Thinking of this, I subconsciously looked towards the memorial shed. Unfortunately, I didn't see the portrait.
Bai Yu'e kept staring at me and suddenly sneered and said, "Are you trying to say that the person who stole the seven-color Gu tonight is the dead Ma Kaishan?"
I just mentioned people wearing shrouds.
So Bai Yu'e can guess what I'm thinking.
I responded: "That's right. That's what I thought. It's best to open the coffin and take a look. Maybe it's empty inside."
Bai Yu'e waved her hand, and the middle-aged man Ma Hu immediately went over to check.
Soon, Ma Hu came back and reported: "The coffin is very well nailed, the surroundings are very clean, and the people keeping watch have not left."
The implication is that it cannot be this Ma Kaishan.
I can't help but be a little disappointed.
"Boy, you are very smart. You want to frame this crime of theft on our Qingyadong." Bai Yu'e stared at me, as if everything was under her control.
I shuddered and asked, "What are you going to do with me?"
Bai Yu'e smiled faintly and said, "Don't be anxious. Wait for a while."
Soon, what I was worried about happened. I didn't want Maxiko to get involved, but he still let the people from Qingyadong find him.
I also brought two bamboo baskets with me.
The jar containing the life poison was hidden under the dry food and rope tools.
Fortunately, no one is searching for the bamboo basket yet.
There was still blood on Makiko's face, probably caused by resistance.
"Are you Qingyadong bandits?" Maxizi shouted loudly.
Bai Yu'e's eyes focused on her and fell straight on Maxiko.
Big beads of sweat appeared on Maxiko's forehead. She swayed a little and said in a weaker tone: "What are you going to do! I...I'm not afraid of you."
Bai Yu'e laughed: "Two young people came to Camellia Cave all at once. You are also here to steal Gu worms, right?"
Maxiko managed to hold herself up without falling to the ground and said, "I don't know him. I've never seen him in Camellia Cave."
I sighed secretly, it was confirmed that I was from Camellia Cave.
Maxi Zi said that he had not seen me in Camellia Cave.
This is tantamount to asking for help.
"Xizi, there's no need to pretend that you don't know me." I said.
I walked up to Makiko and asked, "Are your injuries okay?"
When Makiko saw that I recognized him, he breathed a sigh of relief and said proudly: "It's okay! The person who caught me also received my fist."
"Brother Xizi."
Suddenly, a pleasant voice came from outside the crowd of people watching in Qingyadong.
A girl wearing plain clothes ran out.
The girl had an oval face and joy in her eyes. She asked unabashedly: "Brother Xizi, are you here to see me?"
Maxiko's face suddenly turned red, and she hesitated for a long time: "I...I came to hunt."
This girl should be Makiko's favorite sister, Forsythia forsythia.
Forsythia is the name of a medicinal herb that is cold in nature and bitter in taste. It can clear away heat and detoxify, and dispel wind-heat.
This is a good medicine. Forsythia fruit and wild chrysanthemum soaked in water can cure colds.
"Miss Forsythia, I am a good friend of Makiko. My name is Dongsheng."
"Ma Xizi came out to hunt this time to earn money for a train ticket and go south to work. When he makes money, he will come back and marry you. The main reason why he came to Qingyadong is to meet you and say goodbye."
"I never thought that there would be some misunderstandings."
I finished quickly.
Makiko's face suddenly turned red.
Forsythia was overjoyed and said, "Brother Xizi, is it true?"
Maxiko, no matter how confused she was, finally became enlightened and nodded vigorously: "I'm stupid, my main purpose... is to see you and say goodbye to you."
Bai Yu'e stepped forward and blocked Forsythia: "Forsythia, don't be so presumptuous."
Immediately, she showed a sinister smile again and stared at Makiko coldly.
Forsythia shouted loudly: "Brother Xizi, be careful."
Forsythia's lips haven't closed yet, probably to remind Makiko to be careful of Bai Yu'e's poison. But she couldn't shout out the second half of the words.
I stood in front of Maxizi and said loudly: "Mrs. Ma, the seven-color Gu should be in Qingyadong. I can help you find it. Once you find it, let us go."
Judging from the current situation, Ma Hu believed that his father, Ma Yunfeng, had passed away long ago.
As for whether Bai Yu'e knew about it, I don't know yet.
Where is the Seven Color Gu?
I am not sure as well.
However, I have a hunch that the Seven Color Gu should be inside Qingyadong.
This feeling is the intuition I have developed over many years of catching poisonous insects.
Bai Yu'e looked at me with a serious expression: "If you can't find it, I will use your good friend to raise Gu."
Forsythia hurriedly said: "No. Brother Xizi is not a bad person."
Bai Yu'e sneered and said in the tone of an elder: "Forsythia, didn't your parents tell you?"
"Qingya girls won't marry Camellia Dong. Qingya boys won't marry Camellia girls. You'd better put away these fancy thoughts."
Forsythia gritted her teeth, but was not afraid of Bai Yu'e, and said: "Grandma E, I am free to marry, you can't control me."
Bai Yu'e was a little unhappy: "I can't control you, but I can control your parents. You must listen to me in Qingyadong. Mingtao back then is the best example."
I was secretly surprised that Mingtao was actually a girl from Qingya.
Forsythia didn't speak any more, and looked at Makizi with a somewhat dazed look.
Makiko was heartbroken and tears welled up in her eyes.
Suddenly, Forsythia suddenly said: "Death is never the most difficult thing. I'm not afraid."
When Makiko heard this, her speech became clearer: "I'm not afraid either."
Bai Yu'e's authority was challenged, her wrinkled face was covered with thick haze, and she said: "Lock these two thieves next to the ancestral hall, and send someone with a knife to watch them."
"Mom, do you want to search their bamboo baskets?" Ma Hu asked.
Bai Yu'e said: "There are no Gu insects in it, so there is no need to search."
I breathed a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, my life Gu was injured and I didn't have any resentment, like a dead thing. Otherwise, Bai Yu'e would have discovered it.
Soon, the two of us were locked up, with only a small window and a small door.
When entering the door, Makiko's right knee shook and she almost fell to the ground.
I quickly supported him.
The oil paper on the windows was torn, and the cold wind poured in directly.
Makiko sat aside and soon burst into tears.
I said: "Xizi, what are you thinking about?"
Maxiko wiped her tears and said: "Qingya girls will not marry camellia boys, and Qingya boys will not marry camellia girls. Although, we can die. But I prefer and hope that Forsythia lives."
I also didn't expect that there would be such unreasonable rules between the two villages.
I said: "Xizi, if you want to live, you can elope. However, you don't have the ability to take care of a girl yet, so don't think about these things yet."
Maxiko was obviously excited: "Can you find the seven-color Gu? I heard someone said that the treasure insect in Camellia Cave is the golden silkworm. And the treasure insect in Qingyadong is the seven-color Gu."
I was shocked. I didn't expect that the seven-color Gu was actually Qingyadong's village-killing Gu.