Ling Yue breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Huang Wuye and them go farther and farther, and finally sent these people away. However, when I arrived at the pastry shop, I turned around and went into the house to pick up a few snacks that Grandma Shi liked, and I hadn't been to see the old man for a long time, so I just had time now.

This grandmother Shi's son and daughter-in-law died early, and she lived alone with her little grandson Changying, and worked as a cook in Zhangfu, a wealthy family in the city, and her life was not very rich, so she could only find a small courtyard to live in on the outskirts of the city. In order to take care of his grandson, he usually has to toss from the courtyard to Zhang's mansion every day, and he has to return to the courtyard before the curfew, which is very tormenting.

Ling Yue walked for a long time carrying snacks, and when he arrived at the small courtyard, it was already dark, and the road was filled with bursts of fireworks and the smell of food, thinking that several surrounding families had just made dinner. As soon as he knocked on the door of Grandma Shi's courtyard, before he could react, he was pounced on by a half-grown child, "Brother Ling, you haven't come to see us for a long time!"

Ling Yue looked at the person, his round face, a small curly hair casually grabbed a bun on his head, he was two inches taller than the last time he saw him, and the fourteen-year-old age had grown to his chest, he couldn't help but smile gently, and stretched out his hand to rub the bun: "We are Changying and taller." provoked Changying to get out of his arms, and the two of them made a mess.

Grandma Shi, who was having dinner with Changying in the courtyard, was also smiling when she saw the visitor, and hurriedly pulled Ling Yue into the small courtyard and sat down to eat at the stone table together.

The courtyard of this small courtyard is not big, but the things are in order, although they are some common cheap old objects on the market, but it can be seen that the user has been taking care of it with all his heart, and Grandma Shi herself is even more kind, she is over seventy years old and is in good health, and the little grandson Changying is also a sensible person, and she usually helps her grandmother do physical work or something, and she is very filial.

From the moment Ling Yue stepped into the small courtyard, he felt that a hanging heart had suddenly calmed down in the past few days, too, after so many years, he had long regarded this small courtyard as his home.

After a meal, the grandmother was amused by the two children, and seeing that it was getting late, she said that she would not let Ling Yue go back to live in the broken temple, cleaned Changying's house a little, took a new quilt, and left him behind.

Changying hadn't seen Ling Yue for a long time, the two of them lay together, chattering for a long time, after all, they were all young people, and finally there was someone who could play with them, and after a while, the two of them changed from literature to martial arts, you came and I giggled and tossed a "Ten Slaps of the Dragon" on the bed, and was scolded by Grandma Shi in the room with a smile before stopping.

Changying gasped and fell to the side, breathing slowly and steadily, gradually retracted the corners of his mouth, stared at the roof of the shed and whispered: "Grandma, she was kicked out by Zhang Fu the day before yesterday, and she has been upset for the past two days, but fortunately you came... I... Recently, I want to find something to do, I can't always let my grandmother go out to work, Brother Ling, can you help me persuade my grandmother?" After speaking, he turned his head to look at Ling Yue, only to realize that Ling Yue had already gone to Zhou Gong with a soft futon. Changying smiled helplessly, helped him pull the quilt, and turned to sleep.

Ling Yue felt that he hadn't slept for long before he was woken up by a few rough knocks on the door, scolding in his heart who slammed the door like this at night, rubbing his eyes and looking out, but he didn't expect that it was already bright outside. He hurriedly got up, and in response to the constant slamming of the door, he opened the door and saw a group of officers and soldiers standing outside.

Grandma Shi and Changying were also woken up by the sound of slamming the door, and saw the officers and soldiers standing in the courtyard at a loss. After looking around the courtyard for a week, the officers and soldiers led by him went straight to Grandma Shi: "You are the woman Shi? Yesterday, Master Zhang's whole mansion was killed overnight, and now Lord Lian is trying this case in the Chengsi Mansion, so please come with us." If someone obstructs them, they will be taken away with them for obstructing official business!" As he spoke, he glared at Ling Yue and Changying, who were already protecting Grandma Shi, and pushed the two of them away and forcibly locked Grandma Shi and took her out.

Ling Yueleng was at a loss for what to do in place, and hurriedly pulled Changying to follow the group of officers and soldiers.

