It probably happened more than 20 years ago.

Not long after they changed jobs, Chen Zhong's comrade-in-arms Xin Zefei had an agreement with Chen Zhong that he would come to Zhaoxi Village after the transfer, and the comrades-in-arms would get together well.

Chen Zhong's warm hospitality to Xin Zefei.

That time, Xin Ze flew to Zhaoxi Village and stayed for half a month, and he gave his treasured belt to Chen Zhong as a commemoration between his comrades-in-arms.

But Xin Zefei had an accident on the way home.

And this accident is also very strange to say, the traitor on the battlefield actually met Xin Zefei who was returning home by a small river.

Because the traitor had already suffered from mental illness, he frantically chased and slashed the defenseless Xin Zefei under the attack of madness.

Xin Zefei was slashed more than 30 times, and he died before he could be sent to the hospital.

However, the person who cut people was identified as a mentally ill person at that time, escaped the punishment of the law, and was released after less than five years in the labor camp.

Hearing this, I was a little surprised: "Is the slasher really a mental patient?"

Chen Zhong nodded and said: "The authoritative appraisal made by the public security department confirmed that this person is a mentally ill person, because the law stipulates that a mentally ill person can be reduced from his criminal responsibility according to the circumstances when he commits a crime, so after this person killed someone, because he is a mentally ill person, he was reduced from many criminal responsibilities." ”

"How can a person who once came out of the army suddenly become mentally ill? Is it true that when he joined the army, the recruiting office did not conduct a physical examination of his body? This is a bit illogical. ”

I became more and more suspicious about this situation, but Chen Zhong said: "Maybe it's because he is under too much pressure, and after he is discharged from the army and changed jobs, his treatment is not very good, so he has malicious intentions towards this society and violent tendencies towards the victims." ”

"Can you tell me, then, who the hell is this man?"

I was suddenly very interested in such a person, and I wanted to meet, what kind of person is this? He turned out to be a mentally ill person, why could he still join the army?

Seeing that I had developed a strong interest in the person he was talking about, Chen Zhong suddenly became slumped.

He shook his head and said to me, "I advise you not to go to see him, because this man has never dealt with other people since the accident, and no one has dealt with him, and he is very hostile to people outside, just like he is full of hostility to the world, and I am afraid that he will hurt you." ”

"You just have to tell me his name, and as for whether I want to see him or not, that's my own business, and I'll be up to me. ”

It seems that the clues to the belt can only be found here.

I felt that there was something else going on with such a strange person, so I thought I might be able to find out something about this strange person.

But Chen Zhong didn't tell me the name of the stranger.

He saw that my expression was very persistent, so he advised me: "Young man, let it go when you should let go, there have been many people who are more experienced than you who have talked to me, and they also want to find out this strange person from my mouth, but I have not said anything." ”

"Why don't you say that if he really committed a crime, he is a bad person, then you have to think about it, what you cover him up today may harm yourself in the future. ”

I'm blunt.

The old man in front of me was determined to keep his mouth shut, and I don't know how much pressure that weirdo had put on him to insist so much.

Since the stranger killed his comrades-in-arms, it is reasonable to say that he should bravely stand up and testify against the stranger and seek justice for his comrades-in-arms.

This is a rather unfair result for anyone.

But it's such a simple and easy-to-understand truth, but few people can figure it out.

Chen Zhong shook his head slowly, and said to me while shaking his head: "It doesn't matter to me whether I break the law or not, although a person of my age is also from the battlefield, I still want to live a few more years, and I also want you to live a few more years." ”

"What do you mean by letting me live a few more years?"

I don't understand what he said either, is he going to use this kind of scary tone to intimidate me in order to keep it secret for the weirdo?

Chen Zhong said to me: "Maybe you think I'm scaring you, but I really want to make it clear to you, if you want to continue to track down this person, then you are doing things with your head, I really don't know when you are not careful, your head will be gone." ”

"Is it so terrifying? This is a society governed by the rule of law, and I don't believe that there are such lawless people in this world. ”

I really don't believe in this evil.

For example, I know that there are many hooligans and ruffians in this village, and even their village chief may be a village tyrant, but this does not affect my investigation of the case.

Do they dare to shield murderers?

Chen Zhong sighed and said to me: "Young man, you better leave, it's better to go as far as possible, this village is really not suitable for you to stay, this case, I don't want you to continue to investigate, believe my uncle, it's too late to turn back." ”

"Uncle, there's no turning back. ”

Half an hour later, taking advantage of the night, I knocked on Chen Zhong's door again.

When he opened the door, he looked at me in surprise: "Didn't you leave?

