42. Aunt Wang's words, "Is the haunted house really haunted?" Wu Shan asked softly with great curiosity.

He Yiliu briefly told him about the experience of last night, although he omitted a lot of details, and his tone was as light as possible, but he still listened to Wu Shan dumbfounded, and his eyes were a little demented and bleak, after all, such an experience was far beyond the scope of fear he could imagine.

"Could that ghost who came to kill you in the middle of the night be Niu Er?" Wu Shan asked.

"Judging from the body shape and behavior, Niu Er is the most likely. Ha Yiliu replied casually.

"Could the death of the three coachmen also be Niu Er's killing?" Wu Shan asked again, and stopped to wait for He Yiliu's reply.

He Yiliu didn't look at Wu Mountain, but looked at the mountains in the distance, and asked: "Do you think Niu Er has such a great ability to kill three coachmen in an instant? Besides, Niu Er is a madman, even if he has a hundred reasons to kill outsiders, he only kills people, not robs money." ”

"What do you mean?"

"It's very simple, some people kill people for robbery, some people kill people only for the sake of killing, if Niu Er kills people, he must belong to the latter type. ”

"That is to say, the coachmen are not the second ox to kill. "Wu Shan Road.

"The ghost killer killed the coachman in order to get the jewel box. As a result, the body is still there, but the jewelry box is gone. Do you understand?" He Yiliu finished speaking, then looked at Wu Shan and smiled at him.

At this time, the sun was cutting through the dark clouds, and a few rays of light were shining out of the sky.

People began to appear on the dirt road in front of the village.

He Yiliu and Wu Shan talked while walking. Wu Shan is curious, and He Yiliu is meaningless.

"But there's one thing I can't figure out when I break my head, Niu Er is bent on killing you strangers in the middle of the night, how can he be secretly used by someone to secretly seal the acupoint with a silver needle?

"It's a dead knot, and I haven't figured it out. ”

Wu Shan smiled like a child: "Don't look at Niu Er is tall and mighty, crazy and stupid, he is usually quite honest in the village, only when he sees outsiders, especially outsiders who live in his house, his temper will suddenly become extremely strange, and he looks fierce." But he is afraid, afraid of ghosts, and when he is not honest and disobedient, we scare him with ghosts, and every time he is very smart. Isn't it interesting, you say?"

He Yiliu stopped, looked at Wu Shan's dancing appearance, and seemed to smile.

Wu Shan saw He Yiliu's expression, and said with a red face: "Of course, Niu Er is very bitter, we shouldn't make such a joke with him." ”

After walking a few steps, Wu Shan took a deep breath and asked, "Brother Guest Officer, where are you going now?"

"Aunt Wang's family, will you take me there?"

Aunt Wang is in her fifties, but she looks like she is in her sixties, her face is dish, and the two wrinkles on her forehead are like a pair of rut marks, twisting and extending into her gray temples.

"Niu Er is not at home?"

As soon as he entered the door, Wu Shan glared at Aunt Wang and asked, trying his best to see from her expression whether her answer was true or false.

"He's not here, he went out last night and hasn't come back yet. Aunt Wang replied without raising her head, she was sitting at the door cutting sweet potato slices, ready to cut them out and dry sweet potatoes.

"Niu Er never came back last night, or did he go out again after coming back?" asked He Yiliu.

Aunt Wang looked up at He Yiliu, and saw that it was a stranger, so she didn't squeak.

Wu Shan said with a smile: "Aunt Wang, don't be afraid, this guest officer was sent by the township to investigate, that is, to investigate the cause of death of the three coachmen in the haunted house last night, he asked you some information, you must tell the truth, this is very important for his work, and it is also good for our village, do you understand?"

After all, Wu Shan is a small cultured person, and the set of soft and hard words he made up is very appropriate, which not only blocks He Yiliu's identity, but also does not affect He Yiliu's questioning. He Yiliu nodded approvingly to Wu Shan, and looked at Aunt Wang very gently.

