Zhuang Rou knew that the people who asked for food were outside the city, so she took someone to find Qin Qiu. He hadn't sent the coffin away yet, but he didn't know if he had taken the silver and loosened his hand, and even built a simple mourning hall.

The corpse was covered with a broken mat and stopped on the rotten wooden plank, I don't know what it was waiting for, how long had it been dead, and what was the first seven.

Qin Qiu was a little surprised, she would come to the door by herself, and she didn't feel dirty and smelly, sitting on the ground outside the grass shed in the mourning hall, letting the hot sun bask herself, she looked up at Zhuang Rou and said, "I don't know what the adults have to do in this dirty place?" ”

"I came to take a look, I thought you sent the corpse back to your hometown, and I wanted to find your follower. Since you're here, I'm looking for the identity of a nameless corpse, you guys are running around and the news is wide, help me check it, how much money are you willing to take? Zhuang Rou said bluntly.

Anyway, it's just a matter of running errands, and it's the same with anyone.

Qin Qiu didn't refuse, and said casually: "Pay ten taels first, and then pay twenty taels after you find someone." "Anyway, they are all corrupt officials, don't let the money be in vain.

"Okay." Zhuang Rou wanted to take out a small bill for him, but he thought that those who wanted food would take the small money to the bank, and it would be impossible for people to exchange it for them. So he took out the pieces of silver and gave him ten taels.

Holding the silver in his arms, Qin Qiu reached out and asked for the corpse search notice and looked at it.

Zhuang Rou looked at him silently, if he knew how to read, he was not a stupid ordinary person, the body exposed under his torn clothes was very strong, lean and fleshy but not swollen, it was live meat and not the dead flesh of Chen Mufeng's stupidity.

Qin Qiu suddenly raised his eyes and looked over, smiled slightly and asked cynically, "My lord, but do you want to buy noodles?" ”

"I can't afford it when I'm short on money." Zhuang Rou retracted her gaze and smiled, "See clearly, I will know his identity in three days." ”

Shaking the notice in his hand, Qin Qiu said disapprehantly: "Poor scholar, often eats chaff, and is single, I will find one for you right away." ”

He shouted to a man next to him who was rubbing old mud and looking at the excitement: "Erlin, go over and call that mother-in-law with the back of your ears." said that she had found her son and asked her to recognize her. ”

Zhuang Rou hurriedly said: "You just pull someone over to identify the corpse like this, that's not good, I want to investigate the case, not to make a difference." ”

Qin Qiu replied indifferently: "She is indeed here to find her son, and she is also a scholar, there is no conflict, maybe it is her son." ”

"Okay, I'll see you, you don't want to find someone to send me away." Zhuang Rou can think about it, anyway, it's good not to let go of someone.

After waiting for a while, I saw the man named Erlin just now, helping a trembling, dirty and thin old lady to come over. As she walked, she kept asking, "Did my son really find him?" ”

Erlin said loudly: "No, let you go and find out, is it your son!" ”

"What, myrrh?" The old lady shook her head vigorously, "I don't take medicine, and I can't afford to eat without asking for money." ”

This ear was so badly recited that Erlin approached her ear and almost shouted with a roar: "Let you recognize the dead!" A dead old lady stopped, looked at him with wide eyes, and suddenly began to cry, "My son! Why did he die, he must have been killed by that wicked woman! Where is it, where is my son's body! ”

Zhuang Rou blinked, feeling that even if it had nothing to do with that case, this old lady was at least lost by her son.

Erlin pulled his throat to explain to her, and shouted so loudly that his voice was hoarse, but the old lady couldn't hear it clearly at all, just clamoring for a son.

When Qin Qiu saw it, he immediately got up and planned to leave, he didn't want to deal with this old lady, his ears were too back, and he relied on roaring to speak.

He got up and just took two steps, then suddenly stopped, looked sideways at Zhuang Rou and asked casually: "My lord, why has the door of the Yanhong Courtyard been closed, I haven't blocked it again, this matter won't depend on me, right?" ”

Zhuang Rou said: "No, I just helped them come up with an idea, I want to make the business better, and the construction will start in a few days." ”

"Construction, this is to rebuild the house?" Qin Qiu asked curiously.

Why do you care so much about others, Zhuang Rou smiled, "I can't repair the house, I just dig the yard and tidy it up." It's a pity that you are only willing to beg, otherwise you can earn some money by going to work, and now you have found good craftsmen and coolies. ”

Qin Qiu was a little surprised, but didn't say anything, just nodded and went to the side, so as to stay away from the old lady who was crying like a man.

