Mu Qingchen didn't know where he went, so in order to make sure that the person opposite was indeed Mrs. Cheng, I called Xiaoyu over. She used Mrs. Cheng's maid's skin at that time.

Xiao Yu also looked very surprised, "How can this be?" Isn't Mrs. Cheng dead? ”

I frowned and asked her, "Xiaoyu, can you tell if it's a demon or a human?" ”

Xiao Yu shook her head, "There is no demonic energy on the body, it looks like a human being." ”

"Xiaoyu, please go to the Jinyi Guard Soul Exploration Division and tell Nan Ya that we have seen Mrs. Cheng. Niu Meng and I followed Mrs. Cheng first to see where she would go. "I commanded Xiaoyu.

Xiao Yu nodded, went back to the room and got an umbrella, and ran out with the umbrella.

Originally, Niu Meng and I planned to wait for Mrs. Cheng to buy the cloth and follow her casually.

As a result, after Mrs. Cheng came out with the maid, she actually greeted me.

"Nine sons, the store has expanded a lot."

I was very surprised in my heart, but I still pretended to be calm, smiled and nodded, "There are more people who come to me to see a doctor, so two rooms have been built for practicing medicine." ”

Mrs. Cheng responded with a smile, "It's a good thing to practice medicine, the ninth prince is busy, so I'll go back first." When the ninth prince is free, he will go to the house to sit down, and my lord can often talk about the ninth son. ”

"Definitely, definitely." I was more and more puzzled in my heart, I did help Cheng Fu see feng shui before. But Cheng Fu wondered, aren't they all dead? I've seen all the corpses!

Where did this Mrs. Cheng come from?

I asked Niu Meng to follow Mrs. Cheng quietly first, and hurriedly ran to Buzhuang.

When the shopkeeper of the cloth village saw me, he immediately greeted me with a smile, "Jiugongzi buys cloth, it's time for the New Year, and I need to buy a few new clothes." ”

I took out a piece of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper, "The finest silk, one of each color, and send it directly to the other side." By the way, the shopkeeper asked you, was that Mrs. Cheng just now? ”

The shopkeeper nodded, "Yes, it's Mrs. Cheng." ”

"But, didn't Cheng Mansion have a murder case?" I hurriedly asked again.

The shopkeeper waved his hand, "Hey, that's the government, and it's not announced to the public, didn't it say that only nine people died at that time?" Later, the corpse fished up from Yongquan Lake, who knows where it was.

I just talked to Mrs. Cheng, Mr. Cheng's father passed away, and the family went back to keep filial piety, and just returned to Jinling two days ago. ”

"I see, thank you for the shopkeeper, remember to send the cloth." I waved my hand, said goodbye to the shopkeeper, and hurriedly ran to chase the bull.

There's a lot going on in this matter!

However, there seems to be nothing wrong with what the shopkeeper said, and only the government knows the truth of Chengfu's murder back then. Those who saw the corpses were also from the government. What was revealed to the public was that only nine bodies were found in the Cheng Mansion, and the rest were all missing.

Later, the bodies recovered from Yongquan Lake were also known only to the government.

If Mrs. Cheng said that they would go back to their hometown to keep filial piety, and good people stood in front of them, the people would naturally believe what Mrs. Cheng said. After all, the murder of Cheng Fu back then, everyone felt strange.

Wait a minute...... Could it be that Cheng Mansion is all back?

Niu Meng had just followed out not far away, and the cat looked sneaky in the corner. I walked over and patted him on the shoulder, startling him.

"Brother Jiu...... You're scaring me to death! ”

"Who told you to follow you like this, like a thief, and when you meet the officers and soldiers later, they may really arrest you as a thief. What about people? ”

Niu Meng gestured to the noodle restaurant in front of him, "Go in and eat noodles, Brother Jiu, this Mrs. Cheng seems to be really a person." ”

"Isn't this nonsense, can the ghost come out for most of the day? Talk to someone, follow slowly, and see where she goes. ”

Niu Meng and I waited at the door of the noodle restaurant for a long time, but Mrs. Cheng and the others had not come out yet. I pretended to pass by the doorway, and looked inside, where she and the maid were still sitting and eating.

When I returned to Niu Meng, Nan Ya came.

I couldn't help but be amazed at Xiaoyu's running speed and the speed at which Nan Ya arrived. Jinyi Wei Detective Soul Division is on Zhengyang Street......

Wait, doesn't Nan Ya just live in Cheng Mansion? He occupied the Cheng Mansion and turned it into the Jinyi Guard's Soul Division.

"Nanya, how is Cheng Mansion now?" I asked him.

