Xiao He's answer was as I expected. After listening to my words, he immediately said to me firmly: "He said that it doesn't matter if he said it doesn't matter. Since I have already given my leave, then I will go wherever I like. Where, continue to investigate tomorrow."
As he said, he suddenly took out a wad of money and placed it in front of me and Xiaoli, and then said to us: "This time, it was not for solving the case, not for fame and fortune, but just for the ridiculous truth. So I ask you two to do me this favor."
The money is less than ten thousand. Although I love money, I am also ethical. Like the last time he asked me to help solve the case, I certainly accepted it without hesitation.
But how could I accept it this time, so I quickly pushed the money back and said: "This time I helped you not because of you, but because Lao Mei is my friend. Even if you don't ask me for help, I I will keep track of it myself."
Seeing my resolute refusal, Xiao He directly smiled and said: "Accept it, you think I paid you the money myself. I approved it from the leader, and I have already invited you. It’s their business to end the case early, so you don’t need the money to be polite."
Xiao Li, who had been muted while eating, also said: "You just bought a car and you don't have much money, so you accepted it. You have to find a house tomorrow."
After listening to Xiao Li's words, I didn't know what to say, so I asked, "Huh? Go find a house? I have several rooms upstairs. Haven't you already bought a bed and a quilt."
Go to the courier station tomorrow to get it. I can live in by simply doing some sanitation. Then going to the hotel tonight will be one night. Why is it so wasteful to rent a house outside. "After I finished speaking, I felt something was wrong. Although I am big upstairs, Xiaoli is a girl after all, so why am I as embarrassed to live under the same roof with me."
I thought Xiaoli would say it was because of this to find a house outside, but I guessed wrong. I saw Xiao Li wince mysteriously at Xiao He and said: "You have to ask Officer He, he should know better than me."
I was a little dazed. I didn't understand Xiao Li's words, so I asked Xiao He: "I've only been out for a week. You won't seal up my office, right?"
In Xiao He's eyes, he suddenly looked at Xiao Li with a little admiration, and then said with a little compliment: "Xiao Lin, your friend looks unusual. Her observation is very subtle and very careful."
Xiao Li didn't speak, after shrugging slightly, he continued to eat for himself.
Looking at the expressions of the two of them, my mind suddenly remembered the absence of one person during the day. Could it be related to this
I suddenly became serious and asked Xiao He, "What's the matter? Could it be that when I went out for a week, so many things really happened?"
Xiao He's expression verified my guess. After taking a bite of the dish, he said to me: "You have been in Ningbo for several years. You should have heard of Fengqiao Town, right?"
I listened to Xiao Li, and stopped the dishes in my hands at the same time, and then confessed to Xiao He generously: "You know, the two of us just came from Fengming Village last week."
When Xiao He heard this, he was very surprised and a little nervous and asked us: "You were in Fengming Village last week? What were you doing there?"
Acting skills, I once again demonstrated superb acting skills, and I showed an innocent look to Xiao He and said, "We are just going to play, and we just stopped by for a while, what's wrong?"
After hearing what I said, Xiao He relaxed a little, and then said to me: "In fact, this has nothing to do with us, it is just a rumor."
Listening to Xiao He, I guessed that it must be the village chief of their village, which caused a lot of alarm. I and Xiao Li took a tacit look at each other, and then I pretended to ask Xiao He without knowing anything. : "What happened? Is their village also within your jurisdiction?"
Xiao He sighed, shook his head and said: "Of course not, if it were, it would have been busy. Do you know that the village chief, the whole family and the ancestral house in their village, disappeared overnight? There is no trace. And it's still the kind of disappearance where no one is born or a corpse is not seen."
The result of this incident was indeed in our expectation. Fortunately, we had destroyed all the surveillance video in their village before we left. We were not afraid that they would doubt us, but just to reduce some unnecessary troubles.
But I still pretended to be a little confused and said to Xiao He: "Even so, it is a matter of their village. The police station in their own jurisdiction should also take care of it. How could it involve us."
Xiao He also shook his head helplessly and said: "The problem lies here. They discovered that the surveillance video of their village had disappeared from that day when they were in the forensic period. So they followed the investigation of the previous days. Surveillance found that their village chief appeared near us a few days before disappearing."
Hearing this, I felt a little flustered. I have already found my office, right? At this moment, I was so scared that I didn't dare to speak, fearing that I would lose if I spoke too much.
Xiao He went on to say: "But on the second night they came to investigate, your whole street unexpectedly caught fire on the same night."
"What?!" After I heard it, I stood up immediately. No wonder that whole street looks like it is going to be demolished, and it is dilapidated. It turned out to have experienced a fire.
But I can't figure out what's going on. Isn't the matter in Fengming Village over yet? Are they chasing here
Suddenly I realized the seriousness of this incident, and I hurriedly asked Xiao He: "How many people were killed or injured that night?"
Xiao He immediately vetoed it and said: "Although the fire was big that night, no one was killed. Everyone escaped safely, except that the line was completely destroyed and the property inside was greatly damaged."
"Damn, why didn't no one notify me when such a big thing happened. I have a lot of belongings in it." (End of this chapter)