I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

"There's no conviction, let's wait and see." Han Qi said calmly.

Qin Wan'er cried even more when she heard the words, and then she was comforted by Cui Tao and she became a little better.

Cui Tao accompanied her to wash her face, and made her drink two sips of water.

Qin Wan'er finally calmed down at this moment.

"What's your father's name, and why did you feel wronged?" Since Wan Zhong wanted to avenge Qin Wan'er's grievances, even his life was at stake, Cui Tao naturally wanted to intervene in this case.

"My father's name is Qin Youchu. He was falsely accused of stealing in Wangwu County and sentenced to 20 years in prison. However, he died of illness on the way to distribution. It has been three years since he left." Qin Wan'er excitedly explained to Cui Tao, " But my father was wronged, he would never do such a thing! My mother and I have been scolded for nothing because of my father's crime. The people in that place simply tolerated us, and the farmhouses were taken away by the clansmen We were forced to leave the royal house and come to Bianjing to survive."

Cui Tao patted Qin Wan'er on the back, lamenting that she is a poor child.

When sending these children away, Cui Tao gave each of them [-] Wen.

Qin Wan'er's mother, Mrs. Xie, came to pick her up after hearing the news. Hearing that Cui Tao had given them the money, she quickly bowed down to thank Cui Tao.

Cui Tao briefly told Xie Shi about the Wanzhong case. She wanted Xie Shi to take care of Qin Wan'er's emotions in the past few days. This matter should be quite stimulating to her.But during the conversation, Cui Tao noticed that Xie's eyes were dodging, and when responding to him, his attitude was very erratic, as if he was guilty of something.

After sending their mother and daughter away, Cui Tao specifically approached Li Cai and asked him to help someone investigate the case of Qin You, Qin Wan'er's father.

"Master, don't worry, I'll make sure it's done." Li Cai patted his chest and asked Cui Tao if he could take him with him when he went to Changyuan County.Whether it is driving a car or carrying luggage, he can do it. He wants to learn the ability to investigate cases from Cui Tao.

"Of course, just get ready. I plan to leave this afternoon."

Li Cai agreed to prepare for the carriage and horses immediately.

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome, let's walk, just bring a change of clothes, and things you are used to, but they can't be expensive."

Changyuan County is under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture, and it is not too far from Tokyo, and it only takes an hour to ride a horse.But since he wanted to inquire about information secretly from the common people, of course he had to go deep into the masses without a sense of distance, and the angry horse in fresh clothes was not suitable.The camouflage details are in place, which is the basic professionalism of an actor.

Li Cai nodded suddenly, and immediately smiled and said that he had learned it.

After lunch, Cui Tao, Wang Siniang, and Ping'er each changed into burlap clothes, and brought a small package lightly.Wang Siniang wanted to take some roasted chicken, roasted duck and snacks on the road, but was stopped by Cui Tao.

"Then I'll eat it secretly so that no one can see it, isn't that okay?"

"No, once you steal it, it will leave traces. Can you clean up the residue of snacks on your body and the oil stains in your nails? Even if you clean them up carefully, you still can't get rid of the smell on your body." Cui Tao asked Wang Siniang to quickly give away all the stolen things.

But Wang Siniang didn't understand why Cui Tao asked them to be so poor, just to investigate secretly, why did she have to pretend to be poor?But she still obediently gave the snacks and meat to Prison Leader Sun and the others, which made them a cheap meal. Seeing how happy they were, the corners of her mouth almost grinned to her ears.When she was in prison, she didn't see them treat her any better.

Wang Siniang angrily followed Cui Tao and Li Cai out of the city, seeing all kinds of people coming and going on the official road, immediately put the unhappiness behind her.Seeing which children are naughty, she will go to scare them, and see who walks strangely, she has to learn a few times, so that Pinger giggles before she is reconciled.

Cui Tao only felt that she brought a 30-year-old child with her, but she didn't care about her, and made trouble with Wang Siniang.

