Chapter 50 Can you still live without a piece of your heart?
The stunned expressions on everyone's faces were as if they had heard some absurd story, and their eyes were filled with confusion and doubt.
Mrs. Zheng, on the other hand, was trembling and her eyes were averting.
"Let me talk about Qinqin first."
Li Nanke changed the subject at this time and no longer mentioned the inside story of the baby's death by drowning.
He walked up to Mrs. Zheng and asked: "Six days ago, your son took his granddaughter to the mountains to hunt, and your daughter-in-law was doing housework at home. So, where did you go?"
"Mother-in-law, she went to Lichen Temple to offer incense." Mrs. Shen said.
"I'm asking you?"
Li Nanke's sharp, slightly cold eyes stared at Mrs. Zheng, who turned pale and lowered her head in fear.
Bitterness appeared on Mrs. Zheng's wrinkled face. "My lord, my wife, I did go to Lichen Temple to offer incense that day. I didn't expect to come back when I heard my neighbor say that my granddaughter was missing. My wife, I almost fainted at the time, so I hurriedly spoke to her. My daughter-in-law went to the mountains to look for her together. Fortunately—"
"Tell me the time to go to the temple!" Li Nanke interrupted Mrs. Zheng.
Mrs. Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "I went there at the beginning of Weishi and didn't come back until about four o'clock in the morning."
Mrs. Zheng did not dare to hide the time, after all, her daughter-in-law was here.
"Almost two and a half hours."
Li Nanke made a total calculation and said, "It only takes half an hour to go back and forth from your home to Lichen Temple. During that time, there should be very few pilgrims, so there is no need to wait in line for too long. Even if you wait for an hour to burn incense, then the remaining What are you doing for an hour?"
"this……"
Mrs. Zheng couldn't answer for a while.
"Do you need to think about this? I'm not asking you how many times a year you go to the latrine."
Li Nanke almost forced the other party to answer by asking questions.
She even deliberately took a step forward, as if her whole body was about to press on her, making Mrs. Zheng feel like she couldn't breathe.
Don't give her extra time to think.
"By the way." Li Nanke suddenly remembered something and said. "My wife also went to Lichen Temple that day. When she came back, she told me that Master Hengming was reciting and preaching in the main hall. Many people were watching. Could it be that you went too? .”
Mrs. Zheng slapped her thigh fiercely, nodded and said, "I did listen to you for a long time, but I didn't understand much."
"I can go to the uncle's old bastard!"
Unexpectedly, the next second Li Nanke started swearing. "My wife doesn't go to that place at all. I made it up!"
Mrs. Zheng's smile froze and she was stunned on the spot, one hand trembling involuntarily.
The opponent's rank is too low, leaving Li Nanke without any challenge.
There is a bit of laziness in the way he speaks.
Li Nanke said calmly: "Although Qinqin is only eight years old, she often learns hunting from her father and is particularly cautious about the terrain of the mountains and forests. The possibility of her getting lost on her own initiative is very slim.
There is only one possibility. When Butcher Zheng was chasing his prey, someone deliberately brought Qinqin into a strange environment.
This person is definitely not an outsider, and Qin Qin is not that stupid.
Therefore, the person who took her away must be someone Qin Qin knew and had unreserved trust in him!
Then there are only two, one is Old Mrs. Zheng and the other is Mrs. Zheng."
Li Nanke placed the two pairs of shoes he had picked out before in front of Butcher Zheng and his family, and said coldly, "These two pairs of shoes, one belongs to Qinqin and the other belongs to Mrs. Zheng.
Only their shoes were stained with the same beast dung and pollen. Butcher Zheng, you also said that Mrs. Zheng is a road addict and often gets lost.
When you, Butcher Zheng, were young, Mrs. Zheng followed your father to the mountains to pick game ingredients, so she is very familiar with the terrain of the mountains. From this, it can be determined that Mrs. Zheng deliberately threw Qinqin in the mountains that day!
