The waiter laughed at her: "Why did you come back so soon, have you checked everything out?"

Knowing that she was teasing her, Yuejian still replied: "How can it be so fast."

"Then what are you doing when you come back?" Seeing that her and Shi Yun's foreheads were covered with sweat, and their cheeks were also tanned brightly, Shi Shu put down the round fan, brought over two clean cups, and asked while pouring tea.

Yue Jian handed the first cup of tea to Shi Yun, took another cup of tea and drank a couple of sips, then replied: "I heard that Ma Quan has arrived, I'll come back to see what he's recruiting."

"Looking for clues outside, the news is still so good." The secretary took out two round fans and handed them over, "It's a pity that I came back late, Ma Quan has already recruited and left."

"Leaving?" Yuejian took the round fan, handed it to Shi Yun, and said while fanning, "What did he recruit?"

"Want to know?" The secretary smiled, "Please, please, if I am happy, I will tell you."

"Why do I ask you? The request should also be Bai Shao." Yuejian said, moving to Bai Shao, hugging her arm, and began to tangle with each other obsessively.

Bai Shao couldn't bear her pestering, so she could only tell her one by one.After hearing this, Yue Jian proudly raised his chin towards the servant book, then gave a hard mouthful of disdain to the outside, and cursed: "This old man is ashamed to criticize others, how many years has he been with Qu Wensheng? If he hadn't come forward to testify that it was the Widow Zhou's house that Qu Wensheng wanted him to take to, how could the county government, the county guard's mansion and the Ministry of Criminal Justice decide that Qu Wensheng had killed someone!"

"However, this old thing is not a thing, and those three people are not necessarily good things!"

After scolding Ma Quan and Wu Hai and the others without stopping, Yuejian Weiwei turned to look at Shi Yun, and asked her, "Do you know what kind of people Wu Hai, Tang Liansheng, and He Guang are like?" ?”

"What kind of people they are, I don't know very well." Shi Yun was in the same space as Xie Xuan at close range, and said restrainedly, "But Wu Hai is the master who taught Qu Zhiyuan to read and write. Everybody knows."

Yuejian immediately asked: "Who is Qu Zhiyuan?"

Shi Yun replied: "Qu Zhiyuan is a grandchildren of the Qu family who studied in the early years of the Qu family where the Qu family's ancestral home is located. He is quite gifted. He is about the same age as Qu An. Then he passed the Juren exam. But for some unknown reason, he failed all the exams in Sihe Chunwei consecutively. Later, he didn’t take the exam again, and stayed in the family’s private school as a master, and he has been doing so until now.”

"He failed the ranking, isn't that inevitable?" Yue Jian scolded unceremoniously, "Qu Wensheng failed to rape a widow, and the case of killing a widow in anger will not only ruin the reputation of old Mrs. Qu, but the entire Qu family. It stands to reason that the county government shouldn't have given him a floating lottery to go to the county town to participate in Qiu Wei."

Shi Yun just kept a decent smile and didn't answer her words.Because when Qu Zhiyuan took the hospital examination, her father was already in the county government.Yue Jian also realized this after she said the words.But what she said was the truth, so she didn't apologize to her.

During the successive silences between the two, Chen Chaoyan turned his head slightly and asked Shi Yun, "When did Wu Hai become Qu Zhiyuan's wife?"

Shi Yun cautiously said: "It should be Qu Zhiyuan's wife before getting to know Qu Wensheng."

Chen Chaoyan clicked his tongue and asked again: "Among the three of them, is he the only one who is Qu Zhiyuan's wife?"

Shi Yun nodded, "Yes."

"If Wu Hai was already Qu Zhiyuan's wife before he met Qu Wensheng, wouldn't it be possible that Qu Wensheng didn't know about it?" Yuejian looked at Chen Chaoyan and said, "Since I know, but I still make friends with Wu Hai, The relationship between the old man of Naqu and the other clans of the Qu family should not be as bad as what Qu An said, right?"

"Usually, when we quarrel, the public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother is right." The servant said disapprovingly, "Old Mrs. Qu's branch, which was originally famous at the beginning, suddenly fell, and I felt a little unwilling to comment. How can you be merciful when talking about others."

"That's right." Yue Jian nodded, "When you call him to ask questions in the next two days, you should also invite people from the Qu family to come over, so that there will be no bias when confronting each other."

"Aren't you confused again?" The servant glanced at her and teased, "We are here to investigate the Qu family's old case, not to make peace. If it weren't for Ma Quan confessing Wu Hai, and Second Miss Shi telling Wu Hai Hai is Qu Zhiyuan's wife, and the Qu family and the old case of the Qu family are related, why do you ask them to confront each other?"

Chen Chaoyan tilted her head to look at the servant.

The servant said with a smile: "Lingyou is not here, no one quarrels with her, but it was quiet at first, but it has been a long time, and I feel deserted again. Reluctantly, I can only tease her for Lingyou first."

Chen Chaoyan turned her head to look at Yuejian who rolled her eyes with a smile, and said cooperatively: "No wonder I always feel that something is wrong recently. It turns out that it was because of the bickering between the two of you."

Yue Jian snorted softly: "Just make fun of me as much as you want."

"Who made fun of you?" Shi Shu continued to tease, "Aren't we telling the truth?"

"Of course not!" Yuejian retorted, "I quarreled with Lingyou, it was me teasing him, why should he tease me?"

The waiter smiled, "Really?"

"Of course!" Yuejian snorted, "If you don't believe me, ask the young master!"

Xie Xuan put down his teacup, and asked slowly: "What's the difference between you teasing Lingyou and Lingyou teasing you?"

