This may sound strange, but it's not impossible. Jiu'er said calmly: "It's just that the deceased and the crime scene have not been explored, so this can only be regarded as an inference." ”

Yu Cheng'an looked at Shen Qi with some surprise and said, "Brother Shen is really suitable to become a Xuanjia Guard. It seems that this trip has to rely on Brother Shen. ”

Shen Qi waved his hand with a red face and said, "Brother Yu, you are a bit exaggerated when you say this. I guess Jiu'er had already thought of it, and even thought further than that. ”

Jiu'er was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and did not deny it.

When Yu Chengan saw Jiu'er's appearance, he couldn't guess that what Shen Qi said was the truth. Now, he has enough confidence and confidence to solve this case.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village.

The location of Wangjia Village is extremely exquisite, not only the mountain is close to the water, but also the slope outside the village is gentle, and you can see the terraced fields reclaimed by the villagers from a distance.

Getting off the carriage, the two girls, Jiu'er and Wan Lejing, looked at the greenery around them and couldn't help stretching.

"Unexpectedly, although the name of this Wangjia Village is extremely ordinary, the scenery is extraordinary. Yu Chengan couldn't help but admire.

"Yes, it is indeed rare for the entire village like Wangjia Village to have a bluestone road paved. ”

Jiu'er's words made the other three people look down one after another.

Sure enough, the village, which stretches from the entrance of the village to nearly half of the mountainside, is paved with bluestone as long as the road is within sight.

"How many of you are Lord Xuanjiawei from Guiyun Town, right?" an old and hoarse voice came from behind everyone.

The crowd couldn't help but look back.

I saw an old man in sackcloth carrying a hoe standing behind the four of them, followed by a little girl who looked to be only five or six years old.

Several people glanced at each other, knowing that they probably couldn't hide it, so Jiu'er motioned for Yu Chengan to talk.

"This old man, I'm here to investigate the case of Wang Yuanwai. Yu Chengan arched his hand at the old man.

The old man hurriedly waved his hand, bowed down to a few people, and said, "Ouch, a few adults, don't do it!" I am Wang Changyun, the village chief of this Wangjia Village, and the news of Wang Yuanwai's death was reported by me. ”

"It turns out that the village chief is his own person. Yu Cheng'an hurriedly supported Village Chief Wang, then took out his jade pendant from his arms and handed it to the other party.

Seeing this, Village Chief Wang also took off a rather large golden longevity lock on the little girl's neck and handed it over.

Yu Cheng'an took the longevity lock, and sure enough, he saw a ring-shaped Ying Long and the word "Xuan" on the back with an iron painting silver hook.

"It turns out that this is your token, and it is indeed extremely hidden. ”

After the two confirmed each other's identities, several people exchanged a few pleasantries.

Everyone also knew that the little girl who followed Village Chief Wang was his grandson, Queen Cuicui.

Wang Cuicui shyly pinched the corner of Village Chief Wang's clothes and greeted everyone timidly.

"What a lovely little girl. Jiu'er couldn't help laughing.

"A few adults, it's already noon, how about going to my house to drink a bowl of water and rest first?" said Village Chief Wang respectfully.

After a little discussion, everyone followed Village Chief Wang away.

Wang Cuicui seemed to like Jiu'er very much, and she kept following Jiu'er's side, and from time to time she used her little hand to pull Jiu'er's hand, which surprised Village Chief Wang.

On the way, under the introduction of Village Chief Wang, everyone also had a general understanding of the situation in Wangjia Village.

It turns out that the third day of March in Wangjia Village every year is the ancestor worship day. On this day, no matter where they are, the people of Wangjia Village will rush back to the village to pay respects to their ancestors.

Wangjia Village, young and old, firmly believe that their ancestors will protect them from heaven. By worshipping the heavens and ancestors on the day of worshipping the ancestors, the descendants of the future generations can call on the heavens and ancestors to bless the next year with good weather and peace of every household.

Because Wang Yuanwai was doing business outside in the early years, he saved a lot of savings. Therefore, he is the richest person in Wangjia Village, so most of the items to worship his ancestors over the years were purchased by him and his wife Xu. Although the people in the village have contributed money, the majority of the head is still taken by the king.

