Chapter 40
Cong Yanping was stunned for a second, then said: "How can this be possible? We are just farmers in the village. How dare we lie to the police?"
Lin Anyu didn't know what she saw, she said: "Don't be nervous, just ask casually."
Cong Yanping: "Oh...oh."
Two consecutive "Ohs".
Jiang Aichen glanced at Lin Anyu and motioned her to leave.
Lin Anyu immediately understood: "We're leaving now. If there are any problems, we'll come back to you."
"OK."
Cong Yanping saw them off.
At the corner, after making sure that Cong Yanping did not follow them out, Lin Anyu and Jiang Aichen looked at each other.
Lin Anyu was the first to express his feelings: "I feel like Cong Yanping is not right."
Jiang Aichen seemed to have his own ideas. He asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Anyu said truthfully: "Nothing is right."
Jiang Aichen knew what she meant by "wrong".
She suspected that Cong Yanping killed Su Cheng.
Jiang Aichen: "What's the motive for murder?"
Jiang Aichen continued, "You should know that based on the current clues, Su Pannan and Li Cheng are the most likely to have committed the murder compared to Cong Yanping."
If Su Panan knew about the affair between her niece and her husband Li Cheng, it is not impossible that she killed out of jealousy.
As for Li Cheng, since his affair with Su Cheng was discovered, it is very likely that he committed murder.
Only Cong Yanping seemed to have no flaws in her words from beginning to end.
Even if you think carefully about what she said, you will feel that she is a kind-hearted and enthusiastic village woman.
But……
Thinking of this, Lin Anyu said truthfully: "But Captain Jiang, don't you think Cong Yanping's testimony is too perfect? It's as if she had prepared everything in advance."
Jiang Aichen seemed to have the same feeling. He was silent for a while and said, "We'll talk about the rest when we get back to the police station."
Jiang Aichen ordered, "Go back to the car first. I'll go to the village to investigate something."
Lin Anyu didn't want to sit idle either, so she said, "I'll go ask other people in the village."
Jiang Aichen wanted to refuse, but after hesitating for a long time, he could only say: "Be careful."
"Well," Lin Anyu stared at him seriously, "you too."
Jiang Aichen rarely responded: "Yeah."
Jiang Aichen paid attention to the environment while slipping into a narrow alley without leaving a trace.
This narrow alley leads directly to the farm behind the village.
The stench of various livestock feces made Jiang Aichen, who was already accustomed to the stench, unable to help feeling nauseous.
He covered his nose with his hands and walked quickly to the high wall of the farm.
This farm is very big. It looks like all the livestock raised by the residents in this village are kept here.
Each family has a private room, and all kinds of livestock in the family are raised together.
Jiang Aichen peeked inside through the windows along the side.
Until I saw several kitchen knives being hoisted by heavy machinery.
Judging from the looks of it, it should be used for slaughtering livestock in the village.
He silently withdrew his gaze and then carefully left the farm.
He had just left along the edge of the village when he suddenly noticed that the doors of the square courtyard, which had not been opened for a long time, were wide open, and a group of ferocious-looking villagers walked out.
There are both men and women, and they look quite old.
Jiang Aichen's eyes darkened.
He quickly called Gu Beizhi and said in a calm and rational tone: "Lin Anyu and I are in trouble in the village."
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On the other side, Lin Anyu was frightened by the villagers who gradually gathered around him, and explained: "I am a policeman, I just come here to ask some questions as usual, there is no other intention."
Cong Yanping, who had been standing in the middle of the crowd, said, "Don't listen to her. She is a fake police officer. Even her police ID is fake. She is a liar."
"You can call the police and ask. I am a real police officer," said Lin Anyu.
"Why would a real police officer target Cong Yanping's family? They only have a stupid son and an old woman who is half buried in the ground?" one of the villagers said, "What is there to investigate? I think you are just bullying people."
"I'm telling you, liar, our village is not easy to mess with!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other villagers who had gathered around him also shouted a few more times in response.
Lin Anyu noticed that the situation was getting worse and worse. She said, "We police have only found out that Su Cheng stayed in our village before his death, so we wanted to ask about the situation."
When they heard the name Su Cheng, everyone's expressions changed, and some people even looked at each other.
