Xian Xian

When Li Chaoge came out of the teahouse, she looked at Bai Qianhe and asked, "You stole something with a notice?"

Bai Qianhe looked unbearable? First: "Don't mention it, when I was young and frivolous, I always felt that this was more attractive?"

Li Chaoge laughed? He asked, "Did you succeed in the end?"

"No." Bai Qianhe bitterly said with a face, "There are so many secret rooms in the Hidden Sword Villa. I have explored several times and haven't found the hidden sword. But? I let my words go? I can't go back empty-handed. So I turned to Feihuamen? Just let me pass something. So when others mentioned me, they would say that I was clever and witty, so that I wouldn't lose my face as a thief?."

Li Chaoge glanced at Bai Qianhe coldly, and said, "Heaven's sins can be forgiven. You can't live your sins. You deserve it."

Bai Qianhe is thick? The face should be answered, the man can bend and stretch, tremble, still? Or is he a good man. Seeing no one around, Mo Linlang asked quietly: "Princess, the female ghost died eighteen years ago, and the old village owner died eighteen years ago. Could all this be the main responsibility of Hong Zhuang, he was right? Hidden Sword Villa developed a covetous heart, deliberately killed the old village owner, forced to marry the younger sister?"

Suddenly Bai Qianhe thought of something and interjected: "Could it be that the water ghost is the real young sister Sheng? Is that lady now? Hong Chengyuan sent someone to pretend?"

"It's difficult." Gu Mingke said, "Sheng Lanchu is the daughter of the former owner of the village. Is the Zhuang Zhongren? Watching Sheng Lanchu grow up, changing someone to pretend to be Sheng Lanchu, it's hard to hide everyone's eyes. And that just now Dr. Tea also said that when the old village owner died, many Jianghu sects were forced to go to the villa. If Sheng Lanchu had anything wrong, he would definitely be found out by the martial arts. No one had made a big fuss about Sheng Lanchu for so many years. The identity is suspected, it should be her herself. Besides, Ma Linlang, the water ghost you saw last night, looks similar to Sheng Lanchu?"

Mo Linlang thought for a while, and shook his head?: "It's not similar. The water ghost's face is ordinary, not as beautiful as Mrs.?"

Bai Qianhe thought about it, and said, "That's right. Eighteen years ago, the sects were sent to the Tibetan Sword Villa. If Guo Shenglanchu was a disguised person, he would not escape the eyes of those old foxes. Anyway, I didn't see it. Come out? The place where the owner's wife has a disguise."

"Yes? Ah." Li Chaoge answered, she held the sword, and said leisurely, "Who can play another? Person for years and months? After a long time, someone will be recognized? Come."

Li Chaoge seemed to point in his voice, but Gu Mingke only smiled faintly when he heard it. Everyone nodded their heads together, and said, "The princess made sense. The one who died? Who is the person?"

"I don't know." Li Chaoge said, "Go back? Ask the villa."

Everyone was busy all day, and went back to their respective rooms to rest after arriving at the Tibetan Sword Villa. Gu Mingke was washing his hands in the room. He heard a faint sound of landing behind him. Gu Mingke was speechless and said, "There is a door over there."

"It's too far." Li Chaoge sat under the trellis and asked, "Why did Wu Jin die? Are you here?"

"Dead violently." Gu Mingke wiped the water off his fingers, walked outside, and sat down unhurriedly. "The man in the government said that after Wu Jinyuan returned the sword, his soul did not stand up to his house. For several days he felt restless, fundamentally insecure. Unable to handle official duties. One night, Wu Jinyuan said that he would go back to his room to sleep so that other people would not come in and disturb. The servant thought that Wu Jinyuan had a bad heart, so he would stay away from him. When it came to Shangya the next day, he hadn't seen Wu Jinyuan for a long time. When it happened, Chang Shi felt something was wrong and sent someone to the back to call Wu Jinyuan. When the next person pushed the door and entered, he saw Wu Jinyuan lying on the ground, and he had been very angry for a long time."

Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows: "Since? Yes? Accidentally died, why did the document handed to Jingcheng say? Died?"

"This is the strangest place." Gu Mingke said, "He has no trauma on his body, and no blood on the ground. Chang Shi and Wu Zuo and others have checked for a long time, but they can't find the traces of the poisoning, so they can only die of illness. Finalized."

Li Chaoge felt that Wu Jinyuan's death was revealed from the beginning to the end? Weird. She asked, "Is there really no wound? A few days before Wu Jinyuan's death, was there anything abnormal?"

"Wu Jinyuan's bones have been sent back to his hometown. The relevant records were destroyed by the fire. The specific circumstances of his death are unknown." Gu Mingke said, "I went to check Hong Chengyuan's actions that day. He was at another door that night? There were several martial arts people at the banquet. At the end of the banquet, there was a curfew, so Hong Chengyuan lived in the other party’s pie and did not return to the Tibetan Sword Villa. Many people can testify at the banquet."

Li Chaoge sighed and said, "No wonder Wu Jinyuan's matter came out as soon as I asked it? It turned out that he had an alibi, so he deliberately disclosed it to us. What about the first and third term?"

"Cao Yi died two years ago, and many details have been blurred. He was a member of Guanzhong. After he came to Jianghuai, he was not satisfied with the water and soil. He has been in poor health. In addition, he has offended many people. What is the accident? Or? Murdered by an enemy, it’s not conclusive. As for Xu Xingning, he came to Luzhou for only a month, and he was alone, and he had nothing to do with the Luzhou government office or the people of the rivers and lakes. After he came to the government office, he once said about the government office. The ya was lifeless and ordered the refurbishment of the land. This is one of the few orders he gave after he took office as the governor."

Li Chaoge held his chin, and said in thought: "The new official is in a hurry? Li Wei is not in a hurry? Investigate the cause of the death of the previous two governors, but? Let people renovate the government office. How do I feel that he came to Luzhou It's not? Being an official, but? What are you looking for."

Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke glanced at each other, and both saw the answer in each other's eyes.

Qianyuan sword.

Wu Jinyuan once borrowed the Qianyuan Sword from the Hidden Sword Villa. Although it was returned, it was most likely a fake sword that was returned. The real Qianyuan Sword was still in Wu Jinyuan's hands. Wu Jin died unexpectedly, and the whereabouts of that sword became a headless? But looking at Hong Chengyuan's performance, I'm afraid Qian Yuanjian is not on Hong Chengyuan's body. He was cheated of the sword, but he didn't turn his face. Instead, he "enthusiastically?" helped the original master Wu Jin conduct the funeral. Isn't this really a reaction that the suffering master should have.

If Hong Chengyuan got the sword, he would never do anything extra, so it was a fake that he helped Wu Jinyuan in the funeral, and it was true that he took the opportunity to search the government office and Wu Jinyuan's personal belongings.

After that, Luzhou Governor’s Mansion was empty for three months. Everyone was afraid to come to Luzhou to wander the muddy water, but Xu Xingning volunteered. After Xu Xingning came, he was not in a hurry? To take over the official duties, but to let someone renovate the government office. It seemed that he was also looking for something.

This is surprising, how did Xu Xingning learn about Qianyuan Sword? He found Qianyuan Sword, what did he want to do?

And Li Chaoge also knew that the Qianyuan sword fell into Pei Ji'an's hands behind. In the previous life, Li Chaoge knew Pei Ji'an's whereabouts well, and it was impossible for Pei Ji'an to go around Li Chaoge's eyeliner and go to the field to find a sword. Qian Yuanjian is mostly? Who dedicated it to Pei Ji'an.

Li Chaoge vaguely felt that he had touched a large net, which was airtight and overwhelming, and there was a shocking secret hidden behind it. Of course, Li Chaoge only sees a corner now, no matter how hard she tries, it is like looking at flowers in the mist, still unable to figure it out.

