It was already afternoon.

The rain that had lasted for a night and most of the day finally stopped, the clouds dispersed, and the sun shone brightly.

Eight Meow got out of Wang Qilin's arms and lay on his shoulders with his little hands to bask in the sun.

When it was comfortable, it squinted its eyes and began to gurgle and chant Buddha.

Some children are curious and have the courage to come up and tease twice.

It opened its eyes and meowed, and then jumped on top of Wang Qilin's head: You come and touch me again, touch my father's head and let my father beat you!

The child didn't dare to stretch out his hand at Wang Qilin's head, but Xu Da dared.

He was bored and wanted to hug the eight meows to pet the cat, but the eight meows unceremoniously came to paw in the face of his big pig trotters.

Xu Da hurriedly withdrew his hand and scolded angrily: "Strange children can touch it, I can't touch it?" Seventh Master, you cat has no rules." ”

Wang Qilin took the eight meows into his arms and said, "Have you ever thought that maybe you look like a roe deer and rat eyes, so that it misunderstood?"

More and more people gathered in front of the ancestral hall in the village, and Ba Meow was a little shy when he saw that there were many people, so he got into Wang Qilin's arms again.

When everyone came, Wang Qilin first had a relationship with the clan elder Meng Zhoulin and some old people.

He is a local child, and many people in the village have a little relationship with their village, and there are many people who are familiar with his father Wang Liuwu, so the people in the village are very enthusiastic about him.

That way you don't have to beat around the bush.

After greetings, he asked directly: "Uncle Meng, I am here for Hongyan Yin Che, I want to solve this matter, so I hope you can help me." ”

Meng Zhoulin said happily: "Oh, you want to help us, you ask, Little Seven, as long as our village knows something, I guarantee that no one will hide it from you, and no one will dare to lie." ”

Wang Qilin asked, "Yin cars seem to appear very frequently this month?"

"I come almost every night. Meng Zhoulin said depressedly.

"What about the previous years?"

Meng Zhoulin said: "A few years ago, alas, I won't hide it from you, Lord Xiaoqi, in fact, it also came in April a few years ago, more often than other villages. ”

"Why haven't you heard of this before?"

Meng Zhoulin smiled bitterly: "This matter was suppressed by me, after all, it is not a good thing, I am afraid of rumors outside, so I usually don't let the big guy talk about it, so I don't see it." There's no way to do it this year, it comes every day, and it can't be suppressed. ”

Wang Qilin said: "According to the case file, the first time this chariot appeared in the township was 30 years ago. ”

Meng Zhoulin said distressedly: "Thirty years ago, this day is too long, even if something happened at that time, I can't remember it now." ”

An old man in good clothes arched his hand and said: "My lord, the grass people say something from the bottom of my heart, in fact, since the frequent appearance of yin cars in our village, we big guys have been thinking about this. But I really didn't think about who wronged the bride. ”

The other old men nodded: "Not really." ”

"Xiao Qi, you come to solve the trouble for my village, we can't hide it from you. ”

"I can't hide it, you see that this village is so crowded, and it is not three miles or two miles away from the next village, if something happens, it will definitely spread. ”

Wang Qilin was also puzzled.

The bride can become a ghost and the bride can also drive a yin car, how much resentment and ability is this? He really has never heard of such a thing in the village since he was a child.

Ruling out the possibility that the village is related to the ghost bride, the village should be related to the ghost husband.

So he asked, "Then think about one more thing, have there been any men in the village who have emigrated to other places over the years? Especially those who left the village thirty years ago and went out to do business and learn skills." ”

The group shook their heads again.

In those years, every household had land and land, and the imperial court did not encourage population movement, so few people left their hometowns.

"Does it count as going to the county to work for others?" a man asked bravely, "but he is not emigrating, he is cleaning up the garden for the eldest master's family, and he will still return to his hometown when he arrives in Qingming, Chongyang, and Niangen." ”

Meng Zhoulin said: "Second son, are you talking about your Uncle Xiaomu, but he has been out of the village for forty years, not thirty years, and besides, hasn't he been doing carpentry all the time?"

