chivalrous cat and righteous mouse

I glanced at the inner courtyard, but found that there were no maids and servants there.

Loose mouth

When Zhan Zhao caught up with Bao Zheng and the others, it happened that they had just come out of the second deceased's house. Zhan Zhao landed on the ground quickly, and blurted out asking, "How is it?"

Bao Zheng fell silent, but Gongsun came over and answered, "This house is even more strange. I waited for a long time to knock on the door before someone answered. When I opened the door, it was an old woman. She said she was the cook of this house. Last night when she was cooking, she suddenly felt dizzy, and she fainted at some point. When she woke up, she suddenly heard someone calling the door, so she opened the door and said this to us. Where it is, she doesn't know."

Zhan Zhao frowned and listened, feeling very strange, "Suddenly fainted, isn't that because of the mist?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "Very likely." After a pause, he asked Zhan Zhao, "Where are you?"

Zhan Zhao sighed, "I didn't realize the little girl you mentioned, but was caught by Liu Bao. Not to mention, Liu Bao's skills are not bad. Zhan feels that this person has a lot of background and should not be underestimated."

At this time, Bao Zheng had heard everyone's words, and then he stood up and spoke, "This government thinks that today's matter needs to be discussed in a long-term manner. Mr. Gongsun, you and Zhan Huwei and Bai Shaoxia will go back with the government first. Dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long Zhao Hu, the four of you continue to investigate the remaining five families, and bring all those who have left messages from each family back to the county government."

The four captains responded yes, and they all turned around and left.Bao Zheng and the other three also turned to the other direction, heading towards the county government office.

***

After returning to the county government office and entering the study, Bao Zheng's face was a bit ugly, he was originally dark, but now he was gloomy and scary.Zhan Zhao glanced at Bao Zheng, hesitated for a long time before saying, "My lord, I only read the file that recorded the information of the deceased and found that these seven people all got rich overnight. There seems to be something wrong with it. I think, I will Could it be that they were greedy for money, murdered for money, and ended up like this?"

"Students have noticed what Zhanwei said. But even so, they will die when they die. Why are all the family members missing? I also heard Zhanwei said that the housekeeper of Zhaojiazhuang has martial arts, and Bai Shaoxia is in an unpopular courtyard. It's too weird to see several girls and servants." Gongsun frowned, thinking about this increasingly bizarre case, he felt unhappy.

"Is this just a simple case, or has it turned into a vendetta? Does this case have nothing to do with Huawu Villa and Yinlong Church?" Zhan Zhao lowered his head, muttering inwardly.

First there were seven dead people, then Yin Hua himself confessed, and later he heard the rumors about Tian Biao and the little beggar, and then, Yin Hua was innocent, Tian Biao was a fake, and the little beggar became his adopted son. The little beggar has a grievance, and he discovered the identity symbol of Huawu Villa by himself. Tian Biao admitted that he was from Huawu Villa. The mysterious man asked to exchange Xiaotian for the antidote. He is talking about the strange person who is in the secret passage of the giant Buddha, paralyzed in the lower body but very good at disguise, the mysterious disappearance of the family of the deceased, the housekeeper who knows martial arts, oh yes, and Yin Hua who is as good as Longyang, he also understands Wu, it seems that there is someone secretly holding the thread behind all these, on the one hand connecting them together, on the other hand hiding himself in the dark, hiding himself perfectly, who is it...

While thinking, Zhan Zhao unconsciously covered his front with his hands. Inside was the file of the arson case a year ago.He thought to himself, although the case is complicated, he will definitely find a lead.As long as this key is needed, the hidden things behind will slowly surface.The key, yes, he only needs to find this key point, and don't care about the others.He had to calm down and reorganize the case. As long as he could find a loophole, the problem would be solved.

He raised his head, glanced at Bai Yutang and Gongsun, and finally fixed his gaze on Bao Zheng's face, "My lord, I want to go back to my room to see Xiaotian." The expression on the face is firm and decisive.

Bao Zheng pondered for a moment, then nodded, "Alright, Guard Zhan can go now, if there is no need to come over at night. Young Xia Bai, you stay here for now, the government has something to tell you."

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao, and said yes.Zhan Zhao cupped his hands and stepped back.

***

Back in his own yard, Zhan Zhao waved his hand to dismiss the guards at the door. He walked lightly to the stone table, sat down, reached out and took out the file in his arms, unfolded it, and saw the writing on it:

In the second year of Huangyou, July, night, in the north of Yangwu, before midnight, Luojiazhuang, Guangyao Village was ablaze, filled with smoke, billowing black smoke, straight up to the sky.Someone reported that the fire broke out everywhere, and the reason is unknown.

The fire burned all night and finally died out. Eight out of ten people died, and no survivors were seen.

