get married first, fall in love later

Qian Xiaobao thought carefully about Jiang Qingxiao's words in his mind, then turned his head and asked: "Is there anyone else in Mr. Wang's house?"

Jiang Qingxiao said: "Wang Changmu is devoted to love. Since his late wife died of illness, he hasn't remarried for many years. But he married a new concubine shortly before he came to Jiangzhou for appointment."

"Oh?" Qian Xiaobao raised his eyebrows playfully: "Has the identity of this concubine been checked, is there anything suspicious?"

"This concubine was originally named Hong Jiang, and she was originally a famous prostitute in Baihualou in the capital city. Soon after she was selected by Wang Changmu, she married into the palace as a concubine, and soon followed Wang Zhifu's father and son to this Jiangzhou city. take office."

"That is to say, there are no suspicious identities?"

Jiang Qingxiao lowered his head and thought for a moment before replying: "It seems so at the moment."

Ouyang Xi interjected, "What about the manor, did you find anything?"

Jiang Qingxiao looked up at her when she heard the words, and said, "The situation of this manor is probably the same as what you said. It started construction a year ago and was just completed a few days ago."

Qian Xiaobao said: "Why was this manor built? And why did it choose to be located on the boundary of Fushou Village?"

"According to the information given by the people in his mansion, it is only said that a year ago, the concubine of Wang Zhi's mansion suddenly became seriously ill, and he invited famous doctors hundreds of miles away to treat him in every possible way. The concubine and the magistrate's mansion are at odds, and their fates are against each other, so they can't afford to be seriously ill."

Ouyang Xi opened his eyes wide in surprise: "What the hell, is it true?"

"It's impossible to find out exactly how. It is rumored that the Taoist priest is a reincarnated fairy family. He travels around all the year round and can't meet people unless he is destined. Now it is impossible to find him in a short time. I just said that after the Taoist priest said, After applying some small methods, the concubine's illnesses disappeared, and she was alive and well immediately. The Taoist also pointed out that the Wang family has been weak, the population is few, and the official career and fortune are not good, because there is no treasure with excellent Feng Shui divination. House, if you can find a place to build it as a separate courtyard, you will surely have a prosperous fortune, a thriving population, and your wishes will come true.”

Ouyang Xi looked up at her in disbelief and said, "Why does this rhetoric sound like a charlatan's nonsense, but fortunately, the prefect Wang really believed it, and built his bullshit house at the price of a village. "

Jiang Qingxiao was somewhat reluctant to agree: "If you say it's completely unreasonable, why did the dying little concubine suddenly get better?"

"This..." Ouyang Xi couldn't think of what it was for for a while, so he turned to look at Qian Xiaobao and asked, "Xiaobao, why do you say?"

Qian Xiaobao opened the folding fan and shook it lightly in his hand, and after contemplating for a moment, he replied: "Perhaps the concubine and the Taoist are in the same group, and they pretended to be ill to trick Wang Zhifu into following their advice, or maybe this was originally designed by Wang Zhifu to deceive others. Woolen cloth?"

"That's right," Ouyang Xi clapped his hands together: "What Xiaobao said makes sense!"

Qian Xiaobao said again: "These are just our inferences, they can't be true, and the specific reasons need to be investigated in many ways to find out." After speaking, he turned to Jiang Qingxiao and asked: "Miss Qingxiao, did you help me find out? What about the whereabouts of those people in the original Fushou Village?"

Jiang Qingxiao said: "Only some young and strong people were found who seemed to have gone to a mountain far away from Jiangzhou City to fall into the weeds and become bandits. Except for those who died innocently, there are still some whose whereabouts are still unknown and who are said to be missing. Riu is dominated by young women."

Qian Xiaobao nodded, shook his folding fan and thought for a while, and said: "It seems that if we want to solve the mystery, we need to conduct field investigations." After speaking, he looked at Jiang Qingxiao: "I don't know if Miss Qingxiao's subordinates can solve the mystery." No, prepare a topographic map of the Wangfu Manor."

Jiang Qingxiao smiled triumphantly when she heard the words: "I've prepared it for you a long time ago." After speaking, she reached into her arms and took out a neatly folded blueprint, and handed it to Qian Xiaobao: "Here, right here here."

Ouyang Xi felt incredible again, raised his head and opened his big round eyes and asked, "Qing Xiao, do you have the ability to foretell? How did you know that Xiao Bao would ask you for a map?"

"There are no prophets, but my subordinates often do these jobs to help people find out news, so they will be more thorough when they search for news, but prepare everything that is needed for emergencies. Or, even if the owner who bought the news didn’t think of this, we can also sell them to him, so we can earn more money, right?”

Ouyang Xi raised his right thumb when he heard the words: "It's really professional!"

Jiang Qingxiao looked at her half-understood, and replied modestly: "I'm overwhelmed."

"Okay, let's take a look at the Wang family's house today and see if we can find any other clues." Qian Xiaobao held up the map to the lamp for a closer look, folded it up and put it away. In his arms, he bowed to Jiang Qingxiao, and said: "Thank you, Miss Qingxiao, it's getting late, girl, please go back to rest earlier."

Jiang Qingxiao didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, she took a sip from the teacup in front of her leisurely, and said, "Why doesn't Brother Qian still consider me a friend?"

