Leiyang is located in the southwest, with a climate that is humid, mild and rainy all year round.
In summer, when other areas are experiencing high temperatures, Leiyang is rarely comfortable and cool.
Therefore, when the weather was getting hotter and hotter day by day, Zhao Yanzhen only placed Jiang Nianjiao in Leiyang.
When entering Leiyang City, the first thing the two of them had to do was naturally find a house to rent. Since Zhao Yanzhen had relieved himself of his original task, he naturally did not intend to alarm the government as the King of Jin, so the two of them just They went to find a place to rent a house by themselves. Fortunately, renting a house in Leiyang City was very convenient. After looking for Fang Ya's wife, they only spent half a day on finding a yard with two entrances in the west of Leiyang City.
The courtyard here is close to the bustling city center, but because it is an alley and surrounded by the same residents, it can be regarded as a quiet place in the city center.
Moreover, Leiyang is not in Beijing after all, and the housing prices are also suitable. Therefore, the two temporarily rented a house and settled in Leiyang.
As for matters in the court, Zhao Yanzhen directly wrote a letter asking for leave and handed it to Zhao Nianze's secret guard. He only asked the secret guard named Xinguan to send the letter directly to the capital.
Moreover, Zhao Yanzhen is not an emperor now, so there is no need to continue to guard that high place. Anyway, if he doesn't do his own work, he can arrange for his deputy to do it.
As for Jiang Nianjiao, it was not difficult for her to do things because she was younger. The two people's time in Leiyang was considered comfortable. ..
On the first day Jiang Nianjiao and Zhao Yanzhen moved in, someone came to their door in the afternoon.
Hearing someone knocking on the door, Zhao Yanzhen just signaled the secret guard to open the door.
But I didn't expect the person to come over with a bowl of braised pork in his hand.
The person who came was wearing a relatively fine silk dress, with only a beaded hairpin on his head. Judging from his age, he was about two years old. This was the most common attire in Leiyang City.
After the woman came in, she smiled and said, "Good afternoon, everyone. I am a resident of the yard next door. I saw you this afternoon and heard you cleaning up this yard. You two will live here in the future. Come on, I thought we would be neighbors in the future, so I came here to take a look."
Hearing what the lady said with the meat in her hand, Jiang Nianjiao naturally stood up.
"Hello madam, I don't know what to call you madam."
The woman then smiled and said, "My family name is Zhao, and my husband's family name is Luo. Just call me Zhao Fen'er."
When Jiang Nianjiao heard this, she naturally just said, "Hello, Mrs. Fen. My surname is Jiang and my name is Nianjiao. You can just call me Gillian."
Then Jiang Nianjiao saw that the woman's eyes were only on Zhao Yanzhen, and she took the initiative to introduce him, "This is my husband Zhao Yanzhen."
Hearing this, the woman only smiled and praised, "Mr. Zhao is really a talented person."
Hearing this, Zhao Yanzhen only took the initiative and said, "Thank you, madam. My madam is truly stunning."
Hearing this, the woman only looked at Jiang Nianjiao again and said, "Madam is indeed beautiful. I have been in Leiyang City for so long, and I have never seen anyone as handsome as the young master or as beautiful as the madam." , the young master and his wife are really a perfect match."
Then the woman just handed the pork belly to Jiang Nianjiao. Jiang Nianjiao didn't reach out, but Cui Qiao behind her saw this and immediately took the pork belly.
When the woman saw this, she couldn't help but glance at Cuiqiao and the other people in the room. Then she just said, "Young lady, you can't be a local at first glance, right?"
Jiang Nianjiao nodded when she heard this, "Yes, we are coming from other places. Seeing that the climate in Leiyang is suitable, we want to stay in Leiyang for a while."
After hearing this, the woman nodded with understanding, "That's it, I said local people will definitely not rent this house."
Hearing that there was something in the woman's words, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Does Madam think there is something wrong with this house?"
Jiang Nianjiao thought this house was pretty good. After all, in terms of lighting and transportation, this was the most comfortable house among the many houses they saw today.
Moreover, the price of a house in such a superior location was not much more expensive than those in remote locations, so Jiang Nianjiao immediately considered this house.
But she was somewhat surprised that the house prices here were so cheap. That Fang Yapo
When Zi saw Jiang Nianjiao asking this, he just said that the neighbors near the house were not easy to get along with. Of course, if they ignored her, they could live in peace.
Jiang Nianjiao thought that she would not live in Leiyang forever, and this was indeed the most suitable house she could rent, so Jiang Nianjiao settled down.
But she didn't expect that the neighbor would come over in the afternoon after the housewife said her neighbor was not easy to get along with in the morning.
