Feng Liang's father is a taciturn little old man, full of gray hair, and he knows at a glance that he is honest and hard-working.

The Feng family should be his mother in charge on weekdays, but Feng's mother is not a tough person, the pain of losing her son made her lose her soul, and she was a little dazed at first when she learned that Wang Qilin and others arrived, and then she was a little surprised:

"My lord, is there a change in the cause of the dog's death? He didn't commit suicide, he won't commit suicide, others don't understand, can I, a mother, not understand? How could he commit suicide?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, tears flowed out.

But she said it in the direction of the door.

Wang Qilin greeted her at the door just now, and she had already entered the house, but the old woman's face was still facing the door.

Seeing this, he looked at Feng Zhao in surprise, and Feng Zhao said sadly: "My mother-in-law, my mother-in-law, her eyes are not very good, since my eldest brother passed away, my mother-in-law is sad day and night, as long as she is awake, she can't help crying, and her eyes are broken after a long time." ”

Now inside and outside the city, inside and outside the academy, Feng Liang has become a laughing stock, but in the eyes of his mother, this will always be her proud little Sanyuan eldest son.

Looking at Feng's mother with gray hair and wrinkled face, Wang Qilin vaguely saw his mother, he helped Feng's mother sit down and said: "Please rest assured, the old lady, the court will not let go of a bad person, if Feng Xiucai's death has an external cause, then we will definitely find out!"

Mother Feng was in tears and wanted to kneel down and kowtow: "My lord, you bother, you work hard, my son can't commit suicide, how can he commit suicide? And how can he commit suicide when the results of the scientific examination are still undecided? Absolutely impossible!"

In Wang Qilin's opinion, Feng Liang's death is indeed a little suspicious, and his death is very strange.

After the autumn season, the candidates went to the Landa Temple to worship the living Buddha for blessings, Feng Liang also went, he returned home smoothly, and then disappeared.

At that time, it happened that the disappearance of other scholars occurred, and the Fucheng Yamen merged his disappearance with the disappearance of other scholars into one big case.

Only three days later, however, his body was found, and suspicions arose: his body was found in a mud pit.

This mud pit is in a farmland outside Tianshu Town, and it was dug by Feng Liang himself!

The fact that he dug a pit was seen by the local people, because Feng Liang was so famous that even ordinary people knew him, and they also rumored that he had failed the test again this time, so he went crazy.

Feng Liang dug out the pit and poured water into it to turn it into a mud pit, and then he disappeared for three days, and the tenants of the farmland next to the mud pit wanted to fill the pit, but when he got closer, he saw a hand stretched out outside the mud pit......

The officials dug up the mud pit, Feng Liang sat cross-legged in it as if he was meditating, and the whole body was blocked by the dry mud except for the one hand that stretched out!

Wang Qilin said his idea and said: "Some people speculate that Feng Liang failed in the exam again this time, and he couldn't stand the pressure of repeatedly failing the list and committed suicide?"

"Nonsense! This is nonsense!" Feng Mu stood up excitedly and waved her hand and shouted, "I know the character of the dog best, don't look at him as a powerless scholar, but he is stoic and open-minded, he can endure what others can endure, and he can endure what he can't endure!"

Feng Zhao said: "Yes, my lord, my eldest brother's heart for learning is as solid as a rock, and on weekdays, we are worried that he will be too stressed to relieve him, but will be relieved by him, he has been saying a sentence of Meng Yasheng——"

"The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they will be tempted to endure and gain what they cannot. Xu Da answered.

Feng Zhao nodded: "Yes, that's it!"

Feng Mu and Feng Zhao then told Wang Qilin that Feng Liang would never commit suicide because he was worried about failing the list again, because he was in a good mood after the scientific examination, and came back to tell them that he was sure to pass the Jinshi exam this time.

So a classmate invited him to go to the Landa Temple, he went, he thought that this autumn people have done their best to obey the destiny of heaven, he has done his best, whether he can lift people depends on whether God blesses him.

