Although Zhou Weiji didn't know why Lan Yi asked like this, he still replied seriously, "I'm afraid it can't be erased from the birthmark, but if there is no birthmark, it will still be able to be painted." ”

"There should be a big difference between the painting and the real thing," Lan Yi pondered, "Could it be that there is some special seasoning that does not dry up and wrinkles on the body, just like a birthmark?" ”

Zhou Weiji thought about it, shook his head and said, "I've never heard of this, why do you ask about this?" ”

Lan Yi told the story of Wang Hu's beating Widow Zheng with a stick at the bottom of the hill and Liang Yousi undressing in public, "I think in that case, Widow Zheng should not be lying." ”

It's Liang Yousi again! Zhou Weiji nodded, and his impression of this person was even worse, "Lan Yi, this person is definitely not a good person, you have to be careful." ”

Lan Yi nodded in response.

After the family had breakfast, Zhou Weiji changed into clogs and a robe, and explained his whereabouts to Lan Yi, "I'm going to feed the ducks on the hillside, and by the way, I'll fold some dogwoods and come back, I have to work hard." ”

"Isn't it better to fold the dogwood tomorrow?" According to local customs, on the day of the Chung Yeung Festival, the dogwood is folded, and its branches and leaves and fruits are sewn into a small sac with a red cloth, which is tied to the arm and can be used to remove evil spirits.

Zhou Weiji smiled, "Not everyone is so particular, and it's okay today." ”

When Lan Yi was a widow, most of the local customs she learned came from Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang cares very much about these customs and habits, and she must seek stability in everything, be blessed by the gods, and drive away evil spirits. Zhou Weiji's mother died early, so he naturally didn't pay so much attention to these aspects.

"It's slippery on a rainy day, so you can just fold a few sticks at the foot of the mountain. Don't go up the hill. ”

"Hmm," Zhou Weiji looked at Lan Yi and told him uneasily. "Don't go out with your children, even if you want to go out for a walk, stay away from the courtyard wall and the house, and those old houses are not strong after raining for many days, so as not to fall some thatched clods and smash them."

After going out, Zhou Weiji fed the ducks, looked back at the Wang's house in the south of the village, and saw that there was no white cloth hanging at the door. No one came or went, so he turned and walked towards the hillside inn.

Zhou Weiji went to the main hall first and asked the guy behind the counter. "Can guests staying in the incense courtyard check out?"

Although Zhou Wei rarely came to the inn, the man also knew that this was the owner, so he hurriedly checked the wooden sign hanging behind him. "Go back to the owner. The guests of the incense drinking house are still there, do the proprietors have any instructions? ”

Zhou Weiji asked Liang Yousi about what day he would stay and other details, and then turned around and went to the incense drinking courtyard.

Zhou Weiji stretched out his hand and knocked the wooden door with a large peony flower in relief, and when he saw that there was no movement, he knocked the door again.

"There is no one in the courtyard." Yu Bo responded and came out of the green jade courtyard in the east, "He went out this morning." ”

Zhou Wei frowned slightly, and followed Yu Bo into the green jade courtyard. I saw Mr. Unknown in the main room, and I came out with Yu Bo to enter the east wing.

"Yu Bo. How do you think about this person? Zhou Weiji directly explained his intentions.

Yu Bo was silent for a moment, "This person can still be seen at first glance, but if you look closely, you can't see the heavens and the hall, your eyes are fluttering, your words are fluttering, your steps are vain, and you are unruly. ”

Zhou Weiji frowned and bowed his hand to Yu Bo, "Thank you." ”

"This man is not here alone, not to read or to find poetry." Yu Bo said loudly, he thought about it, and said more, "I see that he is quite concerned about Xuan'er's mother's whereabouts, and I am afraid that his intentions are not good." Xuan'er's mother also knows, but she didn't tell you, so she should think that this person is not a concern. ”

A cold light flashed in Zhou Weiji's eyes, "Well, Zhou knows what to do." ”

Seeing Zhou Weiji's eyes towards the courtyard wall, Yu Bo shook his head, "No, this person is extremely cautious, he will make a mark every time he goes out, and there is nothing suspicious in his house." ”

Since Liang Yousi lives next door to Mr. Nameless and has such a suspicious place, Yu Bo will naturally pay attention to it, and Yu Bo has also gone in his house to check it carefully.

