Chapter 496 Involving Businessmen
Since it doesn't involve confidentiality and the case is closed, the information can be shown to Zhou Xiye and Jiang Zhizhi.
Three people died in one courtyard!
One was the strange old man Fang Hua mentioned who knew about Gu poison, and the other two were young men.
They were all murdered in their houses. Because the elderly people didn't interact much with their neighbors, their bodies weren't discovered until they decomposed and started to stink.
The deceased elderly man was named Chen Liqin, and the identities of the two young men were unknown.
The old man was stabbed to death, while the two young men died of poisoning.
Because the elderly man was a lonely old man, the case was closed because two young men broke into his home to rob him. Since the elderly man was skilled in using poison, he also used poison to kill his attackers before he was killed by them.
The three died on the same night, and the old man had no contact with his neighbors. He died in October and was not discovered until a month later.
Jiang Zhizhi was astonished after reading it: "You've already determined it to be murder?"
Song Dong took the case file and looked at it again: "In the past two years, the policies have loosened up a bit, but there are still quite a few similar cases. It's not so peaceful anymore, it's a bit chaotic, so be careful when you go out."
"Life is tough, and with lax regulations, there are even more petty theft cases."
"Why are you looking for an old man?"
Jiang Zhizhi recounted the events, and Song Dong was somewhat surprised: "I've never heard of this before. If I hadn't seen this case, I wouldn't have known about such a remarkable person."
"Should I go with you to ask again and see if this old man really has such abilities?"
Jiang Zhizhi nodded without hesitation: "Then I'll trouble you."
Song Dong smiled and waved his hand: "No trouble at all. I happen to be free today. I was just about to go to the branch office. Let's go..."
They went to the branch office together and found the police officer in charge of the case.
He was a very young man, surnamed Chen.
Xiao Chen still has a deep memory of the case and knows the strange old man well: "Chen Liqin came to Beijing in 1963 and has lived here ever since, making a living by treating patients."
“But his way of treating patients was different from that of normal doctors. He was somewhat mysterious and charlatan-like, so he was sentenced during those ten years. But he never behaved himself and remained as secretive as ever.”
"I heard that snakes and toads often come out of the yard. There used to be two other families living in the yard. They kept seeing snakes that were thicker than an arm, and sometimes they even saw venomous snakes. They got scared and moved away."
When Jiang Zhizhi heard this, her heart skipped a beat, and she turned to look at Zhou Xiye.
Zhou Xiye, however, remained calm: "Did he live alone in this courtyard later?"
Xiao Chen nodded: "Yes, and he has very little personal hygiene. His yard stinks, and the neighbors don't dare to offend him, for fear that he might throw a snake or something into their yard."
"Moreover, these animals, you say they are his, we have come to conduct surprise inspections many times and we have never seen them."
"If we're talking about where they came from, where did they come from? Apart from his house, none of these things have appeared in the houses of the neighbors in front and behind."
"So the neighbors stopped associating with them until he died and started to stink. The neighbors who passed by thought he had done something incredibly smelly again until they couldn't stand the stench anymore and called the police."
Song Dong was curious: "Where did these things come from?"
Xiao Chen shook his head: "We don't know either. We've investigated. After the old man died, we scattered a lot of lime around the yard and inside and outside the house. Now it's winter, so we don't know if those things will still appear."
"The door was originally sealed with tape, but someone tore it off, and we haven't had time to put it back on yet."
Jiang Zhizhi's palms felt cold because of Shang Shang, and those inexplicable snakes and giant toads in the yard.
She knew that Shang Shang had some kind of extraordinary encounter, but she never thought it would be related to Gu poison.
Xiao Chen then took out a few more photos: "The photos are a bit horrifying. They show the state of two young victims, and an elderly person whose arm was chopped off before they died."
He handed it to Song Dong first, and then, afraid of scaring Jiang Zhizhi, added a reminder: "It's still quite scary."
Song Dong looked at it carefully, frowned, and then handed it to Zhou Xiye: "Sister-in-law, do you dare to look?"
Jiang Zhizhi nodded: "I can."
She's mentally strong enough.
I leaned over to look at it with Zhou Xiye. Fortunately, it was still a black and white photo, which reduced the real colors and the level of horror.
In the black and white photo, the two young men's deaths were indeed gruesome. Their bodies were bloated, their faces were blackened like burnt charcoal, and their eyes were gone, leaving empty cavities.
The old man's photo was just a bit gruesome, with his face severely rotten, but that was normal.
Jiang Zhizhi glanced at it and then looked away.
Zhou Xiye returned the photos to Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen was also puzzled: "Director Song, why are you suddenly asking about this case again?"
Song Dong didn't answer, but frowned and remained silent for a while before asking Zhou Xiye and Jiang Zhizhi if they had any other questions.
Jiang Zhizhi shook her head, and Song Dongchong nodded to Xiao Chen: "Okay, that's all for today. Thank you for your hard work."
After leaving the police station with Jiang Zhizhi and Zhou Xiye and getting into the car, Song Dong frowned and said, "I didn't even know about this case. I have a feeling that the murderer is someone else."
Zhou Xiye agreed: "Looking at the photos, the two young people showed no signs of struggling when they died. They were lying flat on their backs. If they really died from poisoning, they would have struggled painfully before they died. Their posture should not be like this."
Song Dong immediately nodded: "Yes, yes, that was my first reaction when I saw the photo too!"
Looking at the time, he said, "Let's go eat first, and chat while we eat."
We didn't go too far; we just went to a nearby state-run canteen and each of us ordered a bowl of braised noodles.
The three were completely unaffected by the photos.
The canteen's braised noodles are all made in a big pot, and by the time they're served, the noodles are already clumped together.
While stirring the noodles, Song Dong casually asked Zhou Xiye, "I remember Shang Shang was also very bold; the snakes and toads in the yard have been quite large these past two years."
Zhou Xiye nodded: "Indeed, I don't know what's wrong."
Song Dong was also unsure: "I haven't been back for a long time, and I've only heard about what happened in the courtyard. We need to be more careful in the future, in case there's poison that could harm the children."
Regarding this topic, Song Dong only mentioned it briefly before quickly changing the subject: "Is everyone in the hospital doing well? My mom hasn't been feeling well lately and keeps calling me to come back, but I don't have time."
"Besides, I really don't want to go back and listen to her nagging. It's always the same thing: we're disobedient. She raised us, and none of us are obedient."
“Song Man hasn’t been going back lately either. She’s too ashamed to go back. I heard about what happened with Shen Luojia last time. She’s really out of her mind. I gave her a good scolding.”
While slurping down her noodles, she chatted with Zhou Xiye and Jiang Zhizhi.
Jiang Zhizhi, however, felt uneasy, sensing that Shang Shang was not safe...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com