The others opened the door one after another, looked around inside, and then came out to talk to Wu Tong.
"No."
"I don't have anything here either. Nothing at all."
"Me too. There are only a few cabinets. They don't look worth much and they're all empty."
Wu Tong put his hands on his hips, feeling like he had been cheated.
"Aside from this broken window, there's almost nothing in this house. I suspect nothing is left in here. This is a smokescreen that Lu Zhicai is deliberately throwing to exonerate himself!"
Otherwise it would be really hard to explain why there is no trace of anything in the house except the broken glass.
There are so many valuables in their house, it's impossible to move them all away just by breaking a window, right?
Moreover, even if they went in and out through the main door, didn't they make any noise?
Thinking of this, Wu Tong suddenly remembered that there were other residents nearby. If someone had encountered strangers coming in and out, they should be able to find one or two witnesses.
Thinking of this, Wu Tong decided to investigate the surroundings carefully before making a decision.
"Come here, I'll tell you something."
"You, go over there and ask the neighbors if they've heard any glass breaking recently or recently, or seen a large number of people moving things out of the house."
"Ergou, you stay with him. Xiao Li, you follow me. We've asked questions over there. Remember, ask them carefully. Write down anything that has even the slightest doubt. If you can't confirm it, bring it back to me."
The other two nodded and left.
Wu Tong looked around the house again, but really didn't see anything, so he took little Li Dan and knocked on the neighbor's door.
Boom boom boom.
There were three dull knocks on the door, and a little girl about twelve or thirteen years old came over to open the door.
Seeing that she didn't recognize the people at the door, the little girl didn't let them in, but turned around and called her mother.
"Mom, there are a few strangers here, I don't know any of them."
After a while, another loud female voice sounded.
"You go ahead and play, I'll take a look."
What caught my eye was a woman with a long braid and an apron. It looked like she was cooking.
Seeing Wu Tong and Xiao Li wearing red armbands outside the door, the woman was also confused.
"Comrades, who are you looking for?"
Things have been very chaotic outside lately. Although she is a woman, she has heard some of what her husband has said, so when she sees someone wearing a red armband, she is subconsciously polite.
"Hello, comrade, we're here to ask you about the family next door, number 14. When did they move in? Do you have a seal?"
No one knew what had happened, but the woman, who was used to being polite, invited the man into the house first.
"Oh, their family, comrades, come in and have a cup of tea while I think about it."
"Okay, sorry to bother you then."
In order to understand the situation, Wu Tong still walked into the house.
After sitting down, the woman began to reminisce.
"I have some impression of their family. We have lived here for decades, and I know our former neighbor. Later, they moved away, and the house was empty for a few months before it was sold. They just sold it before the New Year, and before that, they came to stay at our house."
"There's nothing special about the family that moved in later. I occasionally see people coming in and out of their house, but it's always at night. There's nothing else to notice."
"So... then, when you're at home, have you ever heard any noise coming from their house? Think about it carefully."
Her description was similar to what Lu Zhicai said himself, but he was still a little confused, so he asked for some details.
"Sound? Now that you mention it, I seem to remember it again. It seemed to be the day before yesterday, in the middle of the night, I heard someone outside breaking the glass window. I thought it was a thief, so I didn't dare say a word."
If there wasn't a thief, who would break the glass in the middle of the night?
Because she was scared, even though she heard the sound, she didn't get up, but continued to sleep.
"So you heard the sound of glass breaking? And it was the day before yesterday? Then did you hear any sound of things being moved?"
The woman thought about it carefully and it seemed that she only heard the sound of breaking glass. She didn't hear any sound of moving objects in the second half of the night.
"No, really. When I heard someone's glass breaking, I thought there was a thief. I was so scared that I couldn't sleep. I was afraid that the thief would come to my house after stealing his. But until dawn, I didn't hear any other strange noises."
If what Lu Zhicai himself said was true, and all the wealth his family had accumulated over the years was hidden in this house, then even if they moved overnight the day before yesterday, they might not be able to move everything.
Besides, how could they move so many things at night? Surely, Tian would be able to move them, but the woman didn't hear anything except the sound of breaking glass.
That's strange.
"Okay, thank you for helping us with our investigation."
After basically understanding everything, Wu Tong put away the notebook in his hand and stood up to express his gratitude.
"No, no, if there really is a thief, you must catch him, otherwise it might be my family's turn someday."
They were all neighbors living on the same street, and it was impossible for the thief to target only their family, so the woman's worries were not unnecessary.
"I don't think he's a thief, and you don't need to be so nervous. I suspect someone staged this farce themselves."
The timing of the glass breaking was very suspicious, as it happened to be the day before they arrested the man.
After their investigation team was established, a lot of rumors came out of it. If Lu Zhicai heard the rumors in advance, he might have made preparations early, and then he would have the motive and suspicion to commit the crime.
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