It was already afternoon.

The rain that lasted all night and most of the day finally stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sun shone brightly.

Ba Miao got out of Wang Qilin's arms and lay on his shoulders with her little hands in her arms to bask in the sun.

After feeling comfortable in the sun, it squinted its eyes and began to chant the Buddha's name.

Some children were curious and bold enough to come up and tease them a few times.

It opened its eyes wide and meowed, then jumped on top of Wang Qilin's head: If you touch me again, touch my father's head and let him beat you!

Children did not dare to reach out to Wang Qilin's head, but Xu Da dared.

He was bored and wanted to hug Ba Miao to pet the cat, but Ba Miao unceremoniously slapped his big pig's hooves.

Xu Da quickly withdrew his hand and cursed angrily: "A strange child can touch it, but I can't? Mr. Qi, you cat has no rules."

Wang Qilin picked the eight cats into his arms and said, "Have you ever thought that maybe it was misunderstood because of your deer-headed and rat-like eyes?"

More and more people gathered in front of the village ancestral hall. Seeing the crowd, Ba Miao felt a little shy, so she got into Wang Qilin's arms again.

When everyone arrived, Wang Qilin first established relations with clan leader Meng Zhoulin and some elderly people.

He is considered a local son, and many people in the village have some relationship with their village, and many are familiar with his father, Wang Liuwu, so the people in the village are very enthusiastic about him.

This way you don't have to beat around the bush.

After the greetings, he asked directly: "Uncle Meng, I'm here to care about the beauty. I want to solve this matter, so I hope you can help me."

Meng Zhoulin said happily: "Oh, you want to help us, you ask, Mr. Xiaoqi, as long as our village knows something, I guarantee that no one will hide it from you, let alone lie."

Wang Qilin asked: "Yin Che appears very frequently this month?"

"I come here almost every day and night." Meng Zhoulin said depressedly.

"What about previous years?"

Meng Zhoulin said: "In the past few years - well, I won't hide it from you, Mr. Xiaoqi. In fact, it also came in April in the past few years, more frequently than in other villages."

"Why haven't you heard of this before?"

Meng Zhoulin smiled bitterly and said: "I suppressed this matter. After all, it is not a good thing. I am afraid of the gossip outside, so I usually don't let everyone talk about it and just pretend I haven't seen it. This year, there is nothing I can do. It comes every day and I can't suppress it.

Already."

Wang Qilin said: "According to the records of the case family, the first time this evil car appeared in the village was thirty years ago. Was there any major event related to marriage that happened in the village thirty years ago? The kind that forced people to death."

Meng Zhoulin said distressedly: "Thirty years ago, it was too long ago. Even if something happened at that time, I can't remember it now."

An old man in well-dressed clothes raised his hands and said: "Sir, I have to tell you from the bottom of my heart, in fact, we have been thinking about this matter since the Yinqi frequently appeared in our village. But we never thought of anyone who wronged the bride.

It’s my son’s business.”

The other old people nodded: "Really not."

"Xiao Qi, you are here to solve the problem for our village. We can't hide it from you."

"You can't hide it. You see, there are only so many people in this village. It's only three miles away from the neighboring village. If something happens, it will definitely spread."

Wang Qilin was also puzzled.

How resentful and capable is the bride who can turn into a ghost and drive a ghost car? He has indeed never heard of such a thing in the village since he was a child.

Excluding the possibility that the village is related to the ghost bride, then the village should be related to the ghost husband.

So he asked: "Then think about one more thing. Have any men in the village immigrated to other places in the past few years? Especially those who left the village thirty years ago to go out to do business or learn skills."

The group of people shook their heads again.

These days, every household has land, and the court does not encourage population movement, so people rarely leave their hometowns.

"Does it count if you go to the county to work for others?" A man asked bravely, "But he didn't immigrate, he just tidied the garden for the old man's family. During the Qingming Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and Nian Gen, he would still come back to his hometown."

Meng Zhoulin said: "Second son, are you talking about your Uncle Mu? But it has been forty years since he left the village, not thirty years. Besides, hasn't he been doing carpentry?"

