The aunt's heart sank, so she didn't look at who was talking, but immediately looked back. After seeing that Salted Dan'er had spoken to the old man, he was smiling and waving.

The aunt's face changed, and she turned around and walked over quickly, staring at the old man viciously while protecting the salted eggs home. The eyes warn each other not to go near the children in their own village again.

The old man hunched his waist and walked away.

After nightfall.

The villagers who had difficulty sleeping at night in the scorching sun of June all opened the courtyard door and slept on straw mats, chairs and couches in the courtyard.

When you are sleeping, you don't forget to shake the fan in your hand to help yourself or your children repel mosquitoes.

The grandmother of the Xian family is also doing this.

She lay on the chair, fell asleep with her eyes closed, and the fan in her hand, with and without a moment, gently slapped on the little belly of her great-grandson and salted egg.

Because the little belly was covered with a thin blanket, it made a slight "poof, poof" sound, with a rhythm that grandma unconsciously maintained.

There was a black shadow, following the slight cool breeze of the night, skillfully touching the village, skillfully touching the courtyard of the Xian family.

He glanced quickly against the wall, then shook a soft pillow in his hand. Then the cat slipped in against the courtyard door.

Quietly slipped to the little boy's couch, squatted down, and put a cloth with the smell of sweat medicine on the other man's face.

When his neck was slightly crooked, he put his hand on the small blanket on his belly, let the fan continue to beat, and then moved the boy out, put it on the ground, and stuffed the pillow in.

Let the slight "poof" sound continue to maintain the rhythm and sound softly.

Then, the black shadow slipped out of the village quietly with the child in his arms and the cat's waist.

Early the next morning, Suo Dong, director of Youzhou and the Prefecture Government, received a report.

There is not only the disappearance of a six-year-old boy and Salted Dan'er, but also the murder of a boy found in Tiehe Village, that is, outside the village where Salted Dan'er is located, in a sorghum field.

I received the missing person case first, and before I could investigate it, I received the murder case.

By the way, Sodong took the father of the salted egg who came to report the disappearance, and went to the scene of the murder together.

Before they could get closer, they heard a heart-rending cry from the place.

"Son, my salted eggs......"

Father Xian's eyes rolled and he fainted.

Sodon also wanted to faint, but he couldn't. After sighing, he had to let the yacha people hug his father and roar out to watch the lively crowd and enter the scene.

The sorghum in one place was trampled in a mess, which was simply a waste of food.

And the middle of the accident scene...... The little salted egg was face down, naked, lying on the ground.

Back buttocks to both thighs...... Bloody.

Sodon covered his face with one hand.

It's not that I dare not look at it, but this is another serial case.

In more than three years, how many cases have boys been molested and killed?

With the addition of this one, there are six cases in total.

Between the ages of five and eight, six boys from villages in Qingfan County have been brutally murdered in this way.

There were no signs of abuse on the victim's body, except for ......

It's still the same clueless, it's still the same blind and clueless.

Although Suo Dong did not have hope of solving the case, he barely held on, comforted the relatives of the deceased, and then promised to catch the murderer as much as possible.

The next road is also followed by a full set of processes.

The body was sent back to the state government mortuary to be examined, to write an autopsy record, and so on.

Sodon sat in his office in a daze.

Be prepared to wait for all the processes to be completed before putting the case on hold.

It's not that he was negligent and slack, but he traced down one after another, and everything that could be found was investigated, but in the end, the suspects were eliminated one by one.

In the end, a lot of manpower, material resources, and energy were spent, but to no avail.

Sodong was numb.

But the county lieutenant of Qingfan County, Liang Feng, came to stimulate him again.

Liang Feng has been investigating these cases for more than three years. From the first year and the first case to the time of the incident, Liang Feng had a clear target for suspicion. But there has been no evidence.

Liang Feng stared at the people, but the case continued to happen, so he ran to the state office again and again, urging Suo Dong to arrest the man.

Suo Dong felt that Liang Feng had worn out his mouth, and even had the idea of dismissing him and letting him go home to farm.

It's just that Liang Feng is very upright and very diligent, and Suo Dong is reluctant.

"Master Suo, how many times do you have to say it? Those cases were done by Shen Chengyue's bastard. You just don't believe it, you just don't catch him, look, it's endless, right? How long are you going to let him go? ”

Liang Feng ignored Suo Dong's ugly face, and asked one after another, almost slapping the table.

Sodon propped his face on one hand and looked at him sideways. Repeating what he had said without being salty or numb.

"Arresting people and punishing people all need evidence. You don't have any proof. If you want the official to say it with your mouth, you will arrest people and cut off their heads.

Liang Feng, what grievances do you have with that Shen Chengyue? If you have those kung fu to keep an eye on him, can you just find out who the real murderer is?

As long as you find evidence, I will take people and punish them. If you can't find it, don't bother with the official again. ”

Liang Feng listened to Shangguan perfunctory him like this, and said a little angrily: "Why is there no evidence from Xiaguan?" After the first case, isn't the bloody corner of the clothes given to you by the lower official just evidence?

After the second case, why are the footprints given to you by the lower officials and left by Shen Chengyue at the scene not evidence?

After the third case, why is Shen Chengyue's prescription for buying medicinal materials not evidence?

In the fourth case, the lower official submitted it to you, some villagers have seen it, and Shen Chengyue's entry and exit in that village is not evidence?

Before the fifth case, some villagers had seen it, and Shen Chengyue's conversation with the deceased was not evidence?

How can it be so coincidental? There are five cases, and traces of Shen Chengyue have been found in them, these are not enough to explain the problem?

Adult, you obviously know that Shen Chengyue likes to do things to boys. The people of Qingfan County know this, why is it not evidence?

What's more, Shen Chengyue himself is still a person with a history of molestation. That's why he was exiled to us. It's just that he didn't leave when the exile date expired.

But he has a criminal record. Before the expiration of his exile, there had never been such a case in our county, so why can't he be the focus of investigation? Is it because someone can prove that he didn't have time to commit the crime at the time of the crime? ”