"Childe, you eat like this, beware of choking!" Xiong Ah Si reminded carefully.

Li Canghai smiled at him, desperately swallowed the food stuffed in his mouth, drank a few sips of broth, and said indifferently: "Master Xiong is really a good person!" ”

"Childe is serious, I can't afford the title of this good person." Xiong Ah Si shook his head and said.

Li Canghai smiled slightly and said, "If Master Xiong can't be called a good person, then aren't all evil people in this world?" ”

Xiong Ah Si was stunned, he looked at Li Canghai, and said with a humble smile: "What Gongzi said really made Ah Si ashamed. I'm just a flat-headed commoner, and I haven't done anything, how can I afford what my son said? ”

"Oh? Never done anything before? Li Canghai smiled indifferently and said meaningfully: "Fourteen years ago, Master Xiong did a lot of good things!" ”

Xiong Ah Si's face changed suddenly, he grinned, shook his head and said, "Childe is saying that I collected the corpse for General Qin's family?" I told Gongzi that it was just that General Qin was kind to me, and I went to collect the body in order to repay him. ”

"I'm afraid that Master Xiong didn't just collect their corpses for revenge back then, right?" Li Canghai said with a smile.

"What do you mean by that?" Xiong Ah Si's face was a little ugly.

Li Canghai picked up a bun, pinched it in his hand, and said lightly: "Have you forgotten that you saved someone's life back then?" ”

When Xiong Ah Si heard this, his right hand suddenly shook, and the bamboo chopsticks in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.

"I ...... I don't know what Childe is talking about. Xiong Ah Si bent down to pick up the bamboo chopsticks, tried to calm himself, and looked at him.

Li Canghai smiled slightly and said, "Oh? Master Xiong really doesn't know what I'm talking about? ”

Xiong Ah Si's face was red and white, he was obviously a little flustered, and said in a low voice: "I don't know." ”

Li Canghai was not in a hurry to speak. Instead, he finished the bun without hurry, and said indifferently: "Master Xiong, why don't I tell you a story?" ”

Xiong Ah Si was stunned, he looked at Li Canghai, and his brows suddenly furrowed.

Li Canghai ignored him. Instead, he said directly: "This story starts fourteen years ago. When a blacksmith fled to Luoyang, he met a nobleman who not only gave him food, but also opened an iron shop for him. ”

Xiong Ah Si's face turned pale, and his breathing began to become rapid.

However, it was not long before this noble man became a traitor to the enemy for collaborating with the enemy. and was beheaded all over the house. Li Canghai sighed, he shook his head, and continued: "Dozens of lives were wiped out overnight. However, all those who knew the noble man well were afraid of being implicated, and no one rushed to collect the body. The body was exposed to the sun for several days in hot weather. Until the corpse rots and stinks. ”

Xiong Ah Si's brows tightened, and he clenched his hands into fists. It seems to be stuck in some kind of memory.

I heard Li Canghai continue: "Everyone didn't dare to come forward, but the blacksmith dared, he was not afraid of being implicated, he was not afraid of the stench, and he went to collect the body alone." ”

Speaking of this, Li Canghai glanced at him deeply. He said, "He buried all the corpses on the spot in the noble man's house, and each corpse was a mound, a total of sixty-five mounds. However, it is interesting that among the sixty-five mounds. There were only sixty-four corpses, one of which was an empty grave. ”

"You...... Who are you? Xiong Ah Si stared at Li Canghai, his voice obviously trembling.

Li Canghai didn't answer him, but smiled slightly: "Master Xiong, don't worry, this story is not finished yet." ”

After a pause, Li Canghai continued: "There are sixty-five graves, but there is an empty grave, where did the corpses in this empty grave go?" If you want to figure out this problem, in fact, you only need to know how many people were in the noble family at that time. ”

"All the population of Luoyang City, Luoyang Mansion has a record. Therefore, as long as you look at the household directory, you can know the specific number of people. Li Canghai narrowed his eyes and sighed: "It's a pity that the household register of that nobleman's house was torn up by whom." In fact, there are only sixty-four bones in the sixty-five mounds, which is already obvious, one person is not dead, and the empty tomb erected is just a pretense. And the corpse was collected by the blacksmith, and the mound was also erected by the blacksmith, and what was going on in this is actually self-evident. ”

Xiong Ah Si's face was extremely ugly, he stared at Li Canghai, his eyes were full of horror.

