I look at Zhang Xin's timid and honest appearance, and I feel that he really doesn't look like a person who can commit major crimes such as murder and arson.

I guess the reason why he refused to tell me where he was from was because he was afraid that if I told his family when I left the mountain, his family would come into the mountains to look for him.

So I stopped reluctantly and asked him again, "How many years have you been hiding here?" ”

He was stunned for a moment, and then began to move his fingers as if he were counting.

I waited quietly for him, but in the end he shook his head: "I don't remember!" ”

I think about it myself, Li Yuanyin once said that this place has been infested with wild people since more than ten years ago, and that Zhang Xin has been hiding here for at least ten years.

So I asked, "Have you seen anything scary since you hid in this cave, for example...... Someone killed someone in a cave outside? ”

He looked up at me suddenly, his eyes wide open, and his hands shaking wildly.

"I didn't kill anyone! I didn't kill anyone! I'm hiding here, just ...... Afraid of my wife! ”

I saw that his face was full of panic, and hurriedly said: "I didn't say that you killed people, I asked you, have you seen other people killing people in this hole?" ”

Zhang Xin looked at me with a pair of frightened eyes, and shook his head immediately without thinking about it.

"Nope! No! No! No! ”

He muttered.

I sighed secretly in my heart and asked him again, "Then have you ever seen someone dig something from under the big locust tree outside?" ”

The reason why I asked this is because I always felt that Fan Yaoqiang's words about Li Geng's killing of people were by no means groundless.

Since the Lingxian police failed to find the victim's body under the big locust tree, there is a possibility that the killer transferred the body to another place in advance.

It's a pity that Zhang Xinchi's hesitant words were far from what I hoped for.

"A lot of people came and dug up the roots of the locust tree, and the inside ...... And a couple of cops! ”

Naturally, he said that the Lingxian police came here once, so I asked again: "What about before?" Did anyone dig under the locust tree before the police came? ”

He pondered for a moment before shaking his head.

"No, I don't remember from where I came...... Someone dug something! ”

I thought to myself. This is called Zhang Xin, and he has to go out of the hole to find food during the day, and even if someone comes here to dig up the body, he may not be able to see it.

The smell in the cave was really bad, and I didn't have the patience to tell Zhang Xin how fast the world outside was developing, and persuaded him to hurry home and spend time with his wife.

I walked under the stalactites and jumped up to climb through the gap.

I had a very nervous feeling in my heart, for fear that Zhang Xin would pick up the machete and cut me from behind.

Fortunately, Zhang Xin has not moved, although I haven't looked back at him, but I feel that he has been sitting on the ground and has not moved.

When Li Yuanyin saw me coming out, he hurriedly reached out and pulled me.

When my feet hit the ground, I felt some pity in my heart, so I threw all the food in my backpack through the gap, and finally shouted: "Zhang Xin, go home!" No matter how much your wife hates you, it's better than if you hide in the mountains! ”

Zhang Xin didn't make a sound, but when Li Yuanyin and I were about to walk out of the cave, we faintly heard irrepressible crying behind me.

"Is this savage really an ordinary person?" Li Yuanyin asked me.

"What do you say?" I glanced at him.

"Then I guess this person is the person on the other side of the mountain!" Li Yuanyin said casually.

"People on the other side of the mountain? What do you mean? ”

"This mountainous area just separates Ling County from Deng County! So we sometimes dig herbs in the mountains, and if we go too deep, we will occasionally meet people from Deng County! ”

This clue is very useful for investigating Zhang Xin's situation, but it is not helpful for Fan Yaoqiang's affairs.

At this time, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and I insisted on going around the cave, but I couldn't find any useful clues, and Li Yuanyin kept urging, so I had to go home with him.

When I arrived in Lijia Village, it was not yet dark, and I pondered that first, all the food in the backpack was given to Zhang Xin, and secondly, there was no point in staying in Lijia Village for one more day, so it was better to take the evening train to find Fan Yaoqiang and see how he explained the bottled fireflies.

