Those years when I was a corpse guard in Yizhuang

Chapter 9

Li Yu fell into deep thought. Although this memory was not much, he deduced a lot from it.

The big man was full of evil spirits, and he was holding a steel knife. He was obviously not an ordinary commoner, and the red ribbon on his wrist reminded Li Yu of a name that could stop children from crying - Red Scarf Bandit.

This is a group of horse bandits who burn, kill, loot, and commit all kinds of crimes. Because of their bloodthirsty and cruelty, they are notorious in the entire Dongyang County and even Fengzhou.It is also named after a blood-stained ribbon often wrapped around the wrist.

Combined with this bloody ribbon and his evil spirit, this big man is obviously a red scarf thief!

And judging from his aura, it seems that he is not just an ordinary minion, at least he is also a leader or a small leader.

"Since this memory is a reward for me, it means that there should be some benefits hidden in this memory."

Li Yu's eyes flickered, and he vaguely had a guess:
"Could it be that this person is already dead?"

"Not to mention that this person was seriously injured, his lips were purple, and the wound was black. He was obviously poisoned. Even if he really died, it doesn't seem strange."

Li Yu gently covered Ergou with a white cloth, and then came outside the door.

The sun was still bright at this time, and it gave a little warmth to the body.

Li Yu was lost in thought.

After a long time, he looked towards the direction of the mountain behind Guojia Village with deep eyes.

"Red Turban"

In the evening, the sky was getting dark. After dinner, Li Yu stretched his muscles and bones. When he opened the door, he saw that it was snowing outside.

The sky was dark, and with the whining cold wind, pieces of snowflakes fell from the sky, landed on the trees and on the ground, and as far as the eye could see, there was a vast expanse of whiteness.

It's noticeably colder tonight.

Li Yu exhaled, tremblingly closed the doors and windows, even the gaps in the wall were plugged with straw rags, ready to go to bed and rest.

Boom boom boom!
Unexpectedly, not long after he lay on the bed, he heard someone knocking on the door.

Li Yu frowned, in the middle of the night, who would come to Yizhuang?

"Who is it?" he asked aloud.

"It's me, Old Qu, the town's fast catcher!" A man's voice came from outside the door, and because of the night wind, it sounded a bit vague.

The catcher's surname is Qu?Could it be the old curmudgeon in the town?
Li Yu's heart moved.

Qingshui Town has a head catcher and two fast catchers, and this old Qutou is one of them, and he is fairly familiar with the old cripple.When the old cripple was around, he would occasionally come to drink with the old cripple.

He put on his clothes, took the hatchet in his hand, and carefully looked out through the window.

Banditry is rampant these days, and it is not uncommon to burn, kill and loot, so we have to guard against it.

Through the window, he saw two vague figures standing outside, one of whom was somewhat familiar, and Li Yu was relieved, so he went to open the door.

After opening the door, Li Yu looked at the person coming by the moonlight outside.

There were one person, one old and one young, the old one was around 50 to [-] years old, with graying hair, wrinkled eyes, dressed in soap clothes, with a waist knife hanging from his waist, and dressed as a policeman.There was a trace of smoothness and sophistication in the turning of his eyes.

The youngest was fifteen or sixteen years old, also dressed in a police uniform, holding a rusty broken knife in his hand, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, thick hands and feet, and a trace of honesty between his brows.

"I've seen Mr. Qu!"

Li Yu hurriedly saluted.

Old Qu shook his head and said, "I have been friends with the old cripple for many years, you don't have to be polite to me, just call Uncle Qu."

Li Yu is as good as he is, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Qu!"

"En." Old Qu nodded and said, "Today the two of us were out on business, and it happened to be a snowstorm, and now the mountain road is slippery, so we can't go back for the time being, so I plan to take shelter from the wind and cold at your place, and we will be there tomorrow morning. Walk!"

"Where is Uncle Qu?" Li Yu smiled and said, "If you want, you can stay here as long as you want."

The old Qutou laughed: "Your boy said that this is Yizhuang, I have nothing to do, what can I do here with you."

Li Yu looked at the boy again, and asked curiously, "Who is this lord?"

"My surname is Guo, Guo Xiaoliu!" Before the old Qutou could speak, the young man opened his mouth to respond.

"So it's Master Guo!"

Li Yu also saluted.

Guo Xiaoliu was a little embarrassed, and quickly waved his hands: "Brother Li, you are welcome, I am not a police officer yet."

Having said that, there was a hint of excitement on his face.Obviously, Guo Xiaoliu enjoys this wonderful feeling of being respected and awed by others.

Seeing his behavior like this, Li Yu smiled, said without saying anything, "It's windy outside, Uncle Qu, and Master Guo, please come in!"

Old Qutou took another look at Li Yu.

In the past, Li Yu was timid and timid, very reserved and introverted, and dared not speak to others.Now this kid speaks naturally and easy-going, and he has improved a lot in his dealings with others, as if he was a different person.

Could it be that because the old cripple died, he had no one to rely on, and supported Yizhuang by himself, so he became more mature and sensible?
When the two came in, Li Yu quickly closed the door, blocked the wind and snow from the door, found a fire pocket, lit the ever-burning lamp, and a dim yellow light filled the whole room.

Guo Xiaoliu shook the snow off his body, and looked around curiously. When he saw the outline of a human figure under the white cloth on the wooden bed, his face froze obviously, a little unnaturally.

Since this is Yizhuang, it is self-evident what is on the bed. He moved his feet and subconsciously got closer to Master Lao Qutou.

However, there was obviously a little more admiration in Li Yu's gaze.

In the wilderness, he dared to sleep with the dead body at night, this courage alone is not as good as him.

Not long after, Li Yu moved a bench, found a brazier, lit dry firewood, and the fire was lit together, which made the room a little hot.

Old Qutou and the two felt much more comfortable.

Guo Xiaoliu took out the dry and hard dough, found a branch, split it and clamped it, heated it together with the water bag by the fire, and handed it to Old Qutou.

The two chatted while eating.

They chatted about trifles, but in these words, Old Qutou also gave advice to Guo Xiaoliu. Guo Xiaoliu was respectful and called Old Qutou his master.

The two chatted, but they didn't avoid Li Yu on purpose.

Li Yu on the side heard clearly that this Guo Xiaoliu was only a temporary catcher, and he was a helper, and he had a master-student relationship with the old Qutou.

While chatting, Guo Xiaoliu carefully took out the rusty broken knife in his hand. The broken knife was obviously rusted, but Guo Xiaoliu found a cloth to wipe the water on it like a treasure, and put it on again. Bake it by the fire to avoid rusting over time.

Li Yu didn't care too much, ironware was always expensive, although Guo Xiaoliu's broken knife was not very good, it was still worth some money.

"Little Yu, what's the matter with this one on the bed?" After chatting for a while, Old Qutou pointed to the corpse on the bed.

Li Yu glanced at it, and said casually: "This is the second dog from Guojia Village. It fell into the pond and drowned a few days ago."

"Pond?" Old Qu's head paused, a strange color flashed across his face, and then he returned to normal, nodded and said, "Don't mention this, have you seen any suspicious people these days?"

(End of this chapter)