Drinks and food are served. A fish, a bowl of fried meat with green chilies, a plate of peanuts, and a bottle of two pots, this is completely the standard of tooth sacrifice.

"Brother Li, what is a good day today? Get so much good wine and food. Xu You followed Li Chuang into the inner room of the guard's room. The outer middle of the guard room is for the work reception, the inner room is the bedroom, and a small door leads to the kitchen below the inner side of the fence. This is all the space in which Li Chuang works and lives. Xu You has already drunk two meals of wine here, this is the third meal, and the first two times were Li Chuang, whom he paid for to buy vegetables.

"Come and don't be rude, you invited me to eat two meals, why, I am not allowed to invite you once? Besides, we can talk to each other, you don't dislike my security guard's livelihood, put down your status as a people's teacher, and often associate with me. Unlike others, huh, look down on me. Li Chuang guided Xu You to sit down, opened the wine bottle, and poured a full glass by himself.

"Where does Brother Li speak. Where does anyone look down on you? I don't like these people very much, and they look down on people. No one is smart enough to go anywhere, just messing around. Besides, the years and months are getting better and better, no one has to worry about food or clothing, and no one has to take their own pot to other people's stoves to burn. "Here in Li Chuang, Xu You became more talkative. Usually, except for class, what he says in a day is not as good as what he says in an hour here in Li Chuang. He felt that Li Chuang was really straightforward, and he felt that he was very serious when they met him for the first time, and over time, he treated you with sincerity to people with a temper. Besides, at this time, Xu You wants to figure out something related to Zhou Guoqiang's death from him, and he needs to get closer to him.

The two raised their glasses, smacked in the air, and drank most of them with their heads up.

"Eat the vegetables, eat the vegetables, while they are hot." Li Chuang helped Xu You sandwich a piece of meat, "Teacher Xu didn't go out for a walk on the weekend?" Yesterday on the street, there were a lot of people and it was lively. ”

"I don't like to be busy, I don't like to crowd a lot of people. You know, at school, I can talk to Brother Li. "Take a sip of wine," but I really went shopping yesterday, and there were so many people. ”

"It's even worse after the year and the year, buying and selling, wandering around, and now it's not as good as before, and life is finally coming out." Li Chuang thought about it, Xu You would casually find something to say that he didn't go out on the street to cover up the fact that he was following, but he didn't shy away from admitting it. On the day of the street, Xu You followed Li Chuang, and he had already found out, and he just pretended not to know at that time. "Isn't he stalking me?" Li Chuang thought so in his heart, and continued, "What good things did Teacher Xu buy? I went to the blacksmith shop, and last time I asked the boss to make something, and I was not satisfied and wanted to redo it. But then again, the boss is really ingenious, he can do what can't be bought in department stores. He simply didn't hide it, he wanted to see how Xu Yu responded.

"Oh. It was a coincidence that I also went to the blacksmith shop, which belonged to wandering, bought nothing, lived in school, and lacked nothing. What Xu You didn't expect was that Li Chuang not only confessed that he went to the street, but also went to the blacksmith shop without concealment, so it seems that the catapult he used to kill Zhou Guoqiang was not made in the blacksmith shop? Otherwise, he should have concealed from me the fact that he had gone to the blacksmith to work on equipment. Xu You was disappointed when he saw that Li Chuang had generously talked about the purpose of going to the blacksmith shop without hesitation, so he was sure that Li Chuang had nothing to do with Zhou Guoqiang's death.

The virtual is real, and the real is virtual. After all, Xu You is not deeply involved in the world, and all the criminal investigation knowledge he has mastered comes from books, and in real life, killing Wu Changan is the first practice. On the contrary, Li Chuang is already an old man. Regardless of whether Xu You had some clues or not, Li Chuang deliberately told the truth about his whereabouts without concealment, in order to guide Xu You to relax his vigilance. You know, the more you deliberately conceal it, the easier it is to be suspicious. Moreover, Li Chuang firmly believed that Xu You could not find any useful information from the blacksmith shop, even if the catapult that killed Zhou Guoqiang was indeed the work of the blacksmith of that shop.

"Speaking of the blacksmith shop, I don't know if Mr. Xu still remembers that on the day of the school anniversary, the catapult that killed Principal Zhou, alas, the murderer was really cruel. At that time, the public security did not allow onlookers, so I squeezed in and took a look from a distance, and that thing was not something that ordinary people could make. Li Chuang took a sip of wine and squinted at Xu You. Don't beat around the bush anymore, just get straight to the point and see how he reacts.

