It was a small wooden box with a metal handle mounted on the opening of the wooden box.

Because of its age, the wooden box is covered with dust.

The village chief took a rag and wiped it, and it was obvious that the box was still intact. It's just that metal handle, which looks rusty.

"This box was brought back by my cousin when he returned to the village, at that time few people could afford to buy a suitcase, and it was already very high-end to have such a wooden box to carry around! But I don't know why, my cousin left later and didn't take the wooden box away again! The village chief said.

He was right, the wooden box was quite delicate, although it was not large, but if there was such a wooden box to travel forty years ago, it would be quite elevated.

There is a lock on the chest, and the lock head looks rusty like the metal handle.

I asked the village chief if he had a key, and the village chief said, "If you have a key, you have already lost it, so I can just pry it open!" ”

As he spoke, he really went to find a handful and quickly picked the iron lock open.

I reached out and lifted the wooden box, and found two sets of clothes inside, and two very old books on top of them.

Fan Yaoqiang reached out to get the top book, and a thought flashed in my heart, so I hurriedly reached out and grabbed Fan Yaoqiang's hand, turned around and asked the village chief: "Have you opened this box again after your cousin left?" ”

"Nope!" The village chief immediately shook his head, "My dad said that there are only two books in the box, plus two sets of Taoist clothes that my cousin wore when he was a Taoist, so this box has been locked for decades, and I haven't opened it anyway!" When we moved, I wanted to throw the box away, but I was afraid that my dad wouldn't like it, so I ended up putting it under the bed. ”

"I haven't opened it either!" The village elder's father said, "It was still when his grandfather was alive, because Zhentang suddenly left and never came back, when his grandfather was packing up Zhentang's things, he opened this wooden box and looked at it, and then told me to put it away, saying that if Zhentang came back, his things would be returned to him." There was nothing of value in the chest, and no one bothered to open it. ”

I was even happier and hurriedly closed the box again. I took rubber gloves out of my backpack and put them on, and then carefully rummaged through the box.

I found that one of those two books was "Tao Te Ching" and the other was "Di Gong Case".

The Case of Di Gong is a literati work of the late Qing Dynasty, and its sentences are not as easy to understand as modern novels.

Li Zhentang can understand this kind of book, which shows that he has followed Genting Dao for many years, at least he has made great progress in cultural attainments.

Under the two books, there are two sets of Taoist clothes, one is slightly new, and the other is old.

Instead of opening it to look closer, I closed the lid of the wooden box and chatted with the father and son of the village to make sure that they could not remember anything for the time being, so I left a business card for the village chief and asked the village chief to contact me after his old father remembered more about Li Zhentang.

After that, I took Fan Yaoqiang out of the village, and Fan Yaoqiang asked me, "Why don't you let me touch the contents of the box?" Maybe I'll remember more! ”

"It's not that I won't let you touch it, I'm afraid that you will destroy the evidence that is likely to be preserved in the books!"

"Evidence? What evidence do you want to preserve? Fan Yaoqiang looked at me suspiciously.

I didn't explain it to him, but changed the topic and asked him: "The village chief's father said that Li Zhentang probably fell in love with the waitress of a restaurant in the county seat, can you remember this incident?" ”

Fan Yaoqiang shook his head and said, "When he said this, I thought about it carefully, and I really didn't have an impression!" ”

"Then think slowly, and when you think about it, call me again!"

I actually have a whole set of concepts in my mind, but I don't want to mention it to Fan Yaoqiang.

Fan Yaoqiang could sense that I had something to say, but he glanced at me and didn't continue to ask.

Since it was Sunday, and what I had to do wasn't particularly urgent, I put the wooden box in the trunk of the car to prevent Fan from looking through it.

At that time, it was just after noon, and I took Fan Yaoqiang to have dinner first, and then went to the old town of Lingxian County to inquire about the "Lingxian Hotel" forty years ago.

It is said to be an old town, but in fact, it has also been redeveloped, but a few streets are still planned according to the old town.

Therefore, many people remember the "Lingxian Hotel" and said that it was the largest hotel in Lingxian back then, but it was only demolished when the old city was redeveloped and built more than ten years ago.

