How much sorrow can a pig have? It's like pouring a bucket of cold water on a pig's head!
As Errui and his group walked along the mountain path, no one noticed that on a cliff not far away, Peiqi, who had been kicked away that morning, was boredly digging in the dirt.
Looking up at the departing figures below, the wild boar's snout curled up and down, letting out a dissatisfied grunt.
Once the people were out of sight and their voices could no longer be heard, the wild boar turned around, silently passed through several forests, and reappeared on the edge of a cliff on another hilltop.
Here, there is a path completely covered by wild grass, which was once walked by mushroom pickers.
However, at this time the wild grass was broken and the ground was in a mess.
The fresh soil and stones were turned up, revealing patches of dark bloodstains that had seeped into the grass roots.
The wild boar sniffed at the bloodstains on the ground, buried a broken knife in the grass, peered down into the rocks below the cliff, and then silently disappeared into the forest again.
Wild boars often take mud baths and do skin care, and Peppa will do the same today.
It was injured, and no one applied medicine. Wild animals knew that pine resin and mud shells could protect its wounds and prevent it from being bitten by blood-sucking insects in the forest.
The wild boar is gone; the mountain wind blows a few broken, withered grass stems onto the bloodstains on the ground.
It is believed that before long, with just a little rain, these bloodstains will disappear, the grass will grow back, and everything will be restored to its original state by nature. No one will know what happened here.
Of course, no "human" knew this, because there was a wild boar who did.
Inside the inn, Jiang Zhi and the others were also discussing this issue.
"Old Song!" Zhang Juntou slammed his fist on the table and shouted at Old Song, the scholar who had been the head of the village for almost half a year:
"I asked you to investigate the migrant population in town yesterday, and what did you do? Now you've caused such a huge mess, what should your punishment be?"
As Song Junheng rose from village head to pavilion chief, his temper lessened and he became more approachable.
Even when Zhang Juntou slammed his fist on the table and yelled at him, he didn't get angry. Instead, he apologized, "Inspector Zhang, please don't be angry. I checked carefully, but these past two days have been a holiday, and there are many people traveling around. Everyone has relatives visiting each other, so I made a mistake."
He was telling the truth. These two days are the Dragon Boat Festival, and naturally, sons-in-law from all over Lihua Town came to give gifts.
Jiang Zhi said with a gloomy face, "Old Song, your mistake almost caused the bandits to burn down the pharmacy. Magistrate Zhang is still waiting for me to pay taxes for half a year."
This work stoppage has caused me significant losses, both physically and financially. It will take at least until the end of the year to make up the shortfall, and I can't afford to pay the taxes. I hope you can figure out what to do next.
They were just trying to renege on their debt, and now they have a reason to do so!
Faced with Jiang Zhi, this sharp-tongued shrew, Old Song had no choice but to abandon any pretense of decorum, baring his teeth and glaring, "Then what do you want to do?"
Jiang Zhi glared back: "You must personally write a statement explaining to Magistrate Zhang what happened here, that the work stoppage was not my fault! You must also report the origins of this thief to the authorities for a thorough investigation!"
Zhang Juntou also felt a headache: "Old Song, you just said that this thug colluded with a few idlers in town. Now that we've found one, where are the other three?"
In Qingquan Bay, both bandits died without leaving any survivors for questioning.
Snakes have their own paths, and rats have theirs.
The small town of Pear Blossom is a melting pot of all sorts of people, naturally with various small groups.
Old Song had already spoken to the "big brothers" in town about building a medicine shop in Qingquan Bay, telling them to keep their people in check, so no one bothered them. But things still went wrong.
So they immediately found several gang leaders in town to identify the body.
No one knew the person who attacked Xiaoman, but the person who tried to set fire and was beaten to death was recognized.
This person is nicknamed "Big Bug," but his actual surname is Mao, and his real name is unknown.
He has no wife or children and usually does shady things for people in town, such as helping Wang Xiaoju "move" in Xujia Village.
One of the gang leaders revealed that Big Bug said he had found a good opportunity to make a lot of money, and there were three others who were also good, and they could make a small fortune together. However, those three people have not yet been seen!
Jiang Zhi was anxious. She was certain that the person who attacked Xiao Man was Lan Xiaogu, but where were the other three people?
Not in Qingquan Bay!
Not in the village!
Could these people have gone up the mountain?
After all, these are the only three places that Errui and I can stay in.
Sigh, we should still bring Xiaoman's family down the mountain.
Errui and Li Laoshi haven't returned from the mountain yet. Has something really happened to them?
She was restless and anxious about being on the mountain, but she couldn't leave.
This matter still requires Lao Song to write an official document and submit it to the government for investigation.
Having an official document submitted by the town is more effective than repeating it a hundred times later, until the government finds Xu Xiaogu and her accomplices.
When Nie Fantian returned, he finally learned who wanted to kill him, and that every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor, and where his suffering came from.
To avenge his mother, he would understand that the original owner of this body not only raised him but also saved his life, and he would not let Xiaoman suffer this blow in vain.
Jiang Zhi could guess that the mountain was the source of the problem, but Lao Song couldn't think that far ahead. When pressed by Zhang Juntou, he could only say, "I sent people to search all around before dawn. I will inform you as soon as I get any news. Now we can only wait."
Zhang Juntou slammed his fist on the table again: "How long can we wait? At most three days. If there's no news in three days, I'll go into the town to suppress the bandits!"
He was a patrol inspector, responsible for bandit suppression and road patrol. He didn't handle civil cases; if he got involved, it meant there were bandits in the area.
Old Song's lips twitched wildly: He had only been a village head for half a year and had already caused banditry; he should just quit being a village head.
He immediately assured Zhang Juntou, "There will definitely be news within two days. Also, report the case of Qingquanwan Pharmacy to the county government today and ask them to investigate the background of the main culprit."
Before things were over here, Jiang Zhi heard that Er Rui and Li Laoshi, who had gone up the mountain to pick up people, had returned, and that Xiao Manye and the others had also gone to the Tian family.
Upon receiving this news, she felt a sense of relief. It was good that nothing had happened on the mountain. As for the three people... there was nothing she could do if they couldn't be found. She just needed to be careful when going out in the future.
Besides, there's Peppa Pig on the mountain, and a wild boar that big would be quite intimidating, especially with the legend of the "wild boar spirit".
Ever since two years ago, when the Yao family grandfather and son, who wanted to go up the mountain to eat and drink for free, had their clothes ripped off by Peiqi, there has been a rumor in Xujia Village that there is a "wild boar spirit" on the mountain, the kind that can rip people's clothes off.
In addition, when villagers go up the mountain to pick mushrooms and oak berries, they occasionally see a wild boar running freely in the forest.
This wild boar is neither close to nor afraid of people. It always appears and disappears mysteriously, and sometimes it has a few flowers on its body, making it hard not to think of it as a mountain spirit or monster.
Xu Gensheng asked Li Laoshi several times if Aunt Jiang and the others, who lived on the mountain, had ever encountered a wild boar spirit.
Li Laoshi looked mysterious and only said, "It can't be said! Since it's a wild boar spirit, it can't be mentioned casually. That would be disrespectful to the spirit, and if it finds out, it will retaliate."
With his half-true, half-false statement, the claim of a "wild boar spirit" was thus confirmed.
People also intentionally avoided places where they might encounter wild boar spirits, and did not go to those distant, high-altitude mountains and forests.
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