Tian Chu said: "What about those people now? Did you specifically ask about some of the deaths? ”

Wang Yi said: "I asked, those people have gone back now, and most of the situations they said are similar to what you said, Master." is also in his early thirties, saying that this village was not called Yulan Village in the past, but Tianhe Village, and it was because of Yulan that the name was changed to this, and it has not been a few years since it was changed. ”

Meng Tianchu thought it was interesting, a village actually used a woman's name to replace the previous village name, who is this woman. "Who is this woman, and why did the name of this village change to hers?" ”

Wang Yi said excitedly: "Master, you don't know that this village has written to the imperial court to set up a chaste archway for this woman named Yulan." ”

Yes? Meng Tianchu was surprised in his heart,—— the arch of chastity? No way!

This is the first new thing to hear about since ancient times, and in modern society, it is criticized as a typical representative work of feudal society that destroys human nature, especially the cruelty of women. But criticism is criticism, he is still very interested in seeing what is going on with this ancient and modern famous chastity archway at home and abroad.

Since the archway of chastity has been erected, it seems that this woman has a very high status in this village, and those old-fashioned old men have seen it, and if they want to convince them, the woman really doesn't know what kind of woman she is.

Xu Wei was also very excited and said, "Let's go, let's take a look, Xu really wants to meet this woman." ”

Meng Tianchu smiled bitterly, pointed to the portrait and said, "If she is alive." What do we do with a piece of paper? ”

Xu Wei patted his head and said: "Look at me, I actually forgot, then you have to take me to see it, even if you die, let me see the beauty, and write a sacrifice for her with pillar incense." ”

Meng Tianchu leaned over to Xu Wei's ear and whispered a few words, and Xu Wei was greatly surprised when he heard it. Just about to speak. Meng Tianchu gestured with his eyes to the several women present. Xu Wei understood, so he coughed twice and stopped talking.

Wang Yi said: "This woman named Magnolia is a widow, I heard that she married a man named Ye Hu in the same village at the age of thirteen, who would have thought that when she was seventeen years old, her husband was bitten by a snake because he went up the mountain to pick herbs, and died before he got home, and this Magnolia has been widowed since he was seventeen years old." It's been more than ten years. ”

Feiyan asked, "Such a poor person, does she have a child?" ”

Wang Yi said: "There is one, saying that her husband was still pregnant when he died, alas, it is really pitiful, it is really difficult for a person to support a family and a child." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Is there no one else in the family?" ”

Wang Yi said: "It was said that there was a blind mother-in-law before, who was her husband's mother-in-law. Later, her husband died. The mother-in-law is also sick, she is still pregnant with a child, and the family is in debt everywhere to treat her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law died a year later, and the family was also in debt, so you don't have to think about it to know that this woman must have lived a very hard life. ”

Everyone couldn't help sighing, and Xu Wei was even more indignant: "This murderer should be cut with a thousand knives, such a virtuous woman, she actually endured to kill, and also dismantled eight pieces, she really lost her conscience, and the crime should be Ling Chi!" ”

As soon as he heard this, his face changed immediately, and he immediately remembered the bloody head he had seen before, and suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and he only said one sentence: "Husband, you lied to me again..."

A few maids hurriedly helped Wen Wen up, pinched the middle and called loudly.

Meng Tianchu said: "Why is she so dizzy? I usually look pretty well. ”

Zuo Jiayin said: "Young master, you are a man after all, and you are not surprised, you are used to these terrible things and feel that it doesn't matter, the second lady is a daughter's family, and it is natural to be afraid." ”

Seeing that Wen Rou fainted, Wang Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, otherwise, let's go to Yulan Village tomorrow." ”

Meng Tianchu thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's okay, if you go now, it's not easy to find someone to ask, let's go early tomorrow, at that time, the villagers are all working in the fields, so as to find someone." ”

Wang Yi nodded and said, "Then I'll go back first." After taking two steps, he remembered something funny and turned around and said, "In the morning, we brought your monkey with you, master, hehe, master, guess how the monkey reacted after seeing those things." ”

