Chapter 7: The Past

Although I was amazed in my heart, I didn't say anything, and after hastily settling lunch with Brother Hu, we rushed to the village chief's house in the east corner of Zhang Erdankou Village.

The road in the village was winding and rugged, and the road was overgrown with weeds, and Brother Hu and I walked for a long time but did not arrive.

It seemed that the two of them had been spinning in place, and at this time the sun was scorching, and I didn't know that there was a rooster crowing, which really startled the two of us.

Unconsciously, the sunlight shining on his body was also a little cold.

Brother Hu frowned and said: "This village is low-lying, and most of the people living in the village are elderly, so the yin is prosperous and the yang is declining. ”

Thinking about it, from the moment I entered this village, I felt a slight chill on the soles of my feet.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a stomach and a kind face opened the door and smiled at us, "What are you doing in the village?" ”

Brother Hu and I are incompatible with Fengnan Village, and this man naturally noticed at a glance that we were from other places.

I couldn't stand the man's hospitality, and the two of us had been walking for a long time, and our mouths were a little dry, so we planned to rest and drink cold water in the man's room before leaving.

"To tell you the truth, we're here to investigate a murder." Brother Tiger has some big strips.

I thought to myself, how could such a thing be explained like this.

The middle-aged man's name is Zheng Shaoran, and according to him, he accidentally broke his leg while working on the construction site a few years ago.

For the past two years, he has been recuperating in the village and has little contact with the outside world.

However, when talking about this murder case, Zheng Shaoran raised his eyebrows, his eyes were a little evasive, and then he said leisurely: "The murder case of Fengnan Village, I think you must be talking about Xiaoli." ”

"At that time, this incident caused quite a lot of controversy in society."

Zheng Shaoran knew something, and I asked Brother Hu to see if the Xiaoli in his mouth was the woman in red.

Ten years ago, Fengnan Village was still populated, and at that time, the vigorous urbanization had just begun, and the fire quickly burned to Fengnan Village.

The village, which had been almost isolated from the rest of the world, was targeted by real estate development, so the village became more lively, and people came to the door at the end of three days to ask about the demolition.

At that time, there was disagreement in the village, and those who agreed said that the demolition should have been done a long time ago, and that they could move to the city with the demolition money.

Of course, there are not a few who oppose it, after all, for many villagers, this is a place where their ancestors have lived for generations.

The two sides quarreled, and the village chief stood up at this time to hold a voting meeting, and the opposition side won by a narrow margin.

However, of course, the opposition of the people in the village alone did not work, and the real estate developers kept an eye on the people who supported the demolition, and gave them a lot of benefits to help lobby in the village.

"Xiaoli's matter started here." Zheng Shaoran took a sip of cold water, and then told us leisurely.

Due to the slow solicitation of opinions on demolition and relocation, Hongda Real Estate came to Fengnan Village in person.

In his opinion, the villagers of Fengnan Village are just a cheap bone, and they will obediently obey if they beat two sticks first, and then give some benefits.

In fact, he did change the position of many people by using this method, until he met Xiaoli.

This is the first time that Da Shao has been deflated, and Xiaoli argues with reason, but she doesn't give in, and she has become a thorn in Da Shao's side and a thorn in his palm.

On the contrary, Xiaoli's stepfather was much more spineless, and when he heard the conditions offered by Da Shao, he instantly obeyed.

At that time, the contradiction between Xiaoli and Da Shao caused a stir in the village, and Da Shao also understood that if the woman's matter could not be resolved, he was afraid that the follow-up demolition work would not be able to continue.

As a peer, Jingsheng Real Estate has started to build foundations, but they haven't even negotiated the price.

Da Shao was also anxious at this time, and the degree of harassment of Xiaoli every day was getting more and more serious, and in the end, he even sent many gangsters to intimidate Xiaoli.

The soft bones in the village who received the money, when they saw Xiaoli, they pointed their noses and scolded, how ugly and ugly the words were.

Unable to bear such pressure, Xiaoli finally had a nervous breakdown and decided to hang herself, only to be found dead at home the next day.

After such a thing was publicized, Hongda Real Estate was forced by the pressure of public opinion to stop the real estate development plan of Fengnan Village, and the matter was finally closed.

After listening to Zheng Shaoran's story, I thought that this matter was a little strange, according to Xiaoli's personality, she would never commit suicide so easily.

Brother Hu pondered that something was not quite right, and the two of us continued to ask: "That Feng Nancun has not had any other murders in recent years?" ”

Zheng Shaoran shook his head and said, "No, that's what it is." ”

In that case, this Xiaoli is indeed a woman in red.

And she turned into a life-seeking ghost because she was slandered by the villagers and suppressed by the developers?

I vaguely don't think that's the case.

After thanking Zheng Shaoran, Brother Hu and I continued to the village chief's house, hoping to find more detailed information about Xiaoli there.

"Do you say that it was because Da Shao hired someone to frame Xiaoli, and then disguised it as a suicide situation, so that Xiaoli turned into a red-clothed ghost, and the ghost of the grievance will not be dispersed for a long time?"

I made my guess, but other than that, I really can't think of any other way that could make Xiaoli a ghost in red.

Brother Hu was noncommittal: "Xiaoli does have the possibility of becoming a red-clothed ghost in this situation, but Zheng Shaoran's words cannot be fully believed." ”

It's just a one-sided statement, and it can only be used as a reference.

After Brother Hu and I walked away from Zheng Shaoran's house, Zheng Shaoran limped to the door, his eyes narrowed slightly, staring closely at the backs of the two of us.

The two of us didn't notice it.

After a lot of detours, Brother Hu and I finally came to the house of the village chief of Fengnan Village.

It is worthy of the village chief's house, which is different from the dilapidated mud tile houses in Fengnan Village, the village chief's house is made of bricks, painted with cement inside and out, and paved with a layer of tiles.

The village chief was a very kind old man, and when he saw us, he greeted us very warmly and hurriedly invited us into the house.

How do I feel like the village chief knows we're coming?

Because the village chief was too enthusiastic, it was not good for us to bring up these topics at the beginning, and we exchanged pleasantries for a while before taking an opportunity to mention Xiaoli's matter.

The village chief behaved very naturally, sighed slightly, and said, "Xiaoli, that child, it's a pity. ”

However, it was the strange nature of the village chief that made me suspicious.

Generally speaking, when two outsiders talk about this kind of homicide in some years, don't normal people react with surprise and then react?

But the village chief was not the least surprised, as if he knew that we would definitely ask this question.