Chapter 147 Return Home

◎I'll take you there next time I go on a business trip◎

Seeing Yun Dehou's pale face and evasive eyes, the residents of the post office dormitory building became angry.

The crowd's angry shouts rolled towards Yun Dehou like a wave, getting louder and louder.

"Kill someone to pay for their life!"

"Let him confess his crime."

"He is a devil, not worthy of being a human being, get out of our post office!"

Zhao Xiangwan looked at Yun Dehou with a chilling look in his eyes.

Yun Dehou raised his hand, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at the blood on the back of his hand, and suddenly grinned and laughed. When he laughed, blood still seeped in the gaps between his teeth, which looked very creepy.

Yun Dehou was born in a small town near Yao City. He is an only child and his family was poor. His father had a lame leg and his mother had some intellectual problems. Such a family made him sensitive and inferior since childhood.

However, his parents took great care of him and would not let him suffer any injustice. He also worked hard to study and was successfully admitted to the Postal School. After graduation, he was assigned to work in the post office.

The success of his life made him feel a little proud, and he was determined to find a wife in Yao City who had a good family background and good appearance. After meeting Xie Lin, he knew that his chance had come.

Xie Lin is good-looking and works as an English teacher in a middle school in Yao City. Her parents are highly educated and there are only two siblings in her family. Such conditions would be excellent even in the provincial capital.

In order to win the beauty, Yun Dehou lowered his attitude and went along with Xie Lin in everything. He even constantly affirmed and encouraged her dream of going abroad, which most people could not understand. This made Xie Lin, who had experienced her parents' opposition and her boyfriend's breakup, gradually have a better impression of Yun Dehou, and the two began to fall in love.

Similarly, Yun Dehou showed a very sincere attitude in front of Xie's parents. He immediately explained the family situation and claimed that although his parents were disabled, they made money from small businesses to support the family and bought a house in the town. They were able to be self-reliant and did not need to bear the burden themselves. He also said that he was not worthy of Xie Lin, but he would be good to Xie Lin and Xie Lin's family. He also said that Xie Yu could go out and explore the world with peace of mind in the future, and he would stay here to serve the two elders.

Yun Dehou's simplicity, honesty and enthusiasm moved Xie's parents, and they agreed to their marriage.

After getting married, Xie Lin soon became pregnant, and when Yun Jie was born, she began to prepare to go abroad. Yun Dehou initially coaxed Xie Lin to stay for three years, saying that the child was still young and couldn't leave his mother. When the child was three years old and could go to kindergarten, Xie Lin contacted the school, obtained a visa, and once again proposed to go abroad.

To make matters worse, Yun Dehou's parents died of gas poisoning. Yun Dehou returned to the town, took care of his parents' funeral, sold the house in the town, and returned to Yao City, feeling like a lost soul.

When Yun Dehou heard Xie Lin bring up the idea of ​​going abroad again, he got angry and accused Xie Lin of being irresponsible.

No matter how Xie Lin explained that she was not going to abandon him and Yun Jie, and that once she settled down there, she would apply for him and Yun Jie to visit relatives, and the three of them would study and work hard abroad together, Yun Dehou always disagreed.

Yun Dehou simply does not have the courage to go abroad.

Yun Dehou was very proud and satisfied to be able to walk from a small town to Yao City. He just wanted to live in this city with his wife and children, and he had no desire for that strange country.

Finally, Yun Dehou threatened Xie Lin with a divorce and told her that she could go abroad and then they would get a divorce.

Xie Lin said resolutely: "Okay!"

This sentence was so good that Yun Dehou's eyes went dark.

After courting for a year, being married for four years, and having a three-year-old child, Yun Dehou thought that Xie Lin's wings that wanted to fly high had been restrained by various responsibilities, but he did not expect... Xie Lin's attitude was so firm.

Xie Lin took out her household registration booklet and threw it in front of Yun Dehou, saying coldly: "Before we got married, you said you supported my dream, but now you've gone back on your word. Since you said you want a divorce, then let's get a divorce. After I leave, you take good care of Jiejie, and remarry if you meet a woman who is willing to live a simple life with you in the future. I'll come back to take Jiejie away in a year."

Yun Dehou looked at the woman in front of him in disbelief. He never expected Xie Lin to be so cruel!

A woman who doesn't care about marriage, children, or reputation is simply invincible.

Xie Lin studied foreign languages. Through countless Chinese and foreign literary works, she came into contact with another completely different world, and was full of fantasy and longing for the outside world. She wanted to see the bell tower in "Notre Dame de Paris", ride a gondola in Venice, and feel the golden willows on the riverside of Cambridge University, the beautiful shadows in the waves, and the detachment of waving her sleeves without taking away a cloud of color.

