Xiao Chen started to understand from the first old man who died.
The deceased old man was a widowed old man from the same village, which meant that he was not married out, but had not married out. He had lived alone all his life. Logically speaking, he should have relatives like uncles, but she did not have any relatives.
Married old women and other relatives who are still related by blood are usually not close to each other.
One generation of relatives, two generations of representatives, and three generations.
Like this old woman, who must be over eighty years old this year. She lives alone in her old house. In addition to the fact that she is a subsistence household, the village usually gives her change, oil, rice, meat and vegetables. During her lifetime, this old woman
There seemed to be very few other people in contact.
"Chief Long, this dead old lady, no one usually visits her?"
"No, her relatives are relatively estranged from her. In our Miao village, the village cadres send people to deliver rice and oil every month before they see her."
"Then she usually falls ill, does anyone know?"
"No, our Miao village belongs to the longevity village. Basically, we can live to the age of seventy or eighty without any pain. If you feel unwell, there is a private clinic in the Miao village where you can get medicine. But the elderly really don't
If he feels comfortable, he will come out and knock on the washbasin, and other people will hear him."
"In the past two days, the village cadres brought her meat and vegetables as usual, and they found the old man lying in the house, no longer breathing."
"Is the body rotten and putrid?"
"Not yet, but body spots have already appeared."
Xiao Chen knew that if corpse spots appeared, they would appear very soon.
In other words, when these people found out, the old man should have died that day.
So according to the investigation by the police personnel, whoever discovered the deceased first must have certain suspicions, unless others can prove that you were not at the scene at the time.
"After the old man died, the village cadres hurriedly notified other people, but at that time it was not yet certain whether the old man was killed, starved to death, or fell down."
Although people in their 80s can still take care of themselves here, it is still possible for them to die if something goes wrong accidentally.
Therefore, after this lonely old woman died, the village only organized her burial and did not call the police.
That is to say, on the second day, when another middle-aged man in the village went out to herd cattle as usual, he had not returned by dinner time. The family thought that there might be a problem and mobilized the villagers of the Miao village to go out to help.
Busy looking.
It was near the cow that the middle-aged man was found.
However, the middle-aged man had already died under that tree.
At that time, they did not pay much attention to the death state of the middle-aged man, but it stands to reason that the accident should have happened on the day when the man went out to herd cattle.
It's either morning or afternoon, it shouldn't be dinner time.
Because in the past, the bodies were found to be different.
"Then you didn't call the police?"
"No alarm."
Haven't called the police yet?
Xiao Chen was surprised.
Like the death of the old woman the first time, the police should have been called if it was suspicious, so that the villagers of Miao Village would be alert. Unexpectedly, no police were called at all.
Of course, if the death of the old woman was not reported to the police, it might be justified.
However, the death of this middle-aged cattle herder was inexplicable, and the police should be called.
"Is he buried too?"
"After the family carried him back on a stretcher, he was buried," Chief Long said.
"Then when did you call the police?"
"It was after we discovered that several other villagers had been infected by the poison that we hurriedly sent people to the police station to report the case."
In fact, it was at that time that people began to notice that someone might have been poisoned, which killed the old woman and the middle-aged man who was herding cattle.
"Obviously, one of the two lives alone, no one is paying attention, and it is easy to be poisoned by others. The other is herding cattle alone and goes out alone. No one else knows what happened to him. As for the treatment just now
Those patients, do they also live alone?"
Xiao Chen thought it was impossible. Judging from the patients who had been poisoned just now, they all lived with other family members.
However, only they were infected by plant poison, and the other family members were indeed fine.
Obviously, it was aimed at them.
"Indeed it's not." Chief Long said.
"Chief Long, I want to know their detailed information, including their birthdays and horoscopes. It would be best to invite the family members of the middle-aged uncle who herds cattle. I have some questions to ask them."
When Chief Long sent people to do these things, Xiao Chen always felt that there was something wrong here.
Of course, he knows how to look at people.
Like others, it is likely that the first time
Doubt this Dragon Chief first.
But what is the motive of the Dragon Chief to harm people?
Because Patriarch Long had no motive for committing the crime, Xiao Chen would not doubt him. In addition, Xiao Chen knew how to read people, although the first impression of Patriarch Long gave people a somewhat gloomy feeling.
However, looking at the other person, he is not the kind of person who would harm his own clan.
About half an hour passed.
Chief Long brought the information of those victims.
The first patient who died was called Granny Long. She had never been married, so her household registration was separate. Xiao Chen took it over and there was a black and white photo of her on it.
However, it doesn't look very clear.
Then there is the genealogy, the genealogy of the people in Xitang Miao Village.
Except for the women who married out, those who married in or the villagers of the Miao village all have genealogy.
From the genealogy, we can clearly see the relationship between the villagers.
"Chief Long, is this the birth date of Granny Long?"
"That's it. When it was her eightieth birthday, her estranged relatives even celebrated it for her."
If that's the case, Xiao Chen knows that there is nothing wrong with this birth date.
Then look at the information of the middle-aged man who herds cattle.
The other party's name is Long Asheng, he is forty-eight years old this year, and his birth date is clearly recorded.
In fact, the birthdays on many ID cards are different from their real birthdays, because many people’s birthdates are not accurate.
Therefore, the specific birth date and horoscope are not known to outsiders except themselves and their family members.
This Long Asheng did not go out except for farming in the mountains and fields, that is, herding cattle. He occasionally went to small towns.
"Chief Long, what is your personality like, Long Asheng? Have you had any conflicts with the villagers before?"
"He has a very silent personality and rarely communicates with other people. However, I have never heard of any conflicts between him and others."
Xiao Chen thinks it’s impossible!
No matter how silent you are, you will still communicate with others.
This Long Asheng is not like that Long Granny. Long Granny is old and lonely. No one usually visits her. Therefore, it stands to reason that she has no conflicts with others.
However, this Long Asheng is different.
Although I haven't gone out, I have lived in Xitang Miao Village all year round, so I must have interacted with other people.