She is the legend of the rivers and lakes

Walking in the backyard of the Tan Mansion, Mei Xianghan looked at the people around her from the corner of her eye, feeling overjoyed.

Although Sheng Liu didn't say the answer that he hadn't spoken that night, since then, Sheng Liu didn't avoid her touch anymore, and even took the initiative to give up half of the bed that night.

"Leader Mei, Xia Sheng, my lord asked the servant to deliver a message. My young lady has a different temperament from the two of you. She has lived in a deep boudoir for a long time, so if you have any questions, please be tactful."

"We will."

When they reached the door, the servant girl knocked on the door.

The door opened from the inside, and the servant girl motioned for the two to enter, but she turned and left.

Looking back, Mei Xianghan walked in with Sheng Liu.

The person who opened the door was Miss Tan's personal maid named Cui Liu.According to Cui Liu, since that incident, her young lady didn't even go out of the room, and kept the doors and windows tightly closed during the day, so the whole bedroom was pitch black.

"Miss, the leader Mei and Xia Sheng that the master mentioned earlier are here."

"Please come in." The faint voice came from the dark interior, sounding weak.

Cui Liu took the lead to enter the inner room, lit the lamp in the room, and then invited the two of them in.

"Please sit down." Miss Tan was reclining on the bed, wearing only obscene clothes and trousers, her face was pale, her eyes were a little slack, and she seemed to have no energy at all.

After Cui Liu served the refreshments, she retreated to the outside room tactfully.

"Miss Tan, would you take the initiative to talk to us about the previous incident?"

Miss Tan's tone was stagnant: "There's nothing to talk about."

"I have a little bit of medical skills, but Miss Tan is weak, I wonder if I can feel the pulse for Miss Tan?"

Ms. Tan raised her eyelids slightly, and then she took a direct look at the two of them, and said quietly, "You can do whatever you want."

After Mei Xianghan nodded to Sheng Liu, she walked to the bed and got on Miss Tan's pulse.

"Miss Tan hasn't thought about eating or drinking recently? Do you have heart palpitations and night sweats? Have you ever heard sounds that have never been heard before, or seen things that have never been seen before?"

This series of questions made Miss Tan's expression change a bit: "En."

Mei Xianghan asked again: "Have you ever had nightmares?"

"This... never happened."

"Have you ever been afraid of the darkness that fills this room?"

Miss Tan shook her head and said nothing.

After leaving the bed, Mei Xianghan returned to Sheng Liu, said a few words to her in a very low voice, and then said to the person on the bed: "Miss Tan, would you like to tell us the truth?"

Ms. Tan turned her head, with a look of surprise and hesitation: "What do you mean?"

"Actually, Ms. Tan is not really a victim of the flower picker case, is she?"

"you……"

"Want to ask how do I know?"

Miss Tan turned her head back and kept silent.

"Miss Tan, since I can know this, then I can also know the truth of the whole thing." Mei Xianghan continued, "If you still have someone you want to protect, why not tell us the truth, maybe we I can help you. If you don’t tell me, when our investigation is over, I’m afraid it’s already three autumns too late.”

After a long silence, Ms. Tan finally opened her mouth: "You...can you really help me?"

"nature."

Miss Tan was still skeptical, and she didn't believe it until Sheng Liu also nodded.

"I don't know how to say this at the moment."

"Then just trouble Miss Tan and answer my question truthfully."

"kindness."

"Is it a lie that you met a flower picker?"

Miss Tan nodded.

"It's your father who told you to lie?"

"Yes."

"Your father wants you to lie, but for...revenge on someone?"

"It's Song Sheng." Ms. Tan burst into tears as she spoke, "Song Sheng and I fell in love at first sight at the temple fair. Later, Song Sheng asked a matchmaker to propose marriage, but my father has always looked down on Song Sheng's poor family and has always rejected this marriage. Marriage, and even asked someone to beat Song Sheng out!"

It was almost the same as what she guessed, Mei Xianghan quietly listened to her continue talking.

"Later... Later, I sneaked out of the house and eloped with Song Sheng."

The rest of the story is just like what is written in the script.After the little mandarin duck elopes, the beaded fetus is secretly knotted, and the elders of the officials who beat the mandarin ducks appear and take away the official lady. "At that time, it happened that a flower picker appeared in the city.

As a result, the scapegoat for the "tainted" lady was thrown on the flower pickers, the "evil species" was justified and eliminated, and the official lady who eloped with the poor scholar also became the victim of a big case. But it can also win some sympathy.

"My father said, if I don't do this, then he will arrest Song Sheng as a flower picker..."

Intimidate.

"As long as I do this, when the flower picker is brought to justice in the future, he will agree to let me marry Song Sheng, and he will promote Song Sheng in the future."

lure.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Mei Xianghan feels that she has almost figured out the ins and outs.Tan Lin's plan, in Shan County alone, can be said to be perfect.It's a pity that when he and Sheng Liu proposed to contact Miss Tan, Tan Lin could have said "I don't want to expose my scars" to refuse, but he insisted on it.

