Nie Xiaoman didn't answer Jing Mo's question, but carefully studied the envelope and kept nodding.

After a long time, he replied without raising his head: "Yes, I might as well analyze and explain this envelope." The letter was late, and there were fifteen words on the envelope. The address on the right is 'No. 15 Gangzi Village', and in the middle is the recipient's name 'Master Li Wenchang Qinqi', and the name of the sender is not left on the left. Moreover, the outer skin of this envelope is soft, which shows that it has been worn in the 'mailbox' for a long time, and it can be imagined that the delay on the way to send it is not short. ”

During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the "People's Credit Bureau" was pioneered by Ningbo Gang businessmen. The Civil Information Bureau is a privately operated, for-profit organization whose business includes the delivery of letters, goods, and foreign exchange. However, the efficiency of the private system is very low and slow, and it is far less than that of the official post station.

Jing Mo asked a little impatiently: "Xiaoman, I don't understand, you have studied this envelope so carefully, how can it help the case?" ”

Nie Xiaoman argued: "Why is it not helpful? From this analysis, we already know about the time and place of the mailing of this letter. ”

Jing Mo became anxious again, and asked, "Are there any other clues?" ”

Nie Xiaoman suddenly stood up and said, "Enough, Jingmo." That's all for today, I don't want to say more. ”

Xiao Man folded the letterhead as he spoke, put it back into the envelope, and sandwiched it in the notebook, turned back to Jing Mo and said, "Jing Mo, I want to go to bed early today, and tomorrow I will have to work a little hard for this matter, I hope you will go to bed early." ”

After Nie Xiaoman finished speaking, he nodded to Jingmo and left the study. It was only a few minutes before Jing Mo heard Xiao Man's sleeping snoring coming from inside the bedroom to outside.

Jingmo felt bored, so he slept in the gluttonous cat fast. waited until the next day when Jingmo woke up a little late, this was because Jingmo had thought too much the night before, and he couldn't sleep, and when he fell asleep, it was already very late.

After getting up, family member Wei Pu told Jing Mo that Nie Xiaoman had gone out and did not say where he was going. Jing Mo guessed that Nie Xiaoman must have found some clues, and now he is following the clues to track and explore.

It seems that I have to eat breakfast by myself, and I have long heard that there is a steamed vegetable in the Qiqiao urn in Jinling, which only sells steamed vegetables and nothing else. There are several stacks of small cages, and a room is steaming. Steamed chicken, steamed bones, steamed meat...... "small melon" is very good. The small pumpkin is dug out of the pulp, stuffed with chopped pork, steamed and covered with cage, and the melon is fragrant.

The characteristic of this steamed dish is that the base does not use artichoke and sweet potato, but soap seeds. In Jingmo's hometown, this thing is used by women to "light" the velvet when embroidering, and the velvet is stained with soap mucus, which is easy to enter the needle, and the embroidered flowers are shiny.

This can be eaten, Jing Mo is really unheard of. The soap kernels taste delicate and soft, which is very interesting. But you must know that you should not eat too much of this soap seed. Jing Mo only cared about eating for a while, and poured down spoonful after spoonful.

As a result, Jing Mo returned to Gluttony and began to go to the toilet. The soaphorn kernel is too slippery, and when it reaches the intestines, it will fly straight down to 3,000 feet, and it is suspected that the Milky Way will fall for nine days.

It was finally easy to recover, Jing Mo sat down and rested in the study, drinking the Suzhou Tianchi tea brewed by Wei Pu, his stomach finally had a burst of warmth, and he hoped that Nie Xiaoman would come back and bring back good news.

However, after waiting for Xiaoman for a long time, he still didn't see him return, and he didn't feel a little anxious. Jing Mo picked up the report of the Criminal Department and checked it. Sure enough, the robbery case of the Li Mansion has been recorded by the Criminal Department, but it is still convinced that it is an act of "flying in the sky", so it is very dangerous to deliberately talk about it. Such a bad statement didn't arouse Jing Mo's interest at all, and after reading it, he threw the report aside.

Jingmo felt a little bored when he was alone, so his mind moved again.

