Chapter 5 Envelopes
Chapter 5 Envelopes
After leaving Zhang's house, it was already dark.Xu Mu thought it over, and finally stayed in the county for one night.Early the next morning, she rode back to Biao County, found a family by the way, and sold the horse.
When he returned to the hut outside Biao County, seeing that the letter on the table had disappeared, Xu Mu knew that Captain Li had come soon.She put her luggage on the bed, changed into her own police clothes, and hurried out the door with a knife and a wooden hairpin.
When they arrived at the yamen, the two policemen saw her and hurried into the lobby, shouting, "Detective Xu is back soon."She was surprised for a while, and she didn't realize until she saw the nervous Inspector Li. In their view, didn't she just die bravely?How could it not be surprising that this came back in good order.It's a pity, she really didn't have such a state, and it was an escape, but it became a heroic deed.
Xu Mu sighed, and Lin Butou also rushed to the lobby at this moment, seeing that she was fine, he frowned, "You said you went to hunt down Feng Su, but came back safe and sound the next day...Xu Mu, did you find a good-sounding reason to be absent from work? "
Hearing his words, Xu Mu sighed again, and took out a wooden hairpin from his bosom.
She really owed Feng Su this time, the other party knew that he had misunderstood her, but still helped her like this, Xu Mu really didn't know how to evaluate Feng Su in the future.
Anyone who has seen Feng Su knows that she has a wooden hairpin that she often wears. There is an orchid carved on the head of this wooden hairpin, so some people called her "Blood Orchid".Now that Xu Mu took out such a hairpin with sword marks, everything became clear.
She handed the hairpin to Butou Lin, and said with regret: "Butou Lin, I did catch up with Fengsu, and she also sent Li Xiaozhuang to a family. I will talk about this in detail later. Later, I fought with her twice. During the round, her wooden hairpin was cut by me, fell to the ground, and then ran away. Naturally, I couldn’t catch up with her, so I only brought the wooden hairpin back.”
What she said was half true and half false, but wasn't that what Feng Su meant when he left the wooden hairpin to her yesterday?Feng Su's last favor for her was to let her go back to work.
Lin Tutou listened, and then looked at the hairpin. Its shape was exactly the same as the rumors in Jianghu, and it smelled carefully, and it had a faint fragrance, which was indeed similar to the fragrance on Feng Su's body.
He went to the room where Fengsu committed the crime a year ago, maybe she lingered here for too long, apart from the smell of blood, there was this fragrance in the room.
The policemen next to him had never seen the real Fengsu, they only heard rumors on weekdays.Now that Fengsu's wooden hairpins are here, all of them stretched their heads to look at them.Lin Butoufu looked at Xu Mu again, the female catcher had a calm face, she didn't seem to be lying.This is strange, it's not that Feng Su can't beat a policeman, so why did he leave the wooden hairpin for her and run away by himself?
Captain Li was still nervous on the side, he wanted to talk to Xu Mu, but the leader didn't speak, so he didn't dare to speak lightly, so he had to wait.It wasn't until the county magistrate arrived that the scene became more active.
The county magistrate walked towards them, and a gap opened in the crowd. He strode in and saw the honest Xu Mu, Lin Butou with a serious face, and the wooden hairpin.
"Xu Mu, you go to hunt down Feng Su, what about Li Xiaozhuang?"
Finally someone spoke, Xu Mu heaved a sigh of relief, and explained clearly about Li Xiaozhuang in detail, including the relationship between the Zhang family and the Li family.After hearing this, the county magistrate said, "Xu Mu has done a lot of meritorious service this time. Although he didn't catch the criminal, he has closed the case. Well, the ins and outs of the case are clear. Quickly, Captain Li, take a few people to investigate Regarding the matter between the Zhang family and the Li family, after confirming Li Xiaozhuang's identity, it is sufficient to leave the child in the Zhang family. As for the previous case of beheading, let it be handled as the disappearance of the prisoner."
Detective Li quickly took the order and left the Yamen with the three of them.Lin Butou is not an idiot, so he naturally knew that Feng Su's case could not be handled by a small county government office. Now that the county magistrate intends to expose the matter, he took advantage of the situation and said, "The humble official understands."
The county magistrate had made arrangements for this, then turned his head and said to Xu Mu: "You have made great contributions, and the half-month rest that was promised to you earlier will start tomorrow. Also, you are looking for Captain Li today, it seems that someone has inquired about you from his side. I left you another letter."
Xu Mu couldn't help but beam with joy, "Thank you, my lord!"
After a while, Detective Li quickly brought back the family member of the Li family, and Xu Mu was completely relieved that there was indeed Zhang's childbirth in the family member's confession.
During the day, he was busy dealing with the follow-up of the case, and at night, Detective Li was free.Xu Mu had been waiting for him in the teahouse. When he arrived, he smiled innocently, took out a letter from his pocket, and handed it to her, "Your family came to look for you yesterday. They heard that you were not here, so they left you a letter."
family?Xu Mu smiled, isn't she still clear about what the Xu family did?The Xu family would at most send a few servants to spread the word, how could they come in person?
But she still wants to live with face, so she smiled and said: "Thank you, brother Li, I will treat you to a drink when I come back from rest."
"You are a woman, why do you always have to drink?" Captain Li scratched his head quickly, "You have to go home after half a month's rest?"
