He did not remarry after his wife left him, and now he lives with his parents.

When Song Ning stood at the door of a study, the old couple of the Xu family stood in the courtyard, following with tears in their eyes, and they didn't dare to speak.

"Don't worry, we adults have always been organized and measured, yes or no, there will be a clear explanation in the end." Song Yuanshi comforted the old couple.

Xu Congbiao wiped his tears and choked up: "My Xu Liu has been sensible and kind since he was a child, and he has been taking the exam for 12 years, and he can continue to take the exam, but he and I am too tired to see that my mother and I are too tired, so I gave up." ”

Xu Wangshi also followed behind crying, knelt down and kowtowed coldly: "My lord, my Liu Er can't kill people, and he still kills so many people, he doesn't have the guts, he has been reluctant to step on an ant since he was a child." ”

Song Yuanshi comforted the old couple, and Song Ning entered the study.

The study was very clean, and a row of bookshelves was made against the wall, and there were many books on the shelves.

All the books on this shelf are handwritten by the flesh scholars themselves, because the handwriting of the notes on the article is the same as the handwriting of the article itself.

"It seems that I really love to read." Song Ning walked to the table, there was a painting bucket on the table, and there were more than a dozen scrolls in the bucket, she spread out one, and there were many animals painted on the painting, and cats and dogs were the most.

There are all sorts of forms, lazy, vigilant, and aggressive.

It's also good to draw, lifelike.

"He likes to draw dogs." Xu Congbiao came in from the door and wiped his tears with his sleeve, "My lord, you see that he copied the books on it, and when he enlightened others, he not only did not accept other people's restraints, but also helped them copy books day and night." ”

Song Ning stopped what he was doing and asked Xu Congbiao: "But he confessed." ”

Xu Congbiao was stunned for a moment, and cried: "My lord, I, we don't know why he confessed. Can we go and see him and ask him? ”

"I'll try it, the others are in the palace." Song Ning came out of the study and stood in the courtyard of his house, there was a jujube tree planted in the courtyard, which looked a little bare at the moment, "Does he usually have any close friends?" ”

"There are a lot, this child is good to everyone, our neighbors around us, and several children in the vegetable market were enlightened by him, but he didn't take a penny. Everyone thought of him and respected him very much. ”

Song Ning knew about this.

"Actually, in fact, he was really delayed by us, because we were useless, and we couldn't earn money to let him study in peace." Xu Congbiao said, "My lord, he must be innocent." ”

Song Ning didn't talk about this topic: "What did he do last night?" ”

"I went to see a friend last night and went out after dinner. But he didn't say who he was going to meet. Xu Congbiao thought for a while and replied, "But he didn't have a book with him, so I don't think it should be his former classmate." ”

Song Ning bowed his head slightly and said goodbye, and went to the street with Song Yuanshi, Song Yuanshi asked him, "What do you think?" ”

"If it's not him, then check the people he knows, and he's taking the blame for others."

can make a person willing to die with infamy, Song Ning can't understand how deep the feelings are.

They went out into the streets, and many of the people on the streets already knew the outcome of the case.

Someone asked, "My lord, will you be punished for not solving the case?" ”

"No, it won't. I didn't do anything wrong! Song Ning said to the other party.

The man was stunned, and he didn't know whether he wanted Song Ning to be punished or not, so he moved his mouth and ran away.

Pan Dexiang walked slowly from a distance, and saluted perfunctorily, "Lord Tang, please go back to the yamen." ”

Song Ning looked at him with a very sincere attitude: "I'm really sorry, I'm doing something important now, and I'm going to tell you to send a message that I will go to see Lord Tang after I return to the yamen at noon." ”

"Noon?" Pan Dexiang looked at Song Ning in astonishment, "Little Song, are you joking?" ”

"Are you going to let Lord Tang wait for you?"

Song Ning said: "If he has something urgent, I guess you will explain it directly when you come, since you didn't say it, it means that he didn't." If it's not urgent, then there's no need to hurry. ”

"Focusing on doing things, I think Master Tang can understand."

Pan Dexiang stared at Song Ning, his eyes narrowed and said: "I don't know what else Lord Xiao Song has to do, the case you want to solve in Haikou after you return to Beijing has been solved, what else is more important for you than meeting Lord Tang?"

"Ah, I have something to ask you, it was you who overheard our speculation about the meat scholar last night, so you told your nephew Pan Songyue?" Song Ning asked him, Pan Dexiang was shocked, and said that Xiao Song was rough and direct, completely impersonal and subtle, and he really saw it today.

"Lord Xiao Song laughed, although I am a staff member, I am also from a human background, can I do eavesdropping?" Pan Dexiang said, "Lord Xiao Song should follow me back to restore your life, we will give each other face, otherwise we will ......"

