Su Mu followed the direction pointed by Lu Lingjue to the door of the room, and when he was about to knock on the door, he had a thought, and after listening carefully to the movement inside, he opened the door slightly.

Just as he had imagined, there was still no movement from the people inside, he could see Liu Xiaoran resting his head on one hand, even though the door creaked, it didn't wake him up.

Su Mu simply squeezed in through the crack of the door. Seeing that the table was full of all kinds of files, he couldn't help but feel the pressure. The workload was so much that the naked eye could see it. Looking at Liu Xiaoran's fatigue, it was obvious that he was trying to findThings didn't sleep all night, and now they just took a nap.

Su Mu cautiously moved closer, and saw that one of Liu Xiaoran's subordinates was still pressing a case file, and the content recorded on it had nothing to do with Zhang Yu. Presumably, he couldn't find any clues last night.He thought for a while about the file that had not been opened before, moved a seat from the side, found a place next to Liu Xiaoran, and began to look through it.

After a while, his gaze unconsciously turned to Liu Xiaoran's side face, and then slowly turned to Liu Xiaoran's wrist. He seemed to have seen before that Liu Xiaoran sometimes showed a small section of red line on her wristCome on, although can't see what is hanging on it, but it must be something very important that can be carried around all the time. Now this section of red thread makes Liu Xiaoran's wrist even whiter.

Suddenly, Su Mu reached out and touched Liu Xiaoran's wrist.

——It seems strange to be exposed outside in the winter.

And the arm has been propped up for a while and can't move.

Su Mu, who had experienced this sour taste, searched around. The chair was too inhumane without a backrest. It seemed that there were no other comfortable sleeping positions except lying on the stomach and leaning on the hands.

Then... that seems to be impossible.

Su Mu lowered his head again and turned over the paper in his hand, but immediately, he felt the person beside him move.

Woke up?

He turned his head and found that Liu Xiaoran still didn't open her eyes, but she did withdraw her hand, frowning obviously a little uncomfortable.

And the next moment, Liu Xiaoran's head tilted slightly, Su Mu almost didn't have time to think about it, so she quickly moved closer, so that the other person happened to lean on her shoulder.

...

After reacting, Su Mu was in a dilemma. Although it didn't affect his reading of the case files, how would he explain this posture if someone woke up later.

It's really not my hands.

The faint sandalwood scent on Liu Xiaoran lingered in his nose, so that Su Mu's impetuous mood gradually calmed down, so that when someone knocked on the door later, he even subconsciously thought of not immediately shaking the people around him, but wanted to get up and open a door for someone.

He didn't realize that Liu Xiaoran had woken up at some point until he heard a low but powerful "in" from beside him.

Lu Lingjue pushed them in, apparently he had finished his breakfast, and now he looked very energetic, and he raised his voice as soon as he entered the door: "My lord! We are here to share our hardships with you!"

Qi Hao put his hands behind him, he was taken aback when he saw Su Mu, and after paying respects to Liu Xiaoran, he asked, "Why is little Marquis here?"

"I asked him to come over to discuss something."

Before Su Mu opened his mouth, Liu Xiaoran had already answered on his behalf. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Qi Hao indifferently, and asked, "Is there a question?"

Qi Hao immediately averted his gaze, and obediently shut up with Lu Lingjue.

"Speaking of which, I just found a case file about Zhang Yu, but it's not a direct connection, but an indirect relationship." Su Mu reached out and took out a case file that was laid out.Spread out in front of him and click on one of the places, "Here, Zhang Yu first reported the person, right?"

The case file was dated eleven years ago, and it was also a case of embezzlement of money, but the person involved was not Zhang Yu, but Qu Lin, the servant of the Ministry of War.The bribes received by this method amounted to tens of thousands of taels of silver, which was considered a major case, and the person who reported him was none other than Zhang Yu.

"Qu Lin..." The events that were too long ago made the other three official family members present also clueless. After all, they hadn't even touched official affairs eleven years ago.Judging from the case file, since Zhang Yu knew the fate of corruption since he could report others, it really didn't fit the image of private embezzlement and embezzlement of pig iron.

Both Qi Hao and Lu Lingjue didn't know Zhang Yu's background yet, they only knew that he was the head of the Armament Supervisor, so looking at the records in the file, they were even more puzzled.

This doesn't look like a bad guy.

"The reason for this is only known to him." Liu Xiaoran lowered her eyes, her expression dim.

With all the files checked, they finally confirmed that there was only one incident about Zhang Yu.

Then the way to find clues from past file records is blocked.

"Lu Lingjue, continue to look for clues about those missing girls. It is best if you can get the most detailed list. Qi Hao, go and go through all the case files sent by the Ministry of Criminal Justice today, and then pass them to me." After Liu Xiaoran sent the two of them to work, only Su Mu was left in the room. After thinking about it, he coughed lightly and said, "Three days later, Tang Yushi will hold a full moon banquet for his grandson., Mu Rongyang is also invited."

