After ordering all the errands and leaving the horse master to take care of the house, Gu Qian took Duan Wenrui and the others to Xixiang together.

The road to Lushui Village was really not easy to walk, Gu Qian rode on a horse, and walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, Liu Dazhuang, who led the way in front, drove the donkey cart, and when he passed by the puddle, he almost turned Yang Cunli upside down.

"Look at it!" Yang Lizheng lowered his voice and said dissatisfied.

Liu Dazhuang was honest, bowed his head and apologized to Yang Lizheng, stumbling along the way, people were sleepy, and finally arrived at Luliu Village at noon.

As soon as he entered the village, Gu Qian felt a slight coolness, and when he looked up, the surroundings of Luliu Village were covered with tall weeping willows, and the whole village looked green. If he hadn't heard that terrible cry, Gu Qian would have felt that this was a paradise-like place.

"Master, there is Liu Xiaoqi's family in front. Liu Dazhuang stopped the donkey cart and trotted to Gu Qian's horse.

"It's noon, aren't you busy preparing meals for the eldest master, do you still let the eldest master and the poor masters go hungry to try the case?" Yang Cunli, who knocked the dirt on his shoes clean, squeezed over while putting on his shoes, he moved flexibly, and squeezed Liu Dazhuang aside at once. "Master, the journey is tiring, please go to Liu Dazhuang's house with the little one to rest and drink tea?"

Gu Qian was a little unaccustomed to his appearance, he sat on his horse and said condescendingly: "This official is not tired, it is important to do the right thing first." ”

Yang Cunli was bored with himself, sneered and grabbed the reins of the horse for Gu Qian and helped the person down.

The group came to Liu Xiaoqi's house located in the west of the village, and before they entered the door, they saw a white flag hanging at the door, and there was an intermittent cry in the courtyard.

"Sir, this is it. Liu Dazhuang whispered.

Gu Qian straightened his complexion, and under the guidance of Liu Dazhuang, he walked in calmly with square steps. The people of Green Willow Village had never seen the new eldest man, and they were all stunned when they saw Gu Qian coming in.

"What are you doing in a daze? Don't you kowtow to the old man!" Yang Cunli stood on the side, crossed his waist, and showed off his might.

"The grass people have seen the big man!"

"The villain has seen the big man!"

After Yang Cunli's shouting, everyone came to their senses and fell to their knees one after another, not even daring to raise their heads. Gu Qian glanced at Gu Xiaojiu, Gu Xiaojiu stepped forward and said loudly: "Get up!"

The crowd did not dare to move. Gu Qian cleared his throat and raised his voice, "Get up!"

When everyone heard the different voices, they all looked up, and when they saw that it was the old man who shouted, they hesitated for a while, and then patted their trouser legs and stood up. The courtyard of the Liu family is not big, except for Gu Qian who took Duan Wenrui and Gu Xiaojiu into the courtyard, the others are still waiting outside.

"Let the irrelevant people disperse first. Gu Qian looked at the crowded people in the courtyard, and his brows furrowed.

Without him doing anything, Yang Cunli had already started to drive people out, Gu Qian didn't bother to pay attention to him, but called Shang Qizuo and Duan Wenrui to go to the morgue together.

The small courtyard of the Liu family is not big, but the house is also built a lot, so the yard looks full, the main house is about to build a mourning hall, and there are some paper horses and paper people and other sundries piled up at the door, Gu Xiaojiu took a step forward and moved those paper people and paper horses away first, and then invited Gu Qian to enter.

Gu Qian crossed the threshold and entered the main house, only to see a wooden board made of bricks in the middle of the room, covered with a white cloth, and under the white cloth was the deceased Liu Xiaoqi. Seeing that Gu Qian stopped, he came to the wooden board and lifted the white cloth.

As soon as the white cloth was lifted, there was a gasping sound in the room, Gu Qian held his breath, and when he saw the charred corpse on the wooden board, he couldn't help but feel sick to his stomach.

