After leaving Widow Chen's house, Chi Mu originally wanted to return to the river, but it was already very late.
"Forget it, let's go to the river tomorrow during the day. It's not safe to wander around alone now."
Chi Mu walked towards home again.
Fortunately, there were no accidents on the road this time and I returned home safely.
"Xiao Xin, I'm your brother, come and open the door for me."
"Nonsense, my brother just said that when he goes out, no one can open the door no matter who knocks, you are not my brother!
According to the rules of Hunchback Village, the door is closed to visitors after nine o'clock. Go away!"
Xiao Xin's stubborn voice came from the yard.
No matter how much Chi Mu explained, Xiao Xin just wouldn't open the door.
Chi Mu couldn't help but smile bitterly as he stood outside the door, thinking that his younger brother was really stubborn. He had just told him not to open the door to strangers.
Now that he is back, Xiaoxin doesn't dare to open the door.
At this point, Chi Mu could only find another way to get in.
He looked at the fences around him. Fortunately, they were only about two meters high. He only needed to jump slightly and grab the fences with his hands to climb over.
——"You have to climb over the wall to get into your own house. You've never seen such a thing before."
——"This little brother is too stubborn. He doesn't believe anyone. Hahahaha."
——"Poor Mu Shen, he never thought that one day he would have to climb over the wall to return to his home."
.......
Chi Mu climbed over the fence with great effort and jumped into the yard in one breath. He saw Xiao Xin standing under the eaves with a shovel in his hand.
"How dare you come in here!"
When Xiao Xin saw Chi Mu, he picked up the shovel and was about to hit Chi Mu, who was scared and dodged quickly.
"Xiao Xin, look carefully, I am really your brother, you are trying to kill me for the sake of justice!"
Xiao Xin also saw Chi Mu's face clearly, and quickly put away the shovel, looking around with embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, brother. I thought you were a liar, but I didn't expect it was really you..."
"It's okay, it's okay. You did a great job. Our village has a rule not to welcome guests after nine o'clock. The village has been in turmoil recently, so you were right not to open the door."
Chi Mu comforted Xiao Xin, and then followed his father's example and blocked the door with a shovel.
Looking at his brother who looked the same as in the morning, Chi Mu smiled, feeling fortunate that he had discovered his brother's real grade and class at the last minute that morning.
"Well, it's getting late, you should go to bed early."
Chi Mu sent his brother to bed. He sat in the front room, lit the oil lamp, and began to think about all the clues and information he had gained today.
First is Cripple Li.
He should be the person in Hunchback Village who knows the most information about the deceased, because he was in charge of all their funeral arrangements.
And the paper figure that appeared in front of Chi Mu's house at night was most likely made by him, but it should not have been made by Lame Li Fang.
No matter how you look at it now, Cripple Li is a big suspect.
The only thing that made him unsure about the murderer was that he was a cripple and it was very difficult for him to commit the crime and accomplish other things.
After Lame Li’s summary, the next thing is about Li Tiezhu.
Li Tiezhu said in person that he often peeked at Widow Chen taking a bath, and also met Ma Jinya, Zhang Mazi and others, all of whom are now dead.
Therefore, Chi Mu seriously suspected that the common point among the several male victims was that they all often went to peek at Widow Chen taking a bath.
It is even more likely that they had an improper relationship with Widow Chen. After all, the words that they peeked at Widow Chen taking a bath were said by Li Tiezhu when he was crazy.
Credibility needs to be verified.
But this also provided Chi Mu with a very clear direction.
It is possible that the murderer is among the dead now.
"Is there a possibility that Widow Chen had an improper relationship with those deceased people?
Was the death of Widow Chen caused by one of them, or by several people? Among those who died later, there was the murderer who killed Widow Chen.
Afterwards, in order to get rid of suspicion, the murderer who killed those people deliberately made the deaths of those people the same as that of Widow Chen, so that the villagers would mistakenly believe that there was only one murderer? "
Chi Mu kept pondering his guess in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was right.
“In this case, there may be only one murderer alive now, because the murderer who killed Widow Chen is already dead!
Next, we just need to find evidence of an improper relationship between Ma Jinya and Widow Chen, and then we can confirm this speculation, and then find a way to find the surviving murderer."
Chi Mu pinched his chin, a smug look on his face.
He felt that there was nothing wrong with the direction of his investigation.
After ending this speculation, Chi Mu turned his attention to Lin Miaomiao again.
When he met Lin Miaomiao on the road just now, he clearly looked back, which was a violation of the rules.
But now nothing unusual happens.
This shows that Lin Miaomiao is not a human being at all.
“Take a step back and think about it. Even if Lin Miaomiao is not a human, she does not pose any threat to me.
However, this also made her suspicious, because the murderer might not necessarily be a human, and how could a little girl kill so many adults?
But if she wasn't human, then killing a few adults wouldn't be a problem for 'it'.
Chi Mu also included Lin Miaomiao in the list of suspects.
At the same time, he remembered the strange words that Lin Miaomiao had just said to him.
What exactly is the "repayment" that Lin Miaomiao mentioned? Why did she insist that it was only possible at night and not during the day?
"What on earth is this little girl talking about repaying? How can a little kid like you repay me?"
Chi Mu couldn't help but frown, puzzled.
[3: The younger sister was carrying a doll on her back, and the mother's head was chopped off and buried in the ground. The younger sister loved to eat candy, but her candy was crushed and the doll was thrown away.]
Chi Mu suddenly remembered this rule.
In this ghost story, he has no sister, only a younger brother, Shin-chan.
But for now, the only little girl we meet is Lin Miaomiao. Could the sister mentioned in this rule be her?
"Lin Miaomiao does like to eat candy. So, this 'sister' is really Lin Miaomiao? But didn't her mother marry and move to another village? How did she chop off her head?"
What does this rule really mean?
Chi Mu couldn't connect all the clues about Lin Miaomiao together no matter what he did. There was simply no logic at all.
At the same time, Chi Mu didn't figure out who the woman in red was that he saw in the convenience store in the afternoon.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
“Knock, knock…”
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Chi Mu just looked up and heard someone talking outside the door.
"Boss Chi, Boss Chi, please open the door, I'm Miaomiao..."
"Boss Chi, it's raining heavily outside. Miaomiao is so cold. Boss Chi, please open the door for me."
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