Su Mu nodded clearly. He naturally knew that Liu Xiaoran wanted to take this opportunity to inquire about the other party's situation. If he didn't know about it, then perhaps the armor in his army would become the most direct evidence.

But Liu Xiaoran seemed a little embarrassed, and after a long time continued: "It's just that I'm not good at words..."

The first person Su Mu thought of was Lu Lingjue, and Liu Xiaoran seemed to know what he was going to say, and immediately answered, "He still has to find out the whereabouts of those girls, and he doesn't know about it."

"If possible, maybe—"

It was only now that Su Mu understood that Liu Xiaoran wanted him to attend the banquet with him. It's not that he didn't miss this idea, but the Marquis of Anding's mansion has been considered to be in decline since Su Yi's death, so it was also confiscated this time.When it comes to the invitation, it seems that my name is not right when I go this time. If the ancients who have always cared about etiquette caught the pigtails, it would not be very good.

"But if I go, it seems, it seems that there seems to be no reason?" Su Mu frowned and calculated, "I have never received an invitation card. Is it not appropriate to visit so rashly?"

Seeing that he was worried about this, Liu Xiaoran was secretly relieved.

"Yu Zhi, you inherited your father's title. Since you are Marquis Anding, your status is already higher than all the officials. Although this Tang Yushi is considered a high-ranking official, he dare not stop you."

"If you have to find an excuse, since you are my... best friend, why can't you attend with me?"

Su Mu, who was holding the tea poured by Lu Lingjue to moisten his throat, didn't think it was a big deal at first, but when he heard the name "best friend", he choked on the tea.

No, wait a minute, this title seems a bit dangerous.

He managed to calm down his breath, but in the blink of an eye, he saw Liu Xiaoran's serious expression, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed again.

I should have seen too many messy things, so I have so many strange associations, it really shouldn't be.

Since Liu Xiaoran had figured out the reason for herself, Su Mu had no scruples and naturally agreed.

After discussing the matter, Su Mu suddenly remembered the time when Liu Xiaoran was leaning against him just now, but because Liu Xiaoran had woken up before he knew it, so now he is very suspicious, it is not just his own fault.imagine?

Could it be that I didn't sleep well last night, so I just took a nap?

When he walked out the door, he even raised his hand and lightly pinched his shoulder, quite suspicious of himself, just as he took a step, Liu Xiaoran suddenly stopped him from behind: "Yu Zhi."

"Huh?" Su Mu turned around.

"It's okay." Liu Xiaoran suddenly shook her head lightly, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, "Thank you."

Three days later at the banquet, when Su Mu went out with his hair tied up, because his neck hadn't been beaten by the cold wind for a long time, he was a little uncomfortable right now.

When Liu Xiaoran arrived, what she saw was that Su Mu was wrapped in a cloak trimmed with white fluff, jumping up and down at the door, and the hair that was tied up on his head trembled with his movements.Shaking, looks like a child who hasn't grown up yet.

"Yu Zhi." Standing behind Su Mu, he called him out of nowhere.

Su Mu was concentrating on counting his steps, and was so frightened that he took another step back. When he saw Liu Xiao, he smiled and nodded: "Let's go!"

Although he was mentally prepared to be shameless, but when he really participated in the feast of officials like this in ancient times for the first time, he still felt a little restrained everywhere.

After all, no one here is an ordinary person. Compared with the banquet in Bishui County, this place is even more sloppy.

Greeting at the door was Tang Ze's eldest son, Tang Yu, the father of Xiaoshouxing this time. He was serving as Taishiling in the court, and he was quite familiar with Liu Xiaoran.

"Yan Xuan, see you for a long time." He extended his hand and nodded with a smile, "This is..."

"It's my friend, the little Marquis from Andinghou's Mansion." Liu Xiaoran replied calmly, but Tang Yu couldn't help being taken aback, and after looking at Su Mu for a while, he immediately greeted him.

"It turned out to be Su Xiao Marquis. I was the one to be rude. Little Marquis is handsome and handsome, quite like Marquis back then."

Su Mu also immediately returned the salute imitatively. It was the first time for him to talk to someone in such a formal capacity: "Please don't mind the rash visit..”

Sure enough, all the way inside was smooth, Su Mu just breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down with Liu Xiaoran in a remote corner. He wanted to find out where Mu Rongyang was, but suddenly several figures appeared in front of them.

The leader was dressed in an eye-catching golden robe, with a provocative smile on his face.

It had to be said that this person coincided with the appearance of Su Qi in his imagination.

But it's not.

The man's eyes fell on Liu Xiaoran, and he suddenly greeted him: "Lieutenant Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time."