What was it that made Lao Li Tou reluctant to give Old Man Zhou a sip of wine at that time, but was willing to spend more than 20 copper plates. He can be so generous, which proves that he has a lot of money in hand. However, the official searched for the old man's house and did not find any money.

Not only Fox Xiaomei, but Wei Ziyu was also puzzled.

But it finally gave the case a direction.

Wei Ziyu asked Lao Li Tou to search inside and outside his house again, but he also found nothing. In the end, he asked Hu Xiaomei: "What do you think?" ”

Hu Xiaomei's face was depressed, just because she mentioned Zhou Chengqi when Wei Ziyu interrogated, and when Wei Ziyu came to Lao Li Tou's house, he took her up. Although she was very happy in her heart, she couldn't show it, otherwise she would definitely let Wei Ziyu see that she was deliberate.

In this era, most of the officials in the court were men, but there were also female officials, and in small places, there were also female head hunters. She is still not sure what path she will take in the future, but it is still good to be able to get in touch with someone like Wei Ziyu.

Hu Xiaomei still has a basic understanding of the whole case, and she has her own thoughts in her heart, first, the cause of Lao Litou's death; The second is the motive of the murderer. As long as you find the motive of the murderer, you can know how he committed the murder.

Two things, it seems easier to find the cause of Lao Litou's death. Hu Xiaomei suspected that she had taken some kind of coma or hallucinogenic drug, so Lao Li Tou had no extra struggle before he died.

Thinking of this, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Lao Li Tou smokes on weekdays." ”

These words immediately reminded Wei Ziyu, and he blamed him for being negligent for a while. I just think it's a small case, but I missed such a big clue. Lao Li Tou's cigarette stick was not found, and there was no trace of smoking inside and outside the house, so Wei Ziyu subconsciously thought that Lao Li Tou had no habit of smoking, so he did not ask Tang Daming for confirmation. Who would have thought that in a small village case, the murderer would be so meticulous.

In this way, it is very likely that Lao Li Tou inhaled the drug by smoking.

Immediately, Wei Ziyu immediately sent people to search everywhere, but the things were not in the house. That is to be thrown out. It is impossible in the fields, because the villagers are easily found working in the field, so the greatest possibility is to be left in the mountains.

He sent several men to search along the mountain road. Tang Daming also organized some villagers to help find it.

An hour has passed. Lao Litou's cigarette stick was indeed found on the mountain. The official carefully installed the cigarette stick. If there are any other medicines in it, you have to take it back and check it.

The next thing to look for is money.

Since Lao Li Tou plans to abandon the farmland, there must be other belongings at home.

But. Inside and outside the house, including inside and outside the courtyard, even the two trees at the door were dug into the ground, and still nothing was found, and everyone couldn't think of where Lao Li Tou could hide the money for a while.

For harboring dirty things, fox Xiaomei is not uncommon in modern times, all kinds of tricks, endlessly, but in ancient times, the countrymen were buried in the ground except for their own homes, and there were no relatives, so there was no other place. Moreover, it is generally impossible for this thing to hide too far.

Wei Ziyu asked people to move all the things out of the house, carefully looked at every inch of the two rooms, and as long as they found that there was a place where the soil had been moved, they would be dug up immediately. I didn't even let go of a few sheds, but I still didn't find what I was looking for.

Hu Xiaomei felt that if Lao Li didn't put his belongings at home, it must be outside, and it wouldn't be too far, no matter where he put it, but that place must be his own territory.

She told Wei Ziyu about her idea, and Wei Ziyu looked at her for a while, and finally thought of something.

He took the mud outside the courtyard wall to dig up, found that there was no, stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked at the two uprooted trees for a while, suddenly hurried to the vegetable field of Lao Li Tou, and found that there was a corner of the soil is really less, he immediately let people start digging from there, the emperor lived up to his intentions, two feet from the ground, finally found a cloth bag, opened it to see, there were a few pieces of broken silver inside, adding up to twenty taels, and there was a crystal clear, good color, very beautiful jade earrings, the earrings are made of high-quality jade, Not only the texture is good, but also the workmanship is very exquisite, it is finely carved into the appearance of peony, and then turn it over to see, there is a word engraved on it, very small, not careful is not to find.

Just by looking at the texture and workmanship, you know that these earrings are not ordinary people.

How could Lao Li Tou have such a thing?

Everyone looked surprised. But no one dared to ask.

Wei Ziyu looked at the earrings in his hand, he didn't know what he was thinking, he frowned, he had a handsome face, he held back anger between his eyebrows, and his body exuded a fierce momentum.

This is the first time that everyone has seen this young Wei Master so angry!

Even Liu Yashi looked at the earrings and didn't dare to step forward to disturb Wei Ziyu.

After a while, Wei Ziyu put away the earrings, also kept a servant, took Lao Litou's pipe, and hurriedly left Hujia Village with the others.

As soon as Wei Ziyu left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, although they didn't know whether the case was solved or not, but looking at Wei Ziyu's expression, it was not difficult to guess that he had found major clues.

Lao Li had no relatives and no reason, and only Tang Daming helped to do the things after he died, and the villagers partnered to raise some silver and invite a Taoist priest.

After eating the noon, the Taoist priest came, Tang Daming took a few people to help simply arrange the mourning hall, and the Taoist priest blew and played for a while. Choosing a good day again, the people of Hujia Village collectively helped to bury Lao Li's head, although it was not pleasing during his lifetime, but after all, he was dead.

