I know that the person who really has the right to decide here is not Secretary Wang, but Officer Shi.

So I asked him bluntly, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Officer Shi was obviously reluctant to mention the feudal superstitions he had always disdained. He pointed to Secretary Wang: "In the car later, he will tell you." ”

I was surprised: "In the car? Where are we going? ”

Officer Shi went out without looking back, and as he walked, he said briefly: "Go to the scene of the crime." When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped again, then turned back to me and looked at me with some disdain: "You can't pretend to be sick this time. The doctors have told me that you can walk on the ground. ”

I just smiled wryly and nodded.

Secretary Wang stuffed a paper bag into my hand, he patted the back of my hand, sighed, and said, "Brother Zhao, this is your corpse tooth, I will help you find it again." When you get there, you might be able to use it. ”

I nodded, and he helped me outside.

I asked Secretary Wang, "How is Xue Qian?" ”

Secretary Wang shook his head and said with some sadness: "I haven't woken up yet." The doctors said that there is no way to get medical treatment here, and the rest depends partly on the patient's own physical condition and partly on chance. In fact, it's just resignation. ”

When I heard Secretary Wang say this, I suddenly felt a huge sense of guilt in my heart. Xue Qian made this look to help me catch ghosts.

The two of us would have wanted to go fishing. Unexpectedly, lurking in the water was a behemoth, which directly ignored my erbium and swallowed Xue Qian, who was fishing with a rod.

When we walked out of the hospital gate, sure enough, there was a police car waiting. Officer Shi and Officer Chen were already on top.

Secretary Wang and I sat in the back row, and before we could sit down, the police car couldn't wait to start.

Secretary Wang was obviously briefing me on the situation: "The place we are going to is a village under the jurisdiction of this city. However, it is not accurate to say that it is subordinate, the local people are fierce, and the power of the government has never been able to get there. ”

As soon as I heard this, I couldn't help but be stunned: "If it is in the border area, in the face of some primitive tribes, the government may not be able to manage. Now in the Eastern Plains, is there such a place as well? ”

Secretary Shi smiled bitterly: "You'll understand when you get there." ”

He continued: "That village is called Zhongzi Camp. The people in the neighborhood were more accustomed to calling them blacksmiths. ”

I thought to myself, "Both names are strange enough." ”

"The reason why this village is called a blacksmith shop is because almost all of them are blacksmiths. He is good at making all kinds of ironware. ”

Secretary Shi's words were like a flash of fire that rushed into my brain, instantly igniting something. I anxiously asked, "Blacksmith?" Will they be able to make weapons? ”

Secretary Shi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Speaking of which, this is also the strange thing about this village. We have been living a peaceful life for sixty or seventy years, and no one needs weapons. So most of the tools they make are farm tools. But on the day they learn to become a teacher, these blacksmiths will make a knife for themselves. They regard this knife as important as life, the knife is in the person, and the knife kills the person. ”

I didn't say anything, but I understood in my heart. This village has a lot to do with my dreams that day.

The farther I thought about it, the more my thoughts flowed, and I didn't know how long it had been.

When I came back to my senses, I found that Secretary Wang was looking at me with a smile, and it was obvious that he was waiting for me to retract my thoughts before I could continue.

I was a little embarrassed and said, "Look, I'm actually distracted." ”

Secretary Wang smiled understandingly: "It's okay. I continued. A few days ago, the night after your sword was lost. An old blacksmith had an accident at home. ”

"The old blacksmith is now dead, and the situation is sued by his wife. The old woman said that when she slept until midnight, the sword that had been hanging on the wall suddenly broke in two. She woke up from her dream. I was about to ask my husband what was going on. The old blacksmith slowly got out of bed and walked over as if he were sleepwalking. Then he picked up the half-cut knife, and he knelt out the door with the broken knife, and then wiped his neck. ”

I looked at Secretary Wang in surprise: "This is gone?" ”

Secretary Wang nodded: "Yes, a human life is gone." ”

I swallowed and spat, "I mean, this murder is over?" Are there any other clues? ”

Officer Shi, who was driving, interjected: "No, just this clue." ”

I crossed the seat, stared at the back of his head, and said harshly, "According to Officer Shi's consistent opinion, feudal superstition is unacceptable. In this matter, either the old woman lied, or the old blacksmith went insane. I must not have a relationship with ghosts, why did I suddenly go to the hospital to find me? ”

Officer Chen was amused by my words, and his mouth was quick: "Don't say it, our Lao Shi arrested the old woman as soon as possible, and he plans to ......"

Halfway through his words, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, looked to the side at Officer Shi, who was pale, laughed twice, and stopped talking.

Secretary Wang is old and knows how to speak comfortably. He took Officer Chen's words: "Originally, everyone thought that the old woman was lying, because her statement could not be explained logically. But the next day, another old blacksmith died. The cause of death was exactly the same as the previous one, and the description of his family was the same as that of the old woman. ”

I frowned: "Another one died?" ”

Secretary Wang smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, until last night, there were still dead people in the village. The reason why we found you is because there was an old man who left us a little clue when he was dying. ”

"Actually, the people who had the accident had one thing in common, they were very old and had a lot of prestige in the village. So everyone has raised their vigilance, and every household guards their old people. ”

"The family that had the accident that day had originally arranged people to take turns guarding the old man, including the police. But for some reason, in the middle of the night, they all fell asleep. Then everyone heard a crisp sound, and the big knife broke. They woke up from their dreams and saw that the old man was kneeling in the doorway, and the broken knife had been inserted into his throat. ”

My eyes widened, as if I had become a relative of the old man, and I asked with concern, "What happened later?" Did the old man save him?

Secretary Wang shook his head: "He was so badly injured that he died half an hour later." However, when he was dying, he told us something. ”

Secretary Wang pointed to his throat: "He is pierced here and can't speak." He dipped his hand in the blood that had flowed from him and drew a large knife on the ground. This knife is almost identical to his own. The only difference is that there is a blood-colored dragon pattern on the blade. ”

As soon as I heard this, I immediately understood: "That's right, there is indeed such a dragon pattern on my broadsword." ”

Secretary Wang said: "Combined with the situation when you met the ghost that day, in fact, we can guess that it should be the evil ghost that day, who took your big knife and then came to the village to kill." It was this incident that made the government believe your words, and believed that the night Xue Qian was injured was indeed haunted. However, this cannot be said on the surface, everyone just understands it in their hearts. ”

Officer Shi seemed unwilling to admit that his atheism had failed, so he added: "The reason why I went to look for you." It's not just that their deaths seem to be the work of ghosts. The more important reason is that there is a respected old man in the village who wants to see you. Say that you are the key to solving the case, and only if you go can you save the lives of the villagers. ”

I was stunned for a moment: "The old man in the village wants to see me?" Does he know me? ”

Officer Shi did not speak. Secretary Wang replied to me with a smile: "I don't know, he doesn't know what you look like, but he can accurately say your name and address, isn't it bizarre that you said this." ”

I nodded: "It's really weird. ”

As we spoke, we had reached the small village. When I got out of the car, I was stunned by the sight in front of me. There are no bricks and tiles, no poles and wires. There is nothing in the modern world. I saw rows of thatched houses and villagers carrying water outside the houses.