The stage was playing, playing and singing, and the spectators stopped by.

Tai'an Building is the largest theater in the whole Chaomen City, the name moves the whole city, not to mention the ordinary tourists, even the dignitaries and dignitaries often come here when they are free, listen to a piece of flowery jade sound, sprinkle a handful of golden melon seeds to the stage as a reward, and applaud together with the surrounding visitors.

At this time, in the huge troupe, the audience sat layer after layer, including the side of the steps up and down, all of them were fans who came to listen to the play, applauding Lan Xiaoju, the pillar of the stage who was singing at this time.

Qiu Shaohu was also sitting in it, but he didn't want to listen to the play. At this time, the stage sang "Selling Paintings and Splitting the Door", which tells the story of a man who endured humiliation and burdens, disguised himself as a woman and went deep into the enemy camp, and finally killed thieves for the country.

Qiu Shaohu actually doesn't know much about drama, the poverty of his childhood and the twists and turns of his youth made him have no environment to contact drama at all, he only knows that some repertoire is good, and some stories are interesting, which is enough.

Luan Wen sat in a row in front of him, and he was approached by him to inquire about the situation. After all, Luan Wen is now his informant, and he can find out many situations that he can't find.

This location and seat were also specially arranged by Qiu Shaohu, in order to hide people's eyes.

"What's going on lately?" Qiu Shaohu asked, this seat distance, it is difficult for others to hear what they say, not to mention the climax of the opera on the stage at this moment, and the people around them only care about listening to the opera and applauding, where can they care about anything else.

"She still hasn't contacted me." The person Luan Wen said was naturally the mysterious woman, seeing that Qiu Shaohu did not react, he knew that he was signaling himself to continue, so he followed: "The people in the resting place seem to have left, and I haven't heard much about them recently. It seems that the people of Zhenkang Shrine have also been hiding recently, but they are still in the city, and I don't know what they are going to do. There's still stuff smuggling in from the outside in the harbor, but they're so mysterious that every time I try to ask them what they're shipping, there's no chance......"

"Are there any materials brought in from Lang Guo that were sent to Rumuxuan?" Qiu Shaohu said suddenly.

"This ...... I don't know. Luan Wen said, "There were a few times when a colleague took the shift for me, and he didn't know the hidden secrets, and I didn't have time to check it." ”

"Try to find out what's in it and see if there's anything that matches my description." Qiu Shaohu paused and added: "In addition, about the construction site of the expansion of the port, if there is anything strange, tell me in time." ”

"If you want to know about the expansion of the port, I can take you over now," Luan Wen felt pressured on these things arranged by Qiu Shaohu, and couldn't wait to find a way to get rid of some, "You can go and see for yourself, isn't it clearer?" ”

"Today, forget it, I have something else." The gongs and drums on the stage were beating, and the cheers from the audience were non-stop, Qiu Shaohu got up at this time and prepared to leave.

"Just gone?" Luan Wen was also a little confused about Qiu Shaohu's sudden departure.

"The living should pay attention to the living, but the dead are not over." Qiu Shaohu finally left this sentence and disappeared.

It was Xu Ju who made an appointment with him to pick a good coffin together today.

……

"Captain, we went to check every corner of the neighborhood, but found nothing."

"Lord Captain, we have checked it out, and the reason why so many people were poisoned at the same time has nothing in common."

"Lord Lieutenant, I checked and didn't see any clues that anyone had poisoned me."

"Captain, I didn't find ......"

"Captain-sama......"

"Alright, alright!" In the Beicheng area, Cheng Xiangxian, who was ordered to investigate the poisoning incident here, listened to the gossip reports of his subordinates, and finally couldn't bear it, "Tell me one by one, what the hell is going on!" Listen to what you mean, I haven't found anything, is it possible that so many people have been poisoned? ”

After a long time of hard work, he couldn't help but get anxious.

