The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 19 Su Muzhe (3)

The leader is the mayor of Yutian Town. After knowing my identity, he hurriedly said, "It turned out to be a patrolling horse delivering letters, which surprised you. May I ask you, where did the frog demon go?" ?”

I pointed them in the direction, and the mayor gave orders to his subordinate Xiangyong to let them find someone on their own, but he wanted to accompany me back to the hotel.I was a little surprised and asked him, "Why doesn't the mayor have to go?"

"It's a frog monster, but I don't really believe it. A good person, I've seen him in the past, how can he become a monster. Let them go, I will go back with my husband and change clothes, the patrol horse is Honorable guest, don’t dare to neglect you.” The mayor stretched out his hand and helped me up from the ground.

According to the mayor's tone, I am not keen on catching monsters. I probably came because I was forced by the Su family. Now that I have an excuse, I don't want to chase any more, so I just nodded and walked back to my residence with him. shop.

When I got back to the inn, the owner saw that I was in a mess, and came back with the mayor. He was surprised and hurried up to ask. After scrubbing the room, I changed into clean clothes and came out.

The mayor sat at a table and waited for me. When he saw me coming out, he smiled and said, "I asked the shop owner to order two bowls of noodles. The village is remote and there is no way to treat guests. Please ask the gentleman to eat a bowl of noodles to calm the shock."

I quickly thanked him, sat down across from him, and asked, "May I ask the mayor, who is that frog monster? Why did the town arrest him?"

"This is a scary thing to say," the mayor said after thinking for a while, "Have you found out, sir, that every household in this town pours water outside at night?"

When he said this, I suddenly felt strange. Indeed, for some reason, the people in this town kept pouring water outside before dark, and I was splashed all over by several families when I went out. At this time, the mayor mentioned that, Ask him what's going on.

The mayor said: "Some time ago, a woman was stabbed to death with scissors in the bathtub at home. For some reason, the water in the bathtub disappeared without a drop. Coincidentally, at this time, the frog demon—— Let's call him that, but he was found to be addicted to water, no matter when and where, he would pour himself a stomach full of water. So there were rumors in the town that he was a frog monster who lived on water, so he killed him. The woman drank her bathwater again."

I was dumbfounded to hear that killing someone for drinking bath water is unheard of even though I have been traveling all these years.Seeing me in a daze, the mayor glanced at me, and continued: "After hearing this rumor, the people in the town were afraid that the frog monster would break into their homes, so they poured all the water out of their homes at night."

It turned out to be the case.

At this time, the shop owner brought two bowls of noodles and put them on the table. He also sat down beside him and interjected, "Who says it is not. Sir, you have traveled a lot, and you have seen strange things. Have you ever seen a good one?" How could a person suddenly become a water-hungry monster?"

A nice person?The mayor said the same thing about the frog monster before, and I asked, "Who was this frog monster before?"

The mayor told me that the frog demon was actually a townsman named Qiu Yehong, who was the younger brother of the dead woman and had no father or mother.The woman who died was Qiu Tian'er, not a few years older than Qiu Yehong, but she married into the Mu family, a wealthy family in this town, and her family had a big business, so she has been supporting her younger brother Qiu Yehong.

"Speaking of that, Qiu Tian'er was also a miserable person. He married into the Mu family at a young age. Fu Bo, the young master of the Mu family, passed away within a year of getting married. It is said that he had a bad disease, leaving only one child. Sister." The mayor sighed, "She managed the Mu family, pulled the girl from the Mu family into adulthood, and finally the girl married the young master of the Su family who is well-matched. When the whole town mentions her, no one will give her a thumbs up and call her a good woman , Alas, what a pity."

The dead woman was Qiu Tian'er, the housewife of the Mu family, and Murong, the young mistress of the Su family, was Qiu Tian'er's sister-in-law.I thought about it carefully, Murong wasn't at Su's house tonight, probably he was at Mu's house to deal with Qiu Tian'er's funeral.Now that Qiu Tian'er is gone, Murong is the last of the Murong family.

