Chen An's house is very simple, a simple two-room room, the entrance is the stove, there is a table next to the stove, a chair, and there is only one tableware on the table, it is obvious that this room is only lived by Chen An on weekdays.

Bypassing the stove and then forward is the inner room, there is only a bed and a cabinet in the house, Zhou Zhi took advantage of Chen An's not yet entered the house, quickly opened the cabinet and glanced at it, there were a few clothes neatly stacked inside, a pair of cloth shoes, and some commonly used small utensils, without any suspicious objects.

When Chen An entered the door, Zhou Zhi had already closed the door of the cabinet and stood aside casually.

"You may be seated." Chen An gestured, took out the cup from the cabinet, and poured it full of water to signal the three of them.

Zhou Zhi took the cup and took a sip, looking up at Chen An, Chen An's face was calm, he was lowering his head and gently stroking the porcelain cup in his hand, not taking the initiative to ask, and not seeing a little surprise.

This person is really rare and calm, and he is coming to the house, and he can still ignore it, Zhou Zhi gently tapped the table with his fingers and asked, "Do you know Gao Yiqiu?" “

Chen An nodded: "Yes, I keep accounts in his shop." ”

"I heard that he came to you yesterday?"

"Well, yesterday evening he came to me to check some accounts, and he left."

"Reconciliation ......" Zhou Zhi stood up and looked at Chen An with undisguised oppression in his eyes, "When are you right?" When? ”

Chen An showed a hint of doubt and shook his head: "It's not that long, I'm not at home at the time." ”

Not at home?

"Where have you been?"

"The village chief's house." Chen An pointed to the mountain lotus leaves blooming outside the window, "I went to send mountain lotus leaves to the village chief, and I stayed for a long time, and I came back after the end of the day." ”

Zhou Zhi followed his hand and looked out the window, clumps of white dotted in the green veins, those water-stained petals were extremely transparent, virtual and real, and it was impossible to distinguish between the real and the false.

"He Si." Zhou Zhi turned his gaze back, "You go to the village chief's house and ask." ”

He Si scratched his head and ran out with a smoke.

"Excuse me......" Chen An stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of Zhou Zhi's clothes, his expression was hesitant and cautious, he looked at Zhou Zhi, and didn't notice that Xie Jianmian on the side frowned after seeing his movements, "What's wrong with Big Brother Gao?" “

"Dead." Xie Jianmian didn't explain the meaning of this sentence to Zhou Zhi, and preemptively said, "Killed." ”

Chen An's calm expression from beginning to end finally changed at this moment, surprise, incomprehension, and grief appeared on his face one after another, Xu is emotional conflict was too turbulent, and his face turned white almost instantly.

"Who killed it?" His hands were trembling, and the gestures he made were reversed, Xie Jianmian frowned and thought for a moment before he understood, "Why?" Big Brother Gao is such a good person, who will kill him? ”

Good...... This is the most evaluation that Zhou Zhi has heard about Gao Yiqiu, in addition to Li Niang and Chen An at this moment, most of the villagers watching the villagers by the stream are also mixed with this word, it seems that Gao Yiqiu's personality is indeed good, but unfortunately, it seems that the title of "good person" did not bring him good luck, or the old saying "good people are rewarded" is very unreasonable.

No matter what the reason is, the lights go out when people die, and they do evil or good in their lives, but they are all stone tablets, two loess handfuls, and few people who erect the monuments engrave a few strokes.

There are a few people who can enter the history books, after all, there are ordinary people in this world, who are unknown in life and unknown after death. If you can't die more clearly, it's really hard to look at.

Chen An kept shaking, subtle but obvious, his bloodless lips sobbed, as if he wanted to ask something loudly, but unfortunately he was born mute, and no matter how much pain he felt, he couldn't scream.

Like this...... It's not like it's pretended.

Zhou Zhi didn't answer Chen An, things were still a mess, the truth was buried under the water, and he was still 108,000 miles away from the truth of the water, he couldn't tell Chen An anything, and he couldn't even say a word of relief before he was sure that the case had nothing to do with Chen An.

