Nongmen Shenjue

In the past 40 to [-] years, Xiushan Village has undergone great changes.

Uncle Zhao, as well as his eldest son, both passed away in their early years.

There are very few people in the village who remember Zhao Shucheng.

If you ask the elders in the village, they remember that the Zhao family once had a Zhao Shucheng, but they only said something regretful, vaguely remembering that the other party was a good student, and nothing else.

However, from former classmates in the private school, I learned that Zhao Shucheng had conflicts with his cousin, and the root cause was the two acres of land belonging to Zhao Shucheng.As a condition for Zhao Shucheng to study, the two mu of land was transferred to Uncle Zhao, and Uncle Zhao provided Zhao Shucheng with a private school.It was originally an agreement, but the reason why there was a conflict was that there was no time agreed earlier.

Zhao Shucheng studied for three years and wanted to continue, but Uncle Zhao disagreed.

On the day of the accident, Zhao Shucheng went home with his uncle's cousin.

From Liulin Town to Xiushan Village, you have to pass a river with an old wooden bridge on the river.According to Brother Zhao, Zhao Shucheng memorized the book while walking, still holding the book in his hand, and glanced at it from time to time. When walking on the wooden bridge, Zhao Shucheng accidentally stumbled, and the book in his hand fell into the river in a panic. Zhao Shucheng went to the river immediately. Fished, but the whole child fell into the water and sank after a while.

No one doubted this rhetoric. First, books are precious. No matter who loses them, they must be retrieved. Second, everyone in Xiushan Village knows that Zhao Shucheng loves to read. Many people know that he has the habit of reciting books while walking.

Mu Qingyan speculated that it might be that the two cousins ​​had a dispute, and maybe there was some physical pushing, which caused Zhao Shucheng to fall into the water.Or, what Zhao Shucheng did made it impossible for him to gain a foothold in the Zhao family, so he could only flee to death.

For this reason, he deliberately collected the personnel incidents around Zhao Shucheng back then.

However, nothing was gained.

Mu Qingyan turned around and set his target on the remarried Mother Cai.After Cai's mother remarried, she gave birth to another child, but Zhao Shucheng is also her son, and his real identity is also Cai's son. How can the mother and son have no connection?Will the Cai family be indifferent to Zhao Shucheng?The Cai family definitely wouldn't dare to recognize someone back, but it's not difficult to help one or two secretly.

Did Zhao Shucheng know about his background?If you know, how will you react?

This unbearable background is definitely a stain, enough to destroy all Zhao Shucheng's efforts and expectations for the future.

Mu Qingyan couldn't help guessing whether Zhao Shucheng's escape was related to this?

But what if it was really for this reason that he recklessly feigned death and left his hometown?

impossible.

Unless there are arrangements for the back road.

Mu Qingyan remembered one thing. There were many refugees in the early years. At that time, the imperial court had no compulsory measures. The refugees were in groups of three or four, a group of a dozen or so, and they were not a weak force. If Zhao Shucheng mixed in, he could use this to cover up Go to other places, and then use the loopholes of refugees to resettle their identities.

But still the same sentence, Zhao Shucheng is only ten years old, so he needs someone to support him.

Cai's?

It seems that we have to check around the Cai family.

On the other side, the real Cai Junchi, his experience before the age of 16 is very clear.

Cai Junchi was adopted at the age of two or three. He first studied in a private school, and then went to the county to study. When he was 16 years old, his adoptive father died of illness. He was recommended to study in Tongshan Academy.It was a long journey, and I didn't come back for two years, but I asked someone to bring the letter.Cai Junchi sent letters very regularly, one letter a year, always at the end of the year, along with annual gifts, they were sent directly to the clan elders, and he did not forget even when he went out to study.

Cai Junchi's parents died, and his adoptive father passed away. The Cai family is separated from each other, so they are really not close.

It is known from the Cai family that Cai Junchi kept writing letters every year until fifteen or sixteen years ago.In the past, they sent letters, sent money, and asked people in the clan to help take care of the graves of their parents, adoptive fathers, and others. Fifteen or sixteen years ago, they sent people back to the hometown to burn paper to repair the graves, and brought along the younger generations of the clan. No.1 in the family, people inside and outside all praise and envy.