Lin Anyu's eyes quickly swept across everyone's faces one by one.
"Never mind, let's arrest this fake policeman first," said a man holding a hoe. "We can't let this kind of liar disrupt our village."
He used all kinds of high-sounding words in his speech.
But who knows why they insisted on labeling her a fake police officer.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Lin Anyu knew that no matter how much he explained, they would not listen.
She turned around and ran quickly out of the village.
Everyone rushed and chased after him.
Just when she was about to run to the village entrance, several villagers who were more familiar with the routes in the village took a shortcut and blocked the way to the village entrance.
In front of us were several strong villagers holding hoes and iron rods. Behind them was a group of villagers holding various farming tools.
It seems like no matter where you go, it's the wrong way.
Just when Lin Anyu was a little panicked, a figure rushed out from the side. He stretched out his arms and protected Lin Anyu firmly behind him.
He moved slowly, as if observing where the two could escape.
"What's going on?" Jiang Aichen said.
Lin Anyu looked up at him and replied, "They were too defensive. I just asked casually if there was a homeless woman in their village, and that's how they acted."
Lin Anyu also observed the surrounding environment and said quickly: "When they were chasing me, some of them kept emphasizing that I was a fake policeman and said that I came to disrupt their village. So I suspect that most people are not aware of Su Cheng's murder. They really believe that I am a fake policeman, so they used their family business to arrest me."
Lin Anyu continued, "But I can guarantee that the leaders know what to write."
Jiang Aichen didn't have time to listen to her analysis of the case: "I called the Zecheng Criminal Police Team, they will be here soon. After you run away, remember to protect yourself."
Watching the villagers gradually closing in the circle of siege, Lin Anyu said anxiously, "What about you?"
"Don't worry about me. I brought you here. I have an obligation to keep you safe."
"How can I use your protection?" Lin Anyu said anxiously, "Don't forget, I am also a people's policeman."
Jiang Aichen knew that in the current situation, it would be most dangerous for the two of them to separate.
Jiang Aichen did not forget to tell Lin Anyu about his discovery. He whispered to Lin Anyu in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Remember, there is a breeding farm behind the village. There is a slaughtering machine in the breeding farm. I suspect that Su Cheng was dismembered by that machine."
"If you insist on waiting until Gu Beizhi and the others come over, you must tell them to collect samples for testing."
"Okay." Lin Anyu agreed.
As they were talking, before the two men could react, several villagers rushed forward, holding their weapons and attacking Lin Anyu and the other man indiscriminately.
Jiang Aichen quickly grabbed a root and blocked his attack. Then he pulled hard and the stick was in his hand.
With a weapon, Jiang Aichen was obviously more confident than when fighting hand-to-hand. He responded to attacks from all directions in an orderly manner.
But a person's strength is limited after all. Although he blocked many attacks, in order to prevent Lin Anyu from getting hurt, he himself was still attacked from all directions.
Lin Anyu behind him dodged instinctively, kicking from time to time, and also able to block some attacks from behind for Jiang Aichen.
The two stood back to back, but saw more and more villagers surrounding them.
You can’t run away. You can’t run away at all!
Lin Anyu asked in a low voice: "Captain Jiang, are you okay?"
Jiang Aichen quickly replied: "Not bad."
Lin Anyu knew his physical condition: "Run, I don't think I can get out."
Jiang Aichen had already used up a lot of his strength after blocking several enemies. He ordered, "Don't talk. Save your strength and hold on until support comes."
He had just uttered the word "support" when suddenly a blow came from the direction of his right ear on the top of his head.
With a "bang", the muffled sound of impact was infinitely amplified in Lin Anyu's ears.
"Captain Jiang!" Lin Anyu noticed something was wrong behind her and she shouted uncertainly.
Then, she felt the tall and strong body behind her slowly lower itself.
She turned her head and carefully glanced at Jiang Aichen's situation behind her.
Jiang Aichen seemed unable to bear the pain in his head. He knelt on one knee and tried to support his body so as not to fall down due to dizziness.
Fresh blood flowed slowly from the top of the head along the contours of the skull in all directions.
Jiang Aichen shook his head, trying to get rid of the dizziness in his brain so that he could stay clear.
