Chapter 665
Ming Shu listened for a while . The crops in the village were dying due to pests .
It didn’t only happen here . The neighbouring villages had this problem too . Everyone’s harvest was not good .
In this era, the production of crops was already very low and it got even lower due to the pests infection .
All the villagers complained of hardship but what could they do? They didn’t have any ways of preventing the pests from coming . Even if they guarded their crops in the field, it wouldn’t be of much help .
This thing had nothing to do with Ming Shu so she left after she finished eating .
When she returned to the Liu residence, she realized that they were talking about pests too .
In the modern world, pests were not a big issue but in this current era, it was a lethal problem . From the looks of it, this year, the problem was really huge .
Most of the land in Yunli Village belong to the Liu residence . The villagers were only helping the Liu residence to plant the crops . Hence, the one with the most loss was the Liu residence .
For the next two days, the entire village was discussing about pests .
Ming Shu squatted at the field and placed her chin on her hand as she watched Qin Ling fiddling on the ground . “If you catch it today, there will be more pests tomorrow . Why waste your time . It would be better spend making food for me . ”
These crops are our life support for the following year . How can I not care about it?” Qin Ling replied, “You can go back first . I will go back after I’m done . ”
Ming Shu pinched a locust . “Can they be eaten?”
Qin Ling twisted her head and looked at Ming Shu . She replied after a long pause, “Yes, however, they probably wouldn’t taste nice . ”
In the modern world, they could be delicious but here… it was probably not tasty .
Ming Shu asked the question for fun . She wasn’t planning to eat the bug . She had drumsticks . Why would she want to eat these things?
Ming Shu threw away the locust and said, “I can afford to raise you . Even if there is no harvest, you will not go hungry . ”
“Pu-”
Qin Ling came out from the field and wiped the sweats on her forehead . “Second Young Lady, your words is really misdirecting . Although we are both ladies, you need to take note of what you say . It will not be good if someone heard it and spread it around . ”
If she didn’t realize why she kept following her around during the past few days, Qin Ling would think that she liked her .
“What are you afraid of? Can they rumor that I am a man?” Ming Shu didn’t care .
Qin Ling gave a silent laugh . She walked to the edge of the field and sat down to have a rest . She chatted with Ming Shu .
“These bugs are called locust . They have a reproduce quickly . If this continues, all the crops will be eaten . ” Qin Ling was really worried .
She was not really well-versed with crops but when she saw the look on Father Qin and Mother Qin’s face, she felt that she must think of a way .
Ming Shu listened to Qin Ling’s nagging absent-mindedly .
When are they going back to make food?
Whay do you plan to make for me today?
“Ah!”
A scream suddenly sounded not far away from them . The people in the field looked over together .
“What happened?” Qin Ling stood up too .
A man ran out haphazardly from the field . He shouted, “There is a dead person! Someone is dead!”
Dead person?!
The person that died was the wife of Liu San . She was the person that identified Liu Xinyue at the ancestral hall that day .
Ming Shu stood outside and took a look . There was a layer of grass covering the corpse . Many locust stopped on it . Half of the body was sunk into the mud .
Liu Xinyue wouldn’t be so bold as to kill people directly?!
The villagers called the officials to the scene . A dead person was a serious thing .
The officer came over and chased away the villagers at the scene . All the people were chased to a ridge at the side .
“Which bastard did this . Don’t let me find out… my child’s wife, you died a terrible death! Officer, you need to help us…” As the family of the dead person, Liu San made a lot of commotion .
The corpse had been pulled up from the field and it was carried onto the main road .
The county magistrate was really fat . He was always arrogant and proud but today, he followed carefully behind a young lord .
The young lord was around 24 years old . He wore white clothes and had a crown on top of his head . His aura was really classy . They could tell that he was not an ordinary person .
He looked really exquisite too . He was like a rich family’s young master from a story . All his actions showed his status . However, he had a ruffian smile on his face and looked like a useless rich young lord .
“Who is that? So handsome…”
“Look at how the county magistrate is following him so closely . It must be an important person . ”
“I have never seen the county magistrate so cautious before . How powerful is this person?”
The villagers started whispering among themselves as they tried to guess the identity of the young lord .
The young lord didn’t go down . He stood casually ten meters away from the corpse and said in a mocking or lamenting tone, “Someone can even die here? That is rare . ”
County magistrate: “…”
The county magistrate coughed and asked the officer beside him, “What happened?”
“Mister . ” One of the officers ran over . “Lord Cheng . ”
The young lord corssed his arms and didn’t give any response .
The officer knew that this person was really powerful and didn’t want to care about him . Hence, he continued answering the county magistrate’s question . “The victim belongs to Yunli Village . That is her husband . The victim was strangled to death and then thrown in the field . The villagers found her when they were working . Besides the corpse, there is nothing suspicious found in the area . ”
There was a person standing beside him so the county magistrate didn’t dare to appear muddleheaded . He wiped his cold sweats secretly . “Who was the last person that saw the victime?”
“It was the victim’s husband called Liu San . ” The officer replied, “Yesterday night, Liu San and some of the people from the village went up the mountain to hunt for food . When he left, the victim came to send him off . After that, no one from the village saw her . ”
The county magistrate asked a few more questions but no conclusion was formed .
The county magistrate asked his mean to question everyone in the village . Ming Shu was included too . However, she was not close with the victim so she couldn’t provide any information .
“Second Young Lady Liu, come over for a while . ” The county magistrate suddenly waved at Ming Shu . If the person beside him didn’t remind him, he wouldn’t have recognize her .
She was really pretty…
The villagers all looked at Ming Shu .
Ming Shu was stunned for a moment . Shallow waves appeared in her eyes . After a while, she chewed on a piece of grass and slowly walked over .
When she walked passed the corpse, Ming Shu didn’t look away . There was a faint smile on the corners of her mouth and she walked steadily .
“What’s up?”
She examined the young lord opposite her for a second . Then, she looked away .
The county magistrate said, “Second Young Lady Liu, this is Lord Cheng from… the Capital . He wants to go to the Liu residence . Can you guide him to your house?”
Ming Shu smiled before she said anything . Her eyes were like halfmoons . “It is the biggest and wealthiest looking building . Why do you need a guide for?”
Who dared to talk to him like this? The county magistrate was just about to get angry when he remembered there was someone beside him . He could only said nicely, “This is his first time coming and the roads in the village is complicated so he is worried that he will get lost . Please guide the way for Lord Cheng . ”
Although he didn’t flare up, he got more firm in his sentence .
“No . ” Ming Shu rejected and smiled with her eyes . “I want to see you all solving this crime . ”
County magistrate: “…”
What is so nice about a corpse!!
This person came from the Capital!!
The little rascal doesn’t know the importance of this . It is your honour that he is going to your residence!!
“No problem . I can wait . ” Cheng Gui stopped the county magistrate .
Ming Shu smiled and didn’t reply him . She turned and walked back to the audience area .
Since the other party had given his words, there was nothing the county magistrate could do . He could only scold Ming Shu in his heart .
He didn’t know what luck the Liu residence had to make this important figure from the Capital specially visit them
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