He was blocking his hand in front and said, "Aunt Zhang, don't be so excited, you said that it was the Yulan killed by the pillar, just to ask about the situation." ”

The more the old woman spoke, the more sad she became, and suddenly she sat down on the ground and began to cry.

Meng Tianchu found that this was the consistent performance of rural women, as if she could show her heart in this way.

The old woman wept and said, "I have been widowed since I was eighteen years old, and I have not had a word of gossip in the village, is it easy for me to bring a big pillar?" Now, it's going to be grounded, and there are still people who come to turn over the pillars of my house, and I'm dead. ”

After saying that, the old woman got up and stumbled against the wall, and the people around her hurriedly went to pull, and the scene suddenly became a mess.

Meng Tianchu was most afraid of crying, making trouble, and hanging herself, so she frowned and glanced at Wang Yi.

Wang Yi stepped forward and yelled: "Okay! What a noise! Do you want to squat in the class room and take the board? ”

When the old woman saw that he was a fast catcher, tall and burly, and with an angry face, she immediately did not dare to play any more, but just sat on the ground and sobbed. Everyone else fell silent.

Wang Yi said viciously to the old woman: "Our master and Li Zheng both told you, didn't say that Zhu Zi was the murderer of Yulan, can't the Yamen Office even ask?" What are you doing here? Do you want to show the yamen's face? What's the trouble, the master sees that you are an elder and respects you, don't toast and don't eat and drink! ”

The old woman bowed her head and did not dare to speak again, and even ceased to cry.

Only then did Meng Tianchu step forward and say to the old woman: "Whatever I ask you now, you can say anything." Got it? ”

The old woman nodded.

Meng Tianchu sat down on a stone mill in the middle of the courtyard and asked, "When did your pillar leave your home?" Why leave home? ”

The old woman said: "After breakfast the day before yesterday, my sow was sick and was about to give birth. ”

Meng Tianchu said: "It only takes about an hour from the county seat to Yulan Village, even if you walk, you can go back and forth in one day, how can you go for three days?" ”

The old woman stopped talking.

Meng Tianchu stood up. I looked at the courtyard. This yard is obviously much wider than that of Magnolia's house. And the house is also much bigger, and there are two peach trees in the middle of the yard, and there are a lot of peaches on the trees, it seems that this family's life is much better than that of the Magnolia family.

Meng Tianchu said: "I'm asking you, why didn't you answer me?" ”

The old woman stumbled and said, "That... That's presumably... It's because my pillar hasn't found the grass for my sows to eat, so it's just... There was a delay. ”

"Didn't you say that your pillars were in a hurry to get to the ground? Why didn't you come back in a hurry after leaving? ”

The old woman looked very nervous when she heard this, and said, "I... I'm really... It's really not clear. ”

Meng Tianchu walked to the door of the house. Opened the door on the bamboo curtain, looked inside, there are four rooms, the kitchen and the hall are available, the other two should be a mother and son one room, judging from the furnishings of the home, the pillar of the pig killing business should not be bad, the family is rich in the countryside.

Meng Tianchu walked into the house. The old woman hurried in. Nervously stopped in front of Meng Tianchu.

Meng Tianchu frowned: "You get out of the way, I want to check it." ”

But the old woman stood still, as if she hadn't heard.

Li Zheng said at the door: "It is normal for the Yamen Office to send a visit to your house, and it will not damage the things in your house." Get out of the way. ”

But the old woman was stubborn, and whispered, "My son has not killed anyone, and you cannot search my house..."

Li was about to have a seizure when he heard someone shouting outside the door: "The pillar is back!" ”

Meng Tianchu went out when he heard the sound, and saw a man with a very strong body walking inside, about thirty years old, tall and strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a body of flesh. This man was the pillar they were looking for.

He put a blanket on his shoulder and a cloth bag in his hand, and went into the room and placed the blanket and bag on the table.

