Xie Qing asked, "Why would a man change his sleeping place in the middle of the night?"

Li Ke put down the binoculars, "What are you suspicious about?"

Xie Qing said, "I suspect Ruan Hongli is in that yard."

Li Ke thought about it, "It is indeed possible, but we have no evidence."

Xie Qing looked at his watch, "Two forty, let's see if he can come out and when he will come back."

Li Ke said, "Who is this person? He doesn't look like a fool."

Xie Qing said: "It's not like that. Even a fool wouldn't sneak around at this time.

" Li Ke yawned, "I think so too. I hope it's not Ruan Hongli. Four years, that's too bad."

Xie Qing took a sip of Coke, "I hope Ruan Hongli is in that yard."

Li Ke was stunned at first, but then he realized, "Yes, there is still hope when she's alive, but there's nothing when she's dead."

The two took turns, eating melon seeds while monitoring the yard.

About ten minutes later, the shadow left the east wing and returned to the upper room.

Xie Qing said, "This is probably an old lady. If I were Village Chief Wang and wanted to sleep with my daughter-in-law, I would definitely do it while the old lady is asleep. I would turn on the light and go to the bathroom to see if the old lady is awake. If she is not awake, I would do something bad. This is safer."

She was trying to guess the logic of the male shadow's behavior.

Li Ke asked, "We are investigating the case in this area. Isn't he afraid of being exposed?"

This is a good question.

Xie Qing asked, "If we didn't go up the mountain and didn't see anything unusual in his house, would you suspect Village Chief Wang?"

Li Ke shook his head, "No. He's a very kind old man. Besides, we don't have any clues pointing to his house."

Xie Qing said, "The police couldn't find Ruan Hongli four years ago, so we can find her after just one trip? They obviously won't think so. Besides, if we just searched Ma Hongda's house and left, they would have a secret pleasure of defeating the police again."

Li Ke said, "That makes sense. Qingqing, is there another possibility that they just killed someone to silence him?"

Xie Qing tore off a piece of grilled fish fillet and put it in her mouth, chewing slowly, "I don't think so. He's so old, he wouldn't not know..."

"Someone else came out." Li Ke interrupted her, "It seems to be a man again, and his walking posture is slightly different. He went into the east room again. Qingqing, I think you are right, Ruan Hongli must be in his house. If not, it would be too weird. However, why do the two of them come in and out so frequently?"

Xie Qing said, "Maybe... to prepare for exposure?"

Li Ke stared at the bottom intently, "Then what about daytime?"

Xie Qing said, "No, there are people here during the day, and we can't do what we can do at night."

"You seem to know a lot!" Li Ke joked, "You are right, what should we do now, should we find a way to go in and take a look?" Xie Qing seemed to be thinking about something.

This matter was not easy to handle. A search warrant was required to search a private house.

But it was a bit unrealistic to ask Fu Da to apply for a search warrant based on the two suspicious points they saw on the mountain. The reasons were ready. Maybe they were raising seedlings or hatching chickens, ducks and geese.

If they were refuted or nothing was found, everyone would lose face.

So, although she made a mistake, Xie Qing still wanted to give it a try. As long as she could save the people, it didn't matter if they were punished one by one.

She put down the camera, "We can't go now, let's go in the morning, and then discuss it with Brother Fu."

Li Ke said, "If Brother Fu knew, would he still let us go?"

Xie Qing asked back, "If you go now, can you guarantee that you won't disturb the people in the upper room? In other words, do you know how many people in their family sleep?"

Li Ke calmed down, "Okay, let's observe again."

...

At six o'clock, the sky was just getting light, and every household turned on the lights. White smoke floated out of the chimneys, blending with the morning mist flowing over the fields, and the scenery was extremely beautiful.

Xie Qing took a few photos and went down the mountain with Li Ke.

As soon as they walked onto the main road, her small jeep arrived.

Fu Da asked anxiously, "Xiao Xie, have you found anything?"

Xie Qing said, "I found something, but it may not be related to the Ge Qin case."

"Oh?" Fu Da was a little surprised, "It doesn't matter what case it is, as long as there is a discovery."

Xie Qing told him the whole story.