But after coming back, his mood changed, and Feng Mu wiped her tears and said: "He became depressed, and during the day, he carried a shovel to dig outside the city. At that time, we didn't know what he was going out for, but we didn't ask much when we saw him carrying a shovel out. When he came back in the evening, he talked to us, and it was very unusual that he would go to bed in the middle of the night. ”

Wang Qilin immediately asked, "Then is there anything unusual about the content of his conversation?"

"No, it's just talking from childhood to adulthood, asking me and his father some interesting things about his childhood, and reminiscing about my childhood and youth with my second and third children, all of which are all small things......

"Actually, there is one thing that is quite abnormal, and my mother-in-law is afraid that she doesn't realize it. Feng Zhao interrupted Feng's mother and said, "My eldest brother used to be a book lover, he likes to read, and he believes that reading can change the fate of himself and our family. But one night he said that he should not study, but should go to herd cattle and sheep, so as to change the fate of the family. ”

Wang Qilin asked, "He said that he should go to herd cattle and sheep?"

Feng Mu shook her head and said: "What is the implication of this? The dog let go of the cow when he was a child, and the family was still in the countryside at that time, and the work in the field depended on a cow, so the dog learned from a saint to hang a book on the horns of the cow, and taught himself while herding the cow." This was seen by a gentleman, who cherished his intelligence and talent, and volunteered to teach him to go to school without accepting food from my family, so he was admitted to the show step by step to become famous. ”

Most farmers have no money and can't even afford to pay their children's school fees, so they supply firewood, rice, oil and salt to Mr. and raise him together.

After chatting with Feng's mother and Feng Zhao's family, Wang Qilin went to Feng Liang's study again, he wanted to see if he could find clues in the study.

Feng Zhao took them to the study and said, "Lord Wang, my eldest brother really won't commit suicide, he is optimistic and full of confidence in the future. For him, reading is not to test his fame or become an official, but he likes to read, and his pursuit is never to be admitted to the top and become a big official, but to be able to read all over the world. ”

This is not an exaggeration, Wang Qilin entered the study and saw that it was densely packed with scrolls, many of which were handwritten by Feng Liang.

Just like Feng Mu and Feng Zhao said, this is a man who likes to read.

The doors and windows of the study are dilapidated, and there are many books, but the environment is clean, the tables and chairs and books are neatly arranged, and the four treasures of pen, ink, paper and inkstone are set aside.

Wang Qilin asked casually: "Is there still anyone who comes to tidy up the study every day?"

Feng Zhao said sadly: "It's my mother-in-law, she tidies up my eldest brother's study every day, and she has been doing this for my eldest brother for twenty-two years." ”

Hearing this number, Wang Qilin suddenly reacted: "Your mother-in-law is expensive this year?"

"Forty-six years old. ”

Wang Qilin was shocked, the old woman he saw seemed to be sixty-four years old!

The loss of her son hit her too hard.

Feng Zhao took out a book from the table and showed it to him, and said: "This book is a book copied by my eldest brother after he came back from Landa Temple, in addition to going out to dig a pit and talking to us, he borrowed books and copied books at other times, Lord Wang, do you say that a scholar who wants to commit suicide will do this kind of thing before he dies?"

Wang Qilin shook his head.

He took the book and looked at it, and the title of the book was "Notes on the Water Classic".

Xu Dafang swept his eyes and exclaimed: "The books here are really complete, the Four Books and Five Classics, "The Book of Songs", "Xunzi", "Yangzi", "Wenzhongzi", "Laozi", "Zhuangzi", the historical books of various dynasties, "Qi Min Yaoshu", and there are also "Mengxi Pen Talk" and "Tang Western Regions Records" on the desk...... That's amazing!"

He took the book and opened it, and many of the pages were annotated.

