Daily life in Kaifeng dormitory

Ni Yexin was hit hard on the face, and quickly hugged the soft cushion that was thrown, and almost knocked over the teapot on the table.

However, after Ni Yexin hugged the soft cushion, she hugged her and smiled, not at all angry or unhappy because of being smashed, but very happy.

Zhao Yin: "..."

Zhao Yin silently lowered his head and stared at the table legs.

Chi Long laughed silently and did not speak.

Murong Changqing's face was so dark that he was about to run away in anger, but at this time, the police came outside, and of course the police also brought the scholar named Sun with them.

The scholar surnamed Sun was trembling, his face was sallow, and he looked like he hadn't slept well. When he saw them, he knelt down with a "plop", kneeling in front of Ni Yexin's legs, crying so miserablely, and shouting He said: "My lord! This lord, you have to believe me, I was wronged."

Ni Yexin hurriedly put the soft cushion aside, then took two steps back, sat beside Murong Changqing, and said, "I haven't said anything yet, what are you calling for?"

The scholar said with snot and tears running down his nose, "My lord, I didn't run away, I just... just want to go out for a tour, and I definitely have no intention of running away."

"Oh," Ni Yexin said, "then you are really in a good mood, enough to be leisurely. I won't ask where you are going to travel. Just tell me why you burned the widow Zhu's letter."

"What... what?" The scholar surnamed Sun's complexion suddenly changed. He was pale and bloodless. He quickly said with a dry smile, "My lord, you really know how to make fun of me. Why don't I know what the letter is?"

"I don't know?" Ni Ye said in a leisurely manner, "The housekeeper of the widow Mrs. Zhu said that before the widow Mrs. Zhu left the mansion, there was no pile of ashes of charred letters in her room. Yes. During this period, the widow Zhu did not come back, but by coincidence, someone ran to find the widow Zhu."

The scholar said with a pale face, "My lord, I am really wronged. I don't know what kind of letter she wrote. I just went to find her."

"Why did you go to the widow Zhu's house to find the widow Zhu?" Ni Yexin asked.

The scholar surnamed Sun smiled awkwardly, and said, "It's not that you don't know, sir, what could be the matter."

Ni Yexin raised her eyebrows, and said: "Of course I know, does the widow Zhu have many lovers? You don't know, a woman like this absolutely doesn't like lovers who come to her suddenly. This is her big brother." Bogey. After all, she has so many lovers, maybe she is with whom today, but suddenly another lover comes to the door, isn't it very bad?"

Upon hearing this, the scholar's pale face turned into dead gray, which was even uglier than before.

Murong Changqing glanced at the scholar's expression, then glanced at Ni Yexin, and said, "You know a lot."

Ni Yexin's eyes lit up immediately, she turned her head and whispered, "Hero Murong, are you jealous?"

Murong Changqing: "..."

Zhao Yin coughed lightly, feeling powerless for the two men to flirt with each other during the trial.

Ni Yexin just teased Murong Changqing, then quickly turned her head and continued: "I'm right, you should have found out, the widow Mrs. Zhu was definitely not at home that day, so she ran over at the risk. If The widow Zhu knows that you have suddenly gone to her house, and she will definitely hate you. She is your food and clothing parent, and she is probably the one who gives you food and drink money on weekdays. You risk offending her, Going to her house seems to have gained greater benefits."

The scholar surnamed Sun was trembling all over, and he could hardly kneel on the ground, his lips were trembling all the time, and he couldn't speak at all.

Ni Yexin laughed, and said: "As for why you robbed the widow Zhu while she was away, it's just that you saw a lot of gold, silver and jewels in the widow Zhu's house, so you became more greedy temporarily? Your trip The purpose of going to the widow Zhu’s house is to burn the widow Zhu’s letters.”

The scholar was silent for a long time. He didn't want to say it at first, but Ni Yexin almost guessed everything, so he had to say it.

In order to protect himself, the scholar provoked everything.

Just like what Ni Yexin analyzed, he didn't dare to go to the widow Zhu's house to look for her, because she had a lot of friends, and he didn't like friends to go to her house, unless he brought them there.Therefore, the widow Zhu often went out, and it was she who took the initiative to go to the lover's house.

The scholar also knows this truth, because it all depends on the money from the widow Zhu, so of course he will not take the initiative to annoy the widow Zhu.

