "There is a saying in Lin'an City that the moment when the hydrangea with two dragons playing with beads falls from the high pillar is a wonderful show that even the gods will poke their heads into, so it is easiest to make a wish at that time. To be heard by the gods."

Wei Zijue was puzzled: "Is there such a thing?"

"What wishes do you have, sir?" She asked immediately, "Get promoted and make a fortune? Marry a wife and have children?"

"No." He said seriously, "I want to take Daqian's soldiers and fight across Jiuhe."

Eight years ago, in order to quell the war, Daqian ceded the south of Jiuhe to neighboring countries. Every day after that, they, the border officers, thought about how to regain the lost territory and how to rescue their comrades.

This wish is too big, even the gods will not listen to it.

Seeing the hydrangea fall from the pillar, Wei Zijue only smiled mockingly but did not make a wish.

Today's Holy Emperor, like the late Emperor, wants peace in the world and prosperity in cities and towns. They don't want to go to war, let alone let their military power fall by the wayside. When he returned to Beijing this time, in addition to attending Zeyou's wedding banquet, he also wanted to hand over power and then rest in Lin'an.

The nineteen-year-old commander has already gained too much prestige in the border town and is no longer suitable to continue guarding.

Ruyi said "Huh" and nodded almost imperceptibly.

In this life, Ah Jue has finally found what she loves. Before that, he seemed to be living for her.

"I have a question for you, girl." Wei Zijue suddenly spoke.

Ruyi looked sideways at him.

There was a blush on his face again, and the hands on the table were clenched into fists. After hesitating for a long time, he still asked: "Can the girl get married?"

Ruyi smiled when he mentioned this, "Marquis Ningyuan has been exchanging letters with the general for so many years, but it seems that he didn't mention me even a word."

Wei Zijue was startled: "What... do you mean by this?"

She didn't answer, just smiled meaningfully.

Wei Zijue's face turned pale little by little.

Is she from Zeyou? But she clearly wore her unmarried hair in a bun.

Outer room? Impossible, she entered the Hou Mansion openly today.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, he pursed his lips and pinched his eyebrows impatiently.

Ruyi didn't explain even a word, just watched him struggling in pain, hesitating and tangled. After a long time, he raised his head and said to her in a hoarse voice: "As long as you are not married, everything is fine."

When he said this, his eyelashes were trembling, his eyes were averted, as if he was trying hard to deceive himself, but sporadic collapse appeared in the corners of his eyes.

A woman who falls in love with her brother can only overcome her reason temporarily, but she will have to live in a guilty heart for a long time. He is not someone who would make such a ridiculous choice, but, but—

Wei Zijue raised his head and looked at Ruyi, feeling that he had loved her for many, many years.

Ruyi quietly admired his pain.

Otherwise, the beauty in this world is somewhat broken and cruel. Beauties like him and Shen Qiyuan are most moving at this time, crushing reason and being forced to break the shackles they often wear. He approached her step by step, frantically yet restrainedly.

She couldn't help but reach out and touch the side of Wei Zijue's face.

His pupils shrank slightly, and Wei Zijue looked at her in shock, but he felt his heart heat up because of the soft touch on his face.

Do she have the same thoughts as him?

=== Chapter === 77 What a strong sour smell

Before I had time to ask this question, a gust of wind suddenly blew by.

Wei Zijue turned his head and saw a hand slowly reaching out and pinching Ruyi's wrist accurately. The force was so strong that she stood up.

She was caught off guard. She lost her footing and fell limply into the arms of the visitor.

Wei Zijue frowned and stood up.

As his eyes passed by, he was startled.

The person who came was dressed in wind and snow, and surrounded by a fox fur cloak was a face that was very similar to his own, except that his eyes were heavy and deep, with an oppressive aura, which forcibly suppressed his anger.

Wei Zijue subconsciously touched the mole at the corner of his eye.

Shen Qiyuan opened his cloak, wrapped Ruyi in it, and asked expressionlessly: "Is the lion dance good?"

A sudden chill ran down Ruyi's spine.

After it was over, she said that she seemed to have forgotten something. She had made an appointment with this person to watch the lion dance in the first place. He must have been waiting for her for a long time.

She pushed aside the warm and soft fox fur, revealing a pair of long, slightly guilty eyes: "I'm not as good-looking as you."

Wei Zijue frowned when he heard this: "Miss Liu, who is this?"

Shen Qiyuan's hand hidden in his cloak silently pinched her waist.

Ruyi smiled dryly.

I guess he was so angry that he didn't even bother to avoid suspicion by the people he had agreed with before. It is naturally inappropriate to introduce him as the current Zongzheng in this manner.

She thought for a moment, then said with a smile: "His surname is Shen, and he is my - Lanyan confidant."

The hand on her waist suddenly tightened, pinched her, but then let go.

Shen Qiyuan raised his chin and said to Wei Zijue calmly and coldly: "It's getting late, so let's take the first step."

us.

Wei Zijue clasped his hands behind his back, his mouth tightened, and he nodded after a long while.

Ruyi was carried by him in his cloak and went all the way down to the Lion Tower.

"Ziyan, good Ziyan, don't be so angry, let me out first."

"Hey, I can't see the road, I'm going to fall."

Shen Qiyuan turned a deaf ear and noticed that she was really stumbling, so he simply picked her up with rough movements.

Ruyi felt like the world was spinning for a while, as if she heard Zhou Tingchuan's voice and the neighing of a horse, and then she was carried into the carriage.

The fox fur cloak fell, and she gasped for air, a blush already appearing on her face.

Shen Qiyuan looked at her coldly, with a layer of frost in his eyes: "Is it fun?"

Her hair was disheveled, and she was lying on the soft cushion with her heart heaving: "I just watched a lion dance, and didn't have time to play with anything else."

Are you still blaming him for what he said?

He stretched out his hand and opened the knot around her waist with a movement of his knuckles.

Ruyi raised her eyebrows, but did not stop her. She just said: "You can naturally untie the rope you tied, but Ziyan, why are you angry with me?"

They are not loving partners, nor are they a relationship bought by power and wealth. They don't owe each other, they don't belong to each other, they just get what they need.

People who get what they need need not be loyal and single-minded.

With his knuckles stiff in the air, Shen Qiyuan raised his eyes and asked her: "If I were like this with other women today, wouldn't you be angry?"

"Why are you angry?" She smiled nonchalantly, "There are thousands of flavors of love in the world, and you can taste them all, so that your trip to this world is not in vain."

"..." It makes him look even more like a fool.

Curbing his lips mockingly, Shen Qiyuan continued his action and opened her belt: "Then you think I've waited too long and you're going to get angry."

This reason is acceptable if you wish, after all, you will get angry if you wait for him for a long time.

But the carriage was very thin, and the two of them were so entangled in it that they could hear clearly the bargaining sounds of street vendors.

Ruyi closed her mouth tightly and didn't make any sound, but this person in her seemed to be deliberately picking at her sore spots and tossing them, looking at her intently with his eyes, and reaching out to pry her lips apart.

"Your Majesty, you don't care about your shame at this time?" She asked him softly with sweat on her temples.

Shen Qiyuan picked her up and put her nose against his own. He half-closed his eyes and looked at her deeply: "Why don't you say today that I remind you of an old person?"

Ruyi opened her mouth to answer, but he pushed her back hard: "Is it because you don't want to think about it after you see it?"

"Then who is better, me or him?"

"Or I've always been just his substitute. Now that the real owner is back, he doesn't even care about me anymore."

Her waist was so soft that she was about to fall, but he picked her up and held her tightly in his arms: "How can you do it with just one? With your temperament, you should want them all, so next time, Miss Liu won't feel happy again." Make an appointment with me."

There was no sound in her throat. Ruyi raised her hand helplessly and touched his head gently.

A wrinkled heart seemed to be soothed by her tenderness.

The anger in Shen Qiyuan's eyes slowly faded, and his movements finally stopped.

She finally smiled and said, "It smells so sour. This is the first time I've seen Mr. Shen like this."

With his jaw tense, Shen Qiyuan rested his forehead on her collarbone and remained silent for a long time.

Ruyi slowly comforted him: "You also know that he is my old person. He accompanied me through the most painful five hundred years of cultivating demons. How could I turn a blind eye to him?"

When the city was destroyed, she was pierced through the heart and hung at the city gate. She could no longer continue cultivating the spirit with her human body. She could only sacrifice her body to the demon and possess the magpie with her soul. After struggling for three thousand years, she got an immortal demon body.

All her relatives are dead, and her only friend has become her mortal enemy. In such a situation, it is not an exaggeration to say that she and Ajue depend on each other for life.

"If you really like him so much, why did you let him reincarnate?" He asked in a muffled voice.

That was his own choice, and she wouldn't stop him.

However, this answer was boring. Ruyi thought about it, licked the corner of his mouth and smiled: "A life is only a few decades, which means that every few decades, he will fall in love with me again. Isn't this good?"

He pinched her face hard.

A vicious and ridiculous monster, she clearly has everything at her fingertips, but she still likes to play with people's hearts over and over again.

What's even more disgusting is that the people she teases are still happy with it.

The carriage drove to the back door of Shen's mansion. Shen Qiyuan wrapped her in a cloak and carried her all the way to his room, where she was pressed into the soft and warm brocade quilt.

He didn't want to admit that he was crazy with jealousy, and he didn't want to show any more unnecessary emotions in front of her. He could only leave one red mark after another on her neck, getting higher and higher, so high that the skirt of his clothes couldn't cover it.

Ruyi knew what he wanted to do, but did not stop him. He only said teasingly: "If your clan elders knew that Zong Zheng, whom you elected, was so emotional, I wonder if they would be so angry that they would sue the emperor."

Emotional?

Shen Qiyuan closed his eyes.

He thought of thousands of years ago. If he could, he really wanted to go back to that time and told himself that he must act emotionally and not be too rational.

=== Chapter === 78 You can work overtime if you have enough overtime pay

The running mat at the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion was originally scheduled to be set up for three days, but after one day the Marquis' Mansion closed the show, saying that the old lady was ill and should not make any more noise.

Although other people could believe this reason, the people at Huixian Restaurant laughed when they heard it.

"I don't have any money, eight thousand taels a day, twenty-four thousand taels in three days." Zhao Yanning thought about the calculation and said with a smile, "What's more, when we met our boss, he collected 16,000 taels on the first day. Come back twice."

Zhou Tingchuan was speechless: "This is quite profitable."

"That sounds like a lot." He Tinglan came down from upstairs and shook her head and said, "Mrs. Hou is a petty person. After giving the money, she sued the Si Shang Yamen, saying that our food was not fresh, and the Yamen sent someone to check. No matter what the outcome is, half a month's business will be delayed."

Although half a month's business may not necessarily earn back eight thousand taels, it always makes people unhappy if the door is closed.

Zhou Tingchuan waved his hand: "They are not serious people who open restaurants anyway, they have nothing to do..."

"Who do you think is not a serious restaurant owner?" Zhao Yanning was not happy to hear this, "I get all my hard-earned money, and I spend a lot of effort on it."

He Tinglan also pouted: "The rice and grain shop I have is not idle either, and I have made a lot of money."

Fuman came out with the new dish he had just prepared and placed it in front of Zhao Yanning for him to taste. Then he turned his head and silently condemned Zhou Tingchuan.

Zhou Tingchuan raised his hands: "I was wrong."

But he couldn't figure it out: "What are you doing here in this small restaurant?"

"You don't understand." Zhao Yanning laughed while tasting the food, "Restaurant people live in seclusion in the city. It's best if they can live a peaceful life."

None of them had been homeless before, and their hatred could not be eliminated. It was a blessing to be able to do trivial things in this small space.

Zhou Tingchuan clasped his fists guiltily: "I am a villain, but I thought you thought the monthly salary here was high."

"How could that happen? Who wants that little money?" The three of them waved their hands in unison.

There was a sudden knock on the closed door.

Zhao Yanning walked over in a few steps, opened the door and saw Yuncheng standing outside with a pale face.

After the last killing in the hunting ground, although Yuncheng still had a favor, he was impeached by the official because of his evil intentions, demoted to the seventh rank Zuo Sijian, and had half of his family property confiscated. He has not been seen in public for a long time. .

When he saw Zhao Yanning, he said: "Your boss said that Huixian Restaurant also accepts private lawsuits."

Before he could finish his words, Zhao Yanning closed the door with a bang.

Fuman gestured in confusion: What's wrong?

"It's really unlucky." Zhao Yanning waved her hand, "It's hard to take a few days off, so I'm going to find something for us to do."

The person outside the door added weakly: "I wish you three hundred taels, I just ask you to save me once."

Pausing in his steps, Zhao Yanning raised his head, looked at the people in the room, then walked back the way he came, and reopened the door.

"This guest," he asked with a smile, "What do you want to sue for?"

Zhou Tingchuan's mouth twitched as he watched Yun Cheng step through the door, thinking that if they hadn't wanted money, he would have eaten the table next to him on the spot.

Ruyi woke up and stood up. When she opened the door, there were three smiling faces outside.

She raised her eyebrows, passed over Zhao Yanning and He Tinglan, and chose Fuman, who was the least able to lie: "You tell me."

With his face flushed, he said: "I, we, we took a case, and we want to go to Yuncheng's house."

As she spoke, Zhao Yanning generously gave her a letter of silver: "A total of one hundred taels, and you will be given thirty taels. Is that interesting?"

Ruyi took the silver and weighed it, quite satisfied, but then asked belatedly: "Yuncheng?"

"The person who indirectly killed Hai Yan." Zhao Yanning waved her hand, "To others, he may be a bad person, but to me and Fuman, he is actually a good person."

Fuman's husband-in-law died at the hands of people sent by Haiyan. Although there were many twists and turns, he was indeed the most direct murderer. Yuncheng killed Haiyan, which was equivalent to avenging them.

Ruyi hummed, not intending to stop them. She just said: "Be careful when you go out and show your face less. Otherwise, you will be recognized by the customers when the restaurant opens, and it will be difficult to do business."

The three of them immediately agreed.

Ruyi grabbed He Tinglan who was about to run away: "Both of them are from the Criminal Department. It's understandable that they like to investigate cases. Why are you joining in the fun?"

He Tinglan said confidently: "The rice and grain shop makes money too quickly and easily. I want to go see the world with them."

There's no way to argue with that.

Ruyi waved her hand helplessly: "If something happens, don't bear it. Come back to me."

"Okay." He Tinglan nodded, but looked her up and down, "But aren't you going out now?"

Originally, she had made an appointment with Wei Zijue to visit his house, but Ruyi looked at them and felt uneasy: "I won't go out. If you have news, just send it back."

Zhou Tingchuan stuck his head out from the side: "Just in time, I came here just to tell the girl that General Wei is not free today."

Ruyi raised her eyebrows: "How did you know?"

"He went into the palace with my lord early in the morning. My lord personally went to the Wei Mansion to pick him up." Zhou Tingchuan said.

Ruyi blinked.

Shen Qiyuan definitely didn't like Wei Zijue, nor was she confident. Just from the look in their eyes when the two met last time, it was obvious that Shen Qiyuan would have thrown him off the Lion Tower if he could. How could he be fetching someone into the palace in such a blink of an eye?

—Wei Zijue thought so too.

After the Lion Tower that day, he couldn't sleep well all night, his mind was filled with Shen Qiyuan's provocative eyes and the disdainful smile on his lips. Although compared to He Zeyou, I feel less guilty about arguing with Shen Qiyuan, this person is really not easy to get along with.

He only found out on the second day that this man was the son of the eldest princess. He was in charge of the Criminal Department and Zongzheng Yamen. He was extremely powerful. However, the sense of oppression in him did not come from his identity and status, but from the intimidation that came from his bones, as if he was born Just looking down at a rotten dog is scary.

Can such a person be influenced by love?

The bronze crane ornaments in the middle palace are so eye-catching that they reflect his face, which is almost the same as his own.

Wei Zijue couldn't help but wonder if Miss Liu was so close to him because he looked like Shen Qiyuan.

However, if she really liked Shen Qiyuan, how could she still be close to him?

"It's rare that you all came into the palace together." Zhonggong said kindly, "Ah Jue has grown so tall."

He came to his senses and bowed to his empress.

Zhonggong looked at his face and was stunned for a moment, then looked at Shen Qiyuan: "How did Ziyan recognize Ajue? He was just a little baby when he left Beijing."

"It's a long story." Shen Qiyuan said with a faint smile, "I came here today because I want to solve a problem for my empress."

=== Chapter === 79 Sister

The Empress of the Middle Palace is a lucky woman, and she has been with her husband for twenty years. Even though her husband was flying in the sky, he did not open up the harem, but still treated her like a jewel.

There are only a handful of women like this who can't solve their worries, but they do exist.

She looked at Shen Qiyuan, her eyes brightened: "Is it possible that Ziyan has figured it out and is willing to start a family?"

"I remember that my mother-in-law said last time that the daughter of the Xu family of Hou Chaomen is really good."

"Yes." The Empress of the Middle Palace straightened her body while holding the armrest, "That is my distant niece. She is of excellent character, talent and appearance, but she has always looked down on those rich and dandy people, so she was delayed until ten Seven years old."

Shen Qiyuan nodded and pointed to Wei Zijue: "Commander Wei is not a playboy. He went to the border town at the age of twelve. He has done many military exploits. He is upright and magnanimous. He has no family yet. He is really a good match."

Wei Zijue:?

No, why are you talking about him?

The man in the palace was stunned for a moment, looked at him, and smiled: "Ziyan is right, but I don't know what Commander Wei's intention is."

This is a polite statement. He himself followed Shen Qiyuan, and in the eyes of the Empress Zhonggong, he was actively proposing for marriage. If he refuted it now, it would be like trampling on the faces of Shen Qiyuan and Zhonggong.

Wei Zijue was a little at a loss, stood up with his fists clenched, and frowned at Shen Qiyuan.

He looked back at him expressionlessly, with one hand behind his back, like a high-ranking punisher.

There was a bit of bloody taste in his mouth. Wei Zijue lowered his eyes and cupped his hands, his knuckles turned white: "I... I'm very lucky."

The Empress of the Middle Palace smiled kindly: "Then I will go and ask the Xu family what they want."

"Thank you, ma'am."

Coming out of the Central Palace, Wei Zijue's face turned pale due to the cold wind.

He looked at the person in front of him who was walking without looking back, and suddenly said: "You are actually afraid of me."

Shen Qiyuan paused.

He came back with half of his face turned sideways. Set against the snow-white fox fur, he looked dignified and proud: "The commander-in-chief is too worried."

"If you are not afraid of me, why are you in such a hurry to say goodbye to me?" Wei Zijue pursed his lips and smiled suddenly, "It seems that I may not be like you, maybe you are like me?"

Shen Qiyuan looked at him indifferently, his eyes filled with frost.

It doesn't matter who looks like whom, what's important is that he won't lose.

Turning around with a flick of his sleeves, he stepped on the slightly wet ground after the snow and stepped out of the palace gate step by step.

During the long and lonely years of becoming a god, Shen Qiyuan heard a lot about Wei Zijue.

He is a little demon with a humble background. With his tenacious will, he climbed up the Ten Thousand Demons Cave step by step and stood next to Ruyi. That year, Ruyi was bloodthirsty and cruel. Of the seventy-eight attendants, only Wei Zijue survived.

Not only did he survive, but he was also taken into the tent by Ruyi, accompanying her to practice, accompany her to kill the demon king and subvert the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, and accompany her to gradually transform from a monster who can't argue with demons to a real great demon.

The outside world says that Zijue is equal to Ruyi. Wherever Ruyi is, there must be Zijue.

He felt that he was not jealous. After all, she had been with him for longer. After all, the two of them had experienced more and more things. After all...

A piece of snow fell and touched his forehead.

Shen Qiyuan raised his head and looked at the dark sky, his throat rolling.

"Sir." Zhou Tingchuan was waiting for him at the palace gate. Seeing his face, he jumped a step in fright, "What's wrong? What happened in the palace?"

"No." Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyelashes and gathered his cloak, "It's too cold."

