Under the serious watch of the police, Lu Qingjiu brought a few stools from the house, and also brought some snacks for them to sit and rest while waiting for the police station to send professional personnel and equipment.
"When did you come back here?" The little policeman sat down, but the old policeman didn't move, looking at Lu Qingjiu with a bit of suspicion.
"I only came back a few days ago." Lu Qingjiu said, "I used to work in City A."
"What are you doing back here?" The old policeman looked up and down at Lu Sake.
"This is my hometown." Lu Qingjiu said, "I'm tired from work, I just want to go back to my hometown to farm."
The old policeman asked the identities of Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun again. After getting the answer, he didn't speak any more. Instead, he focused his attention on the well, as if he was thinking about something, his expression became more and more serious.
Yin Xun looked terrified and said to Lu Qingjiu, "What did this policeman remember? Why is his expression so scary..."
Lu Qingjiu shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.
Neighbor Uncle Li also heard the siren, and came over and asked what was wrong. Lu Qingjiu told him that something seemed to fall in his well, so he called the police and told the neighbor Uncle Li not to worry.
"Oh, this well in your house." Uncle Li said, "It's very evil."
"How?" The little policeman next to him heard Uncle Li's words.
"In the past, when Sake was not at home, there was often the sound of things falling into the well. At first, we thought it was a person, and we went in to check, but found that there was nothing in the well... After a long time, we didn't care anymore. Uncle Li seemed to think that the policeman's expression was not right, so he whispered, "Did you find something inside?"
"Not sure yet." The little policeman waved his hand, signaling Uncle Li not to join in the fun, "Go back quickly."
"It's okay Uncle Li, you go back first." Lu Qingjiu also said.
Uncle Li turned around and went back.
Lu Qingjiu and the little policeman looked at each other. Unsurprisingly, he saw a trace of panic in the little policeman's eyes. Obviously, this young man hadn't been a policeman for too long, so he wasn't calm enough when faced with such a thing.
The old policeman was much calmer, and he behaved very calmly throughout the whole process. He didn't leave the well until the people sent to support him from the bureau came.
It was almost twelve o'clock in the morning, and the whole village fell into a deep sleep, only the noise of insects in the grass remained.
The newly arrived policemen brought professional equipment and personnel, and then they were ready to go down to salvage.
Yin Xun was still dozing in a drowsy state, but when the person who went down the well said "there is a corpse", he shivered, and he instantly woke up.
"Damn it!" Yin Xun looked in the direction of the well mouth in horror, "Is there really a corpse?!" He thought it was a dead animal at most.
The atmosphere among the crowd became tense, and the people in the well dragged the rope hard, finally pulling up the body in the well. Because it had been soaked in the water for too long, the flesh on the corpse had almost completely rotted away, leaving only the white bones with thick water plants attached to them, which looked like black hair at first glance.
It was the first time for Yin Xun and Lu Qingjiu to see a corpse. They both covered their mouths and noses and took a few steps back, but Bai Yuehu didn't change. Simply out of place.
"It's a female corpse." The policeman present briefly checked the condition of the corpse and said, "It has been dead for at least a year, and the specific situation has to be brought back for a detailed examination."
"Do you remember what happened last year?" The old policeman who came before suddenly turned his head and asked the colleague next to him a question.
"You mean?" The man said, "No way, why did the body get thrown here?"
"It's possible." The old policeman turned to look at Lu Qingjiu, "How long has it been since you came back?"
"For several years." Lu Qingjiu answered honestly, "It's been two or three years, this house has been deserted."
The old policeman nodded: "Okay, you go to sleep first, we have to investigate the scene, and you come to the police station to make a record tomorrow."
Lu Qingjiu nodded.
As for the corpse, the police seemed to have a clue and excluded Lu Qingjiu from the first suspect. After all, from the decomposing condition of the corpse, this person had been dead for at least a year. The claim is that he never came back. Of course, these things need to be further verified, and the most important thing at present is to find out the identity information of the corpse.
Although the police told them to go back to sleep, Yin Xun said that he didn't want to go back and insisted on spending the night with Lu Qingjiu.
Lu Qingjiu looked at him suspiciously: "Aren't you afraid of ghosts?"
"Haha, how could I be afraid of ghosts." Yin Xun said, "I, Yin Xun, have grown up so much, and I have never been afraid of anything!"
Lu Qingjiu: "...Since you're not afraid, can you give me some of the quilt."
Yin Xun: "I don't! My back is cold!"
Lu Qingjiu: "…"
In the end, he gave up grabbing the quilt with Yin Xun, and silently went to get the bed to clean again.
