After the little policeman Qiu Xi settled down at his uncle's house, he contacted Luo Ming, not so much to help solve the case, but to take this opportunity to have a fun, after all, he is not a particularly self-motivated person.

People who hate the poor and love the rich are not Qiuxi, and with the development of society, more and more urban people go to the countryside for vacation.

This is also a new trend, Qiuxi is a young person, and it is nature to chase the trend.

Almost at the same time, Li Yiting and Chen Tianyu also found Luo Ming. Luo Ming and Chen Tianyu only had a one-sided relationship, and they were not deeply impressed, but Luo Ming knew that Li Yiting was the nephew of the master, so he didn't rush to see Qiuxi, and chatted with the two in the side hall first.

Li Miaozhu is no longer alive, but Guanyin Temple can't be left unguarded, so he can't take the time to go to Li Village, and now, Luo Ming is the de facto new Miaozhu.

There was no one to choose, Guanyin was gone, and it was impossible for someone else to take over. As long as Qiuxi can help retrieve the Guanyin statue or the funds, he can justifiably become the new temple blessing.

In this way, Luo Ming actually had a feeling of being a blessing in disguise, and his speech was much more blunt. Chen Tianyu was keenly aware of this subtle change, so he motioned for Li Yiting to ask questions first.

Luo Ming spoke first: "You came to me, is there something wrong?"

Li Yiting asked, "I heard that you have always been my third uncle's apprentice?"

"What's wrong with that?" Luo Ming asked without answering.

Li Yiting smiled slightly: "You and the third uncle are completely two styles, of course I am very curious why the third uncle chose you." ”

Luo Ming wiped his red face when he heard this, and said coldly: "He, do you think anyone can do this?"

Chen Tianyu finally interjected: "In this way, your income should be a lot of money......

Luo Ming glanced at him, and still asked rhetorically, "Who are you?"

Chen Tianyu ignored him and said to himself: "Since the income is not cheap, in fact, you can buy a new Guanyin statue, so as not to get into such an embarrassing situation now." Of course, if you're happy with the result for the sake of succession, I can understand that. ”

Luo Ming had been listening to them casually, mainly because of Li Miaozhu's relationship with the two, he didn't listen to Chen Tianyu carefully.

"Uh...... What do you say?" he frowned, somewhat catching some unkindness.

Chen Tianyu smiled slightly: "What I mean is very simple, that is, if you want to grab a temple to celebrate the dangdang, it is normal to hide the Guanyin statue." ”

"What!" Luo Ming bounced up as if he was burned, "Don't talk nonsense!"

He pointed at Chen Tianyu, his nose was crooked, and he looked like he was going to eat people.

Chen Tianyu was not afraid, he said calmly: "It's actually normal for me to think like this, you said, your master has made so much money, how could this matter end so dismally?

Luo Ming's face turned blue and white for a while: "Do you know how much it costs to invite a new Bodhisattva?"

"Do you know that?" Chen Tianyu glanced at him and continued to provoke him.

Luo Ming roared in a low voice: "Two hundred thousand! Can you take it?"

“...... Oh. ”

Luo Ming continued to say loudly: "Don't stand and talk without backache, you city people, what do you know?"

Chen Tianyu said with a smile: "I believe that you will definitely not be able to take out more than 200,000 yuan, but your master may not." ”

Luo Ming suddenly calmed down, and he said coldly: "I don't need to talk to you about these things, Officer Qiu is waiting for me, you can ask him to go." ”

With that, he got up and prepared to leave.

Chen Tianyu seemed to say to himself: "I guess your master's money has been put into your pocket." ”

Luo Ming turned around abruptly and said, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful with me." ”

Luo Ming left angrily.

Chen Tianyu watched him leave, and suddenly sighed lightly: "It seems that the money is really not taken by him." ”

Li Yiting nodded slightly: "This person doesn't have any city government, so you can rule out suspicion." ”

Chen Tianyu said suspiciously: "Then where will your third uncle's money be hidden?"

