Chapter 11: Asking the Antecedents

He died two days ago, and after some investigation, the agency instructed the Zhu family to collect the body, and now the spirit has been at home for more than ten hours.

The mourning hall was plain, and the candlelight in front of the desk illuminated the tablet.

The boy respectfully put a stick of incense on Zhu Zhuo. The man stuffed him with a black box did lead him into the whirlpool of entanglement, but with danger came opportunities that he had never hoped for before.

Without Zhu Lian, he would still be the little beggar in the deserted garden who begged for a living, and he would continue to endure the white eyes and scolding of others in the future, and maybe he would have to be dumb for the rest of his life.

For this, he was also grateful to Zhu Lian.

The girl next to him is not so willing. Oh, when did the noble Lord Chitose ever incense mortals? This dead man is really a great blessing, and Jiuquan should also be grateful!

She took a breath secretly, cleaned up her mood, and then changed her face to a heavy face: "Mrs. Xu mourns." ”

Zhu Lian's wife's surname is Xu. She quietly wiped away her tears: "You have a heart, ah...... What do you call it?"

"Just call me Chitose. ”

"A thousand ......" Xu Shi was slightly stunned, and thought about it, "It turned out to be a thousand girls." Speaking of this, a thought crossed my heart: if it is a girl, then what is the relationship with the seven or eight-year-old child in front of me?

But she was heavy and sad, and she was in no mood to ask questions.

What Qian? She doesn't have the surname Qian. Of course, Chitose doesn't care about such trivial matters: "Dare to ask Mrs. Xu, how could Mr. Zhu be killed?"

"My grandson was on an errand in the city lord's mansion the night before and didn't return all night. At dawn, we received a report from the bureau, saying that he had died in the deserted garden, and that we should go and identify the body!" Xu's tears fell again, "I don't believe it, but my mother-in-law and I saw him for the first time, and there was no luck......

Speaking of which, she whimpered and couldn't speak.

The crying had been going on for most of the night. After Zhu Lian's death, the two women in the house were crying, Zhu Lian's mother was too old to stay up, and she was already asleep at this time, only Xu could still hold a candle vigil.

Chitose heard her cry with a little headache, and coughed lightly: "Okay, what should I do if I cry and break my body? You don't think about yourself, you have to think about the child in your belly." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Shi suddenly raised his head, his eyes were full of surprise:

"You, how did you know I was pregnant?"

She was just two months pregnant, her body was not obvious, and the locals had the habit of not telling outsiders before she was less than three months pregnant, so there were very few people who knew that she was pregnant with a posthumous child. How did this woman know when she saw her for the first time?

"What's more?" Chitose tapped his left thumb and middle finger twice, as if pinching a trick, "I also know that this baby is a boy." Congratulations, the Zhu family has a queen. ”

The doctor gave her a happy pulse, but he didn't mention giving birth to a boy or a girl. People with a little common sense know that before the time of delivery, who can say for sure?

"People who have a relationship with Zhu Lian. Chitose smiled slightly and said bluntly, "Mrs. Xu, do you want to avenge your husband?"

Xu's eyes widened, and he even forgot his grief for a while: "What!"

"During this time, what you often think about most is whether the official family can give your husband justice, but you don't believe them; you are all discouraged, and you have the intention to seek death, so you go to Jiuquan with your husband, but you are worried about the child in your belly, hoping to leave a descendant for the Zhu family. Chitose sighed, "This night, you are angry and sad. ”

"Why are you ......" Xu Shi was stunned, unable to speak for a long time, his throat gurgled but he couldn't squeak.

She didn't say these mental activities at all, only brewed repeatedly in her mind, how could outsiders know?

Unless this woman has the power of demons and gods!

Thinking of this, Xu was so frightened that he took a few big steps back, and was about to scream.

Seeing this, the boy couldn't help but want to help her arm and help her calm down. But Xu's body shook twice, and the next action was much beyond his expectations:

She "plopped" and knelt in front of Chitose!

"Fairy Gu!" In fact, she was not sure whether the woman of unknown origin in front of her was a fairy or a monster, but it would never be wrong to call it so, "Please avenge my family Zhu Lian!"

She figured it out, and the person in front of her must be a strange person. Xu hates himself as a woman, and he doesn't have the ability to hate his husband. It doesn't matter what the identity of the person in front of you is, as long as you can avenge her!

Zhu Jian is dead, and the family has become like this, what else is there for others to covet?

This is the opportunity that God has mercy on her. Whether it's a blessing or a curse, she can't let it go easily.

Chitose generously accepted her kneeling, and didn't feel anything wrong, only said lightly: "Pour us a cup of hot tea." It's been so long since I've been in and I haven't drunk a sip of water. ”

The wooden bell only appeared in Zhu Lian's name, and did not explain how to complete the task. This is also normal, one cause can lead to many effects, who said that there can be a standard answer to the final result? As long as they make a move, if they cut well and can smooth out this cause and effect, then they can get more rewards.

She came into Zhu Lian's mourning hall just to find more clues. Why can Zhu Lian, such an ordinary little person, be able to trigger the heavenly machine? It may only be because he sent out the wooden bell.

Could it be that this treasure would have fallen into the hands of the man in black, but because he handed it over to the little beggar, it changed the direction of the whole story?

Chitose pursed his lips, if he wanted to correct the mess, then the most straightforward way was to kill this little ghost and throw the bell back to the man in black. This twist and turn can be regarded as if it never happened.

But now it is obviously impossible, this little rice is bound to the wooden bell, and the trajectory of history has been shifted. So all they can do is just go with the flow and put an end to this trouble!

What is negative, what is positive, is the original way right, is the deviation wrong, who can say clearly?

Xu apologized again and again, quickly stood up and poured water and tea, and carefully held one for her and the boy: "There is no good tea at home, please don't blame the two." ”

Tea is a precious thing, now only the famous rich can afford to use, the so-called "tea" in the civilian home, most of them are fruit tea, vegetable tea, Xu's is homemade okra tea, that is to pick fresh okra towards the flower to dry, drink to the mouth has a light bitter taste, the throat is sweet.

The boy drank the whole cup up, but Chitose only took a sip and said in Xu's expectant gaze, "What do the officials think of this city lord's mansion bloodbath?"

Xu swallowed: "They said that it was probably done by bandits and bandits." After a pause, he added, "The city lord presided over two bandits a year ago, and he killed a lot of bandits. The people in the office deduced that it was probably them who took revenge with hatred. ”