That year (three)
The autopsy results of Zhao Huaide came out soon after, showing multiple soft tissue contusions throughout the body, a skull fracture, and intracranial congestion. The sharp weapon pierced the blood vessels of the right lung lobe, causing respiratory failure. When the deceased was found, rigor mortis was at its stiffest, and the time of death was estimated to be around 10 o'clock in the evening on October 10.
Zhao Huaide's social relations were much simpler than Zheng Hongyuan's. He used to be a waiter in a supply and marketing cooperative. After the Great Revolution began, he followed Zheng Hongyuan to become a Red Guard. He is not as radical as Zheng Hongyuan, at most he is just a follower.
After the end of the Great Revolution, he worked as a worker in a sanitation department. People from the Environmental Sanitation Bureau said that he relied on Zheng Hongyuan's connections. Zhao Huaide worked in the sanitation department until retirement and just retired last year. I usually grow flowers and go fishing at home.
Gu Fang retrieved Fang Mingbo's file. Fang Mingbo began serving his sentence in 1977. The victim's family member Fan Liqun accused Fang Mingbo of forcing his father Fan Jin to death in 1974. Fang Mingbo confessed to his crime. The procuratorate, taking into account Fang Mingbo's good attitude towards admitting guilt, gave him leniency, exempted him from the death penalty and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Fan Liqun was dissatisfied with the trial and continued to appeal, but the original verdict was upheld. He still refused to accept and started to appeal, but was suppressed.
Gu Fang took Qi Jiabao to find Fan Liqun and learned that Fan Liqun had lung cancer and died the year before last. His son Fan Zhixu said that Fan Liqun has been petitioning for years. He said that there was a hidden story behind what happened back then, that Fang Mingbo was taking the blame for someone else, and that someone else killed his grandfather.
Unfortunately, that person was too powerful and Fan Liqun was unable to shake him. Because he was too worried and felt deeply sorry for his father, he became ill from overwork and died early from lung cancer.
Fan Zhixu said that he didn't want to follow his father's old path and let the past be the past. When Fang Mingbo was alive, he refused to reveal the truth of what happened, and now that he is dead there is no way to hold him accountable.
Back then, Fan Jin was labeled a □□ because his family was poor, so he secretly went to the mountains to chop some firewood and sold it on the black market. He was accused of stealing Guo Jia's property. His hands and feet were tied, he was paraded through the streets, and after suffering humiliation, he was thrown into the cowshed.
Fan Jin was also unlucky as he met the Red Guards who wanted to take credit for the crime, so they said that he had an accomplice and asked him to confess. If he refused, they would torture him. Fan Jin didn't want to implicate others, so he took it on.
The Red Guards didn't expect that he was so tough. After beating him until his skin was torn, they threw him into the cowshed and left him alone. It happened to be the coldest time of the year, and without any cotton clothes, and after being tortured, Fan Jin froze to death.
After the Great Revolution ended, Fan Liqun sued this group of Red Guards, and Fang Mingbo was pushed out and took the blame.
Gu Fang speculated that the Red Guards at that time should be the five people in the photo, and Zheng Hongyuan, as the team leader, was the first to bear the brunt.
Now the only one alive is Lin Ang, but he is in the United States and cannot be contacted.
Gu Fang could only think of other ways, starting from Zheng Hongyuan, and find the people who had followed Zheng Hongyuan in the past.
Since it has been twenty years, it is very difficult to find it.
On the other hand, Zheng Junliang's younger brother got the belated news that Ma Ge was arrested and might have given away the black market, which led to strangers entering the black market.
The wound on Zheng Junliang's face showed no sign of disappearing. He said gloomily, "I already know who entered the black market."
Zheng Yingrong was surprised, "Brother, have you found out?!"
Zheng Junliang doted on this sister but was helpless. He waved his hand to dismiss the younger brother, "Don't worry about these things. Grandpa has already met with an accident, and I don't want you to get into trouble again."
Zheng Yingrong pouted, "I won't! With you and dad around, who dares to touch me?"
"It's better to be careful in everything."
"Dad hasn't come back yet?" Zheng Baochang came back just as Zheng Yingrong finished speaking. His face was as gloomy as the weather in June. "It's a good thing that you two are here. Don't go out during this period. Even if you have to go out, you must bring enough people with you."
"Did your enemy come to your door?" Zheng Junliang said in a bad tone.
Zheng Baochang snorted coldly, "I've long said that we should root out the weeds, but your grandfather is always too soft-hearted."
Zheng Junliang had murderous intent in his eyes, "Do you know who it is?"
"It's almost certain. I've asked someone to look for it."
"If that's the case, why do we need an autopsy?" Zheng Junliang was very resistant to the idea of an autopsy. His grandfather's death was tragic enough, and he still had to be dissected.
"You know what? If we don't do this, the police will get suspicious." Zheng Baochang took off his coat irritably and rolled up his sleeves. "But I think Gu Fang could be used."
Zheng Yingrong's eyes lit up immediately, "Is it that captain?"
Zheng Baochang glanced at her and said, "He is very capable and is a leader among the younger generation in the Municipal Bureau. On the day Xiao Ma was arrested, he showed a courage that few people could match, and his card skills are also quite good. If we can recruit him for our own use, he will be of great use in the future."
Zheng Junliang poured a bucket of cold water on him, "Don't think so well. I think he and the forensic doctor are not easy to get along with."
"Forensic doctor?" Zheng Yingrong looked him up and down. "Why do you have such a big problem with that female forensic doctor?" She suddenly remembered something and was shocked. "Could she be..." Zheng Yingrong laughed. She knew it was inappropriate to laugh at this time. "She is indeed not easy to deal with. She is very strong in fighting."
