Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu, smash Banggeng to death!

Yi Zhonghai's heart tightened, but he smiled and said, "Yes, the old lady likes to wear new clothes, colorful ones make her look younger."

The deaf old woman said, "Young comrade, do you think that an old woman like me should wear old clothes? The Qing Dynasty is gone, and now it is the new China."

"Oh? No, ma'am, I didn't mean that." Officer Wang waved his hand somewhat awkwardly.

This dress...it doesn't look like something an old lady would wear at all.

It's too flashy; it should be worn by a woman around thirty years old. This old woman looks like she's sixty.

Suddenly, the sound of staggering footsteps came from the courtyard gate.

Li Zhaodi pulled Liu Guangfu along, and they walked in looking dejected.

The two men were pale and had unfocused eyes, clearly having just returned from the police station.

Seeing this, Wang Cuilan quickly went to greet her: "Second Aunt, what's going on... By the way, how is Second Uncle?"

Li Zhaodi looked up and saw everyone was there. Tears streamed down her face. "An old lady... Waaah... Old Liu... Old Liu probably won't make it out... He... Waaah..."

She couldn't continue speaking and covered her face, crying.

In a single day, the husband beat his son to death and is now in jail... No one could bear such a blow.

Liu Guangfu stood beside his mother, his eyes filled with grief and indignation: "Mom, stop talking. Liu Haizhong killed my second brother. He is the murderer. I will never forgive him."

He calls his father by his first name, and doesn't even call him "Dad" anymore.

Li Zhaodi wanted to explain, to say that Liu Haizhong didn't do it on purpose, to say that it was an accident... but any explanation seemed pale and powerless in the face of her son's death.

Yi Zhonghai spoke up at this moment, his tone heavy: "Guangfu, Guangqi's mother... don't get agitated, maybe... Old Liu really didn't kill Guangtian."

"impossible!"

Liu Guangfu suddenly looked up, his eyes red. "I saw with my own eyes that my dad hit my second brother, and then my second brother fell to the ground."

Then he was killed by Jianmu. Even if he didn't kill him himself, he was the one who did it.

He spoke with unwavering resolve, his voice trembling with emotion.

Yan Bugui pushed up his glasses and interjected, "You guys don't know yet... After Guangtian died, my Jiecheng also died inexplicably... just like Jia Dongxu, hanging from a crooked tree."

"What?!" Li Zhaodi was shocked and her crying stopped abruptly.

Liu Guangfu was also stunned, his face filled with disbelief.

Qin Huairu started sobbing again, pointing in the direction of the Jia family: "Later, my Banggeng also died. He disappeared inexplicably, appeared inexplicably, and was smashed to death against the wall inexplicably..."

Liu Guangfu looked in the direction she pointed.

On the outer wall of the Jia family home, a large patch of dark red bloodstains stood out starkly in the moonlight.

That was left when the stick hit the wall. Although it has been cleaned up, the traces are still there.

An indescribable fear instantly filled Liu Guangfu and Li Zhaodi's hearts.

Including Liu Guangtian, four people died in the hospital in one day...

And the coincidences were all so striking...

"This...how is this possible..." Li Zhaodi murmured to herself, her voice trembling.

Liu Guangfu was also afraid.

He recalled the horrific scene of his second brother's death... a sharp wooden stick embedded in his chest, blood pooling on the ground...

Now I hear Yan Jiecheng also hanged himself, and was beaten to death with a stick...

Could it be... could it really be like what the people in the hospital said... there's something "dirty" inside?

Sha Zhu broke the silence with his boisterous voice: "Hey you two, don't be so dramatic, here's what happened..."

He recounted everything that had happened that day from beginning to end.

From Jia Dongxu hanging himself from a tree, to Liu Guangtian being impaled by a sharp wooden stake, to Yan Jiecheng also hanging himself from the same tree, and then to the club "flying" out and crushing him to death...

Everything was so bizarre it sent chills down my spine.

As Liu Guangfu and Li Zhaodi listened, their faces grew paler and paler.

Finally, the two of them were completely numb.

Four lives lost in one day...

And the ways they died were increasingly bizarre...

"So..." Liu Guangfu's voice trembled, "So what the people in the compound said... is true?"

Yi Zhonghai glanced at him, said nothing, but his eyes said it all.

Yan Bugui pushed up his glasses and said in a low voice, "Hey!"

Li Zhaodi's legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground, but Wang Cuilan caught her.

"Then...what do we do..." Her voice trembled. "Old Liu is still inside...what if...what if we..."

She dared not continue.

Seeing that the deaf old lady was also at Yi Zhonghai's house, Liu Guangfu and Li Zhaodi dared not go back to the backyard to sleep.

The backyard...it's too eerie.

Fortunately, there were police officers with him.

At this moment, Officer Xiao Wang, who was in charge of monitoring Yi Zhonghai's house, spoke up: "Comrade Liu Guangfu, Comrade Li Zhaodi, you can go home now. Tonight, every household will be accompanied by police officers to protect everyone's safety."

As he spoke, he pointed to his colleagues beside him: "Xiao Zhang, Xiao Li, you two go back with them."

The two young officers stood up and nodded: "Okay."

Li Zhaodi hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Having police around is better than not having them at all.

Liu Guangfu felt a little relieved.

The two followed Officers Zhang and Li into the backyard.

Yi Zhonghai's eyes flickered as he watched their retreating figures.

Yan Bugui leaned closer and lowered his voice: "Old Yi... the Liu family is now... completely ruined..."

Yi Zhonghai nodded without saying anything.

Liu Haizhong is in jail, Liu Guangtian is dead, and Liu Guangfu is still a child... The Liu family is indeed no longer a threat.

But this is not the point.

The key point is...

He touched the blood-stained shirt inside his sleeve, his eyes resolute.

It must be done as soon as possible.

Otherwise... everyone in the compound would probably die.

"It's getting late," Yi Zhonghai raised his voice, "Everyone, you can all go home now. With the police officers here, everything should be fine tonight."

The group looked at each other and nodded.

Indeed, with the police present, the murderer should not dare to make another move.

If you dare to make a move... you'll definitely get caught.

But everyone knows that the killer might not be human…

Xiao Wang sat in the corner, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but in reality, his ears were perked up high.

He was listening.

Listen to what these people are plotting.

Yi Zhonghai knew, of course, that Xiao Wang was listening, so he spoke very carefully.

"Grandma," he poured a glass of water for the deaf old woman, "you should sleep here tonight. The backyard... isn't safe."

The deaf old lady nodded without saying a word.

She really didn't dare go back to the backyard.

Wang Cuilan made the bed and helped the deaf old lady lie down. Qin Huairu sat on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) next to her, while the policewoman sat on a chair nearby.

The room fell silent.

Only the flame of the kerosene lamp flickered gently.

Yi Zhonghai and the others followed Sha Zhu to his house...

Inside the Lin family's house, Qin Ming and Xiao Han were also keeping Lin Tian and his sister company.

They had no idea what would happen that night.

But everyone knows that if the killer dares to make another move...

They will definitely be caught.

for sure.

Was it a sneaky crime?

Qin Ming didn't believe it...

Late at night.

The courtyard house fell into a deathly silence.

Only the police officers at each household remained vigilant, keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings.

They are waiting.

Waiting for the killer to appear.

And the murderer...

……