This also explains why Qinqin has been reluctant to speak after being frightened. Because in the mind of the eight-year-old girl, grandma has changed from the dearest person... to a devil."
The courtyard was so quiet that it was as if the mute button had been pressed.
Everyone looked at Mrs. Zheng with shocked eyes. No one would have expected that this amiable old woman would abandon her own granddaughter in the wilderness.
"Mom, you...you..."
Butcher Zheng couldn't believe his ears and stuttered. "Is it really you who lost Qinqin... on purpose?"
Seeing that Mrs. Zheng was silent as if she was resigned to her fate, Butcher Zheng almost went crazy and asked with red eyes, "Why, mother, she is your granddaughter! Why on earth did you do this, mother!"
At this time, Mrs. Zheng finally took off her hypocritical mask.
She stamped her feet and hissed: "Son, that girl is killing our Zheng family. You still don't have a son to carry on the family line, just because of that girl!"
Butcher Zheng's face was full of anger. "Mom, do you still believe those nonsense about the god and the heavenly master?"
Mrs. Zheng said stubbornly: "Mother doesn't want to believe it, but the facts are right in front of you. Since this girl was born, your two sons have disappeared, and you haven't given birth to the next one yet. It's because this girl can't
The incense life of our Zheng family!
My son, I had a dream the other day, and I dreamed of a divine saint. He told me that as long as that girl leaves the Zheng family, your wife will definitely give birth to a big fat boy to continue the incense, and your father will die in peace.
!”
"are you crazy!"
Even Leng Xinnan couldn't help but curse. "Just because of those baseless rumors about ghosts and gods, are you going to harm your own granddaughter?"
Mrs. Zheng's face was distorted and a little crazy.
"What do you know! If the incense of my old Zheng family is cut off by my son, how can I, an old woman, have the face to meet his father and ancestors? I am doing it for the good of my son, and I am also doing it for our Zheng family.
!”
Leng Xinnan couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Catch her and send her to the county government!"
Two night patrol officers stepped forward and clamped down Mrs. Zheng's arms.
"Son! Qinqin must be driven away!"
Mrs. Zheng struggled desperately and still tried to persuade Butcher Zheng. "This is the guidance of the holy saint. He will not lie to us. Son, I don't want anything to happen to Qinqin, but there is nothing I can do about it."
After saying that, she shouted across the house: "Qinqin! Grandma doesn't want to harm you, otherwise she wouldn't wait until now to take action, but you have to leave this home! Only if you leave can your father have a son! Our Zheng family
Only then can we continue to burn incense, Qinqin..."
Li Nanke shook his head speechlessly and asked, "Is it you who drowned that baby?"
"That's because I wanted to treat my grandson!" Mrs. Zheng didn't want to admit that she had killed her grandson. "If the child didn't do anything, he might really have died. I went to seek help from the Taoist God that day, and he said that my son
Because he is a butcher and committed a crime, my grandson is contaminated with filth and evil.
I must use the "body washing" method to let my grandson soak in water, so that the dirty and evil things he has contracted will disappear. I am saving my grandson.
When my son contracted the cold, I also used this method to cure him. I didn't save my grandson because that girl was killing our family. Son, you have to get rid of that girl..."
"Hurry and drag him out!"
Leng Xinnan's eyes were burning with anger, and he was too lazy to take another look.
Amid constant crying, Mrs. Zheng was forcibly dragged out of the yard.
Butcher Zheng wanted to chase him, but he didn't know what to do and stood there blankly.
After a while, he slumped down on the stool at the door, holding his head in his hands, and beating his forehead with his fists.
One is his daughter, the other is his mother... which puts him in deep pain.
"Sister Leng!"
At this time, Meng Xiaotu suddenly shouted.
It turned out that Qinqin woke up, but when she saw the room full of people, the little girl was so frightened that she curled up and reacted violently.
"Don't be afraid, little sister."
Meng Xiaotu hurriedly stepped forward and hugged her into her arms to warm her heart and comfort her.
