Chapter 038: Fate
"I am the editor-in-chief of Jicheng Daily. A murder occurred in Kaoshantun, Qingshan Town, your county. Has anyone gone to handle the case?"
"I'm from the Jicheng Propaganda Committee. Do you know the details of the Qingshan Town case? Has Comrade Ye Qing been ruled out as a suspect?"
"I'm from the Jicheng Public Security Bureau. I heard that a murder happened there. Do you need any help?"
"I'm the person in charge of the Foreign Affairs Bureau in Shanghai. I want to ask your director to answer the phone. I want to consult him about the case in Kaoshantun."
Several calls came in one after another, and the operator almost thought he was still asleep and was hallucinating.
The phone of their county public security bureau rarely rings once a day, so the duty room implements a shift system. Whoever feels tired after investigating a case for a while will come to the duty room to work as an operator and sleep for a day to feel relaxed.
But what the operator didn't expect was that just as he fell asleep on the table, the phone kept ringing. Moreover, the people on the phone introduced their units in more terrifying names than the last, which frightened the operator so much that he dared not speak.
He almost rushed in to find the director and reported the situation to him in a hurry.
He Lianshan was confused and suspected that he had misheard: "Who did you say called?"
Are you kidding me? We are in such a remote place like Jiaotan County. When did we have any contact with Jicheng? How could a unit with the word Ji in its name come to investigate the case? Did you get tricked?
He Lianshan would even reach out to touch the head of the policeman under his command to see if he had a fever.
Could it be that the child has been too stressed out these days from investigating the case and has become sick from exhaustion?
"I'm not lying to you. They're waiting for you to come over and answer the phone. I guess those units will call back in a few minutes!"
He Lianshan was skeptical and had to go to the duty room to check the situation.
As a result, before he even reached the duty room, the phone rang again. He Lianshan picked up the phone, and a familiar voice came from the other end:
"Where is Director He? I want to ask him about something."
He Lianshan was stunned: "Old Zhao, it's me. What happened? Why are you so anxious so early in the morning?"
Zhao Jinliang was shocked. "You don't know yet? There was a murder in Qingshan Town. A person was tied to a tree and tortured to death. It is said that he died in a very tragic way. Didn't the town police station call you?"
The director of the town police station was in a very bad mood at the moment and was so angry that he wanted to curse his mother.
At that time, the telephones in the town were still equipped with hand-cranked ones. After making a call, you had to first connect to the manual switchboard, and then tell the operator which unit to connect to. The call could only be connected after the operator transferred it.
But he called several times, and the operator told him that the other line was busy with other calls, so he couldn't get through!
After hearing what Zhao Jinliang said, He Lianshan took a deep breath:
"I haven't received any notification yet. Is someone dead? When did it happen? Has the murderer been caught?"
Zhao Jinliang did not go to the scene. He learned the news from Qiao Youqing. He was not clear about the specific situation. He made this call mainly because he was commissioned by Qiao Youqing.
"The person is definitely dead, but the murderer has not been identified yet. I called you because of the murderer."
"This criminal was very smart. After committing the crime, he left the name of a young woman who went to the countryside to work, in order to pin the crime on that young woman. That young woman was the child of an old friend of an old professor here. She had only been in the countryside for less than a week, so it was absolutely impossible for her to kill anyone."
As soon as He Lianshan heard this, he knew what was going on:
"Mr. Zhao, as the director of a military farm, you should know that the last thing a leader can tolerate is backdoor dealings. We investigate cases based on facts and don't consider personal connections. You really shouldn't have made this call."
Zhao Jinliang smiled bitterly, "We have known each other for so many years, how can I not understand your temper? When you were demobilized, I went to the Construction Corps, and we each had our own camps. When did I ever ask you to use a backdoor? I have no bad intentions. My old professor is just worried about the child, so I hope you can investigate the case impartially. If there are doubts in the case, don't close it so easily and wrongly accuse the innocent child. That's all I ask."
