Chapter 7: The Dead Keep Secrets

The fake Taoist priest named Liu Ming was at ease in Chunxiang Building all night, thinking that he had avoided the limelight, so he staggered to his house with the intention of waking up and not waking up.

He was halfway through when he came across the guard's little beggar who came out and begged him for a bun.

"Uncle Daoist, those people were all gone yesterday, and I have been guarding opposite your house, and no one has come to make trouble, can you give me today's meat buns to eat?"

He hadn't sobered up yet, and he was depressed because he had been disturbed yesterday, so he pushed the little beggar to the ground very impatiently.

"You stinky guy who wants to eat for me! I was angry in the morning, and I knew every day that I would eat meat buns, and the bun shop was opened by my family?"

The little beggar sat on the ground, watched the Taoist priest scolding and walking away with an aggrieved face, and then resolutely got up and ran to Xiping Mansion.

Liu Ming walked into the courtyard and pushed open the door of his house, the ornaments in the house were crooked, and he didn't have to think about it to know that the group of people did it yesterday, he kicked away the broken stool blocking the door, and his heart was even more unhappy.

"His grandmother's, what a bunch of bandits!"

As soon as he finished scolding, he heard movement in the house, thinking that someone was still stealing while he was not there, so he immediately rushed to the inner room and shouted: "What daylight would dare to steal...... Why are you here?"

He saw the person sitting at the table in the room, and subconsciously took two steps back, talking to him as he tried to find a place to escape.

"You're really at ease, and you went to Chunxiang Mansion to find that cute and lovely girl, right?"

Liu Ming swallowed his saliva and held on to the wall with one hand to try to restrain his trembling legs.

"Isn't it because the wind has been tight lately, and I just want to go out to avoid the limelight, hehe...... You don't want me to arrest you again, do you?"

The man got up and walked out of the back room, stopping in front of Liu Ming, and he smiled meaningfully.

"Of course not, I just wanted to ask you for a favor. ”

Liu Ming felt bad when he looked at his expression, and he trembled and said, "What...... What's the busy?"

"The two who came yesterday are from the government, if they hadn't found something, how could they have come to the door so quickly? I have promised others that I will not hurt innocent people again, so this matter must be settled after all, right?"

The man's smile deepened, Liu Ming quickly realized that the situation was wrong, he turned around and ran out of the door, but where was he the man's opponent, the man only turned over and blocked him.

He knew that he could not escape, so he could only kneel down and beg bitterly: "I beg you to let me go, I will definitely run away and never come back." Even if they are caught, I promise that I will never reveal half a word, heaven and earth are proof, if you violate it, you will be hit by five thunders from the sky!"

The man leaned down and looked at him coldly.

"It's a pity that only the dead can keep my secrets for me. ”

When Shen Cong'an and his party rushed back to Nan'an Mansion to rest, it was already dawn, and a group of people were busy all night, their faces full of tiredness and sleepiness.

Everyone else had already rested and rested, only Shen Cong'an was sitting in the courtyard thinking about the case, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh when he listened to the snoring sound of the officials coming from the house.

"It's really old, and now I'm a little worried about it, and it's hard to sleep and eat!"

"You started shouting old at a young age, how can you live with an old bone of my age?"

Lu Jingyi walked out of the house and stretched out.

"It seems that you can't sleep either, so it's better to be young, just like my prodigal son, who will probably sleep in the dark!"

Lu Jingyi walked over and sat opposite Shen Cong'an.

"I see that you don't know your son well as a father, and he is very victorious, and when we came back before, I saw that the light was on in his house. ”

Shen Cong'an looked at him with a questioning expression, as if he was not talking about his son.

"That's because you're old and dizzy, how often did he not sleep until three o'clock in the morning?"

Lu Jingyi picked up the wine jug from his waist, gave him a look after taking two sips, and said, "If you don't believe it, go see it yourself." ”

Shen Cong'an tiptoed to Shen Yan's door, and just made up his mind to take a peek, Shen Yan suddenly pushed open the door and walked out, looking at his father's half-hunched appearance at the door, he couldn't help but laugh: "Dad, what kind of trouble are you making this early morning?"

"Ahem, it's nothing, it's just a tired day to loosen your muscles and bones, and by the way, exercise and take a horse step or something. ”

His father quickly got up and walked out into the yard as he moved his hands and feet.

Shen Yan didn't think much about it, so he turned around and closed the door.

"Then you move first, I have to hurry up to see if the liar is home, in case the person surnamed Zhao rushes over in advance to rob the credit, then won't I spend my twenty dollars in vain?"

Shen Cong'an was confused when he heard this, so he asked: "What kind of liar, what does Twenty Wen mean, did you go out yesterday to make any progress in the case?"

"We didn't find out about it yesterday, but we found the liar that Master was looking for, but unfortunately let him run away, so I'm planning to go over and take a look now. ”

As soon as Shen Cong'an heard this, he came to his senses at that time, and hurriedly asked, "Where are the people?"

Lu Jingyi also said: "Yes, where is the person, he has a lot to do with this case!"

"What a coincidence, then what else to say, let's go!"

After several people finished speaking, they hurriedly left and walked towards Liu Ming's residence.

Here, Zhao Wuwu got up early in the morning to inquire about the news, and just happened to meet the little beggar who came to report the news, he squatted down and took out twenty wen from the money bag as agreed and handed it over.

"What's your name, and your family?"

The little beggar took the money and put it in his arms, and said in a milky voice, "I have no name and no family. The other beggars didn't want to take me in, they always laughed at me for eating too much, and gave me the nickname Rice Bucket. ”

Zhao Wuwu stretched out his hand and wiped the soil on his face, such a young child, who would be so ruthless to abandon him to wander on the street? Rather than let this child be used by bad people, it is better to take him in.

"Would you like to follow me and make sure you have plenty of meat to eat every day?"

The little beggar thought for a moment and nodded happily, but quickly shook his head again.

"They've taken me in before, but I'm too stupid to do anything, and I can't ask for food or please anyone. ”

Zhao Wuwu smiled and gently pinched his face, he said: "I don't need you to ask for food, and I don't need you to please others, you just need to follow me, as long as I have something to eat, I will never let you go hungry." ”

After hearing this, the little beggar's originally gloomy eyes instantly flashed, and he nodded vigorously with joy.

After Zhao Wuwu handed over the little beggar to the official at the door, he happened to meet with Shen Yan and the three outside Liu Ming's residence.

Shen Yan hesitated whether to knock on the door and enter, or sneak in over the wall, but the door creaked open.

A few of them cautiously walked into the courtyard and found that the door of the house was also ajar, Shen Yan approached and saw that Liu Ming was hanging straight on the beam of the house, and he hurriedly stepped forward to cut the rope with a knife.

Zhao Wuwu reached out and touched his pulse, it was obvious that this person had lost his breath, and judging from his body temperature, he had just died.