But one day, a man suddenly came to him and made a deal with him.The man asked him to go to the widow Zhu's house to find some letters, and then burn all the letters, and he would be rewarded with a lot of money.

The scholar didn't dare at first, but the man gave the deposit, which was not white money, but gold, which made the scholar almost blind.

The scholar thought, with all this gold, he would not have to rely on the widow Zhu's old woman to live in the future, wouldn't it be happier?

The scholar agreed after thinking about it, and then inquired about it, and when the widow Mrs. Zhu was not at home, he immediately approached the door.

It was a coincidence that day, and there was only a little maid in the mansion, so it was a very good timing.The little maid knew that he was the master's best friend, so she had to treat each other with courtesy, which was quite polite.

The scholar purposely acted like a domineering figure in the mansion, instructing the little maid to do this and that, in fact, he wanted to distract the little maid and go find those letters by himself.

Later, when he found the letter, he hurriedly burned the letter while the little maid was away.But he didn't expect that the letters were not complete, and one letter was missing, which was placed in the secret compartment of the widow Zhu.

The scholar burned the letter and immediately felt relieved. He had planned to leave.But when he was searching, he found a lot of widow Zhu's jewelry, which were all priceless.

The scholar felt unconvinced, and felt angry, how could Mrs. Zhu, a widow, have so much money, and his father had never left him so much money.

The scholar suddenly became malicious, and wanted to take away some of the widow Zhu's jewelry, and sell them, wouldn't it be possible to get more money?

Who would have too much money? The scholar had a bad idea, so he was not afraid of any little maid. He felt that after he took the things, he would wait for the widow Zhu Shi to come back and serve her on the bed a few times, telling her about those things. It's all taken away by the little maid, isn't it over?It's better to be able to blow pillow wind by yourself than a lowly little maid.

The scholar was confident, but an accident occurred on the way, and the scholar was scared away.

The little maid put on a good show, saying that she killed the widow Zhu.The scholar didn't believe it at first, but when he saw the crazy look in the little maid's eyes and she was dragging himself to dispose of the corpse, his hairs stood on end.

This is simply scary when you think about it carefully. The scholar calculated the time when the widow Zhu left, and found that the widow Zhu seemed to have been away for a long time, and she should have come back earlier in the usual way.

The more the scholar thought about it, the more frightened he became. He didn't dare to stay any longer, so he ran away. After he ran away, he went to the government to report to the official, but the people in the yamen didn't believe him. It wasn't until the widow Zhu's body was found in the afternoon that he believed that the widow Zhu was dead. up.

The scholar said: "What I said is absolutely true. I didn't kill anyone. It was that little maid who did the killing. She is really vicious!"

Ni Yexin said: "I ask you, who is the person looking for you, do you know?"

"This..." The scholar hesitated, hesitating and unable to speak, it seemed that he didn't know, but he didn't want to say it.

Ni Yexin showed an impatient expression, and said, "If you don't want to talk, you can go to prison for a while."

"Don't, don't!" The scholar hurriedly said, "I don't know him, but...but I have seen him, once."

"Oh? Who is it?" Ni Yexin said.

The scholar said: "It's just a servant, a servant who works in Xu's family."

"Young servant from the Xu family?" Ni Ye was startled.

Murong Changqing frowned, Zhao Yin and Chi Long were a little surprised that this matter was indeed connected with the Xu family.

The scholar said: "That young man came to me with gold. He probably seldom leaves Xu's house, so he thought it was impossible for me to know him. But I only really met him once."

The scholar said that he had been there a long time ago. Once, he went to the brothel with a few friends to spend time and wine. When he went inside, he heard that the whole brothel was taken over by the second young master of the Xu family, and all the girls were serving him. .

The scholar was a little angry when he heard it, but the second young master of the Xu family didn't know that he was called rich, and there was nothing he could do about it.

They feel disappointed, and are preparing to go elsewhere to have fun again.When they got to the door, they bumped into the boy.

The servant panicked, ran in and said he wanted to find Second Young Master Xu, and asked the bustard where Second Young Master Xu was.The bustard took him up, and they heard some faint voices.

The scholar said: "That boy is the person next to the Second Young Master of the Xu family. It was the Second Master Xu who wanted to call him back and sent someone to look for him."

Ni Yexin was even more surprised. The person who bribed the scholar turned out to be Xu Ershao's servant?

