◎Chapter 18    The Corpse on the Tree

Hualong didn't know if Bao Zhan had died, so he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Bao Zhan and held him up. At the same time, he shouted for help. Su Mei and Professor Liang rushed over and rescued Bao Zhan.

Bao Zhan's face was already blue-purple, but his chest was still beating. Su Mei couldn't think about it anymore, so she bent down to do artificial respiration for Bao Zhan, and then pressed Bao Zhan's abdomen with both hands a few times. Bao Zhan coughed twice and woke up quietly.

Hualong asked anxiously: "Brother, who did it, who hung you up? Ah, brother Xiaobao?"

Bao Zhan struggled to stand up, but he had no strength all over his body. He lay on the ground and gasped and said, "I myself."

Before dawn, Bao Zhan woke up. He walked to the yard and wanted to go to the toilet. The toilet was an angle between the house and the courtyard wall, the kind in the open air. A straw stack in front of the toilet door aroused Bao Zhan's suspicion. Yesterday, he had been observing on the way from Lanketing to Taoyuan Village Primary School. There were short trees and grass on both sides of the road. There was no place to hang people up. There was a tall peach tree in Taoyuan Village Primary School, which was very close to Lanketing, and there was also straw. Bao Zhan suspected that this was the place where the murderer peeled the skin and made the scarecrow.

He stood under the peach tree in the yard and looked up at the rails used as the clock. He found that the rope hanging on the rails was brand new, and the rails were rusty, which means that the rope was newly replaced. Baozhan took the rails and stretched the rope sleeve into a circle. He nodded and thought that there should be someone hanging here.

Bao Zhan lay on the ground, sniffing the ground like a dog. Although the ground had been cleaned up, he could still smell blood, which made him even more determined to guess in his heart.

Taoyuan Village Primary School is likely to be a skinning site, and it is also a place for making scarecrows in human skin!

Bao Zhan brought a stool, stood up, put his head into the rope cover, and simulated the hanging dead man, so that the murderer's height could be analyzed. Unexpectedly, it was a three-legged stool. The stool suddenly fell to the ground, and Bao Zhan hung on the rope. He felt that his eyes were dark, and the more he struggled, he became weaker and weaker. He couldn't shout it out, and gradually became blurred. Fortunately, Hualong discovered it in time. If he was one minute later, Bao Zhan would die.

The dragon stood up with Baozhan, and the surroundings were filled with mist and it was already dawn.

A man holding an axe appeared at the entrance of Taoyuan Village Primary School. He walked closer and found that it was Teacher Qin. He was carrying a bag in his hand, which contained a round thing.

Hualong looked at the axe in his hand vigilantly and said, "Teacher Qin, you?"

Teacher Qin put the bag on the ground. Hualong was a little worried about whether there would be a head in the bag. Teacher Qin took out a golden pumpkin with white frost from it, and it also had green leaves. He said, "You guys get up so early, I'll go cook."

Bao Zhan looked at Teacher Qin's back and said, "It's not him, the murderer's height should be above 1.80 meters."

Teacher Qin cooked a pot of pumpkin porridge and added honey. Su Mei and Professor Liang had a good appetite and ate two bowls in a row. This fresh rural food cannot be eaten in the city.

Teacher Qin said with emotion: "It's been twenty years, I've been here for twenty years. This is the last meal."

Professor Liang said: "You are so enthusiastic, we will try our best to stop the demolition."

Taoyuan Village is located in a mountainous place. Sorghum and corn are planted on the road to the village. Five tall willow trees guard the village. Next to the fields, wild yellow chrysanthemums are in full bloom. The village is surrounded by mountains. A waterfall flows from the ridge into a lake. The lotus flowers in the lake have faded, and the boats are moored on the shore. The farmhouses on the shore are in order, and chickens and ducks are flocking.

The demolition team is here, full of murderous intent and majestic.

