The child hesitated: "I know Mr. Hong, he told us not to be afraid." ”

"Hong Chengluo?"

"He lives in Elm Hutong, only his door is not posted."

This news surprised He Lingchuan: "You mean, he originally lived in Bailu Town?" ”

The child nodded.

"What does he do?"

"Teaching in the school." The child got the second candy and started eating, "My father said that we have no money and can't find Mr. Hong." ”

The murderous general lives in seclusion in a small town, and is only a teacher?

The child went to Lingba's hand again to get the candy, and ate the candy so quickly that he hiccuped twice.

Lingguang suddenly tilted his head.

At this moment, a man turned out of the corner of the alley, and when he saw the child talking to He Lingchuan, he was shocked, and rushed over and picked up the boy: "What are you doing!" ”

"The grain convoy has been attacked, and we are here to find some clues." He Lingchuan spread his hands, and there was an ingot of broken silver lying in his palm, "This is the reward." ”

That bit of silver reflected in the man's eyes, and even glowed. But the greedy color on his face flashed, and then he shook his head: "I hid at home when I heard the shouts of killing, and I didn't know anything!" ”

"Oh?" He Lingchuan said strangely, "What didn't Hong Chengluo tell you?" ”

Hearing this name, the corners of the man's mouth twitched: "No!" ”

He Lingchuan exhaled, and suddenly snatched the child with a crackle!

The man yelled, "What are you doing......"

Before the "what" came out, a glimmer of light flashed in front of him, and the ingot of broken silver was stuffed into his mouth, and the rest of the words were interrupted.

The child reacted and was about to make a fuss, when He Lingchuan flicked on his temple, and he lost consciousness.

As soon as the man spit out the broken silver, He Lingchuan had already put the child on the ground, grabbed the man's neck with one hand and pressed it against the wall: "Toast or not?" ”

He Lingchuan was taller than him, and this pinch lifted his legs off the ground. "If you are honest, you will be safe and sound, and you will still receive money; If you dare to lie, you two are a dead end, understand? ”

The man was pinched and couldn't break free, and nodded again and again.

He Lingchuan let go of him and asked, "Your son said that Hong Chengluo lives in Bailu Town." When did he move here, what does he usually do, what happened the other day, say! ”

The man stroked his throat and coughed several times:

"The couple moved to Bailu Town three years ago, and they are very nice. I don't know what they used to do for a living, but Mr. Hung ran a school in the town. You know that we are poor here, we can't eat, and we don't study, so he doesn't have two children in school, and he can't earn much money. Mr. Hong is still working in a rice shop at the end of the street, and he can carry seven bags of rice at a time, which is very strong! Sometimes he also worked as a day job to support his family. Recently, the war in the north has burned to the south, and two big families in our town have run away, and Mr. Hong has no students. ”

"Couple?" He Lingchuan grasped the point, "What about his wife?" ”

"His wife's name is Ah Jin, she is a paralyzed person, and she was able to stand up and walk two steps against the wall for the first year here, and then she was completely paralyzed. Mr. Hong always buys medicine for her to eat, and his family smells of medicine all year round! ”

"How did you get paralyzed?"

"I heard that it was born that the son was not born well, the son is gone, and the person is also broken."

"If you are a teacher, how did you become a robber?"

"I don't know. Suddenly, several officials died in his house, and when the officials found out, the couple was gone. The officials checked everywhere, but no one knew. ”

He Lingchuan handed over another ingot of broken silver. The previous ingot, after the man pulled it out of his throat, quietly hid it.

One ingots are collected, and two ingots are also collected, and the townsman's mouth is not so strict: "But I remember one thing: before Mr. Hong disappeared, You Yao had just dealt with Liu Yalin and the others on charges of stealing military rations, and that child used to be Mr. Hong's student and had studied with him for half a year. ”

"Stealing military rations?" He Lingchuan's expression moved. Yes, a few days ago, there was indeed a grain transport team passing through Bailu Town. "What should I do with this charge?"

"Rectify the Fa on the spot, there is no need to play it." The townspeople shuddered, "I heard that it would be good to be beheaded, but You You asked the executioner to cut off Liu Yalin's limbs first, and then cut off his head." ”

He Lingchuan's eyes rolled: "Where is this wanderer?" ”

"No, I don't know." I don't care, and it's better not to show up.

He didn't say the last two sentences, but He Lingchuan understood from his eyes.

"Hong Chengluo took people back to the town later, killed officers and soldiers and robbed military rations, didn't he talk to you?"

"No ......" the townspeople instinctively wanted to deny it, but it can be seen that He Lingchuan's eyes suddenly turned sharp, stabbing him in the heart, and the tone of his words changed, "When he and they kill officers and soldiers, we have no choice but to hide." Later, there was no sound outside, and those Xunzhou people searched us out one by one to gather, and we were surprised to see Mr. Hong and Mr. Hong. But he told us not to panic, that they would leave soon and that they would not hurt us. ”

"It's as simple as that?" He Lingchuan smiled, this castrated version didn't sound right, "If they want to leave, why do they want to concentrate on you to tell me?" ”

"He, they still killed people in the town, and the two big families in the east of the town were both surnamed Liu, one was engaged in grain and oil trading, and the other opened a pawnshop. Mr. Hong said that these two families colluded with the government to rectify the law and give us anger. ”

"So good to you?" This guy probably doesn't know that he is very fluent in telling the truth, and he stutters when he tells lies?

