The squire, the wealthy, and Huang Kaohao's subordinates in the village, Huang Kaohao opened four tables of banquets, and invited cooks, there were more than 30 people in the living room, everyone greeted each other, hugged their fists and saluted, and shook hands cordially. Huang Kaohao specially introduced to Li Guolou the two big landlords from the neighboring village, Wang Ren and You Defu, and regarded Li Guolou as a big man.

Li Guolou glanced at Jin Erzi, it must be that this kid was in bed last night, revealing his old background to Huang Yue's family, and letting Huang Kaohao know that he was red and purple in the yamen of the Criminal Department. There are still blank cards on the body, and you can catch whoever you want? Whoever dares to offend him will be put in prison first and eat rat-grained cockroach rice for a few days.

The wine and food are very rich, and the white wine and rice wine are all well-known brands, not the kind of earthen roast brewed in a jar.

Li Guolou only learned at the banquet why Huang Kaohao wanted to get close to him, it turned out that these big landowners wanted to buy flintlock pistols and establish their own village arms. This kind of thing is not difficult for him, patting his chest and agreeing to the request of the three big landlords, the price guarantee is half of the price set by the Equipment Bureau, and this market is what he can do. Fake foreign devils don't know what to do in the sale of firearms, so what are they called!

Li Guolou didn't know the truth of passing on ten and ten passing on hundreds, and he didn't want to do the arms business, but he accidentally did a few small arms businesses with the big landlords near Beijing, because the price was too attractive, he not only made a few friends business, but also offended a certain prince in Beijing. What awaits him is another accident.

In the dining room, there was also a table of wine in the living room next to it, which was the entourage of some distinguished guests, and the whole Huang Kao Hao mansion was jubilant, and the atmosphere was filled with the sound of cheers.

Wang Renren and You Defu are big landlords with noble status, not as stingy as Huang Kaohao, they are both big families, and they are unwilling to stay overnight without maids around to serve, and the two got drunk and got into a carriage and left the Huang family's mansion.

Li Guolou said goodbye to the guests, unwilling to have any more rights and wrongs, and was the first to return to the bedroom to see the handwriting and maps he wrote. Li Guolou went out this time, and asked Huang Yishi for two oil lamps to illuminate the bedroom brightly.

And Huang Kao was really drunk this time, and he had already been in the dining room and was carried back to the bedroom. As for Jin Erzi and Huang Yue's actions, after the two long-term workers left, they were a little blatant, Jin Erzi took advantage of the alcohol to say provocative words to Huang Yue's nonsense, and was reprimanded by Huang Yi's for a few words, Jin Erzi and Huang Yue's obediently entered the room and did not dare to mess around in the dining room.

Li Guolou uses deductive reasoning, and he can only have one reasoning assumption now, that is, the missing Huang Yinyin was captured by the people in the village, and only by thinking about this idea can it make sense for him to inquire in Huangcun. As for whether Huang Yanyin is alive? Li Guolou believes that he is still alive, and if Huang Yinyin is killed, the body should be found in Huang Village. Yesterday, Huang Kao drank half of his wine and walked out, and went to the cellar to get wine at night. Let him have a flash of inspiration, he also went to see the cellar of the big landlord Huang Kao this morning, which is very big and can live in the cellar. Then the missing Huang Yinyin may also be taken captive to the cellar, and some people are despicable and shameful to do the most obscene things.

Li Guolou read a book, that is, a monk in a temple did this kind of thing of arresting women and committing mass adultery, and was finally detected by the county officials. This incident is very sensational, and it is written on the romance novel "The Burning of Red Lotus Temple", which is a real historical case. There are big crimes, small crimes, people here have long hidden dirt, and it makes sense that there are criminals hiding here.

After a day of investigation, Li Guolou added a little confidence, he used the elimination method, first excluded the old and young families in the village.

A piece of paper had the name of a suspect written on it, and he also had to look at the suspect's address, some of the families were adjacent to other homes, and the space was too small to dig a cellar. Li Guolou put the note aside again.

The oil lamp was shining, and Li Guolou ignored the confusion of his drunken head, drank strong tea, and looked at the map on the ground. The suspects were listed one by one, but there was no happy expression on his face, how to find the murderer among the many suspects was something he had to consider, how could he dig up all the suspects' homes, such a killing thing, if the missing Huang Yinyin was not found? Wouldn't it be a disgrace to him?

Li Guolou made up his mind that he would have a psychological war with these suspects to see who would not be able to hold on. A few pieces of paper were put in his pocket, and God willing, the murderer was put in his pocket.

After a sleepless night, Li Guolou opened the door, the yard was silent, the rooster had not yet announced, a cold wind blew on his face, and he squinted his eyes slightly as if he wanted to see through the darkness of the sky. Li Guolou held a short-barreled flintlock pistol in his hand and aimed at the nest of the old eagle on a big tree, "Smack!" Li Guolou made a strange sound in his mouth, and hit the target with one shot.

Li Guolou's mouth is able to tidy, and Huang Bing was bewitched by Li Guolou's fighting spirit, and he came to the Huang family's mansion early in the morning with twenty Huang Village servants and members of the militia group, waiting for Li Guolou to issue an order.

Li Guolou saw the big man Huang Juewu, this person is also a suspect, but he won't say it now.

Li Guolou smiled and said to Huang Bing: "Huang Baozheng's organizational ability is outstanding, the people will let you pull together early in the morning, and the little brother is so impressed that he throws himself to the ground." ”

Huang Bing stared at the twenty subordinates fiercely, to see if they stood up straight, whether they had embarrassed him, and after a round of glances, it was okay, no one dozed off, and their eyes were all open.

