Chapter 148 Min Chenghe

◎A dark and windy night◎

In early March this year, a murder occurred in Zhu City. The victim was a tall and plump middle-aged woman wearing a red coat.

The murderer was caught at the scene, and the fingerprints and bloodstains on the dagger all matched his, but he refused to plead guilty.

Huo Zhuo, who was in charge of the case, learned that Zhao Xiangwan was an interrogation expert and no criminal could escape her gaze, so he asked the Xing City Public Security Bureau for help. He hoped to ask Zhao Xiangwan to go to Zhu City to interrogate the suspect and make him confess the details of the crime.

What made Zhao Xiangwan ponder was that the suspect's name looked very familiar.

——Min Chenghe.

He is Min Chenghang's good friend who grew up with him in an orphanage. He has been secretly in love with Min Jiahuai for many years and has never married. He currently works as a clamp worker in a factory in Zhu City.

Until now, Zhao Xiangwan still remembers it clearly.

Min Chenghang said that he recorded the conversation with Liu Shangjun and sent the tape to his friend Min Chenghe in Zhu City. If Min Chenghang goes to jail in the future, Min Chenghe can use this to extort money from Liu Shangjun, and after getting the money, he can take Jiahuai to get treatment.

Min Chenghang also said that he and Min Chenghe were friends for life, and if he died, he would only feel at ease if he handed Jiahuai over to Min Chenghe.

Even Min Chenghang, such a selfish and cautious person, was willing to entrust his wife and daughter to Min Chenghe. Min Chenghe must have some extraordinary qualities. Why did he become a murder suspect?

However, let's worry about everything after meeting Huo Zhuo tomorrow. Now... Zhao Xiangwan just wants to go home, take a shower, and have a good sleep.

Ji Zhao raised his hands in approval of Zhao Xiangwan's decision.

After listening to the reports from Liu Liangju and others and understanding the recent work content of the serious crime team, Zhao Xiangwan handed the file of the Zhushi murder case to Zhu Feipeng: "Since you want to participate so much, then you should familiarize yourself with the case first."

Zhu Feipeng accepted it happily: "Yes!"

Zhao Xiangwan said: "The suspect in the case, Min Chenghe, is a lonely child from Luoxian Charity Hall, who was abandoned in the spring. You and Zhu Kang go to find Min Chenghang to investigate Min Chenghe. Don't reveal the details of the case, understand?"

Zhu Feipeng and Zhu Kang stood still together: "Yes!"

After arranging his work, Zhao Xiangwan "left early" openly.

I returned home with Ji Zhao, washed off the dust, put on a clean and fluffy home cotton jacket, snuggled up on the sofa in the house, snuggled up with Ji Zhao, and chatted with him casually.

Ji Zhao kissed her lips gently.

Hot, affectionate, and lingering.

The curtains are fluttering, the room is as warm as spring, the lover's body is tightly embraced, and everything is as beautiful as a dream.

All the evil, cruelty, and bloodiness disappeared...

The next morning, Zhao Xiangwan and Ji Zhao walked into the serious crime squad office together in uniform, their brows and eyes filled with happiness.

As soon as Zhu Feipeng saw Zhao Xiangwan, he immediately walked over to report.

"Yesterday, Zhu Kang and I went to Shachang Prison, where Min Chenghang is serving his sentence. Min Chenghang was very cautious and only briefly introduced Min Chenghe's basic situation without giving too much information. According to him, Min Chenghe is a taciturn person who doesn't like to interact with people. He entered a machinery factory as an apprentice after graduating from junior high school. He is smart, hardworking and diligent, and now he has reached the level of a technician."

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "Which machinery factory does he work in? How much does he earn?"

Zhu Feipeng replied: "He works in the automobile transmission shaft production workshop of Zhushi Transmission Machinery Factory. This factory is a well-known enterprise in Hunan Province. The automobile industry is developing rapidly now, and the transmission machinery is in short supply. There are hundreds of workers in the factory alone. As for the salary... the technician's salary should not be low, about four or five hundred yuan."

Four or five hundred yuan a month was considered an upper-middle level according to the wage level in 1996.

