The dead wind lanterns hanging in the streets pulled a person's shadow out of the street for a long time, reflected on the ground, and also reflected in the eyes of Xiao Xiaoyu in the darkness.

At this moment, she realized that it was late, it was dark, and the surroundings were quiet and ......

She was scared, and fear hit her like a wave.

She wanted to go home.

The first thought was to run home to be safe.

So, when he was about to turn out of the street and find himself at the sound of the footsteps, he raised his legs, lightly but quickly turned around, and ran into the narrow street.

Run, run, run, run a little further, and then run a little further and you will be in the alley, and you will be in the alley through it, and you will be almost home.

The frightened, like a little rabbit, the lonely little girl in the night, just wanted to run away quickly.

After reaching the mouth of the first alley, she did not hesitate to turn the corner and continue running.

Footsteps...... It seemed to be getting closer and closer to her.

She didn't dare to look back, she didn't dare at all, she just ran as hard as she could.

Behind her, however, a rather sturdy stick slammed into the back of her head in the dim light.

Because the height of the murderer is much higher than that of Xi Xiaoyu, this stick smashed half of Xiao Xiaoyu's Tianling Gai.

Blood shoots and brains fly out.

Xiao Xiaoyu didn't even have a chance to turn around, so he left this world forever in severe pain and panic.

Because of this, she didn't even have time to touch the murderer, even a corner of his clothes.

The time of death is between half a quarter and half a minute. (20:00 - 22:00)

After killing Xiao Xiaoyu, the murderer easily hid the person in this pile of grass, and then hurriedly covered it for a while, and then picked up the wooden stick that had been broken into two pieces and disappeared into the night.

It's just that......

After Di Ying finished the initial examination of the corpse, she looked at a slight friction mark on the pool of blood on the wall and frowned.

Then he got up and said to Zhou Rin: "Let's go, go back to the enemy's house." ”

Qiu Zhichen, fifteen years old, is the only friend of Xiao Xiaoyu as mentioned by his mother.

Previously, Di Ying wanted to know where Qiu Zhichen and Xi Xiaoyu would stay together and whisper, but then she thought that it was important to find someone first.

The most important thing is: Xiao Xiaoyu has only been missing for two hours, and there is still a great possibility that the person is still alive.

If Di Ying rashly alarmed the neighbors, and went to a young man to inquire about the secret affairs between those young people, it would be spread, and it would be difficult for Xiao Xiaoyu to survive after that.

It's a woman who is missing, and there is always more caution to be there.

So Di Ying chose to track it by herself first.

Right now......

Xiao Xiaoyu is already dead, and the time has entered the ugly hour of the twelfth, and the second watch gong and drum sound were heard just now.

No neighbors will hear anything anymore.

Di Ying asked Zhou Rin to go into Qiu Zhichen's house, and quietly took Qiu Zhichen, who was sleeping soundly, to the side alley for questioning.

Qiu Zhichen was not as confused as Qiao Xiuyuan. It seems that he didn't sleep very well that night.

As soon as someone suddenly clicked on the acupoint and brought it out, his eyes became clear.

Di Ying asked him, "Are you Xiao Xiaoyu's only friend?" ”

Qiu Zhichen's acupuncture points were unlocked, and he immediately nodded.

Then before others could continue to ask anything, he himself asked a series of questions.

"My lord, you're from the government, aren't you? You're wearing an official uniform, aren't you? You investigated the case in the middle of the night, and you also asked the head of the grass people, you are Master Di, right?

Is something wrong with Xiaoyu? Did you find her? Where did she run last night?

Oh no, you didn't find her, otherwise you wouldn't have come to ask the grass people.

My lord, Lord Di, the grass people please, what do you want to know, just ask, as long as you help find the light rain, the grass people beg you. ”

As he spoke, he wanted to kneel.

Di Ying grabbed the other party's shoulder, lifted it hard, and then said, "It's good for you to stand and talk back." I'm Master Diyingdi.

I want to know: everything between you and Xiao Xiaoyu.

Also, did you go out between midnight and midnight last night? Have you ever seen a light rain? ”

Feeling the strength coming from the palm of the adult's hand, Qiu Zhichen stood firm.

After taking a deep breath, he replied, "My lord, Xiaoyu is an extremely introverted girl. She is very timid and is always bullied.

She didn't want to go to school, she wanted to help out in her shop, but her parents just thought that even if it was a girl, it would be better to read more children's books.

Because that was advocated by you, Lord Di, and supported by His Majesty the Emperor.

Xiaoyu had no choice but to go to a private school, even if she was bullied, she didn't dare to tell her family, and only dared to cry quietly and in a broken house on the other side of the waste area.

The grass people grew up with her, and the other friends moved away one after another, leaving the two of us.

She only has one friend to me, and when she encounters something, she naturally only likes to talk to me.

But we don't see each other all the time and every day. ”

Qiu Zhichen said this, rubbed his eyes, and then continued: "Last night, about three o'clock (20:30), I went to close the door of the backyard and clean up the garbage outside the door of the backyard by the way.

When she turned around after sweeping and was closing the door, she suddenly saw Xiaoyu running over.

The light wasn't very bright, and she was running so fast that I couldn't even see her face.

But I recognized her as her.

At that time, I wondered: why didn't she go in when she got home? Still running west? Looks like I want to go to the scrap area.

Because every time we go to the abandoned area, we will stick to the west wall. That way, except for the people who take out the garbage, there will be almost no one to see us anymore.

But it's so late, and she didn't leave me a sign of meeting, so why did she run away by herself?

She didn't even glance at the back door of my house.

Seeing that she was still running in a hurry and seemed to be crying, I was worried that something was wrong with her.

Hurry back to the house and put on her jacket, and then sneak out of the backyard and chase ...... in the direction she ran."

Di Ying closed her eyes when she heard this.

He never believed in coincidences, but when they did, they often meant the innocence of the deceased.

At this time, Di Ying already had an idea that could be guessed with a high probability: the figure found by Xiao Xiaoyu was very likely to be Qiu Zhichen's!

But this was just speculation, and Di Ying did not interrupt Qiu Zhichen's narration.

When I opened my eyes again, I looked at each other with encouragement in my eyes and under the reflection of the torches.

Only in the heart there is a quiet hope: no......