"Why don't we find it?" Li Yiting suggested.

Chen Tianyu looked up, there was not a single pilgrim today, just had an accident, no matter how devout the villagers were, they would not come easily.

Chen Tianyu thought for a moment before saying: "Your third uncle's territory, it is justified for you to look for it." What about me...... I wanted to see the room again, but I always felt like I was missing something. ”

Li Yiting nodded, and the two quickly went their separate ways.

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When Luo Ming found the little policeman Qiuxi, he looked urgent.

Qiu Xi obviously saw it, after all, they had been to the provincial capital together, and Luo Ming's expression was very familiar to him.

Uncle Zhang Shubing was not at home, he left a separate room for Qiuxi, and there were many empty rooms in the house.

Qiu Xi didn't say much, he knew Luo Ming's intention, so he took the folder that had been prepared on the table and put it under his armpit, and took two pens by the way.

"Let's go to the scene of the crime. He said unhurriedly.

Luo Ming didn't forget to say a few polite words, and by the way, he said: "Brother, you just arrived, do you want to rest first?"

Qiu Xi was unmoved, and said lightly: "I came here yesterday, so let's hurry up...... By the way, you'd better call me a police officer, although it's helping, but after all, it's handling a case. ”

Luo Ming's old face was slightly red, but it was more of an expectation: "Autumn ...... Officer Qiu said that handling a case is handling a case...... "He didn't forget to give a thumbs up to express his appreciation for this work attitude, of course, more to cover up his embarrassment."

Qiu Xi didn't seem to care at all, and still said lightly: "The place where the crime occurred is not far from here?"

"Ah?...... Oh, not far, not far, about half an hour of walking. "Luo Ming is not very sensitive to technical terms.

Qiuxi raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was already more than nine o'clock in the morning: "Then let's go, I have to rush back for dinner at noon, go to see the scene first." ”

Luo Ming hurriedly said attentively: "Just eat something at my place, otherwise we don't eat vegetarian food, and the food is good." ”

Qiuxi shook his head: "No, alcohol is not allowed during working hours." ”

Luo Ming didn't want to say anything, so the two walked together from Taicun to Guanyin Temple, chatting a few words on the way, but mainly to understand the basic situation of Luoshui Village.

They walked quickly, about twenty minutes later, the two had arrived at the Guanyin Temple, Qiu Xi simply walked around the temple outside the temple, and finally deliberately stayed at the position of the original god statue for a few more moments, and then sat down on the bench next to the offering table, spread out the folder, and carefully recorded the preliminary investigation.

"In the past few days, have you found any particularly suspicious people?" Qiuxi asked Luo Ming as he sat down.

Luo Ming stood at the offering table and thought for a while: "I didn't pay attention to ......"

Qiuxi nodded, and then asked, "Is there anyone in the village who is used to stealing or something?"

Luo Ming subconsciously wiped his face, isn't he himself idle, but he won't admit it.

"There are still a few idle young people, not many...... I haven't heard of habitual thieves. ”

Qiu Xi was not suspicious, he tilted his head and thought, "Has there been a theft in the village before?"

"Uh, there ......" Luo Ming was not sure.

"What are you missing?"

"Pigs and cows, chickens and ducks, hoes and black cones or something...... Both. Luo Ming cooperated with the question, and he added, "The vegetables planted at the gate of the temple have also been stolen......

Qiu Xi was a little helpless, raised his head and frowned, "Do you have any important points?"

Luo Ming shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Well, do you have any key suspicions?" Qiu Xi frowned.

Luo Ming continued to shake his head.

Qiuxi put down the pen in his hand: "Okay, then I'll visit the village in the afternoon, let's do this first." ”

"That's it?" Luo Ming also felt that it was a little too hasty.

