Aunt Lu turned to look at her. Li Xiuer froze there, her face pale. After hesitating for a long time, he said: "Mama has a good vision, why don't you sit and drink tea in the private room at the back, and wait for me to bring some good ingredients for Mama to choose carefully."

"Alright." Aunt Lu waved her hand bluntly, signaling Li Xiu'er to lead the way.

Naturally, Li Xiu'er did not take Aunt Lu to the private room. The two arrived at a remote corner of the backyard. Before they could stand still, Aunt Lu whispered: "Zhao Jiahua is dead. The next one is you. I can't bear it, I came to save you of."

During the short hundred-odd steps from the pavement to the backyard, Li Xiu'er had several thoughts in her mind, imagining various possibilities of the person who came, but she never expected it to be these words.

a bolt from the blue.

Aunt Lu looked at her expression and said, "Calm down, there are still people walking around here, don't make people suspicious."

Li Xiu'er hurriedly lowered her head, and after a long time she recovered, she said, "Who are you?"

Aunt Lu said: "After Matchmaker Xu died, they always had to find someone to take over, but I'm not as stupid as Matchmaker Xu."

The words were vague, but Li Xiuer quickly took the bait. "Don't worry, I've always kept my mouth shut. This matchmaker Xu knows about it."

"Matchmaker Xu is dead."

Li Xiu'er said anxiously again: "I have nothing to reveal to others, I don't know anything."

"As innocent as Zhao Jiahua? Zhao Jiahua is also dead."

Li Xiu'er froze on the spot, swallowed her saliva, struggled and said, "I don't know her well. Mrs. Liu just often comes here to make clothes, just like other customers."

"Since you are not familiar with her, how can you know Madam Liu's boudoir name? How can you be the same as other guests when you take money from her privately?"

Li Xiu'er was so panicked that her fingers trembled, she quickly clasped her hands and bit her lip.

Aunt Lu said at this time: "I'm not here to deal with you. I'm here to save you. This matter is endless. If one dies, another will come again. Should we be under their control for the rest of our lives? A slight mistake, it's gone If you use the value, you should die in vain?"

Li Xiuer was at a loss and was still struggling: "I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know you."

"Zhao Jiahua is dead. She only had contact with you during her lifetime, how long do you think you can live?"

"She has never been in contact with me. It is An Ruochen. The two of them are related. I saw it with my own eyes. They made an appointment to meet and communicate with me. But I don't know anything else."

"You're wasting time." Aunt Lu said in a low voice, "An Ruochen lives in Ziyun Building, and the guards are heavily guarded. What about you? Who will protect you? Who will protect your mother and righteous sister? You are dead, Who will support your mother? If your righteous sister is not going to be any better, will she leave her behind, take her belongings and run away. Your mother can't see, so even if she goes to beg, she will endure for a few more days."

These are hitting Li Xiuer's vitals. She covered her mouth, suppressing her fear and whimpering.

Aunt Lu looked around at this time, took a step closer to her, reported the address in a low voice, and then said: "I went to see this place before I came here. This place is safe, but I can stay away for a few days. You don't believe me, but I still want to save her." You can't die one after another with your life."

Li Xiu'er looked at her suspiciously, Aunt Lu asked, "Do you have any money with you?"

Li Xiu'er bit her lip: "It's all helping my mother."

Aunt Lu stuffed a silver ingot, "You take this first."

Li Xiuer looked at the silver and her heart moved. She reached out and took it.

Aunt Lu asked again: "Do you remember what I said?"

Li Xiuer nodded.

"Don't make people suspicious, go out as usual later, find a reason to tell Boss Jiang that you have to leave for a few days later. Just say that mother is sick or something else. If you find suspicious people approaching, run away quickly. Don't go to you Mother will lead the danger over. Go to the place I mentioned, put a bamboo basket at the door, and I will know you are there. I will send you some meals. Things will be dealt with later, and I will notify you when it is safe. go home."

Aunt Lu said it in a good way, and Li Xiu'er believed her at this time. "How long? When is it safe?" she asked.

