Chapter 4: Death in the Door
When I arrived at Widow Liu's house, there were already a lot of people around here, they were all holding buckets and wooden basins, which were filled with water, but the fire was too big, the whole house had been completely engulfed by the fire, and you could feel the overwhelming heat wave from a long distance, let alone fighting the fire, it was easy to be burned if you got close.
I stood in place and looked at the raging fire in front of me with a shocked expression, how could this be, I had just left Widow Liu's house less than twenty minutes, why was it on fire?
I suddenly saw Uncle Li in the crowd, hurriedly went over and grabbed Uncle Li's hand and asked, "Uncle Li, have you been rescued?" ”
"Hey!" Uncle Li sighed and shook his head, and said: "This widow Liu is really miserable, the man died early, she has been alone for so many years, and she has been bullied by many bachelors, but I didn't expect to suffer this catastrophe again!" ”
After hearing Uncle Li's words, my heart trembled.
Widow Liu was burned to death?
What about my third uncle?
If my previous guess was correct, my third uncle must have been hiding in Widow Liu's house, and at this moment, Widow Liu's house was on fire, and no one inside could escape, so does it mean that my third uncle was also burned to death.
For a moment, my face was as dead as ashes, and my whole body seemed to have been drained of all my strength, and I only felt that my legs were weak, and I fell to the ground with my buttocks.
What happened to our village, how did the originally peaceful village suddenly become turbulent, first my family's ancestral grave was dug up, then my third uncle was 'killed', and then there was a fire in Widow Liu's house, everything is related to our old Zheng family, as if someone is deliberately targeting our old Zheng family.
Even the villagers, who were originally simple and enthusiastic, have become strange in my eyes at this moment.
Especially when they looked at me with very cold eyes, and they hid away from me, as if I were a plague god.
Then a thought popped into my mind.
Could it be that the villagers deliberately set the fire, the purpose of which was to burn my third uncle to death?
They lied to me before, saying that my third uncle had been dead for several years, and I thought that they must have wanted to kill my third uncle to make up this excuse, and this fire at this moment just confirmed my guess.
As soon as I thought of this, anger immediately rose from the bottom of my heart, I suddenly got up, looked at everyone around me with an angry face, and then said in a hideous voice: "You put the fire, right?" ”
As soon as I said this, almost everyone, including Uncle Li, was stunned, and they all turned their heads to look at me in shock.
"You kid is crazy, everyone is a villager, how can you set fire for no reason?"
"That is, we have no grudges with Widow Liu, why do we want to set fire? Don't fucking spew blood! ”
For a while, the crowd was furious, and everyone pointed the finger at me, even Uncle Li was unhappy, shook his head and said to me: "Zheng Yi, I know you feel uncomfortable when something big happens at home, but you can't ...... Take the big guy to vent your anger! ”
"Uncle Li, my third uncle is not dead, the two of us are still together tonight, someone must have made it up because they wanted to harm him......"
"Hey!" Uncle Li interrupted me with a sigh, patted me on the shoulder, and said, "Zheng Yi, don't say it, go back and rest first, and then go on, the big guy is going to do it, and Uncle Li is afraid that he won't be able to protect you at that time!" ”
I turned my head to look at the rest of the people, and I saw that they were all unkind, and they were eyeing me fiercely, and they had the posture that they would do something to me if I said one more word!
But it's about the life and death of my third uncle, how can I retreat, I immediately gritted my teeth and said to everyone: "It must be you, you first made up a lie, saying that my third uncle died, but he didn't die at all, you just want to harm him, you know that my third uncle is hiding in Widow Liu's house, so let ...... go"
"Fuck you!" Before I finished my sentence, I was punched, and this punch made me stumble and almost fall to the ground, and when I looked up, I saw that it was the youngest son of the village party secretary Zhao Laofu, Zhao Bao.
Zhao Laofu's family has a total of three sons, the eldest Zhao Long, the second Zhao Hu, and the third Zhao Bao, these people are also as their namesake, all of them are as strong as calves, whether they are working or fighting, they are good hands in the village, and my third uncle can suppress them.
My third uncle is a village tyrant, and I have not been a vegetarian since I was a child, so I immediately rushed up with a scolding and punched Zhao Bao in the face.
I was holding back the fire in my heart, so this punch used full force, and directly gave Zhao Bao a scream, covered his nose and squatted on the ground, blood kept flowing out of his fingers.