Qiu Xi smiled slightly: "Then what do you think? Handling a case is not a matter of one or two days, not to mention a theft case, which can only be investigated slowly." ”

Luo Ming nodded as if he didn't understand.

"If you have any clues, you can be faster, but you ...... I don't know. Qiuxi shrugged.

Luo Ming smiled awkwardly.

Chen Tianyu and Li Yiting have been sitting and chatting in the side hall, and Qiu Xi has come to the side hall, but he didn't specifically ask them.

As for Qiu Xi's actions, the two of them could see clearly from the side hall.

The two looked at each other a little, this is the Niobi policeman that Luo Ming invited from the city?

For Li Yiting, who has been engaged in criminal police work for more than 10 years, this person's unfamiliarity is almost that of a novice in the police station, and more than an hour is almost entirely spent on recording, and the on-site investigation is purely superficial.

"Officer...... Officer Qiu, right?" Li Yiting got up and walked into the main hall and took the initiative to speak.

Qiu Xi glanced up at him for a long time, but looked at him seriously for a while: "Are you?"

Before Li Yiting could speak, Luo Ming hurriedly said, "This is our old Miaozhu's nephew." ”

Qiu Xi sighed lightly, continued to bow his head to record something, and after a while, he raised his head again and said, "Comrade, do you have any situation to reflect?"

Li Yiting nodded: "That's the case, I just found out that the third uncle's deposit seems to be gone." He and Chen Tianyu searched for a long time, but did not find any cash, since the police came, just to help check, he added, "My third uncle is the original temple ......."

Qiu Xi bowed his head to express his understanding, and recorded it, and said, "How much is the deposit?"

"This ...... I don't know very well. Li Yiting really didn't know.

Qiuxi didn't pay much attention: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Uh, no. ”

"That's okay, feel free to report to me if you have a situation......" Qiuxi said routinely.

Chen Tianyu almost burst out laughing.

Officer Qiu didn't seem to have remembered to ask where Lao Miaozhu had gone.

He wondered if he should give a warning, but given the officer's poor level of investigation, he decided to let it go.

He is not like Li Yiting, he is a criminal policeman, in his opinion, although this person is a little immature, his attitude is still sincere, and the handling of cases is also in order, perhaps, there will be something to rely on in the future.

After all, this is the backwoods.

Therefore, when Li Yiting walked back with a disappointed face, Chen Tianyu patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Yiting, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, let him give it a try." ”

Li Yiting nodded helplessly.

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Qiuxi did not accept Luo Ming's lunch, said that he would come back in the afternoon, and left the Guanyin Temple.

Chen Tianyu and Li Yiting didn't plan to stay longer, and when they saw him leave, they returned to Li Village.

Although the two were a little disappointed, they didn't expect Qiu Xi to really solve the theft case, but there was a formal police officer with a certificate in the village, and it would always be easier to do things in the future.

"He's a warm-hearted person, otherwise he wouldn't have come to our ravine. Li Yiting finally expressed his affirmation, the police are also people, not to mention that Qiuxi is still so young, there must always be a process of growth.

"Don't ask too much. Chen Tianyu smiled slightly.

"Hmm. Li Yiting suddenly said, "I didn't expect that the Guanyin statue offered in the temple every day is so valuable, and these thieves want to come mainly to make money." ”

Chen Tianyu glanced at him with a smile and added, "Don't you know about the antique craze in recent years? The Buddha statue is an antique, of great value, and is obviously their main target, and I suspect that your third uncle's cash deposit is probably also a side target for them. What thief thinks more money?"

Li Yiting shook his head: "My dad told me privately that the third uncle seems to have given the money to Luo Ming to purchase a new idol, and this money may have been gambled by Luo Ming......"

Chen Tianyu said: "Do you think your third uncle will give you nothing?"

Li Yiting nodded, with his understanding of the third uncle, he has always been a shrewd person, he said: "It makes sense." There must not be only 10,000 pieces left, at least a coffin book......"

