Zhou Daniu is dead? This news is quite explosive.
Zhao Qingshan was shocked. Yesterday, when he and Zhou Yuanyuan were leaving Zhoujia Village, he saw Zhou Daniu boasting to someone under the large camphor tree at the entrance of the village. At that time, Zhou Daniu had a loud voice and was in high spirits. How could such a lively person turn into a dead person overnight?
Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't help but walk out of the room. She had seen Zhou Daniu clearly as he left last night. Although his steps were a little unsteady as he entered the house, likely due to a slight concussion from Li Cuilian, his Qi and blood were normal. Zhou Yuanyuan was a cultivator. If Zhou Daniu had been dying last night, she would have been able to sense the death energy emanating from him.
Besides, the blows Li Cuilian used with the mallet to hit Zhou Daniu weren't as strong as the ones she used to hit Liu Moli later. If those few light blows with the mallet could have killed Zhou Daniu, he would have died countless times.
You have to know that before he married Liu Moli, Zhou Daniu was a village troll. He'd take advantage of any unaccompanied female, regardless of appearance, by offering a few words. The women in Zhoujia Village were mostly fierce, and after being teased by Zhou Daniu, nine out of ten would beat him, sometimes with a laundry mallet, sometimes with a random branch pulled from the firewood pile. Zhou Daniu was beaten at least eight or ten times a year by the women in the village. If he were that easy to beat to death, he would have been dead long ago.
"Grandpa, ask him what happened to Liu Moli? She is Zhou Daniu's wife." Zhou Yuanyuan communicated with Zhao Qingshan through telepathy.
"Old Jiang, what happened to Liu Moli?" Zhao Qingshan didn't understand what Zhou Yuanyuan meant by asking these questions. However, Zhao Qingshan always indulged Zhou Yuanyuan, so if Zhou Yuanyuan wanted to know, he would ask.
"What?" Old Jiang was stunned when he saw an incredibly beautiful little girl walking out of the room.
"I want to ask, what happened to Zhou Daniu's wife? Is she injured?" Zhao Qingshan asked again.
Now, Old Jiang finally understood clearly. He was a bit shocked. How could a middle-aged man in his thirties be so transfixed by a little girl? Would he be considered a weird uncle or something? However, Uncle Zhao's little girl was indeed very beautiful.
"Liu Moli? She's fine! It was Liu Moli who reported the case to the police last night. She said Zhou Daniu had been beaten up by the village head's wife, his head broken. He went to the village barefoot doctor's house to stop the bleeding and get a bandage before returning home. In the middle of the night, Zhou Daniu suddenly became short of breath, and then died." Old Jiang recalled the events of last night with a lingering fear. It was the first time he had seen a woman like Liu Moli, fearless and ready to fight.
Late at night, Lao Jiang and his team had originally planned to wait until daybreak before dispatching police. However, Liu Moli was quite sharp-tongued and directly questioned Lao Jiang, "Are you police officers serving the people? The people are in trouble now, so how can you be so bureaucratic? What if the murderer escapes at daybreak?"
Liu Moli's sharp words practically implied that Lao Jiang was trying to shield the village chief's wife, Li Cuilian. Lao Jiang had no choice but to wake the director in the middle of the night. But it was no surprise. Liu Moli was an educated youth from a big city, well-educated and cultured, unlike the local village women who would lose their composure at the mere threat of a few words.
When Lao Jiang and another police officer went to Liu Moli's house, Zhou Daniu was lying quietly in bed, his face grim and his body cold. Zhou Daniu's head was still bandaged. Lao Jiang went to the barefoot doctor's house to learn about the situation. The barefoot doctor confirmed Liu Moli's words: Zhou Daniu had indeed been beaten by Li Cuilian last night, leaving his head bleeding and coming to his house for bandages.
At this point, Lao Jiang had no choice but to go to the home of the village chief Zhou Hongming and take Li Cuilian back to the police station. When Li Cuilian heard that Zhou Daniu was dead, she was completely stunned and kept muttering "I didn't kill him" and "I didn't kill him."
Seeing that Li Cuilian looked like she was frightened, Lao Jiang had no choice but to let the female police officer Xiao Huang in the station keep her in custody. He took several other police officers to investigate and collect evidence to see if Zhou Daniu's death was really caused by Li Cuilian.
Liu Moli insisted her husband was killed by Li Cuilian, the village head's daughter-in-law. Zhou Daniu returned home with a head injury. When Liu Moli questioned him, he said Li Cuilian had beaten him. If the police don't severely punish Li Cuilian, they're shielding her.
Old Jiang, driven to the brink of Liu Moli's nagging, had come to Zhaojiagou to investigate, partly to avoid her pestering. Liu Moli, desperate, remained at the police station, child in hand, refusing to leave. The station chief, under the pretext of a meeting, had departed for the county seat early in the morning, leaving Old Jiang with a shambles to contend with.
Old Jiang also had a headache. As a public security officer, he couldn't just listen to one side of the story. He had to have solid evidence to convict Li Cuilian. Liu Moli was so persistent that Old Jiang was at a loss.
"Grandpa, can you ask if we can go to the scene? I think something's amiss." Zhou Yuanyuan continued to transmit a message to Zhao Qingshan. Liu Moli's expression had been sinister and vicious after she was beaten last night. To be honest, Zhou Yuanyuan suspected Liu Moli was involved in Zhou Daniu's death.
"Uncle Qingshan, it would be great if you could help." Old Jiang, upon hearing Zhao Qingshan's request to see Zhou Daniu's body, felt a little strange, but he agreed. Zhao Qingshan was an experienced Chinese doctor, so perhaps he could tell something from the body? Old Jiang thought.
Because of Zhou Daniu's incident, Zhao Qingshan and Zhou Yuanyuan returned to Zhoujia Village.
Before entering Zhou Daniu's house, Lao Jiang looked at Zhao Qingshan with a strange look. They were going to see a dead body, not to have fun, so why did Uncle Zhao bring a little girl with him?
Zhao Qingshan and Zhou Yuanyuan pretended not to see Lao Jiang's surprised look and walked into Zhou Daniu's house expressionlessly. Lao Jiang swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and followed Zhao Qingshan into Zhou Daniu's house.
Zhou Daniu's family was truly poor. It was true that they were completely bare. There was no furniture in the bedroom except for a bed.
Zhou Daniu's body was left lying on the bed, and Liu Moli hadn't put him in the coffin. Liu Moli wasn't home either, she was crying and cursing in front of the Sanhe Town Police Station!
"Xiao Yu, hurry up and see how this man died?" After Zhou Yuanyuan entered the door, she immediately called Xiao Yu in her sea of consciousness.
Yesterday morning, Zhou Yuanyuan discovered that Xiaoyu, the mischievous creature, hadn't told her in time that the spell had lost its effectiveness. She had therefore recast a more potent spell on Xiaoyu. This time, without Zhou Yuanyuan's call, Xiaoyu was not only unable to read her thoughts but also deprived of her right to spy on the outside world. Xiaoyu, feeling guilty, dared not resist. Seeing Zhou Yuanyuan calling her to do something, Xiaoyu quickly and carefully "observed" her.
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