When there was no one in the courtyard, Gu Yixian sat down at the table and described what he saw to Yan Gui.Yan Gui took a bite of food for her and said, "It's not right. The village head and his wife meant that there should be their daughter-in-law in this family. Just now, the village head's son should have brought food to his wife, but obviously his wife and he are different. It’s not right to live in separate rooms.”

Gu Yixian thought for a while, and said: "After dinner, I'll find a chance to go out. No matter whether there is a problem or not, I can only draw conclusions after I get in touch with it. If I really stay in this room at night, I don't want to find anything."

Yan Gui said yes, without saying anything, the two quickly finished their dinner.

After eating, Gu Yixian watched the movement outside at the door, and saw that the village chief's house had started to clean up the dishes, so she also packed the dishes and took them out.

The kitchen of the village chief's house was next to the house where his son lived, but Gu Yixian pretended not to know it, and went to the backyard with the dishes and chopsticks in his hands.She rushed to the backyard sullenly, just as she ran into the village chief's son bringing out the used bowls and chopsticks from the backyard room. When they saw each other, they were both startled.

The young man obviously didn't react, and shouted: "How did you get here?!"

Gu Yixian's face was a little confused, and he said awkwardly: "I, I will send the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen..."

The village head and his wife who were in the kitchen heard the movement and ran over immediately. When they saw her, they both looked a little shocked.

"You... why did you come out?!" Lu Yu said anxiously, "No, didn't I tell you not to come out and wander around when you have nothing to do?!"

Gu Yixian's expression was a little embarrassing, and he said embarrassingly: "I, just brought the bowls and chopsticks. We borrowed at your house and had a meal. I'm very embarrassed. I can't just do nothing when I think about it. Should help with something..."

They were talking loudly, and the people in the back room must have heard them.Gu Yixian's hearing was excellent, and she immediately heard rustling sounds coming from the room, as if iron chains were rubbing against each other, and a woman shouted something, but she couldn't hear it clearly.

In a blink of an eye, the village chief's son turned around and rushed back into the house, closing the door. The woman in the house yelled twice again, still inaudible, but soon there was no movement.

Gu Yixian seemed to be frightened. She looked at the ugly faces of the village chiefs Zhao Quan and Lu Yu, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I don't know where the kitchen is... Uncle and aunt, did I cause you trouble?"

Zhao Quan's expression was very bad. He took the bowls and chopsticks from Gu Yixian's hand, and slammed her back: "No! You don't need to help me any more! You can stay here today, hurry up and leave tomorrow morning!"

"That... just that..."

Zhao Quan's face became even more gloomy, and he said, "My daughter-in-law, she... has a bad mind and often causes trouble!"

Without giving Gu Yixian any more time to think, Lu Yu had already started to push her back to the room: "You don't need to do anything! My daughter-in-law has mental problems, if you come out casually, you might scare her and scare you too! So , don't come out tonight!"

Gu Yixian went back to the room, Lu Yu closed the door for them, and then left quickly.

Yan Gui walked over and asked Gu Yixian what's wrong with his eyes.

Gu Yixian recounted what happened in a low voice: "Interesting, is it really just a mentally ill 'daughter-in-law' locked up in the backyard?"

Gu Yixian frowned and pondered for a while, then said, "I want to visit the backyard at night."

Yan Gui looked at her, didn't stop her, just said: "Be careful."

Since they decided to go to the backyard at night, the two of them will wash up and go to bed right now.This room has hot water and has its own bathroom, which is quite convenient.After all, he is living here on a loan, and he can't force it. Even Yan Gui, who is a clean freak, didn't say anything. He went to bed after simply washing up, and slept with his clothes on.

The two kissed lightly twice, then hugged each other and closed their eyes to rest.They turned off the lights and went to bed early to dispel the suspicion of the village chief.Gu Yixian clung to Yan Gui's arms, she seemed to fall into sleep quickly, but in fact she remained vigilant all the time, no sound from outside could escape her ears.

Time - bit by bit, the sound outside became smaller and smaller, and at night, the whole village fell silent.Gu Yixian looked at the phone when she opened her eyes, it was midnight, she withdrew from Yan Gui's arms, turned over and looked out the window, the moonlight was still bright, it was still too early.

Just as she was in a daze, she stretched out a hand from her side, and Yan Gui pulled her back into her arms.

With his forehead resting on Yan Gui's chin, Gu Yixian asked softly, "Are you awake?"

Yan Gui rubbed her chin against her, and asked in a low voice, "What time is it?"

Gu Yixian: "Zero."

"It's still early, let's hug for a while."

Gu Yixian's heart was about to melt, he stretched out his arms to hug her, and shrank back into her arms.It should still be very sleepy, Yan Gui soon fell back to sleep, but this time Gu Yixian stayed awake and didn't fall asleep again.

After another hour, the moon was hidden in the clouds, and the light outside was extremely dim. It was the most sleepy time in the second half of the night, and Gu Yixian withdrew from Yan Gui's arms again.She moved very lightly, but Yan Gui, who was empty in her arms, immediately woke up, looking at her sleepily.

Gu Yixian touched her face and said, "I'm going to the backyard for a while, you wait for me in the house."

Remembering this, Yan Gui rubbed his eyes, sat up too, put his coat on his body, and said, "I'll get up and wait for you."

