Chapter 5 Skinning and Death
"I don't dare to say if they were killed, but there were tragic deaths other than shoehorns. That's what happened yesterday, and the dead man was the big long face of our village.
I have a good relationship with Da Chang Face, so I thought about going to him to discuss and see if I could go to the town to get something back, after all, idleness is not a way, and the little surplus food left by my father will be eaten up sooner or later......"
The more Zhao Lao said it, the more excited he became, and he almost wiped his tears and shook his nose, but what he said was not the same thing as what Xiao Mo wanted to hear, but helplessly, Xiao Mo could only interrupt him:
"Ahem...... What's going on with that big long face? β
Being Xiao Mo for such a long time, Zhao Lao Crooked suddenly remembered something, and immediately laughed embarrassedly twice:
"I'm sorry, I'm excited to say that I'm off track, you guys wait a minute, I'll repeat this paragraph."
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It turned out that the incident happened yesterday afternoon, Zhao Lao Crooked wanted to go to the house with a big face to drink, and by the way, he discussed with him what to do, and saved some money to find a daughter-in-law to do things.
Unexpectedly, when he rushed to Da Changmian's house in high spirits, he found that Da Changmian was dead. The death was equally miserable, with a shriveled skin hanging from the wall, and a few bones scattered underneath.
Seeing that he was almost scared to death, he hurriedly escaped, and then subconsciously rushed to the village chief's house. Because there are no law enforcement officers in the village, the village chief will investigate and deal with any incident in anyone's house, so he reported the matter to the village chief.
The village chief was also frightened when he heard about this, and hurriedly asked him to find Xu Laohan and Wang Abacus. When everyone arrived, the four of them returned to the house with a big long face.
When he saw that the death of the big long face was exactly the same as the shoehorn that died yesterday, he obviously saw that the faces of the village chief and Xu Laohan had turned gray, and their faces were full of shock and panic.
Because Da Changmian's parents died many years ago, and most of the relatives in the family went to the town to cut off contact with him, the village chief, who was afraid of making things bigger, directly buried Da Chang Face in his yard after discussing with Xu Laohan and Wang Abacus.
When they had buried their faces and made sure that no one else knew, the village chief warned him that the matter should never be leaked. Don't tell the truth to anyone who asks. He said that the big face went to the town to join his relatives.
And this reason is exactly what he overheard the day before, the excuse that the village chief asked Xu Laohan and others to deceive the villagers.
Zhao Lao's mouth was dry, and he couldn't help but take another sip of wine. The fading wine red on his face suddenly gave birth to a little:
"I don't know why the village chief didn't tell me about it. After all, no matter how you say it. This is also a big event for the dead, and the people in the village will at least have to go on the last ride.
Of course, whether it's the death of the shoehorn or the big long face. This in itself is also a very bizarre thing, you must know that although our village is poor and backward, the character of the people in the village is first-class. After living in it for so many years, not to mention that there has never been such a vicious incident as murder and death, no one has ever heard of losing something. β
"Do these people have enemies here?" Li Shuai asked suddenly.
"There are so many people in the village, and at most there are only a few quarrels, and if you are guilty of killing people and skinning them, how much hatred does that have to be? Besides, even that kind of technology is not something that ordinary people can master. If you have to say that a person may master the technique of peeling, then only Li Butcher is born, but Li Butcher is almost eighty years old, let alone peeling, even cutting a finger cover is laborious. β
When it came to skinning people, Zhao Lao couldn't help but feel excited, and subconsciously glanced at the door, for fear that someone would suddenly come in at this time and skin him.
