smile to heart

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Hearing the knock on the door, Qi Zhong carefully cleaned the grape skins off the table, and then opened the door pretending to be calm.

"squeak--"

With the moment the door opened, Qi Zhong looked out with a little expectation.

But it turned out that the person who came was... Mu Xi.

"Young Master Qi, I'm bothering you."

Qi Zhong was stunned, pursed his lips dryly, and said with a smile: "So it's the eldest son, please come in quickly, please come in quickly."

"Ah."

Mu Xi agreed lightly, and was about to enter the house, but found that the door was too narrow to pass through.The man said to let him in, but his body blocked the door, his eyes became even more arrogant, and he kept looking eagerly behind him.

Mu Xi was slightly puzzled, but when she looked back, there was clearly no one there.He asked: "Young Master Qi... what are you looking at?"

"Oh. It's nothing, nothing." Qi Zhong came to his senses and stepped aside again and again.

After Mu Xi entered, he whispered at the door: "Hiss, it's strange. Why didn't the idiot come?"

After entering the room, Mu Xi greeted everyone with courtesy, pushed the wooden box in her hand in front of Qi Zhong, and said with a smile: "Master Qi, this is a plaster made from the unique cool grass on Fufeng Mountain. If it is effective, you can take it and apply it once a day, it will heal old wounds very well."

"Oh... the eldest son has a heart."

Seeing that the ointment had been put away, Mu Xi still had a smile on her lips: "It should."

Qi Ding nodded, knowing that things were not that simple, and asked again: "Is there anything else, Eldest Young Master?"

Mu Xi sank her eyes, smiled slightly, and said in a serious tone, "There is indeed one more thing I want to ask."

"Mr. Qi has lived in Fufeng for almost ten days, but there is no progress in the case of Changting's attack...During these days of recuperation, have you thought of any impressive clues?"

After hesitating for a long time, Qi Zhonglue felt unhappy, and said in his heart: I know it's not that simple, the person who handles the case doesn't come to question me, but you have to press every sentence, are you really so selfish and unwilling to consider the difficulties of others?

He snorted, "I'm sorry. I've been busy recuperating these days, and I occasionally feel a headache, so I didn't think much about it."

"This..." Mu Xi twirled her fingers, her face darkened, "Young Master Qi, I believe you are a sensible person, and you should put the overall situation first..."

"What do you mean by that?" Qi Zhong asked angrily, "Do you think I'm procrastinating on purpose?"

Mu Xi turned her eyes cold, and said word by word: "B, no, this, meaning."

"Oh, take this ointment back, I don't need it."

Feeling angry, Qi finally returned the wooden box to Mu Xi's eyes.

"..." Mu Xi took a deep breath for a moment, and said calmly, "Is there any reason to take back the gift you gave? Mr. Qi, you don't have to get angry with your body. If you insist on being willful to the end, I can apologize to you for my slip of the tongue tonight. "

"Hmph." The more Qi Zhong listened, the more unhappy he became. He held back his temper, not wanting to cause trouble for the teacher, and turned his head to one side in anger.

Unexpectedly, Mu Xi was suppressing her anger, and in order to suspend the atmosphere, she relaxed her tone again: "Mr. Qi, you don't know something. The scope of this case is extremely wide, and the number of victims of Linglong's heart is still increasing. If you can't catch it as soon as possible... If there is a murderer, there will be no peace in Shangjiang..."

"..." Qi finally lowered his eyes and remained silent.

"If you are willing to cooperate with us to investigate the case earlier, the efficiency will be doubled."

"Why didn't Mu Yun come to ask these things?"

Obviously he was the one who brought me back, but now he puts people aside and ignores him. He promised to teach him how to control the sword, but he didn't come to fulfill his promise. With such sincerity, why should I wrong myself and recall those disasters again? situation?

Qi Zhong suppressed a lot of words in his heart, but there was only one question on his lips.

Mu Xi obviously didn't know about this, he only knew that the longer the matter dragged on, the faster the clues would be broken, but Mu Yun repeatedly reminded himself not to deliberately ask the injured person in front of him, it was clearly an excess of compassion.

Seeing that no matter how hard she endured, Mu Xi's tone became colder: "There are some things that shouldn't be told to outsiders. But Mr. Qi is so unclear about the situation, I have no choice but to tell the truth."

