Fu Da and Liu Feng were both veteran detectives with rich experience. They worked in unison to thoroughly investigate the social relationships, family relationships, scandals, hatreds, and conflicts of the thirteen families involved.

It was almost nine o'clock when they exited Ma Hongda.

They returned to the jeep, turned on the lights, and looked at each other.

Fu Da said, "This relationship is too complicated. Brother Liu, you have the most experience. Tell us how to investigate next and which family to target?"

"This..." Liu Feng leaned on the driver's seat, his hands on the steering wheel, "Although it's complicated, it's actually just a trivial matter, and it doesn't seem to be enough to be classified as a motive for murder. Moreover, it involves three villages, each of which is a little far away. We have limited manpower, and I can't come up with a good idea for the time being."

Deng Wenxiang said: "Brother Fu, Brother Liu, in my opinion, we can't rush this case, we can only proceed step by step."

Xie Qing also spoke up, "Everyone suspects Ma Hongda because he happens to live on the roadside and is alone. If it wasn't done by a lone man, then the crime scene could still be on the road between Siling Village and Wuling Village. We should check the abandoned houses and sheds on this road."

Li Ke said, "If it came to the point of murder to silence the witnesses, could it be the most absurd and chaotic relationship between a man and a woman?"

Her words were targeted. Ma Hongda said that his cousin, Ma Hongliang, the head of Majia Village, was rumored to have an affair with his daughter-in-law, which involved moral issues. As long as there was a possibility of leakage, he would not leave it alone.

Fu Da lit a cigarette. "What everyone said makes sense. I agree with Xiao Deng's point of view. It is obviously unrealistic to expect to solve such an old case in one or two days. We should calm down and take it step by step to consolidate clues from all aspects."

Liu Feng nodded. "Let's do it according to your instructions."

Fu Da blew out a cloud of smoke. "Like Xiao Xie said, we will carefully check all the buildings from Wuling Village to Siling Village, no matter if they are haunted houses or sheds. Xiao Deng and I will do this, and Liu Feng and Li Ke will go to the vicinity of Ma Hongliang's home to take a look. As for Xiao Xie... you drive."

This is the care for the female forensic doctor, and it also takes care of Xie Qing's car.

But Xie Qing didn't appreciate it. She pointed to the Wuling Mountain outside the window and said, "Brother Fu, I want to go up the mountain to have a look."

Fu Da was a little confused. "It's dark here, why go up the mountain?"

Xie Qing said, "I have a telescope and a blanket behind me. It's sunny today and the moon will rise soon. We should be able to see the movements of the two villages from that mountain."

Liu Feng looked back at Xie Qing and said, "That's an idea, but you can't do it alone as a girl. Team Liu and I will go. In this way, we don't have to wait at Ma Hongliang's house. The three of you can conduct Luminol tests on the sheds along the way. , what do you think, Team Leader Fu? "

Xie Qing shook her head, "Brother Liu, you are older, and your body's reaction may not be as sensitive as mine. The weather is still cold now, and I have thick clothes behind me, but you don't, so don't argue about this matter."

Li Ke said, "If Qingqing has extra clothes, Qingqing and I will go together."

Fu Da breathed a sigh of relief, "To be honest, I really don't dare to climb that mountain. Li Ke and Xiao Xie can go up the mountain together. Xiao Xie has a mobile phone, and he can call if there is anything. It is more convenient than me and Brother Liu." Having

handled many homicides, he is really a little afraid of ghosts.

Liu Feng understands him, and although he is worried about his little apprentice and Xie Qing, he also agreed.

The car drove towards Wuling Village and stopped beside a small road five minutes later.

Xie Qing found a large sweater and a thin cotton jacket from the trunk and put them on with Li Ke.

She put down her small backpack, changed into a large bag, and picked up a trekking pole, and she was ready.

Fu Da sighed, "Having a car is convenient, and this job has to be done by Xie."

Liu Feng said, "Be careful on the road, call quickly if something happens, and don't confront danger head-on, understand?"

Xie Qing and Li Ke agreed, and walked along the small path at the edge of the field towards the nearby hilltop under the starlight.

The spring breeze at night was still cold, making a rustling sound when sweeping through the trees.

As Village Chief Wang said, there are indeed many graves in the field, in clusters and piles. Occasionally, you can encounter new graves with spirit flags inserted. When the wind blows, white paper flies up and down, and the devil dances wildly, which makes people shudder.

Xie Qing was afraid that Li Ke would be scared, so she slowed down her pace.

"Haha~" Li Ke was not only not afraid, but also laughed twice, "The atmosphere is full of energy, so exciting! Qingqing, are you afraid?"

It turns out that this girl is a fool.

Xie Qing raised her eyebrows, "I might be afraid if I'm alone, but I'm not afraid when you're here."

"Me too." Li Ke patted his bag, "To be honest, I also brought a fruit knife."

Xie Qing played with the trekking pole in his hand, "Don't worry, there are usually no people, but you can meet one or two wild rabbits."

...

The two walked and talked, and arrived at the foot of the mountain fifteen minutes later.

This mountain is at the end of Wuling Peak of Wuling Mountain. It is not high, with an altitude of just over 200 meters. It is a small mountain that locals often visit. Even without moonlight, the mountain road is still easy to walk on.

