Speaking of which, the west guest courtyard is a total of two entrances, and the courtyard of the latter one has more than ten houses, which should be set up taking into account the needs of those poor relatives, and the pattern of the front yard is much simpler, in addition to the gatehouse, there are two rooms in the east and west compartments, which are specially used for people to live, and there is nothing else, not even a tree, bare, empty, and you can see the end at a glance.

The long trail of blood finally stopped at the threshold of the main entrance.

Although Feng and Tang are both very human, they are also terrified to see such a long bloody road at this moment.

Fortunately, the gatehouse was still some distance from the main entrance, and there was no one to guard it at the moment, except that not far from the courtyard gate, there were a few soldiers wearing leather armor and wearing waist swords.

It was the officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

Chen Ying stood outside the gatehouse, looking hesitant.

I'm afraid she's too late.

Ziqi should have been taken away, and the person who took her away must be Zhuang Boyan with a strange expression.

"Third girl, why don't you go in?" Mother Feng's voice was very low.

Chen Ying said "um" absentmindedly and said, "I'll go in and take a look, you guys are waiting outside." ”

At this moment, her legs became a little heavy, like falling on a boulder.

She didn't know how she had walked into the porter, and her face turned pale as she looked at the empty room in front of her.

The speculation was confirmed, and Ziqi was indeed taken away.

was quickly taken away by Zhuang Boyan elsewhere.

Chen Ying breathed deeply.

The pounding heart hit the chest, slightly painful, and there seemed to be the sound of wind passing by the ears, and the noise of "hulala" was noisy.

She jerked her head up and looked into the distance.

The eastern sky hung a large twilight, white and dazzling, like a stream of still lightning, sharp, cold, and dazzling.

Chen Ying breathed hard, her heart still stuffy.

Is it too late to catch up?

Do you want to chase it?

For the first time in her life, she hesitated.

Reason told her that it was useless to catch up, and Zhuang Boyan would definitely obstruct it, even if she offered the gold medal.

However, her heart was panicking.

This panic even produces a kind of vertigo and surprise.

"Third girl, Ziqi is not here." Mother Feng's voice sounded suddenly, and with the words, she quietly helped Chen Ying.

Chen Ying's face was a little scary, Mother Feng had never seen her like this. Even when they were in Devil's Cry Ridge before, in the face of so many vicious bandits, the three girls were not afraid.

But now, Chen Ying's face is as white as paper, and her soul is depressed.

Chen Ying quickly came to her senses.

The morning breeze swept through the courtyard, and the wind under the eaves "buzzed" a few times, and the fragrance of flowers outside the wall wafted in, sweet and prickly, like the moon season.

The dawn has come, the surrounding light is getting clearer and clearer, and the light cast by the lantern is gradually losing its original brightness.

Chen Ying breathed deeply.

The cool air pierced her lungs, washing away the chaos in her brain and bringing her back to her senses.

"Excuse me, please go over there and ask those soldiers for some news." Chen Ying took out a few pieces of broken silver from her sleeve cage, handed them over, and whispered a few words in Feng's mother's ear.

Feng's mother put the silver on her sleeve and turned out of the courtyard door, Chen Ying stood outside the gatehouse and pondered, and as soon as her footsteps turned, she came to the east wing.

When she entered the courtyard, she saw the curtain in front of the house flicker a few times, and she knew that the people who served the courtyard of the West Guest should be here.

Sure enough, Tang's mother stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the door was immediately opened, and a middle-aged couple with an honest face, with two boys about ten years old, walked out.

"I've seen the three girls yet." Mother Tang said condescendingly, turned to Chen Ying again, and bowed slightly: "This is Zheng Shou and his family, the two younger ones are his sons, one is called Ah Hu, and the other is called Ah Niu." ”

While she was talking, Zheng Shou's family stepped forward to salute.

Chen Ying waved her hand and shouted, but did not go to the house, only stood in front of the door, and asked Tang's mother: "How many people are there in this courtyard?" ”

Tang's mother nodded: "Back to the third girl, there is only one family." Zheng Shou is in charge of the door, Zheng's sister-in-law is in charge of serving in the inner courtyard, and the two boys are in charge of delivering messages. After finishing speaking, he accentuated his tone: "This is the old lady's own order, and this family is honest and responsible." ”

Chen Ying couldn't help but wonder, and said curiously: "Why didn't grandmother call them back?" ”

Zheng Shou's family should have been called to Mingyuan Hall to reply, instead of staying in the West Guest Courtyard until now.

With the respect of the Guogong Mansion, the Shengjing Mansion and the soldiers and horses of the five cities will not detain irrelevant witnesses. Naturally, the exception is for murder suspects. After all, the stakes are very high, and it cannot be offset by human face.

When Tang's mother heard this, her face was embarrassed, and she bowed down and said, "The old lady was uncomfortable before, several ladies were busy serving her old man, and the third master was busy, so she didn't care about it for a while." ”

Chen Ying was silent.

The inner house is respected by Mrs. Xu, her illness, Xu and Shen can't be ignored, the third old man Chen Mian is used to being a peace official, and what he can do is limited.

Or, as soon as the news of Li's murder came out, the people in all the courtyards had their minds.

Chen Ying looked at Zheng Shou and asked, "You know all about last night's incident." ”

Zheng Shou said: "The slave only knew." ”

"That's good, please tell me what happened." Chen Ying tried to slow down her voice as much as possible.

Zheng Shou said "don't dare" a few times, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly "plopped" on the ground and knelt on the ground.

As soon as he knelt, Zheng's sister-in-law and the two children also knelt down, all trembling with trembling clothes.

"Back to the third girl, the slave should die! Damn the minions! Zheng Shou's voice trembled, his hands were stubbornly picking at the bricks, and sweat was like rain: "It's all the negligence of the slaves, I slept too deeply last night, and I didn't hear anyone come in, Zhou Jiuniang...... Climb on the threshold, minions...... Minion...... I didn't hear it at all. ”

As he spoke, he had already shed two lines of tears, and he did not dare to wipe them with his hands, but only fell to the ground, his face like ashes.

Such a murderous thing happened, but their family slept in darkness, and they didn't wake up until Mrs. Song screamed.

"Didn't any of you hear it?" Chen Ying's voice was as calm as water, and she couldn't hear joy or anger.

Before Zheng Shou could say anything, Zheng's sister-in-law suddenly kowtowed, and her forehead quickly turned red: "It's all the fault of the slave and maid couple, ask the three girls to be merciful, spare the slave and maid's two children, and the slave and maid husband and wife will ...... in the next life."

"Shut up!" Before she could finish speaking, Mother Tang interrupted her sharply, and her two eyebrows raised: "If the girl doesn't spare your two boys, then she is not merciful?" ”

Sister-in-law Zheng was shocked to say the wrong thing, and she was so frightened that she trembled, Zheng Shou hurriedly stepped forward on her knees, and said to the ground: "Third girl, the slave's family can't speak, please forgive me." ”

He didn't kowtow, but the hand holding the ground became harder and harder, and he didn't know that his fingers were bleeding.