He Lianshan said solemnly, "We will do this whether you call us or not. Human lives are at stake and there is no room for falsehood. Just rest assured, old professor!"
As soon as the call to the military farm was hung up, another call came in. It was the unit with the name starting with the Chinese character "Jie" that the operator had just mentioned.
Then, for nearly ten minutes, He Lianshan was answering calls in the duty room. The key point was that all the calls had one point, asking them to conduct a thorough investigation as soon as possible and catch the murderer in order to clear a female educated youth who had gone to the countryside from suspicion of murder.
It was too strange that so many people from so many units came forward to protect a female educated youth who went to the countryside. He Lianshan's curiosity was instantly piqued.
He was really curious about who this female educated youth named Ye Qing was and why she made so many units so nervous and concerned about her, even making an exception for his old friend Zhao Jinliang, who had been serious and law-abiding for so many years.
Therefore, He Lianshan did not stay in the police station. He quickly called a few experienced veterans from the criminal investigation department and drove the broken police car straight to Qingshan Town.
It took the chief of Qingshan Town Police Station more than twenty minutes to finally get through. When the voice of the duty officer of the County Public Security Bureau came from the other end of the phone, the chief felt aggrieved and excited and almost cried out.
But the next second, he said he wanted to find Director He, and the officer on duty told him that the director was on a mission, which instantly made the director's heart sank.
Fortunately, just before hanging up the phone, the officer on duty said that the director had taken people to Qingshan Town to investigate the case, which made the director feel relieved.
However, he reacted immediately.
That's not right. He went to the scene as soon as he received the report, but he hasn't reported the situation to the county yet. How did the county public security bureau know the news in advance?
It was while the chief was feeling uneasy that He Lianshan, along with four or five veteran detectives, rushed all the way to Qingshan Town Police Station and met the prime suspect in the case, the educated youth who had gone to the countryside and had attracted much attention, Ye Qing.
After seeing clearly that the suspect was actually a 16-year-old girl, He Lianshan staggered in shock.
No, what magical power does this skinny girl, who is nothing special except her short stature, have that would make so many big organizations in Jicheng call her in person to pay attention to this case?
Moreover, this is a murder case. How could such a little girl, who can barely carry anything, kill someone?
With such confusion, He Lianshan began to investigate the case, and began to understand this female educated youth who had caused many disturbances.
But he soon discovered that he seemed to have made a very serious mistake, which was judging people by their appearance.
This unremarkable little girl in front of me actually went into the river to save people and kill wild boars as soon as she arrived in the countryside. Relying on her small body, she actually killed five adult wild boars with her bare hands?
What does this mean? He Lianshan was a retired soldier, but he wouldn't dare to kill wild boars without a gun!
And that’s not all. It is said that this girl has caught human traffickers, rescued hostages, and even captured a female thief on a train going to the countryside, all thanks to her unique flying needle skills.
After reading the statements taken by the police station from the villagers in Kaoshantun, He Lianshan was completely confused.
He looked at the little girl curiously: "Well, Ye Qing, right? What exactly is the concept of your flying needle? Can you demonstrate it to me?"
The girl glanced at him and said with a smile, "Can I ask you to cooperate with me?"
He Lianshan was stunned, not understanding what was going on, but nodded anyway.
Then, He Lianshan was asked by the girl to stand against the wall without moving. The girl picked up a half-eaten carrot that someone had left on the table in the police station office, and gestured to He Lianshan:
"You have to squat a little bit, I'm not short enough."
He Lianshan didn't know what this little girl was up to, but he still squatted down obediently.
The few remaining police officers in the police station came over to see what was going on, and were very curious about what Ye Qing was going to do.
Then, Ye Qing peeled the half carrot a little smoother and put it directly on the top of He Lianshan's head, then signaled He Lianshan to stand up straight.
