Osmanthus Village is surrounded by mountains on all sides, presenting a square depression. The main back mountain is very high, and a large mountain range stretches behind it.
There are many sweet-scented osmanthus trees planted in the village. This season is when the sweet-scented osmanthus is about to bloom. There are clusters of white flowers floating among the branches and leaves, close to the yards of every house.
The trees are not high and are planted regularly, so standing halfway up the mountain, you can almost take in the entire village.
The houses are neatly arranged, and the streets are full of traffic.
Xu Shuo likes this kind of high-standing place.
The village chief gestured to him next to him: "The first house at the foot of the mountain is Lao Li's house. Because it is close, it is perfectly fine for the murderer to just climb through the window and run to you after killing the person."
In order to reconstruct the crime scene for Xu Shuo, the two of them were standing on a large rock halfway up the mountain, pointing at the houses below.
Xu Shuo heard this and said: "I can be very sure that the murderer never came to my place at that time."
Because this script is a completely modified version, there are no restrictions on Xu Shuo's other abilities except for the skill props of level three or above.
Since possessing the "Alpha Character Card", through the use of the director's abilities, Xu Shuo has become more and more skilled in controlling his own mental power.
Therefore, he could be sure that no one came close to the mountainside while he was obsessed with cooking.
Therefore, the murderer ran towards the village.
The village chief continued: "At that time, Lao Li's wife was also cooking, and her son was sleeping on the kang. When Lao Li came back, he saw his son dead on the bed, and his wife was also hacked to death in front of the stove."
Xu Shuo paused: "Lao Li was the first witness to this incident?"
The village chief nodded: "When Lao Li shouted, other people in the village ran over."
Therefore, the first scream that was heard halfway up the mountain was the scream made by Lao Li when he found out that his wife and son had died tragically, followed closely by the screams of the villagers who came to watch the show.
Subsequently, after listening to Lao Li's description of the murderer, the villagers quickly targeted Wang Tiezhu, who lived halfway up the mountain.
After all, Wang Tiezhu is very suitable as a murderer in terms of his body shape, weapons, and where he lives.
But when everyone was about to go up to denounce Wang Tiezhu, the village chief intervened and sent two nimble dogs to run up first to see if Wang Tiezhu was at home.
Then, the village chief dismissed everyone.
After hearing what happened, Xu Shuo thought thoughtfully: "Why are you so sure that the murderer will attack again?"
The village chief sneered: "The act of throwing dirty water is too obvious. If he has a grudge against you, he will attack again. If he just kills people indiscriminately... there is no need to throw dirty water on you."
Because except for Lao Li, no one has seen the murderer.
The village chief looked at the houses down the hill, staring at the old Li family's house hidden behind the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, his eyes unclear.
Xu Shuo also looked at the house: "Can I go to the crime scene now and have a look?"
The village chief shook his head: "The villagers are very hostile to you now. It's better for you not to go down. It was only with the help of Wang Fuhu that I temporarily stopped that group of people."
Wang Fuhu is a big landowner in Guihua Village.
Most of the fields used by the villagers to work were rented out by the wealthy Wang family, so compared to the prestige of the village chief, the words of the wealthy family in Guihua Village actually carry more weight.
Although Wang Tiezhu has little relationship with the head of Wang Fu's family, he still has a little bit of Wang's blood.
It's just that in the past, Wang Fuhu didn't care about this distant relative, otherwise he wouldn't have let this child live alone in the mountains.
But now, for some unknown reason, Wang Fuhu actually took the initiative to speak a word for Wang Tiezhu. Only then did the village chief have the opportunity to calm down the angry villagers.
"So what you mean is..."
Xu Shuo said calmly: "I'll just stay at home and pretend nothing happened, and then wait until tonight to see if the murderer will come and kill someone to silence him, or, in other words, wait for him to kill another person and see what happens?"
The village chief nodded: "That's it."
Xu Shuo waved his hand and turned back to the yard, saying, "Then I hope you find the murderer soon."
Anyway, he won't stay in the house tonight.
He also wants to find where the bride's body is.
The village chief looked at his back and couldn't help but said: "It can be very dangerous at night. Don't live alone, and it's best not to go out."
Xu Shuo paused and looked back at him.
After the village chief looked at him, he seemed a little embarrassed and said, "How about I stay here with you at night? After all, when I see you, I feel like I am seeing my grandson. He is very kind."