Aunt Lu thought for a while, "Wait until the truth about Zhao Jiahua's death comes to light."

"Who actually killed Mrs. Liu?"

Aunt Lu asked back, "Do you know who killed Matchmaker Xu?"

Li Xiuer said: "Matchmaker Xu committed suicide."

"What a coincidence, Zhao Jiahua also committed suicide."

Li Xiuer was completely stunned.

"What did they say to you? These things will kill you."

"It's nothing. Matchmaker Xu just asked me to find out the news, and didn't do anything else."

"Matchmaker Xu has long passed away. The point is that Mrs. Liu. You are so brave to spread the news about the organization."

Li Xiuer shouted in fright: "I didn't!"

Aunt Lu looked around, Li Xiuer woke up, and quickly lowered her voice to explain: "I didn't. She was looking for me. She said she knew that I belonged to Xu Matchmaker. Xu Matchmaker died, and no one would come to take care of me again. But she can help me. I needed money for my mother's treatment, so I wrote a letter for her, bought a carriage and so on."

"What letter to report? Why buy a carriage?"

Li Xiuer hesitated.

Aunt Lu shouted at her: "This is a critical moment, you are going to die! You tell me everything and I can help you deal with the future troubles. I don't want to be dragged down by you."

Li Xiuer trembled in fright, and hurriedly said: "She wants to get in touch with An Ruochen, and also wants to know who will contact me after Xu Matchmaker. But no one contacted me, you have been late, and then An Ruochen came, So I told her. She asked me to find someone to buy a carriage, and arranged several boxes inside to transport some clothes and cloth. She bought them all, and let me say that they were purchased by merchants from other counties. But what I don’t care who will transport it when the time comes. I just need to find a craftsman to make the car and hire a driver.”

"When did this happen? Where is the carriage?"

"Matchmaker Xu came to see me about a month after her death. Later, we contacted from time to time, but not often. She gave me money, and I helped her with errands. The carriage was ordered by Yaoji Car Shop in the west of the city. Once the goods are ready and delivered, I don’t care anymore.”

"What else?" Aunt Lu asked.

"Gone."

"Really?" Aunt Lu said with a sullen face.

"It is indeed gone. She is very careful, we don't meet many times. She doesn't let me go to her, for fear that others will see me meeting her." Li Xiuer looked around carefully, "I have to go to work, leave If you stay too long, you will become suspicious."

Aunt Lu grabbed her tightly: "Remember what I said, avoid it for a few days. If you have nowhere to go, then hide in the place I said."

Li Xiuer nodded and quickly went back to the shop. After she was busy for a while, she turned around and looked for Aunt Lu.

Mr. Xie stood beside the jujube tree in the vegetable garden behind Jingxin Nunnery, and stuffed a piece of paper under the candle holder of the red lantern. Nothing was written on the paper, only a cross was crossed. This means that tonight's operation is cancelled. He knew that Master Jingyuan could understand too much. According to the agreed method, Mr. Xie hung the lantern on the jujube tree.

When he looked up, he saw that there were not many fruits on the jujube tree, so Mr. Xie couldn't help but take a second look. He circled around the jujube tree and looked down at the tree. He always felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't tell.

It's just that he has always believed in sailing carefully, and if there is something wrong with his intuition, he must check it out.

Mr. Xie looked at Jingxin Nunnery, walked over and was about to climb over the wall to enter, when the back door suddenly opened with a creak.

Master Jingyuan stood behind the door.

"Master." Mr. Xie smiled nonchalantly.

Master Jingyuan was expressionless. He didn't seem surprised to see a big living person standing there when he opened the door. She looked up at the lantern on the tree and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The plan has changed temporarily."

"Aren't you going to kill?" The tone was like "Don't you need to buy groceries today?" Ordinary.

"right."

"Changing back and forth, do you really think killing people is a joke?"

Mr. Xie's face twitched, who on earth took murder as a joke.

Master Jingyuan ignored his reaction, and said again: "Okay, I understand. You can take down the lantern, you don't need to hang it up. I won't give it away." After Master Jingyuan finished speaking, she didn't turn around and enter the door. Just stand there and watch.

