Myths Begin From Boys' Gong

Chapter 19 Tracking Directions
Seeing that Lu Zhong was a little disappointed, Meng Zhao quickly comforted him,
"Uncle Zhong, don't blame yourself. I think these thieves are not only bold, but also rely on powerful forces behind them. That's why they act so recklessly, and they have the ability to escape our investigation."

Lu Zhong nodded, his tone gradually became colder, and his eyes flashed sharply, saying,

"That's right, the young master was attacked this time, obviously someone in the mansion secretly tipped off these thieves.

And the hiding time must not be short, so even Ah Le was kept from it.

As for Zhuangshang, the attack five days ago was also a result of someone cheating on the inside and colluding with outsiders.

Only then did he easily evade the defense line of the nursing home, go deep into the village, and was caught off guard. "

Meng Zhao also knew about the situation of this manor. It is one of the best big villages under his name. It has nourished silkworms to weave silk, tea mountain fish ponds, planting crops, etc., but the main means of profit is the medicine field.

Many precious medicinal materials are not only directly supplied to the medicinal material shop under his name, but also sold to other medical centers.

In addition to obtaining intuitive profits, invisible interpersonal resources are also established.

Therefore, watchtowers are built in every corner of the manor and in remote places to protect the manor from infringement.

The watchtower is the kind of stone building that Meng Zhao saw outside.

Through this kind of watchtower, you can see the situation outside from a distance. With someone who is proficient in martial arts in the hands, when you hold long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, crossbows, etc., you can completely resist the enemy from outside the village.

When the group of thieves broke into the village that day, they actually crossed the watchtower directly, sneaked into the village with secret means, and broke through the defense line from the inside out.

Without the blueprint of the internal defense line, without the support of spies, it is not so difficult to make this happen.

At this time, Lu Le suddenly noticed that the information in his adoptive father's words was somewhat different from his own understanding, and asked in confusion,

"Father, why did you say there were seven corpses? According to the news I got, eight people died that night!"

When Meng Zhao was reminded by Lu Le, he also remembered this incident, and looked at Lu Zhong suspiciously.

This old man who has survived many years of wind and rain and is used to the vicissitudes of life, his face is full of uncontrollable anger at this time, he took a deep breath from the big pipe, and said in a low voice,
"The reason why this old slave stayed in this village these days is to check this matter..."

Through Lu Zhong's narration, the faces of Meng Zhao and Lu Le gradually became serious.

The group of thieves broke into the village that day, with the main purpose of burning down the medicine fields and stealing medicine materials, and did not intend to slaughter them. Therefore, only eight corpses were left that night.

Five of the bodies were preserved intact, and three others were found in the burned medicine field.

Because of the excessive fire, part of the epidermis and even the corpse were scorched, and the identity could only be identified by the figure and more obvious physical characteristics.

Originally, this was the end of the matter, and the family members of the deceased received pensions, comfort, and pain relief.

Those without family members will also be buried in the Meng family's honor, and will be remembered.

However, there was an old man in the farm who had worked as a clerk in the yamen when he was young, and was very familiar with these nursing homes on the farm, so he noticed that one of the corpses was different.

Therefore, he secretly found Lu Zhong and told Lu Zhong his suspicion.

Lu Zhong remained calm on the surface, but secretly investigated. Sure enough, as the old man said, this corpse had a senile injury on the right foot bone, and he would limp slightly when walking, while the guard was a very normal warrior. , strong legs and feet, walking like the wind, never had such dark injuries.

Therefore, this is just a man who is very similar to that nurse in figure and physical appearance, not himself.

This method of feigning death and then replacing it with other people's corpses is actually very rough. Once you figure it out and investigate it intentionally, you can always check it out. I'm afraid I didn't go in this direction.

Afterwards, Lu Zhong seized this important clue, traced the past of the nursing home, and found that he had sneaked out of the village several times, and after entering the city, he went to the famous gold-selling cave, where he was drunk with money.

According to his income in the Meng family, he might be able to live a very good life, which is more than enough than the bottom.

But it is absolutely impossible to afford such a large expense.

After further investigation, I found out that in recent years, this person has often stolen the precious medicinal materials and other rare items from the Zhuangzi and sold them to the outside world. He got money and spent it on pleasure, and he has sucked a lot of Zhuangzi's blood.

It's just that this person is very smart, and he deliberately planted this account on the two brothers Meng Xi and Meng Wen of the big house.

This made the people in the village dare not report this, nor did they dare to raise objections.

After all, the two brothers of the Meng family had a lot of bad deeds before, and they did such nonsense things a lot.

In the eyes of the people in the second room, they are no less than wolves, tigers and leopards.

Not only greedy, but also vicious, so few people pursue these.

Even Lu Zhong, the big butler of the second room, a majestic innate master, is powerless, so what about the people at the bottom?

Not close relatives, Meng Xi and Meng Wen are the son of Meng Jizuu, the head of the Meng family, and they are cousins ​​with Meng Zhao. They borrow some money between relatives, what's wrong?
Because of this weird atmosphere, and the fact that the Zhuangzi has always been a bit closed off and doesn't communicate much with the outside world, this nursing home is like a fish in water, so comfortable.

From Meng Zhao's point of view, it is more accurate to describe this person's behavior as fraud rather than stealing.

After all, his method of stealing is not clever, and many people in the village know it.

But with the help of Meng Xi and Meng Wen, a large number of people were bluffed.

It can be described as bold and careful, but also a talent.

When Lu Zhong checked these things, he found that because he often had fun in those famous selling gold caves, this nursing home even met several rich and powerful sons and brothers, including Sun Chuanshan of the Sun family.

On several occasions, the nursing home intentionally flattered Sun Chuanshan, and even took the initiative to sell the precious medicinal materials in his hands to the other party at a low price. The two established a certain interest relationship.

Reminiscent of the fierce fight between the Sun family and the Meng family recently, Lu Zhong realized that this was a very important clue and a direction for investigation.

Therefore, the power of the second room was mobilized again, and Sun Chuanshan was investigated.

I found out that he is not only lustful, but also a gambler, but unfortunately he is also addicted to food.

He once lost all his belongings and was forced to mortgage a property, he is a famous prodigal son.

Recently, he owed a large sum of money to the underground black gold organization.

But this matter is relatively secret, few people know.

In terms of motivation, Sun Chuanshan was short of money, and he knew this nursing home again, colluded with each other, and made such a thing of attacking the village to make money, which made sense.

The Sun family and the Meng family have been torn apart, and this is not bad.

And with the power of the Sun family, it is not difficult to find some outlaws to do this kind of thing.

If it were Meng Zhao, the forces and manpower mobilized far surpassed that of this dude.

Therefore, Lu Zhong notified Lu Le before that the person who found out the instigator might be Sun Chuanshan, but he did not disclose the details on paper.

And the reason why eight people died instead of seven is mainly because of what this nursing home did. To a certain extent, they contacted the two brothers Meng Xi and Meng Wen in Dafang. It was a bit difficult to handle, so I kept quiet .

(End of this chapter)