He looked at Ming Yuexi, who was looking at him expectantly, with some embarrassment, and shook his head slightly: "It was indeed suffocated by hemp rope." ”

This is their only clue, and his shaking of his head means that the clue has been cut off again.

Mingyuexi was speechless, the light in her eyes slowly dimmed, and the eyes of the six gods and no master swept around Xiao Er's corpse, gradually focusing on the hemp rope thrown aside, and suddenly brightened.

She looked around the cell, and didn't see any place where the hemp rope was needed, she looked at Gu Yanbai excitedly: "If he hanged himself, but where did this hemp rope come from?" ”

The official stood outside the door and interjected, shattering her illusions: "Madam, the hemp rope he used to tie his trousers, we have checked it, and he brought it in himself." ”

When Gu Yanbai heard this, he reached out and lifted the shirt of the shopkeeper, and looked at his pants, there were indeed traces of hemp rope on them, and they were seriously worn, not for a day or two, he did have the habit of using hemp rope before his death.

Mingyuexi lowered her head in annoyance and patted her head, why did she forget how she was in a hurry to go to the doctor, not everyone can afford to use a belt, and the shopkeeper's family is poor, which makes sense.

But this makes sense, that makes sense, who can give her a reasonable explanation for her problem?

Seeing that she was upset, Gu Yan's white eyes were slightly gloomy, and he reached out to hold her hand, clenched it slightly, and tried to convey her calm mood.

Mingyuexi raised her head to meet his gaze, Gu Yanbai clearly saw the hesitation and confusion in her eyes, he clenched her hand even more without saying a word, and looked at her from afar.

Ming Yuexi took a deep breath, and after a moment, she stood up from the ground, clasped his hand with her backhand, and showed him a shallow smile.

Now that the matter is not over, she can't just lose to these seemingly natural proofs, she must find an explanation for the old lady's money and Xiao Er's life.

Fang Cai was too nervous, calm down at the moment, think about it carefully, the shopkeeper has no reason to commit suicide at all, even if he steals property, he is not guilty of death at all, he still has parents to support, how can he easily commit suicide?

Seeing that she had calmed down, Gu Yanbai finally let go of his heart slightly, and then he opened his mouth to propose.

"After all, it's a matter of human life, no matter what the truth is, let's go see his parents first."

"Okay."

The two inquired about the address of the shopkeeper, and when they came out of prison, they went to his house.

He lived with his father and mother, because he had no money, he had never married, and when he saw an old woman with gray hair in the courtyard, holding her waist and reaching for a coarse cloth hanging on a branch, Mingyuexi suddenly remembered that scene.

Before the shopkeeper was arrested, his room was searched, and he desperately wanted to protect his family letters.

Her nose was sore, and before she had time to think about it, the woman had already found the two of them, and her face was a little frightened, and she hurried to the house, but because she was too anxious to walk again, she fell to the ground at once, and let out a painful "oops".

Mingyuexi came back to her senses, hurriedly ran over, helped her up, and asked with some guilt: "Are you okay?" ”

Seeing that she was kind to herself, the fear on the old woman's face dissipated a little, but her face was still full of vigilance, and a pair of cloudy eyes looked at them with some suspicion: "I'm fine, are the two adults?" ”

The two walked into the house with the old woman, and when they smelled a strong smell of herbs in the room that permeated every corner of the room, Mingyuexi probably knew why the shopkeeper worked so hard, but there was no silver at home.

The sick man is like a bottomless pit, no amount of silver is too much, no wonder he is so afraid of being driven away.

"It turned out to be the Hou Ye and Mrs. of the Hou Mansion, what are the two adults here for today?"

The old woman was startled when she heard the identities of the two, and hurriedly knelt down to salute the two, and the man who lingered on the sickbed also struggled to get up, but was stopped by Mingyuexi, why was she embarrassed to let them kneel?

Looking at the puzzled eyes of the two, she couldn't bear to tell the two of them the news, and finally she closed her eyes, sighed, and quickly said the news of the shopkeeper's suicide, but no matter how fast she said it, it fell into the ears of the two, and it was also a thunderstorm.

"My child, dead ......"

The old woman never expected her to say this, and sat down on the bed at once, looking ahead with a blank look and muttering to herself, as if all her strength had been drained.

The man lying on the bed coughed violently and couldn't help it, and pointed at them with a trembling finger: "He won't kill himself at all, it's still the Hou Mansion that you owe...... You, you are careless of human life, there will be no good end! ”

After speaking, he covered his mouth and coughed heartbreakingly, the old woman's tears were even more tearful, she cried bitterly, and the two of them couldn't care about the identity gap and would let themselves lose their heads at any time, and they were accusing Gu Yanbai.

Gu Yanbai stood quietly in place, lowered his eyes, and did not say a word.

Mingyuexi stepped forward to comfort them, the two of them cried for a long time, and finally slowly calmed down, and when they recalled Gu Yanbai's identity, they couldn't help but have fear in their eyes, and even their cries were much quieter.

The old woman wiped her red eyes with the back of her hand, and didn't look at the two of them with her breath, and there was hatred on her face: "What about the Hou Mansion, he has long said that the place is not good, if it weren't for the two of us, he would have left that filthy and broken place a long time ago!" It's all my fault, it's all my ......."

Mingyuexi didn't miss the old woman's words, the tips of her ears moved slightly, and she looked at the old woman seriously: "Auntie, why do you say it's a dirty place?" ”

"How do I know, anyway, he said, the people there are not good things!"

The pain of losing a child in the old age is not something that can be comforted in one or two sentences, not to mention that the cause of death is unknown, until sunset, when the two had to leave, the two old people were still immersed in grief and couldn't extricate themselves.

Gu Yanbai silently left a silver ticket, which was enough for them to hire a good Lang Zhong to see a doctor, change to a good house, and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

Mingyuexi was also a little depressed by the emotions of the two, some unknown emotions were flowing in her eyes, she always kept her head down, staring at the ground blankly.

If only she could stop the shopkeeper when he was arrested and sent to the government, if she had known that today, she would definitely not let the housekeeper take people away, and she would have to protect him first, regardless of black and white.

"It's not your fault," the two walked out of the yard, Gu Yanbai suddenly stopped, took her in his arms, patted her back gently, stared at the direction behind her seriously, sighed lightly, full of pity, "You have done a lot, you have done your best." ”

Mingyuexi suddenly fell into his warm embrace, listening to his whispers in her ear, her eyes were red in such gentleness, she tried to hold back her grievances, reached out and rubbed it, and sniffled.

"If this matter is not investigated, I will not give up!"