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It was a good thing that Xu Chu came early, and when Wu Ji and Sun Ning went out to pick out many new shops to open, she asked and someone immediately remembered. After all, people usually had the deepest memories of the opening transactions within a day.

Interestingly, although the Wu Clan members were sad, Sun Ning and Wu Dai's faces were not dark and ugly. Instead, they were rosy like before. From the looks of it, he didn't cry too much. Moreover, it had only been a few days since the incident with Wu Yong Wu, how could the two of them be in the mood to go shopping? Even if eating was enough, what about the sculpted wine and cloth?

He saw a woman put down the basket in her hands. Some of them called out to their children to run and play.

"Aiyo, Widow Zhang, don't be jealous. "When her family's man was still alive, you did post quite a few times. Why didn't he say anything bad when he was just talking about it?"

Perhaps it was because the words that came out were funny, or maybe the woman at the beginning really had no good relationship with other people. Now, the people around them all started to laugh.

"She did want to post it, but the Wu couple's relationship is just like a person's. They didn't post it when they were alive, so wouldn't it hurt if they died?"

Hearing the conversation, Xu Chu was even more sure of her guess.

As they were talking, they heard the sounds of a group of children playing in the distance.

When they were adults, most of the children had been under guard, but now that they had free time, this terrifying wave of children were like wild horses that had escaped from their horses, dragging their little friends with them as they ran around. Amongst this group of children, Xu Chu suddenly saw someone using a small pipe like the one she had picked up that day to rub the ground and play.

She was surprised and stepped forward. Before she could open her mouth, she saw a blue light emitting from the pipe. It was scary.

When the children saw that the thing was really up, they also saw a blue light scuttle up out of thin air. All of them were extremely curious about it. Compared to adults, children did not fear or worry and only felt that this toy was very dazzling.

Xu Chu's expression slightly changed, and then she smilingly walked forward a few steps.

"Little friends, come to me. I'll teach you how to play with the Nine Palace Stones." She first glanced at the woman not far away and thought for a moment before squatting down and smiling as she greeted the group of children.

A few children saw a beautiful elder sister bent over to talk. They first looked at each other, but didn't dare to go over. However, when they heard that the elder sister was going to teach them a new game, a few bold ones ran over first.

"Elder sister will teach you how to play Shi Jiugong [1]. Can you let me play with your little gadgets for a while?"

"Elder sister, what is Shi Jiu gongzi?" A bold child was the first to ask, full of curiosity.

Seeing that the children had all gathered over, Xu Chu smiled and picked up a wooden stick from the ground, then she started to draw a simple Nine Palace Block on the mountain. After finding a few pebbles to teach her, she softly said, "No one is allowed to have six pebbles in this grid. "After the game begins, everyone walks along the grid lines. Whoever gets their stone eaten first wins …"

As she spoke, her hands continuously demonstrated. As expected, just one round already had several children excitedly squatting down to play.

"If you want to play, then let big sis see your little gadgets first, okay?"

The child with that thing in his hand was currently enjoying the Nine Palace Game, furthermore, the thing in his hand was not lit up, so he did not mind and stuffed it into Xu Chu's hands.

When Xu Chu held it in her hand, she realized that it was slightly heavier than the one she had picked up in the Li Family. It looked a little like gunpowder and a little like petroleum coal, but she couldn't figure out the specifics at the moment.

Thinking up to here, she smiled and said, "You guys picked this thing up. It looks really weird."

"I picked up a lot of them when I was working with my father at the southern gate." A child, upon hearing Xu Chu's question, hurriedly patted her chest and said, "There are a lot of them at the side of the city and I've already retrieved them. It would be nice if they lost all their vitality."

After listening to the children talk about how they would play with that thing, Xu Chu rubbed their small heads, then left while chuckling.

The suspected carriage carrying Wu Rong was found at the south city gate, and it was burnt beyond recognition. What was left behind at the scene that could possibly ignite a ghostly blue fire was found in Li Jin's study.

She noted down her doubts. Despite knowing that it had been a long time since she last saw them, and the fact that there were many people selling goods at the south gate, it would be hard to find any more traces of them. When she had seen the burnt carriage, she had been surprised to find that the frame of the carriage was still intact despite the fact that the person had been burnt beyond recognition.

But now, it seemed that the so-called Ghost Flame killing people must have another mystery behind it. At the very least, it had to do with something that could emit a faint blue flame.

Since she was concerned about the matter regarding the ghost house that Li Jin's butler mentioned, she made a trip to the yamen. Since the sixth son was sent to the government after stealing the main family property, he should still be hard at work in the prison. Even if he was released, the yamen should still have his place on the record.

As expected, when Xu Chu found the yamen, she saw that the six children were still in the prison. They seemed to have come without any effort.

"Sis can be considered an honest person. She is often bullied in the prison, so she works the hardest …" Prison Head Zhao had worked in the yamen for decades, and was used to seeing people who cheated and cheated. He was even used to those who bullied the weak and feared the strong and spoke with their fists. However, to be honest and careless like the sixth son, that was an extremely rare occurrence.

Xu Chu nodded, and asked around, thus she had a general understanding of Liu Zi's character and behavior.

When he saw the sixth son, he had just come back from carrying Rock. He was extremely tired. However, when he heard that the Shangguan family was going to question him, he still quickly stood up and followed them out without any complaints or doubts.

