Nongmen Shenjue

Mu Qingyan used to investigate cases in his previous life, so he learned a lot through superficial autopsies.For example, the corpse buried under the earthen pit looks like an adult, and the corpse is ossified. Considering the environment and geographical location of the burial, the time of death is at least one or two years.

It is not ruled out that the time is longer, which needs to be checked by you to know.

Could this be someone's hidden secret?

Mu Qingyan continued to turn the time back, originally wanting to see how the Zeng family would react, but unexpectedly, before dawn, Tao Peng went back and forth and returned to the pit.

Tao Peng looked around and saw no one, so he drank two sips of wine to strengthen his courage, then went down to the bottom of the pit, picked up the hoe and continued digging.For a while, he couldn't figure out Tao Peng's thoughts. The sky was brighter, and he could vaguely see a white skeleton digging out of the soil.

There was something blackened on the skeleton, as if the clothes had decayed and degraded.The clothes of the ancients were made of cotton, linen, or silk brocade, which did not last as long as the chemical fibers of the previous life.However, when seeing the hair of the deceased, the gender was immediately judged. It was a woman, and she was married. There were two gold ornaments on the hair bun.

"Ha, gold!" Tao Peng was overjoyed, completely forgetting his fear, took off the gold ornaments and rubbed them again, the more he looked more satisfied.

A peony flower hairpin, the layers of petals are very delicately carved, although there is still soil in the gaps, it does not diminish its beauty in the slightest.The other is a butterfly hairpin, which is equally exquisite, and the workmanship of the two hairpins is similar.

Wearing such a headgear, even a married woman will not be very old, probably in her 30s or [-]s.

Tao Peng put the gold jewelry in his arms, excited like a chicken blood, and continued digging with a hoe despite the growing light of the sky.Like the most diligent old farmer, he groped every inch of the soil, and managed to find a gold bracelet and a few scattered small jade beads. The small jade beads looked like things that fell off from jewelry, only the size of mung beans, worthless, and he threw them away. up.

"Damn it! It's this damn bone again!" Tao Peng actually dug up another bone, but this time he was much calmer.

This bone is also a woman, and the hair is probably wearing silk flowers, which have rotted long ago, but are decorated with two delicate and small emerald flowers, and there are a pair of silver bracelets on the wrists.

Tao Peng stared at the soil layer under the white skeleton, as if he didn't want to dig anymore.

It wasn't that he was finally satisfied and wanted to stop, but that he saw another bone looming beside the white bone, which was obviously another person.

"So much..." Tao Peng's heart pounded, his enthusiasm for making a fortune calmed down a bit, and he realized that something was wrong.

Not knowing what to think, he backfilled the pit.

After busy work, the sun is already rising.

Tao Peng was sweating profusely and was covered in dirt. He was so embarrassed that he couldn't even look at him.But he touched the harvest in his bosom, beaming with joy.Not only did he make a fortune, but he found another way to make money.

"Master Zeng!" Tao Peng said these three words, that is to say God of Wealth.

Finally withdrawing his ability, Mu Qingyan squinted his eyes, and felt that the old house of Zeng's family under the scorching sun was eerie.

Tao Peng only found three bones, could there be more?

Those dead were not buried normally, but were in line with burying and discarding corpses.A passage connects the corpse pit and the cellar of the Zeng family. The murderer must be someone from the Zeng family. The cellar should not have had an extra part, but was added for the purpose of hiding the corpse.

Judging by Tao Peng's reaction, he might have used all the money he exchanged for jewelry to blackmail Master Zeng, so... Was Tao Peng's death a counterattack from Master Zeng?What about Liu Yunzhi?Just unlucky to be implicated?Or is it because Liu Yunzhi also discovered the earth pit, and just in case, he simply solved the problem at once?

A palm was attached to his back, and a continuous internal force entered his body.

Only then did Mu Qingyan come back to his senses, and looked suspiciously at Wen Jixue beside him.

Wen Jixue withdrew her hand, frowned and said: "You look very bad, are you uncomfortable?"

"I'm a little tired, thank you." Mu Qingyan felt the power input from the other party, very gently, with a trace of heat flowing through the meridians in his body, which was different from the feeling of the operation of supernatural powers, but it was equally effective in relieving fatigue.

"How long have I used it?" Mu Qingyan asked.

"Half an hour."

Mu Qingyan nodded.

In fact, the consumption of mental power is not heavy, most of it is still depressed.

It was originally a vicious murder case in which three people died, but unexpectedly, another murder case that was hidden deeply was involved.

Leader Li had already sent his daughter away, but because Wen Jixue found an excuse, he didn't come to speak.

Mu Qingyan was about to leave.

The sun had already risen, and some people from the troupe were resting under the porch, among them was Ye Luoqiu.Ye Luoqiu is the pillar of the Ruyi troupe, and an old man who came in since childhood, even if he is not the troupe leader, sometimes he can speak better than the troupe leader.At this moment, he was sitting in a wicker chair, and a seven or eight-year-old child served him tea and fanned him, serving him thoughtfully and attentively.

This is also the norm in troupes. As long as those who come in, they can only have a future if they perform on stage.

The children fawn over the troupe, especially those who can be regarded as actors like Ye Luoqiu and Fengchun. If they are lucky enough to be apprentices, they burn high incense. If they can't, they can usually get a few pointers.

Ye Luoqiu's temperament is a little cold, but he is very serious about singing, and he is also a good person, and he is very popular in the troupe.

When Mu Qingyan passed by, Ye Luoqiu raised his hand and pressed the child to be quiet.