"Close your eyes and don't move!"
Ye Qing reminded him with a smile, and the expression on his face looked harmless, as if he was just joking.
He Lianshan didn't notice any danger and just did as he was told.
But at the moment when the tall director closed his eyes, Ye Qing pulled out a box of silver needles from his bag.
The next moment, like a pear blossom in a rainstorm, silver light began to fly all over the sky. Tiny silver needles flew towards Helian Mountain one after another like they were free, frightening the many police officers present so much that their faces changed instantly.
"Nest grass!"
"Fuck you!"
A series of interjections burst out involuntarily, from fear at the beginning, to astonishment, to shock, and then to disbelief and amazement. The whole process did not even take more than ten seconds.
When He Lianshan opened his eyes again, he found that his colleagues standing in front of him had been collectively petrified.
And on the top of his head, on the half carrot, there were already twenty or thirty silver needles densely stuck. Not a single silver needle missed the target, and not even a single needle deviated from the center of the carrot.
"What's wrong?" He Lianshan was confused and subconsciously raised his hand to take down the carrot.
As a result, when he took the carrot down and looked at it, he froze on the spot.
"This……"
The police station chief nodded, his expression excited and solemn:
"Yes, it's just as you think. Comrade Ye Qing stabbed them just now. Her shooting skills are more accurate than yours, Director He. Could this girl be a disciple from some hidden family? Without mentioning anything else, just the special skill she just showed, if she really intended to kill someone, she could really kill people without leaving any trace."
He Lianshan had just closed his eyes and did not see the scene of Ye Qing's flying needle at all. Now, looking at the half carrot and listening to his men's comments, he still felt it was very unreal.
"Can you demonstrate it again?" He Lianshan asked a little embarrassedly, "Can I not close my eyes this time?"
Ye Qing did not demonstrate her flying needles again, but tilted her head, pointed to a deck of poker cards she had just found on the table, and said with a smile:
"The carrot is still a little hard, and my silver needle is a little soft. I'm afraid of damaging the needle if I do it too many times. How about I use this to demonstrate to you?"
As he spoke, without waiting for He Lianshan to nod, Ye Qing had already taken the deck of poker cards in his hand, and in full view of everyone, he picked up the poker cards and flew towards a persimmon tree outside the window.
The persimmon tree was still three or four meters away from the window, but the poker cards in Ye Qing's hand were like flying blades, one after another, accurately inserted into a yellow persimmon between the branches.
Ye Qing didn't stop until half of the persimmon was cut off by the poker card.
She turned her head and asked He Lianshan beside her: "Is this enough?"
He Lianshan had long been stunned, like a bumpkin who had never seen the world, his eyes were as big as cowbells.
After a while, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and found his voice again: "Well, can I ask you, how many years have you been practicing this skill?"
Ye Qing held up two fingers: "Eight years."
The end of the world began when the old professor taught her flying needles, and she actually practiced day after day for eight years. This was with the help of her supernatural powers. If she didn't have supernatural powers, if she wanted to master this skill, with her clumsy comprehension, she might not be able to grasp the key points even after spending half her life.
Ye Qing said this lightly, but He Lianshan admired him from the bottom of his heart.
After all, the unique skill demonstrated by Ye Qing is not like other skills that can generate income for oneself while learning. This technology is not practical at all in daily life. If you want to make a living by this means, the results will be minimal. Therefore, the fact that a normal person can persist in practicing for eight years without wavering is worthy of thumbs up for this point alone.
Moreover, Ye Qing has already mastered this skill to the level of perfection. If you give her a needle, she can probably shoot faster and more accurately than a gun. With such ability, killing people is really not a difficult task, and there is no need to kidnap and kill people.
Of course, in addition to this, He Lianshan could also tell from the conversation he had just had with the girl that the girl was mentally stable and her eyes were clear, without revealing any nervousness or guilt. If a person had committed murder, it would be impossible for him to be so calm in front of so many police officers.
