CHAPTER XV

I don't know where to steal chickens, in just one month, the action has become more and more rampant, not only Lijia Village has been robbed, but several villages near Lijia Village have been stolen one after another, at first only a few chickens, ducks and geese, and later even pigs, cattle and sheep have also suffered.

The pigs and cows are there, the chicken thieves can't steal them, the half-sized goats are only a few dozen catties, and the women with more strength can carry them.

The nearby villages are stained with mountains, very suitable for raising goats, the people here in Tongcheng, every year to the winter solstice have the custom of drinking mutton soup to warm up, every year on the eve of the winter solstice, goats are very popular, there will be special people to buy in the village. The people in Lijia Village are generally lazy and have no economic acumen, and only Lao Li's family raises goats. But in a few other nearby villages, there are many families with good conditions who make a fortune raising goats.

Chickens, ducks and geese are not very heavy, and in 2001, the price was not high, so it was not worth much.

Pigs, cattle and sheep are worth a lot of money, especially cattle, which are the main force of farming, and are carefully cared for all year round, and the cattle themselves are also valuable, half a large calf can be sold for thousands of yuan, for some families, cattle are the most valuable belongings in the family.

But this chicken thief who doesn't know where to come is really hateful, you can steal some chickens, ducks and geese, and occasionally steal one or two sheep, and the loss is barely within the bearable range, but you kill the pigs and cows that people can't steal, it's too much!

The chicken thief was so angry that the people of several villages united, especially those who had suffered losses, and gritted their teeth to catch the chicken thief and clean it up to death!

However, this chicken thief is extremely cunning and agile. Several times, I almost found out, and I slipped away for him.

There is no doubt that this chicken thief is familiar with the surrounding terrain and paths, and everyone has speculated that an acquaintance committed the crime. As a result, everyone inevitably suspected each other and was suspicious of each other, and several villages were in a miasma, and the improvised thief catching team soon fell apart.

The chicken thief seized the opportunity, and another family's cattle were killed by the chicken thief, and if they hadn't been caught in time, the family would have to throw something else.

Thousands of yuan were lost at once, and the villagers were red-eyed, and they couldn't catch the thieves by relying on them, so they called the police and let the police solve it.

Dozens of families in several villages jointly sued the police station, and the total loss of the group was not worth 20,000 yuan, but the behavior of the chicken thieves has aroused public anger and has an extremely bad impact. It also coincided with the period of the strike-hard campaign in the new century, and as soon as the case was reported, it immediately attracted the attention of the Tongcheng police, and on the same day they sent special personnel to visit several villages from house to house to investigate the situation.

After some investigation, the investigators really found some clues, but even they couldn't convince themselves of the object that the evidence pointed to.

"I look at the old man and the old lady, most of them are buried in the soil, and it doesn't look like they can steal chickens."

"That's right, several villages led by Lijia Village have also set up a thief team at the beginning, all of them are young and strong people from various villages, not to mention old men and old ladies, even young people may not be able to escape their search. Personally, I don't think the family did it. ”

Zhao Jun, the captain of the criminal police, happened to pass by and listened, Lijiacun, the old man and the old lady, several keywords were combined, and he suddenly remembered the child who made him creepy.

"What's going on with the case you just mentioned? Tell me about it. ”

Wang Jun has been a criminal police captain for one or two decades, has handled many difficult cases, and is very well-known in the police world. Almost all of the people responsible for investigating this theft case are raw melons and eggs who have just graduated from the police academy, with a sincere heart, eager to join the criminal police team immediately and become a Sherlock Holmes in the police world.

Wang Jun asked them suddenly, and the two brothers looked like they had been named by the teacher when they were in school, their faces flushed, and they organized their language a little and explained the ins and outs of the whole case.

At first glance, it sounded like a theft case with a relatively bad plot, but with a little reasoning, Wang Jun found something strange.

"Have you checked the big animals that were killed by the chicken thieves? Can you tell the murderer's tools from the wounds? "Wang Jun is investigating a difficult murder case, and his mind is full of criminal investigation methods.

The round-faced and slightly chubby young policeman said with a bitter face: "We also thought about starting from here, but when we received the report and rushed over, the cow had already been dismembered. ”

The tall and thin young policeman added: "The villagers in the countryside said that the weather was hot, and it was a pity that the beef would spoil, so before reporting the case early that morning, they disposed of the cattle and sold them to the people of the same village at a low price. ”

"Isn't there a clue on the cow bones?" Wang Jun has a lot of experience in criminal investigation, and he has always believed that as long as he uses the right method, the deceased can still speak.

The two young policemen shook their heads, and the round-faced policeman thought of something, and said with some hesitation: "We asked the local villagers about the cause of Niu's death, and they said a little suspenseful. ”

"What's the suspense?"

"They say that the cow was sucked dry, no, the blood was drained, and it died of excessive blood loss." Not only cattle, but also pigs, these big animals died, they were reluctant to throw them away, after confirming that these big animals were not poisoned, they cleaned them out and sold them to the people in the village at a low price, how much can save some money, and if they can't sell it, they will eat it slowly with salt.

Lijia Village includes the surrounding villages, remote and far away from the city, the villagers have no way to make money, most of them are poor, and they can't earn a few dollars all year round, unless there are festivals or happy events at home, and meat is rarely seen on the dining table. If you can buy meat at less than one-third of the normal price, who cares if you live or die, as long as it is not poisonous and does not hurt your stomach, the villagers are happy to spend a little money to fight tooth sacrifices.

