Chapter 46
Xinnuo didn't have time to pay attention to her, because she heard a somewhat familiar sound of opening the door outside.

Opening the curtains, I saw a few people walking across from the carriage.

Zhang Ku and Hu Ping were in front, followed by several people wearing Dali Temple uniforms, surrounding a small woman in custody.

People on the road stepped aside and watched the petite woman asking each other.

"What can such a little woman do? Both hands and feet are in shackles?"

"Did Dali Temple arrest the wrong person?"

An officer couldn't hold back, and reprimanded: "What do you know? This is the real culprit behind the three tongue-pulling cases not long ago, and the emperor wants to interrogate himself."

Zhang Ku turned around and scolded: "Talk too much."

The guard also knew that he was talking too much, so he hurriedly lowered his head and stopped talking.

The little woman's eyes showed trembling tears, but she slightly raised her head and looked at both sides of the crowd.

Xin Nuo followed her gaze and discovered something incredible.

In the crowd was a woman in light blue dress embroidered with bright yellow winter jasmine, holding a bamboo basket in her hand, her eyes were dazed, and then she lowered her eyelashes as if seeing something terrible.

"Stop the car," Xin Nuo shouted.

"What's the matter, sister?" Cheng Xueyao followed Xin Nuo down and asked, "Didn't sister hear? That's the murderer of the tongue pulling case. It's terrible."

Xinnuo thought she was annoying, so after getting out of the car, he waved at Zhang Ku and quickened his pace.

When Zhang Ku saw Xin Nuo, he didn't dare to neglect him, so he quickly changed his way and walked over.

Xinnuo glanced at it, and saw that the woman was still standing where she was.

"This murderer seems to have accomplices," Xinnuo said, Zhang Ku wanted to turn her head to search with her eyes, and she hurriedly said, "Don't look around, Lu Nan, the woman in the light blue dress embroidered with winter jasmine flowers, look at her, I know this murderer and have a good relationship with him."

Hearing this, Zhang Ku glanced at her unintentionally. Sure enough, the eyes of the woman in blue were red.

He remained calm and whispered: "Thank you, new girl, for reminding me."

Xinnuo waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't let Chu Wei know about my little help."

Zhang Ku: They called each other by name, and it didn’t sound like an annoying tone. It shows that my father and this girl are getting along really well during this time.

He nodded: "I will definitely not tell you."

Xinnuo:---
Why are you so sincere?
Zhang Kung raised his fist and retreated to catch up with the team that had already escorted the prisoner away.

When Xinnuo got on the bus, she looked back and saw that Hu Ping had already left the team, turned to the south of the road, and chased the woman who was walking quickly eastward with a bamboo basket in her hand.

The woman was also very alert and would stop and take a look from time to time.

Hu Ping is very experienced in tracking, and can mix in with the normal crowd on the side of the road every time.

But as he followed, Hu Ping found that something was not right.This woman seemed familiar. He tapped his forehead, and the woman in front turned into a street intersection.

Suddenly remembered, isn't this the head of Qian Fatang and the maid of Zhang Zhiyuan's family whom the master brought him to visit that day?They used to live in Yuqian'er Alley. After the master went there, Mr. Zhang was frightened, and they assigned them to monitor the family. The servants outside said that the family moved.

Hu Ping heard about it at that time, and it seemed that they had moved to Dongcheng.

"Master Hu, why are you here?"

A vendor carrying a stack of candied haws came over and whispered: "I heard that the real culprit in the tongue-pulling case has been caught. Do we still need to watch here?"

Hu Ping pretended to buy candied haws, and asked, "How is it? Has anything unusual happened in the Zhang family recently?"

The man took down a bunch of candied haws, handed it over and replied, "Nothing unusual. Mr. Zhang acts the same almost every day. He goes to the yamen on time and comes back on time. Except for the first few days when he came here, the servant girl of his family had to go out to find a I looked for cheap places to buy things, but later I only went out in the morning to buy food and didn’t go out all day.”

Hu Ping frowned, "Then has she ever seen a girl who is about 20 years old, petite and looks very thin?"

The peddler shook his head, "They are all passers-by you meet whenever you go out, there is no such person as Mr. Hu described."

Could it be that the new girl got it wrong?
But it shouldn't be, the new girl doesn't seem like a person who makes a fuss, she saw more clues than them in the Thousand Layers Temple that day.

Thinking about it, Hu Ping confessed: "Look carefully, if there is any abnormality, arrest him immediately."

"I understand," the vendor nodded, "Don't worry, Mr. Hu."

Outside the city, the wind blows the willows, and the breeze blows the willows Yiyi. Xinnuo sits on the railing of the painting boat, stretching out his hand to brush the gentle willow leaves, feeling very good.

"Sister Nuo," the man's gentle voice sounded from the side.

When Xin Nuo turned around, Xu Ruqing was already sitting next to him.

Xinnuo looked at him indifferently, "Who allowed you to call me that?"

She just glanced at her casually, but in Xu Ruqing's eyes, she looked so lazy and charming.

Such a beautiful woman, even though she comes from a small family, is worthy of being in her arms.

Xin Nuo fiddled with his fingers and said to Xu Ruqing: "Look at my nails, are they long enough? It is said that people are very proud of poking out people's eyes like this."

The obsession in Xu Ruqing's eyes froze, and he unconsciously leaned back a little, "Sister Nuo was joking."

Xin Nuo's eyes sharpened.

Xu Ruqing hurriedly changed his words, "Second Miss Cheng. Second Miss, please rest well, go down and have a look over there."

Cheng Xueyao was waiting on the other side. When she saw Xu Ruqing hurriedly avoiding him, she sneered, "You have so much courage, but you still want to marry a young lady from the Cheng family?"

Xu Ruqing: "Didn't you hear what she just said? I don't dare to get close to this person anymore."

A contemptuous look flashed in Cheng Xueyao's eyes, and she said, "You don't want her large dowry either?"

"I heard that Mrs. Cheng doesn't like her at all. How much dowry can I give her?" Xu Ruqing looked at Cheng Xueyao's pretty face and said, "If she is such a gentle and beautiful person like Yao'er, I'd rather More willing to deal with it.”

Cheng Xueyao was disgusted in her heart, but her face showed a hint of shyness. She lowered her head and said, "If you do me this favor, I can help you find someone more gentle and beautiful in the future."

Xu Ruqing said nothing.

Cheng Xueyao stretched out her hand and tugged at his sleeve, a little coquettish.

Xu Ruqing had never seen a rich young lady treat him so gently and kindly, and he felt a little pity for her in his heart, and said, "What's the matter, Miss Yao, just tell me."

Cheng Xueyao stepped forward and came over to whisper in his ear.
(End of this chapter)

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