After the two had an agreement, although the knot was resolved, they still had to separate when it was time to separate. Mr. Zhao still decided to send Li Qingshu up the mountain first. Ling Xiaoran can't fool around unless Li Qingshu can convince him.But Li Qingshu had originally agreed to go up the mountain after breakfast, but it turned out that Mr. Zhao was unwilling to leave.

"Anyway, I'm already going down the mountain, so you can let me go back before dark, good Huaijing, don't be so anxious."

Master Zhao naturally didn't want to say goodbye, and this remark hit his heart, but he said again: "I have to go out in a while, that Miss Tao seemed to have something to say to me yesterday, but she suddenly left without saying goodbye this morning. I think she might know something...I have to go to Tao's house."

Li Qingshu was disappointed for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then I'll go with you! This case is a timely one for us, and if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have met so early."

Mr. Zhao did not refuse, but said: "Then don't make trouble, just watch from the sidelines."

Li Qingshu naturally nodded readily.

The front of Tao's house was extremely bleak, and Nuo Da's house stood alone at the entrance of the alley, but no one took care of it, it was as quiet as a ghost house, especially Mrs. Tong's cries could be heard day and night.But Miss Tao was not at home when Mr. Zhao went, and Tao Wan never came back after hearing Mrs. Tong's complaints.

But Tong Geng, Mrs. Tong and the old man of the Tao family came to offer incense, but Mrs. Tong didn't notice, which is strange. At this time, someone from the yamen came to Mr. Zhao, saying that Miss Tao had surrendered herself. .

Several people returned to the Yamen, but in the strange eyes of everyone, Li Qingshu was somewhat embarrassed and amused, how to explain to the neighbors, how did his next husband come back again?

But Master Zhao glanced across, and the yamen servants didn't dare to look any further, they hurriedly lowered their heads, and led Master Zhao into the lobby.

Tao Wan knelt on the ground and seemed to have been waiting for a long time. Seeing Mr. Zhao coming, she pinched the hem of her skirt nervously, and then saw Mrs. Tong who was following behind and looking at her with resentful eyes, her face turned pale, There seemed to be hatred in his eyes, and his fingertips turned white.

After Li Qingshu was asked to sit and rest in the back hall, Mr. Zhao began to question him earnestly.

Tao Wan had already planned to confess, and she admitted calmly: "I killed Tong Geng, Master Zhao, Minnv is willing to bear all the consequences, but Minnv has reported her grievances, and I hope the Lord will seek justice for Minnv's sister. justice."

Hearing that everyone in the hall was quiet, even Mrs. Tong who kept cursing when she saw Tao Wan, she was stunned for a while before she realized that her cloudy pupils were moistened, and she pointed at Tao Wan excitedly. Cursed: "You bitch! It was you! You killed my boy! Geng'er, he didn't treat you well...Why did I kill him..."

There was no need for others to pull away, Madam Tong cried out of breath, covered her heart and shouted to kill Tao Wan.

Unexpectedly, Tao Wan just glanced at her lightly, and then said lightly: "Master Zhao, it is she who the girl wants to sue!"

She raised her fingertips and pointed at Mrs. Tong, Mr. Zhao couldn't understand, even Mrs. Tong was completely at a loss.Tao Wan's words were full of resentment, and said: "When I was young, my mother died of illness, and the daughter of the people was brought up by her father and elder sister. All along, she lived happily. Until one day, Tong Geng married Our family will be different after leaving our house.”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Tong seemed to have thought of something, and interrupted Tao Wan loudly, "Master Zhao! This bitch is talking nonsense! Since she has admitted that she is the murderer of my son, you can You should have checked her head immediately!"

Tao Wan squinted and said with a sneer, "You have a ghost in your heart, so you don't want me to tell the truth?"

Hearing this, the people around him also found it strange, Mr. Zhao asked someone to hold down the excited old woman, and was bolded by the old woman again and again, he was already impatient: "Tell her to shut up!" , Tao Wan, you continue."

Tao Wan nodded gratefully, and said: "Originally, this matter should be a family matter, and I shouldn't take it to the court to confront, but if I don't do this, I'm afraid I will never be able to get justice for my sister. I went to find Mr. Zhao yesterday, I just wanted to tell the truth, but Tao Wan was afraid for a moment, so... I knelt before my sister's spirit this morning, feeling very guilty in my heart, and I will definitely avenge my sister."

Tao Wan sighed, with a sad face, and told the truth.

"That year my brother-in-law failed the exam and went home to learn to do business, but he was cheated by someone. He gave away a huge sum of money. His father was busy, but he didn't have time to raise the debt, so he suddenly fell ill. Later, the Tao family fell into poverty, and my brother-in-law I don't have a business mind, my eldest sister takes care of everything, and I barely lead the whole family to live, but Aunt Tong is always dissatisfied with my eldest sister and makes things difficult for me. Later, my sister fell into the water, and I didn't even have the only relative in the world It's..."

