75 Chapter 75
◎Sad and repentant◎
Liang Jun's painful cries echoed throughout the ward.
He buried his face in his hands and cried so hard that his whole body was shaking.
"Xiu Wen... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."
After realizing there was no chance for communication, Qianyang and the other person left the ward.
How should this sentence be understood?
[Xiu Wen's child is my child. Does this mean that the child in Xiu Wen's belly is his child, or that Xiu Wen's child is my child?]
You didn't make it clear enough. The latter means he only wants Xiuwen's child. No matter who the biological father is, he will treat him as his own.
If he meant the second level, then there would be a big problem.
[Yes, this means he already knew that He Xiuwen was pregnant with someone else's child. In those days, unmarried pregnancy was a serious matter in the countryside. Perhaps he married her to protect He Xiuwen and the child in her belly.]
[Then he had even less reason to kill Ho Hsiu-man to prove the child was his own!]
My God! Liang Jun married Ms. He Xiuwen to protect her. How could he possibly kill her when she was about to give birth?
[Oh my god! This cannot be true. Hasn't Liang Jun been wrongly accused for over a decade?]
[Unbelievable, so horrible!]
【Could the murderer be someone else? 】
[But why did Liang Jun become insane if he didn't kill anyone? ]
【Can't be sure, Ms. Qianyang hasn't spoken yet.】
After leaving Liang Jun's ward, the group came to the old dean's office.
"Master Qianyang, what did Liang Jun mean by that? Do you suspect that the baby in Sister Xiuwen's belly is not his biological child?" Xiaoshui asked doubtfully.
Qian Yang nodded and said, "I do have this suspicion."
Liu Yi frowned and said, "Master Qianyang, is it possible that Liang Jun didn't know at first that the child might be someone else's? After returning from his work trip, he discovered some clues and thought that the child in He Xiuwen's belly might not be his. It wasn't because of the rumors he spread while he was away that he attacked He Xiuwen?"
Qian Yang shook his head and said, "That's unlikely."
The old dean sighed, "I don't know what's going on, but Liang Jun can be said to be the most worry-free patient in our hospital."
"He's been in the hospital for over a decade and has never hurt any medical staff. He's been alone every day, unlike other mentally ill patients. To be honest, I've wondered if he's been wronged."
Qianyang pursed her lips and said nothing.
She felt that Liang Jun's behavior logic was wrong. The child was most likely not his, and he himself knew this. After all, she was his sister whom he lived with day and night. Even if he didn't know and had doubts, he should have asked He Xiuwen, and he should not have killed him and the child directly.
The Liang army's motive for committing the crime was completely insufficient.
Does this matter have anything to do with Ji Tiancai's family?
Qianyang raised his head thoughtfully, "Some of the villagers back then should know the truth."
Xiao Shui sighed and said, "I just don't know where they moved to. Besides, maybe the people who knew the truth have passed away in the past ten years."
"If the murderer is not Liang Jun, then..." Liu Yi hesitated and did not continue.
If the murderer is not Liang Jun, this matter is really too big.
Qian Yang pondered for a moment and asked, "Dean, has anyone come to visit Liang Jun in these years?"
If Liang Jun was wrongfully imprisoned, the police must have had problems with the villagers' testimony, and they hid the third person. In addition, Liang Jun was mentally ill and unable to defend himself, so he would naturally become the only murderer.
After Liang Jun was admitted to the mental hospital, his parents could not accept the fact that he had to live far away from home, and they were unable to let go of their worries and meet him for many years. It can be said that he had no relatives in the world. If there were anyone who visited him specifically during this period, they must be someone who knew about the incident.
The old man frowned and thought carefully, "Don't tell me, it seems that there is someone who comes to visit him every year in recent years."
Qian Yang immediately sat up straight and asked, "Who is it?"
The old dean said, "I don't know either. I asked them to find the visitor records."
[Yes, yes, yes! I got it!]
Liang Jun did something like this, and his parents couldn't forgive him. They never visited him, so why would anyone else visit him?
[Unless this person knows the inside story, that's why he comes to see him out of guilt!]
