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Chapter 8 The Most Beautiful Lie

"...Of course it's because of the demon concubine, everyone in the world got it and punished her. The minions of the demon concubine deserve to die even more."

"But if that's the case, why do they still go to the Zhou Mansion?" Chen Xiaoer always kept his current personality in mind.

An infatuated, silly, white and pure scholar.

Among them, even if he has already figured out the routines, he still has to act as if he doesn't know how to do it.

"There are no more than three types of visitors. One is to curry favor with the demon concubine. The other is related to interests. The last one is the most disgusting, and it belongs to the right and wrong..."

Woman thumbs up, index finger, middle finger three fingers up.

Hearing the last one, Chen Xiaoer almost laughed out loud.

The woman in front of me who always smiles in a naughty way is quite interesting.

"Now, do you know what kind of person Zhou Xiaoyu is?" Nan Ke snorted, "Her performance is all in disguise!"

When Zhou Xiaoyu behind him heard this, his face turned dark.

Although Toffee is very human, there is one thing that makes people speechless, that is, she is too playful and has too many eccentricities.

This is one of the reasons why she is called the demon concubine.

"...Even if it is a deceptive lie, as long as it is told by her, it will be the most beautiful in the world." Chen Xiaoer shook his head slightly after hearing this.

Lies, as long as they are told by her, are the most beautiful!
Nan Ke narrowed his eyes.Zhou Xiaoyu behind him was slightly startled, as if his heart had been severely touched by something, "This guy..."

wrong!

Soon, Zhou Xiaoyu removed this illusion.His eyes turned cold again.

"I don't know him at all, what he said is all false! Shameless thief!"

"...Chen Xiaoer, you are really infatuated." After Nan Ke finished speaking meaningfully, he raised his glass and said, "I respect you!"

Seeing this, Chen Xiaoer didn't talk nonsense, and simply raised his wine glass to touch it.

"I don't know what the girl is called?"

"...My surname is Ke, and my name is Nan. Please call me Conan."

There won't be a murder case in this tavern... Chen Xiaoer glanced around strangely.

Fortunately, there are only four people in the tavern.

The two of you come and go, one cup after another...

A woman's drinking capacity is surprisingly large!Feeling drunk, Chen Xiaoer didn't care about anything else, so he just drank to his heart's content.

A man and a woman, with the help of alcohol, soon began to hook their shoulders and backs, talking nonsense, going up to the court and down to the rivers and lakes.

From today's mainstream practice of martial arts, to mysterious ascetics, to the useless Confucianism and Taoism, and finally to monsters and grotesques.

The more you talk, the more you go, from the Goulan Clubhouse, to the Jiaofang Secretary loved by the mensao, and finally to gossip in the boudoir of a certain powerful family.

It was raining heavily outside the tavern,
In the tavern, the men and women were playing wild, talking nonsense.

I don't know how long it has been...

The rain outside the house is getting lighter, and the tavern has become quiet.

Zhou Xiaoyu got drunk and unconscious Nan Ke on his back, glanced at Chen Xiaoer lying on the table, drunk like a dog, and walked out of the tavern.

"Take care of that guest." Throwing a piece of silver into the shopkeeper's hand, he held up a paper umbrella and strode away.

At this moment, Chen Xiaoer, who was lying on the table, slightly opened his eyes.

"...The Ke family, one of the six imperial merchants of the Shengyang Dynasty, their ancestors have been loyal to the imperial family for generations, the family power is weak, and they are squeezed out by the other five imperial merchants..."

Some information about the Ke family appeared in Chen Xiaoer's mind.

"But none of this has anything to do with me..."

……

on the street.

As the light rain fell, Zhou Xiaoyu followed Nan Ke silently.

When the rain fell on the two of them, it was bounced off by a layer of faint white light.

"He's pretending to be drunk." Zhou Xiaoyu said.

Hearing this, Nan Ke put his hands behind his back, raised his chin, looked into the distance with his beautiful eyes, and said:

"It's fun, isn't it? Huh..."

Zhou Xiaoyu pursed her lips and did not speak.

-

Dusk after the rain.

A large piece of scattered golden twilight pierced the clouds and sprinkled on the street.Chen Xiaoer walked slowly on the street, his mind gradually regained clarity.

Shengyang night is divided into five nights and five nights.

Dusk, Jia Ye, is a watch, which is equivalent to the period from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the evening.

