The sky is slowly getting brighter. On the old locust tree in front of the county office, the early birds chirped non-stop. Liansheng had been sitting on the steps at the door of the women's cell, and he didn't know how long he had been sitting, but he didn't move.

"I've checked it. There are blackened burn marks in the trachea. ”

"Were they alive at the time of the fire? But why don't you call for help? ”

Hasumi couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Maybe they won't be able to call for help?"

"Can't call for help?"

"I couldn't find any wounds on the adult's body, but the strange thing was that the little girl's hyoid bone was cracked."

When Liansheng heard this, he held his neck with his hand: "Is she choked by someone?" ”

"Yes, the little girl's neck is fragile, and the man's hand is a little heavier."

"You mean to say that my brother was also accused at that time, unable to make a sound, and then set on fire......"

Liansheng didn't dare to imagine that scene, and couldn't help but cover his eyes.

"That's right, the murderer is more experienced in handling adults, so the body is not damaged, but he can't handle it accurately when he chokes the little girl's neck, leaving this clue. If it weren't for this broken hyoid bone, Yang Zhutou's family would have been wronged. ”

"Sure enough, he was murdered." Liansheng clenched his fists tightly, let out a long breath, swallowed back the tears under his eyes, and his throat and eyes were bitter and salty.

"Don't worry, the brothers will definitely check it out. You haven't closed your eyes all night, so go find a place to rest. ”

Liansheng shook his head, "I'll go home and take a look." ”

She held one position for too long, stood up and her legs were numb, staggered to her feet, and then limped out.

Liu Zhutou looked at Liansheng's back, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Fang Sheng sat on the ruins of the Yang family, looking sluggish.

Liansheng walked over and gently pressed Fangsheng's shoulder.

Fang Sheng raised his head, his face was black and white, and his eyes were red and swollen.

"Go in and have a look." Liansheng pulled him into the courtyard where there was still a slight smoke. The entire main courtyard burned down, and the side courtyard was not affected because there was a small vegetable garden across the main courtyard. Liansheng walked slowly, looking for a fire in the ruins.

The place where the most severe burning is Yang Quan's room, the fire should have burned from here Liansheng imagined the scene at that time, someone took advantage of the night to climb into the courtyard, the goal was very clear, and rushed directly into Yang Quan's room. Yang Quan may have discovered something at this time, but it was too late, and as soon as he got up, he was choked by the neck, and then his mouth was gagged by something, maybe his hands and feet were tied, and maybe the legendary acupoint was sealed, making it impossible for people to speak. Then came the Fang clan, and then the men walked to the other rooms. The sleeping Huan'er, Brother Yun, and Yinping pinched their necks or covered their mouths and noses so that they fainted, and at the same time Yang Quan's room lit a fire. The fire is so ferocious, there should be combustibles, such as rosin or vegetable oil.

Liansheng finished surveying the scene step by step with tears in his eyes, and Fang Sheng squatted on the side, looking at the charred charcoal and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Fang Sheng, this is arson, it's murder."

"What?"

"I checked it just now, and it has been determined that it was arson."

"Who will it be, who will harm them!" Fang Sheng held his head in his hands, in great pain.

"Maybe ......" Liansheng looked into the distance, "Maybe it was us who was going to be harmed." ”

"Harm us?" Yes, this is my guess, the Yang family has been hunting fast for six generations in Qingyuan County in the past 100 years, and it cannot be said that it is a famous family, and it can be regarded as a somewhat influential family. Qingyuan County is in good order, my brother has always been kind to others, try not to make enemies with others, maybe the murderer's target was originally us, but I didn't expect me to be a temporary substitute last night, and you went to the yamen to bring me food. ”

"Could it be Gu ......"

