Zaan glanced at the child and hesitated.
The woman understood and patted her son: "Huzi, go to the backyard to play by yourself."
"Good!" The kid had wanted to test his new weapon for a long time. Hearing this, he ran back happily.
"Be careful not to get hurt by the sword," Zaan reminded. After all, the other party was still young, so it would be bad if he accidentally got hurt by the sword.
"It's okay, he used to play his father's sword secretly, and was beaten several times." Hearing that he was really worried about her son, the woman's face suddenly eased a little, "Why have I never listened to the child's father before? Have you ever had friends like you?"
"Hello, sister-in-law, my name is Amman. Brother Shen rescued me once during a mission in the early years, and then we went our separate ways because of errands. When I came back to Yunzhong County this time, I originally wanted to talk to him, and I would like to thank him for saving his life in the past. Who knows But heard the bad news from him." Zaun sighed, with a hint of sadness in his tone.
Pei Mianman glanced at him in surprise, this guy's acting skills are too good, the emotion is like entering.
I used to worry that he would be deceived by women, but now I am thankful that women are not deceived by him.
But thinking of the other party calling himself Amman, isn't it a combination of their names
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sweetness in her heart.
At this time, the woman's eyes suddenly turned red, and she was obviously aroused by the pain of bereavement: "It's all to blame for the smugglers of the day..."
"Sister-in-law's condolences." Zuan took out a hundred taels of silver from the glazed orb and put it in a wooden box and handed it over. "This is a little bit of my heart, and I hope that my sister-in-law will accept it."
"I can't help it, it's too much..." The woman looked embarrassed, and hurriedly stood up and refused, rubbing her hands on the apron, not knowing where to put it.
One hundred taels of silver is nothing to the wealthy and nobles, but it is indeed a huge sum of money for ordinary people.
"How can the life-saving grace be measured in money," said Zuan sternly, "I just hate that I came a step late and couldn't save Big Brother Shen. The only thing I can do now is to help him take care of his family."
Seeing that the other party still refused to accept it, Pei Mianman on the side also said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your child. Wouldn't it be better for your child to grow up in a more relaxed environment?"
Hearing her mentioning her son, the woman just accepted it. While thanking the two of them, she looked at Pei Mianman and said, "This girl is so handsome, is she your daughter-in-law?"
Zuan nodded and held Pei Mianman's hand: "Yes, she is my daughter-in-law."
Hearing him introduce herself like this, Pei Mianman's eyes turned slightly red. Because of her friendship with Chu Chuyan, she had always avoided the relationship between the two, but her mother died in depression because she had no name. How could she not care about it
Now that she heard the other party say this, she suddenly felt that all the efforts in the past were worth it.
"It's so lucky, you two will be right at the first sight." The woman sighed, "Shen Zhou is not so lucky..."
Saying this, she silently wiped away her tears.
Pei Mianman handed over a handkerchief, but the woman didn't take it. Worried that her snow-white handkerchief would be soiled, she picked up the apron and wiped it at the corner of her eyes.
"Sister-in-law, do you know where the smuggler Shen is investigating? I see if there is a chance to avenge him." Zuan took the opportunity to ask.
The woman shook her head: "He never told me about his work, and the investigation was very secret this time, so he won't tell me. It's only from the government's yamen that he will know exactly what to investigate... Brother An, you just Don't get involved in this matter, your big brother Shen has already lost his life, if you are implicated, we will not be able to feel at ease for the rest of our lives."
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I have my own discretion and won't act recklessly." Zuan then asked, "By the way, after the accident of Big Brother Shen, has the pension money given by the government been implemented? If not, I will help you to urge you. , you can't chill your brothers' hearts."
"It has already been implemented. A few days after the child's father's accident, someone from the government came to the door. The leader was the former commander. It seems that the surname is Gong or something..." The woman couldn't remember for a while.
"Miyagi?"
"Yes, yes, it's him," the woman continued, "Master Gong is a good official. After the accident of the child's father, I just felt that the sky was falling. Fortunately, Master Gong brought his men to help with the funeral. We The girls have just had the saddest day."
"Fuzhong's pension was also given to us by Lord Gong. Later, I also inquired about it. It was more than the normal pension money. I think it was personally paid by Lord Gong."
"I've been thinking about finding a chance to pay him back, but I can't walk away from taking care of Huzi now, and Lord Gong has a lot of time to do. I'm also worried about disturbing him. Brother An, why don't you help me bring the money to Lord Gong."
Zuan hurriedly declined: "Sister-in-law, you are too out of touch, and I think it is Lord Gong's heart for his comrade. If you go back and let him deal with it? You can take it with peace of mind."
