When Chao Muyun and Ye Wugou were talking to Granny Bai in the conservatory, the officials were not idle, they quickly surveyed the surroundings, walked and interviewed, to see if they could find any suspicious traces.

But unfortunately, no.

The place is very big and needs more time. Chao Muyun didn't leave immediately, but stood by the water bank, thinking.

Ye Wugou didn't leave either, he seemed to be very busy today, and he seemed to be worried about how to give flowers to others, holding a bunch of purple dandelions, pinching the leaves and gathering the stems and branches, standing beside Chao Muyun, Ren He The warm river wind blows.

"This Jiang Xiangyu has had a bumpy journey and is now the only male heir of the Jiang family. He supports the family and takes care of all the family affairs. The task of shining the lintel also falls on his shoulders. I have read his resume. He passed the imperial examination and was sent as a errand, and now he is still an official, but on the marginal side." Chao Muyun looked at Ye Wugou, "Is such a person qualified to be promoted to an official in Yandao?"

Ye Wugou was blowing the warm wind from the river, and he became lazy: "Why not? Officials in the Yanzhi Road never judged their seniority and political achievements. They only depend on whether you have the ability to go to the Cao Gang and whether you can cooperate well." , even Jin Qianyi can work hard, why can't he?"

Chao Muyun understood the hidden meaning in his words: "But hard work is one thing, whether you can get the desired result is another matter."

"Then guess, will Jiang Xiangyu compete with his father?" Ye Wugou smiled playfully, "Jiang Yuandong is already old enough to be squeezed into an official position, and he still doesn't give up. He is too old to be noticed, and secretly hides things as bargaining chips. What about Jiang Xiangyu? He has been suppressed and bullied by his father for so many years, and he has resentment and hatred in his heart. Jin Qianyi can find a way to make Jiang Xiangyu If Lian helps, will he do nothing and watch other people go round after round?"

"In this world, where there are conflicts of interests, there are rivers and lakes. You and I are the same, and we are all in it."

The man's tone was long and drawn, which seemed to be teasing, but also mocking.

However, Chao Muyun didn't answer this question, his eyes moved down and fell on the bouquet he was holding: "Do you have someone in mind?"

The corners of Ye Wugou's eyes changed instantly, ambiguous peach blossoms appeared, and even his voice lowered: "So you... care about this."

Chao Muyun looked at him, his eyes darkened, without any emotion, as if he was just asking another, slightly curious question.

This gaze is too clear and clean, somehow Ye Wugou felt a little vague: "You are so smart, do you want to guess?"

"It's not like." Chao Muyun has come to a conclusion, "Although I can't see your face, your eyes and the expression of the muscles around your lips tell me that you are not trapped by love now, and you will never fall in love with anyone. "

"of course."

Ye Wugou opened his fan at this moment, his gesture was like a romantic prodigal son: "Where there is no grass in the end of the world, we should open up the pattern of our generation, and our body and mind are all tied to one person, how naive and stupid."

Although he has never established a relationship with anyone, and recognizes the word love, whether it is encountered or managed, it is not easy, but Chao Muyun does not agree with this sentence.

Some things will make you afraid and make you stronger, if you underestimate it, you will be slapped in the face.

"Why, you don't agree?" Ye Wugou felt a little strange, this sick man, who looked deserted at first glance, and a person who didn't recognize his relatives, would actually treat love like this...

"someone is coming."

Chao Muyun blocked his words.

A group of people came from a distance, a green shaft carriage, carved wooden doors, a low-key color on the roof, a small silver bell hanging on it, and the word "Jin" written on it. This is the family emblem of the Jin family. Young women would not choose such a heavy one when traveling. Men don't like such fancy carvings, so Chao Muyun has already guessed who is sitting inside.

When the car stopped, the person inside came down, and it really was Mrs. Yu.

Seeing Chao Muyun and Ye Wugou, Yu Shi was startled for a moment, but recovered quickly, and came over to say hello with a friendly smile: "I haven't come to personally pick flowers for a long time, seeing that the weather is good today, I'm going out for a walk, I don't want to Meeting the two of you, the government is doing things, I...isn't it convenient for me today?"