Xiao Mo glanced at Zhao Lao Crooked quietly and couldn't help but ask again:
"Is that the only thing you know about these two dead people? Are there any suspected missing people who have been hidden by the village chief under a similar pretext? β
"That's right!" Zhao Laowei suddenly put down his chopsticks and said suddenly:
"Today I came back from my work in the field, and I happened to run into the cross-eyed man in the village, and when the boy saw me, he was like a ghost. After being caught, I cleaned up fiercely, thinking that this kid was saying something bad about me behind my back, so I ran away like a ghost. As a result, I was forced to ask like this, and he actually told me in a ghostly voice, saying that the dog Liuzi was skinned! β
"Another one died?" Xiao Mo and Li Shuai were shocked.
"Yes, I'm much more scared than Cross-Eye, because Cross-Eyed only knows that one has died, but I know that three have already died, including the six dogs.
I asked more carefully to find out that he was also given a ban order by Xu Laohan, and the words were the same as the two people before, if someone asked, they said that they went to the town to join their relatives, and they might not be able to come back in a short time.
The cross-eyed king knew that I was a ruthless person who set up news, so he was afraid that I would ask him, so he hurriedly fled, but in the end he was forced out by me. β
Speaking of this, Zhao Lao's crooked face couldn't help but show a hint of pride, thinking that with his strength in conducting information, it was really blind not to be sent to the intelligence department by ZF.
Xiao Mo slightly integrated the information that Zhao Lao Crooked brought to him in his heart, and later, he asked Zhao Lao Crooked about the village chief and the old man Xu.
According to Zhao Lao's crooked words, the village chief has the absolute right to speak in the village. Over the years, he has done things uprightly, I have never heard of anyone who has been bullied, who has been deceived, except for solving some trivial things in the village, he is no different from other villagers, and he has to rely on farming to make a living.
And that Xu Laohan is the only hunter in the village, with good skills, and half of the wine banquet in the village depends on him to hunt in the mountains. In addition, he and the village chief have been playing since childhood, so if there is anything to deal with in the village, he will naturally be counted as a share.
As for Wang Abacus, it is the village's accountant and think tank, and the abacus is superb, although there are no big accounts to be managed in the village, but there are still some small accounts for daily expenses. In addition, he is also responsible for engaging in production and increasing income.
These three people are equivalent to the leadership team of the entire Wilderness Village, jointly managing the village, and none of the three of them have heard of any bad deeds.
But Xiao Mo didn't believe this in his heart, if what Zhao Lao said was true, then there must be something wrong with the three village chiefs, otherwise there would never be such a bloody murder in the village, not only did they not send more people to investigate, but they also tried in vain to cover up the news.
So there must be some secret hidden in them.
Although Zhao Lao's crooked house is very dilapidated, fortunately, it is a two-room room, and Xiao Mo and Li Shuai don't have to squeeze a bed with Zhao Lao. When he felt that he had asked from Zhao Laocro, Xiao Mo motioned to Li Shuai to get Zhao Laocrook drunk, but as expected, Zhao Laocrook soon fell unconscious.
Li Shuai carried Zhao Lao crooked and threw him on the bed, then closed the door of his room, and returned to his and Xiao Mo's room.
"Is this kid's word credible?"
"It's not clear yet, but we have fifteen days available, enough to verify the truth of what he said. But the village chief and that old man Xu made me care a lot, and I thought it was difficult to get anything from indirect clichΓ©s. β
Xiao Mo said thoughtfully.
Li Shuai had almost heard what Xiao Mo meant, and he smiled and said:
"In this case, I put on the disappeared raincoat and sneak into the village chief's house to have a look."
"Well, I think so too, if we can resolve this incident safely, when we go back to the escapee camp this time, we will have to exchange a raincoat for anything, of course, if the conditions allow, a danger warning device is also needed."
Li Shuai nodded in agreement, then took the raincoat handed by Xiao Mo, and disappeared under a dim yellow oil lamp
At the same time, Xu Laohan, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened by the smell of blood emanating from the house.
"Why does it smell so much blood?"
Xu Laohan groped his way out of bed in the dark, and then walked to the side and lit the oil lamp in the room. Short flames flickered faintly, revealing an elongated shadow on the wall. (To be continued......)