Luanfenglou

It was not yet clear, and it was gray outside.

Ah Liu got up early and looked at himself in the bronze mirror after washing and grooming. The corners of his eyes and mouth were covered with purple bruises. His face, which was originally ordinary, was now a little bit more embarrassed and miserable.Taking advantage of the dark sky, he quietly went out from the back door of Luanfeng Tower.

At this time, on Fusheng Street, the multicolored lanterns used for lighting at night had not yet been burned out, and the candles that were about to be extinguished gave off faint lights, shining faintly, like will-o’-the-wisps.The shops on the street were also closed, only a few beggars wrapped in shabby clothes sat in the corner and fell asleep.

Ah Liuxing hurried past those sleeping beggars, glanced at them, and sighed secretly, he was no different from this group of people.

After crossing two streets, he came to Dongshi, searched for the path in his mind, and walked all the way to a shady alley.At this time, the sky gradually brightened up, the morning light was faint, and the golden morning light fell gently and slowly on the land of the country of Jin.And this alley is still extremely dark.There is no light and no exit here, it is a silent dead alley.

Ah Liu walked to the corner of the wall and knelt down facing the wall. He bit his lips and his cheeks trembled slightly.Weeds grew along the cracks in the wall, and the ground was covered with a thin layer of moss. Even in July, he still felt the chill from the ground, eroding his legs and back.

He took out a stack of paper money and fire pockets from his pocket, lit the paper money and gently placed them in the corner.He burned one by one without haste, watching the yellow paper money turn into gray ashes after burning.

The stack of paper money was burned out quickly, and he never said a word from the beginning to the end.No one knew what was going on in his mind, but his intention was obvious—he was paying homage to someone.It should be the girl he was talking about being abused.

"I've wanted to ask you for a long time..." Xie Lian asked after fastening his belt around his waist.

Chu Ziyin looked at the owner of Xie's family who was changing clothes behind the screen, leaned over on the bed and shook the folding fan in his hand. He paused for half a second before realizing, "What do you want to ask?"

The boss of the Xie family came out from behind the screen after tidying up his clothes. His waist-length blue silk was not tied up and draped over his shoulders casually. He took a plain brocade robe from the screen and prepared to put it on. The prodigal son saw the situation in front of him. , flashed behind Jie Lian with lightning speed, and helped him lift up his long hair in a fawning manner.

Jie Lian didn't reject his kindness, so he asked: "How did you know that the girl who was ruined must be the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion?"

"I have sent someone to investigate." Chu Ziyin said while picking up the jade hairpin on the table and carefully combing his hair. "A while ago, there were four families in Dongshi who held funerals. Two of them died men, one was an old man over eighty years old, and the other was the daughter of the Lin family."

"This matter involves important officials of the court. If I continue to investigate like this, I will get into trouble." He looked at Chu Ziyin who was concentrating on tying his hair in the bronze mirror, and said softly.

Chu Ziyin smiled at him, "The boss of the Xie family in Luanfenglou is still afraid of getting into trouble? But don't worry, if anything happens, I will solve it for you."

Xie Lian quietly looked into his dark eyes and did not speak.

When the two went out, they happened to run into Ah Liu who had come back.

Ah Liu turned his eyes away, lowered his head and hurried past them.Chu Ziyin grabbed Ah Liu's collar and asked with a smile: "Ah Liu, where have you been? You don't even say hello when you see someone, for fear that we will turn into monsters and eat you?"

Ah Liu smiled apologetically, "Mr. Chu said this, people have three urgencies. I couldn't hold it anymore, so I didn't notice that you reconciled the boss."

Chu Ziyin narrowed his eyes and looked at him suspiciously, then let him go, and said, "Go."

Hearing what Chu Ziyin said, he fled away from them as quickly as the wind blowing under his feet.Chu Ziyin shook his head, took out an umbrella from the umbrella tube by the door, pulled it to relieve his pity and said: "It's sunny outside, I'll support you, let's go to Shangshufu to have a look together."

Jie Lian nodded, and got under the umbrella he opened.The two were walking on the street, and Chu Ziyin secretly glanced contentedly at the owner of the Xie family who was walking beside him, and then at the crowded crowd in front of him, and said, "If you are covered by an umbrella, they won't be able to see who you are." Now, your appearance will not be seen by others."

The boss of Xie's family didn't bother to talk to him, so he walked silently for a while, and when he just walked out of Fusheng Street, he stopped lightly.

