When Xu Lang and the others came to Chenjiahe Village from the city, it was already afternoon, and it was the time when the sun was the most dazzling and the temperature was the highest.

If they could, Lai Pi and them really seemed to stay in the car and couldn't get down, because as soon as they opened the car door, the suffocating heat wave hit their faces, making people feel as if their bodies were not burning.

Xu Lang and his cars were parked in the place where Xu Lang and them came last time, standing on the side of the road, and they could clearly see the village below.

The once wide surface of the river has now become a stream, revealing the bottom of the riverbed, and the round stones that have been washed by the river for many years lie quietly on the riverbed.

A few shirtless children in shorts were churning stones in the stream, and from time to time there was a burst of exclamations and childlike laughter, and on the bank of the river, there were several women waving mallets and beating their clothes, and on the bank of the river, the green crops were swaying in the wind, and a few ploughing oxen and Mianyang were hiding in the shade and gnawing on the grass.

looked at the familiar scene in front of him, which was exactly the same as when Xu Lang came before.

The captain of the first criminal investigation team walked to Xu Lang's side, looked at Chenjiahe Village not far away, and said: "I always thought that the villages in our S City were close to the sea, but I didn't expect that there were villages surrounded by mountains. ”

Xu Lang nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't expect that when I first came here, I would be the same as you." ”

"Team Leader Xu, this seems to be just an ordinary village, nothing abnormal." Captain Fang said.

Xu Lang turned his head, glanced at Captain Fang, pursed his lips, didn't say anything, and walked directly along the path towards Chenjiahe Village, and the others followed closely when they saw this.

Xu Lang did not notify the Hengtong County Public Security Bureau this time, naturally no one led the way, Xu Lang came for the second time, and this time was different from the last time, last time, Xu Lang and they only had three people, and this time, Xu Lang brought more than a dozen people together.

A dozen or so people walked towards Chenjiahe, which soon attracted people washing clothes and playing by the river, and the women who were originally talking and laughing and washing clothes, after seeing Xu Lang and them in police uniforms, suddenly stopped talking, raised their heads and looked at Xu Lang and them, showing doubts and vigilant eyes, and those children who were originally having fun immediately returned to the women's side after seeing Xu Lang and them.

When Xu Lang and the others came to the bank of the river, the children had already run towards Chenjiahe Village, they should have gone to inform the adults, Xu Lang noticed all this and didn't say anything.

A group of people crossed the river on concrete piers, glanced at a few women, and walked straight towards the village.

Perhaps sensing a stranger approaching, the village heard the sound of dogs barking, and the originally quiet village suddenly became noisy.

When Xu Lang and his party came to the entrance of the village, Xu Lang saw a familiar figure from afar, it was a man, the man had dark skin, his sideburns were a little white, he was slightly bent up, holding a dry tobacco pouch in his hand, squinting at Xu Lang and them walking towards him.

After Xu Lang approached the man, he smiled and said, "Village Chief, we meet again." ”

"Oh, who should I be, it turns out to be Officer Xu from the city." Chen Weiguo said with a suddenly realized expression.

Although Chen Weiguo was talking to Xu Lang, his slightly cloudy eyes swept over the group of people behind Xu Lang one by one, looking at the police uniforms they were wearing, as well as the gun holsters around his waist, Chen Weiguo subconsciously frowned.

"Officer Xu, I don't know what you're doing this time? Is it here to arrest people? After scanning for a week, Chen Weiguo looked at Xu Lang again and asked, his tone a little displeased.

"Village chief, you misunderstood, I came in a hurry last time, there were not enough people, and I didn't ask a lot of things clearly, no, this time, I specially brought a few more people over, how many people are easy to do." Xu Lang explained with a smile.

Chen Weiguo glanced at Xu Lang deeply, didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

"It's so hot, let's go, go and sit in the house."

"Then bother."

Xu Lang was not polite to Chen Weiguo, and walked directly towards the village with Chen Weiguo, and Lai Pi and them followed.

