ladybug

Chapter 5

Title: Butterfly Storm

Summary: The storm sweeps over everything

In the future, it will be the Four Gods and Stepping.Amidst all the joy, there is also a lingering haze.

Chu Ming died strangely.Yan San came over for dinner but said, "There is no progress in the case of the child's disappearance and Chu Ming's death."

I suggested: "Have you asked Liu Wu next door? His wife has returned to Liangzhou, so he may know something."

Yan Bu shook his head: "There is no way to ask Liu Wu. I went to Sihu to join the army to check the records of Chang'an City, and found that Liu Wu went to Liangzhou with his wife."

I asked: "Is there any progress in the post-mortem examination?"

Yan Butou relayed: "Wu Zuo said that the body was chopped up like this, and nothing can be seen. Alas, the meat market is so noisy that no one pays attention to the sound of the knife chopping."

I comforted him: "The yamen's spring break, it's useless for you to worry about it." Maybe this case will be left unsolved if it drags on, and it will eventually become an unsolved case.

While preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, 13-year-old Shen Lian suddenly said to me: "I see that you are a little worried, and I want to tell you three things."

I patted his head: "Speak."

He tilted his head and said, "Firstly, the woman I interviewed last time claimed to be the Hu family. The Widow's family is what she calls herself, but her makeup is very gorgeous. She lives next to the meat market where fish and dragons are mixed together, and she doesn't look like a serious woman. Second, Although she answered Yan Butou, she really saw something she shouldn't see, and maybe she wouldn't tell it all for the first time. When I saw the secrets between young masters in Nanfeng Hall, I rarely said it out to ask for trouble. The third , Chu Ming is disgusting, but he is your friend, if you want to try it to rest assured, then I... I think you should go." I pulled his hair tie, and he avoided my hand.I said: "Then I will ask the woman privately at the beginning of the new year. It will not be in vain for me and my friend Chu Ming."

In the evening I pondered my preferences.It was originally a joke with Wei Yan, but the consequences were unbearable.

In the past 22 years, I believe that one day I will meet a girl I like, hold her hand, and be with me until I grow old.Even if you are not tempted, it is good to marry a virtuous girl according to the matchmaker's words, and spend the rest of your life with her.

However, this belief was subverted by Wei Yan.

After the initial panic settled, his every move was suddenly clear.I recall so much that I can't even tell what he actually did and what I imagined.These days, my throat is often itchy, and scratching can't relieve it. The skin and flesh keep repeating the feeling of being licked by the tip of the tongue like a memory.

In the middle of the night after New Year's Eve, there were occasional sporadic firecrackers, making it even more silent.While my mind was in a mess, I even had a spring/dream that was not very clear.When he was half asleep and half awake, those entangled limbs faded away, leaving only a pair of calm eyes.The butterfly in the chest flaps its wings in the drizzle.Slightly cold, numb and itchy, with subtle pains of needle pricks.In the end, a storm was triggered, overwhelming everything.

Let it be, I thought, no more tossing and turning.

On the first day of the new year, the door is open.Every household set off firecrackers.After the sound of firecrackers, the ground was covered with broken red, which was as bright as a cloud of brocade, and the house was full of red.

Shen Lian put on the bright red new suit I made, stepped on black boots, stood on the threshold of the medical hall and looked out.

The street outside the door was full of auspiciousness, reflecting his bright red body, he did not appear superficial, but instead had the airy demeanor of a handsome young man.

I am obsessed with one thing.Stand on the other side of the threshold and pat him on the shoulder.

He turned his head and bowed his hands exaggeratedly: "Happy New Year, safe going in and out."

I also exaggeratedly bowed back, and then solemnly said, "Shen Lian, do you want to study in Master Yang's private school?"

Shen Lian himself knows the meaning of the words roughly, but I have seen his words and deeds these days, and I feel that he is really buried by following me as a drug boy.

Shen Lian asked: "Is Old Master Yang's private school good?"

I said: "Very good. Old Master Yang was originally a priest of the Guozijian. After he became an official, he opened a private school in the southwest of Chang'an City to preach and teach. And every tenth day, he came to the free school in Caoshi Town to help poor children. Teaching is highly respected.”

Shen Lian asked: "I'm 13 years old, it's too late for me to study and get a good grade?"

"You still have time to be a child when you enter school at the beginning of the year. If you pass the county examination, government examination and college examination, you can enter the Taixue as a foreign student. Although you have to pay for food, I can afford it." These told his son, "I don't force you to win the exam. But as long as you have a little fame and fame, you will have a lot of fun. An official career is much better than farming and business, or hanging the pot to help the world like me."

He blinked his cat eyes a little, and looked straight at me: "Li Ping, let me think about it."

"If you are hesitant to go to a strange place because you are just familiar with the Hemu Medical Center," I tried to persuade, "then Old Master Yang's private school is not far from Caoshi Town, and you can come back after class."

He looked down at Broken Red on the ground and said nothing.

I went up to rub his hair, and asked another question: "You call Yan Butou a 'big brother'. Why do you just call me by name when you come here? Come on, call me big brother." I pretended to cough twice, and asked again: "Why don't you call me Dad"

He hooked his lips, with a bit of stubbornness between his eyebrows: "Li Ping."

never mind.I smiled and bluffed him: "Shen Lian!"

He said: "I'll go out to see various Spring Festival couplets." He tried to keep a straight face when he went out, but when he looked from the left side, there was still a slight dimple.

I plan to discuss with him about enrolling in a few days.

On the second day of the new year, Shen Lian and I knocked on the widow's door early in the morning.She was blessed with surprise.Shen Lian went in directly, looked around and said to me: "It turns out that the prostitute's house looks like this. After we sue the officials, we will definitely get the reward."

I went in and grabbed him, and said to the woman: "Children are ignorant, Madam forgive me."

The woman's complexion turned pale, and she pulled the ring around her skirt with both hands, and said in a firm tone, "What are you doing here at my house?"

I had no choice but to go straight to the point: "Ma'am, we have no intention of embarrassing you. I just want to ask, have you seen anything unusual during the three days from December 22 to December 24 when Chu Ming passed away?"

The woman let go of the ring and snorted: "I told you that day, you can ask Yan Butou. The meat market is so noisy, how can I know what's important?"

Not wanting to return in vain, I asked kindly: "Madam, think about it again, is there really nothing special about it?"

Shen Lian broke free from my hand: "She's talking nonsense! One night I carried you behind my back to play in the meat market until morning, and I saw her clearly at night, she clearly..." He seemed ashamed to speak, took a few steps back, and hid his face behind my back .

I frowned: "Ma'am, I just want my friend to die with understanding. I will never speak to a third person again, so I hope you speak up."

The woman squirms.Shen Lianfu poked her head out from behind me, and I touched Shen Lian's hair tie.The woman said, "That's right. Liu Wu's house was indeed a little strange that night."

"Huh?" I asked, "Isn't it Chu Ming's family?"