Meng Tianchu asked curiously, "What is the reaction?" ”

The more Wang Yi thought about it, the more funny it became: "That monkey is simply a personal change, like a child, with a frightened appearance, until now he is hiding in the arms of Miss Murong, at first he made Murong ashamed of it, and he couldn't shake it off, but then he saw that the monkey was really afraid, so he simply took the little macaque home, originally I wanted to bring it back to you, the monkey just didn't go with me, when I ate at noon, I saw the meat and vomited, you didn't see it, if you saw it,

Everyone burst out laughing.

After Wang Yi left, Xu Wei said, "When did you raise another monkey?" ”

Meng Tianchu didn't want to mention Shui Muyan, but this monkey was indeed raised by her, so he said lightly: "It was raised by the water girl before, and when she went, I brought the monkey back." ”

Xu Wei's face changed: "Could it be Mu Yan's monkey who can write?" ”

Meng Tianchu was surprised when he heard it: "This monkey can write?" I wondered if Shui Muyan was too powerful, and he actually taught the monkey to write.

Xu Wei slumped weakly on the chair, and after a while, he said quietly: "When I saw her last year, the monkey could write..., the macaque has a name, don't you know?" ”

Meng Tianchu shook his head, the person Shui Muyan knew before his death was not himself, so it was normal not to know.

Xu Wei sighed and said, "It's called Wan'er." ”

Meng Tianchu couldn't help but almost laugh out loud: how could you give a beast such a nice and graceful name.

Xu Wei was full of sadness: "This little macaque is a female monkey, Mu Yan trained it very cleanly, and every move looked very elegant, so Mu Yan gave it this name." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "You said that the monkey can also write?" ”

Xu Wei said: "I have seen the land, although the writing is really ugly. But after all, it's a brute, it's already rare, and some simple words can't be difficult for that monkey. ”

Meng Tianchu nodded, it seems that this monkey still has a lot of things that he doesn't know, when to test it well.

Xia Fengyi said: "It's getting late, let's go back, Jiayin can't sit like this all the time." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded and said, "It seems that Brother Xu's painting will have to wait until next time." ”

Xu Wei said with a smile:

Is there another excuse to drink? ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Hehe." You're still short of wine to drink? But. Someone is willing to drink with me. I like it the most, besides, why do you want to find a reason for Xu Junshi to come to drink, the door of the Meng family has always been open for Brother Xu, and Meng is welcome to come at any time,"

Xu Wei patted Meng Tianchu on the shoulder. said: "With your words, I, Xu Wei, want to come to the wine and drink from all over the place." ”

Both of them laughed at the same time.

Following

Meng Tianchu and the others returned to Yulan Village again.

The sun had just come out, and the fields were already full of villagers working, and everyone saw that many people had come to the yamen, and they all watched curiously. An old man muttered, "Didn't they come yesterday?" Why is it here again today? ”

Meng Tianchu overheard it, and felt strange in his heart, as if no one knew that there were dead people in the village.

Wang Yi asked, "Uncle, the magnolia in your village was killed. Don't you know? ”

This sentence suddenly seemed to set off a stormy wave. For a while, the villagers in the fields all stopped their farm work and looked at Wang Yi blankly.

Meng Tianchu was even more strange. Asked: "Yesterday, someone in your village saw the portrait we posted at the city gate, saying that it was the magnolia of your village, what's the matter?" Don't you know? ”

Obviously, this magnolia is the soul of this village, but now the people of Yamen actually say that she is dead, and no one in the village knows, and the villagers are suddenly stunned.

The old man trembled and asked, "Official, you... You just said, who in our village... Who died? ”

Wang Yi said loudly: "It's Magnolia." ”

The old man beat his chest, sat down in the field and wept loudly, and the other villagers also screamed in mourning, and for a moment the field became full of weeping.

Meng Tianchu sighed secretly, it seems that this magnolia is really a good person in the eyes of everyone.

