I looked down and saw that it was the child named "Ergou".

As soon as I saw him, I was stunned. Everyone around me was clamoring, but at this moment, Aunt Hong rushed up from behind me, grabbed the child, and said in disbelief: "What did you say?"

The Ergou was a little trembling, and the collar on the back of his neck was pulled by Aunt Hong. She looked even thinner and looked like a puppy. She said timidly: "I said - that person, that, he was buried. Yes, it was me who dug him out."

I can't believe my ears.

Aunt Hong was completely stupid this time, and looked at him with a pale face: "Why are you doing this?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a couple walked out of the crowd. They looked only in their thirties, and looked thick and strong. As soon as the couple came up, they started to beat Ergou, beating and scolding: "I made you disobedient, I asked you to do these bad things!"

"I'll beat you to death!"

Seeing that they were making such a frown, I frowned and was about to ask Aunt Hong to come up and persuade him, but before he could speak, Aunt Hong had already walked up and pulled the sleeve of the father-in-law and said, "Don't do it first, can you do it after asking clearly?"

Ergou's father was so angry that his face turned red and he wanted to take action. At this time, I also walked up to persuade him. Seeing that I came forward to stop him, he couldn't help but feel so angry that he couldn't speak. His wife hurriedly said, "Master, let's see what the eldest lady should do first."

I nodded then, then looked back at Ergou. The few hits just now made his face red and swollen and his hair messed up. I squatted down and looked at his frightened eyes, and then said, "Tell me, why do you want to do it here?"

“…”

"If you don't say anything, we will really punish you."

Aunt Hong was anxious when she heard it from behind. Although she always scolded the child, she was very protective of him at this time and said, "Why don't you say it quickly?! Do you really want your father to beat you up?"

The child twitched for a moment before saying softly: "I, I didn't want to dig him out. It was my dog. Last night I took the dog out for a walk, but it ran into the woods and started digging pits there."

"Is it your dog?"

I frowned and suddenly remembered that when Tang Ting came to me last night, it was already very late. I did hear the dogs outside barking very hard.

I asked, "What?"

Ergou said timidly: "I kept pulling it, but I couldn't hold it back. I also found it strange. My rhubarb is always very obedient and I can't do it like this. I doubt that there is something under the ground, so I--"

"You go digging too?"

"Um."

"Then you--jump out that man?"

"That person, his body was digged out of rhubarb, and rhubarb even ruined his clothes..."

He said, as if he was a little scared, he shook slightly, and then said, "Then my parents came to find me. At that time, I was also very scared, afraid that my parents would beat me up after seeing it, so I didn't have time to bury the man back into the field and ran away..."

He said, looking up at Mr. Ma: "Old ancestor, I really didn't mean it. Don't be angry."

Mr. Ma just said lightly: "I'll talk about this later."

After saying that, he raised his head and looked at Pei Yuanxiu and Yan Gang.

At this moment, the other party did not respond immediately. Everyone was in a stalemate, but I frowned. Seeing Ergou's hands constantly twisting the corners of his clothes, and his clothes were about to be twisted by him. I leaned over to him and said softly: "Egou, I have one more thing to ask you."

He looked up at me, his big eyes full of panic.

I said, "Then why did you come outside my yard at noon today?"

Aunt Hong was stunned and immediately remembered that he did come at noon today, but Aunt Hong was worried that he would clamor for me to rest and accumulate energy, so she drove him away.

I said, "Do you want to tell me about this or do something-"

“…”

He did not answer me immediately, but instead grabbed the corner of his clothes with a few fingers even harder. I could feel the conflict in his heart. Almost everyone in the whole village looked at him. His father came forward and pushed his shoulders: "Tell me quickly! Miss asks you, you dare to hesitate!"

The child raised his head squeakedly and said, "Actually, I found something on that person's body."

"Something?"

I asked hurriedly, "What's it?"

This time, Pei Yuanxiu and the others also walked up to Ergou and saw Ergou reaching out to his trouser bag. After taking out a long time, he took out a small box and put it in his palm to deliver it to me.

When I saw it, I frowned.