"Childe, what's going on?" I don't know when, the shopkeeper was attracted to come, he listened to the story told by Li Canghai, and suddenly asked with some curiosity.

Li Canghai smiled and said: "Actually, it's very simple, when the blacksmith collected the body, a survivor was found, and in order to protect that person, the blacksmith deliberately set up an empty grave. ”

"Oh, I see." The shopkeeper nodded suddenly, and after thinking about it, he asked again, "Who tore off the household register?" ”

"The register was actually torn up by the blacksmith in order to protect the survivor." Li Canghai said lightly.

The shopkeeper's eyes widened, and he shook his head, "This can't be, right?" The register is usually placed in the Sitodo, and the key to enter the Sitodo is also in the hands of the Sito-sama, so how can the blacksmith enter? ”

Li Canghai took a deep look at Xiong Ah Si, who was a little distracted, and said, "This is the most brilliant part of the whole story. In order to protect the survivor, he had to try to destroy the household register of his family, because only then would no one know the exact number of the noble family. ”

"Childe, this doesn't seem right, didn't you start by saying that there are sixty-five graves? Doesn't that tell us about the number of people? The shopkeeper asked, puzzled.

"Sixty-five mounds, but to deal with the government. After all, the body has just been buried, and no one will think of digging it up and examining it, and what the blacksmith is worried about is the future. If there is an open grave and there is no household register, it will not be possible to find out the identity of the person who is not dead. Li Canghai said.

"In this way, the blacksmith's mind is also cautious!" The shopkeeper praised it.

Li Canghai nodded, and then said: "If you want to destroy the relevant household registers, you have to get the key from the household. However, Sito's key was carried with him, so in order to get the key, the blacksmith began to observe Sito's living habits. Soon. He found out that Sihu had a habit of going to the bathhouse to take a bath. And he managed to sneak into the bathhouse and became a bathhouse guy. ”

The shopkeeper was confused, he scratched his head and asked, "Childe, why is this?" Why did he go to the bathhouse to be a buddy? ”

"Because. The key is removed only when it is time to take a bath. Li Canghai said lightly.

The shopkeeper suddenly realized, but then he said puzzledly: "Does he want to steal the key while Sihu is bathing?" If that's the case, won't Sihu find out? ”

"If you steal the key, Sihu will naturally find out. The blacksmith's method is much safer than this. Li Canghai smiled slightly, he picked up a bun in his left hand and a chopstick in his right hand. Then he pressed the chopsticks on the bun vigorously, and a trace of chopsticks immediately appeared on the bun.

"That's how the blacksmith used it." Li Canghai said.

The shopkeeper stared at the bun, still seemed confused, scratched his head and said, "Childe, forgive me for being stupid, I still don't understand." ”

Li Canghai explained: "The blacksmith prepared a soft mud or something like that in advance, and then took advantage of the time when Sihu was bathing. Print the model of the key on the ooze and place the key back in its place. Afterwards. Then, based on the model on the soft clay, make a new key, so that you can get the key to enter the Sitodo without realizing it. ”

"That's how it was! High, sure enough, high! After listening to Li Canghai's explanation, the shopkeeper couldn't help but praise.

Li Canghai nodded and said, "Everything the blacksmith has done. Not for yourself, but for repaying the favor. From this point of view, he is indeed a righteous man who values love and righteousness. ”

The shopkeeper also nodded and exclaimed, "Exactly, exactly." can not be afraid of being implicated and go to collect the body. And in order to protect others, he took the risk of destroying the household register, which is really a righteous person! ”

However, the shopkeeper soon became shocked, and he always felt that the story seemed somewhat familiar.

The door is full of beheadings, corpses, blacksmiths, bathhouse guys .......

The shopkeeper suddenly looked at Xiong Ah Si in surprise and said, "Brother Xiong, how can this story be so similar to you?" ”

Xiong Ah Si, who had been pale all the time and sweat was constantly oozing from his head, smiled bitterly: "Now, I don't need to hide it anymore." The blacksmith that Childe is talking about is me. ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, the whole person was stunned!

Xiong Ah Si sighed, looked at Li Canghai and said, "Childe, who are you and why do you know this?" ”

Xiong Ah Si couldn't figure out why the handsome and elegant young man in front of him could say these things, even as if he had seen them with his own eyes.