I raised the wine and food in my hand and said to him: "Uncle Chen, I shouldn't have eaten yet, or we will drink one, just now I went out and saw someone selling ostrich meat at the entrance of the village, and I heard that it is still cooked and marinated, so I weighed two catties back, and I will use it to drink tonight." ”

Looking at the wine and food in my hand, Chen Zhong thought for a while, and still put me into the house.

Under the grape trellis of his house, he set up a small table, and then put the wine and food I bought on the table, dragged two stools, and we sat opposite each other.

Chen Zhong poured wine and said to me: "It's okay to accompany you to eat and drink, but if you want me to talk to you about the case, then I'm sorry, I won't accompany you." ”

He had already expressed his attitude, anyway, he was very tough, and it could be seen that it was not easy to pry her mouth open, so I said: "Don't worry, Uncle Chen, I won't talk about work when I eat." ”

"Even after eating, I won't talk to you. ”

Chen Zhong picked up a piece of ostrich meat, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it with a clatter.

I could see that the ostrich meat was very tough, and I always felt a strange fishy smell lingering between my nostrils when I stared at the textured ostrich meat on the plate.

I looked at Chen Zhong's feasting and thought that this ostrich meat should be delicious, so I asked him, "Uncle Chen, do you locals love to eat ostrich meat?"

"Of course, we've been eating this for four or five years. ”

Chen Zhong ate several pieces at once, just like eating Chinese cabbage, and I said, "Why is it only four or five years? Could it be that four or five years ago, there was no ostrich meat to sell in this place?"

"Of course, the man who sold ostrich meat five years ago was still in prison, so he couldn't have sold us ostriches in his cell, right?"

Chen Zhong said this inadvertently while eating.

My heart chuckled, and I knew that the man who sold ostrich meat was not my neighbor? Could it be that my strange neighbor was in prison five years ago?

Chen Zhong looked up and saw that I was silent.

He pointed to the plate of ostrich meat and said, "Eat it quickly, if you don't eat it again, it will be gone." ”

I smiled and said to him, "If you like to eat, eat first, if it's not enough, I'll go out and buy it." ”

"Then hurry up and buy some more, I like to eat ostrich ribs, the meat on the ostrich ribs is very fine, but it is also very smooth, never stuck teeth, you don't know that I like this bite, but unfortunately it is too expensive, and most people can't afford to eat much." ”

Chen Zhong's face is really big.

When he heard that I was going to buy it, his eyes lit up, and he could tell at a glance that this was a gluttonous guy.

If you want to pry open the mouth of the foodie, you have to meet their conditions first, so I didn't hesitate to stand up and touch a few hundred-dollar bills in my bag, which were stuffed to me when Gao Liang came in the morning, and he said that I would pay for the medical expenses.

It seems that the medical expenses of a few hundred yuan will be spent on ostrich meat today.

But as long as it helps solve the case, it will be spent if it is spent, anyway, I am a big man with a tough body, and this little injury on my body can be passed by gritting my teeth.

But once the opportunity to solve the case is missed, it is no longer difficult to seize it.

I bought two catties of ostrich pork ribs in front of the stall selling braised vegetables, and when I was about to leave after paying, I was held down by a person on the shoulder, and a voice came from behind me: "Oh, isn't this some kind of reporter? Why did you come to our village to buy vegetables? ”

I looked back and saw a fat face.

Isn't this the son of the village chief's family, the dog brother who intercepted us on the road that day?

Brother Dog had a toothpick in his mouth and stared at me with a wicked smile, followed by several young people, each carrying half a bottle of beer in their hands, looking drunk, he should have just drunk from a bar.

I took his hand off his shoulder indifferently: "May I ask you for something about me?"

"I'm okay with you, but my brother has something to do with you, you smashed his car without saying a word, and left without a fart, it's too inauthentic to be like this, officer. ”

Brother Dog spread his hands and put on a rogue posture.

I nodded and said to them: "I am a police officer from the Nanshan Police Station, if your friend must ask me to compensate for his car, come to the Nanshan Police Station another day to find me, we will go through the legal process, if the law determines that it is my mistake, how much should I compensate? ”

"Don't use the police station to press me, isn't there such a saying? The tiger was bullied by dogs in Pingyang, and you fell into our hands today, do you still want to pat your ass and leave?"

Fuck, a turtle is a turtle, and I scolded myself for being a dog, and I really couldn't get on the stage.

I didn't bother to talk to them, I carried the ostrich meat, turned around and walked towards Chen Zhong's house, a large group of people surrounded me, and a middle-aged bald man in the lead stopped in front of me: "Young man, have you made enough trouble?"