Chapter 33: The Viper Murder Case (12) Let’s watch the moon together…

"Um?"

Yuan Xiaohu and his master were both a little surprised. Zheng Wutong and Gu Yixiang were sworn enemies, but they didn't expect that their children were secretly in love.

"When you were in high school, you and Qin Xing sat in front and behind each other. These little notes were written by you at that time..." Sang Luo picked up a piece and read it casually:

"What time did you learn last night?"

"About twelve o'clock. Then I simply fell asleep in class and didn't go home."

"The moon was so bright last night, it's a pity you didn't see it, I'll draw one for you!"

A scrawled moon appeared on the paper, and Sang Luo continued to read:

"Xing'er, I really want to go home with you openly, but I don't know when it will be possible."

"It's almost time. The college entrance examination will be held in a few months. When we get to Beijing University, we will watch the moon together!"

“It’s a deal!!”

…

As Sang Luo's speech speed increased, Zheng Longmen on the opposite side also gradually went crazy. Seeing his secret being revealed, he shouted angrily: "Shut up! Stop reading, give me back my things, give them back to me!"

Sang Luo put down the note and looked at Zheng Longmen coldly: "Later, Qin Xing was admitted to Jingcheng University, but you were forced to repeat the year for three years. Have you had any contact during these three years? I don't think so. You couldn't receive any news from the outside world. In Qin Xing's eyes, you seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth."

"Shut up, shut up! You bitch, I'm going to tear your mouth apart!" Zheng Longmen's face became more and more ferocious. Seeing that the situation was not right, Yuan Xiaohu stood in front of Sang Luo in advance.

Sang Luo spoke so harshly just to irritate Zheng Longmen and make him sick. As early as the first time he interrogated Zheng Longmen, Sang Luo noticed his abnormality. At that time, Sang Luo wanted to open the topic by chatting, so he casually asked Zheng Longmen if he had a partner. Unexpectedly, Zheng Longmen suddenly became tense, his eyes were dull, and the whole person seemed like a madman.

At that time, Sang Luo discovered that the topic of partner seemed to be the "fuse" that ignited Zheng Longmen.

Zheng Longmen's eyes were already bloodshot, and he let out an angry roar, but he was still a little short of it. Sang Luo could see that he still had some sense, so he pushed him again:

"It's really rare to repeat a grade for so many years. Now Qin Xing is about to graduate from college, but you are still in high school. I guess she has a new boyfriend and has forgotten about you!"

Zheng Longmen suddenly stood up, his pupils dilated, looking around in fear, muttering:

"No, stop laughing. I heard your laughter again. I'm sorry, Mr. Hu. I'm sorry for your cultivation. And you, Hao Qiwen, what are you laughing at? You just got into Qingshan University. The university I got into was much better than yours! Get out of here, all of you!"

As he said this, he waved his hands and began to beat the air around him. Seeing this strange scene, Yuan Xiaohu and Ma Shi Tu were stunned.

Zheng Longmen fought for a long time, then turned around and looked behind him blankly: "Xing'er? Why are you here? Don't look at me, I don't want you to see me like this. No, what are you laughing at? Why are you laughing at me too?"

“Why are you laughing at me too?”

He shouted like crazy, picked up the chair he had just been sitting on and smashed it down, breaking both legs on the spot.

Seeing the wood chips flying, Yuan Xiaohu realized the seriousness of the situation and pounced on him to pin him down. However, the madman was extremely strong, and Yuan Xiaohu alone could not hold him down. In the end, it took the efforts of Ma Shi Tu and others to subdue him. Sang Luo took a rope from the tool room, and the three of them tied him up temporarily.

"This is so scary!" Yuan Xiaohu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "What should we do now? We can't continue to interrogate him in this state."

"He can only be sent to a mental hospital. I have just made a phone call and the hospital will come to pick him up soon." Sang Luo said.

Zheng Longmen's condition was so serious that he should have been sent to a mental hospital for treatment long ago. However, his parents were so concerned about their reputation that they would definitely not send him to a place like a mental hospital. As a result, they kept him at home, and his condition got worse and worse.

