Chapter 79 Zhai Xinlian
◎I don’t know, I didn’t ask, no.◎
Dai Minli, Jiang Yuchun, and Zhai Xinlian.
Zhao Xiangwan silently recited these three names in his heart.
Jia Shendu once said in his heart: When I was young and ignorant, I did kill three people myself.
Dai Minli was probably killed by Jia Shendu himself, so that counts as one.
Jiang Yuchun was framed and sentenced to death. He was killed indirectly and is not counted among the three.
On the surface, Zhai Xinlian was missing, but in fact she was killed and buried in the toilet of the old house.
Who is the other one?
Is it Shi Tong?
Anger, doubt, irritation...all kinds of negative emotions surged up. Zhao Xiangwan took a deep breath and turned to look at Ji Zhao who had been standing in the corner concentrating on painting.
Ji Zhao felt Zhao Xiangwan's gaze, put down the paintbrush in his hand, and walked to her side.
Little skylarks chirped on the branches, the trees were lush and leafy, the grass was green and wild flowers were blooming under the trees, and Ji Zhao's world was peaceful and harmonious.
【What's wrong? 】
The clear and melodious voice of the young man relaxed Zhao Xiangwan's tense nerves.
Zhao Xiangwan smiled at Ji Zhao: "I'm fine." He just wanted to see you, so that he could relieve the anxiety brought about by the evil of the world.
【Then I will accompany you. 】
Ji Zhao took an A4 white paper and a charcoal pencil from the table, pulled the chair next to Zhao Xiangwan away, and sat down.
Ji Zhaochong extended his hand to Gu Zhiguang.
【Give me a photo.】
Suddenly, a slender, white male hand appeared in front of Gu Zhiguang's eyes. His first reaction was: "Oh my god, this hand is so beautiful!" His second reaction was to open his mouth wide and ask: "What do you want?"
Zhao Xiangwan spoke for Ji Zhao: "He wants you to give him a photo."
Gu Zhiguang was confused: "What photos?"
[It doesn’t matter who it belongs to, the suspect or the victim.]
Ji Zhao's answer was accurate and crisp, quite similar to Zhao Xiangwan's style.
Zhao Xiangwan raised his lips slightly, looked at Gu Zhiguang, and repeated Ji Zhao's words: "It doesn't matter who it belongs to, the suspect or the victim, it's all fine."
Gu Zhiguang finally reacted, saying "Oh, oh" twice, and took out a few photos from his bag: "I collected a few from the college's archives. There are personal photos of Professor Jia Shendu, and work photos of him taking students out for internships. Do you see this little figure? That's Zhai Xinlian. As for the photos of daily life... I didn't find them."
Ji Zhao took the photo and looked at it carefully.
Gu Zhiguang didn't quite understand Ji Zhao's working method, and asked curiously: "What do criminal portrait painters usually do? Do they paint portraits based on photos? Or do they paint portraits based on oral descriptions? Are those wanted photos on the wanted warrants painted by criminal portrait painters?"
Zhao Xiangwan's answer was brief: "I draw everything to solve the case."
Ji Zhao's brush moved very quickly, and soon a portrait of Jia Shendu appeared on the paper. After adding a few strokes of shadow, the whole person came to life.
Gu Zhiguang took a closer look, grinned, and gestured at his own face: "He still has marks from acne here and there, it's ugly. I heard that Mr. Jia used to have acne all over his face, which made him much uglier than he is now. He courted many girls, but no one accepted him."
Ji Zhao glanced at him and made a few light strokes, and the image of Jia Shendu became more vivid.
Zhu Feipeng snorted: "Ugly people are always causing trouble!"
The photo of Zhai Xinlian was too small, so Ji Zhao could only observe it carefully through a magnifying glass, and then quickly draw a thin and pretty girl.
Gu Zhiguang looked at the photo and then compared it with Ji Zhao's portrait. He was amazed: "Isn't this too similar? Not only in appearance, but also in spirit. Anyone who has seen him can recognize him at a glance from this portrait. A genius painter, really amazing!"
Zhu Kang was very interested in this case and asked Gu Zhiguang: "Besides Dai Minli and Zhai Xinlian, are there any other suspicious victims?"