"Actually, the Immortal Liuzhen of Jiugai Mountain attaches great importance to Jingyao, so he entrusts the unsolved case to him to hone his will. But it is a matter of human life, and every link of the case must be missing. As his elder brother, sometimes he wants to It is also difficult to share the burden for him because of his status. At this moment, if Mr. Qi can cooperate and understand him more, and find the real culprit of the unsolved case as soon as possible, it will be a kind of fulfillment."

"..."

Listening to the helplessness in his words, Qi Zhong gradually let go of his guard and fell into deep thought.

"Hey." Mu Xi sighed in disappointment with a look of trying her best, "It's getting late, you should rest earlier."

"and many more."

Qi Zhong stopped Mu Xi, who was about to leave, and made a concession: "Let me try. As much as I can remember."

Mu Xi smiled, and turned around in relief: "Okay."

×

In Jingxin City, there was a lively market, and the streets were full of noise.

At the gate of the city, with the flow of the crowd, a bright red dress is gradually introduced, with a cool temperament, which is unique among the crowd.

Fang Yanxiao tightened the veil on her face, walked coldly on the side of the long street, her eyes glanced at passers-by, but she seemed quite careless.

Seeing a group of horses and chariots approaching suddenly, occupying the street arbitrarily, causing pedestrians to give way, she frowned displeasedly, and silently stood aside.

While lowering her eyebrows to straighten out the dust on her clothes, the passers-by beside her ear started chatting suddenly. She didn't want to listen, but she heard...

"Hey buddy. Isn't there some happy event for this Tang Sect? The whole mansion is decorated with lights and festoons, and the carriages and horses that just passed by are really arrogant."

A middle-aged man on the side of the road asked.

The person next to him immediately said disdainfully: "Brother, are you a local? The second patriarch of the Tang Sect, Tang Xun, is back, so we must celebrate."

"Ah, it's the sick man! Wasn't he sent to other places to recuperate many years ago?"

The man asked again, I have been busy with farm work for the past few days, and I encountered such a happy event when I went to the city to go to the market.

"Well, yes. I'm not coming back now. I heard that not only has he recovered from his illness, but he has also learned a lot of superb medical skills. He can cure all diseases."

"Really or not, no way, I don't believe it..."

The man felt that the villager was boasting and shook his head.

"If you don't believe me, you will fall. Hmph, the head of the Tang Sect is very happy. He is going to hold a big banquet these few days. I go to the city every day, and I just wait for that day to ask for a free meal."

The person next to him was excited to add, and his mentality of taking advantage of it was exposed.

……

Fang Yanxiao stopped and listened to the two men, and pondered in her heart: Tang Xun?Medicine?Could it be related to Feng Mei?

Thinking of this, she had a cold face and a cold aura as she passed by the laughing two people, suddenly startled the two villagers and dared not even speak for a while.

After the person left, the two looked at her back and turned their heads in unison.

"Who is this?"

"do not know……"

When she came to the main entrance of Tangmen, Fang Yanxiao looked up at the resplendent and resplendent decoration above her head, lowered her eyebrows indifferently, and approached directly.

The guard guarding the gate saw a strange red-clothed woman appearing with a veil on her face, looking suspicious, and asked arrogantly, "What are you doing?"

"I'm looking for someone." Fang Yanxiao was unhappy at being stopped outside the door, and frowned even more when she heard the person's haughty tone.

"Who are you looking for? The hall master said that the past few days are busy with celebrations, so no one else can come in."

"I'm looking for Tang Xun." Fang Yanxiao didn't like twists and turns, and directly explained her intention.

"Second Patriarch? Who are you?"

"...I am his friend from outside. I heard that he has returned to the Tang Sect. I am here to congratulate you."

Hearing this, the guard suddenly became nervous, thinking that if she was really Tang Xun's guest, wouldn't it be a certainty that she would be punished for her attitude just now?

Fearing for a moment, the guards thought about it again, the second Patriarch Tang's return to the mansion can be known by anyone in the street, so it is better not to trust this woman's words, so he said forcefully: "Do you have proof?"

"No."

Fang Yanxiao replied bluntly.

