A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 155 It's better to be humble
Meng Yan pushed Yin Heng and had just walked two steps, before Yin Heng could speak, a rambling voice came from the opposite side, saying, "You live well, where should you move?"

Meng Yan raised her eyelids and followed the sound.She was very familiar with this voice, and besides Xu Chenfang, she really couldn't think of another one.

A beautiful and graceful figure was vaguely outlined in the night. As he approached slowly, the outline of his eyebrows and eyes gradually appeared. .

Xu Chenfang looked at Yin Heng, and said: "Aren't you inconvenient in your legs and feet, you came quickly."

Yin Heng said: "I'm not as noble and busy as you."

Then the three of them headed back home together.Both Yin Heng and Xu Chenfang were calm and unhurried, Meng Yan was very anxious and said, "Can you two hurry up, I'm in a hurry."

Yin Heng took Meng Yan's hand and held it in the palm of his hand, as if giving her strength to stabilize.He said, "Ah Nam, there is no need to move."

The reason why Meng Yan thinks she should move is because the government is eyeing her.But now that Yin Heng said that there is no need to move, does the government have no time to keep an eye on her?

She recalled the previous scene where Zuo Chengjin hurriedly left the government office with someone, and asked, "Could it be that something happened to the government office?"

Xu Shenfang replied casually: "I heard that the magistrate was shot."

Meng Yan was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously turned her head to look at Xu Chenfang suspiciously, Xu Chenfang said again: "What do you think I am doing? I have been entertaining guests all night."

Meng Yan said: "But you have a lot of followers."

Xu Chenfang rubbed his chin, and hissed: "Cousin Auntie, don't talk nonsense, I raise my followers to do serious things. Never did the prefect go out without the guards hugging him, do you think it's an assassination?" Is it so easy for the magistrate? The person who can accurately shoot him across the distance and the crowd on the street must be extremely good at archery. Tsk tsk, my subordinates will not be able to reach that level even if they practice for another 20 years."

Meng Yan did not comment yet.But soon, she had reason to believe that what Xu Chenfang said was true.

When the three of them passed the street, they saw officers and soldiers in front of them enclosing that section of the street, and there was no strong festive atmosphere on the street before.

The head of the magistrate had already been lifted down, but there was still a large amount of blood on the ground that had not been cleaned up in time.

Zuo Chengjin was there to control the situation, and he handled it in an orderly manner, very capable of acting alone.

Hearing that the murderer had fled immediately, the prefect's guards went after him, but they haven't caught up yet.

The guests in the restaurant had already dispersed.Some bold people stood far outside the venue, out of curiosity and wanting to know what happened next, so they never left.

Now the identity of the person who was killed has been clarified, and he is the magistrate.

When Meng Yan and the others came over, they heard people discussing in whispers, and the expressions on their faces showed both lingering fear and mysterious gossip.

Meng Yan asked a lot, and everyone rushed to tell her.

One person sighed and said, "I was on the street at the time and saw it with my own eyes. Suddenly an arrow shot out from the building and ran straight into the sedan chair. When it flew out again, it was sprayed with blood."

Another person also sighed, "That's right, then the prefect's head fell off with a bang, rolling to the ground like a ball."

"It was a terrible death."

"The distance is so far, and the magistrate is sitting in a sedan chair to cover it. The assassin must have shot too accurately. We ordinary people may not even be able to draw the bow completely, but the assassin can shoot through the neck with one arrow, directly Shoot the prefect's head off..."

Although Meng Yan didn't see it with his own eyes, he could imagine from people's narration that the scene must have been very shocking.

Meng Yan raised her head and estimated the distance between the second and third floors of the restaurant and the street. It is a skill to be able to shoot the target within this distance, let alone aiming with the naked eye, not to mention that the killer is not aiming at the magistrate. body, but his head.

In the case of the sedan chair covering the area, I am afraid that the killer also estimated with his eyes, and the estimated score was not bad.

Besides, it's hard to imagine how strong the penetrating power is when shooting the head off.

Generally speaking, this can only be achieved if the bow and arrow itself, the killer's arm strength and archery skills are all at the pinnacle level, and they cooperate seamlessly.

Meng Yan nodded and agreed: "That is indeed a very powerful assassin."

There is someone beyond human beings, and there is a sky beyond the sky. Although she has received strict training in modern times, she still thinks that she is still far behind this ancient original killer.

