Away from the big book, the educated youth became the village favorite by running errands

When Captain Guan heard the village chief mention Liu Zhang, he finally remembered who Song Youlin was.

Ah, it’s the brother and sister who installed the protective iron mesh at home.

Well, now he's got the numbers right and knows who's who. It really all came together.

But he had to ask others and not just listen to what the village chief said.

When they arrived at the village, the village chief took Captain Guan to where He Feiyang and his colleagues were working. He could just ask whatever he wanted to ask.

After half a day of visiting, Captain Guan confirmed that what the village chief said was not a lie. It was indeed as the village chief said, He Feiyang, Song Youlin and the other two were working in the fields before it rained yesterday.

After the rain, they went straight home, which can also be confirmed by the villagers who went home after work.

"Village Chief Jiang, I'm sorry to have wasted your whole morning. It seems that what Li Gang said was all his imagination."

Thinking about what his leader told him about Li Gang's past deeds before he set off, Captain Guan felt more and more that Li Gang was being retaliated against and it had nothing to do with what He Feiyang and the others had said.

However, considering that the place where Grandpa Wu picked up Li Gang was on the only way from Jiangjia Village to the city, and Li Gang wanted to call home to confirm after learning that something happened at home...

Captain Guan felt that there was something he had overlooked.

Why did he feel that this matter was not that simple? If it was pure revenge, how did he know that Li Gang could leave the village at that time and stop him on the road?

He also went to see the place where Li Gang fainted. It was indeed a place where it was easy for Tibetans to ambush and escape. He also searched around but found nothing.

Quite a few people knew that Li Gang had run away from the village that day, but no one left as they all stayed in the village to work.

This doesn't make sense. How did the people who wanted to take revenge on Li Gang know all this, and who made that call?

If the phone call was part of the plan, then there had to be at least three people involved: one to carry the phone, one to beat people on the road, and one to report the incident in the village.

Captain Guan could only suspect that there were strangers in the village.

"Village chief, have there been any new faces in your village recently?" He really couldn't think of anything else except this.

The village chief thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of any new faces coming to the village. If you want to ask this, you should ask the women in the village. They know everything that happens in the village."

So, Captain Guan went to the village to find the aunt and asked her about this issue again.

"A stranger, there is indeed one."

Captain Guan felt that he saw hope and asked where the man was.

"That person lived in Jiang Xiaowu's house. But I heard that person only lived in Jiang Xiaowu's house for two days and left several days ago."

There was no other choice, so Captain Guan went to find Jiang Xiaowu again and asked him about the details.

Jiang Xiaowu still remembered what Jiang Jingcheng had said to him, and mixed true and false things into telling Captain Guan about Zhou Jin's matter.

"There was a man who came to stay at my house. He said he was visiting relatives and had taken the wrong road, so he came to Jiangjia Village. He originally wanted to stay at my house for one night, but the next day he had a bit of water sickness and vomiting and diarrhea, so he stayed at my house for another day.

He left on the third day, and before he left he gave me one dollar for food."

"Do you remember what that person looked like? Are there any features on his face? Do you know his name?"

Jiang Xiaowu shook his head. "I just knew that the man's last name was Zhou, and he wasn't very tall. His appearance...how can I describe it? He looks like a normal person, with a smooth face and nothing on it."

Jiang Xiaowu scratched his head. He really didn't know how to describe Brother Zhou's appearance. Everyone has two eyes and a mouth. What's so special about that?

The clues they had just obtained were broken again. Captain Guan didn't want to give up, so he asked Zhou Jin again whether he had asked about anyone since he came to Jiangjia Village, whether he usually strolled around the village, and whether he knew where he was going after he left.

"He just asked about the harvest in our village and whether there was enough food. I went to work during the day, so I didn't know if he went to the village for a stroll.

Where did he go after he left... He must have gone to his relatives' place."

Jiang Xiaowu looked at Captain Guan with a strange expression. Is there any need to ask this? They say that if you go to visit relatives, you go the wrong way. So you must have gone to your relatives' house.

Perhaps Jiang Xiaowu's expression was too direct, the village chief glared at him.

How can you look down upon Captain Guan like that?

Then Jiang Xiaowu smiled apologetically at Captain Guan, but Captain Guan didn't care.

Seeing that there were no clues left, Captain Guan had no choice but to leave.

It seems that he is overthinking? ?

He should go back and ask Li Gang if he can find any new clues.

After saying goodbye to the village chief, Captain Guan left Jiangjia Village.

"Tell me the truth, when did the person living in your house leave?" The village chief looked at Jiang Xiaowu and felt that there was something fishy in his words.

Jiang Xiaowu said innocently, "Village Chief, how dare I lie to the police? The person who stayed at my house really stayed for two nights and left. He even left me the accommodation fee. If you don't believe me, ask my sister. Xiaoyao can't lie."

Jiang Xiaowu waved to Jiang Xiaoyao beside him.

Jiang Xiaoyao was also a precocious child, and he still remembered what Jiang Jingcheng had said to his brother. He told the village chief that everything his brother said was true.

"That brother Zhou did stay at my house for two nights and then left."

"Okay. You two should eat quickly. You still have to work in the afternoon."

Anyway, as long as that person didn't stay in the village for long, it would have nothing to do with them.

Jiang Xiaowu sent the village chief out of the door. After he saw him go far away, he turned around and said to Jiang Xiaoyao that no matter who came to ask about Brother Zhou in the future, they should answer in the same way as before, and must not mention Jiang Jingcheng's name.

"Brother, I know! You've said this several times."

Jiang Xiaoyao pouted. Her brother always treated her like a child.

She wouldn't go out and say anything nonsense.

Jiang Xiaowu touched Jiang Xiaoyao's head, thinking about telling Jiang Jingcheng about this later.

The whole village knew that Li Gang was beaten and sent to the hospital. The police came to investigate and they might suspect Brother Zhou and Brother Jiang. He still remembered that Brother Zhou asked him how to get to the Youth Farm that night. Was he going to find Li Gang?

After Captain Guan left Jiangjia Village, he went to the place where Grandpa Wu found Li Gang to see if there was anything he had overlooked.

The heavy rain yesterday basically wiped out all traces, but he still held out some hope that he might find something.

Captain Guan searched along the side road from where Li Gang fainted and found a piece of rag about fifty meters away from the roadside. Thinking of Li Gang's statement that his head was covered, Captain Guan suspected that it was this piece of rag.

Cloth coupons were hard to come by these days, and most people would patch their torn clothes online. If they couldn't mend them anymore, they would just use them as rags until they could no longer be used. How could they just throw them on the roadside in the wilderness?