Ministers made me a male queen

After returning home, Jiao Yun used the Dragon Boat Festival as an excuse to persuade Wanniang to buy a few sets of clothes after closing early in the evening.

Wanniang is usually busy in the tavern and doesn't dress up very much, and she refuses to add clothes.

This time, being entangled by Jiao Yun had no choice but to go.

This time, only Wanniang, Jiao Yun, and Nie Baichang ate dinner alone, and no one brought it with them. Wanniang was probably happy, and after drinking two glasses of wine, her eyes were full of satisfaction: "Ten years have passed in a flash... She couldn't help stretching out her hand and gestured, "The two of you were only a little taller then, but in the blink of an eye, you've grown into tall, handsome guys."

Wanniang said that the circles under her eyes were a little red. Back then, she never thought that she could live such a comfortable and good life, and her two children grew up well, and both had great prospects.

Jiao Yun was afraid that she would get drunk, so he brought some food for her, "Mom, you should eat more food, it's all in the past. It's rare to be happy today, don't mention those things in the past, talk about being happy."

"Yes, yes, I should say something happy..." Wanniang wiped her eyes, took a deep breath, and sighed, "Mother has nothing to worry about now, and you can be regarded as having a career. Brother Bo is now a scholar, no matter what August You mothers don’t have to worry about how there are great talents in the rural examination, but now, I worry about when you will be able to start a family and start a business..."

Jiao Yun was staring at the drink next to Wanniang's hand, wondering if he could get a drink under Wanniang's nose, when he heard this sentence, he shuddered: Why...he has an ominous premonition.

He secretly looked at Wanniang.

Just meeting Shang Wanniang's smiling eyes, she straightened her back quickly: "Cough, mother..."

Wanniang stepped forward to hold his hand: "Brother Yun...Mother has listened to your Aunt Li for so long, and thought about it, everyone said that parents ordered matchmakers, mother can't do that here."

Jiao Yun nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, mother, you are really wise and powerful."

Wanniang continued to sigh: "But..."

Jiao Yun: Mother, please stop talking.

Wanniang: "Mother thought about it too. You don't have anyone caring about you now. What if you really can't find someone lovable for the rest of your life in the future? Mother can't rest assured that you are so lonely and widowed for the rest of your life. Aunt Li said so Yes, both you and Sister Qian were raised by your mother. Although Sister Qian's stepfather... we don't care about him. If you really think that Sister Qian is not annoying at least, then follow what your Aunt Li said , go everywhere first, if it doesn’t work, mother will follow you, you guys are just too familiar, now you suddenly say that you won’t be able to turn around when something else comes, but..."

"Mom! You're drunk!" There's no but, it's not about turning around, the problem is that Sister Qian doesn't like him.

He didn't like Sister Qian's words either.

There was probably a distance as big as Uncle Liang between them.

But this...he didn't dare to really tell Wanniang.

Wanniang glared at him: "Mother is running a tavern, how can she not know if she is drunk or not? You are a real kid, you hide when you mention this, you are almost nineteen, and you will be weak in a year or so. Then you can conjure up a daughter-in-law for your mother for nothing?"

Jiao Yun: "It depends on fate. I treat Sister Qian as my own sister. Isn't that...so what?" Jiao Yun swallowed the two words that came to his lips under Wanniang's faint gaze. .

Wanniang slapped the table: "You child is wild now, your Aunt Li is right..."

Jiao Yun asked for help and looked at Nie Baichang: Help...

Nie Baichang took a sip of tea slowly, put down his cup, and finally said, "Aunt Wan, I think you're right."

Jiao Yun: "!!!" Traitor!

Nie Xiaobai, you are no longer my brother, you just rebelled.

Wanniang's eyes were moist: "Brother Bai, you are the one who can understand my heart... you brat!"

Nie Baichang ignored Jiao Yun hiding his head under the table and looking at him to kill, and continued: "However, Brother Yun is also right. If the two of them really had feelings, it wouldn't have dragged on for so long. Hanging on a tree is worse than casting a wide net."

Wanniang was taken aback, as if... there was some truth. "How to cast a wide net?"

Nie Baichang: "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that there will be a lantern festival in the evening. The women in Changyang County who have not left the court will come out to release water lanterns, or pray for blessings, or find a good husband."

Wanniang immediately understood the deep meaning in his words: There are so many beautiful women of the right age, there is always one that suits someone.

