After a small interlude, we continued walking deeper into the village. Not long after, we arrived at the police station located in the center of the village. Only after we arrived did we realize that because it was just a village police station, there were actually a total of
There was only one police officer like Officer Tian. He invited us to sit down in the only office in the station, and then served us tea and water. Even if we said no, he remained the same.
After everything was served, Officer Tian sat across from us and was about to ask something when Lin Qianyi suddenly stood up and expressed that she wanted to use the toilet.
Upon seeing this, Officer Tian quickly pointed the way to the toilet for her.
After Lin Qianyi left, I immediately caught Officer Tian and asked him something. When Lin Qianyi was here just now, there were some things I couldn't say easily. It was rare that Lin Qianyi left because of something, so I
Naturally, I will not let this opportunity pass me by.
So I asked: "Officer Tian, have any outsiders besides us been to your village recently?"
"Outsiders?" Officer Tian frowned and said, "Commissioner Lin, to tell you the truth, our village is just a small village. Basically the people in the village are named Tian, so except for people who come to the village to buy agricultural products on weekdays,
It’s true that very few outsiders come here.”
Listening to what Officer Tian said, it seemed that no outsiders had been here? I thought it was a bit unlikely.
I first looked outside, and after confirming that Lin Qianyi had not come back, I asked in a low voice: "Officer Tian, are there really no outsiders here? Please think about it carefully, I need to know the exact answer."
"Really not."
Officer Tian nodded affirmatively, but I was still a little unwilling, so I pointed it out directly: "There are no outsiders, so have you ever had a pastor come here?"
"priest?"
This time it was Officer Tian's turn to be surprised: "Commissioner Lin, the pastor you are talking about is the kind of person who likes to wear black clothes all day long and say "Lord, God, etc." to everyone he meets?"
At first I thought Officer Tian had seen it, so I nodded quickly and said, "Yes, has a priest in your village been here?"
Who knew that Officer Tian simply shook his head and said, "No, no. Commissioner Lin, how could someone like that come to a small village like ours?"
I didn’t quite believe it and said, “Is it really not true? Could it be Officer Tian, you don’t know?”
Officer Tian sat up straight and said to me: "Commissioner Lin, you must be looking down on me. Although I am the only policeman in our village, I know everything that happens in the village. There really is a policeman like me."
How could I not know that a pastor who always says "Lord God" to people comes to our village?"
Hearing Officer Tian's words, my heart suddenly sank. I had always thought that the priest must be a person with the ability to change the world line. But there was no way to prove my guess without finding the priest in person and questioning him face to face.
But finding this pastor in this world is probably more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack.
The only clue I can rely on right now is my memory in another world line. I know that this priest once appeared in Qianda Village in another world line.
But now it seems that my memories in the previous world line may not necessarily be useful in this world line, because this priest has never been here at all.
In this case, how on earth should I find the whereabouts of that priest?
Just when I was having a headache, Lin Qianyi came back from the toilet. When she came back, I was still immersed in the problem of how to find the pastor, so I didn't notice that Lin Qianyi took advantage of the opportunity.
I didn't have time to come to my senses and asked Officer Tian a question. By the time I came to my senses after hearing the question, it was already too late.
"Officer Tian, we came here this time to investigate the death of a girl." Lin Qianyi said.
"Oh? A death incident? Why did you think of coming to us to investigate?" Officer Tian asked strangely.
"Because according to our intelligence, that girl should be from your village. But unfortunately, for some reason, we haven't got the photo of the girl yet. The only one we have in our hands now is
I would like to trouble you to take a look at the portrait of the girl drawn based on the intelligence and confirm who the deceased is from your village."
When Lin Qianyi handed a piece of paper to Officer Tian, I just came to my senses. But at this time, even if I wanted to stop it, it was too late. Officer Tian had already heard Lin Qianyi's question and took it.
He picked up the piece of paper handed over by the other party, but before he had time to read it, he just replied: "What? People from our village? Please tell me carefully, why didn't I know that a girl in our village died? She went out to work.
Human?"
Before Lin Qianyi could answer his question, I said, "Sorry, maybe we made a mistake. Let's go to other villages to have a look."
After that, I was about to stand up and say goodbye, but just when Officer Tian had a question mark on his face, Lin Qianyi said to me: "Sijiu, what's wrong with you? We haven't even asked our questions yet?"
Because I didn't want Lin Qianyi to know the real purpose of my coming here, I said, "Sister Lin, I already asked Officer Tian when you were away. I'm afraid the person we are looking for is not here?"
Lin Qianyi looked at Officer Tian doubtfully and said, "Has he really asked?"
Before Officer Tian spoke, I kept praying in my heart that he would stop talking nonsense, but I didn’t expect that my prayers were of no use at all. Officer Tian still said what I didn’t want Lin Qianyi to know: “That pastor?
Yes, he asked."
"Pastor?" Lin Qianyi glanced at me doubtfully and said, "Sijiu, aren't you going to ask about the dead girl? Why did the pastor show up again?"
Just when I didn't know how to explain this matter, a problem suddenly occurred on Officer Tian's side.
When I was talking to Lin Qianyi just now, he probably saw that the atmosphere was not good, so he stepped aside and looked at the portrait that Lin Qianyi showed him just now. As a result, this look gave us an unexpected thought.
Discover.
"Commissioner Lin, you said that the dead girl was the person in this painting. Is that impossible?"
Lin Qianyi saw that I was still silent, so she turned to Officer Tian and said, "Yes, that's the person in the painting, but because of time constraints, we didn't find a professional painter. This painting is just mine."
I drew it based on other people's dictation, so the drawing may be a little different. Is there any problem?"
Officer Tian looked at Lin Qianyi with the painting and said: "Miss Lin, either you painted it wrong, or there is something wrong with your intelligence, because I just saw the girl in this painting this morning, why did you
Just say she is dead?"
"What?"
Officer Tian's words surprised both Lin Qianyi and me. Lin Qianyi looked at me and asked Officer Tian: "Is what you said true? Is that girl really not dead?"
Officer Tian said: "Yes, I just said hello to the girl in this painting this morning. If you don't believe it, I can take you to see her."
Lin Qianyi nodded immediately and said: "Sorry to trouble you, let's go over and take a look now."
"Okay, then please follow me."
After that, Officer Tian walked out first. Lin Qianyi did not follow him closely. Instead, she lowered her voice in my ear and said: "Si Jiu, after you take a good look at the girl, please tell me about everything that just happened."
Give me a reasonable explanation. This time, I don’t want to listen to your lies anymore.”
Looking at Lin Qianyi's leaving figure, I could only secretly complain in my heart. It turned out that after the lie was exposed, it would actually make people feel so embarrassed.
But right now, I can't think of how to face the next big trouble, so I have to put this matter behind me and follow it.
On the way, Officer Tian told us that the girl he was talking about was named Tian Ning, and she was already eighteen years old. Originally, the girl had hoped to become a college student, but because her family favored boys over girls, she wanted to save her tuition fees for the current university.
Because of his younger brother who was in junior high school, he was forced to drop out of school before the college entrance examination and go home to help with work.
Hearing this, Lin Qianyi naturally felt a little aggrieved for Tian Ning, but Officer Tian took a more open-minded view. He said: "This is like this in the countryside. You don't need to be surprised. In Tian Ning's situation, our village
I’ve met several girls there, so there’s nothing surprising about it.”