Nan Ya shook his head, "I don't know, but I've already sent someone over." ”

I frowned and asked, "Didn't you rebuild the Cheng Mansion before?" ”

"There is no reconstruction, just simple repairs, but before I left last time, I changed places and changed to the former Wen Wangfu."

After Nan Ya finished speaking, Niu Meng nodded, "I said, last time Brother Jiu asked me to go to Chasing the Wind and met him on the street of King Wen's Mansion." ”

"Mrs. Cheng and her maid are still inside, you can go in and take a look." I said to Nanya.

Nan Ya nodded, let the two of us wait here now, and entered the noodle shop alone.

But after a while, Nan Ya came out, his brows furrowed.

"How's it going?" I asked him.

Nan Ya rubbed his nose with his fingers, "It seems that it is really Mrs. Cheng......"

"Who died before?" I asked again.

Nan Ya shook his head, "It's not clear yet, let's follow and see if she can return to Chengfu later." ”

Things seem to be getting more and more strange, but until we figure out what is going on, none of us can be sure that this is the real Mrs. Cheng. After all, something like Mu Qingchen happened before.

After a long time, a dumpling stopped in front of the noodle restaurant, and Mrs. Cheng and the maid walked out of it.

I saw Mrs. Cheng sitting in the sedan chair, and the four people carried her away.

I said how I could stay in a noodle restaurant for so long, so I sent someone back to call the sedan chair.

With the sedan chair, the three of us followed in the open, of course, we kept a certain distance, trying not to let them find out that the three of us were following them.

followed all the way to Zhengyang Street, and the direction of the sedan chair happened to be Chengfu.

We followed to the gate of Cheng's mansion and found that the sedan chair was carried directly into the mansion. There were four family members standing at the door, looking quite strong. This kind of merchant can't hire guards, and can only take care of some charlatans to protect the mansion.

And they are also not allowed to take swords.

But I don't have much of an impression of these four family members, and they weren't among the nine who died in the first place.

Many of the corpses that were later recovered from Yongquan Lake had turned pale, and I don't remember exactly what they looked like.

The people sent by Nan Ya had not yet arrived, so he dusted the snow off his clothes and said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look." ”

So he took me and Niu Meng to the door of Chengfu.

As soon as he walked to the door, he was stopped by the family, "Who is coming?" ”

Nan Ya showed his token, and said with a serious expression: "Commander of the Jinyi Wei Exploration Spirit Division, Nan Ya, I have something to talk about with your master." ”

The family was obviously afraid, and nodded hurriedly, "Small, small, let's go in and report." ”

The three of us waited outside for a while, and Master Cheng came out.

That's right, it's indeed the old man Cheng who died before, I remember it clearly. I examined his body. A sword pierces the heart, resulting in death. There are no other injuries on the body.

The remaining eight corpses were killed by the claws of the beast.

Master Cheng walked in front of Nanya, saluted Nanya respectfully, and said, "It turned out to be Nan Ya, I have admired him for a long time." I didn't know that Nanda was coming, and I couldn't welcome him from afar, and I hoped that Nanda would forgive my sins. ”

Nan Ya waved his hand, "No courtesy, let's go in and talk." ”

"Okay, good, Nan-sama, please." Master Cheng politely invited us into the house.

The inside of Chengfu is still the same as before, and Nanya has repaired it once, but only the doors, windows and broken roofs have been repaired, and other places have basically not moved.

I'd love to go to the well in the side yard now, but it's not appropriate to ask for a look at the well at this time.

Master Cheng brought us into the main hall, let Nan Ya sit up, and sat down by himself.

The two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Master Cheng asked, "I don't know what happened to Lord Nan looking for the little one?" ”

Nan Ya frowned slightly, "It's nothing special, there have been frequent strange things in Yingtian recently, someone saw a huge monster last night, ran to the mansion, and came to ask." ”

Master Cheng's expression was very surprised, and he said, "Huh", and said: "Ying Tian has been really weird recently, but there was really no movement in the small mansion last night. ”

"Did Master Cheng just come back?" Nan Ya asked again.

Master Cheng nodded, "Well, I just arrived in Jinling three days ago, my father died, so I took the whole family back to keep filial piety." ”

"Oh? How long have you been back? Nan Ya asked again.

"It's been nearly two years, and I said that I would keep filial piety for three years, but this year there was a famine in my hometown, and I couldn't stay anymore, so I moved my family back."

"Master Cheng, I don't know how many people there are in the house."

"I don't know about this, and the small ones have never been counted."

"Can you show me the roster in the house?"

"The little ones will be sent to fetch them."