"The reason why we couldn't find the money was probably stolen. Chen Tianyu continued, "Perhaps, the suicide of your third uncle will not be so simple." ”

Li Yiting sighed: "I have carefully examined the body of the third uncle, and I have not found any signs of being coerced to take poison, how can this be explained?" he remembered one thing, "By the way, about the red body...... Have you asked Jing Nan?"

Chen Tianyu nodded: "Asked." Jing Nan said that there are many causes of body discoloration, but mercury poisoning should not be directly caused...... It may be an allergic reaction, massive bleeding of organs, etc., but it needs to be dissected to be determined. ”

Li Yiting was silent for a long time.

"Such a long journey, Jing Nan will definitely not be able to get out, to be dissected locally, I am afraid that my father will not agree......" Li Yiting sighed, he had a deep understanding of the conservative ideas in the countryside, "Even local autopsy and evidence collection will not make us so helpless." ”

"By the way, you re-inspected the wing, did you find anything?" Unable to directly intervene in the forensic examination, Li Yiting really wanted to confirm whether the third uncle really committed suicide through more indirect evidence.

His professionalism is still there, and he also has doubts about suicide.

Unexpectedly, Chen Tianyu shook his head in frustration: "I didn't find any problems, maybe I really looked away by myself." ”

"That's weird......" Li Yiting said to himself.

"In fact, it is also very simple, either the suicide is true, or the murderer must be a middle and high master, and there is no available physical evidence left. "So we don't need to waste too much time guessing, perhaps, this matter has just begun." ”

Li Yiting's face was solemn: "What I'm most worried about is this, after all, this is my hometown...... Let's hope that's the end of it. ”

Chen Tianyu touched his nose with his fingers and said with a strange smile: "Do you know what your current state is?"

"How?"

Chen Tianyu sighed: "The salmon that swims thousands of miles back is all lost. ”

Li Yiting sneered: "!"

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Qiu Xi was also dedicated, and he began to visit and investigate the four natural villages with a clear eye, focusing on the records of gambling addicts, idle people and wine drinkers.

After screening, about 20 middle-aged and young people have the conditions to commit crimes, and every natural village has them, including Li Village, which has a small number of people.

Among them, Zhang Kun of Iwamura and Zhang Jin of Yuancun are more typical, Zhang Kun we already know a little, he is a single man and a gambling stick, and he is also the one who takes the lead in making trouble; Zhang Jin is a tyrant in Yuancun, who has been stealing chickens and dogs since he was a child, and he is very bold, and he actually stole the coffin of a certain family in Li Village a few years ago, but he was soon recovered by the police station and left a case record.

The reason why these two people quickly entered Qiuxi's field of vision was mainly because they were too eye-catching, but there was actually no basis.

The results obtained from the one-day visit are at most statistical, and more are indirectly understood through village cadres.

Qiu Xi planned to summon the two key people once, but the result was unsatisfactory. The two confessed: Zhang Kun was fighting all night at the gambling table, and there were many witnesses; Zhang Jin didn't know what to do and fell his leg, and he had been recuperating for almost a month, and he couldn't get out of bed.

This situation made Qiuxi, who had little experience, scratch his head very much.

Although there are not many people in Luoshui Village, he really has to be summoned one by one, and he can't get out for two months, and he is also a little worried about whether he can complete this work.

Don't find another way, the investigation is worrying!

He planned to ask the six brothers of the Li family about it, after all, his own brothers would always be more concerned, and it happened that Li Village also had a suspicion - Xun Yuanchun.

Not everyone in Li Village has the surname Li, and it is normal for one or two foreign surnames to belong to the identity of the son-in-law.

Xun Yuanchun is a typical door-to-door son-in-law, his wife's surname is Li, and she is from Li Village. His wife is said to have contracted breast cancer at a young age, then went crazy and died of illness within a few years. Therefore, Xun Yuanchun is currently a widower, has no children and no daughters, and has never married.

