At about nine o'clock in the evening, an old modern car turned into Siyuan County and drove straight to a courtyard on the side of the road. The car stopped, two men and a woman got out of the car and got into another off-road vehicle in the courtyard, these three people were Li Xiaohe and Qiao Manchu who came from Shuangsheng Township.

The square-faced man sitting in the driver's seat of the off-road vehicle turned his head: "Lao Li, it's fast enough, I just came back from out of town." ”

Li Xiaohe said: "Lao Xu, I don't dare to delay. Then he pointed to the woman beside him, "She is Zhu Xiaohua." ”

The person known as Lao Xu is Xu Jianjun, the captain of the criminal police of the Siyuan County Public Security Bureau. Xu Jianjun turned to Zhu Xiaohua, and his tone immediately turned serious: "Tell me about the specific situation of He Erlai." ”

"Huh." Timidly replied, Zhu Xiaohua said, "My name is Zhu Xiaohua, a native of Zhu Jiaji, Caoqiao Town, Xiyun County, He Erlai used to be from the same village as me. He Erlai was originally surnamed Zhu, called Zhu Xingwang, and was a distant brother of my family, and I called his father and mother uncle and aunt. Not long after giving birth to Erlai, my uncle became seriously ill, and my aunt was in a hurry, and she ran out of milk*water. I was less than a year older than Erlai, and I was still nursing at that time. Looking at the poor family, my mother has milk every day, but I can't eat enough, so I can only match some stick batter.

When Er Lai was three years old, my uncle died, and he married with my aunt to Hejiaying Village here. Erlai has been in poor health since he was a child, and in order to make a good living, his stepfather gave him the name "Erlai", and his nickname is "Goubuli". When he left, he was too young to remember anything, and he was so far away that the two families basically lost contact. Later, when I married into Xiangyang Village, my aunt had already died, and Erlai was away from home all the year round, and I had little contact with his stepfather. Even Er Lai comes back occasionally, and he doesn't go to Xiangyang Village, and I don't remember him, and I can't see him. A few years ago, he and Ma Yishan went to the village, and they didn't come to my house, but they just met with Man Ho, I didn't talk to Man Ho about Erlai, and Man Ho didn't know his details.

This spring, when I arrived in the county seat, I ran into Erlai, who called me to a restaurant. He said that when his aunt was alive, he often talked about my family, and he also knew that I was married to Qiao Manchu of Xiangyang Village, but I didn't mix well before, so I didn't recognize me as my sister. He also said that he would move around now and that he would move around in the future, but he was now helping the village do business, so it was inconvenient to recognize each other openly, so as not to let others think that we had benefited much. After eating at the restaurant, he forced me to buy food for my children with 500 yuan. Since then, they have met three more times in the county seat, and each time they gave me two or three hundred yuan and asked me about the village. ”

Xu Jianjun interjected: "Every time you meet, how do you get in touch?" ”

"I didn't contact him either, anyway, when I went to the county seat, I ran into him." Zhu Xiaohua replied.

Xu Jianjun paused for a moment and gestured, "Go on." ”

Zhu Xiaohua nodded and spoke again: "This autumn, he and Ma Yishan are gone, and people say that he is a liar. In the past, he said that he wanted to keep it secret, but now that this is the case, I dare not say it, I am afraid of it every day. Just last month, I forgot one day, I met him again when I arrived in the county seat, and I was terrified. He had a fierce look in his eyes, so I asked him to get in the car and drive the car out into the wilderness. He said that he had been deceived by the man surnamed Ma, and that he was waiting to take revenge on the man surnamed Ma, to wash away the wrongs people had wronged him, and asked me to help him. He cried a lot when he spoke, and I thought it was true, so I agreed to help him and wrote down the mobile phone number he gave. As soon as there was a disturbance in the village, I looked for an opportunity to call him and pass on the situation, but I didn't know about it.

A few days ago, Lao Qiao went back and said that the township chief said that there were ghosts in the village. I was scared enough, I couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well, for fear of being caught one day. In fact, He Chunsheng was also afraid, and told our old Qiao that the township chief suspected him, and he had a sad face all day long, sighing. Two days ago, He Chunsheng went to our house and said that he had found the township chief again, and the township chief told him that the inner ghost was very powerful in the village. He Chunsheng said that he was definitely not an inner ghost anyway, believe it or not, and said that he would catch the real inner ghost and let the township chief see it. After listening to what He Chunsheng said, I felt that it was a matter of time before I was exposed, so I had the courage to tell Man Ho about He Erlai's help. Man Hoard scolded me for being confused, saying that He Erlai must have lied to me, so he led me to confess to the township chief. ”

Xu Jianjun stretched out his hand: "Give me your mobile phone number." ”

Zhu Xiaohua took out a note from the pocket of her clothes and handed it over.

According to the numbers on the note, Xu Jianjun dialed out the string of numbers, and after a while, he shook his head: "I can't get through." It seems that this mobile phone number has set call restrictions, and strange numbers can't be called at all. Then he looked at Zhu Xiaohua again, "I have met several times in the county seat, do you know where he lives?" ”

Zhu Xiaohua said: "Once I was talking in the car, I heard a police car sound, so he quickly drove the car to an alley and took me into the hut in the courtyard next to it, and I don't know if he lived there." ”

"In what place? Can you find one? Xu Jianjun asked.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Xiaohua hesitated and said, it seems to be the drum tower, and it should be able to be found when you get there.