It was an iron box, very small, the size of a fist. It looked very delicate on the palm of a child's hand, and there were some patterns on it. However, because it was buried in the ground, there were yellow mud in the gap, and he wiped the other places very cleanly, with silver light.

When Aunt Hong saw it, she immediately recognized it: "This is the box of the Tie Family Money House!"

That's right, this is the box of Tiejia Money House.

But - I was immediately confused. This was found on Butu's body. How could he carry the box from the Tiejia Money House on his body?

Could it be that after he entered Sichuan, he went to Tiejia to save something?

But what do he have to deposit at the Tiejia Money House? They should have distrust Xichuan very much. If there is really something important, even if he stays in Jinling, he will not bring it to Xichuan.

But why is this box?

For a moment, my thoughts were also confused, but something that was inexplicable was entangled in my mind, as if I wanted to remember something.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, for a while, I couldn't understand my thoughts.

I reached out with some hesitation and took the box from Ergou's hand. Because it was made of iron, it was heavy. After shaking it a little, I couldn't hear any sound. There should be soft things filling it, so I couldn't feel what was inside.

Subconsciously, he turned around and looked at Mr. Ma. He also frowned. When he saw me looking at him, he immediately said, "The dead are the most important thing. We just bury them and will not search their bodies and move their bodies."

...

Therefore, they didn't know where this thing was, and they had never opened it.

This thing, unknown to anyone, was buried underground with the body.

If Ergou's dog had not digged the ground and damaged the cloth clothes, and Ergou had found this thing, it would have been buried like this and became a permanent secret.

Speaking of which, it is like something guiding the secret to be buried forever.

I sighed lightly in my heart, but even greater doubts spread from the heavy box in my hand to my heart.

What exactly is installed here?

If it can be opened - but I turned the box a little bit and found a small key hole, which is very small, only about two or three needle tips, which is definitely not something that can be opened by ordinary keys.

Just when I was puzzled, Yan Gang suddenly said, "Since this thing is from Butu and Butu is from Master Pei, of course, this thing should belong to Master Pei."

As soon as I finished speaking, I raised my head, Pei Yuanxiu frowned slightly, and was also looking at the box.

Yan Zicong hurriedly echoed: "That's right."

I immediately frowned.

Although they don’t know what is here, they obviously plan to take it for the most part. As long as they get it, they will talk about it by using any means to open it. Of course, they don’t want to leave it in our hands.

But, really want to give it to him?

This box is made by Tiejia Money House. Who knows what it contains?

Moreover, just when I saw the keyhole, I had a sense that although this box was found on Butu's body, it must not belong to him, because this special iron box is different from the iron box of an ordinary Tiejia Money House. I don't doubt that Lao Tie must have spent some effort to make it. With Butu's status, he has any important things to use this exquisite box, or even made it at Tiejia Money House.

Moreover, it will take at least one month to make this box.

If this is true, Tieyushan should have told me in Wulong.

Besides, this box seems to have been a bit old.

Just as I was thinking, a black shadow flashed in front of me. Pei Yuanxiu had already walked to me. He looked down at me without opening his mouth, but his hand had reached in front of me.

I frowned and subconsciously pinched the box in my hand.

Yan Gang immediately said, "What are you doing? Do you want to steal other people's things in broad daylight?"

I said, "This thing should not belong to them."

"But the thing was found on someone's corpse!"

"It is also possible that he picked it up or snatched it."

"That's also-"

"Besides, this box belongs to the Tie Family Money House. If they have important things, they will not store them in Xichuan territory. I suspect that this box belongs to Xichuan, but was just obtained by Butu."

"This is just your guess."

...

Just as we were arguing, a very weak voice spoke: "It's not a guess."

We all looked back and saw Yan Qingchen sitting in a wheelchair, looking at the box coldly.

Suddenly, everyone was stunned.

I was shocked: "Qingchen..."

Yan Qingchen said lightly: "This thing belongs to the Yan family in Xichuan."

Pei Yuanxiu frowned slightly, probably realizing that the things in the box were really not simple, and said, "Where is the evidence you said that?"
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