Zhu Feipeng also recalled the discussion among the crowd after Shi Qiyan jumped off the building three days ago: "Oh, by the way, what happened to the graduate student who almost committed suicide?"
Gu Zhiguang took out the third file: "This is Wang Yong, a graduate student from the class of 1986. He is a boy. His parents are teachers at Huyang County Middle School in Hunan Province. He is the second of three children in his family. He had just started school for half a year. During the winter vacation, he suddenly committed suicide by cutting his wrists when he returned home. His family didn't know why, and he refused to tell them. Later, his parents had no choice but to process his withdrawal and found him a job at the County Construction Committee."
Zhu Feipeng asked: "Why did he commit suicide? Hasn't the college conducted any investigation?"
Gu Zhiguang said: "There must be people talking behind the scenes at the academy, but there is no evidence that can be brought to the table. I just said that, and you just listened to it."
Zhu Kang saw that Gu Zhiguang was a chatterbox who easily went off topic, so he urged him, "Hurry up and talk."
Gu Zhiguang said: "Wang Yong was very handsome and attracted many girls as soon as he entered the college. Jia Shendu was particularly strict with him and assigned him a lot of impossible tasks, which made Wang Yong very upset. I guess he committed suicide because he was afraid of being criticized by his tutor?"
He Mingyu found it unbelievable: "No way? He committed suicide because of a few criticisms from the teacher?"
Zhao Xiangwan shook his head: "Think about Shi Qiyan."
Everyone fell silent at once.
Yes, don't underestimate the destructive power of language. As the saying goes, a kind word can warm you through the winter, but an evil word can hurt you through the summer. Especially when teachers criticize and blame students, it is easy to undermine students' self-confidence and cognition, causing them to doubt themselves, and then to deny and hate themselves.
There are also some teachers who will criticize and isolate a certain student in front of the whole class, making the student live in an environment where he or she is abandoned by the group. The fear of being abandoned will make the student develop a pessimistic attitude towards the world.
It seems that Jia Shendu is a master of verbal violence.
Gu Zhiguang said: "So far, I have learned about these three people. That's all I have to say."
Only "three people"? It was shocking to hear that.
He is dressed as a professor, but acts like a beast.
If Zhao Xiangwan had not accidentally heard Jia Shendu's thoughts, these people and these things would probably have been washed away by the long river of history and forgotten by everyone.
Zhao Xiangwan suddenly remembered something and asked, "When did Shi Tong jump off the building?"
Gu Zhiguang had a good memory and answered quickly: "Lu Zhiying said 1980, but I checked and found that she should have said the old calendar year. In fact, Shi Tong jumped off the building on January 23, 1981, which was the 18th day of the lunar month, a Friday."
Zhao Xiangwan asked again: "What day did Zhai Xinlian take the train home?"
Gu Zhiguang thought for a moment and said, "It was the winter vacation of 1980, but the school counted by academic year, so it was the end of the first semester of the 1980-1981 academic year. The school was closed on January 15, 1981. Zhai Xinlian bought a train ticket for January 17 and left the dormitory early in the morning. Her roommates can attest to this. Her family did not contact the school until January 27, on the 23rd day of the lunar month, which was the day before the Chinese New Year in the north, to find out that Zhai Xinlian was missing."
Zhao Xiangwan stood up, picked up a piece of chalk and wrote down the time on the blackboard: "Zhai Xinlian was on the train on the 17th and then lost contact. Shi Tong jumped off the building on the 23rd. There were only six days between them. If they were both related to Jia Shendu, is it possible that their deaths were related?"
This is a bold guess because there is no evidence.
The only connection is that Shi Tong and Zhai Xinlian both knew Jia Shendu. Shi Tong was Jia Shendu's senior, and Zhai Xinlian was Jia Shendu's graduate student.
Zhai Xinlian set out on the morning of January 17, 1981, by train to her hometown: a small county town in the northwest. Her train's final stop was Chang'an City. After arriving in Chang'an, she took a long-distance bus back to her hometown.
Shi Tong went upstairs alone during the lunch break at the design institute at noon on January 23, 1981, and then jumped to his death.
There are too many questions here.
1. On the day Shi Tong jumped from the building, were there any suspicious footprints of a third party on the roof? Were there any witnesses? Was it murder or suicide?
