Shi Cheng has been silent since he entered the village. Iron Mask also stood aside with his arms crossed, not saying anything. Wu Neng saw that his two companions didn't speak, he was a little anxious, and just wanted to say something to Zhao Ping, Shi Cheng's voice suddenly sounded.

"Lord Zhao, can you allow me to walk around this village?" Shi Cheng said.

Zhao Ping stared at Shi Cheng for a while, then waved his hand, beckoned an official not far away, and said, "Agui, you pick a few good hands, take these people around the village, and let them help see if there are any clues." By the way, you keep an eye on the point. Speaking of this, Zhao Ping gestured to the place where Shi Cheng and the others were standing. The official named Agui understood, ordered three people, and led Shi Cheng and the others out.

Under the watchful eyes of the four officials, Wu Neng felt extremely uncomfortable, he originally wanted to find someone to talk to, but Tie Mian and Shi Cheng were silent. Shi Cheng walked at the front of the line, his eyes constantly scanning the nooks and crannies of the village, occasionally talking to villagers passing by or working in the fields, asking them what they were doing these days, and the villagers' answers did not show any questions.

Green Pond Village is not big, there are only a dozen households, but Shi Cheng looked very carefully, and it took a while to walk to the door of the last family. Shi Cheng was at the door, staring at the door for a while, then stretched out his hand to push the door open, raised his left foot and stepped into the courtyard.

The gate of the courtyard was a little messy, and several farm tools of different shapes were placed in front of the door in a disorderly manner, and Wu Neng was careless for a while, and he almost tripped up. Shi Cheng was the first to enter the courtyard, and at this time he was standing in the middle of the courtyard and looking around.

Wu Neng walked up to Shi Cheng's side and asked, "Old Shi, have you found anything?" ”

Shi Cheng asked rhetorically: "You take a closer look at this courtyard, do you feel very familiar?" ”

Wu Neng looked around carefully, his face suddenly changed, and said, "This ...... It was like the courtyard where we spent the night. ”

The iron mask next to the two of them nodded and said, "The big stone in front of the door is very familiar to me. ”

While the three of them were talking, a lazy voice suddenly rang out in the room. "Who?"

The three of them raised their heads at the same time, and several officials not far away also turned their eyes to the place where the voice came from. I saw a disheveled young man come out of the hut, with a sleepy-eyed look on his face, apparently just getting up.

The young man was stunned for a moment when he saw Shi Cheng and the others, and then his gaze turned to the officials behind Shi Cheng and the others. When he saw the clothes on the bodies of several officials, the young man's face immediately changed, and he hurriedly ran over respectfully and saluted, and said: "I don't know if all the officials are coming, and Sun A'er, the grass people, is not welcome." ”

The official named Ah Gui ignored Sun Ah Er, he took two steps forward and asked Shi Cheng, "Have you finished reading it?" If you read it, you will quickly go back to Lord Zhao with me to pay the errand! ”

"Don't worry, don't worry." Shi Cheng pointed to the young man and asked Ah Gui, "Dare to ask if you can talk to this little brother for a few words?" ”

"Then you hurry up, it's going to be noon in a while, we have to leave before noon, Lord Sun has important arrangements in the afternoon." Agui said.

Shi Cheng nodded, walked up to the young man, smiled kindly, and asked, "This little brother, you just said that your name is Sun Ah Er, I don't know how old you are this year?" ”

Seeing that Shi Cheng was so kind, Sun A'er bowed down flatteredly and stammered: "Lord Hui, the grass people just turned nineteen this year. ”

Wu Neng whispered to himself: "It's only one year older than me, and I really can't see it on the outside." ”

"I'm not an adult, just call me Brother Shi." Shi Cheng smiled and continued to ask, "Do you have any other relatives in your family?" ”

"Uh...... Back to adults, there is only one grass farmer in the grass people's family. Daddy and Grandma have passed away. Sun A'er was stunned for a moment, but still didn't change his name to Shi Cheng back.

