Travel to ancient times to be a fast catcher

Chapter 142

Old man Li's family was indeed the tenants of that land. The land in Dacheng is not fixed, it will be transferred among the landlords and gentry, who belongs to that piece of land, the old man Li's family is the tenant of the owner of that piece of land.

About ten days ago, someone from the owner's family came to spread the word, saying that his son Li Dakui was very busy with his work and he had to stay outside for a while. Li Dakui has been busy outside for more than three months. He said that he missed his son and wife. His boss felt that he had done a good job during this time, and he was considerate of the people below, and agreed to allow Li Dakui to take his wife and children to stay with him for a few days. Because the grandson is still young, the boss is very kind, saying that if he is afraid that he will not be able to take care of him, the old woman can follow him.

It was rumored that the son was reused by the master. The old man Li's family was very happy. After the old woman and daughter-in-law packed up, they took their grandson with them, leaving old man Li alone to guard the yard.

After the family members left, the boss and several other people dressed as servants appeared in the yard, and Old Man Li suddenly felt that something was wrong. The owner probably also noticed that Old Man Li felt that something was wrong. He smiled and comforted Old Man Li not to be afraid. He also said that his son did a good job, and he deserves to be reused, so Old Man Li should not worry too much.

The owner made people look at old man Li, arranged for a man of the same age as his son, and two women of the same age as his family members to pretend to be his son and his family members. During the whole process, the old man Li was always anxious, but he was powerless to resist. The "son" and "daughter-in-law" lived with him in the yard like a family.

Two days later, his "son" and "daughter-in-law" brought back a traveler who was a merchant from the Red River, saying that it was too late to enter the city, so he came to stay at home. The "son" and "daughter-in-law" were very enthusiastic, and the son urged old man Li and "daughter-in-law" to cook quickly and let the guests have an early rest.

When the guests were eating, the "son" sent old man Li to make up the beds for the guests to spend the night, leaving only him and his "daughter-in-law" present. Old man Li went to make a bed for the guests. After the bed was made, he found that the vacant room was full of thick quilts, and the thin ones were in the son-in-law's room. But the son-in-law's room is now occupied by the "son", so he has to seek the opinion of the "son" first.

When he rushed to the kitchen, he happened to see the guest rushing out nervously, bumping into him when he left the kitchen door. "Son" was getting up from the ground in embarrassment, yelling and cursing while chasing after him. The guest took a pot of soybeans placed on the stone mill and scattered them on the ground. When the "son" chased after him, he stepped on the soybeans and threw himself on it. His forehead hit the stone mill, and blood flowed profusely.

The "son" got up, cursed, and shouted at the "daughter-in-law" to stop him.

"Daughter-in-law" heard the sound and ran out from the main room to stop people, but was bumped by the guest and staggered.

"Son" is quite skilled in himself, although he suffered a bit of a head injury, it was no problem chasing an elderly businessman who was helpless, and quickly caught the customer in the yard. He smashed the head of the guest on the floor of the yard, and said with a ferocious expression while smashing: "You run, I told you to run! Damn, I wanted you to go quietly, but you have to ask for trouble. I I don't understand, how did you find out? Is it true that there is nothing wrong with business!"

"Son" exhausted his strength every time, the guest was smashed to the floor by his hair and head, and he couldn't send it the first time he hit it When the sound came, I could only keep my eyes open and kick my feet wildly.

Looking at this scene, old man Li was so scared that he sat down on the ground.

The "son" just grabbed the guest's head and hit the ground vigorously, and the guest died not long after. "Daughter-in-law" came over rubbing her knees and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Son" touched his forehead and touched the blood on his hand. This fact obviously irritated him again, he got up, kicked the guest fiercely a few times: "Don't worry, I'm dead."

"Daughter-in-law" also kicked the guest: "Damn, you dare to play tricks. You want to die!"

Old man Li collapsed to the ground when he saw the scene in front of him. Hearing the sound, the "son" turned his head and glanced at him, warning him, for the sake of his family's life, what should be said and what should not be said, what should be remembered and what should be forgotten, and he should be measured.

