Bang Bang Bang!

Li Yuanfang knocked on the door of a family!

Squeak!

"Who are you looking for?" An old man opened the wooden door, poked his head out and asked!

"Old man, bother, I'm visiting Langzhong, these are my two apprentices, just because I missed the stay, I don't know if I can come to your house to spend the night?" Di Renjie asked with a smile on his face!

"What? Overnight? No way! The old man said categorically!

Syllable!

The wooden door closed heavily, leaving Di Renjie and his party to look at each other!

"Alas, it may be that it is really inconvenient for people, let's ask another one!" Di Renjie sighed!

The three of them came to the door of a house again, and this time it was a middle-aged man who opened the door!

"Courtyard father, we are in the middle of the square, we missed the accommodation, and we want to spend the night in your house......"

"No way!" The middle-aged man refused before Di Renjie finished speaking!

"Courtyard father, we don't live in vain, we have our own silver and two to offer!" Di Renjie said very respectfully!

"I said, why can't you understand words? If you say no, you can't! ”

Syllable! The door is closed again!

Di Renjie shook his head helplessly, and took Li Yuanfang and Mo Qingfeng to continue to ask other families, but he didn't expect that everyone would ruthlessly refuse, and some didn't even open the door!

"Sir, looking at the peace and stability here, why are the people so strong?" Li Yuanfang asked puzzled!

"I also think it's strange, but it's just a nightstay, and besides, the gentleman said that he would give silver, why are they so bad?" Mo Qingfeng echoed on the side!

"Okay, let's ask this one again, if this one doesn't work again, we'll have a hard time tonight!" Di Renjie laughed self-deprecatingly!

Bang Bang Bang!

"Is anyone home?" Li Yuanfang shouted while knocking on the door!

After a while, footsteps came from the courtyard, the wooden door opened, and an old woman poked her head out and looked at the three strangers outside the door!

"Old man, bother, we are going to Fang Langzhong, came here, missed the stay, and hope that the old man will not abandon the reception, we will stay overnight, and leave tomorrow!"

"This?" The old woman was a little hesitant!

"Don't worry, the old man, we will give us silver taels, please ask the old man to prepare some food for us!" As he spoke, Di Renjie took out a piece of silver and handed it to the old woman!

"Who's the old woman?" An old man's voice came from the courtyard!

"Old man, I'm passing by for the night!" The old woman shouted into the courtyard!

After a while, the courtyard door opened a little wider, and an old man appeared at the door, standing next to the old woman, and before he could speak, he saw the silver in Di Renjie's hand at a glance!

"Oh! Ok, good, good! Come on in! We are poor and small, don't dislike a few gentlemen! Hurry up, old woman, get some food for the guests! The old man took the silver in Di Renjie's hand, opened all the doors, and welcomed Di Renjie and his party!

Di Renjie entered the courtyard and looked around, although the house looked a little old, but the house was neatly cleaned up inside and out, Di Renjie couldn't help but show a satisfied smile!

"Father-in-law, are you two in this house?" Di Renjie asked!

"Hmmm! I have a son who has not yet married, works as an errand in the county office, usually lives in the county office, and does not come back, so we are the old couple in this family! What do you call him? The old man replied!

"In Xia Huaiying, and the people of Bingzhou, these two are my apprentices, Yuan Fang, Mo San!" Di Renjie introduced!

"Oh! Mr. Huai, please come inside! With that, the old man let the three of them indoors!

It didn't take much effort, and the old woman prepared some food for Di Renjie and his party and put it on a slightly broken table!

Di Renjie and his entourage were not polite, although it was just some coarse food, Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang also ate very fragrantly, but Mo Qingfeng, who had just recovered from a serious injury, was a little unpleasant!

"Old man, I have a question I want to ask, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" Di Renjie put down the bowl in his hand and asked!

"Mr. Huai, please speak!" The old man put down the work in his hand and came to the table to reply!

"I waited to go to the first few houses to spend the night, only your family was willing, why did they all refuse sternly?" Di Renjie stroked his beard and asked!

"Alas, it's not their fault, our family is only our old couple, the family is surrounded by four walls, and there is nothing to grow, so naturally we are not afraid of anything!" The old man said with some shame!

"So what are they afraid of? Isn't it normal for this passerby to stay overnight? Di Renjie asked!

"If it was before, it was naturally normal, but there was an accident in the village a few days ago because of the overnight stay, so every family can't help but be a little taboo, right?" The old man said!

"Oh? I don't know what happened because of the overnight stay? The old man's words aroused Di Renjie's curiosity!

"When you came, did you see a house with a locked door and a dark house?" The old man asked!

"Yes, when I first entered the village, I also felt strange, why every family is cooking with lamps, but this one is lifeless!" Di Renjie said!

"Alas, the owner of that house is called Zhang Fu, and his wife is called Zhang Li, just because he picked up a passer-by who stayed overnight, and the family died!" The old man sighed!

"What? Could it be that the passer-by committed the murder? Di Renjie asked in surprise!

"At first, we didn't know that in the morning Zhang Fu's neighbor found Zhang Fu lying in the yard, climbed over the wall to check, only to find that this Zhang Fu was dead, and only after reporting to the official did we know that Zhang Fu's wife, children, and the passerby were all dead!" The old man said with some palpitations!

"What? Even the passer-by died? Di Renjie was even more surprised!

"Yes, the passerby died in the room, that Zhang Li was hanged, and that Zhang Fu also wiped his neck! Poor thing! The old man said regretfully!

"And what happened to their family?" Di Renjie asked!

"I heard my son say that it was that passer-by who took advantage of Zhang Fu's outing to do something wrong to Zhang Li's family, and this Zhang Li family was ashamed and angry for a while! After Zhang Fu came back, he found that Zhang Li had hanged himself, and when he saw the suicide note left by Zhang Li, he knew what had happened, so he found the passer-by who was staying overnight, and the two of them fought, but he missed for a while, Zhang Fu actually beat the passer-by to death, and saw that he had lost his life, and this Zhang Fu wiped his neck! It's a good home, it's gone! When the old man said this, he couldn't hide his sadness for a while, and he sobbed!

"Don't be too upset, old man! That Zhang Fu and that passerby fought, and no one went to pull it? How can he still be allowed to kill people? Di Renjie asked!

"We don't know that they are fighting, we only found out after the official report and the county magistrate came, if we knew this earlier, why can't we let Zhang Fu also kill himself?" The old man stopped sobbing and said!

"This person, I really can't look at it, look at that passerby is polite, like a scholar, I didn't expect to be able to do such a thing as a pig and a dog!" The old woman said as she cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks!

"Hmmm! As the saying goes, knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, if you want to say that this Zhang Fu is also miserable, he died his daughter-in-law and took his own life! Li Yuanfang said indignantly on the side!

"Yes, you said that Zhang Fu is too, he usually doesn't dare to kill a chicken, who would have thought that he could kill someone? It's a pity that these two of them? The old man sighed and said!

Di Renjie listened to the words of a few people, and didn't make a sound for a long time, as if he was a little distracted!

"What are you thinking, sir?" Mo Qingfeng asked on the side!

"I'm afraid there is still a secret to this matter!" Di Renjie said to himself!