The officials rested in the back mountain for the night, and when they woke up, the Xi family had already brought them breakfast, which was a meat bun with thin skin and a lot of filling, and a bowl of hot millet porridge.

"This lady Xi is really good at coming to things, serving us with good food and drink, so that we all have to do things for her."

Tao Hui smiled and sighed: "The scale of this Xi family's business is getting bigger and bigger, and the people of Dahe Village also respect the Xi family. ”

Although they work in the county government, they are not officials, and they have a monthly silver of 800 yuan, although they cannot make them rich, but their basic living expenses can be satisfied.

The family is also proud that they can work as officials in the government, but now compared with the workers on the Xijia tile kiln, the monthly income is even half less, which is really embarrassing and envious.

Hong Tao drank the last mouthful of millet porridge, looked up at Tao Hui with an emotional face, and said lightly: "If you are tempted, stay, we will truthfully report to the county commander." ”

Tao Hui waved his hand happily: "I'll just talk about it, where can I really stay?" We have been in the county government for so many years, and the monthly silver has finally risen a little, if I don't do it, won't it be a failure. ”

Working in the county government, although the monthly silver is not much, but there are many benefits from handling cases, as long as it is not too excessive, the county orders the adults to turn a blind eye.

They are also very knowledgeable, and after taking the benefits, they sincerely do things for the county magistrate, and they are afraid that one who accidentally offends the county magistrate will be investigated.

Now, even if they have other thoughts, they have to weigh whether they can retreat under the hands of the county commander.

After eating and drinking, the officials went to investigate the loss of medicinal materials.

Chixi got up early in the morning, and after breakfast, he picked up the account book and looked at it, Tian Cuihe walked into her room with a bowl of steaming sweet soup, and reminded in a low voice: "Xiaoxi, you have been watching for half an hour, rest for a while." You are pregnant, reading too many books is not good for your eyes, and drinking a bowl of sweet soup to warm your body. ”

Now it is early spring, the weather is warmer, but the morning is still a little cold, Chixi raised his eyes to look at Tian Cuihe, who looked worried, and put down the account book: "Okay, it just so happens that I am done, hard worker." ”

"It's not hard."

Tian Cuihe shook her head and smiled, raised her eyes to look at Chixi with a soft expression, and felt more and more that Chixi had grown a lot during her son's absence, she could not only take charge of herself, but also take care of all the things at home in an orderly manner.

After Chixi drank the sweet soup, her whole body was warm, she turned her eyes to look at Tian Cuihe, and just as she was about to speak, Sister-in-law Osmanthus ran over: "Aunt Cuihe, Xiaoxi, something has happened, something has happened, something has happened!" The youngest son of the Wang family died, and he had just been fished up from the river by the officials, and the preliminary judgment was that he had not been there the night before. ”

"What?"

Chi Xi stood up in surprise, wrinkled his brows and asked, "The youngest son of the Wang family you said is Wang Xiaohao?" ”

Wang Xiaohao is You Lanmei's son, even if You Lanmei is very disappointed in that son, in the end, it is her own, Chixi saw You Lanmei secretly go to see the child and bring him food.

"Isn't it? I don't know what's going on, isn't the Wang family the most precious son? Such a big child died and didn't hear any movement, and the official only found out today. ”

Sister-in-law Osmanthus is also a grandmother, and she has a natural love for children, she sighed and said: "This is really evil, the Wang family has done all the bad things, and the retribution should also be retributed to Liu Cuimei, how can the child who is only a few years old suffer!" ”

Chixi is now pregnant with a child, and he doesn't want to go to the river with a wet and slippery road, but Wang Xiaohao is You Lanmei's son, even if the child used to make people angry with his unscrupulous words, he was just ignorant and taught badly.

"Sister Lan, Sister Lan, don't cry! You should hurry up and see what is going on. ”

Zhao Juan's eager voice came, and Chi Xi raised his eyes to see You Lanmei, who was so sad that she couldn't walk steadily, crying out of breath.

"Let's go check it out!"

Chi Xi turned his head to look at Tian Cuihe, wrinkled his brows and said: "It is impossible for a child to die for no reason, and it is impossible for the Wang family to be indifferent to his death if they spoil this child so much, I am afraid that there is another hidden reason in this." ”

Tian Cuihe wrinkled his brows and said: "The creek, there is still dew outside, the mud on the river ridge is slippery, there are many people in the accident now, what if you fall down in the past?" You wait at home, I'll take a look, and I'll come back and tell you what the situation is. ”

Chi Xi shook his head: "It's okay, I'll be careful, let's go together!" ”

Tian Cuihe was still not at ease, and stared at Chixi without saying anything, and Sister-in-law Osmanthus hurriedly stepped forward to support Chixi: "Auntie, don't worry, I'll hold the creek and don't let her fall." ”

Tian Cuihe hesitated and said: "If there are many people, don't squeeze in, be careful in everything, nothing is more important than yourself." ”

"Okay, I know."

