At the ready-to-wear shop, Wei Zhao bought two sets of clothes for himself and Li Wan'er, and pulled a few feet of muslin, so he went to the carpenter's shop not far from the ready-to-wear shop to order a medicine box.

Wei Zhao was describing to the carpenter that the boxes he wanted must be layered and compartmentalized, so that he could easily sort things, when he heard a noise next door, accompanied by crying and clanging knocks.

The carpenter listened to the movement next door, shook his head and sighed, "Alas, pitiful! ”

Wei Zhao asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The carpenter looked up next door and said, "Yesterday I heard that a landlord's house in Yuping Village caught fire, and a family of more than a dozen people was burned to death. ”

Wei Zhao frowned, a fire burned more than a dozen people?

"The whole family is dead?" He asked.

"I heard that they were all dead, and when the people in the village found out that there was a fire, the fire was already very large, and when the fire was extinguished, everyone was scorched, alas, it is said that there were still a few children..."

The carpenter sighed with emotion, and the movements in his hands did not stop, and he drew pictures on the paper according to Wei Zhao's requirements, but he probably marked Wei Zhao's requirements.

Yuping Village is just east of Anping Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Qingshui Town, and is separated from Anping Village by a hillside, which is the hill where Li Wan'er saved Wei Zhao.

Wei Zhao fell into deep thought, more than a dozen people were burned to death, how fast this fire had to be to do it, but it was summer now, the wind was not strong, if it was a light fire, it should not be burned all over the yard so quickly, there should always be someone to escape, why were more than a dozen people burned to death, unless the fire point was not a place, or people had lost the ability to escape.

"Have so many people died and not reported to the official?" If you reported to the official, why wouldn't you buy a coffin and bury it in such a hurry?

"The fire died, the family died, no one reported to the official, the government naturally didn't care, and now the family's funeral is still the family in the village who has received its favor and the tenants are in Zhangluo." The carpenter's hand kept moving.

"What if it wasn't a fire, but someone set it on fire, what if someone killed someone and then set fire to the corpse?" Wei Zhao asked.

In this era, the people do not sue the officials and do not hold them accountable, but is this kind of "extermination case" that killed more than ten people also included in this?

The carpenter's hand was stunned: "Arson? Destroying corpses? ”

Wei Zhao nodded: "Yes." ”

The carpenter shook his head, everyone was burned, how can I know if it was a fire or someone deliberately set it on fire?

"If a person is burned to death, there will be residual soot in the throat, and if a person is set on fire after death, there will be no soot in the mouth and nose." This kind of common sense is in modern times, and almost everyone who has watched a little criminal investigation drama knows it, Wei Zhao said casually.

The carpenter lowered his head and looked at the drawings in his hand, and said, "Little brother still knows how to do autopsy?" ”

Wei Zhao said: "I'm a doctor, so I naturally understand something." ”

The carpenter smiled, but forgot about the stubble.

Wei Zhao intuitively felt that this matter was not simple, but he was not a fast catcher, and he had no way to verify the truth of the facts, so he could only listen to it as a talking point like this carpenter, and then sigh about the impermanence of the world.

The two of them had no intention of talking, but a young man who was at the door of the carpenter's shop listened to their conversation clearly, turned around and disappeared into the doorway.

The wooden box was ordered, because Wei Zhao did not need carving and the like, and the wooden planks were ready-made, the carpenter said that he could do it in the afternoon, Wei Zhao made an appointment with him to pick up the goods in the afternoon, put down the deposit, and took Li Wan'er to go shopping.

Soon it was noon, and the little sweet potato cake porridge he ate in the morning had been digested, Wei Zhao only felt the sound of "gurgling" in his stomach, so he took Li Wan'er to find a restaurant that looked good to worship the Five Organs Temple.

The restaurant has always been a mixed and well-informed place, Wei Zhao did not choose to go to the upstairs private room, but sat in the hall on the first floor with Li Wan'er, listening to the chatter of other diners, so that he could understand this era faster.

It was the meal, the hall was almost full, and a table of people next to him was discussing the "tragedy", only to hear a dark-faced man hammer the table and say: "God really has no eyes, what a good person Master Han's family is, they usually help their neighbors and benefit the villagers, but now they are burned down by a fire, and they don't even have a queen!" ”

Several people at the same table also looked sad, and an older old man said: "The world is impermanent! ”

"It is said that good and evil are rewarded, why is Master Han's family such a good person but there is no good reward!" The black-faced man was still angry.

The others also sighed, yes, good people don't live long!

In the end, the old man waved his hand and said: "That's it, it's already like this, we have all received the favor of Master Han, so let's do a decent funeral for their family, and we can repay that kindness." ”

The rest of the group sighed and nodded, quickly pulling the food from the bowl.

At this time, Wei Zhao and Li Wan'er's meal was also served, and Wei Zhao found that Li Wan'er was very restrained, so he said to her, "Do you have any plans in the future?" ”

"Huh?" Li Wan'er looked sluggish, what does this mean?

Wei Zhao said: "If you don't have any plans, you might as well follow me, you know, I'm a doctor, but my medical skills are different from ordinary doctors, when treating diseases and saving people, sometimes you need help from others, but..."

He didn't finish speaking, but Li Wan'er understood, his medical skills can't be known to others, and his ability to take things out of thin air can't be known. Now that he knows his secret, he doesn't intend to kill him, but lets himself follow him, he trusts himself.

"But... I don't know how to do medicine. ”

"I can teach you this."

Li Wan'er was stunned, and she was naturally willing to follow him to study medicine, but she has always been called a "disaster star", and anyone who is close to her will be unlucky, how can a person like herself be a doctor?

Wei Zhao seemed to see her concerns, and persuaded again: "Are you worried about your reputation as a 'disaster star'?" This is not necessary, I am also a doctor whose parents and relatives are dead. The death of your father and grandmother has nothing to do with you, it is all an accident or illness, and you are not to blame. ”

Li Wan'er heard Wei Zhao talk about his life experience, knowing that he was an orphan like herself, and a feeling of sympathy instantly surged in her heart, and she nodded, which was regarded as agreeing to Wei Zhao's proposal.

Wei Zhao said: "Since you have decided to follow me, don't think about whether you are a 'disaster star', don't avoid anyone, be an upright person, do things in peace, and don't cower like this." ”

Li Wan'er sat up straight and nodded, but still didn't move her chopsticks.

Wei Zhao knew that she had always been disliked, and he also believed that she was an ominous person, and it was unrealistic to want her to change immediately, so he was not in a hurry, just waiting for the slow and subtle changes in the future.

After eating, Wei Zhao went to the bookstore to buy a few more books, as well as some four treasures of the study, and then went to the carpenter's shop to get the custom-made boxes.