Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 313 The secret of the courtyard!
Seeing Zheng Qigong coming out of the small courtyard and walking towards the direction of the residence under the cover of night, a sharp gaze flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged man, and he whispered to Xiao Li next to him: "Xiao Li! Tomorrow morning, go to the street office in this area to find out whose house this small courtyard is?"

When Xiao Li heard the middle-aged man's order, he immediately nodded and replied, "Yes! Master! I'll go to the nearby street office to check when I get to work tomorrow morning."

At around nine o'clock the next morning, at the Qianmen Subdistrict Office, a young man led two police officers into an office and politely reported to the middle-aged man in the office: "Director! The two comrades here are ours. From the Municipal Bureau, they want to ask you for some information."

The young man was introduced here, and then he introduced to the two policemen: "Comrade Xiao Bin! Comrade Li Ming! This is Director Huang from the street office in front of us!"

When the middle-aged man heard the young man's introduction, he immediately stood up from his desk and greeted the two of them enthusiastically: "Two comrades! What do you want to know?"

Hearing Director Huang's words, Xiao Bin asked Director Huang politely: "Director Huang! We came here this time mainly to ask you, who is the head of the household at No. 37 Mao'er Hutong, Qianmen Street, and what kind of people live in it?" people?"

Director Huang heard Xiao Bin's question, recalled it carefully for a while, and asked Xiao Bin curiously: "Comrade Xiao Bin! Why did you suddenly ask about that small courtyard?"

Xiao Bin heard Director Huang's inquiry, and introduced with a smile: "Director Huang! We are investigating a case related to that small courtyard, so we asked you to understand the situation."

Director Huang heard Xiao Bin's words and replied with a puzzled look on his face: "Comrade Xiao Bin! The outside of the small courtyard looks relatively complete, but the house inside collapsed many years ago. In addition, the small courtyard Someone died once, so that small courtyard has been empty until now."

Li Ming heard the situation introduced by Director Huang and confirmed to Director Huang with a surprised look on his face: "Director Huang! Are you sure there is no one living in that small courtyard?"

When Director Huang heard Li Ming's inquiry, he nodded with certainty and replied: "Comrade! Can I joke with you about this kind of thing?"

When they were monitoring Zheng Qigong last night, they had seen Zheng Qigong enter the small courtyard and stayed there for more than half an hour. Li Ming was shocked to learn that it was an abandoned small courtyard.

Thinking of Zheng Qigong's time in the small courtyard, Li Ming had a faint feeling that there was something wrong in that small courtyard, and quickly asked Director Huang: "Director Huang! You just said that someone died in that small courtyard, and then there was a death in that small courtyard." No one lives here, what's going on here?"

When Director Huang heard Li Ming asking why no one lived in that small courtyard, he immediately introduced: "Comrade Li Ming! The situation is like this. More than ten years ago, there was a murder case in that small courtyard. A family of more than a dozen people in a courtyard was wiped out overnight."

"Since the murder happened, no one dared to live in that small courtyard. Later, after the establishment of our street office, we arranged for two households to move into that small courtyard. As a result, the two households lived in the small courtyard not long after. Said that the courtyard was haunted, and later found a relationship and moved out of that small courtyard."

"Since then, several families have moved in one after another. Those families did not live for long. They also moved out of the small courtyard with the same excuse. We asked the comrades from the police station to go to the small courtyard to investigate, but there was no evidence. As soon as any problems were found, rumors about the small courtyard spread nearby. In the end, due to years of disrepair, the houses in the small courtyard collapsed one after another, and finally the small courtyard was completely abandoned. "

When Li Ming heard the situation introduced by Director Huang, he immediately realized that there must be a big secret hidden in that small courtyard. As for the residents of the small courtyard being occupied and the so-called haunting later, it should be related to this. It has something to do with the secrets hidden in the courtyard.

Realizing this and thinking of Zheng Qigong's actions last night, Li Ming quickly asked Director Huang: "Director Huang! I wonder if you are free now, take us to that small courtyard?"

When Director Huang heard Li Ming's request, he quickly replied with a smile: "Comrade Li Ming! It is our duty to cooperate with your work. I will accompany you two now."

Li Ming heard Director Huang's answer. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Li Ming did not forget to tell Director Huang: "Director Huang! After the meeting is over, if someone asks why we went to that small courtyard, just say because of the house. Because of the nervousness, the superiors are preparing to repair the small courtyard, and Lao Xiao and I are the staff sent by the superiors to be responsible for the house repairs. "

Director Huang heard Li Ming's reminder and immediately replied: "Comrade Li Ming! Don't worry, I know how to answer."

Twenty minutes later, Li Ming and others came to the abandoned courtyard together with Director Huang.

Li Ming walked into the small courtyard, saw Li Ming's messy scene, and immediately began to observe around, trying to find some clues.

Soon Li Ming discovered the footprints left on the ground, and then followed the footprints towards a half-collapsed house.

Li Ming walked into the house, looked at the empty room in front of him, followed the footprints on the ground, and finally placed an order on the fire pit in the house.

Li Ming looked at the dusty fire pit in front of him, and immediately shouted to his companion: "Xiao Bin! Come over here and have a look."

Xiao Bin, who was looking around in the courtyard, heard Li Ming's shout and immediately walked into the room quickly and asked Li Ming curiously: "Li Ming! Did you find anything?"

Li Ming heard Xiao Bin's words, pointed to a few bricks on the fire pit, and asked Xiao Bin: "Xiao Bin! Look at these bricks, are they any different from other bricks?"

When Xiao Bin heard Li Ming's words, he looked at the bricks Li Ming was pointing at, and immediately found that the dust on these bricks was much less than other bricks, which meant that someone had touched these bricks.

This discovery made the two feel as if they had discovered a big secret, and immediately began to check the fire pit in front of them, trying to find out the secret hidden in the fire pit.

"Director Huang! Why are you free to come here today? What are you guys doing?" Just as the two were about to find out the secrets in the fire pit, a middle-aged man suddenly asked with a smile outside.

Director Huang heard the middle-aged man's inquiry and introduced with a smile: "Isn't this Master Zhao? Because the housing in our street is becoming increasingly tight, the higher-ups are planning to renovate this small courtyard and then arrange for people to live in it. Come in, I will bring the comrades from above to see how to repair this small courtyard."

When Master Zhao heard Director Huang's words, an unexpected look flashed in his eyes, and he asked Director Huang pretending to be curious: "Director Huang! Although the above clearly stated that they want to fight against superstition, the legends related to this small courtyard are not in our place. It's not a secret that the area is around, will anyone dare to move here?"

(End of this chapter)