Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 92
"That won't work." Duanmucui insisted on the principle, "It tastes good when it's cooked well, and it won't fit if it's not good."

Well, what I said was the truth, Zhan Zhao had no choice.

"No more?" Duanmucui looked at him, "Then I'm leaving..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhan Zhao suddenly reached out and brushed her hair.Duanmucui felt her bun loosen, and when she looked up again, Zhan Zhao was gathering the hairpin in her hair into her sleeve.

"What are you doing with it?" Duanmucui was curious.

"It's nothing." Zhan Zhao said lightly, "It just occurred to me that I don't have anything around you."

"That won't work." Duanmucui persisted, "You took it away, what should I do?"

Zhan Zhao smiled: "Back to Kaifeng, I will pay you one."

"That won't work." Duanmucui tugged at his sleeve and did not let go, "Give it back to me."

She grabbed his cuff and looked left and right, but she didn't know what trick Zhan Zhao had played, the armhole was empty and there was nothing.Duanmucui was angry: "Hey!"

The sound was a bit loud, and even Gongsun Ce, who had walked to the cellar entrance, couldn't help turning his head to look around.Zhan Zhao saw her complexion darken, he thumped in his heart, and said with a smile, "Are you angry?"

Duanmucui rolled her eyes, but just ignored him.Zhan Zhao sighed: "Duanmu, no matter how you look at it, you don't look like such a stingy person." As he spoke, he flipped his palm, and the hairpin was in his palm.Duanmucui glanced at the hairpin, but stood still.Zhan Zhao pulled her over, inserted the hairpin into her hair, and said with a faint smile, "I don't want to take it."

Suddenly, Duanmucui said in a low voice: "I took this hairpin casually in the dressing table. It was originally bought by you, not mine. You have never asked me for anything. Now that you have said it, I have to be serious. I’ll give you one, but you can’t fill it up with random things.”

Zhan Zhao was startled, the warmth in his heart seemed to fade away, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but smile: "Don't let it go."

Duanmucui snorted: "I'm afraid the gift is too good, and you won't dare to accept it..." Just as he was talking, he suddenly let out a snort, raised his head, and rolled his black eyes, as if thinking of something , the smile on that face, no matter how you look at it, you feel like a thief, "Zhan Zhao, I want to ask you..."

Zhan Zhao suddenly became wary: "What do you want to ask?"

"Tell me," she said, "I heard that aphrodisiacs are extremely hard to bear. How did you...survive it?"

Zhan Zhao's face immediately turned red, and when he wanted to ignore her, he couldn't stop her from glancing at his own face, and couldn't help gritting his teeth, "What's none of your business?"

"Ask." She smiled harmlessly.

Zhan Zhao stared at her for a long time, then suddenly said loudly: "Mr. Gongsun, Duanmu is here."

On the other side, Gongsun Ce cooperated perfectly, and his voice floated from afar: "Miss Duanmu, hurry up."

"Hey, Zhan Zhao..."

Zhan Zhao made up his mind not to pay attention to her anymore, his eyes drooped, his eyes focused on his heart, and he never looked at her again.

Duanmucui sighed, and Gongsun Ce urged him again, so he could only turn around and leave unwillingly. Come, it’s good to have something to deal with..."

Zhan Zhao's eyes darkened, and he almost fell over.

When Gongsun Ce saw Yao Zhizheng, he really recounted the good talk he had made earlier.Although Yao Zhizheng was a bit disappointed, it was more or less expected, he didn't show much dissatisfaction on his face, and he was still considerate in etiquette, inviting Gongsun Ce and Duanmucui to stay overnight at his home.

Gongsun Tzuyu said a few words of politeness, and then stopped refusing.

He and Duanmucui share two rooms in the front yard, which happen to be next door.

When they finally saw Zhan Zhao, they felt a little relieved, coupled with the exhaustion from running around for the past few days, they were really tired. After dinner, the two went back to their rooms.Gongsun Ce read the book before going to bed, and always felt that Duanmucui was very restless, there seemed to be some noise, but after listening to it again, there was no sound, and suddenly something fell over with a bang.Gongsun Ce was startled, and tentatively called her, "Miss Duanmu?"

no sound.