"Brother Li, this is your mistake. Principal Zhou died unjustly, you don't have any sympathy, I heard you mean to praise the craftsman who made the killing tool for his skillful work. ”

Li Chuang slapped his left hand on his forehead, "Oh, Teacher Xu, look at me, I shouldn't, I really shouldn't." ”

Xu You leaned over the wine, touched it with Li Chuang, and said with a smile, "Brother Li, you are still serious." Although Principal Zhou died unjustly, it is also something that you and I have no way to stop. Alternating blessings and misfortunes, and the cycle of cause and effect, I think there must be a very deep hatred between the murderer and Principal Zhou. ”

Li Chuang took a sip and put the wine glass heavily on the table, "Not bad." Killing people pays for their lives, who would be so stupid, they have to do such a thing in broad daylight and in public, I am afraid that hatred has reached the extreme. "Yes, the hatred between Li Chuang and Zhou Guoqiang is as high as a mountain and as deep as the sea, and Xu You's words have promoted the deep pain in his heart." However, there may be other reasons for this. The sky net is restored, and I heard that the public security bureau is making every effort to investigate and deal with it, and the murderer will not be able to escape. Li Chuang realized that he had lost his temper and hurriedly covered it up.

"I don't know how the case is going. If it were me, I would focus on finding the source of the murder weapon and interrogating strangers. But it's not easy, like looking for a needle in a haystack. The murderer killed someone, and he had already fled. ”

"Teacher Xu, I'll show you something." Li Chuang got up and took out something from under the bed, wrapped it in newspaper, opened it and spread it on the table.

"This, what is it......" Xu You picked it up and looked at it. An iron rod, about 15 centimeters long and about 2 centimeters in diameter, is polished very smooth.

"Take a closer look and think about it,......" Li Chuang took a bite of food, deliberately pretending to be very mysterious, and said in a low voice, "Teacher Xu-Brother Xu, forgive me for calling you that." I trusted you so much that I showed it to you. This thing is very similar to the firing pin on the catapult that killed Principal Zhou. Not long ago, the master of the blacksmith shop ordered it, which one wants to ...... Captain Wu brought someone to search for me once, but fortunately, I hid this thing in advance. Otherwise, even if you have two more mouths, you can't tell clearly. Li Chuang let out a long sigh, took a sip of wine, and squinted at Xu You's reaction.

"Really?" Xu Yu pretended not to know, about the catapult, he had already seen a rough idea on the day of the incident. "So...... Brother Li, thank you for looking up to me and trusting me so much, but don't worry, even if Captain Wu knows, what can you do, people are not killed by you, don't be afraid of these things. Xu You felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart. This kind of satisfaction comes from an outsider's calm relativity towards him, and it also comes from the conclusion that the murderer is not Li Chuang. Xu You thought to himself: the doorman is a doorman after all, and the limitations of his thinking or the simplicity of his personality prompt him to reveal his secrets and worries to a person he has been friends with for less than two months, which is enough to prove the world of difference between him and the murderer.

"Of course I'm afraid. Xiucai met Bing, and he couldn't explain it clearly. I'm stupid, and I can't speak. In the past few days, I don't know what to do. So ......"

"So you called me for a drink, and for that purpose, and wanted to hear my opinion?"

"You are a teacher, you are educated, you give me ideas. If you continue to keep it in the room, if the captain of the martial arts comes to search it again, it will not be easy to find out; If you take it out and throw it away, someone will see it and report me, and it will be even more unclear. Li Chuang was worried, his hands grinding on his thighs, his eyes showing a begging look, and his expression of helplessness and urgent need for help was vividly dressed.

"Teacher Xu, what should I do? I listen to you. ”

Xu You took a sip of wine, "Brother Li, don't worry. One, Captain Wu has already searched once, and he will not come to search a second time, you are not the object of his suspicion, the search is just a routine or just to satisfy their luck. In their opinion: what if they find some clues? So in the beginning they won't let go of any corner. Since it has not been found, future investigations will only focus on the main target. Second, throwing a piece of scrap iron is a simple thing, find a chance for no one, and throw it away. ”

"Ah, I'm relieved to hear you say that. You see, I can't think of so much. Or cultural people have the ability. Teacher Xu, I would like to toast you. Li Chuang lifted the cup and tilted his neck to dry it down.

