Zhan Shangli thought about it carefully, brushed up what he wanted to say, and then said: "At the beginning, it was Widow Chen's house in the town, and something happened. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"What's the matter?" Li Ziping asked.

Zhan Shangli took a sip of tea and said: "Widow Chen's family got sick two years ago, Widow Chen alone with a daughter and a son, one night, Widow Chen's house suddenly caught fire, the fire burned very strongly, that night, the whole town people came out to put out the fire, but did not save Widow Chen's family. ”

"A normal fire?" Zhang Taisheng said.

Zhan Shangli shook his head and said: "No one knows this, only that the bodies of Widow Chen and her daughter and son have been burned to the ground, and someone was sent down from above, and after inspection, a strange thing was found. ”

Li Ziping frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhan Shangli said mysteriously: "Widow Chen's daughter was not burned to death. ”

"Oh? So how did her daughter die? Zhang Taisheng and Li Ziping asked in unison.

"Strangled."

Zhan Shangli said lightly, but Li Ziping and Zhang Taisheng glanced at each other.

"Could it be that the enemy set the fire?" Li Ziping said.

"Originally, everyone guessed that it should be like this, but Widow Chen is a kind person, and she has never heard of her quarreling with anyone on weekdays, and this matter has been investigated for a week, and there is no follow-up, and another thing happened." Zhan Shangli said.

"What's the matter?"

Zhan Shangli said: "The police officer in charge of investigating the fire at Widow Chen's house drank alcohol one night, got up in the middle of the night to pee, fell from the attic into his pigsty, and died. ”

Li Ziping was a little puzzled and said: "If you talk about Widow Chen, there are still some possibilities for him to kill, but this matter of the police sounds like an accident." ”

Zhan Shangli's expression was a little mysterious, and he lowered his voice a little, and said, "It's not an accident, the people in the town say that something unclean happened. ”

Old Man Zhan frowned at this time, coughed, looked at Zhan Shangli, and said, "It's just a rumor." ”

Zhan Shangli smiled and said: "Originally, the town elder didn't believe in evil, but now he actually asked people to find Brother Zhang Taisheng, so he must have believed it." ”

Old Man Zhan snorted coldly and said: "Ghosts and gods are superstitious things, pretending to be gods and ghosts, and there is a suspicion of deceiving people. ”

As soon as Old Man Zhan's words came out, it made Zhang Taisheng "chuckle" in his heart, and he suddenly didn't know what to say. After all, as a typical intellectual, it is reasonable that Old Man Zhan does not believe in these things. Zhang Taisheng's father also quarreled with Mr. Zhan a few times because of these things, and the two sides have not had much contact since then.

"And then?" Li Ziping smiled bitterly, opened his mouth to ask Zhan Shangli, and motioned for him to continue.

Zhan Shangli looked at the old man Zhan, and saw the old man sitting on the Taishi chair with his eyes closed, and then slowly said: "People asked and the dead policemen who drank that night, and they all said that the policemen were a little mysterious that night, and they were okay at first, but after drinking some wine, they asked them in a chattering manner, do you know where Widow Chen's son died?" ”

When Zhan Shangli said this, it aroused Li Ziping's interest and asked, "Where did you die?" Since the family was killed by a fire, Widow Chen's son should have died at home! ”

"Dead at home, but in a strange place."

"Where?" Zhang Taisheng asked.

Zhan Shangli said: "The police said that Widow Chen's son died under the table where firewood, rice, oil and salt were placed in his kitchen. ”

"Oh? Could it be that there was a fire and there was nowhere to hide, and the child was in a hurry, so he hid under the table? ”

"This is not the case at all, because next to the corpse, the police also found something strange."

"What's that?"

"The kind of wood that burns black is the kind of wood that is used to make fires."

"It's not uncommon to have firewood in the kitchen."

"However, what is strange is that in addition to firewood, there are also unburned quilts, pillows, and torn clothes."

"Quilts, pillows, torn clothes in the kitchen? This is a strange thing, could it be that Widow Chen's son is sleeping in the kitchen? ”

Zhan Shangli smiled slightly and said, "Will you let your children sleep in the kitchen?" ”

Zhang Taisheng listened, thought about it, shook his head, and said, "I'd rather sleep in the kitchen by myself, free up the bed in the room, and sleep for the child." ”

Zhan Shangli smiled and said, "Then what do you think is the way to explain the fact that pillows and quilts are torn in the kitchen?" ”

Zhang Taisheng and Li Zi looked at each other, which is indeed a little difficult to explain.

In those days, unwanted things might be taken to the kitchen and used as tools to make fires, but rural people were frugal, and things like quilts and pillows were always pounded and sewn and mended, and then continued to be used. Could it be that Widow Chen's son is sleeping in that kitchen?

Zhang Taisheng said: "Then what did you say about Huang Dazhuang earlier? ”

Zhan Shangli smiled and said: "Huang Dazhuang is a well-known ruffian scoundrel in our town, he was originally infected with gambling, lost his property, and even took out his own home to mortgage, and relied on deceiving the villagers and neighbors on weekdays, mixing and eating, and later, after Widow Chen's house caught fire, Huang Dazhuang thought about having a place to settle down and rest, so he went to Widow Chen's house at night. ”

Li Ziping frowned and said, "Could it be that he encountered something unclean?" ”

Zhan Shangli smiled and said, "That night, he went to Widow Chen's house, and early the next morning, the people in the town found out that he was crazy. ”

"Crazy?"

"Yes, crazy." Zhan Shangli nodded and said, "Huang Dazhuang has been talking about ghosts in his mouth, and he also has a strange rash on his body, and my father and I even went to see the rash for him." ”

"Oh?" Li Ziping looked at Old Man Zhan, and saw that Old Man Zhan closed his eyes and recuperated, so he said, "Old man, can you tell me about the situation when you saw the rash?" ”

Old Man Zhan opened his eyes, glanced at Li Ziping, closed it again, and said slowly: "I don't believe in ghosts and gods, but when I helped him diagnose and treat, I found that the rash on his body was caused by too much heart fire. ”

"Does it work?" Li Ziping asked.

Old Man Zhan shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on, as usual, taking the medicine for three days can get rid of the heart fire, but he took it for a week, although it has improved slightly, but the heart fire still does not go away." ”

After Li Ziping listened, he looked at Zhang Taisheng. I saw Zhang Taisheng's eyes narrow, as if he was thinking about something.

"That's all for today's chat! Rest early. Old Man Zhan suddenly stood up from the Taishi's chair, and as soon as he finished speaking, he walked away.

Li Ziping only realized at this time that it was already dark outside.