And Qiu Yehong stopped me just now, wanting Su Mu to write a letter to Murong, he is Qiu Tian'er's younger brother, what do you want Su Mu to write to Murong?

"It's a pity to talk about this child Murong." The mayor seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated, shaking his head and did not say anything.I didn't pay attention to what he said for a moment, but continued the previous words: "Qiu Tian'er's bath tub is full of water, so it doesn't mean that Qiu Yehong drank it all. Why do everyone think he killed him?"

"At that time, Mrs. Su was at Mu's house and saw him come out of Qiu Tian'er's room with her own eyes. Several women who worked in Mu's house also saw him." The mayor said, "But what is strange is that Qiu Tian'er Taking a bath, how could Qiu Yehong enter her room?"

Generally, when a woman takes a bath, unless she is very close, outsiders cannot enter her room. Although Qiu Yehong is Qiu Tian'er's younger brother and is close enough, he is a man.My heart moved, and I suddenly asked: "Was Murong at Murong's house at that time?"

The mayor gave me a meaningful look, picked out chopstick noodles, put them back in the bowl, and said slowly, "It just so happens that Murong was also at Mu's house at that time."

I recalled the look in the mayor's eyes, and naturally knew that he understood what I was talking about, so I quickly apologized and said with a smile: "I guessed wildly. It's impossible to think about it. Didn't you say that Murong was brought up by Qiu Tian'er?"

"If you say that Murong hates Qiu Tian'er, there really is a reason." The mayor thought for a while, and seeing that the owner of the store had also strained his ears, he hurriedly warned him that he must never pass on what he said here tonight. Going out, the Su Mu family is a big family with many relatives, so they can't afford to offend easily.The owner of the store hurriedly responded to him, promising not to speak out.

The mayor then said: "It happened with the marriage of Su Mu's family. There are two young masters of the Su family, Su Mu is the eldest, and Su Fu is the second. In the earliest time, Murong was actually on good terms with Su Fu. Many people in the town I know. It’s just that for some reason, it was Su Mu who went to Mu’s house to ask for a marriage. Qiu Tian’er probably coveted Su Mu’s status as the eldest son, so he could take over the Su family in the future, so he agreed to this marriage. It is not impossible to hate Qiu Tian'er for this matter."

"Not at all." At this time, the owner of the shop suddenly interjected, "The two young masters of the Su family look exactly alike, and they are both good-looking talents. Doesn't it matter which one you marry?"

"It turns out that the two young masters of the Su family look exactly alike." I wondered, "Could they be twin brothers?"

"That's the reason," the mayor shook his head and said, "Although Su Mu and Su Fu are the same mother, they are not twins, but they look exactly the same. I am afraid that except for the people who watched them grow up, no one would know." Can't tell them apart."

"You mean people, why do you have to look exactly the same?" The owner of the store smiled, "I think the two brothers are not happy, because there is another person who came to grab my things for no reason. Anyway, they are exactly the same, you say If there is only one, isn’t everything his?”

As he said, he slapped the table heavily, "Fatality tricks people!"

I thought to myself that even if good fortune does not trick people, the Su family's property will not belong to him. I don't know why he is so excited.But thinking about it again, I couldn't help but feel moved again. What the shop owner said was not unreasonable. If there was only one person left, then the Su family's property would naturally belong to this person.Then Su Mu said that Su Fu died at the hands of bandits halfway, is there something that can be questioned?

I thought of Su Mu's spring-like smile, and quickly drove this thought out of my mind. Such a young man with Hexi couldn't associate him with this kind of thing anyway, let alone Su Mu being the eldest son of Su. The family property was already inherited by him, there was no need for him to do such a thing, Su Fu's death should not be a problem.

Su Fu's death will not be a problem, so what about Qiu Tian'er?

Qiu Yehong is Qiu Tian'er's younger brother, and she has been relying on her for financial support, so there is no reason to kill her.The mayor probably also had some doubts about Qiu Tian'er's death, so he didn't care much about capturing Qiu Yehong.Besides, there are some things that the mayor didn't say - Qiu Tian'er died, and the Mu family has no other direct relatives, so everything in the Mu family naturally belongs to Murong, which is also a major reason for killing people.

