Of course, Aunt Lu had already inquired about what happened to the Liu family.

Things are a bit complicated.

Mr. Liu passed away about four years ago. After his death, his chubby son inherited his family business. However, Liu Dalang was spoiled by his mother since he was a child. He did not like to interfere with the general affairs and only let his mother take care of the family business.

He was managing his family's property and hanging out with people all day long. He was a well-known playboy in Jingyang area. Just hanging around like this, he became obsessed with gambling and spent more and more money. The situation at home became worse day by day.

One day, his mother tried to persuade him, but he blocked her and pushed her back. She was depressed and fell ill within two years.

Seeing that Liu Dalang was shameless, his relatives all came forward to reprimand him. One elder threatened that if he dared to continue to indulge in gambling, the clan would take care of his property to prevent him from losing the ancestral property. After that,

He was a bit more honest, and stopped going to gambling houses for entertainment. Instead, he bought some beautiful little girls to take home with him for fun, and only occasionally gambled with a few friends. Although this kind of thing was not ridiculous, but his mother saw

He could stay at home honestly and not lose much money, so he turned a blind eye.

It’s just that people in Zhuangzi were a little strange. Why did the girls Liu Dalang bought back disappear after raising them? When asked where they went, he only said that he was tired of playing with them and sold them to passing merchants. After that, he

I went to buy someone new again, but after a month or two, the person disappeared again.

Seven or eight girls disappeared in this way. Not only did the people in the village talk about it privately, but even the people in the town began to feel that something was wrong. The libertines who had befriended him also suspected that he had a bad day after losing money.

The family beat those girls to death and told the public that they sold them to passing merchants. In fact, they did not know where they buried the bodies.

Not long ago, a son of an official from Xianyang passed by Jingyang by boat with an oiran. He saw that the lotus flowers on Liujiazhuang were still in bloom, so he went ashore to take a look. Seeing the beauty of the oiran, Liu Dalang specially invited the two people to his home.

They had a banquet. It was originally agreed that they would only stay for one night, but for some reason, the two people disappeared after one night. The family members of the official's son came to inquire, and Liu Dalang only said that they left early in the morning, but Zhuangzi

The people on board didn’t see anyone leaving at all! The family of the official’s son felt something was wrong. They remembered Liu Dalang’s charming expression on the oiran, and suspected that Liu Dalang had poisoned his husband in order to seize the beauty, so they immediately returned

Xianyang reported to the master's family.

A few days later, the Jingyang County Magistrate received the complaint, arrested Liu Dalang, and ordered him to account for the whereabouts of the missing person.

Liu Dalang initially insisted that the guests had left long ago, but later he couldn't bear the torture anymore and finally admitted that the two people had not left his village, but he had not killed anyone. The local fire dragon god had eaten these two people as sacrifices.

The county magistrate had served in Jingyang for three years and was about to be promoted. He had never heard of any fire dragon god in the local area, so he thought Liu Dalang was quibbling and continued to torture him. Liu Dalang couldn't bear it and confessed that he was a cannibal.

It was not a fire dragon god, but a giant snake that could spit fire, as awesome as a demon god. He encountered this snake by chance, and in order to save his life, he agreed to worship it for a long time, and bought some little girls back from time to time, and kept them tender.

, and put it into its mouth. The snake then guarded the farm for him, and whenever children came to the house at night, they were eaten by it.

However, although Liu Dalang sacrificed his life to worship the demon snake, he only dared to buy some cheap slaves to feed it, and never dared to interfere with the officials' children. He did not know why the missing officials' children and the oiran were missing. He once asked

When he passed the monster snake, the other party only said that it was eaten by another monster, and that it was going to find that monster to settle accounts, but it never came back. Liu Dalang was still worried about what he would do in the future, so the government arrested him.

The Jingyang County Magistrate was dubious about Liu Dalang's words, but seeing that he spoke eloquently, he ordered someone to escort him to Liujiazhuang to see what the so-called fire-breathing giant snake's lair looked like, and whether there were any traces of monsters eating humans?

If there are no such traces, it would prove that Liu Dalang was lying and trying to cover up the fact that he committed murder.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Liujiazhuang, before they could find the monster's lair, a gust of monster wind suddenly came and swept Liu Dalang away. The two officials responsible for escorting him at that time were still seriously injured. They just felt that someone had shaken them off.

The prisoner was rescued only by a whip. The county magistrate was immediately furious. He felt that there were no monsters, snakes or spirits in the world. It was Liu Dalang who lied to get away with his crime. As long as he could get someone to take him back to Liujiazhuang, he would

Someone rescued him.

Not knowing who the accomplice who rescued Liu Dalang was, the county magistrate suspected all the Liu family members. Several people were arrested. Liu Dalang's mother was afraid of offending her relatives, so in order to save people, she quickly sold them.

The family's land was exchanged for money and managed around. Although the Liu family members have now proved their innocence and have been released from prison, their vitality has been greatly damaged after this incident. Several families have sold their land and plan to move away from Jingyang.

As for the missing Liu Dalang, who cares? The only mother who still cares about him died of illness a few days ago because she couldn't stand the complaints from her relatives and the gossips of the people around her. Even the funeral arrangements were taken care of by the tenant farmers.

Done.

The case was finally concluded with Liu Dalang committing murder. However, the victim's family was not satisfied, nor was the Jingyang County Magistrate.

The victim's family was dissatisfied because they failed to see the murderer brought to justice and the bodies of their loved ones were not recovered. The Jingyang County Magistrate was dissatisfied because he was about to be promoted at the end of his term, but a case with no beginning or end occurred under his tenure.

, the whereabouts of the only prisoner are also unknown, and he was lost from his hands.

He was afraid that the news would affect his promotion, so no one was allowed to discuss the matter. The Liu family members were afraid that the news would spread and let outsiders know that there might be a man-eating monster on their property, which would affect the selling price of the land, so they kept silent.

. But this case is so shocking, and has all kinds of mysterious and thrilling elements, it has long been spread in the county. Many people have used this matter as a topic of conversation after dinner, and some people have gone to Liujiazhuang to see it.

As for the demon snake, it is said that there are indeed some strange traces there, and livestock still disappear inexplicably from time to time. According to legend, they were eaten by monsters, which attracted more and more idle discussions.

Those out-of-town buyers who did not know the inside story thought they could get cheap fertile farmland in Guanzhong and hurriedly spent money to buy the land. However, they later heard about the rumors from the people and regretted it. They could not find the original owner, so they had to sell the farm again.

, and finally fell into the hands of Lin Guogong.

After finishing the rumors she had heard about, Grandma Lu came to a conclusion: "I don't know what kind of monsters are not monsters. So if Liu Dalang really didn't kill anyone, why would he run away? His own mother refused to show up even after she died, which shows that he is not a good person.

, the government doesn’t think they have wronged him! It’s just that there are such weird rumors about Zhuangzi of the Liu family, I’m afraid Duke Lin doesn’t know about it at all, otherwise he can give Zhuangzi as a thank you gift to our little lady?”

Aunt Cui said with some dissatisfaction: "Even if Lin Guogong didn't know about it, since he wanted to give a gift, he would at least send someone over to have a look to see if the village was suitable before giving it away. Now he has tricked our little lady.

Got it!"

Li Lijun smiled dryly and said: "It's not that serious. I don't plan to sell Zhuangzi. Even if the rumors will affect Zhuangzi's price, it has nothing to do with me."

She felt a little guilty because the missing fire-breathing snake in Liujiazhuang sounded really familiar.
Chapter completed!