"Mr. Hong said that he is for the sake of our fellow villagers."

At this moment, the figure at the entrance of the alley flashed, and it turned out that Mao Tao and Shan Youjun had rushed back.

Mao Tao reported to He Lingchuan and said: "I went to the steamed bread shop to ask, and the noodle man didn't know anything, and then I gave him a little bitterness when I saw that no one was there, and he said that after Hong Chengluo killed the officers and soldiers last night, he gave them some food." I said, he himself is in tattered clothes, and he looks like he will fall down when the wind blows, how can there be two big bags full of good food under the eucalyptus board! ”

Shan Youjun said: "The people of Xunzhou summoned all the townspeople to the open space at the entrance of the town last night. I took a look, and there were traces of the stone burying the pot, and there were still unburned branches and charcoal on the ground. ”

"Pot?" He Lingchuan turned to the townspeople, "Hong Chengluo still invited you to dinner?" ”

"No, no!" The townspeople's heads were about to shake down, "It's none of our business for them to eat!" ”

The medicine ape Lingguang stopped on He Lingchuan's shoulder, and then suddenly interjected: "The child just now has a hiccup, and he has a sour breath. I saw that his belly was a little swollen, probably because he had not eaten meat for a long time, and suddenly ate a lot of food, especially meat, which caused the swelling to be difficult to dissolve. ”

"Eating a lot of meat?" He Lingchuan glanced at the sleeping child, and a strange thought came to him, could it?

"You just said that Hong Chengluo and the people of Xunzhou took two families surnamed Liu to the open field and killed them, and then what?" He Lingchuan stared at him and asked, "Where are the bodies of these people?" ”

The townspeople's faces turned pale, and they couldn't speak.

Shan Youjun grabbed him by the collar, the short knife came out of nowhere, and the tip of the knife was aimed at his eyeballs: "What did you use for supper last night, say!" ”

"We were also forced, they said that the fish and meat village surnamed Liu has been in the village for many years, and it should also become our fish meat! So、That's why we are forced to eat each of us! ”

"How dare I?" The man actually cried out, "I took a small bite, and when I turned around, I threw up." ”

His children are not sensible, they gobble up when they smell the meat, and those Xunzhou people are also vicious, and the children will give them if they want to eat.

He Lingchuan looked at him: "These two families surnamed Liu have a little holiday with Hong Cheng?" ”

"It should be, yes." The townspeople thought for a while, "The Liu family opened a pawnshop, and the pawn price was very low, and sometimes they scraped together enough money to redeem it and couldn't get it back. There are still a lot of dirty things...... His family is not a good person. ”

"It seems that Hong Chengluo has also suffered a lot of anger in his family." He Lingchuan frowned, "Such a character, why do you want to swallow your anger in the town?" ”

This weird feeling, it's as if he condescended to go to the house of Liu Baobao, a businessman in Blackwater City, to work as a handyman, and he has been working for several years, how is it possible!

"I don't know."

Shan Youjun let go of him, and He Lingchuan threw him another piece of broken silver: "Don't break your mouth, at least wait for us to leave the town." ”

Next, the four of them rushed to Hong Chengluo's residence.

The things they saw along the way were dilapidated, most of the townspeople were yellow and thin-skinned, their eyes were indifferent, and even in the face of Xiazhou officers and soldiers like He Lingchuan, they only had a little bit of vigilance and disgust.

Even if there are no Xunzhou people to ravage, this place is poor enough.

He Lingchuan passed through the town entrance, and found here the traces of the stone stove that Shan Youjun said, and a high platform raised by a wooden frame.

There was still residual blood in the cracks, and it was all blackened, but he could still smell blood with his sense of smell.

This kind of place, this kind of platform, is generally used for public executions, so as to set the record straight.

He Lingchuan suddenly remembered that Hong Chengluo's students were beheaded here for stealing military rations. As a result, within a few days, his teacher also attacked the military rations, not stealing, but robbing them openly.

Why did Hong Chengluo distribute the grain to the townspeople?

In addition to pleasing people's hearts, is there a little mercy? After all, he had lived here and suffered greatly.

So did he force the townspeople to eat meat, or the meat of the two big families in the town, did he want to be angry with himself, or did he want the townspeople to be angry?

He Lingchuan pondered these questions and soon found Hong Chengluo's home.

The alley was uneven even to the ground, and the cracks in the walls were covered with mold and moss. It is also not long, but it houses at least a dozen families.

"It seems to be this one."

"Squeak", He Lingchuan pushed the door, and there was only a small courtyard and two low bungalows inside.

This area was only a little larger than his wooden house in Panlong City, at least the courtyard was eleven or twelve square meters. There were a few wooden shelves and two empty jars in the courtyard, and there were blackened blood stains on the ground.

The room is not big, and the four of them met after turning around, Mao Tao sighed:

"Mr. Hong is so poor."

The general of the Bejia Kingdom lived in seclusion here, and it could only be described as a family with four walls.

The bedroom has only one bed and a low cupboard.

Shan Youjun said: "The kitchen is empty as if it has been washed, and there are no pots and pans, but there are traces of perennial fire in the stove, which is not normal." ”