Chapter 126: Talking Dog
These few words made Meng Tianchu's brows lock tighter - what could a very heavy bag be? Stolen goods? Baby? Or a corpse? Thinking of the corpse, Meng Tianchu felt a sudden shock in his heart, this was the result he least wanted, but it was the most likely result, because there was no need to bury the stolen goods or treasures in the ground, his Zuo family had a big business, and some were hidden.
Wang Zhutou continued: "I think this villa is very strange, and when they left, I sneaked into the villa and took a brief look around, and found that the garden was divided into three parts, one was planted with flowers, at the front of the manor, and the middle seemed to be where the owner lived, there were about 20 houses, but the garden was only peonies, plum blossoms, bamboo, and other garden plants. The back is like a servant's yard, which is very simple, but very tidy, with kitchens, firewood rooms, warehouses, etc., and the facilities are very complete. But there were few servants in there..."
Meng Tianchu already knew this, what he was most concerned about was what was in the sack, and before he could ask, Wang Zhutou had already turned the words back: "After it got dark, I quietly touched the place where they buried things, carefully dug the soil pit, untied the sack and looked, my God!" Master, guess what's inside? ”
"Corpses!" Meng Tianchu said with a depressed face.
"Huh? Master, how do you know? That's right, it's a corpse, there are five corpses in total, there are men and women, no external injuries and bleeding were found, it is estimated that they were poisoned or strangled to death. ”
Meng Tianchu has always had a good impression of Zuo Jiayin. Now I find out that there are many strange things in her, maybe she is still a murderer, and I feel very depressed. "Did you find anything else?" ”
Wang Zhutou nodded, put his head up, and said in a mysterious whisper: "Master, do you know why the people from Dongchang were looking for Miss Zuo's ballast that day?" ”
"Why?" This question involves one thing that Meng Tianchu is most concerned about and most nervous about, that is, what is the connection between Miss Zuo and Dongchang.
"We have a brother in the yamen who is more familiar with those fans in Dongchang, and I took the silver and asked him to invite a guest to spy on the situation, and I learned about it. It turned out that Miss Zuo's father, Mr. Zuo, did not return to his hometown, but ran away from marriage three years ago. Hiding in Hangzhou. Old man Zuo's father-in-law, Master Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't find it everywhere, and there was no way. The daughter was looking for death and life again, and she had to find Master Zuo back, so she spent money to get through the relationship between a secretary of the East Factory and asked the East Factory to find it. Dongchang eyeliner spread all over the country, and soon found that the old man Zuo was living in seclusion in Hangzhou, and sent a chief named Xiao Zhenpeng to lead the team to bring the old man Zuo and the mother and daughter of the Zuo family to the capital. Unexpectedly, this girl Zuo turned out to be very promising, and the secretary and the chief couldn't control it, so they didn't dare to touch them. ”
"What is the origin of Miss Zuo, have you heard?"
Wang Zhutou shook his head: "Then Chief Xiao is tight-lipped about this matter. No one else has ever seen the brand in Miss Zuo's hand, so they don't know who this Miss Zuo is, who can scare the people in Dongchang like a grandson. ”
This is even more strange, Chief Xiao is so secretive of Miss Zuo's identity, which makes the mysterious aura above Zuo Jiayin's head another round. Meng Tianchu couldn't figure out what kind of sacredness this Zuo Jiayin was even if he wanted to break his head.
Seeing Meng Tianchu thinking with his head down, Wang Zhutou didn't dare to disturb.
After thinking about it for a while, he didn't have a clue, Meng Tianchu asked; "What about Song Xiangyu? Did he sneak into Zuo's house? "I hope Song Xiangyu can bring back some useful news to help unravel Zuo Jiayin.
