He did not rashly accuse Wang Shiren of being the murderer, but quickly covered up his shock: "Does anyone usually come here?"
"Who's here?" Wang Shiren replied.
Zhang Yichi took a deep look at Wang Shiren, and then said to several people: "Please expand the area and search carefully. If you find anything suspicious, you can hand it over to me, and I will reward you."
The workload of finding work in such a large area is too much, and it is rare to have someone to help. He still has some money in his briefcase, and it is okay to use part of it as a reward. After all, he has troubled two village women like this
It won't be long, and it won't make sense if I don't give you some money when the time comes.
When the two women heard that the money was being given, their eyes lit up and they looked for it carefully.
Wang Shiren didn't seem to care much about money, he just frowned and bent over to look for it.
While Zhang Yichi was expanding the area to search for anything the murderer might have left behind, he was concentrating on observing Wang Shiren. Ever since the murderer's footprints matched Wang Shiren's, he was starting to see something more and more strange.
Anything Wang Shiren does will arouse his suspicion and deduce a bad result.
After searching for more than half an hour, I found nothing, but it was already getting dark.
Wang Shiren said: "Comrade police, it's getting dark soon. It will take us more than forty minutes to go back by bike. If it gets dark again, the mountain road will be difficult to walk."
The other two village women also looked at Zhang Yichi. They had been staying here for several hours and had exhausted a lot of energy.
"Then let's get here first." Zhang Yichi felt that what Wang Shiren said made sense, and they couldn't see any clues on the ground after it was dark, so the efficiency would be greatly reduced. "Shiren, let's take one of them and go back first."
"Hey!" Wang Shiren followed and walked back.
As Zhang Yichi walked, he took out two hundred-dollar bills from his briefcase and gave one to each of the two village women.
Although the two village women knew that they would be paid, they did not know that they would be given so much. They were so happy that they couldn't open their mouths for a while.
After going up the slope and back to the path, Zhang Yichi and Wang Shiren each picked up a village woman and started riding back.
The mountain road was rugged, and it was dark, so it took nearly fifty minutes to go back with people. When the two village women arrived in the village, they packed their money tightly and went back to their homes.
Wang Shiren took the bicycle from Zhang Yichi and went to send the bicycle back.
Zhang Yichi walked to the village committee not far away by himself.
The lights are still on in the village committee room, so the village chief and others are probably still there.
Zhang Yichi pushed the door open and entered, and found that Liu Cuilan's body in the main hall was missing. He felt nervous and walked quickly into another room. He found that there was a table in the room, and the table was full of people.
The village chief, Wang Shimin, the witness, Uncle Sun, and several villagers whom Zhang Yichi didn't know.
"Comrade police, I'm just waiting for you. Come sit down and eat first." The village chief waved to Zhang Yichi.
"Where is Liu Cuilan?" Zhang Yichi became even more anxious when he saw that there was no one in the room.
"It's too unlucky to release the village committee. We have a firewood shed behind the village committee, so we'll release it there first," the village chief explained.
In order to make sure that the village chief did not lie to him, Zhang Yichi went out and walked behind the village committee. Sure enough, he found the firewood shed. He went over and opened the door, and could vaguely see something with a human silhouette on the ground.
It was too dark, so Zhang Yichi couldn't see clearly, but it should be Liu Cuilan.
No matter what the village chief did, he would never confront him despite his repeated warnings, so Zhang Yichi felt relieved and returned to the village committee.
After entering, the village chief invited him to sit down.
Six or seven people gathered around a table. A fairly sumptuous meal was prepared on the table, with a bottle of white wine beside it.
"Comrade police, we don't know what to call you yet," the village chief said.
"My name is Zhang Yichi. Everyone is older than me, so just call me Xiao Zhang." Zhang Yichi introduced himself.
"Xiao Zhang, okay, okay, let me introduce you to everyone here." The village chief pointed to the people around him, "You know this is Shimin, and this is Lao Sun. I'll see you this afternoon. This is Nanyang, our village.
He is an elementary school teacher, has a high school diploma, and is very capable. This is Chunsheng, my son, and he is also a member of the village committee."
"Hello, Officer Zhang, my name is Zhang Nanyang. I have the same surname as you, so we are a family." Zhang Nanyang, a primary school teacher in Data Village, stood up and shook hands with Zhang Yichi enthusiastically.
This man has good features, wears a pair of eyes, is tall and thin, and looks very elegant and kind.
Zhang Yichi shook hands with him: "Okay, okay."
"My name is Chen Chunsheng." The village chief's son is a young man who looks to be in his early twenties and only has a bunch of hair on the front of his head. He smiles and is a bit honest when he talks.
