The file library of the Yamen in Fengping County is not large, but it is crowded with many files, and it seems that this is an eventful county.

"My lord, this is the file of all the forty-two years of Zongzheng, that is, the year when Sun Xianling's family was killed." The current county magistrate led Wei Qinghuan to the third row of shelves, pointing and saying.

Wei Qinghuan nodded, "Thank you for the order of Wu County." The county commander hurriedly clapped his hands, and then retreated knowingly.

"I'll help you find it, too." Fang Yu said lightly to the guard, and as he spoke, he found it on the row of shelves.

Wei Qinghuan also lowered his head to look for it, and after a while, he said, "I found it, the file of the case." Fang Yu hurriedly came over, and the two of them looked at it carefully.

"Sure enough, it's not much different from what the guy said." Wei Qinghuan said: "Sun County Ling's family also fell for Chi Mengxiang. ”

"The murderer has not been found yet." Fang You frowned and said, "Then what should we do now?" ”

"Keep looking." Wei Qinghuan's eyes were cold, and his tone was unquestionable.

"Well," Fang Yu nodded, "I'll take a look at another shelf." ”

The two of them were rummaging for an hour, and they didn't find any useful or related files, but Fang You saw a file that was recorded in a file that had some connection with this case, "My lord, look at this, there is a case here, and the whole family was killed, and the month and day when this family was killed are the same as those of Sun Xianling's family, but the year is a few years apart." ”

When Wei Qinghuan heard this, he put down the file in his hand, rubbed his eyes, and hurried over to check.

"This family of three was killed by their own relatives, and the murderer has not been caught so far." Fang You said.

"Yu Zhengfeng?" Wei Qinghuan looked at the name of the murderer on the file.

"The family died of arsenic poison." Fang Youdao.

"What does your intuition say this time?" Wei Qinghuan looked at Fang You and asked with a slight smile.

"What?" Fang Youdao.

"These two things." Wei Qinghuan said.

Fang Yu pondered for a moment, looked up at Wei Qinghuan and said, "It's very implicated. ”

Wei Qinghuan put away his smile, pulled her up and went out, "Let's go." ”

"Where to go?" Fang You asked.

"Go and inquire about this Yu Zhengfeng." Wei Qinghuan squinted his eyes and said. The two then asked Wu County Ling about the location of Yu Zhengfeng's family, and Wu County Ling was very cooperative and took the two of them in person.

The house in front of him has long been deserted, and the grass in front of the door has long been much higher than the threshold. Fang You suddenly felt a sadness in her heart, she stopped her steps, clenched her fists, and suddenly felt a warmth in her hand, it turned out that Wei Qinghuan noticed her abnormality and held her hand. Wei Qinghuan's hand was big and warm, and when he shook it like this, the feeling of sadness in Fang You's heart disappeared in an instant.

"My lord, this is it, this mansion has been abandoned for six or seven years since that murder." Wu Xianling said to Wei Qinghuan.

Wei Qinghuan glanced around here and said to Wu County: "The neighbor who had a good relationship with his family back then is still there?" ”

"It's right next door," said the county magistrate, "Your Excellency, please come with me." ”

Wu Xianling brought Wei Qinghuan and Fang You to the door of the family and said, "My lord, this is the family." ”

Wei Qinghuan waved his hand at him and motioned for him to leave. The county magistrate understood what he meant, and hurriedly bowed and left.

Fang You knocked on the door, and it was an old woman with white hair who came to open the door.

The old woman saw that the two of them were not dressed very ordinarily, and spoke with some respect, "The two are ......."

"We are your neighbors, the Yu family's distant relatives in the capital." Wei Qinghuan said, Fang Yu watched from the sidelines, and felt that his ability to lie was still not as good as Wei Qinghuan's.

The old woman, full of doubts, invited them into the house.

"Grandma, why are you alone in your family?" Fang You asked after looking around.

The grandmother explained while pouring tea for the two: "My son and daughter-in-law did business in their own small shop in Dongshi during the day, and they didn't come back, and my grandson also went to school. ”

When the grandma said this with a smile, Fang You looked at Wei Qinghuan with envy in her eyes, and wanted to simply convey her feelings to him, but she didn't want Wei Qinghuan to whisper in her ear: "If you want this kind of life, I can also give it to you." ”

When Fang You heard this, her ears immediately turned red, she coughed lightly twice, and hurriedly changed the topic, saying, "Grandma, do you remember the case where the Yu family was killed?" ”

The grandmother put the tea on the table, sighed, and her eyes were full of pity, "Alas, the Yu family is pitiful." After finishing speaking, he looked at the two, "You are distant relatives of the Yu family, you won't know anything about this matter, right?" ”

"I know, but I passed by Fengping County today, missed my old friend, and heard some doubts about this matter before, so I wanted to ask my grandmother again." Wei Qinghuan said methodically.

The grandmother sighed and shook her head, and said, "It's hard for you all to be so long, and you still have this heart......" As she spoke, she pushed the teacup towards the two of them and motioned for them to drink tea. Wei Qinghuan and Fang Yu hurriedly picked up the teacup, but they didn't drink it, still listening intently to the grandmother's speech.

