This topic discussed by the neighbors made Qin Shaoyou feel surprised and a little stunned.
He wanted to know what was going on, but couldn't go forward to ask, so he used [Debate] to find out the details of the incident through discussions among these people.
But although all these neighbors spoke with certainty, Qin Shaoyou knew as soon as he heard it that they actually didn't know much about this matter.
Most of them just heard some gossip elsewhere, and then used it to add jealousy and brag to others. What they said was inconsistent and full of errors and omissions, which made Qin Shaoyou shake his head.
"After I bring Fifth Sister and the others back, I will find an opportunity to go back to the Demon Suppression Division and ask Zhu Xiucai to find out what is going on..."
Qin Shaoyou stopped listening to the discussions among his neighbors and secretly made plans in his heart.
The group walked through the streets and alleys and soon returned to Qin's house.
Mrs. Qin Li was washing clothes in the yard. Qin Shaoyou came in and shouted: "Mom, look, who is here."
Hearing Qin Shaoyou's voice, Qin Li raised her head and said, "Xiaoqi is back? Did your trip to Jincheng go well..."
Before she finished speaking, she saw An Qin who was following Qin Shaoyou.
After being stunned for a while, Qin Li quickly stood up and said in a trembling voice, not caring about washing her clothes, "Is it... is it the fifth girl?"
"Mom, it's me." Mrs. An Qin responded, took a few steps forward, and hugged Mrs. Qin Li.
When they separated, both mother and daughter were already in tears.
Mrs. Qin Li touched Mrs. An Qin's head, called her "good daughter", and asked: "Where have you been in the past few years? Why are there no traces or news of you all of a sudden?"
At this time, Mrs. An Qin no longer looked like a mother or a wife, she was just like a little girl.
She hugged Qin Li's arm coquettishly and replied: "I followed Mutong to the capital. When I left, we had someone send a letter to you and your father, but the letter failed to be delivered..."
At this time, Qin Shaoyou helped several fifth sisters. He brought the gifts prepared by the fifth brother-in-law into the house, and added with a smile: "Mom, the fifth brother-in-law has been admitted to the Jinshi examination and will soon go to Mianyuan County to become the county magistrate."
Mrs. Qin Li was overjoyed when she heard this: "That's great, that's great. This is a matter of honoring our ancestors!"
As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son, and An Mutong's passing the Jinshi examination will not only bring glory to the An family, but also add glory to the Qin family.
An Mutong came forward and saluted Qin and Li to greet him.
At this time, Mrs. An Qin said distressedly: "Mom, you have a lot of wrinkles and a lot of white hair."
Mrs. Qin Li patted her daughter's hand and said with a smile: "Mom is getting older, so of course she has more wrinkles and gray hair."
Mrs. An Qin hurriedly stretched out her hand and gently covered her mouth: "Mom, you are not old. You want to live a hundred years and wait for the fourth and fifth generations to live under the same roof."
"If there are four or five generations living under one roof, I will definitely be able to wake up smiling when I fall asleep."
Mrs. Qin Li laughed, and then her eyes fell on the two children.
"Is the girl a little girl? She has grown so big... who is this boy?"
"He is my son, your grandson." Mrs. An Qin gave a brief introduction, turned around and waved to the two children, asking them to come over and kowtow to grandma.
"Okay, okay, come on, come on, come on, you are such a good boy." Ms. Qin Li was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear. She pulled the two children up and held them in her arms. They touched each other and kissed each other. She liked them very much.
After a while, Mrs. Qin Li remembered that Qin Daoren was not at home yet, and hurriedly told Qin Shaoyou: "Go to the Yamen quickly and call your father back."
"Don't let Shaoyou go. It's a very hard journey for him. Let my servant go." An Mutong said, turned around and called out the door, called the servant in, and after giving a few instructions,
Let him quickly go to the prefect's Yamen to find Qin Daoren.
Qin Shaoyou went out and showed the way to his servant, and said thank you for your hard work.