Xu Shuo twitched the corner of his mouth: "Okay."
This old guy came here and said so many things. In fact, this is the real purpose, right?
So why did you deliberately want to get close to Wang Tiezhu?
The village chief's mood to find the murderer does not seem to be fake, so the murderer may really be linked to his "main mission", but what role can Wang Tiezhu play in this?
Xu Shuo read the character information several times and came to the conclusion that Wang Tiezhu is just a fool who goes into the mountains to hunt every day.
But there will be no characters in the script that are irrelevant to the plot.
So Wang Tiezhu...maybe it has something to do with the bride, the center of this script?
After all, this is a modified version.
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At night.
Wang Tiezhu's home is not big. It only has a yard, a kitchen and utility room, a simple toilet, and a room with a kang.
On the other side of the kitchen wall is the kang, which is three meters wide and four meters long and is piled up against the wall.
The seventy-year-old village chief slept in the innermost corner of the kang, while Xu Shuo lay on the outside at the other end. The quilt covering the two of them was also a simple cotton cloth without cotton filling.
Judging from the breathing rate, the village chief should not be asleep yet.
The night is bright with few stars.
This is halfway up the mountain, the sound of insects and birds can be heard from time to time, and there are a lot of mosquitoes.
On the other side of the wall, which was not soundproof at all, there were often rustling sounds in the kitchen, as if some small animal was rummaging through things.
Xu Shuo lay on the kang very neatly, with his hands placed in front of his waist and abdomen, and he closed his eyes and fell asleep quietly.
I don't know how long has passed.
It took so long that he felt like he was about to fall asleep.
Suddenly, I seemed to vaguely hear singing coming from somewhere.
The singing sounds are vague, sometimes absent, sometimes ethereal, and sometimes sad and sad, as if they are singing and sometimes crying.
Xu Shuo suddenly opened his eyes, turned over and sat up, looking expressionlessly out the window that was not covered by curtains.
The cold moonlight filtered through the window lattice and fell on the floor in bits and pieces.
At this time, the village chief, who seemed to have noticed his movement, quickly raised his upper body and looked at him with some surprise.
"What's wrong?" the village chief asked in a low voice.
"It's dark." Xu Shuo said.
"Then sleep."
"Get up and get up."
"……"village head.
The young man is quite humorous.
But soon, the village chief discovered that he was not just humorous.
This guy completely ignored his advice during the day, got up and left the kang, pulled out the latch of the door, and seemed to be ready to open the door and go out.
"Wait! Wait!"
The old village chief immediately got up nimbly. He touched the crutches he placed on the bedside of the kang and walked neatly to Xu Shuo's side.
Xu Shuo looked at him and asked.
"Ahem..." The old village chief haggard for a second: "Didn't I tell you that it's dangerous outside at night? Why do you still want me, an old man, with my rusty bones to go out with you to toss?"
"You can stay here and sleep." Xu Shuo said expressionlessly.
"Well, I don't trust you. Your two uncles were resting in the kitchen during the day. You should check if they are still there first," the village chief said.
When he decided to spend the night here, the two servants from the village chief's house also stayed. However, because Wang Tiezhu's house was too small, they had to take their bedding and spend the night in the kitchen.
After Xu Shuo heard this, he opened the door and walked out.
The yard is very quiet.
The moonlight shines on the osmanthus tree in the corner, casting a dark shadow underneath.
It was approaching the middle of the month, and the moon in the sky was quite round, and the bright moonlight was enough to see clearly the courtyard and kitchen. There was no one in there.
The kitchen door was open, but no one was there.
"Let's go." Xu Shuo said calmly.
"Child, can you say a little more?" The village chief stood in front of the door of the house and looked towards the kitchen.
The kitchen also had a door, but at this time the door was open as it was during the day. There were only two opened quilts in front of the stove. There were traces of being pressed on the quilts, but there was no one there.
Xu Shuo's eyes suddenly condensed.
He quickly walked out of the yard and looked down the mountain.
The village at the foot of the mountain.
Flowering.
…
The white osmanthus flowers were flying in the air, extremely conspicuous under the moonlight, and scattered on the road like white paper flowers at a funeral.
And that resentful singing came from down the mountain.
Xu Shuo concentrated and listened.
It seemed like a woman was singing——
"July 13, an auspicious day..."
"..."
