C45

"What, what's wrong?" Zhang You could hear the loneliness in her voice.

"It's fine. I didn't sleep well last night. I'm a little tired."

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the courtyard. Chief Tian walked in with a heavy expression on his face. Zhao Yilin quickly hung up the phone and said, "Chief, good morning."

It was only then that Tian Dongan saw Zhao Yilin standing by the wall. He smiled and said, "Good morning. Let's talk inside."

Following behind Village Chief Tian were Principal Cheng and two other men that he didn't know. They should have gotten help from the neighboring village.

The sunlight shone through the door onto the mottled concrete floor, causing the interior of the hall to become somewhat dim.

Everyone sat around the table and no one spoke for a while.

She poured each of them a cup of tea, placed a small plate of pickled peanuts in the center of the table, and led the two children into the back room.

Principal Cheng said: "I'm really sorry. I never thought that something like this would happen in the village. I was going to bring the two of you to the school to take a look."

Huo Yelin said, "Let's talk about what happened first."

Village Head Tian said with a dejected expression, "The one who died was Luo Zhiru from the village."

Zhao Yilin's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, because she had heard from Village Head Tian that this Luo Zhicheng was going to pick them up from the county, but had something to do. How could a man who had gone out to do something have died in the village well?

Thinking about it for a moment, the hairs on her arms all stood up.

"He should have returned to the village this afternoon and attended the new school building ceremony the day after tomorrow. Based on the current situation, he should have rushed back in the middle of the night. When he passed by the well outside the village, he accidentally fell down."

Huo Yelin asked, "Did he ever say he wanted to advance?"

Village Chief Tian shook his head. "No, but he said that he wanted to see you guys very much."

Zhao Yilin asked, "What exactly is Luo Zhicheng up to?"

Huo Yelin glanced at her and added, "Yes, tell me more about his itinerary."

Chief Tian said, "Luo Qishu is the person with the best medical skills in the neighboring villages. Some people have difficult illnesses or other ailments, so they all come over to look for him. Two days ago, someone from the Village of Longevity said that someone from his village had broken his leg and it was still very serious, so he asked him to come over to take a look. Luo Zhisu left without a second thought. The village is even more remote than this, and can't get into a car. It will take about a day to get back and forth. "

Wu Gang, who had come to help from the neighboring village, said uncomfortably, "He must be on a night journey. How could someone as smart as him fall into the well?"

Zhao Yelin hesitated for a moment before looking at Huo Yelin. Seeing that he was silent, she gathered her courage and said, "I have a question that I don't know if I should ask."

Principal Cheng said, "It's fine. If you have any thoughts, feel free to speak of them."

"I don't think we should mix the two things together," Zhao said. The night journey is only a false premise. What if he falls during the day? Does this premise still exist? "

Everyone at the table was so shocked that they were at a loss for words. Only Huo Yelin looked at her and said, "This premise doesn't exist, while the possibility of death by accident is very low."

Zhao Yilin looked at him gratefully as he spoke up for her. However, Huo Yelin did not appreciate this. His gaze did not linger as he looked in another direction.

Zhao Yilin pouted and continued, "The reason I said that was not because of the rumors. Because I've heard you say that Luoqiao is a doctor, and one of the doctor's most important traits is to be careful. To him, deciding to travel through the night was originally a reckless decision. Based on his personality, he should be extra careful while walking, so how could he fall into the well? "

Seeing that the village chief's expression was getting worse, she added, "Of course, there are a lot of things that can only be inferred if we see the corpse and the things he brought along. And most importantly, no matter who killed Luo Zhisu, there was no motive for the crime. Based on what you've said, he's always been running around treating people. How could anyone hate him and even want to kill him? "

There was a moment of silence. Everyone present hated the person who had killed him more than they thought about how Luo Zhicheng had died.

Principal Cheng said, "Right, there's something important that I almost forgot about. "Since the mountain road is closed, the police won't be able to get in for a while. They wanted us to take pictures to get the evidence, but they left the cameras in the village at the school. I don't know if you two brought them or not."

Huo Ye Lin looked at Dou Dou and slapped his head. "I forgot to bring it."

Huo Yelin rolled his eyes.

Dou hastily took out his cell phone and said, "It's fine too. The pixels are high enough."

"Don't worry," said Zhao Yilin, "I've brought my camera."

Dou's eyes lit up: "Eli is the best!"

Huo Yelin turned to look at her, no longer avoiding her eyes. "Go get the camera."

"Oh."

Zhao Yilin hurried back to her room to get her camera. As she was about to leave, she remembered that she needed to write down any clues, so she took out a notebook and pen from her bag.

When she went out, she found a group of people already waiting at the entrance to the courtyard. She jogged over and said, "We've brought the camera. Let's go."

Huo Yelin placed his hands behind his back and pointed at Dou Dou. "Give him the camera. You're not allowed to wander around here."

