Chapter 60 4. Weird Old People

The old village head took us to a tile-roofed house. The small courtyard was cleaned cleanly, and the tile-roofed house was also clean. It gave people the feeling that the people living here were of high quality. The village chief opened the door and took us into the back room, everyone was stunned. The back room of the old man's house was like an arsenal. Fijian war club with chain, sharp tribal Guinea steel fork, and something from ancient Germania, a beast foot sticking out five claws with shiny blades, looking Like a five-pronged fork, but shorter than a five-pronged fork, with a howling wolf's head embedded in the end of this weapon, this can only be the weapon of some primitive tribes in Germany, those tribes resist any form of invasion by foreign civilizations, even trade.This weapon is said to have originally been the claw of the Bear King, who used it to disembowel and disembowel his prey.

Everything is labeled for human identification.Wang Dui couldn't help asking: "Is your place more complete than the one in the Military History Museum?" "My student is one of the persons in charge there." The old man said humbly. Lao Hou's eyes widened: "Who are you?" "Several years ago, I was a professor at a university in Shandong. During the 'Cultural Revolution', I fled to the mountains with these things. If these things were destroyed at that time, the loss would be immeasurable." "You chose the cold and dry mountain area to protect these ancient relics, right?" The captain smiled. "When I came in just now, I was surprised by the structure of your room. I always felt that it was very different from the nearby houses. , it’s easy to explain.”

"The room has been specially adjusted to create a constant temperature and dry environment to the greatest extent. Captain Wang is really a careful person." "Should I call you Professor Huang?" "Just call me Old Huang." The village chief came to a table. There was a row of wooden shelves on the table. There were seven grooves on the shelf, and an arrow was placed in each groove. There was a label under the groove, which read "Iron Feather Chisel Head" Arrows", "Wolf Tongue Arrows", "Tiger Shooting Arrows", "Iron Rabbit Fork Arrows", "Treading Prong Arrows", "Arrows Through Armor Cone", and "Iron Pu Head Arrows", only three grooves have arrows in them.

The village head pointed to the groove of the "Iron Rabbit Fork Arrow": "It was this arrow that shot Chen Kai to death." The small print on the card under the groove states—— Iron Rabbit Fork Arrow: Two Chi Nine Cuns long, the head is made of iron pieces forming a sharp triangle, two Cun and five Fen long.There is a barb protruding forward at the bottom, the hook tip is sharp, the rod is made of poplar wood, and the feathers are made of carved feathers.For Qing Dynasty bow archery. Lao Ding nodded: "It's similar to what I said. But isn't the iron rabbit cross arrow made of carved feathers for the tail feathers? The tail feathers and the shaft of the arrow on the corpse are all carved out of wood."

As he spoke, he began to examine the fingerprints on the table.Since the arrow was stolen from here, the murderer may have left his fingerprints here. The village chief explained: "Carved feathers are not so easy to get. This arrow was found in the tomb of a military officer after liberation. The shaft of the arrow was rotten at that time. I personally selected the best poplar wood and carved an arrow shaft for it. Go with it." "Isn't it good to find a chicken and duck's tail feathers to match?" "Ha, it's far behind. Chickens and ducks have degraded flying ability, and the balance of their feathers is not as good as that of eagles and other birds of prey. Arrow feathers have aerodynamic effects, but the most important thing is to increase lethality. Then when the arrow flies, Feathers carry a lot of wind and will pour into the wound, which is much stronger than the tetanus of a knife wound. The reason why we use raptor feathers is because it carries much stronger wind.”

"The wind mentioned here refers to the virus and bacteria in the air?" "That's right, 'wind' is an ancient saying. Words such as 'tetanus' are derived from there." "Are you satisfied with the shafts and tail feathers you cut yourself?" The old man nodded: "Naturally." "Then there should be an aerodynamics expert in this village, who is it?" Team Wang said with a smile on his face. The old man's expression changed: "Why do you say that?" "Guess, the 'Cultural Revolution' period was so chaotic, you naturally couldn't run around with a two-foot-long arrow. Naturally, the shaft was removed and only the arrowhead was taken. There are many poplar trees near this village. You can take local Poplar trees are used to make arrow shafts, but if you want to achieve the aerodynamic effect of carved feathers, someone must help you calculate and design." He took down an arrow in the groove, weighed it, "Don't think it's a small thing , the arrow's wooden tail feathers are quite useful, and it looks like it's not very old, so I guess there's an aerodynamicist in the village."

"Gao Ming!" The village head gave a thumbs up, "Gao Tianli was a technician at the Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory back then, and he helped me design the arrow shaft." "Shen Fei's technician?!" Team Wang was taken aback. Shen Fei is now an aircraft manufacturer with international reputation and has provided aircraft to the Middle East for years. "Why did he come here?" The village head said: "It is said that when the Soviet MiG fighter was copied, the quality of the wing was not good enough and it broke. At that time, the boss He Long personally sent a message, saying that all the fighters with substandard quality should be destroyed. Adding two pieces of metal to the wings solved the problem."

