Shao Dong thought about it, and went to Xihe Village with Wang Bo to check the situation before making a decision.

Regardless of whether Xu Laohan offended someone or not, now that Xu Ping is dead, everything has changed again.

Moreover, Xu Ping's death is too weird, until now, no one knows how Xu Ping died, which is the crux of the matter.

Of course, the accident of Xu Laohan's family for decades is also the key point that attracted Shao Dong's attention, after all, no one knows how all this was caused, accidents, where there are so many accidents.

At this moment, Xihe Village, which was originally a quiet and peaceful village, suddenly became noisy, and I don't know who beat the mourning drum, which made the entire Xihe Village drum sound loudly.

In Xihe Village, there has always been a tradition of beating the mourning drum after the death of the village name, however, not everyone is qualified to sound the funeral drum after death, either a respected elder, or a person who has made great contributions to Xihe Village, or a person who has won glory for Xihe Village.

In the past, Xu Laohan always thought that if Xu Ping died in the future, Xihe Village would definitely beat the mourning drum, and at least it was the kind of one hundred and eight shocking mourning drums.

Don't think that the funeral drum is just beaten casually, how many times you knock it, and how often you knock it are very particular.

The highest etiquette, of course, is to knock for nine hours, every five minutes, a full hundred and eight knocks.

Of course, although Xu Laohan knew that after Xu Ping died, he would definitely knock for nine hours and beat the one hundred and eight times, but he knew that he couldn't hear it.

Thinking like this, it's just a time of boredom, just talking about comfort.

Boom...... Boom...... Boom......

It's another full five, the death knell rings, and the aftermath lingers.

"Is there a temple in Xihe Village?" Shao Dong, who had just arrived in Xihe Village, heard the drum and asked with a puzzled face.

This voice resounded in the sky and shook the valley, and I am afraid that the villagers of the entire Xihe Village can hear it clearly.

Hearing him ask, Wang Bo looked left and right and replied: "Brother Dong, do you feel that this voice is a little scary?"

Wang Bo is also the first time to come to Xihe Village, and Shao Dong's problem is actually the same for him.

After an embarrassed hmm, Shao Dong smiled in order to alleviate the weird atmosphere: "Okay, okay, don't I just ask like that? I knew that I wouldn't have brought you with me, just like me, my eyes will be black as soon as I come here, what's the use of asking you?"

"Can you endure it?" Wang Bo has always been this kind of indifferent character, and immediately said: "You think I'm you, and I'm not prepared at all?"

After speaking, Wang Bo took out his mobile phone, and he didn't know who he sent a message to, and then looked at Shao Dong with a dazed face and didn't speak.

Of course, Shao Dong knew what this guy was doing, and according to his character, he naturally contacted people, but in this Xihe Village, who could he contact? In addition to the few colleagues from the Chengdong Branch who he had just met today, who else did he know?

This guy is just that, he is simple and generous, and he is familiar with everyone, so it doesn't take much effort, but it makes him know a bunch of friends.

It may not be easy to expect such a friend to do something earth-shattering, but in a situation like this, it is definitely the best choice.

So, the two big men parked the car at the entrance of Xihe Village and waited like this.

Wang Bo didn't say anything, Shao Dong didn't ask, just like that, three or five minutes later, the sound of knocking on the window glass finally sounded.

"Brother, you have to come here to understand the situation, tell me in advance, I have been waiting for you here for a long time. ”

The one who knocked on the car window was a man in his thirties, although everyone was of the same age, but his first impression was that he had a sleek and sophisticated face, and that he had a huge beer belly that betrayed his habits of life without any flaws.

"It's the same. Wang Bo quipped: "Today, our Director Shao has to come down in person to understand the situation, there is no way, I can only run errands, drive a car or something, no strange, no strange......"

"Director Shao?" The man immediately glanced at the back row, and if he really saw Shao Dong, he immediately said: "Director Shao, what do you command, why bother to run such a trip yourself." ”

His words made Shao Dong smile helplessly, and remembered a joke on the Internet......

