Big Mouth trembled in his heart when he thought about how ruthlessly the old Qian woman hacked at Zhu Tonghua's door last time.

"Did you hear that?" Ye Yuran asked fiercely.

"Listen...I heard..." Big Mouth immediately excused himself as something was still burning on the stove and ran away crawling on the ground.

Big Mouth was driven away, but the message she left behind stayed with the Zhu family.

The news of Mrs. Mei's death, coupled with Zhang Yan's failure to return home last night, gave Ye Yuran a bad feeling in her heart.

But she still gave Zhu San a calm look and asked everyone to finish their breakfast first.

Because he didn't know the truth, after dinner, Ye Yuran sent some of his more clever sons at home, and his daughter-in-law went out to inquire, but what they heard was not good news.

I don’t know if Big Mouth’s words had an effect, or if some people really thought that way. Many people “connected” Mrs. Mei’s death to the Zhu family, thinking that it was the Zhu family’s hand.

"Mom, what should I do? They all said it was made by our family." Ms. Liu was a little flustered.

"If you didn't do it, you didn't do it. Why are you panicking?" Ye Yuran glared at her and the others, "Even if God wants to find someone to settle the score, he won't find us. Whoever did this should be held responsible.

."

Ye Yuran didn't wait for the Mei family to come to the door, but first went to Li Zheng and the clan leader of Zhujia Village and asked them who they thought was the murderer of Mrs. Mei.

On the other side, Mei's family received the news.

Boss Mei yelled at his woman unhappily: "Didn't I ask you to check yesterday to see if Mrs. Mei was locked up properly? She's fine now. Something happened to her."

His mother-in-law also looked angry and said: "It's raining so hard, why don't you go by yourself? Besides, Mrs. Mei is dead, and it wasn't me who killed her. You go find the murderer yourself."

"Stop the quarrel," Mei Tongshan, Mrs. Mei's nephew, shouted, "Zhujiacun informed us to identify the person here. We'd better discuss how to deal with this matter."

"What should we do? Mrs. Mei died on the land of our Zhujia Village. It must have been the fault of people from our Zhujia Village. Of course we have to ask their Zhujia Village for compensation." Mei Yi didn't care about Mrs. Mei's death.

He was just a second-rate person who said "one person is full and the whole family is not hungry". When he heard about this, he felt that he could benefit from it, so he ran over to join in the fun.

Mei Tongshan glared at him: "Get out of here."

"Why? I also call Mrs. Mei my aunt. If something happens to her, can I help?" Mei Yi was not embarrassed at all, because he didn't think he could beat Mei Tongshan.

Mei Tongshan frowned, not knowing who he was, so he called this guy over.

No one in the room admitted: "I didn't call you."

"I didn't call you either."

"It's not me anyway."

…

"Okay, no one yelled. I heard the news and came here by myself, can't I?" Mei Yi said, "Did you see that my shoes are all dirty because of Mrs. Mei's matter. When the time comes, I can

I have to ask Zhujiacun to compensate for a new pair."

Everyone looked at Mei Yi's pair of shoes that had long been worn out and could no longer be worn, and were collectively speechless: "..."

However, Mei Yi's words of "compensation" did hit their mark - it is a characteristic of the Mei family that they cannot afford to lose money without profit.

They really want to benefit from this matter.

Li Zheng and the clan leader of Zhujia Village are discussing this matter. After all, a corpse suddenly appeared on the territory under their jurisdiction. This is not a good thing for anyone.

They also heard about it, and after a while, there were rumors that it was the Zhu family who had done it.

Li Zheng was still thinking: "Do you think it was them?"

"It's hard to tell with the temperament of the old Qian woman." The patriarch pondered, "The old Qian woman has a bad temper. If I bumped into her on the road or provoked her, she might have drawn the knife in anger."

"Do you think it was manslaughter?" Li Zheng was a little hesitant as he recalled the big hole in Mrs. Mei's head when she saw her.

It feels like such a big hole was not smashed all at once, but probably several times.

The main reason was that there was a heavy rain from yesterday afternoon to evening, which wiped out all the incriminating evidence, and they were unable to judge how Mrs. Mei died.

As for people, they have arranged for people to find a straw mat and cover it first, but this matter...

"Old Qianpo usually doesn't like to go out when she has nothing to do, and the fourth child of her family just gave birth to twins, and Mrs. Mei died on the territory of Zhujia Village. Do you think it is possible that she called Mrs. Mei over and then killed her?"

the patriarch asked.

Li Zheng shook his head: "It's unlikely. But this matter is a bit difficult to deal with. This old godly woman is difficult to deal with, and the Mei family is also a mess, so this matter is difficult to deal with."

"We have to do it even if it's difficult. Let Li Zheng and the clan leader over there come over and talk." The clan leader said, "Don't talk to the Mei family. We can't talk to the Mei family. But if the Mei family still wants to live in the village, they must obey.

They have Li Zheng and the clan leader in charge, so it will be much easier to talk about it."

Li Zheng said: "Did you just ask someone to inform Li Zheng and the clan leader over there? That was the original idea."

While the two were talking, the woman in front of them ran over with a panicked look on her face and told them that the old Qianpo was here.

"Why is she here?!" Li Zheng looked surprised.

"It doesn't matter if you come, before anyone comes over there, let's do some research here first, and we'll know what's going on here." Just like Li Zheng's worries, Patriarch Zhu was actually quite worried. He was afraid that Old Qianpo and Mei

When the family members bumped into each other, they refused to obey anyone and started fighting on the spot.

No one can suppress this old godly woman.

It would be a good thing if the old godmother could be dealt with before someone came over there.

However, what they didn't expect was that when the old godmother showed up, she didn't come to "quarrel", but to ask for clues about the "murderer".

The two were stunned for a moment.

"I asked my son and daughter-in-law to inquire about it. I heard that Mrs. Mei died on the road. The rain yesterday was too heavy and everything was washed away, so I don't know how she died. If you don't know, I want to see it.

Take a look at the body." Ye Yuran said with a serious face, "When I was working as an errand for a wealthy family, the government had some dealings with widowers. I heard a little bit about it, maybe I can help."

Clan leader, Li Zheng really didn't expect that she actually knew this.

Of course, Ye Yuran didn't know much. What she knew were just some "plots" she had seen in novels.

And although she asked her family members to help "collect" information, the amount of information is definitely not as much as that of Li Zheng and the clan leader. Later, the Mei family will come to "make trouble", and they may need help from Li Zheng and the clan leader, so

She doesn't mind giving the other person a little "sweetness" first.

Only then did Ye Yuran realize: I seem to have "ignored" these two people.

If this matter is over, she will definitely have good dealings with them in the future.

In this era, it can be said that the "authority" of these two people is the largest in the entire Zhujia Village. Sometimes even the Yamen has to consider their opinions.

Because the yamen cannot keep an eye on the countryside 24 hours a day, it needs someone to take care of it, and Li Zheng and the clan leader are the best "custodians".

Li Zheng is the "village chief" elected by the yamen; and the clan leader is voluntarily elected by a certain ethnic group with a certain surname. The two people jointly manage a certain village under their jurisdiction.

In fact, in comparison, in some places, the official "elected" Li Zheng may not have as much power as the patriarch of a certain family.
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