Perhaps because she recognized this lovely sister, or perhaps because Meng Xiaotu's chest was warm enough, the little girl's mood gradually stabilized and she was no longer so resistant.
"Can I ask, what did this girl see that night?"
Li Nanke said.
According to the analysis from the dream, Qinqin fell into an abandoned trap pit after getting lost and stayed there all night. And that night, she saw something in the pit, which left a psychological shadow.
After dawn the next day, she bravely climbed out of the hole. Only then was she discovered by an old hunter in the town and sent home.
So the only thing that's confusing right now is what exactly did she see?
"Let the little rabbit ask."
Leng Xinnan suggested.
After all, Meng Xiaotu’s cute appearance and lively personality are natural advantages for interrogating children.
Li Nanke nodded and motioned for everyone else to leave the house, leaving only Little Rabbit and Qinqin inside.
Li Nanke looked at the tearful Mrs. Zheng and said calmly: "Actually, you guessed that Mrs. Zheng might have lost Qinqin, but you didn't tell your husband. Did you listen to Mrs. Zheng's nagging for a long time?
I gradually came to believe that my son’s death was caused by Qin Qin.”
Mrs. Zheng did not say a word, her face was full of grief and shame.
Butcher Zheng rushed over and slapped the woman hard, but the next moment he hugged her again and couldn't help crying.
Others in the hospital looked at this scene with complicated expressions.
Li Nanke sighed. "Superstition kills people."
For him, this case was not difficult at all. It was far less complicated than the Lin Mansion, but it was even more spine-chilling.
Lin Jiaoyue is purely harming people.
But Mrs. Zheng only wants to save her grandson and family.
It is this kind of foolish "rescue" that is most heart-wrenching.
"Go outside and get some air?"
Perhaps sensing that the man was in a depressed mood, Leng Xinnan raised her chin and pointed at the courtyard door.
Li Nanke nodded and the two of them walked out of the courtyard.
The bright moonlight shone brightly at night, shrouding the alleyway outside in a layer of silver gauze and jade snow, making it very quiet.
Feeling the night breeze blowing on his face, Li Nanke felt much calmer.
"Are you tired?"
Leng Xinnan didn't care about getting her clothes dirty, she leaned against the doorpost, crossed her hands on her chest and asked softly.
"No."
Li Nanke shook his head.
Leng Xinnan said quietly: "When you enter the Night Patrol Division, you will experience many, many unforgettable things, you will see many, many human natures, and you will feel many, many helplessness."
"Are you going to provide me with psychological counseling in advance?"
Li Nanke stared at the dimples of the woman next to him in a funny way. There was a touch of sadness in the moving eyebrows that were bathed in the moonlight, which made the man's heart flutter inexplicably.
Li Nanke calmed down and said with a smile: "I'm just a little confused."
"What are you confused about?"
"I do not want to say."
"Understood." The corners of Leng Xinnan's lips curved slightly, but with a hint of sadness. "I'm very confused now, and I don't want to say anything."
"Okay, I'll listen."
Li Nanke leaned against the doorpost next to the woman and became a listener.
"I do not want to say."
"Tell me. If you don't tell me, I'll really leave."
"..."
Leng Xinnan's face turned red after her thoughts were revealed. Fortunately, she had the cover of night and would not be embarrassed.
The girl felt inexplicably annoyed, feeling that the other party could easily manipulate her.
She asked in an angry tone: "Since you are so smart, guess why I am confused?"
"Is your family urging you to get married?"
"roll!"
"That's it."
"..."
Leng Xinnan took a deep breath, calmed down, and said calmly, "Yes, but that's not what I'm confused about now."
"Oh, then I couldn't guess it." The man admitted defeat.
I thought you were really a fairy... The corners of the girl's lips curled up slightly with a hint of pride. Then her expression turned gloomy again. She was silent for a long time and asked, "Do you think you can still live if a piece of your heart is missing?"
"Quixin?" Li Nanke frowned. "Are you sure you don't want to add the word 'eye' at the end?"