Demon detective

Chapter 5
In front of a charred old house in Yanping County.

Seeing the miserable scene in front of him, Xu Zhen felt dazed and dizzy.

Although the last open fire had been extinguished, the villagers who rushed to put out the fire kept pouring water into the house.

The charred house was emitting thick choking smoke, and the beams were crackling, and they would collapse at some point.

"Woooo..."

At this time, the crying of an old woman caught Xu Zhen's attention.

Facing the burnt house, she stamped her feet and beat her chest, crying bitterly: "Ailian, my poor child, your life is so miserable, woo woo woo..."

Hearing what the old woman said, Xu Zhen already understood that he was still late.

The burning house in front of him was the place where the old man and his daughter Ailian lived.

It seems that, just like the old man, Ailian was also silenced!

And... still such a shocking burning of corpses.

"Grandma," at this moment, someone asked the old woman eagerly, "Are you sure that Ailian was burned to death?"

"Wuuu..." the old woman cried loudly, "I don't know either! Her father went to the Yamen to file a complaint, so he asked me to come and watch Ailian, lest she would be overwhelmed. But it didn't happen, someone knocked me out just now, When I wake up, the fire... the fire is already on fire! Ailian, she... woo..."

"Ah?" The villagers were shocked, "If this is the case, then it is not an accidental fire, this... this is intentional arson, this is murder!"

"what……"

At this moment, a shrill man's scream suddenly came from the charred house.

Xu Zhen rushed to hear the sound, and through the burned house, he saw a man dressed as a scholar inside, kneeling in the middle of the house.

The scholar's face was scorched and exhausted from fighting the fire, but seeing him collapsed on the water-stained ground, he cried bitterly at something: "Ailian...Ailian..."

Xu Zhen entered the house together with other villagers fighting the fire, and then saw a charred corpse lying flat in front of the scholar! ! !
"Ailian... woo..." The scholar stretched out his hands tremblingly, but facing the charred corpse, he couldn't do anything, "You died so badly... Ailian, woo..."

Hearing the scholar's mournful cry, all the villagers present were sad, and they all lowered their heads silently.

Click!

But at this moment, there was a sound of breaking the beam above the head, and it seemed that it was about to collapse.Once it collapses, the scholar will undoubtedly die.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Xu Zhen rushed to the scholar as fast as he could, and pulled him back with all his might.

As a result, as soon as he pulled the person away, the heavy beams collapsed in an instant, just hitting the charred corpse!

boom……

Amidst the roar, flames burst out again in the room, and smoke and dust rose suddenly.

"Ah..." The scholar struggled in Xu Zhen's arms, stretched his hands towards the corpse, still crying, "Ailian...Ailian..."

The heavy impact stirred up a cloud of hot smoke, and Xu Zhen and the villagers dragged the scholar far away before arriving at a safe place.

When I turned around again, I saw that the whole house had been turned into ruins.And Ailian's body was also destroyed by the collapsed beams.

Pfft!

The scholar collapsed on his knees again, crying on the ground...

When the scholar cried like this, many female villagers present couldn't restrain themselves and began to cry.

The men were all downcast and sighed.

Although Xu Zhen was equally excited and indignant, many doubts arose in his mind.

From the old woman's narration and the posture of the corpse, he could basically judge that Ailian should have been killed by gangsters first, and then set on fire to destroy the corpse.

Because the corpses burned to death by the fire usually curl up their bodies in a painful and twisted struggle, but the corpses I saw just now were lying flat on the ground. It is very likely that people died before the fire burned.

Now, the old man who filed the complaint is dead, and the daughter who is the main witness is also dead, which means that this kidnapping and rape case has become a headless death case.

According to normal logic analysis, the biggest suspect in the death of the old man's father and daughter is naturally Qiu Batian who committed the kidnapping and rape case!

People have reason to suspect that the culprit who killed the old man's father and daughter must have been sent by Qiu Batian.

but……

Through the summons to Qiu Batian and many signs, Xu Zhen felt that there were many puzzling doubts in the case.

First of all, isn't Qiu Batian's speed of silence a bit too fast?

Before that, he didn't even know that the old man went to the Yamen to file a complaint, but in the blink of an eye, he was able to accurately kill the old man's father and daughter at the same time, which seemed a bit exaggerated.