After walking a certain distance on the official road, the people who came and went dispersed, and the road became quiet.The trees on both sides of the road are dense and the weeds are tall and tall. Occasionally, there are a few sporadic wild flowers blooming among them. The yellow, white, and purple ones are also interesting.

Seeing this, Ping'er went to the roadside to pick these wild flowers, and after a while she saved a small handful in her hand. She put the flowers of different colors together to make it look more beautiful, and she put it to her nose to smell it from time to time. .

After walking for a short time, she saw more beautiful pink wild flowers on the side of the road ahead, so she ran over quickly and went down the grass ditch by the road to pick the flowers.

wow-

This familiar feeling...

Ping'er looked down, this time she was even more unlucky, she stepped on the tail of the snake.The snake raised its head and was about to attack her, Ping'er screamed and hit the snake with the bouquet of flowers in her hand, then quickly ran back and hugged Cui Tao's arm tightly.

The snake didn't run away, and chased after it with a vengeance, probably because Ping'er really hurt her cute little tail.Everyone retreated together, and Li Cai subconsciously touched his waist, wanting to chop the snake with a knife, and then touched everything, only to realize that he didn't bring a knife when they were visiting in disguise.

Cui Tao flew the stone in his hand and hit the snake seven inches in the middle. Cui Tao immediately picked up the little snake that had been knocked dizzy, coiled it in a circle and held it in his hand. When the sleeve was put down, it just covered his hand.Cui Tao straightened her coarse skirt with the other hand, and walked forward softly.Who would have expected that such a pretty little girl was holding a snake with her bare hands?

Li Cai, Wang Siniang and Ping'er on the side were all stunned. Although they knew that Cui Tao had the ability to strike snakes with precision, they couldn't help being surprised every time they saw this scene.

The group continued to walk for a while, and three or two ox carts had already passed by.Wang Siniang was a little tired from walking at this time, and she sighed that they were asking for it, since they could take the car.

"Let's find one at a time, can we pay for a ride?" Wang Siniang discussed with Cui Tao.

"No." Cui Tao ruthlessly refused.

Li Cai wiped the sweat off his forehead, and asked Cui Tao how to find clues when he arrived in Changyuan County, "We don't know if the ten charred corpses are related to Changyuan County, and we don't know where there are suspicions. I don’t have a clue, how can I check?”

"Follow the circumstances, play by ear. If there is a problem, as long as you are careful enough, you don't need to look for clues, and the clues will find you." Cui Tao replied.

Li Cai scratched his head incomprehensibly, he didn't quite understand the situation of "clues will also find you"?

At this time, another bullock cart passed by.Wang Siniang only walked wearily, lowered her head and sighed helplessly.Ping'er was fiddling with wild flowers, Li Caizheng was scratching his head in doubt, and they both walked forward mechanically.

Cui Tao's eyes would always look at passers-by and horses and horses passing by.

Compared with other bullock carts, the bullock cart coming from behind them is basically the same, but there is black dirt left in the gaps between the boards.Driving the car were two men, one about 25 or six years old with a goatee, and the other in his twenties with a blue headband wrapped around his head.Both of them were wearing half-worn gray linen clothes, looking like ordinary peasants.

When the bullock cart passed them slowly, Cui Tao found that the two men couldn't help but look at her and Ping'er, then looked away and continued to drive the cart.Li Cai and Wang Siniang over there were never affected by their eyes.Cui Tao felt that their look was like an instinctive scrutiny.

When the man with the goatee raised his whip, a corner of his white undershirt leaked from the cuffs, the fabric was shiny.

"what--

snake! "

A terrified girl screamed, not only attracted the attention of the two men on the carriage, but even Wang Siniang, Pinger and Li Cai were startled for a moment, and then the three turned their heads at the same time, looking at Cui Tao in surprise.

Cui Tao was covering her mouth in fear, tightening her neck, looking at the snake wriggling in the middle of the road in fear.The snake was still a little dizzy from Cui Tao's beating, because it was suddenly thrown on the ground, and the body that had been held in a 'circle' naturally needed to relax and move before it instinctively struggled and rolled over.

