The fire in the Song Mansion burned for most of the night, and when the fire was extinguished, the sky was already dark. The only master who was there died unexpectedly, and the people in the house had no rules, so the old housekeeper sent someone to the Bai family to send news.

Bai Zonglin stood in front of Bai's body covered by a white cloth for a long time, his eyes were slightly red, and behind him were the Song family's subordinates who were kneeling on the ground. After a long time, he asked, "What the hell is going on?" People who were fine the day before yesterday, why did they suddenly ......"

The old housekeeper came out tremblingly and replied, "In the middle of the night, the old lady's yard suddenly caught fire for some reason, and the fire was already burning when the old slave came, and everyone else in the yard ran out in shock, only the old lady ......"

The old housekeeper continued ashamedly: "The old lady has an old disease of heart palpitations, and she has been worried about it for the past few days, so she ordered people to light incense before going to bed every night. Xu slept too heavily because of this, so he never ran out, and when the fire was extinguished, we found the old lady's body on the couch. ”

Bai Zonglin closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. After a while, he said: "I personally sent a letter to Shi Yang to let him rush back, you should hurry up and prepare for the future." ”

The old housekeeper got the order and began to explain in an orderly manner, and everyone else was busy with their own work, only the courtyard of the Bai family instantly became deserted.

Even if there was a suspicion the day before yesterday, I wanted to die and never get along, but now that this kind of thing has happened to the Bai family, there are no other relatives in the four rounds, and the sister-in-law of the Qi family has to take care of the aftermath.

Bai Yanran couldn't believe it when she first heard the bad news, this incident had never happened in her previous life, and she didn't know that the Bai family would end up like this in this life. Only Bai Yueyu was stunned for a moment when she heard the news, and then laughed.

"It deserves it, it's all retribution! Whoever let her not believe in her words, she would let me enter the house when she said it before, and when she turned her head, she told her father that she didn't want me, this is her retribution! ”

Ke Xin on the side frowned when she heard this, but she didn't dare to open her mouth to touch her moldy head, so she had to walk away silently and ignore Bai Yueyu, who looked like crazy.

When the news reached Aunt Zhao's ears, she was first shocked, and then frowned: "Grandma is the only reliance for Yu'er to marry into the Song Mansion, and now that my aunt is gone, Yu'er is afraid that there is no hope, it seems that Yu'er has to have other plans." ”

Gu's mother also said: "Yes, please think of this aunt and grandmother as a good person, and if you say no, it will be gone." ”

Aunt Zhao pouted and said, "It's a dry day, I think it's because the people in the house don't care to serve it." It is said that this aunt and grandmother are really bad, she was widowed at a young age, and finally waited until her son had a chance, and she went before she enjoyed a few days of happiness. It seems that the eight characters are too light to suppress this blessing. ”

Gu's mother comforted: "That's it, it's not like how the eldest lady is hard, it will be a happy life in the future." ”

Aunt Zhao didn't know what she thought, and sneered: "Speaking of the eight characters, didn't the old Taoist priest say that the girl in the Qiu Fan Courtyard had the hardest eight characters, but what was the use?" Now that my aunt and grandmother are gone, the Song family has to keep filial piety for three years and not get married, so I want to see if she can wait for these three years. ”

Everyone in the Bai family had different thoughts, but Song Shiyang, who received the bad news, was really hit hard, and he ran around overnight for a while. The person was already rushing back halfway, so sleepless, he rushed back to Song's house with a curfew at dusk the next day.

Song Shiyang looked at the white lantern hanging high on the door of his house, only to feel that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fell off the horse. Finally stabilized his mind and immediately went to knock on the door, and the person who opened the door saw that the young master was back, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a while.

Song Shiyang didn't have time to take care of him, so he stumbled and only went to the mourning hall. Looking at the uncovered coffin, Song Shiyang only felt that this step by step was like a thousand pounds, and when he walked to the coffin and saw the embarrassed remains of the people inside, he finally couldn't help but kneel on his knees, and shouted sadly: "Mother! ”

Bai Boren, who was the vigil on his behalf, wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know how to speak. Bai Zonglin and the Qi clan were busy all day before they went back to catch their breath, and when they learned that Song Shiyang had come back and hurried over, they couldn't help but reddened their eyes when they saw this scene.

Bai Zonglin stepped forward and comforted: "Shiyang, people can't be resurrected after death, if your mother knows under the spring, she doesn't want you to be too sad." ”

Song Shiyang shook his head, tears raining down.

"Uncle, how can this be? How so? I've only been gone for a few days, so why don't I ...... my mother?"

Although Bai Zonglin clarified the whole story in the letter, Song Shiyang never believed that the person who was fine when he left was gone before he came back.

But at this point, what's the use of saying more.

When the emperor learned of this, he specially sent people to come to condole, which was enough to show the importance of Song Shiyang. He also decreed that Song Qing was a pillar of the imperial court, and he could avoid three years of worry, and he was allowed to take half a month of mourning leave. With such an honor, Song Shiyang is also unfazed.

He changed into filial piety clothes, and stood in front of the spirit without saying a word, refusing to move to rest or eat no matter how much Bai Boren advised.

The next day, people came to the door one after another to offer condolences, and the Bai family had no connections in the capital, so they were all old friends of the Bai family, and more often they came to sell Song Shiyang's face, which was not too deserted.

