Yizhuang is located in the northernmost part of Diqiu County, it was originally a land temple, and later the temple was abandoned and the roof collapsed, and the government came forward to repair one or two, and changed it to Yizhuang.

With the body of the Buddha to suppress the evil spirit, the demons will not invade.

It was noon, and the air was getting hot, the sun was red, and the burning light was stronger than the fire rising from the inside out.

Almost as soon as the carriage stopped, Yunqi leaped out of it vigorously, and then reached back.

Lu Anran only hesitated for a moment, let Yun Qi grab it hard, jumped off the carriage and landed.

As soon as the two of them stood still, a person behind them passed shoulders and ran over, but because of unsteady footsteps, the whole person fell to the ground on his side, holding a bucket full of water in his hand and spilling it all in the mud.

"Sir, madam, eldest son...... God is unfair, God has no eyes! ”

Lu Anran pursed her lower lip, she had already seen the gray face in front of her, and it was the old housekeeper of the Zhou family who was crying bitterly at this moment.

Yun Qi made a look, and Mo Yan walked over to help the person up.

Steward Zhou was still crying, "Such an ordeal, why did it fall on my Zhou family, everyone is dead, your god doesn't even let go of the corpse, you have to do it here!" ”

"This fire can't be saved." Yun Qi looked at it for a moment, shook his head and said, "It seems that we have no relationship with the Zhou family, and we always miss it several times." ”

The three-room tiled civil structure was dry in summer, and a fire burned it, and the tongue of fire swallowed up the small house in an instant.

Lu Anran regretted slightly, "These corpses have tooth marks on their broken necks, uneven wounds, and bone residue and broken flesh, which really seem to have been eaten to death." But I found that there were different injuries everywhere on several of them, but the skin and flesh were so rotten that they couldn't be distinguished. ”

"No matter how sharp the teeth are, they can't hurt the bones," Yun Qi's eyes rolled slightly, and he immediately understood what she meant, "You want to determine if it was injured by a sharp weapon?" ”

Steward Zhou was about to faint from crying, and he couldn't howl dryly, only whimpering and sobbing, and the old tears were all over the place.

Mo Yan looked left and right, there were no other houses here, so he had to carry people to the shade of the trees next to him.

Lu Anran and Yunqi walked over there together, and said: "No one knows about the so-called Yaksha, since we have met, we must think carefully and not let go of any possibility." ”

Yunqi praised: "Very good, I haven't been taught by this son in vain these days. ”

"Old man, what do you have to cry about, isn't it the custom of your Emperor Qiu to cremate people within three days." Lu Taotao smiled evilly, "I said, it wasn't you who set the fire yourself, right?" ”

Steward Zhou was stunned, he didn't expect someone to speak so meanly, and choked up: "How can the girl talk nonsense, I want to give the old lady a ride, but the paper I prepared has not been prepared, and I will never let their mutilated bodies go to the Hades Palace to report like this, and they will not be able to be completely human in the next life." As he spoke, he bowed his head sadly and wept.

Lu Taotao pouted, "The living still care about the affairs of the underworld, you might as well accompany them if you are so sad." ”

Steward Zhou raised his head in a daze, tears stuck in his eyes, and gritted his teeth: "The girl is right, I am a useless old man left in the Zhou family of more than 100 people, what is the use of me alive, it is better to die with the master!" ”

I was really going to rush into the fire, so that Mo Yan grabbed the back of his neck and knocked him unconscious.

Yun Qi was dissatisfied: "How can you ask this son if you stun this world?" ”

"Huh?"

"Stupid or not, you can tie him with a rope." Deer pottery added fuel to the fire.

Mo Yan scratched his head, and suddenly reacted, "Hey, didn't you stimulate him next to me and let me do it?" ”

Lu Tao Tao looked at the sky, "What? Do not understand? I didn't do anything. ”

When Steward Zhou woke up again, Qian Zhixian had already rushed over from the county office, jumping straight on his right foot and shouting: "Evil, evil, it's over." ”

Yesterday, the overseer Sima sent him a letter to ask about the case in person, Qian Zhixian was anxious, and when he heard that Yunqi had a way to find out the truth about the death of the Zhou family, he immediately stamped and allowed Yunqi to act cheaply.

As a result, before the corpse was examined, the Zhou family and the whole family with Yizhuang turned into ashes.

"Yun Shizi, how is this good?"

Yun Qi peached his eyes, "This Shizi still wants to ask, how did he go to the Zhou family and all the people died, and after an autopsy, he put a fire on this Shizi, is this for the Zhou family or this Shizi." ”

Qian Zhixian asked such a rhetorical question, and he was dumbfounded for a while, and after a while, Ai Ai said: "The lower officials think that everything is purely a coincidence. ”

"Steward Zhou." Yun Qi turned to the side and looked at the old man on the ground with a gray face and a dull gaze, "You are guarding in Yizhuang, when did you find a fire, can you see suspicious people and things?" ”

After asking twice, Steward Zhou slowly moved his head, and it took a long time to react, and he said in a dry voice: "I have been in Yizhuang, only to leave for a while in the middle, and when I come back and see smoke coming from the roof, it is too late." ”

The Zhou family is gone, the Zhou housekeeper has served Zhou Hou all his life, and he actually sent him to the end, as a loyal servant, he did not abandon the master, and still conscientiously burned paper money and kept vigil for the family.

It's just that in the morning, the guy from the paper shop came and asked him to check the quantity and part.

Because the position of the Zhou family's defects is different, everyone has to make up for it differently, for fear of making a mistake, Steward Zhou has to go by himself.

"That's it, I've been gone for less than an hour." Steward Zhou thumped his chest and cried on the ground.

The fire burned so quickly that the three huts in their place were completely destroyed.

