A gentleman is not a group

Chen An's house is very simple, with two simple rooms. The stove is at the entrance. There is a table and a chair beside the stove. There is only one tableware on the table. Obviously, there is only one Chen An lives alone.

Going around the stove and going forward is the back room, which only has a bed and a cabinet. Before Chen An entered the room, Zhou Chi quickly opened the cabinet and took a look. There were several clothes neatly stacked inside, a pair of cloth shoes, and There are a few usual trinkets, nothing suspicious.

When Chen An entered, Zhou Chi had already closed the cabinet door and stood aside as if nothing had happened.

"Please sit down, all three." Chen An gestured, took out a cup from the cabinet, filled it with water, and signaled the three of them.

Zhou Chi took a sip from the cup, and looked up at Chen An. Chen An's face was calm, and he was gently stroking the porcelain cup in his hand with his head down, neither asking nor surprised.

This man was so calm and dignified, even the arresters came home, yet he still ignored him. Zhou Chi tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and asked, "Do you know Gao Yiqiu?"

Chen An nodded: "Yes, I keep accounts in his shop."

"I heard people say that he came to see you yesterday?"

"Well, he came to me yesterday evening to reconcile some accounts, and he left after reconciliation." "Reconciliation..." Zhou Chi stood up, looked down at Chen An, with undisguised oppression in his eyes, "You guys When is it? Xu time?"

Only then did Chen An show a trace of doubt, and shook his head: "It hasn't been that long, I'm not at home at Xushi."

Not at home?

"Where have you been?"

"The village chief's house." Chen An pointed to the mountain lotus leaves in full bloom outside the window, "I went to deliver the mountain lotus leaves to the village chief. I stayed for a while and came back after Xushi."

Zhou Chi followed his hand and looked out of the window, clumps of white dotted in the green veins, those petals soaked in water were extremely transparent, false and real, hard to see clearly.

"He Si." Zhou Chi turned his gaze back, "Go to the village chief's house and ask."

He Si scratched her head and ran out quickly.

"Excuse me..." Chen An reached out and tugged on the corner of Zhou Chi's clothes, with a hesitant and cautious expression, he looked at Zhou Chi, but didn't notice that Xie Jianmian frowned after seeing his movements, "What's wrong, Brother Gao? ""Dead." Xie Jianmian didn't explain the meaning of this sentence to Zhou Chi, and said first, "Killed..."

Chen Anna's calm and calm expression from the beginning to the end finally changed at this moment. Surprise, bewilderment, and grief appeared on his face one after another, perhaps because the emotional conflict was too violent, his face turned pale almost instantly.

"Who killed it?" His hands were trembling, and his gestures were upside down. Xie Jianmian frowned and thought for a moment before he understood, "Why? Brother Gao is such a good person, who would kill him?"

Good man... This is the most comment Zhou Chi has heard about Gao Yiqiu. Apart from Liniang and Chen An at the moment, the word is mostly mixed in among the whispers of the villagers watching by the stream. It seems that Gao Yiqiu's It is indeed a good man.

Unfortunately, it seems that the title of "good man" did not bring him good luck, or the old saying "good man is rewarded" is very unreasonable.

No matter what the reason is, the lights go out when people die, and the evil or good deeds they did in life are nothing more than a stone tablet, two handfuls of loess, and a few strokes of the person who erected the monument.

How many people can be included in the history books from ancient times to the present, but in this world, most of them are ordinary people, who are unknown in life and unknown after death.If you can't die more clearly, it will be really difficult to rest in peace.

Chen An was trembling all the time, subtle but obvious, his bloodless lips were murmuring, as if he wanted to ask something loudly, but unfortunately he was born dumb, no amount of pain could scream.

This... doesn't seem like a faux pas.

Zhou Chi didn't answer Chen An, and the matter was still a mess. The truth was buried under the water, and it was still a thousand miles away from the truth. He couldn't tell Chen An anything. Before he was sure that the case had nothing to do with Chen An, he even Not a single word of consolation could be said.

