Chen Tiezhu, Juhua, and of course Xiao Niu were all taken away by the comrades from the Public Security Bureau. Even their bodies were taken away because they were going to perform an autopsy to find out whether they had drowned or had died before being thrown into the river.
Xiangyang Village became famous all of a sudden, and Li Huan was called to the commune. When entering the commune, Li Huan felt dozens of eyes staring at him, as if he was the murderer.
Several main leaders of the commune were already waiting in the conference room. When they saw Li Huan come in, they all looked fierce and dissatisfied.
Li Huan shrugged his shoulders and took out the hospital's admission form. He stayed in the hospital for a total of three days while his wife gave birth, and he had never gone home during these three days.
Therefore, he really didn't know what happened in the village, otherwise it wouldn't have developed to the point where the bodies were soaked in the river before being discovered. Of course, as the village chief, he failed to manage the entire village well, and he must have been at fault.
Therefore, Li Huan took out a written self-criticism and a letter of guarantee with a sincere attitude, which promised that during his tenure, he would actively cooperate with the Public Security Bureau in investigating the case. Finally, he took out a letter of resignation.
When the commune leaders saw the resignation letter, their faces turned green. You know, since Li Huan became the village chief of Xiangyang Village, they not only have less work to do, but they have actually received a lot of benefits, such as cigarettes and alcohol, rice and noodles, and even fabrics and candies that their wives like.
They all knew that Li Huan had the security team of Xiangyang Village do some sneaky things in the village, such as going up the mountain to collect herbs and sell them for money, reclaiming wasteland and planting crops and selling them for money, and hunting to dig up wild vegetables and fruits and also selling them for money.
As for who to sell it to, of course it was sold to Li Huan. Li Huan also purchased it at a price higher than that of the national purchasing station. As for where he sold the purchased things, he had someone in the military district to protect him.
And everyone present here, when they have needs at home that cannot be met in the market, they will secretly go to Li Huan. Usually, Li Huan can satisfy them.
So, how could Li Huan quit halfway? Under the leadership of Li Huan, Xiangyang Village had already gotten rid of the label of a poor village a long time ago, but it was kept secret just to balance the other villages.
Li Huan saw that these people's faces had changed and they looked anxious, and he was secretly proud in his heart. What his wife said was right. At worst, they could just quit. They didn't rely on this salary to live.
The commune secretary stood up, cleared his throat, looked at Li Huan with a smile on his face, and began to praise him:
"First of all, we want to commend you for your outstanding performance in work some time ago. Moreover, Xiangyang Village is the only advanced village in the entire northern county that has not asked the state for help."
"Secondly, we want to congratulate you on the birth of your baby boy. The criminals were extremely cunning and took advantage of your absence to commit such a heinous crime. No wonder the child floated to the surface. God has eyes."
"Ahem..."
Don't promote feudal superstition. Other leaders of the commune coughed twice as a friendly reminder. The secretary immediately nodded slightly, thinking he was careless.
"Comrade Li Huan, we have accepted your self-criticism and letter of guarantee. This is a huge matter and the case is confusing. Once the truth comes out, we will discuss how to rectify the situation.
And I won't approve your resignation. How can you just quit when you encounter difficulties? This is obviously not the behavior of an excellent and advanced village chief."
Excellent and advanced village chief, Li Huan was a little stunned, and he suddenly remembered that now there is an advocacy of selection of excellent village chiefs and advanced collectives, so he is now an excellent village chief.
"Okay, I'll take back my resignation letter and promise to cooperate with the police to get to the bottom of this matter."
Seeing Li Huan withdraw his resignation letter, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although this ruffian village chief seems to be careless at ordinary times, what he does is the most practical.
Li Huan walked out of the commune office and headed towards Shouhou's house. This guy knew all kinds of people, so why not ask him for help and find out what was going on.
It is said that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. The skinny monkey rode his bicycle without hesitation, invited everyone to his home, and then went to the state-owned restaurant to buy some wine and food, and ate while chatting.
They first ruled out Chen Tiezhu's motive for murder. He lived in the old house and would only go to Chen Dazhu's house once when he had physiological needs. He usually didn't care about the child at all, so why would he dirty his hands
As for Chen Tiezhu's wife, they believed that she abused Chen Dazhu's son, but they probably didn't have the courage to kill someone or throw him into the river.
Moreover, it is the spring ploughing season now, and everyone will be working in the fields. Bad things will only happen in the middle of the night. However, the villagers of Xiangyang Village have long been accustomed to the habit of working from sunrise to sunset and will not go out easily.
In this way, Chen Tiezhu's family was ruled out as a motive for committing the crime. Who else wanted to kill the child? A name appeared in Li Huan's mind, but Shouhou blurted out:
"Could it be that the educated youth from your educated youth camp did this? I can't remember the name of that person, Min."
"Chai Jianmin."
"Yes, yes, that's him. This kid is vindictive. You reminded me to be careful of this guy because he was the one who caused Cheng Qiao's crime."
"But we have no evidence."
"Finding evidence is the job of our Public Security Bureau colleagues, so we just provide clues."
Several people nodded repeatedly. After having a good meal and a good drink, Li Huan and Shouhou went to the Public Security Bureau. As soon as they entered, they heard Niuqiu's righteous roar:
"My mother is not a murderer. She just doesn't like my brother. She will at most starve him for two meals. Don't put the blame on my mother just for the sake of convenience. I don't accept it. I want to tell the teacher that you are wrong."
"Loach, what are you doing?"
Niqiu is about the same age as Xuhui. Ever since Cheng Qiao sent Xuhui to school, Chen Tiezhu and his wife followed suit and sent Niqiu to school. It seems that studying is indeed useful, otherwise he would not have been able to say these words.
"Comrade Li Huan, do you have any new clues?"
"There is one, but it is immature and there is no evidence. We speculated that it was done by Chai Jianmin from the educated youth center. Chai Jianmin was originally in love with Xu Laidi, but was eventually snatched away by Chen Dazhu, so..."
"Since he is a suspect and has a motive, then investigate him and bring him to the police station. You should be polite. He is only a suspect, not a criminal."
When Loach heard this, he was extremely happy. He pulled Li Huan's hand and shook it continuously, asking Li Huan to beg for mercy and let his parents be released, otherwise no one would cook for him.
Li Huan shook his head. Your parents would not come out until the truth of the case was revealed. As for eating, go to your grandfather's house. If they dare not let you eat, come to me.