Old man Li looked at his "son" who was bleeding from his forehead, and thought that his son was still making a living in his employer's house, and his wife, daughter-in-law, and grandson were all in his hands, so he dared not say anything. "Son" and "daughter-in-law" locked him in the house, and he saw "son" send a signal through the crack of the door. Not long after, a group of people came to the host's house, and they all vaguely came here during the last arrangement. They buried the guests behind the yard and washed the yard and the kitchen.

Those people will leave after it's over. Old man Li heard that they were leaving, so he boldly asked his son and wife when they would come back. The answer he got was that he would come back tomorrow, but he asked old man Li not to talk about his tongue, and not to tell his family what happened at home, just pretend it didn't happen. Otherwise, his family would not be able to escape. Of course, old man Li agreed one by one.

After dawn the next day, his wife, daughter-in-law and grandson really came back. Old man Li remembered his boss' instructions, and he didn't dare to say anything to his family, living in fear every day. The daughter-in-law who just came back said to the old woman that there was a fishy smell in the house. Old man Li made a fuss about a chicken sent by his boss, but it ran away when he killed it, and spilled blood all over the yard.

The old woman scolded him for his age, and he couldn't even do the job of killing chickens. After being scolded, the family accepted the excuse and no one mentioned it. But as time went by, the smell of blood in the yard did not fade much, but the number of mosquitoes suddenly increased.

Both the old woman and daughter-in-law thought it was very strange, saying that it was not like this in the past when it was hot. Old man Li didn't dare to say anything, so he could only hew and haw to himself. After a few more days like this, another person came from the host family, saying that the son had gone to another place, where the environment was very good, and asked the daughter-in-law if she wanted to take the child to live for a few days.

There were swarms of mosquitoes in the house, and the daughter-in-law had long been dissatisfied. Hearing this, she happily agreed. He couldn't stop him. The old woman also said that she wanted to go to the place where her son stayed, saying that her son was really being used by the boss now, and he was doing well. Taking advantage of the benefits from the boss during this time, she also wanted to go.

Everyone in the family wanted to go, and the confidant of the boss was watching at the side. Old man Li didn't dare to tell the matter, so he could only watch helplessly as his family left with the boss.

After the family members left this time, the leader made up a set of excuses for Old Man Li, and asked Old Man Li to cooperate. In particular, if anyone asks where the female family members have gone, just follow the address. Thinking of the tragic situation when the guest died, for the safety of his family, Old Man Li dared not agree. However, he made a request, saying that the fishy smell in the yard would not go away, and he was afraid that he would be powerless by himself, so he asked his boss to help deal with it.

The leader took a sniff in the yard and told him that he would report back when he went back. The owner sent someone to wash the yard the next day. After the yard was washed, everyone else left, leaving only the man who pretended to be his son at Old Man Li's house a few days ago.

Old man Li saw that his "son" was still wrapped in gauze, and he thought it was because he was tricked by a guest to knock him on the stone mill a few days ago. The man had taken a leave of absence due to his injury and was going somewhere else instead of going with the others. Because the sun was too strong and his head was injured, he didn't want to hurry at noon, he planned to wait for the sun to go to the west before leaving, but he never thought that he would meet Chu Xiaoyun and others who came to investigate by the Red River because of the time he wasted. .

It was too late to leave, and in desperation, the "son" decided to pretend to be father and son with Old Man Li. Afraid of revealing his secrets, he even put some turmeric on his face to pretend to be sick. It was about to be fooled, but the county government quickly dug up the body in the backyard of old man Li's house, so he could only flee in panic.

After hearing the old man Li's statement, the facts of Wei Tang's death can be said to be clear. Whoever is the owner is the murderer behind the murder of Wei Tang.

Wei Jinghan squeezed the handkerchief and asked: "Who is your boss?"

Wei Jinghan has a bit of a cold these days, and he always holds a handkerchief wherever he goes.

But the question he asked was also what Chu Xiaoyun was concerned about.

Old man Li said without hesitation: "Mr. Pei."

Old man Li answered quickly. If everything is as he said, it is not like lying.

Wei Jinghan and Chu Xiaoyun looked at each other, and Chu Xiaoyun followed up and asked: "Mr. Pei? But Pei Jin, the housekeeper of the Zhang family?" Old man

Li said: "Exactly."

