Xie Qing went up to the second floor and went straight to the bedroom of Chao Xiu, the eldest son of Chao Shi. The murderer had just entered from here and was extremely nervous. He would definitely use the most familiar and habitual posture when killing people.
This room faces north, is not large in size, and has ordinary decoration. It can be seen that the Chao family does not favor boys over girls, and Chao Xiu is also a person who loves his sister.
On the west wall stands a large bookcase with a total of six layers, filled with famous works from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. In addition to novels, there are also many books on history, geography, and philosophy.
On the third floor, there is a mahogany photo frame, which contains a family portrait of Chao Shi's family. Two old men sit in the middle, and two girls of seventeen or eighteen sit beside them. Chao Xiu, wearing glasses, stands beside his parents, smiling brightly...
It's too tragic!
Xie Qing felt heavy in her heart, and she retracted her gaze and fell on the 1.5-meter-long small bed in front of her.
The bed was placed in a north-south direction, with the head of the bed just under the window.
The murderer came down from the window and attacked without alarming Chao Xiu.
The bloodstains were concentrated at the head of the bed, and there was only a continuous bloodstain on the east wall and the roof, which showed that the deceased was killed by one person - the other did not do anything.
Xie Qing climbed up to the windowsill, then came down, using her left and right hands to simulate the murderer's crime - Chao Xiu was lying inside, and the murderer had to get on the bed to kill people. In order to give his arms more room to move, he had to be a little further away from the wall - and the arc of the throw was biased to the south, which was in line with the movement pattern of the left hand.
Next, she looked at the rooms of Chao Shi and his wife and Chao's two younger sisters, and here the signs of left-handedness were not so clear.
The murderer used a hammer, and the distinction between the left and right hands was not obvious, so it was normal that Cao Haisheng and others did not notice it at the time.
To put it another way, if so many fingerprints were found but the murderer could not be caught, what would it matter if we knew whether he was left-handed?
Xie Qing came out of Chao Shi and his wife's room and returned to Chao Xiu's room.
She opened the door of the bookcase, scanned all the books from top to bottom, from left to right, and finally picked up a book and placed it on a thick book covered with a book cover on the middle layer, at the very end.
The book was very thick and the cover was very old. It should be a book that the deceased read often.
Xie Qing opened the title page - "The Jade Sword". The words in the book were very small. A set of books were collected into one book. It should be a pirated copy.
She smiled knowingly. Although it was a different era and a different world, she had the same male classmate.
Xie Qing pressed the page of the book with her thumb and quickly flipped from the back to the front. After two or three seconds, she found two palm-sized pieces of paper.
One of them read: Ye Wan, I am not Xia Xueyi, and you will not be He Hongyao.
Another one read: There is always a time when I hope this is a martial arts world, where revenge is taken and grievances are taken, like Yuan Chengzhi, who is happy to take revenge.
The penmanship is clear and fluent, and very artistic.
"What are you looking at?" A voice suddenly rang out.
Xie Qing was startled and turned her head to see that there were several people standing at the door, staring at her back.
Tan Yi was among them, and his eyes were particularly deep and difficult to understand.
She handed the book and the note to Tan Yi, "You tell me, is it possible that it was Chao Xiu's enemy?"
Huang Zhenyi also came, "Chao Xiu was only 22 years old when he was killed. He had just started working and had no enemies in his company. At that time, we investigated his high school and college classmates and found that he was popular in the class. At most, he had two classmates that he didn't like. In order to prevent omissions, we also investigated those two classmates. They were not in Lishan County at the time."
Tan Yi listened to him while flipping through the book again. After making sure that there was no omission, he returned the book to Xie Qing.
Xie Qing put the book back.
Huang Zhenyi thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Xie did remind me that at that time, everyone focused all their attention on the social relationships of Chao Shi and his wife, and not enough attention was paid to Chao Xiu and his sister. Let's make up for it today. Let's check Chao Xiu's bookshelf and the rooms of Chao Shi's two daughters again."
The girls checked the girls, and Xie Qing and Li Ke went to the south room.
The two girls are twins, and most of their clothes are the same, but the colors are different.
There are many posters of male stars on the wall. The sisters have different tastes, but they are very harmonious, and each of them occupies a wall.
Xie and Li checked two desks and found several notebooks, either photo albums or lyrics books, and two class records, which are all the blessings received when they graduated from high school.
The blessing was more official, such as "I wish you academic progress and a bright future", "I wish you success in everything and all your wishes come true", etc.
Even so, Li Ke was moved to tears, cursing the two murderers, and praying that she would quickly find two clues and catch the murderers to comfort the souls of the deceased.
However, there was nothing, including the male police officers who turned the bookcase upside down.
It was already noon when they left Chao's house, and Huang Zhenyi took them to the city to eat Northeastern cuisine.
Everyone sat down in a private room on the second floor of the restaurant.
Huang Zhenyi said, "I'll treat you to this meal. Whoever wants it will be in trouble. My travel expenses are at least a little higher than yours, so it won't cost much."
Tan Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't take it away."
Northeastern cuisine has large portions. Although there are many people and many dishes, the price is not expensive, just over 100 yuan.
Everyone talked about the case while drinking tea.
Huang Zhenyi said, "Let me summarize what we have learned. First, we should focus on investigating the social relationships of Chao Xiu and his sister. Second, one of the murderers is likely to be left-handed."
Fu Da said, "Chao Xiu's main social relationships are basically with classmates. There are so many of them, so it's not optimistic."
Huang Zhenyi glared at him and knocked his empty teacup. "You decide!"