She is not a Western-worshiper, nor does she think that the moon is rounder in foreign countries than in her own country. She is just... curious and yearning. She grew up in Yao City and she wants to go out and see the outside world. This dream has been taking root in her heart. Even if she is pregnant and gives birth to a daughter, even if her parents object, even if her childhood sweetheart cannot understand, she still persists.

People in small cities may be afraid of what they say, but Xie Lin is not afraid of it.

She just couldn't bear to leave her daughter.

However, after a long period of suffering, Xie Lin finally made up her mind. After receiving the divorce certificate and handing over the child's custody to Yun Dehou, Xie Lin packed her bags and rushed to Kyoto without hesitation. She was afraid that if she stayed for even a moment, she would be stopped by the child's heartbreaking cry.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Yun Dehou's laughter was very crazy, and it stood out among the buzzing noises.

At this moment, Yun Dehou's long-standing disguise was ruthlessly stripped off by Zhao Xiangwan, and he felt as if the sky had fallen on him.

My parents passed away without even saying a word.

The wife left, sacrificing everything for the so-called "dream".

His daughter was detained by the police and refused to return to his side.

Yun Dehou smiled and looked down at his hands: "Nothing, nothing..."

Others didn't understand, but Zhao Xiangwan understood very clearly, and said coldly: "Isn't all of this your choice?"

Yun Dehou shook his head: "No, I don't want to either."

Zhao Xiangwan asked, "What are you unwilling to do?"

The long-suppressed pain fermented in his heart, causing him to become psychologically distorted.

Like a pool of rotten mud filled with corpses, it stinks extremely.

Yun Dehou laughed and said, "I didn't want to kill Xie Lin either. She forced me to do it! She refused to go home with me. She is a bitch!"

Everyone was filled with grief.

"Oh my god, he really killed me!"

"A perverted murderous demon."

"Xie Lin was killed by him? Alas! Poor Jiejie."

Xie Yu was so angry that his face turned red. He wanted to rush up and beat Yun Dehou up, but as soon as he moved, Zhao Xiangwan's stern gaze instantly pinned him to the spot, and he dared not move.

Yun Dehou heard the discussions, raised his head, and scanned the crowd with a fierce look.

"What do you know? She is a woman. Once she gets married, she should stay at home and focus on her family."

Xie Yu angrily scolded: "You are not a human being! Before you came to my sister's house, you swore to her that you would fully support her dream. If it weren't for the fact that you could understand my sister's dream of going abroad, how could she marry you?"

Yun Dehou smiled sinisterly: "Before marriage is before marriage, after marriage is after marriage. After having Jiejie, she is selfish and irresponsible for doing this."

Grandma Fang interrupted him: "Well, you shouldn't kill people either."

Yun Dehou has now entered a state of desperateness, thinking that he is going to die anyway, and since he has already admitted to the murder in public, he might as well express the pain that has been hidden in his heart for so many years.

He glanced at Grandma Fang and laughed sarcastically: "After being so many neighbors, tell me honestly, how did I treat Xie Lin?"

Grandma Fang sighed and said nothing.

Yun Dehou said: "She is the queen at home. Before Jiejie was born, I was responsible for buying groceries, cooking, mopping the floor, and cleaning the house. After Jiejie was born, I stewed soup and cooked noodles, took care of the child, and washed diapers. When Jiejie was young, she was ignorant and would not sleep all night. I carried her from one room to another for fear of waking up Xie Lin. I also had to go to work the next day, right? I was holding Xie Lin in my hands and it was so painful!"

The stairs suddenly became quiet.

Yun Dehou has always been at a disadvantage in this marriage. Although Xie Lin doesn't boss him around, she does rarely do housework.

Zhao Xiangwan said coldly: "This is not a reason for you to kill people."

Yun Dehou shook his head and looked at Zhao Xiangwan: "Women nowadays are really getting more and more powerful. You are right, everything is my own choice. I chose to marry someone above my station, I chose the selfish Xie Lin, but... I regret it."

Yun Dehou raised his head, looked at the flickering fluorescent light in the corridor, and muttered to himself, "I regret it."

Zhao Xiangwan pressed, "Where is she?"

Yun Dehou glanced at her and said, "You are so amazing, go find him."

The mud in his heart had gone silent.

If you ask any more questions now, you won't get anything out of it.

Xie Yu rushed over and slapped him hard: "Where is my sister? Where is my sister?"

Yun Dehou did not resist, but smiled grimly, his face was purple, blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, and he looked like

A bloodthirsty devil: "She disappeared and will never come back."