Murong Changqing sneered, and when it came to Xu Ershao, he immediately thought of erotic pictures, Mr. Guo, and incense powder, but he didn't have a good impression.

Ni Yexin said, "How could it be him?"

Murong Chang said disdainfully: "What can't be done for a dandy?"

Seeing that Ni Ye didn't believe it, the scholar hurriedly said: "It's absolutely true, it's absolutely true, I didn't lie, it's true!"

Ni Yexin said: "Let's go to Xu's house quickly."

The widow Zhu's death suddenly had many clues pointing to Xu Ershao. Ni Yexin really felt that it was impossible for a person like Xu Ershao to kill someone.

At first glance, Xu Ershao was just a rebellious teenager in adolescence, because his mother died early and his father didn't care about him, so he was extraordinarily rebellious, but his personality was simple and easy to understand, how could he do such things as murder and arson? out?

unless……

Ni Yexin frowned, unless Xu Ershao hid it too deeply, they would never have discovered his true face.

There are more and more inextricable ties between the widow Zhu Shi and Xu Ershao.

At first, someone said that Xu Ershao was having an affair with the widow Zhu Shi. They once saw Xu Ershao spending the night at the widow Zhu's house and only came out at dawn.

But Xu Ershao said that he had nothing to do with the widow Zhu, it was the widow Zhu who offended his third uncle and wanted to please him, that's why she invited him to drink.

Later, the descendants of Xu's family said that when they were carrying Xu's second coffin, they suddenly found a fire somewhere, and left the coffin unattended for a while.It is very likely that the widow Zhu's body was stuffed into the coffin during that period of time.Coincidentally, that coffin was placed at the gate of Xu Ershao's yard, and Xu Ershao was in the yard at that time, so it would be easy for him to do anything.

Now the scholar surnamed Sun also testified that it was Xu Ershao's boy who came to buy him off and went to the widow Zhu's house to burn letters.

From this point of view, these clues are definitely not accidental, and the death of Xu Ershao and the widow Zhu Shi is definitely related.

Ni Yexin and the others didn't dare to waste time, he and Murong Changqing immediately went to Xu's house, Chi Long and Zhao Yin went to the brothel again, to find out if what the scholar surnamed Sun said was true, in case what he said was false If so, aren't they being played around in circles?

Chi Long and Zhao Yin immediately rushed to the brothel in the north of the city, but it was broad daylight, and it was still in the morning, and the brothel was closed. The door was closed, and it looked a little depressed, not at all like the heyday of the night.

They stood at the door, and Chi Long couldn't help laughing.

Just as Zhao Yin was about to step forward, he frowned when he heard him laugh, and said, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Chi Long said.

Since Chi Long had a showdown with Zhao Yin, when he was alone with him, he no longer pretended to be a big fool.Zhao Yin always felt that it was obviously the same face, how could it change so much in an instant.

Chi Long took off his disguise, giving people a feeling of indifference and difficult to get along with, with a strong aura and an air of authority.

Zhao Yin couldn't help laughing at himself, Chi Long was naturally a high-ranking official, but he was someone close to the emperor. In Kaifeng's mansion, apart from Mr. Bao, there was probably no one with a higher rank than him.Not to mention, he was someone the emperor trusted.

Seeing him in a daze, Chi Long walked over and whispered in his ear, "I was laughing just now, it seems that it's not the first time the two of us have come to the brothel."

Zhao Yin came back to his senses and didn't speak, but for some reason, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He remembered the last time the two of them went to the brothel on business. At that time, because they were too cramped and embarrassed, Zhao Yin didn't even notice that something was wrong with Chi Long.

Zhao Yin is a rigid person, not because Ni Yexin asked them to go to the brothel for business, he would never come to such a place in his life.After Zhao Yin and Chi Long arrived at the brothel last time, he felt uncomfortable all over.Looking back, Chi Long seemed to have been protecting him at that time, and he took care of everything, with a look of ease.

Only now did Zhao Yin discover that Chi Long would actually show his flaws occasionally, but he didn't pay attention at all, maybe he didn't suspect him at all.

Chi Long reached out and took Zhao Yin's hand, and said, "Zhao Yin, go in, what are you thinking?"

Zhao Yin shook off his hand and said, "Master Chi, I invite you first. After all, you are more experienced."