A basket suddenly flew up into the air, trapping the snake in the basket.

The man with the green head on the bullock cart jumped down and immediately stepped on the basket with his foot.Another man with a goatee, who was older than him, handed him a branch as thick as a thumb.The man held down the snake's head with a wooden stick along the gap in the basket, and then fiddled a few times, then quickly lifted the basket, caught the snake, beat it on the ground several times, and threw the snake neatly to the side of the road in the ditch.

Cui Tao glanced at the abandoned dead snake regretfully, it was a pity, since there was still some meat on her body, so she could make a cup of snake soup to drink.

The man in Qingfutou immediately carried the basket and smiled at Cui Taohan, "It's dead, it's all right."

"That's amazing! Thank you!" Cui Tao hurriedly saluted politely.

The man with the goatee got back on the bullock cart, glanced back at the man with the green head, and shouted, "Second brother, let's go!"

"Hey, here we come." The man in Qingfutou smiled at Cui Taohan again, he seemed a little bit reluctant, but he still turned and left.

Suddenly hearing the woman behind him speak, he immediately turned around and responded with a simple and honest smile on his face.

"We are going to Changyuan County. I wonder if Mr. Lang can drop by? If so, can you give us a lift?" Cui Tao smiled at the man in Qingfutou.

In fact, if this official road goes north, it must go to Changyuan County.Cui Tao's question is almost equivalent to nonsense.

"Coincidentally, my family lives in Changyuan County." The Qingfutou man hurriedly shouted to the goatee man, "Brother, they are also going to Changyuan County, let's give them a ride!"

The man with the goatee hesitated for a moment, then looked at Cui Tao and Ping'er before nodding.

Cui Tao took out the shriveled money bag from his waist, and handed the money bag to the man in Qingfutou, "This is the money I saved myself. It's not much. It's only twenty coins. I wonder if it's enough?"

"No money, we had to go back." The man in Qingfutou hurriedly said.

Cui Tao immediately thanked Li Cai, Wang Siniang and Ping'er in the car.Li Cai, Wang Siniang and Ping'er were stunned by Cui Tao's drama just now.She pretended to be afraid of snakes, so realistic and hypocritical, but they somehow sympathized with that snake, what should they do?She clearly said she would not take a ride just now, but turned around and took the initiative to take a ride. Why?

But no matter what, there is a car to sit.The three also guessed that Cui Tao must have her purpose in doing this, so they all cooperated foolishly and agreed to get in the car.

It didn't take long to ride together, and everyone chatted.

It turned out that the brothers' surname was Zhu. The man with the goatee was the eldest, named Daniu;

Wang Siniang thought it was funny, and whispered to Cui Tao: "What pigs and cows, their parents really don't know how to name them."

"What are you going to Changyuan County for?" Zhu Erniu asked Cui Tao.

"This is my aunt, elder brother, and elder sister."

Cui Tao introduced Wang Siniang, Li Cai and Ping'er respectively.Cui Tao was about the same age as Li Cai and Ping'er, but among the four, Cui Tao was the youngest and Wang Siniang was the oldest.She is nearly thirty, so it is more suitable to be an aunt.

"We're going to find someone."

As soon as Wang Siniang heard that her seniority was high, she immediately coughed, raised her head, and put on a serious look, "Exactly, take a few monkey cubs with me and go to Changyuan County to find—"

"My second sister!" Cui Tao answered.

Zhu Erniu nodded, and asked Cui Tao where her second sister was in Changyuan County.

Cui Tao shook her head, asked Zhu Erniu to keep it secret first, and then whispered to him: "She ran away from home secretly a year ago, but my parents were very angry. Someone saw her appearing in Changyuan County a few days ago." However, we discussed to find it quietly. My aunt was worried about us, so she came with us."

Wang Siniang immediately put her arms around Cui Tao's shoulders: "That's right, I love her the most among the children, and I'm not willing to ask my little beauty to take risks by herself."