The village chief brought a cup to Zhang Yichi and poured some white wine: "Xiao Zhang, tonight, Nanyang will take you to the school in our village to stay for one night. If you have something serious, please ask Chunsheng for help. Chunsheng will be there tonight."
Just sleep in the village committee.”
"Okay, thank you for your cooperation." Zhang Yichi looked at Wang Shimin. Wang Shimin's cheeks were slightly red and he looked slightly confused. He probably had drunk a lot of wine. "I will definitely find the murderer of Liu Cuilan as soon as possible."
The village chief finished pouring the wine for Zhang Yichi, and then said: "But Cuilan's body still needs to be buried. It's so hot in the summer. It will smell bad if it is left for a while."
Zhang Yichi has noticed this before. It is not easy to preserve the body in this weather: "Okay, give me another day tomorrow. Once tomorrow is over, Liu Cuilan can be buried first."
"Shimin, do you think it's okay?" the village chief asked Wang Shimin.
"I listen to you." Wang Shimin said angrily, and drank all the liquor in the glass.
"Come on, come on, let's eat first. We'll be busy all afternoon." The village chief asked everyone to eat first.
Zhang Yichi also felt that it was inappropriate to talk about corpses and cases at the dinner table. It would be better to wait until after eating.
After eating two steamed buns and drinking a few taels of white wine, Zhang Yichi said that he didn't want to drink any more at the dinner table. The village chief and Uncle Sun both have good drinkers. They drank a lot and are still very sober now.
Comforting Wang Shimin who started to cry loudly due to the alcohol.
"Officer Zhang, let's go out first." Zhang Nanyang suggested.
"Okay." Zhang Yi relaxed and stood up.
Zhang Yichi, Zhang Nanyang, and Chen Chunsheng came outside.
Chen Chunsheng handed Zhang Yichi a cigarette. Zhang Yichi thanked him and started smoking. The cigarette was poorly made and tasted a bit spicy and bitter when smoked. Zhang Yichi looked at the brand. It was an unknown small brand and said
It must not be fake cigarettes.
"Where is the small shop in our village?" Zhang Yichi asked.
"Over there." Chen Chunsheng drank a lot, but he didn't seem to be able to drink well. He walked a little unsteadily. When he pointed the direction to Zhang Yichi, he looked like he was going to hit someone, and swung his arm out, "What's wrong?"
"Go buy something." Zhang Yichi said.
Zhang Nanyang put his hands in his pockets. He does not smoke: "Let's go there together. I will take you to school after shopping."
Zhang Yichi glanced at the window at the back. Wang Shimin had drunk too much, and he must not be able to answer his questions now. And his brother Wang Shiren is probably the murderer. He has gone to return the bicycle now, and he doesn't know when he will come over.
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"After shopping, let's take a walk around the village to familiarize ourselves with the terrain, and then go to school." Zhang Yichi suggested.
He hasn't figured out the situation in the village yet. He can almost draw a map by walking around the village. Then he can use clues to deduce the route from Liu Cuilan's disappearance to her death.
"Okay, I'll go into the house to get the flashlight." Zhang Nanyang didn't have any objections and went into the house to get the flashlight.
There are no street lights in the village, and the moonlight is relatively dim. It is really unsafe to walk at night without a flashlight. Not long ago, Zhang Yichi took a village woman back on his bicycle. Because he couldn't see clearly there was a pothole in the road ahead, he rode over it, and then the car started to
As soon as he pressed down, the village woman almost pushed him down and drove him out.
"Brother Zhang, my father said, if you have anything, come to me. I know all the big and small things in the village." Chen Chunsheng took a puff of cigarette and said to Zhang Yichi.
He was very close to Zhang Yichi, and when he spoke, he sprayed a mouthful of wine and cigarette smoke at Zhang Yichi. Zhang Yichi could only hold his breath and say "hmm", and then quietly moved a step to the side.
Zhang Nanyang took out two flashlights, holding one for himself and giving the other to Zhang Yichi.
The three of them walked towards the small shop first.
"Do you know the situation of Wang Shimin's family?" On the way, Zhang Yichi asked the two of them about Wang Shimin's relevant information.
"Know--"
"I know, Shimin is my uncle in terms of seniority." Zhang Nanyang overcame Chen Chunsheng and answered first, "Uncle Shimin married his wife a few months ago. They are the only ones in the family who have uncle Shiren."
Zhang Yichi listened: "They live together?"
"Uncle Shimin's house only has a few rooms. Uncle Shiren doesn't live in such a place here," Zhang Nanyang said.
"Are there any conflicts in their family?"
"Wow, have you ever heard of it?"
