Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Ye Xiu had never been so unlucky as today. His hands were empty, he had no money, water or food, and his whole body was drenched by the rain. He couldn't see a single person on the street.He slid down the wall of the iron gate, squatted down and took out a cigarette from his coat.That's all he has left now.
This is a western manor, and the carved stone statue next to the iron gate just happened to be his safe haven. Ye Xiu has no dissatisfaction with this shelter from the rain, but it seems that it is expensive to build, and he doesn't know who the owner of this place will be . City X used to be a colony, and there are many buildings left by Westerners. This place seems to be one, and the flickering light shines through the window behind the marble stone steps in the wall.
"The owner here is not a descendant of the British?"
Ye Xiu thought, he doesn't like those yellow-skinned devils very much.
"Hey, don't sleep here." A strange black figure stood in front of him.
Ye Xiu narrowed his eyes.
"I just want to get out of the rain and leave when the rain stops."
This is the figure of a middle-aged man.
"My master told you to go in, don't die here, we will be in trouble."
Owner?
Ye Xiu got up sideways and looked behind the man. Not far away, a man dressed as a gentleman was standing straight in front of the car, with a pale face, thin lips, and an extremely indifferent expression.He looked ordinary at first glance, but when he looked closely, his facial features were different from those of oriental people.
"My name is Ye Xiu."
Ye Xiu stretched out his hand.
The man's eyes didn't stay on Ye Xiu for a second, and he just walked past him. Ye Xiu had never seen such a powerful person with the temperament of rejecting others thousands of miles away.
Ye Xiu's hand stretched out to the man was in the air, so it was ignored.
Ye Xiu's appearance made the middle-aged man who was talking to him laugh secretly.
"My master is like this."
Ye Xiu turned around and smiled at him too.
"His eyes and ears have been troubled for a long time."
"you……!!"
The man rolled his eyes angrily.
With blankets, a fire, and quilts, Ye Xiu had a good night's sleep.
It was too late when Ye Xiu found out that the middle-aged man he was joking about was the housekeeper of this room. The housekeeper has always ignored him since then, just like his master, he made his own refrigerator aura.
Ye Xiu changed the subject, "Who is your master?" This manor is bigger than he imagined, and the servants include butlers, gardeners, cooks, carpenters, etc. Ye Xiu had only seen it in TV dramas before, but he hadn't experienced it in real life. It seemed that he was not in the same time and space, and this place seemed to have returned to the old social class era in the past.
"My master is Han Wenqing, a well-known judge in X City. Although the master has retired now, if there are any difficult cases in the judiciary, I still ask the master to assist in the trial."
Hearing the word "retirement", Ye Xiu's eyes seemed to be a little lonely.
"It turns out to be Your Honor. No wonder I'm so rich. I'm lucky."
The butler knocked down Ye Xiu's hand that was on his shoulder in disgust. He must have misread that moment just now.
"Oh, the taste is good."
Hearing the sound, Han Wenqing glanced coldly at the person in front of him, and the person smiled faintly, took the wine glass from his hand, put it to his mouth, and drank it down.
Han has never seen such a guy in front of him. Over the years, his icy attitude has made people stay away from him, and he has also become quiet. The only one in front of him is ignoring the expression on his face.
"Good wine." Ye Xiu praised, turned around and suppressed coughing.The housekeeper sneered, he would die if he didn't pretend to be aggressive, he must be talking about this kind of person.
"What do you want?" Han Wenqing dipped the tissue paper to the corner of his mouth a few times, and put it on the table.
"I want to find some work to do, so I can't stay overnight." Ye Xiu sat down sincerely, blinking his eyes.
The answer in Korean is clear. "Need not."
"How is this going to work?" Ye Xiu looked anxious and stood up from his chair all of a sudden.Without this place to live, he would have to wander the streets, where would he find a place to sleep. "Your Honor, look, if I freeze to death in front of this gate, it will not be good for your reputation." After Ye Xiu finished speaking, the housekeeper was already scolding him loudly. Why is this person so shameless? The housekeeper regretted it a bit. Tell him the identity of the master.
Han Wenqing looked up at Ye Xiu. "Do you know what I'm called in court?" He paused, "Dead judge." Ye Xiu was stunned.
"You can do whatever you want." Han Wenqing stood up and left, leaving behind such a sentence.
Ye Xiu burst into tears.
The housekeeper was admiring the wonderful changes on this man's face, but Ye Xiu seemed to be enjoying himself in the end.Ye Xiu excitedly patted the butler on the shoulder. "Did you hear what I said just now?" Ye Xiu continued without the butler responding, "What a nice person he is."
"Huh?" The butler thought he was hallucinating.
"He let me do whatever I want, isn't that a tacit consent?"
Nope.The butler was really speechless this time. "This sentence should not mean that."
After hearing this, Ye Xiu pushed him away, "Otherwise, why would you only be a housekeeper? You don't understand."
Who doesn't understand?It's you who are distorting other people's eviction orders, okay? The butler has a very ugly face.
