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No matter how developed a country or city is, there are always some places that cannot be seen by the light of development, and Peijia Village is one of them.

On the way from Xiancheng to Peijia Village, everyone has experienced the feeling of returning to the primitive era from now on.

There are not many people in Peijia Village now, and almost all those who are capable have moved to the city. Working in the city is better than farming here no matter what.

Now there are only some lonely old people left in this village, or young gangsters who have nothing to do.

The economy here is a bit backward, but the scenery is not bad, if you can ignore the crystallization left by some cow cubs that often appear in the middle of the dirt road after digesting his food.

Fortunately, they had already contacted the police here, and before reaching the boundary of Peijia Village, there were already people waiting for them there to guide them, otherwise they would not even know how to enter the village.

The village head of Peijia Village is over 90 years old, and his memory, courage and reaction ability have declined a lot. Moreover, he has never seen such a big battle as the criminal investigation team, and he was a little frightened.

"Village head, hello!" Ying Hongxue showed a big smile to the village head, expressing her friendly stance, "We are here on business, as long as you cooperate with us, we will not make things difficult for you. "

Of course, even if they don't cooperate, the policemen can't do anything.

"Comrade police, just give your orders, we will definitely cooperate!" The village chief spoke to several people with support, with an instinctive fear of the law enforcement officers.

Han Nuoshang nodded, and waved his hand to signal everyone to disperse to collect information: "Come back here to gather in an hour, do you hear me?"

"understood!"

Han Nuoshang asked the village chief for the address of Pei Zhifeng's hometown, and went with Gu Ci to the old house where Pei Zhifeng used to live.

Is it possible that Pei Zhifeng is now in that old house? If they are lucky, they will be able to get Pei Zhifeng out now, and then take the team back to Xiancheng.

Although the road in the countryside is difficult, it has scenery and fresh air that cannot be seen in the city. Generally speaking, Gu Ci does not find it hard to walk along the bumpy road, and Han Nuoshang is on the side Keeping an eye on him at all times to prevent him from wandering off and losing himself if he doesn't pay attention, Gu Ci inexplicably felt a little bit of interest.

"why are you laughing?"

Han Nuoshang glanced at him strangely, this man walks as he walks, let alone be in a daze, why is he so excited for no reason?

"No... it's already here." Gu Ci quickly restrained his emotions, and pointed to the old house in front of him.

Han Nuoshang: "..."

He just wanted to make a joke, who knew that Gu Ci would be so sensitive, this emotion is to hide as he says, without leaving a trace.If I had known that I would not have talked casually just now, at least I could have a better understanding of his true emotions.

"Don't be in a daze, let's go!" Gu Ci walked forward.

Han Nuoshang frowned, subconsciously stopped him behind him, touched the gun cautiously, and walked towards the door.

Looking at the slender arm lying in front of him, Gu Ci had mixed feelings in his heart, what is this...

The door was already very dilapidated, as if it couldn't stand the ravages of time, Han Nuoshang pushed it lightly, and the door fell down.

The two looked at each other and walked into the house.

The furnishings in the house are clear at a glance. The dark walls and incomplete furniture all indicate the disasters that have been suffered here.

Gu Ci frowned slightly: "It's a little... I don't think there's any way for the fire to burn like this?"

Han Nuoshang nodded, and looked around a few times: "It seems that there should be something inside that we haven't noticed."

The two of them searched the small dilapidated house, but they haven't found any clues yet. The two of them are almost like little clay figurines.

"Ahem..." Gu Ci waved his hand, and slapped away the smoke and dust flying in front of him, he was choked heavily, "Ahem..."

The smoke and dust were lingering, aiming at the person's body, Han Nuoshang saw Gu Ci's smoked eyes were reddish, and looked around at the surrounding environment, after all, he couldn't help but dragged Gu Ci and ran out.

"I'll go." Han Nuoshang rubbed his face, feeling that his eyes were about to be blinded. "I've never been so aggrieved after chasing a fugitive."

"You..." Gu Ci raised his eyes to look at him, but couldn't help lowering his head after all, his shoulders trembled.

Knowing that he was holding back a smile, Han Nuoshang was startled, and quickly took out his phone to look at his handsome face.

I don't know if I don't look at it, but I was startled when I saw Captain Han's handsome face that can charm the old lady and the little sister-at this time, it has become a pretty face.

This face is really...too difficult to describe in words, no wonder Gu Ci, a person with a good laugh, is holding back his laughter like this.

Han Nuoshang looked at the man who was still holding back his smile with a gloomy face, his eyes gradually became dangerous: "Laugh if you want to, I won't do anything to you."

It makes sense, Gu Ci thought, he really can't do anything to himself, so what is he afraid of?So - Gu Ci really laughed, and it was the kind that was about to burst into tears.

Han Nuoshang's face turned even darker--this bastard, didn't he hear that he was actually very upset?It's fine if you don't admit your mistake, but you are still laughing so hard.

Han Nuoshang: "..."

