you got on my tail

Before Jin Yiwei could finish his sentence, someone came in with an empty coffin behind him. Bai Xuehe raised his hand, signaling for them to put it on the ground. When the head of the guard saw the coffin, he quickly jumped away as if being burned.

"My lord, the coffin cannot be opened!" The dying head guard's expression changed drastically in an instant, "If you offend the fools inside, you will be punished!"

Wei Lan was furious, and was about to kick him again, but Bai Xuehe stopped him, "What's your name?"

The guard was taken aback, then kowtowed and said, "Little Zhu Qi."

"Why do you say this coffin cannot be moved?" Bai Xuehe asked with a smile: "I heard that all these coffins are antiques, and there should be a lot of gold and silver buried with them, don't you want to sell these dead things? "

"My lord, you can't say that!" Zhu Qi's face was pale, but he lost his dog legs in an instant, and suddenly became serious, "My lord, some people wanted to open these coffins before. When they opened them, they saw gold, silver and jewels. They couldn't take anything home, and after a month, the family died of a serious illness!"

Zhu Qi just vomited blood after being kicked, and now he looked terrified again, looking quite intimidating, Wei Lan took a few steps back and stood behind Bai Xuehe.

"Master Wei." Bai Xuehe was rather helpless, "Look carefully, this coffin is new."

"Ah?" Wei Lan went over with a smirk, and found that all her subordinates were laughing secretly, patting the coffin with embarrassment, "It's so far away, who can see clearly."

"The hanging coffin is hanging on the cliff, and ordinary people can't see it clearly just like Mr. Wei. When they hear people say there are ghosts, they think there are ghosts." Bai Xuehe patted the coffin, "This thing is placed there to tell people not to go there Go to the mountains. The coffin probably only came in recent years, if hanging coffins around is not a good idea, presumably the imperial court would not have chosen to open mines here."

Wei Lan's eyes flashed, and he said quickly: "My lord means that there are other strange things about this mine accident, so we don't let anyone go there."

"When the villagers saw the coffin suddenly appear, it wasn't because they met a ghost, but because the coffin was placed there artificially." Bai Xuehe raised his hand, signaling Wei Lan to follow him out of the prison. , until there is nowhere to stop.

Wei Lan restrained her voice knowingly, and asked after a while: "What's the matter, my lord?"

"General Xu's relatives personally inspected and procured. The Xingshan Coal Mine has been in operation for three years, but they did not rescue it when they encountered a mine accident. The reason was that the coal was dried up, so there is no need to waste manpower and material resources." Do you believe it?"

Wei Lan shook her head, thinking about the past and reasoning, "Could it be that Lu Yongning was greedy for ink, bought a coal mine with nothing in it, and created a mine disaster to hide it?"

"It would be better if it's just like this." Bai Xuehe shook his head coldly, "I'm afraid that the mine is real and the mine disaster is fake. Someone dug up a deep mountain in the name of the imperial court, and while the emperor was far away, he dug up a secret and dug it privately. Seal the mountain with a mine disaster, and make everyone in this county feel haunted."

Wei Lan turned pale with shock, and it took him a long time to ask before asking: "They locked people up in the mountains to work, not to mention food and drink, how can they light a lamp to vent their anger?"

"You used the coffin just to scare people?" Bai Xuehe said indifferently: "The coffin is placed high. I guess you all shot it down with arrows, and you have never gone up to see it."

Wei Lan nodded, still puzzled.

"I guess there is an air hole behind the coffin." Bai Xuehe patted Wei Lan on the shoulder, "The water source was cut off, and the air hole was built. As long as there is an entrance and exit, we can start working as before."

Wei Lan was stunned, her handsome face under the moonlight was bloodless, "Master Bai..."

Bai Xuehe narrowed his eyes, "If it's not tomorrow, your people will find out. There is a jailer in the prison who looks the same as Lu Zhifu. The Jinshi Lu Yongning in Taiyuan, Shanxi may have died early. He has no relatives or friends. It's really easy to impersonate someone, the mistake is not to talk too much."

Even if she is used to pretending to be stupid, Wei Lan frowned and remained silent, easy?How can ordinary people be able to steal someone to the position of magistrate!

"Master Bai thinks." Wei Lan said softly, "Who is it..."

"Don't you know?" Bai Xuehe smiled, put his finger on his lips, and almost said those two words together with Wei Lan.

"Traitor."

The atmosphere suddenly froze. The word treacherous party has been a generalization of all rebellious people since ancient times, but in the past 20 years, it specifically refers to the lingering party members of the deposed prince.

"It's impossible." Wei Lan took a deep breath and began to quickly defend: "King Yan was under house arrest in the mansion, but he never left the mansion. Although the abandoned prince died terribly, he was indeed dead... this... I……"

"Don't worry." Bai Xuehe patted him on the shoulder, "I never said anything about King Yan."

"Master Bai...!" Wei Lan was stunned, and suddenly took Bai Xuehe's shoulder, "You said earlier that the coal mine was acquired by General Xu's relatives. If this matter involves the Xu family..."