Lu Qingjiu didn't sleep very well that night. He always remembered the appearance of the corpse, which caused him to wake up listless the next day. After he went to the police station with the police to make a note, he kept yawning.
The backyard was surrounded by the police, who said they wanted to protect the scene. Although the scene is of little value in terms of time, after all, it has been too long, and most of the evidence should be destroyed.
A few days later, the police withdrew the protection of the scene, and Lu Qingjiu also found a free time to go to the police station to make a record.
After returning from the police station, Lu Qingjiu went to the neighbor's house and asked Li Xiaoyu to fetch some grass for the pigs at home. Li Xiaoyu went happily, while his father curiously asked about the situation in the Lu's backyard.
"Is there really a corpse?" Uncle Li was smoking, and when he heard this, he was almost scared. "Then the sound we heard during that time..."
Lu Qingjiu laughed dryly, thinking that it's better not to study things carefully, anyway, the more you think about it, the more you think about it.
Aunt Li also said: "Then you should pay attention in the future. If there is anything else, remember to invite a goddess to come over. Oh, it's really a sin."
Lu Qingjiu nodded, indicating that he understood.
When he came back from the police station, he bought a few pieces of fresh beef and spices from the nearby market, ready to marinate and eat them at ordinary times. As for lunch, I can only make do with it. Lu Qingjiu cut some beef cubes, chopped them and sautéed until fragrant. He added carrots, onions, peas and corn to it. After the fire was over, he put the ingredients on top of the leftover rice, and then steamed directly in the pot. , the steamed rice can be eaten directly as a dish.
When he was cooking, Bai Yuehu watched from the side and occasionally helped him.
After the rice was steamed, Lu Qingjiu took out the pot and directly divided it into three portions, then poured soy sauce and stirred it evenly, and it was ready to eat.
The vegetable and pork rice was evenly blended together, and it was full of fragrant taste in the mouth. It was simple and filling.
"Sake, don't forget to water the vegetables in the field later." Yin Xun mumbled, "This kind of seed has just been planted, so there is no shortage of water."
"I'll go." Bai Yuehu said.
"No need." Lu Qingjiu wanted to decline.
"I'll go." Who knew Bai Yuehu's attitude was very firm, "You can braise the beef at home."
Lu Qingjiu originally thought that Bai Yuehu would be embarrassed to do such rough work, but after thinking about Bai Yuehu not being human, maybe it would be easier to work in his own way, so he didn't say anything and nodded in agreement. his request.
After a simple nap, Lu Qingjiu called the telecommunications company again and asked them to reconnect the network cable and TV signal. The telecommunications company said they would send someone over tomorrow.
Just after the call, Li Xiaoyu, who went out to hunt hogweed, came back. Lu Qingjiu went with him to feed Xiaohei and Xiaohua. Xiaohua snorted happily when she saw Lu Qingjiu, as if to express her gratitude. Li Xiaoyu was beside the pig sty and Xiaohua was thinking about something. From time to time, he reached out and touched the short fluff on Xiaohei's body. This fluff will become thorny in the future. Fortunately, it is still fluffy now, like a cute kiwi.
Xiaohua proudly refused to touch Li Xiaoyu, but her younger sister, Xiao Hei, was completely unrestrained. Li Xiaoyu's touch revealed her tender belly. Seeing that Li Xiaoyu was having fun, Lu Qingjiu decided to Do his own thing first, he still has a lot of work to do.
Back at the house, Lu Qingjiu cut the beef he bought in the morning into large pieces and washed it, then put it in a pot with cold water and filtered the blood water from the beef with a high fire, and then put the blanched beef and the spices wrapped in gauze into the pressure cooker. , even if it's done. This method is relatively simple, but the taste is not bad. Lu Qingjiu also put some chicken feet and tendons in it and cooked it together. When the evening is free, these lo-mei can replace the melon seeds as a snack.
It's been a few days since he returned to his hometown, and Lu Qingjiu has become accustomed to the slow pace of life here. Don't worry about anything, it will be done anyway.
Bai Yuehu came back after watering the vegetables in the field with some soil on his body. Lu Qingjiu asked him to take off his clothes and wash them together, but Bai Yuehu was a little hesitant to hear that.
"Or do you have any spells to do laundry?" Lu Qingjiu looked at Bai Yuehu expectantly, "Is there any?"
Bai Yuehu: "... Yes, there are."
Lu Qingjiu said, "Really?!"
Facing Lu Qingjiu's star-filled eyes, Bai Yuehu hesitated a bit, and said, "But there is a sequelae."
"What sequelae?" Lu Qingjiu asked.
"It's easy to get hungry after using the spell." Bai Yuehu said, "Trouble."
