"Li Rui, you are talking, what did Hou Delin say to you?" Mao Buyi asked anxiously.

At first, he thought that the two had a grudge for too long, and it could not be resolved overnight, especially Hou Delin and his long-cherished wish, which was not so easy to change, so he always targeted Li Rui.

But he soon realized that something was wrong.

Because when this happened before, Li Rui was unmoved, and he never even took Hou Delin seriously, but today, Li Rui was unusual, his liver was angry, and he seemed very uncalm.

Li Rui paced repeatedly in the room, looking extremely disturbed.

"Old village chief," Suddenly, Li Rui stood still and asked Mao Buyi: "Our Turtle Village really has a rule, if someone cuts off the water source, they will be expelled?" ”

Mao Buyi looked puzzled at first, and the second monk was puzzled, and said, "Why did you suddenly talk about this." ”

Then he thought about it. After a long time, he nodded slowly and said, "There is indeed such a rule. ”

"What? There really is! Li Rui was shocked.

"There are hundreds of rivers in Huichuan County, and our Guicun is one of the main water sources, so water is extremely precious." Mao Buyi explained: "However, it was all the village rules of a hundred years ago, and at that time, it was more troublesome for every household to use water, and they had to reclaim land and cultivate land, and God and the land were rewarded for food, so water was so important." ”

"A hundred years ago?" Li Rui breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Is that now invalid?" ”

Who knew that Mao Buyi denied it: "How is that possible!" Our villagers of Guicun have lived here for generations, relying on the blessing of their ancestors, and the rules and regulations of this village have never been abolished once they are formulated, even if it is an old custom in ancient times, what should be observed must be observed, not to mention that there are clear regulations, which are engraved on the stone tablet, no matter how many years have passed, they cannot be changed. ”

Li Rui just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but he was poured cold by Mao Buyi's basin of cold water.

"And the rules?" Li Rui suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness coming up from the soles of his feet, and said in his heart: "It seems that this Hou Delin is prepared, he just wants to use the tradition of this turtle village to abide by the village rules for generations and the words engraved on the stone tablet to confirm my crime, so that even if Mao Buyi wants to protect me, I am afraid there is nothing he can do." ”

Hou Delin stood on the commanding heights of justice, and the situation was very unfavorable for Li Rui.

"Li Rui, you won't ......"

Mao Buyi felt that something was wrong at this time, Li Rui would not ask about the village rules for no reason, there was only one reason - Li Rui moved the water source.

"I didn't!" Li Rui immediately denied it, "It was Hou Delin's old fox who made false accusations." ”

"False accusations? What the hell is going on? ”

"Hey, didn't my winery take the water of Peach Blossom Creek, I don't know what's wrong, today Hou Delin broke in, and insisted that I cut off Peach Blossom Creek, I'm really dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, you say I'm fine, why cut off the water source, cut off the water source, what's the benefit to me."

"We can't tell each other clearly, you come with me to Peach Blossom Creek to have a look." Mao Buyi said.

"Again, everything must be told with facts."

Immediately, Li Rui followed Mao Buyi to Peach Blossom Creek.

The two stood on the shore and looked at the stream, dumbfounded.

I saw that the Peach Blossom Creek, which was originally full of water, had dried up at this time, and the pebbles on the creek beach were exposed on it

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An earthen dam appeared and cut off the stream.

The seat of the distillery is just above the earthen dam, and the water stored is flowing into the distillery's water intake pipe.

"An earthen dam was built up here at some point?!" Mao Buyi was so frightened that his soul fell, and he hurriedly rushed to the edge of the earthen dam, beat his chest and said: "Which one killed a thousand knives and dared to cut off Peach Blossom Creek!" ”

"This is clearly a blame for blame." Li Rui looked at the awkward earthen dam, and felt that he was justified and couldn't explain it clearly.

"Li Rui, you really didn't do this?"

Even Mao Buyi began to suspect that this was Li Rui's doing.

"Hey, old village chief, why don't you even trust me anymore? Is this the kind of person I Li Rui? ”

Mao Buyi sighed helplessly and said, "I know you're not such a person, but this ...... Hey, this is serious, violating the village rules, that's not child's play! ”

"Old village chief, what's this, it's a big deal if I ask someone to dig up the earthen dam."

"You don't understand," Mao Buyi was very distressed, and said: "If it is replaced by another stream, you can just dig it up, but this Peach Blossom Creek is different, it is the sacred river of Turtle Village, and the ancestors of Turtle Village have been buried in the source of Peach Blossom Creek for generations, and the village rules stipulate that all my villagers can only take water for drinking in this Peach Blossom Creek, and one shall not be cut off, and the other shall not be moved, otherwise it will be disrespectful!" ”

"What?" Li Rui was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Knowing this, he would never choose Peach Blossom Creek as a water source.

"In the lower reaches of this Peach Blossom Creek, there is a river temple, which is the place of worship in Turtle Village, and there is a stone tablet in front of the temple, which is engraved with the village rules and regulations set by the ancestors a hundred years ago, if you don't understand anything, you can go and see." Mao Buyi said weakly.

