Empress, she is beautiful Lu Ziye

Chapter 391
Looking at her bright eyes, Nan Zhen raised her eyebrows, "Yes."

The woman rubbed her stomach, she was really hungry, so she was not polite to Nan Zhen, "There is a noodle shop on the East Street, the portions are big and delicious, and the sliced ​​beef is very rare, but it is a bit expensive, please?"

"Walk."

Nan Zhen walked forward side by side with her, while Xiao Rongxi fell behind, just one step away.

"My name is Fang Yao," the woman said as she walked, "you can just call me by my name."

Nan Zhen nodded, looked at her unruly walking posture, and asked, "How long have you been in this business? To be honest, this is the first time I've seen a maid."

Fang Yao snapped her fingers, "Two years and four months."

"There are zeros and wholes."

"I took my father's position." Fang Yao kicked and said casually, "After he passed away, the yamen urgently needed a job, and there was no suitable candidate, so I came to me."

"However, in detail, I have been running around with my father since I was seven years old, and I have seen many cases, large and small. Otherwise, the Yamen would not trust me to entrust this errand to me."

She suddenly turned her head to look at Nan Zhen, "What do you imagine a maid's job would look like?"

Fang Yao deliberately lowered her voice, trying to scare her, "I'm a person who deals with corpses all day long, and I've seen all kinds of deaths, such as bloody ones, missing arms and legs, half of the head cut off... …Are you scared?"

Nan Zhen thought about it seriously, and said, "Have you ever met a human pig?"

"..."

Fang Yao choked, "That's really not true."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Nan Zhen suspiciously again, "You, a rich lady, how did you come into contact with these things?"

"Life was hard in the early years, and I have seen some of them more or less." Nan Zhen said nonsense.

Fang Yao could tell at a glance that she wasn't telling the truth, and she didn't investigate further, so she just stepped forward.

If it drags on any longer, she will starve to death.

Nan Zhen kept up with her, and continued to ask, "Did your stepmother treat you badly, and didn't even give you food?"

"When she shows kindness occasionally, she will still leave me food." Fang Yao smiled, "After all, I will take some copper coins back from time to time."

"You don't seem to hate her?"

Fang Yao shrugged, "There is nothing to hate, she is also a poor person, and she has not had a good life for a few days after marrying my father. My father and I work together again, and the neighbors don't like it very much. She has been excluded a lot. , I must feel uncomfortable, being scolded a few times and not losing a piece of meat, let her go.

Besides, whoever dies is not a handful of loess, and he is too tired to worry about it. "

Maybe it's because she has been in contact with the dead all year round. Although she is young, she is more open-minded than most people.

Life is alive, and it's okay to live.

Anyway, life brings nothing with us, and we can't take anything with us when we die.

"arrive."

While talking, the three of them had arrived at the noodle shop on East Street.

It was only two hours after lunch, and there was still some time before dinner, so the noodle shop was cold and clear.

When they walked in, the boss was dozing off with his head propped up. His eyes half-closed and he saw a guest coming in. He immediately cheered up, "What do you guys want to eat?"

As soon as the words fell, he realized who the person opposite was, "Fang Yao?"

"Uncle Lin."

"Noodles in clear soup, right?" Uncle Lin didn't ask, and went directly to the stove, "Did you bring any money today, and you can't pay on credit now."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Xiao Rongxi and Nan Zhen, "What are the two guests eating? The beef in the shop is a must. Would you like a plate?"

"Uncle Lin, they don't eat it." Fang Yao found a seat by the window and sat down, "You bring me a plate of beef, it's a big one!"

Uncle Lin paused with his busy hands, raised his head, his eyes were full of doubts, "What big errand did you do recently, and the yamen gave you money? It's so rich, you even need a bigger one."

Fang Yao stretched out a finger and shook it, "Someone treats you!"

"Hey, you girl, are you threatening me?" Uncle Lin smiled, but he didn't stumble at all when cutting the beef.

Soon, a large bowl of noodles with toppings and a plate of beef came to the table.

Fang Yao was so hungry that she buried her head and started sucking noodles.

Xiao Rongxi and Nan Zhen were sitting opposite her, and they didn't bother them, as if they came here specially with money in their pockets to invite someone to eat noodles.

The noodles are firm, the soup is clear and delicious.

Fang Yao slowed down after eating more than half of the bowl, raised her head and put a piece of beef into her mouth, "You really don't want to try it? After this town, there will be no such shop."

Nan Zhen chuckled, "Eat yours."

Four people suddenly passed by on the long street outside the window. They were burly, with earthy complexions, tanned and murmured.

They were far away, and they couldn't hear what these people were saying, but Uncle Lin followed them with his eyes and sighed, "These were the coffin-lifters in the morning, and they will come back at this time."

Xiao Rongxi was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look, "What about the water god?"

Uncle Lin: "Yes, several young people have died this year. Fortunately, it will be fine after tomorrow."

He seemed to just sigh casually, but made the three people at the table silent at the same time.

Fang Yao's chewing movements slowed down, and then she returned to normal, with a playful expression on her face.

Nan Zhen couldn't help raising her eyebrows, and looked at her with her chin on her shoulders, "Hey, Fang Yao, have you done an autopsy on them?"

"Hmm." She didn't deny it.

Nan Zhen continued, "Is this 'Water God' really so mysterious, killing people with divine power, and letting these young men drown?"

Fang Yao heard the meaning of her words, and asked back, "You don't believe it?"

"The important thing is whether you believe it or not, if everyone believes it..."

"There's no need for that job to exist anymore." Fang Yao took her words.

Seeing that the two were curious and that this matter was not a secret, Fang Yao didn't hide it, "It's true that the murderer was not found, there was no injury on his body, and there was no sign of poisoning. It must have been fainted by some method, and then soaked in water. .”

Only this explanation is the most reasonable.

But why these people died, and what kind of connection they have, the Yamen really didn't find out.

Of course, this does not mean that the Yamen gave up searching and allowed such absurd rumors to spread. Instead, they chose to follow the public opinion and hold tomorrow's Water God Festival to see if they can find out the perpetrators behind it.

Xiao Rongxi thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Acquaintance committed the crime?"

Fang Yao was startled, and looked at him with admiration, but she didn't expect him to guess this step.

"I can only say that it cannot be ruled out," she said, "After all, such a method is very similar to revenge, and the possibility of acquaintance is very high."

But Pingyu Town itself is not big, and the people in the town basically know each other, so starting from the point of "acquaintances" alone is of no reference value.

The few people who died were not closely related, and it was difficult for the Yamen to judge who would be the next to be murdered.

(End of this chapter)