Ministers made me a male queen

Jiao Yun returned to the stall after delivering the meal to Tao Yuzuo. Wanniang, who was waiting there, just thanked the regular customers and the vendors who had helped before, and then took Jiao Yun and Nie Baichang to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

It was only when Wanniang was lying on the bed again at night that there was no one there, did she truly feel the fearful but sudden courage of the day, until finally, she raised her arms to cover her eyes, unable to calm down the emotions in her heart for a long time.

She didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night, but after this time, she thought a lot.

After Jiao Yun woke up the next day, he went to the backyard first, and when he ran to the kitchen with a branch in his mouth and brushed his teeth with salt, Wanniang turned to look at him, smiled and told him to wash up quickly, and then he could start eating later.

Jiao Yun complied, but turned around and walked out of the kitchen. She always felt that her mother was different today.

He walked a few steps, then looked back abruptly, and found that Wanniang had changed into a new dress, the one he bought earlier, not only that, Nie Xiaobai also changed into the new clothes he bought yesterday.

The ones I bought for Nie Baichang before were green skirts, but I usually wear patched clothes. If I come back from the academy, I can’t wear those clothes, so when Wanniang went to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones yesterday, she simply bought two more sets of these. Not only bought a set for Nie Baichang, but also bought another set for Jiao Yun.

Jiao Yun was naturally happy, and deliberately said that if Nie Xiaobai didn't want him, Nie Baichang could only accept it with red eyes.

Jiao Yun looked back again, thinking about it, it seems that mother is planning to have a new start, Nie Xiaobai is always a smart kid, presumably saw that in order to avoid mother's discomfort, he also secretly changed.

Jiao Yun was holding a tree branch in his mouth. When he came out, he thought it was too hot, so he only wore his underwear, and when he ran back after washing, he pulled out new clothes and put them on.

Nobody mentioned changing clothes at breakfast, like it was supposed to be.

It's just that when the uncle driving the ox cart saw three Wanniangs in new clothes lined up side by side, they were startled: "Miss Jiao, you are..."

Wanniang smiled, "When I encountered bad luck yesterday, I just changed into a new dress to get rid of the bad luck."

In two days, the two children will go to the academy and the yamen to report, so it is good to get used to it in advance.

The uncle driving the car went to the booth according to the time yesterday and when he didn't see Wanniang and the three of them, he was dragged by the vendors and talked about it. He also knew what the Sun family was doing, so he responded: "That's the way it is."

When they got to the booth, Wanniang always said the same thing. The vendors all looked at Wanniang differently because of what happened yesterday. The usually quiet little lady got angry, but it was a compliment. Women want to stand up. , especially those who do business like Wanniang really can't be too good-tempered.

When it was noon, Wanniang looked at the time, took out all the wooden boxes she had brought, and divided out a separate portion, just about to let Jiao Yun send it to the yamen.

Suddenly a figure ran quickly, panting, with a box on his back, came close, and took thirty copper coins, "Mrs. The mother was taken aback.

When Tao Wuzuo looked up, he suddenly met Wanniang's dress, and his movements were slow for a while, but when he heard movement from the direction behind him, he hurriedly urged him again.

Wanniang hurriedly gave him the packed wooden box, and saw Tao Wuzuo seemed to be being chased, carrying the wooden box on his back, picked up the wooden box and ran away.

Wanniang: "..."

Everyone: "???" What's going on?Mr. Tao was scratched by a mouse?In a hurry to chase?

It wasn't long before I saw Master Hou leading three or four yamen servants running towards this direction from a distance, and when he got close, he stared at Tao Wuzuo's figure who had run away and stared, "Bastard!" Cheapskate!Why don't you just eat him once?What's the big deal?It's all for money!What's the difference between buying his and buying a little lady's?

Everyone stared at Mr. Hou who suddenly appeared, and silently lowered their heads: Sir, Sir, you probably don't know that they say he is a mouse, do you?

Seeing that Master Hou really couldn't catch up, he gave a low cough, and glared at the servants. They straightened their clothes and returned to seriousness. Master Hou was wearing ordinary clothes, even stroking his beard, facing Wanniang's stall.

Wanniang was frightened by this scene just now, she recovered and hurriedly asked for a blessing: "My lord!"