"Boss." Footsteps came from outside the door, it was He Si who came back, "The village chief said that Chen An was indeed at his house at Xu o'clock yesterday."

Zhou Chi nodded, indicating that he knew, and then he opened his mouth and said to Chen An: "I'm sorry to bother you today, Gao Yiqiu's case government will do its best, and your condolences."

Chen An didn't speak, he stared at the table blankly, didn't move, until the three of them walked out of the room and kept this posture, as if turned into a heartbroken statue, struggling to support on the surface, but shattered inside.

The sky has already darkened, only a gleam of light lingers on in the west. On this day, there is no wind or cloud, and dark waves are surging.

Zhou Chi dismissed the rest of the police and told them to go home early to rest. There is no clue to this case for the time being, so we can only investigate it tomorrow.

The policemen left in twos and threes, Zhou Chi also planned to leave, Xie Jianmian was still following, not paying attention to Zhou Chi's aura of "stay away from strangers" from all over his body, and calmly walked side by side with him.

Zhou Chi wanted to dismiss him, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was useless to say it, so he decided not to waste his words.

The two walked in silence all the way.

Unsurprisingly, there were a few people sitting around the stone pier next to the willow tree at the entrance of the village. They probably heard about Gao Yiqiu's murder, and they were guessing wildly.

"Old Gao is usually an honest person, how could he be killed."

"No, I heard that the death was terrible, and there was no piece of skin on the whole body."

"In all these years, I haven't seen him blushing with anyone. Who do you think he can offend?"

"Offended, you have to be offended to kill someone? I think there are some beasts who don't like people, so why use offending?"

"Could it be... Zheng Danian? I thought he was not a good person."

"He's not a good person in the first place. If you didn't read the words on his face, they all have a criminal record. Zheng Danian just messed around, and it's really him who didn't keep it safe..."

Zheng Danian?

Zhou Chi and Xie Jianmian looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.

"Brother, you just said Zheng Danian, who is he?"

The two men who were chatting eloquently just now stopped talking. Xu recognized the police uniform on Zhou Chi's body. One of them turned his head and scanned the surroundings. Seeing that there was no one to avoid, he lowered his voice and said : "This catcher, let me tell you, this Zheng Danian is not from our village, he just came here last year, and has nothing to do with our village."

"Huh? Same as Chen An?"

"Oh, that's not right." The man seemed to have heard some bad joke, showing a strange expression, "How can a person as good as Chen An be like Zheng Danian. You don't know, this Zheng Danian He had tattoos on his face when he was young. You know this better than us. If he has the word 'thief' on his face, he has committed a crime. This kind of person has one thing and two things. If one stole something yesterday, he won't be able to keep it today. I'll kill you!"

Had it been stolen?Zhou Chi thought to himself, suddenly thought of something, and glanced at Xie Jianmian.

"Hey, did you hear that, you should have a tattoo on your face too."

Xie Jianmian did not expect that Zhou Chi would take the initiative to talk to him. Although it was not a good word, he felt that this was also an improvement.He touched his face and felt that the tattooing was a bit painful, and it didn't suit him well.

"Are you willing to arrest brother?"

Zhou Chi nodded solemnly: "Willing to..."

Xie Jianmian smiled, and didn't answer any more, but asked the man who answered: "Accordingly, Zheng Danian has been in the village for a long time, since he hasn't done anything bad for such a long time, why do you still think he will kill people?" ?”

The man shook his head, showing an expression of "you outsiders don't understand".

"It's not our fault for guessing him randomly, then Zheng Danian's temperament is really..." He thought for a while, as if he didn't know how to describe it. I have lived in the village for a year, and no one knows him well. In short, one can tell at a glance that he is not an easy master to get along with. Such a person, we will believe whatever he does.” This statement is too personal. Yes, but it is a clue after all.

