Is Master happy?

The night is darker and the moonlight is colder. Inside the main gate of Qinyang City, on the edge of the wall, there is a small place that hides from people's eyes. Xiya is carrying a small backpack, standing side by side with Yaozhou. If so, just wait quietly.

Not far away from the main entrance, there are patrol officers walking back and forth with lights on, and now the departure point has already passed, and now the city gate is tightly closed, and no one is allowed to go out without knowing the county handbook.

When Mo Rusheng brought the erratic Meng Yunfang to look for the two of them, he sneaked a few glances at the guard from the woods, and asked Yao Zhou in a low voice: "Now it's the time when the city is locked down, and the front gate is strictly guarded. Can't get out, Miss Yaozhou, don't you want us to wait here until tomorrow morning?"

It is late autumn now, she is wearing a thin official uniform, and she is shivering, the master and apprentice are protected by true energy, but they don't feel cold, and Meng Yunfang has only a soul left, and she can't feel the coldness of autumn, so she goes She was the only one standing next to the cold.

Yaozhou looked at her with a faint smile, shook his head slowly, but didn't explain anything.

Seeing her trembling, Xi Ya took out the rucksack, took out a thick velvet robe from it, handed it to her, and thoughtfully said: "Sister Mo, here you are, put it on quickly."

Mo Rusheng hurriedly took the robe and came over, thanked repeatedly, put the robe on his body, before he could recover, he heard Yao Zhou calmly say: "Let's go."

She didn't know how to leave, and was about to raise her head to ask, but suddenly there were layers of golden light rushing up around her, engulfing several people and leaving, everything around her flew by, and she vaguely saw the neighbors she usually visited The villages and towns, however, flashed away in the blink of an eye, and it was somewhat unrecognizable.

Not long after, the golden light paused suddenly, and the scene flying around her suddenly stopped. Before she could stand still, she leaned forward, almost half-kneeling, and was gently supported by Meng Yunfang.

The barren trees surrounding the walls of Qinyang City are no longer visible in front of my eyes, but a school of luxuriant grass. Not far away, there is a very trickling river, faintly glowing under the clear moonlight.

She stared straight at her eyes, opened her mouth, and almost couldn't help but screamed out, but Meng Yunfang covered her mouth and whispered in her ear: "Don't make any noise, there are people not far away."

Not far from the river was a very simple thatched hut, which fell on a small hillside and was blown rustling by the autumn wind. Apart from this thatched hut, there was no other house to be seen.

The four of them went towards the thatched hut, and when they got a closer look, there was no one there, only some dry firewood piled up, they thought it was used by someone's family to make a firewood house.

Going further up the slope, there will be a hole in the sky.

Beyond the thatched hut, there is a red-lacquered wooden arch not far away. Inside the arch is a very large village. The houses in the village are all made of loess walls, with straw as the roof, and a wooden fence to form a yard. It is late at night, It was pitch black as far as the eye could see, and someone's dog could be vaguely whimpered in his sleep.

There is a sign above the arch, with two characters written on it: Changkang.

It was only midnight when the four of them arrived here, and there was no one watching the night in the village, so no one saw them.

Yao Zhou calmed down, did some calculations, and took a few people to a wealthy family in the village. There were four loess houses, a cowshed and a chicken shed, and a big yellow dog was tied to the yard, sleeping on the ground. It's sweet.

Meng Yunfang's face was very calm, she looked at the scenery in the courtyard a little, then looked back at Yaozhou, and asked a little hesitantly: "This is it?"

Yaozhou turned his head back, his face was bright, with a faint smile, but he neither said yes nor no, he just said softly: "You hide your body first."

Meng Yunfang was silent, sighed softly after a long time, looked at the quiet and peaceful scene in the room with complicated expression, took a step back after a while, stood quietly behind Mo Rusheng, and slowly disappeared.

Only then did Yaozhou take a few steps forward, stood still beside the wooden door, and knocked on the threshold with his hand.

The dull knock on the door resounded all over the small courtyard. The big yellow dog woke up first. It kicked its four paws, rolled over on the ground, raised its head half-lying, and glanced at the three of them. Grinning his teeth, he barked at the door.

Yao Zhou glanced at it, and saw that it had a bad expression on its face, staring at her viciously, with its sharp fangs exposed, as if it was about to charge forward, she felt a little bit afraid, so she stepped back lightly behind Xi Ya, and patted her He said: "This dog is very vicious, Xi Ya, Master has not dealt with domestic animals very much, I will leave it to you."

Xi Ya looked back at her, thought she was afraid, so he patted her hand, said don't be afraid, and then went up to look.

The owner of the house only knew that the yellow dog was barking wildly, so he could yell loudly while he was half awake, but he didn't see the yellow dog stop for a long time, so he got up and went out to check for no reason, walked to the yellow dog, cursed and kicked lightly It kicked, and the yellow dog whimpered aggrievedly, trotted and squatted down by the fence, looking down at Yaozhou and the others.

Then the man saw someone standing outside. He was eight feet tall, wearing a white scarf, squinting at a few people, and cautiously did not dare to go forward. He only asked, "Who is it? In my yard." What are you doing standing at the door?"

