Dressed as a scum who abandoned his wife and daughter

After Lin Xi finished speaking, he tilted his head and looked at Chu Muqing from time to time.

Chu Muqing's breathing was a little unsteady, and her face was a little pale, but her brows were still calm and calm, her dignified and elegant posture seemed to be walking on a country road, and her upright figure showed a mature temperament with every step she took.

Lin Xi felt that no matter how long it had passed, Chu Muqing always gave people an amazing feeling.

Especially in the face of the crazy out-of-control crowd just now, she negotiated with those people rationally and calmly, her calm and breezy appearance was too charming and attractive.

At that moment, she even thought how could this person have such an aura, so strong that she was involuntarily attracted, and her heart couldn't stop moving because of her.

There was a small puddle ahead, and the puddle was full of dirt, mixed with some washed vegetable leaves and a few plastic bags floating on the water, Lin Xi let go of her slender fingers, and gently wrapped her arms around her waist.

Sensing the flash of astonishment in Chu Muqing's eyes, Lin Xi reminded her with a smile: "Be careful."

Chu Muqing followed Lin Xi's line of sight and looked at the small puddle, the corners of her lips moved, but she didn't say anything.

In fact, it's good to go around, there is no need to support her specially.

But Lin Xi cautiously held her waist with one hand and supported her arm with the other. Her cautious appearance made her feel cherished and cared for.

However, in front of the old village head and this big brother Guan Hanchuan, such grandiose intimacy is really embarrassing.

At this moment, Guan Hanchuan, who was walking in front, suddenly tilted his head and asked, "Is there any happy event in this village? Or is it a funeral?"

He asked the old village head what he said, and he said it while looking at the old village head.

However, Chu Muqing immediately let go of Lin Xi's hand the moment he turned his head, and quickly patted the back of Lin Xi's hand around her waist.

Being "slapped" suddenly, Lin Xi was a little dazed.

She gave Chu Muqing a dissatisfied look, pretending to be wronged and chirping: "It hurts."

Chu Muqing: ...

Looking at the other party's expression of deliberately showing weakness, Chu Muqing had no choice but to reach out and rub the back of her hand comfortingly.

The original grievance in Lin Xi's eyes disappeared in an instant, a pair of sparkling eyes were shining like stars, and the corners of his lips curled up, and then he turned his wrist directly, and took advantage of the opportunity to grab her hand.

Chu Muqing saw the smug look in her eyes, she seemed to have finally succeeded, and he was sure that he would hate others to show weakness to her, even if the other party was pretending it on purpose.

The old village head suddenly coughed violently. He has been coughing since just now.

Guan Hanchuan thought he wasn't listening, and after he finished coughing, he asked again: "Village chief, what kind of fun is this?"

The loud suona sound was not far away from them, but it seemed to be coming from the sky. Sometimes it was high-pitched and loud, and sometimes it was deep and hoarse. It was also mixed with the sound of gongs, blowing and beating, and it was very lively to listen to.

The old village chief squinted his eyes and glanced to the left.

Although the brick house was not high, it was much taller than the stooped old village head. He couldn't see anything, so he looked away and said to Guan Hanchuan, "It's a happy event."

Guan Hanchuan frowned.

"Happy event?" Lin Xi asked in confusion, "Why is the happy event so quiet?"

If there is no accident, the sound of the suona comes from the alley next door. If it is a happy event, according to the common tradition of the village, it should also be the guests of the banquet, so that the guests are not so quiet that they don't say a word.

"Why are you asking this?" The old village head turned around immediately, his expression not very good-looking: "We just don't want to hold happy events in our village. How can we get so much spare money to make fun?"

Lin Xi frowned and was about to speak.

Noticing that Chu Muqing gently tugged her wrist, she smiled politely at the old village head: "So that's the case, I didn't mean to offend, so don't take offense."

Although she said so, she always felt that there was an inexplicable weirdness everywhere in this village.

It seems that since she entered this village, she has been completely separated from the world in the previous city. To be precise, it is not only separated from the capital city, but also separated from the county seat of Dongguan County.

But she came here because of Chu Muyun's case, if she thinks too much, her mind will become more confused, and things that have nothing to do with the case should not occupy her mind too much if it is not necessary.