"Wasn't he killed by lightning, how could it be burned like this?" Duan Wenrui had already experienced a battle, so his ability to resist pressure was relatively strong, he walked over and looked down at the corpse with Qi Zuo, wanting to find more clues.

"Probably the thunder aroused the fire. He took out a linen glove and put it on, and took notes while examining the corpse. The corpse was burned so tightly that it was almost impossible to see its original face, but last night only Liu Xiaoqi slept alone at home, and judging from his size and the red moles remaining on his body, there was no doubt that this person was Liu Xiaoqi.

Taking advantage of the time when Qi Zuo and others were checking the corpse, Gu Qian walked towards the west chamber where the accident occurred, compared to Liu Xiaoqi's charred corpse, the situation in the west wing room was even worse, the walls were peeling off, the soil kang collapsed, and even the roof was poked into a big hole.

"This was also struck by lightning?" Gu Qian raised his head and looked at the hole that exposed the sky.

"The villain doesn't know, that's it when he comes here in the morning. Liu Dazhuang wiped his sweat and replied humbly.

The room was messy, in addition to the splashing dust, there were some burned quilts, clothes and other things, Gu Qian walked around the room, squatted □ touched the walls of the kang and the ground that was obviously washed by water. After that, he walked out without saying a word.

At this time, Duan Wenrui was also supervising the work on the side, and when he saw Gu Qian standing in the courtyard, he hurriedly walked over.

"Your Excellency?"

"You go to the West Chamber, be careful, don't be buried inside. Gu Qian put his hands behind his back and admonished.

Duan Wenrui didn't know why, he tied up his hem and entered the west chamber, he stayed in the house for a long time, and after Gu Qian walked around the courtyard with his hands behind his back a few times, he walked out of the west chamber with a touch of deep thought.

"How?"

"It's hard to say. Duan Wenrui looked at the villagers who peeked over from time to time, and said in a low voice, "It's not like it's thunderbolt." ”

Gu Qian nodded and said, "Wait for Liu Qian to come out and listen to his opinion." ”

"Good. ”

The two of them were discussing in a low voice, when they heard a terrible female voice suddenly crying, "Xianggong, you died so miserably!

"Xianggong, why don't you take the slave family with you!"

Hearing this terrible voice, the corners of Gu Qian's mouth twitched, and when he looked at it, he saw a young woman in mourning clothes kneeling at the gate of the courtyard, patting the ground and crying loudly.

"Who is this?"

"Back to the eldest master, this is Liu Xiaoqi's Hun family Zheng family. Liu Dazhuang said in a low voice.

Looking at the Zheng family who was crying and looking this way, Gu Qian felt unhappy in his heart for no reason, he turned his head and asked lightly: "Since they are husband and wife, why did the thunder kill Liu Xiaoqi last night, but the Zheng family was unharmed?"

"This ......" Liu Dazhuang paused for a moment and replied: "If you go back to the master, the Zheng family went back to her mother's house before the thunderstorm, and she turned around when the weather was sunny today, but as soon as she entered the house, she saw the scene of Liu Xiaoqi's tragic death, and then she cried and attracted neighbors." ”

"She's a big deal. ”

"Sort of. Liu Dazhuang said with a dry smile.

As the two of them were talking, they heard Zheng cry again, "Xianggong, you died so miserably! Why don't you have long eyes when the sky thunders people, what are you doing wrongly!"

The gradually rising temperature, the hungry belly, and the woman's shrill cry all made Gu Qian feel tired, and he glanced over there impatiently, and said, "Tell her not to cry!"

Liu Dazhuang took the order and left, and after a while, the woman stopped crying, but followed Liu Dazhuang with a sob.

"The women of the people meet the lord. As soon as Zheng saw Gu Qian, he knelt on the ground first, only to see that she was wearing a white mourning dress, with white velvet flowers pinned to her head, her eyebrows and eyes raised slightly, and she hung her head in a panic as soon as she faced Gu Qian.