2. What was the relationship between Shi Tong and Jia Shendu? Did Shi Tong contact Jia Shendu before he jumped off the building? Did they have a dispute? Did Jia Shendu appear in the design institute?
3. If Zhai Xinlian had indeed bought a train ticket to go home, why didn’t she send a message to her family? Did she get on the train smoothly after she set out? Did she get off the train? Did she meet any acquaintances? Did Jia Shendu really not know her whereabouts?
Thinking of the voices he heard, Zhao Xiangwan had reason to suspect that Shi Tong was one of the three people killed by Jia Shendu himself, otherwise he would not have such great malice towards Shi Qiyan; and Zhai Xinlian had already been killed by Jia Shendu and her body buried under the toilet in her hometown.
Hometown?
Zhao Xiangwan suddenly had an idea and asked, "Where is Jia Shendu's hometown?"
Gu Zhiguang replied: "Jiajia Village, Mayuan Township, Changhan County, Northwest Hubei."
"How do I get there by train? Which train?"
Zhu Kang took out an old train schedule and quickly looked through it. After a few minutes, he looked up and said, "In the early 1980s, most trains were green-skinned. If you want to take a train, you can choose from these trains. Get off at Yiling Station, take a long-distance bus to Changhan County, and walk for about three hours to reach the village."
Zhao Xiangwan asked: "Does the train that Zhai Xinlian took reach Yiling Station?"
Zhu Kang flipped through the pages and his eyes lit up: "Here we are! Zhai Xinlian took the train from Yangcheng to Chang'an, and Yiling is a stopover."