The two of them adhered to the principle of not rushing when talking and not talking when rushing, and reached the top of the mountain safely.

There was a flat and clean big stone on the top of the mountain. Xie Qing spread a blanket on it and sat down with Li Ke. At

this moment, the pointer on the watch reached exactly 10:20.

The moon had risen. Although it failed to break through the majestic Wuling Mountain, the sky was much brighter than before.

Xie Qing took out a telescope from her bag and handed it to Li Ke. She also took out her newly bought camera. To make it easier to take pictures, she directly installed a zoom lens. It could be used as half a telescope.

Xie Qing looked in the direction of Wuling Village and Majiagou for a while. Most of the houses had turned off the lights, and only a few lights were on.

She took two photos out of habit to fix the evidence.

The click of the shutter startled Li Ke, and she realized that Xie Qing brought a camera.

Xie Qing aimed her camera at her, "This is a rare opportunity. I'll take two photos for you. You continue investigating."

Li Ke was getting excited, and his little body straightened up. "Great, it's a good memory. It will be enough for me to remember for the rest of my life."

This was true.

Xie Qing had been a forensic doctor for so long in her life, and she had never done anything like going up the mountain to investigate at night.

Anyway, with Li Ke watching her, she was confident and bold, lying down, squatting, and taking several photos from different angles.

After the filming, it was her turn to investigate, and Li Ke took the film for her. The two of them worked and had fun at the same time, and they had a lot of fun.

Before twelve o'clock, the two of them had finished a roll of film, but there was still no movement in the village.

Li Ke glanced at the watch, "It's past twelve o'clock, the lights are out, it looks like we really have to stay out all night."

Xie Qing took out a bag of biscuits, a bag of melon seeds, a large bag of grilled fish fillets, and two bottles of Coke from her bag, "If it were me, I would never move in the first half of the night. Let's have some snacks and treat it as camping at night."

Li Ke's eyes lit up, "I knew that there would be delicious food if I followed you."

I wasn't very hungry, so I ate some melon seeds to kill time. A crisp "click" sound rang out on the silent mountain.

Li Ke laughed and said, "If anyone goes up the mountain at this time, they will be scared to death."

Xie Qing gave her a telescope, and she took out her mobile phone and sent a page to Fu Da, "Everything is fine, let's watch the sunrise."

When Fu Da received the page, he had just searched the last shed within the scope of Siling Village, but still found nothing.

Liu Feng asked, "What did Xiao Xie say?"

Fu Da said, "They didn't find it either, they must have waited until the second half of the night. The girl is still on the mountain, let's not go far, hide the car, and sleep in the car for the night."

Liu Feng and Deng Wenxiang said together, "Of course."

...

At 2:30 in the morning, Xie Qing put down the grilled fish fillet in her hand and looked intently at a house with a light on in the corner west of Majia Village.

After staring for two or three minutes, the lights went out.

Xie Qing was disappointed, because he had gone to the toilet.

Li Ke looked up at the Milky Way, "The Milky Way is so beautiful. The last time I saw it was when I graduated."

Xie Qing continued to observe Wuling Village, thinking that she didn't know when she last saw the Milky Way - the world outside the book was seriously polluted by light, and even if you could see stars, they would only be the brightest ones.

There was also a family in Wuling Village that turned on the lights. It was located at the easternmost end of the village, and the eastern wall of the courtyard was next to a semi-circular hill.

The homestead was large and the house was well built, like the home of a village cadre.

This reminded Xie Qing of when she was undercover, and they were locked up in a cellar at the foot of the mountain.

She asked Li Ke, "What rumors are there about Wuling Village?"

"So many people, I can't remember them all. I just remember that the village chief had a stupid son." Li Ke took out a small notebook, covered himself with a blanket, turned on the flashlight and read, "Village chief Wang hired a prostitute for his stupid son, Wang Laoxie and the young widow of Siling Village, Ruan Hongli's husband Wang Qingsheng and his brother's wife, Liu Laoer and the one next door..."

There were seven or eight pieces of gossip in just one small village.

"Tsk tsk." Li Ke turned off the flashlight. "What are these people thinking? They are so shameless. They all have huge families behind them. Aren't they afraid of being embarrassed? If Ye Wan was like them, she wouldn't commit suicide after sleeping with ten men. We all live in the countryside, why is there such a big gap?" "

The land and water nurture the people." Xie Qing carefully observed the courtyard. "This must be the home of Village Chief Wang."

The light in the upper room was on for a while, and then went out again.

Xie Qing picked up a piece of grilled fish fillet and stuffed it into his mouth. Just as he was about to move the telescope away, he vaguely saw a figure appear in the yard.

The moonlight was good, and he could vaguely tell from the outline that the man was a man.

He walked to the center of the courtyard and stood motionless, as if looking at the mountain.

Xie Qing was a little nervous, "Have we been discovered?"

Li Ke took the telescope, "No, he went to the east room. Village officials usually have money, and I also think this is the home of Village Chief Wang."

"It's good that he was not discovered." Xie Qing took out the camera and continued to observe.

The light in the room came on, and turned off again in less than a minute, but the man did not come out.