In the early morning, by the Qinhuai River, before dawn, Nie Yunzhu got up from the bed, finished having sex, then made a pot of tea and walked out of the front door of the small building.
The gloomy night shrouded the city and mountains in the distance, making it difficult to see what was in the distance. She sat on the steps in front of the building and thought about things. In fact, these days, she mostly thought about one thing, that
The familiar footsteps have not sounded here for twenty days.
Looking back, mornings like this have been going on for nearly a year. From the time I first met him because of that chicken, to later seeing him running over there every morning, we started talking and chatting. Every morning, I met him.
It was the most special time for her. Except when it rained heavily, that figure passed by here every day, even if it snowed, she almost thought it would continue like this in the future.
She only had these twenty days to tell her that the original connection between the two was only a simple meeting every day. If he didn't come over, she wouldn't be able to find him. "That person..." After all, it was the Miss Su family.
's husband.
This thought made her slightly troubled.
In the first few days, I just thought that he was in a hurry, or that he had traveled far away, or that he had delayed his early morning exercise time. However, as time passed, I couldn't help but feel anxious, worrying that he had something happened or an accident.
In the past few days, I intentionally or unintentionally walked around the Nasu Mansion and walked around the courtyard wall to see if there were any clues, but I couldn't find any.
I felt anxious and felt that I was being sneaky and didn't even know what I was doing.
This kind of worry was at its most serious when several detectives came to see her a few days ago. She was in a daze in the backyard of Zhuji Main Store. With her worries in mind, the store boy came in and told her that the detectives were looking for her.
, I was really confused all of a sudden. I ran out in a daze and almost tripped over the threshold. Then I listened to the question asked by the policeman. I was stunned for a long time before I came to my senses.
Gu Yanzhen Gu Yanzhen is Gu Yanzhen again...
To hell with him.
The two detectives Yicui asked about the situation between her and Gu Yanzhen.
She was almost about to complain like that, but she still briefly talked about her previous relationship absentmindedly. Finally, the two detectives told her that Gu Yanzhen was killed after he left the city, which shocked her for a long time.
If it were normal times, she might be sad about this for a while, but at this time, she was a little worried, and after being stunned for a while, she turned back. The world is actually not peaceful, and Li Heng will not encounter anything...
It wasn't until she went near the Su Mansion not long ago and saw Li Heng's wife Su Tan'er and her maid coming out to get on the carriage. "Although they looked a little anxious, it seemed they were just going to deal with business." Then she gradually felt at ease. But when she got to the second
Tian thought again, nothing happened to Li Heng. When we chatted with him the day before, he never mentioned that he was going to travel far away. "Now that he has not been here for so long, maybe... he won't come?"
I also think this kind of idea is really stupid.
In recent days, she has been experiencing many gloomy and complicated thoughts, but every morning, she still makes the pot of tea and sits on the steps until dawn. At this time, she will adjust her mood.
Huh, "If you never come, I will be waiting here every day!"
She thought as playfully as possible, "Sitting there and taking a sip of tea." Then the morning breeze gently brought the footsteps over...
After twenty days, Ning Yi once again resumed the habit of running every morning. Although after getting up, when Xiao Chan was changing the dressing on his hand in the room, Xiao Chan complained and nagged her with tears in her eyes, "I just took off the bandage yesterday and saw it."
The burnt left hand even made Xiaochan cry. "But after all, there is still a need to persist in exercising. The injury on the left hand has basically recovered. This recovery means that you can do some basic movements without pain anymore."
There are no big problems in life anymore. It’s just that it’s a little ugly after taking off the bandage. Now the whole hand is red. A few days ago, I boasted in front of Lu Hongti that I was a bloody massacrer. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a prophecy. No matter what
In fact, it matches up well on the outside, which is really dumbfounding.
If he wanted to fully recover, the whole process would take half a year, which was also because Lu Hongti's wound medicine was really good. He was actually prepared to have his left hand disabled. In the situation that day, there was no more choice. Although
It's a pity, but if you can survive, there is nothing to complain about. Now you have earned something.
Some of the ingredients in the wound medicine are very expensive, but the Su family has money, so this problem is not a big problem. Last night, I probably told the Su family’s father-in-law and Mrs. Su about the process of “a friend went to help and got burned on his arm”. It should be downplayed.
