The murder of Zeng Hongcai caused a sensation in Qingyuan County that year.

Because the women of the Great Yuan Dynasty believe in being diligent and thrifty, gentle and virtuous, and dare to kill their husbands like the wives of Zeng Hongcai, there is only one in a hundred years.

Lin Boqin checked the file of Zeng Hongcai's murder case and found that the ins and outs were actually very simple, it was a dispute manslaughter. Zeng Hongcai committed adultery with a married woman outside, and his great-wife found out that she couldn't reason with it, so the two fought and injured his great-wife. That night, Zeng's wife was angry, so she took a kitchen knife and cut Zeng Hongcai's neck. During the government's interrogation, the great-wife confessed to the murder of her husband.

"Admire."

Deeper and heavier, Gu Jingtong saw that Lin Boqin had not rested, so he couldn't help knocking on the door and reminded, "It's time to rest, there are still many things to do tomorrow morning." ”

Lin Boqin glanced outside the door and said, "Sheng Feng, you come in." ”

Gu Jingtong pushed the door in, and Lin Boqin was rubbing his eyebrows, looking very tired.

He hadn't rested well these days, his face was haggard, and he stared at the file in front of him and sighed: "The files many years ago have a common problem, and the records are all general situations, not detailed, and it is very inconvenient to trace them now." ”

Gu Jingtong said: "Don't worry, I have recorded the files very carefully recently, including the birth date of the parties, the address of the student, and the details of the court trial, I have all sorted them together, and it will be clear and clear to check them in the future." ”

"Very good." Lin Boqin bowed his head, "I am extremely relieved that you are doing things." ”

Gu Jingtong didn't know why, and suddenly thought of Chu Hui.

He asked: "After you deal with the case in your hand, will you still go to the township to inspect?" ”

Lin Boqin hesitated: "Yes." ”

Gu Jingtong said "um", and asked again: "Do you still want to bring Li Siniang?" ”

"What am I taking her for?"

Gu Jingtong laughed, looked at him with a narrow expression, and quipped: "I see that when you come back this time, the relationship seems to have changed for the better." Could it be that you have changed your mind and are ready to be a serious couple with her? ”

He thought that Lin Boqin would immediately deny it, but he didn't expect Lin Boqin to lower his eyes and be silent for a while.

It took a long time for Lin Boqin to break the silence in a low voice.

He frowned, and his tone was calm: "Yes, I have this idea. ”

Gu Jingtong was stunned when he heard this, as if he didn't expect him to say this. can think of Li Siniang's delicate and beautiful appearance, it is reasonable for Lin Boqin to have this idea.

"But not anymore."

Lin Boqin raised his head and confided in his friend: "After all, getting along like this is never a way, I have tried, but I can't do it." Regardless of how self-willed she is, every time I think of her being married three times, my heart is complicated, not a taste......"

Gu Jingtong frowned: "You dislike her?" ”

"It's not disgust."

Lin Boqin immediately denied: "When a man can have three wives and four concubines, not to mention that she remarried because of her widowhood, how could I dislike it." Just thinking that her former husband was a scholar, a butcher, and a rich man, I always have some ...... Angry. ”

Gu Jingtong touched his chin and said, "Maybe it's because her previous three husbands were straw bales, don't you like it?" ”

"You can't say that...... Never mind. Lin Boqin waved his hand, obviously not wanting to continue, "There is no need to talk about irrelevant matters. ”

Gu Jingtong glanced at him, but didn't speak.

***

In the past few days, the people of the county government have been trying their best to find Wang Huayuan and Wei Gao.

Before these two people could be found, Master Xue Yao's reply had already arrived.

"My master said that when Wang Xianling was in office, his surname was Lu, and he lived on Dongping Street in Qingyuan County." Xue Yao presented his address to Lin Boqin.

Lin Boqin went with Gu Jing immediately.

There is only one family surnamed Lu on Dongping Street, which is at the corner of the street. Gu Jingtong knocked on the door, and after a while, a middle-aged man in his fifties came to open the door, he saw that Lin Boqin and Gu Jingtong looked unfamiliar, and asked Chi Chi: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Gu Jingtong pointed to Lin Boqin on his side and replied, "This is Lord Lin of this county, may I ask if Uncle knows Lu Hua?" ”

The middle-aged man was stunned and said, "I am." He immediately reacted, he shouldn't let the two officials outside the door, and hurriedly invited Lin Boqin and Gu Jingtong into the house.

As soon as the two entered the courtyard of his house, they found that there were runes pasted everywhere, and there was a Buddhist shrine in the house, but it was not Guanyin, not Rulai, but Guan Gong who was holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife.

Guan Gong is like the main evil town house, and few people worship it in the Great Yuan Dynasty, so Lin Boqin couldn't help but look at it twice.

Lu Hua was wearing a green cloth cotton robe, slightly wide, with three strands of beautiful hair on his lips, which made him look clear and weak, like a scholar, rather than a pretend to deal with corpses.

He raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed lightly, "What do the two adults have to ask the grass people?" ”

Gu Jingtong said: "We want to ask you about the case of Zhu Chengye's family's annihilation. He was afraid that Lu Hua would not remember clearly, and explained, "It is the six families who were burned to death in Shiliwan ten years ago." ”

Unexpectedly, Lu Hua's face changed suddenly when he heard this.

“…… What is there to ask about this, it was clearly written in the dossier back then, because the candle ignited the elegiac couplet, Zhu Chengye's family was buried in the fire in their sleep. ”

Lin Boqin and Gu Jingtong glanced at each other, obviously not believing it.