"Okay, I understand your situation. You can go home after you sign the transcript."
He Lianshan is also a straightforward person. If there is nothing wrong with the girl, there is no need to keep the child in custody. It is better to release her as soon as possible.
After all, no one knows where this little girl came from, and she has made so many higher-ups nervous and anxious. The fact that the case has not been solved for three or five days is not the point. The more important thing is to first investigate the suspicion of this child and give an explanation to the higher-ups.
Ye Qing was not surprised by this result. After signing the transcript, she politely thanked the director whom she did not know and was about to leave.
As a result, at this time, the director suddenly stopped her again:
"By the way, Ye Zhiqing, this murderer killed someone and wanted to frame you, which means that this person must have an old grudge against you. Do you have anyone you suspect?"
This really stumped Ye Qing.
She had only been in this world for about half a month, and she didn't know many people. In fact, she could count the number of people who were her enemies on five fingers.
But are there really murderers among these people?
Ye Qing didn't dare to think about it too much.
She couldn't imagine what kind of mental state the murderer was in to do that to others.
It would be really creepy if this person was really one of those people she knew.
But Ye Qing still listed the several people with whom he had conflicts and explained them.
Li Juan and Yin Shuang had made enemies with her on the train. As for Liu Mei, Wu Yueying and Jian Ming, who had never had any contact with her, they got into trouble because of saving Meng Jia.
The last three were just Ye Qing's own conjectures with a strong subjective consciousness. Ye Qing explained this to He Lianshan very frankly and directly, fearing that her biased testimony would affect the police's judgment.
After completing the formalities, He Lianshan waved his hand to send Ye Qing out. Unexpectedly, before he even reached the door, an old lady walked in tremblingly with a cane:
"I am the widow of an anti-Japanese war martyr. My family has three generations of loyal martyrs. I enjoy the state martyr's family allowance. Today I am here with the martyr medals of my three generations of family members. I strongly demand that you release my child. Ye Qing is my granddaughter. She didn't kill anyone. You can't wrongly accuse a good person!"
Ye Qing looked at Grandma Zou in front of him, who could not see anything and had to grope the door frame to move forward step by step, but kept yelling at the police to release the person. Tears burst out of his eyes instantly.
"Grandma, why are you here?"
Ye Qing took a few quick steps and went to meet him.
As soon as the old lady heard Ye Qing's voice, she reached out and grabbed her hand impatiently, holding it tightly as if to give her strength.
"Don't be afraid, kid! We haven't done anything wrong, so we're not afraid of anyone checking! You slept in the same room with me last night. Grandma is a light sleeper. How could I not know whether you went out at night?"
"I can vouch for you that you definitely didn't kill that person. Don't think these police officers can wrongly accuse you!"
"Don't worry, your uncle and aunt have gone to the commune to call Weidong and ask Weidong's leaders to come forward. They will definitely help you clear your name and the police station will release you soon."
Ye Qing was really moved and amused after hearing this. She didn't expect that so many people would make such a fuss over her matter. It would have been fine if the old lady who hadn't left Kaoshan Village for more than a decade had just run to the town police station on crutches, but even Gu's family was running around for her. What virtue did Ye Qing have to bear?
Fearing that the old lady might worry, she quickly explained:
"Grandma, the police station has already investigated everything and found that I have nothing to do with the murder. They are about to let me go. How did you rush over from the village alone?"
Grandma Zou was stunned and asked again and again: "Are you really okay? Can I go home now?"
Ye Qing smiled and said, "It's really alright, otherwise do you think the police would let me wander around in this police station?"
The old lady was very happy:
"Hey, that's perfect. I asked Wu Cong to harness the bullock cart to take me here. The child is waiting outside. Let's hurry up and take the bullock cart home!"
