Zhang Fu rubbed his hands nervously and waited for a while before speaking: "I didn't do anything."
Zhou Zhimo asked him: "The work was not finished at that time, why did you leave early?"
Seeing that he stopped talking again, Zhou Zhimo continued to ask: "In the past few years, you have been at home and have never gone to work in the county. Why?"
The village chief persuaded him in a calm tone: "Old Zhang, if the police ask anything, you should answer it truthfully."
"How can you let others handle the case if you don't say anything?"
Zhang Fu slowly raised his head: "I came back before I finished."
He looked at Zhou Zhimo and then at the village chief: "I have been weak since I was a child and have a soft temper. It was difficult to support me when I was a child."
"I met a fortune teller and asked me to find a godfather, and then my body gradually became stronger."
"My family members all say that the fortune teller is very skilled and can predict accurately."
"A few years later, he came again."
"I pestered him to learn the art of fortune-telling and fortune-telling."
He took a look and saw that there was no impatience or anger on Zhou Zhimo's face, so he continued talking.
"He taught me some things and gave me some tips."
"He told me not to take it out and use it. He said that people in this industry are prone to backlash, and that he and his descendants will not be left behind."
"I've tried it several times, and I can see it very accurately."
"I didn't tell anyone else because I was afraid of harming my family."
"That year, when we first went to work, we were just asked to make some repairs."
"When we were almost done, a man came and said he was the homeowner."
"I took a sneak peek and thought he was dangerous."
"Then they told us that the boss had scratched the paint that was not dry."
"But he didn't blame us. He also said that we were serious about our work and wanted to build another wall."
"My eyelids kept twitching while I was working."
Zhang Fu moved his position and breathed a sigh of relief: "That day, I was very flustered."
"When eating at noon, I calculated a hexagram, and the hexagram showed great misfortune."
"I went back to the yard and took a closer look. I always felt that the wall looked weird."
"I'm scared when I think about the evil in the hexagram. I don't know if something is wrong, but I don't dare to do it anymore."
"Later, I went there once, and the courtyard was very dark."
Zhang Fu looked at Zhou Zhimo and said, "That's why I left before I finished my work at that time."
"I dare not tell others."
The village chief sighed softly: "My childhood conditions were not good. Among our group of children, Lao Zhang was the weakest."
"Later, it was a fortune teller who indeed saved him."
"That fortune teller has indeed been to his house many times as long as I can remember."
"In recent years, the old Zhang family has not been rich or wealthy, and it is considered stable. There has been no serious illness or disaster."
"Although I am a party member, I shouldn't believe this. But some of these are missing, and I can't explain them clearly."
Zhou Zhimo knew that the village chief wanted to tell him that what Zhang Fu said was true and not just nonsense.
He nodded: "I understand."
"Then why have you stopped working in the past few years? Lao Wan said he called you and turned off the phone."
Zhang Fu sighed: "China Unicom came to the village to hold activities. They applied for a card and paid the phone bill, so I changed my number."
"At that time, I was always in a knot in my heart about that incident."
"Then I did another divination, but the divination didn't go as planned, so I didn't dare to work with Lao Wan and the others."
"Besides, the kids are married and they go to work."
"I grow some vegetables at home and raise some native chickens to sell, and they don't worry about anything happening to me when I go out to work."
Zhou Zhimo told him: "The renovation of the yard next door caused a hole in the wall, and a human skeleton leaked out."
"The time of death is when you were working."
Zhang Fu was so frightened that his face changed color and he stammered: "That's it!"
Zhou Zhimo said to him: "That's why I came to you to ask you, didn't you find anything when you were working?"
Zhang Fu hadn't recovered yet, his lips were trembling: "I just felt something was wrong, and I felt panicked and frightened, and it was eerie."
"But I don't know, someone is buried there."
The village chief sitting next to him also felt horrified: "How could someone bury someone inside the courtyard wall?"
"I'm so scared that I can't sleep even thinking about it. How can I live in it?"
Liang Yinuo said: "No one has ever lived in that house."
Zhang Fu opened his mouth: "Police, I didn't do anything. I don't know how this happened."
He raised his hands and said, "I swear I didn't do that."
"If I did it, let me..."
Zhou Zhimo stopped him from continuing: "Are you recalling, was there anything wrong at that time?"
Zhang Fu thought for a long time before saying: "Lao Qian said that day that the walls of the courtyard grew thicker at night. I thought he was deceived."
"When I was doing some work on the first day, I put the knife and shovel together, and the position didn't change."
"That wall didn't exist before. I don't know what the homeowner thought, but he suddenly asked him to build one."
He said in horror: "Could it be that old money was not a fool that day, or that I misremembered the location?"
The village chief also didn't expect that Zhang Fu had not gone out at home in the past few years, partly because of this incident.
But when it comes to Zhang Fu killing people and burying corpses, he doesn't believe it: "Lao Zhang doesn't even dare to kill chickens during the Chinese New Year."
"Police, if you keep searching, I'm afraid it's not him."
Zhou Zhimo told them: "Don't worry, we are conducting routine inquiries now."
"The deceased was found inside the courtyard wall. Several of you were involved in the construction. You are all suspects."
"Zhang Fu still has to come with us. Once we investigate clearly, if it really has nothing to do with you, you can come back."
The village chief looked at Zhang Fu and comforted him: "Old Zhang, go ahead. Don't be afraid."
"I believe you are innocent. When you come back, go to my house to drink, and you will be counted on me."
The village chief smiled and said: "Calculate which direction my daughter-in-law will be raised in."
Zhang Fu forced a smile: "You are so impatient, my wife must be a good one."
When Zhou Zhimo and Liang Yinuo took Zhang Fu back to the unit, it was almost dark.
He handed Zhang Fu to Xiao Qin: "This is Zhang Fu. Lao Wan and his co-workers are going to arrange a place to live."
Xiao Qin led Zhang Fu away.
Soon, he came to the office again.
Zhou Zhimo saw him coming and asked him anxiously: "How are you doing? Is there any movement?"
Xiao Qin nodded: "Sure enough, someone went to the school to find the security guard and inquired about the news."
"Ask those people to spread the word and say that all these workers have been arrested."
"Fu Yuying's place is secretly withdrawing funds."
"Wang Jianshe was very calm and there was no movement."
Xiao Qin asked Zhou Zhimo: "What should we do next?"
