It has been two days since the dramatic downpour that night.

In the past two days, he did not come to Zheng's house once, and Li Ruoshui went to the inn and teahouse and did not find him.

Knowing that he was hiding from himself, Li Ruoshui had no choice but to put this problem aside first, and wait until the matter in the Zheng Mansion was completely over before solving it.

There was no progress in the matter of Lu Zhi, but Lu Feiyue and the others found clues from the Cangzhou Police Department.

The warrant that asked Lu Feiyue to stop the investigation was fake. Someone in the patrol department had colluded with the Zheng family. Not only that, but it seemed to be related to the previous abduction and trafficking case in Yuncheng.

"...So you came to me, do you want me to help you check it together?"

Li Ruoshui looked at the two in the courtyard and hesitated to ask.

She hadn't seen this plot in the original book, so following along might not help.

Lu Feiyue was a little embarrassed, she opened her mouth a few times but couldn't say anything.

Jiang Nian looked at her, sighed, and stood in front of Li Ruoshui.

"We've already found a place to store the letters, but we're afraid that we'll startle the snakes, so we just want to get the things at once... So we want to ask Brother Lu as a guarantee,"

Li Ruoshui pursed his lips and smiled helplessly: "I haven't seen him for a few days."

"Are you all right?" Lu Feiyue stepped forward and said apologetically, "Is it because of the matter of marrying into the Zheng residence?"

"No." Li Ruoshui waved his hand, then paused: "Probably not."

Seeing Lu Feiyue biting her lips secretly, as if she was about to fall into self-blame, Jiang Nian immediately opened the topic.

"We also met once in the past two days. It was very late at that time. He said that he had just completed the reward order."

He touched his chin with admiration in his eyes: "I went to ask, and in just two days, Brother Lu has already done most of the piled up tasks, as expected of him."

"..."

No wonder no one has been found, it turned out to be venting.

Jiang Nian touched her with his elbow and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter with you?"

In his opinion, Li Ruoshui and Lu Zhiyao are a very good match. The two are equally gentle, do not like to lose their temper, and neither are awkward people, so there should be no misunderstandings.

"If I have to say it, I'm probably a little jealous."

Li Ruoshui sighed, not shy at all when he said this, but rather melancholy.

Although he didn't know when he realized that he liked him, after misunderstanding that he didn't like him last night, his first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief.

I have to say that the breath of relaxation is not strong, but the damage is great, and it hits her knee in one fell swoop.

If it wasn't for the tense atmosphere at the time, Li Ruoshui would have grabbed his shirt and shouted why.

Since it feels like a burden, why do you act like you're jealous?

The premise of the strategy is not to let the other party get bored with your approach. If your liking will become a burden on the other party, then this strategy will most likely fail.

Sure enough, ordinary people don't understand the mind of mad critics.

Seeing Li Ruoshui's melancholy appearance, Lu Feiyue and Lu Feiyue didn't know how to comfort her.

"Tomorrow, I'll go find him tomorrow, and we'll go together when we find it."

Li Ruoshui sighed and patted their shoulders: "Leave it to me, I also want the matter here to end quickly."

Lu Feiyue and the others left with some guilt, and Zheng Yanqing came in high spirits.

The wound on his right arm was the medicine that Li Ruoshui gave him, and it was wrapped crookedly and looked awkward, but he looked happy.

"Ruoshui, Mr. Lu didn't come today, right?"

After Zheng Yanqing's "fighting for justice" that night, he suddenly had the idea of ​​protecting her from Lu Zhiyao's hands, and he often swayed around with a stick.

I don't know who gave him confidence, Zheng Yanqing couldn't even beat her.

"He won't do anything to me, but you'd better pray you don't run into him when you go out."

She didn't know what Lu Zhiyao would do to her, but she knew that if Lu Zhiyao had an assassination list, Zheng Yanqing would be the first.

Li Ruoshui had the intention to end the matter of Zheng Mansion, so he went to the pharmacy without talking too much with him.