[Ahhhhhhhh help me, I feel like Liang Jun is being wronged! ]
[No! I really can't hold it in anymore. It's too uncomfortable.]
[Alas, this family is so pitiful.]
The old dean asked the nurse at the information desk to find the visitor record of Liang Jun and send it to the office.
The old dean glanced at the visitor log and said, "There's a guest named Ji who comes to see me every six months. I happened to see him once. He was dressed very warmly and wore a mask. Every time he came, he would buy Liang Jun a lot of things and leave some money."
"Your last name is Ji? Ji Tiancai?" Qian Yang asked.
"No, look."
Qianyang took the visitor record from his hand. After all, Liang Jun was not an ordinary patient. Anyone who visited him had to leave their real name and ID number. There was also a column next to it recording his contact information.
That person was not Ji Tiancai, but Ji Ming.
"It is indeed related to the Ji family." Qian Yang said in a deep voice.
[Surname Ji? What's his relationship with Ji Tiancai?]
【Perhaps it was Ji Tian who changed his name.】
[Do you have contact information? If so, please call and ask.]
If Liang Jun was wrongly accused, he, as someone who knew about the situation, came to visit Liang Jun, probably because he still had a conscience and felt guilty.
【I'm sure I can learn something from him! 】
Qian Yang said, "Dean, please make a phone call and tell him that Liang Jun has a problem. Only someone you know can contact him. It would be better if you can ask him to come to the hospital."
The old dean nodded and said, "Then I'll give it a try."
Qianyang and his team went to the hospital and obtained the police's consent, and the hospital would naturally cooperate with them.
The old dean called Ji Ming using the office phone.
The phone rang for more than ten seconds, and there was a slight sound of electricity. Soon, it was connected.
"Hello."
A male voice rang out in the room through the loudspeaker.
Everyone held their breath and stared at the phone that made the sound.
"Hello, I am the director of the mental hospital where Liang Jun is located." The old director introduced himself.
The person on the other end of the phone paused for a moment and then asked, "What's going on?"
"That's right. Liang Jun hasn't been feeling well lately, and the police can't do anything about it. We're wondering if you're a friend of his, since you're the only one who's visited him in recent years. Would it be convenient for you to come to the hospital in the next couple of days?"
"...What happened to him?" Ji Ming did not answer the old dean's question immediately.
"I can't say for sure. He hasn't eaten properly for several days and has lost a lot of weight. If he continues like this, he may not live for many days." The old dean sighed.
He said this not just to call Ji Ming to the hospital. Liang Jun's condition was indeed as he said. He had not eaten much these days and was in a depressed mood. If he continued like this, he really wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.
Hearing this, a sigh came from the phone.
"Okay, I'll go see him tomorrow morning."
"Okay, thank you."
After hanging up the phone, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Maybe we can find out the truth when we see him tomorrow morning." Xiao Shuidao.
Liu Yi also said: "Alas, I hope there is no mistake."
【This person has a good conscience.】
[Luckily, people their age don’t use the internet much.]
[Yes, it happened more than ten years ago, and most of the villagers are old now.]
【Wait until tomorrow! 】
"That's all for today's show. See you tomorrow." Qianyang said.
【See you tomorrow! 】
【(Put your hands together) I hope there will be a good result.】
After turning off the live broadcast equipment, Qian Yang and his group said goodbye to the old dean and left the hospital.
People of Ji Ming's age may not know who Qian Yang is, and his name was not revealed in the live broadcast, so nothing will go wrong.
The story was not over yet. They stayed in a hotel in the county town that night.
After dinner, Qianyang took Shunyi's hand and left the hotel.
"Master Qianyang, where are you going?" Xiaoshui bought some toiletries and came in from the hotel entrance.
Qian Yang said, "I'm going out for a walk."
"Are you alone? Let me go with you." Xiao Shuidao.
Qianyang paused, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Xiaoshui left her things at the hotel front desk and then left with her.
It was already late autumn, and many leaves were falling on both sides of the streets at night.
Qianyang turned on his phone, entered the navigation software, and entered the name of a hotel.