Cui Tao glared at Wang Siniang, warning her not to take advantage of the opportunity, and then Wang Siniang shy away.

Zhu Erniu listened with a smile, and after looking at Cui Tao with bright eyes, he nodded repeatedly to echo Wang Siniang's words, of course the most important thing was to echo the phrase 'little beauty'.This little lady is really handsome, he has never seen such a beautiful girl, such a generous talker, and such a sweet smile in his life.

"I'll help you find it later when I'm free!" Zhu Erniu said enthusiastically.

"Thank you very much." Cui Tao smiled at Zhu Erniu again.

Er Niu blushed in embarrassment, scratched his head, and sat back beside his elder brother.While Cui Tao and others were chatting and laughing behind, Er Niu leaned over to Zhu Daniu and asked in a low voice, "Can you—"

"Impossible!" Zhu Daniu swung his whip and said without looking at Erniu, "Don't make any trouble."

Zhu Erniu immediately put away the smile on his face, and hung his head depressedly.But after a while, he quietly turned his head away and secretly looked in Cui Tao's direction.When Cui Tao noticed that Zhu Erniu was looking at him, she nodded politely to him.

Zhu Erniu's heart jumped for joy, and when he turned around, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Zhu Daniu gave Zhu Erniu a warning look, but after all he didn't say anything, and savagely drove the cart away with his whip.But with his ferocious whipping, the cow could go so fast at best.

Zhu Erniu obediently didn't look back.

Cui Tao leaned over and asked the two of them what they were doing in Bianjing.

"We farmers, what else can we do besides farming, of course we went to Bianjing to sell vegetables." Er Niu hurriedly answered Cui Tao.

"Then what other work do you have to do during the slack?" Cui Tao said, "I have a cousin who burns charcoal to sell when he is free."

"We don't know how to burn charcoal. When planting in spring, we go back to the village to plant the land. In the rest of the time, we go to the restaurant in the county to work as servants, run errands, and earn some spare money." Zhu Erniu explained.

Cui Tao nodded.

When the carriage arrived at the boundary of Changyuan County, he looked at the rice fields on both sides of the road, and there were dense green needles everywhere.But whether it is in the field or on the roadside, if you drive this way, you will see yellow land everywhere you look.Since the soil is yellow, the black things in the gaps between the car boards are even more strange.

Cui Tao turned her back and let Wang Siniang block the Zhu brothers' sight with her body, so she took a silver needle and dug it twice in the cracks of the wooden boards of the carriage. After picking out part of the black dirt, she twisted it with her hands. , it stuck to the fingertips, it was black ash.

This car must have transported things that were burned and stained with black ash. To Cui Tao, it was naturally associated with burnt corpses.But the charred corpse was burned in a ravine, and after it was discovered, it was directly transported to Kaifeng Mansion, so it should not have been moved.

These two brothers don't burn charcoal, they only farm. What kind of charred things will be transported in the car, so that so much black ash sticks in the cracks of the planks?

By the time the ox cart arrived at the county seat of Changyuan County, it was already dark.

Cui Tao, Wang Siniang and others discussed how to live in Changyuan County.Li Cai followed Cui Tao's instructions and asked Zhu Erniu where the inn was.Wang Siniang pretended to touch the package beside her, and exclaimed that she forgot to bring her money bag when she went out.

Zhu Erniu immediately took the initiative to invite them to live in his home.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Daniu frowned and called out to Zhu Erniu, the meaning of disagreement was obvious.

Zhu Erniu hurriedly went to beg Zhu Daniu, "Brother, you can see that they are indeed in trouble, you can't let them sleep on the street."

"But I won't sleep on the street. I still have a few pennies. I'll go find a cheaper inn and make a good negotiation. It should be enough for one night. If it doesn't work, let my elder brother live in a stable or something. He can make do with it." Cui Tao hurriedly said that he couldn't cause trouble for their brothers.