"Involving the Xu family is not good for us." Wei Lan lowered his eyebrows and said in a low voice, "Not to mention whether it is involved in the traitorous party, the Xu family is powerful, although the emperor has always been suspicious, but do you think the emperor will... calm things down first? "

Wei Lan raised his head and made a murderous gesture. He is less than [-] years old and has handsome features, but he has been familiar with the officialdom for many years, so he is a bit cunning and cunning.

Bai Xuehe didn't reply.

"Why don't you go find him?" Wei Lan raised her head, "That desperate magistrate Lan, his letter to Yushitai has made him famous in the capital. If he picks on the emperor, we will all go down the stairs. ...Anyway, he is only a county magistrate, so it would be worth it if he could fight to the death for his name.”

"Catch Lu Yongning first." Bai Xuehe didn't smile for a long time, and after a long time said in a deep voice: "Slow down."

"Yes." Wei Lan had no choice but to hand in his hands and take the order to leave.

……

At this moment, Heidan was sitting on the bed in Bai Xuehe's room, holding some food and crooked hair in a daze.

The guards withdrew, and the people here are much more friendly, and the villagers are simple and honest. They saw that Heidan was cute and polite, so they couldn't help but send up a lot of delicious food.

Heidan was holding the apple, and he still had some doubts in his heart. He didn't believe that a thin and frail person like Bai Xuehe would kill someone, but he did hear his name and surname clearly that day, and Bai Xuehe only said whether or not, Does not explain.

There must be something wrong.

Heidan, who had read a lot of novels, began to tilt his head and think about it. Bai Xuehe killed Mei Qing, so why didn't Bai Xuehe explain?

Could it be that although Mei Qing didn't kill him, she died for him!It's so pitiful, such a big thing happened, and the wound was exposed.

Heidan imagined a life-and-death scene, and suddenly became more sympathetic to Bai Xuehe's experience. He quickly ran out of bed and made the bedding, and arranged the food brought by others. At this moment, the candlelight flickered, Heidan opened the drawer, Want to change a candle into the lamp.

When he opened the drawer, a burst of thick smoke puffed into his nose, choking and coughing the child.

"What?" Heitan flipped through it, and found that it was that annoying box again, but the taste of the contents was different.

The door was gently pushed open, and Bai Xuehe hurried in and pulled Heidan away, "Who taught you to move around."

"I'm just looking for a candle." Heidan looked up, pointing at the candle behind with his little finger, "It's not lit."

"Oh yes, you are afraid of the dark." Bai Xuehe said to himself, took out the candle and walked towards the candlestick, raised his hand and pulled out the candle, but the palm of his hand touched the candle flame absent-mindedly.

He was burned, and he backed away abruptly, leaning against the window, the window was knocked open, and the candle fell to the ground and went out.

Just now Bai Xuehe came back to his senses, quickly picked up the candle and lit it, but saw the little guy standing behind the table with round eyes, looking at him stupidly.

"What's the matter?" Bai Xuehe walked over, his palms still stained with solidified wax, "Are you worried about Yu Yan, maybe you met some relatives in the mountains."

"Does it hurt when it's hot?" Heidan leaned over, not knowing what to say for a while, "Let me blow it for you, it won't hurt anymore."

"Ah, good." Bai Xuehe didn't sneer, and let him pull his hand over to blow, Heidan's round eyes were watery, and his little hand was wiping off the wax little by little.

"I used to have only one friend, Ah Li." Heidan said slowly, comforting him with nice words, "But now I feel it's okay, I can't go home, so I won't go back, even if your friend is not around, the two of us It's good to be together."

"You're right." Bai Xuehe smiled, nodded and pinched Heidan's face.

"Bad guy!" Heidan cursed a few words indistinctly. Bai Xuehe felt very happy, and then hugged the soft child in his arms and rubbed it. Heidan was still resisting before, but Bai Xuehe stuffed him After taking a mouthful of sweet grapes, he concentrated on eating and forgot to resist.

"I used to have an only friend." Bai Xuehe's voice became lower and lower, "A person like me is actually soft-hearted."

"Ah?" Heidan didn't hear clearly.

The two of them played like this for a while, and Heidan fell asleep crookedly. The weather was very hot, and Bai Xuehe slept until midnight, so he decided to get up and take a shower.

He took off his coat after drinking a bucket of well water. Although the medicine Fu Jiying rewarded was very good, there were still many scars left on his thin and white back.

Some of those scars are new, and some are old scars. After years of careful maintenance, the uneven skin has disappeared, but there are still some red marks left here and there.

"He told me that he wanted Mei Qing to survive, but it's a pity that his 'Mei Qing' was finally killed by your Lord Bai." In the old prison, Fu Jiying bowed, raised his hand and slapped his face with a smile, "Master Bai , at noon tomorrow, you can go to Dali Temple to report."

Bai Xuehe suddenly felt very painful, as if the hot feeling was still in his ears, it would hurt very much when he was hit, even after so many years, he still felt the pain in his cheek.

……

"Your name is Bai Xuehe? What's your name?"

When he was young, King Yan lowered his head and asked with a smile.

"No." Bai Xuehe shook his head, what's the word?can eat?

"How is Mei Qing?" The person on the other side still smiled, "The white crane is noble and the red plum is resolute. It's a good omen."