Police Detective

At half past six in the morning, before dawn, Bai Song got up. Because he had vomited most of what he had eaten and drank yesterday, Bai Song didn't feel like he was hungover when he woke up. Captain Zhou had already woken up and didn't know where he had gone.

Bai Song put on his clothes, packed up his things, and arrived in the courtyard. At this time, the sky began to get brighter.

Captain Zhou was sitting at the door, holding a bowl of porridge, chatting with the landlord. He got up really early.

Seeing Bai Song coming, Captain Zhou stood up, served Bai Song rice porridge for the whole night, and asked with concern: "You drank a lot yesterday, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Bai Song took the rice porridge handed over by Captain Zhou with both hands: "Thank you, Captain Zhou."

"Well, if you want to wash up, go to the river. From here to there, you go to get water." Captain Zhou pointed to the bright distance.

"Okay." Bai Song was still a little confused. He put the porridge on the wooden table, said goodbye, and walked towards the river with his backpack containing toiletries.

The tent is gone. There is nothing worth paying attention to in this village, and the tent is more conspicuous when it is gone.

It wasn't completely bright yet, which meant that the two of them had already broken camp and set off while it was still dark. There was something a little abnormal about this.

After washing, the river water is still so clear. Villagers have been drinking and drinking from this river for generations, but because there are so few people and there are no chemicals, the pollution to the river can basically be ignored.

Back at the residence, the landlord had left, Master Wei and Xu Tao also got up, and the four of them started discussing together.

The thing is, Li is the eldest daughter of this family. She has been good at studying since she was a child. However, because she has two younger brothers at home, her family has never agreed to let her go to school. In the early 1990s, it was a critical period for the promotion of compulsory education and literacy campaigns. With the support of the H County Education Committee in the village, the family agreed to let her go to school.

Until junior high school, Li's academic performance was very good. She wanted to continue studying in high school, but her family didn't allow it. At that time, high school still needed a sum of money, so her family took it upon themselves to give Li a scholarship to a village next door. of a family.

Li ran away.

During his time away from home, Li went to high school, but before finishing it, he started working part-time. This matter is very embarrassing for this family, but no one can find Li, so they can only give up.

A few years ago, the family received a remittance of 500 yuan from Li. Around 2005, 500 yuan was basically the income of one family here for half a year, but the parents of this family still looked down upon Li.

Later, Li remitted more and more money, until almost three years ago, she thought she had paid off what she owed her parents for running away, so she came back with a few people.

When she came back this time, Li brought 10,000 yuan in cash and many valuable things. However, her rigid father only wanted to keep her to fulfill the engagement he had made ten years ago.

Even if the man is already married, Li must be promised to the younger brother of that family. This kind of thing seemed unreasonable to Li and several of her friends, so the two sides started fighting.

The crowd on Li's father's side was overwhelming, and Li finally escaped with the help of several friends and cash to clear the way.

From then on, rumors in the village gradually increased, saying that Li was doing dirty work outside.

In fact, the residents of the village are not to blame for this matter. It is purely because Li's parents have something wrong. They spend their daughter's money more readily than anyone else. For the sake of so-called rules, they pressure their children to do such things. This is not rigid at all, but something is wrong with my brain.

And the most important thing is that the fact that Li's work outside was unclean came from Li's mother's mouth. No wonder the villagers are talking about it.

In fact, the task force has long considered the possibility that Li is engaged in special services. After all, it is doubtful that a girl with no academic qualifications and no background earns too much. However, the task force found no clues in this investigation.

The four of them discussed it for almost 20 minutes while eating, and basically came up with these clues. Considering that the deceased's parents called Li "Fang", the pseudonym on the money order should be the deceased himself.

Not long after eating, it was already full daylight, and Ma Zhiyuan also came. He slept at another fellow villager's house yesterday. It can be seen that Ma Zhiyuan has a good drinking capacity. He drank a lot yesterday. There is no rule against riding horses after drinking here. The young men have a good drinking capacity.

Several people packed up their things together and paid a trip to Li's house. If nothing was gained, they were ready to leave.

It stands to reason that Li's relatives should go to collect the body, but if they were clearly informed, they would not go and the government would have other ways to deal with it.

After packing his things, Bai Song chatted a few words about the two travelers living in the tent. At this point, he heard Ma Zhiyuan say that when the owner of the house where he stayed last night came back after drinking with him, he saw Tent, I said, these two men are a bit like the people Da Fang brought when he came back.

Ma Zhiyuan's words were light, but when the four of them heard it, it was like a bomb rang in their ears. Team Zhou was about to leave immediately. Bai Song stopped Team Zhou and told him that the two people had left half an hour ago.

This fuss made Ma Zhiyuan a little embarrassed. He was not a policeman and did not take this matter seriously.

Of course, Ma Zhiyuan cannot be blamed for this matter. Team Zhou still thanked him and they discussed what to do next.

"There are several roads that people can take outside this village, but there are only three roads that horses can take. One is the way into the village, the other is the way up to the tea mountain, and the other is the way to another village. They Yesterday I came in from outside, so I must have gone to another village." Ma Zhiyuan gestured.

"Okay, I suggest you take a gamble and go to the third road to see if you can catch up." Team Zhou did not hesitate.

"Brother Ma, how many roads are there in the village you mentioned? Where can we go? From the place you mentioned, is there a road to the county or town?" Bai Song asked quickly.

"There are three or four roads in that village. I haven't been there enough so I can't remember it clearly, but I am certain that this road here is the only way to the town." Ma Zhiyuan said with certainty.

"Yeah." Team Zhou hesitated after hearing this: "What do you think?"

"Team Zhou, if we go after them like this, there are too many forks in the road and it's easy to lose them. I think we might as well sit here and wait for them to come back," Bai Song said.

"Then what if it takes them a long time to come back?" Xu Tao asked.

"What Bai Song said makes sense." Master Wei said: "We will send a person to the town to report the situation to the detachment leader. We must be prepared to stay here for a long time. In addition, we must buy some daily necessities. .The rest of the people are waiting here."