The guard breathed a sigh of relief, and threatened fiercely: "No? Think I'm a fool, and let you in casually. I think you are probably a scammer. If you are sensible, get out."

"If you don't want to communicate, get out of the way." Fang Yanxiao glanced at him coldly.

The guard was frightened by her cold eyes, and his voice weakened: "If you don't leave, if you don't leave, I will..."

Several people hesitated for a while, and were ready to draw their swords to intimidate her.

Fang Yanxiao's eyes were cold and stern, but she remained calm. The red thread churning in her sleeve was like a snake, tangles flexibly.

She didn't intend to kill, but she really wanted to teach these idiots a lesson.

At this time, there was a loud shout from behind the door.

"stop."

The guards changed their countenance upon hearing this, quickly stopped and shouted respectfully: "Miss Biao."

Min Zhi turned the plaything in her hand, walked over leisurely, looked at Fang Yanxiao lightly, then frowned, turned around and knocked on the guard's forehead, reprimanded:

"What were you doing just now? Want to wield a knife and gun at a woman?"

"No, no. Miss Biao, it was she who didn't have a certificate, and wanted to force her way in to find Patriarch Tang Er, so the younger one stopped her!"

The guard grieved and complained.

Min Zhi nodded, looked at Fang Yanxiao outside the door a few more times, turned around, and shouted: "Then you shouldn't be so rude to stop her."

"Yes, yes. The little ones don't dare."

Satisfied, Min Zhi looked back at Fang Yanxiao, smiled and said, "Girl, I'm sorry, you didn't come at the right time, Uncle Xun went out and won't be back for a while. Why don't you come in first?"

"Miss, her...identity is suspicious."

The guard reminded Min Zhi in a low voice.

When Min Zhi heard this, her expression did not change, she still looked at her with a smile.

"..."

Fang Yanxiao thought about it and declined.

"No need. Since he's not here, I won't bother you much. But, please ask, does Miss Biao know where he went?"

"Oh. Uncle Xun likes to study medicine since he returned to the mansion. I haven't seen anyone else today. I guess, either he went out for a leisurely visit to see a doctor, or he went to the suburbs to dry herbs..."

Min Zhi's words were ambiguous.

Fang Yanxiao regained her concentration, knowing that she couldn't find out any important news.Today's action is also a little anxious, after all, it is not known whether this person has something to do with Feng Mei, and after a long consideration, she decided to leave first.

"That's good. Thank you Miss Biao for reminding me."

When the people walked away, the guard poked his head out again, and asked Min Zhi puzzled: "Miss Biao, I don't know who this woman is, you told him the whereabouts of the second Patriarch so easily, aren't you afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? Uncle Xun has always been elusive. Who knows where he went? I'm just talking nonsense. She can look for her wherever she falls in love. Anyway, next time, don't be so arrogant and send people away. If it spreads, it will ruin us Tang. reputation."

Min Zhi looked away lightly, and gave the guard a few more words, and then went out happily.

Fang Yanxiao felt a little impatient in Tangmen's search, and walked slowly on the side of the street, thinking: Li Yuanxie didn't rush him, why not put Feng Mei's matter on hold for a few days, and she concentrates on investigating Xiaojin's news...

Thinking of the day of reunion with her family, Fang Yanxiao's face under the veil not only showed a smile, but her brows and eyes were much softer.

While walking, there was a sudden cry from behind: "Wuuu, sister, let her go..."

Fang Yanxiao frowned, stopped, and looked back.She didn't pay attention to it when she was thinking about it just now. It turned out that there was a brothel next to it, and there was something going on, and many people gathered around to watch the fun.

Fang Yanxiao shifted her position, turned her head to look at a more conspicuous place.

I saw a young woman being grabbed by both hands and dragged towards the brothel. There was a little boy beside her dragging desperately behind her, crying and calling for her sister.

"Get up for my old lady, where did you come from, little brat."

The fat bustard kicked the little boy away, hurting him all over.

The young woman struggled even harder, with tears all over her face, begging: "Brother, brother, stop beating him..."

"Hurry up, grab him away. The brat is so mad at my wife..."

