Guolou looked at the earthen kang in Huang Tian's bedroom, the cold two quilts were neatly folded, and the two embroidered pillows were placed on the quilt, as if there were two people sleeping here. He stepped into the yard and accidentally stepped on chicken poop, his body was covered with hair, and everyone exploded, and hurriedly stepped on a stone to clean the soles of his feet. Although Li Guolou eats chickens, chicken feces are never touched, and the countryside is full of cow dung, sheep dung and other animal dung. Li Guolou hated to be able to fly, and he didn't know how to walk when night was approaching.

Li Guolou touched his nose, hoping that the cold was not good yet, and it was better not to smell all kinds of strange smells.

Huang Tian saw that Li Guolou was not suitable for the environment in the countryside, so he hurriedly took a dustpan and a broom and cleaned a way in the yard, saving Li Guolou from stepping on and duck dung again.

Huang Tian cleaned up the chicken and duck feces in the yard, and while driving a group of chickens and ducks to their respective cages, he explained apologetically: "Li Zhutou, I haven't been at home for a day, the yard is dirty, don't mind." ”

Li Guolou felt a little guilty in his heart, and said hypocritically: "Huang Tian, don't be busy, let's leave immediately, let's go and see where your daughter disappeared." ”

Huang Tian's daughter Huang Yinyin disappeared while washing clothes by the river, and the wet clothes in the basin were still left by the river, and the person disappeared like this. A month ago morning, there was a little foggy weather, and Huang Yinyin disappeared with the fog. The whole village has gone out to look for it together, and the catcher has also come here, but there is no eyebrow at all, and it has become an unsolved case.

Li Guolou turned his head and said, "Huang Baozheng, I will trouble you tomorrow and take me to the house of another missing little girl, where does that family live?" ”

Huang Bing pointed to the west and said: "It's not far, more than a mile away from here, it's about to leave Huang Village, it's a family with a foreign surname, what's the name of the missing little girl?" I can't remember it for a moment. ”

Li Guolou looked down on Huang Bing even more in his heart, and he was the chief who maintained law and order in Huang Village. There was such a big thing in the village, and it had only been more than a year since I forgot the name of the missing little girl, Jinxiuyu.

Li Guolou rolled his eyes at Huang Bing and said, "That little girl's name is Jinxiuyu, do you remember it now?" ”

Huang Bing hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes! I just remember a jade character, we all call her Xiaoyu, now that I'm older, my brain is not as good as when I was young. ”

Li Guolou pursed his lips, he didn't stimulate Huang Bing's nerves anymore, in other people's territory, he still needs to unite sincerely.

Li Guolou stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked at the bare willow trees on the riverbank, only thirty or forty steps away, such a close distance, people disappeared like this, what kind of secret did Huangcun have?

Li Guolou walked on the cobblestone path, walked to the river, the bluestone slab was built on the bank of the river, one end of the slate was soaked in the river, the river water flowed quietly at dusk, and the figure of the person could still be seen in the ridge in the distance. The cold wind blew across Li Guolou's face, and the biting cold made him refreshed his fighting spirit. There is a sense of responsibility when he sets foot on the land of Huangcun, Li Guolou will not be intimidated by the dirt under his feet, he will never look at what he is stepping on under his feet? Anyway, I'll change my shoes tomorrow.

Li Guolou stepped on the bluestone slab on the bank of the river, the river water had already soaked his feet, and the waterproof military boots made Li Guolou's toes not feel the cold river water. He bent down and touched the icy water, and his fingers immediately felt stiff, and it was in this place that the poor washed their clothes, braved the cold wind, and lived a poor and monotonous life.

Jin Erzi stood on the shore, couldn't stand the biting cold wind, and shouted: "Deputy Li hasn't come up yet, it's getting dark." ”

Only then did Li Guolou stand up, turn his head and say, "Huang Tian, you go home quickly, we will come to you tomorrow morning." ”

Huang Tian was a little reluctant and said, "The two officials only drank a cup of tea and left, I don't know what to say?" ”

Li Guolou and Jin Erzi didn't ask for a penny from Huang Tian's family, such a pitiful widow, no one can do it.

Huang Bing was dissatisfied and looking forward to Huang Tian's family in his heart, and the dissatisfied thing was that he was still blowing the northwest wind outside so late. The thing I look forward to is that maybe Mura Zhenghuang will have bad luck in the exam and lose his official position, so he won't be able to be promoted to the next level. So his tone was full of emotion, sighing for Huang Tian's family, the poor man who was lonely and miserable was worthy of the help of the official from afar.

Li Guolou kept Huang Bing's meaty words in his heart, and couldn't help but feel weird, did Huang Bing also like Huang Tian's family? Li Guolou thought crookedly about this matter, and was ready to write down Huang Bing's every word and deed in his notebook, and he was going to write a book of 10,000 words tonight.

The countrymen are all at home at night, the black lights are blind, the poor are reluctant to light oil lamps, and the rich landlords' homes are blocked by high walls, and there is no light to see.

Li Guolou followed Huang Bing to the door of the richest landlord in Huang Village, two huge stone lions sat at the gate of the courtyard, the stingy landlord Lao Cai Huang did not even light the lantern on the eaves, the countrymen are saving money, the richest people in Huang Village are so picky, and the people in the city are not comparable. The door was halfway open, and when I saw Li Guolou and others coming, I hurriedly opened them all. Huang Kao walked out with a smile on his face, and there was a long paragraph of rhetoric, and the two people who didn't know whether they were servants or long-term workers stood aside and kept bowing and bending, smiling.