This Qiuling City is a subordinate city of Zhushan County in the southwest, and the city is small and does not have such a detailed official hierarchy, and hundreds of people are under the control of a city secretary. The surname of this city secretary is Lian, and when he mentions him, the people of Qiuling City all give him a thumbs up, and he has been an honest and fair official for ten years, which can be described as a parent official, and he has won the hearts of the people.

This city division is also modeled after the yamen structure of those capitals, and has become a three-hall courtyard with stone slab houses. On weekdays, Lord Lian handles lawsuits in the main hall, discusses and works in the second hall, and lives with his wife in the inner hall.

At this time, in the city division's mansion, a man dressed as a farmer was kneeling in the lobby with a pale face, with blood on his buttocks and hands, trembling and saying something to Lord Lian who was sitting on it, and hearing this, Lord Lian frowned.

This farmer is a vegetable farmer in a nearby village, and he drives an ox cart to deliver vegetables to several large families in Qiuling City on weekdays, especially a master like Zhang Fu and a dozen or so small servants, who basically have to come to the door every day. Today he knocked on the door of Zhang's Mansion as usual, but the door rang more than ten times but no one responded, the vegetable farmer felt strange, pushed the door, only to hear a creak, the door that was locked on weekdays, was pushed open.

The vegetable farmer didn't think much about walking in, but the scene in front of him was terrifying, and he suddenly sat on the ground with his legs limp as if his hands and feet had been filled with lead. I saw that there were five or six people dressed as small servants lying in the courtyard, and blood stains spread out from under them, and the vegetable farmer reached over in a trance and probed the nose of the person closest to him, but he didn't feel anything! The vegetable farmer suddenly got out of the white sweat, and even crawled out of Zhang's mansion, and he couldn't even take care of his own cart of melons, fruits and vegetables, and rushed to the city office in a panic to report the case.

You must know that this Zhang Mansion is famous and noble, and since he was young, he often went to the wild mountains to hunt and bring it back to the city to sell, and gradually he also touched the doorway to sell wild things, so he made a fortune, and he has been doing it for decades, and now Master Zhang is also one of the giants in Qiuling City, and he is also very friendly with Lord Lian on weekdays.

About half an hour later, the official reported that the Zhang Mansion had wiped out a total of 15 people overnight, along with Master Zhang, his wife, his heirs, and the little servants, but only the figure of the cook woman Shi Shi in the mansion was not found. I heard that she didn't stay in Zhang's mansion in order to take care of her grandchildren in the past, but I don't know what the situation is now. When Master Lian heard that his old friend's family had died, he sat on the chair and was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.

In the past few days, there are few such incidents in the city of Qiuling that want to make trouble in the lobby of the city division's mansion, and even the plaque hanging high in the mirror on the hall is now a little mottled. Today, when the people saw the chaos, they all gathered outside the eaves pillar of the lobby and probed their brains inside, and when Ling Yue arrived with Changying, they could only push each other before they got to the front.

Seeing that someone had been brought here, Lord Lian looked at the old woman, except for being a little nervous, but there were no external injuries on her body, so he said with a straight face: "It's the woman Shi who is kneeling in the hall?"

"It's the old body. "Grandma Shi has lived for so long and it is the first time she has gone to court, and she can't help but be scared, and she kneels there with her head down.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Lord Lian pick up the shocking wooden slam and slap it on the desk, and said sharply: "Zhang's mansion was destroyed last night by fifteen people, but you did it!"

A word is not angry and self-threatening, which makes people very frightened, and the people watching from the periphery of the eaves pillar can't help but feel like the killing rod sweeping towards them, and they are silent for a while.

Grandma Shi was frightened when she heard that Zhang Fu had such an incident, and coupled with the scare of Lord Lian, the whole person fell and knelt on the side as if she had lost her strength, and said intermittently: "Big... Adult, old body... This wronged... The old body is not... I don't know, sir... Sir, they... Are they all dead?"

"Don't you know? Then let me ask you, this ordinary cook lady is all living in the house, why are you different?"

"Back... Back to my lord, after my son and daughter-in-law died, there was still an infant grandson at home, and the lord took pity on me and asked me to go home every day to take care of me, and I didn't have to live in the house..."

"Oh, so Master Zhang is very kind to you, then why didn't you go to Zhang's Mansion today, but let us invite you from your house!" Lord Lian just finished speaking, only to see that the master book next to him was pasted over and whispered something to Lord Lian.

Lord Lian lowered his head and thought slightly: "Some people say that you were kicked out of the house by this Lord Zhang the day before yesterday, but is it true?"

