The Shen family's house in a cool summer

Early in the morning at the Quxian Yamen, the sky outside was still a bit cloudy, and there was a damp smell in the air.

Xu Mo glanced out of the window, then looked away, and landed on the pair of gold bracelets on the table.

He picked up a bracelet and rubbed the special pattern on it repeatedly with his hands.I came back yesterday and thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't remember where I saw it.

Just when his thoughts were about to drift away again, there was a knock on the door.

"My lord!" A very energetic voice.

Xu Mo replied, "Come in."

It was Sun Ke who pushed the door open, which surprised Xu Mo a bit.As far as he knew, Sun Ke didn't seem like he would disturb his character without incident, or he didn't have the guts to do so.

"What's the matter?"

Sun Ke clasped his fists respectfully, "My lord, do you have any orders for today?"

Xu Mo frowned, "Just for this?"

The tone was calm, but Sun Ke was so frightened that he quickly knelt down.The one-day investigation yesterday really gave Sun Ke a lot of confidence, and he also enjoyed the feeling of being an errand in handling cases. Now he was eager to have a case every day, so he had the courage to knock on the magistrate's door early in the morning.After all, the lord came back yesterday without a single order, which made Sun Ke feel very uneasy.

Seeing Sun Ke kneeling on the ground tremblingly, Xu Mo asked a little puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"A villain who offends an adult deserves death!" Even his voice trembled a little.

The question mark in Xu Mo's heart grew bigger, and he was a little impatient, "Speak up if you have something to say."

Sun Ke still fell on the ground, and continued with his trembling voice, "The villain just wanted to ask, what else does the villain need to do about the case of the Shen family?"

Only then did Xu Mo loosen his brows, got up, walked to Sun Ke, and helped him up.

"In your opinion?"

The sweat dripped down from Sun Ke's forehead in big drops. He had an idea in his heart, and now he felt like his heart was going to explode.Adults are actually asking for their own opinions? !Can you really say it yourself? !

Seeing Sun Kelen over there with a very unnatural expression, Xu Mo said again, "Say whatever you want."

"My lord, do you need to send someone to look for the figure that the young master mentioned?" After saying this, Sun Ke's heart was beating loudly, and then he glanced at Xu Mo quietly.

The grown-up raised the corner of his mouth, "How to check?"

"Start with the Shen family."

"What if there is no harvest?"

"Then expand the search scope?"

"Like?"

"Search the whole city?"

"How do you know that man is still in the city after ten years?"

"..."

"Even if the person is still in the city, there are so many people in the city, what year and month do you want to find out?"

"..."

"And, can you guarantee that that man will still keep the tattoo on his arm for ten years?"

"..."

Now that Sun Ke wanted to die, he really wanted to find a hole in the ground and go down.

He stood there, frozen into a wooden stake.

Xu Mo smiled again, "Don't worry, let's ask the master of the Shen family first. You can inquire about the tattoo on your arm by the way." He raised the gold bracelet and put it in front of his eyes for a while, with the corners of his mouth gently arouse.

"Did your lord find this last night?" Sun Ke asked quickly.

This question made Xu Mo startled, he probably didn't tell anyone about going out last night.

Sun Ke should have noticed Xu Mo's hesitation, and immediately explained: "When I got up last night, I happened to see the adults coming back from outside, so I must have gone to investigate."

Xu Mo nodded, and took Sun Ke to the Shen's house.

Before I got inside, I heard a hoarse female voice, "I can't take it anymore, don't let anyone stop me, I'll just pack up and go back to my hometown! I won't be able to stay in this damn place for a day!"

On the one side, there were a few maidservants persuading, occasionally mixed with a heavy old male voice, it should be Master Shen.

The servant leading the way stopped in embarrassment and looked back at Xu Mo.

Xu Mo, as if nothing happened, walked towards the source of the voice.

Only Master Shen yelled: "Get out if you want!" Then there was a cough, and the door slammed shut, and the lady Li Hua sat outside the door with a bundle in her arms. .

"Auntie, Dad is just talking in a moment of anger. You go back to the room first, and we can talk about it later when Dad's anger subsides." Mrs. Xue knelt down and helped the eldest lady up.She raised her head, met Xu Mo's gaze, and smiled embarrassedly, "Master Xu laughed."

Unexpectedly, this sentence was like a flame, which ignited Da Furen's nerves immediately.

She yelled unceremoniously: "What are you laughing at? Those officials and lords don't do anything with money. Look, it was haunted again last night. We don't even know when we will be eaten by ghosts." After finishing speaking, He gave Xu Mo an annoyed look.

"Ma'am, what time was the haunting last night?" Xu Mo took a step forward and asked.

"Hmph, all night! After the third watch, I started to restless. I didn't close my eyes all night, but the old man slept like a dead pig."

Xu Mo narrowed his eyes. He left Shen's house at about three o'clock yesterday, and he didn't see any suspicious person when he left.Speaking of which, I didn't care about it at night, the grass beside the peach blossom tree seems a bit unnatural...