The head of the Taoyuan Township, Wu, walked in front, lifted up his shirt and patted his fat belly with his hands as he walked. Next to him was the director of the demolition office and the publicity officer of the Public Security Bureau. dozens of uniformed people were followed by urban management, joint defense, security guards, etc., mixed with fish and dragons, wearing various uniforms. They held shields and batons in their hands, and some were holding fire extinguishers, which was to prevent villagers from blocking the demolition. At the end of the team, three bulldozers, two excavators and an ambulance followed slowly. It seems that the local government has formulated a careful plan for this demolition, and will not stop until the goal is achieved.

The four members of the special case team and Teacher Qin watched quietly at a gap in the primary school wall.

The demolition team was safe and sound, and the expected armed fight did not happen, which surprised the demolition team.

Township Mayor Wu, director of the demolition office, and propaganda officer stopped and looked at the village vigilantly. There was not even a single figure in the village, and the villagers didn't know where they all went.

Township Mayor Wu muttered: "These unruly people are quite sensible. If you dare to stop them, how can you say an idiom?"

The propaganda officer said: "A mantis arm hits a chariot, and uses an egg to hit a stone?"

Township Mayor Wu laughed and said, "Yes, the mantis arm is in a chariot."

The director of the demolition office handed over two cigarettes, and the three of them lit it. The leader of the township Wu waved his hand and said, "Come here, demolish it."

The excavator drove over and planned to demolish the first house at the entrance of the village first. There was a willow tree next to the house. The thick fog gradually dissipated. The excavator's shovel head was raised high, but it stopped. Everyone clearly saw a person hanging between the branches and leaves of the willow tree.

The sunlight penetrates the fog and the fog gradually dissipates. It is a sunny morning.

Dozens of demolition personnel looked up together and finally saw clearly. A headless corpse with blood hanging upside down on the tree, a rope tied to the ankle, and a skinned upper body, gently swinging in the air...

This terrible scene made the crowd feel like it was in a panic. Someone turned his head and wanted to run away, but was called back by the head of the township Wu.

The head of the township Wu pretended to be calm, the director of the demolition office was frightened, and the propaganda officer asked, "Do you want to report the case?"

Township Mayor Wu said: "Don't worry about this first, demolish it, fight quickly, and then talk about it after demolition."

At this time, a group of elderly people and children came out of the village ancestral hall, and the demolition team stopped.

The four members of the special case team have been hiding in the walls of Taoyuan Village Primary School and peeking. Hualong is puzzled: "Why are there no young and middle-aged people among the villagers? Can these elderly, weak, sick and disabled people stop the aggressive demolition team?"

Professor Liang said: "Don't underestimate the wisdom of the villagers."

Bao Zhan said: "The demolition people are prepared, and the villagers gathered in the ancestral hall must have thought of countermeasures."

The elderly and children walked to the entrance of the village and the dark group suddenly knelt down!

They chose to protect their homes in this oldest and most rustic way!

The scene was silent, no one spoke, only the wind blew.

A white-haired, simple-dressed old woman kneeled in front of her. She stretched out her hand tremblingly, with a few military medals in her palm. She said in a tone that seemed extremely calm because of her old age: "My elder brother, second brother, and my husband, all died in the Anti-Japanese War. There is a martyr's home here. I am in my eighties. I kneel down and beg you not to demolish my home. If you want to demolish it, you will first run over me."

The villagers behind the old woman began to kowtow, and the entire demolition team watched silently, an excavator driver and a bulldozer driver whispered: "I have some diarrhea, where are you?"

Another driver whispered: "So too."

After saying that, these two kind-hearted young men quietly wandered.

Township Chief Wu cursed: "You old and ragged guy, you are fooling people with these fake things and drag them aside."

Hualong: "What should I do, Xiaobao, is there a way? How to stop them?"

Bao Zhan: "Although I don't know what to do, I'm already thinking about it."

Hualong: "I'm responsible for beating the twenty in front and the six in the back for you, how about it?"