He doesn't like winter. His fingers are cold, the carriage is cold, and the whole world is cold.

He wanted to find something warm to hold.

Thinking of those long smiling eyes, Shen Qiyuan's eyes softened. He got on the carriage and told Zhou Tingchuan: "Go to Huixian Restaurant."

"yes."

The cold wind was biting, and the carriages on the street had all been replaced with thick curtains or dampers. Pedestrians were shivering, not to mention those on horseback, who would have to face the ice blade. Therefore, no matter how good a horse is, it is kept in a stable during this season.

However, a brown horse started galloping from outside the palace gate, all the way through the streets and alleys, until it arrived at Huixian Restaurant.

As soon as Ruyi opened the door, she felt like she was being hit by the wind and snow.

She raised her eyebrows in surprise and held the visitor's arm: "Commander?"

Wei Zijue's lips were already purple from the cold, and the tips of his hair were wet from melted ice and snow. He lowered his body and looked at her, his eyes filled with grievances that were about to overflow.

Feeling nervous, Ruyi quickly helped him in, wrapped him in a blanket, poured hot tea and put it to his lips: "There is no one riding a horse in this weather, and I don't know how to ride in a car."

"Take a ride." Wei Zijue sipped his tea, "It's too slow."

slow? Ruyi thought it was funny, she had been in the restaurant the whole time, so why not slow down.

"Little Master said that you went into the palace with Master Shen," she said.

As if the floodgates were opened a crack, Wei Zijue lowered his eyes and his throat twitched: "Master Shen doesn't seem to like me very much."

Did you notice it?

Ruyi touched the tip of her nose and said, "His temperament is like that, otherwise he wouldn't be able to offend others."

"He wants to force me to marry." Wei Zijue looked up at her, "Why?"

The girl in front of me was very generous and did not hide anything: "Maybe I think you are in the way."

In this world, most women are shy and avoid talking about matters between men and women, but she was as open and open as if she was talking about what to eat for lunch.

Wei Zijue smiled: "So, the girl is worried about my subordinates."

"I have a lot of sweethearts." She cupped her chin and said meaningfully, "Commander, please stand firm and don't get squeezed out."

Absurd and ridiculous, Wei Zijue shook his head with a smile, moved his stiff fingers, and sighed softly: "Master Shen has a high position of power. Even if I stand firm, he can uproot me."

The words were half-complaining and half-coquettish, and paired with the moles of tears at the corners of his eyes, Ruyi found it useful.

She stretched out her hand and wrapped her warm palm around his fingertips: "The Commander-in-Chief is so blessed, so why belittle yourself."

The slender and tender Dankou is shining brightly, but the fingertips are soft and warm. With such a gentle grip, it seems to be holding, kneading and ironing the person's heart.

Wei Zijue knew that his face was red again, because the man opposite him showed a teasing smile again, raising his chin and looking at her with twinkling eyes.

The door to the lobby suddenly rang.

Ruyi turned her head and was about to take a look, but was pulled back by Wei Zijue.

"Is it okay if sister doesn't open the door?" he asked softly.

Ruyi felt his bones tremble at the name he called her, and she couldn't help but take a breath: "Commander, you are an official and I am a citizen. How can I be called this?"

He didn't answer, just looked up at him like an obedient little beast: "Sister."

"..."

These two words seemed to hit some acupuncture point in her body. Ruyi scratched her chin, which was awkward but helpful. After a moment of hesitation, she actually sat back.

=== Chapter === 80 Old Ginger and Young Ginger

Don't blame her for being easy to control. Since hundreds of years ago, Ruyi has felt that little things calling her sister are very cute and can make her feel softer.

The biggest reason why Ah Jue could survive among the seventy-eight attendants back then was not because he was good-looking, but because he knelt in front of her and timidly called out "sister".

The delicate and beautiful young man regards you as his only support, calls you softly, and wants to lean on your legs at any time - who can resist this.

Today, hundreds of years later, hearing this title come out of his mouth, Ruyi couldn't help but sigh that time flies by.

She smiled and patted Wei Zijue's shoulder and said to him, "I'll have someone prepare hot water for you. You can go take a shower and change clothes. It will keep you warm."

There was no sound outside the door. With that man's pride, he would never stand in the snow.

Wei Zijue nodded and held her hand and sat there for a while before reluctantly going upstairs.

As soon as the lobby was empty, the snowy wind came from behind.

Ruyi was not surprised at all, she didn't even look back and let the man hold her waist and roll her out of the window.

It was cold outside and she sneezed.

The angry man behind her didn't seem to hear her, and he stubbornly led her up from the outer wall to the second floor, but intentionally or unintentionally, his fox fur cloak wrapped her inside.

Next door, there was the sound of the waiter pouring water into the bathtub. Shen Qiyuan fastened the window bolt and pressed him against the light-transmitting flower window.

Ruyi smiled, lazily and calmly meeting his anger.

There was no expression on this man's face, but his whole body was depressed. He pressed his body against her and cracked his knuckles.

"Sister." He mocked and mocked.

Ruyi stroked the side of his face: "Be good."

He opened his mouth and bit her fingertip.

The sharp pain came to her, and she hissed lightly, but did not hide away. She just looked at him and whispered: "It is said that people who become gods are full of joy and anger. Why are you angry every day?"

"Am I angry?" He let go of her fingertips and smiled, "No."

The heat in the room next door steamed out, filling his eyes: "The hot water boiled in half an hour is only enough for one person. What should I do, sister? I'm cold too."

Ruyi squinted her eyes, and before she could reveal his trick, she felt a chill on her waist.

"Sir." She stopped his movement, "This matter will be settled naturally. If you want to use it to fight others, I don't want to accompany you."

"Are you not trying to be angry, or are you afraid that he will hear you?" He closed his eyes and moved away from her hand.

Ruyi clicked his tongue.

Why is this person so irrational when he is angry?

During the tug, the man pressed against her collarbone, and her eye sockets felt moist and warm.

Ruyi was startled and sighed helplessly.

She will always surrender to the boy's cry of sister and the tears shed by the beauty.

That's all.

As her consciousness gradually faded, Ruyi heard the person on her body ask: "If he and I are both going to freeze to death in this cold winter, and you only have one cloak, who will you give it to?"

He regretted asking such a childish question. But he regretted it, and he still looked at her stubbornly, waiting for her answer.

Ruyi smiled, she hooked his neck and pulled him to her lips, and whispered: "Give him the cloak, and I'll give it to you."

Both can save lives.

Shen Qiyuan was stunned for a moment, and then bit her hard in revenge.

Cunning monster, shameless monster!

Half an hour later, Wei Zijue came downstairs full of enthusiasm and saw Shen Qiyuan sitting next to Ruyi calmly.

He came by car, so he was not affected by the wind and snow, and there was even a hint of spring between his brows.

Wei Zijue's face darkened, he pursed his lips and walked over, sitting on Ruyi's left hand side.

"Master Shen is coming too late." He spoke first.

Shen Qiyuan raised his sleeves and sipped tea: "The commander-in-chief is taking a bath too slowly."

Their eyes met, and a small flame seemed to light up in the air.

In such an atmosphere, anyone in the middle would inevitably feel uneasy, but Ruyi sat in the chair, feeling comfortable and calm. He looked to the left with satisfaction and then to the right with amusement, as if he was here to enjoy the flowers.

"We made an appointment to go to my house to see the plum blossoms." Wei Zijue stretched out his hand towards Ruyi, "It shouldn't be too late to go there now."

Shen Qiyuan sneered: "Who in Lin'an knows that the plum blossoms in Shen Mansion stretch for three miles, and how beautiful they are in other places."

Ruyi raised his hand: "Stop."

She smiled and said to Wei Zijue, "I'm afraid I won't be able to go out today. I'm still waiting for news about them."

Then he turned to Shen Qiyuan and said, "I'm not really here to see flowers. Flowers are not important."

Shen Qiyuan looked at her, his eyes darkened, his thin lips pursed, and his face was charming.

Ruyi was stunned for a moment: "I mean, Shen Mansion can also see flowers."

Then he nodded and twirled the skirt of her fox fur cloak.

Amid the strong smell of gunpowder, there was finally movement outside the door.

Ruyi stood up and saw He Tinglan running in out of breath. He grabbed her and said, "This customer is really unreasonable. It's obvious that he committed suicide. He insists on letting us say it was suicide."

"What's going on?" Ruyi poured her a cup of tea.

He Tinglan drank it in two sips and frowned: "Master Yun's first wife died. She was killed by a knife from behind. That knife was what Master Yun often used. He refused to admit it. He had to say that he was not in the main room that day, so he had to force her to I asked Fuman and Yanning to testify. Seeing that something was wrong, Yanning asked me to come back first to report the news."

Ruyi frowned: "How dare he not report such a case to the Criminal Department?"

"If it is a homicide, it will naturally be reported to the Department of Criminal Justice, but he thinks it is suicide and his wife's suicide is a family matter. He can indeed ask a lawyer to make a judgment." Shen Qiyuan stood up and looked at Ruyi, "I won't go there to avoid him. Destroy more evidence in panic, just go and take a look."

Wei Zijue stood up and said, "I'll let you go. Yuncheng doesn't dare to do anything to me."

Shen Qiyuan impatiently raised his sleeves to block him: "I can't go, what do you think you can do? You and I are both officials and it's not appropriate to get involved."

"But Miss Liu is a woman after all. If it's dangerous to go like this..."

He stopped before he finished speaking, because the eyes of the man opposite him were full of mockery.

In addition to ridicule, there seemed to be some pride.

"That's how he sees you." Shen Qiyuan said to Ruyi.

Hundreds of years of getting along have been turned into ashes in reincarnations. At the moment, Wei Zijue doesn't understand Liu Ruyi half as well as he does.

Ruyi waved her hand: "Don't worry about me, I'll be back soon."

She walked away in a hurry, leaving Wei Zijue standing there, a little panicked.

He had only known Miss Liu for a few days, and he was far less confident than Shen Qiyuan.

The person next to her stood calmly and said casually: "She is an ordinary woman in your eyes, but not in my eyes."

"That's right." Wei Zijue composed himself and smiled, "Master Shen is a little older than me, so I have more experience. Lao Jiang is always spicy - I just don't know if my sister likes the old ones or the young ones?"

=== Chapter === 81 Women and men want different things

He's just more than a year old, so what's the difference between old and young? Shen Qiyuan sneered, but still looked gloomy while sitting in the carriage.

He has been a big monster for thousands of years, but he still pretends to be young and can't find fault when he hears his sister. It's really stupid. The same goes for Qing Yi before, and the same goes for Wei Zijue this time. He doesn't understand what's so good about a guy like this who doesn't even have all his hair.

The sound of horse hooves sounded outside the car. He squinted and opened the car window, and saw Wei Zijue holding the reins, smiling and saying to him, "My lord is getting old, so be careful with the wind."

After that, he whipped up and left.

Shen Qiyuan kicked the car wall, startling Zhou Tingchuan outside. He hurriedly opened the car door and saw the adult sitting upright inside, even his clothes were not messed up.

"What's wrong?" Shen Qiyuan asked calmly.

Zhou Tingchuan shook his head and closed the door with lingering fear.

Amitabha, he thought, the weather has been cold enough recently, and he hoped that Miss Liu would be merciful and not let the cold wind blow in the carriage again. He was afraid of getting rheumatism on his back.

As soon as Ruyi arrived at the door of Yun Mansion, she sneezed hugely.

She sniffed and tightened her cloak, and looked around in confusion.

Maybe her life was in danger, so the slaves were all driven outside to serve her. Only a few confidant slaves were patrolling near the main courtyard. When they saw her, they stepped forward to ask, and it took a lot of trouble to let her in.

Zhao Yanning and Hua Fuman were both still at the crime scene. As soon as she walked in, they both greeted her.

"I really don't know how to write this autopsy report." Yan Ning frowned, "The deceased was killed by a sneak attack from behind. Mr. Yun insisted that he committed suicide. How could he commit suicide at such an angle and depth?"

Fuman also presented the confession of the deceased's personal maid.

Ruyi glanced at it, feeling a little headache.

She admitted that she was the one who said that the restaurant wanted to accept a lawsuit from a private person, but wasn't it to deceive Zhao Yanning and Fu Man into helping them? Who would have expected that by a strange combination of circumstances, she would actually become a lawyer for someone.

but.

Yanning and Fuman were in a completely different state when they were investigating the case than when they were working as waiters in the restaurant. Although they were very happy in the restaurant, at the scene of the crime, there was always a unique brilliance on the two of them. Confidence is also firmly established.

Human beings are a living species. They cannot make progress forever, nor can they survive forever. If they want to be well maintained, they need both rice and the moon.

Ruyi thought for a while and then read the confession seriously.

Master Yun's first wife, Mrs. Zhang, was well-known for being a smart person, generous to her servants, and considerate to her husband. However, after Haiyan's death, the two of them continued to quarrel. It has been a month since Yun Cheng spent the night in the study, and he occasionally returned to his home. In the hospital, I just brought a change of clothes.

On the day Zhang died, Yuncheng had a heated argument with her and even said extreme words such as "kill you" and "die together". The maid was sent away to make soup. When she came back, Mrs. Zhang had already fallen into a pool of blood.

But according to the butler's confession, Yuncheng returned to the study shortly after the quarrel with Zhang, and at that time he heard Zhang's crying in the house.

Ruyi glanced at the scene. Things were messy, and there were broken vases next to them, as if there had been a dispute or a fight. So the question is, if Zhang was still alive when Yuncheng left, who put the knife into her vest?

"I wonder if your Excellency can tell me the reason for the dispute with Mr. Zhang?" she asked Yuncheng.

Yuncheng sat on the main seat with a pale face and said in a low voice: "That's my family matter."

"It's about the motive of the murder. Even if you go to the Criminal Department's Yamen, you still have something to say. You might as well inform me earlier so that I can defend you."

What can these women defend? Yuncheng disagreed.

The reason why he came to Huixian Restaurant was not because he believed in their methods of solving the case, but because he knew that Shen Qiyuan treated the owner of Huixian Restaurant very differently. As long as she was on his side, his winning rate in the lawsuit would be greatly improved. .

Ruyi stared at him, still waiting for his answer.

Yun Cheng was impatient, but he still spoke: "She always felt that Haiyan and I were as close as brothers. When we risked brotherhood to marry her, we treated her sincerely. As a result, something happened to Haiyan, and His Majesty reprimanded me. Only then did she realize that I had always been I was jealous of Haiyan and couldn't accept it, so I kept quarreling with me."

Zhang and Haiyan met first, but it was Yuncheng who showed good intentions first. Haiyan withdrew first, so Zhang married Yuncheng. When the two got married, Haiyan even gave him generous gifts.

Mrs. Zhang always thought that Yuncheng wanted to marry her because he loved her so much, but when the truth came out, she suddenly realized that Yuncheng might have simply wanted to steal something from Haiyan, so he came to her house to propose marriage.

Marriage, a matter of life and death, was just a trophy in Yuncheng's eyes. Naturally, Mrs. Zhang was extremely angry. She had been depressed for several months and would definitely get angry when meeting him.

Yuncheng was also angry. His wife kept arguing with him about Haiyan. He thought he had a chance to win, but ended up being completely defeated after death. How could he figure it out?

The rift between the couple grew bigger and bigger, and finally reached a point where they could no longer end.

"She has been well-dressed and well-off for so many years, and she has gotten everything she wants. I don't know what else she is dissatisfied with." Yuncheng said angrily, "She is to blame for this end."

The three women in the room all frowned.

Ruyi checked the ground and found no water stains, then said with a sullen face: "Women and men have always had different demands for marriage. Women want love, and if that's not possible, they want food and clothing. Men want harmony, harmony and the continuation of the family line, and love is better. , it doesn't matter if you don't have it. Things that are insignificant in the eyes of adults may just be the things that take away Zhang's life."

Yuncheng couldn't listen.

He stood up and said, "Look for evidence. If you can only conclude that it was homicide, then you can stay in the mansion overnight."

These words were a bit threatening, and He Tinglan pulled Ruyi angrily: "I don't want to do his business."

Ruyi looked at Fuman and Yanning. After all, those two had more experience. There was no emotion on their faces when they heard this, but they only looked at her with some worry.

"What does the boss think?" Zhao Yanning asked.

After all, they are just ordinary people. There is no benefit in getting involved in these high-level feuds. It is reasonable for her not to want to take part.

However, there was no hesitation on Ruyi's face, and she opened her mouth and said: "Don't worry, I will take care of anything that happens. It's suicide, it's suicide, it's not suicide, it's not suicide. I still don't believe that this Yun Mansion towers into the sky. It's a no-brainer."

Fuman and Yanning looked at each other and felt certain in their hearts.

"Dong, do you think she committed suicide or committed suicide?"

Ruyi picked up a chair and sat down: "It does look like homicide, but I am very curious about why this Zhang looks so much taller than us, and his facial features are so beautiful and deep."

=== Chapter === 82 Come here

After she said this, Zhao Yanning took another look at the appearance of the deceased.

She has deep eyebrows and a very straight bridge of nose. At first glance, she just seems to have thick makeup, but if she takes a closer look, she can see something different.

"Like the people from Daxia." Zhao Yanning said.

Fuman re-read the confessions of several maids and made sure that no one mentioned this, so he put on his skirt and went out to interrogate again.

He Tinglan also came up to take a look, and whispered: "I heard my brother mention it before. Since the defeat of the Daqian War and the cession of territory ten years ago, Daxia people have been regarded as superior on the border. Some wealthy businessmen even regard being able to marry Daxia women as the highest priority. Glory."

When Yuncheng got married, he was a new member of the royal family. Logically speaking, he would not jump into the limelight and marry a foreign girl, but not only did he marry her, he even stole her from Haiyan.

Ruyi stood up inexplicably and looked at the scene again.

There were blood stains on the one-foot-long pear wood cabinet that spread to the ground. It was possible to roughly determine where Zhang was stabbed.

She stood there, tried to gesture, and raised her eyebrows.

"Ting Lan." She waved, "Come here."

He Tinglan stepped forward and stood behind her.

Ruyi tilted her head and said, "Try it and stab me with a knife."

Ting Lan did as she was told and used her hand as a knife to stab her in the vest. However, she hit the pear wood cabinet at the back with her elbow and made a thud.

"No." She covered her elbows and shook her head, "It's too close and I can't use any strength."

The position where Zhang collapsed was only half a step away from the pear wood cabinet. It was barely enough for a thin woman like Ting Lan to stand behind, let alone a tall man like Yuncheng.

Ruyi nodded and moved closer to the pear wood cabinet at the back to search carefully.

The cabinet is old and has a lot of scratches on it, but nothing seems out of the ordinary. She stared at the exquisite cloud pattern hanging ring above for a while, then suddenly turned around and walked out.

Fuman had already chatted with Zhang's personal maid for a while, but the gestures were laborious, and there was nothing the maid could do if she pretended to be stupid and didn't understand her.

Just when she was worried, Ruyi walked up to her with her dress fluttering.

Fuman stood up and was about to tell her that this maid was not easy to get along with when she saw her directly asking: "How often does your wife write letters home?"

The maid frowned, looked at her, and curled her lips slightly: "I don't have my eyes set on Madam. How can I know these private things?"

The maids from wealthy families are more valuable than the ladies from ordinary families outside, so how can they be willing to talk to them properly?

Fuman sighed, thinking that he should hone it a little more to soften him up before he could speak.

Unexpectedly, Ruyi was far less patient with her than usual. He quickly raised his leg and stepped on the bench where the maid was sitting. He leaned forward and roughly pinched her chin with his hand: "It's you, please take care of me." Tell me, should I crush your chin and then write with your hand?"

The maid was startled, and she frowned and wanted to scold her, but this man was very strong and it didn't look like he was joking. If he tightened his grip just a little bit, her jaw would be broken into pieces.

Then she panicked and struggled to speak: "I, I said."

Ruyi let go of her and stared at her coldly.