The people are fixed, the night is quiet,
This time period is called Yi Ye, which is the second watch, which is equivalent to around [-]:[-] p.m. to [-]:[-] p.m.

Midnight, also known as Bingye, is often said to be in the middle of the night. In conversion, it is from eleven o'clock to one o'clock in the evening.

Rooster crowing, known as Ding Ye, is for the fourth watch, which is about one to three o'clock.

Weekdays, Wuye, the latest five watch, from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-].

In Kyoto, there is a curfew after one watch at dusk.In order to prevent monsters from appearing and haunting, they only pick out those who are alone, and inhale the air.

Evening drums sound,

Chen Xiaoer returned to the mansion.

I saw Hanhan Wen Ruxian carrying a long skirt, stepping on the bright and clear stagnant water in the yard, having a great time playing.

Father Chen Changshou stared at his wife with a dark face.

Obviously, Wen Ruxian's indecent behavior without regard for manners made him very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.

Seeing Chen Xiaoer come back, Chen Changshou and Wen Ruxian raised their heads at the same time, with a hint of worry in their brows.

"...Are you okay?" Wen Ruxian stepped forward and asked in concern.

Chen Changshou also came over and said seriously:

"The dead are gone, what you should do now is cheer up, a manly man, you should be able to afford it and let it go!"

Looking at the look of concern between the eyebrows of the two, Chen Xiaoer's heart warmed slightly.His expression slowed down, and he saluted and said:

"The child understands. Let the parents worry."

"...Mm. As long as you understand..." Chen Changshou patted Chen Xiaoer on the shoulder and walked towards the gate.

"There's a curfew, where is father going?" Chen Xiaoer asked.

Hearing this, Chen Changshou stopped and explained: "I'll go to the government office. A few days ago, the tax bank of Wannian County was lost..."

"It was preliminarily judged to be the work of a monster. I hate that monster is so cunning that it didn't leave any clues."

"... Zhou Xiaoyu was also killed by a monster in Wannian County this time. I thought there might be some connection between the two, so I decided to go back and interrogate the policeman in charge of escorting the taxpayer..."

Lost tax money?

Chen Xiaoer seemed to have thought of something, his heart moved, and he called up the portable news.

Turning all the way to the front, I saw a piece of news:
[The tax money was dropped, and the head catcher named Xu was sentenced to prison for dereliction of duty...]

Soon, Chen Xiaoer noticed two key points: "people" and "packaging", there is no such thing as a demon!
Obviously, this tax case has nothing to do with the demon, but man-made.

Seeing that Chen Xiaoer didn't speak, Chen Changshou didn't care, he just thought that he was still sad because of Zhou Xiaoyu's matter,
After signaling Wen Ruxian to take care of Chen Xiaoer, he turned around and was about to leave.

Seeing the indelible look of exhaustion on Chen Changshou's brows, Chen Xiaoer opened his mouth and couldn't help but speak, saying:
"Father, have you ever thought about whether there is a problem with the direction of the investigation?"

"Huh?" Hearing Chen Xiaoer's words, Chen Changshou stopped suddenly, turned around and asked in surprise, "What do you mean?"

Chen Xiaoer pursed his lips, and said: "There is no clue, and there is no clue, maybe there is something wrong with the direction of the investigation?"

"There is absolutely no such possibility!" Chen Changshou shook his head firmly, and said:

"The confession of the headhunter who was in charge of escorting the tax money stated very clearly that there were monsters harassing the convoy that day, and they were driven away later."

"After just one night, the tax money disappeared."

"This is clearly the plan of those monsters to divert the tiger away from the mountain, in order to make the escorts relax their vigilance and steal at night!"

"Monsters don't eat people but rob tax money. This is abnormal. There must be a deeper conspiracy."

"The death of Zhou Xiaoyu this time is a breakthrough!"

After some analysis, it is reasonable and well-founded.Chen Xiaoer is not an expert in solving crimes, so he doesn't know how to refute.

You can't tell Chen Changshou that you have news with you, can you?

At this moment, there was a burst of noise outside the gate of the mansion, as well as scolding from the gate.

"Who is making noise!" Chen Changshou frowned and asked.

A servant hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Report to the master, a six-year-old beggar who claims to be able to solve the tax case wants to see the master."

"The little one suspects that the little beggar is messing around, so he is chasing him away."

A six-year-old beggar?

Chen Xiaoer's eyes suddenly lit up...

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