You're such a busy person, and you still have to go to the toilet yourself?

Of course, this also shows even more that this man is sleek.

"Shao Bureau, this is Liu Jun, the criminal police team of the Dongcheng Branch. ”

Although Wang Bo doesn't speak in tune, he is still very reliable, so he introduced it immediately.

"Officer Liu, hello, I'm sorry for you today, take us around Xihe Village. ”

After Shao Dong got out of the car, he politely greeted Liu Jun.

"Director Shao is polite, it's all work, it's all work. Although Liu Jun looks a bit bureaucratic, with a big belly and a mouth full of trains, he is still very reliable in doing things, and after receiving Wang Bo's call, he made preparations in advance, and even found a colleague from the police station in the jurisdiction who is familiar with the situation in Xihe Village.

As he spoke, he pointed to the police car behind him and said, "I don't know the situation in Xihe Village very well, but Lao Zhao from the police station is very familiar with this area, so let's follow him later." ”

Lao Zhao, a police officer from the police station under the jurisdiction of the Dongcheng Branch, originally drove in the police car, but when he saw Shao Dong coming down, he also walked down.

At the age of forty or fifty, with the vicissitudes of life on his face, at first glance, he is the kind of old cadre who is quite amazing.

"You're welcome, you're welcome. Lao Zhao was very modest and said: "I am just a little familiar with this piece, since I entered the work, I have been in charge of this piece of Xihe Village, I dare not say anything else, if I really want to talk about this piece of Xihe Village, I really know very well." ”

Because when Xu Ping's case happened before, it was Lao Zhao and the police officers of the police station who were responsible for the vigilance work, so they also knew Shao Dong.

At first, he was surprised by the young nature of the deputy director, but when he knew that it was this deputy director who was too young to talk to solve the robbery of the cash transport truck some time ago, he admired Shao Dong a lot.

The police are like this, not looking at age, but ability.

At that moment, Lao Zhao also said happily: "If Director Shao has any instructions, I can do my best to do it in this Xihe Village." ”

Lao Zhao is a conscientious person, for so many years in the police position, although he has not made much achievements, but he has never made any mistakes, and he has not even been late for decades of work.

"Lao Zhao, what is the situation with the drum sound we heard just now? Is there a temple in this Xihe Village?" Shao Dong is not the kind of person who is polite, since everyone has said so, then he immediately entered the state and asked directly.

Not to mention, Lao Zhao is really familiar with Xihe Village, and immediately said: "Where is there a temple in this Xihe Village." Lao Zhao shook his head and said: "This Xihe Village, a few decades ago, was still the kind of place where it was too poor to open the pot, and the people couldn't even eat their stomachs, let alone worship God. ”

"What's the situation? We heard the drums clearly just now, and the drums were so loud that I am afraid that the entire Xihe Village could hear them clearly. ”

Shao Dong asked puzzledly, he was too impressed by the drum just now, not only the drum sound was very loud, but most importantly, he always felt that the drum had a little sadness.

"Drums?" Lao Zhao pondered for a moment, and muttered to himself: "No, this Xihe Village hasn't beaten the drum on the mountain for many years, and we have all talked about it, in just a few years, it is right that the drum can't be beaten."

"The drum on the mountain?" Shao Dong asked suspiciously.

Lao Zhao pointed his hand and pointed to a lonely mountain in Xihe Village, and said: "That's it, see that pavilion, there is a big drum in that pavilion, it is said to be the largest drum in our province, and that drum has a history of many years."

However, that drum is called a mourning drum, and it can only be played by the dead. ”

"Mourning drum?" Shao Dong was stunned for a moment and said, "Isn't Xu Ping dead, then the mourning drum was beaten just now, and it was for Xu Ping?"