The maid's eyes were red: "Madam is married far away, so she naturally misses her family. She usually writes one letter every three months, but since she and the master have had a serious quarrel these past few months, she writes one letter once a month."

"Have you ever taken it apart?"

"No, how dare we? The master initially offered to demolish it, but then he didn't."

"As far as I know, it is forbidden to send letters inside and outside the border." Ruyi said, "The garrison patrols day and night, and there are even special personnel to search the body. How can your wife's family letters get out?"

"What is the girl talking about?" The maid was puzzled, "Our wife's natal family is in Huizhou, how could she be sent overseas?"

Huizhou?

Ruyi was confused.

Could it be that she had misunderstood that Mrs. Zhang was really a powerful person?

In the evening, it snowed again outside.

Yuncheng listened to the servant's report and still walked around the room anxiously: "Can you prove that I am not the murderer? Just a few of them? Just listen."

"They restored the scene and said that the lady put the knife in the ring on the pear wood cabinet, stuck the tassel button on the handle with a cloud pattern, and then turned her back to fall." The steward said, "Listen, little one. It makes sense."

Yuncheng was stunned, frowned and muttered: "Can it still be like this? What is she trying to do?"

The steward cupped his hands and said, "Those guys said they would go back tonight and come back tomorrow."

"The case is halfway through, why are they anxious?" Yuncheng shook his head, "Pack up the two outer rooms and ask them to stay."

"But." The steward was a little embarrassed.

Those guests seemed to have bad tempers. They had previously promised to let them go if they could find evidence of the wife's suicide. If they break their promise now, I'm afraid...

Before he could finish expressing his worries, another slave came running outside: "Sir, a distinguished guest has arrived."

Yuncheng raised his head: "Who is it?"

"The surname is Shen, and he is riding in a copper-topped treasure car. He said he was just here to pick someone up and it was not convenient for him to come in."

His eyes brightened, Yun Cheng let out a long sigh of relief, and stood up quickly: "Let's go, invite those guests too."

"yes."

Zhao Yanning looked at the guards outside the courtyard and said countless cordial greetings: "I am here to investigate the case or to be a thief. If you want him to look at you like this, you don't need to be suspicious of the suspects. This shabby moral character is really like a blacksmith's shop." His goods are under the turtle's coat, no wonder he can't keep up with his brother."

Ruyi was very happy when she heard this. She turned around to smile with Fuman, but saw that her face was full of sadness.

"This, this person is not a good person." She sighed, "A case is easy to investigate, but people's hearts are unpredictable."

People who can kill their own brothers can't guarantee that they won't do something to them.

Ruyi patted the back of her hand: "Don't worry, if he doesn't let you go, I will take you out."

"How do you carry them?" He Tinglan also frowned, "There are so many of us, it's not as easy to move as in Prince Yong's Mansion."

There must be a way, but she would have to put in some effort.

Ruyi thought like this and suddenly felt a little dazed.

When did she care about the lives of these mortals? If only before, she could get away and not care so much about others.

"A few of you." The steward came and bowed his hands to them respectfully, "Our master said he would personally escort you all out. Please come here."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked relaxed, and Ruyi also breathed a sigh of relief.

It is naturally better to save effort.

Several people hurriedly walked up and followed the steward all the way to the east gate. As soon as they walked out of the door, they saw Yuncheng bowing deeply to a carriage.

Ruyi raised her eyelids and saw Shen Qiyuan sitting on the roof of the car, with his hands in his sleeves and a calm expression.

"They're out." Yuncheng said with a smile, "Then I'll send them off not far away."

Shen Qi looked over from a distance, and his eyes softened the moment he touched her. For the first time in front of others, he waved to her without hesitation: "Come here."

Ruyi touched the tip of her nose in surprise, and slowly walked towards him under Yuncheng's meaningful gaze.

=== Chapter === 83 Do you plan for him?

How offending is the official position of Zongzheng? He is in charge of the criminal judgment of the clan royal family and civil and military officials. If he is unfair, he will be impeached by the officials, and if he is too fair, he will be resented by the noble family. Therefore, for so many years, Shen Qiyuan did not marry or take concubines, just to leave no trace. Handles and people.

But now, in front of Yun Cheng, he opened his hand towards Ruyi and watched her walk over step by step, the sharpness in his eyes turning into gentle water.

When the hands meet, ripples appear on the water, which is bright and touching.

"Sorry to bother you, sir." He pulled Ruyi onto the carriage and nodded to Yuncheng.

Yuncheng smiled happily: "Where is it? Mr. Shen invites you."

Zhao Yanning and Hua Fu had a bit of shock on their faces, but it was not appropriate to say anything at this moment, so they could only follow the carriage behind them.

As the car moved forward, the carved door blocked the wind and snow outside.

Shen Qiyuan raised his hand and twirled a cluster of snow from her hairpin. The warmth in his eyes had turned into ice again: "I didn't intend to come. Tingchuan took the wrong path."

Ruyi pinched his wet fingertips and said with a smile: "Thank you, sir. If you don't come today, I will cause trouble in the Yun Mansion."

Speaking of this, Shen Qiyuan was even more unhappy: "It doesn't matter if you stay at his house, why do you have to do these risky things? If you are recognized, this world's demon-slaying platform can kill you. Now that you are in the world, treat yourself as an ordinary person and don't always show off."

Ruyi must have been irritated when others were so verbose, but for some reason, seeing him frowning and preaching so solemnly, she wanted to laugh: "Master Shen."

"What?" He glanced sideways.

Ruyi reached out and touched his face: "How could a god fall into the hands of a monster like this?"

His face turned even more ugly: "What nonsense."

"Didn't you come here just to protect me?" She laughed, leaned back, and said lazily, "I would like to warn Yuncheng not to touch me, even at the cost of my own reputation."

"He can't touch you."

"Yes, but he can make things difficult for Yanning Fuman and Tinglan." The green-white finger pointed at the tip of his nose, and he blinked, "And a silly monster like me will not stand idly by."

His cheeks tightened, and Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes.

"The Yun Mansion murder case is not that simple. Now that you have obtained the money and Yun Cheng has obtained what he wanted, leave the rest to me."

Ruyi doesn't care about this: "The things Fuman and Yanning have are enough for you to solve the case. I just want to know one thing."

"What?"

"If there is another dispute between Daqian and Daxia, will your Majesty be willing to send troops to fight?"

Shen Qiyuan shook his head firmly.

Daqian's private trade is prosperous, but the national treasury is empty, and it is no longer able to support the war. Moreover, His Majesty has just ascended the throne and has a shallow foundation. He will definitely not let the military commanders achieve great achievements.

"Even if we cede the land and pay compensation?" Ruyi frowned.

"Even if the land is ceded and compensation is paid." He nodded.

The man in front of him fell silent, with a trace of mockery between his eyebrows.

Shen Qiyuan knew that she was originally defending the city on horseback, and he disdained the coward's move to avoid the battle, but things were different now. Someone would definitely lose their lives in a war, so it was obviously better to survive in peace in the world.

Just as he was about to say something to comfort her, unexpectedly when he got closer, he heard her muttering: "Then how can we fulfill Ah Jue's wish?"

Shen Qiyuan: "..."

His eyes suddenly turned cold, and he sat back in his seat and turned his head to the side.

Ruyi raised his eyes and said funnyly: "I'm angry again."

"You are quite good at missing him." He sneered, "You should let him come to Yun Mansion to pick you up today."

After a pause, the sarcasm in his eyes became more intense: "I forgot, he still has a wedding to prepare for, so I'm afraid he won't have time."

Mentioning this issue, Ruyi smiled and said, "Sir, are you so sure that he will accept the marriage you arranged for him?"

"If he wants to destroy what was decided in front of the Empress of the Middle Palace, he will have to risk the future of his peers." Shen Qiyuan half-closed his eyes, "With his temperament, he cannot do such a thing."

Wei Zijue longed for family affection when he was a demon, and he put family first as a human being. He had only known her for a few days, but nothing could compare to the deep love he had for more than ten years.

Ruyi nodded with understanding, and there was a smile in his eyes: "Your Excellency, your calculations are very good, but it's a pity that he didn't take his fate. He has to observe filial piety at the age of nineteen, and there will be no marriage within three years."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyuan clenched his fists.

"Are you going to strangle him?" He clenched his teeth. "You're going to give him a hundred years of cultivation to strangle him?"

Human destiny is determined by fate. If a monster wants to get involved in calculations, it has to pay the price of hundreds of years of cultivation. This price is too high. For thousands of years, no monster has been stupid, so that the world thinks that only gods can know people's fate.

Shen Qiyuan was really angry. He knew how torturing and unbearable a hundred years of training was, so he also knew how important Wei Zijue was in Liu Ruyi's heart.

He stood up and opened the car door angrily.

The wind brought in the snow, making his arms feel cold. He ignored the exclamation of the coachman outside, stepped on the shaft and wanted to get off.

A hand came up from behind his back and rolled him back into the car rudely.

The carved car door closed, and Ruyi pressed him up with a "snap", her eyes were deep, and she was very close to him: "You just taught me not to show off in the world. If you fall like this, everything will be fine?"

He turned away and looked away from her. The curve of his jaw was exquisite and elegant, revealing a deep anger: "It has nothing to do with you."

"It has nothing to do with it." She lowered her head and sniffed the side of his neck, "Every inch of your body has something to do with me."

"..." He pushed her away and turned his back.

Ruyi blinked and looked over from his left: "Life in this world is very difficult. He has served me for hundreds of years. It is reasonable for me to kill him and take refuge for him, right?"

Shen Qiyuan turned his head to the right.

Ruyi followed and poked her head from his right: "This is his last life as a human being. If he doesn't be guided to cultivate God, he will become a bird and beast."

Shen Qiyuan turned his head back to the left.

Ruyi sighed: "Why are you so unreasonable?"

"I'm just born unreasonable. If you want to be reasonable, just go and talk to him."

The carriage stopped just in front of Huixian Restaurant. Shen Qiyuan opened the door, took her by the back of her clothes and threw her out mercilessly.

Ruyi landed lightly, and before she could stand up and speak, the car sped away quickly, and the splashing snow filled with anger and covered the toes of her shoes.

Tsk.

She looked at the deep embroidered bird pattern on the toe of her shoes and shook her head helplessly: "Men are so narrow-minded."

There are many men in this world who have three wives and four concubines, and the husband's family can even use jealousy as a condition for divorcing his wife. She is just interested in good-looking people, so why is she committing such a heinous crime?

=== Chapter === 84 A heart divided into two halves

As if to confirm the calculations gained through a hundred years of cultivation, the day before the Empress of the Central Palace summoned Wei Zijue again, white flags were hung both inside and outside the Wei family courtyard.

Wei Zijue, dressed in plain clothes, knelt at the front of the mourning hall, kowtowing to the elders who came to express condolences one by one.

His eyes were red and his voice was too dumb to speak. He looked at the armor belonging to his father hanging next to him, filled with sadness.

"There is gold in every mountain and river, and there is gold in every mountain and river... If my son can cross the Nine Rivers, and at the end of the year, I will burn paper to inform my father. Even if my father turns into a ghost, I will bless him!"

"If the nine rivers are not crossed, my soul will not be at peace!"

His father did not die in the deserted wind and sand at the frontier, but died in the most prosperous Lin'an City. He lay in the coffin with rusty armor and broken pictures of mountains and rivers, unable to rest in peace.

By His Majesty's grace, he was posthumously named Commander-in-Chief of Loyalty, Filial Piety and Yong'an.

Daxia and other neighboring countries are watching with eager eyes, and the border cities are retreating again and again. Can such a big move be called Yong'an?

He numbly listened to the condolences of the people around him, threw tiles and carried out the funeral, feeling like a zombie along the way.

Most of the time, the sky is kind to talented people. On the day of the funeral of the old commander, it snowed heavily, and the entire Xanthium Mountain turned into a vast expanse of white.

Wei Zijue personally carried his father's coffin into the tomb and blocked the tomb passage with a sealing stone. When he came out, it was already dark.

The vast snow made it difficult to tell the direction. He wanted to go back to the funeral procession, but after walking for a long time, he saw no one around.

The strong wind howled, causing the snowdrifts on the rocks to creak.

Wei Zijue felt that something was not good, but the snow had already reached his knees, and it was difficult for him to even lift his steps. He could only watch helplessly as the heavy snow crushed the rocks and poured towards him like a torrent.

The moment before he lost consciousness, Wei Zijue thought that he was too tired and would never want to be a human again in his next life.

Warm candle flames danced on the lampstand, and the fine silver-gray charcoal emitted a soft aroma without a trace of smoke.

Wei Zijue moved his eyelids in confusion, and felt himself being lifted up and held in someone's arms. The warm soup soaked his lips and teeth, leaving a sweet aftertaste.

"In the past, you were just acting coquettishly with me, but this time you were really hurt." Someone sighed softly, "If I had known this, why bother."

It's the sound of wishful thinking.

Wei Zijue opened his eyes in shock.

There was no snow or mountains around, just her green skirt and the eye-catching yellow jade hairpin in her bun.

"Are you awake?" She looked sideways, her eyes long and lazy.

Sitting up suddenly, Wei Zijue looked at his hands: "Why am I here?"

It was obvious that he had encountered an avalanche and was about to die.

She blinked innocently: "I didn't know either. As soon as I opened the door, you were outside, so I helped you in."

Xang Er Mountain is at least thirty miles away from Huixian Restaurant. How did he get here?

Wei Zijue frowned and held his head.

Her stiff arm was pulled down by her. Ruyi looked at him deeply and said with a smile: "It's okay now. You have filial piety on your body. I won't keep you. But finish this bowl of chicken soup first and I'll send you a car." go back."

He took the bowl and stared at the rim for a moment, and suddenly felt his throat tightening.

"My father likes to drink this." He said in a hoarse voice. "There is no drink in the border area. He has been greedy for many years, but when he came back, he could no longer drink it."

On the first day after returning to Lin'an, my father went to the palace and accidentally fell down hard on the way.

He cooked many bowls of chicken soup, but his father could not drink a single morsel. He was just like a handful of dry firewood, wasting away day by day on the bed.

"I think he has other things on his mind, but he didn't tell me and just asked me to take good care of my mother." The more Wei Zijue said, the more red his eyes became. "He left, and my mother became ill too."

Ruyi did not comfort him, just sat quietly and watched him.

Many years ago in the Ten Thousand Monsters Cave, this man would often cry, but at that time Ajue was cunning and cried just to gain her sympathy so that she could touch him and hug him.

But now, this man is like a child who has lost his home, his head turning left and right in confusion, the collapse in his eyes is tied to a hair, and it only needs a light touch to pour out.

Ruyi didn't move, watching him gradually change the hair strands into hemp rope, and then into iron wire, gradually regaining his sanity.

"I will fulfill my father's last wish." He calmed down and said seriously, "No matter what, I will fulfill my father's last wish."

"You can do it." She then said.

Wei Zijue looked towards her and stretched out his hand to hug her, but because of his naked body, he stopped midway and retracted his hand restrainedly: "Thank you."

"Don't call me sister anymore?" Ruyi raised his eyebrows teasingly.

He looked at her deeply, then drank the chicken soup in one gulp: "The days are long, and I will not lose to fate, let alone Master Shen."

"Farewell."

"Walk slowly."

Ruyi leaned against the window on the second floor, watching him go out and get in the car, and then watching the wheels leaving two deep long marks on the snow.

"My boss is back?" Zhao Yanning passed by the door of her room holding the account book, poked her head and said meaningfully, "The snow in Xang Er Mountain is so heavy, it's hard for my boss to go so far to buy ingredients."

Ruyi turned around and smiled: "You can't be complaining on behalf of others."

"How could it be? What I'm getting now is my employer's salary and has nothing to do with that gentleman." He touched the tip of his nose, "I'm just curious, how can a person's heart be divided into two halves?"

The host seemed to be very close to the adults in the past, but she was willing to risk such a storm for Commander Wei. It was hard to tell who she liked more.

"The human heart cannot be divided into two halves, but it can beat many times." Ruyi said casually, "Every beat is a heartbeat, so a person's life should be the heartbeat of thousands of people."

Zhao Yanning cupped his hands: "I admire you."

"If you say one more thing, I will teach Fuman a lesson." She threatened harshly, "Let her be like me and love the world."

Zhao Yanning was stunned.

He stood up straight, lowered his eyes and twitched the corners of his mouth: "It would be good if my boss can really teach me."

"Oh?" Ruyi raised her eyebrows, "It doesn't matter if I turn you into one in ten million?"

"It doesn't matter." He said, "After all, I'm not even one in ten million."

Others saw him and Fuman walking in and out together, and they were quite close, but only he knew that there was a Yinhan who could never cross the few inches between them.

Ruzhi changed the topic with interest: "Zhang's case has been transferred to the Criminal Department. Why are Fuman and Tinglan still busy recently?"

"Master Shen asked them for help. I guess the case is difficult." Zhao Yanning's face returned to sarcasm, "Sir, we used to be upright and upright, but now I don't know who we learned from, but we are now able to bribe people with money."

=== Chapter === 85: Speaking out of integrity

A suicide case with complete evidence would not be worth hiring someone to collect clues, unless there was another hidden reason behind Zhang's death.

According to the personal maid, Zhang was just the daughter of a wealthy family in Huizhou. But if that was true, how could Yuncheng be so panicked about her death? He didn't report the body to the officials when he saw the body. The first thing he thought about was for himself. Get away with it.

Ruyi lowered his eyes and tapped his fingertips on the window sill.

"My boss is a person who is afraid of trouble. I don't think he will meddle in their business." Zhao Yanning said.

Ruyi came back to his senses, curled his lips and said with a smile: "I'm still busy with the opening of the restaurant. Do you think I will go into troubled waters?"

It's okay if you don't go there. Fuman should finish the work soon. Yun Mansion is not easy to mess with, so it will be better to avoid it as soon as possible.

Zhao Yanning nodded and turned back to his room.

Ruyi leaned against the window, looking at the bright moon in the sky, Wei Zijue's red eyes flashed in his mind.

The moon sets and the golden crow rises, and it is another warm and sunny winter day in Lin'an.

Shen Qiyuan strode out of the mansion, his long purple-gold sable mantle bulging slightly in the wind, which made his body and skin white and the blue snow in the breeze even more perfect.

Ruyi couldn't help but whistle.

He stepped onto the car's shaft and paused. He wanted to turn his head, but he resisted. He only left her with an indifferent side face and lowered himself into the car.

Zhou Tingchuan looked into the distance and whispered: "Miss Liu came so early, maybe there is something important."

"What important thing could she have?" Shen Qiyuan said expressionlessly, "It's just that Wei Zijue wants to keep his filial piety, she's just bored. Let's go."

Zhou Tingchuan rolled his eyes, sat on the carriage shaft and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Girl, we adults are busy going to the Criminal Department. It's very cold. You are very weak, so you should go back early."

As he said this, his hand was clearly moving towards her.

Ruyi walked over with a smile, held up her hand and sat on the right side of the car: "What a coincidence, I also want to go to the Criminal Department to deliver breakfast to Fuman, do you mind taking me for a ride?"

Zhou Tingchuan nodded and glanced at the closed car door behind him: "The snow is still on the ground. It's hard for the girl to stand for so long."

"Who said you adults wouldn't feel sorry for me?" She shrugged, "I've sent several boxes of gifts to the house, but I haven't seen him open the door for me."

Gift? Shen Qiyuan frowned upon hearing this. He didn't receive it, and the manager didn't report it to him. Where was it sent?

"I'm sorry, miss. The weather was bad yesterday, and I was upset. As soon as I got home, I lost my temper so much that the stewards were so frightened that they didn't dare to come near. Maybe the things you gave me are still being stored in the second door concierge."

Losing your temper again? Ruyi couldn't laugh or cry: "It's better to say that he was angry with me the day before yesterday because I provoked him. I didn't see him yesterday."

"It's not like I haven't seen him before." Zhou Tingchuan touched the tip of his nose and said vaguely, "I saw him from a distance at the west city gate, but your Excellency didn't let me say anything."

