treacherous world

After some introductions, I guessed right. Xu Qiaoer was also the young girl adopted by Mr. Xu back then. She was very young. When the Xu family had an accident, she had just sent her here for a few days. The apple of the eye.

It turned out that Xu Qiaoer had some abdominal distension and discomfort that day. She didn't eat, so the nurse carried her out for a stroll. When she came back, she saw raging flames. Later, the nurse carried her and fled to live in a neighboring village.Not long ago, the nurse passed away, and the nurse had not allowed her to enter Xinghua County, for fear of causing trouble.Back then, Qiaoqiao and the nanny saw the murderers running out of Xu's house with bloody knives in their hands. After taking off their masks, they looked like the squires today.There are a total of eight of them, all former gangsters, and now they have flourished.

"That's right!" Zhan Zhao was puzzled, and asked Qiaoer, "Why are you in the Wang family and still being tortured?"

"That day, I originally went to the temple to make a wish. I got a skeleton, and when I came out, I felt muddled. Just when I was going down the mountain, I tripped and fell into the pool. When the cold water hit me, I understood. Not quite right. When I got home, my neighbor told me that the monsters in the hidden mountain eat beautiful women. He is a dough maker and knows some crafts. He made me a leather mask and put it on. .”

Qiaoer said and looked at Bai Yutang. She took the skeleton and sneaked into the mountain to have a look during the day. She saw those country gentry generals making a fire, and a very obscene stone statue in the middle. She was frightened and turned around and ran away. Encountered a wild dog.

Just when he was being chased by wild dogs, Hong Lie saved him.Qiaoqiao saw Honglie for the first time at that time, and felt a little familiar. Seeing that he was a human and not a ghost, she felt relieved.Later, when Honglie mentioned his name, she was a little frightened and stupid, thinking that Honglie had come back from the dead or that he was really a ghost, she was panicked and at a loss what to do, and ran away.

When going down the mountain, he bumped into Bai Yutang and kicked Wei Yuee.

After Qiaoqiao returned home, she thought about it all night. Thinking of the recent murder case, she thought it was Hong Lie who did it for revenge, so she was very worried.She went to Xinghua to investigate, so she sold and sang in a teahouse and was molested by Li Feifan.After she left that day, she was taken away by the squire's men.

Those people beat her and asked her if she was from the government, why the government would help her, and what case the housekeeper was investigating now.

After Zhan Zhao and the others listened, they understood...that's how it is!

……

That night, everyone acted according to plan, Hong Lie pretended to escape, and broke into the dungeon with a sharp knife to kill Li Gang and others alive.Several squires were frightened out of their wits when they saw the smoke and ghosts behind him, and confessed their evil deeds honestly.It turned out that a few of them really poisoned Xu's family back then, broke into Xu's family and robbed them of money, and then murdered the whole family.And all kinds of evil deeds after that are also what they did.

The Xu family case was advised to close.

In addition, everyone also found out that Amao, who was playing the watch, was also killed by several squires.It is said that Amao accidentally saw Hong Lie who was looking around Li's house that day, so he chased him curiously.It happened that Li Gang and others had caught the girl and sent her home, so he boldly blackmailed and threatened her.

Li Gang and the others agreed to give him money and let him push the matter to Hong Lie. That's why there were rumors of seeing the hidden mountain monster. It was also from that day that the gentry began to suspect that someone was really watching them.If they don't do bad things, they are not afraid of ghosts calling the door. What they fear most is that the descendants of the Xu family will come to them for revenge.

The next day, everyone invited Amao to drink tea, gave him money, and poisoned the tea. Amao died, but his physique was weird, and he might have similarities with Honglie, his whole body faded, and finally turned into snow-white .And this is known by many people, and the squires are no exception.Because this poison was given to the Xu family back then, everyone couldn't help but wonder if that so-called white man slipped through the net back then? !

The gentry voted for all the other cases, except for Li Feifan and the Li family, which Li Gang firmly denied.He said that tiger venom doesn't even eat its children. No matter how unbelievable Li Feifan is, he won't kill him, not to mention that there are loving wives and concubines at home.He really thought it was Hong Lie's doing, so he decided to act quickly to avoid being wiped out!

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang—these people are already capital crimes, there is no reason not to do this, but the autopsy also came to the conclusion that the whole family of Li's family was done by a group of people, not just one or two people!Who is the one?

When everyone was wondering and had no idea, the old man who bought the wine, who turned out to be a well-informed butler, came to Liu Xie.

Old Xiao knelt at the door of Liu Xie's study, followed by his gentle adopted son Xiao Ming.

"My lord, we know who killed the whole family of the Li family!" Lao Xiaotou sighed, "It's a group of people who want to find the treasure!"

"Looking for a treasure?" Liu Xie was stunned, and quickly sent someone to find Zhan Zhao and the others, and together they asked Old Xiaotou carefully.