Amid the angry roars of the crowd, the police took Yun Dehou back to the Public Security Bureau.

Zhao Xiangwan led Zhu Kang and Xiao Wu to search the room again, and found a dozen small white beads in the closet and in the corners of the floor.

Then they mobilized the crowd to dig along the wall and dug out several pieces of white hand bones.

As Zhao Xiangwan expected, Yun Dehou was afraid that the Kyoto police would find out Xie Lin's identity through fingerprints, so he cut off her ten fingers and brought them back, burying them under the wall behind the house. Because there were only ten fingers, Yun Dehou did not bury them very deep, and soon found the fingers with only bones left.

頭發雖然沒辦法做DNA檢測，但牙齒、指骨卻可以。

看着證物袋裏的指骨，謝瑜的淚水終于滑落。

雖說男兒有淚不輕彈，但看到這幾截人類指骨時，謝瑜哭了。

他擡眸看着趙向晚，啞聲問：“我姐，是不是再也找不回來了？是不是都被他……”其餘的話，他不敢說出來。

幫忙開挖的鄰居們也都發出一聲嘆息。

爬山虎在後牆生長了這麽多年，大家早就習慣了它們的存在，可是現在知道藤下埋着屍骨，每個人都覺得後背發寒。

方奶奶說：“幹脆，把爬山虎都鏟了吧。”

全體小區住戶一齊動手，把滿牆的爬山虎一通拉拽，封面雖然斑駁，但整棟樓卻終于看得出來輪廓。

回到警局之後，雷淩開始對雲德厚進行審訊，逼問謝琳的下落。

但雲德厚卻死不松口。

他似乎打定主意，要讓謝琳在那個深不見底的水庫裏腐爛發臭。

雲德厚殺人案雖然已經立案，收集到的證據也已經較多，但是，活要見人，死要見屍，DNA檢測需要一周時間，案件偵查進入膠着狀态。

鐵山水庫這條線索，雲德厚不說，趙向晚沒辦法說出來。

不過，這難不倒經驗豐富的刑警。

謝琳當年從瑤市出發，坐的是一趟快車，直達京都。

雲德厚第二天請假去追謝琳。

——那他只能在京都動手。

謝琳的頭發、牙齒、指骨都在家裏找到，那說明謝琳的屍體遭受了極大的損傷。雲德厚應該是擔心謝琳的身份被發現，從而追查到他這裏來。

——1990年被害，女屍十指被砍、頭發被剪、牙齒敲落。

根據以上這兩條線索，詢問京都警方，應該能查找到相匹配的信息。

三天之後，京都警方反饋，鐵山水庫于1990年秋發現無名女屍，符合瑤市警方所說的情況。

屍體已經火化，但案卷仍在。

看到屍體照片之時，柳翠芳昏厥過去。

屍體手腕上有一個月牙形疤痕，那是謝琳小時候學騎自行車摔倒，被地面尖銳石塊割傷，皮肉翻湧、鮮血直流。

當時謝琳沒敢告訴母親，怕挨罵。

結果因為沒有處理，傷口發炎引起化膿，這才留下了一道疤。

等到醫生将柳翠芳搶救回來，她的淚水怎麽也止不住。

抓着兒子的手，柳翠芳不停地哭泣着：“我以為……我不知道……”

