It was already very late when I got home, but the light was still on in Grandma’s room. Are you waiting for me?
I knocked on the door gently: "Auntie, are you asleep?"
"You're back." Grandma opened the door and looked at me: "Did you have a drink?"
"Yeah." I replied honestly.
"Hurry up and go to bed. I have to make tofu early tomorrow."
"good."
After washing and lying on the bed, I couldn't fall asleep again. I thought I could relax a bit since I found out the accident case today, but I didn't expect Madam Mu to suddenly do such an incredible thing to Li Huichun.
Madam Mu...
Li Jianghu, Li Jianghu, ever since you met her, you are hopeless.
But I was still tired after all, and I slept soundly all night.
When I woke up in the morning, everything was still the same as before. My mother-in-law handed me the cooked tofu pudding and hesitated to speak.
"What's the matter, Aniang?" I felt that she was too silent. A person who suddenly changed his gender must have something on his mind.
Aniang sighed and looked up at the fence: "Jianghu, look, is that butterfly beautiful?"
I also noticed a red and yellow butterfly landing on the fence wall, spreading its wings against the morning glow, and the morning glories next to it raised their purple trumpets, seeming to be playing a welcome song.
"It looks good." I replied without thinking.
"Then do you want to catch it and keep it?" Aniang asked again.
As I was threading the pole into the rope holding the tofu box, I was stunned when my mother-in-law asked: "Raise it? Why should I raise a butterfly?"
"Yes, some things in this world are like this. They look beautiful and make people like them, but they are only suitable for admiring, not owning. Because you simply cannot stand on the same level as her, and you have no ability to integrate into her life.
, you simply don’t know how to feed her. In the end, you get tired and she loses her original luster.”
I looked at my grandma in surprise, why did she suddenly say such profound words?
"Um... Grandma, are you... talking about butterflies or people?" I felt she must be hinting at something. Ever since I went out last night, she seemed to have guessed something. After a night of deep thought,
, finally couldn’t help but talk about butterflies.
"You know who I'm talking about." Auntie's eyes finally fell on me again: "You are older, and you always have your own ideas about some things. Although I am your mother, I don't want you to
Follow my advice as a way of filial piety to me.
However, there are some things I have to say: I have watched Jiajia grow up, and I know her well. Except for the scar on her face, which is not very pretty, she is really good in all aspects. She will take good care of you and treat you well.
Life was good."
My whole body trembled: "Oh, Mom, you're here again. It's so early in the morning..."
"Listen to me!" Auntie glared at me: "I know you don't like Jiajia, and I've figured it out and won't match you two anymore, but I also hope you can find someone like Jiajia.
A lady who can live a down-to-earth life with you. We are all ordinary people, like those high-ranking officials and nobles, we can't afford to climb high, nor can we afford to be troubled."
Of course I understand what grandma means. As the saying goes, "No one knows more than her mother." I'm afraid she already knows all about my little thoughts.
"Are you talking about Mrs. Mu?" I think it's better to say it clearly at this point.
Auntie nodded: "I went to inquire about it. Mrs. Mu, whose maiden name is Xian'er, suddenly appeared in Jianghu Inn at the end of March. It's better to avoid provoking a woman of unknown origin like this. The most you can do with her is business.
Contact is enough."
"Auntie, you think too much. I just send her tofu every day. What can I do with her?"
"Then didn't you go on a date with her yesterday?"
"Who did you hear this from?"
"What Jiajia said. Did Madam Mu give you a pure white silk handkerchief? You secretly took it out and looked at it several times yesterday. Jiajia is sure it belongs to Madam Mu."
"Auntie, what are you talking about?" I took out both handkerchiefs: "This black one was given to me by Mrs. Mu for the autopsy. I picked up this ice silk handkerchief, and I have always
I'm hesitating whether to return it to her. I heard that this veil is worth some money, and Madam Mu doesn't care about these small items."
"You brat, you know that someone dropped it and you still keep it? How many times have I told you, don't always think about taking advantage." Auntie said, and grabbed my ear with one hand.
It is true that a situation is easy to change, but one’s nature is hard to change!
"Mom, it hurts, it hurts!"
"Go back, did you hear me?"
"Yes, yes." I touched my ears and looked next door: "Auntie, don't listen to Wang Jiajia's nonsense in the future. I went out to do serious things last night. Now, I am a quasi-eye-of-the-sky spy."
, Haha, that is to say, I am currently taking the exam. When I become a real secret agent, my family’s taxes will be reduced by half every year, and I will also be appreciated by the imperial envoy, ensuring the safety of Xiangzhou..."
"Okay, what time is it? It's still taking a long time!"
"Haha, I'll go then. You don't have to wait for me to eat at noon."
After getting rid of my mother-in-law, I finally breathed a long sigh of relief. As expected of my mother, she really took care of me. She also said that she would not interfere with my marriage, but even the spark of love that had just arisen in me was suppressed.
She was doused with several ladles of cold water.
