The horror on Mrs. Xiao's face was no less than the appearance when she had just seen her husband's corpse, of course, Feng Manlou couldn't see it.

Mrs. Xiao asked in a pleading tone, "My lord, was he really killed?" Who is the murderer? Is there any evidence? "It's very emotional, and there is a possibility of getting out of control.

Feng Manlou hurriedly said: "Mrs. Xiao, don't get excited, don't get excited!" ”

Mrs. Xiao also realized that she had lost her temper, and forced herself to stabilize her mind, and after a while, she said, "How do you know that my father-in-law was killed by someone?" ”

Feng Manlou asked: "Actually, when I first entered the door, the county was suspicious. So I asked Mrs. Xiao about your family situation. The family is happy, there are sons, and the life is rich, neither owe people money, but also have no enemies, this county really can't think of a reason for Lord Xiao to commit suicide! ”

After a pause, seeing that Mrs. Xiao was in a stable mood, she said, "The autopsy report made just now also shows that Lord Xiao has three stab wounds on his body. Mrs. Xiao, think about it, who will stab himself three times when he commits suicide? ”

When Mrs. Xiao heard this, she was also very surprised, yes, whoever committed suicide and stabbed herself three times, and directly wiped her neck. And even if you stab yourself in the body, you will be white when you insert it into your chest, why stab yourself three times, unless it is not your own stabbing, then someone is committing murder!

But listening to Feng Manlou continued: "And it was said that the time of Lord Xiao's death yesterday was before the third watch last night. You said that when Lord Xiao came back, you were having dinner, and it should have been dark for a long time. And when Lord Xiao came back, he went directly into the study, and said that he had eaten, right? ”

Mrs. Xiao nodded, but heard Feng Manlou say, "Then Lord Xiao entered the study and never came out?" ”

Mrs. Xiao nodded and said, "That's true! ”

Feng Manlou continued: "Obviously, the murderer sneaked in as he was before the third watch and killed Lord Xiao. And at that time, the people in Xiao Mansion had already rested, and then everyone did not hear the dog barking, indicating that the murderer was not a stranger, but an acquaintance! ”

"Acquaintance?!" Mrs. Xiao's heart trembled, and she said: "We have a lot of acquaintances who come to our house, and the domestic dog can't bark!" Sometimes I will wag my tail when I see an acquaintance! ”

Feng Manlou said with a smile: "Since this is the case, it must not be too much, even the dog does not bark, it must be very familiar with dogs, Mrs. Xiao think about it, which people used to come to Lord Xiao often!" ”

Mrs. Xiao thought for a while and said, "There are many people who often come to my father-in-law. Wei Xiancheng of the Yamen, Qian Zhu Bo, Hu County Lieutenant, as well as Dai An, the master of the torture room, Jiang Mellow, the master of the household room, and a few detainees. These people often come to my house to look for their husbands. Others, that is, some relatives and neighbors, live close to each other and often correspond to each other. There are those who look for my father-in-law, and those who look for slaves, and my dog will not bark! ”

I didn't expect so many people to hear it all over the building.

"This county knows that it must find out this case as soon as possible and give an explanation to Lord Xiao! But please also ask Mrs. Xiao to keep it a secret for the time being, and don't leak this matter! After Feng Manlou finished speaking, he asked the official to find some subordinates to question, the situation was similar to what Mrs. Xiao said, it seems that this Mrs. Xiao is not lying!

Feng Manlou was about to leave, when he suddenly saw Xiaoyun running in and shouted, "Young master, young master!" ”

Feng Manlou was startled and asked, "What's the alarm?" ”

Xiao Yun hurriedly said, "Young Master, it's not good. Xiao Tao came to the yamen to look for you just now, saying that something happened to the young lady! ”

For the title of young lady, it must be Yang Hongcai. After all, Feng Manlou's only legal wife now is this her, although she is unmarried, but Xiaoyun is also very bold, and dares to call it this directly, of course, this is also indispensable to Feng Manlou's instructions.

Feng Manlou was also calm, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiaoyun hurriedly said, "I don't know! ”

When Feng Manlou heard this, he knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, but his footsteps began to move and walked out of the door.

Xiao Yun hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Young Master, where are you going?" ”

"Of course I'm looking for Yang Hongcai!" Feng Manlou said. This kid has been with him for so long, why is he still so stupid.

Xiao Yun hurriedly said, "How do you know where the young lady is?" ”

"Call you stupid, that's true. Isn't it Yang Kee's ready-to-wear shop? ”

"But there are many Yang Kee ready-to-wear shops, do you know which one?"

", she definitely doesn't live in the store. There must be a house, let's find the signboard of Yang Kee's ready-to-wear shop, and just ask! Feng Manlou said.

Xiaoyun hurriedly said: "Young master, don't be so troublesome, I brought Xiao Tao here, just outside the door!" After speaking, he saw that Feng Manlou's face was a little dark, and he hurriedly added: "We came by carriage!" ”

At this time, Wu Decai also came out, only to hear Feng Manlou say: "Old Wu, take the officials back to the yamen first, there is an urgent matter to deal with in this county!" ”

Wu Decai nodded in agreement, and returned to the yamen with a group of officials.

