After the New Year’s Eve dinner, it was the New Year, and 1976 arrived.
Sun Yuqi got up early in the morning on the first day of the new year and headed towards the mountain as soon as she went out. It snowed again last night. Except for the road she had to walk on, the rest of the place didn't change much. After all, snow on snow is just some snow.
Sun Yuqi followed her usual route all the way to the foot of the mountain. There were quite a few people walking around in the village. After all, it was New Year's Day, and everyone was out for a walk or visiting their elders to pay New Year's greetings. The children went in groups to one house first, and then ran out to another house.
Seeing the children's happy smiles, Sun Yuqi's mood also improved, and she kept greeting the villagers along the way.
"Hey, Sun Zhiqing, are you going up the mountain? Why are you running up the mountain during New Year's Day without even taking a break?"
When Sun Yuqi saw that it was Aunt Mei from the team leader's family, she smiled.
"It's Auntie, Happy New Year! I have nothing to do, so I thought I'd go for a walk at the foot of the mountain and pick up some firewood if there's any. I've been staying in the house for so long and it's getting a bit boring."
When Aunt Mei heard Sun Yuqi say this, she also thought of their educated youth residence. Before the New Year, several educated youth went back to celebrate the New Year, so there were very few people in the educated youth residence, and it was really not lively.
So he didn't say anything more, but instead gave Sun Yuqi a few instructions, which were nothing more than asking her to be careful.
Sun Yuqi walked up the mountain along the approximate route of the mountain road. Just as he approached the foot of the mountain, he saw a layer of shallow footprints. Sun Yuqi looked around in confusion, but did not see anyone. However, judging from the depth of the footprints, they should have been left shortly before the snow stopped last night, because the snow did not cover those footprints.
Sun Yuqi wondered if someone had gone hunting in the mountains last night, but then shook her head. It was unlikely! Who would go hunting in the mountains on New Year's Eve? And judging by the footprints, it must have been a woman's. Sun Yuqi's observation suggested the person who left them would have worn a size 37 shoe, as men rarely have feet that small.
Following the footprints into the mountains, Sun Yuqi soon saw a figure floating in the woods. Her eyes suddenly widened.
It's not that she is timid, but the figure is floating and swaying back and forth. Then, estimating her height, Sun Yuqi concluded that the woman committed suicide by hanging herself.
Thinking of this, Sun Yuqi did not delay any longer and ran down the mountain quickly along the same route.
Aunt Mei was chatting with several sisters-in-law from the clan when she saw a figure running quickly towards her at the foot of the mountain. She could see clearly that it was Sun Zhiqing. Seeing her running so fast, her heart suddenly tightened. Could it be that the wild wolf on the mountain had come down?
Thinking of this, she also became frightened, and hurriedly stood up and walked forward a few steps to meet him.
"Sun Zhiqing, is there a wild animal coming down from the mountain?"
Aunt Mei's words made Sun Yuqi stunned. Then she thought that maybe she ran too fast and caused Aunt Mei to misunderstand her, so she waved her hands.
"Auntie, don't worry. It's not a wild animal that has come down the mountain. Someone has hanged himself on the mountain. I have to find the team leader and ask him to send someone to the commune police station to report the case."
After saying that, Sun Yuqi was about to run towards the captain's house. When she turned around, she saw a few women behind Aunt Mei preparing to go up the mountain to take a look, so she quickly stopped them.
"Aunties, please don't go up the mountain. If too many of us go, we'll ruin the scene and affect the police's ability to solve the case."
When Aunt Mei heard this, she felt that Sun Yuqi was right, so she said to everyone.
"Alright, everyone, don't rush over. I'm going home to find my boss first. You all stay here with Sun Zhiqing!"
Aunt Mei was quite quick, and in just ten minutes she saw the team leader coming over, followed by a young man pushing a bicycle. Sun Yuqi knew this man, he was the team leader's youngest son.
After watching the young man pedal away on his bicycle, the team leader looked at Sun Yuqi and said.
"Sun Zhiqing, did you see clearly who that person was who was hanging?"
Sun Yuqi shook her head and said, "Captain, I didn't see it clearly. I was afraid that if I got too close, I would ruin the scene, so I didn't go forward to see it."
After hearing what Sun Yuqi said, the captain looked at Sun Yuqi.
"Sun Zhiqing, let's take our men over there now! Keep an eye on the periphery first and don't let those curious people get too close."
Sun Yuqi nodded and took the captain and others to the mountain. They walked all the way to the place they reached the first time, and then they stopped.
Because the person who hanged himself had his hair loose, and standing so far away, it was impossible to tell who he was?
An hour later, Director Chen from the police station came over with Comrade Gao and the captain's second son.
Zheng Chengwei hurried forward and whispered what happened to Sun Yuqi. Director Chen also sighed. It was New Year's Day and he actually encountered such a thing.
When Captain Chen arrived, Sun Yuqi told him again what she had seen and heard. Captain Chen then took a few people to the person who had hanged himself, and after an investigation, he said.
"Let's put the person down, and let them come up and take a look. Is it someone we know?"
Before Sun Yuqi could even step forward, she heard Aunt Mei and the others exclaim, "Isn't this Hu Zhiqing? Why would she go up the mountain to commit suicide?"
Sun Yuqi also heard the conversation between several aunts. It turned out to be the invisible person Hu Zhiqing. No one knew why she ran to the mountain to commit suicide.
After Director Chen's investigation, he discovered that Hu Zhiqing did not commit suicide by hanging, but was strangled to death, and finally fabricated the scene of suicide.
Director Chen finally decided to take the body back to the commune. Firstly, they came here in a hurry and there was no medical staff here who knew how to examine the body. Secondly, this was not a place to store the body.
Besides, Captain Chen suspected that the murderer was in this village. If the body was left here, it would probably be destroyed by humans, and then it would be even more difficult to catch the murderer.
To be honest, Sun Yuqi was really surprised that the deceased was Hu Qing. She didn't know much about Hu Qing. Although Hu Qing had a low presence, she was also very low-key. Who killed her and why?
However, the police comrades were responsible for solving the case, so Sun Yuqi didn't pay much attention to it. Seeing them all go down the mountain, Sun Yuqi did not go down with them. She had gone up the mountain to take a walk.
Turning around and walking towards the mountain, when he had walked less than fifty meters, Sun Yuqi glanced at the scratch marks on the tree, then looked back at the tree where Hu Qing hanged herself, and then looked at some messy footprints on the ground. It seemed that this should be the first crime scene, but why didn't Director Chen and the others walk here just now?
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