I don't know if he believed too much that his daughter would not betray him, or if he underestimated them and thought they couldn't find out what was wrong?

Or did Tan Lin do it on purpose?The plan he told Miss Tan was actually just a cover?

The thoughts in Mei Xianghan's mind went back and forth a few times, and the last guess emerged: Could it be that Tan Lin is planning to count Song Sheng as a flower picker and go to prison, right?

After repeatedly instructing Miss Tan not to tell anyone about today's conversation, Mei Xianghan and Sheng Liu said goodbye.

On the way, Sheng Liu couldn't help asking, "How do you know she wasn't the real victim?"

"Room." Mei Xianghan was flattered by her proactive question, and slowly explained to her, "Her room shouldn't be dark."

Without directly asking why, Sheng Liu thought for a while before asking, "Because she has no fear?"

"As expected of Miss Liuliu, she understood so quickly."

Sheng Liu came to a sudden: "That's why you took the opportunity of feeling your pulse and asked those questions."

"That's right. The first thing that aroused my suspicion was the file that was different from the other files, so I proposed to meet Miss Tan in person. I didn't expect to see it so smoothly."

"What if she doesn't meet you in the room?"

"Not all of what was written in the dossier is false." Mei Xianghan said, "So I speculate that she will never leave her bedroom. Making the room dark means that she is escaping and doesn't want to face it; This thing that makes her want to escape does not make her feel scared. For a young lady who has not left the court, what can make her want to escape without being afraid? Eight out of ten | '."

Seeing her expression from the corner of her eyes, Sheng Liu was slightly touched: "You are indeed suitable to serve in the imperial court."

"Will you hate it?" Mei Xianghan asked.

"Also... not bad." If it were you, it would not be so annoying.After Sheng Liu finished speaking, he quickened his pace and walked in front of her.

Mei Xianghan didn't chase after him either, but followed behind without stopping.

I don't know if I heard the wind, but after squatting for a few days, a group of people complained again and again.

"Has this prostitute escaped?"

"We've been here for so long, and the Peony Cultists didn't see it, but we're squatting here every day as a little prostitute|thief!"

"Women are women, and they always like to play tricks on such small things..." Before the words could be uttered, something was stuffed in the speaker's mouth.

When the person next to him saw what was thrown in his mouth, he couldn't help but take two steps back and retched—in that person's mouth was a bloody gray dead mouse with fur.

"Is this the face of the heroes of the green forest who 'fight for justice'?"

"See the lord!" Several people hurriedly distanced themselves from that person and drew a clear line.

After spitting out the dead rat in his mouth, the man almost vomited out all his bile, accusing him angrily, "It's bullying...too much bullying!"

"If you don't want to stay here, you can go back." Mei Xianghan smiled, but she didn't look angry, but her words were merciless, "When the time comes, I will personally tell the head and elders of your sect. , you are not willing to contribute to the eradication of the Peony Sect."

"Sheng Nuxia can testify for me, it's obvious that you left the Peony Sect in order to catch a thief!"

"I can't rule out the possibility that this flower picker is a member of the Peony Cult."

This was the first time they heard Sheng Liu say such a long sentence!It's just that the content was not what they expected, and even made them feel a little surprised.

This is not nonsense to deceive them. Mei Xianghan has already approached Sikong Li, who called Kongtiange's intelligence network and confirmed that around the time when the news of "the appearance of Peony Cultists" came out, the entire The only thing that can be called an "incident" in Shan County is the flower picker.

And it is certain that this person must have come from outside, and after this person entered the city, he did not leave the city.

In other words, the flower picker is still in the city of Shan County.

"Now we are too passive, we need to turn passive into active."

"President Mei has caught someone?" Hearing that the gangsters were about to leave, Tan Lin hurried over with his master.

They've only been here for a few days, and they haven't heard of anyone being caught, so why are they leaving?

When Mei Xianghan came, her hands were empty, but when she left, she carried a burden on her back: "Not yet, but after waiting for so long, the flower picker hasn't shown up yet, so I'm afraid he's already gone somewhere else. Our spies came to report, That apostasy has found its way in other places, so we won't waste our time here."

"This……"

"Master Tan, what worries do you have?"

"If the flower picker hasn't left, and the yamen will arrest him in the future, I don't know how to tell whether this person is the apostate as the leader said before?"

"Master Tan has a heart." Seeing the fish took the bait, Mei Xianghan handed him an envelope, "It contains the method of identification."

"Thank you, League Leader Mei." Tan Lin took the envelope, opened it for confirmation, stroked his beard, and was very happy, "Then Tan will not send more, League Leader Mei and all the heroes have a smooth journey."

Watching the crowd leave the city gate, Tan Lin waved his hand, beckoned the master to come over, whispered some things in his ear, and then returned to the Yamen with ease.