Chapter 343: Houshan, Grandma's Bedroom
When you are standing in the middle of a chaotic chess game and can't see the direction clearly, try to get off the board and look at it all through the eyes of a spectator.
Xu Lang is like this, after his 921 case, he left the chaotic urban area of S City, and returned to the village where he lived in the countryside, Zhangjiazhuang.
Niu Honghe has caused a series of cases, as well as 921 cases, is Xu Lang anxious? He was very anxious, but no matter how anxious he was, when he didn't sort out the line, he chose to leave temporarily, find another way, and investigate the case in a different way.
Now the whole country is wanted for Shangguan Jing and his party of three, since Lu Ye and they failed to arrest Shangguan Jing as soon as possible after the case, and moreover, after so long, they still haven't been arrested, Xu Lang stayed there is the same, Niu Honghe and others' case, the police will definitely continue to investigate, and the 921 case will also be filed for investigation, as for how to investigate, after Xu Lang went to the hospital to see Zhang Lei, he knew that Zhang Lei would wake up soon, after he woke up, what happened on September 21, Naturally, it's clear.
Since everything that should be done and can be done has been done, there is no need for Xu Lang to stay there, he wants to investigate a person, investigate a man who looks exactly like himself, Xu Yi.
When Xu Lang first came into contact with Shangguan Jing, judging from Shangguan Jing's attitude towards him, Xu Lang felt strange, and had deep doubts and speculations about it, and later, the phone call Xu Lang gave him confirmed Xu Lang's guess from the side.
Xu Lang returned to the countryside this time, he wanted to find out, what is the relationship between Xu Yi and himself? What is the relationship with the deceased parents? Only by figuring these out can he know something.
After returning to Zhangjiazhuang, Xu Lang did not immediately go back to the village, but spared a long way to the back mountain, because it has been raining recently, those farmers who should have been busy with crops in the field, have taken advantage of this to hide at home to rest, no pedestrians were seen on the muddy dirt road, and the back mountain is even more so, Xu Lang was dressed in black clothes, with a black umbrella, came to the grave of his parents and grandmother.
Xu Lang didn't bring paper money to worship his ancestors, and he only carried a schoolbag when he came back this time, except for a few changes of clothes, there was only a laptop left.
The autumn rain continued, with a hint of coolness, and the back mountain danced, and Xu Lang stood in front of his parents' graves with an umbrella, speechless for a long time.
The grave is not big, he came back once during the Qingming Festival, and took care of the graves of his parents and grandmother once, and now the grave is overgrown with wild grass.
In the past, when Ye Du was here, the graves of Xu Lang's parents and grandmother would never grow grass, and they were always cleaned up, but now, Ye Du has been away from his hometown for more than a year, and without the existence of that little girl, naturally no one will take care of these.
Looking at the withered grass, Xu Lang squatted down and slowly cleaned it all up, while cleaning up, he thought about Ye Du, I don't know, where did Ye Du's girl go after leaving her hometown, what she was doing, whether she had a good time outside this year, and whether she was bullied.
Actually, for Ye Du, Xu Lang is still very relieved, although since he was a child, Ye Du likes to follow behind his fart, and shouts Brother Lang crisply, but Xu Lang knows, don't look at Ye Du's girl looks sticky, in fact, she has always been a person with her own ideas, if Ye Du is a person who has no opinions, she will not leave Zhangjiazhuang, without telling Xu Lang, just leave.
It's just that every time he thinks that Ye Du hasn't contacted him once after leaving his hometown for more than a year, he can't help but be a little worried, and even a little blamed.
Because of the rain, and the fact that it is autumn and the soil is relatively soft, these wild grasses are very easy to clean up.
With his hands covered in dirt, he stood up, looked at everything in front of him, and muttered to himself, "Who is that guy who looks exactly like me?" Could it be my twin's brother? ”
In the vast back mountain, no one answered his question, only the sound of the rain, the occasional animal cry in the mountain forest, and the sound of the autumn wind blowing in the mountain forest.
Xu Lang is lonely, lonely, and painful, although Shu Yue has always been by his side, although he has a group of former colleagues from the second criminal investigation team to accompany him, and although he has a friend like Du Ziqiao to accompany him, he still feels lonely and lonely, whenever the night comes, he has to experience nightmares again and again, and bear boundless pain.
At the time of Bu Zimo's case, when he was imprisoned to recuperate, Xu Lang really hoped that he was dead, only in this way, he was really relieved, but he was not dead, he was still alive, and he was alive and well, Xu Lang was very disappointed, even desperate, because he was alive, he needed to continue to face loneliness, loneliness and pain, so after he came back, Bu Zimo's case was also coming to an end, and Xu Lang also returned to the house left by his parents after being investigated, and slept all day except for eating.
