Volume 1 Battle in the Sand Garden Chapter 14 The Crime of Conceiving Bi
"What happened next?" Qin Chong was entranced and asked.
"Later, someone found a body in a river valley." The old ghost took a sip of his wine.
"Whose body?" Qin Zhong asked with a frown.
"Yes, the deployment department also wants to know." The old ghost whetted his appetite.
"Say it quickly, say it quickly." Qin Zhong was anxious.
It was a strange corpse, wearing Han Chinese clothes, but it was obviously not his. Because the corpse was tall and the clothes were obviously much smaller, and they did not fit him well. The man's body was covered with scars, old wounds and new ones.
The injuries were layer upon layer. However, after an autopsy, they said the man had died of freezing.
Liu Liang searched for several months and spent a lot of manpower and material resources, but he could not find out who this person was. No one in a hundred miles knew the deceased. But the iron kite had already retreated, the alarm was lifted, and no one cared about a strange deceased. It seemed that there were no traces.
They were all buried in the thick snow, and this public case became an unsolved case.
However, Liu Liang's months of investigation were not fruitless.
In a small village around Changwu Town, someone once saw the deceased. Because the deceased was tall and carrying a seven or eight-year-old girl, he broke into the village just to beg for a hot meal, so he had a deep memory. Along this road
Not counting the clues, Liu Liang never gave up and worked hard for several years.
Liu Liang even used secret spies lurking in Xixia to trace it from the source. He had always vaguely felt that there was a huge secret hidden in it, especially the rumors about the Archery Institute and the cross-border pursuit of Iron Yaozi, which convinced Liu Liang
, once this secret is unlocked, it will definitely be shocking.
The hard work paid off, Liu Liang finally found out that the deceased had followed a group of refugees from Lingzhou across the Hengshan Mountains and fled into the Song Dynasty. These refugees were all Han Chinese. They suffered from exploitation by the Party members and had no choice but to flee their homes and wanted to return to the Song Dynasty.
Praying for the survival of the family. Liu Liang found one of them and got important clues.
The deceased, whose surname was Li, was with a little girl. He was silent all the way and rarely spoke to anyone.
This man surnamed Li obviously didn't know how to take care of children. The little girl was sick and sallow, and suddenly one night she had a fever. These days, colds and fevers can kill people. What's more, on the way to escape, I wanted to find someone.
Even the doctor prescribed medicine was not available. The eight-foot-tall man wiped his tears anxiously, but there was nothing he could do.
Among the refugees, there was a couple from the Cui family, who seemed to know some medical skills, and came to help reduce the child's fever. One day and one night passed, the child's fever subsided, and the man surnamed Li was grateful.
Later, this group of refugees entered the Song Dynasty, separated, and went their own way to survive.
It was not until the spring of this year that Liu Liang finally found out about Shayuan Prison. This led to the incident of Liu Zihao kidnapping the Cui family and his wife and killing the Cui family son. Liu Liang suspected that the man surnamed Li had an intersection with the Cui family, but he did not know the surname Li.
What secrets did the man hide? Whether the Cui family and his wife knew about it is all speculation.
This must be the crime of holding a jade. Even if it is a guess, the Cui family did not escape the disaster of death.
A family that had nothing to do with the world was destroyed silently.
Liu Zihao used cruel methods and struggled for a long time, but he still couldn't get the result. In desperation, he had no choice but to kidnap the Cui family couple and Xiao Nizi and go back to report to his uncle. But he never expected that Qin Zhong would kill him in the middle, not only
He ruined a big deal, and even put him in jail.
Under the old ghost's lewd power, Liu Zihao spoke up about everything he knew.
"It turns out there is nothing there." Qin Chong was very disappointed. The so-called mysterious picture was just a guess.
"Maybe, maybe not." The old ghost said in a long tone, "God knows."
"Old ghost, I captured a few more people." Qin Zhong rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Cavalry."
"Cavalry? Where did the cavalry come from?" This time, it was the old ghost's turn to be surprised.
"Weizhou." Qin Zhong approached the old ghost and said mysteriously, "Are you always going to be interrogated again?"
