This coldness comes and goes quickly.

If Yu Hang hadn't really felt it and shuddered, he would have thought it was just an illusion.

Other catchers also felt this way, but they didn't take it seriously, only Yu Hang took it to heart.

He's been there!

Especially after seeing the former teacher become a gray squirrel beast, he will never forget that feeling in his life.

When the cold came, Yu Hang specially kept an eye on it, and the hand holding the handle of the knife became tighter.

Village Chief Wang was still walking inside, introducing the situation in the village as he walked.

Yu Hang listened to it.

Although Qingliu Village may seem small, it is actually not poor.

On the contrary, the harvest and other crops in this village are better than those in the surrounding villages.

The land here is fertile, and the grain grown is basket after basket.

The mountains and rivers are good, and the livestock raised are all big.

Just by looking at the houses built by the surrounding villagers, you can see some strangeness.

It's quite fat here.

Yu Hang felt that it was estimated that any person here would be higher than the amount he received every month.

"Everyone is spread out and carefully checked from house to house."

After Sun Zhutou listened, he also began to act according to the usual practice.

Inventory is the most basic and the most important step.

After the arresters arrive at a place, the first thing to do to deal with the case here must be to understand the situation.

Don't take other people's word for it.

You have to collect it yourself.

There is nothing wrong with this step.

The crowd also dispersed, and everyone went to talk to a few villagers.

After dispersing, Yu Hang found a room alone.

There was a faint cry in the room.

Yu Hang could see that the door of the house was open, and there was no light inside, and it was slightly dark.

Fortunately, it wasn't night, and he could see clearly.

Two people were wiping tears from their eyes.

One is a short, stocky middle-aged man, and the other is a slightly chubby middle-aged woman.

You don't have to look at it to know that these two should be husband and wife, and they lost their children, which is why they are so sad.

When the villagers inside heard Yu Hang's footsteps, they immediately stopped crying and wiped away their tears.

The middle-aged woman, in particular, had already run out in a hurry.

Before Yu Hang could speak, the middle-aged woman snapped and knelt in front of Yu Hang.

Yu Hang has also investigated many cases, but it is the first time he has encountered this situation, and he stretched out his hand in a panic, wanting to lift the middle-aged woman up.

But before he could make a move, the middle-aged woman kowtowed three times, and the cry was earth-shattering.

"My lord, you are here, please, save my son!"

"The two of us are so old to get such a child, and now we are missing, if we can't find it, how can the two of us live!"

Yu Hang heard the woman's cry and sighed, so he could only help the woman up, and while persuading, he walked into the house.

Compared to women, middle-aged men are much calmer.

The middle-aged man hurriedly reprimanded twice, and then choked up and said, "My lord, do you have the results of the investigation?" ”

Middle-aged loss of a child.

And they are still middle-aged and lose their children, of course they don't feel comfortable with this feeling.

Although I don't know if the child is still alive, even if he is alive at this age, he will suffer all kinds of sins.

Yu Hang said: "We have just arrived, I will ask you about the situation first, you can rest assured, we will try our best to handle the case." ”

In this regard, Yu Hang can only persuade.

Trying their best to get the case done is the greatest relief to these people.

The middle-aged man nodded and hurriedly told him what had happened.

What he said was no different from what Village Chief Wang said.

It's just a few details that are different, and those details don't matter.

It was about night, and everyone was already asleep.

One of the villagers got up in the hut and found that the child was missing, and immediately began to cry.

The crying alarm shook the whole village, and then the villagers, who had children, found that their children were all gone.

They searched all night and found nothing, so they reported to the police.

"I see."

Yu Hang also had a general understanding, and he planned to go to the next household and continue to ask.

The middle-aged woman next to her stopped crying and said coldly: "It's all your fault, it's late to worship the river god this year, and the river god will definitely be unhappy, so he will catch the boy and the girl as sacrifices." ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly glared: "What nonsense?" The river god has always protected the harvest of the five grains in Qingliu Village, how can this be blamed? ”

River God?

Yu Hang was slightly stunned, and then understood.

Da Chu has only been established for ten years, and a country before this is called a fragmented country.

After the establishment of the Great Chu State, in just ten years, it has developed rapidly, but there are also many shortcomings.

For example, the cultural customs of various places.

The culture and customs of each place are different, and there is no uniformity.

As for unifying these things, it is not yet time.

"What is the river god?" Yu Hang stopped and asked.

The middle-aged man also knew that his mother-in-law was talking nonsense, so he could only explain.

"My lord, this is the traditional custom of our Qingliu Village, because Qingliu Village is close to the Qingliu River, so it got this name, and the river god is worshiped every year."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man roughly depicted it.

Yu Hang probably understood, but he didn't ask much about it, and he left the room and went to another house with something in mind.

The village is not big, but it took a lot of time to interrogate each household.

It was about half an hour later that the catchers gathered in the open space in the middle and reported what they had interrogated one by one.

There is not much content reported, but everyone is very consistent, and it is no different from what Village Chief Wang said.

When Sun Zhutou heard this, he made a difficulty.

He always felt that he was really unlucky after receiving this position.

Originally, I just wanted to get more money, but I didn't expect that it was only a few days, and I didn't talk about it.

If you really report this situation, the county commander will be furious.

"I told you to check things, what are you looking for?" Sun Zhutou was already a little angry: "If any of you have ideas, hurry up and say, when the time comes, I will report your merits, won't I get a reward?" ”

None of them wanted to say anything, and they all lowered their heads.

If you say this well, you will naturally get rich, and if you say it badly, you will receive sin.

Yu Hang looked left and right, and then raised his right hand: "I have!" ”

He felt that if this continued, there would be no progress.

But he already has some ideas here.

Sun Zhutou's eyes lit up.

This Yu Hang is a scholar, and he must be more powerful than these rough people.

"Speak quickly!"

"The thing should have something to do with the river god." Yu Hang explained the matter of the river god, and finally added another sentence.

"We should go to the Qingliu River and have a look."