Xiao Tao saw Feng Manlou, and hurriedly said: "Young Master Feng, oh, no, uncle, hurry up and see my young lady, I haven't rested for a day and a night, I don't want to think about tea and food, there will be problems if I go on like this!" ”

When Feng Manlou heard this, he was also anxious, and hurriedly said, "Don't hurry up and lead the way!" ”

Fortunately, the carriage was parked not far from the door, but it was still an open-top car, just a wooden plank. The three of them squeezed into it, but the carriage suddenly seemed a little small. The coachman said: "Guest officer, this is not good, the three of them have to add money!" ”

Feng Manlou took out a handful of copper coins from his arms, which amounted to more than three hundred words, and said, "Take these, hurry up!" ”

The coachman collected the money, his face changed a lot, he looked at Feng Manlou, and asked, "This brother came out of Lord Xiao's mansion just now, is he going to collect debts or go on business?" ”

Feng Manlou refused: "It's just a little something!" ”

The coachman asked curiously: "Look at it like this, Xiao Mansion seems to be dead, I don't know what's going on, I see, the county magistrate is busy!" ”

Feng Manlou went out and didn't wear official uniforms, so this coachman just regarded him as a passerby who went to Xiao Mansion to have something to do, but he didn't think about it in any way.

Feng Manlou was surprised, why did the coachman seem to have a good impression of Xinzhi County, could it be the effect of Li Mubai's propaganda everywhere? Thinking of this, he said: "This is also the business of the county master, even if you are busy, you have to take care of it!" I see, the county magistrate may not be able to be busy! ”

Xiao Yun and Xiao Tao were about to speak, but when they saw Feng Manlou's signaling eyes, they hurriedly shut up.

The coachman was driving in front of him, and he didn't notice it, but just said: "I said that the guest officer hasn't heard of it, as soon as the new county master arrived yesterday, he tried several cases in a row, and all of them were misjudged by the former magistrate." The big guys are all convinced, and the old man of the county is amazing, I heard that when he was in his hometown, he could measure the height of the tree with chopsticks! ”

When Feng Manlou heard this, he was immediately interested and asked, "How do you know?" ”

The coachman smiled: "It seems that the news of the guest officer is really much behind." Now, I'm afraid that the entire Yuhang City has spread all over it, and who doesn't know if it's said. And with that, he began to speak.

The coachman was talking and gesturing, but fortunately, the carriage was not a motor vehicle, and it had not hit anyone, otherwise it would have had to be an accident. Listening to him boast about it, he came back from the death of Feng Manlou, how he passed the three difficulties of the little lady of the Yang family, how he went to Yuhang to be the magistrate, and Wang Kan made trouble, all of which were well said!

After the coachman finished speaking, Xiao Tao said, "This is it, here!" ”

The coachman said, "So fast? "It's as if time has passed too fast. Feng Manlou waited until Xiao Tao got out of the car, and then let him lead the way. Xiao Yun deliberately rubbed for a moment, and said to the coachman, "Do you know who that person was just now?" ”

The coachman didn't know Feng Manlou, and he didn't know Xiaoyun, and the two of them got on the car just now, and they weren't at the yamen, so they didn't connect the three of them with the yamen at all. Seeing Xiaoyun's serious appearance, the coachman shook his head!

"Tell you, just now my young master is the unparalleled wisdom and the world's No. 1 Fengzhi County!" After Xiaoyun finished speaking, his face was proud!

How do you know that the coachman looked at Xiaoyun carefully and said, "Then who are you?" ”

Xiaoyun said: "I am the scholar of the county master, Feng Xiaoyun!" ”

The coachman looked at it, thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "You liar! How can there be a master who goes out to take a car to give money? ”

At this time, the official patrolling the street passed by, saw the wind full of buildings, and hurriedly saluted respectfully: "My lord! ”

When the coachman saw this, he immediately exclaimed in his heart: "My mother! It's really the county magistrate, who took my carriage and gave back three hundred eldest sons, so much money! The official took the car, and he actually gave money, and gave so much, he really deserves to be the county master! ”

How can I receive the money from the county lord, other officials will give it, and if the county lord's money is known, he will not scold me to death, it is too lacking in morality. The coachman was about to catch up and return the money to Feng Manlou, but he saw that Feng Manlou had already entered the house.

"I heard the news of the assassination of my uncle Hongbin Lou last night, Miss was very worried, and asked me to find you today, and I want to see you by the way!" Xiao Tao took advantage of these opportunities and said to Feng Manlou.

Feng Manlou hurriedly said: "I'm sure I'll be fine, you tell Hongcai that I have Sun Hu and Wang Ying by my side, and no one can hurt me!" Tell him not to worry! ”

Xiao Tao pouted and said, "I think you just have no conscience." Do you know why my young lady came to Yuhang? ”

"Didn't you say that you were going to send someone to take charge?" Feng Manlou asked, thinking to himself, isn't it?

Xiao Tao said: "Of course not! Miss is also here to meet your aunt from time to time. Although my young lady said that you are not good, uncle, although you are not stable enough, not handsome enough, and not elegant enough, but you are very smart. And it's not ugly, so Miss reluctantly agreed to you, tell you, my young lady is a genius, even our family's decades-old shopkeeper admires him, especially the management of accounts, our family's accounts, many of them are handed over to Miss to take care of, and the master only occasionally asks! ”

Feng Manlou listened to the first half of the sentence, and couldn't help but feel depressed, but after listening to the second half of the sentence, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart.

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