The job was stable, the income was good, and the company had great development prospects. Although he had never started a family, he was in his thirties and in the prime of his life, with a bright future ahead of him. Why did he kill someone?

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "You asked so many questions about Min Chenghe, why didn't Min Chenghang ask you back?"

Zhu Feipeng shrugged, "He asked. I said that I came to investigate because Min Chenghe was involved in a case. Min Chenghang's expression was very strange at the time, as if he was relieved, but also seemed sad. If I were to analyze it, a selfish person like him might be happy to hear that the person who had always had a crush on his wife was involved in the case, but he still had a conscience. The three of them were childhood friends, so he was a little sad."

It has to be said that Zhu Feipeng has become more and more mature, and his understanding of the complexity of human nature has become more and more profound.

People always have good and evil sides.

No one is perfect. There is no saint in this world who has no bad thoughts.

However, Zhao Xiangwan still has doubts about whether Min Chenghe is the murderer.

The most important thing is, what is the motive for the murder?

The case is explained very clearly in the case file.

Time: 10pm.

Scene: It was a moonless night, the sky was very dark, and it was early spring in March, and the weather was still chilly.

The dormitory area of ​​Zhushi Transmission Machinery Factory is divided into two areas, east and west, each with ten residential buildings, separated by a cement road. Both sides are planted with camphor trees, and there are two street lights every ten meters, with dim light.

A scream was heard, breaking the silence.

A man with blood on his hands and making a "ho ho" sound rushed out from the side of the road and was grabbed by two workers who were off the night shift.

The man was so anxious that his face was covered with sweat. He struggled desperately, but the more anxious he became, the less he could speak.

Under the street lights, bloodstains were clearly visible on the man's hands and chest.

On the roadside not far away, a woman in a red coat was lying in a pool of blood with a sharp dagger stuck in her left chest.

The crowd immediately called the police, and the security guards from Zhushi Transmission Machinery Factory arrived immediately and cordoned off the scene.

The man who was arrested was Min Chenghe. He stammered and explained, "No...it's not me, Qian Yanyan, save her!"

The murdered woman was named Qian Yanyan.

Born in 1959, 38 years old this year, married, with a 14-year-old child, tall and plump, aggressive and capable, with a warm and cheerful personality, works in the factory union.

Qian Yanyan lives in Building 6 in the East District and usually loves playing mahjong. That night, after get off work and dinner, she played a few rounds with her colleagues who lived in Building 3 in the West District, and then went home alone after the game.

However, he did not expect that he would be brutally murdered after just a few minutes' journey.

The murderer stabbed Qian Yanyan's left lung with a knife. The sharp weapon entered the lung and blood poured into her trachea, making her unable to call for help. She was in great pain. She struggled to take a few steps and then fell to the side of the road and died soon after.

Min Chenghe's chest and hands were covered in blood, and his fingerprints were left on the dagger, but he insisted that he was just passing by and saw Qian Yanyan being killed. The murderer came out from behind the camphor tree and left quickly after succeeding. He was worried about Qian Yanyan, so he supported her to check her injuries. His hand had touched the dagger, but he didn't dare to pull it out. He hurriedly ran out to find someone for help, but was mistaken for the murderer.

The police asked Min Chenghe why he didn't stay by Qian Yanyan's side and call for help. He said he was scared, his mind was blank, and everything he did was based on instinct.

When asked what the murderer looked like, Min Chenghe said that the street light was broken and he didn't see clearly. He only vaguely saw that the other party was a tall and strong man.

Further social investigation revealed that Qian Yanyan's father Qian Yongkang was once a clamp master at Min Chenghe Jin Factory.

Qian Yongkang was a famous eighth-level clamper in Zhushi Transmission Machinery Factory. He had many apprentices. He was generous and charitable. He took good care of Min Chenghe, an orphan who joined the factory at the age of 18. He would invite his apprentice to his home for dinner whenever he had nothing to do. Therefore, Min Chenghe and Qian Yanyan were old acquaintances.

According to the public, after Min Chenghe finished his apprenticeship, he was assigned a dormitory. He would bring gifts to his master's home during festivals and quietly help the Qian family with manual labor. Before Qian Yanyan got married, Min Chenghe called her Sister Yanyan. He would do whatever Qian Yanyan asked him to do and was very obedient.

