In the story told by Jiang Erlang and Jiang Yuer, Liang Ping'an learned the "truth" of that night.
"I am the head of the Huai'an County Government and was ordered to find a missing scholar. I found him in the mountains and forests. Then, the two of them came to the Tutu Temple and found that the temple stone had been destroyed."
"Fortunately, I saw Brother Liang in the temple, tested his breath, and found out he was alive! Then he was saved!"
Liang Ping'an thought for a while in his heart.
The person who really saved me should be the Taoist senior. Fortunately, I made the senior comfortable on the road, otherwise, my life would have been really lost.
However, Jiang Erlang brought him out of the Tutu Temple, and also asked people from Wujiazhuang to treat him on the way, which can be regarded as a life-saving favor.
"Thank you both for your life-saving grace!" Liang Ping'an thanked Jiang Erlang and Jiang Yu'er.
Jiang Erlang and Jiang Yu'er accepted this kindness together.
Then, the group entered the county town.
As soon as he entered the county town, Jiang Chaoge realized that something seemed wrong with the atmosphere in the town.
It seems that everyone is watching them?
The guards at the city gate, the street vendors, and the waiters at the restaurant... looked at the group of them as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
"Am I exposed?"
Jiang Chaoge thought to himself, but quickly rejected the idea.
It should be impossible. Even Bai Wuchang discovered my identity. How could these mortals discover it?
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw a servant-looking boy running over.
"Master, Master!!! You... you are not dead?!"
"Nonsense, this young master has great skills in subjugating demons, how could he be hurt by that little ghost in Xiaoshan Village?" Liang Ping'an immediately raised his head.
"But Miss Wan'er said...that the ghost is so ferocious that even Ji Ruxue can't deal with it?"
"How is my mother?" Liang Ping'an did not explain any more.
"Ah, young master, follow me back home quickly!" The young man seemed to have remembered something: "There is a mourning hall in the house now. The young man came out to buy things, and happened to see the young master. Fortunately, the young master is fine, but now everyone
I thought you were dead, and my wife was crying so much that she was about to hang herself!"
"My mother is going to hang herself?" Liang Ping'an was anxious and hurriedly said to Jiang Erlang and others: "I have something to do at home, so I will leave first. I will invite you all to get together in two days!"
"Brother Liang, please!"
"Master Liang, go back quickly!"
"..."
Liang Pingan was taken away by the servant.
Liu Hongyi and others invited Jiang Yuer to stay with them, hoping to have more exchanges before the provincial examination.
Jiang Yu'er could only smile bitterly: "To tell you the truth, this time I am in trouble in the mountains and have lost all my money. I may not be able to stay in an inn."
"Brother Jiang, what are you talking about?" Liu Hongyi slapped his chest: "How can such a trivial matter embarrass Brother Jiang? Brother Jiang, don't worry, I'll cover the money for the hotel and meals!"
"I heard that there is an oiran lady in Cuiwei Tower who once received the advice of the great scholar Fang Xiaojing. If Brother Jiang is interested, I will pay for the evening drinks!" Zhang Junqe, for some reason, also showed a generous side at this time.
"I...I don't have much money on me, but if Brother Jiang needs it, twenty taels...is not a big problem." Xu Zhi also spoke.
Jiang Yuer then smiled: "Thank you three brothers!"
"Brother Jiang, you're welcome!" The three of them raised their hands in unison.
Therefore, Jiang Yu'er reluctantly accepted the kindness of the three people and went to find an inn together.
As a result, Erlang was the only one left.
Jiang Chaoge knew that Erlang was the chief catcher of the county government and had a public official's job. Now that he had completed the case of the missing scholar, he naturally had to go to the county government to close the case as soon as possible.
"When we arrive in Huai'an County, Erlang's identity is the key." Jiang Chaoge knows the difference between officials and civilians in this world: "With Erlang's skin, Huai'an County will be able to run rampant!"
Jiang Chaoge walked towards the county government office.
According to Erlang's memory, the daughter of the county government was named Zhou Jiaoer. She was quite beautiful, with fair skin and a slim waist, and she was also good at tea art.
As for his cheap old father-in-law ‘Zhou Yong’, his ability is very average, but he is still good to him.
"By the way, I also have a mother-in-law...she seems to be about to give birth?" Jiang Chaoge remembered something. His county magistrate had two wives.
Not long after her ex gave birth to Zhou Jiaoer, she passed away.
So Zhou Yong married another woman. She was only three years older than Zhou Jiaoer, but she had been pregnant for nine months and was about to give birth.
Thinking about it...
Then we arrived at the gate of the county government office.