"How can you be sure that your employer is Pei Jin, not The Zhang family?" Chu Xiaoyun asked again.

"Mr. Pei has always been with us. Even if we fill in the tenant information, the owner always writes Pei Jin." Old man Li replied.

Chu Xiaoyun asked again: "Is Li Dakui your son?"

The old man Li nodded: "The boy is called Li Dakui, but I don't know who is the one who pretends to be my son in my house. Mr. Wei, I have always had a question. Who is "Li Dakui" in Zhang's pond?"

Wei Jinghan looked at Chu Xiaoyun.

"Could it be that many of the Zhang family's tenant helpers are named Li Dakui?" Chu Xiaoyun wondered, "Didn't you ask your lord if your son Li Dakui is really dead in court today?" "

Because that person pretended to be me Son, what I'm asking is is that person really dead?" Old man Li was very concerned.

"Why are you still lying in court today?" Wei Jinghan asked.

"I, I'm scared... That's why I asked this question." Old man Li cried, "I want to know if the insider who pretended to be my son is really dead."

"The 'Li Dakui' who drowned in the pond of the Zhang family was the one who escaped from your house that day. I think your boss came to see the incident and wanted to kill him. First, your fake son drowned for no reason, and then sent people to kill him. You. Once you all die, this case will be an unsolved case." Chu Xiaoyun said, glanced at Wei Jinghan, and motioned for him to answer.

Wei Jinghan received Chu Xiaoyun's gaze and looked at old man Li: "Old man Li, you help the evildoer, can you be convicted?" Old man

Li cried and kowtowed again and again: "It's the grassroots who are ignorant, because the thief threatens the lives of his family, so he dare not refuse. "

Chu Xiaoyun showed a satisfied expression towards Wei Jinghan, but when he turned to old man Li, he became serious and solemn: "Pei Jin is so far away from you, and threatens you with a word, how many times have we arrested you for interrogation? Lu?"

Old man Li thought of something, shuddered, and kowtowed again and again: "My lord, save my son, save my family."

Chu Xiaoyun and Wei Jinghan looked at each other again, and helped old man Li up: "Slow down!" Slow down, what's the matter?"

Old man Li was still trembling all over: "Because, because, I was in the prison, and someone came to threaten me... If I dare to tell the truth, my family will die without a place to die...

" Is there such a thing?" After Wei Jinghan and Chu Xiaoyun looked at each other, there was a sense of surprise and shock in it, and Chu Xiaoyun asked, "Who threatened you? Can you describe his appearance? ?"

Old man Li shook his head: "He came at night, wearing black clothes and a hat, and he was hidden in the darkness, like a haunted ghost from hell. I, I'm afraid..." "

Then What else can you remember, his stature, his voice?" Chu Xiaoyun asked.

"I just know it's a man..." Old man Li trembled, and only said this sentence.

Seeing him, Wei Jinghan waved his hand: "That's all. Give him another place."

Old man Li moved the cell, while Chu Xiaoyun and Wei Jinghan stood at the gate of the county government prison.

"My lord, it seems that there is really an inner ghost in this county government office. This time the matter is urgent, and this inner ghost is about to come to the front of the stage." Chu Xiaoyun looked at the prison gate and said.

The opponent failed to silence him, but on the contrary, Old Man Li was disillusioned and told the truth. This was probably something the opponent hadn't expected. No, even if it is expected, it can only go on. Just sacrifice more.

Wei Jinghan shook his head: "We are just sure that there is someone now, but we still don't know much about the situation of the inner ghost. We haven't figured out whether the other party is alone or has an accomplice. Even this time, he has hidden himself very well." Very good, old man Li doesn't even know what he looks like."

"But at least he knows that he is a man." Chu Xiaoyun was still a little confident, "I believe we can always find him." "

That's true."

"My lord, Can the Zhang family be involved in this matter?"

"They broke Pei Jin this time, which is not bad. If you want the Zhang family, you have to keep working hard."

Wei Jinghan's voice came from afar.

Chu Xiaoyun let out a long breath, and walked quickly towards the arresting room.

In fact, he also expected this result. What he can do now is to take people to the Zhang family immediately and arrest the housekeeper Pei Jin.