The post station is not far from Zhao Langzhong's house, and it is only about a mile away from the east gate of the city.

After a while, the two of them had come to Zhao Langzhong's house.

The current Zhao Mansion is a lifeless courtyard house with no stars. Pushing open the hidden courtyard door, the two entered through the door. The precincts are still tidy, as if they are often cleaned. Piles of ash loom on the bluestone slabs, not completely covered by snow, and the black and white printing lining is particularly glaring. Obviously, there are many people who have received the benefits of Zhao Langzhong who often come to worship.

"Your master is a very good man. Qiong'er sighed.

"It's a pity that good people don't live long! I also want to be a respected doctor like Master. Shi An also sighed, and led Qiong'er to push open the door of the west wing and walked in, "Let's take a break in the first room, this is where I used to live." ”

It was pitch black in the room, and when Shi An was about to light the candles, Qiong'er said, "Will people find out if the house is lit?"

"It doesn't matter, the neighbors are all old friends of Master. Shi An comforted, "Sister Qiong'er, you are also tired, let's rest first, I'll go to the east wing opposite to have a look, and then think of a way to get out of the city." ”

When Shi An just stepped out of the west wing and entered the courtyard, the courtyard door moved, and a dark shadow walked in. Shi An was taken aback and shouted, "Who is it?"

"Is Shi An back?" said a middle-aged man's voice in the darkness.

"It's me, is it Uncle Shen?" Shi An'an reassured.

Uncle Shen's name is Huicai, his great-grandfather was an official in Beijing, is a typical scholarly family, his father's generation was a little ruined, so he moved to Yixian, and Zhao Langzhong has lived here for two generations, which is the best relationship among Zhao Langzhong's neighbors.

"Shi An! You, you bastard still have the face to come back? Where did you die during this time? Half a year ago, you showed your face and ran away, and you didn't even collect the bones of your master and mother, and if it weren't for the help of a few of our old neighbors, they wouldn't be able to settle down, see if I don't kill you, an ungrateful dog mongrel. After that, the middle-aged man stepped around and touched the guy who was ready to clean up Shi An.

"Uncle Shen!" Shi An pounced, knelt on the ground, hugged Shen Huicai's legs, and cried: "Uncle Shen, on behalf of my master and mother, thank you and all the villagers. When I came back half a year ago, I found that Master had died strangely, so I didn't say goodbye to find out the real murderer, and it is only today that I found out who the murderer was. ”

Shen Huicai was stunned, hurriedly pulled Shi An up, and said, "Then don't you hurry up and report to the official?"

As soon as the door rang, Qiong'er in the west wing heard the movement outside the door and walked out.

"Who is she?" Shen Hui was stunned.

Shi An said: "She is the maid of the Jinzhi County family. Sister Qiong'er, this is Uncle Shen, the neighbor. ”

"Uncle Shen. "Qiong'er is blessed.

"Sister Qiong'er, you go back to the room to rest first. Uncle Shen, come to the house with me, and I'll tell you in detail. ”

Shi An led Shen Huicai to the east wing, closed the door and lit the lamp, and sat down separately with him.

"Uncle Shen, why are you here?" Shi An asked first.

"Since the death of your master and mother, you just left under the surface, I was afraid that no one would clean up this house, and then provoke some unclean things, so I came to pick it up every night, but I didn't expect to meet you today. Tell my uncle who those debt collectors and murderers are?"

"Uncle Shen, on the third day after my master's family was killed, after I came back from buying medicine in Qing County, you said that the master's family was wiped out by creditors, but at that time, I first suspected that Jin Zhixian did it, and the reason is not clear to you, and I don't want to explain more. I was afraid that they would see me, so I didn't dare to go to the county government to claim the body of my master and mother, so I quietly went to a small inn in the county town to live that day, and then found an opportunity to work as a servant at Jin Laogou's house, trying to find out the truth. Today, I learned the reason for Master's murder, and sure enough, the old Jin Dog Gang conspired with Sun Lang, the leader of the Wolf Head Gang, and instructed the minions of the Wolf Head Gang to disguise themselves as bandits to destroy the door. ”

"Ah, it's them! Poor Brother Zhao and Sister-in-law Zhao," Shen Huicai said with tears in her eyes, "It's still the four of you who have a big life, and this happened after you left." ”

"Uncle Shen, you are wrong, Master, his old man had already estimated that something might happen at home, so he let us leave. Think about it, when did Li Si not kill a few medicinal herbs, why did the master drive him away this time? Liu Shishi and Lao Duan just said a few good words for Li Si, and they were also driven away by the master, which is even more strange, and they were each given two more years of wages before leaving, how could they fire people like this? And then there is the medicine that is available in Mingyi County, why did the master let me go to Qing County to buy it? Later, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that the master and his old man had already foreseen that something would happen, and they were afraid that they would cause us trouble, so they sent us away. Shi An said.

"Really, the more you talk about it, the more strange I feel. On the night you left, your master brought a few of our neighbors to dinner together, kept toasting, and kept babbling that he had been taken care of by everyone all these years, and that he wanted everyone to take care of himself and so on. We didn't pay much attention to it, thinking he was drinking too much and nagging. Alas, since he estimated that something was going to happen, why didn't he run?"

