Meng Tianchu took Xiaonuo, Jian Ning, Tu Long, and a few servants to the village where Yuqin and Yuming lived, Yun Village.

Meng Tianchu has always felt that things are strange, Osmanthus said that he had seen Xu Hai after Yuqin entered the Meng family, but Chai Meng said that Xu Hai had died two years ago, whether Xu Hai was alive or dead, this was a mystery that Meng Tianchu was eager to solve.

Meng Tianchu didn't ask Yuqin, worried about startling the snake, but I heard Xia Fengyi and Lin Ruofan say that although this Yuming has no ears and is humble and careful, he is also very shrewd, and he is very good at dealing with people, Yin Susu went to the cottage and has not come back yet, I don't know if the situation with the ears over there is good or not.

After a light rain, the air seemed very fresh, Xiao Nuo went out of the house like a child and jumped all the way, where is like a married person, Xiao Wei's mental condition has been much better recently, anyway, Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin knew that she was pretending to be crazy and stupid, nothing more than wanting to hide people's eyes, worried that the emperor's eyeliner would know, and send herself back to the capital, but Xiao Nuo still didn't know, Meng Tianchu didn't tell her, worried that her personality would be extraneous, and when she went out, she said that she was going to take Xiao Wei, But Xiao Nuo resolutely disagreed, saying that Xiao Wei came out to make trouble, Meng Tianchu thought about it, it was right, don't let too many people know that Xiao Wei has woken up for the time being, even if she knows that she has woken up, she often appears in front of people, there are always people with clear eyes, in case it is found that Xiao Wei is pretending, it will be difficult to do, so he put Xiao Wei in Zuo Jiayin's place for an excuse, anyway, Xiao Wei and Zuo Jiayin have always had a good relationship, so they didn't follow.

Because this village is under the jurisdiction of Renhe County, Cai Zhao knew that he was going to Yun Village in order to pat Meng Tianchu's sycophants, and had already asked the village Li Zheng and the patriarch to wait at the entrance of the village in advance. As soon as Meng Tianchu and the others arrived, they saw more than a dozen people rushing towards their carriage.

Jian Ning lifted the curtain, looked at it, and said, "Tianchu, this village entrance is full of lotus ponds, so beautiful lotus flowers." ”

Xiaonuo leaned over to look at it too. "Let's go, Sister Ning'er." Let's go find lotus roots to eat. ”

Meng Tianchu gently patted Xiaonuo's tight ass and said, "Just know how to eat!" ”

Xiaonuo playfully stuck out her tongue and retracted her head, and everyone got out of the car, and a man in his forties stepped forward. Bow to Meng Tianchu.

"Patrol the adult, the small one is Yuncun Dilizheng, called Xu Lin."

Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "I've kept you waiting." ”

Xu Lin: "Your Excellency is polite. Hurry up to the village, please, drink some water first. ”

The people around Xu Lin gave Meng Tianchu a salute one by one, and Meng Tianchu: "Okay." You're welcome, let's talk as we go. ”

Meng Tianchu: "How long have Yuqin lived with you in Yuncun?" ”

Xu Lin: "Your Excellency is here for the affairs of Yuqindi?" ”

Meng Tianchu asked rhetorically: "What's the matter with Yuqin?" ”

Xu Lin smiled and said, "Oh, I thought that the adults were here for the matter of Yuqin and Xu Hai, it seems that they are too small." ”

Meng Tianchu took the opportunity to say, "Is there something wrong with them?" ”

Xu Lin laughed twice and said, "No, it's just that Xu Hai's family has been threatening to sue Yuqin and her brother for killing their son." ”

Meng Tianchu sighed, it seems that Xu Hai is really dead, so why did Yuqin lie? Come to think of it. He said, "But why haven't they come to sue me?" ”

Xu Lin shook his head. said: "The little one is not clear, I thought that the adult knew that Xu Hai's family had reported to the official." That's where it came. ”

Meng Tianchu: "That's it, let's go to Xu Hai's house first." ”

Xu Lin: "My lord has been tired all the way, why don't you eat something and rest first?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "No, it's just an hour's journey, and the weather is cool today, so I don't feel tired." ”

Xu Lin turned to the people in the village who came with him and said, "Then you go back first, and I will accompany the adults to Xu Hai's house to have a look." ”

After everyone dispersed, Xu Lin took Meng Tianchu and his party to walk a small road, and came to a large pond, only to see a hut in front of the pond, some vegetables and flowers were planted in front of the hut, and there was a big osmanthus tree at the door.

