After coming to Xiaoyue Village, Qin Tai and everyone deliberately staged a scene in the wine shop of "Cripple Li", just to attract the attention of the villagers. So as to see how the villagers reacted to their arrival, this can be regarded as knocking on the mountain and shocking the tiger, and scaring the snake. If the youkai is a villager in disguise, it may reappear. Qin Tai, they just want to take a look at this monster and see if it is a human or a monster?

When the old hen got out of the pot and faintly exuded a fragrance, Xiao Lingzi returned upstairs silently. At this time, the old drunkard also woke up, and Qin Tai also taught Zhan Xiaoxiao a lesson. "Ma Sandao" also closed the door, and the five of them sat together.

Qin Tai and the old drunkard sat on the kang of the Chase Shop. Zhan Xiaoxiao seemed to be unhappy by Qin Tai's scolding, and sat in a corner from afar. Xiao Lingzi took the bowl of tea that Qin Tai poured for him and hurriedly drank it. "Ma Sandao" sits with his back to the gate, don't underestimate this "Ma Sandao". This guy grew up in prison and learned to monitor and watch over prisoners. With his back to the door, he could not only see every corner of the room, but also know whether there was anyone moving outside the room in time. The long-term prison life has made him develop a pair of sensitive ears, and no wind or grass can escape his ears. That's what he's capable of, what he's good at.

Qin Tai motioned to Xiao Lingzi, who immediately put down the tea bowl that had been drunk and said, "I'll go and take a look." There are now few families left in the small village. It's broad daylight, and there aren't many people moving around. I followed the drunk back to his house, and he was really the only one in his house. In a large, empty house, there was no decent furniture, and there was nothing of value. ”

Tracking the drunk man home was one of the tasks assigned by Qin Tai to Xiao Lingzi, and Xiao Lingzi reported the matter first. Qin Tai and everyone didn't speak.

Xiao Lingzi said again: "I walked around the village again. Originally, the village was not small. It can live in one or two hundred households, and it belongs to a relatively large village. Now, except for two families here, one drunk in the village and three families at the end of the village, there is only one family with some furniture in it, but there is no one living in it. I had a preliminary understanding of the fact that this liquor shop was the most peaceful in the village, and there were almost no strange rumors. His family is a mute couple who moved here seven years ago, and I heard they came here to flee. I don't need to say more about the drunkard's family, his family is dead, gone, missing. The three families at the end of the village are in-laws, and the three sisters are married to three families. Because they were old and reluctant to leave their hometown, they didn't leave with their children. But they are very talkative, and I have a lot of information from them. A family at the east end of the village is their only nephew. He is a hunter and spends half of the year in the mountains. Every time he came down, he brought food to his three aunts, and if it weren't for him, the three old ladies wouldn't be alive now. Now there are seven families in the village, eight in the village and one in the mountains. That's all the information in Satsuki Village. ”

As soon as Xiao Lingzi finished speaking, Zhan Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to speak. He said: "There are only nine people here, and the three old ladies are seventy or eighty, and it is estimated that they will not be able to walk fast, and they will not be monsters, even if they are possessed by monsters, they will not be able to run fast." It's even more impossible for a drunkard, if he is a person who pretends to be a monster, he will not even kill his own grandson? I have to have my son and daughter-in-law missing, and my wife is sick and dead, right? The owner of this liquor shop is a cripple and has no way to move. Although I don't think much of him as a person, it is unlikely that he is the murderer. The cripple is so big, how can his mother be in her sixties, and she shouldn't be a suspect. All that was left was the mute couple and the hunter who had been away from the village all day. ”

Everyone didn't speak, and looked at Qin Tai together. Qin Tai was still reminiscing about Xiao Lingzi's words, and did not immediately answer the small question. But the old drunkard on one side said, "It's not them." They won't be murderers. After saying that, he drank to himself, and no longer paid attention to the three young men who were looking at him.

Qin Tai also spoke at this time, and he said, "That's right, Orion and the mute couple shouldn't be murderers. Everyone looked at him, hoping that he could give a satisfactory answer to the three people who didn't understand.

Qin Tai said: "First of all, that mute couple will not be murderers. If the murderer pretends to be a monster to scare the villagers, and then kills the villagers who know the truth outside, he must be a healthy and normal person. There are regulations in the Ming Dynasty that all people with disabilities who travel through the state or province, or visit relatives and friends, must be issued a certificate by the local Lizheng or local security. And Xiao Lingzi just said that the two of them came to Xiaoyue Village for refuge. After rushing to Satsuki Village, he hasn't left here. How did they go to Tongling County to kill people? And how can a disabled couple complete a murder case without being discovered? Let's talk about that Orion, listening to Xiao Lingzi, his three aunts and he have never left Xiaoyue Village, and they are not suitable for life outside. How could a hunter who had never left Xiaoyue Village create a closed room murder case in Tongling County? Then leave calmly and return to Xiaoyue Village? I don't think any of the three of them are suspects. ”

The three of them realized that the three people who were the most suspicious on the surface became the three most suspicious people after Qin Tai's explanation.

