I have a Secret

When the sun was shining, two women came to wash clothes by the river with wooden basins and chatted about the daily life. One said that the dead ghost in my house had drunk too much and kicked things in the house into a mess. Comfortable, the child's father was watching over the bed, so he didn't dare to close his eyes.

The two women looked about the same age, and they both ate in the same pot as the family, but their lives were completely different.

The wind blows and the reeds sway gently, creating circles of ripples.

Huang Dan sat on the grass and changed into the long gown that Liu Chu got for him. Although his own clothes were dry, they were red wedding clothes, and his eyes were too dazzling, so it was not suitable for walking on the street.

Liu Chu stood aside, holding a knife in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

The two women not far away talked and talked about the celebrity in the town, Boss Dai.

Boss Dai said a few fixed words in the mouths of the women in Yueshan Town, undisciplined, revealingly dressed, shameless, vixen, and they all attributed the success of the restaurant to Boss Dai's bed, saying that she has good legs , Zhang opened.

"Have you heard that the young master of the Song family got married yesterday, and his surname Dai went. Hey, hey, the cheongsam she was wearing had the fork stretched to the bottom of her thigh. When she walked, she twisted her waist badly. You said she Do you want to be shameless?"

"What kind of face do you want? She has no face. Not only is she shameless, but she is also heartless. Everyone knows that Boss Zhang is having an affair with her. She helped her a lot when the business of the restaurant was not good. As a result, when Boss Zhang was buried, She didn't even show her face, that kind of woman, life is too messy, sooner or later she will hit a snag."

"Let me tell you something. When Boss Zhang was surrounded by big guys and beat her, I saw her and was watching from the Xifeng loft."

"She's really ruthless."

"Hey, Boss Zhang died unjustly, I thought he was a demon, then..."

"Me too, I hit him on the head with a shoulder pole."

"It's weird, don't say it, don't say it."

The two women quickly finished washing their clothes and left, panicked and afraid of doing something wrong.

Huang Dan was thoughtful, Boss Dai's relationship with the opposite sex is very good, but she doesn't seem to hook up with married men, she only drinks and listens to ditty songs with the homeless.

On the day Boss Zhang died, Huang Dan came late, after Liu Chu.

He recalled for a moment that the West Wind Loft was nearby, and he could see the process of Boss Zhang being brutally beaten and lying in a pool of blood.

The scene was extremely chaotic at that time, and Huang Dan didn't pay attention to whether there was anyone in the West Wind Attic. He glanced at the man from the corner of his eye. The other party should be able to grasp some useful information from the conversation between the two women.

Liu Chu did gain something.

That day he went to see Boss Dai, who was admiring the flowers in the yard and mentioned Boss Zhang's death as if he mentioned someone who had nothing to do with him.

When he was leaving, Liu Chu asked Boss Dai's maid, who said that the master stayed at home all the time and never went out.

Is the maid lying, hiding something for the master, or is she ignorant?

Huang Dan sneezed. It was almost July, and the water in the river was not cold. He soaked for too long, and his physique was not very good. He caught a cold.

Liu Chu didn't look at him, "Is it ready?"

Huang Dan said, "No good."

Liu Chu still didn't look at it, "Why?"

Huang Dan said, "Usually Juan'er dresses me, but this button is not easy to button."

An unknown fire burned in Liu Chu's heart, and he let out a laugh from his nose, "A person in his 20s still needs someone else to dress him? The shoulders are not arms, but two pendants?"

The yellow single drooping eyes are more realistic than the buttons.

Liu Chu squinted, "Why aren't you talking?"

Huang Dan said, "You always mock me, I don't want to talk to you."

Liu Chu left without saying a word.

Huang Dan buttoned up all the buttons, rearranged the gown, walked forward with the suit on the floor, and saw the man under the pear tree, but did not leave, and stood there waiting for him, with a sharp profile and a tall and powerful figure fierce.

