There are only forty or fifty households in Zhoujiatun. Forty or fifty simple houses are clustered together, and the area is very small.

Along the way, Wang Qilin asked Zhou Jin: "There are a lot of people working in the fields in your village, why don't you see any women or children?"

This is not normal. Tenant families often have children, especially boys, which represents the labor force.

Zhou Jindao: "There is a child-kidnapping ghost in the village. Who dares to leave the baby in the village? The mother-in-law has taken her to live with her relatives. The Xiaohe family came here on the run. There has never been a large population and they have no relatives outside."

, so I can’t escape.”

Xiao Nier's home is only separated from Zhou Xiaohe's home by an alley, and they arrived quickly.

The door was locked, and Xu Da had to lift his foot again.

Wang Qilin quickly stopped him: "I have no money to pay for the door!"

Zhou Jin went up to knock on the door, and soon there was a crisp response in the house: "Here he is, stop knocking."

The door panel opened with a creak, and a young woman with a bun in a bun appeared along with the faint smell of powder.

The young woman is not beautiful, only delicate. She has raised eyebrows and a high bridge of nose. She looks like a country woman with a dashing energy.

Zhou Jin introduced Wang Qilin and the others, and Wang Qilin asked: "Where is Zhou Mazi?"

The young woman saluted and said, "Reporting to your lord, my man has gone to look for grass in the fields. If anything happens to you, I will call him back."

Wang Qilin said: "Zhou Jin, go and call him. If you stay, I have something to ask you."

Zhou Mazi's family is much wealthier than Zhou Xiaohe's family. Although the thatched cottage looks dilapidated from the outside, the furniture inside is fairly complete.

There is an altar table in the north of the living room, which contains a set of children's clothes and a few rough and simple knick-knacks.

There was a faint smoke in the incense burner, the candlelight was weak, and there was also a plate of apples and a few pieces of bread.

Seeing Wang Qilin staring at the altar table, the young woman's eyes slowly turned red. She smiled sadly and said: "My wife just passed away a few days ago. There is nothing good for her in the house, so I can only stop her incense."

Wang Qilin asked: "How did she pass away?"

The young woman wiped her eyes and said: "They say they were eaten by animals in the mountains, but our village is surrounded by cultivated land, and the county town is only a few miles away. Where did the big animals come from?"

They didn't ask a few words before a pockmarked man hurried in.

The man has dark skin, the pockmarks on his face are even darker, and he has a horse face, which is really ugly.

Seeing his mother-in-law kneeling on the ground, the pock-marked man also knelt down quickly, with a panic on his face: "Your Excellency, the common man Zhou Jun pays his respects to you."

"Your name is Zhou Jun?" Dong Jihu smiled, "That's a good name."

Wang Qilin shook his head, when did he laugh at someone's appearance?

Being able to become Xiaoyin was not only because Shi Zhoushan wanted to find a scapegoat, but also because of his strength.

There are many Xiaoyinli people under Shi Zhoushan's command, but except for Xiang Wei, who has some brains, the others have long heads just to look taller.

From this point of view, Dong Jihu didn't find out the news about Xiao Nier, maybe it was because he was too stupid.

But he didn't get any useful information.

Zhou Jun and his wife said that their daughter usually liked the young master of the Zhou family. A few days ago, the young master accidentally fell to his death when he was climbing high. When the daughter came back from her grandma's house, she was extremely sad to learn the news and ran away.

At that time, the Zhou family thought their daughter was looking for a place to cry, so they didn't pay attention. However, when she didn't come back at night, they became scared.

That night, the whole village went out but could not find Xiao Nier. After searching for two or three days, her body was finally found in a diversion channel newly dug last winter.

"Are you sure you found your daughter's body?" he asked curiously.

Zhou Jun was determined: "Yes, can my daughter recognize it?"

Mrs. Zhou wiped away tears: "I'd rather not."

After asking the Zhou family and his wife, Wang Qilin went to the landlord's house in the village again.

The landlord's grandson was at a funeral and Xiao Nier was missing. He didn't believe it if they said the two were not related.

The Zhou family can afford to support forty or fifty tenants, so they are definitely big landowners.

But their house is extremely simple, just a one-story house with blue bricks and red tiles.