Liu Feng said, "This is really too bizarre. I think there is indeed a solution to Ruan Hongli's case."

Fu Da nodded, "That's the case, but it's not easy to handle. She is a village cadre. It's not right to suspect her of kidnapping based on this little thing. Even a search warrant may not be approved."

Li Ke took the opportunity to say, "If you attract everyone's attention in the village, maybe we can find a chance to walk into the yard."

"Hahaha..." Fu Da laughed, "Little Li can do it immediately. You are very brave. You dare to openly violate work discipline."

Li Ke blinked his big eyes, "This is for work, to rescue the victim. Master, isn't it?"

Liu Feng said, "This kind of thing, only someone as bold as Team Leader Fu would like to do it. I, your master, can't do it."

"Don't listen to your master's nonsense. I have always handled cases in an orderly manner. It's just that occasionally..." Fu Da hesitated, "If this matter is not handled clearly, we will all be in trouble."

Li Ke said, "I promise I will handle it clearly."

Liu Feng glared at her, "You're a new recruit and haven't been promoted yet. What guarantee

can you give?" "Li Ke and I will go together." Xie Qing said, "We will go to the village to find the village chief later. Brother Fu will bring out some scandals related to the Ge family and ask them. News spreads quickly in the village and will definitely attract many people to inquire. If that family has something to hide, they will definitely take action. At that time, Li Ke and I will act according to the circumstances. If we can go in, we will go in. If we can't, we will give up. After all, we can't let others catch us in the act."

Fu Da and Liu Feng exchanged glances.

Liu Feng said, "That's a solution."

"Let's do it!" Fu Da slapped the steering wheel, "We can't stay up all night in vain."

Xie Qing breathed a sigh of relief, took off her sweater, and took out a few bottles of water, two packs of biscuits, a pack of sachima, and two bags of kang kuai biscuits from the trunk.

"This little girl is so lovable." Fu Da rinsed his mouth, picked up a baozi pancake and stuffed it into his mouth.

...

After a simple breakfast, the jeep entered Wuling Village and drove east. Xie Qing and Li Ke got off the car at a deserted corner.

Xie Qing had been looking at the terrain here all night and was already familiar with it. She took Li Ke around two corners and arrived at the low hill.

The two hid behind an old locust tree and waited for less than three minutes before someone knocked on the door of the house.

"Village chief, the police are here again."

"Village chief, the police are here!"

With a "creak", the door opened.

"Why are you shouting? Isn't it normal that the case is not solved?"

"Village chief, they are looking for you by name, there is nothing I can do."

"It's really troublesome. You can't find anything after searching for a long time. You just want to make trouble for me!"

...

Li Ke nudged Xie Qing and whispered, "You guessed right again."

What she meant was that the village chief really thought that they could not find anything.

Xie Qing said, "Many ordinary people think so about us. It's not hard to guess."

After two sentences, there was no movement outside, and the door seemed to be open.

The two waited for a while.

A woman's voice came from the yard, "You just sleep all day long, you don't feed the pigs, you don't water the vegetables, why did I marry you!"

"What's wrong, is our Wang family short of food for you or clothes for you? If he sleeps a little longer, it will bother you. I think your laziness has come back again, hurry up and water the water for me."

Hearing footsteps, a woman went out.

Another one was moving firewood, probably cooking.

Xie Qing and Li Ke poked their heads out from behind the old locust tree and saw a woman in her thirties walking along the path to the southeast - there was a large vegetable garden there.

When she walked away, the two slipped out of the gate. Xie Qing covered Li Ke and half of her body was out of the gate, "Is anyone home?"

There was no one in the yard.

Xie Qing walked in without hesitation and walked quickly towards the upper room. When she passed the east room, she took a look and found that the door was not locked.

Li Ke followed her in and knocked twice on the door of the east room. Seeing that no one answered the door, he opened the door and went in.

Xie Qing continued to walk towards the upper room. After only two steps, an old lady came out with a bucket of millet. She was so scared when she saw Xie Qing that she almost threw the bucket out.

She said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Auntie. I just called you, but you may not have heard me."

The old lady looked at the east wing, and was obviously relieved. She smiled in a fake way and said, "You are the policewoman who was fiddling with the bones yesterday, right? Is there anything wrong?"