Just as he was thinking about it, the eldest lady had been supported by her daughter-in-law to leave, and the door of the master's room was still tightly closed. A servant stood at the door and walked towards Xu Mo, "Master Xu, I'm so sorry, master. I'm not in good health, I've already rested, please come back another day, my lord."

Xu Mo looked at the closed door, so he didn't force it, and took Sun Ke to inquire about the arm tattoo.But as Xu Mo expected, there was no one in the Shen family with tattoos on his arm, or that person was not from the Shen family from the very beginning, or he ran away after that incident.However, several servants who have been working for more than ten years also said that they have never seen it before. I am afraid that the suspicious person is not from the Shen family.

Just when the two of them stepped out of the gate of Shen's house, they suddenly heard a burst of thunder. It seemed that the day was about to be overwhelmed by black clouds.

Xu Mo looked up at the sky, but there was a movement in his hand. He lowered his head and found that someone had stuffed an umbrella.Turning around, he saw Shen Yi standing by the door, smiling at him.

Xu Mo nodded slightly to express his gratitude, but when he turned around, he found that Sun Ke was looking at him blankly.

"Let's go," he urged.

As soon as the two of them stepped into the yamen gate, it started to rain patter outside the gate.The raindrops hit the ground densely, slowly becoming rampant from thin and continuous, and finally turned into a torrential rain.

Xu Mo called Sun Ke to his side, took out the gold bracelet, showed it to him, and asked hopelessly, "Do you recognize this pattern?"

Sun Ke stared at the pattern for a long time, but didn't see why.

Xu Mo put away the bracelet, "Let's do this for today."

The rain outside hit the window sill unceremoniously, and the noisy rain disturbed Xu Mo's ears. He went to tighten the window again, took a stack of books off the shelf, and began to flip through them seriously.

Although it is a familiar pattern, but other than that, there is no clue at all.It may be the mark of a certain merchant, the seal of a certain official, or the logo of a certain organization, or something else. The memory of that piece seems to be pulled away, which makes Xu Mo very distressed.

Although it was a deadly solution, he still planned to go through all the books on the shelf from the beginning to see if he could gain anything.If King Zhao Gan said that Ma Chao was here, they would be able to help them. Fortunately, there were not many affairs in the county these days, which just provided him with time to do it himself.

Accompanied by the sound of rain outside, Xu Mo flipped through the books in the house one by one. The books he had read were stacked higher and higher, and the sky gradually darkened.

Xu Mo lit the coal lamp in the room, then put his elbows on the table, pinched his brows, and closed his eyes for a while.Searched for a day and found nothing.This annoyed him very much. He, who had always been proud of his photographic memory, was stuck on a small pattern he had seen before...

The small flame of the coal lamp was flickering, Xu Mo was in a daze. It seemed that this room was the only one left in the huge yamen mansion. It seemed that the noise of the world was separated by the sound of rain. He seemed to be sitting in the cabin, surrounded by whistling The sound of the wind, the sound of the rain, and the sound of the rough water waves.The boat floated aimlessly on the water, drifting where the wind was going, and where was that?Did that place hold the answers he was looking for?No one knows.He tried several times to grasp the rudder, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't control the direction, so he could only let the lonely boat sway in the wind and rain.

"Master Xu." Suddenly, someone called from outside the door.

Xu Mo opened his eyes, the coal lamp was almost burned out, and the flame flickered on and off.

He got up and opened the door, and the man in white stood outside the door.

"Second Young Master?" Xu Mo seemed to be in a daze, his voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't recovered from a dream, but he almost regarded the person in front of him as a dream.

Shen Yi put his hands on Xu Mo's shoulders, his face full of worry: "Master Xu, you look very bad."

Xu Mo forced a smile, and the man's voice brought him back to reality. Only then did he realize that the distance between himself and the man was so close, he took a few steps back in panic, and bumped into the table abruptly. The coal lamp on the table fell down with a bang. Fortunately, there were not many left, and it went out after two flashes.In an instant, the room was pitch black.

Xu Mo was a little flustered. The sudden darkness made his eyes uncomfortable, and there was nothing in his field of vision. He staggered to his feet, but someone grabbed his wrist, and then his face touched a solid flatness.This time, Xu Mo panicked even more, even he himself couldn't explain the panic.He said softly in the man's arms: "I, go and light the lamp."

Shen Yi let go of Xu Mo, and whispered softly in his ear: "Be careful."

After so much time, Xu Mo's eyes finally got used to the darkness, and he was able to see clearly the things in the room, as well as the man at the door. Only then did he realize that the man's body seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of light. As if wearing a thin layer of gauze, Xu Mo sighed inwardly.He quickly straightened the coal lamp, replaced a wick, and lit the fire, and the room was lit up.

Shen Yi teased casually: "Master Xu also panics?"

Xu Mo didn't answer, but changed the topic: "What's the matter with the second young master?"

"Come to ask how your investigation is going?" Shen Yi sat down on the chair by the table with a calm face, and pulled Xu Mo to sit beside him.

"No progress." Or rather... stuck.

Shen Yi didn't care at all, and started chatting unexpectedly, "It's very deserted in the yamen."

