Twenty-one The truth is revealed

The cold wind in the wild blew gently on Cheng Shuai's face through the woods, and he was a little chilly, he sneezed unconsciously, and the villagers in front of him also tightened their clothes, raised their heads and looked left and right at the mottled shadows of the trees around, and the sun that came out of the forest emitted a faint warm light, but it was almost all blocked by the dense branches and leaves of this forest, and the residual light shone in intermittently, adding another mystery to the dark woods......

"Mr. Detective, what do you want us to take you to this wood?" A villager couldn't help but turn around and ask Cheng Shuai.

Cheng Shuai put his hands on the back of his head, looking leisurely, as if he didn't listen to people's questions at all, suddenly he squatted on the ground, his eyes locked somewhere, his expression was excited to observe something, and then he stood up violently, looked at his left, and ran over quickly, several villagers who led the way were wooden, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what he is doing, but they couldn't help but follow all of them, but they didn't expect Cheng Shuai, who is usually not serious, to run very fast, Although I saw him walking and stopping from a distance along the way, squatting down from time to time to look for something, the villagers always couldn't catch up, just like Cheng Shuai used the light skills in the TV martial arts drama, everyone was secretly surprised, and when they looked up, they found that Cheng Shuai was gone!

The villagers were stunned in place and looked left and right, when they were in a hurry, suddenly there was a burst of laughter from Cheng Shuai faintly from the left front, everyone walked over curiously looking for laughter, and saw Cheng Shuai standing in front of a big cave laughing, the villagers became more and more curious, and when they followed the cave to see, they were all shocked: there was a female corpse lying in the cave, she was dirty, her face was covered with thick soil, so that people could not see the face, and there was white foam in her mouth, obviously she had eaten some poisonous food to death, It was roughly clear from the body that she had been dead for a while...... None of this was important, but what really surprised and frightened the villagers was that she was dressed in the same clothes that the widow had worn when she died, and a knife glowing white beside her......

The gloomy shadows of the trees were scattered into the cave little by little, and the cold forest wind pierced the nerves of the villagers one by one, no one dared to speak, no one dared to make any moves, everyone looked at Cheng Shuai, quietly waiting for his explanation......

"Hahahaha! Lao Tzu is such a fucking genius! As I expected—do you want to know who this woman is? Cheng Shuai turned his head to look at the villagers who had been frightened and asked, they nodded eagerly, but Cheng Shuai showed a wicked smile, the villagers felt a little numb for some reason, only to hear Cheng Shuai say, "We have been ignoring one point in this case - and this is very important......"

The villagers listened attentively, as if they had looked at the nameless female corpse lying in the cave next to him, Cheng Shuai suddenly put away his smile, his face was full of seriousness, everyone's nerves were tense in an instant, and Cheng Shuai's voice came unhurriedly:

"That is-we haven't talked about the commission fee for taking this case, and we won't do anything without compensation!"

The villagers almost didn't fall to the ground, everyone wiped the sweat on their faces and bargained with Cheng Shuai for a while before listening to Cheng Shuai say slowly:

"Now that I am talking about the case of the Wang family being killed, do you think it is strange: why are the faces of the corpses all smashed, and the murderer has to cut off their right arm? Also Why wasn't Zheng Yi's body with them? In fact, the answer is very simple, the murderer wants to hide one thing, that is-there are no one in the Wang family except Wang Juan who has not died! Moreover, this man is the murderer! ”

"What!" Someone screamed in surprise and asked Cheng Shuai with a puzzled face, "But there are only six people in the Wang family!" Except for Wang Juan, the rest of the corpses are in the Wang family's - how can anyone not die? ”

Cheng Shuai looked at the villagers, then at the corpses in the cave, and once again showed an evil smile on his face:

"Hey, hey, hey, he People always think that they are seeing the truth, but they don't know what kind of truth is hidden behind this so-called fact - what I said the murderer wanted to hide is that one of the five corpses was not of the royal family, but of the dead widow! The widow's corpse had no right arm because of the mutilated face, so the other corpses were also made like this, which on the one hand could hide the truth, and on the other hand, it could link the death of the Wang family to the widow...... And, the murderer who didn't die was Zheng Yi, the daughter-in-law of the Wang family! ”

"Ahh The villagers didn't feel cold sweat, and looked back at the female corpse in the cave, "Could it be ......?"

