After listening to Zhu Xian's words, Su Mufeng had to admit that Zhu Xian was very talented in writing novels. This set up was reasonable and the cause was clear, but there was a lack of evidence!
Moreover, this guess only explains the deaths of Du San and his wife Du San, but cannot explain the deaths of watchman Ma Changhai, carpenter Sun Peng and post officer Gu Cheng.
It can't be said that their wives also had an affair with Yuan Mao.
After much thought, Su Mufeng decided to take Zhu Xian to visit the homes of several victims, especially Du San's home.
Regardless of whether the truth is as Zhu Xian guessed, there are likely to be clues in Du San's home.
Just when Su Mufeng and Zhu Xian left the inn and planned to go to Du San's house, they happened to meet Eunuch Chu who was going to visit the county magistrate and Chen Sheng who was rushing back.
Eunuch Chu invited Su Mufeng to visit the county magistrate of Beizhen with him to discuss the encirclement and suppression of black cats, but Su Mufeng refused. He said that he could just leave this matter to Eunuch Chu, and he still had his own problems to solve.
Soon, Su Mufeng, Zhu Xian and Chen Sheng arrived at the door of Du San's house again in a carriage. Since Du San and his wife Du San were both dead, Su Mufeng asked Chen Sheng to open the lock on the door and walked in. in the room.
Du San's home was just like what Su Mufeng had seen before, clean and tidy.
Zhu Xian and Chen Sheng started rummaging in the room under Su Mufeng's command.
Zhu Xian and Chen Sheng didn't know what they were looking for specifically, and Su Mufeng didn't know either. In short, anything that might be related to the demon cat case needed attention.
However, everything was as Su Mufeng expected. The three of them searched for a long time but could not find any clues.
There were none of the red hairpins, expensive beauties, and gorgeous clothes that Su Mufeng had seen on TV. There was no trace of anything related to Cat Village!
After that, Su Mufeng did not stay any longer, but continued to visit.
Finally, when Su Mufeng came to carpenter Sun Peng's home for the second time, things finally changed.
Sun Peng is a carpenter, and his wife Cui runs a breakfast shop to support the family.
When she came last time, Mrs. Cui was very busy. After all, Sun Peng was the only son in the family. After his death, all the burdens of the family fell on Ms. Cui.
Ms. Cui, who had just finished handling Sun Carpenter's funeral, had many things to solve.
So when Su Mufeng came yesterday, he just asked briefly and then left. Cui seemed to have some scruples and didn't say anything more.
But this time, Su Mufeng and the others met Sun Carpenter's old mother when they met Ms. Cui.
At that time, Su Mufeng and the others asked again. Cui originally wanted to hide it, but Sun's mother walked out of the back hall.
Sun's mother was not in good health. She walked tremblingly in front of Ms. Cui with a cane, reached out and patted Ms. Cui on the shoulder and shouted: "Confused, confused!"
"Mom!" Ms. Cui stood up quickly and helped her grandma sit down next to the stool, her face flushed and she didn't know what to say.
"I know why you refuse to say it. Aren't you just worried about that beast's grudge? But I'm not afraid. Half of my body has already been buried in the ground. That beast will come over if he dares!" Sitting on the stool, Grandma looked at Mrs. Cui. Said: "Even if I die, I will seek justice for my son!"
"Mom, you can't say that." Mrs. Cui suddenly burst into tears: "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm worried that if I die too, who will take care of you? How can I be worthy of the ancestors of the Sun family? ?”
"After so many years, I still don't know your thoughts? You are filial, gentle, well-run, and hard-working. In order to take care of me, a bad old woman, you not only go out early and come back late to set up a stall, but you don't even have a child. I want to go." Grandmother said: "If I die, your life will be easier, and maybe my son will not die."
"Besides, you've also heard about the wife of Du San's family. Even if you don't say anything, that beast won't harm you!"
"Master." Then, Sun Mu looked directly at Su Mufeng: "If you have anything to ask, just ask. I will tell you everything, old lady, and I will never hide anything. If that beast wants revenge, just come and find him. I!"
"Mother-in-law, please don't worry." Su Mufeng said solemnly: "I will definitely protect your safety, and I will never let that demon cat harm you again."
"Well, thank you, sir!" Grandmother said hurriedly.
"That being the case, I would like to ask my mother-in-law, do you know if Sun Peng has offended anyone recently? Then why did the black cat target Sun Peng?" Su Mufeng asked.
"Humph, who did you offend? It must be that member of the Communist Party of China." Grandmother said.
"Mother!" Ms. Cui said hurriedly, wanting to interrupt her grandma.
"What's the matter? I'm only allowed to let the cat kill people, but I'm not allowed to tell you!" The crutch in Sun's mother's hand hit the ground hard, and her breathing became rapid.
"Except Member Mao? Do they have any festivals?" Zhu Xian asked curiously.
"Boss Zhu, I didn't expect you to get together with the official. You are so promising!" Grandmother glanced at Zhu Xian and said, "As for celebrating the festival, you come with me."
After saying that, Sun's mother stood up on crutches. Ms. Cui hurriedly stepped forward to hold her grandma's arm.
Su Mufeng and the other three looked at each other, stood up and followed Sun Mu.
Soon, the three of them, led by their grandma, arrived at the small courtyard behind the house. The grandma pointed to a bulge on the ground with a cane and said, "It's right inside."
After hearing Sun's mother's words, Su Mufeng nodded to Chen Sheng, and then Chen Sheng directly picked up the shovel on the side and started digging.
Later, as Chen Sheng dug deeper, even Su Mufeng's expression changed.
Corpses, with the swing of Chen Sheng's shovel, corpses were dug out one after another, but they were all cat corpses, shriveled cat corpses.
"Why, why is this?" Su Mufeng and Zhu Xian looked at Sun Mu in confusion.
"Since many years ago, there have been many wild cats in this North Town. Mr. Zhu should remember it." Sun's mother looked at Zhu Xian.
"Yes, remember." Zhu Xian nodded: "Especially in spring, these cats are so noisy at night that people can't sleep."
"Yes, there are too many wild cats. At that time, this child had just set up a breakfast stall. Every night, he had to prepare things for the next day, otherwise it would be too late the next morning." Grandmother glanced at Cui and said in a deep voice He said: "But those wild cats don't care about this. No matter how tightly the child locks the door, those wild cats can always get in and eat what she prepared."
"During that time, this child cried every day, which made my son feel distressed."
"So, my son thought of a way. He killed a lot of wild cats, dried their corpses into mummies, and hung them near the house to deter those wild cats!"
"In this way, there are finally fewer wild cats, and the breakfast shop has been successfully launched..."
I wish everyone good luck in the dragon and a happy new year!
