Qixia Town, Qiu Mansion, North Street.
Today's Qiu Mansion is particularly lively. Many passers-by and neighbors stopped curiously and looked outside the gate of Qiu Mansion.
Looking at the group of government officials standing at the gate of Qiu Mansion, everyone was talking in low voices.
"Hey, what happened to Mr. Qiu's wife's house? Why are there so many government officials at the door?" A middle-aged man who had just been attracted and didn't know the situation asked curiously.
In front of him, there happened to be a middle-aged uncle who had arrived a little earlier than him.
"I don't know, but I heard someone said that Magistrate Lou, Master Tian, and Deputy Chief Yan all went in just now."
"Ah! Magistrate Lou, Master Tian, and Deputy Chief Yan are all here. Is Member Qiu guilty of something?"
The man was shocked when he heard this, and quickly asked with concern that although Yuan Qiu was a local squire, he was always kind to others, and the residents of the town had a good impression of him.
"I don't know, but it may be related to the murder case yesterday afternoon."
The middle-aged uncle shook his head. He didn't know what was going on, but he still made a reasonable guess.
Qixia Town has always been peaceful. Even trivial matters can be discussed by the residents of the town for a long time, let alone such a major life case.
The news about Yuan Qiu's wife's discovery of a dead person yesterday had spread throughout Qixia Town through word of mouth.
"I've also heard about what happened yesterday, but I heard that the people who died didn't seem to be people from Yuan Qiu's house, but two people from other places." The man asked.
"Well, I've heard people say this too. But no matter what, people are dead after all. This kind of thing hasn't happened in our Seven Heroes Town for a long time. I think this matter won't end so easily. You didn't Look, even Lou Zhixian came in person."
The middle-aged uncle motioned to the government servant standing at the door and said softly.
The man looked at the five or six government officials standing at the door and couldn't help but shook his head and said with some sigh:
"Hey, why did you say that such a good person like Mr. Qiu ended up in this mess? He even lent me five yuan of silver to spend the winter last year."
"Who knows..."
The middle-aged man was about to respond, but at this moment, a man on the side interrupted their conversation.
"What are you talking about? Something happened. Your news is too late. Things are completely different from what you think."
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look curiously at the man who just spoke, including several other people who heard their conversation.
"Old Wang, do you know anything? After all, your family lives near Yuan Qiu's house."
"Yes, Lao Wang, if you know something, just tell it to everyone?"
"Yes, Lao Wang."
. . .
Everyone asked curiously, and the man who had just spoken out felt quite proud when he saw that everyone's eyes were focused on him. He whispered proudly to everyone:
"Actually, today's incident has nothing to do with yesterday's murder case. It's because a noble person came to Yuan Qiu's family, so Lou Zhixian hurriedly brought people from the Yamen to pay a visit."
The man said rather proudly, but as soon as he finished speaking, questioning voices started coming from around him.
"No way, Lao Wang, what kind of noble person has even alerted the Lou Magistrate?"
"That's right, that's right, Lao Wang, your news is a bit false."
"Old Wang, where did you hear this news?"
Everyone asked in disbelief that for them, there were few high-ranking officials coming to Qixia Town, and the biggest official they had ever seen was Lou Zhixian.
Moreover, they have lived here for so long and have never heard of any big background of Yuan Qiu’s family before. Why did this suddenly appear? No wonder people have doubts.
"Hey, why don't you believe it? I saw this with my own eyes. Let me tell you, just yesterday morning, I saw with my own eyes an old man with an immortal spirit carrying a little girl to Yuan Qiu's house. .”
Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, Lao Wang hurriedly told everyone about his personal experiences.
Seeing Lao Wang's anxious look, everyone around him felt that he was not lying, and they all listened with curiosity.
No one noticed that there was one more person in the melon-eating crowd, a little girl in her early ten years, who was also listening expectantly to Lao Wang's story.
She likes to listen to stories the most, especially when this story is related to her mortal enemy's family, she likes to listen even more.
After wandering around all morning today, she finally encountered something interesting.
This curious little girl is naturally the classmate Mo Xiaobei who skipped class this morning.
This morning, after Xiaobei got rid of Xiucai, he went shopping alone for a while. Then he returned to the place agreed with Xiao Guo and waited for Xiao Guo's arrival. However, she waited for a long time and did not wait for Xiao Guo's arrival.
In the end, Xiaobei, whose patience was almost worn out, didn't wait any longer, and just started wandering by herself.
Escaping to play during the time when she was supposed to be in class, she felt both excited and nervous, and even a little excited. She had finally realized her dream of more than a month.
After starting classes at White Horse Academy, she began to hate going to school after just one week.
Because she found that going to school was not fun at all. Not only did she have to sit there and listen to her husband's lectures, recitations, and memorization every day, but she also had to report to her sister-in-law what she had learned today after school. In addition, there were fixed tasks every day. Homework needs to be done.
As in the past, although she had to do these things under the private guidance of the scholar, the scholar also had to work, so he only had time to teach her when he was free.
In other words, when privately tutoring Xiucai, she only needs to attend a few days of lessons a month.
But now, there are only a few days a month to rest, and the rest of the time, you have to go to class every day. This huge contrast makes Xiaobei unable to accept it.
After all, she is a girl and she doesn’t take the imperial examination. Why is she so tired from studying?
What made her even more disgusting was that in the academy, there was actually a bastard named Qiu Xiaodong who bullied her everywhere. Not only did he laugh at her ugly handwriting, but he also thought she couldn't memorize books well. This was simply unreasonable!
In this way, without a sense of recognition and self-satisfaction, Xiaobei gradually developed a feeling of being tired of studying.
However, Xiaobei didn't dare to blatantly not go to school, and she didn't dare to tell her sister-in-law that she didn't want to go to school. After all, compared to her sister-in-law's behavior when she was angry, going to school was much safer.
And judging from her sister-in-law's behavior when she first learned that she was going to school, Xiaobei knew that even if she didn't want to go to school, she had to go, otherwise her sister-in-law would be very disappointed.
But it's impossible not to go to school, but it's okay to relax occasionally, Xiaobei thought happily, and then she wandered around the market.