At this time, a yellow dog outside the door barked loudly, and Xu Lin scolded: "Rhubarb, don't bark." ”

The yellow dog really snorted a few times and stopped barking, but his eyes were still looking at Meng Tianchu and them vigilantly.

Xu Lin called at the door a few times, but there was no response, he thought about it and said, "It's probably because the weather is good today, I went to hoe and work in the field, you wait here, and the little one is called." ”

Meng Tianchu: "No need, let's go together." ”

Xu Lin had no choice but to take Meng Tianchu and them to the back of this hut, Meng Tianchu suddenly saw a very clean tomb, the tomb was carefully built around the mound with a turning head, for a semi-circular shape, a tombstone was erected in front of the tomb, Meng Tianchu stepped forward to take a look, and wrote: Xu Haiwu'er's tomb.

Xu Lin: "Probably this grave has only been hoeed with grass, and you see that the soil has not dried yet, my lord." ”

Meng Tianchu looked around and found that it was a bamboo forest, and there was a small stream flowing in front of the bamboo forest, and the bamboo forest was lush and almost impossible to see outside.

Xu Lin: "Their land is just outside the bamboo forest. ”

Meng Tianchu waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

Walking out of a large bamboo forest, Xiaonuo shouted dissatisfiedly: "If I knew that I wouldn't follow, a lot of mosquitoes are about to bite me to death." And it's still wet, and my shoes are wet. ”

Xu Lin looked at Xiao Nuo, Meng Tianchu said with a smile: "This is my fifth lady" and then pointed to Jian Ning and said: "This is my seventh lady, one of them helps me do some chores on the spot, and the other helps me deal with some official documents." ”

Xu Lin couldn't help but look at Xiao Nuo and Jian Ning with admiration, and said, "The two ladies of the adults are really not allowed to shave their eyebrows." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled slightly and said, "What, but walking into a bamboo forest has already been shouted." ”

Xu Lin immediately said: "The more lush the bamboo forest, the more mosquitoes, which is natural. And this bamboo forest is overgrown with weeds on weekdays. There are also many snakes and insects, and people in the village generally do not go from here. ”

Jian Ning: "Master Zheng, why should we go from here, what if we are bitten by a snake?" ”

Xiaonuo was most afraid of snakes, and immediately shouted, "Oh my God." There won't be snakes, will they? ”

Xu Lin hurriedly said: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way." Didn't you see that there was realgar wine in front of the grave just now? The snake is most afraid of this thing, and it will not come out at this time. ”

Xiao Nuo was a little embarrassed and said, "Hehe, but the scenery here is really beautiful." ”

At this time, seeing three or two people bending over to work in the field not far away, Xu Lin shouted loudly: "Xu Hai, his father." ”

A man about Xu Lin's age raised his body and looked at Meng Tianchu and them. Then he turned and said something to the other two, put down the hoe in his hand, and walked over.

After approaching. Meng Tianchu found that this man was actually very handsome, although he was nearly middle-aged, he could still vaguely see his heroic appearance when he was young.

Xu Lin hurriedly introduced: "Xu Hai's father." This is the Inspector from the state capital, Lord Meng, this time specifically for Xu Haiti. ”

When the man heard this, he also forgot to give Meng Tianchu a salute, and first turned around and shouted to the two people working in the field: "Xu Hai, damn it, it's the big official in the yamen who is here, you guys hurry up." ”

When the two people heard this, they quickly packed up their things and ran over, and Meng Tianchu saw that Xu Hai's mother was also beautiful. Thinking about it, Xu Hai should also be a good-looking young man.

Xu Lin pointed to another person. Said: "This is the villagers of our village, since Xu Hai died. The villagers in our village often come over to help them with some work. ”

Man: "My lord, have you already found out that my Hai'er was killed by that vicious woman?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "Which vicious woman?" ”

The woman said: "Naturally, it was that Yuqin, our family really looked away, and I actually believed that she was a kind-hearted woman, I didn't expect it, hum, it's really shameless, don't say that kind of embarrassing thing, and harm our family's Hai'er, oh my God, it's really intolerable!" ”

Xu Lin saw that it was going to rain again, so he said, "My lord, since Xu Hai's father and mother have been found, why don't we go to my house and sit down and talk slowly?" ”

Meng Tianchu looked up and had no choice but to do this first, so he nodded.

