Chapter Seventy-Eight: Dotting the Firmament

"Yes, the case is indeed the last through my hands, I gathered the family to the government office to inquire separately, as well as neighbors, passers-by, no less than fifty people up and down, Shi Laosan carried a knife that day, as you said, ready to let the negative man fight for his life, but in front of the door, the fire has spread, he struggled slightly, rushed into the fire, and helped save people."

At first, Shi Laosan wanted to rescue the only girl who was more attentive to Feng Yue, but after rescuing one, he went to save another, and those female dependents were nine times out of ten that he carried on his back to escape, the only thing he didn't do was that he heard the voice of a man calling for help in the study, and also asked the rescued woman, confirming that it was the object of his revenge, he bypassed the study, and never stretched out his hand, but when he carried out a servant woman, he was smashed in the face by the burned roof beam, he endured the pain, put the person on his back in a safe place, his eyes were black, and he fainted.

When he woke up again, Shi Laosan was already in the prison, he was silent, someone had already recognized his identity as a thief, if he said too much, it would inevitably implicate Feng Yue'e, he didn't want her to die in peace, being pointed at, hearing that the man he wanted to take revenge had died in the fire, he actually endured the severe pain of the burn and laughed out loud in the cell.

What he wants to do, God has done for him, so there is nothing unfair about taking his life to compensate.

"I know that he did not commit arson, and sacrificed himself to save people, so he went to a prison, he was burned, with a high fever, his whole body was hot, but his consciousness was very clear, he told me the story of himself and Feng Yue'e as it was, I was moved with compassion, if he really killed someone, I would not spare the murderer, if his crime is to be a bandit, a thief who has never killed anyone, has never been stained with blood, then, I think he saved so many people's lives, whether it can be regarded as a general's atonement." Shen Nian smiled slightly, "So, I made my own decisions and let him go." ”

When he was released, Shi Laosan simply thought that this young master of Dali Temple who came from Tiandu was crazy, and he didn't say whether he had killed people and set fires, that is, he had been a thief for all these years, and he could also send him thousands of miles away with a verdict.

Shen Nianyi said, I want him to make a poisonous oath, he will never be a thief again in this life, as for those people on the mountain, presumably he will have a way to settle it properly, Shi Laosan asked what kind of poisonous oath to make, Shen Nianyi stared at his eyes, and used Feng Yue'e to make this poisonous oath, for her and for yourself, presumably you will abide by the oath.

Shi Laosan left, returned to the mountain, he dismissed the brothers, divided the gold and silver, and fled from the back mountain alone, after three or four years, he never thought that he would meet this person again in Ling County.

After all, he is still a reckless character, and the few new people he brought with him are not good, Shen Nianyi sighed and said: "But I think he still keeps that oath, he is not extremely vicious, and he still has an unresolved conscience in his heart." ”

"Maybe it's just doing some side business, he feels that he didn't go directly to the right path, and he is a little sorry for your old man." Sun Shining learned from Fang Cai Shi Laosan's tone, so the scar on his face that almost covered half of his face should be a memorial left by saving people from the fire, and he was able to save the person he didn't know that day, and he had almost offset the evil of being a bandit.

is also a fire house, compared with the one back then, this scene is the real erasure of human nature, there is not a single living mouth left in the door, although Shen Nianyi has never looked out of the window, he also knows that Shi Laosan is watching him go, and some words are on his lips, but if he doesn't say it, it will be difficult to pry his mouth open.

"I think Shi Laosan knows something about this case you want to investigate." Sun Shining's fingers tapped twice on the carriage, "He still wants to warn you to be careful, but he's afraid." ”

"He's not just scared, he's scared." Of course, Shen Nianyi knew that Shi Laosan was not a timid person, and the man who was sentenced to death that day, and his eyebrows were not wrinkled more, would not dare to open his mouth to tell the truth, it seems that the black hand behind the case is so big that it can scare people to death, and in Shi Laosan's heart, he even overwhelmed Dali Temple.

He left room and measure, if Shi Laosan was willing to say, then he would know where to find him, and this kind of person would not be less sensitive than anyone who investigated the case.

"Then who set the fire in Feng Yue's house back then?" Sun Shining saw Shen Nianyi's brows touching together, presumably thinking about the difficulties again, most of his eye diseases were because he was thinking too much, so he couldn't heal for a long time.