The detectives of the serious crime unit immediately realized the problem. Zhu Feipeng quickly asked, "What was Jia Shendu doing on January 17, 1981? Gu Zhiguang just mentioned that Jia Shendu went back to his hometown during the winter vacation and did not work on the project. So what day did he go back? Which train did he take? Was there anyone traveling with him? Are there any witnesses?"
This is a good question, but where can we find the answer now?
半晌，何明玉回答說：“1981年的人口失蹤案，應該也是一元路派出所管。那裏的檔案管理有點混亂，不如金蓮湖派出所搞得好，不知道找不找得到。昨天我們去調查的時候，負責的老民警沒有提到這個案子，估計認為學生在火車上被拐，與賈慎獨沒關系，所以印象不深。”
顧之光舉手道：“我們學校保衛處那裏應該有記錄，我可以問一問。”
朱飛鵬指着電話：“趕緊問。”
顧之光認命地走到電話機旁，開始撥打學校保衛處的電話。一番溝通之後，顧之光挂了電話：“他們說這事要找已經退休了的餘處長，我等下過去問。”
調查取證本就麻煩，要不停地找人、不停地問，時間過去這麽久，有些知情人已經退休、離職、甚至死亡，舊事重提，還真是難。
朱飛鵬道：“這一點必須要弄清楚。如果賈慎獨也是1981年1月17日出發坐車，那他有可能與翟欣蓮是同一趟火車。只要能夠找到那個時間段他與翟欣蓮有接觸，并且隐瞞下來，那他就是犯罪嫌疑人。”
趙向晚突發其想：“有沒有可能，施桐也在這趟火車上，或者在火車站遇到過這兩人？”
越想越覺得可能：施桐經常出差在外，火車上、火車站遇到賈慎獨與翟欣蓮在一起，随意問了幾句，然後分手。施桐并沒有把這件事放在心上，但賈慎獨殺人之後做賊心虛，于是在事發之前趕回星市，推施桐推下樓之後匆匆離開，神不知鬼不覺。
這樣一來，殺人動機有了，施桐被謀殺的原因便找到了。
所有人都興奮起來，如果是這樣的話，那就有跡可循。
雖然火車票并非實名制，但總會留下痕跡。雖然賈慎獨的行蹤現在很難追尋，但總會被人看到。他是當地名人，回老家的時候會被人看見，有沒有帶翟欣蓮，1981年1月底做了些什麽，一定有人記得。
只要細細搜索，總會找到蛛絲馬跡！
高廣強站起來：“我馬上找咱們許副局長彙報，重啓案件調查。咱們就以翟欣蓮失蹤案為突破口，開始偵查。”
重案一組的行動力向來迅速，很快就定下了下一步方案。
祝康、艾輝前往翟欣蓮老家；
高廣強、黃元德前往賈慎獨老家；
朱飛鵬、何明玉前往一元路派出所尋找案卷檔案，尋找所有與翟欣蓮失蹤案、戴敏麗被殺案有關的資料；
趙向晚則和顧之光一起，前往湘省大學保衛處、施啓燕家中了解情況。
季昭則安心駐守重案一組，拿着大家提供的照片，開始畫賈慎獨、戴敏麗、姜遇春、翟欣蓮的肖像。
每個人都安排得明明白白。
在去學校的路上，顧之光好奇地問趙向晚：“你讓他畫這些有什麽用？”
趙向晚微笑不語。
有什麽用？季昭畫的圖讓人印象深刻，比照片更有震撼感，對尋人一定會有所幫助。
顧之光非常熟悉湘省大學，因為開偵探社的緣故，他與保衛處的領導、職工關系都處得不錯。只不過一個電話，便打聽清楚當年負責戴敏麗被殺案、翟欣蓮失蹤案的人是餘衡，現已退休，住在學校家屬區五區六棟。
從湘省大學的大門走進來，前面是教學區，後面是家屬區，中間有商店、郵局、銀行、書店等配套設施。
上次匆匆過來解救施啓燕，趙向晚根本沒有時間認真欣賞湘省大學的美，這一回時間充裕，又有話痨顧之光走在身邊，這才真正領略到這所百年名校的美。
北靠桂子山，道路寬闊平整，道旁梧桐繁茂，遮天蔽日，一進學校，氣溫瞬間低了兩度。學校南低北高，順着南北方向的道路看去，能看到高高的桂子山青翠欲滴。
建築古樸大方，山牆爬滿藤蔓，形成一幅幅天然的、美麗的牆畫。
