The queen must start from the head

Chapter 146
June is like fire, and July is like fire.

It's not yet the season of high and crisp autumn, but the imperial city is still scorching hot.

The hotter it is, the more people in the city love to go out to buy vegetables and meat in the morning when it is still cool.If you wait until the sun climbs above your head and expose yourself to the sun, you can't stand it.

In the West Market where people come and go, Mu Lian was wearing an ordinary female dress, and she used her holy power to change her appearance, pretending to be a mediocre woman, walking on the street with a basket on her shoulders.

She was accompanied by a girl in her teens, and the two of them looked like the most ordinary mother and daughter.

When she reached the entrance of Gu's cosmetics shop, Mu Lian stopped in her tracks, glanced at the closed door of the shop, then moved lightly, and stopped in front of a vegetable stall in front of the cosmetics shop.

"Sister-in-law, do you want cabbage? It's just picked from the field, and it's fresh!"

The vegetable seller had a rosy complexion and a good complexion. Seeing Mu Lian standing in front of her stall, she opened her mouth to greet her.

"How do you sell cabbage?"

It's been a long time since Mu Lian went shopping in the street like this. After hearing the greeting from the aunt, a sense of familiarity suddenly surged in her heart.

"Three pennies a catty, take your pick!"

As she spoke, the aunt took the initiative to pick out some fresh Chinese cabbage for Mu Lian, and showed it to Mu Lian.

Seeing her nod, the aunt quickly weighed the cabbage with a steelyard and calculated the money.

Zhou Jingshuang, who was dressed as a little girl, took out the money and paid it to the aunt.Although the latter was a little curious about why the couple paid for it with their daughter, they didn't think much about it and directly put the cabbage in the vegetable basket that Mu Lian was carrying.

Mu Lian shook the cabbage in the basket, and asked casually, "Why isn't this cosmetic shop open today?"

The vegetable seller replied, "I have only been here for a few days, and I haven't seen this shop open in the past few days. I heard that the family has returned to their hometown, so the shop will be closed for a few days."

Mulian let out a casual "oh" and didn't care. After buying the cabbage, she led Zhou Jingshuang away with a basket on her shoulders.

The little girl looked at her master who was dressed in rustic clothes with a basket on her shoulders, and she covered her mouth and snickered a few times from time to time.

"Your appearance today is really rare."

She stuck out her tongue as she spoke, and Mu Lian turned her head to look at her, "Why is it so rare? When I was in Heshui Village and entered Tianhai City, didn't I also carry a basket?"

"How can you compare then and now?"

Mu Lian laughed, "Why can't we compare?"

Slime, who was lying on Mu Lian's head, jumped out and interjected, "I think it can be compared. You were a bit rustic back then, but you are very rustic now."

Zhou Jing replied, "The master at that time is very different from the master now."

Mu Lian continued to tease her, "Then do you like the former master or the current master?"

Slime turned over, then lazily held his chin and said, "I guess she likes both."

"I like the former master more, because you were very close to me and my mother at that time, and there was no distance. However, I respect the current master more, because the current you always gives me the urge to follow."

Uh, do I have a little girl?
Mu Lian looked down at Jing Shuang who seemed to be staring at her eyes, and couldn't think of what words to answer her for a moment.

No one spoke between the two, and it was quiet for a while.

They turned into an alley, crossed several paths, and stopped at the door of an old wooden house.

Just as Mu Lian was about to knock on the door, an old man who happened to come out from the opposite door.

As soon as he went out, he saw Mu Lian and the two of them, and he opened his mouth and asked, "Are you here to look for Xuefang? She went back to her hometown yesterday. Some relatives came from her hometown and brought her back. I guess She's not coming back."

Mu Lian asked, "Master, do you know that the person who came to see Xuefang is her relative?"

The old man shook his head, "How do I know this? Xuefang is a poor girl, her parents left early, and this year her elder brother was taken to prison again and died. This imperial city, what an easy place to stay Yo! It’s good to go back to the country earlier, get married and have a baby…”

The old man shook his head repeatedly.

