Chapter 16: Footprints of the Inujin
"What's going on? Could it be that the previous chiefs of this village have had an accident? Teacher Jin asked.
"Out! And it's a big deal, in short, no village chief can survive for four years. Zhao Laohan said.
"Didn't the previous village chief be the village chief twenty years ago? Judging from what Lao Hei told me, the old village chief should have died in recent years, right? It seems like more than four years. Teacher Jin said.
"He didn't reign long at all, he stepped down after that incident 20 years ago, and then he was someone else's village chief, and it wasn't until recent years that he took over the position of village chief after those village chiefs had accidents, but soon he also left." Zhao Laohan said.
Mr. Jin suddenly stopped shooting, and found a black thing in the inner tire of the overturned electric car, Mr. Jin dipped his finger in the black thing, and then leaned to the edge of his nose and smelled it, like a half-processed lubricant.
In the past, Mr. Jin had carried out undercover missions in a lubricating oil factory, and he still had a certain understanding of the production process of lubricating oil.
Mr. Jin dipped his fingers in the mud puddle of the electric car again, although there was also a little smell of lubricating oil, but it was not so much.
Aren't these half-processed lubricants sprinkled in the mud pits? Teacher Jin asked in his heart.
"What do you smell?" Old man Zhao leaned over and asked.
"Oh! Are there factories on this island? For example, a lubricant processing plant. Teacher Jin asked.
"Without that, if there was a factory, it wouldn't be so poor." Zhao Laohan said.
It would be strange to wonder, how could an island without a factory have half processed lubricating oil? This unfinished lubricant cannot be sold on the market, unless it is a small factory, and the management inside is not so standardized. Mr. Jin knows very well that kind of small lubricating oil processing factory, that kind of factory is generally divided into two workshops, and each plant has many processes, among which the raw materials are put into the factory as long as there are four or five people to guard the plant, if it is a worker in the factory, it is very easy to steal this unfinished lubricating oil from it.
"You just mentioned the previous village chiefs, right? Can I ask how those people died? Teacher Jin took out a tissue and wiped his hands and asked.
Zhao Laohan sneaked into Teacher Jin's ear and lowered his voice to a very small amount. "It was killed by the dog god."
Teacher Jin frowned suddenly, although he had expected that he might hear this kind of thing, but Teacher Jin was still very disgusted by this superstitious statement.
"You see?" Teacher Jin took out another cigarette and handed it to Zhao Laohan.
"I didn't see it, but when they died, they found big footprints nearby, and they were dog footprints, and everyone recognized them." Zhao Laohan said.
"Where are the footprints?" Teacher Jin asked.
"They were all in mud pits, and coincidentally, they died on rainy days, and they were all when the rain was about to stop." Zhao Laohan said.
"Did you contact the police after the accident?" Teacher Jin asked.
"Yes, there are still districts and counties in the inland that have come to check, and they don't believe that it was the dog god who did it, but the case has not been closed yet, but the last time the dog god killed someone has been more than five years! If you don't mention it, the villagers should have forgotten about it. Zhao Laohan said.
"By the way, can I ask you a very important question?" Teacher Jin stuffed the cigarette case in his hand into Zhao Laohan's hand.
"Just ask!" Zhao Laohan pinched the cigarette case, and the joy on his face emanated from his heart, like a child who got a snack.
"Where have the women of the village gone? Where are they now? Teacher Jin asked.
After hearing Mr. Jin's question, Mr. Zhao's face suddenly changed, and Mr. Jin had been observing Mr. Zhao's facial expression very carefully, which was a face that suddenly changed from joy to fear, and then turned into anger after two or three seconds of fear.
"Give it back to you......" Zhao Laohan stuffed the cigarette case back to Teacher Jin and said.
Zhao Laohan walked towards the village angrily, although Mr. Jin had expected that Zhao Laohan might not tell the truth, but he didn't expect to react so violently, but this can also show that this matter is very important in the hearts of the villagers.
The on-site survey was almost over, and Mr. Jin had no choice but to follow Zhao Laohan's footsteps and return to the village, and when he walked back to the village road leading to the sea, Zhao Laohan was gone.
Teacher Jin was still wondering, he was following Zhao Laohan closely from the beginning, the distance between the two was about thirty meters, just turned a corner, and it was only about twenty seconds, and Zhao Laohan was gone.
Did you walk into a villager's house? But it's too fast! Teacher Jin, who has investigated occupational diseases, like Xu Tian, quickly became suspicious.
After returning to Lao Li's home, Mr. Jin told Xu Tian everything he had seen and heard.
"Sure enough, the women in the village are the key, but we have found several murders in the village, and Lao Hei has not told us about the death of the village chief before." Xu Tian said.
"There is a big problem here, I think whether it is Lao Li or Lao Hei, and even Zhao Laohan, who told me about the death of the village chief, they all told the things in the village too easily, although Zhao Laohan seems to be a little greedy in front of me, but I feel that he is definitely not the kind of person who forgets his righteousness." Teacher Jin said.
"It's clear that we're gradually seeping into us about everything that's going on in this village, and it's like a jumbled puzzle that we've put together into three pieces." Xu Tian said.
"Lao Li told a story, Lao Hei told his experience, Zhao Laohan explained the short life of the previous village chiefs, plus the performance of the bolt when Lao Li's body was found, and the wine putty who pretended to be sick and bedridden, I have a hunch, we will know some other things soon, but I hope not to see the murder happen again." Teacher Jin said.
"It's afternoon now, we should find something to eat, Lao Li originally wanted to invite us to dinner, but this meal is inedible, and I don't know if there is poison in the rice." Xu Tian said.
"Then let's go to Lao Hei's for a meal! By the way, if I asked him about what happened in the village, the old black didn't tell the whole truth. Teacher Jin said.
Xu Tian felt that Xiao Ai's words before still had some truth, so he simply ignored Lao Li's home, and the two soon came to Lao Hei's house.
However, when they just walked into the courtyard, the two were stunned, showing a row of huge footprints in the courtyard of Lao Hei's house, starting from the courtyard gate and extending to the door of Lao Hei's house, when Xu Tian and Teacher Jin ran to the door of the house, they saw Lao Hei falling in a pool of blood through the glass of the door.