The villagers all looked serious when they heard this. No one objected and they all nodded in agreement:

"Old Patriarch, Uncle Dazhu, please investigate carefully! Find this vicious person quickly. We can't keep such people in Qinghe Village anymore."

"Old Patriarch, please send a few of us to check every household. If there is anyone suspicious, we will arrest him."

"Yes, I will go with you. No one can be spared."

The villagers were in an uproar.

*

At this time, Uncle Shen suddenly said:

"Old clan leader, please send a few people to accompany me to the village head's house. Then send a few more to the blind woman's house."

When they suddenly heard Uncle Shen mention the name of the village head Li Shuanghe, everyone was a little confused.

In the blink of an eye, someone figured out what was going on and started to tiptoe around to look for it. Then he shouted at the top of his voice,

"Old Patriarch, something is wrong! Why did Uncle Zheng leave after such a big incident?"

Soon someone else started shouting,

"Yes! Why is Uncle Village Chief missing? We were all fighting the fire in the middle of the night, and none of us have ever seen his wife Ma Zhaodi!"

Another person spoke up:

"Old Patriarch, I saw Li Shuanghe coming over, but why did he leave without saying a word?"

"Hey! What are you looking for? Everyone knows that the two families are unhappy because of the broken engagement. Uncle Dazhu's new house burned down, and Uncle Lizheng is probably secretly happy about it!"

Someone whispered.

"That's right. Ma Zhaodi and her mother must be laughing at home! I didn't see them that night."

After the chaos, the villagers only then realized this abnormal phenomenon after hearing Uncle Shen's words.

Such a big thing happened in the village, but Li Shuanghe, the village head, disappeared.

"Hey, hey? I figured it out. There must be something fishy going on here."

Someone slapped his thigh and shouted in sudden realization.

"Hush! Say less! Listen to the old patriarch."

Someone spoke up to stop the chattering.

**

The old patriarch understood Uncle Shen's meaning in an instant. After figuring it out, his expression changed and he gave loud instructions to the crowd.

"Lao San, you take a few people to watch over the scene here. Dazhu, let's go, come with me to check on Li Shuanghe's home."

"Well, go ahead! I'll take care of this side."

The old man called Lao San also calmed down at this time. After pointing to two young men, he waved to the old patriarch and the others.

"Dazhu, let's go?!"

"Okay let's go."

The old patriarch and Uncle Shen took the lead, followed by Heizi and seven or eight strong young men, who strode to Li Lizheng's house.

**

When they were almost at the door of Li Lizheng's house, Heizi saw Fatty Tiger Girl peeking out of the gate stealthily.

"Tiger Girl, where is your father?"

"Ah? My...my father..."

When Huniu saw so many people coming, she was so scared that she stammered and slammed the gate shut before she could finish her words.

When they saw it, they immediately realized something was wrong and ran over. However, no matter how hard they pushed the door, it wouldn't open. It turned out that Li Huniu had bolted it from the inside.

"What should we do? Uncle Dazhu."

Uncle Shen put his ear to the door to listen to the noise inside, and he heard the sound of Li Huniu breathing heavily while she was lying on the crack of the door.

*

He turned around and made a "hush" gesture to the young men, then whispered to the old patriarch:

"Old clan leader, I'm going to the back door with Heizi and the others. Li Huniu must be hiding something, and is lying in the crack of the door listening to what we're doing!"

"Yeah, yeah, then you guys go ahead! The three of them and I will guard here."

The old patriarch responded quickly in a low voice. He waved his hand quickly and continued to guard the gate with the three of them.

*

At the back door of the village head’s house.

An ox cart was parked on the muddy road near the back door. Li Lizheng and his wife Ma Zhaodi were hurriedly loading things onto the cart.

While loading the car, he lowered his voice and said:

"If I don't pick you up, you are not allowed to come back. Do you hear me?"

"Stop talking nonsense, I know it." A few unclear and impatient words came out of Ma Zhaodi's mouth.

"You knew you would bring me such a big trouble, but you two can only wish me the best!"

Li Lizheng was so angry when he heard his wife's impatience and saw her current horrible look that he almost threw something.

At this moment, Li Huniu's panicked voice rang out in the yard.

"Dad, Dad, Mom, here they come, here they come!"

When the two heard the words, they shuddered and instantly guessed who their daughter was talking about. The couple stopped arguing and hurriedly tied up the things in the car.

*

"Li Shuanghe, what are you going to do?"

"Ah? Yes... Dazhu is here! Your sister-in-law is not feeling well. I will take her to the town to see a doctor."

Li Lizheng didn't expect that these people would come so quickly, and he stuttered because he felt guilty.

"Go to town to see a doctor? Who in this area doesn't know that our village doctor Gu is a skilled doctor?"

"This... hehe... this... even Doctor Gu can't see it."

Li Lizheng was speechless.

*

The sharp-eyed Heizi looked at Ma Zhaodi, who kept her head down and didn't say anything, and found it unusual.

After observing her for a few seconds, he took a few steps forward and pulled off the bamboo hat on her head. He shouted to Uncle Shen:

"Uncle Dazhu, stop talking nonsense with them. I think Ma Zhaodi was the one who started the fire. Look at her appearance?"

Ma Zhaodi was caught off guard and her hat was taken off. She cursed in panic.

"Ouch? What are you doing, you bastard?"

He immediately tried to grab the bamboo hat, but Heizi ran away yelling.

*

Ma Zhaodi's unclear words immediately made several people look at her.

Her yellow hair that had been burned into weeds by the fire stood up, her burned eyebrows, her swollen mouth and her face full of bright blisters were exposed.

"Yes, it was Ma Zhaodi who did it. Don't even think about running away again."

Several young men rushed forward and stopped the ox cart, blocking Ma Zhaodi's way to escape.

*

There was such a loud commotion at the back door that the old patriarch and his men hurried over. After seeing all this, there was nothing that he, an old and experienced man, did not understand.

He was so angry that he walked up to Li Lizheng, pointed at his nose and started to curse him.

"You! A coward. I've told you to take good care of this woman, otherwise she will definitely ruin you.

You refused to listen and refused to believe. Look at what has happened?! It’s retribution! It’s retribution! "

At this time, the head of the village, Ma Zhaodi, was unable to speak, her eyes were swollen into slits and she could not even open them. She was so angry that she picked up a bull whip and wanted to whip a few people who blocked her way to scare them.

**

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