Chapter 73
A blood moon volleyed in the sky for less than half an hour, but it caused a lot of melancholy.

That night, many people tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Qianru noticed that Shangguan Yuan had quietly left the tent, she also put on her clothes and followed.

Most of the soldiers rested, only Liu Ang and An Tai snuggled up beside the fire.

As soon as Shangguan Yuan approached, Liu Ang brought up the old case of Gu Cheng, and then took out the dagger that belonged to Shangguan Liu.

Antai sighed repeatedly when he saw it, and refused to bring up the old story again, but couldn't bear Shangguanyuan's plea, so he had no choice but to tell everything.

It was also the night of a blood moon.

Antai had a drink with the moon in the yard, expressing his melancholy that the war was raging everywhere and the people were in dire straits.

Suddenly, an officer came to tell that a tragic murder had occurred in Yijia Village outside Dongcheng.

An Tai hurried forward, but he didn't know that as soon as he arrived at Yijia Village, he saw fires burning in the city, and thick smoke billowed.

At that time, the current situation was in turmoil, and bandits often harassed the people. There was no army stationed in Dao County, only a few sporadic servants, which could not help at all.

Therefore, Antai recruited a group of village braves at his own expense to maintain local law and order. There were more than 100 people in total, who were guarding day and night.

Xiangyong, who was on duty that night, most likely followed him out of the city because of the Yi family murder.

I never thought of the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

He hurriedly rode his horse back to the city, just in time to run into the gangster and fled after committing an attack.

There is no city wall in Dao County, and the enemy has horses, and they will flee if they cover each other.

At this time, a Xiangyong shot a horse in the head, and a gangster fell down.

He shouted loudly and led the villagers to capture him.

He almost caught one, but he was stabbed by a thrown dagger and almost died, and the villain also escaped.

"Although the gangsters are all masked, we can tell from their shouts and figures that most of them are women. They wear the same style of riding boots on their feet, and the saddles are exactly the same. They are well-trained and not For the purpose of making money."

At that time, Antai was just a fledgling county magistrate with little knowledge and could not tell anything.

The matter was so important that he could only write down what he saw in a letter and send it to Fan Mang.

"Ah!" An Tai sighed, "I have done the worst thing in my life, nothing is worse than this. Fan Mang lost his life because of this, and the previous dynasty was powerless because of the disastrous defeat of Gucheng. And now I, a sinner, have also received retribution! "

"How did you write the letter to Fan Mang?" Liu Ang asked.

"After more than 20 years, An Mou couldn't remember the content of the letter. Thinking about it now, it was probably because of one sentence."

That day when he was taken back to Hou Ya, a villager brought a boy in his teens, who he said was a survivor of the Yi family murder.

He was very anxious at the time, grabbed the child and asked, "Have you seen the murderer?"

The boy nodded without hesitation, "I've met one of the gangsters, I know who she is, she is a female general, her surname is Liu." With the last strength, he also wrote the child's words.

After waking up from the coma, he wanted to find the child and ask him again, but he couldn't find it.

"You are so confused! When the two armies confront each other, the most taboo thing is to disturb the morale of the army. It is in vain for you to read so many sage books, mediocrity!"

An Tai was extremely ashamed and angry for a moment, and wanted to snatch the dagger and kill it, but was stopped by Shangguan Yuan.

"It's been more than 20 years, and it won't help you if you die. It's better to save your life and do something useful for the people."

How could a ten-year-old country boy know a female general surnamed Liu?

Everyone in Yijia Village said that the murdered family was an honest farmer who had never left Dao County in his life and never had any enemies.

After An Tai realized that something was wrong, he sent people to search for the child.

Unexpectedly, before the person was found, Dao County was occupied.

He was depressed, so he went back to Gongjiang's hometown to recuperate.

Listening to Antai's old story, Qianru couldn't help but think of Yi Zhonglun.

Counting his age, he was exactly the same as the child surnamed Yi who appeared in Dao County that year, and at the foot of Xiaogu Mountain, his deduction was as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

Could it be that he was that kid back then?

She came forward and told Shangguan Yuan the speculation in her heart.

Shangguan Yuan was somewhat suspicious. Although both of them had the surname Yi, Yi Zhonglun's intelligence was well-known in the government and the public. It is not uncommon to be able to deduce these things through investigation.

Antai also thought it was impossible.

At that time, Yijia Village was not rich. The villagers were basically white men, and they couldn’t even eat enough. How could they have spare money for their children to study?How can he achieve Yi Zhonglun's talent if he can't read and write?

All this can only show that the child was very suspicious back then, and the two murders were probably deliberately planned by someone.

Everyone's emotions fluctuated for a while, but they didn't make any progress at all, which made Yi Zhonglun's ingenuity stand out for no reason.

But, who is planning it?
Liu Ang said, it must be Shangguan Liu.

Because of the unique "Liu" character on the dagger.

Seeing Shangguan Yuan's extremely painful appearance, Qianru couldn't bear it, and approached to comfort her.

At this time, An Tai hesitated and said: "You have already married, and the two families have become in-laws. There is one thing I don't want to mention. But tonight's conversation here, it seems that I can't vomit quickly."

An Tai said that more than a year ago, on the night Meng Qiaoyi was assassinated, another person appeared.

That night, Luo Yang hid him in the gambling house in the town.

However, after he left, the old lady next to Shangguan Liu came in to look for him.

He only met that person when the two families were on a blind date, and he didn't remember the name.

As soon as she saw him, she pulled him out.

His identity is sensitive, and he doesn't want to show it off, so he has no choice but to follow her.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived in a remote place, she showed her fierce face and punched and kicked him.

In order to save his life, he had to take out his dagger to resist.

At that time, the post station was on fire.

The old woman was surprised when she saw his dagger, and said viciously, "So it was you."

Then he grabbed the dagger with three punches and two kicks to kill him.

At the critical moment, a gambler sneaked up on the old woman from behind, knocked her unconscious with a club, and then blackmailed all the money from him.

This is the reason why Luo Yang took him to hide in the gambling house.

Although he relied on begging for a period of time thereafter, he managed to save his life.

"Why would she say that when she saw the dagger, and she was so angry that she wanted to kill him immediately, unless she was the gangster who was almost caught by me back then." An Tai sighed: "This really echoes the old saying, no hatred is impossible. In-laws, alas!"

After Shangguan Yuan heard it, it was as if he had been hit by a bolt from the blue, and Liu Ang said some bad things about Shangguan Liu's family.

He was dazed, and he didn't say a word on the way back to Beijing. He didn't eat or sleep, and wiped his gun whenever he stopped.

How can a son kill his own mother?

Looking at Shangguan Yuan's sunken and red eyes, Qianru couldn't help being heartbroken, but no matter what she persuaded, Shangguan Yuan didn't respond.

How stubborn!

She had no choice but to suffer together with him, to get herself down first, not to see anything.

(End of this chapter)

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