West City Gate? Ruyi understood that yesterday when she brought Wei Zijue back from Cang Er Mountain, she did pass by the West City Gate, but she was in the carriage and did not see the scene outside.

"Sir, did you also go to Xanggu Mountain yesterday?" She turned to look at the closed car door.

The people in the car didn't respond to her, and the cold wind blew the strands of hair around her temples.

Zhou Tingchuan coughed and suddenly said: "Why didn't the girl come out with a cloak? Her hands are bruised from the cold."

Ruyi lowered his head in confusion, thinking that although it was a little cold, the bruises were too exaggerated.

However, as soon as Zhou Tingchuan finished speaking, the car door behind him opened.

Although it was kicked open and was a little angry, the warm fragrance inside spread out. Ruyi raised his head and could just see Shen Qiyuan's gloomy eyes.

"Either get out or get in." He said coldly.

Is there any choice? Ruyi climbed into the car without thinking.

Zhou Tingchuan reached out and closed the door.

The carriage was spacious, but there was a charcoal fire, so Mingyi could only squeeze next to Shen Qiyuan and look at him sideways.

Today, he wore a high bun, with the loose hair on both sides gathered into double braids, which were combined into a purple gold crown. His eyebrows were straight and his thin lips were full of authority. He was sitting upright, not even glancing at her from the corner of his eyes.

He just said: "I said I was delivering breakfast, but I didn't see you picking up a food box. Are there any half-truths in your mouth?"

Ruyi lazily admired his face: "What are you doing with the food box? There is a bun shop not far outside the office of the Ministry of Justice. I plan to buy some for her."

"She can return to Huixian Restaurant at noon, why are you in such a hurry."

"So soon?" She raised her eyebrows, "Can Zhang's case be settled?"

"When you interfere with it, no matter how simple the case is, it becomes complicated. How can it be settled so easily?"

Hey, you still blame her?

Ruyi stretched out her hand and pinched his face: "Didn't you let me go that day because you didn't want to alert others?"

"I asked you to collect clues, and I didn't let you conclude that Zhang committed suicide." He turned his head to avoid her hand.

She was confused, and her watery eyes were confused: "I have restored the scene, how can I not commit suicide? Is it possible that someone as thin as a piece of paper could stab Mrs. Zhang in the back?"

Shen Qiyuan sneered: "The cloud pattern hanging ring is very close to the cabinet door, and the handle of the knife is barely stuck on it. If someone bumps into it again, how do you know that the knife will not fall off, but will stab into the person's vest smoothly? "

Ruyi frowned: "But there were splatters of blood at the scene. Judging from the angle, Zhang was indeed stabbed in front of the pear wood cabinet."

He snorted and suddenly reached out to hold her shoulders, pushing her back and knocking her against the car wall.

The imagined pain did not appear. Ruyi blinked and felt his other hand making a knife-like shape, just touching her vest.

"What if that's the case?" he asked.

His pupils shrank, and Ruyi was stunned for a moment.

Yes, she had insufficient experience in investigating the case and had not considered this situation. If Zhang was pushed onto the pear wood cabinet, the murderer would have created a perfect suicide scene.

"Yun Cheng is already in Zongzheng Villa. Don't go see him if you have nothing to do recently, lest he jump over the wall in a hurry." He retracted his hand and sat upright again.

Ruyi nodded, feeling a little weird.

If Yuncheng was the murderer, why did Shen Qiyuan deliberately get close to him in front of him to give him a flaw?

Shen Qiyuan did not look at her again, his eyes were still cold and cold, but his straight back showed some loneliness.

Wei Zijue has dreams, but he doesn't. Wei Zijue was worthy of her worry, but he was not.

It's better to see clearly early to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Ruyi held her chin up and looked at him, a hint of smile flashing in her eyes.

She took out a jade ring from her sleeve pocket. It was of excellent quality, but the carving was a bit rough, uneven and shapeless.

At first glance, it looks like it has been painstakingly polished by people who don't know how to do it.

Glancing out of the corner of his eye, Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips: "What to do?"

"I bought it casually on the street. It looks like the quality matches the grown-up." She smiled, "Gift it to the grown-up as a gift in return."

=== Chapter === 86 I'm protecting you

The city wall that had been erected with great effort collapsed in an instant. Shen Qiyuan's expression softened unconsciously, and he muttered: "It's not a good thing at first glance. What I gave you is of excellent workmanship. "

"No?" She pretended to throw it out the window.

Shen Qiyuan hooked her hand, and the ring finger flew from her hand to his thumb.

"It's a pity to throw it away." He said, "It can barely reach the bowstring with me."

The jade seed with a warm texture was polished by her into more than twenty planes, criss-crossed and messy, but looking at it, you can tell that it took a lot of effort.

Shen Qiyuan's anger subsided a little, but not completely. He only said in a strong voice: "It's hard for you to take care of him and still sharpen this thing at the same time."

Ruyi chuckled: "I told you that you can just buy it on the roadside."

"snort."

He closed his hand, put the ring finger into his sleeve, and rubbed it gently.

When the Criminal Department arrived, Shen Qiyuan was about to get out of the car, but Ruyi ran down ahead of him.

It was windy outside, and she was only wearing a princess-colored gown trimmed with rabbit fur, and a long gauze skirt underneath, which made her look cold.

He frowned and opened his mouth to scold him, but the man had already disappeared.

Hua Fuman came out just in time, handed a thick stack of files to Zhou Tingchuan, and saluted him.

"Wait a moment." Shen Qiyuan said angrily, "There is a fool who insists on buying you breakfast."

Fu Man raised her eyebrows, originally thinking he was talking about Zhao Yanning, but seeing the angry look on his face, she understood clearly: Why is my boss here?

"Who knows." Shen Qiyuan squinted and looked into the distance.

The trees on the street were blown to and fro by the biting wind, let alone the people. When the man ran back, his skirt was flying and his sleeves were pulled, as if he was about to be swept away.

With anger in his heart, Shen Qiyuan looked at her with a livid face as she jumped up the steps and filled her arms with the buns. He opened his mouth to ridicule her.

"Here, this is yours." A package of hot kraft paper was stuffed into his arms.

He was startled, frowned and raised his eyes.

Ruyi looked at him with a smile, a flash of light flowing in her eyes: "I guess you didn't eat your breakfast. I specially chose the light stuffing, which is not greasy."

Baozi was covered very well by her, and it was still hot in his arms when he ran all the way there. It was so hot that it hurt his heart.

Shen Qiyuan pursed his lips and said coldly after a while: "You don't need to worry."

"Stop talking nonsense. It's cold outside. Come in and eat." She held Fuman with one hand and held him with the other, then walked carelessly through the door.

"This is the Yamen," he said, "Don't be rude."

Ruyi let go of him, glared at him angrily, then held Fuman's arm and asked, "Have you encountered any trouble these past two days?"

Fuman shook his head obediently. With Master Shen protecting him, everything was fine, but...

She frowned and then quickly let go.

Ruyi saw it and didn't ask any questions. She watched Shen Qiyuan go to the main hall to do some work, and then pulled her to the scribe's courtyard: "What's wrong?"

"I, this is the first time I see you, sir, he handles a case like this." Fuman wrinkled the tip of his nose and whispered, "So, based on the previous evidence, Zhang did commit suicide. But, you can check it twice, sir. Then he said, yes, it was him who killed him."

Shen Qiyuan has always been rigorous in handling cases and rarely reaches a conclusion before the case is finalized. But this time, even though she felt that the evidence was insufficient, the adults already had a plan in mind.

It's not that there's anything wrong with it, I'm just uncomfortable with it.

Ruyi listened to her explain the newly found evidence, and caught two key ones: there was a hanging bead on a jade pendant at the scene, which belonged to Yuncheng; the cry that the steward heard that day was also heard by the slave in the backyard. .

The most conducive evidence for Yun Cheng's exoneration is the crying in the room after he left, but what if the crying was not made by Zhang?

"After sorting these out, we can go back." Fuman pointed to the files on the table.

Ruyi nodded: "I'll help you."

Logically speaking, these files cannot be passed through outside hands, but for Ruyi, Fuman didn't feel the need to avoid taboos, so he gave her a pile.

Ruyi sorted out the files at a glance: "Let Tingchuan take you back first. I have something else to talk to Mr. Shen."

"Okay." Fuman nodded.

Zongzheng Yamen was guarded ten steps apart, and the guards were very tight, but perhaps because Zhou Tingchuan had greeted her in advance, she was not blocked all the way to the main hall.

The only person in charge today is Shen Qiyuan, and the six notes next to him are all empty.

Ruyi went in, closed the door, and took a deep look at him.

The purple court dress was very suitable for this person, maybe it was so suitable that she had forgotten that this person was already a high-ranking official at a young age. This is a height that cannot be reached simply by being the son of the eldest princess, and it is also an area that cannot be touched by magic.

In other words, in the past twenty years, what Shen Qiyuan did for the emperor should be far more than just improving his destiny.

Sensing her gaze, Shen Qiyuan raised his head: "What?"

Ruyi smiled and said, "Fuman is going back first. This is the dossier that your Excellency wants."

After taking the pile of things, Shen Qiyuan glanced at it and pursed his lips slightly: "You have read it."

"Even if you don't look, you will know sooner or later." She took advantage of the situation and sat on the edge of his table. "The Zhang family in Huizhou does not do any business, but they are rich. Many people must be curious about such a family."

He closed the file and said quietly: "Why do you care so much about things that have nothing to do with you."

"Since it has nothing to do with me, why would you lie to me?" She closed her eyes slightly, "You know I hate being lied to."

It is indeed possible that Zhang was pushed to the tip of the knife, but if Yun Cheng really wanted to kill her, why would he choose such a stupid method? What if he couldn't kill her with one blow?

If he wanted to put the blame on her, he himself should not be present. It would be better to let the slaves in the palace poison her, or push her to the pond and drown her.

How could someone as smart as Shen Qiyuan come up with such a flawed deduction?

Unless this Zhang's identity is very special, so special that her death can only be a murder of love, otherwise it will cause trouble that Shen Qiyuan cannot solve.

What kind of trouble can't he solve?

Ruyi stared at him quietly.

Shen Qiyuan did not raise his head: "I just told you the possibility that you didn't expect. How can this be considered deception?"

"You are trying to mislead me. If these thirty files were not all investigating people who have recently interacted with the Zhang family in Huizhou, I would have really been fooled by you and thought that Yuncheng was the murderer."

"Yun Cheng is the murderer."

"He is not." She knocked on the table, "He is the person who has the least reason to kill Mrs. Zhang. Regardless of the fact that his children are eight years old, didn't he marry Ms. Zhang back then..."

"Ruyi." He interrupted her.

The wind blew in through the gap in the window, giving Ruyi a chill on the back of his neck.

She raised her eyes and saw him closing the memorial in his hand. His eyes were dark and he said to her seriously and solemnly: "Don't meddle in other people's business."

=== Chapter === 87 Qingshen confuses right and wrong and will incur divine punishment

She was a passer-by in the human world, and things in this world were naturally nothing to her, but his tone of voice made it difficult not to arouse her curiosity.

Ruyi met Shen Qiyuan's deep gaze and smiled wickedly: "What if I take exception?"

His hands behind his back tightened slightly.

What could be used to threaten her? Huixian Restaurant? Sweeping Yan Ning? Or is it him who she doesn't care about at all?

Feeling as if a huge stone was pressing on his heart, Shen Qiyuan lowered his eyes: "Then you can take care of yourself."

These words were so lackluster that he felt annoyed even as he spoke.

But unexpectedly, the man opposite him actually felt relieved after hearing this, and even came closer to him with a smile: "You are a person who won't say harsh words, and you will only act like you don't want to play with me anymore." Posture."

"But what should I do? I just think you look delicious and good-looking." Her green-white fingertips pressed the corners of his lips, and her eyes sparkled.

Shen Qiyuan was a little uncomfortable: "I just want to tell you, don't stand opposite me."

"Who would want to stand opposite you?" She Dankou dangled in front of him, "I just want to hide behind you, under the big tree to enjoy the cool air."

His brows relaxed, and he hummed very softly.

Ruyi's words didn't lie to him. He had all the power, and he controlled both the government and the public, not to mention the people she belonged to. So being able to be with him was a big deal for her and everyone at Huixian Restaurant. A good thing.

However, as soon as the news of Zhang's death spread, something happened on Wei Zijue's side.

He was originally supposed to kneel for seven days, but as soon as he received the news, he mounted his horse and ran towards the palace gate without even taking off his mourning clothes.

Ruyi stopped him on the way and, regardless of his anxiety, forced him into the butcher shop next to him.

"Wearing filial piety and breaking into the palace gate, do you want to get slapped?" She casually handed him a bowl of meat.

Wei Zijue didn't even look at it, his eyebrows were furrowed: "There's going to be a war, I have to go to the palace to obey orders."

"Who told you?" She raised her eyebrows.

Looking around, seeing that they were the only table in the shop, Wei Zijue spoke in a low voice: "Ten years ago, Daqian was defeated in the war and accepted many excessive conditions of Daxia. One of them was to keep Daxia envoys in Huizhou and do whatever they wanted. His correspondence. When Your Majesty ascended the throne, the envoy of Daxia was already in trouble. In order to win over him, Your Majesty chose a close minister and married the envoy's daughter."

This confidant was naturally Yuncheng, and the envoy's daughter was the deceased Zhang.

"Over the years, Da Qian has reduced his troops and generals, worked diligently on farming and focused on commerce. He is like a piece of fat meat without bones. The envoy has been in Huizhou for ten years and has collected a lot of information. If his daughter had not been in Lin'an, he would have persuaded Da Xia to attack the border again. . Now that the Zhang family is gone, the envoys have lost control. I have to ask Your Majesty to make plans in advance."

As if the blocked bamboo dragon had been opened, Ruyi suddenly understood: "That's it."

No wonder Yuncheng wanted to fight for the Zhang family from Haiyan. The situation at that time was that whoever married the Zhang family would become his favorite. Haiyan may have really liked Zhang, but he chose to give in and gave the opportunity to his good brother.

As for Ms. Zhang, she felt that Yuncheng really liked her, so she decided to marry Lin'an regardless of her father's dissuasion.

Perhaps because she discovered her husband's true identity, or perhaps for some other reason, Zhang committed suicide.

In order to prevent her death from arousing the envoy's anger and hatred towards Daqian, Shen Qiyuan chose to let Yuncheng bear all the charges alone, reducing family and country matters to the love of his children, so as to compensate the envoy elsewhere. , to quell the war.

His choice was right. Looking at the overall situation, one death of Yuncheng could save the lives of thousands of soldiers.

But Ruyi still frowned.

If she remembered correctly, if Qingshen confuses the world, he will be punished by heaven.

Did she miss something crucial and misunderstand him? Which god would be stupid enough to suffer such a heavy punishment for such a trivial matter in this world.

"Miss Liu?" Seeing that she remained silent for a long time, Wei Zijue became anxious, "There are too few troops stationed at the border. I have to go quickly to request your Majesty's order."

"No need to go." Ruyi pursed her lips, "Your Majesty will not agree to station troops."

Wei Zijue was stunned and clenched his fingers into fists.

He actually knew that His Majesty would not let go easily, but he could not sit still and wait for death. If Daxia really came to attack, would they have to give up the mountains and rivers again?

The filial piety mark on the cuffs was dazzling, and his father's bones were still cold. He couldn't just look at it like this.

Taking a deep breath, Wei Zijue stood up: "Thank you, miss. I still want to go to the palace."

"Even if you end up being beaten to a bloody pulp and thrown out of He Ning's gate?"

"Even if I die, I will have no regrets."

He held his hand towards her with firm eyes.

Ruyi's pupils shrank, and her eyelashes slowly and softly drooped.

She sighed and held his sleeve: "Don't go to the palace to die. I'll think of a way for you."

Wei Zijue was confused, what could a girl like her do about such a big matter?

He shook his head and was about to refuse, but Ruyi pulled him onto the horse outside the door.

"If Mrs. Zhang's death is determined to be a love affair, even if you kowtow at the palace gate, it will only arouse the emperor's suspicion." She picked up the reins and said in a sweet voice, "A man must be brave and wise. ."

The news of Zhang's death means that the Criminal Department has finalized the case, and the closing memorial should be sent to Huizhou together with the pension order.

Wei Zijue watched in astonishment as Ruyi galloped his horse into the wind and chased resolutely in one direction in the vast snow.

Bringing Xiao to the palace gate would only result in a slap in the face, but intercepting the imperial edict halfway was a capital offense. He could not understand why Liu Ruyi would persuade him to cherish his life, while masking himself and kicking the postman who was delivering the edict unconscious.

He looked at her dryly and said, "If he doesn't get to the next inn before dark, the last inn will report to the palace and chase down everyone who passes this route."

Ruyi lit the fire seal and burned the edict and the case files on the spot. When the fire started, she blinked innocently: "Who told you that we passed this road?"

"From the city gate to the inn, everything you pass is registered." Wei Zijue shook his head, "You just wrote your name and took your fingerprints."

The ashes were soaked with snow and water, and turned into mud with a wave of his sleeves. Ruyi got on his horse and said nonchalantly: "Really? I don't remember, and they probably don't remember either."

He couldn't remember any time, so Wei Zijue shook his head.

However, when he returned to Lin'an City in the blink of an eye, he suddenly felt a little dazed.

This time, it was Shenshi, had they really left the city just now?

The lion dance team in the God Street in front was competing again. He watched the hydrangea falling from the high pole in confusion and closed his eyes suddenly.

-Blessed by the gods.

He clasped his hands together.

-I hope Miss Liu will not be implicated by him, and I hope she can escape safely.

The blue lion held the hydrangea with its head, and everyone cheered. Ruyi turned her head to look at the person next to her, and smiled.

-I heard.

=== Chapter === 88 Snow scene on the lake

Yuncheng was convicted very quickly, and his sentence was fixed in just a few days. According to the regulations, the emperor probably did not inform the prime minister or the Privy Council, and even the Taiwan admonishment officer did not receive any news.

This is normal. After all, according to Shen Qiyuan's crime, Yuncheng killed his wife out of necessity, and it could be classified as a private matter without the court officials' intervention.

Standing in the wasteland outside Zongzheng Prison, Ruyi hesitated for a moment, but only for a moment before he raised his lips and smiled.

She had promised Wei Zijue, and she had to do it. Even if the world turned upside down, she had to fulfill him first.

There are many guards in Zongzheng Prison, one person every five steps, holding a halberd and a knife, guarding the inside and outside without leakage. Ruyi observed for an hour, then found the flaw in the two breaths and entered instantly.

If it were before, she wouldn't have to go to such trouble, and she could hide the truth by transforming into anyone she wanted. But now that she is living in someone else, she cannot change her shape and can only win with speed.

Yuncheng is sitting on death row, his face full of despair.

"I didn't kill her, no." His hair was messy and his eyes were red, "Why doesn't Your Majesty believe me?"

"If you have anything to say, go down to the underworld and tell the King of Hell." The jailer waved his hand.

He sat against the fence, tears streaming down his face: "Zhong An..."

The surroundings fell silent, and Yuncheng stared blankly at the small window. Haiyan's voice seemed to ring in his ears: "Is fame, fortune, and fame really more important than anything else?"

No, no, he shook his head.

When he married Zhang, he didn't just do it for his future. She was cheerful and generous, like the rising sun in the east. When she shined into Zhong An's heart, she naturally shined into his.

He knew that he was dirty, jealous of his brothers, seeking favors and flattery, but because of this, he was even more unwilling to let go of such a bright woman.

She is his salvation and his sustenance. He and she had children, and their love was endless. They could have lived like this for the rest of their lives.

However, it was not him who broke this beauty first, it was her.

Covering his face in pain, Yuncheng felt unwilling to do so: "I didn't kill anyone, she just committed suicide."

"Do you have any evidence?" A voice suddenly sounded from the cell.

Yun Cheng was startled. He raised his head suddenly and saw Ruyi standing in front of him. He slowly knelt down and looked at him with a half-smile in his charming long eyes: "Do you have any evidence to prove your innocence? Yun Cheng was shocked. grown ups."