Yaozhou pushed Mo Rusheng lightly, she was startled, stepped forward quickly, and shouted through the fence: "Brother, the three of us were going to the capital, but it was very late and we had nowhere to go. Would you like to stay at your house for one night?" She then took out some taels from her pocket and threw them at him, "We won't live in vain, I would like to pay some taels."

The man hesitated for a while, looked at them several times, and asked aloud, "Just the three of you?"

"That's right," Mo Rusheng nodded, his tone pretending to be pitiful, "It's so dark, it's very dangerous for the three of us to go outside, so I want to come here to find a place to live."

The man was still hesitant, there was a sound of clothes being rubbed in the room, and a soft female voice rang out, asking: "Sir, who is outside?"

The man hurriedly turned around and said, "It's nothing, it's just three borrowers, you can go to bed first."

This man is married?Mo Rusheng was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and subconsciously wanted to turn around to look at Meng Yunfang, but a cold hand first touched her finger and whispered in her ear: "Don't look around."

It was Meng Yunfang who spoke, her fingers were trembling slightly, but her voice was calm, Mo Rusheng paused in her heart, held her hand tightly, looked at the man with coldness in her eyes, and said calmly: "If No, we won’t bother you, we’ll go to another house and ask.”

Hearing this, the man hurriedly said not to leave, the wooden door came up in twos and twos, let a few people in, he smiled honestly, and said: "My house is small, only one side room is left, let the three feel wronged and squeeze together .”

Mo Rusheng took a silver grain and threw it to him, without saying anything else, the man took them to the side room, took out two quilts, put them on the bed, yawned after a few polite words, and went back to the room to rest.

Mo Rusheng was also a little sleepy. She was no different than the other three. She yawned after sitting in the room for a long time. Xi Ya persuaded her to go to bed and rest. After that, the three of them sat silently on the chairs beside the bed. Meng Yunfang appeared and looked down. Touching the gap between the blue bricks on the ground, he pursed his lips and remained silent.

Xiya looked at Yaozhou, then at her, pondered for a moment, then whispered, "Sister Mo, is this person Xue Pingdong?"

Meng Yunfang didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

"Then..." Seeing her sluggish expression, Xi Ya knew that she must feel bad, so he stammered, stretched out his hand and pulled Yao Zhou's sleeve, expecting her to say something, so that the atmosphere would not be so heavy.

Yaozhou sighed, rubbed her head lightly with his hands, and looked at Meng Yunfang, "Miss Meng, I have something to ask you, can you answer me honestly?"

Meng Yunfang raised her head, her expression was the same, she nodded seriously and said, "Please tell me, Xianjun."

"You and Xue Pingdong have been married for two years, but you haven't gotten pregnant. Is it because you don't want to have children for the time being, or... there are some difficulties." Yaozhou looked at her with a serious expression.

Meng Yunfang was stunned for a moment, bit her lip, and said, "It's me... I was born with a cold and weak body, so I haven't been pregnant for two years."

"That's it." Yaozhou nodded, and asked again: "The day Miss Mo was killed, was there any reason for the quarrel with Xue Pingdong's mother and son?"

The corners of Meng Yunfang's mouth curled up, revealing a wry smile, and said: "It should be, since the doctor said that I am physically weak and may not be able to conceive, there will be a few words at home day and night, and Xue Pingdong will say a few words for me in the first few months, and later , he just pretended he hadn’t heard it, and let Xue’s mother scold. I remember that day, when it was about to enter the Mid-Autumn Festival, I told Xue’s mother that I wanted to go back to my mother’s house, but she didn’t want to, so I argued with her and was rejected. She pushed and shoved a few times. I felt a little wronged in my heart that day, so I raised my hand to stop her, but after that, I felt pushed down hard, with severe pain in my head, no consciousness anymore, waiting to wake up again When I came, I saw my elder brother who had turned into Heiwuchang, and only then did I know that I had lost my life."

Xi Ya frowned, and asked with some doubts: "That is to say, Sister Meng, you failed to see who killed you?"

"Yeah." Meng Yunfang nodded, and sighed softly, "The three of us were at home that day, and I wondered how it could be someone else. Xue Pingdong's family has been farming for generations, and he is tall, strong and strong. Provoking him, not to mention breaking into Xue's house and killing people in front of him, not to mention...the ones who lied that I was drowned were their mother and son."

"That's right." Xi Ya nodded, and asked again: "Sister Meng's natal family doesn't make a living from farming, does it?"

"That's right, my father is the master of the academy, and he had me and my elder brother. Not long after I got married, my elder brother died of illness, leaving my father alone. Not long after I left, my father also passed away from grief and anger." Mo Rusheng raised his head, his beautiful eyes were already tear-filled, "This is what I hate the most. How can I be sorry for the Xue family? After I die, my father wants to take my bones and bury them in the Zongtang, but the Xue family mother and son He made things difficult for him in every possible way, and also said that my conduct was bad, and my father's Qi and blood were stagnant, and he passed away when he was not confused."

She was very sad, with tears in her eyes, Yao Zhou stepped forward, patted her body lightly, but didn't say anything, after a while, after she stopped sobbing, she said: "There is very good news, I I know how to investigate this matter, but this method requires us to make some mysteries, and it may take some time, are you willing?"