Meng Tianchu took Tu Long and Chai Meng to the house next door to a tailor shop, Tu Long explained his intention, the boss was a middle-aged man in his early fifties, he seemed to be in good spirits, and when he heard that the prefect was coming to the cold house, he immediately opened the door and welcomed Meng Tianchu into the door with trepidation.

After serving the tea and sitting down, Meng Tianchu said, "This courtyard of yours is the same size as Zheng Baozi's house next door?" ”

The boss didn't know what Meng Tianchu was coming for, so he said: "Then I don't know, but I think it's about the same, he is alone, what do you want such a big yard for?" ”

Meng Tianchu got up and said, "Is it convenient for me to go and see your yard?" ”

The boss naturally didn't dare to say no, and welcomed Meng Tianchu and them to his yard, Meng Tianchu looked at it, and it was really similar to Zheng Li's yard.

Meng Tianchu said: "Don't you raise pigs?" ”

"No, raising pigs is too smelly, and secondly, it takes a lot of energy, so if our family of three wants to eat, we will go to the market to buy some."

Meng Tianchu: "Then Zheng Baozi's pig raising doesn't affect you?" ”

"It doesn't matter, he is kept in the backyard, and he usually cleans when I see him, there is almost no smell, and he is very good to people, what kind of physical work we have, he is also willing to help, he gets along well with our neighbors."

Meng Tianchu: "Do you still need any physical work here?" ”

The boss smiled and said, "My wife and I are both old, and our daughter is born with a disability. I have been lying on the bed and can't move, we come back from the field on weekdays, if it weren't for Zheng Baozi to help carry it, where would my wife and I have that strength. ”

Meng Tianchu: "In this way, Zheng Baozi's strength is really not small." ”

The boss smiled and said: "That is, our street is all in business, who doesn't know that Zheng Baozi is infinitely powerful, and he can easily carry a big fat pig of 300 catties on his back for a mile or two without panting." ”

Chai Meng smiled. "Impossible, right?" ”

Seeing that Chai Meng didn't believe it, the boss pointed to a huge water tank at the door and said, "Do you see this water tank?" It will not be less than two hundred pounds of water filled with water. Once, a child from the next door came to my yard to pick plums to eat, and accidentally fell into the tank, Zheng Baozi happened to see it in his yard, ran over, rescued the child, and later said that there was too much rainwater accumulated in the tank, let me pour it out. I listened, but where did I have so much strength, so I scooped with a scoop, Zheng Baozi saw it, and actually lifted the jar and poured all the water into my vegetable garden, if you don't believe it, you can ask the next door, they also saw it at that time. ”

The dragon slayer stepped forward and saw that there was about half a tank of water in the tank. I squatted down and tried it, and although the tank was up, I felt quite laborious.

Boss: "This official's strength is really not small." ”

Tu Long smiled: "If that Zheng Baozi is really powerful, then I really want to see it." Meng Tianchu walked around the courtyard and found that there was only a fence wall between this courtyard and Zheng Li's courtyard.

Meng Tianchu: "You and Zheng Baozi should have been neighbors for many years, have you seen his wife and children?" ”

"My wife has seen it. A very honest person, but at that time, Zheng Baozi took money to gamble every day, whether he won or lost, he was drunk outside before going home, and when he came home, he beat his wife, and his wife really couldn't stand his beating and scolding. Then he ran away from home in a fit of rage. ”

Meng Tianchu: "How do you know that Zheng Baozidi's wife ran away from home?" ”

Boss: "It was the day before Zheng Baozi left." She came to talk to my wife, and the relationship between the neighbors is good on weekdays. She cried to my wife and said that she couldn't get along with Zheng Baozi anymore, and she wanted to go back to her parents' house, and my wife also comforted her, and that night, there was a lot of trouble at home, and we didn't dare to persuade them, anyway, they often did this, and the next day I heard Zheng Baozi say that his wife was gone. ”

Meng Tianchu: "What about the child?" ”

Boss: "Speaking of this matter, it's really a sin, that woman is already pregnant with Liujia and is about to give birth, and before leaving, I discussed with my wife that she wanted her to help deliver the baby, you see this woman said to leave, I don't know if it's okay now." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Then do you see that Zheng Baozi has a lot of people coming and going in and out of the house on weekdays?" ”

The boss shook his head and said: "Not much, in the past, I used to accept apprentices, and then those apprentices didn't work long before they left, Zheng Baozi said that it was better to do it alone, and he saved the wages of those apprentices." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What about those apprentices?" ”

Boss: "Then I don't know, but once, he found a little girl, called Lian'er, the girl cried again and ran to my house, saying that Zheng Baozi was a crazy person, didn't dare to do it in their house, said that he was leaving, at that time, my wife and her said a few words, I was busy greeting the guests and didn't listen much, and then the girl really left." ”

Meng Tianchu's heart moved, that Lian'er was probably Wang Wu's daughter, thinking of this, Meng Tianchu said, "Is your wife at home?" ”

Boss: "Yes." After saying that, he shouted into the room, and soon a fat woman with a kind face, about the same age as the boss, had a ruddy complexion, and also smiled.

