When the three entered the village entrance, they saw from afar a small two-story house that was surrounded by a cordon.

There were seven or eight staff members standing inside and outside the line, and villagers were watching from outside.

"What happened?"

"Is there any fatality?"

Wang Kai couldn't help but start to speculate, and Zhao Yong suggested: "Boss, how about... changing places?"

"No, I'm here to look for customers today. Come with me up the mountain to take a look."

Zhang Fan shook his head slightly, and then led the way into the village.

"Looking for customers...?"

The two were stunned for a moment, then followed closely.

After walking less than two hundred meters, the three men ran into a villager head-on.

Wang Kai stepped forward curiously and asked, "Brother, what happened in front?"

The villager looked cautious, and after carefully examining the three people, he whispered, "Someone's dead."

"Human life?! Who?"

"Hush... There's a guy named Gao Hong in our village. Last night, he was followed by a... some kind of funeral brother. He left before dawn, and now we don't even know how he left! I don't know who the funeral brother is, but they're spreading rumors that... he has some dirty tricks under his control."

"Don't tell you I told you that!"

After giving instructions, the villagers left in a hurry, leaving Zhang Fan and the other two standing there in confusion.

Coming back to his senses, Wang Kai said, "Boss... is there still such a thing?"

Similarly, Zhao Yong looked at him with a puzzled look.

“…”

Zhang Fan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

This is... this system is a scam!

Didn’t you say that I could just go up the mountain and collect the ashes and that’s it?

How come another one got lost?

Could you at least give me a hint so that I know where to start the discussion with the customer?

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Fan shook his head and said, "I don't know, it must be a coincidence. To tell you the truth, there are three skeletons on the mountain ahead, and we are here to collect them this time."

“No.”

Wang Kai shook his head and said, "You just said you were looking for customers, and now you're talking about collecting bodies. Who will pay you for collecting bodies?"

"Last night you asked us, Gui, what does eating mud mean, but today this guy suddenly became inexplicably angry. Also, I just mentioned it casually, and he was almost hit by a car. How dare you say you don't have anything in your hand?"

"If I need something, how could the store go so long without an order?" Zhang Fan rolled his eyes.

"Hiss... that's right." Wang Kai said thoughtfully:

"Then this matter is strange. The villagers have never even heard of Changhong Funeral, but they put the name on you."

"Logically, we should have at least done an autopsy last night to find out the cause of death, but they insisted on saying something superstitious."

"Also... the driver who overturned the car just now seemed to have done it on purpose."

At this point, Wang Kai suddenly had a bold idea:

"Overturning one car will delay the process for more than ten minutes, and overturning ten cars will take two hours."

"Could it be that... someone is using someone else's knife to kill someone? But one or two hours shouldn't change the autopsy results, right?"

"I don't know about that."

Zhang Fan shook his head and said calmly: "Maybe, there really is something dirty?"

"Don't scare me, I was just joking."

Wang Kai waved his hand quickly, and Zhang Fan smiled and said, "Let's go up the mountain first and wait for the leaders to investigate this matter."

After saying that, Zhang Fan walked towards the top of the mountain again.

When passing by Gao Hong's house, the three of them watched for a moment.

The staff were discussing the case with each other and did not pay much attention to the boy.

The boy was not sad that his father was gone, perhaps because he was not aware of it.

Jumping left and right in a shadow of his own house.

A person, alone, having fun.

At the same time, Master Liu Jun and his apprentice had also arrived at the scene.

It took Zhang Fan and his friends twenty minutes to walk, but they arrived there in just seven or eight minutes.

At a glance, Liu Jun spotted Zhang Fan in the crowd and quickly stepped forward to grab him.

"Brother Zhang Fan, you came early. We were all ready, but you didn't even call me."

"Who and you..."

"Come on, let's go inside and take a look."

The three men were confused and before they could say anything, they were pulled into the cordon by Liu Jun.

After showing their documents and certificates, everyone successfully entered the house.

"How's it going, Lao Du?"

As soon as he entered the house, Liu Jun found Yuncheng's captain Du Lintao and asked about the progress.

