Chen Tianyu only went to visit Li Qisi after receiving reports from Kuang Suo and Liu Zichen.

He has always been calm and resolute not to fight uncertain battles.

Li Yiting went to the neighboring village, and he couldn't come back for a while, and the clues found by Kuang Suo and Liu Zichen were enough, so he didn't wait any longer.

This time, he had to break through the key obstacle of Li Qisi no matter what, and as a last resort, he had to show some evidence to force him to comply.

Probably no one in Li Village really knows the inside story, except for the patriarch Li Qisi.

Chen Tianyu had a strong premonition that the murder case in Li Village was far from over, and if necessary, he had to control all the suspects and others ruthlessly to avoid escalating the situation. Counting up, two people have been murdered in the whole case, one person survived, and Beiting himself began to have casualties, which is a predicament that has never been encountered, and it was more of a thrill in the past.

But the countryside is not as good as the city, if Wan Yongkun is killed by a mute, maybe there are no bones, which makes him a little afraid when he thinks about it, Beiting is a "black household" and not a staff, no matter how good it sounds, no matter how well the masses recognize, it will not help.

Chen Tianyu, as the real person in charge of Beiting, still has this self-knowledge.

It didn't matter to him, but he must not joke with his brother's life or risk it lightly.

He approached Li Qisi's mansion as he pondered.

When Li Qisi saw Chen Tianyu, his expression was very calm, as if he had expected him to come to the door, so he had already set up a hookah and sat at the door and smoked, swallowing clouds and spitting fog.

Chen Tianyu was not polite, after he lit a cigarette, he went straight to the point: "Uncle, I came here today, I have a very important thing to ask, I hope you don't hide it." ”

"This matter may be related to the safety of your brothers. He added.

Li Qisi snorted a cloud of smoke, coughed a few times, and said, "You want to ask the cause of death of the fourth child of my family?"

"Yes. Chen Tianyu was also polite, "The more detailed, the better." ”

"Hmm. Li Qisi nodded, "I have been hiding this matter for more than 20 years, and it is time to confide in it." You know, I am the patriarch of Li Village, and I can't say what I can't talk about even if I die...... However, I am only an old man now, and the fourth child is still my own brother, and I have been pressed on my body like a stone for so many years, and I can't sleep well. ”

He coughed heavily: "But who am I going to talk to? ”

Chen Tianyu buried his head in smoking, waiting for him to talk about the key points.

"The fourth eldest of my family is named Li Qiuyuan, and the fourth daughter-in-law is named Zheng Wanqiu. But everything that is too perfect is a disaster, which is really in response to an old saying of the ancients, red face and bad water. Li Qisi sighed deeply.

"Wanqiu is from the city, the daughter of a rich family, and I don't know which nerve is wrong, but I fell in love with the fourth child of my family, Qiu Yuan is tall and handsome, but he is always a farmer, and his calluses can scare off most city girls. But fate is so strange, Wanqiu is desperately willing to follow him, and even does not hesitate to break with his family...... You know, she's an only child, can her family treat us as enemies?"

Li Qisi buried his head and took another breath, and said for a long time: "Of course I am resolutely opposed to this family business. ”

"At that time, our parents were long gone, and the fourth brother regarded me as both an elder brother and a father. Although I feel distressed, I can only endure it, I haven't heard of the toad eating swan meat. At that time, he was also young, and he thought that this matter would pass, and after a while, he would introduce a country girl to the fourth child, and he forgot about this relationship. ”

"Who would have thought that the fourth child was restrained by me, and the girl herself came to the door, don't you know, at that time, Wanqiu was a thin little girl, dragging four suitcases bigger than me, and when she knelt at my door, I really couldn't dream of it!"

"She knelt motionless at the door of my house for three days, without saying a word or eating. Li Qisi had tears in his eyes, "I shouldn't be soft-hearted, but after all, I am Qiu Yuan's own brother, and my heart is also fleshy, where can I stop it?"

"I agreed at the time, but put forward two conditions, the first is that in this life, Wanqiu must not go to the city to return to her parents' house, and the second is that she must at least help my brother have two children before she is allowed to step out of Li Village. ”

Chen Tianyu glanced up at Li Qisi, and couldn't help but be moved: "She really agreed?"

Li Qisi nodded heavily: "She didn't hesitate at all. ”

"Isn't this too cruel?" Chen Tianyu frowned.

