Walking along the winding mountain road, Luo Chuan found that the road conditions here are really very steep. Occasionally, a bus would come by, and the cars would have to pull over and give way to each other. This road is only enough for two cars to get on the wrong track.

Luo Chuan looked at such a mountain road and couldn't help asking: "Do accidents often happen in this place?" ”

Ke Xue seemed to have investigated this place very carefully, and then replied to Luo Chuan seriously: "This place is far away from the city, and it is a tourist attraction that has only developed in recent years. But the drivers of these buses are all old drivers! When there were no tourists visiting Yunhai County, they carried the villagers back and forth, and they were very familiar with this mountain road. Don't you see, the two cars just now, even when they make sharp turns, are not too slow. It stands to reason that nothing major has happened. ”

Luo Chuan looked at the cliff on one side and said: "Accidents often happen on the flat roads in the city, and once an accident occurs here, it will definitely be a big accident." The old drivers of the buses should be very careful, after all, they are carrying the lives of a carload of people. By the way, we've already notified the local police when we're here, right? ”

Ke Xue pursed his lips and said: "This place is under the jurisdiction of Yunhai County, and there is no justified police station in the village. I heard that it seems that the village chief is in charge. When the body was found, the Yunhai County police had already arrived. They are close and waiting for us. You said that the dead may have been killed by him, and the village has exploded. After all, the environment here is relatively closed, and there will be no major event in ten or eight years. ”

Luo Chuan corrected Ke Xue and said, "It's not that it is possible for him to kill, it is 100% sure that he will kill." Xing Lao checked the ingredients of sleeping pills in the stomach of the corpse, and the root cause of death of the deceased was drowning. The place where the police found him was in the mountains. Do you think the deceased would go up the hill on their own? ”

Ke Xue trembled exaggeratedly: "Oh, Team Luo, don't say it!" How can you say that it is like a ghost story? Eh, turn left at the intersection in front of you, turn a corner and you'll be there. ”

Luo Chuan followed Ke Xue's guidance, turned left at the end of the mountain road, and entered the village.

Not to mention, when you turn this corner, the scene you see is very human. Unlike the mountain road just now, there are no people.

This village is not small, and the development of tourism in the past two years has led to a large number of businessmen. Inns, taverns, and some kind of idyllic experience. There is a big archway at the entrance of the village, which is old and long, and the color has been mottled again. However, I can still vaguely see the words on it: Purple Qi comes from the east.

The house closest to the entrance of the village is very modern. It looks like a small second floor of a villa in the city, and there are all kinds of signboards at the entrance of the first floor, all of which are small hotels or farmhouse restaurants.

On the right side of the archway, there were three or four police officers and a girl, who seemed to be the people who came to pick up Luo Chuan and them.

Luo Chuan parked the car and walked over to deal with it.

These police officers are all local police officers in Yunhai County, and when they saw Luo Chuan, they came over to shake hands very enthusiastically: "Captain Luo!" Heck, I didn't expect to actually see you! I've heard of the name for a long time, and I finally saw it today! ”

The one who spoke at the head was an old police officer in the local police station, named Xu Guofu. followed by Xu Guofu's subordinate policemen, who came this time specifically to cooperate with Luo Chuan and them to solve the case.

Because the closed mountain villages are different from the cities, the villagers are very xenophobic. If only Luo Chuan and other outsiders came to investigate by themselves, they would surely waste a long time and not get too many clues. It would be different if there were one or two locals, so that there would be no accidental quarrels.

After Xu Guofu introduced Luo Chuan and them one by one, he pulled the girl next to him and introduced Luo Chuan and said, "Captain Luo, this girl's name is Xiao Ai. I grew up in this village, and now I am a tour guide in this village! Every day, follow the tour bus to pick up and send people, and introduce the customs to foreign tourists. The village chief specially asked her to help us lead the way, where you want to go, who you want to find, Xiao Ai can help us do it! Xu Guofu smiled, looking at the girl in front of him as if he were his own daughter.

