Mangwa! Unexpectedly, Zhou Yuanliang has another son! Where is this child now? After all, it's a big living person, why did it suddenly disappear? What really happened during that time? A series of questions flooded into Chen Weibin's brain.

It was already noon.

"Officer Chen, look, it's time for lunch, so let's go to my house for a light meal." Rao Qianqian sent out an invitation.

Chen Weibin looked at Zhang Peng and Zhuo Min, neither of whom spoke.

Chen Weibin replied: "Thank you, Director Rao!" We've got something ready, so we won't bother you! ”

"Officer Chen, you're welcome, let's go." Rao Qianqian invited again.

"I really don't need to! You can go back to dinner first, and we'll come back to you at 2 p.m. Chen Weibin said.

Rao Qianqian saw that Chen Weibin was very persistent, and said: "Okay, you guys will rest in the village committee at noon, and I'll come back in the afternoon." ”

"Thank you!" Chen Weibin and the three said in unison.

After Rao Qianqian left, Chen Weibin said to Zhang Peng: "Xiao Zhang, you go to the car and get a few buckets of instant noodles down, and we will eat here in the village committee." ”

"Okay." Zhang Peng agreed and went out.

"Xiao Zhuo, I'm sorry, let you eat instant noodles with us." Chen Weibin said apologetically.

"Detachment Chen, you will see the outside. I have come here with you to learn about the work and life of your criminal police. It's a rare opportunity to share weal and sorrow with you! ”

Chen Weibin looked at Zhuo Min and smiled with satisfaction.

After eating instant noodles in the village committee, the three of them sat on their chairs, waiting for Rao to come back.

Chen Weibin sat for a while, walked out of the village committee alone, walked around the courtyard, saw a stone on the side, stepped on it with his right foot, rested his right elbow on the knee of his right leg, held his chin with his right hand, and quietly looked at the ridge in the distance.

Zhuo Min gave Zhang Peng a look and asked him to look at Chen Weibin who was contemplating outside the door.

Zhang Peng glanced at Chen Weibin and said to Zhuo Min: "Don't bother him." This is the habit of Chen's detachment, whenever he encounters complicated things, he is like this, quietly looking into the distance. ”

Zhuo Min took out the mobile phone in his bag, turned on the camera function, and took a few photos of Chen Weibin's back.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Rao Qianqian returned to the village committee.

"Officer Chen, have you eaten?" Rao Qianqian saw Chen Weibin in the courtyard, and then asked.

"Eat, eat! I'm going to trouble Director Rao again! Chen Weibin replied.

The two of them said as they walked into the village committee.

"Director Rao, in the morning you said that Zhang Zifen fell into the river and drowned. Where is that river? Chen Weibin asked.

"That river is called Dushan River, it's right down the mountain, and you can see it if you go down the mountain road."

"Is the water depth of the mountains and rivers?"

"It's still quite deep! When it rains heavily, the Dushan River will rise again, and several times the crops next to it will be flooded. ”

"Mountains and rivers!" Chen Weibin muttered to himself.

"That Zhou Yuanliang, although he is not affectionate, he is still very good to the people in the village." Rao Qianqian changed his tone and said.

"Oh?" Chen Weibin was a little puzzled.

"It is precisely because the Dushan River sometimes rises and floods the crops that Zhou Yuanliang paid for it himself and built a tower by the river, which was specially used to suppress the water demon."

"Suppress the water demon? And this kind of thing? Chen Weibin asked.

"yes. The repair of the tower was paid by Zhou Yuanliang himself, and he did not let the villagers pay a penny. ”

"What year did you fix it?"

"I don't remember much about that, probably...... I repaired it thirty years ago. Rao Qianqian recalled.

"Director Rao, can you take us to see the mountains and rivers and the tower?" Chen Weibin asked.

"No problem. I don't have anything important to do at this time, so I'll go with you to see it. Rao Qianqian agreed.

Rao Qianqian took the three of them out of the village committee and walked straight down the mountain.

The mountain road is not easy to walk, and it turns around. The four of them walked for a quarter of an hour, and they happened to be at the corner of a mountain road, and when they looked down from the mountain, they could see a river.

Rao Qianqian stopped, pointed to the river below, and said to Chen Weibin and the others, "Look. ”

Chen Weibin and the three of them followed the direction pointed by Rao Qianjin and looked down the mountain from a distance, and it was a somewhat yellowish river, meandering between the mountains.

"That river is the Dushan River. The total length is about 100 kilometers, and finally it flows into the Yangtze River. Rao Qianqian said.

When Rao Qianjin was about to introduce, a voice came from the side: "Director Rao, what are you doing?" ”

The four of them followed the sound and saw an old man about seventy years old, carrying a bundle of branches on his shoulder, smiling and greeting Rao Qianqian.

"Brother Li, it's you! No, I'm accompanying a guest from Miojiang City! Rao Qianjin also greeted the old man.

"Hey, Officer Chen." Rao Qianqian was stunned for a moment.

Chen Weibin looked at Rao Qianqian, not knowing what he was going to say.

"This person's name is Li Huaishu, I heard that he is the one who saw Zhang Zifen fall into the river back then!" Rao Qianqian turned back to Chen Weibin and said.

"Really?" When Chen Weibin heard this, he hurriedly walked up to Li Huaishu, helped Li Huaishu unload the branches on his shoulders, and said, "Uncle Li, you are all this old, and you are still working on the mountain by yourself!" ”

"There's no way, the children are all working in the city to earn money, and if they don't work, there will be no one at home! Anyway, the bones of the body can still move. Li Huaishu replied with a smile.

Zhuo Min hurriedly took out a napkin from his bag, handed it to Li Huaishu, and said, "Uncle Li, wipe your sweat." ”

"Thank you!" Li Huaishu took the napkin, wiped his sweat, and said, "Actually, we people in the mountains are not so particular, so we can't sweat." But in front of you city people, you still have to pay attention to your image, otherwise it will be unsightly! ”

"Uncle Li, I'll ask you about something." Chen Weibin asked.

"What's the matter? You said. Li Huaishu said.

"More than 40 years ago, I heard that Zhang Zifen, the daughter-in-law of Zhou Yuanliang in the village, accidentally fell into the river and drowned while washing clothes by the Dushan River. Did you see that? ”

"I saw it!" Li Huaishu said affirmatively.

"How did that Zifen fall into the river?"

"At that time, Zhang Zifen was washing clothes by the river at the bottom of the mountain, and I happened to pass by and said hello to her. Then, I went up the mountain. ”

"Brother Li, didn't you say that you saw Zhang Zifen fall into the river?" Rao Qianqian asked.

"yes. I was on my way up the mountain, and when I came to the bend below......" Li Huaishu pointed to a corner below and continued, "That's it, I looked back at Zhang Zifen and found that she was gone, but the laundry was still there. I stayed there for a few minutes and still didn't see her. She was never seen again. ”