Chapter 67

As for the sudden gossip in the village, as well as the murder case that made people panic, and even being instigated to expel Xu Chu and his party today, he did it with his heart.

"There are dozens of households in our village, but now there are almost none." Li Zheng's tone was depressed and bitter.

If there is a possibility, how can he compromise?

At the beginning, it was not that no one went to report to the official, but after the government questioned him, he did not take any action. And the person who went to report to the official was slaughtered by those things who didn't know whether it was a person or a ghost in front of him and a few seniors, and he was also eaten.

It was also because of that fear that he was so scared that when he saw the first corpse yesterday, he subconsciously concealed all kinds of incidents in the village. even wanted to force Xu Chu and his party away in order to be stable.

"We wandered around the village that day, and saw that the houses in the village were quite decently built, and I wonder if there was any good way to make money in the village before?"

"Hey, there's no good way to make money. In the past few years, a few travelers who traveled to study passed by, and then said that they had found some good treasures in the mountains, which later attracted many people to come, which made the people in the village get a lot of money. However, since three years ago, there have been no outsiders entering the mountains, but a few young people who went out of the village to find a living at the beginning have come back with some gold. Li Zheng waved his hand, sighed deeply, his eyes were red, and his tone was remorseful, "If I knew that the people who followed them would not return, I would have to stop them if I said anything." ”

Hearing this, Xu Chu was stunned, and something seemed to flash in his heart.

"Li is exactly saying that someone brought gold back to the village in the first place?" She asked in a deep voice.

Li Zheng didn't know why, but he understood that it was already desperate at this time, and there was no need to hide it, so he nodded and thought about the situation that day and said: "It is indeed gold, Huang Chengcheng's dog's head gold, it is said that the owner threw it away." ”

It was also because of these rhetoric and good things that most of the prime-aged people in the village left the village with their hearts. Who doesn't want to live a good life, and the owner family can be rich enough to throw away the gold nuggets, maybe how much ability they have, but if they can get a reward or pick a good thing, maybe the rest of their lives will be settled.

"At the beginning, the families took the dog's head gold they picked up and went to the county gold shop to sell it for money, and when they came back, they started a new house. A few of them followed, and later they also brought some back one after another, but gold was a rare item in the farmhouse, and it was valuable left and right, so most of them saved it by themselves, and they took out all the old money that the family had accumulated before when they rebuilt the house. ”

I think that the days are getting more and more hopeful, who knows that those who go out happily will return home less and less, and occasionally come back more and more secretly in the dead of night. Before he could stand still, he left in a hurry.

At that time, the people in the village felt that something was wrong, and for the sake of the family, someone reported to the official. It's a pity that the officials asked and asked, and the back and forth were all those few words on the scene, and I heard that those people had returned home and taken money for the family, so how could they investigate it carefully?

Xu Chu's face was solemn, and he asked, "I don't know what kind of belongings the old man's family has?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, the boss once ran back and threw it into the house through the wall." He Laohan wiped away his tears, nodded again and again, and got up trembling as he spoke, and groped to the main house to find it.

"Across the wall?" Xu Chu had a guess, and his brows became more and more furrowed.

"Isn't it, I heard the sound and saw him turn around and run away, but the clothes he wore when he went out."

At this time, Xu Chu completely concluded that there was definitely a chapter in this case. First of all, what kind of owner is it, and you can throw away the dog's head gold as waste?

Although it is not as good as refined gold, it is also very valuable. And where did he get the dog's head gold? You must know that most of the gold and silver veins are prohibited by the imperial court from mining privately, even if there is permission from the imperial court, most of them are the emperor's henchmen, and they are heavily guarded, and the gold mines mined every day are exactly what they want to record. The slightest omission is a felony that will lead to jail time.

She had never seen any gold mines nearby, and the government had never issued a similar notice announcing that people were going to take a detour somewhere......

Besides, since the boss of the He family went out to work, why did he have to sneak home to send gold nuggets? And after going out for a long time, the clothes have never been changed, which is even more unreasonable.

"Besides, can you see the man's face, or do you notice something wrong?" Xu Chu firmly believes that as long as things happen, they will inevitably leave traces.

"It's a little dark, so I can't really see it. It's just that it's a little thinner, and it's a little taller. ”

At this time, He Laohan had already taken out the so-called gold nuggets. It can be seen that he keeps it very carefully, layer upon layer of oiled paper, and there is a small cloth bag on the outside. I saw that he carefully held the object in his hand, for fear of falling to the ground and making a mistake.

After Xu Chu took it, his fingers quickly flipped and unfolded the thing layer by layer. A few people followed and looked, and sure enough, they saw a small piece of yellow and clear gold inside, but the purity was not very high.

