Eunuch Shi (3)
Lan Guoqiang's son Lan Wei died in an accident in Laoshan. The name of Laoshan was Laoshan. Luo Yi did not ask about the origin of this old mountain. Lan Guoqiang told that his son died at night. When I went to catch wild boars in Laoshan, an accident happened. This was the police's statement, but Lan Guoqiang did not agree. When he found Lan Wei, Lan Wei was covered in wounds and bleeding a lot, and he looked nothing like him. It was as simple as falling down the mountain. The pain of losing his son made Lan Guoqiang unwilling to accept it. He wanted to find out about his son's death. To this end, he found people, relied on connections, and spent a lot of money, but there was no evidence, no witnesses, and no one. Know how Lan Wei died. Due to the death of his son, Lan Guoqiang was deeply hit, so he left the business alone and returned to his hometown with his wife. He also heard about Luo Yi from a friend in Yichun. With the mentality of giving it a try, he found Come to Luo Yi.
Luo Yi looked at Lan Guoqiang thoughtfully. Lan Guoqiang's sadness was written on his face. There was no doubt about it, but she was still curious about why Lan Wei was alone in his hometown.
"Mr. Lan, you said you were doing business outside, but your son wasn't with you?"
"….He is with me. I am getting old. Sooner or later, my family's business will be handed over to my son. I asked our family Xiaowei to help me do some things and let him learn slowly. Who can You know, not long after he did it, he said he was a little tired and wanted to take a vacation and go back to his hometown to rest." Lan Guoqiang felt regretful when he talked about this, so he felt guilty and said: "What if I don't agree to him? It won’t happen anymore.”
"So, your son has always been in his hometown?"
"No, he went to university in Beijing before and graduated from university." There were some tears in the corners of Lan Guoqiang's eyes. He wanted to hold back but couldn't.
Luo Yi nodded, glanced at Lan Guoqiang, and then at Zhao Xiaomei beside her. She had a question she wanted to ask, but she didn't know if it was convenient or not, but she still asked with her own skills: "I can understand you. The couple’s feelings are that after all, this is their biological son, and everyone will be sad if something like this happens.”
"..." Zhao Xiaomei said nothing, somewhat embarrassed, and explained: "Although Guo Qiang and I are married for the second time, I have always treated Xiaowei as my own son."
"So that's it..." Luo Yi's question was finally answered. No wonder, no wonder she didn't look very sad when she saw Zhao Xiaomei. He is not his biological son. How could he be sad? If he was his biological son, it would be normal. Sometimes, a mother will be more sad than a father.
After Kang Lele finished eating the banana and threw the peel into the trash can, he glanced at Luo Yi, then whispered in Li Wenyu's ear: "Why do I think this stepmother is suspicious?"
"...Keep your voice down." Li Wenyu is not an ignorant person. He must keep his voice down when he says such words in front of others. He doesn't want others to be dissatisfied with him, which will cause Luo Yi's dissatisfaction.
Wangchuan also saw that Zhao Xiaomei was not sad, so he concluded that what Zhao Xiaomei said about treating Lan Wei as his own was a lie. He could still laugh now. Maybe Zhao Xiaomei was very happy in her heart, so Wangchuan asked coldly: "Do you only have a son, Lan Wei?"
Lan Guoqiang and Zhao Xiaomei looked at each other, and Zhao Xiaomei replied in a squeaky voice: "My ex-husband and I have a son."
"Don't live with you?" Luo Yi asked hurriedly.
Zhao Xiaomei replied in a low voice: "Follow my ex-husband."
"Oh..." Luo Yi snorted and hurriedly changed the subject. "Can you take me to visit Laoshan?"
"Now?" Lan Guoqiang didn't expect Luo Yi to be so active. "It's getting dark soon."
"It doesn't matter, you take us there and we go up the mountain ourselves." Luo Yi replied with a smile.
Lan Guoqiang waved his hand, shook his head and replied: "No, the old mountain is very dangerous. There are wild boars on the mountain. If something happens to you, I can't bear it."
"Mr. Lan, you can rest assured about this. Since you asked us to come, you should believe us."
"This..." Lan Guoqiang hesitated. Of course he wanted to know the truth about his son's death earlier, but he was still worried that something would happen to Luo Yi and the others. His son's death had made his heart very fragile. If he carried it again, With a few lives lost, Lan Guoqiang is really powerless.
Zhao Xiaomei glanced at her husband and whispered: "Let them go. If the truth is found out sooner, you will feel at ease."
"Okay then." Lan Guoqiang nodded.
Luo Yi has already seen that Lan Guoqiang listens to his wife very much, so while Lan Guoqiang is leading the way, Luo Yi has been knowing more about the situation between their husband and wife, intentionally or unintentionally. It turns out that Lan Guoqiang and Zhao Xiaomei are ex-girlfriends. We have only been together for a few years. They are both married for the second time, but their relationship is very good. They are doing business together in other places. With their hard work, the business is booming and they have made a lot of money over the years. , so he had money for Lan Wei to go to college. During this process, Luo Yi discovered one thing, that is, Lan Guoqiang never thought that his wife was not good to his son. According to Lan Guoqiang, Zhao Xiaomei was very good to Lan Wei and was generous with her money. Just respond to requests. In modern society, such stepmothers are really rare. Luo Yi understands this. Either Zhao Xiaomei is pretending to be real, or Zhao Xiaomei is very good at dealing with others. Although she is not happy in her heart, she just does it for Lan Guoqiang. Lan Wei is better. If Lan Wei's death was not an accident, Luo Yi would have taken Zhao Xiaomei as the first suspect. In this era, it is not just monsters and monsters that are terrible at killing people, but also people who are killing people. Sometimes people can be more ruthless than wild beasts.