Old Xiao stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Ming over, "This child's surname is not Xiao, but Xu!"

The crowd was astonished.

Hong Lie looked at Xiao Ming for a long time, then suddenly walked over and pulled his sleeve away, and saw a red birthmark on his hand.

"Xiao Mingzi!" Qiao'er was about to cry, and it turned out that Xiao Ming was the young son of the Xu family who had just been born by Mrs. Xu!

"Old Xiaotou." Zhan Zhao frowned and asked him, "What's going on?"

Old Xiaotou told what happened back then, and Xiao Ming was the only reason why he kept his name and endured the humiliation for so many years!

When he was doing the autopsy back then, he found that the blood-covered fetus in the swaddling baby was still alive, so he quietly changed the bag, and bravely used a pillow to prevaricate it.Unexpectedly, those people acted guilty and immediately revived the corpse, but they didn't find it.

The old Xiaotou resigned from his post as a coordinator, and went home to raise Xiao Ming to grow up with peace of mind.

Xiao Ming was stunned when he heard this, and then wept bitterly. Although he had already guessed that he might be born in misfortune, otherwise the old man wouldn't pretend to be crazy all day long, but he really didn't expect that he would be the one who suffered the massacre.

Liu Xie was quite happy, "I have preserved the Xu family's blood, as expected, there is no unparalleled road, and the Xu family has a descendant!"

"Old man."

While the three young descendants of the Xu family were crying together, Zhan Zhao asked the old Xiaotou, "You just said, what baby?"

Old Xiao called Xiao Ming over, "Bring out the family heirloom."

Xiao Ming nodded, took out a small breastplate from his pocket, opened the hidden compartment behind the mirror, took out a piece of sheepskin, and saw a blueprint drawn on the sheepskin.

"This is the topographic map of the back mountain!" Liu Xie frowned when he saw it, "It leads to the deep mountain!"

"What picture is this?"

Old Xiao smiled, "Look in the mirror!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, Gongsun took a look at the protective mirror, and looked at the light... a poem appeared on it: Heaven, earth, and all things are spirits, and the spirit gathers in the hidden mountain.

Hidden in the fairy mountain, the white ape guides the way south.

Depot can found a country and live forever after entering the country.

For thousands of years, I came to the hidden palace.

"Hidden Palace?!" Gongsun slightly raised his voice, making everyone realize that he might know something.

"It is said that the residents of Yinshan hid many treasures in the hidden palace back then. If ordinary people can enter the hidden palace, it is the fate accumulated for thousands of years, and they can get treasures from rich and powerful enemy countries!" Gongsun's eyes sparkled, "Is this possible? Is it a map leading to the hidden palace? I thought it was just a rumor!"

"It is said that Mr. Xu once entered the hidden mountain, so he became so successful. Could it be because of this chance that he got this map?" Liu Xie thought for a while, "Understood, someone knew that this map was in the hands of Mr. Xu back then. Do you think that those villages did the massacre to get the map to enter the hidden palace, so they broke into Li's house to look for it, and finally caused the massacre? Pretending to be Hong Lie is just to divert attention."

"It's possible!" Zhao Pu nodded. "It is true that the shadow guards said that the Li family has been searched, and it looks like someone has searched for something."

"But it wasn't done by one person." Zhan Zhao frowned, "So, there is another group?"

Having said that, Bai Yutang let out a soft "Huh", as if he had thought of something.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao asked him.

"Uh..." Bai Yutang frowned, "I remembered something!"

Everyone looked at him and waited for him to speak.

"When I first came here, I met a group of woodcutters outside the mountain forest. They also had skeletons. The theory was the same as Wei Yue'e's. They said that they brought skeletons into the mountains to ward off evil spirits. Those people had strange shapes. Now that I think about it ..."

Liu Xie was taken aback, and asked the yamen servant, "Where are the brothers and sisters of the Wei family?"

The yamen servant rushed to see it, and came back to report shortly afterwards, "My lord, Wei Shaochang took Wei Yue'e away this morning, saying that my lord is busy, so I don't need to report, just wait for my lord to ask." "Oh!" Liu Xie stomped his feet, "Really I didn't expect to sneak in a spy, no wonder the other party can know our every move, hurry up!"

Liu Xie wanted to order someone to chase after him, but Bai Yutang waved his hand, "Don't be impulsive, I don't think the Wei brothers and sisters are the ones who killed them. At best, they may have come here for the hidden palace."

"That's right..." Gongsun also remembered, "Didn't Wei Yue'e say that Mr. Wei also went to Yinshan when he was young, and said he saw a white ape!

"Brother Bai." Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "What do those woodcutters look like?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "I remember a few, one is an old man, and the other is very burly!"

Zhan Zhao nodded.

Liu Xie sighed, "How about this, Xiao Ming and others must not disclose their identities now, and temporarily hide in the mansion, and I will send special guards!"

Everyone agrees.

