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"Corporal punishment?" Liu Zhiqin looked at Qian Lu, "A wooden house was specially built to punish students?"

"It won't happen now, it won't happen now." Qian Lu said hastily, "You can go and see the new village primary school, which is just across from the police station. The young teachers have all gone to college, but they have quality, absolutely not. Corporal punishment of students."

"Then whose idea was it to build a wooden house to punish students before?" Hua Chong took a few steps, "This wooden house is independent of the teaching building, so it shouldn't have been built when the school was established?"

"Of course not." Qian Lu looked a little anxious, apparently not wanting to discuss this topic in depth.

But Hua Chong insisted, "When and who advocated the construction?"

Qian Lu had no choice but to say: "Fifteen or sixteen years ago, I can't remember the exact year. The children in the village were skinny and disobedient, especially the boys above the fifth grade. It was too difficult to manage. The teachers made up their minds and planned to build a wooden house." , Lock students who really can’t control them in for corporal punishment. The village head also notified the parents to hold a meeting and sign the agreement. "

Hua Chong asked, "How many people agree?"

"I agree." Qian Lu said, "Hey, our countryside is different from your city. I know what kind of quality education you like, but what did you do in our village a few years ago? The children are very wild, and the parents wish there were teachers. Discipline on behalf of the teacher. What is the teacher’s corporal punishment? Some parents think the teacher beats lightly.”

"Beating lightly?" Hua Chong sneered, looked around, and asked, "How do the five children who were killed usually behave?"

"I'm not sure about that. I'm not a teacher at the school." Qian Lu touched his finger, "You have to ask the old teacher about their situation, and I'll find someone for you later."

"Thank you." Liu Zhiqin smiled and said, "Where's your child?"

"My child?" Qian Lu was stunned for a moment, "Oh, you want to ask if my child has ever been physically punished? No, there are two girls in my family. They have been quiet since childhood, do not cause trouble, and have good grades good."

"Where are they now?"

Qian Lu proudly said: "I'm studying in the capital! I've already walked out of our valley!"

"That's good." Liu Zhiqin said as he touched the back of Hua Chong's hand, "Let's see again?"

"En." Hua Chong walked around the village and returned to the original place, "Is the victim's family still living in the village?"

"Yes, yes." Qian Lu said: "They are all running farmhouses. The biggest business in our village is Qian Maojiang's parents. The 'Shanweitang' at the entrance of the village is opened by his family. Hey, his family used to It is the one with the best conditions in our place. When we first started tourism development, his family was the most active and business-minded. By the way, Qian Maojiang is the boss of the family, and there are two younger brothers under him. Promising and earning a lot of money.”

Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin glanced at each other, and Liu Zhiqin asked, "What about the other four's family?"

"It's not as good as Qianmaojiang's family, but I think they're all pretty good. We have more than one child in every household here, and there's no such thing as 'lost independence'. It's really unfortunate that a child dies, but life has to go on, right? And at that time, the town government allocated a pension to them, which was a lot of money."

After leaving the village, Hua Chong asked Qian Lu to go back first.

After Xiao Chengxin had finished dealing with the village officials, he hurried over, "How about it, do you have any ideas?"

"You are playing a detective game, you have an idea so quickly?" Hua Chong held a piece of dog's tail grass and patted it on the palm of his hand.

Xiao Chengxin, like a supervisor without real power, wanted to urge, but was afraid of urging others, "Don't worry, take your time, I have confidence in you!"

Hua Chong rolled his eyes at him, and chatted with Liu Zhiqin, "What do you think?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or lie?" Liu Zhiqin laughed.

Hua Chong raised his eyebrows, "Are you going to be poor too?"

Liu Zhiqin took the dog's tail grass from his hand, "Foolish, just listening to it casually may boost morale."

"Then you can fool me first." Hua Chong thought to himself: Let's see how you fool me.

"Okay." Liu Zhiqin cleared his throat, "'corporal punishment' is very suspicious. In fact, there used to be corporal punishment of students in many township schools. First, as Qian Lu said, students were too disobedient; The root cause is that the quality of teachers is low. But why build a separate wooden house to enforce corporal punishment? Parents are asked to sign before building? Is it because corporal punishment is too heavy to be seen by other students? Also because it is too heavy, teachers are unwilling Bear the consequences, the parents sign on behalf of the 'consequences at your own risk'?"