Fu Shendu's subordinates glanced at each other, and after sorting out the situation alone, he said, "My lord, this is indeed the case. With so many people poisoned together, when we think about it with you, the first thing we think of is that there are gangsters who poison them on a large scale. ”

"But we checked everything, including the water from the wells, the river, the food and clothing utensils, and even the pots and pans they used. It turned out that nothing they ate at the time was poisonous, and there was no sign of anyone poisoning. ”

"Do you mean that now I have a bowl of rice from the pot, and I have been poisoned after just taking a bite, and when I am done, I am told that in fact, the rice in the pot is not poisonous, and no one has come to poison it, but I am poisoned after eating that bowl of rice? Ridiculous! ”

Cheng went to hear such an outrageous conclusion first, and he couldn't be angry.

The subordinates looked at each other, and only one person had the courage to say, "My lord...... We do think it's ridiculous, but the truth is ...... That's true. ”

Another humanitarian: "Most of the people living in Beicheng are poor families, but there are many people in it who received relief food specially distributed by the city guild during the temple fair the day before yesterday. We had doubted it, but we didn't find anything wrong with it. ”

"Okay, even if what you say is true, but with so many people, what kind of poison must be detected. What about now? What about Lang Zhong? What about the people who tested for drugs! ”

The anger subsided slightly, and Cheng Xiangxian still looked impatient.

"Well, it did let some doctors pass, but the poison really hasn't been detected yet...... "Someone said.

"They are not good at medicine, so they will find the best Lang Zhong in the city!" Become a pioneer.

"I've already looked for it, Dr. Zu of the Shen Medical Center has already started to test for drugs, and he directly closes the door to thank customers, and no one can see him." The subordinate paused and said, "He still said......"

"Say what?"

"Said that sooner or later he would find out the poisoner, so that everyone could rest assured. But the problem is, no one knows when. ”

At this time, there was a commotion in the surrounding neighborhoods, and many people in Beicheng began to go out collectively, some were angry, some were sad, and they rushed to the place of the Daotai Yamen.

Cheng went to know that this was a collective action of the people again, and he wanted to ask the yamen for an explanation.

If we don't find a reason sooner, this kind of thing will just go on and on.

As soon as he thought of this, Cheng Xiangxian only felt a headache.

Perhaps Cheng went to the first and proved that frequent worship of the Buddha could not drive away bad luck.

……

"This coffin, two taels of silver." Yuan Yuan, the owner of the coffin shop, said.

"Two taels of silver, that's 1,200 yuan, enough for a family's ration for a month." Xu Ju said in a begging tone: "Can it be cheaper?" ”

"Alas, don't come to beg me, there have been turmoil these days, and almost all the coffin shops around here have been bought out, and I finally got into another batch, and the ones for you to show are already the cheapest, and there are more than a dozen taels of more expensive ones left, and those won't tell you at all."

Yuan Zhen glanced at Xu Ju more and said, "But for the sake of you, you are a scholar who is about to participate in the children's test, and two taels of silver can be given to you on credit this time." I know you bought it for the Wang family next door to you, and if it weren't for your face, I wouldn't have agreed to you so easily. ”

"Thank you to the shopkeeper then." Xu Ju said gratefully.

Qiu Shaohu on the side chuckled lightly at this time, "Scholars who are rushing to take the exam, if they enter the department, they will be prosperous in this life." Being able to get along well before this is something that many people dream of. At this point, his face is only worth two taels of silver, which is inevitably a little too cheap. ”

was poked by Qiu Shaohu's words, Yuan Ji stopped talking, and Xu Ju was a little surprised.

Qiu Shaohu was also not polite, patted the coffin they had ordered and said, "There are just two of us, we really can't take such a big guy, you can send someone to help me send it over, and send it directly to the Wang family." There are other things to use for funerals, such as shrouds, paper money, and inscriptions, and the troubles are all counted together. As for the funeral master of ceremonies or anything, there is no need for it, they are all poor families, and they don't talk about any pomp. ”

Qiu Shaohu's side seemed to be a lion's mouth, but Yuan Yu's side did not object, but the full license office. After all, as he said, Xu Ju's face as a scholar is not so much.

