Tianci rode a horse-drawn carriage and galloped all the way, arriving at his hometown of Qingmu Village in less than half a day.

After getting off the carriage at the end of the village, Tianci carried large and small bags of things and walked happily toward his home along the mountain road.

After a while, I arrived at the land cultivated by my family. I saw that the land was overgrown with weeds and thorns. It seemed that it had been deserted for a long time. An ominous premonition hit Tianci's heart, and he quickened his pace and ran towards his home.

go.

When he came to the familiar flat dam, he saw that there was no home there. In front of him was a ruined wall, buried among a pile of soil and stones. The crooked jujube tree in front of the house had also been smashed in half.

No sign of life at all.

Tianci became anxious now, shouting for his parents at the top of his lungs, while running around and searching.

The surrounding scene was similar to when he left home, but he found a newly built tomb on a slope not far from his home. The tomb was very luxuriously built, with three floors, each with nine steps, and white marble guardrails.

The door of the tomb on the top is two feet high, and there are two stone lions standing guard next to it. However, the entire tomb has no words or tablets, and it is a living tomb.

This makes Tianci a little strange. The tombs of the ancestors of Qingmu Village are all erected on the northern slope of this mountain. It is a Feng Shui place facing south and north, surrounded by mountains and rivers. Why is this tomb standing alone on the western slope?

After searching for a long time, there was no trace of his parents. Tianci sat on the ground in despair and started crying.

After crying for a long time, Tianci stood up from the ground, wiped his tears, patted the soil on his body, and walked down the mountain.

After coming down the mountain, he came to the door of a house at the east end of the village, stood for a moment, and went up to knock on the door.

Someone answered the door, and a sister-in-law opened the door and came out. Seeing the person coming, she asked, "Little brother, what's the matter?"

"Sorry to bother you." Tianci asked, "Excuse me, um, Chu Muyang, is Miss Chu at home?"

"Oh, you are looking for the Chu family. They have sold this house long ago and moved to the county town."

"He moved away about three years ago. If you want to find his home, you have to go to the county town." The sister-in-law added.

Seeing that the elder sister-in-law was about to close the door and thank the guests, Tianci hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Excuse me, elder sister, do you know the Zhang family on the hillside outside the village entrance? Where did they move to?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know. When we moved here, we didn't see anyone on the hillside outside this village."

After thanking his sister-in-law, Tianci had to turn around and leave. As he walked, he thought that it seemed that his parents had not been here for a long time. If he wanted to find out where they were, he would probably have to find Chu Muyang. Thinking of this, he immediately headed towards the county seat.

Go.

When they rushed back to Tongyuan County, it was already midnight. Tianci went straight to Yueyang Inn, woke up Zhao Jian from his sleep, and told him the whole story one by one.

While comforting Tianci, Zhao Jian promised to help him find out about Miss Chu's family, saying that as long as it was about Tongyuan County, there was nothing he couldn't find out. She asked Tianci to just rest assured and go to help him implement the matter early tomorrow morning.

Tianci naturally had no sleep all night, so early the next morning, he and Zhao Jian went out to inquire about it separately, and made an appointment to meet back at the store at noon.

When Tianci returned to the store, he found that Zhao Jian had already been waiting for him. When he saw him coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I heard that Miss Chu's father, Chu Weixian, is now the official to pay homage to Captain Chong, and is in charge of the county."

His official residence is on Dongyang Main Street not far from here. I will accompany you to visit his eldest lady Chu Muyang in the afternoon, how about that?"

Tianci was very happy when he heard the news. He had lunch with Zhao Jian, went back to the room to freshen up, and changed into a clean gown. Then he and Zhao Jian left the inn and went straight to Chu's house.

The two came to the door of the Chu family's house, informed the servants of their names, and said they were asking Miss Chu's family to come out for a while. The servants said that Miss Chu and his wife had gone out together before noon, and if anything happened, please come back later.

The two of them were standing at the door, not knowing whether to go or stay, when they suddenly heard a female voice from behind, shouting: "Wolf boy! Is it a wolf boy?".

