Highway Burial Case (Part 4)
The matter of summoning Mo Xuyan was much more difficult than imagined. Whether it was Guangyuan Daily or Xiangwan Evening News, the registered address was the residence where the murder had occurred. Mo Xuyan was like a ghost and could not be found at all.
This was the first time that Gu Fang looked directly at Mo Xuyan. His purpose was definitely not as simple as just serializing the novel.
The editor-in-chief of Xiangwan Evening News is a fresh graduate named Su Ye, a young and energetic guy. He promised Gu Fang that if he received another letter from Mo Xuyan, he would contact him as soon as possible.
Two days later, Gu Fang received a call from Su Ye and a letter from Mo Xuyan.
Gu Fang took his colleagues from the Trace Inspection Department over and first checked the appearance of the letter.
Su Ye said: "According to your wishes, I wore gloves when I took the letter."
The trace examination colleague shook his head at Gu Fang and said, "There are no fingerprints on the letter." He carefully cut open the seal of the envelope with a knife and took out the letter. The letter paper was folded into thirds, and each fold was just right, neither more nor less. The letter paper was very ordinary and could be bought in any small shop. The handwriting was the same as that on the envelope, written in black ink.
Judging from the wetness of the ink, it should have been written last night. There are also no fingerprints on the letter paper.
Gu Fang asked Su Ye to copy the contents of the novel. In order not to attract Mo Xuyan's attention, he serialized the novel as usual. Then he took the letter back to the Municipal Bureau and brought it to the Forensic Office.
Shen Xingyan checked the letter paper inch by inch, and found no fingerprints, nor even sweat or skin tissue.
Shen Xingyan said: "Mo Xuyan wore gloves when he wrote the novel. He has a rigorous mind and strong anti-reconnaissance ability, so he is very difficult to deal with."
Gu Fang sneered, "No matter how well-crafted a crime is, there are always loopholes. Don't encourage others and destroy your own prestige." Gu Fang is not someone who gives up easily. "What do you think of the content of the novel?"
"Mo Xuyan was very sure that the deceased found in the wild mountain was pushed down the mountain by someone. Like Bai Wei, he believed that the deceased had committed murder and deserved to die."
"Look, he wrote: The Highway Hero is not just the Highway Hero. He also goes to the wild mountains to do good deeds. In the future, he will go to other places. Wherever there is injustice, there is the Highway Hero. Is he hinting that there are other victims?"
"Why is he so sure there are other dead people?"
"One, he knew the inside story, and two, he participated in the murder."
"Speaking of which, Mo Xuyan's serialized novel once mentioned that heavy rains fell when the road to the shantytown was being built. This matches the information we found. Could he be one of the temporary workers?"
"It's possible. The portrait of the Yeshan victim has been released. I believe someone will come to identify the body soon. Then we can compare the information of the two victims to see if we can find a connection."
"Are you planning to investigate the case together?"
"With Mo Xuyan's novel, I think it is necessary to combine the two cases."
Five days later, someone went to the city police station to identify the body and claimed that the victim was her husband.
The woman was almost fifty years old, with short hair and a face full of vicissitudes, without any sadness. She said calmly: "I just want to give myself an explanation and put an end to my marriage."
The woman's name was Liu Hong. She married the deceased in 1976 and had a son. Liu Cui said that the deceased was named Mai Jiang. They met through a matchmaker and got married after only a few meetings. After the marriage, they found out that Mai Jiang was not doing his job properly and was hanging out with gangsters doing all kinds of sneaky things all day long.
Liu Hong once advised him to find a proper job, but Mai Jiang was unwilling to do so because he thought the money came in slowly and it was hard work. They often quarreled over this, and when the quarrel became intense, Mai Jiang even hit Liu Hong.
Later, Liu Hong became discouraged and stopped persuading Mai Jiang. She found a job to support herself and her child.
Although they haven't divorced, it's almost the same as a divorce, and they live their own lives. She didn't ask what Mai Jiang was doing, when he came home, when he went out, or even how many days he didn't come back.
Even though Mai Jiang disappeared for three years, Liu Hong didn't take it seriously. She had already eliminated this person from her life.
By comparing the DNA of the corpse with that of Liu Hong's son, Shen Xingyan confirmed that the deceased was Mai Jiang.
Since Liu Hong didn't care about Mai Jiang at all, and even because of Mai Jiang's disappearance, she packed up all the things related to Mai Jiang at home. As soon as Gu Fang asked for them, she immediately sent them to the bureau.
Mai Jiang didn't have much stuff, just some daily clothes, a few old photos, and a box of old items.
The old photo is in black and white. Four young men are standing together with their arms around each other, with smiles on their faces, looking quite high-spirited.
Mai Jiang is the first one standing on the left, with long hair.
Gu Fang stared at the photo and suddenly pointed at the person next to Mai Jiang and said, "This person is Bai Wei." Bai Wei looked much younger than in the portrait, about twenty years old.