Zhang Yichi felt that his question might not be too detailed, so he asked carefully: "Does the two brothers Wang Shimin and Wang Shiren have any conflicts? Where is Wang Shiren and his sister-in-law?"
"What the hell, those two brothers are so good at sharing everything together. A few years ago, Uncle Shiren went out to work, and when he came back, he gave all the money to Uncle Shimin to get a wife, otherwise I, Uncle Shimin, would spend half of his life doing this.
Where did you get the money to get a wife?" Zhang Nanyang said, "Uncle Shimin is so talented that no one can look down on him, so he married a fool."
"Then Wang Shiren won't get married?"
"Uncle Shiren plans to go out to work for a few more years, but he won't be able to make much money farming in our village."
"When did you say that?"
"Uncle Shimin was having a drink together on the day he married his wife. Uncle Shiren said he planned to go out to work and save some money after a while."
As they talked, several people came to the small shop. It was already nine o'clock in the evening, and the small shop seemed to be closing soon. Parked at the door was the electric tricycle that Zhang Yichi had ridden on. It seemed that Wang Shiren had been with the small shop before.
Borrowed from the shop owner.
Entering the small shop, Chen Chunsheng and Zhang Nanyang both said hello to the owner. The owner of the small shop, "Uncle Chen," was a fat, bald, black man with a beer belly. He looked to be in his fifties.
The store is not rich in items, but daily necessities are still available.
"What kind of cigarettes are there?" Zhang Yichi asked.
The boss told Zhang Yichi several types of cigarettes, but Zhang Yichi had never heard of them. It was estimated that the cigarette boxes here were different from those in the real world, so he simply bought two boxes of the most expensive ones, which cost more than 70 yuan.
In addition, I bought some daily necessities, totaling about one hundred dollars.
I gave a box to Chen Chunsheng who was smoking, and Chen Chunsheng immediately thanked him with a smile.
After opening the cigarette case and taking one in his mouth, Zhang Yichi went out. Chen Chunsheng and Zhang Nanyang said goodbye to their boss and followed Zhang Yichi.
"Hiss...huh..." Zhang Yichi still felt that the more expensive cigarettes were easier to smoke, "Take me around the village to get to know your village."
"Okay." Chen Chunsheng, who had packed his cigarettes, became more active and led the way with long strides, introducing Zhang Yichi to the surrounding situation as he walked.
Zhang Nanyang made some additions.
Zhang Yichi is quite sensitive to this aspect, so it is quite easy to remember.
The village is actually not big, but the households are slightly scattered. It took more than half an hour to basically understand the general location, and Zhang Nanyang took Zhang Yichi to school.
It's not so much a school as it is a row of simple bungalows, with only two rooms in total.
"This is my rest room and office, and this is the classroom." Zhang Nanyang introduced.
"Are you the only teacher in your school?" Zhang Yichi was still a little surprised to see how simple the surroundings were.
"I'm the only one. There are only about ten students in total." Zhang Nanyang went to unlock the office, "The students have been on vacation recently, so I'm going home to stay."
"I feel like there are quite a lot of people in your village. How come there are only more than ten people going to school?"
"Many of them are parents who don't think it's useful to go to school, so they go home to farm and herd sheep." Zhang Nanyang opened the door, turned on the light, and called Zhang Yichi and Chen Chunsheng in.
After Zhang Yichi entered, he found that the office was also quite simple. There were Nanyang beds used for lunch breaks. The beds were actually just padded with a few bricks and a wooden board. Other than that, there was only one bed.
Desk, washstand.
"Ah... don't mind, Officer Zhang, the conditions in our village are relatively simple..." Zhang Nanyang was a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Yichi didn't want to make others feel embarrassed, "It's good. Everything I want is basically complete."
"That's fine. If you need anything else, just tell me and Chunsheng." Zhang Nanyang said.
Zhang Yichi nodded and walked around the small room: "Okay, it's really good."
"Let me help you clean it up, it's still a bit messy." Zhang Nanyang felt that the house was a bit dirty.
"No, no, I'll just come by myself later. It's so late, you guys should go back and rest." Zhang Yichi planned to clean up by himself, "By the way, where is the toilet?"
"It's right next to it." Chen Chunsheng pointed the flashlight to one side.
Zhang Yichi followed the light and saw there was an aqua toilet not far away.
"Okay. That's it. You guys go back and have a rest. I can just clean up here." Zhang Yichi said.
"Okay, let's go first." Zhang Nanyang exited the house.
"If you have any questions for me, I will always stay at the village committee." Chen Chunsheng reminded.
"Okay." Zhang Yichi said with a smile to the two of them. Within a few seconds, his smile suddenly froze.