I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 13
The Zhu Mansion compound seemed to be two completely different worlds. On one side were noisy groups of people confronting each other, crying and cursing, mixed with the sound of gongs and drums from the Maple Leaf Pantiao master Taichang's requiem for the soul of Master Taichang, and the There was Zhu Yuanbao, who was dressed in colorful clothes, chasing Sun Xiaokong all over the place.

On the other side of the wall, it was quiet and stable.

Ling An leaned against the wall and tilted his head, Ren Zhu's mansion was full of uproarious noises, as if he was in no one's land.

Gu Buquan thought about it, and sat down against the wall according to Ling An.

"Stupid, what are you thinking?"

Ling An looked at Gu Buquan, and said in a muffled voice, "Hai, Guang, you."

Gu Buquan was a little surprised, he was not thinking about how to find out the murderer.

She fixedly looked into Ling An's eyes, and said to him sincerely: "I'll tell you an ancestral secret, it doesn't cost money to say a few more words, understand?"

Ling An nodded: "Oh." Then she replied, "Take effort."

Gu Buquan choked speechlessly, and wanted to bang her head against the wall, but in the next moment, she felt Ling An's palm protecting her forehead.

"Silly."

She rolled her eyes: "You are so stupid, you think I really hit you?"

"Yeah." He nodded seriously, and it was still a word.

Gu Buquan suddenly felt that the idiot was actually quite cute, like the feeling when he reached out to touch her cheek when he first met at the beach that day, it was warm and strange.

But he didn't speak any more, just lowered his head and didn't look at her, as if he was asleep.

"Actually, I know that you can say a lot, right? You also know how to flatter the county magistrate. I'm happy to pet him like a donkey, and lead myself to the matter of toasting."

"tired."

"Well, it turns out that the reason why you cherish words like gold is because talking is too tiring, but you don't think about it, won't it be more tiring if I explain it for you? And..." She looked at Ling An, "You idiot, make sure I can listen understand what you mean?"

Ling An looked back at her, nodded: "Yeah."

"Okay..." Gu Buquan had nothing to say, both of them turned their heads and fell into silence.

After a long time, Gu Buquan couldn't help but said again: "If you can't find out the murderer, you won't be able to earn money. Without money, Team Leader Qi won't let you and Hua Yaoling have enough to eat."

Ling An didn't say a word.

"I'm afraid the county magistrate is really going to be tied up and sent to the government office. When the real culprit is found out, the county magistrate will definitely punish everyone present, and the Maple Leaf class will also suffer bad luck, and your flower rattle will suffer."

Ling An was still speechless.

"Miss Qiao'er died unjustly."

Ling An finally raised his head and nodded heavily at her: "En."

Although it was just a simple "um", Gu Buquan already understood his intention.

She couldn't help feeling a burst of joy, knowing that he was thinking so hard not for money from the Zhu family, nor because of the power of the magistrate, but to avenge Miss Qiao'er, which coincided with her intentions.

She smiled and stretched out her hand to touch his forehead, and said, "Whether you can find out or not, I will thank you for Miss Qiaoer."

His eyelashes drooped down, covering his pupils like curtains.

She quickly retracted her hand, and turned her face away a little shyly, secretly smiling.

Just at this time, Sun Xiaokong jumped over again, and Zhu Yuanbao followed closely behind him.

"Pohou, return my gold-encrusted walking stick."

Sun Xiaokong avoided Zhu Yuanbao, held Gui Xiaobao tightly in one hand, and swung the gold-encrusted walking stick with the other, almost hitting Ling An on the head, but Ling An avoided it cleverly.

"Sun Xiaokong, be careful, we won't be able to compensate you if you break the game."

Sun Xiaokong is a very intelligent monkey, he can listen to every word he can't say, and he agrees with a squeak.

Zhu Yuanbao was so teased by Sun Xiaokong that he jumped up and down, he looked more like a monkey than Sun Xiaokong, very ridiculous.

Suddenly, Ling An jumped up and snatched the gold inlaid walking stick from Sun Xiaokong's hand, touched the golden bamboo joint with his fingers lightly, and leaned forward without hesitation, only to see a tiny hole in the gold surface of the bamboo joint.

"The crutches have been used for a long time, so it's not surprising that there are one or two dents." Gu Buquan said.

Ling An frowned, his eyes were still fixed on his socket, he didn't shake his head or nod.