"It's cruel, but I just said it casually at the time to test her sincerity. After all, we are a poor and remote place, if Wanqiu is just a whim and is confused by temporary affection, won't it ruin the life of the fourth child?" Li Qisi sighed, "The fourth person is more affectionate than anyone else, I still don't know." ”

After Wanqiu agreed, she fainted, and it was my wife who took care of her for more than half a month before she slowly recovered. I hid it from the fourth child and let her live in my house for more than half a year, making sure that she didn't want to leave, and no one went to the village to look for her, so I really settled the marriage for the fourth child. ”

"Fourth Uncle Li didn't blame you?" Chen Tianyu said curiously.

Li Qisi smiled: "I'm not that stupid, naturally I didn't reveal anything to him, or how to say that Wanqiu is a strange woman, she didn't even reveal half a word." Speaking of which, I'm grateful to her. ”

"When did they get married?" Chen Tianyu asked again.

"Twenty-nine years ago. Li Qisi paused, "I remember that day clearly, my eldest was just one year old at that time. ”

"So, after more than two years of marriage, they gave birth to Li Fuqi?" Chen Tianyu is okay with arithmetic.

"Uh...... Should be. "Li Qisi is very authentic.

Chen Tianyu was a little strange, his brother's birth was a big deal, how could he not know.

Li Qisi saw his doubts, and sighed again: "Not long after the fourth child got married, we split up, and I let the fourth child move far away, so I rarely interacted." ”

"Why do you want to do this?" Chen Tianyu was also a little puzzled.

"Don't laugh at that. Li Qisi stretched out his hand and wiped his face, "We countrymen are shallow, Wanqiu is really good-looking, and we can't pick one out of three towns and five miles...... That's about it. ”

Chen Tianyu sighed secretly, but he also understood that these dross of feudal society are still deeply engraved on the poor and have not changed much.

But his mind flashed, and he remembered the things that Kuang Shuo had relayed.

"Did anything happen before the separation?" he said sharply.

"Uh...... Not really. Li Qisi's eyes flickered slightly.

Chen Tianyu is such a person, naturally he can't let it go: "Uncle, I know that family ugliness should not be publicized, but now is an extraordinary time, you can't deliberately hide it from me." ”

"It's not enough to be ugly, Wanqiu and the fourth child of my family are really affectionate...... Li Qisi thought for a while, "It's okay to say it now, it's just some past male and female affairs, don't mention it." ”

Chen Tianyu was helpless: "I heard that there is a mute man in Yuancun who is quite fond of the fourth aunt, is there such a thing?"

Li Qisi was surprised: "Who are you listening to?"

He suddenly lowered himself: "Since you know everything, I can't hide it from you." This dumb man, he wasn't dumb before, and he wasn't as fat as he is now, so he can be called a talent. Li Qisi's expression seemed to be a little painful, but he didn't interrupt, "He is Wanqiu's fiancé in the city, I don't know where to find out, Wanqiu ran to our Li Village, so he chased all the way, at that time, the dumb man had a distant relative living in Yuan Village, so he traveled thousands of miles to Yuan Village to find relatives." ”

"I see. Chen Tianyu also secretly said that he was surprised, he didn't expect such a legendary story, "Then how did he become dumb later?"

Li Qisi sighed: "The dumb man is also an infatuated species!"

"When the fourth couple first got married, this dumb man came to the village every day, and he didn't enter the door, but stood on the hillside of my house every day and sang and sang, which made my family restless. The fourth child is bold, he still sees it as a joke, Wanqiu is also indifferent, waiting for the dumb man to retreat, I can't stand it...... What's going on, there are a lot of tongue chewers in the village. ”

"And you drove the dumb man away?"

"I can't drive away at all, I'm really angry, Wanqiu is married, I can't let people ruin their reputation like this, I had to give Wanqiu a death order, if tomorrow morning, the dumb man is still singing on the slope, I will kick her out of the house, she is also scared, so she ran to explain the situation to the dumb man, and the next day, the dumb man really did not appear again. ”

"Fourth aunt, this is a cruel word, right?"

Li Qisi shook his head: "I don't know, I was angry at that time." But later, I heard that the young man drank dumb medicine by himself, and then secretly ran to Mount Emei to become a monk. When he said this, he didn't feel the slightest guilt, maybe he didn't feel wrong.

Chen Tianyu didn't want to say anything, he thought for a while before saying, "No wonder you want to let the fourth uncle hide away, because you are afraid that this kind of thing will happen again, right?"

"That's right. The reputation of the countryman is more important than life......"