Captain Du and Liu Jun have known each other for a long time. The whole team knew that he would come this morning. He immediately shook his head and said, "There are no clues... There is only a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War on the bedside. I have already collected the evidence. If you don't come, I will send it for autopsy."

"Wait a minute, let me introduce you. This is the owner of Changhong Funeral Company, Zhang Fan." Liu Jun pointed at Zhang Fan and said.

Du Lintao nodded slightly to Zhang Fan and didn't say much, but continued to discuss the case with Liu Jun.

"From the scene, it doesn't look like homicide or suicide, but I feel it might be homicide because the deceased just found his missing son yesterday and he probably wouldn't have any thoughts of committing suicide."

"Yes, I think this case should be investigated together with the pharmaceutical company."

"Well, Gao Hong did work at the pharmaceutical factory, but he was laid off a year ago. Team Two will investigate further."

“…”

During the conversation between the two, Zhang Fan obtained a lot of information from the crowd.

Since he was already here, he just expressed his thoughts: "Have you ever considered whether this child is your biological child?"

"I have learned about this from the villagers. This child was born with autism and dementia," Du Lintao replied.

"Did anyone see the birth of the child with their own eyes?" Zhang Fan asked.

"Well... indeed, there is no such thing, but what can a four-year-old child do?"

"Yeah...but this child is indeed extraordinary."

Everyone looked hesitant, and couldn't help but think of the boy who had been missing in the mountains for three days and was still safe and sound.

After hesitating for a moment, everyone looked out the window at the same time.

After staring at the boy for a while, Liu Jun suggested trying to talk to him, so everyone came to the compound.

Somehow, when everyone approached the boy.

The haze on the ground disappeared inexplicably.

Maybe the sun was moving, or maybe the shadow was meant for the boy alone.

[Congratulations to the host for finding the customer's only descendant. Keep following him and you will receive a generous reward after completing the order. ]

At this moment, the system prompt sounded in Zhang Fan's mind.

Frowning slightly and thinking quickly, Zhang Fan had a guess in his mind.

He was sure that the customer mentioned by the system was definitely not Gao Hong who died suddenly last night, but the three figures that suddenly appeared in the video.

If this was their only offspring, that means Gao Hong, who had no family relationship with the boy or the deceased behind the mountain, had no right to hold a funeral.

Even if the adoptive parents are not related by blood, it is impossible to trigger such a prompt from the system.

In other words, the boy and Gao Hong are not biological father and son, nor are they adoptive father and son.

A man with dementia, whose family members' bodies were left in the mountains, became the biological son in the eyes of "others".

There is a big problem here.

Was Gao Hong’s death a revenge or was it someone else’s fault?

Revenge should be impossible because Zhang Fan is a funeral shop owner. In his opinion, even if there are strange things in this world, they will disappear after burial and will not hurt anyone.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Fan said, "No need to ask, this child must have been kidnapped."

"They were kidnapped. Why?" Du Lintao asked puzzledly.

"I guessed it." Zhang Fan remained calm and said, "The bodies of his family members are behind the mountain. You can check the missing cases related to this place in the past seven years."

"Guess? Mr. Zhang, investigating a case is not a child's play."

Hearing this, Du Lintao felt a little unhappy. He really didn't understand why the leader wanted to involve Zhang Fan.

However, Liu Jun believed Zhang Fan's words without a doubt and shook his head and said, "Old Du, I believe in Zhang Fan. Let's go up the mountain and look for him."

"Old Liu, you..."

"Give me some face, what if?"

"I'm not going. At most I can lend you some people and dogs."

"That's fine."

“…”

After some negotiations.

Master Liu Jun, his apprentice, and Zhang Fan, along with several staff members and two dogs, began searching the back mountain.

Zhang Fan was quite satisfied with the development of the matter to this point.

Find the body, complete the funeral, and obtain the system reward, and the mission is completed.

Of course, if he could find some clues from the deceased, he would not be stingy.

However, as to whether Captain Du believes it or not, and whether he can solve the case, that has nothing to do with him.