With the direction of the key inquiry and the characteristics of the deceased, it was much easier to find out the identity of the deceased, and someone inquired about the results that night: "The deceased's name is Liu Wu, he lives in Liujia Village, he is a gangster, he has no wife and no children, and he is left with himself after his mother died five years ago." ”

"Where does he usually go? Can there be enemies? Who was the last person to see him? Do you know where he went? ”

"On weekdays, I wander around a few nearby villages...... The enemy ...... "The one who returned the reward was obviously not so careful.

"Well, I'll go again tomorrow." Pei Xia rested for the night, and in the morning he went to Liujia Village under the leadership of the catcher.

The village was busy, the men went to the fields, and the women were weaving bamboo strips and weaving cloth at home.

A mother-in-law in her sixties was sitting in front of her house with a large pile of bamboo strips at her feet. Like her, there were several other women, chatting about family life while weaving bamboo strips.

"Mother-in-law, I want to ask you personally, Liu Wu, do you know?" Pei Xia stepped forward.

"Didn't anyone ask yesterday? Why is it here again? ”

"Didn't we tell you everything we know, he deserved to die!"

"You guys delay our work every day, you know!"

The mother-in-law didn't speak, didn't even lift her eyelids, and the others grumbled. These people spoke very politely, and the two catchers who came with Pei Xia couldn't look at it, and wanted to reprimand, but they were stopped by Pei Xia.

It is not uncommon for inquiries to go unsuccessfully, and Pei Xia is particularly patient in this regard. She sat down on the threshold next to her mother-in-law, picked up the bamboo strips at her mother-in-law's feet, and knitted them with her.

Everyone didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this new official girl, and while the work in her hands was non-stop, she looked at Pei Xia curiously.

Pei Xia generously let them see, the movements in their hands were quite skillful, not to mention these villagers, even the two catchers were also stunned, they didn't expect that this fairy-like girl who does not eat fireworks in the world can not only examine the carrion without changing her face, but also weave bamboo baskets!

After a while, the bamboo strips woven by Pei Xia could already see the prototype of a bamboo basket, and the mother-in-law, who had not spoken, raised her head and glanced at it.

"You're going to make this up?"

"Not only can I make this, but I can also make grasshoppers, crickets, and rabbits." Pei Xia smiled slightly, stretched out her head and looked at the dustpan in her mother-in-law's hand, "I can also make it up if you do." ”

"Really? We're here, and there are a lot of young girls like you who can't do it. My grandson likes the gadgets you said, but unfortunately I'm old, and I'm not as good as before, and those gadgets can't be made up well, can you help me make a few for him? ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several women present showed strange expressions, Pei Xia just didn't see it, and responded with a smile, she cut the bamboo strips a little thinner, and began to weave grasshoppers. This craft was learned from the aunt next door when she lived in the countryside with Pei Qifang. At that time, he was really poor, and secondly, Pei Qifang intended to let Pei Xia talk to others more, and find more things to do, so as not to be depressed in his heart.

"Mother-in-law, give." Pei Xia handed the braided grasshopper to the mother-in-law.

"Yo, that's a lot smarter than I used to make up." The mother-in-law was very happy, took the bamboo grasshopper and looked at it for a long time, and suddenly sighed, "If my grandson is still here, he must like it very much......"

If there is anything else, it is better to say that Pei Xia is the same thing as her master Pei Qifang, her eyes are black at all, and she held it for a long time before she said dryly: "That's a pity...... Why don't I make up a few more for you? “

The mother-in-law laughed when she heard this: "You girl has a good heart, this one is enough." I'm sorry for you for a long time, and it's also delaying your boss's hard work, so you can ask whatever you want. ”

Pei Xia could faintly perceive that this mother-in-law probably had some status in the village, and the mother-in-law was relieved, and the attitude of the others followed a lot of kindly.

After listening to Pei Xia's question, the mother-in-law recalled: "Liu Wu, this kid came to us more than 20 years ago, his mother is our person, married to another place, I heard that his mother died later, and came back to join his uncle." That's the same thing between this nephew and uncle, his uncle's family can't say that they abuse his mother, so they don't care about food, and they can't talk about how many relatives they have. Later, the son of his uncle's family made a fortune in Qiu Du and took his father and mother away. Liu Wu's mother and son stayed in our village, they had no money, no serious things to do, and the land was not easy to plant, and no girl was willing to marry him. After his mother died, he was on his own, going everywhere to fight the autumn wind, going to this village today and going to that village tomorrow, and not necessarily where to stay. Some time ago, it was just in time for the autumn harvest, and everyone's own family affairs were too busy, and no one paid attention to him. ”

Qiu Du is today's Qiu Zhou City, which used to be the capital of Qiu and the country, and the older generation is still used to calling it Qiu Du.