"No." The old ghost put his hands behind his back, hummed a little tune, and walked away.
"A pheasant?" Qin Chong chased after the old ghost and began to seduce him with delicious food.
"No."
"Two?"
"No."
"Old ghost, don't go too far."
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When Qin Zhong returned home from the military camp, it was already midnight. The whole mansion was dark, and there was no sound. Qin Zhong did not call the door, but jumped up to the wall, and climbed over the wall with a little effort. He returned to himself quietly.
In the small courtyard of the house, he suddenly discovered that there was a person squatting in front of the door, sleeping soundly with his head in his arms.
Qin Zhong looked carefully and rolled his eyes. The person who was sleeping soundly was his personal servant. This guy had been missing for several days, but he ran back without knowing when.
"San Bao'er, San Bao'er." Qin Zhong called out twice, but San Bao'er didn't wake up. Seeing this, Qin Zhong hummed twice and curled his fingers, shining on San Bao'er's forehead, and there was a crisp
Brain boom.
"Ah, who is it? Who is it?" The three-year-old boy was in pain and jumped up in a daze.
"San Bao'er, did you sleep well?" Qin Chong teased San Bao'er in a weird way.
"Ah? Third young master, you are back." After seeing Qin Zhong clearly, San Bao'er burst into tears. He stretched out his hand and hugged Qin Zhong's arm. Qin Zhong threw it away with a look of disgust and walked towards the house.
The fire stick on the table was ignited with a wave, and the oil lamp was lit. A ball of orange light slowly spread out.
"Master, why did you come back?" San Bao'er laughed playfully and came closer.
If you ask who has spent the longest time with Qin Chong in this world? It is undoubtedly Sanbao'er. Sanbao'er was a wandering child. When he was four or five years old, he was picked up by Qin Chong's mother Jiang. After growing up for a few years, he gave birth to
Qin Zhong became his personal attendant. San Bao'er and Qin Zhong were similar in age, and they could be said to have been inseparable since childhood.
Sanbao'er was not originally called Sanbao'er, because he had a serious name. When Qin Chong was a child, he found that Sanbao'er was very afraid of hunger. He devoured his food and licked the bottom of the bowl clean. Sanbao'er had the biggest dream,
He had three full meals a day. Qin Chong laughed at him and gave him the nickname Sanbao'er.
After so many years, everyone calls him Sanbao'er, but no one remembers his original name.
"Tell me, where have you been these past few days?" Qin Zhong said with an angry expression on his face.
"You don't know?" San Bao'er said aggrievedly, "I was locked up in the woodshed, and the young master didn't save me."
"Ah? The firewood shed is closed?" Qin Zhong's momentum collapsed. He found out that he had wrongly blamed San Bao'er, and immediately became embarrassed. After waking up, Qin Zhong didn't calm down for a moment, and had long forgotten San Bao'er.
"Second Miss is still kind-hearted and rescued me." San Bao'er curled his lips at Qin Zhong.
"Okay, okay." Qin Zhong rubbed San Bao'er's head and said, "A grown man sheds tears easily. For those who don't know, I thought San Bao'er was a little lady."
"You're a little lady." San Bao'er muttered in a low voice and glanced at Qin Zhong. Of course, he didn't dare to let Qin Zhong hear this, otherwise this guy with dirty tricks might not know how he would deal with him.
However, after Qin Zhong made such a fuss, all the grievances in San Bao'er's heart had long since dissipated.
"Master, are your injuries okay?" San Bao'er thought of Qin Zhong's injuries. Qin Zhong was struck by lightning that day and fainted on the spot. San Bao'er found a cart and dragged Qin Zhong home. Qin Zhong was the one who found Qin Zhong.
San Bao'er was most aware of the injuries on Zhong's body. He was bloody and bloody, from his shoulders to his abdomen, and he was almost split open.
"It's much better." Qin Zhong stroked his chest gently, but it was still a little sore. It seemed that the wound was torn again during the battle today, and he had to bandage it again soon.
"Have you eaten yet?" Qin Chong suddenly remembered something and asked.