Seeing Jiang Aichen fall down, it seemed as if the last straw supporting Lin Anyu was pulled out.
Lin Anyu quickly grabbed a thin stick that she was holding, and then pulled it hard, pulling the stick of the old man who was attacking her into her own hand.
She was very strong, and during the snatching process, the old man almost stumbled a few steps.
Everyone was stunned.
They knew the old man, who was a well-known hard-working man in the village. He picked corn and moved vegetables by himself every year, and his strength and stamina were beyond reproach.
It's understandable that an adult male could have snatched it away.
She is just a girl, where does she get the strength?
Especially since she has delicate skin and tender flesh, she doesn't look like a strong person.
Before they could react, Lin Anyu raised the thin stick to block the random attacks of several people, then put the stick flat and swept it around the two people.
Fearing injury, everyone dodged away.
Many people came just to give courage to their fellow villagers, and they didn't think of trying their best to stop them.
Not to mention getting hurt just by joining in the fun.
They were frightened by Lin Anyu's crazy look and took a step back, fearing that she would hurt them if she died.
Among them was Cong Yanping, who was frightened by Lin Anyu's crazy look.
Seeing that everyone had stopped attacking, Lin Anyu knew that they were a little frightened by her momentum. She raised the corners of her lips confidently and then put the stick on her shoulder.
"Who says a powerful dragon can't defeat a local snake?" Lin Anyu said arrogantly, "Today - I, Song Luo, will defeat him."
Lin Anyu almost gritted his teeth when he heard the last few words.
She raised her foot and kicked the crowd a few times, followed by a few more hits with sticks.
While hitting with the stick, she also did not forget to kick a few times with changing footwork.
Finally, she held the stick in her hand firmly against Cong Yanping's neck in the crowd, and using it as a support point, she turned her body sideways in the air and kicked each of the people who were gradually approaching to the ground.
The people behind her were so scared that they didn't dare to move forward. Then she put away the stick and hit Cong Yanping hard on the waist.
Cong Yanping, who was already old, immediately fell to the ground.
She knelt on the ground, looking in pain.
The world seemed to stop at that moment, and no one dared to step forward rashly.
Lin Anyu skillfully turned the stick in his hand, glanced meaningfully at everyone's faces, and said, "Can we chat now?"
There was total silence.
"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent." Lin Anyu ordered, "Think carefully about what you should confess. You also know that it is illegal to tell a false confession to the police."
After Lin Anyu finished speaking, she took a few steps forward. Wherever she went, everyone tacitly made way for her.
Lin Anyu walked up to Jiang Aichen and squatted down: "Jiang Aichen, Jiang Aichen."
She called out softly a few times, but before Jiang Aichen could answer, he fell to the side.
"Who has gauze and alcohol?" Lin Anyu tried to help him up and asked anxiously.
Everyone looked at each other and took no action.
Lin Anyu glanced at everyone's faces and warned, "Do you know what the consequences will be if you attack a police officer and cause his death? If you want the whole village to go to jail, I won't stop you."
"But you should also think about it. If you really go to jail, what will happen to your children? Is it really worth it to let your children and your children's children be charged with illegal activities just to protect a fellow villager who has no blood relationship with you?"
Cong Yanping leaned forward and said arrogantly, "Don't believe her. As long as we handle it cleanly, no one will know what we did."
Lin Anyu seemed not to have taken Cong Yanping's words to heart. She continued to talk to herself, "Of course, don't think that you are all alone at home and that you can escape without any problems. I can tell you clearly that with today's criminal investigation technology, even if you run to the ends of the earth, our police will be able to catch you back easily."
"Similarly, if you want to escape from me, it's basically impossible," Lin Anyu paused for a second and threatened, "I can fight a group of you alone, or I can fight one of you alone."
As if frightened by Lin Anyu's words, someone in the crowd shouted, "I have a..."
"Go get it." Lin Anyu ordered.
She looked at Cong Yanping carefully.
Cong Yanping looked at him in disbelief: "Lao Zhang, what are you doing?"
The middle-aged villager named Lao Zhang seemed to have made a great decision and ran away without looking back.
