Chapter 31 Chasing the Murderer in the Desert Thirty-one
Early the next morning, as soon as Qin Tai came out, he saw the panda-eyed Boss Du standing outside the door waiting for him. Qin Tai immediately knew what was going on, and it was no wonder that Boss Du. Huiyan Town is Boss Du's territory, and almost all of them are in his mind. This time he not only helped Qin Tai find an important person, but also found someone who was closely related to himself, so he had to do his best. If Uncle Helian is really Hou Lao's cousin, he is his cousin. But this person is not only a shame for the family, but also his official enemy, if this person exists, it is his greatest danger, so he must find out and dig out this dangerous enemy as soon as possible.
Boss Du didn't seem to have slept all night, he said with a tired face: "No, doctor---, no." I didn't do what you asked me to do. I'm sorry. ”
Qin Tai looked at Boss Du suspiciously, and immediately knew what he meant. Not far from them, a middle-aged woman looked at them. She is Hou Lao's daughter, an ordinary woman who doesn't know the identity of her father and husband. Ever since Qin Tai and the others came to the carriage and horse shop, this woman had been a little uneasy. Especially after Qin Tai sent a note to Boss Du last night, Boss Du not only had no one all night, but also did it all night. This proprietress even doubted that her husband would have an affair with Qin Tai, the wife of the doctor. So she has been secretly staring at her husband Boss Du, Boss Du is no matter how worried he is, and he is also a trained brocade guard, of course, he found out that his wife was spying on her.
Qin Tai deliberately and politely invited Boss Du into his room, and the proprietress was relieved to see her husband go to see Qin Tai. Two men will be fine together, as long as the husband doesn't go to other women. The proprietress knew very well that there was a rule in Huiyan Town, where men could look for flowers and willows outside, but if the wife of the family was not dead, they could not lead other women into the door. So the proprietress is very relieved to go back to the local women in Yan Town, and her husband is just going to have a good time at most. But when she saw Zhan Xiaoxiao, she was startled, and the woman's intuition told her that Zhan Xiaoxiao was not an ordinary woman, not only heroic, but also a powerful character. Besides, Zhan Xiaoxiao is not a native of Huiyan Town, so she doesn't need to abide by the rules here, if she insists on entering the door, the proprietress is worried that she is not an opponent. Therefore, Boss Du didn't sleep last night, and the boss lady didn't sleep well all night.
Walking into Qin Tai's room, Boss Du poured a large cup of tea in one go, whether it was overnight tea or not, would it be bad for his health. Tea is drunk to quench thirst, but also to relieve inner irritability. After Qin Tai saw Boss Du's move, he knew that Boss Du had bad news to tell Qin Tai.
Boss Du said to Qin Tai: "My lord, after Madame handed me the note yesterday, I thought about returning to the resident population of Yan Town overnight. Now I am over 60 years old, I have lived in Huiyan Town for 20 or 30 years, and my family is not large, and there are few people who are physically disabled or seriously ill. My old father-in-law had a book at home, and it took me a whole month to memorize all the information, and if there was a problem, I would have found out. I thought about it again last night, not only from you, but also from other old people. None of them seem to match. As he spoke, he recited the information of the relevant personnel who returned to Yan Town.
Huiyan Town is divided into permanent residents and temporary residents, with a permanent population of 23 households and a total of 87 people. There are 38 temporary households, and 93 people in the brothels. Among them, 17 are over 50 or 60 years old, all of whom are locals. The eldest sister of Furong in the brothel, Wang Guihua, is about forty years old, and she can be regarded as a permanent employee. Seventeen elderly people are women and can be excluded. Because Uncle Helian is a man, he can't pretend to be a woman all day long, so he won't pretend to be a woman to live in Huiyan Town. The rest is nine old men.
Target No. 1, old man Zhang, male, 73 years old. The leatherman of Huiyan Town, his craftsmanship in Huiyan Town is well-known. He did almost all the cobbler's business, and his son took over the business a few years ago. But Xiao Zhang's temper is not good, and his craftsmanship is not as good as Lao Zhang, so everyone still likes to ask Lao Zhangtou to make leather utensils. Xiao Zhang's skills are not good, but his skills are not bad, and he married a woman who is like a flower. Boss Du reminded Qin Tai that his wife was one of the subordinates of the "Black Widow". The reason why this woman married Xiao Zhang was to monitor and control Huiyan Town. Only a very few people know this, and it is a big secret of Huiyan Town. Lao Zhangtou has no physical disability, he always works in his studio, and because he stays in the room all day to work, there is a strange smell on his body. Hou Lao noted in Lao Zhangtou's information that Lao Zhangtou had never returned to Yanzhen in his life, because he was the illegitimate child of a foreign woman and a local man. How do women from other places come back to Yanzhen? Of course, it was with her man, and then the man died, and she had to start a serious business. Later, he had a child with a local, and the man took them in. Because he has a wife at home, Lao Zhangtou is an illegitimate child, not only can he not live in his own home, but he is also bullied by everyone. His father gave him the care of a friend who was a cobbler, so Lao Zhangtou also became a cobbler. Hou Lao's three characteristics of Lao Zhangtou, first, timid, never dared to speak loudly to others, never quarreled, and never had a record of fighting. Second, he doesn't like to talk, it is said that Lao Zhangtou's words are worth more than gold, and he is always reluctant to say a word. Third, the old man is serious. All of his works are perfect. After seeing it, the merchants thought it was good, but it was a pity that there was only one person in Lao Zhangtou, and if it was mass-produced, it would be a good deal.