"You don't need to be too polite. I'm wearing regular clothes this time and I'm just an ordinary person. If you come to have a light meal, you don't need to be too polite, otherwise it will make me feel uncomfortable." Master Hou waved his hand, and several government officials behind him also nodded in unison.

Master Hou had already asked the yamen servant about the price of this stall, and took out 29 Wen: "Little lady, give me one."

Several yamen servants also reluctantly took out 29 Wen, which they saved, although they were reluctant, but!They have been hungry for many days!Must eat!

Wanniang turned around and hurriedly filled the meal.

A few yamen servants secretly went to see it, salivating when they smelled the fragrance, it smells so good...it smells so good...

Master Hou stared at the stewed pork with his brows tightly locked. The aroma is really delicious, and the color looks delicious, but...is this different from what he ate yesterday?

When Master Hou took it, he still couldn't help asking: "Little lady, I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask, is there... anything else?"

Wanniang was puzzled, and squeezed the bib tightly, "This... is indeed gone, my lord, is there anything wrong?"

"No...how could there be?" Lord Hou laughed, and walked aside with his hand.

A few yamen servants couldn't wait and hurriedly brought their own rice, and couldn't help scooping up a spoonful before it reached the table. The taste of the mouth was really wonderful!

The yamen servants have never seen those individual stir-fried dishes, but Mr. Hou not only saw him but also ate them yesterday!

Master Hou sat there and gnashed his teeth while eating: No wonder that little bastard ran around so fast, hurry up and be alone, he doesn't know how to respect the old and love the young!He is his elder after all!He actually chased after him yesterday and saw the empty bowl and looked like he wanted to eat him, stingy!

Wanniang glanced secretly, not understanding what was going on?

Jiao Yun almost broke his stomach from laughing, Wanniang couldn't see it, he analyzed it and understood, Mr. Hou and Mr. Tao were robbing his mother's cooking.

Master Hou ate the stewed pork rice in his mouth. It tasted good. After he finished eating, he put his hands behind his back and looked at Wanniang with a smile before he left. Meat rice can be sold at about the same price, so why not let brother Yun come to the yamen to report at noon tomorrow."

Naturally, Wanniang wouldn't respond, and she was relieved when Master Hou left with a smile on his face, hands behind his back. She always felt...the look that Master Hou smiled before leaving was a bit weird.

Looking at Master Hou's leaving figure, Jiao Yun suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Tao Fuzuo, no matter how fast the little fox runs, it can't escape the old fox's palm.

The next day, half an hour before noon, Wanniang was absent-minded and kept looking at Jiao Yun's body for any discomfort. Jiao Yun felt a headache when he saw it, so he blocked Nie Xiaobai who was collecting money, "Mom, you It's better to worry about Nie Xiaobai, he will go to the academy early tomorrow morning, I am an acquaintance anyway, and he will see what he has never seen before. There are also students, will the classmates treat him The newcomer has an idea, or how the head of the mountain will arrange him, will he adapt..."

After Jiao Yun babbled like this, Wanniang really...was even more worried.

Jiao Yun winked at Nie Xiaobai: I still have a way.

Nie Baichang was helpless: Brother Yun, what you said made me nervous too.

Jiao Yun hahaha put his arms around his neck and muttered, Nie Baichang listened patiently, his eyes were bent, and his mood was getting better and better.

Wanniang calmed down when she saw that the two young children had such a good relationship, but she started to let Jiao Yun eat before noon, and after eating, let him take the wooden box and go to the yamen to report.

Jiao Yun could only go with the wooden box in her arms, Wanniang watched Jiao Yun leave all the time and was not willing to look away. Recently, Jiao Yun often went to the yamen to deliver meals to regular customers, but she didn't think much about it.

Jiao Yun sent him all the way to the yamen, and sure enough there were only two or three yamen guards in the yamen, and all the others were sent out.

Jiao Yun was put in and waited. After a while, Master Hou came back with a few yamen servants. When he came in and saw Jiao Yun, he smiled, "Brother Yun is here?"

From the corner of the eye, he saw the wooden box next to him, the corners of his mouth curled up, he waved back a few yamen servants, and walked straight towards Jiao Yun with a smile, like a strange uncle.