A worried look appeared on Wang Zhutou's face: "I rode back to the Zuo family compound from Jiayin Villa, and the brothers who were waiting outside said that after dark, the Song brothers sneaked into the Zuo family compound, and they never came out, nor did they hear any strange movements inside. It's been almost two hours now, and I'm worried if something will happen to him. ”
Meng Tianchu stood up, thought for a while and said, "I'll go to Zuo's house to find Zuo Jiayin to see the situation immediately." ”
Wang Zhutou also stood up and said, "Master, you can't be in danger!" ”
"It's okay, if Zuo Jiayin already knows that I'm investigating her and wants to attack me, with her ability to shake her majesty in front of Dongchang, it will be easy to take my life. Li Ruhan is also in the Zuo family now, and the murder of the prefect's son fell on the two of them! If I don't come back tonight, you can report to Cai Zhixian and let him be punished. ”
How did he say this as if he had left a last word, Meng Tianchu pursed his lips, he didn't think that he was going deep into the tiger's den this time, according to Zuo Jiayin's performance towards himself, subconsciously he believed that Zuo Jiayin would not poison himself.
Wang Zhutou was busy; "The little one will take a few brothers with you."
"No, she really wants to attack us, I'm afraid we won't be enough to see the fast brothers, you just have to wait outside."
Meng Tianchu didn't explain more, and after greeting Xia Fengyi, he took Wang Zhutou in a sedan chair and went straight to Master Zuo's house.
Meng Tianchu asked Wang Zhutou and them to still wait outside, and he got off the sedan chair in front of the Zuo family's compound, dressed up, raised his eyes, and saw that this Zuo Mansion was really magnificent, not inferior to Li Dayuan's foreign family. There were several porters and house slaves standing at the door, looking at Meng Tianchu with a puzzled expression.
Meng Tianchu held the prayer post in one hand, lifted his clothes in the other hand and walked up the high steps, and handed the prayer post to one of the gatekeepers.
When the concierge saw it, he hurriedly smiled and said, "It turned out to be Master Meng, our Master Zuo is seriously ill, I'm afraid I won't be able to see the guests..."
"I want to see you Miss Zuo, by the way, Li Gongzi heard that he is also in the house, and I was about to look for him, so I will see him together."
"Yes, yes, master, please come in, and the little one will lead you."
The porter led Meng Tianchu through the pavilions and pavilions, the nine-song corridor, came to the living room and sat down, and ordered tea. Then he smiled and said, "Master, please sit down for a while, and the little one will report to the girl..."
Meng Tianchu grabbed the concierge's arm: "Go, don't be so troublesome, you just take me directly to find your girl, I have something urgent." ”
"This..., the girl knows, will..."
"If you have me, just say I'll force you!" Meng Tianchu's hand was tight, like an iron hoop, half of the concierge's body was numb, so he had to lead Meng Tianchu to the back hall.
After passing through a few corridors, I came to the door of the small courtyard of the bedroom in the back hall, and the porter said, "Master Meng, when you arrive, the girl is in the bedroom." The porter just wanted to greet Meng Ye and say that Meng Ye had arrived, Meng Tianchu's eyes were quick, and he grabbed his neck, so that he couldn't make a sound, Meng Tianchu's hands tightened, stared at the porter and shook his head, and said in a low voice: "I'm going to make a joke with you girls, don't make a sound!" Then he slowly let go of the porter and motioned for him to leave. The porter hurriedly hunched down and stepped out. Meng Tianchu walked into the courtyard lightly.
At this moment, the night is dark, a lamp is lit in Zuo Jiayin's boudoir, and a pretty silhouette is moving back and forth on the window.
Meng Tianchu moistened his saliva with his fingers, gently poked through the window and looked in, only to see that it was a suite. There are two rooms inside and outside, in the outer room, Zuo Jiayin is pacing back and forth, looking very anxious, and there is a man moaning faintly in the inner room, and the voice seems to be very painful.
At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps walking quickly towards this side. Meng Tianchu hurriedly dodged and hid in the dark shadow, and it was a maid who came in. Pushed open the door and entered, then carefully closed the door.
"How?" Zuo Jiayin saw the little maid come in, and hurriedly asked.
"The old Taoist means to try to increase the amount of leaves, let me ask you what you mean."
Zuo Jiayin didn't speak for a long time, and the woman said again: "Madam, don't hesitate. The old man is in a lot of pain over there, and the old woman has no idea, so you should think of a way as soon as possible. ”
"Alright! Just do what my master says..."
"Okay, the slave will go right away." After saying that, the woman opened the door and came out, and hurried to the backyard.
Zuo Jiayin let out a long sigh. Slumped on the chair of the dresser, at this time, I heard a man's painful moan in the back room: "Good news... Please... Give me one... I can't stand it anymore...", the voice was very familiar.