Li Cai, Wang Siniang, and Ping'er didn't dare to talk nonsense at the moment. Cui Tao clearly hinted that they wanted to strive to live in the Zhu brothers' house. Why can't she justify Zhu Erniu's intentional invitation now?

When the three of them were puzzled, they saw Zhu Erniu over there begging Zhu Daniu again, and finally Zhu Daniu sighed helplessly and agreed.

Only now did Li Cai, Wang Siniang and Ping'er realize that Cui Tao was deliberately playing "rejection and welcome".Sometimes it is like this, if you act too eagerly, it will arouse people's suspicion.This kind of appropriate refusal will, on the contrary, dispel the suspicion of the other party.

Li Cai immediately took what he had learned to heart.

Zhu Daniu drove to a bustling market in the county, "It's getting late, buy some food here and go back to eat."

Zhu Erniu agreed and jumped out of the car.

Zhu Daniu said to Cui Tao and the others: "It's fate for us to meet, and there is no need to be polite. You go with the second brother, and you can tell the second brother what you want to eat, and let him buy it."

Cui Tao and the others naturally agreed, so they jumped off the carriage.

"You don't need to carry your luggage, just put it here, I'll wait for you here." Zhu Daniu said.

Cui Tao, Li Cai, Wang Siniang, and Ping'er put the luggage on their shoulders in the car, and followed Zhu Erniu to go shopping in the market.

Zhu Erniu first asked Cui Tao and the others what they wanted to eat.Since it is for Zhu Erniu to spend money, it is naturally not easy for everyone to order, so choose according to Zhu Erniu.

"Just buy local cheap and delicious things." Cui Tao is both polite and impolite. Polite means 'cheap' and unpolite means 'delicious'.

Zhu Erniu took Cui Tao to buy hot and spicy mutton soup and mutton buns.Because Hu spicy soup was bought a lot, Zhu Erniu directly borrowed the wooden basin from the store to fill it, and returned it to them when he finished eating.

When Cui Tao returned to the carriage, Cui Tao found that their luggage had been turned over.Although the luggage appeared to be untouched, one of the hairs she had purposely tied to the cloth button was missing.

When the group arrived at the Zhu brothers' house, they were surprised that their brothers actually lived in six large houses with three rooms in the front and three in the back. This house can be regarded as a middle-class family in Changyuan County.

What's even more strange is that only the two brothers live in such a large house, and there are no other relatives or servants.

After Zhu Daniu came home, he went back to his room and went with Zhu Erniu to entertain Cui Tao and the others.

While leading Cui Tao and the others to the backyard, Zhu Erniu explained: "My parents died early, and it was my elder brother who pulled me up with shit and urine. He is in poor health, so he has to worry about taking care of me. I don’t have a wife. But in order to save money for me to marry a wife, my elder brother is willing to do any kind of work. The house in this family was built slowly by him brick by brick. So now we have a lot of space in our house, you guys Just stay, don't be polite."

Cui Tao looked at the bricks used in these houses, the colors were old and new, and it seemed that it took a while to build them slowly.

"I can't tell that your elder brother is sick."

"He's only gotten better in the past two years."

Afterwards, the four of them were assigned rooms. Cui Tao, Wang Siniang, and Ping'er lived in a room with a side room, so the three of them could squeeze together.Li Cai was arranged in the East Wing.Zhu Daniu and Zhu Erniu live in the front yard.

Zhu Erniu asked everyone to have a salty meal, and went to the kitchen to get them a bowl of hot and spicy mutton soup.Cui Tao hurriedly offered to help take it together.

Zhu Erniu shook his head and said no, but seeing Cui Tao insisting on helping with a smile, he obediently agreed.

After Cui Tao followed Zhu Erniu to the kitchen, he found that the only pot in the kitchen was rusted, there was almost no wood ash in the stove pit, and there were not many firewood piled in the corner, only a few.As for things commonly used in the kitchen, such as scallions, ginger, rice noodles, etc., they were basically impossible to find here. Apparently, the two brothers of the Zhu family didn't cook often, not even recently.However, although this kitchen doesn't even have a cooking shovel, there are quite a lot of plates, bowls and chopsticks. Cui Tao roughly estimated the number, based on two plates, one bowl and one pair of chopsticks, at least 25 sets.