Fortunately, Mrs. Mu was not here. I took the tofu money from Uncle Fu and stuffed the ice silk handkerchief into the gap of the counter while he was not paying attention.
Xiao Mu originally stole the veil from under Madam Mu's bed. He said it was a piece of evidence. I didn't find a reason to return it, but I kept it secretly and always felt like a thief.
As usual, I had a bowl of special clear noodle soup. As soon as I left the inn, I saw a civilian scholar with his back to me.
Xiao Mu?
I walked towards him quickly, but he hurriedly came to the side alley.
This is a three-foot-wide alley that can only accommodate one person. On the left is the side courtyard of Jianghu Inn, and on the right is a shop selling pastries. The alley is only twenty steps long, and the pavement bricks on the ground are old and uneven.
Yes, because there is a street to the east of Jianghu Inn, so generally no one passes here.
Xiao Mu was leaning against the wall, shaking his fan, and the hair on his right forehead was flying in the wind, which made me unconsciously think of Mrs. Mu's bangs.
What Grandma said is really not accurate. I don't like Wang Jiajia not because she has scars on her face, because Madam Mu also has scars on her face.
There is a scar as big as a copper coin on Mrs. Mu's right forehead. I never noticed it before. She must have been covering it with bangs, or pasted rhinestones or traced flowers on it, so that no one could notice it. Yesterday she
I just saw a woman disguised as a man, but it didn't affect her beauty at all.
As for Xiao Mu, his hairstyle is exactly the same as Mu Mu’s hairstyle when she disguises herself as a man, but what is he hiding? I’m sure I can see clearly, there are no scars under his bangs.
There are no birthmarks, not even a mole.
"Hey, have you seen enough? Although I know I'm good-looking, you always stare at me like this, which makes me very uncomfortable. I wonder if you are as good as Long Yang, and you are not in love with me.
Right?" Xiao Mu moved closer to me and said in a weird voice.
"Ah?" I was startled and took a few steps back. I, Li Jianghu, am an upright man, how could I have such a hobby? This Xiao Mu is really narcissistic!
"Why are you looking for me again? I have already found out clearly that Madam Mu is an honest and responsible businessman. Those accidents were indeed man-made. However, the murderer was not Madam Mu, but a woman who liked to dress just like Madam Mu.
The heroine in the white gauze skirt - Fairy Baiyun."
"I know that Magistrate Xu reported the matter of Wanhua Tower to the imperial envoy last night. The imperial envoy read his transcript and found that Qin Zhen died unjustly. Since he died at the hands of Jianghu people, he will not be held accountable. As for the previous few
It was an accident, and since the family of the deceased had no objections, I did not report it to the imperial envoy, and there was no need to delay the official business because of these rogues."
"That's fine. Everyone is dead anyway, so it's useless to talk." I sighed: "These days, I finally understand that the so-called law is actually used to restrain us ordinary people.
Come true justice.”
Xiao Mu smiled slightly: "The law doesn't care about favors. Just like Tu Laosan, he has all kinds of food, drink, prostitution and gambling, and he fights outside from time to time. He even often punches and kicks his own wife, and also speaks harshly to his own mother.
I sneaked into the county government office secretly, and actually uncovered an old case from five years ago: Someone accused Tu Laosan of molesting his daughter, and then his daughter committed suicide in shame. But there was no evidence, and Tu Laosan was found not guilty.
Do you think it is necessary to bring this case up for closer examination?"
I was silent for a moment and said: "Everyone is dead, is this necessary? Although Tu Laosan is not a good person, his wife and mother are honest. Why should they be saddled with another murderer?
Where is the family’s reputation?”
I don't know why, when I think of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who are grieving yet seeming to be reborn, I suddenly feel that Fairy Baiyun is really narrow-minded.
"So? No need to worry about the law?" Xiao Mu said with a proud smile: "It's rare that such a dull piece of wood like you has finally enlightened. The law is dead, people are alive, and being adaptable to changes is also necessary for a secret agent.
The quality. Otherwise, if you encounter something in the future, you should check the law first and wait until you understand the rules..."
I saw Xiao Mu preaching in front of me again, and I despised him in my heart. A down-and-out scholar, couldn't he be appreciated by the imperial envoy and help the imperial envoy do something, so that he felt like he was really an official?
, it seems that he has analyzed the world so thoroughly.
"Hey, can I become a secret agent?" I interrupted Xiao Mu's nagging.
Xiao Mu shook his head: "Not yet."
When I heard this, the anger in my heart suddenly burst out: "Why? Didn't you say that? If I find out Madam Mu, can I become a secret agent? Are you deliberately playing tricks on me? Or you can't do it at all.
host?"
"I can't make the decision? I am specifically responsible for this matter. I have recruited more than a hundred spies, each with extraordinary skills, and they have provided me with a lot of information." Xiao Mu saw that I despised him, and he was proud for a moment.
The head started to argue.
More than a hundred? I think he is exaggerating. We have so many talents in Xiangzhou City? But I, Li Jianghu, are not bad either? Why not? Why not! This chapter has been completed!