"The days you can't stand are still long, let's stay up slowly!" Zuo Jiayin's voice sounded cold. I can't help but chill my hairs stand up. "I just want you to be tortured and die slowly."
"Good news... You...! The voice trembled, as frightened as if it had seen the devil. Then he gritted his teeth and whispered: "Don't deceive people too much... I'm in a hurry, I'll tell you everything..."
Zuo Jiayin walked to the door of the inner room, lifted the curtain, leaned against the door, and her pretty face was full of coldness and even a little hideous at the moment: "Then you can go and talk about it, let's start with your own brother who killed him for taking the family property, by the way, and the temptation of Ke Wei to eat and die of poisoning, you can talk about this." Don't leave those thrilling details behind, otherwise, others won't know that your eldest son Li is not only a gentleman who eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles, but also a heinous and inferior beast! ”
"No... I was wrong, good news. I, Li Ruhan, am not a human, I am a beast, I shouldn't have killed Ru Xuan. But that's for you, you know I like you..."
"Phew! For me? You are for your Li family's property! I'm just in passing! ”
"No, no! Jiayin, I really like you, I like it so much! For your sake, I can do without the property. Nothing, just you! Li Ruhan swallowed his saliva, "I listen to you for everything, I am already your cow and your horse, I beg you to give me some hair, I am now like a worm is biting!" … I'm dying..."
This person is Li Ruhan? Ke Wei was tempted by Li Ruhan to take poison and die? Meng Tianchu was very surprised, but knowing this answer, the mysteries of this case were solved.
Meng Tianchu looked closely, and on the floor in the room, there was a person curled up, only a small half of his body was seen, and at this moment, the person raised his head, the old man with snot and saliva flowing, begging Zuo Jiayin bitterly.
Zuo Jiayin looked at Li Ruhan on the ground with disdain, and then slowly took a small paper bag from his arms and checked it in his hand: "Do you want it?" ”
Li Ruhan's eyes suddenly flashed with excitement: "Yes!" Want! Please... Good news... Give it to me, I'll learn to crawl dogs, I... I learn how to bark dogs...! You're willing to let me do anything! Li Ruhan seemed to have been stimulated, knelt on the ground, crawled around the house, and kept screaming in his mouth, but his eyes were staring at the small paper bag in Zuo Jiayin's hand.
Zuo Jiayin stretched out his slender fingers, took a small pill, and looked at Li Ruhan on the ground with a sneer.
Li Ruhan immediately knelt on the ground, his hands drooped like a pug, his mouth was wide open, his tongue was spitting out, and his eyes were shining at the little pill in Zuo Jiayin's hand.
Zuo Jiayin was about to throw the pill out, when he heard someone laughing outside the door: "The girl who sat secretly raised a talking dog!" Immediately, someone opened the curtain and walked in, this person was of course Meng Tianchu.
When Zuo Jiayin saw Meng Tianchu, there was no trace of surprise or panic on his cold face, but he smiled: "Master Meng, why are you only here now." Good news expects you to come a long time ago. Your Song Xiaoyu has been a guest with me for a long time. ”
Li Ruhan was taken aback when he suddenly saw Meng Tianchu. A look of shame appeared on his face, and immediately, his gaze returned to the small pill in Zuo Jiayin's hand. At this time, even if the emperor Lao Tzu came, I am afraid that he would not be able to divert the attraction of his karma away from that pill.
Meng Tianchu said: "Thank you Miss Zuo for taking care of Song Zhukuai, he is still a child, I hope Miss Zuo did not embarrass him." ”
"Little children? Hee-hee, I think it's a little thief. Otherwise, how can you climb over the wall and enter my house for what? Master Meng, you don't know that the Daming Law stipulates that trespassing into a private house without permission can be killed on the spot. ”
"With Miss Zuo's broad mind, how can she be more serious about a child. Let's tell the truth, Song Zhukuai was sent by the contemptible people, and asked Miss Zuo to release him for the sake of the contemptible people. ”
"Master has opened Chrysostom, how can Jiayin refuse?"
Zuo Jiayin walked to the door, called a maid in a loud voice, and ordered to bring Song Xiangyu here.