"You seem to be very interested in the Zeng family's old house?" Ye Luoqiu was seventeen, with a slightly slender figure, so she appeared on stage with such makeup, and her figure was good.People who sing operas have bright eyes, and so does Ye Luoqiu. Because of this, the slightly sharp inquiry in his eyes can't be hidden.

Mu Qingyan smiled lightly, but asked him instead: "When will we sing a new play?"

Seeing that he didn't answer, Ye Luoqiu didn't ask any further questions, and replied: "Zheng Sheng won't be able to get on stage, at least he has to wait for another two or three days."

"His injury..."

Ye Luoqiu mocked: "I was singing in Yangjiazhuang that day, I was so scared that I couldn't stand still and fell down."

Despite the sarcasm, there was no malice in the eyes.

Mu Qingyan understood.Indeed, it was a lively and lively day, but suddenly someone shouted that the bride had hanged herself, which probably startled Feng Chun, who was singing an opera, and sprained her foot without noticing it.

After leaving the gate, Mu Qingyan talked about the previous discovery: "I probably know the cause of Tao Peng's death. He touched a deadly secret. That pit, near the bottom of the bamboo forest, buried bones. There are a few."

"The Zeng family's old house has been idle for nine years, which means that those corpses have been buried for at least nine years." Wen Jixue was not interested in the case at first, but at this moment, her eyes lit up, and she looked at Mu Qingyan with a smile: "200 two The remuneration in silver is too low."

Estimated to be nine years ago, but it is also likely to be more than ten years old.

Ten years is a limit for Mu Qingyan.

Mu Qingyan didn't have too many difficulties: "The case has been going on for a long time, but it is not necessarily difficult to investigate. Besides, there is no need to investigate what happened nine years ago. As long as the deaths of Tao Peng and Liu Yunzhi are found out, there will naturally be a way for the people behind the scenes to tell Reveal that secret."

If Mu Qingyan hadn't passed by since then, maybe the matter between Liu Tao and his family would have ended here, but it's different now.

Since all suspicious things were concentrated in the Zeng family, it was necessary to learn more about the Zeng family.

"Brother Mu!" Chen Shiliu appeared on the street ahead.

"Dinner?" Mu Qingyan saw the restaurant behind him, looked up at the sky, and realized that it was almost noon.

"Brother Mu, when did you go back to town? I followed what Brother Mu said. It was useless to inquire with the neighbors of the Liu family. Oh, by the way, I heard that scoundrel Tao Peng came to harass Liu Yunzhi every now and then. They all watched when Butcher Liu was away, but Liu Yunzhi is not so easy to mess with, and the neighbors around her are also protecting her, so she didn't suffer."

While talking, the four of them entered the restaurant and found a quiet place.

"Do you know about the Zeng family?" Mu Qingyan asked tentatively.

"The Zeng family? You know a little bit. I went to the theater last night, and the master of the Zeng family was in the front row. The other party talked to me a few words, so I asked someone about it." Chen Shiliu was very sensitive, and immediately asked: " What, is there a problem with the Zeng family?"

"Not sure yet. Master Zeng, Zeng He, what's your impression of him?"

"He..." Chen Shiliu recalled the scene last night: "At that time, he took the initiative to talk to me first, saying that I was a stranger, asking me where I was from, how I got to the town and so on. He made me feel very kind , has the elegance of a literati, with a faint fragrance of ink on his body, it is said that he is good at Danqing, he has a folding fan in his hand, and he paints landscapes, which is really good."

"What about the personnel of the Zeng family?"

"Master Zeng took his children to the theater last night, followed by two servants, mainly to take care of the children. The daughter of the Zeng family is twelve or thirteen years old, and she wears a veil when she goes out. The young master of the Zeng family is probably eight or nine years old." Chen Sixteen lowered his voice, looking like he was gossiping: "I heard that Mrs. Zeng's family has been ill for eight or nine years. Master Zeng took two more concubines, and got another son and a daughter. However, maybe he is young. Didn't bring it out."

"What's so strange about this?" Mu Qingyan didn't think he could remember this incident.

Chen Shiliu said: "That's because I found out the inside information. Brother Mu, what disease do you think Mrs. Zeng's has? Some people say that she is not sick at all, while others say that she is crazy. It's not that she doesn't want to come out. , it was Master Zeng who locked her up. The wife of the Zeng family only has a status left, and the yard she lives in is separated from the others by a big garden, and she is restricted from seeing her children."

Mu Qingyan sneered: "Who did you listen to? If it was really a secret, who would tell you this foreigner?"

Chen Shiliu was not convinced: "Brother Mu, don't believe me, it's not someone else who told me, but the little girl from the Ruyi troupe, the daughter of troupe leader Li, Li Yueer."

"How could she know?" Mu Qingyan's heart moved slightly, and he believed it a little bit.

Chen Shiliu said: "I also asked her. It turned out that the Ruyi troupe went to the Zeng family singing hall for two years. Master Zeng specially invited the troupe to sing to Mrs. Zeng's boredom, but in the middle of the singing, Mrs. Zeng burst into tears and laughed. I fell ill. At that time, Master Zeng gave the theater troupe plenty of silver, which also meant to block the mouth, so troupe leader Li strictly ordered everyone not to mention this outside."

Mu Qingyan teased: "Then why is Li Yueer willing to tell you?"

Chen Shiliu coughed lightly, raised his chin, and showed a haughty look: "It's just a little girl, I'll do a little trick..."

"Beauty trick?"

Chen Shiliu blushed and said firmly, "Whatever his plan is, as long as it works."