Zhu Erniu came out with six bowls and chopsticks, while Cui Tao took a wooden spoon.

After distributing a bowl of Hu spicy soup to each person, Zhu Erniu took away ten mutton buns and two bowls of Hu spicy soup.

Wang Siniang immediately sat down, took a quick sip of Hu spicy soup, and ate a large piece of mutton, "Hey, this Hu spicy soup is really good!"

Cui Tao, Ping'er and Li Cai all sat around the table and looked at Wang Siniang.

"What do you see me doing?"

"Why do you talk so fast, do you feel any discomfort?" As a yamen servant, Li Cai could somewhat feel that this was a bit abnormal for the Zhu brothers.

Ping'er is not as keen in this area, but she can tell from Cui Tao's unusually enthusiastic attitude towards Zhu Daniu: it's not normal.

Only then did Wang Siniang realize what they meant, she hurriedly coughed, and finally spit out what she had just eaten.

Suck!

Cui Tao took a sip of Hu spicy soup.

Wang Siniang, Ping'er and Li Caisan looked at Cui Tao with eyes.

"I've been watching since he bought it and brought it back, and I didn't have a chance to prepare it." Cui Tao said, taking another bite of the mutton bun, which contained not only mutton, but also leeks and fungus.The chives are spicy, and they are the most greasy when mixed with meat fillings. The meat and vegetables are mixed together, and the soup will flow out when biting, which is extremely fragrant.

The taste of Changyuan Hu spicy soup is particularly distinctive. The soup is rich in pepper and the soup base is made of mutton bone soup. Gluten, meatballs, mutton, day lily and fungus are added. Scoop out a spoonful of viscous soup The meat dishes are spicy and delicious in the mouth, appetizing and delicious, and it is the best match to eat with mutton buns.

After driving for half a day, everyone was exhausted. After drinking spicy soup and eating hot mutton buns, our stomachs became warm and we were sweating again.Lying on the bed after turning around and taking a bath, it is indescribably comfortable, and it can relieve the tiredness of the day.

After dinner, Zhu Erniu hugged the quilt for them.

Seeing that these quilts were not new, Cui Tao asked Zhu Erniu if they still had quilts, "Don't tell you that you have nothing to cover at night just to entertain us."

"Don't worry, there are all of them." Zhu Erniuhan replied with a smile, and told Cui Tao and the others to rest well, so they didn't want to stay too long, and walked away at every step.

After Wang Siniang and Ping'er took a bath, they prepared water for Cui Tao and watched at the door.

Li Cai took the opportunity to check the situation of the house quietly, and reported to Cui Tao: "The two brothers live in the main room, and the other rooms are locked. I poked the window paper of one of them and looked in, only to find that There are bamboo curtains to cover it, so I can't see clearly what's going on inside."

"The three of us will take turns keeping vigil tonight, and you should be alert when you sleep," Cui Tao instructed Li Caidao.

Until dawn the next day, everything in the house was peaceful.

Cui Tao thanked Zhu Erniu and said goodbye.

"Why, are you going back now?" Zhu Erniu was very surprised.

"It's not going back now. We'll go to the city to inquire about the news later. If we can't find anyone, we have to go back. After all, we don't have any money with us. It's not good to stay here for a long time to trouble you. I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, we already have a place in this house, and it has been many years before we have female family members living in, and it has gained a lot of popularity." Zhu Erniu hurriedly persuaded Cui Tao to stay.

"But it's inappropriate. After all, it's my daughter's house. How can I live in a foreign man's house all the time? If it gets out, it won't be good." Wang Siniang hurriedly acted like an aunt, thanked Zhu Erniu, and asked him No matter where the elder brother went, he should also thank his elder brother.

"Brother went out to work early in the morning." Zhu Erniu replied disappointedly.