Xiao Chengxin listened to it, and said happily: "Isn't this an idea!"

Liu Zhiqin continued: "Qian Maojiang was 14 years old when he was killed. To what extent can a boy in the sixth grade be rebellious? We are all experienced, so I don't need to describe it? Suppose he did something against discipline with the other four people. , was taken into the wooden house by the teacher and locked up for corporal punishment, is it possible that the teacher lost his hand temporarily because of anger and anger?"

"Fuck! How is it impossible?" Xiao Chengxin slapped his hands, "Teacher is afraid of crime, afraid of leaving evidence, so he can only set fire to the house and burn it down!"

Liu Zhiqin: "Yes."

"What's wrong?" Hua Chong sighed, "I still believe that one person was killed by mistake, but five were killed at once. You are making a TV series, right?"

Liu Zhiqin pursed his lips and smiled.

"No, if one is killed, the other four will become witnesses, and the teacher must silence them!" Xiao Chengxin said.

"Okay, this makes sense to you. But Brother Xiaoliu, didn't you analyze it earlier? The parents signed it on behalf of 'consequences at your own risk'. Does that mean they deserve to be killed? Ten years ago, this place didn't talk about laws at all, only about The agreement formed by the villagers themselves." Hua Chong said unhurriedly: "In this case, why did the teacher set fire in fear of crime?"

"This……"

"Also, the village primary school caught fire at night. The teachers back then were not full-time teachers, and it would be nice to be able to stay at school until the afternoon. Who would be so 'hard-working' and train five students until midnight? Take ten thousand steps back Speaking of which, if such a thing really happened, wouldn’t the parents know that their child hasn’t come home late at night?”

"Hey!"

Hua Chong snorted, "Brother Xiaoliu's inference has logical loopholes before and after, and it has no credibility at all."

Only then did Liu Zhiqin say: "That's why I said this is 'fudge'."

Hua Chong grabbed his collar and gently tugged, "It's a pity that I didn't fool me."

Xiao Cheng beat his chest and stamped his feet, "It made me excited in vain."

"Sorry." Liu Zhiqin cooperated with Hua Chongna to shake his body, "Can I tell the truth now?"

"I know if you don't tell me." Hua Chong let go of his hand and patted him on the shoulder twice.

"Don't play charades!" Xiao Chengxin said, "I don't know!"

"The truth is..." Liu Zhiqin showed a helpless expression, "I really don't have any ideas yet."

Xiao Chengxin suddenly became a leaking pufferfish.

"I just came here, why are you in a hurry?" Hua Chong encouraged him and assigned a task: "Brother Xiaoliu and I have to meet the families of the five victims. Old Xiao, please make arrangements."

In the afternoon, there were still several tables of banquets in the "Shanweitang".Late summer and early autumn is a good time to enjoy the scenery. Almost all the farmhouses in Luoguan Village are fully booked. As the most prestigious one, "Shanweitang" accepts the rooms that have been fully booked half a month in advance. guest.But the boss is very hospitable, even if you don't have a reservation, just tell the front desk, you can go in and visit the original ecological style of the farm.

Hua Chong didn't look like a policeman when he was wearing casual clothes. He walked in slowly, like a curious guest from afar.

The girl at the front desk thought that he hadn't booked a room, so the tourists who came in to visit warmly greeted: "Sir, you go through this lobby and go inside. There are still many interesting things inside."

Hua Chong smiled politely at her, "Thank you."

"Shanweitang" is really well built, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the environment is quiet, and occasionally you can hear noisy human voices. Being in it, you have the feeling of stepping into a paradise.After walking for a while, Hua Chong received a WeChat message from Xiao Chengxin: Qian Maojiang's family members are not willing to face the police, but don't worry about the flower team, I can definitely take care of this small matter, I will go to the government and let them come forward.

Hua Chong replied: It doesn't matter.

Unwilling to face the police?This is not difficult.

Just don't show up as a police officer.

Soon, the phone vibrated again. This time it was Liu Zhiqin: I have arrived at Qian Qing's house. His family seems to be very talkative. I will report to you later.