Huang Bing cocked his thumb and said proudly: "Chief Li, it's not me who brags, my son, it's no problem for them to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire." ”

Li Guolou shook the flintlock pistol in his hand, the barrel of the gun shook a few times in front of everyone's eyes, and he shouted majestically: "You listen to this official, if this action disgraces this official and messes up, I will let you eat in prison." If it's done, you'll be rewarded. This official has received reliable information that the trafficker who arrested the two little girls in your village is a person from the village! ”

"Ahhhh In the originally silent courtyard, the errand officers and members of the militia shouted together, startling several old eagles on the big locust tree to also make a noise.

Jin Erzi stood still beside him, standing like a bell like a kung fu master.

Li Guolou laughed a little ashamedly in his heart, Jin Erzi and Huang Yue's family didn't make a sound last night without tossing a few times in the next room, is this still a kung fu master? Lose the face of the heroes of the rivers and lakes.

Li Guolou was lively, and after thinking about it, he said: "Brothers, now is the time to earn face for the master!" As the saying goes, raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, you are under the grace of the royal family, and when you are in a crisis, you should be loyal to the country, will a trafficker scare you? ”

It turned out to be a human trafficker! The members of the errand and militia clamored together, ready to sacrifice their lives for the country and defend the glory of the Qing Empire with loyalty and blood.

Li Guolou stared at the expression on the face of Huang Juewu, one of the members of the militia group, but saw that Huang Juewu's face was flushed, he was clamoring loudly, and his sleeves were rolled up, ready to do a big job. Li Guolou looked satisfied, the piece of paper with Huang Juewu's name on it didn't need to be taken out, this person was a slave who worked for the tiger, staying in Huang Village to be a lackey of Baozheng Huang Bing. usually charges ahead, how can you not be hated. What's even more unbearable is that Huang Juewu also has a big black dog by his side, and the lackeys and the black dog attack together, even he is angry and wants to beat Huang Juewu.

Iron chains, shackles, water and fire sticks, waist knives are all available, and even there are ten earthen guns, and the armaments of the errand officers and militia members are varied, so that Li Guolou can see that their morale is high.

The soldiers were divided into two routes, and Li Guolou took Huang Juewu and ten others to arrest three suspected traffickers. Huang Bing personally led the other ten people to arrest the other three suspected traffickers, and Jin Erzi followed Huang Bing to go with him.

Li Guolou told them to be fast, not to let the suspect escape, he wanted to be a living human trafficker, and the life and death of the missing little girl Huang Yinyin were in their hands.

Li Guolou still had some worries in his heart, because among the arrested suspects was a spy who might be a spy of the Twist Army, and he learned from Zhang Gazi that this person named Lu Leiton was one of the five families in Huang Village who gathered for activities several nights every month. Loureton is a merchant, carrying a load of goods out of the Yellow Village, walking the streets and alleys outside. Li Guolou still wants to make great contributions, just to see if the other Twist Army spies will jump out and rescue Lu Leiton. But he didn't tell the servants and militia members that there were secret agents of the Twist Army hidden here, otherwise they wouldn't dare to arrest people with a team of twenty ruffians and hooligans.

The six suspects arrested by Li Guolou were all bachelors, including two widowers in their forties, three old men in their thirties and forties without wives, and the other was a merchant Lu Leiton. The first person Li Guolou arrested was Lu Leiton, because this person may have a gun and cannot be arrested casually, in case it will be troublesome if he shoots, Li Guolou wants to outwit Lu Leiton.

A group of eleven people headed west, all the horses and donkeys were dispatched, and some people were driving the cars, as if they were errand servants urging rent, ready to catch chickens, ducks, sheep and pigs. There were also some chickens and ducks in the car, and the trick was more realistic.

Huang Juewu swaggered to the front, and Huang Juewu was very happy to Li Guolou and let him be a pioneer, and gladly accepted the task. The village needs someone like him, and no matter who comes to power, he has a foothold.

There was a straw dog in Louretton's yard, and before the group could get close to the door, the grass dog began to bark. Huang Juewu whistled, and the big black dog jumped out and barked at the grass dog across the wall. When the straw dog saw this formation, he knew that it was not the opponent of the big black dog, so he snorted and fled back to the kennel.

Huang Juewu stood at the gate of the courtyard and said loudly: "Lao Lu, let me die, Lao Tzu is here to collect taxes." ”

There was a cry in the room, "Oh! Got it, and I got up right away. ”

The bachelor Lu Leiton hesitated for a while before opening the door, hurriedly walked to the courtyard door, and said with a smile: "Fourth Master Huang, what kind of wind has blown you here today, I can't afford such a big formation." ”

Huang Juewu said angrily: "Your grandmother is so slow, giving birth to a baby." We're going to run a lot of people, all like you, don't work. ”

As soon as the door of the courtyard opened, an iron chain quickly fell to Luretton's neck, and two water and fire sticks struck Luretton's knees. Let Li Guolou, who was hiding in the carriage, make a false alarm, and he didn't need to let go of the cold gun.

Hurriedly said: "Fourth Master Huang, what are you doing here, what law did I violate?" ”

Huang Juewu looked up to the sky and smiled, and said: "Lu Leiton, the case you committed capsized and your good brother sold you, so you just wait to cut off your head." And he said, "Brothers, search for me!" ”

A group of people rushed into the yard like wolves, and they didn't know what they wanted to search.