"Maybe I put it down when I was giving my mother an injection, but then I forgot about it. I'm going to get it back now."
Yang Ruoqing said, turned around and was about to go again, but was pulled back by Luo Fengtang.
"Don't worry, there are many more at home," he said.
"It's just, why does my mother-in-law need an acupuncture? Is she feeling uncomfortable?" He asked again immediately, with concern in his eyes.
Yang Ruoqing sighed softly, "How can I say this? It's a bit evil. Oh, by the way, there are far more evils than this. In Lijiacun, Li Wei's house was robbed again last night. A lot of things were stolen, and there were still things left at the scene. Paper money all over the place..."
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In the study, after hearing the news brought back by Yang Ruoqing, Luo Fengtang's face completely sunk this time.
"The crime was committed by a gang, not by individuals." He said solemnly.
"This group of people should have good skills. They are not blindly reckless. They know how to use superstitious things to give the theft a mysterious cloak."
Yang Ruoqing agreed with Luo Fengtang's words, "In eight villages within ten miles, my family and my father's family are really big families. Those thieves avoided our two families, which shows that they are familiar villagers."
"Besides, when they went to steal Li Wei's house, they should have inquired about it in advance."
"From Changping Village to Lijia Village, this group of thefts was a mobile crime. Before, it was petty theft in our village. It should be because my father and others organized three shifts of patrols at night, which made them somewhat afraid. It is inconvenient to move large-scale supplies.”
"I don't dare to steal from our village later because we are back. But the past few days they have stopped in our village, but they haven't really stopped. It's because they went to Lijia Village to set up a base and planned a big incident. Last night, Li Wei's house was stolen, which shows that The big vote that those thieves planned was successful!"
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Luo Fengtang and Yang Ruoqing set out from the backyard and quietly headed towards the Taoist temple.
"Well, it was on this bridge last night that my mother and the others saw Huang Pizi lighting up the lamp."
The two walked onto the bridge, and Yang Ruoqing pointed to the fence on the side, "My aunt was standing here and saw Huangpizi by the river under the bridge."
She came to the place where Da Sun stood last night and looked at her feet.
Underfoot is an almost dry river. The silt and aquatic plants give off a rotting smell. Occasionally, there are still shallow puddles in some places.
The river has been excavated several times. It started when Lao Yangtou was young. Yang Huazhong and others also experienced it later. In recent years, they have also been digging at intervals. The river is very deep, and the river water is strong at the turn of spring and summer. When it rises, the water level is almost as high as the stone bridge beneath our feet.
If a person who doesn't know how to swim falls in, there is almost no way he can be saved. People with good water qualities also hang.
Because there are many aquatic plants in the river and they are deep, like countless vines floating in the water, more like countless tentacles wrapping around your ankles and pulling you down...
"The water in this river has receded. Why is Huangpizi wandering by this dry river?" Yang Ruoqing stared at the deep river at her feet, frowning and thinking.
If it was just a glimpse, maybe you just happened to pass by here.
According to Sun's description, Huangpizi was wandering back and forth by the river. It had been wandering here for a long time before they came.
Moreover, Da Sun thought it was a fellow villager from Shiliba Village and called it, and it actually came up...
Putting all this together, Yang Ruoqing felt that Huang Pizi appeared here for a reason.
"There's something over there."
Luo Fengtang's voice interrupted Yang Ruoqing's thoughts.
When she turned around, Luo Fengtang was already walking quickly towards the end of the bridge over there.
Yang Ruoqing followed immediately.
Among the withered grass at the end of the bridge, a one-meter-long branch fell. On the branch was tied a ball of unidentifiable animal skin. It was stained with the smell of burning oil, dark, and obviously It's burned out.
"This thing...could it be the torch held by the yellow man last night?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
Luo Fengtang picked up the thing and looked at it carefully, then put it under his nose and sniffed: "It smells like body odor, it must be right."
The two looked around and searched around the area again, but found nothing else except the fallen 'torch'.
"Let's go to the Taoist temple first." Luo Fengtang stretched out his hand to hold Yang Ruoqing's hand out of habit.
Yang Ruoqing retracted her fingers.
Luo Fengtang was stunned for a moment, a little confused.
Yang Ruoqing glanced at his hand and stuck out her tongue playfully.
Luo Fengtang understood instantly.
This hand just picked up a yellow leather torch, and the body odor still remains...
With a helpless smile, he stretched out another hand: "This one shouldn't be disliked anymore, right?"
Yang Ruoqing smiled and quickly put both hands up to hold his hand tightly. In order to please her, she even put her cheek against the back of his hand and rubbed it gently: "Don't give birth to me now." Are you angry?"
Luo Fengtang smiled, raised his hand and touched her head, "Don't worry if I'm not angry with you!"
Yang Ruoqing opened her mouth and showed a fat girl's signature smile: "I know that my Tangyazi is the best, the best husband in history!"
The two of them hiked up the mountain and entered the Taoist temple.
As the twelfth lunar month approaches, not many people come to Taoist temples to burn incense.
The peak seasons for Taoist temples are basically during the first lunar month, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival and Yulan Festival.
Because Yang Huaming and Yang Yongzhi did not come to the Taoist temple today, but went to Lijiacun. There were only three or four people in the huge Taoist temple, which was relatively deserted.
Zhao Liuer's eldest brother and Yang Yongzhi's brother-in-law Zhao Damao was cleaning the incense ashes in the bronze tripod in the yard.
He was very careful when doing these things. The cleaned incense ash would not be scattered on the ground. Instead, he would put it in a special dustpan and then take it to the vegetable field behind the Taoist temple to make earthwork ash. It could also be used in winter. Keep vegetables warm.
Therefore, the vegetables here in Taoist Temple grow well all year round. In Yang Huaming’s words, there is no need to go out to buy vegetables at all, and this expense can be basically eliminated.
"Brother Zhao."
Yang Ruoqing said hello to Zhao Damao and came this way with a smile.
Zhao Damao saw them coming and hurried over to entertain them.
"Brother Zhao, there is no need to entertain us. We are here to see Daoist Yuan. I wonder if he is back?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.
Not long ago, Taoist priest Yuan was invited to attend some Dharma conference in the Jiuhua Mountain area. He heard that he also wanted to discuss Taoism with others, so he stayed away for a month.
It's already the twelfth lunar month, almost two months away. Isn't it time that Taoist priest Yuan came back?
"Taoist Master Yuan? What a coincidence. He sent a letter back yesterday, saying that he had finished the Dharma conference over there and would be able to return to the Taoist temple in the next two days." Zhao Damao said.
Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang looked at each other, "The ball is over, Taoist Yuan is not back yet!"
Luo Fengtang said: "Since I sent the letter, it should only last for these two days. We will ask again in two days."
Yang Ruoqing nodded, that was all she could do.
The two were about to leave when Zhao Damao followed: "I'll see you off."
Yang Ruoqing was about to say no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Zhao Damao suddenly stared at something on the ground at the door, as if he saw something, his eyes suddenly straightened.
