Tianchu took Zuo Jiayin and Li Linjing to drive to the door of Murong Zhenxue's house and helped Zuo Jiayin out of the car, and then asked Li Linjing to take some nourishing leaves brought from home in the car, and the three of them stood at the gate of the courtyard of Murong Zhenxue's house, although it was a courtyard, it was just a few waist-high thorn branches and the like, the yard was uneven, there were some shabby dustpans, benches or something, the house was a mud embryo house, and the roof was covered with straw, which was really simple.

Murong Yuxue was a little anxious, and when she heard the sound of the carriage, she hurriedly walked out, stepped forward to support Zuo Jiayin, and said, "I'm really embarrassed to let my sister run away personally." ”

Zuo Jiayin held Murong Zhenxue's hand, although the little hand was white, but a layer of calluses could be felt in the palm, it seemed that there was no less work to be done at home on weekdays. I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now I know that my husband may accept her as a concubine, so I looked her up and down carefully, and saw that her face was like a peach blossom, her figure was graceful, and she was really beautiful and dignified, she nodded secretly in her heart, and said softly: "What are you doing with me, let's go see your mother first." ”

Entering the house, Zuo Jiayin and Meng Tianchu were even more surprised, there were only three houses inside, one was a kitchen at a glance, and two very small rooms, but there were seven people living in three generations, which was really unimaginably poor.

Meng Tianchu has never come to Murong Zhenxue's house, although he has mentioned it a few times, but Murong Zhenxue has never agreed, it seems that he is worried about Meng Tianchu's jokes.

Both rooms felt like they were almost full of beds, and there were two beds in one of them as soon as you entered. There were two women lying on the bed, one was older, it should be Murong Zhenxue's grandmother, and the other was rolling in pain on the bed, Zuo Jiayin thought that it was probably Murong Zhenxue's mother, so he walked forward quickly. motioned for her to be quiet, then took her pulse, looked at her tongue and eyes, then nodded, stood up, and said, "Don't worry, it's not in the way." ”

Murong Xue said: "But my mother, she has been rolling on the bed in pain." ”

Zuo Jiayin walked to the only small wooden table in the house and sat down, and said, "Did you eat something unclean or spoiled?" If you have a stomach problem, it will be like this, I will prescribe her a sub-hair, just for a day. ”

Murong Zhenxue let out a long sigh of relief when she heard Zuo Jiayin say this, then turned around and walked to the bed, and said, "Mother, did you ask your little brother to secretly cook a hot meal for you last night?" ”

The woman gasped and nodded.

Murong Yuxue hurriedly said: "Mother~!" Those meals are rancid! It's for pigs! ”

"I think... It's still delicious, it's a pity..."

Meng Tianchu saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. I was very sad, the woman I loved, was living such an embarrassing life now, and I didn't know it, he walked to Murong Zhenxue's side and said, "Jiayin and I brought some nourishing things to your mother and grandmother." You remember to stew them to eat, and in addition, I brought you some fresh vegetables and fruits that Xue'er brought from the village a few days ago, and we couldn't eat them all, so we got some for you. ”

Murong Zhenxue blushed and said, "I'm really sorry to let the master bother again, I always cause trouble for you and Sister Jiayin." ”

Zuo Jiayin gave the prescription to Li Linjing. asked her to get it, Murong Yuxue stepped forward and hurriedly said, "Let me get it." ”

Li Linjing had already gone out, Zuo Jiayin took Murong Zhenxue's hand and said, "You are gone." Who will take care of your mother? By the way, what about the rest of the family? ”

"Dad took his two younger brothers to buy groceries."

"It's really difficult for you, it's really not easy for you to provide a home by yourself, if you need anything in the future, just tell me or the young master, you're welcome."