Tianci turned around and saw a graceful girl, wearing a pleated skirt with scattered flowers and green grass, and a thin veil of light green water, walking quickly towards them. Behind her, there was a little girl who looked like a maid supporting a dignified appearance.

middle-aged woman followed behind.

When the woman came closer, Goddess saw that this woman had a face like lotus, skin like gelatin, a mouthful of elixir, a sweet smile, her green hair combed into a gorgeous bun, and a bit of naughtiness hidden in her beautiful and graceful appearance. She didn't dare to look at her.

Admit it, it’s true that women have changed a lot. This is not the same Mu Yang that she was back then.

Mu Yang came forward and took Tianci's hand and said, "What? I don't know you anymore, wolf boy."

As he spoke, the bright smile on his face suddenly turned into sadness, with tears in Jing's eyes, looking like pear blossoms with rain, which made people feel pitiful.

Tianci was about to explain when he heard Mu Yang say: "Where have you been all these years? What happened to your family and you can't tell me about it? It's really frustrating."

Tianci was shocked when he heard this, and was about to ask, but saw Mrs. Chu stepping forward and saying, "Is this the wolf boy from back then? Now he has become such a handsome young man."

After Tianci came to pay homage to his wife, the two of them were invited to the mansion to talk. Only then did Mu Yang tell Tianci the whole story of the Zhang family's misfortune.

It turned out that after Zhang's father received the letter from the wolf boy, he and his mother felt a little relieved, no longer worried, and still lived a life in the mountains and countryside of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

One day, Chen Youcai, the housekeeper of the rich man Wang's family in the village, came to the firewood house of the Zhang family on the slope and told old man Zhang that the old man of the Wang family wanted to build a temple. He asked a Feng Shui master to look at it and said that it was calculated based on the old man's birth date.

The old man's birth shrine must be built on the slope above the Zhang family on the west slope. The land where the Zhang family is located just blocks the feng shui of the birth shrine, so the Zhang family must move away and find another place to live.

Old man Zhang doesn't want to do it. Firstly, he has lived here for many years and has become accustomed to it. Secondly, he originally relied on the reclaimed wasteland and hunting and gathering herbs in the mountains to make a living. How to make a living is a problem when he moves to another place.

, if they go to a foreign country, how will the wolf boy find them when he comes back in the future. Without thinking about it, he declined Chen Youcai's proposal and the silver he brought.

Later, after repeated attempts to reach an agreement, Mr. Wang ignored it and hired craftsmen to start building the tomb.

After the groundbreaking, one thing was that the mountain was loosened, and the other was that a lot of stones were deliberately piled on the hillside, making the slope overwhelmed. One morning after a rain, the mountain suddenly slid, and the mud, sand and stones fell down, just in time to hit the Zhang family.

The firewood house was destroyed and buried. Poor Mrs. Qin was tortured and buried at home.

Old man Zhang went to the mountains early in the morning to collect herbs. When he came back and heard the bad news, he naturally went to the Wang family to argue, but he was beaten all over his body.

With the help of his neighbors, Old Man Zhang exhumed Sister-in-law Qin's body and buried it, then went to the county government to sue Mr. Wang for seizing the house and taking human life.

The eldest son of the Wang family is the son-in-law of Pan Tianshou, the defense envoy assigned by the imperial court to suppress the rebellion in Tongyuan County. Pan Tianshou is an arrogant person in Tongyuan, a man who dominates the world with one hand. It is impossible to accuse him of that. The Wang family said that Old Man Zhang

Build private houses, reclaim land privately, and evade official taxes.

Old man Zhang had no choice but to return home, find the property title deed from the ruins, and submit it to the county magistrate for review.

This is outrageous. After verification, it was found that all the property deeds were forged. Forgery of official documents should be punished by death. Fortunately, Mu Yang heard about this and asked his father to mediate, so he was only sentenced to imprisonment and is still detained in the county.

In prison.

After hearing these words, Tianci's clothes were stained with tears, and he was in great pain. He just suppressed his grief and anger, but when they saw that the bricks under his feet had already broken into pieces, everyone was shocked.


Chapter completed!