"Lead the way. "There should be no heart.

The servant led the way, and the five of them went to a square area in the county seat together, the street was wide, and there were large mansions on both sides, and at a glance they knew that it was a place where the rich and noble lived.

When they reached a back door, the servant knocked on the door, and someone inside asked questions, and the servant answered before the door opened.

The servant led a few people down the remote alley, all the way to an independent courtyard, and a maid in a green dress in front of him said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please." ”

The servant smiled, and took his leave, and the five of them followed the maid all the way into the main hall, and a woman in her thirties stood up and saluted, "I have seen all the masters, please save my son." ”

Li Zhengdao stepped forward and said, "Madame doesn't have to make this big gift, since we are here, we will definitely do our best to save Ling Gongzi." ”

Sun Xiaoman said: "I am a cultivator who practices the Tao of Medicine, where is your son-in-law, I will diagnose it." ”

The woman got up, pointed inside, and the maid took Sun Xiaoman towards the inner room.

"Are all of you masters Taoists? The woman wiped tears from her face and beckoned.

Ying Wuxin and Li Zhengdao glanced at each other, looked at the houses here, and nodded yes.

After a while, Sun Xiaoman came out, and said in a low voice beside Li Zhengdao: "It's schistosomiasis, and all the insects in the body have been hollowed out, and there is no help." ”

Li Zhengdao's face changed slightly, he bit his lip, got up after a moment and said: "I'm sorry, Ling Gongzi's illness has reached the point of no cure, our Daoxia's ability is limited, after all, there is no way to return to heaven, please mourn." ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, her body fell down, and she said with a gloomy face: "How can this be, how did Liang'er become like this." ”

The maid on one side also sobbed.

Ying Wuxin frowned slightly, and said softly: "We eat very little raw meat here, how could Ling Gongzi be infected with this disease, is there any hidden secret?"

"My son never eats raw meat, even when the vegetables are cooked, and he never drinks raw water, but he doesn't know how he got this strange disease, what a ......sin," said the woman, and wept aloud.

Li Zhengdao's face was also a little more puzzled, he looked at Sun Xiaoman and said, "Senior sister, what do you think?"

"If you don't have the experience of eating raw food, you basically won't get schistosomiasis. Sun Xiaoman said.

"Then there should be something wrong here, right?" Bai Miaozhen said.

"It's him, it must be them, it must be them who want to harm my son, and they want to rob the Zhou family's property, this hateful mother and son. The woman's face changed, and she cursed aloud.

"Be quiet, ma'am, they'll hear you. The little maid hurriedly stopped.

"What can I do when I hear it, I'm still afraid of them when I'm in the field? It's just a big deal to drive me and starve me to death in the streets. ”

The little maid began to cry more and more sadly.

Ying Wuxin's face changed slightly, in fact, when he came in just now, he felt that something was wrong, and he was too low-key and secretive along the way, as if he was afraid of being discovered by others.

But this is the eldest son's illness, and it is not a hidden disease, it can't be said, there is no need to cover it up, and now it seems that the situation in the Zhou family is not calm anymore.

The eldest son has schistosomiasis and is about to die, the second son seems to have joined forces with his mother to snatch the family property, this eldest lady has such an attitude, you don't need to ask to know, the lord is definitely not there, either not at home, or no longer alive, so this week there will be a property competition in the family, and the eldest lady is at a disadvantage because of her son's illness.

Seeing that the eldest lady was in a fierce mood, Sun Xiaoman went over to appease, but the effect was not great, the woman was quiet, but her breathing was still heavy and violent.

After thinking about it, Ying Wuxin said: "Madam is angry at this time, it is useless, in this case, it is better to investigate the cause of Ling Gongzi's illness and catch the culprit, which can be regarded as comforting Ling Gongzi." ”

The woman nodded heavily, "Yes, since this is the case, then please help our mother and son, investigate clearly, here is the list of bounties and the deposit of two hundred taels of silver tickets, please take it." ”

With a reward coming to the door, Ying Wuxin naturally would not refuse to leave, took it at the moment, nodded and said: "Madame, don't worry, we will definitely find out the cause of Ling Gongzi's illness, but now I still need you to recall it well, when did Ling Gongzi have an accident?"

"Accident?" said the woman, stunned.

"It's some unexpected encounters, such as falling into a pond in the rain outside. ”

The woman shook her head, "My son has been well cared for since he was a child, and there is no such situation. ”

Sun Xiaoman said: "Madam, do you know when Gongzi started to eat a lot more? ”

The woman's face welled up with a deep sadness, and she said in a deep voice, "Remember, it was about eight years ago. ”

"Nine years ago, it should have been when Childe was sick, at this time, did Childe have any abnormalities?"

The woman fell into deep thought, and the maid on one side whispered: "Nine years ago, the eldest young master was only eleven years old, at that time, he did not encounter any accidents, but once he went to the temple in the mountains to play Jiao, the eldest young master was so hot and uncomfortable, he washed himself with cold water in a pond in the mountains, as if he accidentally drank some water, I heard the eldest young master himself say it later." ”

"How can there be such a thing, those damn little guys, don't they take a good look at the young master?" said the woman angrily.

The little maid hung her head and stopped talking.