"Boss." The sound of footsteps came from outside the door, it was He Si who came back, "The village chief said that Chen An was indeed at his house yesterday. ”

Zhou Zhi nodded, signaling that he knew, and then he opened his mouth and said to Chen An: "I'm sorry to disturb today, Gao Yiqiu's case government will do its best, and you will mourn." ”

Chen An didn't speak, he stared blankly at the tabletop, motionless, until the three of them walked out of the room, he still maintained this posture, like a heartbroken statue, barely supported on the surface, broken inside.

The sky had already darkened, and only a glimmer of light lingered in the west, and on this day, there was no wind or clouds, and the dark waves were surging.

Zhou Zhi dismissed the rest of the arresters and let them go home early to rest, there is no clue in this case for the time being, and they can only investigate it again tomorrow.

The catchers left in twos and threes, and Zhou Zhi also planned to leave, but Xie Jianmian was still following on the side, not caring about the aura of "don't approach the living" emanating from Zhou Zhi's body, and calmly walked side by side with him.

Zhou Zhi wanted to send him away, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was useless to say it, and decided that it was better not to waste his tongue.

Two people, silent all the way.

Unexpectedly, there were a few people sitting on the stone pier next to the willow tree at the entrance of the village, probably because they had heard about the killing of Gao Yiqiu, and they were speculating wildly.

"Lao Gao, an honest person on weekdays, how could he be killed."

"No, I've heard that he died a terrible death, and there wasn't a single piece of skin on his body."

"Over the years, I haven't seen him blush with anyone, who do you think he can offend?"

"To be offended, to be offended to kill? I think it's just that some beasts don't see people well, so what's the need to offend? ”

"Could it be...... Zheng Danian? I've long felt that he wasn't a good guy. ”

"He's not a good person in the first place, you didn't look at the words on his face, it's all with a criminal record, Zheng Danian is a gangster, and it's really what he did if he can't keep it......"

Zheng Danian?

Zhou Zhi and Xie Jianmian glanced at each other, and they both saw questions in each other's eyes.

"Brother, you just said Zheng Danian, who is he?"

The two men who were still talking eloquently just now stopped at this moment, Xu was aware of the fast trapping suit on Zhou Zhi's body, one of them turned his head and swept around, and saw that there was no one around him who needed to be avoided, so he lowered his voice and said: "This catcher, let me tell you, this Zheng Danian is not from our village, he only came here last year, and it has nothing to do with the people in our village." “

"Huh? Same as Chen An? ”

"Oh, that's not right." The man seemed to have heard some unfunny joke, and showed a strange look, "Chen An is such a good person, how can he be the same as Zheng Danian." You don't know, this Zheng Da came to have words tattooed on his face, you know this better than us, his 'thief' word is clearly on his face, that is a crime. This kind of person has one and two, he stole something yesterday, and if he can't keep it, he will kill people today! ”

Did you steal? Zhou Zhi thought to himself, suddenly thought of something, and glanced at Xie Jianmian.

"Hey, do you hear me, you should have a tattoo on your face."

Xie Jianmian didn't expect Zhou Zhi to take the initiative to talk to him, although it was not a good word, but he felt that this was also a kind of progress. He touched his face and felt that the tattoo was a little painful, and it didn't suit him well.

"Hurry up and brother is willing to do it?"

Zhou Zhi nodded solemnly: "Willing." ”

Xie Jianmian smiled and didn't answer again, but asked the man who answered: "It is said that this Zheng Danian has been in the village for a short time, since he hasn't done anything bad for so long, why do you still think he will kill people?" ”

The man shook his head, revealing a "you outsiders don't understand" expression.

"Don't blame us for speculating on him, that Zheng Danian's temperament is really ......" he thought about it, as if he didn't know how to describe it, "gloomy, he hardly speaks on weekdays, and his temper is not good, don't look at him He has lived in the village for a year, and no one is familiar with him." In short, at a glance, you can see that he is not a master who is easy to get along with, such a person, we all believe what he does. “

This statement is too personal, but it is a clue after all.