Zhou Chichong thanked Jianmian and raised his eyebrows: "Walk?"

"Yeah." Xie Jianmian dragged his voice and said..." He risked his life to accompany Lord Catcher. "

When the two arrived at Zheng Danian's home, Zheng Danian was having dinner. He was sitting on a short horse, guarding a table soaked in oil. There were only three slightly yellowed steamed buns and a small plate of pickles on the table.

Hearing the movement, Zheng Danian raised his head to look at the person coming. When he raised his head, his entire face was exposed. He squinted, with vigilance and displeasure in his eyes. It is impossible for people to ignore it.

The villager was right, indeed he had a fierce look on his face.

Zheng Danian stood up and blocked the door with his arms folded, his voice was hoarse and vulgar: "Hurry up? What are you doing here?"

Zhou Chi was also a little vigilant, and subconsciously blocked Xie Jianmian behind him. He didn't see that the person behind him was completely relaxed, and only looked at his back playfully.

"Are you Zheng Danian?" Zhou Chi pointed to the room, "Don't you invite us to sit in?"

Zheng Danian was silent for a while, then moved away.

Zhou Chi dragged Xie Jianmian into the room.

"Would you like to eat?" Zhou Chi stretched out his head to look, and found that the house was even cruder than Chen An's. He smiled at Zheng Danian, with a casual and negotiable tone, "Then I'll ask directly, and I won't waste your time."

As soon as the words fell, his smile turned cold, as if it was just an illusion, Zhou Chi asked word by word: "Gao Yiqiu is dead, do you know?"

Zheng Danian didn't seem to be surprised at all. Normal people would react somewhat violently to this kind of skeptical questioning, but he didn't.

"Catcher." Zheng Danian sneered, his eyes were cold, and his tone was unwavering, "Why didn't I know? It's said that I killed people, you've heard it too."

"Then does this have anything to do with you?" Zhou Chi stared at him with unabated momentum.

"I said it doesn't matter." Zheng Danian also looked at Zhou Chi without evading at all, "Do you believe it?"

Zhou Chi withdrew his gaze, and suddenly smiled, as if it was just a little joke that you came and I went back and forth.

"I believe it, why don't I believe it."

This time, not only Zheng Danian was stunned, but Xie Jianmian also looked at Zhou Chi in surprise.

Zhou Chi didn't ask Zheng Danian why he stole before, didn't ask him what was the reason for his obvious bad behavior, and didn't even ask what he was doing last night, which is the most important question, just said "believe".

Most of Zheng Danian's vigilance has been restrained, and the erect thorns are gone. He doesn't know what's going on with the arrester in front of him. Obviously everyone said it was him, and everyone looked at him with contempt and fear in their eyes. But the catcher said he believed it, how ridiculous.

"you……"

Zhou Chi stepped forward and patted Zheng Danian on the shoulder: "Okay, I'm done asking, let's eat, we won't bother you anymore." After speaking, he really turned around and walked out the door without even turning his head. "Hello.

"Xie Jianmian followed up and asked in a puzzled way..." Do you really think he is innocent? "Yes, I really think so. "

"why?"

Zhou Chi didn't turn his head, he looked at the completely dark sky, and remembered some distant memories that seemed like dreams but actually happened. For many years, he was alone with those deep-seated thoughts, and it was difficult to For outsiders. "They said Zheng Danian was a gangster.

"Just when Xie Jianmian thought he would not answer any more, Zhou Chi suddenly said lightly, "I was also a gangster before. "

Xie Jianmian found it inconceivable. The person in front of him was wearing a fast-moving uniform, with bright and open eyes, and the "righteousness" in his gestures was so full that it would overflow ten miles through the fast-moving uniform, and he couldn't match the word "gangster" at all."

"Why are you an asshole?"

Zhou Chi shook his head, remained silent and did not speak.