It's an understatement. The reason why Xiaochan didn't want him to come out this morning was mainly because she was afraid that exercise would cause her arms to sweat. After all, burns and the like mainly damage these skin glands. But Ning Yi now has
Of course, there is no need to stop for the "internal strength technique" taught by Lu Hongti. It is just a matter of restraining the momentum.
Today's run was about to stop when we reached Nie Yunzhu's small building.
"... I went out to the city a few days ago to help a friend do something. Then I had a small accident and my hand was burned. Fortunately, I found a famous doctor and the medicine was amazing. It took about half a year.
That's good." Ning Yi took a sip of tea, raised his bandaged left hand and showed it in the air, "How is it? Do you think this looks good?" He himself felt that this look was really cool.
Nie Yunzhu smiled slightly and lowered his eyes: "Does it hurt?"
"Well, I don't feel anything now. It was really painful at the time." Ning Yi smiled, "How are you doing lately?"
"Well, fortunately, a very interesting thing happened a few days ago. Someone came to the store with a wooden sign he carved..."
In the early morning at the riverside, "the scene as usual has returned to the past" and some trivial household gossip. Seeing Ning Yi, Nie Yunzhu felt like he was relieved, but when he recalled the situation of these days, there were always
Some places were empty. When the morning light showed, Ning Yi stood up and said goodbye. Nie Yunzhu hesitated in his heart: "You..."
"Um?"
"Your hand is injured and you need to take medicine every day." It's not easy to sweat. For the sake of your health, these days... don't sweat anymore while running."
She said this with some difficulty, and Ning Yi nodded: "Yes, I understand, but it's okay." Simple exercise is not a big problem, and you won't sweat. I recently got an internal strength or something. "Any time
Exercise, this kind of intensity without sweating, haha, maybe you will become a martial arts hero after a while."
Ning Yi used to tell her about martial arts and other rumors, but now he talks about it cheerfully. Nie Yunzhu stood there watching his back go away, a cool tear suddenly slid down his cheek and fell in front of him
On the back of her hand. She was stunned for a moment. Then she wiped it in a panic, and ran forward suddenly. After just two steps, the embroidered shoes stopped again, and Ning Yi turned around in front.
"Ah" by the way, the wine thing should be almost done. When the time comes, I will bring over the designs of each component. It's best to find a few blacksmiths who can keep it confidential. Well, I will try my best to ensure the specifications.
If it is consistent, the next workshop needs to be kept secret. Has the wine-making master been contacted?"
Nie Yunzhu held the handkerchief in front of his chest and waited blankly for a while before nodding vigorously: "Yes, we have been contacted before."
"Oh, that's good." Ning Yi smiled and then waved his hand, "I walked for a few days before starting class. I said I can be lazy these two days and maybe go to Zhuji at noon to sit there, ha." I missed it
Preserved egg and lean meat porridge.”
Nie Yunzhu smiled and nodded: "I'll wait for you to come over."
The trace of loss in my heart gradually faded away.
He will pass the Fengwu Festival...
With her mood brightening, the rest of the things "can be forgotten. In the morning full of vitality and hope," she was about to go to the main store and wait. Only then did she remember the news of Gu Yanzhen's death that came from two detectives.
Why did those two detectives come to find her?" Nie Yunzhu thought in her mind. She may not have much dislike for Gu Yanzhen. Gu Yanzhen was still talented. When he died, Nie Yunzhu felt a little regretful and sad. But on the other hand, even if
He was dead, and it seemed to have something to do with her, which made her feel slightly disgusted. It obviously had nothing to do with it. The two emotions were not contradictory, and they were mixed together." After a while, she sighed,
Gradually faded away.
A few days later, there were more and more victims outside the city. One morning, Nie Yunzhu told Ning Yi that someone he knew had an accident and died outside the city these days. This person originally wanted to be the county magistrate.
He has some talent and "a bright future", so he told Ning Yi that the current situation is not peaceful recently and he should pay more attention to safety.
Ning Yi looked complicated at that time.
"acquaintance?"
"Not familiar enough."
"Oh." Ning Yi shrugged, "It's such a pity that God is jealous of talented people."
This is the back bottle, so I won’t mention it for now.
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The time goes back to the evening of the sixth day of June. Nearly two days have passed since the murder that night. Several detectives were investigating near the burned-out houseboat on the remote river bank. "The wind was howling" and the sky became dark.
