Chapter 113 Unearthing Bones
And so, the people of Willow Leaf Village were greeted with their third police call...
Village Chief Ye Gang had just gone to bed and was still talking to his wife about the day's events. "With all these things happening one after another, won't they affect my performance evaluation?"
The village chief's wife rolled over in annoyance, "You're always worrying about nothing. What does that have to do with you?"
We've known about the Xu family's bad behavior for a long time; everyone in the surrounding villages knows how arrogant they are.
I thought Xu Qingyan was alright, but today I see he's no pushover either.
So you brought it on yourself, don't worry about it, it has nothing to do with you.”
Ye Gang was inwardly resentful that the Xu family was always causing him trouble, but seeing that his wife had already taken a nap, he didn't say anything more and could only lie down as well.
I couldn't fall asleep even lying in bed. I always felt like my heart was hanging in the balance, as if something was about to happen.
Ye Gang lay stiffly on the bed for a while, and sure enough, he heard someone knocking on the door again.
His heart skipped a beat. He grabbed a couple of pieces of clothing, shuffled his shoes, and went to open the door. "Who is it?"
"Officer, I need your help with something."
Upon hearing this, Ye Gang quickened his pace, his heart heavy with worry. What kind of trouble had arisen this time...?
When he opened the door, he saw two middle-aged men, a young man, and Xu Xiaocao.
The young man recognized him as the police officer who had just been there. He asked respectfully, "Officer, what can I do for you?"
Peng Li introduced them to him: "Village chief, these are our bureau chief and deputy bureau chief. They have something they'd like to ask you for help with."
Upon hearing that even the police chief and deputy chief had come, Ye Gang was truly astonished. He quickly straightened his clothes and nervously extended his hand, saying, "Comrade Chief, Comrade Deputy Chief, hello!"
Wang Gang wasn't in the mood, but out of courtesy, he still extended his hand to shake hands with him. "Comrade Village Chief, there's something here that I need your help with."
Ye Gang was somewhat flattered. "Okay, okay, there's anything I can do."
Yang Peng also came over and shook hands with him, "We would like to invite a few young comrades to come with us to Banyun Mountain to investigate a case together."
Ye Gang was taken aback. "Half-Cloud Mountain? Nobody usually goes up there. It's very dangerous up there. What kind of case could happen up there?"
Wang Gang remained silent with a somber expression. Yang Peng sighed, "It's hard to say right now. Why don't you call some people for us? Let's go take a look together."
Although Ye Gang felt it was dangerous to go up the mountain late at night, he didn't dare refuse because it was the request of the police chief and deputy chief. So he quickly went to call his two sons and several nephews to go up the mountain together...
Walking down the street, Ye Gang asked Xu Xiaocao, who had been very silent since earlier, in a low voice, "Xiaocao, what's wrong?"
"Even the bureau chief and deputy bureau chief are here. Could something serious have happened?"
Xu Xiaocao didn't say anything, she just shook her head.
Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of him, Ye Gang had no choice but to walk ahead and lead the way, feeling dissatisfied.
The young men who were called over all carried flashlights, but even with the illumination of the flashlights, the path up the mountain was still very difficult to walk.
Everyone was a little unhappy. It was so late at night, and they had been called out without being told anything. What if something happened...?
Fortunately, just as Xu Xiaocao had said, the place was only a little above the foot of Banyun Mountain, not very high, so we arrived quickly.
Xu Xiaocao walked straight ahead, took the flashlight Peng Li handed her, and pointed it in a direction, "It's under that locust tree."
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