After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1328 Where Someone Died
It jumped back from the tree to its original owner's shoulder and skillfully stuffed a small package into Dong Rui's hand:
All the candies were taken back, not leaving any for the little brat.

Dong Rui put it in his arms without any hesitation.

He gave the monkey away on the spot. As for whether others could keep the ghost ape, what did it have to do with him?

The cowshed is very close to the west gate of the farm, and the thatched hut is right next to the shed, only about five square meters. You can smell the unique smell of the cattle pen without leaving the house.

This was originally a hay room, with only one more wooden door than a shack, and the walls made of boards were leaky on two sides.

There is a table, broken but heavy, and two benches, but no bed.

For the mother and daughter, the thick haystack was their bed.

"It's a small place. Let's start looking for clues."

Dong Rui first found a sharp long pitchfork behind the haystack, the tip of which was rusty. He looked at it carefully, but it seemed nothing special.

The ghost ape jumped around and found several spider webs on the beams.

There were a few broken pieces of pottery in the corner of the room, either jars or bowls.

"It's been a month. Even if there are any clues, they may have been covered up by Chenjia Manor." Dong Rui muttered as he searched. "No matter how you ask, the Chen clan leader said that there was nothing unusual about the convoy entering and leaving the manor. Why didn't he mention such an important clue, but instead covered up the existence of this mother and daughter? He must know something. In my opinion, you might as well arrest him and give him a thorough interrogation."

As soon as he finished speaking, the soul-catching mirror in He Lingchuan's arms shouted, "Look at the corner of the table!"

Corner of table?

He Lingchuan turned and walked out of the haystack, squatted down and looked at the table.

The bare, broken wooden table was visible at a glance, and no one wanted to take a second look at it.

But the soul-stealing mirror gave a definite answer: "Look carefully, there is a black stain on the tip of the table corner!"

Black stain? He Lingchuan saw it, and it was indeed a tiny, inconspicuous spot.

"It's blood."

Dong Rui also came over, took out the medicine and dripped it on the corner of the table.

The corners of the table turned purple.

"Yes, it's blood. Human blood."

Dong Rui thought thoughtfully: "If there is one on the corner of the table, then——"

He casually cleared away the hay under the corner of the table and dripped a dozen drops of medicine on the floor.

As everyone watched, the ground slowly turned red.

"Someone bumped into the corner of the table and got hurt, and blood was all over the floor." Dong Rui shook the medicine bottle in his hand, "As long as there is blood stain, even if it has been cleaned up afterwards, I can use this potion to make it visible."

This guy is showing off again.

"So much blood has been shed, this person must be seriously injured." Lieutenant Li muttered, "Could it be that a monster attacked a living person here?"

He Lingchuan walked out of the hay room and asked Old Man Chen outside: "Has this door been changed?"

"No, I guess not." Old man Chen looked carefully and pointed, "It hasn't been changed. There was a wood scar on the door originally, and it's still there."

He Lingchuan immediately said to the others: "The thatched hut was locked that afternoon. If the monster rushed in, the wooden door would not be intact."

So, this bloody conflict took place before the monsters attacked Chenjiazhuang.

"None of the five dead people had serious external injuries, except for the tooth marks on Chen Fuang's hand, so the blood belonged to someone else." At this point, Lieutenant Li finally realized, "Ah, could it be that the mother and daughter's blood?"

"All five of them had returned home, and only died mysteriously at night." He Lingchuan further analyzed, "But Aunt Wu said that when she came to the hay room again later that afternoon, Ah Hui and her daughter had already disappeared."

Fierce clashes, bloodshed, and the disappearance of mother and daughter.

Putting all these together, Lieutenant Li understood: "Did these five people send the injured mother and daughter away?"

"It seems so." He Lingchuan pointed to the west, "This place is very close to the west gate of the manor. They can easily leave without attracting attention as long as they hide people in the carts carrying hay."

Dong Rui chuckled: "These are the five murderers."

Lieutenant Li was stunned: "How do you know that the mother and daughter are dead?"

"If they were only injured, why didn't they receive treatment in Chenjiazhuang? Why did they send them away instead?"

"Well, maybe the injury is too serious. Should we go out and find a doctor?"

"There are no people living in the area for miles. How long would it take them to find a doctor in the nearest Liu County? Don't forget that these five people went home for dinner before dusk." Dong Rui rubbed his hands, "So the most likely thing is that they quietly dumped the body in the suburbs and then returned to Chenjiazhuang."

"Oh..." Lieutenant Li finally understood, but he changed his mind and thought again, "But, what is the connection between this and the murder case of more than a hundred people we are investigating?"

"The little girl kept saying that a monster was coming, but no one believed her. Then the monster really came."

"Chen Fuang and his five companions killed the mother and daughter and dumped their bodies in the wild. As a result, the monster attacked Chenjiazhuang that night."

Dong Rui counted on his fingers and told him: "This is the connection."

"What should we do now?" Lieutenant Li scratched his head, "Find the bodies of the mother and daughter?"

"Yes." He Lingchuan is experienced. "To the west of here, is there a mountain stream or cliff that can be reached by horse and carriage?"

"Have."

"That's a great place to dump the body." He Lingchuan instructed him, "If you can't find it, go to the dense forest seven miles west of the village and look for it. Avoid places frequented by locals and also avoid the water source of this village."

What he didn't say was that the latter method was much more difficult, as five grown men were fully capable of digging the ground and burying the body.

"Yes." Li Xianwei quickly responded, "I'll arrange it at dawn!"

"According to the current clues, there is something about the mother and daughter that attracts the monsters." He Lingchuan pondered, "They were not in Chenjiazhuang that afternoon, but the monsters still rushed here. That is to say--"

"That thing was still here that day, at least until the monsters arrived." Dong Rui understood, "No wonder they killed so many people in the west of the village. What should we do now? Go search the homes of these poor bachelors again?"

"No need." He Lingchuan waved his hand. "They died in the most peaceful way. Obviously, these monsters who skinned people alive didn't look for them."

"Aren't you coming here for them?" Yes, He is still a thoughtful person.

"It's not aimed at them. So even if this thing really exists, it's not in the hands of these five people." He Lingchuan turned his shoulders, making a few clicking sounds, "That's enough for tonight, let's go back and rest."

The three of them walked towards the courtyard assigned to them by the head of the Chen family. Lieutenant Li dismissed the old man Chen who was following him like a tail, and then whispered, "Master He, why did Chen Ling hide the existence of this mother and daughter?"

Chen Ling is the patriarch of the Chen clan and the person in charge of Chenjiazhuang.

Chen Ling could have clearly helped the official investigation avoid detours, but he chose to conceal it.

Is there any reason that is more important than the dozens of lives of one's own family?

(End of this chapter)