The dock is not big or small, and there are a lot of shops and car dealers, and it will not be dawn yet, so there are not many people.

Zhong Xingwen asked the boatman to dock, and after paying the money, he went up the stone stairs to the dock.

A cold wind blew, and Zhong Xingwen, who hadn't had a good rest for days, couldn't help but shiver again, and strode away after moving his muscles and bones.

When he arrived here, he was not far from his destination, and Zhong Xingwen walked to the edge of the dock, where there were many carriages parked, and some of the coachmen of the car dealership stood up, thinking that he was coming to call a carriage.

"Alas, where are you going, do you want a carriage?" "Guest officer, take my car, the horses in his car are old and thin!"

"Alas, that's not what I say, as the saying goes, the old horse knows the way, and my horse recognizes it!"

The coachmen all came to greet the passengers, Zhong Xingwen looked at the one who spoke first, and approached the other party.

"This old man, I want to ask a question!"

Ahh

The group of people suddenly lost interest, and it seemed that they would not hire a carriage, and the old man had lost most of his enthusiasm, but he was not enough to ignore people.

"Ask Hou Sheng, there is no way around the mouth of the river that I don't know!"

Zhong Xingwen nodded, took out ten cents from his arms and handed it to the old coachman.

"May I ask the old man, how to get to Qingtang County in Dingfeng County?"

The old coachman reached out and took the copper coin, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Housheng on the road, oh, the way out of the estuary wharf, to the west along the road is Dingfeng County, but the old official road through the mountain collapsed, the road is not easy to walk, you take the dirt road on the side to the southwest of Shanwu County to borrow the road will be faster, to the Shanwu side to the northwest, not much slower!"

"Thank you, uncle!"

Zhong Xingwen bowed his hand in thanks, and then walked briskly to a stable barn further behind, and gave a deal to the sleepy merchant there.

An old horse of some age, the trader boasted that it was a retired war horse.

After some bargaining, twenty taels of silver were sold, which shows that the price of a real good horse is high, and it can be called a real four-hoofed horse.

There was only the last section of the road left, Zhong Xingwen rode quickly, believed in the old coachman's guidance, took advantage of the neighboring county, and then went to Qingtang.

From dawn to the westward slope of the sun, he hurried to Qingtang in one breath, and arrived at Xiaogu Village after asking the road clearly.

Even asked for directions, when Zhong Xingwen came to Xiaogu Village, the sun was already setting in the west, he turned over and dismounted, reached out to stroke the old horse that was tired enough today, and led it forward a little bit.

The village is on the edge of the hill, and it is impossible to see how big it is at a glance, but the lanes are deep and there is no shortage of trees, and the houses are not densely arranged.

Zhong Xingwen led a dusty stranger into the village, and occasionally the villagers who passed by looked at him curiously, but no one asked anything, as if some people here were indifferent.

At the same time, Chai Wang was also in the middle of the mountain road, and at this moment, the horse neighed, and the horse's hooves stopped on the mountain road.

Chai Wang turned over and dismounted, checked the front and back, this mountain road actually collapsed here, but it is a cliff road, people may be able to use light power to turn over, but the horse can't, it is better to detour fast!

On the other side, not long after entering the village, Zhong Xingwen met an elderly man sitting on the side of the road, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and ask.

"May I ask this old man, do you know where the Guan family is?"

The old man looked at the visitor in surprise and looked him up and down, and the man leading the horse looked at the dusty man.

"The Guan family is gone, so it's useless for you to ask."

As soon as he heard this, Zhong Xingwen's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly saluted again.

"Uncle, I really ask for advice, but I was entrusted by someone to find the location of the Guan family, and I dare not stop all the way, even if there is no one in the Guan family, I need to see it with my own eyes, and I hope the old man will tell me!"

The old man stood up on his knees, patted his ass and pointed ahead.

"Follow the trail all the way, turn left at the end, and the yard full of weeds is it, but it's useless if you go, the Guan family has long been empty."

Zhong Xingwen was born quickly and had some of his own methods, and at this moment, Wen Yan's face suddenly showed a look of surprise.

"Why is the Guan family gone? But I heard that there is another woman in the Guan family? Is she also gone? ”

The old man looked at the person who came, shook his head and said.

