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"This sister-in-law has lost her husband. She's upset, so it's understandable for her to have overstepped her bounds. It's alright!" Liruo's voice was very soft, but the feeling of wanting to submit to him was still there.

"I'm sorry!" Only then did the woman realize that she couldn't offend this person, so she took the initiative to apologize. It is as you said, I was just in a hurry, and my words contained a lot of offense, please forgive me! "

Liru nodded, indicating that the matter was over.

"My wife and my husband have always been very loving. Although so many years have passed, I have never wanted to face the fact that he is no longer here, so …"

"Since they love each other so much, why did they starve to death?" Liruo sneered. Did this person think they were as easy to fool as the people who came to investigate?

"..." This, I... "I'm just making an analogy. My lord knows that people who are delirious always do strange things. Isn't that also not something I can control?"

"Forget it, just rest well. We won't disturb you any longer!" Li Ruo knew that there was nothing of value left in the man's words, so she interrupted him and left.

"Mother, mother, there's an uncle at the door saying that a guest is coming to see you. I would like to see him as well."

At that moment, a child about four or five years old suddenly ran in from outside. He was very cute, and he threw himself into the woman's arms and began to act coquettishly. Li Ruo looked at the child thoughtfully. This child's appearance was indeed similar to a young woman. Moreover, looking at her now, the young woman was actually very beautiful as well.

He was a rare beauty, but how did he end up marrying a little imperial guard?

"What a cute child!" Li Ruo smiled, and didn't linger, she didn't even pause when she went out.

Thus, she did not see that the woman's face had already become deathly pale. Only after confirming that Li Ruo and the others had already left, did she slump onto the ground.

"Mother, mother. What's the matter with you? " As Li Ruo and the others left, they could still hear the child's anxious cries. They did not care about anything else.

"The third victim is the steward of the prefectural government!" Cheng Ziheng brought Li Ruo and the others to a relatively nice courtyard door and stood there.

"I heard that he is a very honest and kind person!" If she went on, she would have to find out who the dead people were before they died.

Aside from Er Wa's family, who still could not find any traces of him, everyone else had found some acquaintances.

If one were to say that the people felt that the guards' behavior was not bad, then this butler would only be able to comment with praise.

"Speaking of this butler, everyone raised their thumbs. He is an honest man. He often organizes love activities to help people who need help!"

"En!" Li Ruo nodded, signaling Cheng Ziheng to continue.

"He doesn't have much money, but he knows how to use it to help the poor. That's why, when he died that year, it was related to those people in the mountain. It caused quite a sensation."

"It was also from three years ago onwards that no one ever set foot on that mountain again, because it is in their hearts. If a good person like the butler can be killed, then the rest are even more afraid to take the risk! "

"It's a good thing that nothing like this has happened since then."

"Since the steward does not have much money each month, he has donated it to the poor. "Why is it that his residence is so much better than that of an average family?"

Li Ruo asked in a low voice as she looked at the extremely good courtyard in front of her.

"Boss doesn't know. This mansion was bought directly by the Prefect for his family after his death. He said that it wasn't easy for the butler to serve him for so many years, and now that something like this has happened, he wants to express his apologies.

While she was speaking, the door opened from the inside. A hunchbacked old woman came out.

"Who are you looking for?" In the past, she had worked with the butler at the prefect's house, so she had a rather good eye. The people at the door all had high eyebrows. One could tell from one look that he was no ordinary person.

"I am from the imperial government!" Li Ruo took out her command medallion. In order to make it easier to investigate cases and deal with unexpected incidents, Xuanyuan Yi ordered someone to create a special gold medallion for Li Ruo. Not only was it unique in shape, it was also very exquisite.

Outsiders might not have seen this type of golden medal before, but it definitely wasn't anything ordinary.

"What's the matter?" All these years, she had been staying in this yard and had never lacked food in her house. Perhaps it was because they had done a lot of good things in their past life, but there were also a lot of people reporting back.

Even if she didn't want it, she still received some things from time to time.

"We suspect that there is something fishy about the steward's death, so we plan to reopen the investigation. I wonder if auntie can make it convenient for us to talk inside!" After all, the main gate was not the place to talk, and Li Ruo could only make suggestions.