她以為，女孩子就應該貞靜娴淑，應該乖巧聽話；

她以為，女孩子就應該留在父母身邊，結婚生子、平淡一生；

她以為，女孩子有一份穩定的工作，有一個安寧的家庭，就應該知足常樂。

可是，她不知道，謝琳會那麽執着地要出國。

她不知道，女兒會為此丢了性命，只活到二十七歲，生命便戛然而止。

她不知道，女兒會魂歸他鄉，死無全屍。

如果早知道會這樣，柳翠芳一定會認真聽聽女兒心中所想，了解她為什麽渴望出國，為什麽寧可放棄一切也要走出去。

哪怕不同意，至少要學會尊重她的選擇。

哪怕生氣，至少也要關心她的去向。

可是，世上沒有後悔藥。

當雲德厚看到屍體照片時，終于低下了頭，将所有一切都交代得清清楚楚。

怎麽追到京都，怎麽約謝琳出來見面，怎麽殘忍将她殺害，怎麽回到瑤市之後編造謊言、煽動輿論……

一五一十，全部交代。

成也蕭何，敗也蕭何。

曾經雲德厚依靠群衆輿論博得同情，現在他迫于輿論壓力吐露真相。

什麽賣房子供妻子出國，什麽情深似海只想把女兒撫養長大，全是騙人的！

謝琳當英語老師、兼職翻譯，賺錢能力很強，出國費用全都是她自己掙的。

雲德厚之所以不願意再婚，只不過因為恐懼籠罩內心，他要帶着女兒的一起沉淪。

知道真相之後，所有人都沉默了。

謝母柳翠芳心痛如絞；謝父謝康适後悔不疊；謝瑜狠狠地打了自己幾拳，恨自己太過愚孝，沒有深入追問。

誰對誰錯，追究這些已經沒有意義。

雲德厚心理變态虐待女兒、殘忍殺害謝琳一案，終于偵破。

順帶地，六年前的京都鐵山水庫浮屍案也有了着落。

趙向晚功成身退。

離開瑤市之前，趙向晚最後一次探望雲潔。

因為情況特殊，兒童醫院為雲潔開了綠燈。案件偵破期間雲潔一直住在醫院，并沒有回到那個充滿恐怖回憶的郵局宿舍樓，舅舅謝瑜每天陪在她左右，已經漸漸取得她的信任。

雲潔看到趙向晚匆匆而來，似乎意識到了什麽，睜着大眼睛，眼神裏透着依戀。

受過的心理創傷，沒有那麽快痊愈，雲潔還是不太愛說話，安靜地看着趙向晚，等着她開口說話。

趙向晚伸出雙臂，溫柔地抱了抱她，在她的後背輕輕拍了幾下。

雲潔将臉貼在趙向晚肩頭蹭了蹭，像歸巢的小鳥。

趙向晚說：“我要走了。”

雲潔“嗯”了一聲，有些不舍。

是趙向晚把她從自責、恐懼中救了出來，在雲潔眼裏，趙向晚強大而冷靜，像菩薩一樣。

趙向晚說：“你爸爸是個壞人，警察已經把他抓了起來，等教育、改造好了才能放出來。你先和舅舅回魔都，好好讀書、好好鍛煉身體，要是有什麽事，給我打電話。”

雲潔點了點頭：“好。”

雲潔的母親已死，父親坐牢，剩下的親人只有舅舅與外公、外婆，她的撫養權自然就落在了謝瑜身上。

謝瑜已經結婚，妻子和他一樣是體育老師，家裏有一個上幼兒園大班的兒子，活潑健壯，和妻子商量之後，欣然承擔起撫養雲潔的責任。

至于外公、外婆，一來兩位老人年事已高、身體不好，二來不知道為什麽雲潔一直非常排斥柳翠芳，因此二老也只能出點錢，努力減輕謝瑜的經濟負擔。

不幸中的萬幸，雲潔還有一個責任心強、與謝琳姐弟情深的舅舅謝瑜。

換一個城市重新開始，将所有往事一筆勾消，雲潔從此開啓一段新的人生。

趙向晚離開醫院，迎着三月的寒風，伸開手掌，風從指縫滑過。

就這樣，結案了。

誰能知道，原本以為只是一樁簡單的虐童案，結果卻牽扯出一綜六年前的殺人毀屍案？

兩案合并，将雲德厚這個人面獸心的家夥強之以法。

等待他的，只有死路一條。

在雷淩的千恩萬謝、魏局長的表揚肯定之中，趙向晚與周如蘭、朱飛鵬、祝康踏上了歸程。

一路上，大家還在讨論着這個案子。

周如蘭陪伴雲潔的時間比較多，對這個默默忍受父親虐待的小姑娘很是憐惜：“希望小姑娘換一個城市之後能夠重新開始，變得陽光起來。”

趙向晚點了點頭：“放心吧，雲潔一定會好起來的。”

小孩子自我治愈的能力遠比成年人強，更何況雲潔的內心已經被趙向晚種下了一顆名為“勇敢”的種子。

祝康還是有一點不太明白：“向晚，你是怎麽發現那個洋娃娃的秘密的？”

趙向晚道：“雲德厚做賊心虛，一直試圖遮擋我的視線。我将他推開之後，一眼就看到了那個洋娃娃。所以……”

祝康“哦”了一聲，佩服無比，“還得是你，心細如發。”

剛剛說到這個“發”字，祝康眼前閃過那個洋娃娃頭上用死人頭發編的辮子，胃裏忍不住一陣作嘔。

朱飛鵬看了他一眼：“怎麽？暈車？”

祝康苦笑：“不是，想到雲德厚的變态，有點惡心。”

趙向晚淡淡道：“調整一下心情，咱們接下來恐怕又要忙。”

朱飛鵬興奮地問：“怎麽，有新案子？”

