The straight man who wears bright clothes is also afraid of messing with him

In September of the 25th year of Hongwu, Cui Miao searched the backyard of Song Dali's house, and found a groove in the hall that resembled a hidden compartment. The groove was smooth and even, oval and slightly flatter than an egg.Cui Miao carefully observed the layout of the room, looking for the key to open the mechanism, and finally fixed her eyes on the two long swords hanging heavily in the hall.

Cui Miao came to the wall, took down the long sword hanging on the wall, carefully looked at the position of the hilt, and found that the two swords were almost exactly the same, there was only a slight difference, that was the hilt, the sword of a sword The top of the handle is round and the other is oval.

"Amiao, what did you find?"

The voice suddenly came from behind, which startled Cui Miao. He was so focused on his work that he didn't notice someone was approaching. He couldn't help but frowned, and secretly alerted himself. This time it was Qiu Ran. If it was an enemy, the consequences would be certain. Unbelievable.

Seeing Cui Miao frowned, Qiu Ran said apologetically, "Sorry, Miao, I scared you."

Cui Miao shook her head and said, "Zhihua, it's none of your business, I'm just thinking about something."

Qiu Ran breathed a sigh of relief, the tension in his eyes disappeared, and he asked curiously: "Then what is Ah Miao thinking? So focused, even I came in to find out."

"There are indeed some discoveries. How about Zhihua, what clues can you find?"

Qiu Ran shook his head and said, "I searched carefully outside, but I didn't find any clues."

Cui Miao pointed to the wall behind the bar and said, "I found that the wall is hollow."

"Empty?" Qiu Ran's eyes lit up, he walked to the wall in two or three steps, raised his hand and knocked, and said in surprise, "It's really empty. Ah Miao, there must be a hidden compartment behind this."

Cui Miao nodded and said, "I was looking for the key to open the mechanism just now."

"Have you ever found Ah Miao?"

"Amiao?"

A familiar voice came, Cui Miao looked towards the door of the room, and sure enough, she saw Shen Qing standing outside the door.Cui Miao rushed forward and said, "Brother Shen, why are you here?"

Cui Miao subconsciously wanted to conceal the relationship between the two, and she didn't want Shen Qing to think too much, so she could only call him "Brother Shen" as before.

Shen Qing glanced at Qiu Ran lightly, and replied, "Looking for you."

Qiu Ran bowed and saluted, "I'm going to mention the matter of criminal justice and Qiu Ran has met Qing Ninghou."

Cui Miao was startled, looked at Qiu Ran, and asked with a smile, "Does Zhihua recognize Brother Shen?"

Qiu Ran smiled, and replied: "Qing Ninghou's name is as loud as thunder, and I'm afraid there are not many people in Beiping who don't know it."

"That's true, Big Brother Shen is no longer the old Big Brother Shen."

After many wars, Shen Qing is indeed no longer the adopted son of the legendary Zhu Yuanzhang. Like Mu Ying, he has been reborn and gradually matured. He has taken root on the historical stage of the Ming Dynasty. Shine bright.

Shen Qing didn't seem to respond to Qiu Ran's plan, looked at Cui Miao, and asked, "What were you talking about just now?"

Cui Miao pointed to the wall behind the bar and replied: "We found that the wall is hollow, and we are looking for the key to open the mechanism."

Seeing Cui Miao's eyes falling on the two long swords on the table from time to time, Shen Qing asked: "Have you found the key?"

Cui Miao nodded and said, "No accident, I should have found it."

"Found it? Miao, what is the key?"

Shen Qing's eyes flashed slightly, he picked up the long sword on the table, and said: "But these two swords?"

"Yes." Cui Miao didn't explain, but took back the long sword from Shen Qing's hand, squatted down, held the scabbard in his hand, sent the hilt into the groove, and twisted it tentatively. The sword was taken out, replaced with another one, and sent into the groove as before. Before Cui Miao made any other movements, he suddenly heard a "click", and the wall behind the bar moved, slowly opening to both sides, and a secret door appeared on the third floor. in front of people.

The three of them glanced at each other, moved away the table table and the Eight Immortals table in front of them, and walked in. There was not much space inside, and there were incense tables and more than thirty memorial tablets. There was a book in the middle of the incense table. Cui Miao picked it up. Look, it turned out to be a family tree, and Song Dali's name appeared on the last page of the family tree.

"Song Huai'an?" Qiu Ran frowned, looking at the name on the tablet and muttering.

Cui Miao asked curiously: "This Song Huaian should be Song Dali's grandfather, does Zhihua recognize him?"

Qiu Ran shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just heard about it."

Without waiting for Qiu Ran to continue, Shen Qing interjected: "Song Huai'an was in charge of the Military War Bureau of the previous dynasty, and his craftsmanship in making weapons was unrivaled. Later, he was framed by others and led by owls, and his family disappeared overnight."

"No wonder the weapons here are so sharp." Cui Miao suddenly asked, "Then, did the Song family disappear from here?"

Shen Qing nodded and said: "I have looked for Song Huai'an's descendant before, but I never found it. I never thought he would hide here."

Cui Miao looked through the genealogy and found that Song Huaian had three sons and one daughter. Except for the eldest son Song Min who died early, they all died in the third year of Hongwu.

"Brother Shen, Zhihua, look, these people on the tablet, except for Song Huaian and Song Min, almost all of them died in the third year of Hongwu."