The old village head may have also realized that he had a bad attitude towards Lin Xi, a city man who looked extremely rich, and saw Lin Xi looking at the brick houses on both sides, so he took the initiative to introduce Lin Xi .

"This piece, and the one opposite, will be demolished soon, and then a building will be built."

The old village head was smiling, with a smile on his dark and thin face, showing a mouthful of black and yellow teeth.

He doesn't dare to provoke people in the city, especially those who can be brought by Guan Hanchuan himself, and Guan Hanchuan is so polite to this girl, obviously he is not an ordinary person.

You have to know that Guan Hanchuan is the big boss who runs a security company in the county town, so what kind of person should he be treated so politely by the big boss.

He still has this insight.

Lin Xi responded lightly: "That's it."

The old village chief hesitated for a while, then looked at Lin Xi and continued to smile, rather ingratiatingly: "Yes, in this way, the family needs to be divided into at least five buildings."

Even if Lin Xi didn't want to have more conversations with him, he couldn't help being startled: "Five sets?"

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Chu Muqing again, and she also saw a bit of bewilderment in the other party's eyes.

Just now, she kept looking around to remember the way. At present, every household here still has a big courtyard. Although it looks big, it will always change five buildings as soon as it comes up.

"What can we do if we don't give five sets? If we want five sets, they can't refuse to give them, otherwise they are just bullying the villagers?" The old village head asked Lin Xi again: "Do you think so?"

"..."

Lin Xi couldn't answer the words.

Even when she usually talks about business with people, and when she gets along with people in daily life, she is always chatting and laughing, and talking with eloquence.

At this moment, she was also inevitably silent.

"The main reason is that their developers and their superiors don't give it to them, so we can't let them touch the things left by our ancestors. Think about it, those buildings are so high, and they are piled up one floor after another. How big is the village, and there are only so many people in the village, can they live here?" The old village chief said, "There are so many buildings here, we can't live in them, and the developer will let outsiders in, and the village is still ours. no?"

Lin Xi took a deep breath: "The land belongs to the country—" the family.

"You urbanites must know this truth. This house is made more and more expensive by those outsiders. The roots of the ancestors are here. How can outsiders come in?"

While Lin Xi was at a loss for words, he couldn't help but wonder how this person became the village head, but judging by his age, he probably has been in this position for many years.

"You are from the city, and you have a lot of knowledge..." The old village head grinned: "Can you tell me if the developer will be happy in the end and promise to give us five apartments for one household?"

He said this to Lin Xi, before Lin Xi could reply, Guan Hanchuan couldn't help laughing.

He finds it interesting.

It's so fucking interesting that this old man can stunned Miss Lin and couldn't say a word.

"What are you laughing at?" The old village head knew that he was smiling maliciously, so he stared at him with an unfriendly expression.

Guan Hanchuan laughed for a while, nodded to the old village head, and said seriously: "I think you are very knowledgeable, really, big brother, you should let people compete with the developer, and you must fight for five houses! Don't have five houses for one household. Now, I think you are too small."

The old village chief couldn't figure out what he meant: "What?"

Guan Hanchuan slapped his hands: "It's counted according to the head! One person needs five sets, and then the whole family needs another twenty sets. What's the matter? A family has a flat!"

The old village chief hesitated: "In this case, isn't it a bit..."

He froze for a moment, noticed the uncontrollable laughter on Lin Xi's face, and immediately understood, his face turned red and white, and looked at Guan Hanchuan from embarrassment to anger: "How can you fool me?"

"Didn't you fool me?" Guan Hanchuan hurriedly said, "What am I fooling you about? Even if one household is divided into five sets, people with foreign surnames will still come in in the end. Do you think it makes sense?"

The old village chief stopped talking.

He pondered for a while, and then asked Guan Hanchuan: "But I asked someone to check, and there is no room for demolition that can be divided into [-] sets."

"Make trouble!" Guan Hanchuan continued: "You make people make trouble! You can always get it!!"

The old village chief clicked his mouth again.

Lin Xi finally couldn't listen anymore, and asked, "Have you arrived yet?"

"Almost there, right ahead."

The old village head replied that he was still thinking about the house demolition, and wanted to ask Lin Xi if he was reliable.