Meng Tianchu stepped forward and said, "Do you remember what Lian'er next door said to you that day?" ”

The fat woman thought for a while and said, "Is that the Lian'er who works in Zheng Baozi's house?" ”

Meng Tianchu nodded yes.

"I don't remember very clearly, that day she ran to the house and asked me to borrow some money to go home, I just saw her, I met and said hello on weekdays, and I was not very familiar, she asked me to borrow money, I naturally didn't dare to borrow, she stretched out her arm, rolled up her sleeves to show me, I saw some strangulation marks on my arm, she said that Zheng Baozi was drunk and tied her to the bed, beat her and bullied her. I naturally don't believe it, Zheng Baozi likes to drink, we all know it, but his person is very good, and he won't do that kind of indiscriminate thing, I'm worried that the girl said this on purpose and wanted to cheat money from me, so I comforted her a few words and sent her away. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Did that Lian'er say anything else to you?" ”

The fat woman thought for a moment and shook her head. suddenly said: "By the way, what else do you say Zheng Baozi is a madman." What else do you say there are mechanisms and secret passages in the house, I think that girl is crazy. ”

Meng Tianchu listened to it and remembered them one by one, and said, "Then Zheng Baozi chops the stuffing and wraps the buns every night, doesn't it affect your rest?" ”

The fat woman said: "He was very careful, for fear of disturbing our rest, so the voice was very small, and we never heard it." ”

Say goodbye to the owner of the tailor's shop. Meng Tianchu and the others walked out, and Chai Meng said, "My lord, do we still want to continue to ask?" ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head and said, "It's a pity that Lian'er is dead, otherwise she should have seen that secret passage, I think the reason why these neighbors didn't hear Zheng Baozi chopping meat in the middle of the night is probably because all the activities of that Zheng Baozi are related to that secret passage, so the truth of the matter is behind that iron gate." ”

Chai Meng: "Since the key lies in the iron gate, let's break open it first." ”

Meng Tianchu: "No. First, this iron gate should not be able to break open the ground, and second, since Lian'er said that there is a mechanism, I am worried that if we really come hard, will it hurt our own brothers. ”

Dragon Slayer: "My lord said that the earth is, so what should we do next?" ”

Meng Tianchu sat on a bench in the courtyard and thought for a long time, everyone stood aside and didn't dare to say anything, after a while, Meng Tianchu got up and said, "It's really not good." We led the serpent out of the hole. ”

Chai Meng: "What do you mean, my lord..."

Meng Tianchu: "We still don't know what kind of people Zheng Baozi has a penchant for, but there is one point, judging from the situation of Feiyan today, Zheng Baozi's lust is absolute. ”

Chai Meng: "You mean to find a woman to seduce Zheng Baozi, and then let him rape and then kill that woman?" ”

Dragon Slayer: "Where can I find such bait?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "You don't have to rape first and then kill. Then I don't think anyone wants to come. ”

Chai Meng: "Such a dangerous thing. Who would dare to do that? And that Zheng Baozi should not only have great strength, just now I found a long knife and a seven-star hammer in his room. He should know how to do some kung fu. ”

Meng Tianchu: "This matter should be done as soon as possible, or today, tomorrow he will know, first, we went to the neighbors to ask, and secondly, so many of us shuttled in and out of his house, and the neighbors also saw it, and the most annoying thing is that the big flower is no longer in the manure tank, and he will be alert." ”

Chai Meng: "Why don't I disguise myself as a man?" ”

Slaying Long smiled and said, "Where is there a girl like you who is five big and three thick?" ”

Meng Tianchu also smiled and said, "The most important thing is that he already knows you, we have to find a fresh face to make him defenseless." ”

Dragon Slayer: "So, this girl must not only be beautiful, but also be able to do kung fu." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded and said, "It's hard to find such a person." ”

Everyone was silent, and after a while, Meng Tianchu said, "Let's go back first." ”

Meng Tianchu and others returned to the Governor's Mansion, Meng Tianchu went straight to Xiaonuodi's room first, and the maid at the door whispered that the young lady was still asleep, Meng Tianchu turned around and prepared to go back to the East Courtyard, and when he entered the corridor, he saw a woman in a white dress passing through the corridor, Meng Tianchu knew who this person was, so he opened his mouth and called her.

Genius is bright, the old street in the west of the city is still very quiet, occasionally you can see one or two stars twinkling in the sky, a figure staggered from west to east, walked in front of a shop, the figure stood, first looked around, muttered something in his mouth, and then took out a bunch of keys from under his waist, groped for the door to open the door, suddenly, something under his feet tripped the figure, the figure groaned, and scolded loudly: "Damn, who is lying at the door of Lao Tzu, don't you want to live?" ”

This person is none other than Zheng Baozi.