"It's not deliberately artificial, according to the confession to check, it is the dereliction of duty of the people in the stove room, when stir-frying, the vegetable oil overflowed, ignited the firewood and grass, the place was easy to burn, but it was too late to put out, the fire spread, and it burned into a continuous piece, although the fight was timely, and some people went back and forth to rescue the injured, and seven or eight people died in the fire." Shen Nian suddenly raised his interest to teach her, "Do you know that in the fire, how to cook is easy to protect yourself?" ”

Sun Shining thought about it seriously and said, "But do you want to wet your whole body with water?" ”

"It works, but you won't be able to find such a source of water at the time." Shen Nianyi said patiently, "Do you know that most of the people who died in the fire were not burned to death, but choked to their lungs by the smoke brought out by the fire, and choked to death. ”

Sun Shining heard it for the first time, shook his head and said: "I usually make a fire to cook, and when I see the smoke, it goes up, if I lie on the ground, can I support it for a little longer?" ”

"If you crawl slowly along the ground and try to stay away from the fire, you will have a much better chance of being saved, and of course if you find a water source nearby, it is also a good idea to soak your clothes and cover your mouth and nose." Shen Nianyi asked again, "Have you remembered what I said?" ”

"That is, I can't lift my hands or shoulders like this, if I change to you, as long as I rush into the sky and fly out directly from the roof, no matter how much it burns under my feet, it won't hurt you."

Shen Nian was stunned one by one: "What did you say?" ”

Sun Shining repeated Fang Cai's words again: "I said that if you were a martial artist like you, you would be able to fly out of the roof directly." ”

Shen Nianyi immediately asked, "Ah Yang, the car is driving slowly, I have something to ask Zhuge Qing." ”

The two carriages drove side by side, and Shen Nianyi said through the window: "Zhuge Qing, the son of He Qihu, where is the teacher?" ”

"It is said to be a Diancang faction, but it has been more than ten years since he came back from his studies, and it is all rumors here, and I have never asked in person." Zhuge Qing replied at the window, "My lord, but I have seen him dance with a sword, and he is indeed a good skill." ”

On that day, Zhuge Qing sent an invitation to Hu Zhixian, the housekeeper knew that he was a county cheng, led him in, walked through the atrium, someone was dancing the sword, the winter was melting, the person was wearing a tight single clothes, the long sword in his hand danced into a ball of snowflakes, he couldn't help but stop and watch, the housekeeper did not urge much, until the person finished practicing a set of swordsmanship, the arm, the sword body has been integrated, the tip of the sword is holding a half-open plum blossom, it is very good-looking.

The housekeeper said with a smile, the second son loves to practice martial arts since he was a child, and he followed the old man to return to his hometown, and he did not forget to practice the sword every day, Zhuge Qing was a layman, blindly nodded and praised, and while talking, he walked past the second son of the He family, and the man did not squint, put away the long sword, and left directly.

Zhuge Qing knew that some people who practiced martial arts had perverse personalities, and they didn't like to have anything to do with people in the court, and they didn't care much about these.

Diancang faction, and sword practice, Shen Nianyi groaned slightly, coupled with the He family's style and status, I don't think it is taught by the head of the sect in person, but also a disciple named under his name, so calculated, no wonder it is rumored that he is a good martial artist, famous and decent, of course, more obvious than those who have no rules and regulations.

"My lord, although I don't know martial arts, I know that it is a real skill."

"He Qihu's son is called He Guen, has his body ever been picked out?" Shen Nianyi knew very well what the bones would be twisted into after a fire, and Ling County had already called in more than a dozen people around him to help, and it was said that he had only slightly identified a dozen or so people among the nearly fifty corpses.

"My lord, the remains of He Guen's body were found in the main house, and because this corpse was holding a long sword, it was determined that it was him."

"That sword is the one you've ever seen?" Shen Nianyi asked again.

"That sword has experienced such a fire, except that the hilt is a little scorched, the sword body has not been damaged at all, and it can be regarded as a famous weapon, not to mention that the corpse was tightly gripping the hilt of the sword at that time, and even the finger bones were burned with it."

"What was the cause of his death?"

"Poisoning." Zhuge Qing's face turned pale, "And it's deadly poison, and he can't support it when he walks to the door of the study." ”

"Ah Yang, the car is going faster." Shen Nian lowered his eyes halfway, and the two cars quickly split into one after the other.

Seeing his solemn expression, Sun Shining asked softly, "How can they tell who the charred corpse was before birth?" ”

"That's a trick, you have to ask Xiao Tang for advice when you go back."

"There are always some characteristics to recognize people." Sun Shining thought about it for a while and asked, "But the whole He family has been killed, who will identify those corpses?" ”

"He Qihu is the former imperial history, there are his archives in the palace, as for his family, there are also records in the population records of Ling County, as long as you are patient, you can always distinguish the clues, those who are subordinate must rely on their families to claim them, otherwise, the corpse can only be counted according to the number of people counted." Shen Nianyi looked at her and said, "Do you want to say that holding a sword in your hand can't explain anything?" ”

"The finger bones of those who practice swords should be different from those like us." Sun Shining raised one of his hands and looked at the light, "You see that I practiced calligraphy for a month last month, and my knuckles were calloused, not to mention people who have practiced swords for decades." ”