Xu Chenfang looked at Yin Heng, and said quietly: "Wang Xing, what do you think? Is the assassin good?"

Yin Heng said solemnly: "Ah Nam says it's great, so maybe it's okay."

Xu Chenfang squinted at him and said, "Are you being too modest?"

Otherwise, let him boast of himself?

Yin Heng held the hem of his clothes as if nothing had happened, and said, "It's better to be humble."

Meng Yan said: "My Ah Heng seldom praises others, if he says it's not bad, that's what I said is very good."

At that time, Xu Chenfang really wanted to give her a supercilious look so that she could experience it for herself.

Since the magistrate was shot, the murder weapon was obvious, the arrow that had sunk deep into the stake.When the official came to pull out the arrow, it took a little effort to pull it out, wrapped it in cloth, and turned around to present it to Zuo Chengjin.

Just in time, the guards who went after the assassin finally came back, Zuo Chengjin looked at the blood arrow wrapped in cloth, and asked the guard, "Did the assassin catch you?"

The guard escorted two people up, but they were forced to kneel on the ground, and said: "Only two were chased, and the rest ran away."

Before Zuo Chengjin could ask, the two men were sweating profusely and started complaining, saying that they didn't know that the prefect was killed.

The guard yelled coldly: "Bold lunatic, dare to argue! You don't know, so why run away!"

One of them said: "We...we just usually like to steal purses secretly, and we were looking for opportunities to do it in the building. How could we expect to see an official, so we ran away in a moment of guilt..."

Another person added: "If you don't believe me, you can search our arms. I just stole a few purses on the street at Qiqiaojie today!" As he said this, he puffed out his chest to the officials and asked them to search.

Under Zuo Chengjin's signal, the officer searched the pockets of the two of them, and indeed they found several large and small, colorful purses, which seemed to belong to the girl's home.And there are more or less pieces of silver in the purse.

There are people watching around, so you can't just wrongly accuse them of being murderers.Moreover, the method of killing was so swift and sharp that it was hard to believe that it was done by these two people.

After inspecting the blood-stained arrows, Zuo Chengjin asked the guards: "This is the weapon used to kill the magistrate. When you chased them down, did you find that they were carrying bows and arrows?"

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This word asked the key point, and the guard was enlightened.The people watching around also suddenly realized.

As soon as the guards rushed into the restaurant, they were immediately attracted by these thieves, so they subconsciously thought they were assassins.But thinking back now, none of the people they were chasing had bows and arrows.

It is very likely that they are just habitual thieves, and they have an instinctive fear of government officials.

In this way, it cannot be ruled out that the assassin still hid the murder weapon somewhere in the restaurant, or that the murderer was someone else at all, but because of this negligence, he had already escaped.

Then Zuo Chengjin asked the officials to search all the rooms facing the windows on the second and third floors, not letting go of any corners, but they couldn't find even a single arrow feather, let alone bows and arrows.

In the end, Zuo Chengjin ordered the two thieves to be taken back to await trial, and the street was cleared for the common people to pass through. The restaurant also sent officials to guard it.

After all, the magistrate is also an official ordered by the imperial court, and the murder case has yet to be further investigated in detail.

While continuing to track down the murderer, the government should report to the higher authorities, and the higher authorities must promptly appoint a new prefect to handle the matter.

The battered officials didn't realize at all that Meng Yan, who they had just arrested in prison not long ago, was already a melon-eating crowd with other ordinary people in the outskirts.

Except for the officials staying in the restaurant, Meng Yan, Yin Heng, and Xu Shenfang walked through the street and went home after the rest of the government had withdrawn.

According to the current situation, she really doesn't need to move.

The magistrate is dead, so how can he bother her?Xu Mingyou's backstage has collapsed, and he is probably in a mess.

On the way, Meng Yan took a look at Xu Chenfang and asked, "Then Master Tongzhi is with you?"

If not, Zuo Chengjin would not have appeared in time to save her after she was taken into prison.

Xu Chenfang squinted her eyes and said: "It can be regarded as a little friendship."

Meng Yan also squinted, but isn't Zuo Chengjin afraid that if he saves her, he will offend the magistrate?As officials, they should know how to weigh the pros and cons. It would be extremely unwise to turn against the superior for a little personal friendship, unless... at this time, offending the prefect will not have much impact, because he knows that the prefect will finish the game tonight ?Does Xu Chenfang know?
But the topic ended here, and no one continued to talk.

