"Xiao Zhao." Xue Zhi squinted his eyes and glanced at Zhao De next to him.

"Hmm."

"What's ...... in your village? What's there, someone with a more miserable background, who doesn't like the village? ”

"Hmph, these people are all raccoon dogs, what can be a group that is not united......"

"Are there any villagers with good hunting skills?"

"That's not for nothing, but a few years ago, the village passed away from the last hunter."

After laughing twice, Zhao De took out the wooden stick that killed the child before from his arms, and looked at it back and forth.

"You want to find the murderer who killed the child...... Zhao De laughed twice and shook his head.

"There are a lot of people in this village, not many young and middle-aged people, especially those who know a little craft, even fewer...... This kind of wooden arrow is almost the absolute sound of this village. ”

Xue Zhi smiled.

"Wait a minute, you want to know, what is the most important thing - that person, in the village...... You want to protect him, I want to kill him. ”

There was a hint of incomprehension in Zhao De's eyes.

"What?"

"I know, you're wondering, aren't you—why would your friends hurt your students?"

A circle of cold sweat flowed from Zhao De's head, as if some ulterior secret had been discovered, at this time, he was like a thorn in his back, his eyes widened, and his pupils contracted.

"You have a tiger's mouth on your hands, there are traces of dirt - suitable for people who work in the field for a long time, and the dirt has red in it, which means that the people who work will kill, and it is also related to work - so, this can basically be seen, not to mention the mud sticky to your feet - he must have said, he didn't do it, right?"

Xue Zhi squinted and smiled, and glanced at Zhao De.

By the way, he glanced up and down at Zhao De.

I feel a little cold in my body, as if I have been seen through, and there is no secret-

The reflex nerve contracted, his mind turned, his eyes looked directly at Zhao De, and Xue Zhi asked softly, "You know where he is, right?" ”

"Why, I won't say it......" As if feeling seen through, Zhao De's eyes showed vigilance, and he looked Xue Zhi up and down.

Xue Zhi smiled, put a dagger on Zhao De's neck, and said, "Do you want to say it?" ”

"I don't say it." Zhao De shook his head, didn't care about the dagger on his neck, moved it to the right slightly, and said, "Your entrustment is to protect me, I won't say it, just do it." Law-abiding society, you can't treat me like that, I won't let you go to him. Zhao De's voice was very soft, like a mosquito and fly buzzing, however, it was just such a sentence, and it was very powerful.

"Oh?"

Smiling, Xue Zhi withdrew the dagger. "Haven't you grown up a lot...... It looks like he can't pit you in the future, but you really don't worry about him hurting you? ”

"He won't - we are good brothers, brothers for life, he went into the mountains to live alone that year, he just didn't want to disturb the villagers and cause trouble to the villagers - once upon a time there were fortune tellers who said that he was a lone star. Also, he is also for the friend who was scared crazy when he went into the mountains, to find justice. He has even lost the ability to speak, and if you want to force a crime against him, then I despise you. ”

Zhao De lifted his glasses and looked at Xue Zhi seriously.

"Yes, then I won't bother your friends, I want to meet a few villagers." , seemed to notice Zhao De's expression, Xue Zhi said again: "It's okay, if I go, there won't be any danger, I just want to take a look." ”

It seems that something has been decided - Zhao De stood up and opened the dilapidated wooden door.

"Let's go."

Zhao De's voice was still so light and had no strength, but in Xue Zhi's heart, he had a strange premonition.

It's like...... The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings.

Bizarre, it felt, as if, something big was going to happen......

It's weird, but ......

Xue Zhi never underestimated the enemy, even if there was no threat on the other side, but he didn't think that there was anything terrible about this "honest man" who had no scheming.

"Probably, what is it...... Hallucination? ”

However, Xue Zhi still kept a hand.

Without saying anything, the two quickly waded through the muddy path with a broken umbrella, and there was a strange ...... in front of them In the village, every family is closed, and there is no strange reaction in all the homes, as if the children of the New Year are afraid of firecrackers, hiding in small rooms, shivering.

"This, is it really a village?" Glancing at Zhao De on the side, Xue Zhi was a little incredulous.

This village, dead. It's like an old man in his twilight years, full of death and anxiety, and every house seems to be crying pitifully—the mother who has lost her son, the widowed old man, and the brother who is crying with her skinny sister in her arms.

But when you walk into the room, that's the malice of this world.

Xue Zhi was originally very puzzled, this commission originally seemed to be simple, as if as long as he mastered a little wilderness survival skills, he could protect Zhao Dezhou, but now it seems that ,......

There's something about this task, it seems, it's not so boring.

Tut.

"Ah, isn't this Xiao Zhao......"

The window on the side cowered and poked her head out, and it was a middle-aged woman...... All of this, including the previous sentence, seems familiar......

"Ah, auntie, I'm here...... I'll come and see you. ”

Quickly opened the door, and the middle-aged woman smiled at the door and welcomed the two in.

