Peng Ligang was talking to Li Shiyu while leaving Zhang Xiangui's house. A few households in front of Zhang Xiangui's house were Village Chief Li's house, and when the two were chatting inadvertently, a figure quickly ran out of the front house, and then turned into the alley between the two bungalows. Peng Ligang chased after him, but when he reached the entrance of the alley, the man was gone.

Li Shiyu wore high heels and walked for a few minutes before walking to Peng Ligang's side and asked Peng Ligang what happened. Peng Ligang wiped the sweat on his forehead and said: "Someone just ran out of this house, looking at him like he was very busy, I guess there is nothing good, let's go into this house and take a look, maybe we can know what he has done." ”

Li Shiyu hesitated a little and said, "It's not good, they're not at home, let's just go in." ”

Peng Ligang glanced up, and then realized that this was the house of Village Chief Li's family, who could it be that someone secretly came to Village Chief Li's house during the ancestor worship ceremony? Peng Ligang still decided to go in and have a look, and said to Li Shiyu: "Let's go in and have a look, Village Chief Li won't blame us, and besides, we didn't come to steal things, he also said that we would go around the village, and he didn't say that he wouldn't let us come to his house." ”

The weather was not good, or rather terrible, with clouds as if it was about to rain, even though it was just past eight o'clock in the morning. Peng Ligang took Li Shiyu into Li Village's house, and Village Chief Li's wife and his son and daughter-in-law had already gone to worship their ancestors, so they didn't find anyone at home. Peng Ligang seemed to think of something, and suddenly said: "Speaking of which, it seems that I didn't see Village Chief Li's mother when I was in the square just now, and I haven't seen her since we came to Village Chief Li's house yesterday, and I haven't even seen her come out during dinner." ”

"That's right, don't you say that I haven't remembered it, didn't Village Chief Li say that the whole village would go to the ancestor worship ceremony, why didn't Village Chief Li's mother go?" Li Shiyu looked at Peng Ligang with a questioning expression, hoping that he could answer his question.

"Don't look at me with that kind of look, how do I know why Village Chief Li and his mother can't go to worship their ancestors, maybe she is older, so you don't have to go to worship your ancestors, just go in and see." Peng Ligang rubbed his hands vigorously on Li Shiyu's white and tender face a few times.

The couple walked through the two rooms to the room where they saw Village Chief Li yesterday, and the inside of the room was still the same as yesterday, nothing had changed, except that a pink panda pattern cover was put on the TV, and the rest of the place was the same as yesterday. Peng Ligang walked to the last door, Peng Ligang reached out to push the door, but the door did not move after a few pushes. After a closer look, I realized that this door needed to be pulled out.

The room was very dark, and the windows were also blocked by curtains, Peng Ligang vaguely watched a person lying on the couch, but he couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly. The people on the couch seemed to be asleep, and they didn't notice that Peng Ligang had just come in, and they were still lying on the couch with their heads turned sideways.

"Grandma, we are guests invited by Village Chief Li, can you come in your room and have a look?" Peng Ligang asked in a low voice.

The other party did not answer, and was still lying on the couch, as if he had not heard what Peng Ligang said. Peng Ligang raised his voice a little more and repeated the sentence just now. After a while, there was still no response from the people in the house, and Peng Ligang decided to go in and have a look. Raising his legs and walking towards the house, Li Shiyu grabbed Peng Ligang and said, "You are not afraid of disturbing people when you go in like this, so let's ask the old man again." ”

Peng Ligang still went in, because he repeated the words twice, and the other party didn't hear it, which proves that she must be a little deaf, no matter how you say it, you still can't hear it, it's better to go to her and ask again. Peng Li just walked to the side of the couch, and with the little light projected from the window, he finally saw the appearance of the person lying on the couch clearly.

That face is probably the most terrifying Peng Ligang has ever seen in his life, and Peng Ligang will never forget it in his life. The pale skin, like a freshly painted wall, was bloodless at all. The wrinkles on the face cannot be described at all, the skin has almost detached from the muscles, and the whole face has begun to fall downward, and the horror is unbelievable.

