female catcher

Chapter 1 Wedges
In the first year of Jingxi, Xijing City, which had just entered February, was still full of festive atmosphere, and the red flower paper on the doors and windows was still bright.

After the death of Emperor Renzong, the city of Xijing, which had been suppressed by the national mourning for three months, finally had a good time in the new year. Then the new emperor ascended the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty, amnesty the world, and the atmosphere of the new year lasted a little longer.

At this time, the weather should be getting warmer, but because of the heavy snow the day before yesterday, the temperature seemed to be dragged back to winter again.

In the clear weather after the snow, beads of melted snow dripped down from the eaves along the icicles. Su Zhen squinted his eyes for a while, then put down his cup and said, "Is it all burnt?"

"Clean can't be any more clean. A Yin's mansion in Nuo Da, now people are scattered, it's not incomprehensible that the Zhou family can't think about it." Jiang Xiyuan shook his head and sighed.

"It's all over." Su Zhen stopped Jiang Xiyuan from talking, and asked instead: "I heard that the people who went to fight the fire that day saw a woman escape from the fire without any injuries. Is there such a miracle?"

"Yes, there is such a thing. Liu Qi saw it with his own eyes. He was outside Yin's residence at that time." Jiang Xiyuan nodded, and followed Su Zhen to change the topic.

That day, the Yin Mansion was on fire, and the flames were extremely high. At first, the servants of the Yin Mansion ran to put out the fire, but they fled out one after another when they saw that the fire could not be stopped.Only after Jing Zhaoyin interrogated the escaped servants did he know that the fire was lit by Mrs. Zhou himself, and even used kerosene, presumably because he was determined to die.

The mansion that was comparable to the Duke of the State burned for two full days, the houses collapsed, and the houses on both sides were affected. It was lucky that the entire Xuanyangfang was not destroyed.But it was such a fire that a woman came out of it when it was burning.

According to those who saw it, the woman's face was blackened by the smoke, but she had no physical injuries, and her clothes were scorched in a mess, obviously coming out of the fire.

"Zhou's bones are all burned and can't be found. That woman doesn't seem to have any injuries. It's really strange." Jiang Xiyuan shook his head while talking, his face full of disbelief.

"Is it from the Yin residence? Where is it now?" Su Zhen asked.

Jiang Xiyuan made a helpless expression, "It was dark at the time, and everyone was busy putting out the fire. After the fire was extinguished, they searched but couldn't find the woman."

"Are you sure it's a woman?"

"Well, she also said something to Liu Qi. She was a woman, not very old. It was just dark and the woman had a dark face. Liu Qi couldn't tell what she looked like."

"What did she say?"

Jiang Xiyuan turned his head and thought for a while, then frowned slightly: "It probably said: Why don't you hug the well... Liu Qi said so."

"Hold the well?" Su Zhen repeated inexplicably.

"Is this sentence Liu Qi is also very vague, I guess, the meaning of holding the well is probably to dig the well water to put out the fire?" Jiang Xiyuan smiled helplessly, "When Liu Qi wanted to ask again, the Liang in the hall of the Yin Mansion was on the couch. There was a loud noise, and a lot of flaming sawdust were thrown out. The crowd was in chaos for a while. After calming down, Liu Qi remembered the woman, but he couldn't find it again. If it weren't for many people seeing him, Liu Qi thought he was killed I'm stunned by the heat." He paused, "At that time, the Yin family had no other female relatives except the Zhou family, so I guess it was a servant girl who escaped by chance."

Su Zhen hummed, then left the matter behind and didn't ask any more questions.After a moment of silence, he looked up at Jiang Xiyuan, and said lightly, "Your marriage hasn't been decided yet?"

"Not sure." Jiang Xiyuan laughed, and leaned back, "Putting a stiff and strange girl at home, I feel uncomfortable just thinking about it."

"How do you know that the other party is dull?"

"Hey, aren't all the girls in the capital like that? Either they are dull, or they are arrogant." Jiang Xiyuan made an unbearable expression, and then waved his hand: "Since Shemei is a high-married girl, there is no need to be restricted by the order of the teeth."

Su Zhen glanced at him, "Is Lingmei dull or arrogant?"

Jiang Xiyuan was stunned, but he didn't expect Su Zhen to set him a trap, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Yongwei is okay, okay. Recently, she is concentrating on practicing etiquette at home, and her mother often reminds her. After all, she is going to enter How can someone who is in charge of the middle palace be compared with other girls."

Su Zhen smiled, "I will treat her well."

"I thank the emperor on behalf of my father and Yongwei first." Jiang Xiyuan wanted to get up while speaking, but was stopped by a gesture from Su Zhen.Jiang Xiyuan sat upright again, and said half-jokingly: "My father is very happy these days. He said that the youngest girl is going to get married, so he has nothing to worry about. Now that the world is safe and peaceful, I will ask for a free job in the future. Just wait for our brothers to give him more grandchildren."

Su Zhen lowered his eyes and smiled, "Everything is complicated, and the palace is also boring. It's rare to go out for a walk. You don't have to be so careful."

"Is the minister careful?"

"Ah."

Jiang Xiyuan silently sighed helplessly, picked up the teapot and refilled Su Zhen's tea.

Is he careful?He was a little cautious, but although the person in front of him looked gentle, he was not a good person after all. He could even plot against his own parents and uncles, so what kind of onion would his Jiang family be?
It's not a good thing to be too ostentatious, even though he grew up with him and has a good relationship, but there is a gap between the monarch and his ministers, how many heads does he dare to be careless!
(End of this chapter)