As soon as Tong Zhen heard that Li Mu did not come back, he was immediately a little anxious, and just wanted to speak, Liu Hua hurriedly waved his hand to stop him, looked at the furnishings in the room, Liu Hua said seemingly unintentionally: "Recently, the yamen has been busy, maybe Brother Li is working overtime in the county government today, we haven't returned to the county government yet, after we go back, we can see Brother Li."

Mrs. Sister-in-law, forgive my little brother for daring to ask, are you sick? I'm afraid it's not a short time, right? Have you been to the capital to see it? There are more famous doctors there, and the younger brother knows a few friends in the capital, and he may be able to help his sister-in-law. ”

After Xue Qi heard Liu Hua's words, she glanced at him gratefully, but then, she shook her head a little painfully: "It's useless, I can't cure this disease, Doctor Chen of Baicaotang has already diagnosed me a year ago."

At that time, Dr. Chen said that this was a lesion of my internal organs, and I only had half a year to live, unless I used ginseng, snow lotus, rhinoceros horn, toad, and other precious medicinal materials to hang my life, if I took the herbs every three days, I could barely extend my life to about a year, but after a year, I would still die.

Although I don't know about medicinal materials, I also know that the medicinal materials listed by Divine Doctor Chen are all valuable things, because when Divine Doctor Chen prescribed Li Lang a pair of such herbs, they actually cost fifty taels of silver.

I have been married to Li Lang for so many years, and I have only accumulated more than fifty taels of silver in total for frugality, but these belongings are only enough for the price of a pair of herbs, so the slave family has made up their minds and would rather die than take those herbs, so that Li Lang can also be relieved of some burden.

Just when I was about to wait for my own death, suddenly one day, Li Lang returned home in a hurry, and after meeting, he told me the good news that he had met a good boss.

After hearing about my condition, Zhang County's commander took pity on my condition and was willing to help our family reimburse 500 taels of silver for treatment every month, which happened to be enough for my medical expenses.

But three days later, Li Lang took the receipt issued by Doctor Chen and went to the yamen to report the account, and at noon, he really returned fifty taels of silver.

There are still many good people in the world, I can't imagine that we have such a good county magistrate in Canal County, he has helped us too much, I can't repay it in this life, I will be a cow and a horse in the next life, and I will also repay the great kindness of Zhang County. ”

When Xue Qi said this, Liu Hua pondered for a moment, and then said softly: "The younger brother has also heard of this feat of the county lord, I thought it was a joke, but I didn't expect it to be a real thing, and my sister-in-law is blessed."

Recently, the county government is busy, Brother Li may have to work overtime, when working overtime, the county lord forbids anyone to leave the county office, and also asks the sister-in-law not to worry, after the busy past few days, there is nothing to do, the sister-in-law can recuperate with peace of mind, let's go to the county government to find Brother Li. ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Hua and Tong Zhen left Li Mu's house, and on the way back to the county office, Tong Zhen couldn't help but say: "As far as I know, Zhang Wanggu's character is very stingy, with Zhang Wanggu's character, I'm afraid he won't be so kind?"

Obviously, Li Mu deceived Xue Qi before, but there is a question that I can't figure out, a small official like Li Mu who takes care of the household registration house, has neither an official position nor a grade, where did he get so much money to buy medicine? Five hundred taels of silver a month, more than six thousand taels of silver a year? Even if Li Mu is sold, it won't be worth so much money. ”

After hearing Tong Zhen's question, Liu Hua did not pick up the stubble, but rode in the direction of the county government, and after returning to the household registration house again, Tian Xu had also gone home from work, and saw that the door was locked, Liu Hua put his head in front of the crack in the door and was silent, he closed his eyes, as if thinking about a certain question?

About half a cup of tea later, Liu Hua opened his eyes and saw that it was already dark, and the county government was still crying and crying.

But according to the situation in front of him, Li Mu is likely to have absconded in fear of crime, I wanted to tell Zhang Xianling about this result, but I really can't stand the scene in the back, so let's wait a while, you work hard, go to the back hall and report the case to Zhang Xianling.