Peng Ligang almost screamed, but fortunately he covered his mouth in time, and at the same time he also took a step back. As he stepped back, he suddenly noticed a flash of light, like light reflected through a metal object, and it was refracted from the chest of the man in the sleeping chair. Peng Ligang asked Li Shiyu to open the curtains, he wanted to see what the person in front of him looked like.

The sky was still full of dark clouds, and the light was not very strong, but it still made Peng Ligang, who suddenly saw the light, close his eyes tightly. After more than half a minute, Peng Li slowly opened his eyes just now, but the scene in front of him made Peng Ligang dumbfounded. After Li Shiyu opened her eyes, she screamed in surprise and immediately threw herself into Peng Ligang's arms.

On the couch lay an old woman, her eyes wide open and her mouth open, holding in both hands a black metal object that was piercing her chest. The white clothes on his body had long been soaked in blood, and a large part of his chest had been dyed red.

Peng Ligang immediately calmed himself down and forcibly suppressed his fear. When I walked over to the couch and examined it carefully, the blood on my chest had dried and the body was completely stiff. The inside of the room was neat and tidy, and there were no signs of struggle.

Peng Ligang shook his head at Li Shiyu and said, "It's been a long time since I died, at least more than twelve hours, let's hurry up and inform the village chief, the murderer is likely to be the person we saw just now." ”

Outside the house, I don't know when it rained, and the people in the village also returned to their homes, and the family of Village Chief Li also returned. Peng Ligang and his wife collided with Village Chief Li in the lobby, and Peng Ligang whispered to Village Chief Li: "Village Chief Li, your mother, has been killed. ”

As soon as Peng Li stretched out his hand and pointed to the inner room, Village Chief Li's family ran quickly towards the inner room, and then heard a howl and cry. Peng Ligang and his wife also walked in, Peng Ligang patted Village Chief Li's arm and said: "Village Chief Li, by the way, the top priority now is to go to the police, and it is the most urgent thing to catch the murderer, otherwise it will be difficult to catch the murderer if he escapes." ”

Village Chief Li didn't reply, the whole family knelt down in front of the sleeping chair, and the village chief's wife suddenly shouted, "Pierce the heart nails, pierce the heart nails, it's them, it's them, they come back to kill people, they will kill all our village, we can't run away." ”

"They? Kill the whole village? Peng Ligang suddenly felt numb all over his body, and the words of the village chief's wife clearly came into his ears.

Village Chief Li forcibly pulled his wife to the ground, and the village chief's wife kept rolling back and forth on the ground as if she was crazy, and her mouth was still repeating the sentence. Peng Ligang knew that there must be some secrets in this, squatted down, looked at the village chief and asked: "Village Chief Li, I want you to tell us all the secrets in the village, now that your mother has also been killed, if you still think that it is necessary to fulfill the obligation of a son, you should find out the murderer, and then avenge your mother." ”

Village Chief Li still didn't say a word, just looked at the ground stupidly. Village Chief Li had tears in his eyes and asked with tears: "Mr. Peng, can you know when my mother was killed?"

"If I'm correct, it was probably around eight to nine o'clock last night. Judging from the scene, your mother did not struggle when she was killed, and the other party was fatal with a knife, perhaps the killer was within a very close distance, and your mother did not expect the killer to kill her suddenly. I think your mother must know this man well, and your mother used to talk to the murderer before she died. The most important thing at the moment is to call the police first, our mobile phone has no message here, do you have a landline in your village? Peng Ligang explained.

"No way, I went to my mother's room last night about eight o'clock to see her, she was fine, and we talked to her for a while, and I'm sure she was alive and well. We only had electricity in our village, but we didn't have a phone because we were small in the village and we didn't have any relatives outside, so the phone was useless to us. Village Chief Li shook his head and said.

