Chapter 244: Retirement
Events went unusually well.
His guards had already brought the men in, and they were ready to enter the village just waiting for his order. At least in Qi Qingchu's eyes, it seems that it is indeed very smooth.
After that day, the village chief took him to Wu's house with him, as well as several other respected old men in the village.
Qi Qingchu was an outsider, so he didn't enter their meeting.
I only know that when the meeting is over, everyone's faces are blue. Especially that Wu Mian, his face was even more gloomy.
Qi Qingchu didn't plan to do it himself, Xi Zien had already turned back, and the person he had come to search here was already on standby.
The news was specially handed to Xi Zien by him, and Qi Qingchu, the subordinate of the fourth prince Jiang Xihu, did not give it.
This place is not suitable for him to stay here any longer, and now it is considered a successful retirement. There is not much problem in handing over Li Jicai to Xi Zien, and it is also the best choice to hand it over to him.
Qi Qingchu took care of Li Jicai for more than eight days, and after Li Jicai woke up, Qi Qingchu stayed by her side from time to time, very conscientious.
The village chief couldn't help but praise Qi Qingchu, because he honestly did what he said, he had to look at this woman carefully, and he couldn't let her run away.
But this is a kind of torment for Li Jicai.
Indeed, Qi Qingchu took care of her very thoughtfully, but for Li Jicai, it was always very awkward.
Qi Qingchu sometimes even deliberately shook in front of her, looking at her deflated expression, he felt that his heart was dark.
Of course, he was just trying to tease him.
Qi Qing suddenly disappeared early in the morning.
There is no trace, no one knows where he went, the village chief looked for him everywhere but didn't find anyone, he couldn't help but be anxious, the Zhang brothers were also very strange, obviously they were honestly guarding the door, not even a fly flew in, and there was not a single mosquito that flew out, how could there be no inexplicable people?
But that's the case, Qi Qingchu disappeared so inexplicably, and the village chief went to his room to take a look, and touched the quilt and it was still warm, indicating that the person had just left.
And when the village chief was still hesitant to take someone to find Qi Qingchu, he was unexpectedly born.
No one expected that the officers and soldiers who had come to the village to search the village last time would come back.
It's back!
It's back!
When a villager hurriedly came to report the news, the village chief almost fainted when he heard the news.
It's because I missed a woman at the beginning, so now I have turned around and made up for it, and what people said by name was to find the woman of the Wu family.
Is this so?
How many days have passed!
Yes, if no one reported the news, Xi Zien would not have turned back, after all, he had been gone for many days.
The village chief's first suspicion is his little friend, but during this time, they have been staying with them, and they have never had the opportunity to go out of the mountain to report to others, if they were with others in the morning, they would not have waited until now.
Therefore, the village chief could only be regarded as his little friend, and he didn't want to get involved in the dispute, so he ran away in advance.
No wonder the people, after all, this is what the people in their village did.
The anxious and frightened eyes of the villagers made the village chief's heart strangely settle down.
"Let's go, let's see." The village chief waved his hand, gritted his teeth and said.
The villagers in the village once again all gathered and gathered together, and Xi Zien brought a lot of officers and soldiers this time, about twice as many as the last time.
If he hadn't received the news, he wouldn't have returned to this village called Chagouzi Village.
For he had searched two more mountains, and found several other villages, but found nothing, and was almost about to give up, thinking that he would have to wait until the time of the search had passed, and then turn back to the capital.
Who would have thought that someone would report to him that the woman they were looking for was suspected to have appeared in Chagouzi Village in Baoji Mountain, the same village they searched for last time.
At the beginning, Xi Zien was reluctant to go back, because they had already searched and found nothing, but only missed one.
But I really didn't think that the one I missed was the one they were looking for.
This time, Xi Zien did not sit on the chair, but stood at the entrance of the village, looking at them with a downward gaze, like looking at ants.