Everyone talked as they walked.

Meng Tianchu: "Since you suspect that your son is not suffering from the plague, why don't you come to report to the official?" ”

The man peeked at Xu Lin, Xu Lin: "What do you want to say, what do you think I do?" ”

The man whispered, "We are poor and have no money to fight a lawsuit." ”

Meng Tianchu saw that the man was very honest, so he said: "Who said that you need money for a lawsuit?" ”

The man immediately said: "It is said that the yamen is open, and there is no reason to come in without money." Besides, since that Yuqin entered the city and became a maid, I heard that she had made a lot of money, and threatened that not only would we not be able to avenge our son's grievances, but we would also be beaten to death by the people of the yamen in the hall. ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but feel sour when he heard this, and said: "Actually, I can't do it, if you have a grievance, you have to redress it, so that your son will rest in peace under the Nine Springs." ”

The man said angrily: "As the saying goes, people are watching the sky, even if we don't sue that woman, that woman will have evil retribution." ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while and said, "How do you know that Yuqin hurt your son?" ”

Mrs. said on the side: "I will always remember that Hai'er died the day before and Yuqin's younger brother had a fight, it was in our bamboo forest, and then Hai'er came home, saying that a jade pendant that Yuqin gave him was missing, and he had to go back to the bamboo forest to find it, at that time I remembered that it rained very heavily that day, or I accompanied him to look for it, but I didn't find it for a long time, he also suspected that Yuqin's younger brother Yuming snatched it for him, and said that he would go to Yuming the next day to ask, who thinks, at night he said that his head hurts, and his stomach hurts, Hai'er's father and I went to find Langzhong, who thought that Langzhong hadn't found it yet, and our Hai'er would..."

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but shed tears when he saw the woman talking about sadness, and it was sad to look at it, so he diverted the topic. said: "Then your Xu Hai should like Yuqin very much." ”

The man sighed, and at this time, there was a sudden muffled thunder in the sky, Xiao Nuo was so frightened that he screamed in a low voice, and the man pointed to the sky and said, "That woman will be hit by five thunders one day, and she will not be able to die." Our family Hai'er has always had a deep affection for her. She actually did something with her brother that was intolerable, it was really..."

The man couldn't go on angrily. Meng Tianchu said: "Then did you let Lang Zhong see what your son died for?" ”

Man: "At that time, we took Lang Zhong home, Hai'er was lying on the bed and had no breath, Lang Zhong looked at it, and only said that my son was dead. ”

Meng Tianchu: "Is that Lang Zhong in your village?" ”

Man: "Yes." Those who are here are the people of our village. ”

Xu Lin: "My lord, there is only one Langzhong in our village. I'm going to call you? ”

Meng Tianchu nodded, and Xu Lin called a villager who passed by and asked him to call Lang Zhong. Then he took Meng Tianchu into a small mansion, needless to say, this should be Lizhengdi's house.

After sitting down, Meng Tianchu: "Tell me about your son and Yuqin." ”

The man shook his head sadly and said, "My lord, what else is there to say?" The people were dead, and the woman had absconded in fear. ”

Xu Lin: "Xu Hai's father, since the adults asked you, you can talk about it again." Adults are also for the good of your family. ”

Woman: "Daddy." I'll tell you better. ”

The man nodded.

Woman: "Our two families have always had a good relationship, and Yuqin's mother took Yuqin to remarry in our village at that time." At that time, Yuming's father took Yuming, our two families were neighbors, and they helped each other on weekdays, and the relationship between the children of the two families was good, and then we also hoped that our son could be good with Yuqin, and the two children were also happy at that time. ”

Meng Tianchu: "What about later?" ”

Woman: "Later, I don't know why, that is, after Yuming's father died, Yuqin suddenly said that it was to dissolve the marriage contract between the two families, at that time I also went to find Yuqin's mother, who knew that her mother just didn't see me, and then I found a stool to sit at the door of their house, her mother had no way to come out, and I was compensated for it, saying that their Yuqin was not worthy of our Xu Hai, I was really angry at the time, and said that they would compensate us for the bride price, etc., and her mother also agreed, only said that we should slow down a little longer, After the New Year, we will make it up. ”

