Highway Burial Case (V)
There was even less news from the Shen family. Shen Baokun didn't even go home to say goodbye and simply disappeared.
For the past three years, Shen's father has been looking for him. He doesn't believe that his only son is dead. He must have run away somewhere, either abroad or by sneaking across the border, as long as he is still alive.
Gu Fang really wanted to tell him that there was little hope, but he couldn't be sure until the body was found.
Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun were neither found alive nor found dead.
Gu Fang sent people to stake out the post office on Xirong Road, hoping to find the person who sent letters so frequently. However, after a week, no one was found, while the Xiangwan Evening News had already received two manuscripts.
The content of the novel made Gu Fang furious. Not only did it describe in detail the time and place of Bai Wei and Mai Jiang's theft and robbery, it also described the relationship between Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun and them, accusing them of being birds of a feather.
After checking the contents of the novel, Gu Fang discovered that the time and place of Bai Wei and Mai Jiang's thefts and robberies matched, and there were even more cases than those uncovered by the police.
Suddenly, Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun became the pariahs of the street, and some people even suggested that a highway hero should come out to administer justice.
Mo Xuyan's next article directly stated that Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun had received the punishment they deserved. Readers shouted that it was very satisfying and praised the virtues of the highway hero.
Gu Fang held the newspaper, wishing he could crush it. This was a provocation to the police!
Shen Xingyan also read the newspaper. The sales of Xiangwan Evening News were getting higher day by day, and there was a tendency for it to surpass Guangyuan Daily. Not only those who read newspapers regularly, even those who never read them know the name of Xiangwan Evening News.
Ji Qiang, the editor-in-chief of Guangyuan Daily, ran to Zhang Changming's office to complain, saying that if they were not allowed to serialize the article, then Xiangwan Evening News should not be allowed to serialize it either. Now that Xiangwan Evening News was about to become the leader in the industry, the position of Guangyuan Daily was seriously threatened. The president criticized him harshly, saying that this was just throwing money into other people's hands.
Zhang Changming had a cold face. He had already met with Su Ye. Su Ye said that he was running a private newspaper and advocated freedom of speech. If people didn't want to read it, they could choose not to buy it, but he had to serialize it. If the police need it, he can cooperate with the police investigation and will never back down.
Zhang Changming said nothing and let Ji Qiang complain. After he finished complaining, he sent him out without taking a single step back.
Ji Qiang was dejected. He couldn't go find Mo Xuyan again and ask him to submit the manuscript to Guangyuan Daily. Besides, he couldn't find Mo Xuyan at all.
In the corridor, he unexpectedly met Shen Xingyan, who greeted him and Ji Qiang forced a smile.
Shen Xingyan comforted him, "Don't worry about temporary gains and losses, a blessing in disguise."
Ji Qiang also knew that the established facts could not be changed, and there was no other way except to deceive himself.
"By the way, do you still have Mo Xuyan's manuscript?"
"They are all here."
"Can you lend it to me for a while? I'll return it to you when I'm done."
"No problem, I'll ask Xijun to bring it to you."
"Thank you very much."
After seeing Ji Qiang off, he met Gu Fang again. Gu Fang leaned against the corridor, smiling, "What new idea have you come up with?"
"Secret."
"Don't worry, I'll tell you." Gu Fang licked his face and took out a Ferrero Rocher from his pocket like a magic trick, "This is for you."
Shen Xingyan raised an eyebrow in surprise, "Where did you buy it from?"
"Secret."
Shen Xingyan curled her lips and took it over. "You can say it if you want."
"Are you asking for fingerprints on the letter? I checked, and there are none."
"I know."
"What's that for?"
"You'll know when the manuscript arrives."
Song Xijun came over to deliver the manuscript and complained a lot at the same time. At the beginning, the literary edition was positioned to entertain the public and was not taken seriously. It was not until Mo Xuyan finally raised its head in the newspaper, but it was not allowed to be serialized. Their literary version now is even worse than before, and everyone comes over to make sarcastic remarks.
Shen Xingyan felt very sorry for her. He patted her shoulder and said, "How about you serialize other novels? Isn't Mo Xuyan's writing suspense? You can write martial arts novels. Martial arts novels are very popular nowadays, and the adapted TV series are even more popular. If you can find a good martial arts novel, the effect of serializing it will definitely be no less than that of a suspense novel."
Song Xijun's eyes lit up. "That's an idea, but where can I find authors who write martial arts novels? Don't even think about finding authors from Hong Kong."
"If you can't find it, you can write it yourself." Shen Xingyan blinked, and Song Xijun also blinked, pointing at his nose and said, "Write it yourself? You think too highly of me."
"You have to believe that nothing is impossible in this world." Just like the online writers of later generations, how many of them are from formal professional schools?
Song Xijun hesitated, "Let me think about it."
…
Shen Xingyan spread out the manuscripts one by one, and then put the envelopes together. She found that each piece of letter paper had double horizontal lines, and the folds of each piece of letter paper were the same. Even the two wrong spaces at the beginning of each paragraph were exactly the same. It can be seen that Mo Xuyan has a very serious obsessive-compulsive disorder.
There is no manufacturer's information printed on the envelope, and the paper is very thin, as if it was produced by a small workshop.
She checked each piece of letter again. Since the letters had been handled by many people, it would be a huge workload to compare them, so she skipped it.