When she said this, there was moisture in her eyes, and she continued in a low voice: "In the past few years, my brother-in-law has been very kind to me. I know he wants to make up for our Tao family because of guilt. But I can't help it." I thought about him. A while ago, when we were about to discuss marriage, my aunt kept refusing to agree. I thought she just couldn't accept it, but I overheard what she said to my brother-in-law. "

Tao Wan looked at Mrs. Tong, who was on the side, with resentment in her eyes: "She said that she let her brother-in-law marry because she saw that our Tao family was rich. I didn't know the truth about my eldest sister falling into the water. At that time, our family was in poverty, and she asked my brother-in-law to marry me. The daughter of the Zhu family wanted her brother-in-law to divorce his wife. Someone heard about it and told her elder sister. The elder sister was so angry that she went to her to argue, but she pushed her into the river and drowned... My elder sister had been married for more than a month at that time. pregnant..."

"It was you who killed my elder sister, one dead body and two lives! How can you be sorry for my sister? How can our Tao family be sorry for you?" Tao Wan was a little emotional, and with a mournful cry, she still insisted on finishing: " After learning the truth, I had an argument with my brother-in-law, but he tried to marry me to cover up the truth and protect her mother."

"So you found an opportunity to quarrel with his mother, and then hid in the Hanshan Temple where you had a good relationship with your father, took the opportunity to trick Tong Geng to the mountain, and killed him while he was off guard. , and throw the corpse into the well again, right?"

Hearing Mr. Zhao's words, Tao Wan was stunned for a moment, but shook her head unwilling to admit it: "That's not the case! I... this matter has nothing to do with the temple master, I just spent the night in his Taoist temple. I think If I think about it, I will turn myself in. I hope Mr. Zhao can avenge my sister, she and my unborn nephew died so unjustly..."

After hearing the whole truth, Mrs. Tong was already stunned, with tears streaming down her face, she murmured to herself: "Is it because of me? Geng'er... It was your mother who hurt you... a crime..."

In fact, Mr. Zhao has already guessed half of it, but he still doesn't understand, "Based on this, you should have premeditated, but why do you want to turn yourself in?"

Tao Wan's words were choked with sobs, and when she lowered her head, there were already a few drops of water on the ground.

"I didn't want to kill him, I just wanted to threaten him with myself...But I didn't expect that in the chaos, the tip of the knife was inserted into his chest...I was so scared that I left immediately. I really didn't know In order to prevent me from being exposed, when he was dying, he desperately crawled to the side of the well, and threw himself into the well to hide his body... I originally planned to die, but he..."

She was sobbing so hard that even Mrs. Tong couldn't speak anymore.

Everyone in the hall sighed, who knew that Tong Geng was the most painful person, with his mother on one side and his wife on the other, even his current lover, no one understood him, but when he died, he didn't want others to be hurt.

After solving the case, it was late, the two of them walked up the mountain all the way, and it was quite comfortable, but Mr. Zhao was so tired that he was out of breath. He saw Li Qingshu making jokes, but before they reached the mountain gate, they saw standing in front of the mountain gate. Ling Xiaoran at the entrance of the Taoist temple, both of them were a little surprised.

"Uncle? Are you waiting for me?" Li Qingshu said with a smile, a little flattered in his words.

Ling Xiaoran only looked at him indifferently: "You still know how to come back?"

"Well...it rained last night, I can't rush back in the rain, right?" Li Qingshu said confidently.

Ling Xiaoran was never a talkative person, he said directly: "Go down the mountain, I'm leaving too."

Hearing this, Li Qingshu and Mr. Zhao were both surprised and looked at each other.Li Qingshu was even more at a loss, and asked with some anxiety: "Uncle, where are we going down the mountain?"

"not us."

Ling Xiaoran looked at Master Zhao, "You take care of him, Ruo Qiu will stay and help."

Now even Mr. Zhao became terrified, and couldn't help but wonder, did the pie fall from the sky?

"This...then where are you going?"

Li Qingshu also stepped forward anxiously, "Uncle, where are you going? Are you really not taking me?"

Wouldn't it be nice not to take you with you?Master Zhao couldn't help slandering himself secretly, but he also asked on the face: "Why don't you come to the house for a few days? It's rare for Qingshu to see you again. He must miss you very much."

"Uh-huh."

Li Qingshu nodded hurriedly, looked at Ling Xiaoran and said, "Uncle, why don't you come to stay at home for a few days, I'll take you to play in Suzhou for a while, you see you always stay on the mountain, you must not know how much fun it is outside, right?" ?”

"I haven't returned to Kunlun Mountain yet, I have some things to do."

Facing Li Qingshu, Ling Xiaoran's complexion was soft and a little soft at this time, and his eyes were also stained with some complicated emotions. He sighed, stretched out his hand to touch Li Qingshu's forehead, and said: "I am outside, Be careful. Uncle will come to see you when he has time."

It's really about to say goodbye, although Li Qingshu usually fights against his uncle, but he is really reluctant to see him after such a long time, not to mention that Ling Xiaoran has always been for his own good, even though he always put on a strict face.

It was also impossible to ask where Ling Xiaoran was going, but Ling Xiaoran was always a person who left as soon as he said it, and before Li Qingshu was ready to go down the mountain, he disappeared, just as suddenly as when he appeared.

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