Zhao Xinlan's sisterhood with the Zhuang family is extraordinary, since the two of them released their previous suspicions, she has come to visit the Zhuang family in the countryside from time to time, and she will always bring a lot of food, for fear that the Zhuang family will be short of use.

The Zhuang family was also much more cheerful because of this, and gradually walked out of the shadow of Shen Lin's death, no longer wearing black and brown clothes unchanged, and occasionally choosing blue and green. If Zhao Xinlan comes in a few days, she will repair a book and let Shen Xi bring it to the town.

Shen Xi has been cultivating for nearly two months, either cultivating or rectifying her fairy spirit grass, and just now she handed over another batch to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji has always had a good attitude towards her, and it is estimated that he still feels guilty about Zhuang, after all, it was he who damaged her reputation, it was she who was ridiculed by others, and it was she who changed the trajectory of her life and let her marry a vulgar medicine farmer.

Coming out of Jishitang, Shen Xi was stopped. It was Zhao Xinlan's maid Lian'er who called her.

"Lian'er, what did you tell me?" Shen Xi looked at her.

Lian'er was already familiar with Shen Xi, and her attitude was very kind, "Miss Xi, my lord asked me to take you to Zhenxi, and he was waiting for you there." ”

Shen Xi tilted his head and asked, "What are you doing in Zhenxi?" ”

"Didn't you ask Madame to help you see if there were any cheap houses in the town? It was inconvenient for the lady to come forward, so she asked the master to see it. The lord found a very good place at a good price, and asked me to come back and tell my wife. Madame said you are in Jishitang. I'll hurry over here and take you there. ”

Shen Xi smiled, "Really, take me quickly." Do you know how much it costs? ”

"Five or six hundred taels, but I heard that there were dead people, no one wants to live, no one wants to buy, can't sell, the price is negotiable." Lian'er's tone was very brisk, as if she was happy for Shen Xi.

Shen Xi followed Lian'er, and the more she walked, the more strange it became. Except for the street full of shops, she was more familiar with this Yueting Town, and she had never been to any other place, but she was more and more familiar with it here. There are courtyards all around, and the doors of the courtyards are closed, although they are not luxurious, but they are also strong and spacious.

Lian'er said to Shen Xi: "Miss Xi, do you know the difference between Zhenxi and Zhendong? ”

"Unclear."

"The west of the town and the east of the town have always been at odds, just because the people living in the west of the town and the east of the town are different?"

"What's the difference?"

"Most of the people living in the east of the town are scholars, and most of the people living in the west of the town are merchants. Scholars think that businessmen are utilitarian, and businessmen feel that scholars are sour and rotten, and they are not happy to see them at both times. It has been like this since a long time ago. If the scholar has no fame, he will become more and more impoverished, so most of the houses in the east of the town are old, of course, there are several big families in the east of the town, the Wang family and the Zhang family are over there, and their mansions each occupy a street, which is very magnificent. ”

Shen Xi listened carefully, and it would definitely be beneficial to know more about the current situation of Yueting Town.

"The yard that the lord helped Miss Xi look at is this side of the town, and it is very spacious, although it has been uninhabited for several months, and there are some weeds, it must be very comfortable to clean up."

Shen Xi asked, "Why has no one lived in it for a few months, you said that someone died before, what's going on?" ”

Lian'er sighed and shook her head, "Hey...... Speaking of which, it's really pitiful. The owner of the house did business in the capital, and later made money, and the whole family moved to the capital to live, empty and useless, so he rented it to a mother and son, and asked his cousin Shi Zheng to collect the rent for him. On that day, Shi Zheng went to collect rent, and when he opened the courtyard gate, he saw the old woman lying in the courtyard, and his son lying at the door of the firewood house, his throat was pierced, but none of the family's belongings were lost, not like a thief.

The county magistrate sent Wang Zhutou to investigate the case, but the murderer could not be found at all. In the end, Wang Zhutou only said that they committed suicide, and the case was closed. But the neighbors around him didn't think so, and felt that there were tyrannical murderers in the town, which made people panic, and they closed their doors one by one, for fear that their own families would also suffer. ”

After Shen Xi heard this, she determined what she was thinking, and the place that Shopkeeper Lou found for her was the place where the two abductors tied her at that time. At that time, she walked in a very hurry, and she didn't look at the yard carefully, and she didn't know how big it was.

The house in the west of the town is more messy, and Shen Xi has made many turns and finally arrived. The gate of the courtyard was wide open, and when I glanced inside, I saw that the weeds were overgrown, and only a cobblestone path was faintly visible, and there were small blue and red flowers swaggering in the wind.

She stepped through the door and saw that the chalk of the courtyard wall had fallen off a lot, and there were criss-crossing cracks, crawling with creepers. I really wonder if the courtyard walls will collapse if these lush vines are torn off. The dog's tail grass also came to join in the fun, growing on the edge of the stone path, brushing Shen Xi's trouser legs.

Shen Xi used a black iron rod to move the weeds at will, as if he was looking for something. A dark red patch of dirt appeared in front of her, and the grass here grew daringly luxuriantly. The soil here was stained red with blood flowing from Wu Ma's neck. Mother Wu has the cultivation of the late stage of the day after tomorrow, and there is immortal power in her blood, which makes the soil fertile.

At that time, the firewood room where she was locked was in the right corner of the courtyard, very simple and dim. Facing the courtyard gate is naturally the main house. She hadn't seen the main house before, and she didn't know how spacious it was. The yard is quite large, and you can make half an acre of medicine field.

Shopkeeper Lou and a well-dressed old man stood in front of the main house, chatting happily. Presumably, this old man is Shi Zheng in Lian'er's mouth. As soon as Shopkeeper Lou saw Shen Xi, he said to Shi Zheng: "This little girl is the Shen girl in my mouth, the daughter of the original Shen Yaonong. ”

"Oh?" Shi Zheng walked down the steps and looked at Shen Xi, "This is what people call Miss Shen, and she is too young." ”

Shen Xi smiled: "I am young, but the fairy spirit grass I grow is no worse than my father." Ability has nothing to do with age, isn't this gentleman only paying attention to age, not real ability? ”

Shi Zheng didn't get angry when he heard this, but instead bowed his hand to Shen Xi and said, "Miss Shen didn't expect to be a learned person. It's rude, old man Shi Zheng. ”

Seeing this, Shen Xi hurriedly threw away the black iron rod and shook Shi Zheng deeply. She was a junior, and she should have saluted her elders first, but this history was so polite that it scared her. I thought that this person was brightly dressed, he must be a businessman, and he didn't care much about etiquette, but who thought that he was actually a scholar who could do tricks. Even if she is her original age, she is also a junior, and she does not suffer a loss when she salutes him. "Senior Shen Xi, Mr. Shi is polite." She was extremely respectful.

Shi Zheng looked at Shen Xi differently, "I really didn't expect it, she really deserves to be Hui'er's child, even if she marries a farmer, she doesn't forget to teach the child etiquette." ”

"Huh?" Shen Xi's eyes widened, "Do you know my mother?" ”

Shi Zheng stroked the white beard under his chin and said, "Your grandfather and I were born in the same year, and I watched your mother grow up. ”

Shen Xi felt that his head was dizzy, how could he always meet Zhuang's acquaintances recently, it was really strange.