Lu Qingjiu: "Well... Then I'll wash it." He originally wanted to eat when he was hungry, but somehow he remembered the picture of Bai Yuehu swallowing the huge gecko that night, and immediately felt that he should not expect a few meals. The rice is enough to feed Bai Yuehu.
Lu Qingjiu drove Bai Yuehu to take a shower, then took his dirty clothes to the front yard and started washing. As he washed, he planned to go to town to buy a washing machine in a few days, otherwise it would be a bit of a waste of time to do laundry.
Bai Yuehu got out of the shower, changed his clothes, and sat quietly on the side watching Lu Qingjiu work. He doesn't seem to be very active, and he looks lazy all day. If it's not necessary, he doesn't even bother to say extra words. At this time, his eyes are half closed, and he looks like he is about to fall asleep.
The braised beef in the house was cooked, exuding a tempting aroma, Bai Yuehu moved his nose and glanced into the house.
Lu Qingjiu thought he was like a meat-hungry child, so he laughed and said, "It's braised beef, it's not ready yet, we can only eat it at night, the melon seeds that Yin Xun brought haven't been eaten yet, do you want to go get it? Do you want to quench your cravings?"
Bai Yuehu said: "I don't want to go."
Lu Qingjiu said, "What?"
Bai Yuehu: "I'm too lazy to go..."
He was so assertive about being lazy, but it made Lu Qingjiu laugh dumbly, and he said, "Okay, then you can sit down for a while, the day after tomorrow, I'll buy some other snacks, and a few more chickens... The yard is empty."
Bai Yuehu said: "You call the shots." He was lying on the chair and half-closed his eyes, the warm sunlight projected on his cheeks, from Lu Qingjiu's point of view, he saw that his eyes showed a strange look. It was an extremely beautiful golden color, but when Lu Qingjiu wanted to take a closer look, Bai Yuehu had already closed his eyes.
Lu Qingjiu finished drying the clothes, but suddenly remembered something, turned around and went to the pigsty, only to see Li Xiaoyu falling asleep with two piglets, he crawled in from the fence, left hand Holding Xiao Hua with his right hand around Xiao Hei, one person and two pigs slept happily.
Lu Qingjiu glanced at Xiaohua Xiaohei, and then looked at the little white pig next to him. He always felt that something was wrong. After careful research, he found that Xiaohua Xiaozhu's pigpen was exceptionally clean. The straw seemed to be new and had no odor. , but even so, you can't sleep in a pigpen.
Lu Qingjiu shouted, "Li Xiaoyu, Li Xiaoyu!"
The child was woken up by Lu Qingjiu. After opening his eyes in a daze, he rubbed the little flower head in his arms and said, "Brother Lu..."
Xiaohua groaned when Li Xiaoyu rubbed her face, and buried her face in the child's arm.
"Why did you fall asleep inside!" Lu Qingjiu said, "This is a pigsty..."
"Oh, I was telling Xiaohua Xiaohei a story, and I fell asleep accidentally." Li Xiaoyu was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly sat up, trying to climb out of the pigpen, Xiaohua Xiaohei woke up because of this, and hummed. He hummed and expressed his dissatisfaction with Lu Qingjiu.
Lu Qingjiu said, "You can't sleep here even if you want to sleep. Be good, come out quickly."
He stepped into the pigsty, carried Li Xiaoyu out, and patted off the straw shavings on him, "Let's go home and sleep."
Li Xiaoyu rested his chin on Lu Qingjiu's shoulder and did not speak, but quietly blinked at the two little pigs.
Lu Qingjiu didn't notice his small movements at all.
After sending Li Xiaoyu home, Lu Qingjiu rolled up his sleeves and went back to his pigsty, and said to Xiaohei Xiaohua: "Don't play around with other people's children every day, they haven't finished their homework yet, neither of you are two. I've been a pig for three days, how come I'm not sensible at all, can I do something serious?"
Xiaohua: "… "
Xiao Hei: "… "
"Don't pretend you don't understand." Lu Qingjiu knew that his pigs were smart, and seeing them staring at him innocently, he said angrily, "Why did you kidnap the child into the pigsty? Next time? Let me see again and I'll-"
Xiaohua: "Huh." What do you mean
Lu Qingjiu, who was a parent, said sternly: "I won't let him cut hogweed for you."
As soon as these words came out, the air was silent for a moment, Xiao Hei sobbed aggrievedly, Xiao Hua turned his butt to Lu Qingjiu angrily, Lu Qingjiu said, "..." He knew that his pigs were smart, but this kind of weirdness that he was bullying kindergarten children What the hell is wrong.
Lu Qingjiu warned his pigs a few more times. The main idea was not to play foolishly with children every day, but to do something educative and serious. As for what is educative and serious... To be honest, he didn't know, so he just said it casually. Just say it.
