Zhang Jiuxin held back the curiosity in his heart, stopped reading, and planned to go up the mountain with the bolt to chop wood early tomorrow morning, so he said that he found it on the mountain and let the bolt practice.

In the following time, until the evening, Zhang Jiuxin was a little absent-minded, and the bolt thought that he was unhappy that the old man rejected his appeal to study, so he guarded Zhang Jiuxin inch by inch.

At dinner, the old man wanted to talk several times.

Zhang Jiuxin's heart was on the martial arts secret book that was covered in her clothes, so she naturally didn't notice it, and she said to the old man after dinner:

"Grandpa, my body is too weak, I think about accompanying Brother Bolt up the mountain to chop wood tomorrow and exercise."

Qian immediately retorted: "The radishes in the field will be harvested tomorrow, if you really want to exercise, you will accompany your grandfather to the field to pull the turnips, and the bolt still has to work, how can I have time to accompany you to the mountain to play." ”

The old man also did not approve of Zhang Jiuxin going up the mountain.

But it was rare for the grandson to propose to go out for the first time, and the promise of rewarding the grandson at the beginning was not fulfilled, so the old man nodded to Zhang Jiuxin.

"Thank you, grandpa." Zhang Jiuxin happily agreed.

The old man also had a smile on his face, but he still turned around and instructed the bolt:

"When you go up the mountain, you must protect your brother, if he is tired, you can carry him for a ride, and Chai He will go and get it back the next day." Be sure to go home before the sun goes down. ”

"Yes"

The bolt replied loudly, it had been him who had been going up the mountain to chop wood by himself, and he was naturally happy to have a companion.

Qian was refuted, and his face immediately looked ugly, but when he remembered the words of her good grandson, he sneered.

.......

Zhang Jiuxin was so excited and curious that he tossed and turned all night, and in the middle of the night, he heard a few dog barks from the direction of Widow Zhang's grocery store.

"Whoa"

When Zhang Jiuxin heard the rooster crowing in the backyard for the second time, he was so excited that he couldn't stay any longer, and turned over and got up:

"Brother Bolt, get up quickly, go up the mountain to chop wood."

The two of them rinsed their mouths briefly, filled the bamboo tube they had prepared yesterday with cool boiling water, brought the pot as a nest for lunch, and went out with a firewood knife, rope and a flat pole.

Mount Mochizuki is just behind her yard, but you have to go up the mountain pass to the end of the village.

When the two of them were about to arrive at the threshing floor on the side of the ancestral hall, they saw Uncle Long staggering towards them from a distance, and when they got closer, they saw that his face was as pale as paper and his expression was panicked.

Seeing Zhang Jiuxin and the others, Uncle Long breathed down and said, "Quick, go and inform the village chief, the blind mother-in-law has found it!" ”

The blind mother-in-law has found it?!

Zhang Jiuxin was stunned, since he had found it, why was Uncle Long so flustered, Zhang Jiuxin looked at Uncle Long's fingers:

I saw a bloodstained corpse hanging on the verandah of the ancestral hall.

"Blind mother-in-law!"

Zhang Jiuxin was so shocked that he covered his mouth, but the bolt on the side was so frightened by the long tongue spit out by the blind mother-in-law that he vomited directly on the grass in the barnyard.

"Quick, Xiao Jiu, you go and inform the village chief."

Uncle Long collapsed directly to the ground, his eyes straight.

Zhang Jiuxin could understand his gaffe, after all, he felt trembling from so far away, not to mention that Uncle Long had a look at the blind mother-in-law's corpse as soon as he went out.

"Something big is happening in Dongzhang!"

Dongzhang moved to Miaohe Village for nearly a hundred years, and someone hanged himself on the ancestral hall, which was the first time. And he killed it, this is the face of the Dongzhang clan!

"What it, it actually poisoned my dog, it ate you and drank yours, my rhubarb!"

The village chief's house is located in the center of the village, not far from the corner of the stone pavilion in the village, and when Zhang Jiuxin passed by Widow Zhang's grocery store, he saw Widow Zhang crying in front of the store with a big yellow dog.

Zhang Jiuxin remembered the few words he heard last night that stopped barking at the dog, which must have been the last sound made by Rhubarb when he found the person hanging the corpse.

The village chief's house is a large mansion with two entrances, and there are four wall doors outside the gate, which are made of fine flowers and nailed with gilt tin nails, which is very gorgeous. Zhang Jiuxin called the door for a while before someone came out:

"Third uncle, something is wrong!"

The person Zhang Jiuxin saw was Uncle Zhang, and explained his words clearly in a few words.

"You wait, I'...... I'm going to call my dad right away, he's boxing in the backyard. When the sleepy-eyed Third Uncle Zhang heard this, he was also stunned by this sudden news, and turned around to leave.

Zhang Jiuxin hurriedly pulled the person down: "Third uncle, the village chief's grandfather is already over seventy years old, you have to tell him well for a while, after all, his old man was only angry yesterday." ”

In less than half a quarter of an hour, Zhang Jiuxin saw the village chief standing on crutches, striding over, and Uncle Zhang was chasing after him with a coat:

"Daddy, Daddy, slow down! You'll have to put your coat on, it's time to catch a cold! ”

Zhang Jiuxin hurriedly stepped forward to help the old village chief, the old village chief seemed to have entered a state of silence, his face was tight, he didn't say a word, just walked straight forward.

Zhang Jiuxin was a little frightened.

The elderly are most afraid of being in a hurry, Zhang Jiuxin said to Uncle Zhang who was following behind: "Third uncle, you go back to the house and bring the first aid pill, the village chief and grandfather have me here!" ”

Although the old village chief was on crutches and walked, Zhang Jiuxin almost couldn't catch up, and when he passed by Widow Zhang's grocery store, Widow Zhang ran over from a distance:

"Village elder, you are the master of the concubine, and the rhubarb of the concubine is going like this!"

Before Widow Zhang got close, she was stopped by Uncle Zhang, who was catching up behind.

It was winter, and there was not a lot of farm work to do, so the villagers got up later than usual, so they made their way to the ancestral hall at the end of the village unimpeded.

"Village Chief, I'...... Damn me, why do you think I slept so dead, I didn't hear any movement last night. ”

Uncle Long, who had already come to his senses, stepped forward from a distance to explain.

When seeing the corpse of the blind mother-in-law, Zhang Jiuxin clearly felt the old village chief's body tremble violently, and his throat made a "gurgling" sound.

"Grandpa the village chief, are you okay?"

The old village chief waved his cane and pointed to the corpse of the blind mother-in-law, and then turned to look at Uncle Zhang and Uncle Long, Zhang Jiuxin immediately understood: "Third Uncle, Uncle Long, the village chief asked you to remove the corpse of the blind mother-in-law first." ”

"Yes!"

After all, Uncle Zhang is a man in the prime of life, and he has been wandering outside for a few years, and his mentality is stronger than others, so he and Uncle Long worked together to put down the body of the blind mother-in-law.

"Poof~"

As soon as the corpse was put down, the old village chief, who had been silent, spurted a mouthful of blood, and his body fell straight back. Zhang Jiuxin was taken aback:

"Brother Bolt, come and help!"

Zhang Jiuxin's body was too weak to hold on, but fortunately, the bolt was on the side and caught the old village chief, so that the old man would not fall directly to the ground.

"Grandpa the village chief, grandpa the village chief, are you okay?"

On the other side, Uncle Zhang, who had just moved the body of the blind mother-in-law to the bottom of the ancestral hall, ran over with his legs:

"Daddy, Daddy! Don't scare me, Dad, wake up! ”