Sure enough, when she heard that He Yiliu was a member of the government, Aunt Wang's slightly frightened expression calmed down, she poured a pot of freshly cut sweet potato slices onto a sieve, and pulled them evenly with a shriveled claw, then sat up straight, looked at He Yiliu, and said:

"Niu Er, this child is a filial son, since his father died, his brain was stimulated, and he went crazy all of a sudden, often dreaming and crying at night, not to mention in broad daylight, it is common to run out in the middle of the night. Alas, I was too old to keep an eye on him, so I went out with him and ran wildly, but fortunately the village was not big, and he usually did not run very far, and he would always come back in the end. Blame the poor one, alas!"

When Aunt Wang said this, she wiped a handful of tears.

"I felt sorry for him, and I took him with me, and gave him food and shelter. He also has the strength to do a lot of work for me, an old woman, and he is good to me. Alas, why did you say that his father suddenly fell ill and died, leaving him an orphan. ”

When He Yiliu heard this, he couldn't help but feel sad for Niu Er.

"Aunt Wang, don't cry, talk well, now I ask you, where will Niu Er go if he doesn't go home?" Wu Shan asked.

Aunt Wang wiped away her tears again, raised her face and said, "What are you looking for Niu Er for?"

"Because Niu Er went to the broken house last night, we estimate that he has something to do with the death incident last night, and we want to check with him. Wu Shan looked at Aunt Wang and said, and lowered his head again.

He Yiliu gave Wu Shan a dissatisfied look.

Wu Shan is too young to say that, as soon as he says this, Aunt Wang is reluctant to say it even if she knows where Niu Er is.

"A lonely mad kid would kill someone? I don't believe it. Sure enough, Aunt Wang's words became resolute, and she stared at He Yiliu with her eyes and said: "I really hope that the government will investigate well and find out the real murderer, if it is Niu Er, I will not spare him." ”

He Yiliu suddenly asked, "Aunt Wang, has Niu Er been living in this Wugou Village?"

"Yes, I remember that Niu Er was too big when he was born, and his mother died of dystocia, or I and Sister Hu from Xitou gave birth to the aftermath. Niu Er's father was both a father and a mother, and he pulled Niu Er with one hand, but the year before last, Niu Er's father died suddenly, and it is said that he had a very serious illness, what is it called, yes, tuberculosis, tuberculosis. Alas, what a disaster, poor Niu Er!"

Aunt Wang said and tears welled up again.

He Yiliu asked again: "Can you tell me about Niu Er's father, what kind of person is he in the village?"

Aunt Wang sighed, glanced at Wu Shan, and said slowly: "If you want to say that Niu Er's father was a good person before he died, Wu Shan may not know a lot about this." Niu Er's father was the village chief before he died, that is, the predecessor of Wu Shan's father, Wu Village Chief. ”

"Aunt Wang, what did Niu Er's father do when he got my father, who in the village doesn't know that Niu Er's father is a good person, my father is not good to compare with the dead, let's talk about Niu Er. Wu Shan looked angry, and seemed to be very taboo for Aunt Wang to compare a person who had died of tuberculosis with her father, and couldn't help but interrupt Aunt Wang.

"Alas, yes, all the people are dead, but I think it's a good person, it's a pity. After Aunt Wang finished speaking, she began to cut sweet potatoes again, but she didn't even raise her head, and she didn't want to say more.

Seeing this, He Yiliu pulled Wu Shan and left.

"Niu Er hasn't asked where he is, why are you leaving?"

"Don't ask. ”

"What then?"

"Take me to Sister Hu's house. ”

The so-called big sister Hu is actually only one year younger than Aunt Wang, but she looks ten years younger than Aunt Wang, and she has a good life.

As soon as she saw Wu Shan, she frowned, and seemed to hate Wu Shan,

"Wu Shan, who did you bring here?"

"Oh, this is a guest from the village, and the township came to investigate the murder last night, and you have to answer truthfully if you ask you, but don't talk nonsense, talking nonsense is not good for you and me, and for the whole village, do you know?" Wu Shan went straight to the point, and his tone was a little aggressive.

He Yiliu knew that Wu Shan was still angry about Aunt Wang's words just now, and in order to ease the embarrassing atmosphere, he nodded and bowed to Sister Hu with a smile, and said, "There is a lot of disturbance, and I hope this eldest sister will cooperate more!"

In my impression, He Yiliu did this, it was definitely the first time that the eldest girl got on the sedan chair, she was both cringeful and expectant, and a little shy, and she must have looked very funny.

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