Nongmen Shenjue

With the example of Ge Dafu, Mu Qingyan had a good idea of ​​Zhou County Magistrate's invitation.It's just that Ge Dafu was in business, but Zhou County Magistrate was an official, so the people he came into contact with were naturally different.Mu Qingyan only hoped that things would not be troublesome.

When he arrived at the county government office, he was invited into the Flower Hall of the Houya Office. There was no one else in the hall except County Magistrate Zhou.

County magistrate Zhou is a county magistrate, Mu Qingyan is good at investigating cases, and even helped the county government several times, but Mu Qingyan really doesn't have much friendship with magistrate Zhou.Magistrate Zhou is a good official. He is relatively close to the people, but he is an official after all, and he has some restrictions on him.In the eyes of County Magistrate Zhou, Mu Qingyan is a very talented young man who is under the rule of the people. With condescending admiration, he will never communicate like Chen Shiliu.

After seeing the ceremony, he was seated next to him.

County magistrate Zhou said: "Mu Xiaoyou, I heard that you have also studied, and you are not very old now, why don't you continue to study? If you intend to resume your studies, I can recommend a teacher for you."

These words were unexpected.

However, the so-called "no reward for no merit", County Magistrate Zhou will never care about Mu Qingyan's future for no reason.

Mu Qingyan said: "Thank you sir for asking, it's just that the kid has no intention of career."

"Oh? I think you are quite talented. If you can get an official position through the imperial examination, you will definitely be able to show your ambitions. You are now a commoner. Although you are also investigating cases, it is not very convenient. If you are an official, you will show your talents. , it must be that Qingtian is alive, or it can be recorded in the annals of history, and it will be praised."

Mu Qingyan still shook his head: "I'm lazy and can't stand restraint, and I'm not interested in being an official."

Magistrate Zhou frowned, feeling rather regretful.

After pondering for a moment, County Magistrate Zhou said again: "I know a noble man. He has many affairs, and he is determined to find someone who has real ability and practical work to share his worries. Regardless of his background, he is willing to treat him sincerely. He asked me to help find him. I see The little friend is good, and I would like to recommend..."

"The boy was born in the countryside, what can he do." The implication was still a polite refusal.

County Magistrate Zhou didn't say any more after this point, and after a few casual words, Mu Qingyan left.

Coming out of the county office, Mu Qingyan kept thinking about the words of the county magistrate Zhou.During this meeting, County Magistrate Zhou began to persuade him to go to school and become an official. It seemed that he had good intentions, but seeing that he had no intention of doing so, he mentioned "recommendation".The so-called sharing of worries is just like diners and staff, "nobles" are naturally really nobles.

At first glance, it has nothing to do with marriage.

Or, the initial marriage was also for this purpose.

What he wondered was, who was playing with him?

It is not tough to use Zhou County Magistrate to test it out.Furthermore, from Chen Shiliu's mouth, I learned that Chen's father is the teacher of Zhou County Magistrate. The person, most likely someone from the same family as the Chen family.

Think about it, and stop thinking about it.

As analyzed before, he is not very important. He is probably considered to be of some value and worthy of being recruited, but it is not absolutely necessary.Besides, he has a good relationship with Chen Shiliu, even if he looked at this level, he wouldn't use any crooked tricks against him.

With nothing else to do, Mu Qingyan went to God's End.

Qi Nanfeng was sitting in the hall, vaguely hearing the children playing in the backyard.

"Mr. Mu is looking for Young Master Chen? Young Master Chen is in the teahouse opposite."

Mu Qingyan turned around and went to Juming Teahouse.

"Mr. Mu is here! Please come in quickly! Mr. Mu is looking for Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen and his host are upstairs in the private room." The waiter also recognized him, and told him the news without asking.

"Thank you." Mu Qingyan guessed that the two must be talking about the Shen family's old house.

Knocking on the door of the private room, Chen Shiliu asked him why he came to the city. Since Zheng Ming was there, he found an excuse.Chen Shiliu wasn't suspicious either, and told him about the Shen family's old house.

"At dawn today, many people went to watch. The new house that was supposed to be good was built, but it collapsed overnight. The buyer was also depressed, so he hurried to check what was going on. The place that collapsed turned out to be a It is a small and clean courtyard. The buyer has no plans to change the layout, but the house is too old and needs to be rebuilt. Unexpectedly, there is a secret room at the bottom, which is made of green bricks. Construction work was done, but it collapsed. The buyer saw it, and felt that the loss was caused by the Shen family's concealment, so he went to the Shen family to argue."

Zheng Mingdao: "The secret room has been in disrepair for a long time, and it has leaked water. It can be seen that it is so old, and the younger generations of the Shen family may not know it."

Just as he was talking, someone ran outside panting heavily: "Young master, bones! A bone was dug out from the bottom of the Shen family's old house!"

"There is such a thing?" Zheng Ming also looked shocked.

Chen Shiliu was gearing up and was very excited: "Brother Mu, let's go and have a look?"

Mu Qingyan nodded and went to have a look together.

On the way, Chen Shiliu talked about the Shen family again.

The Shen family is also a well-known family in the county. Their family has brewed wine for generations and operated a wine shop.Although the Shen family's wine is not a famous wine, it is very famous in the local area. It has been operated for several generations and has accumulated a large family business.As the saying goes, the third generation reads food, the fourth generation reads through it, and the fifth generation reads articles.Among the descendants of the Shen family came Shen Youyun, who was smart since childhood, good at poetry and painting, handsome in appearance and chic in temperament. When he was young, he was the leading romantic talent in Fenglin County.At that time, there were quite a few women who fell in love with Shen Youyun, and there were even many ladies from official families. How did he know that he finally married an orphan girl of unknown origin.

