And Shangguan Yutang is not concerned about the cause of death of the former boss of the Tongshun Inn at the moment, she just wants to know the origin of those secret guards. She thought that if the Kun brothers had really lived in Qiongxiao Village for decades, they should be familiar with the topography of Tiannan Mountain.

At that time, Tie Sheng said that the boat sank soon after he got on the boat, this Tailing Lake is the most famous viewing lake in the imperial capital, if it is a boat sunk in Tailing Lake, it is impossible for them to protect the country without knowing it, unless it is a shipwreck in a river or lake in a hidden place, it will be difficult for outsiders to know.

"Do you know if there are any spacious caves, tunnels, or secret rivers on Tiannan Mountain?"

It is better to die than to live, the Kun brothers did not dare to disobey Shangguan Yutang, in order to save their lives, they decided to recruit everything they knew truthfully.

Kun Feng shook his head and said: "My eldest brother and I live on Tiannan Mountain, we can go up and down the mountain with our eyes closed on this Tiannan Mountain, where there are a few trees and where there are a few boulders, we all know, but this cave tunnel and secret river, there is absolutely no Nanshan in this day." ”

Shangguan Yutang continued to ask: "Then do you have any suspicious people here on weekdays?" ”

Kunfeng shook his head again and again, and replied: "The people living on Tiannan Mountain are all the villagers of our Qiongxiao Village, there are not many outsiders, and there are the most outsiders living in this Tongshun Inn, but I didn't find anyone suspicious, most of them were businessmen." ”

The Kun brothers and Ma Yiniang are both greedy for life and afraid of death, and they will tell them all if they are scared casually, and what Fang Kunfeng said is not like a lie. Shangguan Yutang wondered in his heart, could it be that he had found the wrong direction this time?

The body found in Tailing Lake earlier was drowned and had no external injuries, could it be that he accidentally fell into the lake on the way to carry out his mission? And the place where the secret guards are trained is not in Tiannan Mountain at all?

Shangguan Yutang's brows furrowed, as if everything had returned to square one.

Ma Yiniang saw Shangguan Yutang change the topic, and immediately said: "Hey woman, let's talk about Chen Beixiao just now, why don't you continue......"

Before Ma Yiniang finished speaking, Ma Thirteen's voice came from outside the door.

"I'll go myself...... Don't push me...... Don't ......"

Ma 13 was escorted back by Huangfu Hongyi. "Bang!" He was thrown into the inn by Huangfu Hongyi like a sandbag, and just fell next to Ma Yiniang.

Ma Yiniang had a sad face, now that even the only life-saving straw has been caught, they will definitely not be able to escape prison now.

Ma 13 grimaced and complained: "Eldest sister, it's all your fault that you want to help the Kun brothers find a woman, and now that you have brought me in, what do you say we should do?!" ”

Hearing Ma Thirteen blaming herself, Ma Yiniang was so angry that she directly raised her feet tied by the rope and kicked at Ma Thirteen.

"you, the old lady did things for the Kun brothers, didn't she also give you silver? What's wrong? Now you turn your face and don't recognize people? ”

Huangfu Hongyi and Shangguan Yutang had no time to take care of Ma Yiniang and Ma Thirteen Nests, so they let these two sit on the ground and blame each other.

Shangguan Yutang turned sideways to Huangfu Hongyi and said: "Hongyi, just now Kunfeng said that there are no caves and secret rivers in Tiannan Mountain this day, if Tiesheng was really trapped in Tiannan Mountain at that time, the only waterway they can take is Tailing Lake, but in recent months, our Huguo Mountain Villa has indeed not received any news of a shipwreck in Tailing Lake." ”

Huangfu Hongyi didn't respond, he quickly pulled out the Yin Yang Dragon Slaying Knife and put it on Ma Thirteen's neck, and the inn was instantly silent.

Ma Thirteen was so frightened that his face was wrinkled, and there was a feeling of wetness in his crotch, and he was so frightened that he peed his pants.

"Young Hero...... Something to say...... Something to say...... The sword doesn't have long eyes......"

Huangfu Hongyi asked coldly: "A few days ago, did you find a man in black who fell into Tailing Lake?" ”

Ma Thirteen's head shook like a rattle, and he hurriedly replied, "No, no, I didn't find anyone overboard." ”

Huangfu Hongyi's cold gaze swept over the Kun brothers and Ma Yiniang again, and the three of them also shook their heads violently, for fear that they would be wiped by the man holding the big knife in front of them a moment too late.

Xiuxiu and Cai Die walked over, and Xiu Xiu said resignedly: "Childe, four days ago, Cai Die and I saw a sneaky man in black by Tailing Lake. ”

"Really?" Shangguan Yutang's eyes lit up, as if he saw a glimmer of hope, the floating corpse in Tailing Lake was found two days ago, and the person had been dead for two days when it was found, if Xiuxiu and Cai Die saw a suspicious man in black by Tailing Lake four days ago, then this time was just right.

She continued, "What was the man in black doing?" ”

Cai Die replied: "That night, Xiuxiu and I wanted to escape, we arrived at the lake and were looking for a boat to leave Qiongxiao Village, but we saw a man in black stumbling out of Widow He's house, looking at him as if he was drunk, he went straight to Tailing Lake and jumped, Xiuxiu and I were frightened, and then the Kun brothers chased us out and arrested us. ”

Jumping in the lake? Shangguan Yutang and Huangfu Hongyi looked at each other, the man in black stumbled out of Widow He's house like drunk at that time, and they didn't find any signs of drinking before the person was born when they performed the autopsy, could it be that the Gu poison attack in his body couldn't control his behavior and fell into the lake?

