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Chapter 446 The Incident
Fang Zhixiu, who was staying in the statue of the land, pursed her lips and hid in the statue of the land, listening to the voice of questioning from outside the temple.

"Have you seen any suspicious figures recently?"

"Do you think the neighbors around you are acting strangely?"

"Has anything been stolen at home?"

……

Doctor Liu's voice sounded from the side: "Miss Fang San, they... seem to have come over."

Fang Zhixiu gave a "hmm", glanced at Doctor Liu who was at the side, and said in a forced and calm voice, "Don't worry."

rest assured?Dr. Liu glanced at her, fell silent, and said, "Miss Fang San, if your voice doesn't tremble when you say this, the old man will be more convinced."

Fang Zhixiu didn't reply immediately, but just paused, reminding Doctor Liu: "Doctor Liu, you promised me not to make a sound."

Dr. Liu sighed and agreed, but he was still muttering: "What's the use of me not making a sound? People have already searched here."

At the muttering stall, a familiar noise came from afar.

"No, there is no suspicious person. The neighbors of the four leaders are weird? No! How many years old neighbors, oh, if you say weird, the blind old man in the earth temple is not weird!"

It was the shopkeepers of the two incense shops next door who were talking. They were noisy and meddlesome on weekdays, and they loved to meddle in other people's business. The two people who were hiding in the statue of the earth suddenly felt their hearts tighten, and a bad feeling arose spontaneously. .

"What's so weird about the blind old man in the Earth Temple?" the officers and soldiers asked.

The noisy shopkeeper's voice was a little more proud and contemptuous: "Isn't it weird to be blind?"

Although Yancheng is a small town, such a one-by-one investigation is tiring, but the noisy shopkeeper is still shaking his wits at this time. Doctor Liu moved his lips to say something, but he heard the noisy shopkeeper suddenly screamed, and immediately the officers and soldiers An angry voice sounded.

"Impede official business, drag it down and hit me with ten sticks!"

This ending made Dr. Liu couldn't help raising his eyebrows, touched his nose, and secretly said: "Yes!"

It's justice from heaven, this noisy shopkeeper should have been taught by Yamen to teach him a lesson.

The voice of the officers and soldiers who dragged away the noisy shopkeeper sounded again at this time, and he said, "Is that the Earth Temple that the noisy thing talked about? Go and have a look!"

With the sound of "Go and have a look", the faces of the two people hiding in the statue of the land turned pale. Fang Zhixiu subconsciously clenched the sharpened hairpin in her hand, moved her toes, and approached Dr. Liu, ready to wait for the right time. He took the hostage next to him.

Hearing the footsteps in the alley approaching the Earth Temple, Fang Zhixiu took a deep breath, and was about to make a move when a hurried footstep sounded.

"Commander, we found a trace of Miss Fang San in the east of the city!"

Miss Fang San, who was hiding behind the stone statue, froze, and Doctor Liu, who was beside her, couldn't help but looked back in surprise.

The officers and soldiers who heard the news immediately turned around and walked out of the Earth Temple, and the sound of leaving footsteps quickly disappeared in the alley.

After confirming that there was no more sound to be heard, and that the person had really left, Fang Zhixiu, who was holding the hairpin, suddenly let go of his strength. When he came back to his senses, he realized that he was covered in cold sweat.

Regardless of wiping the cold sweat off her body, Fang Zhixiu pushed away the stone statue and walked out from the stone statue. Doctor Liu who heard the movement also walked out from the stone statue.

In broad daylight, the two of them appeared in the Earth Temple in such a majestic way. After looking at each other, the two of them almost unanimously raised their feet and walked towards the door.

They... haven't seen daylight for a long time!

Walking out of the temple gate, the alleys were empty, obviously the officers and soldiers had already evacuated after hearing the news.

"Miss Fang San, did you arrange the so-called news they said?" Dr. Liu looked at Fang Zhixiu who was beside him in surprise. These two have been staying here all these days, but Miss Fang San has never gone out!

Fang Zhixiu glanced at him, shook her head, and was about to speak, but the eyes she looked at Dr. Liu suddenly changed. After realizing it, Dr. Liu instinctively felt that something was wrong, but before he could turn his head, the back of his head twitched It was a sharp pain, and then his eyes went dark, and he completely lost consciousness.

Fang Zhixiu stared blankly at the young man who suddenly appeared in front of her, and instinctively took a step back, looking at him: "Who are you?"