Wang Siniang asked Cui Tao and others to leave first, and asked Zhu Erniu if he had ever been engaged, and asked him what kind of woman he wanted to find as his wife.

When Zhu Erniu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "What do you mean?"

"I see that you live in a good place. The relationship between brothers is simple, and there are no parents-in-law to take care of you. It's very good. It just so happens that my third mother is not married yet..." Wang Siniang was just probing, and Zhu Erniu immediately knelt down to Wang Siniang to express his determination , if he is lucky enough to marry Cui Tao, he will never let her suffer any grievances, and he promises that the dowry will be generous.

Wang Siniang asked Zhu Erniu in a low voice, how much is the betrothal gift?

"I don't mean anything else, but my eldest sister is really snobbish and a bit money-loving. If you can contribute more, it will be easier when I go back to help lobby. I like you very much." Wang Siniang looked at Zhu Erniu with a kind and gratified expression.

"Even a few hundred guan can afford it!" Zhu Erniu gritted his teeth and told Wang Siniang the truth.At this moment, he was fascinated by 'Tao', and only thought that it would be best to marry Cui Tao as his wife.

Wang Siniang agreed with satisfaction, but in her heart she scolded him for wanting to eat swan meat.How dare a woman like Mrs. Cui think about it because of him?There was Lu Gongbi in the front, and Han Zong in the back, which one is not the son of honor, elegant and talented, what kind of shit are you Zhu Erniu!

Afterwards, Wang Siniang said goodbye to Zhu Erniu with a false smile.

The four of them made a big circle with seven turns and eight turns. After confirming that no one was following them, they went to an inn.Wang Siniang took money out of the sole of her shoe and paid for a room.Li Cai went outside and hired a mule, and rushed back to Kaifeng mansion to report.

Ping'er and Wang Siniang asked Cui Tao to quickly explain to them what is wrong with the Zhu brothers.

Cui Tao asked them to talk about what they thought were suspicious.

"They claim to be restaurant servants during the slack season, but in a bustling place like Bianjing, servants can only earn three hundred Wen at most in a month. Living in such a big house, they don't cook every day, they only buy food. How can you support so much expenses?

Even if the house was built slowly by the boss of the Zhu family, brick by brick, the cost of bricks, tiles and wood is not small.Also, Si Niang tested him about the engagement, Zhu Erniu actually said that he had several hundred pennies, which shows that they are not doing a real business, so they lie and dare not tell the truth. "Ping'er first said her inference.

Cui Tao nodded, praising Pinger's good words.

Wang Siniang scolded Ping'er indignantly: "I should talk about the engagement, I did it, why did you tell me!"

Ping'er looked at Wang Siniang innocently, "Whoever said it was different, they all said that there is no need to worry about such a trivial matter."

"If you don't care about it, don't talk about it. Why do you want to take my credit?" Wang Siniang complained dissatisfiedly after Ping'er, and said to Cui Tao, "There are also those bedding and bowls and chopsticks. Since the two of you live alone, why are there any extras? Four sets of bedding and so many dishes?"

Cui Tao nodded and praised Wang Siniang for finally being careful and noticing these two points.

"By the way, there's also the black ash on the car!" Ping'er said excitedly, "I see, they arrested those ten women and caused harm in the house, and after they had had enough fun, they tortured them all to death. , Throw the corpse in a bullock cart!"

"Why didn't they burn the corpses and discard them on the spot? Instead, they used bullock carts to transport them elsewhere? Moreover, the place where the ten charred corpses were found was set on fire, and many witnesses witnessed it.

Could it be that they burned the corpse once and felt that it was not enough, not only moved the charred corpse laboriously, threw it to another place, but also set fire to it again? "

Wang Siniang and Ping'er also felt that this explanation did not make sense.

"Ten more women are too many for the two brothers." The charred corpses can also be degraded and decomposed. There is no obvious time difference between the ten corpses, which means that they were basically killed and burned at the same time. .Unless the Zhu brothers are extremely bloodthirsty perverts, Cui Tao feels that the Zhu brothers are not yet at this extreme level.

