"Uncle, is this Wang Erzhu's house?"

Yingtian City, North Gate Street.

Zhao Ding stood outside a small courtyard surrounded by a fence, looked at the fenced courtyard in front of him, and pulled an old man passing by the roadside and asked.

Here it is said to be Yingtian City.

In fact, it is better to say that it is the deserted land of Yingtian City.

Compared to the bustling inner city, there is an air of desolation here, and the ground is full of mud and potholes.

Plus it had just rained for a few days.

Those potholes and roads were full of water.

Even the houses, most of them are fenced courtyards and thatched huts.

It's just that Zhao Ding has been here for a while, and he has seen no less than four roadblocks and robberies.

The law and order environment is simply terrible.

It's hard to imagine that this is actually the scene that will happen at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

Regarding this, Zhao Ding naturally asked Zhang San to teach those who blocked the road and robbed them a lesson.

But Zhao Ding also knows that treating the symptoms is not the root cause.

If you can manage it for a while, you can't manage it for a lifetime.

This is not the root cause of the chaos.

was pulled by Zhao Ding.

The old man with white hair and ragged clothes glanced at Zhao Ding suspiciously, "Who are you?" ”

When he spoke, there was a thick guard in his eyes.

The young boy in his hand also subconsciously dodged behind the old man, his black and white eyes, through the old man's body, half-stretched out his little head, and looked at Zhao Ding curiously.

But there was also a deep fear in his eyes.

Obviously destroyed by this world.

Zhao Ding squatted down and pinched the child's little face with a gentle smile, then reached out and took out a plate of snacks from Qinghefang from his arms and handed it to the child.

However, looking at the snacks handed by Zhao Ding, although the childish boy showed hope in his eyes, he still endured it and did not dare to reach out to take it.

When the old man saw this, he didn't dare to open his mouth and let the boy take it.

Seeing this, Zhao Ding took out one of them and took a bite, then smiled: "It's not poisonous, eat it." ”

Listening to Zhao Ding's words, the childish boy couldn't help it anymore, and his little hand couldn't help but pull the old man's sleeve, and after the old man glanced at Zhao Ding again, his eyes eased and said: "Don't be surprised by the child, it's not that the old man doesn't believe in the child, but the way of the world can't tolerate the old man to believe it." ”

After finishing speaking, he arched his hand to Zhao Ding, and then shouted to the child behind him.

Then the childish boy took the snack in Zhao Ding's hand with a happy face.

Looking at this scene, Zhang San's eyes showed an unbearable look.

It's been a long time since he's seen this.

"It's okay, uncle, it's right for you to be cautious."

Zhao Ding waved his hand, and then looked at the fence behind him, but he had already gone to the empty courtyard, and asked: "Uncle, I am a distant relative of this Wang Erzhu's family, and now I just came to Yingtian and learned that there is a clan brother in the family who came here to take a look." ”

The so-called Wang Erzhu was actually one of the three stickmen who were killed.

The other two stickmen were also killed.

But only Wang Erzhu became a family, and there was a woman with a child at home.

As for the other two, they were utterly alone.

After all, in these years, for ordinary people, marrying a daughter-in-law is also something that many people dare not think of.

"That son-in-law is late, the brother you are looking for is already dead, and even his mother-in-law has already left Yingtian with the child."

The old man glanced at the closed fenced courtyard.

Shook his head and said.

"Dead?"

Zhao Ding pretended to look at the old man in surprise.

The so-called mother-in-law is actually the accent of the local people in Yingtian, and the meaning of wife and daughter-in-law.

"Dead, and not long ago, when he died, a good Samaritan still sent a coffin to be buried, otherwise there would not even be a paper coffin.

Alas. ”

Speaking of this, the old man sighed again.

"Someone bought a coffin?"

Zhao Ding glanced at the old man suspiciously.

From the mouth of the blooming snow, he had not heard of this matter.

"Do you know who sent this coffin? And who took my sister-in-law and nephew? ”

He wanted to know the second question more than the first.

After all, if he wants to catch the pigtails of the Zhou family, the wife and children of the beaten stick man must find a way to live, and he is even more worried about whether it will be wiped out.

If so, it's a bit of a hassle.

"I don't know who is old, but I heard that it seems to be sent by someone from Qinghefang's Blooming Snow Library."

The old man frowned when he heard this, and after thinking for a long time, he replied a little uncertainly.

"Blooming snow?"

Hearing the old man's words, Zhao Ding frowned, but he didn't say anything.

But in the bottom of my heart, I secretly have some thoughts about the snow.

Listening to the old man, he continued: "As for who the son said took the mother-in-law and child of the Wang family.... Hiss.... The old man didn't know about it. ”

Speaking of this, the old man frowned, then shook his head and said.

But then he added, "But I've heard ......."

"What have you heard....."

Before the old man could finish speaking, Zhang San asked eagerly.

And Zhang San's words seemed to scare the old man.

Seeing this, Zhao Ding couldn't help but glare at Zhang San.

The latter immediately touched his nose in embarrassment.

Zhao Ding explained with a smile: "Don't blame the old man, my brother is a little anxious, but he is by no means a bad person. ”

Seeing Zhao Ding say this, the old man was a little relieved, and continued: "But I heard that it seems that a woman in white took away the mother-in-law of the Wang family, but I also listened to my wife's wife about this matter. ”

"The woman in white?"

Zhao Ding groaned.

This sign seems to be a bit difficult to find.

There are too many women who like to wear white.

If you just keep looking for information, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ding couldn't help but raise his head, looked at the old man and said again: "Can there be some more detailed characteristics, such as appearance, such as jewelry, and then habits?" ”

Zhao Ding asked tentatively.

Hearing Zhao Ding's words, the old man also frowned, and stood in place and thought for a long time.

The atmosphere between the three of them fell silent.

After a while, the old man suddenly patted his head, raised his head and said, "By the way, by the way, I listen to my family; The old woman said that the carriage of the man who came that day seemed to have a Xu character written on it.

It seems to be some kind of Xu family. ”

"The Xu family? Xu Ruoyun? ”

Hearing the old man's words, Zhao Ding frowned.

Xu Ruoyun's figure quickly appeared in his mind.

How did she get involved?

In an instant, Zhao Ding's brows were completely screwed together.

Even Zhang San also frowned.

He didn't expect that Xu Ruoyun would actually get involved in this matter.