Gongsun Ce laughed secretly at himself, and after a while, his upper and lower eyelids fought, he simply got up and changed his clothes, took off his outer long gown, and went to untie the knots of his underwear, one, two...

With a bang, the copper basin shelf against the wall was knocked to the ground by something.Gongsun Ce was so frightened that he was trembling all over, and turned around like lightning, and saw Duanmucui covering his forehead with one hand, smiling very proudly: "Ha! I said I would go through walls..."

Yang Yang raised his head triumphantly, and saw Gongsun Ce dumbfounded, with one hand covering his skirt, the other tremblingly pointing at her: "Miss Duanmu, you...you..."

"I practice spells." Duanmucui answered as a matter of course, "Mr. Gongsun, I'm going back."

"In the middle of the night, do you know that a girl's house ran to..."

Duanmucui was still immersed in the joy of the success of the wall-penetrating technique, how could he listen to his words, piercing a wall was like piercing tofu, and went back.

Restraint, restraint, calm down, calm down, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale...

Gongsun Ce successfully persuaded himself not to be as knowledgeable as her, and continued to undress, Fang untied another knot, and a voice came from behind him: "Hey, Gongsun Ce!"

Gongsun Ce was furious, turned his head abruptly, opened his mouth, and swallowed what he had thought.

Seeing Duanmucui's head sticking out against the wall, his face was filled with displeasure: "What do you mean 'in the middle of the night, a girl ran to...', and, what are you doing with your clothes all the time?"

What are you doing?Gongsun Ce was angry: "It's not a gentleman's job to be disheveled in front of people."

"Really?" It seemed that she didn't believe it, but she didn't say much, snorted, and retracted her head again.

The moment he retracted, Gongsun Ce heard a muffled murmur: "If you're so nervous, it's possible that I'll molest you..."

Gongsun Ce almost vomited blood.

Tossing and turning all night, she was so energetic that she didn't feel a little sleepy until midnight.Before closing his eyes, Gongsun Ce made up his mind: After this trip, he will never investigate cases with Duanmucui again, absolutely!
After breakfast on the second day, Gongsun Ce and Duanmucui followed Yao Zhizheng to Yao Manqing's Xiulou.When Fang stepped into the door, he saw Mrs. Zhang and Li coming out cautiously. Seeing Yao Zhizheng, he saluted first, showing a perplexed look on his face.

Yao Zhizheng was a little surprised: "Where is Miss?"

Mrs. Zhang and Li respectfully said: "Returning to the master, the young lady is not feeling well today, and she just took a rest."

When he said this, his eyes seemed to drift towards Gongsun Ce unintentionally, and then cast a disdainful white eye.That air clearly means: The young lady of her family has gotten into this situation, and it is inseparable from your Mr. Zhan.

Gongsun Ce lowered his eyelids, as if he couldn't see, but Duanmucui turned his eyes back, not to be outdone - but Zhang Li didn't pay attention to her at all.

So make a move, make a move, no one will make a move, the move will fail, there will be no move...

Yao Zhizheng seemed apologetic, so he took another two steps towards the door and called out, "Qing'er..."

The curtains on the bed had been lowered, and there was a weak echo from inside.In the early morning sunlight, one could vaguely see a slender figure struggling to sit up inside the veil.Zhang Lishi walked over in three steps at a time, slightly lifted the curtain, and as far as he could see, Yao Manqing's face was as pale as paper.

Gongsun Ce had nothing to say, Yao Manqing was already so ill, he couldn't force other girls to listen to his questions with her sick body, but he was really unwilling to return home like this, thinking that he should keep Duanmucui anyway. Come down, maybe she can find some clues by guarding Yao Manqing's side.He had found all the excuses, and only said that Duanmucui was here to help take care of Yao Manqing.They are all young girls' homes, and they get acquainted quickly, so they can talk about themselves.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he picked up the topic, Yao Zhizheng stopped him: "This girl is protecting Mr. Gongsun, how dare she work for her boss to take care of the little girl? It would be good if there are servants around."

Duanmucui hurriedly said that she would not bother her, she was very willing, and Gongsun Ce also helped to speak.I don't want Yao Zhizheng to be too polite, and he doesn't agree to anything.In the end, Gongsun Ce couldn't be too persistent—if he persisted, he might have to give up if Yao Zhizheng became suspicious.