Zheng Baochang looked at the two of them, "What are you talking about?"
Zheng Yingrong: "Nothing, it would be better if Captain Gu and the forensic doctor could use them."
Zheng Junliang glared at her and said, "It's getting late. I'm going to rest now. I'll go to the city bureau tomorrow to get information."
"I'm going too." Zheng Yingrong followed him like a little tail.
Zheng Baochang called Xiao Zhang and asked, "What have these brothers and sisters done recently?"
Xiao Zhang then told him about what happened on the black market, "Junliang was beaten, and he felt unhappy."
"Humph, it's obvious that I'm not as skilled as others. I heard that a forensic doctor came to the city bureau last year and extracted DNA from bones. It must be her."
"Yes, she and Gu Fang can be said to be a perfect match."
Zheng Baochang leaned back on the sofa and said, "Go check on them."
…
Qi Jiabao brought a portrait, which was painted based on the landlord's description. The man in the painting is in his forties, bald, with a hooked nose, wearing glasses with very thick lenses that allow his eyes to be barely visible, and a short chin.
The police immediately went to visit with the portrait, and the security guard at Zheng Hongyuan’s villa said that he had seen this person before and was impressed by his particularly short chin. The figure of this person wandering back and forth was also detected on other surveillance cameras in the villa area.
The Municipal Bureau issued a joint investigation notice, requiring that anyone seeing this person be arrested immediately.
All major bus and train stations have received portraits and are carefully checking people coming and going.
…
It was late at night and Gu Fang was still in the office. He was flipping through the photo album. On the table were photos of Zhao Huaide, Fang Mingbo and Xue Gan when they were young. He had requested the photos from their families.
He found photos of them when they were young in the photo album, and he realized that wherever they were, there was also a young man, and this man should be Lin Ang.
Lin Ang wears rimless glasses and always wears a white shirt, looking like a scholar.
After visiting for a few days, I finally found someone who knew them. At the time, they called themselves the Five Tiger Generals, while those who hated them privately called them the Five Ghosts.
Zheng Hongyuan is the eldest brother. He looks the most honest, but he is the most cunning and all the ideas are his. Lin Ang read the most books, so he would guess what Zheng Hongyuan was going to say before he even finished speaking, and he would push things aside whenever possible.
Zhao Huaide, Fang Mingbo and Xue Gan became the implementers, among whom Fang Mingbo was the most loyal to Zheng Hongyuan.
Fan Jin was not the only one who was forced to death by them. The others all received compensation after the end of the Great Revolution. In addition, the living conditions at that time were so poor that they had to swallow their anger for the sake of those who were still alive. Only Fan Liqun refused compensation.
Among these people, the family members of the martyrs who testified for Zheng Hongyuan were not found. It was as if their family had disappeared out of thin air.
Gu Fang flipped through the photo album carelessly and saw the photo of the beautiful woman again. Zheng Hongyuan seemed to like this photo very much, and the edges around the photo turned white. Other photo pages have two or three photos on one page, but this one takes up two pages alone.
Does Zheng Hongyuan feel that no one is worthy of having his photo put together with hers, including himself?
Who is this person? She is not Zheng Hongyuan's wife.
Jiang Shengyu has found out that Zheng Hongyuan's wife died of heart failure. She had severe high blood pressure and died of heart failure because she did not control it well.
Zheng Baochang's wife also died of a heart attack, but her heart was not in good condition and she had coronary heart disease.
Gu Fang put down the photo album and picked up the medical records. How could it be such a coincidence that they all died of heart disease?
…
After searching for evidence at Zhao Huaide's residence, they finally found half a fingerprint. The fingerprint was on the edge of the coffee table. It might have been accidentally left there by the murderer during the fight with Zhao Huaide.
Although this half fingerprint is not very useful, if the suspect is found, he can be identified by simply comparing the fingerprints.
The process of finding the "tenant" is not so easy. After all, there are so many people in Nanfu City, and there are no eyes of heaven everywhere like in later generations. They can be found quickly by just comparing. Finding a person among the limited surveillance cameras in the city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
A few days later, news finally came from the train station that someone had seen this person on the train to Leyton.
Laiton County is a small county under Nanfu City. Just as Gu Fang sent the portrait over, news came from the Laiton County Police Station.
This man is called Du Guohuai. He came to Laiton more than ten years ago. He was alone and would not answer anything when asked. Everyone thought he was mentally ill, but some kind-hearted people brought him food and gave him clothes from their homes.
Du Guohuai may have felt the warmth and found an abandoned house to live in.
The village committee secretary opened up a piece of wasteland for him to cultivate. Du Guohuai was also diligent and took good care of the land. He solved his food and clothing problems and gradually settled down in Laiton.
He suddenly disappeared some time ago, and everyone went to look for him spontaneously, but unfortunately they didn't find him. Some people said that he might have disappeared just as he had come, and everyone felt sorry for it for a long time.
Gu Fang asked, didn’t Du Guohuai go back? He was seen boarding a train to Leton.
The people at the police station said that they went to check on purpose and the house didn't look like anyone had ever been back.
Did he get off the bus halfway?
Fortunately, there was surveillance at the exit of the train station. Gu Fang retrieved the thick stack of surveillance footage and watched it frame by frame, hoping to find Du Guohuai.
At this time, in Zheng Baochang's villa, a man was tied up and lying on the ground, bent like a silkworm. His mouth was stuffed with cloth and he was whimpering.
Zheng Baochang walked closer step by step, holding a golf club.
The man was very scared and he moved backwards with his body trembling, but how could he escape?
In the empty living room, the sound of golf clubs sliding across the ground echoed. The sound was like a thorn in the flesh, terrifying and impossible to get rid of.
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