Ding Ding leaned down, took out a brocade bag from his arms, took out a wisp of something like sand and smoke, and blew lightly, the green smoke went straight up, hovering around the body of the Hu family lady, slowly going up, condensing into a silhouette, and not long after, from a faint shadow to a haggard woman.

The woman looked at the people in the room with some horror, and then turned to run, but was grabbed by the arm by Tintin.

"You are the lady of the Hu family, have we been waiting for you for a long time?"

The lady of the Hu family tried her best to break free, but she couldn't get rid of the shackles, her eyes were full of fear and resentment, she bit her lip, "Who are you?

Zhu Tao looked at this soul condensed from the corpse, and hid behind Lin Zhen in fright. The boiled egg was very happy, squeaking and moving forward.

Lin Zhen motioned to Ding Ding to let go of the Hu family lady for the time being, and stepped forward to salute.

"Lady of the Hu family, I am the doctor of Renkun Hall in the city, Lin Zhen, these two are my friends, we have come to ask you some questions. ”

The lady of the Hu family is coarse and plain, with a headscarf with black flowers on a blue background wrapped around her head, only in her early thirties, but her sideburns are full of white hair, and her rough fingers show that life is not easy. Hearing Lin Zhen's words, the lady of the Hu family looked her up and down, as if she remembered something, "Oh, Doctor Lin of Renkuntang, I know that my family Dong'er once saw a doctor at your place, but it's a pity...... Dong'er, where is my Dong'er?" Suddenly, the Hu family's lady's face changed greatly, she suddenly grabbed Lin Zhen's arm tightly and asked sharply.

Lin Zhen was pinched by her, and as soon as her brows furrowed, Ding Ding stepped forward and pushed the Hu family lady away. She pointed to Zhu Tao, who was shrunk to the side, and said, "Ask him, he lives here." ”

The lady of the Hu family rushed towards Zhu Tao, and Zhu Tao was so frightened that he ran out of the house while screaming. "I don't live here, I don't know Dong'er!"

Zhu Tao rushed into the yard with his head in his hands, the lady of the Hu family was extremely fast, and Zhu Tao didn't care about anything, so he ran out of the yard in one go. The lady of the Hu family chased to the door, suddenly did not move, she looked at the courtyard gate made of two thin woods, it seemed that it was a prohibition of copper walls and iron tiles, although her eyebrows were full of urgency, but she never took a step forward.

Zhu Tao ran out of the courtyard gate, and saw the Hu family lady standing in the courtyard a little stupidly, and didn't catch up, so he also stood outside the door, breathed a sigh of relief, and patted his chest.

"Although I live here, I really haven't seen your Dong'er," Zhu Tao explained helplessly, "When I came, there was no one in the house. ”

"How can there be no one, Dong'er and I have been living here, and Dong'er asked me to make osmanthus candy for him yesterday. The Hu family's eyes were red, and a string of tears slid down her cheeks. "My family is sensible, smart, and never runs around. Dong'er, where are you, mom is looking for you. ”

The lady of the Hu family searched everywhere in the house in despair, and kept babbling Dong'er's name in her mouth.

Lin Zhen wanted to dissuade him, but was signaled by Ding Ding to retreat. The lady of the Hu family looked around and there was no trace of Dong'er, returned to the middle of the courtyard, sat down, and cried loudly.

"My Dong'er, where have you been, why haven't you come back? The lady of the Hu family cried so much that she burst into tears.

Zhu Tao saw that the lady of the Hu family did not catch up, walked back tremblingly, and explained in a low voice, "I really haven't seen your Dong'er, I don't see anyone in this courtyard, so I have lived in it for half a month." ”

"You're talking nonsense! This yard was lent to us by my brother, and my family is very good, and I haven't gone out since I moved in. The lady of the Hu family raised her cheeks full of tears and looked at Zhu Tao viciously, "We have been living here, how can there be no one!"

Suddenly, the braised egg flew over from Ding Ding's body, landed beside the Hu family lady, laboriously plunged into the soil, and then quickly grew a small seedling from the soil, and then turned out two leaves at the top, and spit out three or two jasper bead-like seeds between swaying from side to side.

The lady of the Hu family picked it up, and then handed it to Zhu Tao, "Look, this is my Dong'er's favorite grass beads, every time I work, he plays marbles by himself in the yard, and he plays all day, but it's good, what about my Dong'er?"

Lin Zhen looked at the Hu family lady who was a little delirious, pulled Ding Ding aside, and asked secretly, "Is Dong'er already already?"

"There shouldn't be", there is only a soul of the Hu family lady in this courtyard, Ding Ding shook his head.

"How did the Hu family lady die, why did the body decompose for a long time, but the neighbor said that he had seen her busy in the courtyard half a month ago. Lin Zhen couldn't help but express his suspicions.

Ding Ding didn't answer, just walked up to the Hu family lady and whispered in her ear.

"Daughter-in-law of the Hu family, how did you die?"

At the end of the sentence, the lady of the Hu family, who was originally sitting on the ground crying, was suddenly stunned, her eyes widened, and her teeth chattered, "Dead?"

"Yes, you've been dead for a long time, and now you're here to tell us how you died. Ding Ding's words without a trace of warmth fell on the ears of the Hu family's lady. Like the last straw that crushed the camel, the lady of the Hu family suddenly screamed.

She still remembered that Hu Da ignored her desperately and threw her and Dong'er's things out of the house, and Widow Li smiled gloomily behind her, wrapped her arms around Hu Da's neck, pulled him back, and then closed the door slammed shut.

Dong'er was confused, and when he was pushed out, he slammed on the ground, and blood oozed from his knees. He just lay on the ground and counted the ants. She cried and picked up the child, her heart throbbing. Dong'er stretched out her dirty little hand to help her wipe the tears on her face, and said in a soft voice, "Mother, don't cry, Dong'er doesn't hurt." ”

She took Dong'er back to her parents' house, her mother passed away the year before last, and her father was also spread out on the bed. My brother felt sorry for her and wanted to clean up the house so that the two of them could live, but the sister-in-law, who was feeding her father, dropped the bowl directly.

"I can't support myself anymore, I have two more mouths, I can't survive anyway, tomorrow I will poison this old thing first, and then jump into the river with the child, and the family will be neat. The old father lying on the bed couldn't move, his eyes rolled in a hurry, and he wanted to help his daughter speak, but he spit out a word.

Seeing her brother's helpless appearance, she took Dong'er and turned around and went out.

The elder brother chased after her and told her that there was a courtyard outside the city, which was entrusted to him by a friend of his, and that the friend was away from home and wanted to go some. She was reassured, and then slipped the key and a bag of broken silver into her sister's hand.