In 1981, Qian Yanyan fell in love with Xiang Dong, a newly assigned college student in the factory. Min Chenghe was disappointed for a while. Later, Qian Yanyan got married and had children. Min Chenghe kept his duty and called her "senior sister".

The police suspected that Min Chenghe killed someone out of anger because of love.

Min Chenghe said that he had recently noticed that something was wrong with Qian Yanyan's husband Xiang Dong, and wanted to tell Qian Yanyan to be careful. But he couldn't explain why he was waiting on the roadside so late and happened to meet someone trying to kill Qian Yanyan.

Qian Yanyan’s husband Xiang Dong is the head of the factory’s technical department, an engineer, 40 years old. On the night of the incident, he was drinking and chatting with a few friends and had no time to commit the crime.

As for what Min Chenghe said about Xiang Dong being inappropriate, the police also conducted an investigation and everyone said that Xiang Dong had a good relationship with his wife and had no problems with his conduct.

Qian Yanyan's parents have passed away, but she has two very powerful brothers.

The eldest brother Qian Guofu is the deputy director of Zhushi Transmission Machinery Factory. He started from the grassroots level step by step and has great influence in the factory.

The second brother Qian Minqiang returned to work in the factory after retiring from the army and is currently the head of the security department of Zhushi Transmission Machinery Factory.

With these two backers, Qian Yanyan lived a comfortable life, becoming more and more prosperous every year and was happy every day.

When Qian Yanyan died, the two brothers were anxious and angry, and asked Min Chenghe what happened.

But no matter how he was asked, Min Chenghe refused to explain why he was at the scene of the crime. He just kept saying: Save her, save her...

Min Chenghe killed Qian Yanyan?

Most people at Zhushi Transmission Machinery Factory didn't believe it.

Min Chenghe has a big red birthmark on his face and looks ugly. He is honest and introverted, and he can't say a word. He works in the workshop like this, going to work on time and leaving on time. Other workers chat while working, but he doesn't say a word. He concentrates on the lathe.

不過，闵成河今年都36歲了，還不肯結婚，這讓很多數人都不理解。也不是沒有人幫他做介紹，但他總是甕聲甕氣地拒絕，一句：我沒那個心思，把所有桃花擋在門外。

有人猜他暗戀錢豔豔，有人猜他身體有缺陷，有人猜他因為從小在孤兒院長大，加上模樣醜陋，太過自卑。這次聽說闵成河殺了錢豔豔，大家的第一反應是——不是吧？醜人多作怪啊！

錢國富、錢民強兄弟倆說闵成河是孤兒，特別在意親情，在他眼裏師父錢永康就是父親，對他們哥倆也很敬重。闵成河從頭到尾都沒有表達出對錢豔豔的心思，就把她當姐姐一樣看待。

錢豔豔剛開始和項東交往的時候，錢國富、錢民強持反對意見，覺得她與項東文化層次不同、思想觀念不同，他倆還曾找過闵成河詢問他的意見，說如果闵成河願意入贅，他們全家都支持。

可是闵成河拒絕了。

從闵成河十八歲進廠，錢家人便與闵成河來往密切。闵成河殺錢豔豔？錢國富、錢民強都不理解，也不相信。

案件顯得有些撲朔迷離。

到底是不是闵成河殺了人？

如果是，他為什麽殺害自己視為親姐的錢豔豔？

如果不是，那是誰？

趙向晚讓組員們研究案卷，并開展讨論。

組內意見也分為兩拔。

一拔認為闵成河這個反應和闵成航有點像。

認認真真上班，從不遲到早退，但也絕不加班。對他而言，工作就是工作，是一份養家糊口的任務。

天生冷漠的犯罪型人格，并不會對身邊人投入太多感情，看着是內向，實則性格扭曲，将內心的憤怒、憋屈藏得很深很深，然後在某一個莫名其妙的時間，因為一件微不足道的小事，突然爆發。