So, after half a cup of tea, Jiao Yun and Nie Baichang, who hadn't finished eating, were kicked out of the tavern by Wanniang. By the way, Wanniang also stuffed Jiao Yun with a money bag: "If you meet someone you like, just buy it, and the account will be kept." Mother here."

Jiao Yun silently picked up the money bag and turned it upside down: Good guy, at least 30 taels of silver.

Mother is a big deal this time.

While stuffing the money bag into his bosom, Jiao Yun squinted at Nie Baichang beside him, and stretched out his hand: "Hmph."

Nie Baichang lowered his head and smiled: "Didn't this come out?"

Jiao Yun: "That's not okay, Nie Xiaobai, you almost scared me to death just now." I thought the brothers who ate and slept together suddenly...

Nie Baichang spread out his hands: "We will divide half of the meeting."

"Why? Mother gave it to me. Let's go. I'll treat you tonight. You can eat and buy whatever you want." Jiao Yun's attention was diverted, and he brought Nie Baichang with 30 taels of money to the lamp. to the city.

The Lantern Market is two streets next door, and it was the time when they were most crowded. As soon as the two of them appeared, the bustling voices around them fell silent for a moment, and then started to ring again, but more eyes secretly fell on them.

Jiao Yun has long been used to this kind of gaze, and greeted those who are familiar with him.

But more of it fell on Nie Baichang, Jiao Yun just pretended not to see that they wanted to get close to this talented scholar with an inestimable future.

There are quite a few scholars in Changyang County, but there are not many who won the first prize.

Especially now that three years will pass, and once he wins the exam in August, he will be able to go to the No. [-] examination. If he can climb up the relationship now...

Just didn't find the opportunity.

Jiao Yun took Nie Baichang for a stroll all the way, and from time to time, some sachets were secretly stuffed. He turned to look, but only saw a few girls running and laughing. He couldn't find the right owner, so he could only walk to a tree. Under the tree, put all these sachets on it.

I'm sorry, but it's better than accepting unrealistic ideas from them.

His purpose is not in Changyang County. After a few years, he will definitely transfer his business to the capital, and then his mother will take her away, and he has no plans to get married.

Sure enough, once he did this, no girl stuffed him with a sachet.

Jiao Yun bought a lantern, and bought one for Nie Baichang by the way, and went to the water.

When he got to the water's edge, surrounded by many men and women, he found a corner, squatted down, muttered something, and started to play.

After playing, he turned to look at Nie Baichang beside him, and asked casually, "What wish did you make?"

Nie Baichang looked over: "You, me, and Aunt Wan have always been together."

Jiao Yun also just asked casually, but he didn't expect that he would really answer, so he stepped forward and covered his mouth: "You are stupid, it won't work if you say it."

Nie Baichang looked at him innocently: forgot.

Jiao Yun rolled his eyes at him and let go of his hand: "Okay, go back and buy another one, and put it back!"

Nie Baichang, however, kept his eyes on the hand that was covering his mouth just now, hummed softly, and stood up after a long time.

Jiao Yun only took two steps forward when he heard someone screaming under an abandoned arch bridge on the other side of the river: "Ah, what is that?!"

Almost at the same time, a sharper voice said: "Dead, dead..."

Jiao Yun: No, it’s not that miserable, is it?He is taking a rest today.

Half an hour later, the crowd had already been driven away, and Lord Hou led the servants to lift up the salvaged corpse with a solemn face. Lanterns were hung around, illuminating the place where the incident happened as if it were daytime.

When the body was salvaged, there was still a rope tied to his leg, and the end was torn off. The murderer probably tied him to a stone and sank in the river, and deliberately threw him under the abandoned arch bridge. He probably thought that no one would come here, and he would not in the short term. be found.

After waiting for a long time, the corpse was buried by the mud or other things at the bottom of the river, and it could not float up until it turned into a skeleton, and finally disappeared completely at the bottom of the river.

Because there was a homicide case here, no one dared to get close to it, and they all surrounded it far away. Jiao Yun had already made preparations when they salvaged the body.

In the past few years, he has improved the method of autopsy under the name of Tao Wuzuo. Unlike Tao Wuzuo's autopsy, he put on a special mask and gloves, and started the autopsy.

After burning incense, Jiao Yun took off his gloves to write the autopsy report.

Nie Baichang already had the autopsy sheet in his hand and was waiting: "You tell me, I'll write it down."