After a while, the butler sent the roster. This butler is also dead, one of the specific corpses in the first place.

"Is everyone in the house registered?" Nan Ya asked Master Cheng.

Master Cheng nodded, "Yes, including the name of the small one, it is also registered." ”

I hurriedly opened it and looked at it, but in fact, I didn't look at what the names of the people on this list were, but mainly to count how many people there were in Chengfu.

For fear that I would count wrongly, I deliberately counted back and forth three times, and found that there were seventy-three people on the roster of Cheng Mansion.

At that time, there were seventy-three bottles in that cellar, but one of them belonged to Cheng Tianke. But Cheng Tianke's name is not on the roster.

Moreover, all the corpses found in the Cheng Mansion murder case at that time were also seventy-two, and there was always one less than the number.

In other words, if there is a person in the Cheng Mansion who is not dead, then this person must be on the roster.

But the problem is, I didn't verify the names of the dead at the time, and now I don't even remember their appearance clearly, how can they be matched one by one?

Nan Ya stared at the roster for a long time, his brows furrowed, he seemed to be looking for some flaw.

After a while, Nan Ya handed the roster back to Master Cheng and asked, "Master Cheng, where is Cheng Tianke now, does Master Cheng know?" ”

Master Cheng's expression became even more incredible, "Why did Master Nan ask that?" My brother died three years ago, sick and dead. ”

"What? Could it be that Master Cheng doesn't know that Cheng Tianke is wanted by the imperial court? Nan Ya asked again.

Master Cheng sighed, "I heard, but there must be some misunderstanding in the middle." The people of our Cheng Mansion are all fine, how can they be killed by their dead brother?

I only heard about it after I came back, and I think I must have misunderstood something when I came to the government.

After the new year, I plan to go to the capital to explain this matter. ”

The more Master Cheng said that I was more confused, I obviously saw him dead, and he was indeed dead!

Nan Ya frowned and asked Master Cheng, "Master Cheng said that he would return to his hometown to guard filial piety, who can testify?" ”

"Nanda can send someone to Xiao's hometown for interrogation, and all the miles and eight towns can testify. Although there was a famine this time, many people remained in their hometowns. Master Cheng replied.

Nan Ya narrowed his eyes slightly, and continued to ask, "Master Cheng, have you ever heard of the Tiangang compass?" ”

When asked this, Master Cheng's face suddenly changed greatly, and he ordered all the left and right to retreat, and asked Nan Ya in a low voice, "Lord Nan, this Tiangang compass is a secret that our Cheng family does not pass on, how does Lord Nan know?" ”

"Who did Master Cheng say about the Tiangang compass?" Nan Ya asked again.

Master Cheng thought for a while, and suddenly patted his head, "Half a year ago, I drank with my fellow villagers, and I accidentally talked about it after drinking. ”

"What did you say?"

"I have said everything, in fact, this is not a secret, only eight words, Yongquan Lake is weak, Zhuge will make a decision, it is just a family motto of the ancestors, we must keep this secret, and we can't let outsiders know.

My father used to say that the Tiangang compass hides the secret of immortality, if immortality really exists, wouldn't all the emperors of the past dynasties be able to live until now? I don't believe that. ”

Sure enough, there is a secret of Zhuge Liang's tomb at the bottom of Yongquan Lake, and someone has indeed spread it.

Yongquan Lake is weak, and Zhuge is a testament. It is said that Zhuge Liang's tomb is hidden in the weak water below Yongquan Lake.

The time is also right, the Ming Dynasty is so big, and the news spreads slowly. It took two months to spread out, and it took another two months for these people to come to Jinling, plus to find a way or something, it was almost this juncture that made Yongquan Lake begin to freeze.

And this Master Cheng does seem to be the real Master Cheng, so what about the Cheng Mansion that died before?

I can understand that the court blamed the murderer on Cheng Tianke, but it was also to hide people's eyes, but nine people did die at that time!

"Master Cheng, the balance has not been in place recently, and Master Cheng still doesn't let his family go out, and has a good year with peace of mind. If there is anything, I will come to Master Cheng again. ”

Nan Ya exchanged a few more words with Master Cheng and left with us.

As soon as I left Chengfu, I hurriedly asked, "How is it?" Is it true? ”

Nan Ya nodded, "What he said is true, the real Cheng Mansion has not been destroyed." ”

"That'...... Hurry up and protect them all? Niu Meng interjected.

Nan Ya shook his head, "There's no need, the secret of Cheng Fushou has been leaked, and no one will harm them anymore." I'm wondering now, what was going on with those people in Cheng Mansion back then? ”