"I specially ordered people to invite them here. If it is true as Mr. Yu said, we can just let Yang Captou and the others take them away, which will save trouble!"
Zhao Qian explained to Lin Xiao softly.
"I see!"
Lin Xiao nodded, feeling even more impressed by Zhao Qian.
As expected of a seasoned veteran who has been around for a long time in the world of martial arts. Everything he does is straight to the point and not sloppy at all.
"Hahaha, Village Chief Lu, you're fine!"
The village chief stood up, bowed his hands to Yang Captou and others, then walked up to Village Chief Lu and said with a smile.
"Haha, Village Chief Lin, long time no see!"
Village Chief Lu also responded with a smile, but his smile was full of bitterness.
He was leisurely sipping a glass of wine at home, when suddenly a man who claimed to be a follower of the Observer came in and invited him to go to Linjia Village to discuss important matters.
Although he didn't know what the observer wanted to do with him, he still didn't dare to neglect and hurried to Linjia Village with his entourage.
Lu Xiang, who was hiding behind Mazi, was frightened and at a loss when she saw the people in Lujiacun.
Her legs were weak, she could not help but tremble, and her heartbeat could not help but accelerate. The hand holding the hem of Mazi's clothes unconsciously tightened, and her entire face became paler than before.
"This must be Mr. Zhao from the capital, right?"
Village Chief Lu looked at Zhao Qian, who had a smile on his face, then cupped his hands and greeted him politely.
Zhao Qian nodded: "Yes."
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Lu quickly raised his hands and said:
"May I ask, Mr. Zhao, what orders do you have for finding me?"
"It's this brother of mine. He said that he heard something about poisonous salt from your village, so he specially invited you to come and ask about it."
As Zhao Qian spoke, he pointed at Yu Xilin, who was sitting aside and drinking tea leisurely.
"Poison salt?"
Village Chief Lu was shocked. Making poison was a serious crime of beheading. Who in Lujia Village was so brave?!
At this time, Aunt Cheng, the wife of the village chief, Granny Qian and Aunt Liu all recognized Yu Xilin, and their faces suddenly showed shock.
The noble prince who came to the village to chat with them during the day turned out to be a high-ranking official in the capital!
Yu Xilin put down the tea cup and greeted several old women with a smile:
"Aunts, do you still remember me?"
"Remember, how could you not remember, you are Mr. Yu!"
Aunt Cheng answered with a very respectful tone.
"As long as you remember it, could you please repeat what you said to me today in front of everyone?"
Yu Xilin looked at the old women with a smile and asked.
Several old women looked at each other after hearing this, and finally their eyes fell on Lu Xiang.
Lu Xiang felt uncomfortable being stared at by several old women. Her heart was beating faster and faster, and her head began to feel dizzy.
"Just say it, it's not a big deal!"
Granny Qian glanced at Lu Xiang, then turned to Village Chief Lu and said:
"Village Elder, a few days ago, Aunt Liu and I were working in the fields when we saw Lu Xiang carrying a bamboo basket and sneaking towards her parents' home."
"Aunt Liu and I even joked about whether Lu Xiang thought her husband's family was too poor to survive, so she went back to her parents' house to find subsidies."
"Unexpectedly, not long after, we saw Lu Xiang holding Lu Cui's arm affectionately and walking out of the village talking and laughing. He also handed the bamboo basket to her, right, his aunt?"
As she said this, Granny Qian nudged Aunt Liu beside her with her elbow and asked.
"Uh huh huh!"
Aunt Liu nodded vigorously, as if what we said was true, and then continued:
"At that time, I thought it was strange that Lu Cui's husband's family was even poorer than Lu Xiang's husband's family. How could Lu Xiang talk and laugh with her? Besides, they didn't deal with each other when they were girls and quarreled every day."
"So Grandma Qian and I followed them quietly, and later we met the village elder's mother-in-law, Aunt Cheng, right?"
Aunt Liu looked at Aunt Cheng and asked.
"Yeah!"
Aunt Cheng responded quickly.
"We just followed them to see what they were going to do."
Aunt Cheng continued what Aunt Liu said and said:
"The three of us followed them for about half a stick of incense, and then we saw them entering a ruined temple."
"Lu Cui opened the bamboo basket and took out wild boar meat, rice and some dried fish and wild vegetables. He said that they had been salted in advance and could be eaten directly after returning to the pot."
"Holy darling, wild boar meat and rice! I've only eaten them once in my life!"
Having said this, Aunt Cheng couldn't help but swallow her saliva and continued with an excited face:
"At first Lu Cui was quite embarrassed and refused to accept it, but she couldn't resist Lu Xiang and finally accepted it. We were so greedy at the time!"
After hearing this, Yu Xilin nodded with satisfaction and said to the three aunts:
"Thank you. I will get you a portion of wild boar meat, rice and refined salt for each of you when I go back later."
"really?"
Aunt Cheng was shocked when she heard this and quickly thanked her. Aunt Liu and Granny Qian also expressed their gratitude to Yu Xilin.
“Realer than real gold!”
Yu Xilin nodded with a smile, and then asked Mazi:
"How's it going? Do you hear anything about it?"
"What's the trick? My wife went to visit a friend at her parents' house and brought her some food. Is there any problem?"
Mazi frowned and asked displeasedly.
"It seems you still don't understand."
Yu Xilin shook his head in disappointment, and then asked Village Chief Lu:
"Village Chief Lu, I would like to ask, which village does Lu Cuifu's family in your village come from? How many people are there in the family?"
"Shijia Village! How many people are there..."
Village Chief Lu recalled it and said:
"As far as I know, there are a family of thirteen, two parents-in-law, two couples, two brothers-in-law, and seven children. Lu Cui is filling in the house and has not yet given birth to children. Her husband's deceased wife left behind two sons and three daughters, and the brother-in-law and his family have two children.
A son and a daughter.”
Wild boar meat, rice, fish, wild vegetables, thirteen members of the Shi family, the age and gender of the deceased were all exactly the same as what Lin Xiao had learned!
She was secretly frightened and stared at Lu Xiang with resentful eyes.
This woman looks harmless on the surface, but secretly she is a ruthless and poisonous person!
Lu Xiang was so flustered by Lin Xiao's gaze that she lowered her head and did not dare to look directly.
Yu Xilin snorted coldly and said to Zhao Qian:
"Mr. Zhao, it's your turn!"
Zhao Qian nodded slightly, took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to Village Chief Lu, and said:
"Village Chief Lu, look at this."
Village Chief Lu took the paper and after reading it, he looked startled. Then he raised his head in shock and asked his mother-in-law, Aunt Cheng:
"You, you and Granny Qian really saw Lu Xiang handing things like wild boar meat to Lu Cui?"
"Yes, yes, old man, what's the matter?"
Aunt Cheng also looked at Village Chief Lu in confusion and asked.