Xiao Ai also said to Luo Chuan very politely: "Hello police officers! Our small place, there is nothing to entertain, I have already arranged a place to live, you can come with me! Just like Uncle Xu said, if you want to go where and find someone, just tell me directly! ”

Although this girl lives in this closed mountain village, her speech and demeanor are generous, gentle and polite. Don't look through the simplicity, but clean and neat. He has long black hair that is naturally tied back of his head. The fair face is not powdered, clean and pure. It really is an absolute natural beauty. Especially when she laughs, her slightly squinted eyes and shallow dimples are very cute and sweet.

Ke Xue looked at Xiao Ai, blinked and introduced herself again: "Hi, Xiao Ai." My name is Ke Xue, and the captains all call me Xiaoxue. Nice to meet you! Ke Xue was very excited and stretched out her hand to shake hands with Xiao Ai.

Xiao Ai also smiled and said: "Me too, you may have a hard time in the past two days, if you need my help, just ask!" ”

Accustomed to seeing the high heels and red lips in the big city, Xiao Ai's appearance is like the mountains and rivers in Yunhai County, which makes people feel exceptionally fresh and comfortable.

Luo Chuan squinted at Ke Xue and reminded him funny: "Xiaoxue, you have to remember what you are here for......

When Ke Xue heard this, she immediately let go of Xiao Ai's hand. He smiled awkwardly and scratched at his shaggy hair.

Xiao Ai was not pretentious, and smiled and beckoned Luo Chuan and his party to follow her. The road in the village is narrow and inconvenient to drive. So they parked their car at the entrance of the village and walked into the village.

Similar to what Luo Chuan imagined, the closer to the entrance of the village, the more modern it looked. Because most of those houses are used for hotel and restaurant business. Good location to attract business. On the contrary, the farther away from the entrance of the village, the more quaint it looks, because there is no commerciality.

The house where Xiao Ai took Luo Chuan and them was just in the middle of the two sides. There is a large locust tree in this place, which looks to be some years old. Xiao Ai said that when she was young, the locust tree was already so tall. Every year, when the flowering season comes, you can smell the fragrance of locust flowers in this vicinity, and the falling flowers are fluttering, just like snow.

When they heard Xiao Ai say this, Luo Chuan and the others all saw the joy in the girl's eyes. She must have loved that picture so much that she was willing to stay in the village, unlike most young people, who left when they grew up and went to the city.

Xiao Ai smiled innocently, pointed to the courtyard gate under the locust tree and said, "Captain Luo, Brother Xiaoxue, don't dislike it!" Although it is not as convenient and prosperous as in the city, I think it is still clean and comfortable! ”

Luo Chuan replied with a polite smile: "What's the matter, we're already embarrassed to trouble you like this." Thank you so much. ”

Xu Guofu followed behind and said with a smile: "This yard is the front and back yards, Xiao Ai lives in the back, and there are many houses in the front. You guys just stay here, we'll make do with the old Wang's house next to us! ”

Originally, in order to avoid suspicion, Luo Chuan didn't want several big men to live in the same yard with a girl who lived alone. But after he saw the structure of the whole courtyard, he didn't think much about it. The conditions are limited, and it seems a bit hypocritical to talk about red tape.

There are four houses in this large courtyard, and the living room-like house in the middle leads to the backyard. There are two houses in the backyard and a kitchen. Xiao Ai lives in this backyard.

Luo Chuan looked at Xiao Ai and asked, "Won't it be too disturbing for us to do this, in fact, we can make do with Lao Xu and them." ”

Xiao Ai smiled generously and said, "Captain Luo, don't mind. It would be good for the old Wang family to squeeze in, Uncle Xu, and they! You will stay with me until you are done and left. With the people's police, I still feel very safe! Xiao Ai smiled briskly, and Luo Chuan, who was smiling, was a little ashamed of his concerns.

After deciding to live here, Luo Chuan asked Xu Guofu when Xiao Ai was not paying attention: "Old Xu, this girl ...... Why do you live in such a big yard? Her parents ......"

Lao Xu looked back at Xiao Ai cautiously, and after making sure that she wouldn't hear it, he sighed and whispered to Luo Chuan: "Seven years ago, Xiao Ai was only twelve or thirteen years old, and her father died for some reason. Her mother couldn't stand the stimulation and it didn't take long for her to hang herself. But this girl, who didn't rely on anyone's donations, supported herself by selling embroidery and making locust cakes when the locust trees bloomed every year, and went to school and worked by herself, which is not ...... I've grown up myself. We were all worried at the beginning, afraid that this child would be depressed in the future, but we didn't expect her to be so strong and optimistic! Ay...... Thankfully! It's a good girl. When Lao Xu said this, he couldn't hide his distress.