And it seems that the neighbors get along well with each other.
It seems that Mrs. Fang Ya would say this, and she might have some hidden secrets in it.
Thinking of this, Jiang Nianjiao just asked in a low voice, "Does Madam know what is hidden in this house?"
After hearing this, the woman sighed and said, "It's all over now. I guess the problems you encountered are not big, so I'd better not talk about it."
However, what she just said had obviously aroused Jiang Nianjiao's curiosity, so she just continued to ask, "Why don't you say anything? Since Madam has started, just tell me."
When the woman heard this, she only glanced at the room in fear, and then whispered, "This room is a little unclean. You rented this house for a lot cheaper than usual, right?"
Hearing the woman's words, Jiang Nianjiao just nodded silently, "Yes."
"As long as it's cheap, most of these cheap houses are haunted houses."
When she said this, her voice was very low, as if she was afraid that someone who shouldn't hear her would hear her.
"Haunted house? What kind of murderous method?" However, Zhao Yanzhen obviously didn't believe in this kind of thing, so he just raised his eyebrows and asked nonchalantly.
The woman just whispered, "You two probably don't know, but a young couple also lived in this house a year ago. At that time, the man must have been working as a violinist in a brothel, and he was also a talented person. Then The woman worked as a wine concubine in a restaurant, and the child was as beautiful as a flower. The couple spent almost half of their life savings and then settled here. After that, the couple still only engaged in the same business. , but no one could have imagined that the good times here would not last long. About half a year after the couple moved in here, something happened here."
"Because the couple is usually very enthusiastic, especially the wife who packs some untouched food from the restaurant for us every time she comes back from work, so I have a very good relationship with that lady. However, that day, In the next two or three days, I didn't see the couple come to our house. The neighbors also said they had never seen the couple open the door. We felt strange at the moment, so we discussed with other neighbors to go find the couple. But it is against the law to break into someone else's house, so we reported it to the police, and then with the help of the prefect, we entered the house."
At this point, the woman just lost consciousness for a while. She looked at the big locust tree in the courtyard, as if she saw something extremely terrifying, and her face was filled with fear.
Jiang Nianjiao followed her line of sight and looked over, but saw nothing. Therefore, Jiang Nianjiao only said, "Madam, what did you see after you went in?"
The woman seemed to be very scared. After a long time, she pointed to the old locust tree and said, "After we waited for the police to arrive, we waited for the police to knock on the door. As a result, the door was not closed tightly at all. It opened upon impact, and when the door burst open, what we saw was that the violinist had only been stabbed from that part to his chest and hung on a wooden pestle, and there was not a single piece of good flesh on his body."
After saying that, the woman only said, "Anyway, the violinist's eyes were wide open and his face was distorted. It looked like he was killed by extremely cruel means."
"After that, we went everywhere to look for his wife, but we couldn't find her. At that time, we even suspected that the wife had teamed up with a female godfather or something to kill the man, so the police were looking for the wife. Not long after her whereabouts, we found the head and minced meat in a garbage dump not far away, and the head looked like that of the lady."
Hearing this method, even Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but frown. This method was too shocking.
Thinking of this, Jiang Nianjiao has been prone to feeling nauseous recently. After listening to what the woman said, Jiang Nianjiao felt a wave of nausea. Zhao Yanzhen saw that Jiang Nianjiao was in something wrong and quickly said to the woman, "My wife has had three children recently." I'm pregnant this month, and it's the time when I'm prone to nausea, so please
Thank you for your understanding. "
After the words fell, Zhao Yanzhen helped Jiang Nianjiao to the side and retched for a while.
Jiang Nianjiao waited until she vomited for a while, then came back and looked at the lady and asked, "This murderer's behavior is really disgusting. Have you found the murderer here?"
After hearing this, the woman immediately said regretfully, "But we caught someone. That person is a famous gambler in our area. This gambler almost lost his fortune in gambling, but somehow, that couple During the time of the accident, he suddenly had a small sum of money. Later, the police sent people to find out the reason for this gambler's small fortune, and they found out that this gambler actually pawned a lot of the couple's property to become rich. , so the police quickly caught the gambler and decided to kill him only in the autumn of that year."
Hearing what the other party said, Jiang Nianjiao suddenly said, "So that gambler is seeking money?"
When the woman heard this, she just nodded slightly, "Yes."
Jiang Nianjiao then suddenly said, "Since the murderer is seeking money, then the couple just needs to give the money to them. Generally speaking, most thieves will not use such cruel methods."
"And if there is only one murderer, even if the gangster can subdue the couple, it should be impossible for them to make no noise at all. Can't your neighbors hear any noise at all?"
