Wu Hao took me to his office, poured me a glass of water, then took out a box of cigarettes in his pocket and handed it over, we lit the cigarettes, and Wu Hao began to tell me how they found Zhigang's body. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

One of the police officers found Zhigang's body under an old tree on the east side of the village, and some of the officers at the scene knew that the tree was the same tree that the last deceased in the village, Zhang Erqi, hanged himself from years ago, and now another innocent child has died here.

Zhigang leaned under the tree, his neck crooked, his eyes wide open, the forensic doctor speculated that the time of death was within four hours, Zhigang's phone fell on the ground between his legs, one hand still holding the field knife, and the other hand holding a few flowers. Wu Hao said that at that time, a police officer wanted to take the knife off Zhigang's hand, but he didn't take it down with some strength, and the police officer didn't dare to use too much force after that, because too much force would hurt Zhigang's fingers.

The cause of Zhigang's death has not yet been determined, and the final results of the forensic medical examination have to be waited, but the on-site investigation can conclude that Zhigang should not have committed suicide, but if it is a murder, Zhigang did not have any wounds or blunt force injuries on his body. Most of the police officers present judged that Zhigang should have been scared to death, which is also the most logical reasoning.

Bai Ling came back, and after a simple meal, we were ready to go to Baihu Village with Wu Hao. Before leaving, we went to see Xiao Mao again.

The child was already asleep lying on the bed in the reception room, Wu Hao signaled that I didn't need to take Xiaomao with me, I waved my hand, I knew that this child had already endured a lot of things that he shouldn't have to bear, and he should be allowed to rest and rest, and I always had a hunch that the key to solving this matter should be to rely on this child.

We set off in a police car driven by Wu Hao, and in the car, Bai Ling told me about her visit to Li Bin.

Bai Ling's harvest is not much, because when Bai Ling arrived at the ward, Li Bin was asleep on the hospital bed, the nurse said that the child was highly nervous from the beginning of being sent to the hospital, as if he was greatly frightened, his eyes have been wandering, and he muttered in his mouth that he couldn't hear what he was saying, and the doctor gave Li Bin a sedative after examination, and then Li Bin quieted down, until Bai Ling came to the hospital, Li Bin was still groggy and asleep.

Bai Ling came to Li Bin's hospital bed and saw this sturdy boy lying there, although he was still asleep, the corners of his mouth twitched from time to time, and his eyelids flickered again after a while, just like when people have nightmares.

Bai Ling looked at it for a while, and felt that Li Bin would not wake up in a short time, so it was better to go back first.

Just when Bai Ling was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly heard Li Bin seem to be saying something, but the voice was too small Bai Ling didn't hear what he said clearly, Bai Ling turned around and saw that Li Bin's mouth was indeed moving, Bai Ling came to Li Bin again and slowly put his ear close to Li Bin's mouth...

"I... I·· Don't·· Kill·· Kid..." Li Bin said these words piecemeal.

When I listened to Bai Ling's narration, my eyes never took off Wu Hao, who was driving in front, and when Bai Ling said "child", I noticed that Wu Hao had a strange expression, and I concluded that he or they must know something unknown to outsiders.

After the car drove for more than an hour, Wu Hao answered a phone call, which should have been called by Captain Wang. After Wu Hao answered the phone, he said that Captain Wang had confessed and asked me if there was anything I wanted to know, and he could provide me with what he knew. I smiled and shook my head to tell him not yet, and asked him how long it would take to get to his destination. Wu Hao said that the weather in the past two days is rare to be so good, depending on the situation, it should be able to arrive in more than an hour.

Why don't I let Wu Hao provide me with clues, because I think what he knows should also be half-understood, rather than knowing some fragmentary information, it is better not to understand, and not let these chaotic clues affect my judgment of the whole thing. I think Wang Jianguo must know more comprehensively than Wu Hao, and I guess that there may be someone who is the biggest insider of the whole thing.

Seeing that I didn't ask Wu Hao, he didn't say anything, continued to drive, and said nothing all the way, and we arrived at the destination "Baihu Village" at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Wang Jianguo was waiting for us with two police officers, our car had just stopped, Wang Jianguo stepped forward to help me open the car door, and Wang Jianguo shook hands with me warmly after I got out of the car. I looked at this middle-aged man in his forties, a big man of more than 1.80 meters, with a big dark square face, and his first impression was simple and honest.

"You are Captain Wang Jianguo!" I asked enthusiastically.

"Yes, yes! I didn't expect you to come, it's great. Wang Jianguo held my hand and didn't let go for a long time.

"How's it going?" I wasn't in the mood to greet him, but this sudden question, Wang Jianguo's expression changed.

"Hey!" He snorted and said, "I'll tell you the truth, we have searched the entire village for two days and have not found the missing Gu Xiaofei, and we have also expanded the search range, so we almost didn't enter the mountain, but we still found nothing..." Wang Jianguo said in frustration.