"That's right! If you are stupid enough to ask Lao Tzu where Zheng Yi has gone, Lao Tzu will only have to increase the fee! What a gap in IQ! Hey - in fact, I have been asking you if Zheng Yi is a beauty for a reason, the body of Zheng Yi of the Wang family has rough skin and big hands, and there are many calluses on the palm, even if Zheng Yi has been doing housework in the Wang family, but she is the eldest lady after all, and the rough skin caused by the acquired is essentially different from the congenital formation, I heard you say that Zheng Yi is a beauty, but the skin of the corpse of the Wang family is clearly congenital rough, and it is impossible for people with this kind of skin to be beautiful there, and some of the calluses on its hands are at least thirty years old. 'age', it can't be the pampered Zheng Yi's...... Moreover, the 'aunt' in Wang Juan's mouth should actually be 'Ayi', because Zheng Yi is not her biological mother, I believe this title should be Wang Juan's private name for Zheng Yi! And the reason why Zheng Yi didn't kill Wang Juan was probably because Wang Juan was the only one who treated her well in the Wang family...... If Lao Tzu's inference is not wrong, then what happened should be like this: Han Guang needs money for some reason, so he moved the crooked thoughts of the Wang family, because the Wang family was originally a tyrant in the village, and stealing their money is equivalent to robbing the rich and helping the poor, but that 'poor' is just himself (damn, Lao Tzu also thought about robbing the bank to rob the rich and help the poor, but he didn't have the guts), so he visited the Wang family under the pretext and at the same time went to **, he was ready to go to the Wang family at night to steal some money and flee to the city, but he didn't expect Zheng Yi's status in the Wang family to be very low, He was not qualified to eat with the Wang family, so he was not in a coma...... When she saw the Wang family, who had completely lost their resistance, an evil and terrifying thought gradually came to her mind and occupied her reason little by little...... When Han Guanglai came to steal something, he accidentally ran into Zheng Yi dragging the widow's body to the Wang family's compound, because Zheng Yi had already changed clothes with the widow at that time and it was dark, so he thought that the widow's body was dragging Zheng Yi - Zheng Yi also hurriedly dropped the body and fled because he saw it...... Hahahaha! I'm really a genius - but there is one thing I still don't understand: why did Zheng Yi kill Wang Shan's family, why did he kill Han Guang and attack Chen Weiwei, but why did he kill an innocent villager? Does she hate your village to the core? And also...... A friend of mine told me that Nohara Mountain Village had been burned down last year and that the bodies of the villagers were missing...... What does this have to do with your village? ”

The villagers were all silent, speechless with embarrassed faces, sweat sliding down their faces......

Twenty-two motives

People related to the case gathered in the room, and after listening to Tang Peng's story about the murderer, everyone was quiet, and the surroundings became extremely quiet, as if the flow of air had stopped, Tang Peng continued:

"Actually, the reasoning just now is just my speculation at the moment, because there is no evidence, and I am sure that it is correct after Cheng Shuai finds Zheng Yi - but the village has been calm recently...... Maybe Zheng Yi is dead, after all, a woman with no survival experience is hiding in the wild and does not dare to return to the village, and her life and diet are very problematic...... If my reasoning is not wrong, then Mr. Meng Fan, I would like to ask you a question: why Zheng Yi killed the entire Wang family, just because she was mistreated, it seems that it doesn't make sense, and judging from the death of an innocent villager, her motive is definitely not as simple as we think, if you guess correctly - this incident is probably related to the fire in your village last year! ”

Meng Fan trembled, looked at Tang Peng in surprise, and the rest of the villagers began to sweat constantly, and Chu Yiqian couldn't help but ask:

"How do you know about that fire?"

Tang Peng lifted his glasses and said solemnly:

"A friend of mine was working as a journalist, and he told me that a village called 'Nohara Mountain Village' was destroyed by a fire, and the bodies of the villagers were nowhere to be found - I suspected it was just a coincidence of the same name, but when I came here, I found that the buildings and houses in your village are basically new, and it has been about less than a year since the stone was completed, and if you are right, your whole village escaped the fire because of something, and left some clues for the police to think that you are dead, The purpose is supposed to be to live in seclusion in this picturesque paradise, but every time I ask you about the past of your village, you are always confused, which means that the fire may have been arranged on purpose, and it involved an unspeakable secret...... In addition, Li Han and I found a spirit card in the Wang family, according to my guess, it should be Zheng Yi's ex-husband - Chen Weiwei, I'm sorry, Wan Li told me the news that you sold him for free - if you are not mistaken, the death of Zheng Yi's ex-husband has a lot to do with the Wang family and the fire, and it may also be the root cause of Zheng Yi to kill the Wang family! Mr. Meng Fan, please tell me about these things in your village. ”