"Are you talking about the night before I was wronged by Master? I saw a ghost, a ghostly blue flame burning in the courtyard. " Speaking of the situation at that time, Liu Ziyun was extremely excited, shaking his head in fear. "I remember very clearly that the ghost flame was heading towards Aunt Rong's courtyard from the study. "Besides, that night, I also saw the ghostly flame on Aunt Rong's skirt …"

"Then, other than this matter, is there anything else unusual about the residence?" For example, if Aunt Rong has any relatives, or if her actions are different. "

The sixth son heard this and frowned for a long time before asking hesitantly, "I once saw Aunt Rong with a young rich family's young master on the street, but there were a lot of people at that time, so I didn't see clearly."

"Moreover, Aunt Rong has always been angry with Master, so she shut Master out. At the beginning, everyone just said that Aunt Rong was someone who was favored by the Master, and that Master would be fine as long as he took it. However, Master brought Aunt Hui back to the manor. She would not let him have a good look at her … "

Xu Chu did understand why she was favored. However, since she was born in a romantic place, she should be able to read words and observe the situation. At the very least, she should know the importance of competing for a favor, so how could she not give face to Li Jin, a big backer?

What was the connection between Li Jun's secret entrance to the study and the will-o '-the-wisp on this unpampered aunt? If the first few deaths were related to her, then why would she do so? And as an aunt who should have been attached to Li Jin's stock, why would she do such a thing to the financial backer?

This is too unbelievable, too illogical …

No matter what she decided to do, she would follow to the Liulin Village.

Xu Chu and Xiao Qinglang were sitting opposite of each other at the table. They could hear the breeze outside, and the voices of the people around them gradually quieted down.

Xiao Qinglang sat upright, his eyebrows slightly knitted together as he continuously reviewed the urgent messages that came from the Law Department. If he encountered any difficulties, he would carefully consider them, and he would not be the least bit distracted by the additional Xu Chu in the carriage.

Seeing his serious expression, Xu Chu started to relax. Seeing that the tea house in front of him was empty, he followed the formalities and went in. Only after this was she able to safely lean against the wall of the carriage, take out a simple brush and write a list of her speculations and doubts on the letter.

The biggest similarity between the few families who had been killed was that they had all been living in the Liulin Village twenty years ago, and that it was at the time when the bandit leaders were fleeing somewhere. According to the records from back then, Xu Chu guessed that those people were probably the same people who discovered and attacked to kill the bandit leader.

If that was the case, then it was normal for those families to leave the village after receiving the bounty, in order to avoid being chased down by the remnants of the bandits.

However, the key point was, even if these people obtained the reward from the government, how long could they last?

Since the Li family's business account was very short, she had looked through the rest of the people's. At that time, the Zhang family and Wu family seemed to have huge amounts of silver from the start. Not only could he buy a house, he could even open up joints and open up a shop …

Xu Chu's mind lingered for a moment, but in the end, her gaze landed on the tens of thousands of silver taels that she had yet to find twenty years ago.

Hundreds of thousands of silver taels was a huge amount of money, much less saving it into a bank. However, she had asked the King Jing'an to check the accounts of the various large banks in the vicinity before the murder and didn't find any matching numbers to deposit in there. Even in the case of splitting up into parts, there was no matching up.

As for hiding on the spot, not to mention how unrealistic it was, even if he were to dig a pit and fill it up, it would still be a big project.

People die for money while birds die for food. If it was really for hundreds of thousands of silver taels, it would not be hard to understand why the murderer would kill people so many times. As for the words' metal, wood, water, fire, and earth ',' evil people would sacrifice their evil spirits', and 'the murderer would deliberately mystify the world by killing people on time', these were not hard to explain.

She took a deep breath and thought about the performance of those few survivors, as well as the Li family and the Wu family who were the most suspicious. If she could guess the secret of the Wu Clan, then what else did the Li Clan hold back?

Suddenly, Xu Chu raised her left hand that was holding onto the letter and met Xiao Qinglang's gaze. The two of them were extremely close now, so much so that they could almost hear each other's breathing, causing Xu Chu's heart to tremble slightly as she shifted his gaze away.

Xiao Qinglang did not know why, but he felt that his breathing had become erratic, and he felt even more uncomfortable. He knew that he valued Xu Chu, valued her abilities and valued her clean background. However, after getting along with her for some reason, he felt that a girl like Xu Chu, who was neither noisy nor hypocritical, was even more precious.

Law Department. If she wanted to use the female officials, shshewould have to take the risk of the world, not to mention the world's gossip and the attacks and accusations made by those in the imperial court. The situation she would face would be very difficult. As for Xu Chu, he was the first person Xiao Qinglang had chosen from the heart to have the woman as his official.

As for the care and concern he sometimes had in his heart, it was something he could not figure out at the moment.

At this time, Xiao Qinglang was holding onto Xu Chu's letter, glancing through it roughly, before he pointed to a spot that Xu Chu had specifically marked on the letter and said: "Other than that, according to your estimations, there was still a difference of" water "and" earth person "in between. If Wu Song is not really dead, then who was the one who died in the fire, and who was the one who was designed to die in the water by the murderer? "

"It's not easy to find a scapegoat for the dead."

Xiao Qinglang's words made Xu Chu suddenly feel enlightened, she suddenly raised her head and said with sparkling eyes: "But if the culprit is someone Wu Hong is familiar with, and the so-called scapegoat is the culprit's fifth target, what should I do?"

Earlier, when she examined the body, she found that although the deceased was considered to be Wu Song, it was only based on the carriage and the jade pendant. However, after dissecting it, she discovered that the deceased had eaten seafood and had a heart attack. The most important thing was, according to the degree of occlusion and wear and tear, the age of the deceased was different from Wu Song's.