In the early days, it was a lively event to die in a small isolated village, but when a person dies, he dies, and people are not so warm that the truth about the dead is revealed. They don't report the crime, no one investigates, and they only listen to rumors that the three of them have become tigers and spread falsehoods. Death can be a sin, evil retribution, sin deserved, or ghosts and gods.

When we grow up, the death of a person in the village can also attract the police.

After my father's death, there was another rumor about my family in the village.

"The man in his family, I heard that he had another woman outside, and he was poisoned by the wife of his family!"

"No, his wife said it was a suicide."

"That's all a pretense made up by their family, and now whoever commits suicide and chooses to be at home is not afraid of the ghost!"

"I think his house has always been mysterious, maybe there are really ghosts. I've done too many bad things, and the ghost can't stand it. ”

Our family is an old house, and it is common for a few people to die in decades. When I was a child, I saw souls, standing in the stairwell and staring at me with pleasure. But they all said that I was dazzled, and there are not so many ghosts, snakes, and gods in this world. Only the mouth on the human face is the most real netherworld, and the Hades sitting in it can easily sentence people to eighteen layers of hell.

It's not once or twice that I've been in the underworld. In the same place, I don't feel unfamiliar and scary when I go to the same place a lot. I also thought about fighting with them for a few words to win back my position, and when I was so angry that the roots of my teeth itched, I swallowed the words in my stomach again. Arguing with people, sensual indecent and useless. My parents had never done anything to hurt the villagers, and it was hard for everyone to limit their eyes to my home.

I haven't looked over the family tree in a complicated family history, but fate has always been irreversible. Now, it's my turn again.

On the first lunar month, people from the police station came to my door.

"Hello, someone reported that there was an intentional homicide case in your family a few months ago, and we hereby come to investigate, and the contemptible surname is Chen." The captain in a black uniform shirt stood at the front, holding the hat with his hand at his side and his other hand over his stomach and holding the brim of the hat on this side. He had a pair of handcuffs around his waist, and he was held up by Fa Fu's belly. It glowed with a silvery glow, and I noticed it at a glance. The flesh on his face was loose, and the smell of oil, water and wine that came out of his mouth seemed to be going straight here shortly after eating, and there was a cigarette pinned to his right ear. After the introduction, he moved his hat to his left hand and shook it with his right hand.

It was followed by a few plainclothes people, and the momentum was quite immense. As soon as he came in, he looked around, and finally looked at my mother and me.

My mother hurriedly settled my eldest brother in the room first, and I asked them to sit in the living room first, and then ran to the kitchen to boil water and make tea. I didn't dare to come out when the water boiled, and I kept silently thinking in my heart that these people could go faster. Soon, the kettle snapped to remind me that I was ready, and I spilled the tea leaves in cups and cups unevenly. My mother came in and brought the tea out, and I had a cup in my hand, repeatedly suggesting to myself that it was business as usual and that I should not mess with myself.

The search for safety was unfazed and followed their questions and answers, and I laid the water in front of him. When I looked up, I saw another man walking in. He walked a little hesitantly, not as grandly as the seated people came in. Looking at his figure, he only knew that he was about the same age as us, and when he got closer, he slowly raised his head. I glanced at him, and after a moment's reflection, I recognized him as detached.

I haven't seen him for ten years, and I've almost forgotten about him.

He seems to have lost his former edge, his facial features are much deeper and more three-dimensional, and his uncleanly shaved beard makes him show a hint of maturity. The physique is well-proportioned, but slightly hunchbacked, and still not energetic. He called me "Annan" and walked directly to Captain Chen.

"You kid, you've been parking a car for so long."

Xun An obviously recognized it, he got up, and naturally stretched out his hand to him, "Away, long time no see." ”

Feeling a little at a loss, he put his hands behind his back to push his spine straight. Then put the five fingers straight together and hold Xun'an's hand.

"You haven't changed at all." He smiled innocently.

Captain Chen learned that we met, "He's my new apprentice, and he hasn't been working with me for long. The main reason is that there is nothing to do in this small village and small households, and it is rare to have such a case. I didn't expect you to know each other......" He seemed to regret a little, maybe getting involved would make the case tricky.

After the greetings, the gang returned to the original topic.

"It's almost all there now. Don't talk about it, let's leave after asking these questions. Deputy Director Chen was not angry, and sat back on the sofa as if he were at home. Put your hands on the backrest and stilt your legs. It's not like a police officer who comes to work, but like a second-rate person who comes to find trouble.

"You sit too." Mother Zhang Luo Liran also sat down with me and asked me to serve another cup of tea.

I thought it was going to be a protracted battle, and I had a lot of confrontations in my head. Only criminals who do the wrong thing will be pushed to the upper hand, but we are not criminals. Thinking of this, I pulled myself together again and was ready to maneuver.

When I brought the water over, I sat upright. When the cup was handed to him, he hunched over in frustration. He didn't look at me, just said "thank you" a few times.

I sat between my mother and Xun'an.

"Just now you said that the deceased Zheng committed suicide, so what is the reason why he chose to commit suicide?" Deputy Director Chen is not the wine bag and rice bag as he appears on the outside, and he speaks confidently, "Do you have any suicide notes or last words?" ”

"He didn't leave anything behind. When I came into the house after praying and saw him lying motionless on the bed, I thought he was just asleep, but it wasn't until I went to call him after cooking at noon that he didn't wake up and I realized something was wrong. As soon as I touched his body, I found that my whole body was cold and I hadn't breathed yet...... "My mother breathed a sigh of relief," so I hurriedly ran out and called someone to come and help. ”

The note-taker opposite scribbled down the testimony in a notebook.