"Sir, it's okay." Xu Ju hurriedly stopped Qiu Shaohu and said, "We are here to buy a coffin for the Wang family, so we don't have to embarrass people so much." ”

This poisoning, the old man Xu Xian is physically tough, and it will be fine if he rests for a few days, but the poor old man of the Wang family next door has not been able to survive, and this situation is not only unique to the family.

"Beicheng is unfortunate, it's better to rest early." Qiu Shaohu said: "The funeral is only once in a person's life, if you don't take advantage of the opportunity to be a little beautiful, I'm afraid that for the poor, there will never be such a good opportunity in this life." ”

"Yes," Xu Ju also said: "The cheapest coffin costs two taels of silver, no wonder the poor family is buried, and they can only wrap themselves in a mat." Alas. ”

"It's nothing, although it's sloppy, at least it's safe to settle down. But I don't want to starve to death on the side of the road when the world is turbulent, no one is buried, and the scene is miserable. What favor did they receive while they lived, and did they die because of some mistake? So much so that there was not even a hasty burial. ”

Qiu Shaohu said this and closed his eyes.

It is precisely because he doesn't want the people close to him to suffer the end of exposing their bodies to the wilderness, after the people in Yundi Village died, Qiu Shaohu tried his best to bury them one by one.

It snowed heavily that day, and the ten fingers froze, and the frozen soil was as hard as a rock when it was dug less than three feet. But Qiu Shaohu still struggled and persevered until he put the last person into the ground.

At this time, Qiu Shaohu and Xu Cheng finished their work and planned to leave.

From another place, a man walked in with his back to them. Wearing the usual simple clothes and short robes, he came in and said to Yuan Yuan: "This shopkeeper, I want to inquire about you about the other coffin shop not far from here, where has the owner gone?" You're all peers, but what have you heard? I've come from afar, and I hope to make it convenient......"

Speak with an accent that doesn't belong to Chaomen.

Qiu Shaohu suddenly stopped.

"Sir?" Xu Ju was surprised by Qiu Shaohu's actions, watched Qiu Shaohu lower his head and stopped, and couldn't help but lean closer to ask what was wrong.

Until he saw Qiu Shaohu, who had always been reasonable in his eyes, the bottom of his eyes when he lowered his head at this time was devouring blood red.

It's like a wolf at all, dressed in a gentle human skin, to hide his brutality.

It's Lian Yang!

It's Lian Yang!

This person is Lian Yang!!!

Qiu Shaohu let out a hysterical roar in his heart, like a beast on the verge of madness, eager to pounce on this person with his claws, and then tear the other party to pieces with his teeth.

For three years, I have been constantly recalling their faces and voices in my heart, just to let myself remember these people firmly.

No matter how sick he wants to vomit every time he thinks of them, Qiu Shaohu is forcing himself to keep everything about them in mind all the time, but he is afraid that once he meets them one day, he will miss the other party because he forgets.

This tone, this tone, is Lian Yang!

It was because of him that Yundi Village had no power to fight back!

and Tan Ying, the little boy, was strangled to death by him because he found out that he was poisoned, the six-year-old child!

I'm going to kill him!

Kill!

Kill!!

Kill......

"This old man......" Lian Yang seemed to be looking for the ruffian, and he didn't ask anything from Yuan Yuan, turned around and saw Qiu Shaohu, and tried to ask as well.

Qiu Shaohu turned his head silently, and the two faced each other.

"Have I seen you?" Lian Yang felt that the other side was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it.

"No," Qiu Shaohu's eyes were clear black, "I haven't met Your Excellency, but I do have a sense of intimacy, and it seems that I 'hit it off at first sight' with you." ”

The words "familiar at first sight", Qiu Shaohu said very clearly.

The look was as usual.