No matter how much Gu Ci wanted to continue laughing, the person in front of him was still the leader after all, and the dangerous eyes of the leader were already piercing into his body.

"Don't be angry, let me wipe it for you."

Gu Ci took out a handkerchief from his pocket and began to wipe his face.

Han Nuoshang froze in place, watching Gu Ci seriously wipe his face, he suddenly stopped being irritable, so the great Gu deputy team finally returned Team Han's cute face.

"Okay, it's still the original face, now you don't have to worry about your majesty being damaged."

Han Nuoshang looked at Gu Ci with some doubts, and pointed at him, "Why didn't you become a little cat?"

After staying in the same environment for so long, Han Nuoshang's face was smudged into a cat, but Gu Ci didn't get any dust on it. This is a bit unfair.

"Because I'm not a cat." Gu Ci blinked, and put the handkerchief back into his pocket, "Let's go, it's time to go back, an hour has passed."

When the two returned to the village chief's house, everyone in the criminal investigation team had already collected the information and came back.

After all, this is still the criminal investigation team's own case. The police officers in charge of logistics support vacated a room for them one after another, and they all left without disturbing the few people discussing the case.

Han Nuoshang told everyone about his discovery, and now he suspected that the fire at Pei Zhifeng's house was not simple, but he didn't know what it was like.

When they visited, they also searched the village, but they didn't find any places where people could hide, nor did they find any similar places to where Pei Zhifeng was now, nor did they find any suspicious houses.

Song Zhiyue and Chu Han successively visited several older elderly people, and they came up with a clue.

"I think Pei Zhifeng might not be his parents' biological son." Song Zhiyue picked up the mineral water and took a sip, "The villagers are actually not very willing to say it, it was me and Xiao Chuzi who came to the conclusion. "

Chu Han also nodded in agreement, and also felt a little uncomfortable with what he was going to say next.

"I heard that Pei Zhifeng's parents had no children in the early years, but they wanted a child very much. Then they went and brought one back. As for how they brought it back, no one knows. Anyway, Pei Zhifeng was with them like this. The family has settled down." Chu Han paused, and the turning point began here, "But unfortunately, the second year after Pei Zhifeng came to his house, his younger brother was born."

Everyone understood what happened next. Pei Zhifeng's parents obviously loved their own son more, and they began to ignore the child Pei Zhifeng brought back.

When children don't know what is right or wrong, they will only subconsciously imitate the actions of those around them. Pei Zhifeng's younger brother naturally imitated their parents' attitude towards Pei Zhifeng, and Pei Zhifeng's family status plummeted. Lives are not as comfortable as their cattle.

And Pei Zhifeng's younger brother wanted to fight against him everywhere, robbing him of all his things, but Pei Zhifeng couldn't resist, because no matter who was right or wrong, the person who was finally punished would only be Pei Zhifeng, never unexpected situation.

In such a state of life, Pei Zhifeng can only pretend to be thinking of his younger brother in everything, and to protect his younger brother everywhere, because only in this way can he not be beaten and scolded.

"If I grew up in such an environment, I would definitely go crazy." Song Zhiyue shuddered, "It's really not easy for Pei Zhifeng to have such an achievement now!"

"It's good for you to look at him from a distance, but have you really understood his heart?" Bai Yinchen interjected, "What if his heart has already been twisted?"

Bai Yinchen and Hua Xiaolu didn't inquire about Pei Zhifeng's family affairs, but asked about the fire in Pei Zhifeng's house when he was a child.

After so many years, there are very few people who know what happened back then, Bai Yinchen and the others spent a lot of effort to find one or two people who still remember what happened back then.

"Actually, the fire back then, some people suspected that it was not an accident." Hua Xiaolu said faintly, "And you guess, they suspected who would set the fire on."

"Pei Zhifeng." Gu Ci snapped his fingers, successfully attracting everyone's attention.

"Guess right." Hua Xiaolu smiled and said, "You are really smart, deputy team leader."

Gu Ci just smiled, didn't say anything, and listened to her continue.

In the year when the fire broke out, Pei Zhifeng's younger brother was just at school age. It's not that their family can't afford two students, but if both of them go to school, the family will have to do more farm work and life will become more difficult. few.

Pei Zhifeng's parents hope that their children can eat better, dress better, and be decent in front of those students when they go to school, so they let Pei Zhifeng drop out of school without hesitation, just for their son to have face when he goes to school Some, as for Pei Zhifeng's future, that's none of their business.

The day of the fire was the day when Pei Zhifeng was about to drop out of school. It is said that the night before the fire, someone heard the only quarrel between Pei Zhifeng and his parents in his life, and then his parents and younger brother died the next day.

When the fire broke out, the people who went to fight the fire heard the sound of explosions from inside. At that time, some superstitious villagers suspected that God had appeared.

After all, Pei Zhifeng has been abused by Pei's family for so long, and it's normal for them to suffer retribution. Of course, some people put their eyes on Pei Zhifeng, suspecting that he did it.

