"What did you say?" Wei Zhixing listened to Cheng Hongluo's words, his eyes widened even more round than Cheng Hongluo's eyes when he first heard the news, this Li Chengyue actually had this ambition, thinking, he wanted to be his father-in-law?!!!

The corners of Cheng Hongluo's mouth couldn't help but rise, in order to take the lead, Cheng Hongluo stopped Li Chengyue at the door of the yamen in time, panicked that there was a murder case on the outskirts of Xicheng, and coaxed Li Chengyue to investigate the case, and he found Wei Zhixing first.

Sure enough, after Wei Zhixing heard about this, he was even more dissatisfied than himself.

Wei Zhixing glanced at Cheng Hongluo with dissatisfaction and said: "You are a dignified county master, you can't manage your subordinates, and you can't manage the official media, so you just resign and go home to farm!! You just let the county not be able to post and not change the official status. ”

Lord Cheng nodded bitterly, but shook his head again, for the sake of it: "My lord doesn't know, this official is dead, but the person is alive, I can't lock up Li Zhutou and not let him see Liu's face, right?" Besides, this is a matter of men and women...... After a long time, if it is time to affect the reputation, I am afraid that the adults will also let the lower officials pass the official status. ”

Cheng Hongluo said seriously, although he didn't say it, Wei Zhixing understood it, this Cheng Hongluo was worried that he would not be able to manage people if he could manage his official status! If Liu and Li Chengyue are in love, have no matchmaker, and do something unethical, then I am afraid that Wei Zhixing will also force Cheng Hongluo to change his official status and become a Ming media marry!!

Wei Zhixing took a closer look at Cheng Hongluo from top to bottom, and saw that Cheng Hongluo was oozing sweat.

This Cheng Hong is slightly medium-sized, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, slightly chubby, giving people a righteous and strict image, although he is sophisticated enough, sleek enough, and long-sleeved and good at dancing, but he has not heard of any big flaws, he is a seven-grade county official who adheres to the golden mean, this kind of person, there will be no big promotion, but it will not cause any big trouble, if the Liu family remarries, it is a good choice.

Wei Zhixing said meaningfully: "This Li Chengyue is too frivolous, and he didn't ask what Liu meant, so he took off his head and was hot, and he made a lot of noise. If the Liu family also has this thought, it will not be a good thing. ”

Cheng Hongluo's face turned pale, if he could ask the Liu family about this, what would he do to obstruct Li Chengyue around this bend? According to the Liu family's temperament, as soon as he asked in front of him, he was afraid that his reputation would be damaged, and he immediately found a piece of white cloth to hang himself from the beam.

Seeing Cheng Hongluo's appearance of eating turtles, Wei Zhixing patted him comfortingly on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "Lord Cheng, you don't have the same idea as Li Zhukuai, right?" ”

Cheng Hongluo's shoulders slammed down, and when he wanted to refute, Wei Zhixing was already sitting in his seat, sipping tea gently, and the light appearance made Cheng Hongluo suspect that what he said just now was not from Wei Zhixing's mouth, but his own illusion, which must be an illusion.

The two were silent, Li Chengyue hurriedly pushed the door in, Cheng Hongluo's face showed a trace of dissatisfaction, this Li Zhutou came in so eagerly, he must have the intention of marrying Liu! Don't mention how awkward it is.

Just about to say a word of reprimand, Li Chengyue wiped the sweat on his forehead first, clasped his fists and saluted, and said eagerly: "Tell Lord Wei and Lord Cheng that a female corpse was found in Liuhe Village in the west of the city. ”

Cheng Hong stood up in a little stunned, just now he was just deceiving Li Chengyue, but he didn't expect to say that there was really a murder in the western suburbs, and the deceased was still Lord Wei's personal maid! I'm afraid that my county order is going to come to an end.

Cheng Hong was so remorseful that he couldn't wait to slap his two mouths, and he would never dare to talk nonsense in the future.

Sneaking a glance at Wei Zhixing, the latter's face was still a calm and breezy look, and he said indifferently: "Oh, this official hasn't seen Huanxi all day, and I don't know what she has done, wait for me to ask Wei Yan and Wei Lai." ”

Soon, Wei Yan and Wei Lai entered the house, Wei Lai first hugged his fist to Wei Zhixing and saluted: "My lord, it was close to noon, and my subordinates were very happy to see Huanxi go out of the county post, and her subordinates asked what to do, and she replied that she was helping the princess buy candied fruits, and asked her subordinates if they had any items entrusted to her to buy, and she has not seen her come back since noon." ”

Wei Zhixing frowned and said: "From noon to now, more than an hour has passed, Huanxi has always done things safely, and she has not returned yet, and there is no doubt that the female corpse must be her." Huanxi has been a slave to my Wei family for a short time, this matter of recognizing people and receiving corpses, let the Liu family send someone to come, Wei Yan, you give the Liu family more pension silver, no matter what, Huanxi is also a member of the Wei family. ”

Wei Yan replied with a promise, Li Chengyue had to order to find the Liu family, and when he arrived at the gate of the county government, Li Chengyue thought about it for a while, and felt that Huanxi had a deep relationship with the Yin family's three rooms, and he was about to think about asking for marriage, how could he simply be vague, so he asked his subordinates to invite the Liu family, and he secretly turned into the Donglai Inn with careful thoughts.

Listening to Li Chengyue's explanation of Huanxi's death, Mingyue suddenly sighed in her heart, as if her heartstrings were broken, and she looked at Li Chengyue with blank eyes and asked, "Where did Huanxi find it, did the pestle verify the cause of death?" ”

Li Chengyue nodded and said, "On the mountain road near Liuhe Village on the outskirts of Xicheng, the pestle has already learned that he was bitten to death by a mustache dog that came down the mountain to forage. ”

Mingyue naturally didn't believe it, Huanxi was a smart person, but also a cautious person, he didn't dare to walk overnight, let alone walk alone on the mountain road? Her instincts told her that it wasn't an accident, absolutely not.