Li Chaoge leaned closer and asked with a voice that can only be heard by two people: "Did you say he found it?"

"None." Gu Mingke's tone was flat, but the meaning was very determined. Neither Hong Chengyuan nor Xu Xingning found the Qianyuan sword. After Wu Jinyuan's death, this sword was completely missing. Li Chaoge stared motionlessly? Gu Mingke moved his eyebrows slightly: "How do you know?"

"Guess." After Gu Mingke finished speaking, he glanced at her, "I arrived in Luzhou with you, but you know the most about the actions during this period. Can it be the sword I took?"

Of course Li Chaoge? You know? Gu Mingke, if Gu Mingke wants to seize the Qianyuan Sword, how can he use it? Such a lot of trouble. He seems, too? Just learned about it not long ago.

"That's right." Li Chaoge nodded, her eyes looked at Gu Mingke, like a smile? Not a smile? The meaning is unknown, "but? I always feel that you seem to care about Qianyuan Jian? Too much."

Gu Mingke lowered his eyes to drink tea, his face calm and calm: "This is an important evidence for solving the case. I naturally care about it."

Li Chaoge watched for a long time, and Gu Mingke behaved leisurely, dripping water, and could not see the slightest clue. Li Chaoge picked up the tea cup, slowly turned in his hand, and said, "Well, I will believe you once. Since Xu Xingning is alone and does not provoke right and wrong, he is? How did he die?"

"Missing, but still unknown whereabouts." Gu Mingke said, "Half a month after Xu Xingning disappeared, Chang Shi and others were afraid of being held accountable, so they reported the death of the new court assassin. Chang Shi was afraid of being implicated in his own body, so he gave it to the official. The essays of the Ministry are unclear, but this is because I asked them repeatedly."

Li Chaoge's eyes narrowed, and his fingers slowly tapped on the tabletop: "After returning to Beijing, it's time to clean up the moths that eat inside and out."

"There is no rush to clean up the manpower. If we are in a field today, we need to solve the case first." Gu Mingke said, "This case lacks too many evidences, such as today's breakthrough, one is Qianyuanjian, and the other One? Is? Xu Xingning's corpse, as long as you can find any?, it is not far from finding the murderer."

"Yes, I did? So did." Li Chaoge nodded, but when she thought about the terrain of Luzhou, she suddenly had a headache, "Luzhou is mountainous and densely covered with rivers. What if they threw the corpse into the mountain. In the old forest, how can I find this?"

This? Gu Mingke couldn't help it. Gu Mingke said: "Since? I have no idea, let's take a look at another? Case. Do you want to know what progress has been made in the Tibetan Sword Villa?"

These things in Luzhou are actually two cases, one is the death of the old village owner eighteen years ago, and the other is the death of the governor. However, now because of Qianyuanjian, the two cases are entangled. You are in me and you are in me, which is very difficult to investigate.

Li Chaoge said: "To sum up, it is probably that a man born in poverty was sent as a disciple by the martial arts sect, married a younger sister of the sect, and became the new head of the sect. From then on, he has achieved good results in his family and career. Success story. I just have something to ask about? The hostess of the beautiful love story, are you going?"

Gu Mingke stood up without a word, and said, "Let's go together."

The two of them went out? Just at this time the maid came in to change the water. When the maid saw Li Chaoge coming out of Gu Mingke's yard, she was shocked: "See Princess, Master Gu."

Li Chaoge nodded? and asked, "Where is your wife?"

The maid’s little heart lowered her head, and replied: "Madam is in the front office to discuss new goods this year with the shopkeeper."

Li Chaoge was slightly surprised when he heard: "What about the shop? Madam is in charge?"

"The owner has gone out? The meeting friends have gone, too late? Come back. Sometimes the owner is too busy, the wife will also help."

This is a new discovery, Li Chaoge is curious: "Madam and the owner are both martial arts people. I thought they were busy practicing martial arts and had no general affairs. I didn't expect the owner to be a genius in business, even his wife. ."

