In front of a burnt old house in Yanping County.
Xu Zhen looked at the tragic scene in front of him and felt helpless, dizzy and dizzy.
Although the last flames had been extinguished, villagers who rushed to put out the fire continued to pour water into the house.
The charred house was filled with choking smoke, the beams were crackling, and they were about to collapse at some point.
"Woooo..."
At this time, an old woman's cry attracted Xu Zhen's attention.
Facing the charred house, she stamped her feet and beat her chest, crying bitterly: "Ai Lian, my poor child, your life is so miserable, woo woo woo..."
After hearing the old woman's words, Xu Zhen already understood that he was still late.
The burning house in front of me is where the old man and his daughter Ailian live.
It seems that, like the old man, Ailian was also silenced!
And... it was still such a shocking sight of corpses being burned and destroyed.
"Grandma," someone asked the old woman urgently at this time, "are you sure that Ailian was burned to death?"
"Woooo..." the old woman cried loudly, "I don't know either! Her father went to the Yamen to complain, so he invited me to look at Ailian, fearing that she would not be able to think about it. But I didn't expect it. Someone knocked me out just now. When I woke up, the fire...the fire was already on fire! Ailian...wuwu..."
"Ah?" The villagers were shocked. "In that case, it's not an accidental fire. This... this is deliberate arson. This is murder!"
"ah……"
At this moment, a shrill scream of a man suddenly came from the charred house.
Xu Zhen rushed over after hearing the sound. Through the burned-out house, he saw a man dressed as a scholar, kneeling in the center of the house.
The scholar's face was charred and exhausted from fighting the fire, but he collapsed on the water-stained ground and cried bitterly toward something: "Ai Lian... Ai Lian..."
Xu Zhen entered the house with other villagers who were fighting the fire, and then saw a body lying in front of the scholar - a charred corpse! ! !
"Ai Lian... Wu Wu..." The scholar stretched out his hands tremblingly, but faced with the burnt corpse, he had no way of doing anything, "You died so miserably... Ai Lian, Wu Wu..."
Hearing the scholar's mournful cries, all the villagers present felt sad and lowered their heads silently.
Click!
But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of breaking from the beam above the head, and it was about to collapse. Once it collapses, the scholar will surely die.
Xu Zhen, with quick eyes and quick hands, rushed to the scholar's side as quickly as possible and pulled him backwards with all his strength.
As a result, as soon as he pulled the person away, the heavy beam collapsed instantly, hitting the charred corpse!
boom……
Amid the roar, fire broke out again in the room, and smoke suddenly rose.
"Ah..." The scholar struggled in Xu Zhen's arms, stretching his hands towards the body, still crying, "Ailian... Ailian..."
The heavy impact stirred up a cloud of hot smoke, and Xu Zhen and the villagers dragged the scholar far away before reaching a safe zone.
When I turned around again, I saw that the entire house was in ruins. Ailian's body was also destroyed by the collapsed beams.
Poof!
The scholar collapsed and knelt down again, crying on the ground...
When the scholar cried like this, many female villagers present could not restrain themselves and began to cry too.
The men all looked downcast and sighed.
Although Xu Zhen was equally excited, sad and angry, many doubts arose in his mind.
From the old woman's narration and the posture of the corpse, he could basically judge that Ailian was probably killed by the gangsters first, and then set on fire and destroyed the body.
Because corpses burned to death by fire usually curl up in a painful and twisted state, but the corpse I saw just now was lying flat on the ground. It is possible that the person was already dead before the fire burned.
Now, the old man who complained is dead, and the daughter who was the main witness is also dead, which means this kidnapping and rape case has become a murder case without a head.
According to normal logical analysis, the biggest suspect in the death of the old man and his daughter is naturally Qiu Batian, who committed the kidnapping and rape case!
People have reason to suspect that the culprit who killed the old man and his daughter must have been sent by Qiu Batian.
But……
Through the summons to Qiu Batian and numerous signs, Xu Zhen felt that there were many puzzling doubts in the case.
First of all, isn’t Qiu Batian’s speed of silence a bit too fast?
Before that, he didn't even know that the old man went to the Yamen to complain, but in the blink of an eye, he could kill the old man and his daughter accurately at the same time, which seemed a bit exaggerated.