So I immediately rushed to the side of the highway and waited for a while when I didn't see the bus coming, but I waited for a passing taxi.

I took a taxi to the county seat, went to the pharmacy and bought a random bottle of pills, first poured out the pills, tore off the instructions on the outside of the bottle, and then filled it with some black powder.

After that, I bought a train ticket, because the train was in the middle of the night, so I first found a hotel to rest, got up and rushed to the station, and got on the train.

Arrived in Fanxian early the next morning, and went to Fan Yaoqiang's school at noon as usual, and asked him to come out for dinner together.

As soon as Fan Yaoqiang saw me, he showed a smile on his face, and seemed to be very happy to see me.

I didn't talk nonsense with him much, and when I sat down at the Western restaurant before and ordered food, I asked him: "Are you sure that Li Geng's murder was something you dreamed of?" ”

"yes!" Fan Yaoqiang immediately nodded, looking at me with an innocent expression that he hadn't shown last time, "Brother policeman, did you find any clues about Li Geng's murder?" ”

"Nope!" I shook my head, "I'm here this time because I want to verify something with you!" ”

"What do you say?"

I took out the small porcelain vase I had forged myself and put it in front of Fan Yaoqiang: "Look at what this thing is!" ”

I saw that Fan Yaoqiang was obviously stunned for a moment, but he didn't reach for the small porcelain vase, but immediately raised his face to look at me.

"What is this?" He asked me, looking very ignorant.

"This is what I found in the corner of the Li Geng sawmill!" I picked up the bottle and shook the black powder inside, "Although it has been too long, the contents have turned into dust, but after the technical department has identified, these dusts are fireflies!" ”

"Fireflies? Is that...... What do you mean? Fan Yaoqiang asked again. I tried my best to show my innocence, but it wasn't as natural as it used to be.

"I want to ask you what you mean!" I sneered, staring at him tightly, no longer thinking of him as a child, "You said that Li Geng killed people, you dreamed of it, but when you were more than four years old and less than five years old, you devised a series of complicated tricks to lure Li Geng to fall down on the hacksaw table, and seize the opportunity to start the hacksaw, sawing off half of Li Geng's palm!" This is not something that dreams can explain, nor is it ...... The 'ghost' symptoms you exhibited that day make sense! ”

"Ghost top? Who's on it? Big brother policeman, I really don't understand what you're talking about! Fan wanted to stretch his face, and finally stopped being naïve, "I said that I don't remember much about what happened before I was four years old, and I don't know what happened that night, what is the use of the police brother telling me this?" ”

"You can say that you don't know, to tell the truth, I first listened to Huang Lili's story, I was full of doubts and didn't believe it! But this small porcelain vase with fireflies can prove that what Huang Lili said is not a lie! In other words, Huang Lili is not lying, then you are lying! ”

I kept an eye on Fan Yaoqiang, always paying attention to the changes in his expression.

But for a while, there was no change in Fan Yaoqiang's face.

He just pursed his lips and looked away from me.

I simply sighed and said, "To tell the truth, I don't completely think it's nonsense when you tell Li Geng that he has killed people, but since you don't want to trust me and tell me the truth, then I'm sorry, I don't care about this matter anymore!" If you want to seek revenge on Li Geng, go and avenge yourself! ”

I stood up and made a gesture to leave, Fan Yaoqiang was obviously a little anxious, and blurted out: "Wait! ”

I stopped and looked at him.

Fan Yaoqiang also stood up and asked cautiously: "Do you believe what I say?" ”

"You said that you dreamed that Li Geng killed someone, I didn't say I didn't believe it, right?" I asked rhetorically.

He gritted his teeth and lowered his head.

"But you can't believe it!"

"Let's talk about it!" I sat down again, looked at Fan Yaoqiang with both eyes, and had a faint expectation in my heart.

(See Chapter 015 "Past Life")