Mr. Xie was rather resentful, but he couldn't say anything. So he picked up the lantern and put it back under the tree, patted his hands to wipe off the non-existent dirty dust, and asked casually, "Master, did you go out these two days?"

"No."

"Did outsiders ever come to the nunnery?"

"There are pilgrims."

"Is there any suspicious person?"

"No one except you." Jingyuan replied flatly.

Mr. Xie was bored, and couldn't help but said: "Master is really not a good talker."

Mrs. Jingyuan replied: "If you want to find someone who can talk to you, go to Hualou. This is the temple."

Mr. Xie was very unhappy when he was choked, Miao'an? ! Hmph, do you still think that you are a serious temple? Is there such a temple that kills people without blinking an eye? !

"If you see anyone suspicious, please let me know." Mr. Xie didn't bother to talk to her anymore, and walked away.

Master Jingyuan watched his back disappear on the mountain road calmly, then turned and went back to the yard.

There was one eye peeking out from the crack in the door of Jingxin Nunnery's small side courtyard, looking out of the side courtyard. Mrs. Jingyuan walked over, the people behind the door stepped back, Mrs. Jingyuan opened the door, behind the door a little girl about twelve or thirteen years old smiled and called sweetly: "Master."

Master Jingyuan nodded her head in agreement, and walked in. The little girl followed her into the only room in the side room. The room was originally used for storing sundries, but now it is tidy and tidy, with a bed, a cabinet, a few chairs, and it is simple and comfortable to look at.

Mrs. Jingyuan sat down on the only chair in the room. She called: "Jing'er, sit down, I have something to say."

The little girl named Jing'er sat down beside the bed. With a fair face and big eyes, she is beautiful and cute.

Master Jingyuan looked at her and said, "Did you remember anything?"

On October 15th, she met this little girl at the south gate of Zhonglan City. She was about to leave the city at that time. Please save me."

So Jingyuan took her out of the city. I asked her on the way, and she said she didn't remember anything. All she knew was that when she woke up, she was in a dilapidated house, her head was hurting, and two people she didn't know were talking outside, saying they wanted to sell her to a brothel. She was very scared and wanted to run away. Seeing a bundle in the room, the clothes seemed to belong to her, so she ran out from the back window with her back on her back. She didn't remember who she was or where she came from, so she panicked and ran to the gate of the city. She had no one to rely on, and when she saw Mrs. Jingyuan, she begged her for help.

Jingyuan took her in and let her hide in this small room in the side yard, and she should not go out on weekdays, lest those people find her and name her Jing'er.

Jing'er shook her head: "I still can't remember at all, and I am causing trouble to the teacher."

"It's not that I want to drive you away, it's just that since you are separated from your family, you should reunite as soon as possible, otherwise they will be more worried."

Jing'er bit her lip, panic appeared in her eyes.

Mrs. Jingyuan looked at her and said, "Don't be afraid, it's fine to live here, I won't miss a bite of your meal."

Jing'er hurriedly nodded her head in thanks.

Mrs. Jing Yuan said again: "Recently, there are many families who have lost girls. I heard that there is a family named An in Zhonglan City, and the little girl has also been lost."

Jing'er lowered her head, and said softly: "It's really pitiful, I hope she and I meet such a kind person like the teacher."

"I heard that she is about the same age as you, a twelve-year-old girl."

Jing'er asked cautiously: "Then, how is the An family doing now?"

"Then it's not clear. I just heard it from the market, but I didn't ask in detail."

"Oh." Jing'er nodded.

Master Jingyuan looked at her, and said: "Since you don't remember anything, why don't you go to the An's house in the city to see, in case you were snatched from An's house by those bandits..."

Jing'er hurriedly waved her hand: "No, no. I remember, I seem to be from another county. When I heard them talking in the outhouse at that time, they mentioned that it was very hard to travel such a long distance. I guess I came from another county. .”

Master Jingyuan didn't speak.