Sun Xiaoman said: "It's just some pond water, even if you drink it, it's difficult to get sick, this kind of schistosoma must be attached to the flesh and blood to spread, if the son is sick that time, he must swallow the flesh with the schistosome, but how can there be such flesh and blood in the pond, the small son can't detect it, and he doesn't feel the smell." ”

The woman was relieved and continued to think, and then until it was dark, there were no more clues.

Several people said goodbye and left, and the maid took them out of the remote alley and left the Zhou family.

"Little Daoist, this time, it seems that it is not easy to investigate!" Wang Banxian said.

Walking in the streets of the county town at night, there are lights from the houses on both sides, which fall on the road, illuminating pieces of light.

Ying Wuxin walked through a period of darkness, entered the light, and said with a smile: "This kind of thing is the best to investigate, because it involves property disputes, and the murderer is easy to identify, and then you just need to find evidence." ”

The faces of the other four changed slightly, and Li Zhengdao asked, "Brother Wuxin, should you already regard the second son of the Zhou family as a murderer?" ”

"We don't have proof yet. Sun Xiaoman said.

"What if you investigate as a murderer, and don't break the law, if he didn't commit a crime, he will definitely be able to prove his innocence in the end, what are you afraid of?" Ying Wuxin said with a smile.

The crowd was speechless for a while.

"What is the idea of the unintentional junior brother?" Bai Miaozhen said with a smile.

"Naturally, I went to the pond in the mountain to see, in fact, it should be called a weir, and the people in this city actually said that it was a pond, which is also funny. ”

"Why is it called a weir?"

"Because this kind of water storage place is usually caused by landslides blocking the flow of mountain torrents, the larger ones are called dammed lakes. ”

The next morning, after breakfast, everyone set off together, asked the location of the temple in the mountain, and hired a carriage to travel.

The temple was built on a Qinglong Mountain more than ten miles outside the city, the incense was still vigorous, the carriage drove on the flat dirt road, and at noon, the coachman stopped the carriageway: "A few distinguished guests, when you arrive at the place, there is no road ahead, they are all stairs, you can only go up by yourself." ”

Everyone got out of the carriage, Sun Xiaoman paid, and the carriage rushed to the teahouse on the side, where many carriages stopped, and it seemed that they were all here to burn incense.

In front of it is Qinglong Mountain, a winding mountain road down, all stone steps, and there are pedestrians up and down, all with pious faces.

"Go burn some incense. "There should be no heart.

Li Zhengdao's faces were a little strange, and Sun Xiaoman was puzzled: "You are a cultivator, why do you want to enter the temple of the Buddhist family." ”

"I just went to ask about the situation, and I didn't plan to go to the Buddha Gate, and I didn't kowtow to make a wish, so why couldn't I go in. Ying Wuxin said with a puzzled face.

"If you want to go in, go in by yourself, we won't go in, lest other Taoists gossip. Sun Xiaoman said resolutely.

Li Zhengdao didn't mean to leave, but Wang Banxian said excitedly: "Little Daoist, let's go together, I want to burn incense and make a wish." ”

Ying Wuxin knew that the three of them were all from Zhengyang Daomen, and they must have been instilled with the concept of Taoist supremacy since they were children, so they didn't look down on other school concepts, this Buddhism was naturally like this, so he didn't force it, and he and Wang Banxian went up the stairs together and climbed to the top.

Sun Xiaoman took Li Zhengdao to the teahouse on the side, looking worried that he would be fooled by Ying Wuxin, Bai Miaozhen was a little embarrassed, but he also followed.

Entering the temple gate, Ying Wuxin and Wang Banxian each bought incense, walked towards the main hall inside, went in and burned incense, Wang Banxian bowed and made a wish, and then stood up happily.

Ying Wuxin looked left and right, walked out of the main hall, and said to a monk passing by: "Master, we have been on the road for a long time, and we are a little thirsty, so we can give us some water to drink." ”

"The master doesn't dare to be it, just call the little monk, please here. The monk in his thirties smiled gently and saluted, inviting the two of them to the side courtyard.

Inside was the kitchen of the temple, and the monk brought them tea and invited them to drink tea on the kitchen table.

The two thanked each other, and the monk turned to leave.

It was close to noon, the kitchen was very busy, and several monks were busy cooking vegetables, so they should have looked at it for a while, and said to a monk passing by to carry water: "Little master, it's too hot for us to hurry, is there any place near you where I can wash and cool down?"

The monk was only sixteen or seventeen years old, with beautiful eyebrows and a strong body, glanced at the two of them, pointed to the outside and said: "There is a big weir in the back mountain, you can go there, but you remember to leave early, there are fierce big fish in the water at night, sometimes even wild boars can be dragged into the water to eat, you must not go at night." ”

"Thanks, we'll be out in the afternoon. "There should be no heart.

The monk nodded and walked away briskly with the barrel.

Seeing the meal, Wang Banxian looked at the food in the kitchen with some greed, and kept swallowing his saliva.

"Don't look at it, it's someone's fast, it's not suitable for us to eat, I want to eat it and go to the teahouse at the bottom of the mountain. Ying Wuxin finished drinking the herbal tea, dragged Wang Banxian out of the kitchen, and walked down the mountain.