"Ah Liu has a problem." He raised his eyes to look at Chu Ziyin and said.

"how you said that?"

"Do you still remember what he said when we first met him?" He paused, as if to give Chu Ziyin time to think, "Generally speaking, when you see a girl you don't know being ruined by someone and you don't save her, He would feel guilty in his heart, but how would he know whether the girl was dead or alive afterwards? What did he have to do with it? And Ah Liu said at the beginning that the girl had hanged herself, and he was so sure that he knew the girl , Knowing who she is, he went to 'visit' the girl after the incident, and only then did he know that she died and how she died."

Chu Ziyin thought about it carefully, Xie Lian was right, he had ignored this issue from the beginning, and judging from his flickering attitude just now, he still had a lot of things to hide from them.

"It seems that Ah Liu is the key person." He chuckled.

"He is the key, but we still don't know whether it is a human, a ghost or a monster who wants to kill him. If it is really not a human, maybe we have no ability to save him." With some chills, "Maybe he deserves to die at all..."

The white lantern hanging in front of the gate of Shangshu Mansion was blown up by the wind, turned around a few times and then fell silent.

Shang Shu Lin Xian has been seriously ill since his daughter committed suicide and has been recuperating at home. Mrs. Lin also shed tears all day long and passed out several times.There was a dead silence in the mansion. How could a well-behaved Shangshu Qianjin hang himself?Speaking of this young lady of the Lin family, her name is Lin Xiaoxiao, she is charming and charming, with a gentle and docile personality, everyone in the house loves her, and Lin Xian has held her in her palm and protected her since she was a child.

A few years ago, Lin Xian even arranged a marriage for her. The other party was General Ye Huaiqing, who said that they would get married when General Ye came back from outside the pass.General Ye would soon be returning to the city in two or three months. Unexpectedly, at this very moment, Miss Lin committed suicide.Lin Xian sent someone to send an urgent letter to the outside of the customs. After General Ye heard the news, he wrote back saying that he would not marry for the sake of Miss Lin's family.

Lin Xiaoxiao's personal maid, Xing'er, delivered the medicine to Lin Xian, and then went to Mrs. Lin's room to bring her hot water to freshen up.After entering the door, Mrs. Lin was sitting in front of the bronze mirror on the dressing table, her eyes were red, dull, and her hair was disheveled.Xing'er brought the hot water over, dipped a towel in the water, wrung it dry and handed it to Madam Lin, saying, "Madam, wipe your face, Xing'er will comb your hair later."

Mrs. Lin waved her hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Go down and let me be alone for a while."

Xing'er sighed and backed out.In the past few days, the funeral in the mansion has made her extremely busy. Now that she is a little free, she finds that one of Lin Xiaoxiao's usual cats is missing. She searched around the mansion but couldn't find it, so she had to go out. I searched nearby, but after searching for half a day, I still couldn't find it.

She hugged her knees and squatted down in the corner, feeling very tired, thinking of her young lady again, and crying sadly.

"Miss Xing'er, what's wrong?" She sobbed for a while, and when she heard someone calling her, she raised her head and saw that it was Mr. Chu whom she had seen last time, so she wiped her tears and stood up, saying, "It's okay, it's just I lost something and thought of Miss again, and felt sad for a while."

"What was lost?" Chu Ziyin asked, shaking his folding fan, and Jie Lian behind him snorted disdainfully.

Only then did Xing'er realize that there was someone standing behind Chu Ziyin. After a closer look, she was really a beauty she had never seen before. The cat has been with the lady for many years, and it may have understood human nature. Once the lady left, it disappeared."

"Cat?" Chu Ziyin was puzzled.

Xing'er nodded, "Yes, it's a snow-white cat with golden eyes, Mr. Chu has seen it?"

Chu Ziyin shook his head regretfully, "I've never seen such a cat, besides, there are so many cats in the world, and there are not a few cats that look the same."

Speaking of this, for some reason, Jie Lian remembered the cat he saw from the roof of the eaves late at night, but he couldn't see clearly in the dark night, and he didn't know whether it was black or white.

"What other characteristics does that cat have?" Jie Lian just asked, and then regretted it. Isn't this a matter of coming to Miss Cha Lin's family?How did it get involved with the cat?

Xing'er thought for a while, then suddenly said: "There is a red string tied around the cat's neck, and there is a blood-red agate bead on the red string."

The owner of the Xie family was startled, as if he had seen that thing before.