Xia Yue was extremely lucky that he listened to Ye Caitang's idea and made Master Ruhui a victim. Otherwise, if he had said that Master Ruhui might be the murderer, he would have been scolded by the villagers by now.

The cabbage gang was drowned.

Sure enough, there was a reason why Ye Caitang could get snacks from the villagers, but they could only get supercilious looks.

The people in the village had received more or less favors from Master Ruhui. Ye Caitang and the others listened for a long time and listened to the villagers' reminiscences, and found that she had indeed done a lot of good deeds.

At least during the decades I lived in seclusion in Nanshan, whenever people in the village encountered difficulties and came to ask for help, or met villagers in need of help in the mountains, I would try my best to help and never refuse.

Once or twice is nothing. As time goes by, the number of times will naturally increase. No matter how low-key Master Ruhui is, everyone will remember it in their hearts.

For a time, the village was filled with crying.

Xia Yue and several of his men stood expressionlessly aside, while Ye Caitang wiped away his tears, mobilizing at the same time: "Everyone, think about it, think hard, have you seen anything strange at Shitai's house in these years?

Strange people..."

The villagers were sad, but had no experience in this area, and looked at Ye Caitang blankly.

Ye Caitang said: "For example, someone who is obviously not from the surrounding villagers comes to the door, or the master's mood is obviously bad for a period of time, but he doesn't say why, or maybe he sees something strange in Jingxin Temple, everything is strange

Anything is fine, we will investigate one by one and we must catch the murderer."

This was very specific, and the villagers fell into deep thought.

It was so helpless to search for clues in the vast ocean. It took everyone three days to visit every house in Nanshan.

Xia Yue was actually surprised. He thought Ye Caitang would find it very hard, tiring, and irritable. Especially when facing different groups of people, repeating the same words over and over again, and recording the same things. People who have never experienced it don't know how.

How boring.

But Ye Caitang didn't complain at all. He said it over and over again, his voice became a little hoarse, and he didn't complain at all.

Although Xia Yue was almost angry to death with the five taels of silver, he was also very pleased.

They no longer live in the villagers' houses, but have tidied up the Jingxin nunnery. There are two houses, one for Ye Caitang and one for Xia Yue, and the others sleep casually in the yard.

One is the immediate boss, and the other is a female family member, so naturally they have privileges.

All the information asked from the villagers was written on a table of paper, most of which must be useless at first glance, and a small part can only be found to be useless after investigation.

In the end, as long as you can find a piece of useful information, all the hard work will be considered in vain.

Xia Yue brought a glass of honey water and knocked on Ye Caitang's door.

There are two large tables in the room, covered with paper in different categories, and Ye Caitang is classifying them.

Very important, important, questionable, pure nonsense, separate them one by one.

"Sir." Ye Caitang took the cup handed over by Xia Yue, took a sip, and his eyes lit up: "Hey, honey water?"

Honey is a precious thing in this era. Although it is used in various places, Ye Caitang has never come into contact with it in this era. He has no choice but to be poor.

Xia Yue smiled, this was what he admired about Ye Caitang.

She did not hide her surprise and desire when seeing good things, and she was not polite when eating them, but she was not vulgar in a way that she had never seen before.

These are two very contradictory situations, but they blend perfectly on Ye Caitang, so even if she is chewing meat buns with a happy face on the road and screaming, it is quite pleasing to the eye.

After Ye Caitang took two sips, he asked: "Sir, you are out and about, and you still bring honey with you?"

It's so exquisite, I really enjoy it.

"That's not true." Xia Yue walked over to look at the records on the table and said while reading: "They saw a honeycomb on the mountain with a lot of honey in it, so they got it down. After a while, they cleaned it up and took it out.

Take the jar back and give you one."

Ye Caitang's eyes lit up. Wild honey is such a good thing.

Now is the time when flowers are in full bloom, and there are all kinds of flowers all over the mountains and plains of Nanshan. I think this honey is very authentic and nourishing.

"Give mine to Aunt Lin." Ye Caitang said: "The peaches and plums are coming out soon, pick some candied fruits and eat them. Candied fruits pickled with honey are better than those pickled with sugar."

Xia Yue smiled: "Don't worry, it's inevitable."

It was a valuable thing to Ye Caitang, but to Xia Yue, it was nothing.

Ye Caitang put the cup aside and took what he had just sorted out: "Look, sir, I have summarized these doubts based on the memories of the villagers."

"First, although Master Ruhui has been in Jingxin Temple for more than thirty years and seems to have no income, she is really rich. She has continuously provided relief to villagers everywhere for her and Su Nian's daily expenses, and even helped

A villager whose house collapsed in a heavy rain repaired his house. All the expenses were added up. Where did the money come from?"

Even if the expenses in each place are not large, there is no income in the Jingxin Temple. Without income, you can only go in and out, unless you have gold and silver. Otherwise, how can you maintain it?

Xia Yue pondered: "Unless Master Ruhui brings a lot, a lot of money."

It wasn't just a little money, it was a lot, for example, the jewelry lost by a wealthy businessman in Liji Town.

Ye Caitang nodded.

Xia Yue said: "Jewelry can be exchanged for money, but it cannot directly support the villagers. If Ruhui is the murderer and she got a large amount of jewelry in Liji Town, she must exchange all the jewelry for money."

Ye Caitang then nodded.

Xia Yue said: "It can only be exchanged in the capital, it cannot be exchanged outside."

Ye Caitang was puzzled: "Why?"

"Because it's too heavy." Xia Yue said: "It must be a lot of money for her to spend thirty years. She is cultivating, not buying goods, so she can't drive a car into Nanshan. So she can only stay in the capital.

Change."

Although Ye Caitang has never owned one, it does not prevent her from seeing it.

"Then can she exchange it for silver notes first, which will be easier to carry, and then change the silver notes into silver one after another in the capital."

Ye Caitang also learned later that high-end and classy things like banknotes are actually not used by anyone on the market. They are usually copper plates and broken silver. If you go out to eat and take out a banknote, the boss will think you are smashing it.

of the place.

"It's possible, but if you exchange such a large amount of silver notes for silver, people will be suspicious." Xia Yue said: "What's more, the case was investigated at the time, so it would be very difficult to exchange jewelry for silver notes so quickly.

Dangerous. She grew up in the capital, and even if her family was implicated by her at that time, she still had acquaintances, so there might not be a familiar pawn shop or bank."
Chapter completed!