Qian Xiaobao was a little confused: "It's my luck to be able to make friends like Miss Qing Xiao, so why would I have such an idea?"

Jiang Qingxiao smiled heartily when she heard the words: "Then I will go to the manor together with you tonight, brother Qian will surely not refuse?"

"This……"

Qian Xiaobao was a little hesitant, but Ouyang Xi said one step ahead of her: "Of course it's okay. As the saying goes, it's easy to do things with a lot of people. Of course it would be great if Qing Xiao could go with us, right Xiaobao? "

Now they are sneaking into other people's houses to be "thieves", and they are not traveling together. Not only is it not good for people to do things, but it is easier to scare the snakes. What's the advantage?

Qian Xiaobao once again felt a headache for Ouyang Xi's heartlessness, but since she had already agreed, she had absolutely no reason to go back on her word. Moreover, judging from the brief confrontation between the two outside the door just now, Jiang from a family of martial arts Qing Xiao, martial arts can barely stay at the top in this arena full of talents, it shouldn't hold them back, and if necessary, she might be able to protect Ouyang Xi when she can't take care of her.Thinking of this, Qian Xiaobao could only look at Jiang Qingxiao with a faint smile, and said, "If that's the case, then Miss Lao Qingxiao will come with us."

Jiang Qingxiao quickly clasped his fists and said, "Where is that, brother Qian's words are serious."

Therefore, Qian Xiaobao immediately called Qian San and ordered him to prepare night clothes and other equipment for the three of them.

After about one stick of incense, Qian San prepared the necessary items and came back to his command.A group of three people, together with Qian Sanqian Si hidden in the dark, packed up and set off.

The new mansion of Wang Zhifu has just been completed not long ago, so there is no one else except some servants who came to tidy up in advance. In the huge manor, there are only a few sporadic lights in the servants' rooms. The rest were trapped in the pitch black night.I don't know if it's because the construction of this manor has ruined the lives of too many innocent people, or because there is no one inhabited or other buildings for dozens of miles around it, so it looks lonely and desolate. In front of the wall, they all felt a different kind of depression and coldness at the same time.

Qian Xiaobao and Ouyang Xi were led by Qian San and Qian Si respectively, while Jiang Qingxiao, who was good at martial arts, followed closely behind them. The five of them jumped over the wall and fell into the courtyard lightly.

Qian Xiaobao took out the map from his pocket and checked it under the moonlight, then pointed to one of the courtyards and said, "Judging from the markings on this map, this should be Wang Changmu's residence, so let's start from here. "

Everyone nodded, followed the directions on the map to arrive at the courtyard, and found outside the master bedroom where Wang Changmu lived. Qian San and Qian Si went to check first to confirm that there was no one in the house.Only then did Qian Xiaobao bring Ouyang Xi and Jiang Qingxiao into the house after them.

The night was dark, and the light in the house was really not good, but fortunately, the moonlight was very good tonight, and secondly, there were many windows in this room, so they could easily put the lights in the house under the bright moonlight. The scene came into my eyes.However, although the furnishings in this room look luxurious and extravagant, there is nothing unusual about them. After careful inspection, Qian Xiaobao shook his head in disappointment: "There should be no mystery in this room, and there probably won't be any mystery here. Any clues we need."

Jiang Qingxiao also nodded in agreement: "It doesn't look like there is any mechanism."

Ouyang Xi's focus seemed to be different from theirs. He looked at the furnishings in the room, moved up to Qian Xiaobao and said, "Xiaobao, judging by the furnishings of this room, it should cost a lot of money, right?"

Qian Xiaobao looked at her with a chuckle, and replied: "Sure enough, things related to money can arouse your interest the most, right, my lord?"

Ouyang Xi glared at her unconvinced: "No matter how valuable it is, it's not mine. I'm so interested in what to do. We are investigating the case now, and all the things I put forward are related to the case, okay?"

When did we become investigators?It's just that you feel something strange and investigate it a little bit. How come it has become an earth-shattering event in your mouth?Qian Xiaobao complained speechlessly, and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, just treat yourself as a lady, and you are right. Then dare to ask my dear lady, what does the question just now have to do with this case?"

"Of course it's related." Ouyang Xi pointed to the well-made grand master's chair beside him, and said, "Since these things are so valuable, how can a mere magistrate, who is still an honest official in the eyes of the people, be able to afford it?"

Qian Xiaobao couldn't help laughing when he heard her strange speech, and chuckled with a "puchi": "My lady makes sense."

Ouyang Xi glared at her angrily: "I'm telling you serious, what are you laughing at?"

"What I said to my wife is also serious. Regardless of the furnishings in this house, just being able to build such a large courtyard is not something that a magistrate who only lives on the imperial salary can afford?"

"That is to say, you already guessed that his money came from an unknown source?"

Qian Xiaobao glanced at her lightly: "It's only a little earlier than my wife."

"Cut, I didn't tell you before I knew it, did you do it on purpose?!" Ouyang Xi glared at her, and patted the table on the left angrily, but he didn't want to, and accidentally patted a hard object on the table. .What's even more strange is that this hard object, which she didn't know what it was, suddenly fell into the table with her palm, Ouyang Xi was startled, "Ah" and rushed to Qian Xiaobao's side: "What? "