thousand words

Chapter 16

From night to midnight, the outskirts of the capital were silent, except for a single red lamp swaying in the wind in the dark night.

In the Shangdong guest room of the Tianzi Hotel in the inn, Shen Qinglian was sitting by the window wearing her clothes together, the warm yellow candlelight reflected a little color on his pale face.He propped up his white and slender forearm with the back of his hand on his chin, looking at the dark shadows of the capital city in the distance. At this moment, the capital city is like a giant beast sleeping peacefully, disappearing from the noise of the day and looking a little lonely.Occasionally, the night wind would blow in and shake the black hair hanging on the side of his face, making his cheeks itchy, and he couldn't help scratching them with his hands.

"do not move."

Before her fingers touched her cheeks, she was grabbed by another hand. Shen Qinglian turned her head indifferently and saw Wuhun's sullen face.

Wuhun frowned and brushed Shen Qinglian's hair behind her ears, and said in a low voice: "How many times have I said, don't touch your face with your hands, I'm afraid you can't even count the number of poisons your fingers have been contaminated with." Qing, what if you hurt your face?"

Shen Qinglian paused, and a sneer flashed in her eyes: "Do you care about me only because of this face? Don't let me touch it, don't let me move... Since you like it so much, how about I tear it up and give it to you? "He suddenly changed his tone and continued with a sneer: "I have never hated my appearance so much!"

Wuhun was silent for a while before saying in a deep voice: "I just don't want you to destroy me..."

Shen Qinglian stared at him blankly, then suddenly laughed.

"Destroy myself? I think you don't want me to destroy your girl! When that girl died, you came back to me, isn't it because of this face? Isn't it because I resemble her a little bit?" Do you look at me every day and imagine that she is still with you when she is not dead... I feel disgusted when I see my face now!"

"Lian. I've never thought about it this way. I just don't want you to practice poison and destroy yourself." Wuhun's tone was calm and cold, without a trace of warmth.

"Stop talking!" After a pause, Shen Qinglian took a deep breath and tried to suppress the anger in her heart. After a slight pause, she closed her eyes and said tiredly, "Go out."

"it is good."

Wuhun turned and left, but before he reached out to open the door, the door had already been pushed open.

The woman who came in wore a skirt and sleeves with rouge and Qingdai, as beautiful as peach blossoms in April.She had a smile on her red lips, but the corners of her eyes carried a coldness that hadn't changed for years.She saw Wuhun nodded and walked straight towards Shen Qinglian. She stood in front of Shen Qinglian and looked at him for a long time before slowly saying: "Lian, does my appearance remind you of the old days? Feng Li is sad."

Feng Lichou dressed up and came to see Shen Qinglian, not because of the joy of meeting each other, but because of sorrow and hatred.

She said: "I just want to see you again the same way I saw you for the first time. Do you regret it after asking you a question?"

Wuhun was about to leave, but upon hearing this, he closed the door again and walked back to Shen Qinglian.

Shen Qinglian stared at the woman in front of him for a while, and finally he sighed softly: "Li Chou, I haven't seen you for so many years, you are still the original you, you haven't changed."

The woman smiled and said softly: "I haven't changed, but you have changed a lot."

Shen Qinglian said: "People will always change, but the only thing that hasn't changed is that I still don't regret my original decision. Even if I start over, I will still choose to leave."

Feng Lichou's smile receded, she raised her eyes and looked at the front coldly, not knowing whether she was looking at Shen Qinglian or Wuhun.She said, "Is it because of him?"

Shen Qinglian didn't answer.She couldn't help but break down emotionally, and suddenly realized that after all these years, she had suffered a complete failure.In the end, she smiled in relief, and said slowly in a hoarse voice: "You still don't want to tell me about the matter... Forget it, I won't pursue it. I hope he will live up to you."

Feng Lichou raised her hand to wipe away the unshed tears from the corners of her eyes, and raised her head again.The moment she raised her head, she had already turned into Feng Lichou who was calm in dealing with things and tactful in dealing with others.

"How is it, is the snow red needle I gave you useful?" Feng Lichou asked casually.

Shen Qinglian actually showed a slight smile, nodded and said: "It's very good, it's worthy of being the work of [Bing Mei]."

Feng Lichou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said: "So you know all about it." In order to get close to this man, she did not hesitate to bear the reputation of being deviant, betrayed her master, and went to his side... It turned out that he didn't know all this, but Pretend not to know, in the end, I don't want the contribution of others to become my burden.

"Don't you also know..." Shen Qinglian's eyes were deep and her tone was flat as usual.

