Chapter 278: Deep at the bottom of the well
The woman who was called the second aunt crossed her hands on her waist and said with a stern face.
For some reason, looking at the second aunt, I inexplicably felt a little familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere.
"Village chief, this widow Liu is a major suspect, I suggest that she and her son be arrested and interrogated immediately, if it is determined that she stole the turtle, it must not be spared!"
At the suggestion of the second aunt, the village chief thought for a moment, and then nodded.
"Widow Liu, Second Aunt Zhao is reasonable, I don't want to be rough with you, don't resist obediently, after we find out the truth of the matter, if it has nothing to do with you, I will let you two go!"
As he spoke, the village chief waved his hand, and several villagers who listened to his command approached Widow Liu.
"Don't, don't come here!"
Widow Liu hugged the child in her arms, her face full of grief and indignation.
Where had the kid seen such a formation, he was already so frightened that he cried.
"I swear, the disappearance of the turtle has nothing to do with me, folks, please, let us two go!"
Widow Liu said with tears in her eyes.
Several villagers looked unbearable, but the village chief didn't speak, and they didn't dare to say anything, so they continued to approach with ropes.
Second Aunt Zhao stood there and snorted coldly, revealing a look of contempt.
"Wait!"
I couldn't stand it anymore, so I waved my hand and stopped the villagers.
"Now that the evidence has not been ascertained, it is not appropriate to arrest others just based on the words of this aunt, right?"
The village chief was stunned for a moment, a little at a loss, and the villagers also stopped, not daring to catch Widow Liu.
After all, I had just eliminated a female ghost, and now I have a high prestige in the hearts of the villagers, and the village chief didn't expect me to speak for Widow Liu, and I didn't know what to do for a while.
"Master, what are you talking about, this widow Liu is the biggest suspect, I used to work with her a lot, and I heard her say it with my own ears......"
"Is what you say necessarily credible?"
Second Aunt Zhao wanted to say something, but I asked her directly.
"Even if Widow Liu is suspicious, it's just your family's words, and there is no evidence, so why arrest her?"
"This ......"
In the face of my questioning, Aunt Zhao was speechless for a while, and she didn't know how to refute it.
Seeing this, Widow Liu also quickly ran over, pulled the child to kneel on the ground, and asked me for help again and again.
"Master, I was really wronged, the disappearance of the Divine Turtle has nothing to do with me, please save our mother and son!"
I stepped forward, helped Widow Liu up, and said lightly: "Don't worry, with me, no one dares to touch you!" ”
As I spoke, I also glanced at Second Aunt Zhao deliberately.
The second aunt Zhao was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head under my gaze, but I could still feel the resentment that flashed in her eyes.
"Master, what should you do?"
The village chief walked over and asked cautiously.
"In this way, it's not too early now, you let the villagers go back to sleep first, Widow Liu, if you don't feel at ease, you can arrange a few people to stay at the door of her house, but you must not disturb their mother and son to rest."
I said lightly: "Tonight, I will personally go to this old well to investigate, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer tomorrow!" ”
The village chief was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Master, there are countless unjust souls in that old well, and now that it has lost the suppression of the Divine Turtle, it is too dangerous for you to go down rashly, right?" ”
"What, you doubt my strength?"
I glanced at the village chief and said coldly.
"No, I didn't mean that......"
The village chief quickly explained: "I just thought, wouldn't this be a bit too risky? ”
"Don't worry,"
I waved my hand indifferently and said, "Since I dare to go down, I have already made sufficient preparations, you go and find me a set of ropes and a flashlight, and the rest will not be bothered." ”
"Well, well......"
The village chief nodded, didn't dare to say anything more, and left with the villagers one after another.
After a while, the village chief returned, handed me what I needed, and walked away.
At this point, only Lonnie and I were left in the old house, and the surroundings suddenly became a little quieter.
"Ni, look at that Second Aunt Zhao, do you have a familiar feeling?"
After making sure that there was no one around, I asked Lonnie.
"Well, I do have this feeling, the first time I saw her, I felt very familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere......"
"That's right!"
Lonnie said suddenly, "Do you think she looks very similar to Xiao Zhao?" ”
"You mean, that nanny from the Gao Hui family?"
"That's right!"
Lonnie nodded: "The demeanor and tone of their voices, including their appearance, are somewhat similar......
What Lonnie said was exactly what I was thinking, in fact, I had a little doubt just now, and now listening to Lonnie say it herself, I reaffirmed this idea.
When I saw Xiao Zhao at Gao Huihui's house, I felt that she was a little sneaky, and she seemed to be very wary of us, and I felt a little strange at that time.
Now that I met Aunt Zhao in Tuyugou again, I felt as if I had thought of something, but that idea was illusory, and before it took shape, it dissipated without a trace.
"Forget it, no matter how much."
I distracted from my thoughts and said to Lonnie, "Just go down the well and you'll see what you're all about." ”
"After all, those wronged souls don't lie!"
So saying, I tied the rope around my waist and prepared to go down the well, and Lonnie was going to go down with me, but I refused.
"Ni, you just stay outside, in case someone in the village has bad intentions, we won't fall into passivity."
Ronnie was so clever that when she heard me say this, she immediately understood, and she didn't continue to insist.
"Alright then......"
Langnie said: "Xiao Chengzi, you must be careful, once you encounter danger, quickly pull the rope, I will go down to save you as soon as possible!" ”
"Hmm!"
I nodded, said no more, and asked Lonnie to tie the other end of the rope to the trunk of the plane tree, and then cautiously burrowed into the wellhead and began to descend slowly.
The mouth of the well was very narrow, so I stuck my feet on both sides of the inner wall of the well, propped my hands open, and every time I jumped down, I let go of a section of rope, and in this way, after a while, I could gradually see the depth of the well.
The bottom of the well is very wide, about ten square meters by sight, there is a layer of shallow water in it, it is estimated that it is half a meter deep, and the silt at the bottom of the well can be clearly seen.
Finally, after nearly ten minutes, I was less than a meter away from the bottom of the well, and when I looked up, I saw that the mouth of the well looked like a narrow array, and I couldn't even see Lonnie's shadow.