The sky was dark, and I don't know if it was getting late or if the clouds had not dispersed.

Du Ziyuan and the housekeeper, who were locked in the firewood room, were awakened by a thunderclap.

After observing the surroundings, Du Ziyuan didn't know where he was.

"Butler, where is this?"

"Master, this is an abandoned firewood house in the house, have you forgotten, you still hanged people here?"

The butler leaned against the damp pyre, weak, and tried to break free of the rope in his hand, only to find that as soon as he moved his hand, the bone-cracking pain would come to him.

Du Ziyuan subconsciously looked up at the beam, in the dim room, accompanied by lightning and thunder in the air, there was a hemp rope hanging from the beam.

"Ahh

"There's a ghost—help! Ghosts! Help—"

Du Ziyuan shrank in the corner and shouted indiscriminately with his eyes closed, as soon as he opened his eyes, he could see the female ghost hanging on the beam.

When the secret guard guarding outside the door heard in the firewood room, he went to report it to Xin Jiuyuan and Hao Ren.

Du Ziyuan was crying wolf in the firewood room, and the people in the entire backyard heard it.

At this time, Hao Ren and Xin Jiuyuan were chatting with an uncle, and they were talking about the female ghost in Du Ziyuan's mouth, Yang Mei.

"My Xiaomei was deceived by Du Ziyuan, if the old man knew that he came to his mansion, then I would rather die outside."

"And what about later? Have you ever seen Xiaomei? ”

Hao Ren listened patiently to the old man's story.

The old man shook his head, "It's been four years, and the old man hasn't seen her come back again, I don't know what happened to Xiaomei with Du Ziyuan......

Speaking of the painful past, tears of hatred crossed the old man's face like the bark of a dead tree.

"Then why didn't you report to the police?"

The old man waved his hand, and he was already disappointed with the "official" in Hao Ren's mouth.

"I haven't thought about it, but Du Ziyuan is the lord of the city, the biggest official in Meicheng, no one dares to do anything with him, as soon as I hear Du Ziyuan's name, I still can't avoid it, how can anyone complain?"

Hao Ren sighed heavily and looked at Xin Jiuyuan, a trace of sadness crossed his eyes.

At this time, Qingya came in and whispered a few words in Hao Ren's ear, and Hao Ren and Xin Jiuyuan went out together.

As soon as he went out, he heard Du Ziyuan's ghost crying wolf, and Hao Ren wanted to know who the "ghost" in his mouth was.

Pushing open the door of the firewood room, there were only the housekeeper and Du Ziyuan inside, and no third person was present.

"Butler, do you know who the ghost in his mouth knows?"

The housekeeper didn't plan to say it, but Xin Jiuyuan's aura was too strong, and he was afraid that if he didn't say it at this time, he wouldn't be able to survive this moment.

"It is the daughter of a merchant's family, Du Ziyuan is lustful, and often abducts some young and beautiful women with money, one day he took a fancy to the merchant's daughter, and knew that the trick of money lure would not work on that woman, so he deceived her on the grounds that her father was in the city lord's mansion."

"After the woman realized that she had been deceived, she would rather die than obey, so Du Ziyuan locked her in this firewood room, thinking that she was going to starve her for a few days and force her to comply, but a few days later, the maidservant girl in the house found that she had hanged herself in this firewood room."

Hao Ren grasped the key information in it, and remembered that the old man's clothes were not like ordinary farmers, but like merchants.

"Do you remember the woman's name?"

The housekeeper recalled for a while before saying, "I don't know my surname, that girl calls herself 'Xiaomei'." ”

Hao Ren didn't make up his mind directly, but looked around and asked, "This firewood house seems to have been abandoned for a long time, why do you remember this matter so clearly?" ”

The butler smiled disdainfully, "......"