Mu Qingli shook her head: "I'm not a great detective!!"
Wang Shuhui's smile froze: "Aren't there two detectives?"
"We've visited the people and there are no missing persons! Everything in the village is normal, no one has lost anyone..."
"It's not embarrassing... but it's embarrassing-..."
"Huihui! Be normal!" Mu Qingli glanced at her and said.
"...I'm sorry!" Wang Shuhui apologized with an awkward smile.
"Let's go to the Youth House!"
Mu Qingli wanted to try and see if she could find out something. Everything was withering, and she didn't know if the plants in the compound could speak.
Zhou Tao and Sun Hai stood up happily, knowing that Mu Qingli wanted to help investigate the case. This merit might be enough to make them famous again!
A group of four people came to the Youth League Home together. They had agreed that Zhou Tao and Sun Hai would be responsible for the investigation, while she and Wang Shuhui would watch.
Zhou Tao and his friends came to the Youth League Home. Everyone in the home came out and watched Zhou Tao and his friends busy working in a big pit in the corner of the wall.
"Why are they here too?" Lin Fang couldn't help but curl her lips when she saw Mu Qingli and the others.
"Just watching the fun!" Li Shiyao replied.
"What fools! We didn't even have time to hide, but they came to our doorstep!" Li Jiaojiao was even more indignant. They couldn't even escape, as they were brought to their doorstep to watch the fun.
"Brother Dashu! Do you know what that thing in the corner is?" Mu Qingli leaned against the big tree, looking around as if he was watching a fun event.
"Is there anything about this yard that I don't know?" Dashu answered proudly.
"How can you last longer than the yard? Didn't the people who built the house cut you down?" Mu Qingli asked curiously.
"Go away! What harm can a little sapling like me do?"
"I see. So you didn't take up any space back then?"
"Now I don't take up space!"
"I'm just afraid that those lazy guys will chop you up for firewood!" Mu Qingli teased.
"I'm scared too!" The big tree couldn't help but shake its head helplessly. These people were really lazy enough that they actually discussed cutting down and burning all the trees.
There was no stove in their house. It was cold, so they slept together at night, taking advantage of the residual heat from the kang.
In addition, we boil water and cook every day, so firewood is very consumed. We can't cut wood in the mountains here at will, so we can only pick up dead branches.
At this season, everyone is stockpiling firewood and there are few branches, so they have to think of other ways. Therefore, the dead trees in the compound became their target.
"Tell me, Brother Dashu, who owns that thing?"
"He's not from the village!" The big tree shook its branches, and a muffled voice came into his mind.
If you don’t know, you might think Mu Qingli is just shaking the tree trunk for fun.
"Not from the village?" Mu Qingli became even more curious.
"Thirty-five years ago, a troupe of opera singers came to the village! They had a beautiful actress! They were hired by the original owner of this compound, the traitor Li Wanda. Go ask Li Shuanlai, he might have some clues!"
"Li Shuanlai?"
"Li Shuanzhu's brother!"
How come when I hear the voice of the big tree, I feel a little disgusted with Mu Qingli and she doesn’t even know this?
Mu Qingli thanked him happily: "Thank you! I will definitely ask the public security comrades to tell the people in the Youth League Home not to chop you down for firewood!" As he spoke, Mu Qingli held the big tree and sent some wood spirit energy to it.
"Haha... That feels so good! Ask me if you have any questions!"
The branches of the big tree shook even more violently. Fortunately, the north wind was blowing, and everyone's attention was focused on the big pit, so they didn't notice the interaction here.
After Mu Qingli finished asking the questions, she came to Zhou Tao and the others.
Seeing that they were still digging there, trying to find some strong evidence, Mu Qingli couldn't help but use his mental power to explore the surroundings.
"Comrade Zhou, dig over there!" Mu Qingli vaguely felt that there was an unidentified object over there.
Zhou Tao looked up at Mu Qingli, and looked in the direction she pointed. It was about two meters away from the pit they dug.
Zhou Tao took the pickaxe and hit it without saying a word, and Sun Hai also came to help.
Seeing this, the male educated youth all cried out for help and dug the ground with shovels.
After the frozen layer on top was dug up, the soil underneath became easier to dig, and a big hole was dug out in a short while.
"What's that dark thing in the pit?" The male educated youth Liu Ye couldn't help but mutter.
"It looks like charcoal!"
“And white noodles!”
"Lime??" The onlookers were murmuring among themselves.
Zhou Tao and Sun Hai ignored it and continued to dig up those things. They had already guessed that they were lime and charcoal buried to protect something.
"Boom!" There was a muffled sound, and then a sound different from the soil layer was heard.
"What is this?" Zhou Tao stopped them from digging and slowly dug it open. Soon, a square object appeared before his eyes.
"Got it! We got something!" The male educated youth gathered around and looked at it excitedly.
The female educated youth were no longer afraid and gathered around to watch the fun.
Together, Zhou Tao and Sun Hai carefully dug out the contents wrapped in layers of cotton cloth. When they opened the layers, a small wooden box with intricate carvings appeared before them.
The small wooden box had a latch, but it was not locked.
Sun Hai carefully opened the lock on the small wooden box and opened it, and everyone exclaimed.
"Wow! So beautiful!" Su Qingya's soft voice of praise came.
The small wooden box was padded with red silk and soft cotton, and at the bottom was a neatly folded costume.
On top of it was a glass bottle with a tightly screwed lid and a sealed mouth with cotton and linen cloth. There was a letter stuffed inside.
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