The woman's face was moved: "You are all good people. Although the child's father is not lucky, but with your comrades, this life is worth it."
Zuan chatted with her for a while, and suddenly mentioned inadvertently: "By the way, I heard Brother Shen mention that he broke his leg once in his early years. Although the wound has healed later, it will be a pain in the wind and rain. This time I specifically asked for it. When I came here, Duanyu paste originally thought that it would relieve his pain, but I didn't expect it to be used, so I'll leave it to my sister-in-law."
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of ointment.
The woman was stunned: "Did Shen Zhou break his leg? Why don't I remember it?"
"Maybe he was afraid of your worries and didn't tell the family." Zu An thought that it was the case.
The woman looked puzzled, obviously recalling all the things she had spent with her husband in the past.
Zuan wanted to ask if Shen Zhou had left any last words or things, but he felt that it was too abrupt to ask, so he changed his words: "That's right, sister-in-law, because the case of Brother Shen has never been solved, I want to see if there are any. There are no new clues to bring the murderer to justice, or to avenge Big Brother Shen."
"I don't know if the sister-in-law did anything unusual the day she saw Big Brother Shen for the last time?"
Just now, the two of them were chatting, and the other party was giving money and gifts. The doubts in the woman's heart had already been dispelled, and she heard the words and replied, "It doesn't seem to be abnormal."
When Zu An was disappointed, he suddenly heard the woman say: "I don't know if there is one thing that counts."
"Any small matter may have hidden clues." Zaan was overjoyed and hurriedly asked.
The woman fell into memory: "The child's father didn't say anything to me that day, but he seemed to have a lot of thoughts, and he played with the tiger for a long time. You must know that he never brings children on weekdays, presumably That's what I had foreshadowed before I died."
After speaking, she couldn't help but wipe away her tears.
The two comforted him for a while, just as Hu Zi waved his short sword and "charged" plausibly, Zaan took advantage of the situation and pulled him to ask what his father said to him that day.
"I don't remember very well..." Hu Zi scratched his head and said after thinking for a long time, "It seems that he didn't say anything, he just played the game of war with me."
Zaan asked some more details, but unfortunately it's just the most common house game, and there are no secret words or anything.
At this time, Pei Mianman also spoke: "Sister-in-law, can we take a look at Brother Shen's room, there may be clues left by him in it."
She is very beautiful, and her peach blossom eyes bring a smile, giving people an inexplicable affinity. Chatting with the woman during this period of time, one elder sister-in-law is long and the other is short, and the other party's heart has long been shouted. talk.
"Of course you can." The woman couldn't help but hold her hand in admiration, "The big girl is really handsome!"
Pei Mianman felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly went to Shen Zhou's room with Zuan to investigate.
It's a pity that the two of them searched in the room for half a day, but they didn't find anything of value. They were all very common daily necessities.
"By the way, the government came once before and took away many of his work-related items, saying that it was a routine and needed to be taken back for investigation." The woman said aside.
Zu Anxin thought it was no wonder that there were so few things in the house, and he asked, "Does my sister-in-law know the official's name?"
"It's that Lord Gong." The woman replied.
"Oh?" Zaan raised his eyebrows thoughtfully.
The two chatted with the mother and son for a while and then got up and said goodbye. On the way back, Pei Mianman finally couldn't help but wonder, "Aren't you going to check the other two's families? Why did you come directly to this Shen Zhou's house?"
"There's no need to go to the other two," Zaan explained, "I've analyzed that Cheng Ba before, and the probability of making a fake can be so seamless is too small. The other Yu Li, too, was sucked dry by the Taoist with thick eyebrows. With the skill, I can prove it myself, and although the face of the mummy has changed drastically, as a family member, it is impossible not to recognize it, so the identities of the two are no problem."
"On the contrary, this sinking boat, although it was indeed burned to death by the fire, but because his face was destroyed, he could not prove that he was the one who died. I noticed that the leg bones of the charred corpse were abnormal, and the wound had already healed. The old injury suffered during her lifetime. So she came here to ask her wife, but she told me that Shen Zhou had never broken a leg before."
"Obviously, the charred corpse was not Shen Zhou himself, but was forged by someone with a similar body type. The result was a hundred secrets. I never thought that the person they chose had a broken leg before, which revealed the flaw."
"So Shen Zhou is the person you are looking for to report the letter to the capital?" Pei Mianman was a little puzzled, "But why does he have to travel all the way to the capital to report the letter? Not to inform his superior Gong Pan or Madam Yu?"
"There are two possibilities. First, he couldn't contact these two people at all under the circumstances at the time. Second..." Zu An paused, looking rather complicated, "He can't trust these two people."