Quick Transmigration: Losing All Standing and Reputation - Chapter 44

[Chapter 44]

Zhang Gu is not tall, but he is strong and looks like a very taciturn man. His house was crowded with so many officials, and he couldn’t make his eyebrows wrinkle. Zhang Gu walked in and only glanced at Mother Zhang, then lowered his head. Cen glared at him.

Seeing this scene, Song called Xiao Bing and told him something in his ear. Xiao Bing responded, turned around and backed out. Cen’s and Zhang’s mother glanced at Xiao Bing, who had withdrawn. Zhang Gu hung his head and did not respond.

Song asked Zhang Gu and Mother Zhang to lead the way, saying that he wanted to go to the place where Mother Zhang collected firewood that day.

Zhang Gu, who has been sullen since he came in, said, “Sir, let me take you there alone, my mother is old.”

Song Que said: “This is not possible, I want to see if you two can point out the same one. The place.”

His suspicions were almost on the table, but this sentence was very useful, almost as soon as he said it, Song noticed the sudden anxiety of the two.

Song pretended not to know, but stuck in the middle of the two, there were many guards beside them, so the two had no chance to make a serial confession.

When he reached the bank of the river where women often go to wash clothes, Song Que’s mood was obviously gloomy. Xiao Bing, the only one who knew the reason, was not there. The policemen in Changlin County were surprised that this famous inspector had an eccentric temperament.

Song Que stood on the bank of the river and observed it for a while. There were a few large rocks on the bank, and they didn’t even need a pounding stone. It was very suitable for washing clothes directly on it with a pounding pestle. The stone is very flat, a section higher than the river water, just the height where it is convenient to get water and will not be flooded. It is also said that it is difficult for the river to hit the rocky bank. This large stone is flat rather than smooth. It is not easy for people to slip on it and cause an accident.

However, Song picked up a few pieces of gravel from the ground and threw them at several places, estimating the depth of the riverbed and the turbulence of the river. This section of the Changshi River is not rushing, but the riverbed is quite deep. Depending on the direction of the current, there is a tendency to hit the shore.

Song took a few steps back, and saw a few abandoned bamboo poles beside them. Although they were not neat, they were still stacked together, and only one was left scattered.

Song backed away and asked Mother Zhang to lead the way.

Mother Zhang had a lot of shirk. For a while, she said that she was busy picking up firewood and didn’t pay much attention to the road. Then she said that her waist had slipped at that time, and she was stunned by pain.

Song didn’t care at all, and said, “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter where you go. You usually come here to pick up firewood, and the way up the mountain is always the way to go? Let’s go to the mountain to see.”

Zhang’s mother couldn’t, so she had to take him up the mountain, The place to pick up firewood is easy to find, but how can she tell Zhang Gu the same place?

Song, however, accompanied Mother Zhang around in a large circle, and every time she went to a place where the terrain was steeper, she asked her if she had lost her waist. Mother Zhang cooperated very well. In her mouth, this place is also like that, and she finally patted her head, saying that she is old and confused.

Song has already confirmed that something is wrong with her, and the expression on his face has become more and more indifferent. Once his appearance is solemn, it is extremely imposing. Mother Zhang originally wanted to say a few more words, trying to fish in the water, but when she saw that his back suddenly became cold, she didn’t dare to speak.

After Zhang’s mother, Song took Zhang Gu up the mountain alone. Facing Zhang Gu, Song was very direct: “Are you still going? You don’t know what to say?”

Zhang Gu still hung his head and said: “Sir , I don’t have a good memory, and I can remember it after a lot of walking.”

Song But said again: “Why do you always keep your head down, is it because you have done something wrong and dare not see people?”

Zhang Gu said in a sullen voice: ” I’ve fallen on my pillow recently, and I can’t lift it up.”

Zhang Gu’s attitude is very good, he will answer any questions he has, but even if Song asks something radical, he is not annoyed, Quan Dang only heard the normal half of the question. .

Between the question and answer, Song gradually understood his temperament.

Song didn’t speak anymore. He scrutinized the existing information back and forth, and gradually pieced together the most probable process in his mind. Although there were still some details that lacked confirmation, it was already the most probable situation based on the performance of these two people.

Zhang Gu really did not point out any definite place, and the reason was pushed to the anxiety at the time, patronizing the back of the injured mother, not paying attention to where it was on the mountain.

Song was noncommittal about this, and asked him what he thought of Cheng Li while going down the mountain.

Zhang Gu’s previous performance was not leaking, but he suddenly got stuck on this issue and fell into a rare silence. After a long while, he said: “He is a good person.”

Song Que said: “Did you find him disliked in the dye house? Zhang Gu said: ”

He is skillful, and the dyed cloth is very good-looking. Managers value him very much, and everyone else has a good relationship with him on the surface. As for privately, I dare not say it to death, but Cheng Li has a generous temperament, and other people have a good relationship with him. It’s hard to hate him.”

Song Que said: “It’s hard for others to hate him, what about you?”

Zhang Gu touched his forehead and said, “I don’t hate him naturally. I’m older than him, but not as capable as he is. , is a bit embarrassing. But he is a generous person, he doesn’t hide his secrets, and he doesn’t hold grudges. If you have two days with him, he may not realize that you are angry with him. How can you hate such a person? ”

Song Que said: “He was a very good person, but unfortunately he died young, right?”

Zhang Gu: “…Yes.”

Song Que obviously felt the man’s steps beside him heavier, and said again : “Did you know? The child in his wife’s womb already has all the senses, and has grown hair. It’s a boy. It’s a little smaller, and it already looks like a child. If he can give birth, what kind of situation will it be? ?”