"..." He looked around in disbelief.

The cell door behind him was locked tightly, and the guards in the distance were still patrolling. This man appeared in front of him silently, without even a trace of dust on his body.

People who are dying are always more courageous than ordinary people. He did not scream, only stared at her with wide eyes: "Are you... a human or a ghost?"

"Is it important?" She raised her lips, "I can save you."

go out? Yun Cheng shook his head subconsciously: "How is it possible? Not to mention that the Zongzheng Prison is extremely well-guarded, but if I get out, I will become a fugitive. I will die sooner or later. Don't we all have to die?"

"Your Excellency, there is a third way to choose from." She said, "Go out from here and go straight to Chaotian Gate to beat the sky and listen to the drum."

It is said that Tianting Drum goes directly to Tianting, but the person who beats the drum is usually taken to the Privy Council first, and the report is recorded and reported to the prime minister and the governor before going to the imperial court.

Although Yuncheng's crime was determined by the Holy One, none of his subordinates knew about it. If there were any grievances, given the upright character of Prime Minister Feng at that time, he would definitely make it public in the court. By then, the Holy One would not be able to easily convict him according to the regulations, but he could not. .

The man in front of me shook his head when he heard this: "God listens to the drum. No matter whether he is wronged or not, he will be beaten for eighty times. Even if the wooden board is knocked down, my life will not be guaranteed."

"Don't worry." Ruyi said, "If you feel any pain after knocking down the eighty slabs, I will give the entire Immortal Restaurant to your son."

Yuncheng looked at her suspiciously: "Why are you doing this?"

He clearly had an affair with Shen Qiyuan, but here he was trying to persuade him to reverse the case? Once this case is turned over, Shen Qiyuan will inevitably be implicated, right?

Ruyi became a little impatient: "If you don't want to, then forget it, just pretend I haven't been here."

He opened his mouth, but before he could say anything else, a gust of wind blew past him.

The door lock rang and silence returned, and he was the only one left in the cell in the blink of an eye.

Yun Cheng stood up in astonishment and went forward to look at the lock.

It was locked up well and there were no signs of damage.

"What do you want to do?" The jailer swung the whip and hit him on the finger. "You are already in death row, and you are still thinking of such a useless idea? Watch your skin carefully!"

Yuncheng fell back in pain, held his hands and breathed cold air for a long time, and finally regretted it.

"I promise you." He shouted into the air, "Come back and I promise you!"

Even if Shen Qiyuan set another trap for him, as long as he could get out, there would still be a chance. Your Majesty has favored him for so many years, and he must have been temporarily deceived. As long as he explains clearly and provides evidence, he can survive.

There was no response in the air, and the figure seemed to have walked away.

Yuncheng grabbed the fence in frustration, the more he thought about it, the more he regretted it.

Ruyi was walking in the wasteland and didn't look back when she heard his voice.

Regret will become crazier as time goes by, and even if he was allowed to stay up for two days, she would also need time to prepare.

Back at Huixian Restaurant, the tip of Ruyi's ears twitched as soon as she entered the door.

After closing the door and turning around, she raised her eyes and saw Shen Qiyuan sitting at the table.

"Where are you going?" he asked expressionlessly.

Ruyi blinked: "There is a village in the western suburbs. The four to five hundred acres of land are full of good rice, vegetables and fruits. I wanted to buy it, so I went to take a look."

Glancing at the red mud on the toes of her shoes, it was indeed from the western suburbs. Shen Qiyuan's eyebrows relaxed: "I noticed your demonic power, and I thought something had happened."

Her heart skipped a beat, Ruyi lowered her eyes and said with a smile: "What can happen? Zhuangzi is too big, I just need to save some leg strength."

She could even detect the use of demonic power, and this person's consciousness might have enveloped the entire Daqian.

Her eyes moved, Ruyi took his hand and touched the ring on his thumb: "Qingqing, there is a snow scene on the lake in the western suburbs. Aren't you going to take a bath in the future? Can you come with me?"

Snow scene on the lake?

Shen Qiyuan looked at her fingertips, which were made whiter and tenderer by the green fingertips, and pursed his lips slightly.

Thousands of years ago, this man did not have the dandy and absurd air of today. He was only dressed in bright moonlight, leaning on the railing, suppressing his anxiety and asked him: "There is a lake at the southern foot of Qidou Mountain, and the snow scenery is very beautiful. How about you?" Would you like to come with me?"

"What's so beautiful about the snow scene is that it's just all white." He replied at the time, "If you have the skills, it's better to practice a few more divine arts."

It was only a long, long time later that he realized that the snowy scene on the lake was indeed nothing to see, and what she wanted to see at that time was not the falling white. But shyness and disappointment prevented her from speaking again at that time.

But now the person in front of him took his hand and shook it: "Okay?"

=== Chapter === 89 Qingqing needs to have a long memory

"Okay." He nodded, his voice slightly hoarse.

The shadow of a thousand years ago was recreated with the person in front of him. Ruyi smiled happily, with stars in his eyes: "Then it's agreed, it will be just you and me in the future. See you on the Jinghu Boat at dusk."

"Yeah." He agreed, but belatedly remembered that he had not calmed down yet, and it was too late to put on a straight face.

Ruyi fell into his arms, stretched out her arms and hooked his neck: "Do you have any wishes, sir?"

"No." He answered without hesitation, his eyelids even lowered and his eyelashes trembled slightly.

It seems like there are some bad memories.

"That's a pity." She wasn't curious, she just smiled, "We monsters also repay kindness. Sir, you are so kind to me, so I can get a good wish."

"unnecessary."

"Then let me ask you to make a wish." It was her instinct to push beyond the limits.

He looked at her in acquiescence.

"The day after tomorrow." She curled her eyes and said ambiguously, "Please, sir, put aside the rules and get drunk with me."

He had experience in this man's drinking capacity, and Shen Qiyuan was a little reluctant. But she acted coquettishly with him, with only his shadow reflected in her clear eyes.

"Okay." He finally nodded.

Ruyi couldn't help but sigh, had this little Qingshen not met a monster in hundreds of years? He actually indulged her like this, as if he was possessed by her.

If he meets other monsters who are not as kind as her and only want to be happy, they will kill him.

It's time to teach him a lesson.

Two days later, it started to snow lightly in Lin'an.

Ruyi is wearing an albizia phoenix-tail skirt and a trousers embroidered with silver cloud patterns. She has a high chest and a slender waist. She stood on the boat and waved to him from afar.

Shen Qiyuan looked over from the horseback and felt that she seemed to blend in with the snow and sky, but she was even more dazzling.

He looked at it steadily for a while, then approached with the reins in hand and dismounted from the boat.

This painting boat is particularly exquisite, with six ridges and six roofs. In addition to the teahouse, there are two side rooms at the back, with animal heads attached to the seats, and some complicated patterns painted with gold powder and blue paint on the beams.

When he got closer and took a closer look, he realized that the paintings were all mandarin ducks and plaice.

"How's it going?" Ruyi raised her chin proudly, "I spent a lot of money and had people rush to make it for half a year before I got this baby. Your Excellency was the first to come up."

"Too extravagant," he said.

"If you have money, don't spend it. If you save it, you will become a bastard." She sat on the railing and laughed. "When spring comes, I will take this boat south to search for some good-looking young men and come back."

Shen Qiyuan did not comment, just sat down and glanced at the wine on the table.

The aroma of this wine is very light, far less potent than the last time.

He felt relieved and reached out to pour out two glasses: "I heard from Yan Ning that Wei Zijue has been looking for you these past two days."

"She's quite talkative." Ruyi curled her lips, "I just lost my father, so I can't help but grieve. It's not against the law to say a few words to me."

"If he is really grieving, he should kneel down properly instead of running away all the time." Shen Qiyuan took a sip of wine and said softly, "Zongzheng Yamen has already accepted two of his coupons."

"Oh?" Ruyi blinked, "Did Sir stop me?"

"No," he said, "I ordered someone to put the fold at the top and hurry up and send it to the emperor."

"Hahaha." She laughed and stroked her hands, "Ziyan, it's you as expected."

The smell of wine was sweet. Shen Qiyuan raised his eyes from the cup and looked at her: "Aren't you angry?"

"Why am I angry? He himself behaved wrongly. You were just doing things impartially." Ruyi waved her hand and took a sip of wine. "Compared to him, I naturally like you more."

Shen Qiyuan's throat moved.

It's strange to say that the world's requirements for women are clearly to choose one and follow the four virtues, but she is wandering around day and night. For such an indecent person to say that he liked himself more, he actually felt a little moved.

Wei Zijue's hundreds of years of companionship could not compare to this person he had just met for the first time. So if he had waited a little longer, or even looked back for a second, would she not have chosen Wei Zijue?

After a few sips of the wine entered my throat, the world felt a little soft.

Shen Qiyuan subconsciously reached out and she caught it.

"My Lord's drinking capacity is still so bad." She smiled and helped him up and entered the side room at the back.

There was a formation in this room, he noticed, it was a formation that separated the heaven and the earth. But she quickly kissed him, intertwined her fingers with him, and softened his consciousness bit by bit.

He retracted his fingertips and closed his eyes, allowing the formation to form.

"When you and I first met, it was drizzling in the sky." Drowsily, he hugged the person close to him, "At that time, you were wearing a green gauze robe of cultivation, standing at the mountain gate and looking at the words on the archway. It was so motionless that I thought it was a rock."

The Qidou Mountain is lush and green, mixed with the continuous drizzle, the fresh fragrance of grass and trees is in your breath, the lake and mountains are the same, and the white clouds are steaming in the sunset. He thought the scenery was very beautiful, it must be much more beautiful than when she met Wei Zijue.

It's a pity that she doesn't even remember it.

Ruyi hugged him and let him ramble on. She felt that it was too verbose, so she kissed him on the lips and blocked his next words: "The first time I met someone's young lady, it happened to be on my head."

He frowned in pain.

Ruyi raised her head and kissed his forehead: "Be good, dear, don't be sad, I will take you to a happy place."

The snow is greasy and fragrant, but Shen Qiyuan's eyebrows are always tightened.

He saw the raging fire of Purgatory Valley, the subsidence of Partridge Mountain, the thunderstorm that shattered the sky, and her sudden release of her hand in the heavy rain.

Thousands of years of memories are too heavy and too many. It's better for two people to bear it. What if there is only one person left?

The last sip of wine passed into his throat as she held it in her mouth, and the tight thing between heaven and earth disappeared.

Ruyi pulled away and raised his head, shaking the empty wine bottle with satisfaction.

The lighter the wine, the more intoxicating it is. You should have a long memory.

She put Shen Qiyuan on the couch and covered him with the quilt, admiring his handsome appearance, and after enjoying a stick of incense, she changed her clothes and left.

A small mountain of earth had been piled up on the wasteland in the western suburbs. Ruyi walked to the other side of the mountain and saw a half-foot-round hole. Six dace carp came out of the hole and nodded towards her.

Ruyi bit her fingertips, fed them a few drops of blood, and said with a smile, "Thank you."

It would be a bit difficult to rob the prison from the front within two days. Ruyi took the right position and let the dace and carp pass through the mountain and pass through the cave, just in time to reach the bottom of the cell where Yuncheng was.

However, breaking the last layer of soil would inevitably attract the attention of the jailer, so she had to use some means. If he wanted to do anything without being noticed, Shen Qiyuan must be brought down first.

Qingshen is not so easy to deal with on weekdays, but maybe because of the beautiful snow scenery or something else, he was successfully fooled today.

The emotion flowing in the man's eyes flashed before his eyes. Ruyi pressed his heart and said to himself with a smile: "You are really bad."

=== Chapter === 90 In love, there must be some swords and swords to make it not boring.

Yuncheng was regretting everything in prison. He figured it out. Really, all the conditions Ruyi proposed were beneficial to him. Why not do it? He was going to be guillotined anyway, so it didn't hurt to suffer from the pain.

Seeing that the jailer was about to come to give him a decapitation meal, Yuncheng hugged his head.

There was suddenly a sound of falling sand nearby.

Yun Cheng was startled and turned his head quickly. He saw a big hole appeared on the ground next to him. Ruyi poked his head out and asked casually: "How are you? Can you leave?"

"Let's go!" He jumped up in surprise and looked outside the fence in fear.

The jailer who was walking towards him just now suddenly walked another way for some reason.

"Then come down." She went down into the cave and went forward without looking back.

Yun Cheng was shocked and frightened. He stood at the edge of the cave and hesitated for a long time, but he still jumped in while covering his mouth and nose.

The hole closed behind him, and the dusty cell returned to its original state in an instant.

He didn't see the spectacle, and only hurriedly chased the candlelight in front of him.

"Girl, girl." He was panting after chasing her, "There are patrolling guards near Chaotianmen. I know when they change the guard."

Ruyi walked gracefully holding the candlestick: "That's very good."

"What do you want in return for helping me like this?" he asked with twinkling eyes.

Ruyi tilted her head, her eyes long and lazy: "Stop your petty thoughts, Mr. Yun, I was just on a whim. What you do after you go out has nothing to do with me."

In Yuncheng's understanding, everyone has an agenda. She couldn't have spent so much effort to save him just for the truth.

He shook his head: "Shen Qiyuan deliberately sold me a handle in order to make me relax my vigilance and trick me out of my words. As his handle, how could you just act on a whim?"

"Oh?" Ruyi chuckled, "How did he say it?"

Talking about this Yuncheng was angry. As a Zongzheng, Shen Qiyuan was not involved with the merchant girl. Although it was not a fault of his moral character, it would not sound good if he talked about it. Therefore, he talked to him in a selfish manner. During Zhang's case, he was completely unprepared.

Anyway, he has a clue. If he harms himself, his reputation will also be damaged.

So he honestly told Shen Qiyuan that Zhang was not killed by himself, but that Zhang had long stolen the secrets of the Lin'an Patrol and the Ministry of War, and passed them to Huizhou in the form of family letters, where he accidentally discovered them. After the two had a quarrel, Zhang suddenly committed suicide.

Shen Qiyuan asked: "Where did you put those letters?"

He answered honestly: "There is a secret compartment in the study."

When he was sent to death row, Yuncheng had not yet figured out how he could be convicted with Shen Qiyuan protecting him. Until the cell leader told him that it was Shen Qiyuan's case.

Only then did he realize that this man had planned to do something to him from the beginning. His only effect on Shen Qiyuan was not to preserve his good reputation, but to preserve those Zhang family letters.

"Is this Lord Shen of Yuanqing Yuji?" He sneered, "I don't know how many unjust cases he has dealt with over the years."

Ruyi clicked her tongue, and the candle flame went out.

"Things in this world are not black and white. Mr. Shen has his own considerations." She said, "Although this case cannot be said to be fair, it is not necessarily wrong to say that he is completely wrong."

Yuncheng was puzzled: "To say that you and Shen Qiyuan are in love, you go against him. But to say that you have nothing to do with each other, you are still defending him at this time?"

"It's so boring to be in the same boat all your life." She smiled lazily, "There must be some swords and swords in love to not be boring."

"..." This is an idea that normal people cannot understand.

The two came out of the tunnel quickly, and Ruyi hired a car to take him outside Chaotian Gate. They watched him pass the guards and beat the Tianting drum smoothly.

Boom-boom-boom-

Shen Qiyuan suddenly opened his eyes.

Tiandi was still a little dizzy. He held the edge of the bed and sat up. He saw Ruyi supporting his chin by the table and smiling at him: "Are you awake?"

Rubbing his forehead, he asked hoarsely: "Why are you up?"

Ruyi didn't answer, only blinked and asked, "Since you saw me, have you ever had the thought of killing me?"

I don't know why she suddenly asked this, but Shen Qiyuan answered honestly: "Yes."

God and demon are two extreme opposites, and it was his instinct to want to kill her.

"Then why didn't you do anything?" She tilted her head, "Is it because you love me so much?"

Shen Qiyuan did not answer this question.

He stood up, steadied himself, walked up to her, lowered his head and looked at her.

She squinted her eyes, and there was a small smile at the corner of her mouth, but there was no smile in her eyes.

With his eyes moving, he stretched out his hand and twirled a grain of dirt from her hair. The soil was very hard and turned into powder with a slight grinding. It was also mixed with some straw shavings, which belonged to the prison cells.

Fingertips trembled, Shen Qiyuan looked at her, his eyes gradually darkened: "You lied to me?"

"How could that be possible?" She said confidently, "I didn't say anything, how could it be considered a lie?"

"Liu Ruyi." His back trembled uncontrollably, "I told you not to meddle in other people's business."

Veins appeared on the back of his hands and his head became dizzy. Shen Qiyuan held on to the edge of the table, took a deep breath and smiled: "Yes, how can it be noisy? This is about your sweetheart's long-cherished wish, and you will make it come true even if you work hard." he. "

Seeing that he was a little angry, Ruyi frowned: "At most, it's just a lawsuit in the world. If there are any consequences, I will bear them."

She bears it, how can she bear it? Do you want to lose your soul again?

Tasting something fishy on the tip of his tongue, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's just that I'm greedy. I knew I couldn't get along with you, I knew you were no longer the same person you were before, and I knew you would be punished by God, so I just took luck."

Even if Liu Ruyi cares about him a little more, just a little bit, everything is still under his control, but she doesn't.

She is just like herself thousands of years ago, with a heart as stubborn as stone and unable to get in.

With his chest feeling like a crack, Shen Qiyuan pulled on his outer robe and strode out of the room.

The light snow that had fallen outside turned into thumb-sized hailstones in the blink of an eye, hitting the ground in the lake one by one, and making a jingling sound on the tile eaves.

He looked up at the sky, flew across the water, and rode towards Huiming Mountain.

Ruyi couldn't catch up with him, so she thought for a moment and went back to Huixian Restaurant first.

The cellar where the white fairy fish was stored in Huixian Restaurant was large and safe. She tidied it up and put enough cotton quilts and food in it.

"Why do you want to live here?" Ting Lan was puzzled. "It's fine outside, but the hail is a bit heavy."

Ruyi said while cleaning up: "You guys are staying here these days. Don't go out if you have nothing to do."

"But…"

"obedient."

After she said this, Fuman and Tinglan nodded obediently.

Zhao Yanning came in with a new quilt from outside and said in confusion: "Shopkeeper, when did you become familiar with Song Zhenshan? With the weather in Bingtuozi, he actually came to the door."

=== Chapter === 91 Cover the gods and Buddhas and fall in love with you

Song Zhenshan?

Thinking of the strange aura on that person, Ruyi guessed a thing or two, but when she actually stood in front of him and saw the divine light shining from the center of his brow, Ruyi still found it incredible.

"The human world is too muddy to cultivate, and the presence of the Green God is already a punishment. Why would there be other gods willing to fall?"

She was leaning on the wide vermilion chair, with no fear on her face, but she asked him this question first.

The door closed, and murderous aura suddenly appeared all around. Song Zhenshan showed no mercy, and he flipped the demon-slaying sword straight for her throat.

The suppression of monsters by gods is natural. Generally, little monsters cannot move when they see the light of his sword, and can only wait to die. The monster in front of him was indeed what Shen Qiyuan liked. In the blink of an eye, he avoided his attack with the entire chair, pinched his wrist with his backhand, and pressed it down.

As if a huge iron stone was pressing down on his wrist, Song Zhenshan was forced to lower half of his body.

His pupils shrank, but his murderous aura grew stronger. He opened her hand, and seven golden magic circles spread out around her.

Although he became a god a thousand years later than Shen Qi, Song Zhenshan was proficient in formations and was even better at killing monsters than him. With a twist of his fingertips, the dazzling light penetrated Ruyi's body.

Ruyi's eyebrows suddenly glowed with a hint of coquettish red.

Her eyes flashed and became cloudy, but the curvature of the corners of her mouth became wider and wider. Facing the golden light, she struck back at Song Zhenshan at a speed that was imperceptible to the naked eye. The punch hits the flesh, the move breaks the bones, the shot is very fast and the landing is solid.