After educating his pigs, Lu Qingjiu went back to the house. Bai Yuehu was still sitting in the yard sleeping. Yin Xun also came at some time, sitting under the shade of the tree in the front yard, next to a bag of green Plum. When he saw Lu Qingjiu coming over, he grabbed one and threw it to Lu Qingjiu. Lu Qingjiu caught it, wiped his mouth, and said, "It's grown at your house?"
"No, the neighbor's house is ripe. They gave me a lot. I'll bring you a bag too." Yin Xun said, "Is it okay?"
"Well, what kind of fruit do you grow in your house?" Lu Qingjiu asked.
"Cherry." Yin Xun said, "But I didn't take care of it very much. It was so sour, I didn't want to eat it."
"Take it and sell it." Lu Qingjiu said.
"I'm too lazy to go, not much." Yin Xun said.
The cherries here are quite expensive, but there is no market for them. Because they are too expensive, not many people buy them. Besides, their cherries are very sour, so no one buys them, so he doesn't bother to spend that effort. .
"You pick it off, and I'll make the cherry jam." Lu Qingjiu said, "You can drink it in water in summer."
Yin Xun laughed, "That's great." Don't look at the sour cherries, but they have a unique flavor when they are made into a sauce, especially in summer when they are used to rinse water and then iced. You can drink a cup in the hot summer, not to mention how beautiful it is. .
Lu Qingjiu asked Yin Xun to wash the plum, and went to see the braised beef, Yin Xun nodded.
The beef was almost cooked. Lu Qingjiu tasted it to make sure it was fully flavored. He planned to get beef noodles to eat at night.
While getting the beef, Lu Qingjiu's phone rang. He looked at the unfamiliar number on the screen and pressed the connect button anyway.
"Hello, is that Lu Qingjiu?" the person on the other end of the phone asked.
Lu Qingjiu could hear the voice of this man, the policeman who came here that night to dispatch the police.
"It's me, what's the matter?" Lu Qingjiu asked.
"Tell you, the identity of the corpse has been found out. It's called Fu Ziying. Do you recognize this person?" the policeman asked.
"I don't know." Lu Qingjiu said, "I've never heard of this name."
"Okay." The police seemed a little disappointed.
"Does the murderer have any clues?" Lu Qingjiu asked in confusion.
The police hesitated for a moment: "Think carefully about whether there is anything else you have missed. This matter should not have been told to you..."
Lu Qingjiu listened quietly.
"Actually, half a year ago, someone kept calling the police station to report that people were killed in Shuifu Village." The police said, "It's been a week of beating. At that time, we thought it was a prank because no body was found."
Lu Qingjiu was a little confused: "Will the reporter have something to do with the murderer?"
The police said, "...that's where the problem lies."
Lu Qingjiu said, "What's the problem?"
The police said: "The person who reported the case claimed to be Fu Ziying..."
When Lu Qingjiu heard this, goosebumps formed on his arm: "No way?"
"At that time, we couldn't see the phone number to report the case, but the recording was still there. We took the recording and asked Fu Ziying's family to confirm that it was her voice." The police said in a low voice, "But the forensic doctor is very sure about the body. It's been a year since he died."
Lu Qingjiu: "...Could it be that it's not Fu Ziying's body?"
"No, the DNA is also right." The policeman said.
Lu Qingjiu was horrified: "So the dead Fu Ziying... reported the crime by herself?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and it was obvious that the police couldn't stand this kind of paranormal event.
"That's not right, then why didn't she report the case in the first place." After Lu Qingjiu came over, he felt a little strange, "Why did you have to... half a year ago?"
"There is also a very important clue in the recording of the phone call," the police said. "She said at the time that it was a man who died, so we suspect..."
Speaking of men, Lu Qingjiu immediately remembered the scene he saw that afternoon. In front of the well, there was indeed a man with his back turned to him, smashing a woman in the face with a stone, and he said, "Can I ask, Fu Zi? How did Ying die? Did she get hit in the face with a stone?"
The police wondered: "How do you know?"
Lu Qingjiu smiled dryly: "I've been having weird nightmares all this time..."
To be honest, if it hadn't happened such a supernatural thing as the deceased's report, the police would have suspected that Lu Qingjiu had a motive for committing the crime. He said, "Then what else did you dream about?"
Lu Qingjiu said, "I dreamed that a man was wrapped in his hair and dragged into a well together."
After saying this, both Lu Qingjiu and the police fell silent. After a while, Lu Qingjiu smiled wryly, "Hey, I don't think there is a man's body in the well..."
Policeman: "...you wait, we'll come and have a look."