In Uncle Chengyi's house, in the bedroom in the backyard, everyone looked at Liu Meng who brought back the bad news.
"My uncle was absent in the first year of junior high school. That day he was invited to have a drink at Cao Shenzheng's house. My eldest brother accompanied him." Liu Meng hissed:
"People in Jiangxi drink very hard, and they drink until midnight. My uncle was already drunk when he was halfway through drinking. He said he was going to the backyard to go to the latrine, and my eldest brother wanted to accompany him, but he said no, but as soon as he left
, and never came back.”
"Everyone waited and waited, but my uncle was nowhere to be seen, so they sent people to look for him. They even went to my house to ask me if my uncle was back?" Liu Mengdao said, "They all said no, so he panicked and looked around hurriedly.
Look for……"
"Finally, my uncle's body was found in the well in the backyard of Cao Shenzheng's house..." He said with tears streaming down his face:
"After the examination by Chasi, it was concluded that my uncle died of drowning and there were no other external injuries. Chasi then reported the conclusion that he fell into the water after being drunk, and my eldest brother also asked me to go to Beijing to report the funeral. He was guarding in Nanchang
My uncle’s body.”
"Alas..." After Liu Bowen listened to Liu Meng's story, he sighed and said: "I have told you not to go, I have told you not to go, but you didn't listen. It's better now. You will pay for it with your life."
"Where are the two guards I sent to my senior brother? What do those two cubs do for food?!" Zhu Zhen asked through gritted teeth.
"Brother Zhang and Brother Zhao have always done their best, but isn't it the Chinese New Year that day? There are no plans to go out to the office, so my uncle gave them a break and let them go out to get some fresh air..."
"..." Zhu Zhen wanted to say that they would not take turns taking holidays? But it was useless to say anything now. Besides, if you can only be a thief for a thousand days, how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days? They just wanted to harm Liu Lian. With them,
Two, impossible to stop.
"Dad, did my eldest brother really slip and fall into the water?" Liu Jing asked sadly.
"Probably not." Liu Bowen shook his head and asked Liu Mengdao: "You just said that they went to your home to look for your uncle?"
"Yes." Liu Meng nodded.
"Did they knock on the door to look for her, or did they shout outside the door?" Liu Bowen asked.
"Cao Shenzhen is from the left, and my uncle is from the right. The official houses of the two families are next to each other, separated by a wall." Liu Meng replied: "They were shouting through the wall."
"Speak your conversation carefully, don't change a word." Liu Bowen said solemnly.
"Yes..." Liu Meng thought for a moment, then Fang cautiously said:
"I didn't hear clearly who shouted at that time. I only remember that the person shouted 'Liu Meng Liu Meng?'. I came out and asked, 'What's the matter?', and the person asked, 'Has your master gone back?'
?', I said, 'No, the door is always bolted', and the other person said, 'I know', and then they never asked me anything again..."
"Before that person opened his mouth, he knew something had happened to Liu Lian..." Liu Bowen sighed sadly.
"Why?" everyone asked in confusion.
"Because normally, he should directly ask, 'Liu Shenzheng, have you gone home?'" Lao Liu answered for his master:
"Instead of asking about my senior brother, ask Liu Meng instead of asking about it. This can only show that the person asking the question has already known that my senior brother has not returned."
"Yes..." Liu Bowen nodded sadly and said, "So, Liu Lian was probably killed."
"Master, you are too strict. What do you mean by probability? My senior brother was killed!" Lao Liu had a terrifyingly gloomy face. "The person who killed him is among the people who are pretending to look for him!"
"Ah?!" The faces of Liu Jing and others became even more sad, and Liu Li even burst into tears. Knowing that a loved one was killed by someone is much more painful than if a loved one died in an accident.
"..." Liu Bowen looked straight at Lao Liu. Zhu Zhen nodded heavily and said: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely find out the truth and avenge my senior brother!"
"Okay." Liu Bowen squeezed out the word from his throat and fell into coma again.
The Liu family also fell into great grief. Liu Li even cried until her eyes were swollen, but she kept crying.
Zhu Zhen stayed with her silently until the palace door was about to close, then whispered: "I have to go back and see you again tomorrow morning."
Liu Li nodded, but her slender fingers tightly held the corner of his clothes, unwilling to let go for a long time.
She had already changed into mourning clothes, and her appearance was becoming more and more pitiful. How could His Highness, King Chu, be so determined to leave?
"Okay, then I won't go back tonight." Zhu Zhen sighed and said to Wang Ma: "Go and tell your elder brother that my senior brother is gone and I have to stay here with my master tonight."
"Yes." Wang Ma didn't hesitate to expose him, are you accompanying your master?
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At night, the sad wind howled.
In the temporary mourning hall, the shadows of candles danced with the sound of the wind, reflecting a pair of figures.
It was Zhu Zhen who accompanied Liu Li to wake up his senior brother.
In just half a day, Liu Li seemed to have changed. Her big eyes had lost their vitality, and her fair skin had lost all color. She knelt in front of the soul, burning paper and murmuring:
"My father has loved me since I was a child. He would bring me delicious food every day when he came back from the Yamen. He didn't force me to study, he just wanted me to grow up happily..."
"My mother passed away early. My father was afraid that I would be wronged, so he never renewed our relationship. I was alone all day long. I don't know if I can reunite with my mother when I get there?"
"Later I became wiser and persuaded my father to continue our relationship, but he always said there was no rush. He would wait until I got married and someone would worry about it for him..."
"Uncle Junior, why are they so cruel? Don't you know that I only have one father left?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't protect my senior brother well." Zhu Zhen sighed softly, took off his cloak and put it on Liu Li's slender shoulders.
"How can you blame the junior uncle? If you hadn't sent someone to protect him all the time, my father might have been killed long ago." Liu Li shook his head, seeing clearly.
Indeed, if he had not really been unable to find an opportunity to strike, the murderer would not have worked overtime on the first day of the new year, and would have also committed the crime in the Chief Envoy's Yamen.
"Oh, I will definitely go to Nanchang myself and cut the murderer into pieces!" Zhu Zhen said through gritted teeth.
"I want to go too. I want to take my father home. I can't let him stay there alone." Liu Li said softly: "I also want to give the murderer a knife with my own hands and avenge my father... He has no son. This matter
I have to do the work."
"..." Zhu Zhen said softly, "I'll just go for you."
"I don't." Liu Li said stubbornly.
"Oh, let's talk about it then..." Zhu Zhen sighed.
The two of them talked and then fell asleep cuddling each other.
In the middle of the night, Zhu Zhen was awakened by Liu Li's crying and found that she was still in her dream, calling for her father again and again. Tears had already soaked half of her shoulders.
Zhu Zhen sighed secretly, took the blanket from the eunuch, gently covered Liu Li with one hand, and then patted her like a child.
Liu Li's crying gradually stopped, her breathing became evener, and she finally slept soundly on Zhu Zhen's shoulder.
