On a normal autumn morning, the morning sun dyed the sky red, and the glow shone on the bluestone slabs, and Qianguo Lane was so peaceful and silent.

This morning, the sun was still shining in the clouds, shining on the bluestone slab as usual through a reddish glow, but there was no peace and silence in Qianguo Lane. The alley was crowded with people, exuding a hint of irritability that had never been felt before. The door of the Tang family's compound was even more crowded, but people's hearts were as cold as the weather, and a gust of wind blew, and there was no trace of comfort and refreshment.

In the lobby of the Tang family's compound, Huang Feipeng, Chen Fugui, Chen Xing, Li Bao, and Chen Li were invited to the mansion by Wu Qing, and everyone's discussion about where Chen Laoshi went was fruitless.

Chen Li kept crying loudly, crying out to the heavens and the earth. After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, "They must have killed my uncle." Then he cried out loud.

Wu Qing: "Chen Li, you can't talk nonsense about such things as murder, let alone wronging good people, otherwise, you will be punished in court." At least thirty boards!"

Chen Li cried and said, "I know, the prefect is his family's family. However, my Ming Dynasty can't do without the royal law, right? The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and if he kills someone, he will pay for his life!"

Wu Qing: "Chen Li, you are talking more and more unspeakable. As the saying goes, 'catch the thief and see the dirty, catch the traitor in pairs', you said that the Tang family killed your uncle, where is the evidence?"

Chen Li cried and said: "Evidence? Their Tang family wants to kill people, and there are many ways to destroy the corpse and destroy the traces, bury it and fall into the river, which one can't? Yes, fall into the river!"

Chen Fugui listened to his wife's words, as if he remembered something, stood up, bowed deeply to Huang Feipeng, pulled Chen Xing and ran out, and said, "Yes! Fall into the river! Let's go to the river to fish." ”

Chen Fugui pulled Chen Xing to the dock, took off his coat, jumped into the icy and biting river, and the two of them plunged into the water one after another and began to fish for people in the water.

The villagers and Chen Li also rushed to the dock. The dock began to be lively, with cries and noises, one after another. The business in Qianguo Lane has stopped, and the tourists on the street have also gathered at the wharf, and the wharf is crowded.

After half an hour, Chen Fugui and Chen Xing were already freezing to the point that their lips were purple.

At this moment, a man hanging from the rudder of the second boat on the shore on the left was heard shouting, "Help me, help me!"

Pulled up, everyone was stunned, it was Chen Laoshi. I saw him tilt his head and his two eyeballs burst......

Man is not dead, there is still a breath.

Everyone carried Chen Laoshi to Maoshan Tea House and found clean clothes to change.

invited the divine doctor of King Langzhong, and with a needle of divine needle, Chen Laoshi's spirit improved.

Wu Qing: "Chen Laoshi, tell me what happened?"

Chen Laoshi: "The evening before yesterday, when I got home, I saw the note on the door, and hurried to Changzhou, almost to Qianguo Lane, it was already dark, and I met a person who told me that he was a disciple of the Tang family, called Tang Wenyuan. Tang Wenyuan said that the matter had passed, reassured me, and arranged for me to stay at the guest inn. Soon I fell asleep, and saw a man come in through the window, and the man covered his face, and I couldn't see clearly, and he slapped me on the top of the head, knocked me unconscious, tied me up, and tied up a heavy object, and then got into a boat, the same boat just now, and gently sank me into the river. ”

Chen Li cried and said: "I knocked you unconscious, tied you up, tied you up with a heavy object, and sank into the river, why didn't you die?" After saying this, Chen Li also felt that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly shut up and stopped crying and no longer speaking.

Chen honestly said: "I am also strange, I woke up in the middle of the night with a headache, and saw a little girl sitting in the room, she told me that her name was the boat lady, and she carried me from the boat." ”

Chen Fugui: "Uncle, you were beaten by others, didn't you? Didn't you just say that you were knocked unconscious, tied up, and sunk into the river? Why did you say that you were in the room in the middle of the night? Could it be that you are dreaming?"

