"Wait for me, I want to go out too." Lin Yi was originally sitting on the sofa to take a nap, but suddenly stood up.

"Brother, you want to be with them?" Chu Shaofeng couldn't help but ask.

"No, I just want to go around the village and check on the situation." Lin Yi explained.

Chu Shaofeng was relieved.

Bai Ming also stood up: "I'm with you." ”

So Xiao Xueman and Hu Xian'er went shopping, and Lin Yi and Bai Ming went to the village. While Chu Shaofeng and Lu Yu were sitting in the reception room of the police station, reading the magazine boredly, Xie Lingyun went to feed his white-haired monkey, and Shi Jingfei was lying on the sofa and falling asleep.

Lin Yi and Bai Ming went to Niutou Village first, the two criminal policemen leaned against the big tree at the head of the village, chatting with each other, and when they saw the two coming, they immediately straightened up and said respectfully: "Hello two comrades." ”

Lin Yi nodded: "You have worked hard. ”

The two entered the village and came to the two houses that had been killed by the poisonous scorpion, and the houses had already been cleaned, but there were still faint traces of dried blood that had not been washed off on the ground. The two families were deserted, there was no one outside, the door was open, and the owner of the house did not know where he went, so he probably went to the grave to cry for his relatives.

The sunlight was a little dazzling, and the two stood at the door of the first house and watched for a while, Bai Ming couldn't help but sigh.

"What, sad heart?" Lin Yi asked.

Bai Ming sighed: "It's been almost a week, and no whereabouts have been traced, so a few villagers have died in vain." ”

Lin Yi didn't expect Bai Ming to be just a teenager, but he had such a strong love, and he showed a temperament that did not match his age in all aspects, which made Lin Yi can't help but look at him with admiration.

"Don't be discouraged, this task is not in a hurry, I believe that one day those monsters will be captured and justice will be given to the dead." Lin Yi comforted.

Bai Ming didn't speak, and said a little sadly: "Let's go." ”

After walking around the village, Bai Ming's face was not very good, and the two walked side by side without saying anything.

When they reached the next village, they turned around and still found nothing unusual, and as they left the village, they overheard several elderly women chatting together.

"I heard that several chickens died in Lao Wang's house next door two days ago, and he was angry!" A woman said

"You won't get chicken plague!" Someone chimed in.

"I guess it's hot." Differing views were expressed

"No, my throat has been bitten off, what kind of beast bites!" The woman said.

"Is it a weasel?" The crowd speculated again.

As soon as these words came out, they immediately caused a burst of rebuttals: "Impossible, impossible, how can we have weasels here?" ”

"Not necessarily."

"Not only Lao Wang, but also Lao Zhaotou's family also died a dog!"

"How did the dog die?"

"I was bitten to death!"

Everyone was talking, Lin Yi and Bai Ming happened to pass by, Lin Yi felt a little bad intuitively, and asked Bai Ming: "Did you hear what they said?" ”

"I hear you, go and ask."

The two walked up to the group of old women, and Lin Yi politely greeted one of the old women: "Hello Auntie, I want to ask, which village are you talking about?" ”

"Xiahe Village, just ahead. What are you doing, boy? The old woman was very enthusiastic and asked Lin Yi rhetorically.

Lin Yi replied casually: "We are plainclothes policemen, and three people died in Niutou Village last week. ”

Everyone was relieved, and another woman sighed: "The people of Niutou Village are really pitiful, I heard that six people died twenty days ago, but I didn't expect that three more died in only two weeks, what a sin!" ”

"Comrade policeman, have you found the murderer?" Someone asked.

Lin Yi smiled bitterly: "Not yet, we will do our best to investigate and strive to solve the case as soon as possible, everyone, goodbye." ”

Afraid that these villagers would have something to say, Lin Yi and Bai Ming hurriedly left.

They came to Xiahe Village, which the villagers said, asked a villager, and found Lao Wang, who had a dead chicken at home.

Lao Wang is a nearly 50-year-old farmer with dark skin and a bony appearance. He has been a farmer all his life, he has no education, he will raise dozens of chickens at this time of year, and when he grows up, he will go to the town to sell, and he sees that a litter of chickens has grown almost the same, and he is ready to catch them alive in a few days and sell them, but he didn't expect that at the critical moment, he was bitten to death by some beasts.

For this reason, he has been in a bad mood for the past two days, and he can't eat enough.

At this time, it was already dusk, Lao Wang had just finished chopping firewood, and his wife cooked a meal for him to eat in the house, but Lao Wang didn't want to eat, so he moved a small bench and sat under the big tree in front of his house, and smoked dry tobacco.

In the distance, two young men came from the village. Lao Wang didn't care, there were often strangers in the village, and it was estimated that they were relatives of whose family.

It's just that when he saw the two young people walking straight to his door, Lao Wang was a little puzzled.

Lin Yi and Bai Ming saw Lao Wang sitting under the big tree enjoying the shade, and immediately greeted him: "Excuse me, you are Lao Wang, right?" ”

Lao Wang was stunned, stopped smoking, and stood up.