Lin Anyu put Jiang Aichen against a wall and let him lean against it.
After the villager brought the alcohol and gauze, she slowly disinfected him and bandaged him.
Everyone seemed to be scared by her beating. No one dared to step forward to stop her while she was applying medicine. They could only quietly stand in a circle and watch Lin Anyu stop Jiang Aichen's bleeding.
Lin Anyu was very skilled. In a short while, he had wrapped the bandage around Jiang Aichen's head and tied a bow on the top of his head with gauze.
Lin Anyu had just finished cleaning up everything and before he could ask any questions, Gu Beizhi rushed over with the criminal police from Zecheng.
Gu Beizhi saw more than 40 villagers surrounding Lin Anyu and Jiang Aichen, not daring to move. He paused and asked in surprise, "Lin Anyu, are you okay?"
Lin Anyu saw them and shook her head: "It's okay, it's just that Jiang Aichen was injured."
"I brought medical staff." Gu Beizhi winked at the doctors in white coats behind him.
Several doctors who received the signal came forward and carried Jiang Aichen into the ambulance.
After the other accompanying criminal police pulled the other villagers into the car one by one, Gu Beizhi walked to Lin Anyu from the command post not far away.
Gu Beizhi stated: "Pei Jingji tested the autumn johns and evidence that you and Jiang Aichen sent back to the police station, and found the prostate remains of Li Cheng and some DNA information of Su Cheng."
Lin Anyu's voice was calm, without any change in rhythm: "I know."
Gu Beizhi was curious: "How did you know?"
Lin Anyu: "Half of it was told to me by Cong Yanping, and the other half was my own guess."
Gu Beizhi didn't ask any more questions. He looked at the people being taken away and said, "Whether Cong Yanping killed anyone or not, she organized the masses to obstruct the police from handling the case. This is enough for her to stay in the police station for a few days."
Lin Anyu said categorically: "She killed someone!"
Gu Beizhi: "Have you found any evidence?"
Lin Anyu did not answer him directly. She said, "Captain Gu, Captain Jiang told me when he was sober that he said that the weapon used to kill Su Cheng was in the farm behind the village."
Gu Beizhi panicked for a second and said, "I'll send someone to check it out right away."
After saying that, he noticed that Lin Anyu's personality seemed to have become much calmer, and his temperament was completely different from before he went out on patrol yesterday.
Gu Beizhi: "Are you okay? Are you scared?"
Lin Anyu pulled himself back from his wandering thoughts and said, "Captain Gu, I want to go to Cong Yanping's house to investigate further."
"I'll accompany you." Gu Beizhi said.
Lin Anyu hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not stop him from accompanying her: "Yeah."
When Lin Anyu and Cong Yanping arrived at Cong Yanping's house again, Cong Yanping's son had just been taken out of the house by several criminal police as a suspect.
He was holding a bunny doll in his arms, his eyes were dull, and he was mumbling: "Baby, baby, mommy said, Qiqi is going to have a baby..."
Lin Anyu said nothing and watched him leave calmly.
Gu Beizhi and Lin Anyu walked into the sun-filled room together.
The room is filled with sunlight, and no matter how Lin Anyu looks at it, he feels that the whole room is warm.
Except for the wordless tombstone standing in the center of the room, it is placed very strangely right opposite the door and can be seen as soon as you enter the room.
Lin Anyu walked straight forward, picked up the blank sign without hesitation and turned it over.
Immediately, a line of numbers pressed on the bottom of the blank signboard appeared.
——Died on December 21.
Seeing this string of numbers, Lin Anyu was so angry that his whole body was shaking.
Gu Beizhi, who happened to follow, asked, "What's going on?"
Lin Anyu tried hard to suppress his anger and said, "This is the date of death of Su Cheng's unborn baby."
Gu Beizhi: “Hmm?”
Lin Anyu didn't have time to answer his questions. She opened the door and rushed out, walked to where the police car was parked, and pulled out Cong Qi who was about to get in the car to be taken away.
The detectives who were busy arresting people were obviously frightened by Lin Anyu's sudden action: "Officer Lin, what's wrong?"
Lin Anyu didn't answer him. She was full of anger and said, "Give it to me!"