Dust to dust, dust to dust, all dust to fate.

Lao Li Tou's aftermath was taken care of, and within a few days, the yamen sent news to Tang Daming that the murderer who killed Lao Li Tou had nothing to do with the people of Hujia Village, and the murderer was someone else. Let Tang Daming and the others leave this matter alone, and this matter will be handled by the yamen.

A while ago, there were thieves, and now there are fatalities, and the people of the yamen have to tell Tang Daming to let the people in the village pay attention to safety, and remember to close the doors and windows at night. Everyone is speculating about who the murderer is.

Half a month has passed since the coming and going, and at this time it has entered the depths of winter.

Every morning there is a heavy morning fog. Fortunately, Hu Xiaomei had the foresight to let Wei Sanniang sew the old clothes together piece by piece to make a jacket that looks like a garment, and then sandwich the jacket inside the finished clothes, and one garment is sandwiched with two sandwiches, which is thicker than ordinary clothes.

Rao is like this, when she gets up in the morning, she has to add a cotton gown to her face, and the whole person is tightly wrapped, and she is naturally clumsy when she gets to work. This made Hu Xiaomei very depressed.

She thought of the down jacket of the 21st century, and if there was such a garment in this era, how could it still be dressed like a brown like it is now. Down. That is, eiderdown. It can also be replaced with goose down. It is very good at keeping out the cold, not only thinner than a padded jacket, but also warmer.

But where do you find so much eiderdown? can only spend money to buy, who can often kill ducks and geese among ordinary people in the countryside? Only the rich have chicken, duck and fish meat.

At that time, the purchased eiderdown will not be used up. Let Wei Sanniang make a jacket and sell it. This good thing just spreads. There are a lot of people who are sure to buy it.

Ordinary people wear cotton jackets in winter, and rich and noble families can use it, but although it is warm. If you wear a down jacket, you will be afraid of freezing for a long time in the winter.

The more Hu Xiaomei thought about it, the more she felt that this idea was very good.

So at dinner in the evening, I told Fox Dayou and others about my thoughts.

The whole family looked at her in amazement.

Fox Lixiang even reached out and touched her head: "Second child, your brain is not burning!" ”

How can there be such a thing as a down jacket in this era, and Hu Xiaomei doesn't wonder that a few people will react like this, she immediately compared poultry: "...... No matter how thick we dress, our hands and feet are cold when we stand outside for a long time in winter, and we have to go into the house to roast the fire, which of you sees a duck or goose afraid of the cold and still go to the fire? ”

Hey, when you think about it, it's true!

Several people had to nod their heads to admit that the poultry were indeed not afraid of the cold, especially the ducks and geese, and they could swim in the river in winter. At night, I hid in the shed and rested, without a mat, without a straw cover, cough cough, and the beasts did not need to cover anything when they slept. In this way, I have never heard of ducks and geese dying of cold. It can be seen that this duck down and goose down can indeed keep out the cold.

There are not many people in the world who can think of something like this, right?

Fox Dayou touched his chin and looked at Fox Xiaomei with blazing eyes: "You can think of this idea, how do you have such a head melon?" ”

"yes!" Wei Sanniang also stared at her with a thoughtful expression: "I used to be stupid to death, how can I have so many ghost ideas now!" ”

Fox Xiaomei was not weak-hearted, anyway, Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang were used to her changes, and continued with a smile: "Dad sells bean curd in the market to inquire with more people, and see where there are special ducks or geese, and when the time comes, let's spend some money to order some first." ”

"Do you want to pay the money in advance? How much does that cost? What if I don't get anything after giving the money? The fox fence shouted, their family is finally more comfortable now, and the duck down bamboo basket is empty for this.

"What do you little kid know?" Fox Xiaomei rolled her eyes at him and explained to Fox Dayou and Wei Sanniang: "We must buy some of this eiderdown, and first take it back from my family and sew a few clothes to wear, so it's better than this winter." All the rest was made into jackets and sold. This is a good thing, as long as people who know the goods will definitely buy it. ”

As for how to buy it, Hu Xiaomei has already thought about it.

"A jacket is made of two or two duck downs, each person makes one to put on, and then adds more duck down after the purchase of duck down. How to buy this duck down, one or two duck down five copper plates, the cost of a jacket is ten copper plates, and the price of selling is doubled. ”

In this era, people did not know the use of duck down, and the duck feathers and goose feathers were lost on weekdays, and now there are people who can pay to buy them, and of course these people are willing to sell them.

Why did she ask Fox Dayou to inquire where there were duck farms and goose farms, because it was difficult for ordinary households to kill a poultry to eat in a month or two, and they had nothing to do with large households, and the amount could not meet her requirements. Only duck or goose farms can make up for duck down and goose down in the shortest possible time. Especially when the ducks and geese change their moults, the ground is full of down.

Of course, you have to find the right person to buy down in the duck farm or goose farm, and don't look for those things to do, because people's monthly money in a month is also a few taels, how to look at a few copper plates of small money, only the rough people who work will be rare.

There is one thing that makes Hu Xiaomei very worried, because there is no shortage of rich families in Zhuangzi Courtyard, and there are people who specialize in growing vegetables and fruits.

Of course, Hu Xiaomei is more inclined to the first possibility, after all, which rich family wants to stink everywhere on their Zhuangzi! (To be continued......)