Chapter 429： The consequences of seeking skin from a tiger

Chapter 429: The consequences of seeking skin from a tiger

Li Zhensheng asked again, "Are you sure, or has anyone in the town seen Mrs. Gong lying in the coffin with their own eyes? Is it possible that she is still alive?"

Li Fu'er and his wife both raised their heads in surprise and asked, "How do you know that Mrs. Gong is not dead?"

“What did you find?” Li Zhensheng asked without answering.

Li Fu’s wife quickly said: “Yesterday afternoon, we went out for a walk, bought some candies, and gave them to the children nearby, thinking of making some sentences.

“The children all said that there was something unlucky in the Gong family, and everyone in the family died. Later, when we were walking to the inn, we were stopped by a naughty boy. He said that Suozi’s grandma was not dead, and he saw it!”

Li Fu's daughter-in-law was afraid that her boss wouldn't understand, so she explained, "Suozi is the nickname of the boy from the Gong family. They always play together on weekdays. The child said that he went to collect firewood in the back mountain and took the wrong road. In a I saw Suozi's grandma in the wooden house, and Suozi's grandma asked him for something to eat.

"He was so frightened that he ran home and talked about it, but his family didn't believe it. They said he had seen a ghost. They even found someone to burn talisman paper for him and forced him to drink talisman gray water. They never let him go again. He's up the mountain!

“We both felt that the child must be telling the truth. We wanted to go up the mountain to have a look, but we were afraid of attracting attention, so we thought of going back to report the news and asking our employer to find someone to go up the mountain to have a look.”

Li Zhensheng knew what was going on, so he told them, "Don't leave today. Go out and ask around. There is a ruffian named Liu here who likes to lure people to Xindu to go to the casino."

"This ruffian's cousin is the manager of the casino. Remember to ask him what his name is and what the name of the casino is. I will take people to the mountains to explore first. If anything happens, I will have someone come back and tell you."

“Yes, boss.” Li Fu and his wife quickly agreed.

Soon, they pretended not to know each other and had breakfast separately. Then, Li Zhensheng led his soldiers to take a detour and climbed up from the other side of Beishan.

At this time of year, the weather is cold, snow falls on the road and it is difficult to walk, and climbing up the mountain is even more stumbling.

Fortunately, each family has stored all their firewood for the winter. The mountain in the north is not high, and there are no wild animals to hunt.

So, it was very quiet in the mountains, and it was not difficult to find the only cabin that provided temporary accommodation.

The soldiers were cautious, leaving two to protect Li Zhensheng, while the other four slowly approached the wooden house, hid behind a tree and threw a stone at the wooden door, but there was no movement at all in the house.

A soldier leaned over and coughed, but there was still no response, so he lay on the crack of the door and took a look.

As a result, when he turned around again, his expression changed and he quickly retreated.

Li Zhensheng saw it from a distance, so he came over and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

The soldier took a deep breath and responded, "Sir, there is indeed only one old lady in the house, but she is lying at the door, looking... as if she has no energy."

died?

Li Zhensheng hurriedly led people over. The door of the wooden house was locked, but the soldiers took a dagger and pried it open, and the copper lock was opened without any damage.

The two wooden doors were pushed open from the inside out. Without the support of the copper locks, the wooden doors suddenly opened wide, and an old lady fell out.

We were wearing a blue brocade jacket, which was already dirty, with disheveled hair, lying on the threshold, making no sound.

One of the soldiers raised his feet and turned the old lady over, and everyone gasped.

This can no longer be called a human being, it is simply a skinny human-shaped stick.

I don’t know how many days she has been hungry. The old lady’s face is pale, her eye sockets are sunken, and the skin on her neck is close to the bones, as if her head is about to fall off with the slightest touch.

Li Zhensheng silently calculated the date in his mind. According to what Gong Yunshu and the inn boy said, the Gong family held the funeral half a month ago.

In other words, this old lady and her nephew were secretly taken out and hidden here in order to plot against her grandchildren.

I’m afraid that from that day on, no one would bring her food, and no one would remember to let her go!     It's your own fault, you're so stupid!

Li Zhensheng really didn’t know what to say. He was laughing at a dead man. He couldn’t do it.

These eight words kept echoing in his mind!

This old lady wants to use her nephew to force her granddaughter to be an internal agent, enter the Li family, get into the Li family, and then kick out her nephew.

But why didn’t she think of the consequences of seeking skin from a tiger?

After people have finished using her, they naturally have no intention of coaxing her.

As a result, at this young age, I have had enough food and clothing for my whole life, and finally I starved to death here!

“That’s it, let’s see if there’s anything on her that can be used as a token. Take one back to Broken Gold Beach and ask to confirm the identity of this old lady. Go back quickly!” Li Zhensheng waved his hand and said.

The soldiers quickly got to work, and soon, a silver bracelet on the old lady's wrist was taken off.

Two soldiers rode back to Ruijintan, closed the door, restored the wooden house to its original state, and guarded it.

The last two followed Li Zhensheng back to the inn. Li Fuler and his wife had already finished inquiring about the news.

“My boss, that ruffian named Liu is very unpopular here. I heard that many people were ruined by him. His cousin has never been to the town, but it’s not difficult to find out.

“His brother’s surname is Bao, and the casino is called Siji Ruyi Casino. It’s in the north of Xindu. It’s not big, but there are a lot of people.”

Li Zhensheng nodded, feeling more and more certain.

Because the place where Zhang Jin lured the villagers to gamble was the Four Seasons Ruyi Gambling House, and the casino manager with whom Zhang Jin had close connections was indeed named Bao.

But since Wei Dajun was injured, the veterans of the Hou Mansion have been keeping an eye on the steward named Bao, but they haven't seen any unusual behavior on his part.

At first I thought it was because the family was being overly concerned, but now it seems that they have just changed their strategy and found another way!

If their family hadn't been vigilant, and if the Gong siblings hadn't realized their consciences and confessed early, maybe these people's plan would have succeeded.

That Gong Yunshu is not bad looking, and he seems to be literate, and with the relationship of being a life-saver, he might be able to win the goodwill of the villagers and make the second brother fall in love after staying in Suijintan for a few months.

After all, the second child’s biggest regret in life is not studying and marrying a stupid wife...

This Gong Yunshu can satisfy all the beautiful imagination of a second child in a partner!

Li Zhensheng’s brows furrowed more and more tightly.

I have to say that the person behind this plan really put in a lot of effort and studied the Li family thoroughly.

But the only thing the people behind it didn't take into account was that their brothers were from farmers' families and grew up very slowly but kept growing.

In the past few years, they have experienced life and death several times and struggled to survive, which has made them unusually united and their protection of the family is also unusually firm.

With everything they have now, they are like squirrels holding fruit, raising their necks and looking around every time they take a bite.

They have no ambitions or jealousy of others, but they will never allow anyone to take away their "fruits"!

So, when there is a disturbance, others don't think anything of it, but they already have long swords in hand, ready to fight against the invading enemy!

Let’s not talk about what happened to Li Zhensheng in Qingmu Town, but it was already afternoon when the two soldiers rushed back to Broken Gold Beach.

Jiayin was in space last night and caused a lot of damage to potatoes. I wanted to get some starch out for my mother.

Although she succeeded, she was also very tired.

Now that she had eaten enough, she lay on the big kang and caught up on her sleep with her beloved cloth tiger in her arms.

Old Mrs. Li was sitting on one side, guarding her granddaughter, and doing needlework...

(End of this chapter)