On the other side, in order to avoid Mr. Hou for the past two days, Tao Yuzuo ran straight to the stewed meat stand without going back to the Yamen once it was over. ..." It's just that he didn't see Jiao Yun from the corner of his eye, and didn't think much about it.

Wanniang was surprised: "Ah? Brother Yun has already gone to the Yamen..."

Tao Wu said: "Huh? So early?"

Wan Niang nodded: "Master Hou said yesterday that Brother Yun will report today."

Tao Wuzuo was struck by lightning: I was, I was tricked!Female fraud!No one told him about it!

When Tao Yuzuo was in a trance, Wanniang was surprised: "Mr. Tao, what's wrong?"

Tao Wuzuo looked at the stewed pork rice silently. Although it was delicious, but he was used to eating fried meat prepared separately, and the treatment always felt like it was going downhill. "No, it's nothing."

How could Mr. Hou let his food go, it would be too late to go back now.

Wanniang finally realized something when she saw Tao Fu acting like this, and Nie Baichang who was at the side took out another copy: "Mr. Tao, this is for you."

Tao Wuzuo froze when he was beating his chest and feet: "This is?"

Wanniang looked at the food that Jiao Yun reminded him to make an extra serving of last night, and thought that Brother Yun wanted to leave the yamen to eat in the evening, so it turns out...

Nie Baichang replied: "Brother Yun said this is for Mr. Tao alone."

Tao Wuzuo held the wooden box: "Good disciple, really good disciple..."

On the other hand, Mr. Hou just wanted to punish this kid for being stingy yesterday. He only planned to eat half and leave the other half for him, but when he came to his senses at the end of the meal, he found that it was gone. It turned out that Tao Wuzuo was smiling when he came back, laughing as soon as he saw him, and Mr. Hou's scalp tingled from laughing: Could it be madness, kid?

Silently thinking about it, the old man is old and can't eat big fish and meat, so in the future... don't grab his stutter.

No, isn't it just eating?He is a dignified county magistrate, can he still miss that stutterer?

It's just that sometimes what you say is used to slap your face.

It was the first time that Jiao Yun followed in a case. Master Hou originally thought that he would not be able to keep up, but he didn't expect that this kid would not say a word. He didn't talk too much or shout tired all the way.

They went outside the city in the afternoon and checked the fifth unowned body.

The body was found a few days ago, but because the other party's body was severely damaged, more than half of the flesh had turned into bones, let alone being dead for more than half a month.

The reason why it has not been found for more than half a month is because the place where the body died was in a forest outside the city, and it happened to be on the other side of the stream, which was covered by the lotus leaves that had begun to grow, so it was not found in time.Because outside the city, they rode there, led by Mr. Hou, Tao Wuzuo, Jiao Yun and his party, as well as two other Wuzuo.

Not far away, he got off his horse, Master Hou looked solemn, and waved his hand: "Separate and continue to search carefully to see if there are any other clues."

Jiao Yun was dismounted by Tao Wuzuo. Since he was Tao Wuzuo's young apprentice, he naturally followed Tao Wuzuo.

Tao Wuzuo was carrying the medicine box on his back, "Follow up, if you get run around, call me if anything happens."

Jiao Yun complied, and followed Tao Wuzuo while walking, while looking around, here is a large forest, far away from the city, a bit barren, considered unowned.

Because there is a pond here, a farmer secretly planted a lot of lotus leaves here, thinking that when the season comes, they will collect some lotus seeds to eat, or take them out and sell them for money. However, the leaves had already started to grow, so the farmer who first found the corpse wanted to come and have a look, but after looking at it, he found the corpse that had been dead for many days.

Surrounded by weeds, or bamboo leaves, and after a long time, the corpses have rotted beyond recognition, and there is nothing on them that can prove their identity. Outsiders got nothing.

Master Hou can only look at it again to see if he can find any clues.

Tao Wuzuo was assigned to the place where the corpse was found. It was on the other side of the pond near the pond deeper in the forest. Half of the corpse was soaked in the water, and the other half was exposed, so the other half soaked in the water was covered with fish and shrimp. Only by gnawing can it become bones so quickly.

Because it was here that he focused on checking at the beginning, so Tao Wuzuo asked Jiao Yun to stand there and just look away. He rolled up his trouser legs and went down to the pond, wading through the mud and groping in it, wondering if he could find something else Something that can prove the identity of the dead body.