I listened carefully, and Wang Jianguo saw that I didn't answer and continued: "Then I'll tell you about our detailed search process in the past few days, and see if there are any clues."

"Wait, Captain Wang, I want to know if this village is really a deserted village, and there is not a single survivor?"

I deliberately used the word "survivor".

Wang Jianguo's expression changed a little subtlely, and in his changes, I knew that he wanted to hide something that he didn't want me to know.

I am relieved of Bai Ling's ability, just before we arrived at Baihu Village, we had already learned some fragmentary information about Baihu Village. I think the inside story hidden in this information must be a hundred times more complicated than this disappearance.

Baihu Village is not big, it is an ordinary village in the depths of this mountain, and the reason why it is called "Baihu Village" is not because there are 100 households in this village, but because of a "100 household chief". The head of a hundred households is the name of the military attache official position left by the Yuan Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, and a hundred household chiefs lead a hundred people.

It was in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, when Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, led a peasant rebel army to attack BJ Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain, and the Ming Dynasty came to an end. At this time, the Ming army stationed in Jinan had already fallen and scattered, some surrendered to the rebel army, and some fled in all directions.

At this time, a hundred household chiefs named Wang Xuan led more than 50 soldiers and their families unwilling to surrender to the rebel army, so they escaped from Jinan City overnight and went all the way west into the mountains. After a month of tossing and turning, they found a place surrounded by mountains on three sides, where the land is open, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, everyone discussed, and finally decided to settle here, this settlement is hundreds of years.

With the changes of history and years of war, and some refugees, hungry people unintentionally settled here, slowly here will prosper, according to the county chronicles at the most, there are five or six hundred households at the most, nearly two thousand people, the descendants in order to commemorate the hundred households Wang Xuan named this village Baihu Village.

Time flies, after years of war, the humble village of Baihu Village has been shaken in the wind and rain, and in the 80s of the last century, there are still nearly 100 families living here. However, due to the traffic blockage, Baihu Village has always been in a semi-closed state, and the villagers' lives are only for food and clothing.

It wasn't until the mid-90s that some young people gradually had the consciousness of going out of the mountains, and at the same time, they also brought back some different breath outside the mountains. Seeing that people's lives are about to see the light of day, but what no one thinks about is ......

Since 1998, the number of people in this village has gradually "decreased". This reduction does not mean that people are losing people because they all go out to work, because after all, there are still a few people who go out to work at that time. The decrease here refers to the fact that the people in the village began to flee from death, and the number of people who "fled" was still a minority, and most of them died.

No one can say exactly how they died, but according to the data shown, almost all the people in this village of more than 300 people died in just seven or eight years. Because of the scarcity of communication media and the isolation of this place at that time, there were few rumors from the outside world, let alone the spread of news, and it seemed that there had never been such a village. Even the people of the nearby villages refused to mention the village they were close to, which may have had relatives or friends in the past, and the name "Hyaknohe-mura" became a taboo. Perhaps only in the county records can you find some traces of its existence.

This is the information collected by Bai Ling, in the car Bai Ling quietly showed me these materials, I closed my eyes, pondered for a long time, and slowly I also sorted out some contexts.

I have a few questions to figure out now, and if there are answers to these questions, I think the whole mystery will be broken, but I also feel a little uneasy in my heart, I am worried that because of this incident, we may uncover a larger secret that no one knows, and what will be involved in this secret that we do not want to be revealed?

Let's not think about these things for now, the most concerned issue now is to find "Gu Xiaofei" regardless of life or death.

Hearing the word "survivor", Captain Wang was a little uneasy, but at this time he also knew that there were some things that should be said.

He nodded and said, "You're right, there is still a person in this village who lives here, I have already asked him on the morning of the crime, and I can relay to you the record of my questioning of him." ”

I waved my hand and interrupted Wang Jianguo and said: "Captain Wang, I think you know that I am here for the missing Gu Xiaofei, not to mention that now there is another child who has died for it, and a child is in the hospital, we must cooperate sincerely in public and private, don't hide anything from me, there are some things I think it's time to let me know." ”

Wang Jianguo stood there and didn't move, pondering for a long time before he sighed deeply and said to me: "Okay, no matter how much, I will tell you everything I know." ”

I nodded and asked, "Can I go meet that person?" ”

"Yes, but!" Wang Jianguo wanted to speak and stopped.

"He won't?" I asked

"It's nothing big for him to come, but after I went to ask him, he was a little confused, and I think he can't say anything if I ask him now."

Wang Jianguo used the word "again".

Seeing that I didn't answer, Wang Jianguo continued: "His name is Xu Wufu, he is less than fifty years old, and he is the only survivor in Baihu Village. ”