Killed by a beast?

Seeing Xu Jing looking at him with some surprise, Huang Jinyuan hurriedly added more details, "There are many mountains in Lingzhou, although we hold an event to expel wild beasts every year, there are still one or two that are not expelled from time to time, and it happens from time to time that wild beasts bite people to death.

When she went out to find Wang Man, she had just expelled a wild beast near our village, and she probably thought it was safe, so she dared to take the path in the mountains and forests at night to find Wang Man.

When Wang Man's wife went out of the funeral, I took a look at his wife's corpse, hiss, none of the exposed skin on her body was good, especially the right cheek to the neck, a large piece of flesh was torn off, and you could see the white bones.

It's just that she is lucky, the corpse of a person who is bitten to death by a wild beast is a common thing, lack of hands and feet is a common thing, Wang Man's corpse is at least complete, and looking at the wounds on her body, the beast's mouth is not big, we all guess that she was bitten to death by a young beast......"

Cheng Xiao frowned when he heard this.

It's no wonder that the child's death has no sense of existence.

The main thing is that his grandmother's death impact is too great.

Xu Jing asked again: "What about Wang Man's father?" How did he die? ”

Huang Jinyuan said: "Wang Man's father's death is much more ordinary, he died of illness five years ago. ”

Xu Jing nodded and said, "In other words, after his father is gone, there will be only five people left in Wang Man's family who were killed today?" ”

"That's not either."

Huang Jinyuan shook his head and said: "Wang Man still has two daughters, but they were married two years ago, the eldest daughter was married three years ago, and she married to Gaojia Village not far away, and the second daughter was married two years ago, and she married farther away, but she is also in Lingzhou, and her husband's family is in Lingzhou near Lingshui Village in Shuozhou. ”

Xu Jing nodded, thought about it, and walked into the room on the left side of the front hall first.

The room on the left is the bedroom of Wang Man and his wife, the layout inside is very simple, just a clay kang bed, the end of the kang bed is connected to the wall next to the side of the box cage for clothes and sundries, at this time those cages are opened, and the contents are lost all over the house.

Look at this handwriting, it should have been done by the soldiers last night.

Xu Jing took a general look at the clothes and various quilts that were thrown on the ground, and there was a pair of socks that were half-done, and a cotton coat that was still missing a sleeve.

She picked up the cotton coat and looked at it, Wang Man was short and fat, this size should be made for Wang Man.

She picked up the socks again, frowning slightly.

Although this sock is only half done, this half alone is bigger than her palm, and Wang Man's feet are ...... Is it that big?

Or, is this what Sister-in-law Ye did for Wang Dafu?

She put down her socks and walked to the room to the right of the antechamber.

The room on the right is where Wang Dafu and his wife live, and the layout inside is similar to that of Wang Man and his wife, except that there is an extra tattered desk, and there are several more books for children's enlightenment in the miscellaneous items that were thrown on the ground, and some pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

It seems that Wang Dafu and his wife have the heart to train their son to be a scholar.

Wang Dafu's room also found two pairs of half-done socks, one big and one small, the small one was naturally made for Wang Dafu's son, and the big one looked about the same size as the half-done socks found in the room of Wang Man and his wife next door.

So, Sister-in-law Ye's socks were really made for Wang Dafu?

However, Wang Dafu's share is done with the help of his daughter-in-law, can Sister-in-law Ye use it for him too?

At this moment, Cheng Xiao on the side said, "Madam, I found this." ”

As he spoke, he handed Xu Jing a crumpled piece of paper with several people drawn in messy abstract lines, which looked like they had been drawn by Wang Dafu's son.

But in the middle of the painting, there is a short and fat man and a woman with long hair and a smile.

To the left of Wang Man and his wife, there is a tall man and a woman who is shorter than the man, and in the middle of the two is a small child, which depicts himself and his father.

On the right, there are two women, one tall and one short, who should be Wang Man's two daughters.

The most striking thing about the whole painting, however, is a black hairy mass lying in front of everyone, larger than any other person in the painting, with a circle around its neck, the tail of which is being held in the hand of the child in the painting.

Xu Jing frowned slightly.

This is...... Dog?

However, until she came in, she has not seen any dog in Wang Man's house.

She walked outside with the painting and asked Huang Jinyuan, "Did Wang Man's family have a dog before?" ”

Huang Jinyuan was slightly stunned and said: "They have chickens and ducks at home, so they raised a dog to come to see the house, but I didn't see that dog when I came here today, and I should have run away yesterday while I was in chaos." ”

Xu Jing immediately handed the painting in his hand under Jin Jinyuan's nose and said, "Their dog is as big as the one painted on the picture?" ”

Huang Jinyuan looked at the painting with some surprise, and said: "How can that dog be so big, I remember that it was a small dog, and it was not much older than Wang Man's grandson, but fortunately, it was fierce enough, Wang Man once proudly told me that he was a peerless good dog, he didn't eat much, but it had a big effect."

Speaking of which, such a big dog is rare in the world, this should be a painting painted by Wang Man's little grandson, and the child's painting is not accurate......"

Xu Jing's eyes were slightly sharp, and he said: "The child's painting skills are really not good, and occasionally they will be imaginative, but judging from the other people in the painting, this child pays great attention to everyone's poor body shape, and the tall, short, fat and thin part is almost completely drawn according to the actual situation." ”

Huang Jinyuan was slightly stunned, looked at it carefully, and felt a little cold in his heart, "It seems to be really ...... But what does this mean? This means that Wang Man really has such a big dog in his house? ”

"It doesn't have to be a dog."

After Xu Jing left this intriguing sentence, she walked out into the courtyard.

On the left side of the courtyard, there are two houses connected together, according to Huang Jinyuan, this was originally the room of Wang Man's two daughters, after the girls got married, one of the rooms was changed into a utility room, and one room was ready for Wang Man's little grandson to live in when he grew up.

On the right is the kitchen, next to the kitchen fenced out to raise chickens and ducks, but after last night's turmoil, almost all the chickens and ducks inside have run out.

Xu Jing thought about it for a while and walked straight into the kitchen, because the kitchen usually doesn't have anything valuable, but it escaped the catastrophe and was not messed up much.

Next to the kitchen stove is a basket of cleaned dishes and chopsticks, which should be commonly used, so they are not put in the cupboard.

Xu Jing took out all the dishes and chopsticks and counted them one by one, among them, in addition to five ordinary bowls, there was also a large bowl the size of two ordinary bowls with pitted edges, and at first glance it was a weather-beaten bowl.

Is this big bowl for eating, or is it used for serving vegetables?

Xu Jing took out all the chopsticks inside again and counted them one by one.

After counting, she let out a long breath, finally confirming her thoughts.

There are currently five people living in Wang Man's house, but the chopsticks they usually use are six pairs.

She put down the chopsticks in her hand, turned around, looked at Cheng Xiao and Huang Jinyuan who were looking at her curiously, and said in a deep voice: "In this house, there is a sixth person, that is the sixth person who has been living in the dark and is not recognized. (End of chapter)