Third Young Master Luo pleaded guilty and was executed. Second Young Master Luo could not escape punishment. The corpse on the mountainside was also dug up. Everything was settled.
Lord Zhang's attitude towards Ye Meng changed. He praised,""That…Miss Ye is not an ordinary woman.”
" In that case," Ye Meng said," I also want something in return from Lord Zhang. Don't be nervous, Lord Zhang. What I've mentioned is also beneficial to you."”
"Just say it." Lord Zhang was in a good mood, so he was naturally prepared to agree.
"Help me find a position in the government office. Just let Yue Feng be like Qi Lu.”Ye Meng put forward her idea, and at the same time, she also deliberated her words to make the magistrate understand as much as possible.
It turned out that the magistrate understood, because his face turned gloomy.
"Yue Feng is secondary. What position does a woman like you want?”Lord Zhang reprimanded, but his voice was relatively calm.
"Those who have the ability are qualified to obtain a position. I need to find a job to support myself. Could it be that in this world, women could not support their families?”Ye Meng had always been disgusted by the idea of favoring boys over girls. She could still speak calmly now because she didn't want the world to treat her as an anomaly.
"It's not that there aren't any." Lord Zhang took a deep look at Ye Meng. When the case was closed, he was also wondering why Ye Meng was not a man. This way, she could become his right-hand man and even have a brighter future.
"Then please grant my lord's wish! Ye Meng won't disappoint you." Ye Meng said while Lord Zhang was hesitating.
"Forget it, forget it. The yamen needs a meticulous person to organize the files. I think you're suitable, so I'll stay and organize the files first.”
Ye Meng was stunned. Before she could react, Lord Zhang had already left with his hands behind his back, leaving behind a sentence,"It's up to you whether you want to go or not."
Ye Meng thought about it and smiled. It was better than nothing.
Lord Zhang truly cherished talent.
To celebrate, Ye Meng forced Qi Lu to treat her to a meal and drinks.
"There's a rule in my hometown that whenever someone gets promoted, his friends have to treat him to a meal.”Ye Meng explained the reason why she wanted Qi Lu to treat her to a meal. It was obvious that she had modified the modern workplace rules.
Qi Lu was intrigued. He drank a cup of wine in a good mood and said,""Actually, I've always been curious about where you're from. Your rules are so strange!”
Ye Meng poured wine for him and said," You're just a little kid. You're just being strange. Be more modest in the future. I'll teach you more. There's a lot you can learn!"”
Qi Lu smiled happily. After another glass of wine, he said,""I would have forgotten if you didn't mention it. You haven't finished telling me about this case!”
"This time, I relied too much on luck. I grasped some clues and understood some information. Then, it was speculation and schemes.”Ye Meng poured him more wine, but Qi Lu refused to drink. Ye Meng found him boring, so she took the wine pot and poured herself a drink.
"Miss Ye, please tell me in detail. Qi Lu is all ears.”Qi Lu clasped his hands and said respectfully.
"When I went to the autopsy, I wanted to tell you the details of what I found, but you were so scared that you couldn't even stand up, so I guessed that you weren't in the mood to listen, so I didn't bother to tell you.”Ye Meng said.
Qi Lu blushed.
Ye Meng continued," You must know that prolonged high temperature will cause blood and body fluids to seep out, and the tissues will be necrotic and charred. This will reduce the weight and length of the bodies that died from severe burns." The deceased was a female, and her height after death was 157 centimeters. Since she died in the same environment as Eldest Young Master Yuan, according to Eldest Young Master Yuan's height before he died, the two of them should have shortened by about 10 centimeters. This does not match the height of Young Mistress Yuan that I know. There are not many women who are close to 170 centimeters tall in Ningzhou City, and Third Young Mistress Luo, who has Hu blood, is one of them. Also, that turquoise bracelet, I picked it up at the Yuan residence. It belongs to Third Young Mistress Luo."
" What?" Qi Lu was a little surprised." Is it really as Second Young Master Luo said? Is she having an affair with Eldest Young Master Yuan?"”
"I don't know." Ye Meng said," There were signs of a fight at the scene. You know that. Maybe the three of them had some conflict in Yuan Mansion, which led to this tragedy."”
"I have another question. Why did Third Young Master Luo bury Young Mistress Yuan on the mountain? " There's something going on between them…" Qi Lu felt a little speechless.
Ye Meng knew that he wanted to ask about their relationship, so she said,""This was purely a blunder. Third Young Master was afraid that the corpse would be exposed, so he wanted to take his wife's corpse away. In the end, he was faced with a pile of unrecognizable corpses.”
It must have been difficult for a weak scholar like Luo Chensheng to move a corpse. This was also why there was a piece of cloth left on the collapsed wall. It was the piece of cloth from Young Mistress Yuan's dress.
"Qi Lu, you're not suitable to be a constable.”Ye Meng said after downing a glass of wine.
Qi Lu looked at her without saying a word.
