Chen Meng nodded and said, "I don't know if Dr. Chen can save it." ”

Hongyu's face showed a hint of doubt: "How could these snakes come to the medicine shop tonight? I haven't heard of snakes entering the village to bite people before." ”

Chen Meng snorted and said, "That's right, I wonder too." I met a snake during the day, and a snake came at night, and I don't know what happened. ”

There have been people busy going back and forth in the lobby of the pharmacy outside the door, and then someone cried heartbreakingly, and it was obvious that the person was not saved.

Hongyu covered Xiao Xuan's ears with her hand and didn't want him to hear the sound outside, but Xiao Xuan used her little hand to remove Hongyu's hand and listened carefully to the sound outside with his eyes open.

Xiao Xuan suddenly whispered, "Mom, is it four o'clock?"

Hongyu said, "It's still early, you can sleep for a while." ”

Xiao Xuan puffed out his mouth and didn't speak, quietly looking at a beam above his head.

Gradually, there were fewer voices.

With the sound of the door opening, Dr. Chen and Lin Yuan walked into the house.

Lin Yuan's face was heavy, and he sat down with Doctor Chen.

Hongyu and Chen Meng both looked at them.

Lin Yuan said, "Xiao Meng, has anyone come to the pharmacy since I left just now?"

Chen Meng was stunned for a moment and said, "Only Zhang has come in, what's wrong?"

Lin Yuan and Doctor Chen glanced at each other.

Dr. Chen said: "I just found the leaves of Tianxiang bamboo outside the house and on the lobby floor. ”

Hongyu and Chen Meng both looked at Doctor Chen suspiciously.

Dr. Chen said: "Tianxiang bamboo is a very small bamboo, the highest length is less than one meter, the leaves are also very small, only the size of a soybean, it can exude a taste, we can't smell it, poisonous snakes can smell and will find the taste, the more poisonous the snake likes Tianxiang bamboo." Because the leaves are very small, they are usually not noticed. ”

Chen Meng suddenly said: "I remember! Today, I saw a few small bamboos in the bamboo forest, and then a bamboo snake appeared. ”

Lin Yuan turned his head and said to a member of the village protection group standing at the door: "Hurry up and take a team of people to Zhang Laji's house and bring Zhang Jin to the council hall." If the person runs away, find a way to look for it outside the village. Remember, bring a snake trap. ”

The village guards promised to go to work immediately.

Chen Meng frowned and said, "Uncle, do you suspect Zhang Jin?"

Lin Yuan said: "You tell me what you did and said after Zhang came in today." We're going to the council hall later, and the five-member group is going to have a meeting. This matter is very serious. ”

While reminiscing, Chen Meng told all the stories of Zhang Jin instigating him to go to the bamboo forest during the day today, and Zhang Jin coming in to find him at night.

Lin Yuan stood up and said, "Although I don't know why Zhang Jin treated you like this, this matter has nothing to do with him. Doctor Chen will check around again to see if there are any bamboo leaves that attract snakes, I will go to the council hall for a meeting, Xiao Meng, you are here to protect Hongyu and Xiao Xuan. ”

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he left first.

Hongyu asked, "Doctor Chen, we don't have the leaves of Tianxiang Bamboo in this room, why do we have snakes too?"

Dr. Chen said: "Because poisonous snakes can smell the scent of Tianxiang bamboo leaves from a long distance, and will swim in through all the entrances that can enter the pharmacy, including the ventilation hole above your room, it is now early to be discovered, and it is far away from the place where poisonous snakes gather, so there are not many snakes coming." ”

Chen Meng said to himself: "I still can't understand why Zhang Jin wants to kill me. ”

Xiao Xuan said, "Doctor Chen, what about those little leaves?"

Doctor Chen said: "Don't worry, it's all sealed with wax pills, and the guards will be buried in the bamboo woodland at dawn." ”

Xiao Xuan lay in Hongyu's arms and nodded.

At this moment, in the main ancestral hall in the central area of Shuikou Village, a large conference room with a closed door is brightly lit, and five people are sitting around a large round table of red sandalwood.

In addition to Wan Zhiwen and Lin Yuan, there was a slightly chubby man in his fifties sitting on the main seat facing the door, he was currently the oldest member of the five-member group in Shuikou Village, Lei Jiang, with kind eyebrows, loyalty, and high prestige among the villagers.

Lei Jiang's left head sat a quiet and elegant scholar-like woman, she is in charge of Shuikou Village Youth Education member of the five-member group Liu Dan, although Kai Hao is very stubborn, but Liu Dan is very optimistic about him, has been proposing that the five-person group to Kai Hao as a future member of the five-person group to cultivate.

Liu Dan sat a shrewd-looking middle-aged man in his left hand, he is the president of the Shuikou Village Chamber of Commerce, and Chen Yunpeng, the richest person in Shuikou Village, he owns several rice and salt shops, and has mastered the food resources of all the people in Shuikou Village.

The five of them all looked solemn, and Liu Dan asked Lin Yuan with concern: "Xiao Yuan, how is Kai Hao's condition now?

Lei Jiang and Chen Yunpeng also looked at Lin Yuan with concern.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "I haven't woken up yet, but Doctor Chen said that the problem is not big, and I should be able to wake up before dawn." ”

Lei Jiang and the others nodded.

Wan Zhiwen said: "Now the situation is clear to everyone, Zhang Jin and his mother Chen Ronghong are missing, and Zhang Laji said that he does not know their whereabouts." ”

Chen Yunpeng said: "If, as Xiao Wan just said, Zhang Jin has anything to do with the previous two casualties of his companions, should he be arrested and thoroughly investigated, or should they be completely expelled from Shuikou Village?"

Lei Jiang groaned: "I didn't find evidence before, so I couldn't do it, this time it should be said that the evidence is clear, but I don't know why he did it." I suggest that all three people, including Zhang Laji, should not set foot in Shuikou Village for the rest of their lives, and I would also warn all the villagers that they must be more vigilant when they encounter them outside the village in the future. ”

Liu Dan said: "Brother Jiang's suggestion is basically in favor, but Zhang Laji is an honest person and has always been doing small business in the village, is there a better way to expel him for life?"

Lin Yuan said: "Sister Dan, I understand what you mean, however, a family of three, the mother and son are not allowed to enter Shuikou Village for life, and Zhang Laji's continued stay in Shuikou Village means that it is difficult to see his wife and son again, even if he is not expelled, he may leave himself." ”

Wan Zhiwen said: "I think the key is whether Zhang Laji knows about these things, and if he knows, it is not as simple as expulsion, and he should be sent to the government prison." ”

Lei Jiang looked at Chen Yunpeng and said, "Yunpeng, what do you think?"

Chen Yunpeng said: "According to the usual practice, Shuikou Village is not allowed to leave any known hidden dangers, Zhang Laji has become a hidden danger because of his wife and son, and Zhang Jin is only 12 years old now, his mind is already so vicious, if it is not removed, it will become a big trouble in Shuikou Village in the future, I suggest, on the one hand, send people to continue to search for Zhang Jin Chen Ronghong, on the other hand, simply expel Zhang Laji from the village, and the province will cause more problems to stay." But as a distinction, Zhang Laji could not be restricted from returning to Shuikou Village after ten years, if he so wished. ”