wind in the dark night

Chapter 304: It is easy to kill someone but difficult to dispose of the body
into the night.

Peace Inn.

inside the room.

Qi Yue and two others were playing poker.

Wang Peng played a pair of tens.

Zhao Zhenhai said: "Yes."

Wang Peng glanced at him and said, "You pass with 10? You don't have much."

Zhao Zhenhai said: "This is called tactics."

Wang Peng laughed and said, "We're just playing cards, but we're talking about tactics..."

Qi Yue said: "I will go too."

Wang Peng played a pair of 4s: "You still can't do anything about it? I have all pairs in my hand."

"Whatever makes you crazy, take care of it!"

Zhao Zhenhai played a pair of kings and asked, "Captain, when are we going back?"

Qi Yue said: "Tomorrow."

Zhao Zhenhai said: "Mr. Jiang told everyone that the Public Security Bureau was protecting a murderer and threatened to go to Binjiang to meet Director Bai. He said that if that didn't work, he would go to Xinjing to file a complaint with the emperor."

Wang Peng smiled and said, "Are you scared?"

Zhao Zhenhai glared at him: "Am I afraid of him? Jiang Yuying colluded with the anti-bandit movement and attacked police officers. I fired in self-defense..."

boom!
Suddenly there was a gunshot.

Qi Yue said, "Towards the tower. Wang Peng, go see what's going on."

Wang Peng agreed, put on his hat and coat, and hurried out of the house.

Ten minutes later, with the sound of a car braking, Wang Peng came back to report: "Captain, it's nothing, it was the militia that fired the gun."

In the area around Lianhua Town, there are not only Hongtianlei's gang of bandits, but also many small gangs of a dozen people. Fearing that they might take advantage of the situation and sneak in, the militia specially arranged for people to stay behind.

"Why did you shoot?"

Qi Yue asked.

Wang Peng said: "I went to the watchtower to ask, and the militia said they heard someone shouting for help, it seemed to be over there in the woods, they fired a shot into the air, and then there was no movement."

"A little wood?"

Qi Yue's heart moved.

Zhao Zhenhai reacted quickly and asked immediately: "Could it be related to Tiezhu?"

"Let's go over and have a look!"

Qi Yue stood up and left.

Zhao Zhenhai and Wang Peng followed closely behind.

The more than ten-meter-high watchtower is located on the only way in and out of Lianhua Town. It faces Shiqiao Village in the distance, and further north is the direction of Longwang Temple.

"What are you doing!"

The sentry shouted.

Wang Peng said, "It's me."

Wang Peng had just been there, and the sentry recognized him. He hurried down from the battlement of the blockhouse, carrying a Liao Type 13 rifle, and trotted over to meet him.

Wang Peng asked: "Is there anything unusual?"

"Everything is normal," the sentry said.

Qi Yue said: "When you heard someone shouting for help, didn't you go and take a look?"

The sentry said, "I checked, but there is nothing."

Qi Yue asked: "Have you entered the forest?"

The sentry said, "They didn't go into the woods. I can see them clearly with the flashlight..."

Wang Peng said: "You just find it troublesome!"

The sentry chuckled, which was tantamount to agreement.

The tower was about fifty meters away from the grove. Looking from afar, nothing could be seen except the white snow under the moonlight. …

Qi Yue and the other two got out of the car, dispersed and looked around, supporting each other, and walked towards the depths of the forest on the thick snow.

Bang! Bang! Bang!
"The sky is dry and things are dry, be careful about the fire~"

The voice of the night watchman, Old Geng, came from afar.

Wang Peng exclaimed.

Qi Yue came closer quickly.

Zhao Zhenhai also ran over.

There was a body buried in the snow. Wang Peng was looking around and accidentally stepped on it, only to find out there was a person hiding inside.

The deceased was a man with a bloody face, which was horrifying to look at. This effect could only be caused by repeated blows with a blunt object.

Zhao Zhenhai said: "If there was no deep hatred, there would be no need to do this. The reason why they smashed the dead man's face was because they didn't want anyone to recognize him."

Qi Yue looked at it for a while. Although the dead man's face was smashed, there were still some traces of it, so he said, "Take off his hat."

Wang Peng took off the deceased's cotton hat and saw it clearly with the help of the flashlight - a flat, shovel-like head with obvious features.

"This, seems to be Ma Kai..."

Zhao Zhenhai was surprised.

Qi Yue said: "It should be him."

Wang Peng searched Ma Kai's body for a long time but found nothing, so he said, "Even if there was anything, it was probably taken away by the murderer."

Zhao Zhenhai said: "Strange, why is there only one person's footprint?"

It was extremely cold in the forest. No one came to such a place, and the militia did not come in either. In addition to the footprints of Qi Yue and the other two in the snow, there was another clear row of footprints extending into the distance.

After comparison, the shoe prints and Ma Kai's shoe prints have completely different patterns. Normally, this is a typical murder and corpse dumping scene.

Qi Yue said: "The watchtower can hear Ma Kai shouting for help. The murder scene can't be too far away. It should be nearby. Let's split up and look for it. This matter is strange. Who killed Ma Kai?"

Wang Peng said: "Tiezhu died here, Ma Kai also died here, it's really weird..."

In fact, Qi Yue has already suspected that a series of events that happened in Lianhua Town, including Ma Kai's death, may be related to the mountain ghost.

In addition, this place is a wilderness, and it is almost impossible to say that there is another murder scene nearby. It is only a little after seven o'clock now, and the probability of the murderer being seen by someone is no less than dumping the body.

As the saying goes, it is easy to kill someone but difficult to dispose of the body!

Qi Yue concluded that the grove was the murder scene. As for the fact that there was only one person's footprints, it was because the murderer's footprints covered Ma Kai's footprints, so it was believed to be a murder and body dumping scene.

But why did the murderer smash Ma Kai's face? Is it true, as Zhao Zhenhai said, that the murderer didn't want anyone to recognize Ma Kai?

The question is, what’s the point?

……

at this time.

In the side building of the Dragon King Temple, Taoist Li was having dinner. The meal was very simple, two cornmeal buns and a bowl of cabbage stewed with tofu.

"Uncle, I'm back."

Li Tiezui pushed the door open and came in.

Taoist Li was surprised and delighted: "It's Fu Wen, you haven't eaten yet? That's great, I just finished eating too, wait a minute, I'll go get the chopsticks."

Li Tiezui put the fortune-telling banner aside, took out two packs of snacks from his bag, and helped Taoist Li sit down: "Uncle, don't bother, I've eaten outside, you eat yours, don't worry about me. Oh, this is Qinghuazhai's puff pastry dragon and phoenix cake, only Daluo Xinyou sells it in Binjiang, you should try it."

"You are thoughtful too..."

Taoist Li poured a cup of hot water and placed it next to Li Tiezui: "Drink some water to warm yourself up. Manchukuo is good in every way except that it's too cold."

Li Tiezui asked: "Uncle, from what you said, do you plan to live here permanently?"

Taoist Li said: "Whether it is permanent or not does not depend on me, but on you."

Li Tiezui was stunned: "It's me?"

Taoist Li said: "Do you think I am willing to stay in this bitter cold place? Alas, Wuliang Tianzun, I have been cultivating my mind and practicing the way of nature for half my life, but I am still bound by the secular world..."

As soon as the door opened, Zhou Yi walked in. Looking at the surprised Taoist Li, he smiled and said, "Before, I heard Fu Wen mention that he had an uncle who was a Taoist priest. When I saw your appearance last time, I knew it must be you!"

(End of this chapter)