When leaving the county public security bureau, Qian Yang asked the name of the hotel where Ji Tiancai stayed on the night of the incident.
This old hotel has renovated its rooms and is still in business today.
The two walked to the outside of the hotel. There was a middle-aged man at the front desk, playing mahjong with some music playing.
"Hello." Qianyang walked to the front desk and knocked on the table.
"Flowers bloom on the bar!"
"yeah!"
The middle-aged man clapped his hands happily.
"Woof!" Shunyi barked.
The middle-aged man said without even looking up, "Pets are not allowed in hotels."
Qian Yang said: "I don't stay in the hotel."
The middle-aged man looked up at him and saw Qianyang dressed like a Taoist priest. He showed a speechless expression, probably thinking that she was some kind of swindler. He took out ten yuan from the drawer and threw it to her.
"Okay, let's go. Stop trying to sell me those luck-boosting things." The middle-aged man lowered his head again and started his second round of mahjong. "Last time I bought your stuff, I lost three days playing mahjong."
Qian Yang said, "I want to ask about the matter related to Liang Jun's murder of his wife."
Hearing this, the boss rolled his glasses, raised his head, and looked her up and down. "...What about He Xiuwen?"
That incident caused quite a stir back then and must have left a deep impression on the boss.
"Yes." Qianyang nodded.
The boss picked up his phone and sat up straight. "What do you want to ask?"
Qian Yang asked, "Did Ji Tiancai leave the hotel after he checked in that night?"
The boss shook his head and said, "The police officers asked about it before, and they checked the surveillance footage! He didn't leave until the next morning."
Qian Yang said: "Okay, thank you."
"Is it Ji Tiancai himself who lives here?"
"Who else could it be but him? Back then, that kid would run to the county every now and then."
It seems that the boss has a deep impression of Ji Tiancai and there is little possibility that he has recognized the wrong person.
"OK, thanks."
"You're welcome, you're welcome." The boss waved at her.
Qianyang put the money back on the counter and glanced at some strange little gadgets on the locker behind him, most of which were probably used by quacks to cheat people.
"Boss, those things are useless, just throw them away."
"It's okay. It won't have any impact if you leave it alone. Just consider it a lesson learned."
"It's easy to attract ghosts."
The boss raised his eyes, grabbed a handful and handed it to her, "There's a trash can on the side of the road, could you please help me throw it away?"
"OK."
Qianyang and the other person left the hotel and threw the miscellaneous stuff into the trash can.
"Master Qianyang, do you have any ideas?" Xiaoshui asked.
Qian Yang said: "He Xiuwen's death is closely related to the Ji family. I just want to know clearly."
"We can't completely rule out the possibility that Liang Jun wasn't behind this, but... maybe."
Xiao Shui nodded, not quite understanding, and asked, "Where else are we going next?"
"No need, go back and rest."
"good!"
After a night's rest, they rushed to the mental hospital early the next morning after breakfast.
Before Ji Ming arrived, Qian Yang took the old dean's request to walk around the hospital and found nothing unusual.
Around ten o'clock in the morning, the information desk called to say that Ji Ming had arrived and was on his way to the dean's office.
Qianyang and the others also returned to the office to prepare. Since the other party still had a conscience, she planned to have a frank talk with him.
【Ahhh, I've been waiting since 8am! 】
【It’s finally here! It’s finally here! 】
[Has the person surnamed Ji arrived? ]
I spent the entire night scratching my head and chatting with them in the square. Everyone agreed that Liang Jun wasn't the murderer.
[At first I didn't think it was possible, thinking that honest people are the most perverted when they become perverted. But after reading their analysis I think it makes sense. After all, she is my sister, who is like a sister to me. How could she be so cruel and use such brutal means?]
[Master Qianyang must clear Liang Jun's name!]
A few minutes later, Ji Ming came to the office door.
"Mr. Ji, our dean is inside, please go in directly."
"OK."
The photographer hiding in the corner of the corridor captured Ji Ming's entire figure.
He was wearing a black jacket and looked to be in his thirties or forties, with a lot of gray hair.