Secondly, if Qiu Batian wanted to silence her from the beginning, why would he abandon Ailian naked in a busy city?
Moreover, he had to take a huge risk and poison the old man to death in the Yamen prison? This seems even more counterintuitive.
Xu Zhen even doubted whether the person who kidnapped and raped Ailian was Qiu Batian?
If he really did it, why did his servants act so ignorant?
And Qiu Batian's angry reaction... Could it be that... he has nothing to do with the case at all?
This thing... is strange!
If it is true that Qiu Batian did not do this case, then why would Ailian think that Qiu Batian did it, and who was she kidnapped and raped?
Could it be...
Xu Zhen was thinking carefully, but someone in the crowd recognized Xu Zhen's identity as an agent.
"Captain?" Someone pointed at Xu Zhen and said, "Are you a policeman? Come and see, the government police are here..."
As soon as this statement came out, many villagers immediately gathered around to watch.
"Ah? The government?" The old woman rushed to the front in panic, pulled Xu Zhen and said excitedly, "Sir, you... you must avenge Ailian! Ailian was killed. Yes, she...her life is so miserable, wuwuwu..."
When the old woman said this, the villagers were all filled with indignation, and one of them couldn't help but say:
"Master official, no need to ask, the person who killed Ailian must be that Qiu Batian, you go and catch him!"
"Hey, are you dying!?" Unexpectedly, a middle-aged woman rushed out from the side and dragged the man who spoke out.
Obviously, this is a couple, and the woman takes the man away because she doesn't want the man to cause trouble.
In the eyes of these villagers, Qiu Batian is synonymous with the Lord of Hell, and no one dares to talk nonsense.
Seeing the man being dragged away by his wife, the others wanted to join in, but all of them closed their lips tightly and did not dare to speak out.
"The world is in ruins, and people's hearts are no longer what they used to be. Tigers and wolves are in power, and they will cry out when there is injustice!" Suddenly, an extremely sad, angry and excited voice came from the crowd.
As everyone moved away, they saw that it was the scholar who said this.
Although he collapsed to the ground, he clenched his fists and shouted with compassion: "Qiu Batian! Worse than a beast! Both man and god will be killed! Even if I risk my life, I, Liu Wenbin, will fight to the end for him. Aileen takes revenge!”
"Yes, it's... Qiu Batian! Who else could it be besides him?" Finally, under the leadership of the scholar, the old woman said angrily and excitedly, "There is no justice! Ai Lian is such a good person. The child was not only ruined by them, but also abandoned in the busy city like that. Now... when I saw Old Man Li going to report to the official, he actually killed another person! And... is there still justice? Is there still king's law!? "
"Yes," at this time, another man stood out from the crowd, straightened his back and said, "This is simply lawless. Such a villain must not be spared lightly!"
"Yes," finally, the villagers remained silent and all raised their arms, echoing with passion and indignation, "It's Qiu Batian, we can't spare him!"
"Lord Officer," suddenly, the old woman grabbed Xu Zhen's sleeve and begged, "you have seen how miserable Ailian died. Please make the decision for this poor child and give her a life." It’s fair!”
"Yes, sir," other villagers gathered around and said, "If such evil people cannot subdue the law, it is really against the laws of nature..."
"Official officer, you came just in time," the scholar stood up excitedly, "I... I will write a complaint right away and write down all Qiu Batian's crimes. You can take us to sue the official!"
"Yes, sue the official, sue the official..." the villagers echoed in unison.
Well...
Xu Zhen was suddenly in a dilemma. He wanted to get more information about Ailian and his daughter through these villagers, so as to sort out the case.
But now it seems that this place is not suitable for staying for a long time.
Because the villagers were so excited that they didn't know that the old man had been killed in the Yamen Prison.
Once they learn this news, they will definitely think that the government and Qiu Batian are colluding, which will be detrimental to them.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhen could only comfort him: "Dear villagers, I was just passing by this place and saw a fire here and came to put out the fire.
"Let's do this. I will go to the Yamen to report the grievances you mentioned truthfully! I will go now..."
After saying that, Xu Zhen withdrew from the crowd and left the place as if he was running away...
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