The man shook his head and said: "No, Uncle Xiaomu didn't always do carpentry. He later went to the county to manage the garden of Mr. Dou. But he never told this matter to the outside world. No one in the village knew. Uncle Xiaomu came back to visit the grave during the Qingming Festival this year.

, just told me the truth."

Meng Zhoulin introduced to Wang Qilin: "The person we are talking about is called Meng Youmu. When he was young, he went to other places to learn carpentry. Alas, I drove him to send him to him when he went to learn carpentry. I had just turned 10 that year, and the time was so long.

Almost thirty years ago."

The group of old people suddenly sighed with emotion.

Time flies like an arrow.

Wang Qilin didn't have time to accompany them to recall the past. After getting the information about Meng Youmu, he went straight to the county seat.

The Dou family where Meng Youmu lived was the home of Dou Dachun, the head catcher. This was a large household in Jixiang County. His family owned half of the grain and iron shops in the county.

It was already evening when the three of them arrived at Dou's house. The high door of Dou's house was open. After Wang Qilin entered, a boy came up and asked, "Ah, are you the master of Tianjian?"

"I'm looking for Meng Youmu, where is he?"

"Old Mumu? He hasn't been feeling well these days. He should be resting in the wing in the garden of the back house at this time, right?"

Wang Qilin waved his hand: "Take me to him quickly."

The young man was puzzled: "Sir, can you wait a moment? I will inform my master first and ask him to receive you."

"Little tree stump, please step aside and I'll greet the three adults." A neat middle-aged man with a green scarf on his head and a coat walked over quickly.

The middle-aged man is the housekeeper of Dou Mansion, and is called Dou Guan Nian.

When he learned that the three men were looking for Meng Youmu, he asked tentatively: "Three adults, has Meng Youmu committed something?"

Wang Qilin said: "No, we just want to ask him for a favor."

Dou Guangnian breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I guess not. Except for going home to pay homage to his ancestors, Lao Mumu stays in our house the rest of the time. He has no chance of committing crimes. But you have to ask him for help."

I'm afraid it's going to be difficult. His health has not been very good and he hasn't been able to get out of bed these days."

"Can't get out of bed?" Wang Qilin felt a flash of light flashing through his mind, "He's going to die, right?"

Dou Guannian smiled bitterly: "It's hard to talk about this kind of thing."

Wang Qilin looked at Xie Toad with bright eyes: "The reason for the abnormality of the Yin Che this year has been found! The person the Ghost Bride is looking for is about to die. If he dies, the ghost will be taken to the underworld by the Yin Shi, so that the Ghost Bride can

Never see him again!"

Xu Da thought for a moment and said, "It's really possible."

Xie Toad was about to nod, but suddenly something was wrong: "How could it know the ghost husband's death date?"

Wang Qilin shook his head: "I don't know about this. Anyway, it knew it. I guessed before that it was probably not the death of the handlebar type, but it knew the death date of the handlebar type and came to the door in advance to wait. Otherwise, it cannot explain why.

Almost all those who died were old people."

In fact, there is no need to guess, they have almost found the real owner, and the answer is about to be revealed.

The Dou Mansion is a large and powerful household with three entrances and three exits. There are many gardens inside and outside. Meng Youmu lived in a wing next to a garden in the inner house.

Pushing open the door, a thin old man reluctantly turned his head from the bed to look.

The old gentleman was getting old. Dou helped him up during the New Year and said softly: "Old Woodhead, I heard that the three adults from the Tianjian Fulong Township Post Office are here to come to you."

Meng Youmu asked weakly: "Masters from Fulong Township? May I ask what the adults are doing with the little old man?"

Wang Qilin asked: "Mr. Meng, do you know about Zhu Yan's Yin Che in your hometown?"

Meng Youmu said: "I heard a few words from the servants in the mansion, but I'm not sure about the details."

Wang Qilin asked: "When you were young, did you have a girl you liked?"
Chapter completed!