"I just came here for a routine question, and I don't want to disturb the owner's business." Chao Muyun glanced at the flower room behind, "The flowers here are pretty good, Madam Yu often comes?"

Mrs. Yu knew the elegant meaning when she heard the strings. The officials asked questions and gave face. She didn't transfer to one side, and she was very cooperative: "When I'm not busy, I always come here two or three times a month." She sighed slightly, "In the early years I don't have that much time, and now that I'm older, the housework has also been handed over to my daughter-in-law, and occasionally I feel too free, and tending flowers and plants can be regarded as a pastime."

Chao Muyun: "I saw that there is a dowry village near your daughter Jinwei. The water, soil and climate here are very suitable for growing flowers and plants. There are many varieties there, and they grow well. Why don't you go there to choose?"

"I also went," Yu said with a bitter smile, "I went there a lot in the early years, but in recent years she has become more and more alienated from me, and I have gone less often, and most of the things she grows in her village are her own favorites." Flowers, there are many kinds of flowers in this greenhouse, some of which I have never seen before, and I don’t understand, I can try to have a look and learn.”

"You must know why your daughter is estranged from you?"

Ye Wugou walked to Chao Muyun's side, and stood side by side: "You really don't feel sorry for her at all?"

Yu closed her eyes: "It seems that you all know what happened back then."

Chao Muyun observed her expression: "You are guilty."

Mrs. Yu did not deny it: "It's all personal fate...God destined you to endure hardships, what can you do? For example, I am a widow, and I have no man to rely on in my life, so I have to find ways to work hard on my own to raise a pair of children. Who complains, what's the use? Wei'er is as miserable as I am. God wants her to suffer so many things. She is also a woman. How can I not know? But she can't turn around, her temper is too stubborn , What is the benefit of fighting against the sky? If you accept your fate, it will be much easier."

"Do you think she will be happy if she obediently lets you arrange things and stops complaining and making trouble?"

"At least she won't be as sad as she is now," said Yu. "If she had broken up with Jiang Xiangyu earlier, her mind would be clean, and she would live a good life with her husband. Her husband would not be outside because of her indifference." If she got into a fight with someone and lost her life by accident, she wouldn't become a widow, and she wouldn't be in an empty and lonely room in the backyard, having such a difficult night."

Ye Wugou raised his eyebrows: "Have you been a widow for a long time, and you feel that as long as you have someone to accompany you at night, you will feel better?"

Love between men and women, isn't there another reason for 'I do'?If you don't like it, if you don't want to, what's the difference between doing that kind of thing and being punished?

Yu's lips moved: "So I said... you have to accept your fate. Which woman didn't come here like this? As long as she can think about it, she must have a better life than now. Look at her now, like a lake of stagnant water, I really think she Follow Jiang Xiangyu to leave the capital, life will be good? Daily necessities, rice, oil and salt, husband and wife, which one can she bear? Then Jiang Xiangyu doesn't just want her, he also has a son now, doesn't he? If she abandons everything to be with him , when he takes a concubine, how should she deal with herself? There is no matchmaker, no employment, elopement and fornication, how can the children she will have in the future hold her head up? Get along with neighbors, gossip, street sneaks knock on the door, children get married, and the future will be one after another. , everything is a matter, how can she resolve these sufferings?"

"She is too young to understand what a woman can be like when her life is hard. I just made a decision on her behalf and chose a less bitter path. If she... hates me, it will not be so bitter. "

The spring breeze blows over the ends of people's hair and clothes, as if sighing.

Chao Muyun didn't comment on these words, and continued to ask: "Do you know what your daughter's father-in-law has done to her?"

Contempt flashed across Yu's face: "It's just an old man with a lustful heart but no guts. He's just a disgusting person with a toe crawling on his feet."

"You know him."

