Chapter 89
Xinnuo returned to the government office carrying a bunch of pastries. In the study room, which had changed to a new style, Chu Wei was looking at the files.

Almost every time I look for him, this person is either busy checking for clues himself or immersed in the case files, so he is not afraid of cervical spondylosis.

Another new word popped up in her mind, and Xin Nuo was no longer surprised. She put the oil paper bag on the table, "Thanks for your help today, I'll treat you to something to eat."

Chu Wei raised his head, and the figure of Xinnuo was reflected in his clear and indifferent pupils. Almost instantly, the indifference in his eyes melted like spring snow.

"What is your relationship with the Pisces Gang?" He moved the file aside and opened an oil paper bag. The pink peach blossom cake came into view, and the sweet smell wafted into his nose.

I didn't like this kind of sweet pastry before, but now I feel like I'm salivating when I look at it.

The slender, white, and well-jointed hands picked up a piece and brought it to the pale lips that were full of blood.

The boundless wind and snow scenery made Xinnuo feel hungry. He reached for a piece of peach blossom cake and said, "Well, the peach blossom cake here is good. It has nothing to do with the Pisces Gang. The gang leader should be a friend of my grandfather."

Chu Wei ate a piece of pastry, leaned back on the chair, and pushed the file on one side in front of her: "This is the list of the dead who died of blood in the capital in the past few years. This afternoon, you took Zhang Ku to collect these people's names. Revisit them all one by one.”

Xin Nuo didn't expect that there would be such a hard job waiting after asking him to help, but if he went with her, she wouldn't feel tired at all.

"Master Chu, do you have any other business this afternoon?"

Chu Wei pointed to a row of official documents on the bookshelf on his left, "Jingzhao Mansion has a lot of affairs every day, and I need to review the murder cases in the counties under its jurisdiction. There are several more that I need to read today and deliver them to the Ministry of Justice. "

Xin Nuo looked at the thickness of the stack of official documents and cast a sympathetic look on him.

"Okay, I'll go with Brother Zhang."

These old cases are all unsolved cases where the murderer has not been found. Therefore, there is no resistance to re-investigation now. Those officials in the prefect's Yamen who did not leave with Su Fuyin are very supportive.

Before Xin Nuo and Zhang Ku went out, many old police officers who had participated in the inquiry expressed that they wanted to go together.

Zhang Ku named two people, both of whom were head-catchers. These two head-catchers had gone to the houses that Chu Wei wanted them to revisit.

Therefore, Xinnuo and the others had already learned the general situation of these families without visiting them.

Those who died were all women, and they were all young girls who were only fifteen or sixteen years old. No matter how much these families loved their daughters, they had all forgotten them after a few years.

There was even a family named He. They were holding a wedding banquet for their grandson when they passed by. When they heard why they came, everyone in the family, from parents to brothers, looked unlucky.

This family also lives in Dongcheng, and has its own small courtyard. The master of the family is in business. It is not a very conspicuous family in the capital, but it is indeed a wealthy family.

The master was not willing to entertain them, so he found an old servant and sent them aside.

Mrs. He's wife also said: "It was Aunt Su who took care of the child in the first place. She knew everything that should be known." After saying this, she probably didn't want others to say that she was a mother who was too indifferent to the child, so she covered her lips with a handkerchief and said with a smile. He choked up a bit and said: "Back then, you asked again and again, but there was no result. Many questions, if you ask me as a mother again, it will be like digging out your heart."

Xinnuo shook her head secretly. She had seen many parents. Those who lost their children in early years were all ill. As for the loss of their daughters, it was a scar that could be healed.

She didn't feel the least bit sad or angry about Mrs. He's behavior.

Zhang Ku was a little impatient. He waved his hand and took the old servant aside to ask.

This servant girl is over sixty years old, looks very old, and is somewhat deaf. Xin Nuo shouts very loudly every time she asks a question.

But after asking, no valuable clues were found.

Just as she was about to leave the He family, the dazed servant girl suddenly said with clarity, "Our young lady had frequent contacts with a flower girl outside the city, and we even made an appointment to go on an outing together."

Zhang Ku shook his head, stood up, and said to Xinnuo, "Go back."

They are all words of little value.

After coming out of He Mansion, the two arresters said, "We also asked about the flower girl that the maid mentioned, and there is nothing suspicious about her."

Xinnuo flipped through the official document that briefly stated the case again. According to records, the daughter of the He family escaped from the sight of her family when she went to offer incense with her family. When she found it again, she was a body abandoned in the mountains and forests. Mummy.

The only thing the He family's daughter and Ning Cui's cases have in common is that they both died of blood loss.

As for the Ning Cui case, its most obvious feature is the pattern formed by a pool of blood, which can easily make people think of some kind of sacrifice.

In Xinnuo's view, the connection between the two cases is not significant.

I don’t know how Chu Wei thought of combining them for investigation.

However, this doubt was explained after an afternoon of questioning.

Because in the subsequent inquiries, two of them mentioned a common name: Qianji Jiao.

The daughter's former partner's family believes in Qianji Cult, and the mother's family believes in this.

Xinnuo didn't have a good impression of Qianji Sect. According to the concept of Qianji Sect that grandpa said, this is a sect that fools the poor.

So is there any connection between the series of mummies of young girls and the Thousand Machines Cult?

Thinking about these clues, the carriage came to the government office.

After Xinnuo got out of the car, Zhang Ku said with a smile: "Miss Xinnuo, you go and reply to me, and I will drive the carriage to the stable behind."

"Okay," Xin Nuo didn't see at all that Zhang Ku was providing her and his father with a chance to be alone. She waved her hand and ran away with the file in her hand.

When Chen Captou and Zhao Captou saw this, they also looked at each other and smiled.

There was a young girl in the yamen who was quite lively.

Xinnuo came running all the way, all colleagues saying hello. Chu Wei packed up his things and was about to go to the office. Hearing the greetings outside, the door was pushed open immediately, and a girl who seemed to make the sound of flowers blooming smiled when she appeared. Come in.

Chu Wei said: "You are quite popular."

I've only been here for a day or two, and it's already become familiar to everyone.

Xin Nuo smiled and said: "I am willing to help others, and there are very few people who don't like to be friends with me. No, this is the result of our investigation all afternoon, and it is no different from the original file records."

As she said that, she handed all the official documents in her hand to Chu Wei. She had no awareness of the distinction between men and women towards her senior brother, and the result of unintentional avoidance was that her fingers touched his.

It was okay if Xinnuo didn't care, but Chu Wei's heart trembled, his hand suddenly moved to the side, and the papers scattered on the floor.

"What are you doing?" Xin Nuo scolded, bent down to pick it up.

Chu Wei wanted to squat down to help, but when he saw this, he had to take a step back and said: "A lonely man and a widowed woman, please be careful."

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Xinnuo couldn't help but burst out laughing. Looking at his expression, he was extremely serious. He couldn't help but hold his stomach and laugh even harder.

She has a beautiful face, and even if she laughs without paying attention to her image, it can only make people think of the word "flower branches trembling."

Chu Wei coughed, arranged the records he picked up by leaves, turned around and put them on the bookshelf, "You can go home after the Youshi hour."

The peak of summer has passed, and the sun is still shining brightly outside.

Xin Nuo said: "It's still early, I'll do something for a while."

"I have to go to the palace," Chu Wei said.

So if you have to leave, I have to leave too.

Xin Nuo nodded, "Okay then."

On the way out, Xinnuo mentioned Qianji Cult to Chu Wei.

Since there are two families that are related to the Thousand Machines Sect, there might be some clues if you look them up.

Outside the government office, Chu Wei got on his horse and said to the girl who was standing on the ground facing the setting sun: "Learn to ride a horse when you have time. The government office will give you a horse in the future."

Xinnuo said happily: "Thank you, sir."

After Chu Wei left, Hu Ping, who was left on duty at the government office, stepped forward and said, "Let's go, new girl, I will take you back."

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The carriage was driving on the busy street, and suddenly there was a sound, and a well-dressed old man fell in front of the carriage.

The car suddenly stopped, Xin Nuo opened the car curtain and asked: "Brother Hu, what happened?"

"Girl, you don't need to come out," Hu Ping said, "It may be Pengci."

"Hey, isn't this Uncle Tian?" Xinnuo got out of the car from one side and said to Hu Ping, "I and Chu Wei have met this uncle before. Come and help him up."

This incident had attracted several people to stop, but they didn't expect that they knew each other. Some people cheered and left, and the other people also left a little disappointed.

Hu Ping helped the old man to rest in a teahouse nearby, while Xin Nuo also drove the carriage to the side of the road.

"Uncle Tian, ​​you must be suffering from heat stroke." Xinnuo said, and asked the owner of the tea shop to bring over herbal tea.

Uncle Tian waved his hand, cheered, and said with a sad face: "Girl, you are kind. But this is not caused by the hot weather. I am anxious."

"What, what happened to the uncle's family?" Xin Nuo asked in a very considerate manner.

