Outside the eaves, a hazy rain and mist mixed with the smoke of the village's cooking were filled, obscuring the mountains and forests in the distance.

From time to time, the breeze with water vapor blew by, disturbing the rain that was still dense and rapid.

Under the eaves, two policemen and the old man stood next to the coffin, and after the coffin board was lifted, they looked at the body in the coffin, and then fell silent one after another.

The policeman surnamed Cheng took out two pairs of gloves from his pocket, handed them to a colleague next to him, and put them on one after another.

Stretched out his hand and gently removed the raincoat covering the corpse, and the policeman surnamed Cheng gently turned the corpse.

Soon, he noticed the extra piece of hemp rope that bound the corpse's wrists.

Holding the hemp rope head, the policeman surnamed Cheng paused slightly.

On the side, another policeman took out a mirrorless camera from his arms and took pictures of the corpse's wrists, nose and mouth.

“...... Uncle Wu, thank you for supporting our work, the signs on this corpse are indeed very similar to the last corpse, we may need to bring it back to the bureau for some detailed examination. ”

The policeman surnamed Cheng put down the hemp rope, turned around, and said politely to the old man.

Hearing this, the old man waved his hand,

"If it helps, take it back. ”

As he spoke, the old man shook his head,

“...... It's just two big girls, it's like that...... Iniquity. ”

......

Just as the two policemen were inspecting the body, after Lian Ge imposed an invisible concealment on himself, he also stepped out of the hall and walked under the eaves.

Standing aside, Lian Ge quietly watched the three people beside the coffin.

......

“...... By the way, Officer Cheng, did you find anything from that corpse last time?" the old man said loudly, standing next to the coffin.

Hearing this, the policeman surnamed Cheng paused and shook his head,

"After bringing the corpse back to the bureau from Uncle Wu last time, we conducted a detailed examination of the corpse, and what can be determined is that the deceased was forced to drown and died violently, but ......" The policeman surnamed Cheng said, turning his eyes and looking at the extra piece of hemp rope,

“...... At the same time, the body was highly decomposed, and there were no documents on it, and the identity has yet to be confirmed. We visited many villages along the Yellow River, and there were no records of missing persons similar to those of the deceased.

Moreover, Uncle Wu, you also know that along the Yellow River, there are too many branches, and there are more villages and towns in the upper reaches, and we are all visiting and investigating until now......"

As he spoke, the policeman surnamed Cheng paused, turned his head to look at the old man,

"Uncle Wu, you have been on the Yellow River for so many years, you have seen more corpses on the Yellow River than us, you are an expert, can I ask you, what distance should this kind of corpse come from. ”

When the old man heard this, he leaned over and nodded, his eyes turned slightly, looking at the rain flowing under the eaves, as if he was in deep thought,

“...... A corpse like this, if it were normal, would have been floating on the surface of the water for a day or two, and according to the weather for the past two days, it would have gone far. ”

As he spoke, the old man paused again,

"If, like the corpse last time, there was such a big stone falling on the rope behind this wrist, it depends on when she floated up, and if it was until I floated, then she didn't go far, no more than a hundred miles......

Hearing this, the policeman surnamed Cheng nodded,

"Thank you, Uncle Wu. ”

The old man waved his hand when he heard this,

"It doesn't help much. ”

......

As he spoke, another police officer also took some of the key samples.

“...... Uncle Wu, the rain is a little lighter, so let's bring this corpse back to the bureau first. ”

The policeman surnamed Cheng glanced at his colleague, and then at the rain and fog outside the eaves, which had not yet dispersed in the distance, and said loudly.

"Let's wait for the rain to stop before walking, the road is not easy to walk in this weather. ”

"No, Uncle Wu, the bureau is still waiting, we won't delay. The policeman surnamed Cheng replied with a smile, and at the same time took out a folded body bag from his arms,

Hearing this, the old man nodded and did not persuade again.

The policeman surnamed Cheng put the body bag aside, and together with his colleagues, he stretched out his hand from the coffin, and carried the female corpse out with some care, and put it in a dry place under the eaves.

Carefully moving the body into the body bag, the policeman surnamed Cheng stood up again,

"Uncle Wu, can you lend us this stretcher? ”

"It's just two wooden sticks, so take them if they work. The old man waved his hand.

"Then thank you, Uncle Wu. After the policeman surnamed Cheng finished speaking, he squatted down again and put the body in the body bag back on the improvised stretcher.

Turning around, the two of them took off the raincoat hanging under the eaves and the door again, shook off the rain, and put it back on.

"Then Uncle Wu, let's go back to the bureau first. The policeman surnamed Cheng squatted down, and together with his colleagues, together with the improvised shelf, lifted the female corpse,

"I'll send you off. ”

"No need, Uncle Wu, go to dinner, I'm delaying you. ”

As they spoke, the policeman surnamed Cheng and another policeman carried a stretcher, braved the rain, and stepped on the muddy ground and left.

Standing under the eaves, the old man watched the two policemen walk away, and after a pause, he stretched out his hand and washed himself with the rain water flowing down the eaves, and then stepped back into the hall.

......

On the side, under the eaves, after glancing at the departing policeman and the old man, Lian Ge retracted his gaze, moved his steps, and returned to the dining table one step ahead of the old man, and at the same time removed the invisible concealment technique.

In the hall,

At the dining table, the old man's grandson and the old lady saw the old man walking back to the hall, and they all paused and turned their eyes to look.

"Are you done?" said the old lady, getting up, "the rice in the bowl is cold, and I will fill you with another bowl." ”

Hearing this, the old man nodded.

"Why did Officer Cheng come over today?" asked the old lady as she picked up the bowl and cooked her meal.

"I came here to bring back the corpse, just like the corpse with my hands tied some time ago, and today my grandfather and I fished another one out of the river. ”

Before the old man could answer, the grandson of the old man next to him, the young man rushed to answer.

"Is it the corpse with a stone tied to the hands tied before?" the old lady was obviously impressed.

"Yes. That's it. The young man nodded emphatically.

The old man also nodded, then turned his head and looked at Lian Ge at the dinner table,

"Sir, I've kept you waiting. ”

Hearing this, Lian Ge shook his head and picked up the chopsticks again,

"The old man fished out this kind of corpse from the river and handed it over to the police?"

The old man nodded, and after taking the re-served meal from the old lady's hand, he answered,

“...... If you encounter an ordinary drowning, you will put the body for a few days, wait for someone to collect it, and if no one comes to collect it, you will find a place to bury it. If you encounter this kind of hidden secret, you will hand it over to the police. It's a rule passed down from our ancestors. ”

"I heard from the old man before, today's corpse, there was a corpse in a similar situation before?" Lian Ge asked in a calm tone with chopsticks.

"I fished out the tool before. The old man's gaze moved up slightly, as if he had fallen into a memory,

"It is estimated that five or six days ago, it was also raining like today, I took the hill to guard the boat on the water of the Yellow River, it was almost afternoon, and suddenly a dark shadow appeared under the water surface in front of me, and it was not clear when it was far away, and when it was closer, I saw that it was a corpse that had not floated...... When Xiaoshan and I fished the body out of the river, we found that there was a stone tied to the rope attached to the bottom of the body.

As for the corpse, as soon as it surfaced, it began to bubble white under its nose and mouth......"