Chapter 117 The word count of the previous chapter is two two two two
Early the next morning, the tranquility of the village was broken by a high-decibel scream.
No matter how late Xu Shuo went to bed, he would still be the first to wake up, unless he was forced to stay up all night.
The steamed buns in the basket were already steamed. Xu Shuo was opening the lid to check the situation when a panicked villager rushed in from the door.
"Village...Village Chief, outside..."
Xu Shuo turned his head, glanced at the pale villagers, and motioned down the stairs with his eyes.
The villagers were startled, then looked up and saw two girls coming down the stairs. One was a stranger from yesterday, and the other was a female painter who had been in the village for more than two months.
Immediately, his expression calmed down a bit, and he said nonchalantly: "Village Chief, please go over and take a look. There is a problem in Old Man Huang's field."
Xu Shuo looked confused: "What's the problem?"
I also asked the two people upstairs, who raised friendly and caring smiles towards the villagers.
The villager gave an awkward smile, then quickly looked away, and said to Xu Shuo with a guilty conscience: "Village Chief, it's his land... The melons and vines in the land were destroyed by who knows who, Old Man Huang
I fainted from anger and was just sent to the hospital in town. And...and..."
But he didn't know how to make up the next words.
The detective just came to their village yesterday. Unexpectedly, he died in the field this morning, and his death was so strange. Now everyone in the village is panicking.
Xu Shuo nodded clearly, and then apologized to the two people who came downstairs: "Sorry, I have to deal with things in the village first. The guests can have breakfast by themselves first. I have already prepared it, and it is all by myself.
The handmade buns are absolutely pure green and pollution-free!”
He said it firmly and with an honest and honest look on his face, which made the two girls look strange.
After thinking for a while, the female reporter still did not choose to follow her. She smiled and said, "Well, village chief, you go ahead and do your work first. We won't be in the way."
The girl timidly nodded towards them.
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Xu Shuo followed the villagers away with a calm expression. After walking for a while, the villager's expression became completely unbearable.
He asked in a panic: "Village chief, why is that female reporter at your home?"
"She came over yesterday as a guest and wanted to ask about the village's publicity theme. We chatted too late, so I asked her to stay overnight." Xu Shuo said, comforting: "Don't worry, that female reporter doesn't have any bad intentions. I think she is.
I really want to promote our village."
After hearing his repeated assurances, the villagers felt a little relieved, but then they thought of what happened in the melon field and panicked again.
He looked around, approached Xu Shuo and whispered: "Village chief, someone actually found that Old Man Huang was missing this morning. There was a lot of blood in his house. I don't know what happened. And when Lao Zhang went to the field, he was at Old Man Huang's house again.
I saw the detective’s body in the melon field!”
After finishing speaking, the villagers turned pale and panicked, and just looked at Xu Shuo nervously.
Xu Shuo frowned: "The detective stayed at my house yesterday, but I didn't find him going out in the middle of the night. Let's go take a look in the fields first."
He has discovered that almost all the people in the village follow the opinions of the acting village chief.
Whether it was the spread of rumors about the "green face and fangs" or large or small matters in the village, if they were in doubt, they would all go to the young village chief to make a final decision!
In the end, I even followed it blindly and had no ideas of my own.
And the reason for this situation is just because the village chief can help them make a fortune, it's such a simple and unpretentious reason.
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The fields below the river were already crowded with a large number of villagers.
The naughty children were blocked in the back, and the women did not allow them to pass. Only the little girl who was not being cared for squeezed in with her small body and looked over there curiously.
But because there were so many people surrounding the field, there were only a few legs lying there.
So she had no choice but to give up. Turning her eyes, she happened to see the small melon seedlings on the ground that had been trampled by the crowd, and reached out to pick them up.
As if she had found a treasure, the little girl ran out of the crowd protecting the melon seedlings, but just as she put the fruit to her mouth, a hand suddenly stretched out from above her head and took the food away from her.
"...?"
The little girl was stunned and looked up, her whole face looked cute and cute.
Xu Shuo couldn't help but pinch her chubby cheeks, then took out a few candies from his pocket and gave them to her, and then touched the little girl's head.
Immediately afterwards, someone shouted, "The village chief is here." Suddenly the villagers became excited again, chattering, and the people around them spontaneously dispersed to make way.
Xu Shuo handed the naughty little girl to a village woman and walked into the fields.
A few strong men were closely surrounding the scene of the incident, just to avoid being seen by other interested people. The villagers still knew that this kind of thing needed to be kept secret.
Because if one thing is not handled well, it will be a reputation problem for the entire village. In this era, reputation is the most important thing!
After Xu Shuo came over, he immediately received a group of eager eyes.
A straw mat covered the ground. He squatted down and opened the straw mat in a pretentious manner, took a look, then frowned and asked, "Did you hear anything last night?"
The villagers all shook their heads and refused one by one without knowing anything.
Someone said hesitantly: "I woke up last night and didn't see anything strange. This melon field is so far away from where we live. Even if there is any sound, I can't hear it!"
The houses in the village are all built close to the mountains, and the fields are under the river, so the distance is indeed quite far.
Xu Shuo glanced at the detective's gray face, touched his neck, and then said: "It looks like he choked to death on his own vomit. Call the police. Just tell the truth that he came out in the middle of the night for some unknown reason, and then in
Sudden death here."
When they heard the word call the police, the villagers looked a little unhappy and even more panicked.
"But in the village, Old Man Huang's family also..."
"Let's just say that he went out to find his wife." Xu Shuo glanced at the speaker and said calmly: "After all, the detective is an outsider, and he came here with a commission. This kind of thing cannot be kept secret for long.
of."
"He said he received a commission from the village chief..."
Someone whispered, obviously they couldn't help but blame Xu Shuo for this matter.
Xu Shuo frowned: "That's my old man's business. I didn't know he would do this. Anyway, let's get over this matter first and let's talk about other things. Now let's go to Mr. Huang's house and have a look."
He emphasized his tone, and the people next to him suddenly didn't dare to say anything anymore, and they followed him towards the village.
Several men were still standing guard in the field. Some of them took one look at the situation and ran away quickly.
The situation at Old Man Huang's house was more complicated. There was blood all over the bedroom and no body was found.
Thinking again of the suspicious pieces of meat scattered around the detective in the melon field, some villagers turned pale and muttered something like praying to gods and Buddhas.
Xu Shuo stood at the door and took a look. With the amount of bleeding and no movement, the murderer probably killed him with one blow.
So, why on earth does it have to be dragged to the melon field and eaten again?
More importantly, why are you targeting Old Man Huang?