"Zhang's is also gone, and he was quite stimulated when he received a letter of resignation, saying that he was going to find his husband, and then he left and never came back. Poor Zhang was lonely when he was young, and he thought that he could love his husband and wife until he was old."

Speaking of this, the old man suddenly remembered what the person in front of him had just said, and his eyes suddenly became unkind.

"You're here to find the Guan family? Back then, I heard the Guan family say that they were just in the middle of the family, and it seemed that they also had a background, did you come to find your relatives? ”

Zhong Xingwen hurriedly shook his head.

"The old man misunderstood, he was not a relative of the Guan family, but he was entrusted to come for the Zhang family, but he didn't expect that there was no one at home here."

The old man's face softened slightly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but sigh faintly when he thought of Zhang.

"Alas, there are so many diligent children, it's been almost two years, and I don't know if I can find it, if there are three long and two short, the cub surnamed Guan will definitely die well!"

"Uncle, are you talking about Guan Xinrui?"

The old man glanced at the man.

"Who else can there be besides him, I also told Zhang that he must be promising, and he will definitely be able to gain fame, I am really blind"

The old man had a feeling that he couldn't stop when he opened his mouth, and he babbled for a long time, until he couldn't say anything, and then he left.

Zhong Xingwen had been listening quietly, his brows were furious in his heart, and he stood in place for a long time without moving.

It wasn't until the old horse in front of him rubbed his head that Zhong Xingwen came back to his senses, looked left and right, and then led the horse to follow the old man's guidance.

The place is right, the person is right, Lord Guan, no, the surname Guan really divorced his wife first!

However, Zhong Xingwen's heart sank slightly at this moment, listening to the old man's meaning, the Zhang family found out, so the place where the murder occurred is likely not here.

The place that the old man said was not difficult to find, it was an overgrown yard, and at this moment the sun was slanting in the west, and the sky was getting darker, and the surroundings were relatively quiet.

But Zhong Xingwen was not afraid at the moment, tied the old horse to the tree on the side, and then jumped into the courtyard lightly.

This house was not occupied by the villagers, Zhong Xingwen easily opened the doors of several houses, and did not find anything special, but he also saw some things used by scholars.

After rummaging inside and out, Zhong Xingwen sat in the courtyard a little depressed.

Clearly, the murder did not happen here.

To tell the truth, there is already a lot of information based on the information I have gotten so far, at least Guan Daren does have a family, at least the original partner is indeed missing.

But as a public arrest that is not passable, Zhong Xingwen also has his persistence, especially his dedication to corpses and murder scenes.

Was it thrown into the mouth of the great river?

No, there are many ships there, and the bodies are very easy to find.

Zhong Xingwen sat in front of the door of the broken house and clenched his fists, and this sitting was a long time.

Unconsciously, the sky was dark, and at the gate of the courtyard, the old man he had just met came over to check, and Zhong Xingwen raised his head when he heard the movement.

As soon as the two made eye contact, the old man sighed.

"Hou Sheng, seeing that you are also a dusty servant and haven't eaten yet, can you come to my house for a light meal?"

Zhong Xingwen hesitated, but still stood up, and after thanking him, he chose to lead the horse and the old man home.

About 100 meters away under the old poplar tree is the old man's residence, Zhong Xingwen came to find that the other party lived alone, the meal was naturally coarse tea and light rice, but it was not his turn to dislike it.

The most talked about at the dinner table were the Zhang family and the Guan family, which also let Zhong Xingwen know that this old man had been taken care of by the Zhang family a lot, and his words were full of regret.

Zhong Xingwen listened to a lot and said little, and later took out a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone from his bag to record what the old man said, all of which can be part of the testimony in the future.

Zhong Xingwen pretended to have his surname Zhang, and after contact, the old man left him to rest at home.

It's just that Zhong Xingwen tossed and turned a little bit tonight, and when he fell asleep, the night was already very deep, and it was also in the middle of the night, Chai Wang, who had made a considerable detour, tied his horse to a tree outside the village, and then quietly entered the village.

Zhong Xingwen was originally asleep, but at the moment when Chai Wang came here, it seemed to be affected by some kind of qi.

At this moment, Zhong Xingwen is also in a dream, and the scene in the dream seems to be the picture of him supporting an old man on the streets of Haiyu County that day.

The old man said that Zhong Xingwen was in danger of dying young, and stretched out his hands again and patted them in front of Zhong Xingwen.