However, before he could open his mouth, the door of a house was suddenly opened.

A tall and burly young man suddenly rushed out, and a middle-aged woman behind him scolded angrily: "You son of a bitch! Don't run around!"

The man didn't look very old. He was wearing a red sweater with patches on his upper body, and a pair of worn-out pants that reached his knees. feel.

He rushed out of the door, made a flying posture and circled around Lin Xi and the others, making the sound of "Wahu Wahu".

It should not be particularly normal for an adult man to behave like this.

Several people stopped in their tracks, and Lin Xi subconsciously held Chu Muqing in his arms.

Only then did she realize that the man seemed to have a serious injury to his right leg, and it was his left leg that was always exerting force. He seemed to be limping, but he was running fast.

The old village head scolded: "Goat boy! Go back to your house!"

The man ran back and forth as if he couldn't hear him.

Guan Hanchuan frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"Oh...he's a dog, here's an idiot." The old village head pointed to Guan Hanchuan's forehead.

The old village chief was about to arrest him.

"Wahu! Wahu!!" the man yelled, and suddenly jumped in front of Chu Muqing.

Lin Xi dodges and directly protects the person behind him.

But the man looked at Chu Muqing blankly, as if he couldn't see her warning gaze, his dull eyes seemed to brighten up in an instant.

Grinning, he giggled at Chu Muqing.

As he laughed, the saliva from his mouth also flowed down, dripping on his old red sweater.

He tilted his head with a smirk, and shouted to Chu Muqing: "Daughter-in-law...hehe...Daughter-in-law..."

Lin Xi suppressed the urge to curse, and looked at him coldly.

She really didn't want to compete with such a person.

The old village chief hurriedly smoothed things over, he pushed the man away, and scolded: "You son of a bitch, don't bark!"

Gou Wazi was staggered by the old village chief's push, took a few steps back, and almost fell, but his eyes stayed on Chu Muqing from the beginning to the end.

Even though Lin Xi protected her behind him, he still stretched his head, trying to take a look at her.

The old village head grabbed the man's arm again, pushed him, and sent him all the way into the house, and then slammed the door shut, before he came back and explained to the few people: "He is out of his mind, and he will call anyone who sees him." daughter in law."

After hearing this, several people were not in a good mood.

Lin Xi shook Chu Muqing's hand reassuringly. The other party pursed his lips and shook his head slightly at her.

Guan Hanchuan asked impatiently, "When will we arrive?"

"There is a mountain in front of you, just cross the mountain and then cross the river, that's it."

The old village chief pointed his wrinkled index finger into the distance, his nails were full of dirt, Guan Hanchuan glanced at it and immediately looked away.

"Isn't it quite far? Don't you have to walk 10 minutes to go up that mountain and cross the bridge?"

"Where is the need to go so far, you can get closer from below."

Guan Hanchuan was puzzled: "What's down there? Underworld?"

The old village head quickly said: "Don't offend Lord Yan, it won't take that long to walk through the tunnel, it will pass in 5 minutes."

Guan Hanchuan took a deep breath: "Whatever."

They followed the old village head all the way into the tunnel. It was very dark when they first went down. The old village head was prepared and took out a flashlight.

When the light came on, Lin Xicai carefully supported Chu Muqing down the steps.

The tunnel is very long, and with the help of the faint light from the flashlight, it is not difficult to see that it was once dug artificially for combat during the war.

It took less than 5 minutes to cross it. Although there was a musty and sour smell inside, it was much easier than climbing that short mountain in the cold winter.

After leaving the tunnel, the air outside finally smelled better.

Lin Xi looked up at the gloomy sky, and then at Chu Muqing who had remained silent all this time.

Cross the bridge ahead, and you will find the house where Chu Muyun was burned to death.

The entire Jiashao Village has never been demolished. Since Chu Muyun's death, the burned house has been preserved, and no one has ever entered it.

Before coming here, Guan Hanchuan had a phone call with the old village chief, who said that the house was considered unlucky for people in the village, and no one usually went in there.

After Chu Muyun died, he was carried to a nearby cremation site by the people in the village. He originally wanted to be cremated directly.