The grandfather and grandson were about to go home hand in hand. Just as they walked out of the yard, a tattered police car drove in. It was the criminal police who had gone to the countryside with He Lianshan. As soon as they arrived in Qingshan Town, they rushed to the scene in a hurry. Now they came back after the investigation and brought back not only some evidence they had collected from the scene, but also the body of the deceased.
As soon as one of the detectives got out of the car, he excitedly shouted to He Lianshan at the door:
"Boss, we are still trying to identify the deceased. We have seen the scene. Although the deceased has many injuries, they are not fatal. On the contrary, he has a lot of vomit, incontinence, and retinal congestion. It seems that he was poisoned or had a sudden illness before he died."
"But guess what we found? Hey, there was a white pill stuck in the pants stuffed in the dead man's mouth!"
"We now highly suspect that this person was not tortured to death, but poisoned to death. This pill is the poison, but the specific composition of this poison is still unclear!"
Ye Qing was about to leave, but his eyes accidentally fell on the evidence in the policeman's hand. He couldn't help but stare at it, and suddenly asked loudly:
"Can you show me that pill?"
The old detective frowned and was about to scold subconsciously.
Unexpectedly, he was stopped by He Lianshan who was standing beside him.
He Lianshan handed over a small paper bag containing medicine pills. Ye Qing didn't have gloves, so he picked up two branches in the yard, carefully picked up the pills, and put them to his nose to sniff.
"Can you describe in more detail the symptoms of the deceased? Do you smell alcohol in the vomit?" Ye Qing confirmed again.
The old detective nodded immediately: "How do you know? The deceased had indeed drunk a lot of alcohol before his death. He must have been drunk."
Ye Qing nodded: "That's almost right. This is cefuroxime tablets. It can't be mixed with alcohol. It's easy to have disulfiram-like reactions in clinical practice, with chest tightness, shortness of breath, vomiting, accompanied by decreased blood pressure and loss of consciousness. In severe cases, it can cause anaphylactic shock, respiratory failure, and eventually death."
When these words were spoken, several veteran detectives were stunned. Even He Lianshan looked bewildered, and it was obvious that he had no idea what Ye Qing was talking about.
"Is this cefuroxime you are talking about the name of a poison?" He Lianshan asked consciously.
Ye Qing was also surprised: "Cephalexin and alcohol, just leave as soon as you say so, don't you know?"
But after asking, Ye Qing suddenly remembered that it was the early 1970s and it seemed that cephalosporin drugs had just been put into production in the country.
The cefuroxime in her hand was a first-generation cephalosporin, which means a relatively primitive cephalosporin antibiotic. It was probably only sold in hospitals in big cities like Shanghai and Jicheng. In small counties like Jiaotan County, people might not even have heard of it.
Ye Qing had no choice but to explain patiently:
"Cephradine is an antibiotic. It is not a poison. It is a daily anti-inflammatory drug. It cannot be taken with alcohol. The deceased may have consumed a large amount of cephalosporin after drinking alcohol, which caused the stomach contents to react and led to respiratory failure and death."
"This is a very useful clue. You can check the source of the cefuroxime tablets. If Jiaotan County People's Hospital does not have this medicine, then it must have been brought in by someone from outside the area."
Having said that, Ye Qing put the pills back into the paper bag and handed it back to He Lianshan.
I helped the old lady out of the police station. Before we had walked far, several people dressed as farmers came to the police station, staggering and crying. They said that their son did not return home last night. They heard that someone had died in Kaoshantun, and they suspected that the deceased was their son.
Just as Ye Qingyue was helping the old lady to sit on the ox cart, loud wails were heard from the yard of the police station. It seemed that the identity of the deceased had been confirmed.
However, Ye Qing did not bother to meddle in other people's business. He thanked Wu Cong, and the group returned to Kaoshantun.