Bai Zonglin and the Qi family were busy entertaining people who came and went to mourn, and Bai Yanran saw that Song Shiyang was haggard and unbearable, but he also knew that this hurdle could only be crossed by himself.

It's just that Song Shiyang was busy on the road for a day and a night without sleep, and he stayed in the mourning hall for a day and two nights, and finally couldn't stand it and fainted on the third day and night. Bai Zonglin hurriedly asked his subordinates to carry him back to the room to rest, and asked Bai Boren to continue to guard the spirit, and finally let Song Shiyang rest all night.

It's just that Song Shiyang also slept peacefully this night, and he always heard his mother crying in his dreams, and he woke up crying as soon as it was dawn. He woke up suddenly, as if he were in a different world, and suddenly heard a cat meow, only to find that there was a cat standing at his feet.

What's even stranger is that the cat barked at him twice, walked a few steps to the door, and then stopped and barked at him. Song Shiyang was stunned, because he felt that this cat was actually telling him to go with him.

He was smiling bitterly at his trance, but the cat went and came back and pulled at the hem of his clothes with one paw, and actually pulled him out. Song Shiyang couldn't come back to his senses for a while, and he really walked out with him unconsciously. At this time, there was silence all around, and the people who woke up were all guarding in front of the mourning hall, but no one noticed his strange behavior.

The cat walked fast, and after walking for a while, he stopped and looked back at him, as if waiting for Song Shiyang to follow. A ridiculous thought suddenly rose in Song Shiyang's heart, this cat knew what to lead him to see, and his heart tightened as if it was a magic barrier, and he couldn't help but speed up his steps and follow closely.

Ji Lingyun led Song Shiyang all the way to the back wall of the Song Mansion, and then stopped at the earrings left by Zhao Shengtian the night before. Song Shiyang really recognized at a glance that the gold earrings on the ground were the things of his mother Bai, his fingertips trembled violently, as if he understood something, he hurriedly took the earrings back to the Song Mansion to ask the old housekeeper.

Ji Lingyun nodded, feeling that this Song Shiyang was really teachable. Rest assured to turn around and leave, hiding merit and fame.

Song Shiyang found the old housekeeper and learned that the pair of earrings were indeed worn by the Bai family on the eve of the accident. The girl who was waiting for her said that she was waiting for Bai to take it off and put it in the jewelry box before she went to sleep, so how did this earring appear outside the back wall of the Song family?

Since the Bai family has lit incense and slept, it is impossible to dress up in the middle of the night and go out, let alone go to a remote place like the back wall of the Song family, so this thing was taken out by someone and accidentally left on the back wall, so this person's purpose can be imagined.

Previously, all of Bai's wings were burned by fire, and naturally no one knew whether the jewelry in the jewelry box was stolen or destroyed by fire. But now it seems that since someone came in to steal before the fire, the cause of Bai's death and the cause of the sudden fire are worth investigating.

Song Shiyang immediately reported the case, Jing Zhao Yin knew that he was a popular person in front of the emperor now, so he naturally didn't dare not care, and he came to the autopsy very carefully, and came to the conclusion that the Bai family was burned after his death. In other words, Bai was killed by someone, and the thieves set fire to destroy the corpse.

Knowing the truth, Song Shiyang felt sad and indignant in his heart, thinking of the bitter crying that his mother had suffered before her death, and he couldn't wait to kill the thief.

Jing Zhaoyin's case-handling methods are sophisticated, and he quickly followed the clues of the theft of jewelry in the pawnshop, and then followed the vine to find the melon, and finally found Zhao Shengtian, who was red-eyed in the largest gambling house in the capital.

It happened to be the day of Bai's burial, and everyone in the Bai family gathered together, and they were all taken aback when they learned the real murderer.

Everyone has obtained stolen goods, Zhao Shengtian can't deny it even if he wants to, and this case is now even the emperor is quite concerned, Jing Zhaoyin naturally will not show mercy to his subordinates. Zhao Shengtian is spineless again, and he confessed clearly without receiving a few punishments.

It turned out that he stepped on it that day, and he entered the Song Mansion at night, originally just wanted to steal a little in exchange for some silver, but he might as well Bai had a heart palpitation attack that night, even if he lit incense, he still woke up in the middle of the night.

At that time, Zhao Shengtian had a lot of harvest and was happily preparing to return with a full load, but he was bumped into by the Bai family, but the Bai family had seen him and knew his identity, Zhao Shengtian was afraid that she would call someone to cover her mouth.

But Bai's heart palpitations were unbearable, and he was shocked and angry when he saw that the thief was Zhao Shengtian, but Zhao Shengtian was afraid that she would struggle and call others, so he kept covering her mouth and not letting go. But he didn't want Bai's body to soften after a while, and when he looked into his breath, he found that the person was actually dead.

Zhao Shengtian was completely panicked, and suddenly he thought of setting fire to destroy the corpse, so he dragged Bai Shi back to the bed and pretended to be asleep, and used candles to ignite the bed curtain and veil tent. Seeing that the fire was ignited, he hurriedly escaped from the back wall with the stolen goods.

The Bai family lit the incense to calm the gods, and no one in the house went in to save people, all of which covered up the flaws in this matter very well, and almost made Zhao Shengtian confused. It's also that no one thought that Bai's death was not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster, after all, Bai's was a deep girl, who would have thought that she would be killed in her own home.