趙向晚說：“瑤市的雷淩，羅縣的曹光，都是省裏刑偵領域的名人，在他倆的宣傳、誇大之下，珠市公安局昨天打電話過來求助，說有一樁疑案，等着我回去之後處理。”

朱飛鵬眼睛一亮：“這是好事！自從有了你，咱們星市公安局重案組簡直沒案子破了。現在好了，我們幫別的公安局破案，還是疑案，多過瘾。”

趙向晚搖了搖頭：“可是，接下來我們又要出差了。”

祝康、周如蘭是單身，出差倒是無所謂。這回在瑤市，住得好、吃得好，公安局的同事們也很照顧，每天的出差補貼按局長級別來，收入可觀。

可是，朱飛鵬初為人父，趙向晚新婚燕爾，他倆如果長期出差，家裏人恐怕會有意見。

朱飛鵬态度很積極：“明玉以前也在重案組，能理解我的工作。而且，我爸媽可以幫忙帶孩子。”

趙向晚看了他一眼：“下個案子，朱飛鵬留下，我出差帶上季昭。”

祝康、周如蘭同時開口：“也帶上我們吧。”

朱飛鵬一邊開車一邊慘叫：“啊啊啊，也帶上我吧……”

祝康說：“你要是去了，多一個人就不好坐車了。”

Zhu Feipeng begged Zhou Rulan: "Rulan, how about you let me go? You are a girl, and it is very hard to go on a business trip. I am thick-skinned and not afraid."

Zhou Rulan saw that he really wanted to go on a business trip, and probably because the serious crime team had no major cases recently, he was so frustrated that he made a rare joke: "Okay, but you have to give me your business trip allowance."

Zhu Feipeng didn't care about the travel allowance at all, and immediately promised: "Okay, okay, I'll give it all to you."

The group chatted and laughed as they returned to the Xing City Public Security Bureau.

Ji Zhao had been waiting in the parking lot. As soon as Zhao Xiangwan got out of the car, he gave him a big hug.

Zhu Feipeng whistled, and Zhu Kang and Zhou Rulan laughed.

Zhao Xiangwan was a little embarrassed at first, but Ji Zhao hugged her so tightly with such deep affection that her heart melted and she became soft.

[You've been gone for a long time.]

There was a sense of grievance in Ji Zhao's words.

Zhao Xiangwan smiled and patted him on the back: "I'll take you with me on my next business trip."

【good.】

Ji Zhao straightened up happily and let go of his hands.

This case in Yao City took Zhao Xiangwan's team of four nearly ten days to investigate. No wonder Ji Zhao missed him so much.

The newly married couple were so happy that they couldn't wait to be together. They were separated for nearly ten days, which was extremely tormenting for Ji Zhao. It was okay during the day when he had work, but at night it was really a long night and he couldn't sleep alone.

Xu Songling saw Zhao Xiangwan coming back. Ji Zhao walked shoulder to shoulder with her, following closely, smiling like an old father: "Xiangwan, when you left, Ji Zhao seemed to have lost his soul. I promised him that the condition for entering the public security system is to follow you. I will keep my word. Don't listen to Director Miao in the future. No matter what happens in the provincial department or what important matters happen in our bureau, Ji Zhao will follow you anyway."

Ji Zhao understood and nodded heavily.

Zhao Xiangwan looked at Ji Zhao's haggard face, knowing that he hadn't slept well recently, and felt a little distressed. He said without hesitation: "Okay, Ji Zhao and I will go together on future missions."

Xu Songling handed a case file to Zhao Xiangwan: "Xiangwan, you have performed very well this time and brought honor to our Xing City Public Security Bureau! But... being too famous also has its disadvantages. Now, it's time for work. This was sent by the Zhu City police. It's a case that gave them a headache. Captain Huo Zhuo of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Zhu City Public Security Bureau will bring the client here tomorrow to interview you. So, Xiangwan, the four of you have been traveling all the way and it's hard. Take a rest today and meet with Captain Huo tomorrow for a detailed discussion."

Zhao Xiangwan responded with a “Yes!”

The group returned to the serious crime team's office. The familiar environment, familiar colleagues, and the dazzling Ji Zhao all made Zhao Xiangwan's tense mood relax instantly.

Liu Liangju and the other two who were waiting in the office came over excitedly.

"I heard that you solved another big case? Even the Kyoto police praised you."

"It's amazing that they were able to solve a murder case six years ago."

"Come on, tell us about it."

The person responsible for telling the story is Zhu Feipeng.

Zhu Feipeng was a good eloquent person, and his speech was very vivid and exciting.

Zhao Xiangwan smiled and opened the file.

As she watched, she fell into deep thought.