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At this time, the two of them were sitting in the flower hall separated from the backyard of the half-side building, the doors and windows were tightly closed, Xiang Jiu and the others were guarding the door, and only Mu Yun was standing beside Li Shuci. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Helian Tao's eyes showed a look of surprise, "What do you mean by this?"

Li Shuci glanced at him, "Actually, you don't need to pretend to be confused with me, I already knew six or seven out of ten, and today I have identified some important joints from your mouth, and I have already understood them all." ”

"Huh?" Helian Tao was dumbfounded, but he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth, this Nizi is too cunning, you say a word, she can hear ten notes.

Li Shuci smiled, "You don't have to be nervous. Then he lowered his voice and said, "You're looking for someone now, right? A man from the mountain village who once escaped, am I right?"

Helian Tao subconsciously wanted to nod when he heard her question, but he changed his head halfway, Mu Yun snorted on the side, covered his mouth with his hand, looked out the window, and pretended not to see anything. Helian Tao was speechless about his panic, and after a while, he waved his hand and said, "Oh, forget it, I'll tell you the truth, anyway, we are also a lifelong friendship, I can trust you!"

Li Shuci glanced at him again, his eyes were full of contempt, Helian Tao's face turned red, and said: "Actually, I have just received news from my father, and the people sent out have probably just arrived in the place, how do you know? My father has secretly investigated for so many years before he found a trace of clues, how do you know?"

"There is a small Liu village in Xia County, Ezhou, which suffered from drought 17 years ago, and the whole village was infected with epidemic diseases one after another, and none of them were spared, and finally the village was burned. Li Shuci looked at Helian Tao and said word by word: "At that time, Shen Wenhan was not yet the crown, and he went out to study, visited famous Confucian teachers, and was a hidden master. I had been to this village before, but it didn't take long for the village to disappear forever in a fire. ”

Helian Tao said: "Yes, there is only one sentence in all the records of Ezhou...... And Shen Wenhan passed by there at that time, which has always been considered a coincidence......"

"Well, I don't believe it. Li Shuci snorted coldly, raised his eyebrows and looked at Helian Tao and said, "Speaking of which, this is a coincidence......

Helian Tao hurriedly roared and slammed the table twice with a blue and white porcelain teacup: "What's the coincidence? My aunt, don't sell it......

"You haven't said it yet, I helped you, what good do I have?" Li Shuci looked at Helian Tao with innocent eyes.

Helian Taojue bowed down and arched his hand: "This woman, after serving, please speak up!"

Li Shuci ignored his strange appearance, looked directly at him and said, "I want to participate in this matter." ”

Helian Tao really couldn't react now, he opened his mouth and stammered, and it took a while to find his voice: "What, what?

Li Shuci nodded, "That's right, you have to help me." ”

Helian Tao looked at her with complicated eyes, his heart twitched, and he said, "Why are you doing this? Such a troublesome thing is avoided by normal people, but you take the initiative to intervene...... The Shen family can't marry your uncle now, what else do you want to do......

"Do you say yes or no?"

"Promise ......"

Li Shuci glared at him and said, "A few years ago, I rescued a person in the market, his face was blurred, and he looked like he was burned by a fire. A few days ago, my subordinates told me that this person is from Ezhou. At the same time, Hong Xiucai suddenly said that he wanted to return to his hometown and went out to Ezhou. Isn't Hong Xiucai your person? Plus Shen Wenhan also went to Ezhou, doesn't that explain the problem? And your ultimate goal is to find a child who disappeared seventeen years ago, isn't it?"

Helian Tao looked at her deep inky eyes and nodded hesitantly: "Yes." ”

Li Shuci nodded to Mu Yun, Mu Yun opened the door and said to a hooded man standing outside, "Come in, the master wants to see you." ”

The man glanced back at Chang Da Chang Er, who nodded and patted him on the shoulder to reassure him. Chang Er rubbed his hands together and said, "Go ahead, I haven't seen our fifth master yet!" The man grinned, and the muscles that had been burned by the fire / couldn't pull freely at all. He turned and went into the room, most of his face hidden under the long black hood, he lay on the ground without saying a word, his toes moved nervously a few times, waiting for the two people in the seat to ask questions.

Helian Tao turned his head to look at Li Shuci, and Li Shuci said softly: "Are you Liu Zhong? Don't be afraid, we just want to know what happened before and after the fire in Xiaoliu Village, presumably Chang Da has already told you, you know what to tell the truth, I will keep you and Little Peach safe in a while." ”

Little Peach is the little girl he carries with him, and since he has the help of the Chang brothers, Little Peach's smile is obviously much more. He was grateful. Liu Zhong was not tall, very thin, he gently took off the hood, revealing the skin that was not smooth, the whole face, and the hands, all the exposed skin seemed to melt, and the facial features were distorted, very ugly. Even a big man like Helian Tao couldn't help but gasp.