"Shi Zhiming was like this when he was young. When he met some pretty women, he couldn't walk. Especially married women, they dared to talk nonsense when they had the opportunity. It's because of you that you didn't dare to speak out." Yu's handkerchief concealed His lips and eyes were indifferent, "You men can't imagine how many such things women have encountered since they were young. You men will know how to deal with it after you have experienced it. It is useless to always complain, and you may even be bitten back. If you say you are indiscreet in seducing people, most people will swallow your anger and be more careful, unless you really can't stand it, Shi Mingzhi is just disgusting, if you can't even solve this level by yourself, then you don't need to live in the future. What a good man."

Chao Muyun looked at Mrs. Yu. This face must have been a beauty when he was young. All the words he said were true. He had obviously experienced it himself. He also knew the bad nature of men, the biased social mentality, and the guidance of social discipline. Yes, there are indeed many girls who have been harassed, much more than reported in reality.

But her last sentence was not quite right. Her words did not match her real emotions, and she was suspected of lying.

"Good man, you have met before, but there is no fate, right?"

"Adults are smart."

Mrs. Yu was surprised by Chao Muyun's sensitivity, and she admitted it generously: "I did meet one, he was not a powerful person, but a teacher, kind and warm, like the warm sun in April, he did everything. Do the best you can, live up to your friends, live up to your career, even if you live up to the whole world, you will not let down his wife."

Ye Wugou: "Your husband?"

Chao Muyun shook his head, not like that.

"Where do I have that blessing?" Yu Shi smiled, closing her eyes and looking lonely, "But the wife of this kind of person is not blessed, he died a long time ago."

But Mrs. Yu once had a crush on him.

Chao Muyun could see her yearning from her expression.

Yu Shi is young and lives a clear life. She may not have studied micro-expressions systematically, but she still has the ability to observe words and expressions. She knew that Chao Muyun had noticed it, and she had saved a lot of face for her, so she didn't get to the bottom of it. Do not force her to speak.

She felt emotional in her heart, and said slowly: "Zuo is just a thing of the past, it doesn't make any difference whether you win or lose, but when you think about it occasionally, you still can't hide your feelings."

Looking at the young man standing like a bamboo in front of him, his brows were faintly familiar, and he was exactly the same as that person...

Her eyes slid across Ye Wugou, and the smile lines on her lips deepened, which had a deep meaning: "Some people's politeness is not used to express politeness and self-cultivation, but to create distance. I was born in this mountain, and I always can't understand it." Woolen cloth."

After speaking, she said goodbye: "Since the flower house has not suspended business, I will go now. If the government has any questions, you can send someone to inquire. The Jin family will cooperate."

Watching her figure go away, Ye Wugou waved his fan and approached Muyun sideways: "How about it, can I get something?"

Chao Muyun slightly shook his head.

Today's party did get a lot of information, but it didn't form a clear and complete chain. He needed time to think and sort it out: "And you, did you see anything?"

Ye Wugou: "Huh? What?"

Chao Muyun: "The traces of a boat passing by, or the traces of picking and pruning white chrysanthemums."

Shi Mingzhi died a month ago, and the traces are hard to find. Jiang Yuandong can be regarded as a new death. Regardless of the boat trip or a large number of white chrysanthemums, some traces must be left behind, but it is strange that the officials did not find it. He specially went to a few suspicious places. I looked around and found nothing.

"I can provide you with a new direction," Ye Wugou said, "The two small white boats, I checked, are old boats abandoned by their owners, aging and unusable, generally this kind of boat is poor People will not be wasted, even if they chop firewood, they will not float outside, they will be thrown outside. Most of them are people with good money, and it is difficult to deal with them on the shore. Those who have no owner will not be scolded for littering."

Chao Muyun thought of it: "These boats drift with the water waves, and when they finally land, they will definitely land in a notch with less wind and waves."

"clever."

Ye Wugou praised without hesitation: "I've seen the nearest shelter from here for you. There are a lot of rotten boats, unattended, you can use them casually, and no one will find them, but there is a problem—— "

Chao Muyun immediately understood: "If you want to drive the boat out of there, the murderer must know how to use a boat."