Later, I don’t know who reported it to the police, but was stopped halfway by the local police station, and then sent to the funeral parlor. After the local forensic examination, it was finally determined as suicide. After the identity was found out, the Chu family was notified. .

This is the superficial information that Lin Xi knew about that year.

"Let's go." Chu Muqing took the initiative to speak.

Lin Xi frowned, then turned his head to look at the mountain blocking the road, and asked the old village chief, "Do you usually use tunnels?"

The old village head was proud: "Yes, everyone in our village will take a shortcut. If you come again in the future, I will take you here. Outsiders will have to climb the mountain to come here."

However, as soon as the old village chief finished speaking, a figure appeared at the entrance of the tunnel.

The man propped his palms on the ground, jumped up, and jumped up quickly.

The old village head was taken aback.

He is a strong man, unfamiliar, not a local.

The man looked at Lin Xi's position, and his eyes met. Lin Xi smiled politely at him: "Officer Luo."

Luo Yanyu ignored her, but bent down, stretched out a hand towards the tunnel entrance, and pulled the woman behind, and he pulled the long-haired woman up.

After the woman landed, she straightened her clothes and patted the dirt on her body, her movements were exceptionally graceful.

Afterwards, her eyes fell on Lin Xi, and she said with a smile on her lips: "Miss Lin Xi, I just said, we will see you again soon."

As she spoke, she walked towards Lin Xi.

When she got closer, she took a look at Chu Muqing, then stretched out her hand, winked at Lin Xi, and said with a smile, "It's really a coincidence."

Lin Xi stretched out his hand to shake her, and smiled lightly: "It's a coincidence."

Luo Yanyu then walked over, his sizing eyes fell on Lin Xi's face.

When Professor Luo shook hands with Lin Xi, Chu Muqing couldn't help looking at the woman in front of her. She should be no more than [-] years old, with fair skin and a smile on her face. The feeling of getting along.

"My name is Concubine Luo." Letting go of Lin Xi's hand, Professor Luo offered to extend his hand to Chu Muqing again: "Hello."

Chu Muqing shook hands with her politely: "Hello, Chu Muqing."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Luo Yanyu took out his ID and said to the old village chief, "I am Luo Yanyu, the leader of the serious crime team, here to investigate Chu Muyun's case."

The old village chief was stunned for a moment, and said in astonishment: "But didn't you say that you will come here tomorrow? Why are you here now?"

Luo Yanyu glared at Lin Xi, and originally planned to come back tomorrow.

However, Professor Luo analyzed that if Lin Xi also came here for Chu Muyun's case, he must have come here first, so he came here earlier.

Lin Xi looked at him with cold eyes, and was suddenly a little puzzled.

Luo Yanyu turned his head and said to the old village chief, "Lead the way."

"That's fine, why don't we all rush together..."

The old village head muttered, but obediently led the way.

Walking with Luo Yanyu and this professor named Luo Fei, they walked in front, Lin Xi deliberately slowed down, and followed behind with Chu Muqing.

After crossing the bridge, the old village chief pointed to an independent courtyard in front of Luo Yanyu and said, "That's right there, Comrade Police Officer, that's where people died at that time."

Hearing him say such words, Lin Xi clearly noticed that Chu Muqing was trembling slightly. Lin Xi didn't speak, but held her hand tightly.

"How did Chu Muyun come to your village?" Luo Yanyu asked.

"How did I know that? It's been so many years."

The old village chief said to Luo Yanyu while leading the way.

Lin Xi took the initiative to ask: "Can I find the train ticket records at that time?"

Luo Yanyu didn't say a word. It is inconvenient for the police to handle cases with outsiders present. If Lin Xi was not Rong Lao's granddaughter, he would have cleared them away.

Professor Luo thought for a moment, and answered Lin Xi's words: "There is no record. If there is a record, it will not even be known when she came to Dongguan County."

"Well, thank you." Lin Xi gave her a grateful look.

Professor Luo shook his head with a smile.

Luo Yanyu looked at Professor Luo dissatisfied, and his eyes reminded her to stop talking.

Professor Luo shrugged helplessly.