He raised his chin slightly and said coldly: "Is Lu Yanzuo mistaken?" ”

Lu Hua bowed his head and said, "Don't ask the grass people to behave...... The grass people have not been doing this business for many years. With that, he covered his mouth and coughed again.

Lin Boqin said bluntly: "You don't need to deceive, Zhu Chengye's family was poisoned first, and then faked to be burned to death, you should be very clear as the autopsy of the year." Such a horrific unjust case was hastily closed, and over the years, can you feel at ease? His tone was unhurried, but every word hit Lu Hua's heart.

He glanced at Lin Boqin, and sighed heavily: "My lord, if the grass people are at ease, why do they put so many charms at home? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Gu Jingtong asked.

Lu Hua looked at a pot of rich bamboo outside the window, and twisted his beard and said: "Back then, I went to Shiliwan with Wang County's order to check the cause of death of Zhu Chengye's family. It was indeed a death from the fire, but when I examined the body, I realized that something was wrong. The mouth of the corpse was very clean, and if it was a fire, there must have been soot in the mouth of the deceased...... After I roared with a silver needle, I found that Zhu Chengye's family had died of arsenic. ”

Lin Boqin's eyes were cold: "Why is it recorded as a fire in the file back then?" Are you killing the murderer violently? ”

"The grass people will never dare!"

Lu Hua hurriedly stood up, at a loss: "It's because Wang County's order is not allowed!" At that time, it was the assassination of the imperial court Qin faction, and Wang Xianling felt that the tragedy was difficult to solve, and he was afraid that it would affect his political performance, so he asked me not to make a noise and hide this matter! The grass people are true, and they will never dare to deceive the two adults! ”

As he spoke, he lifted his robe and knelt down.

Lin Boqin furrowed his eyebrows and did not answer.

Gu Jingtong pondered for a moment before asking bluntly: "Then about Zhu Chengye's family, do you have any suspicious discoveries?" ”

"This ......" Lu Hua said this, a little flustered, he lowered his voice, "It is rumored that Zhu Chengye's family died at the hands of ghost babies. Zhu's body stopped, but a ghost baby broke out of the abdomen, killing Zhu Chengye's family, and it is not known ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was reprimanded by Lin Boqin: "The theory of ghosts and gods is simply ridiculous!" ”

"Yes, yes, my lord."

Lu Hua nodded again and again: "I found out that Zhu Chengye's family died of poisoning, so I know that there will never be any ghost baby." The first person to spread this rumor was Zhu Chengye's fellow countryman, Old Man Zhang. Back then, Wang Xianling and I also visited and investigated roughly, this old man was like a crazy man, and everyone said that the Zhu family was haunted, and it was the ghost baby who set fire to kill Zhu Chengye's six people. I thought he was talking nonsense, but Old Man Zhang said that he witnessed it with his own eyes, and through a thin piece of window paper, he saw the big-bellied Zhu suddenly sit up, and a ghost baby with a green face and fangs came out of his stomach! He was so frightened that he ran home on the spot, and soon saw the Zhu family in flames. He said it conclusively, and the rumors that there were ghosts in this ten-mile bay became more and more widespread. ”

Lin Boqin thought of the desolate land and houses in Shiliwan, and was silent.

Lu Hua sighed again: "I felt guilty because I concealed that Zhu Chengye's family died of poisoning, and I felt even more creepy when I heard these rumors, so I asked for spiritual talismans in the temple every year, and knelt down in front of the statue of Guan Gong every day." ”

Lin Boqin raised his eyes to look at him, and said lightly: "It's better to seek Buddha than yourself, when Zhu Chengye's family solves the case, you can also sleep peacefully." ”

Lu Hua thought so: "What the adults said is extremely true. ”

"The old man...... Where do you live now? Lin Boqin felt that there were some things that should be asked in person.

Even if this old man may be a liar.

Lu Hua said: "I saw him in Dezhuang Village the year before last, and he was already eighty years old at that time. If you are still alive, you will find out if you go and inquire about it. ”

Lin Boqin and Gu Jingtong went back to the county government to discuss and decided to go to Dezhuang Village to see what was going on.

It's best to find Old Man Zhang, and if you can't find it, it's your best effort.

At that time, Chu Cheng was comforting Su Yu, whose eyes were swollen from crying, she held the porcelain bowl and said softly: "Listen to your uncle, you haven't eaten all day." Su Yu, you have always been a sensible child in my eyes, even if you are full of grief, you should not destroy your torture. She patted him on the thin shoulder, "Listen to me and eat something, or you'll be sick before the day the real culprit is found." ”

His words seemed to have an effect on Su Yu.

Su Yu glanced at Su Mei in the coffin, and tears condensed in her eyelashes: "I'm so afraid that I can't find the murderer of my mother." ”

"Yes." Chu Cheng comforted him, "You have to have faith in Lord Lin." ”

Su Yu nodded, took the bowl in Chu Hui's hand, and ate it in a big gulp.

At this time, Chu Cheng saw Yang La walking out in a hurry, and hurriedly stopped him and asked what was going on. As soon as she heard that she was going to Dezhuang Village to find some old man Zhang, she glanced at Su Yu and said busily: "Then I'll go too." ”

Yang La let out a "uh", a little embarrassed.

But he didn't dare to say anything to Chu Cheng, so he made a gesture and asked her to go and tell Lin Boqin in person.