It turned out that Qi Jing went to Li Zheng early in the morning and said that his house originally enshrined a half-foot-tall pure gold Buddha that could not be burned. However, he went back to look for it after that day but did not find it. There was no one else in the fire scene.
The traces of entry could only have been taken away beforehand.
Therefore, he wanted to ask the villagers to help him think about whether anyone had been nearby on the day of the fire. If he could find this Bodhisattva statue, he would like to reward him with ten taels of silver.
As soon as he heard the news, Tang Shiyue understood what he meant.
Countryside people all stick together and are instinctively repulsive to outsiders, and when it comes to something as big as setting fire to a house, even if someone sees someone, they don't dare to say it casually. Otherwise, if they say the wrong thing all at once, wouldn't it be a big deal?
Notorious? But Jubao Village is so big, and everyone in the village doesn’t know anyone. People will see you no matter what you do.
So, in this way, it's easy to say. Money and silk are so popular that everyone in the village is helping him find them.
By the way, it was only now that the people in the village figured out his name. It turned out that his surname was not Qi, but Qi, and his name was Qi Jing.
Tang Shiyue said: "Do you have any letter?"
"I don't know!" Mrs. Zhou said, "The area around Qi's house is not densely populated to begin with. It just depends on whether anyone sees it when they go up the mountain."
Before he finished his sentence, he suddenly heard someone shouting.
Madam Zhou immediately wanted to drag Tang Shiyue to watch the excitement, but Tang Shiyue had to take a step back and put the fish and vegetables by the door.
I saw a man pulling Chen Laizi's head. The two were fighting and arguing. One said, "I watched! You have been hanging around the door of Qi's house for the past two days!"
"What are you talking about!" Chen Laizi said, "How can I have time to go up there!"
"It's obvious that you stole someone's heirloom! Why don't you return it right away!"
"What kind of heirloom, I don't know!"
The man holding Chen Laizi's head was also an uncle of Tang Shiyue, named Tang Shunzi. When he yelled like this, Tang Shiyue suddenly remembered that just the day before the fire, she met Chen Laizi at the door of Qi's house.
Boss! Chen Laizitou even talked to her!
Tang Shiyue said loudly: "I remembered!"
Everyone turned to look at her. Tang Shiyue thought about what Qi Jing said at that time, pointed at Chen Laizi's head and said: "Tung oil! It's you. It was you who used tung oil to attract others' pyres!"
Chen Laizitou's expression changed immediately.
Everyone was also surprised. After all, stealing is one thing, but setting a fire deliberately... becomes murder!
Looking at Chen Laizitou's expression again, it was tantamount to acquiescing! Someone said: "Let's go and talk to Li Zheng!"
Tang Shiyue was defrauding him, but actually she didn't know the specific operation process, so she said: "Wait a minute, let's go to his house first! Only after we find the evidence can we tell Li Zheng!"
She was looking for tools to commit crimes, but everyone inevitably thought of the "Pure Gold Buddha", and immediately they all responded and swarmed to Chen Laizi's house.
Chen Laizi had a long head and was tired. He was almost thirty and had not found a wife. His parents died early, leaving him three rooms and no one else at home.
The villagers rushed in, rummaging around everywhere, and soon found the small bucket of tung oil and the cloth strip wrapped with tung oil. This time, his guilt was almost confirmed.
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But the Buddha statue was nowhere to be found.
The place is so big, this thing can't be hidden, it must have been sold by him! So a large group of people became even more angry, dragged Chen Laizi's head, and went to Zheng's house.
There are two big surnames in Jubao Village, Tang and Chen. There are more people named Tang, but Li Zheng is named Chen. He is also the patriarch of the Chen family and the uncle of Chen Laizitou.
Li Zheng is equivalent to the village official set up by the government. Generally speaking, four households are neighbors, five neighbors are protectors, a hundred households are a li, and five li are townships. There is one Li Zheng per li. In reality, it is not so accurate, and Dayan
There is no chief security officer in the court, so Li Zheng's authority is quite large.
