When he got out of the slum and around an inconspicuous corner, Liu Xiangshan parked his car on the side of the road and began to interrogate the child.

"Tell me, why peek, why run." Liu Xiangshan asked softly.

The child was very panicked at first, but seeing that the person in front of him seemed to have no malicious intent, he gradually calmed down and muttered in a low voice: "Xiaotong." ”

"What?"

"My name is Xiaotong."

Liu Xiangshan nodded, lit a cigarette, and motioned for him to continue.

"You're a cop?" Xiaotong asked cautiously, coughing twice after smelling the smoke.

"Yes," Liu Xiangshan's tone slowly softened, "Do you know Xiao Xiang?" ”

Xiaotong nodded and coughed again.

Seeing this, Liu Xiangshan took a puff of the cigarette in his hand, and then threw it at his feet and stepped on it vigorously.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to find out who killed Xiao Xiang and tell you everything you know." As he spoke, he reached out and touched Xiaotong's head, but he subconsciously avoided it.

"I've seen a person, a total of ...... Twice. ”

Liu Xiangshan immediately took out the small notebook he carried with him and began to write.

"Male or female?"

"It seems to be...... Male. ”

Liu Xiangshan glanced up at him and said, "How old is he, can you see what he looks like?" ”

"Probably in my forties, I'm not sure, it looks like ...... A foreigner. ”

Liu Xiangshan brushed and wrote, pausing slightly when he heard the word "foreigner".

It's been a long time since I've heard it, and it's probably been strictly forbidden since the coalition government was formed. It is only in places like slums that people still use it unscrupulously.

In the end, the word "foreigner" did not appear in his notebook.

"He was wearing a hat and a mask, he couldn't see his face clearly, and his hair was very short and a little yellow."

"Yellow?"

"Hmm."

"You're talking about gold, aren't you?" Liu Xiangshan seemed to understand.

"Yes." Xiaotong said.

"Okay, when and where did you meet him on both occasions?" Liu Xiangshan said again.

"Well, the first time was at the entrance to the community, not far from where you caught me." As he spoke, Xiaotong turned his head and wanted to point with his finger, but found that he could no longer see the slum.

It was only then that a look of fear appeared on his face.

"What's wrong?" Liu Xiangshan noticed his abnormality.

"I haven't walked this far, I've never been out of there, and my dad told me not to come out, or I'll be arrested by the bad guys......," Xiaotong said, crying.

"You don't have to be afraid, I'm a policeman, no one dares to do anything to you, you go on."

Xiao Tong tried his best to recall, and said: "Maybe, maybe two months ago, when I came out to walk around without anything, I saw that person talking to Xiao Xiang, and finally stuffed something into Xiao Xiang's hand. I was curious and walked over quietly. ”

Xiaotong said very slowly, and Liu Xiangshan tried not to urge him.

"However, as soon as the man saw me, he hurried away. I asked Xiao Xiang what happened, he didn't tell me, I wanted to see what he was holding in his hand, he didn't show me either, and then he ran home with a smoke. Xiao Tong said as if he was still angry with Xiao Xiang.

"And after that?"

"I was so angry that I thought something was the big deal, I wouldn't play with him anymore, and I walked away." Xiao Tong breathed a sigh of relief after speaking.

"Have you seen Xiao Xiang again since?"

"I've seen it, and it's pitiful to think about him, so I forgot about not playing with him in a few days."

"What about the second time?"

This time, Xiao Tong thought for a moment before saying, "About ten days ago, in the evening, that person walked into Xiao Xiang's house. I wanted to eavesdrop, but I didn't know what that person was doing, and I was a little scared. At this time, my father called me home for dinner, and I went back. ”

Liu Xiangshan stopped his pen, thought for a while, and asked, "When did that person leave, did you see it?" ”

Xiaotong shook his head.

"What about after this, has Xiao Xiang appeared?"

"No," said Xiaotong, "later, I went to look for him a few times, but the door was so tightly locked that I couldn't open it, and I didn't answer when I called him." ”

At this time, Liu Xiangshan had basically determined that the short-haired man Xiao Tong said was the murderer of Xiao Xiang, and as long as this person was found, the case could be solved.

So, he said to Xiaotong: "What you said today is very important for us to solve the case, do you think about anything else to add?" ”

Xiao Tong thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "How did Xiao Xiang die?" ”

Liu Xiangshan shouldn't have said it, but he still said: "Gas poisoning." ”

"What? Gas poisoning? Xiaotong actually laughed, as if he had heard something extremely ridiculous.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Since Xiao Xiang lived in that house, he hasn't passed the gas, I still don't know!"

Liu Xiangshan understood, as he expected, how could an orphan like Xiaoxiang, who was helpless and made a living by picking up garbage, be able to pay the gas bill?

Then there is only one possibility, it must be the gas bill paid by the murderer for Xiao Xiang, and Xiao Xiang who didn't know it was naturally poisoned.

Then, Liu Xiangshan asked some Xiaotong's family situation, and learned that there were only two people in the family, him and his father, who did odd jobs to make ends meet, and was a poor family.

Liu Xiangshan sent Xiaotong back, and when he got out of the car, he gave him some money, saying that it was a reward for providing clues, and repeatedly told him to keep today's events a secret.

Xiaotong didn't expect to provide clues and rewards, jumped up happily, carefully put the money in his pocket, and ran home happily.

Looking at Xiaotong's thin back, Liu Xiangshan's mood couldn't calm down for a long time.

There are countless poor people like him living in the slums, and they are in dire straits, but the coalition government does not take any measures to help them, leaving them to fend for themselves.

Why, exactly?

Perhaps, this was intentional by the coalition government.

The reason for this was that in the first few years of the coalition government, there were frequent revolts among the poor people in various places, and the coalition government invested a lot of military force in order to suppress them. This led to the instability of the coalition government and the waste of a lot of resources.

Get you back.

Yes, resources, he thought of it, maybe it all comes from resources.

The earth's resources are gradually being depleted, and the existing resources are so precious that those in power naturally do not want to invest in these worthless people. Leaving it alone can save a lot of resources, and at the same time achieve the purpose of punishment.

Pathetic human ......

How unequal this is, some people are born into high-rise buildings and live a life of fine clothes and food; Some people are born like Xiaotong, staying in a dirty and messy slum; There are also people like the dead Xiao Xiang, helpless and lonely, but in the end, they are ruthlessly killed after being used.

Perhaps, the coalition government is unaware of this, or maybe it is turning a blind eye, but these are facts, laid out nakedly, slowly rotting, stinking, and finally disappearing.

Perhaps, those in power will soon forget, but history will not forget, and time will record everything. When the dusty history books are unfolded page by page by future generations, all kinds of facts will be revealed in front of you. At that time, although the Si people died, they still could not escape the shame of leaving their names on the pillar.

……

At this moment, Xiao Zhang called and told him good news.