"I see that Zhu Erniu is interested in you, why don't we stay there for a few more days, maybe we can find out the truth of the matter and make another great contribution!" Wang Siniang said energetically.

She felt that it was very easy for her to follow the omnipotent Cui Tao to solve major cases and make great achievements.

"There must be someone behind them. Judging from Zhu Daniu's cautious and defensive attitude towards us when we met them on the road, they are involved in the case, and they should not take any action in the near future. Probably because the ten charred corpses were discovered by the government. Because of this, they need to be restrained. Then we don’t need to continue to spend money on secret investigations, just find the source of the suspicious, and leave the next thing to the officials of Kaifeng Mansion.”

This investigation and monitoring are very meticulous and time-consuming tasks, and there must be enough manpower. Two groups of people need to take turns to change shifts, so that the government servants of Kaifeng Mansion can do more professional work.

After more than an hour, Wang Zhao brought people to Changyuan County to make arrangements.

Cui Tao, Wang Siniang and Ping'er returned to Kaifeng mansion first.

When they went back, the three of them rode a donkey.It was not easy to get horses in places like Changyuan County, and it cost a lot of money to get these three donkeys.

Originally, the three of them rode donkeys on the road, and they were quite leisurely. Ping'er even picked wild flowers on the roadside, made three garlands and put them on various heads.

Unfortunately, a luxurious carriage drove up ahead, followed by more than a dozen guards on horseback, straddling the road in such an imposing manner, blocking the way of the three of them and the three little donkeys.

Wang Siniang couldn't think too much, she was about to get angry when she saw this, but Ping'er stopped her.Ping'er asked Wang Siniang to take a good look at what the four corners of the carriage were made of.

Only then did Wang Siniang notice that the four corners of the car roof were shining yellow, they were actually gold!

I can't afford it, I can't afford it!Wang Siniang immediately shut up.

Then, an elegant man with a bright face came out of the carriage with a bright and charming smile.

It turned out to be Han Zong.

Cui Tao was slightly surprised, but also found it interesting.

Ping'er stared at this man with wide eyes. This was the first time she saw Han Zong, and a buzzing sound suddenly sounded in her head, and her face immediately turned red.She hurriedly went to the ground shyly, grabbing the corner of her clothes.

"It's a coincidence that I met you here." Han Zong smiled brightly, looked at Cui Tao on the donkey lovingly, and praised the beautiful wreath on her head, making her look like a fairy.

This mouth is too sweet, not to mention ordinary young girls can't stand it, even the rude Wang Siniang felt a little emotional when she heard it, and blushed accordingly.

Cui Tao was thinking about how to deal with Han Zong. For a man with his temperament, no matter whether your attitude is hot or cold, he will take it.

"That...that wreath was made by me." Just when neither of them spoke, Ping'er's weak voice suddenly came out.

Han Zong glanced at Ping'er coldly, then looked at Cui Tao with burning eyes, "You are a talkative girl."

"I'm not a maid!" Ping'er immediately defended, and then her eyes turned red, she glanced at Han Zong with grievance, then lowered her head and felt aggrieved.

"It's not even as good as a maid." Han Zong frowned, and asked Cui Tao why he would keep such a person by his side, "There are quite a few maids in my house who are very handy, how many will I send you?"

"It's inexplicable! Why did you come here?" Cui Tao didn't intend to jump off the donkey, and looked down at Han Zong from the height of the donkey, telling him to talk about business.

"I heard that you went to Changyuan County, so I came after you. Changyuan County is not a good place. If a beautiful girl like you goes there, I'm afraid that you will never return, so I came here to protect you. you."

After Han Zong finished speaking, he asked Cui Tao with a gentle smile if he was moved.

Cui Tao immediately jumped off the donkey and asked him seriously what he meant by that.

"Say you miss me, and I'll tell you." Han Zongning looked at Cui Tao seriously, "Do you know how long it's been since you said this to me?"