Bao Zhan: "They may beat me up badly, but I'm not afraid of them."

Township Mayor Wu waved his hand and signaled everyone to step forward, but no one behind him moved. The propaganda officer and the director of the demolition office were also hesitating. Township Mayor Wu rolled up his sleeves and viciously knocked off the military medal in the old woman's palm. He rudely pulled the old woman's hair and dragged it to the side of the road... The villagers cried and snatched the sky and the earth, but still kowtowed.

Hualong could no longer contain his anger. He looked around. There was a shoulder pole in the corner of the wall. He touched the shoulder pole and jumped out of the gap in the wall. Bao Zhan also touched a shovel, and the two rushed into the crowd one by one.

Hualong danced the shoulder pole so well. The instructor of the armed police was well-known. He combined the baton technique and there were two iron hooks at both ends of the shoulder pole, which made Hualong's attack stronger. In just a short while, several people were knocked down. Bao Zhan followed behind and slapped people in the head with an iron shovel. The demolition team was caught off guard by these two people, and some people fought back, Hualong and Bao Zhan stood back to back.

An urban manager rushed up cursingly, Hualong kicked the side with a very tricky and weird angle, but his speed was as fast as lightning, and his power was even more shocking. The man flew horizontally.

A security guard held a shield and was eager to try it. Hualong hit the side again. The man staggered back a few steps. Hualong dragged the shoulder pole and stepped forward. He drew the shoulder pole in a semicircle in the air and smashed it heavily on the man's shield. With a bang, the tempered shield shattered and the security guard fell to the ground.

The village chief Wu pointed at Hualong and Bao Zhan and cursed. Hualong threw away the shoulder pole, fisted naked, ran towards him at a very fast speed, punched and kicked along the way, no one could stop him, and soon arrived in front of the village chief Wu. The village chief Wu was still arrogant and scolded: "What the hell are you doing..."

Hualong flew up and kicked Wu Township Chief in the crotch. Wu Township Chief bent down in pain. Hualong used the top of the Muay Thai knee, and his right knee was in the face of Wu Township Chief. Then he made a heavy hook punch, knocking Wu Township Chief down on his back, and his two front teeth were also knocked away. These three combos were completed almost in an instant, and everyone was dazzled. Some people wanted to siege up, but stopped.

Hualong took out his gun and pointed the gun at the head of Township Mayor Wu.

The town chief Wu, who was lying on the ground, looked pale, and he bowed his hands and begged for mercy.

Hualong sneered, pulled the trigger, bang bang bang bang, fired several shots in a row, and the guns were deafening, and dust splashed on the ground. These shots hit the ground around Wu Xiangchang Chang's head, and the bounced points formed a circle.

Township Chief Wu was so scared that his whole body was trembling like a sieve, but he did not dare to move around. His pants were wet and a foul stinking spread.

Hualong: "Little bag, come and take a look. What's so smelly."

Bao Zhan walked over and said, "Uh, the village chief was so scared that he fell into his pants. It's so disgusting."

Hualong raised his gun and everyone retreated, but the propaganda officer ran over and shouted while running: "What happened? Something big happened!"

When the group fight was just now, the publicity officer received a call from the Public Security Bureau Director. The developer of the Taohuayuan Scenic Area was killed and turned into a human fur man. This time, the human fur man was placed in front of the county party committee, and hundreds of people witnessed this terrifying scene. The county party committee and county government were extremely shocked, and they asked the public security bureau to ask the special case team for assistance to solve the case.

Su Mei pushed Professor Liang. After listening to the publicity officer's statement, Professor Liang said: "If you want the special case team to assist, you must agree to something."

The propaganda officer said: "What?"

Professor Liang said: "Stop demolition because this is the crime scene!"

The propaganda officer said: "Can you guarantee to solve the case?"

Professor Liang said: "In fact, now the murderer is nearby and is watching us at this moment."

The propaganda officer was worried, looked around, and said nervously: "Where is it?"
Chapter completed!