The old man cried and said, "Magnolia..., we also told you to build a memorial arch, why did you die...?" O wretched child..."

Meng Tianchu asked the tearful woman next to him, "Yesterday, there were so many people in our yamen here, don't you know that they are dead?" ”

The woman said sadly: "We know that someone was killed, but we don't know who died, no matter how you think, you won't think it's Aunt Yulan... Woooooooo

Meng Tianchu said: "She hasn't been at home for two days, and her children haven't looked for her?" ”

The woman shook her head and said, "Aunt Yulan lives in a simple place on weekdays..."

Meng Tianchu nodded, no wonder no one knew that Yulan was dead, and asked, "Then do you know that Yulan is at odds with someone in the village on weekdays?" ”

The woman sobbed and said, "Aunt Yulan is very good, I haven't heard of anyone who is at odds with her." ”

The old man cried a lot of tears, but in the end, he was in the world, and in addition to grief, he thought more about how to help the yamen find out the real murderer of Magnolia, so he took the initiative to say: "You still go to Dongtou and ask, there are hundreds of people in our village, there are people from the east, west, north and south, but most of the people who are familiar with Yulan live in Dongtou, you go there and ask." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded, and after thanking them, he was ready to enter the village and go to the east to ask.

At this time, a young man stepped forward and whispered to Meng Tianchu: "Official, if you don't ask Zhuzi, he may know." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Who is the pillar?" ”

The young man was about to answer. The old man stared at him and coughed a few times, but the young man quickly shut up and ran back with his head down.

Meng Tianchu frowned, didn't ask much, and continued to walk towards the village with all the officials.

Murong Zhenxue said as she walked: "What can't be said, people are already dead." ”

Meng Tianchu pondered for a moment and said, "It is because the person is dead that this old man has scruples, afraid that the young man will cause trouble with his mouth." After all, Magnolia is extraordinary in the village. ”

Murong Yuxue let out an "oh" and stopped talking.

The group first came to Xue'er's place of residence, and Li Zheng Ye Chu hurriedly came out to greet him.

Meng Tianchu said: "We won't sit down, the person who has been found dead is a woman named Yulan in your village, come and tell Lord Li Zheng that we need your assistance in our investigation." ”

Xue'er said in surprise: "Aunt Magnolia? No, are you looking at the wrong person? I met her the day before yesterday. ”

Meng Tian Chuqi said: "The day before yesterday? When? ”

Xue'er said: "Just when I was waiting for you at the entrance of the village, Aunt Yulan took her son with a bamboo basket on her back, as if she had just come back from hunting pigweed, and I also talked to her." ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Her family is in the east, why did she go to the west to hunt pigweed?" ”

Li Zheng also looked sad and regretful, and said: "It was difficult for Li Zheng to be for her in the past, obviously living in the east but giving her a piece of land in our west, and she only had two runs." ”

Meng Tianchu sighed, remembering the young man's words just now, and asked coldly, "Who is the pillar?" ”

Li Zheng was very surprised, and Xue'er also looked at Meng Tianchu in surprise, but did not answer.

Meng Tianchu said: "What's the matter?" Can't say? ”

Li Zheng said: "How does Meng Ye know about the pillar? ”

Meng Tianchu smiled slightly and said, "A young man at the entrance of the village told me just now. ”

Rizheng said nervously, "What did he say?" ”

Meng Tianchu was very puzzled, and said, "What kind of person is this pillar, why do you all have strange expressions." ”

Li Zheng smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "No... Nothing..., he... He's very nice..."

Meng Tianchu saw that he was talking about him left and right, but he didn't say who this pillar was, so he said: "Since he is a good person, why bother not to say what he has to do with Yulan." ”

Li Zheng said with a flustered expression: "Meng Ye must not say such things, Yulan Bingqing Yujie, they have nothing to do with each other, you must not say this nonsense." ”

Meng Tianchu said strangely in his heart: What did I say, what are you doing so nervously here.