Jiang Shengyu clicked his tongue twice. "They both died three years ago, and they knew each other. This is really weird."
Gu Fang pointed at the other two people and said, "Go check who these two are and where they are."
By checking the social relationships of Bai Wei and Mai Jiang, information of two other people was found, namely Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun. The only person left in Qiao Shengjie's family is his blind old mother. Shen Baokun's parents are still alive, and he has a younger sister.
The two of them also disappeared three years ago. Their families had reported the case to the police station, but the case has not been closed because they could not find them.
Both Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun have criminal records. Qiao Shengjie was charged with robbery and intentional injury, while Shen Baokun was charged with rape. These two people are very good to their family. Shen Baokun especially loves his sister and thinks of her first when he sees something delicious. Qiao Shengjie was particularly filial and asked others to take care of his mother even when he was in prison.
Among the four of them, Mai Jiang is considered to be the "innocent" one and has no criminal record.
Four of them disappeared in the same year, two died, and the other two have not been found to date.
Gu Fang estimated that the chances of Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun being alive were very small. With Qiao Shengjie's personality, if he were still alive, he would definitely go to see his blind mother.
Gu Fang made a report on the case and submitted it to Zhang Changming.
Zhang Changming was very surprised. If Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun were both dead, that would mean four lives were lost. The murderer was able to kill four people silently without being discovered.
If the road had not been built in the shantytown, it is unknown when this case would have been discovered.
Zhang Changming immediately reported the case to the provincial department, which attached great importance to it and ordered Zhang Changming to personally take charge of solving the highway body burial case.
Solving the case is not as easy as it sounds, as there are still two bodies that have not been found.
Gu Fang led people to visit the families of Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun. Qiao Shengjie's mother was also deaf, and her only support for life was her son. If she knew that her son might have met with an accident, she would be afraid that she would not be able to live any longer.
In order to comfort her, Gu Fang only said that he was looking for someone and did not say anything else. Qiao Shengjie's mother recalled that one night three years ago, Qiao Shengjie suddenly came back and made dumplings, pancakes, and steamed a large pot of steamed buns for her. He said he was going out for a while and might be away for a long time, so he asked her to take care of herself while he was away and he would take care of her when he came back.
When Qiao Shengjie left that day, he kowtowed three times. His blind mother vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she didn't ask. Who knew that he would never come back.
The old woman couldn’t see and could do nothing except report the crime to the police station.
Qiao Shengjie's mother gave the police a box. The box was a very old biscuit box. When it was opened, a sweet biscuit smell came out. There were old photos, gold and silver jewelry, necklaces and some money in it. She fumbled and took out a necklace. The necklace was made of diamonds and shone with dazzling light. It was three carats. Qiao Shengjie's family could not afford this necklace.
"He brought this back. I know he didn't buy it. Take it. It might be useful to you."
Gu Fang put on gloves and took the necklace. He saw a very small letter Z inside the necklace. He took out the evidence bag and put the necklace in it.
"I know my son has done something that is against the law, and even if he has to pay a price, it should be the law."
"Do you know Qiao Shengjie's friends?"
"I only know a guy named Mai Jiang. He took care of me when Xiaojie was in prison."
I never expected that a person who is irresponsible to his family would help take care of someone else's mother.
Shen Baokun's family is interesting. The Shen family is well-off and has a house of over 100 square meters. Shen's father is a bully. He doesn't think his son has committed any crime. It's just rape, so it doesn't matter who he gives it to. He also believed that it was the victim who seduced his son, otherwise why would Baokun rape her instead of others?
Gu Fang almost couldn't help himself when listening to his remarks that destroyed all his worldviews. It's true that like father, like son.
Shen's mother remained silent, with her eyes lowered, as if she had surrendered to life.
Shen Baokun's sister Shen Baoer is a little gangster. She wears black eyeliner, perms her hair into a big afro, and wears exaggerated big hoop earrings. In this kind of weather, she was already wearing a belly-baring outfit, a leather jacket on the outside, leather shorts, black stockings, and a pair of long boots.
Gu Fang felt a toothache when he saw how she was dressed. This family all had the potential to go to jail.
Shen Baoer didn't care about her brother's disappearance. She wished he would never come back, so that her parents would only have eyes for her and everything in the house would belong to her.
Shen Baokun probably never expected that his beloved sister would treat him like this.
Shen's father showed them Shen Baokun's room. There were many posters of singers in the room. There was a tape recorder on the table with a pile of tapes next to it. There are some magazines scattered on the bookshelf, such as "Reader", "Youth Digest", etc.
Gu Fang picked it up and took a look, and caught a glimpse of a corner sticking out from the bed. He walked out and pulled it out, and it turned out to be a pornographic magazine.
Father Shen was a little embarrassed, "The young man is strong and energetic, and he is in his prime."
Gu Fang suddenly lifted up the mattress, only to see that it was almost filled with pornographic magazines. He raised the corners of his lips and said to Father Shen: "The firepower is indeed strong."
Father Shen: ...
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