"Master Qin, please don't be so polite or offend me."
The servants held their hands in succession, and then strode away in the direction of the government office.
Qin Shaoyou watched him leave and was about to turn around to go home when he suddenly heard someone calling him:
"Qin Xiaoqi, why is your house so busy? Are there guests?"
Qin Shaoyou followed the sound and saw that it was his neighbor's fat aunt. She was standing at the door of her house, looking curiously.
"Hello, Fat Aunt." Qin Shaoyou greeted politely first, and then said, "It's my fifth sister who is back."
The fat aunt suddenly said: "Oh, it turns out that the fifth girl is back? No wonder your mother is crying and laughing. If I remember correctly, the fifth girl hasn't been back for several years, right?"
Qin Shaoyou nodded in agreement, chatted with the fat aunt for a few words, and then went home.
As he turned to leave, he suddenly remembered something, stopped again, turned around and asked: "Fat Aunt, I want to ask you something. On the way back just now, I heard someone discussing that we have a night watchman here.
Murderous murder, what’s going on, do you know?”
Fat Aunt, Qin Li, and several other old sisters like to get together whenever they have nothing to do, chatting about the affairs of the Li family, the parents of the East, and all kinds of gossip, such as the daughter of the old Zhang family who is over 20 years old and has not yet gotten married, Xicheng
They know better than anyone else that the young master of the Xu family ruined his body by soaking in fireworks every day.
This night watchman committing murder is a big gossip, and there is no reason for Fat Aunt not to know about it.
However, after listening to Qin Shaoyou's inquiry, the fat aunt looked surprised: "Aren't you from the Demon Suppression Department? Are you asking me? I also want to ask you for some inside information."
Qin Shaoyou spread his hands: "I have been out for a few days and just came back. I haven't had time to go to the Demon Suppression Department yet."
"I see, that's what I'm telling you." The fat aunt muttered, and then said: "I'm not bragging. Although the information I got from your fat aunt is not much, it can be kept true. Unlike some people who only know how to tell the truth."
Bragging..."
Qin Shaoyou didn't know who she meant, but he still smiled and complimented her a few times.
The fat aunt was very satisfied with his attitude, so she started chatting and told her what she knew about the situation:
"The thing is like this. During the fifth watch yesterday, a watchman was patrolling the night in Wenzu Lane to tell the time. Suddenly, he smelled a strong smell of blood. To say that these watchmen are all used to seeing each other.
The owner of all kinds of strange things happened, and when he smelled it, he knew it was the smell of human blood, so he hurriedly reported it to the official.
Immediately afterwards, the night watchman from the Demon Suppression Department and the policemen from the government office arrived at Wenzu Alley and surrounded the alley.
They followed the smell of blood and found a room.
It is said that there was a bed in the house at that time, and two naked people, a man and a woman, were lying on it.
The woman's body and head had been separated, and her head rolled to the ground, leaving only a headless body lying on the bed, with blood pouring out from the broken neck.
The entire bed and floor were covered with blood. The man on the bed was also covered in blood. But his head was still there, not even injured, and he was just sleeping soundly.
The night watchman and the policeman woke him up and asked him about his situation. He actually said that he did not know when or how the woman next to him died.
The night watchmen of the Demon Suppression Department felt that something was fishy, so they took their colleague back to investigate. As for how the woman died, and whether it was related to the night watchman who shared the same bed, I don't know."
Qin Shaoyou sighed repeatedly after hearing this: As expected of a fat aunt, she knows a lot.
Then he asked: "Fat Aunt, do you know the name of the night watchman who was brought to the Demon Suppression Department for investigation?"
The fat aunt shook her head: "I don't know about that. Your Demon Suppression Department has many rules. This case involves your people, so I can't find out... When you go back and find out new information, you must pick it up.
Tell your fat aunt what you can tell me, so that your fat aunt can brag and show off in front of other people."
Qin Shaoyou said hello and saw the third sister rushing over with Xue Xiaobao. He quickly thanked the fat aunt and went to greet her.