Mu Lian asked him a few more words, and then bid farewell to the old man.

The two found another family who had been arrested by Zhou Shun before. This family was also not at home. The neighbor said that this family had gone back to the countryside yesterday.

The family of the Gu family's makeup shop has returned to their hometown. Shan Xuefang, a widow who lives alone, was brought home by relatives in the countryside; another family related to the theft case also returned to her hometown.

Mu Lian thought to herself, these incidents are most likely caused by someone behind the scenes.

In order to verify her idea, she found the residence of Huang Shang, the son-in-law of the boss of the Gu family, in the imperial city.

Sure enough, the small house was completely empty.According to the situation, the people who lived here left in a hurry, and some winter clothes were left behind, and they were not taken away together.

The two went to the yamen where Huang Chang worked, and it was easy to find out that Huang Chang had submitted his resignation letter to his superiors, saying that there was an urgent matter at home and they had gone back to their hometown in Zhennan City.

At this moment, Zhou Jingshuang also sensed that something was wrong, she looked at Mu Lian and said, "Master, someone is cleaning up the witnesses related to the theft of the Hou Mansion!"

"That's right." Mu Lian nodded in agreement with her statement.

"Come on, next, let's go to the prison department!"

The two passed a street corner, and when they reappeared, Mu Lian resumed her original appearance, while Zhou Jingshuang changed her appearance, pretending to be an ordinary male disciple.

People were coming and going on the street, Mu Lian wrapped herself and Zhou Jingshuang with holy power, like fish swimming in water, she slipped silently through the crowd, and arrived at the gate of the warden not long after.

With her current status, she naturally didn't need to wait at the door for the guard to report back and forth.

Mu Sheng's appearance has been left in the various yamen of the imperial city.

Therefore, when Mu Lian appeared at the gate of the prison department, the two yamen servants standing outside the gate were stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, they immediately knelt down and saluted.

When the two raised their heads, they saw Mu Lian's figure already in the distance.

The two looked at each other, why did this person suddenly come to their warden?Could it be that something happened?

After Mu Lian led Zhou Jingshuang into the prison department, not long after, the director Qi Han rushed over with a group of subordinates after hearing the news.

"Qi Han, the director of the Prison Department, didn't know that Mu Sheng was coming, so I really felt disappointed!"

After speaking, Qi Han led all the officials to salute Mu Lian with a very respectful attitude.

Mu Lian put her hands behind her back and looked at this man who was respectfully saluting to her. This man was famous when he was young, and now he is the head of the first department. Da Qin planted a traitor in Northern Qi.

"Your Majesty Qi is very polite. I came here today just to seek proof."

Qi Han's attitude became more and more respectful, "Master Mu Sheng has something to do, just tell me."

"Guardian guard Zhou Shun committed suicide not long ago, is the body still there? I'm going to have a look."

Zhou Shun's role in the theft case of the Hou's Mansion was too important. She needed to see the man's body, and then follow the clues to investigate.

Hearing what she said, Qi Han's expression immediately became bitter, "Mu Sheng, to tell you the truth, Zhou Shun's body was originally placed in the morgue, ready to be buried on another day. But the weather has been dry these few days, Last night, the clerk who guarded the morgue accidentally knocked over the candle while on duty, and burned the entire morgue into a sea of ​​flames. All the corpses were burnt beyond recognition. I really can't tell who these people are. , in order to order people to transport these corpses out of the city together for burial this morning."

The morgue suddenly caught fire last night?All buried this morning?

Mu Lian looked at the serious and lying Qi Han in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.With such an official here, how long can the Li family's throne be secure?

She took a deep look at Qi Han, exhaled and said, "Forget it."

Qi Han originally thought that the other party would be unwilling to cut off the clues and put pressure on him, but he didn't want this one to let him go easily.

Just like that, Mu Lian took Zhou Jing and left.

Qi Han looked at her back, and the belief he had held on to for many years was shaken a little at this moment.

(End of this chapter)