At this time, it was the time when the temperature was the highest, and the villagers in the village did not go to work in the fields, but sat at home to enjoy the shade, and after seeing Xu Lang and his party coming here, they all stood at the door and looked at Xu Lang and them.

Just like the last time, the villagers looked at Xu Lang with a look in their eyes, confused, curious, wary, and indifferent.

When these villagers saw Chen Weiguo, they would open their mouths to say hello, but their eyes were always staring at Xu Lang and them, it seemed that Chen Weiguo had a high prestige in the village.

When a group of people came to Chen Wei's country, Xu Lang stopped, looked at Lai Pi and said, "It's not early, you take Captain Fang and them to visit the village, later, we will meet here." ”

Lai Pi nodded, turned around and left with the others.

Chen Weiguo looked at this scene, and his cloudy eyes narrowed again, but he didn't say anything.

"Sit in the house." Chen Weiguo said.

Xu Lang nodded, followed Chen Weiguo into the courtyard of his house, and when he walked into the hall, Xu Lang saw the bacon hanging outside again when he came here last time, Xu Lang couldn't help but glance at it a few more times, and then walked into the hall.

Boil water to make tea, Xu Lang and Chen Weiguo sat on chairs, chatted briefly, and then went straight to the topic.

"Officer Xu, I don't know what you want to investigate when you brought so many people here this time?" Chen Weiguo asked as he smoked a dry cigarette.

Xu Lang held a disposable cup in his hand, the cup was steaming, the dark yellow tea leaves rose and fell in the cup, and a faint tea fragrance came to his nose, the tea was good, it should be this year's new tea.

Hearing Chen Weiguo's voice, Xu Lang put down the cup in his hand and asked, "Do you know that Chen Wang is dead?" ”

Chen Weiguo looked at Xu Lang and frowned, not knowing what Xu Lang wanted to ask, but he still nodded and said, "Someone from the Public Security Bureau came to the village to inform us that Chen Wang's family has gone to the county." ”

"Oh? When did Chen Wang's family go to the county? Xu Lang asked.

"A few days ago."

"A few days ago? What day is it? ”

"I think about it, it seems to be August 1st, or 2nd, I can't remember which day."

Hearing Chen Weiguo say this, Xu Lang raised his eyebrows, looked at Chen Weiguo, and asked, "Since they went to the county, they should go to the city, why didn't I see them?" ”

"I don't know this, I'm just the village head, I know the things in the village, and I don't know the things outside the village." Chen Weiguo said lightly.

Hearing this, Xu Lang subconsciously squinted his eyes.

Chen Wang's body was found on August 1, and at that time it was known that the deceased was Chen Wang, except for the police officers of the Chengnan Public Security Bureau and CSY, no one else knew, although when Xu Lang received the news, Chen Guodong was next to him, and Xu Lang only said on the phone, Chen Wang was found, and did not say that Chen Wang was dead.

After returning to the city, Xu Lang noticed that something was wrong with the Hengtong County Public Security Bureau, so he did not let anyone notify the Hengtong County police, nor did he contact Chen Wang's family, so how did Chen Weiguo know, and what made Xu Lang feel even more strange was that not long after Chen Wang's body was found, Chen Wang's family received the news of Chen Wang's death and went to the county.

If they learned the news that Chen Wang had been killed through other channels, they should have gone to the city to claim the body as soon as possible, but a week has passed since Chen Wang's body was found, and Chen Wang's body is still in the morgue of CSY, and Chen Wang's parents have not gone at all, why is this?

Since Chen Weiguo said that he didn't know where Chen Wang's relatives were now, Xu Lang changed the question.

"Where is Chen Zhen's family now? I'd like to ask them about something. ”

"Oh, they, they're not in the village now."

"Not in the village? Where is it? ”

"The day after you came to the village, they left the village."

"Left? Where did it go? ”

Chen Weiguo shook his head and said, "Where they went, I don't know. ”

"Did they say what they were going to do?"

