ancient criminal minds

This Tian's family was also set on fire, but it seems that the condition of this Tian's family is much better than that of the stone. At least they are ready to start building a new house.

When Lu Zheng and the others went, only the second elder of the Tian family was at home, and the other two sons had gone to cut trees.Hearing the purpose of Lu Zheng's visit, the two elders quickly poured tea and invited them to sit down.

Lu Zheng took the teacup and smiled slightly: "You don't have to be polite, I just want to ask you something."

Old man Tian said "hey" twice in embarrassment: "You said... say..."

Lu Zheng asked: "How long ago did your house catch fire?"

Old man Tian thought for a while and said, "It's been twenty days..."

Lu Zheng and Doctor Wang looked at each other. According to the time, this is probably the second house that caught fire. He asked again: "How did this fire start?"

Old Man Tian sighed: "I think the fire in the stove was not extinguished, and it burned the pile of firewood beside it..."

The old lady Tian at the side spat at him: "I remember well, the fire in the stove was basically extinguished."

Old man Tian glared at her again: "Perhaps you forgot? If the stove didn't catch fire, where did the fire come from?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Dr. Wang hurried over to act as a peacemaker: "Everyone take a break, take a break, this young master also felt that the fire was a bit strange, so he came to ask."

Mrs. Tian gave him a sideways glance, and said to Lu Zheng: "My lord, this fire is really strange. Even water can't put it out, but the more water you pour, the more it burns. Do you think it's weird?"

Her words verified Lu Zheng's previous assumptions about combustibles. If oil catches fire, water cannot extinguish it at all.Lu Zheng made up his mind, and asked Mrs. Tian again: "Ma'am, have you ever seen a kind of black water that smells bad and is easy to ignite?"

As soon as Lu Zheng finished asking, he found that Mrs. Tian's expression changed instantly, but Old Man Tian smiled and said, "What are you talking about? What black water?"

Lu Zheng could tell at a glance that Old Man Tian was lying, but he pretended to be ignorant: "In that case, let's take our leave first..."

The two elders hurriedly sent them out.

On the way back, Qingluan finally couldn't help asking: "Master Lu, they were clearly lying just now, why didn't you expose them?"

Lu Zheng shook his head, and asked Doctor Wang instead: "I see that there are a lot of prey in the yard, so it can be seen that the Tian family is living a good life, at least the other two sons of the Tian family are still capable, so since there are people who are willing to marry Why would someone like Zhang Shitou not want to marry someone from the Tian family?"

Speaking of this, Dr. Wang's face was a bit ugly, but he still said: "The Tian family moved here almost 30 years ago. At the beginning, the people in the village didn't have any prejudice against them, and even kindly helped them build The house, but who would have thought that the drought lasted for three years since they came, and then several families went hunting together in the back mountain, but who knew that the prey was not found, but all the people were left in the mountain by the mountain god, and the only one who survived was crazy Lizheng asked people to seal off the back mountain, and then there were rumors that the Tian family was unlucky, and the villagers gradually didn't like to associate with them."

"What happened in that mountain?" Lu Zheng asked.

Dr. Wang shook his head: "This old man is not too clear about it. It is said that Lizheng took several young men from the village into the mountain to see it, but the people who came out kept secret about it. Lizheng then ordered the mountain to be closed. Now he is 30 Years have passed, no matter how difficult the situation is, no one has gone in again.”

Lu Zheng was thoughtful, but Qingluan squinted his eyes and said: "Could it be that Tian's family went into that mountain?"

Doctor Wang was surprised: "How is this possible?!"

"I think what Qingluan said is right." Lu Zheng suddenly said, "Just now the two elders of the Tian family said that their two sons went out to cut trees. Given their relationship with the villagers, I'm afraid they can't go to the village at all. Let’s cut down trees in the forest, where else can they go besides the back mountain? Besides, the dried meat and furs in their yard look extremely skilled, where else can they go to hunt so much game except the back mountain?”

Doctor Wang frowned tightly, and then said: "No, I have to tell Li Zheng about this."

But Lu Zheng shook his head: "They are not liked by the villagers, and they have to go to the county to buy many daily necessities. If they don't have hunting supplements, they may not be able to survive long ago. This is also helpless."

"But……"

"Doctor Wang, I am really concerned about what happened in that mountain. If possible, I would like to go into the mountain to have a look."

Doctor Wang's face suddenly changed: "No, no! Mr. Lu, Li Zheng once said that no one was allowed to enter the mountain, otherwise he would be punished by the gods."

Lu Zheng said: "I saw that Tian's family should have been there more than once, and they are fine, and I think the key point of this case should be in that mountain."

Doctor Wang couldn't persuade him, so he could only sigh: "In this case, I invite Mr. Lu to Lizheng's house tomorrow morning, but I can't make decisions about this matter."