Chen Tianyu asked: "This arrangement is reasonable, but in the end, how did the fourth uncle's family fall into trouble? Could it be that a dumb person is making trouble again?" This is the answer he is looking for, and it is time to reveal.

"Alas, it's not like that. Li Qisi's face was flushed with sadness.

"The fourth family died in the fire. He said with a calm face, "The couple were burned alive by the fire!"

"Damnation?!" Chen Tianyu came out of these two words inexplicably, he regretted it a little, but as soon as he spoke.

Li Qisi was really a little angry: "Lang Lang Qiankun, how can there be any curse." ”

"That's right. Chen Tianyu was a little embarrassed, "I've been listening too much lately, uncle, don't mind." ”

"You can't be blamed for that. Li Qisi's mood calmed down slightly, "Let me tell you this, these Five Elements Heavenly Punishment or something, it is purely made up by my ancestors themselves, and he also recorded this rumor in the family tree, which is more and more mysterious." ”

Chen Tianyu's heart was shocked, it turned out to be like this, to put it bluntly, he was penniless, but so many people actually believed it, how sad it was.

“......”

"The countrymen are so confused, and there are many superstitious people, so there is no way. Li Qisi didn't care.

Chen Tianyu nodded: "Why did the fourth uncle's house catch fire, it was just an accident?"

Li Qisi smiled bitterly: "Actually, I am also to blame for this, I locked the fourth family in the room at that time and did not let them go out, otherwise they would not be able to escape." ”

"Since the fourth uncle has moved into the mountains to live alone, why do you bother to do this?" Chen Tianyu vaguely guessed something.

"I know what you guessed. That's right, it was the dumb man who suddenly returned to the village, and I happened to catch a glimpse of him at the bazaar, and although he became fatter, I was impressed, and it was already two or three years after the fourth child was married. I forgot to tell you, in fact, although I said it ruthlessly before I got married, I was not so ruthless, and after I knew that the dumb man ran away, I didn't bother to care, and allowed Wanqiu to walk around the village, and sometimes asked her to go to the commissary at the bottom of the mountain to buy some household goods. ”

"When I saw the mute man, he seemed to recognize me, and his eyes were very eerie and terrifying, and he walked with a tigerish style, and it seemed that he had learned some kind of strong skills, and came back to show off. I was in a hurry home, but I kept it on my mind. The more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, so one night, while they were asleep, I slammed the door shut, and my idea was to wait two days, and then I would explain to the fourth child, and first go to find out the reality of the dumb man. I never thought ......"

Li Qisi had an expression of extreme pain on his face.

"The next day, there was a fire...... I really never imagined that this would happen, but it was too late to regret it, I led a few brothers to fight the fire, but the fourth husband and wife were already burned to charcoal. ”

Chen Tianyu's eyes couldn't help but turn red.

"Uncle, don't be too sad, you can't be blamed for this. He was relieved.

Li Qisi stretched out his hand to wipe his nose and shook his head: "It's been so long, I can't say it's sad, it's okay." He paused, "Actually, the fourth child is also responsible, he didn't even tell me when the child was born, he still doesn't understand the world." If I knew that Wanqiu had already given birth, how could I be so frightened?

"Li Fuqi wasn't in the house at the time?" Chen Tianyu suddenly noticed that there was a flaw.

Li Qisi nodded: "It's not, I also learned later that Wanqiu had no milk after giving birth, and often went to the second child's house for help, and Li Yi had just been born at that time." Qihuai's family is kind-hearted, and they never told me about this, maybe they were afraid that I would make trouble. ”

Chen Tianyu said bluntly: "It seems that your other brothers don't agree too much with these decisions you made, right?"

"They are all too young to understand the sinister human heart. Li Qisi disagreed.

Chen Tianyu lowered his head and thought about it, and suddenly asked, "Uncle, tell you the truth, have you ever regretted it after so many years?"

"There is some ...... guilt" Li Qisi's face flashed a very strange look, as if it was a firm belief, and it seemed like some kind of believer-like piety.

"If I had to say I regretted it, I would never regret it. He suddenly said a very philosophical sentence, "Everyone must take on something in life, even if there is sacrifice and dedication, you can't only take care of yourself, otherwise won't you be in vain?"

Chen Tianyu was secretly surprised, and his words seemed to mean something else.

Could it be that there is something hidden in it? He pondered how to get his words out, and Li Qisi had already gotten up and entered the house. Chen Tianyu thought for a while and decided not to continue to ask, he almost had the answer.