"No." San Bao'er hung his head. Aunt Liu was in charge, and his life was even worse than Qin Chong's.
"Let's go." Qin Zhong stood up, grabbed San Bao'er and walked out.
Sanbao'er smiled and immediately became energetic. He knew exactly what Qin Zhong was going to do. Growing up, the two of them had been running to the kitchen to steal food in the middle of the night, not just once or twice. The two were familiar with each other, and within a moment,
I quietly walked into the kitchen. What was strange was that the lights were still on in the kitchen so late.
The two of them tiptoed to the door and peeked inside. They saw a middle-aged woman sitting in front of the stove, in her thirties, with soft eyebrows, quietly looking at the fire in trance. She seemed to hear some movement.
, the woman glanced at the door and said with a smile, "You two little thieves, why don't you come in quickly?"
"Hey, Aunt Yun." Qin Zhong giggled, walked over in a few steps, squatted next to the woman, hugged her arm, and called Aunt Yun affectionately. "Aunt Yun is waiting for us to come.
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The girl's name is Ayun, and she was originally the dowry girl of Qin Zhong's mother. When Jiang was here, Ayun assisted the housekeeper, and everyone was polite to them. Five years ago, when Jiang died of illness, Aunt Liu took charge of the house, and how Ayun was treated
After a sudden fall, he was forced to work in the kitchen as a handyman. In just five years, Ayun seemed to have aged ten years.
"The rice is hot in the pot, I'll serve it to you." Ayun stood up and opened the basket.
"Is there any more chicken?" San Bao'er exclaimed happily, staring at the half chicken in the pot and swallowing his saliva. Ayun moved quickly and brought out the steaming dishes and placed them on the table. Qin Chong and the two were hungry.
Now, you are fighting for me, and you are having a great time eating. Ayun didn't say anything, just sat aside and watched with a smile.
As he watched, his eyes turned red, he quickly covered his mouth and turned his head to look away.
She thought of the late Jiang, the sister who was as gentle as water.
Thinking of Jiang's final entrustment, tears burst into Ayun's eyes, he stood up and walked out of the kitchen quickly.
"What's wrong?" San Bao'er asked Qin Zhong in a low voice.
Qin Zhong did not speak, and slowly shook his head, looking at the chicken legs in his hands, but he could no longer eat them. In Qin Zhong's memory, he saw Aunt Yun crying silently more than once. Even Qin Zhong could guess that Aunt Yun
The tears must be for him, because in Aunt Yun's eyes, he could see his mother's appearance.
It's just that the old Qin Chong was still immature and ignored Aunt Yun's feelings for him.
"Are you full? Go back to bed when you are full." Qin Zhong said dullly.
Qin Zhong stopped making any sound, grunted and finished eating the rice in the bowl, then stood up and left the kitchen. When San Bao'er saw Qin Zhong leaving, he quickly stood up and chased after him. After walking half way, he turned back and reached out to grab two
A steamed stuffed bun, he ate and ran after Qin Zhong. He took two steps and suddenly stopped.
Outside the kitchen, Aunt Yun stood under the tree with her back turned. Qin Zhong stood behind Aunt Yun, watching silently.
"There's something you need to know." Aunt Yun turned around and looked at Qin Zhong and said.
"Aunt Yun, please speak." Qin Zhong said respectfully.
"Tomorrow, Aunt Liu will make an engagement to the second young lady." Aunt Yun said.
"Engagement? What kind of engagement?" Qin Chongfa was confused.
"I heard that he is the second son of the Qiu family, a salt merchant. He is going to be engaged tomorrow and is hiding it from the second lady."
"Salt merchant Qiu family?" A strange and ugly face immediately popped up in Qin Chong's mind. That day, he met a member of the salt merchant Qiu family in front of the Xiaoqi camp. What was his name Qiu? He was with his eldest brother Qin Xiao.
They were familiar with each other. Qin Zhong couldn't remember that person's name for a while, but the face was unique, but he could still remember it fresh.
"Aunt Liu is going to sell the second lady." Aunt Yun said with anger.
"She dares." Qin Zhong felt a surge of anger and rushed straight to the top door.