顧之光感嘆道：“我們學校建築學專業全國聞名，我當年考進來的時候特別自豪。只是……後來有點不務正業，一天到晚琢磨偵探小說、開偵探社，專業水平不太行，慚愧。”
趙向晚看了他一眼：“技多不壓身。”
顧之光家裏是做建築公司的，他讀的是建築學專業，随時都能回去接管家業。至于偵探社，能不能成為他的主業還不一定呢，慚愧得好沒道理。
顧之光聽她這一說，立馬笑了起來：“诶，趙向晚，有沒有說過你真的很會說話？雖然話不多，但每一句都能說到人的心坎裏。”
趙向晚沒有接這句話。
顧之光也不在意她話少，繼續介紹學校的重要建築：“呶，這就是82年新建的圖書館，占地面積大、空間高、藏書豐富，是不是很氣派？看！那是以前的舊圖書館……”
趙向晚腳步輕快，随着顧之光的介紹來到餘衡家。
餘衡已經退休五年，正是閑極無聊的時候，聽說有小朋友上門讨教，高高興興備了水果、涼茶，等着顧之光、趙向晚的到來。
兩人一進門，餘衡便将切好的西瓜拿出來，笑眯眯地招呼：“來來來，先不着急說案子，先吃瓜。你說你這孩子，好好的建築學專業不認真讀，非要開個什麽偵探社，和我年輕時一樣，好奇心重！”
他往趙向晚的手裏塞了塊西瓜：“孩子，你是哪個專業的？是不是偵探社新招的小助理？”
餘衡滿頭白發，個子高大，微胖，聲音洪亮，精神頭十足，行為舉止之間帶着軍人作風。趙向晚擡頭看着他，禮貌地回答：“您好，我叫趙向晚，是公安大學的學生。您是軍人吧？”
餘衡愈發高興起來：“小同學眼光不錯啊？有點當公安的潛質。我是軍轉幹部，分配到湘省大學保衛處，一幹就是二十多年。現在退休了，閑着沒事幹，你們要是有需要的地方，只管來找我。”
閑聊了幾句，趁着餘衡去廚房倒涼茶的空檔，顧之光沖趙向晚擠了擠眼睛：“來偵探社當我的小助理，怎麽樣？”
趙向晚淡淡道：“你發工資啊？”
顧之光張了張嘴，有心想說發啊，怎麽不發，可是轉念一想上次顧之星想請她當顧問每個月發三百塊錢工資時被她嘲諷，說有人開六百塊工資挖她她沒去。唉呀呀，請不起，請不起。于是讪讪地說：“那個，我還是學生呢，沒什麽錢。偵探社收費很低，畢竟委托人都是窮學生嘛。”
趙向晚将他心中所想聽得明明白白，點點頭，表示理解。
吃完了西瓜，餘衡又給每人倒了一杯涼好的薄荷茶，看着兩個年輕人臉上的汗收了，這才說：“要問什麽？問吧。你們別看我退休了，記性依然不錯，好多案子都記在我這腦子裏呢。”
顧之光很高興，欠了欠身：“那我問了。您認不認得賈慎獨教授？”
餘衡臉上的笑意收了收：“認得。”
【那就是個僞君子、白眼兒狼，學問做得不錯，可惜不幹人事。】
趙向晚拿出筆錄本，端端正正準備開始記錄，聽到餘衡的心裏話，索性打開天窗說亮話：“您只管說，我們這回就是想查賈慎獨。前幾天施啓燕跳樓的事情您一定聽說了吧？好多人都在罵他，我們也不喜歡他。”
餘衡已經退休，根本不怕事，聽趙向晚說話敞亮，直接表明态度，心裏很是歡喜：“賈慎獨是朱成嶺的學生，這個你們知道的吧？運動一來，他第一個跳出來寫大字報，把朱教授整得……唉！要不是不少人拼命護着，只怕朱教授早就命喪黃泉了。”
顧之光與趙向晚同時瞪大了眼睛。
餘衡苦笑道：“你們都是七幾年出生的吧？那個時候還小呢，可能不知道運動期間的知識分子有多麽不值錢。”
顧之光在腦子裏算了算，提出異議：“不對啊，賈慎獨是1965年考進的大學，66年運動開始他讀大二，如果說他跳出來整朱成嶺老師，那怎麽後來他還能讀研、留校？”
餘衡回答：“這就是他不要臉的地方，他寫完大字.報，帶頭整完朱老師之後，又找關系留校，還挂在朱老師名下混了個研究生文憑。後來77年高考恢複、78年研究生招生恢複，他到處說是朱成嶺老師的研究生，申請碩導資格，朱老師在1973年仙逝，也沒辦法出來澄清，但是朱老師的那些研究生都不和賈慎獨來往。”
趙向晚恍然：難怪路芝英從來沒有提過賈慎獨，原來是因為這個。
施桐是朱成嶺嫡親的學生，用心教導、感情深厚，而賈慎獨的文憑、學歷全都是運動期間混出來的，還帶頭整朱老師。施桐憎恨、厭惡賈慎獨，不來往很正常。
可恨的是，到了八、九十年代，賈慎獨憑借着那點小聰明、在大學混出來的文憑、還有朱成嶺的名聲，竟然一步一步走上了教授之路。