"Of course there is a difference," Yuejian argued, "I am teasing him to prove that I am smarter than him, and I am also stronger than him."

"Are you smarter than him? Are you stronger than him?" Xie Xuan hooked the corner of his mouth, "Are you sure?"

Yue Jian turned her back, "Young master also helped Miss Chen to make fun of me!"

Xie Xuan glanced at Chen Chaoyan, and Chen Chaoyan also looked at him.

Xie Xuan smiled slightly, "Whenever you can dissect the body and settle the case, I will help you too."

Hearing the word autopsy, Yuejian gave up, "Forget it then."

"It's really useless to give up so quickly." Xie Xuan put away the jade bone landscape fan and got up, "I'm going back."

Chen Chaoyan sat still, "When will Wu Hai and Tang Liansheng arrive?"

Xie Xuan didn't turn his head back, "It's early."

If it was early, Chen Chaoyan also stood up, ready to go back to the courtyard with him.Seeing this, Shi Yun quickly put down the fan and bid farewell.Yue Jian planned to send her off, but Chen Chaoyan asked to stay at the right time: "I still have some things I want to ask Miss Shi Er, and I ask Miss Shi Er to stay a little longer."

When she said that, Shi Yun couldn't leave anymore, so she took the round fan from Yuejian and followed them into the courtyard.When I came in the day before yesterday, I was so focused on how to make Chen Chaoyan deal with He Qiluo that I didn't even have time to take a good look around.This time, the matter has been satisfactorily resolved, and she was able to look at the surrounding environment with ease.

After the fall of Qu Zhai, the yard on the mountain under the mountain was still guarded at the beginning.As time went by, these caretakers also gradually left.Qu Anniang is just a girl, and she has never done rough work before, so naturally she can't take care of her.Slowly, the walls crumbled and the gates collapsed.

Those who are usually not qualified to step into Qu's house, and who are courageous, walked in openly, looking here and there, and before leaving, they brought in one or two things that were useful, or sold them or used them for themselves.Seeing that no one was stopping them, the rest of the people also followed in, moving or robbing.

After a short time, everything was empty except for the courtyard where Qu An lived now.

As the lady of the county magistrate's family, Shi Yun naturally came to Qu's house with others to see it.Seeing this courtyard, she has been here more than once.But when I usually come, it is empty and tattered.Today, the dilapidated places have been repaired, and the empty places have been filled with all kinds of expensive tables, chairs, bottle stoves, and even the small lake in the garden that has long dried up has been filled with water and put Fish, and even planted a few lotus bushes.Those branches that grow wantonly and cover the yard have also been pruned into various shapes.

In short, this place has changed from dilapidated houses to a rich place again, or a richer place than before.

"Go there." After entering the back house, Chen Chaoyan led Shi Yun to the pavilion in the corner of the garden.

The pavilion is a hexagonal pavilion combined with corridors, hidden under a huge yellow fruit tree.

Sitting down one after another in the pavilion, Chen Chaoyan took a look at Xie Xuan who was going straight to the ear room, and waited for Yue Jian and Shi Shu to put tea and fruit snacks on the table before saying: "The Qu family not only has a private school, but also has a private school. Please teach me, Master, it seems that the influence is not small?"

After taking a sip of tea, Shi Yun nodded and said: "The Qu family is actually the main branch of the Qu family. The old man Qu was at odds with this branch in the early years. After high school, he led this branch out. Established their own family. Because they cut off contact with this sect long ago, they called themselves this sect, and called the original sect a side clan. Although it is against the rules, Mrs. Qu is an official in the capital, and has already made a fortune, so he is no longer the sect. It can be compared. In addition, this sect has been relying on the prestige of old master Qu to commit crimes for many years, and its reputation has already been almost ruined, and others are happy to call them the Qu family and laugh at them."

After talking about the old grievances between Mr. Qu and the other members of the Qu family, Shi Yun continued: "The Qu family was a big family in Dingjiu Town before Mrs. Qu was in high school. , the population of the other clans is extremely prosperous, and in the most prosperous years, the population of this clan has always been more than 700. Adding servants, servants, etc., it once reached [-] people. "

"Originally, the conditions were not bad. After Mrs. Qu became an official in the capital, they relied on their prestige to be domineering, and they seized a lot of fields and villas. There are rice shops, tea houses, wine shops, etc. in every town. After years of operation, the early It is not comparable to other big families.”

"Is there any relationship between Qi Wu and the Benzong of the Qu family?" Chen Chaoyan asked.

Shi Yun shook her head, "I don't know about that. However, the children of the Qu family have always been studying in the county school."

Chen Chaoyan was puzzled: "There are private schools, why do you still need to go to the county school?"

Shi Yun smiled, "Private schools are just elementary schools. Most of the masters invited are people like Wu Hai who have only obtained the status of scholar. After passing the rural examination, obtaining the status of scholar, and entering the county school to study, the master will at least be a scholar." , or the old gentleman who retired from his official position."

I see.After Chen Chaoyan nodded, he asked again: "Are there any members of the Qu family working as servants in the county government?"

"Yes." Shi Yun said truthfully, "There is a Sihuzuo who is the original ancestor of the Qu family, and there are also Sihu Shi, Sihu Account History, Judicial History, Qu Prison, Shi Ling, Bai Zhi, etc. People of this sect."

"Not a lot." Chen Chaoyan said.

Shi Yun nodded, "All together, there are almost eleven or two people, which is quite a lot."

Chen Chaoyan tapped the teacup wall lightly with her fingertips, "With so many people in the county government office, there should be quite a lot of contacts between the Benzong of the Qu family and Mr. He, right?"

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