After the medical staff left, Ji Ming did not push the door open immediately. He stood in front of the door, pinching the corners of his clothes with both hands. After taking a deep breath, as if he had made an important decision, he pushed open the door of the dean's office.
The door was pushed open and a middle-aged man appeared at the door.
He glanced at everyone in the room, seemingly unsurprised by their presence.
In the dead silence of the room, Ji Ming looked at Qian Yang in the middle of the room, then walked straight towards her.
"Hello, Master Qianyang, I am Ji Ming." He stretched out his right hand towards Qianyang and forced a smile.
Qianyang shook his hand, "Hello."
The other person's palms were covered in cold sweat, and his arms were still shaking slightly. The moment his hands clasped together, all the emotions were transferred to Qianyang.
Everyone looked at this scene in surprise. Did Ji Ming already know the purpose of asking him to come here?
【ah? 】
Does he know?
[Then why…]
[Damn it, this proves that the situation is really different from what was rumored! ]
[Oh my god! He clearly knew about Master Qianyang, but he still rushed over.]
[Was Liang Jun really wronged? ]
OMG!!!
[I had anticipated this. This is a tragedy for everyone.]
He will tell us everything!
What kind of secret is hidden? I feel a little scared.
"Please sit down and let's talk slowly." Qian Yang said.
"Okay." Ji Ming sat down opposite the sofa.
"Do you know me?" Qian Yang asked.
Ji Ming nodded. "I happened to hear my daughter mention you. I... have always been paying attention to the affairs of He Xiuwen and Liang Jun, so I know you."
Qian Yang nodded and said, "Then you should know why we asked you to come here. Was the person killed by the Liang army?"
Ji Ming hunched his shoulders, sighed, and pulled something out of his jacket pocket. "I don't think it's him."
Qianyang narrowed his eyes, "What do you think?"
Ji Ming didn't say anything and handed the thing in his hand to someone else.
The others immediately understood what he meant and handed the things back to Qianyang.
Qianyang took it and saw that it was a photo with many fold marks.
The photo was probably taken more than ten years ago. Two people were standing by the river with their arms around each other, smiling at the camera.
What is depressing is that the two people in the photo have almost identical faces.
The photographer focused his lens on the picture, and there were gasps in the room.
[…I have a bold idea.]
Twins?
I think I know.
[Help, help, help, I can’t accept this! ]
[It should be when Ji Ming was young. Could the other person be Ji Tiancai? ]
[God!!! I know it too!!!]
How could this happen?
【Was Liang Jun wrongly accused?】
But why did he go crazy?
"I am Ji Tiancai's cousin." Ji Ming said.
"To be precise, I am his biological brother who was adopted by my uncle and has the same father and mother."
Qianyang pursed his lips and his breathing became heavy.
Before coming here, Ji Ming had already prepared himself mentally to tell everything.
"My adoptive parents were infertile. After discussion, the two families gave them 80,000 yuan, and they took me away."
"In order to prevent Ji Tiancai and I from discovering this too early, my adoptive parents took me to a new home outside and didn't tell me my background until I was an adult."
The room was silent, and everyone was listening to him attentively.
"After that, I would come back for a while every year. Since not many people knew about my life and his background, Ji Tiancai would sometimes let me pretend to be him and stay at home while he would sneak out to play."
"Because we look exactly the same, even his parents wouldn't recognize us if we put on his clothes, so there's never been any problems."
Having said that, Ji Ming showed a painful expression.
"I remember one time, he went out to play with a group of people and quietly asked me to follow them. During that time, he and a girl left the group and asked me to stay in the group instead of him... After a while, the girl came back crying and said that Ji Tian was bullying her."
【Grass? ? 】
[Scumbag! Pure scumbag!]
[The girl is back, and Ji Ming is still in the team. The others must think she's lying!]
【Oh my god, what a nice person.】
【Looking at it this way, Ji Ming isn't a good person either! 】
[Could this girl be the young Sammi Ho? ]
【devil! ! ! 】
【Ji Tiancai is the devil! 】
【Ah! He is the murderer! 】
Ji Ming lowered his head. "I was a little panicked at the time. I thought he was just bullying me. Afterwards, he begged me not to tell anyone and said he would never do such a thing again. So I didn't tell anyone the truth."