But this kind of thought was just a thought, and he didn't take it to heart. Anyway, Pei Zhifeng was just a child, how could he have such a cruel heart.

Pei Zhifeng was the only one left in the whole family. He was a smart kid, and if he could finish his studies well, it would be a glorious thing.

Ying Hongxue feels that those people's doubts are also normal: "According to the experiments, compared with adults, children have the greatest desire for revenge. When children are still at a hazy age, if they are not properly guided, they are very likely to It will distort the personality and do some irreparable things."

"Irreversible?" Song Zhiyue followed up.

"Maybe--" Ying Hongxue dragged the tone on purpose, "Pei Zhifeng really did the fire back then."

"How could there be correct guidance in such a living environment as Pei Zhifeng." Han Nuoshang sighed, but his gaze moved to Gu Ci involuntarily.

Pei Zhifeng didn't have the right guidance, so what about Gu Ci?Does he have it?It was really not easy for him to lose his close relative at the young age of ten, and it was really not easy for him not to grow up after all these years!

Of course, the supervision and troubles of the Huang family were indispensable during this period, but if Gu Ci really wanted to surrender, no one could save him. Fortunately - he did not sink into darkness.

"Children are really cruel sometimes, but this is not the child's fault."

Hua Xiaolu thought of Bai Siqing. Her family Xiaoqing was soft, cute and obedient. She also had her own opinions and cherished the lives of small animals, so it was the parents who had the problem.

Bai Yinchen didn't need to look over to know what Hua Xiaolu was thinking right now, but -- he thought about it too.

Ying Hongxue thought, if all the parents in this world were like Bai Yinchen and his wife, there would be far fewer criminals!

"It's true that a large part of the reason is due to the parents, but obviously the murderer doesn't think so. He thinks the wrong person is Pei Zhifeng."

Otherwise, there wouldn't be that barrage, and Pei Zhifeng and the others wouldn't be tied up.

But the idea of ​​the murderer is a good thing for everyone, because at least Pei Zhifeng and the others are still alive, and the police still have a chance to rescue them.

Gu Ci: "The place where the murderer imprisoned Pei Zhifeng's family must be a very special place."

Ying Hongxue nodded, and couldn't help giving Gu Ci a childish look.

"This place must be familiar to Pei Zhifeng, but he tried his best to forget it." Ying Hongxue's fingers were tapping on the table. "It is very likely that it is related to the fire that year." .”

"Maybe it was Pei Zhifeng's secret stronghold when he was a child." Han Nuoshang also added, "It is very likely that he made a tool there, and then used that tool to burn down Pei's family."

"So our focus now is to find out where Pei Zhifeng's secret stronghold is?" Ying Hongxue sighed. If she didn't find that place, no matter how complete the deduction is, it would be useless.

Han Nuoshang waved his hand and said to everyone: "Go and assign tasks to the colleagues outside. Be sure to find out that secret base of Pei Zhifeng. No matter what they are talking about, just go and investigate if you have clues."

After the task was assigned, all Han Nuoshang could do was wait. He glanced at the time and found that there were less than five hours before the explosion. Could they still rescue him?

Gu Ci handed a bottle of juice to Han Nuoshang: "Don't worry, there will be results."

"I'm too anxious." Han Nuoshang rubbed his temples, and smiled helplessly, "You said, Pei Zhifeng has gone through all these things, is he really as harmless as we seem?"

Moreover, he is a doctor. If such a person is not kind, if he has no intention of curing diseases and saving lives, but has some other purpose, how dangerous it would be.

"Who knows! No one can guarantee that they will always be the same, right?" Gu Ci spread his hands, seemingly helpless and self-deprecating, "People who have stayed in the abyss for a long time may have already assimilated into Devil."

No one can save a person who is willing to become a demon, but if he has another person or thing, even a demon can pretend to be a human and live a lifetime—even if he is a demon in essence, he can turn back into a human in the end.

Gu Ci is still willing to believe that Pei Zhifeng is really willing to cure illnesses and save people. He can feel that Pei Zhifeng actually still cares about his family members now. For them, Pei Zhifeng may really be able to never turn back into a demon for the rest of his life.

"Captain, captain." Chu Han ran in with the village chief. "The village chief suddenly remembered a place, maybe it was Pei Zhifeng's secret stronghold."

Han Nuoshang was pleasantly surprised: "Tell me, where is it?"

Village head: "It's not in our village. It's almost the boundary of the city next door. It's a gathering place of many ancient inns. When Zhifeng had time when he was a child, he would often walk there for two or three hours. It seems to be there. In a temple in the middle, he said there was no one there, and he liked to stay there by himself.”

"I know where it is." A colleague suddenly stood up, "We're going there now, and we can get there in about an hour."

"Hurry up and lead the way." Han Nuoshang stood up from the chair and walked outside.

When everyone saw the captain leaving, they quickly chased after him.

Gu Ci glanced at the watch in his hand, there were still more than three hours before the explosion, but the uneasy premonition in his heart became more and more serious.