She touched the letter on the table, "I haven't made up my mind yet, brother Li, so let's do it like this today, thank you for your hard work."
As she spoke, she got up with the letter and the knife, and Captain Li stepped aside quickly, "It's not hard, it's not hard, then...see you in half a month."
Xu Mu nodded slightly, then dropped a few copper coins and walked out of the teahouse.On the way home, she almost tore the letter in her hand into pieces, as if it wasn't a letter inside, but the red-topped crane back then.
Who can be murdered without hating the other party?She has a big heart, but she doesn't want to recall these dark things on weekdays. After she really got in touch with the Xu family again, she realized that she hated it too.
Her teeth chattered from hatred, but she could only hold the letter tightly to calm herself down.She has a new life of her own, which is good, she doesn't need to go back to Xu's house, and have nothing to do with her fake sister.However, the Xu family had already begun to affect her new life, which made it impossible for her not to mind.
Xu Mu struggled all the way home, saw the well, and then remembered that he forgot to ask someone to seal the well today.Fortunately, we will leave tomorrow, and we are not in a hurry.
Sitting quietly in the room, Xu Mu put down the letter and opened the package he packed earlier. He wanted to take out the blue and white porcelain pot, but saw the dagger wrapped in his clothes.
...Did she forget to return something? !
Xu Mu was dumbfounded, there were too many variables yesterday, she actually forgot this most important thing!
She had made plans during the day, and tomorrow she would go to the Mirror Lake for a tour.Except for the blue-and-white porcelain pot, everything else in the package was taken care of, but now, seeing the dagger, she felt a headache again.
Feng Su gave her a favor, and the dagger was here again. Before she left, she said "goodbye by fate"... Does this mean that the two of them will see each other again?
The master once said that he should avoid this person, so there is naturally a reason for the master.Master, she has never lied to herself, and staying away from Fengsu is certainly not just for fun.
Xu Mu thought again and again, but put the dagger back into the bag.If they really met, she could return the dagger to the other party in time.
The matter of the dagger was settled, and now she was going to open the letter.
Opening the letter meant reconnecting with the Xu family...Xu Mu's fingers trembled slightly, and he finally opened the envelope and took out the letter inside.
As she expected, the general content of the letter was to ask her to resign as a police officer and go home to get married.
The Xu family has been used to bullying her since she was a child, and there are orders between the lines in the letters, as if she will do what they say.Xu Mu ruthlessly rolled the letter into a ball, and threw the ball out again.
Xu Sheng, Xu Sheng, her own sister, why do you think that your own sister would foolishly marry you?
She laughed back angrily, got up and threw the burden on the table, took off her police uniform, turned around and lay down on the bed, and fell asleep in a short while.
She wants to have fun tomorrow, how can she teach these people to ruin her interest?
Xu Mu fell asleep in a daze. In her dream, she seemed to have returned to her previous life.Those things that were not clearly remembered were clearly staged before her eyes, as if they had happened in real life.
At that time she had just married into the Lu family, and Lu Ji didn't see her, but liked her dowry maid.The dowry girl was naturally overjoyed to be seen by the young master, a man and a woman quickly hooked up and went out to play every day.
Xu Mu also likes to play. Once when Lu Ji took his maid to visit Jinghu Lake, she timidly asked if she could take her with her, but Lu Ji slapped her and scolded her for being shameless and wanting to show her face after getting married.
It's ridiculous. Is there any national law that stipulates that women are not allowed to go out after marriage?She had been heartbroken for quite a while at the time, but now that she thinks about it, it's really stupid. Lu Ji clearly had no reason to refuse, so she just said some nonsense, and she really believed it.
In the dream, Xu Mu seemed to be watching a play, a play that was true and false, false and true.There is her in the play, and she is not there, she is a little confused in a trance-is she a performer or a spectator?
When she woke up the next day, she looked at the window sill, and she still couldn't tell the truth from reality.After lying down for a long time, she got up to pack herself, changed her clothes and left.
Jinghu is about a day and a half away from Biaoxian County. Xu Mu was originally just for fun, so naturally he was not in a hurry for this journey, sometimes walking and sometimes driving.The horse is borrowed from the inn, and there are often two inns opened by the same household in the county. If you borrow a horse from this household, you can just drive to the next household, which is convenient.
She ate and drank along the way, completely forgetting what happened to her the past few days.On the third day, she heard that there was a delicious noodle restaurant in the county closest to Jinghu Lake, so she went there early in the morning.
There are a lot of people in the noodle shop, and the shopkeeper and the waiter are both very busy.Xu Mu searched all over the noodle shop, but couldn't find an empty table, so he found an empty seat across from him, and asked the person, "Excuse me, is this seat occupied?"
The woman in purple raised her head, looked at Xu Mu, shook her head and said, "No one."
Xu Mu smiled at her, then sat across from her, and called the shop waiter: "Xiaoer! A big bowl of noodles!"
"Okay!" Xiao Er replied, and ran to the back end again.
When the noodles were served, Xu Mu quickly picked up one and put it in her mouth. After eating it in one bite, she clicked her tongue again and again, a bowl of noodles was made so delicious by the cook, it was so rare!
She was eating happily, and the person opposite had already finished eating.After all, it was a one-sided relationship. Just as Xu Mu was about to extend his hand to say hello, the woman in purple stared at her and slowly asked, "You... are Xu Mu?"
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