A gentleman is not a group

Surrounded by villagers, Zhou Chi was surrounded by chattering inquiries and outrageous guesses. He didn't hear any useful information, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

Just when his patience was about to run out and he was about to rush out of the encirclement to change his mind, a weak female voice came out from the crowd.

"Yesterday evening, I seemed to see him near Chen An's house."

"Chen An?"

Zhou Chi quickly locked on to the woman who was speaking in the crowd, and then dismissed the villagers who were still chattering, leaving only the woman alone.

The woman raised her head and glanced at Zhou Chi, as if she was a little afraid of strangers, and then lowered her head after just one glance, twisting her cuffs with her fingers uneasily.

Zhou Chi saw her uneasiness, and tried to keep his voice as low and soft as possible, but Mr. Headhunter has very little experience, and he still had a serious and business-like face after hard work for a long time: "You said that you met Mr. Gao last night. Yiqiu, are you sure?"

"I was passing by at the time and didn't pay much attention...it probably belonged to him."

The woman kept her head down when she spoke. Although the policeman in front of her was very good-looking, she just didn't dare to meet this face. She was very panicked, afraid that she would be involved in some strange case, and even more afraid that she would be caught by someone inexplicably. prison meal.

After all, in the mouths of the common people, catching fast is not a good thing.

Zhou Chi didn't realize at all that his image in the heart of the woman in front of him had become closer to a monster, and he still wondered why the other party was so uncooperative even though he had already acted very gentle.

Xie Jianmian originally just wanted to watch from the sidelines and be a quiet background board, but when he saw Zhou Chi's expression of "I don't know why you are afraid that I am just a routine", he finally couldn't stand it anymore.

He stepped forward slowly, stretched out his hand to pull Zhou Chi, Zhou Chi was caught off guard and actually took two steps back, and was interrupted by Xie Jianmian before he could ask the question.

"Let me do it, don't make things difficult for us Zhou catcher."

When did it belong to "you"?

Xie Jianmian originally thought that Zhou Chi would refuse, at least he would have to sneer, but until Xie Jianmian walked in front of the woman and showed a beautiful and misleading smile, he didn't see anything that Zhou Chi wanted to stop, which surprised him a bit.

"Girl, don't be afraid. What happened when you saw Gao Yiqiu? How many contacts do Gao Yiqiu and Chen An have on a daily basis? Tell me what you know, and no one will embarrass you."

Xie Jianmian's voice softened and had the power to soothe people's hearts. As expected, the woman was no longer afraid. She glanced at her secretly, her face flushed slightly, and she murmured for a while and said, "You are so beautiful...you are more beautiful than our village My girl is pretty..."

"Pfft..." Zhou Chi couldn't hold back, he folded his arms and bent down laughing.

Xie Jianmian: "..."

The woman also seemed to realize that she had accidentally said what she shouldn't have said in her heart, stomped her feet, and blushed even more: "I went to see my aunt yesterday, and I stayed a little longer after I haven't seen her for a long time. Cooking for my family, I was in a hurry on the way back, and I glanced at Chen An’s house when I passed by, and I happened to see Gao Yiqiu nearby, so I just took a look, and I really don’t know the rest.”

Xie Jianmian looked at Zhou Chi, and asked him with his eyes if the information was enough.

"Thank you, miss." Zhou Chi nodded, and raised his sharp eyebrows at Xie Jianmian, "Let's go and visit Chen An's house."

It wasn't until Xie Jianmian followed and the sound of step-by-step footsteps sounded again that Zhou Chi realized why he let this little thief follow him?

What a hell.

"Hey, let me tell you." Zhou Chi maintained a nonchalant look, trying to restrain his eyes from looking to the side, "Why are you following me all the time?"

"Didn't you ask me to go with you to Chen An's house?"

Zhou Chi: "Don't interrupt..."

"Okay." Xie Jianmian tilted his head to look at Zhou Chi, and thought for a moment, "Just treat me as boring? Or make friends?"

Zhou Chi didn't expect to get such an answer, he turned his head in surprise, and met those long and narrow eyes. At this time, those eyes put away the previous banter and scruples, and became so innocent in black and white.

"Want to be friends?" Zhou Chi snorted and whispered in Xie Jianmian's ear, "Little thief, return my belt first."

"Brother Hurry is so vengeful." Xie Jianmian also laughed, his eyes were bent, and he looked a little obedient, "It's really stingy to pay you back."

Xie Jianmian handed the belt to Zhou Chi, Zhou Chi took the belt, took a look at Xie Jianmian, and then turned his head quickly.The atmosphere was so quiet that it was a bit embarrassing, Zhou Chi coughed lightly, and decided to be magnanimous and let the little thief go.

The more we walked into the village, the more houses there were. It was almost noon, and the chimneys of most of the houses were emitting off-white smoke, and the wind blew and scattered it.

Zhou Chi and Xie Jianmian were walking towards Chen An's house. Along the road were lush weeds and occasionally some sparsely bloomed flowers. Although they didn't have much fragrance, they were quite pleasing to the eye.