When I saw this, I wanted to fight again, but I was kicked in the back, and then I heard someone in the crowd shouting: "This kid is crazy and splashes dirty water on us, I suspect that he is the murderer, in order to hide himself deliberately framed us all, let's restrain him together, and wait for the public to hand it over to them!" ”
As his words fell, everyone rushed up, and I was almost instantly knocked to the ground, and for a while, I could only curl up and protect my head.
These people didn't spare their hands at all, although I tried to protect my head, but I was still beaten with blood from my mouth and nose, just when I thought I would be killed by them, suddenly I heard a crisp voice sound: "Stop me!" ”
We are a mountain village here, although the villagers are simple, but the folk customs are extremely strong, and not everyone can control the extreme anger, especially this voice is made by a woman.
However, the next moment, I heard a 'bang', the sound was very loud, like a thunderbolt, and even the surrounding air was followed by a burst, and then a smell of gunpowder spread around, and the villagers were also shocked by this loud noise, and immediately all stopped and retreated to the side.
"Ahem......"
I coughed, spit out a mouthful of blood, then looked up and looked at the people around me viciously, and saw that they were all shrunk together, with a look of fear on their faces, I was stunned when I saw this, and when I looked back, I saw a short-haired woman in a police uniform standing not far away, and she saw that she was holding a gun in her right hand and an open document in her left hand. ”
"Officer Lee?" As the village party secretary, Zhao Laofu stood up at this time, looked at me with squinted eyes while smoking a cigarette bag and pot, and said, "We have caught the murderer who set the fire, and it is him!" ”
He pointed at me, and then continued: "Widow Liu didn't find her, I'm afraid she was burned to death, this kid deliberately set fire to Widow Liu and burned her to death, Officer Li, you have to call the shots for Widow Liu!" ”
"Yes, it was the fire he set out, I guess he wanted to be good with Widow Liu, but Widow Liu is famous for her beauty in this ten miles and eight villages, and she definitely doesn't want to follow him, so he was resentful, so he set a fire!" Zhao Bao covered his nose and said with a grim face.
"Fuck you!" In a hurry, I directly burst into a foul mouth, but Zhao Bao sneered and said, "Zheng Yi, do you dare to say that you didn't come to Widow Liu's house just now?" ”
"I ......" I was speechless for a while, how did he know that I had gone to Widow Liu's house?
"You're stalking me?" I asked angrily, but Zhao Bao smiled and said, "Follow you?" I fucking saw it by accident, you sneaked into Widow Liu's house, and was pushed out of the house by Widow Liu, it seems that there should be a dispute, Zheng Yi, you put the fire, and even framed us, it's really not a fucking man, if it's a leader, just do things by yourself, quickly admit it! ”
I gritted my teeth and tried to say more, but was interrupted by Officer Li.
"Shut up!" Officer Li put away his gun, turned his head to look at everyone, and then said, "We will naturally investigate this matter!" Speaking of this, she looked me up and down, and then asked, "Are you Zheng Yi?" ”
"Yes!" I nodded, and when she heard this, she said, "You come with me, I have something to ask you." ”
After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, I took a deep breath when I heard the words, turned my head and glanced at everyone, and saw that except for Uncle Li, everyone was looking at me with a cold face, and Zhao Bao was even sneering at me.
Seeing this, I clenched my fists and immediately followed Officer Li without saying a word.
I thought Officer Li was going to ask me about the fire, but to my surprise, she took me directly to my ancestral grave.
The fire in the locust grove had been extinguished, and the ancestral grave was now dark again, but by the moonlight, I could still see hundreds of large coffins placed in the graveyard.
When the wind blows, it makes a 'woo-woo' sound, and the sound is like a ghost crying, which makes people's hearts hairy after listening to it.
Officer Li didn't look like a woman, but she was very bold, standing in the cemetery at the moment, surrounded by hundreds of large coffins, but she was not afraid at all, so she glanced at me, and then asked: "Zheng Yi, do you have any enemies in your family?" ”
"Enemies?" I frowned, although my third uncle is a little overbearing, but he has never done anything to lose his conscience, even if he has a quarrel with the villagers on weekdays, it is a trivial matter, and it is not at all necessary to say that he has a grudge.
I shook my head and said, "Probably not!" ”
"So what's going on?" When she finished speaking, she took out a piece of brown paper, opened it, and handed it to me.
When she took out the kraft paper, I smelled blood, and when I took the kraft paper and saw the scene on it, my heart trembled, and the hairs on my body almost exploded.
I saw that the boxy brown paper was full of large characters, which were blood-red and seemed to be written in blood.
Just see that it says: You are limited to hand over things before your birthday, otherwise, the five generations of the Zheng family, a total of 113 people, will all die!