[Seven-five] Sunflowers are warm

With the shaking of the carriage, Xu Xiangyang arrived at Shangjie Village with excitement and anxiety.Getting off the car at the entrance of the village, she looked curiously at the place where the original owner was born.The green mountains and green waters are flanked by large paddy fields, and the tender green rice seedlings fluctuate with the wind, which is indescribably comfortable and refreshing.She smiled slightly and walked slowly.Under the stone bridge, the white mother duck is playing in the water with her fluffy ducklings, and the leisurely pastoral rush comes to mind. If you can live here for a long time, life should be pleasant, right?

Xu Xiangyang walked for a while, and was about to ask someone for directions, when a girl with a basket on her back came up to him.When the girl saw her, her face was filled with astonishment, and she hurried over, "Xiangyang? Why are you back?" Xu Xiangyang was taken aback, did he meet someone he knew?The girl was about the same age as her, with a happy expression on her face, presumably she usually had a good relationship with her.Her blank appearance provoked the girl to blame, "What's wrong with you? It seems like you don't recognize me anymore."

"I..." Xu Xiangyang was a little embarrassed, "I have been ill for a while, and I don't remember anything from the past..."

The girl was taken aback, "Why is this happening? Come on, come back with me, I'll take your pulse and see if I can help you remember something."

Xu Xiangyang was dragged away by the girl, thinking that she had always understood medical skills by saying that.Hastily followed her footsteps, "What's your name?"

Seeing her following, the girl let go, "We grew up together, but now you don't even remember me. My name is Chen Caihui, and everyone calls me Huiniang." Thinking of Xu Xiangyang saying that he forgot things, He simply said to himself, "Your father is a teacher in the village. He is kind and kind. He soft-heartedly reduced or exempted tuition fees when anyone in the family was in trouble. So, your family's life is not rich. It's a pity to say that your father is so Good people left early. But your family is a single household in the village, so you are so tired..." Caihui didn't say any more, the world is cold, although Xu Xiangyang's father is respected in the village, but he really paid for it At that time, everyone had their own little abacus in mind.Even Cai Huijia, who can help is limited, unable to stop her from selling herself to bury her father.

Xu Xiangyang was not the original owner, so he didn't feel much about these things, so he comforted softly: "Huiniang, I'm fine now. I'm fortunate to have the help of Mr. Zhan from Kaifeng Mansion, and now I have a job in Kaifeng Mansion, and I'm living very well. "

"That's good, I see that you look really good now, you should be really good." Caihui took her hand and looked it up and down, "Kaifeng Mansion is a reasonable place, and I'm not afraid of you being bullied or It's a loss. But, why didn't you come back earlier? There is no news for half a year, and my parents and I are very worried."

"I'll come back to visit the graves of my parents." Xu Xiangyang said indifferently, she didn't want to talk about other things, whether it was selling herself as a slave or working as a messenger in Kaifeng Mansion, she couldn't just ask for leave and go home at will. "Huiniang, do you know where my father is buried?"

During the conversation, we have arrived in front of a courtyard. There are three thatched huts, a large earthen hut, and a small courtyard in front of the house. The fence has been damaged a lot, obviously it has been empty for a long time.Caihui led her into the courtyard, turned around and pointed to the mountain opposite, and said: "Your parents are buried on that mountain, the mountainside is a little higher. Go along the mountain road, and you can see a small stream at the mountainside. Follow the stream Let’s go, you’ll see it soon. You don’t know what I said, I’ve been busy dispensing medicine for my father these days, so I can’t go away, wait for me for a few days, and I’ll accompany you.”

Probably because of the original owner's memory, Xu Xiangyang didn't feel strange, "No need, I will go up the mountain tomorrow to have a look, and I seem to have some impressions."

Caihui smiled, "Alright, go and have a look, if you can't find it, come back and wait for me to take you there." In her opinion, the mountain is used to walking by the villagers, there are no ferocious beasts, and she often Go up the mountain alone to collect herbs.Pushing open the door and entering the house, he said: "Ah! A lot of dust has accumulated, and we need to clean it before we can live in it. When you left, my mother and I would occasionally come to help you clean it, but then we gradually stopped coming. .Are you going to leave after a few days? Why don't you go to my house and squeeze?"

Xu Xiangyang declined politely, "I'll go get some water and clean it up, it's okay." Caihui didn't argue with her, "That's good, but you can't make a fuss, go to my place for dinner. You can't shirk this."

This is the truth, there is no firewood, rice, oil and salt, and it is difficult to start a fire, so I accepted Caihui's kindness.Caihui went home and took a bucket and a rag for her, then hurriedly resigned.Xu Xiangyang looked at the house carefully, and they should have lived in the three thatched huts. The earthen hut was used by Xu Xiucai for teaching during his lifetime, and there were tables and chairs inside.Behind the house there is a three-point vegetable field, which has long been deserted and overgrown with weeds.Xu Xiangyang's heart was filled with a touch of joy, and he was full of expectations for this family.

The next day, Xu Xiangyang brought joss sticks and paper money offerings to the mountain early.