Qin Tai said: "Xiaoxiao, you just said that the drunk man is not suspicious, right?" In fact, he can't rule out suspicion, first, he said that his grandson was scared to death by a monster. Can anyone prove it? Second, who will prove the disappearance of his son and daughter-in-law? Maybe it's not missing, but out of town? They have the conditions to kill people in other places. They can live in Tongling County, familiarize themselves with the environment, and then attack the victim. Moreover, the victim is a distant relative of the drunkard's family, and if the secret is feared, the drunkard's family is most likely to be the murderer. Third, an elderly person who has lost all his relatives, although he will use alcohol to kill his sorrows, but he will not talk about his misery when he meets people, you must know that this is Xiaoyue Village, and no outsiders will come here all year round. Why pretend to be complaining? I think this drunk pretends to be more ingredient than real. And Xiaoxiao, you said that the shop owner is not suspicious. Although he is lame, he is not very lame, and it does not affect his daily life too much. If it were possible, he would be pretty good too. And his mother is old, can't she be an accomplice or murderer? You must know that there is no business to do in Xiaoyue Village here, and there is no need to stay, why should the lame family stay? Especially what Xiao Lingzi said, the lame family in this village is the most peaceful, as if nothing has happened. There were monsters in the village, and the villagers didn't want their cheeks, and they moved out of Xiaoyue Village one after another. But the lame family doesn't even have an old hen, won't the monster eat this old hen? The most suspicious thing is that although this cripple pretends to be greedy and cheap, he is pretending. First, this man was very cautious and asked us from time to time where we came from. Second, his wine is not ordinary, it is authentic Shanxi Fenjiu. Ordinary people can't make such authentic Fenjiu. If it weren't brewed by the two of them, it would mean that there was a person in the village who outsiders didn't know. Thirdly, he was actually very generous to the people in the village, and after letting the villagers throw away a fur or two at will, he could drink as much as he wanted. You must know that this kind of pure authentic Shanxi Fenjiu is sold for five taels of silver a jar in Tongling County. Therefore, I just gave five taels of silver, which is less, not enough to pay for wine and accommodation. According to the market price, the boss not only let us stay for nothing, but also lost the only domestic hen. ”

The old drunkard on one side even said, "This wine is not made by a lame man, and it will not be made by his mother." This lame man spoke with a little Shandong accent, and he should be from Shandong. Even if his mother is from Shanxi, she can't make such pure Fen wine. This Fenjiu should have been brewed seven or eight years ago, and the person who made the wine was not very old, and it came out of a large family. The materials used are not only sufficient, but also exquisitely made. This wine is also considered to be the best in Fenjiu, and the price is nearly twice as high as that of ordinary Fenjiu. It is definitely a wine that can only be made by a family of wineries born and raised in Shanxi. Although the wine drunk is not so good, it is also Fenjiu. However, the people who do it are different, either they have not learned home, or the materials are not ready when they make it. This wine has been made in recent years, and it has been mixed with a lot of water to become like this. ”

Qin Tai said: "Now we have to focus on two people, one is a drunk and the other is a cripple. Zhan Xiaoxiao, you and I are mainly staring at the lame. Ma Sandao, you go and stare at the drunk. The master stayed in the room to take care of our things. Xiao Lingzi, you go to the village and take a look at every corner, hoping to find any clues. Before dinner, meet downstairs. Master's wine and dinner, we will bring it to you, you don't have to go downstairs. ”

Everyone didn't say much, and they each took their tasks and left.

When they left the Chase Shop and the master continued to sleep, no one noticed that in the corner of the Chase Shop, a pair of eyes that did not look like human eyes were looking at this place, until everyone dispersed, these strange eyes were still staring here.

At this time, the master who was sleeping on the Chase bunk couldn't help but shiver, and he seemed to vaguely feel that someone was staring at him, looking at him with a creepy look. The master, who was a little scared, hurriedly poured himself a few sips of wine, forcing himself to fall asleep quickly and not to think about these eyes. But the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sleep. I could faintly hear the sound of a donkey barking. The old drunkard was also frightened, and Xiao Lingzi went all over the village to make sure that there were no donkeys in the village. But if there is no donkey, where does the sound of the donkey come from? Could it be that there is really some donkey demon in the village?

The more I thought about it, the more wrong the old drunkard became, and he didn't dare to sleep alone in this room. Hurriedly got up, got dressed, carried the luggage of the five people together, carried it upstairs, and took it downstairs. Dead and alive refused to be separated from Qin Tai and the two of them.