After a pause, he said, "The scene is too ugly." ”

"You're just a messenger, can you just spread your words? If Lord Tang were angry and cut off my head, I wouldn't be able to drag you to lie down with me. Song Ning flicked his hand and let him go, "Go, go, go." ”

Pan Dexiang is equivalent to the "third-in-command" in Dali Temple, he has no real power and no favors, and no one has ever talked to him like this.

"Lord Song, in vain the sage books you read, you just talk to your elders like this?" Pan Dexiang said angrily.

Song Ning was surprised: "Elder, if you want to talk crookedly here again, I have even more ugly words." ”

Saying that, he turned into the alley and went to the West Lane vegetable market.

"It's crazy!" Pan Dexiang drank coldly, paused and followed Song Ning forward, Lu Miaomiao looked back at him, and asked angrily, "Old man, why are you following us?" ”

Geezer? Pan Dexiang was dizzy, and said angrily: "I want to see if a case has been solved, a case where the murderers have confessed, why does Lord Song continue to investigate, and he is so crazy that he asks Shangfeng to wait for him." ”

"Although I am not an official, I have been walking around the officialdom for so many years, and I have seen people of all kinds, but this is the first time I have seen such a rampant petty official."

He then said that Song Ning didn't want to talk to him, and it was not worth wasting time for a staff member at this time.

When the group went to the vegetable market, there was a commotion inside, whether it was a vegetable seller or a vegetable buyer, people were talking about the meat scholar in a panic.

This is understandable, no matter who you are, there is a person you know or know very well who suddenly becomes the murderer of a serial murder case, and the level of horror and shock will continue to be shocked even if you mention it in a few years.

Song Ning appeared, and someone saw her with sharp eyes, and immediately shouted, "Lord Song is here." ”

"Lord Song!" Someone shouted.

All the talk came to an abrupt end.

Song Ning went over, and everyone immediately surrounded him: "My lord, I heard that the meat scholar confessed, right?" ”

"Hmm. Pleaded guilty. Song Ning replied.

"Really confessed." Everyone sighed for a while, and some people said, "But I really can see that he is actually the murderer of the disembowelment murder case, which, this is too surprising." ”

"My lord, this—it's not like ah, others are so good."

"That is, although he sells pork, he has never killed a pig."

Uncle Zhou said: "What's more, he has a hard time lifting the knife. ”

"I'll look at his stall." Song Ning went forward, the meat scholar was taken away by Lei Song after leaving the stall in the morning, so his pork and scales were there, and even the book "Zuo Chuan" that he read yesterday was also placed on his clean apron.

Song Ning opened his book, and the pages of the book were clean and neat, with neither oil stains nor dust, and even the corners of the book were not wrinkled.

"He really likes books." Song Ning said in a low voice.

Song Ning put down the book and squatted under the meat stall to check out. The meat stall is a hollow stone tabletop, and the bottom of the table of Wang Mazi's house and Uncle Zhou's house is covered with straw and bedding, and they can curl up and rest in it when they are tired.

There were also under the meat scholar, but he did not wear hollow on both sides, he nailed the outer side with wooden boards, and instead of laying straw directly on the ground, he put a few wooden planks, and the wooden planks were covered with straw, and pillows and quilts were placed.

In the corner, there was also a crumpled left pass upside down, and Song Ning took it out of it, his brows slightly raised.

"Yes, it's my book." Wang Daniu stood at the butcher stall next door and said to Song Ning, "Uncle Xu copied the book for me, I, I sometimes read it with him." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Song Ning with a blank look and asked her if she could return the book to him.

Song Ning handed him the book, Wang Mazi slapped him on the head, and shouted: "What's the mess, can adults still take your book?" Can you wait for the adults to leave? ”

"Oh." Wang Da Niu shrank his neck and ducked back, his father helped his son, and asked, "I'll bring the pig's head back later, and I'll give you braised pork to eat at night." ”

Wang Da Niu rubbed his hands.

"Eat, eat, eat, know to eat! Do you have a conscience? The meat scholar is in jail! Wang Mazi shouted.

The whole vegetable market looked at Wang Daniu's father, his father was very embarrassed, his thin shoulders shrunk, and he said with a smile: "No, no, I am also sad in my heart." ”

As he spoke, he looked up and saw a man dressed as a scholar, looking at their father and son with disgust, he blushed and blurted out nervously, "You—Do you want to buy meat?" ”

"Huh!" Pan Dexiang gave way and took a step back.

Song Ning asked Wang Daniu's father: "What do you call uncle?" ”

"Grass people, grass people......" Before he finished speaking, Wang Mazi pushed him and replied to Song Ning, "My lord, his name is Tang San." ”

Song Ning bowed slightly, and Tang San stood behind Wang Mazi with his face down.

Song Ning handed the book to Wang Daniu, and said to everyone: "Let's disperse, it's useless to gather people here, and it's still delaying." ”

"My lord, haven't you investigated this case?"

After hearing this, Pan Dexiang sneered: "The murderer has confessed, what is he investigating?" ”

(End of chapter)