The knife-like north wind mixed with hail-like snow slag crackled down, hitting people's faces and hands, which really hurt!
But Li Yuanjing seemed to have lost consciousness at this time.
Ignoring the slap on the face and the pain on the body, he just stared with blood-red eyes at Zhao Yinling's new grave, which was just buried this morning and was in a mess under the light of dozens of torches!
beside.
Even Zhang Kun was so angry that he didn't dare to breathe anymore. He looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and didn't dare to make any sound.
Wang Cuihua was trembling so much that she almost fainted on the spot just by rolling her eyes.
Who would have thought…
At this juncture, such a terrible thing happened again...
"Ouch——"
At this time.
The low howling of wolves in the distant mountains finally made Li Yuanjing wake up a little and come back to his senses from the illusion.
Even in two lifetimes, this was the first time he encountered such an incredible thing...
If this matter is left to future generations, it will only make people unhappy and make other people gossip.
But at this time.
When this kind of thing happened to Li Yuanjing, it was undoubtedly a serious blow to Li Yuanjing's reputation!
You couldn't even save your little wife's body, how could you not make people laugh if word spread?
Especially among Shilin!
after all.
How do you know what was done after your little wife's body was dug up?
But even though his mind was endlessly complicated, Li Yuanjing still forced himself to stay calm, not to think so much, and tried his best to return to the matter itself.
Because it has been snowing today, and it started to snow heavily in the afternoon, Dongye's people were watching outside Quanzi Village, and no one noticed the common people's woodland in the barren mountains and wild ridges four or five miles away.
If there hadn't been a woman who happened to be running out of firewood at home today and went out to collect firewood and discovered what was going on here, I'm afraid Li Yuanjing might not have been able to discover it in three to five days.
This seems to be a blessing among misfortunes!
And precisely because Li Yuanjing arrived very early, although the scene had been partially covered by the snow, some traces were still exposed.
These 'corpse thieves' must have come and dug up Zhao Yinling's body in the afternoon when the snow was heavy.
Judging from their footprints, the direction they left should be towards Pijiazhuang in the north!
But it was already mid-October, and it had basically entered the season when heavy snow closed the mountains. Every village and town had basically entered the time to build forts and defend themselves.
Although the Pijiazhuang side is only a small earthen wall as high as one person, with Li Yuanjing's current strength, it is still unrealistic to attack him and launch an army to hold him accountable.
What Li Yuanjing secretly hated was!
He always felt that these 'corpse thieves' had some evil intentions in guiding their footprints in the direction of Pijiazhuang!
As for who stole Zhao Yinling’s body——
There are too many suspects.
Whether it's Mr. Dong, Xue Dashan, or Zhao Yinling's parents, including the head of Lengshan's family, they are all suspects!
And everyone’s suspicion is quite high!
In the absence of more clues and evidence, Li Yuanjing was unable to judge at all.
If you force yourself to judge, you may get yourself into an even messier situation!
"call."
Half a moment.
Li Yuanjing took a long breath, closed his eyes and quickly opened them again:
"Fill the grave!"
"Hey? Yes!"
It took everyone a moment to react and hurried to life.
Seeing that Li Yuanjing had finally recovered, Zhang Kun dared to talk to Li Yuanjing and hurriedly comforted him:
"Master, you don't have to worry too much. In the early years, there have been 'corpse thieves' in our area who specialize in stealing the bodies of young women and selling them to people for underworld marriage..."
"Maybe things are not as bad as you think. Let's seal our mouth first and send people out to investigate as soon as possible. I think there will be news soon..."
Li Yuanjing sighed deeply, squeezed out a smile, patted Zhang Kun on the shoulder and said:
"Brother Zhang, don't worry. I'm fine. I'm just thinking about something. You're right to keep this matter secret. When these brothers are done with their work, go and say hello to them!"
Seeing that Li Yuanjing seemed to have really recovered, Zhang Kun felt relieved and nodded hurriedly to get to work.
At this time, Li Yuanjing pulled Wang Cuihua aside and asked in a low voice:
"Back then, did something like this happen to my Uncle Wang's concubine who died suddenly?"