"It's... It's true, the day before yesterday, I forgot to close the door of the old man's captive prey, and let those prey escape, and the old man said that I was old and sent me home..."Grandma Shi shrank and said the reason, and said with a choked voice between her words: "But how can I kill the whole house of the master because of this, the old man usually treats me very well, and I am an old woman, and I can hurt so many mouths, please be aware of it!"

Lord Lian stared at Grandma Shi with a pair of eagle eyes, and said in a low voice, "You have a motive..."

"It's... The old man is usually in the stove room, and he can't see the old man a few times..."Grandma Shi shook her head.

The people standing outside the eaves pillar also talked a lot.

"Although this old lady likes to meddle in her daily life, she is still honest, and she doesn't look like a master who can kill people..."

"That's it, and you said that a lot of old men died in that mansion, did she still use a knife at such an age..."

"Eh, you can't say that, this works in the stove, slaughtering chickens and cows, let alone killing..."

"If you want me to say that this person knows the face but doesn't know the heart, she was sent back yesterday, and the house was destroyed today, who believes that it has nothing to do with her..."

"Maybe she's got a helper or something..."

Changying was already anxious, and when he heard the people around him talk about it, he didn't care about any rules, so he knelt down on the spot, and shouted loudly: "Grandma didn't go out of the house last night, adults are aware of it!", and kowtowed, the sound startled Ling Yue hurriedly squatted down, helped Changying to raise his head, and saw that the child's head was red in an instant.

Seeing the chaos outside, Lord Lian slammed the shocking wooden hair on the table with a clang: "Silence! Silence! In the dead of night, do you know the behavior of this old woman so well! Besides, you are the grandson of this suspect, and your testimony cannot be counted! Today's evidence is insufficient, so this woman will be detained as a suspect for the time being." Master Qin, you are responsible for searching for clues in this case, and when you find clues, you will report back in time, and this case will be retried at a later date!" After speaking, he asked the official to drag Grandma Shi into the prison and left the lobby by himself.

The onlookers also dispersed when they saw that the case was over, and Ling Yue hurriedly helped Changying, who had been keeping his body down, to stand up, but saw that the child looked panicked, and his head was already swollen.

"Brother Ling, what can I do... Grandma, she won't hurt anyone..."Changying's whole person was completely panicked.

Ling Yue was very worried when he saw the child's state, so he hurriedly patted Changying and reassured: "Don't panic first, the case hasn't been decided yet, let's go to Zhang's Mansion to have a look, maybe we can find any clues at the scene of the crime..."

In fact, Ling Yue himself didn't have an idea, not to mention that he was very worried about his grandmother's accident, so he said that this murder case was the first time he had encountered it, not to mention that he had to solve the case, but his panic and helplessness couldn't leak the bottom in front of Changying, otherwise Grandma didn't save him, and what happened to this child...

However, just as Ling Yue thought, at this moment, he was the only life-saving straw for Changying, and as soon as this kid heard that he had a direction, he directly pulled Ling Yue and rushed towards Zhang's mansion. Ling Yue let him pull it, and he didn't care about the tingling pain coming from his palm, it turned out that at the trial meeting just now, Ling Yue also clenched his fists involuntarily because he was too nervous, his fingernails broke his palm, but he was ignorant.

Ling Yue tried his best to suppress his miscellaneous emotions, concentrated on sorting out the few pieces of information, and followed Changying through a deep alley to Zhang's Mansion, which he thought could enter and exit at will, but at this moment, he was surrounded by Master Qin with a bunch of servants. Ling Yue hurriedly pulled Chang Ying to the side and looked at the surrounding environment, now with the embarrassing identity of the two of them, I am afraid that before they can go in, they will be thrown out by the neck of the officers and soldiers guarding the door, but if they can't break in, then they can only outwit... Is it difficult to wait for the moon to be dark and the wind is high before climbing over the wall to go in...

Ling Yue was worried here, but when he raised his eyes, he suddenly saw a familiar figure. It was Boss Zhu of the Demon Race Field who was pacing back and forth in front of Zhang's Mansion, constantly looking inside, Ling Yue was afraid that he would come to find trouble when he saw him, so he subconsciously pulled Changying to hide in the alley.

I saw this Boss Zhu turning around in front of the door a few times, and his face was even more worried, Ling Yue was strange in his heart, and he was watching it intently, when suddenly a hoarse voice came from his ears: "What are you looking at?"