Pony feels deeply that the old owner was so unrighteous. Although the life of the Li Mansion is so low that he has almost no status, it is not like the Guan family, which tossed him and lost a lot of weight in a few days.

The drudgery of picking chili peppers has just made people so tired that they can't get up, and they have to brave the wind and rain to shuttle on the muddy village roads. What's even more hateful is that he was about to arrive in front of the village chief's house, but he saw the villagers surrounding the village chief Li and running in the direction of the Anlan Bridge at the entrance of the village.

I had no choice but to pick up my trousers and speed up the pace to chase in the direction of the village entrance, close to the Anlan Bridge, I couldn't tell what was walking under my feet, in short, it was all filled with ankle-high silt, and there was only brown and yellow mud and sand at a glance; Occasionally, I would stumble over rotten branches in the mud and sand. If it weren't for the pony boasting of being a manly husband, he would have sat on the ground and wiped his tears and cried.

Finally, I saw a group of people led by the village chief stop at the head of the Anlan Bridge, and the pony ran over quickly, only to hear someone in the crowd shouting: "Village chief, I just picked up the clothes over there." ”

Only then did the pony see that the village chief was holding a brightly colored silk shirt in his hand, which did not look like anyone in the village could wear it.

"I'll see!" With the support of his eldest son, Village Chief Li climbed the bridge with difficulty, and carefully inspected the direction pointed out by the man. The hard work paid off, and in the place where the man found the silk shirt, he found a huge straw sandal, and the village chief compared the size of the shoe with the palm of his hand: "This is a man, and it is not too big." ”

"What's more," Dong Laosan, who was standing next to the village chief, stepped on something. Reaching down, he touched a child's belly pocket, "Why is there a baby?" ”

Village Chief Li sighed in his heart, yesterday there was a heavy wind and rain, and the water of the river rose again, and now the water is not as strong as yesterday, but I can't see any footprints left on the bridge; waved his hand and pushed his son and said, "Go and help find it, is there anything else ahead?" ”

"Village chief, don't look for it, you can't go ahead. The water hasn't receded yet. It's too dangerous. Dong Laosan picked up a branch and probed it, scared out of a cold sweat, and then walked forward without the bridge deck, only then did he look like the Anlan Bridge was still there. You can push it with a branch to find that it is nothing more than a pile of debris that has been washed to the side by the torrent. A poke of the branches. And it washed away most of it with the current.

Seeing this, several young adults also learned his movements and poked the branches together, and sure enough, they saw the debris disappearing with the water one by one.

"Eh. There's still a baggage there! Dong Laosan's eyes had been staring at the surface of the water, and suddenly he saw a green-skinned baggage, and hurriedly commanded the villagers who took the branches to carry the burden and carry it up.

The burden was quickly put into the hands of the village chief, who was standing in a safe position, and the village chief opened the bag in front of everyone, but there was nothing important in it, it was nothing more than the clothes of some children, and they were all relieved.

"Ahh Xiao Ma recognized that the top coat embroidered with ingots in the baggage was the one Qiao Yuanchang wore last night, and he still remembered that Yun Ying teased the kid to take down the ingots and give her flowers.

"What, you know this garment?" The eyes of Village Chief Li and everyone at the scene were focused on Xiaoma's body.

In other words, other young men in the village were overwhelmed by such attention and keeping, but fortunately, Xiaoma was born in a big family, not only did he not feel embarrassed, but walked in front of Village Chief Li with his head held high. Of course, if you ignore the idea of stumbling step by step and muddy face, he will not lose everyone's demeanor at this time, but unfortunately his embarrassed appearance really makes people have no admiration.

The little horse went forward to look through the clothes in the baggage, and recognized that this was one of the ones that Qiao Mutou had brought to Guan's house yesterday morning, and the other two bags containing adult clothes had been left at Guan's house. Glancing at the bright silk shirt in Village Chief Li's hand and the slightly small straw sandals on the ground, the pony could basically determine who the owner was, nodded, and affirmed: "This burden belongs to Master Qiao's family." ”

Qiao's family either lives in the upper reaches or in the most downstream, and now only the two brothers Qiao Qi and Qiao Quan are following to Anlan Bridge. You have to be clear. ”

"I live in the sand downstream, Master Qiao, aren't these little clothes their little master's? I also saw the little master wearing this last night. With that, the pony picked up the ingots coat.

"Why are they here?" Qiao Qi and Qiao Quan also went to the bridge just now to see, and the Anlan Bridge was clearly broken from the middle, and the burden containing Qiao Yuanchang's clothes fell here.

