The drawing paper is a bit old, but the three people in the drawing are all dressed in the style of the Japanese country. They are all smiling happily. At a glance, they look like a very happy family.
No, not a family. There is also a person missing from the painting.
Where has the woman's husband gone? Where is the father of two children?
There is no signature under the portrait. It is estimated that the person who painted it must be the father of the children.
This painting skill is really good.
Di Ying was guessing: Probably Jiang Xiuhua's husband, Cheng Xinzhi, actually had a family in Japan.
This is not too difficult to understand. When all nations came to Korea in the past, there were still many foreigners in the country, and there were even more Japanese people along the coast.
Some came to study in China and never left. Or they have settled down elsewhere, which is very common and common.
Cheng Xinzhi probably didn't have a good life in the Japanese country, so he came to his master's country to make a living. The result was because of various things? Became a fisherman. He also became a family.
This is not unusual.
What Di Ying couldn't understand was that this painting was very emotional, and there were traces of frequent touching. It was obvious that Cheng Xinzhi missed the family members in the painting very much.
So why hide under the bed? Why keep it so secret? Are you afraid that Jiang Xiuhua will find out?
But when Cheng Xinzhi came back, he could look at and touch paintings. Could Jiang Xiuhua be unaware?
Why hide it like this?
Or... is Cheng Xinzhi actually afraid of being seen by others?
That would be even more unnecessary. There are many Japanese people along the coast, and the fishermen will not find it strange when they see them. What's more, the fishermen in this area don't mind each other's business very much.
Could it be said that...Cheng Xinzhi is a masterpiece of the Japanese state?
It seems that this is the only thing that makes sense.
In order to hide his true identity and the appearance of his real family members, he hid the painting?
Is there any craftsman who has such a miserable life?
Oh, there is a high probability.
Di Ying once captured a couple who were from Japan. They were really poorer than the villagers. Every grain of rice in the rice vat was picked out, and the vat was rinsed and cooked with wild vegetable soup. When he was being beheaded, what he wanted most was to eat a meal of meat.
But Di Ying didn't give it. Although he learned a lot about fine craftsmanship from them, he still felt that he could not waste meat or even rice.
Thinking of those, Di Ying brought up those knowledge points in his mind.
The painting skills of the painters are very good. Especially those that draw portraits and maps.
Some craftsmen would marry and have children within the country in order to hide it from the spies of the imperial court.
But at the most basic level, they have several things in common.
First: nearby where you live, there is important information or targets that you want to steal;
Second: they will often wander around the target;
Third: They will all keep a booklet for records. Just like the habit of the scouts, in order to explain their actions, they will record them down one by one, so that they can go back and report;
Fourth: No matter how poor you are, there is always an inexplicable source of wealth.
Fifth: Able to chat with people often, with ordinary appearance and friendly attitude, and can chat with anyone. But it seems that he is always trying to find out something.
Sixth: You won’t live in one place for long. Once the mission is completed, the target will be changed and the residence will be changed.
After such comparison, Cheng Xinzhi seems to be consistent with several of them.
But around here... what could be his target?
Di Ying asked Peng Liang and the three of them to demolish the house and dig in the ground to look for pamphlets, then walked out of the house and looked around.
If it can be proven that Cheng Xinzhi was really meticulous, then Jiang Xiuhua's body should have been burned by Cheng Xinzhi.
As for whether it was a corpse or a living person that was burned? Was Jiang Xiuhua killed or committed suicide? It is not possible to make an accurate judgment yet.
After all, the mark that seemed to be cut out by a sharp blade was just an appearance.
Things that are not completely certain cannot be judged easily.
Di Ying thought for a while and asked Peng Liang, who had dug up the foundation but couldn't find any pamphlets, to find out everything about Cheng Xinzhi. Especially: Where did he live before coming to this fishing village?
If it is found, we will ask if there is anything special in that place, that is, something similar to the target that the craftsman will focus on, etc.
Xie Jing went to this fishing village and continued to wander around, asking around about Cheng Xinzhi's personality.
Di Ying himself walked around to see if there were any targets worthy of special attention.
Unfortunately, nothing was found.
And what Peng Liang reported when he came back was unclear.
The county government's household registration record book is a mess, and there is no information about the aunt who led the way before.
Peng Liang bribed someone from the county government to ask.
What that person said was: "Whatever, those people are too mobile. We can just remember them roughly. Not only here, but also in the whole country, how many of them remember it very accurately? Look at what we have here The county town is in such a state of disrepair that it doesn’t even have a city gate. How can we manage it? How can we register it?"
And Xie Jing didn't find out anything.
The fishermen said that Cheng Xinzhi didn't talk to people very much, and he didn't see many people during the one or two months he came back. Either helping people who came back from the sea to sell fish, or working on the boat.
You have to get acquainted with the mate, captain and others of the big ship, and then they will take you there next time. Many people want to do it, are willing to do it, and dare to do it when it comes to risking their lives and money.
The ship that Cheng Xinzhi finally went to sea on never came back.
This means that even if you want to find someone familiar with him, you can't find him.
Di Ying touched her chin and looked at the fishermen standing far away, looking curiously before walking away, and fell into deep thought.
Those people really sweep the snow in front of their own door and don't care about the frost on other people's tiles. They all demolished other people's houses and even the foundations. The fishermen just looked at them curiously.
Don’t hear or ask.
Even the aunt who was leading the way hid after glancing here twice.
Di Ying circled around the mess of wood a few times, slowly expanding the circle, and then expanding...
It wasn't until about fifty years behind the left side of the house that some suspicious traces were found.
They are two large rocks that are connected to the mountain and are several meters high above the ground. Between the two rocks, facing south, where the view of the hut can be blocked, there was something that seemed to be bloodstains.
There were also suspected fingernail scratch marks.
The blood stains were either smeared or sprayed. There were some blood stains on the ground.
Most likely it should be human blood stains.
The highest and most stained spot on the stone reaches people's chests.
Why is it said that it is most likely human blood?
