Chapter 363: Distant Relatives
Listening to the county magistrate's questioning, Zuo Sanniang was puzzled, because what she just said was not that the people in the village were not suspicious, but that the people in the village, every family was suspicious, but she couldn't analyze which family stole the Zuo family's chickens!
But why did she talk so much, and after hearing it, the county magistrate said that the people in the village were not suspicious, is there something wrong with the county magistrate?
Of course, the third lady didn't dare to say openly, "Lord County Order, you misunderstood", but the expression on her face was involuntarily revealed.
Zuo Lichang saw it in his eyes, and he was as angry as he wanted in his heart, even if he couldn't go up and smoke this mother-in-law now, then when the county magistrate left, the matter passed, he had to repair this mother-in-law.
Zuo Sanniang said: "No one has left the village, and there are no festivals recently, and there is no temple fair, so there is no need to go to the market, so the people in the village are serving the fields at home, how can they leave, now is the time to be busy with farming!" ”
The villagers of Xiaozuo Village are mainly engaged in farming, and there are no craftsmen in the village, and there is no business, even in Zuo's old rich family, there are no people who do business or rely on craftsmanship to eat.
This is the case in the whole village, which also determines that the mobility of the villagers in Xiaozuo Village is extremely poor, and it can even be said that there is no mobility.
What Li Rizhi wants is to determine this point and let him interrogate the villagers one by one, firstly, there is no such time, and secondly, there is no need for this, and the effect of his personal interrogation may not be as good as Zuo Sanniang's going out to ask around.
Since Zuo Sanniang did this for him, then he would have nothing to praise Zuo Sanniang, at least it saved him a lot of time.
Li Rizhi circled around the big puddle, and then slowly walked towards the nearest grove.
From the topography, if the chicken thief wants to escape quickly, then escaping into this grove should be the fastest shortcut.
But if they kidnapped Huang Meiyu at the same time, then this grove is actually not the best place to hide, because it is too close to the Zuo family, if Huang Meiyu starts to call, then someone will come to save her immediately.
Li Rizhi turned his head and said to Cheng Zizi: "The person who did the crime may be an acquaintance or a person from outside the village, this case is quite complicated, and now there is no clue, and the scope cannot be demarcated, and even whether Huang Meiyu is alive or dead cannot be determined, this case is really quite tricky." ”
Cheng Zizi had nothing to say, he simply couldn't analyze anything, so he could only follow Li Rizhi, but now it seems that Li Rizhi is also very difficult.
Li Rizhi said: "Let's look for chickens first, and then start with the chicken thief, maybe we can follow the vine and find Huang Meiyu." ”
Just when they thought that this case was quite tricky, suddenly Zuo Sanniang ran over, and saw this woman with many mouths and tongues, running to Li Rizhi.
Zuo Sanniang said: "Master, I suddenly remembered that there were indeed people in this village who had left. ”
Li Rizhi sighed and immediately asked, "Who left, is it a man or a woman?" ”
Zuo Sanniang said: "It is a long-term worker in my family, he is from other places, he is very honest, and he has great strength, my father-in-law likes him very much, saying that such long-term workers are now becoming less and less." ”
Li Rizhi then asked, "Where did he go?" ”
Zuo Sanniang said: "He was sent to the state by my father-in-law, saying that if my family suffers a lawsuit, then I have to ask relatives in the state to help, don't let my family suffer too much loss when the lawsuit is filed!" ”
Li Rizhi and Cheng Zizi glanced at each other, in fact, the news that Zuo Sanniang said was not particularly useful, because the long-term worker who left left left after Huang Meiyu's disappearance, not before, so the possibility of this long-term work case is extremely small.
Li Rizhi asked Zuo Sanniang: "Does your Zuo family have relatives in the city?" Listen to the meaning of your words, this relative also has the background of the government, which official can you talk to? ”
This is very difficult for Zuo Sanniang, because she doesn't know what kind of power that relative in the state has.
Zuo Li Chang leaned over and said: "If you go back to the county order, the villain's family is in Yanzhou, and there is indeed a distant relative, but it is really a distant relative, but they are all surnamed Zuo, so they recognized the relatives, if you want to say how close you really are, it can only be said that it was a family five hundred years ago." ”
Li Rizhi smiled: "Okay, then the official understands, but this distant relative of your family should be a little powerful, you talk about it, maybe the official has also heard of him!" ”
Zuo Li Chang said: "That relative used to be a bit of a power, because he opened a pawnshop, so he met some people in the officialdom, but it was also business dealings, the official master in the state, who could still take opening a pawnshop seriously?"
The villain's father is sick and seeking medical treatment, and he doesn't know anyone else, and he only knows such a powerful relative, so he can only go to him and ask him for help, but it is estimated that he will not be able to help, if that relative is really willing to help, my family's long-term worker who went to report the news should have come back a long time ago. ”
Li Rizhi heard that the relative actually opened a pawnshop, he couldn't help frowning, when he solved the case of Zhen Mengde and Wu Penghui some time ago, the case involved several pawnshop owners, and those bosses were all killed, it was Zhen Mengde's hand, so will there be a pawnshop owner of the Zuo family inside?
Li Rizhi asked: "What is the relationship between your relative who runs a pawnshop and your family, is there a lot of contact?" Or will they only have contact during the New Year's holidays? ”
Zuo Li Chang thought for a while, and then said: "I used to have contacts during the New Year's holidays, but in the past two months, there have been more contacts, because the old shopkeeper Zuo died, and my father went to Yanzhou to mourn him two months ago."
Now the family inherits the pawnshop is his eldest son, his eldest son is quite kind, and he is also quite shrewd, not only running the pawnshop, but also wants to buy some land in our Xiaozuo Village, so there are more contacts, but they are also sent to his buddies, he himself has not been here much, probably because things are too busy, what the guys can do, and he can't come all the way to come in person. ”
When Li Rizhi heard this answer, he didn't ask any more questions, but turned around and walked into the courtyard of the Zuo family, saying as he walked: "When the long-term worker of your family comes back, you let him come to see the official, from the time estimate, even if he can't come back tonight, then he should come back tomorrow, he is a messenger, it is impossible to waste time." ”
Zuoli Changlian claimed that it was, and said: "The villain's father, the reason why he was sent is because he runs fast and has long endurance, my father often says that raising such a long-term worker is better than raising three donkeys!" ”
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