"Ah?" Cong Qi looked around blankly, and then seemed to be frightened by Lin Anyu's angry expression again. He dodged backwards timidly, trying his best to avoid a head-on conflict with Lin Anyu.
"Give me the toy in your hand." Lin Anyu said seriously.
This time, the naturally stupid Cong Qi also understood what Lin Anyu meant. He tightly protected the stuffed toy in his arms and said, "No, no."
Lin Anyu didn't have time to waste with him. She pulled the toy in Cong Qi's hand and tried to pull it out of his hand.
Although Cong Qi was stupid, he also understood that Lin Anyu was trying to steal his things. He pulled hard and muttered woodenly, "No... No."
Seeing that Lin Anyu's emotions were somewhat out of control, Gu Beizhi and the previous criminal police officer hurried forward to separate Cong Qi and Lin Anyu.
Gu Beizhi stopped her and tried to awaken Lin Anyu's consciousness: "Lin Anyu, Lin Anyu, wake up."
After Gu Beizhi's intervention, Lin Anyu's out-of-control emotions gradually calmed down.
Her eyes gradually focused, and her chaotic consciousness gradually became clear?
What happened to her just now?
Ever since Jiang Aichen was injured, her body seemed to be out of her control.
But the magical thing is that it is different from the feeling that Song Luo’s consciousness is controlling his body.
This time, she clearly felt that there was a consciousness controlling her body, but she could clearly remember what had just happened.
"Captain Gu." Lin Anyu called out weakly.
Gu Beizhi breathed a sigh of relief. His usual commanding mood was gone. He said, "You just lost control of your emotions. Are you okay?"
"It's okay," Lin Anyu said, "Captain Jiang, is he okay? His head is bleeding."
Gu Beizhi: "The hospital said that there is no serious problem. He has been sent to Beihai Central Hospital to check whether he has a concussion."
Lin Anyu: “Oh.”
Gu Beizhi was curious and asked, "Why did you grab Congqi's toy at that time?"
Lin Anyu explained: "That's not a toy, it's a recorder."
Gu Beizhi was puzzled: "Huh? A recorder? Why did Cong Yanping buy a recorder for his son? Wouldn't it be more convenient to install a camera at home?"
Lin Anyu: "Yes, I think so too, so I feel that the recorder is not Cong Qi's, but Su Cheng's."
Lin Anyu continued, "There must be some records of Su Cheng's life in it."
Gu Beizhi seemed to have an inexplicable trust in Lin Anyu. He said, "We really need to investigate it carefully."
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The interrogation was not completed until seven o'clock in the afternoon.
Lin Anyu sat in his seat and waited quietly for news from the interrogation room.
Not long after, Gu Beizhi walked in from the door.
As soon as he opened the door, everyone in the office looked at him in unison.
He glanced around the room and said, "Hey, why aren't you off work yet?"
"Captain Gu, we are waiting for the results." Jiang Nan said seriously.
Gu Beizhi did not keep the secret, he said: "The result is that during the period of adopting Su Cheng, Su Cheng's aunt Su Pannan knew that Li Cheng would bring some men home from time to time to violate Su Cheng. She felt that it had nothing to do with her, so she did not stop it. Later, one day two years ago, she found out that her husband was actually doing that kind of thing with Su Cheng in that small shabby house, so she was angry and had a fight with Li Cheng for a while."
"During that time, even Li Cheng's colleagues at the company noticed something was wrong with him. When asked, he said that it was his stupid niece who stole the money. When his colleagues heard this, they all gave him advice and told him to send Su Cheng away. In order to maintain his reputation and not let the villagers know that he had abandoned his niece, Li Cheng sent Su Cheng to Cong Yanping's village while delivering vegetables."
"Cong Yanping also took the initiative to admit that her son was born mentally retarded. In order to let him have offspring, she took in Su Cheng, who was wandering on the street, and used him as a reproductive tool for her son."
Jiang Nan asked: "Who is the biological father of Su Cheng's child?"
"It was Cong Qi," Gu Beizhi said, "According to Cong Yanping, she brought Su Cheng to Beihai for examination, not to check whether the fetus was normal, but to check whether she was related to her son by blood."