After the rumor that she could cure the disease last time, she will let the rumor appear again, but this time it will not be as misleading as the last time, she will say it directly.

"Young lady."

The round-faced maid in the pharmacy was a little surprised when she saw her: "Are you here to get medicine for the second young master this time?"

There are still men and women in the pharmacy. Some people are burning fires, some people are making medicines, and some people are delivering medicinal materials. When they saw her coming, many people looked at her sideways.

"No." Li Ruoshui went to the medicine stove again and looked at it: "I'm here to tell you in advance that Zheng Yanqing will drink the medicine once every seven days, and today's will not be needed."

The round-faced maid was a little embarrassed: "Do you have a letter from the doctor?"

Of course she didn't, the last time the doctor had to grind for a long time before he wrote it.

"In my room, I forgot to bring it." Li Ruoshui glanced at everyone and smiled naturally.

"There were rumors in the mansion that I would cure the second young master's illness. I don't know where it started. The rumors are only half spread. I can't cure diseases, but there is indeed a magic medicine."

When Li Ruoshui said this, he deliberately stopped his voice and waited for the others to ask.

"What elixir?" The round-faced maid stopped the pestle and looked at her curiously.

"Salamander pills." Li Ruoshui put his hands behind his back and fell into the memories of the past.

"My ancestors once caught a giant salamander, and accidentally discovered that the pills made from its skin can detoxify hundreds of poisons, so they boiled some, but luckily there are still some left."

The round-faced maid frowned, a little suspicious: "Can the giant salamander cure diseases?"

"I also think it's ridiculous." Li Ruoshui nodded in agreement and amplified his voice.

"But the world is too big, and we don't understand too much. Later, with the mentality of trying, I gave him one, and it was much better. Not only did he stop coughing, but not long ago, he wrote half of "On National Policy" in one breath. ."

The maid who sorted the herbs seemed to remember something: "The second young master only coughed occasionally. Yesterday I saw him running around the courtyard with a stick. He didn't breathe at all, and he was very happy."

The boy who was grinding the medicinal herbs in the room nodded: "The second young master did take a torn book and walked out the day before yesterday, as if he wrote it himself, and he kept talking about his distress."

The round-faced maid's doubts were dispelled, and based on the fact that Zheng Yanqing was indeed much better, she found a reasonable reason for herself.

"Probably we really don't know much about medicine, Second Madam, what does this pill look like? Can it open our eyes?"

Isn't that the hook?

"The yellow one has a pungent fishy smell. But there is not much left, so I won't show it to everyone."

The goal was achieved, Li Ruoshui walked to the door and suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, Zheng Yanqing and I still have something to do. The doctor's letter is not sure when it will be delivered. If everyone thinks it is not in line with the rules, the medicine can still be boiled."

The round-faced maid loosened her shoulders and smiled gratefully at her: "Mrs. Xie Shao understands."

"No thanks."

She should also thank the little girl for doing her so much trouble.

The bait is released, and it depends on whether the fish bites or not.

Li Ruoshui rushed back to Dongyuan, took Zheng Yanqing to hide behind the bed and squatted, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Zheng Yanqing moved his right arm away and shrunk in this small corner with some difficulty: "He will really come?"

Li Ruoshui shrank to the side, stuck his head out and explained.

"The last incident spread all over the Zheng Mansion, and it almost revealed the real murderer behind the scenes. This time I repeated the old trick, saying that there is a medicine to treat you. I was deceived last time. Don't you confirm it yourself this time?"

Zheng Yanqing was puzzled: "This is the person who poisoned me, so he's not stupid enough to come in person, right?"

"Who said I was going to catch the real murderer for you?" Li Ruoshui gave him a strange look.

"The wolf I held was never the real culprit behind the scenes, but this poisonous little servant. He was not thoughtful enough, but he was very courageous. He would definitely come to check it out in person."

The culprit of the poisoning in the original book was the scholar who was jealous of Zheng Yanqing, but she felt that it was not so simple, there must be someone behind.