"You are Liu Xiaoqi's wife, Zheng?" asked Gu Qian.

"The slave family is exactly. ”

"Raise your head and speak. ”

Zheng hesitated for a moment, and finally raised his head timidly, Gu Qian looked at her a few times, and found that this little woman was about two years old, with a white face and a slender body, in terms of Jing Dynasty's aesthetics, Zheng could only be regarded as a medium beauty, but for a small village like Green Willow Village, she was a beauty.

"Zheng, let me ask you, when did you return home and when did you return?

Zheng wiped away his tears and replied with a crying voice: "If you go back to the eldest master, the slave family is the maiden home who returned three days ago, and the journey was delayed due to heavy rain, so he stayed at his mother's house for three days, and waited for the rain to stop before turning back, which is evidenced by the slave family's parents and neighbors." ”

Gu Qian nodded and continued to ask, "Then when did you find out that Liu Xiaoqi died?"

"After today's sunny day, the slave family was not worried about Xianggong, so he took the donkey cart of Zheng Wu in the same village to come back, and as soon as he entered the door, he found that the window of the west chamber was crooked, and the roof also fell tiles...... Woo woo...... "Zheng's previous words were quite clever, and when he talked about Liu Xiaoqi's death, the whole person was about to collapse, and he knelt on the ground and cried loudly.

Seeing that Zheng was crying miserably, the old women who were watching were a little unbearable, they looked at Gu Qian, and when they saw that the eldest man did not react, they trotted around and came to persuade Zheng with nonsense. Zheng cried for a while, and was persuaded by the old women, Gu Qian saw that she had calmed down, and continued to ask: "Zheng, how did you know that your husband was killed by lightning?"

"This ......" Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Everyone says so." ”

"Oh, everyone?" Gu Qian was a little tired, he lifted his hem and sat on the stool that Duan Wenrui had moved, and asked calmly, "You pointed out that two people came and I asked." ”

Zheng hesitated a little, she looked at Gu Qian, then at Duan Wenrui beside Gu Qian, and finally put her eyes on Liu Dazhuang who was accompanying her.

"Did Yanagichi say that?"

"My lord, the villain has never said such a thing!" Liu Dazhuang shouted.

"Then why did you go to the county government to report that Liu Xiaoqi was killed by lightning?"

"This, this ......" Liu Dazhuang panicked.

"The eldest master asked, why don't you recruit from the truth!" Yang Cunli, who had been waiting on the side for a long time and wanted to interject, jumped out and pulled Liu Dazhuang's shirt and asked sharply.

"He was the only one in Liu Xiaoqi's house last night, who would have nothing to do to visit the door in the wind and rain? Besides, the power of the thunder is something that can be resisted by manpower, but the west wing of the Liu family has been burned by the sky, and Liu Xiaoqi's body has been burned black, where can ordinary people do it!" Liu Dazhuang was forced by Yang Cunli to be anxious, and his voice became louder.

"Master Mingjian, my father-in-law is honest and honest, and he will never do anything bad to attract God's curse!" Zheng cried again.

"I didn't do anything wrong, why did Tianlei split him, but not others?" Liu Dazhuang asked rhetorically.

Zheng was choked by his words, and he was stunned.

In the midst of the chaos, Qi Zuo came out of the house, and saw Gu Qian surrounded by everyone in the center, Qi Zuo stepped forward and saluted: "Master Yu, the body has been inspected. ”

"Oh?" Gu Qian saw his solemn expression, walked to the side, and asked in a low voice, "What is the result?"

"The body was burned beyond recognition, and it is difficult to verify. Liu Yanzuo wrinkled his eyebrows and put his doubts together, "Although the people in Luliu Village said that it was a lightning strike, the villain felt a little far-fetched. ”

"What evidence is there?"

"The villain found that there were several wounds on the corpse, not like they were split, but like they were ......" Liu Cheng paused, as if he was struggling to find a suitable adjective, and at this moment, Duan Wenrui came over and added, "It looks like it was blown up?"