顧之光咬着牙罵了句：“雜碎！”
趙向晚也跟着罵了一句：“無恥！”
餘衡搖了搖頭：“運動十年導致文化斷層，因此六十年代的大學生非常珍貴，賈慎獨運氣好，趕上了最後一批大學招生，也不知道他用什麽辦法混了個研究生文憑，反正那個時候亂得很。總之，他是個狡猾的投機份子。”
弄明白了施桐與賈慎獨的真正關系之後，顧之光問：“餘處長，您還記得1975年戴敏麗被殺案嗎？”
餘衡長嘆一聲：“這個案子我知道，當時我只是個小科長。雖然感覺姜遇春有點冤枉，但當時所有證據都指向他，沒辦法。”
顧之光問：“那天到底發生了什麽？我了解到的都只是些大致描述，很多細節都不知道。”
餘衡陷入回憶之中。
1975年12月，高考招生雖然停止，但湘省大學招收了一些工農兵大學生，學制四年，正常授課。
賈慎獨那個時候還是講師，帶學生做建築設計，有時候要忙到晚上。
他1974年年底結婚領證，1975年5月份把老婆的關系從農村調到湘省大學，安排了正式工作，戴敏麗一下子從農村戶口變成城市戶口，這在當時很少見，因此引來學校不少同事議論，不知道賈慎獨是怎麽和革委會的人打交道，竟然有這個本事。
賈慎獨與戴敏麗結婚快一年了，卻一直沒有孩子，有人說戴敏麗過河拆橋，到了城裏之後就嫌棄賈慎獨長得醜，不肯和他上床，不過這都是私下裏的讨論，作不得準。
但戴敏麗與姜遇春有私情，這是真的。
聽到這裏，顧之光忍不住打岔詢問：“既然是私情，那應該藏得很嚴實嘛，怎麽大家都知道了？”
一句話把餘衡給逗笑了：“你這孩子。他們倒是想瞞着啊，但因為都在苗圃工作，兩人日久生情，總會被人看到。姜遇春與戴敏麗都是熱情的人，你……”
餘衡看一眼眼神清澈的兩個年輕人，欲言又止。
【那兩人一見面就恨不得勾起天雷地火，滾到一起去，對視的時候眼神粘乎得能扯出絲來，不出事才怪。姜遇春是臨時工，住在學校最早的那一批鴛鴦樓的一樓。戴敏麗悄悄去找他，兩個人鬧出來的動靜有點大，旁邊住的單身漢都知道了。】
趙向晚低下頭，在本本上記下一筆：姜遇春與戴敏麗有私情，不知避諱。
記下之後，趙向晚擡頭看着餘衡：“這樣一來，賈慎獨應該知道了吧？”
餘衡迎着趙向晚的目光，發現她神态沉靜自若，既像是年少不知情滋味，又仿佛見慣風月一般，不由得對她有些改觀：這丫頭倒是顯得比顧之光穩重一些。
餘衡道：“也許知道，也許不知道，誰知道呢？反正警察問賈慎獨的時候，他哭着說什麽也不知道。他說他和戴敏麗感情很好，男才女貌，又是老鄉，兩家父母走得近，商量好了放寒假之後兩人一起回老家，誰知道會出這樣的事呢？”
顧之光啧啧兩聲：“鱷魚的眼淚！賈慎獨那樣的人，會哭？肯定是表演給警察看的。他越是這樣，越說明這件事是他幹的。”
餘衡心中一驚，看着顧之光：“你們懷疑是賈慎獨殺妻？這可是件大事啊。姜遇春已經被槍決，他也沒什麽家人，你們現在要替他翻案？”
顧之光看一眼趙向晚。
趙向晚解釋道：“目前還只是調查，沒有結論。您把您知道的告訴我們就行，講事實嘛，對不對？”
餘衡道：“我當時配合派出所的警察調查，也曾懷疑過賈慎獨。不過他當時的确有不在場證據，而且戴敏麗是在與姜遇春私會返家路上被殺，現場還留有姜遇春的一片衣角，證據确鑿。”
聽餘衡細細說來，就連顧之光都感覺到棘手。
1975年12月19日晚，賈慎獨在家與戴敏麗吃過飯之後，大約六點半，賈慎獨說要去繪圖教室指導學生完成建築設計，然後離開家前往建築系那棟老樓。當時他們住在一區四棟，單面走廊式的單身樓裏，一間卧室配一個廚房、一個廁所，對于剛結婚的年輕職工而言也算條件不錯了。
等到九點多鐘賈慎獨回到家，發現戴敏麗不在家。當時是冬天，刮大風，很冷，這麽晚她去哪裏了呢？賈慎獨敲開隔壁幾家的門詢問戴敏麗去了哪裏，其中一戶說看到戴敏麗打扮得花枝招展地出了門，幾乎是賈慎獨前腳出門，她後腳就出了門，那口氣令賈慎獨很不高興，還争辯了幾句，憤憤然回屋枯等。
到了十點，賈慎獨有點坐不住了，和隔壁鄰居一起去尋人，幾家人順着一區道路走，一直找到副食店那裏還沒看到人影。天寒地凍的，大家有猜測說只怕是會情人去了，不過因為賈慎獨臉色不好看，便沒有說出來。
