Even though Chi Mu was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the impactful scene.
He didn't expect his death to be so tragic.
Chi Mu originally thought that the villagers had exaggerated the cause of death, but he did not expect that far from being exaggerated, it seemed that the villagers’ lack of language expression ability had led them to downplay the cause of death.
"What kind of person could turn the person he killed into such a horrible state?"
Chi Mu swallowed his saliva and couldn't bear to look at the corpse again.
After calming down a little, Chi Mu began to observe the traces around him again.
Combined with the marks on the body, there are signs that it has turned white due to blisters, and the skin has become bloated.
It was obvious that the body had appeared here at least last night when Chi Mu picked up the dagger.
So, this person was not killed today.
According to what the villagers said, people have been dying every day since the last two days, but this body should have died yesterday.
So, today's body has not been found yet, and there should be another dead person besides this body.
"That's not right. The person who died yesterday was named Zhang Mazi, and his body has been found. Could it be that more than one person died yesterday?"
Chi Mu was shocked.
He originally thought that there would only be one death every day, and this was a pattern in the crime.
It now appears that more than one person dies every day, and this body, which has not been discovered by other villagers, is the evidence.
After Chi Mu remembered his face, he quietly left the river and walked towards his own store.
He did not intend to tell the villagers that he had found the body.
First of all, there are usually few people coming to the riverside at the west end of the village, and Chi Mu arrived at the west end of the village early in the morning.
Just imagine, who would have no reason to run to the west end of the village early in the morning after it rained?
Therefore, once Chi Mu took the initiative to tell the villagers that he found the body by the river at the west end of the village, he would immediately be regarded as the first suspect.
Secondly, Chi Mu didn’t want to alert the enemy.
The previous victims all died in their homes, but this body is the only one found by the river, which is very strange.
Ma Jinya and Zhang Mazi were not bachelors living alone, and there were usually people at home, but the murderer still resolutely broke into their homes and killed them.
It is obvious that the murderer is not afraid of having outsiders around, which would lead to his identity being exposed. It can be seen that the murderer is very confident in himself.
With such a style of committing the crime, why did they change their style and kill the man by the river at the west end of the village and dump his body in the reeds where it would not be easily found?
This is a suspicious point.
——"I've discovered that ghost stories are becoming more and more serious, and the dead people in them are becoming more and more terrifying. I feel like I'm watching a serious horror movie."
——"There are already many suspects, and we don't know who the murderer is. Or are all the suspects the murderer?"
——"Based on my many years of experience watching Detective Ke Bei, the murderer may not appear in Chi Mu's sight now."
——"Come on, you're still hesitant when watching an anime?"
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Chi Mu returned to his own shop, opened the door, and started his business for the day.
He now has a general direction for investigation.
There are many villagers who come to the store to buy things every day. During this process, Chi Mu intends to find out the character of those dead people indirectly.
Chi Mu always felt that these people had an improper relationship with Widow Chen.
After all, Widow Chen has been a widow for many years, and she is lonely both physically and mentally. It is normal for her to need comfort.
But if that was the case, then it stands to reason that the male victims had no motive to kill Widow Chen.
"So, it's impossible that Widow Chen was willing to have an improper relationship with the murderer?"
When Chi Mu thought of this, his eyes narrowed and he had a rough idea of the motive of the murderer who killed Widow Chen.
The murderer could be Jiang Feng, Ma Jinya, Zhang Mazi or one of the unknown dead persons in the reeds just now.
Perhaps those men coveted the beauty of Widow Chen, and one of them had evil intentions. He broke into Widow Chen's home and did something indecent to her.
"And the murderer who killed Widow Chen could only be one person, not several people committing the crime at the same time..."
Chi Mu murmured.
The reason is simple. If Jiang Feng and several others committed the crime together, after one of them died, the other accomplices would definitely suspect each other.
When the second person who died in the same way appears, the remaining accomplices will definitely panic and will immediately report the murderer to other villagers.
Because people would rather their reputation and status disappear than allow themselves to be killed.
——"Now the scope of the murderer is very clear. Now we just need to know whose body fluids were in Widow Chen's body before she died, and we will know the identity of the murderer."
——"Hey, this is a mountain village. Where can we go to get a body fluid test? Have you watched too many TV dramas?"
——"That's true. How do we confirm the identity of the murderer?"
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Not only the Longguo audience, but even Chi Mu was troubled by this problem.
If it happened in the city, it would be much more convenient to do body fluid testing and the identity of the murderer would be known soon.
But the difficulty lies in the fact that Tuobei Village is a small mountain village without even electricity, and it is simply unrealistic to conduct any body fluid testing.
We have to find another way.
Just when Chi Mu was brainstorming, the store welcomed its first customer of the day.
"Hey, village chief, there were no new deaths in the village yesterday. It seems that the murderer has gone quiet."
"Humph, just because you haven't found a body doesn't mean there aren't new victims. The people in the village are in a panic now. If we don't find the murderer, the villagers won't dare to go out."
A middle-aged man and an old man came into the store. Combining what the middle-aged man said, Chi Mu understood that the old man was the village chief of Tuobei Village.
"Boss, give me two packs of cigarettes."
The middle-aged man slapped a banknote on the counter and looked at Chi Mu.
Chi Mu took out two packs of cigarettes from the container and handed them to the middle-aged man, then pricked up his ears to listen to the two people's continued conversation.
"Village chief, I think those guys deserved to die. They were notorious old hooligans in the village.
When they are around, the girls at home alone in the village don’t dare to take a bath...”
The middle-aged man nodded and lit a cigarette for the village chief.
"No matter what, they are all from the village. Even if they behave badly, it is not a reason for the murderer to kill them!"
The village chief had a serious expression on his face and refuted the middle-aged man's words. Then he walked out of the store with his hands behind his back, holding a cigarette in his mouth.
After the two left, Chi Mu's previous speculation was verified.
Just as he guessed, the male victims had a bad reputation in the village and everyone knew they were hooligans.
Chi Mu narrowed his eyes. If the dead were the group of people who peeked at Widow Chen taking a bath, then Li Tiezhu also watched her often.
Could it be possible that the next person to die is Li Tiezhu? !
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