Secondly, if Qiu Batian wanted to silence her from the very beginning, why bother to abandon Ailian naked in the downtown area?
Moreover, he had to take a huge risk to poison the old man to death in the yamen jail?This seems even more counterintuitive.

Xu Zhen even wondered whether the person who kidnapped and raped Ailian was Qiu Batian?
If he really did it, why would his servants act so ignorant?

And Qiu Batian's angry reaction...could it be...he has nothing to do with this case at all?
This matter... is strange!

If this case was really not done by Qiu Batian, then why would Ailian think it was done by Qiu Batian, and who was kidnapped and raped by her?

Is it...

Xu Zhen thought about it carefully, but someone in the crowd recognized Xu Zhen's identity as a police officer.

"Hurry up?" Someone pointed at Xu Zhen and said, "Are you a catcher? Everyone, come and see, the government police are here..."

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately aroused the onlookers of many villagers.

"Ah? The government?" The old woman rushed to the front in a panic, pulled Xu Zhen excitedly and said, "Master, you...you must avenge Ailian! Ailian was killed Yes, she... her life is so miserable, woo woo woo..."

When the old woman said this, the villagers were filled with righteous indignation, and some of them couldn't help saying:
"Your official officer, don't ask, the person who killed Ailian must be that Qiu Batian, you go and catch him!"

"Hey, are you dying!?" Unexpectedly, a middle-aged woman rushed out from the side and dragged the man who was talking out.

Obviously, this is a couple. The woman pulled the man away because she didn't want the man to come out with trouble.

In the eyes of these villagers, Qiu Batian is synonymous with Lord Yan, and no one dares to talk nonsense.

Seeing the man being dragged away by his wife, the others wanted to join in, but all of them kept their lips tightly shut and did not dare to make a sound.

"The morals of the world are ruined, and people's hearts are not old. Tigers and wolves are in power, and injustice will scream!" Suddenly, an extremely sad, angry and excited voice came from the crowd.

Following the crowd, the person who said those words was precisely the scholar.

Although he collapsed on the ground, he clenched his fists tightly, and shouted in compassion: "Qiu Batian! Animals are worse! Gods and men will be punished! I, Liu Wenbin, will fight him to the end even if I risk my life. Ailian will take revenge!"

"Yes, it's just... Qiu Batian! Who else could it be?" Finally, under the leadership of the scholar, the old woman said angrily, "It's really unreasonable! Ai Lian is such a good person The child was not only ruined by them, but also abandoned in the busy city like that, and now...seeing Old Man Li going to report to the police, he actually killed him again! And...is there still a law of heaven? Is there any law of the king!? "

"Yes," at this time, another man stood out from the crowd, straightened his back and said, "He is absolutely lawless. Such a villain must not be spared lightly!"

"Yes," finally, the villagers kept silent and raised their arms, agreeing passionately and indignantly, "It's Qiu Batian, we can't let him go!"

"Master Guancha," suddenly, the old woman grabbed Xu Zhen's sleeve and begged bitterly, "You have seen how miserable Ailian died, please make up your mind for this poor child and give her back." Fair!"

"Yes, my lord," other villagers gathered around and said, "If such a wicked person can't subdue the law, it's really against the law of heaven..."

"This official, you came just in time," the scholar got up excitedly, "I...I'll write a complaint and write down all of Qiu Batian's crimes. You take us to sue the officials!"

"Yes, sue the officials, sue the officials..." The villagers echoed in unison.

Well this...

Xu Zhen was in a dilemma immediately. He wanted to get more information about Ailian's father and daughter through these villagers, so as to sort out the case.

But now it seems that this place is not suitable to stay for a long time.

Because these excited villagers did not know that the old man had been killed in the Yamen prison.

Once they heard the news, they would definitely think that the government and Qiu Batian were in collusion, which would be bad for them.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhen could only comfort him: "Villagers, I just passed by here and came to fight the fire when I saw the fire here.

"Well, I'll go to the yamen and report the grievances you mentioned! I'll go now..."

After finishing speaking, Xu Zhen withdrew from the crowd, ignored the hopeful eyes of everyone, and left the place as if fleeing...

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(End of this chapter)