What is the meaning of looking at these now, what Li Rui regrets the most is that he has not gone to the River Temple for three years, if he had understood this village rule earlier, today's trouble might have been avoided.

Li Rui really wanted to dig up this damn earthen dam, but Mao Buyi was so stubborn that he would never agree to do so.

Helpless, Li Rui could only return home first.

The sixth aunt was at home, and when she saw that Mao Buyi and Li Rui were not eating, she was beating a drum in her heart.

Mao Buyi sat down and poured a large sip of liquor with a snort.

"Old man, what's going on?"

Mao Buyi glanced at his daughter-in-law, shook his head and sighed: "This time Li Rui is afraid that he will cause big trouble, I don't know who blocked an earthen dam in the upper reaches of Peach Blossom Creek, this is a major event that violates the village rules, I just can't protect it if I want to." ”

"Peach Blossom Creek? This is a pig cage ......."

"It's not enough to dip in the pig cage, but if Li Rui wants to continue to stay in Turtle Village, I'm afraid it will be ......."

"Old village chief, sixth aunt, I, Li Rui, do things alone, and I won't affect the two of you," Li Rui stood up and said: "The heavens are clear, I don't believe it, he Hou Delin can cover the sky with one hand and reverse black and white!" ”

"Li Rui, sit down." Mao Buyi said: "You do things for the village and seek benefits for the people, I see all these in my eyes, and I am grateful to you from the bottom of my heart, and I will never let people with ulterior motives wronged you." For the sake of today, it is necessary to find out the truth of the matter, people are watching the sky, such a large earth dam cannot be built all at once, and there must be people cooperating with each other. ”

"Yes, if you build an earthen dam under the noses of the villagers, there will be no wind at all, and someone nearby should always see it." The sixth aunt echoed.

"Well, I see, I'll definitely find out."

"But you have to be quick

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Order, Hou Delin will definitely hold a villagers' meeting tomorrow to punish you with the village rules, and once the villagers agree with his point of view, you can only be driven out of the village. ”

Early the next morning, Li Rui got up early in the morning, ate something hastily and came to Peach Blossom Creek.

In the distance, he saw a figure walking towards him.

"Li Rui, it's really you."

"Sister Yurou? Why did you come out so early in the morning? ”

The person who came was Mao Yurou.

"Hey, I'm still asleep, I'm about to go to you." Mao Yurou frowned.

Obviously, Mao Yurou also knew about Li Rui.

"You know everything?"

"Nonsense, such a big thing, can I not know?" Mao Yurou glanced at Li Rui and said: "I am also responsible for this matter, blame me for not telling you the village rules of the dormitory, if you had known the particularity of Peach Blossom Creek, it is estimated that you would not have chosen this water source, and you would not have been so passive now." ”

"Sister Yurou, this has nothing to do with you," Li Rui shook his head and said, "Besides, everything has already happened, what's the point of talking about this." ”

Mao Yurou smiled bitterly: "That's what I said, but there is a sentence I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

"Whatever you say, just say it."

"I know that Hou Delin is behind this and framed you, this time, he is afraid that he will not give up if he doesn't kill you," Mao Yurou looked at Li Rui and asked, "I just want to hear what you think, do you still want to stay in Turtle Village?" ”

"Yes!" Li Rui said firmly.

"I've called this place my second home for a long time!"

"Really?"

"Seriously!" Li Rui nodded and asked, "Sister Yurou, what do you want to say, just say what you have to say." ”

"I just want to hear that!" Mao Yurou was very satisfied when she heard Li Rui's answer, and said with a smile: "If you want to leave, he Hou Delin can't help you, but if you just leave, I, Mao Yurou, will look down on you, what you said before about working for the well-being of the villagers is all high-sounding nonsense, then I will definitely think that you are gone!" However, if you want to stay, it proves that you are a real man, and I Mao Yurou looks down on you and likes you in my heart, so this time, I will help you even if I go out. ”

Mao Yurou made an emotional statement, which made Li Rui's face red, and she said embarrassedly: "Sister Yurou, I'm embarrassed what you said." ”

"What are you shy, what I said is true." Mao Yurou said charmingly.

"Ahem," Li Rui hurriedly diverted the topic and said, "Then Sister Yurou, what should I do if I add it?" ”

"We have to walk on two legs," Mao Yurou said: "First, you have to feel the investigation, find the person who repaired the dam, arrest him, don't let him run away, otherwise you won't be able to take off the basin on your head." ”

"Second, Hou Delin will definitely hold a villager meeting either today or tomorrow, but he is not alone in this villager meeting, whether you have sinned or not, you have to vote for the people, I will help you win the support of a few people in the village who can speak, even if you can't be saved, at least buy you a little time."

Li Rui knows that it is not easy to investigate the truth, and he must race against time, but once the villagers' meeting sets the tone today, he must leave Turtle Village, and it will be all over.

"Well, Sister Yurou is thoughtful, then I'll thank you first, and I will definitely return the truth."

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