The maid smiled and said: "Is our wife? A rare helper. When the old village owner was still there, he hadn't seen anyone in the past ten days since he started to cast the sword when the old village owner was still there. Take care of it. Later, the wife and the owner tied the knot. Whether it was a business entertainment or a banquet to martial arts friends, the wife could arrange it properly. The husband is a good wife, and the husband sings and sings. This is a good story in martial arts. Woolen cloth."

Li Chaoge laughed? Laughing, she and the maid asked clearly the direction, then turned around and left. After he left, Li Chaoge said softly: "I know I have the ability to manage the villa, but I can be a good helper behind a man and be someone else's "good wife and mother" all his life. What's more ridiculous? The villa is obviously from the Sheng family, just because the woman did not give birth to a child, the owner let the apprentice follow her own surname, and the woman is also grateful to Dade, even the maid in the villa lamented that the owner did not accept a concubine, really? Man. Isn't he not accepting concubines? Isn't he something he should do?"

When Gu Mingke heard this, he bowed his head? Asked: "I wanted to ask you when I was in the teahouse. What do you want to do with Hong Chengyuan's age?"

"I suspect that he has an illegitimate child." Li Chaoge said with a deep and profound expression, "a patriarchal man, because his wife has not given birth for decades, he adopted two children, and said that if his wife can't give birth, he will come. Let the apprentice change his surname and pass the villa to the apprentice. How do you look at it, this is all? He used his apprentice to connect his illegitimate son to the villa, deliberately seeking to seize the woman’s property."

"Did you find anything?"

"No." Li Chaoge was still determined, and said, "From what I know about men, it must be like this."

Gu Mingke sighed: "How many men have you seen? No matter where you are? Good and bad people coexist, both men and women? As such, don't have such a big prejudice."

Li Chaoge is about to refute? Go, suddenly? I heard from behind? A surprised voice came from the maid: "Hey, why is the wall broken here? Was there an assassin last night?"

The maid was startled, and the footsteps in the yard panicked. Li Chaoge originally thought someone was plotting, but she suddenly remembered that the wall seemed to be broken by her.

Last night, she practiced the sword and couldn't grasp the strength. It was not a small heart to cut off a piece of the wall, and the lake behind was haunted, so she forgot about it.

Gu Mingke looked back and looked, Li Chaoge felt embarrassed, and quickly took Gu Mingke's arm and walked out: "Okay, don't look at it, go and ask questions."

After Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke arrived at the main courtyard, they waited for a while, and Sheng Lanchu greeted him in a panic: "Sorry, let the two of you wait a long time. Just now? I was waiting for the purchase order. It was a long delay. Please princess and Master Gu. Haihan."

Gu Mingke stopped Sheng Lanchu's act of apologizing, and said, "Yes? We took the liberty to come here and interrupted Madam's discussion. Madam does not need to be polite."

Sheng Lanchu still? Repeatedly apologized and asked Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke to sit down. After the two parties were seated, Sheng Lanchu asked: "The villa is simple and sloppy, please take care of them. I wonder why the princess and Master Gu are here?"

"Don't dare to be, we just? There are some things I want to ask Madam." Li Chaoge said, "My maid ran into a ghost by the lake last night, I don't know if the Hidden Sword Villa before? Didn't it happen? There have been homicides, why are there ghosts in the lake? ?"

Sheng Lanchu sighed and said: "I am ashamed to say that the children of the rivers and lakes are beaten and killed. I shouldn't believe in these ghosts and gods. But the concubine body? Since childhood? Cowardly?, plus there are maids from time to time. Speaking of hitting ghosts, I was so frightened that I asked the senior monks to invite several waves of monks over to help. Whether there are ghosts or not, you should ask for peace of mind. Unexpectedly, these strange powers will make the princess and Master Gu. It’s gone, my concubine is really ashamed."