Now that Uncle Yu has already checked it, Zhou Weiji knows that there is no need for him to go over to check, "Uncle Yu, you are well-informed, do you know if there is a way to smear it on your body and then look like a birthmark?" ”

"Birthmarks?"

Zhou Weiji briefly told Lan Yi what he told him, and Yu Bo also frowned after hearing it, his eyes showed disgust, "Is it a reddish birthmark?" ”

"You know what it is?"

Yu Bo nodded, "I've only heard of a few, but I haven't seen ...... in person."

Listening to Yu Bo's words, Zhou Weiji also clenched his fists and frowned.

Coming out of the inn, Zhou Weiji went to the south slope and folded a few dogwoods, and before he went down the hillside, he saw Zhao Li on the village road down the hillside and beckoned to him.

Zhou Weiji walked over steadily, Zhao Li was looking at the dogwood in his hand, and said with a smile, "I happened to meet you here, let's go to Lao Wang's house together?" ”

"It's fine."

Zhao Lizheng only knocked twice, and the courtyard door opened immediately, and it was Wang Deshou who opened the door.

Wang Deshou opened the door, invited the two of them in, and said in a low voice, "I have been noisy all morning, I just ate, and now I am sitting in the hall." ”

Zhao Lizheng nodded, "What about the daughter-in-law?" ”

"It's still parked on the kang in the west wing."

"Can you change into a wrap?"

Wang Deshou shook his head, "My sister-in-law and my daughter-in-law changed her into clean clothes, and the old Zheng family didn't enter the West Wing after a glance." ”

Zhao Lizheng frowned and nodded, and first went to the West Wing with Zhou Weiji to see Widow Zheng's body.

After just one glance, Zhao Lizheng's brows furrowed even tighter, and he reached out and pinched his chin fiercely, "No wonder people are making trouble!" ”

Although she changed her clothes, the external injuries on her neck and hands on Widow Zheng's face could not be hidden, the broken forehead, the slap marks on her face, the scratched blood, and the bruised stick wounds on her neck were very amazing, plus the hanging could not recover her tongue, it was really miserable.

Zhou Weiji has been handling cases in the yamen for several years, and there is no reaction from Zhao Lizheng, after he carefully examines the corpse, he nodded and walked in with Zhao Lizheng.

Wang Deshou's wife, Yu, saw them come out, and went to the east wing to help her mother-in-law Wang Hu out.

In the hall, Widow Zheng's brothers were lying on their backs around the leftovers of the Eight Immortals table, and Widow Zheng's father and mother came out of the east room with a very sad and angry face.

Zhao Lizheng and Zhou Weiji looked around, and were asked by Wang Deshou to sit in the right position, their faces sinking like water.

Widow Zheng's mother took out a crumpled dirty handkerchief, covered her face and cried, shouting that her daughter's death was unjust.

Daddy Zheng's eyes looked at these two people, Zhao Lizheng he naturally recognized, but he didn't know the black-faced young man next to him who was not easy to mess with at first glance.

"Brother Lizheng, who is this?"

Before Zhao Lizheng could speak, Zhou Weiji made a move.

He stretched out his hand and took out the waist card on his waist, and slapped it on the table hard, "popping" a loud sound, shaking the people in the room are trembling, several brothers of the old Zheng family were frightened to stand up, and took down several dishes, Wang Hu looked at the fragments on the ground, and twitched the corners of his mouth in distress. (To be continued.) )