"This Yu family is extremely kind to people, and their hearts are good, so they said that at the end of one year, my son and daughter-in-law were deceived in business, and they lost a lot of money, and they couldn't pass the New Year. Who knew that the Yu family knew, so they scraped together a whole two taels of silver and lent it to us, which allowed us to have a good year. Grandma talked about it, even after so many years, she could be moved to tears, "San Lang's kid is also very polite, but he has been taking the exam for four or five years, and he has never been lifted." ”

"Saburo?" Fang You asked.

"It's the three boys of the Yu family, Yu Zhengfeng." The grandmother explained, "How can such a good child be the murderer of his family? I can't believe even if I kill this old woman. ”

Wei Qinghuan heard that she finally said that this case had come up, so he hurriedly asked, "So, Grandma doesn't think he is a murderer?" So on the day the Yu family was killed, did Grandma know where Yu Zhengfeng was? ”

I saw that the grandmother squinted her eyes and thought hard, and suddenly slapped her thigh, "That day was the trial release list, and I think that Sanlang's kid naturally wants to see if he is on the list." ”

"Since he's not at home, how can he be a murderer?" Fang You asked.

"There is also a possibility that he did not go to the list." Wei Qinghuan pondered, "It depends on who saw him on the day of the release of the list." ”

"But after all this time, who should I ask?" Fang You said worriedly.

Wei Qinghuan pondered for a while, and then asked the grandmother, "Grandma, how is the relationship between Yu Zhengfeng and his family?" ”

"That child is filial and has never quarreled with his family." The grandmother immediately replied, and then added, "That's why I don't believe he's the murderer." After finishing speaking, he whispered in Wei Qinghuan's ear with a look of disgust: "Our people here all suspect that it was the previous Sun County Ling who had a holiday with San Lang, so he deliberately blamed him." ”

"Holidays?" Fang You was curious, "What is the festival?" Can Grandma talk to us? ”

"That year, we were flooded in Fengping County, and everyone was starving to death, and the sick were dying, but the relief money from the imperial court was delayed. In the end, it was finally delivered, but it was not enough for our family to eat for a day. Grandma said, as if she had returned to that year. Wei Qinghuan and Fang Yu had different expressions, not knowing what they were thinking.

The grandmother continued: "San Lang's boy somehow learned that Sun Xianling had embezzled a lot of disaster relief money and hid it in his house, so he took many people to the yamen to make trouble. Everyone was hungry, and they also made a fuss, and there were more and more people at the yamen. Later, the Nasun County Order couldn't be suppressed, and he was afraid that things would get bigger, so he said that the disaster relief money would be distributed to everyone again in a few days, so he asked San Lang to disperse. San Lang didn't follow, and everyone didn't follow...... "The grandma seemed to be a little thirsty and took a sip of tea.

"What happened?" Fang Yu hurriedly asked.

"Later, in just two or three hours, the Sun County Commander divided the silver in two." The grandmother said, "It's really thanks to San Lang this kid......"

"I understand," Fang You suddenly realized: "Then this Sun County ordered the embezzlement of silver and silver, but lost the hearts of the people, so he hated this Yu Sanlang, so he put the hat of the murderer in this case on his head." ”

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Wei Qinghuan said on the side.

"You mean...... Fang You opened his mouth wide, "it was the order of Nasun County that harmed the Yu family." ”

"Mother, I'm back." A few people were talking, when they suddenly heard the voice of a woman outside. It was the grandmother's daughter-in-law who came back.

"Ying'er is back, there are guests at home today, and I haven't had time to cook yet." When the grandmother heard this, she hurriedly greeted her, and then told her daughter-in-law about Fang Cai.

Na Ying'er entered the house, and after a few polite words with Wei Qinghuan and Fang You, she only heard her say: "I was also suspicious of this matter at the time. I got up early that day and went to the store in the East Market with the officials to clean up and open the door for business. As a result, as soon as he went out, he saw that the master next to Sun Xianling was knocking on the door at the door of Yu's house, looking sneaky......" Fang You and Wei Qinghuan glanced at each other, as if this Ying'er's words confirmed the conjecture of the two.

After Wei Qinghuan and Fang You inquired about it, they got up and prepared to leave.

"Aren't you really going to stay for a meal?" The grandmother tried her best to stay, and after Wei Qinghuan and Fang You thanked her, she excused herself and left.

"These two cases are really very involved." Fang You said as he walked.

"I'm more and more impressed by your instincts now." Wei Qingwan smiled.

"You are making fun of me again, if you don't want to check, don't say it's my intuition, even your sister's intuition won't work." After Fang You finished speaking, he glanced at Wei Qinghuan.

Wei Qinghuan stopped, grabbed her, and said, "I only believe in you." ”

When Fang You heard this, he bit his lower lip shyly, shook off Wei Qinghuan's hand and walked quickly. Wei Qinghuan stared at her back for a long time before setting off to catch up.