On the way back, he couldn't help asking Duanmucui: "Why is Master Yao so reluctant to let you stay by Miss Yao's side?"

"Who knows." Duanmucui snorted, "It's the first time I've been so submissive to take care of someone, but I ended up with a hot face and a cold ass. Mr. Gongsun, don't give me such a bad idea in the future."

Gongsun Ce said nothing.

He guessed that Yao Zhizheng had a ghost in his heart.

In fact, the real reason is very simple: Yao Zhizheng doesn't like Duanmucui, and even more despises the girl's family who is a practicing family in public - his daughter is a spoiled and spoiled lady who has read poetry and books, don't let this kind of wild girl who doesn't know etiquette give her The belt is broken.

It's just that if you can't get close to Yao Manqing, you can't start the investigation, and if you can't start the investigation, Zhan Zhao's case will not be clear sooner.Back in the guest room, Gongsun Ce was so anxious that he kept urging Duanmucui: "Miss Duanmu, don't you know how to walk through walls? Go to Miss Yao's side."

Duanmucui expressed her dissatisfaction with Gongsun Ce's bad idea again: "Mr. Gongsun, in broad daylight, servants in the mansion come and go, what's the matter if I go through the wall? Besides, even if I really go through it , Miss Yao's family is sick, she might be scared to death by me, what else can I expect to get out of her mouth?"

"Then what do you say?" Gongsun Ce experienced the hard work of the frontline investigators for the first time.

Duanmucui was very confident: "Don't worry, I don't believe that Miss Yao can stay in the embroidery building all day!"

She said this is not unfounded - when she left the Xiulou, she heard Yao Zhizheng telling Mrs Zhang Li: "Don't be bored in the room all the time, help Miss to go for a walk in the garden after noon."

Perhaps no one in the Yao family dared to follow Yao Zhizheng's wishes, so after noon, even Yao Manqing was very reluctant, but obediently appeared in the yard, holding Zhang Li's arm, looking listless.

Zhang Lishi looked at Yao Manqing's arm worriedly: "Miss, is the injury better?" Then he frowned, "There is such a big gash on the arm, miss, you should be so cruel, you would cry when you were a child long time……"

Yao Manqing smiled: "Nurse, don't talk about this."

Only then did Zhang Li shut up, and the two walked to the fish pond in the garden, looking at the lazy fish in the clear water.

How do you say something?You stand by the pool and watch the fish, and there are people watching you from the other side of the pool...

The people on the opposite side of the pool are Gongsun Ce and Duanmucui.Of course, the two of them hid behind the rockery, and the location was very hidden.

Duanmucui held two stones in his hands, he threw them up, caught them, threw them up, and caught them again.Gongsun Ce's gaze followed the stone up and down, he was a little confused about Duanmucui's intention: "Miss Duanmu..."

Before the question was finished, the two stones had already been shot, and then, Zhang Lishi let out an ouch, and almost at the same time, there was a plop, and the water splashed, and the fish that were lazily gathered together ran around. scattered.Before Gongsun Ce could figure out the situation, Mrs. Zhang and Li had already shouted like a pig: "Come on, Miss fell into the water..."

Duanmucui dusted her hands, very proud.Gongsun Ce finally understood what this girl wanted to do, dare she direct and act in a scene of sacrificing her life to save others, so as to get closer to Yao Manqing?

But, if you want to sacrifice your life to save others, you should hurry up!

There was a loud voice coming from the front yard, presumably they heard Mrs. Zhang and Li calling for help, but Duanmucui still seemed to be sitting firmly on Mount Tai.Gongsun Ce was anxious: "Miss Duanmu, Miss Yao..."

"Why?" Duanmucui didn't care about the imminent situation, "wouldn't it be better to let her soak in the water for a while?"

Gongsun Ce stomped his feet anxiously: "Miss Yao is still ill, but she can't stand such a torment, you don't want to kill anyone..." While speaking, the servants in the front yard had already crowded into the back yard noisily.Duanmucui saw that the time had come, and flew out in a hurry.

