"How so?" Chang Tai asked, without the slightest warmth in his voice.

"This first, of course, is the bloody coat that you hold in your hand, Lord Chang. Although the fabric of the bloody clothes is not as good as what you and I are wearing, it is much better than the clothes that Zhang Donglin is wearing now. Although there are no mothers in the world who do not love their children, they are willing to give their children good food, good food, and good clothes. But then again, if you know that your son is a half-fool and wears him well, he will also scratch everywhere, and the family is not very wealthy, will you still give him such good clothes to make him come out and abuse? Of course, no.

Ma is a good mother, and it can be seen that even during Zhang Donglin's illness, she still cleaned up for him and was decent.

Therefore, what Zhang Donglin wore when he went to the lobby of the government was his real clothes, and the bloody clothes in the courtyard were deliberately placed there by others.

This second is the silver ticket in the bloody clothes. The Zhang family did not close their doors at night, and hiding the silver ticket in the collar of the stupid son was also a good way to hide money. But this is 1,500 taels of silver, not 150 taels. Zhang Donglin's father and mother are just croppers who live on a few acres of thin fields in the village, and how long do they have to accumulate the 1,500 taels of silver tickets to accumulate. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Zhang Donglin did not have the income before he was crazy, but he earned so much silver taels at once, and it was not used to improve the life of his family, which shows that this money came from the wrong way. By the way, there should be a silver number on the silver ticket, so you can find out who deposited the money. ”

Before Xing Ruyi finished speaking, he heard a "snap" behind him, and when he looked back, it was Zhang Youfu, who was born with a smile, and fell to the ground.

"Village Chief Zhang, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just that I walked without my eyes, and I accidentally slipped under my feet."

"Then you need to be careful. Oh, where did I just say? Speaking of the second, there is a third.

Third, if Shen Mingyue was really killed by Zhang Donglin, a fool killed someone by himself, and he was still yelling everywhere that it was nothing. It is also normal for a fool to kill someone and leave his Buddha's hand at the scene as evidence. Because I'm a fool, I can't think about it so thoroughly. But why did he give the bloody clothes to the place where it was still so obvious, and it was still his own home? ”

"You have already said this in Zhang Donglin's house just now." Chang Tai spoke.

"One thing I didn't say was the most important motive for murder. Zhang Donglin is a fool, even if he wasn't stupid before, he has been stupid for more than two years, he has no grievances with Shen Mingyue, why did he kill her? Even if it was unintentional, even if it was an accident, why wasn't it at the door of Shen Mingyue's house, not somewhere else in the village, but the ancestral hall of the Zhang family?

Village Chief Zhang also said that the ancestral hall of the Zhang family is locked on weekdays. There are only three keys in total. So, who is the person who helped Shen Mingyue open the door? Is it the village chief, the old Zhang Tou'er or the old ancestor of their Zhang family? ”

"What does the village chief think?" Chang Tai suddenly clasped Zhang Youfu's shoulder, Zhang Youfu was startled, and sat on the ground again.

"I said, I said it all." Zhang Youfu suddenly collapsed, sat on the ground, like pouring beans, and told all the things: "The clothes are mine, and the silver ticket inside is also mine, but Shen Mingyue really didn't kill me, and the door of the ancestral hall was not opened by me." My key was really held by my wife. ”

"I also believe that you didn't do it." Xing Ruyi squatted down and looked at Zhang Youfu's face: "As the village head, you are the richest person in the village, if you want to do something, there is no need to make an appointment with Shen Mingyue to the Zhang family ancestral hall in the middle of the night." ”

"What can I do? I can't do anything. Zhang Youfu patted his leg: "I admit that I once had bad thoughts about Shen Mingyue, but none of the men in this village had bad thoughts about her." She is young, good-looking, and her husband at home is not useful, such a woman, even if she just walks around the village, she can find a few wild bees, but everyone is of the same clan and clan, even if she has bad intentions, she just thinks about it in her heart and talks about it. No one would put themselves in for this little thing. If you don't believe me, you can go to the village and inquire, my lady is an extremely difficult person to talk to. ”

"There is still a distance from the Zhangjia ancestral hall here, and while the old folks have not yet arrived, you should quickly tell this Chang adult what you have done. If you are really innocent, he will not let you be implicated in vain. But if you don't report it, or if you are really the perpetrator, Chang Daren will not be fooled by you and let you go home. ”

"I really didn't kill anyone." Zhang Youfu stopped smiling, got up from the ground, knelt down in front of Chang Tai, and burst into tears: "Last evening, after dinner, I had a few words with my wife. It's simple, too. My brother-in-law wants to take a third concubine, but there is not enough house at home, so he wants me, who is a brother-in-law, to give some silver. My wife came to me to discuss, and the meaning of the words was nothing more than that she wanted me to help get the money, and said that the brother-in-law also took a concubine to spread the branches and leaves of their family, and they would have more children and more blessings. I don't understand, they are all men, why can I only guard her for the rest of my life, and my brother-in-law can accept concubines from room to room. I also want to spread out for our Zhang family, and I also want to have more children and grandchildren.

