Chu Ji didn't expect that he could still talk and choke her at this time.

"Lin Boqin, you...... Never mind! ”

Thinking that she was still under the mass grave, she swallowed the prickly words into her stomach.

Chu Cheng eased her emotions and asked, "Could it be that these people were all killed by that crazy old woman?" ”

Lin Boqin put away his jokes, he lowered his eyebrows, carefully identified the white bones in his hand, and then shook his head: "These dry bones are old, they should have been dug out when digging a secret passage." He looked at several others and found a strange fact.

"It's all the bones of babies."

Chu Cheng was stunned when she heard this, walked forward with a candle, and looked at it, and sure enough, they were small skeletons, some of which were only the size of a palm.

Lin Boqin looked at the pile of baby bones and fell into deep thought.

Chu Cheng picked up the tablet in her hand, looked at the needle-piercing grass figure with "Zhu Chengye" written on it, and subconsciously felt that it was inseparable from Li Zhongyi Su Mei's case.

Lin Boqin also thinks so.

He tore off a piece of his shirt, wrapped the tablet and the straw man, and said, "Take it back and check it." ”

The secret passage at the other end of the cave should be the exit, and the two of them left quickly, without suspecting anything else.

There was a faint wisp of majesty in front of him, Lin Boqin stepped forward quickly, brushed aside the straw hidden by the hole, and bowed out, and the fresh air came to his face. Chu Cheng gasped for breath, looked around, and found that it was a small hill, surrounded by farmland.

At this time, the torrential rain has stopped, the dark clouds have faded, and there are stars in the sky, reflected in the vast paddy fields, I don't know whether the sky is in the water or the water is in the sky.

In the middle of the night, the sound of frogs and cicadas is refreshing.

Chu Hui's clothes were already half-dry, but they were still extremely uncomfortable to wear.

She looked up and asked, "Where is this place?" ”

"It should be a village on the outskirts of Pingshan." Lin Boqin is not very sure.

Chu Cheng nodded: "That crazy old woman doesn't know what her identity is, and what does she have to do with Zhu Chengye and Liang Muniang." Didn't you ask Hu Yu to send him home last time? We approached her family and believed that all of this would be solved. ”

Lin Boqin's expression was solemn and he did not answer.

After a while, he asked thoughtfully: "You said that the crazy old woman's toes are also deformed?" ”

"Yes."

And Li Zhongyi's wife, Zhu, has a hereditary ...... of this disease in her family Could it be that the crazy old woman has anything to do with the Zhu family? His voice paused, "Or rather, this crazy old woman is the Zhu family." ”

In the middle of the night, this sound a little creepy.

Chu Cheng was taken aback by his idea: "Didn't the Zhu family die in childbirth ten years ago?" ”

Lin Boqin's expression was very calm, and he only said, "Anything must be doubted." ”

"Not necessarily...... Chu Shen frowned, "Su Mei has nothing to do with the Zhu family, but her toes are also deformed. Heredity is not the only criterion. ”

Lin Boqin was silent.

At this time, the sound of the secret passage of the cave suddenly came, and Chu Cheng was shocked, broke the branch, and quietly held it in his hand.

Lin Boqin turned sideways and protected Chu Cheng behind him.

The next moment, a person came out of the cave, he held a torch to illuminate the surroundings, and when he saw the two, he said happily: "Lord Lin, Mrs. Lin!" ”

"Yang La, it turned out to be you"

Chu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang La turned around and shouted into the cave: "Gu Xiancheng, I have found Lord Lin and them!" ”

Gu Jingtong came quickly with Hu Yu and a few servants, and when he saw Chu Cheng and Lin Boqin standing side by side, he sighed: "Peizhi, can't you wait for someone to be with you?" Jumping into the secret passage rashly, in case there is any dangerous mechanism, wouldn't it be a big deal! ”

Lin Boqin coughed lightly: "Don't miss the opportunity." ”

When Chu Cheng heard this, she looked at him strangely.

Lin Boqin also said: "That secret passage seems to have been dug by people with iron pickaxes and other things, and the construction is rough, and there will never be a mechanism, so you have to worry too much about this. ”

Gu Jingtong couldn't really blame him, he was still very relieved about Lin Boqin's judgment. The two had a brief exchange, and Gu Jing also had a good idea. He moved his gaze to Chu Hui's face and smiled: "Mrs. Lin, don't run around next time." ”

The original intention was to care, but Chu Cheng felt that he was mocking himself, frowned, and obviously didn't give him a good face.

Yang La and Hu Yu were talking on the side, Hu Yu looked around, and suddenly interjected: "Last time I sent that crazy old woman back to her house, it was in this area. ”

Gu Jingtong said: "Then quickly arrest it." ”

They also came along the secret passage, and of course the skeletons in the cave saw it.

Lin Boqin pondered for a moment and said, "Everyone was tired this night, so Hu Yu led the way, and Yang La and I went over to arrest them. He looked at Gu Jingtong, "Sheng Feng, you rushed back from Fengshui, and you haven't rested, go back early." ”

Of course Gu Jingtong refused, he blinked his peach blossom eyes: "Aren't you tired?" You're still wounded, so I should have gone. Even if you have to go, then I'll have to follow. ”

Chu Cheng hurriedly said: "Then I'll go too." ”

"Nope."

Lin Boqin and Gu Jingtong refused in unison.

Chu Hui: "......"

If you don't go, you won't go, she is too lazy to toss!

***

Hu Yu has a good memory.

There are few families in this Pingshan area, and they soon found the place where they sent the crazy old woman home last time.