Drunk spring breeze.

After the magistrate left Feng Wu's place, Feng Wu asked the maid beside her to change the mattress, bathe and change clothes by herself, and told the maid to pass on the word that if the magistrate came back in the middle of the night, she would say that she had already rested.

Afterwards Feng Wu washed up and sat in front of the dressing table, looking sadly at his own face in the bronze mirror.Men like her face, why don't some men like it?

Before she could fall asleep, the servant girl ran up the stairs to talk back and forth. When she entered the room, she was still panting, and her expression was not quite right.

Feng Wu combed his hair with a comb, and asked casually: "Master Zhifu is back?"

The servant girl said: "Master Zhifu, he is dead."

Feng Wu combed her hair only for a moment, and then continued to comb her soft hair.

On the way home, even though Meng Yan knew that Xu Shenfang had sent a maid from his family to take care of Xia Shi, she still couldn't help worrying after going through so many things and temporarily calming down.

Meng Yan knows the Xia family's temperament best.In the eyes of outsiders, Xia Shi may be a bit weak to others, but she is not weak to herself at all, but very stubborn and strict.She has a strong concept of self-discipline. In her eyes, a woman's chastity is more important than anything else.

Back then, she was designed by the He family to lose her virginity, so she restrained herself for half of her life.Now it is almost causing a catastrophe, which may become a shadow that will linger in her life.

When Meng Yan turned from the street into the back alley, she ran home without stopping.

It was already late at night, and there were no spectators in front of the house, but the lights in the yard were still bright.

The town bullies had been guarding the courtyard, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw Meng Yan and the others came back safe and sound.

The lights in Xia's room were still on, and the two servant girls stood guard outside the door.Meng Yan raised her foot and walked towards the door, the maid hurriedly said to the room: "Madam, Miss Meng is back, do you want her to come in to accompany you?"

As soon as Meng Yan arrived at the door, she couldn't reach out to push the door, when Xia's panicked voice came from inside: "Don't! Don't come in!"

Meng Yan's hand paused in the air, and after a while, she said, "Mother, I'm back."

Xia's room was extremely quiet, in fact, she was trying her best to calm down the pain she was suppressing.She took two deep breaths and begged, "Just come back, just come back...Ah Nam, you go back to sleep and let mother be quiet, okay?"

In the end, Meng Yan didn't force her anymore, and said, "Okay, Madam, take a good rest, and you'll be fine after a night of sleep."

Then she called the servant girl to the side to listen to the servant girl talk about Xia's situation.

Xia Shi's situation tonight was very simple. After she washed and returned to her room, she locked herself in the room and did not come out.

No one in the yard dared to leave, fearing that Mrs. Xia would commit suicide, and would keep telling her about Meng Yan.

There was no sound in Xia's room, and when the local tyrants couldn't help but want to bump into the house, Xia suddenly said: "I will not commit suicide, I will not let my aunt without a mother become a The object of ridicule and contempt by everyone."

In addition to Meng Yan, Yin Heng and Xu Chenfang were watching at home, and the town bullies all went back.The two servant girls who were called were also sent back.

The family is still the same as it was when there were four people.

Meng Yan slept outside Xia's room that night.She tilted her head against the door, curled up by the door, and said, "Mother, I'm right outside, call me whenever you need me."

Xia Shi never called her.It was Meng Yan who leaned against the door and woke up, and would call Xia Shi twice as soon as she woke up.

Xia seemed very afraid that the lights in the room would go out, and the candles were always brightly lit.

When Meng Yan was so tired that she fell asleep, Xu Chenfang was afraid that Meng Yan would catch a cold, so she came out with a thin blanket to cover her, but stopped when she just went out.

Because before him, Yin Heng had already appeared beside Meng Yan.

He looked down at Meng Yan's sleeping face quietly, the firelight overflowing from the door screen gilded the two of them, looking so soft and tender.

He gently put the thin blanket in his hand on Meng Yan's body.

At times like this, Xu Shenfang felt how powerless and redundant she was.

In the end, he didn't bother, but turned and went back to the room.

After Yin Heng put a blanket on Meng Yan, he never left.She slept outside Xia's door, and he leaned against the pillar under the eaves, always accompanying her.

In fact, Meng Yan didn't know how to comfort Xia Shi, so she chose to stay outside, as long as Xia Shi needed, she would be there.

(End of this chapter)