"Impossible, impossible. Lao Zhao waved his hand and said: "To beat the mourning drum, there are a lot of requirements, not every person who dies can beat the mourning drum, there must be many conditions." ”

Lao Zhao really knows a lot about Xihe Village, and immediately explained: "For example, if a respected old man in the village dies, he can ring the death knell, and for example, a person who has made outstanding contributions to Xihe Village can sound the death knell after his death, and for example, a person who has won glory for Xihe Village can also sound the death knell after his death."

Moreover, ringing the death knell is also divided into three, six, nine and other categories, and the highest courtesy is to ring twelve times an hour, for nine hours, and one hundred and eight rings, which is the highest courtesy of the death knell, but for hundreds of years, no one has ever received such a courtesy.

At least, it has to be knocked nine times, but there were still in previous years, and in the past few years, I have talked to the old people in the village, and I should not have had the opportunity to ring the death knell. ”

Hearing Lao Zhao say this, Shao Dong asked suspiciously: "Isn't this just because Xu Ping died and rang the death knell?

"No, it won't. Lao Zhao still shook his head and said: "First, Xu Ping's age is still too young, of course, even if this point is not true, then the second point is unreasonable, because if a local person in Xihe Village has passed away and meets the qualifications to ring the death knell, then it will not be a daytime ring, but a night ring, and a death knell during the day, which can only be outsiders who have made outstanding contributions to Xihe Village, so this is also impossible, because in recent years, no outsiders have made contributions to Xihe Village that are qualified to ring the death knell." ”

Shao Dong never imagined that there were so many rules in a small and independent village, but when he heard Lao Zhao say this, Shao Dong was also confused, and immediately asked: "Then according to what you say, isn't this death knell all knocked indiscriminately? It wasn't knocked for Xu Ping, and it wasn't knocked because of outsiders, so what happened to what I heard before?"

Speaking of this, Lao Zhao also shook his head, he really couldn't say anything about this question, but from his understanding of Xihe Village, the death knell in Xihe Village had never been sounded indiscriminately, and for so many years, as far as he knew, the death knell in Xihe Village had never been missed.

"I really don't know this, anyway, as far as I know, the death knell has always been guarded by a special person in the village, and it will never be ringed casually, and there is a record in the village, who is qualified to ring the death knell after death, how many times to ring, how long to knock, it has been set a long time ago, if there is an increase or decrease, it will also be arranged in the morning, so, the death knell, there has never been any mistake over the years. ”

This is strange, Shao Dong is more and more confused, since the management of the death knell is so strict, why did Xu Ping just die, and this death knell sounded?

What's the problem?

"Let's go to the other side of the hill. Because now that Xu Ping's murder has just happened, Shao Dong is unwilling to let go of everything that may be related to the case, so he immediately greeted him.

Here, Wang Bo was obedient to Shao Dong's words, and Liu Jun and Lao Zhao both served Shao Dong as a leader, so no one objected to what he said at the moment.

In this way, the group walked towards the lonely hill behind Xihe Village.

Because over the years, everyone has made some money, and this hill with the death knell has also built an easy road.

This road is funny, when Xihe Village was not connected to the road, the road on this hill was repaired by the villagers themselves.

It is conceivable what the death knell on this hill means to Xihe Village.

Shao Dong and his entourage drove for about ten minutes, and then came to the foot of the hill, and under the leadership of Lao Zhao, a group of people went up the mountain.

On the way up the mountain, because there is a section of the road that is not open to traffic, everyone can only walk, of course, the reason why this section of the road is not open to traffic is not because there is no money, or that the people of Xihe Village no longer believe in this death knell.

It is because the people of Xihe Village believe that the death knell is sacred and inviolable, and they must be devout to believe, so the last part of the road must be walked by themselves.

It was on the mountain trail that had to be walked at the end, Shao Dong walked behind Lao Zhao, originally a little distracted because he was thinking about the whole case in his mind, and suddenly, an unkempt guy jumped out of the grass behind Shao Dong's side and hugged Shao Dong's.