When Chi Long heard it, he immediately laughed and said, "Do you know how bitter your words are?"

Zhao Yin realized later, his complexion was a little bad, and he pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

Chi Long said: "I have been in Kaifeng Mansion for many years. We are almost inseparable. Don't you know if I have experience?"

Zhao Yin's eyes flickered for a moment, and he said, "How dare I know about Mr. Chi."

Chi Long sighed and said, "You are still angry with me, aren't you?"

As Chi Long said, he suddenly leaned over and lowered his head as if he was about to kiss his lips.Zhao Yin was taken aback, and quickly dodged, this is the street, although there was no one there, but in case someone saw it, wouldn't it be...

Chi Long laughed and said, "I don't like the way you think about it, but the way you look now is more vivid."

Zhao Yin was angry, feeling that he was being tricked by Chi Long again, so he ignored him immediately, and immediately walked quickly towards the brothel.

When Chi Long and Zhao Yin arrived at the brothel, Ni Yexin and Murong Changqing also arrived at Xu's house.

The servants of Xu's family opened the door for them. Because of the order of the third master, they would not make things difficult for them at all, so they let them in.

Ni Yexin asked: "Is Er Shao Xu there?"

"Coincidentally, the second young master is still here today, but he probably didn't wake up." The servant said with a smile.

Ni Yexin and Murong Changqing immediately went to Xu Ershao's courtyard, planning to ask Xu Ershao about the situation.

Xu Ershao was at Xu's house today, and he heard that he didn't go out last night, so he obediently stayed in the house.

But this is actually not surprising, because at this time of year, there will always be a day when Xu Ershao does not go out to have fun, and that is the death day of Xu Ershao's mother.

However, I heard that Xu Ershao's mother came from a humble background and was not a rich lady at all, so the Xu family didn't care about her at all. No one paid homage to that woman even after her death, not even Master Xu Er.

When Ni Yexin and the others came to the courtyard, they saw Ding Sa. Ding Sa was standing outside the door of Xu Ershao's room, like a stone statue, motionless.

When they walked in, Ding Sa moved a little and said softly, "Second Young Master hasn't got up yet."

Murong Chang looked at him coldly, and said: "We have something to ask him, wake him up."

Ding Sa seemed a little embarrassed, and didn't want to disturb him at this time, and said, "Second Young Master didn't close his eyes last night..."

Murong Changqing didn't care about this, and was going to kick the door, but was stopped by Ding Sa all of a sudden.

As soon as Ni Yexin looked at the momentum, why did he have the illusion that he was going to fight? No, it was definitely not an illusion.

He hurried up and said, "Don't do it, don't do it, I'm afraid the sky will collapse."

They were talking outside, and there was movement in the room. Xu Ershao seemed to be woken up, and shouted impatiently, "Who is it, who is yelling."

Upon hearing this, Ni Yexin said loudly, "Second Young Master Xu, it's me, Ni Yexin from Kaifeng Mansion."

"Ni Yexin?" Xu Ershao's voice immediately became energetic, and he said, "Why are you here, come in quickly."

When Ding Sa heard it, he immediately felt a headache, but he pushed open the door and invited them in.

As soon as the door was opened, Ni Yexin smelled a strong smell of soot, which made him cough continuously.

Murong Changqing also waved his hand in disgust.

Xu Ershao obviously just woke up, with messy hair, and ran down with a coat and bare feet. When he saw Ni Ye, he said happily, "Why are you here so early?"

Ni Yexin coughed and said, "What's the smell?"

Xu Ershao said: "I burned some paper money yesterday, the anniversary of my mother's death."

Ni Yexin couldn't help but roll her eyes, no one burns paper money in the house, isn't this trying to kill herself?No wonder it's so choking.

Xu Ershao dragged him into the house, and Ni Yexin saw the big brazier in the house at a glance. There was a pile of ashes inside, and there were some paper money next to it, and there was a memorial tablet in front of the brazier.

Xu Ershao ran over, picked up the tablet carefully, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll be right away..."

"Wait a minute!" Ni Yexin rushed over immediately and grabbed Xu Ershao's arm.

This move made Murong Changqing and Ding Sa startled, and they looked at Ni Yexin in bewilderment.

Ni Yexin looked at the tablet in shock. He saw the word "Wanshi" at a glance just now...