In fact, during that time, Xu Lang was very decadent, because, he found that after he came back, many people around him were gone, the people in the detective agency were gone, Shu Yue was gone, and the man named Xu Lang was also gone, Xu Lang became more and more lonely and lonely, so during that time, he did not go to the second criminal investigation team, nor did he reopen the detective office, but just hid at home, hiding in the study where no one else would ever enter, he was like a frightened turtle. Lock yourself in a thick turtle shell and don't look at the outside world.
However, all this changed after Zhang Lei found himself and went to the orphanage.
Niu Honghe's case, two people died, leaving a Niu Jinglun who had not yet begun to be sensible, Yao Wenlin's case, Yao Wenlin died, leaving a factory with hundreds of people, Qi Lang's case, Qi Lang died, and the construction site where he was located was temporarily suspended, and later, Niu Honghe died, Gong Liqin also died, and a few people who Xu Lang and the police didn't know died, it seems that all the secrets were sealed because of their deaths.
In the 921 case, more people died, Zhang Lei was seriously injured, and many children who were already helpless died.
Xu Lang is not as passionate as before, he has become a little silent, a little upset, a little hesitant, whenever he thinks of the corpses lying quietly on the cold dissecting table, when he thinks of the hotel room, those children with wide eyes and fearful eyes, Xu Lang is really confused, he doesn't know what to do, he doesn't know whether he chose to be a police officer in the first place, and he doesn't know whether he chose to leave the public security system and open a detective agency is absolutely right. I don't know if I did anything wrong when I returned to the public security system as a criminal investigation consultant.
Since Xu Lang came back from injury, he has been thinking about whether everything he has done is meaningful, if so, why are there still people committing crimes every day, if so, why are there still people killing people in the city of S City, if so, why are criminals always not arrested, if so, why it has been more than 20 years, he has not found the truth about the death of his mother Zhang Lan, he doesn't know if his father Xu Yuan is a murderer, and he has not found out who brutally killed his sister Xu Chan, who is not yet an adult.
Whenever he thought of this, Xu Lang began to doubt himself, doubting whether his persistence and choice were right.
When Xu Lang saw the man who looked exactly like him for the first time, Xu Lang began to doubt everything he had done before.
In Xu Lang's decadent days, he thought a lot, he once thought about countering violence with violence, since there are so many people who like to commit crimes, and the police can only arrest them and punish them after they commit crimes, so can he choose a simpler, more direct, and brutal way to stop all this? Since you want to commit crimes, then, I will use violence to make you unable to commit crimes again, Xu Lang has been awakened in nightmares countless times, thinking so, but, in the end, he gave up, he knows that countering violence with violence will only bring more crimes, causing the most crimes, if he chooses to do this, not only will he not be able to successfully stop the crime, but he will also slide into the abyss of sin, if this is really the case, then what is the point of what he has done before?
If it is really possible to stop crime so simply and directly, then what do you need the police to do, what do you need the army to do, and what do you need the law to do?
Since he couldn't prevent the crime from happening, he chose to leave, chose to watch coldly, chose to turn a blind eye, and chose to deceive himself, but when the murder happened again, when the people from the second criminal investigation team found him again, Xu Lang still went, and he had no way to continue to stand by, continue to turn a blind eye to those crimes, and continue to deceive himself, so he began to intervene in the investigation of the case again.
It's just that when he intervened in the investigation of the case, many things exceeded his expectations, everything came too suddenly, he was caught off guard, and when faced with the chaotic chess game, he chose to leave the chess game and choose to be a bystander, when he left the chess game, when he rethought everything that happened, he suddenly found that he had always felt that he couldn't see through Shangguan Jing, and he didn't understand why Shangguan Jing treated him like this, and now, he began to understand, Shangguan Jing regarded him as Xu Qi, and he was not Xu Qi, In order to find out what is happening now, he must first find out Xu Yi's identity, so he returned here.
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I don't know if it's because he saw Xu Lang look exactly like himself, which made his heart start to become flustered, or because he came back after being injured and the disappearance of the people around him made him feel at a loss, in short, Xu Lang's mood has been ups and downs, when he came back here when everyone seemed to need him, and when he stood in front of the small grave, Xu Lang's heart began to calm down.
After he had cleared the weeds from the grave, he stood in front of the grave without saying anything, and his mud-stained hands were clean again under the beating of the autumn rain.
After a long time, Xu Lang left the place and went down the mountain to the village along the muddy dirt road.
Xu Lang's sudden return did not attract any attention, except for the local dogs in the village who were barking wildly because they sensed the approach of strangers, it seemed that no one would care about Xu Lang's return.
No one noticed him, which was the result that Xu Lang wanted the most, because there was less greetings and politeness.
