Case 6: Murder in a Mountain Village, Volume 2

3. Warm hospitality

I don't know how long the car has been driving, and finally slowly stopped, Wanli is now very sensitive to sound, and a little sound can stimulate his hearing, so as soon as the brake sound came, he was inexplicably excited, and finally arrived! Just as he wanted to open his mouth to confirm, he heard Li Han's irritable voice ring first:

"To no? I'm almost suffocating to death! ”

"It's here, you can take off the black cloth, I'm sorry, I've wronged you." He Sangsang hurriedly opened the rear car door for them, feeling very guilty.

Li Han couldn't wait to take off the black cloth, and jumped out of the car, he was really stuffy, as soon as he came out, he took a deep breath and stretched his body comfortably, Wan Li sat for too long and his feet were a little numb, so he rested in the car for a while, and by the way let his eyes adapt to it, when he was about to get out of the car, he accidentally found Li Han standing motionless outside the car, as if the whole person was shocked by something, Wan Li "chuckled" in his heart, thinking that there was a situation, and walked out cautiously, as a result, Wan Li was also stunned when he got out of the door......

The scenery here is simply fascinating, the mountains embrace the green water of spring, the earth carries the beautiful villages, although it is winter, everything here is still beautiful and fresh, the pen and ink can not be written, the pictures are difficult to show, the breeze blows slightly through the village, a group of white birds are frightened, dancing in the sky, the villagers are doing their own things harmoniously and calmly, people are friendly to each other, like a family, here is Li Bai's favorite poem, is Tao Yuanming's most yearning for the peach source......

Li Han opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak for a long time, and after a long time he stammered:

"Oh my God! Is this really your village? It's just beautiful! Although I can't understand a word of the author's description, it is indeed incredibly beautiful! No wonder the village chief doesn't allow outsiders to come here, and if it were me, I wouldn't let the boring visitors make a mess of it! ”

Wan Li was also fascinated by this place, and obsessively browsed this beautiful landscape, and his greedy eyes seemed to want to put it all in:

"Although the author's description is exaggerated, I have been to many famous places, but none of them can compare with this place - alas! Odd! Why is everyone so peaceful, isn't this the one who died? ”

He Sangsang heard them praise his village so much, his heart was sweet, and he was about to answer, when he was suddenly startled by a burst of firecrackers, and after a closer look, it turned out that the village chief came to meet them with some villagers, the village chief's name was Meng Fan, a man about thirty-five years old, with a strong body and a cheerful face, I saw him walking in front of He Sangsang with a smile:

"You're back, what about the two detectives?"

He Sangsang looked at Meng Fan strangely, weren't they next to me? She subconsciously looked at the side and was stunned, huh? What about them? Everyone searched for a while, and finally found Li Han and Wan Li who were scared by the sound of firecrackers behind the car, the villagers were sweating, looking at them speechlessly, the village chief swallowed his saliva, and looked at He Sangsang in confusion, a drop of sweat slid down her forehead, and she had to look at the village chief in embarrassment......

(At the banquet) Meng Fan laughed heartily and patted Wan Li and Li Han on the back:

"Hahahaha! Is it? So you think the sound of firecrackers is gunshots, and you think we're going to attack you? Hahahaha! I didn't expect Tang Peng and Cheng Shuai of the famous Ssangyong Detective Agency to be so embarrassed - don't mind, just kidding, but I was really scared, I didn't expect you two to be children, and sure enough, teenagers are heroes! ”

Li Han was still angry just now, tilted his head to the side and didn't listen to Meng Fan at all, after all, Wan Li lost such a big face just now, and felt very embarrassed, so he had to listen to the rules, when he heard that Meng Fan regarded them as Tang Peng and Cheng Shuai, an indescribable feeling floated up, I don't know whether it was honor or dissatisfaction:

"That, Village Chief Meng Fan, in fact, we are not Tang Peng and Cheng Shuai, my name is Wan Li, I am Tang Peng's apprentice, although I am not famous now, but one day I will become a world-class detective! By the way, his name is Li Han, and he is my master and Cheng Shuai's right-hand man - the two of us are the future successors of Ssangyong Detective Agency! ”

When they learned that these two people were not the detectives they were going to invite, the originally lively banquet suddenly became silent, and the villagers all quieted down, just looking at Wan Li and Li Han without speaking, the two were startled, and their faces couldn't stop sweating, Meng Fan turned his head and looked at He Sangsang with a complicated expression, and He Sangsang didn't know what to say, so he had to lower his head, Meng Fan sighed, looked at Li Han and Wan Li for a while, and finally raised his wine glass to the two of them, and said loudly:

"Our village is fateful, no matter what, you are our friends when you sit here, and we believe in our friends 100%! I'll leave the case in the village to you! ”

As soon as the words fell, the villagers also echoed it, and the banquet became lively again, as if they had never stopped at all, everyone welcomed Li Han and Wan Li as before, and the enthusiasm and trust of the villagers were first stunned, and then they were deeply moved......