"Perhaps you can maintain public order, arrest people, or protect others…but you are not careful enough and not bold enough. You are more than enough to be a constable, but not enough to be a constable.”Ye Meng said. She wanted to drink more, but Qi Lu stopped her from doing so.
"You're right, so I hope that from now on, you can stay by my side to teach me and help me.”Qi Lu's lips moved, but he finally made up his mind to say this.
Ye Meng didn't rush to answer him. Instead, she pushed his hand away and drank the wine in the glass. Then, she filled the glass again. She lowered her head and looked at the glass."Do you think it's that simple? Do you know how long it took me to learn it? Do you know that without those advanced instruments and methods, our case would have been ruined by luck? Do you know all this?"
Recalling the past, a wave of sadness surged into her chest and had a chemical reaction with the wine she drank, making her eyes red.
"I don't know." Qi Lu smiled faintly." But it's still a long time. I can learn.”
Ye Meng didn't say anything. She picked up her glass and drank three glasses in a row. At this time, it was drizzling in the sky. Ye Meng didn't continue drinking.
" It's raining, let's go back..." Qi Lu opened the umbrella and turned around. Ye Meng was already drunk on the table.
Qi Lu shook his head, thinking to himself,'This girl doesn't look very old. How did she develop such a grumpy personality?' Also, why did she like to drink so much and get drunk every time…Tsk, tsk, tsk. Other than Qi Lu, who else would dare to marry her?
Qi Lu thought about it for a long time and felt a little helpless. He could only carry her on his back and send her back to the inn with an umbrella.
Ye Meng woke up when the first ray of sunlight shone through the window.
Every day when she woke up, she would be in a daze for a moment, not knowing who she was or where she was.
Every day, she had to convince herself again and again that she was already dead in that era and could not go back.
However, there was still a trace of luck. She thought that there was still room for negotiation and that she could still see her parents, relatives, friends, mentor, and boyfriend.
And not the man who was leaning against the door frame when she woke up…
"Qi Lu! Why are you standing at my door so early in the morning??”Ye Meng suddenly sat up on the bed, her eyes burning with anger. She wanted to tear Qi Lu apart with her bare hands.
As a result, he felt a little dizzy from getting up too quickly.
Qi Lu looked on coldly and sneered,""Are you a drunkard? Why are you so unreserved when you drink?”
"Why do you care?" Ye Meng held her forehead and yelled at Qi Lu.
"I don't care about you. Young miss, have you forgotten the task that Lord Zhang gave you? Don't you have to support yourself?" Qi Lu raised his eyebrows smugly and went downstairs for breakfast.
Ye Meng suddenly remembered and quickly got up to wash up.
Qi Lu had already prepared his luggage when they went downstairs. He said to Ye Meng,""Lord Zhang was especially concerned and gave us two empty rooms in the government office for us to live in to save money.”
"It's pretty good. I'll pack up later.”Ye Meng didn't care much about this. She sat alone at the table and ate her buns and porridge.
" And this is for you..." Qi Lu's voice wasn't loud as he placed a cloth bag on the table.
Ye Meng opened the cloth bag and found that it was a soft cowhide curtain, which could be used to hold a scalpel.
Qi Lu was secretly delighted. It seemed like this gift was the right one. Ye Meng liked it very much.
" I'm in a good mood," Ye Meng said as she rolled up the curtains." You can make any unreasonable request. I'll consider it."”
"Alright!" Qi Lu was overjoyed." Marry me!"”
Ye Meng's face darkened.
"I was joking! " Hehe, hehe…" Qi Lu laughed dryly. When he saw Ye Meng taking a big bite of the bun and looking at him with a gloomy face, he stopped smiling and said," You were drunk last time and said that it was too troublesome to carry your saber. You repeated the same thing so many times…I thought that since you helped me solve a problem, I'll help you solve it too!"”
"What do you mean by 'last time'? I only drank too much twice.”Ye Meng replied unhappily.
"Don't dwell on the language problem. You often say things that I don't understand, but I don't even ask you one by one. Can't you be more magnanimous to me?”Qi Lu refuted.
"I can't." Ye Meng rolled her eyes at Qi Lu, finished the last bite of the bun, and went upstairs to pack her luggage.
Actually, there weren't many things that could be packed. Two sets of clothes and some toiletries.
In this era, there were no different types of cosmetics. For Ye Meng, who didn't like makeup, this was indeed a relief.
The two went to the government office. Lord Zhang had nothing to do and asked Ye Meng to put down her luggage and go to the archives.
Ye Meng followed Qi Lu to her room. Lord Zhang had asked his relatives to tidy up her room. Although the room was not big, it was very clean. Ye Meng was used to living in the dormitory during her university days, so she was quite satisfied with this room. At least she could live alone here, and she could do as she pleased.
"Ye Meng, I live there." Qi Lu was already standing in front of her door. His footsteps were light, so Ye Meng couldn't hear him. This was probably the so-called " lightness skill " of this era.
Ye Meng followed his finger and realized that Qi Lu lived opposite her. She wanted to share the small courtyard with him!
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