When the group of them rushed to the river, Wang Xiaohao's small body had been soaked in the cold river water, and his skin was wrinkled, and he was bruised, and You Lanmei was crying heartbreakingly while holding her son, who had lost his life.

Hong Tao made a preliminary judgment that the child did not drown, but suffocated to death, and then discarded in the river.

You Lanmei couldn't stand the blow and cried bitterly: "Who is it!" Who the hell killed my son! I want his life! I'm going to let him die!" ”

Hong Tao didn't expect that it was just to track down a case of theft of medicinal materials, but it implicated a human life, he wrinkled his brows and said: "These things are all related to the Wang family, the Wang family definitely has a problem, which of you knows the interpersonal relationships of the Wang family, and talk about them one by one." ”

The village is so big, everyone knows exactly who has anything to do with whom, not to mention You Lanmei, who was once the Wang family.

In just half an hour, Hong Tao figured out the relationship network of the Wang family, and he turned his head sideways and instructed Tao Hui to take two people to investigate the traces of the Wang family door to door.

He turned his head and saw Chi Xi standing outside the crowd, he walked over the crowd, twisted his brows and said solemnly: "Mrs. Xi, now that this matter involves a murder, I must go back to the county government to report to the county magistrate, but don't worry, we will definitely investigate the truth in the shortest possible time." ”

"Okay, I'm tired."

Chixi nodded, Hong Tao and the others left quickly, and the people in the village surrounded You Lanmei to comfort her, but You Lanmei didn't listen to anything, she only hugged her son and cried bitterly.

Chi Xi had experienced the pain of losing a child, and knew that it was useless to say more at this time, but she still walked over and comforted her: "Sister Lan, the child is gone, you mourn and change." The only thing we can do for our children now is to find out the murderer and get justice for our children. ”

"Find the murderer and get justice?"

You Lanmei looked at Chixi with teary eyes, gritted her teeth and nodded viciously: "That's right! We must find the murderer and get justice for my son! I must pay for the life of the man who killed my son!" ”

The child was not buried as soon as possible, because the officials still had to investigate the case, You Lanmei was sad and couldn't take charge of the matter, so Chixi asked the villagers to set up a mourning hall for the child under the big tree, and asked someone to buy a white coffin for children from the town.

You Lanmei looked at her son in the coffin, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she regretted countless times that she didn't snatch her son from the Wang family in a moment.

She thought that the Wang family loved the child so much, and would definitely raise the child well, but only a few months before she thought about it, the child lost her life.

"Sister Lan, don't cry, the children are gone, even if you cry to death, it's useless. You're still young, find a new man to regenerate in the future! ”

The people in the village couldn't stand it anymore, so they opened their mouths to persuade her, but You Lanmei turned a deaf ear and only cried vigorously.

Tian Cuihe was worried that Chixi would hurt his body after the cold, and persuaded Chixi to go home several times, but Chixi did not return.

She squatted down with difficulty, patted You Lanmei's shoulder, and whispered, "I know you're sad, but all this has become a fact and can't be changed." You should cheer up now and take care of the aftermath of your child so that he can have a good place to go in the next life. ”

Xiao Ling said that although the child died, because he died horizontally, he became a lonely ghost, and the ghost did not come to send him to the underworld to be reincarnated.

He had to be sent away, otherwise he would remain in the yang world until his soul dissipated and he would not even have a chance to be reincarnated.

Chixi can't see the soul, but listening to Xiaoling's meaning, Wang Xiaohao's soul has never left.

She thought for a while and asked Xiao Ling: "Xiao Ling, can you contact the ghost, can you also ask Wang Xiaohao who killed him?" ”

Xiao Ling was stunned for a moment, did not answer Chixi for the first time, and only after a while did he hesitate: "Theoretically, it is possible, but this kid is still just a soul, there is no spell, I can see him, he can't see me, I can hear his voice, but he can't hear me, and I can't ask him!" ”

And children who die by mistake generally do not realize that they are dead in a short period of time.

Just now, it also saw the ghost of the little kid pointing at You Lanmei and scolding her crookedly for not giving him something delicious!