This year is the same, he bought the items for worshipping his ancestors early, and returned to Wangjia Village early yesterday morning to discuss with everyone about the preparation of ancestor worship.

Hearing this, everyone finally determined that the "Wang Yuanwai" that appeared at the elixir conference was indeed fake.

It's just that according to the village chief Wang, Wang Yuanwai is kind and sincere to people, and he is a great good person in the mouth of everyone. On weekdays, I have a very good relationship with the villagers. I haven't heard of anyone offending anyone in business.

In short, Wang Yuan has no enemies outside of him, so the probability of him being killed is very low.

If there was no incident of the elixir conference fake Wang Yuanwai, even Jiu'er would think that Wang Yuanwai committed suicide or was purely a coincidence.

However, why did such an ordinary squire still be faked, what was the intention of the person who pretended to be him, and why did he alarm His Royal Highness King Ning?

As soon as he said a few words, everyone arrived at the house of the village chief Wang.

Village Chief Wang's house is very close to the entrance of the village, about 100 steps away.

The mountain village does not have a decent courtyard wall, but simply encloses a courtyard with bamboo and wood, and the houses are simple stone houses.

At this time, it was already noon, and the smoke of cooking was floating everywhere in Wangjia Village, and a strong smell of fireworks came from the whole village, and the village chief's house was no exception.

Entering the courtyard, a sturdy man was packing up farm tools, and when he saw Village Chief Wang and Wang Cuicui, he couldn't help grinning.

Wang Cuicui didn't know what was wrong, her expression became a little frightened when she saw the middle-aged man, and she hid behind Jiu'er timidly, only revealing one head, and then shouted "Dad" to the man in a low voice.

Only then did everyone know that this man was the son of Village Chief Wang.

"Cuicui, aren't you happy to see your father?" the man beckoned to Wang Cuicui.

But Wang Cuicui lowered her head and ran to the kitchen not far away.

"This baby ......" The man couldn't help but smile bitterly and looked apologetically at everyone.

"Da Zhuang, come and meet a few adults. Village Chief Wang beckoned to the man.

The man was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought of something, and hurriedly walked to Shen Qi and the others and bent down and bowed his hand, but was stopped by Yu Chengan.

"Village Chief Wang, we are secretly here to investigate, and in the future, these false courtesies will be waived!" Yu Chengan said in a low voice.

"Yes, yes," Village Chief Wang said busily, "I didn't think it through, and a few adults are still ...... Please Haihan. ”

"Village Chief Wang. Yu Chengan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This title has to be changed, or you are always an adult, and we also feel awkward." ”

"This ......," Village Chief Wang obviously hesitated.

Standing in front of him were indeed just four young people with little experience. However, he knew very well that these young men were all disciples of Xuanjiawei! Although Xuanjiawei was nominally a sect, who actually did not know its relationship with the royal family of Dayi? Especially the inner disciples of Xuanjiawei, but they had an army!

And what Village Chief Wang cares about the most is the token handed over by Yu Chengan. When he saw the jade pendant with his own eyes, Village Chief Wang couldn't help but feel extremely shocked.

That's Ning Wangpei!

Who is King Ning? But no one will know about the people of Great Yi!

Therefore, when facing these four young people, Village Chief Wang did not dare to slack off.

Yu Chengan waved his hand and said, "Village Chief Wang, we are just a few juniors. If you are an adult, we are afraid that we will lose our life! My name is Yu Cheng'an, and you can call me by my name directly. ”

Village Chief Wang hurriedly waved his hand and wanted to open his mouth to refuse, but Shen Qisan and the three of them reported their names one after another, not giving him a chance to refuse at all.

Seeing the resolute attitude of the four people, Village Chief Wang did not insist again and again.

Just as a few people were talking, Da Zhuang's wife called a few people to eat.

When Shen Qi and the others followed Village Chief Wang to the dining table, they found that the table was full of food.

"Village Chief Wang, this, this is ......" Yu Chengan couldn't help but ask.