"Oh, that's right, they said they went out to work."

"Part-time job?"

Xu Lang frowned.

It's August now, more than half of the year has passed, and there is not much time left before the New Year.

"Are only Chen Zhen's parents out?" Xu Lang asked again.

"No, they're all gone."

"Chen Zhen's grandfather also went out?"

"yes."

"Chen Zhen's grandfather is in his seventies, he is so old, and he still goes out to work?"

Xu Lang looked at Chen Weiguo suspiciously, obviously, he didn't believe Chen Weiguo's words.

Chen Weiguo seemed to see Xu Lang's distrust, he grinned, showing his yellowish and slightly black teeth, and said: "The village is poor, there is no way to make money, and you can only fill your stomach by digging food in the field, I don't want to stay in the village, there are many people who go out, I am just a village chief, they want to go out to make a fortune and make money, I can't stop it." ”

"What about Chen Shan, Chen Yuzhen and their families? Shouldn't you go out to work too? Xu Lang narrowed his eyes and asked.

Under Xu Lang's gaze, Chen Weiguo knocked on the sole of his shoe with the nest of the cigarette pouch, nodded, and said, "They walked together." ”

Hearing Chen Weiguo say this, Xu Lang's expression suddenly became difficult to see, when he decided to come to Chenjiahe again, Xu Lang faintly felt that this time Chenjiahe's trip was definitely not so smooth, sure enough, after arriving here, Xu Lang and the people they were looking for left one by one, and they left after Xu Lang and they came to Chenjiahe last time.

"Chen Zhen, have they been in contact with you recently?" Xu Lang asked.

"We're in the middle of nowhere, and we're very poor, and we don't have a phone line."

"Then there's always a phone."

Chen Weiguo nodded and said, "There are mobile phones, but they are of no use to us." ”

"What do you mean?" Xu Lang asked puzzled.

"Officer Xu, didn't you come here last time, didn't you notice that the mobile phone signal here is very poor, and you can't get through to the phone many times?" Chen Weiguo looked at Xu Lang and said.

Xu Lang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately took out his mobile phone to take a look, and sure enough, as Chen Weiguo said, the signal of the mobile phone on the screen was only one bar, and it kept flashing.

Xu Lang was silent for a while

Son, silently put the phone in his pocket, he was in a hurry last time, and the time was relatively late, Xu Lang didn't notice this at the time, carelessly.

"Then Chen Zhen, have they been back recently?" Xu Lang asked.

Chen Weiguo took out a handful of shredded tobacco from the tobacco pouch of the dry tobacco pouch, put it into the nest of the tobacco pouch, took out a lighter and lit it, took a few puffs, shook his head, and said, "No." ”

"Really?" Xu Lang asked again.

Chen Weiguo spit out a thick puff of smoke, raised his head, looked at Xu Lang through the smoke, and said: "Why, Officer Xu doesn't believe my words, no matter how I say it, I am also a village head, a cadre, and I am truth-seeking in what I say and do." ”

Xu Lang's eyes narrowed into a slit and looked at Chen Weiguo, and Chen Weiguo looked at Xu Lang while smoking, and a choking smoke rose between the two people, covering each other's vision.

After being silent for a while, Xu Lang said again: "Is there any breeding industry in your village?" ”

"Farming? You said to raise pigs, raise them, this is a rural area, every household has pigs, what, Officer Xu shouldn't have come to us to buy pork, right? Yes? Haha......"

In the end, Chen Weiguo laughed to himself.

Chen Weiguo was joking with Xu Lang, but Xu Lang didn't laugh, he looked at Chen Weiguo's face full of vicissitudes behind the smoke, and said, "Do you know what I mean by breeding? ”

"Officer Xu, if you have something to say, I really don't know what you mean by breeding." Chen Wei said in Chinese.

"Like golden pheasants, slow loris, pythons and the like."