Xu Shuo suddenly turned to look at the village chief at the door of the house and asked, "Do you know where the cemeteries in the village are?"
The village chief looked at him with a complicated expression: "It's safest to stay here."
"Then just stay." Xu Shuo turned around and left.
"Hey, hey, why don't you kid listen to my advice..."
The village chief yelled, but he immediately took steps to keep up with him. The crutches in his hands were like nothing, and his old legs walked faster than two dogs.
After Xu Shuo walked out of the courtyard, he suddenly stopped and walked back.
The village chief breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He thought he was thinking about it again: "Hey, just don't go out."
As a result, Xu Shuo walked to the kitchen, took down the hatchet hanging on the wall, then turned around and continued walking down the mountain.
This hatchet had been suspected as a murder weapon, and he had to keep it with him, lest someone take it away later and put the stigma of the murderer on him.
The village chief looked at his back and hesitated to speak.
But what else can be done.
I can only continue to follow.
Because the safety circle in this script is not Wang Tiezhu’s home, but Wang Tiezhu himself!
As soon as he entered the script, his instructor gave him a hint.
【The most unpretentious name is often the safest place.】
So Ergou is simple and unpretentious?
It’s so simple!
There are also various big dogs in the village, including three dogs. What are the names of the dogs?
But the only difference from these dogs is that the name "Wang Tiezhu" appears in the village chief's role information, and there is quite a lot of information.
That's why the village chief came to the door immediately.
No matter what, he must first insure his life!
…
The road down the mountain is a bit bumpy.
But just when the two of them were walking by the moonlight, Xu Shuo suddenly stopped and almost bumped into the village chief who was following him step by step.
The village chief wondered: "Why don't you leave?"
Xu Shuo turned his head and looked at the road with a calm expression, then looked up at the rooftops that were faintly visible halfway up the mountain, and finally looked at the village chief.
He asked seriously: "Because I remembered that you haven't told me where the cemetery is. I have lived in Osmanthus Village for so long and I have never seen a tomb."
The village chief said helplessly: "The cemetery is on the back of the mountain where you live."
So why are you going to the village?
Xu Shuo paused, and then looked away as if nothing had happened: "Oh, actually what I really wanted to say just now is that we encountered a ghost and I just wanted to embolden you by mentioning the cemetery."
village head:"???!"
The topic jumped so quickly that the village chief stood stunned on the spot.
Xu Shuo pointed to a grass in front of the mountain road and said: "We have just passed this place three times. Because this grass grows in the cracks of the rocks, I took a second look."
The village chief was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with the young man's speed, so he kept staring at Xu Shuo's back and didn't pay much attention to his surroundings.
At this moment, I suddenly woke up and looked around again, finally feeling something strange.
The chirping of birds and the chirping of insects are gone.
This road was as quiet as a ghost.
The singing in Xu Shuo's ears had disappeared, but the fluttering sweet-scented osmanthus flowers at the foot of the mountain were still conspicuous, placing the whole village in a white desolation.
The village chief had a dull look on his face: Didn’t mmp say that Wang Tiezhu was a safety circle?
Is the safety circle really other dogs?
However, apart from encountering ghosts hitting the wall, they have not encountered other strange things so far, at least there is no sense of crisis.
Xu Shuo simply stopped walking, folded his arms in a leisurely manner, tilted his head and stared at the village below the mountain, and suddenly said: "I want to ask you a question."
The village chief looked at him: "What's the problem?"
"Is July 13th an auspicious day?"
"...It depends on the aspect."
"Married?"
"...Child, this is not fun."
"I think there's interest."
Xu Shuo squinted his eyes, turned to look at the village chief's face with twinkling eyes, and suddenly raised his feet and slowly approached him. The moonlight fell on the top of his head, casting a shadow on his eyebrows and eyes under his hair.
At this moment, the village chief was trembling with chills all over his body, his expression became serious, and his body muscles were slightly tense.
Xu Shuo took a step forward and asked sadly: "Village Chief, why have you been following me?"
The village chief subconsciously took half a step back and smiled with difficulty: "Isn't this because I'm afraid something will happen to you, a silly boy?"
"Then why is the village in danger at night?"
"Isn't this... someone wants to deal with you."
"Village Chief, I think you know a lot. Whether we can get out of here without breaking the wall depends on how much you can tell us." Xu Shuo looked at him expressionlessly.
He can use this person, but he can't take no reward at all. This is the bottom line!