Jing Mo thought to himself, according to Nie Xiaoman's conjecture, the main culprit of this theft was a fake ""Plugging in the Sky", but it had not been fully confirmed, so he naturally did not know whether it was true or not. Assuming that it is really impersonated, then there is more than one person who is suspected.

And if it is an inner ghost, there are four servants in the residence, and they must be noted that the outer thieves are the gardener, the sedan chair man, and the short man pointed out by the temple keeper Li Weisan, all of whom are within the scope of suspicion.

In this case, it is possible that the snitch came in from the outside, but with the people in the house as a lead, it makes more sense. Pang Shang Jiudian Shi said a sentence, Jing Mo completely agreed, he said that when the thief rummaged through the cabinets, how could no one in the room notice?

Also, why did Li Wenchang's aunt hide in the tent and not let others see her? This is a detail that deserves deep study and cannot be easily passed away. Nie Xiaoman didn't notice this suspicion at first? Of course, the biggest reason is that he is afraid that the owner Li Wenchang will be angry, and when he has some scruples, he invisibly limits the scope of the investigation.

For this reason alone, the difficult situation of Nie Xiaoman's actions can be imagined, and it will definitely be even more difficult to succeed.

After noon, Nie Xiaoman staggered home in a hurry, holding his hat in his hand, panting and sweating, looking very tired.

Jing Mo immediately stood up to greet him when he saw it, and said, "Xiaoman, what's wrong with you, I see the tiredness on your face, you must be tired, right?" Did you run a lot of places? ”

Jing Mo paid attention to Nie Xiaoman's face as he spoke, wanting to predict whether the current case already had an eyebrow. However, he saw that Nie Xiaoman's expression was a little sluggish, his mouth was tightly closed, and his eyes drooped, not like he had a fixed mind.

Wei Pu waited for Nie Xiaoman to take off his coat, pulled a chair close to the window, and then Xiaoman's whole body curled up in the chair.

After drinking half a bowl of Suzhou Tianchi, Xiao Man began to say: "I have been running around for a long time, and I have walked more than ten miles in the morning!" ”

Jingmo asked, "Why did you go so far?" What's the catch? ”

Nie Xiaoman said: "I don't know what I'll get after all. But I'm hungry. Probably you've already eaten it! ”

When Jing Mo heard this, he felt a little embarrassed, although he had eaten, but he had cleaned it up, so he had to say indiscriminately: "I'm sorry I ate first." Why don't you go take a shower and come back to dinner? ”

Nie Xiaoman said: "Yes, in fact, I am covered in sweat and very uncomfortable, and I must take a shower after lunch." ”

Nie Xiaoman instructed Wei Pu to prepare face water first, wash his face and have lunch.

"What is this?" Xiao Man asked, pointing to the dishes on the table.

"This is the steamed dish that Uncle Su brought back." Wei Pu replied for Jingmo.

Jing Mo saw that Xiaoman's appetite was very good, and he must be very hungry. But I still couldn't help but remind: "That soap kernel, don't eat more." But it attracted Xiaoman's somewhat puzzled eyes, Jing Mo was naturally not good at talking in detail, and after a while Nie Xiaoman finished eating, Jing Mo wanted to ask, but Nie Xiaoman had already seen Jing Mo's expression and knew Jing Mo's intentions.

Nie Xiaoman spoke first: "You want to know what I did this morning?" Then you come with me to the 'Peach Blossom Pond' bathroom to take a bath. I'll tell you more along the way. You know I'm sweating a little too much now, my clothes are sticking to my skin, I can't stand it! ”

Every time we go to take a bath together, we have to change our clothes, and it's inconvenient to change them now, so Jing Mo didn't want to go with him, so Jing Mo pushed and said, "I have to go to the division this afternoon, I have something." ”

Nie Xiaoman said: "I naturally know, but according to the custom, it's not too late for you to go before half of the time, it's just past noon, don't worry, you won't miss the time." ”

Jing Mo didn't want to take a bath, but he couldn't wait to know what new things Xiaoman had gained. There was no choice but to agree, so I changed my clothes and went out together. Only then did Nie Xiaoman tell Jing Mo what had happened.