"There will probably be thunderstorms tonight.
"After this heavy rain, I'm afraid nothing can be investigated!" A policeman's voice echoed through the river bank in the wind. The boathouse on the shoal of the river had been completely burned. Of course, some of it collapsed.
The wreckage, the burnt black corpses of people were mixed in, and it was unknown how long it had been washed away.
"If there really is the body of the county magistrate surnamed Gu, what is going on?"
"It's probably because County Magistrate Gu made a deal with the Yang brothers here, and ended up being taken care of by the assassin."
There are five police officers in total, three ordinary police officers, and the other two are chief and deputy police officers. This is the real official police officer in Jiangning Mansion. The five people searched around the wreckage by the river for a while. In fact, they discovered this morning
They had already found some clues at that time. "It was probably possible to confirm that one of the mutilated corpses was Gu Yanzhen. They were expecting it to rain and came here for the second time." The thirty-year-old head catcher walked up to the shore.
He was looking for other clues nearby, and after a while, the other deputy, who was older, tall and thin, also followed.
"Tou Chen, everyone else said that the death of the two servants of the Gu family was caused by the female assassin. Now that he and Yang Yi and Yang Heng's family are dead here, the case is closed, which is good."
The slightly tall and thin deputy chief, whose surname was Xu, was speaking like this. The deputy chief, whose surname was Chen, smiled and said, "The prefect hopes so too, right?"
They came here today because of a murder that occurred outside the city yesterday morning. Two servants of the Gu family were kidnapped and thrown back with their bodies. The person who appeared at the scene was the female assassin who assassinated Song Xian on the Dragon Boat Festival. At that time
The remaining servants of the Gu family watched helplessly as the female assassin killed people. After that, Gu Yanzhen, who had the status of county magistrate, could not be found. Only then did everyone feel that something was out of the way. The scope expanded to this point.
The brothers Yang Yi and Yang Heng who lived here were well-known villains in their own right and lived in a remote area. Moreover, if they died, the government would basically ignore them and maybe just applaud them. However, Gu Yanzhen's case also happened to happen.
At this time, some things had to be investigated. A county magistrate died in Jiangning, and an explanation had to be given to the superiors.
Brothers Yang Yi and Yang Heng have always been flamboyant and domineering, but they are also extremely vicious. Not many people in Jiangning will easily offend them, and they cannot be offended. At this time, after investigation, "the whole family is dead, and only the strong person like the female assassin is the only one."
"As for why Gu Yanzhen and his servants are here, the reason probably depends on whether they want to discredit him or highlight him, it doesn't matter."
If we talk about this matter alone, "a county magistrate died in Jiangning territory, whether the case can be solved, the Jiangning prefect will be under great pressure. But the female assassin stretched out her hand and used force to suppress the ban. Now she has killed someone and has left the city."
He ran away. After all, there was already Song Xian's case, but now that he pushed it up and merged it into one case, it became an embellishment. At noon, everyone analyzed the case, and the prefect showed his intention to merge the two cases. He didn't want to directly accuse the two cases.
It’s better to combine these disgusting cases into one. At present, it seems that the logic is actually correct. Gu Yanzhen bought a murderer to do some bad things, and he did it to the female assassin. As a result, Yang Yi and Yang Heng’s family died here. The female assassin
He had a fierce personality and even went so far as to kill two of his opponent's servants to vent his anger.
"That's probably how the case ends."
Mr. Chen smiled and said, "The two were walking on the river beach. The Mr. Chen went to look at the blood on the river bank that might be the scene of the first murder. He turned around after a while, but could not find the other person's face.
The figure was gone. He turned around and entered the bamboo forest here, only to see Mr. Chen "sitting" there for some reason.
He didn't really sit, because there was no chair behind him. At this time, such a calm-looking man took a horse stance in the bamboo forest and assumed a sitting posture. He put his hands on his knees, as if he was sitting squarely. There he was.
He tilted his face slightly, looking at the remains of the house on the shoal in the distance, with a look of surprise and uncertainty. Deputy Chief Xu was about to walk over. He suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Don't come here!"
"What's wrong?"
The wind blew across the river beach, and Capt. Chen looked there for a long time before murmuring: "This is... such a ruthless person..."