I found that a piece of the white plaster wall next to the iron hook had been scraped with a knife, revealing the plastering layer inside.

I took a closer look and made sure it was something new, so I pointed to the wall and asked Nie Cai what was going on.

Nie Caibian refused to answer, but Village Chief Zhang opened his mouth to explain the reason to me.

"There are a few words left here, which should be written by the old man himself! Because the police had determined that the old man had committed suicide, leaving these words here ugly, the family scraped off those words with a knife! ”

I didn't know this information, so I immediately asked Village Chief Zhang what words were left here.

Village Chief Zhang glanced at Nie Cai, and then told me in a low voice: "There are twelve words in total: for the old man is not kind, for the doctor is not good, and he is innocent of death!" ”

"For the old is not kind, for the doctor is not good!" I chewed on those eight words and couldn't help but ask, "What does this mean?" ”

Before Village Chief Zhang could answer, Nie Cai couldn't help but interject and said, "What else does it mean?" How many people has our old man saved over the years, how can it be said that he is not kind to the old and is not good at healing? I don't think it's like suicide with just those words! ”

She said this clearly, and I had to turn my eyes to look at Village Chief Zhang.

Village Chief Zhang sighed and said: "The old man is a family heirloom of medicine, in the past, our village lived on a high slope, it is not easy to come out, there is a headache and brain fever in the village, all rely on the old man for treatment!" So we in the village respect the old man very much, I can know a few words, the first is also the old man taught! ”

When he said this, he glanced at Nie Cai again, and cautiously added two more sentences.

"Actually, we don't believe that the old man will commit suicide, and ...... It's hanging on such a low hook! But those twelve words...... The police checked the old man's handwriting, and it was indeed written by the old man himself, which is also the main basis for the police to judge suicide! ”

Village Chief Zhang speaks very methodically, and it is no wonder that the people in the village elected him as the new village chief.

And I looked at the iron hook, and I felt that this suicide scene was already very weird.

First of all, the twelve words left by the old village chief are not like the words of the suicide himself, but like those left by an avenger.

Secondly, the height of the iron hook installation is only about one meter six, which is not as tall as the average adult.

In addition, there is a small section of rope in the old village chief's neck, even if that rope is only thirty centimeters long, the height of the old village chief's hanging is only about one meter three.

According to Village Chief Zhang, the old village chief is nearly 1.7 meters tall, and although he has difficulty moving, he is not paralyzed in both legs, and can still stand and walk.

Therefore, the old village chief got his neck into the rope hanging on the iron hook, and then hung himself with his whole body.

But when all suicides are actually facing death, their instinct for survival will make them do everything in their power to save themselves.

In other words, when the old village chief committed suicide, his survival instinct did not work at all.

Of course, the old village chief is already very old, and perhaps after a little struggle, his legs are weak and he can't stand up, even if he wants to save himself, he can't save himself.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the police to finally determine that the old village chief committed suicide.

When the old village chief committed suicide, Nie Cai, as the granddaughter-in-law, was working outside with her husband and was not clear about what was happening at home.

Nie Cai's daughter, the first great-granddaughter to see the old village chief commit suicide by hanging his neck, was sleeping in the back room, and when I asked to see the little girl, Nie Cai was visibly unhappy.

"It's not that I don't let my comrades see me, it's really that our family members are so scared that they are still nightmarish when they sleep every night! If the comrade wants to ask her about the situation at that time, I am afraid that she will be scared out even more! ”

I believe she is telling the truth, after all, the child is too young to be willing to let his little child be forced to recall the terrible situation again and again.

So I changed my words and asked Nie Cai: "Then have you ever asked your daughter in private, what has she seen?" ”

Nie Cai didn't answer immediately, but glanced left and right, as if he was guarding against something.

After that, she spoke: "Our child is scared like that, can I, a mother, not ask at all?" It's just that...... Comrades like you who came down from a large unit in the city have never experienced what happened in our small places, so ...... Even if I tell you something, you probably won't believe me, and maybe I'll be talking nonsense! ”

Since she said this, it means that she still heard something incredible from her daughter's mouth.

So I hurriedly promised that I would never treat her as nonsense.

Nie Cai glanced left and right again, and then mysteriously approached me and said, "My daughter said that she saw a dusty figure hanging the rope around her grandfather's neck on an iron hook!" ”

I was not very surprised by what she said, and when I turned my head to look at Village Chief Zhang, I found that Village Chief Zhang did not seem to be very surprised on his face.

So I asked Village Chief Zhang: "Village Chief Zhang has heard about this before?" ”

Village Chief Zhang scratched his head and said, "When the police came to the village to investigate before, Nie Cai also told the police like this!" ”

"But the police didn't believe me!" Nie Cai immediately spoke, looking aggrieved, "Today, your comrade came to ask me again, I still tell the truth!" Believe it or not, I believe my daughter couldn't have lied, or she wouldn't have been scared like that! ”

I believe that Nie Cai's daughter did see something, but I don't quite believe that everything Nie Cai said is real.

As for what her daughter saw, I don't think it would be a living person, otherwise Nie Cai wouldn't have made a mysterious appearance, and the girl wouldn't have been scared into nightmares every night.

In my opinion, "gray figures" are very much like descriptions of ghosts.

But if it is a ghost, it can influence people's behavior, but it is impossible to hang the rope hanging from the old village chief with an iron hook with his own hands.

So I guess that Nie Cai's daughter did see a "gray figure", but the so-called "hanging the rope around her grandfather's neck on an iron hook" is either the little girl didn't see it clearly under the fright, or Nie Cai's adding fuel and vinegar.

In my opinion, the latter is probably greater.

So I asked Nie Cai: "Did your daughter say that the gray figure she saw was a man or a woman?" ”

Nie Cai didn't seem to expect me to ask this question at all, and was stunned for a moment before he said, "I really haven't asked this before!" She only said that the shadow was very scary, and she was so frightened that she screamed, so she ...... I'm afraid she can't tell the difference between a man and a woman! ”

I became more and more sure that Nie Cai was adding fuel and vinegar.

(See Chapter 336 "The Lost Old Village")