After reading a few pages, Xu Da frowned and said: "The writing is brilliant, Mr. Feng is a great talent, and he is different from me." With his ability, how could he not be able to win the promotion? This is absolutely impossible! He can be a jinshi with this talent!"

Feng Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe my eldest brother doesn't have such a life." ”

No clues were found in the books, so Wang Qilin continued to look through other items, and then opened the drawer, where he saw many letters.

Feng Zhao said: "This is a letter of condolence sent by many of his friends when he learned of the death of my eldest brother. ”

Wang Qilin took out the letter and asked while observing: "Your eldest brother has a lot of friends from other places." ”

Feng Zhao said with a smile: "He became famous at a young age, and he once attracted many students from all over Jiuzhou to visit. My eldest brother has a kind personality, and even if he has been famous since he was a child, he has never been arrogant, so even if he has only talked to some students once, he can make friends and become friends. ”

One letter after another was opened, and Xu Da suddenly said, "Wait, Seventh Master, give me this letter in your hand." ”

The letter in Wang Qilin's hand was the last one, he handed it to Xu Da, Xu Da looked at the envelope carefully and touched it, and asked, "Has this letter ever been opened?"

Zhao Fengshi said: "It's all opened, and the master of the yamen has come to see it before, but they said there is no problem." ”

Xu Da sneered: "No problem? Who wrote this letter?"

Zhao Fengshi shook his head, Wang Qilin leaned up to take a look, there were two columns of words written vertically on the envelope, the column on the right was the address of the Feng family, and the one on the left was written 'Feng Sheng first worried about Taiqi', and then there was no more, there was no address of the letter writer, let alone the name of the letter writer.

Xu Da patted the envelope and said, "Seventh Master, what do you think is the difference between this letter and the others?"

Wang Qilin saw that he looked like a male fox had stolen the little hen, and knew that he must have found something and wanted to show off, which was to let himself be a stepping stone for him.

So he was not fooled, and said to Shu Yu: "You came to answer Lord Xu's question, the test for you has arrived." ”

Shu Yu said proudly: "My lord forgives my sins, I can't read or write." ”

Xu Da puffed up his chest, Xiucai must have a sense of superiority in front of the illiterate.

But Shu Yu was very executing, he still came up to look at it, and then said: "This letter is not in the right format, it is two lines less than the others." Also, these words are very familiar, hey, isn't this the same as the words written by Feng Xiucai?"

Wang Qilin paid attention to it, and indeed, the words on the envelope were the same as those copied by Feng Liang.

Xu Da said: "Yo, yes, boy, your observation is quite keen." There is no sender's address and name in this letter, but it can be seen from the handwriting that it is Mr. Feng's handwriting, and if you look at these two words, 'Taiqi', what are the two words after the title of Mr. Feng on other envelopes?"

"Liqi?" Wang Qilin asked.

Xu Da said: "Yes, there are rules for the wording of letters, and condolences to the mourners must be opened with rites, and only when writing letters between peers can they use 'Taiqi'!"

"So, this letter was written by Mr. Feng!"

A word startles a thousand waves!

Wang Qilin subconsciously asked, "Did Feng Liang write it and mail it to himself?" ”

Feng Zhao said blankly: "I have the impression that this letter was mailed first, but there is no content in it, just a poem written on a piece of yellow paper. ”

Sure enough, there was indeed only a piece of yellow sheet of paper in the envelope, which read: Bai Yujing in the sky, five cities on the twelfth floor.

Xu Da nodded after looking at it: "Mr. Feng's words, that's right." This poem is Li Taibai's "After the Chaos and Departure, Tian'en Liuyelang Reminisces the Old Travel Book and Presents Jiang Xiawei Taishou Liangzai", why did he write such a poem to his home?"

He looked through the envelope and the yellow sheet paper, but found no other information, let alone the time when the letter was written or sent.

Wang Qilin asked Feng Zhao: "Who sent this letter, and when did it come from? Do you still have an impression?"