I'll go back to the prefect's yamen first, this time I came out in a hurry, I didn't bring some autopsy tools with me, while there is nothing to do now, I have to find out those guys, after getting the tools, I went directly back to Tianxiao's house to rest, and after reporting the case, you go there to find me. ”

Hearing the cry in the back hall, the cry was heartbreaking, the mourning was shocking, and Tong Zhen didn't want to go to the back, but since Liu Hua had already taken the first step to speak, he sighed helplessly, so he had to walk towards the back hall.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Liu Hua rode to Huang Tianxiao's house, and after entering the hospital, he saw Huang Tianxiao and Tong Zhen sitting in the courtyard drinking, and when Liu Hua came in, the two raised their hands to greet Liu Hua and asked him to sit down and drink.

"Isn't it just a tool? Why are you only coming back now? Tong Zhen poured wine for Liu Hua and asked casually.

"Hey...... After I got the tools, I stopped by and went back to my Liu Mansion to have a look, and it happened to be just in time for the brothers to eat, and then I had some food there. After talking about the reason, Liu Hua hurriedly changed the topic: "Tianxiao, how is it?" Did you have a takeaway today? ”

"It's a bit of a gain." Picking up the wine glass and taking a sip of wine, Huang Tianxiao said softly: "I visited three wealthy gentry today, and asked the nuns they hired to inquire about it.

According to the teacher, when she went back to the nunnery last year to carry the scriptures, she once heard the sisters in the nunnery mention that Mrs. Miaohui of Suzhou Shuiyue Nunnery had come to Yangzhou Canal County to sit in the Buddhist hall.

Master Miaohui is thirty-two years old this year, Chinese New Year's Eve, beautiful in appearance, proficient in Buddhism, with great wisdom, great spiritual roots, and in the nun world, it can be regarded as a small reputation, but this master only knows that Miaohui has come to Yangzhou, but she does not know where to teach Buddhism.

And the register that Li Mu showed us, it happened that there was no name of this Miaohui Shitai, I think there must be some connection here, tomorrow I will go to several other families to inquire, and try to find out the whereabouts of this Miaohui Shitai, to see if she is the deceased who was killed? ”

After hearing the clues seized by Huang Tianxiao, Tong Zhen seemed very excited, he told Huang Tianxiao about what he and Liu Hua found today, and then laughed and scolded Liu Hua for not being righteous, causing him to go to the county Yahoutang to listen to the crying and mourning for more than an hour. After complaining, Tong Zhen pulled Liu Hua and Huang Tianxiao to drink,

The three of them were tired for a day, and at this moment they were persuaded by Tong Zhen like this, they all let go of their minds, and poured wine into each other with wine glasses, and after a while, the three of them all drank too much, and after Huang Tianxiao helped the drunk Liu Hua and Tong Zhen back to the room, they didn't bother to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and went back to their rooms to sleep.

In the early hours of the night, a dog barked chaotically, after hearing the dog barking outside, Tong Zhen was woken up, he opened his eyes and saw that Liu Hua had already dressed, Tong Zhen didn't have time to think about it, put on his coat and walked towards the yard with Liu Hua.

After the two of them came to the courtyard, they saw Huang Tianxiao wearing pajamas and carrying a saber, fiddling with the door bolt at the gate of the courtyard. Seeing this situation, Tong Zhen said with a sigh: "What's the matter? Why is the dog outside barking so fiercely? Tianxiao, go outside to see, is there a thief in the village? ”

After opening the door, Huang Tianxiao poked his head outside, looked carefully at the left and right sides, and then replied with some doubts: "Strange? There's no one outside? Is it passing? Shouldn't it? ”

Seeing that Huang Tianxiao was still standing at the door and looking around, Tong Zhen waved his hand: "Forget about no one, don't look at it." Perhaps it was the wild cats that disturbed the dogs in the village, so the dogs barked indiscriminately, went away, and went back to sleep. ”

Hearing Tong Zhen's words, Huang Tianxiao shook his head with some doubts, and then turned back to the courtyard, at this time, a sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and after a few breaths, a catcher came to Huang Tianxiao's door.

Seeing that Tong Zhen and the three of them were all standing in the courtyard, looking at him with a puzzled expression, the catcher was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: "Which one of these three adults is making trouble?" I didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and I stood in the yard in pajamas in a daze? ”

Although there were some doubts in his heart, this catcher did not forget the purpose of his coming, and seeing that Huang Tianxiao was rubbing his eyes and snorting, he hurriedly reported: "Huang Tou'er, it's not good, something big happened in the county office, just now, the people of the Heaven and Earth Society sneaked into the county government and intended to assassinate the county lord." ”