"Xiao Hu, you accompany him to the hospital in case of any accidents. Also, let the doctor in the mental hospital diagnose him and give him a diagnosis." Ma Shi Tu was also sweating profusely. Although the professional appraisal results had not come out yet, Ma Shi Tu already had an idea in his mind. He could see that Zheng Longmen was not pretending.

Yuan Xiaohu nodded in agreement and got into the car with Zheng Longmen. Only Sang Luo and his master were left in the interrogation room. They looked at each other and decided to continue working overtime and stay up all night to finish the case.

"Since Zheng Longmen has become like that, we can't expect him to tell us the details of the crime," Ma Shi Tu said helplessly. "Now we can only put our hopes on his parents, hoping they know more."

A new chair was replaced in the interrogation room, and Zheng Wutong and his wife were brought to the interrogation room. It was already nine o'clock in the evening. This was also a tactic, because the couple were good at lying. People would be tired at night, and their brains would not work as fast, so it would be easier for them to be exposed if they lied.

As soon as the two entered the room, Sang Luo checked their bodies first. As expected, there were many wounds on their bodies, with new wounds overlapping old wounds, densely packed, all left by Zheng Longmen.

Sang Luo asked the two to sit down and took the initiative to tell them his guess: "You let Zheng Longmen graduate from high school a year ago, not because you thought it was shameful to repeat a grade, but because Zheng Longmen's mental illness began to act up, right?"

Zheng Wutong nodded and acknowledged what Sang Luo said.

Sang Luo said in a serious tone, "Why didn't you tell me in advance that he was mentally ill?"

Li Xiujuan said awkwardly: "Officer, think about it, if your child became like this, would you be embarrassed to tell others?"

Ma Shi Tu slammed the table and shouted, "At this time, you are still only concerned about your face? This is an interrogation room, and the first thing to put is the facts!"

Sang Luo asked again: "On the day of the incident on the 31st, Zheng Longmen was clearly at home. Why did you lie to the police and say that he went to school?"

The couple looked at each other, and Zheng Wutong said:

"It's my fault. I was the one who first asked the family to say that. I did that just to give my son an alibi. After all, someone died next door. If my son was at home at the time, I was afraid the police would suspect him."

"But your alibi is too weak," Sang Luo questioned, "Your son is no longer in high school. In a situation like this, we can find out by just investigating the school. Do you think the police are all fools?"

Zheng Wutong smiled awkwardly: "The situation was urgent at the time, and I couldn't think too much, so I just made up an excuse and used it."

Ma Shi Tu warned them: "You fabricated an alibi for your son and lied and gave false testimony. This is already a crime of harboring a criminal. You will go to jail. Do you know that?"

Zheng Wutong wanted to explain: "I am just too concerned. He is my biological son after all..."

Ma Shi Tu glared at them sternly: "It seems that you still don't know the consequences. Once you have a criminal record, you will be directly expelled from the teaching establishment. By then, don't even mention the title of special teacher, you won't even have the most basic salary!"

Upon hearing this, the couple immediately turned pale. Zheng Wutong said honestly: "I was wrong, I admit my mistake, please give me another chance!"

"Okay, but you must answer the next questions the police ask truthfully and don't lie, okay?" Ma Shi Tu emphasized.

The two nodded repeatedly, and Sang Luo officially began to question them about the crime process: "The day before the crime, that is, in the early morning of the 30th, what were you two doing? What was Zheng Longmen doing?"

Zheng Wutong said ashamedly, "That night... I didn't keep an eye on him. What happened was that Gu Yixiang sent wedding invitations to all the teachers in the school, including me. The invitations were from her daughter. Her daughter Qin Xing found a partner in college. The two decided to get married in their junior year and work together in Beijing after marriage."

"Gu Yixiang and I have always had a bad relationship. She had ulterior motives in sending me this invitation. She came to show off that her child has achieved success in both career and love, while my child has been repeating a grade at home. Of course I understood what she meant, so the more I thought about it, the angrier I got. After I got home, I simply crumpled up the invitation and threw it into the trash can."