Song Zhenshan reluctantly took a few moves and took two steps back to look at her in shock.

Why can monsters stay safe and sound in his formation? Even the evil spirit is stronger than before.

Before she had time to think about it, her five fingers turned into claws and she grabbed at the side of his ear, a stinging pain followed. The curtains in the room were flying, and the fine porcelain ornaments were instantly shattered into powder.

Song Zhenshan frowned and exhaled with a "ho" sound. The sword energy in his hand surged, and the tip of the sword dragged out a ray of golden light and penetrated the mahogany Bogu frame behind it.

Ruyi stood in front of the Bogu rack, a trace of blood slowly flowing out of the side of his neck.

She was a little impatient, and the thick demonic aura overflowed from her eyebrows, and her unrestrained power squeezed and crushed the surrounding formations. The golden formation exploded with a bang, turning into a flash of residual light in Song Zhenshan's shocked eyes, and disappeared to the ground.

In the midst of the chaos, she reached out and grabbed his throat.

"Little God." Ruyi's eyes were blood red and he was smiling, "You are no match for me."

The overwhelming suppression force surpassed the restraint that the god and demon should have, making him clearly aware of the gap between the two.

Song Zhenshan was in a daze. He has been walking around the world for thousands of years. It is not that he has never encountered powerful monsters, but she is the first one to be so powerful.

Withdrawing the sword in his hand, he lowered his eyes, but his tone was still unkind: "Since you are so powerful, you can just transform Wei Zijue into a demon and live forever. Why do you bother Shen Qiyuan in this world?"

The redness in her eyes slowly faded, and Ruyi casually retracted the hand that was squeezing his neck: "Everyone has his or her own ambitions."

Wei Zijue was tired of the long and boring years of eternal life. He just wanted to be a human being of flesh and blood. How could she force him to do so? Moreover.

"What do you mean by tormenting Shen Qiyuan in the human world?" She raised her eyebrows.

Song Zhenshan laughed angrily: "Gods and demons have different paths. If they are combined, they will be punished by heaven. Why do you think you can fool around with him unharmed?"

Ruyi was startled.

She looked at the gloomy sky outside, and suddenly remembered his spiritual consciousness that spread throughout Daqian.

Even if Qingshen has the duty to protect a dynasty, it would be too much of a waste of energy for him to do so and is not a good choice - unless his consciousness is not to supervise the demonic power in the world, but to cover it up.

Shen Qiyuan used his spiritual consciousness to cover the eyes and ears of the gods and Buddhas in the sky?

Her heart skipped a beat and she subconsciously asked, "Why?"

That little bit of happiness is not worth such a high price.

Song Zhenshan opened his mouth to speak, then gritted his teeth: "It doesn't matter anymore. Heaven's punishment is coming. If you still have any conscience at all, then build the sky with me and protect the people of Daqian. He has no worries."

Heaven punishes Qingshen, and it will also punish the common people in the world. All the consequences must be made up for by Qingshen. Shen Qiyuan first reversed the right and wrong of Yuncheng's case, and then got entangled with her, a monster. He punished several crimes at the same time, and the disaster would not be small.

There was faint thunder in the dim sky. Ruyi's face turned a little pale, but he still nodded: "Okay."

Song Zhenshan immediately set up a formation with Huixian Restaurant as the starting point.

The hailstorm combined with the heavy rain became heavier and heavier, smashing through houses and killing poultry. Lightning cracked in the sky, and the earth shook slightly. The heart-rending wails of children were heard in the distance, and the whole world was in chaos as if it was about to be destroyed.

The pale yellow light in Song Zhenshan's hand spread quickly, but it still seemed weak in the vast world. Hail and heavy rain penetrated the light and only weakened it a little.

He frowned, and just as he was about to stimulate his meridians again, he felt a thick black energy crawling up from his back.

The smell was full of killing, debauchery and blood, dirty and turbid, and made Song Zhenshan retching as soon as he touched it. But it was so powerful that it held up his crumbling halo just past his fingertips, like a huge black umbrella, slowly opening under the sky.

The hail gradually became smaller, but the rain was unabated. Even Lin'an, which had built enough sewers, saw the water rising.

Song Zhenshan turned around anxiously, only to see Liu Ruyi's face looking indifferent, even lowering her eyes lazily.

Life is in ruins and the world is about to fall. What is her attitude? No wonder he wants to cultivate demons. He has such a bad heart, and no matter how talented he is, he cannot become a god.

He frowned and distanced his halo from hers.

Click—

A thunder exploded from the sky, and the houses underfoot shook.

Ruyi's eyelids trembled.

The thunder became louder and louder, and the dome above became weaker and weaker. Song Zhenshan looked at it, a little angry: "If you don't want to help, you don't have to agree. There is no need to be so perfunctory."

The person behind him said nothing, and the black curtain on the dome became a little thicker, but after a moment, it became thin again.

He was annoyed and turned around to tell her apart, but saw four oil-paper umbrellas hurriedly approaching in the pouring rain.

In such weather, the oil-paper umbrella couldn't hold anything at all, and it broke apart after taking only two steps. The four people were soaked to the skin, but they still braved the rain and climbed up to the third-floor terrace where they were sitting, and all gathered around Liu Ruyi, who was half-crouching.

"What are you doing?" Ruyi looked ugly, "Didn't I tell you not to leave the cellar?"

Fuman pointed to the sky, then took out the cloak he held in his arms and wrapped it around her.

It rained so hard that even if you wrapped yourself in a cloak, you would get wet in an instant, so what's the use. She shook her head and was about to say more when the next thunder struck.

He Ting, Lanhua Fuman and Xiao Heye hugged her together without thinking. Zhao Yanning stepped forward to block the thunder from the sky. He folded the broken umbrella in his hand and raised it above the heads of the four people.

=== Chapter === 92 He didn't get what he wanted

Washed by the rain, Liu Ruyi's face looked particularly pale. She was held in their arms and blinked in a funny way: "It's okay, don't worry about me."

Hua Fuman stubbornly covered her ears: "You, you are most afraid of this."

He Tinglan hugged her head tightly: "It's raining so hard, what are you doing standing on the terrace? What can't you say inside the house?"

Xiao Heye also trembled against her: "You can go back with us."

Zhao Yanning also gave Song Zhenshan a rare look.

Song Zhenshan was stunned.

Amid the thunder, the extremely powerful monster was firmly protected by four mortals. This scene was hilarious no matter how you looked at it. But he couldn't laugh. He just put his hands behind his back and asked Zhao Yanning in a deep voice: "When did you become so warm-hearted?"

No matter how kind they are, without Liu Ruyi, he and Fuman would have been buried long ago. Although they didn't say much, Zhao Yanning was extremely grateful to her in her heart.

"I don't know where your anger comes from, but our boss doesn't like thunderstorms. Please go back first and come back another day."

Song Zhenshan sneered: "It's you who should go back."

Even though I have known a few of them for many years, the mortals are still the most intrusive right now. Song Zhenshan raised his hand, wanting to knock them unconscious.

Liu Ruyi glanced sideways, and the suffocating pressure stopped his movements.

Song Zhenshan frowned and looked at her.

She turned her eyes, her eyes softened, and said to Hua Fuman and He Tinglan: "This little thunder is nothing, the rain is too heavy, you go back to the cellar first, there are ingredients just brought back from Xiuzhou, if It's all flooded by rain, how can we open it?"

"But..." He Tinglan looked at the lightning in the sky.

"Here, my palms are hot, hotter than yours." She shook their wrists and pulled them both up, "Go."

Zhao Yanning didn't say much. After confirming that she was fine, he took the two girls back to the cellar as she wished.

Song Zhenshan felt a little strange.

The monsters in his mind are cold-blooded and ruthless. Liu Ruyi is indeed like this at first glance, but there are so many people surrounding her, and they even know what she is afraid of, so is she not what he thinks? So unbearable?

Just as he was thinking about it, Ruyi suddenly spoke: "Sir Song, since Zhang really committed suicide, why did Shen Qiyuan risk serious consequences and convict Yuncheng?"

Unexpectedly, she would ask this question suddenly. Song Zhenshan turned his head away and said, "Why else? His duty is to maintain the stability of the dynasty where this generation of emperors belongs. At present, Daqian cannot fight, so the Zhang family can only die. Kill for love."

"Apart from this reason?" She stared at him with deep eyes.

His heart sank slightly, and Song Zhenshan shut his mouth.

"I tried to put the dagger in the moiré ring and hit it with my back - Mr. Shen was right. With such an arrangement, the probability of success is very low. The dagger will always tilt to the side and cannot penetrate the vest. ." Ruyi raised her chin, "Then how did Zhang do it?"

She paused and held up the broken hair beside her ears with her fingers: "I heard that Zhang's body fell into the river on the way back to Huizhou and could not be found. I originally wanted to take a closer look, but I didn't have the chance. "

"What's there to see?" Song Zhenshan said, "All the doubts are written in the autopsy record."

"Yan Ning's autopsy skills are excellent, so I naturally believe him. However, all he can examine are the corpses of ordinary people." Ruyi paused and said meaningfully, "What if the Zhang family has other origins."

"The Criminal Department handles cases with evidence." Song Zhenshan looked back at her calmly, "Do you have any evidence for what you said?"

Ruyi took a look at Zhang's body and remembered that there was a small red mole on Zhang's wrist, which was exactly the same as the one on her hand, but she didn't think about it deeply at the time.

But just after using a lot of demonic power, the red mole on her wrist suddenly became hot. Only then did Ruyi realize that the red mole was the wound left by Liu Ruyi when she sacrificed herself.

So, is the one on Zhang's wrist a coincidence or was it also sacrificed?

Just as she was thinking about it, Song Zhenshan suddenly spoke: "Sacrificing the body of a mortal to a monster is a top-secret forbidden art. Everyone knows it. You don't have to think too much."

A top secret forbidden technique?

Ruyi raised her eyebrows: "Then Liu Ruyi, a lady of our house, how did she invite me as a sacrifice?"

Almost biting the tip of his tongue, Song Zhenshan pursed his lips.

Realizing that something was wrong, Ruyi walked up to him and stared at him with squinted eyes: "You know."

"No." He stopped.

Ruyi quickly withdrew the hand holding the dome.

The heavy rain came in an instant, and Lin'an City, which was already flooded, was even more precarious.

Song Zhenshan's expression changed: "I know."

Supporting the dome again, she raised her chin and gestured to him.

"I promised him to keep it secret, but if you insist on knowing, it's no big deal." He lowered his eyes, "It was Shen Qiyuan. He calculated the time of your catastrophe and deliberately told Liu Ruyi the secret technique of sacrifice."

At that time, Liu Ruyi had just learned that He Zeyou was going to marry another woman. She was so furious that she committed suicide in desperation. It was Shen Qiyuan who saved her and showed her a way out.

It's easy to sacrifice your body to a monster, but if you want to invite a big monster like Ruyi, you need an extremely tempting bait.

The bait used by Shen Qiyuan was his own hard work.

His blood was already sweet, not to mention the touch on the tip of his heart, coupled with Ruyi's favorite thousand-year-old willow branch as the magpie demon, he finally successfully led her to the world.

"Aren't you curious why he only became a Qingshen with such a high level of cultivation?" Song Zhenshan said, "He can go to the Nine Heavens and his status will not be low, but no matter how his master and other gods and Buddhas advise him, He is determined to come to the human world."

Shen Qiyuan likes the human world, because only in the human world can gods and monsters coexist. He can use his consciousness to hold up a sky, and under this sky, he can approach her wantonly.

"When I saw you two together for the first time, I thought he got what he wanted, but I never thought that you had never had feelings for him." Song Zhenshan's eyes were filled with sarcasm, "How pitiful."

His heart stopped for a moment as if he was suffocating, and then started beating rapidly.

Ruyi pressed her chest blankly, and some hazy figures seemed to flash through her mind.

In the forest full of spring scenery, on the lake with the bleak autumn wind, in the blazing fire of Purgatory Valley, and in the cave of Partridge Mountain, that figure has always been straight and straight, with black hair hanging down her back, and she is unparalleled in her splendor and splendor.

She wanted to see more clearly, but maybe the rain was so heavy that she couldn't open her eyes.

With his eyes closed, Shen Qiyuan's face gradually became clearer.

"As you wish." He was angry and helpless.

"As you wish." He whispered in her ear restrainedly and forbearingly.

"Liu Ruyi!" His back trembled uncontrollably.

Thunder rumbled again in the sky, but it did not roll in her direction. Instead, it moved far away in the direction of Huiming Mountain with great force.

=== Chapter === 93 Where is it worth it?

Ruyi had many partners during these long thousands of years, and she personally built more than a dozen tombs for them. Each grave and incense stick were piled next to the Ten Thousand Monsters Cave. When she was happy, she arranged them in a straight line, and when she was unhappy, she arranged them in a human figure.

No one is worth her sadness, or in other words, no one has really moved her heart in these thousands of years.

As for Shen Qiyuan, Ruyi felt something was different from the first moment she saw him.

It wasn't because he looked very similar to Wei Zijue, nor was it because he was so powerful. It was because she was leaning in his arms that she felt at ease inexplicably.

The big monster who is about to become the monster king is always on guard against assassination by others. How can he feel at ease in the arms of a stranger?

She just wanted to know the answer to this question, so she was willing to get close to him.

Shen Qiyuan didn't have the reserve and caution that a god should have towards her. Rather than saying that she was the overlord, he was the most skilled hunter. He disguised himself as the prey from the beginning, causing her difficulty. Wasting interest.

I thought he was looking for excitement, but I didn't expect that he was serious. Even the opportunity for her to come to the world was all his elaborate plans.

Shen Qiyuan had already given her his heart, which was hot and hot, but she didn't care. No matter how much he confessed over and over again in his ears, it was just a lie to cheer him up.

That's why he was so angry when he found out on the boat that she let Yuncheng go.

No, Ruyi now recalls Shen Qiyuan's expression at that time. It's better to say he's sad than angry. He secretly wanted to stay with her, but all she wanted was to fulfill another man.

The sound of thunder was like a boulder scraping the top of the mountain, rushing towards Huiming Mountain with a roar.

She came back to her senses and clicked her tongue impatiently: "It's not worth it."

Song Zhenshan was very dissatisfied with her attitude. Just when he was about to say something more, Ruyi moved.

She gathered half of her demonic power into a bead, placed it in his palm, and then took away the hand holding the dome.

Song Zhenshan quickly used his strength to prop up the other half of the dome.

Looking up again, Ruyi's figure was no longer on the terrace.

He frowned and looked towards the distance where the thunder was coming from.

Floods were flowing across Huiming Mountain, and centuries-old trees were uprooted and fell all the way down the mountainside along with the turbid rainwater. The lightning tore through the sky behind the mountain, and the dark sky seemed to be falling down.

The soil in the open space on the top of the mountain has been scorched. Shen Qiyuan is sitting cross-legged on the boulder, his back straight, and a pure white light is floating around him. He closed his eyes, and the blood at the corners of his mouth had dried and was covered again.

Heaven's punishment will not show mercy to any gods and monsters. No matter how high your cultivation level is, your liver and gallbladder will be broken even if you take it three times.

He couldn't help but think of the war between gods and demons many years ago. In the chaos of the battlefield, there were also punishments from heaven.

She suffered the blow with her body and was defeated in the Ten Thousand Monsters Cave; with his merits completed, he ascended to the Lingyun Palace.

At that time, he wanted to ask her why she would be punished by heaven. Unfortunately, he never saw her again in the next thousand years.

The sky thunder penetrated his body, and the surrounding white light splashed away like broken porcelain pieces. Shen Qiyuan only felt that something exploded in his head, and the vast white field was accompanied by the continuous buzzing sound of the sword scraping.

Someone seemed to be running towards him.

Amidst the huge roar, she rushed forward, opened her arms, and held him tightly in her arms. The cool smell of rain mixed with the faint aroma of wine filled his nose.

Who is it?

There seemed to be an answer in his mind, but the answer was pulled away by the strong wind, and no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't remember it.

The moment before his consciousness disappeared, Shen Qiyuan relaxed his frown in relief.

"Shen Qiyuan." Ruyi hugged him and was so frightened by the thunder that was so close that she couldn't stand straight. I tried to wake him up, but the person in my arms seemed to have passed out.

Even a powerful god like him could faint, so it's no wonder she was afraid of the thunder.

Ruyi swallowed and looked up at the sky with half-closed eyes.

The lightning was like a fish imprisoned, shrouded in dark clouds, and did not continue to fall.

Her eyes lit up.

Yes, thunder cannot strike mortals. Now that she is in a mortal body, she can avoid this torture.

After rubbing her weak legs, she struggled to lift Shen Qiyuan up and stumbled down the mountain.

The scorched earth on the ground was as thick as an iron plate. It looked like more than one thunderbolt had fallen. She arrived a little late. Fortunately, this person is still alive. As long as he goes back and takes good care of himself, he should be able to recover.

Ruyi was a little puzzled as some recipes for nourishing wounds from Heaven's Punishment popped up in his head. How could you remember these things? She has not been punished by heaven.

Shaking her head, she grasped Shen Qiyuan's arm tightly.

Thunder was inevitable, but the torrential rain inside and outside Daqian was unavoidable. As soon as Ruyi returned to Huixian Restaurant, she continued to prop up the dome. Shen Qiyuan was placed in the wing room on the third floor, which she could see when she turned around.

Song Zhenshan looked at her disheveled skirt and Shen Qiyuan, who was unconscious but had no external injuries. He moved the corners of his mouth, but finally said nothing.

The heavy rain lasted for three full days. Even with the support of the dome, many low-lying areas in Lin'an City were still flooded. The water on the streets was up to the knees. The cold snap came instantly after the rain, and when combined with the water that didn't recede, it made people cry from the cold.

Ruyi and Song Zhenshan were carried into their respective rooms by people in the restaurant. They were both exhausted and lost consciousness at some point. Ruyi's face was particularly pale, and his whole body was like a piece of wet tissue paper.

Both Fu Man and Xiao He Ye were so anxious that they cried, but He Tinglan managed to calm down. She got hot water to wipe Ruyi's body, changed her clothes, made sure that she was just too tired to fall asleep, and cooked some clean food for her. Porridge.

On the second day after the rain, a long line of people lined up on the street to receive relief food. Huixian Restaurant also opened its doors and distributed some thick-wheat buns and porridge to the people in distress.

Ruyi opened her eyes amidst the noise.

"My boss, my boss." Zhao Yanning was the first to come up to her and asked her nervously, "Who am I?"

Rolling her eyes angrily, Ruyi pushed him away and sat up: "I'm tired, not stupid. What did you ask?"

Several people in the room breathed a sigh of relief, and Fuman said with red eyes, "You're sleeping too. You've been sleeping for too long. I'm very, very worried."

Touching her head, Ruyi asked: "Has it stopped raining outside?"

"Stop, everyone is fine, and the restaurant has no losses." He Tinglan said hesitantly, "It's just Mr. Shen..."

Her heart tightened, and Ruyi grabbed her hand: "What happened to him?"

Several people hesitated and couldn't answer. She frowned and didn't care about anything else. She stepped on her embroidered shoes and went out to find someone.

Shen Qiyuan was on the third floor before he fell into coma, but the third floor is not housing after all. They should move people to the second floor. There are so many rooms on the second floor—

"As you wish." Someone called her in a low voice from behind, with joy and restraint in his voice.

=== Chapter === 94 Two Thousand Years Ago

Suddenly looking back, Ruyi saw him.

Shen Qiyuan seemed to have just woken up. He had a plain Tencel robe draped over his broad shoulders. His dark hair, which was always tied high, fell down and was tied behind his back with a black brocade belt. The original gloomy look in his eyes disappeared without a trace. When he raised his eyes, his features were as clear as ice porcelain in midsummer.

"Why are you here?" He looked at her, his hand on the door frame tightening slightly, "Have you recovered from your injury?"

Ruyi was a little uneasy. After all, he had been so angry before. If they met again, even if they didn't fight, the atmosphere would be awkward.

But I never thought that he would ask this as soon as he opened his mouth.

She blinked hesitantly: "When was I hurt?"

"Yesterday when you came to the Immortal Platform, you had an injury on your arm." Looking at her arm, Shen Qiyuan frowned slightly, "Did you use forbidden magic again?"

He pursed his lips and said unhappily: "Don't touch those crooked things."

A bunch of question marks slowly appeared on Ruyi's head.

She knew all the words he said, but when the words were put together, she couldn't understand the meaning. What kind of wound, what kind of forbidden technique, what kind of human life?

There were footsteps at the top of the stairs. She turned her head and saw Song Zhenshan coming up with porridge and food. She frowned when she saw Shen Qiyuan: "It's hard for you to get up after such a serious injury."

Following his gaze towards Liu Ruyi opposite, Song Zhenshan pursed his lips: "No wonder."

He put the things in his hands into the room and helped Shen Qiyuan in: "Sir, please adjust your breathing first, and let the one outside have a rest. I have just finished a war, how can I stay with you all the time? Stand outside."

Shen Qiyuan didn't have the strength to struggle, so he sat down obediently and asked softly: "How long will she stay here?"

"Don't worry, she will still be here when you open your eyes."

After closing the door from behind, Song Zhenshan pointed to the stairs toward Ruyi.

The third floor terrace was filled with a biting cold wind. Looking down from the railing, one could still see the dirty water in the city and the long lines of people collecting relief food on the street.

Ruyi wrinkled her nose when she heard this: "What do you mean by losing part of your memory?"

"The punishment from heaven is too severe, it will damage the body, and naturally it will also damage the memory." Song Zhenshan explained in a low voice, "In Master Shen's memory, it should be two thousand years ago."

"Impossible." Ruyi snorted, "I didn't know him two thousand years ago, how come he knows my name as soon as he wakes up."

Song Zhenshan looked at her deeply with complicated eyes.

The smile on Ruyi's lips gradually disappeared, and she touched her earlobe in disbelief: "At this time two thousand years ago, I should have been cultivating God honestly."

Yes, she was not born with a demonic nature. In the world back then, she was also a chosen god cultivator. She gained immortality from her mortal body and then embarked on the long road to becoming a god.

Ruyi couldn't remember the process of her spiritual cultivation. When her memory became clear again, she was already one of the most powerful monsters in the Ten Thousand Monsters Cave.

"Is it because I have too many lovers that I have forgotten?" She raised her eyebrows teasingly.

Song Zhenshan sighed.

He waved his hand: "Anyway, Daqian is in urgent need of recuperation and recuperation. If he tells Master Shen the truth rashly, he will definitely be confused and cause more disasters in the world. So I take the liberty to ask the girl to cooperate with me in hiding it from him. Just treat it like this." It was two thousand years ago."

Ruyi thought this was a bad idea: "I can hide it for a while, but how can I hide it for the rest of my life?"

"Just hide it until his soul recovers." Song Zhenshan handed over his hand, "Even if disasters happen again in the world, he will be able to put them down."

"But." Ruyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How do I know what he looked like two thousand years ago."

Song Zhenshan pointed in the direction of the backyard.

She looked along and saw Fuman turning over the flower rope with a little lotus leaf, Tinglan settling accounts nearby, and Zhao Yanning leaning against the door, amiably discussing the quality of today's vegetables with the vendor who delivered the vegetables.

"Just think it's for them," he said, "and ask the girl to put in some effort."

There were no eggs left under the overturned nest, and Shen Qiyuanruo was seriously injured and confused, and Daqian had to face more than just a heavy rain.

Ruyi found it funny: "We monsters are the most bloody and cruel, but you actually used the lives of ordinary people to make conditions for me."

It wouldn't have worked if it were any other monster, but Song Zhenshan looked at Liu Ruyi with determination.

The two of them stood facing the wind, their clothes fluttering around, and neither of them spoke anymore.

Shen Qiyuan had a prophetic dream.

In the dream, monsters were raging and massacred eighteen cities in the world, with mutilated limbs everywhere and a loss of life. As a cultivator of the gods, he naturally wanted to go out with the team and kill tens of thousands of monsters in the cave.

Unexpectedly, he was blocked in the God-killing Valley.

Someone was wearing a bright red dress with a hem that stretched several feet, fluttering like a battle flag in the evil wind.

She raised her eyes to look at him, her eyes scarlet: "Let's do it."

The sword in his hand buzzed instantly.

Ruyi was gifted when he was cultivating gods. Unexpectedly, he turned to cultivating demons and was still arrogant. The two fought for four hours, from the bright sky to the dusk.

When the last trace of glow in the sky was swallowed by the top of the mountain, she sighed softly.

"Will you make a good god?"

He was stunned, paused for a moment, and looked at her in confusion.

Ruyi smiled at him, and her heart hit the tip of his sword exactly.

Thunder suddenly broke out in the sky, and heavy rain fell instantly. His long sword, which had been dormant for thousands of years, broke open at this moment. The brilliance flowed from the tip of the sword to his body, turning into a divine lotus mark between his eyebrows.

…

His heart suddenly tightened, and Shen Qiyuan opened his eyes.

He sat up, took a few deep breaths, and frowned.

Ruyi will go to practice demon cultivation? She wants to use her demon blood to help him complete the final step of cultivating a god?

No, no, this can't happen.

He put on his clothes and got out of bed, hurriedly going to open the door.

The moment before his fingers touched the door leaf, the door opened by itself. Ruyi stepped in and raised his long eyes, flirtatious and charming.

"Why did you come down again?" She clicked her tongue, holding the medicine in one hand and holding his arm with the other, "Go back and lie down."

There was a warm layer of iron on his arm, and Shen Qiyuan's ears turned red for a moment, and he hurriedly shook off her hand and took two steps back.

When his hand was empty, Ruyi raised his eyebrows.

Could this reaction be from a young child two thousand years ago?

A smile flashed across her eyes, she put her fist to her lips and coughed: "Let's eat first."

"I was just going to find you." He sat down at the table and looked at her seriously, "Have you encountered any difficulties in cultivating God recently?"

Ruyi raised her chin confidently: "Whatever I do is the first one to do well, so what's the problem?"

He nodded, but then looked at her arm with a worried expression: "Since there is no difficulty, why do you want to be involved in those crooked ways?"

"Why is it so wrong?" She scooped the medicinal food from the porcelain cup into the bowl.

"There is no healing spell in the Shinto, only in the demon path." He pointed seriously, "The injury here was still wrapped in white cloth and bleeding yesterday. How come you can move freely today? How dare you say that you are useless? Forbidden technique?"

=== Chapter === 95 Disappeared Memories

Ruyi looked at her intact arm and felt a little curious: "Why am I injured?"

Mentioning this matter, Shen Qiyuan's face looked a little unnatural.

He lowered his eyes and said, "It's obviously you who insists on competing with Zhuzui. You can't blame me."

Bamboo drunk? Ruyi remembered that this person seemed to be a fellow practitioner from long ago.

Since Shen Qiyuan recognized her, he must be her fellow practitioner, but why didn't she have the slightest impression in her mind?

"This medicinal meal." Shen Qiyuan took a mouthful of the contents of the bowl and couldn't laugh or cry, "Isn't it the recipe I gave you earlier to nourish the wounds of Heaven's Punishment? My injuries were obtained from my failure to ascend the Great Dao, and they are not Heaven's Punishment. It's hurt, what's the use of eating this?"

A recipe for healing wounds caused by heaven's punishment? Ruyi was stunned.

Something flashed through her mind quickly, and she covered her forehead in pain.

…

"I got this recipe by accident. You might be able to use it someday if you are so good at getting into trouble."

"Heavenly punishment? It will come only if we destroy the common people or fall in love with monsters. You gave me this because you want to cultivate the path of monsters."

…

The thick fog in the memory parted, revealing a face exactly like Shen Qiyuan's. Silk robe shawl, dark hair tied behind his back, he looked back at her and stretched out his hand towards her.

Ruyi opened her eyes wide.

Three thousand years ago, under the gate of Qidou Mountain, mist and rain were hazy, the lake and mountains were the same, and the white clouds steamed into the sunset. She was wearing a green gauze robe that cultivated the spirit, standing at the bottom of the nine hundred and ninety-nine stone stairs.

Looking up, he was standing at the top of the steps, with a brocade belt and black hair, wide sleeves and a narrow waist. There was curiosity in his clear black eyes, but also an inexplicable compassion.

Yes, this is what the old person in her memory should look like.

But why doesn't she remember?

As he thought about it further, Tianling Gai felt severe pain, and Ruyi turned pale and snorted.

Shen Qiyuan subconsciously stretched out his hand, but restrained himself and stopped it in mid-air, a foot away from her.

A pure white light shimmered in his palm: "You have been fighting Zhu Zui for three days, and she can't even get out of bed. How can you really be unscathed?"

The cultivator would not repair the wound, but he transferred his magic power to her, trying to forcibly suppress her pain.

Ruyi regained consciousness and pressed his hand. The palm of your hand rested on the back of his hand, warm and soft.

Shen Qiyuan quickly withdrew and said to her with a straight face: "Even if you win against Zhu Zui, I don't just have to be in your pocket. Don't do these cross-border moves again."

Ruyi smiled with white lips: "Oh? That battle was still about fighting for you?"

His ears turned red suspiciously: "Don't talk nonsense. I came up the mountain for a positive result. Since I can't climb the road now, I should concentrate more on practice. How can I spend all day long with my children?"

Seeing him like this, Ruyi wanted to tell him evilly. The two of them not only held hands, but also rolled over the red luan tent. If he heard it, what would be the expression on his face?

Her index finger jumped with excitement, but she endured it.

Shen Qiyuan has part of her lost memory, and she wants to get it back, so she can't rush it.

Song Zhenshan told Shen Qiyuan that he came to the human world to recuperate after his failure on the Dao Dao. His identity is the son of the eldest princess and the current Superintendent of the Ministry of Punishment, Zong Zhengshi. What he has to do is to maintain the stability of the Daqian world. .

Shen Qiyuan was very serious about his work. He immediately read all the relevant files about this identity and even memorized the lives of the people related to it.

So when he left Huixian Restaurant three days later, he looked no different from before.

Except for the attitude towards Ruyi.

If the previous Shen Qiyuan was stubborn and affectionate that she could not see through, then the Shen Qiyuan in front of her was just a blank sheet of emotion.

"We are on different mountains in the world. It is not easy for me to get along with you day and night." He said to her seriously, "But I will often come to urge you. After you and I get through this catastrophe, we can go back together."

Ruyi asked funnyly: "Why do we have to go back together?"

His expression was very natural: "From the Partridge Mountain in the Purgatory Valley to the Climbing Immortal Platform, you and I have been together in life and death. When have we been separated?"

She was slightly stunned.

…

Purgatory Valley is the first level for cultivators to go up the mountain. There are evil ghosts from all directions and scorching fires from ten generations. Ruyi, who was not yet mature, almost died in it. The people around him were also extremely embarrassed. In the end, the two climbed up together and fell on the scorched earth. Feeling dizzy and out of breath.

"No wonder the guide said that gods need to complement each other to help each other." She muttered, "You are quite powerful, we might as well team up."

"Okay." He spoke concisely.

The wind blew away the white mist in front of his eyes, revealing Shen Qiyuan's handsome face.

He fell beside her, his voice young and serious: "I will never hold you back."

"Me neither." She smiled and raised her arms.

…

Turning her gaze, Ruyi saw Shen Qiyuan saying to her seriously: "Don't worry, I will do what I should do and I will never hold you back."

Her throat was a little tight. She looked at his brows and replied with a forced smile, "Neither can I."

Two thousand years ago, Shen Qi was as upright and upright as the rising sun between pines and trees. When faced with Yuncheng's case again, he made a completely different choice.

"Zhang did commit suicide, and she committed suicide out of fear of crime."

Above the court, he stood tall and tall, and every word fell to the ground: "Zhang has been in Lin'an for more than ten years, collecting intelligence through witchy and cunning means. Not only did he earn ill-gotten wealth, but he also reported the reasons for the secrets related to the military strength. Huizhou was sent back to the border of Daxia. A total of twelve officials were involved in this matter, and I have all been listed on the record."

"In addition, Zhang's suicide method was complicated and there were many doubts. I sent his belongings through the water gate as usual, but the results were all strange."

Minato only encounters evil spirits and manifests strange phenomena.

All civil and military officials in the court were startled, and the noise suddenly started.

The emperor's expression was ugly: "Investigate this matter thoroughly, and we must eradicate all the evil spirits. Anyone involved will be punished severely."

Although it was popular in Daqian to ask gods to drive away demons, the royal family was taboo about this, otherwise they wouldn't have set up water gates everywhere in the palace. Yuncheng was a favorite, and although his wife had never entered the palace, she was still considered a figure under the emperor's nose.

Such people are infected by evil spirits. How can the emperor sleep peacefully?

As a result, Daqian began the most stringent demon-suppression operation in history. Lin'an City was lined with water gates and spells filled the sky.

Ruyi sat on the terrace with her legs crossed, watching the farce in the street, spitting out the melon seed rinds in her mouth without paying much attention.

"Our monarch is really interesting." She smiled, "In Zhang's case, isn't the most important thing about Xia Guo's stealing of our dynasty's secrets?"

=== Chapter === 96 You will only choose me

Wei Zijue sat next to her with a very serious look on his face: "The sage decreed that Yuncheng be moved to Leizhou."

"It's good luck that he was able to survive." Ruyi pouted, "It's not a loss."

"But it stands to reason that Zhang committed suicide. Not only did Yun Cheng not harm anyone, but he also handed over his informant letter, he should be innocent." Wei Zijue clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "Sage's verdict is tantamount to Bow down to the envoys of Daxia."

It is not shameful for a large country to bow to the ministers of other countries in order to avoid war.

Ruyi asked, "If you exile a Yuncheng, will Daxia really give up?"

Zhang committed suicide out of fear, and the crime must have been quite serious. The information she passed on must be more than what Yuncheng handed over. The Kingdom of Daxia has repeatedly provoked provocations on the border in recent years. If the true situation of Daqian's military strength was known, would it be able to restrain itself?

Wei Zijue sighed: "They won't give up. I'm just afraid that the saint will give in again and again, and give up several states - there will be no more rivers for us to cross south."

The last half of the sentence was said with a hoarse voice, which made people feel sad.

Ruyi poured him tea and was about to say a few more words of comfort when he heard footsteps on the stairs.

"Ruyi." Shen Qiyuan came up to the third floor, looked at her and then at the people around her, with confusion on his face.

Recalling that Wei Zijue didn't know about his amnesia, Ruyi quickly stood up and said, "There's so much chaos outside, Datong, please go back first."

Wei Zijue looked at her slightly flustered expression, his eyes were half lowered, and he said with some disappointment: "Okay."

He brushed his clothes and walked down. When he passed by Shen Qiyuan, his steps paused slightly.

"My sister and I were just chatting about some things." He said, "Please don't misunderstand me."

After that, he went straight downstairs without waiting for anyone to answer.

Ruyi's mouth twitched when she heard it from behind.

It's okay for a frivolous young man to play some tricks, but Wei Zijue's slightly deliberate tone made her a little afraid to look into Shen Qiyuan's eyes.

Unexpectedly, Shen Qiyuan was not as angry as before. He walked towards her with a very natural expression: "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" She was puzzled.

"I asked the Holy One for a demon-suppression order, and I can enter and leave Lin'an No. 72 at will." He slightly curled his lips, "If we can catch more monsters, it will be considered a merit for you and me."

As one wishes:"…"

She looked down at herself and then at him: "You want to catch monsters with me?"

"Since you and I are going through a tribulation, we naturally need to accumulate merit. Catching monsters is the fastest way."

Slowly raising his hand to wipe his face, Ruyi smiled dryly: "The truth is correct."

"Then don't delay." He pointed to the street below, "Start from here."

"Wait a minute." Ruyi blinked, "Aren't you curious about what Wei Zijue and I were talking about just now?"

"Why are you curious?" Shen Qiyuan's eyes were clear, "That's your business."

"But what if I make an appointment with him to do other things?" She said, "Wouldn't it mean that I wouldn't have time to catch monsters with you?"

There was a little confusion in his ink-stained eyes, and Shen Qiyuan asked: "Would you not go with me because of others?"

His tone was too firm, more like a refutation than a question.

Ruyi was puzzled: "Why not?"

"You never do."

He said, "When I was seriously injured in the Withered Bones Building and couldn't move, you didn't take the boat to leave first. Instead, you took a long way around with me on your back and walked for seven full days before arriving at Qidou Mountain."

"When you and I were in conflict, a fellow practitioner who was more suitable for you offered you better conditions, but you didn't go."

"Master wants to take you to visit Huatuo Mountain. You have been happily preparing for several days. But I wanted to go to Xiling, so you jumped out of Master's car and followed me without saying a word."

"Even if the person just now is similar to me, he is not me after all. You won't like him, and naturally you won't choose him."

Shen Qiyuan's eyes were firm and calm: "Your choice will only be me."

Ruyi looked at his side face in confusion.

The white mist in her memory dispersed into a few more corners, and in those corners were scenes of her running towards him countless times.

The most powerful goddess Xiu on Qidou Mountain is full of admiration for the most powerful male god Xiu beside her - everyone knows this, including the male god Xiu himself.

Her love is wanton and frank. No matter when, where or who she faces, she will always unite with him and share the same hatred with him. No matter what happened, no matter how far away he was, she would run towards him with a smile.

The tacit understanding and affection accumulated over thousands of years gave him confidence.

But.

Ruyi touched the tip of her tongue to the root of her teeth.

—She later chose Wei Zijue between Wei Zijue and him without hesitation.

Shen Qiyuan was aware of the formation in Huafang at that time, but he did not crack it, but chose to believe her, presumably because of the existence of these memories. In his memory, she loved him deeply.

So what was Shen Qiyuan thinking when the divine punishment approached.

His heart felt a twinge of pain for a long time, and Ruyi licked the corner of his mouth.

"Are you going to go with him?" Seeing that she didn't speak for a while, Shen Qiyuan's eyebrows narrowed, "The agreement with him is important?"

"No." After coming back to his senses, Ruyi smiled brightly, "Of course it's more important to catch monsters with you."

He looked relaxed and nodded as he should: "That's good."

"Let's go." She subconsciously reached out to pull him, but he quickly avoided her.

Shen Qiyuan was a little annoyed: "You ignored what I said last time."

She raised her eyebrows in confusion: "I held your hand in Purgatory Valley, and even carried it and hugged you in Withered Bones Building. Why didn't you hide then?"

"That's different." He said solemnly, "During the training, you and I were fellow practitioners, so we have no shame in touching our bodies."

"Oh?" A twinkling light appeared in the corner of her eyes, "Which means that if you touch me now, you have a guilty conscience?"

Shen Qiyuan forced himself to calm down: "No."

This bit of tough-talking was really far behind him compared to what he would become later. Ruyi couldn't help laughing, and suddenly smiled.

The more she laughed, the angrier Shen Qiyuan became: "I told you, please restrain yourself."

"Really? I don't believe it, unless you hold me now." She smiled and raised her hand, placing her jade-like fingertips in front of him.

Shen Qiyuan stiffened, unwilling to admit it, and did not dare to raise his hand.

"Let's go." He rolled his sleeves and turned around, "It's important to catch the monster."

Looking at his crimson ears, Ruyi smiled and shook her head, followed him in big steps, and stepped on his shadow.

Shen Qiyuan glanced sideways and said angrily: "A thousand-year-old man is still playing such childish tricks."

After that, he said angrily: "Let go now, I can't walk anymore."

One person's childishness is meaningless, but two thousand-year-old people need to be childish together to be interesting.

The familiar feeling flooded her mind, and Ruyi felt warm in her heart.

It turns out that she has fallen in love with someone. It turns out that when she loves someone, she loves him wholeheartedly and can't help herself.

=== Chapter === 97 You have me in your heart, right?

But later, why did she forget everything?

