Substitute Bride: The Gentle Husband of the Evil Girl is Crazy and Wild

"Charcoal?" The county magistrate's expression was slightly serious.

Li Xiaoyu nodded and explained to them how to paint with charcoal.

"Other people have drawn the feature of thick nose hair, why didn't you draw it?" This is the question that the county magistrate and the legal advisor are concerned about.

Li Xiaoyu was thinking all the way into the city.

Gu Fei didn't tell her the reason, so she could only answer based on her own guess.

She looked outside at the old man who was sitting on a stool and was anxious to go home, and expressed her guess.

"The guards told me that the murderer committed the crime at night and that the old man outside was pinned to the ground by him. I don't know the specific situation at the scene."

"But I guess even if the uncle had a tung oil lamp in his hand, it should have gone out, so he could see the other person's appearance."

She was not good at reasoning, and she just followed Gu Fei's words that her nose hair was not too heavy, and came to this conclusion based on her imagination.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is nonsense.

She appeared calm on the surface, but was actually secretly observing the expressions of the county magistrate and his legal advisor.

Seeing that the two of them looked at each other without showing any emotion, she continued, "It's the moonlight outside that causes vision confusion when people are anxious."

"The moonlight shining in from above, coupled with the beard, created a certain illusion for the uncle."

After hearing her explanation, the county magistrate had an idea.

Although what the woman said was not entirely correct, the nose hair incident was indeed the old man's illusion.

He did not make things difficult for Li Xiaoyu and asked the lawyer to give her one or two taels of silver. Before Li Xiaoyu left, he asked the lawyer to give Li Xiaoyu another task.

The reward was five taels of silver.

That case was a murder that happened the year he first took office in Dayuan County, and the murderer has never been found after many years.

If the murderer cannot be caught, give the victim an explanation.

How can he be considered an honest official?

After receiving the silver, Li Xiaoyu was overjoyed. When she was about to leave, the lawyer stopped her.

After hearing what the master said, Li Xiaoyu's eyes suddenly shrank, his scalp felt numb, and even the silver in his hand seemed to be hot.

Seeing her standing there in shock, the master more or less guessed her reaction.

He has always enforced the law impartially and spoken coldly, but the girl opposite him looks almost the same as his daughter.

He slowed down his tone and said, "Miss Li, don't feel stressed. It's been 20 years since this case happened. The county magistrate and I both know that the murderer may have escaped from Shu in these years."

"Lin'an is such a big country, who knows where the murderer is, but the victim is so pitiful..."

At this point, Li Xiaoyu also understood that this matter had become a thorn in the county magistrate's mind.

She didn't dare to brag. "Master, I can't guarantee that I can restore the murderer's appearance. I can only do my best."

After leaving the yamen, Li Xiaoyu went shopping.

She was happy to earn money, but after listening to the case described by the lawyer, she felt mixed emotions.

Behind a seemingly simple portrait of a murderer, there may be countless innocent lives and countless families who have lost their loved ones.

After walking to the butcher's shop, buying the meat and preparing to pay, Li Xiaoyu looked down at the silver in his hand which was not even as heavy as a sweet potato.

She frowned, and at this moment, she suddenly felt the weight of life.

Expensive and shallow.

Seeing the woman standing there like a clay figurine, the pork vendor shouted with a smile: "Girl, give me money."

Collecting his thoughts, Li Xiaoyu reached out and handed over the silver.

He smiled generously: "Sorry, uncle, I was just thinking about something."

After getting the change, the vendor put the pipe in his mouth, took a puff of the tobacco, touched his face, and started joking with Li Xiaoyu in a familiar manner.

"Baby, uncle knows he's handsome, so please look at him more gently, or your aunt will get angry."

Li Xiaoyu was originally feeling a bit heavy-hearted, but was immediately amused by what the vendor said.

She blinked, rubbed her nose habitually, and was about to explain with a smile when a slightly plump woman walked out of the room behind the stall.