到了十二點，戴敏麗還是沒有回來，便把保衛處的人找了來一起尋人。保衛處當時餘衡值夜班，和賈慎獨等一群沖到姜遇春的宿舍，卻只看到他一個人呼呼大睡，不過宿舍的空氣裏飄着一股歡好之後的氣息，床鋪零亂，上面還有一條紅色圍巾。
賈慎獨一見到那條紅色圍巾，就沖了過去，一拳頭砸在姜遇春臉上，聲嘶力竭地說：“這是敏麗的東西，你把人藏在哪裏去了？”
姜遇春神色慌張，一群人追問他：“人呢？”他腦袋有點昏沉，支支吾吾半天。
最後被問得急了，姜遇春只得承認剛剛戴敏麗的确和他歡好了一場，不過早就走了。因為她說賈慎獨晚上九點半左右回家，得趕在這個時間之前離開。
衆皆嘩然。
一時之間所有人都在指責姜遇春耍流氓，嚷嚷着要把他扭送公安局。
七十年代作風問題可能坐牢，流氓罪可能會槍斃，姜遇春吓得一臉慘白，不停地道歉，并說他和戴敏麗是真心相愛。
賈慎獨瘋了一樣地揍姜遇春，姜遇春根本不敢反抗，硬生生地受着。後來賈慎獨打累了，坐在宿舍床上，緊緊握着那條紅圍巾，喃喃自語：“敏麗，敏麗，你在哪裏啊？”
說實話，第一次見到賈慎獨這麽受挫，大家都挺同情，一邊拿繩子捆了姜遇春，另一邊派人四處找戴敏麗。
大約淩晨一點多，賈慎獨那一隊人馬找到學校西北角的一個小樹林，在那裏發現了被勒死的戴敏麗，她的手中死死攥着一片藍色衣角。
這片衣角，事後與姜遇春床頭一件棉毛衫對上，棉衣衫的衣擺處有一片撕扯痕跡。姜遇春一直在喊屈，說這件棉毛衫是他的，但前一陣子因為袖口破了被戴敏麗拿回去縫補，他也不知道這是什麽時候放在床頭的。
可是誰也不相信姜遇春的話。
是他的衣服，在殺人現場被發現，死者手裏還有一片布呢，肯定是他幹的。
說到這裏，餘衡嘆息道：“戴敏麗婚內出軌，與姜遇春發生關系，作風混亂，本就犯了流氓罪，如果抓起來也夠他倆吃牢飯的。如果說是賈慎獨殺人嫁禍，根本就沒有必要多此一舉。他只要一封舉報信上去，保衛處派人捉.奸在床，一對狗男女用繩子一捆，直接拉到臺上批.鬥，以流氓罪判刑，輕則十幾、二十年，重則槍斃，那個時候就是這樣。所以，這個案子警察根本沒有懷疑賈慎獨殺人，何況他的行動軌跡一直都很清晰，反而是姜遇春有很多說不清楚的地方。”
哦，對，那個時候流氓罪是非常嚴重的罪名。
難怪警察沒有懷疑賈慎獨，原來是這樣。
顧之光嘆了一聲：“唉！”太亂了，這都什麽事兒啊。
趙向晚皺了皺眉：“餘處，您當時覺得有什麽不合理的地方嗎？”
“不對勁？”
餘衡思索片刻，點了點頭：“的确是有的。”
“第一個不合理，賈慎獨根本就不是那種有奉獻精神的老師，對于工農兵大學的設計輔導也不用心，但從那年11月底開始，他對工作特別熱情，每天固定晚上六點半出門，九點半回家，好像是特意給戴敏麗機會。”
“第二個不合理，賈慎獨是個要面子的人，如果發現戴敏麗不見了，應該不會那麽大張旗鼓地帶着隔壁鄰居去找人，還跑到姜遇春宿舍裏去。”
“第三個不合理，當時我們找人的時候都是順着學校裏的路找，從東到西、從南往北，打着手電筒四處照。天黑，那麽多人都沒想到要去西北角那個小樹木，怎麽偏偏就給賈慎獨找到了？”
趙向晚追問：“那個小樹林具體是哪個地方？是不是在從姜遇春宿舍回賈慎獨家的路上？”
Yu Heng thought for a moment, took out a pen and paper, and drew a simple map of the campus. He drew a circle around Jiang Yuchun's, Jia Shendu's, and the grove. "You see, the grove is almost in the middle of the two homes, but it is a certain distance from the school road. If we want to kill Dai Minli, we need to drag her from the road to the grove, and then take action."