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In the afternoon, the emperor took the pill as usual and took a nap for a while, and woke up feeling refreshed.

The king put on a robe for the emperor, "The emperor's spirit has improved a lot these days, Dongyue Zhenren is really a god." ”

The emperor took a sip of warm tea to moisten his throat, and said in an ominous voice: "He must be able to solve my great trouble, and then he can be regarded as a true god." ”

The king bowed his head and retreated to the side, only to smile as if he didn't understand: "Just now, the lady made some snacks and sent them to the emperor, is the old slave serving them to the emperor now?" ”

The emperor swept his eyes back, paused, and said, "You ask the imperial dining room to make a bowl of sugar lotus root glutinous rice and send it to Guanju Palace." ”

This is the meaning of not having to serve snacks, Wang He's eyelids flashed, and he hung his head.

Half an hour later, Concubine Shu and the second prince sat facing each other, and there was a bowl of sugar lotus root glutinous rice on the table in front of them.

Concubine Shu's beautiful face was covered with a layer of cold shadow, and there was a little apprehension between her eyebrows, "This palace asked Hongshang to inquire, and the emperor did not eat the things sent by this palace, but rewarded this palace with a bowl of dessert." ”

Zi Sang Hao clasped his hands and swayed up and down, and suddenly his inspiration flashed, "The lotus root is hollow and hearty, but it is filled with glutinous rice, does my father mean ......?"

Concubine Shu frowned, "What?" ”

Zi Sang Hao looked up slightly uneasily, and said, "Tell us not to have too many eyes, my father knows everything with a clear heart." ”

Concubine Shu thought about it, got up irritably and said: "Your uncle-in-law has some business in Diqiu, and he has secretly done a lot of work for you, if something goes wrong in the middle, don't say that your uncle-in-law can't please you, lest it affect you." ”

Zi Sang Hao didn't know, "If it's a business, why is it involved?" Could it be that Yaksha's murder really has something to do with my uncle? ”

"Shut up! What kind of nonsense is he talking about, Xue Tai will not do such a foolish thing no matter how stupid he is! Concubine Shu scolded and circled around the room, "You don't understand this matter, and you don't need to understand it, in short, there must be a reason why the emperor suddenly mentioned your uncle." "I'll write a letter first." ”

Guan Ju Palace fell into chaos because of a bowl of sugar lotus glutinous rice without mentioning it, and the emperor had summoned Liu Xiangzhi in Linhua Palace.

"This accident in the dojo is all due to the prince's eagerness for quick success, which caused the beast to attack Longling." The Emperor spoke in a low voice, but the wrinkles squeezing in the corners of his eyes could be seen as a hint of anger, "I am ready to summon him back to the royal capital." ”

Liu Xiangzhi coiled the Buddha beads, and raised his hand to salute after listening, "Your Majesty, the prince didn't know in advance, the emperor Qiu poor bandits have been entrenched in the mountains for many years, and the prince knows that letting the escape will inevitably lead to endless troubles, and the people will still suffer at that time." As for the herds of fierce beasts, it is indeed abnormal. ”

The emperor was silent, and Liu Xiangzhi analyzed: "The emperor is mountainous, and the mountains cover many jungles. Another point is that the letter received by the minister today reveals that there is no trace of a wild beast in the area of the prince's round-up, and this beast tide has suddenly appeared, and there should be a reason for it, and it should be investigated. ”

The emperor turned his fingers on the jade wrench, and his dark eyes pressed down, "There will never be any remnants of the previous dynasty who want to oppose me, so that I will not be happy." He sneered, "In this case, I should suspect the prince of bad intentions." ”

In addition to being the crown prince of the Daning Dynasty, the prince also has the biological mother of Princess Wuyang of the former dynasty, if anyone wants to make waves, the prince is undoubtedly a good candidate.

With the lengthening of the timeline between the previous dynasty and the Daning dynasty, Princess Wuyang, the world's first talented woman who was at a glimpse of the beginning, became more and more dim in people's memory.

As the son of Sang Jin with the bloodline of the previous dynasty, and in the position of the prince, no matter how you look at it, it is inevitable that he will bear the brunt of the competition between the two.

In the past two years, Liu Xiangzhi has understood from the emperor's gradually impatient tone that his tolerance for the crown prince has slowly dissipated like his longing for Princess Wuyang.

Liu Xiangzhi sighed and regretted for the old man, there was no change on the surface, and he still had an unhurried tone, "As soon as the matter came out, the prince immediately remedied, and now the people respect Dongyue Zhenren and Sanyuan Palace even more, and their prestige has reached its peak, but it is crooked." ”

In both public and private, Liu Xiangzhi hopes that the crown prince of the Daning Dynasty can continue to sit in this position unharmed.

The emperor disagreed, "The people are easily induced, but they are not without smart people." ”

He was more convinced that such an accident seemed to be a bad omen.

After a while, the emperor opened his mouth and asked, "Where has the new army marched?" ”

After Liu Xiangzhi touched it, he replied: "In the past two days, I have almost arrived in the area of Cangzhou Mansion. ”

"What about Chichi and the Yin family?"

At this point, there is really something to tell, "Recently, Qianchi Kingdom handed over a letter, whether Qianchi Kingdom can reduce a layer of tribute in the autumn of this year, and then their lord will personally come to congratulate the emperor on his birthday." ”

The harvest after the autumn is also the time for the subject country to pay tribute to the Daning Dynasty, and it happens that the emperor's birthday is also on that day.

The emperor gathered the wide sleeves of the dragon robe and snorted coldly: "The gold and silver money can be reduced, let them build an extra 100-person ship in exchange, as for Jin Huanmin, I won't use it anymore, I don't bother to see him." ”