Jing'er thought for a while and then said: "It's not that I don't want to find relatives, it's just that I come from another county, so it must not be Miss An's family. If I go there, people will think that I am a liar to blackmail, or teach those gangsters If you see me, you will be in trouble."

Mrs. Jingyuan said: "It makes sense. Then you can stay here with peace of mind. When you think about where your family is, go back and look for them later."

"Thank you, Master." Jing'er thought for a while and asked again: "By the way, Master, when I went out of the city that day, I seemed to see a banner with the word 'dragon' written on it. In this city, there is General Long Tenglong. Garrison."

"indeed."

"Ah, I've heard about the reputation of General Long for a long time, and I admire him very much. If Mrs. Shi has a chance to meet the general, can you take me to have a look?"

Master Jing Yuan smiled too: "I'm a monk, so I don't have a chance to meet the general."

"Oh." Jing'er couldn't hide her disappointment.

Master Jingyuan said: "Don't think too much. If you feel bored, read the scriptures. By the way, how did you copy the scriptures I gave you yesterday?"

Jing'er blushed: "That, that, I don't remember anything, but I can't even write."

Master Jingyuan smiled: "It's okay. That's not a big deal." Master Jingyuan comforted her a few words, let her play by herself for a while, and called her again when she was eating.

Jing'er waited for Master Jingyuan to leave, she sat in the room and meditated, and suddenly knocked her head hard, she was really stupid, she was clearly illiterate, how could she talk nonsense about seeing a big banner with the word "dragon" written on it. Fortunately, the teacher did not pay attention to this flaw.

Mrs. Jingyuan went back to her room, closed the door, picked up the half-polished sword on the table and continued to polish it. The blade was shining white, reflecting her cold face. After wiping the sword, she lifted the floor tiles, revealing a large wooden box. She opened the lid of the case and put the sword back on the black nightsuit inside the case. Since there is no need to kill people tonight, let's put it away.

Speaking of illiteracy, An Ruochen was also in deep thought.

The fact that Zhao Jiahua killed her daughter by mistake and then committed suicide in grief has been hotly discussed in the streets and alleys. The Yamen closed the case, and An Ruochen naturally couldn't pretend not to know. Since she was concerned about Zhao Jiahua's movements before, it was reasonable for her to react strongly to the news of her death.

So she went to the yamen to read the case files, but was rejected by the master Bo Jianghongqing. Jiang Hongqing said that the case was clear, but it had nothing to do with detailed work or military affairs, and An Ruochen was only the manager of Ziyun Tower, and had no right to check the case records. If you want to see it, you have to bring the military order letter.

So An Ruochen went back to the Ziyun Tower to find Changshi Li Mingyu, who wanted a document to go to the Yamen to read the case records. Li Changshi frowned, and first dismissed her with his busyness, and then she went, and he asked which adult made it She came to ask for documents? After some gossip, he said that since it is a matter of committing a crime carefully, we will wait for the general or Mr. Xie to come back. He said very seriously: "Don't forget, Guan An, what did you tell the general when he left? As long as Guan An does his job well, don't act without authorization."

An Ruochen was very annoyed, she turned to look for Jiang Song, but Jiang Song was not there. So she had no choice but to go to Liu's mansion first, and she was stopped by the porter when she got there. The concierge's reason was also reasonable, there were too many visits from each family, and there was a mess for a while, the master was busy with the funeral, so he couldn't get away to treat him well, for fear of omissions and negligence, so other than the close relatives, other distinguished guests were not received for the time being. After everything is done, I would like to thank you all.

An Ruochen immediately expressed her condolences, saying that although she had known Mrs. Liu not long ago, but she was really destined to hear the sad news, and she was deeply saddened by the news, and hoped to have a chance to express her condolences. The concierge promised to tell the master. An Ruochen returned to Ziyun Tower with a helpless and anxious expression.

Very good, her behavior is normal, and there is a lot of movement, and the secret workers in the whole city probably know that she is blocked everywhere and can't do anything.

It's just a pity that I can't see Zhao Jiahua's case file. She doesn't know if there will be any clues left on it.