Zhou Zhichong raised his eyebrows when he saw Xie Mian: "Let's go?" ”

"Hmm." Xie Jianmian dragged out his voice and said, "Sacrifice your life to accompany the catcher." ”

When the two arrived at Zheng Danian's house, Zheng Danian was having dinner, and he sat on a small Mazha, guarding a table blackened with oil, on which there were only three slightly yellowed steamed buns and a small plate of pickles.

Zheng Danian heard the movement, looked up at the comer, he raised his head, the whole face was exposed, he squinted, his eyes revealed vigilance and displeasure, the ink-colored word "thief" on the right face was extremely conspicuous, it was impossible for people to ignore it.

The villager was right, he did have a fierce face.

Zheng Danian stood up, crossed his arms and blocked the door, his voice hoarse and a little vulgar: "Catch fast? What are you doing here? ”

Zhou Zhi was also a little vigilant, and subconsciously blocked Xie Jianmian behind him, not seeing that the person behind him was completely relaxed, and only looked at his back playfully.

"Are you Zheng Danian?" Zhou Zhi pointed to the inside of the room, "Don't you invite us in to sit?" ”

Zheng Danian was silent for a while and stepped out of the way.

Zhou Zhi dragged Xie Jianmian into the house.

"Where's eating?" Zhou Zhi stretched out his head to take a look, and found that this room was even simpler than Chen An's house, he smiled at Zheng Danian, his tone was casual and negotiable, "Then I'll ask directly, so as not to delay your time." ”

As soon as the words fell, his smile turned cold, as if it was just an illusion just now, Zhou Zhi asked word by word: "Gao Yiqiu is dead, do you know?" ”

Zheng Danian didn't seem to be surprised at all, normal people would react somewhat violently in the face of this kind of skeptical questioning, but he didn't.

"Catcher." Zheng Danian sneered, his eyes were cold, and his tone did not fluctuate, "Why don't I know? They all say that I killed people, and you've heard that. ”

"Does this have anything to do with you?" Zhou Zhi's momentum did not decrease, staring at him deadly.

"I said it didn't matter." Zheng Danian also looked at Zhou Zhi, not dodging at all, "Do you believe it?" ”

Zhou Zhi retracted his gaze and suddenly smiled, as if it was just a small joke for you and me to go back and forth just now.

"I believe it, why don't I believe it."

This time, not only Zheng Danian was stunned, but Xie Jianmian also looked at Zhou Zhi in surprise.

Zhou Zhi didn't ask Zheng Danian why he stole before, didn't ask him what was going on with this obvious malpractice, and didn't even ask what he was doing last night, so he just said "believe".

Zheng Danian's vigilance has been retracted by half, and the thorns erected are gone, he doesn't know what is going on with the catch in front of him, obviously everyone said it was him, and everyone looked at him with disdain and fear in their eyes, but this catch said to believe, how ridiculous.

"You ......"

Zhou Zhi stepped forward and patted Zheng Danian on the shoulder: "Okay, after asking, let's continue to eat, we won't bother." ”

After saying that, he really turned around and walked out the door, without even looking back.

"Hey." Xie Jianmian stepped forward and said puzzledly, "Do you really think he is innocent?" “

"Yes, I really think so."

"Why?"

Zhou Zhi didn't turn his head, he looked at the sky that had completely darkened, and remembered some memories that were so distant that they seemed to be dreams but did happen, how many years had passed, and he was alone with those hard things, and it was difficult for outsiders to understand.

"They say Zheng Danian is a gangster." Just when Xie Jianmian thought that he would not answer again, Zhou Zhi suddenly said lightly, "I used to be a gangster. ”

Xie Jianmian felt incredible, the person in front of him was dressed in a fast hunting suit, his eyebrows and eyes were comfortable and open, and the "righteousness" in his gestures was so full that he wanted to overflow ten miles through the fast hunting suit, and he couldn't match the word "gangster" at all.

"Why did you become a thug?"

Zhou Zhi shook his head, was silent, and did not speak.