It's also thanks to Xu Chu that he came early, and Wu Yong and Sun Ning went out to pick up many shops when they first opened, so as soon as she asked, some guys could remember. After all, in one day, under normal circumstances, people have the deepest memories of the first opening and trading.

Interesting, if the Wu family is sad, Sun Ning and Wu Yong are not dark now, and their faces are not ugly, but they are still ruddy. Look, I didn't cry too much. And it's only been a few days since Wu Song's accident, how can the two of them be in the mood to go shopping? Even if the food is said in the past, what about the carved wine and cloth?

What's more, Sun Ning was dressed in plain clothes, although he seemed to be obedient to the etiquette. But she obviously wore light makeup, painted her eyebrows and eyes, and had a golden hairpin among the white flowers. Beauty is beautiful, but it makes people feel that she is not in a bad mood......

The sun is still early, so Xu Chu naturally won't go back too early to join Xiao Qinglang. Thinking about the doubts in her mind, she simply wandered around the neighborhood, and before she could find a teahouse tavern, she saw a group of old women carrying benches against the high wall outside the alley and gossiping.

I saw some women putting down the needlework in their hands, and some beckoning their children to run to play by themselves.

"Hey, the Wu family in the alley opposite is sad now, and the man died when he was still young, so how can he live in the future."

"What's the matter, people still have a shop, who knows if it will be more moisturizing."

"Oh, Widow Zhang, don't be jealous. When her man was still alive, you didn't stick it up, why didn't people say sour things just now. ”

Maybe it's funny that these unobstructed words make people laugh, or maybe the woman really didn't have a good reputation at the beginning, and now the people around her are laughing?

"She wants to post it, but the two members of the Wu family have a good relationship, oh like a person, they didn't stick it when they were alive, and they didn't do it when they died."

Hearing this conversation, Xu Chu became more and more sure of the guess in his heart.

As he was talking, he saw the sound of a group of children frolicking in the distance.

When following the adults, the children were mostly supervised, and now they are free, and this wave of children is terrifying like wild horses, dragging their friends around and running. And Xu Chu was in this group of children, and suddenly saw someone rubbing and playing on the ground with a small pipe similar to the one he picked up that day.

She was stunned in her heart, took a few steps forward, and before she could speak, she saw that the rubbing pipe suddenly burst out of a blue and faint fire, which was terrifying.

When a few children saw that the thing was really on fire, they also burst out of thin air with a stream of blue light, which was rare. Compared with adults, children are mostly afraid and worried, and only think that this toy is so dazzling.

So in the midst of the noise, I saw several people fighting with each other. It's a pity that the thing only lit up for a while, and then it was a little hot, and then no matter how much they rubbed it, it didn't respond.

Xu Chu's face changed slightly, and then he took a few steps forward with a smile.

"Children, come to my sister's place, and my sister will teach you to play with the Nine Palace Stones." She first glanced at the woman not far away, and after a moment's thought, she crouched down and greeted the group of children with a smile.

When the children saw a beautiful sister bending down to speak, they looked at each other and didn't dare to push me, but when they heard that the sister was going to teach them a new game, a few of the bold ones ran over.

"My sister taught you to play with the stone nine square grid, can you let my sister play with your gadgets for a while?"

"Sister, what is the Stone Nine Palaces?" A bold child was the first to ask, full of curiosity.

Seeing that the group of children had come over, Xu Chucai smiled and found a wooden stick on the ground, and then drew a simple nine-square grid on the ground. After finding a few stones to teach, she said softly: "No one has six stones, and you are not allowed to cross the line in this grid." After the game starts, everyone takes a step along the grid line, and whoever eats the stone first wins......"

As she spoke, she kept demonstrating with her left and right hands, and sure enough, it was just one game that attracted several children to squat down and play with great interest.

"If you want to play, then show your sister your gadgets first, okay?"

The child who had that thing in his hand was now playing a rare nine-square game, and the things in his hand were no longer bright, so he didn't care about it and stuffed it into Xu Chu's hand.

Xu Chu got the thing and found that it was slightly heavier than the one he had picked up at the Li family before, and it smelled a strange smell that was not obvious. It's a bit like gunpowder and a little like oil and coal, and she hasn't figured it out for a while.