He curled his lips and typed quickly: OK, we will exchange information later.

Just as he put away his mobile phone, there was a burst of laughter from the small building beside him.Hua Chong followed the prestige and saw a group of young people coming down from the second floor.

They are in their early twenties, with dyed hair and overly "fashionable" dresses. All kinds of weird fashion elements are stacked together, and the rustic style can't stop them. Most of the guests are locals.

Sure enough, a woman with dyed red hair and wearing a golden lace dress said to a man in a white polo shirt, "Second Young Master, has your food improved? It's even better than last time!"

"Improve it specially for you, do you like it?" The man called "Second Young Master" spoke glibly, and he held another girl's waist while speaking.

There is a photo wall in the lobby of "Shanweitang", Hua Chong looked at it from a glance, and he was sure that this person was Qian Maojiang's younger brother, Qian Fengjiang.

Everyone laughed and laughed and crossed the courtyard, apparently going to the private room in the bamboo forest not far away.Hua Chong followed, pretending to be guests, listening to them while admiring the scenery.

It can be heard from the words that the richest Qian family in Luoguan Village is currently headed by Qian Fengjiang. Although Qian Chuangjiang, the third son, is also in charge, he is not as popular as Qian Fengjiang.Their father, Qian Yong, fell ill last year and has been receiving treatment in the town.If the old father goes away, the two brothers will separate.

Qian Fengjiang led a group of friends into the private room, Hua Chong found a stone and sat on it to smoke.

As he expected, not long after, Qian Fengjiang came out of the private room, humming a song and walking back.

"Second Young Master." Hua Chong stood up and called.

"Huh?" Qian Fengjiang turned around and asked suspiciously, "You are?"

"Tourists who come here because of the fame." Hua Chong took a few steps forward, "I heard that 'Shanweitang' is the best farmhouse in Luoguan Village, but it's a pity that the booking was too late and there are no rooms left."

Qian Fengjiang straightened his polo shirt, "You know me?"

"Er Shao Qian is so popular, who doesn't know the people who come to Luoguan Village?" Hua Chong showed a bit of flattery.

Qian Fengjiang obviously liked his style very much, "A visitor is a guest, I welcome reservations or not. The rooms are full, and it is not impossible to add a table for a table. How many people do you have? I will let the kitchen arrange it. "

Hua Chong said with some embarrassment: "I came alone."

Qian Fengjiang was very surprised, "There are very few people here to play alone."

Hua Chong smiled, "Second Young Master, if you want to eat at your family's banquet, do you have to gather a table of people?"

Qian Fengjiang turned his eyes around him, "It's really not easy to arrange a person alone, how about this, I invite friends to dinner today, if you don't mind, just come with us. They are playing cards in that private room. There is one more round to eat, and I will show you a taste."

"I'm so sorry."

"What's the point?" Qian Fengjiang said loudly, "We're all friends when we're away from home!"

Hua Chong followed Qian Fengjiang into the private room following his kindness.

The young people didn't know Hua Chong at all, but seeing that Qian Fengjiang had brought him in, they thought they were also Qian Fengjiang's friends, so they invited Hua Chong to play cards together.

Hua Chong usually doesn't play cards, but if he does, it looks like that.

Qian Fengjiang was not here, probably busy with the farmhouse.Everyone chattered, and then they started talking about each other.

"Old man Qian is about to die, right? Judging from what Second Young Master means, I don't think there's much time left."

"You said that if the family is really separated in the future, how much will the third young master get?"

"'Shanweitang' must belong to the second young master. The second young master is a good person, and the second young master deserves it. If they fight at that time, our family will stand on the second young master's side."

"Tsk, it's good for us if the second young master grabs the big head."

"Of course."

Hua Chong listened for a while, and sighed in a timely manner: "These two years have not been easy for the second young master."

This was said very skillfully, and he quietly raised the topic. It seemed that he was praising Qian Fengjiang, but he actually wanted to draw out the past.

Immediately someone is hooked.

"Isn't it! Although their family used to be quite rich, but the three sons in the family have to fight for the family property."

"At the beginning, no one thought that the second young master was the most promising one, right?"

