Qingfeng Town is indeed not far from Mingyue Town, and it takes more than half an hour to get there by carriage.
The town in the morning was very lively, Ji Nanzheng walked in front, Rong Leng and Liu Wei walked in the middle, followed by Wei Chou, Li Yuer and Xiao Li.
Wei Chou held candied haws in his left hand and shortbread in his right. Both of these things belonged to Li Yuer, but that stinky girl was always using a hammer here and there.
West lost, Wei Chou had no choice but to hold it for her.
Xiao Li is the most obedient, honestly leading Li Yuer, and when Li Yuer runs away, she will be responsible for bringing her back when she is running around.
Ji Nanzheng didn't say anything at first, and followed his memory patiently, leading a large group of people to the door of Mayor Liu's house.
But after walking for a while, he couldn't bear it anymore when he heard the laughter behind him. He turned his head and asked his grandson-in-law with a straight face: "What are you doing here?"
Rong Leng was discussing what to have for lunch with Liu Wei, he was stunned for a moment, and said as it should be: "When you are away from home, this junior should take care of you."
Ji Nanzheng felt sudden pain in his temple, and he pointed to the two children behind him: "What about them?"
Xiao Li's face was wrinkled, and he asked pitifully, "Grandpa doesn't like Xiao Li?"
Ji Nanzheng quickly soothed his face, and whispered softly: "No, no, of course my great-grandfather likes Xiao Li the most."
Xiao Li happily ran over and plunged his head into his grandfather's arms. Li Yu'er followed suit and ran over with a smile, hugging the old man's arm.
Ji Nanzheng couldn't help it, the two kids couldn't talk about it, so he could only turn his eyes to the only one in the field who seemed to be bullied: "What is he doing?"
Wei Yu was called out suddenly, and his heart was even more angry than Ji Nanzheng. He snorted unhappily, and pointed at Liu Wei: "You ask her!"
Liu Wei said with a smile on her face: "Yun wants me to help her see if there are any delicious and interesting specialties in Qingfeng Town, so I can bring some back.
Call someone. "
In short, coolie.
Ji Nanzheng was so annoyed when he heard it: "Are you here to investigate the case? Or are you here for an outing?"
Liu Wei went over and patted the old man on the back comfortingly, and said: "Investigate the case, of course it is the case. Has the mayor Liu's house arrived? Is it in front? I'll ask." Saying that, he fled
I also went to the nearest fruit stand to ask for directions.
Ji Nanzheng looked at the group of juniors in the back, and saw that one was an eyesore, and was about to attack Rong Leng again, when Liu Wei shouted: "We're here, it's the one in the alley."
Mayor Liu is no longer the mayor. According to the owner of the fruit stall, the mayor of Qingfeng Town is not hereditary, but elected by the townspeople every fifteen years.
It was the day when Liu Guang, the previous mayor, took office. After the re-election by the townspeople, the new mayor was surnamed Zhang, who was a well-known wealthy family in the town.
When his son was seriously ill again, in order to treat his illness, he had to sell the ancestral house, and the whole family moved to live in a hut in the deep alley.
When Ji Nanzheng and his group walked into the alley, they found that there were three families in the alley, and the door of the innermost one was open, and a woman's yelling and cursing could be faintly heard from inside.
Listen carefully, and you can hear that it is a woman who is insulting her husband for being worthless and unable to make money.
Ji Nanzheng hesitated, wondering if he should knock on the door now.
Just at that moment, the door on the left suddenly opened, and a woman came out with a vegetable basket. Seeing so many people standing at the entrance of the alley, she froze for a moment and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Liu Wei replied: "Liu Guang."
The woman pointed at her hand: "That's the one, but his daughter-in-law is messing around right now, I advise you if there is nothing serious, you'd better not get into trouble, that bitch doesn't care who you are, scold you!"
Crazy head, bite everyone, like a dog. "
Liu Wei took advantage of the situation and asked, "Are you familiar with the Liu family?"
The woman snorted: "Liu Guang is my younger brother." Then she stared at the three of them: "Are you from out of town? What can I do with him?"
Liu Wei took out an ingot of broken silver from her sleeve and stuffed it into the woman's hand: "I have something to look for him, but since he is busy now, I don't know if Elder Sister has time to talk?"
The woman weighed the money and was a little surprised: "Liu Guang has such a rich friend, come in."
Several people followed into the room, exchanged some pleasantries first, then Liu Wei found an insertion point and changed the topic to what happened to Liu Xiniang five years ago.
Sister Liu has a bright personality, probably because the scandals of the Liu family have been known to the public for a long time, she didn't shy away from it, and said directly: "Liu Guang, this person has been making him the current mother-in-law all his life.
My mother was ruined. There are five siblings in our Liu family. When we were young, there was a famine and three died. Now it is only me and him. When I got married in the early years, he was not the mayor of the town, but
I prepared a dowry of thirty taels of silver for me with all my heart and soul. I remember his kindness, so now that he has done this, I am willing to vacate my yard and give it to their family.
No, but I recognize him as a younger brother, but it doesn't mean I recognize that poisonous woman as a younger brother and sister. Xi Niang is such a good girl. Although she is a girl, she has been filial since she was a child, and she is good to her mother who died early.