She was not the kind of person who did not know what was good for her. When the educated youth went to the countryside, Wu Yongbing was reluctant to use the cows in the village to go to the commune to pick them up. But now that something happened to her, Captain Wu not only did not immediately draw a clear line with her, but he also spoke for her in front of all the villagers in the village, and secretly asked Wu Cong to send the old lady to the police station to help her mediate. For this reason, she felt that Wu Yongbing was quite humane, and silently remembered this favor between them.
The ox cart had only been driving for about ten minutes when it collided head-on with Gu Zhenxing and his wife who were coming out of the commune.
Seeing Ye Qing sitting safely on the ox cart, Mr. and Mrs. Gu Zhenxing finally felt relieved.
"Thank God, you're fine. You scared me to death. How could you get involved in something like this?"
"Who is the murderer? How dare he frame someone like this?"
Aunt Gu came forward in a hurry to check, and looked Ye Qing over carefully from head to toe. After confirming that he was fine, she could not help but curse.
The couple also climbed onto the ox cart, feeling a little embarrassed:
"We both hurried to the commune to call the army, hoping to contact our son Weidong to see if we could find him and help. But the army said he was still in Shanghai recovering from an illness and would not be back for a few more days. We were unable to contact him at all!"
Ye Qing actually had nothing to do, but she made Grandma Zou and the Gu family worry, which made her feel very sorry. She hurriedly thanked Gu Zhenxing and his wife:
"Uncle, auntie, I'm so sorry for making you worry. I—"
Before he finished speaking, Ye Qing suddenly felt something was wrong. He raised his head abruptly, staring at Miao Cuilan with wide eyes in disbelief:
"Wait, Auntie, what did you just say? Where is your son recuperating?"
Miao Cuilan smiled and said, "In Shencheng, isn't it a coincidence? It's right in your hometown. You didn't expect it, right? Hehe, my eldest son has also been to Shencheng. I'll wait for him to come back to the village. Maybe you two can still have something to talk about."
Ye Qing: ...
His name is Gu Weidong. He was injured during the mission and is still recuperating in Shencheng. Ye Qing has a bad feeling in his heart.
It shouldn't be, is it such a coincidence? Isn't the man living in the People's Hospital of Shencheng a police officer who catches enemy spies? He shouldn't be related to Miao Cuilan's eldest son at all, right?
Ye Qing felt a little lucky and asked tentatively:
"Auntie, do we have any photos of Brother Wei Dong?"
Miao Cuilan nodded immediately: "Yes, my son was transferred to the special forces regiment half a year ago, and he sent me a photo of him. He looked very handsome in his green military uniform. If you want to see it, I'll find it for you when I get back!"
Ye Qing thought, she shouldn't be that unlucky, right?
When they returned to Kaoshantun, Miao Cuilan really found the photos from home and showed them to Ye Qing excitedly.
After seeing the face with sharp eyes and angular features in the photo, Ye Qing's last bit of optimism was completely shattered. She felt dizzy and wished she could find a piece of tofu to start a new life right away.
At the People's Hospital, she accidentally went to the intensive care unit where someone was recuperating. The funny level of this incident can only be considered 0.0001% at most;
But she went to the countryside to join a production team and was able to find herself in someone else's hometown, and even lived next door to them as their neighbor. The speechlessness of this matter soared to 99.9999%.
What kind of evil fate is this? Ye Qing just wants to know if it is too late for her to escape now.
She was not afraid of being discovered by Gu Weidong that she was the one who captured the enemy spy. After all, she had captured an enemy spy on the train when she went to the countryside, and her flying needle skills were already well-known, so she didn't have to worry about anyone suspecting that she had special abilities.
The reason why she felt guilty and didn't dare to face the brother who was shot was entirely because when she caught the two spies, she also robbed them. Not only did she steal more than a hundred yuan, she also got a watch and some gold leaves!
It was true that she was greedy at the time, but everyone did the same thing in the end times, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with what she did. She had robbed the money with her own ability, so why couldn't she spend it?