Chen Weiguo shook his head and said: "What you said, we don't have it here, there are free-range chickens, Officer Xu, if you like it, take a few back when you leave, although it is not worth a few dollars, but our local chickens are different from the chickens that eat feed in your city, and they are chewy." ”

"Old fox, I underestimate you."

Xu Lang secretly said in his heart, at first, he thought that Chen Weiguo was just an ordinary village cadre, nothing unusual, the last time he came, Xu Lang also thought so, but after today's conversation, Xu Lang found that this Chen Weiguo, who looks honest and honest, just a peasant, is far from being as simple as Xu Lang thought.

Xu Lang and they suddenly came to Chenjiahe this time, Chen Weiguo was really surprised when he saw them, but then, these questions asked by Xu Lang, Chen Weiguo answered very simply, either he didn't know, or he was sloppy with Xu Lang, in short, Xu Lang didn't ask too many useful things here.

Thinking of this, Xu Lang's mood was depressed for a while, a village chief is so cunning, so what about Chen Guodong, as the director of the Hengtong County Public Security Bureau, wouldn't he be more difficult to deal with.

Looking at Chen Weiguo, who was not in a hurry and smoking dry cigarettes, Xu Lang felt that Chen Weiguo was not like a farmer who had never been to live in a big city, he was more cunning than many people, and people couldn't find flaws, just like the conversation with Xu Lang just now, it seemed that every word he said had flaws and couldn't be convincing, but you couldn't find reasons and evidence to refute it, this is what made Xu Lang feel depressed and aggrieved.

After a long silence, Chen Weiguo coughed twice and said, "Officer Xu, drink tea, this is our home-grown tea, you can taste it, you can take some back to drink it, if you like, I will prepare a little for Officer Xu next year." ”

Xu Lang followed Chen Weiguo's line of sight and looked at the cup of tea on the table that had become cold, he didn't touch it, but stood up and said, "It's not early, please take me to Chen Qiumin and Chen Wang's house to have a look." ”

"Didn't you see it last time? Why do you still want to look at it, there are no old houses that no one lives in, and there is nothing to see. Chen Weiguo said.

"Let's go."

Xu Lang said this as he walked towards the door.

Chen Weiguo didn't get up, but turned his head, looked at Xu Lang's back and said, "I'm afraid Officer Xu won't see anything." ”

Hearing this, Xu Lang paused, stopped in place, turned his head to look at Chen Weiguo, and asked, "What does the village chief mean by this?" ”

"A few days ago, a few little dolls in the village were too naughty, playing with fire, and accidentally set the house on fire, and the house was burned to the ground, and now, there are only some wooden shelves left, hey, you know, we are in the countryside, the children are on summer vacation, and the children in the countryside are very skinny, which is also a helpless thing." Chen Weiguo said slowly.

Was it a coincidence that there was a fire, it burned?

There are indeed many coincidences in the world, but Xu Lang doesn't believe that so many coincidences will appear in Chenjiahe Village in a short period of time, which must be man-made arson, in order to eliminate the evidence, so that Xu Lang and they have no way to investigate.

Although Xu Lang and they came, went to the house of Chen Qiumin's hometown, and also checked, however, they did not find anything abnormal at that time, and they planned to come again the next day for a detailed investigation, but later, because of Chen Wang's matter, Xu Lang and they went back temporarily, and this time, Chen Qiumin's home was directly burned down, which is also too coincidental.

Since Chen Qiumin's home was burned down, if it was really arson, then Chen Qiumin's home must still have secrets hidden in it, or some evidence, but now these things no longer exist.

Thinking of this, Xu Lang couldn't help but feel a burst of chagrin, but the annoyance was annoyed, Xu Lang still said: "Then trouble the village chief to take me to the scene to see." ”

Chen Weiguo looked at Xu Lang, looked at it for a while, nodded, knocked the cigarette pouch on the ground a few times, then took the cigarette pouch rod, stood up, and followed Xu Lang out.