"Why do you all ask that! I've missed you, so I'll come here! And plus the need for work, now you need this kind of strange material, you happen to be looking into a very strange case, right? So, I'll just come over and find out, and by the way, rub the heat. ”

Zheng Li laughed at her directly: "You came here to make trouble!" But Zheng Li didn't object.

I'm very much against it, because I don't think it's good to break the news like this!

But in the end, I put up with it and didn't say anything. After all, I feel that this is probably the last case I will investigate in my life, and it should be regarded as a good thing to help Xu Xiaofang have a good start in this work.

So I was silent.

After the three of us entered the house, we began to talk about the case.

Xu Xiaofang listened attentively and could see that he was very interested.

At this time, Xiao Liu and Xiaokang appeared to inquire for more news and came back. met Xu Xiaofang, in fact, when they were in the police station before, they had also seen it.

However, Xu Xiaofang was still so gloomy at that time, so they couldn't recognize it at all.

When Xiaokang saw the beauty here, he immediately asked with interest: "Wow! Where did this girl come from? ”

"This is your Officer Lu's friend." Zheng Li told them.

Hearing this, the two of them coughed lightly and pretended to be serious. Immediately afterward, the two of them told me the results of the investigation.

But those results are still useless, they are just some Reuters hearsay. And a lot of it makes me feel quite feudal, so I don't want to listen to it.

Xiao Fang was very interested in asking, and recorded it, and kept saying that people like those strange things now.

In my opinion, nothing matters except the truth.

So I silently left the room and asked the two of them to tell Xu Xiaofang.

Zheng Li probably saw me walking out alone, so she came out with me and asked me, "What?" You seem to be a little upset? Is it because the clues they checked are useless? ”

"You know again." I smiled faintly and bitterly.

Zheng Li immediately raised the corners of her mouth, smiled beautifully, and said, "That's, I know for sure!" Who am I, after all? But then again, I feel like their clues aren't useless. ”

"Do you find it useful?" I was shocked.

Zheng Li nodded affirmatively and said, "Didn't you find out?" In that legend, the troupe owner's family had a feeling that poor people must have something to hate. On the contrary, it is the so-called bully, although people do not think of him so highly, but there is no fear of him. ”

"So what do you mean?" I don't seem to understand.

Zheng Li lowered her gaze, and after thinking about it secretly, she said to me affirmatively: "So I suspect now that in fact, it may not be as simple as a bully who killed their family back then. ”

"You mean that the whole village should have killed their family at that time? And then that bully, it's just a synonym, isn't it? ”

"Yes, it's been modified when it was passed on! Perhaps, the older generation of people in this village has covered up some unknown truth, right? In the end, Zheng Li's vision was extraordinarily wise.

Suddenly, I felt that Zheng Li's analysis was also very likely.

So I made a decision: that is, to visit the oldest old man in the village tomorrow and ask him the most real situation of the year.

In fact, the things that are young at 20 should be known to young people in their forties. But these relatively young middle-aged people are not very willing to say it! That's why we can only start with old people who are not afraid of death.

And at that time, the old people were young people, so the situation they knew at that time should be more comprehensive and clear.

The next morning, Zheng Li and I came to this house under the banyan tree at the head of the village. At the head of this family, there is an old man who has reached the age of 90, and he is the oldest person in the village.

Due to his advanced age, I heard that his legs and feet are inconvenient, but he is still very clear about all aspects of his thinking, that is, his mind is still very clear.

Ask him, and that's right.

When we came to the house under the banyan tree, we saw an elderly man sitting alone on a cement pier next to the tree. Here he was, staring at the fallen leaves on the ground with cloudy eyes, a cheap cigarette in his hand.

After the two of us came over, Zheng Li squatted down and said, "Hello, old man, we came from the town to distribute poverty alleviation funds to the village. "Zheng Li is a rich person and has a lot of money. Even if it were me, I would have so much.

The old man then moved his cloudy gaze and looked at her.

There was a beautiful smile on his shriveled face, and he smiled like a date, but her eyes seemed to have already seen everything.

So I squatted down, squatted next to Zheng Li, and said to him: "Uncle, don't listen to her nonsense. Those who come to distribute poverty alleviation funds will bend over you at most. Where would I be crouching like I am now and trying to talk to you? ”

Zheng Li then secretly pinched my arm, and the pain was so painful that she seemed to blame me for exposing her.

The old man hurriedly smiled and said, "You two are really interesting." My old man is dazzled, young man, I don't need you to say it, I know it all. Actually, you're a police officer from a big city investigating murders, right? ”

"Yes, how do you know, sir?"

"Actually, the village has already spread the word about you. Everyone even said that there are some things that must not be let you know. But you still look for my old man, and I guess my old man won't live long, and one day he can't close his mouthful of water, and he kicks his legs and goes. So I'm not afraid of things or death, there's nothing I can't say. ”

"So can you tell me about the puppet troupe back then?" I asked.

He agreed without thinking about it, and he was calm, still with that bright smile on his face: "Of course you can!" ”

When he turned around, he said, "I'll tell you while my son and daughter-in-law haven't returned." In fact, I am really ashamed to say this. ”

"What's the shame method? I love this kind of thing the most! I said.

The old man smiled, and then told the real situation 20 years ago.

At that time, the head of the troupe was surnamed Hua and his name was Hua Gui. When he was young, everyone called him Gui Shao, and when he grew up, everyone called him Gui Ye. All along, he has been a figure that the old man can only hear about.

Huagui's family, since the end of the Qing Dynasty, has begun to do puppet shows. And 20 years ago, it was not the peak of their family. When their family was at its peak, they had performed in the palace.