"About half a year later, he called me out of the blue and invited me to hang out for two days and apologize to me. I didn't think too much about it and came alone."
"I checked into the hotel he had booked and gave his name as usual. The next morning, he told me he had something urgent to do and hired a black car driver to take me home."
After hearing this, the atmosphere in the office had become extremely depressing, and everyone's face was filled with heaviness.
"Beast!" Xiaoshui couldn't help but curse.
Qianyang's expression was unusually gloomy. "What happened next?"
Ji Ming covered his eyes, his voice hoarse, "I knew nothing at the time. It wasn't until the following year, when He Xiuwen's ghost became so disturbing, that Ji Tiancai and his family asked my parents to borrow some money. They planned to change their names and move away. I read about it in the newspaper out of curiosity."
Ji Ming's voice gradually choked up. "I, I saw He Xiuwen's photo in the picture. She was the girl that Ji Tiancai bullied... On the day she died, I was staying at a hotel in the county. Ji Tiancai deliberately asked me to come here!"
Oh my god…
[After that incident, He Xiuwen became pregnant. Was it because she was afraid of letting her parents and others know that she...]
Who would believe her then? Everyone thought Ji Ming was Ji Tiancai. If this got out, and Ji Tiancai refused to admit it, He Xiuwen's situation would only get worse!
So, Liang Jun said the child was his just to protect his sister?
【He always knew the child was not his! 】
[Wuwuwu, help! Ji Tian was the one who planned this?]
Why would he do this? He Xiuwen had already endured it and married Liang Jun. No one would bother him anymore. He Xiuwen and her husband would definitely not let anyone know that the child was related to him. Why would he be so cruel?
Are you jealous? Liang Jun earned money working away from home and immediately built a two-story brick house, but their family still has a mud house?
Human nature is hard to explain. He used Ji Ming to fabricate an alibi, and he also showed up at the Liang family's house just as the old couple was out buying groceries. This was definitely premeditated murder.
[But why did Liang Jun become mentally ill? ]
[Wasn't he at the crime scene afterwards? There's only one possibility: he witnessed the brutal murder of He Xiuwen and her unborn child. Perhaps Ji Tiancai let him go because he was crazy.]
Ji Ming's suppressed emotions finally burst out. "I asked him afterwards if he had killed He Xiuwen and her son while I was in the hotel. He refused to admit it, but who else was there that night besides him?"
"How could Liang Jun kill He Xiuwen? He knew from the beginning that He Xiuwen was being bullied and he beat Ji Tiancai severely. How could he kill her just because the child wasn't his..."
Everyone present couldn't help but tear up when they heard this.
Xiao Shui choked up and said, "You clearly knew, so why didn't you say anything back then? You're the only witness!"
Liu Yi said: "Do you know that it was because of your protection that their family of five was harmed!"
"I... I know! I know!" Ji Ming cried bitterly, "How could I not know? But, but I haven't graduated from college yet, and I'm afraid... I'm afraid I'll be arrested and my life will be ruined..."
"I'm sorry... He Xiuwen... I'm sorry... Liang Jun..."
Human nature is selfish. Although Ji Ming was not aware of it at the time, he was already involved in this matter when he chose to shield Ji Tiancai for the first time.
Once Ji Tiancai is arrested for rape and murder, he will definitely be implicated.
So, he chose to remain silent.
But how could he not feel guilty towards Liang Jun's family?
So, he became the only person who visited Liang Jun in all these years.
Because of this, if he had been a little more cold-blooded and never showed up again like Ji Tiancai's family, the truth of this matter would probably have been buried forever.
"I was wrong... I hurt them... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." Ji Ming was heartbroken. He slid down from the sofa, knelt on the ground, and prostrated himself on the ground, repenting continuously.
It is undeniable that he has also become one of the victims of this incident.
However, he could not escape the position of the perpetrator.
【Author’s words】
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