Murong Zhenxue nodded gratefully, at this time, Wang Yi walked in, and after greeting everyone, he said to Meng Tianchu: "Master, Zhuge Xin is here, saying that he has something to look for you, and now he is in the Yamen, as if he is in a hurry." ”

Zuo Jiayin saw Meng Tianchu's expression and knew that he was not at ease here, so he said, "Isn't there still me?" Go ahead and get busy with yours. ”

Meng Tianchu looked at Murong Zhenxue, then looked at Zuo Jiayin, and said to Zuo Jiayin: "Then I'll go, you be careful, you must be Li Linjing to support you when you walk and get into the carriage." ”

"Go, I'm not that expensive, I'll talk to Sister Xue here for a while."

Meng Tianchu nodded, then turned around and left with Wang Yi.

Back in the back hall of the yamen, Meng Tianchu saw Zhuge Xin and a middle-aged man standing on the corridor of the entrance hall, after not seeing him for a few days, Zhuge Xin seemed to have lost some weight.

Seeing that Meng Tianchu was back, Zhuge Xin hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, and the middle-aged man also followed.

Meng Tianchu said: "What is Master Zhuge looking for me, so anxious?" ”

Zhuge Xin hurriedly pointed to the man next to him and said, "Master Meng, this is Zilin's father." ”

Meng Tianchu understood, he was going to find Zhuge Xin early in the morning, but he didn't expect that he would find it himself, and he actually brought the father of the deceased. He looked up and down the man in front of him, of medium stature, burly build, with a sloppy face, and a long scar on his forehead, from his forehead to the right side of his left eye, just in the middle of the bridge of his nose, looking like a centipede crawling on it, looking a little infiltrating. Dressed up, it looks like a runaway.

The man gave Meng Tianchu a fist salute and said, "Under Ruan Qi." Today, I am here to disturb Master Meng for the little girl's affairs. ”

It can be seen from his gloomy face that Meng Tianchu thinks that he should know everything, and it is no wonder that his woman has not heard from him for a few days, and he, who is a father, will naturally come to the door.

Zhuge Xin swallowed his saliva with difficulty and said, "Zilin's father knows everything, he came to bring Zilin's body back." ”

Meng Tianchu looked at the man and said to Zhuge Xin, "Does your wife also know?" ”

Zhuge Xin shook his head and said, "Uncle Ruan is a good person, when he found my house, he only said that he was running the dock and asked me for wages. ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but have a good impression of this man. Although he is the owner of a drama troupe, he has seen the world in the rivers and lakes, and it seems that after learning that his daughter had an accident, he was not embarrassed for Zhuge Xin, which is already very rare.

Ruan Qidao: "Fang Cai."

When Master Ge was waiting for the master here, he had already heard him tell me about this case, and asked me ambiguously, when will the murderer be found in the little girl's case? I've also heard what kind of ghost kills people, it's really ***, where is there a ghost in this world. ”

After all, he is a rough man, and he has already brought dirty words after only a few words, but his words still make sense, which Meng Tianchu agrees.

Meng Tianchu said: "I naturally don't believe that there are ghosts in this world. I will try my best to investigate the case, but time cannot give you an accurate date. ”

Meng Tianchu welcomed the two of them to the back hall, and the servants came up and poured tea. Meng Tianchu showed the iron box he had picked up in the mansion to Zilin's father, and said, "Do you recognize this thing?" ”

Ruan Qi took it and looked at it, frowned slightly when he saw the pattern on the box, and after opening the box, he said: "Inside this box is oil paint, which is used for makeup when the troupe sings, but this box is wrong, who uses such vulgar things to put oil paint." It's a shame. ”

I can't see that this man is still upright, if this box is really related to Zilin, he may be really angry.

Meng Tianchu said: "I just want to ask, have you ever seen this box?" ”

Ruan Qi shook his head and said, "What kind of broken thing is this, it doesn't look like a serious person at first glance." After saying that, he looked disdainful.

Meng Tianchu said: "In front of Master Zhuge . I shouldn't have asked, but in order to find the murderer of your little girl as soon as possible, I still take the liberty of asking, before Master Zhuge and your daughter get along..., I mean——, does she have a partner who has a better relationship? ”

Meng Tianchu didn't know how to express it, he knew that the innocence of his daughter's family in ancient times was more important than anything else. eloped with a man before getting married, which had already made this father lose face, and then asked his daughter if there was any other man besides Zhuge Xin, Meng Tianchu was afraid that this upright man would be angry.