Ye Wugou: "At least you have to be familiar with it. The speed of the water flow, the direction of the wind, and the vortex, if they can't be estimated, the two dead people won't be discovered after drifting so far away."

Chao Muyun was thoughtful.

"I feel that the people in this case are a bit strange." Ye Wugou looked at the back of Yu Shi who was going away, and frowned, "It seems that they are all struggling, knowing that there is no hope, but they are making useless efforts, you It is said that this case is related to hatred, what kind of hatred can destroy people like this?"

Chao Muyun: "Perhaps it is not hatred that destroys people, but the human condition exposed by hatred."

Ye Wugou: "But you don't seem to dig deep into the suspect, and you seldom ask directly."

"Because if you ask, others will not speak up, which will make the murderer more vigilant."

Chao Muyun thought, what is special about this case is that both the deceased and the suspect are very old, so should we dig deeper...the past?

"puff--"

It may be that he was thinking too much today. When he was asking questions, he had been concentrating on analyzing other people's expressions to see if he was lying. His chest suddenly felt tight, his eyes darkened, and he vomited blood.

Ye Wugou stood beside him, and immediately stretched out his arms to catch him: "Why is your body like paper?"

"Thank you."

Chao Muyun wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, and after a while, feeling still not good, he simply closed his eyes and leaned against the man: "Please, Your Excellency, please ask me to go back."

Before Ye Wugou said it was okay, he passed out.

"...Pengci, this is it."

Standing in place for a while, unable to tell what was going on in his heart, Ye Wugou put his arms around Chao Muyun's knees with a sullen face, and hugged him away.

……

I feel dark and sweet.

When Chao Muyun woke up, he saw the familiar corner of the quilt room, which was his room, and looked at the bunch of purple dandelions on the table next to him.

There are slight traces of being pressed on the edge, but it is still beautiful, but it is no longer suitable for giving away. It seems that knowing that it cannot be given away, some people lost their temper and threw it here.

I woke up feeling pretty good, but there was a slightly bitter taste of medicine left in my mouth, probably because of the help of Pickup Yaya, who fed him the medicine.

The weather in spring is getting warmer and warmer, and the only consolation for him is the meal made by collecting sprouts every day.

The little girl is really good at craftsmanship, and getting along with him is becoming more and more harmonious, she has a sense of dependence on him, and has established a special trust, like a little sister who wants to be clingy but is not too daring.She seemed to be used to this kind of thinking subconsciously, and Chao Muyun felt a little bit against it, like a little girl should have someone who took good care of her in her life, not like her parents or elders, like a brother or sister.

But asked her, she shook her head and said no.

Thinking of what Gong Zhi said before, if this little girl might have a special status, he consciously guided him when chatting with each other, and found that the little girl might be missing some memories, the memory of a certain period of time, it is very likely that this memory is related to He suspects a relationship is involved.

But don't worry.

It is not easy to establish a sense of security, but it is easy to break it. He needs to do it slowly, thinking that the little girl should build up her courage and heal her psychology first, and not let the little girl feel that she has trusted the wrong person.

"Have you woke up, sir?"

There was a knock on the door, accompanied by the little girl's lively and anxious voice: "I still have to take medicine, I can't stay in bed today!"

Chao Muyun didn't intend to stay in bed either. There was no cure for his disease, he slept normally after taking the medicine, and he was refreshed after waking up, which was enough.

He didn't treat the little girl as a maidservant, he let her do everything, and he did everything around him. The little girl didn't understand this, but she also respected it very much. Whenever he was around, he usually wouldn't enter his room , other jobs are rushing to do.

"Hurry up, the water is still hot."

Picking up the bowls and chopsticks quickly, pouring the face wash: "Master Jiu has already eaten, and he ran out to do some work as you ordered."

Chao Muyun washed his face and mouth, and came over to eat: "Is there a new news file?"

"Yes, it's in the study compartment. I'll bring it for you after you finish eating."

