"Qingruo, General Gao, you're fine, I'll be at ease!"

Xiao Yao got out of the hall, and as soon as she changed into her official uniform, she was taken to a secret house by Fu Lingyun and Han Xiaobai, who had been driven back all the way.

Seeing Chu Qingruo and Gao Bo in civilian clothes, the two of them intact, Xiao Yao was sincerely happy that they were safe.

However, happy to be happy, Xiao Yao told them bad news with a heavy face after listening to them finish talking about Mingzong's plan.

The bitter lord He Dashan's family was wiped out.

Gao Bo was suddenly in a mess.

In this way, it is more difficult to prove one's grievances.

Chu Qingruo was also surprised.

Han Xiaobai was very annoyed.

I knew that I should have asked Vice General Xu to lead people to protect them secretly.

It's good now, there's no clue left.

Chu Qingruo looked depressed when he saw both of them, although he also felt very depressed, he still cheered up and comforted them.

"Don't be discouraged, I've heard Master say that in the past, there were often concubines in the palace who intrigued and killed people after hooking up others, but in fact, those who did so were finally arrested."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Yao, squeezed his eyes, and motioned for her to hurry up and say something.

Xiaobai tilted his head and looked at Xiao Yao curiously: "It's all killed and destroyed, and the evidence is destroyed, how can you still catch people?" ”

Xiao Yao smiled: "Because there are many things to do, there are many mistakes!" ”

Han Xiaobai didn't seem to understand, but Gao Bo immediately took his knife: "Yes, the clues of the old case have been broken, and there will definitely be a lot of new clues in the new case, let's go, let's go to He Dashan's house to check and see if there are any clues." ”

Fu Lingyun moved when he heard this, but was stopped by Xiao Yao: "No, Wen Yuan, you and Xiaobai Zaiming, you shouldn't be able to find any valuable clues." Only Qing Ruo and Gao Bo secretly visited, and they might be able to find some useful clues. ”

Chu Qingruo was silent: "Okay, it's better for us to act separately." ”

*

He Dashan's house was surrounded by people with good deeds, and many of them stretched out their heads and looked inside from the gate blocked by the catchers.

"It's scary to hear that these people were killed the other night." The old man said.

The fat aunt carrying the basket: "No, I heard that even their guard dog was killed, it's too miserable." ”

Old man: "No wonder there was no movement at all on the night when their family was killed,"

Chu Qingruo was dressed in coarse cloth and mixed in the crowd, heard the conversation between the old man and the fat sister-in-law, and interjected and asked, "Didn't you even hear the sound of footsteps?" ”

The fat sister-in-law looked at the sallow and ordinary-looking girl in front of her, and said stunned: "What footsteps?" ”

"He Dashan's family even has more than ten people, it is impossible for the murderer to kill so many of them alone, right? But if the murderer is a group of people, how can there be no footsteps at all when entering and leaving He Dashan's house? Chu Qingruo asked.

The old man listened to her words, and really thought about it carefully: "Girl, you are right, but I live next door to their house, and I really didn't hear any sound that night!" After speaking, I couldn't help but change my face, "There are no footsteps, ah!" Could it be a ghost killing? ”

The fat sister-in-law gave him an angry look: "Uncle Yu, you haven't woken up yet, right?" here again. ”

The old man glared and defended himself: "How can I talk nonsense, it was the tavern proprietress who said it, she said that it must be He Dashan's concubine who turned into a ghost and came back to ask for her life." ”

The fat sister-in-law couldn't stand her nonsense, smacked him, and turned home: "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, I'm leaving, Uncle Yu, I still have to go home to cook!" ”

The old man didn't care about her, waved his hand at her impatiently, turned his head and saw that Chu Qingruo was listening seriously, so he continued: "Really, girl, I didn't drink too much nonsense, many people heard what the boss lady said." ”

Chu Qingruo asked, "Where is the tavern?" ”

The old man pointed to the street: "Turn right here, go to the end, there is a dark alley, enter the dark alley, and you will arrive in a few steps." ”

"What's the name of the tavern?" Chu Qingruo asked again.

The old man smiled ambiguously: "The main thing this tavern buys, it's not wine, where does it get its name!" ”

Chu Qingruo knew in his heart that this was a secret door to buy wine on the surface.

"Huh? I said, girl, what are you asking all this for? The old man suddenly thought of something, raised his head and tattooed Chu Qingruo, Chu Qingruo was not able to answer for a while, and hurriedly glanced at Han Xiaobai, who had taken the head.

Han Xiaobai understood, and hurriedly took the arrest and began to blast away the crowd of onlookers: "Don't look at it, don't look at it, the official uniform is handling the case, and the idle people are avoiding!" ”

The crowd soon dispersed, and the old man forgot about the question just now and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Chu Qingruo came to the door of this tavern according to the address said by the old man.

It is said to be a tavern, but it is actually an ordinary private house. There was a simple small table at the door, and a few small sticks, on which sat two middle-aged men in ordinary clothes, drinking a plate of peanuts and a small plate of braised bean curd, a large porcelain bowl with only a rough one.