Feng Zhao said: "I remember the time of delivery, it was sent the day after my eldest brother disappeared, but I forgot who sent it, it was a strange old man, saying that he was entrusted to send this letter. ”

She thought for a moment and then said, "He should be a sheep herder, I remember that he smelled of sheep!"

Wang Qilin looked at Xu Da fiercely, and Xu Da also looked at him: "The old man who herds sheep?" "The old man who was pretended to be a ghost and stole sheep?"

Yin Cha once said that they went out of Osmanthus Township and walked all the way north along the official road, and they would meet people related to them during their trip within an hour......

As they went north, they met two villages and an old man herding sheep......

Now that they heard the news of the old man herding sheep from Feng Zhao's mouth, the two of them thought of it together.

Xu Da said hesitantly: "Could it be that this old man is talking about it? It's possible, isn't it? But what can an old man who is herding sheep have anything to do with such a serious case? Could it be that the old man who is herding sheep has sent a letter to Feng Liang?"

Wang Qilin said categorically: "Absolutely not, how could an old man who was herding sheep in the countryside come to Fucheng? I'm afraid he doesn't even have a waist card to enter and leave Fucheng!"

But this can't be said, it's too coincidental, they went to Osmanthus Township, and they happened to meet Feng Liang's messenger?

Xu Da also felt that this was a coincidence, and he said: "There are too many shepherds in the world, and it is not one person who we met to deliver the letter, right?"

Wang Qilin nodded and said, "Whether it's or not, it's too late to know the news now, take all the letters back first, and go back to study them carefully." ”

They packed up their letters and were about to leave, when Feng's mother groped into the study, groping to put the books they had touched back in place.

Wang Qilin glanced at them and led them out, and at this time Feng's mother suddenly said: "Worry first, don't write, stand up and go out for a walk, the weather is good today, bask in the sun." ”

As soon as they heard this, the four of them were stunned.

Wang Qilin swept his eyes to the desk, Shu Yu sniffled vigorously, Xu Dahan put on the ice beads, and then none of them found any traces of the existence of ghosts.

Only Shen Yimeng looked at the chair behind the desk, looking shocked.

Xu Da hurriedly asked in a low voice, "What do you see?"

Shen Yi said solemnly: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Xiaodao saw a scholar sitting on a chair, you won't be invisible, right?"

As soon as they heard him talk about Sanqing, the others knew that he was talking nonsense.

Xu Dachong Wang Qilin said: "Normal and normal, dogs can see things that people can't see." ”

Shen Yi was sometimes crazy, but he was not stupid, so he understood Xu Da's words, and said, "Amitabha, then you can understand the words of a dog, which means that you are also a dog?"

Feng Zhao said: "Your Excellency has misunderstood, my mother-in-law is just talking to herself. She couldn't see with her eyes, and maybe it would be better for her, she could pretend that her son wasn't dead, that he was still in the study, but she couldn't see herself, and then continue to talk to her son while she cleaned up the study. ”

Mother Feng really said again, she cleaned up for a while and muttered, when she cleaned up to the desk, she suddenly choked up: "First worry, you have always been sensible, no matter how your mother nags, you always listen with a smile, and never dislike your mother like other children, but do you know......?

Wang Qilin waved his hand and left with the three of them.

Father Feng sent them out and sent them out of the alley all the way, and the old man was stupid and couldn't say nice things, so he knelt on the ground to see them off.

Wang Qilin walked out of the old distance and was about to turn into another road, and when he looked back, the old man was still kneeling on the ground.

Xu Da didn't feel good in his heart, he said: "Alas, Feng Liang doesn't look like a suicide person, and he is so sensible, he naturally knows how uncomfortable his father and mother will be if he dies." Alas, but looking at the evidence now, he really went into the mud pit and died. ”

Wang Qilin said: "Nothing is known, let's go back first, anyway, we have to continue to investigate, and the next step is to go to Landa Temple." ”

Returning to the post office Xu Da to read the letter, Mu Xi and Yu Hood went to help, there were many people with great strength, Wang Qilin sat down and soon saw Xu Da and the three people hurriedly running in: "Seventh master, seventh master, there are discoveries, and there are discoveries!"