"this……"
Wang Cuihua was not stupid. She also expected that Li Yuanjing would ask this question, but she couldn't help but smile bitterly:
"Master, I really don't know about this matter. I'm afraid it happened back then, and it should have been suppressed. After so many years, I'm afraid people have forgotten it all..."
Li Yuanjing nodded slowly, stopped worrying about this, and whispered to Wang Cuihua in a low voice.
Wang Cuihua was smart and nodded quickly.
This matter must not be known to Yu Niang...
…
at this point.
If you blindly pursue it, you will undoubtedly fall into the wrong trap, and uncontrollable changes may even occur, destroying your foundation. Li Yuanjing will not act rashly.
It doesn't matter if a man is a good husband and if his wife is unvirtuous and his son is unfilial, how much less is it such a small disturbance?
After sealing his mouth, he took the people back to Quanzi Village.
But that night, despite Li Yuanjing's ambition, he didn't sleep well. He always saw Zhao Yinling's pretty face vaguely...
It wasn't until the sky was getting brighter that Li Yuanjing hugged Yu Niang with all his strength and fell into a sound sleep.
But it seemed that not long after he fell asleep, Li Yuanjing felt Yu Niang shaking him gently:
"Brother, wake up, wake up, Mr. Xue Dashan is here to visit..."
"Um?"
"Xue Dashanren?"
"What's this bastard doing here at this time?"
Li Yuanjing suddenly woke up from his daze and sat up immediately.
Yuniang was startled, but she had no time to think about anything else and hurriedly served Li Yuanjing to dress and wash his face.
She didn't miss her brother because she didn't serve him well and made those big shots look down on him.
Looking at Yu Niang who was serious about her, Li Yuanjing couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.
He naturally understood what this little girl was thinking. He wanted to stop her but couldn't, so he had to let her do it.
After all, this is a male-dominated society, and there are still too many rules and regulations for women.
How can Jade Lady be exempt from vulgarity?
After being cleaned up neatly by Yu Niang, Li Yuanjing soon met Xue Mang and Xue Dashan in the temporary public house here. He hurriedly raised his hands and said with a smile:
"Why does Mr. Xue have time to come to my little brother today?"
Xue Dashan smiled and handed Li Yuanjing his gift list. He then gave Li Yuanjing a bite of fat pig and several kinds of bacon, which was enough if he didn't have twenty taels.
Seeing Li Yuanjing smiling at him after reading the gift list, he smiled and said:
"Brother, I came here today specifically to tell you some good news. I thought about what happened last time when I went back. It's true, brother, that I did something wrong."
"No."
"I sold my face and spent a lot of money to save my face, but finally I got something done for you, brother!"
"Your Quanzi Village and Lengshan Mada's house won't charge you protection fees this year!"
"How could such a thing happen?"
Although Li Yuanjing knew very well in his heart that Mr. Xue Dashan was just a weasel giving New Year greetings to the rooster, he had absolutely no good intentions. However, on his face, Li Yuanjing would not show any signs of it. He pretended to be overjoyed and bowed:
"Master Xue, no, brother, thank you so much..."
"Hey~~~."
Xue Dashan smiled with control:
"Brother, we are all our brothers, wouldn't it be public knowledge? Why don't we call all the villagers together now and announce the good news to everyone?"
"this……"
At this time, Li Yuanjing finally caught the clue of Xue Dashan. This old man actually wanted to win people's hearts in front of him?
Immediately act as follows:
"Brother, it's not that I don't want to, it's that it's freezing now. Except for those working on the construction site, everyone else is staying at home. If someone comes out and gets cold, wouldn't it mean that a beautiful thing will become unsightly?
Already?"
"Well..."
Although Li Yuanjing's refusal was actually a bit clumsy, and Li Yuanjing was already prepared for Xue Dashan's counterattack.
However.
Xue Dashan thought for a moment, then bypassed the topic with a smile and said:
"Brother, I heard that you and Mr. Dong from Dagou Village have had some misunderstandings in the past few days?"