The thin voice penetrated the eardrums, and Li Qingyou suddenly woke up in shock. Her first reaction was that the man in the brocade robe was here again.

"There is a burglar in the house." The boy stood on the edge of the kang above Li Qingyou's head, pointed in the direction of the east room, and motioned for her to get up and follow him.

In the east room, two tall and thick men fell to the ground in a mess, motionless.

Li Qingyou almost fell off the ground and looked at the boy with a trembling voice, "Is this, is this dead, is it dead?"

Not to mention that four people died in this house within a few days, but she couldn't escape her involvement in the death of these two people here.

The boy shook his head and whispered, "I just fainted."

As he spoke, he motioned for Li Qingyou to follow him, squatted in front of the two of them, pulled out a silver needle from the back of their heads, then probed under their noses, and nodded towards Li Qingyou.

Hearing that no one was dead, Li Qingyou felt a little relieved. He climbed up and walked over to him. He imitated the boy and tried it out. Although his breathing was weak, he was still alive.

At the same time, she could clearly see the faces of the two people through the weak light of the oil lamp. One of them was a well-known gangster in the county, named Liu San, and she did not recognize the other one.

Then the boy took Li Qingyou to the back window and opened the half-opened window. Outside, there were two sets of footprints extending to the backyard wall.

The thought of two men sneaking into the house in the middle of the night without her realizing it made Li Qingyou terrified.

"You did it?"

This is incredible.

The boy nodded, and after a moment, he opened his palm under Li Qingyou's puzzled gaze. On it was a black tube. If it were a modern day, Li Qingyou would have thought it was a ballpoint pen.

"This is called the Lotus Sword." The boy pointed to the tail, "This is the mechanism. If you press it, a silver needle will come out. There is a strong antiperspirant on the needle."

This is a type of hidden weapon, similar to sleeve arrows, and is used for self-defense.

"Then..." Li Qingyou opened her mouth, what to do now?

It was impossible to destroy the corpses and remove traces, and the people were not dead, so she didn't dare to kill them. They might come back next time they were taken out, and it was impossible for the two of them to take two grown men out without being noticed.

.

Then there is only one way left -

"Report to the official." The boy lowered his head, spoke in a small voice, and stared at his toes.

Li Qingyou was obviously a little moved, "But..."

Third Young Master Shen might still be in the county government office, and the child's enemies might also be related to the government. The token on the waist of the man in the brocade robe obviously belongs to the government.

The boy seemed to notice Li Qingyou's worry, and then knelt down and kowtowed in her exclamation, "It's a life-saving grace, and I will rebuild my kindness. I won't hurt my sister again."

After saying that, he stood up and walked out.

With his weak body, he should have grown up happily under the care of his parents and elders, but he was preparing to face the unknown storm alone, and he even said goodbye.

"Come back." Li Qingyou stepped forward and grabbed the boy, taking him to the west room. He rummaged through the cabinets and found the cotton-padded clothes he had worn before and handed them to him, "Put them on."

The boy didn't know why, but he obediently took it and put it on before being taken to the pig pen by Li Qingyou.

boy,"……"

So, he goes to the donkey shed in the morning and the pigsty in the evening?

Then he saw Li Qingyou pulling him between the pig pen and the firewood stack, taking down some firewood, and then saw a small door underneath.

This is the vegetable cellar of the Li family. They store some cabbage and radishes in winter. There is a large vat in the corner with pickled sauerkraut in it.

"You hide here for a while." After Li Qingyou said that, he went back to hug the quilt, dragged out two wooden boards, and half spread the quilt and half covered it on the wooden boards. "You can't light an open fire in the vegetable cellar. I'll lock the door later."

Lock it and come out when I come back."

There was a flash of hesitation in the boy's eyes, extremely quick, then he nodded and walked in obediently, got into the quilt and lay down.

If Sister Qingyou betrays him, then he will admit it. She saved this life. At worst, he will give it back to her. Besides, he has nowhere to go.

Li Qingyou didn't know the naughty child's twisted thoughts, so he quickly finished everything, locked the door, and piled the firewood back to its original place. He left the house only after the vegetable cellar could not be seen from the outside.

It was already early in the morning when we walked to the county government office. In the morning light, the county government office was towering and dense. The government official responsible for guarding the gate was hiding somewhere, and a drum stood stubbornly at the door in the cold wind.

Li Qingyou took a deep breath, strode over, picked up the drumstick, and swung it hard.

Boom, boom, boom!

The thunderous sound of the drum passed through the front yard and hit the county magistrate's ears. He was so startled that he sat up and shouted towards the door before opening his eyes, "What happened?"

The boy hurriedly ran in and said, "Sir, someone is playing drums."

Drumming?

The county magistrate breathed a sigh of relief, his straight back bent down, and his half-closed eyes closed again.

The county magistrate has lived in trepidation for the past two days. Zhengxiang, who slept the night before, was awakened by a group of ferocious spirits. He opened the city gate all night and waited carefully. He still didn't answer the question correctly. Who can let someone have a high official position?

Yesterday, my mentor's grandson, the third young master of the Shen family, came to visit. Even though he was a white man, he, a county magistrate who was twice ranked as a Jinshi, didn't dare to neglect it and made offerings to his ancestors just like he did to his ancestors.

Finally, both groups got the answers right and left. Now, some unsighted people came to complain. It was really short-sighted.

"Sir, it's a murder case."

The boy's words completely drove away the drowsiness, and the county magistrate became energetic. He immediately washed and changed clothes and went to court to inquire about the case.

When he saw the two "corpses" brought by the government officials who had been poured with cold water and then resurrected, the county magistrate slapped the crowd angrily and said, "Bold and unruly people, didn't you say there was a murder? Why did they come back to life?"

After pretending to be a grandson for two days, the county magistrate is full of anger and has no place to vent his anger. He will be upset if he encounters someone who complains.

"The civilian girl doesn't know." Li Qingyou moved his painful knee, "The civilian girl was awakened in the middle of the night and saw these two people lying on the ground of the house where the civilian girl's parents lived when they were alive. They had no chance of living and breathing.

The woman thought they were dead, so she came to report to the officials by beating drums."

The county magistrate is now much more awake. Looking further, isn't this Li Qingyou, whose parents hanged themselves for no reason a few days ago?

Why is it her again?

There were no signs of fighting at the scene, no enemies, no money was damaged, and no emotional entanglement. It was neither a vendetta, nor a murder for love, nor a robbery. After being a county magistrate for so many years, this was the first time he had encountered such a strange case.

The only adopted daughter had evidence of alibi, so naturally he could not unjustly accuse a good person, so he could only be sentenced to suicide, but this did not mean that he had no doubts in his heart.

Doubts remain doubts, and the case will still be tried.

It turned out that the two thieves were more confused than he was. Before they entered the house and started searching, they felt their heads buzzing, and then they fell unconscious. When they opened their eyes again, they were lying on the lobby dripping with water.
Chapter completed!