The eldest lady's words were a bit far, why did she mention the investigation and visit of the police station: "Auntie, do you have anything to say to me?" ”

"Comrade Public Security, my mother has something to tell you." The woman said that she invited Ouyang Ping to her house to sit, and there was a purpose for daring to be affectionate.

"I'm the only one who has seen this." The eldest lady lowered her voice and said, "You must not tell anyone. ”

"Auntie, you relax, the words are here, it's here, we do things according to the rules."

"Last time, people from the police station came to ask if any outsiders had come to the village to find a place to live."

"Auntie, say it quickly." Ouyang Ping saw something from the eldest lady's expression.

"In our village - there is a family." The eldest lady stood up, pointed to the back of the main house and said, "It is the fourth duke who lives behind my house - the fourth duke of a single-door detached household, the fourth duke is a five-guarantee household - he has a bad leg, and he usually never contacts the people in the village - he is a strange old man, and no one in the village takes care of him." "Auntie's words are a little mixed, old man? It is common to talk and deviate from the topic, so Ouyang Ping has to listen patiently.

"One day, I went to the fourth prince's house to help him wash his clothes, and when I was sewing quilts in the house, I heard the fourth prince and two men talking, the two men were outsiders, and they asked the fourth prince's family if there was any extra house to lend them to live in, and the price was as high as the fourth prince wanted, and they would never bargain."

"Auntie, did the fourth prince lend them a house to live in?"

"I borrowed it, but at noon on the third day, when I gave the dumplings to the fourth prince, the fourth prince said that they only stayed for two days and left, and they left without asking for the extra room money."

"How many people live there?"

"How many people live, I don't know, I have to ask the fourth prince."

"Have you seen those two people?"

"Yes, when they were talking to Sigong in the courtyard, I glanced through the window.

Ouyang Ping took out two simulated portraits from his purse, unfolded them and placed them on the stone table: "Auntie, can you see if there are those two people in these two portraits?" ”

The eldest lady picked up the No. 2 mock portrait: "There is a person who is similar to this portrait, and his hair is similar to that of Xie Sanxuan from our village." ”

"Auntie, can you take me to the fourth prince's house?"

"Okay, I can't care about that much anymore - let's go." The eldest lady took off her scarf and handed it to the woman, "Yingzi, rice pot - you just need to add a small handful of firewood." The eldest lady said as she walked out of the courtyard gate.

"Eldest sister, when our comrades come over, you ask them to go to Xie Sanxuan's house first, and I will arrive later." Ouyang Ping threw a word to Yingzi and rushed out of the courtyard.

The fourth prince's house is halfway up the mountainside, saying that it is behind the eldest mother's house, but in fact, the fourth prince's house is half a mile away from the eldest mother's house, where there are many trees and deep forests, far away from the village.

The courtyard wall of the four princes is also made of stones, the height of the courtyard wall is half a person's height, and there are four houses in the courtyard, the main house is two tiled houses, and the kitchen is two grass houses.

The courtyard door was closed, but there was no latch.

The eldest lady pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard door: "Fourth Gong, are you in the house?" ”

"I'm in the kitchen."

Ouyang Ping looked up at the chimney, and there were a few wisps of green smoke rising from the chimney.

Ouyang Ping followed the eldest lady into the kitchen, and he saw a man about seventy years old standing at the mouth of the stove with two crutches, his right leg dragging on the ground, walking on only one foot and a pair of crutches.