A young woman passed by, glanced at the man secretly, left with a blushing face, and turned back when she was far away, her eyes full of admiration.

The pornography is not fast or slow. In this era, if a young woman with a family is found hooking up with other men, she will sink into the pond and lose her life. Even so, there will still be people who are desperate for true love, and some are just Unsatisfied with the status quo, want some stimulation, and finally indulge in desire.

Taking responsibility for one's own actions is the most common and most difficult thing in a person's life.

Huang Dan walked over, "I'm hungry, let's go eat."

At this time, anyone with a normal mind will know that this is a step, just walk up and down, and we are still good friends.

No, Liu Chu, his brain was kicked by the donkey, not only did not walk up the steps, but also became arrogant, "Don't you want to talk to me?"

Huang Dan said, "I didn't talk to you, I was talking to Smelly on the tree."

Turning his head, Liu Chu saw a black worm on the tree trunk. It was huge and had a bad smell. He jumped back a long way and was about to draw his knife.

Huang Dan stopped it, "It's just a bug."

Liu Chu's killing intent has been decided, "No, this bug is not only big, but also smelly, it must be killed, get out of the way."

Huang Dan said, "Children are not afraid of bugs."

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Liu Chu's face, and there was a thin layer of red at the base of his ears. He snorted coldly, "If a child falls down, he will get up and run, and your eldest and young master will lie on the ground and cry loudly. Shout pain."

Yellow list, "..."

"Okay, you won, let this bug go, now go have breakfast."

Liu Chu didn't let go of the handle of the knife, his eyes were fixed on the black worm on the tree, his brows were furrowed, and his expression was serious.

Huang Dan said, "Forget it if I don't go, I will go by myself, goodbye."

He hadn't gone far when a man's voice came from behind him, "Can't I say no? Go slower!"

The morning market is very lively. Vendors shuttle their loads through the streets and alleys, yelling with all their might. Some sell homemade snacks, sesame seed cakes, and fruits, all of which are cheaper than those in shops.

Huang Dan and Liu Chu appeared in an early morning shop on West Street, and ordered two servings of buns, steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk.

Both of them consumed a lot last night and were already hungry.

At this point, there are quite a lot of diners in the shop, and there are almost no empty seats.

After Huang Dan drank two sips of soy milk, he received many sympathetic looks. Looking at the reaction of the big guy, he felt that on the day of his marriage, the bride abandoned him and ran away. , nothing else.

He guessed that either Juan'er was still in his room, the door was closed, the old lady and the people thought he was there, and hadn't gotten up yet.

Or, what happened last night was discovered, and the old lady held her composure and didn't send anyone out to look for him in a big way. She wanted to wait for him to go back and then settle the accounts.

Huang Dan's thoughts came back, and he found that the man opposite was eating fried dough sticks while peeking at him.

He suddenly looked over, and the man looked ashamed of being caught.

Huang Dan smiled.

Liu Chu stared blankly, forgot to chew the fritters in his mouth and choked.

Huang Dan said, "Drink soy milk."

Liu Chu coughed a few times and drank a few mouthfuls of soy milk to feel better, "Why are you laughing all of a sudden?"

Huang Dan was stunned, and immediately asked in his heart, "Mr. System, Liu Chu said I laughed, did you take a screenshot for me?"

The system said, "Cut it off."

Two pictures appeared in front of Huang Dan, one was the last time Liu Chu injured his leg and jumped on one foot in the inn, he was laughing next to him, and the other was just now.

He looked at the picture, and it turned out that it was a smile.

Liu Chu's eyelids lifted, and the soy milk bowl in his hand shook, "Eldest young master, I beg you, don't laugh like that, it's too fake."

The curvature of Huang Dan's lips converged, "I think so too."

It doesn't look like imitating according to my own picture, it still has to come from the heart to be real.

Neither of them mentioned what happened last night.

It seems that something has changed, there is no need to mention it, each other knows it well.