But no matter what, Xu Chu can be sure that this is not a gadget, it is definitely a lethal thing.

Thinking of this, she smiled again: "You guys are looking for this thing, and it looks very strange." ”

"I picked it up by the South City Gate when I was working with my father before, and I picked up a lot." When a child heard Xu Chu's question, he quickly patted his chest with his little waist and said, "There were a lot of them on the edge of the city that day, and I picked them all up, and it looked good when I lost my vitality and crackled." ”

After listening to the children's gossip about how to play with that thing, Xu Chu touched the little heads of several people, and then got up and left with a smile.

The carriage suspected of carrying Wu Song was found at the South City Gate and burned beyond recognition, while the things left at the scene that might have emitted a dark blue ghost fire were found in Li Jin's study.

She made a note of her suspicions, and Rao knew that after many days, there were many people and vendors at the south gate, and she was afraid that it would be difficult to find traces, but she still walked all the way. When she saw the burned carriage before, she was a little surprised in her heart, why the people were burned beyond recognition, but the frame of the carriage was still intact.

And now it seems that the so-called ghost fire killing, I'm afraid there is another mystery. At least, it has nothing to do with something that can emit a faint blue fire in your hand.

Because she was worried about what Li Jin's housekeeper said about the haunting of the house, she went to the yamen on purpose. Since the six sons were sent to the government for stealing the master's property, they should still be working as coolies in the prison now, and even if they have been released, the yamen should have his whereabouts recorded.

Sure enough, when Xu Chu found the yamen to find it, he saw that the six sons were still in prison, and it was almost effortless.

"Liuzi is an honest man, he is often bullied in the prison, and he works hardest...... "Zhao Prison has been working in the yamen for decades, and he is used to seeing cheaters and tricks, and even for some bullying and fear of speaking with his fists, he is commonplace. But like Liuzi, who is honest and has no heart, it is extremely rare.

Xu Chu nodded, inquired a few more words, and thus had a general understanding of the character of the sixth son.

When he saw the sixth son, he had just returned from carrying a stone, and he was extremely tired. But when he heard that the official family was coming to question, he quickly got up and followed him honestly, without any complaints or suspicions.

"You're talking about the night before I was wronged by my lord? I saw the haunting, the blue ghost fire burning in the courtyard. Speaking of the situation at that time, the sixth son was extremely excited, and shook his head again and again with trepidation and taboo, "I remember clearly, the ghost fire went from the study to Aunt Rong's courtyard. And that night, I also saw Aunt Rong with a ghost fire on her dress......"

"So apart from this, is there anything else abnormal in the house? For example, what relatives does Aunt Rong have, or what actions are different. ”

If it's just a ghost fire, then Xu Chu can still explain it with science, but the key is that the phosphorus powder in today's era is not very pure, although it can indeed create the illusion of ghost fire, but it is not enough to burn people and carriages.

When the sixth son heard this, he frowned and thought for a long time, and then asked hesitantly: "Once when I was on the street, I seemed to see Aunt Rong and a young rich young master together, but there were many people at that time, and I didn't see it clearly. ”

"And Aunt Rong has a lot of temper tantrums with the master, and directly locks the master out of the door, at the beginning everyone said that Aunt Rong is a pet and is arrogant, as long as the master endures it. But later, the lord took Aunt Hui back to the house, and she still didn't give the lord a good look like that from time to time......"

Pampered and arrogant, Xu Chu understands. She can be born in Fengyue place, she should know how to read words and feelings, at least know the importance of competing for favor, how can she be so ignorant in front of newcomers to give Li Jin such a big backer?

What is the connection between the secret of Li Jin's study and the ghost fire on this disgraced aunt? If the deaths of the first few people were related to her, what was she for? And as an aunt, why did she, who should be attached to Li Jin's inventory, poison the gold owner?

It's incredible, it's so unreasonable......

No matter what conclusion she has in her heart now, she is now going to Liulin Village with Xiao Qinglang, the king of Jing'an.

The carriage traveled smoothly and without the slightest feeling of bumps. Even the water in the tea cup on the round table in the car has not been moved, which shows how ingenious the carriage of Jing'an Wangfu is.

Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang sat across the table, only to hear the breeze blowing outside, and the voices of the people around them gradually stopped, leaving only the sound of dead leaves in the end.

Xiao Qinglang sat upright, his eyebrows frowning slightly, constantly reviewing the urgent items from the Three Law Divisions, and if he encountered difficulties, he carefully considered them, and did not have the slightest distraction for the fact that there was such a person as Xu Chu in the carriage.

And Xu Chu saw that his expression was serious, and his movements couldn't help but slow down, and when he saw that the tea cup in front of him was empty, he went in with the hot tea. After that, she leaned against the side of the car wall and took a simple brush and listed her conjectures and doubts on the codex.

The biggest thing that the murdered families have in common is that they all lived in Liulin Village 20 years ago, and it was just when the bandit leader fled to where he went. According to the dossier of that year, Xu Chu guessed that it was probably these families who discovered and besieged and killed the bandit leaders at that time.

If this is the case, it is probably normal for those families to get bounty and move out of the village in order to avoid being chased and killed by the remnants of the bandits.

But the key question is, even if these families get the bounty from the government, how long can they be able to support them?

Because the Li family's business account book was in huge deficit, she checked the remaining families, and at that time, the Zhang family, the Li family and the Wu family seemed to have a large amount of silver. Not only can you buy a house, but you can also open up all the joints and make the shop open smoothly......

Xu Chu's mind wandered for a moment, and finally his eyes fell on the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that he had not been able to find twenty years ago.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, not to mention what a sensational event it is to deposit in the bank. However, she asked King Jing'an to check the accounts of the major nearby money banks before and after the case, but none of them could deposit the above amount. Even in the case of breaking up into parts in batches, there is no way to deal with it.

As for hiding on the spot, not to mention that it is unrealistic, even if it is really digging a pit and filling the soil, it is a big project.

The so-called people die for money, birds die for food, if it is really for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, then it is not difficult to understand that the murderer has killed people repeatedly. As for the so-called gold, wood, water, fire and earth, the saying that the wicked sacrifice evil ghosts, and the law of the murderer killing people on time by playing tricks, it is not difficult to explain it as a disguise.

She took a deep breath, thinking about the performance of those few surviving people, as well as the most suspicious Li family and Wu family. If she can guess the secrets of the Wu family, then what is still hidden in the Li family?

Suddenly, the left hand holding the codex was empty, and Xu Chu suddenly raised his head to meet Xiao Qinglang's gaze from top to bottom. The two of them were so close now that they could almost hear each other's breathing, which made Xu Chu's heart tremble slightly and he opened his eyes uncomfortably.

And Xiao Qinglang didn't know why, he just felt that he was breathing disorderly just now, and he seemed to be getting more and more uncomfortable. He knew that he valued Xu Chu, her ability and her innocent background, but for some reason, after getting along closely, he felt more and more that a woman like Xu Chu who was not noisy and unpretentious was particularly precious.

Three Divisions...... If you want to use female officials, you must risk the condemnation of the world, and even more so, the gossip of the world and the attacks of those in the court, and the situation they will face will be very difficult. And Xu Chu is the first candidate for Xiao Qinglang to use a woman as an official with his own heart.

As for the indescribable concern in his heart sometimes, it was something he couldn't understand for a while.

At this time, Xiao Qinglang took Xu Chu's codex, glanced at it roughly, and then clicked on the place that Xu Chu had specially marked on it and said, "In addition, according to your speculation, there are people who died in water and people who died in soil in the middle. And if Wu Song is really not dead, who is the one who died in the fire, and who should be the one who died in the water that the murderer wanted to design. ”

"It's hard to find a ghost for the dead."

Xiao Qinglang's words made Xu Chu suddenly feel enlightened, and she suddenly raised her head and said with bright eyes: "But what if the murderer is already familiar with Wusong, and the so-called substitute ghost is the fifth target of the murderer?" ”

Earlier, her autopsy found that although the deceased was believed to be Wu Song, it was only identified based on the carriage and jade pendants. However, after her autopsy, she found that the deceased had eaten seafood and had heart disease. The important thing is that according to the degree of bite and wear of the teeth, there is a difference between the age of the deceased and Wu Song.