Zhan Zhao spread the dossier on the stone table, feeling a little sad in his heart, never thought that a fire would take eighteen innocent lives away, if it was a natural disaster, he could only feel sorry for those who passed away, but If this is really caused by human beings, then the person who set the fire is really hateful!No matter what, Zhan Zhao wanted to find the person who set the fire, so as to avenge those innocent people.He gripped the giant que tightly, his knuckles turned white due to too much force.

At this moment, the people in Zhan Zhao's room were suddenly pushed open a small gap, and a small round head poked out from inside. "Daddy is back!" Zhan Yitian, the owner of the little head melon, grinned happily when he saw Zhan Zhao's figure in the yard.

Zhan Zhao turned his head and saw the little boy standing at the door of the room smiling at him, the bitterness in his heart didn't feel like it had faded.He stood up from the stone bench, with a gentle smile on his face at this moment.He slowly paced towards Zhan Yitian, reached out and touched his head, "Is your body well? Why didn't you just lie on the bed and run out instead?"

Zhan Yitian wrinkled his nose, "The room is so stuffy, Xiaotian smelled Daddy, waited for a while but didn't come in, so I came out to see if Daddy didn't want to talk to Xiaotian."

Zhan Zhao tapped his head lightly with his fingers, "Daddy sees that you are really bored and talking nonsense!" He rested the back of his hand on Zhan Yitian's forehead, tested the temperature, "Well, the fever is gone It looks like it won't be repeated again, since you feel bored, you can talk with daddy in the yard, but you are weak and can't blow the wind for too long."

Zhan Yitian nodded beautifully, "Xiaotian listens to daddy."

Zhan Zhao bent down, wrapped his long arms around Zhan Yitian, and hugged Zhan Yitian in his arms. Zhan Yitian hugged Zhan Zhao's neck, feeling that his feet were empty, and his eyesight suddenly became much higher. Let out a few giggles.Zhan Zhao hugged Zhan Yitian and went back to the stone table, he put Xiaotian down, let him sit on the file on the table, and sat on the stool himself.

Zhan Yitian mischievously stretched out his little hand, grabbed Zhan Zhao's hair on the front of his front, and pulled it back and forth. Zhan Zhao felt a little painful from being pulled, and quickly stretched out two fingers to pull his hair from the little man's flesh in front of him. Take it back in your hand.He pinched Zhan Yitian's nose, and said to him, "Xiaotian, you haven't finished your grievances to Mr. Bao last time."

Zhan Yitian poked his chin and thought for a while, then nodded, "It seems so!"

Zhan Zhao leaned forward, "Can you continue to tell Dad?"

Zhan Yitian puffed his cheeks and pouted, "The bag is not here!"

Zhan Zhao pouted, "Daddy will tell your lord for you. Besides, daddy and lord are together, so it's okay to tell daddy!"

Zhan Yitian was still pouting his mouth, and after a while he finally figured it out and opened his mouth slowly.

Identity

Zhan Zhao was sitting in the courtyard with Zhan Yitian in his arms. Although it was not so cold in March, but Xiaotian's body was weak, Zhan Zhao, a father, naturally didn't dare to neglect, so he first ordered the girl to bring him some A pot of hot tea, and then he went back to the room and took out a cloak to wrap him up. After a series of preparations, Zhan Zhao could finally sit down and listen to the story.

"Where did you talk about last time?" Xiaotian knocked his head and looked at the sky, his big round eyes rolled around, and his mind quickly recalled the scene of talking with Mr. Bao and Dad in the room that day.

"Speaking of...a beggar was eavesdropping in the tavern." Zhan Zhao put Juque on the top of the stone table, dragged his chin with both hands, and hurriedly reminded Xiaotian when he saw Xiaotian asking a question.

Zhan Yitian nodded, as if he remembered.He tilted his head to sort out his thoughts, then opened his mouth lightly and continued.

He passed by a tavern while begging, and he saw the bright lights inside, the noise, and the sound of punching fists one after another, and wondered if someone just happened to be in a good mood and could give him some food and money.Thinking of this, he poked his head into the tavern in a good mood, just in time to see a group of people sitting around the corner of the tavern and whispering to each other.

Everyone said that the beggars in the city were the most well-informed people, because they could always hear some information that others could not hear when they were begging, and this beggar was the same.He originally wanted to go in to eavesdrop and gossip, but he never expected to be bumped into by a tavern clerk. The clerk was greeting the guests when he saw a beggar standing at the door and quickly threw a rag over his shoulder. , waving his hand to drive him out.The beggar shook the empty bowl in his hand and smiled at the waiter. The waiter threw the leftover half of a steamed bun from a customer on the side table to the door in disgust, and then went on with his work.

The beggar knelt down and picked up the steamed buns on the ground, patted them, and put them into his arms.He leaned against the wall of the door, looked in through the half-open door, and saw those people