Shi Cheng looked outside the courtyard gate and said, "I see that the strong men in the village are all working in the fields outside, why do you seem to have just gotten up now?" ”

Sun A'er scratched his head with some shame and replied, "The grass people only need to support themselves, so ...... Therefore for farming...... Belch...... Some slack. ”

Ah Gui, who was standing not far away, heard this, snorted contemptuously, and said, "It turned out to be a lazy rammer." ”

An official with a Yunqiu City accent beside Ah Gui echoed: "My lord, you don't know, this Sun Ah Er is a famous lazy man in this area. ”

Shi Cheng didn't say anything, he thought for a moment and asked the last question: "What were you doing the night before yesterday?" ”

Sun A'er replied resignedly: "The grass people drank at Brother Xu's house next door that night, and after they came back from drinking, they lay down and went to sleep. ”

Shi Cheng stared at Sun A'er for a while, then turned his head and said to Agui, who was a little impatient: "Poor master, let's go to Lord Zhao." ”

……

Zhao Ping sat in the house, feeling a little bored in his heart, the fast catchers he sent to the village to search for clues had already turned over the entire Green Pond Village twice, but the information he got was the same as yesterday. The small village was very calm and there was not a trace of anything unusual to be found.

Just as he sighed in his heart, a catcher ran in from outside and said, "My lord, Agui has come back with Shi Cheng and them." ”

"Let them in." Zhao Ping said lightly.

After Shi Cheng entered the house, he saluted Zhao and said, "Lord Zhao, I have already checked all the places in the village. ”

"Did you find anything?" Zhao Ping asked.

"Not yet."

"Don't you want to say something to me?" Zhao Ping's voice was a little louder, obviously not satisfied with Shi Cheng's answer.

Shi Cheng sighed and said, "What do you want me to say?" I'm also curious to know why I saw that uninhabited village that night I saw so normal today. ”

Zhao Ping stared at Shi Cheng coldly and said, "Shi Cheng, you are really a master of pretending to be confused. ”

"In Lord Zhao's heart, has Shi been assumed to be a criminal?" Shi Cheng asked rhetorically, "Dare to ask your country's criminal procuratorate when trying cases, does it always like to execute the informant and the murderer together?" ”

"What a sharp mouth!" Zhao Ping shouted, "If you are really an ordinary reporter, it would be fine, but this official has never seen a reporter who can come out intact from the Xieyang Road in a team of three!" ”

"Lord Zhao, if I were a criminal, I would not have to come over and call the thief to catch the thief." Shi Cheng refuted, "If you want to solve the case as soon as possible, don't only focus on the next person, lest the real thief fish in troubled waters." ”

Zhao Ping was furious in his heart, but he really didn't have any evidence in his hands that he could bring Shi Cheng to justice. He calmed down his mood and said in a deep voice: "Yes or no, Lord Qincha has his own decision. Agui, let's collect the team and go back to the city! ”

"Wait a minute, Lord Zhao." Shi Cheng suddenly interjected and said, "There is a request below, I wonder if Lord Zhao can grant it?" ”

Zhao Ping's eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "You say." ”

Shi Cheng walked to Zhao Ping and said in a low voice, "Can you send a few trustworthy catchers to keep an eye on this village for one night." ”

"We've been watching villages where this happened before, but we've never found any clues." Zhao Ping frowned, "But...... I could grant you that request. Speaking of this, Zhao Ping called a henchman, and after whispering a few words, the henchman nodded and left the house quickly.

……

When the group returned to Yunqiu City, it was already dark. Zhao Ping rode a tall horse and walked at the front of the team, and the direction in which the horse team was advancing was the location of the yamen of Yunqiu City.

Outside the door, the official guarding the door saw that Zhao Ping was back, and hurriedly came up to salute. Zhao Ping waved his hand and asked the officer, "Is Lord Qincha still in the yamen now?" ”

The gatekeeper hurriedly replied: "Lord Zhao, Lord Qincha, after receiving an urgent report this afternoon, he hurriedly led the team out of the city in person. He told you that he might not be back until tomorrow afternoon, and that when you returned, he would take the informant back to the inn and wait for him to come back in the city. ”

"Urgent?" Zhao Ping was taken aback and asked softly, "Did the adults say that something happened?" ”

The gatekeeper replied, "It seems that there is an accident on the official road outside Baisha City." ”