"I received the 'Yellow Letter' in the morning and learned about several big ...... Several young ladies would come to the village to investigate Wang Yuanwai's case, so they ordered their daughter-in-law to prepare food early. Village Chief Wang said.

At this time, Wang, a strong wife who was dressed in a vegetarian body, also greeted the four of them.

When everyone saw the Wang family dressed in white, they were naturally extremely curious. After all, for ordinary people, this is a mourning dress. Wear mourning clothes on weekdays...... It's too unlucky, isn't it?

It's just that although a few people are curious, they are not too embarrassed to ask more.

I have to say that Wang is a well-informed woman, and she talks quite decently, not at all like a woman in a mountain village.

Later, Da Zhuang drank a lot before he told the inside story.

Wang's real name is Wang Wan, and he is indeed a native of Wangjia Village, and he is a childhood sweetheart with a marriage contract.

Later, Wang Yuanwai made a lot of money in business, so he bought a house in Guiyun Town.

Wang Wan's parents somehow heard the news and wanted to send Wang Wan to Wang Yuanwai to be a maid.

Wang Yuanwai is quite frugal on weekdays, and he has no plans to raise maids.

However, Wang Wan's father had a very good relationship with Wang Yuanwai when he was a child, and Wang Yuanwai and his wife Xu had no children, so they simply recognized Wang Wan as their goddaughter.

So Wang Wan even changed from a mountain baby to a rich lady.

When she said this, Wang Wan's expression was a little strange, but she couldn't hide her grief. I saw her secretly wipe her tears and go to the inner room alone.

Everyone understood when they thought about it.

In addition to the dead Wang Yuan, he can also be regarded as Wang Wan's father!

No wonder Wang Wan is wearing white clothes, this is to keep filial piety for her dead father!

As soon as they thought of this, Shen Qi and the others instantly lost any appetite.

Village Chief Wang was also silent, and in the entire room, only Da Zhuang's voice was still floating.

Da Zhuang, who originally had a marriage contract with Wang Wan, thought that since Wang Wan went to live in the town, he would not think about returning to Wangjia Village, so he gave up the idea of marrying Wang Wan.

I never thought that Wang Wan attached great importance to the marriage contract with Da Zhuang, and every time it was time to worship her ancestors, she would return to Wangjia Village to meet Da Zhuang. After a long time, Village Chief Wang saw that the two of them had reached the age of marriage, so he went to discuss with Wang Wan's biological parents. Unexpectedly, it was opposed by the two.

Village Chief Wang didn't dare to tell his son Da Zhuang about this, so he quietly wrote a letter to Wang Yuanwai. Wang Yuanwai did not object, but felt that as long as Wang Wan liked it, everything else was not important.

So under the matchmaking of the king, the lovers finally became married.

When he finished telling this story, Da Zhuang was a little sad, and Village Chief Wang on the side also sighed.

Seeing the appearance of this family, Shen Qi couldn't help but clench his fists, and secretly vowed in his heart to find out the truth about Wang Yuanwai's death.

After the meal, Shen Qi proposed that he wanted to see Wang Yuanwai's body and the scene of the crime, but Village Chief Wang hesitated for a moment and agreed.

So under the leadership of Village Chief Wang, Shen Qi and his entourage followed up the back mountain.

The back mountain of Wangjia Village does not have a name, and the people in the village have always been called "back mountain". But in the mouth of the elders of Wangjia Village, this back mountain is very special, because the ancestor worship ceremony on March 3 of Wangjia Village every year is held in front of the mountain temple in this back mountain.

This mountain temple is said to have existed when the ancestors of the Wang family moved here.

After walking for about half a pillar of incense, Shen Qi and the others saw a small stone house from a distance, there was a huge open space in front of the house, and a stone tablet about a zhang high stood in the center of the clearing.

Walking in front of the stone tablet, Village Chief Wang spoke: "This is the place where we worship our ancestors, and the place where Wang Yuanwai died is there." ”

After speaking, Village Chief Wang pointed to the large stone platform paved with bluestone on the side. A triangular wooden frame and unburned firewood and scattered tributes still remain on the stone platform.