In such a place, only the poor will come for recreation, and generally those who have a few dollars in their hands go directly to the Qinglou, where will they come here?

"Yo, girl, is there anything wrong with you?"

The proprietress of the tavern was a half-aged in her thirties, wearing a goose-yellow cardigan with a low collar, and a washed and faded red and dark flower long skirt on her lower body, wrapped around her two slightly fat long legs, holding a handkerchief in one hand and crossing her waist, looking at Chu Qingruo very unfriendly.

Chu Qingruo arched his hand: "May I ask this sister-in-law, can I ask for a bowl of water to drink?" ”

When the proprietress heard that she was just passing by to ask for a bowl of water to drink, her face suddenly eased a lot. "Then sit down, and I'll get you a bowl."

Chu Qingruo sat at the table and took the opportunity to ask the two middle-aged men who were drinking: "Big brother, when I came over just now, I saw that there were many officials and errands surrounding the house in front of me, did something happen?" ”

The man with a clean beard on his face put down the bowl and said, "You're talking about the He family, right?" That house, a few nights ago, let people ......" said with his hand between the neck and made a "head-killing" motion.

Chu Qingruo pretended to be surprised: "Who died?" ”

Another man in rough clothes said in a low voice: "All dead, even the dog at the door was slaughtered." ”

"Huh? So scary? Chu Qingruo deliberately exclaimed in a low voice.

"But no, the big guys are saying, it must be He Dashan's concubine who came to ask for her life!" Qingdzha Beard threw a few peanuts in his mouth and said as he chewed.

"Asking for your life? What's going on? Chu Qingruo asked.

This is the proprietress who twisted her waist and came out, put the huge tea bowl in front of Chu Qingruo, and poured water for her while angrily scolding the two men: "Go and go, drink some cat urine and talk nonsense here, and you are not afraid of scaring people?" ”

Chu Qingruo smiled secretly in her heart, she was afraid of scaring her like this, obviously afraid that she would hook up with her man.

"Sister-in-law, tell me about it, I like to hear rare things." As he spoke, he took out a dime of silver from his arms, "It just so happens that I'm also hungry, sister-in-law, can you give me a whole bowl of noodles to eat?" ”

As soon as she saw the silver, the proprietress suddenly lit up her eyes, reached out and took it, turned her back to Chu Qingruo and bit it gently, then happily stuffed the silver into her chest, turned around and said with a smile: "Hey~ Actually, it's all nonsense." ”

The homespun coarse shirt immediately said: "What nonsense, we still don't all listen to you?" ”

The proprietress was embarrassed: "I, I just said a few words when I heard Heipi come here to drink that day." ”

Chu Qingruo asked, "Who is the black skin?" ”

The proprietress said: "It's a subordinate of the He family, who suddenly came to me some time ago, not only paid back the credit, but also gave me a silver hairpin. He said that he made a small fortune, their master, He Dashan made a fortune! ”

"Oh? What fortune did He Dashan make? Chu Qingruo asked curiously.

The proprietress said that she was up, and simply moved it, and sat next to Chu Qingruo, patted her thigh and said, "That's right, I asked the same too." But what the black skin said had no beginning or end, and I didn't understand it. ”

Chu Qingruo: "What did he say?" ”

The proprietress said: "What did he say, a woman who was less than a hundred taels bought it, slept for three months, and sold it for two hundred taels of gold. It's just a pity that the delicate little lady, think about the old man is really ruthless, such a beautiful little wife, two hundred taels of gold for a life, and give it up. ”

Chu Qingruo's expression was shocked when he heard this: "Then did he say, who gave He Dashan two hundred taels of gold?" ”

At this time, another guest came: "Boss, do you have meat to eat?" Hurry up, I'm hungry! ”

The proprietress stood up and hurriedly replied to Chu Qingruo: "Then he didn't say it." Then he turned around and beckoned to the man who went straight into the house and shouted that he was hungry and wanted to eat meat: "Dead ghost, shout hunger in broad daylight, it's not ashamed!" ”

Chu Qingruo smiled, it turned out that he was hungry and wanted to eat meat, what did he mean, eating human flesh?

Shaking his head with a smile, Chu Qingruo took out another penny and put it on the table: "Boss, the tea money is on the table for you!" ”

The two middle-aged men who were drinking looked at the room ambiguously and smiled, and waved their hands to Chu Qingruo: "Go, go, she won't have time to pay attention to you now, hahaha!" ”

Chu Qingruo couldn't help but laugh and said goodbye.

Just when Chu Qingruo was inquiring about the news in the tavern, Fu Lingyun also took people to search for evidence at the He family. Although the catchers had already searched a few days ago, he still vaguely felt in his heart that there were any clues missing.

Taken by a catcher to the house where He Dashan was killed, Fu Lingyun looked around, and saw that the house was full of chaos, clothes all over the floor, the wardrobe boxes were opened one by one, and the quilts and clothes inside were also turned out and thrown on the ground.