Outsiders, even members of the clan, do not know the situation of "Cai Junchi", they only know that he has won the favor of the nobles in the capital, works for the nobles, is rich and powerful, and is extraordinary.

It can be seen that the disguise of "Cai Junchi" was very successful, imitating the original owner's handwriting, not showing his face, but benefiting the clan, under such circumstances, how could the clan doubt him?Even if you really notice something is wrong, you will pretend to be stupid.

However, the letters stopped fifteen or sixteen years ago, because at that time someone was sent back to deal with the matter, and there was no need to write letters to the clan.In fact, Cai's staff was in the palace of Xianjun, and he was trusted by the king of the county. He arrived at the palace of the county 20 years ago, but he sent people back to his hometown after a few years.

Mu Qingyan was very sensitive to this timing, because that was when the Xue family incident happened.

Could it be that Cai's staff waited for the matter of Xue's family to settle before they had time to deal with their own trivial matters?

In Xue's family affairs, Cai's staff... or Zhao Shucheng, what kind of role did he play in it?

After sorting out all the things to be checked, the next step is to wait.

Knowing that there would be no news for a while, Mu Qingyan decided to go to Feixian Town first, and return to Songling Mansion after the case over there was completed.Yuan Cheng is in Xiyun County, not far away, but out of prudence, Mu Qingyan did not go to Yuan Cheng for help.Even if he wasn't in a desperate situation and the matter was sensitive, he didn't trust Yuan Cheng to that extent.

It took four days to go from Songling Mansion to Feixian Town.

At the beginning, I took the official road, the weather was good, and the itinerary was fast, but Feixian Town was very remote, away from the official road, the road ahead was twists and turns, and it was not easy to walk, so the itinerary had to be slowed down again and again.

Feixian Town is under the rule of Wunan County. Wunan County is geographically remote, with many mountains, land poverty, and small population.From Wunan County to Feixian Town, it takes nearly a day by car. The main reason is that the road is not easy to walk and you have to go into the mountains.

Feixian Town is in the mountains.

Going around the Panshan Road, passing through two or three small villages, Feixian Town finally appeared in sight in the evening.

Although it is in the mountains, it becomes more and more open as you go. Feixian Town is located in the open area under the mountains. At the foot of the mountain is a long street with tailor shops, iron shops, rouge and gouache shops... tea stalls, restaurants, wine shops... ...all kinds of shops are also available.The long street is paved with bluestone, tidy and spacious, and it has been around for quite some time.Behind the long street, there are houses of various colors standing up one layer at a time towards the hill. There are stone steps facing upwards along the street, and one of the stone steps is quite spacious, leading directly to the top of the mountain.

Standing at the entrance of the town, there is a stone archway standing here, with the words "Feixian Town" written on it.

Looking up at the high mountain behind the town, the most conspicuous thing is a protruding stone platform, on the highest point of the mountain, anyone who comes to the town can see it at a glance.It is called "Wangxiangtai" there. Of course, the people in the town don't recognize the name Wangxiang Town, so they don't call it Wangxiangtai, but "Feixiantai".

Not far from Feixiantai, there is a temple called "Fairy Temple".

The Temple of the Fairy is very popular, and it is the most efficacious to seek marriage. There are only young women serving in the temple, who are collectively called "Xiangu", and there is another person in charge of temple affairs, called "Xiangu Popo".

This is a custom unique to Feixian Town. Every few years, girls between the ages of 16 and 20 are selected to serve in the temple. The temple only enshrines the fairy statue, and this statue also has a long history.The fairy aunt was born among the fairy aunts. The difference is that the fairy aunts have a limited number of years to serve, and once they reach the age of [-], they have to leave and return home.Of course, there are exceptions. The current fairy aunt and mother-in-law are coming to an end. To choose an heir, they will choose three or five candidates from among the fairy aunts. Once they are in charge of the temple, they will never marry and serve the fairy all their lives. door step.

According to the information sent by Lin Jia, there are two common surnames in Feixian Town, one surnamed Tang and the other surnamed Lou.

Lin Jia was originally invited to visit Feixian Town, but unexpectedly heard two Tang Lou's family quarreling, arguing and arguing, a murder case was revealed.