Lin Xi thought of something, and asked the doubts in his heart: "Village chief, I want to know why a foreigner died here, and the people in your village took him directly to continue the cremation, shouldn't you call the police first? "

The old village chief was stunned for a while, then subconsciously looked at Luo Yanyu.

Luo Yanyu frowned, and said, "See what I do, answer her."

"It's our rule here. It's not a good death. Whether it's from our local area or not, it must be buried in the ground for peace, so as to save resentment and turn into a ghost and come back to harm people."

Whether Luo Yanyu believes this explanation or not, anyway, Lin Xi absolutely does not believe it.

"A reporter came to interview today, why?" Lin Xi asked.

The old village head faltered: "It's nothing..."

In front of Luo Yanyu, Lin Xi asked suspiciously: "Isn't it possible? It's nothing, why do you still want to kill the reporters and photographers of the TV station?"

Luo Yanyu frowned, and looked at the old village head coldly: "Is there such a thing?"

The old village head panicked immediately, and quickly said: "It's nothing, Comrade police officer, they are just playing with that reporter... how dare they really kill someone."

Luo Yanyu didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd that Lin Xi said about the reporter, but Professor Luo curled his lips and looked at Lin Xi, pretending to be curious and asked: "Why did the radio station come to interview? "

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, the old village head could only tell the truth: "A child in the village died and fell into the river and drowned. His father planned to marry him to a girl from the next village for the purpose of carrying on the family...you guys People in the city may not understand."

Professor Luo smiled, but his eyes were cold: "I don't really understand."

"That's when the radio station was alerted to come for an interview. Of course the big guy was not happy, and a conflict arose."

Professor Luo asked, "Is that child sent to the crematorium?"

"What?" The old village chief was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Not yet, the marriage has not been settled yet, I am afraid that he will go down and no one will take care of him, so naturally he can only be buried when he is settled."

Lin Xi was immediately surprised and said: "How can this be possible? According to the customs here, those who drown in the river don't have a good death, right? If you don't cremate, you won't be afraid of becoming a ghost?"

"You—I..." The old village chief was speechless for a moment, and then said, "That's an honest kid, how could he be a ghost."

He just felt that these city people were ghosts and ghosts, and the two women were like playing oboe, and they were partnering to set him up.

Chu Muqing, who had been silent for a long time, looked at him, and said in a flat voice, "Then why were you so eager to cremate Chu Muyun? Could it be that what did you do?"

"Ah..." The old village chief was dumbfounded by the question at this time, and his men subconsciously went to take out his pockets, but the dry smoke hadn't had time to bring it out, so he could only explain to Luo Yanyu with a bitter face: "It's nothing , even if you are the police, you can’t wrong us indiscriminately. Who knows what’s going on with that woman. She was burned like that at that time. The big guy was scared and wanted to send this woman to the ground as soon as possible. What's wrong with that..."

Chu Muqing frowned, looked at him coldly, and her breathing became tight: "Mother?"

"What's wrong with the mother-in-law?"

Seeing that Chu Muqing's face turned pale, Lin Xi immediately looked at the old village chief, and reminded him in a deep voice, "What else do you know?"

"It's nothing, that's all..."

The old village chief was at a loss, what was wrong with the woman?

They have always called it that way, the one who gives birth to the baby is the mother-in-law, what's wrong?

Luo Yanyu gave Chu Muqing a warning look.

He wanted to say something, but because of Lin Xi's presence, he didn't say anything, and strode forward.

"Officer, officer!"

The old village head followed quickly, yelling anxiously while trotting, for fear that the police officer would suspect him.

"You can't wrong people. We didn't kill that woman. If we killed us, we would be struck to death by lightning! None of the cubs in the village can go to college!"

In Lin Xi's and Chu Muqing's minds, words like mother-in-law are terms of contempt, especially when addressing a person who has passed away for many years, and that person is Chu Muqing's own sister.

Lin Xi knew that she was in a bad mood, and said softly, "Don't be as knowledgeable as him."

"Lin Xi..."

Chu Muqing grasped her hand tightly, her voice was choked with sobs, but she couldn't say another word.

At this moment, a young man's shout suddenly came from a distance.

"village head--"

The old village chief turned his head when he heard the movement: "What's wrong!"

"Guan Shaozi's pig ran away! That pig just ran away!"