"Grandma's room can only be accessed from Mom and Dad, and if anyone has ever come in, we'll know about it. But no one came to the house last night, and last night our family was all at home. At this time, Su Ya, who was kneeling next to her, spoke.

"No one is coming? That means that all the people have an alibi, so how did the murderer come in and commit murder in full view of everyone? It is impossible for the murderer to kill directly as soon as he comes in, he must have done it after chatting with the old lady for a while, but if someone in this room is talking, then Village Chief Li and they will definitely hear it, how did the murderer kill people? Peng Ligang thought about it and still couldn't understand how the murderer got into the house to kill people.

"Village Chief Li, it's better to choose to call the police, if you don't call the police again, maybe there will be people in the village who will continue to be killed." Li Shiyu persuaded him.

Village Chief Li did not answer, still kneeling on the ground. Peng Ligang looked at the corpse of Village Chief Li's mother, and suddenly thought of a question and asked, "Shiyu, when did we find Zhang Xiangui last night?" “

"That...... It must have been about a quarter past nine o'clock last night, because it was already ten o'clock when we got back to the house, and I had seen the time when I gave it to you. And we also stayed at Zhang Xiangui's house for a while, and it took some time to find him. Li Shiyu said while recalling the scene last night.

"That is to say, everyone had an alibi last night, and the old lady was killed before Zhang Xiangui was found, assuming that Zhang Xiangui died after the old lady was killed, then the murderer is likely to be the same person." Peng Ligang muttered to himself.

"How can you be sure that Zhang Xiangui was killed after the old lady was killed?" Li Shiyu asked.

"The time when the old lady was killed was between eight and nine o'clock, and it was already more than nine o'clock when we found Zhang Xiangui, judging from the extent of Zhang Xiangui's body burning, the burning time should not exceed twenty minutes. So Zhang Xiangui should have been killed at around nine o'clock, and then the murderer poured Bai on Zhang Xiangui's body in order to cover up his murderous methods, preparing to burn the corpse. Peng Ligang said.

"But why did Zhang Xiangui appear on the back mountain at that time, and Zhang Xiangui had already made an appointment with us yesterday to pick us up at the entrance of the village, but he didn't come when we came." Li Shiyu continued to ask.

"I don't know this yet, Zhang Xiangui will definitely not run to the back mountain alone, unless the murderer asks him to go. Forget it, it's useless to talk about this now, let's go out of the village and call the police. Peng Ligang's words were actually said to Village Chief Li.

Village Chief Li suddenly stood up on the ground, picked up his mother's body and prepared to move to the bed. Li Keming also got up from the ground at this time, and helped move Mrs. Li to the bed. At this time, a piece of shredded paper fell from under Mrs. Li's body, Peng Ligang picked up the shredded paper, the shredded paper is actually a book paper commonly used by ordinary primary school students, and a few words were written on it in a crooked font, obviously torn from somewhere.

The shredded paper reads "kill, Japanese soldiers" five words, the two words kill are on the top line, I don't know what else is written in front, I don't know if it's the same thing as what the village chief's wife said just now. Peng Ligang asked loudly: "Mrs. Village Chief, what you just said about them coming back, are you referring to the Japanese soldiers, why did they come back to kill people, please make it clear." ”

The village chief's wife had already stood up when Peng Ligang was talking to Li Shiyu just now, her clothes and hair were already messy, no different from a madman running around the street. Village Chief Li walked up to her with an angry face, slapped her heavily, and scolded: "Look at your appearance, why don't you hurry up and die and change your clothes, and wash your face for me." ”

Peng Ligang knew that Village Chief Li didn't want her wife to tell the matter, so he had to keep his mouth shut obediently. Village Chief Li asked Su Ya to send Peng Ligang and Li Shiyu back to the house, but did not say that he wanted to report the case. Peng Ligang and Li Shiyu had to go back to the house first, Su Ya went back to her room and took out three umbrellas, gave one to Peng Ligang and his wife, and then led them out of Village Chief Li's house.