Jiao Yun was not polite to him either, and quickly told him all the clues and the characteristic cause of death. After Nie Baichang finished writing, he asked him to take a look, and after confirming that it was correct, he handed it to Master Hou: "It's been two days since I died, strangle it first and then sink the body , with a total of more than a dozen wounds on his body, two of which are serious, and the rest are minor injuries. They should have been beaten violently before death. His face was deliberately smashed with stones, and he had no identity documents on his body, so he could not prove his identity."

Master Hou's face became more and more ugly the more he heard it. He had a few days before the handover, but at this juncture, something like this happened: "Are you sure?"

Jiao Yun raised his eyes: "No problem, but it needs to be carried back for more careful inspection. Let people continue to search here to see if they can find any useful clues."

Mr. Hou has no objection. The tacit understanding of several years made him very clear that since Jiao Yun agreed, he should be able to break it before he left.

Jiao Yun took two yamen servants to carry the body back to the yamen, and Master Hou led the rest to continue the search.

When Jiao Yun finished the autopsy and went back with Nie Baichang, there was no one on the street. Occasionally, those who passed the watch would just nod because they were familiar with each other, and continued walking while beating the gong.

Jiao Yun stretched while walking back: "Xiu Mu, who was going well, let you stay with me in the yamen."

Nie Baichang: "I think it's quite interesting."

Jiao Yun tilted his head and looked at him: "You don't want to learn this too, do you? That's not possible." His eyes fell on Nie Baichang's slender jade-like hands, and he really couldn't imagine the scene of Nie Xiaobai touching the corpse.

He shivered, and quickly shook off the thoughts in his mind.

Nie Baichang smiled and said nothing.

Jiao Yun was just bored on the way home: "Speaking of which, are you sure about the township test in August? It doesn't matter if you don't, and don't put so much pressure on you. If you can't, come back in three years, and wait until July or so. Set off to Qingzhou Mansion, and I will go with you when the time comes."

Nie Bochang paused: "Do you... have time to go?" That's not three or five days, at least half a month.

Jiao Yun was happy: "Why not? I dare say that there must be plans. Old Tao didn't want to come back. You forgot that I was brought out by him. He can do three by himself, and I will do all the work for him. After two months of hard work, it will be enough to take half a month's vacation at that time." He stepped forward and strangled his neck, "Why are you more verbose than me? What I promised you has never been fulfilled. ?”

He took Nie Baichang for two steps, and found that he was not strong enough, so he had to step on his feet, measure it secretly, and eat the same meal, but the difference was touching.

Jiao Yun went out with Nie Baichang the next day, and waited for Nie Baichang to send him to the Yamen before continuing to the academy.

Jiao Yun didn't stay in the Yamen for a long time before going out. The face of the deceased was smashed and his face could not be seen, but his height was still there. He had been dead for two days and no one reported missing persons, or this person didn't usually stay at home. ; or it is a lonely family that eats enough for the whole family.

In addition, Jiao Yun checked all the bones of the deceased's body, and found that there were many unmentionable illnesses on the deceased's body. In addition, looking at the teeth, he roughly calculated the age. He was about 30 years old. According to this, he went to a dark alley. The beggar came over and listened to his instructions to tell the information, and soon the old beggar left.

Jiao Yun followed Mr. Hou to go on business again, and when he passed by a place in the evening, he saw an old beggar waving at him. Jiao Yun asked Mr. Hou and the others to go back first, and he went over: "Did you find out?"

The old beggar nodded: "I have reported to Mr. Jiao, I found out, it fits what you said about the time you were injured in the past few years, you are in your thirties, you don't have a serious job, you are prone to fights, and there is only one person who has had disputes with others in the past few days." The person fits, his name is Ge Shi, recently he lost a lot of money in a gambling shop, and had several fights with others, but in the end he was beaten by Siyulou's thugs, and he suddenly didn't see him much in the past two days people."

"Siyu Tower?" Jiao Yun frowned, and after making sure that there was no other news to throw a dime to the old beggar and let the old beggar leave, he thought about it and went back to the yamen.

By the time Jiao Yun returned, Master Hou had already left. He had nothing to do recently because of the handover, except for this case. He walked around only to find a few yamen servants huddled together in the backyard and secretly watching something.

Jiao Yun touched his chin suspiciously, slowed down, approached quietly, looked with his head, and shouted: "Lord Hou is here!"

Several yamen servants quickly stood up and said, "Hello, my lord!"

When they stood up, Jiao Yun picked up the things they had spread out on the stone table, glanced at them, clicked his tongue, and closed them: "It's really true to read these books in the yamen..."

