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The dean's expression was obviously a little out of control, which showed that the relationship between this little orange and him was extraordinary, at least it was not like he said, Xiao orange was just a mountain man who came to the academy to deliver medicine. Bai Li and they have not been in Huaxi Town for a long time, but they also clearly know that Niutou Mountain is not near Huaxi Town.

"Xiao Tang, she really has nothing to do with Miss Cheng Juan's disappearance, but she may have been hurt like Miss Cheng Juan." Bai Li looked into the dean's eyes: "Bai Ze found the blood stains of the little orange girl on the handkerchief of Miss Cheng Juan, and through the power of the rune paper, I saw everything that happened to the little orange girl before her death." It's miserable, it's really miserable! ”

"Before death? What do you mean by "white girl"? ”

"The dean is a scholar, so it should not be difficult to understand what I mean by life? Now, dean, do you still want to hide it? ”

"Hide, what else do I have to hide." The dean's legs were weak, and he sat directly on the ground: "Xiao Tangerine is my daughter, my former daughter." ”

"A daughter is a daughter, what is a former daughter?" Bai Li raised an eyebrow.

"I ...... I was born at the foot of Niutou Mountain, and my parents are both mountain people who do their duty under Niutou Mountain. According to the rules of Niutou Mountain, the family will help their children set a family affair early, and then take the future daughter-in-law over to raise them together. said that they were raised together, but in fact, they also wanted to find a helper for their family in advance and find someone who could take care of their son. ”

"Child bride?"

"That's pretty much what it means. Xiao Tangerine's mother came to my family when she was twelve years old, and I was just over four years old at the time, and I always regarded her as my sister. When I was ten years old, my father and mother went up the mountain to collect medicine, and when it rained, they accidentally slipped and slipped while descending the mountain. My mother died, my father was injured, and I was raised by someone who went down the mountain for more than half a year, and I left, and since then, Xiao Tang's mother has become similar to my little mother. To be honest, I am grateful to her and respect her, but I have never been able to treat her as my wife.

When I was eighteen years old, the village chief made the decision and let me have a house with Xiao Tangerine and her mother. I looked at her like I looked at my mother, and even when the lights were turned off, I felt awkward. Before dawn I fled, and went to the town to be apprenticed.

Later, I met my current wife, and with the support of my father-in-law, I read some books and read some words. Maybe it's because I'm not stupid by nature, I learn things faster than others, and in just a few years, I have become a reader in the eyes of others. Of course, I know in my heart that with the little knowledge in my stomach, that is, people who are foolish and illiterate and illiterate, there is no way to compare with real readers. ”

"But I have to say that you are very business-minded, dean, this academy was originally a very ordinary private school, right?"

"Yes, it's a very ordinary private school." The dean nodded: "This academy was left to me by my father-in-law." ”

"Where's Tachibana? Since you didn't have a round house with Little Orange Niang, where did Little Orange come from? ”

"That was later." The dean sighed: "About three years have passed, almost four years. At that time, I had already met my current wife, and I had also joined her family. But when I dream back at midnight, I can always see the little orange and her mother. She is a woman, her husband ran away, how to survive in the mountain village. I'm already in my twenties, and the little orange lady is eight years older than me, and according to her age, if there is no one to take care of her, won't she spend her whole life in the mountains. I thought about it, I thought about it, and I thought about going back to see her and making everything I had to say clearly. If she wants to, I'll help her talk about her family affairs again, and find another good family. ”

"You are kind, but you have forgotten that Xiao Tangerine and her mother have been at your house since she was twelve years old, and she has long regarded you as her husband and the lover of her life. You abandoned her and left, which was enough to make her sad, but now when you go back, you are asking her to marry someone else, aren't you deliberately trying to force her to death? ”

"Is it my fault? Why is it that what you said is exactly the same as what Xiao Tangerine and her mother said to me at the beginning. The dean hung his head: "I had a good intention, but I never thought that the little orange girl would die or live." Later, she begged me to give her a child, whether male or female, as long as she had a child, so that she could have hope for the rest of her life. How could I bear to refuse, and after drinking a lot of wine, I would ...... with her I thought that she was old and it was not easy to have children, and I thought that there would be no such coincidence in this world. But who knows, just once, just once, there is a little orange. ”

"It's God's pity for little orange and her mother."

"Yes, what Miss Bai said is also reasonable, Xiao Tang's mother is indeed a good woman, and she is also a good daughter-in-law who is filial, I am sorry for her, I am sorry for her. Maybe it's retribution, I had two children with my current wife, one died before the moon was born, and the other was carefully raised until he was more than four years old, and he was gone. My wife was devastated and began to turn to the Buddha after a serious illness. Xiao Tangerine's mother also left when Xiao Tang was seven or eight years old. I didn't dare to bring the little orange back, and I didn't dare to tell my current wife about my past, so I asked someone to raise the little orange in the village. We father and daughter meet at the academy every once in a while. Xiao Tang is as capable and kind as her mother, and every time she comes, she will bring me some specialties from Niutou Mountain, and I will also prepare some things for her to take back. On the day Cheng Juan disappeared, she had just come, so I ...... I didn't expect anything to happen to Tachibana. White girl, tell me, what happened to Xiao Tang? She is so kind, how can anyone bear to harm her. ”

Bai Li couldn't answer, as if she hadn't expected the girl in the coarse cloth to be so pitiful.

"Found it!" Bai Ze broke the slightly sad air in the room: "I found the thatched hut, the murderer should be the Mr. Gu who played the piano." ”

"Is it him?" Master Cheng instantly clenched his hands: "I don't remember where our Cheng family has offended this Mr. Gu, there are so many people in the academy, why did he attack my daughter." ”

"Because Miss Cheng Juan likes this Mr. Gu, in this Mr. Gu's opinion, she is a better target." Bai Li took out the handkerchief and handed it to Master Cheng: "The verses on this imply that Miss Cheng Juan is secretly liking someone, combined with what Xing'er said before, I guess that the person that Miss Cheng Juan secretly likes should be Mr. Gu." Miss Cheng Juan may have made overtures to this Mr. Gu in private, but was rejected by Mr. Gu. Therefore, there is a matter of discarding the handkerchief later. As for this Mr. Gu, even if he is not a monster, he is also a person who cultivates evil arts, he entered the academy, perhaps simply to find a place to stay, and by the way, he beat his teeth, Cheng Juan's initiative and entanglement just fit Mr. Gu's mind, not only to get rid of the trouble, but also to solve the appetite. ”

"Mouth...... You mean, my Juan'er was eaten by him! Master Cheng's face became extremely ugly again

"Demons, aren't they all cannibals?" Bai Li replied faintly, and his nose actually smelled a familiar aroma of boiled meat.