He stood in front of the door of his grandmother's house, took the key out of his backpack, opened the closed door, walked in, and closed the door gently.
The yard was full of fallen leaves because no one cleaned it, and under the beating of the autumn rain, he lay quietly on the cold and damp ground, slowly rotting and rotting, Xu Lang did not stay too much in the yard, he went straight to the courtyard door, opened the door, and walked in.
As the door opened, an unpleasant musty smell rushed to his face, Xu Lang subconsciously frowned, he ignored this, and walked straight towards the bedroom where his grandmother once lived.
Because Ye Du was in charge of helping to look after the house a few years ago, even though Ye Du had left Zhangjiazhuang for more than a year, the house still did not leak rain, but the furniture and furnishings in the room were covered with thick dust, and the corners of the room were full of cobwebs.
Grandma's bedroom was on the innermost part of the first floor, and the furnishings were simple, a box that looked antique but was not really valuable, a large wardrobe with holes that had been eaten by insects, a small bed with only a bed board, and of course, the old sewing machine that had not been used in many years by the window, and nothing else.
The sheets and bedding on the bed, as well as the big wardrobe, the clothes worn by the grandmother before her death, are all gone, this is the custom of Zhangjiazhuang, when the old man dies, the things she used before her death, the clothes she wears, will burn out with the paper money, Rao is a highly educated Xu Lang can not violate this custom that has been passed down for many years.
After Xu Lang walked in, he gently opened the large wardrobe, up and down, left, right, and right, and carefully rummaged through, except for thick dust and mouse feces, there was nothing inside.
He stood in front of the big wardrobe, frowned, thought about it, went to move the somewhat bulky big wardrobe, it took a lot of effort, and finally changed the big wardrobe alone, Xu Lang walked to the back of the big wardrobe and looked, and found that there was still nothing, he squatted down again, touched the bottom of the big wardrobe, there was still nothing, Xu Lang still did not give up, he found a chair, stood on it with muddy feet, looked at the top of the big wardrobe, and found that there was still nothing, except for the thick, scabbed dust.
Xu Lang jumped down from the chair, looked at the large wardrobe, then turned his head to look at the bed, and then walked over.
The things on the bed are actually clear at a glance, except for the bed board, there is nothing, neither sheets and bedding, nor straw cotton wool, Xu Lang still surveyed up and down, and finally, even climbed under the bed to look at it, but still found nothing.
When Xu Lang came out from under the bed, his body was already covered with thick dust, and the already black clothes became more and more dark, Xu Lang was a little tired, he sat on the edge of the bed, his brows furrowed together.
Suddenly, a very ridiculous idea appeared in Xu Lang's mind, he remembered that in many film and television dramas, many houses that are some years old, especially the old man's bed, there is a dark compartment underneath, will there be one on his grandmother's bed? It's just that this idea just came out, Xu Lang himself denied it, and he laughed self-deprecatingly.
He has lived in this house for more than ten years, and he has long been very familiar with everything in the house, if there is a secret compartment under his grandmother's bed, Xu Lang would have known it a long time ago, and when his grandmother died, when he burned those sheets and bedding clothes, Xu Lang personally sorted them out, so naturally it was impossible to miss anything.
Xu Lang, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, looked at the antique box in the corner, Xu Lang stood up, walked over, and opened the box, except for a few very old and seriously worn jewelry, there was nothing in it, these jewelry were accumulated by my grandmother all my life, at that time, when my grandmother died, Xu Lang had put these things in my grandmother's coffin first, but they were stopped by Ye Du and other people in the village, after the funeral, Xu Lang did not take these things away, so they were put here, After all these years, things are still here, not a single thing is missing.
Xu Lang searched the box inside and out again, but still found nothing, which made Xu Lang feel a little puzzled.
He looked at the not very valuable jewelry in front of him in a daze, and suddenly, Xu Lang remembered something.
He remembers when he was a child, when his grandmother's body was still quite tough and her eyes were still good, she often sat alone in front of the old-fashioned sewing machine, taking advantage of the sunlight shining in from the window, sewing and mending work, after all, Xu Lang and Xu Chan were still young at that time, and they were in the countryside, and the children were more skinny, Xu Chan was fine, after all, she was a girl, and Xu Lang was different, often broke her clothes, every time, the clothes were torn, and her grandmother sat in front of the sewing machine, slowly sewing and mending, and later, Xu Lang was older, went to the city center to study, only on weekends can come back, every time he comes back, Xu Lang will find that his grandmother is sitting in front of the sewing machine, at that time, grandma's eyes are not very good, there is no way to sew and mend the work, but, she just sat in front of the sewing machine in a daze, I don't know what I was thinking, once, Xu Lang asked my grandmother why she likes to sit in front of the sewing machine, the old man always touched Xu Lang's head dotingly, smiled, and did not speak.
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