Luo Chuan didn't expect that this girl, who looked so youthful and lively on the outside, would have such a bad fate. Seeing her pure smile again, Luo Chuan had more respect and respect from the bottom of his heart.

Ke Xue and Xiao Ai chatted hotly, and Xiao Ai told Ke Xue about the use of the farm tools in his hand. Ke Xue's eyes lit up, because there were some things that he, a rich kid, had never seen before.

After settling down, Luo Chuan began to worry about the case. He asked Xu Guofu: "Old Xu, his family already knows about Wang Xingwang's death, right?" Any clues you can provide? ”

Xu Guofu also said with an embarrassed face: "Hey, we thought he had fallen to his death." Who knows...... It alarmed you, and I made sure that I killed him. This village is full of old folks, they have lived there for several generations, they all know each other very well, and there is no deep hatred! If someone from the village did it, I couldn't believe it. But it can be said that outsiders did it...... There's no reason for that! I know that person, a soft bag, no temper, and no one can get into trouble! Xu Guofu seemed to be very sure of Wang Xingwang's personality and didn't think anyone would kill him.

This also made Luo Chuan embarrassed, because no matter what they said, Wang Xingwang had no possibility of being killed, but the problem was that he did die.

Looking at Luo Chuan's frowning appearance, Xu Guofu greeted: "Xiao Ai! Why don't we take Team Luo and them to Wang Xingwang's house first? While it's still dark, let's go over to understand the situation, and then beckon Team Luo to have dinner! ”

Xiao Ai responded crisply: "Eh! Good! After that, he walked out of the courtyard with Ke Xue.

Luo Chuan told the rest of the police officers to rest here first, just to go to the deceased's house to understand the situation, and not so many people went together. Seeing so many police officers will put pressure on the family.

So, in the end, Xiao Ai led the way and walked in front with Ke Xue. Xu Guofu and Luo Chuan followed. Along the way, I only listened to Xiao Ai tell the story of every acre of land, every big tree, and every old house around him. Ke Xue listened with relish in front, and the two of them would hear a burst of laughter from time to time.

If it weren't for the fact that he was here for a murder case now, Luo Chuan would really be willing to give Ke Xue a vacation and let him do what he was happy about.

After passing through the paths and passing by the crops, I came to Wang Xingwang's residence.

This is also a small courtyard, with all kinds of empty drink bottles, snack bags, and some packaging bags of rice, flour, grain and oil at the door. It seems that this is the small business that Ke Xue said Wang Xingwang operated.

The wooden door of the courtyard is a little dilapidated, and the lintel is still pasted with the couplet "The Rising Sun". The yard is a bit cluttered, and it's all stockpiled with haberdashery supplies.

When they entered the courtyard, a middle-aged woman also came out of the house. With unkempt hair and red and swollen eyes, you can know without introduction, this must be Wang Xingwang's wife Wang Xue.

As soon as Wang Xue saw the police coming, she burst into tears, and trembled at Xu Guofu and said, "My God, you are finally here!" What kind of iniquity has been created! That short-lived ghost just threw me away like this, how can I live!! ”

This splattering posture made Xu Guofu have to step forward to help. Ke Xue looked at Xiao Ai from the side and pursed her lips. In his eyes, the gap between this woman and Xiao Ai is really big. Although the cry shook the world, it carried the fake of "crying and mourning". It's not that she's not sad enough, but at least she's bluffing.

"Mourning, mourning! Don't you see that Captain Luo of the city's criminal police team came in person? It's just to handle this case for Xingwang! Don't cry, sit down and talk, so that Captain Luo and the others can hurry up and investigate! People have come from all the way, and they haven't even bothered to drink saliva until now, so cheer up some, ah. Xu Guofu comforted Wang Xue, although he didn't know him, he was a local, and he would naturally be more familiar with what he said.

Wang Xue sobbed and raised her head to look at Luo Chuan, wiped her nose and asked, "Are you the policeman who came to handle the case for that dead ghost?" You'll have to call the shots for our family! ”