The wound on the tip of Huang Dan's tongue will hurt a little, and there is also a wound on the lower lip, or two, the culprit is very happy.

He took a bite of the steamed stuffed bun, chewed slowly, "The boiled time, the tavern, and this time, how much is the total, you tell me, I'll pay you back."

Liu Chu raised his eyes abruptly, wanting to clear up with him?

Huang Dan said, "You are a headhunter, your income is not much, and you have to save money. I can't always eat your money."

Liu Chu frowned. Do you think he earns too little?

Huang Dan said, "I don't think you earn less. You earn a penny and you earn it on your own. You are better than me. I haven't found a job when I come back. Now I rely on my family for food and clothing."

Liu Chu's face was full of weirdness, why did this person know what he was thinking?

Huang Dan said, "I guess."

Liu Chu's face twitched, something flickered under his eyes, and the corners of his lips slanted, "Then guess again, what else is in my heart?"

Huang Dan ate the steamed stuffed bun, "Me."

Liu Chu took a breath, and the next moment he heard the young man say, "This is the answer you want me to say."

"..."

The small space on the table suddenly became quiet, separated from the noise of other places in the shop, and drew a clear boundary.

Huang Dan didn't speak to Liu Chu, and left after eating.

They walked through West Street, walked through several alleys, and stood at the gate of the backyard of the Song Mansion without going through the gate. This seemed to be hiding some kind of information, which was vague and ambiguous.

Huang Dan said, "I'm going back."

Liu Chu said abruptly, "It won't happen in the future."

Huang Dan asked, "What?"

Liu Chu turned his head, "It's nothing."

Huang Dan looked at the man and pursed his lips for a while, "What you say is what you say. If you mock me again, you'll sleep with the bug in your arms."

Liu Chu stared over, "You are so vicious."

"..."

Huang Dan said, "My mouth was bitten by you, grandma will ask later, I don't want to fool around."

Liu Chu raised his eyebrows, "Just say you bit it yourself."

Huang Dan said, "If grandma asks me how I solved it last night, how should I answer?"

Liu Chu's eyes hung high, "Those who have stayed abroad, can't do this?"

Huang Dan said, "No."

Liu Chu was speechless for a moment, and asked him to directly tell about his soaking in the river all night, which happened to explain the clothes on his body.

Huang Dan said, "Juan'er saw you last night."

Liu Chu didn't take it seriously, "It's just a mute, and she can't speak."

Huang Dan said, "Don't underestimate the dumb."

Liu Chu frowned, and said impatiently, "Why don't you just throw the matter on me, and I'll tell the old lady."

Huang Dan said no, it would be more troublesome, "I'll see grandma's reaction first, and then make a plan."

"You worked hard last night."

Liu Chuxin said that he really worked hard and endured the hard work. He didn't even think that the delicious food was in front of him and he could eat it with his mouth open.

Huang Dan said, "It's a good thing you're here."

If this man hadn't come, he might really be with Juan'er...

Good luck.

As far as Huang Dan is concerned, since he has no other thoughts about Juan'er, he can't want her body, and he is responsible for himself as well as her.

Just as Liu Chu was about to speak, the back door opened from the inside.

A figure flashed before Huang Dan's eyes, and the man had disappeared.

Yexiang's servant saw Huang Dan, his eyes widened, "Young master, young master?"

Huang Dan hummed, stepped past him to enter the door, and asked casually, "Did anything happen at home?"

The servant faltered, saying that Juan'er was kneeling in the garden and had been kneeling all night.

Huang Dan's eyelids twitched, he quickened his pace, and went straight to the garden.

The housekeeper floated over from nowhere, "Master, the old lady is waiting for you for breakfast."

Huang Dan turned in the direction and went to the front hall.

Song Ying was sitting on the top, dressed neatly, with a kind face, without any abnormality, "I'm back."

Huang Dan sat down beside the old lady, "Grandma, last night I..."

Song Ying interrupted his grandson, "Let's have breakfast first."