"Be careful." Lian Sheng hurriedly interrupted him: "Remember my words, when we are not strong enough, there are many things that cannot be said or thought. ”

"Powerful, powerful! When will I be strong! ”

Fang Sheng thought that his cousin's family might have died tragically because of his sister and brother, and smashed a fist of hatred into a piece of charred wood, Lian Sheng hurriedly took his hand: "Come on, Fang Sheng, as long as we work hard and persevere, we will definitely become stronger." Before, there may be many twists and turns that will be bullied, and we all have to endure until we no longer need to endure the day when we can avenge our mother's family for our brother's family. ”

Fang Sheng nodded silently with tears in his eyes.

There is nothing left to clean up from the ruins. Fortunately, the side courtyard is still intact, and the room where Hu was killed can be temporarily lived in after cleaning up.

All the books and manuscripts that Fang Sheng had worked so hard to copy for many years were burned, and the two siblings were now penniless, and they had to prepare for the funeral of the Yang family.

After noon, Gu Yesheng quietly found Fang Sheng.

"This is the broken silver of a few families in the clan, let's save it first."

He handed Fang Sheng a small burden, which was a little bit of broken silver, two half-new clothes, and a pair of men's shoes, judging by the size, it should be made by the Li family for Yesheng.

That's a real send-off.

Fang Sheng hugged the burden, and his eyes were red.

"It's all my own brothers, but don't do this." Yesheng gently patted Fangsheng's back: "In the past, we rarely interacted with you, mainly because the Gu family was ashamed of the Yang family after all, there were many doubts about the death of my aunt, and the Yang family and the Gu family completely fell out, and it was not easy for us to be caught in the middle, so we could only avoid it from afar." This time, the clansmen all saw it, the young lady of Shangshu Mansion and your sister and brother are not comparable, everyone knows that something is wrong, send me to take a look, if there is anything you can do. ”

Fang Sheng choked and nodded repeatedly.

Liansheng came in from outside the door, "Fifth brother, thank you for your kindness, we keep everyone's charcoal in the snow in mind." ”

"I can't write two Gu characters in one stroke, so I'm about to be polite."

Can't write two Gu characters in one stroke?

Thinking that this tragedy might be the work of his biological father in this body, Liansheng and Fangsheng couldn't help but glance at each other, each with their own thoughts.

Sending Gu Yesheng away, a government official came to inform him that Fan Qi's body had been found on the crooked neck tree in front of a ruined temple outside the city, and it had now been transported back to the county office.

Liansheng didn't want Fangsheng to be stimulated again, so he persuaded him to stay in the side courtyard and followed the officials to the county office.

Liu Zhutou was walking around the door of the morgue, and when he saw Lian Sheng coming over, he hurriedly stepped forward: "Fan Qi is dead." ”

"Suicide? Or did he kill? ”

Liansheng didn't believe that someone with such thick skin could commit suicide.

Fan Qi was kicked out of the house by the He family, but there is still Yinping, although Yinping doesn't recognize him, but it's always his daughter, and a shameless person like Fan Qi can continue to entangle.

Liansheng walked into the morgue, forcing herself not to look at the charred corpses next to her. Those were her relatives, who were still eating together yesterday morning, talking and waving goodbye, and now they were charred black, their arms tangled into fists, and they were tangled in pain.

"Uncle Nine, do you think this is suicide or homicide?" The county government is a very experienced old man, and everyone calls him Uncle Jiu.

"There are strangulation marks on the neck and a broken hyoid bone, which is undoubtedly suicide."

"Only one strangulation?"

"Yes, just one, look here." Uncle Nine pulled the deceased's neck, and a bruise was there.

"Uncle Nine, what is this?" Liansheng looked at Fan Qi's tattered clothes, and there seemed to be some blue-black marks on his arms.

Uncle Nine sighed in surprise, and tore off the tattered fabric on Fan Qi's upper body, only to see that above his two stiff arms, there were a few points of blue and black on the part close to his shoulders, which was very symmetrical.