According to common sense, at such times, someone should say some comforting polite words to round the scene. Li Chaoge waited? Gu Mingke said, Gu Mingke waited? Li Chaoge said that neither of them opened their mouths, but only one of Sheng Lanchu? A delicate and beautiful woman holding her heart? She said that she was afraid, but the two of them were indifferent. Looking at it? Sheng Lanchu was scared.

Li Chaoge was a little embarrassed. She coughed and replied stiffly: "Madam, don't worry? Anyway, there is no life, no? What a major matter."

Gu Mingke answered leisurely next to him: "The princess will really comfort people."

Li Chaoge gave him an angry look: "You can, then you can ask."

He came, and Gu Mingke asked: "Madam, that water ghost wandering at the bottom of the lake, seems to have any grievances. If the grievances are resolved, she will naturally disappear. Madam, grew up in the villa, to the villa. I know things best, I don’t know, many years ago? Has anyone drowned at the bottom of the lake?"

Sheng Lanchu sat on the other side, watching? The two people flirted, but fortunately, they finally remembered that she was still there. Sheng Lanchu cleared her throat and said, "Is it true? Don't tell me, many years ago, there was indeed a maid who fell into the water in the villa. It was a rainy day, and no one heard her calling for help, and she drowned. Concubine body? After learning about this, she invited a high monk to read the Death Sutra to her, and sent someone to send money to her parents and sisters-in-law to treat her family. But I don’t know what happened. She stayed at the bottom of the lake and refused to leave. ."

Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows suspiciously, just? If you are simply drowning, how can you become an injustice?

Gu Mingke couldn't see the emotions, and continued to ask: "Well, who is the woman's last name, why did she come to Cangjian Villa?"

"Yes? Father bought it back? The maid." Sheng Lanchu said, "At that time, the villa was still forging swords, and the manpower was often not enough, so my father bought a group of maids. That? The maid had just entered the villa and was not familiar with the road. My heart is falling into the water. As for her name, I think... it seems to be Xiaolian?"

Gu Mingke didn't say whether he believed it or not, but he asked: "The original sales? Can you give me a look at the documents?"

Sheng Lanchu looked embarrassed, she stood up and said: "Two wait a minute, concubine? Go to the warehouse to find it. Things happened many years ago, concubine? Not sure if I can find it."

Gu Mingke nodded gently: "Mrs. Youlao."

After Sheng Lanchu left, Li Chaoge knew that many people inside and outside were watching?, but didn't say anything. After waiting for a long time, Sheng Lanchu finally came back, holding a box in her hand, and said: "Two of you have been waiting, the concubine body? I finally found it. Please look at the two of you."

Sheng Lanchu handed the box to the maidservant, and the maid presented her with both hands in front of Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke. Gu Mingke opened the box, and Li Chaoge looked over and saw that the paper was rough and yellowed and the edges were aging. It did look like it had been stored for many years. Li Chaoge carefully looked at the official seal on the above. The government strictly controlled the household registration. Every time a slave and maid changed hands, the government had to approve. Li Chaoge saw the words on the deed and asked: "This maid was once a citizen?"

"Yes." Sheng Lanchu seemed to be a little nervous, and immediately added, "But, her family is poor, and her parents are willing to sell her as a slave. Although the Tibetan Sword Villa is beaten and killed, it does not commit suicide or violate the law. The matter of chaos. This selling deed was really signed by her parents. If the princess doesn’t believe it, there are also the handprints of their village, and the princess can check it out."

Li Chaoge raised his head, smiled at Sheng Lanchu? Smiled, and said: "I didn't say I didn't believe it, what's the madam nervous?"

Sheng Lanchu laughed awkwardly, Li Chaoge was flustered, elusive, and really scary. Gu Mingke finished reading, covered the box, and handed it back to the maid intact: "Mrs. Xie cooperates. I heard that my father loves swords like his life, and the skill of making swords with one hand is especially superb. Why does Madam no longer make swords?"

