Nongmen Shenjue

Chen Shiliu took Gao Tian back to Yangjiazhuang.

Compared with Wen Jixue, Mu Qingyan was much more relaxed. After walking around Shizhu Town, he made some inquiries and received a lot of news.Originally, the town was happy with the arrival of the Ruyi troupe, but the occurrence of two murders in succession completely attracted the attention of the townspeople.Both the Liu family and the Tao family were born and bred in the town. Even though many people witnessed the tragedy with their own eyes, they were still astonished and unbelievable.

An old neighbor of the Liu family sighed, "Yun Zhiniang had a difficult childbirth when she was born, and the father and daughter have been dependent on each other for so many years. Although the chief butcher Liu is fierce, he is warm-hearted. No one in the surrounding neighborhood Is he better than him? Yunzhi is also a good girl, with a handsome appearance and a bright temper, if she hadn't been engaged to the Tao family, how many people would have asked her to marry her."

Mu Qingyan took advantage of the situation and asked: "How did the Liu family marry the Yang family?"

"I don't know the details. Last year, a matchmaker came to the Liu family to talk about a match. At the end of the year, the marriage was settled. Although the Liu family is not as rich as the Yang family, Yunzhi is not bad, and is worthy of the young master of the Yang family." In the neighbor In his eyes, Liu Yunzhi, whom she watched and grew up since childhood, is a top-notch girl.

Mu Qingyan came to Liu's house, which was a house facing the street, and there was a stall selling pork in front of the door.

Now the stall is empty, the door is closed and sealed.

"This case is really full of weirdness." Mu Qingyan chuckled, indeed being curious.

Even though there were a lot of rumors about Liu Yunzhi before, they were all speculation, or jealousy, or dissatisfaction with her publicity. Essentially, more people agreed that she was a good girl.

Liu Tao's family is far from being a deadly enemy, who wants Liu Yunzhi to die?

In other words, what did Liu Yunzhi touch that caused his death?

Mu Qingyan can indeed look back on Liu Yunzhi's past, but he needs to be precise, otherwise he will be aimless, and it is impossible for him to go through every day of Liu Yunzhi's past.

It wasn't until dark that Chen Shiliu returned to the town.

At the same time, Yang Rubai also came over!

"Brother Mu, it turns out that the bride was not hanged to death, but poisoned to death!" Chen Shiliu recounted the case in detail as soon as he met, then pointed to Yang Rubai, and said, "Second Young Master Yang wants to see you."

Yang Rubai's complexion was not good, but his tone was very firm: "I want to ask Mr. Mu to find out who really killed my sister-in-law." As he spoke, he put the money bag he specially carried on the table, opened it, and saw two small gold coins. Yuan Bao: "This is a reward, twenty gold, if it is not enough, it will be made up after the work is done."

The price of gold in this dynasty is relatively stable, and the exchange rate of gold and silver is one to ten.

Twenty gold is equal to 200 taels of silver, which is not low as commission remuneration.

Yang Rubai knew their identities from the police officers, but in fact, Yang Rubai didn't know about Shenjueju and Mu Qingyan, nor had he heard of them.The reason why he came to entrust with such courage is really helpless.

The Yang family was concerned about the progress of the case, so they inquired about the news from the police, and learned that the murderer Tao's mother and son were killed by Liu Butcher, and Liu Butcher was arrested and brought to justice.Perhaps the Yang family would not have any doubts about Liu Tuhu's revenge, but they couldn't figure out why the Tao family's mother and son wanted to kill Liu Yunzhi. not that simple.

Especially Yang Rusong, who was supposed to be married, but the bride died tragically on the day of the wedding, what a shock.

The marriage between the Yang family and the Liu family was brought up by Yang Rusong himself. He likes the bright, straightforward and beautiful girl from the Liu family. Even though selling pork on the street is indecent, it doesn't prevent him from wanting to marry her.As for Yang Rubai, he had a very good relationship with his elder brother since he was a child. Seeing his elder brother haggard and sad, he was worried and angry at the same time. He hated the murderer very much.

The Yang family didn't want the case to end in a muddle. They wanted to know the truth. Why did Liu Yunzhi have to die?And still died tragically on the wedding night?

Before Yang Rubai came, he also inquired in detail about Mu Qingyan and others from the police. Perhaps those stories were exaggerated, but they undoubtedly gave the Yang family hope.They are not short of money, and the yamen will not give up on the management, and then ask Mu Qingyan and others to investigate privately. If we work together, there will always be gains.

"I'll take it!" Mu Qingyan nodded, but opened his mouth to ask Yang Rubai: "You were absent on the day of the wedding banquet, please tell me something about you."

Yang Rubai cooperated very well, rubbing his bloodshot eyes, and said: "At that time, Tao Peng came to make trouble at my door, looking for my eldest brother, and my eldest brother wanted to pay homage to him, and if he couldn't leave, I took care of it instead. Tao Peng came to ask for money, the lion Open your mouth and ask for 100 taels. The eldest brother said that he can’t give it to him, not because he is stingy with money, but because people like Tao Peng, once you give it the first time, there will be a second time. Besides, our Yang family doesn’t owe him anything Yes, why should you give him money?"