Uncle Nine was surprised: "There were no traces just now." ”

Lian Sheng used to look at medical books and knew that these were corpse spots, which appeared more than an hour after the person died, and she stretched out her hands to meet those few marks. Uncle Nine suddenly realized: "Before he died, someone held his arms like this. ”

"Yes, someone is holding his arms, and maybe someone is putting a rope around his neck and hoisting him."

Liu Zhutou continued Liansheng's words and said: "He was killed by someone else." ”

"It's done so neatly, I'm afraid it's not just one person." Lian Sheng looked at the corpse of the Yang family next to him: "The same is true for killing my brother's family, the method is clean and neat. ”

She looked at Liu Zhutou with a pair of clear eyes: "This is not an ordinary revenge hunt, it is done by a professional killer." ”

"This Fan Qi has been looking for trouble at your house, maybe he took advantage of the night to climb over the wall and enter, but he witnessed the scene of the murder, and hurriedly escaped and hit Niu Er."

Liu Zhutou followed Liansheng's train of thought: "Fan Qi was worried about being killed, so he fled all the way out of the city, and was finally strangled by the murderer and hung on a tree. ”

"I temporarily replaced Aunt Liu last night on duty, Fang Sheng came to deliver food and accompanied me to keep vigil, if the murderer's target is our family, I'm afraid he will come again."

Liu Zhutou nodded and said: "Killer of rivers and lakes, kill people without blinking, I will ask the master to send someone to protect your brothers and sisters, and there must be no more mistakes." ”

Lian Sheng looked at her hands, which were a pair of small white hands, and she lost her confidence a little.

In the face of danger, his own strength is so thin and ridiculous. Is it my own fault? Gu Shangshu should not be provoked, nor should he be confronted by Gu Lianyong. But if they are obedient, will they tolerate their siblings?

Liansheng's mind was in a mess.

A few days later, Gu Shangshu, who was still on the road, received news of a fire in Yang's house. The letter was written by a nephew of the Gu family, and just after it was delivered to the post station, the messenger met the Gu family who were resting here.

After Gu Shangshu read the letter, he closed the doors and windows tightly and ordered someone to call his eldest son.

"Say, did you do it?"

Gu Shangshu threw the letter in front of Gu Lianyong, his face pale.

"Yes and what, no and what."

Gu Lianyong's face remained unchanged, and he deliberately asked rhetorically.

"You! How can such a thing be done! ”

Gu Shangshu knew his son too well, and he already understood the answer from Gu Lianyong's indifferent strength.

"How eccentric my father is!" Gu Lianyong was almost crazy when he thought of what happened to him on the day of the joint burial.

"Evil obstacles, why don't you use your brain before you do something? There was a conflict that day, and we had an accident as soon as we left Yang's house, how many people would think about things on our side! ”

"Others think it's someone else's business, and the government can't find evidence, what's so terrible."

"Can't find any evidence? How do you know you can't find it? ”

"The person I was looking for was extremely safe, he only collected money to do things, and never asked much else, and I heard that he had a good reputation."

"As long as you are alive, there will always be a day when you will speak." Gu Shangshu said gloomily.

Gu Lianyong couldn't help but feel chills: "Father, what do you mean ......?"

Gu Shangshu sneered again and again: "Do you think that the commander of the Jinyi Guard is really just here to issue an edict?" He is a celebrity in front of His Majesty and Wang Guifei, Wang Guifei is determined to be the queen, I have been in her way for a long time, we can't have a little handle to stay. ”

"But the letter says that the slut sister and brother are not dead."

"Enough, if this happens, Jinyiwei will stare at that sister and brother again, they are the bait that tempts my Gu family to bite the hook together, don't touch them first."

Gu Shangshu and his son took out a pen and paper to plot for a while, and Gu Lianyong lit the piece of writing paper on the oil lamp.

Gu Shangshu waved his hand and told him to step back: "Go ahead, just do this, before Jinyiwei." ”

Gu Lianyong exited the room and sneered at the dark night sky: Gu Liansheng, you made me ugly, what about you? Your cousin's family was killed by you.