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Chapter 122 The Flower Picker ([-])

In the hut, a pot of tea has bottomed out at this moment, and Zhong Manjiang is discussing something with Nie Mei.

Nie Mei frowned the whole time, asking Zhong Manjiang for details from time to time.

"Brother Zhong, I'm sorry to trouble you."

After the conversation was over, Nie Mei's brows slightly relaxed.

"Where, if it wasn't for you, Brother Nie, I, Zhong, would have died under the knife of bandits. How could I have the glory I have today. But having said that, if you were willing to enter the Ministry of Criminal Justice back then, the post of chief , how can it be my turn."

Zhong Manjiang sighed a little, when the world was initially settled, people's hearts were unstable, and bandits were rampant.

These old brothers got together, and after some discussion, they decided to pick up their old profession again, so they entered the Yamen of the capital together and became officials again.

More than ten years passed in a flash, and the brothers were transferred to the criminal department one by one, but Nie Mei, a first-class elder brother in martial arts and criminal judgment, still stayed firmly in the yamen, refusing to be promoted.

No one knew the reason, and as time passed, everyone gradually guessed some of them.

Zhong Manjiang first sighed, and then asked cautiously: "Could it be that you did all this for that Fairy Begonia?"

Nie Mei just sighed lightly when she heard the words, but did not deny it.

Zhong Manjiang is now the head of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, if he wants to investigate, he can still find out some of the things that happened back then.

There is no shortage of legends in the rivers and lakes, every era has its own legends, and this Fairy Begonia is the legend of their generation.

Fairy Begonia, as her name suggests, is beautiful and gentle, and is the dream lover of the older generation of Jianghu people.

Although very few people have seen her real face, those who have seen her are all swaying in admiration for her appearance.

Once a student went south to study, and met bandits who robbed him on the way. Just when his life was hanging by a thread, he heard the sound of shouting from not far away.

Although he stopped drinking, his voice was so melodious and pleasant that everyone present couldn't help but stop their movements.

Not long after, a graceful figure in plain pink clothes appeared in front of the crowd. The visitor called himself Haitang, and his appearance was extremely beautiful.

Seeing the beauty of the woman, the bandits immediately became malicious.Unexpectedly, the woman who called herself Haitang had extremely high martial arts skills, and her attacks were crisp and quick. She beat more than ten people to the ground in two or three hits.

The woman smiled slightly at the scholar, then turned and left.

The scholar, as if struck by lightning, stood there in a daze for a long time, until a passer-by reminded him that he was relieved.

It was already dark, and he stayed there for nearly half an hour.

The scholar returned to his residence and wrote a Fu overnight to describe the beauty of Fairy Begonia.

As soon as the article was published, it immediately aroused great repercussions. This fu is full of nearly a thousand words, and the whole article describes the beauty of the mysterious woman.Because the rhetoric was too flamboyant, one of the literary figures even took a pen to reprimand this young junior at the expense of his own value, calling him a sensationalist and an insult to gentlemen.

Facing the doubt, the scholar didn't explain, but just replied flatly: "Half a hundred knows the destiny, but I don't know that there is Chang'e in the moon."

As soon as these words came out, the four were shocked.

Half of the literary world was shaken by this, secretly thinking that this scholar doesn't know how deep he is, and even if he is lucky for a while and becomes popular because of an article, he must not be arrogant because of his talent.

You know, annoying that senior in the literary world is tantamount to ruining one's future.

But later, the development of the matter once again shocked everyone. This scholar not only made a fortune, but also went straight to the temple and became a first-rank scholar in the dynasty.

Of course, this is all something to say later, let’s just say that this scholar is young, and he does not hesitate to ruin his own career, but also wants to justify the name of this woman who has only met once, which shows that she is extraordinary.

And the sentence "Half a hundred knows the destiny, but I don't know that there is Chang'e in the moon" makes everyone talk about it even more. The woman named Haitang also got the nickname of fairy because of this.

According to legend, Fairy Begonia is wearing plain pink clothes and a deep red sword hanging around her waist. She has extraordinary martial arts skills and has never been defeated.

Extraordinary martial arts cannot be obtained without hard work, and a fairy-like appearance is even more rare.

So those female heroes who also walked the rivers and lakes had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, choosing the simplest plain pink clothes with crimson swords, some of them even played tricks and covered their faces with scarves, but they also bluffed many people.

It's just that with the passage of time, there are fewer and fewer rumors about Fairy Begonia in the world. Gradually, everyone has forgotten about this woman who has caused great disturbances both in the world and in the literary world.

……

"Have you really seen the rumored Fairy Begonia?"

Zhong Manjiang looked at Nie Mei who was beside him.

Nie Mei nodded slightly, her expression calm.

"Brother Nie, after so many years, can you tell brother what happened back then? What does this have to do with Chen Si you asked me to find?"

Zhong Manjiang opened his mouth to ask his own questions for more than ten years. When Nie Mei went out to perform tasks, she seemed to be a different person when she came back. She first resigned from her position in the Yamen, and then moved away from the capital to build a thatched hut here.

Nie Mei was silent for a moment, and finally spoke:

"Seventeen years ago, there was a flower picker in the capital. This man was extremely skilled in martial arts, and he only picked out the female family members of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but he never missed.

Those big families felt ashamed, and asked the government to keep quiet after reporting the case, and the government ordered me to investigate secretly.After several days of investigation, I found out that the flower picker was named Chen Si, and I found out where he was hiding.

Just when I was about to organize the arrest, a big event happened.

At that time, there was a prince named Su Delie, who had a young daughter who had not yet left the cabinet, and became the target of the flower picker Chen Si.It would be fine if it was just picking flowers, but Chen Si not only picked flowers this time, but also strangled to death Su Delie's most beloved little daughter after finishing the work.

Su Deli was startled and angry, and after ordering someone to investigate, he led more than a hundred soldiers to the Yamen that day, and asked me to hand over the clues. He wanted to arrest the other party in person to avenge his daughter.

I didn't want to hand over the clues, but due to the pressure from above, I finally had to do so. When Su Delie arrived with a mighty army, Chen Si had already heard the news and fled. Taking advantage of the unstable situation at that time, he fled into the Jianghu .

Seeing this, Su Delie brought troops to the Yamen and ordered me to arrest that person within seven days, so I had to do so. "

Zhong Manjiang couldn't help but want to scold his mother when he heard this, this bullshit prince who has done more than failed.

Nie Mei paused and continued:
"Later, I searched for five days based on clues, and seeing that the deadline was approaching, I finally found a hut.

At that time, the resistance of the Han people was growing day by day, and the Hu people had begun to retreat steadily. The location of the thatched hut was on the dividing line between the two forces. It was also at that time that I saw the long-rumored Begonia in the rivers and lakes. fairy. "

Remembrance flashed in Nie Mei's eyes, and she murmured:

"That is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life. Even though she is a mother, it does not affect her extraordinary temperament at all."

(End of this chapter)