Chapter 106: Belonging
On the noisy streets, the crowds are endless. Everyone is moving at their own pace.
In a teahouse next to the road, guests gather here in twos and threes, and those who don't know each other can chat a few words.
I don't know who brought up the topic first, from what I saw and heard in other places to anecdotes, I said a few words about everything.
Soon, there was a mention of a strange incident that had happened recently.
A middle-aged strong man said: "If you want to talk about the strange things that have happened in Shengjing recently, it must be the most unusual thing to hide the corpse in the golden bed." ”
Immediately, an uninformed person next to him asked, "What kind of golden bed hides the corpse?" How I don't know. ”
The middle-aged strong man probably wanted to show off his sources, but when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he was even less anxious, and slowly picked up a cup of tea and tasted it.
I don't know if it was the person in the corner who urged: "Say it quickly!" We're in a hurry to find out! ”
The middle-aged man took enough Qiao before he said: "A few days ago, the arrester in the yamen caught a thief, who often broke through empty doors, guess where he caught it?" ”
"Don't sell it, say it, say it quickly!"
"That's it!"
Although the middle-aged man was a little dissatisfied with the audience's reaction, he couldn't stop it, so he had to go on directly: "I was caught at the crazy woman's house in Xicheng." ”
"Crazy woman? It's the mother-in-law who went crazy not long after moving here, and always gave away stones as gold," an elderly old man stroked his gray beard and said slowly, "It seems that it's not surnamed Zhu, it's surnamed Yang, anyway, it's a similar surname." How did he catch it at her house, that thief is stupid enough, how could he choose her house! After inquiring, she found that the poor in her family couldn't open the pot, and it turned out that her grandson took care of her, and she was the only one left after her grandson died. ”
The middle-aged man shook his head and smiled: "You are wrong, this crazy woman is really rich, and the golden bed I said before is hers." ”
Someone blurted out, "Really? ”
The middle-aged man said: "Of course it's true, the arrester in the yamen quickly arrested someone, and found the bed wrapped in a wooden board outside her house, and after opening the bed board, ......"
He stopped here, lowered his voice and asked, "Guess what's in there?" ”
Some grumpy guests urged repeatedly, "Oops! Don't guess, don't guess, you can say it! ”
The middle-aged man, who didn't get the interaction, had to continue, "Inside the bed, there is a white bone hidden in the pile of gold, I don't know how many years it has been dead. He said that it could be seen that the bones belonged to a man in his twenties, and the cause of death was a knife in the chest. ”
"Someone weighed the gold in that bed, and it was about a thousand taels."
Someone asked, "Whose bones are they?" ”
The middle-aged man shook his head.
Someone asked, "Where did the gold come from?" ”
The middle-aged man still shook his head.
A voice came out from the corner, "Don't you know anything, and you're still talking to us about the golden bed hiding corpses." ”
The middle-aged man blushed and argued: "I don't know more than you, if I don't say it, where do you know about such a big case as hiding a corpse in the golden bed." ”
Since the middle-aged man has been showing off, the person who can't look past him finally got the opportunity and scolded him, "What kind of big case is this, the owner of the corpse has made white bones, and he has been dead for I don't know how many years, how can he find out?" Even if it is found out, the murderer may have already been buried in the ground. ”
The middle-aged man heard that something was wrong, and glared, "What do you mean by this?" ”
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to stiffen, everyone in the teahouse hurriedly spoke to ease the situation and led the topic away before it was over.
Shen Qingyu waited for Mu Xun to write down what happened to her again like he had done in the last communication.
But this letter is not coming from the left, nor is it from the right, and in the end, Guanzi's "golden bed hiding corpse" is still heard from others.
Just when she no longer had hope, a letter signed by Fan Qiuhua arrived.
She thought it would make everything clear, but in fact, it only said two things.
"One is to confirm the identity of the crazy woman, she is indeed the eldest lady of the Zhu family. The second confirmed Shi Yan's identity, he was indeed called Shi Yan, but it was not the grandson of the mad woman, but a thief who had been frequently haunting Shengjing recently. ”
Shen Qingyu sorted it out and tried to restore the whole thing by himself.
Shi Yan is a thief, and he accidentally met Miss Zhu, who was already crazy, that is, the crazy woman, and probably heard the words of the crazy woman who still hung gold on her lips.
If ordinary people heard her stupid words about giving people gold, they wouldn't go to their hearts at all, but Shi Yan was not an ordinary person, he didn't listen to it, and he was convinced.
It just so happened that the madwoman would not drive him out, so he moved in in a grand manner, intending to slowly look for gold, but as soon as he entered, he ran into a group of people who went to take shelter from the rain, revealing the horse's feet, which made people arrest.
Let's say that he is unlucky, it seems that there is a little, but it is that he believes the words of the madman, if there is no accident, he should really find a thousand taels of gold.
Let's say he's lucky, it seems that there is a little, but he missed out on a huge amount of wealth, and he was not caught when he broke through the empty door, but fell at this time, which really doesn't know what to say.
As for Miss Zhu's story, there have been many speculations before, since the gold has confirmed that it is indeed by her side, then the identity of the white bone is likely to be the real culprit who committed more than 20 thefts in succession back then.
As for what exactly happened between them, there is no way to know.
After a few days, Shen Qingyu begged her brother to take her out, but she still went to the place where she flew the kite last time, and then went to the crazy woman's house.
Although a thousand taels of gold and bones were found in the madwoman's house before, they were so old that nothing could be found, so there was no other disposal except for the gold handed over.
Shen Qingyu came this time, mainly because she was worried that the old woman was alone and had no one to take care of her, so she might not be able to live.
But as it turned out, she was overthinking.
The door was open, and two people could be seen sitting in the courtyard talking, to be exact, one person talking, one person listening.
The young man with fox eyes and pointed chin was rolling up his sleeves for the old woman at this time, "Oops! I've said it many times, when you wash your face, you have to roll up your sleeves, and you see it's getting wet again. ”
The old woman's eyes were glazed, and she didn't know whether she had listened or not.
"Where is the story I told you last time......"
He chattered endlessly, and although there was no response, he still enjoyed it.
It seems that his words, which are endless, and have no special meaning, have finally found an audience.