The Lingxian Hotel was a state-owned enterprise at that time, and it is not difficult to find out who the person in charge was back then.

But today is Sunday, and I've decided to wait until tomorrow.

Fan Yaoqiang followed me all afternoon and didn't think of anything more.

However, his mood has been very low, and his expression is quite gloomy.

That made me wonder if he remembered something and just wouldn't tell me.

When it was time to eat in the evening, Fan Yaoqiang finally opened his mouth and said, "I'll go back to Fanxian County tonight, and I'll leave my case to Comrade Gao!" I still think that Zhao Shengyuan killed me...... I mean, he killed my last life, and I will never admit that face to me! And I believe that Li Geng is the reincarnation of Zhao Shengyuan, otherwise I would not have been reincarnated as Li Geng's son! Comrade Gao, don't say that I'm talking nonsense, it's all because of the jade pendant of the reincarnation spirit rune, I have worn that jade pendant, so I remember the things of my previous life! Zhao Shengyuan also wore that jade pendant, so his reincarnation, that is, Li Geng, must also be able to remember the events of his previous life! This would explain why my body was removed from under the locust tree, and why the jade pendant of the reincarnation talisman was worn in the ...... On the woman that Li Shan killed! ”

I was a bit in a daze.

To be honest, although I already have a whole set of concepts, I have never considered what would happen if Li Geng was really the reincarnation of Zhao Shengyuan.

Although Fan Yaoqiang has repeatedly mentioned such a view, I always feel that it is too unbelievable and not worth thinking about at all.

But since even Wu Yanling, who only had the opportunity to wear the "reincarnation talisman" at the last moment of death, was reincarnated as a little girl, then Zhao Shengyuan's reincarnation should not be denied 100%.

And as Fan Yaoqiang said, once it is assumed that Li Geng is the reincarnation of Zhao Shengyuan, and Li Geng also recalls all the things in his previous life, then all the contradictions and conflicts will be logical.

For example, the jade pendant, it can be assumed that Li Geng realized that Fan Yaoqiang was the reincarnation of Li Zhentang, who he killed in his previous life, after being sawed off half of his hand by Fan Yaoqiang, so he took Li Shan to transfer the body buried under the big locust tree.

The only question now is whether it was Zhao Shengyuan's body or Li Zhentang's body that was originally buried under the big locust tree?

If it was Li Zhentang's corpse, why would Li Shan bury Zhang Xin's body near Zhao Shengyuan's corpse? Where is Li Zhentang's body?

I was secretly calculating.

Fan Yaoqiang didn't think about it as much as I did, but hated it and said a few words.

"Anyway, I think that there is a corpse, that is, Li Zhentang's corpse, which has not been found yet, and it must have been transferred to a place by Li Geng who doesn't know where to go! You police should really arrest Li Geng and torture him, maybe he will tell the truth! ”

I couldn't help but smile wryly and shake my head.

"First of all, modern society does not practice torture to extract confessions, if you dare to do that, the police themselves should be tried; Secondly, even if Li Geng is Zhao Shengyuan's previous life, then he has not broken the law in his life, why should the police arrest him? Do you want the police to announce to the world that he was a murderer in his last life? What's more, who killed Zhao Shengyuan? Why did the cause of his death be exactly the same as the cause of death you said in your previous life, which was to be hacked to death with a machete? ”

"That's easy to explain!" Fan Yaoqiang immediately said, "Since Zhao Shengyuan's body was also found near the Huaishu Cave, will it ...... Zhao Shengyuan was hacked to death by me when he was fighting with my previous life? Merely...... In my last life, I died first, and he died later! ”

"Your speculation is reasonable, and in fact I am the same! But the question is, since the enemy of your previous life was also hacked to death by you, but only died a few minutes later than you, and you are equivalent to taking revenge, then why do you have to worry about it and find someone to take revenge? ”

After I finished speaking, Fan Yaoqiang was suddenly stunned, as if he had never thought about this problem.

(See Chapter 048 "The Real Murderer")

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