Chapter 597
The discovery of this sudden mountain road ignited a glimmer of hope for both Li Shaoan and Wang Xiangxiu.
If Zhao Xuemei came to the main road, as long as she walked along the main road, she would definitely be able to return to a safe place.
But they searched it all over again and again, but the two of them didn't miss any details and found no footprints left by Zhao Xuemei.
"Strange, has Sister Xuemei not been here?"
"No, according to the mark Xuemei left for us, her walking direction was to walk along the road up the mountain. As long as she crossed the mountain, she would definitely find this mountain road."
"This is true. If Sister Xuemei suddenly turns around, she will meet us, but we didn't meet her on the way."
Wang Xiangxiu suddenly remembered something and said excitedly: "Sister Xuemei is wearing long rubber shoes, right?"
Li Shaoan's face was not turbulent, and he smiled bitterly: "I have considered this a long time ago. Xuemei was wearing my sister-in-law's shoes, the size of thirty-six. Look at the footprints on the ground, which one is not the footprints of forty-two or forty-three men."
This is strange. The two of them found a mountain road along the marks left by Zhao Xuemei.
However, on this mountain jumping road, Zhao Xuemei completely lost her traces. Not only did she leave no marks, but she even lost her footprints.
Where can Zhao Xuemei go?
The person who was most anxious at this time was Li Shaoan. He secretly swore that even if he was digging three feet into the ground, he would definitely find Zhao Xuemei back.
"Shao'an, come here."
Wang Xiangxiu seemed to have found something in those footprints.
Li Shaoan immediately came to Wang Xiangxiu, squatted down and checked carefully.
Because the heavy snow is falling, the footprints on the mountain road will be covered. Putting aside the footprints left at different times, only counting the footprints left at the same time, and counting them carefully, there are five people in total.
Four of them had deep footprints, while one of them had relatively shallow footprints.
"Is this carrying a sedan?"
The first explanation that came to Li Shaoan's mind was this. Four sedan chairmen were carrying the heavy sedan chair, and a matchmaker walked in front.
"Carry the sedan?"
Wang Xiangxiu frowned. If she really carried a sedan chair, the footprints on the ground would make sense.
There is only one possibility that someone will be invited to carry the sedan chair in the local area, that is, which family will take their daughter-in-law.
In the past, you had to ask your husband to see the days when you got married. There were many people who got married in the cold winter.
Wang Xiangxiu also heard from her grandmother that when her grandmother married her grandfather, it was the first day of the Lunar New Year. Her grandfather's family sent a sedan chairman to her grandmother's house to pick up her bride. At that time, the snow was covered with snow, and the snow on the road was buried at the waist of the sedan chairman and she couldn't even walk on the road. Finally, she asked someone to use a shovel in front to open the road.
If it is a married sedan chair, what does it have to do with Zhao Xuemei's disappearance?
A bad premonition suddenly surged in Li Shaoan's heart.
Wang Xiangxiu seemed to feel that something bad might happen, but she was still trying her best to comfort Li Shaoan.
"Don't worry, let's walk along the mountain road and you'll know what's going on."
"No further ado, we have to speed up and catch up with the one who sent the bride."
The two of them walked and ran all the way, the mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, and the heavy snow was endless.
However, both of them were worried about Zhao Xuemei's safety. At this moment, they could only feel at ease if they could find Zhao Xuemei quickly.
After walking for about an hour, Wang Xiangxiu whispered: "This mountain road seems to be from Huangshi Village, I have a little impression of it."
Li Shaoan asked excitedly: "Then how far are we from Huangshi Village now?"
Wang Xiangxiu shook her head: "I don't know this, I just have a little impression of it."
As the two were talking, they saw a group of people coming from the wind and snow in front of them. The snow was too heavy, and there were countless numbers, and there were a bunch of shaking figures.
"Maybe it's those who carry the sedan chair! I'll go and take a look!"
Li Shaoan could no longer wait, and rushed towards the group of people alone.
"Wait for me!"
Wang Xiangxiu followed closely behind Li Shaoan.
They were close to each other, and they were indeed a group of sedan chairmen and a matchmaker.
The group of people were holding red bags in their hands, with red eggs, wedding candies and towels in them, all thank you gifts given to others after helping them.
When he came to those guys, Li Shaoan was full of anger and his eyes were almost glaring out, as if he was about to kill someone.
"Young man...what are you...doing?"
Li Shaoan's murderous aura made the group of people tremble. He felt that the coldness of the heavy snow was not as good as the young man's eyes.
"I'll ask you, who's married in Huangshi Village today?"
"Li, Li Laoliu's family...what happened?"
When the matchmaker saw that Li Shaoan was not easy to mess with, his face changed drastically and he replied stammeringly.
"Li Laoliu, who is Li Laoliu? Why haven't I heard of it? My father is the head of Tieshanwan Village, Huangshi Village and we are neighboring villages. Why don't I know who Li Laoliu you are talking about?"
Wang Xiangxiu ran out of breath and rushed behind Li Shaoan. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she asked the matchmaker.
When he heard that Wang Xiangxiu was the daughter of the village chief of Tieshanwan, the matchmaker and the sedan chairmen shouted "Oh no, this girl is not a little bitch and can't afford to offend her."
"If you don't make it clear today, I will immediately ask my father to call all the villagers in Tieshanwan to keep it so that you can't get out of this mountain!"
"Li Laoliu is Li Futian, a poor household in Huangshi Village. He is still asking for a wife at 46. He saved up all his life. Today, he spent a lot of money and finally got what he wanted. He married a beautiful wife."
"Who is the wife he married? Which village or which daughter?"
Wang Xiangxiu refused to give in and vowed to break the casserole to ask the end. These people were afraid of her identity and did not dare to do anything to her, so they could only answer with a tough bullet.
"Hongyan Village, the daughter of Zhang Fengxi's family."
The more Wang Xiangxiu looked at the root of the matter, the more panicked the matchmaker became.
On the faces of these sedan chairmen, Li Shaoan was panicked and they did not dare to look at Li Shaoan. Whenever they encountered Li Shaoan's gaze, they immediately lowered their heads, as if they were afraid that Li Shaoan would see through it.
"How old is the daughter of Zhang Fengxi's family this year?" Li Shaoan walked to a sedan chairwoman.
"The Zhang family's daughter this year..." The matchmaker jumped with eyebrows, worried that the sedan chairwoman would let her say something, so she immediately rushed to answer.
"Shut up! Did I ask you to answer?"
Li Shaoan's eyes were full of murderous aura, and the matchmaker felt a chill coming, and immediately shut up and dared not speak.
"I'll ask you, how old is Zhang Fengxi's daughter this year? Look at me and say!"
Li Shaoan straightened the sedan chairman's head and stared at his eyes. His aura had already scared the sedan chairman to fight.
"Ten, sixteen..."
"A sixteen-year-old girl in the flower season, marrying a forty-six-year-old family?"
The sedan chairwoman was already bloodless and was frightened by Li Shaoan's momentum and did not dare to speak.
The matchmaker risked being angrily scolded by Li Shaoan and forced her to explain: "Young man, didn't you say it? Li Laoliu saved money for the rest of his life just to get such a wife. The Zhang family collected Li Laoliu's money. This is how the marriage was decided."
Li Shaoan pulled the matchmaker to him and kicked him hard in his knees. The matchmaker knelt down in response, and the sharp hatchet was already placed on the matchmaker's neck.
"You have to pretend to be confused when you understand, right? I think you won't cry until you see the coffin!"
"Young man, don't do it. If you have something to say, don't do it."
Chapter completed!