Just when I was puzzled as to why the deceased Gao Hao wandered in the lychee garden, a man in his forties sneered, "Maybe the third child brought her here!"
As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone's eyes fell on him, and Gao Qiang scolded him angrily: "Fourth, what are you talking about! Is there anyone who talks like you!"
"What did I say is bad! I said what if the third child brought her, maybe they will bring you next time!" The man known as "the fourth" snorted coldly and put on a With a tense posture, the deputy seemed to be ready to fight with Gao Qiang. There are enough problems in front of me, and I don't want them to cause me any more trouble, so I quickly stand between the two of them, separate them, and shout solemnly: "Calm down, arguing will not solve the problem!"
"Fourth" snorted again, stepped aside and stopped talking, while Gao Qiang glared at him indignantly. I took Gao Qiang aside and asked him who this "fourth man" was. He said angrily, "His name is Gao Cai, and he is my fourth brother. He started a copycat company outside and made some stinky money, so he was self-righteous, and he didn't take me as a brother at all." He also gushed to me detailing his fourth brother's "evil deeds"—
This stinky boy has been known for being mischievous since he was a child. When he was studying, the teachers of the school came to complain to his parents every three days, either skipping classes or fighting with classmates, and his father was almost mad at him. Later, it was fine. He didn't even study books at all, and he came out to mess around before he graduated from elementary school.
I thought he would cause less trouble if he didn't study, but I didn't expect him to be idle all day and cause more trouble. He stole Aunt Zhang's chicken today, and killed Uncle Li's seedling tomorrow. . In the end, we really couldn't stand him, and there were many brothers from the same village going out to work, so we asked a cousin to take him to the provincial capital. When he left, our family was at peace.
Later, he made some money in the provincial capital and opened a copycat company, which seemed to make clothes or something. When he became the boss, he thought he was amazing, and every time he came back, he was very good, and he only went against me. If I said anything casually, he could also say four or five sentences to me. Just like this time for my mother's funeral, he has opinions on what I want to do, and always sings against me...
It can be seen from Gao Qiang's account that his relationship with Gao Cai is very bad, but this is just a family dispute between their brothers, and it doesn't seem to have much to do with the case. So after I perfunctory him a few words, I brought the topic into my concerns: "Does the 'third child' mentioned by Gao Cai refer to Gao Xian who died a week ago?"
"Well, Gao Xian is my third brother. He teaches in the primary school in the village." He nodded, his tone slightly calmer than before.
I asked again, "Then why did he say that Gao Xian brought the dead?"
He suddenly became gnashing his teeth again: "He is a dog who can't grow ivory, and can say any swear words. He wants us all to die, so that he can monopolize what Dad left behind!"
I asked casually, "What did Ling Zun leave behind?"
I just asked casually, but I didn't expect his reaction to be quite big, and his expression immediately became nervous, but then he pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just this lychee garden. When Dad was still there, the garden The lychee production here is not bad, but our brothers have their own busy schedules, and my mother is getting older, so after my father left, there will be no one to take care of it here."
He is obviously lying. Although I am not very familiar with this place, it is located in a remote place. Even if the output of this lychee orchard is high, it should not make much money after deducting transportation costs. Perhaps, for local farmers, it can still be regarded as a good income. But for Gao Cai, who already owns a small company in the provincial capital, giving him this lychee orchard will probably only bring a group of friends to play for a day or two when the fruit is ripe.
Although Gao Qiang's words made me feel suspicious, it was their family business after all. As an outsider, as long as it's unrelated to the case, it's better for me not to meddle in my own business. At this moment, the top priority is to find out the situation of the two deceased. I already know about Gao Hao's situation, so I asked Gao Qiang about Gao Xian's situation, and asked where the bodies were parked.
"The third child's body has been cremated." He looked uneasy.
"What? The murderer is still found, and the body was cremated so quickly?" I was very puzzled, and called Zi Die over to ask her why she cremated the body of the deceased before the case was fully investigated.
"It was the family who insisted on being cremated immediately, and I can't help it!" Zi Die looked helpless.