"I'm here to find the village chief and the clan elders to call the shots for this matter!" Only then did the pony remember the task of this trip, but he knew that he was afraid that it would be difficult to explain, so he had to say with a sad face: "It rained heavily yesterday, and the river flooded Master Qiao's house. Master Qiao took Gu Niangzi and the little young master to our house to spend the night, who knew that our family's kind wife led the wolf into the room, and this morning I got up and found that the silver prepared for my son-in-law at home for the exam was missing, and the house was messy, but there was no trace of Master Qiao's three people. Only then did he tell the little one to quickly find the village chief, and asked the village chief to take charge and find a few strong guys to help chase after him. ”

"And such a thing?" Village Chief Li was surprised at the moment, but he turned his head to see only half of the Anlan Bridge left, and then looked at the baggage skin underground, "Now, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch it back!" ”

After a little thought, Village Chief Li resolutely waved his hand and made a series of arrangements:

Three young men were sent to guard the bridge, one was to warn the villagers that it was not safe here, so they should not approach; Second, I still have a glimmer of hope to see if I can find some more favorable clues.

In addition, most of the people led by Qiao Qi, Qiao Quan, and Dong Laosan were assigned to go door to door to ask if they had seen any traces of the three people in Qiao Mutou, and if not, they would go to the passes on the mountain everywhere to see if there were any traces. Of course, Village Chief Li actually didn't think much of this arrangement in his heart, and in his mind, most of the three of Qiao Mutou were more than lucky.

He took the rest to the Guan family to visit the Xia Jia family to see if the situation was really as grim as Xiaoma said.

Jia's just knew that Village Chief Li was going to bring someone to check it, and he didn't move the furnishings at home at all, until he was impatient enough to hear the sound outside, and Jia's face was a little better. But it was only a little better, and Village Chief Li ate her head when he entered the door.

"I know that orphans and widows please don't move the village chief, but the village chief, you are the head of a village, and the villagers are in trouble, so you should take the lead to be worthy of the peak. If one day, my son, as an official, will neglect the people like this, and the little woman is not talented, and he will have to be disciplined for dereliction of duty and slow treatment. ”

I have to say that the Jia family looked really decent when he came to the shelf, which made Village Chief Li stunned for a moment, and then his face turned a little red, but in the end he endured it, probably thinking that Guan Ping would not be able to raise people in the future, and he would not be guilty of offending a nobleman. Finally, he had to glance at the pony with a stiff face.

Only then did the pony squeeze in and pounce at Jia's feet and knelt down: "Madam, I'm afraid Master Qiao won't be able to catch up." ”

"Why?" Jia Shi seemed to be asking Xiaoma, but his eyes were staring at Village Chief Li.

There was no way, Village Chief Li had to stand in the alley and replied: "The Anlan Bridge is broken, I'm afraid I can't get out of the village." Seeing that the Jia family looked angry again, Village Chief Li immediately added: "But don't worry, the Guan family's brothers and sisters don't have to leave the village." "Village Chief Li is afraid that if he doesn't give an answer, the Jia family will be crazy again, at that time, he will lose his face to this mother-in-law, how will he gain a foothold in the village in the future!

Thinking of this, Village Chief Li's slightly chubby body straightened, "However, before helping the younger siblings of the Guan family find the Qiao Mutou family, I think the younger siblings should also let me see the situation clearly." ”

Only then did Jia Shi turn his head and order: "Xiao Li will give a few clan elders a seat and serve tea." Ping'er, you take your village head, Uncle Li, to see the situation and tell him why his mother is so anxious. ”

Of course I'm in a hurry! When the village chief and the clan elder heard that the Jia family had lost a hundred or dozens of taels of silver, and was wearing two pieces of clothing and some jewelry, they all gasped, and they all thought: No wonder people don't want the couple's clothes to run lightly, where can they buy good clothes with so much silver?

But because there was so much silver, after being sent out by Village Chief Li to find someone to report back, Village Chief Li and the clan elders came to a regrettable conclusion: Qiao Mutou, Gu Banniang and Qiao Yuanchang, who was more than three years old, fell into the Anlan River and drowned.

Why?

Village Chief Li analyzed that Gu Banniang specified that she had the intention of stealing the silver and running away yesterday, so she ate and slept well and arranged for Qiao Yuanchang to sleep with Qiao Mutou. When they got up in the middle of the night and stole the money, the three of them hurried out. With a huge sum of money in hand, who would go stupidly to the mountain, naturally he didn't go back to the outside of the village. Who knew that the sight was not good on a rainy night, the Anlan Bridge was broken in half, and Gu Banniang, who was walking in front of the child in the middle of the road, fell down first, Qiao Mutou reached out and pulled it in a hurry, and only pulled two clothes in his hand, but all three of them fell down and were washed away by the water. This concludes the case.

This analysis is reasonable, but Jia still can't accept it, and her more than 100 taels of silver are gone? I don't know if it's hot-headed or what, Jia Shi suddenly turned at Yun Ying: "Didn't you hear any movement last night?" Why didn't that kid in Yuanchang scream to sleep with you last night? ”

One sentence caused everyone to look at Yun Ying, who was standing silently aside, and almost asked Yun Ying if she was Qiao Mutou's accomplice!

Yun Ying raised her head in amazement, and before she could speak, she didn't know who among the onlookers who heard the news and whispered: "I heard that the hands and feet of the flower are not clean two days ago, and I didn't expect that there are examples to follow." It's just that evil has evil retribution, and the arbor stealing people's silver was taken away by the river god, how can this flower be good? (To be continued......)