“...... Alas! In fact, the fire ......." Meng Fan was just about to open his mouth when some villagers were ready to stop it, Chu Yiqian was also anxious to interrupt Meng Fan, but she looked at Chen Weiwei, who was curious, so she had to lower her head and dare not speak again, Meng Fan stretched out his hand to stop them, turned his head to look at Wan Li and Li Han who were puzzled, and then looked at Tang Peng, who had a serious face, and sighed softly, "Don't hide it anymore, this matter will be found out by them sooner or later, and we should admit what we did wrong- We've been wanting to live here in seclusion since we stumbled upon this place, so we arranged a fire...... But we never thought that the fire would burn to death two people who were too late to transfer: one is Wang Shan's ex-wife, and the other is Zheng Yi's ex-husband **Xiong...... Later, we found out that it was too late, so we had to quietly dispose of the body, which means that we are all murderers! The people of this village are all sitting upright, and the only thing that has done wrong is this......"

Meng Fan shed tears excitedly, with remorse, with grief, the villagers also lowered their heads, Chu Yiqian turned his head sideways and didn't dare to look at Chen Weiwei again, He Sangsang was also speechless with tears, Wan Li and Chen Weiwei were stunned, and there was an indescribable feeling in their hearts, not because of the wrong things that the villagers had done, but because of their clear hearts, Chen Weiwei closed his eyes and began to ponder: If everyone in the world is like them who will leave tears for the wrong things they have unintentionally done, then there will not be so much darkness in this world...... Li Han turned his head and saw Han Guang, who was a little absent-minded, and suddenly remembered something:

"By the way, what is the relationship between that ** male and Han Guang?"

"Huh? It doesn't matter, they just have the same surname...... What's wrong? Meng Fan looked at Han Guang, who was startled, and asked Li Handao.

Li Han showed a disappointed expression on his face:

"It's okay, I thought Han Guang had a connection with Zheng Yi's motive for killing - but what do you say have to do with Zheng Yi wanting to kill the Wang family and that villager?"

"Li Han, haven't you understood?" Tang Peng looked at Li Han with some curiosity, and said slowly, "The death of Wang Shan's ex-wife and the death of Zheng Yi's ex-husband are actually designed by Wang Shan...... The purpose was to marry Zheng Yi, and the villagers forced Zheng Yi to marry Wang Shan in order to let Wang Shan pay for the construction of their new village - this is why Zheng Yi attacked Han Guanghe and killed that villager, I believe that her hatred for herself expanded to the entire village after killing the Wang family! If it weren't for what happened to Zheng Yi in the wild, like he was already dead, there would still be people in the village who would continue to be attacked......"

The sun climbed up the blue sky completely, and the surrounding white clouds all cooperated to make way for it, and when the sun sprinkled bright and warm sunlight on the earth, everything was alive and clear......

When leaving, Tang Peng stood outside the village and looked back at this paradise for a long time, feeling a little unspeakably sentimental, Cheng Shuai sat in the car and kept yawning, urging Li Han and Wanli, who were reluctant to leave, to get into the car quickly, while Chen Weiwei, who was driving, looked sadly at a place in the village, Chu Yiqian never came...... Tang Peng walked up to him and patted him lightly on the shoulder:

"It's time to go, the fate between you and her won't end like this, one day, you will meet somewhere in the world......"

At this time, there was a sudden sound of firecrackers, it turned out that Meng Fan had brought the villagers to see her off, Chen Weiwei saw Chu Yiqian in the crowd at a glance, and ran over excitedly to hug her for a long time......

"I'll go with you to the city." Chu Yiqian said to Chen Weiwei with a red face, her eyes were full of charm, "I don't have a place to live, can I live in your house?" ”

Chen Weiwei nodded excitedly, Cheng Shuai got out of the car with a serious face and came to He Sangsang, looking at her with tenderness, just about to say something, he was forcibly opened by a few young villagers on the side who covered their mouths, everyone burst into laughter, Meng Fan suddenly felt as if Wan Li and Li Han were missing, and when they looked carefully, they found that they were scared by the sound of firecrackers and hid behind the car and trembled......

At this time, Guozi, Chang Jing and Liu Min, who stayed in the detective agency, suddenly received an invitation letter, which contained several tickets for the luxury yacht "Esslanke", which invited all members of the detective agency to go to sea together, signed by Sui Binxi, and the time was more than a month later......

(Stay tuned for the next case: The Legend of the Mermaid)