"There is only one elderly lady in the crazy old woman's house, and it seems that she can't control her." Hu Yu's tone was a little hesitant when he said this, "I was in a hurry last time, so I forgot to ask what the relationship between the old lady and the madwoman was. ”

Lin Boqin glanced at him, saw through it and said: "You were in a hurry to call it a day, so you didn't ask at all." ”

Hu Yu laughed dryly twice, pointing to a dilapidated thatched house in front of him: "This is it." ”

In the early hours of the night, there was no light in the hut, and it was pitch black.

Yang La stepped forward, pressed the handle of the knife with his right hand, and knocked on the door with his left hand: "Is there anyone inside?" ”

In the silence of the night, his words sounded particularly abruptly.

An old and hoarse voice came from the room: "Who is it in the middle of the night?" ”

"I'm from the yamen, come out quickly, I have something to ask."

In a few moments, the door of the thatched hut opened, and an old lady with a stooping body was already in her old age, full of silver hair. In the midsummer weather, she was wearing a thick cotton jacket, and her cloudy eyes stared at Yang La for a long time: "Ah...... It's the official in the yamen, what's the matter? ”

Yang La breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought of the previous Hong Po, for fear that this old lady would call him "Hu Yu".

Lin Boqin stepped forward and motioned for Yang La to move a stool for the old man to sit. After the old lady sat down, Gu Jingtong asked directly: "Old man, is there a delirious crazy old woman in your house?" ”

The old lady's mind was still clear, and she waved her hand covered with age spots: "Crazy woman, not old...... I'm in my forties. But after going out the day before yesterday, she hadn't been back for more than a few days, and no one cooked for her, and I didn't know if she was hungry or not. ”

Lin Boqin and Gu Jingtong glanced at each other and asked in a deep voice, "What is the relationship between her and you?" ”

The old lady was stunned for a moment and recalled, "It doesn't matter...... It's just that I look crazy and weird, I'm alone, and my children have died, so I take care of her temporarily, and I'm usually a good companion. She used to be a very smart woman, but somehow, she suddenly went crazy overnight. ”

"Suddenly?"

"Yes, just one night, and the next day I saw her sitting by the well, crying and screaming." When the old lady said this, her voice changed a little, "The people in the village say that she is evil. ”

Lin Boqin thought of a suspicious point, and he asked, "Did you know her before?" ”

"I had contact with her mother." Although the old lady was old, she spoke very clearly, "Her mother is a foreigner, I don't know where exactly, she died of illness not long after moving here, as for her father...... I have never seen her, and the people in the village say that she is a sinister species. As for herself, she used to marry the Zhao family in the next village, but later went crazy and was swept away by her husband's family. ”

"Is it Li Zhongyi who is married?" As soon as Lin Boqin asked, Gu Jingtong looked at him, obviously thinking that his guess was very bold.

The old lady shook her head: "It's Zhao Jie from the next village." ”

Lin Boqin smiled bitterly.

How could he think that the Zhu family was still alive in the world? It must have been a hallucination that I didn't rest well.

The old lady suddenly remembered one thing, and said: "By the way, the Zhao family was surrounded by four walls, and she also had a distant sister who often went over to help, and sent rice and noodles and silver, I have met it several times." Don't say it, she and her sister look like the truth, they are both big eyes and small mouths, and they are smart! ”

"Sisters? Who is it? ”

The old lady sighed: "A person who comes and goes in a hurry every time, like a thief, how can he know the name." ”

Lin Boqin was silent for a long time, thoughtful.

He came back to his senses, took out the tablet and the straw man from his baggage, and asked the old lady, "Do you know Zhu Chengye?" ”

"I haven't heard of it."

The old lady shook her head.

Lin Boqin asked again: "Do you know that Liang Muniang?" ”

"Liang Muniang...... Liang Muniang ......" The old lady rubbed her temples, "It's so familiar, I'm old, I can't remember it." ”

"It's okay, think slowly."

Intuition tells Lin Boqin that this character is crucial.

Suddenly there was movement not far away.

Gu Jingtong subconsciously looked back, but saw a madwoman in tattered clothes and a disheveled hair staring at him outside the walled courtyard.

He was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly: "It's her!" ”

Hu Yu and Yang La reacted very quickly, and the two swore that they would not let her go this time, striking left and right, and their movements were so fast that they could stop the madwoman's way. The madwoman didn't expect these people to come so quickly, she wanted to escape, but she couldn't run a few steps under the obstruction of Hu Yu and Yang La, and seeing that she was about to be caught, she curled up on the ground in fear and yelled, the piercing sound, like a trapped beast, no one was allowed to approach.

Yang La wanted to draw a knife, but Lin Boqin hurriedly pressed the back of his hand and shook his head solemnly.

He remembered Chu Hui's assumption.

"The crazy old woman may be pretending to be crazy and stupid."

So he asked with a serious face: "Tell me, what are you doing digging a secret passage in Pingshan and collecting so many baby bones?" Zhu's Li Zhongyi and others, what does it have to do with you? ”

The mad old woman looked at him hesitantly, then let out a cry of "ah", and turned to run away.

At this time, Hu Yu and Yang La had to grab her and cut her hands behind her back.

The crazy old woman suddenly screamed like a pig, and kept struggling, she had a lot of strength, and Hu Yu and Yang La, the two big men, were still a little unable to hold it.

At this moment, the old lady sitting outside the thatched hut suddenly remembered something, she stood up tremblingly, pointed at the madwoman and said, "I remembered, Liang Muniang...... It's her mother's name. ”