At the door, the two gatekeepers immediately opened their eyes with horror on their faces.
"Jiang...Jiang Captou?!"
"You, you're not... not dead?"
Jiang Chaoge saw the meeting between Liang Mansion's young man and Liang Ping'an at the gate of the city. He was not surprised. After all, the original Jiang Erlang was really dead.
"No, I just got lost in the mountains, but luckily I found the missing scholar. Is the magistrate in the hall?"
"County Magistrate Zhou...he...lost three hundred thousand taels of disaster relief money, and was...captured!"
"What?"
Jiang Chaoge was shocked.
My cheap old father-in-law... was laid off like this?
I still don’t have the power to act like a fox or a tiger?
Jiang Chaoge calmed down. He just lost the disaster relief money. If he could get it back, he might have a chance to turn around. It didn't matter if he was greedy.
Thinking of this, he asked again.
"Where's the lady?"
"Miss, she...she..."
"what happened again?"
"Captain Jiang has heard this, but you must stay calm. Miss, she fell into the river!" After the two officials looked at each other, one of them replied.
"I……"
Jiang Chaoge almost spit out the old blood.
Fortunately he is a ghost and has no blood!
What kind of plot development is this? Even if the cheap father-in-law is caught, my cheap wife... fell into the river without even touching her?
Then what use would he have for this skin?
"What happened? Why did the lady fall into the river? She just lost the money for disaster relief, so she didn't commit suicide by jumping into the river, right?" Jiang Chaoge resisted the urge to peel off his skin and asked again.
"Actually, the young lady originally wanted to take people to the river to fish for the lost silver, but for some reason... after the young lady arrived at the river, she was directly swept in by the river water."
After a yamen officer finished speaking, he looked around again and continued: "Listen... I heard from people who were by the river at that time that the young lady was probably captured by the river god!"
"River God?"
Jiang Chaoge frowned.
If he had heard such ridiculous words before, he would definitely not believe it. However, he has already seen the land and Bai Wuchang, so there is a high probability that this river god really exists.
"Where's the madam? The lady fell into the river... How is the madam doing now?" Jiang Chaoge looked at the two government officials. Can the pregnant lady bear this big blow?
"Madam, she accidentally fell to the ground last night and had a dystocia in the evening... She died in childbirth, leaving only a baby girl."
"..."
Is there anything worse than this?
The once prosperous county magistrate's family lost 300,000 taels of money for disaster relief. As a result, their daughter jumped into the river overnight and his wife had a difficult delivery. If his cheap old father-in-law knew about it, what would happen to him?
Jiang Chaoge felt like crying, it was so difficult for him.
"Take me to see the baby girl."
Now he can only do his best, obey fate, and find a family to raise the baby girl.
However, this world has always favored boys over girls. If it is a boy, there will be no problem. A girl... I guess most people will not want it.
Only in the mountains and forests, the kind of orphans who grow old and have no children, can accept it.
Jiang Chaoge thought as he followed a government officer toward the inner hall of the government office. When the four policemen on duty at the county government office heard that he was back, they all ran out.
"Jiang Tou'er, are you alive?"
"Jiang Tou'er, where are Xiao Wu and Anan... they haven't come back?"
"They're dead!"
"..."
The four detectives all shut their mouths. When they saw Jiang Chaoge walking straight to the door of the inner hall, a tall and thin policeman grabbed Jiang Chaoge.
"Jiang Tou'er, please wait before going in."
"What's the matter?" Jiang Chaoge turned around and asked.
"You may not know that the county magistrate has offended many people this week... The boss should understand what I mean. Now that the young lady has fallen into the river and the madam has died in childbirth, you are usually very nice to your buddies, so I just
Dare I tell you something... you'd better not touch this baby girl, and the baby girl looks extremely weird, even the mother-in-law who gave birth to her said that this baby girl is probably... a monster."
"monster?"
Of course Jiang Chaoge understood the meaning of the tall and thin catcher.
But he has never seen a monster before!
He looked at the inner hall. The decoration inside was quite classical, but there were no maids to serve him, and there was only a large wooden bed.
There was a baby girl wrapped in a quilt on the bed. She closed her eyes tightly, put a finger into her small mouth, and kept sucking. She seemed to be slowly falling asleep due to hunger.
But what Jiang Chaoge was looking at now was not the baby girl's mouth, but the baby girl's face.
On the baby girl's face, there was a very conspicuous snake-shaped birthmark, red and vivid, exactly the same as the one on A Li's face.
"Boss, let me tell you, this baby girl is really a monster!" The tall and thin policeman walked in: "We all suspect that this baby girl is a snake monster, and it was she who took the lives of the young lady and his wife!"