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Zilin's father's face really changed. His hand tightly grasped the armrest of the chair, as if he was going to crush the armrest, his face was also flushed, and after a while, he said: "Lin'er is my habit, there is no mother at the age of four, and she has been running around with me, without the appearance of a girl's family, and never being a female celebrity or anything, I think she has no mother since she was a child, so I blindly accommodate her, if not, she will not have officially passed the door, and ran with the man." ”

Meng Tianchu knew that Zilin's father must still have something to say, so he didn't rush him.

Zilin's father turned his head and stared at Zhuge Xin, and said: "I'm not saying that Master Zhuge is bad, if he is really bad, I won't just give up, the reason why I didn't embarrass him is because I believe that he won't kill my Zilin, although he already has a family, and the age is far from my Zilin, but my daughter identified him, and I also recognized it, thinking that my Zilin had found a good home, but I didn't expect..."

It seems that Zilin's father is still a sincere person, although he didn't say the most critical point, that is, he also found that the troupe is an inferior person in the rivers and lakes, running around all day long, and has no fixed place, although Zhuge Xin has a family and a room, but after all, he has money, and he can give Zilin a stable environment to live, as a father, he thinks so, and it is naturally reasonable.

Zilin's father subconsciously picked up the teacup, then put it down again, and continued: "Zilin has been growing up in the troupe, and her personality is similar to that of a male doll, on weekdays, she and her senior brother have the best relationship, because her senior brother Lin Zhiping is six years older than her, and the relationship between the two has always been good, if it weren't for the appearance of Master Zhuge , I would still be ready to wait until Lin'er was eighteen years old to marry her senior brother, anyway, they are all people who know the roots, I can rest assured, who knows." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Does the senior brother of Zilin know that Zilin has an accident?" ”

Zilin's father said: "I don't know if he knows, I didn't actually want to find Zilin on this trip, because I knew that she came to Zhuge here, the purpose of my coming out was to find Zhiping, the day Zilin left, he also left the troupe, I watched this child grow up since I was a child, I know too well, the day before Zilin left, he and Zilin had a big fight, the next day Zilin left, he also left, I was worried that something would happen to him, so I came out to find it." ”

Meng Tianchu's heart moved, and said, "Then have you found him?" ”

"No, I thought he would come to Renhe County to find Zilin, but I asked the inns here and said that I hadn't seen this person, so I thought he probably went home."

Meng Tianchu asked tightly: "Then Lin Zhiping doesn't have any other people in Renhe County?" Where is his home? ”

"In the past, we came to this place to perform two or three plays, he was withdrawn by nature, and generally only socialized with the people in the troupe, and when there was no drama on weekdays, he just stayed in the troupe, and he was a very honest child. As for his home, I don't remember the specific place, it seems to be in a village in Qiantang County, because it has been almost 20 years since he joined my troupe, and I really can't remember. ”

Meng Tianchu looked at the oil paint box on the table and said, "What kind of subject is your eldest apprentice singing in the troupe?" ”

"Our troupe is not big, and generally a person must know at least two subjects, but he mainly trains martial arts."

Meng Tianchu's heart moved, and he remembered something, but he didn't know very well. He asked, "The world is so big, where do you go to find him?" ”

"yes, I don't have an idea!" Zilin's father sighed.

"Otherwise, I'll ask you to help you draw his portrait and post it everywhere to see if anyone knows his whereabouts."

"Okay, thank you so much, master."

Immediately, Meng Tianchu called the painter of the Yamen, and according to Zilin's father's appearance, he drew a portrait of Lin Zhiping, and then engraved a number of them, and handed them to him to post to find people.

After sending away Zhuge Xin and Zilin's father, Meng Tianchu instructed the guards of the East Factory of his house to call Chen Xingpeng, the head of the East Factory of Hangzhou Jinyi Wei Baihu, and handed over the portrait of Lin Zhiping to him, asking him to arrange sea fishing and be sure to capture this life alive.