Yesterday's violent storm rained down all night like a flood in the heavenly court, and it was not until midnight that the violent storm gradually stopped. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the early morning, it was still gloomy outside, but the rain had stopped.

Zhu Ping'an, as usual, got up early to wash up and pushed the door across the cloth bag, and a lot of fallen leaves and petals fell in the yard, all of which were blown down by last night's storm.

The drainage system of Linhuai Hou Mansion is very perfect, last night's heavy rain, there was not much water in the yard, only the stone trough nullah under the wall around the courtyard wall has bubbling water, which confirmed last night's heavy rain. When the water of the nullah encounters the steps, it passes through the ditch left under the steps, bubbling into the nullah outside the gate of Tingyuxuan Courtyard, part of it flows into the pond of the Hou Mansion, and part of it flows into the drainage system of the capital, flowing into the moat.

After the rainstorm, the air smells of earth, and it smells like returning to Xiahe Village. Inexplicably a sense of homesickness enveloped my heart, I don't know if it is raining in Xiahe Village, how is my father and mother at home, and there is a certain goblin, I don't put the eldest lady's temper at home...... Oh, I almost forgot, I thought about it too much, she is the best at pretending to be a good daughter-in-law in front of her father......

There was a crisp chirping of magpies in the bamboo grove outside the east wall of the courtyard...... It's like celebrating the rebirth after the catastrophe, and it's full of joy.

"Good morning, uncle."

Hearing the sound of Zhu Ping'an getting up and opening the door, the two girls in the ear room also got up with their sleepy eyes and their clothes together, and went out to say hello to Zhu Ping'an.

They are not surprised that Zhu Ping'an got up so early, for so many days, my uncle goes to bed late and gets up early, there is no exception, there was such a heavy rainstorm yesterday, before going to bed, they lay in front of the window and saw the light in the uncle's study turned on for most of the night, before going to bed, I guessed in my heart, it was raining and my uncle slept so late as usual, so my aunt should get up early tomorrow.

"Early." Zhu Ping'an replied with a slight bow.

Chirping, chirping, the magpies outside the courtyard wall heard the movement in the courtyard and cried more happily.

"Chirp, happy event home." A little girl pricked up her ears, then squinted her eyes and smiled, "I heard the sound of magpies early in the morning, my uncle must have a happy event coming today." ”

"Hehe, I want you to say good things." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and replied casually. The magpie is a symbol of good fortune and luck, the ancients liked this, and they naturally did not believe it, but when they heard the pleasant call of the magpie early in the morning, they were still in a good mood.

Legend has it that in the last years of Zhenguan, there was a man named Jingyi in the south, who lived on the edge of the empty green mountain and had a nest of magpies outside his yard. Jingyi has a good heart, and every time he eats, he will sprinkle some rice noodles under the tree for the magpies. One day, his neighbor lost several silk cloths and falsely blamed Jingyi for stealing them, and Jingyi was thrown into prison for several months. One morning, Jing Yi heard a magpie cry in his cell, and when he looked up, he saw the magpie he often fed outside crying happily, just like the good news. The next day, the official called Jing Yi to the lobby, saying that the official had met a Qincha wearing a Xuanyi Sujin on the road, and the Qincha informed him that the emperor had granted amnesty to the world. Three days later, sure enough, the emperor's decree of amnesty for the world came, so Jingyi was pardoned and went home. When he returned home, Jing Yi learned that it was the magpie who incarnated as a human and falsely passed on the holy decree to help him get out of trouble. It is the color of the magpie's overall feathers. This is where the Magpie Annunciation comes from.

"You don't have to leave me to eat today, I'm going out to visit friends." Zhu Ping'an went out as usual, and gave a word of advice to the two little girls before leaving.

Just as Zhu Ping'an was about to step out of the door, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside, and then the voice of a maid came.

"Uncle, Uncle...... Big things are bad, big things are bad. ”

The little girl ran in in a hurry, and almost collided with Zhu Ping'an, who was about to go out, if it weren't for Zhu Ping'an's quick eyes and feet, he would have staggered and flashed, and he would have crashed.

"What's wrong, Sister Qiuyue." Listening to Yuxuan's little girl, she trotted over two steps and asked nervously.

"Just now, an official came to the house, saying that he had something to find his uncle, because his uncle was in the inner house, and the long entourage that my uncle received yesterday passed first. After the official messenger spread the rumors, he left in a hurry, and then the uncle's entourage hurriedly came to find the uncle. The inner house was not allowed to enter, so they asked me to send a message to my uncle. The little maid named Qiuyue said hurriedly.

"Send a message, why are you shouting that something big is not good, if the housekeeper's mother knows, you will have to eat and hang up." The little girl who listened to Yuxuan breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, just to send a message, why are you making such a fuss, you think what's wrong, the hearts of the people who hurt her are hanging in their throats.

"No...... the little girl shook her head anxiously, with a layer of fine sweat on her forehead.

"Don't rush, you speak slowly." Zhu Ping'an comforted softly, vaguely guessing something in his heart. The official sent a message, and there were probably two situations, one was the statement of the criminal department caused by the letter, and the other was the incident that Zhao Daying's soldiers attacked him and was sent to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion yesterday. And if it was the Criminal Department's case, it wouldn't be so anxious, it is estimated that something happened to the officials of the Shuntian Mansion.

"Uncle, just now your chief entourage sent a message saying that the prisoners who were sent to Shuntian Mansion yesterday were all inexplicably dead this morning, and the official came to deliver the message as soon as he got the news."

Sure enough, what the little maid said in Qiuyue confirmed Zhu Ping'an's guess.

"Ah...... Dead! ”

Hearing this, the two little girls in Yuxuan screamed in fright, stretched out their little hands to cover their mouths, and their little faces turned white with fright.

It must have been done by Zhao Daying.

Don't even think about it, this matter must be inseparable from Zhao Daying, after Zhu Ping'an heard it, he clenched his fists.

Eight Fresh Lives! Say extinguish the mouth and extinguish the mouth! Zhao Daying is really ruthless, not as good as a beast, in order to extinguish his mouth to prevent future troubles, even his own people can be so ruthless.

is also careless, thinking that if he locks people in the yamen prison, Zhao Daying will have no choice.

I didn't expect Zhao Daying's hand to stretch out so long, and it was stretched out into the prison of Shuntianfu through Zhou Zhifu! Zhou Zhifu himself is still trustworthy, it is estimated that Zhao Daying colluded with the officials below the government office, or bought off the jailers, and the people are still locked up in the Shuntian Mansion prison, so they will be killed directly, it is too unscrupulous! There is no king's law!

If this pest is not eliminated every day, the society will be more dangerous every day.

Thinking that Zhao Daying killed these eight people, he would definitely take the opportunity to make trouble, so the criminal department's presentation should be advanced.

It just so happens that I can't wait.

Zhu Ping'an exhaled and looked in the direction of the criminal department, like a sharp sword.