He knew the master's temper, and making a fuss over such a trivial matter would only make Han Wenqing disgusted. Seeing this beaming look, he touched his stomach, he couldn't worry about it recently.
In the afternoon, Ye Xiu began to stroll in the garden of the manor.
The butler is so angry. Although he is mentally prepared, this one is too worried.Keep a low profile, hang out in the outhouse for three to five days, and the owner doesn't move around outside the building very much, so he probably won't notice.He just wanted to press the road in the garden of the compound, and there was such a gray and big living man standing among the colorful flowers.Be as conspicuous as possible.Sure enough, Han Wenqing went to the study, looked down the window and saw it.
"He hasn't left yet?" Han Wenqing frowned.
"He wants to be your gardener and is trying to show off." The housekeeper made up nonsense.
Han Wenqing glanced at him, noncommittal.
"I remember that the market price of these orchids is very high. If they are dug up, they can be sold for a lot of money." Ye Xiu thought.If the butler heard him talking to himself, he probably broke his heart.
That night, Ye Xiu went to try carpentry, and within half an hour, he was invited out of the workshop by the carpenter.Ye Xiu didn't feel too depressed, this was the third job he had tried today, he gave up and went back to his room obediently.The housekeeper had never seen such a rascal before, and Ye Xiu never asked him for a job again. He stayed in the manor every day and fought with the cook. Of course, it was for food and drink, and peeping from time to time. Han Wenqing.The housekeeper felt that it was to master the time rules and rarely meet with the owner.He really despised this man from head to toe.Occasionally, Ye Xiu would go out, unfortunately, within half a day, Ye Xiu appeared in the compound with a smile on his face.
"Another criminal killer."
It wasn't the first time Ye Xiu saw Han Wenqing flipping through the materials. Every time Han Wenqing carefully found out all the news about the "criminal killer", edited it into a "criminal killer" file and put it in the database in the study.It seems that as long as it is about the "criminal killer", he will pay special attention to it, and spend a lot of time reviewing the materials on it, not wanting to miss anything.
criminal killer.
A large number of murderers appeared in City X seven years ago, and the number of murders involved made him famous throughout the country in one fell swoop.Many years ago in City X, many major suspects began to disappear before going to court. The police were criticized as being unfavorable in their work and were attacked by public opinion. There was even a rumor among the people that City X had a large-scale secret tunnel for smuggling overseas.Until one afternoon in seven years, a farmer discovered by accident, which solved the mystery of the suspect's disappearance for many years.There are a large number of human corpses in a remote mountain cave.A few meters away from these stumps, there is an iron box pressed with stones and there is their confession and suicide note.After the tomb was discovered, the name of the "criminal killer" became a household name. After that, the police strengthened the protection of the suspects, and the disappearances finally stopped.A few years later, people discovered another "criminal mass burial cemetery", which confirmed that this serial murderer never stopped killing, but his methods were more subtle.Because the body was exposed in the wild, the body had been damaged by wild animals and the natural environment. Except for the confession that was deliberately pressed under the stone, the police have found nothing about this prisoner for several years.
"XXX is missing! It is suspected that the criminal killer appeared!" The news in Han Wenqing's hand used the largest page to report on the missing person, and wrote a reward for clues about the criminal killer in an exaggerated font in a conspicuous position!Han Wenqing put down the newspaper in his hand.The butler pressed his coat, and every time the master was away for a few days, he would return with a newspaper.Han Wenqing was still involved in related work in the Judiciary, he was busy for a while and then went out for a vacation to rest for a long time before returning.
"Wow, a huge bounty for information leads on criminal killers." Ye Xiu didn't know when he appeared in front of them.
Han Wenqing looked at him unexpectedly, Ye Xiu smiled. "What's wrong?"
"who are you?"
Han Wenqing asked.
Ye Xiu almost choked.
"No, I'm Ye Xiu."
Han Wenqing was taken aback.
"You haven't left yet?"
"I'm currently penniless."
Han Wenqing gave the housekeeper a look, and scolded the housekeeper angrily. It turned out that he had misunderstood him, so the master didn't realize how annoying he was, so he shot himself at the gunpoint.
"I've asked this gentleman to go away a few times, but he just wants to stay with us. He hasn't worked much before. I've asked other people, and no one wants him."
"You go now."
Han Wenqing issued an order to expel the guests.The butler is secretly pleased, this time you have nothing to argue with.
Who knows, Ye Xiu shook his head. "No, I'll starve to death." This sentence speaks with confidence.
"I do not mind."
Han Wenqing showed no expression.
It was me who died, of course you don't mind.Ye Xiu thought.
"Are you still human?"
Han Wenqing frowned, "No one has ever talked to me about human nature."
Ye Xiu was speechless, "..." This guy is really unpopular.
The butler interjected aggrievedly. "Every time I drive him away, I don't know how he slipped in again."
Han Wenqing looked Ye Xiu up and down again. "Were you a thief before?"
"I will return your favor, don't worry." Ye Xiu lit a cigarette.
"Don't let me see you again, and I hate the smell of cigarettes the most." Han Wenqing said word by word.