When the village chief saw his eyes, his heart was flustered, and he tried his best to maintain his composure, and his flattering and respectful smile was just put on his face to hide his weak expression.
"My lord......" Before the village chief could say what he was about to say, he was interrupted by a wave of the mat.
"Without further ado, bring me that woman." Xi Zien said directly and clearly, indicating that he was not so easy to fool.
The village chief just wanted to defend himself, but when he saw the other party's confident appearance, he knew that the other party might already know, and he couldn't hide this matter.
After all, there were a lot of people who saw it at the beginning, and even if the news leaked out, they could understand it.
"Ah, yes." The village chief answered, then turned his head to the Zhang family brothers and ordered.
The Zhang brothers were obviously frightened, those mighty officers and soldiers looked fierce and terrifying, they had never seen such a formation, and it was very normal to be afraid.
The village chief shook his head, his heart full of helplessness.
He looked at the villagers, among the villagers, he looked carefully, but did not see Wu Mian's figure. Thinking that he should have received the news, it is estimated that he doesn't know where to run at this moment.
The wait was extremely long, and the villagers were scared and didn't know what was going on.
Because the last time the officials came over, they had already frightened them once, so why did they come again now?
The two brothers of the Zhang family used a quilt to put Li Jicai on it, and then pulled it over.
Xi Zien saw from afar that there was a thin body lying on the blue futon.
He didn't think that the skinny, small one turned out to be Li Jicai. In all his impressions, Li Jicai is a little meaty, soft, not just such a small lump.
That's right, the woman lying on the bed was bent into the shape of a shrimp, with her back bent and shrunk into a ball.
Waiting for the Zhang brothers to tremble and want to walk to Xi Zien's piety, suddenly two officers and soldiers stepped out, and then the two Zhang brothers carried the bed, and then carried it all the way to Xi Zien.
"Pull her hair open so I can see clearly." Among the people present, it is estimated that only Xi Zien knows Li Jicai, and there are very few other people who make vegetables.
Li Jicai was resting at the time, and when he was dragged out by the Zhang brothers, he felt that the sky outside was very dazzling, and he was lazy and didn't want to move, so he curled up into his favorite appearance.
Her eyes were closed, and she had no intention of opening them, even if she heard an extremely familiar voice, but this familiarity did not make Li Jicai very eager to see it.
How Xi Zien missed her at the beginning, she was still deeply touched, it is estimated that Qi Qingchu gave him the news, if it wasn't for the news for him, Xi Zien's temperament would definitely not come back, he was very impatient.
The black was messy, and after the hair on this side was pulled away, Xi Zien saw the face clearly.
If it is fake, it will be replaced.
It's really Li Jicai, Xi Zien was stunned, he didn't expect that he was such an negligent person, it was really Li Jicai.
The mountains and rivers are exhausted, and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village?
No, if you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers do not bloom, you have no intention of planting willows and willows?
Forget it, whatever.
"What's wrong with you? Doctor, the doctor hurried over to see what's wrong with her! ”
The village chief just wanted to say that they had invited the village doctor to treat Li Jicai, but he didn't know why he had an unspeakable feeling in front of such a big official.
After the people next to him heard Xi Zien's call, they hurriedly went to call the military doctor to come and take a look, they didn't expect that the woman they were looking for would turn out to be like this.
Obviously said that everything else was fine, only there was a scar on her neck, what did this woman experience in the village.
"What the hell is going on?!" After realizing the mat, En finally noticed that something was wrong, Li Jicai was taken captive to this mountain village, it must be who must have done it.
Xi Zien's question made the village chief tremble unconsciously, and he didn't know how to answer.
"Who's coming? Who hid her in whose house last time? If you don't say it, the whole village will be punished. Xi Zien couldn't help but be a little annoyed when he saw that no one responded to him.
When the village chief heard that the whole village was going to be punished, his heart suddenly cooled.
At this time, there was also an uproar among the villagers, some of whom did not want to be punished, and were involved in this matter for no reason, they themselves were unlucky enough, and they did not want to take responsibility for the perpetrator of the crime.
