Reborn 1980, Mountains Have Spirits, I Have Fields

Chapter 18 Blood on the Knife
"There's blood on this knife? Oh, I accidentally cut my leg when I was cutting weeds." Aunt Liu said as she rolled up her pant leg to expose the scarred wound for the police to verify. "I even went to Dr. Zhu's for a tetanus shot."

"The blood on mine is not human blood." Wang Xiulian smiled carefully, "It was stained when I smashed a stray dog ​​a few days ago. Many people saw it. If you don't believe me, take it back for inspection."

I asked a few more people, but nothing suspicious was found.Team Lu rummaged through the remaining scythes that did not respond to blood stains, found one, looked at the mark and asked, "Which one is Xiao Lingmei?"

Papa Xiao's heart beat faster.Junxiao looked at Lingmei in surprise: Why did you call Lingmei?

Ling Mei frowned and walked forward: "I am."

Team Lu glanced at her, and then at her again.

This girl stood out from the crowd, she was too outstanding.It's even more beautiful up close.He glanced at Deng Chunlai staring blankly at the girl, and snorted coldly: What a shame.

"Xiao Lingmei, right?" Team Lu couldn't help but soften his voice, "Have you washed your sickle?"

Her scythe was too clean among the rusty agricultural tools.

Who told her to soak and wipe it with washing powder?
"Well." Lingmei explained, "Because Aunt Liu was injured, I sent her to the infirmary for an injection. Doctor Zhu said that if the rust on the farm tools is mixed with the soil in the field all the year round, there will be some bacteria. So it is best Clean it up, if you get cut and don't have time to tetanus, your life will be in danger."

Team Lu groaned and looked at Aunt Liu.Aunt Liu nodded vigorously: "Yes. There is such a thing."

Team Lu asked, "Then have you cleaned up all the farm tools in your house?"

"Yes." Lingmei smiled, "Farm tools that are commonly used at home. My father and I have both removed rust."

Deng Chunlai couldn't help but praise her: "You did the right thing. The number of deaths and injuries due to tetanus remains high every year. Everyone should learn from Xiao Lingmei."

Father Xiao and Junxiao both heaved a sigh of relief.Ling Mei came prepared.

Dui Lu rolled his eyes at Deng Chunlai, put down his sickle with a smile, and asked suddenly, "Did you spend time alone with Ma Jianguo when you were on the mountain?"

Ma Jianguo is greedy for money, especially lustful.It is said that many women have been harmed by him, but for the sake of reputation, no one dared to accuse him.If it was a beautiful girl like Xiao Lingmei who aroused his interest, it would be possible for him to chase him up the mountain early in the morning trying to do something wrong and then get chopped up by the girl.

Father Xiao's relaxed muscles tightened again.

Ling Mei frowned unhappily: "No."

Team Lu understands, who wants to get involved with that hooligan?
"Then who saw Ma Jianguo go down the mountain and go home?"

Aunt Liu hesitated for a moment: "Lu Gongan, I left the key after I went down the mountain, and when I looked back, I saw Ma Jianguo running down the mountain with his hands clutching his arms, climbing and falling. His face is terribly white. It's like a ghost."

Seen like a ghost——

Team Lu and Deng Chunlai looked at each other.

"Did he walk around the village after going down the mountain?"

Everyone shook their heads.That whole afternoon, no one saw Ma Jianguo's swaying shadow.

Team Lu was extremely curious.What happened on the mountain that made Ma Jianguo flee home in fright?Scared to death again at night?
After asking again who had grievances with Ma Jianguo, and whether there was any conflict recently, Team Lu announced the end of the meeting.Deng Chunlai packed the knives in plastic bags and took them back to the laboratory for testing. Lingmei's sickle was also included.

The crowd dispersed.Gu Jinhua pulled her eldest son to stop the police.

"Lu Gongan. Is there any progress in my son's case?"

Team Lu smiled at the old man, "I was just looking for you to understand the situation."

"You say, you say."

"Now, we can basically confirm that your son fell to his death on the broken glass bottle because of fright." Team Lu's words were extremely measured, making it impossible for people to catch the slightest clue.

Tears welled up in Gu Jinhua's old eyes: "My poor son!"

Ma Jianjun didn't hear right: "My brother was frightened?"

Gu Jinhua was startled: "Who scared us Jianguo?"

Team Lu shook his head: "Did anyone look for your son that night?"

Ma Jianjun died and his wife lived alone for many years. It was about two o'clock in the morning when the crime happened. Who would haunt the village in the middle of the night at this time?Those who should sleep are asleep, and those who shouldn't be asleep, with such a heavy fog at night, I can't see anything clearly.

Gu Jinhua and her eldest son shook their heads at each other.

"Did you hear any movement in his room? Is there any noise?"

Gu Jinhua is getting older and sleeps a little lighter than her son.After thinking about the movement of that night, his face suddenly turned pale.There was some fear in his eyes.

Team Lu asked: "Did the old lady discover anything?"

"I—" Gu Jinhua swallowed, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "Lu Gongan, don't blame me for being suspicious. But in the middle of the night, I did seem to hear someone shouting 'Ghost'——"

The houses of the Ma brothers are only separated by a one-meter-wide alley, and the brick walls have no sound insulation effect.Now that the old lady could hear——Lu Dui looked at Ma Jianjun.

Ma Jianjun hesitated and said, "I slept through the night so I didn't pay attention."

Gu Jinhua frowned: "I'm not sure if it was Jianguo who yelled. But I did hear it. But there was no sound after that."

Deng Chunlai's hearing became more and more mysterious, thinking that Ma Jianguo was scared to death, and muttered: "Could it be possible that we really met a ghost?"

Team Lu glared at him and reprimanded: "What nonsense?!"

Deng Chunlai immediately added: "Of course, we are a socialist country, and ghosts and monsters are all nonsense."

Team Lu locked the mother and son of Ma's family from the corner of his eye, and said, "That's right. The Liaozhai story of a dead ghost looking for revenge cannot exist in reality."

The expressions of Gu Jinhua's mother and son became more and more ugly.Unanimously, they showed a little panic, and tried hard to hide it.Team Lu saw it, and thought: There is something going on.

Ma Jianjun cleared his throat: "Mother, Dui Lu is right. There are no ghosts in this world. You are here to find the person who chopped up your second brother. Maybe this person is the murderer."

Gu Jinhua also nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes. Lu Gongan, you must catch the person who cut my son."

Lu Dui narrowed his eyes: "You can't say that. The person who chopped up your son may not be the murderer. We found him to review what happened."

Gu Jinhua suddenly approached Captain Lu, and said viciously, "Grandpa Lu, go and check on Xiao Lingmei."

Xiao Lingmei?That gorgeous girl?Lu Dui raised his eyebrows and smiled: "She's a little girl. She wants to get out of harm's way after injuring your son, and scare him out of his wits. Doesn't it seem impossible?"

Deng Chunlai nodded hastily: "It's absolutely impossible."

Gu Jinhua snorted: "Xiao Lingmei's mother coveted my son's 1 yuan bride price. She promised to give Xiaonizi to Jianguo as his wife."

(End of this chapter)