"Who shouted?"

"I went to the nearest Grandma Li's house first, but there was no one at their house. I ran to Uncle Zhang's house, and his eldest son called the rest of the village. ”

Deputy Bureau Chen took the cigarette from his ear and just put it in his mouth, when the people on the side hurriedly took out a lighter to help him light it.

"Why didn't you take him to the hospital?" He took a puff and exhaled a cloud of smoke rings.

"When they heard that he was dead, I broke down all at once...... "Mother held her forehead and paused for a while.

"I'm sorry, after all, it's been less than half a year since my father's death, and we haven't let go of it yet, and we will be sad when we recall it." I broke the dullness of the atmosphere.

"It's okay, you can answer slowly, we're not in a hurry...... There is no hurry. Li Ran immediately answered, but when he said "no hurry", he glanced at the boss several times, and his tone slowly weakened.

"What are the other questions? My brother and I can also cooperate in answering the answer. I asked again.

He didn't answer me right away, and took a few more puffs. "Do you believe your father committed suicide?"

"No doubt." I replied.

"Why? As far as I know, he didn't suffer from depression. Sure enough, the officer came prepared.

"You've been handling cases for so many years......" Before I could finish speaking, my mother interrupted me.

"I'll tell you." My mother hugged my shoulder with one hand and grabbed my arm with the other, "I didn't expect his death." He has never revealed any suicidal tendencies, and he has always been normal when he goes to and from work, eats and sleeps. He didn't leave a suicide note, and he hadn't said anything similar to what happened to me before. ”

The cigarette is finally finished. "In that case, why do you think he's committing suicide?" He folded his hands on his stomach and leaned his back back.

"Because I couldn't find any possible way to do it except kill myself. We have no enemies, we rarely associate with others, and we don't kill others. ”

"And what if the murderer isn't an outsider, and he's in this room?" Captain Chen suddenly straightened up, his eyes fixed on his mother.

"Do you mean that I was the one who killed my husband?"

"I'm just getting reports from others, and anyone can do it, including you." He glanced at the notebook, "You said that the deceased's life had been normal before, and that included your marital relationship?" ”

"This is my parents' privacy!" I was a little anxious, and I shouted this sentence with all my might.

"Little girl, don't get excited. We ask about privacy but don't disseminate it, just make a record. The recorder was perhaps frightened by my momentum, first startled, then amused, and tried to explain to me as patiently as possible.

"Annan, don't worry, my mother is innocent, and she is not afraid of shadows." Mother walked past me and grabbed Xun'an's hand, "You take your sister back to the room, Mom will solve it soon." ”

"Mom, I'm not leaving. I promise you won't speak. "I hurried to stop it.

The mother smiled helplessly, "Okay then." ”

"Captain Chen, let's continue." She let go of our hands and looked at Captain Chen, "My marriage to him has not been good in the past few years, but we haven't had any quarrels, let alone fights. She sighed in a sullen voice, "I know there is a lot of gossip in the village...... I can also see that there are people outside him, but that doesn't mean that I should harm him! ”

"Are you indifferent to your husband's cheating?"

"No wife would be indifferent to such a thing, but the relationship between me and him is not as strange as outsiders think. I know he loves me, and I care about him. ”

Mother continued, "He didn't betray me, and I never hated him. "Mother said it very sincerely.

The notebook quickly finished a page, and with a bang.

"Even if it's as you say, you don't hate him. However, can you provide your own alibi? "Alibi, the other party came up with a killer idea.

"I was there...... But my eldest son was also there, and I kept playing with him in the living room. I don't know, can he be my witness? ”

Everyone else couldn't laugh or cry, "Your eldest son is mentally retarded, isn't it?" Under the law, such persons are not able to defend suspects. ”

"His intellect ...... It's lower than ordinary people, but he can't lie! Mother's tone grew.

"You can't conclude that my mother is a murderer because of other people's baseless words!" I stood up again. Their intentions couldn't be more obvious, they were all aimed at their mothers.

"Annan, we haven't made up our minds yet, don't worry...... We will not wronged good people. Liran moved forward.

"Well, since you can't provide your alibi, you can't clear your suspicion. We'll take you into custody for the time being, and we'll decide your outcome when the matter gets to the bottom of it. ”

"No, you can't take my mom away!" I stood by my mother's side.

"Little girl, we are handling the case impartially, you can't influence our law enforcement!"

"What kind of investigation are you guys, you can't take people away if you don't find it out!"

"Xun'an, help me tell them not to take my mother away!" I cried out anxiously to Xun'an, I didn't know why he was still indifferent.

At the same time, the policemen were completely unmoved, and they were about to take their mother away. I clung to my arm, but I couldn't beat so many of them. Someone was holding my mother, someone was holding me, and I could only watch as those people separated us little by little.

Suddenly there was a crackling sound of fireworks exploding outside, and one after another, echoed me, as if laughing at my stubbornness. Maybe someone was celebrating, and my mother was taken away by the police as she wished.

My mother was also trying to break free, I don't know if she didn't want to be caught in jail or because she didn't want to be separated like me, we stubbornly fell to the ground by inertia in a tug, and we were picked up again, and so on. I even counted on Liran to help me say a few words at this time, so that my mother would not be taken away. I looked back at him, and he was looking at me at the same time. frowned, and stopped walking.

"Xun'an, come and help me!" Xun'an was still sitting motionless on the sofa, and I screamed in anger.

The mother had been pulled to the door and was about to be taken to the car.