Gu Yixian thought about it and agreed.This is at an outsider's house, if he is not there, he is worried about Yan Gui - he is sleeping soundly in the house alone.

Gu Yixian quickly put on her coat. She hid her gun inside the coat, tied a small dagger in her boots, and took out a hair rope to tie up her long hair. After she was ready, she carefully opened the door and opened the door lightly. Feet flashed out.She was agile, her movements were as fast as lightning, and she was dressed in black and quickly disappeared into the night.

Zhao's family is not big, and there is not much room in the front yard and back yard. Gu Yixian ran to the window of the main house bedroom like a cat. She leaned against the window and listened, calmly distinguishing two heavy breathing I know that the village head and his wife are fast asleep.She bent over to the opposite side again, listened outside the window of the village chief's son, and also confirmed that he was also in a deep sleep.

Gu Yixian stepped hard, ran to the backyard in a few steps, pressed his back against the wall and remained silent for a while, after making sure that there were no other sounds, he went to the room in the backyard more quietly.

The back yard was even smaller than the front yard, and it took two or three steps to reach the door. Gu Yixian lowered his head—looked, his eyes narrowed immediately.

The house was locked, and the village chief locked up the so-called "daughter-in-law".She hesitated staring at the lock—for a while, several thoughts flashed through her mind at the same time.For example, slip the door and pick the lock to open the door, go in and ask the "daughter-in-law" what's going on.Another example is knocking on the window and asking through the window.But she ruled them out in the end. These practices may be noticed by the village chief and his wife who live in the main house.

Gu Yixian walked around the small room, stood still in front of the window at the back of the room, and lowered his eyes to think about what to do.At this moment, her eyes fell on the corner of the small window inadvertently. The window has not been cleaned all year round, and a thick layer of dust has accumulated.Gu Yixian took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight, shining it on the corner of the window, he could clearly see an English letter written on the dust: S

Gu Yixian's eyes flickered, and she swung the flashlight into the room. She didn't know if the people inside could receive the light, so she had to try.But after waiting for a long time, there was no response.

Gu Yixian thought for a while, and shone the flashlight on the window next to her, and sure enough, she found another letter in the corner: O

At this point, there is no need to find the third letter, Gu Yixian already understands what message the woman in the room wants to convey——SOS

She is calling for help.

Gu Yixian searched for all three letters, took pictures of them with his mobile phone, and then quietly returned to his room.She moved quickly and lightly, like a preying cat in the night, two or three families flashed into the room and gently closed the door.

Yan Gui sat cross-legged on the bed and looked at his phone. When he saw her coming in, he put down the lock screen of the phone and asked in a low voice, "How is it?"

Gu Yixian repeatedly took off his coat and trousers, and lay back on the bed, and Yan Gui also lay down with her.Showing Yan Gui the photos taken on the phone, Gu Yixian lowered his voice and said, "Who do you think is locked in that room?"

Yan Gui looked at the photo and said, "It should be that she just wrote some handwriting on the window not long ago. She probably came up with this method after hearing the quarrel between you and the village head-family during dinner. Can you do it in such a short time? Thinking of such a way to ask for help, she is definitely not a lunatic as the village chief said, she has the ability to think independently, and her IQ is not low."

Gu Yixian sighed a little: "If I hadn't gone to the back room tonight, her method would be useless."

"It's just a gamble, even if there is a chance." Yan Gui returned the phone to Gu Yixian and said, "We may have discovered a new case by mistake."

Gu Yixian: "How do we do it?"

Yan Gui pondered: "She will not be in danger for the time being, we don't have enough evidence, and I am more concerned about whether that van has anything to do with this village. There is only one village on Yunwu Mountain. According to common sense, then The destination of the van after entering the mountain should be only here, but obviously the car cannot go up the road we entered the village, so where did the van go? What is it for? What does it have to do with the murderer who killed An Yue? Relationship? None of these questions have been answered yet.”

Gu Yixian said: "So the most urgent thing is to find that van..."

Yan Gui: "In short, we will leave at dawn tomorrow morning. Don't act abnormally. I think there may be problems in this village."

The two didn't say anything more, and it was still a few hours before dawn, and the two of them hugged each other and fell asleep again.There was a natural alarm clock in the mountain village, and the sound of the rooster crowing woke them up, because remembering where it was, Yan Gui felt much less angry when he woke up, and he followed Gu Yixian up happily.

The two of them washed up briefly, and went out after daybreak, saying goodbye to Lu Yu who was already preparing breakfast in the kitchen.Lu Yu didn't pretend to keep them, wishing that the two outsiders would leave quickly, so he just stuffed them with two steamed buns to cushion their stomachs on the road.

Yan Gui took the steamed buns, thanked Lu Yu very earnestly, and then left with Gu Yixian without looking back.Lu Yu stood at the door watching their backs as they walked away, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

People in the mountain village got up early, and they met several families along the way, and when they saw two outsiders coming out of the village head's house, they all looked at them warily.The two of them bowed their heads to greet the people they met without changing their faces, and went straight to the path that went up the mountain yesterday, and went down the mountain along the same path.

The author has something to say: This case is coming to an end, and it will be finished this week~

The second one is here, la la la~

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