Huang Dan was full, he looked at a table of hearty breakfasts, and finally chose to drink porridge, which was easy to digest, and he was done with a urinate.

The grandparents and grandson ate breakfast quietly, interpreting the three words "eat without words" very thoroughly.

After the meal, Song Ying signaled for the butler to go out and asked his servants to bring Juan'er over.

Although it didn't rain that day, and it wasn't the twelfth lunar month of winter, kneeling on the hard ground for a night, even a strong man of five big and three thick, would not be able to bear it.

Let alone a weak woman.

Juan'er staggered when she walked, and would faint at any moment.

Seeing her slowness, a maid gave her a big twist on her waist, "Hurry up, don't make the old lady wait!"

Juan'er's complexion was very bad, and cold sweat covered her forehead. She gritted her teeth and forced herself to walk forward.

When she got to the front hall, Juan'er was pressed to kneel down.

Huang Dan stood up and wanted to help, but Song Ying said sharply, "Sit down."

He sits back.

Song Ying said, "Ah Wang, a servant is a servant. Don't break the rules of the family just because you are a dubious person."

Huang Dan said, "Understood."

He asked, "Grandma, what did Juan'er do wrong, you made her kneel all night?"

"That's what she deserves." Song Ying took a sip of tea, "If you don't serve your master well, you should be punished."

Huang Dan didn't speak.

Song Ying put down the teacup, "Ah Wang, tell grandma, you were not in the room last night, where did you go with Liu Butou?"

Huang Dan looked at Juan'er.

Juan'er shook her head with a pale face, her eyes showed strong uneasiness, and she was telling Huang Dan that it wasn't her who said it.

Huang Dan withdrew his gaze, "Just spent the night outside."

Song Ying asked, "Which girl is it?"

Huang Dan was taken aback, the old lady thought that Liu Chu took him to the brothel, "I soaked in the river all night."

Song Ying's expression changed, "What?"

Huang Dan sneezed.

Song Ying hurriedly asked the housekeeper to invite the doctor, "Ah Wang, what do you think?"

"Grandma admits that what happened last night was due to a lack of consideration, and I didn't ask for your opinion in advance, but you, everyone has prepared for you, and there is a very easy solution. Don't, if you insist on going astray, do you think you are stupid?"

Huang Dan glanced at Juan'er and remained silent.

Song Ying asked, "Then why did Catcher Liu appear in the mansion last night?"

Huang Dan's mind turned, "He's going to search in the mountains. He came to me because he knew I had a gun brought back by Xiyang. He hoped that I would go with him and be safe."

"But after going out, I asked Liu Tutou to take me to the Earthworm River. We didn't see him until dawn when he climbed the mountain. The clothes on my body were made by Liu Tutou. .”

After hearing this, Song Ying said, "Don't be so nonsense in the future, how can you stay in the water for such a long time, it will hurt your health."

Huang Dan sneezed again, he sneezed twice in a row, and his nose flowed, he wiped it with a handkerchief, "Okay."

"You've caught a cold. Next time, remember better, so don't wrong yourself." Mrs. Song Ying suddenly said, "Ah Wang, come here and let grandma take a look."

Huang Dan's heart skipped a beat. The old lady's eyesight was good, so she noticed the wound on his lower lip.

At this moment, there was a bang at the door, and Juan'er fainted to the ground.

Huang Dan thought, give Juan'er a sum of money in two days, let her go back to the countryside, or go to other places, it doesn't matter, don't stay in Song Mansion.

A cold and fever are not a serious illness, but they are also quite uncomfortable.

Huang Dan was feverish all over. He drank the medicine and lay down on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

Dazed, Huang Dan felt a hand touching his face, he wanted to open his eyelids, but he was powerless, struggled a bit, and fell asleep even deeper.

On the other side, Si Mao was called by Liu Chu to visit the salesman's house to inquire.

He didn't quite understand that the peddler had died long ago, and no one had asked about it, so there was nothing else to investigate.