Chen honestly said: "The little girl said that I only remembered, and when I got to the boat, I felt that the man with the face covered tied me up and sank into the river, and I felt that the river was cold and biting and wanted to shout but couldn't shout. However, it didn't take long for me to feel someone carrying me back to my room, and she helped me change my clothes and put me in the quilt. ”

After a pause, Chen Laoshi continued: "Are you saying it's strange? At first, I thought it was a dream. However, after the little girl said that, I saw that my fashionable clothes were all in the room. I bit my own hand and it hurt. And, believe it or not, I am now wearing fine silk, which is not something that we poor people can wear. After saying this, Chen Laoshi pulled his clothes.

Everyone looked at him stupidly and listened to him continue: "What's even stranger is that I woke up in the morning and found me in the river. I heard you call me, and when I saw so many people, I thought that the Tang family was looking for me, and I was afraid that they would be unfavorable to me, so I endured severe pain and hung in the back of the boat for a while, and I just heard my nephew's shout, so I shouted out. ”

Chen Fugui: "Don't believe it. My uncle was beaten by others, he was born in the mountains, grew up in Maoshan, learned some martial arts from elementary school, and was in very good health, and followed my cousin to run a single gang by the canal, and he knew the nature of water. After sinking into the river, he woke up when the water was cold, broke free from the binding, and swam up, so that he was fine. ”

Chen's honest words are more magical than stories, and no one believes them. However, he did not die, but he was slightly injured, and the group was speechless.

Chen Li cried again and said: "Things are always related to the Tang family, and they are all harmed by the Tang family. The Tang family should be compensated. ”

Tang Fu: "Why should we harm him? Seek money and kill him? Chen is honestly a poor man. Even if the Tang family misunderstood and did something wrong, and if they wanted to punish him, they would let him kneel at the dock, and there was no need to knock him out like this, and then tie him up and throw him into the river. Besides, although I don't believe the story he tells, it can be regarded as a testimony, which is beneficial to the Tang family. ”

Wu Qing: "Okay, the matter has been clarified, don't wronged good people." ”

Tang Fu then said strongly: "Li Quancai, a fruit merchant in Jintan, said that Chen Laoshi was cheating on renting money, I sent Tang Wenyuan to Jintan to investigate, Li Quancai had sold his property three days ago and his family moved away, and Li Quancai himself has not been found yet." The brothers of our literary generation sent out by the Tang family still haven't heard from us. Something must have happened, someone must have devised a big conspiracy. Please be sure to be aware of Wu Zhutou. ”

Headhunter Wu Qing: "What conspiracy?"

Tang Fu: "I don't know. But I feel that something big must have happened, so please don't ignore it. Our old lady is still there. Last night, the matter was urgent, it was too late, we didn't dare to report to the old lady, but the old lady knows everything, knows everything, I believe that after a while, the old lady will come to pass the word, and someone from the Tang family will go to your prefect, Lord Chu Lanqing. ”

After listening to Tang Fu's words, everyone was quiet.

Calling the prefect by his name, maybe only the Tang family is left, and he is still the housekeeper of the Tang family.

Wu Qing didn't speak, and looked at Tang Fu blankly.

Wu Qing was thinking: The old lady is really terrifying. The old lady lived for more than a hundred years, and no one knew whether he was a human, a ghost, or a god.

Wu Qing clearly remembered that the prefect Chu Lanqing had quietly told him that Maoshan Taoism had secretly hidden a supreme spell of yin and yang double cultivation, and before Shao Yuanjie Jiajing of the Ministry of Worship entered Beijing three years ago, he made a special trip to Maoshan to worship Tang Xiaocheng as a teacher and learn spells. In the ninth year of Jiajing, he asked his friend Tao Zhongwen to go to Maoshan again to ask for advice, also for the sake of secrets, and took away Tang Xiaocheng's closed disciple, Lao Taijun's nephew Wang Shanren. Jiajing has no heirs, Jiajing 12 years of August 19 Yan Guifei gave birth to the eldest son of the family Zhu Zaiji, although he died two months later, posthumously named the prince of mourning, but later has been a succession of heirs, all thanks to the Maoshan spell.

Wu Qing was thinking: The Cao Gang invited him to come this time, so he gave himself 5,000 taels, and they also repeatedly said that they would absolutely do business and never let the Tang family suffer. In this case, why bother to find yourself uncomfortable?