Mingyue's eyes glanced in the direction of the county government, and she couldn't help but wonder, does this matter have anything to do with Wei Zhixing?

The more I thought about it, the more suspicious I became, and the more I thought about it, the more determined I felt, so I convicted Wei Zhixing first. There seem to be two forces twisting each other in his heart, one is to scold Wei Zhixing and regard joy and life as a mustard; The other is to know that Wei Zhixing is rejoicing in his own revenge. Tracing back to the source, he is the culprit.

Reason tells itself not to find out the truth, maybe it is better not to know if you know.

Emotionally, he told himself that he must have suspected that he was wrong, it was not Wei Zhixing, it was Huanxi who really walked the mountain road and encountered a fierce beast......

Mingyue's body stubbornly followed behind Li Chengyue, she wanted to know the truth, even if it was the truth that Wei Zhixing wanted her to know.

Li Laohan accompanied the Liu family to identify the body.

The corpse was hastily wrapped under a straw mat, and when the straw mat was opened, the corpse was scattered beyond recognition, and there was no piece of integrity, and if it weren't for the wisps of tattered clothes on it, she didn't even know that the remnants of red flesh and white bones were once human bodies.

The pestle put together the whole objects that had been picked up from the corpse, a most modest silver hairpin, a pair of silver lilacs, a bag of honeysuckle, a bag of candied fruit, and a pair of pink embroidered shoes.

The Liu family has been crying silently, although after entering the Wei family, Huanxi has never seen the Liu family again, but Huanxi has been with the Liu family since he was nine years old, and has been by the Liu family for five years, and was raised by the Liu family as a daughter like Xiaocui, but now he has ended up so miserably.

Liu touched the pink embroidered shoes, and immediately howled and cried, she didn't recognize other objects, but this shoe was recognized, the upper was embroidered with a red double-pedicled peony, and the style was still borrowed from a relative's house by Liu. Unexpectedly, Huanxi worked hard before his death, and did not hesitate to break off with the Liu family and others, but in the end, he ended up in this field, and he didn't even leave a whole corpse.

Hong Feng walked to Huanxi's side, looked down carefully at the puddle of flesh and blood on the ground that could not be called a corpse, took out an arm with a big iron tongs, covered his nose and looked at it for a long time, picked out a lock of dog hair from the gap between his fingernails, and wrote lightly: "Although the body is broken, dog hair can be picked out from the nails, indicating that the deceased tried to fight or struggle with the mustache dog before he died, that is, the victim was alive before meeting the mustache dogs, and he was bitten to death alive, and the mutilated flesh and blood were also eaten by the mustache dogs." ”

Although they were mentally prepared, everyone still couldn't help but gasp, even if it was a veteran who had been killed for a long time, it was miserable to be so torn apart, let alone a little girl? How painful it must be?!

Cheng Hongluo's face was straight, and he told the officials to strengthen patrols, and called on the villagers to dig more traps on the side of the road, to a certain extent, to prevent the beasts from going down the mountain, and not to walk alone on the mountain road to ensure safety.

Mingyue didn't say a word, just glanced at Wei Zhixing deeply, but unfortunately, she didn't see any thoughts fluctuating in Wei Zhixing's eyes, as if Huanxi was an insignificant person beside him, nothing to do with joy and sorrow, and even more to nothing about Fengyue.

That's it, Mingyue took the already faint Liu back to the Donglai Inn, let the Liu family rest for a while, and returned to the county office to help Li Laohan put Huanxi's body on the ox cart.

The ox cart tuk tuk gradually walked away, and gradually walked out of Mingyue's sight, but Mingyue's heart was unusually disturbed, and there was no gap the size of a needle's eye for a little breathing, and it was tightly suppressed.

The girl's small figure stood at the door of the yamen stubbornly, like the stone lion standing there for many years, regardless of the wind and rain, immovable.

Wei Zhixing sighed lightly, the girl is so stubborn, if she directly kills Huanxi, will she hate herself for the rest of her life? Should I tear open the bloody true face of this world and break her innocence and kindness?

Wei Zhixing's face showed a rare hesitation, hesitation, pondering for a moment, and finally walked towards the bright moon, he had secretly made up his mind in his heart, he was about to return to Beijing, perhaps, it was not a bad thing to let her grow up, at least, to understand the truth that people sit at home and disaster comes from the sky, and it is better to be cautious and walk on thin ice than to be inexplicably corpses in the mountains and wilderness.

Wei Zhi walked past Mingyue, but he didn't even look at Mingyue, just like any passer-by on the street.

Mingyue followed with a ghost, and what repeatedly appeared in her mind was Huanxi's bloody and blurred body, and even her desperate eyes before she died, and she had to ask in person before she was willing.

The man walked faster and faster, and the girl followed more and more, and the two of them went one after the other like cats and mice, all the way around the alleys, through the streets, past the ready-to-wear shops, and changed their clothes.

Mingyue secretly doubted, this Wei Zhixing seemed to know that he was following him from behind, why did he do so many tricks? He also changed his outfit and became a sixty-year-old widower, why?

Mingyue Fox was hesitant, and couldn't help but follow Wei Zhixing's example, wrapping a cloak with her head and feet, like a chivalrous woman walking the rivers and lakes.

The two went around and around, and finally returned to the county office, and when Mingyue was discouraged and turned back to the starting point, Wei Zhixing's body turned around, but turned into a dilapidated temple next to the county office.

Mingyue followed, stretched out her hand and pushed the temple away, her eyes suddenly dimmed, and she closed her eyes very uncomfortably.