The mountain smoke was blurred, and the strange birds were whining. After passing through a section of the winding mountain road, several slanting huts at the foot of the mountain were finally exposed.

This is a dilapidated village with only seven or eight families. Si Mao walked into the village, and through his inquiries, he easily came to the door of the shopkeeper's house.

The two rotten old wooden doors are tilted, and there is a rusty copper lock hanging in the middle. There are a few crooked rotten bamboo baskets on both sides of the door, which should be used by the salesman to store goods.

Si Mao walked around the door, but didn't find anything, so he walked back to the door and pushed the wooden door hard. The dilapidated wooden door immediately swayed and made a low creaking sound, as if it would collapse at any moment.

Fortunately, the dilapidated brass lock was quite strong. Si Mao slammed the door hard several times, but he couldn't open the door, so he had no choice but to crawl between the cracks of the door and look into the house.

The furnishing inside the house is extremely simple. It seems that the salesman's business is not good and he can only maintain a basic livelihood. Perhaps it is because he is single and has no wife. The salesman's house is very dirty and messy. It seems that it has not been cleaned for a long time. Old and worn-out items were piled up randomly, and the whole house was filled with an unpleasant smell.

Si Mao rubbed his nose, and when he was about to watch carefully again, he felt someone patting his left shoulder. He was startled, and turned his head to check.

"what is your job?"

I saw a vigilant old lady standing behind her, maybe she was attracted by the sound of his slamming on the door just now, and the other party regarded him as a snitch who wanted to break into the house.

"Ma'am, I'm a police officer from the town, and I'm here to investigate the case of the salesman."

Si Mao curled his lips, considering the impoverished condition of the shopkeeper's house, even a real thief would never come to steal this house.

Seeing the policeman, the aunt was relieved, but also a little worried. She is the neighbor of the shopkeeper, and the case was also a big deal.

Some said that the shopkeeper was eaten to death by wild beasts in the mountains, and others said that he was eaten by monsters. A few days ago, it was reported that Boss Zhang was treated as a monster and beaten to death.

This year was so evil that they closed the door tightly before it got dark, hiding in the house and not daring to come out.

Now even the town's arresters are here, and my aunt knows that the case of the salesman may be really famous. It is strange to say that the man died after being missing for such a long time. When he was found, there were only a few bones and meat. burden.

There is no face on the fleshy bones, who knows if it is a shopkeeper.

Si Mao asked, "Ma'am, when was the last time you saw the shopkeeper?"

The aunt thought for a while and said, "It seems to be March. He was drying the quilt at the door. I can't remember the exact day."

"Anyway, I just remember that the salesman was very happy at that time, saying that one of his friends became rich and became the chef of the restaurant in the town, and said that he would invite him to the restaurant for dinner."

"What? Restaurant chef?"

Si Mao was startled, the only restaurant in the town was Boss Dai's, the others were all small restaurants, and the peddler's friend was the cook he had met before?

"Ma'am, is there anything special about the salesman's appearance?"

"There's no difference. The shopkeeper's height is not short, like his father, hey, young man, but you are also quite tall. How about you, have you married a wife? People like you who work under the county lord, ordinary people My girl is not good enough, my uncle's neighbor's cousin's daughter..."

The aunt looked at Simao with bright eyes, looked up and down carefully, and nodded with satisfaction from time to time, so frightened that Simao quickly interrupted.

"Ma'am, let's talk about business. You said that the salesman is also tall, so how can he compare with me?"

The aunt said, "He is taller in the village, but compared with you, young man, he is still half a head shorter than you."

Si Mao asked, "Then what else is special about him?"

"Other special ones? Nothing else." The aunt lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly clapped her hands and said, "Ah, by the way, the shopkeeper once climbed a mountain and fell down when he was young, and his left leg has always been a little limp."

Si Mao wrote it down, asked some other things, but found nothing else, finally opened the door of the shopkeeper's house, searched carefully for a while, sucked up the dust, and left the village with a stinky face .