"Zhe Ying." Zhao Pu sent Zhe Ying to the nearby Xiang Army and brought in a team to guard the yamen to prevent anyone from entering.

Coincidentally, the next morning, black shadows and white shadows brought Wenshan Jinren here.The old man recognized the silk and satin given to Mrs. Xu at a glance, and beat his chest and feet. He really didn't expect it to be evidence for the Xu family to reverse the case!

Liu Xie took the eight squires, except the dead Qian Dayou, into custody, awaiting execution.

It's been a busy day.

Although the case is unknown, the facts of the case are very clear, and everyone is relieved.

Seeing that Gongsun Ke had rested, Zhao Pu accompanied him and played with the fourth son in the courtyard for a while, enjoying some "family happiness".

……

Zhan Zhao pulled Bai Yutang out the door.

"Cat, what are you looking for?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Eat?"

"Well, while eating... I also want to check on that Li Fei!" Zhan Zhao always cared about Li Fei very much, always felt that this kid is not a good person!

Bai Yutang readily agreed, "How to check?"

"I don't know!" Zhan Zhao shook his head.

"I don't know?" Bai Yutang let him drag him out, and asked with a smile, "Cat, do you think Li is very unpleasant?"

"Yes!" Zhan Zhao replied bluntly, "This man is very suspicious, with a ruthless and arrogant face!"

Bai Yutang took two steps, "I'm also ruthless and arrogant.

Zhan Zhao turned his head and gave Bai Yutang a sideways glance, "How could you be the same?! You are superficial, but your inner strength is very gentle!"

After finishing speaking, Bai Yutang was stunned, Zhan Zhao's ears were a little hot, he cursed himself for speaking too fast, turned his head, and continued walking.

Bai Yutang followed, laughing inexplicably, Zhan Zhao actually said that he was gentle, no one has ever said that in his life!Even those so-called confidantes, the most common thing to say is that the fifth master is ruthless, and he will definitely not be a gentle lover in the future.

"Could it be that you made a mistake?" Bai Yutang asked lightly, "I can't match gentleness."

Zhan Zhao didn't even raise his hand, "You don't understand! I understand better than you! You're an idiot!"

Bai Yutang turned to look at Zhan Zhao, and saw that he was thinking while walking, he must be thinking about how to deal with Li Chao, he sighed helplessly, and said to himself that you are an idiot, you have stayed to a certain level.

Shaking his head, Bai Yutang continued to walk forward, looked up, and was taken aback suddenly, "Cat!"

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao looked at him puzzled.

Bai Yutang frowned and looked at a tea house not far away, the private seats on the second floor, "That person..."

Zhan Zhao looked up and saw two people sitting opposite each other drinking tea in the tea house on the second floor, a man and a woman.The man was a bit older, and there were several people behind him, all dressed in coarse cloth and short clothes, one of them was particularly burly.The woman who drank tea with the old man was about 30 years old, beautifully dressed in black gauze and a red headgear, and her gestures were full of evil spirits.

"Who is it?" When Zhan Zhao said this, he suddenly saw the woman turn her face, as if she saw them, and waved to them.

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, squinted his eyes and asked Bai Yutang, "Your friend?"

Bai Yutang was a little helpless, the cat was really jealous this time, but he really didn't want to say who this person was, so he said, "I've seen that big guy before, they are those woodcutters I met at the edge of the forest."

"..." Zhan Zhao responded, and asked with great interest, "Where's that woman?"

Bai Yutang didn't say anything, just looked at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao was even more curious.

"Cat..." Bai Yutang hesitated for a moment.

Zhan Zhao felt inexplicably upset, so he came, "Since we met, let's go say hello."

Bai Yutang reached out and grabbed Zhan Zhao's wrist.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled seeing Bai Yutang's expression changed.

"Mao'er... she is Hong Niang from Chilongmen, when we were in the Mafu case that day...

Zhan Zhao frowned when he heard Chilongmen, and turned around to rush to the inn.He would never forget how much Hong Niang felt when he said that his brother hated him the most. Of course, Hong Niang was also the only one who could possibly know where his elder brother Zhan Hao was.

"Cat." Bai Yutang quickly took a step forward, "Didn't I already say that your elder brother doesn't hate you, but cares about you, you..."

Zhan Zhao froze for a moment, then turned to look at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang also looked at him.

After a long time, Zhan Zhao smiled, lightly patted Bai Yutang's hand holding his wrist, and said with a smile, "I know, I'm not seeking revenge, I just thought this was a clue, and I wanted to find out where my brother is. "

Bai Yutang was a little embarrassed, it was true that he cared too much, after all, after Zhan Zhao heard those words last time, his face was so ugly that it made his heart palpitate.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, and walked forward together with Bai Yutang, it turned out that... Bai Yutang was so afraid of being sad that he was not a gentle person? !Pretend to be a grim guinea pig!