Chapter 93
Lin Xing hesitated for a moment and then raised her hand to knock on the door. The person inside asked casually, "Who is it?"
"Yang Fengluo."
As soon as the words fell, the door of the house was opened with a "bang". The girl was obviously stunned when she saw Lin Xing, but she still stepped aside to let the two people in. As soon as the door was closed, she asked, "Who are you?"
Lin Xing bowed to her and said, "County Magistrate Lu asked me to find the murderer who killed the county magistrate."
The girl looked her up and down, and at the same time Lin Xing was also observing her. It was dark and crowded outside and I couldn't see clearly, but now that I'm inside I can see her clearly. The girl has willow-shaped eyebrows, affectionate eyes, and a graceful figure. She is truly a beauty under the light.
After the two of them confronted each other for a while, Lin Xing felt that she had lost her composure and had not taken the initiative to give her name. She then said, "I am Lin Xing."
"Qingliu." The girl was a little surprised, and her attitude became more serious. "Aren't you with that guy this morning?"
Lin Xing frowned and asked tentatively, "In the morning? Could it be a young man who calls himself Su Jingfeng?"
Qing Liu nodded, and Lin Xing continued, "Yes, we were together, but I was stuck at the time and couldn't be with him. Now I want to come and talk to the girl about some details."
Qing Liu raised his eyebrows, folded his hands across his chest, and said, "Why should I tell you this?"
Her tone made Yun Zhi a little unhappy. He was about to step forward but was stopped by Lin Xing. Lin Xing pointed at something on the table and said, "Based on what I know about the content of this letter."
"Oh? Then tell me what's in the letter?"
Lin Xing smiled slightly and said, "This letter was left for you by County Magistrate Yang. He said that he has prepared enough money for your redemption and wants you to leave here and live a peaceful life."
Seeing that what she said was true, Qing Liu let go of his last bit of guard, with a mocking tone on his face, saying, "Miss Lin's summary is really brief." Then he sat down at the table, pointed to the empty seats and said, "Ladies, please take a seat."
After they sat down, Qingliu said, "Miss Lin, feel free to ask anything you want to know."
Their eyes met as they got closer to Qing Liu, and then Lin Xing asked, "Why did the young lady say that outside the county magistrate's mansion just now?"
Qingliu smiled even more, staring at the person opposite her, and asked instead of answering, "Miss, do you think I'm wrong?"
Lin Xing shook her head, retracted her gaze, and said, "How much do you know about the county magistrate and the county chancellor?"
"I know almost everything. Are you here to find evidence?" Lin Xing was silent. Seeing this, Qing Liu said, "Then you will be disappointed. I have nothing here."
The atmosphere became quiet, and both parties were thinking for a long time. Lin Xing suddenly asked: "Why don't you leave here?"
Qing Liu chuckled, stood up and walked around the room, stroking the precious porcelains on display with her sleeves one by one. Finally, she stopped and raised her hand towards Lin Xing, saying, "Miss, why do you think I should leave here?"
"Because you don't like it." Qing Liu was stunned, and Lin Xing continued, "You hate this kind of life, you hate the noise of playing in the middle of the night, and you don't want to wear such enchanting clothes every day."
"By the way, your porcelains must have not been cleaned for a long time, and now they are covered with dust. It's better for you to stay away from them and don't dirty your clothes."
After saying that, Lin Xing took Yun Zhi up and left. When she closed the door, she spoke again: "I am sorry to bother you tonight."
The two returned the same way. After they left, Yun Zhi couldn't help but ask, "Miss Lin, why are we leaving like this? Didn't we find out anything?"
Lin Xing sighed, "We already know what we need to know. We originally wanted to ask her about the county magistrate, but it seems that Qingliu doesn't know. Then we don't need to stay any longer. If we stay for too long, it may bring disaster to her."
They had thought that there should be fewer people outside the mansion now, but when they got there they found that not only were there no fewer people, there were even more. Just when Lin Xing and Yun Zhi were at a loss, a suona sound suddenly came from deep in the crowd.
The people moved to both sides, and a hearse drove out slowly. Su Jingfeng was sprinkling paper money on it. When passing by Lin Xing, she clearly saw that the person in the coffin had a purple face. She didn't dare to look at it again after just one glance. She quickly stepped back two steps, lowered her head, and blended into the crowd.
While the people were crying and shouting along with the hearse, they quietly hid behind the trees and watched the crowd rushing out of the city. Yun Zhi softly asked the dazed person beside him, "Miss Lin, what should we do now?"
Lin Xing's eyes wandered and her expression was hesitant. After a moment, she replied, "I didn't see your young master just now. I guess he is still in the mansion."
Yun Zhi looked at the empty gate and asked, "From the gate?"
"No, climb over the wall."
The two of them relied on their memory to come to a shorter wall, and then entered with difficulty. Of course, only Lin Xing had a hard time. When she was hung on the wall, she swore to learn martial arts when she returned to the capital. No matter how difficult the process was, people finally got up, and when jumping down, they saw an unexpected figure.
When he found him, Lin Xing had already jumped down. She was startled and a little flustered, and landed unsteadily. The man hurried to help her, but when he saw her standing still, he quickly withdrew his hand.
Yun Zhi came down earlier than Lin Xing and had disappeared at this time. Yu Hang was also a little surprised to see them and asked, "Why did you come here suddenly?"
Lin Xing brushed off the dust on her body and replied, "Mrs. Lu asked me to take care of Qingqing. I was afraid that you would forget about her, so I came back specially." Then she changed the subject, "Why did you suddenly appear here? And what's going on with the county magistrate?"