As the first witness at the scene, Gongsun Ce expressed great doubts about Duanmucui's rescue method.He had seen the Zhanwei guard save people from the water before, a beautiful swallow three points of water, stepped on the water, waited at the position of the person who fell into the water, paused for a while, leaned over and stretched his arms into the water, picked up the last one and lifted the light He flew up and reached the shore in an instant.The whole process was done in one go, and it was indescribably crisp.

Speaking of which, Duanmucui's first half of the trip was quite satisfactory, but at the place where Yao Manqing fell into the water, she fell with a heavy weight, and her whole body fell down like a mountain.Poor Yao Manqing just struggled to show his head, but was firmly pressed to the bottom of the water by the unidentified falling object. There was another big splash and a splash on the surface of the pool, which made Gongsun Ce choke speechlessly.

So Gongsun Ce on this side of the pool, and a group of people on the other side of the pool stared blankly at the water surface.For a while, no one moved, as if they still didn't understand what happened.Then, perhaps to increase the effect of cold humor, a string of bubbles appeared on the surface of the pool, as if a fish was spitting bubbles.

It wasn't until the people by the pool became uneasy, and someone volunteered to jump down to save others, that Duanmucui led Yao Manqing, who was almost unconscious after being filled with water, to rush out of the water.Fang put Yao Manqing's limp body by the pool, and the servants coaxed him to surround him.Duanmucui stepped aside very leisurely, her whole body was wet, and soon the place where she was standing was wet.Anyway, no one noticed him at the moment, Gongsun Ce also simply came over, and was about to say something to Duanmucui, when someone among the servants squatting around over there suddenly exclaimed: "Miss is injured!"

Zhang Lishi only hated that man's quick talk, it was too late to cover his mouth, and there was a sound of gasping all around for a while.Duanmucui could hear clearly, and quickly pushed aside the crowd to go in, but saw that Yao Manqing's clothes were sticking wetly to her body, and there was a conspicuous spot of red on the left elbow, because of being wet by water, the color was almost pink, There are thin lines of blood flowing from the hand.

Duanmucui frowned, knelt down on one knee, leaned over to stroke her sleeves, and saw a knife mark that was not too deep, the flesh and blood were opened, and the wounded cloth was wiped aside. Smeared when pulling her up underwater.Zhang Li frantically wiped off Yao Manqing's sleeves, glared at the people beside her and said, "Hurry up and carry the young lady into the room."

So there was a lot of talking, and a group of people rushed away, leaving Duanmucui and Gongsun Ce alone.Duanmu Cui was staring thoughtfully at the group of people going away, and Gongsun Ce exclaimed in his ears: "Miss Duanmu, did you give her a knife under the water?"

Duanmucui was not in a good mood. When he raised his eyes, Gongsun Ce shook his head and kept clicking his tongue. The expression on his face clearly read: The most poisonous woman's heart, jealous women are terrible, offend no one and don't offend women...

The small pan of incense in the room exudes a soothing aroma. Yao Manqing lay quietly on the bed with her eyes slightly closed, only the sound of slow and rapid breathing revealed that she was not asleep.Yao Zhi was standing in the middle of the room, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, glancing here and there from time to time.Zhang Li's heart was agitated, he looked at the lady, at the master, and finally stopped his eyes on the doctor who was taking Yao Manqing's pulse.

The doctor was about fifty years old, with a black and white goatee, and his eyes were long and thin, and they became a line when he squinted.It is said that the eyes are the windows of the soul, and his windows lack materials to a certain extent, no matter how hard you try to peek in through the windows, you will not be able to see his thoughts.

Right now, his two fingers were resting on Yao Manqing's pulse seemingly vainly, without making a sound, without saying a word, which made Zhang Li's heart skip a beat. I believe that Yao Manqing lying on the bed would not be relaxed either.It's over, Zhang Lishi's cold sweat rolled down his back, the incident of falling into the water alarmed Yao Zhizheng, and he insisted on calling in a doctor from outside.It's fine if you invite me, but he was actually by my side the whole time, so she couldn't even communicate with the doctor in secret, just in case the doctor sees something... While thinking about it, the doctor coughed lightly and retracted his hand Going back, Zhenyi got up and packed the medicine box next to him.Yao Zhizheng heard the commotion and looked this way, Zhang Lishi's heart suddenly rose to his throat...

The doctor is thin and his back is not wide, but it is enough to block Yao Zhizheng's sight...

(End of this chapter)