Tang Jianyue: "Since it is certain that the child is Cong Qi's, why did Cong Yanping still want to kill Su Cheng?"
Silently, Lin Anyu said, "Because the day before the child was about to be born, Su Cheng couldn't bear the pain and killed the child."
The office was silent for a second, and then someone in the corner muttered, "A mother killed a child that was about to be born?"
"Yes." Gu Beizhi said affirmatively.
Jiang Nan's work desk was very close to Lin Anyu's desk. He tilted his head and asked, "Lin Anyu, how did you know?"
"I learned this from the recording in Cong Qi's toy," Lin Anyu said. "This recording toy was left to Su Cheng by her parents before they died. They were worried that someone might harm their daughter without leaving any evidence."
For a moment, the whole office fell silent again.
Lin Anyu seemed unable to accept this depressing atmosphere. She stood up and said, "I'm going to go out for a while."
As if he could see through her thoughts, Gu Beizhi said, "In the second interrogation room."
"Thanks."
Lin Anyu thanked him, then stood up and went to the second interrogation room.
The interrogation room was dark, with only a light on on the table.
Lin Anyu stared at Su Pannan for a long time in the one-way glass room, and as if he had made up his mind, he pushed the door and walked to the other side.
When Su Pannan saw that it was Lin Anyu, he was surprised for a second: "Officer Lin."
Lin Anyu placed a recorder on the table in front of Su Pannan: "I think you should listen to this."
Su Pannan was puzzled: "What is this?"
"Your brother gave it to you."
After saying that, without waiting for Su Pannan to ask more questions, Lin Anyu walked out alone.
Su Panan clicked on the recorder in confusion, and a distant yet familiar voice came out.
"Sister, I'm Pan Zi. Actually, I've always wanted to say thank you to you, and I'm sorry. I've always known that I was picked up, and it's me who usurped the perfect family that originally belonged to you."
"Pan Zi, stop talking nonsense and get to the point." It was a woman's voice.
"Sister, the one who spoke just now was your sister-in-law. We have a child, and I came here specially to tell you."
"Sister, it's a girl." The female voice said every day.
"I have been trying to make up for the harm my appearance has brought you throughout my life, but you never gave me a chance. Now that I have a daughter, I hope you can give her a chance to call you aunt."
After a few words, a crackling sound came from the recorder.
Then there was a loud crash.
After a few screams, the naughty male voice said in a weak voice: "Sister, if... I am... not here... can... you... please... take care of Xiao Cheng? Although she is a little stupid, she is very obedient."
"Also, I deposited a sum of money in a safe deposit box at the bank a few years ago. The large portion is in your name, and the small portion is for Xiao Chengzi and Xiao Chengzi's mother. If I am gone, please take good care of them."
"I can't repay you enough for your kindness in this life, brother... I will definitely repay you in the next life."
"Sister, I wish you a long life and happiness for your family."
As soon as the man finished speaking, the sound of the recorder stopped completely.
Listening to all this, Su Pannan had already burst into tears without knowing when.
Lin Anyu stood expressionlessly in the one-way glass interrogation room. She watched Su Panan's "confession" very quietly.
Pei Jingji, who appeared beside her out of nowhere, said, "Why did you delete the recording of Su Cheng at the end? If you didn't delete it, she would cry even harder."
Lin Anyu's eyes were not focused. After a while, she said, "Just think of me as being soft-hearted."
Pei Jingji seemed to see through Lin Anyu's heart at a glance. He changed the subject casually: "What's wrong? I heard from Lao Gu that you have been acting strange all day, as if you have become a different person. So, you are not my boss's personality now, right?"
Lin Anyu had no intention of joking with him. She shook her head and said, "No, I just suddenly felt a little emotional."
Pei Jingji: "What's the feeling?"
Lin Anyu's eyes wandered over Su Pannan. She said to herself, "A mother's body was dismembered and thrown into the gutter, and there was no one to collect the body; but an unborn fetus that had never breathed independently could be placed on the altar at home, receiving all kinds of food offerings from relatives."
"What has the world given to this poor mother?"
After a while, Lin Anyu asked himself and answered: "It seems like there is nothing."
"Yes, but it is just that one womb that is coveted by the world and forcibly given the meaning of reproduction."
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