Two all-terrain motorcycles, bumpy on a gravel mountain road. Chu Bing waved his hand and made a gesture of stopping, and Tie Zhu followed him to park the motorcycle on the side of the road. On the dashboard of the motorcycle, the water temperature display of the spar engine has long been alerted. Taking off his helmet, he took a hard breath, and looked at the mountain road that was still in sight, Chu Bing said with a wry smile:

"Tiezhu, Uncle admires those policemen in the county a little. ”

"Why? Tie Zhu took out two bottles of water from the trunk, handed one to Chu Bing, took the other bottle himself, opened the lid and drank it in a few sips.

"You think, this road is so bumpy that it's not easy for us to ride motorcycles. Several of them crowded into a car and drove crookedly up the mountain, what kind of perseverance does this take! What's more, we all have cultivation in our bodies, and they are a bunch of ordinary people, and this crime is not light!"

Tie Zhu thinks about it, this is really the case! The sense of responsibility of the policemen who handle the case is indeed quite admirable. After drinking the water, the two put on gloves and opened the water tank drain valve, and the steam mixed with antifreeze immediately sprayed out. No matter what the water tank is easy to rust, when the antifreeze is cleaned, filled with pure water, the two continue on the road.

It took four hours for the two to finally reach the top of the mountain. Speaking of which, the mountain shape of this Dulong Mountain is also very distinctive, like a cone shape that has been shaved to the top. The other peaks in Lin'an County are part of the continuous large mountain range. Only this Dulong Mountain, there are plains on the front and back, left and right, and only it stands there. And although the mountain type is steep, it is a flat river at the top of the mountain. There is also a small lake in the middle of the mountaintop, and Liujia Village is next to the lake.

I remember that there seems to be an expert who said during his investigation in Lin'an that the reason why this Dulong Mountain is different from other mountain ranges is that it is a volcano that has been dead for a long time.

The motorcycle spirals up the mountain road. At the top of the mountain, the narrow mountain road suddenly turns into a smooth concrete pavement. The motorcycle walked along the cement road, much smoother.

The top of the mountain is not big, the road is easy to run, and soon I saw the village of Liujia Village. This village is very different from Chu Bing's imagination! In Chu Bing's mind, this village is far away from the town and geographically isolated, and it is difficult to transport even some mountain goods. Therefore, the economic situation of this village should not be too good. The houses should also be the same as the Eighteen Villages, either mountain stone houses or adobe houses.

At first glance, the whole village is a very regular brick compound. The village looks small, with a maximum of forty or fifty households, but the layout of the building looks very regular. The whole village is neatly built and square, and there is a small activity space in the center, which is equipped with many exquisite fitness equipment.

The roads in the village are also hardened with cement. Surrounded by lush woods, the whole small village is particularly tranquil and beautiful. This scene was greatly beyond Chu Bing's imagination.

"Uncle, it's not right here. ”

"What's wrong?"

"The creatures of the plants and trees here seem to be dead, and they can hardly feel their vitality!"

"I think it's all good, do you feel wrong?" the two parked their motorcycles on the outskirts of the village, and Chu Bing looked around and said suspiciously.

Tie Zhu didn't speak, walked to a tree, picked a few leaves, stretched out his hand in front of Chu Bing's eyes and said:

"Uncle, something is really wrong! This tree is dead!"

On the outside, the leaves looked verdant and lush, but Chu Bing reached out and took a piece and immediately noticed that something was wrong. Holding the leaves in the palm of his hand and gently crushing them into slag, the leaves have dried up, and they do not contain a little water! Chu Bing looked up and looked around, the originally beautiful and lush woods were really dead and silent! The breeze blew, there were no leaves swaying and swaying, only the leaves that had not changed in color but were dry to the extreme slowly falling. Birdsong and insect chirping can't even be heard!

"It's really not right!" Chu Bing said with a solemn face, he had never seen such a scene after so many years of traveling south and north. It looks like luxuriant, but in fact it looks like a dead land.

"Let's go into the village and have a look. Locking their helmets and gloves in the trunk, the two slowly walked into the village. As soon as I entered the village, I heard the barking of dogs, and it seemed that the village was normal. After passing through a few houses, I found that the doors were closed. I found a house, and after knocking for a long time, no one came out to open the door.

Isn't there an accident in the village? Chu Bing simply knocked on the door when he saw it, until the seventh family finally opened the door. A man with dyed yellow hair and a large gold chain, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, who did not look like a good man, opened the door. He opened the door impatiently, and said with a curse:

"Knock knock, knock your mother, knock something, won't you shout a few times!"

The yellow-haired man thought that the villagers were looking for him, but when he opened the door, he saw two strangers. His originally impatient expression immediately became gloomy. Before Chu Bing could speak, he said viciously:

"Regardless of whether you are a police officer or a reporter, you are not welcome in Liujiacun! If you don't want to have an accident, get out of here as soon as possible!" After speaking, he directly slammed the door shut. Chu Bing shook his head, this temper is enough to rush! No matter him, he is in another house. But after going around the whole village, there were only seven or eight doors open. Seeing that it was a stranger, he had a good temper and led the door directly without speaking. If you have a bad temper, you will scold and then close the door. Looking at this situation, if it weren't for the large size of the Chu soldiers and iron pillars, eighty percent would have to be beaten by them.

After a big circle, I didn't even have a chance to speak. Chu Bing and Tie Zhu glanced at each other and couldn't help but shake their heads. Lao Tian said it lightly, what kind of xenophobia is this, just a bunch of mental illness! What should I do, do I want to go back? It is not easy to come all the way to this trip, and I am really a little unwilling to go back. And if there's something wrong with the grass and trees here, let's check the cause first.

After going around in a circle, the two slowly left the village. Iron Pillar suddenly pointed to the woods and said:

"Uncle, there's a shack there!"

When Chu Bing saw it, it was really true! The shack was small and short, and it was full of stumps and leaves, and it really couldn't be seen if you didn't look carefully. When the two stepped forward, the shack had no door, and only a curtain blocked it. Chu Bing was about to shout to see if there was anyone, and the door curtain was lifted from the inside. A gray-haired old man bent over and walked out.

"You just entered the village, right? The village is not at peace during this time, no matter what you do, you better get out of here as soon as possible, otherwise it will be dangerous. After saying that, the old man trembled and carried a bucket and walked towards the small lake beside the woods. Chu Bing followed, after all, this was the first person willing to talk after coming here.

"Uncle, we are private detectives from Lin'an County. Recently, there was a homicide case in Lin'an County, and the family of the deceased entrusted us to solve the case. I've found a few people who died and who have worked with you to run a mine, so I wanted to come and see if there are any clues. I just wanted to know something about the villagers, but everyone ignored us. Why do the people in this village hate outsiders so much?"