Tang Shiyue rolled his eyes and quietly went over to remind Tang Shunzi: "Third uncle, why don't you go and invite our clan leader? What if Chen Laizi's head is turned against him? He is my uncle!"
Tang Shunzi was reminded by her words and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes!" and trotted away.
Chen Lizheng had already heard the voice and came out to greet him. As soon as everyone talked about the matter, Chen Lizheng's face became a little dark. Without saying a word, he kicked Chen Laizi on the head: "Tell me, what happened all day long?"
Yes, it’s all a whole bunch of stuff!”
Chen Laizi shrank his head on the ground and did not dare to raise his head. He only whispered: "Uncle, it's not me."
"It's not you, so what's going on with the tung oil in your house?"
Tung oil is poisonous and cannot be eaten. It is mainly used for external use to treat sores and detoxify. Moreover, mountain people prepare torches and sometimes have to rush up the mountain at night.
Chen Laizi said: "I used it to wipe my head!"
Chen Lizheng said: "You use it to wipe your head and wipe it off at home! What are you going to pray for outside your home?"
Chen Laizitou was originally a rogue boy who settled down. He held it in for a long time and couldn't answer. Then he exploded and jumped up: "He's just a foreigner. What's he doing in our Jubao Village? He's just relying on his good looks every day.
If he is not very capable, he is the only one who attracts attention in the whole village! I just don’t like them!"
Chen Li's beard trembled in anger, and he pointed at him: "Qiangzi! Tell me about you, you unlucky thing... what they do has nothing to do with you! No matter how angry you are, you can't set fire to them! Burn other people's things.
How can I live in this house?"
Chen Laizi scratched his head and said: "That was originally the Chen family's house! I lent it to him for free! It's not his house!"
"You still dare to be stubborn!" Chen Lizheng kicked him again, "Why don't you hurry up and help Qi Xiaolang!"
Chen Laizi said: "Why!"
"Are you obedient?" Chen Lizheng glared: "If you don't obey me, I'll slap you to death!"
Chen Laizi immediately shrank his head. His parents had died early. The uncle they were most afraid of usually did not dare to speak. Then Chen Lizheng said: "Hurry up!"
Chen Laizi groaned and turned to look for Qi Jing.
At this moment, someone heard someone say: "This is not about setting fire to the house, this is about killing people!" Following these words, the head of the Tang family slowly walked over, and Chen Lizheng's brows suddenly furrowed.
stand up.
The head of the Tang family stroked his beard and said slowly: "My youngest brother is still in the house, this is a living life! Qiangzi, you are hurting me like this, how can you not be ashamed of yourself!"
Chen Lizheng and the head of the Tang family had been secretly trying to figure each other out. Chen Laizitou was not convinced and scolded him: "He's just a fool! What the hell! So what if I burn him to death! In the end, there are still people meddling in other people's business!"
Bah!" He gave Tang Shiyue a hard look.
Tang Shiyue looked confused and looked extremely well-behaved.
In fact, she had already prepared a plan and was thinking about how to pretend to be a witness. Unexpectedly, she was not used at all, and Chen Laizitou confessed... To be honest, people these days are really simple!
Chen Lizheng's face turned dark with anger.
In his words, he twisted the idea of seeking money and killing people into setting fire to vent his anger. Unfortunately, Chen Laizitou, a stupid pig, didn't understand the meaning at all and actually admitted it with his mouth.
In front of the head of the Tang family, he couldn't let go anymore, so he said with a dark face: "You are still justified in harming people's lives! Where is their Buddha statue, please take it out quickly!"
"What Buddha statue! I didn't enter the house, I didn't see any Buddha statue!" Chen Laizitou had already taken action anyway, so he said carelessly: "I just plan to burn his little brat to death, burn down his house, and let him
He should get out of our village immediately!"
Qi Jing and Qi Yang had been standing in a corner. Seeing how arrogant he was, they couldn't help but said angrily: "What on earth did I offend you to make you so vicious?" (To be continued)