Four mysterious villages

Cheng Shuai was lying on the sofa yawning boredly, and looked at his watch impatiently:

"Damn! Why haven't you come back yet, I don't know why the three women are going out together to buy some vegetables? Engage in friendship? ”

Tang Peng was looking at the case materials left by Li Han, all of which asked for an investigation into the affair, and he sighed helplessly:

"Stupid, when are you still in the mood to complain - the detective agency doesn't have much money, the case in the hospital was arrested because of Liu Yingjian, and we didn't get the commission fee in the end, and now your junior sister and Guozi are living in again...... Here are a few commissioned documents for the affair investigation, you choose one, and we will find a way to pay this month's rent first......"

As soon as he heard the word "rent", Cheng Shuai jumped up from the sofa and shouted:

"! This dilapidated house actually costs such an expensive rent, not to mention the rotten decoration, why does it occupy such a large area? There are a few more rooms for no reason, damn! Even if you forget it now, someone just moved in, but it was empty and no one used it before, and it was actually counted in the rent! I'm so angry, there's no royal law, and there's no ......"

Tang Peng didn't bother to pay attention to him, and directly threw an affair information to him, and then flipped through the information by himself, ready to find a suitable case for himself to investigate, at this time, there was a knock on the door, Cheng Shuai thought it was a customer, and rushed to the door to open it in just an instant, and then waited respectfully, with an exaggerated smile on his face:

"Welcome, welcome, my name is Cheng Shuai, if there is any case to me, you can rest assured, no matter what 'Martian invasion', 'Tangshan earthquake', even 'mummy sleeping mystery' is ......"

After looking up to see the visitor, Cheng Shuai immediately put his face down, the original smile suddenly turned into a cold face to send the guest, it turned out that the visitor was Tang Peng and Cheng Shuai's friend Chen Xi, he looked like a Sven, wearing a typical reporter's clothes, he didn't seem angry at Cheng Shuai's unwelcome, and still greeted him politely:

"Cheng Shuai, it's been a long time, how are you doing?"

Cheng Shuai slammed the door, ignored Chen Xi and walked back to the sofa to lie down alone, Tang Peng sweated, sighed and walked over to open the door, and welcomed Chen Xi with an aggrieved face, Chen Xi wanted to sit, but the only sofa was occupied by Cheng Shuai, he had to ask helplessly:

"Brother, what's wrong? Where have I offended you? ”

Cheng Shuai didn't dump him at all, casually closed his eyes to recuperate, Tang Peng brought a stool to Chen Xi:

"You didn't know the temper of this stupid guy on the first day, I think he still blames you for not inviting him on the day you and Ao Shuang got married...... But you guys are really, but the matter between you and Ao Shuang is still a match between him......"

"Wronged! We invited him to the wedding that day, and in order to thank him, we also sent a car to pick him up, but we didn't find anyone after looking for him near the detective agency for a long time. ”

Tang Peng frowned, looked at Cheng Shuai, and Cheng Shuai seemed to remember something, opened his eyes suddenly, sweat broke out on his forehead, think about it carefully, I seemed to have gotten lost when I went out to buy cup noodles that day, and it took me a long time to return to the detective agency......

"By the way, Chen Xi, what is the purpose of your sudden visit this time?" Tang Peng asked.

"Huh!?" Chen Xi was stunned for a moment and stammered, "This...... Kindness...... Right! It's been a long time since I've seen you, and I want to come and get together with my brothers. It's a pity that Tao Ran went abroad, otherwise a few of us can continue the old one. ”

"Cut! Gather your size, and at a glance, you will know that you have been driven out by Ao Shuang and have no place to live, and you want to come here to eat and drink - tell you, Lao Tzu has no money! If you want to stay overnight or rub the idea of rice, you will get away from Lao Tzu! Although Cheng Shuai's body was still lying casually, he scolded as if he had eaten gunpowder.

Chen Xi's face began to sweat constantly, it seemed that Cheng Shuai was right, he just deliberately diverted the topic:

"By the way, your free labor, no, why isn't the little assistant Li Han here?"

Tang Peng squeezed Cheng Shuai away, forced him to sit on the sofa, and took a sip of water:

"He's now going to a village called 'Nohara Mountain Village' to investigate some cases - although he is a little worried, it's good to exercise and exercise, and I believe it won't be long before he comes back...... Maybe it's a dejected look......"

"'Nohara Mountain Village'? I think I've heard this name somewhere......" Chen Xi closed his eyes and pressed his fingers on his forehead to think, suddenly, he opened his eyes, and his face suddenly changed color, "I remember, I was responsible for reporting an accident, and the object was the 'Nohara Mountain Village', which was destroyed by a fire last year!" The cause of the fire in the village has not yet been determined, and the bodies of the villagers have disappeared without a trace......"

Tang Peng and Cheng Shuai's bodies trembled at the same time, and the two glanced at each other, and an indescribable sense of fear crept up their nerves little by little......