After returning to the town, Simao told Liu Chu everything he had inquired about.

Liu Chu told him to call Lao Feng.

Since Boss Zhang was resurrected and died in the hands of the villagers, the bones and head that were originally placed in that coffin were taken away to make room for Boss Zhang.

Liu Chu had no other place to put it, so he put it in his room.

Not long after, Lao Feng came over, and faced the skeleton and head with Liu Chu for the third time, each time the feeling was different, and so was the result of the analysis.

Lao Feng put gloves on both sides of his head, looked up, down, left, and right, and leaned forward again, pinching every bone in the bone one by one.

This is Liu Chu's request.

Although Lao Feng is an inspector, he has a serious cleanliness obsession. It is conceivable how contradictory he is.

Listening to the clues that Lao Feng found out, it said that a bone in the left leg of the deceased was slightly distorted. Liu Chu will take out those who disappeared and died in the town some time ago, compare them one by one, exclude them, and come up with a It is concluded that the real owner of this skeleton is the salesman.

He looked at the head, which was shriveled and completely unrecognizable. He had never seen what the salesman looked like, so he took so long to find out.

Old Feng took off his gloves, "Okay, the case is finally settled."

Liu Chu said, "What's the clue? Why do I think there are more mysteries?"

He said to himself, "Someone killed the salesman, put his bones in the restaurant, and took Boss Zhang away. What is the motive? The human skin and embroidered shoes with the minced meat can also be inferred, no? Widow Li, but someone else?"

Old Feng said, "Don't ask me, I can only communicate with the dead."

Liu Chu continued, "There are many ways to kill people. Why do you have to peel the flesh and pull out the bones? What kind of deep hatred is there?"

Old Feng put on his top hat, "Think slowly."

Liu Chu stayed in the room for a while, and asked his subordinates to take the bones and head for burial.

He went to a place alone.

In an alley in the south of the town, there are three families living here. The cook and his old mother live here. According to Liu Chu's investigation, the cook is not from the town, but after he became a chef in a restaurant. Only then did he have the money to buy a property in the town and bring his old mother from the countryside to live with him.

The last time I came here, Liu Chu didn't pay attention, but this time I took a closer look. There are small green brick walls with vines winding out of them. Although it is not a wealthy family, it does not worry about food and clothing.

Boss Dai's restaurant is big, her business is good, and she is generous, so all the guys below are also lucky.

Liu Chu pulled the iron ring on the door, and not long after, an old woman with white hair poked her head out and asked suspiciously, "Who are you looking for?"

When Liu Chu came last time, the cook asked the old mother to go back to the house. He said, "Old man, I am the head catcher in the town. I want to ask your son about something."

When the old woman heard that it was a head arrester, a look of anxiety appeared on her face, "Master arrester, is my son the one who committed the crime?"

Liu Chu said, "No, old man, you don't have to worry, I just want to ask him about something else."

The old woman felt relieved, "Oh, okay, Niudan, the master catcher is here, come out quickly."

Hearing his mother's shout, the cook quickly came out of the house in a panic, "Boot Liu, I told you everything I know last time, there is no lie."

"I'm here for someone else this time."

Liu Chu sat on a bench under the eaves, "Do you know the salesman who disappeared some time ago and was found dead in the mountains?"

The cook said, "Seller? I don't know him. I stay in the back kitchen of the restaurant all day long. I don't have many friends. I don't know that kind of poor poor guy."

Liu Chu kept staring into his eyes, and felt that the cook's behavior was normal, and did not show any weirdness or nervousness as expected.

He stroked the engraving on the scabbard, could it be that Si Mao made a mistake in his investigation, and the cook and the salesman didn't know each other?

But the aunt who provided the clues had no motive for perjury.

"Master Catcher, come to drink tea. We are a small family and can't afford tea, so we can only invite Master Catcher to drink a bowl of well water. Please don't dislike it."