The fish cover ran behind and said anxiously: "I found it!"

Xu Da turned his head and wanted to say something, but he looked at her, swallowed his saliva and quickly turned his head.

Mu Xi is by his side, he can't show his true colors.

They found out from the contents of the letterhead: 'I had a good time drinking with you in my dream last night', 'I just traveled to the Great Red Valley together in my dream two days ago', and 'I met in a dream a few days ago'......

Twelve of the eighteen letters mention similar words, all of which are about the relationship with you in a recent dream......

Seeing this, Wang Qilin immediately looked at the time behind the letter, and Xu Da asked, "What do you do when you look at the time of writing the letter?"

Wang Qilin said: "Let's see if the day they saw Feng Liang in their dreams is the same day." ”

Then he converted, it was not the same day, and the day when the master saw Feng Liang in his dream in the twelve letters was not the same.

And he found another anomaly: the owners of these twelve letters were all written recently, and all of them were condolence letters written after August 20.

This is normal, Feng Liang died on the eighth day of the eighth month of August, and their family will definitely need to delay some days if they want to pass the news of his death to his colleagues.

The twelve letters also have one thing in common, they were all written from outside Pingyang Mansion, the most recent one was from Yunzhou Mansion, and the farthest one was actually from Liangzhou Wei in the Northwest Continent!

Looking at these place names, Wang Qilin smiled bitterly: "Feng Xiucai really knows the world. ”

There may be some clues in these scholars' places, but they are too far away to visit one by one.

At this time, Wang Qilin was very envious of the earth in his dreams, where there was a telephone and an Internet, and ordinary people could be next to each other at the end of the world.

Knowing his distress, Xu Da said: "Mr. Feng's best friends can't all be out of town, right? ”

Hearing this, Wang Qilin's eyes lit up, and he patted Xu Da on the shoulder and said, "After all, it's the brain that has read the book, the light!"

Shu Yu was a little unhappy, he felt that these words reflected himself and others.

As a result, Shen Yi was still gloating beside him: "Hey, newcomer, the seventh master is talking about you, you haven't read, your brain is not flexible." ”

Shu Yu was even more unhappy and asked, "Then have you ever studied and gone to school?"

"Nope. Shen Yi said as a matter of course, "But the spray monk has no brains, so he definitely didn't mean me." ”

Shu Yu was stunned and couldn't refute him!

It was not difficult to inquire about Feng Liang's interpersonal relationships, and soon Xu Da brought back accurate news: Feng Liang had two best friends in Fucheng, one named Sunan and the other called Wu Jingchao.

Sunan once got Feng Liang's help when he was a teenager, he was ordinary, he was only admitted to Xiucai last year, and he used to follow Feng Liang when he was in the limelight, and he stayed away.

Later, Feng Liang's encounters were declining, and he volunteered to be Feng Liang's follower, discussing knowledge with him, and lending books to him.

Wu Jingchao is a descendant of the Wu family, and he is also an ordinary talent, so far he has not been able to pass the exam.

But his elder brother Wu Jinghui is another legendary genius in Pingyang Mansion, he has a strong physique since he was a child and worshiped the Tianwu Gate, and later made many miraculous feats, and now he has entered the Shendu Heavenly Master Palace, becoming the youngest Heavenly Master in the temple.

If Sunan sent humanistic care to Feng Liang after the downfall, then what Wu Jingchao sent was material care, the Feng family can maintain the current life depends on him, the work of Feng Liang's two younger brothers is arranged by him, and Feng Liang can have so many books He also sent.

So, Wang Qilin decided to visit these two people.