闵成河殺人，極有可能就是這種情況。

錢豔豔或許在某些時候，無意中得罪了闵成河而不自知。闵成河将憤怒壓抑在心裏，然後在這一次爆發。

另一撥則認為闵成河是替罪羊。

闵成河既然能被闵成航認可，犯罪之前将妻女相托，說明他是個有擔當的真漢子。這一次極有可能是闵成河無意間遇到錢豔豔被殺，卻因為伸手扶人而沾染上血跡，再加上闵成河有一着急就口吃的毛病，以至于被人誤會成兇手。

至于真正的兇手是誰，大家傾向于錢豔豔的丈夫項東。

不是說了嗎？妻子被害，大概率是丈夫幹的。

錢豔豔被嬌寵着長大，初中畢業就沒有上學，在家裏晃悠了兩年之後由父親安排到食堂上班。在父親、哥哥們的保護之下，錢豔豔根本不知道貧苦艱難為何物，也不愛讀書看報，平時除了做家務就是打麻将。

項東家裏兄弟姐妹一共六個，他是老二，從小就聰明懂事會讀書，後來響應黨的號召下鄉勞動，吃了不少苦頭，1977年高考恢複他只來得及複習兩個月，就考上了省城大學，可見基本功極為紮實。他愛看書、很文藝，衣着打扮都十分講究，接人待物斯文有禮。

這樣一對夫妻，怎麽看都覺得不和諧。

說不定就是項東有了外遇，又畏懼錢家兄弟在廠裏的勢力，不敢提離婚，所以□□。

兩拔人急得面紅耳赤，各有各有道理。

難得遇到這麽有争議的案件，一時之間重案組吵吵鬧鬧，連外面有人敲門都沒聽見。

直到有人推門而入，許嵩嶺一臉嚴肅地站在門口，吼了一聲：“你們在吵什麽！”衆人這才閉上嘴，一齊望向許嵩嶺，站起身來。

許嵩嶺身後站了兩個男子。

一個身穿制服，高大精悍；另一個身穿棕紅色棉襖，面帶悲傷。

趙向晚走上前，喊了一聲：“許局，這是……”

許嵩嶺向大家介紹：“這位是珠市公安局刑偵大隊隊長霍灼，這位是珠市傳動機械廠保衛科科長錢民強。”

是了，昨天許嵩嶺就說過，今天珠市警方會過來與趙向晚見面。

趙向晚伸出手：“歡迎。”

簡單寒暄兩句之後，趙向晚說：“我們正在讨論案情，目前争執有點大。正好你們來了，一起參與？”

有辦案民警與被害者家屬參與，案情應該會清晰許多。

霍灼看一眼錢民強，兩人一起點頭：“好。”

大家都抱着同一個目标，因此很快就打成一片。

錢民強與霍灼曾經是戰友，複員回原籍之後，霍灼進了公安局，錢民強回了廠。兩人平時隔三岔五就會聚一聚，感情很好。

這次錢豔豔出事，錢民強心痛如絞。霍灼親自督辦此案，誓要将兇手緝拿歸案。

對于兇手是誰的問題，錢民強堅信不是闵成河，霍灼卻讓他不要感情用事，應該相信證據。

兩人迅速加入不同陣營，開始繼續争論。

錢民強說：“從闵成河十八歲進廠開始，他在我眼皮子底下工作了十八年，我不相信他會殺人。我父親是他的師父、恩人，我母親對他關愛有加，我妹妹也一直把他當作弟弟，他就像是我們家的親人一樣，怎麽可能殺豔豔？項東、我、我大哥，我們三個在廠裏做了這麽多年，可能結了一些仇家，應該是這些人找不到機會報複我們，所以挑小妹下了手。”

霍灼說：“知人知面不知心，雖然闵成河與你們認識了十八年，但他的前十八年你又了解多少？他私底下的樣子是什麽你知道多少？我接觸過的案子裏，升米恩鬥米仇的情況見得多了，闵成河殺人并非沒有可能。他連自己為什麽會大冷天的晚上，出現在馬路上都解釋不清，那他的證詞就根本不可信。”

眼見得這兩個人又要吵起來，趙向晚忙制止了他們：“霍隊，你們過來找我，是為了什麽？”

