Chapter 6 A Promise of a Thousand Golds
The people outside the door rushed in like a flood beast, knocking the shovel and stick in their hands on the ground, as if they were going to shake Yan Heyi out with this momentum. But no matter how they shouted and beat, Yan Heyi was as steady as Mount Tai in the house, sipping tea unhurriedly and without saying a word.
"Don't waste your efforts, he's a hard-hearted man, I think, he won't care about me!" Zhong Huachi looked righteous and awe-inspiring, "I want to ask you, what are you going to do when you break into my house?" ”
The man in the brocade quilt sucked the snot that was about to run to his mouth and said, "When I arrived at Miss Li's house that day, this person was molesting Miss Li inside!" Before the words fell, someone who was not angry took off a stinky cotton shoe and smashed it into Zhong Huachi's face.
"Oops!" Zhong Huachi immediately covered his right eye and scolded, "Your grandfather's third grandson, Lao Tzu was molested by a female ghost in the east of the town last night, and finally came out alive, and you actually slandered me for molesting Miss Li, I'm sorry!" The man was adamant, what he saw was Zhonghuachi, and he swore and said, "Think about it, none of the people who entered the east of the town can come out alive, if he really goes, how can he get out of the whole body, it can be seen that he is lying!" ”
"Squeak", the door of the house finally opened, Yan Heyi walked out warmly wearing a black fox fur, and lazily swept the group of people with his afterglow, "The girl you are talking about, but the one who died of shame after being molested?" ”
"Not bad!"
"That's right, it's her!"
Yan Heyi said, "May I ask everyone, how old is Miss Li?" Someone thought for a while and said, "I heard that Miss Li has not been married for a long time, and she is already twenty-seven or eighteen years old this year!" Yan Heyi asked again, "Then may I ask again, how does this Li girl look?" ”
This question, except for the man wearing the brocade quilt, the rest lowered their heads and snickered, it is conceivable that the appearance of this Miss Li is probably indescribable. Yan Heyi tightened his grip, "Then I have to distinguish a few words for my brother, although he is already twenty-two this year, he has a good appearance and a talent." has a lot of money in the family, why do you want to molest a twenty-eight-year-old woman and kill someone? ”
"But, but what I see is clearly this person!" The man wasn't as sure as he had been. Yan Heyi didn't say more, and the people who came with him also began to whisper, thinking about that Miss Li, looking at the bookish and suave little brother in front of her, naturally everyone had doubts.
Zhong Huachi said proudly, "Since we all know that we are wrong, then let go of the little master and me, don't let me bother!" Someone was about to untie the rope on his body, and suddenly out of the crowd came a thin, withered, dog-fat bearded man, who claimed that his surname was Jiao Minghui, and that he was the cousin of the man who was clothed in brocade.
He said, "My cousin's name is Huang Daxing, and he never forgets that Miss Li, so he has a crooked heart. But his nature is not bad, and he will never do anything to kill people. After Miss Li died, the ghost haunted my cousin and refused to let go. If his murderer had been someone else, wouldn't my cousin have suffered for others and would not be able to live in peace for the rest of his life? As his cousin, I naturally have the responsibility to help him clear his name, since you said that this little brother is not the real murderer who killed Miss Li, then I will give you three days to find evidence, or catch the real murderer, so that we can believe in his innocence! ”
Jiao Hui's words are orderly and reasonable, compared to his cousin Huang Daxing, who can only shout and mess around, he is not a little stronger. At this moment, Yan Heyi saw coldly that this Jiao Hui was the backbone of this group of people.
"Three days is three days, and I'll still be here in three days, I'll definitely give you an explanation!" After Yan Heyi finished speaking, he turned around and entered the house, leaving the people in the courtyard looking at each other, "Can we believe him?" Jiao Hui looked around, and saw that although this courtyard was not big, it was very elegant with rockery and flowing water, and he had worked hard in many fine places, and the silver taels of the words were more than three such courtyards, he thought to himself, the monks who ran away couldn't run the temple, if they were afraid of escaping, it would be good for them to occupy this courtyard.
At that moment, Jiao Hui promised, "Just do as you say, and in three days, we will come again!" He waved his hand, and the men immediately withdrew.
Yan Heyi turned around to leave, but Zhong Huachi shouted, "Hey, you should untie the rope on my body!" Yan Heyi ignored him, Zhong Huachi could only jump into the house like a zongzi, and asked, "You just promised them, in case we can't find the real murderer in three days, do you want to run away at night?" ”
"Of course not!" Yan Heyi fiddled with a pocket watch made of pure gold, and said to him without raising his eyelids, "It's been three years since we came here, except for the little monkey who comes to deliver water every day, who knows us?" Why did they insist on harming Miss Li, and they also picked someone to come to the door when we were all there? ”
Zhong Huachi sighed, took a dagger from his back, and cut the rope tied to his body, "You mean that the person surnamed Jiao is calculating us?" Yan Heyi shook his head, "That person is a roe deer, although he is a little clever, but if he wants to calculate us, he can't." ”
"Is that someone else?" Zhong Huachi's brows furrowed into two caterpillars, and Yan Heyi said, "I'm not sure yet, why don't we go and see this Li girl first, maybe we'll find useful clues in her." ”
Miss Li's maiden name is Ruimei, but she is not as good as her name, a square face is angular and angular, and she can't see her eyes when she smiles or not. The two sesame-like spots at the moment did not add a bit of playfulness to her at all, but made people feel more uncomfortable the more they looked at it. These are all seen by Zhong Huachi on dozens of self-portraits hanging in Miss Li's boudoir.
"Tut-tut, this girl is so honest, she can keep it at home!" He absolutely "never forgets" this girl, Yan Heyi coughed and deliberately scared him and said, "The deceased is gone, you'd better respect this Miss Li, otherwise it will be you who will be thrown on the bridge tomorrow morning!" ”
Zhong Huachi hurriedly bowed a few times to Li Ruimei's portrait, "Girl, don't blame, uh, I will definitely burn more paper money for you, so that you can buy the ghost when you are reincarnated, and give you a face that has beaten Xi Shi Diao Chan in the next life!" ”
At this time, the little maid Xiangli who led them in walked in with a heavy filial piety, wiped her tears and said, "The girl cherished her appearance the most when she was alive, but I didn't expect that it was not enough to kill the girl that day, and even scratched her face, our girl died too unjustly, so she came out to wander out every night!" ”