Chapter 417 (1/2)
Master Zhou is the rich man in the town. It is said that his family has more than 1000 liang of silver.
Yu Qingyao listened and asked thoughtfully, ”can the bottle be clean, like old, and can there be river sand in it?”
Constable Zhang said in surprise, ”the bottle looks old and a little dirty. There is sand at the bottom of the bottle.”
The Taoist frowned and said, ”maybe he fished it from the bottom of the river.”
Yu Qingyao nodded and asked, ”what else?”
Zhang chukuai said that there was a copper basin full of green rust, a loose silk dress, a new set of tableware and a good wine gourd.
Yu Qingyao asked, ”before the fisherman disappeared, did he seldom communicate with people and had a lot of money in his hand?”
Constable Zhang said in surprise, ”yes.”
The Taoist asked, ”Yuxian, what did you find?”
Yu Qingyao smiled and said, ”I'm afraid there's really a water demon in the river. The fisherman is the first person to deal with the Banshee. He should get some benefits at first, but he doesn't know why the Banshee turned his face, and he has been cruel to the people in the town since then. Isn't the fisherman a good man?”
In her last sentence, she asked the constable.
The constable laughed and said, ”there are no good people on the river?”
The Taoist said, ”the fairy means that all the things that shouldn't have appeared in the fisherman's house were picked up by the Banshee from the bottom of the river and given to him. The Banshee wanted to keep going well with him, but the fisherman did something sorry for the banshee, which made the Banshee move to kill him. She not only killed him, but also wanted to kill all the people in the town?”
Yu Qingyao smiled and said, ”I just have such a guess. If I can know what the fisherman did before he disappeared, I can be sure.”
The constable volunteered and said, ”I can check it.”
Yu Qingyao nodded with the Taoist.
The constable went to inquire.
Yu Qingyao felt that she was only afraid to live in this town for a while. She used this time to book a room at the Town Inn.
After dinner at the inn, the constable came.
The constable told Yu Qingyao something. It turned out that the fisherman had done a lot of things privately before he disappeared. He entrusted matchmaker Liu in the town and gave her a silver or two to find a decent daughter to be his daughter-in-law. He boasted to the matchmaker that he would make a fortune soon. He would buy 50 mu of land and build a big brick house. He would no longer live in the river.
The drugstore owner said that the fisherman bought half a kilo of rattan from him, but the constable said he didn't see the rattan at the fisherman's house.
Constable Zhang also heard that the fisherman had bought chicken and duck pork and a large pot of wine three days before he found out that the fisherman was missing, as if he wanted a treat.
After he disappeared, the wine and vegetables in the house overturned.
After hearing this, Yu Qingyao sighed, ”the fisherman is single and too poor to marry a wife. The fish demon sent him to be his daughter-in-law and fished money from the river to sell him to improve his life. He doesn't know how to be grateful, but he wants to poison the female demon to receive the reward. It's really killing himself.”
Constable Zhang also thought of this section and nodded wordlessly. He felt that the fisherman was really harming people and himself.
”I think that the Banshee hated humans, so she had to drag the people of the town into the water and drown to vent her resentment.” Yu Qingyao sighed.
Constable Zhang said with a sad face, ”fairy, you won't watch her do evil because you sympathize with her?”
Yu Qingyao said with awe inspiring justice, ”of course not. She just killed the fisherman and maimed the innocent, but I can't spare her.”
Constable Zhang said happily, ”yes, that's the reason.”
Ah Xiu asked blankly, ”ah Yao, are you sure it's a fish demon?”