No matter the heartless father, they are all heartless, even good to my aunt, but just because of that poisonous woman's words, such a good girl is gone, she is dead. "
Liu Wei leaned forward and asked: "It is said that it is for offering sacrifices to heaven..."
"What kind of sacrifice, at the feet of the emperor, that poisonous woman dared not sacrifice a living person even though she had ten guts. My younger brother also did the same. No matter how confused he was, he would never agree to sacrifice his daughter."
Take it and drown it. "
Liu Wei glanced at his grandfather.
Ji Nanzheng immediately asked: "But not everyone said back then..."
"That's how the rumors spread! You say once, and if it spreads to the last person, it will be 10,000 yuan! Who do you turn to for reasoning?" Sister Liu waved her big hand and poured herself a big glass
Shui then continued: "At that time, Xi Niang was very happy when she was selected as the dancer in the palace. The poisonous woman didn't like Xi Niang before, but you know that time, she even put her
The distant cousin called and asked Xi Niang if she could give up the dancer's place to her cousin, my dear, why doesn't she let the emperor give her the throne? but dare to say anything
Open up, it just so happens that my stupid younger brother is also a fool. He didn't know what kind of soup was poured into him by that poisonous woman, but he also ran to persuade Xi Niang, and made Xi Niang so angry that he had a big fight with them that night.
Afterwards, she ran out of the house, and she didn't know where she went. When people found out, she had fallen into the lotus pond and died in the water. Do you think this is a crime? "
I really didn't expect the truth to be like this. In this way, Liu Xiniang was not killed by someone, but she accidentally slipped into the lotus pond and drowned
Liu Wei asked Eldest Sister Liu again: "But why do people say that Xi Niang was sacrificed to death by her own father?"
"That is, a few days before that incident, there was a prayer in the town because of the drought, because the blessing dojo was run by Liu Guangdu, and for some reason, someone connected these two things together.
Nonsense, nonsense. "
Ji Nanzheng refused to let go: "Then after the death of those girls, different injuries appeared on both legs. This is because..."
Before the words fell, there was a loud noise outside the door.
Several people in the room were stunned, and Sister Liu hurriedly walked out the door, cursing and cursing as she walked: "What did that poisonous woman smash again? What a prodigal bastard!"
But when they walked outside the door, they found that the voice was not from Liu Guang's house, but from the street outside the alley.
Liu Wei and the others also followed out curiously, but they saw Li Yuer standing in the middle of the street with an innocent face, looking around in fear, her little face wrinkled into a ball, and she was about to panic at any time.
Like crying.
"Sister Yu'er." Xiao Li hurried out.
Seeing Xiao Li, Li Yu'er hurriedly ran towards Xiao Li, and hid behind Xiao Li in fear.
Someone on the street said: "Just now, for some reason, this girl ran to push the girl in floral dress in front of her, and pushed her onto the stone steps, her head was broken.
Still bleeding. "
Only then did Liu Wei and the others see that on the other side surrounded by the crowd, there was a slender woman sitting on the stone steps, holding her forehead with a handkerchief, and the handkerchief was full of blood.
Xiao Li held Li Yu'er's hand, tilted his head and asked her: "Sister Yu'er, why did you run out alone? Why are you pushing him?"
Li Yu'er's eyes were red, she was terrified of being pointed at by so many people, now Xiao Li said to her again, she didn't know how to explain, she could only point to the sky, and point to the stone steps
The girl, said: "Stones... Throw stones..."
Liu Wei went out and took Li Yu'er's hand. Li Yu'er hid behind Liu Wei with tears in her eyes, pulled her clothes and continued to point to the sky: "Stone... stone..."
Liu Wei asked: "You saw someone throwing stones down on that girl, so you pushed her away, didn't you?"
Li Yu'er nodded vigorously, extremely anxious.
Liu Wei patted her hand, pulled her and said: "Maybe there are naughty children upstairs, but you pushed too hard, you hurt someone, you should apologize, let's apologize in the past
not good? "
Li Yu'er lowered her head, nodding dejectedly and pitifully.
Liu Wei led her past, the crowd consciously moved out of the way, Liu Wei bent down, and said to the woman whose forehead was still bleeding profusely: "Girl, I'm really sorry, my sister didn't have a reason.
I'm sorry, your wound is still bleeding, if you don't go to the hospital to bandage it first, we will be responsible for the medical expenses. "
The woman who was still covering her forehead lowered her eyebrows, waved her hands indifferently, and said in a soft voice: "Your sister didn't do it on purpose, I have a small injury, it's not a problem." As she spoke, she
He raised his head, revealing a beautiful face.
How can I describe this face? It's not too beautiful, but it's soft and beautiful. At first glance, it gives people a feeling of closeness, gentleness and easy access.
Liu Wei looked at her face, and gradually stood up straighter, the apology on her face disappeared and turned serious.
The woman also saw her, but her expression was natural and kind. She stood up, nodded slightly to Liu Wei, covered her forehead, and was about to leave.
Liu Wei narrowed her eyes and immediately grabbed her arm!
The woman was taken aback for a moment, then looked back at Liu Wei in confusion, and asked, "Is there anything else you want, Master?"
Liu Wei pursed her lips, and looked back at Rong Leng.
Rong Leng was also looking this way, he walked over slowly, walked to Liu Wei, looked at the woman with the same gaze, he spoke before Liu Wei, he asked: "Liu Yue?"