Something happened. This is not going to be bloody.

The village police rode their bicycles to Xiahewa to investigate the injury of Chen the Hunter.

The villagers naturally learned about this major incident that had occurred in the village and alarmed the police. For a time, all kinds of discussions and rumors were circulating in the village.

When Liu Wuqing heard Wei Lanfeng's news, his pupils shrank slightly, but he quickly lowered his head to hide his emotional changes. He replied in a low voice:

"Then we have to go home early today and finish the work quickly. Now that this incident happened in the village, I am worried about Wan Xin and the children being the only ones at home."

Wei Lanfeng said in a low voice with emotion:

"Old Liu, you are blessed. Wan Xin has been loyal to you. Don't let the rumors from the villagers make you cold to her. To be honest, I envy you. I have seen too many couples run away when faced with adversity. There are not many people who can share the joys and sorrows. I say these heartfelt words only because I consider you a friend. You know people's hearts. They can't stand others living better than themselves."

Liu Wuqing coughed as if he was a little ashamed, and said in a deep voice:

"Thank you, Brother Wei, for reminding us. Let's just hold on here. It will pass sooner or later. Your Wei Qiu is also a rare good kid."

Wei Lanfeng replied:

"Yes, just bear with it. I've noticed that you're always depressed lately, and I've always wanted to talk to you but never had the chance. I came here a few years earlier than you. The man who got into trouble now has a bad reputation in the village. It's said that his first two wives were killed by him, but that's all talk from the villagers, there's no evidence."

Liu Wuqing said:

"Brother Wei, don't worry. How could I believe what they said? I was just angry about their slander against Wan Xin. Now that this has happened, I'm afraid that it would be bad if Wan Xin was implicated by the rumors."

Wei Lanfeng comforted:

"What you said is true. He has a bad character. It's not certain who took revenge on him. Some villagers said it was the ghosts of his two previous wives who came to take revenge. What does this have to do with Wan Xin? He looks so strong that the two of us combined can't beat him. He even has guns at home. People in the village said that if it wasn't a ghost, he wouldn't have had his tongue cut off without any defense."

Liu Wuqing pursed his lips, not knowing what to say. In his heart, he strongly suspected that it was Wan Xin who did it. After all, the pork in the house was not given to her by Chen the Hunter, so she got it herself. It was very likely the wild boar that chased her at the beginning. If she could kill a wild boar with her bare hands, then is it possible that she could also kill Chen the Hunter?

Zhou Leng still doesn't know that the account she has worked so hard to run is in danger, but even if she knew, she would just shrug her shoulders at most. She feels that her actions are reasonable and legal, so why, come and bite me?

The two men stopped talking when they saw someone approaching, and continued to carry their shoulder poles and slowly walked towards the brigade's manure pit.

The current level of science and technology and investigative techniques are extremely limited, and the police have to rely on their own experience and local methods. The two police officers visited many households in the village and also found cadre Wang who first discovered the injured person.

Professionals do professional things, so Officer Wang naturally cannot keep any secrets.

Inside the Liu family’s small mud house.

Zhou Leng sat on a rough wooden chair in the middle of the floor. Two police officers sat on the edge of the kang, one of them was taking notes with a pen, and the other was questioning.

Outside the house, two little children squatted at the door, their ears pressed against the wooden door, as if they wanted to hear whether their mother inside was safe.

Liu Wuqing was also pacing back and forth in the kitchen.

inside the house.

Zhou Leng had a strand of hair scattered on the side of her cheek, her face was sickly pale, she leaned slightly against the back of the chair, her loose patched clothes made her look even thinner and weaker.

The police officer asked in a serious voice, "What's your name?"

"Wanxin."

The police asked again: "What did you do before?"

"doctor."

The police officer frowned. He had gone to the brigade to check the Liu family's file information. This Wan Xin was indeed a doctor before. She came here with her husband for reform. Looking at her sickly appearance, she probably couldn't stand the hard work here. She didn't look like someone who could use heavy hands. The villagers also said that Wan Xin usually stayed at home except for going into the mountains. She basically had no grudges with anyone, but she did have a motive for committing the crime.

The police strongly suspected that it was Wan Xin’s husband who did it, but Wang, a cadre in the village, said that the two had been together all along.

It’s amazing that such an unsolved case could exist in this small village.

As for the villagers' talk about ghosts committing the crime, the police did not believe it. Although it was nonsense, they also focused on inquiring about the social relations and background of the victim's first two wives, and did not find any suspicious people among them.

One of the police officers frowned and asked again:

"I believe you have also heard about what happened in the village. Hunter Chen was attacked at home. Because there is some grudge between you, we now reasonably suspect that you have a major motive for committing the crime."

Zhou Leng seemed puzzled and answered:

"I know someone in the village was injured, but who is Chen the Hunter? What grudge does he have against me? Is it because I caught a pheasant in the mountains with a trap? But that mountain is not private, right?"

The police officer stared at Zhou Leng's confused expression seriously before speaking:

"The man who came to see you the night before yesterday was Chen the Hunter. He wanted to trick you into his house while your husband was away. Don't you know this? Then tell me about what happened that day?"

Zhou Leng seemed to understand the police's underlying meaning. Her face turned from red to white, and she said with a trembling voice:

"That day, a tall man came to my house and said that Liu Wuqing was my husband and that he had fainted in the village office, and asked me to go quickly. But halfway there, he said he had something else to do and left. I went to the village office alone in the dark. When I got there, I saw that nothing had happened to my husband Liu, so we came back. I thought the villagers were playing a joke on us. According to you, that was a trick? What about cadre Wang? How are we going to live in the village in the future?"

Zhou Leng's last sentence was filled with tears.

Clang.

The woman fainted and then slid off the chair to the ground.

"Hey, are you okay?"

The police officer quickly got down from the ground, reached out to feel Zhou Leng's breath, patted her face hard, and when she didn't respond, the two of them carried her to the kang.

One of the police officers said, "Go to the village and find a doctor to take a look. I'll go out and find her husband to come in and take a look."

Another person replied: "That's all we can do. She must have been provoked. It seems that at least she doesn't have the ability to hurt anyone."

Let’s not talk about how anxious Liu Wuqing was and how the two children cried.

Doctor Tong came and took a look, but he just said that the patient fainted due to stimulation and would be fine after waking up. He didn't prescribe any medicine or any good prescription. He originally disliked Zhou Leng because his herbal medicine preparation affected his income. He came to see him now because of the public security.

There are no impervious walls in the world.

The police stayed here for two days and returned home without any results. They only told the Chen family that they would continue to investigate, but everyone knew that the matter would probably end up in nothing.

After the police left, somehow word of what Cadre Wang had done spread, and all kinds of rumors spread around the village.

Some people said that the old Liu family had been in love with Chen the Hunter for a long time, and that Liu Wuqing must have harmed that person. Others said that the ghosts of Chen the Hunter's two previous wives possessed Chen the Hunter, and that he cut off his own tongue. Some even said that Chen the Hunter went into the mountains to hunt and angered the immortals and mountain gods, and that was his retribution.

There are different opinions.

The villagers were afraid that it was really a ghost coming to take revenge, so they gathered together some food and invited people from the neighboring village to perform a ritual to put everyone at ease.

Zhou Leng, as the center of the topic, basically stayed at home on the pretext of being sick, and concentrated on practicing at home. However, Liu Wuqing had been particularly attentive since she fainted, as if to make up for his mistakes and secretly observe her changes. He also took the initiative to do many chores at home.