Without saying a word, he grabbed the vendor's ear and twisted it hard.

The tone sounded fierce, but there was no seriousness in it. "If others don't praise me, I will praise myself. You are so handsome. I think you are a cricket."

"Wife, the girl is still here, please be gentle."

"gentle?"

"This is the first day you've met me. You like gentle women, so go find someone gentle and make her your wife."

"Brother-in-law, I don't even know which one is Wenrou, which one do you want me to pull?"

Watching the couple fighting, the other vendors had no intention of trying to persuade them.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoyu roughly understood that this was their daily routine.

He took out the portrait painted by Gu Fei, put the meat in the backpack, and said goodbye to the two of them.

Before leaving, the merchant's wife saw that Li Xiaoyu had bought meat from them last time and thought that this girl was quite pleasing to her eyes, so she gave her a pig's ear and asked her to go back and braise it for herself.

She went to other shops to buy the dishes and other things needed for the family. She went to a picture store, but unfortunately, the only two picture stores in the county were closed.

I can only sell it another day.

On the way back, she saw a stall selling hoes closing up, so she bought one.

Walking home along the village entrance, humming a little tune in the autumn breeze, I felt so leisurely.

Walking to the door cheerfully, he heard the parrot conveying a message to Gu Fei: "Stupid Master is back, stupid master is back."

Li Xiaoyu raised her eyebrows, looked at the parrot that flew to her shoulder, and smiled at it slyly with narrowed eyes.

Spoke out the beautiful words: "Disgusting."

After saying that, he pushed open the door and saw Gu Fei limping out of the main room.

The man didn't hear any sadness in Li Xiaoyu's words, so he knew that the portrait was done. He called out gently, "Madam."

Li Xiaoyu closed the door and placed the hoe against the wall.

While walking towards him, she talked to him about the portrait with a smile. Maybe it was because she was too happy to hear that she made money, but Gu Fei walked very quickly.

Seeing his right foot missing the step, Li Xiaoyu shouted in panic, "Be careful."

Then he quickly ran over and supported him, while pressing his shoulder against his chest to hold him up.

The parrot was timid, it flapped its wings and flew onto the beam.

"Come on, stand up slowly."

Hearing the worry in the woman's voice, Gu Fei supported her shoulders and slowly stood up.

The delicate face was stained white, and the deep voice was filled with fear, "If the Madam hadn't caught me, I'm afraid my other leg would have been broken as well."

There was a bowl in the backpack, and Li Xiaoyu was afraid that it would be broken, so he carefully helped the man sit down on the doorstep.

She put down the backpack and checked the bowls inside. Fortunately, none of them were broken.

She patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking back at Gu Fei's lazy eyes, thinking that he would also go to the banquet at that time, I thought I should make him a guide stick.

She didn't say what she was thinking, and asked him, "Have you eaten?"

Gu Fei played with the severed finger on his right hand, glanced at the woman tenderly, and shook his head slightly: "I don't know how to cook, so I cooked some sweet potatoes and waited for Madam to come back and eat together."

Hearing this, Li Xiaoyu turned his head and looked at the sky. It was already past mealtime, and he was so weak that even an iron stomach could not withstand it.

She turned around and stared at the man who was sitting obediently, pursed her lips and took a deep breath, "Next time when I'm not back, you can eat first, and you don't have to wait for me."

"My wife is not at home, and I don't have much appetite for eating alone."

Gu Fei supported himself with the door frame, slowly stood up and walked towards the kitchen, and Li Xiaoyu followed him.

When he heard that he had no appetite, Li Xiaoyu immediately thought of what he had bought and said to him with a smile, "I bought some meat and will make your favorite meat buns tonight."

As soon as these words came out, Gu Fei felt a surge of anger in his heart.

Li Xiaoyu felt a little cold and she looked back at the blue sky.

The weather is so nice, it doesn’t look like it’s going to rain, right?