mtl008 Chapter 120: Murder on the 6th day of the Lunar New Year
Chapter 120: Murder on the 6th day of the Lunar New Year
Shumo left and Ade was still in the dark.
Tian Xiaoxiao could imagine how miserably Ade would cry after finding out, so she took advantage of Ade's free time and asked him to make some delicious food.
Lin Yunzhi did not stay to celebrate the New Year this year, so the task was given to several grown men in the family.
Zhan Qingyang and his friends returned to their home after dinner, and Feng Lei Fengyu stayed in Qiankun Prison again.
Tian Xiaoxiao couldn't hold on any longer, and at the end of the hour of Hai, she fell asleep beside the coffee table.
Ade carried Tian Xiaoxiao back to the room, and all the dreams he had on New Year's Eve were stored in Tian Xiaoxiao's memory area.
Tian Xiaoxiao woke up early in the morning on New Year's Day. She wanted to pay New Year's greetings and get a lot of New Year's money.
After a round of visits to the whole mansion, Tian Xiaoxiao received a red envelope of nearly twenty taels of silver, all given by Yun Bo and others.
The New Year customs in Mingning Kingdom are similar to those in the previous life, with people eating, drinking and visiting relatives.
Lin Junjie brought his wife Sun, who had recovered from illness, and their two sons and daughter to Shengjing on the second day of the Chinese New Year.
Since Lin Yun knew that they had difficulty moving, he did not bother and arranged for them to stay in the government office.
Lin Junjie and Lin Bingmao gave the accounts to Lin Yunzhi. Lin Yunzhi just asked them to put them down, took out the store contract from the box, pressed his fingerprints on it, and directly transferred all the shops and farms in Wucheng to the names of Lin Junjie and Lin Bingmao.
The entire Lin family declined because the compensation Lin Yunzhi gave them for helping with management was already generous enough.
The people of Wucheng knew that it was Mrs. Tian's shop, so they all gave it some face. Moreover, Lin Junjie and Lin Bingsheng always remembered Lin Yunzhi's advice that doing business depends on genuine goods and sincerity.
We dare not adulterate our products in the slightest and we never bully other merchants.
If the store were handed over to them, without the reputation of Tian Xingjian to support it, they might not be able to keep it.
Lin Yunzhi said earnestly that they had not been in Wucheng for more than half a year and would never go back. What the people bought was no longer Tian Xingjian's official reputation, but the Lin family's own credibility, so he asked them to take over with confidence.
The harvest at the farm in Wucheng was also good. As long as they worked diligently and did not violate natural conditions, the Lin family could live a good life.
Lin Bingsheng will be able to take part in the Spring Imperial Examination in two years. If he passes and becomes a Jinshi and becomes an official in the court, the Lin family's fortune will only get better.
At this moment, Lin Junjie was extremely grateful to his parents for their dedication in raising this orphan. Although they were only foster parents in name only and Lin Yunzhi had only been in the Lin family for a few days, as long as Lin Yunzhi was in his house, his parents treated them all equally.
In the end, the Lin family accepted Lin Yunzhi's kindness, and from then on, every year, Lin Junjie would send people to deliver the best meat and rice from the farm to the Tian family.
They are all grateful people, and their lives are getting better and better.
On the sixth day of the New Year, the Lin family was going back to Wucheng. Lin Bingsheng stayed to continue his studies, while Lin Junjie and other family members reluctantly left Lin Yunzhi.
Late that night, the drum sounding in the government office woke up the entire population of Shengjing.
Tong, the shopkeeper who specialized in tea business in Leping Town, woke Tian Xingjian up, then knelt down in front of Tian Xingjian, kowtowed three times in one step.
"Master Tian, my son played with three teenagers this morning and has not returned yet. We searched all over Leping Town but couldn't find any trace of him. When we asked the other kids, they all said that my son only played with them for a while and then left on his own."
"But my neighbour told me that my son seemed to have had a scuffle with three other people while playing."
"I looked everywhere and found bloodstains in the cornfield outside the town, but the bloodstains stopped at the cornfield. I suspect my child has been murdered. It's dark now, and I have no choice but to report to the authorities overnight. I beg the justice to help me!"
Shopkeeper Tong was in tears. A grown man, he cried like a baby but still forced himself to explain what happened. After finishing his explanation, Shopkeeper Tong fell to the ground with his head down.
He knelt down and kowtowed three times in one step as he made his way to the court. At this moment, blood and tears were mixed together, and the bailiffs felt sad watching him. This was the love of a father.
Tian Xingjian was also moved by Manager Tong's love for his son. He asked some more questions and asked Shi Fei to select fifty yamen runners to rush to Leping Town immediately. He arrived soon after.
Tian Xiaoxiao was awakened by the sound of drums. She wrapped two cloaks around her in a daze and wanted to go out to see what was going on.
It happened that Tian Xingjian returned to the room and told Lin Yunzhi to sleep a little longer. When he saw Tian Xiaoxiao, he turned around and hugged Tian Xiaoxiao again.
"Dad! Are you going out?" Tian Xiaoxiao finally came to her senses when she saw Tian Xingjian in a hurry.
"Well, a child disappeared in Leping Town, and his father suspected that he was murdered."
Tian Xiaoxiao recalled the dream in which she ate, and it seemed that Daju's skills were passed on to her.
"Daddy, there was a five-meter pit in the cornfield. The little boy's head was crushed beyond recognition. The murderers were the kids who played with him." Tian Xiaoxiao seriously recalled the dream.
"Okay, Daddy got it. Daddy will check it out right away. You go to your mother's room and sleep for a while. It's not dawn yet!" Tian Xingjian touched Tian Xiaoxiao's head and carried her into Lin Yunzhi's room and put her on Lin Yunzhi's bed.
"Xiaoxiao, take off your clothes and go to sleep. Daddy will leave soon."
When he finished speaking, Tian Xingjian had already arrived outside the yard.
Fang Mingyu and Dai Shijia were waiting at the gate of the government office with three horses. The three of them mounted their horses and disappeared into the night.
It only took two incense sticks of time to reach Leping Town.
Shi Fei and his men were already in the cornfield, and the yamen runners were waiting with shovels and lit torches.
"Ah Huang, smell it, and then go find out who owns the smell." Tian Xingjian had already arranged for someone to get his son's clothes from Tong the Shopkeeper's house.
After a while, Ah Huang found the place.
The land was flat, and there was not even a trace of human disturbance. If Ah Huang had not been barking here, Tian Xingjian would probably have overlooked it with all his years of experience in handling cases.
"Dig it for me!" Tian Xingjian gave the order.
When the nearby villagers heard the noise, they lit torches and came over, spontaneously brought tools from their homes, and joined in the excavation work.
After digging for two incense sticks of time, a villager shouted: "Hand, hand, I saw a hand."
Shopkeeper Tong stepped forward and saw the hand, and burst into tears: "My son, my son, this is my son!"