"I heard some noise here and came to check. I didn't expect it was you." After a pause, Yu Hang carefully observed his surroundings, and then deliberately lowered his voice, "County Magistrate Lu committed suicide by taking medicine."
Lin Xing was shocked and asked, "Why did he do this?"
"Su Jingfeng said that they thought that the four of us had died in the fire. After returning home, Lu Yu took the medicine, perhaps because he wanted to accompany Madam Lu. I don't know the rest of the story. I will have to wait for Su Jingfeng to come back to find out."
Outside the city, the hearse stopped in front of the prepared grave. Most of the kneeling people were elderly, crying one after another. If you look closely, you can see that many people have fainted. Su Jingfeng sprinkled paper money one after another. An old man suddenly said, "Sir, what happened to the county magistrate?"
Su Jingfeng opened his mouth several times but didn't say anything. The old man couldn't wait to ask again, and then many people agreed. He then said: "The county magistrate... was... framed."
As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd was in an uproar. Someone cried out, "Who is so heartless!" and another chorus of voices echoed him.
Su Jingfeng did not answer, but just shook his head. Seeing this, the old man spoke again: "Sir, please tell us. Although we are all over fifty years old, we also want to avenge the county magistrate."
Still not saying anything, someone reacted faster, thinking of the tragic death of the county magistrate a few days ago, and tried to ask: "Could the county magistrate also be killed by the same person?"
Su Jingfeng nodded with tears in his eyes. Seeing that the crowd was in an uproar and their cries reached the sky, the old man did not say a word. He just gritted his teeth and shed tears silently. When he spoke again, his voice was trembling and hoarse, "Don't be afraid, sir. We are all dying. We will just pretend we don't know what you said today. If anyone blames us, we will just die and it has nothing to do with you."
Seeing that the heat was almost right, Su Jingfeng said with tears in his eyes, "It's the Prime Minister."
Those kneeling here have never been to school. They don’t know what a prime minister is, how powerful he is, or what the gap is between them, but they know that the capital is far away from Pengze.
Someone in the crowd asked, "Shouldn't the Prime Minister be in the capital? Why is he here killing people?"
Su Jingfeng said half-concealedly: "You may not know that the Prime Minister bought a house in Pengze, and he would come here to play if he had free time."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted, "I remember, there is a house on the street that is often locked. It must be there. Everyone, follow me."
If all the people here were dignitaries, they probably wouldn't have the courage to say this. But these country folk don't know what fear is. This is also the goal that Su Jingfeng and Lu Yu want to achieve. The crowd dispersed like the tide, and in a blink of an eye only Su Jingfeng and a few guards were left. He wiped away his tears and calmly directed everyone to bury the body.
The dust flew, burying Lu Yu and everything he said before he died. It is said that Su Jingfeng has no taste for elegance. At this moment, he would just stand in front of the grave blankly and be unable to utter a word. If he was not so serious, when he went to the flower garden that day, he would have found that the old man who had led the way was the one who took care of the flower garden.
Inside the county magistrate's mansion, Lin Xing and Yu Hang were performing simple disguises. They smeared rouge and powder on themselves, making themselves look like neither human nor ghost. At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside, and it sounded like someone was smashing something. Lin Xing pricked up her ears and pressed them against the door to listen for a long time but to no avail. She said to Yun Zhi who was standing beside her, "Yun Zhi, go and see what's going on."
Yun Zhi left in response. Yu Hang sat at the table and looked at himself in the bronze mirror, not understanding. He said depressedly, "Why do we have to paint like this? We don't have to go out anyway."
Lin Xing picked up the face powder and applied it to the uneven parts of his face, explaining with a smile: "If you don't go out, won't others come in? We can't be discovered, otherwise it will ruin your plan." At the end, she looked at Yu Hang's funny makeup and couldn't help laughing out loud.
Yu Hang, who had already convinced himself, was completely discouraged after hearing the laughter, but he didn't dare to say anything harsh and just felt angry and helpless by himself. Lin Xing was laughing so hard that she fell on the table. At this moment, Yun Zhi pushed the door open and came in. She was infected by his hearty laughter and couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth. Yu Hang turned away in autism.
Lin Xing laughed enough, sat down and asked Yun Zhi: "What's going on outside?"
Yun Zhi tried to maintain a cold tone, but one could still hear the ups and downs in his voice, "For some reason a group of people were smashing an empty house not far away, and now they have entered the house." At the same time, two missing person notices were slapped on the table.
Lin Xing picked up her own portrait and looked at it carefully. She found that the painter had some talent and the painting was really like the real thing. The sudden silence between the two of them caused Yu Hang to turn around. He saw his own portrait at first glance, then glanced at the bronze mirror and turned back silently.
"Why did you tear this off?"
Yun Zhi hurriedly explained, "There are a lot of them posted outside. I just brought back two to show you, Miss and Mr.." Then he added, "There are a lot of Mrs. Lu's. Do you want any?"
"I don't mean to blame you. Yunzhi, there's no need to be like this. Madam Lu doesn't need to be like this either. How can a painting be better than someone else's?" Lin Xing noticed Yunzhi's mood and made a joke to ease the tension.
The person sitting next to her suddenly said, "Who said paintings are more beautiful than people?" The resentful expression and tone seemed even funnier. This time, not only Lin Xing but even Yun Zhi couldn't help laughing out loud.
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