After a long while, Zen and the old man came back with lanterns, and they were a little surprised to see the deserters being tied up.

Zen said: "We searched the whole mountain, but we searched all the places where we could hide people. I didn't find the female benefactor.

The disappearance of the flat-nosed woman made everyone even more nervous, such a big wind and snow, I am afraid that there will be more luck and less luck.

Zuo Shaoyang asked, "Who was the last person to see this woman?" ”

The deserter immediately said, "It's this little rabbit cub surnamed Ding!" It's definitely him! After eating earlier, I saw the sink-nosed woman hooking up with him, and I don't know what I want to do! It must have been this kid who couldn't be annihilated and killed someone! ”

"I didn't!" Ding Xiaosan said urgently, his face suddenly turned red, "She said that I would accompany her to the thatched house, but I didn't want to, so I went back to the room, and I don't know where she went." ”

The old man nodded and said, "This old man can prove that the little brother of the Ding family returned to the room after eating and never went out again." - Will she go down the mountain on her own? ”

Zuo Shaoyang shook his head and said, "Unlikely!" She just didn't eat before she followed the master up the mountain, and now there is food on the mountain, although it is not much, but it can also save her surname, what is she doing down the mountain at this time? And if you want to go down the mountain, you should wait until tomorrow dawn? It's pitch black in this ice and snow, and she's not afraid of getting lost and freezing to death on the road? ”

Zen said: "This female donor should not have gone down the mountain, just now we went to the suspension bridge to check, the suspension bridge is still hanging, not put down." ”

"Will you go over and then put the drawbridge down?" Left Shaoyang Road.

"No, the drawbridge was pulled up from this side, and you can see it from the mechanism. Not pulled up from the opposite side. ”

"So this woman didn't cross the drawbridge to go down the mountain?"

"Definitely not!" Zen nodded.

The old man stroked his beard and said, "This woman must have stolen something!" I saw that this woman's eyes were a little strange, and when she came up the mountain, she looked around, asking this and that, and she had been staring at the Buddha beads of the Zen master when she was eating before, and she looked greedy. I'm afraid that he stole the Buddhist beads of the Zen master and ran down the mountain? - Master, are your beads still there? ”

Zen touched the Buddha beads on his chest and looked down: "Yes, it's still hanging around Lao Qu's neck." ”

"That's weird! Could it be that he stole something else and ran away? ――Let's check to see if you have lost anything. ”

After the old man's reminder, everyone went separately to check their things. Zuo Shaoyang said: "I lost my bow and arrows, I found it when I came in just now!" ”

The old man smiled a little proudly: "How is it?" That's a good guess! She must be a female thief, she stole some treasure for fear of being discovered, so she hid, and stole Zuo Gongzi's bow and arrow before leaving. For self-defense! ”

The old man saw that Zuo Shaoyang was wearing a brocade robe, and he was obviously the son of a large family, so he was very polite when he spoke. But he didn't know that this dress was exchanged for food by him a few days ago. Before that, I was so poor that I couldn't even pay off my debts.

The big-breasted woman suddenly exclaimed, "Oops! Where's my bracelet! My bracelet is gone! She knelt on the bunk and rummaged through her package. Throw the dresses in the package everywhere.

The old man was surprised and delighted: "How is it! I'm right! ――Bracelets are valuable, aren't they? ”

The big-breasted woman finished the clothes in the package, looked at a few pieces of jewelry, sat on the ground with one butt, as if her whole body collapsed, and said with a sad face: "It's very valuable, it was my girl who gave it to me as a parting gift, and I said that it was worth at least twenty times for a ...... to serve her!" ”

In the early Tang Dynasty, you could buy ten acres of high-quality fertile land, you could buy a decent shop, and you could buy ten Yahuan. At that time, all the jewelry left to her by Sang Xiaomei's grandmother only added up to five taels of silver, and in terms of value, it was only ** taels at most. Her bracelet is worth twenty pieces, which is a very valuable piece of jewelry.

The big-breasted woman covered her face and cried, the previous crying was more frightened, but now the crying is sad, the flesh hurts sadly.

The old man sighed deliberately: "Forget it, give up your wealth to avoid disaster, maybe you lost this thing and helped you avoid a catastrophe, - when the man was with you in the side hall just now, he was killed by an arrow, maybe that arrow was aimed at you!" The wind and snow were too strong, the arrow was missed, and it hit him in the head, and you lost this bracelet to avoid this catastrophe! ”

"Really?" The big-breasted woman looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"Of course it is! And didn't you also get a jade wrench, although it may not be as valuable as your bracelet, but it also makes up for some losses. ”

The old man was so relieved, and the big-breasted woman really felt much better. The sobbing and crying also became quieter.