However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, Xu Chu made a puzzled sound, and then handed the so-called gold nugget in his hand to Xiao Qinglang.

She didn't have much access to gold, so even though she felt something was wrong, she couldn't tell why. On the contrary, Xiao Qinglang, who was born rich and wealthy, had countless gold and silver, and what he said must be much more reliable than himself.

"It's not gold, it's copper...... And it is a barrel block that has not been successfully smelted. ”

In a word, the conclusion of the coffin is irrefutable. Everyone could see that a man of his stature would never lie for the sake of coveting a small piece of gold.

"How can this be, I burned it with fire, and it didn't change color." He Laohan looked at a few people with a little stammer. He always thought that this was his son's money, and he didn't dare to spend it or lose it, how could it be copper?

Even if he had never seen the world, he knew in his heart that copper plates were not as valuable as gold.

"The reason why copper was chosen by the imperial court as the material for casting copper coins is precisely because it is not easy to change color." Xiao Qinglang's origin is destined to know more than others, and this is also common knowledge that everyone knows.

With this incident, Li Zheng hurriedly went to a few more houses to find the so-called gold nuggets. Sure enough, there is no doubt that it is copper that has not been smelted.

Just when Li Zheng sighed and sighed, Xu Chu asked: "Can you remember with the old man there, who were the first or first families to get the benefits?" Did you ever come back? ”

"I remember this clearly, because his family was the first person in the village to build a new house, and when the beam was built, the whole village went." Li Zheng was full of thoughts, he went to the county government to do the title deed, and the village backed the mountain to produce a four-acre compound, which was unique in the village, and how many people were greedy for it. It is also because of this precedent that the people in the village believe that they can make money by following him.

"That later life is called He Tiezhuan, the ancestors are all from the village, but they are withdrawn, and they have never said that they have a daughter-in-law because of the poverty of the family...... But he is also a hard-working person, and later built a new house, only to marry a daughter-in-law from outside, but unfortunately the daughter-in-law looked down on him, and the two of them fought for three days. ”

said that he married a daughter-in-law, but in fact, he bought it from a trafficker, so that he could continue the incense and serve the family when he went out?

Not to mention that the girl is very smart, it is said that the maid next to the young lady's family is also literate and can settle accounts.

"Within a few months of marrying his daughter-in-law, his father was gone, and I heard the barefoot doctor outside say that it seemed that he was angry and attacked." Speaking of this, Li Zheng couldn't help but feel a little regretful, speaking of which He Tiezhuo and his father are still good at farming, and he is the best at tending to the crops in the village.

"Last year, he moved out of the village with his mother, and I heard that he relied on his gold to make a living and bought an industry outside......

"And what about the daughter-in-law he married?"

"That's not clear, I guess I'll go along. Anyway, after his father was gone, the daughter-in-law was beaten hard, and she became much more honest in the future, and she was bored at home every day. It just so happened that the girls in the village didn't look down on her, so no one rushed to look for her. Within two days, the family moved out. ”

"When didn't He Tiezhuo's father get it?"

"Probably last year, before they moved out."

Xu Chu's heart jumped, and he frowned and asked, "Except for the people who walked with He Tiezhuo, can there be any disappearance or no news from other families in their prime?" ”

"That's not true, a few timid and cautious people didn't dare to go, and there were two well-known lepers in the village who were lazy and idle, afraid of hardship, and didn't go, but they lived comfortably in the village. When the girl conducted the autopsy that day, they went to watch. ”

Things have reached the point where they are out of control, the government has intervened, and there are murderous jackals secretly trying to do evil, so she believes that neither Li Zheng nor He Laohan is lying.

Her face was gloomy, she took a deep breath to suppress the uneasiness in her heart, and then glanced sideways at Xiao Qinglang. Seeing his solemn expression, I knew that it was tricky at this time. But after thinking about it, there are yamen to catch the yamen quickly, plus Wei Guang, Wei Yan and others, it is not without the strength of a fight.

Now that the enemy is dark and I am clear, and the murderer is proficient in the mechanism, there are many hostages in his hands, and it is not easy to take it down in one fell swoop. What's more, those people are hiding in the mountains, and it is very difficult to determine their location without startling the snakes.

Huang Xianling shook his body and whispered: "Childe, according to He Laohan's words, isn't this a ghost?" After that, he cast his eyes of hope on Xu Chu.

Xu Chu glanced at him and sneered, "I've never heard of spirits and ghosts sucking people's essence and then having a necrophilia." ”

Xiao Qinglang said more directly, "Nonsense is just a trick to deceive others." ”