"I am the person next to Miss Jiang Si, and Miss Jiang Si asked me to take you out of the city." Xiao Wu said before Fang Zhixiu stabbed at him with the hairpin in his hand, "The people from the imperial court will wait a few days Then we will arrive at Yancheng, and Miss Jiang Si will arrange for you to meet Zhou Fang at the Gukou station."

Taniguchi station?Fang Zhixiu was taken aback for a moment: Of course she knew about this inn, it was about two days away from Yancheng, and it was considered a big inn on the entire Jiangnan Road.

After looking at Xiao Wu in front of her for a moment, she put away the hairpin in her hand, lowered her eyes and said, "Okay."

If she just coaxed herself to go back, she really didn't need to make up a lie about Taniguchi station, just by the four words "Taniguchi station", she knew that the person in front of her was not lying.

only……

"I heard that the entrance and exit gates of Yancheng are currently heavily guarded, and ordinary people can't leave the city at all. Even if they go out of the city, they have to be inspected before they can leave." Fang Zhixiu looked up at Xiao Wu, "Miss Jiang Si has a solution?"

Xiao Wu nodded and hummed, and said, "Don't worry, Third Miss Fang, Miss Fang has her own arrangements."

……

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The small shallow lake in the east of the city is already surrounded by many people who came to watch the fun.

Even though it was very hot in broad daylight, it still couldn't stop the people from watching the fun.

When Lin Yan and Ji Chongyan arrived, the area around the shallow lake was already surrounded by people watching the excitement.

"Your Excellency is here, give way!" Someone shouted, and the people who watched the excitement made way for Lin Yan and Ji Chongyan to walk in.

A lord dressed as a rich man was jumping at the angry abuse of a dignified woman.

"My little one is just as old as the hairpin. I raised it in the palm of my hand until I grew up. A few days ago, I called the young master of the Huang family, Xiangzhong, to come over to propose marriage. The kid from your dealer actually made my little one jump into the river. Let me tell you, this matter My Su family will never end with your banker!"

The lady had a dignified appearance and a sad expression. When she heard the words, she immediately raised her head with red eyes and glared at the rich man: "It sounds good! Back then, Master Su and his deceased husband were brothers and sisters, and the marriage contract was passed by the government. You, Master Su, hate the poor and love the rich! , I don’t want to admit to this marriage. Su Yatou refuses, the two young children are in a good relationship, if you didn’t deliberately stop them, they would have to jump into the river to die in love? My farmer has only one son and one seedling now, it wasn’t you who killed him Xiaoxiao and Yier, who else?"

The old man of the Su family jumped angrily, pointed at Mrs. Zhuang and said angrily: "Your farmer is not as good as before, and you are still greedy for my Su family's money if you keep an eye on our little one, I..."

"I don't want a cent of your Su family's money, as long as the two children have a good relationship. Besides, if my farmer loses, the family fortune is still there, and the two of them can live happily ever after. Two kids..."

It is the Su family and the banker's. Lin Yan saw the veins on his forehead popping up, and thought: I am here to investigate the case of Miss Fang San, and there will be another case in a daze!
He wouldn't care about any case he encountered, but if there were more cases like this from time to time, he couldn't handle it even if he was iron-clad!
Fortunately, some officers and soldiers had checked here a long time ago. He came over and pointed to the clothes and shoes he picked up from the lake and said: "Someone saw the clothes and shoes floating on the lake, and suspected that someone had jumped into the lake, so they rushed over to report to the officials." .”

The outer clothes and shoes floating on the lake really seem to have jumped into the lake to die for love.

"However, this lake is not big. I waited for someone to look for it in the lake, but I didn't find any corpses. On the contrary, it was the maidservant of the Su family who testified that her young lady ran away with gold and silver. If there is no accident, the two They must have eloped." The officer said, "The ones who can't go far with the strength of those two people have already found someone to chase."

That's what happened!Lin Yan breathed a sigh of relief: as long as there are no new cases, the cases in his hand are almost piling up like a mountain.

This elopement trap is really rough, even the officers and soldiers can see it, let alone Lin Yan, he and Ji Chongyan looked at each other, no longer caring about the affairs of the Su family and the banker, but pointed to the one that was deliberately captured by the officers and soldiers. Distributed to the side of the tattered clothes, said: "Is that also Miss Su's?"

"It's not Miss Su's, it's my third sister's." Miss Fang pushed through the crowd and led the people out, looking at the clothes in front of her with a sad expression: "It's my third sister's clothes, often worn, a lot Everyone has seen it."

Hearing this, Lin Yan couldn't help but frowned, and said, "It must be the clothes Miss Fang San wore when she was locked up in the prison!"

He has met Chongyan countless times, and they are indeed very familiar.

