you got on my tail

Chapter 28 Chapter 03

Xingshan used to have a mine, so the mountain road is still flat, Bai Xuehe walked around with his head down and carrying a lantern. Not long after, he saw a blue hair tie thrown in the corner.

He picked up the hairband, but he didn't see any other clothes around him. Presumably, Xiao Hei felt that the snake walked too slowly, so he put on his clothes and turned into a human, but he didn't know where he went.

"Xiao Hei?" Bai Xuehe raised the lantern and said loudly, "Let's go back, I'll buy you something delicious."

It was very quiet in the deep mountain, there was faint rustling of leaves, Bai Xuehe smiled and said: "I've seen you already, you are tired from running from the county town, don't you want to eat snacks?"

He walked forward with the lantern in his hand, and the dark clouds in the sky gradually covered the moonlight, and the snowy crane did not move. Not long after, a figure of a child emerged from the bushes, as if hiding behind a big tree, and the snowy crane was relieved.

"Don't walk around if you're afraid of the dark." Bai Xuehe approached slowly with a lantern in his hand. The child was sitting under a tree with his knees hugged. Under the bright and warm red light, there were tears on Xiao Hei's soft and white face. Maybe He sat with his knees hugged for a long time, and there were still some red marks on his face.

"Why are men crying?" Bai Xuehe said with a smile, "When I was your age, I never cried."

There was still nothing to say over there, Bai Xuehe walked over to rub the little guy's head, but unexpectedly the other side ignored him at all, he whispered secretly, but the furry was very comfortable to rub, so he rubbed it hard twice, Unexpectedly, Heidan raised his hand and slapped it away.

"Smelly little black, you have a big temper." Bai Xuehe pulled him with a grin, "Then I can go by myself..."

After finishing speaking, he pretended to turn around and leave, but there was nothing to surround him behind him.

This guy was quite angry, Bai Xuehe turned his head, saw the child hesitantly raised his head, showing a pair of clear eyes that were at a loss, he looked timid inexplicably.

"Don't come here." After a long silence, Heidan's soft voice came from the night sky, and then cautiously probed: "Bai Xuehe, they were talking about you downstairs just now, do you know?"

With a "boom", the lantern in Bai Xuehe's hand fell to the ground. He quickly picked up the lantern and said with a casual smile, "They...they are just jealous of me being a high official..."

His expression was always smiling, but he felt a little guilty for no reason, and his thin white fingers clasped the handle of the lantern tightly.

Master Bai, who didn't care about anything, was suddenly a little scared.

"Xiao Hei, let's go back, you are a good boy." Bai Xuehe moved forward quickly, as if to please, "I'll buy you delicious food and books, okay?"

"Don't come here." Heidan murmured nasally, "They said you killed someone, is it true?"

Bai Xuehe was sweating profusely, but suddenly stopped at this moment, he thought Xiao Hei had heard some foul language, but he didn't expect it to be this.

"Of course not." The cruel officials also killed people according to the law, which shouldn't be counted as killing. Bai Xuehe nodded in comfort, and added, "Do you trust them?"

"I don't believe it either, but they said it was true." The child lowered his head, his voice twitching, "They said you killed a man, what was his name Mei Qing, it was Master Lu who said it, and it was true .”

Bai Xuehe paused, clasped his fingers tightly into his palms, his eyes were as calm as deep water.

But after a while, a smile appeared on that face again, as if he had never heard the name before.

"Actually, Ah Li killed someone. He drove me away, so I have no place to go." Heidan didn't leave. Others are villains, but he killed himself, Bai Xuehe, if you say nothing, I will believe you..."

Bai Xuehe stepped forward, held Heidan's hand in his palm, and said without hesitation: "No."

"Really?" Heidan looked up, "Can I still trust you?"

"Of course it's true." Bai Xuehe smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't drive you away like Ah Li."

"I knew it was fake, they are all bad guys!" Heidan instantly felt relieved, and was about to grab Bai Xuehe's hand.

The smile of the person in front of him became more and more unfriendly, Hei Dan covered his buttocks and hid behind the big tree and said quietly: "I really came here with Yu Yan..."

"Where is Yuyan?" Bai Xuehe approached with a blank expression, "Come out!"

"I can't come out! I just can't find Yuyan!" Heidan hugged the tree for a while, then quickly ran out holding something. Bai Xuehe found the right moment and grabbed the child's collar in his hand.

"Big villain!" Heidan turned his head angrily, "I have evidence!"