When the old woman saw her son, as if she had seen the backbone of the Lord, she hurriedly walked over and took the hand of the pillar and said, "Son, he wants to search our house, but I won't let him, but he still comes in." ”

The pillar said: "Don't be afraid, mother, who are these people? ”

The old woman said: "They are the officials of the Yamen, so you didn't say that you killed Yulan." ”

Li Zheng hurriedly explained: "Aunt Zhang, I just said, we didn't say that the pillar killed Yulan, we just came over to ask." ”

When the old woman saw that her son had returned, she suddenly became more emboldened, and said, "Hmph, you are bullying our orphans and widows, why don't you ask others, but come and ask our pillars?" ”

Meng Tianchu didn't seem surprised to find that Zhuzi heard the news that Yulan was dead, it stands to reason that he couldn't know the news that Yulan was dead, and even if he heard about it on the way back, then, he left home for Yulan for ten years in a fit of anger, and it should be regarded as having a deep affection for Yulan, and this sadness should always have a place, but he didn't seem to have any reaction, which was very strange.

When the pillar heard his mother say this, the tiger roared: "Get out!" Get out of here! Staring at Meng Tianchu, he deliberately shook the muscles of his hands, as if demonstrating.

Meng Tianchu smiled lightly, it seemed that he had to use some force, and glanced at Zhu Hao beside him.

Zhu Hao nodded and stepped forward slowly: "You dare to roar in front of the master, and you still don't kneel down to admit the guilt!" ”

The pillar roared wildly and punched Zhu Hao in the chest.

He saw that the old man was thin and thin, and this punch only used thirty percent of the strength, and he was afraid that the old man would be broken up, Zhu Hao smiled, and raised his hand to grab his fist like lightning: "I didn't use all my strength, well, it's not bad!" ”

The people on the side didn't know that they all pinched a cold sweat for Zhu Hao, after all, the pillar is a person who does physical work, and his strength is endless, and he can carry a fat pig of more than 300 catties to the city in one breath at a time, and there are few that can be compared in the village. I'm afraid this old man will be flattened.

The pillar fist was in Zhu Hao's palm, like a steel hole, and he was shocked. Violently recaptured, but did not move, the steel teeth bited, and smashed it with all his strength, but he still couldn't move a bit, knowing that he had met a master, he only shocked him into a cold sweat on his forehead, knowing that this old man wanted to take his own life. That's just a snap of a finger. He whispered: "Senior... Spare your life..."

Zhu Hao smiled coldly: "You are in our master."

Roar. I've already said it. Hurry up and kneel down and plead guilty! ”

The pillar fell to his knees and fell to his knees. Only then did Zhu Hao slowly let go of his fist.

Meng Tianchu smiled and stepped forward and said, "I forgive you for your actions just now, after all, you don't understand the cause and effect, and you were misled by your mother's words." Now I have a question for you, would you like to answer it? ”

Now that the pillar has been softened, it will no longer be hard-mouthed. nodded and said, "Thank you Master for atonement, please have something to ask." ”

"Okay, your mother said that you went to the county seat to find a baby for your sow, right?"

"Yes!" Zhuzi stood up and walked to the table, took the cloth bag to Meng Tianchu and opened it to show him, and there were indeed some grass in it.

Meng Tianchu nodded and said, "Then why are you going for three days, and these are so difficult to find?" Aren't you in a hurry? ”

The pillar sneezed, then took out a sweat towel from the pocket of his coat and wiped his nose. "I rarely go into the city. So played two more days. ”

"Oh, then why did you leave the village in time for the day Magnolia died? And who can prove that you were in the county and not in the village at the time? ”

The pillar was asked, and he didn't know what to say for a while. I had to take out the sweat towel to wipe my nose, and his nose was wiped red.

Meng Tianchu saw that the pillar didn't speak, so he said, "I heard that a few days ago, you once told others that you were going to kill Yulan, but is there such a thing?" ”

Before the pillar could speak, it was another sneeze, Meng Tianchu was lucky to hide quickly, or he was drooling on his face.

