At this time, someone called the village chief, and the fortune teller picked up his belongings and ran away.

I was afraid that I would be arrested if I was too late and would be paraded through the streets on the pretext of deceiving the public with my lies.

After everyone dispersed, Li Qiao returned to his yard and sat there. Neighbors came to visit and talked about fortune telling. He also reminded Qin Jin: "Why didn't Jin just ask the fortune teller to help you solve the problem? It's fine now, people."

Ran."

Old Mrs. Qin: "What to resolve? It's a money scam."

Li Qiao smiled and said, "Grandma is still transparent."

"Didn't they ask for money? Moreover, Jinhua's calculations were accurate. She even knew that she had lost a baby."

Old Mrs. Qin: "You will ask for money when you ask questions. The fortune teller might have inquired about Li Jinhua from another place before entering the village. I originally wanted to charge a settlement fee, but he was arrested before he could resolve the matter.

The village chief interrupted."

"There's no need to dissolve Jinhua. It's okay to give birth to a girl, but for someone like Qiaoqiao who will have a formal job in the future, they won't let her have more children, right? If you only have one daughter, don't you have all the land and house at home?

Are they from the neighbors?"

Old Mrs. Qin said calmly: "The house and land belong to the collective. If there is no one left, it still belongs to the village. Why does it belong to the neighbors? If I give it to them, do they dare to take it?"

"That's true."

But even if others don't dare to have him, it's better to have a son and marry someone else's daughter in the future.

One more person.

And if Li Qiao gives birth to a girl, she will not be allowed to do so in the future. No matter how big the factory Qin Jin opens and how much money he makes, everything will belong to others in the future.

It seems that all his brothers have sons, right? No matter which family his daughter marries, Qin Jin will be considered making money for other families.

But it’s hard for them to say these things.

So that people won't be angry.

At noon, Mrs. Qin cooked the pork rib soup. Li Qiao drank half a bowl of it, and Xi Dong came to the door with a gift.

Li Qiao was surprised and happy: "Director Xun, you came to see me and brought things. You are too polite." She remembered that Xun Dong was very stingy. He basically didn't use the things he gave to others, or

Ready to throw.

Xi Dong smiled and said, "I just had lunch. I came to see you for something."

Li Qiao: "."

"That's it." Xi Dong explained the reason.

On the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, the victim's family reported that their daughter was missing. Two days later, they received reports from the public that they had found human body-like tissue, which was identified as human internal organs.

Police found the hands and legs nearby.

Through laboratory tests, the time of death is determined.

It's the fifteenth.

They linked the victim and the reporter and identified them. Through the birthmark on the instep, the person determined that the victim was his daughter.

Old Mrs. Qin was horrified when she heard this: "Tore it into pieces? How much hatred is this? It couldn't have been done by her husband's family, right?"

Li Qiao felt sad for the girl, and Yu Feng shouted all day long that his son should chop up Peng Chunhua. This kind of thing is really possible.

"She's not married yet. She's a young girl in high school. She's good at both morals and academics. She happened to be on vacation that day. Her parents said she never had any quarrels with her neighbors and gets along harmoniously with her co-workers. She can't think of anyone who could do such a thing."

Xi Dong said.

Li Qiao: "Isn't the girl handsome?"

"Ah? Looking at the photos at home, he looks quite handsome. Because the body was incomplete, we also doubted whether he was insulted. But even if he was really insulted, there is no need to go to all the trouble to dismember the person, right?"

Li Qiao pondered: "Could it be because of superstition?" She remembered reading in a supernatural book that said that after a person dies, he will come back to visit his family after seven days and give them dreams, but if the body is not intact, he will not

Find a way to come back and ask for help.

Young people in the village who are in their early twenties do not believe in evil. Those who are over thirty or forty years old, if something happens to their family, it is either a problem with their ancestral graves or evil spirits. They will also invite some goddesses to come to their homes to sing and dance, but the village chief will catch them.

people.

So everyone came secretly.

Just like today, the village chief heard that there was a fortune teller and immediately came to stop him.

Li Qiao told Xi Dong what he thought.

Xi Dong nodded slightly: "It makes some sense."

Li Qiao said again: "Please tell me carefully about this matter, and I will go through it again."

Xi Dong retells it from beginning to end.

The girl didn't come back on the night of the 15th, so the family searched all night and reported the case the next day. The deceased's classmates said that they walked along the way after school and then separated, and no special people were seen around the deceased.

During the investigation, an eyewitness said that the deceased helped a pregnant woman cross the road before disappearing, and they also found the pregnant woman: "The woman said that the little girl helped her home and then walked west. But the west is not the direction of the girl's home.

.”

Li Qiao then asked: "Did anyone see you when you were separated from the pregnant woman?"

"The woman's house is a little out of the way, and everyone around her is at work. She said no one saw her."

Li Qiao: "The holiday is at noon, right? It's the New Year after Laba Festival. It's the busiest time. Even if there are few people on the road during the day, it's impossible to be alone. The house we live in in the city is quite remote, but as long as there is life

Someone will always see someone when they pass by. Could it be related to pregnant women?"

"What can a pregnant woman do to a girl?"

"Pregnant women can't, but what about pregnant men?"

Old Mrs. Qin listened from the sidelines: "How can a woman lie to her man about a little girl?"

Li Qiao: "I can't say for sure. Humans are the most complex animals, and everyone's thoughts are different. I think it's possible. After all, the pregnant woman's statement is confusing. Check it out." She suggested going into the pregnant woman's home.

Let's see if we can find any clues. I hope her assumption is wrong.

Xi Dong frowned, and after thinking about it, he agreed: "Together?"

Li Qiao nodded. He was bored at home, so he might as well go out and do something meaningful.

Qin Jin was not happy. His wife was pregnant now. What should she do if she tripped and fell while walking down the street? "We need to investigate the case during the Chinese New Year."

Xi Dong: "Sorry for the trouble, I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow when I'm free."

Qin Jin secretly complained: My wife goes to work with you every time she is on vacation. How many times have you invited her? "I must follow."

"Let's go! I'll send it back later if you can save it."

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Entering someone else's home to search requires formalities.

Xi Dong first went to the work unit, got the relevant approval slip, called a colleague on duty next door, and together they went to the pregnant woman's home to look for clues.

Four people came to the door.

The pregnant woman looked obviously panicked. "You, why are you here again?"

"Who is outside?"

"The criminal police team is investigating the case." The pregnant woman calmed down and shouted towards the door.

A few seconds later, a man walked out of the house and looked at the people. His eyes finally fell on Li Qiao and stared at her: "There are also female police officers."

Xi Dong had never suspected a pregnant woman, but after being reminded by Li Qiaoyi, the way he looked at her now was particularly lewd. "The female police officer will handle the case as usual."

There were other people in the room, in their twenties.

Probably not relatives.

According to the pregnant woman herself, her man is a worker in a brick factory. Are these people co-workers?

Xi Dong secretly speculated, and then said: "Please avoid it."

"Avoid, avoid where?" said the pregnant subject.

Xi Dong: "Of course I'm going out."

"This is our own home. Even the police can't break into private homes, right?" the man said.
Chapter completed!