Asking someone to take the clothes for a serious look, and comparing them with the threads and stains in his memory, Lin Yan looked up at Miss Fang with a look of scrutiny on his expression: "Can Miss Fang tell me How did Miss Fang San's clothes appear here?"

"I don't know." Miss Fang looked at the two with red eyes and said, "My third sister has been away from home for a long time, and I have been looking for her."

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of boos from the surrounding people.

"No wonder you can always see the guards of the Fang family walking around the city these days! So they are looking for someone!"

"Speaking of which, it's true that I haven't seen Third Miss Fang for quite some time!"

……

Hearing the sighs and sighs of the common people, Lin Yan's face was delicate: I never thought that Miss Fang would break her words at this time, and the actions of the Fang family before would actually back up those words.

This... Lin Yan hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Ji Chongyan behind him, Ji Chongyan didn't look at him, but his eyes fell on the crowd of onlookers.

Immediately there was a murmur among the crowd.

Everyone has known about the rare appearance of this elder son since the first day he came to Yancheng, and he has already caused a sensation in the crowd.

It stands to reason that after such a long time, everyone should have gotten used to it.But looking at the extravagant and gorgeous face under the sun like a magic soldier unsheathed, the common people couldn't help but gasped.

Mostly good-looking can be divided into grades, ordinary good-looking, you will get used to it after watching for a long time, but you can pick out good-looking among the good-looking, just like the good-looking of the prince in front of you, no matter how many times you look at it, you will get used to it after a few Looking at it day by day, it is still amazing.

It is like a treasure handed down from generation to generation, no matter how many times you look at it, you will only feel a little different taste more and more, and it will not make people bored.

It's a pity that such a good-looking face has an unfriendly aura. He looked into the crowd coldly, and his eyes fell on a scribe in the crowd who held a roasted sweet potato in his hand.

Jiang Pingping.

Mr. Storyteller is a storyteller, and there is a "story" happening in the city right now. Come and have a look, and learn some storytelling manuscripts, it seems that there is no problem.

Ji Chongyan didn't think it was a coincidence, but just stared at Jiang Pingze without saying a word.

Some people can become the center of attention even if they stand there without saying a word. For example, the prince with extraordinary appearance, Jiang Pingping, who was stared at by him like this, naturally followed closely behind and became the object of attention.

It was probably because his eyes were so cold that the surrounding people couldn't help but look aside. In the crowded crowd, he was the only one who was empty.

Such "special treatment", Jiang Pingping smiled wryly, and was about to walk over to salute him, but Ji Chongyan suddenly looked away at this moment, and turned to ask the officers and soldiers who went from house to house to check for suspicious persons: "Where were you when the incident happened?" On the street, can you find any problems?"

When the incident happened... the officers and soldiers listened with serious expressions, and quickly reported: "Someone in the earth temple near the yamen said that there is a suspicious person."

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The owner of the biscuit shop opposite the incense shop was sitting on the ponytail, fanning the cattail fans in his hands, curiously watching the officers and soldiers who went back and forth in the alley.

The neighbors couldn't get used to that incense shop owner, who was used to provoking troubles and doing evil on weekdays, before he was hit by heaven's justice-the people in the yamen beat him with ten sticks, and he only had time to curse twice, and he didn't bother to apply the medicine. He was caught in the alley again by officers and soldiers.

Such an open eye... The shopkeepers and shop assistants in the shops on both sides of the alley all ran to the door of the shop to watch.

This always provoking trouble has hit the iron plate today!
"You just said that the blind old man in the Earth Temple is strange. What's so strange?" the officer and soldier asked the owner of the incense shop.

He is a villain who likes to punish the tongue quickly. He has done a lot of bad things in his daily life. When he meets people in the government, he will instinctively start talking nonsense, but he didn't expect these two people in the Yamen to be so serious. No, the owner of the incense shop was miserable, and for the first time in his life, he was a little annoyed by his nonsense mouth.

It's just that he shut up at this time... He glanced secretly at the two officers and soldiers behind him, especially the handsome prince who always gave people a feeling of being difficult to speak, just like the gorgeous villain in the storybook.

Right now, the "big villain" is squinting at him and waiting for his answer.

The owner of the incense shop was dripping with cold sweat, his emotions were pushed to the extreme, and his mind was spinning several times faster than usual.

Many images flashed through his mind, and the owner of the incense shop hurriedly said: "The blind old man in the Earth Temple has been eating tributes very quickly these days. Usually, he can eat them for three or four days, but now he finishes eating them in one and a half days."

(End of this chapter)