Zhang Gu’s footsteps stopped, but Song felt something, turned to look at him, his mouth opened and closed, as if he wanted to say something, but also seemed to be afraid that he would really say it, it looked very painful. appearance.

Song waited patiently for a while, but Zhang Gu didn’t speak in the end, and he couldn’t say he was disappointed, but Song even thought sarcastically, that’s why he would do such a thing.

When the two went down the mountain, Xiao Bing was already waiting on the shore. He was ordered by Song Quezhi to inquire about the news, and now he came back with the information Song Que wanted to confirm.

The manager of the dye house checked the records and confirmed the time. On the day when Su Xiuxiu and Cheng Li disappeared, the dye house asked Cheng Li and Zhang Gu to leave work ahead of schedule, and the two left together.

And Xiao Bing asked other people in the dyeing workshop, and he didn’t say anything bad about Cheng Li. He asked who was more difficult to deal with than Cheng Li, but he couldn’t say a name for a long time. Cheng Li usually either stays in the dye house or helps out at home, and it is difficult to go to other places to conflict with others. Like Su Xiuxiu, he has no extra communication, and has the closest connection with the Zhang family.

Xiao Bing also went to find out what other neighbors thought about the Zhang Cheng family. The two families fought fiercely, mainly between Zhang’s mother and Cheng’s mother. The two of them refused to take any loss, and they had to overwhelm each other in everything they did. . Next are Cen’s and Su Xiuxiu, but these two are unilateral after being brainwashed by Zhang’s mother. Su Xiuxiu has a soft temper and can’t quarrel no matter how she is targeted. Cen’s is also used to tearing directly. When encountering a quarrel like Su Xiuxiu, he ran away without making any noise. It was a fist that hit the cotton, and he couldn’t use it with force. Although Zhang’s father and Cheng’s father were not as violent as Zhang’s mother and Cheng’s mother, they still had to talk about each other when they met. Because they are making troubles, it’s not a big deal, the neighbors should watch the lively, and they can talk more about dinner.

In the battle between the two families, the Cheng family has always had the upper hand, but there are still some back and forth. You come and go, and it is Su Xiuxiu’s pregnancy that breaks the balance.

Although the Cheng family said that my eldest son is better than your eldest son, and the eldest daughter-in-law is more literate than your eldest daughter-in-law, the Zhang family can also counter that my youngest son is studying and will be an official master in the future, with a bright future. Although the Zhang family’s second child’s grades were not outstanding, after all, he was in the academy. When it was mentioned, the Cheng family lost a bit of confidence.

Mother Cheng sometimes got angry and said that she would throw the eldest brother back to study, but Cheng Li had already passed that age, and he still had the skills to support himself.

At this time, Su Xiuxiu was pregnant. Although she is not pregnant, but compared with the opposite door, it is much better. Cen started her career for more than five years, and she has never been pregnant. In the first two years, she was scolded by Zhang’s mother, forcing her to see a doctor and take medicine. Later, Mrs. Cen suddenly became hard-hearted. Mother Zhang said on the surface that she felt sorry for her daughter-in-law, but everyone guessed that Zhang Gu was useless, otherwise there was no reason to bow her head first because of Mother Zhang’s temper. In short, the matter of holding a grandson is about to become a heart disease for Zhang’s mother. She can’t get pregnant at all, but her stomach is bulging.

Although Cheng Li’s heart is usually sour, the daughter-in-law of Cheng Li is weak and weak, and she can’t pick up her shoulders. But once you’re pregnant, it’s different. At first glance, Su Xiuxiu has read a lot of poetry and books. Is this child born smart? Moreover, after Su Xiuxiu was pregnant, she liked to eat sour, and Cheng’s mother revealed it eight hundred times in front of Zhang’s mother, intentionally or unintentionally. It is said that a sour girl is a hot girl. Mother Zhang gave birth to two boys, and she loved sour in her mouth when she was pregnant. I am convinced of this statement. At that time, when the Zhang family mentioned the second child, the Cheng family mentioned the eldest grandson who had not yet been born, which completely made the Zhang family feel depressed and shut up.

When Xiao Bing finished reporting the news he had inquired, the blank piece of Song Que’s mind also put together the last piece of the puzzle.

He asked Mother Zhang and Zhang Gu to walk to the river bank, stood on the stone bank, and looked at the river by himself: “On that day, Mrs. Su came to the river bank to help Mrs. Cheng get a pestle, but unexpectedly, the pestle was in the hands of the murderer. During the negotiation between the two, the murderer suddenly felt malicious and hit the back of Su’s neck with a pestle. After finding that Su was not breathing, he panicked and pushed Su into the river, trying to pretend to drown. But Su’s body floated. She was too close to the river bank, so the murderer took a bamboo pole and tried to push her body away from the bank, so that she could float away with the river. Unexpectedly, Cheng Li came to look for Su, hit the scene right, and pushed the murderer away when he came up. Pull back the Su family. After finding that the Su family was dead, Cheng Li either wanted to take revenge himself, or to report to the official, but was held back by the murderer. At this time, a fourth person appeared, and he was the accomplice. The accomplice helped to hold him back. When Cheng Li was caught, the murderer hit Cheng Li’s back with a pestle and threw the man into the water. Cheng Li could not swim and struggled in the water, trying to grab the shore. The murderer used a long bamboo pole to jab him. To beat him, Cheng Li struggled several times but failed, and finally lost his strength and was drowned alive by the two people on the shore.”

The faces of the mother and son were the same pale, and Mother Zhang gritted her teeth, and the matter is still up to this day. No intention of surrendering.

Song turned around and smiled at them, ghostly, he whispered: “Do you know how I know? It was those two corpses and three ghosts who swam through the three towns and came to me and told me in person, they said , take revenge tonight.”

[End of This Chapter]