"I'm also very strange about this, since I know that something will happen, why doesn't Master and his old man run away?" Shi An muttered to himself.

"Then this matter will be troublesome, Jin Zhixian, oh, no, Jin Laogou killed your master, this revenge will not be avenged!" Shen Huicai sighed and shook his head.

"Uncle Shen, Jin Laogou let me die. Shi An said.

"Huh?!" Shen Huicai was also stunned.

"I poisoned him with medicine. It's a pity that Sun Lang, the dog thief, didn't have a chance to do it today, but the future is long, and I will definitely not let him and his gang live well. ”

"Poke out such a big man, why are you going back here, why don't you run out of the city quickly?" Shen Huicai's head was a little big.

"Originally, Jin Laogou's body will only be found tomorrow, and there will be a chance to run early tomorrow morning, but now it is estimated that the Jin family has found him dead, and it will be strictly investigated tomorrow, and it will be difficult to get out of the city. Shi An said stupidly, and then briefly introduced Qiong'er's matter to Shen Huicai.

"Let me think about it. Shen Huicai fell into deep thought.

After a while, his eyes lit up, "Yes, the second girl of her aunt's family will marry into the Zhang Squire's family in Jingxian County immediately, and the day of welcoming the relatives is set for the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month after tomorrow, I can find a way to let you leave Yixian with the welcoming team." ”

"Why do you get married at this time? Isn't it that Layue doesn't marry?" asked Shi An.

"The old lady of the Zhang family is not in good health, and seeing that he can't celebrate the New Year, the Zhang family wants to let the old man close his eyes and see his great-grandson marry his daughter-in-law and enter the door. Shen Huicai explained.

"Okay, then go out of the city with the greeting procession. Shi An was a little excited, as long as he had the idea of going out of the city, he would have a specific plan, "Uncle Shen, I have to worry about you to settle us then." If anyone asks, you will say that I am your nephew and that Joan is my fiancée. ”

"Don't worry about this, 'the eagle in the sky is big, and the uncle on the earth is big', my uncle is the master of the family welcoming team, and he has to listen to me in everything. Shen Huicai said.

"Uncle Shen, I'll clean up in the old house tomorrow. I don't know when I will come back next time, but after I leave, the old house will be entrusted to you, and I will help clean it when I have time. Shi An said.

"Don't worry, my friendship with your master is not a day or two. When your master brought you back, he was the first neighbor to tell me. Speaking of Zhao Langzhong, Shen Huicai couldn't help but cry again. "Sixteen years have passed, and you have grown up, but it's a pity that your master didn't see you marry and have children. ”

"Alas," Shi An couldn't help but cry, "Master and Master have never had children, and they have always treated me as if I was my own flesh and blood, and I didn't have time to fulfill my filial piety, so they left, it's really unfair to think about God." ”

Afraid of causing greater grief, he immediately changed the subject: "We won't go out for the past two days, and don't mention it to your neighbors, the fewer people who know about it, the better." The less you know, the less you are implicated. We don't dare to make a fire to cook during the day, so we have to rely on you to get us something to eat. We light the lights again late at night, so that no one else can see it. ”

"That's good. Shen Huicai said.

"Uncle Shen, where is my master and mother buried?"

"It's a stomach for it, after you secretly left, the patriarch of the Zhao family took the people from the two clans to see it once, saying that your master died unexpectedly and should not be buried in the ancestral grave, and he didn't even go to the county government to claim the corpse, let alone be buried, and he left after dropping his buttocks, this group of eight lambs. Shen Huicai couldn't help but curse a foul word. "You're not here, I'll discuss with my neighbors, and there's no other place, so I have to bury him and his family in your medicine field. ”

"I can't thank you enough. Shi An knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Huicai again.

"Alas, it's not easy for you, I misunderstood you earlier, you are a filial child, Brother Zhao is a little blessed to have a child like you. Shen Huicai wiped away her tears again.

"Uncle Shen, after we leave the city the day after tomorrow, we have to bother you to send Qiong'er to Jingxian, she wants to find her fiancé. As soon as I leave the city, I won't follow you, I'm going to Master Yaotian's cemetery to worship him and his wife, and I have to trouble you to prepare some incense, candles, paper horses, and other sacrificial things for me. ”

"These objects are easy to say, just raise your hand, but you have to be more careful along the way. It doesn't matter if that Sun Gang Master can't be killed, after all, he has martial arts, and you have no power to restrain the chicken. You can kill Jin Laogou, it is a great creation, I think your master and mother have a spirit in the sky, and I hope you are safe. ”

"Finally, there is one more thing, Uncle Shen is tired of helping me find a place with good feng shui, and I am going to move the grave of my master and mother. ”

"Why?"

"Now that the medicine field is in the hands of someone else, if it is to be diverted for other purposes, the cemetery will definitely be leveled, so I want to relocate it as soon as possible. Please put a little more thought into this. ”

"Okay, it's better to think about it, I'll do it as soon as possible. Shen Hui left after speaking.