The beat was silent that day, but it is extremely loud in today's dreams.

"Smack~"

Zhong Xingwen opened his eyes suddenly, and then as if he felt something, he quietly got up and leaned to the window, only to find that looking out of the fence through the window, a black shadow flashed away.

Zhong Xingwen was instantly alert, and he instinctively linked the other party with his own intentions, which was already nervous.

Dangerous!

But it's not an opportunity!

Zhong Xingwen quietly put on his clothes, thought about it and flipped through his baggage, there were many things given by Daoist Xue in it, he took out a charm and recalled Daochang's advice, and then he was sure in his heart.

The next moment, Zhong Xingwen moistened the charm with his saliva, then pressed it on his forehead, then stuffed it into the brim of his hat and pressed it, and then lightly climbed out of the window.

Judging from the silent feeling when the other party passed by just now, the light skill of the person who came was extremely high, and the martial arts would not be bad if he thought about it.

Zhong Xingwen never thought that his martial arts skills were high, not to mention that his injuries had not healed now, so he chose to believe in Xue Daoren with apprehension, but he also tried to slow down his pace.

Maybe Zhong Xingwen's light skills were better than he imagined, or maybe the spell given by the Taoist chief worked, and the person in front didn't find out that he was being followed.

Sure enough, the other party's went directly to the original Guan family's courtyard.

The person who came was Chai Wang, he arrived here in the middle of the night, but he was not sure that Zhong Xingwen had not come, after taking a turn in the original courtyard.

Chai Wang, who was not very relieved, went to other places again, and Zhong Xingwen hesitated and chose to follow.

After that, the other party walked more and more away, and had already left the village to a corner in the back mountain, and saw a pile of rubbles that had been dealt with, and Chai Wang breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the person surnamed Zhong may not have been here yet, so try to find out tomorrow.

The man chose to leave temporarily, but Zhong Xingwen did not choose to follow, he pressed his forehead with one hand and felt that the charm was still there, but his eyes looked at the place where the man had just been.

Waiting quietly in place, after waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, Zhong Xingwen moved, he walked quickly to the place where the man had wandered just now, and after his eyes swept around, he chose to move.

Some of the rocks were carefully removed by Zhong Xingwen, and when some of the stones were disposed of and some of the dirt was thrown away, the strong intuition in his heart came true, revealing a well that seemed to be covered by stone slabs.

At this time, Zhong Xingwen recalled the previous conversation with the Taoist chief, and according to Liu's description at that time, the Taoist chief judged the characteristics of the ghosts.

The conversation between himself and the Taoist chief seemed to ring in his ears.

"Before this ghost was born, she should have been hit by a sword and thrown into the water, and when she died, it was not because of the sword, but because of drowning and suffocation"

"Thrown into the water after being stabbed?"

"Yes, it was thrown into the water, and no one found it, maybe it was in a well."

Thinking of this, Zhong Xingwen looked around again, didn't think much about it, and directly struggled to move the stone slab pressing the wellhead, and sure enough, there was a deep wellhead below.

If it weren't for that person to "lead the way" tonight, Zhong Xingwen would only feel that he would not be able to find this.

The bones must be underneath!

The other party has found here, I have been exposed, and there is not much time left for me.

Don't think about it, Zhong Xingwen can't even ignore some of the instructions of the Taoist, because maybe he only has a little time left, and he must race against time!

Therefore, Zhong Xingwen chose to jump lightly in this dark night, and slowly slid down with his hands and feet supporting the wall of the well.

Looking at the dark and smelly well water below, Zhong Xingwen took a deep breath and jumped down gently.

There were ripples in the water, and there was not much sound when entering the water, Zhong Xingwen tested the depth of the water and then dived directly.

"Bang la la"

After a long time, Zhong Xingwen couldn't hold his breath and rose up, but he didn't touch the bones, just leaned against the wall of the well and gasped.

It's been two years, and the corpse has long since decomposed, and the bones should all be scattered, maybe it will take a while to touch the ground!

This thought just came to mind, and strange ripples suddenly rose on the well surface in front of Zhong Xingwen, and under the dim moonlight, a corpse slowly floated up, so hideous, so terrifying.

Zhong Xingwen only felt as if the whole person was frozen, and even realized that the spell was also wet!

(End of chapter)