"Invite him in quickly!" When the old woman heard this, her eyes filled with tears. She used her walking stick to make a path for Liru and the others to pass through.

When she closed the door, Liru noticed that she even said that the heavens were right and she continued to shed tears.

The moment he closed the door, he kneeled down towards Li Ruo.

The others were frightened by her sudden action, but they still quickly pulled her up.

"My lord, you must uphold justice for my poor old man." The woman struggled and forced herself to kneel.

"If there's anything we need to talk about, we can talk about it slowly. But Auntie, you have to get up first. After all, I'm still a junior. I can't stand you being so polite!"

"My lord, you have to avenge me!" The old woman was still sobbing, but Ruo Ruo's persuasion was of no use.

Until long after she had been pulled into the house, the old woman was immersed in a state of oblivion.

The few of them looked at each other, not understanding what was going on. Luoluo had been very calm the entire time, and she had not spoken since she found a seat to sit down.

The old woman's expression was sorrowful, something that could not be faked. Her sudden outburst of emotion when she revealed her identity was very casual, it was a type of extreme pain, as if she had been hiding it for a long time.

If Li Ru knew, she wasn't lying.

From a psychological point of view, the old woman was crying because there was too much truth hidden in her heart.

There were too many grievances and sadness in her heart, but for all sorts of reasons, she could not speak of these words to anyone. Therefore, her mood had always been depressed.

So, just now, she felt like she saw hope when she heard that Li Ruo was going to investigate again. She didn't even know what their identities were, because all these years, her patience had placed a huge burden on her heart.

If she had thought about it, perhaps they would have arrived a few days later. Perhaps this old woman had already … It's probably not here anymore.

After a long time, when the old woman stopped crying, Liru let out a sigh of relief. Honestly speaking, she felt powerless every time she faced this kind of situation.

She could not interrupt or stop him, much less comfort or insult him. All she could do was wait.

"Auntie, can you tell us what the situation is now?"

"I'm sorry!" The aunt's voice was still filled with sorrow. Only now did he realize that he had lost his composure in front of the honored guest he had just met.

"I can understand, but aunt doesn't need to be so polite. I think we should talk about the case!" He didn't know when the conversation would end, so he changed the subject.

As expected, the old woman was more concerned about this as well.

"That old man of mine is a very kind person. He did all the good deeds while he was still alive, but he didn't expect to end up like this!"

I asked him what it was, but he refused to tell me. In the following few days, he was in a trance, and I thought he was sick, so I went to a doctor to see him. But the doctor only said that my old man was depressed, and that as long as he was cheerful, he would be fine!

"One day later, the old man told me a lot of strange things. He said that no matter what happened to him, I was not to ask about it. If you didn't meet someone you could really believe, pretend that you didn't know anything!"

"But after he finished, he said that perhaps he was overthinking it and that the man would not do something so heavy. After that, he told me that he was going to make a trip to the mountain."

"Because I've heard many strange things about the forest before. I won't let him go no matter what, but he said he had to go because if he didn't go, then that person wouldn't have let him go!"

"I asked him who that person was and why he was so scared. He said that he didn't want me to be scared together with him, so he didn't say anything!"

"He was afraid that I wouldn't let him go, so he locked me in the house while I was sleeping. When I came out again, it was because the neighbors released me after hearing my call. Afterwards, he heard news that the old man's corpse was found outside the forest!" Speaking of which, the old woman sobbed again, she said.

"At that time, I was completely dumbfounded. A person who was fine last night, how could he possibly disappear just like that? "

"And then?" In fact, the longer she followed Ruo Ruo, the more she realized that there were many more miserable people in this world than her. Not to mention anything else, at the very least, she would still be able to live after being injured. However, in this world, there were many people who were clearly very good, yet all of them died mysteriously.

Compared to these people who had been wrongly accused but had lost their lives, she could be considered lucky.

"Then, they all said that the old man's body was in the mountain forest, and it must have been caused by the people inside. Some people also said that the people inside left their corpses in the mountains after killing someone, and they coincidentally met them.