In the evening of that day, the yak came to Xiaomei's house and prepared to go with Xiaomei to meet the old man Gao.

Needless to say, Xiaomei's family is no longer what it used to be, and it really can't take out any good things to give to Old Man Gao as gifts.

In the past two days, Xiaomei has finished half of the cloth shoes that her mother made for Old Man Gao, and has rolled two pairs of insoles with a sewing machine.

With the help of the yak, the hand-cranked stone mill grinded out the soybean milk, and made a bowl of water tofu that the old man Gao loved to eat.

The two of them took these two things, got on their bicycles, and went to Dongshan Quanyangou Orchard.

When he arrived at Old Man Gao's residence, Old Man Gao was full of joy when he saw his granddaughter and Yakzi, so he specially caught a domestic rabbit and set up a bonfire in the yard with Yakzi and roasted it.

Xiaomei and grandma Ma Xiaolan cooked rice, and made a few side dishes, plus the water tofu brought by Xiaomei, and the table was placed in the courtyard.

Old man Gao took out the Portuguese wine he brewed again, and the four of them, old and young, sat together, taking advantage of the moonlight and stars, and poured and drank each other.

At the wine table, Yakzi and Xiaomei thanked their grandfather for personally solving the Cupola explosion, clearing the responsibility for Yakzi and being released home.

Old man Gao didn't think so, but praised Xiaomei in front of him for his righteousness, a good man with blood and responsibility.

Talking about the recent theft of the ancestral grave of the Yakzi family, the old man Gao said with a heavy face: "I checked the scene of several graves, and they are all similar, it seems that they are all committed by a group of people. ”

"Grandpa, who would have done it in your opinion?"

Seeing the old man's demeanor, he seemed to be confident.

Old man Gao didn't answer immediately, he raised his wine glass and drank it all.

"I'm not sure, but nine times out of ten they did it." Old man Gao didn't say who it was.

"I'm in a hurry, grandpa, who are you talking about, there are no outsiders in this courtyard." Xiaomei put down her chopsticks and waited for her grandfather's next words.

"What are you anxious about? It's not a rush. Old man Gao said matter-of-factly, "If you are not very sure, you must not draw conclusions." ”

Yakzi asked tentatively: "Grandpa, it seems that you have a plan in your heart, you have an eyebrow, and you have found a clue?" ”

"Well, you still know me, there are clues." Old man Gao revealed, "Don't tell outsiders what you said today, so as not to startle the snake and provoke right and wrong." ”

Yakzi and Xiaomei nodded one after another, put down their chopsticks, and listened attentively.

Old man Gao whispered: "If my analysis is correct, it was the militia of the Happiness Brigade who did it, and Song Lianyi, the commander of the militia company, is seriously suspicious." ”

"How could it be him?" Yakzi was surprised.

Xiaomei was also surprised and wanted to know how her grandfather judged.

"I found two clues at the scene of the tomb robbery," the old man Gao raised his glass and took another sip of wine, and continued, "All coffins have traces of being pried, especially the coffins that have not rotted in recent years, the traces are obvious, from the traces, the tools used in the tomb robbery are not other iron tools, it is 65-style three-edged ju."

I've been carrying a gun for more than a decade, and I'm all too familiar with this thing, I'm sure. ”

Yakzi and Xiaomei understood, what Grandpa meant, only the militia of the brigade usually touched and used rifles, three-edged Ju

Spikes are standard on rifles.

"Moreover, I also found clear shoe prints at the scene, which were obviously left by military rubber shoes, and we ordinary people do not have such shoes." Old man Gao said with confidence, "Who else could it be if it weren't for them?" Who is so bold except that they are unscrupulous? ”

"However, every brigade has militia, how do you know that the militia of the Happiness Brigade did it?" Yakzi questioned.

"Your family's ancestral grave was the first to be stolen, judging by the degree of wilting of the artemisia grass on the grave pile, and then you stole other people's ancestral graves, the most recent was a few days ago." Old man Gao recalled, "When criticizing the big landlord Jin Huanwen, his family's ancestral grave was dug up, when Song Lianyi had just returned from the army, he was just a militiaman, this kid was the person who took the lead in digging the ancestral grave of the Jin family at that time, it is said that a lot of valuable things were dug up from the tomb of the Jin family, where did those things go?" How much can I pay to the government? Later, how did he get promoted to militia company commander so quickly? The lice on the bald head here are clearly displayed. Besides, Song Lianyi's ancestors are also big families, not only was his family's ancestral tomb not stolen this time, but only the second team of happiness where he lived in the surrounding villages reported that the ancestral grave was dug up, what does this mean? Rabbits do not eat grass around the nest. ”

Old man Gao is like an old detective, everything he says is the way, and when it comes to Xingtou, Xiaomei pours a full glass of wine for him.

Old man Gao continued to analyze: "This Song Lianyi obviously tasted the sweetness of tomb robbery and had a thief's heart, so he didn't care about hurting heaven and reason and did this shameless deed. ”

"You're so sure, why aren't you sure?" The yak couldn't wait to catch Song Lianyi immediately and cut him with a thousand knives.