Jiao Yun didn't go over, and stood obediently in the drier weeds. His body is small, if he really wanted to go over, he might be stuck in the mud.

He wasn't idle either. He looked carefully at the silt and the position where the lotus leaves in the pond grew out. Because the silt was very deep, the water in this area was turbid and damp. He had searched the yamen several times, but he probably couldn't find anything useful. of.

He looked at every inch of his eyes, and saw that there was a big stone not far away, inlaid in muddy water, with a small half exposed, half sunk in the mud, and the other half outside, outside. That side was covered with moss.

Jiao Yun walked over there, and looked around the moss outside the stone. If there were no footprints or other signs of damage, it was not here.

He straightened up in disappointment, intending to go back, but just took two steps, but stopped, frowning, as if thinking of something, but the thought just now was only for a moment.

He has always believed in his intuition, so he turned around slowly and carefully looked at the moss and stones again. There were no signs of being moved, no footprints, and there were no footprints even where wet and easy to sink into. He loosened the weeds to cover it Standing up, staring at this piece, just... I always feel that something is not right.

His eyes swept over the stones, then landed on the moss, and finally the weeds surrounding them, which were so green that they spread all the way to the depths of the forest behind.

He kept squinting and staring at it, and finally realized what his thoughts were passing by just now, it was these weeds.

These weeds are not right, because there is no one to take care of them, so weeds are overgrown, all kinds of weeds grow wildly, and all kinds of weeds are mixed together. He didn't pay attention when he saw it at the time, but he looked carefully at this time and circled around , finally saw something different.

Although there are various types of weeds, one of the weeds only grows in this area, and there are no other places.

Tao Wuzuo touched the muddy water with his hands and didn't find any clues. He washed his hands and feet clean, came out of the mud with a sigh, looked up and saw Jiao Yun not far away, and walked over, "Brother Yun, what are you doing?"

Jiao Yun raised his finger and pointed: "I'm looking at this."

"This...weed? Why are you looking at this? We checked this place, and there are no footprints or traces of movement. There is nothing wrong with it." Tao Yuzuo turned to leave, but Jiao Yun stopped him.

Jiao Yun: "But it's so strange here."

"Hey, why is it so strange?" Tao Wuzuo asked casually.

Jiao Yun pointed to other places, "Sir, you can see that weeds are divided evenly elsewhere. Although there are many types, they are also miscellaneous. Occasionally, there are a few weeds of one type, but here they are all in a pile, and... although this It looks like a weed and it is indeed a kind of weed, but I looked at it and it looks like ghost needles."

"Huh? Ghost needle grass?" Although Tao Yuzuo knew many types of weeds, it was the first time he had heard of ghost needle grass, "This...isn't it all grass? No, Brother Yun, do you see something? "

Tao Wuzuo became serious, not letting go of any clues.

Jiao Yun nodded: "Although ghost needle grass is indeed a good weed, it is actually a kind of medicinal herb, and its stems and leaves can be used as medicine."

Jiao Yun paused, and added, "Of course, these were all told to me by my grandfather when he was idle in the fields before, fearing that I would be bored. I just feel strange that there are so many ghost needle grasses and only this one. After all...it's a medicinal herb, and it can be sold for money."

There is nothing wrong with weeds, but if a weed suddenly appears in the wild, if it is only occasionally brought over by a seed, it will naturally be distributed evenly in all directions after a long time, but this kind of weed that can be used as medicine grows in the wild. Here, it is only concentrated in this area but not elsewhere, unless it has recently grown from here, and it has not had time to be divided elsewhere.

But it only grows here, and it has medicinal uses, that is, someone brought it here unintentionally, accidentally landed here, and after a period of time, it took root and sprouted, and quickly merged with the surrounding weeds.And the weed seeds that can bring medicinal properties are accidentally sprinkled on this place, and there is a corpse in this place, then... either these are corpses, or...the murderer brought them.

The murderer and the deceased, it is very likely that the identity of one of them will be related to the medicinal herb.

When Jiao Yun finished speaking, Tao Yuzuo also caught the point of his words, his eyes suddenly became brighter and brighter, he turned around and shouted at Master Hou: "My lord!"