The second target, Hou Ruhai. That is, Hou Lao himself. He is fifty-nine years old this year and a native of Huiyan Town. The place of work is a winery, where he is engaged in winemaking and selling wine. Now that Mr. Hou is semi-retired, the winery is handed over to a few guys to take care of. He lives with his son-in-law, and lives with Boss Du, the owner of the carriage and horse shop, and his wife. According to Hou Lao's meaning, in the future, Boss Du and his daughter will have at least two children, one child will inherit the business of the carriage and horse shop, and the other child will inherit the winery business. The carriage and horse shop is the work of Boss Du for several generations, and the winery is the efforts of several generations of the Hou family.
Target No. 3, Mayor Su. The so-called mayor of the town is actually said by Master Su himself, and most people don't admit it. But there were some people who supported him, and people called him mayor one after another. Master Su's real name is Su Mu, it is said that he is the descendant of Su Wu, a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, in order to commemorate the spirit of the ancestors who were indomitable and willing to shepherd sheep and were unwilling to betray the country, he named Su Mu. However, this old man Su doesn't seem to have the perseverance and backbone of his ancestors, and he doesn't have any great talent. However, the reason why Master Su is called "Master" by everyone is not because of his life experience, nor because he has any fame, but because he is the richest man here. He runs the only hotel in Huiyan Town, with a place to entertain guests in front and a hotel in the back. With this hotel, Master Su can't do it if he wants to. In the past, merchants had to stay with him if they wanted to stay in the store, and he was the only one who wanted to eat good food. So it's normal that he's the richest man in Huiyan Town. In his annotation, Hou Lao added two points. First, Mr. Su is originally from Shanxi and once served as a child. Later, because of fraud in the field, all fame was cancelled. Second, Master Su used to be a close confidant of Uncle Helian. The hotel is nominally opened by Master Su, but in fact, the principal and planning are all Uncle Helian. After Uncle Helian disappeared, Master Su became the owner of the hotel. Hou Lao once suspected that Uncle Helian's disappearance was directly related to him, but unfortunately there was no evidence. After Uncle Helian disappeared, Master Su made a high-profile appearance, and while he was busy looking for Uncle Helian, he took over the hotel business and announced the new store rules. In the past 20 years, he has hardly disappeared, but he has been back to Yanzhen several times, not only to the government, but also to the "Red Spider" with the merchants. So he shouldn't be Uncle Helian, and he can even be said to be Uncle Helian's enemy.
Target No. 4, mute Liu. He is sixty-seven years old. has no children and no daughters, and works alone in a carriage and horse shop. Mute Liu was not originally a mute, it is said that when he was young, he not only had neat legs and feet, but also retracted many local dialects. Mute Liu is an orphan, and no one knows who his parents are. He grew up eating 100 family meals, that is, whoever has a stutter will give him some to eat, and some will eat, and those who have no food have to be hungry. When he grew up, the mute Liu's biggest wish was to have enough food and have a home of his own in the future. Therefore, he worked hard, working as a partner for merchants everywhere, driving horses, pulling goods, running trade routes, etc., doing everything. Just when everyone thought that the mute Liu was starting to get lucky, the accident happened. It is said that the mute Liu is just a guy who has nothing, and according to the local rules, the bandits will not hurt him, and the condition is that the mute Liu does not fight back. But just because a merchant secretly took care of the mute Liu, he gave the mute Liu a small piece of silver. When the mute Liu had an accident, he helped the businessman intercede, which led to a disaster. The merchant's life was saved, the bandits cut off one of his ears, and the merchant was finally able to return home. However, the bandit leader disliked the mute Liu's mouth, and asked his subordinates to cut off the tongue of the mute Liu. lost his tongue, and the mute Liu lost his ability to translate, and he could only be a man pulling horses. The mute Liu couldn't afford to marry a wife in his life, and even the widow who died of her husband was unwilling to marry him. The only woman was willing to live with the mute Liu for the sake of her child, but when the mute Liu brought the food, the child choked to death after eating too quickly. The next day, the woman who had promised to marry him ran away with everything she could take. The mute Liu has become a poor boy with nothing again, but he is no longer young. Liu, who was mute before the age of forty, was a partner for the merchants, and after the age of forty, the merchants didn't want him anymore because they disliked him for being old. He worked as a boy in the carriage shop, feeding the horses every day. When Boss Du's father, Lao Dong, was alive, he was not a generous person, and of course he would not pay the dumb Liu Gong. The mute Liu came to work in the carriage and horse shop, and the Du family gave him some food. In this way, the mute Liu has been working in the carriage and horse shop for so many years. Qin Tai and Boss Du both knew that he would not be Uncle Helian, because the mute Liu not only often had to take the trade route, but also Uncle Helian would not have his tongue cut out by a mysterious person. The mysterious person wants to know Uncle Helian's secret, will extort a confession, and will beat Uncle Helian, but will never cut his tongue. Without a tongue, how can Uncle Helian tell the secret?