The two walked up, and Lao Wang asked curiously, "Which of you are?" Looking for me? ”

Lin Yi used his previous rhetoric again: "We are plainclothes policemen in Donghuang, and three people died in Niutou Village a few days ago, so we came here to investigate. ”

Lao Wang was shocked when he heard it, Niutou Village is the village next door to them, and they usually don't have anything to do and how they come and go, but the fact that 9 people died in Niutou Village in 20 days still caused a lot of sensation. The two policemen said to themselves, what the hell are they trying to do here?

"What are you asking for?" Lao Wang will not be polite, a little vigilant.

"That's right, we heard that a few chickens have died in your family, and we want to come and ask." Bai Ming said bluntly.

Lao Wang immediately corrected: "It's not a few, it's fifteen, ask me if there are any dead chickens for what, what do you have in mind?" ”

The two looked at each other, and they both smiled bitterly.

"You misunderstood, we suspect that the death of your chicken is inevitably related to the death of those villagers in Niutou Village, so we want you to take us to take a look." Lin Yi is colorful.

Lao Wang finally understood, and couldn't help but change color: "Didn't a few people in Niutou Village be killed, my chickens were bitten to death by animals!" ”

The two didn't know how to explain to Lao Wang, Bai Ming said in a deep voice: "We have to go and see your chickens now, do you promise or not?" ”

Hearing Bai Ming's tone, Lao Wang was a little scared: "Okay, okay, I'll take you there." ”

At this time, his boss was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks after eating at home, and saw Lao Wang chatting with two strange young people for a long time, and he didn't know what to talk about, so he came out and asked, "Lao Wang, who are they?" ”

"Police, I want to see the chickens that were bitten to death in our house, I'll take them to see." As he spoke, Lao Wang prepared to take the two to the backyard.

The boss immediately stopped him: "Wait, I was afraid that those dead chickens you buried in the backyard would be infected with chicken plague after a long time, so I threw them away when you went down to the field this morning." ”

Lin Yi immediately asked, "Where did you throw it in?" ”

"There is a small river behind the village."

The two frowned, and Bai Ming said to Wang Lao Wang, "You take us now." ”

Lao Wang was entangled by Lin Yi and Bai Ming, upset, and couldn't help but scold: "You mother-in-law really can't do anything!" ”

The three of them came to a small stream at the back of the village. The creek had almost dried up, and even cracked. There are a few old locust trees by the stream, the branches and leaves are scorched, and they are bleak. However, apart from chicken feathers and a few scattered blood, there was no trace of a chicken by the stream.

Bai Ming and Lin Yi were taken aback, and Lin Yi asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Estimate...... It is estimated that it was taken away by Murakami's dog! Lao Wang said with some uncertainty.

Lin Yi glanced at the scene and saw that the blood on the ground was scattered and went in one direction, so he couldn't help but move in his heart, and immediately strode up following the instructions of the blood. Bai Ming didn't say a word, and immediately followed.

In the sycamore forest in the south of the village, the two found four dogs gnawing on a pile of flesh and blood on the ground, and the chicken feathers were scattered all over the ground, and they could not see a single bone, but they found a few chicken heads.

The dead chicken was swallowed by several dogs. The two looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

"Wait, those women said that one of the dogs of the old man in the village is also dead, so let's go and see it now." Lin Yi said suddenly.

His mention made Bai Ming immediately approve with both hands.

The two of them turned their eyes to Lao Wang, who had been following them at the same time. Lin Yi asked calmly: "Lao Wang, I heard that there is an old omen in your village, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, at the westernmost end of the village, you want to find him?" Lao Wang explained honestly.

"Did one of his dogs die yesterday?" Bai Ming asked.

"Yes, I heard about it, but I didn't go to his house to see it. I didn't take care of my own family's affairs, what did I do in charge of other people's families? Lao Wang expressed his thoughts.

"Alright, take us to his house." Lin Yi is colorful.

Lao Zhaotou is an old man in his 60s, his wife died in his forties, and his children are away, so he has been alone, with two tiled houses at home, and the cement floor at the door has fallen into disrepair and is all cracked.

His hair was sparse and thin, but he was in good spirits, and his two small eyes were not cloudy at all. When Lin Yi and the others came over, he was taking a large foot basin for bathing and skinning the dead dog at the door of his house. Although his dog was bitten to death, he was not afraid, and he was not poisoned, what are he afraid of, he was skinned, and he could still eat dog meat at night, which was a little relief to himself.

It wasn't until the three of them walked in front of him that he noticed that when he looked up and saw Lao Wang, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned: "Lao Wang, why are you here?" Who are these two? ”

"This is the police from the county, who are here to investigate the case and see the situation of your dead dog." Lao Wang explained.

The old man couldn't help but be stunned: "Look at the dead dog? How good is a dead dog? After all, he is a rural person, and his reaction is almost the same as when Lao Wang started.

However, this time Lin Yi and Bai Ming did not explain, because they had already seen the dead dog in the footbasin at Lao Wang's feet.