Meng Zhao saw that Lu Zhong was a little disappointed and quickly comforted him,

"Uncle Zhong, don't blame yourself. I think these thieves are not only bold, but also have powerful forces behind them. That's why they act so unscrupulously and are able to evade our investigation."

Lu Zhong nodded, his tone gradually became colder, and his eyes flashed with sharpness.

"Yes, when the young master was attacked this time, it was obvious that someone in the house secretly tipped off these thieves.

And the hiding time must be quite long, so even A Le was hidden.

Also on the village, the attack five days ago was also caused by someone taking advantage of others and colluding with outsiders.

Only then did he easily escape the defense line of the guardian and go deep into the village, catching him by surprise."

Meng Zhao had also learned about the situation of this manor. It was one of the top big estates in his name, and it was engaged in silkworm breeding, silk weaving, tea mountain fish ponds, growing crops, etc. However, the main means of profit was from medicinal fields.

Many precious medicinal materials are not only supplied directly to the medicine shop under his name, but are also sold to other medical clinics.

In addition to gaining intuitive profits, it also builds invisible interpersonal resources.

Therefore, lookouts were established in every corner of the manor and in remote areas to protect the manor from infringement.

The observation tower is the same stone building that Meng Zhao saw outside before.

Through this kind of observation tower, one can see the situation outside from a distance. With the hands of people who are proficient in martial arts, when holding long-range weapons such as bows, arrows, and powerful crossbows, they can completely fend off the enemy outside the village.

The group of thieves who broke into the village that day actually crossed directly over the observation tower, sneaked into the village using covert means, and broke through the defense line from the inside out.

Without the blueprint of the internal defense line and the support of spies, it is not that difficult to accomplish this.

At this time, Lu Le suddenly noticed that the information in his adoptive father's words was somewhat different from his own understanding, and he said doubtfully,

"Father, why did you say there were seven corpses? The news I got clearly showed that eight people died that night!"

When Meng Zhao was reminded by Lu Le, he also remembered this incident and looked at Lu Zhong doubtfully.

This old man, who had survived many years of ups and downs and was used to the vicissitudes of life, had an uncontrollable anger on his face. He took a deep breath from his large pipe and said in a low voice,

"The reason why this old slave has stayed in this village these days is to check this matter..."

Through Lu Zhong's narration, Meng Zhao and Lu Le's expressions gradually became serious.

That day, the group of thieves broke into the village, with the main purpose of burning the medicinal fields and stealing medicinal materials. They did not intend to kill, so they only left eight corpses that night.

Five of the corpses were completely preserved, and three others were found in burned medicine fields.

Because the fire was so intense, part of the skin and even the body were charred, and the identity could only be identified by the figure and more obvious physical features.

Originally, this was the end of the matter, and the families of the deceased received compensation, comfort, and pain relief.

Those who have no family will also be buried generously and remembered by the Meng family.

But it happened that there was an old man in the farm who had worked as a widower in a government office when he was young and was very familiar with the nursing homes on the farm. He noticed something strange about one of the corpses.

So he secretly found Lu Zhong and told him his suspicions.

Lu Zhong remained calm on the surface, but secretly investigated. As the old man said, this corpse had old injuries on the right foot bone and would be slightly lame when walking. The nurse was a normal warrior.

, My legs and feet are strong and I walk like the wind. I have never had such hidden injuries before.

Therefore, this is just a man with a very similar figure and physical appearance to that nurse, not him himself.

This method of feigning death and then replacing it with someone else's corpse is actually very crude. Once you figure it out and pursue it deliberately, you can always get close to the truth. I'm afraid I didn't go in this direction.

Later, Lu Zhong seized this important clue and followed the map to trace the past of the nursing home. He found that he had secretly left the village several times, and after entering the city, he went to the famous Gold Selling Cave to live life in a life of luxury.

According to the income he earns from his job in the Meng family, he may be able to live a very good life, not enough compared to the previous ones, but more than enough.

But it is absolutely impossible to afford such a huge expense.

After further investigation, I found out that this person had often stolen precious medicinal materials and other rare items from Zhuangzi in recent years and sold them to outsiders. After getting the money, he spent it on enjoyment, and had absorbed a lot of Zhuangzi's blood.

It's just that this man was very smart and deliberately placed this debt on the two brothers Meng Xi and Meng Wen of Dafang.

This made the people in the village dare not report it or raise any objections.

After all, the two brothers of the Meng family had a bad record in the past, and they often did such nonsense.

In the eyes of people in Erfang, they are no less than jackals, tigers and leopards.

Not only are they greedy, but they are also vicious, so few people pursue these matters.

Even Lu Zhong, the second-room housekeeper and an innate master, is powerless. What can the people at the bottom do?

We are not close friends, Meng Xi and Meng Wen are the sons of Meng Jizu, the head of the Meng family, and they are cousins ​​to Meng Zhao. What's wrong with relatives borrowing some money to spend money?

It is because of this weird atmosphere, and the fact that Zhuangzi has always been a bit isolated and has not had much communication with the outside world, that this nursing home is like a fish in water, so comfortable.

From Meng Zhao's perspective, this man's behavior is more accurately described as fraud than stealing.

After all, his stealing methods are not very clever, and many people in the village know that.

But just by using the skin of Meng Xi and Meng Wen, they managed to intimidate a large number of people.

He can be said to be bold and careful, and also a talented person.

When Lu Zhong was checking this, he found that because this nursing home often had fun in the famous gold-selling caves, he actually got acquainted with several rich and powerful young men, including Sun Chuanshan of the Sun family.

On several occasions, the nursing home deliberately curry favor with Sun Chuanshan, and even took the initiative to sell the precious medicinal materials in his hands to the other party at low prices. The two people established a certain connection of interests.

Reminiscing about the recent extremely fierce fight between the Sun family and the Meng family, Lu Zhong realized that this was a very important clue and a direction for investigation.

Therefore, the Second Fang's forces were mobilized again to investigate Sun Chuanshan.

I found that he was not only lustful, but also a gambler. Unfortunately, he was also addicted to food.

There was an incident where he lost all his belongings and was forced to mortgage a property. He was a famous prodigal.

Recently, I owed a large amount of money to the underground black gold organization.

However, this matter is relatively secretive and few people know about it.

In terms of motivation, it makes sense that Sun Chuanshan was short of money and knew the nursing home, so they colluded with each other to carry out such an attack on the village to make money.

The Sun family and the Meng family were already at loggerheads, and this was no exception.

And with the power of the Sun family, it is not difficult to find some desperadoes to do this kind of thing.

If it were Meng Zhao, the power and manpower mobilized would far exceed that of this playboy.

Therefore, Lu Zhong notified Lu Le just before that he had found out that the instigator might be Sun Chuanshan, but the details were not disclosed on paper.

The reason why it is said that eight people died instead of seven is mainly because of the work done by this nursing home. To a certain extent, they contacted the two brothers Meng Xi and Meng Wen of the big house. It was a bit difficult to deal with, so they kept it quiet.
Chapter completed!