Wangchuan was walking behind Luo Yi. He found that the entire Taoyuan Village was in the shape of a basin, surrounded by mountains, so he asked softly: "Has there ever been a flood in the village?"
"..." Lan Guoqiang turned around and looked at Wangchuan, very surprised.
. "Sir, you are really capable, can you tell from this?"
Wangchuan nodded and said nothing. It is not difficult to find out that there has been a flood here. Taoyuan Village is a basin, but there are two rivers in the village. In addition, a pine tree was washed into the river. It was not a flood but What? Judging from the attitude of the villagers in caring for the ancient trees, it is absolutely impossible that the thousand-year-old pine tree was pushed into the river artificially, so it should have been washed away by the water.
Lan Guoqiang is a businessman who came out of the countryside. Although he is somewhat educated, he is still more superstitious. This can be seen from the fact that he asked his son to be Eunuch Shi's godson, so he can tell at a glance that Wangchuan The village had encountered a flood and felt very impressed. He praised a few words and begged: "I believe you are really capable. Please find the real murderer for my son. Money is not an issue."
"I understand, Mr. Lan." Luo Yi smiled faintly and looked at the mountain in front of her. "Is this Laoshan?"
"Hey, we are here, here is Laoshan." Lan Guoqiang pointed to the mountain in front of him and replied. At this time, the sun had set, the sky was a little dark, and only a few clouds were still floating in the sky.
After Luo Yi glanced at the mountain, she turned around and asked, "Mr. Lan, can you roughly point out where you found your son's body?"
"There, that's right there, do you see it? It's right next to the creek." Lan Guoqiang pointed and looked at Luo Yi and said, "I was still out of town at the time, and someone from the village called me. Only then did I know that something had happened to my son. I rushed back that night and saw that my son was lying there lifeless."
"You mean no one else touched your son's body?"
"..." Lan Guoqiang thought for a moment and replied, "Probably not."
"Then who found the body?"
"Qiu Laosan."
"Qiu Laosan?"
"Um."
"Is he a native of Taoyuan Village?"
"Well, Qiu Laosan lives in Sanbanpo. He also came to Laoshan to catch wild boars that day. He discovered my son." Lan Guoqiang did not say the word "corpse" because he could not accept that his son was dead. .
Luo Yi nodded, thought for a while, looked at Lan Guoqiang and asked, "Mr. Lan, do you still have contact with your ex-wife?"
"….She is dead."
"Dead?" Luo Yi looked at Lan Guoqiang in surprise.
Lan Guoqiang answered in a low voice: "It was cancer. She died a few years ago. I only met my current wife after she died."
"So that's it." Luo Yi nodded and saw that it was getting late, so she said, "Mr. Lan, please go back first. Let's go up the mountain to have a look."
"You... can you do that?" Lan Guoqiang hesitated, wondering whether he should go with Luo Yi and the others.
"No problem." Luo Yi smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, Mr. Lan, we will take care of it ourselves. You'd better go home early."
"Well, after you come down from the mountain, come directly to my house."
"Yeah." Luo Yi smiled slightly and nodded in agreement. In a village like this, they don't want to find a hotel, so they only have Lan Guoqiang's house to go. This matter doesn't bother Lan Guoqiang. After all, he is the one who invited her. It was a peace of mind for Luo Yi to come and live in Lan Guoqiang's house.
After Lan Guoqiang left, Luo Yi and others came to the location mentioned by Lan Guoqiang and found blood stains on a stone by the stream. Judging from the degree of penetration of the blood stains, it appeared that they had died with Lan Wei within a few days. It was about the same time, and thanks to the fact that it hadn't rained and the creek hadn't swollen, the blood stain could be seen. Luo Yi squatted in front of the stone and looked at it for a while, then looked up and said to himself: "If he fell to this place, what was he doing on top if he rolled down?"
"I'll find out if I go up and see." Li Wenyu thought it was time to show off his skills, so before Luo Yi nodded, he climbed up the slope. When he climbed to a height of more than ten meters from the creek level, Li Wenyu Letting out a exclamation, Luo Yi looked up and saw Wangchuan pulling Li Wenyu, and knew that something had happened to Li Wenyu. "What's wrong?"
"..." Li Wenyu's heartbeat accelerated. His current position was that he was being carried by Wangchuan, hanging in the air... He was so nervous that he sweated, and said with a bitter smile: "I don't know either." He really didn't know, he didn't know If Wangchuan hadn't picked him up, he would have stepped into a trap. Wangchuan looked at the trap and shouted down: "There is a trap here."
"Trap?" Luo Yi remembered hearing Lan Guoqiang say that Lan Wei went to Laoshan to catch wild boars...