His heart was refreshed. It wasn't because of the analysis Xu Yu gave him, he didn't need it at all. The purpose of this wine is to test whether Xu You suspects that he is the murderer of Zhou Guoqiang, at least, to find out whether Xu You has found some clues; and show Xu You that he is a stupid, unassertive, and gatekeeper without any city. Now, Li Chuang has seen it and is sure that Xu You did not suspect him as a murderer. In addition, Li Chuang also affirmed another idea: Xu You is an inexperienced killer, although I don't know why he killed Wu Chang'an, but it is certain that he is the first time to kill, he has anti-reconnaissance awareness, but his ability is not strong.

So things developed like this: Xu You thought that Li Chuang was a person who easily believed in others, was defenseless against people, and had no scheming, and he decided that Li Chuang had nothing to do with the murder of Zhou Guoqiang, and in the future, he should find the real murderer as soon as possible. Li Chuang thought that Xu You didn't find out that he killed Zhou Guoqiang, but he knew that it was Xu You who killed Wu Changan, and Xu You was not a smart killer.

The difference is that Xu You was wrong, while Li Chuang was very accurate with Xu You.

Cremate.

At that time, the state had already vigorously promoted the practice of cremation. Guan Gong, a remote town in the south of the Yangtze River, still retains the custom of burial. People die like lights out, whether they are cremated or buried, they are returning to nature after all. The dead, who know no difference between fire and earth, lie there quietly, at your toss. The one who tosses them is the living. Therefore, the choice of cremation or burial is the meaning of the living.

Zhou Guoqiang and Wu Changan had no choice but cremation, and their bodies were sent to the county funeral home after the autopsy. It is still difficult for the family members to accept that in their subconscious, after death, people should lie in a coffin and receive the baptism of Buddhism, so as to wash away all the sins of the deceased in the world, so that the soul can ascend to Elysium.

Wei Chili decided to go to the county seat to attend the farewell ceremony of Zhou Guoqiang and Wu Changan.

She found Xu You the evening before her departure, hoping that Xu You could go with her. After experiencing the recent series of events, Yu Chili's heart has changed further, and now, she feels that Xu Yu is her dependence, and if she doesn't see him one day, her heart will be empty and not a taste at all. However, she was afraid to see him, and his grim face, except for a polite smile on his face, he did not seem to have a deeper thought of her.

Contradictory and tangled. But Wei Chili is different from those women who pretend to be reserved and twisted, her character prompts her to dare to love and hate, she has generously expressed her heart to Xu You, so she must try to meet him to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

"After the farewell ceremony, I will take you for a walk around the county, eat some delicious food, and have some fun. You have been here for so long, and you haven't been to the county seat once, because I was negligent and negligent, and I should have done my best to be a landlord earlier. Yu Chili's beautiful big eyes stared at Xu You, waiting for his answer.

"I should have go, but there's a test next Monday, and I want to use the weekend to prepare for the test." Xu You refused.

Xu You is indeed going to the county seat, which is a planned thing. After Wu Chang'an's death, he should start all the preparations for the second revenge, such as familiarizing himself with the road and finding out the other party's work and living habits. However, now that Wei Chili came to invite, he suddenly didn't want to go immediately, and decided to find another time, anyway, it was not very urgent, besides, Wu Changan had just died less than half a month, and the wind was very tight, and the time was not ripe.

"It doesn't take a lot of time. Prepare for the exam, and I'll help you get it together when I come back on the weekend. The school called on the faculty and staff to go as much as possible, and send President Zhou and Director Wu on the last journey. Yu Chili has begun to look forward to walking side by side with Xu Yu on the road of the county, lingering on the shops and food streets, such a scene, it is beautiful to think about.

Yes, everyone goes, Xu Yu doesn't go alone, it's unreasonable. A maverick will attract the attention of others, especially at this time, it is not a wonderful thing to get the attention of Wu Ping.

"Listen to you."

"Really? That's great. Then I'll hurry back to the dormitory, there are still a lot of things to do, where to go, what to eat, what to buy, you have to plan, your first time going, you can't feel cramped and bored and lose interest in the county. Xu Yu agreed to go to the county seat, like a bucket of honey poured from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, and Yu Chili felt sweet and numb all over his body.

"I'll be waiting for you at the gate at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, you must come." Yu Chili turned her head to remind Xu You, her bright smile was like a peach blossom swaying in the morning in the sun.