The man shook his head and said, "No, Uncle Xiaomu didn't do carpentry all the time, he later went to the county Old Man Dou's mansion to take care of the garden." But he never told me about it, and no one in the village knew about it, and it was Uncle Xiaomu who came back to the grave during Qingming this year to tell me the truth. ”

Meng Zhoulin introduced to Wang Qilin: "The person we are talking about is called Meng Youmu, when he was young, he went to the field to learn carpentry, alas, when he went to learn carpentry, I drove him by car, I was just the first year old, the time is really fast, more than 30 years." ”

The group of old men suddenly sighed.

Tempus fugit.

Wang Qilin didn't have time to accompany them to reminisce about the past, so after he got Meng Youmu's information, he went straight to the county seat.

Meng Youmu's Dou family is the head catcher Dou Dachun's family, which is a big family in Jixiang County, and half of the grain and iron shops in the county are his family.

When the three of them arrived at Dou's house, it was already evening, the high gate of Dou's mansion was open, and after Wang Qilin entered, a small servant came up and asked, "Ah, is it the adult who listens to the heavenly prison?"

"I'm looking for Meng Youmu, where is he?"

"Old wood, he's not feeling well these days, and now he should be resting in the wing room in the garden of the back house, right?"

Wang Qilin waved his hand: "Take me to him quickly." ”

The little servant was puzzled: "Can you wait a moment, my lord will go and inform my master first, so that he can receive you." ”

"Stand down, little stump, and I'll greet the three adults. A middle-aged man with a green scarf and a coat walked quickly.

The middle-aged man is the housekeeper of the Dou Mansion, called Dou New Year.

Knowing that the three of them were looking for Meng Youmu, he asked tentatively: "Three adults, did this Meng Youmu commit something?"

Wang Qilin said: "No, we just want to ask him for a favor." ”

Dou Qingnian breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I guess not, Lao Mu stays in our house all year round except for going home to put a grave on his ancestors, and he has no chance to be a traitor." But I'm afraid it's hard for you to find him for help, his body has not been very good, and he can't get out of bed for the past few days. ”

"Can't get out of bed?" Wang Qilin felt a flash of light flash in his mind, "He's about to die, right?"

Dou smiled bitterly: "It's hard to say this kind of thing." ”

Wang Qilin looked at Xie and the toad with blazing eyes: "The reason for the abnormality of the yin car this year has been found! The person the ghost bride is looking for is about to die, if he dies, the yin soul will be taken to the underworld by the yin cha, so that the ghost bride will never see him again!"

Xu Da thought for a while and said, "It's really possible." ”

Xie Toad was about to nod, but suddenly thought of something wrong: "How could it know the death date of the ghost husband?"

Wang Qilin shook his head: "This is not clear, anyway, it just knows, I guessed before, it is likely that it did not kill the handlebar, but knew the death date of the handlebar, and went to the door in advance to wait, otherwise it can't explain why almost all the old people died." ”

In fact, there is no need to guess, they have almost found the main master, and the answer is about to be revealed.

Dou Mansion is a big family with three entrances and three exits, many gardens inside and outside, and Meng Youmu lives in a wing room next to a garden in the inner house.

Pushing open the door, a thin old gentleman barely turned his head from the bed.

The old gentleman was dying, Dou New Year helped him up, and said softly: "Old wood, listen to the three adults from the Heavenly Prison Fulong Township Post Office coming to you." ”

Meng Youmu asked weakly, "Adults of Fulong Township, dare to ask the adults what are they doing with Xiao Lao'er?"

Wang Qilin asked, "Mr. Meng, do you know about the Yin car in your hometown of Zhuyan?"

Meng Youmu said: "I've heard a few words from the people in the house, but I don't know the specifics. ”

Wang Qilin asked, "Then when you were young, did you ever have a good girl?"

Meng Youmu was surprised: "How do you know?"