"That's not because Qian Maojiang died!"

Hua Chong paused his fingers slightly, and asked in doubt, "Qian Maojiang?"

"Hey, you're not a local, so it's not surprising if you don't know." One person said, "Second Young Master used to have an older brother who was burned to death ten years ago."

Everyone started to laugh, and some even said, "It deserves it."

Hua Chong asked, "Burn to death? What's going on?"

The person who said "serve it right" briefly recounted what happened ten years ago, which was consistent with Hua Chong's understanding.But what surprised him was that these people all took a gloating attitude towards Qian Maojiang's death.

Since they are friends of Qian Fengjiang, it is not difficult to guess Qian Fengjiang's attitude.

"I was young at the time, maybe 12 years old, and I was bullied by Qian Maojiang all day long. Then I heard that he was the one who was burned to death in that fire. I wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate!"

Qian Maojiang's death opened up everyone's chatterbox, and the people in the private room talked non-stop.

Hua Chong listened calmly, and occasionally added a sentence: "Growing up in the same family, why is there such a difference in personality? Er Shao is quite good."

"Of course the second young master is good! The three brothers, Qian Maojiang is like a tyrant, he even beats his two younger brothers, and the third young master is bored, so he can't get along with me anyway. The second young master is the best. I say, luckily Qian Maojiang is dead, otherwise his family will definitely be defeated by him, and the second young master might be bullied to death by him!"

Someone laughed and said, "It's not that exaggerated."

After chatting for a while, Qian Fengjiang came back, "Why are you talking so lively?"

The woman who was hugged by him before said, "Say your elder brother deserves to die."

Hua Chong immediately looked at Qian Fengjiang.

Qian Fengjiang first raised his eyebrows in a little surprise, and soon laughed, "He deserved it."

"Hey! Why is Second Young Master so angry today?"

Someone stood up and told Qian Fengjiang to sit down. Hua Chong's eyes never moved away from Qian Fengjiang's face, but he looked very skillfully. It's hard for people to notice.

"Come here to help the police want to investigate Qian Maojiang's case, and his mother wants me and the third child to cooperate." Qian Fengjiang's face was not very good, "I cooperate with a bird!"

"How long has Qian Maojiang been dead? Why do you want to investigate?" One person said dissatisfiedly: "Just treat it as a sacrifice to heaven. After burning that time, won't every household's harvest increase in the second year? I don't want the murderer anyway. If you get caught, why should you pay for the life of a scum like Qian Maojiang?"

"I think so too. There's no need." Qian Fengjiang said: "But the police want to investigate, and the third child and I don't cooperate, and there are other families. But then again, nothing good or bad was found out back then, and the case can still be solved now." There are ghosts. Ten years ago, I was only 12 years old, and my third child was 10 years old. I don’t know any clues about the murderer.”

Since Qian Fengjiang came back, Hua Chong stopped talking and kept his presence to a minimum. However, the young people talked a lot, and they scolded Qian Maojiang very enthusiastically, which made the image of Qian Maojiang, a 14-year-old victim, gradually fade away. Brighten up.

"But I still can't figure it out, who killed Qian Maojiang and the five of them?" Some people started to think while chatting, "I only thought it was scary back then, but now that I think about it, it's a bit strange, No wonder the police came to investigate. It stands to reason that it was very difficult for outsiders to enter our place at that time. Even if they could enter, it seemed to be quite difficult to disappear immediately after murder and arson. Do you think it is from the village? Who did it?"

"My dad said that before." Qian Fengjiang said: "He thought the murderer must be from the village, and he even told the police, but he couldn't find out at all."

"How about we take a guess?"

"Guess what, after so many years, everyone is living a good life now, don't use this to affect unity." Qian Fengjiang warned: "If the police ask, they won't be able to explain clearly, just remember .”

"Yes, yes, yes." Everyone echoed: "Second Young Master is right, if you die, you will die. Our village has a new look now, and every household has money. Maybe they were really sacrificed to heaven, and they died well. Hahaha."

Hua Chong pretended to be listening with gusto, Qian Fengjiang finally noticed him, and jokingly told him, "Don't go outside and talk nonsense."

"No, no, this story is very interesting."