I asked why Gao Qiang hastily cremated Gao Xian's body without waiting for further investigation by the police? He replied with an embarrassed expression: "The third child died so terribly that the villagers thought he was killed by his mother, and they were afraid that he would cheat the corpse. So regardless of the traditions and customs, he was cremated the day after his accident. ."
"You guys are so..." I wanted to say that he was ignorant, but I swallowed hard when I was about to say it. Because from the current situation, I can't blame them for doing this. After all, the fourth woman is cheating the corpse in public, and the deceased is likely to be killed by the fourth woman. Who can guarantee that the deceased will not be like the fourth woman. What about the corpse
Just when I felt helpless about this, Gao Qiang showed a hesitant expression, I asked him what was the matter, and he said embarrassingly: "Second sister's body..." Although he didn't say everything, but I knew he wanted to cremate the tall corpse as soon as possible. Although this will have a certain impact on the investigation, it is after all the wishes of the family. As a criminal policeman, it is inconvenient for me to obstruct it, so I have to let him handle it on his own.
He smiled immediately, as if it wasn't his sister who just died, but an irrelevant stranger. He walked to Chen Lu, the husband of the deceased, in three steps and two steps. The two exchanged a few words, and Chen Lu nodded helplessly. Immediately, he loudly instructed several security personnel present to carry the deceased to the open space outside the lychee garden to be cremated on the spot.
Of course the security guards were not willing to follow this order. After all, no one would be willing to move a corpse, and it was still a corpse that could be swindled at any time. However, Gao Qiang is also the mayor of this village. If he does not obey his orders, he may lose his job immediately. So, after pushing and shoving me for a while, they finally lifted the deceased up and moved them to the open space outside the lychee garden under the scolding of Gao Qiang.
After the corpse was moved to the open space, Gao Qiang told them to find more firewood nearby and prepare to cremate the corpse. Because it is not as dark as the lychee garden, I plan to use the moonlight to check the dead body again while they are looking for firewood to see if there are any new discoveries. However, when I approached the corpse, a young girl's voice suddenly came from behind: "Uncle, aunt she..."
I looked back and saw a young girl with a fit body standing beside Gao Qiang, looking at the corpse in front of me, covering her mouth with her hands, with a look of panic on her face. After a while, the girl came over crying, kneeling in front of the corpse and crying.
"Feifei, your aunt has already gone, and it won't help you to cry again. You should go back to your mother-in-law's house to watch the spirit!" Gao Qiang said to the girl in dissatisfaction, and then whispered even more: "Mother tonight on the 2nd or 7th, there is even one at home. There are no descendants of the guardian spirit, what kind of etiquette is it!"
"Auntie, it's all Feifei's fault. If I insisted on going home with you just now, you wouldn't be in trouble..." The girl called Feifei held the hand of the deceased, her tears dripping like a torrential rain.
I walked up to Gao Qiang and asked who the girl was. He replied, "She is called Shi Feifei, and she is the daughter of my fifth sister. The fifth sister needed to be hospitalized because of her poor health, so I asked her to come over to help her. funeral."
I asked again, "Does she have a good relationship with the deceased?"
"It doesn't matter, it's okay. She came to live at the second sister's house this time. Maybe she has more contact with each other..." He thought for a while and then said, "She was left at her mother's house by the fifth sister when she was a child. , six years, at that time, she seemed to often go to the second sister's house for a walk."
At this time, the security team members had already picked up a lot of firewood sticks. Seeing this, Gao Qiang stepped forward and pulled Feifei up, but Feifei held the hand of the deceased and did not want to let go. After pulling for a while, the two suddenly stopped together and stood together.
When I went up to ask them what happened, Gao Qiang immediately replied: "It's okay, it's okay!" But Feifei pointed to the clenched right hand of the dead man and said, "Aunt has a note in her hand."
When I heard the words, I immediately stepped forward, Zi Die moved faster than me, and already grabbed ahead of me with a single stride. She didn't know where she found a pair of gloves, and after putting them on, she tried to break open the dead man's fist. Because the corpse was already dead at this time, it took a lot of effort for her to break open her fist.