Liu Zhong hurriedly lowered his head and took a few breaths carefully before saying: "Villain Liu Zhong, before the accident in Xiaoliu Village, he lived there until the drought in Ezhou seventeen years ago, and after the villain escaped his life, he wandered all over the place......

Mu Yun took off a small half piece of jade from his neck, brought it to him, and asked, "Have you seen this?"

Liu Zhong raised his cloudy eyes and looked over, the jade bi was reflected in his eyes, it looked pale and stiff, his lips were white, and his voice trembled, "The villain has seen ......"

Helian Tao looked at the piece of white bi suspiciously, he thought that Li Shuci had found the only person alive in Xiaoliu Village, and it was good to be able to know from his mouth the words of the incident in Xiaoliu Village back then, but he didn't expect that there was another hidden secret in it. Could it be that this person was the key figure back then? He looked at Li Shuci with admiration, Li Shuci ignored it, and asked Liu Zhongdao softly: "When, where, and who have you seen this thing?"

Liu Zhong hesitated for a moment, took out a piece of jade that was almost the same size as Mu Yun's hand from his arms, and said, "The villain's life can be said to be destroyed in the hands of this piece of jade...... Or in the hands of the owner of this piece of jade......"

"Seventeen years ago, a girl came to the village, no, a young woman. Because she was holding a baby in her arms. Helian Tao's hand in his sleeve trembled, could that kid be ......

Liu Zhong seemed to have gone back to the past, and his cloudy and yellow eyes were actually lit up by something at that moment, "She passed out in front of my house, I was not yet 16 years old at the time, and the half-grown boy loves to see beautiful girls the most...... The first time I saw such a beautiful woman, I almost thought she was a fairy. At that time, my family was still rich in the village, and I didn't have to worry about a bite to eat, and after rescuing her home, my father and mother asked her what had happened, how she had gotten to this place, and what help she needed. She said that she and her husband met mountain bandits on the road, and she escaped alone with her children, and I don't know what happened to the others. She said that she wanted to keep the child for a while, and that she was going to look for her husband and the others. I said that it was not safe for her to go out as a woman, and I wanted to help her find it, but she was unwilling, saying that she had to go in person to feel at ease. ”

Just in case, she smashed a piece of white bi she was carrying, took a piece and put it on the red thread and hung it around the child's neck. And took off the gold and silver jewelry from her body one by one, and told me that if something happened to her and she could not come back, someone would definitely find her here and pick up the child...... Please help us take care of the children......"

Mu Yun heard the woman's sentence of breaking Bai Bi, her breath was chaotic, Li Shuci took her hand and pinched it gently, Mu Yun lowered his head and listened to Liu Zhong continue quietly.

"Although she only stayed in my house for a short time, I was full of her figure in my heart at that time, and I always looked forward to her coming back, even if I would take another look when I came back to pick up the child......" The light in Liu Zhong's eyes gradually dimmed, "This is three years, the child can already walk, I was afraid that he would lose the piece of white bi, so I took it off and put it away myself." The people in the village laughed at me, saying that my daughter-in-law ran away with someone and left wild seeds behind...... My father persuaded me to give away the child and marry my daughter-in-law to pass on the lineage...... But I ...... I can't forget her......"

Li Shuci couldn't help but feel a trace of pity for Liu Zhong's infatuation, how did he know that the truth was actually much more complicated? None of what the woman said was true...... And "And then? Did someone come and pick up the baby? Did the woman give her name?"

Helian Tao's eyes were also firmly fixed on Liu Zhong, wanting to know the answer that Liu Zhong was about to spit out of his mouth. Liu Zhong laughed self-deprecatingly: "She said that her surname is Gong, and we will call her Gong Niangzi." ”

Palace...... Lady-in-waiting?

Liu Zhong continued: "One day, when the child was three years old in my parents, a man came to my house with a letter, saying that he was from the child's family, and they did not show me what was written on the letter, but only showed me a pattern drawn on the corner of the letter, which was a small piece of white bi. ”

Helian Tao's expression became nervous, "They just took the child away, what else did they say? Did you mention the child's last name?"

Liu Zhong's expression was sad, "I didn't say it...... They found the child and left some gold and silver as compensation for taking care of their young master all these years, and when they left, I couldn't help but ask, 'Is this child's mother okay?' and I regretted it. For such a beautiful woman to be outcast, I would certainly cause her trouble, and perhaps be accused of being unclean, and I saw that the man's face had become ugly. But I don't have a way to explain it. ”

Helian Tao and Li Shuci looked at each other, and Helian Tao asked anxiously, "What else did they say?