"All died in the third year of Hongwu?" The two approached Cui Miao and examined them carefully.

Qiu Ran frowned, and said suspiciously: "How could this be? In the third year of Hongwu, the world was settled. Unless people lived in the frontier, it was impossible for more than [-] people to die overnight. Even in the event of a famine, it would not in this way?"

Cui Miao was silent for a while, then said, "I probably know why he died?"

Qiu Ran looked at Cui Miao and asked, "He? Is A Miao referring to Song Dali?"

Cui Miao nodded, and explained: "When I was playing with the weapons on the wall, I had a flash of inspiration, and now I finally realized that what Cui Zhu was pressing was probably the Song family's secret method of making weapons."

"Amiao mean, Cuizhu and the others know Song Dali's identity?"

Cui Miao said thoughtfully: "What I am more concerned about now is why Song Dali hid his identity and entered Cuizhu's camp. What is his purpose? There are also people behind the scenes who use this method to force questions about the secret method of military control. Report it to the imperial court, I'm afraid the picture is not small!"

Qiu Ran's eyes widened unconsciously, and said, "A Miao means..."

"It's good that Zhihua knows it in his heart, and he doesn't need to say it out of his mouth."

"Then Ah Miao thinks, has the secret method obtained by Cuizhu been passed on?"

"I can't say for sure, it depends on whether there are any of them in the city. Let's not talk about this, let's find out if there are other clues."

The three of them searched the small secret room carefully, even the tablet on it, but unfortunately they didn't find anything.After coming out of the secret room, the three searched the bedroom and the kitchen separately, but still found no clues.

Shen Qing looked at the sky, and said with concern: "Da Lang, it's already noon."

Cui Miao rubbed her stomach subconsciously, and said with a smile, "I'm really hungry. We turned this place upside down, so there shouldn't be anything left. Brother Shen, Zhihua, let's go eat first, and we'll do the case in the afternoon." Intend."

"That's good. Meeting Ah Miao today is really worth celebrating. It just so happens that there is a restaurant nearby that does good food. Ah Miao can give it a try."

"Then it's settled, please ask Zhihua to lead the way."

The three of them left the blacksmith shop together. Before leaving, Cui Miao took out the long sword. As for the other weapons, he asked the messenger at the door to send them to his small courtyard.Qiu Ran and Cui Miao walked side by side, but Shen Qing fell behind, looking at the backs of the two in front, his cold eyes flickered.

Seeing that Shen Qing didn't follow, Cui Miao stopped and waited for him to come forward.Seeing this, Shen Qing also stopped in his tracks, and had no intention of following.Cui Miao was taken aback for a moment, walked up to him, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with Brother Shen? But what's wrong?"

Shen Qing glanced at Qiu Ran who was walking over, and said calmly: "The smithy and his party have discovered a lot, and the matter is of great importance. I think it's better to report to the prince as soon as possible."

Cui Miao thought for a while, and said, "Brother Shen is still thinking about Zhou Xiang! Zhihua, we might as well meet each other often in the future, or meet again at another day?"

Qiu Ran said with a smile: "What Ah Miao said is that we have plenty of time. We are not in a hurry at this moment. It is important to report to the prince."

Cui Miao said goodbye to Qiu Ran, and went back to the palace with Shen Qing. Looking in the direction of the Green Bamboo Garden, Cui Miao asked, "Ah Qing, don't we want to report to the prince? This is it?"

Shen Qing replied flatly: "At this moment, the prince is eating, so we don't want to disturb you."

Cui Miao was right after thinking about it, and followed Shen Qing back to the Green Bamboo Garden.Shen Qing sent someone to prepare lunch and took Cui Miao to the study.As soon as Cui Miao entered the door, Shen Qing grabbed her wrist, and immediately closed the door and fastened it, all in one go.

Cui Miao noticed that Shen Qing's mood was not right, and asked suspiciously: "Ah Qing, what's wrong with you?"

Shen Qing trapped Cui Miao between his arms, looked straight into his eyes, and asked, "Da Lang is familiar with that Qiu Ran?"

"Zhihua?" Cui Miao frowned and explained: "I met Zhihua for the first time today. He was sent by Mr. Qiu to investigate the case of Song Dali's murder with me. Is there anything wrong?"

Shen Qing moved his eyes down, looked at Cui Miao's lips, and said softly: "He called you A Miao."

Cui Miao was startled for a moment, then suddenly realized, she lifted Shen Qing's chin, looked at him with a light smile and said, "Ah Qing is jealous?"

Shen Qing didn't speak, just looked at Cui Miao silently, but Cui Miao could clearly see the displeasure in his eyes.

Cui Miao explained helplessly: "Ah Qing, I admire Zhihua's character, and we hit it off right away, and we are just friends, not as you think."

Although Shen Qing responded lightly, the displeasure in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

Cui Miao held Shen Qing's right hand, attached it to her chest, and said seriously: "Ah Qing, my heart is very small, and the small one can only hold you alone, so you don't need to be uneasy at all."

The eyes flowed, like a stone was thrown into a calm lake, raising layers of ripples, the displeasure in Shen Qing's eyes disappeared, he approached slowly, kissed Cui Miao's lips, between lips and teeth entangled, Cui Miao seemed to hear Shen Qing's heart a sigh.