Chapter 174
When Shu Ying heard the word "Yingluo", she knew that she had found the real owner, so she quickly signaled to Chu and gave the waiter a piece of silver, so that he could carefully recall the situation of the hunter and the various words he said when he sold Yingluo. Shu Ying and the others finally found a clue and got the name of a village.
Niushan Village, an ordinary name that cannot be more ordinary.
The village has more than 30 miles of mountain roads from Manbei Town, and most of them pass through the mountains and forests. Fortunately, Shu You and the few people dressed very simply. Following the yamen runners in Manbei Town, they did not encounter any trouble.
After walking for about an hour and a half, several houses scattered in the mountains appeared in the sight of Shu You and the others.
"Niushan Village is ahead!" A white-looking yamen runner breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to the quiet houses in the distance, and said to Shuqing and the others: "There are only more than a hundred people in this Niushan Village, most of them are farmers who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and there are not many families hunting. We will find people soon after we ask!"
Ji Yang nodded: "Then let's go quickly! If we could find someone earlier, we might be able to go back to the town to spend the night."
As soon as these words were said, all the yamen runners were naturally happy. Who would like to spend the night in a place like Niushan Village? It is naturally the best to go back to Manbei Town!
So, everyone who was a little tired suddenly became energetic, turned to the mountain path, and walked over to the nearest family.
The house was made of two rows of earth walls, covered with some bark and thatch, and a flat and clean open space in front of the house. At this moment, there were an old and two young women, three women embroidering their heads with needles and threads. When they saw so many yamen runners appear, they were frightened and their faces were pale. They quickly stood up, and they didn't even notice that the things fell to the ground.
"Everyone... sir... what's wrong with you?" Although the old woman's face was pale, she still yelled at the yamen runners and asked tremblingly: "We didn't... did nothing wrong..."
"Don't worry, old lady, we're just here to find someone! You happen to live here, so I'll just ask for information!" The fair-looking yamen runner stood up, pulled the corners of his mouth, tried to put on a smile, said to the old woman, looked at her slightly calmed down, and then briefly said the hunter's information, and then asked: "Do you know, does this hunter have such a person in Niushan Village?"
"Hunter?!" The old woman quickly frowned and thought, "Dear officials, there are four families in our Niushan Village who are hunters, but our family doesn't have much contact with them, so I don't know which family has a mark on their hands..."
"That's it! Then do you know where these four hunters live?" The fair yamen runner asked again.
"I know, I know!" The old woman nodded quickly and said to everyone: "They are easy to find. You can see if there are any fur hanging on the door, that's their family."
Several yamen runners nodded and turned their eyes to Ji Yang's direction.
"I'm sorry that the old woman will give us a guide. Let's look for it one by one, so that we can avoid going around and wandering around!" Ji Yang had a stern face and tried to make his attitude better. He asked the old woman. After she pointed the direction for them, he nodded, took out a piece of silver from his arms and handed it to her and said, "Thank you!"
The old woman took the silver into her hand with a trembling hand, looking surprised and frightened, hesitating whether to return the silver. In the end, she couldn't break free from the two daughters-in-law holding her arms. She could only hold the silver and watch Shu Yanhang and his group leave, heading towards the homes of the hunters in Niushan Village.
Four hunters, Shu Ying and the others left, but they could not find the man with the mark on his hands.
"Maybe it's the two remaining families." Dian Chu looked at Shu Yan's obviously ugly face and quickly comforted him softly: "Miss, don't worry, we will definitely find someone."
Shu Yan smiled reluctantly, followed the group of yamen runners, and soon moved to the home of the third hunter.
The family has five people, three men and two women, and are cleaning some prey that have just been hunted back.
"Dear officials...but what's wrong?" An older man saw the appearance of the yamen runners, and quickly wiped his hands. He fell in front of everyone in a few steps. He asked nervously: "You guys are tired, there is water at home. If you don't dislike it, come in and have a bowl!"
"No need! We're just here to inquire about one person!" The white yamen runner looked at the remaining people, but his eyes looked around the hands of the three men, and did not find any marks. He immediately said with some disappointment: "Which hunter in Niushan Village has a mark on his hands? Do you know?"
"There is a mark on the hand?" The old man was stunned, then frowned and thought: "Official... There are only four families in our Niushan Village going up the mountain to hunt, and there are many people who come to see each other frequently. Most of them have worked together. I have never seen anyone with marks on the hand!"
"No?!" The fair-looking yamen runner was stunned and couldn't help but turn his head to look in the direction of Ji Yang and the others. He thought to himself that the group of people in front of him could have heard the news wrong and took them to Niushan Village for a vain trip, right?
"No!" The old man nodded with certainty and said, "Official, we can't lie to you about this, right? If you don't believe it, you can also go to the other families to check it out..."
Ji Yang frowned, ignored the white-looking man's gaze for help, and after thinking about it, he asked the old man: "There are no one in your village going up the mountain to hunt except for you four households?"
"It's really not! Master!" the old man nodded quickly and shouted loudly: "My officials, you must have found the wrong place! There are only a few marks on our Niushan Village, and where is the hunter with marks on his body..."
Chapter completed!