Bai Tian and the others looked puzzled and followed Zhang Tongsheng into the house. Zhang Tongsheng walked a few steps and then suddenly turned around and went back to lock the courtyard door.
"What's going on?" Zhang Lingzhi was worried and asked as soon as he entered the room.
The Zhang family are all in the house, and even the third cousin Zhang Tonglin has not gone to the county government office. He is sitting in the hall in his regular clothes.
Mrs. Zhang hurriedly took her daughter's hand and sat down, calling and beckoning Bai Banxia and the others to come over, and then whispered: "Something big happened in the village."
"Keep your voice down, don't let others catch you in the wrong place," Mr. Zhang reminded.
Grandma’s voice was quite soft, but she still nodded. Her voice was as small as a mosquito’s chirping, “A few days ago, we started construction on the mountain again, and we dug out a stone with words like “The New Emperor is Unkind” written on it, and there was blood on it.
.Many people saw it at that time, and it spread around the village after I came back."
"The day before yesterday, someone in the village was talking about this matter outside. As a result, they were caught by the court officials and beaten twenty times each. They also said that they wanted to find out who made the stone. No one in Maple Village could leave the village. Now everyone is not allowed to leave the village.
I dare to go out for fear of getting into trouble."
"Oh my God!" Zhang Lingzhi exclaimed.
Grandma hurriedly covered her mouth and said, "My aunt, please lower your voice. I don't know who is watching in the village now. Don't misunderstand that you are here to inquire about information. What will happen if things happen?"
Grandpa also sighed, "If we hadn't been able to leave the village, we should have sent a message to the Bai family to tell you not to come over."
"Isn't that right? Even I can't go to the county government to run errands. I'm also from Maple Village and have to stay at home." Zhang Tonglin said angrily.
"Okay, you, it would be safer if you don't go out because of your temper." My aunt glared at him and said.
Seeing this, Bai Banxia persuaded in a low voice: "It's okay, grandma, grandpa, you are too worried, but you might as well stay at home these days to avoid being affected. Most of this kind of thing is man-made, and it's all about the struggle for imperial power. Let's
It’s better for the people to stay away.”
Grandpa nodded, "Fortunately, no one in our family was on the mountain that day when the work started. Later, people spread the news, and we didn't join in the fun."
"I thought it was a good thing at first, but I didn't know it would be like this now. It sounds good to Pinellia, but our family has turned down those two places." The uncle said with some emotion.
"That's right, Pinellia ternata is our family's lucky star." My aunt agreed.
"No, no, you should leave quickly. The village is not peaceful, so don't come here for now." Grandpa said, this was the first time he had driven his daughter and her family away.
Bai Banxia held down her grandfather's hand and said, "If we leave as soon as we come, it will easily arouse suspicion, so we should eat and chat, so we don't need to worry too much."
"This..." Grandpa thought about it and it seemed that it would be a bad idea to leave immediately. If someone with ulterior motives said he had a guilty conscience, he would be in trouble.
This is all we can do now. Although grandpa didn't urge them to leave after that, because of this incident, the atmosphere at home was quite depressing, and there was no usual excitement.
Bai Banxia talked about some things about Xiguan City, and suddenly there was a call at the door. It was Zhang Tie.
"Instructor Qi, Doctor Bai, I have something to discuss with you," Zhang Tie said as he entered the door.
Bai Tian was a little worried and said, "They are still children, and they can't help you with government affairs."
Zhang Tie looked ashamed and said, "Uncle Bai, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, this matter will not involve you."
"The two of them got involved, who can guarantee that they won't be implicated," Bai Tian said unhappily.
Seeing Zhang Tie in trouble, Bai Banxia had no choice but to say: "Dad, Capt. Zhang also obeys orders. Let's go see the county magistrate."
Bai Tian sighed and nodded. It was impossible not to go, and the county magistrate couldn't afford to offend him. Fortunately, the two children were cautious enough.
"Brother Zhang, won't you summon me? I'm just idle at home." The third cousin looked at Zhang Tie and asked.
Zhang Tie glared at him and said, "Just stay at home for a few days."
The third cousin was a little frustrated and wanted to go out with him, but Niu stopped him.
When they left, Mr. Niu pinched him hard and cursed: "You don't know how to be steady until now, why are you joining in the fun? Don't you see that your cousin and Qi Zhen don't want to go at all?"
"That's why I want to accompany them. If anything happens, I'll take care of it." The third cousin grinned in pain and said.
Niu pinched him again angrily, "What the hell, I'm afraid you'll get into trouble for Banxia, so just stay at home."
Zhang Renshen also sighed and said to Zhang Tonglin: "Tonglin, you should also be patient."
As soon as Bai Banxia and Qi Zhen left Zhang's house, Zhang Tie asked Qi Zhen in a low voice: "Did you receive it?"
Qi Zhen nodded slightly, "Is it Zhou Hai who wants to see us, or Du Kangcheng?"
"Inspector Du, when he heard someone reported that you were back, he asked Mr. Zhou to call you over to discuss it." Zhang Tie said in a low voice.
Qi Zhen didn't ask any more questions, and the three of them quickly arrived at the village chief's house. Du Inspection and others temporarily commandeered the village chief's yard.
"You came back just in time. Have you got the news?" Du Kangcheng said straight to the point.
Bai Banxia deliberately pretended to be stupid, "What's the news? My grandfather kept driving us away, saying that something happened in the village, and asked us to go back to Baoshan Village quickly, but he refused to tell us anything."
It wasn't that she doubted Du Kangcheng, and the imperial court did not allow the villagers in Fengshu to discuss it in private. She didn't stupidly say that her grandfather's family had told her.
"What happened?" Qi Zhen also asked with a straight face.
Du Kangcheng didn't know if the two of them were just pretending to be stupid or if they really didn't know, but now was not the time to dwell on this, so he simply talked about it.
"What do you think? Is there anyone you suspect?" he asked.
Bai Banxia shook his head, "Our family has all gone to Xiguan City. How can we know the situation in Maple Tree Village? The village is full of farmers. Even if they have ten guts, they wouldn't dare to do such a thing, right?"
"Ordinary people don't have this skill, and they don't have the ability to handle this thing. If the stone can bleed, it must have been mixed with some kind of medicine." Du Kangcheng stared at the two of them, "One of you knows medicine, and the other is very skilled. If you want to
It shouldn’t be difficult to get this thing, right?”
"Are you doubting us?" Qi Zhen's face turned dark. "There's no need to accuse us. Could it be that you can't find any clues and want to arrest someone to take the blame?"
Du Kangcheng was not angry and said with a smile: "I'm just guessing. Don't be too nervous. You two are not the only ones who know medicine and martial arts in this world."
"This is not funny at all. If you just guess, it will kill someone. We can't help but be nervous." Bai Banxia said angrily, "Besides, the incident happened only a few days after we went to Xiguan City, right?
You said it was bleeding, it couldn't have been done in advance, otherwise it would have dried up long ago, right?"
"So I just want to look at things with you and see if I can find any clues." Du Kangcheng said again.