"Buzz", a buzz suddenly sounded.

took out his mobile phone and looked at it, Xu Jianjun answered the call, and said directly: "Go to the Drum Tower, don't turn on the alarm, and exchange money at the south gate of the Drum Tower East Community." With that, he hung up the phone and started the car.

An arc was drawn, and the off-road vehicle rushed out of the yard.

……

After driving for more than ten minutes, the Gulou East community is not far away.

Xu Jianjun turned his head and said, "Lao Li, you and Qiao Manho stay in the car, don't go anywhere, we will take the whistleblower to the scene." ”

"Lao Xu, I'm here with me, and besides, this matter is also related to the township." Li Xiaohe smiled, "You also know that if you really stretch out your hand, I won't be able to hold back, so let me go in too." ”

Xu Jianjun pointed at the other party: "You guy, this kind of excitement is also okay." It's okay to go in, but when it's time to act, you're only at the end, and once we catch someone, you and they come forward as whistleblowers. ”

"Okay, listen to you, I promise not to cause you trouble." Li Xiaohe made a promise.

As he spoke, the SUV stopped. After saying "wait", Xu Jianjun jumped out of the car and got into an off-road vehicle next to him.

Not long after, several people jumped off the off-road vehicle, and Xu Jianjun was among them. Turning around, Xu Jianjun waved to the previous off-road vehicle.

Understanding what the other party meant, Li Xiaohe and Qiao Manchu got out of the car together and followed Xu Jianjun forward. The direction in which everyone is moving is according to Zhu Xiaohua's description.

After passing through the road on the east side of the drum tower, walking about forty or fifty meters to the north, everyone entered an alley.

After walking a few steps, Xu Jianjun turned his head and said in a low voice: "No, can you get into the car in this alley?" ”

"I also think it's different, this, this, last time it was daytime, I didn't see it too clearly, but now it's so dark, it's a little blind." Zhu Xiaohua was a little nervous.

"Don't worry, go out and think again." Xu Jianjun slowed down his tone again.

So everyone withdrew from the alley, waiting for Zhu Xiaohua to identify the direction.

After turning his head and looking around several times, Zhu Xiaohua said hesitantly: "It seems that you have to go west, and then go north to get to that alley." ”

"Okay, listen to you." Xu Jianjun waved at his subordinates and motioned for Zhu Xiaohua to lead the way.

Follow the west side of the Drum Tower back to Drum Tower Street, walk west for more than 30 meters, then turn right and walk north for 40 or 50 meters, this time into an alley on the right hand side.

Li Xiaohe noticed that this alley is also relatively narrow, but it is wider than the one just now, and it is no problem to drive into a car, but it is definitely not possible to turn around.

After entering the alley for more than 20 meters, Zhu Xiaohua stopped, leaned over to look at the courtyard gate on the left, and then returned to the door he had just passed, stopping to take a look. Then he went back to the gate again, and with his finger he swiped and nodded.

Xu Jianjun also pointed to this door.

This time, Zhu Xiaohua nodded very heavily to show affirmation.

Xu Jianjun immediately made a few gestures to his subordinates.

The crowd immediately dispersed, those who should go to the entrance of the alley, those who should have visited the news in the courtyard, picked up the wall at the door, and some people stared at the crack in the door, making a "carpenter's single hanging line".

Soon, all these people gathered on Xu Jianjun's side and shook their heads.

No one? Li Xiaohe understood what everyone meant.

Xu Jianjun groaned slightly, made a gesture to go up the wall, and other gestures.

The two sturdy young men quickly went up to the wall, and after a short pause, they jumped into the courtyard.

A short time later, two light coughs came from the courtyard.

Xu Jianjun nodded at a young man beside him.

The young man immediately stepped forward, grabbed the lock on the door with his right hand, and took out a piece of wire from his coat pocket with his left hand. Insert the wire into the keyhole, poke it lightly, and with a "click", the lock opens. Remove the lock, take the hinge on the door, and gently push, the courtyard door "squeaks" and opens. The two sturdy young men from before stood on either side of the courtyard gate.

Xu Jianjun waved his hand and walked into the courtyard first, except for one person who stayed behind, the rest of the people followed.

After asking Zhu Xiaohua for confirmation again, Xu Jianjun ordered someone to unlock the door of the main house, and people entered the house. Suddenly, a cold air rushed in, and there was a slight musty smell, obviously the house had not been inhabited for a long time.

Turn on the electric light, the outhouse furnishings are in full view, very simple, even the basic living utensils are insufficient, no one should have lived in the stage in the near future.

The furnishings in the back room were similarly scarce, with a large dilapidated bed with two beds, and a broken door to a set of cabinets on the floor.

In front of the cabinet, Xu Jianjun picked up a few pieces of paper on it, and a small photo fell to the ground.

Qiao Manchu bent down to pick it up, and said hurriedly: "It's him, He Erlai." ”

Zhu Xiaohua snatched the photo and nodded again and again: "Erlai, it's He Erlai." ”

Looking at the situation in front of him, Li Xiaohe realized that he had found the right place, but he pounced.

A search of the house resulted in nothing but the small photograph, and everyone exited the house.

Li Xiaohe seemed to think of something, returned to the house again, and went directly to the cabinet in the house. He took a peek in front of the cabinet, picked up an ice cream stick from the floor, and reached into the crack of the cabinet. After poking lightly in the crack of the cabinet for a while, a note fell to the ground with the ice cream stick coming out of the crack in the cabinet.