However, her main purpose was to let the people in the Zheng residence know about this matter. If she catches the culprit, let them have a headache. If she intervenes, she may run away.

The two hid behind the bed for a long time without seeing anyone, so they had to chat.

Li Ruoshui turned Zheng Yanqing with his elbow: "Do you know where to find cats in Cangzhou? Smaller milk cats."

"I heard that there is one in the tofu shop, and you can touch it with money." Zheng Yanqing turned to look at her: "Do you like cats?"

"It's okay." Li Ruoshui thought for a while: "I don't know if I can borrow the cat for half a day."

"...Is it also for Mr. Lu?"

"if not?"

Li Ruoshui sighed deeply, no one is more difficult than him.

Originally, Li Ruoshui was sighing, but in Zheng Yanqing's ears, it was self-evident preference.

He smiled wryly, lowered his right hand a bit, and fell into inexplicable contemplation.

Lu Zhiyao didn't know, and would never know, that this potential rival, who made him extremely uncomfortable, was persuaded to quit by Li Ruoshui himself.

"He likes to play cats."

After listening to Li Ruoshui's doting remarks, Zheng Yanqing became even lower.

There was a little noise outside the window, and the two of them immediately fell silent and shrunk completely behind the bed.

After waiting for a while, a shadow was drawn at the door. He first stopped at the door for a while, and then walked in lightly.

There was a small collision in the room, and he should have started to rummage.

Zheng Yanqing looked over from the blind spot behind the bed, and after only one glance, he couldn't help covering his mouth with his hands, his eyes full of shock.

Li Ruoshui silently patted his shoulder, signaling him to be strong.

After the man found the fake pills, he hurried out. Li Ruoshui didn't hesitate and followed Zheng Yanqing's collar.

They didn't dare to follow too closely in the mansion, and kept a short distance after they left the mansion.

During the track, Zheng Yanqing kept whispering in her ear: what is he, what is he...

"Can you shut up?"

Li Ruoshui originally thought that he was a handsome and taciturn son, but he talked so much after he got used to it.

"He grew up with me, how could it be him who poisoned me!"

Li Ruoshui sighed: "You can't accept it now, will you collapse when the real murderer comes out?"

"What do you mean?" Zheng Yanqing paused: "You mean the real murderer will be closer than him?"

"Otherwise? Your parents have protected you so well, and he can still poison you for so many years. Do you really think it's from outside your house? Maybe it's your brother and sister."

Zheng Yanqing's thoughts were mixed, and his mood was indescribable. He didn't want to go with him. He was afraid that he would see some of his relatives.

Li Ruoshui didn't give him time to feel sad, and dragged his collar forward.

If she delays going down the road, she is going to run away, so how can she go home?

After the two turned left and right with the servant, they finally walked into a relatively secluded alley. There were only a few shops in it, most of them selling pen and paper.

But there is a very special place in this alley. There is a not-so-small pear tree planted at the corner.

This pear tree is lush and looks extremely alive in April's tail.

The two of them stood at the corner and looked over there, and saw the servant knock on the door of the family near Lishu, but Lishu blocked most of them and could not see the scholar.

Zheng Yanqing was still depressed, while Li Ruoshui hid behind the tree and looked over there.

That Xiucai didn't seem to be anything special. The two of them were chatting at the door. Li Ruoshui saw that the servant handed the fake pill to the Xiucai.

"Come and see if you recognize him."

She turned around and whispered to the corner, but Zheng Yanqing shook his head, visibly sad.

"...not from your Zheng family."

Li Ruoshui's muttering seemed to startle the two people not far away, so that she subconsciously contracted her lower abdomen, clamped her skirt, hid behind a tree trunk, and let out a cry.

"Meow."

The servant and the showman looked at each other strangely, opened the door and went inside.

Just when Li Ruoshui breathed a sigh of relief, a chuckle suddenly came from above his head.

This laughter was too familiar, she looked up and saw a pure white robe corner.

Li Ruoshui: ...

Why is it always awkward to meet each other.