Lin Xiaoyu suddenly thought of something, "How old was Zhou Lin back then?"
"Zhou Lin at that time... was probably similar to me, but he was already married, and he also had Zhou Haoming."
Zhou Haoming should have been about one year old at that time, and his mother was still alive. It took about another three years before Zhou Haoming's mother fell ill and died.
Many people in the village knew about this, because the Zhou family often took her out to see a doctor. From a healthy person at the beginning, she ended up with only bones and a layer of skin.
Lin Xiaoyu had an intuition that the person who killed Gangzi that night was probably Zhou Lin!
Because only acquaintances can call Gangzi out, and secondly, only acquaintances can make him relax his vigilance and prevent him from shouting.
"Aunt Li, did Zhou Lin and Gangzi have a good relationship at that time?"
Aunt Li recalled, "Gangzi has a good relationship with the people in the village. He is usually very warm-hearted. He will not refuse anyone who asks him for help."
If it was really Zhou Lin who did it back then, it would make sense. No wonder he would get rid of the thief so decisively.
A person who has used extreme methods to solve troubles will have similar thoughts the next time he encounters trouble!
"Aunt Li, think about the details related to Gangzi again, and tell me everything you can think of. By the way, what happened to this woman later?"
"After Gangzi's accident, everyone in his family said it was that woman who killed him, and they kicked him out without saying a word. I haven't seen her since then."
Teacher Zhang was good-looking when she was young, and many people in the village were interested in her. However, after Gangzi's incident, everyone stayed away from her, not even daring to talk to her, let alone marry her home.
"Aunt Li, do you know where Gangzi brought people back from?"
Aunt Li shook her head, "I really don't know much about this woman. Gangzi hasn't told anyone about it. Even if he has, it's definitely not with me."
"Otherwise, you should ask Gangzi's former friends or his family members."
Lin Xiaoyu knew that Aunt Li had nothing left to tell her.
She was not in a hurry to find Gangzi's relatives or his former friends, but went to the village chief's house first.
When the village chief saw Lin Xiaoyu coming with a lot of good things, he couldn't stop the smile on his face, "Xiaoyu, don't take anything when you come over next time. I deserve it!"
"It's okay, village chief. This is just by the way. I came here this time to ask you something."
"Tell me, I will tell you everything I know."
"Village Chief, I want to know something about Gangzi." Lin Xiaoyu took out the photo in his hand.
The village chief didn't recognize the woman alone, but if Gangzi was next to her, he suddenly remembered her.
"Oh, isn't this woman the wife that Gangzi brought back from outside? Why do you have photos of the two of them?"
"Village Chief, this is a long story. This photo was found at Zhou Lin's house, so now I am very suspicious that Zhou Lin is the person who killed Gangzi."
"Village Chief, don't talk about orchid's revenge. You also know that even if there are ghosts in this world, ghosts can't kill people."
The village chief looked at the photo and was silent for a long time. After a long time, he finally sighed, "Of course I know it is impossible for Lanhua to kill someone. How many years has it been since Orchid died? When Gangzi died, I was not the village chief. The previous old village chief is in charge."
"I was there when Gangzi died. I still remember the way Gangzi hanged himself, but I can tell you that it definitely can't be Zhou Lin."
"Why?"
"At that time, the village did a lot of investigations on this matter. That day Zhou Lin took his wife to eat and drink at his father-in-law's house, and slept all night. Moreover, he and his father-in-law were still in the same room. The other party can testify to this matter."
"Actually, I also doubted Zhou Lin at the beginning, because Zhou Lin is the closest to this woman in the village!"
Time goes back to sixteen years ago.
At that time, Gangzi took Teacher Zhang back to the village and said that he wanted to get married.
Because Teacher Zhang is good-looking, with thin skin and tender flesh, she is no different from other women in the village. Many people say that she was raised in the city, so many men in the village are interested in her.
If you marry a city woman, you might be able to go to the city in the future.
Otherwise, how could Gangzi not even want the daughter of the most outstanding village chief at that time, but turn around and find a stranger.
Therefore, many boys were in contact with Teacher Zhang secretly at that time, and Zhou Lin was one of them.
But the situation of the Zhou family is much better than that of other people in the village, so there is no need for Zhou Lin to be so attentive just because the other party is from the city. The only possibility is that he likes Teacher Zhang.
After something happened to Gangzi, the village chief investigated all the men who were usually close to Teacher Zhang and was able to confirm that everyone had an alibi.
In the past, every family in the village had a large number of people.
Unless all the children in the family get married and something happens, the family will generally not be separated. Therefore, the elders and other relatives in the family will know whether these men are at home.
But Lin Xiaoyu didn't think that Zhou Lin's suspicion could not be cleared just because of the so-called alibi.
Just like when a crime occurs, what a relative says cannot be used as evidence, because it is very likely that there will be cover-up.
Many families are prosperous and suffer losses. No matter what happens, they are solved as a family behind closed doors, and no outsiders are ever allowed to interfere.
It is also very possible that Zhou Lin was shielded by his father-in-law.
Lin Xiaoyu asked a few more questions, and after making sure that the village chief couldn't ask anything, he turned and left.
Lu Xianghuai followed, "How is the investigation going? Is there any progress?"
Lin Xiaoyu shook his head, "There is no progress, but what is certain is that more than ten years ago, Zhou Lin and Teacher Zhang were indeed very close."
"However, the village chief said that it was Zhou Lin's one-sided enthusiasm, and Teacher Zhang did not respond. Now it is certain that the two of them know each other, so Teacher Zhang is most likely hiding something when he lied."
Lu Xianghuai took over, "She is most likely hiding this past. She probably doesn't want others to know what happened to her in this village."
It is indeed possible.
Lin Xiaoyu will use the greatest malice to speculate on others, but at the same time, he will also think about other possibilities.
What Lu Xianghuai said may be true, because for a woman, reputation is the most important thing, not to mention that Teacher Zhang still has a decent job.