Chen Shiliu said: "It is said that the origin is unknown, but in fact the origin is really unknown. It is just that she has no status, and those people are jealous and slandered. It is said that the woman's surname is Qu, and she is the daughter of an ordinary small family. Her family is Guangmin County. In a remote village, the family is a flower farmer. Then Shen Youyun went to the mountains and rivers, lost his way, and met this girl Qu, and this marriage happened."

"The Shen family is happy?"

"In the beginning, I did not agree, but later I agreed." Chen Shiliu also felt that there was a lot of content in it, and counting the time, said: "This happened more than ten years ago, eleven or twelve years ago. Right. Now that Miss Qu is already the head wife of the Shen family, Shen Youyun is talented and romantic, but not used to common affairs, it is said that his wife is in charge inside and out."

While talking, we arrived at the Shen family's old house, there were still many people gathered here, and people from the government also arrived.

There are policemen guarding the scene, and the people are not allowed to approach.

Mu Qingyan saw Mu Lin, and the burly and sturdy Captain Lu.

At this time, a piece of white cloth was spread on the open space, and a white skeleton has been put together, and the work is being inspected.It is difficult to accurately determine the time of death based on only a white skeleton, and Wu Zuo can only give an approximate range.Even, in many cases, it is impossible to determine the real cause of death of the deceased, let alone investigate the identity, which eventually becomes an unsolved case.

Wu Zuo made a general inspection first, and said: "Lord Lu, the deceased is a woman. There are no injuries on the bones, and no obvious signs of poisoning were found."

For more detailed information, further inspection is needed, and the current operation cannot be judged arbitrarily.

"Send the corpse back to the county government office for careful inspection." Despite Lu Dongtian's order, he didn't hold out any hope, and instead focused on the Shen family.This is not the wilderness, but the Shen family's old house, and the bones appearing in the secret room of the old house must be done by someone from the Shen family.

The embarrassing thing is that you still need to wait for the work to determine a time range, otherwise it is not easy to ask.

"My lord, the second master of the Shen family is here. The eldest master of the Shen family, Shen Youyun, is not in Fenglin. Mrs. Shen sent a butler to answer."

Shen Fuli, the second master of the Shen family, smelled of alcohol all over his body, and had just rushed over from the winery.The bones were dug up in his old house, which shocked him very much, and he was also very disturbed when he saw this "famous" Lu County Captain.

"Second Master Shen, do you think this yard is recognizable?" Lu Dongtian didn't question immediately when he came up, but his tone was calm.

Shen Fuli looked over, looked at the surrounding buildings, and recognized it: "This is Lingfeng Xiaozhu. It was originally a place for the old man to rest in his old age. Later, relatives came to the family, and they settled here when they had something to do. Later, they also studied Where, my late father valued the big brother and gave the yard to the big brother."

"That is to say, before your family moved, it was your elder brother Shen Youyun's yard?" Lu Dongtian asked directly.

Shen Fuli wiped his forehead with sweat, and replied, "Yes. But my elder brother is lazy and doesn't like to take care of family affairs. He often goes out, and it's not uncommon for him not to come home in March or May."

Lu Dongtian asked suddenly: "I heard that your old house was haunted by ghosts?"

Shen Fuli couldn't deny it, and said honestly: "Your Excellency is clearly aware, it is indeed the case, if the old house is well-lived, we wouldn't have to move."

"It's really haunted? Well, why is it haunted? Before the haunting, what happened?" Lu Dongtian asked one by one.

"This... I really don't know. At the beginning of the haunting, it was the girl next to me who talked about it. At that time, I scolded her for talking nonsense. Later, my wife also started talking. I even heard a woman crying with my own ears one night. I called my servants to search everywhere, but I couldn’t find it. I have invited monks and priests, but there is still nothing to do. The family is really tortured, so I have no choice but to move.” It’s really embarrassing to mention this matter, and I can’t say no. Don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door if you do something bad, and the house is haunted by ghosts, but the Shen family can't hold back. If they are willing to reveal it to outsiders, wouldn't it make people talk about their family doing bad things.

Lu Dongtian didn't make a judgment, and only told Mu Lin beside him: "Go and find out about this matter."

"Yes." Mu Lin called Shen Fuli aside for questioning.

The steward of the Shen family stayed where he was, and Lu Dongtian asked him again.

The steward's words were much more detailed than Shen Fuli's, and he knew more.Probably because of the order of the eldest wife of the Shen family, Lu Dongtian asked what he answered, and his words were clear without evasion.

As for why the Shen family is haunted, the housekeeper gave a guess.

"Before the haunting, something happened at home. A maid died. The maid was originally in the wife's room, and she was always very fond of the wife. Unexpectedly, her fate was bad, and her daughter contracted tuberculosis. This disease is contagious, and the lady Although she couldn't bear it, she still asked her to go out to recuperate, and promised to let her in again as soon as she recovered from her illness. The maid kept crying when she left, fearing that she would not be able to return, and she died within a few days. At that time, the family was discussing, It was said that the servant girl didn't want to leave the Shen family, and would come back after she died. For this matter, the eldest wife blamed herself very much, and tried to do things to the servant girl, but it still didn't work, and even frightened the little monk into fainting. The servants are all terrified, they dare not go to the night, and they dare not go out when it gets dark. Now that they have moved to a new house, every time the maid’s death day comes, the servants will burn incense and paper for her.”

"Captain Cai, write it down." Lu Dongtian ordered.

Catcher Cai understood immediately, and asked the girl's name, family members, etc. in detail.