It's just that this pleasing to the eye only lasted for a moment, and was interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps.

Qi Fei waved his hands and ran towards Zhou Chi, his expression was so serious that it was in great contrast with the past, Zhou Chi's heart sank, and the thought he had always avoided came true.

"Boss, Zhao Wu, a villager, found a dead body, it is Gao Yiqiu."

The reason why Duhe Village is called Duhe Village is because there is a river in the center of the village. Except for the well water, all the water sources in the village depend on it. This river is called Duhe. It is the only running water in the village, and it has a sense of existence. Therefore, the village was named after the river crossing.

The river meanders through and divides the village into east and west parts. Since it is at the boundary between the east and west sides, not many people come here.

But at this time, a group of people surrounded the silent river.

"Please let it go."

Zhou Chi stretched out his arms to push a way from the surrounding villagers who were betting on a wall, and only put away his arms after Xie Jianmian and Qi Fei passed by.

A swollen corpse was lying on the muddy ground beside the river, obviously fished out of the water.

But anyone can see that the deceased did not die from drowning, because there were many large and small wounds on the body. The color of the blood is so much that even after being washed in water for an unknown period of time, it still appears red. It is not the red of fresh blood, but dark red, but it is still very glaring.

Zhou Chi stopped at a place very close to the corpse, squatted down and looked at the deceased. At such a close distance, there was nowhere to hide the smell of blood. The pungent smell filled Zhou Chizhou's body, but he didn't seem to smell anything. Yes, without frowning.

"what happened?"

"It's him." Qi Fei brought over a middle-aged man in his 40s. The man had an ordinary appearance and no special features. The only thing that stood out was his swarthy skin. "This is Zhao Wu, and he found the body. "

Zhao Wu was obviously frightened, his body was shaking like chaff, his lips were slightly parted, his small eyes were lifeless, and there was great fear hidden deep in his pupils.

Zhou Chi got up and looked at Zhao Wu, his brows were habitually frowned, and the serious businesslike atmosphere returned to him.

"You fished the body out of the water?"

Zhao Wu shook his head and nodded.

"When? How did you get it? Be more specific." Xu was afraid of scaring Zhao Wu again, so Zhou Chi added in a rare way, "You should relax first."

"Catcher...I didn't kill anyone! I didn't kill Gao Yiqiu! I...I...I didn't kill anyone..."

Zhao Wu suddenly became emotional, yelling incoherently, and finally his voice lowered, as if he had calmed down a little, he stared at Zhou Chi relentlessly, and didn't answer anything.

Zhou Chi thought of something, and said again: "Don't worry, as long as you tell us what you know and clear yourself of the suspicion, we will naturally find the murderer and bring him to justice."

Zhao Wu took a deep breath, and rubbed his cheeks vigorously, trying to suppress the panic in his heart, but his voice was still trembling uncontrollably: "Fish... I love to eat fish, and I come to touch fish when I have nothing to do. If you are lucky, you can add another meal if you catch it. I thought so too today. Unexpectedly... I didn't catch the fish, but I took this..."

An hour ago, Zhao Wu came to the stream as usual. He walked around a few times, took off his shirt after a short rest, and jumped into the water.

The weather is getting warmer, and the fish in the water become more active, as if they were disturbed by a huge monster that suddenly broke in, and the fish that were originally gathered in a ball swam away.

Zhao Wushui is very good. In order to stabilize the frightened fish, he dived into the water until the waves subsided, and locked his eyes on a dark carp more than one foot long.

The carp didn't realize the danger behind him at all, and swam forward on its own. When it encountered a reef, it turned around, and Zhao Wu followed behind. When it avoided the reef, it saw a swollen and white face...

Zhou Chi looked away from the corpse, and patted Qi Fei's shoulder beside him.

"Old Qi, go back to the government office and ask Xu Jia to come over for an autopsy."

Just as Qi Fei left, Zhou Chi hadn't had time to disperse the surrounding villagers when he heard a burst of heart-piercing cries——

"Old Gao!"

It's Li Niang...

Liniang staggered and squeezed through the crowd, rushing towards the dirty corpse mixed with blood and mud beside the river.

The rest of the police wanted to stop Liniang, but Zhou Chi glanced at the howling woman, waved to the others, and let Liniang in.

When I saw Liniang in the morning, although she was worried and haggard, her spirit was still there, she was not very beautiful, but she was full of vitality, and there was light in her eyes, but now the light was gone, leaving only a dead silence.

Zhou Chi's heart tightened, fearing that she would be too stimulated and could not be relieved for a while, he pondered for a moment and said softly: "Li Niang...you are sorry..."

Hearing Zhou Chi's voice, Liniang turned her head to look at him, her eyes were still vague, making Zhou Chi doubt whether she saw her or not.

"Catcher... my old Gao was killed, right?"

The answer was obvious, but Zhou Chi couldn't answer it. He also had no clue or knowledge about the murder case, and it was easy to say affirmative words, but he couldn't explain the reason behind it.

And what Liniang wanted was obviously more than a nod or a shake of the head.