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Madam Li was just a bit slow and not stupid, upon hearing Lu Jinfeng's words, he immediately turned pale.

"Then what should we do?"

If things were really that bad, would it be useful to just burn the cowhide?

"As for the possibility that Lu Daquan's family might meet with a calamity, we have to start off with no one knowing." Lu Jinfeng's gaze swept past Chen Mu Mu Mu, and landed on Madam Li's body, "Mother, you must definitely keep this a secret."

He suppressed his tone and said word by word, "No forewarning. Nor is there such an arrogant guy."

"But we do know, after all." Madam Li was still worried, "Paper cannot hold a fire, it's useless for us to hide it."

Furthermore, it would be hard to live up to his conscience.

"No one can convict us without evidence." Lu Jinfeng remained silent for a while, then said to the Madam Li, "Mother, once you met with Father's matter, you panicked your hands and feet, but you should know that the cow might not have been left behind by my father."

"It wasn't your father?" Madam Li's face was filled with disbelief, "What I recognize, the words written on it, is indeed yours father's."

"My father is just a High Scholar, how could he know so many things?" Lu Jinfeng scoffed, "A hundred thousand gold taels for two boxes of jewelry, there must be some big secret behind it. My father is just a High Scholar in the countryside, how could his friends be so capable!"

Pausing for a moment, Lu Jinfeng smirked, "Furthermore, Mother, do you remember how long father has been dead? This cowhide is not like those years, the ink still smells good. "

"That Mo." Chen Mu Mu Mu also added, "It's very expensive. I once went to the village and asked for five silver taels for one. Considering our family background, we definitely won't be able to afford one."

Hearing Lu Jinfeng and Chen Mu Mu's words, the Madam Li was also stunned.

Even his family couldn't afford to buy five silver taels of ink.

Even when Lu Dayi was still alive, as a High Scholar, their family's life was not bad compared to the village people. However, a year's worth of income was only around two taels of silver. No matter how much Lu Dayi loved calligraphy, he would not buy such expensive ink.

He didn't have the money to buy it.

"So Mother, you don't have to feel guilty. This is just a trap, maybe we're all in someone else's trap." Lu Jinfeng said, "It is even possible that your guilt is also part of his plans."

"Mother, you have to be calm, or else those people will take advantage of us." Chen Mu Mu added.

"I see." Madam Li nodded his head, a look of determination flashing past his eyes, "No wonder, I said that I had already sewed that suit of clothes for righteousness before, how can I not see that cowardly thing? "So it was actually a trap. I almost jumped in."

The Madam Li still had some lingering fear in his heart: "If I really treat this piece of leather as a righteous relic, when I investigate it again, I will definitely reveal it. It will even make us speechless, what a vicious scheme."

Chen Mu and Lu Jinfeng looked at each other, shock in each other's eyes.

In fact, half of what they said was really half true. It was just to trick the Madam Li and make her put it down.

There was indeed something wrong with the era of the cowhide, but the difference wasn't too great. The ink and ink had been made up by Chen Mu Mu Mu.

He did not expect that after hearing what the Madam Li said, there was indeed a problem with the cow.

It was someone purposely placed on top of Lu Dayi's old clothes at the back, allowing the Madam Li to discover it.

Otherwise, since Lu Dayi was so concerned about his wife and child and knew that there was such a huge hidden danger, why did he not find a chance to tell Madam Li and Lu Jinfeng about it, and instead write it on the skin of a cow, making it only discovered by the Madam Li many years later?

Moreover, as soon as they were discovered, the gold was dug out.

And how did the Madam Niu know that there was something under that old house, and who told her that?

The doubt in his heart immediately became like a prairie fire, unstoppable.

Chen Mu Mu smiled bitterly, "I just wanted to live a few good days in peace. Who would have thought that I would never be able to live a peaceful life?"

Who said that in the countryside, life in the countryside was the calmest and most stable? If he were to jump out, she would guarantee that she wouldn't beat him up!

After she had transmigrated to this world, she didn't even look at the life she was leading as she trembled in fear like a roller coaster.

"There will be a peaceful day in the future." Lu Jinfeng felt a little guilty, "Perhaps it was because of me, it will be alright after I endure this period of time."

After they had endured through this period of time, when Madam Li's legs and legs were fully recovered and Chen Mu Mu's injuries were healed, they got up and went to the capital to investigate the story behind them. Once the truth was revealed and all the hidden problems were resolved, life would naturally be better.

"I believe you." Chen Mu Mu smiled as he consoled him, "Because I will also drag him out."

The two looked at each other and smiled. Their hearts inexplicably calmed down.

So what if the enemy was strong? When the two of them joined forces, they didn't believe that person wouldn't jump out!

When the Madam Li heard the two of them, he was confused. "What are you two talking about?"

"Just kidding." Lu Jinfeng did not explain and continued with his words.

Madam Li's eyes flashed, his lips moved, but he did not say anything.

Just then, Chen Ergou's voice came out from outside, "What are you doing? Why did you barge into our house?"

