In Xiaozhang Village, Baiye County, Yangzhou Prefecture, this evening, several children in the village were playing in the woods in the village, at this time, a few children climbed to the trees to catch birds, and suddenly, a child pointed to a house next to the woods and shouted: "Come up and see, why is Sister-in-law Li lying in the yard?" ”

The rest of the children, when they heard this, climbed up the tree to check, and when they climbed the tree, they saw Widow Li in the village, lying in the courtyard of her house, surrounded by blood, it seemed that the person was already dead, and the soil around the body was all stained red with blood. ”

Seeing this, several children hurriedly got down from the tree, then ran home, and told their parents what they had just seen, and after hearing the children's account, these parents did not dare to slack off.

First reported the matter to the village chief Zhang Laoshi, and then everyone came to Widow Li's house under the leadership of Zhang Laoshi, and everyone shouted twice at the door to see that no one answered, Zhang Laoshi asked people to kick open the courtyard door.

When the courtyard door was kicked open, the people in the village saw that Widow Li had really died in their yard, and the king of the village was bold, seeing this scene, and wanted to come forward to see how Widow Li died?

Seeing that Wang Daring wanted to go up and look at Widow Li's body, Zhang Laoshi hurriedly scolded him: "Wang Daring, what are you doing?" Don't touch her body, what if you destroy the scene? Let's hurry up and report to the official, and let Du Zhutou of the county government send someone to investigate the case. ”

Taolin Lane in the western suburbs of Yangzhou Prefecture, Liu Hua, who had been running for several days, finally returned to the Wu Mansion that he thought about day and night, and he kept calculating the decoration progress on the road, imagining what the Wu Mansion had become after so many days of repair?

At noon on this day, Liu Hua held a green onion in his left hand, a steamed bun in his right hand, a mouthful of steamed bread in his mouth, and his eyes looked at the Wu house in front of him without blinking.

"You damn Sun Shidong, tell me honestly, how much money did you embezzle from me? When I was leaving, I personally handed you five hundred taels of silver, asked you to hand over the money to Lu Mu, and then stared at the renovation.

However, can you explain to me why so many days have passed, and I have come back from out of town, why is it what was before and what is still what it is now? It hasn't changed even a single hair for so long?

No, it's not that there hasn't been any change at all, I took a closer look and found that there are still some changes around, for example, this brocade silk robe on your body has just been bought, and the pair of cloud brocade embroidered boots on your feet should not be bought for a long time.

Yell...... I didn't see it just now, but I just found out now, your trousers have also changed? Look at this craft should be a handicraft, right? Yes, it's all fine silk, and it's all embroidered.

The most obvious change is that you have gained a lot of weight than before, and you have obviously gained a few pounds of pork belly, it seems that the recent food is good, but the surname is Sun, please tell me, where did you get the money to buy these things? How much money is left of my money to renovate the house? ”

Sun Shidong was about to lose his breath when he was pinched by Liu Hua, he saw that Liu Hua was more and more angry the more he talked, and the more he said that he was pinching, the more ruthless he became, he had to break Liu Hua's hands hard, and then said with a flattering face: "Brother Liu, calm down." ”

"Calm? I look down on your sister, seeing that this house has not changed at all, I guessed that you must have lost all my money, otherwise, you would have changed the door of this courtyard first. ”

After saying this, Liu Hua calmed down his emotions and looked at the weeds in front of the Wu Mansion, and his fire suddenly came out again: "Look at it, don't talk about changing the door now, even the grass in front of the door has not changed, you can pull out the weeds in front of the door when you are idle." ”

"Don't pinch, you listen to me." Seeing that Liu Hua stopped pinching people, Sun Shidong said curtly: "You just left for a day, but that Linan girl suddenly came, in order not to lose my value, I used the money you used to decorate the house to buy a suit."

Don't look at me like that, I didn't spend all the money, I'll give you some leftovers, I just used some of the money to buy clothes and invite Miss Linan to eat a few meals. ”

Hearing this, Liu Hua's heart finally felt better: "Even if you kid still has a little conscience, you didn't spend all your brother's old foundation, let's say, how much silver is left?" ”

Hearing Liu Hua ask this question, Sun Shidong scratched his head, glanced at Liu Hua cautiously, and then smiled dryly and stretched out a slap: "Five taels of silver." ”

"I#§◎△#......" Hearing that the five hundred taels of silver were spent by Sun Shidong, Liu Hua scolded directly, and after scolding for two sentences, Liu Hua felt puzzled, pulled out his sword from Sun Shidong, and then brandished the sword and slashed at Sun Shidong.

"Don't be so excited, it's troublesome to cut people, the money was not spent in vain, and I will get you a business."

Explaining this, Sun Shidong saw that the sword in Liu Hua's hand was not as ruthless as before, so he continued: "That's the case, that Linan girl is here to ask you to solve the case, she said that as long as you can help her family solve a mystery, she will pay for you to repair this mansion."

I think she is a big customer, in order to help you promote this matter, I used that money to entertain the other party, but I didn't expect that the girl was too particular about eating and lodging.

Just talk about eating, she not only eats expensive, but also specializes in eating good, two meals cost more than 100 taels of silver, two days later, I saw that I really can't afford to support her, let her leave an address, then chartered a carriage for her, let her go back to the capital, I told her, when you come back, go directly to the capital to find her.

Brother, I also tried my best, you don't know how reluctant I was when I sent Miss Linan back, if it wasn't for saving you some money, I would definitely keep her for two days, besides, won't I give you the remaining five taels of silver? Be content, it's better to have five taels left than nothing left, right? ”

"Oh? Looking at the bodyguard next to that girl, her identity should not be simple, what problems can't be solved by people like her? Capital? It's a place where the dragon is hidden. ”

After saying this sentence suspiciously, Liu Hua saw that the matter had come to this point, and it was useless to say anything, and after glaring at Sun Shidong fiercely, he put the sword in his hand aside.

"Alas...... I am reluctant to eat even a piece of meat this way, except for the green onion to gnaw the steamed bun, that is, the steamed bun to gnaw the green onion, I didn't think about it, save it, wait for the hole, the old bottom is all defeated in your hands, it seems that you can't let you manage the money in the future. ”

After complaining, Liu Hua casually asked Sun Shidong: "In the past few days since I left, has anything new happened in Yangzhou Mansion?" ”

Seeing that Liu Hua was no longer holding himself responsible, Sun Shidong finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and after hearing Liu Hua's inquiry, he thought about it for a while, and then replied: "There is nothing wrong with Yangzhou Mansion.

However, I heard that there was a murder in Baiye County yesterday, and the arresters there were almost crazy, but no clues were found. ”