Ma Yiniang on the side shouted: "Hey, hey, then Widow He is the rich lady of the former owner of this inn!" ”

Ma Yiniang provided a useful clue this time, and it seems that this widow He is the key.

……

The next day, Shangguan Yutang and Huangfu Hongyi escorted the Ma brothers and the Kun brothers to the official mansion, and asked the Kun brothers to compensate Xiuxiu and Caidie one hundred taels of silver.

After sending the two girls away, they turned back to Qiongxiao Village, and they came to Widow He's house.

Widow He's house is at the entrance of Qiongxiao Village, one mile away from Tiannan Mountain. The stone house of Widow He's house is very new, it looks like she has only lived in it for about a year, and the chimney on the roof is curling, presumably Widow He is cooking at the moment.

Shangguan Yutang knocked on the door of the house, and after a while, Widow He came to open the door. The woman in front of her was no more than fifty years old, but her sideburns were gray, and her face full of vicissitudes looked more like a sixty-year-old woman.

"Who are you two?" Widow He looked at the two standing in front of her in a daze, since her husband died, there had been no guests in the house, and even her son, who was dependent on her, had only visited her twice.

Shangguan Yutang spread out a portrait in his hand and asked, "Mrs. He, do you know the person on this portrait?" ”

Widow Ho didn't know the person in this portrait, but this person was still a blood relative to her. Widow He raised her eyes and looked at Huangfu Hongyi and Shangguan Yutang standing in front of her, they exuded a righteous and awe-inspiring momentum, like people from the government.

Widow He is worried, could it be that something happened to Ah Zhi?

"This is my son Ah Zhi, what's wrong with him?"

Shangguan Yutang was slightly stunned, she didn't expect that the corpse found in Tailing Lake earlier was actually Widow He's son, looking at Widow He's face full of vicissitudes, Shangguan Yutang couldn't bear to tell her the bad news for a while.

Huangfu Hongyi saw that Shangguan Yutang had not spoken for a long time, so he replied for her: "He is dead, drowned in Tailing Lake." ”

"Huh?!" The news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, and Widow Ho's eyes were black and she fell to the ground.

"Mrs. He!" Shangguan Yutang squatted down and wanted to help her up, but the widow couldn't bear the fact that her son had died, so she sat on the ground and kept beating her legs, howling and crying.

"My Ah Zhi...... O iniquity...... O iniquity! "Widow He shouted in her mouth, could it be that Ah Zhi's death has another hidden meaning?

Widow He cried so much that she fainted several times, and Huangfu Hongyi clicked on her acupoint and fed her a Ningxin pill.

After a long time, the widow came to her senses, and she sat on the ground with her head drooped, her red and swollen eyes staring directly at the ground at her feet.

Shangguan Yutang stroked her back and said, "Mrs. He, do you know what happened to your son?" We're here to help you, and we want to tell us everything you know. ”

Widow He sobbed incessantly, she sat down on the ground and refused to get up, and lamented, "O iniquity...... Iniquity...... It's all to blame for the dead gambler who has money, if it weren't for him, how could our Ah Zhi end up so miserable? ”

What does this Ah Zhi's death have to do with how rich his father is?

Widow He choked up, and she told the story of what happened a year ago: "My husband was a gambler before his death, and the Tongshun Inn at the foot of Tiannan Mountain was originally our ancestral business, how do I know that my husband owes a lot of gambling debts in Beiyang City." A year ago, he owed the son of the city lord of Beiyang City five hundred taels of silver, and the family's belongings had already been lost to him, only one inn was worth it, in order to pay off the gambling debts, we gave the inn to Chen Beixiao to pay off the debt, but it could only be worth three hundred taels of silver, and we still owed two hundred taels of silver, and our family was also some poor relatives, and no one could make up so much money. ”

Widow He raised her skinny hand and wiped her tears, and continued: "Later, my father-in-law ran away in order to escape the debt, but was caught by Chen Beixiao's men and beaten half to death, and it didn't take long for him to commit suicide, so this debt was left to me and Ah Zhi. ”

Widow He recalled the sad things in the past, and the grievances in her heart could only turn into tears, she wept bitterly, and said while crying: "Later, Chen Beixiao said that he could let Ah Zhi go to Beiyang City to work, but there was no salary, and our mother and mother were desperate, so we could only compromise, and Ah Zhi went to Beiyang City without any news, until three months ago he sent me a letter to me to tell me not to worry about him." Who knew that a few days ago, he returned to Qiongxiao Village, I was very happy to see him, but I found that his face was pale, as if he was sick, so I decocted medicine for him, how did he leave the house while I was decocting medicine in the back kitchen, and left a note saying that I should not worry about him, I thought that he was too anxious, so I went out to look for him, but found nothing. ”

Widow He cried heartbreakingly, her only dearest relative died, her sky had fallen, and no one could hold up a piece of the sky for her, helpless she cried hysterically: "Who knows...... Who knows...... I heard about his death today...... I don't know what Chen Beixiao asked Ah Zhi to do in Beiyang City...... Turned my son into that...... Woowoo woo ......"