Xie Qing said, "Two women have gone missing in this area, and the higher-ups asked us to do another investigation to see if we have missed any details."

The old lady said, "What do you mean by investigation? What are details?"

Xie Qing was so happy that she pretended to be confused, and quickly left. After a long explanation, "Do you understand?"

The old lady went back to the upper room, "I understand, I understand, go and investigate, I still have to cook, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense."

Xie Qing followed and walked forward, "It's okay, you do your own thing, I'll ask a few questions and leave."

The old lady said impatiently, "Don't ask me, I don't know anything. Let's go, ask whoever you want."

As soon as Xie Qing entered the room, she saw a middle-aged man coming out of the west bedroom.

He looked at Xie Qing unkindly, "Who are you? What's wrong so early in the morning?"

The man had a 3:7 split hair, a white vest on top, and a pair of gray autumn pants on the bottom. There were two big eye boogers hanging on his slender eyes.

Xie Qing said, "I am a police officer investigating the Ge Qin case. I want to ask a few questions. I hope you can cooperate."

The middle-aged man said, "My father is the village chief. I have cooperated with everything I should have. Why did you come to my house?" He was probably feeling uneasy and walked out.

Xie Qing said, "I heard that Village Chief Wang hired a prostitute at home. Is that true?"

The old lady's face turned pale.

The man stopped and said angrily, "This is the shit that came out of the mouth of that old beast Ma Hongda."

Xie Qing said, "I'm just asking about the situation as a routine matter. Don't be too angry, big brother."

The man said, "Not angry? Let me ask you, did your father have an affair at home? Are you angry?"

Xie Qing smiled slightly, "My father didn't have an affair, of course I'm not angry."

"You!" The man clenched his fists in anger, "You are just talking nonsense because you are a policeman, right?"

Xie Qing was about to say something else, when he saw a man in his thirties coming out of the east side room, stamping his feet and shaking his hands and saying, "Mom, I'm still asleep, and you asked big brother to go out and make a fuss."

Xie Qing thought to himself, this must be the idiot of the Wang family.

"Xiao Xie, are you done asking?" Li Ke asked in the yard.

Xie Qing glanced outside, "They won't cooperate, why don't we ask the village chief, let's conduct a formal interrogation."

She passed the middle-aged man and walked out.

The middle-aged man threatened, "You can ask whoever you want, if you come to my house and gossip again, I will break your legs."

Xie Qing ignored him and looked at Li Ke, who grabbed her hand and squeezed it hard.

Her hands were cold and trembling, and she obviously discovered something.

The two walked out of the yard quickly.

Li Ke said tremblingly, "I think I found Ruan Hongli."

Xie Qing was puzzled, "Why do you think you found her?"

Li Ke said, "There is a cellar in that room. I knocked on the locked board a few times, and a woman below made a few noises. I couldn't find the key, so I didn't see anyone."

Xie Qing said, "There is no time to waste. Let's report it immediately."

The two found Fu Da, who immediately called the county bureau.

An hour later, the police car of the county bureau came roaring in.

Li Ke led Fu Da and others into the east room, and soon helped a young woman with a pale face and a plump figure out of the cellar.

As soon as the idiot of the Wang family saw the young woman, he jumped up with a smile, "Wife, wife, come and play games with me."

Village Chief Wang, the middle-aged man from before, and Old Lady Wang who was holding a little boy were all scared pale.

A group of common people blocked the gate.

Someone screamed, "Fuck, isn't this Ruan Hongli?"

"Oh my God, it's really her, it's really her."

"I told you that this family is worthless, but you still don't believe it and still chose him as the village chief. It's better to choose a donkey than him."

...

Ruan Hongli had a dull expression, squinted her eyes, and stared blankly at the peach blossoms in the corner.

Xie Qing took a piece of clothing from the clothesline and covered her face with it, saying softly, "The sun is rising, you should get used to the sunlight first."

Ruan Hongli suddenly squatted on the ground and burst into tears, "Wuwuwu..."

Xie Qing bent down, "Don't worry, your parents have never given up looking for you in the past four years. Wherever they are, that is your home."