There was a small note in the deceased's hand, and Zidie handed it to me. With the help of the light of the flashlight, I could clearly see that there were only four words written on it - see the dragon in the field.
The deceased held this note tightly before she died, so her death or the reason why she came to the Lychee Garden should have something to do with the content of the note, but I don't understand what the mystery of these four words is, but see Zidie looked thoughtful and asked her if she was thinking of something. Her answer was really surprising: "I think of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms."
"What? I heard right, what does this have to do with the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms?" I really can't imagine how an ordinary village woman has anything to do with the supernatural powers in martial arts novels.
However, Zi Die said seriously: "Seeing the dragon in the field is the third palm of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms."
I think she is probably the same as Zhen Zhen, who has been harmed by martial arts novels, so she said angrily: "Do you think the deceased is Hong Qigong or Guo Jing's apprentice?"
I thought I could block her by saying this, but Feifei interjected: "Before the third uncle's accident, he seemed to have said something about Qianlong."
"Don't use Qianlong! The fifth palm of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms." Zi Die suddenly became excited.
Feifei suddenly realized: "Yes, don't use Qianlong!"
Long live! What kind of case is this? First, the four wives cheated the corpse, and then they were somehow related to the Eighteen Palms of Subduing Dragon. Now my head is like flour on the left and water on the right, and my head is mushy when I think about it. Just when my thoughts were in chaos, Gao Qiang impatiently said to Feifei, "Don't talk too much, little kid, go back to your mother-in-law's house to keep the spirit." Then he forcibly pulled her away and asked the security guards to put the chai branch on the The body is ready to be cremated on the spot.
When I wanted to ask Feifei about Gao Xian again, Gao Qiang actually said to me in front of her: "If you have anything, just ask me directly, this girl is still young and ignorant, she will talk nonsense. "I then urged Feifei to leave.
I feel more and more that something is wrong with Gao Qiang, he seems to be hiding something on purpose. And in just half a month, three of his mother and younger siblings passed away one after another, and the last two died inexplicably. However, he did not show due sadness, as if only strangers who had nothing to do with him died, which made me even more suspicious of him.
Although I think he is very suspicious, it is inconvenient to know the situation from Feifei at this moment, because Feifei will have some scruples when he is present, which will not only fail to obtain the information I want, but will make him suspicious. So, I beckoned to Zi Die as if nothing had happened, and then said to him: "We have nothing to do here, then we will go first."
He seemed to want us to leave right away, and he nodded and waved to us, just like when Zidie just arrived. I think if it wasn't for my appearance, he would have kept Zi Die again and again, hoping that she could find the murderer as soon as possible.
He must have an unspeakable secret!
When returning to the police car with Zi Die, she asked me suspiciously, "Don't you think we should ask Feifei about the situation again? She seems to know a lot of things, some things that Gao Qiang didn't tell us."
I didn't answer her question immediately, but opened the door for her and made a "please sit up" gesture. After getting in the car, she showed a slightly displeased look: "Shall we go back now?"
I yawned and replied, "Ha... It's already one o'clock in the morning before I know it. Where am I going to sleep tonight?"
"How did I know you were going to sleep there!" She showed a slight anger and turned her head out the window.
I smiled and said, "I'll go to your dormitory tonight and sleep well."
"If you think beautifully, I won't let you sleep with me..." She paused, then said, "Are you lost? You didn't go in this direction when you returned to the dormitory."
"You really want to sleep with me!" I burst out laughing.
"Yes!" She glared at me angrily.
I smiled and said, "Otherwise, why are you in such a hurry to go back?"
"This..." She was at a loss for words, but then changed the subject: "Why are you taking this road?"
"Isn't the answer just ahead?" I pointed forward. A young girl was walking alone in the dark ahead. Perhaps the lights of the police car caught her attention, and she looked back. When the headlights shone on her pretty face with still tears, Zi Die called out, "Isn't she Feifei?"
I slowed down the car, slowly drove towards Feifei's position, and said, "Perhaps, before returning to the dormitory, we can sit at the fourth in-law's house."