The old man stroked his beard and said to Zuo Shaoyang: "It must be that this woman with a collapsed nose killed people and shot the wrong person, and she hid in fear!" No need to check, it must be so! Tomorrow, we will search all over the mountain, find the Yamen, but we can't find it, Zuo Gongzi went down the mountain and returned to the city, and went directly to the Yamen to report the case and arrest the collapsed nose! Hehehe"

The deserter was pleasantly surprised: "Yes, yes! It must have been the woman with the nose who did it, and this has nothing to do with me, really! Let me go! ”

Zuo Shaoyang shook his head and said: "The bracelet may have been stolen by her, or she may have absconded in fear of crime." However, this man was certainly not shot by him. It doesn't matter if she shoots the wrong person or not. ”

"Why?"

"Since she is a thief and the things are in her hands again, why do she want to kill people? You've only seen robbers or robbers who kill people and kill people, when have you ever seen a thief steal something and kill someone? ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and felt that his speculation was too far-fetched, so he said, "So, there is someone else who is the murderer?" ”

Ding Xiaosan pointed to the deserter tied on the ground and said, "Do you still need to ask, it must be him!" ”

The old man stroked his beard, looked at the deserter and said, "Well, I have long guessed that this kid is not authentic. The lust fan looked at the little daughter-in-law, presumably planning to shoot her husband to death, in the future on this mountain, the little daughter-in-law was lonely and had no support, so she took advantage of the situation and replaced her! ”

The deserter yelled at Ding Xiaosan and the old man: "It's not me! You fucking ......"

"What are you doing?" Zuo Shaoyang said coldly, "If you say it's not you, then give evidence to prove that you weren't at the scene at the time of the crime!" People have proved that you didn't sleep in the house at all, so why lie when it wasn't you? ”

"It's really not me!"

"Not you?" Zuo Shaoyang sneered: "The wind and snow outside are so big, and the deceased was killed by an arrow from a distance, it is not easy to shoot an arrow accurately, let alone shoot an arrow in the wind and snow." And an arrow hit the back of the head, such a skill, I'm afraid that except for you, a specially trained sergeant, no one really can do it. So, you're the most suspicious of the crime. Ming said that when we go down the mountain, we will hand you over to the officers and soldiers, and we will punish you for the crime of desertion who escaped from the battle. ”

The deserter's face was pale, he turned his head to look at the young woman, gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay, I'll be honest, that's right, I didn't go back to the house to sleep, but I really didn't kill him, and I have witnesses!" ”

"Who?" Zuo Shaoyang asked.

"She!" The deserter snorted at the young woman, "I was with her just now!" ”

The young woman's delicate body trembled, her pretty face turned pale, and she glared angrily: "You are talking nonsense!" ”

"I'm not talking nonsense!" The deserter knew that if he didn't tell the truth, he would be sent to the yamen as a murderer. Although there is a fierce battle now, the yamen is not paralyzed, and the so-called chaotic times use heavy rituals, and the punishment will be heavier if you kill people during the famine. In addition, he is a deserter, and he may not even be tried, and he will be directly executed by the leading general.

So at this time, the deserter really panicked, and said urgently: "I am really with this woman, I took a bun for her to eat, and he let me do it." ”

"Right in her house?"

"yes!"

"You're not worried about her husband coming back?"

"His husband went to find the big-breasted woman, and I went in, and bolted the door, and he told the door to run through the window."

The young woman cried and hissed, "You talk nonsense! You're spewing blood! I've been sleeping with the door closed, you've never come in, you're insulting me! I'm fighting with you! ”

The young woman threw herself madly at the deserter who was kneeling with her back tied. Miao Peilan hurriedly stopped her: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, you will find out the matter." ”

The deserter said, "I didn't lie this time!" I was really in the house with the young woman, and by the way, I could tell what color her profane garment was, it was water red, and it was embroidered with a pomegranate! I don't believe you can look it up! That proves I'm not lying! ”

Zuo Shaoyang frowned, and turned his head to look at the young woman.

The young woman cried so much that she shook her head desperately.

Zuo Shaoyang said to the young woman: "Madame, can you ask your sister to take you to the room to check the dirty clothes and see if it is the same as what he said?" ”

The young woman shook her head and cried, "Good! Now, I can only tell the truth, -- he came, took a bun, said that he was not hungry, give me food, I am grateful to him, he did something to me, tore my dress, I did not dare to shout, for fear that others would not be able to be a man after they found out, so I begged him, but he did not listen, so I pretended to be obedient, and then lied to him and said that I would undress myself, and not tear it. He believed me, let me go, and I ran to the sewing basket and picked up scissors and pointed them at my throat and told him to get out at once, or I would die. At this, the young woman tore open the placket of her clothes, revealing her snow-white neck, and there was indeed a bloody mark on her throat, which had not yet dried, and was obviously a new stab. Everyone was taken aback.

The young woman burst into tears and said, "I am innocent of a woman, even if I starve to death, I will never sell my body!" When he saw that I was like this, he did not use any force, so he withdrew, and then I closed the door and hid myself under the quilt and wept. It wasn't until I heard the noise of shouting outside that I came out to check and found my husband ...... "At this, the young woman threw herself on the corpse and began to cry again."

(To be continued)