"It's natural."

When Lu Zheng came back, Rong Zhen was playing chess in the room, Lu Zheng walked over: "This person playing chess is not very boring, let me play with you."

Rong Zhen stopped his movements, and slightly hooked the corner of his mouth: "I don't think you can play chess."

"I don't know it." Lu Zheng denied it confidently, and then said with a smile, "But I know another way to play chess, and I will teach you."

Rong Zhen raised his eyebrows: "The case is solved?"

"Not yet, but there is already a clue." Lu Zheng didn't raise his head, and concentrated on clearing the chess pieces on the board, "Okay, this way, I'll take the black ones, and you take the white ones."

Rong Zhen took the chess box and made a gesture of invitation.

Lu Zheng dropped the sunspots directly to the Tianyuan position, and then said: "This chess is called backgammon, and it is to see who can connect the five pieces into a line first. How about it, is it easy?" At that time, he and his deskmate drew chessboard pieces on draft paper. At that time, he was invincible in the whole class. It should be easy to win against an ancient man who just learned it.

After playing with him for a few minutes, Rong Zhen nodded and said, "I understand."

Lu Zheng crossed his hands under his chin, and said maliciously: "Since you know it, why don't we take a gamble?"

Rong Zhen leaned back slightly, playing with a white ball in his hand, and said with a playful smile, "Oh?"

Lu Zheng spread his hands: "How about winning two out of three rounds? I'll let you play black."

The white piece in Rong Zhen's hand fell into the chess box, and the corner of his lips curled up: "Yes."

However, a quarter of an hour later, Lu Zheng watched in disbelief as Rong Zhen dropped a sunspot next to the four connected to it, and then said to Lu Zheng: "Accept."

Lu Zheng said unconvinced: "This is only the first set, come again!"

Rong Zhen handed over Heizi's chess box in a good-tempered manner, Lu Zheng choked, but Rong Zhen said, "That's only fair, isn't it?"

Lu Zheng was like a cat with its hair blown: "If I say I want you to be black, then I will let you be black, manly man, once a word is made, it is hard to follow!"

"It's quite backbone." Rong Zhen smiled softly, and put Hei Zi back.

Lu Zheng stared at him aggressively: "I will definitely not lose this time."

Rong Zhen raised his eyebrows, and slowly dropped Hei Zi down.

Looking in through the open window, the censer on the table is burning with green smoke. The man in the wide robe and wide sleeves is leaning half on the pillow with his forehead propped up. The coldness between his brows, just like the wind in this day's smoke.The clear sound of falling sons echoed in this small courtyard, and suddenly there was a sense of tranquility that people couldn't bear to destroy.

However, after two quarters of an hour, no matter how cautious Lu Zheng was, he still had no choice but to lose. He stared at the chessboard and muttered: "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Rong Zhen stood up and dragged him away from the chessboard: "Eat first."

Although the food is not rich, but it is also delicious, but Lu Zheng has no intention of tasting it at all, he is still thinking about the game of chess just now, when a chopsticks dish was handed to his mouth, he ate it casually, only to find out after eating Something was wrong, he raised his head and saw Rong Zhen retracting his chopsticks, his face suddenly turned red.

"You, you, you... what are you doing!" Lu Zheng stammered, "Okay... have a good meal!"

"The one who doesn't eat well now is you." Rong Zhen said calmly, continuing to pick up vegetables with the chopsticks without any shyness.

Lu Zheng felt a little aggrieved. Speaking of it, he really hadn't taken advantage of Rong Zhen, so he slipped his mouth without noticing it for a while: "Can't you let me go?"

Rong Zhen turned his head and raised his eyebrows lightly: "Is that so? I will remember next time."

Lu Zheng was stunned, and slammed his head on the table in despair, muttering: "Let me die..."

Rong Zhen picked up food for him, and said: "Okay, you eat your food obediently, and I will send a team of guards to accompany you to the mountain tomorrow."

Lu Zheng suddenly raised his head and said in surprise, "How do you know?"

Rong Zhen smiled lightly: "It's hard to guess, it's just that if you want to ask me for help, just say no, why bother beating around the bush?"

Lu Zheng was a little uncomfortable and said: "This... such a thing, it's better to win it back by yourself."

Rong Zhen sighed and looked into his eyes: "You should know that I am not the kind of person who stalks others regardless of their wishes. These things are just a matter of effort for me. I don't want you to take this as a heavy burden. This will affect your true intentions."

Lu Zheng was taken aback.

Rong Zhen reached out and patted his head lightly: "Eat quickly, it's getting cold."

"Hmm..." Lu Zheng came back to his senses, quickly lowered his head to pick up the rice, he didn't want Rong Zhen to notice the sudden blush on his face, it's against the rules to do this kind of thing, His Royal Highness Chu! !