Shi Yaya has a great enthusiasm for practicing calligraphy. She has a small desk in the study. She always asks Chao Muyun if there are any characters she doesn't understand. But she knows the rules. She never touches Chao Muyun's things, but You must watch it strictly and don't let others touch it.

"Thank you."

"What's the matter..." Shi Yaya blushed, "I should thank you, don't think I don't know, my new clothes and beads...you bought them quietly."

Chao Muyun picked up a small milk bag made into a cat's head: "That's a thank you gift, these are cute, aren't they?"

It’s not that he’s boasting, the little girl’s cooking skills are really good. She has an inexplicable stubbornness and seriousness about the ingredients. With her own unique childishness and liveliness, the meals she makes have a special sense of warmth, which makes people feel every day. Every time you eat it, you will feel that your spleen and stomach are ironed, satisfied and happy.

"I, I'm going to do the dishes—"

The little girl was shy and quickly turned around and ran away.

Chao Muyun walked to his desk, opened the new news file, read it quickly, wrote down new questions on the paper, handed it to the subordinates to continue searching, and then re-read these news files again and carefully.

The Cao Gang has its own news channel, and some past events are not difficult for them. The words on the paper are painted with silver hooks, and they are chic and romantic, which were sent by the man in the mask.

It is not difficult to find out about Yu's past. The man she admired when she was young is very easy to find, because there is only one, named Zhan Shuyi, who is as the name suggests, a scholar.

This person is from the Huai Prefecture. Except for the fact that he failed the imperial examination in Beijing, he is not in the capital at other times. He is a well-known teacher at the Huaifu Academy. He is very talented and has the arrogance of a scholar. Vigorous and vigorous, because the person he wants to marry is not allowed by the family, but he still insists on going his own way. After marrying his wife, the husband and wife love each other, but the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is very tense. He also has a way to resolve it, in short, if you want to quarrel, you can come to me, I will follow up with everything, if you have a problem, just say it, I will find a way to solve it, who made me your son, but you want to bully my wife, no.

In the eyes of the world, this person has mixed praise and criticism. Some people say that he is rebellious, has no filial piety, and that he is not worthy of being a gentleman; The man is bloody, and he is not unfilial and rebellious, and he is really a burden of unreliable family members; some people say that he has lost his ambition, but he lost his fighting spirit when he failed the imperial examination once, and it is difficult to become a great weapon; some people say that he is transparent, and everyone has his own ambitions , what's wrong with being a warm sun and bounty around?

Zhan Shuyi is talented and has experience in the world. He is handsome and elegant, and his character is even more gentlemanly. He seriously rejects any woman who favors him, saying that he has a person he loves. This life is the same, but his life is short and he dies too early...

His children have already grown up, and because of their father's virtue, they are also capable. Whether they go out to send officials or operate locally, they are all good.His first wife, the Mu family whom he loved for the rest of his life, raised his children alone after his death, and the children and grandchildren were also filial and courteous. Her health was not so good, and she died six years ago.

This Mu family has a good friend, surnamed Bai, who is good at gardening flowers and plants. He runs a flower house in the south of the Yangtze River. The business is very big. There is a branch in Huaifu. The two often hang out together...

So the white granny they met was a friend of the Mu family?The person that Granny Bai vaguely mentioned is also the Mu family?

Yu once fell in love with Zhan Shuyi, and even confessed to her...

After a series of years, this old lady may not be a wandering spectator, but may also be a suspect.

Zhao Muyun thought for a moment, and then looked down, it's terrible, the wife of the deceased Shi Zhizhi, Qi Shi, was not without a name in the past...

The awkwardness in the early years and the contradictions in the present, go round and round, and they are still the same people back then. It seems that he has to find time to visit the old lady at the historian.

Chao Muyun sat for a long time, writing and drawing all the time, thinking and planning in his mind a little more detailed, but before he could act, Hou Jiuhong suddenly came back and broke into the house directly——

"Something happened to the sick man! Mrs. Yu is dead!"

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