Shao Dong's spirits perked up, his arms were retracted, and with a violent shock, the person's arm was shaken open, and he turned his fist and was about to hit it head-on, when suddenly, the fist stopped in mid-air, because Wang Bo had already kicked the person out.

It turned out that Wang Bo, who was walking behind Shao Dong, also reacted quickly, and after a kick passed, he shouted nervously, thinking that he had met the guy who attacked the police.

"Don't be nervous, this is Zhang Dasha from Xihe Village. After hearing Wang Bo shouting loudly, Lao Zhao looked back, but said very calmly: "Zhang Dasha, Zhang Dasha, what are you doing, this is the leader of the Public Security Bureau, be careful that he arrests you." ”

Zhang Dasha is a middle-aged man who is a little mentally ill, because he can't see his face clearly because he is unkempt, and he can't judge his exact age.

However, as soon as this Zhang Dasha heard Lao Zhao say this, he muttered for a long time without understanding a word.

The most interesting thing is that when Lao Zhao shouted like this, this person changed his expression, and actually pouted and walked towards Shao Dong with a long and messy hair that could be wiped out of oil, looking like he was about to kiss Shao Dong.

Not to mention, Shao Dong, a guy who was once not afraid of heaven and earth, was made so by this big fool, the whole person suddenly lost his temper, and he almost ran away at the moment, if it wasn't for Wang Bo who stepped forward to control Zhang Dasha, Shao Dong might really be kissed by this guy.

"I'm sorry, Director Shao, this Dasha is a native of Xihe Village, and I don't know why, I've been demented since I was a child, and after so many years, I have become this virtue, don't mind. ”

When Lao Zhao saw this scene, he was embarrassed to explain at the moment, how to say it, this Xihe Village is also the jurisdiction he is responsible for, if the director of the county public security bureau is sexually harassed by a mentally ill person in his jurisdiction, he will really be famous as a police officer.

It is more important to kill people, and it is men who harass and are harassed......

"Lao Zhao, what is the situation of your big fool, I remember that he was not demented before, why haven't you seen him in the past few days, but he actually has violent tendencies, and he also has sexual violence tendencies?"

Although Liu Jun is not clear to Xihe Village like Lao Zhao, he still knows about this big fool, so he asked immediately.

Of course, when he asked such a sentence, he was more explaining to Lao Zhao in disguise.

Speaking of this Zhang Dasha, Lao Zhao also shook his head helplessly, and said: "God knows what the situation is, this guy was fine before, but after coming back from outside some time ago, the whole person's brain is like being stimulated, and he will make something happen at every turn, but there is no big thing, usually it is to smash a passing vehicle or something, like today, it is the first time I have encountered it." ”

Hearing Lao Zhao say this, the frightened Shao Dong asked puzzledly: "Can he still go out like this?"

He really couldn't understand how such a person with obvious mental problems got out, and who brought him out.

"Hey, you don't believe it. Lao Zhao also sighed and said: "This guy doesn't need others to take him at all, he lost himself while he was shopping, anyway, he didn't know the way home, he was wandering, he got lost, and then he didn't know where to go, our colleagues from the police station and the sub-bureau brought him back from the outside several times."

I brought it back before, and I brought it back, except for the demented and pitiful look, I didn't make any trouble, but this time, after I brought it back, the whole person changed, and even had some violent tendencies, and I don't know what he experienced outside. ”

After speaking, Lao Zhao pulled Zhang Dasha to him, probably because Lao Zhao often went outside to pick him up, so Zhang Dasha was very docile to Lao Zhao, standing quietly and honestly beside Lao Zhao, without saying a word.

And Lao Zhao also looked at him with a gentle face.

Shao Dong shuddered when he looked at this scene, and glanced at Wang Bo, and it could be seen from Wang Bo's eyes that he and Shao Dong also felt the strange atmosphere of Xihe Village.