"It was a good thing." "That's right, but during the 'Cultural Revolution', someone used this to say that Takata was a Soviet spy. The quality of the wing was not good before because he tampered with the design and changed the position of the metal plate that should have been added. , otherwise how would he know where to add it. Lao Gao left Shen Fei in a fit of anger and hid in this deep mountain and old forest." "Crouching tiger, hidden dragon in this village!" Lao Hou sighed. "With Lao Gao's design and my handwork, the arrow shafts we made are even far better than those of ancient craftsmen." The village chief's face was full of complacency.

"That's right, otherwise Chen Kai wouldn't have been killed by one blow." Lao Ding said coldly. The village head was a little embarrassed. Wang Dui asked again: "Why didn't you report the crime when the arrow was lost?" The village head said helplessly: "I just found out! I checked the house yesterday afternoon, and the arrows were still in the grooves. I only had these four arrows, and I lost one... I didn't even expect that someone would use it as a murder weapon!" "You'd better pack up these things and send them to the museum."

"But these are my private collections, they are cultural relics!" "Even if it's a private collection or a cultural relic, it still can't get rid of the suspicion of controlling knives. This has already killed people, what else do you want?" "Okay." The old man froze all of a sudden. Wang Dui was about to take us away when he suddenly turned around and asked the village chief, "Where's your wife?" "My wife?" The village head showed a trace of panic on his face, "I have no wife for a long time." "died?"

The village chief said sadly, "I got divorced many years ago." "Oh." Team Wang nodded. "I also lost a bow, but this bow is relatively ordinary, made of small tree trunks." Lao Ding stayed in the house to check his fingerprints and footprints. When the others came out of the village chief's house, Team Wang said, "Let's go to Wang Tianxiang's." There is a row of tile-roofed houses in the middle of the village. The largest one is the village committee, and there is a small house next to it. There is a wooden sign on the door, which says "Police Station" crookedly.Wang Tianxiang works here on weekdays. "Comrade Captain is here." Wang Tianxiang hurriedly got a seat for Wang Dui. His room was pitifully small, no more than a dozen square meters.Inside is a camp bed and a stove for heating.All that was left was a desk and two chairs, no matter how simple it looked. Wang Dui said a few words to him politely, and asked, "How is the security situation in this village?" Wang Tianxiang replied: "It's neither good nor bad. Summer is the peak tourist season. As the number of tourists increases, there will be some theft and robbery. But most of them are committed by hooligans in neighboring villages, and the cases can be solved quickly. In general, the village It's pretty peaceful." "There was no murder?" Wang Tianxiang shook his head: "This is the first murder case since I came here." "Most of the people in the village are old people, and some are senior intellectuals. The possibility of conflicts is very low. It is not surprising that there are few cases. No wonder you are the only policeman." Wang Dui nodded, "When the incident happened last night, you were in where?" Wang Tianxiang replied: "I'm already asleep. I can't even hear the radio in this place, and I usually go to bed early. It was about eight o'clock when I went to bed, and around ten o'clock someone came from the guest house and said there was a young man coming to stay. I didn’t go back all night, so I searched with them. When I found the threshing field, I saw footprints on the ground, so I ran over and saw a person lying there.” The captain asked: "Did you find any other traces at the scene?" Wang Tianxiang replied: "There are three rows of footprints, two rows from the village, one row back to the village, one row of footprints is from Chen Kai, and the other two rows seem to be from the same person, that person's shoes are big, like a grown man .” Lao Hou couldn't help interjecting, "After asking for so long, the clues you provided are still the most useful." Team Wang asked: "Can you recall the man's stride? Maybe we can infer the man's height from this." Wang Tianxiang frowned: "It's hard to say. It was very dark and the footprints were messy. Everyone was busy saving people. When they heard that Chen Kai was found, everyone gathered around and the footprints were trampled. I also I just remembered to protect the scene, sorry, it was my fault." "Oh, so be it." Wang Dui was embarrassed to blame Wang Tianxiang. He is an old man in his fifties and sixties. If it were someone else, he should have retired a long time ago. Besides, there has never been a major case in this place. Vigilance will also drop. Coming out of Wang Tianxiang's house, Team Wang asked our opinion.Laohou said that Wang Tianxiang looked very honest, not like a liar.The village head was hesitant, as if he was hiding a lot of things.Wang Dui nodded and said that he would go to the village head's house in the future. We were planning to go to the guest house again, but Captain Wang stopped suddenly and looked around blankly. I asked: "What's wrong?" "The malicious eyes, I feel as if someone is staring at us in the dark." Team Wang frowned. "You're neurotic again." Lao Hou curled his lips. "No, I've handled cases for so many years, so I can't be wrong about this feeling." Team Wang paused, "Also, I don't seem to be alone."