The knocking was unusually loud, and Wu Dali quickly went to open the door. The others were also curious, so they all focused their attention on the doorway.
As soon as the door opened, several uniformed police officers came in. They were from the town's police station and were there to investigate the case.
There weren't many, only three, and they were all male police officers.
After the three arrived, they examined the bodies. In this rural area, it was extremely difficult to find a forensic doctor; there were practically none. But the fact that two people had died this time forced them to take the matter seriously.
Moreover, the villagers didn't preserve any evidence of the crime scene, making the investigation even more difficult.
In such a backward village, the case did not proceed smoothly, but the work that needed to be done still had to be done.
"We're here to investigate." The tall figure of the middle-aged man appeared beside the corpse, his voice deep and powerful.
Beside him were two young policemen, one taking notes in a notebook, the other looking around. When he saw Ma Linghua, he was taken aback.
Because Ma Linghua's clothes were a bit too strange, and she had her hair up, so she looked very beautiful, but she just stood there lazily.
"Captain Gao, these two died of poisoning. We've been checking the people around here for the past few days, and both of them died in their own homes. No one went to their homes that day."
The young police chief, who had thoroughly examined the body from head to toe, spoke eloquently, his face showing both doubt and confusion.
The fact that there was no poison in the two people's homes, not even rat poison, made the case even more difficult.
Village Chief Wu didn't want to deal with these persistent people in the first place, but he didn't expect them to keep bothering him. In the countryside, everyone is relatives and friends, how could they possibly harm each other?
It must be said that they are still very simple and honest, but it cannot be ruled out that some of them are malicious.
The unresolved matter was also bad for the reputation of their Jianshan Village, so Village Chief Wu invited the three of them to watch his Aunt Ma's heroic figure at night.
Three police officers; "……………………"
Good heavens, they can't solve the case, and the village chief is so desperate that he's resorting to feudal superstition?
Although things have become more relaxed in recent years and there hasn't been much crackdown, what are you trying to do by showing me this so blatantly?
The man called Captain Gao stared at the beautiful woman, and the more he looked, the stranger she seemed.
A floral print jumpsuit, and brand-new canvas shoes on her feet…
This outfit is so mismatched, is this how all fortune tellers dress these days?
However, he didn't refuse. He thought, "I'll stay one night if I want!" They had worked through the night before and had stayed up all night before.
As I stepped out of the main hall, I saw two more women in the courtyard.
One was a 13-year-old girl, and the other was a middle-aged woman who was almost 40 years old. The girl was lying on a rocking chair, and the woman was lying on a bamboo chair under the old locust tree. Both of them had their eyes closed and seemed to be asleep.
"Puff... puff... cough cough cough..."
Ma Hehua's snores were so loud, they were almost as loud as firecrackers.
Ma Linghua suddenly woke up from her drowsiness. She didn't want this troublesome daughter anymore; she was just embarrassing her.
After a moment of silence, the three members of Team Gao chose a nice spot to sit down. Village Chief Wu's wife boiled a pot of water to make tea to entertain them.
Night fell quickly, but we had to eat dinner first.
Remembering the amount of food the three people from the Ma family had eaten during the day, Village Chief Wu asked his wife to prepare a separate meal, with generous portions and plenty of meat.
Ma Hehua was overjoyed; her uncle was becoming more and more savvy.
Ma Linghua also thought the old man was alright, honest.
Ma Lihua also gave Village Chief Wu a rare compliment.
This left the three people present speechless. It's just a meal, what's there to be happy about and praise? Are they out of their minds?
However, when it was time to eat, the three of them were shocked again, just like when Wu Dali first saw it. In short, it was a reincarnation of a starving ghost!
After eating and drinking their fill, they started working. The villagers were all arranged by Village Chief Wu. If this matter wasn't resolved, that beast might target children or middle-aged people next.
When Xiaoya got home, it was already dark. The group got lost on the way. They hadn't been back for several years, and there were many different roads now. Xiaoya was completely confused.
From the empty old wooden house came the sounds of clattering and banging. Xiaoya felt a little uneasy. Apart from her grandmother, there was no one else in her family!
Before she could even knock, the door opened, and an elderly, kind-looking face appeared before the four of them.
The person was Xiaoya's grandmother. Her eyes were full of smiles as she said kindly and gently, "Xiaoya, you're back? Grandma has been waiting for you for so long. Come in quickly, I've already prepared the meal."
Except for Xiaoya, everyone else was too scared to even breathe. Wasn't Xiaoya's mother dead? They had heard that after Xiaoya answered the phone.
Xiaoya was also scared, but looking at her grandmother who had raised her from childhood, she suppressed her fear and forced herself to go inside.
The three of them stood at the door, looking at each other, and finally, with a determined heart, they all went into Xiaoya's old wooden house.
The wooden house looks very sturdy. Although it is a bit old, it is not dilapidated and has a sense of history.
Inside the main hall, a table full of dishes was laid out. Xiaoya, with her back hunched, turned on the dim light, which was only 10 watts, making it difficult to see clearly around her.
The dim yellow light illuminated the main room. Apart from Xiaoya, everything in the room felt somewhat unfamiliar to the group. Only an old photograph caught their attention.
That was a family photo of Xiaoya's family, including Xiaoya's parents, grandparents, and finally, one-year-old Xiaoya.
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