Before I finished speaking, my lady twisted my ears and said that I was talking about a dream, and that I was comparing myself to my brother-in-law. said that when she married me, I was just a poor boy from the Zhang family, if she hadn't had a prosperous life, I would still live in a leaky house, eat rice grain with worms, and cover a moldy quilt.

I confess, I admit that when my wife married me, I was indeed a poor boy, so poor that no one in this village was willing to marry a girl to me. So over the years, I have also done my best to be good to her, even if I am the village head, even if I have money in my hand, I haven't said that I am like her brother and my brother-in-law.

Also, I just don't understand, my brother-in-law takes a concubine, why I have to give money, I have to give silver. He doesn't have a house, what does it have to do with me, and what does his concubine have to do with me. What I told her was the truth, the truth I wanted to tell in my heart, but she didn't want to, she grabbed me, grabbed me by the ear with her hand and wanted to hit me. You say, "I am a manly husband, can I be as knowledgeable as a shrew?" So, I came out. ”

Zhang Youfu sighed: "In our village, as soon as dinner time is over, basically no one comes out. During the day, you have to plant herbs, pick herbs, cut them, chop them, and dry them, which is also very hard. After dinner, I basically slept. As for me, I'm just wandering around the village. Dangling, somehow it shook to the door of the ancestral hall. I swear to heaven that when I stand at the door of the ancestral hall, it is already open. I didn't think much about it, I guessed it was the drunkard of Lao Zhangtou, who drank too much, and suddenly remembered to clean the ancestral hall. I said in my heart that there is no one else to talk about the grievances in my heart, so it is better to go and talk to the ancestors and ancestors of our Zhang family, if I really meet the old Zhang Touer, I can still ask for some wine and drink. It is said that it is easy to hit ghosts when it is dark, but who would have thought that it would be possible to hit ghosts before it was very dark. ”

"You hit the ghost?"

"No, I bumped into someone who's scarier than a ghost." Zhang Youfu sighed: "I met that old ancestor of our Zhang family. ”

"Ancestor? Is that one older than you? What's so scary about her? ”

"Well, it comes from the muddy things I made when I was young. At that time, I was young and ignorant, and I didn't inquire about the affairs of my family and clan, but I knew that there was a good-looking girl living next to this ancestral hall. When I was fifteen or sixteen years old, in the summer, I climbed over the wall with a few people to the courtyard of my ancestors. As a result, I ran into the ancestor bathing in the room. Those bastards, seeing that the situation was not right, just left me and ran away. I was caught by my ancestors. It was in this ancestral hall that he was beaten up. Since then, the eyes of my ancestors have looked at me as if they were something. Even if I later married a wife and had children, and changed my ways, she didn't have a good face for me. As for me, I'm this age, but I'm still a little weak when I see her. ”

"I look at your weak heart, not just peeking at your ancestors' bathing, right?"

"Hey, hey." Zhang Youfu laughed dryly: "At that time, I was young and didn't understand anything, so I said that I could be responsible, and it was a big deal to marry my ancestor back." Later, I learned that according to the seniority, we have to call her the ancestor. You say, whose child can have the audacity to marry his own ancestors?

Later, the ancestor did not marry in his life because of the Zhang family. It's none of my business, but I always feel as if it has something to do with me. So, over the years, I have been hiding if I can, and I can't see it. As for the lack of heart, I can't figure out why I have a weak heart like this. Anyway, I ran away.

Let's go home, I'm worried that the lady hasn't slept yet, and when the two meet, they will inevitably have to argue a few words. It's not easy for me to earn money, isn't it good to leave the silver to my own children? Why do you have to give it to your brother-in-law? I breathed a sigh of relief, I just didn't want to go back. When it was about time to come, the demons sent the gods, and I came to the ancestral hall again. The door of the ancestral hall is still open, but it is not the same as before, it is hidden. Just as I was about to go over and take a look, a dark figure sprang out of it. ”

"Dark shadows? What does it look like? Chang Tai grasped the crux of the matter, because the black shadow in Zhang Youfu's mouth was very likely to be the murderer of Shen Mingyue, even if he was not the murderer, he might have brought Shen Mingyue to the ancestral hall, or was the person who made an appointment with the ancestral hall.

"It's a dark shadow." Zhang Youfu also looked regretful: "It's midnight, it's scary when it's dark, I really didn't see who he was and what he looked like, but I vaguely looked like a man." If...... Actually, there is no need if, when I stepped into the ancestral hall and saw Shen Mingyue lying on the ground, I regretted it. I regret not catching that dark shadow, regretting not seeing what he looks like, that bastard! ”