Gradually, the words "Wu family" began to spread in the crowd.
The grief-stricken village chief was speechless, and he couldn't stop the other villagers from saying the word Wu family and Wu Mian.
After all, this matter was done by Wu Mian, he took the elders in the village to find Wu Mian and persuaded Wu Mian for a long time, but Wu Mian knew him, gritted his teeth and refused to let go, and refused to explain anything.
It seems that this matter is a big mistake to slander and slander.
"Go and bring me all the people from the Wu family." Xi Zien didn't know which Wu family the crowd was talking about, and who he was referring to, so he just brought all the people from the Wu family over.
When some people heard this, they thought that Xi Zien was going to implement joint sitting, so that all the people of the Wu family would be punished, and a person surnamed Wu couldn't help but jump out and said: "My lord, it was the Wu family on the hillside who locked up this woman, not what we did." ”
"yes, yes." Many people whispered loudly beside them.
They knew that it was Wu Mian who had made a fortune doing business outside, but they didn't expect that after coming back this time, he would provoke someone who shouldn't be provoked, and bring back the woman who shouldn't be brought, causing a big disaster.
made the people from the government come to the door, how could the people in the village be responsible for Wu Mian for such a thing, this matter was his own doing, but don't harm them.
"Go." Now that the villagers have confessed, Xi Zien is not in a hurry, he wants to find out who is behind this incident, so that he can make a difference when he returns to the capital.
The officers and soldiers obeyed the instructions and soon arrived at Wu's house to bring out Wu Mian and his wife, but Wu Mian himself was nowhere to be found.
Xi Zien waited for a long time and didn't wait for the person he wanted to wait, but he waited for an old woman.
Just kidding, they came here by surprise, and they can't still run.
"Village chief, what about the people?" Since his people didn't find that Wu Mian, yes, that's right, it should be called Wu Mian. He asked the village chief to ask the head, as the head of a village, he should stand up.
"Adult, the villain doesn't know where Wu Mian went, he was at home a few days ago, you can ask his wife."
When asking Wu Mian about his whereabouts, he naturally asked the person closest to Wu Mian.
The Wu family is now left with Wu Mian and his wife, and he doesn't know where to go, so it's ridiculous to push his innocent wife out to block the crime.
"Really? This old woman locked me up, and I was not given food or drink, and when her son came out and when he was released, you will spread the news of this. ”
Xi Zien felt that he was not out of the question, it was good to have a way like this, but that man couldn't be an unfaithful and unfilial person.
As soon as the other villagers heard that they were going to be locked up and slandered him, the old lady wanted to stand up and plead, Wu Mian's old lady was still very good on weekdays, if she was locked up, she would not die in it.
The villagers of Chagouzi Village still have a long, long time ago understanding that people will die if they are locked up.
However, Xi Zien still did not let go, still insisted on his own opinion, and did not look at those villagers.
"Find some good houses, since there is nothing to do today, I will spend it with this, I want to see what kind of person that person is."
Xi Zien is extremely disdainful, I don't know what kind of chicken and dog thieves can rob people, and they can also abduct people to this small mountain village, their hearts can be punished, even if Xi Zien ambushes this person on the spot in front of everyone today, it is not too much.
Li Jicai was dragged down to be treated by the military doctor, while Xi Zien sat in his seat for a long time, waiting, waiting for that person to appear.
Li Jicai watched the whole process, she didn't have any opinion on Xi Zien's way of dealing with it, and what she wanted in her heart was to teach this slander a good lesson.
If you have the ability, you can kill her, if you can't kill her, Li Jicai will definitely fight back, this time relying on someone to support her.
still remembers the hardships he endured, the sins he suffered, the treatment he suffered, and the trembling slander of his wife who knelt down at the bottom, for some reason, Li Jicai seemed to feel a little sad in his heart.
Sure enough, everyone is bullying the weak and afraid of the hard.