"Daddy is from Lin'an, how are things going?" Huo Chongcheng was also very concerned about how it sold in that quarter of an hour, and when no one around him asked: "I receive a letter from my father urging the goods every ten days, and the situation is excellent." ”

"Fabulous, superb!" Huo Zuoyu nodded vigorously and said: "My son, you are also making a lot of money now, and my father is thinking about how to marry you a daughter-in-law!" ”

Hearing him make fun of himself, Huo Chongcheng pursed his lips: "What's good about marrying a daughter-in-law, I don't want it, I want to be like Ju, put a Zhuangzi, buy dozens of children, teach them literacy and arithmetic, and teach them to read and count, I will teach them to fist and kick sticks, and in the future, I will take these children and fight with the children in Juzhuang!" ”

Hearing that there was a meaning in his words to compete with Zhao and Ju, Huo Zuoyu laughed and did not blame. The hip-hop of the father and son, Huo Chongcheng forgot one thing.

This night was a feast of wine and meat, Huo Zuo's tenants were drunk, he himself was slightly drunk, after sending away those companions, he staggered to his own house, although the wine came up, but he didn't want to doze off, just want to bring back a little more cash from Lin'an today.

In Lin'an City, Zhao Xi's son Zhao Yong divided the money with him, and this month Huo Chongcheng's thirty percent of dry shares could be divided into 25,000 yuan, half of which he exchanged for gold and silver, and the other half was cash, all of which were pulled back. He counted very happily in the bedroom, thinking that the dead ghost Sun Wu was going to calculate Zhao and Ju with him, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, that is, he calculated Zhao and Ju, and he was afraid that the big head would still be taken by the government, how could he calculate the family's income so calmly at this time!

Huo Chongcheng couldn't bear the thirst and went to sleep, and the house was silent, only the snoring of the servants could be heard. Huo Zuoyu was counting the money while thinking about his future plans, and at this moment, he suddenly heard the barking of a dog at home.

There are seven or eight dogs of all sizes in Huo's Zhuangzi, and they follow Huo Chongcheng around on weekdays, although they are not specially trained, they are also very humane and will not bark easily. Hearing this voice, Huo Zuoyu frowned, the family had just entered so much cash, and there was a dog barking at night, could it be that there was a thief?

He was usually very cautious, but today he drank a little more, and thought that he was at home, so he took a lantern and pushed it open. The dog's barking only lasted for a moment before it fell silent, and Huo Zuoyu followed the sound with a lantern, but saw a big dog lying upright, as if it had been drugged to death. Huo Zuoyu was startled, and he was about to call someone when he opened his mouth, when suddenly several figures around him rushed over, and before he could speak, he felt that his neck was first cold, and then in severe pain, and blood and bubbles gushed out from the place where he had created it.

A figure snatched the lantern from his hand, took it to him, and took it to him, and then the man said, "That's him." ”

These were the last words Huo Zuoyu heard, and then, he was put down on the ground, and the figures were about to enter the room, but they heard the sound of someone getting up and talking, so they changed their minds and climbed out of the wall.

"Chongcheng ......" Huo Zuoyu was not out of breath at this time, he was convulsive and struggling on the ground, trying his best to shout, but his trachea was cut, all he let out was a meaningless whimper, he thought about his child, but his consciousness gradually moved away from him, and finally, after he broke a clump of flowers and trees in the yard, he no longer moved.

But the one who got up and spoke was a servant, who had drunk too much, so he came out to urinate at night. In the haze, he could hear a sound in the yard, but he only thought it was the family's dog wandering around the yard, so he never went out to check.

When it was dawn, Huo Chongcheng got up in a scream, and before he woke up, he was dragged into the courtyard by the domestic servants.

"Daddy!" When he saw his father's corpse, his eyes widened, first thinking it was a dream, and then he paused so hard that he cried and threw himself into his father's arms. But now his father can no longer pick him up and hold him up.

There is no hostess in the Huo family, only Huo Zuoyu and Huo Chongcheng's father and son, although there are some relatives of the same clan nearby, and they are also diligent in their correspondence on weekdays, but they have never been able to interfere in family affairs. Now that such a thing suddenly appeared, those relatives who heard the news didn't know what to do for a while, so they had to persuade Huo Chongcheng.

Huo Chongcheng cried heartbroken, separated from his father for more than a month, and only had to meet yesterday, but it was only overnight, and heaven and man were separated forever. He was sad at first, but he wanted to go with his father, until the county servant Pestle came to hear the news, and he was pulled up from Huo Zuoyu's body.

"If you cut your throat with a sharp blade and die, the one who starts it will be a veteran." Kisaku said with just one glance at the corpse.

Then the dog's corpse was also discovered, the dog was foaming at the mouth and had a blue tongue, apparently poisoned. When the messenger and the pestle entered Huo Zuoyu's bedroom, the stacks of copper, gold and silver there surprised everyone.

Whether it is the county officials or the relatives of the Huo family, they all know that Huo Zuoyu has earned a lot of money by litigating for others over the years, but he never thought that his family only had so much cash, and for a while, everyone's eyes flashed with greed.

When he saw the money, Huo Chongcheng was like a lightning strike, and he remembered what his father teased him last night: "My son, you are also making a lot of money now, and my father is thinking about how to marry you a daughter-in-law!" ”

"This lot of money is there, and it has never been moved, and the murderer is not here for money, but must be a vendetta." Because it was a case related to human life, the Sanyin County Commander also rushed over, and said so when he saw this situation.

Hearing the words of the county order, Huo Chongcheng remembered something again, these days, several outsiders came to them to inquire about his father, although they did not find his house, but someone told him. Originally, after seeing his father yesterday, he wanted to tell his father about it, but he forgot it for a while, but he never thought that he would leave such regrets.

"My lord, it must have been done by those strangers!" Thinking of this, Huo Chongcheng gritted his teeth, eager to break the corpses of those few outsiders into pieces, and he reported to the Wuyin County Order.

"That group of strangers is indeed suspicious, and you must not ignore it." After hearing this, the county magistrate immediately gave an order to the officials to bring those outsiders to the county magistrate. As for the Huo family, they are naturally preparing for a funeral.

At this time, Huo Chongcheng was fully awake, and what he was most urgent about now was two things, one was to bury his father, and the other was to avenge his father. Avenging his father because he will not be able to find the murderer for a while, he can only talk about it later, and his father's burial cannot wait for a long time, and now the weather is hot and dry, and the corpse will rot in a short time.

He has been in charge of the family for more than a month, and after sending away the county order, he arranged his father's funeral affairs one by one. First of all, the door was tight, and the family was not allowed to enter and exit at will, and then the uncle of the same clan was invited to buy white cloth longevity materials, and then invited the geographer to choose the auspicious place, and so on, it was originally a very cumbersome matter, but it was arranged in an orderly manner, so that people with a heart wanted to intervene, and they couldn't find a reason.