A woman said "ah", "Interesting? Don't you think it's scary?"

Hua Chongxiao: "Traveling all over the world, there are scary things in every village, and you are not uncommon."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then relaxed, and someone said: "Let me just say, this is not a big deal at all. If you die, you will die. The police have nothing to do. It's not good to investigate what is wrong. They have to investigate this old incident in our village. ..."

Hua Chong didn't stay for dinner, he found an excuse to leave, just in time to see Qian Fengjiang being called out by two people who looked like village officials.He listened for a while, and the other party was obviously called by Xiao Chengxin, and asked Qian Fengjiang to cooperate with the investigation of Yunyun.

The current development of Luoguan Village depends on policies. No matter how powerful Qian Fengjiang is, he dare not disobey the words of local officials.

Hua Chong didn't reveal his identity immediately, and walked leisurely towards a teahouse.

Liu Zhiqin was already waiting there, and ordered a pot of tea.

The teahouses here have the habit of serving sugar. Bitter tea is brewed in copper pots, and golden-yellow rock sugar is placed in porcelain dishes.

Liu Zhiqin threw rock sugar into a cup of tea that had cooled for a while, "Try it, the temperature is just right."

Before the rock sugar melted, Hua Chong had already drank half of the glass, Liu Zhiqin filled it up for him, and he asked, "How is your side?"

"Qian Qing's family's farmhouse is not large, and their income is considered low-to-medium in Luoguan Village, but I think their family lives quite contentedly." Liu Zhiqin put one hand on the edge of the table, avoiding the waiter who brought tea, Then he said: "Qian Qing has a sister, who is 5 years older than him. He was originally the youngest son in the family. After the accident, his parents had another child. It is a boy, and he is now 9 years old."

Hua Chong stirred the smaller and smaller rock sugar in the cup, "In other words, shortly after his death, his mother became pregnant."

"Well, this is actually understandable in the countryside." Liu Zhiqin said: "There must be a son in the family. If Qian Qing is gone, we have to have another one as soon as possible."

Hua Chong was silent for a few seconds and asked, "What do they think about Qian Qing's death?"

"I think this is what my son deserves."

"what?"

Liu Zhiqin put his index finger on his lips and said with a smile, "Keep your voice down, it's in someone else's territory."

Hua Chong looked around, "Isn't the normal reaction sad and angry? Find the murderer no matter what?"

"But they couldn't find it, so they thought it was God's will." Liu Zhiqin said: "I feel that their family is very gentle, a bit muddling through. Qian Qing has been in poor health since he was a child, and he was sick every day and often needed to go to the hospital. The hospital in the town, the family has no car, is relatively poor, and can only take someone else's car every time, and life is very hard."

"So Qian Qing is not a small burden to his parents." Hua Chong raised his chin, "After giving birth to a daughter, he still wanted a son, but the result of the 'superbirth' was a sick son."

"Well, so after the accident that year, their family must have been in grief, but more or less, there will be a little bit of relief." Liu Zhiqin said and picked up the teacup, "Human nature is cool."

Hua Chong said: "But even if this is the case, they should have someone to suspect."

Liu Zhiqin shook his head, "Qian Qing's mother said that her son has been docile since he was a child, and he has never made enemies with others. Besides, he is so young, he will not offend anyone. He always plays with his classmates at school, neither fights nor grabs, nor He loves to show off. On the day of the accident, Qian Qing finished his homework and went out to play. He came home around nine o’clock, washed up and went to bed, and did not go out again. Hearing that there was a fire in the village in the middle of the night, they didn’t take it seriously at first, and they didn’t even realize that Qian Qing was no longer there. Afterwards, they heard that the village school had burned their children to death, and the whole village counted the number of people, and then they knew that their children had been burned to death.”

Hua Chong looked outside the teahouse, frowned for a while, and suddenly said: "No, according to the family members of both parties, Qian Qing and Qian Maojiang have completely different personalities. What is the murderer's selection criteria?"

"What did Qian Maojiang say?" Liu Zhiqin asked.

Hua Chong recounted what he heard in "Shanweitang".

Liu Zhiqin thought about it, put down his teacup, "I'm afraid this case is more complicated than we imagined."

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