Feng Lichou opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say, suddenly there was a knock on the door, she caught a glimpse of a black shadow out of the corner of her eye and turned around, but saw that it was Wuhun who was protecting Shen Qinglian behind her, looking at the door vigilantly.Although he couldn't see his face with his mask covered, his eyebrows and eyes were so stern that he resembled Shen Qinglian back then.

At this moment, Feng Lichou suddenly understood that if it was really what she thought, she would have already lost when she met Shen Qinglian.

The sound of knocking on the door was 'duk-duk', and then Ah Quan's trembling voice sounded outside the door: "Miss Boss?"

It was Ah Quan, Feng Lichou relaxed her vigilance and walked over to open the door, but when she came back after a while, her face was covered with suspicion.

She said: "The government has investigated here."

It was already the second watch when Li Junhao led government officials and soldiers to the inn. He was thinking of doing it early in the morning, but when he turned around, he was afraid that the clues he had finally obtained would be interrupted due to a delay, so he simply chased him all night, planning to catch him by surprise.

This inn looks very ordinary, far inferior to Wangyue Pavilion in the capital, but due to its unique geographical location, there are not a few dignitaries, wealthy business travelers staying here.

However, he has already decided not to think too much about this situation. The more he thinks, the more timid he becomes. It is still his responsibility that the emperor blames the case for not being solved. It is better to let it go. Offending anyone will be worse than offending the emperor. ?

Therefore, he didn't check to see if any of his colleagues stayed here when they were sent back to Beijing, and he directly led his troops to break in. He would never do such an impulsive approach before, and this time he was really caught. In a hurry.

The waiter who was woken up in his sleep hurriedly went upstairs to find the boss, but a beautiful woman in a skirt came down after a while.

Feng Lichou smiled and came forward to bow, her voice was soft but not pretentious: "I don't know why the officials have something important to visit the shop in the middle of the night? If you officials want to stay in the shop, then I'm sorry, there are no vacancies in the shop. "

All the officers and soldiers who came to investigate were overwhelmed by this shallow smile, and their previous aura instantly turned into tenderness like ice and snow meeting fire, and they all stared at Feng Lichou obsessively for a long time, but they were speechless for a long time , let alone forcefully ask the whereabouts of the murderer.If Feng Lichou knew that the costume she wore for Shen Qinglian tonight had such an effect, she would have no choice but to ridicule herself.

After all, Li Junhao is a person who has seen the world, so he will not be fooled by superficial beauty.He coughed unnaturally twice, and the soldier immediately woke up. Li Junhao stepped forward slowly and said, "The Ministry of Criminal Justice is investigating the case. May I ask if you have seen a handsome young man with a young man with a long knife on his back?"

Feng Lichou pondered for a while, and then said: "Among the guests who come to stay tonight, I have never seen anything like this."

Li Junhao frowned and said, "Miss, please think about it, is it true?"

Feng Li shook her head sadly.

"Then please let me go up and search one by one!" The person standing behind Li Junhao couldn't help but stepped forward and said.

Feng Lichou was not afraid at all, and said with a smile: "Please forgive me, the official, the guests have already gone to bed at this time, so it is inconvenient to accept the search."

"Official search, you won't be allowed to refuse!"

"The official is embarrassing the little girl. After all, businessmen have to take care of their customers."

"you……"

Li Junhao raised his hand to stop his subordinates at the right time, then turned to look at Feng Lichou and said softly: "Today I searched in the name of a private person, I can discuss with you without violence because I still want to leave some room for your business, if the girl doesn't want to do it This business is over, I will not force it today, so I will leave."

After speaking, Li Junhao nodded slightly, turned and left.Suddenly I heard Feng Lichou laughing from behind and said: "Is the officer a threat? If I don't investigate, I'm afraid I won't be able to open the store tomorrow."

Li Junhao paused and said slowly: "If the girl wants to understand it this way, then let's understand it this way."

Feng Lichou raised her eyes and looked up and down at the man in front of her, with a solemn face and handsome features, her words and deeds revealed a calmness that shouldn't be there at this age, her eyes were as deep as a well, as if she had been in the officialdom for many years and was well versed in the principles of the world.He has a young body and a sophisticated heart.

Feng Lichou naturally knew that the person in front of her was the youngest Shangshu of the Lu'an Dynasty who once caused a sensation in the capital, and she also knew about this person's means.With a smile on her lips and lowered eyes, she nodded and saluted slightly and said: "It's not easy for a young girl to do business alone, please help me. I really haven't seen the person described by my lord tonight. If I see it in the future, I will definitely inform the government. Yes." Sometimes bowing your head earlier can save you a lot of trouble.

Li Junhao nodded: "Okay."