The pillar wiped his nose and said, "Yes, I said it, but that's just angry talk. ”

Meng Tianchu said: "Why are you angry? ”

Zhu said: "Can I not be angry? I just gave Huzi a piece of pork belly, knowing that Yulan likes to eat tamales, and that pork belly is the best to make tamales, but she actually asked Huzi to send it back to me, saying that their family has no money recently and can't afford it, do you think my pillar will ask her for money? ”

Meng Tianchu said: "That's it?" ”

"It's nothing, the fifth day of the first month of this month, yes, it's the fifth day of the first month, I remember very clearly, the grandson of Aunt Wang's family in the village was full moon, let me go to kill pigs, when I went, Yulan was also talking to a group of women in the yard, I just went over to say hello, she actually ignored me, and said that in the future, let me not be hippie smiling in front of her in front of so many people, and said that there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow, let me stay away from her. I was so angry that I slapped my ass and left. ”

It seems that this magnolia is really worthy of the name of the chaste martyr, since she was a childhood sweetheart, her playmate and her greeting are like this, no wonder those old men in the village want to jointly write to her to set up a chastity archway.

Meng Tianchu said: "Just these two things? ”

Zhu Zi said angrily: "Also, it was four days ago, I passed by her door, I just passed by, I didn't say anything, because I knew that she was very afraid of others gossiping, so at that time I really just walked quietly, there were two other people in the village with me, you can go and ask, it happened that she went out, saw me, and then immediately went back to the yard to close the door, as if I was a plague god." ”

Saying that, the pillar sneezed again, and then wiped his nose with a sweat towel, and then said: "I drank some wine at the time, thinking that she married Ye Hu without breathing before, and I only knew on the day of the wedding, I was so angry that I left home, and I left for ten years, and I didn't want to come back at all in these ten years, she gave birth to a child for that man, these are all forgotten, after I came back, every time she saw me, she seemed to be hiding something, I saw that their mother and mother were very hard, so I often asked Huzi to take some meat back to make a tooth sacrifice, and she took it at first, but then I didn't want the meat, saying that some people in the village were gossiping, you say, I never went to her house, every time the tiger came to get meat, what gossip is there. I was so angry that I saw her close the door, so I went up and knocked on the door and asked her to open it for me. She didn't open it for me, I said, if you don't open it, I'll smash it, she actually said that I was shameless, said that I wanted to know the shame, and what did I say if I knocked on her again and hit her headlong on the door, I was angry and said that, I said that you don't have to die by yourself, you live so tired, I just killed you with a knife, and you were relieved. ”

Meng Tianchu frowned and said, "Is it necessary to do this?" ”

"Master, you won't understand my feelings."

Meng Tianchu said: "Then where have you been in the past three days?" ”

The pillar said: "I've said it all, just walk around the city." ”

"Really? Where are you in the county? Whose house or inn do you stay in? ”

The pillar was a little nervous, and stammered: "Master's words... What do you mean? I didn't stay in any inns, so I slept in the open air, anyway... Anyway, the weather is hot, and the open air is cooler. ”

Meng Tianchu smiled, walked to the pillar, pointed to his arm, and said: "I took a closer look, you came in less than a pillar of incense, but you have been bitten by mosquitoes on your arm with two pimples, so if you sleep in the open air for three days, shouldn't there be a good place in your body, but why not?" ”

The pillar immediately stopped talking, and buried his head low.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Meng Tianchu stood up and lowered his head into a house on the left.

Zhuzi Diniang hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, Wang Yi stood in front of her and said coldly: "Yamen errand, if you don't cooperate, follow me back to the yamen to get the board and squat in the class room!" ”

The pillar hurriedly pulled his mother back.

Meng Tianchu entered the room and looked around, this room should be a pillar, and the smell of pork was really not very good.

The furnishings of the room are very simple, just a bed, a table and four stools, and on the table there is a teapot and two tea bowls, and the tea bowls have a deep tea stain, which has probably never been washed. There was just a thin quilt on the bed, and the quilt was not folded, and it was placed on the bed casually, Meng Tianchu took a closer look, and suddenly smelled a very bad smell, probably because he hadn't washed his feet for a long time, Meng Tianchu frowned, it seems that this man is not taken care of by a woman, and it is really not good.

Suddenly, Meng Tianchu found that there was something at the foot of the bed that was very eye-catching, bent down and picked up the thing, looked at it carefully, and walked out of the door with the thing. As soon as the pillar saw what Meng Tianchu was holding in his hand, his face turned red.