Lang Xiaobai took the map and carefully studied every detail. He saw that the position of the three willow trees was drawn on the current strip, represented by three "Xs".

"According to the map, this depression is where the original three willow trees were planted, not on a hill. Right, Juanzi?"

"Yes, I can see that, too. At that time, I was amazed when I found the sign of the three willow trees, which I had always thought were planted on the hills and not somewhere else. Therefore, I wanted to find out what happened to Mrs. Liu.

"Granny Liu and her children live in a thatched hut on the edge of the woods."

"Really? It's the woods where you and Yang Yu are dating, right?"

"Yes. His mother prevented him from coming to our village, so the two of us often went on dates in the woods.

"That time, after I made an appointment with Yang Yu, I went alone to the thatched house where Mrs. Liu lived, her son went out to chop wood, so I didn't see it, only the old woman sat alone on the wooden chair and worked, she was peeling broad beans. When I walked into the house, she looked very surprised: 'Ah, Juanzi, you...... Miss......

"When I went to see the old woman, she wasn't as crazy as she is now. However, when she saw me, she looked very strange. At first, she stared at me intently, and suddenly, she stood up suddenly, approached me and whispered, 'Charlie...... Miss...... Three Charlies, young lady, you must beware that someone is trying to harm you...... Be careful!

I didn't know what Charlie meant, and it wasn't until later that I realized she was referring to the three willows, and coincidentally I went to her house to ask something about them.

"Granny Liu reminded me to be cautious about the problem of the three willow trees, and what was even more strange was that she always showed a look of fear that others would know, and kept looking around the hut and outside. Then she lowered her voice and repeated what she had just said to me. After hearing what she said, my body trembled, and I couldn't help but feel a cold rush through my body. To find out what was going on, I asked her about it.

"Granny Liu seems to have been wary of someone, not letting him know, and her voice is very low...... Willow...... Willow has an ulterior conspiracy...... There is a conspiracy, Miss Juanzi, someone is trying to harm you, you have to beware. It's a secret...... Only my son, Ah Mao, knows for himself that he himself has long wanted to tell the young lady this secret'.

Hearing her say that made me even more frightened. So I told her, 'I understand. I'll come back tomorrow night, and I'll come to the hut at about seven o'clock.

I repeated these words three times before the old lady could barely understand them, and nodded silently. So, I left the hut as fast as I could. It was already dusk, and the forest was already dark.

I turned my head to look behind me in trepidation, and there seemed to be a man floating behind the hut. At that time, it would have been nice if I had returned to confirm it, but I was in a hurry to get home, and I was terrified, so I left quickly.

"The next day, in order to be able to return home early, I arrived at the little hut before seven o'clock. At that moment, Ah Mao hadn't returned home yet, so I sat quietly with Granny Liu and waited for Ah Mao. The old woman seemed to want to say something to me, but her mouth was tightly closed and she was uneasy and silent.

From time to time, Granny Liu looked out of the thatched hut and shook her head with a panicked sigh. As I waited, I felt more and more frightened, and I wanted to go home.

"At this time, suddenly a villager rushed into the door with a blank face, and he said, 'Granny Liu! It's a big deal, your son is injured'......"

Granny Liu let out a creepy scream, and then began to cry. After a short while, two farmers sent Ah Mao back to Granny Liu's thatched hut on a stretcher.

When she saw her scarred son, Granny Liu cried and shook Mao's body. But he couldn't move anymore, he was a cold corpse.

"Ah Mao was crushed to death by the tree that he had worked so hard to cut down all day. Granny Liu stumbled to her feet, stared at me for a long time, and then looked up to the sky and laughed, because her only son died, and she went insane in a few moments. ”

Recalling the ecstatic appearance and crazy laughter of Old Lady Liu at that time, Juanzi couldn't help but tremble, and even her lips turned blue and purple with fright, and she almost fainted.

Lang Xiaobai hurriedly stepped forward to help her, put her on the couch, and let her drink a little sedative. It wasn't until Juanzi fell asleep that he gently exited the room.

The next day, the frail Juanzi finally regained her spirits and looked much better, and she began to tell the story of yesterday again.

"The next morning, when I rushed to the hut to comfort Granny Liu, I found five or six farmers holding a funeral there. One of the villagers who was chopping wood told me, 'How could Ah Mao let the tree crush to death?' Although he is young, he has superior cutting skills, and he actually crushed a big tree to death, who would believe it? Why? I asked curiously. Miss Juanzi, you don't know, everyone who cuts down trees has to stop and see which way the crown of the tree is falling on their head when the tree is about to fall, and then run to the back of the tree as fast as they can. As long as you dodge slightly, you will definitely not be crushed to death by a tree, any woodcutter knows this basic common sense of cutting trees, let alone a bold and careful master like Ah Mao'. The villagers said sadly. ”

"So, do you think Mao's death was not a simple accident?"

"Yes, I think his death was too sudden, and the more I think about it, the more suspicious it becomes. Could it be that someone found out that I wanted to ask Ah Mao about the three willow trees, and I poisoned Ah Mao?...... That night, when I came out of Granny Liu's hut, I caught a glimpse of a mysterious figure. He must be eavesdropping on my conversation with the old woman. ”

"This also shows that that person didn't want you to know the secret of the three willow trees, so he killed Ah Mao, who knew about it, to kill him?"

Lang Xiaobai remembers that the mad mother-in-law was knocked unconscious by a wooden stick and buried under the leaves. So the murderer not only killed Ah Mao, but even the old woman who had a mad disease refused to let go, and used poison at the same time, which is really vicious!

"The old woman, because of her mental disorder, often said with a frightened look: 'Three trees...... Willow...... Willow...... Miss...... You're dying...... she laughed wildly when she said that. I was so frightened that I didn't know what to do, so I made up my mind to run to Dongzhou and ask you to help me. ”

"What time is the train to Dongzhou?"

"It was five o'clock that evening."

"So, that was three hours after Mr. Jiang Kai was killed? At that time, did you know that your brother-in-law was no longer alive?"