Chapter 1019

Zu'an glanced at the child and stopped talking.

The woman understood and patted her son, "tiger, go to the backyard by yourself."

"Good luck!" The child wanted to test his new weapon for a long time. When he heard the speech, he ran back happily.

"Be careful not to be hurt by the sword." Zu'an reminded that the other party was still young after all. It would be bad if he was accidentally hurt by a sword.

"It's all right. He used to play with his father's sword secretly and was beaten several times." Hearing that he was really worried about his son, the woman's face suddenly eased a little, "why haven't I heard his father say that he has friends like you before?"

"Hello, sister-in-law. My name is Amman. Brother Shen saved me on a mission in the early years. Later, we went our separate ways because of different errands. When we came back to Yunzhong county this time, we wanted to catch up with him and thank him for saving lives in the past. Who knows, we heard the bad news about him." Zu'an sighed, and his tone was a little more sad.

Pei mianman glanced at him in surprise. This guy's acting skills are very good. This mood can be said to enter.

I was worried that he was cheated by women before. Now I want to thank God that women won't be cheated by him.

But think of each other calling themselves Amman, isn't it a combination of their names?

Thinking of this, a trace of sweetness could not help rising in her heart.

At this time, the woman's eyes suddenly turned red. It was obvious that she was reminded of the pain of losing her husband: "it's all because of the murderous smuggler..."

"I'm sorry, sister-in-law." Zu'an took one hundred liang of silver from the glazed beads, put it in a wooden box and handed it over, "this is my little intention. I hope my sister-in-law can accept it."

"No, it's too much..." the woman looked embarrassed. She quickly stood up and refused. She wiped her hands on the apron again and again. She didn't know where to put them.

One hundred liang of silver is nothing for the rich and noble, but it is a huge sum of money for the ordinary people.

"How can the saving grace be measured by money," zu'an said solemnly. "I just hate that I'm too late to save brother Shen. Now the only thing I can do is to help him take care of his family."

Seeing that the other party still didn't accept it, Pei mianman also smiled and said, "sister-in-law, if you don't consider yourself, you should also consider your children. Isn't it better for your children to have a more relaxed environment to grow up?"

Hearing her mention of her son, the woman accepted it. While appreciating them, she looked at Pei mianman and said, "this girl is so handsome. Is she your daughter-in-law?"

Zuan nodded and held Pei mianman's hand: "yes, she is my daughter-in-law."

When he introduced himself like this, Pei mianman's eyes were a little red. Because of her friendship with Chu Chuyan, in fact, she had always deliberately avoided the relationship between the two, but her mother died of depression because she had no name or division. Why wouldn't she care about it in her heart?

Now when she heard the other party say so, she suddenly felt that all her previous efforts were worth it.

"What a blessing. You two are right as soon as you see it." The woman sighed, "Shen Zhou has no such good luck..."

Saying this, she wiped her tears silently.

Pei mianman handed a handkerchief, but the woman didn't answer it. Worried that she would stain her snow-white handkerchief, she casually picked up her apron and wiped it around her eyes.

"Sister-in-law, do you know where brother Shen is looking for smugglers? I see if I have a chance to avenge him." Zuan took the opportunity to ask.

The woman shook her head: "he never told me about his work, and the investigation is very secret this time, and she won't tell me. You'll know what to investigate from the government... Brother an, don't get involved in this matter. Your brother Shen has already lost his life. If he implicates you, we can't feel at ease all our life."

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I have my own discretion and won't act rashly." Zu'an then asked, "by the way, has the pension silver given to you by the government been implemented after brother Shen's accident? If not, I'll urge you. I can't chill your brothers' hearts."

"It has been implemented. A few days after his father's accident, someone from the government came to the door. The leader was the former commander, as if his surname was gong or something..." the woman couldn't remember for a moment.

"Gong pan?"

"Yes, yes, that's him," the woman continued. "Lord Gong is a good official. After his father's accident, I just feel that the sky has collapsed. Fortunately, Lord Gong took his hands down to help take care of the aftermath, and our mother and I spent the most difficult days."

"The pension in the mansion was also given to us by Lord Gong. Later, I inquired about it. It was more than the normal pension silver. I think Lord Gong paid for it privately."

"I've been trying to find a chance to pay him back, but I can't leave now to take care of tiger son. Lord Gong is busy every day. I'm also worried about disturbing him. Brother an, why don't you help me bring the silver to Lord Gong."