I have more or less seen some of these big families not being on the table.The mayor may also have such thoughts, so he didn't say these things.He didn't say anything, I'm a patrol horse, I just pass by here, so naturally I won't say anything.

We sat opposite each other and finished eating a bowl of noodles. The mayor calculated the money and gave the owner of the store, then got up and left. Before leaving, he invited me to visit him at the town hall when I was free, and talk about new things from all over the world.I agreed with him, and then went back to the back room, took a look at the dirty clothes I had just changed at the foot of the bed, and was tired for a while, so I didn't pick them up to wash right away, but went to bed and read a book, when did I fall asleep? do not know either.

When I got up early the next day, someone came over following the sign at the door and asked me to write a letter home. I wrote the letter carefully according to the dictated words, read it again, put it in an envelope, and sent it to the family after receiving the money. He left, then asked the shopkeeper for a cup of tea, ate some dry food for breakfast, then went out with his burden on his back, and went to Su's house to deliver a letter again.

Because I went to Su's house once last night, I arrived at Su's house this morning with ease. The steward opened the door and saw that it was me. He was a little embarrassed and said that the young mistress was still at Mu's house and the young master went to look for her early in the morning.He hesitated for a moment, and asked me to hand over the letter to Murong, and when Murong came back, I would definitely hand over the letter to her.

I thanked him politely, asked the direction of Mu's house, and planned to go to Mu's house by myself. Murong is not at Su's house, so I can't wait for her all the time.The steward was a little unhappy, perhaps because I refused to let them hand over the letterhead several times, and felt that I didn't trust them. After pointing me in the direction, he closed the door with a bang and treated me to a bowl of closed doors.

I touched my face to make sure my nose was still there, and then I felt relieved and walked towards Mu's house.The Su Mu family is at the two ends of the town, and there is a small forest in the middle of the town, which divides the town into two halves, and the Mu family is in the town on the other side.When I walked to the edge of the forest, I found that there were many archways erected in front of the forest, one on top of the other, stretching into the forest.

These archways are very tall. When I approached one of the archways, I looked up and saw the word "chaste" written in the middle of the archway, so I knew it was a chastity archway.I have seen this thing everywhere, most of it was built in the Qing Dynasty, and commended women who kept chaste and never married after their husbands died. Every one is beautiful, but it always makes me feel gloomy, as if standing below As soon as you reach out, you can receive a handful of tears.

I passed under the archway, walked into the small forest, and unconsciously stretched out my hand under an archway, but suddenly found that when my hand was cold, I received a handful of water in my palm.Suddenly my scalp went numb, and my legs almost fell to the ground. I thought to myself, the sky is bright, and the owner of this archway can't really be crying!

The sight in the woods was dim, I tremblingly raised my head to look at the archway, only to find that there was a man on it, staring at me with blood-red eyes, drooling from his mouth drop by drop, when I stretched out my hand, I didn’t want to It all fell on my hands.I suddenly felt nauseous, and hurriedly shook off the saliva from my hands, and then pulled the grass to the side to wipe my hands.

The moment I looked up just now, I could see clearly that the person on the archway was Qiu Yehong.After talking with the mayor last night, I already had a judgment in my heart, thinking that Qiu Tian'er probably wasn't killed by him, so I wasn't afraid of him.As for why he suddenly became addicted to water, although I don't know, I don't really believe that people can suddenly become monsters. They are all raised by their mothers and fathers. It may not be that his father has any special ability to give birth to monsters.

I was thinking about this, and while wiping my hands, I said to Qiu Yehong on the memorial arch: "Did you kill Qiu Tian'er? If not, why don't you go to the town office to find the mayor and explain the whole story, it's better than this Hide and hide."

As soon as the words were finished, Qiu Yehong suddenly jumped down from the archway, threw me to the ground, and immediately made my newly changed clothes dusty again.I thought that I might have to change my clothes again when I went back, and I suddenly became angry, but before I could say anything, Qiu Yehong came up to grab my burden without hesitation.

He still wanted the letter to Murong.

(End of this chapter)