Zhao Xiangwan asked again: "Are there any signs of dragging? Are there any items lost along the way? For example, shoes, handkerchiefs, etc.?"
Yu Heng shook his head: "No, there was a lot of noise and a lot of people were looking for Dai Minli. There weren't any entertainment activities in the school at that time, and this incident caused a big commotion. I estimate that there were 30 to 40 people involved. With so many people making a fuss, there is no trace left."
Zhao Xiangwan's eyes flashed coldly: "So, the sweater might have been taken home by Dai Minli to mend, and then brought to Jiang Yuchun's dormitory by Jia Shendu, who placed it on the bedside when no one was paying attention."
Yu Heng exclaimed, "Ah!" and then sighed, "That was a special time. Even if there were doubts, there was no way to collect evidence. Besides, Jiang Yuchun had already been shot, so what was the point of pursuing the matter further?"
Zhao Xiangwan wrote down everything he said. Yu Heng was right. It was difficult to obtain evidence of Dai Minli's death. They could only start with Zhai Xinlian.
When asked about Zhai Xinlian, Yu Heng was also a little confused.
"This graduate student went missing, and our school had no idea what to do. She bought a train ticket and had proven to have left the dormitory. By the time her family members realized something was wrong, more than ten days had passed. How could we find her? At the time, we investigated Zhai Xinlian's whereabouts with our colleagues from the police station. The bus driver was able to prove that she got on the bus with her luggage and got off at the train station. She was alone and had no one else with her. When we got to the train station, it was a mixed crowd, and so much time had passed. We asked many people, but no one remembered seeing Zhai Xinlian."
Gu Zhiguang raised the question that everyone was wondering about before: "What was Jia Shendu doing around January 17, 1981? I remember Jia Shendu said he was going back to his hometown for the winter vacation. So what day did he go back? Which train did he take? Was there anyone traveling with him? Was there any witnesses?"
This pile of questions suddenly made Yu Heng confused.
No matter how good the memory is, the question is too detailed. Yu Heng tried hard to recall it. The room became quiet for a moment, and the only sound was the fan in the corner buzzing and shaking its head.
Two minutes later, Yu Heng said, "Yes, I remember that Zhai Xinlian's parents and brother came to the school just before the Chinese New Year, crying and shouting that the school should compensate their daughter. The leaders of the security department were very worried. They tried to contact Jia Shendu urgently but failed. They heard from the neighbors that he went back to his hometown as soon as the winter vacation started.
At that time, the police were also very busy, so they closed the case as abduction and the school paid some money out of humanitarianism. Zhai Xinlian's family could only accept the fact and returned home sadly. After the Chinese New Year, Jia Shendu returned to school. He was also very sad to hear that Zhai Xinlian had been abducted. He took out the train ticket from Xingshi to Yiling Station on January 15 and said that he had returned to his hometown a long time ago.
Gu Zhiguang said: "So, you have excluded Jia Shendu from responsibility, right?"
Yu Heng nodded, "Yes, since Teacher Jia had already left the school, Zhai Xinlian's train ride home on the 17th had nothing to do with him. She met human traffickers at the train station or on the train, and there was nothing she could do about it. Two years later, the country cracked down on human traffickers and arrested a large number of them. Zhai Xinlian's parents came again, but still couldn't find her whereabouts. I don't know if she had any accidents. It's really a pity."
Gu Zhiguang asked: "The train ticket does not have a real name. Can the train ticket on the 15th prove that Jia Shendu was on that train?"
Yu Heng asked him back: "If this cannot be proved, then what can be proved?"
Zhao Xiangwan added: "When did he return to his hometown? Which long-distance bus did he take to reach Changhan County? Did he ask the villagers in Jiajia Village, Mayuan Township?"
Whenever she asked, Yu Heng would shake his head and say, "I don't know. I didn't ask. No."
Gu Zhiguang and Zhao Xiangwan exchanged glances. It seemed that no one suspected Jia Shendu at that time. In addition, nearly a month had passed and Zhai Xinlian's disappearance was closed as abduction. Therefore, he only needed to show the train ticket for the 15th to escape all investigations.
It seems that we can only wait for the results of Gao Guangqiang, Huang Yuande and others' investigation in Jia Shendu's hometown.