My grandma’s surname is Liu, and she lives in this short bungalow.
Seeing the two people standing at the door of this crazy house, Grandma Liu asked again with a strong local accent: "This place is going to be demolished. Are you... looking for a lame dog?"
"Lame dog?" Tan Wan thought she had heard wrongly and repeated her grandma's words.
"Aren't you just standing in front of the lame dog's door~"
Grandma has lived to this age and has become a man. Just by looking at the clothes the two of them wear, you can tell that they are not from here.
People who have lived in this alley for a long time will have the smell of the alley.
These smells are usually the damp smell of old wood, the fishy smell of dirty rivers, and the pungent smell of public toilets sprayed with cheap perfume.
Once these smells get on someone's clothes, they cling to people's clothes like growing hands.
As you stay there longer, this smell will penetrate into every hair, and eventually it will change a person's mind and grow into everyone's heart.
This taste is called poverty.
Seeing how stupid these two people were, grandma suddenly became interested in gossiping. She pulled the two of them aside and continued talking.
"This guy was a good guy and everyone in the street knew him. He used to work on a construction site, but later he broke his lumbar vertebrae and couldn't work anymore. After being raised at home for two years, his temper changed. He was on subsistence allowance. I don't go out and don't know what I'm doing all day long."
"In the past two years, I don't know what taboo I have committed and offended some kid. My calf suddenly became rotten. Oops, I saw it sometimes when I met him outside. The leg was so rotten that even the skin was gone! Tsk tsk. , It’s really scary!”
Grandma was dancing and describing, and what she said was vivid.
As we talked about it late, I remembered that I met him while driving on a rainy night.
He seemed to have indeed lame one foot when he ran away in panic after seeing the corpse that day. It seems that what this grandma said should be somewhat accurate.
"By the way, let me tell you." Grandma suddenly came over mysteriously, "Didn't a man and a woman die recently? That woman used to be a dancer at Dasheng Nightclub. I also saw that woman I’ve been to a lame dog’s house~ Tsk tsk, you tell me, I’m really willing to do anything if I have money!”
I originally thought that grandma only knew these messy old gossips, but suddenly she heard that the two were related, and she immediately concentrated on it: "When did it happen?"
Grandma chuckled and joked: "I didn't expect that a little girl like you is quite gossipy. Why do you ask?"
While talking, Tan Wan took out the police badge from the back pocket of his pants and showed it in front of Grandma.
"When the police ask you, tell the truth."
"Are you the police?" Grandma's originally relaxed face suddenly became serious, and she took a step back warily.
Originally, she was just gossiping about the murder case to give herself some fresh energy. Now that she knew the police were on the other side, she was afraid that the police would involve her in the murder case.
He quickly waved his hand and started to leave: "I don't know anything. I have to go. I'm going to cook."
"Hey, stop, our discussion team is still asking you questions!" Li Dongliao grabbed the grandmother from behind who was about to leave.
Maybe he was worried that his grandma would be gone, so Li Dongliao's voice was a little loud, and he subconsciously took on a threatening tone.
Grandma was shocked by the sound and stood still.
"Talk to them properly." Tan Wan stopped Li Dongliao's next behavior, then turned to grandma and said, "Grandma, don't be afraid, we just want to ask you when did you see the deceased woman enter this house? "
"It seemed like three or four o'clock yesterday afternoon." She replied quietly, her eyes still wary of Officer Li.
This was a very crucial clue. Li Dongliao held on to this clue and continued to ask: "Are you sure you saw it clearly? How many people did that woman come from?"
"It must have been around four or five o'clock." Grandma recalled what happened yesterday: "I won't be mistaken. The woman was wearing heavy makeup and was wearing a low-cut short skirt. I won't be mistaken. Oh, by the way, she was also I put on very strong perfume and inhaled people to death when I passed by!"
"You can ask Lame Dog directly for specific details. Didn't he meet that woman?" he added at the end.
"He doesn't seem to be at home." Li Dongliao had already looked in through the window, "I remember, you seemed to say that he didn't go out much."
"Oh, maybe he went to the garbage station. He likes to go there to pick up some cans and cardboard and sell them for money." Grandma pouted towards the window, "He picks up rags all day long and makes the area ugly. Yes! If we hadn’t walked from here to the vegetable market, no one would have come!”
It seems that this contradiction has existed for more than a day or two, and has already caused complaints from the surrounding neighbors.
In order to find traces of the homeless man, Tan Wan continued to ask: "Excuse me, do you know where the garbage station he often goes to is?"
Grandma could have said she didn't know. She really didn't want to get involved in the murder case and then the crazy lame dog thing.
But there was a man and a woman. The man was fierce and rude, but the woman was quite polite.
In addition, the two of them were police officers, so grandma was willing to talk.
She pointed to the short building not far away: "You just keep walking along the river until you reach the building in front."
After saying this, grandma took the vegetable basket and left without looking back.
"Thank you grandma."
He was about to leave after seeing his grandma off for a late night, but was stopped by Li Dongliao: "Look, Team Tan, this little old man is quite superstitious. There are a lot of talismans posted on the door. Could it be that he really encountered a ghost?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Tan Wan retorted subconsciously.
The most taboo thing in solving a case is to believe in ghosts and gods. No matter how bizarre things are, there can be reasonable explanations.
However, after being interrupted by Li Dongliao, Tan Wan noticed the charms.
There are three talismans attached to the bottom of the beam. If you look carefully, the talismans on them are drawn in different ways.
Putting a yellow talisman on the door is used to dispel diseases and eliminate evil spirits.
The color of the talisman paper is a little faded, and it can be seen that it has been posted for a long time. Based on the description given by the grandmother, she may have applied for the talisman when she first got the leg disease.
The windows are foggy, and if you look carefully you can still see the furnishings in the house.
The furnishings are very ordinary, with simple wooden tables and chairs, a dining table and a bed. There are stacks of scrap newspapers and old clothes piled beside the bed. They are simple and without too many decorations.
There is also a pile of old books in the corner, piled messily, including magazines and novels. Judging from the shabby condition, they must have been circulated in the market seven or eight times. One of the relatively new "Zhouyi" is particularly eye-catching.
"Should we go to Dasheng Nightclub first or go to the garbage station to find someone?" Li Dongliao stared at the phone and asked Tanwan to go together. "I have navigated and the garbage station looks very close, but you have to take a detour when driving. The nightclub is It’s across the Chaohe River and can be reached within a short drive.”