Zhu Yuanbao said angrily: "Nonsense, my father's gold-encrusted walking stick is a treasure. I only take it out for use every time I get married, and I have to wipe it with steaming water several times before hiding it. I can guarantee that it will never The slightest dent must have been gnawed by your monkey."

Gu Buquan gave Zhu Yuanbao a blank look: "You want to blackmail my coffin again? I see that the socket is as thin as a needle's eye, and it's not a tooth mark."

Ling An suddenly raised his head: "The eye of a needle?"

"Yes, it looks like a socket for a thimble."

"Thimble?" Ling An and Zhu Yuanbao asked in unison.

"A thimble is a finger cot worn on the hand when doing needlework. There are many small dimples on it to hold the nose of the needle so that the fingers will not be hurt by the needle."

Ling An and Zhu Yuanbao still don't understand.

Gu Buquan took a look at the two of them, one is a fool, the other is a veritable young master, how do you know what a thimble is?I had to explain patiently, "Yes, it's a bit like Butler Zhu's finger wrench, except that there will be many dens on it."

"Oh."

Gu Buquan shook her head, in her eyes, Zhu Yuanbao was as stupid as an idiot.

Suddenly she laughed, "Hey, Zhu Yuanbao, your father wouldn't use a thimble as a gold-studded walking stick, would he?"

"Nonsense, my Zhu family has a lot of money, so why use a fake one with a little gold inlay? You can also afford a whole golden walking stick."

Gu Buquan snorted coldly: "Wan Guan's wealth? It seems that the Wan Guan's family wealth belongs to Butler Zhu. Look at the jade wrench in his hand, which shows off. It's much less powerful than yours? Your father saves all valuable belongings Is he there? Is he taking care of it for you now or spending it for you? "

"Who said that? The old housekeeper passed it down from his ancestors. If it weren't for my father's marriage today, the old housekeeper was happy, so he took it out and said it was a celebration. This is my first time." See you once. Hey, can I tell you this?"

"Well, Gu Buquan, I won't argue with you, and I don't want you to pay, just return the gold-encrusted walking stick."

As he said that, he stretched out his hand to snatch it, but unexpectedly, after exerting a few times of strength, the crutch remained motionless in Ling An's hand.

"Brother idiot, please let go, please, if you don't get it back, all nine of my mothers will never finish with me." Zhu Yuanbao begged with tears.

The crutch is called a gold-encrusted cane, but the name is not true. What is really valuable is the ruby ​​inlaid on the handle, which is priceless. No wonder Mr. Taichang is so precious, and he only takes it out to show off once when we get married.

Ling An ignored Zhu Yuanbao, just stared at the socket on the gold, muttering: "Needle?"

Gu Buquan murmured, "With such an expensive crutch, who would pierce gold with a needle? Besides, the socket is quite deep, so it seems that the pricking force is not small."

He raised his eyes and asked Zhu Yuanbao, "Zhu Yuanbao, your father must have offended someone, and he took his treasure to vent his anger."

Before Zhu Yuanbao could answer, Ling An shook his head: "No."

Gu Buquan nodded immediately: "Well, no, if you pierce gold to vent your anger, you won't just prick one or two holes, it must be a thimble socket."

She has seen paper figurines cast curses on people, the kind that doesn't make paper figurines full of holes and doesn't stop.

Zhu Yuanbao looked at Gu Buquan, then at Ling An, asking each question and answering each other. It seems that there is nothing wrong with him here?Desperately wanting to return the gold-encrusted cane, he stretched out his hand and put it down in frustration, because Ling An had no intention of letting go at all.

"Needle..." Gu Buquan suddenly thought of something, went straight to the wine table without looking back, and searched under the table.

However, she crawled under all the tables in the yard, but did not find the thin iron needle that had caught her attention.

I remember that when she found the iron needle and was about to pick it up, housekeeper Zhu stepped on the back of her hand. After that, everything happened one after another, and she forgot about the iron needle.

When I think of it, I can't find it.

"Strange."

It was not uncommon for one or two needles to fall from the ground, but the disappearance of the iron needle that fell under the table was really unusual and had to make people suspicious.

She stood up and searched for Zhu Ding with her eyes. He was trying his best to encourage the guests to confront the county magistrate, and he wanted to tie up the county magistrate and send him to the government office to ask the master for an explanation. Eye.

At present, there is no evidence to prove whether Zhu Ding was responsible for the disappearance of the iron needle, but Gu Buquan vaguely feels that this matter is inseparable from Zhu Ding.

Otherwise, why did he step on her hand at such a coincidental moment?
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(End of this chapter)