At 6:30 in the morning, before daybreak, Bai Song got up. Because he had vomited out most of what he had eaten and drunk yesterday, Bai Song didn't feel hungover when he woke up. At this time, Captain Zhou had already woken up, but he didn't know where he had gone.
Bai Song put on his clothes, packed his things, and went to the yard. At this time, the sky was beginning to get light.
Captain Zhou was sitting at the door, holding a bowl of porridge and chatting with the landlord. He really got up early.
Seeing Bai Song coming, Captain Zhou stood up, served Bai Song a bowl of rice porridge, and asked with concern: "You drank a lot yesterday, are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Bai Song took the rice porridge handed over by Captain Zhou with both hands: "Thank you, Captain Zhou."
"Well, if you want to wash, go to the river. You can get water over there." Captain Zhou pointed to the distant place where light was just beginning to rise.
"Okay." Bai Song was still a little confused. He put the porridge on the wooden table, said goodbye, and walked towards the river with the backpack containing toiletries.
The tent is gone. There is nothing noteworthy in this village, so the tent is more conspicuous now that it is gone.
It was not yet completely light outside, which meant that the two men had already broken camp and set off while it was still dark. There was something a bit abnormal about this.
After washing, the river water is still so clear. Villagers have been drinking and using water from this river for generations, but because there are too few people and no chemical products, the pollution to the river can be basically ignored.
When they returned to the residence, the landlord had already left. Master Wei and Xu Tao had also gotten up, and the four of them started discussing the matter together.
The story is this: Li is the eldest daughter of the family. She has been a good student since she was young, but because she has two younger brothers, her family has always disagreed with her going to school. In the early 1990s, it was a critical period for the promotion of compulsory education and the campaign to eliminate illiteracy. With the support of the H County Education Committee in the village, her family agreed to let her go to school.
Li's academic performance was always good until she reached junior high school. She wanted to continue to high school, but her family did not allow it. At that time, high school still required a lot of money, so her family took the initiative to promise Li to a family in the neighboring village.
Li ran away.
During this time, Li went to high school, but did not finish and started working. This was very embarrassing for the family, but no one could find Li, so they had to give up.
A few years ago, this family received a remittance of 500 yuan from Li. Around 2005, 500 yuan was basically half a year's income for a family here, but the parents of this family still looked down on Li.
Later, Li sent more and more money, until about three years ago, when she thought she had paid off the debt she owed her parents when she ran away, and she returned with a few people.
When she came back this time, Li brought 10,000 yuan in cash and a lot of valuables, but her rigid father just wanted to keep her to fulfill the engagement they made ten years ago.
Even though the man was already married, he still wanted to marry Li to the younger brother of the family. This was unreasonable to Li and her friends, so the two sides started fighting.
Li's father's side had more people and more power, and Li finally escaped with the help of several friends and cash.
From then on, rumors began to spread in the village, saying that Li was doing dirty work outside.
In fact, it is not the villagers' fault. It is purely because Li's parents are sick. When they take their daughter's money, they spend it more freely than anyone else. For the so-called rules, they force their children to do such things. This is not rigid at all, but something is wrong with their brains.
And the most important thing is that it was Li's mother who said that Li's job outside was not clean, so it is no wonder that the villagers talked about it.
In fact, the task force had long considered the possibility that Li was engaged in special services. After all, it was indeed suspicious that a girl with little education and no background had such a considerable income, but the task force did not find any clues in its investigation.
The four of them discussed for about 20 minutes while eating, and these were basically the clues they had. Considering that the deceased's parents called Li "Fang", the pseudonym on the remittance slip should be the deceased himself.
Soon after the meal, it was already bright, and Ma Zhiyuan also came. He slept at another fellow villager's house yesterday. It can be seen that Ma Zhiyuan has a good alcohol tolerance. He drank a lot yesterday. There is no rule here that prohibits riding after drinking. The young men can drink well.
Several people packed up their things together and went to Li's house again. If they didn't get anything, they would leave.
Logically speaking, Li's relatives should go to collect the body, but if they refuse to go even after being clearly informed, the government also has other ways to deal with it.
While packing up, Bai Song chatted a few words about the two travelers living in tents. At this point, he heard Ma Zhiyuan say that when the owner of the house where he stayed last night was returning from drinking with him that night, he saw the tents and said that the two men looked a bit like the people that Dafang brought back when he first came back.
Ma Zhiyuan's words sounded light, but when the four people heard them, it was like a bomb going off in their ears. Captain Zhou was about to go out immediately, but Bai Song stopped him and told him that the two men had left half an hour ago.
This commotion made Ma Zhiyuan feel a little embarrassed. He was not a policeman and did not take the matter seriously.
Of course, Ma Zhiyuan could not be blamed for this matter. Captain Zhou still thanked him and the others discussed what to do next.
"There are several roads leading out of this village that people can take, but there are only three roads that horses can take. One is the road into the village, one is the road to the tea mountain, and the other is the road leading to another village. They came in from outside yesterday, so they must be heading to another village." Ma Zhiyuan gestured.
"Okay, my suggestion is that we take a gamble and set off to take the third road to see if we can catch up." Captain Zhou said without hesitation.
"Brother Ma, how many roads are there to the village you mentioned? Where can it lead to? Is there a road to the county or town from the place you mentioned?" Bai Song asked hurriedly.
"There are three or four roads in that village. I have been there seldom and cannot remember them clearly, but I am sure that this road is the only way to the town," Ma Zhiyuan said affirmatively.
"Hmm." Captain Zhou hesitated after hearing this: "What do you think?"
"Captain Zhou, if we chase them like this, there are too many forks in the road and it's easy to lose them. I think we should wait here and wait for them to come back." Bai Song said.
"What if it takes a long time for them to come back?" Xu Tao asked.
"What Bai Song said makes sense." Master Wei said, "We will send one person to the town to report the situation to the detachment leader. We need to be prepared to stay here for a long time. In addition, we need to buy some daily necessities. The rest of the people will wait here."
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