This courtyard is half an area large, and it is the middle of spring, and the flowers are clustered, competing for beauty. Several of them walked through the verandah and came to the dripping eaves, where one of them came out to welcome them and led them into the hall.

Chen Lu looked at the layout of this hall, although it was not too elegant, but it was not good. Knowing that this is not an ordinary mud leg, it is very likely that he is a scholar, or a low-level official of Zhishi.

Chen Lu walked straight in, no matter whether it was the main seat, the guest seat, or the upper or lower seat, he sat there with his ass, told the dumb man, and sat on the upper seat. The man glanced at it and didn't argue, but said, "Later, I'll go and ask for a foreign master." ”

These servants left a good impression on Chen Lu, not those servants who were vicious, they were all more restrained and polite. Chen Lu's doubts increased a little more, maybe he was really wrong to blame others.

After a while, an old man in his fifties walked in slowly, stood up dumbly, and Chen Lu pressed him into a chair. The clerk pretended not to see and said, "I've kept the guests waiting." As he spoke, he looked for a seat and saw Chen Lu and the others, one sitting on the main seat and the other sitting on the top, glaring at the servant who led them in.

The servant immediately brought a chair and placed it in a row, so that it was impossible to distinguish between the top and the bottom.

Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, they had to say again: "Under the surname Yang, what are the instructions of this official?"

Chen Lu's face was gloomy, and he shouted angrily: "Bold!"

Yang Yuanwai shuddered for a moment and said, "I don't know what fault Xiaomin has? ”

"My old man is the deputy envoy of the Celestial Empire Mission, why don't you worship when you see this official, and dare to sit on an equal footing with me?"

Yang Yuanwai knew that this was grabbed by someone, and he was discouraged, stood up and bowed, and sat down.

"Do you know this person?" Chen Lu went straight in.

"Yes, Tian Weng's servant is mute. They all said that he was missing and that the government was arresting him. ”

The mute swished to his feet again, gesturing with his teeth and claws. Yang Yuanwai ignored him, and then said: "I am the pavilion chief here, yesterday when it was almost dark, someone came to report, the dumb murderer burned the house, and fled with money. I have already asked the law and science office to seek justice for Tian Weng. ”

Chen Lu sneered: "Hearing this, Yang Yuanwai is a good person with a clear distinction between good and evil. My old man asks you if you have dreamed of your stupid son lately. ”

Yang Yuanwai suddenly stood up and looked at Chen Lu suspiciously. This place is far away from the government, people have not seen officials a few times, Yang Yuan looked at Chen Lu outside, no matter what he looked like an official, hearing him ask this sentence, he was even more suspicious: "What do you mean? How do you know about my son?"

Chen Lu also stood up and said with a smile: "You are rude again, what are you, you? My old man doesn't care about you anymore, you sit down and don't be impatient." You can't even think about what my old man knows. None of the news of the ten parties in the world can be hidden from me. Your stupid son gave you a dream a few days ago, he is very good in Shuifu and does not want to be reborn. Is that the case?"

Yang Yuanwai just sat down, and suddenly stood up again, to be exact, he jumped up and looked at Chen Lu, and sure enough, he guessed correctly, this is really not an official, but an immortal. He knelt down with a thud and said, "The gods are above, please accept my worship." ”

"Stop, stop, don't worship, my old man can't stand it, I'm not some bullshit fairy you said, I still know some things you're interested in. ”

At this moment, someone next door shouted to the master. Chen Lu noticed that the mute's hands were clenched, and the green tendons flare. Yang Yuanwai said: "Don't accompany me, I'll come when I go." With that, he walked out.

The dumb man stood up and gestured in front of Chen Lu for a while. Chen Lu nodded and told the dumb man that he understood, the person who shouted just now was the murderer, and he was the chief housekeeper of the Yang Mansion. It was Tian Weng's house that he led the team to. The mute was familiar with him, and the man had a large red mole on the left side of his face.

They were waiting, and at this time some people rushed in, armed with swords and clubs, some of them were bankers, some of them were not. The mute servant immediately stood up and stood in front of Chen Lu. Chen Lu sighed in his heart, the dumb man can be regarded as a righteous servant, and he still doubted him, but he was confused by the superficial kindness of the Yang family. Chen Lu pulled the mute aside and looked at these people unhurriedly.

Yang Yuanwai walked in and said, "Someone here knows you, you go to the ghost beach." Bi Laosi came over. ”

Speaking of which, a man came out of his fifties with a pale complexion. Chen Lu had the impression that this person was the one who was waiting to drive out the corpse that day, and it must be Bi Laosi.

Bi Laosi said: "That day, you and Tian Weng went to the ghost beach together, we were all present, Tian Weng used witchcraft to fish people out, and then rushed back, it only took four days on the road." I made a net profit of more than a hundred taels of gold, you know this, right?"

Chen Lu still sat in a big way, and said with a smile: "Someone finally came to question me." I am honored to tell you that I have never spoken to my old man like this, and you have never been the first person in the Ten Directions of the World. Have you ever heard a phrase I usually say?"

Bi Laosi said: "I haven't heard of it, and I don't want to hear it, Master Yang said, you are a fake official, a real robber." You have been following Tian Weng, and after Tian Weng arrived home, you and the dumb man should join forces, kill Tian Weng, rob the gold, and set a fire to extinguish the traces. He came here again to pretend to be an official and blackmail us Master Yang. ”

Chen Lu still smiled and said: "You are half right, someone killed Tian Weng and set a fire, it's not my old man, I'm thinking, who is it? Now that I think about it, it's you, right? Yang Yuanwai, it's you, right?"

Chen Lu understood in this series of conversations, those corpse chasers must have participated in this murder, and the water and oil must have been brought back from the Western Regions. Well, take your life.

Yang Yuanwai shouted: "Fake official, we have always been friendly with Tian Weng, but you are a man who wants to make money, kills people and sets fires, but you throw yourself into the net." Tell me, what do you want to do in my house? Do you really want to blackmail?"

Chen Lu pointed at him and said, "Fool, fool, fortunately you are just a pavilion chief, if you become an official, not many people will suffer." We killed people, set fires, robbed the gold, and then came to the pavilion chief's house. What are you doing? I want to ask you, do you want to share the spoils with you? haha. ”

Yang Yuanwai's face turned gray for a while, and he asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

Chen Lu smiled, pointed at him with his finger, and said, "Innocent, naïve, naïve, childish cute." What are you doing? Of course, the murderer is being arrested. ”

Yang Yuanwai already knew his intention, and said: "The thief shouted to catch the thief, take him down, and send him to the hundred households." ”

Chen Lu said: "You're right again, the thief shouts to catch the thief, and you don't have all the people here." Outside, in this case, you call the chief butler, and I will go with him to the hundred households, and confess my sins when I get there, how about it?"