The cook's old mother brought over a bowl of clear water in a broken porcelain bowl, and after Liu Chu took the water bowl, she also sat down in front of the head catcher.

"It's also thanks to Boss Dai's generosity that our mothers and I can live a good life. Boss Dai is really a good person. Unfortunately, God is blind and good people are not rewarded. Why did a murder case happen in the restaurant? This makes Boss Dai How can I do business in the future?"

After learning that her son did not commit a crime, the old lady chatted with Liu Chu in peace.

This old woman is really a good person, the restaurant is closed, she is not worried about her son's job, but worried about Boss Dai.

The cook on the side seemed a little dissatisfied with what my mother said, and started to dissuade her, "Mother, stop talking, go back to the house, Boss Dai is a rich man, this loss is nothing to him, so don't worry about it." Worrying about people."

While drinking water, Liu Chu secretly observed the mother and son. The cook seemed to be very protective of Boss Dai on weekdays, but judging from his tone today, his attitude towards Boss Dai was a bit strange.

Boss Dai, who has always been famous for being coquettish, never expected that there would be people who hated him and others would protect him. For example, the old lady was just worried about her, and Liu Chu kept her expressionless.

However, the immediate question is whether the cook and the salesman have known each other before.

Judging from the cook's reaction, he is not familiar with the salesman.

Liu Chu shifted his gaze to the cook's old mother, "Old man, I don't know which village you two are from?"

The cook seemed to be about to say something, but the old lady had already said, "We are from Huangshi Village."

"Yellowstone Village? That seems to be very close to the village where the salesman lives."

Liu Chu stared at the cook again, wanting to see if his expression would change, but to his disappointment, the cook still had nothing unusual.

"Master Catcher, you don't know that life in the mountains is hard for us. The mountains block the connection between the village and the outside world. Some people can't leave the mountains for the rest of their lives. Those so-called neighboring villages are actually separated by several mountains. If it's a big deal, we'll never see each other."

The old woman on the side sighed and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand full of age spots. Mountain people like her son had suffered a lot for being able to work as a chef in a restaurant.

The cook turned his head, "Mom, what are you talking about? Catcher Liu is here for something important, so you just say what you want."

The old lady was yelled at by her son, and she pursed her mouth in grievance, "Mom, stop talking, stop talking."

Liu Chu raised his eyebrows.

After the old woman left, the cook smiled dryly at Liu Chu, "I'm sorry, Catcher Liu, my mother is getting old and likes to chatter."

"It's okay, it's like this no matter how old you are."

Liu Chu put down the bowl and said, "Since you don't know the salesman, I'll take my leave first."

"I originally wanted to find someone to help him collect the corpse. Unfortunately, this salesman has no relatives or friends. Now the bones are placed in a restaurant, and there is no one to help him bury them."

The cook sighed, "Hey, pitiful... We mountain people are doomed to suffer in this life."

A dark light flashed in Liu Chu's eyes. The cook should have known that he would come to check after that incident, so he had already thought about how to deal with him.

At the beginning, Liu Chu's questions and the cook's answers were all reasonable, but it was a pity that his attitude was too calm.

The people in the town only know that when the salesman was found, he had a few bones and a load of goods, but there were no bones, and he was not in the restaurant, and had been buried in the mountains long ago.

Just now Liu Chu intentionally mentioned that the cook was very secretive and showed his flaws in front of him.

The cook didn't show a trace of surprise or doubt, which only shows that he knew that the skeleton was a salesman from the very beginning.

In this way, everything can be connected. The death of the salesman must be related to his friend cook. It is even very possible that the cook used the excuse of inviting the salesman to dinner, saying that the salesman cheated him into the restaurant, and then killed him.

Of course, these are only Liu Chu's conjectures. The specific role of the cook in this case needs to be investigated further.

When Liu Chu came to the cook's house again, he was already dead, and he died in his own room.

The cook's body was divided into two, the upper body was on the ground, and the parts below the waist were missing.