But at this moment, realizing that her theft might soon be discovered by the PLA comrades, and comparing it with how she acted like a decent person and said so many high-sounding words in front of the female reporter from Jicheng yesterday, Ye Qing felt guilty and ashamed.
After handing the photo to Ye Qing, Miao Cuilan had been secretly observing the little girl's reaction.
The little girl stared at her son for a long time. At first her expression was a little strange, as if she was panic-stricken and frightened, but then the child's face suddenly turned red.
Miao Cuilan was immediately delighted.
Oh, what are you thinking about that makes you so shy?
Miao Cuilan's eyes and eyebrows were raised. She said, how could there be no girl who would like his son when he was so handsome? The Wu family's daughter was stupid and ignorant, but that didn't mean that other people were as blind as her! Look, Ye Zhiqing was so capable, but he still blushed when he saw her son's photo!
Of course, she didn't even dare to think about choosing Ye Qing as her daughter-in-law.
Although in Miao Cuilan's heart, her eldest son is absolutely outstanding, but as a mother, she has to admit that her son Wei Dong's conditions in all aspects are still slightly inferior to those of Ye Qingye, the educated youth from Shencheng, whether in age, ability, or family background, they are not a match.
Perhaps the only thing that can compare with others is height and weight. My son is 1.9 meters tall, with a broad back and strong arms like a mountain. When he stands in front of people, he has sword-like brows and looks serious, which makes him intimidating without even being angry. He is really scary.
But being so serious will not only fail to attract girls, but will scare them away. For example, the daughter of the Wu family is clamoring to cancel the engagement and refuses to get married.
When she thought about this, Miao Cuilan felt a headache and could only quickly persuade herself to stop.
Ye Qing had no idea that her guilty and shy behavior would cause this lady Gu to have such a misunderstanding.
Before she could digest the fact that Aunt Gu's eldest son was the policeman she met in Sheshan, many villagers in the village came to inquire about the news. After hearing that Ye Qing was cleared of suspicion by the police station and released without guilt, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"I said that the incident had nothing to do with Ye Zhiqing! Everyone has seen clearly what kind of person she is these days. How could such a capable girl give up her bright future to kill someone?"
"She is just a teenage girl who has only been in our village for a few days. It is impossible for her to have any grudges against anyone. Who is so wicked as to harm such an innocent child?"
"That's right. I think maybe someone is jealous of our village's prosperity. Knowing that the captain wants to build a health station here and let Ye Zhiqing take the lead, he wants to harm Ye Zhiqing so that our village's health station cannot be built!"
A group of people were talking about it, and no one knew whose thoughts were more out of line. They began to suspect that it was the educated youth who were behind it.
"Could it be the educated youth who came from the city? The commune will soon hold a public selection examination, and the number of students admitted to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University this year has not yet been determined."
"Everyone has seen Ye Zhiqing's performance over the past few days. This girl even learned medical skills by self-study, which shows that her academic performance must be very good. If she signs up for this year's selection exam, she will definitely get first place!"
"Is it possible that some educated youth were afraid that she would take away their university places, so they wanted to destroy her in advance?"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the crowd, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that these words made sense.
As a result, those educated youth who took the exam last year, especially those who ranked at the top, instantly became the object of suspicion.
Meng Jia ranked second in the exam last year, so naturally he became the key suspect.
Ye Qing was afraid that these villagers would let their thoughts run wild without knowing anything, and then be taken advantage of by others, inciting their emotions to hurt innocent people, which would be troublesome, so he quickly stepped forward to explain:
"Everyone should stop guessing. The county public security bureau has taken over this case. A group of experienced criminal police have come. With them, they will definitely find out who the real murderer is soon. Don't worry, give the public security comrades some time."
After the villagers left, Captain Wu came with several village officials to inquire about the situation. Ye Qing only said that she had ruled out any suspicion, but she didn't know what clues the police had found or who they suspected. She didn't reveal any specific details.