The old bustard was still cursing, and the scandal that was originally not on the stage was getting bigger and bigger.I was going to send people in just now, but a child jumped out of nowhere and disrupted the plan. Now it's all right, the things that are obviously not visible are exposed to everyone's eyes.

Seeing that the people gathered more and more, the procuress hated her teeth: If this continues, the cousin from the Tang Sect will probably have to meddle in her own business again. Many brothels in this city have been remodeled by her, so she can't make any money at all!

The old bustard was obsessed with money, and said viciously: "Whatever you are looking at, go away."

The passers-by who watched were given an inexplicable harsh meal, and they were also quite dissatisfied, and even pointed out.

……

"Ah—damn it, dare to bite me?"

The boy who hit someone didn't notice that he was bitten by the little boy, so he broke free and grabbed the woman's hand tightly.

"Sister, sister, don't go... woo woo."

Such a tragic scene, in an instant, made Fang Yanxiao's heart tremble fiercely, her eyes under the red veil were red, and she was about to burst into tears. The painful memory of losing a loved one hit her heart deeply.

"Ah——" The bustard called another servant to fetch a whip, and lashed the little boy hard, causing him to scream in pain.

Some of the people couldn't bear to watch it, and started talking about it.

The old bustard was in a hurry, so she hurriedly blocked everyone, and cursed: "Why are you arguing? She signed a contract of prostitution, this little bastard eats money and still wants someone, why shouldn't he deal with it?

"Hit me until he lets go."

"Oh, what a crime."

"It's so cruel..."

The people did not let go, but started discussing even louder.

"Hurry up and ask Miss Biao to come, she killed someone."

……

Fang Yanxiao closed her eyes, resentful in her heart, immediately blocked the road, snatched the passerby's horse, raised the stick, and quickly passed the crowd. whip the man's head.

"Snapped--"

Immediately, the stick also snapped.The man was in even more pain, as if his head was split, lying on the ground and convulsing.

Everyone was frightened by this scene, and looked up in a daze. The woman in red was straddling the horse, staring at the tragic scene with cold eyes, and the bright skirt under the waist was rippling in the wind like a wave of blood.

The man who had been watching for a long time in the small building across the street paused when he saw this scene, then smiled and continued to watch the situation.

The old bustard was so frightened that she fell to the ground, and the young servants quickly let go of their hands and ran away.After the young woman freed her hands and feet, she hurriedly protected her bruised brother and wept uncontrollably.

"You, who are you, hurry up, or I will report to the police to catch you and kill you."

The bustard regained his breath, and stood up to put on a show of force, not knowing what to do.

Fang Yanxiao stared back at the fat old woman, the tip of the stick in her hand was still dripping with blood...

Without saying a word, her eyes showed coldness, and she stabbed the fat woman with the sharp stick in her hand.

The old bustard turned pale with fright, and tried to hide in a hurry, but there was a wall behind her, and she was suddenly desperate.Just as the stick was about to pierce her vest, a piece of broken porcelain came and bounced the stick lightly.

After a while, the old bustard suddenly opened his eyes and found that the stick fell to the ground, and he was not dead yet, so he cried out quickly: "Woman, please spare my life..."

Fang Yanxiao was vigilant and looked at the crowd. There was nothing special about it. Could it be that there are some tall people nearby?The impulsive mood calmed down for a while.

But when she looked down, she was still furious, and she couldn't hold back and shouted to the crowd:

"Tearing down people's families, destroying people's innocence, such a wolf-hearted thing, I don't know which 'hero' is so blind, and wants to save this old crow's life, I 'admire' your shamelessness."

The echo echoed into the small building, and the man drinking tea at the window chuckled, paid the bill, and left with a wave of his sleeves.

……

"drive--"

After Fang Yanxiao finished speaking, she rode away, and the common people watched this chivalrous girl go away to the front city gate, and sighed endlessly, at this moment, the crowd shouted again: "Miss Biao is here, look quickly, Miss Biao is here. "

"Oh, it really is."

"Hey, you old bustard, when Miss Cousin comes, I'll clean you up..."

When Min Zhi got the news and rushed over, she could only see Fang Yanxiao's back leaving the city gate, and felt a trace of regret in her heart: This woman punishes evil and promotes good, is she a good person?Then I lied to her before, didn't I do wrong...