Chen Yiqing looked at Li Mingren from the side, his brows furrowed slightly, and suddenly a gust of cold wind blew, which couldn't help but make people shrink.

"You've worked hard tonight, and I'll invite you to drink when you get back." Li Mingren suddenly said in a loud voice, and everyone echoed as if they had already drunk wine.

"Okay, the one who should be on duty, the one who should rest."

Chen Yiqing: "My lord, do you want to call everyone here for interrogation?" ”

Li Mingren shook his head: "No need, if there is really something abnormal in the village, it will have disappeared without a trace when we came to save people, and the place where we rescued people is not far from the place where the weapons were hidden, and if there is any movement, it will not be our turn to find those weapons." Take a look at the letters and see if you can find any clues. ”

Chen Yiqing: "Yes, my lord. ”

Chen Yiqing sat down on the spot, took out the burden in his arms, spread it out, and looked at it one by one. Li Mingren only felt cold feet at the moment, and kept pacing back and forth next to Chen Yiqing. After all, it is someone's ancestral hall, and Li Mingren is not good at making a fire in it, so he can only endure the coldness.

When the village chief returned with the two messengers, there were several more people behind him, each holding a basin in his hand, and the two messengers also carried firewood on their backs.

"My lord, I asked everyone to bring a few braziers over to keep warm." Luo Damu said as he started to light the fire in the brazier.

Li Mingren: "Then it's troublesome for the village chief." ”

"Eh, it's okay, sir."

The two officers reported to Li Mingren the results of going to the village to count the number of people, and everyone in the village was there, and no one left home.

Li Mingren nodded: "Okay, let's keep an eye on it more at night to avoid other noises." ”

Luo Damu had already raised several braziers, and was suddenly rushed by the fire in this brazier, thinking of an incident a few months ago.

"My lord, I have something to report." Luo Damu stepped forward and said.

Li Mingren: "What's the matter? ”

"A few months ago, when I took everyone up the mountain to hunt, a group of wild boars rushed out to break up the hunting team, and I was chased by wild boars all the way to the north, which is the area where the adults sent people to inspect, and I always felt that I heard movement in the forest, like hurried footsteps. When I tried to follow to find out, the sound was gone. Later, because the movement of the wild boar was too loud, there was no one else around me at that time, so I quietly retreated for safety. ”

"What month is that?"

Luo Damu said: "It's late spring, early May. On weekdays, we don't go there to hunt, first, because the forest is deep, the road is not easy to walk, and there are few prey, and we can reach Motong County in less than a day by walking along the forest, which is closer than we go to the county. ”

Li Mingren: "That leads to Motong County?" ”

Luo Damu: "Yes, my lord. ”

Li Mingren: "Do you have any other discoveries?" ”

Luo Da Muzai carefully went through his mind again, and then shook it like a rattle: "My lord, there is really nothing else to discover." ”

Li Mingren couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he saw Luo Damu's serious appearance, "Okay, let's go back first." If anyone else in the village knows any other news, they can report it, and once it is useful news to us, and the news has contributed to the follow-up of the incident, I will reward the meritorious service, perhaps a reward for exempting from one year of conscription. ”

Chen Yiqing and Luo Damu shouted at the same time: "My lord! ”

It's just that the former looked shocked, and the latter looked surprised.

Li Mingren waved his hand to Chen Yiqing, looked at Luo Damu with a smile, and continued: "Of course, if someone makes up false news for the sake of this exemption from forced labor, then you can think about the consequences, and if you can afford to punish a crime of deception and rumors when the time comes." ”

Luo Damu was happy for a while and wanted to ask if the news he had just provided was counted, but when he heard this, he immediately lowered his face, and only promised to respond: "Yes, my lord." I will not falsely report the news, and I will not let everyone cover the news! ”

Li Mingren nodded, waved his hand, and let Luo Damu go back.

"Well, what did you find?" Li Mingren asked Chen Yiqing.

Chen Yiqing nodded and said: "I seem to have seen this handwriting, I forgot who it is, I think I should have read it in the letter of the county government." ”

Li Mingren: "Then go back tomorrow and flip through it." ”

Chen Yiqing: "Then how to arrange it here?" ”

"Leave a couple to watch over here."