After hearing this, Pei Xia asked, "Do you know what enemies he has?" ”

"He, I don't think he has any ability, he doesn't want to be seen, but it's not enough to make anyone hate him, if you want to ask the enemy, then I really can't say."

"Then does he usually go to the mountains over there?" couldn't start with someone who might have a motive to kill, so Pei Xia asked in a different way of thinking.

"The mountain you are talking about is too far away, and the son of Liu Laosan's family in our village will sometimes go there to collect medicine, and no one usually has the kung fu to go so far."

The arrester on the side added: "Miss Pei, the son of Liu Laosan she said is the informant this time." ”

Pei Xia was stunned and asked, "Then is he at home now?" I would like to ask him about the day the body was found. ”

"At home! I reported the case that day, didn't you just come and say that he should not go out recently and wait for the summons of the government! It was the aunt who complained about the delay in work at the beginning, and she introduced herself that she was the daughter-in-law of the medicine picker, no wonder she was so angry at first.

"People are also investigating the case, you just go and call your man." The mother-in-law had a good impression of Pei Xia and took the initiative to help Pei Xia speak, and the woman heard her mother-in-law say this, although she was still unhappy, she obediently went to the house to call someone.

The medicine picker couldn't go to collect medicine for the past few days, so he simply slept at home in the dark, and no one outside knew if it was his daughter-in-law who came in and shouted.

"That's what happened that day......" After listening to Pei Xia's inquiry, the herb picker told the story of that day again.

He usually collects medicine in the mountains and forests near the village, and in the days before he found the corpse, he didn't pick a few good plants for many days, so he wanted to try his luck by going farther. He would go to that mountain occasionally, but he didn't go very often, only once or twice a month, and he usually didn't go very deep, just dangling from the foot of the mountain to the halfway point of the mountain. It was also a coincidence that day, it had just rained a few days ago, and there were few people in the mountains here, and the medicinal herbs in the mountains grew gratifyingly, he thought that it was rare to come and pick more, so he walked deeper, and suddenly smelled a foul smell while walking, and then found the corpse.

"I found the place where the dead man, I don't usually go there, it happened that day, otherwise I guess no one will find it if it turns into bones." The herb picker said.

"Have you ever seen Liu Wu go there?" Pei Xia asked.

"Nope! I'm telling you, no one in this place goes there but me. They don't want to go that far to chop wood, and they don't go that way. If you really want to see if anyone knows, why don't you go to the old tree village on the other side of the mountain and ask, the mountain is quite close to them, but I don't think anyone knows. ”

"Why? Isn't it close? Pei Xiaqi said. Pei Xia of Laoshu Village in the mouth of the medicine picker happened to know that it had already gone out of the Qiu State border and belonged to Peiling County under the jurisdiction of the neighboring Hezhou, but the medicine picker didn't say that she hadn't noticed that Laoshu Village was on the other side of the mountain.

"Ah, there is a ghost forest on that mountain, which is very evil, even a person like me, who often runs in the mountains, is easy to get lost when he enters, and I heard that it is haunted!"

Pei Xia saw that he was sure of what he said, and his expression didn't seem to be lying, so he was puzzled: "Who did you listen to?" Didn't you say that no one went? ”

"Just the people of Old Tree Village." The herb picker said.

Seeing that Pei Xia was still puzzled, the mother-in-law sitting next to her explained: "In the past, there was a cave halfway up the mountain, which could lead to the other side, and then we would still have contacts with the people of Laoshu Village, and Liu Wu's mother married to Laoshu Village at that time." After that, it seems to be more than 20 years ago, that is, not long after Liu Wu and his mother came back, the cave collapsed, and we didn't have much contact with that side after that. ”

"That haunted legend ......"

"That was more than 20 years ago, and it seemed that there was a mountain god living in the forest."

"Isn't it haunted? Why is it a mountain god again? The more Pei Xia listened, the more confused he became.

"The people in Laoshu Village said that it was a mountain god, and that if the mountain god was unhappy, he would eat young dolls. How can you say that the mountain god eats people? Is that still God? So we're all talking about haunting. ”

"That'...... Has anyone seen a ghost? Pei Xia still felt that this rumor was too bizarre.

"No, anyway, no one in our village has had an accident before, Liu Wu is still the first, and he is not a young doll anymore. However, I heard that a few children disappeared in Laoshu Village back then, and I don't know what happened later. ”

The mother-in-law and the herb picker told everything they knew, and they didn't know the rest, Pei Xia frowned, this visit to Liujia Village not only did not understand why Liu Wu went to the mountain, but also added a very suspicious legend of the mountain god eating people, it seems that it is necessary to go to Laoshu Village. It's just that there is a very headache at the moment, Laoshu Village is in Peiling County, Xuzhou, and she is now under the Qiuzhou Criminal Prison Department, if there is no conclusive evidence to prove that this is a murder case, she has no right to go to Haozhou to investigate the case.