The meat of these large livestock killed by chicken thieves is indeed not poisonous, but the color of the meat is very abnormal, and people with a little experience can see at a glance that these livestock have almost dried up the blood in their bodies before they die, so that after the meat is cut, the color is much lighter than that of the normally killed livestock.

"What about blood? Have you found the place where the thief bled his blood? Wang Jun asked.

"It's strange that we went to the scene to see it, there was no large area of blood at the scene, if the villagers were telling the truth, then the only possibility was that the chicken thief got the blood. But this simply doesn't make sense, and it doesn't follow normal logic. ”

It's not much easier to kill a large animal than it is to kill an individual, especially if you don't alarm anyone else. Moreover, only killing livestock and bloodletting away, but not bringing more valuable pigs and beef, a pig, a cow's blood weight is not light, this kind of behavior is like killing people and not robbing money, often there are deeper secrets behind it.

Of course, it is also illogical that it takes a lot of time for the pig to drain the blood from its body, and it is impossible for the process to be without any movement. But the villager who reported the case said that they didn't hear any movement, and the family that had just died of the cow, because the chicken thieves were particularly rampant during this time, they didn't dare to sleep too hard at night, the night of the crime, the man of the family got up at three o'clock in the middle of the night to pee, and found that there seemed to be a figure in the cowshed, chased over, and the figure disappeared. According to him, the cow was still hot to the touch at that time, but when it was later dissected, it was found that the blood on the cow was almost dry.

"Did the man see the thief take the blood away? With what tools did you take it away? ”

The young policeman shook his head, and the tall and thin man said, "That thief ran so fast that he didn't have time to call someone, and the other party was gone." ”

"Based on these characteristics, we thought that the perpetrator should be a young man with a clear ear and quick movements. According to the evidence collected at the scene, the perpetrators were not one but two, one between 154 and 156 and one between 165 and 167, and one of the suspects was most likely a woman, both of whom were very thin. ”

"Based on these characteristics, we have screened all the residents of the village where the crime occurred and the surrounding villages, and a total of 10 people are eligible, and after further investigation, their suspicions have been ruled out one by one. According to the evidence we have so far, the most suspicious are an elderly couple, whose characteristics match exactly the same except that their age does not match our assumptions about the criminals. ”

"Li Angui? Sun Hong? Wang Jun has a strong memory, not only does he remember the name of the couple, he also remembers that they have a son named Li Dongsheng, nicknamed Dongcub.

"Yes, yes, that's them! But the people in the village didn't seem to want to mention them, as if they were avoiding something. Li Angui and Sun Hong are too old and look very weak physically, so they should not have the ability to commit crimes, but they give us a bit of a strange feeling. ”

"What's this strange method?" A thought flashed through Wang Jun's heart, but the speed was too fast for him to catch it.

The winter cub also thinks that Mom and Dad have become a little strange lately.

I hate the sun than him, there is a smell of smoky smoke on my body, my body has become cold and hard, and holding him is not as comfortable as before.

But as long as mom and dad are around, the winter cub is very happy and content.

And now my father doesn't go out to work during the day, but stays at home with him, telling him stories all day and teaching him to read. Mom cooks meat for him every day, it's delicious.

He can now hear his parents clearly, and he learns much faster than before. In addition to talking about Mom and Dad, he can now also say Winter Cub, well-behaved, can count to 5, and now he not only recognizes Mom and Dad and his own name, but he can also write.

The winter cub handed the small notebook with the name of the family written on it to Lao Li Tou, his round stomach that had been eating recently was slightly shy, his little hand was behind his back, and he looked at Lao Li Tou with big eyes that were a little proud and a little worried, and his little face was full of words: Praise me, praise me......

The writing on the small book is very large, crooked, and a little missing arms and legs, not so much written as painted.

Winter cub has been reading picture books every day recently, and he has learned to draw without a teacher, and his painting skills are well, at the level of a soul painter.

Lao Li Tou looked at the small notebook, three stickmen with big heads and small bodies, holding hands, and there were names on their heads. The biggest head on the left is Li Angui, the winter cub specially gave it a mustache, the shorter one on the right is Sun Hong, the winter cub painted it with long hair, and the shortest and smallest in the middle is Li Dongsheng, and the winter cub painted a smiling face for them very seriously. There is also a small tree behind the three stickmen, and there is also a small smiling face on the tree.

Xiaoshu also has a name, and the winter cub wants to write Xiaohuai, but the word Huai can't even write Lao Litou, so he writes it directly as Xiaoxiao.

Lao Li Tou looked at the crooked words on the small notebook, and laughed happily, revealing a mouthful of snow-white sharp teeth and two tiger teeth like fangs.

"Our winter cubs are so smart! Come and see the portrait that the winter cub painted for you! ”

"Hey, it's coming, it's coming."

Tongcheng, in a dilapidated alley, old-fashioned residential houses are scattered on both sides of the narrow alley.

At the end of the alley, there is a two-story house with a small courtyard.

Different from the dilapidated appearance of the courtyard buildings, the courtyard is full of life and vegetation.

The osmanthus tree can't help but bloom full of silver flowers in advance, and the breeze is gentle and fragrant.

Under the huge osmanthus tree, an old man with white hair and beard lay on the chaise longue, half-squinted, threw two peanuts into his mouth, picked up the wine glass placed on the stone table next to him, poured it into his mouth, and poured it again......

"Ah Huang, you steal Lao Tzu's wine again!"

On the osmanthus tree, a big golden cat yawned, meowed twice, and flicked its tail comfortably.

"Forget it, there is a distinguished guest coming to the door today, and Lao Tzu will not settle accounts with you for the time being!" The old man picked up the flask next to him, poured it, poured it again, "dead cat!! ”

"Meow~"