She didn't believe that Mo Xuyan would be able to do it without any mistakes, and after her unremitting efforts, she finally found a piece of dandruff on a piece of letter paper. Shen Xingyan was very happy. She extracted the DNA from the dandruff and compared it with the DNA of people who had handled the letter paper. After making sure there was no match, she compared it on the computer.
Unfortunately, no suitable match was found.
She leaned back in the chair and thought, when suddenly a spark flashed through her mind and she stood up and ran out. An Xin was very surprised by her sudden action. An Xin said, "What happened to her?"
Bao Wu was not surprised. "He must have thought of a clue to solve the case."
An Xin secretly praised her for being so capable. He had looked at the highway body burial case and had no clue at all.
Shen Xingyan rushed directly to Gu Fang's office, "The tragic case of the massacre of an entire family on Xirong Road!"
Gu Fang looked at her for a few seconds, revealed a mysterious smile, and raised the file in his hand, "I just retrieved it and haven't had time to read it." What Gu Fang held in his hand was the tragic murder of a family in a residence on Xirong Road that year, "We have thought of this together again." A strange light emanated from Gu Fang's eyes.
Shen Xingyan sat on the chair and said, "Look quickly, maybe you can find something."
Gu Fang read it quickly and then gave it to Shen Xingyan.
The massacre happened in 1978, almost twenty years ago. The victims were Wu Tian and his wife. They opened a pig farm and built a two-story villa through their own efforts. Towards the end of the year, I sold the pigs and bought a car, and my life was prosperous.
However, he was targeted by people with ulterior motives. On the night of December 24, he climbed over the wall into the yard, poisoned the guard dog, and pried open the door to get into the house.
They tied up Wu Tian and forced him to tell them where the money was. In order to save his life, Wu Tian gave them all the money and gold and silver jewelry in his home. But they still felt the money was not enough. When they saw that Wu Tian's wife was beautiful, they became evil-minded and raped her. Then they killed Wu Tian and his wife in a frenzy.
Under the cover of night, he escaped.
The police investigated the scene that year, but found no other useful information except for extracting semen from Wu Tian's wife's body.
The suspect made a careful plan and wore gloves and shoe covers. The police classified the case as a premeditated home robbery and murder.
Due to the limited crime-solving technology at the time, even with the semen, it was impossible to identify the suspect, and the case has not been solved to this day. In the Xirong Road area, after twenty years of changes, houses have been demolished and rebuilt, and only this residence remains.
After reading it, Shen Xingyan took a breath. These bastards not only took the money, but also wanted to kill people!
"Mr. and Mrs. Wu Tian have been married for many years, it is impossible that they don't have children."
"They have a son who went to a friend's house to play that day and was not at home, so he escaped the disaster. Calculating the time, he should be 27 years old this year."
"Is it possible that Mo Xuyan is Wu Tian's son? Bai Wei, Mai Jiang, Qiao Shengjie and Shen Baokun are the murderers back then."
"I have the same guess. The most important thing right now is to find Mo Xuyan."
"That residence?"
"Since he used a residential house as his address, he must have been back there. Maybe he has been there all these years."
Gu Fang sent someone to investigate Wu Tian’s son, whose name was Wu Yan. He was sent to an orphanage after the incident. The director of the welfare home said that Wu Yan was a loner and rarely interacted with others. She guessed it was related to the murder of his parents. The dean was very concerned about him and was afraid that he might have psychological problems, so he specially hired a psychologist to provide counseling.
Wu Yan gradually became cheerful, and the dean was relieved.
Wu Yan is very smart and ranks among the top students in his studies. He was admitted to a key high school in the city and then to a key university in Beijing. The dean was very pleased that the child did not grow up to be a bad child.
While Wu Yan was in college, he would still contact the dean and tell him about things happening in school. He said he planned to stay in Beijing after graduation. The dean didn't want him to return to his sad place and encouraged him to stay in Beijing.
After that, Wu Yan seldom wrote back.
Gu Fang took notes on Wu Yan's letter and the manuscript sent to the newspaper and compared them to confirm that Mo Xuyan was Wu Yan.
…
Xirong Road, residential houses.
The room was filled with cobwebs and dust. The first floor was the living room and kitchen. On the table in the living room were a kettle and tea sets. The water in the tea sets had dried up and was covered with thick dust.
Going up to the second floor, the first room is the bedroom of Wu Tian and his wife. There are dried bloodstains on the floor and walls, and the quilt is piled haphazardly on the bed, as if someone had just got up in a panic.
The drawers and wardrobe were turned upside down, the jewelry box was open and lying upside down in the drawers, and the clothes in the wardrobe were thrown on the floor.
The second room should be Wu Yan’s bedroom. It has a bookshelf, a desk, a wardrobe, a bed against the wall, and a few children’s books on the bay window.
This room has the least dust, especially the desk, which is so clean as if someone was just there.
Shen Xingyan inspected the desk and not only extracted a complete fingerprint on the table leg, but also extracted dandruff tissue.
In the drawer of the desk, I found the manuscript paper and envelope. Shen Xingyan picked up the top page of the manuscript paper and lightly scribbled on it with a pencil, revealing the handwriting, which was the content of the latest serialized novel.
Gu Fang frowned, "It's indeed him."
"But where would he go? How did he find out the truth about the case? Why didn't he call the police?"
"He imagines himself to be a highway hero, fighting violence and protecting the good. I think he has read too many martial arts novels and thinks of himself as a hero!"
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