Meng Tianchu: "How much is the bride price?" ”

Woman: "Where do we poor families have a lot of bride money, but on weekdays we often make some clothes for Yuqin for them, or buy them some food, and after doing the math, let them give five taels of silver." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Five taels of silver is a lot." ”

The woman sighed and said, "I know, but I just can't be angry, especially when I see Hai'er so lost and depressed, his father and I are even more heartbroken, so I gave them this problem, saying that if they can't hand over the money after the New Year, they must get married, or they will sue their family to the patriarch and Lizheng." ”

Meng Tianchu: "What about later?" ”

Woman: "In the spring of the next year, who would have thought that suddenly there was a plague in the village, and many people died because of this, and their family also excused themselves by saying that they didn't have so much money for us to give us some more time, so I discussed it with his father, and we were also soft-hearted, so we agreed, but... They still did not spare our son, and they killed him. ”

Meng Tianchu: "You are sure that Yuqin and her brother killed your son, do you have any evidence?" ”

The woman said indignantly: "My lord, the two of them have done such a reckless thing, and they will be immersed in a pig cage in our village, and our family has repeatedly urged them to repay the money, but they can't give it, and they are worried that we will report their affairs to the patriarch, and will not kill our son?" ”

Meng Tianchu: "You said that it was unethical for their sister and brother to sit down, did you see it with your own eyes, or did you listen to what others said?" ”

The woman paused and said, "I heard from others." ”

Meng Tianchu: "Who said the ground?" ”

Woman: "Our son." ”

"You mean that your son told you about Yuqin and Yuming?"

"Yes"

"What did he tell you?"

"I... I forgot, but my lord, our family Hai'er won't lie, those embarrassing things, what do I remember to do? ”

At this time, a villager stood outside the door, Xu Lin let the person in, and then said to Meng Tianchu: "Lord Patrol, this is Li Langzhong from our village." ”

Li Langzhong hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute Meng Tianchu, Meng Tianchu motioned for the other party to get up, and then asked, "You probably know what we are looking for you." ”

"The grass people know."

"Then do you remember the situation when Xu Hai died?"

"Yes."

"It's been two years, how do you remember?"

"My lord, our village is not big, not to mention that people die every year, although it was a plague that year, and some people died, but later the disease was controlled in time, besides, Xu Hai didn't die of the plague, so I remember."

"You don't seem to be from this village?"

"No, it's from a neighboring county, and I'm here."

"Then you should have been in Cloud Village for many years."

"More than ten years."

"Then you should be familiar with the people in Yun Village."

"Yes."

"Well, tell me what you saw at the time." It rained a lot that day, when Xu Hai's father and mother came to look for me, I had already fallen asleep, I heard someone knocking on the door, and when I went out, I saw that it was them, they said that Xu Hai suddenly had pain all over his body, and I thought it was a plague infection, so I hurriedly followed, who wanted to enter the door, only to see that Xu Hai was dead. ”

"How can you be sure it's not the plague?"

"The plague was not a symptom of Xu Hai at that time, the plague people bled after death, some of them also emitted a foul smell, and there were red rashes on their bodies, but Xu Hai did not have these symptoms except for some scars on his body."

Meng Tianchu: "Where do you see Xu Hai's scars?" ”

"There are chests, back, and heads, and I touched the head and there was a lump, at that time Xu Hai's mother said that Xu Hai kept saying that he had a headache, and I think it was probably caused by the lump on his head."

Meng Tianchu said to Xu Hai's mother: "When you found that Xu Hai was uncomfortable, what other symptoms did Xu Hai have?" ”

"He only said that his whole body hurts, especially his head and stomach, and we thought it was the plague at first, so we hurried to find Li Langzhong to take a look."

Meng Tianchu: "You said that Yuqin gave Xu Hai a jade pendant, did you find it later?" ”

The woman said disdainfully: "What kind of Laoshzi, our son is gone, where are we still in the mood to find any jade pendant?" ”

Meng Tianchu said to the few officials behind him: "You guys go to the bamboo forest we went to just now and carefully look for me to see if there is this jade pendant." ”