"This is Yu Yan's very precious thing." A small tear-stained paw raised up, and something golden was stuffed inside, "She gave it to you, I didn't lie to you!"

It was the phoenix gold buckle that Yuyan showed Bai Xuehe, Bai Xuehe took it over and looked at it quietly for a while.

Queen Mother?

Bai Xuehe suddenly remembered that when he went to see the Queen Mother, there was a very similar phoenix on the Queen Mother's hairpin.

"Bai Xuehe, let's go back." Heidan lost the courage to run in, and held his hand clingingly, "It's very scary here."

"Afraid? Then let's stay a little longer." Bai Xuehe silently put away the gold clasp, raised his hand and blew out the lantern, "Call me a villain, right?"

"...I...will I be afraid of you?"

"Come here and give me a hug." Bai Xuehe smiled, "Otherwise I won't light the lamp."

Heidan only persisted for a moment, then rushed over and threw himself into Bai Xuehe's arms. Bai Xuehe hugged for a while, rubbed his head again, and felt satisfied.

"I'm really scared. There's a coffin here." Heitan trembled with fear, "There's a coffin hanging on the mountain."

"Coffin?" Bai Xuehe picked up Heidan and quickly walked down the mountain, "Let's go back."

……

Wei Lan's work efficiency is very high, but after more than a day, he returned with dew all over his body.

"Lu Yongning is from Taiyuan, Shanxi. He has been a Jinshi for 13 years." Sitting opposite Bai Xuehe, Wei Lan helplessly looked at the hostile Heidan in the room, "He is simple, he has no family and friends, and his close relatives are all dead, my lord. Can you let him not…”

"I don't have any family or friends, but I can sit in the seat of the fourth-rank magistrate." Bai Xuehe squinted his eyes, and poured the ashes out of the pipe, "What about the former magistrate?"

"The former magistrate was called...Chongyue..." Wei Lan paused for a while, then hesitated, "This person is Ruan Jianghe's friend..."

Bai Xuehe remained calm, just nodded and smiled, "Make a portrait of Lu Yongning and send it to your Jinyiwei Prison. Ask those old jailers if they recognize him?"

"Ah?" Wei Lan was a little stunned, "My lord, you are..."

"Just go." Bai Xuehe continued to order, "Don't go in person, take someone to arrest the group downstairs, I want to interrogate, and then go to the mountains."

As soon as Wei Lan heard about arresting people, enthusiasm appeared on her face instantly, and she asked after a while: "What are you doing in the mountains?"

"Pull up all the coffins." Bai Xuehe smiled, "Our Xiao Hei is afraid, no matter which dynasty or generation the hanging coffins are in the mountains, I will take them all down."

Wei Lan didn't know why, but she went anyway, but Master Wei, who had a lot of taboos, felt that this could not be done at night, so he quickly led people to arrest all the guards downstairs, and then opened the coffin during the day.

The cell in Xingshan County is rather small, and the head of the guard is also a softie, so he pissed his pants immediately, Bai Xuehe looked around, feeling disappointed that there was nothing he could do.

"Master Lu told the villain to look at the adult." When he saw Bai Xuehe, he kowtowed, "Otherwise, how dare the villain..."

"Of course I know." Bai Xuehe looked at him with disdain, "I killed Mei Qing, did Lu Yongning say that?"

The head of the guard paused for a moment, Bai Xuehe looked at Wei Lan helplessly, Wei Lan got up holding the teacup and raised her hand, going straight for him.

"My lord, let me tell you!" The head of the guard shouted: "The third aunt of Lu Zhifu is my concubine. She told me about your business when she was drunk. My lord, I didn't pay attention that night. I didn't pay attention to it before." said..."

Bai Xuehe lowered her eyes, "What did the third aunt say? If you dare to hide a word."

"Just chop your guy!" Wei Lan quickly added, "The cause and effect, tell me word by word."

"She said, she said... She said that Zhifu Lu said that you slept with the emperor..." Wei Lan turned pale and embarrassed, and kicked the guard in the face.

The guard spat blood and continued: "He said he saw the emperor go to the prison to find you, and that you killed Mei Qing by yourself..."

Hearing the word "Mei Qing", Wei Lan was stunned for a moment.

"Master Bai!" At this moment, Jin Yiwei suddenly rushed in from outside, "The coffin has been opened!"

"What's inside?" Bai Xuehe turned around with a smile.

"Empty." Jin Yiwei replied while kneeling, "All are empty."