"What does Brother Zhang Xi's vomiting of blood have to do with lack of heart and lungs?" Bai Li stopped and looked at Old Man Tao: "Although I haven't studied medicine, I also know that you are fooling me." ”

"I'm fooling you about what to do, and I can't sell you for wine money." Old man Tao had the usual thief smile on his face: "Do you know that there is a well in the backyard of the Zhang family?" ”

Bai Li shook his head.

"I know that you girl is not careful." Old man Tao looked like he hated iron but not steel: "There is a well behind this Zhangjiatang house, but it is not a water well, but a dry well." ”

"Dry well...... Dry wells, also known as water cellars, are usually only found in dry and water-scarce places, and are used to store water on a daily basis. ”

"The little girl knows a lot." Old man Tao continued to stroke his beard: "That's right, there is such a water cellar behind this Zhangjiatang house, but later, this water cellar was filled in, do you know why?" ”

"Because of the drought, because it doesn't rain in Huaxi Village."

"It's wrong, it's because Zhang Xi's father died." Old man Tao squeezed his eyes at Bai Li: "Don't look at the black under the water cellar, but there is no water stored in it, it just has a lot of moss, don't say it's Zhang Xi's father, even if the old man falls down, I have to slip twice." It's inevitable to break your arms and legs, but if you want to drown a person, I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

"Master, how did I listen to you talking?"

"Is there one?" Old man Tao squinted and smiled.

"Of course there is, not only the gods chatter, but also the words." Bai Li stretched out his hand and grabbed Old Man Tao's sleeve: "You just said that the reason why the water cellar behind Zhang Xi's house was filled in was because Zhang Xi's father died, and then you said that it was not easy to drown a person in that water cellar, what do you mean by that?" Could it be that he wants to tell me that Zhang Xi's father was not drowned in the water cellar? ”

Bai Li snorted, and then said: "No, I seem to have heard my father and mother mention that Brother Zhang Xi's father died accidentally." No, it doesn't seem to have died by accident, it was an illness. ”

"Then did his father die in an accident, or did he die of illness?" Old Man Tao's face suddenly came to Bai Li.

Bai Li was startled, took two steps back suddenly, and said depressedly: "How did I know that when Zhang Xi's father died, I was still young, and I can't remember things." ”

"You don't know, I know." Old man Tao pointed to his mouth: "If you promise to help me make food, I'll tell you." ”

"Okay, I promise you, you can say it."

Bai Lixin said, I only promised to help you make a good meal, but I didn't promise to help you find the ingredients. This clever woman is difficult to cook without rice, I have no ingredients to play, so naturally I can't help you make a good meal.

How could Old Man Tao not know this little calculation in Bai Li's heart, he squinted and smiled, and pointed in the direction of the backyard of Zhang's house: "This Zhang Xi's father did suffer an accident and died of illness, but behind this seemingly accident, there is a real murderer hidden behind it." ”

"The more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes." Bai Li glanced at Old Man Tao, a little incredulous.

"You don't believe it, do you? I knew you didn't believe it. Old man Tao stroked his shriveled stomach: "It's okay, you listen to me first, and then talk about whether you believe it or not." If you have listened to your father, you should know that this Zhang Xi's father is a very diligent and intelligent person. He was both a farmer and a merchant walking the streets. ”

"I seem to have heard my father and mother talk about this."

"That's it, huh? Let's make a long story short. During the Dragon Boat Festival that year, Zhang Xi's father carried a burden to Huaxi Town to sell goods, and when he walked to the front of a family, he happened to see a sedan chair being lifted out of it. It was a big red soft sedan chair, carried by the two of them, and they walked up, swaying, and it didn't look very stable. Zhang Xi's father is a cautious character, and when he saw the sedan chair coming out, he immediately stood aside with his burden.

Just as the sedan chair staggered past him, a gust of wind blew up the sedan curtain. Through the small window above the sedan chair, Zhang Xi's father saw a girl tied up with five flowers. The girl was half-lying in the sedan chair, stretched her neck and glanced at Zhang Xi's father. His eyes were full of pleading.

After the sedan curtain fell, Zhang Xi's father still kept seeing the girl's pleading eyes in front of him. The devil sent the gods, but he quietly followed.

The sedan chair went out of Huaxi Town and went all the way east to the river. Zhang Xi's father was afraid of being discovered, so he hid in the reeds on the side. He saw the two sedan chair men pull the girl out of the sedan chair, and then pushed her into the river without saying anything, until he saw that the river was over the girl's head, and then he carried the sedan chair and left slowly.

Zhang Xi's father was stupid, he never dreamed that he could see a murder, and it was a real murder.

He wanted to report to the official, but he didn't know if the official family could accept what he said. He wanted to leave, but it was like a nail under his feet, and he couldn't move. Just when he was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do, he suddenly heard a sound of "cooing" on the surface of the river, and when he looked up, he saw that it was the girl who had just been sunk into the river.

Zhang Xi's father is a good person, he jumped into the river without saying a word, and it took a lot of effort to get the girl out of the river. The girl spit out several mouthfuls of water in a row, and then raised her eyes to look at Zhang Xi's father. Suddenly, both of them turned red.

The girl's name is Hua Ling, and she was sold by her father and mother to that family to be a maid since she was three years old. Because he often took care of the young master, he fell in love with the young master over time, and promised each other for life in private. The young master promised that Hua Ling would be officially married in the coming day, and he would put Hua Ling as a side room.

Hua Ling knew her identity, and she didn't dare to do other extravagant hopes, she just hoped that the young master could get married quickly, and she stayed by his side steadily. Unexpectedly, before the young lady entered the door, Hua Ling was pregnant. The young master was very affectionate, and when he saw that Hua Ling already had his own flesh and blood in his belly, he ran to beg his mother to let him marry Hua Ling.

Who would have thought that Mrs. was angry, saying that Hua Ling deliberately lured her son and let him beat him to death. In order to protect her, the young master also received a few sticks on her body, and Hua Ling couldn't bear it, so she begged her to take her outside the mansion to send her down. Xu was worried that he would injure his son by mistake again, and he was also afraid that he would do something in the house and dirty the place in the house, so his wife ordered someone to carry the flower bell to the river in a soft sedan chair and let her drown. is also lucky, after Hua Ling struggled in the water, she actually surfaced again and was rescued by Zhang Xi's father who came with her.

"Shouldn't this Xida like the flower bell, and bring this flower bell back to Zhang's house?"

"It's not my apprentice, smart." Old man Tao shook his head: "This Zhang Xi's father did bring Hualing back to Huaxi Village, and also brought it back to Zhang's house, but he deliberately concealed Hualing's identity, only said that he picked it up halfway, and when he saw that she was pitiful, he brought it back first." Although this bride has doubts, it can be seen that Hua Ling is not dressed like ordinary people, and when they met for the first time, Hua Ling took off the gold bracelet she was wearing on her wrist and gave it to her. She had the intention of taking advantage of others, so she acquiesced. ”

"And then?" Bai Li asked after him.

"Later......" Old man Tao deliberately glanced at Bai Li, and said in a long voice: "Later, something happened, something big." ”