Xu Mo was taken aback, apparently not understanding the meaning of this sentence.He had no choice but to follow the words: "It's like this every summer."

"Master Xu, why don't you take a leave of absence and go back to your hometown to visit your relatives?" Shen Yi bent her peachy eyes and stared at Xu Mo.

Xu Mo was obviously not used to being scrutinized, so he shifted his position a little, and replied calmly, "This has nothing to do with this case."

Shen Yi's smile grew stronger, he propped up his chin, and the heat in his eyes seemed to intensify again: "The next person's curiosity."

Xu Mo glanced at him lightly, "Then please forgive me for not having anything to say."

Shen Yi finally put away his gaze, pursed his lips and laughed, arousing Xu Mo's puzzled gaze again.

Xu Mo felt his head was very big, this was probably the first time in his life that he felt his head was big.He has always thought that everyone does something for a certain purpose, as long as they understand that purpose, all behaviors can be explained and have their corresponding coping methods.However, the man in front of him completely stunned him.Xu Mo couldn't understand every move he made, and if he didn't understand, he didn't know how to respond. This feeling made him a little overwhelmed, and he wanted to escape subconsciously.

"I heard that there is a mountain in the west of Quxian County. Every year at this season, King Liang would go to the other village over there to escape the summer heat. Counting the days, it's only been two days." Shen Yi suddenly pulled away again.

Xu Mo heard it in his heart, although his face did not change, his mind suddenly brightened.King Liang...

He suddenly walked to the bookshelf, and clicked through the top row of books one by one with his finger.

"Yes." He murmured silently in his heart, took down the book on his fingertips, and flipped through it quickly. "Indeed, it's this!" He murmured again in his heart, and immediately picked up the gold bracelet on the table and started to compare.

Shen Yi leaned over curiously, this adult really acted like no one else was there when he threw himself into it.

"What did Master Xu discover?"

"Look at this." Xu Mo moved the book to Shen Yi's side, and spread out a pattern drawn on that page, which was exactly the same as the pattern on the gold bracelet.

"This is?"

"The seal emblem of King Liang. It's not an official seal, so few people know about it. He used it in the mall." Xu Mo explained.

Shen Yi nodded, "So, this gold bracelet belongs to King Liang? Then why did it appear in my house?"

"You just said, when will King Liang come?"

"It should only be two days. My family will send someone to deliver a batch of silk to King Liang every year at this time. It should not be wrong." Shen Yi replied.

"Okay. I'm calling people."

After saying that, Xu Mo walked towards the door, and Shen Yi couldn't laugh or cry.He reminded helplessly: "My lord, it's already night, and it's not too late to go tomorrow. You don't need to rest, the people under you should also rest."

Only then did Xu Mo retreat to the room as if suddenly enlightened, and stared at the bracelet again and began to think deeply.

Shen Yi had no choice but to speak again: "Master Xu, have you heard what I just said?"

"What?" Xu Mo, who was in deep thought, answered two words perfunctorily, his eyes were still fixed on the bracelet, his lips moved slightly, and he muttered something.

Shen Yi was displeased now, grabbed the bracelet from his hand, and leaned in front of him, with only a fist's distance between the two faces.

Xu Mo panicked and wanted to hide back, but Shen Yi had already wrapped his arms around his waist, preventing him from retreating.

"What are you doing?"

Shen Yi pursed his lips, and looked at Xu Mo's reaction amusedly, "Our Shen family also has a courtyard in Xishan, would Mr. Xu be willing to give me the honor to go with me?"

"Why?" he blurted out.

Shen Yi laughed twice, leaned into Xu Mo's ear and whispered, "Because I want to be with Master Xu."

Xu Mo was disturbed by this sound, his face became hot unconsciously, his body became limp, and he subconsciously reached out and grabbed Shen Yi's lapel.

"It seems that Master Xu agreed?"

"Second Young Master..." How could he decide on his own?The following words did not come to fruition.The voice was soft and soft, and it couldn't help but make people's minds flutter.

With the closed door, dim lights, noisy rain, and two men who seemed to be hugging each other, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little strange.

After teasing Xu Mo enough, Shen Yi let him go, bowed politely, and when he was about to say goodbye, Xu Mo hurriedly took out an umbrella from the bed and stuffed it into Shen Yi's hand, " Thank you for your umbrella." The voice was a little muffled.

Shen Yi took the umbrella, "Master Xu is really an interesting person."

At this moment, Xu Mo was thinking in his mind that the man just said that he was a "boring" person the night before, and what did he mean by changing back and forth?But logic never worked for him.After all, why is he here today?Xu Mo silently branded the word "unsolvable" on this person in his heart, and he must stay away from him in the future.

After seeing off Shen Yi, it was already almost midnight, and Xu Mo finally let go of a concern in his heart. He lay on the bed and closed his eyes, but he couldn't get rid of the scene of being close to Shen Yi just now.At that moment, he only felt the blood boiling all over his body, but now that he thought about it, the icy cold touch of Shen Yi's body was very comfortable, and he actually wanted to touch it again.Xu Mo was frightened by his own thoughts, and he forced his thoughts to the case, and then fell asleep.