Your Highness, the princess is going to paint your portrait

Chapter 85
Brother Lin was really inconvenient to travel, so he left the boating matter to A Ming.

Following the guidance of the firelight on the river, a few people soon came to Jiang Laoer's stall. Jing Chun thought that Jiang Laoer was a young man in his prime, but unexpectedly he was an old man with gray hair, looking at , I feel older than Brother Lin on the other side.

Jiang Laoer thought he was here to do business, so he was polite and asked, "How many of you want to rent a boat?"

Jiang Laoer has a mustache and trembles like a malfunctioning clock when he speaks.

Jing Chun didn't waste any time and directly showed his token of Jingzhao Mansion, "The official from Jingzhao Mansion wants to come here to ask a question."

Seeing that it was not a door-to-door business, Jiang Laoer became a little more indifferent, but he was also concerned about Jing Chun's identity, so he was quite reluctant.

"Is it related to some gentleman from Songyun Huafang?"

"You know him?"

"It's spread around here, saying that Brother Lin's family's boat is in trouble, and it's spread out."

The words seemed to be sympathetic, but the secret joy at the corners of the mouth was obviously raised, and seeing a few people were serious from the corner of the eye, they restrained themselves and said, "What do you want to ask?"

Jiang Laoer also cooperated and didn't make any twists and turns.

Jing Chun also put away his token, and asked, "Did anyone rent your boat the night Mr. Zishan died?"

"There must be some," Jiang Laoer said proudly: "Since I opened the business, I have never said that I can't make any money on any day, but... Lao Chen's business has only been in business for a short time, and there are so many people coming and going. I don’t remember a specific date. If you insist on telling me who he is and what happened, how can I remember it clearly? I have no memory at all.”

Jiang Laoer waved his hand, which seemed to indicate that he was chasing away the guests.

Jing Chun refused to give up and continued to ask: "Was there a situation in the cabin that was particularly messy half a month ago? Especially the dishes, wine glasses and the like were all missing..."

Jiang's second son smashed his mouth and recalled: "If you say that, there was one time, it seems that it really happened half a month ago, that person came to rent the boat very late, and he didn't let the man punting the boat. When returning the boat, the man was nervous and kept shaking. The river wind was a bit strong at night, and the old man thought it was shivering from the cold. I saw that there were a lot of things missing in the cabin, and they were all real gold. I bought it back in silver, and I wanted to calculate it carefully with him, but the man was generous and gave me five taels of silver directly."

Jiang Laoer stretched out his five fingers and said with a smile: "The purse is so heavy that it fell to the ground when I took the silver."

"Then do you still remember what that person looks like?"

Jiang Laoer smiled coquettishly and reminded: "It's so dark, how can I remember clearly? I only remember money."

Jiang Hejin also naturally knew what Jiang Laoer meant, so he raised his hand and threw a piece of silver.

Since he had money, why did he pretend to have no money, so he let Jing Chun argue with the duck buyer for a long time over five cents.

Jiang's second son also caught it, his body was strong, he bowed his waist, "Thank you, my lord, and my lord is blessed."

"I don't remember exactly what the man looked like, but I remember exactly what the purse looked like."

A trace of disdain flashed across Jing Chun's eyebrows, what's the use of knowing what a purse looks like?Purse is not a shameful thing, there are many similar purses.

Jing Chun was also unwilling, so he took out a pen and paper, and said impatiently, "Tell me, what does that purse look like?"

"The horse embroidered on the purse."

"horse?"

What kind of description is this?
"This horse is not a simple horse, but a zodiac sign." As he said this, Jiang Laoer took out his purse, which was embroidered with a monkey. "Girl, you might as well do the math. People who belong to the horse year will How big should it be.”

井春正掰着手指，只听耳旁道：“两岁、14岁、26岁、38岁、50岁、62岁、74岁、86岁、98岁。”

Before Jing Chun could react, Jiang Hejin had already told the age of the horse.

"Young master is indeed very intelligent," Jiang Laoer praised: "Although I can't remember his appearance clearly, my general impression is still there. 38 is too young, 62 is too old, and 50 is just right. If I guess correctly, that person's age is It’s the right age to know your destiny.”

The year of knowing your fate?

In this way, the scope of the murderer is narrowed down again, that is, it is only necessary to find someone who happens to be 50 years old among Mr. Yew's friends.

Since he is the age of knowing his fate, it is not much different from the age of Mr. Yew...

Jing Chun saluted, "Thank you."

"No thanks, no thanks," Jiang Laoer said with a smile, "Thanks to the girl, I made more money today."

……

When I looked at the river, it was already dark.

Jing Chun felt that the wind in the river was warm, if it was feasible, it would be okay to lie down and watch the Cowherd and Vega?
After bidding farewell to everyone, Jing Chun and Jiang Hejin also planned to go back.

The carriage had already been replaced with clean cushions by Lu Chi, and the previous bloodstains had also been wiped off. This was Lu Chi's necessary daily work.

In the carriage, Jiang and Jin were extremely sleepy. They had been running around for a day today, and it was considered a day of accompanying them. They closed their eyes unconsciously, and took a light rest while maintaining consciousness.

At some point, Jiang Hejin, whose body was shaking, clearly felt that his forehead was caught by someone's shoulder, and his resting posture became more comfortable.

Jiang Hejin seemed to smell a warm smell again, with a faint fragrance, which seemed to be the same smell when they used Jing Chun's quilt that day.

If you think about it this way, Jing Chun really hasn't made Jiang Hejin too disliked. In other words, compared with some people, she doesn't try to get anything from Jiang Hejin.

The carriage jolted suddenly, for fear that the other party would lose his seat and fall forward. Jing Chun naturally used his shoulders to protect Jiang Hejin, so that Jiang Hejin would not wake up. But even so, Jiang Hejin frowned and snorted. Somewhat stubby.

"Lu Chi, Lu Chi..."

In the blur, it seemed that a small and gentle voice penetrated into Jiang Hejin's ears.

"Princess—" Lu Chi was just about to open the curtain, and his voice was as loud as in the past.

"Shh-" Jing Chun signaled, glancing at Jiang Hejin who was still resting, "The carriage is a bit bumpy, please slow down..."

Jiang Hejin still frowned slightly, looking a little uneasy.

Lu Chi saw Jiang Hejin resting on Jing Chun's shoulder and understood instantly, "Yes."

Along the way, the carriage moved very slowly.

Jing Chun was lucky enough to feel the cool night breeze, hear the cicadas chirping on the treetops, and see the moon outside the window. It was a missing moon that night. A missing moon is always more fascinating than a full moon. The contours of missing corners are often smooth and delicate. , seems to be something that can be done with one stroke.

(End of this chapter)