Li Guolou was a little uneasy, and in the winter, people stood at the door waiting for them, a little too enthusiastic.

Huang Kao is less than forty years old, a little fat, with a short beard, a red complexion, less than five feet, and at first glance he is a good drinker.

Li Guolou didn't want to stay in the courtyard longer, so he walked into the living room with the enthusiastic owner Huang Kaohao.

The charcoal stove was warm and hot, and Li Guolou, Jin Erzi, and Huang Bing hurriedly took off their coats. Huang Kaohao's two wives are eating wine and food, and they are ready to be the role of maids.

Where is Li Guolou willing to let his wife be a maid, and hurriedly said that he doesn't mind men and women sharing the same table. Li Guolou has already seen that the landlord Lao Cai Huang is a stingy person, there is not even a maid at home, and he does not support slaves, so he only works for long hours.

The table was full of game, poultry and wine, so that Li Guolou wanted to say that he should not be extravagant and wasteful, but he couldn't say it, he was ready, and the line of defense in his heart had collapsed, and from the first time he saw the kind and affectionate Huang Kaohao, he felt that this person was not like a bad person.

Li Guolou pushed the cup and refused to drink, Huang Kaohao immediately changed his face and said, "Chief Li, you look down on us countrymen, don't you?" ”

Huang Yue's white and chubby little wife Huang Yue's white eyes Li Guolou said coquettishly: "Sir Li, I'll pour wine for you." ”

Li Guolou stood up in fright, because he knew that there were dirty things in the officialdom, and some people let their little wives sleep with the chief, whether it would happen or not? It is still necessary to prevent problems in the future.

Li Guolou blushed and said hurriedly: "Don't bother Huang Yue's family, I'll do it myself." ”

Li Guolou had already felt that his foot was lightly stepped on by Huang Yue's family, and he secretly made up his mind to sleep in a room with Jin Erzi at night.

Jin Erzi glanced at Li Guolou and felt that this chief was not on the stage at all, and he would be embarrassed again later. Hurriedly got up and said, "Huang Cunzheng, my chief goes to sleep as soon as he drinks, or let me drink more." After speaking, he poured half of the wine from Li Guolou's full wine glass, and poured half of it into his cup.

Li Guolou is not only grateful to Jin Erzi for saving the emergency, but also ashamed of his drinking, the more he drinks, the more he likes to drink, but the amount of alcohol does not rise.

Li Guolou saw how the countrymen poured rice wine, and before he started eating, he came to meet with three glasses of wine, and whether he kissed or not, he was on three glasses of wine. Li Guolou also drank three half-filled glasses of wine, and his little white face immediately turned red.

Li Guolou was secretly ashamed, and still hadn't told Huang Kao the truth about the case, and the hospitable host had become the defendant. Should you talk about it or not? Li Guolou thought secretly, as long as there is no evidence, it is better not to talk about this matter, so that people will provide convenience in the investigation of the case. Otherwise, on other people's turf, you can't ask anything.

After three rounds of drinking, the feeling at the banquet was even better, Li Guolou couldn't help it, and said: "Huang Cunzheng, Huang Tian's family has sold all the land, how will he live in the future?" ”

Huang Kao glanced at Huang Bing and said, "This matter is not over, the Tian family broke the rules of our Huang Village and sold the land to outsiders. Tian doesn't know what to do, I'll let her taste the bitterness. ”

Huang Bing slammed the table viciously and said, "Brother Huang, as long as you give the order, I will drive the Tian family back to her mother-in-law's house, and she is not from Huang Village if she does this." ”

Li Guolou glanced at Huang Bing, what a fickle person he was, he should be a playmaker, if Huang Bing was the defendant, he believed that this person was the main culprit in abducting and trafficking Huang Yinyin.

Li Guolou and Jin Erzi glanced at each other, Jin Erzi ignored the two wives who were good at Huang Kao's scene, and said: "Huang Cunzheng, I heard that you are going to give Huang Tian's fifty taels of silver, is there such a thing?" ”

Huang Kao was ashamed and said, "Yes! I just wanted to help the lonely and widowed Tian family, but I didn't expect her to misunderstand, and she came to my house to make a big noise, saying that I had abducted and sold her daughter, and I had to hand her daughter over. I just want to be a well-wisher and help her get through the difficulties, but I was so unbearable that she was so foul-mouthed that my village was also ridiculed. Ay! After speaking, Huang Kao drank a glass of rice wine, with infinite sorrow in his heart, and glanced at the two wives with a little resentment.

Li Guolou is the best at guessing people's hearts, looking at Huang Kaohao's expression and the ashamed face of his wife, he understands, the two wives are not angry, Huang Kao really wants to change his luck and find a woman who has given birth to a child to be a junior. The treacherous Huang Tian just didn't say anything about it, she just wanted the government to continue to send people to solve the case, and there was a reasonable suspect first, and Huang Tian wouldn't care about the rest of the matter.

It is also possible that Huang Tian's family has become stubborn, like a donkey, his brain can't turn around, and he thinks that everyone in the village is a bad person who abducts and sells her daughter, no wonder Huang Tian's family has no popularity in Huang Village. Huang Tian's family sold the land left by his dead husband to someone with a foreign surname, which added fuel to the fire, and Huang Tian's days in Huangcun were numbered. Li Guolou's mood became low, he felt that he had a great responsibility, if he couldn't handle the affairs of the Huang Tian clan, it was very likely that this widow would commit suicide.