Fu Da smiled and quickly filled his cup with tea. "I'm just worried."
Huang Zhenyi said, "Why worry? Eat when you should eat and work when you should work. It is estimated that the county bureau's data will not be available today. In the afternoon, we will divide the work and first review the social relationships of the Chao family."
Fu Da didn't dare to be naughty anymore, and he echoed seriously with everyone else.
Because we didn't drink, we left after eating, and we finished lunch in less than an hour and a half.
In the afternoon, Xie Qing, Li Ke, Huang Zhenyi, and Tan Yi formed a team and went straight to Chao Xiu's high school.
Fu Da led others to review Chao Shi's social relationships.
Huang Zhenyi's rank was still quite high. After he revealed his identity in the communication room, the two principals of the high school personally welcomed them to the office.
Huang Zhenyi stated his purpose.
Principal Zheng was surprised, "It's still the same case, hasn't it been solved yet?"
Huang Zhenyi shook his head.
Principal Zheng said, "His three children all studied here, and we even had dinner with them several times. Alas, he was a good man, it's so tragic, so tragic."
Tan Yi said, "Did his three children get into your high school?"
Principal Zheng said, "His son studied well and got in by himself, but his two daughters were not so good, they paid for it."
Tan Yi said again, "What was the reputation of his two daughters in school?"
His words made Xie Qing's heart move. Yes, it is not necessarily only the boys who caused the trouble. Is it possible that the two girls caused the disaster?
Principal Zheng said, "The two girls are quite playful, and their families are rich, so they always have an arrogant attitude and are dissatisfied with everyone. Later, after the Chao family got into trouble, there was some discussion in the school, saying that they attracted people from society. But I don't think it's possible. The teachers also said that the two girls at most isolated a few poorer students, and most of the time they lived in peace and didn't do anything too out of the ordinary."
After saying that, he gave Huang Zhenyi and Tan Yi each a cigarette.
Huang Zhenyi lit it with a lighter and took a puff. "Principal Zheng, what about Chao Xiu? Did he have a fight or a love affair when he was studying here?"
Principal Zheng said, "That boy is a good student and always tops the class. He has never had a fight or a love affair."
Huang Zhenyi said, "You don't know whether he has had a love affair or not?"
Principal Zheng insisted, "Our school is strict. If we find any signs, we will ask the parents to come. And at that time, the whole of Lishan was talking about the Chao family. Chao Xiu's teachers, including the two of them, were all involved. My sister's teachers talked about this case a lot when they got together, but no one mentioned Chao Xiu's relationship. We are all adults, and we all know that it is difficult to hide something from so many eyes. "
Tan Yi suddenly thought of a sentence, "In this world, there are only three things that cannot be hidden: poverty, cough, and love."
He subconsciously wanted to see Xie Qing and observe her reaction to Principal Zheng's words, but he stopped halfway.
Huang Zhenyi looked at his watch, "Principal Zheng, if it is convenient, we would like to talk to their teacher again."
Principal Zheng said, "Of course, I will let them come to you when the bell rings."
...
Principal Zheng specially arranged a small office for Xie Qing and others to have a face-to-face meeting with several teachers.
They were lucky, all the class teachers were there.
Huang Zhenyi and Li Ke were in one group, and they were familiar with the two girls of the Chao family. Tan Yi and Xie Qing were in another group, and they were in charge of teaching Chao Xiu.
Xie Qing acted as a secretary.
While waiting for the teachers to come, Tan Yi said to Xie Qing, "You see, I don't think you can write much."
Xie Qing said, "I think so too."
The two smiled at each other.
Xie Qing felt a little regretful after laughing - with Tan Yi's eyes, Huang Zhenyi would definitely misunderstand something.
She glanced at the table next to her, and Li Ke happened to look over and asked, "Why can't you write a few words?"
Xie Qing said, "Teachers like good students. Since the principal knows that he doesn't have a girlfriend, the teachers know it even better."
The known result still needs to be discussed to make sure if there are any other details missed.
But unfortunately, there is still nothing - the teacher's eyes are equipped with filters. Chao Xiu is just a handsome boy with profound knowledge and excellent learning. He doesn't like others, but others like him, but the teacher has seen through it in advance and eliminated the hidden dangers in time.
Moreover, Chao Xiu not only doesn't fall in love, but even the name Ye Wan has never appeared in his class.
After interviewing Chao Xiu's teacher, the two interviewed the homeroom teacher of Chao Meng, one of Chao Shi's daughters.
This teacher wore black-framed glasses like Tan Yi and was very serious. She commented on Chao Meng like this:
"The Chao family has corrupted the habits of the sisters. They have bad discipline in class, like to talk, are at the bottom of the class in their studies, and always like to use small favors to win over one group of people and isolate another group."
"They have never been in a romantic relationship, but they are star-chasers. They either copy songs or buy photo stickers, and they play with things to the point of losing their ambition."
"They don't fight. Why would they fight in such a coquettish way? But I heard that they know some society people, and they brag about how badly they fight every day."
Chao Miao's teacher is gentle and her words are more reserved, but her situation is similar to Chao Meng's.
...
After reading the student files of the Chao brothers and sisters from the same period and taking notes, the four said goodbye to Principal Zheng and left the school.
Huang Zhenyi said, "It seems that we have to check the so-called social people. It is estimated that they have some intersection with Chao Shi or Chao Shi's relatives."
Tan Yi said, "I think so too."
The four got in the car, and Huang Zhenyi drove himself and took the three people to the only nightclub in the city.