"Out of the way, under the orders of the Prefect, do not be rude!" The voice of the person outside was loud and familiar.

"It's a constable." Chen Mu Mu Mu reacted very quickly, "They're really quick."

"I'll go greet them." Lu Jinfeng said as he walked out.

Just Chen Ergou's frail body was naturally unable to stop the officials, furthermore the officers all carried orders, so Chen Ergou did not dare to forcefully stop them. Amidst the awkward entanglement, Lu Jinfeng came over.

"Xiao Feng, these officials said they want to search our house, and they even want to interrogate us." Chen Ergou's expression was a little wronged, "The villagers all say that our family is not on good terms with Lu Daquan's family, and now that Lu Daquan's family is facing a murder case, it might be related to us, so we have to search our family."

"Then search." On the other hand, Lu Jinfeng was calm, "Clear people take care of themselves, upright people are not afraid of slanting shadows."

"You are quite bold." Constable Wang praised, with a wave of his hand, a few officers behind him entered the door and started searching the rooms one by one.

"Xiao Feng." Chen Ergou grabbed Lu Jinfeng's arm worriedly, "They wouldn't take the opportunity to put something in our courtyard right?"

Last night, when the bandits were scared senseless and the Madam Li was knocked unconscious, when Chen Mu Mu Mu was injured, the two of them took care of one person each, so how could they have the time to inspect each courtyard? If someone framed them and let the officials search for some random things, wouldn't they be doomed?

Compared to Chen Ergou's worry, Lu Jinfeng was much more composed. "It's okay, it's not like these officials were the ones who killed people, why would they want to frame us?"

Constable Wang, who was standing at the side, twitched his mouth and said: "The two of you are whispering to each other, can you avoid me for a moment?"

He was also a government official. If someone were to speak like this in front of him, wouldn't they be the ones to frame them if they were to search for something?

This was too presumptuous!

"No need to evade." Lu Jinfeng said, "Brother and I are honest, and speaking ill of others behind his back is not something a gentleman should do."

The one who spoke ill of others was not a gentleman, but a man who spoke ill of others.

Constable Wang suddenly had the urge to pull out his blade and beat the two of them up.

"Rest assured, as a matter of fact, I will not frame you."

scoffed, and shrugged: "You sound relaxed on the surface, but who knows what your goal is. Even if you didn't want to harm us, your people might not all be innocent."

Constable Wang was a little speechless. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes, looked away, and asked: "Where are Chen Mu Mu and your mother?"

"In the house." Lu Jinfeng looked at Constable Wang in shock, "Do you still remember Chen Mu Mu?"

"Who doesn't know the famous boss of the Chen family's workshop?" Last time he'd been on her case. "How is she now?"

When the officials came to their door, the two of them did not even show their faces. Could something have happened?

Lu Jinfeng had sharp eyes, seeing the concern in the Constable Wang's eyes, a light flashed past his eyes, and he said stonily: "I'm sick, and I'm lying on the bed."

"Bring me there to take a look." Constable Wang immediately said when he heard him.

Lu Jinfeng felt unwell in his heart, but he replied her with a deeper meaning: "Seems like you have some sort of relationship with my Mu."

He purposely emphasized the words "our home", so it was impossible for Constable Wang to not hear it.

He only nodded slightly and ignored her, only saying: "Last time, I was the one who brought her back to the Linzhou City. We chatted for a while, so she can be considered to be familiar with me."

So it was like this?

Chen Mu was even more pleasing to the eyes of others than he had imagined.

No matter how uncomfortable they felt, Lu Jinfeng and Chen Ergou still brought them to the guest room in the backyard.

When the Constable Wang entered, he saw the Madam Li leaning on a walking stick and Chen Mu Mu Mu lying on the bed. Both of their faces were sickly pale, and they were a little surprised: "It's been a few days since we last saw each other, what's going on with you two?"

"When I was in prison, my mother's legs were maliciously broken. However, she has been resting for over a month. Now, she can just barely walk around." Chen Mu Mu Mu said.

It wasn't that she wanted to confess, but as an official, as long as he deliberately asked, he would be able to find out.

Deceiving officials and hiding the truth was of no benefit to them.

Hearing this, Constable Wang's eyes flashed.

During the time that Chen Mu Mu was imprisoned, the authorities had been paying attention to everything that had happened in the Apricot Rain Village. Naturally, he knew the reason behind Madam Li's injuries.

"What about your injury?"

Chen Mu Mu Mu raised his eyes in astonishment. "Brother Wang has good eyesight. With a glance, you can tell that I'm injured, not sick."

"After all, I've been a government official for more than ten years." Constable Wang's eyes revealed a hint of concern, "How did you get injured, how is it now?"

Chen Mu Mu hesitated slightly and said, "Last night, there were three thieves that had climbed over the wall. I fought with them and had a broken rib. I suffered some internal injuries and had to lie down for about seven to eight days."

Although he hesitated a little, he still decided to tell them the truth.