霍灼道：“你也看到了，這個案子目前争論點很多，可能是情殺，可能是仇殺，也可能是激情殺人，需要對闵成河的過去、項東的社會關系、錢家兄弟倆的社會關系進行全面調查，但是這樣一來，花費的時間就會很長。

可是，廠裏現在人心惶惶，都說有殺人狂魔潛伏，專挑晚上走夜路的女人下手，社會影響很不好。市裏責令我們迅速破案，我壓力很大。聽雷淩說，你擅長微表情行為學研究，對人心的把握已入化境，所以我想請你參與案件偵查，争取早日破案。”

趙向晚沉思片刻：“許局已經和我說過，參與沒有問題，但我要帶團隊過去。”

霍灼忙點頭應承：“沒問題，趙警官你帶幾個人過去都沒問題。說實話，我們那邊偵查人手不足，巴不得你多帶點人過去。住宿、餐飲都按局級幹部标準來，保證做好後勤工作。”

趙向晚點點頭：“我們自己開車過去，一共四個人。”

說罷，趙向晚向霍灼介紹這回要帶過去的三個人，季昭、朱飛鵬、祝康。

霍灼一見到季昭，頓時瞪大了眼睛：“唉呀，季警官也一起去？太好了！”

季昭的刑偵畫像能力全國頂尖，連京都寧清凝見了他都得低頭當學生。雖然這個案子可能用不到刑偵畫像，但是……

一瞬間，霍灼開始盤算手上有哪些案子能夠用到畫像技術。

趙向晚看了他一眼：“一案歸一案。”

霍灼有點不好意思地笑了笑：“放心放心，肯定是以這個案子為主。如果需要季警察幫忙，我們另外再向省廳刑事技術中心打報告，申請技術支持。”

大家都是利索人，說定了之後便收拾收拾出發珠市。

臨走之前，許嵩嶺再次交代趙向晚：“公安系統同氣連枝、相互支援，以偵破案件為主。別的事情，不要插手。”

趙向晚知道他的意思。

有些案件可能會牽扯到官場糾葛、權力鬥争，許嵩嶺怕她受委屈。

趙向晚鄭重點頭：“放心吧，師父。我過去只負責破案，其餘的事情都交給霍灼處理。”

再一次出差，朱飛鵬心情愉悅，一邊開車一邊唱歌。

“我站在烈烈風中

恨不能蕩盡綿綿心痛

望蒼天四方雲動

劍在手 問天下誰是英雄”

曲調雄渾有力量，聽得人心潮澎湃。配合着窗外落盡黃葉的梧桐，空曠無人的街道，趙向晚內心生出一種古代塞外出征的感覺。

號角吹響，萬馬奔騰，蒼涼、英勇、果敢。

珠市到星市，大約三個小時車程。

到了珠市公安局，将行李安頓好，霍灼請大家吃了一頓豐富的晚餐。

休息一晚，趙向晚第二天一早來到珠市公安局，在審訊室見到了闵成河。

聽旁人描述，趙向晚聽到最多的是兩個字：醜、悶。

親眼見到之後，趙向晚對這兩個字有了直觀的感受。

闵成河的五官并不難看，濃眉大眼、高鼻梁，很有男子氣。只是可惜左半邊臉布滿疤痕，疤痕旁邊肌肉拉扯，讓他看上去有些猙獰恐怖。

Because he was a murder suspect, Min Chenghe was handcuffed and shackled, with two police officers standing on each side of him, waiting for him.

Min Chenghe pursed his lips, lowered his head and said nothing, as if he had lost interest in this world.

Huo Zhuo's attitude was very serious.

"Name?"

“…”

"Name!"

It was not until Huo Zhuo asked the second question that Min Chenghe began to answer reluctantly.

When asked about the course of events, Min Chenghe became anxious, veins on his forehead popped out, and he began to stutter.

"Someone, someone killed her. I tried to chase after them, but was…held back by my senior sister, by my ankle."

It was so strenuous to listen that the hot-tempered Zhu Feipeng wanted to jump up and speak for him.

Zhao Xiangwan soothed Zhu Feipeng with his eyes.

She has heard Min Chenghe's thoughts.

However, unlike other people's complete sentences, Min Chenghe's thoughts were intermittent.

【no】

【I】

【Who... wants to kill her? 】