Old Feng said, "The deceased's upper body has only one wound, which is at the waist. Xiao Liu, look, the flesh around the wound is all rotten, and it was not injured by a weapon."

Liu Chu murmured, "Been bitten?"

Old Feng said, "It's not sure yet."

He glanced around and said, "There is not a drop of blood on the floor, walls, and all the tables, chairs and benches in this room, which means that the blood of the deceased was drained before being cut open."

Liu Chu said, "Did an acquaintance do it? Take advantage of his unpreparedness?"

Old Feng said, "I told you last time, don't ask me about living people."

Liu Chu frowned, "I thought the cook would do something, and specially sent people to guard around his house, but I didn't expect something to happen."

Old Feng patted him on the shoulder.

Liu Chu's face was not very good-looking, "There are more people involved in the case."

The clues I just found will be broken as soon as I say it.

The cook line didn't work as it should, it's already useless.

Liu Chu rummaged through the room and found several gray-black animal hairs in different places. "Old Feng, look at this."

Old Feng took a look at it, "The deceased raised something."

Liu Chu frowned. He came here twice, but he didn't hear anything, and his subordinates didn't report it to him.

Lao Feng and Liu Chu looked at each other and thought of a possibility.

That monster was covered with long hair, and came to eat the cook, leaving only the upper body, because the lower body was eaten first, and he didn't eat anymore when he was full?Or put it in the house temporarily, and come and eat it when it is hungry?

Liu Chu held a few hairs and squinted his eyes. The modus operandi of this crime seemed to be the same as the previous cases, but there was a strange feeling in his heart, as if it was deliberately created by someone, with the purpose of blaming the demon.

Although the death of the cook was covered by Liu Chu, many people in the town watched. Boss Dai was called by Si Mao, and she stood in the crowd with nothing to do with her, ignoring other people's pointers.

Si Mao said, "Boss Dai, why don't you go in and have a look?"

Boss Dai is still wearing a cheongsam today, which is moon white. Compared with usual, it is much more plain, and her figure is still very enchanting. She looked at Si Mao with winks like silk, "Little policeman, I am a woman, It would be a nightmare to see bloody scenes."

Si Mao stared blankly.

Boss Dai chuckled, "Small policeman, you are so cute."

Si Mao's face flushed.

The people around spat, scolding Boss Dai for being so shameless, the one who died was the cook of the restaurant who hooked up with a man at the door of his house.

Liu Chu helped arrange the cook's funeral. The old woman's intention was to carry the coffin back to her hometown for burial, and return the fallen leaves to their roots.

Liu Chu asked Simao to find a carriage to pull the coffin. It was a long way from the town to the countryside, and I'm afraid he had to take a rest on the way.

On the day of departure, the sky was gray.

The old woman grabbed Liu Chu's hand, and she said thank you to the head catcher with snot and tears, and said that the mountains are better than the towns, but he didn't listen to his son when he asked him to stay in the country, he insisted on coming. In the end, the day just got better, and her life was gone, and she was still dead without a whole body, and she didn't know which god she offended to treat her son like this.

Liu Chu said a few words of comfort, "Old man, did anyone come to your house before your son's accident?"

The old woman said no.

Liu Chuyou sent people to watch over the surroundings, knowing the daily movements of the cook's house, whether he went out, what he did, who he met outside, and what he did. These subordinates would report to him. The reason why he asked was because he wanted to Heard the unexpected answer, but no.

Just as the coachman was helping the old woman into the carriage, the old woman suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Master Catcher, the night before Niudan's accident, he said he was going to meet an important person."

Liu Chu frowned, "Did you say who it was?"

The old woman shook her head and said no, "He didn't come back until midnight."

Liu Chu's lips touched lightly, how did a cook manage to slip out under the noses of his subordinates, and then slip back again?Who is the important person?

Watching the carriage leave, Liu Chu went to Boss Dai.

He also sent people to watch nearby.