"Ah?" "Don't let me go." Little Dou came to pick up the camera. She hugged it tightly and refused to hand it over. "I also want to know what's going on. Plus, there's one more person who's got a lot of brains."

She gave the mayor a look, hoping he would say something nice.

Who knew that the Village Chief waved his hand and said, "Are you a girl or don't go to that kind of place? If you have any news, won't you know when we return? "Let's go."

Huo Yelin glanced at her with a sly smile and said, "Village Head is right. Women should stay at home and learn from Aunt He."

"I, you." Zhao Yilin was so anxious that she couldn't utter a word. Little Dou took the opportunity to take her camera away. "Yilin, wait for me at home. We'll be back soon. Ha!"

Zhao Yelin stood at the door, stomping her feet in anger as they walked away, "Huo Yelin, you dare to bully me!? "Let's see who finds the murderer first!"

After Huo Yelin left, Zhao Yelin was bored to death. She picked up a small stool and sat in the yard, stretching her legs.

The rubber band was stretched into a triangle, the other two horns were stretched by the strong man, and the other was tied to a high stool.

"Little ball, round and round, 21 flowers of Malan, 2826, 2827, 2931 …"

Multi - party hops as they recite nursery rhymes.

Zhao Yiran was lost in thought. The things that happened last night were definitely not right, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.

What did the blockage in the mountain pass have to do with Luo Zhisu's death? She couldn't help but shake her head. She didn't think the murders in the little village were complicated to such an extent that even keeping the police out for a few days wouldn't change anything.

"The police are here, the police are here!" A few children ran out of the yard and shouted excitedly.

Zhao Yilin stood up and looked inside the house. As expected, He Shuhui came out when she heard the sound. She looked outside the wall in surprise and said, "The road is open?" "It's good that the police have come. I haven't had anything like this happen in my marriage for more than ten years. I feel so flustered."

Zhao Yilin scratched his head apologetically, "I'm going out to check. The police should be heading directly to the well."

The well was on the east side of the village, close to the eastern path that led into the village, and because the police had said not to move anything at all, the bodies had been salvaged and placed not far from the well.

While Dou Dou was busy taking pictures of the corpses and the surrounding environment, Huo Yelin looked into the well. It was not the rainy season yet, so the water was not very deep.

"The mouth of the well is large, but the edges are not high." Huo Yelin looked at the corpse and then at the surroundings of the well, saying, "Hurry up and fish it up. There should be something important in the well."

Principal Cheng asked, "What is it?"

"Flashlight."

"If he was travelling through the night, a flashlight is a must, but there are no such things around him, and the tools he brought with him when he went out should also be in the well."

A few of the village youths began to prepare to go down the well to fish.

The Village Chief let out a sigh, "This year, I still want to win a prize for our village. With such a thing happening, we can't let it happen."

Principal Cheng said, "That's right, everyone here cares about this."

Huo Yelin had both his hands in his pockets as he looked around. In front of him was a patch of short grass and gravel, and further ahead was a deep jungle. If he kept his eyes on the shadows between the trees for too long, he would feel like there were demons and devils hiding within.

His black eyes reflected the shadows of the trees in the blue sky, and finally landed on the mountain road that led to the other village. Standing there, all he could see was a trail filled with weeds.

"Director Huo, I found something." Bean stood up with the camera and shouted.

Huo Yelin quickly walked over to take a look.

Dou pointed at the corpse's arm and said, "There are some marks on the arm that had been tied with rope. Strange, even if the person was tied up, they would usually have their wrists tied. Very few people have tied up their arms."

Huo Yelin looked at them for a while, his eyes becoming more profound. He then looked at Village Chief Tian and the others and said, "We can be sure that he killed them. We can talk about the rest after the police arrive. Bean, have you finished taking your picture? "

"Yes, it's all done."

The last bit of hope was dashed. The village chief supported his forehead as he sat on the ground without saying anything for a long time.

Huo Yelin looked at him and said, "Although he was the one who killed him, it might not be as you think." He walked over to the well and said, "Well, did you find anything?"

The two young men clung to the side of the well and looked up. "No," they said.

"Mm, all of you come up."

Huo Yelin looked around at the people and looked at Dou Dou behind him. Their eyes met for a split-second before they shifted their gaze away.

At the same time, the police had arrived at the Village Head's house. All three of them were armed, and they shook hands with Zhao Yilin in a friendly manner.

"Hi, you must be Zhao Yilin. I've seen you on TV before."

Zhao Yilin politely nodded and said, "Hello."

Zhao Yilin was surprised to find that the man she was shaking hands with had a square face and a strong body. He was exercising like a special police officer.

"My name is Song Tao. When we entered the village just now, I heard that you were helping your children go to school. Thank you so much."

"I'm just trying to do what I can," Zhao said shyly. The crime scene is outside the village by the well.

Song Tao nodded his head, "Of course we do. We came here for that."