Let's talk about Zhan Zhao sending Xu Xiangyang away, he suddenly became complicated.Since the incident happened, he has also asked himself countless times in his heart, if he had never met Xu Xiangyang back then, what would he be like now?This thought hadn't popped up for a long time, but today, after seeing her off, it suddenly popped up inexplicably.I thought it would be a relief, but I didn't expect it to be full of concern.She is so delicate and weak, and she doesn't remember the past, is it really okay to go back alone?

Withdraw his thoughts and start another day of official duties.Now the case is stalemate, and there is not much to gain from running around all day long, but I still can't relax.Bai Yutang was also very depressed, someone died in his inn, which affected his business, bad luck!Although it can be handed over to the government to solve it, but he has no leisure time, he insisted on participating, and even Ding Yuehua followed suit.

After running for a day, he returned without success in the evening. Before he stepped into the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, he suddenly saw a yamen servant rushing to report that there was a murder case on the trail outside Shangjie Village.Zhan Zhao thought about it, Shangjie Village?Isn't it Xu Xiangyang's natal family?Hastily asked, "When did it happen? Is the deceased male or female?"

The yamen servant said: "The person who reported the case was a shopkeeper. When he came out of Shangjie Village to Kaifeng in the afternoon, he accidentally found the body in the grass on the side of the road. The deceased was a male, about 25 years old. It is impossible to judge how long he died, but, From what the shopkeeper said, it looks like he was stabbed to death with a knife."

Stabbed?Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang exchanged glances, could it be related to the theft case?Ding Yuehua also thought the same way, a little impatient, "Brother Zhan, this case may be related to the theft case, why don't we go and have a look?"

Zhan Zhaozheng has this intention, even if it has nothing to do with it, except for the murder case, he should investigate it.Besides, Xu Xiangyang is currently in Shangjie Village. Although she may not be involved, he is inevitably concerned about her.Hastily returned to Kaifeng mansion to report to Master Ming Bao, then rushed to Shangjie Village together with Bai Yutang Ding Yuehua.

Hurrying quickly, a group of people arrived at Shangjie Village at the end of the Xu Dynasty, and found the corpse under the guidance of the shopkeeper.The deceased was stabbed several times, judging from the wounds, they were messy and did not kill him with a single blow.Bai Yutang squatted aside and watched carefully, and said: "From the point of view of the method, the murderer should not be a martial arts practitioner. Master Li who died in the inn was also stabbed to death like this. Zhan Zhao, in your opinion, will it be possible?" Was it done by the same person?"

Zhan Zhao kept silent, but the methods were somewhat similar, but it was a little bit of a stretch to deduce whether the same group of people did it all at once.Ding Yuehua looked around, "This is the entrance of Shangjie Village, why don't you take the corpse to the village and have someone identify it, maybe even the villagers can't tell for sure." Seeing that the shopkeeper hesitated to speak, she asked, "Why not?" OK?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "No, the young one has been going back and forth between these villages for many years, and he is quite familiar with the people in the villages. This person...is probably a stranger."

Bai Yutang closed the fan in his hand and said, "Go, enter the village! There may be clues."

When had Lizheng seen such a large battle, let alone carrying a dead body to identify it.Glancing tremblingly, seeing that he was neither from the village nor someone he was acquainted with, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Master Zhan, this person is not from the village, and even the younger ones don't know him."

Bai Yutang rolled his eyes, "Are there any strangers in the village these days?"

Li Zheng was in a bit of a dilemma, and he couldn't guarantee it.Shangjie Village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there are herbs growing in the mountains, and there are not a few people who use foreign herbs. If you want to talk about strangers, how can there be no one?

Zhan Zhao added: "These strangers are carrying a big suitcase, do you have any impression?"

"To tell you the truth, the mountains in our village grow herbs every time of this season, and there are not a few people who come here to collect herbs. People come and go every day. How can an old man like me pay attention to them? Why don't you wait until dawn tomorrow and ask the villagers to identify and inquire?"

Zhan Zhao pondered silently, thinking that this could only be the case for the time being, it was already late at night, and it was not appropriate to disturb the villagers.Lizheng's house is quite spacious, and Zhan Zhao and others are arranged in the guest room.After a day of hard work, everyone started snoring.Zhan Zhao didn't feel sleepy, so he wandered into the courtyard and looked at the moon in a daze.Although they were all in the same place, he didn't want to mention too many personal matters.If he knew where her home was, he would definitely go and have a look right now, so that he could feel at ease.

Suddenly, a soft call came from behind - "Brother Zhan."

Zhan Zhao looked back, and Fu raised his head to look at the moon again, the moon was half covered by clouds, and the moonlight dimmed.He said slowly: "It's late at night, let's rest early."

"Didn't Brother Zhan also rest?" Ding Yuehua stood side by side with him, looking up at the same bright moon, but their thoughts were different.

Zhan Zhao's eyes chased the slowly moving clouds, covered the moon, and then moved away from the moon, the light dimmed and brightened again.He took out the snack prepared by Xu Xiangyang from his pocket, and handed a piece to Ding Yuehua, "Are you hungry? Fill your belly."

Ding Yuehua was taken aback, dim sum?Zhan Zhao took out the snacks from his purse, carefully put the purse away and put it in his bosom.Ding Yuehua looked at it, feeling a little displeased, "Ms. Xu made it? Hehe, thanks to her dexterity, a piece of dim sum took so much trouble."

"Well, she's ingenious, and she's a...good girl."