The furniture in the house was in brand new condition. Wang Qilin took a quick look after entering the house and found that the furniture here was similar to the style of Zhou Mazi's house and the wood was similar. They should all be cheap. The landlord's family was very frugal.

The old man of the Zhou family received them. He was a tall and burly old man with a white beard, thick hands and feet, and the skin on his face was as rough as stone from the wind and sun.

He was in very bad spirits, his lips were chapped, his eyes were dull, his voice was hoarse and he could hardly speak.

A woman said sadly: "Since my Min'er passed away, my father-in-law's soul has also been taken away. He has not had enough food and food these days and his mental state is very poor. Please forgive me if I have not treated you well."

Wang Qilin cupped his hands and said, "Madam, you're welcome. How many young masters are there in your family?"

Mr. Zhou said with a sad and bitter smile: "What kind of young master do you think a farmer is? I have four sons and two grandsons, but now I only have one son, hehe."

Wang Qilin was moved: "What's going on?"

Mr. Zhou said sadly: "Two of the four sons went out to do business and disappeared, one went to take the exam and disappeared, and the remaining one who was farming at home finally survived. The two grandsons are gone!"

His eldest grandson has been dead for five years, and his youngest grandson, Min'er, naughtily climbed up to the roof 20 days ago, but lost his footing and fell down.

After asking around, Wang Qilin still didn't get any news.

Having no choice, he could only say: "We will stay overnight in the village tonight. Since the ghost has got hold of Xiaoliu, it will not let go easily. We will wait for it to show up and capture it directly."

Xu Da is gearing up: "Uncle, take the lead!"

The aggressive look is very scary.

The group stayed at Zhou Xiaohe's house, and the Zhou family specially killed chickens to entertain the guests.

Dong Jihu took it as a matter of course, and Wang Qilin gave him fifty copper baht in private.

This made him feel very distressed.

So before he started eating, he wanted to get some chicken drumsticks to recoup his money, but when he went to the kitchen, he saw that Xu Da and Liuer were each eating a drumstick with oily lips...

Wang Qilin:￣へ￣

After a hasty meal in the evening, night fell.

It's windy tonight, clouds are passing by, and the moon's shadow is obscured from time to time.

As a result, the shadow of the courtyard wall, the shadow of the trees outside the door, and even the shadow of the farm tools beside the wall appeared and disappeared.

Wang Qilin sat in the yard and wiped the knife quietly.

The red rust on the sword has disappeared.

It seems that they are afraid of being wiped off.

Another cloud was blown over the moon.

Between heaven and earth, there is darkness.

The thatch on the roof rustled in the night wind.

Amidst the sound of wind and blades of grass, a child's gloomy laughter could be heard faintly from behind the house:

"My mother's well, my mother is sick, she comes up and straightens up. The stars are shining in the sky, the wind is steady on the ground, and the baby screams softly, ah, my mother is dead! Hehe!"

"Liuer come out and play together, hee hee!"

The Zhou couple trembled and hugged their son into their arms. Wang Qilin quickly climbed over the wall and rushed to the back of the house.

A few small white shadows flashed away.

Xu Da Dao: "Old Dong, Chong Long Yu!"

Dong Jihu was embarrassed: "I, my power can only be used once a day."

Xu Da took the ice beads into his mouth with a look of disdain.

Wang Qilin said: "You go and chase, I will stay behind. You have to be careful to lure the tiger away from the mountain."

He watched the two of them leave and went inside first to comfort the three members of the Zhou family.

It was desolate and lonely outside the house.

The room was deserted.

After a while, Liu'er huddled in her mother's arms and said, "Mom, I'm cold."

Wang Qilin also felt this unique chill.

This is the coldness of Yin Qi.

Zhou Xiaohe, who was squatting on the ground, suddenly started to tremble.

Wang Qilin asked: "So cold?"

Zhou Xiaohe secretly pointed to the ground.

The moonlight shines through the window paper and casts mottled light and shadow on the ground, with a clear shadow in the light and shadow.

Like the shadow on a child’s head!

Wang Qilin pinched the root seal with his hand, silently recited the Vajrasattva mantra, and then quickly stepped out of the door.

An owl was frightened and flew away quickly.

Seeing this, he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, I'm just a night owl."

As he spoke, he turned around and glanced at the door.

There was something hiding outside the door, with half of its face exposed and looking at him secretly!

This half of the face.
Chapter completed!