However, in the afternoon, Ye Qing went to work in the fields with the main force in the village. When they were about to be assigned the task of harvesting rice, a group of villagers suddenly came to Kaoshan Village angrily with their friends. They asked who Ye Qing was as soon as they came, and it was obvious that they had bad intentions.
Ye Qing was not afraid of trouble, he immediately stood up and said:
"I'm Ye Qing. What do you want to talk to me about?"
The group of men, women, young and old who came picked up the farm tools in their hands and attacked Ye Qing without saying a word.
Of course, the villagers in Kaoshan Village were no pushovers. When they saw someone was coming to cause trouble, they immediately swarmed over!
When the captain realized something was wrong and rushed over, the scene was already in chaos and the entire rice field was in a mess.
"Stop, stop it!"
Wu Yongbing was almost angry to death. He rushed forward and pulled those who were fighting apart.
After seeing clearly that the people coming were from the neighboring Chousonggou Village, Wu Yongbing's face turned black:
"Are you crazy, you people from Chinson's Groove? Instead of robbing the crops in your fields, you come to our village to fight. Are you bullying us because there are no people in Kaoshan Village?"
The leader was a fifty-year-old old lady with a pointed face and monkey cheeks. When she heard what Wu Yongbing said, she couldn't help but curse:
"Fuck you, you bully! I'm here to catch the murderer. I'm looking for an educated youth from your village. What does this have to do with your Kaoshan Village? Murder must be paid for with life. This educated youth named Ye killed my son, so she should pay for his life!"
Wu Yongbing was stunned: "Are you Mrs. Liu from Chou Songgou? The one who died today was your son?"
The old lady's eyes instantly turned red. "Not at all. It was my youngest son Liu Kui. He said he was going out for a drink with some other boys last night, but he didn't come back all night. Today I heard something happened. I went to the police station and recognized him. His little finger was missing. Who else could it be but him?"
When they heard that the dead person was Liu Kui, the villagers of Kaoshantun present said nothing on the surface, but they were secretly cheering in their hearts.
Liu Kui, also known as Wu Kui Shou, was a well-known thief in Qingshan Town. He was even worse than Zhao Mazi. There was nothing he dared not steal in the surrounding production brigades, and he had visited almost every household. It was said that his missing little finger was chopped off on the spot by the owner of the house after he was caught stealing.
Not only did this bastard steal money, he also molested the young wives and pretty widows in the village, and ogled the young girls in the villages with lustful eyes, causing the surrounding production teams to complain and wish they could get rid of this bastard as soon as possible.
But because Liu Kui's father was the captain of the production team in Chousonggou Village, and his family was said to have connections with the town revolutionary committee and the army farm, everyone had to endure it and advised their female comrades to stay away from Liu Kui if they saw him on the street. No one dared to do anything to him.
No one would have thought that the person killed this time was the cancer Liu Kui. This was really beyond everyone's expectation. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, I'm afraid everyone in the village would have applauded.
However, people in the village think that Liu Kui deserved to die, but his relatives don't think so.
When Mrs. Liu went to the police station to claim her son's body, it was impossible for her not to see the big scarlet words on Liu Kui's body. She didn't understand what investigating a case was and didn't listen to the police. She couldn't wait for the Public Security Bureau to solve the case, so she determined that Ye Qing was the murderer of her son.
So after coming out of the police station, she couldn't wait to go back to the village to make trouble, called all the relatives of the Liu family, and then ran to Kaoshantun and caused trouble.
The old woman was filled with hatred and wanted to catch Ye Qing to vent her anger. It would be best if she could tell her how her son died and let this female educated youth named Ye taste tenfold or a hundredfold the pain her son had endured before his death!
But she didn't expect that she just came to ask for someone, but Wu Yongbing and so many people from Kaoshantun actually came out to stop her. This instantly pushed Mrs. Liu's anger and resentment to the highest point.
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