"But I didn't expect that in the middle of the night when my son went to the bathroom, he noticed the wedding invitation in the trash can and took it out to have a look. After seeing that it was Qin Xing's wedding invitation, he suddenly became crazy and screamed in the living room. His mother and I were scared and quickly locked the door for fear that he would break into the bedroom and beat us."

"In the past, he would come and beat us every time he got angry, but this time it was different. He pushed the door open and ran out to the street. I was afraid he would hurt someone, so I hurried out to chase him. But I am old and weak, and I couldn't catch him after a long time. In the end, I went home alone. We were very worried that night, afraid that this child would cause trouble."

"I don't know how long it was, but at daybreak, he came back by himself with a large empty Coke bottle in his hand. I tried to talk to him, but he ignored me. But he seemed to have calmed down, so I let him go back to his room and sleep."

"The next morning, which was the 31st, I called him out for breakfast. When he opened the door, I noticed the big Coke bottle on his desk. Something seemed to be moving in the bottle, but I didn't look closely, and I didn't think much about it. I just went out to work."

"That night after get off work, I greeted my neighbors and learned that the mother and daughter next door had died. The next day, the police intervened in the investigation and said that a snake was caught from their home. I immediately thought of the large Coke bottle in my son's hand. I guessed that this matter was probably related to him, so I started to do my best to help him."

"I first cleaned up as much evidence as possible. I threw away the Coke bottle, found the hole in the wall, and filled it with cement. Then I started taking my son out, going to work and coming home with him, trying to give others the impression that he was in school during the day. I thought the police would not suspect him, but I was wrong. My lies were too naive and the police saw through them right away."

At the end, he stood up and bowed deeply: "It's my fault, I thought all this up. If I am guilty, please punish me and let my wife go, she is innocent."

Li Xiujuan's eyes were filled with tears, but Sang Luo was not moved by his apology at all. She only cared about the facts: "That is to say, you saw him fall ill with your own eyes, and saw him carrying a snake back, but you don't know how he got the snake, right?"

Zheng Wutong nodded repeatedly, and Sang Luo was puzzled. There were too many doubts that were not explained clearly. Where did Zheng Longmen get his gun and cartoon headgear? How did he know there was a game store in the residential building?

She asked for details: "What was Zheng Longmen wearing when he ran away? What was he wearing when he came back?"

Zheng Wutong recalled, "When he went out, he was wearing ordinary long underwear and long trousers, and a black jacket. He was going to the public toilet outside, so he wore thicker clothes. When he came back, it seemed that he was wearing the same outfit, nothing changed."

"Did he hold anything else in his hand besides the Coke bottle?" Sang Luo asked.

"No," Zheng Wutong said confidently, "There's only a Coke bottle, nothing else!"

Sang Luo: "Have you checked his coat? Is there anything in his pockets?"

Li Xiujuan immediately said, "There's nothing in his pocket. Ever since he got sick, we've been keeping a close eye on him, fearing he might get hold of something sharp and hurt someone. So I check his pockets every day, and I even hide the knives in my house!"

This means that Zheng Longmen did not bring the gun with him when he returned home. Sang Luo thought to himself, the game shop owner said that he was wearing a cartoon mask and holding a gun when he robbed, but these things were gone after he returned home, so he must have dropped the gun and mask on the way. Did he throw them away directly or hide them somewhere?

If something like this is thrown directly into the trash can, it will easily cause passersby to call the police. It is more likely that it is hidden. Sang Luo asked: "Does Zheng Longmen have a fixed place to hide things? If he wants to hide something, where do you think he is most likely to hide it?"

The couple looked at each other. Zheng Wutong hesitated for a moment, took out a piece of paper from his pocket and carefully handed it to Sang Luo. The paper was very wrinkled, and it was obvious that it had been folded repeatedly.

Sang Luo took it and saw the words written on the paper: