Meng Li finished everything he had to do on this trip, but he was not in a hurry to leave.
One is that he has to prepare something, and the other is that Xiao Baiyan's body has not fully recovered and is not suitable for traveling.
So, Meng Li chose to continue his stay.
The next morning.
Jiang Yuyan fried the medicine for Xiao Baiyan, and suddenly heard an unexpected conversation on the way back to the room with the medicine.
"Have you heard? Hu Zuo, who released the account of the King of Hell, had an accident!"
"Is it really fake?"
"No! His sister is the county magistrate's third concubine, and she is said to be very favored. What can happen to him on this three-thirds of an acre of land?"
"It is said that he touched something he shouldn't have touched, and after waking up this morning, his fingers were swollen like the radish, and then they itched, scratching, rubbing, and grinding, making the skin crack and the flesh blooming, and the blood that flowed out was purple, which scared me to death!"
"Is this a strange disease?"
"The doctor said this is not a disease, it is more like an evil spirit."
"Is it in the middle? I think I did too many immoral things and suffered retribution!"
"That is, since his sister married the county lord as a concubine, he began to run rampant in the countryside and started the business of the King of Hell. I don't want to think about it, this kind of trading of the King of Hell account is completely damaging to the yin virtue. When he comes down to the ground, Prince Hell will settle the score!"
"Now it's good, the yin virtue has been damaged too much, and the Prince of Hell directly gave him the retribution of this world."
"Bah, you deserve it!"
"Shhh!"
Jiang Yuyan didn't listen to the words later, but quickened her pace.
After Xiao Baiyan finished drinking the medicine, she chatted for a while and came to the door of Meng Li's room.
After knocking on the door and getting permission, she pushed the door open.
"Master, something happened to Hu Zuo!"
Meng Li, who had just put away his things, was stunned: "Who is Hu Zuo?"
Jiang Yuyan's expression froze, and then she explained: "Hu Zuo is the one who came to trouble yesterday, the one with a lot of beards."
"Oh, it's him." Meng Li was stunned, and then asked: "What happened to him?"
"I just heard someone say......"
Jiang Yuyan truthfully told what she had just heard.
Meng Li nodded slightly after hearing this, and then asked: "What then?"
Afterwards......
yes, what then?
Jiang Yuyan was asked, then blinked her eyes and said: "His sister is married to the county lord, and he is the brother-in-law of the county lord. Now that something happened to him, the county magistrate will definitely send someone to investigate."
"We had an intersection with him yesterday, and I'm afraid this will implicate us."
Meng Li's expression became more and more confused: "We did have an intersection with him yesterday, but he came to ask for a debt, and I paid off the debt, five taels of silver."
"Many people in the inn saw it at that time, is there anything wrong with this?"
Hearing this obvious word, Jiang Yuyan was stunned.
This is indeed not a problem.
Could it be that he guessed wrong, Hu Zuo's matter was not done by the young master?
It should be.
After all, there was no conflict between the young master and Hu Zuo yesterday, and there was no physical contact.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuyan nodded: "It's Yuyan who is too worried."
"It's okay, it's good to think more about everything."
Meng Li casually revealed the matter, and then asked: "Can you sing?"
Jiang Yuyan nodded, and a trace of gloom crossed her eyes unconsciously.
Her mother Xiao Baiyan was born as a singer, and after giving birth to her, she left the land of fireworks and made a living by selling singing for a long time.
She also learned some under the influence of her ears and eyes.
However, this is not something to brag about.
Meng Li smiled and said: "That's just right, I'm fine now, I'll write some words and teach you how to sing. When you learn it, go back to your house and sing it to me in your spare time."
The young master wrote lyrics and taught her to sing?
Jiang Yuyan was very surprised.
Immediately afterwards, she realized that she seemed to have misunderstood. His young master didn't mean to touch her sore spot, but just wanted to listen to the music on a whim. And he has no intention of taking things like singing music lightly.
Realizing this, Jiang Yuyan's mood improved instantly, and she squinted and smiled: "Okay, I'll go get the young master pen, ink, paper, and inkstone."
Meng Li nodded.
Soon, Jiang Yuyan took the four treasures of the study and studied ink next to her.
Meng Li was about to start writing when someone knocked on the door.
Jiang Yuyan stopped moving to open the door.
The visitors were two constables, a middle-aged man and a young man.
Her eyelids jumped, and she felt a little panicked, but when she thought of Meng Li's words, she quickly calmed down.
At this time, Meng Li came over and clenched his fists slightly: "The two messengers came to the door, I don't know what you are doing?"
After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pulled Jiang Yuyan behind him.
This subconscious move made Jiang Yuyan stunned for a moment.
Protect her behind you?
In Jiang Yuyan's memory, there is only one person who can do this, and that is her mother.
But now, there's one more.
She raised her eyes slightly, looked at Meng Li's back, and felt a sense of peace.
This feeling Jiang Yuyan had when Meng Li gave her thirty taels of silver as promised yesterday, but it was not as obvious as it is now.
As for the reason for peace of mind......
First, there is hope for her mother's illness.
second, she signed a deed of sale, and the future has been decided.
Third, Meng Li's attitude is peaceful.
Peace, equality, and gentleness.
This is the feeling that Jiang Yuyan brought to her after she came into contact with Meng Li.
She had never felt this feeling in anyone else.
Therefore, she felt that Meng Li was very different.
She didn't know why he was different, but she could feel that it came from him as a person, not from his clothes and identity, and she liked it very much.
Therefore, she only told Xiao Baiyan yesterday that she liked Meng Li and liked him as a person.
Now Meng Li's subconsciously protecting Jiang Yuyan behind her made her originally vague feelings clearer, and the germ of her liking was further triggered.
This change made Jiang Yuyan a little dazed, and unconsciously gave birth to some reverie......
After a while, Meng Li and the two constables finished negotiating, closed the door, looked back, and saw Jiang Yuyan's blank eyes, and there was even a hint of confusion in her big eyes, and she couldn't help but feel strange: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yuyan didn't react.
Meng Li frowned, and his curved fingers flicked lightly on her forehead with air bangs.
Jiang Yuyan was in pain instantly and came back to her senses from her reverie.
"What are you thinking? so fascinated." Meng Li asked curiously.
Jiang Yuyan lowered her head: "No, it's nothing."
Meng Li didn't believe it, but he didn't ask: "Help me study ink."
"Okay."
Jiang Yuyan agreed, and then asked: "Are those two officials just for Hu Zuo's business?"
Meng Li knew that she was distracted just now, and it was not surprising at the moment, so he just said casually: "That's right, but I just asked a few questions routinely."
"It's that simple?"
"Hmm."
……
On the other side, after the two constables left the inn, they found a corner where no one was around.
The young constable complained about this routine: "Uncle, is it inappropriate for us to do this? Then Hu Zuo's situation is obviously strange."
The middle-aged constable glanced at him: "What's wrong?"
The young constable thought for a moment and replied: "I think the situation is most likely poisoned, and it is very likely that it is the black hand of the people in the rivers and lakes."
"And then?" The middle-aged constable asked.
The young constable was slightly stunned.
Shouldn't I have asked me how I saw it first?
Why ask directly?
Puzzled, he replied: "We should strictly scrutinize, find out the thief in the rivers and lakes, and deal with it according to law."
"Find out?"
The middle-aged constable had a strange expression, and immediately slapped the young constable on the head: "I think you are the birthday man who eats arsenic, and you think your life is too long! That person can quietly poison Hu Zuo, and the same is true for you and me."
"If you really find out the other party, I'm afraid they haven't been brought to justice yet, so let's go to the underworld to report first."
The young constable was stunned, reacted in an instant, and said in surprise: "Uncle, you have long seen that Hu Zuo is poisoned? Then why don't you say it, and pretend not to know."
Seeing that his head had not yet turned, the middle-aged constable slapped him again, and then asked without answering: "How much do you and I earn a month?"
"I have seven coins, you have nine coins."
The middle-aged constable sneered: "It's less than one or two silver a month, to risk losing your life? You were kicked in the head by a donkey, but I didn't."
As he said, he seemed to think of something, and added: "For the sake of a substitute for the tiger."
"For the tiger, for the dead ghost?" The young constable was stunned.
The middle-aged constable glanced around, lowered his voice and said: "You don't really think that Hu Zuo can bully others, and no one even cares about the immoral King of Hell, just because his sister is favored by the eldest master, right?"
"Isn't it?"
"Yes, but not all."
"How do you say this?"
"Don't say it, realize it yourself."