Zu'an hurriedly refused: "sister-in-law, you're too outspoken. I think it's also the intention of Lord Gong for his colleague's robe. If you return it, how can he deal with it? You can take it at ease."

The woman's face was moved: "you are all good people. Although his father is not lucky, it's worth living with you."

After chatting with her for a while, zu'an suddenly inadvertently mentioned: "by the way, brother Shen mentioned that his leg was broken once in his early years. Later, although the wound healed, it would hurt in windy and rainy days. I specially found Duanyu ointment this time. I thought it could alleviate his pain. I didn't expect it to be useless, so I'll leave it to my sister-in-law."

As he spoke, he took out a bottle of ointment.

The woman looked stunned: "did Shen Zhou break his leg? Why didn't I remember?"

"Maybe he didn't tell his family because he was afraid of you." Zuan thought so.

With a puzzled look on her face, the woman was obviously recalling all the things she had been with her husband in the past.

Zu'an wanted to know if Shen Zhou had left any last words or things, but he thought it was too abrupt to ask, so he changed his mind and said, "by the way, sister-in-law, because brother Shen's case has not been solved, I want to see if there are any new clues to bring the murderer to justice, or avenge brother Shen."

"I wonder if he did anything unusual on the day when sister-in-law last saw brother Shen?"

Just now they had a chat. The other party gave money and gifts. The woman's doubts had been dispelled. Wen Yan replied, "it seems that there is nothing unusual."

When zu'an was disappointed, he suddenly heard the woman say, "I don't know if there is one thing."

"There may be a clue in any small matter." Zu'an was overjoyed and hurried to ask.

The woman fell into a memory: "his father didn't say anything to me that day, but he seemed to be worried and played with the tiger for a long time. You know, he never took the child on weekdays. He must have a hunch before he died."

Speaking later, she couldn't help wiping her tears.

The two comforted him for a while. Just as the tiger waved a short sword and "charged" in his mouth, zu'an took him and asked him what his father said to him that day.

"I can't remember clearly..." the tiger scratched his head and thought for a long time before saying, "it seems that he didn't say anything. He just played the war game with me."

Zuan asked for some details. Unfortunately, it's just the most common family game. There's no code language.

At this time, Pei mianman also said, "sister-in-law, can we have a look at brother Shen's room? There may be clues left by him."

She is very beautiful, and her peach eyes have a smile, which gives people an inexplicable affinity. During this period of time, she chatted with the woman. One sister-in-law is long and the other sister-in-law is short, which has already made the other party's heart talk.

"Of course." The woman couldn't help holding her hand and exclaimed, "the big sister is so handsome!"

Pei mianman was a little embarrassed and hurried to Shen Zhou's room with zu'an.

Unfortunately, they searched the room for half a day and found nothing valuable. They were all ordinary daily necessities.

"By the way, the government came once before and took away many of his work-related items. They said it was a routine and needed to be taken back for investigation." The woman said aside.

Zu'an thought it was no wonder there were so few things in the house. He asked, "does sister-in-law know the name of the official?"

"That's the Lord Gong." The woman replied.

"Oh?" Zu'an raised his eyebrows and thought deeply.

After chatting with the mother and son for a while, they got up and left. On the way back, Pei mianman finally couldn't help saying, "don't you check the families of the other two? Why did you come directly to Shen Zhou's house?"

"There's no need to go to the other two," Zuan explained, "I've analyzed that Cheng Ba before. The probability that he can be so seamless by faking is too small. In addition, Yu Li is also. I can prove that he has been drained of his skills by Taoist thick eyebrow. Moreover, although he has become a corpse, his face has changed greatly, as a family member, he can't recognize it, so there's no problem with their identity."

"On the contrary, this Shen Zhou was indeed burned to death, but because his face was destroyed, it was impossible to prove that he died. I noticed that there were some abnormalities in the leg bones of the charred corpse, and the wound had already healed, which was obviously an old wound. So I came here to ask her wife. As a result, she told me that Shen Zhou had not broken his leg before."

"Obviously, the charred corpse was not Shen Zhou himself, but someone forged it with someone similar to his body. As a result, it was very secret. Never thought that the front leg of the person they selected had been broken, which revealed the flaw."

"So Shen Zhou is the one you're looking for to report to the capital?" Pei mianman wondered, "but why should he report to the capital all the way and inform his boss Gong pan or Mrs. Yu?"

"There are two possibilities. First, he couldn't contact the two people at that time; second..." Zu settled down and looked quite complicated. "He couldn't trust the two people."

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