Ye Xiu couldn't help nodding. This guy's face was close enough to touch his. It's better not to mess with him at a time like this.
Ye Xiu heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the figures of the two disappear in the corridor. Dead Face really lived up to the name of a dead judge. Dead Face was a nickname Ye Xiu secretly gave to Han Wenqing. He went out to investigate this person these days.
Han Wenqing, former judge of the High Court of X City.In the past, he was a well-known cold-blooded judge in the judicial circle. Not only was he never relentless in handling lawsuits, he even acted as a law enforcement officer to deal with those who disobeyed the court's judgment when encountering difficult cases of law enforcement.His tough attitude to personally execute the judgment caused quite a commotion in X City, and his name as a dead judge also came from this.During Han Wenqing's law enforcement, the party threatened to jump into the river, and Han Wenqing and Han Wenqing were in a stalemate, and the party accidentally drowned.Han Wenqing was brought to court by the family of the client. This case had a huge impact. Han Wenqing was forced to retire and disappeared from the public eye.
This really looks like what Han Wenqing did.Ye Xiu sighed. What surprised him was that Han Wenqing's tough enemies had brought him into crisis more than once.
Several incidents of him being attacked have been reported in the news. In the most serious one, Han Wenqing was determined dead by a doctor. He was buried in the cemetery three days later and escaped from death suddenly.This experience seems to have changed his understanding of life a lot. He bought the manor and lived in seclusion.
What an interesting person, Ye Xiu thought, this Han Wenqing.
"Boss."
Baozi handed the things in his hand to Ye Xiu. "Stop running around, let me find it easier."
"I was stolen at the train station because you got the address wrong. I have no money and I can't wait for your people, so I almost wandered on the streets."
"Isn't this the same place with the same name? It's not my fault!" Baozi rubbed his nose.Ye Xiu's mobile phone was also in the season, so he couldn't call Baozi without the season, and it was hard to move in the heavy rain.
Ye Xiu managed to live in the house of the famous "dead judge" in City X, and Baozi and Wei Chen were amazed.
"Boss really has a way." Baozi is Ye Xiu's diehard fan. "Tell me, how would Dead Face know that you are Ye Xiu, would you be shocked?"
"No, he doesn't know who I am at all." Ye Xiu disagreed.
Ye Xiu used to be a well-known baseball superstar pitcher. He once led the whole team to win three championships in the Glory Crown.
"God, you are a celebrity!"
Ye Xiu shook his head.
With Han Wenqing's personality, it's not an area he cares about. Even if a god-level celebrity appears, he won't take a second look. Ye Xiu thinks that he is also a very calm person inside. When he is in front of Han Wenqing's self-cooling aura, he will still feel There was an indescribable coldness in the other party's bones.
"This Han Wenqing, how do you repay your kindness?"
Wei Chen looked at him with a smile.
Ye Xiu also had some difficulties.To be honest, he really couldn't think of it.The money was too realistic, and the other party would not accept it. If he wanted to make some effort, Ye Xiu was not a capable person, and he couldn't get involved in the other party's profession.
"Han Wenqing has a house, money and reputation, but with his irreparable dead face, apart from having no wife, I really can't see what he lacks." Ye Xiu replied.
Wei Chen smirked.
"Otherwise, you promise it with your body."
Ye Xiu smiled.
"That also has to be agreed by the other party."
Wei Chen couldn't choke him with such words, so he took the topic lightly.
"What hobbies does he have?" Wei Chen stopped teasing him. "I'll help you pay back the favor." Wei Chen was a gangster in X City, and he was a little gangster, so he should have a way to get something.
Ye Xiu shook his head. He had observed Han Wenqing for a while, and only the people from the compound went in. Han Wenqing ruled out work and vacations, and basically showed the two-point and one-line life rules of the study and bedroom at home.The only thing that made him feel a little strange was the precious flowers that were too fragrant. He had heard from the housekeeper that these flowers were indeed planted by Han Wenqing, but Han Wenqing himself never went to enjoy the flowers, and the flowers he bought were only spent 5 He glanced at the introduction every minute, and asked others to run according to the names written on the list. He himself was obviously not keen on this.Ye Xiu thought about this, he didn't want to understand why Han Wenqing likes flowers.Hearing from the kitchen staff that Han Wenqing was more sensitive to smells than ordinary people, and that these flowers were only planted for deodorization, Ye Xiu immediately thought of the cowshed in the back of the manor, and he understood.This Han Wenqing is probably obsessed with cleanliness, so you can't send him flowers or deodorant as a token of affection, Ye Xiu felt secretly amused at the conclusion he came to.
"Is there anyone who doesn't like him, call me." At this moment, Baozi answered.
Ye Xiu had to remind him. "He used to be a judge."
"What about judges? Judges are human too, and there are always people who don't like it and want to fix it."
"That dead man's face has been chopped off, and he still looks like this dead man."
Wei Chen spat out a mouthful of water.
"It's really not easy for you to repay your kindness."
Ye Xiu saw the mocking look on his face and ignored him.
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