After a while, I heard a shout like a small apricot silver bell ringing outside the house: "Grandpa, grandpa, we are back!"

Sure enough, it was Xiaoxing who called her mother back. I saw that her mother was wearing a hat on her head and holding a farm tool in her hand, looking like she had just returned from working in the field, and when she saw Su Du and Liu Rushi, she beckoned and smiled, and the two of them also returned a salute.

The village chief came over at this time and introduced: "This is my girl's name is Xiuqin, we are all rough people in the mountains and fields, and she is not a lady, and the two of you should not be rigid in etiquette, or be more casual and comfortable." ”

At this time, Xiuqin also spoke: "I knew that there were guests coming, I should have prepared more vegetables and vegetables, and now I can only make some coarse tea and light rice, I hope you two don't mind." ”

Su Du smiled and said politely: "Where and where, we have a lot of trouble, you don't mind that we are!"

"Oh, Xiuqin, go to the backyard chicken coop and catch a chicken, kill and fry it for the two of you!" said the village chief to his daughter.

When the two heard this, they naturally hurriedly excused themselves to stop it, and the village chief said: "If the two of you can help our village solve this matter, we must be very grateful. ”

As soon as Xiuqin heard the village chief say this, she immediately understood that the two of them were coming to help investigate the recent strange incident, and she was also worried about her missing husband at the moment, and just wanted to ask a few words, but there was still Xiaoxing by her side, so she had to be silent and went to the backyard to catch chickens.

The village chief then took a wine jar from the cellar and came to the main house, and said while pouring wine for the two: "Come and try our home-brewed apricot blossom wine, although it is wine, but a thousand cups are not drunk, and children can drink it, although the two of you can rest assured." ”

When the wine was put into the glass, I only felt a burst of fragrance, and I didn't feel the ordinary smell of wine. Liu Rushi didn't know how to drink, but when she heard the village chief say this, she also raised her glass and took a sip.

"Wow! it's so sweet!" Liu Rushi said after tasting it, only to feel that the taste was sweet, like drinking sweet tea.

After hearing this, the village chief smiled and said: "Our village lives by selling apricots, apricot blossom tea and apricot blossom wine, and every year we will organize a few young men to pull a horse cart to sell wine in Taiping County, which is a hundred miles away, where there are many merchants, and they can also sell it at a good price." This apricot blossom wine naturally has the effect of apricot blossom tea, especially in terms of clearing heat and removing toxins, which is a hundred times better than that apricot blossom tea!"

Su Du was suspicious, raised his glass and drank it all, and suddenly felt a cool air flow all over his body, he hurriedly checked the status bar, the effect is indeed much better than apricot blossom tea, although a hundred times is still a bit exaggerated, but ten times the effect is still there.

"Village Chief, do you have any extra wine, and when we leave, I want to buy a few more jars!" Su Du said, thinking that this trip was a long way, and he didn't know if he would be poisoned again, so it was better to prepare a few jars as soon as possible.

The village chief then smiled and said, "Young man, you're welcome! We have apricot blossom wine in our village, and after tonight's deed is completed, why don't we give you a few jars for nothing!"

"Then thank you to the village chief. ”

The two politely spoke, and after a while, Xiuqin came in with food, and everyone was laughing and eating dinner.

After eating, Xiuqin cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, coaxed Xiaoxing to sleep, and then relieved, returned to the main house and asked Su Dui, "Are the two of you here to help investigate the strange things in the village?"

"Exactly!" replied Sudu.

Xiuqin said with a sad face: "I don't know where my father-in-law went, it's the third day now, I see that the two of you are dressed and look extraordinary, I hope you can get my father-in-law back, the slave family has thanked you here." ”

After saying that, she bowed her knees, and Liu Rushi hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, we have heard the village chief say the specific situation, and we will definitely be able to find out about this matter tonight." ”

"Village Chief, how many young men are there in the village?" asked Su Dui.

"When I think about it......" replied to the village chief, who thought for a moment, "and except for those who were away from home and those who were lost, there were still about a dozen people in the village. ”

Su Du thought for a moment and said, "Please call them here, village chief, and we will make a decision." ”

"I'll call them now!" said the village chief, and went out of the courtyard.

Su Du poured another glass of apricot blossom wine, drank it all and said, "You wait here, I'll go outside to take a look at the terrain." ”

After that, he came to the outside of the compound, and at this time it was already dark, Su Dui used the art of change to transform into an owl, and flew over the village to take a look at the terrain.

The village was flat, fenced off, and there was only one entrance to the west, the one from which they came.

Su Dui flew in the air, and everything was in full view. Su Du thought to himself, when the time comes, he claims to ambush and catch the thief, and arrange the young men in different places, so that they can't see each other, so that the thief can do it, and he himself will watch their movements from the air, if someone has the intention to do something to the other person, he will definitely be able to see it clearly in the air.

After wandering around for a long time and taking a good look at the location, Su Du turned back into the prototype and returned to the compound. At this time, the village chief had already called those young and strong young men, and these people also looked a little panicked on their faces, after all, the village is so small, and every family knows about such a major event as the missing population, not to mention that the missing people are all young men like them.

One of the young men asked, "I wonder what the village chief is doing with us?"

The village chief glanced at them and whispered, "There may be something going on tonight, we must catch that thief tonight!"

The village chief then pointed at Su Du and Liu Rushi and said: "These two originally came to our village to spend the night, but now we can see the strangeness of the past few days, and we have concluded that something will happen tonight, so we call everyone to come and catch the thief together!"

"But how are we going to catch it?" asked one of the young men.

Su Du replied, "We are in ambush in the village, and if anyone notices the thief's movements, we will rush up and catch him!"

"But...... I'm a little scared,......" said a timid youth, "what if I get caught?"

"Don't worry! There are a lot of people, and if anyone is in danger, shout for help, and the people around them can hear it. Su Du comforted him.

In fact, Su Du still wished that the thief would do it, if he didn't do it, he wouldn't be able to catch him, the reason why he wanted to arrange these young people in a place where they couldn't see each other was not to ambush and catch the thief, but to facilitate the thief's action.

Su Duan quietly instructed Liu Rushi a few words, so he took the dozen young people out of the door, arranged them in the positions they had seen before, and let them quietly ambush.

After everyone was ready, Su Du also walked silently to the place where no one was, cast the art of change and turned into an owl, and flew to the highest treetops in the village, secretly observing these restless youths.