Now that Tao Peng was mentioned, even though the other party was dead, Yang Rubai was still full of anger.

If he wasn't a scholar, I'm afraid he couldn't help scolding others.

"Where did you meet?" Mu Qingyan asked again.

"Under the willow tree on the west side of the lotus pond. Because he said that my elder brother was only allowed to go there alone, I was worried that he would cause trouble, so I didn't take anyone with me. Originally, the lotus pond was not far from our house, and Tao Peng came here for money, so he wouldn't What's the danger. That's what I thought at the time, so I really didn't think...

But who knows, I didn't see anyone when I got there. It was strange that my head hurt, and someone knocked me out from behind.When I woke up, I was lying behind the statue in the Earth Temple at the head of the village. It was already this morning, and I didn’t know what had happened until I got home.

correct.When I woke up, my purse and jade pendant were gone.Tao Peng must have taken it. "

Mu Qingyan narrowed his eyes slightly: "In other words, you didn't see Tao Peng from the beginning to the end, and you didn't hear his voice."

Yang Rubai froze for a moment, nodded: "Yes."

Mu Qingyan sneered: "If there is no deeper hatred between the Tao family and the Liu family, then why did mother Tao have to kill Liu Yunzhi? Could it be related to Tao Peng? For example, someone threatened her with Tao Peng?"

Mother Tao is a woman who dotes on her son with no bottom line. If someone really threatened her with Tao Peng's life to kill someone, she would definitely do so.

Yang Rubai reacted quickly, his complexion changed several times, and became even uglier: "But, why is this? Who would take so much trouble to kill her?"

"Sixteen, you and Gao Tian go around Liu's house to see if Liu Yunzhi has any good sisters, or ask the neighbors to see if she has anything unusual recently. Butcher Liu should also try to ask again. Second Young Master Yang will go for a trip, is there no problem?"

"Me?" Yang Rubai didn't expect that the matter would be assigned to him.

"You are from the Yang family, maybe Butcher Liu is willing to tell you." Mu Qingyan really wanted to figure out who sent the letter to Butcher Liu, and he had his own way, but he still had to follow a procedure.

"...Okay, I'll go." Yang Rubai nodded.

He was originally a bookish literati, still somewhat immature, but he was forced to grow up overnight.

Yang Rubai was very impatient. After agreeing, he got up and rushed to the county seat. When he got to the gate, he remembered something and turned around and asked, "Mr. Mu is staying in the town?"

"No, I'm going to Yangjiazhuang." Mu Qingyan felt that the man who was protecting Tao's mother was probably the same person who disguised himself as Tao Peng and knocked out Yang Rubai.

It seems that he used Tao's mother to get rid of Liu Yunzhi, but Tao's mother and son also died tragically afterwards. It is difficult for him not to guess in another direction-whether the people behind the scenes devised a poisonous plan in the first place to make Liu and Tao's two families fall in love with each other. massacre.

Everything revolves around three words: why?

Liu Tao and his family are ordinary people with no money and no power. The relationship between the two families is due to their engagement.How did they get targeted by the same guy?

Mu Qingyan and Wen Jixue returned to Yangjiazhuang.

Yang Rubai said that Tao Peng didn't ask for 100 taels of silver himself, but asked the children in the village to spread the word.

As soon as he entered the village, Mu Qingyan rewound the time to yesterday afternoon.

There are basically no people at the entrance of the village. At this time, the guests have already arrived.The front of Yang's house is very lively, the villagers are coming and going, and the children are laughing and chasing after each other.Mu Qingyan observed carefully, but found no suspicious person, until he saw a child running into the gate of Yang's house, and said something to Yang Rusong.

"A man named Tao Peng said that he wanted 100 taels of silver, and if he didn't pay, he would cause trouble. He said that he had to pay the money before worshiping. He waited under the shade of willow trees on the west side of the lotus pond. If he didn't do so, the Yang family would regret it. Oh, and also, he said that young master Yang is only allowed to go alone." The child was four or five years old, speaking intermittently, still expressing clearly, and ran away happily after speaking.He was holding two candies in his hand, obviously spreading the word was beneficial.

Not long after, Yang Rubai went to Liu Shuyin, and indeed there was only one person as agreed.

But he was unprepared. After he went, a person suddenly rushed out from the wild grass where he was hiding, and a stone hit his head, knocking him unconscious.The man carried Yang Rubai on his shoulders, made a big circle around him, avoided the villagers, hid him in the Earth Temple at the head of the village, took away Yang Rubai's belongings, and left.

Mu Qingyan saw this person's appearance clearly.

A man who is nearly 30 years old, wearing a half-worn blue clothes, similar to the clothes of the servants of the Yang family.

After leaving the Earth Temple, this man sneaked into Yang's house carrying a load of firewood.

After seeing Yang Rusong, Mu Qingyan entered Yang's house smoothly, and confirmed that the man who yelled after the accident was this person.This person covered Mother Tao, and the two came out from the gate.The yelling at that time alarmed all the guests, as well as the villagers sitting outside. The scene was chaotic for a while, and the two left without attracting attention.

However, Tao Mu's waist was bulging and stuffed with something, and she protected it very carefully.

There was a place outside where the carriages of the guests were parked, and the two took one of them with a natural look, and drove to the town.