It stands to reason that this is a loving and righteous person, but Xun Yuanchun is not so simple. One night more than ten years ago, when the wind and rain were blowing, lightning and thunder, Xun Yuanchun, a widower in Li Village, woke up in the middle of the night and suddenly opened the "eye of heaven".

Immediately afterwards, he predicted several things, and even in his words, the villagers of Li Village were dumbfounded and unclear, and since then they have become more and more mysterious and famous.

There are many people in Luoshui Village who ask him for divination in private, and there are also occasional people who come all the way from farther villages to inquire, and it is unknown whether the prediction is correct in the end.

Anyway, it is a fact that Xun Yuanchun makes a living with this and has no worries about food and clothing. As there were fewer and fewer people questioning it, and there were more and more false rumors, he went against the norm and began to close his door and concentrate on cultivating, but he received less business, claiming that he was not short of that money.

That's not the real reason. But with the increase in fees and the improvement of fame, Xun Yuanchun simply claimed to be the reincarnation of Xunzi, and the shelf was getting bigger and bigger, and it was rare to see each other without major events.

From the perspective of those of us in the city, Xun Yuanchun is obviously an out-and-out rural god.

Qiu Xi naturally has the same opinion, this is obviously from the small profit but quick turnover model to focus on a person.

Would such a person go to steal the statue of Guanyin? It's really hard to say.

is pretending to be mysterious, and it is natural and convenient to act in this coat. What's more, according to the village cadres, this unknown prophet's living immortal is also a gamble! Who dares to play with him?

It took a lot of effort for Qiu Xi to find Xun Yuanchun's old house in the middle of nowhere, but the door was closed, and he ate a real closed door.

He knocked at the door for a long time, but there was no movement. Since there was no evidence, Qiuxi had to let it go first.

Immediately afterwards, he successively asked the brothers of the Li family to understand the situation, and only then did he realize that Lao Miaozhu Li Qiwen had passed away, which can be described as an afterthought.

Luo Ming had already reported to Li Qisi about Qiuxi's identity and intentions, so Li Qisi attached great importance to it, after all, he let go of cruel words in public and wanted to find out the truth. Except for the third child who committed suicide by poisoning and said that he ended up depressed, the others were very cooperative, and they also deliberately provided a lot of suspicions.

In addition to the part of the people that Qiuxi had mastered before, Li Qisi also specifically mentioned that there was a small theft gang in Yuancun, and the leader was not Zhang Jin, but someone else.

Qiuxi wanted to ask this person's name, but Li Qisi said that he didn't know, he only knew that this person had entered the city, been to Mount Emei, learned qigong, and was still a dumb person.

According to the people of Yuan Village, this person has the miraculous skill of flying eaves and walking on the wall, and no one dares to provoke him! But because his parents died, no one knew his name, and he was called dumb and dumb all day long.

The dumb man doesn't mind, he just looks at you strangely, ah...... Yes...... A few responses.

Then he walked away with a blank face, and he was alone for more than ten years and had no friends.

Qiu Xiqi said: "Since he doesn't even have friends, how can he become the leader of the theft gang?"

Li Qisi shook his head and said: "Stealing this kind of thing is all blind and sneaky in the dark, and the gang members are not necessarily friends." Besides, even Zhang Jin is afraid of him, isn't it easy to speculate. ”

Qiu Xi nodded thoughtfully, this inference also made sense.

"Then how can I find this mute?" he asked.

Li Qisi thought for a while: "The dumb man goes into the mountains every day to practice, maybe you can meet him on the mountain road in and out of the village......"

"Okay, uncle, thank you for the information. ”

Li Qisi hurriedly waved his hand: "It's right that we want to thank you, let the police officer bother." ”

Qiu Xi smiled a little shyly and stopped talking, as the investigation deepened, to be honest, he was getting more and more bottomless.

Seems to be suspicious of everyone!

The point is, how many weirdos are there in this overboard village?