On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

When Li Jingyao heard Yan Ruyu's words, he inexplicably thought of that rogue bird.

Sure enough, a black shadow flew over, and the black myna flew over again.

This time it didn't fall on Yan Ruyu's shoulder, but directly on the table.

Li Jingyao looked at it, walked around the table twice with his head held high, and finally stretched out his paws.

Li Jingyao felt that this scene was a bit familiar. When he thought about it carefully, this bird was imitating the movement of the homing pigeon flying back last time!

"Oh yo!"

"Oh yo yo~ Xiongjiujiu, high-spirited, stand on the table, raise your legs, flap your wings, and send a message. Brother, you will lose your temper in a second."

Li Jingyao: ...I really am!

Yan Ruyu held back her laughter, while Huo Changhe took out a chestnut from nowhere, peeled it carefully and handed it to Starling.

Ba Ge ate happily, and Li Jingyao vaguely sensed the meaning of reward from Huo Changhe's actions.

Li Jingyao thought to himself, what does this mean? It's just your idea of ​​a countermeasure, why are you still jealous of me? Who did I offend?

Ah, so angry! This couple, plus the rogue bird, is irritating.

Qi returned to Qi, and it was a trivial matter for myna to send a letter. After eating the chestnuts, I took the letter and blended into the night.

Yan Ruyu asked Zisu: "How did your husband and the others disappear? Please tell me in detail."

When Zisu saw Li Jingyao, he thought of his uncle who loved him, as if he were seeing a relative. It was as if he had an outlet for the grievances, fears, and pains he had felt these days.

"It happened nearly three months ago. The government sent people to clean up the river. This has happened in previous years. We should clean it before it freezes. When the ice melts in the coming spring, we can also water our few rivers smoothly. arable land."

"But this year is earlier than in previous years. The government said that the grain harvest this year is not good, and the grain from the south will not be shipped as late as in previous years. There is no need to wait until then, and it will be difficult to do work in cold weather. Let's think about it. Yes, it doesn’t matter if you work and get paid anyway, sooner or later. But who knows, once I leave, I won’t come back.”

Zi Su cried sadly: "There were people who went to other villages, but they came back one after another for more than a month and nearly two months. But from our village, no one was seen for more than two months."

"We couldn't sit still, so we went to Li Zheng's house to ask. Li Zheng said to ask in the Yamen. The news we brought back was that the people from Luojiazhuang went to a farther river section, so they had to be later."

"That's it, we waited for another half month, but still no news, so we asked Li Zheng again, but Li Zheng kept saying the same thing. I felt something was wrong, so I went to the Yamen with a few ladies and asked, but they didn't know anything at first. Later, more and more people came to tell us the truth."

"They said that our men encountered a whirlpool while building a river channel, were washed away, and disappeared..."

Zi Su burst into tears and covered her face with her hands, big tears falling from her fingers.

Yan Ruyu handed her the handkerchief and comforted her silently.

Li Jingyao snorted: "Fishermen have been on the water all year round. If they say they died in other ways, I would believe it. If they were washed away by something, it would be really hard to believe."

Huo Changhe asked calmly: "If it's hard to convince others, they can give other reasons. Why do they say this one?"

"When we took the person away, they said they were going to dig a river channel. If they said another way to die, wouldn't it arouse more suspicion?" Li Jingyao's voice was full of anger and he slammed the table, "There is definitely something wrong with this!"

Zisu sobbed: "I feel the same way. The government said we were pitiful, so they gave us a pension of ten taels per family. Most people made trouble and cried, but it was of no avail. People will not come back after they die. Many people So I started to compromise, collected the money and went home.”

"I can also understand that those who went are the strong laborers of the family, and the rest are women, children and the elderly. People are dead, but they can still live. No one can live without money. Those ten taels of silver, At least I can live a stable life. "

Yan Ruyu asked: "Then why don't you take it?"

Zi Su bit her lip hard: "My husband and I have always been in love, he loves me, and I really want to grow old with him. I can't accept his death like this."

Her tears rolled down again, but this time her eyes were firm: "I dreamed about him several times and saw him suffering, and asked me to save him."

"I can't calmly pretend that nothing happened, so I have to chase it to the end and let the Yamen return my husband's body to me."

"But they said that the body was washed away by the water. Where did the body come from? It was long gone. They gradually lost their patience and stopped paying attention to me."

Zi Su took a deep breath: "Not long ago, rumors about the son of the water demon began to spread, and I thought of the boss."

Li Jingyao was furious: "This is unreasonable!"

He was taken away and died inexplicably, and the government did nothing. What rumors did he create about the son of a water demon? He was the son of a water demon? His father still doesn’t agree!

"I need to investigate this matter thoroughly." At first, Li Jingyao felt that he had the responsibility to investigate after working with so many corpses. Later, Zi Su was involved, but now it's good that he himself is involved.

No matter what.

Yan Ruyu asked: "Do you know what happened when the water demon appeared tonight?"

Zi Su shook his head: "I don't know, I only found out about it when I heard what Li Zheng was saying. However, because of going to the Yamen, he didn't like me very much and didn't talk to me very much."

"Did all the men in the village go? Was it voluntary or required?" Huo Changhe asked.

He knew all too well about government recruitment.

"It's not voluntary, it's a requirement that every time we add one, at least one will be provided. Of course, some people really don't have any, so they just give up. Others want to make money and are willing to go."

"My husband and my eldest brother. Originally it was the eldest brother who went, but Erlang... my husband also wanted to go, so we went together."

Zisu lowered his head and spoke in a sad and sad tone: "I was not in good health some time ago. He thought I was sick, so he wanted to earn more money to replenish my health so that I can have a good New Year."

Yan Ruyu glanced at her slightly thick waist and slightly swollen face.

"Are you pregnant?"

Zisu nodded: "Yes, my husband doesn't know yet."

Yan Ruyu felt hard to describe.

Li Jingyao was silent for a moment and said in a low voice: "Now that I'm here, I won't stand idly by. I promised your uncle back then and it's my gift to you, so I must be responsible to the end."

Zisu stood up to kneel down, but Yan Ruyu reached out to support her.

Huo Changhe asked again: "What families in the village have no one to leave? Except for those who really have no one to leave."

Zi Su thought for a moment: "The son of the village chief's family was injured in a mountain climbing earlier and didn't go. The son of Li Zheng's family was studying in the city and didn't go either. From other families, all those who could make a living went, but Li Zheng's Checked one by one.”

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu looked at each other meaningfully.