Sheng Lanchu smiled and said, "I am a daughter's family. The sword-making skills of Tibetan Sword Villa are passed on from men to women. My father passed on sword-making skills to my brothers, but not to me. Later, my father passed away and my brothers passed away. I didn’t like to deal with iron tools all day long, so I gave up slowly. Instead, I became a business man. Later, my seniors started to operate in a shopping mall, and it was indeed more decent than iron. So now Cangjian Villa is just a burden. The name, actually no longer forged swords."

Li Chaoge suddenly asked: "Madam gave up the ancestral property for the owner, and the owner was socializing outside, and the wife stayed in the house to take care of the housework. It seems that a lot of trivial things in the shops are also taken care of by the wife. The wife is paying so much, but the world only Remember the owner, won't the madam be lost?"

"What is there to care about." Sheng Lanchu smiled softly? With a happy face, "Senior brother has one heart and one mind with me. I haven't given birth to a child in so many years. He hasn't had a concubine. He is so kind to me, I Naturally? Do my best to share some trivial matters for him. What I do are small things, which are not worth mentioning compared to the brother's affection for me. We are a couple of years, regardless of you and me, why bother Care so much."

Li Chaoge nodded, and said, "Madam is really a good helper."

Isn't this? A great sage, giving up his own martial arts, career, and possessions for the sake of a man, wholeheartedly? Alongside the other's dreams. In the end, all the credit goes to the man, but outsiders still say that the woman climbed high and took great luck. Looking at Hong Chengyuan's performance, he also felt that the Tibetan Sword Villa could have today's status, and it was all due to him alone. In his opinion, he is doing important things outside, and these trivial tasks at home are not worth mentioning. He probably still feels that his wife is completely enjoying the good fortune at home.

The same woman, Li Chaoge couldn't bear it, and finally said: "Madam's heart? For the family, this dedication is admirable. However, Madam should also take care of your body. You have not had children for many years. It may be convenient? Is it the cause of overwork."

This seems to be talking about Sheng Lanchu’s heart and illness. She covered her abdomen, sighed slightly, and said: "I have a bad talent for martial arts. I was eager for quick success and quick gains when I practiced martial arts in the early years. Maybe it hurt the foundation. Fortunately, the brother did not dislike it. I have been comforting me over the years, saying that if I don’t have children, I’ll adopt my apprentice as a child. But I always feel sorry for my brother. I have found many famous doctors and tried all kinds of prescriptions, but unfortunately it didn’t work."

Li Chaoge lightly tapped, and said: "Yes? The medicine is three-point poison. The wife is not very old. If you stop the medicine, you will be able to raise your child. If you don't want to be born, then the fate will come."

According to Li Chaoge's experience, the man has received both fame and fortune without regrets, while the woman has not been pregnant for many years. Li Chaoge didn't have much friendship with Sheng Lanchu, she clicked till the end, as to whether Sheng Lanchu could understand it, that was the matter of Sheng Lanchu.

The child is probably Sheng Lanchu’s heart. After thanking Li Chaoge, she was very emotional and said: "By the princess's good words. But after so many years, I slowly want to open it. If I am destined to be childless in my life. No girl, that adopted apprentice is also very good. Although Hua Lingfeng is not talkative, but he is upright and steady, working hard and motivated. He is a reliable person. I often tell him that it is enough to practice martial arts. He pressed too hard, but he didn’t listen. He always practiced without day or night. A few days ago, his master told him to practice martial arts, but his heart hurt his shoulder, so I let him rest for a few days. He didn't listen, he insisted on coming out to meet the distinguished guests."

Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke woke up together. Li Chaoge calmly asked, "Hua Lingfeng's injury was caused by Lord Hong Zhuang?"

"Yes? Brother taught him tricks. The two masters and disciples didn't control the intensity well. They didn't have a small heart." Sheng Lanchu said with a smile, "Senior brother is always very strict with Ling Feng, after all, Ling Feng Feng is? Brother's elder disciple, Brother Xu is? He has high hopes for him, so he has strict requirements everywhere."