Chapter 13: The Events of the Night
He guessed right, the place where everyone pointed out was Tian Zhong's home.
When Li Caicai and Xiaobai walked to the door, they only saw that the bamboo fence used around the yard had been made out of shape, and I don't know who poured dung in the yard, and the smell almost sent Li Caicai away on the spot.
"Go in and have a look."
Xiaobai only frowned, and his reaction was not as strong as Li Caicai's.
Turning her head and inhaling hard, Li Caicai pinched her nose with her hand, and walked towards the hall with Xiaobai without much hesitation.
The wooden door of Tian Zhong's house was kicked so that half of it had fallen, and when he crossed the threshold, the furniture inside was completely gone, and the furniture, that is, the wooden tables and stools, was also smashed.
"Who!"
Xiaobai spoke to the figure in the corner.
"My dad didn't come back! My dad is not a murderer! I don't know, I don't know where my dad went......"
A whimpering sound came, Li Caicai and Xiaobai took a few steps inside, and only then did they see that the person curled up in the corner was Gou Yu.
He was still wearing the patched clothes from yesterday, but there were more footprints on it, and his already thin face was blue and purple, "These people are really not things, even children are beaten." ”
Li Caicai was very angry, and stepped forward to pull up the dog and wanted to help him wipe it.
"Don't come here! Don't come here! My dad is not a murderer! I don't know where my dad went...... I don't know anything......" Goyu watched the figure come towards him, closed his eyes in fright, and waved his hands incessantly.
"Be careful, don't hurt you." Xiaobai pulled Li Caicai and turned around to block between her and the dog.
"He's frightened at this moment, don't worry, let's take our time."
Thinking of the people in this village, indiscriminately, and sprinkling all their anger on the dog's leftovers, Li Caicai really couldn't look at it.
Seeing that Xiaobai turned around and was about to appease the dog, Li Caicai entered the space with her consciousness, intending to buy a bamboo tube of water to help him recover.
"Dog leftover, it's me, Xiaobai, we met last night, do you remember?"
Xiaobai squatted in front of the dog and said softly.
Stopping waving his hands, the dog saw that the other party didn't want to hurt himself, so he slowly opened his eyes.
"Yesterday your dad brought you to us, do you remember?"
"Are you here to arrest my dad too? My dad didn't kill anyone, he's not a murderer! He's not! "Gou Yu and Xiaobai are already seven years old, but they are small, and they look about the same age as Li Caicai, but he still knows a lot of things in his heart.
In the morning, when the officers and soldiers came to the door, his father said that he was not a murderer and did not kill anyone, and then he ran away, and then the people from the village came to the house to find trouble, and asked him to say where his father was, but he did not say anything, so he repeated that his father was not a murderer, and even if he was beaten, he would not let go.
"I know, I know your father is not a murderer, we are here to help you."
When Xiaobai spoke, his eyes kept looking at Gou Yu, his eyes were very sincere, and Gou Yu slowly let down his vigilance.
"I ...... Why should I believe you...... You ......" He glanced at Li Caicai, and saw that the little girl was not malicious, but looked at him with some concern, and the hand he held on his chest slowly lowered.
"Dog leftover, did you almost burn down the house before, and your father's arm was burned to save you?"
"How do you know?"
"This is what your father told me, he said that this is your secret, you will definitely believe us when you hear this, we ......" Xiaobai glanced at Li Caicai, "We saw your father on the mountain just now, don't worry, your father has already hidden, he will not be arrested by the government until we find the real murderer." ”
"Really? Is my dad really okay?! Do you believe my dad wasn't a murderer? After holding it all morning, the dog finally cried.
Li Caicai sighed, after all, she is still a child, and when she encounters such a big thing, it is really good to have this performance.
"It's true, you quickly wipe your tears and tell us the whole thing, so that we can help your father clear the suspicion." Li Caicai handed over the bamboo tube, "Don't cry, drink saliva first, manly man, your father is still waiting for you to save him." ”
"Well, I don't cry, I'm going to save my dad." The dog wiped his face with his patched sleeves, took the bamboo tube and drank a few big sips, and then gasped for a few breaths, and then eased up.
Seeing that his mood calmed down, Xiao Bai spoke, "Who did you meet when you came back with your father last night?" What happened later, you tell us what you know. ”
The dog took another sip of water from the bamboo tube before he spoke.
"After my father and I left your Lijia Village last night, we didn't go anywhere, and we came back directly, on the way...... I didn't meet anyone on the road, Uncle Tian carried a bottle of wine to his house, he looked very happy, my father also said hello to him, and when he got home, my father said that he went to the back mountain to see if he caught anything in the previous clip. ”
"I remember it was late when you went back, why did your father go to the back mountain?" Li Caicai was a little puzzled.
Gou Yu glanced at Li Caicai, his eyes were a little remorseful, "My father said that if you want to get something for me to send you to make up for your body, it's all my fault, if it weren't for me, my father wouldn't be in a hurry to go out, and he wouldn't be regarded as a murderer." ”
"What do you mean by that?"
"I heard it all, and his father, who was a big tree at the head of the village, told the officers and soldiers that he saw my father when he got up at night, saying that my father was holding a torch and that there was blood on his body."
"What did your dad hunt?"
"A rabbit, that blood must be the blood of a rabbit, little white brother, you have to believe my father, he won't kill!"
Xiaobai touched the dog's remaining head, "Don't worry, I believe your father, if it was really the person he killed, how could he hold a torch to light the way, and just sneak home at night to change clothes." ”
"No, such a simple truth, the government should also know it, how can it be determined that Uncle Tian Zhong is the murderer?"
The more Li Caicai thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, in her impression, this Yongan County Fu Yin was a clean official, and he should not do such a careless thing to disregard people's lives.
"I think it was related to his sudden escape, but he was just suspicious, but this run was directly confirmed."
Xiaobai sighed, it seemed that he was still too honest, thinking that if he was caught, he would be guilty.
"Okay, we probably know the matter, the dog is left, you just stay at home, maybe your father will come back to you secretly, if you run away, your father will definitely be more worried, maybe you will fall into someone else's trap at that time, if they still make trouble for you, it's really not good, you will go to Lijia Village to find us."
Xiaobai glanced at Li Caicai, who stood behind him, secretly took out a small bag of rice from the space, and bought a few multigrain flatbreads that were much cheaper than steamed buns, and put them in the dog's leftover hands.
"You keep these to eat, remember your little white brother's words, don't run around."