Chen Yiqing nodded understandingly, Li Mingren sat next to the brazier, and everyone couldn't sleep tonight.

It was dawn, and it didn't snow last night, but it was cold to the bone, and the brazier couldn't withstand the cold.

Li Mingren led the team to prepare to return to the county office, Zhao Yuncheng naturally followed, and the brothers who stayed behind were arranged to go to the farmer's house like the two doctors, and everyone had already taken off their errand clothes and changed into the clothes of the villagers to mix in and observe secretly.

When the team came back before the city gate was closed, Li Mingren told everyone to go home and rest first, and spent two days outside without sleeping well or eating well. Zhao Yuncheng followed Li Mingren and returned to the inner courtyard of the county government together.

When Li Mingren entered the door and saw Wang, he asked, "Mother, where is Yunlan?" ”

Raven said quietly beside him: "Dad, can't you see me?" ”

Li Mingren looked at Ruiwen with a smile: "Oh, Dad's eldest son, come and hug Dad, you tell me where your mother is?" ”

Ruiwen couldn't help but have a little roll of his eyes in his heart, but his father cared about his mother and had to say: "My mother is in the yard, she said that she was tired of sitting and wanted to go for a walk, and I came to get a cloak for my mother." ”

"Ruiwen is getting more and more sensible now, you take the cloak and we'll go to your mother."

Wang looked at Li Mingren with a sloppy appearance and couldn't help but dislike it, and said, "Why don't you go and change your clothes first." ”

Only then did Li Mingren remember that he hadn't washed, and it would be bad if he brought some dirty things on his body to contaminate Yunlan.

"Wow, Dad, you hugged me without changing your clothes, I said how tired I was flustered."

Li Mingren smiled: "Then Ruiwen will go with his father to change and wash, and trouble my mother to send Yunlan a cloak." ”

Ruiwen was a little angry, and as soon as his father came back, he disrupted the time he spent with his mother, and left with Li Mingren with a hum.

Wang shook his head helplessly and took his cloak and went to the garden.

"Mother, I sound like Akihito is back?" Zhao Yunlan came all the way and happened to run into the Wang family who gave the cloak.

Wang: "Yes, let's put it on." He went to wash up and came over for a while. ”

Zhao Yunlan nodded, and after being accompanied by the Wang family for a while, she went back to the main courtyard to prepare for He Hua to eat.

Li Mingren and his son hurriedly ran to the garden after washing, and Chunxiang, who happened to be passing by, wanted to shout that the two of them were too late, and when they arrived at the garden, they could only stare at the empty father and son.

Zhao Yunlan ate the hot pot cooked tonight, listening to Ruiwen talk bad about her father while eating, and she was very happy after a meal.

After dinner, the family gathered in the hall, Li Mingli reported on the situation of going to see the land today, originally because of the snow, plus her pregnancy, Zhao Yunlan only put the matter of buying the land on hold, but now that Li Mingli is in Shiyang County, one more helper can naturally get busy.

Zhao Yunlan wanted to run the school first, and then buy the land around the school together, which would also facilitate Li Mingren's later road construction and investment. Not only the land for the school, but also the land for the cultivation of food.

"Mingli, we can also take a look at the Zhuangzi for the land we use to plant, and if there is a suitable one, we will take it, so that our own Zhuangzi can be managed."

Li Mingli nodded: "Got it, sister-in-law." ”

Li Mingren had been listening to the third child and Yunlan all night, and he didn't interject, and then he finally found an opportunity to speak: "Okay, it's not early, let's rest early!" Li Mingren wanted to go back to the room early and talk to Zhao Yunlan for a while.

Wang knew his son's heart, and echoed: "Go to sleep." ”

Xiao Ruiwen interjected at this time: "I want my mother to tell me a bedtime story." ”

Li Mingren wanted to hit the child, but he didn't dare to make a move, so he only said: "How old are you and you still have to listen to the story." ”

Zhao Yunlan glared at Li Mingren and turned his head to Ruiwen and said gently: "Okay, my mother will tell Ruiwen a story, and my father will also go to tell Ruiwen a story together." ”

Zhao Yunlan realized that because she was pregnant, Ruiwen still had some slight changes and became very clingy.