Chapter 13: The Knot of Death
Hua Gu still painted last night's makeup, but there were obvious signs of fading, and when Xu Tian approached the coffin, he smelled a light fragrance, like a light men's perfume. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The body of the second master was also gone, and the incident immediately caused a sensation in the whole village, and Officer Zhang felt that this matter was no longer a case that he could handle, so he immediately went down the mountain to contact the county public security in the town.
The old village chief immediately gathered the whole village and began to search for Xu Laoer's body, and the empty coffin temporarily became Xu Sanye's shelter, and the coffin was carried to the village committee to be guarded by Officer Zhang.
Xu Tian slipped under the small bridge while the people in the village were looking for the body of the second master, and as Xu Tian expected, there were no footprints, and the soil under the bridge did not match the stones, but Xu Tian couldn't figure out where these small stones came from.
There is also what Officer Zhang said to himself at the mass grave on the mountain, Xu Tian couldn't remember that he had left the coffin of the second master last night, and the continuous puzzles were entangled with Xu Tian, this time, Xu Tian was completely in trouble.
There is also some water under the bridge, which is shallow but clear, and the green algae at the bottom of the water can be seen very clearly.
Xu Tian looked along the river and found that there seemed to be a person squatting by the river two or three hundred meters away.
"Xiao Ai?"
"Brother Xu Tian, why are you here?"
"You've heard everything about the village, right? I'm also looking for the second master's body. ”
Xiao Ai's expression was very unnatural, as if he was afraid of something, and Xu Tian could see that Xiao Ai was deliberately pretending to be calm in front of him.
"It's terrible, Brother Xu Tian, you better get out of here quickly!"
"Xiao Ai, I have something I want to ask you."
"I know what Brother Xu Tiange wants to ask me, it's about last night, right?"
"Half of it, since Xiao Ai knows what I'm going to ask, I won't go around the bend, did you pass by the door of my second master's house on the way home with the old village chief yesterday?"
"I'm not impressed, shouldn't I? I'm scared of the funeral stuff and I'll remember it if I pass by. ”
"What the hell is going on, Xiao Ai is going to find the old village chief so late?"
"Brother Xu Tian, I won't hide it from you now, because my mother and I saw a ghost last night, and my mother was very panicked, no, she was crazy, I can only describe it like this."
"What kind of ghost is it?"
"A ghost in a big red robe, with a pale face, and her eyes were still bleeding and tearful."
Xu Tian chuckled in his heart, Xu Tian had also seen this ghost, if it wasn't for his grandmother forcing him, Xu Tian felt that he would definitely be able to catch that ghost.
"Does Xiao Ai believe in ghosts and gods?"
"I don't believe it, but my mother is very scared, and she is still talking about Sister Hong or something, I am afraid that something will happen to my mother, so I will go to the old village chief."
"Did you see the Yellow Springs yesterday?"
"Well...... Have you seen it! When we were about to get home, Huang Quan seemed to have bought something at our house, and passed by after saying hello. ”
Xu Tian's expression was very solemn, and he felt very suspicious in Xu Tian's heart at this time, and the other half of the question that Xu Tian wanted to ask also came to an abrupt end.
Xiao Ai's expression seemed very sad, and Xu Tian felt that there was no need to ask any more, so he was about to get up and go back.
"Brother Xu Tian, if you want to go back to the village, you can just walk along the river, if you go up the mountain, the road is very detouring."
"Can you go back to the village along the river? I remember that the small river flowed from outside the village. ”
"It used to be like this, didn't you notice it when you came? There is no small river outside the village at all, and this small river has been rerouted to make it easier for the villagers to water their crops, and it has been repaired near our house. ”
"That's the case, then let's go back together!"
After walking for about ten minutes, the two of them saw the road into the village, and there was no small river to be seen from the way into the village, because both sides of the road were full of corn stalks, like hills, and one by one completely blocked the small rivers on both sides of the village road.
There was a small gap between the two corn stalks, and Xiao Ai and Xu Tian easily walked to the road into the village, and fifty meters in front of them was the small store at the entrance of the village.
"How? Isn't it close? Xiao Ai said proudly, as if he had done something very great.
"It's really close, but Xiao Ai knows a lot, and even knows this kind of thing."
"That's ...... I...... I'll go home first, Brother Xu Tian, you'd better go back to the village first! ”
Xu Tian looked at Xiao Ai who left in a hurry, his heart became even heavier, Xu Tian tried to take out his mobile phone, but there was still no signal.
At this time, it was still early, and Xu Tian felt that he might be able to wait for someone from the county public security here, so Xu Tian simply sat on the side of the road and looked at the photos of Xu Sanye's death scene.
Thanks to Xu Tian for taking so many photos, almost all angles were taken very completely, and Xu Tian first looked at the rope around Xu Sanye's waist.
For ease of viewing, Xu Tian took ten close-ups of the rope, each at a different angle.
The rope tied to Xu Sanye's body was a dead knot, which was the same as the way Xu Fugui was tied when he died, as if it was done by the same person, but this alone could not determine who the murderer was.
And now there are more and more mysteries, and it is not easy to find out the murderer, so Xu Tian simply started with Xu Sanye's murder methods.
Doubt 1: Is the rope around the waist really an extra move?
Doubt 2: Why did Xu Sanye lean on the bridge, the murderer seemed to deliberately place Xu Sanye on the bridge.
Suspicion 3: Several small pebbles with strange colors have not been found until now.
Suspicion 4: Hua Gu was found in the coffin, is there any connection with Xu Sanye's death?
First analyzing the rope around Xu Sanye's waist, Xu Tian felt that it was definitely not as simple as one more move, and there must be some role in it.
"The corpse is leaning on the bridge, pebbles, flowers, ropes......" Xu Tian muttered softly.
Xu Tian imagined himself as a murderer, if he was a murderer, how would that rope be used?
Xu Tian started his closed-eyes reasoning show, the picture of Officer Zhang tracking Xu Sanye last night came to Xu Tian's mind, if what Officer Zhang said was all correct, then Xu Tian, as the murderer, would definitely follow Officer Zhang.
But Officer Zhang hurriedly returned halfway, what would he do if he was the murderer? Seeing Officer Zhang running back to the village in a hurry, if he didn't do something as a murderer, he would definitely collide with Officer Zhang, what should he do to not make Officer Zhang suspicious?
The rope, the sitting posture of the corpse, the small pebble, and the flower girl appeared in the coffin, and Officer Zhang said that the kneeling person in the courtyard of the second master's house was not himself, and he saw the female ghost, and Xiao Ai's mother and daughter also saw it, and further forward was the sudden humming of the girl in the village committee.
"It's on!"
Xu Tian opened his eyes suddenly, and hurriedly ran back to the small bridge along the river.