Li Ling went back to his hometown to worship his ancestors in the name of his father, but he met Aunt Mei, the maid next to his mother, and got a Yu card.

"Why would my mother solemnly keep the jade plaque for herself?"

Even from her modern point of view, this jade plaque is extremely ordinary, and it can really be described as rough, and if you take it to the pawnshop, you may not even be able to exchange it for ten taels of silver.

Things are a little confusing.

"Aunt Mei, didn't my mother give you an explanation when she handed over the jade plate?" Li Ling asked a little impatiently.

Aunt Mei thought about it carefully, and still shook her head: "Miss only said that she wanted me to give it to you when the young master grew up, and she didn't give any explanation!" ”。

Aunt Mei has never opened the baggage, and she is also an uninformed person.

The father must also be unclear, the mother handed over the things to the maid next to her and did not give them to the father, does this mean that the mother does not want Father Li to know about it?

"Young master, don't think about it, maybe it's just an ordinary thing, maybe it's your mother's ancestral heirloom, there's no need to worry about this, just leave a souvenir!" Aunt Mei comforted.

She really didn't want to see the young master's sad look, she had never married in her life, and after serving Mother Li for a few years, she regarded the Li Mansion as her home, and also treated Li Ling as a nephew.

"Aunt Mei is right, it's me who is in love!".

Li Ling laughed and put away the jade plate, seeing that his mother's death date was the same as his birthday in the next life, he was a little panicked.

"Tomorrow, you and I will go and pay homage to your mother!"

For Aunt Mei, Li Ling is truly respectful, and his uncle told him that Aunt Mei has been guarding Li's mother's grave for more than ten years, and has provided her mother's offerings with her meager remuneration.

"Your mother's favorite is braised carp, as well as fruits from all seasons, don't forget to prepare more!"

These are what Miss liked before her death, but Xiaomei is useless, good things can only be offered once after a long time, and the things prepared by her son, Miss will definitely like it.

The cemetery is in the middle of the two villages, where the Li clan shares a cemetery, covering dozens of acres, surrounded by a row of weather-beaten poplar trees.

The patriarch wanted to go to the grave, which alarmed the villagers of the two villages early, and even some people had prepared all kinds of offerings, planning to go to the grave with the patriarch to ask for a color, and by the way, tell the ancestors that the patriarch of the Li family had changed.

Zhou Min's incident happened right in front of him, which naturally sounded the alarm for the other family members, and everyone waited tremblingly, not daring to be careless.

The offerings were prepared very richly, not to mention now, even in a big festival like Qingming, no one has heard of any rich man doing this.

The deceased lady has a very important status in the young master's mind, and the family members are more diligent.

Mrs. Li's grave is nestled in the middle of the entire cemetery, next to the grave of the ancestor of the Li family, which is a unique treatment for the long house.

Stepping on the morning dew, the group finally walked to the center of the cemetery.

"Young master, it's not good, Miss's grave has been dug up!". In front, Aunt Mei hurriedly ran back, and there were already tears in her eyes.

"Stop, stop!". The little guy with all kinds of sacrifices saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly stopped.

Li Ling couldn't believe it, he walked a few steps to the front of the team, and found that the small tomb bag in front of him had indeed been moved.

The coffins were all dug up, and what made people even more angry was that the coffin was actually opened, and it was empty, there was nothing!

As soon as Li Ling's eyes darkened, he felt as if the world was spinning, he couldn't believe that such a thing had happened in a simple small village.

"Big young master, big young master!". Linglong walked a few steps closely, and came to Li Ling's side to support him.

"Why is this happening, why is this happening? I was here two days ago! ”。 Aunt May threw herself on the grave like a madman, digging through the surrounding dirt with both hands, but found nothing.

The dirt was all new, as if it had just been dug up.

Aunt Mei was very remorseful, the eldest young master returned to the old mansion, she should have come over and told the young lady, if she had been guarding here, maybe things could have been avoided.

Uncle Zu hurriedly walked to the front of the team, wanting to say a few words to Li Ling but endured it. In the final analysis, this matter is not done well by himself, he did not do this acting patriarch well!

The crowd also began to stir, who was so bold as to dare to touch the cemetery of the patriarch's family?

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, stealing graves and digging graves is a felony to lose your head.

"Patriarch, this is all a dereliction of duty, don't worry, I will mobilize the villagers to find clues, and we must find out this thing!"

The uncle was also very sad, and even dared to steal the tomb of the long house, which was really rampant, and these people must find out and bring him to justice.

The villagers came to help and temporarily restored Li's mother's grave to its original state, just waiting for the thief to be found, asking about the whereabouts of the bones, and then resting again.

After returning to the old mansion, Li Ling, as the new patriarch, issued two orders, rewarding five taels of silver for providing clues, and a reward of 1,000 taels for catching thieves.

Not only Shangli Village and Xiali Village, but also the nearby radius of dozens of miles were shaken.

All the people were vigilant, thinking about whether the people around them had made any changes in the past two days.

Several street attempts were made to provide a few inconsistencies of information.

"Reward!".

Li Ling gave an order, and the family in the old mansion handed over the silver.

"Patriarch, you can't do this, how much silver will it cost to go on like this!" Uncle Zu is old, and he has been cautious all his life, he can't get used to Li Ling spending money so lavishly.

Although he and the two villages are confessing, and only the exact news can be told to the patriarch, there are always thugs from other villages who come to make trouble, trying to get through the tricks and provide some false information.

"Old man, what happened to my mother makes me feel cold, and I must find out the thief to feel at ease."

The two are busy looking for clues, and the villagers are also willing to help, but they don't believe that they can find the thief, and there are many valuable burial goods in Li's mother's grave, and everyone was very greedy at first.

Before the thief got such a big deal, he didn't hide!

There were no clues for several days, and the scoundrels in the outer village were also stopped by Lizheng, and after a little interrogation, they were exposed.

Li Ling didn't plan to go down here, so he should go back to the county seat and report to the county order, so that the people from the government could come and inquire.

"Young master, the old slave can't stand you.". While he was retreating, an old man fifty miles away came up and cried to make amends to him. He was followed by two teenagers, a man and a woman.

"Old man, you are". Although he vaguely guessed a little bit of the inside story, Li Ling was not sure.

"It's these two little animals/babies who dug the grave of the master mother!". The old man couldn't cry, and said to the two young people with a little hatred of iron and steel.

"Uncle Zhong, what we did was right, who made the people of the Li family cut off the supply of the nursery? They didn't give it, so we had to take it ourselves! ”。 Both young men were tied up, and the boy was still unconvinced by the reprimands of the loyal uncle, and defended himself a few words.

"Shut up!". Uncle Zhong was furious, and stepped forward and gave him a few ear scrapers without saying anything: "The Nursery Hall was founded by the main mother, if it weren't for her, you would have starved to death, and you dare not be ashamed?" ”。

Li Ling, who was on the side, was a bit of a monk, and he was confused, what were these people talking about?

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