Li Canghai stared at Xiong Ah Si and said his name indifferently.

"Master Li? You are the Master Li who saved the saint from danger, repeatedly solved strange cases, and was known as 'Di Gong in the world'? Xiong Ah Si asked in astonishment.

Li Canghai touched his nose, he never knew that he still had the title of 'Di Gong in the world' among the people.

"Those are all exaggerations, this official is indeed Li Canghai, do you have any doubts?" Li Canghai asked.

Xiong Ah Si knelt down at the same time as the shopkeeper, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Xiong Ah Si has no doubts about Li Canghai's identity, and can accurately say everything about him, except for Li Canghai, who has become famous all over the world recently, who can do it?

"Get up, sit down and talk." Li Canghai said lightly.

The two stood up, but instead of sitting down, they bent over and stood aside.

Seeing this, Li Canghai smiled mildly and said, "You two don't have to be formal, sit down and talk, this official still has something to ask you." ”

The two looked at each other and hesitated for a moment before sitting down.

"This official is not here to investigate your destruction of the household register, you can rest assured." Li Canghai said gently.

Xiong Ah Si said with a wry smile: "What happened back then, it was indeed as the adults said, I sneaked into the household book hall and tore up the household book directory. If the adults punish the grass people, the grass people have nothing to say. ”

Li Canghai smiled indifferently and said, "This matter, this official should not have happened." In fact, even if you destroy the household register, it won't make much difference. If someone opens the grave and examines it, the identity of the survivor can be found out as well. ”

Xiong Ah Si was stunned, he looked at Li Canghai in puzzlement, when he planned carefully, this household directory was the most critical, but why did Li Canghai say that without this directory, he could still find out the identity of that person?

Seeing his puzzled face, Li Canghai said lightly: "Of the more than sixty members of the Qin family, there is only one young child, and the rest are all adults. The official opened the grave today and found only 64 adult bones, but no children's bones, which is the most obvious flaw. If this official guessed correctly, the person who survived was Qin He, the son of General Qin Fu! ”

Xiong Ah Si let out a long sigh, and only then did he realize that everything he had arranged was actually full of loopholes and could not play any role at all.

I heard Li Canghai continue: "Qin He was only six years old back then, and he was the only child in the Qin family, if someone opened the grave, wouldn't it be easy to think of the identity of the survivor?" ”

"My lord is right, the person who survived back then was indeed the son of General Qin." Xiong Ah Si sighed and said.

Li Canghai nodded and said, "Let's talk about the events of the year in detail." ”

Xiong Ah Si was silent for a moment, he seemed to fall into a long memory, and after a long while, he said: "General Qin is a heroic person, and he is righteous and squandering money, and it was with the funding of General Qin that I opened that blacksmith shop. Back then, I was buying iron tools in other places, but I was shocked to learn that General Qin had collaborated with the enemy and treason, so I was arrested and handed over to the Three Law Divisions for trial. I rushed back to Luoyang immediately, but I was still a step too late, and by the time I returned to Luoyang, General Qin had already been beheaded. ”

Xiong Ah Si's face was full of sadness, and Li Canghai walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

A few tears slipped from the corners of Xiong Asi's eyes, and then said: "The Qin family was beheaded all over the house, and it was in the Qin family's mansion, and for three whole days, no one dared to collect the corpse. I have received the favor of General Qin, and I can't avenge General Qin, but no matter what, I have to let them go to the ground for peace! Fortunately, Di Gong, who had not yet passed away that year, learned of this incident and posted a notice to find someone to collect the body, so I unveiled the notice and went to collect the body. ”

Xiong Ah Si clenched his fists, and he seemed to be very reluctant to think of this past.

After a long while, he said with difficulty: "I will never forget the scene I saw when I stepped into the Qin family. The dirt on the ground was stained brown with blood, and the entire courtyard emitted a disgusting stench, and the corpses of the Qin family were piled together. ”

"Piled together?" Li Canghai keenly noticed the strangeness of this, and asked with a frown.

Xiong Ah Si nodded heavily, he gasped, the green tendons on his forehead jumped, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It should be the perpetrator, after the killing, there are several corpses with corpse hooks on them." I guess they must have done it to see if there was any living mouth. ”

Li Canghai's eyes were slightly cold, and the anger in his heart suddenly welled up. (To be continued.) )