The Whale in the Mountains
Chapter 273 Eight Tiger Pass Village
Dean Hao joked with a smile.
Luo Qian's pretty face flushed. When she thought about how she had been arguing with Chen Xiao, she immediately felt ashamed.
“Dr. Chen, thank you for saving my life despite our past disagreements. I was wrong before, and I hope you can forgive me!”
Luo Qian was also straightforward. Knowing she was wrong, she immediately apologized to Chen Xiao.
One doesn't hit a smiling face, and Chen Xiao was unwilling to argue with a little girl.
“Forget it, it was just a small effort. Let’s deal with the case first!”
At this time, Song Zijian asked with some worry, “Chen Xiao, everyone was next to the corpse just now, why was only Qianqian poisoned? Are we in danger too?”
Chen Xiao shook his head with a smile: “Although this Yan poison (inflammation poison) is powerful, its actual infectivity is not that strong. Just now, Miss Luo was poisoned perhaps because she was talking to the corpse, so she inhaled a lot of miasma. Generally speaking, normal contact is unlikely to cause poisoning."
Hearing this, Luo Qian's face darkened. What kind of unlucky constitution did she have!
Fortunately, Chen Xiao was here today, otherwise she would have died unjustly!
“It’s really strange, how could this family be poisoned by this rare poison? Who deliberately poisoned them?”
As soon as Song Zijian thought of this case, he felt a headache, it was full of weirdness.
"Team Leader Song, I think you'd better go to the scene of the crime to look around, maybe you'll find some clues."
Chen Xiao reminded him.
"Okay, let's go together, Dr. Chen."
Luo Qian said very naturally, as if Chen Xiao were their companion.
Chen Xiao chuckled: "Miss Luo, this doesn't seem to be within my scope of responsibilities, right!"
“But if you don’t go, even if we find clues, we won’t be able to discover them, don’t you think?”
“That’s right, Chen Xiao, just help me out. The superiors are urging me, and I won’t have a good day until the case is solved.”
Luo Qian and Song Zijian sang in harmony, simply 'morally kidnapping' Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao smiled helplessly: "Okay, then I'll go with you, but I can't guarantee that I can help!"
“Okay, as long as you’re willing to go, I’ll feel confident!”
At this time, Song Zijian was quite convinced of Chen Xiao.
After Chen Xiao agreed, the three of them set off immediately for Bahu Pass Village.
On the way, Chen Xiao asked Song Zijian and the others, "What department are you two from, exactly?"
Hearing Chen Xiao's question, Song Zijian was obviously stunned. Then he said with a smile, "Why don't you take a guess?"
Chen Xiao thought for a while and said, "I guess you must not be from ordinary organizations. As for what exactly, I can't guess."
Luo Qian stared wide-eyed and asked in surprise, "How did you know? Did Uncle Hao tell you?"
Chen Xiao smiled slightly: "This matter has nothing to do with Dean Hao, because your reaction to the Yan poison (inflammation poison) doesn't seem like that of ordinary people."
With the average person's knowledge of the world, if they heard of something like 'Yan poison (inflammation poison)', they would probably be so scared that they wouldn't want to continue investigating the case.
However, although Song Zijian and Luo Qian were also very surprised, after accepting this explanation, they actually wanted to go to the scene of the crime as soon as possible. This was definitely not a normal person's reaction.
Sure enough, Song Zijian then said, "Since you've already guessed, we won't hide it from you. You guessed correctly, we are not an ordinary official organization."
"The name of our organization is Po Xie Si (Evil-Breaking Division), and its purpose is mainly to deal with cases committed by supernatural forces. All indications show that the case of the thirteen deaths in the Chen family in Bahu Pass is a case of supernatural forces."
Hearing Song Zijian's words, Chen Xiao's face was tangled: "Po Xie Si (Broken Shoes Division)? What was your founder thinking, how did they come up with such a name?"
Song Zijian: "..."
Luo Qian: "..."
"What are you thinking? The *xie* in our Po Xie Si (Evil-Breaking Division) is the *xie* of evil, meaning to eliminate evil, not the broken shoes of messing around!"
It would have been better if Luo Qian hadn't explained, but her explanation made the scene even more awkward.
However, after this little joke, the relationship between Chen Xiao and the two of them became much closer, already like friends.
When the car arrived at Bahu Pass Village, the sun was already setting.
Although this was a village located in the suburbs, it was surrounded by mountains on three sides and had poor transportation, so it looked bleak and not as lively as ordinary urban-rural fringe areas.
Luo Qian said, "Why did it get dark so quickly? Let's make a quick decision!"
Chen Xiao smiled slightly and asked in a serious tone: "What, are you scared?"
"Me, scared? What are you kidding me about! You don't know how brave I was when I was handling cases before. I've slept in a cemetery alone, can you do that?"
Luo Qian puffed out her chest, which was infinitely close to flat, and said very arrogantly.
"Okay, stop bragging!"
Song Zijian ruthlessly exposed Luo Qian's boasting and pointed to a large courtyard in front of him and said, "This is the victim's home. The head of the household is surnamed Chen, and Chen is a common surname in the village. More than 80 percent of the villagers are surnamed Chen!"
The courtyard was surrounded by sealing strips. Although there were no guards, it was closed to outsiders.
Moreover, in this kind of closed small village, a courtyard where such a violent death case had occurred was inherently unlucky, and everyone was unwilling to approach it.
Even the neighbors on the left and right hadn't lived in their own homes for the past few days, for fear of being haunted by vengeful ghosts!
At this moment, a hunched old man came over smoking a cigarette.
"I was wondering who it was, so it's Team Leader Song!"
As soon as the old man opened his mouth, he revealed a mouthful of yellow teeth.
Song Zijian greeted the man and introduced Chen Xiao: "This is Village Chief Chen of the village."
Then he introduced Chen Xiao's identity to Village Chief Chen.
"Village Chief Chen, this is Dr. Chen that I invited. We are going to check inside the courtyard now to find the cause of death of the victims."
When Village Chief Chen heard about Chen Xiao's identity, a gloomy look flashed in his eyes.
The gloom flashed by, and soon disappeared. Village Chief Chen welcomed him with a happy smile: "So it's Dr. Chen. Speaking of which, we were one family five hundred years ago!"
Chen Xiao nodded to Village Chief Chen as a greeting.
Song Zijian said, "Village Chief Chen, then we'll go in first."
"Okay, Team Leader Song, just let me know if you need anything, I'll be waiting outside."
Village Chief Chen said.
Song Zijian tore off the seal and was about to step in, but at this moment, a black shadow suddenly rushed over from a distance, shouting loudly…