On the side of "Auntie ......", Xue Zhi, who usually doesn't say a word, squeaked.

"You are Xiao Zhao's friend, if you have anything to say, just ask, there is still a lot of food in the eldest mother's house."

"Ah...... Auntie, at this time, everyone can't open the pot, how can you ......"

Zhao De glanced at the eldest lady and asked.

"It's okay, the eldest lady usually has no children and no daughters, but she has become a 'landlord' and has some surplus food." Haha laughed, the aunt took out a strip of dried sweet potatoes from a large pot on the side and gave it to the two.

"It's a lot tiring to live so far away."

Zhao De politely declined the eldest mother, but Xue Zhi, meat and vegetarian are not taboo, and he took three or two bites and ate it into his stomach, and by the way, he also ate Zhao De's share. It's not poisonous, it can be seen, these days, it's hard to be colorless and tasteless, and the most rat poison in the countryside is basically ......

Therefore, that kind of unpleasant thing is not unrecognizable, so if you have knowledge in these years, you can eat and drink spicy.

Everyone should study hard.

Watching Xue Zhi finish eating the sweet potato shreds in two or three bites, and licking his fingers by the way, Zhao De pulled Xue Zhi aside.

"You know, what is it that fertilizes sweet potatoes?"

"Huh?"

"You know, the villagers' sweet potato shreds are all grown in their own homes, you know......"

"Hmm......" Xue Zhi only felt a bad taste in his mouth, so he thought about it, but he couldn't think of it.

Wait for the process in your head to pass.

"Well, the fertilizer used by the villagers is all their own dung......"

Ahem, cough, Xue Zhi let out a coughing sound of unknown meaning, but nothing came out.

It's like something in the throat, which makes people very uncomfortable and a little ...... Disgusting.

In the end, it is still ...... In this village the horse stumbled, and the gutter overturned.

Returning to the larger room, the eldest lady slowly swallowed melon seeds and looked at the two of them.

"Auntie." - Xue Zhi asked first.

"How many people are there in the village?"

The eldest lady smiled. said: "There are not many left, but ah, we are all old bones, there is nothing to toss, this village, it's time too,...... This village has been handed down since the Qing Dynasty, and it is like this...... The young people of the village were tossing and turning outside, and when they got old, they thought again, and went back to the village to have a look. ”

"Ah, auntie, do you know how the former hunters of this village are doing?"

"Well, do you know that there were still a few young people in this village, and there was still a lot of game in the mountains."

"Alas...... yes, why are they all gone? ”

"A few years ago, something happened in the village, and you know that there was an accident with a young man, no, alas...... The young man is very good, and he always wants to help, so he helps Lao Yu in the east to find a cow and contribute to helping the villagers, but ah...... In the mountains, at night, there have been before, even if it is a rabbit, it is scary enough, and someone has fainted before......"

"Alas...... Lady, what does this have to do with hunters? ”

"The old man in the mountain is going, so he drove the two hunters out, the outside is very good, I don't want to eat and drink in this mountain, there is nothing, just a few of our old bones."

"Well, what about next......"

"And then, the hunter, who had no experience, spent two days in the city, quarreled with people, and then got into a fight, and no, he went to prison. The little boy returned to the mountain, twisted his head, and went into the mountain. It's not that there are no people who have seen him in recent years, but there are few. ”

"yes...... I listened to Xiao Zhao. ”

Zhao De: ??? Xiao Zhao? Is that your name?

"Ah...... That kid is ...... Poor boy, and then, in the town, there was no one. You know, the old hunter fell in love with the girl from the next village, and in the end, he was kicked out and there was no follow-up? ”

“…… So, the girl from the next village? ”

"I don't know ...... that."

Turning his head to look at Zhao De, Xue Zhi said quietly: "I think that this suspicion is basically established, you see, the motive for the crime, the ability to commit the crime, and the evidence ......."

"No, no, no......" Zhao De turned his head and didn't say anything. But all this, as if it were a certainty, there is nothing to argue.

It's almost, and you can go back to prison.

"Well, don't say that I just look at that kid a little wicked—" The eldest lady opened the conversation box and began to talk about the "child of the mountains"—the information is organized as follows.

Male, twenty-one years old, good physique, basically not sick, has a high hunting talent, but is not often hunting, for the small animals in the mountains are very loving, and occasionally put two wild animals in the village on weekdays to take care of children, was told by fortune telling said that it was "Tiansha Lone Star", after the death of his mother, his father also liked other women, he lived a miserable life since he was a child, but he was still kind-hearted, and his father was in the city for a few years, I don't know what's wrong, he was deceived out of his body, and was ridiculed, but he still returned to the village, brought back the news of his father's arrest, and finally entered the mountain.

Running is fast, with staying power and explosiveness – hard to find in the woods.

Seemingly, that's the goal.