He looked down, and saw a ragged man shudder and shrink into a corner, looking at him timidly, he rushed forward, and was about to stretch out his hand, when suddenly the man spoke, and when he heard that it was a woman, and his voice was crisp and soft. "Please don't hit me. I'm just tired, I can't walk anymore, I want to rest here, I'll leave immediately, don't hit me, please. ”

Zheng Li saw the man stand up and smiled gratefully at himself, this smile doesn't matter, Zheng Li is in the dark. The man was in the light, and he could see the ground quite clearly. Just that watery pair of big eyes, at first glance it looks good, although it is unkempt, but Zheng Li is still happy in his heart, and quickly stretched out his big hand to stop the man, the man was stopped by Zheng Li, startled. Looking at Zheng Li with a look of fear, Zheng Li quickly showed an amiable look, and said as softly as possible: "Don't be afraid, girl, where are you from, why did you come to my door and lie down?" ”

"The little woman's name is Sanmei, she originally went to Renhe County to join her relatives, who wants her relatives to move, I have been looking for two days, I am really tired and hungry. That's why..., I'm sorry, big brother. ”

Zheng Li knew it in his heart, since it was sent to the door, he had no reason not to, and besides, it was so beautiful, where would he be willing to let her go. Thinking of this, Zheng Li pretended to be pitiful. said: "That's it, it's really pitiful, if you don't dislike it, just rest here with the eldest brother and drink some water." ”

The woman listened. I thought about it first. Later, he nodded and said, "But I don't have any money on me, big brother." I..."

Zheng Li opened his mouth and looked around, and said: "Don't be afraid, eldest brother is not a person who takes advantage of people's danger to fall into the well, you are rested, go to your relatives." ”

"Big brother, you're such a good person."

Zheng Li welcomed the third sister's woman into the house, and then poked his head out to look at both sides of the street, and found that there was no one, so he carefully closed the door, and did not forget to hang a wooden sign on the door, which read: The owner is happy, and the business will be closed for three days.

Zheng Li brought washing water to the woman, let the woman wash her face, he wanted to see how good-looking this woman was, sure enough, after the woman washed her face, she smiled shyly at Zheng Liwan, Zheng Li's soul flew to the sky, and the woman in front of him saw that she was delicate and beautiful, and her complexion was shining, she was really a beautiful beauty. The age is about to be in his early twenties, his body is graceful, although he is wrapped in a wide coarse linen clothes, he still can't hide his slender and graceful state, especially those eyes, as if they are three points delicate, seven points charming, looking at you movingly, making you lose your soul.

Zheng Li turned around and swallowed hard, this woman was the most bewitching woman she had ever seen, he had completely forgotten that he was lying next to another woman two hours ago, and now his eyes and mind were full of this woman with the same name as his wife.

"Three... Third sister, I'll get you some food, you can sit here and drink some water first. ”

"Giggles..."The third sister covered her mouth and laughed, Zheng Li was puzzled, and said, "Third sister, what are you laughing at?" ”

"I found that my eldest brother was a little embarrassed when he looked at me, do you have no wife?"

Zheng Li saw that the third sister had relaxed her vigilance against herself, so she also smiled and said, "Yes, your eldest brother is poor, and no one wants to marry the eldest brother." ”

The third sister stepped forward, approached Zheng Li, and looked carefully, Zheng Li was a little unnatural, this was the first time she was unnatural in the face of a woman like this, and she felt that her heart was pounding.

"Third sister, what are you looking at?"

"I see that my eldest brother is not growing well, why is there no woman willing to marry you?"

Zheng Li smiled and said, "Okay, I'll cook for you, you wait." ”

"Why don't the third sister and the eldest brother go together."

Zheng Li was naturally anxious, nodded with a smile, the two of them walked out of the yard, and the third sister pointed to the osmanthus tree in the yard and said, "I like osmanthus the most." ”

Zheng Li: "Me too. ”

Third sister: "When will I make osmanthus cake for my eldest brother to eat, okay?" ”

Zheng Li's heart moved, feeling that this third sister seemed to have known him for many years, and he didn't feel unfamiliar, so he said: "When you find your relatives, you will forget your eldest brother." ”

The third sister hurriedly shook her head and said, "How come?" The eldest brother is the savior of the third sister, and the third sister will never forget the eldest brother for the rest of her life. ”

After hearing this, Zheng Li's heart warmed, and said, "Third sister, what about your man?" Why didn't I come with you? ”

The third sister smiled embarrassedly and said, "It's dead, two years ago, when I went up the mountain to pick my leaves, I fell off the cliff in heavy rain and died." ”

When Zheng Li heard this, he immediately took pity on this woman and said, "What about the child? ”

The third sister sighed and said: "My in-laws can't tolerate me, saying that I am Kefu and kicked me out of the house, and my son won't let me take it away, I don't have the face to go back to my mother's house, so I have to go to my relatives, who wants to..."

Zheng Li looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and couldn't help but feel sorry for her, and said: "If the sister doesn't dislike it, just live here with my brother first, my name is Zheng Li, everyone calls me Zheng Baozi, you live here with peace of mind, when you find relatives, when you leave again, I will never drive you." ”