Ruyi shook his head and couldn't remember.

The cinnabar-yellow paper flew along the wind and brushed against the side of her chin, causing her skin to turn red as if it was being burned. She pursed her lips, raised her hands to smooth them, and rolled up her ears and hair as if nothing had happened.

Shen Qiyuan, who was walking in front, suddenly shuddered: "There is a demonic aura."

He turned around, looked into her innocent eyes, and frowned slightly: "You didn't notice?"

"I forgot to tell you." Ruyi nodded slightly, the hem of her skirt was soft, "My internal injuries were too severe, my consciousness was closed, and I only have some fists and kicks left."

Once your consciousness is closed, you will naturally not be able to detect the evil spirit.

Shen Qiyuan nodded clearly, but felt strange: "I was already seriously injured when I climbed the road, and my consciousness is still there, but Zhu Zui hurt you more seriously?"

Ruyi smiled but did not answer, only sighed: "I have to rely on you to protect me."

She has a very strong temper. They have been together for thousands of years, and they have supported each other. He saved her once, and she always wanted to repay him once. After so many experiences, she never showed any affection to him, even when she was on the verge of death. soft.

But now, Ruyi stood in front of him, Rouge lowered her head to him brightly, revealing a section of her fair and slender neck.

Shen Qiyuan felt as if something had lightly scratched his heart.

He turned his head stiffly: "It doesn't matter."

Their status was not suitable for taking action in the city, so Shen Qiyuan specially took her to the forest with strong evil spirit outside the eastern suburbs.

"You stand behind me." He stared in one direction and whispered.

Ruyi obeyed obediently and watched his robes rise in the wind, and the brocade ribbon in his black hair flew with it.

A hundred-year-old bear demon suddenly rushed out from among the branches and leaves and quickly approached them.

The bear demon originally had a human face, but the closer he got to Shen Qiyuan, the more obvious his true form became. Under the pure white shimmering light, the bear demon rose in rage and struck at them with one claw.

Shen Qiyuan quickly kneaded the secret, and in just a moment, the white light around him turned into a big net, tying up the bear demon.

"Take it away," he whispered.

"I asked you to protect me, and I didn't let you feed the monster to my mouth." She chuckled, "You can keep it yourself."

He frowned, flipped his palm, and the bear demon was chopped into pieces by the sharp net, and his roar was accompanied by black demon blood splashing far away.

Ruyi lowered his eyes.

There is not so much benevolence and morality in the world of monsters, and they often kill each other.

But following a god to kill the same kind has a different meaning.

"Are you sympathizing with it?" Shen Qiyuan suddenly said.

Ruyi came back to his senses, raised his eyes and saw that he had a serious look on his face, and his eyebrows were slightly frowned.

"The most unsympathetic thing in the world is monsters," he said. "Mountain fires, torrents, and plagues, half of the suffering in the world, are caused by them."

There was a rare hint of resentment in his tone.

Ruyi stood confused, and belatedly remembered the origin of Shen Qiyuan.

Every god-cultivator on Qidou Mountain has a noble status, and he is no exception. The only prince of the ancient Heng Kingdom can enjoy a hundred years of wealth even if he does not become a god.

However, when he was sixteen years old, a group of monsters led by Hydra captured the Heng Kingdom. They ate Shen Qiyuan's parents, siblings, and destroyed the gorgeous palace that took hundreds of years to build.

Mountain fires spread from the periphery towards the city, burning countless people to death. Floods flooded the fields and villas, and not a single cattle, sheep or livestock was left.

After receiving the news, Shen Qiyuan hurriedly went down the mountain, fought off the Hydra and the monsters, and desperately used his immature divine power to save the world. He built formations and cast spells for sixty-six days.

Seeing the mountain fire extinguished and the torrent receding, he carefully protected the remaining people of Shi Heng Kingdom in the palm of his hand.

However, the cunning monster left behind a plague. After the plague, all that was left in his palm was a pile of corpses.

The last glimmer of hope was shattered, and the mentally and physically exhausted Shen Qiyuan fell into the desolate ruins. Ruyi rushed over and carried him on her back. She felt tears streaming down her neck before she had taken two steps.

That was the only time she saw him cry.

Shen Qiyuan didn't call him by this name before, but after that time, he said that Qidou Mountain was too far away. If he could get closer, he might be able to save a few more people.

After that, he practiced spirituality even more diligently, almost day and night.

Ruyi suddenly remembered that she wanted to compensate him before, so she asked: "Do you have any wishes, sir?"

Shen Qiyuan's answer at that time was: "No."

He lied, he had a wish.

His wish since three thousand years ago has been to kill all monsters in the world and comfort the souls of the entire Heng Kingdom.

Pupils narrowed, Ruyi lowered his head and looked at the palm of his hand.

—She later turned into a monster.

It turned into the monster he hated most and wanted to get rid of.

"Shen Qiyuan." Ruyi suddenly called him.

As he continued to walk forward, he seemed to notice another monster in the distance, and his tone was a little careless: "What?"

"Did you fall in love with me too much?" She said in a low voice.

The white light on his fingertips deflected, and the formation did not cover the Gu Eagle in the distance. Instead, it startled it up and let out a long roar.

Shen Qiyuan turned around in shock and looked at her inexplicably: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Ruyi akimbo: "Dare you do it but don't you admit it?"

If love hadn't made her miserable, how could he have lured her to the human world even though he knew she was a monster?

"I've told you before, I just want to become a god." He turned his head and practiced the art again, "Love has nothing to do with me. You can only be my fellow practitioner, and you can only be a fellow practitioner."

It can only be, and will only be.

These words clicked in her mind like a key, and then the door opened, and the wind swept in from the outside, blowing away a white mist.

…

"Shen Qiyuan, you also have me in your heart, right?" She stood under the moonlight and looked at him with a smile, "As long as you nod, I won't be in a hurry to go back to my city."

"Leave early and come back early." He looked at her indifferently, "During the hundred years of your absence, Zhu Zui will temporarily take your place."

The curve of her mouth dropped little by little, and she pursed her lips: "The last time you returned to Hengguo, I didn't find anyone else to replace you."

"So you delayed your practice."

"Shen Qiyuan!" She was angry, "Do you only have practice in your mind?!"

"Otherwise, why would we go up the mountain?" He said, "If you want your children to love each other, then go back to the human world. There are many people who are willing to accompany you. You can only be my fellow practitioner, and you will only be a fellow practitioner."

Her heart was clenched, and she gritted her teeth: "I know."

After so many years of getting along, she thought Shen Qiyuan treated her somewhat differently. Unexpectedly, in his eyes, she was just an ordinary companion, and it would be no different if she were someone else.

Not willing to stay on the mountain for one more day, she hid in the dark and peeked at him and Zhu Zui practicing, thinking that if he showed the slightest discomfort or was distracted for a moment, she would forgive him.

=== Chapter === 98 Wishful thinking

But no, Shen Qiyuan and Zhu Zui stood together, still as focused as ever.

She watched him take Zhuzui's hand and rescue her from the swamp, watched him and Zhuzui complete the task together, and then they fell together to rest by the flame pit.

It was no different than when he was with her, even the way he looked down at each other was the same.

Ruyi suddenly understood.

Her feeling that he is irreplaceable and that he needs her is just a millennium-long illusion and she is wishful thinking.

Looking through the past memories, every frame she found precious was of herself running towards him. He never took a step in her direction, it was just her who was working hard alone.

Ruyi went to Qidou Mountain without looking back.

When the Mother City encountered war, she personally put on armor and fought bloody battles, turning the tide from falling and helping the building to collapse. Seeing that she was about to win, her most trusted friend opened the city gate behind her.

The people in the city were slaughtered overnight. She was stabbed in the chest by her opponent who was also a god cultivator and hung on the city gate tower. The only remaining clan members were dragged under her nose and stabbed to death.

"No..." Her liver and gallbladder ached, and her eyes were about to burst, "Don't..."

"There is a god named Qingshen in this world who is compassionate and generous. He will listen to everyone's wishes and protect all living beings." Shen Qiyuan once told her on Qidou Mountain, "As long as you pray sincerely, Qingshen will always hear you." Your voice."

Thinking of his words, in panic, she closed her eyes and prayed: "Please, please save them..."

Blood flowed everywhere, and the tribesmen fell one after another.

"Don't die, don't die... I'm willing to exchange my life for it. Please, don't let them die."

The youngest clan member was a two-year-old girl. With her clear eyes open, she looked at the knife so close at hand and was not afraid at all. He even smiled innocently at her.

However, in the next moment, the little girl was cut in half. Her immature body fell into a pool of blood and was stained red. The beaded flower on her head also fell off and shattered into pieces.

Ruyi's eyes were blood red, and he was angry and angry. He raised his head and roared, and his screams shook the heaven and the earth.

"Use your consciousness to exchange for the lives of your people. I can make this deal with you." Someone whispered in the shadows.

"Okay." She responded weakly with blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.

The man was quite happy: "Don't you ask me who I am?"

"No matter who you are, no matter what you want, as long as you resurrect them and let me take revenge." She said every word, "I promise you."

After thousands of years of cultivating the gods, I have not been able to get the blessing of the Qingshen, so why does it matter if I fall into a demon?

She sacrificed her consciousness, destroyed her cultivation, turned into a demon, climbed to the position of a strong person step by step, and then led thousands of demons to slaughter the enemy's city.

"What's the difference between you like this and your enemy?" Zhu Zui found her and stamped his feet sadly.

Ruyi, dressed in bright red, leaned against the ruins of the wall, raising her head and drinking: "Why do you want to differentiate? I just want to be happy."

"Qiyuan hates monsters the most. What do you think he will think?"

Ruyi was startled when she mentioned this person, and the strong drink flowed down the side of her face, soaking half of her clothes.

"Look back in time." Zhu Zui said, "There is still a glimmer of possibility left between you and him."

What is impossible for a fellow practitioner, how can it be possible for a monster?

He suddenly stopped laughing, and Ruyi laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled.

"No," she said, "I hope your trip goes well."

As soon as he finished speaking, sword energy came from behind.

…

Ruyi took a breath and felt her heart beating painfully.

She couldn't tell whether the pain came from now or two thousand years ago, but the pain made her whole body violent.

"I want to go back first." She said in a deep voice.

Shen Qiyuan was very puzzled by her sudden strike, but seeing her pale face, he didn't say anything. He just squatted down and said, "Come up."

Ruyi frowned: "I said I wanted to go back first."

He took two steps back and picked her up on his back, saying as usual: "You are so coquettish that you make such a fuss every time you walk for a long time. This place is far from the main city, and you have to walk for a long time to go back. Why don't you go further?" A little way ahead, let's go into the village to rest."

She struggled on his back for a few moments, and then sneered: "You are gentle when treating others, but I never thought that this gentleness would give people a false impression."

Shen Qiyuan thought she was talking about what she just talked about, and couldn't help but pursed his lips: "There is a long way to go. If you are disturbed by love before you achieve your goal, you will not be able to achieve great things."

What a person who can achieve great things. So he summoned her to the human world after he became a big deal. Are you sure she will accept him again?

She's just passionate, not stupid.

The Gu Eagle that had just flown away came back for some unknown reason, hovering above their heads and chirping.

Ruyi glanced at it and said casually: "Something happened."

Shen Qiyuan's expression tightened, and he put her down first, then turned his hand to put a protective cover on her.

The next moment, more than a dozen Gu Eagles rushed towards him, their wings covering the sky and the sun, and a strong wind blew up.

Shen Qiyuan pulled away to deal with it, and his movements were clean and elegant. Even if half of his divine power was damaged, it was no problem to deal with these monsters.

It's just that the Gu Eagle was too ferocious, and it tore a piece of flesh from his arm without even noticing.

Ruyi squatted in the protective shield and watched indifferently. An ignorant Gu Eagle rushed towards her and pecked at the protective shield. She turned her head and looked over with frosty eyes.

When their eyes met, the Gu Eagle was stunned for a moment, and the next moment it flapped its wings and crawled away.

She continued to look at Shen Qiyuan.

Yes, this person was extremely talented and was the top cultivator on Qidou Mountain back then. She was naturally attracted to the strong, so it was reasonable for her to like him.

But now that I think about it, what's the use of being strong? It won't care about others, and it won't give any response. It's worse than a beautiful and easy-to-use knife, at least it won't cut at herself.

More than a dozen Gu carvings turned into Shen Qiyuan's merits in half an hour. He stopped and walked quickly to the side.

Ruyi was dozing off when he suddenly pulled her to her feet and spun her around.

"No injuries?" He breathed a sigh of relief, "Just now a Gu Eagle pecked through the protective shield."

She waved her hand nonchalantly: "I'm not that weak either."

Seeing the coldness on her face, Shen Qiyuan finally realized: "Are you angry?"

Ruyi chuckled: "Why do you think I will be angry?"

What else could there be? Ever since he said that the two of them could only be fellow practitioners, her expression had always been wrong, and the look in her eyes when she looked at him was not as sparkling as before.

After a moment of silence, Shen Qiyuan tried to explain: "You and I can support each other much longer than a mortal couple."

"Thank you for the invitation, please don't." She patted her skirt and walked forward, "Husbands and wives in the world have to write a letter when they want to divorce, but we can only break up with one sentence."

It's all good, why do you want to break up?

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Shen Qiyuan strode after her: "Have you met a better fellow practitioner?"

=== Chapter === 99: Thousands of years of tacit understanding

"Well, I met them, many of them." Ruyi smiled half-heartedly, "In order not to delay your practice, we will change people when we get back. Zhuzui is very suitable for you."

Shen Qiyuan frowned: "Why do you see that?"

Ruyi was too lazy to answer. She saw a village ahead of her from a distance, so she stretched over and said, "It's time for lunch."

He was silent and went into the village with her, where they found a farmer's house and bought food.

The simple meals were also delicious. Ruyi ate very deliciously, but Shen Qi was far from moving.

She glanced at him: "Bedu?"

"Is this the Wei Zijue you were talking about today?" he asked, "I can't see through his consciousness."

People don't have spiritual consciousness at all, so naturally they can't see through it.

She swallowed her meal and said, "I won't accompany you this afternoon. You can accumulate merit by yourself."

Shen Qiyuan pressed her chopsticks, his eyes full of confusion: "You want me to walk alone?"

"Everyone in this world walks alone." She hummed. "You are born alone and you die alone. Why do you have to be special?"

He lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, but he still restrained and released his hand bit by bit.

"Okay." He replied.

Ruyi's eyelids twitched.

It was so damn stupid that she actually felt that this man was a bit innocent and pitiful. He didn't remember anything and suffered her anger for nothing.

"Let's eat." She said softly.

Shen Qi picked up the bowl from a distance and was about to open his mouth when his brows furrowed: "That's not right."

"how?"

"Spit it out!" He patted her back in panic, "There's something wrong with this food!"

Ruyi was hurt by his slap, and just as she was about to hide, she saw that the tables and chairs in front of her turned into a black mist, the dishes on the table shook and shattered, and the delicious food inside turned into rotten human flesh.

Shen Qiyuan's expression suddenly changed, and he pulled her out of the thatched cottage.

The peasant woman who had just served them food came over with a smile and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shen Qiyuan drew his sword and struck at her without saying a word. Unexpectedly, the peasant woman reacted very quickly and dodged sideways. Jiejie smiled and jumped up to the roof, revealing three furry tails.

"It's the monster from Qingqiu." He pursed his lips, "It's not good."

The Qingqiu monster has great magical power, and he would not have been afraid of it before. But now that the injury has not healed, and there is a person behind him who cannot use his magical power, it may be difficult to escape unscathed.

There was a strong wind of evil all around, and Ruyi subconsciously stood on Shen Qiyuan's left hand side.

When she came to her senses, she cursed herself secretly. What kind of habit is this that is engraved in her bones? She is no longer a god cultivator, so she still has to fight side by side with him?

Having said that, when the long fox tail swept over, Ruyi subconsciously cooperated with him. The two of them jumped on the fox tail, one to the left and the other to the right. One attacked the demon body, and the other took the opportunity to find her weak point.

The thick evil spirit overflowed the entire farmyard. Even if there was another evil spirit, Shen Qiyuan would not be surprised.

"Attack the three inches from its back to the base of its tail." Ruyi found the weak point.

Shen Qiyuan immediately moved to avoid the fox demon's tail, moving left and right to get closer to its back.

The fox demon threw out a sharp purple strike, and Ruyi flew up to block it for Shen Qiyuan. Shen Qiyuan then used the demon-slaying sword and stabbed it into the root of its tail.

There was not even an inch of deviation in her familiar stance. When she turned around, she could still see Shen Qiyuan's knife-carved profile.

Ruyi originally wanted to major in offensive techniques, but Shen Qiyuan was obviously better at it, so she changed to major in defense in order to be able to go with him. Over the past thousand years, they have indeed completed many tasks that other cultivators cannot.

Unfortunately, if she wanted to block his attack now, she could only use magic.

After dispelling the demonic energy from his body without any trace, Ruyi turned around and saw the huge fox demon falling from the roof.

"What's wrong with you?" Shen Qiyuan retracted his sword and looked at her with a frown, "The rotten flesh just now may have damaged your meridians."

Ruyi paused and simply sat down on the ground: "Well, it really hurts."

Shen Qiyuan was a little anxious and leaned over to pick her up: "I will take you to Song Zhenshan. He has medicine there."

This man's embrace still made her feel at ease. Ruyi wanted to struggle, but her will was not firm.

never mind. She thought that since Shen Qiyuan didn't remember those things for the time being, she could be merciful and not show off to him for the time being.

However, seeing how nervous this person was about her, did he really not have any personal feelings for her?

The distance from the eastern suburbs village to Lin'an City is not as far as Dry Bones Tower to Qidou Mountain, but walking alone with such a heavy weight is still very tiring. Shen Qiyuan still had injuries on his arms, and sweat was dripping down his face along the way.

"I can actually leave myself." She raised her eyelids.

He ignored her, held her tightly tightly, stepped over the creek rocks, and stepped onto the forest path. Heat steamed out of his body, and even if the wind was biting, his arms felt like a steamer.

Ruyi's anger disappeared a lot inexplicably.

This time, he didn't let go of her when they reached the city gate, and the two got into the same carriage in full view of everyone.

"You're done." Ruyi clicked her tongue and shook her head, "According to the rules of the world, you are considered a villain and I am innocent. You have to marry me."

The man opposite was slightly startled, and as expected he frowned: "Why do you and I need to follow the rules of the world?"

Ruyi teased him: "What if I have to marry someone else if I don't want to marry you?"

Shen Qiyuan tightened his lips, and an undercurrent surged in his ink-spotted eyes.

Ruyi didn't expect to hear the answer. She had gotten used to it over the years and just wanted to be amused.

However, when the carriage stopped at the entrance of Huixian Restaurant, he actually spoke.

"If you really have to marry someone." He lifted the car curtain, looked down at her, and answered seriously -

"Then it's better to marry me."

Ruyi's careless pupils suddenly shrank slightly.

The carriage drove away in front of her, and her skirt fluttered up, then swayed back to its original position.

You think it would be more convenient to travel with her if you marry her, right?

After a long while, Ruyi squinted her eyes and thought, it must be yes. According to Shen Qiyuan's idea, the two of them have to be together anyway, and it doesn't matter whether they marry or not. He doesn't know what love between a man and a woman is, so it is not what ordinary people think. That meaning.

Taking a long breath, she raised her hand and fanned the heat on her face.

Suddenly a little head poked out from the side.

"Master." Xiao Heye said softly, "You look a little full of spring."

As one wishes:?

She narrowed her eyes, lowered her head and pinched He Ye's little cheek: "Where did you learn the words?"

He Ye's face was pinched and she pointed innocently behind her: "It was taught by Mr. Accountant. I just learned to write these words from him."

Ruyi turned around and saw Zhao Yanning silently raising the account book to cover her face.

"Wouldn't it be bad to learn from him and teach a good young talent?" She said angrily, "I'll find another teacher for you."

"Master Shen?" Xiao Heye's eyes lit up.