"Jiao, Brother Jiao!" Several yamen servants were taken aback, and quickly stood up straight. They didn't know they were tricked until they saw Mr. Hou after looking around. They lowered their voices, "Brother Jiao, please don't tell the adults that we ...just take a look at it casually."

With a blank expression on his face, Jiao Yun held the book in one hand, and clicked through it one by one with the other, "Is it just this kind of reading? Huh?"

Seeing his serious face, several yamen servants drooped their heads guiltily: "I won't dare in the future."

Jiao Yun hummed: "In that case...then let's go."

Several yamen servants were taken aback: "Go? Where are you going?"

Jiao Yun: "Siyu Building."

Several yamen servants looked at each other: Damn... "Brother Jiao Jiao, you are still very interesting! I said that we are so familiar, Brother Jiao, you will definitely not make small reports, you are going to invite us to a brothel for a drink Alcohol? That’s enough buddies, from now on we will be Brother Jiao’s legs! Just tell me!”

Jiao Yun waited for them to be excited enough, and then suddenly put away his expression: "What are you thinking? Go and handle the case! Before the deceased died, he fought hand-to-hand with Siyulou's men for the last time."

Several yamen servants instantly felt the feeling of heaven and earth: this gap is too great!

Jiao Yun: "Huh?"

Several yamen servants drooped their heads: "...Yes, Brother Jiao."

Only then was Jiao Yun satisfied: "This one will be confiscated first."

"Ah?" Several people were even more weeping, "Good Brother Jiao, please do me a favor, this is a unique copy, I found it with great difficulty... I will pay it back in a few days!"

Jiao Yun: "Okay, I will return it to you when the case is solved."

A few people looked at each other, this... this is okay, it's better than leaving it to Mr. Hou, that's really never going back.

Jiao Yun stuffed it into his arms casually, and looked at the few people who were trembling with blood in an instant, and lo and behold, everyone was excited because of this book.

Jiao Yun brought a few yamen servants to the Siyu Building at the end of the street as soon as they arrived at the Yamen Gate. It was just dark, which happened to be the day when Siyu Building opened for business.

Just when I got to the door, I saw a person standing there.

Jiao Yun patted his head, "Nie Xiaobai, you go back first, my brother and I are going out for a while."

Nie Baichang took two steps towards him: "Where are you going?"

Just as Jiao Yun was about to say, where can he go to the brothel to do business, but his eyes fell on Nie Baichang's serious face, and he gave a warning glance to a few yamen servants, who immediately stood up straight and shut up.

Jiao Yun stepped forward to put Nie Baichang on the shoulder, and deliberately lowered his voice to tease him: "Ahem, it's nothing, isn't it late at night, it's rare to be so free, so, I want to go to some place for entertainment."

Nie Baichang paused, squinted his eyes, and his voice slowed down a few beats: "Must, dismiss, one, down? How to entertain?"

Seeing him taking the bait, Jiao Yun's eyes became brighter, and he hooked his hands at him mysteriously on purpose, put his arms around his shoulders and pulled them down, and said slowly: "Of course...to drink flower wine."

Nie Baichang: "..."

Several yamen servants also saw Jiao Yun's purpose, looked at each other, turned their heads and nodded desperately one by one, especially: cooperate with Brother Jiao, and strive to get the book back as soon as possible.

Nie Baichang frowned slightly: "Are you going to the brothel?"

Jiao Yun let go of Nie Baichang, and spread his hands innocently: "Nie Xiaobai, don't be so loud, you also know, after all, we are so old, we have to see it, right?"

Nie Baichang didn't say a word.

Jiao Yun almost didn't laugh. Before leaving, he continued to tease the older ones, and asked casually, "Why don't you go with us too? Gain some insight?"

Nie Baichang: "..."

Jiao Yun naturally knew that Nie Baichang would never go to the brothel, and besides, they were on business, so it was not easy to take him there. After teasing him, he smiled meaningfully and was about to leave.

As a result, as soon as he lifted his foot, he heard Nie Baichang who was silent for a long time finally said: "Okay."

Jiao Yun: "???"

Several yamen servants: "!!!" Brother Jiao!Help!

If the head of the mountain knew that they took his most proud student to visit the brothel, the lowest... I guess it would be a leg discount.

Jiao Yun was stunned: Stop shouting, I also want to call for help, if my mother knows about this...his third leg can also be discounted.