newbobooks Chapter 429 All the villains understand 1
Chapter 429 All the villains understand 1
The town is not big, with less than a hundred households living there. Most of the young people have gone out to work, and many families have only children and the elderly left behind. There is a sense of decline in the town.
The town is divided into two by a stone-paved road. The architectural style of gray tiles and white walls has an antique feel.
There are some small shops on both sides of the cobblestone road, selling food, daily necessities and tourist souvenirs.
The three people walking on the road were very eye-catching because there were not many outsiders coming to the town, especially at this season.
From time to time, children would rush out from the streets, make faces at them, and then quickly run away, replaced by the next group.
Lao Tao pointed to the hillside behind the town and told them that it was the peach orchard in the past, but now it has been turned into a fruit orchard.
In summer, the garden is filled with the fragrance of fruits, which is actually quite nice. When the weather is good in spring and summer, many people come here to play. Some people like this ancient feeling and call it nostalgic.
But now it is winter, and only bare branches are left.
Lao Tao led them to the edge of the orchard and pointed at one of the fruit trees. "Zhuang Hua's body was found under that tree. He died at night and was discovered in the morning. There are no secrets in this small town. As long as one person knows, everyone knows. So many people ran over to watch the excitement."
At that time, the case was not solved. A big reason was that the scene was completely destroyed, and all the suspects in the town could prove that they did not have time to commit the crime.
If he was killed by a vagrant criminal, there would be no place to investigate. He also checked case files from various places in the past, trying to find similar cases, but there were none.
Su Xiaoxiao and her friends came on an early flight, and it was already noon. Lao Tao suggested finding a place to eat first. He also called a policeman from the town police station over so that they could ask him if there was anything.
There were not many shops to choose from in the town, so Lao Tao took them to a small shop with a shed in front of the door and simple wooden tables and chairs.
“The bamboo rice here is good.”
Lao Tao asked them to sit down, and asked the proprietress to serve them tea. He didn't bother to be polite and directly arranged the dishes.
Su Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu had no objection. They followed the local customs and ate whatever they ordered.
The proprietress was a widow in her thirties. Although dark, she was quite pretty.
The color of the tea was very light and it was hard to tell what kind of tea it was, but it had a fragrance of bamboo leaves. Su Xiaoxiao seriously suspected that it contained bamboo leaves instead of tea leaves.
They hadn't finished their cup of tea yet when a man came staggering over from a distance. He looked to be in his thirties, wearing a brown leather jacket, with a sturdy build and a striking gold chain around his neck.
Wearing sunglasses in this weather is really a bit pretentious, Xiao Yu can't stand it.
The man walked straight towards them, glanced at them, and walked straight into the shop, shouting as he walked, "Sister Mei, business is good today." Then he reached out and picked a piece of bacon from the wall.
"What are you doing? This meat is for the guests." Sister Mei snatched it away, then pulled him aside and whispered something.
"He Zhuang, are you bullying people again?!" A voice came over. It was Xiao Liu, a policeman from the town police station, who was called over by Lao Tao.
"Officer Xiao Liu, what are you talking about? How dare I bully others? Sister Mei, tell me, did I bully you?"
"No, no, he was just joking with me." Sister Mei was a little embarrassed and explained quickly.
"You'd better behave yourself, or I'll catch you again next time." Xiao Liu said this and walked towards Lao Tao.
Lao Tao introduced Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Yu to him, and Xiao Liu also sat down.
"Who is that?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
"Hey, He Zhuang, a scoundrel. I don't know what happened to this town. After Zhuang Hua, the troublemaker, disappeared, this troublemaker appeared again, making the town a mess."
After Zhuang Hua died, people in the town were proud, but unfortunately the good times didn't last long, and soon He Zhuang emerged.
He was just Zhuang Hua's little follower back then, following behind Zhuang Hua and taking advantage of the power of another.
After Zhuang Hua died, the police officers at the police station were actually relieved. With a nuisance gone, their workload was much less. After all, most of the townspeople did not cause trouble.
If there are any, they are just trivial matters and can be resolved through mediation.
Who would have thought that not long after Zhuang Hua's death, He Zhuang would rise to power and completely inherited Zhuang Hua's style, bullying men and women and doing all kinds of evil, but they couldn't find any major faults in him.
If someone is caught committing a minor crime, he will be arrested and imprisoned for a few days, and then released and the same thing will happen again.
He had heard a lot about him, but for some reason, the people in the town refused to report him. Without a victim, they couldn't do anything to him.
"For example, this Mei Jie." Xiao Liu lowered his voice, "She is a widow. I heard that it was this He Zhuang who broke into her house one night and raped her. I saw her hiding in the house crying, and I also asked her privately that if He Zhuang really did something wrong, as long as she sued, we would guarantee to handle the case as soon as possible.
But she said no, I was overthinking it and told me not to make random guesses.
The town is in this state now, and many people have fled. He Zhuang has made an indelible contribution to this."
Sister Mei came over to serve the dishes. There was fried bacon with dried bamboo shoots, which smelled very fragrant. She also served them four bamboo tubes of rice. The bamboo tubes were cut into sections, and inside were white rice mixed with sweet potato grains. Together with the fresh fragrance of bamboo, it looked very tempting.
He Zhuang sat at a table next to them, and Sister Mei served him a plate of fried bacon with dried bamboo shoots, bamboo tube rice, and a pot of Bamboo Leaf Green Wine.
He looked at them while eating, appearing quite curious about them.
Su Xiaoxiao's eyes accidentally met his. Her right eye twitched and a picture appeared in front of her.
He Zhuang whistled at Su Xiaoxiao with a frivolous look, which made Xiao Yu so angry that she wanted to hit him.
Su Xiaoxiao held Xiao Yu and not only did she not get angry, she also smiled at him. This made He Zhuang even more proud, and he patted the seat next to him, wanting Su Xiaoxiao to sit over there.
Of course Su Xiaoxiao didn't go over. She just asked, "He Zhuang, do you know how Zhuang Hua died?"
"Everyone knows this, right, Sister Mei?" He said as he reached out and touched the chest of Sister Mei who was serving the dishes.
Sister Mei's eyes turned red, and she looked angry but dared not say anything, and quickly walked into the house.
"Since you know how Zhuang Hua died, then think about it, do you look very similar to Zhuang Hua now?" Su Xiaoxiao said lightly.
"What do you mean?" He Zhuang was puzzled.
"What I mean is very obvious. Zhuang Hua's today may be your tomorrow." Su Xiaoxiao lowered her voice, "Who knows, it may be you lying in the woods tomorrow."
The reason why Lao Tao and his colleagues didn't find the murderer of Zhuang Hua was because the scene was too badly damaged and the townspeople didn't cooperate, so they couldn't find any evidence.
Su Xiaoxiao now understood that it was not that the townspeople were uncooperative, but that they were too cooperative.
Why did Zhuang Hua have so many wounds on his body? One blow could have killed him, there was no need to go through so much trouble.
Because it wasn't done by one person.
All the villains should understand.