Old man Gao said: "Even if it is concluded that he did it, what evidence is there?" Except for two clues, we can't find human and physical evidence, we don't have the right to search his house without authorization, how can we prove that he is a tomb robber? ”

"So what to do? Report these clues you have to the police station? ”

"Reporting to the police station will not only be useless, but it may also cause you to burn yourself and not be able to commit it." The old man pondered and said, "This matter cannot be rushed, if you want people not to know, unless you do nothing, you often walk by the river, sooner or later your shoes will get wet, and sooner or later they will show their feet." ”

"That will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey." He was furious and impatient.

The old man Gao came up with an idea and said, "Otherwise, find a way to lure the snake out of the hole." ”

Xiaomei asked for the yak: "Grandpa, what can you do, how can you lure the snake out of the hole?" ”

"I really haven't figured out what to do, but there will always be a way, use your brain, think slowly." Old man Gao said, "In the past, when dealing with devils and the Japanese puppet army, we used all kinds of tricks, regardless of the yin tricks or bad moves, as long as the enemy was hit, it was a good move." ”

Xiaomei said without thinking: "Make a place without three hundred taels of silver?" ”。

", no one believes this trick to fool children, let alone adults." Old man Gao thought for a while and said, "It's best to let the thief admit that he is a thief." ”

"How is this possible?" He shook his head, "Who can slap themselves in the mouth?" ”

"What would you do if a mosquito bites you in the face?" Old man Gao asked with a smile.

"Of course I slapped myself." The man seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and felt that the old man Gao seemed to have an idea.

"There's a way to give it a try, but be careful of slipping through your pockets." Old man Gao said, "If you don't do it well, you will lose all your efforts, and you will suffer disasters." ”

"What's the solution, grandpa, say it quickly." The little sister urged the old man Gao.

Old man Gao asked, "What are tomb robbers afraid of?" ”

"I'm afraid of being caught."

Xiaomei spoke bluntly, and the old man Gao shook his head.

After thinking about it, he said tentatively: "You should be afraid of retribution." ”

"That's right, they are not bold, they are greedy, I analyze, they have ghosts in their hearts, and they are even more afraid of ghosts. Nowadays, people don't believe that there are not many people in this world who don't believe that there are ghosts, and based on their awareness, I will not be scared. ”

"Grandpa, you mean pretending to be a ghost to scare him?" He understood.

"Back then, our Anti-Japanese Federation used this method, three or five people scared away more than 20 Japanese puppet troops in the middle of the night, and seized a large number of arms and ammunition."

Old man Gao talked about the feat of the year vividly, and the more he talked about it, the more gloomy it became.

Xiaomei listened to her grandfather talk about this, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to look into the distance.

At this time, someone came back from outside the courtyard and alarmed the four big dogs in the courtyard, and the big dog suddenly barked, which frightened Yakzi and Xiaomei.

At the old man's house, he was full of wine and food, and he gained a lot, so he and Xiaomei got up and said goodbye and went home.

It was late at night, and although the moon was in the sky, the dirt road was blurry and unclear, and the two people who were unwilling to part immediately simply walked all the way.

Yakzi pushed the bicycle, and Xiaomei clinged to Yakzi's side.

Xiaomei's mother is not at home, Xiaomei comes back every day, she always feels empty in her heart, the more so, the more dependent she is on the yakzi, and she feels at ease with the yakzi.

Along the way, Yakzi and Xiaomei had a lot less laughter than usual, and the two confided in each other their grievances and pains, and after confiding, they comforted and encouraged each other.

Night, there will always be an end, tomorrow, there will be a sunny day. The two have each other in their hearts and are full of expectations for the future.

Dongshan Quanyangou is not close to Xingfutun Road, and he was afraid that Xiaomei would be tired, so he walked for a while, and let Xiaomei sit on the bicycle beam, and he pushed the car away.

Yakzi sent Xiaomei to the door of the house, the two reluctantly separated, Yakzi returned to the production team, fell on the big kang tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, and began to ponder in his head, in order to achieve the goal, the old man Gao's bad trick might as well try.

Otherwise, what else can be done to find out the militia company commander Song Lianyi, a tomb robber? Even if this method fails, at least it will make Song Lianyi fearful, unable to sleep at night, and torturing him to relieve the hatred in his heart is not too much.

He has never done bad things, and he has always been above board, but what should be divided into whom, kindness and integrity are right, but being too kind and upright to bad people and villains is undoubtedly opening the door for them to do bad things.

If you can't pull down the gourd, you can't sprinkle oil, and you must not let such a shameless and hateful person go free.

If you think about it, you have to do it.

This matter must not be quiet, and you must find a few people closest to you to help.

The next day, he secretly found Li Gang, Zhang Shijie and Yan Chuang, these three people were the hardcore brothers of the Yanzi, and the Yanzi explained his intentions to them.

Several people discussed the plan and decided to act in a few days, when the moon was down.

Yakzi asked Xiaomei to help, opened a few white cloth bags, made a devil mask, and left holes only in the eyes and mouth, and Yakzi turned out four broken sacks from the production team for later use.

According to Li Gang, Song Lianyi, commander of the militia company of the brigade, often went to the house of a young widow on the other side of the Luquan River to fool around in the name of duty, and went home in the middle of the night to walk the stone arch bridge and pass by the stone mountain.

The stone arch bridge and stone mountain are great places to scare this outrageous person without harming others.

Just squatting in these two places.

The decision was made, and as a precaution, he prepared wooden sticks for each brother, and the sticks were painted with white ash, and the old sacks were washed white with white ash water.