Zhuang Rou also turned her head to look at the old man, and saw her sitting on the ground crying and patting the ground, her hands were covered with soil, and then she was beating and crying on her thighs.

In the end, she wiped her tears from her face, which made her face full of loess and tears and snot, making it dirty and disgusting.

Niu Dayong saw that his appetite was gone, and he approached Zhuang Rou and whispered: "Sister Zhuang, there is no way to ask at all, so it's better to go." ”

Before he could speak, the old lady pounced on her, hugged Niu Dayong's leg and cried: "Official! My son died so miserably, you have to be the master of the people's wife! ”

"Hey!" Niu Dayong had goosebumps and wanted to shake her off, but he was afraid that the old woman would not be able to stand it, and she would lose her life if she moved. He was not in a hurry, and shouted, "Sister Zhuang! Help me! ”

Zhuang Rou walked over and pulled out the iron rod, squatted down and supported her hand with the iron rod, staring at the old woman well.

The old woman was still crying, holding Niu Dayong's leg and not letting go, obviously looking at the road was about to be unstable, but the strength in her hand was very great, and she couldn't shake it off at all.

Crying and crying, the old woman felt a gaze, and although she received a lot of disgusted looks when she asked for food, this gaze made her feel uncomfortable.

She turned her head along the line of sight, and saw a pair of half-squinted, snake-like eerie eyes, staring at her.

"......" The old woman stopped her voice at once, but she didn't dare to move even if she hugged Niu Dayong's thighs, her face was full of fear.

Zhuang Rou's eyes were full of murderous intent, and when she saw that she was quiet, she said word by word: "I say a word, you answer a word, dare to cry and talk nonsense, and I will send you back to the west." ”

The old woman stopped her ears at this time, and immediately nodded vigorously, quiet as a chicken.

The surrounding Huazi and Niu Dayong were stunned, wasn't it the old woman behind her ears?

For this kind of messy old man, Zhuang Rou has seen a lot. The best way to deal with this kind of person is to let her know that she has already seen through her tricks, and if she makes trouble, she will really kill her!

"Do you really have a son who is a scholar?" There was no emotion in her words, and she asked indifferently.

The old woman shrank her shoulders and said, "Yes, I also got a child's body, and I said that I came to Hongzhou to find a daughter-in-law, and I never went back." ”

"How old is he?"

"Five out of twenty."

"My daughter-in-law is from Hongzhou?"

"I don't know where I am from when I marry a daughter-in-law?" Zhuang Rou's eyes sank a little further.

The old woman suddenly straightened up and said with some excitement: "My lord, my wife has been pretending to be crazy and stupid for half a year, just for fear of being discovered!" My daughter-in-law came to my door one day to ask for water to drink, and after giving water, she didn't leave, kneeling and saying that she had fled the famine and now had nowhere to go, and she was willing to be a bed warmer for my son. ”

"I saw that she was pitiful, so I took her in, and raised her with good food and clothing, but after she became pregnant, she disappeared one day when she went out."

"I haven't found anyone for two years, and last year my son came to Hongzhou to learn from a teacher, but he rushed home to pack his luggage. said that he saw my daughter-in-law and grandson in Hongzhou, and he wanted to bring them back, which was my grandson! ”

The old woman began to cry again, but this time she did not shout again, and her grief did not stop, "After I left that day, my son lost his news, and I couldn't stand it at home." I had to come to Hongzhou to look for him, but I didn't find him, but he lived on the streets begging for food. ”

She climbed a few steps, grabbed Zhuang Rou's shirt and shouted, "That daughter-in-law, I don't dare to look for it or recognize it!" ”

Zhuang Rou stared at her eyes, then stood up, and said to Qin Qiu, who was not interested in this matter in the corner of the wall in the distance: "Hey, I took this old woman away, if it is really his son, the silver will definitely not owe you." ”

"My lord, I will send that brother's corpse back to my hometown tomorrow, and you can give the silver to Erlin, and he will share it with everyone to buy food. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to meet in the future, after all, adults are officials, and we just want food. Qin Qiu bared his teeth and smiled, snapping off the grass stalk in his mouth.

Zhuang Rou glanced at him deeply, this person's teeth are so white, he should have a good life before begging.