Uncle Tian, ​​who looked like an ordinary farmer with a wrinkled face, sighed deeply again, "The paddy fields at home have been taken away by others."

His voice was choked up as he spoke.

Hu Ping was an upright man. When he heard this, his eyes were filled with anger, "Who dares to rob farmers of farmland under the feet of the emperor in the capital?"

Uncle Tian shook his head and said: "My little brother also said it, the emperor is at his feet. There are many dignitaries at the emperor's feet. Some people bully us ordinary people with honor and power. If you want to redress your grievances, you have nowhere to appeal."

Hu Ping was about to say that he could go to Jingzhao Mansion to play the Dengwen drum, but Xin Nuo's voice sounded first: "Uncle, where is your paddy field? Who robbed it?"

Uncle Tian looked embarrassed and just said: "The matter has come to this, and we can only suffer the loss of being dumb."

At this moment, a young man who called "Grandpa" ran over and looked at Uncle Tian's condition before looking up and glaring at Xin Nuo and Hu Ping.

"What happened to my grandpa?"

Uncle Tian said: "Don't be anxious, speak slowly. I fainted and fell to the ground, but they helped me here."

Hearing this, the young man was a little embarrassed, and he apologized awkwardly, supported the old man and said, "Grandpa, don't be angry, let's go home."

"I want to find a place to pray." Uncle Tian said.

"Where can I go to appeal? I heard that those people know the governor of Jingzhao. I'm afraid we won't be able to submit the petition." The young man's face was full of anger.

In the morning, I relied on the Chufu Yin's momentum to buy Xin Nuo in the water field outside Dongcheng. Listening to it now, I always felt that the words of the grandfather and grandson were insinuations.

Hu Ping said: "Who are you talking about? Our current Master Chu is a big Qingtian."

Could it be that someone is oppressing good people based on their reputation?

This can't be done.

But no matter how many questions Hu Ping asked, both the grandfather and grandson remained silent.

Uncle Tian waved his hands: "Can't say, can't say."

Hu Ping was furious, "You old man, why are you so stubborn? Let me tell you, I am the first-class knife-carrying agent of the government office. I guarantee you that Mr. Chu is an upright official as clear as a mirror. If you have any grievances, just say it. .”

After hearing this, the grandfather and grandson not only were not surprised, but became more vigilant.

After a while, the young man said: "It's not that I don't trust the catcher, it's just that our family has suffered from having no place to complain and having our mouths sewn shut."

Uncle Tian also said: "Yes, this is a world dominated by powerful people. We poor people can still live well if we don't cry out. Otherwise, we will have to live in exile again."

"Just pretend you didn't hear what you said just now." He stretched out his hand and said, "Grandson, let's go home."

This dumb loss, we swallowed.

Uncle Tian's trembling back as he walked away seemed to be saying this.

Xinnuo is not a good person who insists on helping others if they don't want to redress their grievances. She immediately said to Hu Ping, "Let's go too."

The carriage drove again and returned to Cheng Mansion smoothly.

Hu Ping invited the new girl down and said with a smile: "New girl, have a good rest. I will pick you up again tomorrow morning."

Xinnuo waved his hand, "No, I'll go by myself."

She works in the yamen, and now the Cheng family doesn't know about it. Xinnuo doesn't want to hide it from them deliberately, but she can't find an opportunity to let them know.

Returning to the opera house, Xin Nuo first ran to her grandma to get close to her.

Chunyue brought a cup of tea and said, "This is the agarwood perfume sent by Madam. It is the best way to relieve the heat."

Xin Nuo responded politely: "Thank you mother for me."

Chunyue said with a smile: "I have already kowtowed too much, but the young lady is my madam's biological daughter. You should go and sit there more often."

Running around outside all day, the master is a little displeased.

What's more, the wife doesn't really like the young lady in the first place.

Since Chunyue came to this pear garden, she naturally thought of the good lady in her heart.

In Chunyue's opinion, the young lady and the madam are biological mother and daughter after all. If they sit together often, the mother-daughter relationship will naturally be restored.

I don't know if I'm being affectionate or stupid if I don't want to please any elders when I come back. I still have to bring my grandparents with me who only care about them.

Before this thought came to an end, I heard the young lady say impatiently: "Just take good care of me, and don't interfere with things that shouldn't be done."

Chun Yue could only bow her head and step aside.

Stay for a while longer. If this real daughter of the Cheng family has no future at all, she might as well find an unmotivated eldest lady.

Xin Nuo was talking to her grandma when Chun Yue came forward again and said, "Miss, Master Xu wants to see you outside."

(End of this chapter)

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